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10 Interesting Ways to Devour Durian, the King of Fruits
10 Interes...
Durian is certainly the most intimidating of all the fruits in Asia, earning it the title of "king of fruits." Its exterior is bulky and downright frightening. Its jagged edge looks more like the gray, spiky ball from minesweeper than it does an actual fruit that one can eat. In addition to its rough exterior, its interior has yet to impress many of locals and foreigners with its potent and unpleasant stench.
Durian fruits have been described as smelling similar to everything from feet to trash and to even a gas leak, causing one college campus in Australia to be evacuated. The smell of this fruit is so strong that it is banned from many public places throughout Asia.
Durian is grown throughout Southeast Asia. In Thailand, it spots the eastern countryside, and the Kingdom is one of the biggest exporters of the fruit. Durian also grows in countries like Myanmar, Vietnam, and in some parts of the Philippines as well. Beloved throughout the region, you'll find its presence in many Southeast Asian cities with entire fairs dedicated to its smelly existence. This culinary phenomenon is also one of the most expensive fruits to purchase, oftentimes keeping newbies from buying one for a taste test as to not waste money.
For those travelers to Southeast Asia who are afraid to try the fruit in its original state, there are many spinoffs of durian. From ice cream to coffee, globetrotters with adventurous taste buds are sure to find a variation that best suits their palate. To get a taste of the so-called "king of fruits," here are ten ways you can devour some durian.
Durian ice cream
One of the least daunting of ways in which to devour durian is in ice cream form. It is potent yet refreshing, and eating it is a good way to keep cool in Southeast Asia's otherwise hot climate.
Durian chips
There are all kinds of potato chip flavors, but why not delve into a bag of durian chips, instead? This crunchy alternative to its normally slimy self is both refreshing and great for those snackers who find themselves on the go.
Dried durian
Everyone loves their fair share of dried fruit, so why not add durian to the list? It is a bit less flavorful than its natural form, allowing shy appetites to come out of their shells and try this intimidating fruit.
Durian toffee
Wrapped up in one too many sheets of plastic is durian toffee. One will feel like a dog with peanut butter stuck to the top of its mouth as they try to get through the small yet potent piece of chewy, sticky candy.
Durian puffs
Durian puffs have it all; the potent taste, creamy texture, and a hint of sugar make it one of the least abrasive snacks of them all, filled into a pastry.
Durian coffee
Coffee connoisseurs may be horrified to hear that durian coffee is a thing. Grab a cup of joe enhanced with this potent fruit to see what all the hype is about.
Durian over coconut milk with sticky rice
Durian over coconut milk with sticky rice is considered a delicacy in Thailand. Coconut milk-based desserts are especially popular here, particularly when they are flavored with the 'King of the Fruits.'
Durian pie
One will not long forget the taste of durian pie after having a bite or two. Diners may want to leave this particular pie off the menu during the holidays, as it will certainly stink up the entire dining room.
Durian chocolate
If you are going to try the world's smelliest fruit, you might as well do it with one of the world's greatest pleasures: chocolate. It captures its strong flavor without the horrid smell. Thailand is even rumored to be releasing a durian flavored Kit Kat.
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To all the readers out there with shy palates, we understand where you may be hesitant to delve face first into a plastic container of durian. That being said, this is one fruit every world traveler should try when sampling different dishes, desserts, and street foods from around the world.
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Holly Willoughby attacked online after taking her children to New York
March 19, 2019 - 16:35 GMT Hanna Fillingham This Morning host Holly Willoughby was criticised online after going to New York over the weekend with her husband and children
Holly Willoughby and her family enjoyed a short but sweet trip to New York over the weekend, which saw the This Morning presenter take her children to watch the Broadway production of Frozen. Holly did this as part of a segment on the ITV daytime show, and revealed that she was gifted the tickets by Disney. However, after posting a photo of herself and the Frozen characters on Instagram, the mum-of-three received some backlash from a few of her followers, who believed that she should have donated the tickets to a family who couldn’t afford them otherwise. One wrote: "Wouldn’t it have been nice if you gave the tickets to a family that couldn’t afford them and paid for your own," while another said: "Oh but to be rich but don’t need to spend your own money on nice things."
Holly Willoughby was criticised online after getting free tickets in New York
However, many of Holly's fans were quick to jump to her defence. "Oh, so many green-eyed monsters on here that are filled with jealousy," one user wrote. Another fan pointed out: "To all the bitter jealous people leaving negative comments – let it go. Looks like you had a wonderful time Holly." During the whistle stop visit, Holly took her children Harry, nine, Belle, seven, and Chester, four, to all the iconic New York landmarks, including Times Square, the Empire State Building, and even popular toy shop American Girl – where Belle was treated to her own special doll.
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Holly took her three children and husband Dan with her on the trip
Recently, Holly hosted the MSC Bellissima naming ceremony in Southampton, which was attended by stars including Sophia Loren, Nile Rodgers and the Loose Women panellists. While talking to HELLO! on the red carpet, the star revealed that she had been inspired to take her own children on a cruise. She said: "Having been here today, it's something I would think about. I thought you might get a bit of cabin fever and not a lot to do, but I didn’t realise just how much choice there is and also you don't understand the scale of a ship and there is loads for them to do."
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Holly also had the best advice for going away with a young family too. "When you are travelling with a baby you almost want to do a stay cation. Britain is beautiful and it is almost easier to get a car and stay in a house, and you can avoid airports as they are very stressful for kids," she said. "But once they go a bit older, you should go anywhere if you can. I think kids are really adaptable and you should go and experience the world with them."
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A bit more of the story: Steve Kappas lived for Springville, died during city parade
By Rebecca Packard Herald Correspondent
With thousands of crucial yet everyday people comprising the Utah Valley community, the Daily Herald would like to further highlight and share the real stories and impact of those who have recently departed. “A Bit More of the Story” reflects those efforts and remembers those lives.
Steve Kappas, 67, had become a regular part of Art City Days by the time he died celebrating in it June 8.
Before he died of a heart attack during the Art City Days parade, he was known as an active member of the Springville High School Alumni Association. He’d sold Red Devil T-shirts at the Art City Days Festival with his wife, Julie, for almost 20 years and was a judge on their scholarship committee, shaping the future of Springville’s youth.
“He never got tired. He’d spend lots of time on those applications,” his wife said, who is also on the committee.
The association, originally formed in the early 2000s to deal with a mascot dispute, provides scholarships for Springville youth who have exemplified citizenship through community service. Julie Kappas said he’d notice candidates others might have glossed over in a rush to get done, making the difference for someone who really needed the additional support.
Besides serving in the alumni association, Steve Kappas was on Springville’s parks and recreation volunteer board, which makes sure the city’s impact fee is being spent the way it should and through which he’d find opportunities to work the grounds. His children — Clay, Bryan, Scott and Jennie were often put to work on the grounds as well. Julie Kappas remembers having to go find him in a park to let him know their daughter had gotten engaged.
The Kappases moved to Springville just after being married. He’d grown up in Mapleton, raised by his grandparents and his aunt, Stella. He was a bit wild in his youth, but his father-in-law was appeased when his Sunday school teacher — Julie’s older sister, Shirley — assured him he was a good kid.
After some years in construction and racecar driving, he joined the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a labor union, and worked for local companies such as W.W. Clyde and Geneva Rock. Julie Kappas said he knew he had to join a union to support a family and the work was often fun, transporting movie and television sets across the state or country.
“He was just a really good man,” Julie Kappas said. “He sent three boys on missions and sent three to college.”
Rachel Kappas, Bryan’s wife, said Steve Kappas and his wife were soulmates who did everything together. In addition to having four children and 11 grandchildren, they served on the committees, camped often and enjoyed the perks to his work, like meeting celebrities.
“He never got starstruck,” Jennie said. Julie Kappas remembers he turned down an offer to be Johnny Depp’s driver and really liked Robert Duvall. “(To him) they were just people,” Jennie said.
His work sometimes brought the movies home — Stephen King’s motor home was in their driveway for awhile during “The Stand,” and sometimes it brought the family to more of the world. His grandchildren had a field day on the “Andi Mack” set in Magna last summer.
More than treating stars like regular people, Steve Kappas will be remembered for treating regular people like they mattered, whether it’s the almost overlooked scholarship recipient, someone he coached in little league or a member of the Two Jacks Sinclair “church,” a coffee group he attended every morning.
“He made friends with everybody,” Bryan said.
Those wishing to help the family can donate to https://www.gofundme.com/steve-kappas-memorial. In addition to the service, the family hopes to memorialize Kappas with a scholarship and hopefully a sculpture by Gary Price.
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Posted on November 4, 2017 by Huber Heights Courier
Warriors fall in 1st round of playoffs
Pickerington North posts 21 point margin of victory
By Robert Williamson II - Contributing Writer
Austin Mullins (18) returns the ball on a kickoff against Pickerington North Panthers at Heidkamp Stadium in Huber Heights.
Adam Lacy/Huber Heights Courier.
Cam Fancher (13) pursues Pickerington North quarterback Jimmy Weirick.
L’Christian Smith (1) barely misses making a pass reception on a play that was eventually ruled defensive pass interference.
Wide receiver Steven Victoria (8) catches a pass for a touchdown against Pickerington North.
Wayne quarterback Rashad McKee (7) scrambles under a heavy rush from Pickerington North defenders.
HUBER HEIGHTS – Wayne’s football season came to an end in from of its home crowd with a first round playoff 41-20 loss to Pickerington North.
Coming in Wayne knew what it had to do if it wanted to win this game, that was contain Jimmy Weirick and make him try to make plays from the pocket with pressure in his face.
On Pickerington North’s first drive, it looked like Wayne was going to make it hard on Weirick, as Wayne intercepted a pass to end the drive at about midfield. Wayne returned the favor by giving the ball back with an interception on the North 20-yard line.
North drove the ball to the Wayne 39-yard line and then took a shot deep into double coverage. The receiver fell down and Wayne had two defensive backs standing at the goal line waiting for the floating pass to drop. The receiver stood up just as the pass sailed over both defensive backs’ heads and into his arms for a touchdown. The kick failed making the score 6-0 North.
Wayne could not mount a drive on its next possession and an untimely holding call that wiped out a first down forced Wayne to punt. North went 62-yards on four plays with Weirick finishing it off with a quarterback keeper from the one yard line. The kick was good, making it North 13 Wayne 0.
Wayne’s offense could not move the ball again and punted the ball back to North. North drove into Wayne territory, but Weirick floated a pass into the flat that Justin Harris camped under, picked off and took 63 yards for a touchdown, making the score 13-7 North.
North took ten plays to go 80 yards on its next possession. It had two third downs and more than 6 yards to go both times, but Weirick got the first down on both by just running past the Warrior pass rushers. The scoring play was a 9-yard pass to receiver Ty Wiley, that looked like it was going to be intercepted, but the ball went through the Wayne defenders’ hands and into the arms of Wiley. North was now up 20-7.
Wayne was able to put together a drive on its next possession. It took two minutes for Wayne to drive to the North 23-yard line and McKee finished the drive with a perfectly placed pass over the shoulder of Steven Victoria in the end zone. Wayne had an illegal motion call on the extra point, so it had a longer try which bounced off of the left upright and left Wayne down 20-13.
Jimmy Weirick tortured the Wayne defense once again with big runs on third downs and a short pass to Ty Wiley that he took all the way down to the Wayne 13 yard line. Weirick called his own number, his quarterback draw covered 13 yards and into the end zone for a 27-13 halftime lead.
Wayne took its opening drive of the second half and went 80 yards in 5 plays, capping it off with a 5-yard touchdown pass to Austin Mullins to pull Wayne to within 7 points at 20-27.
Wayne stopped North on its next drive, just short of the 50-yard line forcing them to punt, but it could not get the ball past the 10-yard line. A few plays later North linebacker Nick Gordina intercepted a short pass and returned it for a touchdown putting North back up by 14 at 34-20 with 5 minutes left in the third quarter.
North added another touchdown before the end of the third quarter which made it 41-20. No one scored in the fourth quarter.
The storyline for this game was too much Jimmy Weirick and not enough execution for the Wayne offense. The Wayne offense could never get into a rhythm. A lot of that had to do with the North defensive front winning the trenches. North has a good front seven and Wayne’s line has had to be shuffled over the last few weeks so this is understandable.
Wayne ends its season the same way it started it, with a disappointing loss. Pickerington North will go on to face Centerville in a rematch from week three. The Panthers lost to the Elks by a missed extra point 27-26.
https://www.hhcourier.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/11/web1_2MB-7741.jpgAustin Mullins (18) returns the ball on a kickoff against Pickerington North Panthers at Heidkamp Stadium in Huber Heights. Adam Lacy/Huber Heights Courier.
https://www.hhcourier.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/11/web1_2MB-7886.jpgCam Fancher (13) pursues Pickerington North quarterback Jimmy Weirick. Adam Lacy/Huber Heights Courier.
https://www.hhcourier.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/11/web1_2MB-7954.jpgL’Christian Smith (1) barely misses making a pass reception on a play that was eventually ruled defensive pass interference. Adam Lacy/Huber Heights Courier.
https://www.hhcourier.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/11/web1_2MB-7993.jpgWide receiver Steven Victoria (8) catches a pass for a touchdown against Pickerington North. Adam Lacy/Huber Heights Courier.
https://www.hhcourier.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/11/web1_2MB-8102.jpgWayne quarterback Rashad McKee (7) scrambles under a heavy rush from Pickerington North defenders. Adam Lacy/Huber Heights Courier.
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Yellowface Is Still A Thing In Hollywood And Really Needs To Stop
"It's not homage anymore when you start playing someone else's race."
By E. Oliver Whitney
With the recent controversy following Emma Stone's casting in "Aloha" and this year's very white Oscars, it's undeniable that the film industry has a serious race problem. But a new video from BuzzFeed shines a light on a type of offensive racial stereotyping still going on today.
In the BuzzFeed video, a handful of East Asian people react to yellowface, or when a non-Asian actor wears makeup to appear Asian, in classic and recent films. The participants watch clips from "Breakfast at Tiffany's," the film that famously cast white actor Mickey Rooney as a cranky Japanese landlord, and "The Teahouse of the August Moon," which showed Marlon Brando as a Japanese interpreter. "Watching this feels really dehumanizing," one person says of Brando's performance in the BuzzFeed video.
But yellowface isn't just a thing from the days of classic Hollywood; it's also popped up in recent movies and TV shows. "How I Met Your Mother" fans will remember the episode where Alyson Hannigan played a stereotypical Asian woman for a kung fu movie tribute (which received well-deserved backlash)."It's not homage anymore when you start playing someone else's race," one man tells BuzzFeed. Another example is when white English actor James D'Arcy portrayed an East Asian character in the Wachowskis' "Cloud Atlas," which one viewer said was "really racist." Uh, yeah. How about casting some East Asian actors, Hollywood?
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Karrie Higgins, Contributor
Writer, Intermedia Artist, Disability Activist
A Queer Disability Anthology: Disability and LGBTQ Intersectionality
Sometimes a book drops in your lap like a miracle you didn't even know you needed. That's what happened with QDA: A Queer Disability Anthology edited by Raymond Luczak and published by Squares & Rebels Press. I never thought speaking up about disability exclusion at AWP would connect me with a community of writers with disabilities, but that is what happened -- starting with an email from Luczak inviting me to review the QDA anthology. I jumped at the chance because I didn't know there were disability anthologies out there. I actually said out loud, "WHAT? This exists?"
QDA: A Disability Anthology cover with a bright fuschia flower.
I also saw it as an opportunity to learn more about the intersection of sexuality and disability, something I knew cut much deeper than I understood as a straight, white woman with disabilities. In this regard, QDA blew my mind.
Many of the writers in QDA live in a perpetual state of marginalization, even among people who share their sexual orientation or disability, as in Missing What You Never Had: Autistic and Queer by Kit Mead, in which Mead explores being an "invisible queer person." Mead's queer sexual orientation and agender identity have come under fire because people with autism aren't "supposed" to be either. At the same time, autism creates social barriers to queer spaces, such as the LGBT Pride parade. "[W]hen I tell people I'm autistic and queer," Mead writes, "Will I be welcome in their spaces? Especially when I ask them to turn down the volume?"
Compartmentalization becomes survival strategy, perhaps best exemplified by Nola Weber's essay, "The Worst, Most Faithful Friend", about living with vaginismus and vestibulodynia, an "overgrowth of highly sensitive nerve endings" in her vulva that sparks a "sharply prohibitive burn" at any attempt at penetration:
My physical limitation thus assured I could never excel at being straight, yet my unusual condition seemed just too suspicious not to question the coincidence that I was, in fact, quite queer ... Perhaps this is why, in casual conversation, my vulvar pain and sexuality are not often co-disclosed: a lesbian who can't be penetrated lacks the sympathy granted to her heterosexual counterpart, and a woman who has never felt straight sex might not
"really" be a lesbian.
It's the ultimate double bind: her sexuality is questioned because of her disability, but her disability isn't taken seriously because of her sexuality. For one part of herself to be taken seriously, the other must remain concealed.
If vulvar pain seems like a surprising condition to include in a volume about disability, that's because the anthology embraces an expansive definition, something Weber feels unsure applies to her. "Applied to my own body," she writes, "the term feels hyperbolic, dishonest, like a standard experience not quite mine to claim, and one true only in the most literal sense -- in the sense of not being able."
It's one of the things that makes QDA so great. It does not exclude bodies the way so many cultural spaces do. Nor does it shy away from direct challenges on the dominant imagery of disability.
Mention disability and the image that pops into many people's minds is the universal access symbol of a person in a wheelchair:
Image by Tdmalone at en.wikipedia [CC BY-SA 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], from Wikimedia Commons
For some of the writers in QDA, that's a source of frustration. In Disability Made Me Do It or Modeling for the Cause, Kenny Fries writes of being invited to model for a guide to gay sex, and when he is asked how to portray a disabled man having sex he says, "Don't use a wheelchair to signify the man is disabled." Fries agrees to model, but his worst fears come true when the artist suggests "amputating" one of his legs out of the drawing or adding a wheelchair so his disability will "read" better.
Later, Fries imagines the hot spray of a shower dissolving his limbs until he transforms into a male Venus de Milo, who "despite her scarred face and severed left foot, despite having the big toe cut off her right foot, and missing left nipple, not being real, is considered one of the most beautiful figures in the world."
On the other hand, in The Politics of Pashing, Jax Jacki Brown revels in what she calls the "crip privilege" of "pashing" (French kissing) her girlfriend in public, as onlookers struggle to reconcile her public display of affection with her wheelchair. "Queer sexuality and disability places me so far outside the realms of everyday that it renders people silent ... leaving me able to pash my lover in public without a nasty comment." For her, it's almost a super power.
That said, QDA is not inspiration porn. You know the memes: the little boy in the wheelchair playing basketball with the tagline, "Your excuse is invalid"; the woman with a prosthetic leg running a marathon, demanding, "What's your excuse again?" Luczak gives inspiration porn the smackdown in a powerful introduction that weaves together his personal experiences as someone who is deaf with the larger cultural questions and themes in the anthology.
Neither is QDA about overcoming disability. In fact, as Luczak's own story unfolds in the introduction and later in his poetry, a profound need to embrace his deafness emerges. Luczak, who longed so badly to learn sign language that he made off with his big brother's Boy Scout handbook for illicit self-lessons in the manual alphabet, imagines a world where genetic engineering has "fixed" deafness and deaf people will "walk forever wounded, searching for our phantom hands/never quite there but never quiet." The implications are profound: even when "cured," deafness is not cured, because it is more than a disability.
But also, in spite of all the inspiration porn, able people seem to need disability:
"In time you hearing people, too,
will long for us savages,
communicating in grunts and gestures,
if only to remind you that you are God.
It is in your nature to seek imperfections,
rout them out. After all,
you must have something to do."
Perhaps because of how QDA found its way into my mailbox, I couldn't help but howl (in the best way) at How Not to Plan Disability Conferences by Lydia Brown. No. 1: "Form a planning committee without any actually disabled people on it." (Quick, somebody dial A-W-P.)
And I cannot bow out without a mention of Liv Mammone's should-be-required-reading-for-every-MFA-program piece, "Advice to the Able-Bodied Poet Entering a Disability Poetics Workshop". Oh, hallelujah! Hard to pick a favorite from it, but "Don't ask if able-bodied people have really said and did jaw-dropping things in my poems. It's hard to invent ignorance" is a strong contender.
Ultimately, QDA is an appeal to the common humanity that binds us all -- or should bind us all. We all want love. We all want to belong. As Luczak writes so beautifully in the introduction, "Here we are, coming out not only as queer and disabled but also as human beings in these pages ... Stop keeping us at arm's length. Interact with us. Make friends. Maybe you'll fall in love. (Hey, you never know!)."
This post originally appeared on A True Testimony.
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Cops Hunt Teacher Accused Of Abducting Student
A massive manhunt is underway for Tad Cummins, who allegedly abducted 15-year-old Elizabeth Thomas.
By David Lohr
Tennessee investigators are racing against time to find a kidnapped teen whose disappearance has captured national attention.
Elizabeth Thomas, 15, disappeared from a restaurant in Columbia, Tennessee, seven days ago, and authorities believe her former teacher, Tad Cummins, abducted her. An Amber Alert for Thomas has been issued, and a nationwide manhunt is underway for Cummins, who vanished the same day.
Cummins was recently suspended from his teaching job for inappropriate contact with the teen. Authorities believe he is armed and that Thomas is “in imminent danger.”
“Nothing investigators have learned about Cummins or his intentions for the young girl since issuing the Amber Alert calms the imminent concern for Elizabeth’s well-being,” the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation wrote in a press release. “In fact, it only heightens it.”
Another student at Culleoka Unit School reported seeing Cummins, a former health sciences teacher, kiss Thomas on the lips in January. When school officials questioned Thomas about the incident, she allegedly denied the allegation.
“She looks at him like a friend and counselor who knows how to calm her down when she is experiencing anxiety,” reads an investigative report the district issued, based on the witness’ account. “She stated students hang out in his classroom a lot.”
#TNAMBERAlert: She's a high school freshman. He was a teacher accused of kidnapping her. Let's find her now! UPDATE: https://t.co/55oZs6oD5s pic.twitter.com/hh9I4v3l3y
— TBI (@TBInvestigation) March 18, 2017
Authorities now suspect the teen was lying for Cummins, who also denied engaging in inappropriate behavior.
“The 50-year-old may have been abusing his role as a teacher to groom this vulnerable young girl for some time in an effort to lure and potentially sexually exploit her,” said the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
School officials allowed Thomas to continue teaching until February before they suspended him. He was formally dismissed a day after Thomas went missing.
Jason Whatley, the Thomas family’s attorney, said school officials failed to take immediate action and allowed Cummins and Thomas to remain in touch.
“Any suggestion that he was suspended immediately when these allegations came out is just false,” Whatley said, according to CBS affiliate WFOR-TV.
The school district did not respond to a request for comment.
AMBER ALERT: Here are new pictures of suspect Tad Cummins, captured the week prior to the kidnapping of Elizabeth Thomas. Please RT! pic.twitter.com/CSWajVSiGP
Investigators, citing a $4,500 loan Cummins recently obtained and other undisclosed evidence, said the abduction was planned in advance and that Cummins has two handguns. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has added him to its Top 10 Most Wanted list and is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to his capture.
“What scares us about Mr. Cummins is he’s sort given up his life at this point,” Maury County Sheriff Bucky Rowland told ABC News.
Cummins’ Twitter page suggests he was once a popular teacher. He described himself as a parent, grandparent and “Jesus freak.”
Cryptic messages appeared on both Thomas and Cummins’ Instagram accounts the day they disappeared. A message on Cummins’ Instagram account read, “Let’s do this.”
At an emotional press conference on Friday, Cummins’ wife, Jill, said she was unaware of her husband’s alleged involvement with Thomas.
“My heart breaks for the family of Beth Thomas,” she said, according to The Columbia Daily Herald. “I want her home just as much as the rest of you, but I’m also very worried about Tad.”
“To that end, let me speak directly to my husband,” she continued. “Tad, this is not you. This is not who you are ... Please do the right thing and turn yourself into the police and bring Beth home.”
District Attorney General Brent Cooper has filed multiple charges against Cummins, including aggravated kidnapping.
“That offense is a Class B felony,” Cooper said. “It carries an eight- to 10-year sentence, if there is a conviction. I’d also like to state for Mr. Cummins that there is a provision that says, if the offender voluntarily releases the victim, or if he provides information that leads to her safe return, that will be weighed in his favor. I urge Mr. Cummins to pick up that phone and call someone ... and let us know where you are so you can start dealing with the consequences.”
On Monday, authorities released additional photographs of Cummins taken approximately one week before Thomas disappeared. It’s possible he’s altered his appearance since then.
“Because of the shockingly low number of tips, the TBI has concluded the individuals are likely out of the view of the general public,” the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said. “Having last been seen on Monday morning, the individuals could, frankly, be anywhere.”
Cummins is believed to be driving a silver 2015 Nissan Rogue with Tennessee license plate 976-ZPT. Police describe him as white, 6 feet tall, approximately 200 pounds, with brown hair and eyes. Thomas has blonde hair, hazel eyes, is 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs approximately 120 pounds. She was last seen wearing a flannel shirt and black leggings.
Thomas’ family said in a statement, “We ask that you continue to share Elizabeth’s story and to immediately notify law enforcement if you think you may have seen her. You can be Elizabeth’s eyes, her ears and her voice. Your information or tip may be what leads to get this child home. As a family, we are focused on one thing and one thing only ― Elizabeth’s safe and quick return.”
Anyone who spots the pair should call 911. Alternatively, tips can be submitted via 1-800-TBI-FIND.
Need help? Visit RAINN’s National Sexual Assault Online Hotline or the National Sexual Violence Resource Center’s website.
David Lohr
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New natural world, or hell on earth?
Written by Femke van Iperen
No consensus on ‘Oostvaardersplassen´
When the area of the Oostvaardersplassen was created in 1968, and its first large grazers were introduced to it in 1983, no one could have known how controversial the rewilding experiment would become. Today, there is not one person in The Netherlands who has not seen the dramatic images of the emaciated, on-the-verge-ofdeath animals, or followed the debate on the management of the large grazers in the area. Should we be feeding, shooting, or leaving the animals to their own ´natural´ devices? Images have even reached international news. ‘Animal carcasses and dead trees litter the landscape of Oostvaardersplassen,’ and ‘protesters are feeding the animals alongside high speed trains,’ it was written in The Guardian in April. ‘The experiment has failed,’ said Biologist Patrick van Veen, who had gathered 123.000 signatures to say so, attributing this to the lack of natural herd-controlling mechanisms and possibilities for animals to migrate.
With the increase in herd sizes, so has the pressure on the available food supply. Combine this with a particular harsh winter and the situation has become a far cry from when the experiment was started. At the beginning of the year, Omroep Flevoland reported that almost 700 large grazers had been shot in the Oostvaardersplassen since the 1st of December last. In March, at the request of the Province of Flevoland for intervention, the local forest management scattered the area with hay. In April, a long-awaited independent report was brought out by an external supervisory committee. In the report it was advised, among other things, for a large number of grazers to be shot. Whilst the number of cattle should remain the same, horses should be reduced by approximately 180 by rehoming them elsewhere, and at least 980 red deer should be killed. This ‘reset’ would allow regrowth of grassland, and a more versatile vegetation. During the consultation of the report the opportunity of introducing certain predators had also been discussed. ´The worst scenario that the committee could have come up with,’ was the response of Dutch MP Femke Merel Arissen of the Party for the Animals (Partij voor de Dieren (PvdD)). ´Far too evasive´, agreed the Animal Protection.
There are others however, that paint quite a different picture. Perhaps we have forgotten what living in nature entails, they say. Han Olff, professor at the University of Groningen, said in The Guardian that in the Oostvaardersplassen ‘horses can choose their own mates and form social groups,’ and that ‘dead carcasses and trees and thinner-than-livestock animals are part of the cycle of life.’ He also endorsed the option of a ‘natural bridge’ between the Oostvaardersplassen and the Veluwe. ´We are no longer used to seeing animals survive,’ said Joke Bijl from the area’s forest management in another newspaper, at a time the grazers were living of the fat they stored in the summer. Here animals are only shot when it appears they will not make the winter, she explained. According to local forester Jan Griekspoor, feeding the animals had done more harm than good. He argued that animals with a full stomach stop making an effort to look for food, whilst their bodies are not yet set to convert food into fat. ‘We sometimes find them dead. With a full stomach,’ he said in another news report.
5600 hectares of nature reserve, sandwiched between built-up areas of Almere and Lelystad, with marshland and seventeen lookouts, large grazing animals able to roam freely. The beautiful New Wilderness film from 2013 was unambiguous; in this beautiful part of The Netherlands there is hope for a new natural world that would be unique in Europe. Unfortunately, for now, the future of the animals in this experiment is uncertain, and opinions around human intervention remain deeply divided.
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'24's' Marisol Nichols Joins ABC Pilot 'Good Christian Bitches'
The dramedy project, from "Sex and the City" executive producer Darren Star, stars Leslie Bibb as a woman who becomes the center of salacious gossip.
Marisol Nichols has joined the ABC pilot Good Christian Bitches.
The dramedy project, from Sex and the City executive producer Darren Star, follows a woman (Leslie Bibb) who moves back to her Dallas neighborhood after a divorce only to become the center of salacious gossip from the community's churchgoing wives.
Nichols, whose previous TV credits include 24 and The Gates, will play the role of Heather in the ABC Studios project. She will be joined by previously cast Jennifer Aspen, Miriam Shor and Annie Potts. Christina Applegate, one of pilot season's most in-demand actresses, passed on the lead role.
Robert Harling (The First Wives Club, Laws of Attraction) will serve as writer and executive producer, with Star and Aaron Kaplan (You, Me and Dupree, Knowing) on board to executive produce. Alan Poul (The Big C, Rome, Big Love) is locked to direct the pilot.
The Parents Television Council has already jumped on the ABC pilot, arguing the decision to pick it up is “not only an affront to women, it blatantly attacks the world’s largest faith." The famously vocal group took issue with the title, which will undoubtedly change if the show does land on ABC’s fall schedule, as well: "The ‘b-word’ is toxic and is used to degrade, abuse, harass, bully and humiliate women. And the ‘Christian’ element only adds insult to injury.”
Nichols is repped by Paradigm and Impression Entertainment.
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The Curse of La Llorona Review
By David Day on April 24, 2019 2
This week we saw The Curse of La Llorona and wow, what a disappointment. This is the only ghost who is 100% kept out by shutting the door or window. This movie could have been so much more than it ended up being, which is just another low effort, jumpscare factory. Even the jumpscares were boring and predictable. The Curse of La Llorona just wants to take your money and give you next to nothing for entertainment value. I don’t know a lot about Mexican folklore, but I don’t think that this does the actual story any justice at all.
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The Curse of La Llorona Synopsis
The Curse of La Llorona is directed by Michael Chaves and follows a family of three who recently lost their father, who was a cop. Anna (Linda Cardellini) is the mom of Chris (Roman Christou) and Samantha (Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen). Anna is also a social worker who works for CPS in LA, and at some point, early in the movie, she receives a tip that one of her cases is being handed over to her co-worker because she is too overburdened by single-motherhood. She fights her boss for the right to check on Patricia Alvarez (Patricia Velasquez) and ends up with more than she bargained for.
The Curse of La Llorona Trailer
Through a series of boring events, Anna releases Patricia’s kids from a closet that was protecting them and the kids are gobbled up by a deadish bride called La Llorona.
Patricia seeks vengeance on her caseworker, Anna, and prays to La Llorona that she take Anna’s kids and return her own.
What follows is a predictable and slow jumpscare movie that failed to make me care about anyone at all. I would have been just as happy had La Llorona eaten the whole family.
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The Curse of La Llorona Legend Facts
After doing some reading and checking out the Wikipedia article, I have compiled the basics of the La Llorona Legend.
The Curse of La Llorona starts in 1673. The folklore for the real story begins with a beautiful but poor woman named Maria. Maria catches the eye of a wealthy man who decides to marry her, much to her chagrin, and they build a life together, complete with two kids. As the man works in many faraway lands, he frequently leaves for work, and each time that he does, he becomes less interested in Maria.
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Finally, one day he returns with a new wife and Maria is so distraught that she takes her kids down to the river and drowns them to spite her husband. She realizes what she did, and drowns herself. Upon trying to get into heaven, she is told that she can’t get in until she finds her children and brings them with her.
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La Llorona is the ghost or spirit of this sad, crying woman, who hangs out near rivers looking for her kids. She frequently mistakes other kids for her own and drowns them upon realizing that they aren’t the right ones, which seems extreme.
This is a pretty compelling folk tale that has been passed down through many generations of Mexicans, to the point that I have found lots of interesting comments about how people’s grandmothers would warn them about going near the water for fear of being caught by La Llorona.
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This is a great way to get your kids to respect the power of rivers and bodies of water, by scaring the shit out of them.
Among her wails, she is noted as crying “¡Ay, mi hijos!” which translates to “Oh, my children!” or “Oh, my sons!” If you hear her crying, you are probably marked for death.
The Curse of La Llorona Spoilers
The movie starts in earnest in the 1970s in LA.
Anna is a caseworker and takes it upon herself to visit Patricia Alvarez, who has her kid’s locked in a closet with a bunch of eyes drawn on the door. She has Patricia’s kids taken into protective custody, and Patricia is fit-to-be-tied.
While the kids are in some sort of CPS prison for kids, they are haunted by La Llorona and are low-speed-chased down a series of corridors by the ghost. This was a fairly effective spook within the movie.
Once Patricia’s kids are killed, Anna is called to the “scene of the crime,” which is where the bodies were found, under an overpass in the middle of the night. Because she is a single mother, Anna brings her kids and does the most 70’s thing in this movie – leaves them in the car alone with the doors locked.
Chris, Anna’s son, doesn’t follow instructions well, and ventures out into the night to view the dead bodies. Of course, he meets La Llorona, and she puts hands on him. The car scene, where the kids are holed up in the car with the ghost trying to get in really works well.
The rest of the movie is a big mash-up of slow pacing and predictable jumpscares that culminates in a showdown between a local shaman and La Llorona in the families house.
Part of The Conjuring Universe
The Curse of La Llorona is part of the conjuring universe to the extent that:
Let’s say we are watching a movie about the world’s greatest detective who solves street level crime cases and whose parents were brutally murdered in front of him when he was a child in a back alley after a show. The whole movie is about this detective who likes to fight crime. We see him build a case; we watch him fight with thugs.
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Then, about 66% of the way through the movie his butler comes into the room where he is reading a newspaper and tells him he needs to remember to eat while handing him a sandwich. As the detective puts down the newspaper to accept the sandwich, the audience gets to see a headline in the newspaper, which reads, “Superman saves Metropolis once again!”
Then our detective goes on to save the day, and we never see or hear about Superman again. That’s the extent that The Curse of La Llorona is in the Conjuring universe. They mention an evil doll who haunts people one time.
Final Recommendations, “who would like this”
If you want to make out with someone in a darkened theater and not care about what’s happening, The Curse of La Llorona is a great movie for you. If you love the Conjuring universe so much that one, single mention of Annabelle is enough to get you to sploosh in your pants, this is 100% your movie.
The Work of Anthony Fountain – HMT Fan
In the podcast we talked a bit about Anthony Fountain and his insane talent with horror makeup. I’m always impressed anytime someone is able to make a living doing what they love – and how could you not love turning people into zombies at a theme park and working on movies/music videos?
Check out some of Anthony’s work with my assumed captions below!
Here is his music showcase on Youtube.
A sexy gunshot victim
A sexy curious zombie
Here’s a video where Anthony did all the makeup, it’s a pretty sweet song too.
About David Day
It goes without saying that I enjoy horror movies. I also like to run, hike, read (comics, fiction, sci-fi, fantasy), write, and spend time with my family. I am usually pretty direct and find that honesty and kindness are what is most important to me. Along with Bryce, I am a co-founder of Horror Movie Talk.
If you want to know more about my taste in horror movies, checkout my about page or listen to episode 14: "The Horrific Beginnings of Horror Movie Talk"
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26 OCT 2014 Report Portsmouth, Great Britain
Rungaru springs a surprise and Oljira triumphs at Great South Run
Kenya’s James Rungaru and Ethiopia’s Belaynesh Oljira produced exciting finishes to take victories over 10 miles on the roads at the Bupa Great South Run, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, in Portsmouth, United Kingdom on Sunday (26).
In cool, blustery conditions, the 21-year-old Rungaru, who represented Kenya in the junior race at the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, settled into a lead pack that included his compatriots Joel Kimutai, winner of the Bupa Great Birmingham Run last weekend, Emmanuel Bett, who was second at that race and who won on the English south coast last year, and Uganda’s Abraham Kiplimo, the 2014 Commonwealth Games marathon bronze medallist.
Among the leaders in the early stages was Australia’s Michael Shelley, the champion over 26.2 miles in Glasgow, yet his challenge faded after the halfway point when a 4:28 mile, the quickest split of the day, saw the group reduced to four.
By the seventh mile Bett had dropped out following a series of surges from Kiplimo and the Ugandan appeared to be developing a small lead over Rungaru, with Kimutai a further 200 metres back in third.
Yet Kiplimo, despite looking composed at the front, hadn’t saved enough for the final two energy-sapping miles into a strong wind and it was Rungaru who galloped across the finish line in 46:31, seven seconds clear of Kiplimo in second place. Kimutai held on for third in 47:21.
The winner was understandably pleased with his efforts.
“I had prepared well and I knew I could make it,” he beamed. “This was my first time running at the Bupa Great South Run and I felt great. For the last two miles, I knew I still had some energy and I just tried to push."
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Rungaru’s attention now turns to realizing his ambition of once again representing his country: “I’m preparing now for cross country, I want to represent Kenya again.”
In the women’s event, home favourite Gemma Steel, who has placed in the top three at every race that she’s contested in 2014, once again worked hard, only to see Oljira storm past her in the final metres.
Ethiopia’s 2013 IAAF World Championships 10000m bronze medallist recorded 52:40, a personal best for the distance, to the Brit’s 52:42, while Kenya’s Doris Changeywo, the runner up at the Bupa Great Birmingham Run, was third, in 54:18.
Following a slow start, Steel had taken the initiative and a series of five-minute miles saw the 25-year-old pass the 10km mark in 32:50, having succeeded in dropping many of her rivals.
The one athlete who wouldn’t yield however, was Oljira, who timed her run perfectly.
“I tried to make it as hard a race as I could,” explained a disappointed Steel. “I got rid of them one by one, but unfortunately for me there was one still there and she hung on to me before passing me at the end. I’m used to being the bridesmaid and never the bride.”
Steel’s reaction contrasted sharply with that of Oljira, who danced up to the top of the podium to receive her prize.
“It was good,” she smiled. “The wind was very strong, but I’m ok. I am very happy with the win.”
With the peak of the road race season coming to a close, the 24-year-old is unsure what the immediate future holds, although as a bronze medalist at the last World Cross Country Championships she is well set to challenge again in 2015.
“I don’t know when I will race again. I will talk to my manager, but I hope to compete at the World Cross Country Championships, but maybe I’ll do another another road race first,” commented Oljira.
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The 2013 IAAF Diamond League will make its third stop of the season at the adidas Grand Prix at Icahn Stadium, where dozens of Olympic and World Championships medallists will take to the renovated track in search of points towards the season-long Diamond Race as well as qualifying marks for this summer’s IAAF World Championships.
In what is perhaps the showcase event of the meeting, five of the top seven finishers from last year’s Olympic Pole Vault final will compete in the second Diamond League competition of 2013. The headliner will be USA’s Jenn Suhr, the Olympic champion and World indoor record-holder, who set a season’s best of 4.80m in Michigan earlier this month.
Suhr’s principle opposition looks to come from Cuba’s Yarisley Silva, the Olympic silver medallist who cleared a world-leading 4.85m to beat Suhr at the Drake Relays last month. Not to be discounted are World champion Fabiana Murer of Brazil, who will be making her 2013 season debut, European champion Jirina Svobodova, and European indoor champion Holly Bleasdale of Great Britain.
By his lofty standards, David Rudisha did not wow anyone with his recent victory in Doha. With no one in the field for New York possessing a time this year within one second of his 1:43.87 from Doha, it appears the Olympic champion will once again be racing the clock, as he did at this meeting last year when he ran 1:41.74 to win by three seconds.
The field includes Kenya’s Timothy Kitum who won Olympic bronze in 1:42.53 last year, but the 18-year-old finished last in Doha in 1:46.54. South Africa’s Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, the 2009 World champion and 2004 Olympic silver medallist, will make his return after a 2012 season curtailed by injury.
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If the Diamond League season opener in Doha is any indication, the women’s Discus could be a one-woman show all summer. Olympic champion Sandra Perkovic of Croatia was thoroughly dominant in her first competition of 2013, throwing a world-leading 68.23m.
World and Olympic champion Brittney Reese has set her sights on the American Long Jump record of 7.49m set here in New York in 1994 by Heptathlon great Jackie Joyner-Kersee. Reese took a step towards that goal in Doha, where she set a PB and world-leading 7.25m.
While it may seem a foregone conclusion that Reese will extend her lead in the Diamond Race standings, she faces a formidable field. Heading that group will be World silver medallist Olga Kucherenko of Russia, who jumped 7.00m indoors in January. The US tandem of Janay DeLoach Soukup and Funmi Jimoh should never be discounted as both were close to seven metres in Doha. And there is Great Britain’s Shara Proctor, the World indoor bronze medallist, who opened with 6.82m in Doha.
The battle for the Diamond League’s lord of the ring honours shifts to New York after a rousing start in Doha, where USA’s World indoor champion Ryan Whiting set a PB of 22.28m, making him the 12th-best performer in history.
Whiting will once again be matched against Reese Hoffa, who handed Whiting his only loss of 2013 at the Drake Relays in April. Also in the circle will be Poland’s Tomasz Majewski, winner of the last two Olympic gold medals, 2009 World champion Christian Cantwell and Canadians Dylan Armstrong and Justin Rodhe, both with 21-meter-plus pedigree.
Gay and Richards-Ross return to New York
At this time last year, Tyson Gay wasn’t sure what to expect from his surgically repaired hip. Now Gay returns to a venue where he has always performed well, and this time he appears to be 100% healthy. He ran a world-leading 9.86 to win the 100m in Kingston, and then followed that up a week later with a wind-aided 19.79 in the 200m at a low-key meeting in Florida.
While the two preeminent figures in men’s sprinting – World-record-holder Usain Bolt and World champion Yohan Blake – are both nursing injuries, it will be up to Nesta Carter to carry the torch for Jamaica here. Carter finished third in Doha in 9.99, the fourth-fastest time in the world this year. Gay will also be challenged by his Olympic teammate Ryan Bailey, who will be looking for drastic improvement on his season’s best of 10.18.
The women’s 400m will feature the last two Olympic champions as well as the last three World champions. Headlining will be USA’s Sanya Richards-Ross, the 2009 World champion and 2012 Olympic champion, who will open her season one year after running the fastest 200m time of her career here.
Richards-Ross is coming off surgery in the off-season to correct a right toe problem and will have to be sharp if she is going to beat World champion Amantle Montsho of Botswana, who looked strong when beating Allyson Felix in Doha in 49.88.
Great Britain’s Christine Ohuruogu, the 2007 World champion and 2008 Olympic gold medallist, finished third in Doha in 50.53. Rounding out a field that rivals the depth of a championship final will be Jamaica’s Novlene Williams-Mills and Shericka Williams, and American Francena McCorory.
Taylor and Vlasic hoping for big jumps
World and Olympic Triple Jump champion Christian Taylor competed off a shortened approach in Doha and still managed to win. But his 17.25m is not a measurement likely to satisfy someone who spoke openly about breaking the World record. It’s also not likely going to be a good enough mark here to out-distance the likes of Great Britain’s Phillips Idowu, the 2009 World champion who is making his season debut, Haiti’s Samyr Laine, who jumped 17.36m in April, or France’s Benjamin Compaore, who was runner-up to Taylor in Doha with 17.06m.
Gone are the days when the High Jump was dominated by Croatia’s Blanka Vlasic, who has not competed since September 2011. Vlasic contracted a serious bacterial infection in her left take-off foot after undergoing surgery to shave part of her achilles tendon, a procedure required after a bone fragment in her ankle broke off and embedded into the tendon. This will be her first meeting back, and even she is uncertain of what her future now holds.
In her absence, USA’s Brigetta Barrett has emerged as someone with the physical tools – she is 6ft 4in (1.93m) with unbound athleticism – to challenge Stefka Kostadinova’s World record of 2.09m, a mark Vlasic came tantalizingly close to in 2009. Last summer, Barrett upped her PB to 2.03m in winning Olympic silver in London and has already cleared 1.99m this season, second in the world only to Anna Chicherova’s 2.02m.
Doha distance winners Aregawi, Gebrhiwet and Chepkurui out for another win
The US audience will get its first glimpse at emerging middle-distance star Abeba Aregawi of Sweden in what could be a runaway victory for the 27-year-old. In Doha, she crushed Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba and Faith Kipyegon of Kenya to win in 3:56.60.
Based on PBs, the closest runners to Aregawi in this field are Ibtissam Lakhouad of Morocco (3:59.35), who failed to finish in Doha, and World indoor 3000m champion Hellen Obiri of Kenya (3:59.68). Mary Slaney’s US all-comers’ record of 3:58.92 could be in jeopardy.
The hottest US middle-distance prospect at present is Brenda Martinez, who ran a solo 4:04.86 at Mt SAC, and 1:59.59 for 800m on the non-curbed track in San Diego. Meanwhile, Morgan Uceny is looking to recover from her fall in the Olympic final last summer and 2009 World bronze medallist Shannon Rowbury is after the ‘A’ standard of 4:05.50.
The largely East African field in the men’s 5000m features five athletes with personal bests under 13 minutes. The favourite is perhaps 19-year-old Ethiopian Hagos Gebrhiwet, the World junior record-holder, who destroyed the field in Doha, winning the 3000m with a PB of 7:30.56. His 5000m PB of 12:47.53 is slightly slower than that of countryman Dejen Gebremeskel, who has also looked spectacular in 2013. Olympic silver medallist Gebremeskel, who clocked his PB of 12:46.81 in Paris last year, has run well in New York before, winning in 2011 in 13:05.22 and finishing third in 2009 in 13:03.13.
Top Kenyans in the field include Vincent Chepkok, the 2011 World Cross bronze medallist, and African champion Mark Kiptoo. The race also features the return of Ethiopia’s Ibrahim Jeilan, who has not completed an international-calibre track race since his surprise 10,000m gold at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu.
Two weeks ago in Doha, Lidya Chepkurui covered the final 1000m of the 3000m Steeplechase in a blistering 2:57.32 to pull off a stunning victory in world-leading 9:13.75, a PB by more than a second. It was such a show of speed that on paper, the only woman who appears capable of giving Chepkurui a run for her money is Ethiopia’s Sofia Assefa, who finished a distant second in Doha in 9:14.61.
Campbell-Brown 200m favourite, close finishes expected in Hurdles events
In the women’s 200m all eyes will be on Veronica Campbell-Brown as she prepares to defend her World title this summer in Moscow. The Jamaican opened her season with 23.18 into a headwind in The Bahamas in April, and more recently won the 100m in 11.01 at the Jamaica Invitational.
Her primary competition should come from 2008 Olympic silver medallist Sherone Simpson of Jamaica, who finished third in Kingston in 22.83 and second in Doha in a wind-aided 22.73. The field also includes USA’s Bianca Knight and DeeDee Trotter.
There is potential for a blanket finish in the men’s 400m Hurdles as well as a commanding early lead in the Diamond Race standings. In Doha, USA’s Michael Tinsley took victory in 48.92. Another win would give the Olympic silver medallist a commanding eight points in the standings.
But victory isn’t likely to come easily. Tinsley will find himself matched up with Puerto Rico’s Javier Culson, the two-time World silver medallist, and USA’s Johnny Dutch, who beat Culson in Ponce, running a world-leading 48.02. Also figuring to challenge will be Cornell Fredericks, who ran 48.78 to win the South African title in April, and Omar Cisneros of Cuba, who finished third behind Dutch and Culson in Ponce in 48.92.
The 110m Hurdles field lost its marquee attraction when Olympic champion and World record-holder Aries Merritt was forced to withdraw with a hamstring injury he suffered in Shanghai last weekend, leaving the New York race wide open. Cuba’s Orlando Ortega has the fastest time in the field this season at 13.17 followed by 2009 World champion Ryan Brathwaite of Barbados and USA’s Antwon Hicks at 13.25.
The women’s Javelin will make its 2013 Diamond League debut in New York, which can be a favourable place to throw depending on which way the winds are blowing. Sunette Viljoen of South Africa discovered that last year, when she set a meeting and African record of 69.35m. The 29-year-old is back this year and will look to improve on her season’s best of 61.87m.
The favourite appears to be Russia’s World champion Mariya Abakumova, who threw a world-leading 69.34m in March but struggled earlier this week at the IAAF World Challenge meeting in Beijing, where she registered just two legal throws with a best of 60.26m. If those struggles continue, Germany’s two-time World and Olympic medallist Christina Obergfoll (64.53m this season) and Vira Rebryk of Ukraine (64.30m) will vie for the victory.
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Fattah campaign 'misbehaved'
by CATHERINE LUCEY, luceyc@phillynews.com 215-854-4172, Posted: April 18, 2007
By U.S. REP. Chaka Fattah improperly used his mayoral exploratory committee to cover $36,767 in campaign expenses, the Board of Ethics said yesterday.
Fattah has agreed to reimburse the money to the exploratory committee. Eventually the money will be returned to the individual donors.
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Shane Creamer, executive director of the board, said Fattah's exploratory committee was allowed to accept contributions above the city's contribution limits before he became an official candidate. But he couldn't spend that money to influence his campaign.
As the Daily News first reported in February, Fattah used his exploratory account to pay for his Web site, his mayoral-announcement festivities and videos. The board considered those to be campaign expenses.
Fattah also returned a $20,000 contribution that the exploratory committee received after he had declared his candidacy.
Creamer said the board would not fine Fattah because he had returned the money.
Zack Stalberg, chief executive of the watchdog group Committee of Seventy, praised the decision, saying, "It's pretty clear the Fattah campaign misbehaved, or they wouldn't be agreeing to this settlement."
Fattah last year formed the exploratory committee, which accepted several six-figure checks before he declared his candidacy.
The city contribution limits are set at $2,500 annually per individual and $10,000 annually per political-action committee. A "millionaire's exception" doubles them if a self-funded candidate is in the race, as is the case this year with millionaire Tom Knox.
When asked in February if he had violated the spirit of the campaign-finance law by using his exploratory funds to benefit his mayoral campaign, Fattah said no.
"I believe that we have followed the rules," he said. "I think that these complaints are being generated because I'm leading in the race."
Fattah did not comment yesterday, but a spokesman said they were glad the situation had been resolved.
Creamer said he had been working with the Fattah campaign since February to resolve the exploratory spending. He said he had "tremendous cooperation" from the campaign.
"This validates the whole system that Philadelphia has created," Creamer said of the settlement.
Specific costs outlined in Fattah's agreement with the board were:
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_ $11,008.88 for his mayoral announcement event;
_ $14,645.46 for other announcement expenses, videos and photos;
_ $3,515 for office expenses.
The $20,000 that was returned had been donated to the exploratory committee after Fattah became a candidate. *
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Antigua PM: Choksi’s “Citizenship Will Be Revoked And He Will Be Repatriated to India”
June 25, 2019 June 25, 2019 Editor antigua & barbuda, caribbean, cbi, choksi, cip, citizenship by investment, extradition, gaston browne, india, mehul choksi
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Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua & Barbuda, says his government will revoke Mehul Choksi’s CIP-obtained citizenship and extradite the bank fraud suspect to India once he’s “exhausted all of his legal options”.
For background on the Mehul Choksi case, see:
Indian Billionaire Wanted for $2Bn Fraud Gets Antigua Citizenship
Indian Investigators Ask for Choksi’s Whereabouts, Antigua Govt. Will Cooperate “Within the Law”
Choksi-Case: India to Request Extradition, Choksi Appeals to High Court to Prevent it
“His citizenship was processed; he got through but the reality is his citizenship will be revoked and he will be repatriated to India; so there is recourse. It’s not a case that we are trying to provide any safe harbor for criminals, for those who are involved in financial crimes,” PM Browne told reporters over the weekend, according to Antigua Observer.
After allegedly fleeing from India in the early days of 2018, Choksi received approval for citizenship by investment in Antigua & Barbuda before becoming the subject of an investigation in his native country. Investment migration industry critics took the opportunity to insinuate that Caribbean CIP due diligence was lax and, therefore, liable to admit scofflaws. But, as we’ve pointed out before, CIUs Can’t be Expected to Reject Applicants Whose Alleged Crimes Are Not Yet Known.
While Indian authorities have sought Choksi’s extradition from Antigua for more than a year, Browne’s government has been hesitant about handing over one of its own citizens to a court system that has a checkered track record for respecting due process. By virtue of the legal protections afforded to him under Antigua & Barbuda’s common law legal system, the former diamond merchant has been able to stave off extradition so far.
The case left Antigua & Barbuda in an awkward position; uphold the legal rights of its citizens and take international flack for “harboring criminal masterminds”, or extradite a suspect whose guilt was not yet proven, to the detriment of its reputation as a country governed by the rule of law.
To their credit, Antiguan authorities have upheld their citizen’s rights, felonious though he may be, and left his fate to be decided upon by the courts. As Choksi’s process of appeals nears a conclusion, however, Browne indicates his Indian counterparts won’t need to ask him twice to hand over Choksi.
“We have to allow for due process. He has a matter before the court and as we said to the Indian Government, criminals have fundamental rights, too, and Choksi has a right to go to court and defend his position. But I can assure you, after he has exhausted all of his legal options, he will be extradited.”
A central tenet of the ongoing argumentation against residence and citizenship by investment programs in Europe is the purportedly significant risk of white-collar criminals, terrorists, and other undesirables to “slip through the cracks” of the due diligence procedures. Choksi’s case, however, along with examples from Cyprus and, more recently, Saint Lucia, demonstrate that even in those very few cases where the wrong people gain admission, CIP-jurisdictions don’t hesitate to reverse their decision after the fact.
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This Ostrich-Legged Robot May Be Your Next Pizza Delivery Guy
Its design is birdlike, but this robot can walk wherever humans can. And where they can't.
By Kevin J. RyanStaff writer, Inc.@wheresKR
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Agility Robotics, which was spun out of Oregon State University in early 2017, is building robots that can traverse any terrain--from rocky hillside to sidewalks. Its first product, Cassie, has found work at half a dozen research institutions. The Albany, Oregon-based company, which will close its Series A in early 2018, envisions the bot eventually being used for everything from deliveries to facility inspections to hazardous search-and-rescue operations.
The brains behind the operation.
Cassie has two internal computers. One operates a control loop that is responsible for the lower-order functions that keep Cassie operating safely--just as the cerebellum in humans and other animals controls posture and balance. The other, which responds to commands from its human controllers, is a sort of traffic cop, handling all active movement. This might seem complex, but the robot is designed to be user friendly: "You can walk it around your lab the day you buy it," Hurst says. And you don't have to take it to lunch.
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Under the hood.
Cassie's motor must be on for it to stand upright; cut the power and it collapses in a heap. "That's actually an advantage," says Agility Robotics co-founder and CEO Damion Shelton. "It means there's no built-in mechanical stability to the system, which makes its ability to react to disturbances and unexpected ground positioning really high."
How to balance a bot.
Objects that are top heavy are actually easier to balance, so Cassie is designed with more than 85 percent of its weight above the top joint. The bot's lightweight legs provide a second benefit: Very little energy is required to move them, making the machine quicker to react and more efficient overall.
The beauty of ostrich legs.
Cassie's avian aesthetic isn't exactly by design. As part of his research at OSU, Agility co-founder and CTO Jonathan Hurst and his team closely studied the ways various animals perambulated, and then created a robot that replicated those mechanics. The resulting system, called Atrias, achieved the same basic output of a strolling animal--though it looked and moved nothing like one. To create Cassie, the Agility team used Atrias as a sort of first step, and then performed analyses to improve efficiency. "It turns out," says Shelton, "if you start with a mechanism that represents the motion of animals but not the design of animals, and then you do a bunch of math to remove all the extra bits that you don't need from the design, what you get back is something that looks a lot like an ostrich."
Cats and dogs and dinosaurs.
Like dogs, cats, rodents, and most birds, Cassie has a digitigrade walking style, meaning it walks on its toes. (Dinosaurs did this too. You, by contrast, plant your heel first when walking.) What look like inverted knees are actually the anatomical equivalent of Cassie's ankles; the long rods below these joints are the feet, and the parts that touch the ground are the digits.
Yearning to go free.
The company's goal is for the bots to operate autonomously--say, in a dangerous industrial environment. For now, Cassie can be run from a laptop--although that's actually technological overkill. "We found out," Shelton says, "that you can't engineer a solution that's better than what people use for remote-control airplanes, so we just bought a bunch of those remotes."
Cassie's next task: job hunting.
Agility's current customers are research institutions, including the University of Michigan. The company is selling the bots with extensive warranties. "That's to encourage people to push limits of what's possible with the robot," Shelton says. "We didn't want them to feel like they have to baby it, because the goal is to have people figuring out what works well and what doesn't work before we sell to corporate customers." Agility's plans include giving Cassie arms so it can do things like deliver packages, carry tools, help around the house--and pick itself up when it falls down.
From the March/April 2018 issue of Inc. Magazine
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Police: Worker struck, killed by construction vehicle in Hamilton County
Authorities say a semi tractor-trailer rear-ended a construction vehicle, forcing it into a worker in the road on Wednesday.
Police: Worker struck, killed by construction vehicle in Hamilton County Authorities say a semi tractor-trailer rear-ended a construction vehicle, forcing it into a worker in the road on Wednesday. Check out this story on IndyStar.com: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2018/11/07/hamilton-county-construction-worker-killed-tractor-trailer-crash/1921504002/
Crystal Hill, Indianapolis Star Published 7:22 p.m. ET Nov. 7, 2018
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A semi tractor-trailer ran into a construction vehicle Wednesday, causing it to strike and kill a worker in the road, Hamilton County authorities said.
The crash happened at around 12:40 p.m., when the tractor-trailer was heading northbound on US 31, about half a mile south of 296th Street.
Construction vehicles in the area had arrow boards activated to merge traffic into the left lane, but the driver didn't see the vehicles, according to a news release from the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office.
Unable to merge or stop in enough time, the driver rear-ended one of the construction vehicles, deputies said. The impact forced the vehicle into a construction worker who was working in the roadway, the release said.
The worker, Justin Nance, was declared dead at the scene. The 32-year-old man was from Anderson, Indiana.
The crash shut down part of US 31 near 286th Street, authorities said Wednesday afternoon. Northbound lanes were closed, while southbound was restricted to one lane. The highway later reopened.
Authorities are investigating.
Call IndyStar reporter Crystal Hill at 317-444-6094. Follow her on Twitter: @crysnhill.
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Here's activist Angela Rye's advice on how to make political discussions more civil
Political activist Angela Rye visits IUPUI law students to have a conversation about mentoring and how to use their voice
Here's activist Angela Rye's advice on how to make political discussions more civil Political activist Angela Rye visits IUPUI law students to have a conversation about mentoring and how to use their voice Check out this story on IndyStar.com: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2019/03/05/political-activist-cnn-commentator-angela-rye/3048783002/
Demi Vaughn, Indianapolis Star Published 7:00 p.m. ET March 4, 2019
Photos: CNN political commentator Angela Rye speaks to students at IU Sc...
Attorney, political analyst and businesswoman Angela Rye speaks to students at the IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis on Monday, March 4, 2019. She met students for a Q&A format group discussion, ahead of her public speech at IUPUI Monday evening, part of the Steward Speakers series. Jenna Watson/IndyStar
Jamal Abdulrasheed, a third-year law student, directs a question toward attorney, political analyst and businesswoman Angela Rye at the IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis on Monday, March 4, 2019. She met with students ahead of her public speech at IUPUI Monday evening, part of the Steward Speakers series. Jenna Watson/IndyStar
Students and other participants listen to attorney, political analyst and businesswoman Angela Rye at the IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis on Monday, March 4, 2019. She met with a group of students ahead of her public speech at IUPUI Monday evening, part of the Steward Speakers series. Jenna Watson/IndyStar
Attorney, political analyst and businesswoman Angela Rye calls her father for input during a group discussion with students at the IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis on Monday, March 4, 2019. She met with students ahead of her public speech at IUPUI Monday evening, part of the Steward Speakers series. Jenna Watson/IndyStar
Larry Smith directs a question toward attorney, political analyst and businesswoman Angela Rye at the IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis on Monday, March 4, 2019. She met with a small group ahead of her public speech at IUPUI Monday evening, part of the Steward Speakers series. Jenna Watson/IndyStar
At a time when political discussion seems especially less than civil, Angela Rye has this piece of advice: Understand we all have a "wounded inner child."
Rye, a political activist and former executive director and general counsel to the Congressional Black Caucus, spoke to a group of law students Monday in the Wynne Courtroom at the IU Robert McKinney School of Law.
During the conversation Rye touched on topics such as the current political climate, how minorities can use their voices and how to deal with people who have opposing views.
One student asked Rye what advice she had for the future lawyers in the room on remaining considerate to those with opposing views.
"My therapist uses the example that everyone has a wounded inner child. The wounded inner child is what makes itself manifest when a person is angry. It's coming from some rejection or trauma from childhood," Rye said. "Think about how you deal with a child that's frustrated or throwing a tantrum, and if you deal with that person in the exact same way your response is much more calm and patient."
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Attorney, political analyst and businesswoman Angela Rye speaks to students Monday at the IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis. (Photo: Jenna Watson/IndyStar)
Rye was brought to Indianapolis by the Steward Speaker Series. The theme for this year's series is the year of the woman. Actress Phylicia Rashad is scheduled to speak on May 9.
Tamara Cypress, a board member of Steward Speakers, asked Rye who inspired her to use her voice, and who are those people close to her who mentor and motivate her.
"My privilege is that I was raised by parents who let me debate with them, and dream really big. I think the mentor piece is key because I was raised in a village where I saw black lawyers, judges, doctors, and dentists," said Rye, who is an attorney. "I have an abundance of mentors like (congresswomen) Maxine Waters and Karen Bass.
"My best friend's 11-year-old son, who is so emotionally intelligent, teaches me something new all the time. It's important to know that mentors aren't always adults too."
Jamal Abdulrasheed, a third-year law student, asks Angela Rye a question during her talk Monday. (Photo: Jenna Watson/IndyStar)
Anthony Murdock II, a current grad student at IUPUI, had many takeaways from the conversation with Rye, and thinks representation matters.
"I think it's so important for minorities to see someone like her, because it just reinforces that we can do it, too," Murdock said. "My biggest takeaway was when she used the wounded child example, because if she's able to be open and honest about her wounded inner child and still have her success in life then it means someone like me can have it, too."
Rye is the principal and CEO of IMPACT Strategies, a political advocacy firm in the nation's capital. According to its website, IMPACT focuses on creating "on-demand strategic solutions to balance the political equation by keeping it authentic, accessible, and concrete for global citizens."
IMPACT's clientele includes advocates interested in such topics as climate change, technology, immigration, financial services and labor unions.
Rye also is a political commentator at CNN, and a political analyst at NPR. She began her career in legislative advocacy at the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher education, which is an umbrella association for America's 120 historically black colleges and universities.
She has offered on-air commentary for numerous media outlets, including ABC, BET, CNN, HBO, MSNBC, NBC and TV One.
Larry Smith asks Angela Rye a question Monday during her talk at the IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis. (Photo: Jenna Watson/IndyStar)
The purpose of the Steward Speakers Series is to inform, inspire and foster meaningful dialogue through cultural exchanges. Through lectures and events, the program targets youth, families, adult learners, and others who often do not have access to African-American leaders.
The program was founded by Sgt. Matthew Steward, a 34-year veteran of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. Steward earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Indiana University.
Demi Vaughn is an Our Children Fellow and a senior at Ball State University. She can be reached at dvaughn@gannett.com
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With Ditslear out, four Republicans vie for their chance to lead Noblesville
After four terms of leading Noblesville, Mayor John Ditslear is retiring from politics and leaving an opening for a field of GOP candidates.
With Ditslear out, four Republicans vie for their chance to lead Noblesville After four terms of leading Noblesville, Mayor John Ditslear is retiring from politics and leaving an opening for a field of GOP candidates. Check out this story on IndyStar.com: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/hamilton-county/2019/05/03/noblesville-mayor-election-has-four-republicans-seeking-primary-win/3654079002/
John Tuohy and Natalia E. Contreras, Indianapolis Star Published 3:18 p.m. ET May 3, 2019 | Updated 3:42 p.m. ET May 3, 2019
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After four terms of leading relatively slow but steady growth in Noblesville, Mayor John Ditslear is retiring from politics, leaving an opening for a field of candidates to shape their own municipal vision for the new decade.
Although Noblesville, with its historic Court Square, didn’t hustle through new development at the rate of neighbors Carmel and Fishers, Ditslear is, nonetheless, leaving during a growth surge.
The next mayor will oversee the completion of the city’s first big mixed-use development downtown, the Levinson, an apartment-retail-commercial project with a garage, as well as a makeover of the square. He or she also will manage development along the White River, part of an ambitious regionwide plan, and need to decide what to do with the Nickel Plate railroad tracks, which Ditslear wanted to make a greenway.
Four candidates are vying for the chance to take on those responsibilities in the Republican primary election Tuesday: a city council member and engineering firm executive, a former school board member and "Jeopardy!" champion, a publisher, and a city employee.
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Whoever wins is likely to be the next mayor because the Democrats did not run a primary candidate in the Republican-dominated city, though they still have time to do so before the general election in November.
Three-time mayoral candidate Mike Corbett said the proper course for the future would include more public say in development decisions. He accused the Ditslear administration and City Council of ramming through big deals behind closed doors.
Mike Corbett (Photo: Provided photo)
“There is a lack of transparency with these deals being made behind the scenes and very little public input,” Corbett said. “We need to open up city government.”
Part of the problem is the negotiations are conducted in executive sessions and the first the public hears of them is when the deal is nearly complete, said Corbett, owner of the Hamilton County Media Group and editor and publisher of Hamilton County Business Magazine. Another problem is that too often the city waits for developers to bring projects to it rather than proposing a bold plan itself, he said.
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The Levinson project was an example, Corbett said. The $24.3 million development by Fishers-based Rebar between Eighth and Ninth streets was unveiled only after the plan was nearly finalized. After concerns by some council members and residents, Rebar tweaked some design elements and reduced the number of parking spaces in an attached garage.
“Public input beforehand might have been able to make it a better project instead of having to go back to the drawing board to make revisions as they did afterward,” Corbett said.
Corbett said he opposed putting the project two blocks from the square to begin with and contended there were spots elsewhere in the city that might have benefited more from having it there.
Former three-term Noblesville Schools board member Julia Church Kozicki echoed Corbett’s concern. She said projects are driven too much by developers and wants the city to lead the way through goal-setting.
Julie Church Kozicki (Photo: Submitted by Julie Church Kozicki)
“I favor a visioning process so that growth is structured appropriately,” said Kozicki, a lawyer who competed on the trivia show "Jeopardy!" in 2011 and won one game. “Part of that will be benchmarking in which we can measure how well we’ve done setting and achieving those marks.”
If the city presents its plan clearly, several developers would be willing to bid for the chance to participate, she said. But the vision has to represent a "collaboration" between government and the public, Kozicki said.
Christopher Jensen, who is serving as the council president, is the favored candidate of big money contributors, including law firms and developers. A manager for the Lochhmueller Group, an engineering firm, Jensen has raised more than double the amount of his competitors combined.
Christopher Jensen (Photo: Supplied by Chris Jensen)
Since Jan. 1 Jensen raised $85,600 and spent more than $125,400 but still had $74,00 available as of April 12, according to the last campaign finance filing deadline.
Jensen said the Levinson would help the local economy by bringing more residents to downtown.
“Downtown is what makes Noblesville unique, but we have to have more housing options in downtown,” Jensen said.
The city should still proceed with caution, he said.
“We have to be very careful about bringing new development to that area,” Jensen said. “We have to make sure we’re protecting the historic integrity of our downtown and we’re working to preserve its history, but some of that investment is essential if we want to support businesses on the square.”
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Jensen also said crime and public safety would be a focus in the growing city of 61,000 residents.
“We’re no longer just fighting fires and catching bad guys in Noblesville," he said. "We’re dealing with so much more. We’re dealing with mental health, opioids. We save someone from a heroin overdose every three to four days in the city."
Vincent Alan Baker, a member of the Noblesville Tree Board and a motorcycle mechanic, did not respond to an interview request with IndyStar. Baker’s Facebook page says “public safety is my number one priority, while working closely with police and fire departments.”
He also wants to preserve the history of the city and improve infrastructure, according to Facebook.
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Kozicki: www.facebook.com/JCKforNoblesville/
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Jens Müller started his scientific career as a chemistry student first in Berlin and then in Marburg. Only after finishing his bachelor, did he move to the coast. He first came into contact with marine research when he moved to Kiel, where he studied Biological Oceanography until 2012 at Geomar. With colleagues from the Alfred-Wegner Institute, he disappeared for a few months in the fjords of Patagonia for his Master’s thesis. Jens has been working as a doctoral student at the IOW since 2014, where he can combine his chemist and oceanographic knowledge. By “looking through CO2 glasses”, Jens tries to both understand the acidification of the Baltic Sea, as well as visualize plankton growth (for ex. Blue-green algal blooms).
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GIA Slashes Staff, Salaries
February 1, 2009 by Rob Bates
The Gemological Institute of America reduced its workforce by 11 percent across “all departments on both coasts,” it confirmed to JCK. Executives took a 10 percent pay cut.
“[The United States is] in a deep recession, and there is a liquidity crisis,” said its spokeswoman. “All aspects of the gem and jewelry industry have been severely affected. And when the pipeline is affected, we are affected.”
This will “somewhat slow” GIA’s international expansion plans, the spokeswoman said. The institute recently closed its Los Angeles school.
“We were as generous as we could be with people,” the spokeswoman said. “We did as many things as we could do to avoid this.”
She added that those leaving, who include employees who had been there for decades, got a 60-day paid administrative leave with full pay and benefits, additional two-week severance, job search assistance, and unemployment benefit information.
After the 60 days, former employees are eligible for a minimum of two weeks severance pay plus one additional week for every completed year of service.
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Jelli Launches SpotPlan™, Radio’s First Programmatic Buying Platform
Demand and Supply-Side APIs Also Released for Direct Integration with Platform
SAN MATEO, CA., March 12, 2014 – Today, Jelli (https://www.jelli.com) launched SpotPlan™, the first programmatic buying platform for radio advertising. In addition, the company announced the availability of demand and supply-side APIs to enable third-party buying and selling software to tap directly into Jelli’s ad platform.
“SpotPlan disrupts how network radio has operated for decades, replacing inflexible network ‘vehicles’ and antiquated spreadsheets and email-driven processes. Media buyers can now target audiences with SpotPlan and its powerful data-driven tools, buy optimized plans with dynamically generated lineups, and run ads automatically nationwide,” said Mike Dougherty, Jelli co-founder and chief executive officer. “The availability of our new ad platform APIs will allow broadcasters, networks and advertisers to more easily move into programmatic advertising by allowing existing third-party systems to directly interoperate with our platform.”
SpotPlan gives media buyers and planners the ability to analyze audience goals and plan radio campaigns dynamically, via a powerful web-based application. It automates processes that are historically email or spreadsheet-based, and integrates with Jelli’s advanced RadioSpot™ radio ad server, enabling end-to-end automation of buying, running and reporting of radio ad campaigns.
Fast and easy-to-use
A radio ad buyer uses SpotPlan to set parameters against audience targets and campaign goals, dynamically creating plans including optimized station lineup, daypart, impressions, GRPs and audience targets. SpotPlan uses advanced algorithms in conjunction with Nielsen data to develop in real-time the best plan to achieve the goals of the buyer, based upon the inventory currently available in Jelli’s platform.
Once an insertion order is created, the audio creative is uploaded into Jelli’s cloud platform, and RadioSpot serves the ad on radio stations nationwide, strictly complying with campaign specs. Jelli’s real-time reporting platform, RadioDash™, provides the buyer real-time analytics about the campaign, as the spots run in each market.
New Demand and Supply-Side APIs
Jelli also announced the availability of its API program. The new APIs give Jelli’s partners the ability to integrate their enterprise-class media buying and traffic systems with Jelli’s programmatic advertising platform. This will provide customers the power to buy and sell through RadioSpot from their in-house systems.
RadioSpot’s Demand API will allow media buying software and demand-side platforms to programmatically target audiences, plan campaigns and buy from inventory available through RadioSpot. Jelli’s RadioSpot Supply API will enable traffic software and supply-side platforms to programmatically price, package and sell inventory through RadioSpot.
Attracting radio stations nationwide
Jelli’s platform is already fueling rapid growth in radio advertising and has resulted in more than 350 stations in 128 cities nationwide using the platform, reaching 44 million unique listeners weekly, with billions of radio ads served on an annual run-rate basis. Jelli has struck partnerships with major radio operators and networks including Townsquare Media,Entercom, Emmis owned WQHT-FM (HOT 97) in New York City, Sun Broadcast Group, Focus 360.
If you’re interested in learning more about Jelli’s SpotPlan and the API program please contact sales@jelli.com.
For more information about Jelli’s RadioSpot platform please visit https://www.jelli.com.
About Jelli Inc. ®
Jelli is the first programmatic advertising platform for the $40 billion global radio market. Our mission is to create the easiest and fastest way to buy and run radio spots. We bring the transparency, accountability and real-time delivery of the web to the offline medium of terrestrial radio. Our patented audio serving platform automates terrestrial radio advertising for advertisers and network operators, reaching millions of listeners weekly and serving billions of ad impressions annually. We are based in San Mateo, California and New York City, and our investors include Relay Ventures, Intel Capital, First Round Capital and several prominent angel investors.
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Packers Hall of Famer Brett Favre talks comeback, Starr and Rodgers at AmFam Championship
Brett Favre talks comeback, Bart Starr and Aaron Rodgers at AmFam Championship
Packers Hall of Famer Brett Favre talks comeback, Starr and Rodgers at AmFam Championship Brett Favre talks comeback, Bart Starr and Aaron Rodgers at AmFam Championship Check out this story on jsonline.com: https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/2019/06/22/brett-favre-talks-comeback-bart-starr-and-aaron-rodgers-amfam-championship/1536352001/
Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 1:51 p.m. CT June 22, 2019 | Updated 9:23 a.m. CT June 23, 2019
Images from the AmFam Champ Celebrity Foursome
Partners Brett Favre and Jack Nicklaus eye a putt at the 17th hole during the AmFam Champ Celebrity Foursome at University Ridge Golf Course. Hannah Schroeder/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Brett Favre and Toby Keith talk over a tee shot. Hannah Schroeder / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Hannah Lopez talks to Brett Favre as he holds her daughter Charleigh (15 months) during the AmFam Champ Celebrity Foursome at University Ridge Golf Course on Saturday. Hannah Schroeder / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Brett Favre tees off at the 16th hole. Hannah Schroeder / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Jack Nicklaus watches his putt Saturday afternoon. Hannah Schroeder / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Andy North jokingly high fives Jack Nicklaus after he misses his putt. Hannah Schroeder / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Brett Favre and Toby Keith shake hands after finishing a hole. Hannah Schroeder / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Partners Andy North and Toby Keith high five after they chip the ball on the green Hannah Schroeder / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Toby Keith tees off at the 18th hole. Hannah Schroeder / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Brett Favre putts from the edge of the green. Hannah Schroeder / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Jack Nicklaus throws a football into the crowd at the 17th hole. Hannah Schroeder / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Toby Keith plays a guitar for the crowd after teeing off, that was handed to him by spectator and local musician Ryan Casey of Madison. Hannah Schroeder/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Fans and spectators hold their phones up to take photos of Brett Favre as he tees off. Hannah Schroeder / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Brett Favre tees off at the 16th hole. (Photo: Hannah Schroeder / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
MADISON - A gallery of fans gave Brett Favre an ovation as he headed to the driving range at University Ridge Golf Course in Madison, as the former Green Bay Packers quarterback was about to warm up for his nine holes of play at the American Family Insurance Championship.
He said he had been hitting balls for about three weeks to prepare for the celebrity best-ball match, with his opponents being two-time U.S. Open champion Andy North and country musician Toby Keith.
Favre’s partner? The one and only Jack Nicklaus.
“The only way I can describe it is being a priest and serving Mass with the Pope,” Favre said. “It’s got to be a thrill to do that. I’m obviously not a golfer. I’m a Sunday golfer like most of us. This is an extreme honor. Looking forward to it. Not to the actual playing necessarily, but just, I mean, I’ve had so many people at home ‘You’re playing with Jack Nicklaus?’ I feel the same way. It’s pretty cool, I think we can all agree.”
Before teeing it up, Favre did address several football-related topics, including a post on his official Instagram account on Tuesday that said he would be returning to the National Football League in 2020. The post was soon deleted, and Favre said the account was compromised.
“I got hacked, absolutely,” he said sternly. “Somebody obviously doesn’t have a lot to do.”
That said, the 49-year-old Hall of Famer showed up looking trim and fit and more than capable of completing a few passes.
“I saw him just I think it was like two weeks ago and I remarked about how he looked like he could still play,” Houston Texans defensive lineman J.J. Watt joked on Thursday. “I didn't think he was going to take it seriously. But the guy, he's in good shape.”
The post led to some fun speculation from J.J. and T.J. Watt, a rush linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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“I think anytime you can go up against a competitor like that, I think it will bring out the best in any defender, especially growing up idolizing him and being able to watch him, and just his improvisation on the field is what makes him so good,” T.J. Watt said. “So just to be able to try to get him down — I'm not saying we'd be able to get him down, but just to be able to try to be on the field with him would be pretty special.”
Though some had their fun with the post, Favre emphatically squashed any notion that he’d be returning to the football field.
“Yeah, the last thing I want to do is stir the pot,” he said. “That’s the last thing I want to do is come back and play. No offense, but it was fun, then. I’m not coming back.”
This was also the first time Favre was asked publicly about Bart Starr, who passed away on May 26. Favre and current Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers attended Starr’s private memorial service in Alabama and each spoke briefly.
“He was a perfectionist. What a gentleman,” Favre said of Starr. “Just a class act. And when he spoke, you listened. But most of the things he always said were very thoughtful and supportive.”
While in Alabama, Favre and Rodgers also had a chance to speak about the upcoming Packers season. Rodgers, now 35, is working through a head coaching and offensive system change for the first time in his career as a starter. Favre played for four head coaches while in Green Bay but like Rodgers, he was a Super Bowl-winning, multiple-time Most Valuable Player when Mike McCarthy took over in 2006.
“Aaron will be fine,” Favre said. “I think that the thing is he needs to remain the same. And I don’t have to give him any advice. You know, he’ll handle it well. The question is, how will they handle it with him. And obviously, that’s very important. I mean, there’s more to the team than Aaron but we all have to admit that when he’s playing and playing well, which generally when he’s playing he is playing well, you don’t want to change what’s working. There’s other factors that you have to work on.
“So I think you let him play his game and not disturb that very much. And it’s going to be interesting to see if that happens.”
Contact Jim Owczarski at jowczarski@jrn.com. Follow him on Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat at @JimOwczarski or Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JOwczarski/
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Lawyer for second Kavanaugh accuser says her client is 'willing to testify'
"She would be willing to testify but we can’t even talk with the Senate Judiciary Committee," said attorney John Clune.
Lawyer for second Kavanaugh accuser says her client is 'willing to testify' "She would be willing to testify but we can’t even talk with the Senate Judiciary Committee," said attorney John Clune. Check out this story on jsonline.com: https://usat.ly/2NLzpZu
William Cummings, USA TODAY Published 8:10 a.m. CT Sept. 26, 2018 | Updated 9:01 a.m. CT Sept. 26, 2018
A former supervisor of Deborah Ramirez, second accuser of Brett Kavanaugh, says she worked with domestic violence victims and says "it hurts to see her being discredited" - including she said by President Trump. (Sept 24) AP
This undated photo provided by Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence shows Deborah Ramirez. Ramirez went public with allegations that while in his first year at Yale University, Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh placed his penis in front of her and caused her to involuntarily touch it during a drunken dormitory party. Kavanaugh denied the accusation soon after it was reported Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018, by The New Yorker magazine. (Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence via AP) ORG XMIT: NY101(Photo: AP)
Deborah Ramirez, the second woman to come forward publicly with a sexual assault allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, "would be willing to testify" about her accusation, her lawyer said Wednesday.
"She would be willing to testify, but we can’t even talk with the Senate Judiciary Committee about what that would look like and they certainly haven’t invited her, so at this point, it’s a moot question," attorney John Clune said during an interview on NBC's "Today" show.
Ramirez claims that Kavanaugh exposed himself to her and shoved his penis in her face while they played a drinking game in a dorm room along with other classmates at Yale University. Her story first appeared in The New Yorker magazine on Sunday.
Kavanaugh denied the allegation and called Ramirez's story part of a "coordinated effort to destroy my good name." He has also been accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford.
Clune said an FBI investigation would be "the only intelligent way to get to the truth of what happened" between Ramirez and Kavanaugh.
More: Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford offers Senate four people who corroborate her assault claims
When asked if Ramirez would testify without an investigation, Clune said, "It wouldn’t surprise me if she would agree to do that. We’ll wait to see if she gets that invitation and we’ll go from there."
On Tuesday, Clune had told CNN that he "wouldn't recommend" Ramirez testify unless there is an FBI investigation.
More: What we know about Deborah Ramirez, the second woman to accuse Kavanaugh of sexual assault
Those who doubt Ramirez's allegation point to her admission that there are gaps in her memory of the night because she was intoxicated and the fact that The New Yorker said it took her six days to asses her own memory of the event.
"She wanted to make sure that her recollection of what happened and what information that she was going to put forth in the New Yorker was accurate," Clune said in an effort to explain to delay.
"So she hired Stan Garnett, who is a career prosecutor and someone who is very experienced in handling sex crimes, knows how to work with victims, knows how to talk with victims in ways that are not suggesting information to make sure they can work through their recollections and come up with the information they know is accurate and that’s what they did," he told the "Today" show.
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Survey Suggests Midwest Economic Growth Will Continue
By Associated Press • Jul 1, 2019
A new report says a June survey of business supply managers suggests economic growth will continue over the next three to six months in nine Midwest and Plains states.
The report issued Monday says the Mid-America Business Conditions Index rose to 55.4 last month from 54.3 in May. The April figure was 55.9.
Creighton University economist Ernie Goss oversees the survey, and he says "weak farm income, produced partially by tariffs and flooding, pulled regional growth below that of the nation."
Washington University Staff To Get $15-An-Hour Minimum Wage
Officials with Washington University in St. Louis have announced that campus staff will be paid a $15-an-hour minimum wage by 2021.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the raise, which was pushed by campus employees' union, affects close to 1,200 workers, but does not include working graduate students.
A $15 minimum wage across the region was one of the recommendations of the 2015 Forward through Ferguson report to address racial and economic inequality.
Kansas City Public Library Does Away With Overdue Fines
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Got an overdue book from a Kansas City library weighing on you? You're in luck; the Kansas City Public Library has forgiven $250,000 in overdue fines and will no longer charge late fees on any materials starting Monday.
The Kansas City Star reports that the changes were announced Friday at the library's southeast branch.
Mayor-elect Quinton Lucas said the decision was give more people access to the city's libraries.
About 9,000 patrons with suspended library cards will regain access to library resources.
Authorized Medicinal Pot Growers May Need To Break The Law
The first authorized marijuana farmers in Missouri will have to commit a crime to begin growing, and regulators are expected to turn a blind eye.
In November, Missouri voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment legalizing marijuana and marijuana-infused products for patients who suffer from serious illnesses.
Missouri and Platte River Flood Repairs to Cost Over $1 Billion
By Associated Press • Jun 28, 2019
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Flood-damaged levees and other infrastructure along the Platte and Missouri Rivers will cost far in excess of $1 billion to repair, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Levee Breaks Near Jefferson City as Missouri River Swells
A levee has broken north of Jefferson City as the Missouri River surges yet again there.
Jefferson City police said Thursday in a news release that crews are attempting to make repairs to the Turkey Creek levee. The release says the break isn't threatening either U.S. 63 or 54.
The break comes as the river prepares to crest Friday in the state capital at 29.9 feet (about 9 meters. That will be the fifth time it's crested there since April. The other crests have ranged from 28.13 feet (about 8.5 meters) to 33.44 feet (about 10 meters).
Jailers Disciplined After Inmate Fakes Identity To Escape
Several Missouri jail employees have been disciplined after an armed robbery suspect escaped by posing as another inmate and then was recaptured after crashing a stolen car while fleeing.
Missouri Mayor Resigns Over Ongoing Facebook Attacks
The mayor of a Missouri town resigned Tuesday, citing hatred, attacks and lies about him on Facebook.
Lexington Mayor Fred Wiedner wrote an open letter to the city saying the job was no longer worth the battle.
In the letter, Wiedner says he didn't sign up for the "mess."
Wiedner says the trouble began in February when the City Council voted to fire the city administrator, a popular longtime resident. Wiedner says he is comparatively new to town and the public blamed him.
Part Of Kirksville Evacuated After Crew Cut Through Gas Line
Authorities have evacuated part of the northeast Missouri town of Kirksville, including several dozen jail inmates, after a construction crew cut through a gas line.
KTVO-TV reports that Liberty Utilities requested the evacuation as a precaution after the gas line was cut just before noon Wednesday. The electric company Ameren Missouri also temporarily shut off power to a large portion of the downtown area.
Parents Of Slain Kansas City Man Sue Gun Maker, Dealer
The parents of a slain Kansas City man are suing the manufacturer of the weapon used in the shooting and the dealer accused of selling it to a former fire captain who is charged in federal court with knowingly supplying firearms to felons.
Top Democrat: Auditor Galloway Plans To Run For Governor
A top Missouri Democrat says that Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway is planning to run for governor in 2020.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that state party Executive Director Lauren Gepford said Galloway is "very serious about the race and is taking steps to assemble a team and the resources it would take to win."
The thirty-seven-year-old Galloway, a Democrat, narrowly won a four-year term as auditor in November after being appointed to the post in 2015. She would be the first woman elected governor in Missouri.
Missouri Abortion Clinic Asks For A Stay
Missouri's only abortion clinic is asking a state administrative panel to intervene before its license to perform abortions expires Friday.
The St. Louis Planned Parenthood affiliate on Tuesday asked the Administrative Hearing Commission to act to ensure abortions can continue at the clinic. A court order temporarily protecting the procedure will expire Friday.
The request comes as a legal fight with the state over the clinic's license plays out.
Flood Damage at least $2 Billion for Mississippi River Towns
Repairs and cleanup following the prolonged flooding along the Mississippi River will cost more than $2 billion, an advocacy group for river communities said Tuesday.
Missouri Requests Second Federal Disaster Declaration
Missouri Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe is requesting another federal disaster declaration to help after flooding, tornadoes and severe storms hit the state.
Kehoe sent the request Monday on behalf of Gov. Mike Parson, who is on vacation.
The state is asking the federal government for individual assistance in more than 40 counties. If granted, a declaration would give residents in those counties access to federal help with temporary housing, home repairs, and other expenses related to severe weather damage.
Judge Approves $24 Million Settlement over Rams' PSLs
A federal judge has approved a settlement calling for the NFL's Rams to pay up to $24 million to personal seat license holders in St. Louis.
U.S. District Judge Stephen Limbaugh Jr. approved the settlement Monday.
Several St. Louis PSL holders filed a class-action lawsuit after the team moved to Los Angeles in January 2016. Thousands of fans in St. Louis had purchased PSLs that were good for 30 seasons, which was the length of the lease at the domed stadium where the Rams played in St. Louis. Rams owner Stan Kroenke took the team to California after 21 seasons.
University of Missouri System Touts New Health Institute
University of Missouri System officials say a new health institute focused on personalized medicine should bring hope to Missourians suffering from deadly diseases.
The official groundbreaking for the $220.8 million NextGen Precision Health Institute was held on Friday at the University of Missouri campus.
Lawsuit Could Halt Spread of Video Gambling Terminals
A western Missouri prosecutor's lawsuit against a gambling machine provider could halt the proliferation of video gambling terminals in the state.
Platte County Prosecuting Attorney Eric Zahnd is accusing Kansas-based Integrity Gaming LLC of installing illegal machines in two Parkville convenience stores.
Police seized five video poker-like devices from the stores in October 2018. Both store owners say Integrity Gaming set up the machines.
Company officials say their terminals aren't considered betting devices since the result of each game is predetermined.
Missouri Doctors Reluctant To Certify For Medical Marijuana
Missourians looking for physicians to certify them to buy medical marijuana when it becomes available next year are running into resistance from doctors who are reluctant to prescribe the substance.
Instead, would-be users are turning to pop-up and specialty clinics advertising certification for about $200 or less.
The head of the Missouri Medical Cannabis Industry Association says most doctors are uninformed on the use of marijuana as medicine.
Hundreds Protest Against Missouri's Strict Abortion Law
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Roughly 200 people gathered in the state capital to protest against Missouri's strict abortion law.
KOMU reports the protesters marched to the governor's mansion in Jefferson City Saturday morning.
Missouri has passed new restrictions on abortions in the hope that the U.S. Supreme Court will eventually overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling in 1973 that legalized abortion nationwide.
Liz Victrola says she joined the protest to remind lawmakers that they can be voted out if they don't listen to women's views.
Wind Farm in Southwest Missouri/Southeast Kansas Approved
Construction is scheduled to begin this fall on a wind project in southwest Missouri and southeast Kansas.
Liberty Utilities-Empire District announced Thursday the Missouri Public Service Commission has approved the project, which the utility says is an investment of more than $1 billion.
Rain, High Reservoir Releases to Mean Wet Summer
The continued threat of rain and higher-than-normal reservoir releases into the Missouri River will hamper the draining of flooded fields and delay repairs to many damaged levees.
Officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the National Weather Service said Thursday during a news conference that although water levels on the river have dropped below flood stage in most places, rain over the next week could cause parts of the river to rise as much as 2 feet (0.61 meters) from Rulo, Nebraska, to where it meets the Mississippi River in St. Louis.
Hawley Proposes Requiring Tech Companies to Prove No Bias
By Associated Press & Summer Ballentine • Jun 21, 2019
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri is doubling down on efforts to rein in big-tech companies by proposing that Facebook, Twitter and other online behemoths be required to prove they’re not using political bias to filter content.
The bill follows repeated assertions by President Donald Trump and other Republicans that big tech companies have an anti-conservative bias. Tech companies have denied any bias, either left or right.
St. Louis Abortion Clinic to Defy State over Pelvic Exam
Missouri's only abortion clinic, already facing the threat of losing its license, says it will defy the state by refusing to perform a required pelvic examination days before an abortion.
Calling the exam requirement "disrespectful and dehumanizing," a Planned Parenthood spokeswoman confirmed that as of Thursday the St. Louis clinic no longer performs it during a consultation at least 72 hours before an abortion. Doctors do perform a pelvic exam at the time of the procedure.
Plans to drop the preliminary pelvic exam were first reported by CBS News.
Special Olympics Missouri Calculating Damages from Tornado
The leader of Special Olympics Missouri says engineers have determined that the organization's main campus was not a total loss after it as damaged by a tornado in May.
The center in Jefferson City sustained significant damage when a tornado hit the city on May 22. The $18.5 million campus was damaged just six months after it had been dedicated.
Lee's Summit Board Approves Controversial Equity Training
The Lee's Summit School Board has reversed an earlier decision and approved equity training for teachers and district staff.
The board voted 6-1 Wednesday to pay St. Louis-based Educational Equity Consultants $97,000 for one year of training, with an option for three more years.
Kansas City, Missouri, Voters Elect Lucas as New Mayor
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A 34-year-old black man whose family was homeless at times during his childhood in Kansas City, Missouri, will become the city’s 55th mayor.
Voters on Tuesday chose Quinton Lucas over fellow City Council member Jolie Justus in a mayoral runoff, according to unofficial results that showed him with a commanding lead. Lucas will assume office in August, replacing Sly James, another black mayor who served two four-year terms.
Reservations Canceled for Rest of Season at Big Lake Park
A popular northwest Missouri park that features the state’s largest oxbow lake has canceled reservations through the end of summer because of flooding.
McDonald's Kansas City Burger Starts Barbecue Feud
McDonald's has started a transatlantic barbecue feud with the introduction of a Kansas City-themed hamburger in the U.K.
Outgoing Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Sly James said Tuesday that the fast-food chain should "stay in your lane" in a tweet that included a picture of what he says a "real" burger looks like. Kansas City is known for its style of dry-rubbed, slow-cooked meats drizzled in tomato-molasses sauce.
Three St. Louis County Jail Staffers Suspended After Inmate Dies
Three St. Louis County jail staff members have been suspended after an inmate died in June.
Interstate 29 Open North Of St. Joseph To Iowa
Transportation officials say Interstate 29 in northwest Missouri and southwest Iowa has been reopened as flood waters recede.
The interstate has been closed since May 29 because of flooding and flood-related damage.
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Dave Smith Instruments Pro 2 synth reviewed
After the Prophet 12 (reviewed Oct. ’13), it was hard to see how Dave could go much further. Enter the Pro-2. At first glance, it looks like a monophonic P12, but it’s a different beast entirely. In fact, it’s actually more powerful than the P12 in some ways. Don’t believe us? Read on.
Francis Preve
Dave Smith’s conquest of the hardware synth market is now a simple fact of modern history. It’s no exaggeration to say that nearly every keyboardist for the past 35 years has either owned or coveted a Prophet this or a DSI that—an achievement paralleled only by Bob Moog. After the Prophet 12 (reviewed Oct. ’13), it was hard to see how Dave could go much further. Enter the Pro-2. At first glance, it looks like a monophonic P12, but it’s a different beast entirely. In fact, it’s actually more powerful than the P12 in some ways. Don’t believe me? Read on.
The Pro-2 is a hybrid synth, meaning it feeds flexible digital oscillators into real analog filters. Like the P12 (and Tempest) there’s a brilliant OLED display that offers access to deeper parameters and visual representations of waveforms and routing. The only caveat is that the OLED fonts are really tiny. They’re crisp and clear, but you may find yourself grabbing those reading glasses as you design your own patches.
Some artists bemoaned the fact that the Prophet 12 didn’t include the step sequencing that made the Prophet ’08 so compelling for rhythmic patches. The Pro-2 includes those tools, but implements them in a more intuitive and versatile fashion.
The Pro-2 is no slouch in the performance control department. Its keyboard senses both velocity and channel aftertouch. In addition to pitch and modulation wheels, there are two position- and pressure-sensitive touch sliders that can remember your finger position or snap back to a default value as soon as you let up.
Here’s our first look video, shot by my esteemed colleague Tom Brislin. Scroll down for more of the full review.
for a downloadable 7-pack of Pro 2 loops you can use freely in your music productions.
Synthesis Engine
With the hardware details out of the way, let’s take a closer look at the overall structure of the Pro-2. Like the Prophet 12, its voice begins with four digital oscillators, but unlike its daddy, the Pro-2 sports dual discrete filters that can do a lot of tricks that are outside the range of the P12. In addition to dedicated envelopes for the amp and filters, there’s a gargantuan array of modulation sources, including four LFOs, two additional envelopes and up to 16 step sequencers. In the effects area, there are four discrete delays, stereo analog distortion, and Dave’s legendary tuned feedback processor. Taken as a whole, this is more raw synthesis power than any hardware monosynth to date – and that’s just the architecture.
Oscillators. The Pro-2’s four oscillators are essentially identical to those on the Prophet 12. That is, they’re all-digital affairs with an added sub-oscillator for oscillator 1. In addition to analog-style waveforms, there are also 12 digital waves and three flavors of noise. The 12 digital waves include “left” and “right” sub-waveforms that serve as the extreme ends of each oscillator’s bipolar Shape parameter. For example, if you select the “Ahhh” waveform, you can assign its “Tines” wave to the left and “Buzzzz” to the right. You can then smoothly transition between the three in wavetable fashion by sweeping the Shape parameter from left to right. In practice, this marshals a few easy-to-understand settings into a lot of timbral variety.
In addition, all the waveforms include “super” variants that fatten the sound via detuning, giving the illusion of even more oscillators. Granted, the “super” function replaces the wavetable features, but with four oscillators that can do all these tricks, it’s hardly an issue.
For the three noise options, the shape knob tilts the frequency spectrum of the noise, reminiscent of a simple EQ.
The Pro-2 also includes the Prophet 12’s circular sync and modulation options. In this system, each successive oscillator syncs to the previous one. For example, when sync is enabled for oscillator 1, oscillator 2 is the master. When sync is on for oscillator 2, oscillator 3 is the master and so on until you get to oscillator 4, which circles back to oscillator 1. The front panel includes a dedicated switch for the sync function, but if you dig into the OLED menus, you’ll also find FM and AM for each oscillator configured in the same manner. Naturally, envelopes, LFOs and such can modulate these amounts, so ultra-complex evolving textures are part and parcel of the Pro-2. We’re talking rabbit-hole deep here.
Last but not least, the four oscillators can perform polyphonically when switched to paraphonic mode, which makes the Pro-2 capable of some synthesis tricks that haven’t been in the mainstream since the Korg Mono/Poly. While the obvious application is to set all four oscillators to the same wave shape and tuning and then play chords, that’s merely scratching the surface.
One of the classic Korg Mono/Poly tricks was to assign different octaves and waveforms to each of its four oscillators, so that each note in a riff triggers a different oscillator, giving even simple melodies a much more sophisticated character. You can do this on the Pro-2 with minimal fuss, but keep in mind that each oscillator can also be modulating another via FM (or AM), so that when you play intervals and chords, the FM relationships change. This be used for subtle timbral shifts or tweeter-shredding harshness, depending on the configuration. What’s more, even though all oscillators are playing through the same filters in paraphonic mode, each oscillator still gets its own envelope for articulation. As far as we know, this is unique.
Character. Before the oscillators hit the filter inputs, they pass through the Pro-2’s “Character” section, which is basically identical to the Prophet 12 and includes bit-crushing tools for sample rate and resolution, drive (which emulates tape saturation, as opposed to filter overdrive, to be clear), girth and air. The last two parameters govern low and high frequency enhancement in a manner that’s more like an exciter than an EQ. Either way, these parameters add a final bit of polish to the oscillator output.
It’s worth noting that the character controls affect all four oscillators simultaneously, regardless of the filter configurations (see below). This is hardly a drawback, just an observation.
Filters. The Pro-2’s analog filter section includes a design based on the original Prophet-5 four-pole lowpass filter (not the later Curtis versions) and a two-pole state-variable filter that bears a strong resemblance to the one on Tom Oberheim’s SEM.
State-variable filters are astonishingly flexible as sound design tools. Here’s why: In a state-variable arrangement, the filter’s curve is a smooth continuum between low-pass, notch, and high-pass that’s adjusted via a single knob. This allows the filter’s character to morph and twist in truly unique ways. There’s also a bandpass option for wah-wah effects. What’s more, if you dig deeper into the filter via the menu options, you can smoothly transition from “normal” mode to bandpass mode by making the filter state a modulation target.
The dual filters also offer a variety of really useful configurations. For starters, you can smoothly shift the filters between serial and parallel modes, with serial mode passing the output of the lowpass into the state-variable filter. What’s more, there’s an oscillator split function that routes the first two oscillators into the Prophet filter and oscillators 3 and 4 into the state-variable module. Combined, these options make the Pro-2’s filter routing more complex than any synth I’ve encountered to date, except for large modular rigs.
Each filter also has its own ADSR envelope with dedicated knobs on the front panel. Having so many filter parameters at your fingertips makes whipping up complex textures a breeze and encourages real-time experimentation.
Well Connected
The back panel of the Pro-2 has as many connections we’ve seen on a modern slab synth. Of note are four CV ins and outs, letting you integrate the Pro-2 into a modular rig. An audio input lets you process external sources through the Pro-2’s filters and effects. Want to use complex oscillators from your Eurorack as modulators, then route the output of a Moog into the audio input—and control the whole thing from the Pro-2 keyboard? How about using the Pro-2’s step sequencers to control your Buchla? Done and done.
The Pro-2’s modulation options eclipse all but the most comprehensive modular rigs. Almost every parameter in this synth can be modulated by multiple sources. You can easily twist and warp parameters like FM, AM, filter state, and the various integrated effects with minimal effort. And of course, modulation sources can modulate other modulation sources, which allows everything from classic mod-wheel-to-LFO-depth assignments to step sequencers modulating individual envelope segments.
A full account of what’s possible would take up an entire issue of Keyboard, so let’s stick to the highlights. First off, there are the standard four LFOs that can be found on every Dave Smith product. These include all the classic shapes—triangle, sawtooth, square, and pulse—along with subtler parameters like phase and slew rate. Everything can be synced to tempo, of course.
There are also two additional DADSR envelopes on top of the amp and dual filter envelopes. These are great for adding plucky transients or slowly evolving timbral shifts, especially when assigned to parameters like wave shape.
While the LFOs and envelopes can be used for standard swirly stuff, the real madness happens when you start tinkering with the step sequencers. At first glance, it looks like there’s only one per patch—and there is—but it’s 16-track in default 16-step mode (or eight-track in 32-step mode). In addition to pitch, each “track” can be assigned to any parameter in the instrument and best of all, you can actually record your step sequences in real time by simply hitting record and turning a knob. The software then quantizes each step based on the knob’s position at that point in the sequence, which you can edit later if desired. If you’ve ever painstakingly entered individual values in a step sequencer, this feels like magic and it’s astonishing that no one has implemented this feature in a hardware synth before.
If you make electronic dance music, you’ll be lost for days. If you’re a keyboard player focused on searing solos, you can use the Pro-2’s performance controllers (like the pressure-sensitive sliders or aftertouch) to sweep entire groups of parameters in macro fashion.
Then there are the four CV inputs. Got a modular synth? You can use any of its modulation resources here. Got a Korg MS-20 Mini or Arturia MicroBrute? You can join the game, too—and you can scale the modulation from within the Pro-2 via its matrix. The inverse is also possible, so you can take any of the above modulation sources, including the step sequencers and performance controllers, and route it to your modular gear. Insanity.
Like the Prophet 12, the Pro-2 includes some unique implementations of now-standard effects. A dedicated knob, conveniently located next to the master volume, controls the amount of analog distortion applied to the stereo outs.
There are also four individual delay lines, each with panning. The first three are standard digital delay affairs, but the fourth is designed to emulate old-school analog delays with their “bucket brigade” circuits. As someone who owns a Moogerfooger analog delay, I can attest that this emulation is rather good indeed.
These delays are extremely flexible, with delay times up to a second for each. With these you can do all kinds of multi-tap tricks, including pseudo-reverb effects. Of course, they’re also great for chorus and flanging. Just modulate the delay time with an LFO or step sequencer and you’re in business.
Lastly, there’s Dave’s tuned feedback effect. First introduced in the desktop Evolver synth, it delivers truly intense results, even at low settings. This effect works by running the VCA’s output through a short delay that tracks keyboard pitch, then feeds it back into the oscillator section right before the character modifiers. The result is a bit like a resonating static flange, but even more bizarre.
It’s become cliché to call a synthesizer “limitless,” but when it comes to monophonic synths, the Pro-2 just might fit the bill. With four oscillators that can generate a panoply of waveforms, the dual filters, and the rest of the synth engine described in this review,
the Pro-2 sounds absolutely massive. Plus, it can serve as a basic polysynth, which should make its $1,999 price tag more palatable to anyone who might balk at a monophonic instrument that costs as much as a Prophet ’08. Throw in the ability to process external audio and you have a studio Swiss Army knife that can tackle nearly any sound design task. The “desert island synth” bar has been raised, and it looks to be a long time before real competition arrives.
Four oscillators! Hybrid signal path features real analog filters based on classic designs. Sounds absolutely huge, and digital oscillators provide many waveform options beyond classic fare. Sixteen-track step sequencer also does real-time recording. Lots of CV I/O for interfacing with modular synth gear. Paraphonic mode allows four-voice polyphony.
Though display is clear, onscreen fonts are tiny. Price tag is arguably steep for a mainly monophonic synth—though we know of exclusively mono synths that sell for more.
The most powerful and versatile monophonic synth on the planet, bar none.
$2,199 list | $1,999 street | davesmithinstruments.com
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Dave Smith Instruments Pro 2 first look
Dave Smith's new Pro 2 is a hybrid synth: digital oscillators feeding analog filters. While the first-glance impression might understandably be "monophonic Prophet 12," it's in fact a rather different animal. Read the full review by Francis Preve in our October 2014 issue. Here, keyboardist Tom Brislin digs into it for the first time.
Dave Smith Pro 2 oscillator waveforms
When Marc Doty isn't acting as archivist and general outreach guru for the Bob Moog Foundation, he's making synth videos under the name "Automatic Gainsay." Having recently reviewed the Dave Smith Pro 2 in the November 2014 issue and posted our own video, we think his examination of the instrument's oscillator waveforms is a great supplement.
NAMM 2015: Dave Smith brings back Sequential, introduces Prophet 6 analog synth
Dave Smith today announced the Sequential Prophet-6, a new 6-voice synthesizer with an all-analog signal path and discrete VCOs and filters. Auspiciously branded with Smith’s recently reacquired original company name, the new instrument is aimed squarely at musicians in search of vintage tone with the reliability of modern technology.
Yamaha Reface synths reviewed!
In the 50 years since Yamaha entered the electronic keyboard market, they’ve rocked the industry many times over. In 1966, they kicked it off with a series of transistor organs. In the ’70s, they released the CP series of electro-acoustic pianos and the CS-80, a programmable analog polysynth that’s coveted and imitated to this day. In the ’80s, they unleashed the DX7, which changed the sound of all music from that decade virtually overnight. When the Reface teaser videos—which referenced all these instruments—appeared in the days leading up to Summer NAMM, the synth world was abuzz. Let’s see what all that buzz is about.
Roland SH-2 plug-out expansion synth for System-1
Just a few months after the SH-101 plug-out, Roland has delivered a virtual version of the decidedly more obscure SH-2 synth. Although I’ve never owned an SH-2, I’ve used them in the studio. While the SH-101’s slightly plastic sound has made it a workhorse in the dance music era, the SH-2 has a distinctly aggressive synth-pop vibe, more akin to Depeche Mode and Nine Inch Nails. It also excels at greasy funk basses, especially with the resonance up a touch.
Moog Sub 37 reviewed
When Moog debuted the Sub 37 at last year’s Winter NAMM, attendees were somewhat split about its impact. We'll just say it up front: This synth is anything but “another Phatty.” In fact, it's probably the best bang for buck in Moog's product line. Here's our full review.
Roland System-1m modular synth reviewed
While it would’ve been easy for Roland to just kick back and release a rack-mount version of the System-1, they took careful notes on the ongoing renaissance of modular equipment and incorporated voltage control into the AIRA synthesis engine in a manner that’s both radical and evocative of their legacy as one of the original architects of modular gear. The System-1m isn’t just a rehash of what’s great about the keyboard version. It’s an entirely new ball game.
Roland Aira System-1 reviewed
Roland's Aira System-1 features a "plug-out" architecture that lets you create patches on your computer for such vintage synth emulations as the SH-101 and SH-2, then take the hardware to the gig and play those virtual synths with no computer hookup needed. It also has its own very capable virtual analog synth engine. We put it through its paces in this in-depth review.
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New info on TUSD vice-principal and counselor arrests for failure to report sex abuse
By: Valerie Cavazos
We are learning more about why Tucson Police arrested a TUSD vice principal and counselor on Tuesday.
Police booked Bernadette Rosthen-Hausler and Linda Archuleta into the Pima County jail on a charge of failing to report sexual abuse -- a violation of state law.
For a year now, KGUN9 has investigated claims by staff of administrators not reporting serious issues, like assaults and sexual misconduct, after the district moved to a more lenient discipline policy to reduce suspensions and expulsion.
Remember the case at Cholla High School in October when the school waited a week to report a teacher who touched a student's breast. Police arrested the teacher, Eddie Rodriguez, and charged him with sexual abuse.
This case at Robert's Naylor is similar -- this time involving two 12-year-olds.
KGUN9 obtained more information from the interim complaint filed in Justice Court.
March 1st, when the teacher steps out of the classroom, a fight breaks out after a boy grabs a girl's breast.
That's sexual abuse -- a violation of state law.
TPD says the teacher immediately told the vice-principal, who began investigating, but did not notify police.
The vice principal called the mother -- who met with both the vice principal and the counselor. The court document reveals the mother wanted to prosecute for the sexual abuse, but the vice principal and counselor told her they didn't have to call police.
TPD assistant Chief Ramon Batista disagrees. "Everything from improper touching, to sexual assault to assault are all areas where mandatory reporting comes into play."
What does the district have to say? Assistant Superintendent Abel Morado couldn't talk about the specifics in this case, but said, "The administrator has a defined duty to report immediately if an administrator believes the law has been broken."
The court documents show the mother contacted police. The investigating TPD officer says the boy admitted he intentionally grabbed the victim's breast.
Both staff members admitted to police they were aware they are mandatory reporters under state law and did not contact 9-1-1.
"I can't get into the specific details because it's an ongoing investigation, but the circumstance surrounding this case were of such an egregious nature and such clear cut violation of state law and district's policies that we felt it needed our immediate attention," said Batista.
So TPD arrested both women for failure to report a reportable offense -- a class 6 felony.
Batista said timing is critical.
"That they (young victims) are interviewed in the most careful manner by a dedicated trained experts in that field. I can't tell you enough how important it is that we have cooperation from school officials when something like this happens because it's the children we are trying to protect."
Batista said it's vitally important for parents to ask school administrators if they've contacted police if they feel there's been a severe violation. The vice principal and counselor are on home assignment pending the outcome of both investigations.
KGUN9 attempted to reach the vice principal but could not. The counselor declined to comment.
KGUN9 received the following statement on behalf of many of the staff at Roberts-Naylor on Thursday afternoon:
We are writing on behalf of the Roberts Naylor community. The recent allegations against and arrest of our school counselor and vice principal have left us devastated. These two women have always done their best to ensure the safety and well-being of all that enter our school. They both work long hours and have made our school community a better place. We feel it is important that you and the Tucson community know that both of these women are well respected, dedicated, and trusted educators. It was very difficult for our close knit community to see them portrayed as criminals for allegedly failing to report an incident. Those who know them will tell you they are caring educators who should be revered and applauded for their years of good work.
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125 years of American cars: Haynes-Apperson Festival celebrates Haynes' first car anniversary
By Laura Arwood Kokomo Tribune
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On July 4, 1894, Elwood Haynes hit the road, with Elmer Apperson as a passenger, and test-drove his first car at 7 miles per hour. As a celebration of Haynes and the Apperson brothers, Elmer and Edgar's, historic automotive work, the Haynes Apperson Festival was born.
Celebrating of the 125th year since Haynes took that drive, the 2019 Haynes Apperson Festival will be July 4 through July 6 in Foster Park, action-packed with festivities for the whole family.
The three-day festival has live music, vendors, food, car shows, a historical exhibit, carnival rides and more, Paul Wyman, chairman of the festival's board and who has been involved with the festival since 2003, said.
"We're really excited about this year, not only because it's the 125th anniversary but also because it's that time of year where the whole community gathers together to celebrate Kokomo and Howard County," he said. "It's actually just a really special time."
"We have some big names in music coming this year," he said. "We've really covered the '70s, '80s and '90s with Quiet Riot, Spin Doctors and The Marshall Tucker Band."
The History on Wheels exhibit was made possible through a grant from the Community Foundation of Howard County. There are many sponsors for the festival, including the City of Kokomo, Center Township of Howard County, Haynes International, Greater Kokomo Visitors Bureau, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and NIPSCO.
"We have so many great partners, and without them we couldn't make any of this happen," Wyman said. "The Community Foundation really stepped up with the grant we were awarded to allow us the History of Wheels exhibit. There's such an incredibly rich history of automobiles right here in Kokomo, and it couldn't be more fitting that we have an exhibit of that history, on wheels."
The exhibit is new to this year's festival, Gary Loveless, secretary of the Howard County Automotive Heritage Hall of Fame, which spearheaded the History on Wheels exhibit, said.
"We try to add something significant each year that brings attention to our automotive history," he said. "The History on Wheels exhibit talks about the automotive history in Indiana, and it features Elwood Haynes and the Apperson brothers."
The festival begins on Thursday with the traditional Commemorative Run, a caravan of vintage vehicles that drive along a history-packed route through Kokomo before arriving at Foster Park. The ribbon cutting, both for the historical exhibit and to officially begin the festival, will be at 5:30 p.m., Loveless said.
Picking a favorite part of the festival was tough for Wyman, who had to think on it for a moment. He finally landed on Saturday as a whole.
"Saturday is a great day all around," he said. "We've got the parade, our headliner [The Marshall Tucker Band], fireworks. It's an incredible day."
It's a three day festival, something for everyone, music, vendors, rides, games, car shows every day, fireworks. It's an all-inclusive event.
"This festival takes year-long planning," Wyman said. "I couldn't be more appreciative of all our board members and all the volunteers that work year in and out to make this happen. I'm truly indebted to them."
It's not too late to volunteer at this year's festival. Contact Brianne Boles for more information at 765-437-5785 or email briannelb@gmail.com.
2019 Haynes-Apperson Festival Schedule
July 4th, 5 to 11 p.m.
3:30 p.m. Lineup for Commemorative Run
5 p.m. Leaving Church for the Kickoff off Commemorative Run ending at Foster Park
6 to 9 p.m. Pioneer Auto Club Cruise-in
5 to 11 p.m. Carnival Rides
6 p.m. Stage Show featuring Quiet Riot
July 5th 4 to 11 p.m.
Sports Festival begins (visit haynesappersonfestival.org/attractions/sports-festival for full schedule)
6 p.m. Stage Show featuring Spin Doctors
Saturday July 6th noon to 11 p.m.
8 a.m. Sports Festival begins (visit haynesappersonfestival.org/attractions/sports-festival for full schedule)
Noon to 5 p.m. Carnival Rides
Noon to 5 p.m. 45th Annual Haynes Apperson Car Show
Noon: Parade check-in and lineup
2 p.m. Parade downtown on Main St.
6:30 p.m. Opening act featuring The Marshall Tucker Band
10 p.m. Fireworks show in the park
Visit www.haynesappersonfestival.org for more information. VIP tickets for headlining show are still available.
No pets allowed, the festival is a smoke-free event, handicap parking is available on the Lower Lot, South of the Fire Station on Washington St.
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Can More Logging Help Prevent California Wildfires?
Flames leap above a vehicle on High Valley Rd as the Ranch Fire, part of the Mendocino Complex Fire, burns near Clearlake Oaks, California, on August 5, 2018 (Photo: Noah Berger/AFP/Getty Images)
Cal Fire officials announced yesterday that the Mendocino Complex fire grew to over 283,000 acres, making it the largest in state history. As wildfires across the state rage on, Governor Brown and some lawmakers are calling for increased forest thinning to lessen the threat posed by fires. Those in favor of logging say that removing trees and vegetation can help reduce a fire's intensity and make forests more resilient. Opponents say thinning does nothing to protect communities from fires and imperils species that depend on dense forests. We'll take up the debate.
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About growing and processing tea for kids K - 6 Includes a video about the production of tea bags.
Tea is a drink made with dried leaves and boiling water.
Tea leaves are picked from tea bushes.
Tea grows in hot places.
The leaves are picked by hand.
The leaves are dried.
Tea is a drink made by pouring boiling water over dried leaves of the tea plant.
The tea plant is a member of the camellia family of plants. The flowers of the tea plant are small, white and smell sweet. From each flower, three seeds are formed.
Wild tea plants grow to about nine metres tall, but on a plantation (farm) they are pruned (cut) and kept at about waist height to make it easier to pick.
A worker in a tea plantation. Getty Images
Tea is an evergreen plant that grows in warm, tropical places like Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka and Malaysia. The plants do not produce the necessary shoots in colder places. The best tea is grown on low hills about 900-2000 metres high because the plant grows more slowly in the cooler air, which increases the flavour.
Tea is grown commercially in large farms called plantations. New plants are started from cuttings. After about a year, the 20 centimetre high seedlings are moved to the fields, where over 6,000 plants grow in each hectare.
Within about 4-5 years the plants mature and produce a flush, or growth of new shoots, which are several leaves and a bud. The flushes are picked by hand.
Tea pickers pick about 20 kilograms of leaves each day © Getty Images
Picking the tea
Mechanical harvesters have been developed for flat land, but most teas are picked by hand, mostly by women.
Pickers carrying baskets or sacks on their backs or heads, pluck the leaves from the stems using quick movements. Each one picks about 30,000 shoots in a day, which is about 20 kilograms of leaves that will equal about 5 kilograms of tea when the leaves are processed. In Japan, many tea companies use mechanical picking. After picking, the leaves are taken quickly to villages nearby or to factories on or near the plantation where they are processed.
Processing the tea
There are three main kinds of tea: black, green, oolong. There is now also white and yellow tea. Although all tea comes from the same plant family, the variations include the country and climate where it is grown, the soil type, how it is plucked, whether it is picked early or late in spring, the altitude where the trees are grown, and, importantly, how it is processed.
Tea being processed at a factory. Getty Images
No matter what kind of tea it is, all tea is plucked, sorted, cleaned, dried or withered, and is manufactured according to what its final form will be. The amount of drying, or oxidization, determines the end product : black tea is fully oxidized, oolong is semi-oxidized, green or white tea has minimum oxidation. The final stage is oven drying, grading and packing.
Black tea is made by spreading the leaves on shelves called withering racks. Air is blown over them to remove moisture, then they are crushed between rollers to release their juices. They are placed in a fermenting room where the leaves change to a copper colour in controlled humidity, then they are dried in ovens and turn black.
Green tea is made by steaming the leaves in large vats, which prevents them from changing colour. The leaves are then crushed in a machine and dried in an oven.
Oolong tea is made by only partly fermenting the leaves, giving them a greenish black colour.
Grades of tea
Tea leaves are graded according to size. The leaves are shaken through screens with different size holes to sort them into sizes. The larger leaves are selected for loose tea and the smallest for tea bags. The tea is packaged into large wooden chests lined with aluminium foil, ready to be transported. Chests of tea are sold at auctions. Teas from different countries or areas each have different tastes and quality. To make the best tea, tea companies blend a number of different teas to develop a particular flavour.
There are many blends of tea. Getty Images
Blended teas
From the earliest times, flavours were added to tea by the Chinese. Processed black, green or oolong teas were used as a base, to which they added flowers, fruits, herbs, spices or essential oils. Jasmine tea is an ancient favourite still popular today.
One favourite blend today is Earl Grey. An essential oil from bergamot fruit is added to a blend of China and Indian teas, giving a faint citrus flavour. Other popular blends are called English breakfast or Irish breakfast (heavier flavours to go with things like bacon or sausage), Afternoon blend (lighter blends of Darjeeling, China, Sri Lankan teas with things like jasmine or bergamot), Lapsang Souchong or Russian Caravan (heavy smoky blend of black teas with hints of orange and cloves).
A Chinese legend about the discovery of tea
A Chinese Emperor ordered everyone to drink boiled water for their health.
One day, as the water for his drink was boiling, some leaves from a nearby tree fell into the pot. When the Emperor drank the water he was overjoyed with this new drink, which he named 'tea'.
Watch a video showing how tea is packaged and made into tea bags:
http://video.nationalgeographic.com.au/video/i-didnt-know-that/idkt-teabags?source=relatedvideo
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Prosecutors: Michael Cohen campaign finance probe is active
By: LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press
Updated: May 21, 2019 - 9:37 AM
NEW YORK (AP) - Prosecutors aren't quite finished investigating campaign finance violations by President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer.
U.S. District Judge William H. Pauley III agreed Tuesday to keep search warrant materials related to the investigation of Michael Cohen under seal until July 15 after prosecutors submitted a letter last week explaining why the probe continues. That letter remains sealed.
Pauley cited "ongoing aspects" of the government's investigation as he directed prosecutors to identify in July what individuals or entities remain subject to continuing probes and explain any need for continued redaction.
Cohen, 52, is serving a three-year prison sentence after admitting a role in paying off two women - porn star Stormy Daniels and a Playboy centerfold Karen McDougal - who claimed they had affairs with Trump. Assuming good behavior, Cohen would be released in December 2021.
Cohen and federal prosecutors said Trump directed the payments. The president denied any sexual relationship with the women and said on Twitter that payments were "a simple private transaction," not a campaign contribution.
The search warrants preceded raids on Cohen's homes and office in April 2018.
Media organizations previously persuaded the judge to release much of the material related to the warrants, but not the sections related to the campaign finance investigation.
It remains unclear exactly what part of the campaign finance probe remains unfinished.
Cohen admitted that he arranged for American Media Inc., parent of the pro-Trump National Enquirer, to pay McDougal $150,000 to buy and bury her story. He also admitted paying Daniels $130,000 and was reimbursed by Trump's business empire. Both payments came during the 2016 campaign.
Prosecutors said those secret payouts were not reported as campaign contributions and violated the ban on corporate contributions and the $2,700 limit on donations by an individual.
Shortly after Cohen's sentencing, federal authorities announced a deal not to prosecute AMI. The deal required the company to admit making the payment to McDougal "in concert" with the Trump campaign to protect him from a story that could have hurt his candidacy.
The non-prosecution agreement was put in jeopardy this year when Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said the National Enquirer threatened to publish explicit photographs of him unless he publicly declared that the tabloid's coverage of him was not politically motivated.
In April, it was announced that the supermarket tabloid was being sold to the former head of the airport newsstand company Hudson News.
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Bill Text: IL HB2334 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Engrossed
Illinois House Bill 2334
IL State Legislature page for HB2334
Bill Title: Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that a neglected minor includes any minor under the age of 12 (rather than 14) years whose parent or other person responsible for the minor's welfare leaves the minor without supervision for an unreasonable period of time without regard for the mental or physical health, safety, or welfare of that minor. Provides that neglect does not include permitting a child, whose basic needs are met and who is of sufficient age and maturity to avoid harm or unreasonable risk of harm, to engage in independent activities, including: (1) traveling to and from school, including by walking, running, or bicycling; (2) traveling to and from nearby commercial or recreational activities; (3) engaging in outdoor play; (4) remaining in a vehicle unattended, except as otherwise provided by law; (5) remaining at home unattended; or (6) engaging in a similar independent activity. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits child abandonment when he or she, as a parent, guardian, or other person having physical custody or control of a child, without regard for the mental or physical health, safety, or welfare of that child, knowingly leaves that child who is under the age of 12 (rather than 13) without supervision by a responsible person over the age of 14 for a period of 24 hours or more.
Status: (Engrossed) 2019-05-10 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [HB2334 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2334-Engrossed.html
HB2334 Engrossed LRB101 04660 SLF 49669 b
1 AN ACT concerning courts.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
5 changing Section 2-3 as follows:
6 (705 ILCS 405/2-3) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-3)
7 Sec. 2-3. Neglected or abused minor.
8 (1) Those who are neglected include:
9 (a) any minor under 18 years of age who is not
10 receiving
the proper or necessary support, education as
11 required by law, or medical or other remedial care
12 recognized under
State law as necessary for a minor's
13 well-being, or other care necessary
for his or her
14 well-being, including adequate food, clothing and shelter,
15 or who is abandoned by his or her parent or parents or
16 other person or persons responsible for
the minor's
17 welfare, except that a minor shall not be considered
18 neglected
for the sole reason that the minor's parent or
19 parents or other person or persons responsible for the
20 minor's welfare have left the minor in the care of an adult
21 relative for any
period of time, who the parent or parents
22 or other person responsible for the minor's welfare know is
23 both a mentally capable adult relative and physically
HB2334 Engrossed - 2 - LRB101 04660 SLF 49669 b
1 capable adult relative, as defined by this Act; or
2 (b) any minor under 18 years of age whose environment
3 is injurious
to his or her welfare; or
4 (c) any newborn infant whose blood, urine, or meconium
5 contains any amount of a
controlled substance as defined in
6 subsection (f) of Section 102 of the
Illinois Controlled
7 Substances Act, as now or hereafter amended, or a
8 metabolite of a controlled substance, with the exception of
9 controlled
substances or metabolites of such substances,
10 the presence of which in the
newborn infant is the result
11 of medical treatment administered to the
mother or the
12 newborn infant; or
13 (d) any minor under the age of 12 14 years whose parent
14 or other person
responsible for the minor's welfare leaves
15 the minor without
supervision for an unreasonable period of
16 time without regard for the mental or
physical health,
17 safety, or welfare of that minor; or
18 (e) any minor who has been provided with interim crisis
19 intervention
services under Section 3-5 of this Act and
20 whose parent, guardian, or custodian
refuses to permit the
21 minor to return home unless the minor is an immediate
22 physical danger to himself, herself, or others living in
23 the home.
24 Whether the minor was left without regard for the mental or
25 physical health,
safety, or welfare of that minor or the period
26 of time was unreasonable shall
be determined by considering the
1 following factors, including but not limited
2 (1) the age of the minor;
3 (2) the number of minors left at the location;
4 (3) special needs of the minor, including whether the
5 minor is a person with a physical or mental disability, or
6 otherwise in need of ongoing prescribed medical
7 such as periodic doses of insulin or other medications;
8 (4) the duration of time in which the minor was left
9 without supervision;
10 (5) the condition and location of the place where the
11 minor was left
without supervision;
12 (6) the time of day or night when the minor was left
13 without supervision;
14 (7) the weather conditions, including whether the
15 minor was left in a
location with adequate protection from
16 the natural elements such as adequate
heat or light;
17 (8) the location of the parent or guardian at the time
18 the minor was left
without supervision, the physical
19 distance the minor was from the parent or
guardian at the
20 time the minor was without supervision;
21 (9) whether the minor's movement was restricted, or the
22 minor was
otherwise locked within a room or other
23 structure;
24 (10) whether the minor was given a phone number of a
25 person or location to
call in the event of an emergency and
26 whether the minor was capable of making
an emergency call;
1 (11) whether there was food and other provision left
2 for the minor;
3 (12) whether any of the conduct is attributable to
4 economic hardship or
illness and the parent, guardian or
5 other person having physical custody or
control of the
6 child made a good faith effort to provide for the health
7 and
safety of the minor;
8 (13) the age and physical and mental capabilities of
9 the person or persons
who provided supervision for the
10 minor;
11 (14) whether the minor was left under the supervision
12 of another person;
13 (15) any other factor that would endanger the health
14 and safety of that
particular minor.
15 A minor shall not be considered neglected for the sole
16 reason that the
minor has been relinquished in accordance with
17 the Abandoned Newborn Infant
Protection Act.
18 (1.5) Neglect does not include permitting a child, whose
19 basic needs are met and who is of sufficient age and maturity
20 to avoid harm or unreasonable risk of harm, to engage in
21 independent activities, including:
22 (a) traveling to and from school, including by walking,
23 running, or bicycling;
24 (b) traveling to and from nearby commercial or
25 recreational activities;
26 (c) engaging in outdoor play;
1 (d) remaining in a vehicle unattended, except as
2 otherwise provided by law;
3 (e) remaining at home unattended; or
4 (f) engaging in a similar independent activity.
5 (2) Those who are abused include any minor under 18 years
6 of age whose
parent or immediate family member, or any person
7 responsible
for the minor's welfare, or any person who is in
8 the same family or household
as the minor, or any individual
9 residing in the same home as the minor, or
a paramour of the
10 minor's parent:
11 (i) inflicts, causes to be inflicted, or allows to be
12 inflicted upon
such minor physical injury, by other than
13 accidental means, which causes death,
disfigurement,
14 impairment of physical or emotional health, or loss or
15 impairment of any bodily function;
16 (ii) creates a substantial risk of physical injury to
17 such minor by
other than accidental means which would be
18 likely to cause death,
disfigurement, impairment of
19 emotional health, or loss or impairment of any
bodily
20 function;
21 (iii) commits or allows to be committed any sex offense
22 against such
minor, as such sex offenses are defined in the
23 Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or in
24 the Wrongs to Children Act, and extending those definitions
25 of sex offenses to include minors
26 (iv) commits or allows to be committed an act or acts
1 of torture upon
such minor;
2 (v) inflicts excessive corporal punishment;
3 (vi) commits or allows to be committed the offense of
4 involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a
5 minor, or trafficking in persons as defined in Section 10-9
6 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012,
7 upon such minor; or
8 (vii) allows, encourages or requires a minor to commit
9 any act of prostitution, as defined in the Criminal Code of
10 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, and extending those
11 definitions to include minors under 18 years of age.
12 A minor shall not be considered abused for the sole reason
13 that the minor
has been relinquished in accordance with the
14 Abandoned Newborn Infant
15 (3) This Section does not apply to a minor who would be
16 included
herein solely for the purpose of qualifying for
17 financial assistance for
himself, his parents, guardian or
18 custodian.
19 (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
20 Section 10. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
21 changing Section 12C-10 as follows:
22 (720 ILCS 5/12C-10)
(was 720 ILCS 5/12-21.5)
23 Sec. 12C-10. Child abandonment.
24 (a) A person commits child abandonment when he or
she, as a
1 parent, guardian, or other person having physical custody or
of a child, without regard for the mental or physical
3 health, safety, or
welfare of that child, knowingly leaves that
4 child who is under the age of 12 13
without supervision by a
5 responsible person over the age of 14 for a period of
6 or more. It is not a violation of this Section for a person to
7 relinquish a child in accordance with the
Abandoned Newborn
8 Infant Protection Act.
9 (b) For the purposes of determining whether the child was
10 left without
regard for the mental or physical health, safety,
11 or welfare of that child, the
trier of fact shall consider the
12 following factors:
13 (1) the age of the child;
14 (2) the number of children left at the location;
15 (3) special needs of the child, including whether the
16 child is a person with a physical or mental disability, or
17 otherwise in need of ongoing prescribed medical
18 such as periodic doses of insulin or other medications;
19 (4) the duration of time in which the child was left
22 child was left
23 (6) the time of day or night when the child was left
26 child was left in a
1 the natural elements such as adequate
2 (8) the location of the parent, guardian, or other
3 person having physical
custody or control of the child at
4 the time the child was left without
supervision, the
5 physical distance the child was from the parent, guardian,
6 or
other person having physical custody or control of the
7 child at the time the
child was without supervision;
8 (9) whether the child's movement was restricted, or the
9 child was
11 (10) whether the child was given a phone number of a
12 person
or location to call in the event of an emergency and
13 whether the child was
capable of making an emergency call;
14 (11) whether there was food and other provision left
15 for the child;
16 (12) whether any of the conduct is attributable to
17 economic hardship or
18 other person having physical custody or
19 child made a good faith effort to provide for the health
20 and
safety of the child;
21 (13) the age and physical and mental capabilities of
22 the person or persons
23 child;
24 (14) any other factor that would endanger the health or
25 safety of that
particular child;
26 (15) whether the child was left under the supervision
1 of another person.
2 (c) Child abandonment is a Class 4 felony. A second or
3 subsequent offense
after a prior conviction is a Class 3
4 felony. A parent, who is found to be in violation of this
5 Section with respect to his or her child, may be sentenced to
6 probation for this offense pursuant to Section 12C-15.
7 (Source: P.A. 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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White sands, waterfalls and world-class food: exploring New South Wales
Jessica Cole
The light is bronze, shadows long, and beside Sydney’s most famous building a throng of people is drinking at the Opera Bar. From here, they are close enough to see that the Opera House’s sails are tiled in a zigzag pattern like the fletchings on an arrow. To its western flank, the iron girders of Sydney Harbour Bridge loom, solid. Beyond, the glowing sun sinks towards the horizon.
One of the world’s most distinctive buildings, Sydney Opera House glows in the early morning light © Jonathan Stokes / Lonely Planet
These may be the city’s most recognisable icons, but here is not the place to take Sydney’s pulse. For that, inner-city neighbourhoods beckon. In Surry Hills, grand Victorian terraced houses with wrought-iron detailing stand beside converted warehouses on narrow streets, and rainbow flags dangle from balconies. On Reservoir Street, the windows in coffee shop Single O open up to the pavement. Every seat is taken, and a queue snakes out the door. A young woman in running clothes, phone to her ear, perches on a stool, iced coffee in hand; on the street, a man awaits his morning flat white, his dry-cleaning folded over his arm. The staff exchange friendly greetings with him; this, evidently, is his morning ritual.
Vintage taxidermy on display at Seasonal Concepts in Redfern © Jonathan Stokes / Lonely Planet
And ritual is the word: this is a city that treats lifestyle as a religion. Collectively, Sydney’s once-rough neighbourhoods are now home to popular restaurants, markets and bakeries. To Surry Hill’s southwest, the Redfern area is also punching through its scrappy reputation. ‘People used to shoot up outside the shop when we first moved here,’ says Brian Fitzgerald of Chee Soon & Fitzgerald, an arts and textiles shop that sells bold fabrics – prints from Finland, geometric patterns from east Africa, elegant Japanese blossom designs. It’s a different story around here now: shops like this one and nearby Seasonal Concepts, an Aladdin’s cave of vintage ephemera – among them a pot of silky feathers and a full-sized stuffed zebra – attract a new wave of locals.
Culture Scouts walking tour guide Sophia de Mestre © Jonathan Stokes / Lonely Planet
‘There’s an energy to these streets,’ says Sophia de Mestre, a curator and visual artist who leads walking tours here with local company Culture Scouts. ‘They feel like my spiritual home.’
They’re also the spiritual home of Sydney’s indigenous community. Much of the street art that Sophie points out as we wander Redfern’s jasmine-perfumed side roads speaks to the Aboriginal presence here, especially the ubiquitous colours of the Aboriginal flag: red for the earth; black for the skin; yellow for the sun. Nearby, an installation by indigenous artist Daniel Boyd features thousands of mirror circles on a black wall, distorting the world back on itself. ‘To me it’s about our capacity for self-reflection,’ says Sophia, gazing on it appreciatively.
The saltwater Bondi Baths are carved out of the cliffs and have been a landmark of Bondi Beach for more than 100 years © Jonathan Stokes / Lonely Planet
Self-reflection, albeit of a different kind, is alive and well to Sydney’s eastern fringes, which back up against the giant Pacific Ocean. On the weekend Bondi Beach teems with buff city boys, paddlers and lifeguards, children playing tug-of-war. Surfers loll in the water, waiting for a breaker. Giggling girls splash in the shallows, arm-in-arm. To every aspect there is a tangible, studied sense of the carefree.
And with good reason. After all, this is Sydney: the sky is blue, the surf is up and the coffee is good.
Fitzroy Falls plunges 80 metres to the valley floor © Jonathan Stokes / Lonely Planet
From somewhere deep within the trees, a bird trills like a high-pitched violin. Mossy trunks lurk damply around, and the minty essence of eucalyptus fills the forest. A sharp whistle, like that of a farmer summoning his sheepdog, slices through the air. A third birdcall joins the cacophony, this one sounding something like a comic-book shoot-out: pew-pew-pew.
Around a corner, the source of this din presents itself: a male lyrebird, his brown tail plumage trailing behind him as he scratches in the earth for worms, cocking his head from side to side. These creatures are known for their mimicking of other birds’ songs, as well as other forest noises and artificial sounds.
Here in Morton National Park he has plenty of places to draw inspiration. Kookaburras, with their riotous laughter, and yellow-tailed black cockatoos are among the many bird species to live here; wombats snuffle about, and platypuses plop into the water. For all that, though, the park is remarkably quiet. On the forest floor the odd tenacious flower blooms among scrubby grasses. A black and orange butterfly bobs around like the tip of a conductor’s baton. The walking trail leads out to a viewing platform, where the forest drops away to a deep and rugged gorge of blue-tinged greenery, stretching out to the horizon like a lost world.
Into the canyon topples Fitzroy Falls, though today, after a season of little rainfall, it emerges from foliage shyly, and drops in a steady flow rather than a thundering cascade.
The treetop walkway at Illawarra is suspended 30 metres above the ground © Jonathan Stokes / Lonely Planet
In the Southern Highlands, trees are a compelling visitor attraction. At nearby Illawarra Fly, the forest canopy is revealed on a 1,500-metre-long treetop walk along cantilever walkways that squeak and sway with each step. From the central viewing point, Knights Tower, the panoramic view of pastureland looks for all the world like a corner of English countryside.
This cloak of rich rainforest exists just 70 miles south of Sydney. The drive between them gives no hint of the landscape to come, although the coastal road throws up its own spectacular views down Australia’s eastern seaboard on the Grand Pacific Drive, including Sea Cliff Bridge, a stretch of road which clings to the coastline in an elegant S-shape.
James Viles in the herb garden at his restaurant Biota © Jonathan Stokes / Lonely Planet
For James Viles, chef and owner of restaurant Biota, keeping urban life at arm’s length is essential. ‘It’s not possible to achieve our kind of modern rustic approach in a city,’ he says as he wanders through the kitchen gardens, looking for ingredients for tonight’s menu. ‘We strive for localism. We strip things back.’ He plucks yarrow from its bed, and tugs a butter lettuce free. ‘This’ll do nicely,’ he murmurs to himself.
Back in the kitchen, he wilts the lettuce over coals, and in a matter of moments has served it up on fish roe, topped with gathered leaves. The fish roe cuts beautifully through the earthiness of the leaves. At Biota, 80 per cent of the ingredients – including the fish roe – is wild. ‘We spend a lot of time in the forest, hunting animals, fishing, foraging. Half our time is spent outdoors. That’s how we like it.’
Greenfield Beach in Jervis National Park is backed by a forest of gum trees © Jonathan Stokes / Lonely Planet
‘Weather’s not great today,’ says Sam Cardow, appraising the skies. He’s standing outside Pelican Rocks, his fish and chip café in the fishing village of Greenwell Point. Apart from a few wispy clouds, there is a dome of unbroken cerulean blue above us, and the sun beams down. Here on New South Wales’ Shoalhaven coast, it seems expectations run a little higher than average.
The region’s glitzy drawcard is Jervis Bay, 20 miles to the south. With some of the finest, whitest sands of anywhere in the world, its beaches throng with sunbathers and campers during the summer. A shady trail leads between the beaches, making it easy to find a quiet spot of sand. To its southern end is Greenfield Beach, screened by gum trees from everything but its ocean stage. There’s barely a breath of wind, and the floury sand squeaks with every footstep across it. A family of three stands in the surf, gazing out to the cobalt expanse in front of them; searching, perhaps, for a telltale friendly fin.
The crystal-clear waters of Jervis Bay are one of the best places in Australia to see dolphins © Jonathan Stokes / Lonely Planet
Around 100 bottlenose dolphins live in Jervis Bay. Pods can often be seen from the shoreline, but for a closer encounter, boat company Jervis Bay Wild leads wildlife-spotting tours on the water, from where it’s easier to admire the hugeness of these skies, the changing textures of the seas, and between the blues, the faultless white and green keyline of beach and trees. As the boat sets off and the water deepens from bright aqua to sapphire, all eyes scan the sea, necks craning hopefully. Between late May and November, 30,000 whales migrate along these shores, but today the resident dolphins are centre-stage. When the first fin is glimpsed alongside, a cry goes up, and the boat’s engine is reduced to a hum. ‘There’s a baby,’ points out the captain, ‘do you see? And that’s its mother.’ A group of them seem to race one another to the boat’s bow before breaking the surface in a joyful splosh. Below the water, one dolphin rotates its body, its eye peering up at the sky and the faces smiling down from the boat. It looks like it’s enjoying all the attention.
Jervis Bay wears its natural beauty like a badge of honour, but the region’s waterbourne bounties extend beyond white-sand razzle-dazzle. Back at Greenwell Point, one of the leading seafood ports in the county, Sam’s unassuming café has been voted New South Wales’ best fish and chip shop, much to his delight. ‘We just keep things simple,’ he says, a little bemused.
For a chance to spot the shyer creatures, join a kayaking tour down the quiet waters of the Narrawallee inlet © Jonathan Stokes / Lonely Planet
Further down the coast at Mollymook are yet more beaches, but also pretty, unspoilt rivers and waterways. On the quiet Narrawallee inlet, local watersports expert Walking on Water leads kayaking trips on which, with no ocean currents to battle against, the water is still enough to coax out its shyer residents. A baby ray drifts past as we swash along, and in the shallows, sheltered by mangrove trees, the almost-camouflaged blob of an octopus is betrayed by its shiny round eyes. Slowly, it unfurls one tentacle and reaches for a nearby shell. We watch it for a few minutes, then paddle the return journey with the sun on our backs.
Oyster farmer Brett Weingarth inspects his trays © Jonathan Stokes / Lonely Planet
In the middle of Pambula River, a man called Sponge is standing in waist-deep water, inspecting a netting bag filled with gnarly oysters. His name, in fact, is Brett Weingarth, but his nickname has stuck – even the boat trips he runs are called Captain Sponge’s Magical Oyster Tours.
Along this stretch of coastline, some of the world’s best oysters are farmed in estuaries and river inlets. Kings of them all are the Sydney rock oysters, which have been feasted on here for tens of thousands of years; Sponge points out ancient Aboriginal shell middens (rubbish heaps) on the banks as we motor upriver in a punt, touring his oyster farm. He’s been a farmer, of sorts, all his life. ‘I used to be a sheep farmer. But oyster farming suits the way I want to live: no fertilisers, no sprays, and the oysters won’t kick a trough to bits and ruin your neighbour’s paddocks.’
Fresh oysters ready to be eaten © Jonathan Stokes / Lonely Planet
He shucks open an oyster pulled just moments ago from the water, deftly freeing it from its shell with a flick of his knife. ‘Taste it: you won’t find fresher!’ The salt hits the palate first, followed by rich butteryness. The texture is meaty, like fillet steak. It’s delicious.
Oysters are a big part of life here, and not just for farmers. ‘We pair our beers here with oysters,’ says Rob Barber of Longstocking Brewery, down the road in Pambula. He brews on a tiny site where, alongside sharp ginger beer, he tries out batch brews and barrel-aged beers, to match the local oyster flavours. Simplicity is key. ‘We do everything ourselves. We fill and cap every bottle; we even stick on the labels.’
Sophie Rogers and Will Wade, owners of the restaurant Long Time No Sea © Jonathan Stokes / Lonely Planet
Six hours’ drive from Sydney is distance enough to keep most things small-scale, but the city creeps ever closer. Fifty miles from Pambula, the harbour town of Bermagui may be a sign of things to come further south. ‘There’s definitely change in the air,’ says Sophie Rogers, manager and co-owner of restaurant Long Time No Sea with her partner, chef Will Wade. ‘There’s an amazing coffee shop and bakery in town now. The good thing is that Bermie is surrounded by national parks, so we can’t grow bigger – only better.’
Kingfish with peas, cod roe and herbs at Sophie and Will's restaurant © Jonathan Stokes / Lonely Planet
Sophie and Will have been here just two years. Despite that, they have been overwhelmed by the warm Bermagui welcome. ‘Our neighbours pop by to bring us homegrown herbs, rhubarb, lemon myrtle – anything surplus from their own gardens.’ Today, Will is serving kingfish in a seafood broth. ‘I have to use what’s available – if it’s too windy, the clam guy can’t go out, so I have to think: what else can I use? It keeps me on my toes.’
Coastal Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef
Let it all hang out in Queensland: Australia’s holiday haven offers beaches, reefs, jungles, uptempo locals and a laid-back tropical pace...
Outside the restaurant’s great folding windows, it’s a warm, blustery sort of a day, and the pastoral view stretches out from edge to edge. The view is, in fact, a strong ambassador for the diverse and often epic homelands of New South Wales’ South Coast: fecund hillocks, artichoke-green woodlands, pretty coastal townships and, behind it all, the sweeping sugar-dusted fringes of the ocean, its powerful mass reaching back to the horizon and beyond.
This article appeared in the March 2018 edition of Lonely Planet Traveller Magazine. Jessica Cole travelled to New South Wales with support from Discover New South Wales. Lonely Planet contributors do not accept freebies in exchange for positive coverage.
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Lakeside Board of Education
Staff Development Room
The meeting was called to order by the president. Members present were Mr. Collins, Mrs. Green, Ms. Griffin, Mr. Livingston, and Mr. Williams. Mr. McJoy and Mr. Mosley were absent.
The July 10, 2017, minutes and financial reports were approved as presented.
The superintendent presented the board with a good standing plaque from ASBA. Also, the superintendent gave an update on the Mainline Clinic at Lakeside High School and Eudora Elementary, Gear Up Grant ($55,200) for Lakeside Middle and Lakeside High School, the 2018 school election, the new AAA classification (2018-2020) and an athletic schedule and student handbooks were given to each board member.
The superintendent requested to take bids on a 30 X 50 storage building to be placed behind the field house and used to store tractors, forklift and sports equipment.
The president requested that the board go into executive sessions for the purpose of employment, appointment, promotion, discipline, or resignation of personnel. After the discussion, the public was allowed to return.
A motion was made by Mr. Collins and seconded by Ms. Griffin to approve the hiring of Dorothy Johnson (as needed). The motion carried.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 6:25 p.m.
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Norrbotten and Västerbotten are top regions in the Arctic in terms of innovation, concludes a new report from Business Index North, which Luleå University of Technology's researchers Anders Hersinger and Ossi Pesämaa have contributed to.
More about BIN:
Business Index North (BIN) is a project that contributes to sustainable development and value creation through increased global awareness of business opportunities in the Arctic. The goal of the project is to set up a recurring, knowledge-based, systematic information tool for stakeholders. The reports will be a freely available resource for businesses, academics, governments and regional authorities, as well as media in the Arctic states.
The project is led by the High North Center for Business and Governance at Nord University Business School. Implementing partners for the BIN report include University of Oulu Business School, Luleå University of Technology and Bodø Science Park.
The first edition of the BIN report covers developments in eight northern counties of Norway (Finnmark, Troms, Nordland), Sweden (Norrbotten and Västerbotten) and Finland (Lapland, Northern Ostrobothnia and Kainuu). The project is funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and by Nordland County Council.
Website: www.businessindexnorth.com
The challenges in the Arctic regions of Sweden, Finland and Norway are often common across the national borders. The population is aging, there is a shortage of women and the education level is lower than the average for the countries as a whole. But there is also a great development potential to take advantage of.
– There is no reason why these regions, which have considerable comparative advantages, should fall behind. They have abundant natural resources, a surplus of renewable energy and an increasingly educated workforce. There is a great potential in the Arctic, but we need to see more investments in these regions, says Erlend Bullvåg, Business Index North’s project leader and Dean at Nord University Business School in Bodø, Norway.
Business Index North (BIN) is a project that contributes to sustainable development and value creation through increased global awareness of business opportunities in the Arctic. The first edition of the BIN report, published in April 2017, covers developments in eight Arctic counties in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
The BIN project is led by Nord University Business School. Implementing partners include University of Oulu Business School, Luleå University of Technology and Bodø Science Park.
The first BIN report shows that Norrbotten, Västerbotten and Northern Ostrobothnia in Finland are the regions with the best development regarding innovation, measured in the number of European patent applications per year.
– This is related to the presence of Nokia and Ericsson, and also to the research at the universities in the area, says Anders Hersinger, Professor of Accounting and Control at Luleå University of Technology.
He has, together with Ossi Pesämaa, Associate Professor of Accounting and Control, been involved in the development of the BIN report.
Ossi Pesämaa says that the number of new innovations measures the ability to conversion.
– Conversion to the new economy with digitalization, circular economy and new services is important for meeting the future.
Ossi Pesämaa says there have been many discussions about the innovative business climate in the Swedish Arctic during the process of producing the report.
– About innovations and ideas like data centers, ice hotels, vehicle testing and the unique food with bleak roe and game meat. We have also diligently discussed growing companies like Max, Polarbröd and Älvsbyhus. The Swedish Arctic is much more than steel industry, mines and forests.
Boost economic growth
The report offers a number of recommendations on how to boost economic growth in the Arctic, and compares the development in different counties to highlight how these regions can learn from each other. The first Business Index North report concludes that the Arctic needs more influx of capital to create jobs and unleash the economic potential of the region.
According to Erlend Bullvåg, one of the key findings of the report is that the biggest challenge for future development in the Arctic is making the region an attractive place to work and live, especially for young people.
– It is important that we make these regions great places to live. In order to achieve that, we need policies that make the region attractive for businesses. If we want populated and sustainable communities in the Arctic, we must find ways of creating economic growth and new jobs, he says.
Anders Hersinger, Head of Subject, Chaired Professor
Email: anders.hersinger@ltu.se
Organisation: Accounting and Control, Business Administration and Industrial Engineering, Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences
Ossi Pesämaa, Associate Professor
Email: Ossi.Pesamaa@ltu.se
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Ballard School takes up loose change challenge to raise money for charity
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Ballard School houses raise cash for Charity Coin Challenge
A Hampshire school has been taking part in an inter-house Charity Coin Trail competition.
Students from the four Ballard School houses were inspired to collect loose change from home to raise funds for four local charities chosen by students. Working in teams they voted for their favourite charity to represent their house and then placed coins in separate trails which were lined up in the sports hall to see who could raise the most.
The close-fought battle involved students from all age groups and raised £441.08 in total. The winner, Setthorns House, raised £124.37 for the Hampshire & IoW Air Ambulance, which exists to bring immediate, life-saving critical care to patients. Holmsley House raised £110.33 for Força – strength against cancer, a charity which offers support to those living with cancer in Hampshire. Wilverly House raised £103.31 for Solent Mind which supports people with mental health problems across the South. And Broadley House raised £103.07 for the Teenage Cancer Trust which helps to provide treatment and support to young people with cancer.
Headmaster of Ballard School, Alastair Reid said, “The Coin Trail was a great opportunity for the children to get involved in fundraising for local charities whilst also having a bit of fun with a friendly cross-house competition. I am proud of all the students who got involved, collecting spare change at home and putting it to good use.’’
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The Bottom Just Fell Out of the MTA’s Finances
New York Post October 29, 2018
Urban PolicyInfrastructure & TransportationNYC
New York’s existential crisis continues apace. Just a few years ago, congestion pricing — a toll for drivers entering Manhattan — was unthinkable. Now, it’s inevitable. But it won’t be enough to fix the transit system, which underpins the region’s economy.
Advocates of congestion pricing once pushed it as a panacea for the subways: $1.5 billion a year, by many people’s measures a lot of money. Yet informal estimates put the first half of the MTA’s Fast Forward plan to modernize signals and stations at nearly $20 billion over five years — which, if you are slow at math, is $4 billion a year.
That’s inconvenient, but two pieces of news last week make a tricky situation worse.
First, Politico reported that the MTA may end up asking for $60 billion over five years. What’s going on here?
Just a few years ago, congestion pricing — a toll for drivers entering Manhattan — was unthinkable. Now, it’s inevitable.
Politics as usual. It’s highly unlikely that Gov. Andrew Cuomo and suburban lawmakers — no matter what party controls the Legislature come January — would approve a rescue for the subways of that size, certainly not without throwing in prohibitively expensive new goodies for Westchester and Long Island, too.
In the past, when faced with big capital investments, the MTA has resorted to borrowing. But the authority is already $41 billion in debt — and its annual debt costs are set to rise from $2.6 billion to $3.3 billion a year over the next four years, even without Fast Forward.
Second, at Wednesday’s board meeting, MTA chairman Joe Lhota acknowledged the depth of the MTA’s “bleak” financial situation.
“We’re going to need to band together,” he bucked up fellow board members, to “secure multiple sources of additional, recurring revenue . . . I say multiple sources . . . because congestion pricing, even when fully developed and completely implemented, will not be enough.”
When looking at outside audits of MTA finances, he counseled, “Don’t let it scare you.”
But all this can only mean one thing: The MTA’s semi-annual budget update in November won’t be very good. The MTA can likely balance its budget for next year. But not after that, as it faces recurring deficits that creep past $600 million annually by 2022. In the July budget, the MTA said it needed just one “new source of future funding.”
And that’s without a recession — although, in the broader US economy, signs suggest the current boom times are coming to an end. The stock market, officially in a correction of more than 10 percent in little more than a month, certainly thinks so.
In the past year or so, elected officials such as Cuomo have come around to congestion pricing, once considered politically toxic, not because they have become enlightened about the environment, but because there is no other big pot of money left.
Millionaires’ tax, as Mayor Bill de Blasio wants? The state already has an 8.82 percent “temporary” tax rate on people earning over $1 million annually, compared to the 6.85 percent rate for high-six-figure earners. It brings in $4.5 billion annually, but not for transit. Payroll tax, sales tax, petroleum taxes, real estate taxes — the MTA already has all those, reaping nearly $6 billion annually next year, or more than a third of the $16.3 billion budget.
Elected officials such as Cuomo have come around to congestion pricing... because there is no other big pot of money left.
The technocratic thing to do would be to raise some of these existing taxes just a little, so as not to anger any one constituency. But it doesn’t solve the problem. Raising the third of a percent tax on regional payrolls by 10 percent, for example, and making the tax slightly progressive, might raise $250 million or so — easily swallowed up by the MTA’s increasing costs.
What are the costs? The same intractable public employee costs that no New York politician wants to address. Over four years’ time, the MTA’s $5.3 billion payroll will rise by half a billion dollars. Health care costs will rise by $600 million.
The MTA is heroically trying to cut costs around the edges — but these attempts often backfire. Cutting nighttime cleaners a year ago just made riders feel unsafe, and meant more trash for morning workers to pick up. The MTA is now adding them back.
Without big change in how it approaches its costs — change still not apparent even after a year of new MTA management — billions more dollars will just mean more of the same
This piece originally appeared in the New York Post
Nicole Gelinas is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and contributing editor at City Journal. Follow her on Twitter here.
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Robert Webb-Bey Joined the Moorish Science Temple of America in 2012The Moorish Science Temple of AmericaMapping The Spirit
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The Moorish Science Temple of America
Published September 1 2017 | Updated July 8 2018
Sheik Robert Webb-Bey, Sheik Azeem Hopkins-Bey, Chairman Terrence Hopkins-Bey
Date Span 1928—2017
Quantity 102
Historical Note
The Moorish Science Temple of America (MSTA) is a religious organization founded in 1913 by Noble Drew Ali, born Timothy Drew. Among many beliefs, he asserted that Black people are descendants of the Moors who governed North West Africa. As such Black people, or "so-called Black people" as the Moorish community phrases it, are not Black but Moorish Americans "Moslems" of Islamic faith. Noble Drew Ali was reported to have stood on street corners in Chicago proclaiming: "Come all ye Asiatic of America and hear the truth about your nationality and birthrights, because you are not negroes. Learn of your forefathers ancient and divine Creed. That you will learn to love instead of hate." In addition to the assertion of a specific national identity, the MSTA was founded instill national pride and spiritual upliftment at a particular point in American history when "so-called Black people" were searching for a sense of belonging in the midst of the Great Migration and shifting national politics.
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"My father was basically trying to find liberation for himself as well as his people. He was raised in the gang life, the gang atmosphere in the city of Philadelphia. In trying to search for truth he became frustrated and this frustration in a sense boiled over..."
"You have a lot of hearsay. You have a lot of individuals taking a stance that's not based on the orthodoxy as established by Prophet Noble Drew Ali. And often it's an outside view approaching an interpretation of the teachings of Prophet Noble Drew Ali."
"But seeds do not unfold into life, they manifest. So it has to go through stages to grow and unfold as does the bud unfold to show the flower. So while we're here on the earth, we're learning. We're learning to love instead of hate."
"Prophet Noble Drew Ali likened himself unto Prophet Confucius (all spirits are one). Prophet Confucius saw himself as a 'transmitter and not a creator.' [...] He [Confucius] proclaimed that he was a 'transmitter and not a maker' and that Holy Prophet Noble Drew Ali's publishing of The Holy Koran of the Moorish Science Temple of America is also a transmission of ancient lessons..."
"Who were you before you were enslaved? That's a question that we have to ask and now we have history books where we have so many cloaked names...."Black" was manufactured."
"As an eight to ten-year-old boy, I'm talking to him about us not being Negro, black, or colored and doing physical demonstrations as far as grabbing a crayon, a black crayon, and saying look; this is not us. "
"...we may say they changed forms or they veiled their form which means they just took off this earthly garb that the spirit uses to function on the earth plane, the manifest, and moves on to a higher level of vibration."
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Robert Webb-Bey Joined the Moorish Science Temple of America in 2012
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Robert Webb-Bey Holding Circle 7 Pendant
Hold Up Five Fingers
The five fingers are a symbol of peace. The five fingers also stands for the five divine principles of Love, Truth, Peace, Freedom, and Justice.
Reading Surah 34: Saba from the Holy Quran
Even though the Holy 7 Koran is the core text of the Moorish Science Temple of America, as Robert Webb-Bey explains, "[l]ike on our nationality card, we honor all divine prophets, Jesus, Muhammad, Buddha and Confucius" and as such "there’s this idea within the Moorish Science of America that a pluralism is acceptable." Consequently, Robert Webb-Bey consistently reads from a variety of religious texts in his personal studies and introduces his congregants to these different texts at Sunday school. Here, he reads from the Quran revealed to Prophet Muhammad. Specifically, he turns to Surah 34: Saba, a Meccan chapter that focuses on the lives of Solomon and David, and the promises related to the day of judgment.
Moorish Science Temple of America Dues Card
Act 7 of Noble Drew Ali's Divine Constitutions and By-Laws reads:
Act 7.—All members must promptly attend their meetings and become a part and a partial of all uplifting acts of the Moorish Science Temple of America. Members must pay their dues and keep in line with all necessities of the Moorish Science Temple of America, then you are entitled to the name of “Faithful.”
Rasheed, Kameelah Janan. "Robert Webb-Bey Joined the Moorish Science Temple of America in 2012." Mapping The Spirit, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, 8 Jun. 2017, Web. 16 Jul. 2019. <https://www.mappingthespirit.com/stories/msta/robertwebbbey-intro>
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OS X Mavericks review: Free as in beer
By Jason Snell
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A side of Safari
Mavericks brings with it a new version of Safari, which offers a new sidebar, plug-in management, a redesigned Top Sites page, performance improvements, and a new feature designed to remember your passwords without compromising security.
The Mountain Lion version of Safari offered three features that could be accessed via buttons on the far left side of what it called the Bookmarks Bar: Reading List, Bookmarks, and Top Sites. Safari 7’s newly rechristened Favorites Bar features only two: Sidebar (which somewhat confusingly still uses the Bookmarks icon of an open book) and Top Sites.
The new Sidebar is the new home of Bookmarks, Reading List, and the new Shared Links feature. It’s a gray bar that lives on the left side of the browser window. To open it, click on that book-shaped Sidebar icon on the Favorites Bar, choose View: Show Sidebar, or press Command-Shift-L.
Three views are available in the new Safari sidebar.
In previous versions of Safari, going to the Bookmarks view replaced the contents of your browser window with a bookmark editor, where you could drag and drop bookmarks and rename them. That window is still there if you choose Edit Bookmarks from the Bookmarks menu, though it’s now a hierarchical view full of folders, instead of the weird old interface where different folders were in a separate sidebar of their own.
But in parallel, there’s this new Bookmarks tab in the Sidebar, which gives you one-click access to your bookmarks. Just click on a bookmark in the Sidebar, and Safari loads that page on the right side of the same window. Click on a folder to show or hide its contents. You can reorder bookmarks by dragging them around, rename them by clicking and holding for a few seconds, and there’s even a search box above the top of the list, if you need to find a specific bookmark.
The second tab in the Sidebar is Reading List, and it’s not that different from the Mountain Lion version. This is still the place where you can collect pages on the Web that you want to read at a later time, even if you’re offline. The big difference in Safari for Mavericks is that the Reading List scrolls endlessly. Once you’re at the bottom of a Reading List story, just keep scrolling down and you’ll be taken to the next story in the list.
Hold down the plus button to quickly file away a page.
In previous iterations of Safari, there were toolbar buttons to add stories to Reading List and add links to your Bookmarks. In Mavericks, Safari no longer provides those buttons. Instead, there’s a big plus (+) button integrated to the Address and Search bar, just to the left of the page’s URL. Click the plus button to add the page you’re on to Reading List. (There’s a little animation where the icon of the site you’re reading flies over into the Sidebar icon and the plus icon briefly becomes a check mark.) Click and hold to see a menu of options, including adding the page to Reading List, Top Sites, or filing it as a bookmark in any of your bookmark folders.
Now to the third (and most interesting) addition to the Sidebar: the Shared Links tab. Once you’ve logged in to a Twitter or LinkedIn account via the Internet Accounts (formerly Mail, Contacts and Calendars) system preference pane, any posts that contain hyperlinks are displayed in the Shared Links list. If you truly use your Twitter stream as a replacement for RSS feeds, Shared Links is a concentrated burst of Twitter linkage.
Shared links in Safari's sidebar.
In the Shared Links sidebar, posts are displayed with the most recent item at the top. They aren’t bare links, either—you see the avatar of the person who posted the link, their name, an icon representing the service the post came from (just Twitter and LinkedIn are supported at this point), and the text of the post itself. Click anywhere on the post to display it in the browser window, and like Reading List, if you keep scrolling to the bottom of the story, you’ll be able to scroll right on to the next story in the list.
As you read a story, the original post that spawned it remains at the top of the page, so you can quickly find the answer to the question, “Which one of my friends thought this was worth Tweeting about?” There’s also a Retweet button, so if you do approve of the story, you can pass it on.
Unfortunately, Shared Links’s light-gray-text-on-darker-gray-background color scheme makes the text of individual posts hard to read, and there are no timestamps. You also can’t “pull to refresh” in order to see new posts, à la Twitter’s own client app, and Safari itself doesn’t appear to update content rapidly. If I want to see new links, I need to open and close the Sidebar or choose Update Shared Links from the View menu. It’s also too bad that Facebook links aren’t an option, though given the junk littering my Facebook feed these days, maybe it’s just as well.
Shared Links includes the source of the link at the top of the page.
Next to the Sidebar button is the Top Sites button, and of course there’s a new version of the Top Sites interface, which presents you with six or 12 or 24 of your favorite sites in a grid. (It’s now a proper Hollywood Squares/Brady Bunch style grid, with none of the curved-wall effects of the previous iteration of Top Sites.) I admit I never use Top Sites (my default window: Empty Page), but the look seems more modern, and drag-and-drop reorganization of Top Sites items is a no-brainer addition.
Apple says that it’s made a bunch of under-the-hood improvements that make Safari faster, more realiable, and more secure. Separate pages run in separate processes, and there’s improved memory efficiency; the browser takes advantage of power-saving features of Mavericks to run more efficiently.
We tested Apple’s claims that Safari’s JavaScript performance was dramatically improved in Mavericks, and found them to be true. In almost every case, Safari 7 on Mavericks was faster than Safari 6.0.5 on Mountain Lion. However, the just-released Safari 6.1 for Mountain Lion seems to add most of those same improvements without the need to upgrade to Mavericks. It was more of a back-and-forth game between Safari and Google Chrome, with Safari beating Chrome on the Sunspider and JSBench tests, but Chrome prevailing on the Kraken and Peacekeeper benchmarks.
One major source of stability, speed, and energy-consumption issues in Safari isn’t actually Safari itself—it’s browser plug-ins such as Adobe Flash. Third-party tools like ClickToPlugin have let users manage whether webpages can load those plug-ins, and in Mavericks, Safari has a similar feature built right in.
Set your plug-in preferences in the Security tab.
The feature lives in the Security tab of Safari’s preferences window, under the Manage Website Settings button. From here you can see every browser plug-in being used by your system and a list of sites that have loaded it. You can turn access on and off on a per-site basis, as well as set a default for what happens on your first visit to a website that’s trying to load a plug-in. For example, you can set YouTube to always load Flash, but all other sites to block Flash on first load.
Safari’s also got a Power Saver feature that will sometimes prevent plug-ins from loading until you click, emulating ClickToPlugin’s approach. I wish that Safari went further, though, and allowed the Manage Websites Settings option to set certain plug-ins to only load on a click, somewhere between a pure block and actually loading the plug-in.
And when Safari’s blocking a plug-in, the browser replaces the space occupied by the plug-in with an empty box. This happens because Safari’s reporting to the web server that it has the plug-in, but doesn’t show the content. Some sites offer non-Flash equivalents if a device (such as an iPhone or iPad) doesn’t have Flash, but Safari doesn’t see those if Flash is installed but disabled.
In general, I like that Apple is providing Safari users with this level of control over browser plug-ins. However, the implementation is kind of weird. Most users will probably not know the difference between Allow, Allow Always, and Run in Unsafe Mode, all of which are available as possible options on a per-website, per-plugin basis.
Passwords in the clouds
I’ve been a user of 1Password for a few years now, and I love it. I remember a single master password, and 1Password remembers my passwords, personal information, credit-card numbers, and enters them into my web browser when I tell it to.
iCloud Keychain suggests a password.
Mavericks offers a new feature called iCloud Keychain that, in true Apple fashion, addresses some of the basic needs addressed by utilities such as 1Password while leaving plenty of room for add-on tools that go beyond what Apple offers.
iCloud Keychain stores your passwords, credit-card numbers, and personal contact information and syncs them between devices. Since it’s all synced via iCloud, it should all stay in sync across your iOS 7 devices, so if you save a password on your Mac, it’ll be there when you next visit that site on your iPad. Pretty cool. (This is an optional feature—nobody’s forcing you to put your stuff in the cloud. You turn it on by checking the Keychain box in the iCloud system-preference pane.)
iCloud Keychain enjoys some major advantages over utilities like 1Password, in that it can integrate directly in the browser (rather than via an extension) on the Mac. Passwords and user names fill in automatically when you visit a page, so you don’t have to click around like you do with 1Password. And in iOS, the advantage is greater: 1Password can't fill passwords into Safari at all (you have to either browse with the 1Password app or retrieve your password from there and then paste it into Safari), while iCloud Keychain is integrated directly into the iOS Safari browser (assuming you've updated to iOS 7.0.3).
Safari’s been able to remember your password for ages now (only the syncing part is new), but it will now also suggest a random password for you when you’re prompted to create one. (This is good, because simple passwords are insecure.) Then Safari will save the random password in the keychain, so you never have to remember it. Safari can also remember your credit-card information and automatically fill it (well, most of it—it won’t store your card’s security code, which Apple says “is in accordance with industry practice” and I say is a silly practice) when you want to buy something.
There’s another problem with emphasizing auto-filling of passwords. When a Mac is running and unlocked, someone could use Safari to log in as you. If you’re concerned, you’ll need to set your Mac to automatically lock when it goes to sleep or when the screen saver activates, and set a very low timeout before that happens. I think I’d prefer an option to have to enter a password to unlock my iCloud Keychain. You can set the Mac’s normal keychain to lock after a period of inactivity, but the iCloud Keychain can’t be set to auto-lock. That seems like an oversight to me.
Apple OS X Mavericks
Mavericks adds new productivity features, under-the-hood changes to improve battery life, and new apps. It's a free update that's worth every penny you won't pay for it.
Numerous new power-user productivity features
Battery-saving features
Mail app seems worse than before
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Endless Pain
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Ripping all angels - 83%
autothrall, January 4th, 2011
Mille Petrozza and company might not have been the first to the well, but their debut as Kreator would arrive soon enough to join the rank and file of Sodom and Destruction among the earlier, major German thrash releases (post-demo stage). Formed a few years prior as Tormentor, with the members in their teens, the band had been jamming on covers, performing a few odd gigs, and releasing a few tapes, one of which caught the ear of Noise Records guru Karl Walterbach, who promptly signed them and asked them to change their name (legal reasons). Kreator had been born, Endless Pain was produced, and though it might not hold a candle to much of the band's 1986-1990 catalog, it's still quite impressive considering the age of the roster and the crude crunch of the writing.
From a technical standpoint, I might place this somewhere between In the Sign of Evil and Sentence of Death in both songwriting quality and musicianship. It's not quite so blistering and bedazzling as Destruction's EP, but a little more involved than the punkish hymns of Angel Ripper. The rather unique, expressive architecture of Mille's chord selection was already in place, even though it wasn't nearly as refined as Pleasure to Kill or Terrible Certainty, and his harsh, barking vocals weren't unlike Angel Ripper's in that they'd later become a major influence upon the emergent black metal scene. Indeed, Sodom and Kreator are very often considered proponents of the 'first wave' of that genre, and that's a distinction I certainly won't argue with here. However, aside from the intro riff to "Total Death" sounding a little like "Mad Butcher", and carrying a similar leather & bullet belts image to Destruction, there was something fresh, bludgeoning and unique about this young band that foreshadowed their ascent.
The vocals are an immediate highlight of the title track, a sadistic glaze over its rippling, busy guitars and the steady crashing of Ventor's drums. Rob Fioretti's bass might not have been a major factor here, but the thick pulse would at least offer some concrete support to the chords. The construction of the notes was easily on a level plane with what was coming out of California, even if the band were not writing hits of Kill 'Em All or Show No Mercy caliber. In particular, I'd call out "Tormentor" and the epic "Flag of Hate" as the real hits here, the former hailing from their demo days under their previous moniker, the latter good enough to get its own EP release, with tearing, radioactive guitars and a killer bridge hook. However, there are other pleasures here like the brute "Bone Breaker", with its hilariously blunt chorus verse, or the cutting velocity of "Son of Evil" in which Mille warps his vocals into a higher, screaming velocity not unlike old Slayer or Whiplash.
A few tunes don't exactly rise to the occasion, like "Cry War" or "Storm of the Beast" (with a title like that, I wanted it to be better), but there are no real hangups even on a complete listen one quarter century post-release. It's superior to In the Sign of Evil, as there's simply more to hear and the guitar patterns feel more bloodied and aggressive, but not quite a match for the riffs of Sentence of Death. However, I do like the production here more than either of those EPs. Even before the touching up in re-releases, it sounded fresh and as if the band were due a successful future. As it turns out, fate would deliver countless tours and further label deals, but as the time, Mr. Petrozza and his stalwarts were thrilled just to produce an album in their teens, and that enthusiasm and vibrancy is omnipresent in this recording.
-autothrall
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When Meredith Stannard, 66, retired from her job earlier this year, her soon-to-be-former coworkers couldn't wait to see the backyard cottage she and her partner Elyse Zandonella, 69, had decided to downsize into. "Everybody was curious," she says. "I started doing these happy hours where I'd have one or two people over at a time. There's a lot of buzz with people wondering if they could do this too."
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Ridhima Sud: Was overwhelmed when Priyanka praised me in 'Kajarya'
Updated: Nov 27, 2015, 09:29 IST | PTI
Actress Ridhima Sud says she could not believe when her 'Dil Dhadakne Do' co-star Priyanka Chopra complimented her for the upcoming docu-drama 'Kajarya'
Actress Ridhima Sud says she could not believe when her 'Dil Dhadakne Do' co-star Priyanka Chopra complimented her for the upcoming docu-drama 'Kajarya'.
Ridhima Sud
Ridhima, who made her debut in the Zoya Akhtar-directed multi-starrer and will be seen as a journalist in Madhureeta Anand's drama about female foeticide.
"Priyanka (Chopra) was the first one to message me after watching 'Kajarya'. She said I had done well in the movie and she was extremely proud of me. I couldn't believe I was getting compliments for my work from her... "As an actor you are very hard on yourself. But I was overwhelmed when the feeling sunk in," Ridhima told PTI.
"Even Farhan (Akhtar) said 'well done'. Aamir Khan called me and said 'people are loving the film, they are loving you'. It was an amazing feeling for me because these people are not only stars, not only talented but amazing human beings," she added.
'Kajarya' chronicles the story of two women from different backgrounds- one who lives in a village and has the job of killing the baby (played by Meena Hooda), while the other is an opportunistic journalist from New Delhi.
For Ridhima, there were times her role took a toll on her, draining her "emotionally" and pushing her to realise things beyond the realms of acting.
"It was emotionally draining... While performing a breakdown scene, I got sucked into it so badly I didn't leave my bed for three days after the shoot. I was training with a journalist in 2013 and one day, during the Nirbhaya rape case trail, I was in a room with the three accused men.
"That experience was very moving, it pushed me to realise that it is not always about acting, it is also about being a part of something bigger... to contribute towards such issues."
'Kajarya' was shot before "Dil Dhadakne Do" and the actress says she feels blessed to do be part of two diverse projects within a year.
"It is overwhelming really, too much to take in, but in a very good way."
'Kajarya' is scheduled to release on December 4.
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On Demand, Development and Dependence: A Review of Current and Future Implications of Socioeconomic Changes for Integrated Water Resource Management in the Okavango Catchment of Southern Africa
by Thomas Weinzierl and Janpeter Schilling
Land 2013, 2(1), 60-80; https://doi.org/10.3390/land2010060
Received: 3 January 2013 / Revised: 13 February 2013 / Accepted: 21 February 2013 / Published: 28 February 2013
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Water is both a key and limited resource in the Okavango Catchment of Southern Africa. It is vital for the ecosystem and the three riparian states Angola, Botswana and Namibia who use the water of the catchment for multiple purposes including pastoralism, farming [...] Read more.
Water is both a key and limited resource in the Okavango Catchment of Southern Africa. It is vital for the ecosystem and the three riparian states Angola, Botswana and Namibia who use the water of the catchment for multiple purposes including pastoralism, farming and tourism. Socioeconomic changes, primarily strong population growth and increasing development demands pose significant challenges for the Okavango Catchment and its Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM). In this paper, we first review the socioeconomic background and the current and projected water situation. Against this background, we analyze the dependence of the riparian states and the local livelihoods on the Okavango Catchment. Third, we discuss the implications of socioeconomic changes and increased water demand for the IWRM in the catchment. We review the scientific literature and relevant reports. Further we utilize (geo-spatial) analysis of socioeconomic, livelihood and hydrological data, supplemented by a field visit to Namibia and Botswana. Our findings suggest that strong population growth and the stabilization of Angola are likely to increase the pressure to develop the region along the Okavango. The central challenge for IWRM is hence to enable Angola to meet its development needs without limiting livelihood and economic prospects in Botswana and Namibia. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Landscape Changes in Savanna Systems: Understanding the Roles of Climate, Vegetation Dynamics, Parks and Protected Areas, Resources, People and Livelihoods)
Mapping Urbanization Dynamics in Major Cities of Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, and Bolivia Using Night-Time Satellite Imagery
by Isabel K. Parés-Ramos, Nora L. Álvarez-Berríos and T. Mitchell Aide
Received: 10 December 2012 / Revised: 8 January 2013 / Accepted: 29 January 2013 / Published: 5 February 2013
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By 2050, 90% of the population in Latin America will live in cities, but there is a lack of up-to-date spatial information about the urban extent and patterns of urbanization in cities of this region. In this study, we analyzed population growth, urban [...] Read more.
By 2050, 90% of the population in Latin America will live in cities, but there is a lack of up-to-date spatial information about the urban extent and patterns of urbanization in cities of this region. In this study, we analyzed population growth, urban density and urbanization dynamics between 1992 and 2009 in the major cities of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Perú using Google Earth and DMSP/OLS night-time lights imagery. We used Google Earth to map the urban extent, and time series of night-time lights to analyze spatial patterns of urban development. The dominant urban development patterns were: high-density compact in Bogotá, Cali, Guayaquil, and Medellín; high-density expansive growth in La Paz/El Alto; low-density expansive in Quito and Santa Cruz; and a mix of high-density compact and suburban growth in Lima. Urban growth occurred largely along the periphery of cities, influenced by the local landscape and by demographic and socioeconomic factors such as immigration and housing prices. Urban density in Colombia (>20,000 per/km2) was among the highest in the world. Future growth in the region will probably be characterized by densification and slow urban expansion. This study also validates the utility of Google Earth and night-time lights for monitoring urbanization. Full article
The Effectiveness of Conservation Reserves: Land Tenure Impacts upon Biodiversity across Extensive Natural Landscapes in the Tropical Savannahs of the Northern Territory, Australia
by John C.Z. Woinarski, Jon Green, Alaric Fisher, Michelle Ensbey and Brendan Mackey
Received: 27 November 2012 / Revised: 8 January 2013 / Accepted: 9 January 2013 / Published: 22 January 2013
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This study examines whether there is a biodiversity benefit (“dividend”) associated with the existence and management of conservation reserves in the extensive and largely natural landscape of northern Australia. Species richness and abundance of vertebrate fauna and the intensity of a range of [...] Read more.
This study examines whether there is a biodiversity benefit (“dividend”) associated with the existence and management of conservation reserves in the extensive and largely natural landscape of northern Australia. Species richness and abundance of vertebrate fauna and the intensity of a range of disturbance factors were compared across a set of 967 sampled quadrats, located either in pastoral lands, Indigenous lands or conservation reserves, with all sampled quadrats within a single vegetation type (open forests and savannah woodlands dominated by Eucalyptus miniata and/or E. tetrodonta). The relationships with land tenure varied between major taxonomic groups, but generally (and particularly for threatened species) values were highest for conservation reserves. This “biodiversity dividend” associated with conservation reserves is considered to be due to the effects of management rather than because conservation reserves were established on lands supporting atypically high conservation values. The impact of weeds and (unsurprisingly) livestock was greatest on pastoral lands, and pig impact was greatest in conservation reserves. Although pastoral and Indigenous lands supported lower biodiversity tallies than reserved lands, the conservation values of reserved lands in this region are probably substantially supported by the maintenance of relatively intact ecological systems across all lands. Full article
Simulating Future Forest Cover Changes in Pakxeng District, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR): Implications for Sustainable Forest Management
by Courage Kamusoko, Yukio Wada, Toru Furuya, Shunsuke Tomimura, Mitsuru Nasu and Khamma Homsysavath
Land 2013, 2(1), 1-19; https://doi.org/10.3390/land2010001
Received: 29 November 2012 / Revised: 12 December 2012 / Accepted: 9 January 2013 / Published: 21 January 2013
Future forest cover changes were simulated under the business-as-usual (BAU), pessimistic and optimistic scenarios using the Markov-cellular automata (MCA) model in Pakxeng district, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR). The Markov chain analysis was used to compute transition probabilities from satellite-derived forest cover maps [...] Read more.
Future forest cover changes were simulated under the business-as-usual (BAU), pessimistic and optimistic scenarios using the Markov-cellular automata (MCA) model in Pakxeng district, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR). The Markov chain analysis was used to compute transition probabilities from satellite-derived forest cover maps (1993, 1996, 2000 and 2004), while the “weights of evidence” procedure was used to generate transition potential (suitability) maps. Dynamic adjustments of transition probabilities and transition potential maps were implemented in a cellular automata (CA) model in order to simulate forest cover changes. The validation results revealed that unstocked forest and current forest classes were relatively well simulated, while the non-forest class was slightly underpredicted. The MCA simulations under the BAU and pessimistic scenarios indicated that current forest areas would decrease, whereas unstocked forest areas would increase in the future. In contrast, the MCA model projected that current forest areas would increase under the optimistic scenario if forestry laws are strictly enforced in the study area. The simulation scenarios observed in this study can be possibly used to understand implications of future forest cover changes on sustainable forest management in Pakxeng district. Full article
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NL Central Notes: Cardinals, Samardzija, Votto
By Ben Nicholson-Smith | October 31, 2011 at 9:29pm CDT
Tony La Russa's retirement has highlighted a busy day in the NL Central. Here are the latest notes from the division…
Former Cardinals infielder David Eckstein told Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports that Albert Pujols would re-sign in St. Louis if the Cards make third base coach Jose Oquendo their next manager.
Cardinals pitching coach Dave Duncan told Morosi that he’s going to return to St. Louis in 2012, but it doesn’t sound as though he’s looking to manage the team (Twitter link).
The Cubs declined Jeff Samardzija's $3MM option for 2012, according to Bruce Miles of the Daily Herald (Twitter link). Samardzija isn't yet arbitration eligible and remains under team control.
One person with ties to the Reds says there's "not a chance" Joey Votto becomes available this offseason, according to Jon Heyman of SI.com. The Reds control the first baseman's rights through 2013.
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Red Sox Notes: Manager, Ortiz, Papelbon
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Lunchbox45
Even David Eckstein’s comments can be described as ‘scrappy’
Bschube34
*and they offer him 8 yrs 220 mil.
that might not be enough…
Albert has never once listened to what Oquendo tells him at third. He makes his own damn decisions no matter what and this contract stuff won’t be any different. Oquendo won’t be the manager of the cards
stl_cards16
I would say Oquendo is probably the early favorite for the position. The Cardinals have a way they go about things and I imagine the front office would like to see that continue. No better way to keep things pretty much the same than to keep pretty much the entire coaching staff together.
It’s pretty well known that Oquendo and Albert have been very close. I’m not saying that Oquendo getting the job garauntees Albert comes back, but it wouldn’t be a risk like bringing someone in that Albert is not familiar with.
cards2WS
Oquendo and Albert are very close to each other. Not as close as Albert and Tony, but Albert has credited much of his defensive ability to the guidance of Oquendo. It’s gonna take a lot more than Oquendo as manager to bring AP back, but it sure wouldn’t hurt.
Nick Gohr
David Eckstein? Really? I forgot you were still alive.
agree 100%
Great news Duncan will be back.
IMO, this points to an internal replacement as manager. Seems strange Duncan would already commit to 2012 if he didn’t have a good idea who was going to be in charge.
Phillies_Aces35
I doubt the Cardinals take into Account Albert’s thoughts on a manager (nor should they). If there’s a better candidate in their minds, that’s who they should target. Albert wants to be paid. He’s not going to slash his asking price in half because the Cardinals hired his buddy and he’s earned that right.
There’s plenty of other reasons for him to stay in St. Louis. I see it coming down to the money and if Pujols really can leave.
Albert & Tony would be a pretty big blow to St. Louis. I don’t see Albert going anywhere.
I think the Cards will go with Terry Francona. They got Herzog from the Royals after he was a proven winner (World Series) in KC, they got LaRussa after he was a proven winner (World Series) in Oakland, and now they will get Francona, another proven winner (World Series) in Boston. I don’t see the Cards giving the job to someone who has not managed at the major league level. And, I think if you look at the baseball jobs, the Yanks, Red Sox, Cards and Phillies have to be the 4 most coveted jobs. And Francona is the most coveted manager out there.
I hope your right…
I gotta admit, when I read the headline and it had samardjiza in it, I feared the worst: The Cardinals and Jeff Samardjiza had agreed to a deal. Thank God that will never happen.
xcal1br
Why’s that? Can’t you pronounce his name? ;) Could you imagine what Harry would have done with that one in his day? Good God!
Eduardo E
So is Eckstein his (Pujols) agent?
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Heroes & Generals “Spaatz” Update Launched
Magicman - October 21, 2014
Still labeled as being in "Early Access," Heroes & Generals keeps adding the updates. The team at Reto-Moto launched the "Spaatz" update which adds...
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The time to enlist is now! Independent studio Reto-Moto proudly announces the launch of the official closed beta for Heroes & Generals, the upcoming...
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MoboReader> Billionaires > Trapped with Daniel
Chapter 97 Janet, You're Really Gonna be the Death of Me
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"I don't want to talk with you anymore!" said Janet. She pretended to be angry with him and threw him a despised glance, then keeping her distance from him.
Gripping his glass of red wine, Daniel gradually came closer to Janet until he leaned tight on her back and stretched out his hand to put the glass on her lips.
"It's so stingy!" said Janet. She took the glass and drank up all the wine in it. After, when she finished the last drop, she swayed the empty glass in front of him, and joyfully said, "Look! You've got nothing left to drink anymore!"
Daniel took the empty glass, and while he put it aside on the table, he said, "I can drink... This!" and he held her in his arms. He then kissed her lips and enjoyed tasting the wine's flavor from her mouth.
His kiss pressed harder and harder, and he didn't let her off until she nearly suffocated.
With their foreheads touching against each other, Daniel said, "Janet, you're really one tempting woman!" He just couldn't help kissing and hugging her...
Janet curled up her red lips, and said, "Thank you for your compliments!"
Daniel then suddenly lifted her in the air, and while she screamed, he carried her back into the bedroom.
One of her slippers had been already kicked off of her foot in the balcony, and the other one was taken off by Daniel.
He placed her on the bed, and said, "Wait for me here, I'm going out for a moment."
The woman then turned and sat up on the bed, and upon hearing his words, she stared at him, and asked, "Where are you going?"
Daniel kissed her forehead, and said, "Just wait!" Then he left.
Janet threw herself into the quilt and covered her red and hot face. She was so excited that she then danced with joy.
After about ten minutes later, Daniel came back.
He had a medicine box in his hand, and he swayed it in front of Janet, grinning a sly smile.
Janet curiously stared at the smiling man, and asked, "What's that?"
"Guess!" said Daniel. He then opened the box and took out the ointment inside.
Janet took a better look at the medicine box, and then her face instantly flushed red, and said, "Thanks!" Then she went towards the bathroom.
She had left her handbag in her car, as she had just quarreled with her father. But luckily, her phone was in her pocket.
"Wait!" Her arm was then gripped by Daniel, and she turned around.
Daniel lifted the woman, whose bare feet were stepping on the carpet, and then put her back onto the bed.
He sat at the
Drugged one night by her ex-boyfriend, a mysterious man took advantage of her in an ecstatic night filled with sex. To take her revenge, she married the man, and used him. "As long as I'm alive, I'm still his legal wife, while all of you are just his mistresses.”She remained adamant even when he was involved in scandals with other women...
ady too late.
The man casually wrapped himself with a bathrobe and then walked up to Janet, who was still brushing her teeth, and while he held her waist, he said, "Jane, if you're not satisfied yet, I'll go and buy a box of condoms. What do you think about that?"
'Right, I forgot it. I should have bought some, ' he thought.
The woman hastily shook her head, pushed away the man, and after she quickly finished her brushing, said, "No, Mr. Si. I have to go to sleep! Good night!"
Then she slipped into the bedroom and burrowed herself inside the quilt.
Daniel came out of the bathroom, pressed her at his side, gave her a deep kiss, and then holding her tight in his arms, he fell sound asleep.
Early next morning
Daniel's phone rang, and Janet woke up. Daniel, who was already awake, sat up on the bed and grabbed his phone.
"Father*!" Janet suddenly awoke when she heard who was calling.
(*TN: sworn father)
She turned around and sternly stared at the man who answered his phone. She noticed that his unshaven and fresh face after sleep was even sexier.
Daniel caught her small hand with his fist, and continued, "Um, yes. Please don't worry, father."
"OK, " he turned to Janet. "Jane, talk with your father." Daniel then passed over the phone to Janet.
Hearing this, Janet hesitated for a moment and then got out of the bed and walked straight into the bathroom, with a peaceful look on her face.
Daniel had no choice but to put back the phone over his ear. Samuel on the other side of the line understood the current situation, and asked, "Jane's not willing to talk with me, right?"
"Yes." Daniel replied honestly.
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09.01.2006 General News
EGLE Party warns government
Accra, Jan. 9, GNA - The EGLE Party on Monday drew the attention of government to the current nationwide blackouts and warned that any increase in electricity or any other tariffs would be met with the fiercest resistance.
In a New Year message signed by Mr Danny Ofori, Chairman, the Party said this year was one of forgiveness, repentance and hard work in one love.
On the just-ended National Delegates Congress (NDC) National Delegates' Congress, the Party said it believed in former Chairman Dr Obed Asamoah's political maturity and wished that he would act accordingly and remember that posterity would never forget him for any damage to the NDC.
The Party congratulated the new elected National Executives chaired by Dr Kwabena Adjei and called on them to quickly revisit the formation of a coalition with the EGLE party, the National Reform Party (NRP) and any other progressive political groupings.
It called on the rank and file of the NDC, NRP and any other progressive political forces to remember that "together we win, divided we lose. This is not the time to lose, this is the time to forget". The Party, therefore, called on Dr Asamoah to forgive just as the National Reform Party and EGLE Party forgave him and to try to help to bring together the NDC into one great coalition of the NDC, NRP, EGLE and any other progressive political forces "as this is the way to galvanize our strength and unity towards winning the 2008 General Election".
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Broken-hearted but not broken: New Zealand prays together
Zaid Mustafa, left, son and brother of victims from last week's mosque shootings is welcomed to Friday prayers at Hagley Park in Christchurch, New Zealand, Friday, March 22, 2019. People across New Zealand are observing the Muslim call to prayer as the nation reflects on the moment one week ago when 50 people were slaughtered at two mosques. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
By NICK PERRY and JULIET WILLIAMS Associated Press
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealanders observed the Muslim call to prayer Friday in reflecting on the moment one week ago when 50 worshippers at two Christchurch mosques were slain — an act that an imam told the crowd of thousands had left the country broken-hearted but not broken.
In a day without precedent, people across New Zealand listened to the call to prayer on live broadcasts while thousands, including Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, gathered in leafy Hagley Park opposite the Al Noor mosque, where 42 people died. “New Zealand mourns with you. We are one,” Ardern said.
The call to prayer was observed at 1:30 p.m. and followed by two minutes of silence. Hundreds of Muslim men at the park sat in socks or bare feet. One man in the front row was in a Christchurch Hospital wheelchair.
The Al Noor mosque’s imam, Gamal Fouda, thanked New Zealanders for their support.
“This terrorist sought to tear our nation apart with an evil ideology. … But, instead, we have shown that New Zealand is unbreakable,” the imam said.
“We are broken-hearted but we are not broken. We are alive. We are together. We are determined to not let anyone divide us,” he added, as the crowd the city estimated at 20,000 people erupted with applause.
Later in the day, a mass funeral was held to bury 26 of the victims at a cemetery where more than a dozen already have been laid to rest.
Family members took turns passing around shovels and wheelbarrows to bury their loved ones. Friday’s burials included the youngest victim, 3-year-old Mucaad Ibrahim.
Christchurch native Fahim Imam, 33, returned to the city for Friday’s service. He moved away three years ago and now lives in Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city.
“It’s just amazing to see how the country and the community have come together — blows my mind, actually,” Imam said before the event.
When he got off the plane Friday morning, he saw someone holding a sign that said “jenaza,” denoting Muslim funeral prayer. He said others were offering free rides to and from the prayer service.
“The moment I landed in Christchurch, I could feel the love here. I’ve never felt more proud to be a Muslim, or a Kiwi for that matter. It makes me really happy to be able to say that I’m a New Zealander,” Imam said.
He called it surreal to see the mosque where he used to pray surrounded by flowers.
The observance comes the day after the government announced a ban on “military-style” semi-automatic firearms and high-capacity magazines like the weapons that were used in last Friday’s attacks at the Al Noor and nearby Linwood mosques.
An immediate sales ban went into effect Thursday to prevent stockpiling, and new laws would be rushed through Parliament that would impose a complete ban on the weapons, Ardern said.
“Every semi-automatic weapon used in the terrorist attack on Friday will be banned,” Ardern said.
The gun legislation is supported not only by Ardern’s liberal Labour Party but also the conservative opposition National Party, so it’s expected to pass into law. New Zealand does not have a constitutional right to bear arms.
Among those planning to attend Friday’s observance was Samier Dandan, the president of the Lebanese Muslim Association in Sydney and part of a 15-strong delegation of Muslim leaders that had flown to Christchurch.
“It was an ugly act of terrorism that occurred in a beautiful, peaceful city,” Dandan said.
He said his pain couldn’t compare with that of the families he’d been visiting who had lost loves ones. He was inspired by their resilience, he said.
“And I’ve got to give all my respect to the New Zealand prime minister, with her position and her actions, and it speaks loud,” he said.
Ismat Fatimah, 46, said it was sad to look at the Al Noor mosque, which was still surrounded by construction barricades, armed police officers and a huge mound of flowers and messages.
“We’re feeling stronger than before, and we are one,” she said.
She said she prayed for the people who died.
“I’m just imagining what would be happening last Friday,” she said. “People were running around so scared and helpless. It’s just not right.”
Erum Hafeez, 18 said she felt comforted by the overwhelming response from New Zealanders: “We are embraced by the community of New Zealand, we are not left behind and alone.”
The Al Noor mosque’s imam said workers have been toiling feverishly to repair the destruction, some of whom offered their services for free. Fouda expects the mosque to reopen by next week.
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CORVALLIS, Ore. – Broader monitoring of patients is needed to reduce the number of people who develop a urinary tract infection after being discharged from the hospital, new research by Oregon State University suggests.
Findings were published in the journal Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. The exploratory study of more than 3,000 at-risk patients showed that infection was nearly three times as likely to begin after they went home compared to when they were in the hospital.
“Every healthcare-associated infection represents an undesirable patient outcome,” said Jessina McGregor, associate professor in the OSU College of Pharmacy and the study’s corresponding author. “If people are still at risk for those types of infections after they leave the hospital, then healthcare-associated infection research should focus more broadly than the current definitions of surveillance definitions. We need more data to stimulate innovation for better informing patient care and preventing these types of infections.”
Urinary tract infections, or UTIs, are the most common type of healthcare-associated infection, according to the National Institutes of Health. Seventy-five percent of UTIs acquired in a hospital trace to the use of a urinary catheter, a tube inserted into the bladder through the urethra to drain urine. About 20% of hospitalized patients need a catheter.
“UTI surveillance has largely focused on catheter-associated infections, and also has not focused very much on infections that onset post-discharge from the hospital,” McGregor said. “But recently discharged patients are still at risk for hospital-associated UTIs, and as hospitals continue to encourage shorter hospital stays, symptoms of these infections may be more likely to show up after the patient goes home. However, data to describe the incidence of these infections is lacking, which is a barrier to better identifying which patients are most at risk.”
In the group studied by Oregon State researchers, 10.6 patients per 1,000 developed a UTI while in the hospital; 29.8 per 1,000 did so within 30 days of going home. In addition to catheterization, other risk factors for healthcare-associated “community onset” UTIs – those that develop outside a hospital setting – are quadriplegia and paraplegia, prior use of certain antibiotics, and whether a patient has private insurance; those with private insurance are less likely to become infected.
“Patients who got sick after discharge had similar pathogens and antibiotic sensitivities to those who got sick while still in the hospital, which suggests that patients developing a UTI following discharge may need different treatment strategies than patients who develop UTIs that aren’t associated with hospital stays,” McGregor said.
The results don’t say with certainty that the post-discharge infections were acquired in the hospital, but the evidence is strong enough to warrant further study, she added.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute, and the National Institutes of Health funded this research.
Scientists from Oregon Health & Science University, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and Doctor Evidence, a software and data company in Santa Monica, California, collaborated on the study.
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Rays Players Weekend nicknames explained
Patch shows those who had impact on career
By Bill Chastain
ST. PETERSBURG -- The inaugural Players Weekend began Friday, with players wearing non-traditional uniforms featuring alternate designs along with special patches.Players have the opportunity to have a nickname placed on the back of the jerseys made by Majestic Athletic, as well as wear and use uniquely colored and designed spikes,
ST. PETERSBURG -- The inaugural Players Weekend began Friday, with players wearing non-traditional uniforms featuring alternate designs along with special patches.
Players have the opportunity to have a nickname placed on the back of the jerseys made by Majestic Athletic, as well as wear and use uniquely colored and designed spikes, batting gloves, wristbands, compression sleeves, catcher's masks and bats.
"I don't think we'll see much, much different," Evan Longoria said. "I'm sure there will be guys who go above and beyond. But I think baseball as a whole has definitely got a lot better at letting guys express themselves through the course of the year."
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Players are wearing specially designed caps by New Era, and unique socks from Stance. During pregame workouts and postgame interviews, they will wear T-shirts highlighting a charity or cause of their choice.
Also, each player will wear a special patch on his sleeve showing the progression of a child evolving into a Major Leaguer. Under that logo is white space, and every player will mark a name of a person whom they are grateful to for helping them advance their careers, such as family or a coach.
Game-worn, Players Weekend jerseys will be auctioned at MLB.com/auctions with 100% of net proceeds donated to the MLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation, a joint effort established in July 2015 by MLB and the MLBPA with an initial commitment of $30 million focused on improving the caliber, effectiveness and availability of amateur baseball and softball programs across the U.S. and Canada.
Kevin Cash: Using last name
Chris Archer: "Flaco Fuerte"
"Orestes Destrade called me that after grabbing my arm. It means skinny strong."
Peter Bourjos: "The Needler"
"I got the nickname because Logan Morrison says I like to stir things up."
Tribute patch: Mom, Dad, Wife, Kids, and Sister
Brad Boxberger: "Box"
Abbreviation of his last name
Tribute patch: Mother, Father, Wife (Ana), Daughter (Ava), Son (Braxton) -- "All the important people."
Steve Cishek: "Speedpass"
"My first job was as a Mobile gas attendent in Falmouth, Mass. One of my friends drove past and yelled, "Fill it up, Speedpass."
Tribute patch: Parents
Tribute patch: Mother, Father, Wife (Kelly), Brother (R.J.), Dogs (Axel and Oscar) -- "I tried to put everybody in my immediate family on there that was impactful in my progresion coming up, not only in baseball, but in life. I started thinking about everything they've done -- my mom, my dad, my brother, my wife, and my dogs. I had to add them in there too, because they're fun to come home to every day. I think it's nice we're able to show a little appreciation to the people that have helped us."
Alex Colome: "The Horse"
"My teammates tell me when I come in and am on the mound, 'You're like a horse.' When I played for the Marlins, I pounced."
Tribute patch: Mi Familia -- "That includes all of my family and friends."
Tribute patch: Wife, Beth Anne, and son, Davis -- "A lot of people don't understand what goes on getting to the Major Leagues and the struggles you go through. They're always there for me with their support."
Lucas Duda: "Dude"
Plays off his last name.
Tribute patch: Mother (Ellenor), Father (David) -- "I owe everything to them. I'm very thankful and appreciative for everything they've done."
Adeiny Hechavarria: "La Pantera"
"When I played for the Marlins, I pounced on a pop fly. After that I was 'La Pantera' or panther."
Tribute patch: Dios -- Spanish for "God."
Chih-Wei Hu: "Who?"
A play on the pronunciation of his last name.
Tommy Hunter: "Two Towel"
"Should be 'Two Towels' because it takes two clubhouse towels to wrap around my waist."
Tribute patch: Parents (Pam and Ray), sister (Megan), wife (Ellen), and son (Henry). Also his high school coach Rich Andriole -- "Of course, my family, they all helped me along the way. [Andriole] is a good man. He's gone through everything with me, he's given me pep talks. He's always been in my corner."
Dan Jennings: "D.J."
Jennings' initials.
Tribute patch: Mother (Janet), Father (Bob), and his college summer coach (Jeff Opalewski) -- "They all helped to get me here."
Kevin Kiermaier: "The Outlaw"
Kiermaier's nickname comes from the way he steals hits from opposing batters.
Tribute patch: His parents
Evan Longoria: "Longo"
Abbreviation for his last name.
Tribute patch: Mother and Father -- "I wouldn't be here without them. They used to drive me around everywhere."
Brad Miller: "Rat"
Comes from Miller being known as a baseball rat.
Tribute patch: AG, Coach Chet -- "A.G., those are my grandfather's initials. Coach Chet was the coach of my travel ball team. He is Chet Lemon, who played in the Major Leagues."
Logan Morrison: "Lo-Mo"
Play off his name.
Tribute patch: Father (Tom Morrison) and Mother (Diane Morrison)
Jake Odorizzi: "Odo"
Play on his last name.
Tribute patch: His wife (Carissa) and son (Rhett)
Cesar Puello: Using last name
Austin Pruitt: Using last name
Tribute patch: His parents (Gary and Kippy) -- "They've been there every step of the way."
Wilson Ramos: "The Buffalo"
"I was catching one day, and it was one of those rough days," Ramos said. "I'm catching all kinds of heat. Balls were hitting me all over the place, and I'm getting bruises all over my arms. [Former teammate] Ian Desmond tells me, 'I don't know how you do it. No matter what happens, you're always ready to go. You're a buffalo.' After that I was 'The Buffalo.'"
Tribute patch: Mama Familia "Abuelo" God -- "Family is important."
• Ramos runs with Buffalo on Players Weekend
Daniel Robertson: "D-Rob"
Play on his name.
Tribute patch: Mother (Julie), Father (Don) -- "They made all kinds of sacrifices."
Sergio Romo: "El Mechon"
Romo's nickname comes from the name of his favorite song.
Tribute patch: Sons (Rilen, Rex, and Rhys) -- "My boys."
Blake Snell: "Zilla"
Snell's Twitter handle is @snellzilla, so this is a play off that.
Tribute patch: His father, Dave Snell -- His father helped him get to where he is.
Steven Souza Jr.: "Souzbot"
"The goggles I use, [teammates] think I'm a robot, but Brad Miller gave me the name. Also, when we were on a flight from New York last September, I started dancing in my stance. And everybody was like, "Bot."
Tribute patch: Wife (Mikaela) and his first farm director (Doug Harris) -- "I couldn't have gone through this journey without my wife."
Jesus Sucre: "Sooky"
Play off his last name
Tribute patch: Mi Vieja -- His late mother.
Bill Chastain has covered the Rays for MLB.com since 2004.
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Correggio, Emilia-Romagna (Italy), 1493 - Correggio, Emilia-Romagna (Italy), 1534
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Ca. 1525. Oil on panel transferred to canvas
Antonio Correggio’s stay in Rome between 1518 and 1519 powerfully affected his late work, which reflects that of late Raphael and the Michelangelo of the Sistine Chapel. Without ever abandoning Andrea Mantegna, and especially Leonardo, Correggio drew on those influences to shape his personal and decisive contribution to the classical style. After returning to his native Parma in 1520 he focused on frescoes and large altarpieces, painting few religious works for private use.
Noli me tangere, c.1525, constitutes one of Correggio’s first mature paintings. It was first mentioned in print in Pietro Lamo’s Graticola di Bologna, c.1560, after the author saw it at the Hercolani house in Bologna, and the painting was still there in 1568 when Giorgio Vasari admiringly mentioned it in the second edition of his Le Vite de’ più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori (Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects): The work is painted with such delicacy that it defies belief. There is no documentation of the painting having been commissioned by a member of the Hercolani family, but it is most likely that it was Vincenzo Hercolani (1500-57). The identity of the painting’s first owner is important, as it provides evidence that it was made for a private chapel, which its formal characteristics seem to indicate.
Correggio was very aware of where his works were to be hung, so the refined landscape and careful rendering of the farm implements -a magnificent fragment of still life avant la lettre- imply that he knew viewers would be close enough to see them. Vincenzo Hercolani was a member of the Brotherhood of Buon Gesù, whose bylaws urged its members to hang religious images in their homes. It also encouraged meditation exercises focused on Christ’s Passion. The apparently straightforward composition is extraordinarily balanced. Along a vertical axis running from Mary Magdalene’s right foot to Christ’s left hand, the characters stand out against a beautiful landscape tenuously lit by the dawn. Mary Magdalene wears the yellow garb characteristic of prostitutes and appears deeply moved by the meeting. Her emotional instability contrasts with Christ’s serene, tranquil figure, which Correggio depicts with a few iconographic peculiarities, including a blue robe in contrast with the white or pink robes traditionally employed in illustrations of this passage from the Bible (John 20:1-19). Correggio’s colour choice alludes to the sky or to the absence of stigmata from Christ’s Passion, symbolising his perfect state after the Resurrection.
The admirable balance attained here was not effortless; X-rays show that Correggio tried two different positions for Mary Magdalene before choosing the third and final, highest position of all. Her dress is practically identical to the one worn by Saint Cecilia in Raphael’s homonymous depiction in Bologna, indicating that Correggio must have studied the latter. He may have done so at the suggestion of Vincenzo Ercolani, who also owned the Vision of Ezekiel, c.1518, by Raphael now at the Galleria Palatina di Palazzo Pitti, Florence, as well as works by Francesco Francia and Lorenzo Costa. Vicenzo must have contacted Correggio through Costa’s close ties to Veronica Gambara, a lady from the painter’s home town and one of his important patrons.
From the Hercolani family, Noli me tangere passed to Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini in 1598, before entering the collection of Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi in 1621. In 1632 it was inherited by Prince Lodovico Ludovisi, who gave it to King Philip IV as payment for the Piombino Estate. The work arrived in Spain in 1643 and hung in El Escorial until it entered the Museo del Prado in 1839.
Falomir Faus, M., Antonio Correggio 'Noli me tangere' En:. Italian masterpieces from Spain's royal court, Museo del Prado, National Gallery of Victoria Thames & Hudson, 2014, p.52
1520 1530 Painting Oil Panel transferred to canvas
Museo del Prado, sala de la reina Isabel II
Gelatin / Collodion on photographic paper, Ca. 1899
Panel transferred to canvas
Height: 130 cm.; Width: 103 cm.
Royal Collection (Niccolò Ludovisi, príncipe de Piombino; regalada a Felipe IV, 1644; Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid, sacristía, 1657; Monasterio de El Escorial, sacristía principal, h. 1698; Monasterio de El Escorial, sacristía, 1788; Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, 1813; Monsterio de El Escorial, Sala de Capítulo Prioral, 1839).
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Madrazo, Pedro de, Viaje artístico de tres siglos por las colecciones de cuadro, Daniel Cortezo y Cª, Barcelona, 1884, pp. 290.
Ricketts, C.S., The Prado and Its Masterpieces, Archibald Constable and Company, Westminster, 1903, pp. 116.
Ricci, Corrado, Antonio Allegri Da Correggio. His Life, His Friends, And His, William Heinemann, Londres, 1906, pp. 246 (en la ed. alemana).
Gronau, Georg, Correggio: des meisters gemälde in 196 abbildungen, LeipzigDeutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart.Berlin., 1907, pp. 90.
Berenson, Bernard, North Italian Painters of the Renaissance, G. P. Putnam's Sons, Nueva York-Londres, 1907, pp. 200.
Reinach, Salomon, Repertoire de Peintures du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance. 1, II, Ernest Leroux, Paris, 1907, pp. 493.
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Tüngel, Richard, 400 Jahre Kunst, Kultur, und Geschichte im Prado, Schweizer Verlagshaus, Zurich, 1964, pp. lám. 111.
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Andrés, Gregorio de, Relación anónima del s. XVII sobre los cuadros del Escorial, ARCHIVO ESPAÑOL DE ARTE, 44, 1971, pp. 58.
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Quintavalle, Arturo Carlo, La obra pictórica completa de Correggio, Noguer, Barcelona, 1977, pp. nº 42.
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Wethey, Harold, Alonso Cano: pintor, escultor y arquitecto, Alianza Editorial, Madrid, 1983, pp. ?/ lám. 87.
Emiliani, Andrea, Bologna 1584. Gli Esordi Dei Carracci e Gli Affreschi Di Pal, DOCUMENTI DEL TEMPO 4, Nuova Alfa Editoriale, Bolonia, 1984, pp. 28.
Burke, Marcus B., Private Collections of Italian Art in Seventeenth Century Spain, University Microfilm International, Nueva York, 1984, pp. 85.
Carroggio, Fernando, Historia del Arte, Carroggio S.A., Barcelona, 1985, pp. 145.
La Maddalena tra Sacro e Profano: [da Giotto a De Chirico], Arnoldo Mondadori Editori, Milan, 1986, pp. 136-137.
Brown, Jonathan, Velázquez: pintor y cortesano, Alianza Editorial, Madrid, 1986, pp. 236 / lám. 283.
Dantraique, Pierre, La Peinture Venitienne, Ides et Calendes, Neuchatel, 1989, pp. 122.
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Karge, Henrik, Vision Oder Wirklichkeit. Die Spanische Malerei Der Neuzeit, Klinkhardt & Biermann, Munich, 1991, pp. 148.
Buendía, José Rogelio, El Prado. Colecciones de Pintura, Lunwerg Editores, Barcelona, 1994, pp. 252.
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Sánchez del Peral y López, Juan Ramón, Acerca de algunos dibujos de Michel-Ange Houasse en el Legado Pedro Beroqui al Museo del Prado, Boletín del Museo del Prado, XXVIII, 2010, pp. 82-92.
Sanz Salazar, J, Denis Calvaert y el Monasterio boloñés de Sanmichele in Bosco: una pintura redescubierta., Archivo español de arte, 83, 2010, pp. 178-187.
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Arasse, Daniel, 'L ' apparition à Marie Madeleine. Noli me tangere' En: Désir sacré et profane: le corps dans la peinture de la Renaissance, Editions du Regard, 2015, pp. 222.
Ekserdjian, David, 'A.A.Correggio. Noli me tangere' En:, Correggio and Parmigianino. Art in Parma during the Sixteenth century, Silvana Editoriale,, 2016, pp. 190-191 n.13.
Ekserdjian, David, 'Correggio and Parmigianino. Art of the Sixteenth century in Parma' En:, Correggio and Parmigianino. Art in Parma during the Sixteenth century, Silvana Editoriale,, 2016, pp. 12-35 [15].
Other inventories +
Catálogo Museo del Prado, 1854-1858. Núm. 809.
Inv. Real Museo, 1857. Núm. 809.
Correggio (Antonio Allegri, llamado el) / 809. Jesus y la Magdalena. / Buscando la Magdalena el cuerpo del Salvador, se le aparece este en figura de hortelano. Representa el acto en que ella reconoce a Jesus, el cual la manda que no le toque. Fondo: pais lleno de vegetacion. (E.) / Alto 4 pies, 8 pulg; ancho 3 pies, 8 pulg.
Exhibitions +
Correggio y Parmigianino. Arte a Parma nel Cinquecento
Touching the Prado
Italian Masterpieces from Spain's Royal Court. Museo Nacional del Prado
Correggio e l'antico
Location +
Room 056B (On Display)
Update date: 03-07-2019 | Registry created on 02-12-2015
Other works by Correggio (Antonio Allegri)
The Virgin and Child with Saint John
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Posted on April 25, 2019 by Alex Hawley
Meigs falls to Golden Rockets, 8-6
By Alex Hawley - ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com
ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — So much for a home field advantage.
The Meigs baseball team — which won 4-1 at Wellston on April 5 — couldn’t complete the season sweep of the Golden Rockets, as the Marauders dropped an 8-6 decision to WHS in Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division play on Wednesday in Meigs County.
Meigs (7-9, 4-5 TVC Ohio) trailed 5-0 after giving up two runs in the top of the first, and then three more in the second.
The Marauders began to battle back with four runs in the bottom of the third, as Landon Acree and Cole Arnott scored on an errors, Wesley Smith made it home on a Matt Gilkey single, and Gilkey was singled in by Briar Wolfe.
Wellston ended a two-inning scoreless drought with two runs fifth, and then added one in the sixth to make the margin 8-4.
After being retired in order in the fourth and fifth frames, the Marauders began the bottom of the sixth with back-to-back singles, but had a runner thrown out at third and left the other on second.
The Marauders’ first-and-only extra-base hit of the game was a double by Acree to lead off the bottom of the seventh. The MHS junior left fielder eventually scored on a wild pitch to bring the Maroon and Gold to within three runs. A one-out single by Arnott brought Smith around to score, pulling the hosts to within two runs.
After the second out of the inning, a walk put the potential game-winning run on first base, but the Golden Rockets got the pop-up they needed to seal the 8-6 win.
Gilkey took the pitching loss in three innings for Meigs, giving up five unearned runs on six hits and two walks. Cory Cox tossed three frames, surrendering three unearned runs on four hits, while Andrew Dodson pitched one inning and allowed one hit. Each Marauder pitcher struck out two batters.
Hunter Cardwell was the winning pitcher of record in six innings for the guests, allowing six runs, five earned, on 10 hits, while striking out four and walking none. Timothy Stanley claimed the save for Wellston, striking out one, walking one and giving up one hit.
Gilkey paced the Marauders at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a run scored and a run batted in. Acree went 2-for-3 with a double and two runs, while Arnott and Wolfe were both 2-for-4 with an RBI apiece and Arnott scoring once. Smith and Dodson both singled once in the setback, with Smith scoring two runs.
Cardwell and Stanley both went 2-for-4 with two runs and one RBI to lead the Golden Rockets. Chase Ingalls was 2-for-5 with three RBIs, Brock Eggers was 2-for-4 with a run scored, while Zane Ervin doubled once and scored once.
Meigs finished with six errors and six runners left on base, while Wellston committed five errors and stranded 11 runners.
MHS is back on its home field on Friday against Alexander.
ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com
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News from the Head
Welcome back to school for this final half term of the academic year. Two weeks is a lovely break to have at this time of year and I do hope that you all managed to enjoy your time together whether you stayed at home or were able to get away as a family. Hopefully everyone is now refreshed and ready for the busy period ahead.
We certainly finished the last half term on a high note with the S5 and S6’s excellent performance of Mary Poppins drawing universal praise from all who were lucky enough to see it. As I said on the evenings, it isn’t just the talent and the confidence that makes those performance so impressive but also the seamless way that the children were able to work together and to support each other in such a natural way. A great moment of pride for all who were associated with it.
Over the half term break we were delighted to learn that children in Reception have been recognised for their thoughtful work on the environment, you may remember the Sea-Cycler from earlier in the year. Their overall efforts were highly commended by the judging panel of the Better Energy School Awards 2019 and they have won a small prize for the school. Well done Reception.
A busy half term now awaits us and even now on this very first day back Senior 5 have already left us for their three-day residential in the lake district. With Sports Day, music concerts, all sorts of trips and prize giving ahead it will be a full few weeks.
Many thanks for your patience in waiting to find out the new classes for next year, all the information is very nearly now in place and I will be writing to you later in the week to confirm things.
Paul Baddeley
The Summer term is a short but very busy one and it seems incredible that we are already almost half way through the first half of the term. There is so much to fit in! Last week began with a Bank Holiday but school was very much to the forefront for many of you at the Ilkley Carnival. I do hope that all involved had a wonderful time; I know that the children have talked about it with great enthusiasm.
Even though the Bank Holiday left us with a four day week, there has still been time to squeeze a lot in. The Wharfedale Festival was prominent and I’m really pleased that so many of the children were involved. Those children who performed in the Poetry Recitals achieved superbly well; there was a first and second place in Form 2, a second and both joint thirds in Form 3, a first and second in Form 4, a first, second and third in Senior 5, as well as a second in Senior 6! The String Group also achieved a first place and by all accounts performed very well. I was present to watch the performance of the Senior 5 and Senior 6 choir and I thought that they were excellent; as usual watching them made me feel incredibly proud of the school and the dedication and abilities of the staff and children involved. Besides all of this, there has also been time for a very successful residential trip for Form 4 to Bewerley Park. I’m told that the children behaved themselves superbly and that a wonderful time was had by all.
This week promises to be even busier: Many of the children will be completing annual assessments during the week and, in addition, children in Senior 6 and some children in Senior 5 will also be out on the roads on their bicycles as part of the Bikeability programme. All of this goes on, of course, alongside the rehearsals that are continuing for next week’s production of “Mary Poppins”. The play is getting very close now and the excitement and anticipation are noticeably beginning to build! I am certainly looking forward to seeing my first Moorfield School production enormously.
In the near future we will be issuing a school survey which will give parents the opportunity to feedback to us about things which are going well and of course also where there is room for improvement. This is a vital tool for school development so please look out for it and do get involved if you have the time to complete one. The children will also be having an NSPCC assembly in the final week of half term which delivers the “Speak Out. Stay Safe Programme”. Once again, please look out for a letter with further information about this initiative.
I do hope that you and your children enjoy the rest of the half term. Things promise to be even busier when we return after the half term break.
The warmer weather and brighter skies are finally here and spring is definitely upon us! As we prepare for our Easter Break, it seems a good time to reflect on some of the extremely positive things that I have seen and experienced at Moorfield over the last few weeks.
It has been so pleasing to see the impact that the children here at Moorfield have within the local community. There were of course excellent performances at both the Harrogate and Skipton Festivals. In fact, in all there were 110 performances by our pupils at the Skipton festival alone and ten of these were chosen to be in the final concert, which showcases the best performances throughout the week.
Closer to home, it was a pleasure to take part in the school’s Autism Awareness Walk. The children looked fantastic in their uniforms and hats as we walked around Ilkley and gave a wonderful impression of our school through both their appearance and their polite and friendly manner towards anybody that we encountered.
Resilience is a key word in the school values and I have seen the way that the children who have been joining in with the weekly cross-country runs are able to display this in abundance. They turn up in their numbers to some windswept and rainy locations and then run up and down hill in treacherous conditions without a word of complaint, all in the name of representing their school, well done to all involved.
As you would expect this last week of the term has been a very busy one. It began with the wonderful shared event that was the Easter Service at St. John’s Church. It was lovely to see so many of you there to experience the very moving singing and the powerful readings which were so well executed by the children in Senior 6. There has also been an exceptionally high quality of entrants to the Easter Bonnet and Decorated Egg competitions; some wonderful attention to detail and a serious amount of creativity in evidence there.
I hope that you all have a very relaxing and fun Easter break together and look forward to seeing you all again next term.
One of the many great privileges of having a career in education is that on occasion there is an opportunity to accompany children on a residential visit. Last week I was able to enjoy my very first residential with children from Moorfield School. In this case it was the Senior 6 trip to London. The trip was a wonderful treat for me, not just because of the fabulous cultural opportunities that were on offer but because this sort of trip always provides a chance to get to know the children much better and to see how they socialise with each other over a long period.
As you might imagine, they were all a credit to the school and to their families. Consistently polite, open to learning and new experiences, both tolerant and compassionate with each other and cheery and positive throughout. The residential was superbly organised by Mrs Hewitt and Mrs Crossley’s experience of both the trip and the city meant that I was in a really good position to observe and enjoy the children’s interactions. They made the most of everything and even when they were clearly tired and hungry they never stopped being positive and caring. The whole trip was an affirming experience and one to make a head teacher very proud, I look forward to the next one.
In recent weeks we have continued to focus on how we can look after and respect our planet. This has involved setting out on some different environmental projects. You are very likely to be aware of Reception’s ‘Sea Cycler’ which currently has pride of place in the entrance foyer. What you may not be aware of is that as a school we have recently signed up to a scheme whereby our food waste is now being recycled and converted into energy. Over the coming weeks, we will be sharing information with the children about how this process works and how much energy we are able to create.
As well as this, Miss Van Eede also attended a recent Ilkley meeting entitled ‘The Solution is Less Pollution’ on the school’s behalf, which was about water pollution in the town. We will be following up on this as a school after the half term. Finally, we have also just begun a school project on air pollution using Friends of the Earth’s clean air pack. We have a pollution monitor near the front gate and another next to the pitch, these monitors will be sent to a laboratory after two weeks and we will then be able to discuss our findings.
All of these different projects were briefly discussed with the children in assembly and we all hope that they will give the children plenty to think about and talk about as they develop. The assembly also featured many examples of the children’s art work as part of our regular celebration. I really was struck by the ambition, the diversity and proficiency of the children’s work, right across the school. It was an excellent reminder of just how rich a curriculum they are exposed to and how well they take advantage of this.
Many of you were present at the final assembly of the year in which various prizes were awarded to deserving pupils. During the assembly we spoke a lot about the school values and I drew the children’s attention to the fact that most of the prizes fitted in very well with these values. Not many of the children were entirely clear about what our school values are. This is not to say that they don’t have an understanding of what the school stands for or that they don’t demonstrate these values on a daily basis, they do. It’s simply that generally speaking they don’t know how to articulate the values of Moorfield School and this is something that we will be working on with them this term. Currently the values are expressed as below:
Excellence in Education, inspiring Kindness, Confidence and Creativity.
We achieve this by:
Nurturing and celebrating each individual
Providing a calm and purposeful academic environment where each pupil makes excellent progress from their level of ability
Enabling, through a rich and creative curriculum, many areas for pupils to shine
Building character to facilitate curiosity, independence, perseverance, resilience and good humour
Encouraging care and respect for everyone and everything on our planet
Being happy together as a community
It may well be that we need to find a way to make these statements more accessible to the children but in the meantime we are examining each one in detail and we have started with:
The children have fantastic ideas and are able to tell me about some of the wonderful things that they do at home and at school which support this. I have drawn their attention to The UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development, which are largely aimed at children and really inspire thought about global citizenship. It may well be that these goals could provoke some really useful conversations at home too.
Since we returned to school after the half term break we have, as you would expect, been extremely busy. As always there have been exciting things going on in the classrooms and we have also enjoyed great success in the Wharfedale Art Competition.
What will remain with me however are those times when we have come together as a school and with parents, carers and other members of the community.There were the two piano concerts which took place on the 30th and 31st October in which the children highlighted not only their fantastic levels of skill but also their confidence to perform and their collaboration skills when performing with each other. The concert on the 31st was particularly poignant as we were visited by Mrs Clarke who donated the piano which is now being used in the hall. She clearly took such delight in hearing the children playing it so well and with such enthusiasm. Afterwards she spoke to us all in very moving terms about what these performances meant to her.
Some of you were also able to be with us for last week’s remembrance assembly, which made it all the more special. I was very proud of the children’s maturity and sensitivity when being a part of such a meaningful assembly. This goes from the impeccable way that nursery children were able to observe the two-minute silence right up to senior six and the empathetic manner in which they all contributed to the assembly.
This week of course will culminate in Children in Need day. I must thank you all for your generosity in the donations that we have received through the purchasing of merchandise and taking part in quizzes and so forth. We have needed to order more stock as demand far outstripped supply, a very useful learning experience for the children involved.
In double quick time my first half term at Moorfield has come to a close and a very positive experience it has been. I would like to thank everyone for their patience as I have gradually learned the faces and routines of the school. I now have the opportunity to reflect on all that I have absorbed over these past few weeks and to begin to plan for the future of the school. There is so much to be proud of here. What has particularly struck me as I have observed the children learning in these past few weeks is just how high their levels of engagement are. I have yet to walk into a lesson and see any child approaching their learning with any kind of passivity at all. The children are excited and involved in what they are doing throughout the school and are happy and able to articulate this.
I have seen some excellent examples of team work, the children support and genuinely value each other. There is an enthusiastic and collaborative approach to dealing with any problems or barriers that a given task might present. These are strengths that we will continue to build on and can enhance even further. The school is such a positive community; it’s lovely to see the high levels of participation in extracurricular music and sport and the pride with which the children represent the school when given that opportunity, something I would like to make even more accessible to all.
I have had a hugely rewarding first half term and I look forward to many more to come.
We are well into the term now and the school is feeling very busy and purposeful as children have been taking part in a variety of exciting opportunities. Sport has been very much to the fore and there have been netball matches both home and away in three different age groups as well as away rugby matches due later on this very afternoon.It’s also been a time in which various children from around the school have benefitted from hearing directly from some notable children’s authors. Just yesterday Senior 5 were lucky enough to visit Bradford Grammar School and meet acclaimed cyclist and now children’s author Sir Chris Hoy and today we eagerly await the visit of Peter Bunzl, author of the Cogheart series; a very exciting opportunity! As well as this, we’ve also been celebrating the European Day of Languages as part of our exciting curriculum.
The fly in the ointment at present surrounds the issues that we are having around swimming provision as the Ilkley swimming pool remains closed. I have been in contact with three other swimming pools to see if they can offer us the provision that we need. Unfortunately, so far we haven’t been able to find a pool which is available and has the right kind of facilities for us but we will keep trying.
The first full week at Moorfield seems to have gone by in a flash. It was wonderful to see so many of you at our meet the teacher evening. I’m delighted that the partnership between the parents and carers and the school staff is so strong. The evening felt enormously supportive and I have been very grateful for the feedback that so many of you have taken the time to share with me. As I mentioned on the evening the welcome that I have received from parents, children and staff alike has been overwhelming and has served as an affirmation to me of what a fine school Moorfield really is, I feel very lucky to be here.
A reminder that our communication systems are now all up and running after some initial teething problems so please do check for emails and texts as well as using the website as your first port of call for any school information. On that subject we expect to send out agreement forms for use of technology and photography in the very near future, please can you return these to school as soon as you are able.
Finally it was lovely to end the week with our Big Breakfast for Matugga this morning. I very much enjoyed experiencing the way in which that Moorfield spirit extends into the global community and would like to thank all involved for their generosity both in terms of their time and their donations to a very worthy cause. A special thank you to Miss Van Eede fo organising such a positive event so early in the new school year.
This week we have been transported to the African plains with a triumphant performance of The Lion King staged by Senior 5 and 6. This ambitious choice of play was made in order to give us the opportunity to showcase the wealth of talent at the top of the school. Oh my goodness – what a feast of dance, drama and song was presented to a delighted audience! We were all in awe of the standard set by every child to entertain with such a vibrancy, polish and professionalism. Fabulous photographs, taken by Andrew McMillan, are available on his website, which will serve as a lasting reminder of such memorable performances. We are so proud of our actors and I am deeply grateful for the talent and enthusiasm of our staff to facilitate and support such a quality production.
Another extremely busy half term has flown by. Enjoy the two week half–term holiday, everyone.
Life is so busy at Moorfield that we barely have time to bask in the success of something before working busily towards another event. Wharfedale Festival last week included a large number of children from F2 to S6 each of whom had worked hard to prepared for entries in speech and drama, creative writing and poetry, choirs and musical ensembles. Our News page lists the specific awards achieved by individual children although, in my opinion, everyone was a winner for having the courage to enter a competition.
This week the focus is on final preparations for 'The Lion King' to be staged next week. I haven't been able to resist a sneak preview, suffice it to say that anyone who comes to see this year's school play is in for a mighty treat.
THANK YOU to ALL parents and children who supported the Moorfield carnival parade on Bank Holiday Monday. Huge thanks to Linda Denmark who took responsibility for the parade on behalf of the PA and Mrs Rhodes who organised the dance lessons at school before the event. With so many families making an effort to be there, we were able to create an impact of colour and fun, which matched the 'Strictly Come Dancing' theme. All the mothers looked dazzling and fathers dapper in their DJs, despite the really hot weather. The children's dancing was delightful - I hope you have enjoyed the photographs in the entrance hall, which show how many were twirling and shimmying to the music. The gloriously sunny day made the parade really festive and, as usual, Moorfield just enjoyed being part of this traditional community event. We took special pride in our Nursery pupils who walked ALL the way! Three cheers for Moorfield!
Our congratulations for Mrs Preston whose baby arrived on 25th April - a girl, Nell Amelia. What a lucky girl she is to be born into such a loving family. Moorfield is lucky too to have Mrs North covering Mrs Preston's maternity leave. She is a qualified teacher who has specialised in EYFS for a number of years - the children are thriving in her company.
School has been rather empty with Form 3 at Nell Bank and Form 4 at Bewerley Park on their residential trips. I have great admiration for those children who have been so brave about being away from home overnight. They will all have had an exciting time and feel so pleased with themselves for having the courage to be adventurous.
A huge and heartfelt THANK YOU to EVERYONE who came to our Open Day yesterday and made it such a success.
I know that Mr Baddeley greatly appreciated meeting parents and that his address was well received, providing assurance that Moorfield will be in very good hands under his leadership. We were also delighted to welcome a number of new families who could meet the incumbent Head, meet parents and teachers and hear, thanks to the phenomenal standard of the trio who sang, the talent Moorfield will discover and develop in our pupils.
What a treat to welcome sixteen new children to Moorfield recently: Charlie (S5), Sam (F4), Ali, Arthur, Isla, Libby and Ted (F3), Alice and Amber and Teddy(F1) and Camille, Josh, Olivia, Ollie and Sam (EYFS). It is only the end of the first week back but those who arrived just a few days ago already look as though they have always been here. It has been encouraging to hear such positive comments from parents about how they feel their children have settled into our school. Please look at our Facebook page to see a lovely photo of them all.
We have made a change to our lunches to accommodate the larger number of children in the dining room each day and have introduced two sittings. Upper School now eat at 12.15pm and Lower School at 12.45pm. The atmosphere is calmer and we feel the children are enjoying lunch times more.
An important new boy will be visiting tomorrow! He will be keen to meet parents and children. We know how much my successor, Mr Baddeley, is looking forward to starting here in September and such visits to the school will enable him to feel comfortable before his first day of term. Everyone benefits from a taster!
We look forward to seeing you tomorrow if you can come to our Open Day.
Mrs Crossley's end of term letter
What joy to feel the onset of spring over the past few days. A hard winter has finally come to an end and we will no doubt take extra pleasure in ‘earth’s immeasurable surprise’ (Philip Larkin) as buds fatten and nature springs to life again.
Children luckily are not dormant during the winter months and their cheerful involvement in everything on offer has resulted in a very successful term. I hope that parents keep an eye on our Facebook page to see what goes on in classrooms during the school day. Other highlights have included phenomenal success at Skipton Music Festival, very strong performances on the sports field, beautiful poetry at the Poetry Recital Competition and a wide range of showmanship at Moorfield’s Got Talent - the breadth of our curriculum gives great opportunities for all our children.
Academic strength continues to be shown in our excellent senior school entrance exam results. We are proud of how we achieve such success without unnecessary pressure due to skilful teaching through many years at Moorfield. Children here enjoy their lessons and therefore engage with their learning in a way that enables them to achieve such good outcomes. I would like to pay tribute to all the Moorfield teachers who, right from the start, value and work with each individual child through the years to achieve such results.
Thank you for your generous support for the S6 Young Entrepreneurs’ Project this term. I’m sure there isn’t a single parent in school who hasn’t shelled out for a tie-dye T-shirt, a scrumptious cookie or a packet of meringues. Children in the top year have learnt a great deal about working in a team and the fundamentals of running a business – without your support their products would have remained unsold. Ilkley Candlelighters will reap the rewards as all profit is being donated to this worthy local charity.
You will be pleased to know that the PA's fundraising efforts have enabled us to order the giant climbing net as the target has now been reached. Thank you to you all! The children will be delighted when it arrives in the summer term and is installed in the grounds.
Next term, OPEN DAY is on Saturday, 21st April, which is the first Saturday after the holiday. The main purpose of this event is for parents to meet Mr Baddeley who will be the new Head from September 2018. With this in mind, the format of the Open Day is different to previously. We are hoping that families will drop in for a cup of coffee and delicious cake baked by our wonderful Parents’ Association. The morning runs from 10.30am to 12 noon but we expect parents to pop in for either the first half or the second half. Mr Baddeley will be introduced and give a short talk at 10.45am and this will be repeated at 11.30am. The EYFS will be open as for a normal school day for all EYFS children and Mr Snook will be on the pitch for others. The whole school will be open for anyone who wishes to look round and we will ask our Senior 6 children to be on hand to give tours for anyone who would like one. All teachers will be there to chat to parents and visitors. Please use this opportunity to invite any friends you have whose children may benefit from being at Moorfield. Most prospective parents choose to visit on a normal working day but for those who find it difficult to visit during the week, a weekend Open Day can prove to be a golden opportunity to get a flavour of the school. I know that Mr Baddeley is looking forward to meeting as many of you as possible before he arrives officially at the start of the new school year. I’d like him to feel welcomed by Moorfield so PLEASE COME!
Also looking ahead, we have after much discussion and deliberation, reluctantly concluded that on the day of the Tour de Yorkshire, Moorfield will not be able to be open. This means that the May Day Bank Holiday weekend will start early as school will be closed on Friday, 4th May. The reasons for this are as follows: as the finish to the race is at The Cow and Calf, the crowds that build up on Cowpasture Road will prevent parents parking anywhere near school to collect their children; intermittent closure of the A65, Denton Road and Brook Street for the racing cyclists will impact on traffic flow as will the all-day closure of The Grove and Cowpasture Road. Lack of easy access for emergency services also has to a health and safety consideration. I take no pleasure in this decision, particularly after the forced snow closure but cannot see a way round the negative impact of the congestion on Moorfield due to our location in the town. I apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.
Please refer to the website calendar, which will be updated during the holidays for next term. I recommend this as your first port of call if you want to know what activities are going on at school each week. I hope you all have a restful Easter holiday and I look forward to seeing you again on Monday, 16th April.
Jessica Crossley
This term we have shown a large number of prospective parents round the school. I have been delighted with the positive feedback we have received. One parents emailed afterwards: 'What really came across from my visit was the passion of the teachers in teaching and how well that is being transmitted to the children, who are obviously really engaged in their learning. It is not until you bench mark practices in other schools that you realise what you are missing out on.' Another wrote: 'Every member of staff has been a delight to deal with, as well as being caring and clearly passionate about the school. We are looking forward to starting for real after Easter.'
We have now started a new page for parents' comments on our school website. We would be delighted if you too could recommend the school. So often parents say kind and encouraging things but, in order not to misquote spoken words, we would be grateful if you could write down what you think. Please email this to enquiries@moorfieldschool.co.uk and we will add it to our 'What Our Parents Say' page.
With only four days to go to the end of term, we're going to have a very busy week: Easter Service (parents most welcome); more visitors; Bunny Day (+ £1); Easter egg decorating competition; house rounders matches for Upper School; staff v S6 netball match (we're scared this year!); four classes on outings and final assembly at 11.15am on Thursday morning. Once again, parents are most welcome to attend. School breaks up at 12.15pm for the Easter Holiday.
What a treat to welcome fifteen new children to Moorfield recently: Charlie (S5), Sam (F4), Ali, Arthur, Isla, Libby and Ted (F3), Alice and Amber and Teddy(F1) and Josh, Olivia, Ollie and Sam (EYFS). It is only the end of the first week back but those who arrived just a few days ago already look as though they have always been here. It has been encouraging to hear such positive comments from parents about how they feel their children have settled into our school.
An important new boy will be visiting tomorrow! He will be looking forward to meeting parents and children. We know how much my successor, Mr Baddeley, is looking forward to starting here in September and such visits to the school will enable him to feel comfortable before his first day of term. Everyone benefits from a taster!
The adjudicator at Skipton Festival this week commented that, “There’s something special happening at Moorfield School”. He was referring to the standard and range of musical talent from our pupils. He also said of our choir that to hear children of this age singing in five parts was very rare and that it was a very special performance. What rewarding feedback to receive from someone who has no need to promote what we do. Thank you to all parents who have supported us with transporting children back and forth to all the different classes. Our results have been stupendous, a comprehensive list of which will be published next week.
Also this week we swam in a gala, played a hockey fixture and ran cross country. How proud we are that Martha will run in the national finals in a couple of weeks. Will she be the fastest runner in the country at her age again this year?
As we hurtle towards the end of term, perhaps children would like to enter the annual Easter egg competition. The theme this year is MUSICALS. Please bring decorated eggs in for the last week of term.
Thank you for the huge pile of clothes sent in for St George's Crypt over the past week. We have also made a donation of £125. For those who so generously donated to our snow appeal for the homeless, we appreciate your kind-heartedness.
What a pleasure it was today to see the EYFS children treating their mummies and grannies (and daddies!) to an afternoon of treats. The children loved to show what they do when at school with lots of activities, ballet and singing to share. The children had baked delicious cakes and the wonderful spread was itemised on a 'menyoo' all written out so that grown-ups would know what there was to eat.
At the top end of the school, the Senior 6 class has spent three days in London together. Thankfully, the journey was sandwiched between snowfalls and we all had a very exciting time discovering some of the historic sites, shopping at the best toy shop in the world and seeing the West End show, 'School of Rock'.
It is also good news that the new children who have recently arrived at Moorfield look as though they have been here forever. Alistair (F3) had us laughing in assembly this morning at his cockney slang, Teddy (F1) loves school lunches, Isla (F3) and Emmy (N3) are the epitome of smiles and kindness. It has been a pleasure to welcome them all to Moorfield.
1st March 2018 - First day of spring!
At this time of intensely cold weather it doesn’t bear thinking about what it must be like to be homeless. Sledging and playing in the snow is great fun but returning to a cosy home, hot chocolate, roaring fire, deep bath and comfy bed is part of the pleasure.
Having watched the news last night on the tremendous work done by St George’s Crypt in Leeds, I am now hoping that we can show our spur-of-the-moment Moorfield kindness by having a collection at school when we all return. We now also have a close link with St George's Crypt as James Nice's father, Matthew is their Chief Operator. James is in Form 4.
There will be baskets in the School front entrance and in Nursery - please give with gratitude for your home and comforts. Also, if anyone has a surplus man’s coat at home, please bring it in as there is a real need for these.
We will contact you again tomorrow morning when a decision will be made about having school open or not. If we are open, there will be no breakfast club but school will open at 8.45am. We will text you by 7.45am at the latest.
I am very sorry that Moorfield was closed today. It is always an agonising decision as I consider the inconvenience it may cause parents before the joy the children possibly have on their sledges!
Tomorrow will be bitterly cold and some weather reports say it will be snowing heavily tonight with more to come tomorrow morning between 7am and 10am; however, I don't want to make a decision about tomorrow until the morning in case the forecasts are wrong!
We will have a later start with children potentially arriving at 9.30am as it would give us time to assess carefully whether school can run or not. There will be no Breakfast Club. Parents will receive a text by 8am to inform you whether school is open or closed.
If we are open we will NOT be having Pyjama Day. Please only travel to school if it is safe for you to do so. It is not worth risking the icy roads in treachorously cold weather. If we are open, lessons will take place in some form depending on which staff can get to school. Senior 5 and Senior 6 must not panic about play practice. I will ensure they have another time to rehearse. The Lion King must not suffer for snow when Africa is on stage!
At Moorfield we know that all children are individuals with different needs and talents. As they approach the end of their time at Moorfield, we help parents with their choices for senior schools so that each child goes to a school which is well suited to their ability. We don’t encourage parents to have their children sitting multiple exams as we have the confidence that they will pass the exams for the schools they want to attend.
This year we have fifteen children in Senior 6 and we are delighted to share their entrance exam successes:
Ermysted’s Archie
Skipton Girls’ High School Ellie
Bradford Grammar School Megan Charter Academic Award
Harrogate Ladies’ College Felicity
Sofia Academic Scholarship with Sport
Grace Choral Scholarship
Gateways Jessica
Hull Collegiate Lily Sports Scholarship
Giggleswick Rebecca
Queen Margaret's Imogen
Victoria College (Jersey) Dylan
Well done to them all and to Edward who, despite having no exam to write for Ilkley Grammar School, has worked really hard and made magnificent progress since arriving at Moorfield in September.
We've had a busy ten days of sports fixtures: swimming, three netballs, football, cross-country and a hockey tournament. What is encouraging is our strength in all sports and the fixtures arranged for both boys and girls.
Last week when when our U8s and U9s played netball, Ms Vento had plenty of areas for suggested improvement. How wonderful that this week they won their matches against Gateways showing that they had listened and acted upon advice.
Our hockey tournament against three schools last week proved a great success. The standard of play was high and we were delighted that our U11s won and U10s came second to Sedbergh.
Some of our top players missed the hockey as they were running in the Bradford League cross- country. How proud we were to have runners come in 1st, 3rd (x2), 4th and 5th. Hattie was leading all the way in the U9 race until she took a wrong turn therefore ending her race in 5th position.
A couple of years ago we swam our first gala. We knew that it was just a start and that, with focus we could improve. Last night's results showed just that! Our swimmers have gained in speed and strength, they dive and turn quickly. We won against Giggleswick at U9, U10 and U11 levels.
It is fun to be sending the boys off on the minibus for rugby and football matches. It was especially good to fare so well this week against Ghyll Royd, even though Archie was unwell. We lost our match but not by much and the boys surpassed themselves by coming home covered in mud from head to toe!
Netballers from Ghyll Royd came here while the boys went there. When shooters can shoot, the scores can get very high in a good team and we pleased with a 19-2 score and some excellent play.
In the old days, our standard in music stood out. How exciting now to see our sport achieving excellence too.
Last Friday at home time after extra choir, I got wind of the fact that there was to be a pop-up choir in the entrance hall to show parents what had been learnt during the session. I thought it was quite brave to sing out like that after one practice - what was astonishing was that it was in FIVE parts. The song was dreamy and the first piece for our Skipton Festival entry. I wish more people could hear our choir.
There was great disappointment today when the boys' football match was cancelled due to the snow; however, spirits revived during a prearranged master class with Laura Wallace resulting in some magnifienct observational paintings. We will display them for you all to enjoy.
Another excitement was The Lion King parts, which were given out after the auditions. This year's school play is going to be worth seeing.
At the other end of the school we also all enjoyed a story about a wizard and a princess written by Maya in F1 and last week Reception's stories had us all giggling in assembly.
A rich tapestry of activities gives experiences to remember and build your children into who they become by the end of Senior 6.
We’re back to school for the spring term. There’s not much spring in the air yet but the sound of school life is enough to cheer us on through January until the days begin to lighten. We extend a particularly warm welcome to Jumana in F3, Amaan in F2, Kamal in N3 and Margot and Lottie in N1.
The website calendar lists the events for the term and, as you will see, it is going to be very busy. Sporting fixtures are burgeoning as we are now sending the boys’ teams for football and rugby as well as teams for swimming, netball and hockey. Moorfield’s Got Talent will be returning to add to the other annual events for this time of year.
We are delighted to welcome Mr Greenfield to Moorfield each Monday to teach Science to S5 and S6 and Miss Smith will be teaching F2 Science. Swimming lessons for F3/4 will now take place alternate weeks. Miss van Eede will teach computer coding to each group fortnightly enabling children more time to develop this increasingly important skill. Pupils will write their swimming weeks in their homework diaries so that swimming kit is not forgotten.
Our whole school theme for this half-term is being proactive. Please support your children with this as it will encourage them to be more helpful and more independent both at home and at school.
As stated in our core aims and values we ‘encourage respect for everyone and everything on our planet.’ With this in mind, we are reassessing and prioritising our recycling within school. Over the last couple of years, since the introduction of the water fountain, we have noticed that too much pre-ordered milk is going to waste; we have to dispose of 200 cartons a week, many of which have unfinished milk swilling about inside them. We have now decided to serve milk from jugs at break time in the playground for any children who sign up for it. Parents would not be charged for this provision. The only rule would be that, if it is poured, it would have to be finished before children are allowed to go and to play. This new method of provision would give ample milk for children who want it at no extra cost to the parents and without any waste – everyone’s a winner! We propose to start with the new arrangement next Monday.
The entrance hall at the end of the school day has become like Oxford Circus without traffic lights! All pupils will be sent to the top end of the dining room where we would ask parents to wait; this should ease the congestion. May I also remind parents that no dogs, except Meg the bushcraft dog, are allowed on the school premises; please tie your dog at the gate to wait for you.
Senior 6 pupils have a busy month ahead with many pupils writing entrance exams for their next schools. They need not be anxious as they have everything in place to do themselves proud. The reward of having been at Moorfield for sixteen years is that I often bump into Moorfield pupils who have long since left the school. Their education at Moorfield has led them onto exciting lives studying hefty degrees at top universities, embarking on big jobs in London and beyond. How I would love to keep in touch with all of our current pupils and follow their successes in the years ahead. Experience tells me that they too will excel.
This term’s Head Pupil is Martha Jackson. A strong team of prefects will no doubt prove to be supportive and helpful to the smooth running of the school. The inspectors last year were very impressed by the level of responsibility prefects enjoy at Moorfield. Providing such opportunities is an integral part of their personal development.
Exciting news is that the PA has now reached its £10,000 fundraising target. Thank you for all your support with this initiative. We can now order the climbing net to be installed when the weather improves.
This is my penultimate term as Head of Moorfield. I am savouring every day! I look forward to seeing parents at pick-up and drop-off each day as well as at school events. Don’t forget that I am always available should you have any worries about anything concerning your children. Their happiness and wellbeing is a priority to us.
The joy and sparkle of the Christmas season must not pale into insignificance the other parts of what has been an extraordinarily busy and productive term but this is where I shall start.
As I write, children are swirling round my office, which has become The Present Room this morning. It is a big opportunity for serious shopping and what a delight it is to observe the children poring over the choices of gifts with siblings discussing options and the School Council ensuring that everything runs smoothly. As always, everyone benefits; by providing the gifts from Fairtrade, we always send a large sum to support their good work around the world and Moorfield families receive surprise parcels under the tree on Christmas Day.
I don’t know about you but I didn’t sleep after the carol service. I think it was a mixture of being overwhelmed and overjoyed at what we had been given by our astonishing choir. The level of musicality, the range of talent amongst the soloists and the readings delivered with such sensitivity by Senior 6 enabled all of us to be still and let the awe and mystery of the first Christmas touch deep into our hearts.
The Nativity gave us all a true Christmas treat. Hilarious determination from little stars to out-perform one another did not diminish the endearing performances from the whole cast. We all loved it.
We knew that Christmas lunch was going to be extra special this year when the smell of melting chocolate permeated the entire school. The brownies were sublime – a worthy reward for eating our brussel sprout with our turkey!
The most important task of the term, undertaken behind the scenes, was the appointment by the Governors of the new Head. I have loved and served Moorfield with all my heart and for me to know that the school will be led by the right person is of huge importance to me. Mr Baddeley was attracted to Moorfield because of our ethos and educational philosophy and the experience he will bring will serve Moorfield very well. His fresh eyes will, no doubt, in time, bring new good things to the school. I have every confidence that Mr Baddeley’s appointment will ensure Moorfield goes from strength to strength over the coming years. These are exciting times.
The autumn term is a long and serious term for academic progress. Enclosed school reports from Form 1 to Senior 6 will give details of progress made in English and Maths and a General report. Effort grades in the Upper School range from 1* to 4. 1* is exceptional and is rarely given. Please speak to your child’s form teacher early in the New Year if any comments require further explanation.
In sport a growing range of fixtures is giving more opportunities for boys and girls in the Upper School. We were delighted with our rugby results showing that we are competing very successfully against other prep schools. Our hockey and football teams also play to a very pleasing standard and netballers at the top of the school show what heights can be reached when good teamwork combines with expert coaching. An U11 18-1 score and U10 18-2 score drew gasps of admiration from Sedbergh who pride themselves on their level of sporting prowess!
With three weeks of holiday ahead, I hope that everyone has time to rest as well as celebrate with families and friends over the festive period. I look forward to seeing you all in January when the spring term starts on TUESDAY, 9th January. Clubs begin immediately.
HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
It's Christmas at Moorfield! The red postbox has been overflowing with cards and the sleigh is filling up with enticing presents. Your generosity to children in care who live in Bradford is greatly appreciated.
This afternoon the Lower School Nativity sparkled with star performances. Watching a son or daughter in the Nativity is one of the most treasured and well remembered treats for any parent. We are already looking forward to seeing it AGAIN in our final assembly next week so that all children struck down by dreaded bugs will be able to take part.
The other fun part of today was the distribution of letters from the Chair of Governors telling parents about the appointment of the new Head of Moorfield, Mr Paul Baddeley, from September 2018. These are indeed exciting times.
With the dark nights drawing in, we are hurtling towards C... and also trying to squeeze as many things as possible into the weeks we have left before the annual festivities begin.
A piece of staff news is that Mrs Preston is expecting another baby and will be starting her maternity leave in April. We are delighted for her and excited that her Lottie will be starting in Nursery in January.
Mr Turner-Thompson has been squeezing in all his favourite science topics this term and has been equally shared between the Upper School classes for bushcraft sessions before he leaves Moorfield at the end of this term. We will be immensely sad to lose him as he has brought such varied skills with him: teaching science to an exacting standard, initiating our development of bushcraft and raising the standard of swimming. We have been very fortunate to have him at Moorfield.
Anyone visiting Moorfield today would wonder what on earth was going on? Firstly, everyone turned up in odd socks or odd shoes. We couldn't work out why we should have been asked to do such a thing as it wasn't a charity fund-raiser. However, Form 4 explained what it was all about when they told us the slogan 'All different - all equal' as part of their anti-bullying assembly. That suits us at Moorfield very well where we love the fact that everyone is special and being different adds to our uniqueness.
The day ended with the Light Disco. Everyone's light sabres waving in the dark combined with sparkly clothes, twinkly shoes and loud music gave everyone a fun but crazy end to a busy week at school.
This half-term our whole school theme is 'Thinking of Others'. Today's Remembrance Assembly provided a poignant opportunity to consider with respect and gratitude what sacrifices are made in war. Mrs Crossley read personal telegrams sent during WW11, which told parents of their sons missing in action. We thought of how they must have felt to read such news. War is very costly. Senior 6 pupils led the school in serious reflection by reciting poetry, and leading our act of remembrance in a meaningful and respectful way. Thank you to those parents who could join us and share in this act of thinking of others.
2nd November
In Geography this term, Senior 5 have been learning about renewable energy resources and requested the opportunity to develop their own ideas with individual projects. The remit was open-ended enabling pupils to do their own research on whatever aspect of the subject they wanted to present.
The range and standard of the projects was phenomenal and what impressed us in assembly this morning was how every child in the class (without exception) spoke of their project with real confidence and passion. The individuality of each project demonstrated nuclear and hydro energy, wind and solar power in ingeniously creative ways. Constructions of power generators stood alongside baked entries, booklets and meticulously worked out games aimed to increase our knowledge and awareness of the need to do all we can to look after our planet.
Once again, it has been reinforced that allowing children to follow ther interests energises their learning at any age. Child-led initiatives at the top of the school are powerful too!
Fairy tales are real! Observations of all the work that went into Reception’s preparations for Cinderella’s ball on Monday had me convinced. The whole class had been hard at work last week making decisions about what had to be done. Real sponge cakes were arranged in tiers, table cloths were cut, tables laid and the castle was decorated with woven trellises. Even Jenson, the Big Bad Wolf, with all his huffing and puffing, couldn’t blow it down. Everyone was so helpful and everything was ready just in time. Then, by magic, Cinderella was changed from her rags to her party dress and the party began. What a day!
Please share the Facebook page on this exciting approach to teaching and learning in our EYFS. We are delighted with parents who recommend Moorfield to their friends, thereby enabling more children to access an outstanding Moorfield education.
It’s been a very busy half term. Have a restful break before the run up to … (we’re only allowed to say the word from 1st December.)
Our beautiful planet gives us so much. In our harvest celebration this afternoon, there were songs about falling leaves, growing seeds and thankfulness. There were plays about The Little Red Hen (which was the treat of the afternoon) and The Willow Growers. There were Indian and African harvests and the Celts showed us that harvest celebrations have been going on for a long time. The need to protect the world’s resources allows harvests to continue around the world.
The message of harvest was strong and clear as we looked at the wonderful display of harvest gifts sent in by Moorfield families. These will benefit St George’s crypt in Leeds who do great work to support and feed the homeless. Thank you fo
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Suspicious Package
Installing Suspicious Package
What versions of macOS does Suspicious Package support?
Suspicious Package supports:
macOS 10.14 (Mojave)
macOS 10.13 (High Sierra)
If you're using an older version of macOS, you can download an old version of Suspicious Package as follows:
For macOS 10.12 (Sierra) or OS X 10.11 (El Capitan), use Version 3.4.1.
For OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) or OS X 10.9 (Mavericks), use Version 3.2.
For OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion), use Version 2.0.2.
For OS X 10.7 (Lion) or OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), use Version 1.3.
For OS X 10.5 (Leopard), use Version 1.2.
Note that prior to version 3, Suspicious Package was only a standalone Quick Look plug-in (there was no app).
We make these older versions available for those who need them, but we have not tested them since they were current, and can't make any claims about how well they might work.
Ensuring that Suspicious Package works properly on even a single version of macOS takes a great deal of work, especially for our one-person company. Since we are not willing to claim support for a macOS version that we have not tested, and since Apple releases a new macOS version every year, we must periodically drop support for older versions.
Why don't I get the Suspicious Package preview in Quick Look?
Although you can install Suspicious Package app anywhere you like, Quick Look can be stubborn about recognizing the plug-in that is bundled inside of it. Specifically, you must open the Suspicious Package app at least once before Quick Look will even consider using its plug-in (this is, presumably, a security measure, so that only apps which pass the Gatekeeper checks can generate Quick Look previews). After you do that, Quick Look should find and use the plug-in.
If you open the app before dragging it to your Applications folder (or wherever you've decided to keep it), make sure to open it again after you've copied it. If you open the app directly from the disk image, it will not be marked as safe-to-use for Quick Look.
When the Suspicious Package app is opened for the first time, it will request that Quick Look update its plug-in registry, and that will usually suffice to get previews working immediately. Starting in version 3.3, the app repeats this request to Quick Look after the app has been moved or updated, or after macOS itself has been updated — these are all scenarios that can prevent or delay Quick Look in finding Suspicious Package.
If, after opening the app, you still do not get a proper Suspicious Package preview from Quick Look, you can open the Terminal and run the following command to force the issue:
/usr/bin/qlmanage -r
Why don't I get a Quick Look preview in Apple Mail (or in other apps)?
Although macOS offers Quick Look previews from many different contexts — beyond just the Finder — there are issues that prevent Suspicious Package from working in some cases.
For example, if a macOS installer package is attached to a mail message, you can request a Quick Look preview directly from Apple Mail — select the attachment and choose File > Quick Look Attachments (or use Cmd-Y or spacebar, just like in Finder). Usually, this does properly display the Suspicious Package preview.
However, if the Suspicious Package app is not installed inside the standard Applications folder, this might not work. For some reason, Apple Mail attempts to inspect our Quick Look plug-in directly, and because Mail is sandboxed, it can't “see” the plug-in if it lives in your home folder, and then Mail decides not to use it. If you get a generic Quick Look preview from Mail, this is probably the reason. Unfortunately, we don't know how to fix this, other than moving the Suspicious Package app to the Applications folder (or somewhere underneath it).
Suspicious Package previews should generally appear and work correctly from other contexts, such as the Finder's Gallery view in macOS 10.14 (Mojave), and in the Spotlight results window. However, you may find that, in some of these contexts, the Suspicious Package preview is too small or difficult to work with. You may be able to resize the preview area to make it more usable, but this is not possible in all contexts. We're aware of these issues, but haven't quite figured out how to improve upon them.
Why don't I get a Quick Look preview in Finder windows set to use Column view?
Finder's Column view (i.e. View > as Columns) shows Quick Look previews in the rightmost pane for some types of files. But it doesn't support interactive previews such as Suspicious Package (excepting some of the built-in types, like PDF files or movie files).
We haven't found any way to make Suspicious Package work in this context, so if you are using Column view, you will still need to explicitly request a Quick Look preview for installer packages, e.g. using the spacebar or Cmd-Y.
Does Suspicious Package automatically check for updates?
Yes, once every 2 weeks — or less, if you use it less often — Suspicious Package will download a small file from our website to get the current version number. If a newer version is available, you'll see an Update Available button on the right side of the app's title bar: and at the bottom of the Quick Look preview:
Click on Update Available to open the Suspicious Package download page, where you can get the latest version.
If you want to change the frequency with which Suspicious Package checks for updates, or turn off automatic checking entirely, use Suspicious Package > Preferences > Update: Note that the automatic check preference you set here applies to both the app and the Quick Look plug-in.
Suspicious Package never automatically downloads or installs the actual updated app. You make the decision about when or if to download it, and where and how to install it.
Why does Little Snitch tell me that com.mothersruin.XPCService.UpdateChecker.xpc wants to make a connection?
If you use Objective Development's Little Snitch, you may encounter a connection alert that tells you that “com.mothersruin.XPCService.UpdateChecker.xpc wants to connect to www.mothersruin.com.” This is triggered by Suspicious Package's automatic check for updates, whether that occurs from the app or the Quick Look plug-in.
If you deny the connection, Suspicious Package won't be able to check for updates, and won't notify you when one is available. If you don't want it to attempt this connection in the first place, you can also turn off automatic checking using Suspicious Package > Preferences > Update.
Starting with version 3.4.1, Suspicious Package includes an Internet Access Policy, so that the purpose of this connection will be correctly explained in Little Snitch's Research Assistant view. In version 4.3 of Little Snitch, these alerts will also be improved to reference “Suspicious Package” (or in the case of the Quick Look plug-in, the “Suspicious Package Update Checker”) instead of the underlying XPC service.
When it is time to check for updates, either the app or the Quick Look plug-in might initiate the connection, depending on which one is used next. If you tell Little Snitch to allow the connection forever, you might still get a second connection alert, because the rules for the app and the Quick Look plug-in are distinct. After the second time, though, it should stop asking.
I don't want an app. Can I install only the Quick Look plug-in?
No. But you don't have to use the app at all, if you don't want to. As a bonus, bundling the Quick Look plug-in inside the app simplifies installation: drag the app into your Applications folder (or wherever) and the Quick Look plug-in is automatically available (see here for troubleshooting). No more ironic Suspicious Package package!
Don't try to drag the Quick Look plug-in out of the app bundle. It won't work, because the plug-in relies on other resources within the app bundle.
Understanding Suspicious Package
Will Suspicious Package protect my computer from malware?
No. The purpose of Suspicious Package is to provide visibility into macOS Installer packages, such that you can see what files they will install and what scripts they will run. You can certainly use those capabilities to evaluate the safety of a given package, but Suspicious Package can't make that determination for you.
Automatically defending your computer against malware is a huge problem that even Apple — with control of the OS, plus the resources of the most valuable company on the planet — struggles to solve. No independent developer is going to be able to solve that problem — especially not one that gives away their product for nothing!
But if Suspicious Package “didn't find any issues for review,” is the package safe to install?
No. Although the Suspicious Package app examines the package for a number of potential issues, it doesn't know how to determine if the package is truly safe to install. The review is intended only to highlight things that might be of interest in your determination of safety. Finding “no issues for review” only means that none of the things that Suspicious Package looks for are present — that doesn't mean that there aren't other issues.
There is, unfortunately, no substitute for the hard work of evaluating the contents and scripts in the package, and vetting the package signature. (If that could all be done algorithmically, Apple would presumably have macOS do it directly, and none of this would be necessary!)
Why can't I just use “Show Package Contents” from the Finder?
You can, but you'll get little to no information about what will be installed.
That's because Show Package Contents in the Finder's context menu actually refers to a different sort of package. macOS also uses the term “package” to refer to a folder that appears to be a file in the Finder. (A developer might call this a bundle, but a package is actually a more generic thing than a bundle, since a bundle implies a specific internal structure, such as an Info.plist file and a Resources directory.) The Finder's Show Package Contents command simply opens the folder in the Finder, instead of opening the application associated with the package.
A modern (“flat”) installer package is not a folder, so you won't even see this Finder command.
On an older (“bundle-style”) installer package, the Finder will offer to Show Package Contents, but that will only show the internal structure of the installer package, which isn't the same as seeing what the package will install. For example, you'll see an Archive.pax.gz file, but that would need to be further unpacked to get at the actual files that would be installed.
For bundle-style packages, Show Package Contents is occasionally useful for finding scripts and executables referenced by install scripts: see more details.
Why can't I just use “Show Files” from the macOS Installer?
Yes, you can open the package in the macOS Installer, and choose File > Show Files, which will show you the path of each file to be installed.
That's fine as far as it goes, but there is more involved in many installer packages — most significantly, installer scripts that might do anything — and Suspicious Package gives you visibility into all of it. Suspicious Package also provides more ways to examine the installed files, with Finder-like navigation, detailed metadata, sophisticated searching and filtering, tabbed browsing, and the ability to open or export individual files.
That said, if you opt to rely on the macOS Installer's “Show Files” feature, be aware that a package might run code as soon as it is opened by the Installer, via the system.run() capability or from an installer plug-in. The good news is that the macOS Installer prompts you before allowing this code to run; the bad news is that File > Show Files is not available until you've clicked through that prompt!
Is Suspicious Package “sandboxed”?
No, the current version of the Suspicious Package app does not opt into the macOS App Sandbox mechanism.
We've attempted to sandbox Suspicious Package in the past, but there are some restrictions that would severely reduce the usability of the app. Most significantly, a top-level package can reference component packages that are in sibling folders. (This is not uncommon for packages delivered on disk images, where only a single top-level package is visible in the Finder, but it references component packages in some hidden folder on the same disk image.) If Suspicious Package were sandboxed, it wouldn't be able to read those external component packages.
That isn't to say that Suspicious Package won't ever be sandboxed, but it isn't at the top of our priority list, and we aren't eager to remove capabilities from the app to make it possible.
Why isn't Suspicious Package distributed through the Mac App Store?
The primary reason is that it isn't sandboxed, which is a requirement for the App Store.
A secondary reason is that we highly suspect that Apple's App Review would — sooner or later — declare that our tongue-in-cheek app name was a problem, and we're not interested in changing that now.
Unfortunately, the value added by the App Store, especially for a free app, is too small to be worth the cost to us.
Why isn't Suspicious Package open-source?
Frankly, because we are obsessive software engineers who like our code to be as polished as our products, and we are not eager to give up that level of control.
We appreciate that, when you work with other people in a real company, working as a team is what you get paid for. But when you develop and publish software for free, you require some other reward, and for us, that's a measure of control.
Using Suspicious Package
How does Suspicious Package decide what packages to show in the welcome window?
The “Welcome to Suspicious Package” window attempts to show the macOS installer packages that you are likely to be interested in inspecting. It does this by asking Spotlight to find the installer packages under your home folder, preferring those inside Downloads and Desktop, as well as the ones that were more recently downloaded.
In addition, since installer packages are commonly delivered inside disk image (.dmg) files, Suspicious Package also looks for packages inside any opened disk images. It examines only the top level of any mounted disk image, and prefers disk images that were more recently opened. Note that it won't show packages inside of disk images that aren't open: you need to open them from the Finder (as described below).
Note that the welcome window is not a “recents” list. If you want to choose from the packages that were recently opened in Suspicious Package, use any of the standard macOS mechanisms, such as File > Open Recent, or the menu from the Dock icon.
If you find the welcome window annoying, uncheck “Show this window when Suspicious Package opens” and it won't be shown automatically in the future. You can always use Help > Welcome to Suspicious Package... to summon it manually.
Why won't Suspicious Package open this disk image (dmg) file?
Suspicious Package is specifically designed to open installer packages. An installer package usually has an “open box” icon that looks like the one at right, and will normally open in the standard macOS Installer application. (If you look at the extension of an installer package, it will be either be .pkg or .mpkg.)
Although a disk image (.dmg) file might contain an installer package inside it, you still must open the disk image first, i.e. by double-clicking it in the Finder. Then, you can ask Suspicious Package to open the installer package inside — if the welcome window is showing, any package inside the just-opened disk image will appear there automatically.
In any case, Suspicious Package does not know anything about disk images, and so can't open them directly.
Note that there are many ways to distribute macOS software. Disk images are common downloads, but they do not always contain installer packages. If you open a disk image and don't see a package, or if Suspicious Package won't open whatever is inside, it is almost certainly not an installer package. It might be the actual app of interest, or it might be some custom app that performs an install. Either way, Suspicious Package can't provide any information on what the contained software might do.
Can Suspicious Package open the special InstallESD.dmg file?
The “Install macOS” app — which starts an upgrade to a new macOS version — contains an odd duck called InstallESD.dmg. If you don't know what this is, consider yourself lucky and move on. If you do know what this and you want to use Suspicious Package to look at it, read on.
Because InstallESD.dmg is both a disk image and an installer package, it is the only exception to the Suspicious Package can't open disk images rule. Suspicious Package has always been able to open it, but you had to change the file extension from .dmg to .pkg first to make it work.
Starting with version 3.4, though, you can now open InstallESD.dmg without renaming it. The trick is to drag the file from the Finder and drop it onto the Suspicious Package icon (e.g. in the Dock), while holding down both the Command and Option keys. This key combination forces macOS to ask Suspicious Package to open this file, even though it doesn't generally support opening disk images. As long as it is one of these special disk images, it will open normally. (If you get a dialog saying that “Suspicious Package cannot open files in the ‘Disk Image’ format,” that means that Suspicious Package examined the actual file and found that it isn't really any sort of package.)
Alternatively, you can drag the InstallESD.dmg and drop it onto Suspicious Package's welcome window (no modifier keys required), or use the “spkg” command line tool to open it from the Terminal.
What is a “component package”?
Installer packages are often constructed of multiple sub-packages: these are called component packages by the macOS Installer, and by Suspicious Package.
This separation of content into component packages is generally not very interesting — unless you are the person developing the package — so Suspicious Package mostly tries to hide it. For example, the All Files tab always shows everything that would be installed by all of the component packages. However, it is sometimes difficult to ignore the existence of component packages — such as with scripts and receipts.
Also note that when you install the top-level package, all of the component packages might not be installed. The package's distribution script might allow specific component packages to be turned on or off through the macOS Installer's Customize dialog. Or the distribution might automatically turn component packages on or off, based on the version of macOS, the other software you have installed, or even the hardware capabilities of your Mac.
How can I tell which files a “Custom Install” will install?
As noted above, the macOS Installer's Customize dialog may allow specific component packages to be turned on or off. Unfortunately, Suspicious Package doesn't have the smarts to figure out which component packages will actually be installed, and merely assumes that they all would be. For the purpose of evaluating what a package might do to your system, this is usually enough.
If you want more information about what files are installed by which component package, you can turn on Component package and bundle info (as described here). You can also use the advanced search feature from the All Files tab to find files by their Package ID — that is, the identifier of the component package that installs them.
If you need to examine component packages in more detail than that, Suspicious Package is probably not the best tool to use.
What is a “receipt” and what will I find if I open it?
Each time that the macOS Installer installs a package, it creates a “receipt” that contains some information about what was installed. Most significantly, the receipt includes the file listing from the package, which is the primary source of information for Suspicious Package's All Files tab. (The receipt does not contain the scripts from the package, nor the actual installed files, of course.)
Suspicious Package can open and inspect a receipt, in much the same way as a package. Because a receipt contains less information than the package it came from, you're always better off examining the original package, but sometimes you might only have the receipt available. But the first challenge is to find the receipt.
The macOS Installer creates receipts in the (normally hidden) /var/db/receipts folder. To open this folder, you can use Go > Go to Folder (Shift-Command-G) from the Finder. Apps that you install (or update) from the App Store will also have receipts created in this folder. Note that receipt names are generally in “reverse DNS” form, so you might need to use the Finder's File > Find (Command-F) feature to find the receipt you want within this folder.
Updates to macOS itself (installed from the Updates page of the App Store) also create receipts, but in a different folder: these go into /System/Library/Receipts, which is at least not hidden.
Either way, a receipt has a .bom extension, and a Kind description of “Installer receipt.” You can open this file with Suspicious Package in the same way that you would open a package, such as by dragging it to the app icon, or control-clicking in the Finder and choosing Open With > Suspicious Package.
You will usually find a second file with the same name as the receipt, but with a .plist extension instead of .bom. This property list file carries some additional information about the installation (such as the date), and Suspicious Package will automatically read and show this information. However, Suspicious Package will recognize only the .bom file as the receipt, so don't try to open the .plist file in Suspicious Package (it won't work).
Why does Suspicious Package show the wrong icon for this file or application?
Suspicious Package actually has no idea what icon an item will have after being installed. (It would have to essentially do the install in order to determine this reliably.) Instead, Suspicious Package shows a generic icon, determined from metadata about the item, such as its name, extension, location and permissions. This is why you'll see only generic application icons, for example. These icons are intended only to give you helpful visual clues as you scan the file view.
Why doesn't Suspicious Package show the indirect scripts for certain packages?
Suspicious Package shows all scripts for modern (so-called “flat”) installer packages. It is otherwise extremely difficult to see the scripts in a flat package.
An older package format (known as “bundle-style”) can also have indirect scripts. But in this case, the scripts are visible within the bundle, if you open the package using the Finder's Show Package Contents command (see above). Suspicious Package shows only the top-level (preinstall and postinstall) scripts in this case, rather than trying to show the entire contents of the package, and doing so less effectively than the Finder.
What is a “distribution” script and should I inspect it?
Most modern installer packages have a “distribution” script. This is an XML-format file, with (typically) a smattering of embedded JavaScript code. The macOS Installer reads the distribution when it opens the package, and uses the information in this file to decide how and if the package should be installed.
For example, the distribution might declare which macOS version and/or Macintosh hardware is required for the installed software. It defines any special UI that the Installer displays, such as a software license agreement. It determines what choices the user can make on the Customize dialog, and how those customizations change which component packages will be installed. It can even automatically change which component packages will be installed, based on which macOS version — or other software — is already installed.
The good news is that even the JavaScript code within the distribution is limited in what it can do: although it can read files in your home folder and elsewhere, it can't write any files, and it can't make any Internet connections. (In this way, it is much more limited than the typical JavaScript you'd find on the web. The distribution uses the JavaScript language only, and that JavaScript can use only what the macOS Installer exposes to it — namely, functionality designed to determine the capabilities of the hardware and the presence of previously-installed software.)
The bad news is that there's an exception: a way for the distribution to run arbitrary commands, through a JavaScript method called system.run() [or its relative, system.runOnce()]. If a distribution declares its intention to use this exception, Suspicious Package will flag this as a potential issue: This also causes the macOS Installer to present a warning dialog when it opens the package:
If you click the Show Scripts That Run on Open button, Suspicious Package will show you the scripts within the package that might be run by system.run(). However, the distribution may also run system commands with this mechanism, so in order to completely understand what it does, you really need to read the distribution script.
Which brings us to the other bad news: the distribution script is an arcane, Apple-defined format that is not easy to interpret. The Distribution XML Reference provides some reference information, but if you've never looked at a distribution file before, it probably won't help much. Even those of us that have been staring at these things for years are no experts!
All of this is why Suspicious Package does not show you the distribution script by default. Given the challenges of making heads or tails of it, you're probably better off focusing on other evidence of trustworthiness, such as the identity of the distributor. But if you want to see the distribution script in all its glory, you can go to Suspicious Package > Preferences > General and check Distribution script.
How should I evaluate scripts that run when the macOS Installer opens?
As noted above, a script that runs when the macOS Installer opens is an artifact of the distribution script's system.run() capability. Suspicious Package will always show such scripts that are bundled with the package itself: these appear under the Installer Package heading in the scripts browser. But as described above, the distribution can also run system commands, and the only way to determine that is by inspecting the distribution script itself.
With that proviso, the important things to know about scripts that run when the macOS Installer opens are:
These scripts may run as soon as you click Continue in the macOS Installer dialog that says “this package will run a program to determine if the software can be installed.”
These scripts run as the current user, so they can't change system files, but they can do anything with the files in your home folder.
The command-line arguments passed to these scripts are up to the distribution script.
How should I evaluate a package that contains plug-in code for the macOS Installer?
The macOS Installer provides a plug-in mechanism by which a package can add UI to the installer: this normally takes the form of additional steps, such as entering registration or licensing information, or performing some sort of post-install cleanup or update checking.
However, this mechanism results in code provided by the package being run by the macOS Installer, upon opening of the package. As with run-on-open scripts, this also will cause the macOS Installer to present this warning dialog:
Unfortunately, unlike the distribution script mechanisms, where there's something that you can see (no matter how arcane), there is basically nothing you can check here: macOS Installer plug-ins are binary executables, and there's not much you can do to analyze them beforehand. Again, you're probably better off focusing on other evidence of trustworthiness, such as the identity of the distributor.
Why does Suspicious Package always export “All Openable Items”?
Suspicious Package allows a subset of installed files (such as property lists) to be opened in another application. To make this work, it exports these “openable files” into a temporary location, shortly after you open the package. Depending on the size of the package, this automatic export might take awhile, so Suspicious Package shows the progress in the Exports list like so:
For more on how to open these automatically exported files, see Opening Installed Files in Another Application.
Suspicious Package automatically deletes these files again when you close the window for the package.
Why did Suspicious Package change the icon for macOS Installer packages?
If you use Suspicious Package on every package before opening it in the macOS Installer, you might find it convenient to make Suspicious Package the default application for packages. This can be done in the Finder, by choosing File > Get Info on any installer package, choosing Suspicious Package from the Open With popup, and then choosing Change All.
Once you do this, double-clicking any installer package will open that package in Suspicious Package. Once you decide you want to install it, you can use Suspicious Package's Open In Installer toolbar button (or Command-Shift-I) to proceed to the installer.
Unfortunately, prior to version 3.3.1, a side effect of doing this was that the Finder (and everything else on the system) would start to use the generic document icon for every package. This is because macOS doesn't define the installer package icon globally, but associates it specifically with the macOS Installer application. And since Suspicious Package didn't try to redefine the icon for installer packages, it fell into generic document territory.
So, starting in version 3.3.1, Suspicious Package defines an icon to avoid this ugliness. We chose an icon that is somewhat different from the standard one (at larger sizes), so that you can see at a glance that the default application has been changed (and also, frankly, to avoid bloating the size of the app by delivering another copy of the rather large package icon that already exists on every macOS system!).
All of this is relevant only if you change Suspicious Package to be the default application for installer packages. If you leave the macOS Installer as the default application, you should not see any change in the icons.
What purpose do package identifiers and bundle overwrite rules serve?
The metadata presented by Suspicious Package in the Info pane of the All Files tab all pertains to the end result of installing the package. There is additional data in the package (usually) that has more to do with the way that the macOS Installer performs the install; Suspicious Package does not show these by default. They are generally only of interest if you're developing or debugging a package yourself.
That said, if you want to see this additional data in the Info pane, you can enable it by going to Suspicious Package > Preferences > General, and checking Component package and bundle info. This adds two fields to the info pane:
Package shows the identifier of the component package that installs the item. This can be useful if you're trying to determine what component package is installing what, especially in a package that is bundling components from other places. Note that there can be multiple component package identifiers for folders, since their installed folder structure can overlap.
When a bundle is selected, the Bundle field cycles through various information about the way that the macOS Installer handles that bundle. For example, the Installer might (or might not) look for an existing copy of that bundle that has been moved elsewhere and update it there (this is generally only pertinent for application bundles). Or the Installer may need to follow specific rules about how to update an existing version of the bundle. Hopefully, if you need this information, the descriptions given in the Bundle field will make sense to you!
What is the significance of the date and time that a package was signed?
All certificates — including Apple-issued Developer ID certificates — expire after some amount of time. (This is a security precaution, since the underlying technology and the attacks against it are always moving forward.) In the ideal case, developers replace certificates before they expire, and a package you download today will be signed with a still-valid certificate. But in the real world, developers don't always get ahead of expiring certificates; and on occasion, you might keep an older package and want to use it after the certificate has already expired.
However, an expired certificate does not necessarily make the package signature invalid. When a package is signed on macOS, the current date and time can be incorporated into the signature in a way that is independently verified by Apple. That is, instead of the package just claiming to have been signed at a specific date and time, the actual signing time is securely supplied by Apple, and bound to the package signature cryptographically. (This is known as a “trusted timestamp,” with an Apple server as the “Time Stamping Authority.”) This typically happens automatically when the developer signs the package, but it might have been disabled (see the productsign(1) man page, and the ‑‑timestamp option).
When you go to install the package — or merely examine it in Suspicious Package — macOS evaluates the validity of the signature. If it finds a verified signing time (and confirms that it is trustworthy), macOS will evaluate the signing certificate as of that date and time. If the certificate is expired now, but was not expired (and was otherwise valid) at the time the package was signed, macOS might declare that the signature is still valid. (There are exceptions; for example, a certificate might have been explicitly revoked, and might not be considered valid for any signature on any date.)
Suspicious Package uses the standard macOS mechanism for validating the package signature, so it will apply these same rules with respect to the verified signing time.
Unfortunately, the way that this is presented in the standard macOS certificate trust sheet is less than clear: if you examine the certificate details, you'll see that the certificate has expired, but macOS still says “this certificate is valid.” Of course, the certificate itself is no longer valid, but since it was valid at the verified signing time, the signature is nevertheless valid. However, macOS doesn't show the verified signing time anywhere, nor even note its existence.
Starting in version 3.3, Suspicious Package attempts to improve matters by explicitly noting when a verified signing time is found in the package signature. If you choose Window > Signature Details (Command-5), and if the package signature includes a verified signing time, it will be shown in the sheet:
If you click Show Certificate, you may still see the certificate-is-expired-but-valid confusion described above — since Suspicious Package uses the standard macOS certificate trust sheet, and can't change this bit — but at least this gives some context to the confusion.
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All-round Dilshan scripts perfect Sanga Mahela farewell
It was just about the perfect finish. Stumped Sangakkara, bowled Jayawardene brought the curtain down not only on the mismatched seven-game One-Day International series between Sri Lanka and England, but also on the home ODI careers of two of the most glittering gems in Sri Lanka’s cricketing crown.
Tillakaratne Dilshan produced a typically bruising century, and then followed it up with a three-wicket burst, to fashion Sri Lanka’s 87-run win in the final game at the R Premadasa Stadium on Tuesday (December 16), but this night was all about Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara.
While Sangakkara will still play Test cricket in Sri Lanka, this was Jayawardene’s last international outing on home soil. Neither legend made a massive impression with the bat, but when Sangakkara stumped James Tredwell to give Jayawardene only his eighth ODI wicket, it was enough to send the packed gathering into raptures.
Dilshan’s brilliance and late cameos from Thisara Perera and Dinesh Chandimal had helped Sri Lanka to an imposing 302 for 6. With Dilshan starring with the ball and England showing no stomach for battle, with the exception of Joe Root, a familiar script unfolded as the visitor crumbled for 215 in 45.5 overs.
England’s chase got off to the worst possible start, Dilshan removing Moeen Ali (0) and Alex Hales (7) inside the first eight overs. Alastair Cook, under pressure after a string of low scores, rode his luck – he survived an lbw shout first ball and was put down by Jayawardene to his left at slip — but edged Suranga Lakmal to Jayawardene at first slip after scoring 32 off 49 balls.
James Taylor and Eoin Morgan followed soon after, as England found itself tottering at 78 for 5 in the 20thover.
Root, who watched helplessly as wickets tumbled around him, was then joined by Jos Buttler. Between them, they built the first significant partnership, adding 48 off 50 balls. Once Buttler fell for 23, Root and Chris Woakes launched a reprisal attack with a seventh-wicket partnership of 66 off 75 balls, giving the visiting side a glimpse of hope.
But when Perera removed Woakes (34) in the 40th over, it was all but over for England. Root managed a valiant 99-ball 80 before being trapped leg before reverse-sweeping Seekkuge Prasanna, who also removed Chris Jordan in the same over to reduce England to 193 for 9.(SLC/KH)
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In an effort to encourage entrepreneurs and small businesses in India, Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp on Thursday announced the “Startup India-WhatsApp Grand Challenge”.
The top five start-ups will receive a total grant of $250,000, the company said in a statement.
“Ideas and business models capable of making a large-scale socio-economic impact and solve day-to-day problems have been invited to apply for the challenge by March 10,” said WhatsApp.
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The messaging app, with 1 .3 billion global users and over 200 million users in India, has been working closely on its business platform for a year now.
Nearly one year after debuting the WhatsApp Business application, the app is now used by more than 5 million businesses monthly.
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In India, 84 per cent of small and midsize business (SMBs) think that WhatsApp helps them communicate with customers, and 80 per cent of SMBs think that WhatsApp helps them grow their business. (IANS)
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Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep by Jonathan Crary: Sleep is a standing affront to capitalism
When hungry digital companies measure success in "eyeballs" is sleep the last remaining zone of dissidence, of anti-productivity and even of solidarity?
By Steven Poole
24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep
Verso, 144pp, £9.99
When I close my laptop, it goes to sleep. It’s a curiously domestic metaphor but it also implies that sleep in humans and other animals is just a kind of low-power standby mode. (Do computers dream of electric sleep?) Last year, Apple announced a twist on this idea: a new feature for the Mac operating system called “Power Nap”. Using Power Nap, your computer can do important things even while asleep, receiving updates and performing backups.
The name Power Nap comes from the term describing the thrusting executive’s purported ability to catch a restorative forty winks in 20 minutes but the functioning of Apple’s feature symbolically implies a yet more ultra-modern and frankly inhuman aspiration: to be “productive” even while dozing. It is the uncanny technological embodiment of the dream most blatantly sold to us by those work-from-home scams online, which promise that you can “make money even while you sleep”.
Sleep, indeed, is a standing affront to capitalism. That is the argument of Jonathan Crary’s provocative and fascinating essay, which takes “24/7” as a spectral umbrella term for round-the-clock consumption and production in today’s world. The human power nap is a macho response to what Crary notes is the alarming shrinkage of sleep in modernity. “The average North American adult now sleeps approximately six and a half hours a night,” he observes, which is “an erosion from eight hours a generation ago” and “ten hours in the early 20th century”.
Back in 1996, Stanley Coren’s book Sleep Thieves blamed insufficient rest for industrial disasters such as the Chernobyl meltdown. Crary is worried about the encroachment on sleep because it represents one of the last remaining zones of dissidence, of anti-productivity and even of solidarity. Isn’t it quite disgusting that, as he notices, public benches are now deliberately engineered to prevent human beings from sleeping on them?
While Apple-branded machines that take working Power Naps are figured as a more efficient species of people, people themselves are increasingly represented as apparatuses to be acted on by machines. Take the popular internet parlance of getting “eyeballs”, which means reaching an audience. “The term ‘eyeballs’ for the site of control,” Crary writes, “repositions human vision as a motor activity that can be subjected to external direction or stimuli . . . The eye is dislodged from the realm of optics and made into an intermediary element of a circuit whose end result is always a motor response of the body to electronic solicitation.”
You can’t get more “eyeballs” if the people to whose brains the eyeballs are physically connected are asleep. Hence the interest – currently military; before long surely commercial, too – in removing our need for sleep with drugs or other modifications. Then we would be more like efficient machines, able to “interact” with (or labour among) electronic media all day and all night. (It is strange, once you think about it, that the phrase “He’s a machine” is now supposed to be a compliment in the sporting arena and the workplace.)
Crary’s denunciation of the 24/7 world’s saturation in web-enabled media results in some splendid formulations – such as when he argues that activists who organise on the internet “voluntarily kettle themselves in cyberspace, where state surveillance, sabotage and manipulation are far easier than in lived communities”.
It also tempts him into some portentous exaggeration. He claims, for instance, that “wireless technologies” have accomplished an “annihilation of the singularity of place and event”. (Radical thinkers often seem to take pleasure in noticing some putative extreme violence in cultural change.)
There is an unfortunate passage arguing that our age has universally dulled everyone’s faculties – except, implicitly, those of the percipient critic: “24/7 is part of an immense incapacitation of visual experience,” Crary declares. “The contingency and variability of the visible world are no longer accessible.” Really, to no one? What’s more, he writes: “Contrary to many claims, there is an ongoing diminution of mental and perceptual capabilities rather than their expansion or modulation.” To this sentence is appended no footnote offering evidence.
Despite such rhetorical surfeit, Crary’s book is, on the whole, a humane and bracingly splenetic counterblast, with a lot of interesting micro-theses along the way. (Forget the heavy breathing of the celebrants of gadgets and networks; according to Crary, “the most important techniques invented in the last 150 years” are “the various systems for the management and control of human beings”.)
Into the baleful realm of 24/7 he draws, too, the diagnostic inflation of the pharmaceutical industry (always “discovering” new mental disorders for which it solicitously offers new pills), the pseudo-mandatory self-fashioning of social media and what he sardonically calls “the absolute abdication of responsibility for living” represented by all those bestselling “bucket-list” books that instruct us on “the 1,000 movies to see before we die”.
For him, the antidote to all of that is sleep and also its cousin daydream or “reverie”. At the end of the book, Crary waxes poetic about this and laments that few people these days besides New Agers are interested in their dreams. Crary complains that films such as The Matrix portray societies of sleepers as inert and duped and so work as propaganda for 24/7. So, too, he argues, do films such as Inception, in portraying dreams as, in essence, like movies: in theory, commodifiable and “sharable”.
After finishing this book, I had a dystopian nightmare. One day, through clever magnetic stimulation of the brain, it might be possible to insert adverts into our dreams. You could even volunteer to have them interpolated into your sleeping life in exchange for money. (“My dream last night was sponsored by Facebook and Walkers Crisps.”) If that day ever comes, we won’t be safe anywhere – even in the arms of Morpheus.
Steven Poole’s most recent book is “You Aren’t What You Eat” (Union Books, £7.99)
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Waking life: Francisco Goya's The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters. Credit: Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France/Archives Charmet/The Bridgeman Art Library.
Steven Poole is the author of Rethink: the Surprising History of New Ideas, Unspeak , Trigger Happy , You Aren't What You Eat , and Who Touched Base in my Thought Shower? His website is stevenpoole.net.
This article appears in the 15 July 2013 issue of the New Statesman, The New Machiavelli
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Nexans awarded Ormen Lange dredging services contract worth 24 million euros
Paris, April 1, 2004 - Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, was today awarded a dredging services contract worth 24 million euros from the Norwegian company Hydro on behalf of the Ormen Lange license group.
The contract comprises sea floor excavation and removal of hard soils in the pipeline and umbilical routes in the rough terrain between the Ormen Lange field and Nyhamna in Mid-Norway. The work will be undertaken by a new-developed remotely operated system for excavation in steep slopes and hard soils in the Storegga Slide area. The contract period will be for 2004 and 2005 with options for local trenching of lines after pipeline installation in 2006 and 2007.
"I am very pleased to see that Nexans' efforts in this market has been successful", said Tom Martinsen Vice President Energy Division, Nexans in Norway.
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Nexans is the worldwide leader in the cable industry. The Group brings an extensive range of advanced copper and optical fiber cable solutions to the infrastructure, industry and building markets. Nexans cables and cabling systems can be found in every area of people¿s lives, from telecommunications and energy networks, to aeronautics, aerospace, automobile, railways, building, petrochemical, medical applications, etc. With an industrial presence in 29 countries and commercial activities in 65 countries, Nexans employs 20. 000 people and had sales in 2004 of euros 4.9 billion. Nexans is listed on the Paris stock exchange.
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January 12, 2017 / Natasha Richardson NIMH
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Members of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists will be participating in UK Diabetes Week starting Tuesday 14th June 2016.
Diabetes is a familiar condition to most people. Many of us personally know at least one of the current 3.5 million diagnosed in the UK. According to the leading Diabetes charity ‘Diabetes UK’, there are an additional 549,000 who un-knowingly have the condition. Alarmingly, type II which used to be known as ‘adult onset’ is affecting more children than ever.
Herbal medicine has many safe and effective remedies to offer as an adjunct therapy to help manage this condition. Aside from helping the patient formulate a realistic diet and lifestyle plan, your herbalist can also advise on the many supplements commonly taken for the management of Diabetes. When putting together an individual formula for their patient, a medical herbalist might include one of the following herbs commonly employed for diabetic patients:
Cinnamon (Cinnamom zeylanicum/spp.) lowers fasting blood sugar levels in patients with type II diabetes. A meta-analysis looked at a series of randomised controlled trials and noted that participants given cinnamon showed significant decreases in fasting plasma glucose acrossdifferent studies.¹ Polyphenols found in the bark have also shown to increase insulin sensitivity thereby making cinnamon an important plant to tackle insulin resistance.²
Gymnema (Gymnema sylvestre) is an Ayurvedic herb which has found its way into Western Herbal Medicine’s Materia medica. Originally from India, ‘the sugar destroyer’ offers much potential for diabetic patients. This reputation is backed by research studies showing the plant’s dual ability to stimulate insulin production and reduce glucose uptake, thereby significantly lowering fasting blood glucose levels.³ Gymnema can also play a role in managing sugar cravings due to its temporary action of blocking sucrose receptors in the tongue, thus inhibiting or even entirely negating the sweet taste of sugar. Several compounds including gymnemic acid have been identified with this action.⁴
When taking herbs, the NIMH always recommends seeking the advice of a qualified medical herbalist. Your nearest NIMH herbalist can be found here.
¹Allen RW, Schwartzman E, Baker WL, Coleman CI, Phung OJ. Cinnamon use in type 2 diabetes: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis. Annals of Family Medicine. 2013 Sep-Oct;11(5):452-9.
²Anderson RA. Chromium and polyphenols from cinnamon improve insulin sensitivity. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. 2008 Feb; 67 (1):48-53.
³ Al-Romaiyan A, Liu B, Asare-Anane H, Maity CR, Chatterjee SK, Koley N, Biswas T, Chatterji AK, Huang GC, Amiel SA, Persaud SJ, Jones PM. A novel Gymnema sylvestre extract stimulates insulin secretion from human islets in vivo and in vitro. Phytotherapy Research. 2010 Sep;24(9):1370-6.
⁴ Schroeder JA and Flannery-Schroeder E. Use of the Herb Gymnema sylvestre to Illustrate the Principles of Gustatory Sensation: An Undergraduate Neuroscience Laboratory Exercise. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education. 2005 Spring; 3(2): A59–A62.
More about Diabetes Awareness Week
The week is organised by UK charity Diabetes UK, who provide support and education, campaign on behalf of diabetics and fund new research. Despite the extensive media coverage and household familiarity of this condition, there are still misconceptions surrounding Diabetes which has inspired 2016's theme ‘Setting the Record Straight’.
For information about diabetes and local events in the UK:
https://www.diabetes.org.uk/
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First established as the National Association of Medical Herbalists in 1864, today the National Institute of Medical Herbalists has more than 700 members across the UK and beyond.
The Institute promotes the benefits of herbal medicine and oversees the provision of the best patient care through the work of its members.
NIMH members undergo a lengthy training programme before they can register as qualified medical herbalists. Practitioners train for at least three years and adhere to a strict code of conduct before they can gain MNIMH or FNIMH after their name. Recently qualified practitioners will have taken a BSc in Phytotherapy (herbal medicine). All NIMH-registered herbalists are fully insured, and follow a strict code of conduct.
NIMH-registered medical herbalists are trained in the same diagnostic skills as mainstream doctors but take a more holistic approach to treating illness. Herbalists treat a wide range of acute and chronic conditions and frequently work in collaboration with GPs and consultants to achieve the best combination of treatments for individual patients.
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MankZz posted a topic in Bug Reports
Hey, I found bug with my own jutsus. So I can hit myself and level up the jutsu (Expliot). You need to press alt and jutsu key bind and its going to hit yourself. Its working like self medic heal. Tajutsu self hit link -
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Dear Ninja, As many of you may know, I am the new Community Manager of Nin Online, and with that I will be continuously doing my best to improve the community by working with the Administrators and my fellow Game Masters, Moderators, and of course you guys, the community. It is an honor to be able to help improve a community I've been a part of for years now. Now, let's get to the good news! I will be releasing Community Updates/Newsletters about once a month or twice a month depending on how busy the month ends up being for our community and team. The updates will serve as a way to explain to you what's going on in the community and what you can do to be a part of it, and hopefully provide a way for the community to interact with me and other community staff. Forum Contribution Posts We'd like to continue to promote the use of our forums by bringing your attention to an opportunity you can take if you contribute helpful content for the community. Pinned Posts, Forum Contribution, etc. We'd love to see players contributing more and more to the forum through the addition of helpful guides, fan-made projects, etc. We have seen a few recent ones such as @Niti's Official Item Value List and @Origami Heart's Nin Online Beginner Guide. These posts help the community a lot, and are generally worth featuring to our community. So if you come up with a bright idea for something that you could contribute to the community and maintain, we'd love to see it, and if we believe it will truly make the lives of our players easier, we will feature it, and if it's important enough, you could even receive Silver Ninja for the contribution. Discord & Village Chats The Official Nin Online Discord has been an unreliable source for villages to communicate privately and confidently up to this point, making the villages resort to other methods (which is 100% fine), however we want to obviously promote the use of our Discord for village use so that all members of the village who make use of our Official Discord can interact with the Kage and other villagers. We're not saying to stop using your alternative methods, but that this is a fix to make the village chats more reliable and useful for village leaders. With this new update, we'd like to improve all of that, make the Discord feel more useful to our village officials, and give you guys more options when it comes to the village sections on our Discord. We also have heard you about moderation, and village channels now have a dedicated Discord Moderator assigned so that they may peer-moderate your village's channel. Moderation will not be as strict in the village sections to allow for roleplay, but they will be treated the same, such as any OOC offenses can still be moderated. (Not all staff members/moderators will have access to your village channels, only if they belong to that village.) Village Categories Instead of just having the three different channels, we are going to give the Leaf, Sand, and Missing villages a whole category to themselves. The only people who can access each category will be the assigned village members (you can request a Game Master or Moderator to move you into your village role). Each Kage and Council Member will be assigned a role which will give them access to post in the Village Announcements channel and Kage will get access to a channel to contact Game Masters or Administrators. Then, of course, each village will have it's own Voice Lobby which will now be restricted to village ninja only. More voice channels may be requested if the Kage believes it is not enough. Village Announcements This is where the Kage and Council Members can post announcements for their village, only the Kage and Council Members can type and send messages. Village-specific events may also be announced here by Game Masters. Missing Ninja will have no announcements channel as they do not have an affiliation. Village Discussion This is a discussion area for all of the village members. Village Voice Lobby This is a simple voice channel that is now 100% exclusive to people with the village role. If more voice lobbies are needed, we can work something out! Village Roles Kage - This role is only assigned to the Kage of each village. Missing will have no Kage. Council Member - These are the official members of each village's council. Leaf Villagers - Leaf Village Players Sand Villagers - Sand Village Players Missing Ninja - Exiled/Rogue Ninja Village Role Placement In order to receive your role for your village you need to request it in the #support channel on Discord by posting your Nin Online profile link to prove your village status. Beyond this, Kage may decide your role change depending on if you do not belong in that village or have been exiled/gone missing. The Game Masters will do their best to ensure people are being responded to so that we can have accurate role placement for this new update. Event Updates & Plans These past couple of months, you may have noticed we have recruited a few Game Masters. With this increase of In-Game staffing, we hope to see a lot more events and community interaction. We are doing our best to provide consistent events, and even some surprise events. We also want you to know that we are constantly trying to get feedback to improve our events and trying to figure out what events work and when to host them. We understand that for quite some time, events have been very cruel to some timezones. We want you to know we are doing our best to figure out what time works for most of our players without asking players to make sacrifices for certain events. As we increase the amount of events, we will use trial and error to determine what works and what doesn't. Your concerns have been heard, and we are going to work to improve! Holiday Events As the year goes, we would like to host as many holiday-specific events as possible, as they are easiest events to decide on. However, Holiday events can be quite difficult as we want to implement items, updates, and more to accommodate for these events. We hope to be able to do this every holiday, and maybe even add more as we go. Aside from recognized holidays, we also want to host some Ninja World specific events, which we don't want to spoil too much right now, but more information on events like these will be arriving in the coming weeks. These are events that may not be holidays to us, but for Nin Online, they will be scheduled in accordance to the yearly calendar to provide more exciting content for you to enjoy. Weekly & Bi-Weekly Events As you have noticed, @Kanno has begun a Bi-Weekly PvP tournament event and @Jessica (myself) has started Weekly Community Events. These events are being implemented to provide consistent events throughout the month. We'd also like to start having Game Master hosted Roleplay Events, which are events where Game Masters will direct a roleplaying session. A big one we do that everyone is aware of is the Chunin Exams, however, those can only happen so often, so we'd like to host smaller events that can happen weekly to bi-weekly. We hosted one last weekend called Village Invasion, and it turned out really well. We saw a lot more players online, and people seemed to roleplay very well. So with that cooperation, we'd be more than happy to host more events similar to this such as Village Invasions, Village Escort Missions, Village Recovery Missions, etc. As we develop plans for these events, we will release announcements for when they will be held. Upcoming Events If you are not aware yet, the 4th Chuunin Exams are coming up, and we hope you can join us for them. Please click here for more information! Quality of Life Updates Merged In-Game Rules with Rules & Guidelines post. People have been having a hard time locating a rules post made by @Stephen as it was in the Discussion board, but we have merged that post's rules into the Official Rules & Guidelines post. To free up any confusion, these are the main links you should refer to for rules and ToS: Rules & Guidelines Terms of Service and Privacy Policy Monthly Chunin Exams Announced! Rory recently announced that we will finally be doing Chunin Exams monthly. This is something players have been wanting for quite some time now, and they're finally here! Monthly Chunin Exams Best Regards, Jessica
Seth posted a topic in Support
We support Paypal for official payments. If you would like to pay with another method, you can send credit vouchers from Steam, PaySafeCard and other means. These will be considered payments to staff to influence more work and allow us to give back some of our own salaries to the game, instead of buying these luxury items ourselves. If you would like to donate with Steam vouchers or PaySafeCard just send me a personal message.
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Logo Update
Ueda posted a topic in Announcements
Dear Ninjas, I'm proud to announce that I have finally put the well deserved time into a task that has been on my mind for the longest time ever. Ever since our re-launch in 2013, I had been very, very disappointed with the quality of the Nin Online logo. I had a strong concept behind the design, but rushed the execution so much that it was still a sketchy draft piece when I announced the project back then. Our logo has since been on all our official content, our forums, advertisements and even the game itself! I think we can all agree that the logo is something you look at today and instantly recognize our game and community. So I decided not to stray for from it, but to create a more visually refined and appealing revamp of it. WIth out further ado, here is our new logo! Updated Logo Design The signature shuriken has been refined and re-angled with a corrected perspective, while retaining the most interesting features about it. The circle which is the "O" in Online, has been given a dynamic whirl to it to retain the dynamism present in the previous design while having a more simplified color shading. Here is a visual journey of our logo design changes since the first ever logo in 2007, the first edition of Nin Online. History of Logos of Nin Online We hope that you will hold our logo even prouder in your signatures and when spreading the word of our project here and elsewhere from now on. Regards, Rory
Introduction If the website is not performing as good as it used to, or something isn't working at all, you should first try reloading the website using a hard refresh. The problem usually lies with the browser caching something that it shouldn't, and the only way to fix this is by forcing the browser to clear its cache and cookies, or forcing a hard reload which the website may be able to notice. We only support the latest versions of these browsers in our tutorials, please update to the latest version before following these instructions or else! Chrome Press the F12 key on your keyboard. Hold the left mouse button over the Refresh Button and wait for a drop down menu to appear. Click on Hard Reload and wait for the page to refresh. If this does not work, try Empty Cache and Hard Reload and repeat the same steps above. If this does not resolve your issue, please clear your cookies by clicking the Menu Button, going to History, and clicking "Clear browsing data...". Follow the image below by clicking what is checked, click on the drop down menu next to Obliterate the following items from: and select the beginning of time then click Clear browsing data. Firefox Click on the Menu Button. Click on the History Button. Click "Clear Recent History...". Follow the image below by clicking what is checked, select Everything in Time range to clear:, and click Clear Now. Internet Explorer and Other Browsers Download Chrome or Firefox. Follow the steps provided for the browser that you picked if your problem persists. If you insist on staying with your current browser, just clear your cookies and cache. Conclusion If you are still having a problem, feel free to post this under the Support forum category, and make sure that you select Website as the topic prefix.
Three Strike Rule
Introduction We're implementing a new method to handle troublemakers in the community, after this we will no longer give mercy to people who break rules, so be sure to understand the Three Strikes You will be given three chances to come back to the community when you reach 10 warning points, or if you continue to misbehave after being disciplined; we can ban you even if you do not reach 10 warning points. Strike 1 3 month ban. Strike 2 6 month ban. Strike 3 12 month ban. Final You can never return to the community with that account, email, or IP again. Exceptions If you are banned within a one month period of your previous ban, it can lead to a permanent ban depending upon how the staff view your punishment. If you are botting, hacking, or causing damage to our website/game in any shape or form you will not be granted the Three Strike Rule. If you are exploiting the game, we may consider it as well; depending upon how much damage you do or persuade others to do with you.
Site Errors Fixed
ReubenNick posted a topic in Announcements
Fixed The error messages have been fixed by Rory, WOOHOO! Site Error(s) Hey guys, There seems to be random error messages popping up around the site after a certain action and we can not list them all as some users may experience it and others may not. We've been trying to locate the cause of these errors but we may not be able to fix them all fully anytime soon as the actual game is our current concern compared to the website. These errors can be ignored and a simple page refresh will fix it. Just informing you all Regards, AkatsukiNick
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Miley Cyrus performs at Billboard Awards ‘with pants on,’ clarifies sister Noah
#BBMAs: @MileyCyrus Performs "Malibu" pic.twitter.com/zwXbuM8MOa
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) May 22, 2017
This year, Miley Cyrus is staying fully clothed.
The typically scantily-clad singer performed Sunday night at the Billboard Music Awards and her sister made a point to acknowledge her wardrobe.
"She's the happiest she's ever been," Noah gushed on stage with dad Billy Ray.
Noah Cyrus joked that sister Miley was performing "with pants on." (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
"And, for the first time in years with pants on, my big sister Miley Cyrus."
Cyrus debuted her new single, "Malibu" off her upcoming album, in white shorts and a matching white crop top — and she stayed dressed for the entire song.
Billboard Music Awards 2017: Best and worst red carpet looks
The toned-down performance, whose biggest splash was balloons that fell from the ceiling, was a far cry from previous productions that often included twerking and pyrotechnics.
Cyrus, 24, has taken the spectacle down a notch recently, including a muted relationship with fiancé Liam Hemsworth.
Miley Cyrus performed new single “Malibu” at the Billboard Music Awards Sunday night. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Noah, however, said her sister hasn't changed.
"I see new music, but I don't really see a Miley change. Miley is always going to be Miley to me and I don't see a new Miley (or) an old Miley," she told E! News on the red carpet.
"Some people do and I get really confused when people say that. I don't know. I just see her as my sister and the person I've loved since I was a baby."
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The moment he was shot: FBI agent recounts alarm during Brooklyn trial of alleged Crips member
By Karen Xia and JOHN ANNESE
Dramatic bodycam video captures moments after FBI agent was shot in Dec. 2018.
FBI Special Agent Christopher Harper said he thought only of his wife and kids after a suspected Crips member’s bullet ripped through his shoulder last year.
The agent, taking the stand at his alleged shooter’s trial in Brooklyn Federal Court Wednesday, recounted the moment-by-moment horror he experienced on a Canarsie street on Dec. 9, and how a casual FaceTime call with his wife and young son and daughter turned into a fight to survive.
Harper said he was part of a surveillance team investigating a suspect in a white collar crime when Ronell Watson, 31, came speeding the wrong way down the one-way street where he lived and apparently tried to block the agent’s car.
When he realized Watson might be armed, Harper told his wife, "Somebody shady’s coming up to my car,” and he put the phone on his dashboard, he testified.
"I have to make a quick decision,” Harper said on the stand. “I’m going to have to decide how to respond to this so I can live ... My mind is going 100 miles per hour. I’m weighing my options at lightning speed.”
Harper noticed a few feet between the sidewalk and Watson’s car, so he took his car out of park and tried to drive around the suspected gangbanger’s BMW, he said.
Watson, who was standing on the sidewalk, opened fire, and Harper felt something hit his back, he told the court.
“It rocked me forward and felt like my back exploded, like all the skin on my back violently splitting out,” he said.
Harper stopped his car, got out and fired back, hitting Watson in the hand, authorities said.
As Watson got back into his BMW and drove off, Harper kept shooting until he ran out of bullets.
“Jess, I’m shot, I’m shot, call 911,” Harper recalled telling his wife. His radio didn’t work, so he reloaded his gun, and called 911 as well.
Police rushed to the scene on Canarsie Rd., near E. 91st St., and video shows the agent pleading, “I don’t want to die. I don’t want to die.”
“I was very scared I was going to die. I was really scared I wasn’t going to see my kids again. That was all I could think about,” Harper said, crying as he testified.
Dr. Jeffrey Port of NY Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center testified that he removed the bullet from Harper’s lung in a Jan. 4 procedure, nearly a month after the agent got emergency surgery to mend the wound.
“It could have been fatal,” Port said.
Harper’s testimony is scheduled to resume on Thursday.
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Raissman: Mike Francesa, feeling threatened, attacks his critics as Sports Pope struggles to remain relevant
By Bob Raissman
Bluster, dismissiveness and prevarication are staples of the Mike (Sports Pope) Francesa playbook.
Yet through all the years he’s dialed up another play that has not let him down. When he feels threatened that someone is encroaching on his spotlight, or even “stealing” it, he will do whatever it takes to reclaim it. Call the play “Old Reliable” aka “Get them before they get you.”
It took him nearly two decades to drive Chris (Mad Dog) Russo out of WFAN, but he eventually succeeded. And when Dog sashayed over to SiriusXM Francesa, despite all the stories about Francesa looking for a new partner, the Pope got just what he wanted when he became a solo act.
Yes, sometimes it took the play a long time to develop. Don’t let his girth fool you. Francesa is a mobile quarterback who even views colleagues as his competition.
The Sports Pope is now attacking the media for pointing out the obvious about his WFAN return. (Sean Zanni / Getty Images for DraftKings)
When (mostly) Craig Carton, with a reluctant assist from Norman Julius Esiason, was bashing Francesa and pulling higher ratings on his morning drive show, Francesa tried ignoring the situation, at least on the air. Behind the scenes he was furious. The situation got so bad Francesa, threw in the towel, announced his retirement from FAN, and went on his one year self-aggrandizing farewell tour.
By the time Francesa went into “retirement,” Carton had been busted by the Feds and was out at FAN. Francesa returned to the station after five months on the shelf with a lame excuse. He said he was returning to develop his own app. No matter. Once again he reigned supreme and had the spotlight to himself.
That brings us to recent developments.
This just in: Francesa is on the fade. His shtick is stale. He’s also under pressure to re-capture ratings dominance while, at the same time, trying to get suckers, er, fans to pay $8.99 a month for the app. No one knows how his app is doing, but Francesa indicated it has somewhere over 800 subscribers, which doesn’t sound like a lot. Anyway, since his return to WFAN, Francesa has not created significant buzz.
Enter Maggie Gray. Last August, she ripped Francesa’s amigo James (Guitar Jimmy) Dolan to shreds (calling him a “hypocrite” and “vile piece of trash”). On Oct. 18, Gray, out of leftfield, apologized to Dolan. Turns out he was not allowing Knicks, Rangers, or any Garden personnel to appear on FAN. In reality, that was more of a blessing than a curse.
Nontheless, Gray had a breakout moment and was standing alone in the spotlight. She deserved it.
Only in Francesa’s mind is Gray a threat to him. He had to shut her down. So, he pulled “Old Reliable” out of his playbook. On the air, he lectured Gray, saying she went “over the top.” He wasn’t finished. He said he was thinking about leaving FAN to focus solely on the app. He then told Newsday’s Neil Best that he accomplished his mission of helping to restore FAN’s “sagging” ratings and revenue, adding that he had done it “in top-rated fashion.” At best, that remains to be seen. At worst, it’s a stone lie. Nonetheless, the old play worked again. With his threats and “advice,” Francesa reduced Gray to an afterthought.
He wasn’t finished. Francesa put a Trumpian bow on all this by attacking the media, in this case Post scribe Andrew Marchand. Francesa claimed Marchand, on a podcast, said the app had 300 subscribers. Francesa even got personal with the scribe, giving him a nickname — “The Weasel" — and offering him the “opportunity” to win $5 million if his estimate of app subscribers was right. No matter, Francesa would never pay up on a bet like that but he stirred the pot and kept the headlines and focus on himself.
For Francesa, that’s the only thing that matters.
NOT WORTHY
On Sunday, for the second time this season, the Giants and Jets are only worthy of one TV window.
Both teams (Jets vs. Bears, Giants vs. Washington) will play at 1 p.m. Credit the NFL schedule Gnomes knowing early on that by Halloween there would be a lack of enthusiasm in the market for the local teams. Still, there was a time when the Jets and Giants going head-to-head in the 1 p.m. window was unthinkable.
But now, it’s why waste two three-hour windows for both teams when the NFL could squeeze them into one?
Fear not. The Giants still have one exclusive nationally televised tilt left of their schedule. ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” will have the privilege of airing Giants-49ers on Nov. 12. Not exactly must-see TV.
REMEMBERING HANK
Hank Greenwald had a lot more on his mind than baseball.
That’s what we found out when Greenwald and Tommy Hutton worked in the Yankees WABC booth during the 1987 and 1988 seasons. Greenwald, who died Monday at the age of 83, spent most of his career calling San Francisco Giants games and a variety of other sports.
His wit and subtle sense of humor made you think. His delivery was steady and relaxed. He was not prone to pom-pom waving. Greenwald was a wordsmith and stylish when it came to painting the word picture.
Greenwald had some mischief in him, too. He drove the management of WABC Radio crazy, including his boss Fast Freddie Weinhaus, when he would decline to attend Yankees advertiser events. Years later, Weinhaus (he was serious) told me that was the main reason he let the duo go, which opened the door to John (Pa Pinstripe) Sterling.
Yet over the two years they called Yankees games, Greenwald and Hutton made a lasting impression.
STERLING NETS TALK
Speaking of Sterling, between attending Broadway shows he may be studying up on the Nets.
NBA moles say the Yankees Entertainment & Sports Network is thinking about having Sterling call a Nets game this season. This would truly be an event, considering Pa was at the microphone during the glory days of the Nets when he was chronicling the exploits of Julius (Dr. J) Erving & Co.
On talk shows, Sterling still opines about his Nets days. It’s likely he would sprinkle some of that stuff into a Nets broadcast if he gets the chance to do it. Stay tuned.
Was it a first? Fox Sports sources say they did not pay Bill Belichick to narrate the opening of World Series Game 1 in Boston. Hopefully the Foxies donated some dough to the Hoodie’s favorite charity ... This “feud” between Chris Carlin, one-third of FAN’s CMB,and morning Gasbag Gregg Giannotti, is totally contrived and not gaining traction. The two mouths don’t know how to effectively project radio hate. Carlin also had the onions to call Pat Shurmur “chippy” and “too sensitive.” Guess the coach and Carlin have a lot in common. ... Finally, when Francesa announced his retirement from FAN we said it would not happen. We turned out to be right. His latest threat to leave the station is bogus too. He will stay put.
Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora (Elise Amendola / AP)
DUDE OF THE WEEK: ALEX CORA
The life of a first-year manager is not easy. Yet imagine an iconic baseball franchise trusting an unproven skipper with guiding its team in an ultra-competitive major media market. And we’re not talking about the Yankees and Aaron Boone. For it is Cora, in his first season, who has taken his Red Sox to the World Series. Heck of a job.
DWEEB OF THE WEEK: JIM HARBAUGH
There are two words we think of when the Michigan football coach comes to mind: Grow Up. Geez, is this guy regressing? Here is an accomplished former NFL QB landing his dream job at his alma mater and he continually stirs up controversy and nonsense. Last week his target was Michigan State's Mark Dantonio and placing blame for a pregame scuffle. The act is getting old.
DOUBLE TALK
What Kevin Durant said: “I’m not really impressed with that type stuff (a billboard near MSG, depicting he and Kristaps Porzingis, urging him to come to the Knicks).”
What Kevin Durant meant to say: “Everyone is entitled to dream. But don’t hold your breath.”
Matthews: If Eli Manning struggles early this Sunday, what can Kyle Lauletta deliver that Eli can't? Hope! »
NFL Week 8 Bettors Guide: Hard to gamble on banged-up Jets & any money on the Giants comes from the heart »
WWE SmackDown champ Becky Lynch sits down with News for a Q&A ahead of Sunday's historic Evolution event »
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The Birds PG-13
...and remember, the next scream you hear may be your own!
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Eli Roth on THE BIRDS (Featurette)
DVD Features:
Run Time: 2 hours
Video: Color
Originally Released: 1963
Label: Universal Studios
Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
Note: Deleted scene
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Dual Layer
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen - 1.85
Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono - English, French
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette & Veronica Cartwright
Performer: Charles McGraw, Ethel Griffies, Ruth McDevitt, Malcolm Atterbury, Lonny Chapman, Tracy Scoggins, Doreen Lang, Elizabeth Wilson, Richard Deacon, Karl Swenson, John McGovern, Doodles Weaver, Joe Mantell & Mike Monteleone
Edited by George Tomasini
Screenplay by Evan Hunter
Composition by Bernard Herrmann
Produced by Alfred Hitchcock
Director of Photography: Robert Burks
Entertainment Reviews:
USA Today - 03/31/2000
"...One of the most logistically complex films of his entire half-century run..."
Total Film - 12/01/2003
"...Hitchcock's shocker will peck away at your sanity..."
Premiere - 04/01/2004
"[Hedren] is the ne plus ultra of Hitchcock's icy blondes..."
In THE BIRDS, Alfred Hitchcock's heart-pounding follow-up to PSYCHO, the director couples a tone of rigorous morality with dark humor to create a thriller that begins as a light comedy and ends as an apocalyptic allegory. Tippi Hedren (Melanie Griffith's mother) carries the picture in her first film role ever, embarking on a career as an icy-cool leading lady. Loosely based on a Daphne du Maurier story and a Santa Monica newspaper account, "Seabird Invasion Hits Coastal Homes," THE BIRDS also features groundbreaking special effects that, in 1963, surprised and delighted audiences.
Wealthy reformed party girl Melanie Daniels (Hedren) enjoys a brief flirtation with lawyer Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) in a San Francisco pet shop and decides to follow him to his Bodega Bay home. Bearing a gift of two lovebirds, Melanie quickly strikes up a romance with Mitch while contending with his possessive mother and boarding at his ex-girlfriend's house. One day, during a birthday party for Mitch's younger sister, a flock of birds attacks the children in what seems to be a random incident. In fact, it signals the beginning of a massive avian assault on the residents of the town--a mysterious assault that no one can explain...and from which no one may come out alive.
Classic | Romance | Suspense | Thriller | Recommended | Theatrical Release | Small Towns | 1960s | Small Town Life | Essential Cinema
Theatrical Release: March 28, 1963.
Filmed on location in Bodega Bay and San Francisco, California.
Hitchcock cameo: Hitchcock can be seen leaving the pet shop carrying two small dogs.
Screenwriter Evan Hunter also uses the name Ed McBain.
The film marked the debut for Tippi Hedren.
Ray Berwick trained all the birds for the film.
The film's original ending was reportedly more pessimistic: Mitch and Melanie drive from Bodega Bay, assuming that the birds have only overtaken that one small town. Upon arriving in San Francisco, however, they catch sight of the Golden Gate Bridge, completely covered in birds.
A very young Morgan Brittany appears in the film under the name Suzanne Cupito.
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Ways to help your school decrease school violence.
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Lecture 1, Introduction to History Painting
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3.18 Subtraction of negative numbers
Next consider subtraction of a negative number. In terms of Thomas’s piggy bank, subtracting a negative number is the same as taking away one of his IOUs. If his mother says ‘you have been a good boy today so I’ll take away that IOU for £3’ this is equivalent to him being given £3.
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3.4.2 Radiological aspects
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The contribution that drinking water makes to radiation intake is very small, and is due largely to naturally occurring radionuclides (isotopes of an element which are unst
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The eroded landscapes of Colorado National Monument tower over Grand Junction, Colorado.
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The Northern Colorado Plateau Network monitors air quality, climate, invasive exotic plants, land surface phenology, landbirds, and landscape dynamics at Colorado National Monument. The results of that monitoring provide park managers with scientific information for decisionmaking.
Colorado National Monument was established by Presidential Proclamation on May 24, 1911, to reserve in the public interest "the extraordinary examples of erosion (which) are of great scientific interest." The monument is best known for its outstanding geologic features, exposed and sculpted by erosion. Geologic history, from the ancient crystalline rocks of the Precambrian age to the soft, mixed shales and sandstones of the Jurassic age Morrison formation, is recorded in the exposed cliffs.
Elevation ranges from 1,408 meters (4,620 feet) at the foot of the cliffs to 2,166 meters (7,107 feet) on the mesa above the canyons. A semi-desert upland climate prevails, with an average of less than 280 millimeters (11 inches) annual precipitation. Temperatures range from summer highs in the high 90s (F) to winter lows in the sub-zero range. Snowfall averages 96 centimeters (38 inches).
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Eddie Foy III, left, signs a copy of his book, “Show Business, The Foy Way: Memoir of a Hollywood Casting Director,” for Dennis Sychra during RAGBRAI’s visit to Denison on July 22. Foy and his wife, Jan, left southern California and made Denison their home in March.
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Hollywood legend Eddie Foy will be remembered this week in his adopted hometown of Denison, Iowa
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DENISON, Iowa — A celebration of the life of Eddie Foy III will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Donna Reed Theater. The event is open to the public.
Foy was an award-winning Hollywood casting director who moved to Denison in March with his wife, Jan.
Foy died Nov. 3 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, where he had been hospitalized after suffering a fall at his home. He was 83 years old.
He was a casting director for hundreds of television shows that became ingrained in the social consciousness in America, among them “The Donna Reed Show,” which starred the Denison native by the same name. He cast classics such as “Happy Days,” “Mork and Mindy” and “I Dream of Jeannie,” among others.
Foy became acquainted and then fell in love with Denison after teaching workshops at the Donna Reed Performing Arts Festival.
“I came here just to look at what they were doing with the Donna Reed Foundation, because they asked me to teach, and I kept saying to myself, ‘This is a place I think I’d like to live,’ ” Foy said during an interview this summer.
Foy also gave Omaha-born Swoosie Kurtz one of her first big breaks after a play at Hollywood High School.
“We were backstage after the performance getting ready to meet our families when I was told there was a man who wants to see you, Eddie Foy III,” Kurtz remembered in 2013.
“He was a famous casting director. He said, ‘I thought you were wonderful in the play. I want to put you on “The Donna Reed Show.” ’ It was a big deal. I had to get my SAG card. I had to get out of school to shoot it.”
After Foy and Jan met in 1995, she accompanied him on his trips to Denison every summer that the Donna Reed Foundation hosted the festival and workshops.
“Most of it was getting away from the rat race,” Jan said. “When we drove from airport to here, we both were quiet. We looked at each other and said it’s so green, so refreshing.”
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MPA Perspective: Genetics, Marine Dispersal Distances, and the Design of Marine Reserve Networks
Posted on March 15, 2001 - 12:00am, by MPA News staff
By Stephen Palumbi, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
[Editor's note: Steve Palumbi, author of the following piece, has studied the genetics, evolution, population biology, and systematics of a diverse array of marine and terrestrial organisms. His current work is on the genetics of marine populations in the context of the design and implementation of MPAs. Palumbi has been co-leader of a three-year effort to examine the effects of marine reserves on fish populations, based at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (see previous story).]
The seas are increasingly in serious trouble. Coral bleaching, blankets of hypoxic or anoxic water, radical changes in species composition, toxic algal blooms, marine epidemic diseases, mass mortalities, and fisheries collapses are all symptoms of complex but fundamental alterations in the health of marine ecosystems. As both the value and vulnerability of marine ecosystems become broadly recognized, there is an increasing search for effective mechanisms to prevent or reverse widespread declines, and to sustain or restore ocean ecosystems.
Fully protected marine reserves are a powerful tool for marine conservation and management. Defined as areas in which no extractive activities are allowed, "fully protected marine reserves" are a special category of "marine protected areas" (MPAs), which are sites in which some activities are constrained.
These reserves are different than terrestrial parks because marine species are fundamentally different in how they use habitat. Because many larvae or spores of marine species disperse through the water column, populations from one generation to the next live in different places, and may move outside the boundaries of a single reserve. A confluence of recent empirical and theoretical results indicates that these species will benefit most from a network of reserves, and that such protective necklaces can accomplish both conservation and fisheries goals and provide enhanced ecosystem impact.
How should networks be designed to enhance their function, protect species and provide the most value? Although the morphology of a network of marine protected areas can be complex, there are a few key features shared by all networks that play fundamental roles in their functioning. The minimum set of network features that captures the most important functional attributes consists of:
the span of the network (the length of coast line or area of habitat between the most distant protected units)
the size of individual reserves
their number
their placement
Together these features determine other critical network features like the amount of area dedicated to protection and connectivity among units.
Other researchers (Warner 2001, Botsford 2001) have shown the critical importance of larval dispersal distance on functioning of individual reserves. Network span also requires knowledge of likely dispersal distances of larvae, juveniles, or adults. To preserve most community components, the span of a network must encompass the dispersal range of species with the greatest potential for movement. To reduce edge effects, and keep loss of individuals from the system of reserves below 10%-20%, the span of a reserve network should be 5-10 times greater than the maximum dispersal range for species to be protected by the network.
Because virtually all marine communities have a significant fraction of species with pelagic periods of 30-60 days, most marine reserve networks should be large enough to encompass the dispersal distances associated with this larval duration. As a result, determining the span of a marine reserve network should be informed by an estimate of average larval dispersal ranges for the variety of species within the communities to be protected. There are few concrete data on this topic, but useful inferences can be made from a number of studies that focus on 1) range expansion of invading species, 2) correlations of population size along a coastline, and 3) the scale of genetic differentiation in broadly distributed populations.
For example, we have recently shown (Barber et al. 2000) that populations of common Indonesian mantis shrimp species show extremely abrupt genetic boundaries in unexpected places. Despite very strong current flow patterns that should transport larvae long distances, genes from populations as close as 200 km show radically different sequences, indicating nearly complete lack of population exchange. Such data are in complete agreement with recent reports of high larval retention of fish larvae around coral islands (Warner 2001), and suggest strong ocean currents are not always enough to waft planktonic larvae far away.
A summary of available data on dispersal potential shows a striking surprise: average movement of successful larvae may be 10 times lower than expected, on the order of 50-100 km for species with high potential for dispersal. Nonetheless, these figures suggest two important points. First, the waters set aside to effectively sustain these species must span 500-1000 km. Second, few single reserves will be large enough to sustain these species -- they must rely on functioning networks for survival. Thus, network design will often cross political boundaries and require cooperation in areas defined not by map borders but by the ecosystems themselves.
Warner, Robert R. 2001. "Using Past Marine Reserve Performance as a Guide for Effective Design," presented at AAAS Session: The Scientific Theory of Marine Reserves, 17 February 2001, San Francisco, California. Abstract available online at http://www.compassonline.org/frame.html.
Botsford, Louis W. 2001. "Marine Reserves for Sustainable Populations in Fisheries and Conservation," presented at AAAS Session: The Scientific Theory of Marine Reserves, 17 February 2001, San Francisco, California. Abstract available online at http://www.compassonline.org/frame.html.
Barber, Paul H., Stephen R. Palumbi, Mark V. Erdmann, M. Kasim Moosa. 2000. "Biogeography: A Marine Wallace's Line?", Nature, Volume 406(6797), 17 August 2000, pp 692-693.
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Chlamydia trachomatis infection rate among females aged 15 to 24 years old (per 100,000), New Jersey: Beginning 2010
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Rate: Number of newly reported chlamydia infections among female clinic patients aged15-24 per 100,000. Definition: Rate of newly reported chlamydia trachomatis infections by diagnosis date per 100,000 females aged 15-19 years Prevalence: Proportion of clinic patients aged 15-24 years found to have chlamydia trachomatis. Data Sources: Division of HIV/AIDS, STD and TB Services, New Jersey Department of Health
Percent of Infants Who Are Breastfed Exclusively for First 3 Months, New Jersey, by year: Beginning 2010
Ratio: Proportion of infants who are breastfed exclusively for the first 3 months, among all infants in survey. Definition: Self-reported practice of mothers breastfeeding infant exclusively for the first 3 months. Data Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, Breastfeeding Report Card
Gonorrhea Incidence rate (per 100,000) among males under 30 years old: New Jersey, by year: Beginning 2010 / 2016
Rate: Newly reported cases of gonorrhea per 100,000 male population age under 30 years of age. Definition: (2016) Rate of newly reported gonorrhea cases among men under 30 years old (per 100,000 males) by date of diagnosis. NOTE - this indicator was modified during the HNJ2020 Midcourse Review process in 2016. Previous Definition: (2010-2015) Rate of newly reported gonorrhea cases among men ages 15-44 years old (per 100,000 males) by date of diagnosis Data Sources: Division of HIV/AIDS, STD and TB Services, New Jersey Department of Health
Percentage of New Jersey delivery facilities that provide maternal and newborn care consistent with the WHO/UNICEF Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, New Jersey, by year: Beginning 2010
Ratio: Percent of live births occurring at "Baby Friendly" Facilities Definition: Percent of live births occurring at "Baby Friendly" Facilities, which are delivery facilities that provide maternal and newborn care consistent with the WHO/UNICEF Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding Data Source: (1) Baby-Friendly USA; (2) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity; Breastfeeding Report Card
Death rate due to construction-related injuries, New Jersey, by year: Beginning 2010
Fatal occupational injuries (unintentional and homicide), incidence rate (construction), New Jersey. Rate: fatalities per 100,000 construction workers. Definition: Number and incidence rate of fatal occupational injuries, when the injury occurred while the individual was working in a construction-related occupation, either on or off of the employer's premises. Data Source: Occupational Health Surveillance Unit, New Jersey Department of Health
Rate of sustained domestic transmission of primary and secondary syphilis, New Jersey, by year: Beginning 2010
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Gonorrhea Incidence rate (per 100,000) among females under 30 years old: New Jersey, by year: Beginning 2010 / 2016
Rate: Newly reported cases of gonorrhea per 100,000 female population under 30 years of age. Definition: (2016) Rate of newly reported gonorrhea cases among women under 30 years old (per 100,000 males) by date of diagnosis. NOTE - this indicator was modified during the HNJ2020 Midcourse Review process in 2016. Previous Definition: (2010-2015) Rate of newly reported gonorrhea cases among women ages 15-44 years old (per 100,000 females) by date of diagnosis Data Sources: Division of HIV/AIDS, STD and TB Services, New Jersey Department of Health
Congenital syphilis incidence rate (per 100,000), New Jersey, by year: Beginning 2010
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Percentage of persons aged 15 to 24 years old diagnosed with Chlamydia trachomatis infections (family planning and clinic patients), New Jersey, by year: Beginning 2010
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SSP opens premium coffee concept at Düsseldorf Airport
By Dan Symonds on October 17, 2018 Food & Beverage
Restaurateur SSP Group is bringing a taste of Italian coffee culture to Düsseldorf Airport, Germany, with the opening of its new Bazzar Caffè concept.
Located in departure lounge C, the 200m2 (2,150ft2) outlet is capable of seating up to 84 passengers and features a distinctive interior design that blends both retro and futuristic elements. Passengers can choose from an extensive selection of breakfast options, as well cakes, tapas and salads, which are available daily from 4:00am to 9:00pm.
Aydin Kirici, founder and CEO of Bazzar Caffè, said, “This concept has been exclusively designed from the ground up for passengers at Düsseldorf Airport. All the furniture is tailor-made and each element is bespoke. Italy is famous for the highest level of espresso coffee culture, and we are continuing this tradition with this latest venture.”
With the addition of Bazzar Caffè, SSP now operates 11 restaurants and food outlets at Düsseldorf Airport, as well as an on-site conference center DUSconference plus.
Jan Kamp, director business development and properties, SSP DACH region, said, “High-quality products and outstanding culinary concepts are key criteria when selecting our franchise partners, and Bazzar Caffè features these very characteristics. The brand has achieved an excellent reputation for its roasted coffee in Düsseldorf, and the launch of a local outlet at Düsseldorf Airport will help build closer connections between the airport and the city center’s exciting culinary scene.”
Pia Martina Klauck, head of commercial operations at the Düsseldorf Airport, added, “At our airport, we seek a mix of internationally well-known brands and regional, individual concepts, so we are delighted to open Bazzar Caffè in cooperation with SSP. Everyone involved in the project was passionate about developing this highly innovative outlet, which will give visitors a real taste of Düsseldorf coffee culture.”
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Taipei is the perfect setting for the conclusion of the HCT Hearthstone World Championships
The city embodies the cute, brightly coloured, hint-of-lore aesthetic of Blizzard’s all-conquering card game
It’s fitting that the final Global Championships in the current Hearthstone competitive scene take place in Taipei, Taiwan. The city has an addiction for brightly coloured lights, hints of history, and the ultramodern, with an aesthetic that can only be described as cute – in the classic kitty-face emoji sense. In short, cartoon characters are everywhere.
Hearthstone plays well in Asia, with more of the game’s 100 million players to date residing on this continent than in North America. Organisers turned the 35,000-square-foot Heping Basketball Gymnasium into a combination of a Hearthstone inn – complete with a giant, digital fireplace – and a huge, physical playing board as the stage.
The raised rectangle has a floor made out of display screens which, during the matches, change into the game’s various playing boards around the players in the centre. Wins are rewarded with a swirl of golden sparks or flying cards – it’s quite a sight.
Cleverly, the ramp where the players walk up onto the stage has been designed as a traditional Taiwanese bridge, complete with a small balcony that acts as a lift for Mark ‘Ike’ Eichner, who uses a wheelchair to gain access after the latest in a lifetime of surgeries to his legs.
Out front, a giant sign with spotlights proclaims the event, and a pop-up store inside sells Blizzard merch, some of it specific to the show.
By the time competition opens a line stretches out the door
On the second floor are areas where fans can mingle with players and organisers – this setup results in a memorable moment where the game’s creative director, Ben Thompson, and lead game designer, Dean Ayala, learn to make Taiwanese filled pancakes stamped with the Hearthstone logo, then comment on them in Mandarin.
The venue itself is a collegiate-level basketball arena built for competitions and international events in 2017 – a huge cylinder of green and multicoloured glass in a bustling business area. As players battle inside to capture their share of the million-dollar prize pool, locals outside battle to manoeuvre thousands of scooters, cars, and buses through their dedicated lanes.
Local traffic for the games is slow at first, however. Many of the arena’s 7,000 seats are slid away to make room for the floor’s play-for-prizes gaming area and the Masters Qualifiers competition area, and those that remain are spottily filled. But by the time competition opens for the final rounds a line stretches out the door for what quickly becomes a sold-out event. A heartening turnaround.
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Even at less-busy times, the play-for-prizes area is packed, with fans able to compete against each other. Three wins in a row guarantees a prize; 12 wins in a row nets the player an iPad – a testament to just how difficult it is to achieve that in Hearthstone, where even the best players’ win percentages can be in the 60s.
A number of pro players arrived a couple of days early for the event, but hadn’t had much chance to see the city. Instead, they practised or strategised with friends during free time, at most taking the opportunity to walk around in a few areas or see one of the local night markets. When it all kicks off, matches stretch to 12 hours on some days.
Done with the first day of the @PlayHearthstone World Championship and this is our shuttle back to the hotel pic.twitter.com/zruykDywrP
— Brian Kibler (@bmkibler) April 25, 2019
Still, it’s hard for anyone to miss the city’s fun party atmosphere. Some of the shuttle buses that transport players to and from the hotel are equipped with flashing disco lights, and are just as brightly coloured outside. It’s friendly, too – fans catching a glimpse of the players and casters approach to say hello or grab a photo in the hotel bar.
It’s a perfect setting for what has been a historic event – the finals also set up the Hearthstone Masters program and marks the end of the Year of the Raven – and one that will undoubtedly form lasting memories for all involved.
Photos taken by Heather Newman.
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Our mission is to create a just and inclusive transition to renewable energy by enabling everyone to own and shape our energy future.
Growing The Movement. People Power Solar Cooperative is building a movement toward grassroots-led and community-owned solar, a critical piece of a just transition to a sustainable economy. We believe that a just transition requires:
Democracy and self-determination: Communities must democratically shape the energy sector and have long-term access to and control over energy, so that we can build wealth, health, and jobs for ourselves and future generations.
Centering frontline communities: We must build power among – and center the needs of – low-income communities, communities of color, and frontline communities that have been disproportionately harmed by our fossil fuel economy.
While climate justice groups everywhere are advocating for energy democracy, very few community-owned solar projects exist in California or most of the United States. Our research and work with communities has revealed the substantial technical, financial, and legal barriers to community-owned solar. Now we’re building the skills, leadership, and people power necessary to overcome these barriers in our communities and start getting everyday people involved in solar development. Two key innovations allow us to work:
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We don’t rely on shared-solar policy. By focusing on the flow of money and not the flow of electrons, we create a platform for community investment and ownership that is agnostic of state community solar policy.
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Commercial Practice in Bunkering
Authors Nigel Draffin
Published First Edition. 2011
Commercial Practice in Bunkering is a valuable source of information and guidance on the process and methods of buying and selling bunker fuels. It assumes a little knowledge of ships, commerce and marine fuel and is intended as a ready reference for those who need to understand how the commercial side of the business really works.
Any commercial deal between a seller and buyer can be frustrated at any stage of the process, and bunkering can be particularly prone to contractual problems. In Commercial Practice in Bunkering, Nigel Draffin deftly guides the reader around the pitfalls, using simple and sometimes entertaining language to explain often complicated issues.
The book examines every aspect of the commercial deal, from the buyer’s enquiry to the supplier’s offer, terms and conditions, the contract and each party’s obligations.
It takes the reader through the delivery, documentation and settlement of the invoice, along the way covering negotiation, hidden costs, credit, payment terms, default and even debunkering.
The book is full of examples of clauses drawn from real contracts and practical advice on how to interpret them. There is also a chapter on the costs – and potential financial penalties – of increasingly stringent international environmental regulations.
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Maritime Advocate
‘We rather like this book by Nigel Draffin, a dean of the bunkering industry who has written and taught on the subject of bunkers many times and who clearly has the knack of presenting a complex and many faceted subject in a blunt plain-speaker sort of style. When he turns his eye onto a subject, he makes a lot of sense. The book is interesting throughout.’ The Maritime Advocate
Maritime Executive
‘As can be expected with a book written by Nigel Draffin, this publication also includes a vast amount of informed detail on some of those areas that are often ignored, sometimes to great cost and inconvenience. Once again, he has included an extensive glossary, comprehensive indices and appendices, as well as a very useful “where to go for help” section.’ The Maritime Executive
Goris Vermeulen
‘For a quarter of a century, Nigel has left no stone unturned in his quest to improve his own knowledge of the bunker industry and to share what he has learned with others. On a personal note, I truly admire his enthusiasm and dedication to the industry and admit that he is now, without question, a bunkering legend. I thoroughly commend Commercial Practice in Bunkering and wish Nigel the greatest success with his book.’ Goris Vermeulen, former co-owner of Dutch bunker supplier Fristol b.v and founder of BunkerExperience
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Shenanigans Irish Music Duo
Available in Bacup from £300
Recent review: "A wonderful night made all the more successful having booked Shenanigans. Everybody enjoyed the music and mix of song and music. A great duo to entertain and we were delighted to be able to request our favourites. Many many thanks"
Paddicraic The Irish Band
Recent review: Great communication with David since making the booking back in October and a friendly confirmation call the week of the gig too. Set up on time, in a tight space and a great atmosphere created for my friends 40th birthday. Playlist requirements provided by the birthday girl were accommodated for, e
Back of the Bush
Recent review: "Always quick to respond to enquiries and nothing was too much trouble for him. Even when a last minute panic set in over our own playlist, Ben was only too happy to assist and save the day. I can’t recommend these guys enough!"
Price of My Pig
Recent review: "Ben and the rest of the band were absolutely brilliant- from the pre event communication, where Ben was more than happy to answer my queries and make the evening meet my needs, to the actual night where the band were punctual and delivered on all they had promised- really excellent ceiligh playing
Tippin It Up
Available in Bacup from £150-250
About: Tippin it up are an acoustic fplk duo performing mostly Irish traditional music and song with a little Scottish, Welsh and Americana. Instruments include...Guitar, Bouzouki,Mandolin,Mandola and Bodhran...as well as Vocals!
Wee Bag Band
Available in Bacup from £700.00
About: As a 5 x piece band The Wee Bag Band's raison d'être is to bring mad, bad, trad, popular and contemporary diddly, diddly Irish / Celtic with a hint of Country and Blue Grass music and song to the masses at pubs, clubs, doos 'n festivals in Merseyeside, UK, infinity & beyond...... We must be hit
About: ** NOT AVAILABLE 17th MARCH** Whiskey in the Jar have been entertaining audiences throughout England and Ireland since 1989, but still perform with energy and style. Whatever the occasion, this band have the repertoire and professionalism to make it into a great occasion. Featuring fiddle, banjo,
Norton Green Ceilidh Band
Recent review: "form-processor Form response notification The following form has been submitted from your website - http://www.nortongreenceilidhband.co.uk. Name: Laura Lawrence Venue: Gateway Centre, York Message: I booked Norton Green Ceilidh Band for a Burns Night Fundraiser and they were amazing! Eve
Kellys Heroes
Recent review: Wow, what a sound you have! We thoroughly enjoyed having you perform at our wedding last week and all our guests had a great time. So much dancing and fun was had by all, and literally everyone commented on what a wonderful choice we made in inviting you as our guest band. Weddings don't always go t
BLACK VELVET BAND - Ceilidh, Irish & Hoedown
Recent review: "Wow! What an evening we had! We absolutely LOVED our wedding evening and you absolutely made the night! We LOVED the dances, and so did all our guests. I couldn’t get over how good you all were! Thank you SO much for being such an excellent band, to plan with before our wedding and to perform on
Josie - Electric & Acoustic Fiddle (Violin) Rock, Pop, Folk, Irish, Scottish
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Recent review: "Thank you so much for performing at one of our annual functions. Your music sounded fantastic and was wonderfully varied. Feedback has been overwhelmingly positive and we hope to book you again some time in the future. M Ward"
Lilac Sheer
Recent review: Lilac was fantastic, she got people singing and dancing at my husbands 50th Birthday party,, Her voice was amazing and she encouraged everyone to sing along with her. We own 2 public houses in the Cotswold’s and we will definitely be having Lilac back.
Stomping Boondocks
Recent review: Stomping Boondocks were a pleasure to work with and all of our guests were raving about them. Three guests wanted the band's details and were inspired to think about planning their own ceilidh fundraisers. We had such a fun evening. Thank you!
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Recent review: Absolute were fantastic! Their professionalism made everything incredibly easy for us. They made the day extra special learning secret songs to surprise my bride and their Irish set was simply brilliant. The whole wedding loved them. I couldn't recommend them enough. 10/10
Dancing Feet Ceilidh Band
Recent review: Absolutely amazing! They did a great job! Best band I've heard and when Roddy played the pipes everyone in the room loved it! Well done and thank you so much for making my babies naming ceremony so memorable! Absolutely fantastic!
Fundraising event - Morecambe
Its an outdoor or indoor event, depending on weather, raising money for an ex serviceman who lost his home, all belongings and business in a fire.
Birthday party (adult) - Lytham St. Annes
It's my partners 50th birthday party & she loves U2 thort it would be lovely touch for a band to play at her party depending on cost.
Fundraising event - Bury
hi,the event will be indoors at Bury Football club on Friday 25th Nov,and will be a charity fundraising event in aid of Bury Hospice.
Fundraising event - Accrington
I am a member of my local Lions charity club, based in Accrington, Lancashire. I am in the process of getting together details to propose to the rest of my fellow Lions a Charity Fundraising evening of a Masquerade Ball, and I am keen on having a band play. As its only at the planning stage, nothing is pencilled fully, but I do have a venue and a date pencilled in, the venue is the Accrington Town Hall Ballroom, and the date Saturday 19th November.
Birthday party (adult) - Carnforth
surprise 50th birthday party we want heavy metal such as ac dc, guns and roses and similar
Birthday party (adult) - Ashton Under Lyne
Band will need to start at 8pm and do 2 45minute sets. It's for a lady's 40th birthday party. Night will be finished off with resident DJ
Wedding reception - Clitheroe
wedding reception indoors. I would like a band to play old and current songs with a bit of a twist.
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Fishermens retreat ramsbottom bury, 9th June. Evening guests arriving at 7.30pm. I'm looking for Manchester indie music, the jam, Paul wellar, oasis, stone roses mixed with some old Beatles etc..
Celebration - Clitheroe
Indoor - small country pub, St Patrick's Day celebrations, small band needed, fiddle tin whistle guitar etc, good selection of Irish trad music needed. Sound system not required small venue
Private party - Preston
Private party with 8 guests. We've seen the band before and they were excellent. Thanks Warren
40th birthday with a grease (the movie) theme! Would like a bit of a mix of singing old and new
Wedding - Preston
Looking for a frank sinatra tribute band or swing/jazz band to provide entertainment for my first dance for my wedding and a set afterwards to carry on the entertainment.
I've read through what you offer set-wise and it sounds great, and along with the DJ music you also provide I think it would be a perfect fit for us.
Hi, My name is Azara and I am an events co-ordinator for the UCLan Dental Society. Every year we host an annual ball for the dental school and its staff members. We currently have the theme Havana nights and are looking for a steel band to play on entrance for the guests and throughout the sit down meal which will be roughly between 3-4 hours in total. I wanted to get a quote as too how much this would cost and if you offer any packages that include the steel band playing and entertainment such as limbo and dancing? Feel free to contact me by email or by phone. Kind regards Azara
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Hi, We are looking for a German Band to open our Beer Festival for an hour and a half on Saturday 27th May 2017. The venue is Walton Village Hall. Walton Village Hall. School Lane, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS23 7DW. We are looking for a great band, though do not want the traditional German Beer games that often are part of the performance. A friend who is a german singer / dj is following on from the band at 20:30 Thank you!
Private party - Halifax
Having an indoor party for maximum 150 guests and would like a Scottish Ceilidh. The venue is booked from 1800hrs until 0100hrs with food around 2030/2100hrs. We can look at what time would be better for the dance as I'll be looking to get a dj to fill the gaps and to end the evening.
Wedding - Wigan
There is only a small area to set up.so i think a 3 piece band is big enough
Birthday party (adult) - Derby
I'm having a 50th Birthday party in Derby. It's going to be black tie/ dress to impress. Looking for maybe an hour or so, but split into two halves - first half at say 8 pm for 30 mins, Robbie big band style, second half at 9 ish for Robbie's best hits. The venue itself holds about 80 people, there will be between 60 and 70 there.
Wedding - South Yorkshire
Hi iv just watched the big daddy's and would love them for my wedding just wondering if you could give me a quote we live in south Yorkshire and it in August 2017 not got exact date at the moment thankyou hope to here from you soon. The exact date should be till the end of this week. Do you do music in between (dj)? Will that affect the price?
Corporate Function - Wilmslow
Cricket Club awards dinner, would like some estimate on costs, show duration and content. Rob
Celebration - Shildon
Members club function, tribute shows only planned and organised once a month for the members of our social club. Try to be a diverse as we can with an eclectic mix ranginging from the 60's to modern day and your band would be a perfect match to next years events. We have a comprehensive lighting set with stage lighting if that helps!
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Porsche Mission E Cross Turismo Debuts Concept study of the first Porsche “Cross-Utility Vehicle” celebrates its world premiere
March 6th, 2018 by dealerinspire
Atlanta, Georgia. The presentation of the Mission E Cross Turismo from Porsche at the Geneva Motor Show is a concept study of an electrically-powered “Cross-Utility Vehicle.” Designed for individuals with an active lifestyle, the demand-controlled all-wheel drive easily handles varied weather conditions for practical year-round use. The interior offers plenty of cargo space while an exterior mounting system offers a solution for larger items like surfboards or bicycles.
The four-seater features an emotional design with striking off-road elements as well as a new display and control concept with touchscreens and eye tracking. The concept vehicle, which is 194.8 inches long, uses 800-volt fast-charging and can also be charged via induction or a charging dock and integrates seamlessly with a Porsche home energy management system. The road-ready Mission E Cross Turismo is a continuation of the Mission E study that Porsche presented at the Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA) in 2015.
The design: Unmistakable Porsche DNA
With a low hood between powerfully curved fenders, the front of the Mission E Cross Turismo has ties to the Porsche 911. The vertical air intakes at the front, known as “air curtains,” provide one of the striking design features. Matrix Design LED headlights represent another style highlight. The typical Porsche four-point daytime running lights have been developed into narrow, three-dimensional glass elements. Embedded in four floating fenders, these lights also feature the new four-point turn signal. Off-road design elements include rugged wheel arches and door sills, a striking front spoiler and rear fascia, and a ground clearance indicative of the ability to travel on and off paved roads.
The fly line is marked by a sporty roofline that tapers towards the rear, echoing the Panamera Sport Turismo. The dynamic design of the side windows is typical of Porsche style. The broad fenders and three-dimensional sidewalls with air outlets behind the front wheels reinforce the sporty crossover character of the 78.3-inch-wide concept vehicle. Distinctive side skirts with an off-road look and 20-inch wheels with 275/40 R 20 tires are among the vehicle’s other defining features.
With its exclusive Light Grey Metallic paint, the study is also immediately recognizable as a Porsche from the back. In addition to the flow-through roof spoiler, the vehicle also features a full-length light strip. The Porsche lettering illuminated in white is embedded in a three-dimensional cover with a circuit path graphic. The “E” in the “Porsche” lettering pulsates when the vehicle is charging, and the circuit paths illuminate, giving customers a tangible sense of the energy flow. The large panoramic glass roof extending from the windshield to the tailgate delivers a generous feeling of spaciousness.
The versatility: Equipped for all mobility needs
The Mission E Cross Turismo gives an insight into how a series-production Turismo variant with cross-utility attributes suitable in equal measure for traveling, everyday life, and adventure could look. The 55.9-inch-tall four-seat concept is designed to be versatile. For example, a hatch is integrated into the backrests of the two individual seats in the rear to make loading long objects like skis easier. The backrests themselves can also fold. In the luggage compartment, there is a rail system with adjustable and removable belts to stow objects quickly and securely.
The interior: Visible lightweight structures
The interior features a new interpretation of classic Porsche elements for the digital age. For example, the instrument panel emphasizes the width of the vehicle with a wing-shaped top and bottom section. The dashboard has a clear horizontal arrangement with a wide display for the driver and front passenger. The free-standing instrument cluster is curved and angled towards the driver and consists of three circular display fields, digitally displayed on TFT screens. The center console between the front seats rises in the direction of the dashboard. The design elements in the interior also include visible lightweight structures, such as the dashboard and the sporty seats reminiscent of bucket-type racing seats, which feature illuminated Porsche lettering. The door panels have 3D elements with a structured surface. Anodized trim pieces in Nordic Blue around the air vents and the window switches provide a contrast to the black Aniline leather and Light Grey two-tone interior. Ambient cabin lighting further compliments all of the design elements.
The powertrain: Sporty e-performance in excess of 600 hp
Two synchronous electric motors with a system output of over 600 hp (440 kW) accelerate the Mission E Cross Turismo to 100 km/h (62 mph) in less than 3.5 seconds and to 200 kmh (124 mph) in under twelve seconds. This performance is in addition to a continuous power level that allows for multiple launches in succession without losing performance, which is unprecedented among electric vehicles. Demand-controlled all-wheel drive with Porsche Torque Vectoring, which automatically distributes torque to the individual wheels, transfers the power to the road.
The chassis: Adaptive air suspension for comfort and agility
All-wheel steering contributes to the exemplary agility and stability of the Mission E Cross Turismo, while the adaptive air suspension allows an increased clearance of up to 1.86 inches (50 mm). Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control (PDCC) is another feature available on board. This system provides active roll stabilization and prevents lateral inclination of the vehicle when cornering. It also helps reduce lateral instability over bumpy terrain.
The display and control concept: A unique user experience
A highlight of the Mission E Cross Turismo is a new display and control concept. Intuitive operation and information such as the head-up display optimally positioned in the driver’s field of vision enhance the driving experience. And thanks to the new connectivity solutions, the vehicle can also be perfectly integrated into a digital lifestyle. The result is a unique user experience. There are many important display and control options.
Driver display with eye tracking: The instrument cluster is comprised of virtual fields. These are assigned to the categories of Porsche Connect, Performance, Drive, Energy, and Sport Chrono. Using a camera in the interior mirror, the eye-tracking system can recognize where the driver is looking. The displays that the driver is interested in are then moved to the foreground, while the others are reduced into the background accordingly as a result of looking away from them. The displays are operated using smart-touch controls on the steering wheel.
Passenger display: This screen extends over the entire width of the passenger side. The passenger can operate various apps via eye tracking and touch technology, allowing access to functions like media, navigation, climate control, and contacts.
Touch control: a field in the center console features detailed information menus.
Small touchscreens: These screens are situated in the multifunctional window panels (for seat adjustment and seat comfort functions) as well as in the finless air vents on the right and left of the dashboard. By swiping left and right on these touchscreens, the ventilation strength can be adjusted.
The “smart cabin” approach simplifies operation. The vehicle settings, interior climate, and ambient lighting are all automatically adjusted to the wishes of the occupants and the respective driving situation.
The driver can also access a variety of information and adjust settings away from the vehicle: Customization options from the air-conditioning system to navigation can be set in advance via a tablet, smartphone, or smartwatch.
The “DestinationsApp:” A personal travel assistant
Porsche Connect already offers more than 20 digital services and apps. In the Mission E Cross Turismo, Porsche is adding another called the “DestinationsApp,” which demonstrates additional benefits the digital platform could offer in the near future. Using this app, a weekend trip can be planned quickly and easily in just a few steps on a smartphone. The app suggests travel destinations, enables reservations to be made quickly and effortlessly and handles route planning. The driver can even tailor the chassis of the Mission E Cross Turismo to the selected route via the “DestinationsApp,” as well as choosing the most suitable music, climate control, and ambient lighting for the journey.
Charging: Fast and effortless
The 800-volt architecture in the vehicle ensures that the lithium-ion battery is charged for an NEDC range of approximately 250 miles (400 kilometers) in around 15 minutes. The concept vehicle allows flexible charging both on the move and at home, and is compatible with the fast-charging network that is being established on European roads as part of the IONITY joint venture. At home or the workplace, the Mission E Cross Turismo can be charged via induction technology, and at home with a charging dock that can work in conjunction with the Porsche home energy management system. The latter option can be combined with the home’s own photovoltaic system to recharge using solar energy.
Porsche Mission E Cross Turismo Technical Information
Propulsion Two permanently excited synchronous motors
Electric Motor Output 600 hp / 440 kW
Drive Type Demand-Controlled All-Wheel Drive
Acceleration (0-100 kmh) 3.5 seconds
Acceleration (0-200 kmh) < 12 seconds
Length 194.8 inches
Vehicle Height 55.9 inches
Wheel size 20 inch
Tire size 274/40 R20
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Ocean City's annual Juneteenth event, seen above in 2018, was born out of the realization several years ago that little of Ocean City’s black history was widely known to the community.
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On June 2nd 2018, at the Ocean City Civic Center on 6th street, the 2nd annual Juneteenth Family Reunion, a fair type event, is held to commemorate the day that the last of the slaves in the United States found out they were free in 1865 (June 19).
Ocean City Juneteenth event to honor contributions of black residents
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OCEAN CITY — Eight current and former black residents will be honored for their contributions to the city Saturday during the third annual Juneteenth Celebration.
The event was born out of the realization several years ago that little of Ocean City’s black history was widely known to the community.
Brittany Battle and her friends Joshua Baker and Takiya Wilson decided they needed to create an organization dedicated to bringing awareness of that historical and cultural legacy.
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“It’s not just for the black community, it’s for all the Ocean City community and the surrounding Cape May County, as well,” said Battle. “We really want the whole community out to celebrate the honorees and the legacy of the black community in Ocean City.”
City Councilman Antwan McClellan, the city’s second black council person, has been a strong supporter of the Juneteenth event.
“It’s unbelievable, especially the fact that we have young people like Brittany, Josh and Takiya taking the opportunity to pay homage to our foundation in the black community,” McClellan said.
He said it’s important for people to look back and honor those who paved the way for them.
“They kept us on the straight path that we needed to be on to be successful in our lives,” McClellan said.
One of the honorees is Baker’s mother, Charlene Taylor Hemphill, who died in 1983, a victim of domestic violence. In her honor, the organization is making a $500 donation to the Coalition Against Rape and Abuse.
“She was known in the community as a mother to all. Her home was a refuge for many of the children in the neighborhood who were struggling with personal issues,” Hemphill’s biography reads.
Battle said the goal is to honor those who have died and those who are still alive. Like Mary Miles and her husband, Tommy.
“They’re Second Street staples,” Battle said of the historic black neighborhood in Ocean City. “Mrs. Miles is very active in the church, and Mr. Miles has a painting business that’s been in Ocean City forever.”
She said one of the 2017 honorees, John Henry Sr., died in May, which illustrated the need to recognize pillars of the community and to catalog their stories for future generations. As part of its mission, the organization has been recording oral histories of Ocean City. The group showed a documentary with those recordings at its first celebration.
“We were so happy to be able to have honored him before he passed away,” Battle said of Henry. “His loved ones and the community were able to remember him in part by watching his segment from the documentary and share in the memory of his smile and laugh on the day of the first Juneteenth celebration. His passing really reminded us how important it is to show our appreciation and love for those who mean so much while they are still here.”
Battle said the Juneteenth organization will alternate years between the formal brunch and a more informal barbecue.
This year’s celebration will also include live music from BF Sounds, minority small-business vendor tables, clips from the documentary video reflecting on the development of the community and the presentation of a scholarship to a local undergraduate.
Ocean City Juneteenth Celebration & Brunch
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Ocean City High School cafeteria, 501 Atlantic Ave.
Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door.
To be honored: Mary Jane Granger, Philanthropic Leadership Award; Charlene Taylor Hemphill, Memorial Award; Daniel Lee Henry Jr., Community Leadership Award; Bernice McClellan, Family Values Award; Mary Hayward-Miles, Business Leadership Award; Tommy Miles Jr., Business Leadership Award; Richard Tolson, Community Ally Award; the Rev. John T. Winters, Spiritual Leadership Award.
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What Resources Do Families Have for Financial Emergencies?
The role of emergency savings in family financial security
Issue Brief November 18, 2015
Topics: Family Finances & Economic Mobility Projects: Financial Security and Mobility Read time:
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This brief is the second in a series of three that explore how financial shocks and emergency savings are related to the financial well-being of families. Savings may help households cope with unexpected expenses and preserve wealth over the long run. Understanding the frequency and impact of events that might strain budgets, and the resources families have to cope with them, is crucial to building policies that promote financial well-being.
For the typical family, earnings have grown little over the past decade and income has frequently been volatile, with more than half of U.S. households reporting that income or expenses vary from month to month. Income alone, however, no matter how consistent, does not guarantee that households can accumulate a sufficient financial cushion to protect themselves from the unexpected. One in 3 American families reports having no savings, including 1 in 10 of those with incomes of more than $100,000 a year. Lack of savings tops the list of financial worries of many households and affects families at all income levels. The findings in this issue brief reveal that a significant portion of the population is at financial risk, but they also highlight an opportunity for broad-based efforts to enable and support family savings.
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78% of Americans surveyed said they would use their checking and savings accounts for an unexpected expense.
However, 69 percent said they would use multiple resources, suggesting that many people realize they might not have enough liquid savings to cover the full cost of the financial shock. Additionally, 49 percent of respondents said they would use credit, and 36 percent would borrow money from a person.
41% of households do not have enough liquid savings to cover a $2,000 expense.
Most households, across various demographic groups, have very little savings and few assets that they could turn to in the event of an unexpected expense
80% of respondents have lower savings than they say similar households should have.
The typical household would need to increase its liquid savings by over $9,000 to achieve this savings level.
$5 The amount a quarter of black households said they would have if they liquidated all financial assets.
The typical white household has slightly more than one month’s worth of income in liquid savings, compared with just 12 days for the typical Hispanic household and five days for the typical African-American household.
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Financial Security and Mobility
Collection: The Role of Emergency Savings in Family Financial Security Press Release: Pew Finds American Families Ill-Equipped for Financial Emergencies
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Converting Industry News
Published: October 01, 2003, By Deborah Donberg, Associate Managing Editor
Covering the Full Spectrum of Industry News, Events & Activities
Insulated Cup a High-Flying Success
Airline passengers are enjoying hot beverages with a new insulation cup developed through a cooperative effort of Huhtamaki, Espoo, Finland, and Stora Enso Consumer Boards.
Finnair is the first European airline to have introduced the 250-ml, double-wall “Cuppoccino.” The cup is said to be suited for special coffees such as Cappuccino and Latte, as well as for soups. The embossed surface is reported to give the cup optimum insulation and heat retention properties coupled with an upscale look and feel.
Stora Enso's Cupforma board, used by Huhtamaki in the Inflight cup range, has been successful in recent years in growth applications including coffee-to-go, new end-use applications such as soups, desserts, and promotional uses, and fast food.
Stora Enso Consumer Boards — PFFC-ASAP 390. Imatra, Finland; +358 2046 22166; storaenso.com
Longhorn Lassos an Eight-Color Press
When San Antonio, TX, converter Longhorn Packaging welcomed the first Olympia Primaflex press from Windmoeller & Hoelscher earlier this year, it was hoping to meet demands for high quality, eight-color printing as well as tap into new markets. Both goals have been met, and exceeded, reports W&H.
Longhorn produces printed rollstock, laminations, bags, and pouches for the food, pharmaceutical, and industrial industries. The CI press is based on W&H's Novoflex concept and uses sleeves for both the anilox rolls and plate cylinders. These are said to be changed quickly from the operator side of the press.
A conventional bull gear drive is used, and the printing decks are fitted with Flexorex C computerized automatic deck positioning.
Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp.— PFFC-ASAP 392. Lincoln, RI; 401/333-2770; whcorp.com
AFC Sales Roll On
Applied Films Corp., Longmont, CO, proudly reports it recently received an order for its 500th vacuum roll coater.
The TopMet 2250 metallizer, which is going to German paper mill Schoeller & Hoesch GmbH & Co. KG to metallize precoated paper, will be designed to handle rolls 2,270 mm wide with diameters to 1,240 mm.
Applied Films Corp.—PFFC-ASAP 391. Longmont, CO; 303/774-3200; appliedfilms.com
Healthcare Pouch Touts Reduced Contamination
MUNDELEIN, IL, USA—Rexam Healthcare Flexibles announces the patented Core-Peel Pouch featuring coextrusion coated to polyester and sealed to uncoated Tyvek. The pouch is said to provide a particulate- and fiber-free peel.
According to Rexam, the contamination may exist from particulates generated by a coating. “We are seeing increasing industry attention to the elimination of particulates in the manufacture and packaging of medical devices, particularly for invasive devices such as coronary stents and catheters,” says Mike Oberikirch, Rexam marketing director for pouches. “The Core-Peel pouch addresses this concern and offers a lower-cost option compared to pouches made with coated Tyvek.”
During the sealing process, the Core-Peel seal layer imbeds itself into the fiber structure of Tyvek. When peeled, the seal layer breaks through cleanly and offers visual seal transfer for confirmation of seal integrity.
EPA Drafts Proposal on Industrial Wipers
CARY, NC, USA—According to the Summer 2003 issue of INDA News, the publication of the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finished drafting a proposed rule intended to level the regulatory playing field that has advantaged use of laundered shop towels over nonwoven wipers in industrial facilities for more than two decades.
EPA officials say the proposed rule will allow soiled industrial wipers to be treated as municipal solid waste (instead of hazardous waste) if certain conditions are met. Laundered shop towers would have to meet similar conditions to avoid being treated as hazardous waste as well. For more information contact INDA at 703/538-8805.
Sun, InkSure to Offer Security Solutions
NEW YORK, NY, USA—A strategic marketing alliance is reported by InkSure Technologies Inc., a developer of covert encoded-ink authentication solutions, and printing ink manufacturer Sun Chemical Group B.V., The Netherlands. The alliance will offer machine-readable, ink-based brand and document authentication solutions under the SunSure brand name.
The concept of SunSure is the use of “encoded ink” (ink embedded with unique signature codes) in the printing of product packaging, documents, etc., and the ability to “sense” the ink using low-cost optical readers. The proprietary reader technology reportedly can be incorporated into a variety of devices, ranging from low-cost, hand-held readers to high-speed production-line devices.
RIT Dedicates Lab, Press
ROCHESTER, NY, USA—Rochester Inst. of Technology (RIT) recently held the formal dedication of the new Heidelberg Web Press Laboratory.
The centerpiece of the lab is a gapless Sunday 2000 web press, consigned to the university by Heidelberg. The system, reportedly designed for the highest quality web printing applications, offers practical educational opportunities for students in RIT's School of Print Media and members of the printing industry. In addition, RIT's Printing Application Laboratory will use the system in collaboration with web offset printers and suppliers on applied research projects.
“Our relationship with Heidelberg is a great example of how industry and academia can work together for the greater good,” says RIT president Albert J. Simone. “Our students, the printing industry, and consumers all benefit.”
A “Smart” Way to Start 2004
ATLANTA, GA, USA—The Las Vegas Hilton will be the setting for a conference on Intelligent and Smart Packaging Jan. 27-28, 2004. Cosponsored by Pira Intl, IDTechEx, and TAPPI, the program will focus on the most important and significant technologies and applications likely to change brand management and the supply chain during the next ten years.
Topics will include electronic article surveillance; radio frequency identification; smart inks and diagnostics; and polymer and other laminar electronics, e.g., the transparent electronic package. For more information visit: piranet.com/pira/piranet.asp?page=conferencelist.htm&conferenceld=349.
Divestitures
Jagenberg Sells Lemo Business Operations
DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY—The Rheinmetall sub. Jagenberg AG, Neuss, Germany, has sold the business operations of Lemo Maschinenbau GmbH to Tequity Beteiligungsgesellschaft AG, based in Zürich, Switzerland.
Lemo specializes in the production of plastic film welding machinery used in making carrier bags, sacks, and pouches. Tequity is a financial investment company that provides management support to small and medium-sized companies, mainly in the automotive and mechanical engineering industries.
Clemson Honors Daetwyler
HUNTERSVILLE, NC, USA—Max Daetwyler Corp., manufacturer of precision equipment and doctor blades, received the Clemson University Graphic Communications Corporate Appreciation Award for its commitment to and long-term support of Clemson's graphic communications program, which includes learning gravure, flexo, offset lithography, and screen printing.
Rotomec Press Debuts at Open House
SAN GIORGIO MONFERRATO, ITALY—The Valmet Converting Technology Center was the scene of two open house events held this past June during the GEC'03 exhibition in Milan. The purpose of the events was to offer the first-ever public demonstration of the new-generation Rotomec 4000-4 ES gravure printing press with electronic shaft technology. Valmet reports attendees witnessed a job changeover from eight- to seven-color printing on the new press in less than 16 min.
Laminator a Speedy Success at Open House
PIACENZA, ITALY—Nordmeccanica S.p.A held an open house recently to demonstrate its latest high-speed laminator technology.
The Duplex Combi with horizontal drying system was tested during the event using both solvent-based and solvent-free adhesives. According to Nordmeccanica, the unit is performance-rated to 500 mpm operating speed on a wide range of substrates, including PE, BOPP, PET, paper, and aluminum foil.
Industry Studies
Study Looks at Digital Printing Present and Future
WEST CHESTER, PA, USA—To mark the 10th anniversary of the commercial introduction of digital press technology for printing and packaging graphics, Packaging Strategies and BRG Townsend Inc., Mount Olive, NJ, have published a report entitled “Digital Printing for Packaging Graphics.”
Digital printing for label, folding carton, and flexible packaging applications is the leading projected growth category among all printing and decorating technologies, says the study, and is expected to reach 20% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) through 2007.
The report includes a broad perspective on digital printing technologies, projections for growth, opportunities for market penetration, and factors that could limit growth in specific end-use segments.
For more information contact Packaging Strategies at 610/436-4220 or visit packstrat.com.
AIMCAL Names Safety, Environmental Committees
FORT MILL, SC, USA—The Association of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators (AIMCAL) has split the regulatory committee into two groups: the Safety Committee and the Environmental Committee. AIMCAL reports this move is to provide greater focus to these areas and create greater value to member companies and the industries.
Tim Carroll of Dunmore Corp. will chair the Safety Committee, and Dan Bemi of Megtec will chair the Environmental Committee.
The two groups will join with the CEMA Safety Committee to organize and run the AIMCAL/CEMA 1st Annual Environmental Health and Safety Summit, Feb. 5-6, 2004, in Washington, DC. For more information contact AIMCAL at 803/802/7820 or visit aimcal.org.
AIM Looks to Better Serve US Needs
PITTSBURGH, PA, USA#8212;The board of directors of the Association for Automatic Identification & Data Capture Technologies (AIM) reports a new strategic direction, including the formation of an AIM US Chapter. The association is developing plans to better serve the needs of US-based manufacturers, value-added resellers, systems integrators, independent software developers, and end-users.
The move, says AIM, is designed to increase national awareness of automatic ID and data capture technologies and how they are being applied to improve critical applications such as homeland security, patient safety, and supply chain management.
For more information contact AIM at 412/963-8588 or visit aimglobal.org.
MeadWestvaco Closes Two Folding Carton Plants
STAMFORD, CT, USA—MeadWestvaco Corp. has closed folding carton plants in Richmond, VA, and Cleveland, TN.
Notes Rita V. Foley, president of MeadWestvaco's Consumer Packaging Groups, “The decision to close these facilities is consistent with our strategy to focus on value-added packaging segments while delivering our customers the best quality, service, and value from our network of manufacturing operations. This decision was reached after careful consideration, and it's important to recognize the valuable contributions these employees made to our company for many years.”
SSCC Adds Arko Paper to the Fold
CHICAGO, IL, USA—Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. has acquired the operations of Arko Paper Products Co. Inc., a folding carton producer with plants in Piscataway and Plainfield, NJ. The purchase price was approximately $30 million.
“This acquisition broadens our consumer packaging products by expanding our capabilities to serve the high-end niche markets of cosmetics and personal care products,” says Dave Pietrowicz, VP and general manager of Smurfit-Stone's folding carton and label group.
Tony Kolenski, founder and president of Arko, will continue as president, managing the two facilities.
EDI Acquired, Reduces Debt
CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI, USA—Extrusion Dies Industries LLC (EDI) has been acquired by U.S. Bank in a transaction that substantially reduces EDI's debt load and strengthens its investment capabilities.
EDI reports customers will benefit from this transaction in two ways: It will accelerate its program of establishing global service centers to provide international customers with sales, technical, and regional rework services; and it will accelerate the Extruder UpTime die-system development program. All Extruder UpTime innovations will be direct responses to customer requests.
Humidity Indicator Cards Protect Shipments
Süd-Chemie Performance Packaging, Colton, CA, reports the new Humitector maximum humidity indicator cards monitor humidity levels during shipment and transportation by displaying the highest level of relative humidity (rh) a product has experienced.
This latest generation includes an enhanced indicating range from 30%-90% rh. This is important, says the company, because oxidation, mildew, or mold can begin on many materials at levels as low as 30%.
The cards are said to be suited for use with electronics, parts, equipment, and vehicles, and they are also recommended for shipping art. A card is simply inserted within sealed or shrink-wrapped cargo and also can be placed in shipping containers to monitor total freight exposure while in transit.
Banner Media Emerges from Partnership
SOUTH HADLEY, MA, USA—A partnership between InteliCoat Technologies and Valéron Strength Films has resulted in Magic DMVSF 9-mil, super-high-strength banner media for wide-format ink jet printers.
Using Valéron Strength Film, a cross-laminated HDPE, as a base, InteliCoat engineered a specialized topcoating to create DMVSF for digital printing applications. It is said to be well suited for pole banners, suspension banners, pop-up banners, front-lit and back-lit rolling signage, and other applications requiring increased tear resistance. It reportedly eliminates the color shifting, shelf life, and environmental problems associated with traditional vinyls.
ISO Issues First Press Safety Standard
RESTON, VA, USA—The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has issued the first international safety standard for printing press systems: ISO 12648:2003 Graphic technology — Safety requirements for printing press systems.
The standard was developed by ISO Technical Committee 130 Working Group 5 (Safety and Ergonomics), which is administered by NPES the Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting technologies. Experts from Brazil, Germany, Japan, U.K., and US participated.
NPES reports the development of this standard represents a significant cooperative effort to define a single safety standard that can be used by equipment designers to help minimize the number of “special” designs a manufacturer must provide to meet safety requirements of the international market to which they sell, while providing the highest level of safety for the print production environment.
Revision is expected as new safety issues and new technologies arise. The goal, adds NPES, is eventually to have a single safety standard for printing press systems that can be applied by manufacturers and users around the world.
For more information contact NPES at 703/264-7200 or visit npes.org.
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Marijuana use may impact genetic makeup of sperm
Study finds THC impacts hundreds of different genes
By John Kopp
Men's Health Marijuana
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Human sperm stained for semen quality testing in a clinical laboratory.
Men who use recreational marijuana should consider halting use of the drug at least six months before they try to conceive, researchers at Duke University suggest.
Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) – the key psychoactive component of cannabis – impacts that genetic makeup of the user's sperm, triggering structural and regulatory changes, according to a study published in the journal Epigenetics earlier this month.
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THC appears to impact hundreds of different genes, but many of the genes are associated with two major cellular pathways, researchers said. One pathway helps bodily organs reach their full size. The other involves genes that regulate growth during development.
Scott Kollins, a psychiatry and behavioral sciences professor, said the impact of cannabis use on the reproductive health of men is not completely known. Much remains to be discovered, but something about cannabis affects the genetic profile in sperm.
"We don't yet know what that means, but the fact that more and more young males of child-bearing age have legal access to cannabis is something we should be thinking about," Kollins said in a statement.
The study examined the impact of THC in rats and 24 men. Men with higher concentrations of THC in their urine experienced more pronounced genetic changes to their sperm.
The fact that more and more young males of child-bearing age have legal access to cannabis is something we should be thinking about. -- Prof. Scott Kollins
Susan K. Murphy, chief of Duke's division of reproductive sciences, stressed that researchers do not know what impact this has on developing children. For instance, researchers don't know whether sperm impacted by THC are healthy enough to fertilize an egg and continue its development.
The study is limited by a small study population and served as a starting point for research into the effects of THC on sperm, Murphy said. Additionally, the findings could be confounded by other factors impacting the sperms health.
"In the absence of a larger, definitive study, the best advice would be to assume these changes are going to be there," Murphy said in a statement. "We don't know whether they are going to be permanent. I would say as a precaution, stop using cannabis for at least six months before trying to conceive."
Researchers intend to examine whether the changes are reversed once men stop using marijuana. They also expect to expand their study populations.
The research comes as more states legalize recreational marijuana. Ten states and Washington D.C. have legalized recreational marijuana. More could be on the way.
The New Jersey legislature is considering legalization and has the backing of Gov. Phil Murphy. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has made legalizing marijuana a priority for the first 100 days of his third term. And Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has said it's time to take a serious look at legalization in the Keystone State, though a bill seems unlikely to pick up steam in the General Assembly.
The research was funded by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation.
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Book | The News: A User’s Manual
Can Alain de Botton’s latest book helps us to develop healthier news-reading habits?
It’s Sunday morning, and in an uninspiring lecture hall somewhere in the boondocks of Bloomsbury, bestselling popular philosopher Alain de Botton is teaching us how to read a newspaper. He brings up a slide showing a photograph of a glacier crumbling into the sea, then flicks to a photograph of Taylor Swift in a pair of shorts walking along a sunny LA street. One is news, the other is not. But why? And how, as a society, can we rise above our Twitter-fuelled deluge of real-time ephemera and use news to become better people, and think deeply about the issues that really matter?
De Botton has a new book to flog, and it makes sense that he should flog it at one of the School of Life’s brilliant Secular Sermons, a monthly gathering – complete with Lady Gaga hymns and themed biscuits – at which earnest young hipsters and earnest mid-life self-developers listen to the likes of David Baddeil on Fame or Mary Anne Hobbs on Love and Loyalty. De Botton founded the School, which gives people “a place to step back and think intelligently about central emotional concerns” via lectures, workshops, books and products, in 2008, and The News: A User’s Manual is exactly the kind of lightly controversial, culturally zeitgesity fare that regular attendees adore.
If you bookend your day with compulsive glimpses at the BBC News app or spend guilty lunch-hours bingeing on the Mail Online’s Sidebar of Shame, de Botton’s manual makes uncomfortably acute reading. Promising “to bring calm, understanding and a measure of sanity to our daily (perhaps even hourly) interactions with the news machine”, he analyses 25 classic news stories to prove that most ‘breaking exclusives’ are in fact the same old archetypes served up in different wrappers. Envy is fed; fears are resurfaced; relief washes through us when we witness that it is someone else’s turn for disaster today.
“Yet there is a particular kind of pleasure at stake here too,” writes de Botton.“The news, however dire it may be and perhaps especially when it is at its worst, can come as a relief from the claustrophobic burden of living with ourselves, of forever trying to do justice to our own potential and of struggling to persuade a few people in our limited orbit to take our ideas and needs seriously. To consult the news is to raise a seashell to our ears and to be overpowered by the roar of humanity. It can be an escape from our preoccupations to locate issues that are so much graver and more compelling than those we have been uniquely allotted, and to allow these larger concerns to drown out our own self-focussed apprehensions and doubts. A famine, a flooded town, a serial killer on the loose, the resignation of a government, an economist’s prediction of breadlines by next year; such outer turmoil is precisely what we might need in order to usher in a sense of inner calm.”
In other words, news addiction serves a very real purpose, and we should not feel ashamed. We should, however, reflect on the feelings that that interview with Natalie Massenet evokes in us, and try to use them to make us healthier and happier, rather than just stewing in envy. For example, a more rewarding approach might:
– Seek out more complex, historic stories such as climate change, or the culture of Iraq, and find ways to make them part of everyday conversation
– Use art, from paintings to theatre, to direct us to deeper more stimulating spiritual, cultural and emotional ‘news’ that is always relevant to humankind; and use art to make difficult subjects sexier and more palatable
– Consider issues through the lens of a number of different biases – say, imagining what Miley Cyrus twerking would mean as part of the Buddhist Noble Eightfold Path
– Rather than feeling guilt about our obsessions with celebrities, accept that role models are important – but understand which of their qualities we would really wish to emulate
– Seek out good news so we get a better balance with the bad
The book is far from perfect. It has stirred up a hearty ripple of controversy in the news organisations it both implicitly and explicitly criticises – surely one of de Botton’s intentions. Reviewers have condemned it as “simplistic” for swapping probing research in favour of obvious platitudes; The Sunday Times‘ Dominic Lawson complains that “de Botton talks about the entire industry as if it were homogenous. It is extraordinarily diverse, more so than ever.” Indeed, such a short volume cannot hope to fully address the nuances of the questions the author raises, and his failure to acknowledge many of the positive practices and innovations being used by organisations such as the BBC is galling to a generation of journalists and broadcasters who have deep integrity in their work, and who are already being squeezed on all sides.
But de Botton’s writing is witty and lucid, his examples eclectic, and his focus refreshingly practical. And his accompanying website, The Philosophers Mail, which rewrites real-time tabloid headlines to give us a glimpse of what a more theraputic model of reporting might look like, is a work of disruptive genius.
This is an important book. Love it or hate it, has the capacity to stimulate some touching conversations about your own hopes and…oh, wait. I’ve just seen that Opening Ceremony is trending on #NYFW. Better go.
If you’d like to receive an elegant signed bookplate especially designed to fit into de Botton’s new book, email your retail receipt together with your address to siobhan@senecaproductions.com using the subject header ‘Bookplate’.
Words: Molly Flatt
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Christopher Gross Recalls Vacationing in Japan during the Tohoku Earthquake
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Keyon Fareghi | April 5, 2011 | 12:20pm
Christopher Gross of Christopher's and Crush Lounge just happened to be vacationing in Japan during the Tohoku earthquake this past March. He was in Kamakura, south of where the quake and tsunami struck. While Tohoku devastated some regions of Japan, Gross said that where he was staying, you might have not known there was anything wrong. Not much, anyway.
Take shelter: When it happened it went on for like two minutes and we were at like a teahouse where they also give cooking classes. They were dressing everyone in kimonos. I was about to take off my clothes -- I was taking my socks off and I felt the place shaking, so I put my sock back on. They're getting everyone under the tables so they're safe and I look for a second and realize I'm under a gas stovetop, so I got out and walked out onto the street watching everything. It was fascinating. I didn't have any fear that I was going to die. At about a minute and thirty seconds, I started getting a little concerned.
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In the event of an emergency, don't forget your hard hat: The people who worked at the store grabbed everyone to put them under the tables, one ran to shut off all the gas and another opened the windows because I guess that's the routine -- if the glass breaks, you get it all over yourself and if the gas line breaks, you'll start a fire. They have a routine. A lot of them have hard hats in their offices. Then after that, there were a couple after shocks.... Actually a lot of aftershocks and a couple big ones, but they went back to tea service.
Natural disaster = opportunity in US: We went down to Florida to help after Hurricane Andrew years ago and one of the first things that happened down there, was fast food trucks pulling up to sell things for exorbitant prices and here [in Japan] everyone was just helping. There was no 'Let's sell water bottles for $10.' In the US there probably would have been like t-shirts saying "I survived the earthquake..."
The aftermath: It's in bad taste, but you're kind of laughing about it because it went for two minutes and nothing happened, but then when we got back to the hotel and started turning on the TV, we saw how tragic it was. You almost felt guilty. Seeing all of the stuff come over the TV and then you start looking at the people and they're very calm.
Make sure to come back tomorrow to learn more about Gross' adventures in Japan.
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Every dollar of SNAP benefits generates $1.84 in the economy in terms of economic activity. If people are able to buy a little more in the grocery store, someone has to stock it, package it, shelve it, process it, ship it. All of those are jobs. It's the most direct stimulus you can get in the economy during these tough times.
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In the past 40 years, the United States lost more than a million farmers and ranchers. Many of our farmers are aging. Today, only nine percent of family farm income comes from farming, and more and more of our farmers are looking elsewhere for their primary source of income.
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This is an exciting time for farmers and ranchers of all types and sizes as agriculture is a bright spot in the American economy. In 2011, agricultural exports hit a record high and producers saw their best incomes in nearly 40 years.
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In 2011, agricultural exports hit a record high and producers saw their best incomes in nearly 40 years.
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To keep farmers on the farm we must maintain a strong farm safety net, but we will also have to build a thriving companion economy to compliment production agriculture in rural America.
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I grew up in a city. My parents would think there was something wrong with America if they knew I was secretary of agriculture.
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I wish I could give you all the examples over the last two years as secretary of agriculture, where I hear people in rural America constantly being criticized, without any expression of appreciation for what they do do.
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At President Obama's direction, the U.S Department of Agriculture is working hard to unleash the power of America's innovators and entrepreneurs to build a green energy economy.
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USDA is committed to keeping pace with the needs and progress of American agriculture by supporting new markets and movements that will keep farmers profitable and help create middle class jobs across the country.
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The future of healthcare security should include flexibility from the federal government to allow us to serve the state's most vulnerable citizens.
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Technology has allowed us to have more drought-resistant crops. The spotty nature of drought, the spotty nature of rains can sometimes result in better yields than anticipated.
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Sixteen percent of our population is rural, but 40 percent of our military is rural. I don't believe that's because of a lack of opportunity in rural America. I believe that's because if you grow up in rural America, you know you can't just keep taking from the land. You've got to give something back.
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WATCH: MP Gives Trainspotting 2-Inspired "Choose Life" Speech
2 February 2017, 11:45 | Updated: 19 September 2017, 18:29
Scottish MP Hannah Bardell delivered an anti-Brexit speech in Parliament based on Renton's famous monologue.
A Scottish MP has given her take on the Trainspotting "Choose Life" speech in Parliament.
Hannah Bardell paid "tribute to Irvine Welsh, Danny Boyle and Ewan McGregor" after watching T2 Trainspotting at the weekend, by giving Renton's famous speech a political, anti-Brexit facelift.
Watch her impassioned speech below:
Inspired by #Trainspotting2 - I wanted to highlight that Scotland did not choose #Brexit, it chose life, in the EU. https://t.co/I9TcpHHOLe
— Hannah Bardell MP (@HannahB4LiviMP) February 1, 2017
As NME reports, Bardell's speech was as follows: “Choose Brexit. Choose making up numbers from thin air about the NHS and plastering them on the side of buses,” she said. “Choose racist and xenophobic sentiments seeping out from some corners of the Leave campaign.
“Choose hate crime rising by over 40% and LGBT hate crime by 150% in England and Wales following the Brexit vote. Choose taking the people of our nations to the polls on one of the most important issues of a generation with nothing written down and no plan.
“Choose ignoring the interests of the people of Scotland and my constituents in Livingston despite the fact they voted overwhelmingly to Remain in the EU. Choose leaving the single market, risking 80,000 Scottish jobs within a decade and costing the people of Scotland an average of £2,000 a year in wages.”
Choose lowering Scotland’s GDP by more than £10 billion and Scotland’s exports by more than £5 billion. Choose vital EU worker status being under threat with widespread uncertainty to family, businesses, and the economy.
“Choose risking our international standing in the academic research and innovation communities as we lose access to funding, expertise, and people in the EU. Choose walking away from the European medicine association without any detail or thought of the impact.
“Choose the great Brexit power grab, taking back control of straight bananas. Choose returning to the Thatcher era of poverty and austerity. Choose the UK turning its back on Europe.
"These, Mr Speaker, are not the choices that the Scottish people made. Scotland chose differently. Scotland chose to look outward. To face the world. To embrace the EU and all of the protections and advantages that it brings. Not a hard Tory Brexit. This Tory government must respect that.
"Scotland chooses life. Life in the European Union. Not a hard Tory Brexit. This Tory governmant must respect that.”
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New Vauxhall Grandland X Hybrid4 is brand’s first ever plug-in SUV
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British brand starts its electrification strategy, with the launch of its first plug-in hybrid SUV model: the Vauxhall Grandland X Hybrid4
Vauxhall has kicked off its bold electrification strategy with this, the new Grandland X Hybrid4. It’s the British firm’s first plug-in hybrid SUV model, which shares its underpinnings and powertrain with the recently-launched DS 7 Crossback E-Tense 4×4.
The Grandland X Hybrid4’s powertrain comprises a 197bhp 1.6-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine and a pair of electric motors (one for the front axle and one for the rear), resulting in a combined system output of 296bhp and 450Nm of torque.
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The combustion engine feeds its power to the front wheels via an eight-speed automatic transmission, while the rear-mounted electric motor provides the Grandland X Hybrid4 with all-wheel drive. As a result, the sprint from 0–62mph takes a claimed 6.5 seconds, while the top speed stands at 136mph, or 83mph in full electric mode.
Power for the electric motors is supplied by a 13.2kWh lithium-ion battery, giving the Grandland an all-electric range of 30 miles. The batteries can be recharged in two hours using a 6.6kW charger.
As well as a Zero Emission mode, drivers have the choice of four additional drivetrain settings. Sport mode maximises power output from both the combustion engine and electric motor; Hybrid mode provides optimal efficiency from the PHEV system; a four wheel drive mode, claims to provide better off-road performance, while E-Save mode, reserves up to 12 miles of electric range for use at the end of a journey.
To mark it out in the Grandland X range, the PHEV features a unique black bonnet – but buyers can spec a body coloured alternative as a no-cost option.
Later this year, the Grandland X Hybrid4 will be joined by a new, all-electric Vauxhall Corsa. This will be followed by fully-electric variants of the new Vivaro Life MPV and Vivaro van, as well as a successor to the Mokka X crossover.
What are your thoughts on the new Vauxhall Grandland X Hybrid4? Let us know in the comments section below…
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15 Jul, 2019 2:30pm Jonathan Burn We take the new MINI Electric for a brief spin to see whether or not MINI have cracked the perfect electric car on it's first attempt Let’s address the elephant in the room: range. The new MINI Electric will cover ‘at least’ 122 miles on a single charge, which, when you consider a Peugeot e-208 do over 200 miles, really isn’t all that impressive. If you put that to the man in charge of MINI, Peter Schwarzenbauer, his response is quite a straightforward one. “Nobody needs a big range in an urban car; it’s psychological,” he says. “An average drive for a MINI customer per day is 37km, so in theory, our customers can drive all week on a single charge.” • Best electric cars to buy There’s also the question of cost and weight; the larger the battery, the more expensive the car and the heavier it will be, which has a detrimental effect on handling and performance. So MINI has opted for a relatively compact 32.5kWh battery, which it says, gives the..
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Obviously you're salivating about the release of Left 4 Dead 2 today, but if you can't wait to get home and play the much-ballyhooed thing, there's a look at the splendid new Left 4 Dead game below. Waitagoshdarnminute - that ain't L4D2...
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This has to be one of the finest entries to TIGSource's awesome Bootleg Demakes competition. It's Gang Garrison II, a demake of the peerless Team Fortress 2. It's a two-dimensional version of the red-vs-blue class-based game we all know and love. In fact it's almost the same game... only flatter. It's got network code, heavies, snipers, scouts, the lot. There's a video of it in…
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In Pop Flash, a series of insights into Counter-Strike: Global Offensive [official site], Emily Richardson looks past the amazing clutches and crushing defeats to understand the culture and meta of Valve’s everlasting competitive FPS. This week, I’ll be discussing abuse and toxic behaviour in the CS:GO community. Before we get to it, let me reiterate that I am madly in love with Counter-Strike. It’s simply…
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2MATCH URL: https://assets.rappler.com/612F469A6EA84F6BAE882D2B94A4B421/img/EF9F79EFE12E474A96AACA73B4AA90BF/comelec-biometrics-security-1.jpg
[OPINION] How to make the automated elections less vulnerable to cheats
In the 2019 elections, the Comelec will test a Voter Registration Verification System in one-third of the clustered precincts, mostly in Mindanao
Emil Marañon III
Published 9:00 AM, February 12, 2019
Updated 6:29 PM, February 12, 2019
The 2019 elections will be our 4th automated one.
In 2010, the country implemented its first automated elections using Smartmatic’s voting machines called the Precinct Count Optical Scanner or popularly (or infamously, depending on which side you are on) known as the “PCOS machines.”
The 2010 PCOS machines were reused in the 2013 elections.
In the 2016 elections, the PCOS machines were replaced by newer and updated optical mark reader, relabeled as the Vote Counting Machines or the “VCM,” which were also supplied by Smartmatic.
The same VCMs will be used in the 2019 elections.
This may be the 4th automated elections, but many have yet to understand that our Automated Election System or “AES” is not a “fully” automated election system, contrary to what its name suggests. What has been automated are merely the:
Appreciation and counting of ballots
Transmission of the precinct results to the Boards of Canvassers
Ladderized consolidation of results and their canvassing
All other aspects of the election process have remained manual. Voters, for example, still manually cast their vote by shading the ballots instead of, say, touching buttons on a computer screen to register their vote for their chosen candidates.
Verifying the voters' identity
Another crucial aspect of the AES that has remained manual is the “voter verification.” This is the part where the members of the Electoral Boards (EBs) ascertain whether the person before them is the same voter who registered to vote in that precinct. Presently, when a voter presents himself to vote, he will be verified by asking his name and by counterchecking it with the the Election Day Voter’s List (EDCVL). When there is a challenge as to his identity he will be asked to produce a proof of identity, registration, or qualification. Under the General Instruction, it is at this point where the EB “shall identify the voter’s specimen signature and photo in the EDCVL.” If the members of the Electoral Board are satisfied, he will be given a ballot and be allowed to vote.
The voter verification process is supposed to screen illegal voters and impostors. This aspect of the AES is the only discretion left to the members of the Electoral Board and, consequently, the automated system’s weak point. Members of the Electoral Boards can be forced, intimated, bribed or can simply collude with politicians and that’s it! This vulnerability has been exploited by election operators and cheaters since the 2010 elections.
This vulnerability is worsened by the voting machines’ inability to tell whether the person feeding the ballot is really the registered voter who cast the vote. This allowed the cheating scheme of “shading by one” or “feeding by one,” where one or few persons can technically vote for the whole precinct. In some instances, politicians would simply hijack all the ballots and shade them en masse, ending with a 100% turnout and with 100% of the votes cast in his favor!
After the 2010 automated elections, after my law firm boss Sixto Brillantes Jr took the helm of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), one of our immediate priorities was to address this vulnerability by automating voter verification and remove the Electoral Boards’ discretion. This, however, would require a separate voter verification machine that would be integrated into the voting machine – at that time, the estimated cost was P25,000 per unit.
This was how we envisioned it to work: the biometric information (that is, fingerprints) of all the registered voters of a particular precinct would be pre-loaded onto the precinct’s voter verification machine. Persons presenting themselves as the voter would be asked to input their fingerprints, and if there was a match, they would be given a ballot. A biometrics match would also be required before a filled-up ballot were to be accepted and read by the PCOS machine.
This would have easily eliminated the practice of “shading by one” or “feeding by one.” At the very least, it would have made it very difficult for election cheaters to do their thing because the system would require them to produce warm bodies to cast the votes. Unfortunately, our budget proposal for the 2013 elections was stricken down as early as the level of the Department of Budget and Management. Thus, the planned improvement was never implemented. It also did not happen in the 2016 elections.
Partial implementation of verification system
In the 2019 elections, with much credit to the present chairman and commissioners of the Comelec, biometrics-based voter verification will finally be implemented…but with a catch!
First, it will be implemented partially, not in all voting precincts in the country. Of the total of 92,509 clustered precincts that will operate in the 2019 elections, only one-third or a total of 32,000 clustered precincts will have a Voter Registration Verification System (VRVS). According to various Comelec releases, these 32,000 clustered precincts will more likely be in “in selected areas of Mindanao and practically for the entire ARMM (Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao).”
Interestingly, ARMM, now the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), will once again be the testing ground for the VRVS, like in Comelec’s past electoral experiments. However, to me, it is ripe for judicial determination whether imposing an additional step or requirement or condition on the voters from these 32,000 clustered precincts (while not applicable to the rest) will pass the “equal protection” test of the Constitution.
Unlike the 2013 plan, the 2019 VRVS will not be integrated or connected to the voting machines, but will merely “compliment” them. Biometric matching will not be required before the VCM will accept and count the ballots as envisioned by Comelec in 2013. Also, per Comelec press releases, not passing the VRVS’ verification does not mean a voter won't be allowed to vote. The Electoral Board will retain “discretion” to let the rejected person vote despite failing the verification test. This then begs the question: what will the verification be for? What added value will the machines give to the voting system?
As I understood it, this partial implementation of the VRVS is meant as a “trial” in preparation for its full implementation in the 2022 elections. But is the Comelec even ready?
Quality of biometrics database crucial
One of the major issues that the Comelec will face is the quality and integrity of its biometrics database. The Comelec has been gathering biometrics data for more than a decade or perhaps longer. In that period, different biometrics capturing machines running on different software and from different suppliers had been used. Expectedly, they are of varying performance or accuracy. Also, different people had captured and handled the voters' data, and different suppliers had been in charge of their storage, custody, and analysis.
During my time at the Comelec, we constantly received reports that a significant number of fingerprints in the former ARMM areas were found to be “smudgy” or intentionally made smudgy. There was also the prevalent use of the middle, ring, or pinky fingers, instead of the required thumb and index fingerprint to trick the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS), which could detect duplication. Migration from one technology to technology supplier, if mishandled, could also affect data integrity. In other words, the inconsistency of the “quality” of the biometrics data is foreseeable and, in fact, confirmed by multiple sources.
To address or compensate for the problematic biometrics database, the Comelec or its VRVS supplier is expected to lower the so-called “Biometric Match Threshold” or BMT. This threshold pertains to the minimum degree of similarity between a pattern (biometric information of the person attempting to vote) and the biometric template preloaded in the VRVS that it will accept before declaring a “match.” The industry uses the word “scores” (or weights) to express the similarity between a pattern and a biometric template. The higher the “score” is, the higher is the similarity between them. The higher the score or similarity required, the higher the certainty that the person attempting to vote is really the voter registered in that precinct.
The quality of Comelec’s biometrics database will be crucial in setting this threshold. The dilemma is that imposing a higher threshold could lead to a higher rejection rate or prevalence of false rejections if Comelec’s biometrics database are of poor quality. The other option is to lower the threshold, but this could mean poor detection, thus a higher acceptance rate (or false acceptance). In a worst-case scenario, with a system adopting a low threshold, impostor patterns could be falsely accepted.
To address this, two steps are necessary. First, the Comelec should conduct an inventory, assessment, and quality check of its biometrics database. Second, for transparency, it should publicly announce the “Biometric Match Threshold” that it will adopt for its VRVS, so as to prevent any surprises or unintended controversy like the shading threshold which exploded out of proportion in Bongbong Marcos’ election protest before the Presidential Electoral Tribunal.
An accurate VRVS can only achieve so much with a poor database; it might even fail. Comelec’s VRVS supplier can simply pass the blame on to Comelec, and that would be like flushing a lot of money down the drain!
If Comelec gives the public a clear and honest assessment of its database and makes the biometric match threshold known, then we can temper our expectations and have a sounder assessment of the 2019’s automated voter verification system. This sound assessment of the efficacy of the 2019 VRVS is crucial for us to know whether it can be expanded nationally or implemented fully in future elections. Or, it can tell us what intervention can be done before 2022? Is there a need to nationally “redo” Comelec’s biometric database?
Personally, I believe in the necessity of a VRVS and think that its full integration into the voting machines is the only solution to close any vulnerabilities and solve many electoral fraud that subsisted in automated election system like the shading and feeding by one. Further improvement of our automated election system should go towards this direction and I congratulate the Abas Commission for taking this bold step! – Rappler.com
Emil Marañon III is an election lawyer specializing in automated election litigation and consulting. He is one of the election lawyers consulted by the camp of Vice President Leni Robredo, whose victory is being contested by former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Marañon served in Comelec as chief of staff of retired Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. He is a partner at Trojillo Ansaldo and Marañon (TAM) Law Offices.
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My three-year-old daughter takes great pride in being able to identify celebrities who adorn our television screens and newspapers. Neither Amitabh Bachchan nor Sachin Tendulkar can ever appear on the idiot box without her loudly and jubilantly identifying them to everyone in the room. But when it came our prime minister, she insisted on calling him Atal 'Biryani' Vajpayee.�
It took hours of patient explaining to convince her it was 'Bihari' and not 'Biryani.' A few days later, I ventured to ask the little one what she wanted for dinner.
"Chicken Bihari" was her triumphant response.�
Ramananda Sengupta, Mumbai
I am 42, married, have two daughters and look younger than I should. Many consider this an asset. As far as I am concerned, it's a pain. For one, marriage proposals keep pouring in since those don't know me think I am much younger than my actual age.
Recently, I donated blood for a colleague's ailing son, with whom I shared the same rare blood group. My grateful colleague expressed the desire of working in my home during my marriage. She was shocked to discover that event had taken place 14 years ago!
Another time, my father and I visited a newly-opened catering service to check out their menu and rates for a family get-together. The in-charge there readily agreed to a discounted rate because, he explained, it was an investment for the future. He hoped my father would engage him during the marriage of his son, me!
Rajneesh Anand, Jammu-Tawi
My cook, who has been with us for the last two years, charges Rs 400 per month. My husband and I work and my daughter, who studies in Class V, is looked after by my in-laws.
I was looking for fulltime help, so when my cook recently lost her morning job, I promptly approached her. I wanted her to work at my home from 7 am to 6 pm and told her I would pay her Rs 1,100. She agreed but said, "Since you give me Rs 400, give me Rs 500 more."
Generously, I told her I would give her Rs 550 if she wanted. I returned to my room and she continued with her work.
I was a bit confused by now, so I came back to the kitchen and asked her what was the total figure she would charge.
She smiled. "Rs 400 + Rs 500. I will take Rs 900," leaving me embarrassed over my poor grasp over math.
Bulu Joardar, Kolkata
A dash of patriotism!
I watch a movie almost every week, but I don't exactly remember when and which theatre began playing the National Anthem before screening the film. I just remember standing straight in respect as the anthem played in the semi-dark hall. And I do remember reading this was launched on January 1.
Last Friday, my cousin Adit, who lives in Pune, dropped in. After dinner, we decided to go watch a movie. Just before the anthem played, they showed a slide requesting people to stand.
I stood. Straight. Like I used to in school.
Around me, people were entering the hall and trying to find their seats. Some were rising lazily, cribbing about having to do this each time they watched a movie. Some were giggling. Some were talking to each other. Some were busy munching popcorn.
Some, though, were singing along. Like me. I like singing the National Anthem. It makes me feel great; I feel proud to be Indian.
After it was over, my shocked cousin exclaimed, "National Anthem in a theatre? Since when? This doesn't happen in Pune!"
Devyani Chandwadkar, Mumbai
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A 49.1-mile track soon to be abandoned has officials wondering about next steps.
The railroad company that owns a line around the eastern shore of Virginia is petitioning to abandon the route. The move has officials wondering what they want to do with the land.
Canonie Atlantic Company currently operates the 49.1-mile stretch of track that includes a car float operation from Cape Charles to Norfolk, Va. Cassatt Management LLC, representing Canonie, plans to file a petition to walk away from the line. The 40-ft-wide stretch runs parallel to Route 13 in most places. Canonie has been leasing the track to Bay Coast Railroad, which has not operated on it since April 30, 2018.
Cassatt will file an environmental and historic report on or after July 15. In the meantime officials are trying to figure out the next steps once the land officially becomes vacant. The Canonie Atlantic board wants to partner and place the line in the rails-to-trails program.
Donald Hart Jr., who chairs both the Accomack-Northampton Transportation Commission and the Canonie Atlantic board, wants to try and keep working segments of the rail active, but says the move will require a lot of maintenance. “We can’t afford to keep maintaining something that is not being used,” he said.
Canonie believes the land is perfect for the rails-to-trails program because the right-of-way is flat and relatively straight.
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