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Parameterized Complexity
Did you say NP-hard?
2015 Summary of PC/MVA
Psychology and Cognitive Science
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Welcome » JOBS: Positions Available and People Looking
POSITIONS AVAILABLE: Please put your contact details here if you have a position available.
Deadline for applications early August for PhD position at Univ. Bergen, Norway in the Department of Information Science and Media Studies. The position is for 4 years and 25% of the time is compulsory duties at the department. The topic of the position is broad and computational social choice candidates are welcome. We are especially looking for candidates who want to work on the research frontier of formal logic with applications in artificial intelligence and multi-agent systems; project proposals on formal logics for reasoning about social networks are particularly welcome, but the position is also open for qualified applicants within other areas of information science. The PhD candidate will be affiliated with the Logic, Information and Interaction research group.
Details on how to apply
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.jobbnorge.no_en_available-2Djobs_job_171817_phd-2Dposition-2Din-2Dinformation-2Dscience&d=DwIBaQ&c=imBPVzF25OnBgGmVOlcsiEgHoG1i6YHLR0Sj_gZ4adc&r=DgVcb5_57rsfsfza1QC9CQ&m=kCIk2_Q5hcroqagKZHrtF-j7HQoAzkiE6siip8VLqlc&s=Q1RPhKuGtySDE9DFnb762kGWCh7v5nCdZ4E8bReU-p8&e=
Contact Professor Leif Ove Larsen, e-mail on.biu|nesraL.fieL#on.biu|nesraL.fieL or Marija Slavkovik <moc.liamg|kivokvals.ajiram#moc.liamg|kivokvals.ajiram>.
Deadline 28th July. The University of Auckland, New Zealand is advertising a tenurable "Lectureship" (like an Assistant Professor position in the US) in Mathematics, suitable for candidates with connections to Computer Science. This would involve research and teaching an graduate supervision, with at least some teaching of courses in discrete mathematics.
Contact Rodney Downey, Email: zn.ca.wuv|yenwod.dor#zn.ca.wuv|yenwod.dor or Marston Conder, Email: zn.ca.dnalkcua|rednoc.m#zn.ca.dnalkcua|rednoc.m
Deadline 12 July, 2019. Fully-funded PhD positions are available at UNSW Sydney. The successful applicant will work on the project “Mechanism Design for Fair Transport Systems.” The goal of the project will be to incentivise efficient and fair utilisation of transport facilities. The student will work closely with the joint supervisors Haris Aziz (Computer Science, UNSW) and Vinayak Dixit (Civil Engineering, UNSW). They will have David Parkes (Harvard University) as an international co-supervisor.
We are looking for candidates with a strong interest in interdisciplinary research at the intersection of computer science, engineering and economics. Relevant areas include algorithmic market design and computational social choice. In view of the relevant areas, applicants must have a strong background in algorithms and discrete mathematics. Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
The successful applicant will receive a scholarship package for four years, comprising of a $41,209 per annum tax-free stipend and a travel and development support package of up to $10,000 per annum. The development package will support conference and workshop attendance as well as research visits to other groups. There are no teaching obligations. International students also receive a tuition fee scholarship. In addition to this scholarship package, candidates are provided with access to a range of development opportunities across research, teaching and learning and leadership and engagement.
The official PhD advertisement (including applications for an expression of interest) can be found at https://www.scientia.unsw.edu.au/scientia-phd-scholarships/mechanism-design-fair-transport-systems.
For inquiries, please contact Haris Aziz (ua.ude.wsnu|ziza.sirah#ua.ude.wsnu|ziza.sirah)
Deadline June 18, 2019 for a 3-year PhD Position at TU Wien within an FWF-funded research project on SAT-Based Local Improvement for Graph Width Parameters.
ABSTRACT: Structural decomposition is one of the most successful approaches to the solution of hard computational problems, such as for probabilistic reasoning and computational medical diagnosis. Finding a suitable structural decomposition is itself a computationally hard problem. In this project we propose to study a new approach to finding structural decompositions. The idea is to use an exact method (in particular one that is based on satisfiability-solvers) to locally improve a heuristically obtained decomposition. Based on this new idea we will develop new algorithms for the decomposition of graphs and hypergraphs as well as for structural Bayesian Network learning. Our new approach bears the potential of achieving better decompositions for instances that are too large to be handled by exact approaches, and it also provides novel applications for satisfiability solver technology. The research will be a combination of theoretical investigations and the development and testing of prototype implementations.
Applications must be made via the online form https://form.jotformeu.com/szeider/phd-position-slim
The deadline for applications is June 18, 2019. Informal inquiries with Prof Szeider <ta.ca.neiwut.ca|zs#ta.ca.neiwut.ca|zs> are welcome.
Deadline May 05, 2019 for a PhD student position on the Algorithmic Aspects of Automated Theorem Proving at the University of Bergen.
The position is part of the project
"Automated Theorem Proving from the Mindset of Parameterized Complexity Theory",
which is funded by the Research Council of Norway, and which is led by Mateus de Oliveira Oliveira.
Deadline for application: 05/May/2019.
Starting date: 01/August/2019, or as soon as possible thereafter.
Annual salary: NOK 449 400 before taxes (approx EUR 47000 per year before taxes).
The full announcement of the position, including instructions on how to apply, can be found at [https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/168659/phd-position-in-algorithms]. For more information, please send an email to on.biu|arievilo.suetam#on.biu|arievilo.suetam.
Deadline March 31, 2019 for TU Eindhoven in the Netherlands. Bart Jansen is offering a 2-year postdoc position, as well as two PhD positions, on the ERC Starting grant 'ReduceSearch'.
Contact for additional information: Bart Jansen |Email: ln.eut|nesnaj.p.m.b#ln.eut|nesnaj.p.m.b
Deadline: January 20, 2019 for a 3-year Postdoctoral Research Fellow in parameterized complexity for practical computing led by Professor Michael Fellows at the Univ Bergen. The project is Parameterized Complexity for Practical Computing, financed by The Research Council of Norway through the ToppForsk programme.
The University of Bergen has renewable energy as one of its main research focus areas. The successful candidate is expected to collaborate with the optimization group of our department, as well as researchers in other departments of the Faculty of mathematics and natural sciences working on offshore wind energy and marine research.
Applicants must hold a PhD or an equivalent degree in computer science (completed by April 30, 2019), with specialization in algorithms or optimization. See: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/161602/postdoctoral-fellow-position-in-algorithms-parameterized-complexity-for-practical-optimization
The application and appendices must be uploaded at www.jobbnorge.no by 20/01/19.
For additional information: Mike Fellows. Email: on.biu|swollef.leahcim#on.biu|swollef.leahcim
Deadline Jan 18, 2019 for UNSW Sydney Head of School for the School of Computer Science & Engineering. This is a continuing position, normally at the level of professor. Announcement:
http://external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/495688/head-of-school-cse
Contact for additional information: Serge Gaspers |Email: ua.ude.wsnu.esc|gegres#ua.ude.wsnu.esc|gegres
Deadline Jan 15, 2019 for a one year Postdoc researcher (with a possible one year extension) at Algorithms Group, Univ Bergen (http://www.uib.no/rg/algo/) to work on the Norwegian Research Council grant: Multivariate Algorithms: New domains and paradigms led by Fedor Fomin. The project focuses on fine-grained analysis of (parameterized, approximation, polynomial, counting, dynamic, streaming, etc.) algorithms on various objects (graphs, points, vectors, spaces, matrices, matroids, strings, etc.).
Candidates are required to have completed (or being close to completion) a PhD in the area of theoretical computer science, discrete mathematics or a related discipline. Strong background in algorithms, complexity theory, and combinatorics is a plus. Apply: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/160087/researcher-position-in-algorithms
For additional information: Fedor Fomin http://www.ii.uib.no/~fomin/ for more details and information on.biu.ii|nimof#on.biu.ii|nimof
Deadline January 10, 2019 for Assistant Professor, Associate or Full Professor candidates for the Department of Computer Science (https://cs.aalto.fi/), Aalto Univ. Applications welcome from any area of computer science: Algorithm Engineering, Data Management, Human-Computer Interaction, Software Engineering, and Software Systems. Female candidates are especially encouraged to apply.
See https://www.aalto.fi/careers/professors-in-computer-science, and brochure:
https://www.aalto.fi/sites/g/files/flghsv161/files/2018-11/cs2018_brochure_181105.pdf.
Deadline January 1, 2019. The Department of Computer Science at North Carolina State University
(NCSU) seeks to fill a tenure-track/tenured faculty position in theoretical computer science starting August 2019. This search is part of an ongoing effort to strengthen theory within the department. Candidates can obtain additional information about the department and its research programs at http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/ <http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/>*.
Inquiries may be sent via email to: ude.uscn.stsil|hcraes-yroeht-csc#ude.uscn.stsil|hcraes-yroeht-csc*.* For additional information: Blair Sullivan ude.uscn|villusbv#ude.uscn|villusbv.
Deadline December 14, 2018 for several postdoctoral research fellowship positions in the IBS Discrete Mathematics Group (DIMAG) in Daejeon, Korea. The expected start date is 1st of March 2019 but it can be negotiated; it is possible to start earlier or later in 2019 but the candidate should have a Ph.D. by the start date.
DIMAG is a new research group to be established in December 2018 at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS, www.ibs.re.kr), led by Prof. Sang-il Oum (mathsci.kaist.ac.kr/~sangil/). DIMAG is located on the main campus of the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in Daejeon, South Korea, a city of 1.5 million people.
Successful candidates will be new or recent Ph.D.’s with outstanding research potential in all fields
of discrete mathematics with emphasis on structural graph theory, extremal graph theory, combinatorial optimization, matroid theory, or fixed-parameter-tractable algorithms.
Email to rk.er.sbi|gamid#rk.er.sbi|gamid by Friday, December 14, 2018. DIMAG website: dimag.ibs.re.kr
Deadline 11 November 2018. Univ. Melbourne, Australia is hiring academics across a range of areas in Computer Science and Information Systems, including Natural Language Processing, Security and Digital Health. We are also looking for female applicant in any area of Computing and Information Systems. More details are here: http://www.eng.unimelb.edu.au/about/departments/school-of-computing-and-information-systems
Currently ranked number 1 in Australia and 14th in the world in the latest 2018 QS World University Rankings. and supported by a 10-year strategic $1 Billion investment in people and infrastructure. Contact: Head of School T. +613 8344 3635 E: ua.ude.bleminu|nilekcia.ewu#ua.ude.bleminu|nilekcia.ewu <mailto:uwe.aickelin@unimelb.edu.au> W: http://aickelin.com<http://aickelin.com/>
Deadline Wednesday 17 October 2018. Lecturer positions in the Dept of Comp Sci at Royal Holloway, London. https://jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=0918-375. Applications in all areas of Comp Sci will be considered. Contact Prof. Gregory Gutin: ku.ca.luhr.sc|nitug#ku.ca.luhr.sc|nitug
Deadline September 13, 2018. A 2-year postdoctoral position in kernelization and preprocessing in the research group of Prof. Stefan Kratsch at the Department of Computer Science at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The intended starting date is November 2018, a later start may be negotiated. The position is funded until September 30, 2020. Contact: Prof. Stefan Kratsch. Email: kratsch <at> informatik.hu-berlin.de
Deadline September 1st, 2018 for a fully funded PhD position on the topic of Speeding up Algorithms with Machine Learning (ML) Methods at TU Wien, Vienna, Austria. Join Prof. Stefan Szeider’s research group (https://www.ac.tuwien.ac.at) to develop and implement new methods for leveraging Machine Learning algorithms for improving the efficiency of algorithms for hard combinatorial problems. Possible research topics include: (i) ML-based algorithm selection and algorithm tuning, (ii) ML-based heuristics, and (iii) ML-based problem encodings to SAT/SMT/QBF/ILP solvers. Applicants are expected to have solid programming skills as well as interest in theoretical computer science. Background in ML and/or discrete algorithms and/or SAT-solving is of advantage.
The successful candidate will be part of the Doctoral Program on Logical Methods in Computer Science (http://logic-cs.at/phd/) and will have all the benefits from this program (including special courses and seminars, guest lectures, soft skill and career training courses, an international cohort of fellow students).
Informal inquiries to Prof. Szeider <ta.ca.neiwut.ca|zs#ta.ca.neiwut.ca|zs> are welcome. Sending applications earlier, with cc to Prof. Szeider, is encouraged.
Deadline Still open November 2018 for University of Sheffield (UK) 3 year PhD studentship on the development of Parameterized Algorithms for Artificial Intelligence and Logic problems such as satisfiability of propositional formulas, constraint satisfaction, integer linear programming, as well as problems from graph theory and machine learning with the help of sophisticated algorithmic such as meta-theorems, dynamic programming, decompositions, and backdoor sets.
Funding Notes: This fully funded studentship is open to UK or EU students, and provides a tax-free living allowance at the standard Research Council rate (£14,777 p.a. for 2018/19) and full student tuition fees for 3 years.
Application: Send CV, an abstract of the thesis, a short motivation letter, and two letters of recommendation (all five items in a single pdf file; alternatively, letters of recommendation
may be sent directly by their authors). Mention
possible starting dates. Send to the project supervisor Dr. Sebastian Ordyniak moc.liamg|kainydros#moc.liamg|kainydros. Sebastian is available for informal questions.
Deadline: not fixed, but soon. Postdoctoral positions at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, supervised by Meirav Zehavi (https://sites.google.com/site/zehavimeirav/). The candidate will join the project ``New Horizons in Kernelization’’, funded by the Israel Science Foundation (ISF).
The starting date is flexible but not earlier than October 1, 2018. The position is for one year with the possibility of renewal. While there is no fixed deadline for applying, review of candidates will begin shortly and continue until the positions are filled. Applicants with solid background in areas such as algorithm design (including but not limited to parameterized algorithms and approximation algorithms), computational complexity, discrete mathematics, graph theory or computational geometry are welcome to apply. The candidates are expected to have a competitive publication record.
Applications should be sent to moc.liamg|variemivahez#moc.liamg|variemivahez. Include: Cover Letter (motivation and background, 1-2 pages), short research statement, CV + list of publications, and full contact details of 2-3 referees.
Deadline: Apply as soon as possible. The research group AlGCo (Algorithms Graphs and Combinatorics) in Montpellier has a PhD position available for the (flexible) Period 01/10/2018–30/09/2021 for research on graph algorithms and graph mining problems. Keywords of the related research domains are: structural graph theory, graph algorithms, parameterized algorithms, approximation algorithms, community detection, clustering, graph similarity, graph modification problems.
AlGCo is one of the leading research teams in France in Parameterized Computation and has an increasing interest to graph algorithms, kernelization, graph coloring, and structural graph theory.
The candidate should hold a MSc degree and should have a solid background in algorithms, complexity, and graph theory and strong motivation to work on related areas, including parameterized computation and approximation algorithms. Moreover, English language skills and knowledge/experience on programming in Python, C, and C++, will be appreciated.
Send application in English to rf.mmril|luap#rf.mmril|luap <mailto:paul@lirmm.fr> or ofni.sokiliht|klihtdes#ofni.sokiliht|klihtdes <mailto:sedthilk@thilikos.info> Include: Cover Letter, detailing your motivation and background for applying for the PhD project, CV, Proof of diplomas and transcripts of records (BSc and MSc, Other information for consideration, e.g. list of publications (if any), Full contact details (Name, address, telephone & email) of 1-3 referees.
Deadline: 27 June 2018. Three-year postdoc position in Algorithms. Department of Computer Science, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Contact Prof. Stefan Kratsch Prof. Stefan Kratsch
kratsch <at> informatik.hu-berlin.de
Deadline: apply as soon as possible (only applications submitted before 14th of May are guaranteed to receive full consideration): A PhD position in Fine-grained (Parameterized) Complexity of Hard Problems, supervised by Jesper Nederlof (http://www.win.tue.nl/~jnederlo/).
Our main goal is to improve the understanding of the exact complexity of basic (NP-)hard problems such as the Travelling Salesman, Set Cover or Subset Sum problem. In particular, the project aims to study for which classes of instances various elementary algorithms can be improved. A particular emphasis of the project herein is to rigorously investigate the power of standard decomposition methods such as Branching, Dynamic Programming, and Meet-in-the-Middle via parameters of appropriate matrices.
The project will be partially funded by NWO. While the project will mainly touch the fields of Parameterized Complexity and Fine-Grained Complexity, the project is also likely to touch other subfields of Theoretical Computer Science including Communication Complexity and Approximation Algorithms; but the direction may vary depending on the candidate's preferences. Send your CV to ln.eut|folreden.j#ln.eut|folreden.j if you're interested.
Deadline: not fixed, as soon as possible. A PhD position is available in the research group of Dr. Matthias Mnich, Bonn University, Germany. (http://tcs.cs.uni-bonn.de/doku.php?id=staff:matthiasmnich)
The position is full-time. The successful candidate will perform research as part of the DFG funded project "Multivariate Algorithms in Scheduling". Candidates must hold (or be close to completion) of a master's degree (or equivalent) in computer science, mathematics or a related area. They should have a very good knowledge about algorithms and complexity.
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DefendYourPrivacy again
Date: Fri Apr 06 2001 - 11:20:41 MDT
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The government is being naughty again. Time to revisit
http://www.DefendYourPrivacy.com
I haven't seen this on Extropians yet, so...
What if an acquaintance who worked for an insurance company or
government agency could read the private notes of your psychotherapist,
or find out if you or a family member have ever undergone drug or
alcohol treatment?
Would you want others to know whether you've ever had an abortion or
been treated for an embarrassing disease?
All of those things could happen if a regulation being considered by
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services goes into effect.
I'm participating in an Internet campaign to kill this regulation, and
I'm inviting you to join me.
If we generate enough e-mail, we can bury this awful regulation. But we
need to hurry -- because the it's scheduled to go into effect April 14,
which is just two weeks away.
Please read this short background news item, and forward this message
to any friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, or other people you know
who may be interested. Then go to http://www.defendyourprivacy.com and
sign the petition. It will be submitted directly to your representative
in the U.S. House and to both your U.S. Senators.
By April 14, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson must
decide whether to implement the "medical privacy" rules submitted in
the waning days of the Clinton administration. The rules, published in
the Federal Register on December 28, 2000, mandate that every doctor
and health care provider turn patient records over to the HHS and other
federal agencies for "safekeeping" -- regardless of whether patients
The government could then share those records with third parties such
as insurance companies, private marketers, and even police agencies.
The result? Soon millions of government bureaucrats, clerks in
insurance companies, HMO's and even drug marketing companies will have
access to your confidential medical records without your permission.
Specifically, this regulation would:
* Allow the disclosure, without patient consent, of all medical
records for "public health surveillance activities" and dozens of other
purposes. Providers could refuse to treat people who refuse to
surrender their records.
* Allow private insurance companies to access the medical information
and compile it into a database.
* Permit police agencies to access medical records without a search
warrant.
* Give the government the right to access the private notes of a
psychotherapist.
* Allow foreign government officials to see Americans' health
records, as long as the U.S. government claims it is doing it for a
"national health purpose."
* Assign every American a "unique patient identifier," whether you
want one or not, by working in conjunction with the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act. The number would be similar to a
Social Security number for medical transactions - and would make
accessing an individual's medical records as easy as running a credit
* Give direct marketers access to medical records, and allow
pharmacies to share prescription records "for the purpose of
marketing health-related products and services" -- all without
patient consent.
* Prevent patients involved in health research projects from
accessing their own medical records.
The government claims it is doing this to "protect" the privacy of your
medical records. But if these regulations go into effect, you can kiss
your medical privacy goodbye.
In a free society, the government has no reason to have copies of your
private medical records, and politicians have no right to release your
medical records to others without your consent.
But that's exactly what's going to happen, unless we can generate
enough opposition to persuade Congress to stop these regulations from
going into effect April 14th.
Please forward this e-mail to any friends, family, co-workers,
neighbors, or other people you know personally who may be interested.
However, please don't send it indiscriminately; spam will only hurt our
campaign.
Then go to our web page (http://www.defendyourprivacy.com) and sign the
petition. Thank you.
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The Turn of the Screw
Box Tale Soup Theatre Company
Genre: Adaptation, Drama, Literature, Puppetry, Theatre
Venue: Underbelly Cowgate - Big Belly
A new adaptation of Henry James’ disturbing story, from the award-winning creators of Fringe 2017 hit Dorian Gray, featuring puppetry and a haunting original soundtrack. At an isolated estate, a young governess arrives. Before long she fears there is something darker in the depths of Bly House and battles to save the children from the mysterious figures who seek to corrupt them.
Based on the 1898 serial novella by Henry James (first published in Collier’s Weekly) the latest production from Edinburgh veterans Box Tale Soup Theatre is somewhat unique even by Fringe standards. This gothic fiction horror story adaptation, performed by Co-Artistic Directors and company founders Noel Byrne and Antonia Christophers and directed by Adam Lenson, comes complete with original soundtrack, innovative movement and staging, and Bunraku puppetry.
The rain rattles the aging ceiling above as patrons file in slowly to the darkened warehouse-like space at the Fringe’s iconic Underbelly. Dampness and dust pervade the air as moisture runs down the thick stone walls and grey stone steps. There’s a sense of desperation here tinged with something like loneliness and with the wind whistling through the cracks from time to time it is not hard to be transported to Bly, the isolated country house where our story is set. As with any adaptation some extensive pruning of the original text has had to take place but, like their previous productions, Box Tale Soup have done a great job of keeping the bones of the story intact while fleshing out the more salient plot points.
In keeping with their signature style the setting is simple and utilitarian – window frames, some boxes, and a large steamer trunk – and it is a testament to the skill of the performers that we are whisked effortlessly from stairwell to crumbling mansion to lakeside jetty as these items are expertly manipulated. Clever costuming also helps to make the scene and character changes flow seamlessly. Byrne and Christophers inhabit the host of characters like old clothes augmenting the human cast with simple yet wonderful puppets whose innocent expressionless faces add a palpable unease to the proceedings.
The process of adapting such a well-known and established text is a complex one and for the most part Box Tale Soup have done well to consolidate the narrative into a Fringe-friendly portion. For this reviewer, however, some of the incidental character choices were a little weak and could have been clearer as they didn’t always track with the established plot on stage and may have been confusing to younger patrons. The sound design, including eerie music and foley effects, effectively augments the action and more use, perhaps, could have been made of lighting effects to highlight particular moments. That aside though this is an atmospheric and engaging production. There are a multitude of opportunities at the Fringe to find ghost stories, ghost tours, ghost story tours, and other ghostly experiences but none so similar to The Turn of the Screw. This is a show that is worth seeking out.
Published August 18, 2018 by Luke Tudball
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AMERICAN CAPITAL, LTD - FORM 8-K - June 30, 2010
EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 - AMERICAN CAPITAL, LTD dex991.htm
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
American Capital, Ltd.
DELAWARE 814-00149 52-1451377
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
2 Bethesda Metro Center, 14th Floor Bethesda, MD 20814
(Address of principal executive offices, zip code)
¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12(b) under the Exchange Act
¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
Item 8.01 Other Events.
The consolidated financial statements of American Capital, Ltd. (the Company) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 were prepared assuming that the Company would continue as a going concern. As detailed in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 1, 2010, the Company was not in compliance with certain financial covenants under its unsecured borrowing arrangements as of December 31, 2009. As a result, the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm included in the Companys Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 included an explanatory paragraph with respect to the Companys ability to continue as a going concern.
On June 28, 2010, the Company successfully completed a restructuring of its $2.3 billion of unsecured borrowing arrangements. The transaction involved the conversion of the Companys unsecured revolving credit facility into a term loan facility and the exchange or repayment of the outstanding public and private unsecured notes. Lenders and noteholders holding $1.0 billion of the debt selected or otherwise received 100% cash for their debt, while lenders and noteholders holding $1.3 billion of debt received new secured loans or notes maturing on December 31, 2013.
As a result of the transactions described above, the Companys independent registered public accounting firm has updated its report relating to the Companys financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 to remove the explanatory paragraph with respect to the Companys ability to continue as a going concern and to insert an emphasis paragraph that the substantial doubt about whether the Company will continue as a going concern no longer exists. The press release announcing the issuance of this updated report is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein. This current report is being filed for the purpose of amending Notes 2, 5, 14 and 19 to the Companys financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 and to file an updated Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm related to such financial statements. A copy of the updated Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm and audited financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 herein and is incorporated by reference herein.
Exhibit No.
23.1 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
99.1 Press Release issued by American Capital, Ltd. on June 30, 2010.
99.2 Consolidated financial statements of American Capital, Ltd. as of December 31, 2009 and for each of the three fiscal years for the period ended December 31, 2009.
Dated: June 30, 2010
/S/ SAMUEL A. FLAX
Samuel A. Flax
Executive Vice President, General Counsel,
Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary
AMERICAN CAPITAL, LTD Reports
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New Release Round-Up November 14th-20th
Hey Girl! Check out these new releases from November 14th-20th!
WIDOWED by Angelia Vernon Menchan
The attorney’s office was spacious and masculine. Arista had never known Paul’s attorney. When they married, they were both established in their own right and they simply created a marital account and added funds to it and prepared wills. She knew there was an insurance policy but had no idea what Paul left other than the house and things they jointly owned. Walking into the office, she was surprised to see Jackson was already there. She was further surprised that Paul’s attorney was a tall, muscular man who looked to be about forty in a bespoke suit with a neat beard, divine dark skin and the sexiest lips she had ever seen.
What the hell am I thinking? Arista wondered. Standing, the attorney made his way to Arista offering his hand in greeting.
“Welcome, Mrs. Melbourne-Sebastian, I wish we had met prior to now.” His eyes held hers. “I am Donald Prescott, I handled your husband’s affairs.”
“Thanks Mr. Prescott but I am Arista Melbourne, my name never changed.” She said, releasing her hand from his grip. Jackson stood and kissed the side of her face. She looked at him in surprise; he had never done anything like that. Donald watched them both with intelligent, probing eyes.
“Please have a seat, this will is very straightforward. I met with Paul as you are aware at least twice annually and he found a way to articulate what he wanted. The last time I spoke with him, he changed his will to include Mr. Sharper, who he indicated was one of his trusted caretakers.” Donald paused to glance at Arista and Jackson before continuing. All Arista noticed was how deep and melodious his voice was.
“Everything he owned, including the house, his car and his considerable assets and savings will be left to his wife, Ms. Melbourne. To Mr. Sharper, he bequeaths a sum of twenty-five thousand dollars and all of his golf clubs and memberships.” Jackson turned to Arista in surprise.
“I had no expectations, he was my friend.” Jackson said.
“You were invaluable to Paul and to me, Jackson. You were there so I could handle my business and simply as Paul’s friend. That is the least he could do.” Arista glanced up to find Donald staring at her.
“If there are no further questions, there are documents for signing and Mr. Sharper, my accountant can provide you with your check today. As I indicated this was straightforward. Ms. Melbourne, I would love to talk to you after this meeting.” Donald said, standing. Jackson looked uncertain but he stood as well and Donald led him to another area.
After several minutes, Donald returned to the room and sat on the edge of his desk, facing Arista. His nearness made her slightly uncomfortable.
“So, you are a contractor.” Donald stated more than asked.
“Yes. I own Melbourne Designs. Nowadays, I am more the owner than actual designer due to my husband’s illness but yes it is all mine. I started it when I was twenty five.”
“I wasn’t expecting you. You were never around when I visited Paul and he never introduced us. I thought you would be in your fifties or sixties. Paul was sixty-seven.”
“I am fifty, almost fifty one.”
“Let me see your identification.” Donald said.
“I am. I’m sure you are trying to be complimentary counselor but I am fifty.”
“Wow… Do you have any other questions?” He asked, changing the tone of the conversation.
“No, I will sign what you need me to sign and be on my way.”
“You don’t want to know how much money he left, other than the insurance policy?”
“I really don’t care about that right now. My husband died less than two weeks ago and you know what I crave more than anything? I crave sleep. For the past two weeks, I am in my pajamas by seven and I sleep an incredible thirteen to fourteen hours. I had not slept more than five hours per night in five years.”
“What do you plan to do when you finally wake up?” Donald asked.
“I will let you know when that happens.” Arista said. “Please provide me with the papers.
Sweet Taste of Love: Sweet Love in Sandy Cove Book 1 by Keina Daniece
Sonya Randall wanted nothing more than to be a full time baker. It was her passion and her love. So when she had an appointment for a tasting of her delectable treats at VOSS, a high end restaurant in downtown Sandy Cove, she knew that things were looking up. Until she met the owner, Vince Ross, whose ladies man status preceded him. He was also arrogant and mean to boot. So why was she so darn attracted to him?
Vince Ross made his dream come true with VOSS, the restaurant he had wanted to open since he was a teenager. Sales were great, the reservation book was always full, and it was just rated the number one restaurant of the year. But he did need to hire a baker. When Sonya came in for her tasting, Vince found himself taken with her delicious desserts and the woman herself. But he did not have time for love right now. Did he?
All I Want is You by Trinity Lane
Brianna Faulkner did not understand how everyone said finding love in Maven was difficult because she found love easily. Too bad the person she found it in just happened to be her best friend, Troy. Even though Brianna’s heart told her to tell Troy how she felt, Brianna’s mind was instructing her not to say a word or else ruin their friendship. And she did not want to lose Troy, as a friend or otherwise.
Troy Rutherford was back on the market after breaking up with his girlfriend of the past two years. He wasn’t one for ultimatums so when she pushed for a bigger commitment than he was ready to give, Troy pushed back, making her walk out of his life. Luckily he always had his best friend Brianna to spend time with. But every time he was with her, Troy felt feelings for her that he was trying hard to keep buried.
As Brianna and Troy spend the next two weeks with each other, feelings arise between the both of them. Although they both try to fight it, eventually jealousy builds and explodes into an unforgettable night. When the dust settles, what will happen and will Brianna and Troy’s friendship survive?
Brick House 3 by Keith Thomas Walker
After graduating college, Korah’s daughter Stephanie is eager to take the helm of her family’s legacy. She also has her sights set on Baron Grant, a lead foreman at the company. Korah fears this reckless pursuit of prominence and love could spell trouble. When the dust settles, will Texas Builders still be on the rise, or will Stephanie’s office romance cost them their rising star?
Never (Lassiter Sisters) by Joy Avery
Never say what love can’t—or won’t—do.
Balloon Artist Gadiya Lassiter never imagined waking up without the love of her life, small-town fire chief Nico Dupree. Then one day, it becomes her tortured reality. Fast-forward two years…he’s back and making his intentions to rekindle their flame known. But she vows to never love him again. As determined as she is to keep her heart out of his hands, love seems to have its own agenda.
For Nico, returning home to Mount Pleasance, North Carolina is not without its benefits. The most valuable, Gadiya. He’s determined to reclaim her heart—despite her obvious goal to hate him. But he’s not giving up on her; not again. He’ll just have to convince her the disdain she harbors for him is far less potent than the love he knows she still has for him. And he’ll do it one scorching kiss at a time.
As their attraction grows hotter and hotter, will Gadiya be able to escape the flames, or will Nico’s fire consume her?
Caught Up by Kristina Smith
A group of friends brought together by blood, fate, and circumstances is about to learn that life is full of ups and downs, joys and sorrows, and love and loss. Kennedy Valentine-Daniels is a force to be reckoned with, and sustained in life by her faith in God, inner-strength, and the family and friends that surround her. Unfortunately, sometimes they are the same people who test her sanity—especially her husband, Preston. Michalah Valentine, Kennedy’s baby sister, hates traveling outside of her box. However, when events in life annihilate her box completely, Michalah must somehow learn to survive. Nevertheless she is fun to watch! Newlyweds, Jordan and Maxwell Banks are living in bliss—until something from their past threatens the foundation of their relationship. Is the Honeymoon over? Tia St. James is the wildcard of the group and Kennedy’s closest friend. She finds love again in an old friend, after a stale relationship ends.
If there are any new releases that we missed, feel free to send them our way and we will add them ASAP! 🙂
New Release Round-Up June 17th-23rd
New Release Round-Up June 3rd-9th
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Emerson hails Australia natural refrigerant market
Business & Market
By Andrew Williams, May 07, 2019, 11:30 • 3 minute reading
Emerson’s Tim Flinn sees significant growth potential for natural refrigerants in Australia and New Zealand.
In an interview with Accelerate Australia & NZ, Tim Flinn, vice-president and managing director of Emerson in Australia and New Zealand, explains why the US-headquartered multinational is excited about the growth potential for natural refrigerants in the region.
Accelerate Australia & NZ magazine is published by shecco, publisher of this website. Below are selected highlights from an interview published in the latest edition.
Accelerate Australia & NZ: What are the opportunities with natural refrigerants in the Australia and New Zealand markets?
Flinn: They’re significant. The big food retailers have made their intentions clear: they are all keen to take advantage of the efficiency benefits of natural refrigerants, as well as the reputational advantages of being seen to be moving towards carbon-neutral.
As with most new technologies impacting the retail sector, the largest players are leading adoption, but we are also already seeing them starting to be adopted by the independent retail sector too. As time progresses, the technology and its implementation will become more affordable.
Accelerate Australia & NZ: What have you heard from your customers in Australia and New Zealand regarding energy efficiency?
Flinn: Anecdotal feedback from the market and our customers has so far been encouraging, based on installations and performance to date.
We’re already seeing our customers roll out their installations more aggressively, with intentions to move to the more tropical areas of the country, as well as outside the key metros into more remote locations.
It’s worth noting that energy-efficient performance in hotter and more humid climates is also important for future adoption of this technology beyond Australia and New Zealand.
If this technology works well in a climate like Queensland, then it bodes well for adoption in the Southeast Asian market.
Accelerate Australia & NZ: Which sectors hold the most potential for natural refrigerants?
Flinn: We see the most immediate potential in food retail, with the larger industry players leading the way.
These companies generally have the capability to take a long-term view and can also map new technologies like transcritical CO2 into their new store development plans. As the technology matures, smaller and independent stores will follow.
We also expect demand from the foodservice sector as brands both big and small recognise the need to be seen to be green.
Accelerate Australia & NZ: What are the biggest challenges in accelerating the transition to natural refrigerant-based technologies?
Flinn: Upfront investment remains a factor, with natural refrigerant-based systems costing approximately 10-15% more than traditional technologies.
We are confident, however, that this will be less of an issue, for three reasons. First, as volumes increase, core equipment costs begin to fall.
Second, as more knowledge and experience is gained, installation costs also decrease. Finally, as more data becomes available, the ROI picture becomes even more clear and compelling.
The biggest potential limit to the speed of adoption in markets like Australia and New Zealand is the shortage of qualified technicians. A generation of older electro-mechanical engineers is beginning to leave the workforce, and as an industry, we absolutely need to find and train a new generation of technicians to install and maintain a new generation of cooling technologies.
Click here to read the full interview.
By Andrew Williams
Contractors gear up for refreshed ATMOsphere Australia
By Eda Isaksson , Apr 23, 2019, 11:52
ATMO Australia 2019 is returning to Melbourne with a refreshed conference programme.
Highlights from ATMOsphere Australia 2019
By Eda Isaksson , May 08, 2019, 10:00
The ATMOsphere Australia 2019 conference is taking place in Melbourne on 8-9 May.
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Health and Retirement Study: Years 29-34
Weir, David R.
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
See 84 grants from David Weir
See grants from University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Cardiac Surgical Techniques to Treat Ventricular and Aortic Remodeling
Cardiac surgery techniques to treat ventricular and aortic remodeling
Mast cells, antidepressants and chronic fatigue syndrome
Theoretical and Observational Studies of Surface Wave Attenuation From Ambient Noise
53rd International Field Emission Society (IFES) Conference and Pre-meeting Tutorial; University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL; May 2012
Novel Gene Editing Approaches for Hemoglobinopathies
This competing continuation proposal for Years 29-34 of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) cooperative agreement is in response to NIA RFA #AG-18-005. The primary aim of the HRS is to design, collect and distribute longitudinal multi-disciplinary data to support research on aging and the health and well- being of the older population. This proposal seeks to collect three additional waves of panel data, continue collection of venous blood specimens, implement the next scheduled refreshment by adding the first Gen-X cohort in 2022, continue to conduct off-year mail surveys, and implement cost-saving innovations, including an internet mode for Core data collection. It will continue the same expanded minority oversample design for the Gen-X cohort as was implemented in 2010 and 2016 for the baby boom cohorts in which half the sample consists of traditionally underrepresented minorities. The new Gen-X cohort will be fully integrated into the HRS design, including collection of biomarkers, DNA, and linkage consents to Social Security and other records as appropriate. This parent project will provide sample, data, and coordinate fully with the separate proposal to repeat the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol dementia study. HRS provides a uniquely rich, nationally representative longitudinal dataset for the community of scientific and policy researchers who study the health and demography of aging. It provides a research data base that can simultaneously support cross-sectional descriptions of the U.S. population age 50+, longitudinal studies of a given cohort over a substantial period of time and research on cross-cohort trends. The HRS project creates a data system extending beyond the core survey data. One component of this extended data system consists of linkages to administrative data, including Social Security earnings and benefit records, Medicare utilization and diagnostic records, including Minimum Data Set and Medicaid records, employer pension records, Veterans Health Administration data and the National Death Index. We plan to expand access to these secure data through secure enclaves. Another component is genome-wide genotyping data from consenting respondents distributed through dbGaP and a new repository of blood samples including cryopreserved cells. HRS provides public use data designed to allow the full power and creativity of America's scientific community to address the challenges of an aging population. HRS is making a significant impact on research on aging through investigator-initiated research which uses the HRS as an input without charge to researchers or granting agencies. Over 2,000 peer-reviewed journal publications have appeared, nearly 1,000 in the past six years. HRS also supports training of new scientists as over 400 doctoral dissertations have used HRS data.
This proposal seeks continuation of the Health and Retirement Study core data collection for three more waves, including the introduction of a new younger cohort in 2022 to refresh the sample following the steady state sampling design. It will build the repository of biosamples, maintain the expanded representation of minorities, and further expand data access to maintain the study as the premier source of data on public health of the older population. Cost savings will be achieved through innovative methods.
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Research Project--Cooperative Agreements (U01)
5U01AG009740-30
Special Emphasis Panel (ZAG1)
Patmios, Georgeanne E
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Organized Research Units
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Robinette, Jennifer W; Charles, Susan T; Gruenewald, Tara L (2018) Neighborhood cohesion, neighborhood disorder, and cardiometabolic risk. Soc Sci Med 198:70-76
Kemp, Blakelee R; Ferraro, Kenneth F; Morton, Patricia M et al. (2018) Early Origins of Adult Cancer Risk Among Men and Women: Influence of Childhood Misfortune? J Aging Health 30:140-163
Wei, Melissa Y; Kabeto, Mohammed U; Langa, Kenneth M et al. (2018) Multimorbidity and Physical and Cognitive Function: Performance of a New Multimorbidity-Weighted Index. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 73:225-232
Crittenden, Crista N; Murphy, Michael L M; Cohen, Sheldon (2018) Social integration and age-related decline in lung function. Health Psychol 37:472-480
Chao, Yi-Sheng; Wu, Hsing-Chien; Wu, Chao-Jung et al. (2018) Index or illusion: The case of frailty indices in the Health and Retirement Study. PLoS One 13:e0197859
Henseke, Golo (2018) Good jobs, good pay, better health? The effects of job quality on health among older European workers. Eur J Health Econ 19:59-73
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Stephan, Yannick; Sutin, Angelina R; Bayard, Sophie et al. (2018) Personality and sleep quality: Evidence from four prospective studies. Health Psychol 37:271-281
McKee, Michael M; Choi, HwaJung; Wilson, Shelby et al. (2018) Determinants of Hearing Aid Use Among Older Americans With Hearing Loss. Gerontologist :
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April 2, 2012 by Claudio Gratton
Claudio honored with Romnes Faculty Fellowship
Photo credit M. Kornis.
Claudio Gratton, associate professor of entomology, is among eleven young UW-Madison faculty to receive a 2012 Romnes Faculty Fellowship.
The Romnes awards recognize exceptional faculty members who have earned tenure within the last four years. Winners receive an unrestricted $50,000 award for research, supported by WARF.
Gratton works on the landscape ecology of insects in both basic and applied contexts. He studies the role of beneficial insects, such as native bees and lady beetles, in agriculture and how to conserve them. His research also examines how aquatic insects functionally link aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
The award is named for the late H. I. Romnes, former chairman of the board of AT&T and former president of the WARF board of trustees. For information on the other recipients, go here.
Courtesy of eCALS.
Filed Under: Lab News and Spotlight
Can native bees take over crop pollination?
Courtesy of Nicole Miller, CALS
A CALS grad student’s research on whether native bees can take over the job of pollinating Wisconsin’s commercial crops is the topic of this new YouTube video slideshow. CALS science writer Nicole Miller produced the slideshow, in which Hannah Gaines, a Ph.D. student in the entomology department, talks about her work studying native pollinators in Wisconsin’s cranberry crop. Cranberry growers routinely rent honeybees to do the pollinating, but relying on native pollinators could cut costs. Gaines is studying how the nature of the surrounding landscape affects pollination in the Wisconsin cranberry bogs. During 2008, she collected 108 species of native bees, and found that both abundance and diversity increased along with the amount of nearby natural habitat. More info on the topic is available in this article by University Communications staff writer David Tennenbaum, which features CALS entomologist Phil Pellitteri as well as Gaines.
Filed Under: Lab News and Spotlight, Pollinators
March 13, 2012 by Claudio Gratton
Pest control benefits of diversified agroecosystems – From top to bottom
When are multiple species better than one? This question has intrigued ecologists for over a century, and has relevance both for conservation and agriculture. Recently, Ben Werling, Claudio Gratton and their coauthors published work examining the benefits of diversifying potato agroecosystems, both at the top and bottom of the food chain. Looking down from the top of the food chain, the team asked the question: “If and when does having multiple predator species improve control of insect pests?” To answer this question, Ben worked with David Lowenstein – then fresh from the Bronx – and Dr. Cory Straub to examine the effects of predator diversity on predation of Colorado potato beetle, a notorious potato pest. Their results, recently published in the Journal of Insect Science, provide evidence that multiple predator species are better than one – but only under certain conditions. Specifically, they found that the benefits of predator diversity were greater at low prey density. They also suggest a simple mechanism for this effect. Specifically, ecologists hypothesize that competition amongst predators will be lessened in diverse communities, which contain species that all attack different types of prey, compared to lower diversity communities, where individuals are more likely to compete for the same type of prey. Given this, it is reasonable to expect that predator diversity will be more important at lower prey density, where predators are competing for scarcer resources. This suggests that conserving multiple predator species on farmland could be important for keeping pest populations that are currently at low levels from escaping control. In other words, diverse predator communities may help keep pests “down for the count.”
Entomologists have also shown that diversity at the bottom of food chains – at the plant level – also affects the severity of pest problems. Specifically, pest numbers are often lower in more diverse cropping systems compared to those dominated by a single plant species. However, the mechanisms underlying these patterns are often less then clear. On the one hand, increasing plant diversity can have direct effects on pests by making it harder to find – and easier to lose – their host plants. On the other hand, diverse plants may provide more of the resources that predatory insects need to survive and increase their ability to control pests. Ben Werling and Claudio Gratton teamed up with Cory Straub and Jason Harmon – both postdocs at the time – to examine how diversifying potato fields by planting strips of prairie grasses affect both pests and their natural enemies. Their findings – recently published in Biological Control – suggest that prairie grasses increase the abundance of spiders and harvestmen, leading to increased predation of Colorado potato beetle. However, these benefits were limited to the area immediately adjacent to grassy strips. This suggests that planting prairie grasses on farmland could increase natural pest control – but, as in opening a business – location matters. In particular, interspersing patches of crop and natural habitat within a crop field could allow natural enemies to benefit from resources in non-crop areas, while minimizing the distance they have to travel to control pests in crops.
Above, a native warm-season prairie habitat adjacent to potato field at Arlington Agricultural Research Station in Wisconsin.
Filed Under: Agroecosystems, Food Webs, Lab News and Spotlight Tagged With: arlington, conservation biocontrol, cpb, pest, potato
U Ark visit
Last week I had the opportunity to visit and give a seminar in the Entomology department at the University of Arkansas in Feyetteville in the northwestern part of the state. UA being the home institution of Dwight Isley, one of the fathers of modern Integrated Pest Management (historical placard in front of the department!)
I had great time meeting with graduate students and faculty. It was particularly nice to reconnect with an old UW Entomology undergraduate alum, Ace Lynn-Miller, who had taken my Insect Biological control course while here at UW. Ace and his fellow graduate students were gracious hosts, showed me around, and fed me well, including a stop an Mamma Dean’s for some home cookin’.
After my seminar on Friday, we made quick trip to the newly opened Chrystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville. Bentonville, of course, the home of the Walton family and the original Wal-Mart (below). The Museum is the culmination of a lifetime of art collecting and now philanthropy of the Walton family. What a spectacular place with world-class art in very cool new building. I would highly recommend the jaunt over there if you are ever in that part of the country. Thanks again to my new friends!
March 7, 2012 by Claudio Gratton
Ben does it again!
Congrats to Ben Werling, former Gratton Lab member extraordinaire! Ben has achieved the lofty goal of publishing all of his thesis research AND… an extra paper that was not even part of his dissertation! Nice work Ben!
The latest two are just out: visit the publications page to get the articles.
Werling, B., J. P. Harmon, C. S. Straub, and C. Gratton. 2012. Influence of native North American prairie grasses on predation of an insect herbivore of potato. Biological Control 61:15–25. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2011.11.009.
Werling, B. P., D. M. Lowenstein, C. S. Straub, and C. Gratton. 2012. Multi–predator effects produced by functionally distinct species vary with prey density. Journal of Insect Science 12:30.
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Woodrow Wilson and ‘the Ugliest of Treacheries’
by Erez Manela
After World War I, America was supposed to lead the fight against colonialism. What happened?
What Can One Ecologist Teach Historians?
by John Gaudet
Ecology can help substantiate historical changes that might otherwise go unnoticed.
Egypt Unveils Dozens of Newly Discovered Mummies
Archaeologists in Egypt uncovered a tomb that consisted of a number of chambers that dated from 323 B.C. to 30 B.C. that were accessible through a corridor and sloping set of stairs.
The Newest Curse of the Mummy: Bad Drainage
Engineers and archaeologists working together to save an ancient riverside temple in Egypt have discovered rare treasures, including a sphinx.
SOURCE: Press Release
Historian tells the forgotten story of America’s first female Egyptologist
Missouri University's Kathleen Sheppard painstakingly spent two years transcribing the scholar's letters.
SOURCE: Newsweek
Ancient Egypt: Mysterious 4,400-Year-Old Tomb Reveals Rare Paintings in New Excavation
The tomb is thought to have belonged to “Hetpet,” a high-ranking female official.
Egypt discovers 3,500-year-old tombs in ancient city of Luxor
The tombs, located on the west bank of the river Nile in a cemetery for noblemen and top officials, are the latest discovery in the city famed for its temples and tombs spanning different dynasties of ancient Egyptian history.
Ancient Egypt: 1,800 Years-old Pet Cemetery Filled With 100 Skeletons Discovered
The cemetery, dating from the first and second centuries A.D., was discovered in the Roman port town of Berenike, established in Ptolemaic Egypt between 285-246 B.C.
SOURCE: ynetnews.com
Textbook featuring Israeli flag raises ire in Egypt
Study book for eight graders shows the Israeli flag instead of the Palestinian one on a map of the Middle East, causing the Education Ministry in the country to order the removal of the controversial page from the book and bar it from further distribution while it investigates the matter.
Ancient Egyptian Writing: New Symbols Reveal Development Of Hieroglyphics
A new discovery may hold some clues as to how carved images evolved into a formal writing system.
Egyptian Mummy Study Suggests Close Ties to Near East
The study found that the genetic material within the mummies was more similar to ancient peoples of the Near East and the Levant (an area of the eastern Mediterranean including Israel and Palestine) than it is to modern Egyptians.
The Mummies Are Back, Directly from the Grave
by Bruce Chadwick
"Mummies," a new exhibit at New York's Museum of Natural History, is a sprawling tribute to the mummies of Egypt and Peru.
2,000-year-old mummy shroud found in museum storage
Museum curators in Scotland have discovered a piece of Egyptian history -- and they found it inside a crumpled up paper bag.
Egypt Pharaoh statue 'not Ramses II but different ruler'
Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Khaled Al-Anani told a news conference the statue was almost certainly Psamtek I, who ruled between 664 and 610BC.
SOURCE: The Telegraph
Archaeologists hail 'big discovery' in Egypt as statue 'depicting Ramses II' unearthed
The quartzite statue was found broken into several pieces in the Matariyyah neighborhood of Cairo by a German-Egyptian archaeological team.
SOURCE: Seeker
5,000-Year-Old Nativity Scene Found in Egypt
Italian researchers have discovered what might be the oldest nativity scene ever found — 5,000-year-old rock art that depicts a star in the east, a newborn between parents and two animals.
SOURCE: The Root
Too Many People Have Stolen Egypt’s History
Here’s how it’s getting it back.
Sixty Years After the Suez Crisis, It’s Time to Correct Misconceptions
by Yoav J. Tenembaum
Britain and France went along with every effort to resolve the crisis diplomatically.
SOURCE: History Extra
How significant was the Suez Crisis?
The 1956 Suez Crisis is widely remembered as a critical event in post-war British history, which helped bring to an end the era of Britain as a global empire and superpower.
SOURCE: The World Post
How A Leading Egyptian Historian Found Himself In The Middle Of A Revolution
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آرایش ، زیبایی و مدل لباس
پایان نامه با واژگان کلیدی Discourse
منتشرشده توسط yyoozita در تاریخ آذر 10, 1397
factors and the patterns of the intercultural and intercultural variability observable in the selection of apology strategies. The dialog Construction (DC) Questionnaire they used showed that expressing an explicit apology (IFIDs) and taking on responsibility were the essential components, while verbal redress (concern for the hearer and promise of forbearance) was the least used strategy.
Eslami Rasekh (2004) carried out a comparative study between English and Persian in the area of speech acts and links them with different cultural values and norms .She compared the Persian speakers ‘ use of face -keeping strategies in reaction to complaints with those of American English speakers ‘ performance .
She analyzed in detail the use of the illocutionary force indicating device (IFID) strategies. The results revealed important different in communicative styles of the two groups. The Persian speakers were shown to be more sensitive to contextual factors and change their face keeping strategies accordingly whereas English speaker mostly used one apology strategy and intensified it based contextual factors.
Afghari (2007) carried out another study in Persian using the DCT to investigate the range of strategies used in performing the speech act of apologizing in Persian. The findings of his study indicated that in Persian as in other languages used in western societies (Olshtain and Cohen 1983: Blum -Kulka and Olshtain1984), apologies generally fit within the framework of the categories explored and discovered by such western studies. Also an explicit expression of apology and an acknowledgement of responsibility were shown to be the most frequent apology formulas offered across the majority of the apology situations. The findings also revealed that the most intensified apologies were offered to intimate friends with no dominance over the apologizer and the least intensified apologies were offered to strangers with no dominance over the apologizer. It is shown that the most intensified apologies are offered to strangers. Similarity, the addressee’s dominance over the speaker also seems to result in more intensified apology utterance.
In a series studies Olshtain and Cohen (1983, 1989), point out that apologies can be carried out by finite set of conventions of means, or strategies, all of which are related to the offensive act and serve as the speaker’s attempt to make it ‘go away’; either by conveying regret and proposing remedy, or by diminishing the offense or the speaker’s responsibility for it. The strategies, offering an explicit apology and assuming responsibility for the offense or speaker’s were found to be used in remedy in most offenses, upgrading apologetic face, down grading the service of the offense or speaker’s responsibility, offering repair, and placating the offended party by different kinds of verbal redress are clearly cross- culturally available, yet their use is highly sensitive to contextual condition, and subject to cross-cultural variation(Kasper et . al .,1996:158).
Apologizing speech act is determined by variety of factors. Some of these factors are context-internal, others are context-external. One of the context-internal factors is the nature of the offense. Borkin and Reinhart (1987:61) suggested that ” excuse me ” is used to remedy “a breach of etiquette o other light infraction of social rule “whereas” I’m sorry ” is used as an expression to dismay or regret about “a violation of another person’s right or damage to another person’s feelings”(cited in Kasper et al 1996:158) .
One of the most significant developments in speech acts studies is the cross-cultural speech acts realization patterns (CCSAP) which was aimed as investigating the realization patterns of speech acts- requests and apologies -across a range of languages and cultures in order to establish similarities and differences in these patterns cross linguistically and between native and non-native usage to the same social constraints. The languages investigated were English, Danish, French, German, Hebrew and Spanish. They assumed that the observed diversity of the speech acts in question stems from three different types of variability. There is (i) intercultural, situational variability; (ii) cross-cultural variability; and (iii) individual variability.
After this experiment research in the speech acts has been developed very fast. Researchers started too deeply in this area especially in request and apologies. Linguists classify the apology act according to various criteria. Divisions are primarily based on external factors such as the situations or object or regret (Nureddeen, 2008:281). For Goffman (1971:112), however at a certain level, apology is a class in itself within a broader category: what he calls remedial work. For him, the remediation can be carried out via one of three devices, accounts, requests, and apologies. The common usage for an account is an excuse or an explanation, in an attempt to transfer responsibility to a third party. Strategies used to so include not admitting commission of the act, claiming ignorance of the effects of the act and claiming impaired competence. Requests consist of “asking license of a potentially offended person to engage in what could be considered a violation of these rights”. An apology, similar to an account, is produced after the offense but it is different in that the offender is accepting responsibility for the offense and, by apologizing regret, which is not clear in accounts.
The factor that has been shown to have the strongest effect on apology realization is the severity of the infraction. Comparison of apology in Hebrew, Australian, English, Canadian, French and German with assessments with contextual factors in different offense contexts suggests that “severity of offense is the representative contextual factor in the socio- pragmatic set of the apology (Olshtain, 1989:160).
Apology research, both in western and eastern languages, has primarily addressed the production of apology, i. e. the strategies used to convey the illocutionary act and the contextual factors that influence the choice of these strategies. This is understandable since the other genus of research is dependent on the investigation of speech act perception. To investigation the reaction of the hearers to different apology strategies in a specific cultural setting requires a prior knowledge of the type of strategies used in apology in that cultural context; therefore, this pioneering study focuses on the production of apology strategies, namely the type and extent of apology strategies used (Hassan Ahmad Alfattah ,2010).
The impact of social distance on apology behavior varies across studies with few limited expectations. Olshtain (1989) did not establish any relationship between social distance and use of apology strategy. Bergman and Kasper (1993) found that the closer the interlocutor, the more likely the offender was to expressly assumed responsibility for the offensive act. This finding is contrary to that of Wolfson, Marmor and Jones (1989), in whose study most responsibility was expressed between acquaintances and equally little at the two opposite ends of the social distance continuum. This finding was interpreted as further evidence in support of Wolfson’s bulge hypothesis (1989). However, neither Wolfson et al (1989) nor Bergman and Kasper (1993) investigation include intimate interlocutor relationship. Hence neither of the two studies has demonstrated evidence for or against the bulge hypothesis (cited in Kasper, et al 1996:160).
Shariati and Chamani (2010) conducted a study to explore the realization of apology speech act and also to examine the frequency, combination, and sequential position of apology strategies in Persian to see how the universality of apologies should be considered in this language. The results demonstrated that explicit expression of apology with request for forgiveness was the most common apology strategy in Persian and that this strategy together with acknowledgment of responsibility formed the most frequent combination of apology strategies in Persian. The same apology strategies used on other investigated languages was common in Persian; however, preferences for using these strategies shown to be culture-specific.
Al-Zumor(2011) carried out an investigation on English apology strategies as employed in various social situations by Arab learners of English study in Indian. The strategies were compared and contrast against the strategies elicited in the same situations from Indian English speakers, American English speakers, and British English speakers. Pragmatic transfer from Arabic was also examined. The study findings revealed that the religious belief, concepts, and values were responsible for many deviations in the Arab learners’ language from that of the native speakers.
Jebahi (2011) examined the use of speech act of apology by Tunisian university students. A hundred students whose mother tongue was Tunisian Arabic were randomly selected for the study. Discourse completion task (DCT) was used to elicit apology strategies by the subjects. The findings suggested that Tunisian university student used statement of remorse most in three main situations where the offended is (i) a close friend , (ii) old in age and (iii) having the power to affect the offender’s future. A noticeable percentage of subjects denied responsibility for the offense and shifted responsibility to other sources using accounts. Other less used strategies were: self-castigation, offer of repair, blaming the victim,
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to probe the relationship between education and apology strategies. Table 4.38. To- Test for investigating the relationship between education and apology strategies Test Value mean t df Sig. (2-tailed) Mean Difference 95% Confidence Interval of ادامه مطلب…
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strategy Test Value mean t df Sig. (2-tailed) Mean Difference 95% Confidence Interval of the Difference Lower Upper Under B.A 2.44 0.000 19 .000 0.9874 0.2518 0.7965 B.A and above B.A 1.101 It can be ادامه مطلب…
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strategy. T-test is utilized to investigate the relationship between age and taking responsibility. Tabl4.19: T- test for investigating the relationship between age and taking responsibility strategy Test Value mean T df Sig. (2-tailed) Mean Difference ادامه مطلب…
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High-, Middle- or Low-Income: Pharma Greed is Not Justified in Any Country!
Posted 4 Oct 2017 by ITPC
On Wednesday, October 4, 2017 ITPC Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines Lead Othoman Mellouk addressed the Human Rights Council’s 2017 Social Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, explaining why we can’t stand back while Big Pharma abuse the patent system at the expense of public health:
Translating Principles into Action: Patents, Big Pharma and Access to Treatment
Honorable assistance, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to thank the Human Rights Council to give me and my organization the International Treatment
I would like to thank the Human Rights Council to give me and my organization the International Treatment Preparedeness Coalition (ITPC) the opportunity to provide our input in this important topic. I would like to start by extending a heartfelt thanks and congratulations to the government of Malaysia which just a few weeks ago translated the principle of access to affordable medicines into action. Malaysia announced the first ever compulsory license on a treatment for hepatitis C – sofosbuvir – the famed $1000 a pill drug sold by US MNC Gilead Sciences as
I would like to start by extending a heartfelt thanks and congratulations to the government of Malaysia which just a few weeks ago translated the principle of access to affordable medicines into action. Malaysia announced the first ever compulsory license on a treatment for hepatitis C – sofosbuvir – the famed $1000 a pill drug sold by US MNC Gilead Sciences as
Malaysia announced the first ever compulsory license on a treatment for hepatitis C – sofosbuvir – the famed $1000 a pill drug sold by US MNC Gilead Sciences as sovaldi. Malaysia was faced with Gilead Sciences – which represents the “modern” pharma company. Their so-called “responsible” licensing practices first received global acclaim through the Medicines Patent Pool when they announced a voluntary license for HIV treatment covering over 80% of people living with HIV for tenofovir. Their sofosbuvir voluntary license which is outside the Pool covers over 100 low and
Malaysia was faced with Gilead Sciences – which represents the “modern” pharma company. Their so-called “responsible” licensing practices first received global acclaim through the Medicines Patent Pool when they announced a voluntary license for HIV treatment covering over 80% of people living with HIV for tenofovir. Their sofosbuvir voluntary license which is outside the Pool covers over 100 low and middle-income countries.
Hidden by these numbers and statistics is the dangerous games of haves and have-nots that Gilead plays. Leaving Malaysia out of the sofosbuvir license they engaged in never-ending price negotiations with the government and reportedly refused to agree to a price lower than USD 12,000 for a 12 week course of treatment while generics are selling for USD 100. Gilead had the upper hand in the negotiations with its patent in Malaysia.
Like many other developing countries, Malaysia as a member of the World Trade Organisation signed the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). With TRIPS, all developing countries in the WTO are today granting patents on pharmaceutical products for 20 years.
At the beginning of the HIV epidemic the devastating impact of such patent monopolies on lives and health was clear for all to see. Patent holding companies would not offer prices lower than USD 10,000 per person per year even as entire generations were wiped out. With generic production prices crashed to less than a 30 cents a day.
Today generics for HIV and HepC are available but not for everyone: Like Malaysia, so-called middle income countries are routinely excluded from licences and pricing arrangements; the dolutegravir pricing arrangement recently announced by UNAIDS is a case in point.
It is baffling that even with the involvement of UN and other international agencies the potential for affordable dolutegravir excludes key middle-income countries that are seeing an increase in HIV incidence.
In fact, by 2020, the vast majority of people living with HIV (87%) will be in high- and middle-income countries. Middle-income countries are home to almost half of the world’s population, and have a large and growing share of HIV infections (62%). They have even lower rates of antiretroviral treatment coverage than low-income countries. One third of people living in middle-income countries survives on less than US$2 per day. Almost 6 million people in middle-income countries (excluding sub-Saharan Africa) need antiretroviral treatment. However, less than a third are currently able to access it.
On 20 September, Malaysia’s Health Minister said enough to Gilead’s dangerous games by using their right under the TRIPS Agreement to issue a compulsory license. And we hope other countries will do the same or use other TRIPS flexibilities and use their rights as governments to turn principles into actions when faced with unjust patents and the abuse of patent monopolies. The path to Malaysia’s CL was paved of course by the determined hard work and actions of local CSOs who first presented a petition to the Health Ministry for a Compulsory Licence to be issued on sofosbuvir already in 2015.
Challenging the unethical, immoral and, I would argue, illegal actions of big pharma in keeping affordable generic medicines out of the hands of patients has become a critical part of the work of many CSOs and community-based groups. Even though we are no match for money, legal or lobbying muscle of big pharma, we challenge, often successfully their patents on key medicines in several middle-income countries:
During last couple of years, ITPC’s consortium (working in 4 MICs: Argentina, Brazil, Thailand and Ukraine with the support of UNITAID) challenged up to 14 unmerited patents on HIV and Hepatitis C drugs, we file compulsory license petitions, we campaign – we critique unjust licensing and pricing exclusions, we engage in direct action highlighting the human rights violations of companies whether it is in a rally or at an international conference.
Our impact during the last two years on HIV drugs alone generated annualized budget savings of 549 M$ in the four countries.
What is interesting of course is that when community and public interest groups criticise companies for their divide and conquer policies on licenses or price discounts, the almost immediate response is that it is the governments that should be criticised instead. Companies will be companies of course. How can we expect that even in the area of life saving or life prolonging products that they should be driven by anything other than profit and PR. And governments after all, have full rights, like Malaysia within the WTO framework to get access to generic medicines. So as CSOs we are told we should direct our anger and our actions at the governments, not so much at the companies.
Right. So let us see what does happen when governments exercise these rights, when CSOs file legal interventions to challenge drug patents. In Brazil and Argentina, both countries also always excluded from voluntary licenses and price discounts, safeguards in their patent laws are designed to prevent unjustified patents and evergreening – the tactic used by big pharma to make small, obvious changes to older drugs so that they enjoy exclusive control of those drugs for far longer than 20 years.
The laws of Brazil and Argentina prevent such unjustified patents from being granted and have been used successfully by local CSOs to challenge patents on HIV medicines. Of course both Brazil and Argentina are facing now legal challenges to these safeguards from big pharma. The lack of global condemnation of big pharma’s actions in Brazil and Argentina is extremely worrying. Local community based groups and CSOs like FGEP in Argentina and ABIA in Brazil are courageously fighting this legal nightmare but solidarity it seems is now also defined by World Bank classifications.
These legal challenges to public health safeguards in the patent laws of developing countries are backed up by threats of trade sanctions from developed countries like the United States which through its annual 301 report names and shames countries that do not grant US style patents to big pharma.
And to well and truly close the legal paths that governments have to access generic medicines by using TRIPS flexibilities, developed countries are engaged in a record number of trade negotiations with IP demands far in excess of the WTO or TRIPS-plus demands.
The EU is demanding data exclusivity, a whole new form of exclusivity on medicines in its free trade agreement negotiations with MERCUSOR which includes Brazil and Argentina, my country Morocco and our neighbors in Tunisia.
EFTA in their FTA negotiations with India are attempting to overturn or water down India’s critical evergreening safeguard that has kept key HIV, cancer, heart disease and other medicines off patent in the pharmacy of the developing world. The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, that 11 countries are still trying to revive even without the US features some of the worst TRIPS-plus provisions ever seen in any FTAs. While Japan and South Korea are attempting to impose these provisions on three major generic producing countries – China, Thailand and India in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations.
In all this, developed countries are ultimately acting by and on behalf of big pharma. So we respectfully disagree with those who believe our actions, advocacy and campaigns should only be directed at our governments. We do and will continue to hold our governments accountable. We will advocate and campaign against developed country FTAs that threaten global production in the South.
But our governments’ actions and inactions are strongly influenced and challenged by the enormous power of multinational pharma companies. The Right to Health requires that our governments, domestically and internationally protect, promote and fulfill this right, including access to medicines to all who need it. Instead, we see our governments now acting as negotiators and regulators.
From citizens and patients, we are now consumers and markets. A market to be profited from. A market to be divided. This has been inexorable pull and result of the WTO-world view that has strengthened the control of corporations on our medicines. An ongoing effort within the UN to draft a framework holding Transnational Corporations accountable for human rights violations is something that now deserves our attention if we are to ensure that the lives and health of people are no longer held hostage by the profits and PR of a company.
To turn principles into actions, we also need a stronger international and national rights framework for a paradigm shift; where solidarity and access to medicines is not dependent on a World Bank classification; pharma greed is not justified in any country – high income, middle income or low income.
Two days ago, the world celebrated the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi who taught us that Science without Humanity and Commerce without Morality are sins. I think it is appropriate to end with his words in the hope that it will remind us of a crucial principle that has been buried along with the right to health in debates about GDPs, percentages and statistics:
“I do not believe in the doctrine of the greatest good of the greatest number. The only real, dignified, human doctrine is the greatest good of all.”
You can see more of what was said over on Twitter via our Make Medicines Affordable campaign
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Portland: Bright lights, food city
By Christina Wong
Is Portland the food truck capital of the world?
I’m not sure when my obsession with food trucks started, but coupled with the fact that I’d love to operate my own one, there’s something about mobile kitchens and its role in the community that fascinates me. I became determined to visit cities that had a vibrant food truck community, and my interest led me to one of the most prolific ones of all – Portland.
Having never been Stateside before, the “City of Roses”, as it’s also known, isn’t exactly the first American city tourists tend to visit. Even the US Customs officer gave me a strange look about this being my first choice. But Portland is known for its food scene, especially for its food carts, so it shouldn’t be seen as that unusual for wanting to visit.
From bibimbap to tacos to fish and chips, to Polish sausages to waffles – you name it, you got it. With over 500(!) food carts in the city, there’s bound to be a truck that will tantalise your taste buds. There are websites dedicated to tracking and mapping the food carts, such as Food Carts Portland, which also has an app and Portland Food Cart Adventures.
A Portland street food pod
Food vendors (trucks and carts) congregate into “pods”, which tend to be in under utilised car parks or spaces. Vendors lease these spots from the owner of that space, usually on a monthly basis, meaning they don’t regularly move from where they are. The city itself doesn’t organise or manage the programme, but cart owners must get a license through the County Health Department. Brett Barmeister, who runs the Food Carts Portland website, tells me the food cart scene happened organically.
“One vendor leased a spot and then a second one and then more came,” he says. “There weren’t any laws against it and it fit into the city’s goal of creating community spaces”. He says that the success of Portland’s food cart scene is due to the fact that it “has a more progressive approach to entrepreneurialism.”
Steve Cohen, Manager of Food and Policy for Portland, agrees: “Portland is successful because the city realised that carts can add vibrancy and revitalise urban areas and neighbourhoods; incubate economic activity (many cart owners have moved on to brick and mortar); promote the local food scene and our agricultural bounty and provide inexpensive lunches that are more creative and tastier than traditional “fast food” outlets. To encourage all of these advantages, the city has minimal regulations that allow the food cart community to flourish and works with the cart owners to ensure they can be successful.”
Portland street food stalls
I made my way to downtown Portland, heading to their biggest pod, on Alder Street, spanning between SW Alder and Washington, between 9th and 11th. My mouth literally dropped; I’ve never seen so many food carts clustered together. It’s like being in food cart heaven. The lunchtime crowd was out and the queues were forming. I basically walked around the block a couple of times because I had no idea what to eat. On the one hand the high number of food carts allows for greater variety and options – an advantage when you’re a vegetarian. But on the other hand, it’s quite overwhelming. Having six or seven traders (as it is at British markets like KERB) makes it easier when deciding what to eat.
My mouth literally dropped; I’ve never seen so many food carts clustered together. It’s like being in food cart heaven
My incredible street chips
The following day, I thought I’d explore the pods that were closer to my hostel in the Hawthorne District. This pod (at the corner of SE Hawthorne and 12 vendors smaller than Alder St, had a lot of picnic tables. I have a penchant for fries, so was happy to see that there was a truck called Potato Champion parked up. I looked at the menu and was overwhelmed by the different sauces you could pick to accompany your Belgian-style pomme frites. The vendor suggested the rosemary truffle ketchup, so I went with that. The fries were piping hot and crisp to perfection. The ketchup had an interesting taste. Bourbon honey mustard or buttermilk ranch will be ones to try next time.
Ultimately, Portland is serious about its food and food cart scene. Josh Millard, Moderator and Chief Data Wrangler at Metafilter.com, who eats from the carts regularly, predicts that the scene will continue to grow and mature: “At this point, food carts are a fixture, a really normalised and valuable part of local food culture and commerce”. In a sense, the food cart scene helps define Portland’s identity.
A group of students from Portland State University conducted a study on the city’s food carts and concluded that “food carts have significant community benefits to neighbourhood liveability by fostering social interactions, walkability, and by providing interim uses for vacant parcel.”
The food carts scene is not just about the food, but about the community it forges, bridging the gap between both the public and the private spheres. And the fact it emerged so naturally makes it all the more incredible.
This article was corrected on 19 August to remove May from the sentence “between 9th and 11th”.
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CARSON, Calif., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc. (NASDAQ:PRTS) , a leading online provider of aftermarket auto parts and accessories, today reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2007.
Net sales for the second quarter ended June 30, 2007 were $42.1 million, an increase of 56% from $27.0 million in the prior year period. Net income on a GAAP basis for the second quarter of 2007 was $0.8 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, compared to net income of $0.6 million, or $0.03 per diluted share for the prior year period. Net income for the first quarter of 2007 was $0.2 million, or $0.01 per diluted share. Diluted EPS for the quarters ended June 30, 2007, March 31, 2007 and June 30, 2006, includes amortization expense related to intangibles of $2.1 million or $0.07 per diluted share, $2.1 million or $0.08 per diluted share and $0.9 million or $0.05 per diluted share, respectively.
Adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of 2007 was $3.8 million, representing 9% of net sales, which excludes share-based compensation expense related to option grants of $0.6 million, compared to Adjusted EBITDA of $3.1 million in the prior year period, which excludes share-based compensation expense of $0.2 million. Adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of 2007 was $3.4 million which excludes share-based compensation expense of $0.4 million. For further information regarding Adjusted EBITDA, including a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net income, see Non-GAAP Financial Measures below.
"We are pleased with our second quarter results as we achieved solid sales growth year over year with a sequential improvement in profitability," said Mehran Nia, Chief Executive Officer. "We purposefully focused on higher- margin sales and were pleased to see sequential improvements in gross margin. We are on track with a number of key initiatives designed to improve our business over time and will also create an even better experience for our customers. During the second quarter, we opened our new distribution center in Tennessee and launched our web analytics platform. We believe our team is executing well on all fronts."
Michael McClane, Chief Financial Officer, added, "We are excited that we are performing at increasing levels of profitability while also investing in our company and our future. In the second quarter, we focused our paid search efforts within our e-commerce channel in order to reduce our customer acquisition cost and began to optimize our pricing strategy, which contributed to our expansion in gross margin. We have realized some early success in driving our key operating metrics and plan to continue to execute on our strategy to improve our return on invested capital."
Q2 2007 Operating Metrics
-- Conversion rate -- The conversion rate in the second quarter of 2007 remained constant at 1.2% compared to 1.1% during the corresponding period of 2006 and 1.2% in the first quarter of 2007.
-- Customer acquisition cost -- The customer acquisition cost in the second quarter of 2007 was $6 per customer, compared to $12 during the corresponding period of 2006 and $9 in the first quarter of 2007.
-- Unique visitors -- The number of monthly unique visitors in the second quarter of 2007 rose to 22 million, an increase of 57% compared to the second quarter of 2006.
-- Orders -- The number of orders placed through our e-commerce websites rose to approximately 257,000 orders in the second quarter of 2007 from 160,000 in the corresponding period of 2006, representing an increase of approximately 61%.
-- Average order value -- The average order value of purchases on our websites was $125 during the second quarter of 2007, up from $124 during the corresponding period of 2006.
Q2 2007 Financial Highlights
-- Cash and cash equivalents was $42.3 million at June 30, 2007.
-- Gross profit was $13.8 million or 33% of net sales for the second quarter of 2007 compared to $9.3 million or 34% of net sales for the second quarter of 2006. The year-over-year decrease in gross margin was due in part to the inclusion in the second quarter 2006 results of the drop-ship business of Partsbin, which was acquired in May 2006. On a sequential basis, gross margin increased from 31% of net sales for the first quarter of 2007. The sequential increase in gross margin was primarily the result of strategic pricing improvements implemented during the second quarter of 2007, partially offset by the seasonal product mix shift away from higher margin stock and ship products in the current quarter.
-- Marketing spend was $2.2 million or 5% of net sales for the second quarter of 2007 compared to $1.9 million or 7% of net sales for the prior year period and $3.4 million or 8% of net sales for the first quarter of 2007. We believe the sequential decrease in marketing spend reflects the Company's efforts to improve its return on marketing investment.
-- General and administrative expense was $3.7 million or 9% of net sales for the second quarter of 2007 compared to $2.3 million or 9% of net sales in the prior year period and $2.9 million or 7% of net sales for the first quarter of 2007. The sequential increase in general and administrative expense as a percentage of net sales was primarily due to recruiting and relocation expense of $0.2 million, legal expense of $0.4 million, and share-based compensation expense of $0.5 million.
-- Operating expense as a percentage of net sales was 31% in the second quarter of 2007 compared to 30% in the prior year period and 30% in the first quarter of 2007. Operating expense for the quarters ended June 30, 2007, March 31, 2007 and June 30, 2006 includes amortization expense related to intangibles of $2.1 million, $2.1 million and $0.9 million, respectively.
-- Capital expenditures for the second quarter of 2007 totaled $2.1 million, including $1.0 million of internally developed software and website development costs.
Outlook for 2007
The Company is maintaining its guidance for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007 as follows:
-- Net sales are expected to be in the range of $170 million to $185 million.
-- Operating expenses (including depreciation and amortization of software and intangibles) as a percentage of net sales is expected to be in the range of 30% to 33%.
-- Diluted net income per share is expected to be in the range of $0.05 to $0.17 assuming approximately 29.3 million shares outstanding.
-- This includes the estimated impact of share-based compensation expense of $0.09 per diluted share.
-- This includes the estimated impact of depreciation and amortization of software and intangibles of approximately $0.31 per diluted share.
-- Adjusted EBITDA is expected to be in the range of $14 million to $18 million.
Regulation G, "Conditions for Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures," and other provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, define and prescribe the conditions for use of certain non-GAAP financial information. We provide "Adjusted EBITDA," which is a non-GAAP financial measure. Adjusted EBITDA consists of net income before (a) interest expense, net; (b) income tax provision; (c) amortization of intangibles; (d) depreciation and amortization; and (e) share-based compensation expense related to stock option grants and other equity instruments.
The Company believes this non-GAAP financial measure provides important supplemental information to management and investors. This non-GAAP financial measure reflects an additional way of viewing aspects of the Company's operations that, when viewed with the GAAP results and the accompanying reconciliation to corresponding GAAP financial measures, provides a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting the Company's business and results of operations.
Management uses Adjusted EBITDA as a measurement of the Company's operating performance because it assists in comparisons of the Company's operating performance on a consistent basis by removing the impact of items not directly resulting from core operations. Internally, this non-GAAP measure is also used by management for planning purposes, including the preparation of internal budgets; for allocating resources to enhance financial performance; for evaluating the effectiveness of operational strategies; and for evaluating the Company's capacity to fund capital expenditures and expand its business. The Company also believes that analysts and investors use Adjusted EBITDA as a supplemental measure to evaluate the overall operating performance of companies in our industry.
This non-GAAP financial measure is used in addition to and in conjunction with results presented in accordance with GAAP and should not be relied upon to the exclusion of GAAP financial measures. Management strongly encourages investors to review the Company's consolidated financial statements in their entirety and to not rely on any single financial measure. Because non-GAAP financial measures are not standardized, it may not be possible to compare these financial measures with other companies' non-GAAP financial measures having the same or similar names. In addition, the Company expects to continue to incur expenses similar to the non-GAAP adjustments described above, and exclusion of these items from the Company's non-GAAP measures should not be construed as an inference that these costs are unusual, infrequent or non- recurring.
The table below reconciles net income to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA for the periods presented:
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended June 30, June 30, 2007 2006 2007 2006 Net income (in thousands) $773 $611 $1,008 $3,331 Interest *(income) expense, net (545) 317 (265) 357 Income tax provision 515 472 675 316 Amortization of intangibles 2,100 947 4,154 951 Depreciation and amortization 299 551 542 1,082 EBITDA 3,142 2,898 6,114 6,037 Share-based compensation 623 189 1,030 193 Adjusted EBITDA $3,765 $3,087 $7,144 $6,230
The Company will conduct a conference call with analysts and investors to discuss the results today, Thursday, August 2, 2007, at 2:00 pm Pacific Time (5:00 pm Eastern Time). The conference call will be conducted by Mehran Nia, Chief Executive Officer, Michael McClane, Chief Financial Officer, and Howard Tong, Chief Operating Officer, and will be broadcast live over the Internet and accessible through the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at http://www.usautoparts.netwhere/ the call will be archived until August 16, 2007. To view this press release or the financial or other statistical information required by SEC Regulation G, please visit the Investor Relations section of the U.S. Auto Parts website at http://www.investor.usautoparts.net/
About U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc.
Established in 1995, U.S. Auto Parts is a leading online provider of aftermarket auto parts, including body parts, engine parts, performance parts and accessories. Through the Company's network of websites, U.S. Auto Parts provides individual consumers with a broad selection of competitively priced products that are mapped by a proprietary product database to product applications based on vehicle makes, models and years.
U.S. Auto Parts' flagship websites are located at http://www.partstrain.com/ and http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/ and the Company's corporate website is located at http://www.usautoparts.net/
U.S. Auto Parts is headquartered in Carson, California.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which are based on management's current expectations, estimates and projections about the Company's business and its industry, as well as certain assumptions made by the Company. Words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "may," "will" and variations of these words or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements include, but are not limited to, the Company's expectations regarding its future operating results, financial condition, and potential growth. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, our actual results could differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements as a result of various factors.
Important factors that may cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, the demand for the Company's products; the Company's ability to expand and price its product offerings and control costs and expenses; the mix of products sold by the Company; the competitive and volatile environment in the Company's industry; the ability to achieve broader market acceptance for Internet auto parts sales; the effect and timing of technological changes and the Company's ability to integrate such changes and maintain, update and expand its infrastructure; the transition of certain call center operations in-house and the Company's ability to expand and maintain such operations; the Company's ability to retain, recruit and hire key executives, technical personnel and other employees in the positions and numbers, with the experience and capabilities, and at the compensation levels needed to implement the Company's business plans both domestically and internationally; the Company's cash needs; changes in general economic or market conditions; the Company's ability to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and, maintain an adequate system of internal controls, any remediation costs and other factors discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including the Risk Factors contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, which are available at http://www.usautoparts.net/ and the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov/. You are urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements in this release and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Unless otherwise required by law, the Company expressly disclaims any obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as result of new information, future events or otherwise.
U.S. Auto Parts(TM), U.S. Auto Parts Network(TM), PartsTrain(TM), Partsbin(TM), Kool-Vue(TM) and Auto-Vend(TM) are our United States common law trademarks. All other trademarks and trade names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
U.S. AUTO PARTS NETWORK, INC. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (in thousands, except share amounts) June 30, December 31, 2007 2006 (unaudited) ASSETS Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $42,324 $2,381 Accounts receivable, net 2,779 2,789 Inventory, net 11,519 8,796 Deferred income taxes 934 934 Other current assets 1,912 1,149 Total current assets 59,468 16,049 Property and equipment, net 4,516 2,716 Intangible assets, net 30,493 33,362 Goodwill 14,201 14,179 Deferred income taxes 1,703 1,703 Other non-current assets 152 1,901 Total assets $110,533 $69,910 LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY Current liabilities: Accounts payable $10,045 $9,091 Accrued expenses 3,465 2,912 Line of credit -- 2,000 Notes payable 1,000 10,805 Capital leases payable, current portion 65 62 Other current liabilities 1,442 2,392 Total current liabilities 16,017 27,262 Notes payable, less current portion, net -- 21,922 Capital leases payable, less current portion 76 114 Total liabilities 16,093 49,298 Commitments and contingencies Stockholders' equity: Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 10,000,000 and 11,100,000 shares authorized at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively; none and 11,055,425 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively -- 11 Common stock, $0.001 par value; 100,000,000 and 50,000,000 shares authorized at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively; 29,832,927 and 15,199,672 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively 30 15 Additional paid-in capital 141,692 68,906 Accumulated other comprehensive income 35 5 Accumulated deficit (47,317) (48,325) Total stockholders' equity 94,440 20,612 Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $110,533 $69,910 U.S. AUTO PARTS NETWORK, INC. UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (in thousands, except share and per share amounts) Three Months Ended Six Months Ended June 30, June 30, 2007 2006 2007 2006 Net sales $42,112 $26,966 $85,855 $44,971 Cost of sales 28,327 17,617 58,401 27,876 Gross profit 13,785 9,349 27,454 17,095 Operating expenses: General and administrative 3,655 2,290 6,531 4,255 Marketing 4,921 3,179 10,821 5,155 Fulfillment 1,862 1,213 3,579 2,365 Technology 507 323 956 517 Amortization of intangibles 2,100 947 4,154 951 Total operating expenses 13,045 7,952 26,041 13,243 Income from operations 740 1,397 1,413 3,852 Other income (expense): Loss from disposition of assets -- -- -- (5) Other income 3 3 5 157 Interest expense, net 545 (317) 265 (357) Total other income (expense) 548 (314 270 (205) Income before income taxes 1,288 1,083 1,683 3,647 Income tax provision 515 472 675 316 Net income $773 $611 $1,008 $3,331 Basic net income per share $0.03 $0.04 $0.04 $0.24 Diluted net income per share $0.03 $0.03 $0.04 $0.18 Shares used in computation of basic net income per share 29,832,927 14,120,952 26,679,905 13,663,020 Shares used in computation of diluted net income per share 29,853,346 20,772,428 28,142,830 18,099,520 U.S. AUTO PARTS NETWORK, INC. UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (in thousands) Six Months Ended June 30, 2007 2006 Operating activities Net income $1,008 $3,331 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: Depreciation and amortization 542 1,082 Amortization of intangibles 4,154 951 Non-cash interest expense 273 19 Loss from disposition of assets -- 5 Share-based compensation and other 1,030 292 Deferred income taxes -- (982) Changes in operating assets and liabilities: Accounts receivable, net 10 (2) Inventory, net (2,723) 1,538 Other current assets (763) 2 Other non-current assets 1,749 (139) Accounts payable and accrued expenses 1,469 703 Other current liabilities (950) (620) Net cash provided by operating activities 5,799 6,180 Investing activities Additions to property, equipment and intangibles (2,080) (633) Acquisition of assembled workforce (1,286) -- Acquisition of business, net of cash acq (22) (24,453) Net cash used in investing activities (3,388) (25,086) Financing activities Payments on line of credit (2,000) -- Proceeds from notes payable, net of discount -- 31,705 Payments on notes payable (32,000) (96) Proceeds from initial public offering, net of offering costs 71,537 -- Proceeds on issuance of Series A convertible preferred stock, net of offering costs -- 42,246 Payments of short-term financing (35) (223) Proceeds from sale of common stock -- 150 Stockholder distributions -- (1,700) Recapitalization distribution -- (50,000) Net cash provided by financing activities 37,502 22,082 Effect of changes in foreign currencies 30 8 Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 39,943 3,184 Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 2,381 1,353 Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 42,324 $ 4,537
Source: U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc.
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Read The Chelsea Girlsauthor FionaDavis – groundhogwalking.co.uk
From Fiona Davis, the nationally bestselling author of The Dollhouse and The Address, the bright lights of the theater district, the glamour and danger of 1950s New York, and the wild scene at the iconic Chelsea Hotel come together in a dazzling new novel about the twenty year friendship that will irrevocably change two women s lives.From the dramatic redbrick facade to the sweeping staircase dripping with art, the Chelsea Hotel has long been New York City s creative oasis for the many artists, writers, musicians, actors, filmmakers, and poets who have called it home a scene playwright Hazel Riley and actress Maxine Mead are determined to use to their advantage Yet they soon discover that the greatest obstacle to putting up a show on Broadway has nothing to do with their art, and everything to do with politics A Red scare is sweeping across America, and Senator Joseph McCarthy has started a witch hunt for Communists, with those in the entertainment industry in the crosshairs As the pressure builds to name names, it isthan Hazel and Maxine s Broadway dreams that may suffer as they grapple with the terrible consequences, but also their livelihood, their friendship, and even their freedom.Spanning from the 1940s to the 1960s, The Chelsea Girls deftly pulls back the curtain on the desperate political pressures of McCarthyism, the complicated bonds of female friendship, and the siren call of the uninhibited Chelsea Hotel. Free Read [ The Chelsea Girls ] by [ Fiona Davis ] – groundhogwalking.co.uk
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Tammy Tammy
A haven for artists, musicians, writers, and actors, the iconic Chelsea Hotel provides the backdrop for this fictional account of friendship and McCarthyism The main characters meet in Naples as USO entertainers during 1945 Their friendship continues into the 1960 s One becomes a famous movie star while the other becomes a playwright and, at times, both live at the Chelsea During the Cold War, people in the entertainment suffered blacklisting, unfair allegations and investigations leading to A haven for artists, musicians, writers, and actors, the iconic Chelsea Hotel provides the backdrop for this fictional account of friendship and McCarthyism The main characters meet in Naples as USO entertainers during 1945 Their friendship continues into the 1960 s One becomes a famous movie star while the other becomes a pl...
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Hazel Ripley left her unfulfilling career as a constant understudy to join the USO Tour during World War II Her new job takes her to the Old World where she meets Maxine Mead, a vivacious and outspoken actress The two women bond over their love of theater and mutual formative experiences in Italy Their friendship endures beyond their stint abroad the two cross paths again at the iconic Chelsea Hotel a haven for artists and creators in the 1950s Hazel catches a break as a playwright, and Hazel Ripley left her unfulfilling career as a constant understudy to join the USO Tour during World War II Her new job takes her to the Old World where she meets Maxine Mead, a vivacious and outspoken actress The two women bond over their love of theater and mutual formative experiences in Italy Their friendship endures beyond their stint abroad the two cross paths again at the iconic Chelsea Hotel a haven for artists and creators in the 1950s Hazel catches a break as a playwright, and Maxine returns as a Hollywood starlet But as the era of McCarthyism and blacklisting of the entertainment industry develops, Hazel and Maxine find themselves caught in the cross fire As the pressure builds, Hazel and Maxine face life changing decisions about loyalty, morality, and freedom, all of which unfold before the Victorian facade of the Chelsea Hotel Will the hunt for communists break these women apart Fiona Davis, the bestselling...
Camille Maio Camille Maio
Fiona Davis has captured the hearts of readers with the way she brings life to New York City landmarks through compelling historical fiction Setting her sights on the Chelsea Hotel, she delves into the world of theater in th...
Robert Sheard Robert Sheard
This is a little bit of a departure for Fiona Davis No dual timeline, and the landmark the Chelsea Hotel plays a slightly less crucial role than the landmarks in her previous works But the examination of McCarthyism and its impact on the theater world is dark and devastating.
Julia Kelly Julia Kelly
A dazzling story of loyalty, friendship, and betrayal in 1950s Bohemian New York amid the danger of the Red Scare It will leave readers wishing they could spend a night at the Chelsea Hotel for a taste of Broadway glamor and a well shaken cocktail.
JenRaye JenRaye
EDITED2.5 stars The Chelsea Girls follows Hazel and Maxine from 1940s Europe, near the end of WWII to the late 1960s New York The titular Chelsea is a hotel known for its many resident artists of various stripesboth political and professional The bulk of the story takes place during the 1950s at the height of McCarthyism in the US, which led to the blacklisting of many in the entertainment industry for supposed communist connections Maxine, an actress on the rise, and Hazel, an understudy EDITED2.5 stars The Chelsea Girls follows Hazel and Maxine from 1940s Europe, near the end of WWII to the late 1960s New York The titular Chelsea is a hotel known for its many resident artists of various stripesboth political and professional The bulk of the story takes place during the 1950s at the height of McCarthyism in the US, which led to the blacklisting of many in the entertainment industry for supposed communist connections Maxine, an actress on the rise, and Hazel, an understudy turned playwright and director, both residents of the Chelsea, find their lives turned upside down by the fear mongering of the House UnAmerican Activities Committee Will their friendship withstand the intense pressure brought to bear on it The early Cold War period and activities of the US government, as the HUAC searched for a commie under every stone is not the usual fare for an historical fiction novel As a student of history, the topi...
MicheleReader MicheleReader
Whether it s the Barbizon, the Dakota, Grand Central Terminal or The Chelsea Hotel, Fiona Davis has the great talent of weaving her wonderful stories around some of New York City s most interesting and iconic landmarks I ve long been intrigued by the Chelsea Hotel and its history with its wide range of artist inhabitants check out Leonard Cohen singing about fellow resident Janis Joplin in Chelsea Hotel No 2 In The Chelsea Girls, we are taken back to the 1940s to 1960s and the lives of Haze Whether it s the Barbizon, the Dakota, Grand Central Terminal or The Chelsea Hotel, Fiona Davis has the great talent of weaving her wonderful stories around some of New York City s most interesting and iconic landmarks I ve long been intrigued by the Chelsea Hotel and its history with its wide range of artist inhabitants check out Leonard Cohen singing about fellow resident Janis Joplin in Chelsea Hotel No 2 In The Chelsea Girls, we are taken back to the 1940s to 1960s and the lives of Hazel Riley and Maxine Mead who met near the end of WWII performing for the USO After the war, Hazel heads to the famed hotel and soon reunites with Maxine, now a starlet in Hollywood Hazel has written a play inspired by events during the war and Maxine heads back to NYC with the hope of starring in her friend s new play With the Red s...
The Chelsea Girls takes a look at New York landmark the Chelsea Hotel and the devastation to the entertainment industry wrought by the McCarthy era of the 1950s, through the lens of a first time playwright and her best friend leading actress The book spans from their meeting in the 40s through to the 60s, told in 3 acts and alternating between Hazel and Maxine s perspectives.I thought the witch hunting behaviour of the McCarthy era was well handled, especially what the allegations did to people The Chelsea Girls takes a look at New York landmark the Chelsea Hotel and the devastation to the entertainment industry wrought by the McCarthy era of the 1950s, through the lens of a first time playwright and her best friend leading actress The book spans from their meeting in the 40s through to the 60s, told in 3 acts and alternating between Hazel and Maxine s perspectives.I thought the witch hunting behaviour of the McCarthy era was well handled, especially what the allegations did to people caught...
Shannon Dyer Shannon Dyer
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Samantha Samantha
Exceptional No, better than exceptional.I m an OG fan of Fiona Davis, going all the way back to The Dollhouse, and have read and loved each of her novels This meant I had very high standards for Chelsea Girls, and I m pleased to say that Davis managed to exceed the high bar she set for herself with her previous work While I ve always admired Davis sense of time and place, ability to create atmosphere, and deft hand at writing nuanced characters, she took all of those things to new heights in Exceptional No, better than exceptional.I m an OG fan of Fiona Davis, going all the way back to The Dollhouse, and have read and loved each of her novels This meant I had very high standards for Chelsea Girls, and I m pleased to say that Davis managed to exceed the high bar she set for herself with her previous work While I ve always admired Davis sense of time and place, ability to create atmosphere, and deft hand at writing nuanced characters, she took all of those things to new heights in this book In Chelsea Girls, Davis took on what you might call aserious and certainlypolitical issue than she has in her previous novels McCarthyism and the Red Scare Set again...
Kim McGee Kim McGee
The theater and film stars of New York and a bit of Hollywood are the focus of the latest historical New York City novel by Fiona Davis In 1947 the threat of communism was sweeping the country and the largest focus was on the artistic areas No writer, playwright, screenwriter, painter or actor was safe from the famed Black List For the artists who live at the Chelsea Hotel in New York ending up on that list would mean life or death to the only world they knew Hazel and Maxzine got their star The theater and film stars of New York and a bit of Hollywood are the focus of the latest historical New York City novel by Fiona Davis In 1947 the threat of communism was sweeping the country and the largest focus was on the artistic areas No writer, playwright, screenwriter, painter or actor was safe from the famed Black List For the artists who live at the Chelsea Hotel in New York ending up on that list would mean life or death to the only world they knew Hazel and Maxzine got their start do...
Becky Becky
Wow what a story The Chelsea Girls follows Hazel and Maxine, two young women who meet on the USO tour during WWII, performing plays for the soldiers in Naples The girls bond over shared experiences that can only come from being in war and seeing what comes with it When the war is over and they return to their normal lives, the girls must find their place Hazel in New York City and Maxine in Hollywood After learning about The Chelsea hotel from Maxine, a place full of artists from all genres Wow what a story The Chelsea Girls follows Hazel and Maxine, two young women who meet on the USO tour during WWII, performing plays for the soldiers in Naples The girls bond over shared experiences that can only come from being in war and seeing what comes with it When the war is over and they return to their normal lives, the girls must find their place Hazel in New York City and Maxine in Hollywood After learning about The Chelsea hotel from Maxine, a place full of artists from all genres, Hazel gets a room and is instantly inspired and begins writing a play about her experiences in the war, the people she met and the stories she learned The hotel catapults her career as a play write, but the fear of communist influence creeps into the theater community and threatens to ruin everything they ve worked for This book gripped me from the beginning but truly became un put down able about halfway through when a major twist is revealed This book has a little bit of everyt...
Chris Markley Chris Markley
Fiona Davis again makes a New York architectural landmark a character in her books This time the landmark is the Chelsea Hotel, a home for artistic types, and a refuge for Hazel after she returns from a World War II USO tour and has a falling out with her family Hazel and Maxine are negotiating making it in theater but it is the era of McCarthy hunting communists and no one in the entertainment community is safe The choices, many made long before the war, come back to ruin lives and careers Fiona Davis again makes a New York architectural landmark a character in her books This time the landmark is the Chelsea Hotel, a home for artistic types, and a refuge for Hazel after she returns from a World War II USO tour and has a falling out with her family Hazel and Maxine are negotiating making it in theater but it is the era of McCarthy hunting communists and no one in the entertainment community is safe The choices, many made long be...
This novel is delightful for those who love NYC and especially the iconic Chelsea Hotel I once lived only a block away and the terrible period in American history that wasMcCarthyism The lead characters are a bit flat, but still i enjoyed how realistically the place and time were presented.
Sue Boahn Sue Boahn
My absolutely favorite Fiona Davis book This book has it all romance, history, mystery, and friendship A must read Thanks to Fiona Davis and Penguin Random House for the advanced read My favorite of the books I have read this year Love it
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Print Edition - 2019-06-20 | Health and Living
Survey shows crisis of confidence in vaccines
Just half of people in eastern Europe think vaccines are safe, compared with 79 percent worldwide
- Sarah Boseley
Jun 20, 2019-
A global survey of attitudes towards science has revealed the scale of the crisis of confidence in vaccines in Europe, showing that only 59 percent of people in western Europe and 50 percent in the east think vaccines are safe, compared with 79 percent worldwide.
Around the globe, 84 percent of people acknowledge that vaccines are effective and 92 percent say their child has received a vaccine. But in spite of good healthcare and education systems, in parts of Europe there is low trust in vaccines. France has the highest levels of distrust, at 33 percent.
There have been major measles outbreaks in a number of countries, which have spread across the continent, linked to vaccine hesitancy.
Dr Heidi Larson, the director of the Vaccine Confidence Project at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said social media was amplifying anxieties. While confidence in vaccines in the UK was higher than in some other parts of Europe, “where the UK is now I would say is vulnerable,” she said.
The first Wellcome Global Monitor survey, which canvassed attitudes among 140,000 people worldwide, shows clear links between people’s trust in doctors, nurses and scientists and their confidence in vaccines. It also shows that mistrust in government institutions goes hand in hand with doubts about vaccines’ safety. A recent Guardian investigation looked into links between anti-establishment populist politics in Europe and anti-vax sentiment.
“This first-of-a-kind global survey clearly shows that people’s beliefs about science are deeply influenced by their culture, context and background,” said Imran Khan, the head of public engagement at Wellcome, which commissioned the survey from Gallup. “We need to care more about these connections if we want everyone to benefit from science.”
The link was clearest in the field of vaccines. “There are increasingly populations and entire countries around the world where confidence in vaccines is dropping and uptake is dropping. That does pose a huge public health risk,” Khan said.
Larson said social media had become an amplifier of doubt. “Social media is highly volatile. It has totally changed the landscape.” She said it was hard for scientists to combat the spread of misinformation because often it was not public. Much of it had shifted into private Facebook groups and other similarly inaccessible forums.
Larson said it could take years for the full effects of an incident undermining confidence in vaccines to be felt. Andrew Wakefield, the discredited gastroenterologist, published his paper claiming a link between the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine and autism in 1998. “It was five years before his report had its full impact on vaccine uptake,” Larson said.
Bangladesh and Rwanda have the highest confidence in vaccines in the world, the Global Monitor shows. Rwanda also has the highest trust in its healthcare, at 97 percent, against a global average of 76 percent.
“In developing countries, where deadly diseases like diphtheria, measles or whooping cough are more common, I’ve seen mothers queue for hours to make sure their child is vaccinated,” said
Seth Berkley, the chief executive of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. “It is in wealthier countries, where we no longer see the terrible impact these preventable diseases can have, that people are more reticent. This reticence is a luxury we can ill afford.”
Northern Europe, which includes the UK, has more confidence in the safety and effectiveness of vaccines than the western or eastern regions. In northern Europe, 73 percent of people think they are safe, the same figure as in northern America, and 84 percent think they are effective (83 percent in northern America). Only 65 percent of eastern Europeans think they are effective. In Ukraine, which had more than 53,000 measles cases last year, the figure is 50 percent.
Larson said the UK was generally doing better than other parts of Europe, but she was concerned. “I don’t think we have an emergency today, but I want to anticipate where we are going,” she said. “Trends are important. We need confidence building and information targeted at the younger generation.”
She said young parents needed to have their questions answered promptly and completely or they would look to social media instead. “There is a gap between the pace and availability of information from medical sources. People need to feel listened to. If they are not listened to, they lose trust.”
Unicef said in March that measles cases around the world were surging to “alarmingly high levels”. The disease is highly infectious and in the developing world it kills one in 100 children who contract it.
The Global Monitor found mixed feelings about science around the world. Half the world’s population said they knew little about science and 20 percent said they felt excluded from its benefits. Fifty-five per cent of people in France said they believed science and technology would lead to job losses in their area, as did 37 percent of people in the UK.
—© 2019 The Guardian
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Good Tidings of Great Joy
by Libby Hanssen
Articles , Performing
A Trombone Christmas Reminiscence
Q: What do you call 158 trombonists playing holiday tunes?
A: A blast!
Now, it’s not often that I get to toot my own horn, but last November, when I learned about the inaugural Trombone Christmas Kansas City concert at Union Station, I roused my instrument out of hibernation and signed up before you could finish saying fa-la-la-la la la-la la la.
Instigated by Frank Perez and Will Biggs, Kansas City’s version is modeled on the All Western Trombone Christmas Concert in Anaheim, California, which started in 2010. (Perez was a member of Bones West Trombone Choir, the group that founded Trombone Christmas, for many years.) The Kansas City event joins seven others nationwide, but even in its first iteration had some of the largest participation numbers in the country.
We set up in the Grand Hall, in front of the miniature train ride that extends the model train display during the holiday season, overlooked by giant-sized Nutcrackers standing sentinel.
Consider the apparel donned: Santa hats dotted the ensemble, many folks wearing garish seasonal sweaters, some rocking Rudolph antlers and light-up noses. Other folks went more for the elf look. A few O Tannenbaum-ed themselves (and their horns) with ornaments and battery-powered string lights.
Teachers and students, teenagers and grandparents, amateurs and professionals, friends and strangers filled the seats by 8 a.m., brandishing tinsel on the bells of their horns and attaching colorful bows to their folding stands. Participants ranged from 5th-grade beginners to the Kansas City Symphony’s own associate principal trombone, Porter Wyatt Henderson.
The Grand Hall vibrated with the hum of a hundred plus heralds ready to proclaim the festive season. It was still only rehearsal.
By the 11 a.m. performance time, the audience thronged around the ensemble, vying with the holiday weekend crowd lining up for Union Station’s many train-themed activities and Santa sightings.
We played six-part arrangements of seasonal tunes, both traditional and modern, like “O Christmas Tree,” “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” “Silver Bells” and “Mele Kalikimaka,” some from the Trombone Christmas songbook, some by local composers. A few of my favorites were “We Three Kings,” “O Hanukkah” and “Christmas Lullaby.”
Between pieces, Perez and Biggs announced the winners of the various contests, determined during rehearsal: “most holiday spirit,” “youngest and most seasoned participants,” “most years playing trombone” and “longest distance traveled to participate.”
Trombone Christmas is similar to the popular Tuba Christmas, a tradition started by the legendary Harvey Phillips. The first Tuba Christmas was in 1974 at New York City’s Rockefeller Plaza. The Kansas City Symphony hosts an annual Tuba Christmas on the stage of Helzberg Hall each year. (See page 10.)
In fact, the first Trombone Christmas was started because one of the founders, Douglas Grieve, realized so many trombone players were participating in Tuba Christmas.
But the trombone has served a historical association with the birth of Christ (and all things magnificent) for hundreds of years, often called upon to represent the voice of angels and the message of God.
As Buddy the Elf says, “The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loudly for all to hear.”
So sing, you choirs of angels, sing in exultation. Only use trombones.
This year, the organizers hope to surpass 200 participants, welcoming trombone enthusiasts of all ages and abilities, and if that isn’t loud enough to grow the hearts of some Grinches, I’d be surprised.
The performance begins at 11 a.m. Dec. 15 in Union Station’s Grand Plaza. For more information on the performance and participation visit www.unionstation.org/TromboneChristmasKC.
Above: “KC Studio” music critic Libby Hanssen (front row, left) had a blast when she participated in last year’s inaugural Trombone Christmas Kansas City concert at Union Station. (photo by Roy Inman)
About The Author: Libby Hanssen
Originally from Indiana, Libby Hanssen covers the performing arts in Kansas City. She’s written for KCUR, “KC Studio,” “The Kansas City Star,” “The Pitch” and “KCMetropolis.” Libby maintains the culture blog “Proust Eats A Sandwich” and writes poetry and children’s books. Along with degrees in trombone performance, she was a Fellow for the NEA Arts Journalism Institute at Columbia University.
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The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince Review
Games inspired by fairy tales have always been an interesting subject for me. What’s even more fascinating about this latest entry from Nippon Ichi is that it borrows heavily from Grimms’ Fairy Tales, and is told through storybook style. Allow me to whisk you away into a magical world inhabited by a Liar Princess and a Blind Prince where monsters and animals are basically humans in different forms. It is a fairy tale, after all.
Title: The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince
Publisher: NIS America
Developer: Nippon Ichi Software
Available On: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4
Reviewed On: Nintendo Switch
Game Provided By NIS America for the Purpose of This Review
The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince begins with a monstrous wolf sitting atop a hill and singing in the light of the moon. She has a beautiful singing voice, and it has attracted the attention of the Prince of a nearby castle. Every night, he arrives at the bottom of the hill to listen to the sweet serenade, and when it’s over, he shows his admiration through applause. The wolf begins loving the attention, and so in her mind, she is now singing for whomever this is at the bottom of the hill. One night, the Prince decides he wants to see who this voice belongs to, so he begins climbing. When he reaches the top, the wolf panics and quickly slashes at his face, clawing out both of his eyes and blinding him.
Feeling terrible, she rushes off to see the Witch of the Woods in order to get the Prince his vision back. But she can’t guide him to the Witch while still being a monster, so a deal must be made. In order for her to transform into a beautiful Princess and get closer to the Prince, she must give up something of great importance to her. That being her wonderful singing voice.
Thus, the events of this fairy tale are now underway. All of that happens in the opening moments of the game, and it’s necessary to know as we continue on in this review. Reason being, it’s crucial to the gameplay of the actual game. The Princess can guide the Prince by holding his hand through the stages. He jumps when she jumps, and it becomes a clever puzzle-platformer that will sometimes require a bit of trial and error after just a few levels in. The Prince can be left alone if no enemies are around in order to solve certain puzzles by standing on switches or platforms.
If enemies are around, the Princess will need to transform back into her wolf form in order to engage in combat. Simply slashing her claws will take out all enemies with just a few hits. The combat is extremely simplistic, but the game is more about the exploration and the puzzle solving than it is about deep and rewarding combat mechanics. There will be times when quickly switching between the Princess and her wolf form will be necessary, as remember, the wolf cannot hold the hand of the Prince. Only the Princess can.
Cutesy but dark is a perfect way to describe the aesthetic of The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince. Featuring darker tones to the art palette and a hand-drawn look to the graphics, the game is gorgeous. This is made even more apparent during the games few cutscenes when the storybook style really shines at its brightest.
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The different designs of each section of the forest get more intricate as you progress throughout the story, but unfortunately, it never felt as if the game was presenting anything new to players. The same few puzzles are scattered about across the game, and once you know how to solve them on a basic level, it just becomes a matter of figuring out a small twist that has been added to try and layer in a bit of difficulty. Besides a few times, the puzzles were quick to solve and the game is incredibly easy. In terms of game length, it also isn’t very long, as an average playthrough can be done in 8 hours or less depending on how fast the puzzles are solved.
A few collectibles can be found, such as petals from a flower and actual flowers themselves which can then be handed off to the Prince. These two items encourage players to fully explore sections of each stage which would otherwise be pointless to go through if you weren’t of the collecting type. I started off wanting to find everything, but by about halfway through, stopped caring as it just didn’t feel rewarding enough to seek out anything other than the main story.
As mentioned, the game is rather easy. But the developers took things one step further, which was a weird design choice in my opinion. After spending roughly ten minutes in a given stage, you are presented with the option of skipping it entirely to move on to the next cutscene or area. I was surprised to see this option in there, as I felt there wasn’t anything truly capable of impeding the progress of most gamers. If you do happen to get stuck somewhere though or just want to really breeze through the game for story purposes, know that this option is included.
The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince falls just short of being truly special. There’s enough to like here in order to be fun for a one-time playthrough. I kept hoping the story would open up more, maybe explore areas outside of the forest or meet more interesting characters along the way. We do come across a few different types of species before reaching the Witch, but nothing that truly added anything to the overall narrative or focus of the game. While that may be disappointing to some, there is enough to warrant a playthrough to see the gorgeous graphics and experience the heartwarming fairy tale. After playing through A Rose in the Twilight and now this, I think Nippon Ichi is close to formulating a game using this style that will really break the mold and be great. For now, the latest entry is just good, but I’m glad I had the pleasure of playing through it.
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Grace Jones “Warm Leatherette” (Island, 1980)
I’ll never forget the first time I heard Grace Jones’ cover of the Normal’s “Warm Leatherette.” It must’ve been on a specialized program via Detroit public radio in the early ’80s. I was familiar with the original, by future Mute Records boss Daniel Miller. I loved—and still love—its relentless minimalism and abrasive synth tones going off like a haywire car alarm—apt for a song about the unexpected eroticism of a vehicular accident. (Thanks, J.G. Ballard.) Miller sings the macabre song with all the emotion of an automaton, which was somehow perfect for its lyrical circumstances. Jones, a black Jamaican woman, made “Warm Leatherette” sound even colder and more menacing than the nerdy white Englishman mustered.
How could this happen? The short answer is, Grace Jones is a freak of nature, an enigmatic woman who’s more man than most men will ever be, while also being a legit goddess. Why did this happen? Because, if I may conjecture, Grace Jones loves to take risks and subvert unlikely songs until she overshadows the original versions. The result with the title track of her fourth album is supremely unnerving and riveting.
Jones’ decision to cover “Warm Leatherette” must’ve seemed like a total WTF?! to Island Records’ execs, but in hindsight, it was a genius move. With a band full of session badasses like Sly Dunbar (drums), Robbie Shakespeare (bass), Wally Badarou (keyboards), Barry “White” Reynolds (guitar), Michael “Mao” Chung, and Uziah (Sticky) Thompson (percussion), Jones’ “Warm Leatherette” is bound to sound vastly different from the Normal’s synth ditty. She and the band use a crescendoing power chord to sub for the original’s synthesizer wheeze, while Badarou quotes James Brown’s “Sex Machine” riff. The rhythm is a juggernaut of funky skank, helping to transform this “Warm Leatherette” into a vastly different vehicle, as guitars and keys emulate siren sounds near the end. You could almost party to this rendition, if you were perverse enough.
Whew, it’s exhausting just trying to do justice to that Normal cover. Warm Leatherette has seven other tracks, most of them covers that deviate with almost as much idiosyncratic panache. The Pretenders’ “Private Life” sounds like a Sade tune, but with much more dubwise gravitas. Jones & co. inhabit Roxy Music’s “Love Is The Drug” as if it’s a skintight blue-velvet jumpsuit, slightly skanking up the disco-funk rhythmic chassis and adding staccato guitar-clang punctuation.
The silky Motown soul of Smokey Robinson & The Miracles’ “The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game” gets an uptempo revamp with much more robust drums and bass and an extended percussion breakdown. Tom Petty’s “Breakdown” lends itself easily to slouching into a laid-back Jamaican groove, and Jones stretches her usual taut delivery as far as it can go. It can’t surpass the late Mr. Petty’s yowl, but she gives it a valiant try.
The two songs originating from Jones and her band—“A Rolling Stone” and “Bullshit”—are, respectively, rollicking R&B that bubbles with erotic promise and strutting R&B that bumps and throbs with S&M promise. To be honest, though, everything here pales besides “Warm Leatherette.” It is simply one of the greatest covers ever, a radical transformation of such unlikely provenance that it feels and sounds like a cosmic joke. But as a later Grace song put it: cry now, laugh later. -Buckley Mayfield
November 23, 2017 | Posted in: Album Reviews / Punk and New Wave / Reggae and Dub
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Music Friday: In His Signature ‘Stable Song,’ Gregory Alan Isakov ‘Turns These Diamonds Into Coal’
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Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you great songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. In his signature “Stable Song,” singer-songwriter Gregory Alan Isakov uses gemstone and precious-metal metaphors to describe an artist who struggles to find his muse and ultimately returns to his roots.
He sings, “Ring like crazy, ring like hell / Turn me back into that wild haired gale / Ring like silver, ring like gold / Turn these diamonds straight back into coal / Turn these diamonds straight back into coal.”
In the YouTube clip below, Isakov introduces the song by telling a live audience that “The Stable Song” is a poem “about everything.”
In our interpretation, the artist seems to be unable to deal with the stress that comes with success. He’s under tremendous pressure to compose something perfect (diamond) and, instead, decides to return home where he can get back to basics (coal) and recapture the energy of his youth.
Written by Isakov, “The Stable Song” was the second track of his 2007 debut album, That Sea, The Gambler. The song also returned as the fourth track of the artist’s 2016 collaboration with the Colorado Symphony.
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, raised in Philadelphia and now calling Colorado home, the 37-year-old Isakov has been traveling most of his life. His songs tell the story of his time on the road and his constant yearning for a sense of place. Music critics have described him as “strong, subtle, a lyrical genius.”
Isakov is currently on a 16-city tour with stops in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Oregon, British Columbia, Alberta, Montana and Wyoming.
Please check out the video of his 2012 live performance at The Bing Lounge in Portland, Ore. The lyrics are below if you’d like to sing along…
“The Stable Song”
Written and performed by Gregory Alan Isakov.
Remember when our songs were just like prayer
Like gospel hymns that you called in the air
Come down, come down sweet reverence
Unto my simple house and ring… and ring
Ring like silver, ring like gold
Ring out those ghosts on the Ohio
Ring like clear day wedding bells
Were we the belly of the beast, or the sword that fell?
We’ll never tell
Come to me, clear and cold
On some sea
Watch the world spinning waves
Like that machine
Now I’ve been crazy, couldn’t you tell?
I threw stones at the stars, but the whole sky fell
Now I’m covered up in straw, belly up on the table
Well I drank and sang, and I passed in the stable
That tall grass grows high and brown
Well I dragged you straight in the muddy ground
And you sent me back to where I roam
Well I cursed and I cried, but now I know
And I ran back to that hollow again
The moon was just a sliver back then
And I ached for my heart like some tin man
When it came, oh it beat and it boiled and it rang
Oh, it’s ringing
Ring like crazy, ring like hell
Turn me back into that wild haired gale
Turn these diamonds straight back into coal
Please note that the embedded video below is delivered via an iFrame from YouTube
Credits: Screen captures via YouTube.com/KINK Radio.
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Banality
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Banality is a constant oppressive force in the world. It's what makes you go to work day after day so you can afford a nice apartment and Ikea furniture. It's what makes you care about Dockers and Must See TV. It's why you wait in line politely at the DMV. It's everything you do without thinking, just because you're supposed to. It's insiduous and all but impossible to escape, even for people who are more than human. As such, we are not using the banality scores for non-fae races listed in the sources, which are rather low. We are using the following banalities by race/type:
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Mortal 7
Mortal+ (including kinfolk) 6
Mage (Order of Hermes, Virtual Adepts) 7
Mage (all other Traditions) 6
Mage (Technocrat) 8
Shifter (Glass Walker) 7
Shifter (all others) 6
Banality is also dependent on a character's background and personality. If you think your character's banality should differ from the default value, feel free to contact fae staff to make your case. To ask for a lower banality, be prepared to give examples of how your character rejects the 'status quo' lifestyle on a daily basis. Non-fae staff and fae players may ask staff to change the banality of a person whose background justifies it or who consistently RPs differently than their score.
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St. Paul Saints 2007-2008 Schedule
Section: 4A | Roster | Stats
Conference: Tri-Metro
Head Coach: Joe Law
Home Ice: Minnesota State Fair Coliseum, St. Paul, MN
1-0-0 | W | 8-2 | 11/30/07 at Two Harbors (7A)
2-0-0 | W | 6-1 | 12/01/07 at Silver Bay/Cook County (7A)
3-0-0 | W | 5-2 | 12/07/07 Detroit Lakes (6A)
3-1-0 | L | 0-4 | 12/08/07 #19 Park Rapids Area (8A)
3-2-0 | L | 2-9 | 12/11/07 at Spring Lake Park (4A)
3-3-0 | L | 2-3 | 12/12/07 at St. Paul Johnson (4AA)
4-3-0 | W | 8-1 | 12/15/07 Bagley/Fosston (8A)
5-3-0 | W | 5-4 OT | 12/18/07 at Minneapolis East (6AA)
12/27/07 SILVER BAY HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT
6-3-0 | W | 5-4 | vs. Dickinson (ND) - Quarterfinal
6-4-0 | L | 2-5 | vs. Hutchinson (3A) - Semifinal
6-5-0 | L | 1-3 | vs. Robbinsdale Cooper (6AA) - Third Place Game
6-6-0 | L | 0-3 | 01/05/08 La Crescent (1A)
7-6-0 | W | 4-3 | 01/10/08 Minneapolis West (6AA)
7-7-0 | L | 2-7 | 01/12/08 at Providence Academy (2A)
8-7-0 | W | 4-3 | 01/15/08 #19 Breck School (2A)
9-7-0 | W | 5-2 | 01/18/08 at St. Paul Como Park (4AA)
9-8-0 | L | 1-2 | 01/22/08 Park (Cottage Grove) (3AA)
9-9-0 | L | 0-6 | 01/24/08 Blake School (2A)
9-10-0 | L | 1-2 OT | 01/26/08 at Minnehaha Academy (4A)
10-10-0 | W | 2-0 | 01/31/08 at St. Paul Academy/MPA (4A)
10-11-0 | L | 0-9 | 02/02/08 at Breck School (2A)
10-12-0 | L | 3-4 | 02/07/08 Providence Academy (2A)
10-13-0 | L | 2-8 | 02/09/08 at #18 Blake School (2A)
10-14-0 | L | 2-3 | 02/12/08 St. Paul Academy/MPA (4A)
10-15-0 | L | 2-3 | 02/14/08 Minnehaha Academy (4A)
vs. Class A Teams: 18 (6-12-0)
vs. Class AA Teams: 6 (3-3-0)
vs. North Dakota Teams: 1 (1-0-0)
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Meyer Turku delivers the new Mein Schiff 2
The GT 111.5k-big and 315 m-long cruise ship (some 20 m longer than the previous Mein Schiff 2) has been handed over, ahead of schedule, to her owners from TUI Cruises.
Once commissioned, the ship, able to take up to 3,132 guests on-board, sailed for Kiel for the delivery ceremonies (as the final silicon painting of the underwater part of her hull wasn't designed to withstand the ice conditions that persist in the Turku archipelago in the winter time).
Afterwards, the new Mein Schiff 2 left the German seaport for inaugural sailings with travel agency partners and first guests. Under the motto "Charting a discovery course," she will then set sail from Bremerhaven on 3 February for a 12-day christening itinerary. Following port calls in La Coruña and Leixões, the new Mein Schiff 2 will call to Lisbon for three days for the naming ceremony before continuing her itinerary to Las Palmas and Arrecife via Cádiz.
According to TUI Cruises, thanks to installing an energy management system (incl. a light control system and LED lightening, efficient air conditioning), hydrodynamically optimised hull shape, and underwater silicone painting the new Mein Schiff 2 consumes up to 40% less fuel than ships of comparable size. In addition, the cruiser's main and auxiliary engines are equipped with a catalyst in order to reduce the emission of nitrogen oxides.
"The commissioning of our new Mein Schiff 2 marks the successful end of our first expansion phase. Our sixth newbuild by Meyer Turku not only impresses with its design, its inner values are equally convincing: With the use of modern technologies we are setting standards for environmental protection," Wybcke Meier, CEO, TUI Cruises, commented.
Photo: Meyer Turku
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myavr.info Personal Growth Purple Hibiscus By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Pdf
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Olusola1 Lawal,Fatai Alabi2. Purple Hibiscus, her first novel, has won the Hurston. LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Purple Hibiscus, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
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Love is also explored through narration. Although Kambili is a 1. The love however is immature in because they have known each other for a very short time.
Although the love narrated is not very mature it is still love. Adichie uses narration to show the audience that Kambili is in love and Adichie uses her narration to give us some hints of this love. She uses all of her characters to bring out different aspects of domestic violence. Eugene is the abuser and he abuses his two children and his wife.
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All of the characters respond to the violence in different ways and this shows the varying effects of violence on persons.
Jaja eventually becomes defiant and rebels against everything his father stands for whether good or bad and Beatrice is quiet and submissive, but eventually changes and kills Eugene.
Oppression is also brought out through characterization. Nigeria in the time frame of the book is going through a period where political oppression is present and everyone is affected by it. Eugene thinks that the military government is wrongfully oppressing the people and speaks out about this.
Ifeoma like Eugene speaks out about the oppression in the country. Adichie uses these two characters to speak about the evils of political oppression.
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Religion is also explored through characterization. Adichie uses two characters to bring out the conflict that religion presents, these characters are Eugene and Papa Knukwu.
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She uses Eugene to present the Christian perspective and his father to present the Traditionalist. Eugene is ethnocentric and this is what causes the conflict of religion between Eugene and his father, which causes Eugene to not speak with his father.
When the novelist was growing up in Nigeria, she was not used to being identified by the colour of her skin. That changed when she arrived in the United States for college. As a black African in America, Adichie was suddenly confronted with what it meant to be a person of color in the United States. Race as an idea became something that she had to navigate and learn.
She received a bachelor's degree from Eastern Connecticut State University, [14] with the distinction of summa cum laude in In she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart", at the age of Adichie was inspired by seeing her own life represented in the pages.
I'm very feminist in the way I look at the world, and that world view must somehow be part of my work. At the lecture, she said that the under-representation of cultural differences could be dangerous: "Now, I loved those American and British books I read.
They stirred my imagination and opened up new worlds for me. But the unintended consequence was that I did not know that people like me could exist in literature.
She briefly talked about the houseboy that was working for her family whose name is Fide and said the only thing she knew about him was how poor his family was. However, when Adichie's family visited Fide's village, Fide's mother showed them a basket that Fide's brother had made, making her realize that she created her opinion about Fide based on only one story of him.
Adichie said, "It had not occurred to me that anybody in his family could actually make something.Adichie is a fresh new voice out of Africa. Adichie said that the problem with gender is that it shapes who we are.
Oppression is explored through narrative point of view. Jaja will also continue the family name and hence the lineage while Kambili will leave the Achike name and adopt that of her husband.
Nzegwu, N. Purple hibiscus: The wiping of these beige, finger-size, ceramic figurines of dancers had served a therapeutic role for Beatrice for a long time. The book is the tale of a family in postcolonial Nigeria told from the eyes of a young female, Kambili.
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The Painter of the Chinese Zodiac
George Town has been experiencing a street art catharsis for a while now. Ernest Zacharevic may be the poster child for Penang’s street art scene, but fellow artist Thomas Powell has garnered a cult following with his fresh take on the classic Chinese Zodiac and Chinese opera performers – here on the old walls of George Town.
The Drippin’ Dragon Mural, Lorong Hutton.
Have you seen the rat-headed prisoner on the wall of Mugshot Cafe on Lebuh Chulia? How about a monkey-headed general guarding the moon gate in China House’s courtyard?
There’s a dragon-headed General Guan Yu riding a horse on the wall of the Drippin’ Dragon Hostel on Lorong Hutton. Have you seen that too?
If you’re familiar with the works of Penang-based British artist Thomas Powell, you may very well have.
(From left) The rat-headed prisoner mural on the wall of Mugshot Cafe on Lebuh Chulia and the monkey-headed general guarding the moon gate in China House’s courtyard.
Known for his signature style of joining a representational head of an animal with a human body, Powell’s paintings and murals are instantly recognisable in the Penang street art scene.
These murals are an extension of Powell’s original Chinese Zodiac series which began in 2014.
(From left) The Yes My Deer and Oh My Deer paintings in Macalister Mansion which sparked the creation of the Chinese Zodiac series.
“I got the idea during a project for Macalister Mansion. At that time, I was painting a pair of deer-headed pieces when it hit me: because all the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac are meant to represent people, why not draw an animal head on a human body, symbolising what the creature represents? It enables viewers to recognise their own zodiac animal and explore what this means to them,” says Powell.
Powell’s original series of the Chinese Zodiac.
The Chinese zodiac or horoscope, which is based on a 12-year cycle, was used to aid many of life’s important decisions, from marriage to the setting up of one’s business. It was, and in some cases is still thought to be so accurate that at one time, an Emperor of China banned its use by the populace, fearing that it could be used to plot against him and his court.
Speaking about the Drippin’ Dragon mural, Powell says, “I painted it because the site used to be a hospice for people to spend their remaining time and had been empty for many years due to superstition and bad fengshui.
“The new renters felt the piece was needed to help change the fengshui of the place,” Powell says.
Powell is no stranger to the local street art scene, having been in Penang since 2010. When asked about how he stumbled upon his artistic journey in Penang, he says, “Joe Sidek, the former festival director of George Town Festival, stopped me and my friend, James Springer (author of Malaysia’s Canvas) on the streets and told us of a project that we may be able to help him with. Joe then introduced me to Fuan Wong, a glass artist, and Howard Tan, a photographer, and I subsequently got connected to the artist residency programme at Malihom Private Estate in Balik Pulau.”
When Zacharevic’s famed Children on a Bicycle mural was defaced back in 2015, Powell restored it lovingly without charge. “I was asked if I could help restore the mural. The piece is synonymous with Penang. It is appreciated by tourists and Penangites alike.
“It also meant I was able to help out Ernest, Joe, the chief minister and of course, the people of Penang in one act. It was the least I could do!” he says.
For Powell, the overlap of culture makes Penang truly an incredible place, and the diversity adds to its attractiveness. “Different people with different cultures living and working harmoniously together offer a range of benefits for all to share, such as food, fashion, celebrations and festivals throughout the year. Penang has influenced me as an artist and as an individual,” Powell says.
Powell’s The Sheng
Since 2016 Powell has taken an interest in another aspect of Penang’s cultural heritage: the Chinese opera performers. Calling them his muses, Powell has painted another series, aptly named “The Sheng”, a term for the main male role in Chinese operas.
Powell was commissioned to install his murals at the Butterworth Fringe Festival and in Penang Hill.
At the moment, Powell has a string of projects coming up. “Next year I will be doing a mural trail around Little India, but it is yet to be confirmed.
“A local publisher has contacted me to do a book compilation of the Chinese Zodiac, which I am excited to work on. It will be a complete collection of the series.
“Twelve animals, 12 years, 12 unique characters and several thousand years of antiquity – all in one book. I'm excited about that!” he says.
Powell posed for a photo at his art gallery.
Find Thomas Powell’s art gallery, along with Howard Tan’s studio and Fuan Wong's glass gallery, at 13 Lebuh Armenian. The art gallery is open daily from 10am to 6pm and can be contacted at +6016 773 4763.
The Chinese Zodiac book by Thomas Powell is available for preorder. Follow his Facebook and Instagram for updates.
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California, China sign climate deal
by Constance Griffith
— Jun 7, 2017
China expert and former journalist John Pomfret also wrote on Twitter that the charge d'affaires at the USA embassy, David Rank, had personally informed embassy staff of his decision. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was among Trump advisers who had been quietly lobbying for the U.S.to stay in the pact.
Although Rank meant to resign his position by the end of the year, it is rare for Foreign Service officers to leave because of personal political opinion; they typically represent the United States overseas regardless of administration decisions, The Washington Post said Tuesday. "The Paris Climate Accord is simply the latest example of Washington entering into an agreement that disadvantages the United States to the exclusive benefit of other countries, leaving American workers - who I love - and taxpayers to absorb the cost in terms of lost jobs, lower wages, shuttered factories, and vastly diminished economic production", he had said.
On the weekend another career diplomat broke ranks with Trump after the president criticized London Mayor Sadiq Khan for suggesting there was "no reason to be alarmed" by armed police patrols in the city.
Tuesday's agreement between California and China's Ministry of Science and Technology effectively sidestepped Trump's move, bringing about alignment on an issue of rising global importance between the world's second-largest economy - China - and California, whose economy is the largest of any US state and the sixth largest in the world. "We appreciate his years of dedicated service to the state department.", said Anna Richey-Allen, a spokeswoman for the department's East Asia bureau.
A Washington Post-ABC News poll revealed that most Americans also disagreed with Trump's decision to remove the USA from the Paris pact.
The full impact of Trump's decision still depended on whether other countries would follow the US lead and decide to withdraw from the pact, he said.
Corbyn: It's a shame PM has not joined in head-to-head debate
When quizzed whether this would mean he could get everything he wanted, his response was: "Yes I do think that is the way you start".
"Despite China discussing for a long time about linking up with foreign markets, they are still at the stage of talking about it", added Ma, a deputy director general of the body, which is backed by the Chinese government.
Chacon could not immediately be reached for comment.
Rank has worked in the USA foreign service for 27 years.
Polley said the embassy informed China's foreign affairs ministry on Monday that Jonathan Fritz would be serving as charge d'affaires.
Joint pledges by China and the United States ahead of the Paris talks helped create the momentum to secure a global agreement, and included a promise by China to set up a nationwide emissions trading exchange by this year.
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Carmichaelia hollowayi
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Carmichaelia: after Carmichael, a botanist
Holloways broom
2012 - Threatened - Nationally Critical
2012 - CD, RF, RR
Carmichaelia hollowayi G.Simpson
Rare low-growing shrub with many yellowish erect leafless orange-tipped branches inhabiting limestone in the Waitaki Valley. Branches 3.5mm wide, with rounded tip. Flowers small, pea-like, white with dark purple centre, in small clusters. Fruit a long-lasting sharp-tipped dry pod containing 1-3 hard olive seeds.
CARHOL
Dicotyledonous Trees & Shrubs
Endemic. South Island, where it is only known from limestone outcrops on the south bank of the Waitaki River.
Limestone bluffs, outcrops, colluvium and their associated rendzina soils.
Dwarf, suckering broom, up to 0.5 x 1(-2) m. Branches 10-30 mm diam., stout, horizontal, spreading, cladodes virtually leafless, 50-80(-100) x 3.5 mm, erect to spreading, yellow-green, apex rounded, never sharp-tipped. Leaves when present, simple, 4.5-12.5 x 1.8-4.5 mm, obovate to oblanceolate, green. Inflorescence a (1-)2-3-flowered raceme, flowers dark purple. Standard 7-8 x 7-8 mm, broad-orbicular, erect, purple or red-purple, margins white. Wings 5.5-6.5 x 2.5-3 mm, oblong, white, purple veined, keel 5 x 3.5 mm, distally tinged purple otherwise white or purple-veined. Pods long persistent, 8-11 x 4.8-6 mm, broad elliptic, laterally compressed, valves very flat. Seeds 2.5-2.9 x 2.4-2.6 mm, reniform, 1(-2) per pod, yellow-green or green with black mottling.
Carmichaelia hollowayi is identified by the pod, which is conspicuously laterally compressed and by the cladode apex which is rounded rather than sharp-tipped like Waitaki forms of C. petriei Kirk and C. australis R.Br. It is one of three native brooms (the others are C. astonii G.Simpson and C. glabrescens (Petrie) Heenan) naturally confined to limestone rock and associated soils.
November - December
Violet / Purple,White
January - May
Easily grown from fresh seed. Can also be grown by hardwood cuttings but these can be slow to take root. Plants will not tolerate humid conditions, and require a sunny, well drained, fertile soil.
There are less than 250 adult plants in the wild found in three populations. Because the species suckers, exact numbers of adult plants cannot be determined and it is likely than there are far fewer than currently believed. Although two of the three known populations occur on protected or covenanted land, the species remains at serious risk at all sites from browsing animals and from competition by tall grasses, shrubs and hawkweeds. Aside from these issues recruitment failure (in part linked to weed control) seems to be critical problem.
2n = 32
Seeds are possibly dispersed by wind and granivory (Thorsen et al., 2009).
Fact sheet prepared for NZPCN by P.J. de Lange 1 October 2003. Description adapted from Heenan (1995) - see also de Lange et al. (2010).
de Lange, P.J.; Heenan, P.B.; Norton, D.A.; Rolfe, J.R.; Sawyer, J.W.D. 2010: Threatened Plants of New Zealand. Christchurch, Canterbury University Press. 471pp.
Heenan, P. B. 1995: A taxonomic revision of Carmichaelia (Fabaceae-Galegeae) in New Zealand (part I). New Zealand Journal of Botany 33: 455-475.
Thorsen, M. J.; Dickinson, K. J. M.; Seddon, P. J. 2009. Seed dispersal systems in the New Zealand flora. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 2009 Vol. 11 No. 4 pp. 285-309
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How Trump digs a deeper legal hole when he tweets
At a joint press conference with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, Trump reiterated that he felt vindicated by Comey's testimony before a Senate committee yesterday but also said that Comey lied in characterizing conversations between the two.
On Thursday, Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee to discuss his firing, which occurred in May, the investigation into any potential ties between Russian Federation and the Trump campaign and the possibility Trump may have obstructed justice when he put pressure on Comey to drop the investigation into Gen. Michael Flynn, Trump's former national security adviser.
The president's public statements were the first since Comey testified Thursday, accusing Trump of asking him to "let go" of the FBI's Michael Flynn investigation and lift the "cloud" of the Russian Federation investigation.
When asked about whether he had recordings of his conversations with Mr Comey, which he has previously hinted, the president said he would address it at a later date.
"I didn't say that", said Trump referring to the Comey testimony, indicating that Trump asked that the investigation go away. The assertion was based on what the president said of him ("a real nut job") and on his belief that Comey misled the public about the alleged lack of support among Comey's Federal Bureau of Investigation colleagues. That, Trump and his attorney say, constitutes a breach.
Could Comey be "Deep Throat II" attempting to do the same to Donald Trump?
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"I think it's going to take a little longer", Mark Corallo, a spokesman for the legal team, said on Tuesday.
Pressed on his statement in the White House Rose Garden, Trump said: 'I'll tell you about it over a short period of time.
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International Pilots error cause Jet Airways passengers to suffer ears and nose bleeds
Pilots error cause Jet Airways passengers to suffer ears and nose bleeds
A Jet Airways flight between Mumbai and Jaipur in India, had to return to Mumbai on Sept 20 due to cabin pressure dropping that led to bleeding from nose and ear of passengers on the flight.
Panic situation due to technical fault in @jetairways 9W 0697 going from Mumbai to Jaipur. Flt return back to Mumbai after 45 mts. All passengers are safe including me. pic.twitter.com/lnOaFbcaps
— Darshak Hathi (@DarshakHathi) September 20, 2018
Jet Airways a major Indian international airline based in Mumbai said that it “regretted” the incident.
Jet Airways statement on flight 9W 697 of 20th September 2018. pic.twitter.com/D99vyFFIv2
— Jet Airways (@jetairways) September 20, 2018
An official of India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said that the aircraft had air turnback to Mumbai, as cabin pressure fell due to the fault of cockpit crew. Jet Airways has derostered pilots pending investigation.
“During climb, crew forgot to select bleed switch due to which cabin pressurisation could not be maintained. As a result, oxygen masks got deployed,” said an official. He added: “Thirty out of 166 passengers experienced nose and ear bleeding, some also complained of headache.”
“The flight’s cockpit crew has been taken off scheduled duties pending investigation,” the airline said in a statement. The airline made alternative flight arrangements for passengers on this flight.
“All guests were deplaned safely and taken to the terminal. First aid was administered to few guests who complained of ear pain,” the statement added.
Aircrafts usually travel between the altitudes of 28,000 and 35,000 feet, where air pressures are significantly lower than those on the earth’s surface. To counter this, aircraft cabins must be pressurized to maintain safe levels of oxygen. Without pressurization, the air becomes drier and thinner, leading to compromised membranes in the ears and nose, which may cause pain and bleeding.
An official at India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) said going by the preliminary information, it could be a case of negligence on the part of the pilots since controlling cabin pressure control is part of check before operating a flight. Serious incidents and accidents are referred to the AAIB for further investigation.
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PHILIP LARKIN
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NEW EYES EACH YEAR
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12th July – 31 October 2017
The exhibition Larkin: New Eyes Each Year opened to the public on 12th July to very high acclaim. Curated by Anna Farthing and based at the University of Hull’s Brynmor Jones Library, the exhibition offers new ways of approaching Larkin’s life and work, principally through the objects and possessions he surrounded himself with.
Larkin: New Eyes Each Year is a creative, multi-sensory and immersive display of personal items, clothing, letters, photographs, drawings, music and film, which invites fresh responses to the complex and contradictory life of a widely admired artist whose biographical narrative has been much contested.
Most of the objects in the exhibition have never been shown in public. They focus on his domestic and personal interests, including ties, souvenirs, previously unseen photographs that he took and developed and his private book collection, which ranges from crime fiction to Beatrix Potter and is arranged in the order that they were found at his home.
There are garments worn by his long term lover Monica Jones as well as himself. His relationship with friends, family and other women is also illustrated through the items he chose to collect, including three Super 8 films showing life at the library and a recording of a long conversation between Larkin and his mother who he wrote to every day.
The display takes its name from a Larkin poem about books, a library and its visitors. The title reflects both the site responsive contextual approach they have taken and the invitation for new eyes to view Larkin’s work. Visitors are encouraged to become immersed in the images, sounds and artefacts that have been brought together.
Larkin: New Eyes Each Year invites questions from the visitor. It is an opportunity to consider Larkin’s sense of self and how control of his own image is reflected in representations of himself through rarely seen letters, photographs and doodles.
Curator Anna Farthing said: “Our commission was to surprise and our response has been to focus on Larkin’s personal possessions, rather than his poetry or writing about him by others. We know that ordinary things were meaningful for him and he was a great collector of souvenirs and thoughtful about their placement. Therefore we invite visitors to investigate for themselves, to peek between the layers of our display, to recognise and question and to use their own imaginations. We hope that this experience will stimulate new responses to his much contested character as well as draw people to his legacy of poetic works.”
Although renowned as a poet, Larkin described himself as a librarian and was in that role at the University of Hull for 30 years, from 1955 to his death in 1985 at the age of 63. Larkin oversaw the design and construction of the university’s Brynmor Jones Library in the 1950s, as well as its extension in the 1970s, making New Eyes Each Year have great resonance as a site specific exhibition in his building.
Throughout his life, Larkin lived among words in books, diaries, notebooks and letters. When his house was cleared it was found to contain thousands of books. Over 3,700 of these, along with 11,000 letters are now conserved together with the University’s archives in Hull History Centre.
Martin Green, Director of Hull 2017: “Philip Larkin is one of the most renowned artists to have lived in Hull and we are delighted that this new exhibition is opening as a centrepiece of our Freedom season. With Anna Farthing’s surprising take on how to present from the thousands of objects that belonged to him, we hope that it will stimulate even more interest in the poet, whether you have read him or not.”
Professor Eddie Dawes, Chairman of The Philip Larkin Society said: “We are delighted to have been directly involved in the creation of this major new exhibition. We hope that the Exhibition will both surprise and stimulate visitors and that many may wish to follow up their interest by joining the Society.’
Martin Green, CEO and Director of Hull 2017 opens the Exhibition with Michelle Anderson, the University’s Librarian.
The curator, Anna Farthing.
Mingling at the reception.
Awaiting the first visitors.
By the tree of ties.
During its first week of opening the exhibition attracted over 2000 visitors.
Photographs © Tom Arran
A Hardy and Larkin Weekend 9-11 August 2019
Philip Larkin: Personality, Poetry, Prose
A date for your diaries at Hull Truck Theatre. @PLSoc are delighted to be supporting The Mechanicals in this creative Larkin project which fuses poetry with music and theatre https://t.co/ZO4KLmVIvV
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Larkin on the past: “I do love the past. Anything more than 20 years back begins to breathe a luminous fascination for me: it starts my imagination working. Why? Because it is past, I suppose, & leaves my feelings free to get to work on it.” https://t.co/nTprsfjmDb
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RT @CatherineSked: @ThatVase @PLSoc I remember studying Hardy’s love poems at uni and they make fascinating reading with a bit of biography…
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M, #6032, b. 13 September 1869, d. 10 July 1951
John Galt was born on 13 September 1869 at Branderburgh, Elgin, Scotland.1,2 He was the son of John Galt and Helen Mair. John Galt was also known as Gault. He was a fisherman. He married Jessie McBeath Gardiner at James Street, Branderburgh, Elgin, Scotland, on 2 December 1898.3,2 He was the informant for, and present at, Jeannie Addison Gault's birth at 73 Queen Street, Lossiemouth, Elgin, Scotland, on 31 March 1901.4,2,5 He was the informant for, and present at, Jeannie Addison Gault's death at 77 Queen Street, Lossiemouth, Elgin, Scotland, on 29 August 1903.6,2,5 He was the informant for Johanna Gault's birth at 77 Queen Street, Lossiemouth, Elgin, Scotland, on 20 December 1903.7,2,5 He was the informant for John Gault's birth at 77 Queen Street, Lossiemouth, Elgin, Scotland, on 29 March 1905.8,2,5 He was the informant for, and present at, John Gault's death at 77 Queen Street, Lossiemouth, Elgin, Scotland, on 21 April 1905.9,2,5 He was the informant for John Gault's birth at 77 Queen Street, Lossiemouth, Elgin, Scotland, on 16 May 1909.10,2,5 He was the informant for Mary Jamesina Gault's birth at 77 Queen Street, Lossiemouth, Elgin, Scotland, on 28 November 1910.11,2,5 He was the informant for, and present at, Mary Jamesina Gault's death at 77 Queen Street, Lossiemouth, Elgin, Scotland, on 13 July 1911.12,2,5 John Gault was found on a passenger list for 8 October 1913 of the passenger ship 'Turakina'.13,5 John died on 10 July 1951 at Wellington, New Zealand, at age 81.2
Children of John Galt and Jessie McBeath Gardiner
Nellie Mair Gault b. 15 Sep 1899, d. 1986
Jeannie Addison Gault b. 31 Mar 1901, d. 29 Aug 1903
Jessie Gardiner Gault b. 15 Aug 1902, d. 9 Apr 1968
Johanna Gault b. 20 Dec 1903, d. 18 Apr 2002
John Gault b. 29 Mar 1905, d. 21 Apr 1905
John Gault b. c 1907
John Gault b. 16 May 1909, d. 11 Dec 1961
Mary Jamesina Gault b. 28 Nov 1910, d. 13 Jul 1911
Jane Robertson Gault b. 17 Oct 1911, d. 1 Apr 2005
[S4713] LDS Church (new FamilySearch), International Genealogical Index, "John Galt, male. Birth: 13 SEP 1869 Drainie, Moray, Scotland. Father: John Galt. Mother: Helen Mair."
[S4702] Fiona Laws, Neil Pirie, Information kindly supplied by Fiona Laws of Auckland, New Zealand.
[S4709] John Gault to Jessie McBeath Gardiner, Marriage entry, "1898, on the Second day of December at James Street, Branderburgh. After Banns, according to the Forms of the Free Church of Scotland. John Gault, Fisherman, Bachelor, age 29, usual residence 18 King St, Branderburgh, parents John Gault Fisherman and Helen Gault M.S. Mair. Jessie Gardiner, Spinster, age 27, usual residence Seatown, Cullen, parents John Gardiner Fisherman and Jane Gardiner M.S. Addison. Charles Tulloch, Minister of the Free Church, Drainie, Lossiemouth. James Addison Witnefs. Georgina Gault Witness. Registered 1898 December 5th at Lossiemouth, James Hay Registrar."
[S4777] Jeannie Addison Gault, Register of Births in the Parish of Drainie in the County of Elgin, "Jeannie Addison Gault, 1901, March Thirty-first 9h 30m A.M. at 73 Queen Street, Lossiemouth, Female. Father: John Gault, Fisherman. Mother: Jessie Gault M.S. Gardiner, married 1898 Decr 2d in Drainie. Informant: John Gault, Father, present. Registered: 1901, April 3d at Lossiemouth, James Hay, Registrar."
[S772] Robert Mair, Neil Pirie, Information kindly supplied by Robert Mair of Durham, England.
[S4782] Jeannie Addison Gault, Register of Deaths in the Parish of Drainie in the County of Elgin, "Jeannie Addison Gault, Single, died 1903, August Twenty ninth 8h 7m A.M. at 77 Queen Street, Lossiemouth, Female, 2 years. Father: John Gault Fisherman, Mother: Jessie Gault M.S. Gardiner. Cause of death: Tubercular Meningitis, 4 months, As Certified by Thomas Brander M.B. C.M. Informant: John Gault, Father, present. Registered: 1903, August 29th at Lossiemouth, James Hay, Registrar."
[S4778] Johanna Gault, Register of Births in the Parish of Drainie in the County of Elgin, "Johanna Gault, 1903, December Twentieth 9h 30m A.M. at 77 Queen Street, Lossiemouth, Female. Father: John Gault, Fisherman. Mother: Jessie Gault M.S. Gardiner, married 1898 Decr 2d in Drainie. Informant: John Gault, Father. Registered: 1904, January 9th at Lossiemouth, James Hay, Registrar."
[S4779] John Gault, Register of Births in the Parish of Drainie in the County of Elgin, "John Gault, 1905, March Twenty ninth 0h 35m A.M. at 77 Queen Street, Lossiemouth, Male. Father: John Gault, Fisherman. Mother: Jessie McBeath Gault M.S. Gardiner, married 1898 Decr 2d in Drainie. Informant: John Gault, Father. Registered: 1905, April 8th at Lossiemouth, James Hay, Registrar."
[S4783] John Gault, Register of Deaths in the Parish of Drainie in the County of Elgin, "John Gault, Single, died 1905, April Twenty first 8h 30m P.M. at 77 Queen Street, Lossiemouth, Male, 3 Weeks. Father: John Gault Fisherman, Mother: Jessie McBeath Gault M.S. Gardiner. Cause of death: Immaturity, As Certified by Thomas Brander M.B. C.M. Informant: John Gault, Father, present. Registered: 1905, April 22d at Lossiemouth, James Hay, Registrar."
[S4764] John Gault, Register of Births in the Parish of Drainie in the County of Elgin, "John Gault, 1909, May Sixteenth 10h 0m A.M. at 77 Queen Street, Lossiemouth, Male. Father: John Gault, Fisherman. Mother: Jessie Gault M.S. Gardiner, married 1898 Decr 2d in Drainie. Informant: John Gault, Father. Registered: 1909, June 21st at Lossiemouth, James Hay, Registrar."
[S4780] Mary Jamesina Gault, Register of Births in the Parish of Drainie in the County of Elgin, "Mary Jamesina Gault, 1910, November Twenty eighth 1h 5m A.M. at 77 Queen Street, Lossiemouth, Female. Father: John Gault, Fisherman. Mother: Jessie McBeth (sic) Gault M.S. Gardiner, married 1898 Decemr 2d in Drainie. Informant: John Gault, Father. Registered: 1911, January 23d at Lossiemouth, James Hay, Registrar."
[S4784] Mary Jamesina Gault, Register of Deaths in the Parish of Drainie in the County of Elgin, "Mary Jamesina Gault, Single, died 1911, July Thirteenth 5h 0m A.M. at 77 Queen Street, Lossiemouth, Female, 7 months. Father: John Gault Fisherman, Mother: Jessie Gault M.S. Gardiner. Cause of death: Tabes Mesenterica, 2 Months, As Certified by Thomas Brander M.B. C.M. Informant: John Gault, Father, present. Registered: 1911, July 14th at Lossiemouth, James Hay, Registrar."
[S4785] Ship's passenger list,1913, Turakina, "Name of Ship: "Turakina". Date of Departure: 8th October 1913. Steamship Line: The New Zealand Shipping Company Limited. Where bound: New Zealand. Names and Descriptions of BRITISH Passengers Embarked at the Port of London.
Contract Ticket Number: 855. Names of Passengers: Gault Mr J. Class: 3rd. Port at which Passengers have contracted to land: Pt. Chalmers. Profession, Occupation or Calling of Passengers: Fisherman. Ages of Passengers (Not accompanied by husband or wife): male, 43. Country of last Permanent Residence: Scotland. Country of Intended Future Permanent Residence: New Zealand."
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Modi awarded with the Seoul Peace Prize 2018
Neelam Badi October 24, 2018, 20:00 IST
Not the Nobel, but Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sure won the Seoul Peace Prize 2018 for his “Modinomics” that has contributed in developing international cooperation and global economic growth.
The South Korea based Seoul Peace Prize Cultural Foundation was incepted in 1990, commemorating the successful 24th Olympic Games held in Seoul, and every two years, they award people who have contributed in building a peaceful society. This year, a total of 1300 nominators had applied to become the laureates of the peace prize and the Award Committee decided to bestow PM Modi with the prize as he was “the perfect candidate” for this year. Modi will be presented with an award, plaque and honorarium of $200,000 on mutually convenient timings.
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Upon receiving the honours, Modi has become the 14th recipient of the Seoul Peace Prize – in line with global dignitaries like German Chancellor Angela Markel, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and organisations like Doctors Without Borders and Oxfam. Albeit this is a matter of pride for the entire nation, but we are still wondering about how we all may have just missed the growth party on ground zero. Achhe din, “indeed”..
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Garbage marks 20th anniversary of 'Version 2.0'
photo: Joseph Cultice
Garbage has announced the release of the 20th anniversary edition of their second album Version 2.0. Due for release on Stunvolume/PIAS on June 22, the package will feature the whole original album, as well as 10 B-sides from the era.
Pre-order the digital album HERE and visit Garbage.com for updates on standard and deluxe Vinyl formats. "Lick The Pavement" is the first offering from the reissue and is out now. Listen to the song HERE.
"Version 2:0 is in my opinion the quintessential garbage record," shared Garbage singer Shirley Manson. "We are all very grateful to the millions of people who took it to their hearts at the time it was released and to those who continue to love on it still".
Initially released in May 1998, Version 2.0 spawned fan-favorites such as "Push It", "I Think I'm Paranoid" and "Special". Shortly after its release, the Recording Industry Association of America honored the album with a platinum certification for exceeding 1 million units sold. Version 2.0 went on to sell over 4 million copies worldwide. The album was nominated for a total of four Grammy Awards, including Album Of The Year and Best Rock Album. The album's third single "Special" was further nominated the following year for Best Rock Song and for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group. The video for "Push It" was nominated for eight MTV Video Music Awards.
Speaking about the enduring legacy of the record, the band's drummer and co-producer Butch Vig explains:
"Version 2.0 is the sound of a band growing up, evolving, and more than anything, gaining confidence. When we started recording, we made a conscious decision to not re-invent ourselves, but rather take everything we learned from our debut album and filter it through the new digital technology we were grappling with. Sonically, the album has moments of razor sharp clarity and soft beauty. Indeed, it's possibly our best album."
Garbage will be playing a series of live dates in support of the Version 2.0 reissue, which will see them perform the classic album in full, as well as a number of B-sides from the reissue. A complete list of upcoming live dates can be found below. Additional shows are expected to be announced in the coming weeks.
Shirley Manson recently won the NME's prestigious 'Icon' award at their Brixton Academy ceremony in February. A suitably fitting tribute to one of rock's great pioneers and provocateurs, the award serves as further indication of the impact Garbage have already left in the alternative rock landscape and on the mainstream.
Version 2.0 Tracklist:
1. Temptation Waits
2. I Think I'm Paranoid
3. When I Grow Up
5. Special
6. Hammering in My Head
7. Push It
8. The Trick Is to Keep Breathing
9. Dumb
10. Sleep Together
11. Wicked Ways
12. You Look So Fine
B-Sides:
1. Can't Seem To Make You Mine
2. 13x Forever
3. Deadwood
4. Get Busy With The Fizzy
5. Soldier Through This
6. Thirteen
7. Lick The Pavement
8. Medication (Acoustic)
10. Afterglow
European Live Dates:
09/04/2018 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - Edinburgh Festival Theatre
09/05/2018 - Glasgow, United Kingdom - Barrowlands
09/07/2018 - Bristol, United Kingdom - St. Phillips Gate Arena
09/08/2018 - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Digbeth Arena
09/09/2018 - Manchester, United Kingdom - Academy 1 Manchester
09/11/2018 - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Rock City
09/12/2018 - Newcastle, United Kingdom - Northumbria SU Institute
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SIGN. Management of suspected bacterial urinary tract infection in adults: a national clinical guideline. Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network. 2006 http://www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/fulltext/88/index.html Accessed 23.09.14. RATIONALE: Diagnosis in women: expert consensus is that it is reasonable to start empirical antibiotics in women with symptoms of UTI without urine dipstick or urine culture. Diagnosis in men: a urine sample is recommended because UTI in men is generally regarded as complicated (it results from an anatomic or functional abnormality) and there are no studies on the predictive values of dipstick testing in men. Duration of treatment for men: there is no evidence to guide duration of treatment; expert consensus is that 7 days of antibiotics should be used because men are likely to have a complicating factor. Second line treatment: resistance is increasing to all antibiotics used to treat UTI, if possible antibiotic choice should be based on microbiology results.
Lutters M, Vogt-Ferrier NB. Antibiotic duration for treating uncomplicated, symptomatic lower urinary tract infections in elderly women. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2002(3):CD001535.
RATIONALE: In this Cochrane Review Lutters and Vogt-Ferrier examined 4 studies comparing 3 days to 7 days treatment of ciprofloxacin or norfloxacin and 1 study comparing 3 days to 5 days treatment of trimethoprim in uncomplicated UTI in elderly women (age 60 or more). There was no significant difference in persistent UTI, clinical failure or re-infection rates but side-effects were higher in those given 7 days treatment.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. ACOG Practice Bulletin no. 91: Treatment of urinary tract infections in non-pregnant women. Obstetrics and Gynecology 2008;111(3):785-794.
RATIONALE: Diagnosis in women: expert consensus is that it is reasonable to start empirical antibiotics in women with symptoms of UTI without urine culture.
Little P, Turner S, Rumsby K., Warner G, Moore M, Lowes JA, Smith H, Hawke C, Turner D, Leydon GM, Arscott A, Mullee M. Dipsticks and diagnostic algorithms in urinary tract infection: development and validation, randomised trial, economic analysis, observational cohort and qualitative study. Health Technology Assessment 2009;13(19):1-96. RATIONALE: In women with uncomplicated UTI, the negative predictive value when nitrite, leucocytes, and blood are ALL negative was 76%. The positive predictive value for having nitrite and EITHER blood or leucocytes was 92%.
Grabe M, Bishop MC, Bjerkland-Johansen TE, Botto H, Cek M, Lobel B, Naber KG, Palou, J, Tenke, P, Wagenlehner F. Guidelines on Urological Infections. European Association of Urology 2009: 1-110. RATIONALE: Diagnosis in men: a urine sample is recommended because UTI in men is generally regarded as complicated (it results from an anatomic or functional abnormality) and there are no studies on the predictive values of dipstick testing in men. Duration of treatment for men: there is no evidence to guide duration of treatment; expert consensus is that 7 days of antibiotics should be used because men are likely to have a complicating factor.
Although use of dipstick testing has not been well studied in men, it seems reasonable to extrapolate results from studies of dipstick testing in women with suspected UTI to men with only mild symptoms of UTI as contamination is likely to be lower.
Gossius G and Vorland L. The treatment of acute dysuria-frequency syndrome in adult women: Double-blind, randomised comparison of three-day vs ten-day trimethoprim therapy. Current Therapeutic Research, Clinical & Experimental 1985;37:34-42. RATIONALE: Two-weeks after completion of treatment, 94% of women using a 3-day course of trimethoprim achieved bacteriological cure compared with 97% of those using a 10-day course of trimethoprim (n =135).
Christiaens TCM, De Meyere M, Verschcragen G, Peersman W, Heytens S, De Maeseneer JM. Randomised controlled trial of nitrofurantoin versus placebo in the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infection in adult women. Brit J Gen Pract 2002;52:729-34.RATIONALE: This small (n = 78) double-blind RCT found that nitrofurantoin 100mg qds for 3 days was more effective than placebo (NNT = 4.4, 95% CI 2.3 to 79).
Public Health England and the British Infection Association recommends nitrofurantoin as first-line empirical treatment and trimethoprim as an alternative if GFR is under 45 mL/min for uncomplicated UTI in women and men because they are narrow-spectrum antibiotics that cover the most prevalent pathogens. Broad spectrum antibiotics (e.g. co-amoxiclav, pivmecillinam, quinolones and cephalosporins) should be avoided when narrow spectrum antibiotics remain effective, as they increase risk of Clostridium difficile, MRSA and resistant UTIs.
The choice of trimethoprim or nitrofurantoin as first line varies by locality and is dependent on resistance rates to the two agents.
Resistance to nitrofurantoin is generally lower however nitrofurantoin should not routinely be used if upper UTI suspected or in patients with eGFR less than 45mL/minute/1.73m2. Several guidelines recommend that nitrofurantoin should not be used to treat UTI in men. This is on the grounds that it can be difficult to exclude the possibility of prostatitis, and that nitrofurantoin is not present in therapeutic concentrations in prostatic secretions. However, these recommendations refer to UTI with fever or other signs of acute prostatitis, and neither guideline expressed concern that acute prostatitis would be likely in men with symptoms of lower UTI and without fever and other symptoms of prostatitis.
MeReC Bulletin. Modified-release preparations. 2000; 11(4). RATIONALE: Modified-release preparations can be used to reduce dosing frequency. Reduced dosing frequency (e.g. from four times a day to twice a day) improves compliance.
Spencer RC, Moseley DJ, Greensmith MJ. Nitrofurantoin modified release versus trimethoprim or co-trimoxazole in the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infection in general practice. J Antimicrob Chemother 1994;33(Suppl A):121-9. RATIONALE: This non-blinded RCT (n = 538) found that nitrofurantoin MR had equivalent clinical cure rates to co-trimoxazole, and trimethoprim. The rate of gastrointestinal adverse effects was similar between groups (7-8%). This study used 7 days of treatment with each antibiotic; no shorter durations were trialled.
Falagas, M.E., Kotsantis, I.K., Vouloumanou, E.K. and Rafailidis, P.I. Antibiotics versus placebo in the treatment of women with uncomplicated cystitis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Infection 2009;58(2):91-102. RATIONALE: Clinical cure for antibiotics compared with placebo: OR 4.67 (95% CI 2.34 to 9.35; four RCTs, n = 1062).
Milo G, Katchman EA, Paul M, Christiaens T, Baerheim A, Leibovici L. Duration of antibacterial treatment for uncomplicated urinary tract infection in women. Cochrane Database Review. The Cochrane Library 2006, Issue 2. http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/clsysrev/articles/CD004682/pdf_fs.html Accessed 23.09.14. RATIONALE: No difference in outcome between 3 day, 5 day or 10 day antibiotic treatment course for uncomplicated UTI in women (RR 1.06; 95% CI 0.88 to 1.28; 32 trials, n = 9605).
Newell A, Bunting P, Anson K, Fox E. Multicentre audit of the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infection in South Thames. International Journal of STD & AIDS 2005;16:74-77.RATIONALE: This audit of urine samples taken at presentation found that 43.3% of isolates were resistant to amoxicillin, 22.6% were resistant to trimethoprim, and 10.3% were resistant to nitrofurantoin
DTB. Risks of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases. Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin 2008;46(3):21-24. RATIONALE: Extended spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) are able to hydrolyse antibiotics that were designed to resist the action of older beta-lactamases. These organisms may be resistant to most antibiotics commonly used to treat UTI, such as trimethoprim, ciprofloxacin, co-amoxiclav, and all cephalosporins. Many ESBL-producing E. coli are sensitive to nitrofurantoin.
Naber KG, Schito G, Botto H, Palou J, Mazzei T. Surveillance study in Europe and Brazil on clinical aspects and Antimicrobial Resistance epidemiology in Females with Cystitis (ARESC): implications for empiric therapy. European Urology 2008;54:1164-1175. RATIONALE: In all countries, susceptibility rate to E. coli above 90% (p < 0.0001) was found only for fosfomycin, mecillinam, and nitrofurantoin.
Falagas ME, Kastoris AC, Kapaskelis AM, Karageorgopoulos DE. Fosfomycin for the treatment of multidrug-resistant, including extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing, Enterobacteriaceae infections: a systematic review. Lancet Infect Dis 2010;10:43-50. RATIONALE: Ninety seven per cent of ESBL-producing E. coli isolates and 81% of Klebsiella pneumonia ESBL-producing isolates were susceptible to fosfomycin. Fosfomycin is now available commercially as a intravenous licensed product in the UK.
Nutritional interactions: Food intake can slow down the absorption of fosfomycin with, as a result, lower concentrations in the urine. Fosfomycin should, therefore, be administered while fasting or 2 or 3 hours before meals.
Martindale 30th (The Extra Pharmacopeia) and 36th Editions (The Complete Drug Reference). RATIONALE: Concentrations of fosfomycin are maintained in the urine for 2 days. A single dose is therefore sufficient in uncomplicated UTI in women. A second dose is required at 3 days in men to maintain inhibitory concentrations to ESBLs in the urine for the 6-7 days recommended for treatment of UTI in men.
Ben-Ami R, Rodriguez-Bano J, Arslan H, Pitout JD, Quentin C, Calbo ES, Azap OK, Arpin C, Pascual A, Livermore DM, Carau J, Carmeli Y. A multinational survey of risk factors for infection with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae in nonhospitalized patients. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Sep 1;49(5);682-90.
Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group, SAPG 2014. Alternative management of lower urinary tract infection in non-pregnant women. http://www.scottishmedicines.org.uk/files/sapg/Alternative_management_of_lower_UTI_in_non-pregnant_women.pdf Accessed 23.09.14. RATIONALE: This evidence based guidance has reviewed, and now recommends that clinicians consider the use of delayed / back-up antibiotics for the management of women with less severe or limited urinary symptoms. The guidance is based on two randomised controlled trials in English and Dutch general practice. 51 of 137 (37%) of Dutch women were willing to delay their antibiotics, 55% (28/51) did not use the antibiotics and 71% of these patients (20/28) reported clinical cure.
Thomas K, Weinbren MJ, Warner M, Woodford N, Livermore D. Activity of mecillinam against ESBL producers in vitro. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2006 Feb;57(2):367-8. RATIONALE: This laboratory work indicates that mecillinam is active against the majority of enterobacteriaceae causing UTI, including many ESBL: producing organisms.
Damsgaard T, Jacobsen J, Korner B, Tybring L. Pivmecillinam and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole in the treatment of bacteriuria. A bacteriological and pharmacokinetic study. J Antimicrob Chemother 1979 May; 5(3): 267-74. RATIONALE: In this study pivmecillinam was used for lower urinary tract infection, where it had similar short term symptomatic efficacy to co-trimoxazole.
Titelman E, Iversen A, Kalin M, Giske CG. Efficacy of pivmecillinam for treatment of lower urinary tract infection caused by extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Microb Drug Resist. 2012 Apr;18(2):189-92.
Oplinger M, Andrews CO. Nitrofurantoin Contraindication in Patients with a Creatinine Clearance Below 60 mL/min: Looking for the Evidence. Ann Pharmacother 2013;47:106-11.Published Online, 22 Jan 2013, theannals.com, doi: 10.1345/aph.1R352 MHRA – advice August 2014.
Bains A, Buna D, Hoag NA (2009). "A retrospective review assessing the efficacy and safety of nitrofurantoin in renal impairment". Canadian Pharmacists Journal 142(5): 248–252. doi:10.3821/1913-701X-142.5.248. RATIONALE: These recent reviews of the literature, Oplinger considered patients with reduced renal function, and suggested that nitrofurantoin could be used down to a eGFR of 40mL.min.The MHRA has reviewed this literature and 2014 recommendations from the MHRA will advise that nitrofurantoin may be used down to a GFR of 45mL/min, and can be used for short courses when the GFR is 30 to 45 mL/min in cases where benefits outweigh the risks because resistance testing indicates there is no other practical antibiotic alternative.
Livermore DM, Mushtaq S, Nguyen T, Warner M.Strategies to overcome extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) and AmpC β-lactamases in shigellae. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2011; 37:405-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2010.11.028. Epub 2011 Jan 26. RATIONALE: Mecillinam is a ß-lactam antibiotic that resists hydrolysis by many common ß lactamases. However, innate resistance occurs in proteus and some other enterobacteriaceae including some ESBL producing organisms. Co-amoxiclav can be added to prevent hydrolysis by those ESBLs that can attack the molecule. Pivmecillinam is the oral preparation of mecillinam.
Baines SD, O’Connor R, Huscroft G et al. Mecillinam: a low-risk antimicrobial agent for induction of Clostridium difficile infection in an in vitro human gut model. J Antimicrob Chemother 2009; 63: 838–9. RATIONALE: Pivmecillinam is the oral preparation of mecillinam. Pivmecillinam is a prodrug that is very well absorbed intestinally and as such has minimal effect on the normal intestinal microflora thus there is a lower rate of Clostridium difficile.
Dewar S, Lee C. Reed LC, Koerner RJ. Emerging clinical role of pivmecillinam in the treatment of urinary tract infection in the context of multidrug-resistant bacteria. J Antimicrob Chemother 2013 doi:10.1093/jac/dkt368. RATIONALE: Pivmecillinam is an oral drug with minimal effect on the normal intestinal or vaginal microflora and is associated with a lower rate of Clostridium difficile infection and vaginal candidiasis.
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Public Health England Primary Care Guidance
TARGET Antibiotics Toolkit
Patient.co.uk
The POCAST project is funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance at Imperial College London and by the Imperial College Healthcare Charity (Grant Ref No:7006/P36U).
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Torn Covers
Quilt by Lisa Visser, photo borrowed from here
Yes, yes, I know I'm late again. My excuse this time is that I'm nursing a cold. Forget rats or mosquitoes, kids are without a doubt THE most efficient disease vectors...
Anyway, I'd still like to draw your attention to the Contrast Podcast, which this week dove back under the covers to bring you a slew of cover versions that are very different from the original. In fact there was so much coverage that Dearest Young Tim only managed to bring us half this week; the rest will be forthcoming this coming Tuesday. Download it here, vent yourself here.
What's lurking beneath the covers:
(00:00) Polysics - My Sharona
(03:41) Hands on Heads - School
(05:02) Erroll Garner - (They want to be) close to you
Chris from Phosphorous.net
(10:45) Rats with wings - Hungry like the wolf
Matthew from Song by Toad
(16:34) Cake - I will survive
(26:13) Jill Sobule - Hot in herre
Agnes from It all started with carbon monoxide
(29:56) La Perversita - (I can’t get no) satisfaction
(32:57) The Cardigans - Iron man
(37:41) The Postal Service - Against all odds
(42:28) Giant Bear - Head like a hole
(47:05) TV on the Radio - Mr Grieves
(51:33) The Secret Machines - Money (that’s what I want)
The In Crowd from I’m Learning to Share!
My contribution is coming up next week, so I'll wait until then to share with you what almost made the cut. But while perusing my covers collection I remarked how many versions of Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" I seem to have amassed. Indeed, if "Yesterday" by The Beatles is the most covered song in history (as the Guinness Book of World Records tells us), then I think "LWTUA" must be hot on its mawkish heels. Now plenty of others in the blogosphere have remarked upon this, so this ain't no big revelation. But truth be told, I think the original meets John Peel's definition of the perfect song: "There's nothing you could add to it or subtract from it that would improve it." And that, Dearest Friends, is why I didn't consider submitting any covers of it for the CP.
But that won't stop me sharing a wodge of them with you tonight...
Vitamin String Quartet - Love Will Tear Us Apart (buy here or e-here)
A stringy version performed by Vitamin Records' anonymous house quartet. From The Gothic Wedding Collection, but I recxkon that if you're playing this at your nuptials then you're pretty much doomed from the start...
Rebecca Hancock & The Prison Wives - Love Will Tear Us Apart (buy e-here)
A sorta acoustic, C&W, folky take by Aussie singer-songwriter Hancock. Wouldn't be out of place on your local honky tonk's jukebox.
P.J. Proby - Love Will Tear Us Apart (buy e-here)
Oh my, here the vintage Texas crooner/friend of Elvis/JD-swiller/ex-shepherd takes stab at it. Surely it should have been Love Will Tear My Trousers Apart Again?? No, please, hold your applause till the end of the show, folks...
Paul Young - Love Will Tear Us Apart (buy here)
A fairly characteristic version by the eighties white soul boy. I always thought he sounded a bit like a strangled bullfrog.
Bis - Love Will Tear Us Apart (buy here)
The now-separated Scottish DIY rascals give it the electro-indie treatment.
Tiger Baby - Love Will Tear Us Apart (buy here)
Less bleep, more ambient electronica and breathiness from these dishy Danes.
Boy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart (from the Zick Zack Records sampler "Bis Auf Weiteres eine Demonstration - Geräusche Für Den Tag Danach" which I have no idea where to find)
No, this isn't queercore. Boy Division are a shouty trash-pop-spielart cover band from Hamburg, Germany whose singer is given to broadcasting his vocals via megaphone.
The Cure - Love Will Tear Us Apart (don't think there's a versh to buy, but correct me if I'm wrong...)
Does exactly what it says on the tin.
The Shanes - Love Will Tear Us Apart (buy here or e-here)
Ye gods, another German cover version, this time in a Poguesian, Eastern European, squeezbox stylee. Recorded live in Serbia, apparently.
Calexico - Love Will Tear Us Apart (buy here)
A fine, motoring interpretation from Arizona's finest alt.country collective.
Albert Kuvezin & Yat Kha - Love Will Tear Us Apart (buy here or e-here)
Oh yeah, a Tuvan throat-singing version. This sort of mix-n-match gets my juices flowing...
Swans - Love Will Tear Us Apart (buy here or e-here)
Seminal NYC noiseniks have a go, with The Living Jarboe on vocals.
Oh, there are more, but that's all you get right now...
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Occupy protesters rally at Obama's Iowa headquarters
CNN Producer Joshua Rubin
Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) - Occupy protesters in Des Moines were joined by members of Veterans for Peace outside of President Barack Obama's Iowa re-election campaign headquarters Saturday, calling on the president to end all foreign wars and cut the U.S. military budget in half.
Using the people-powered megaphone the Occupy movement calls a "mic check," some 35 protesters spoke with a unified voice.
Filed under: Iowa • Occupy Wall Street • President Obama
Battle of the buses: Bachmann, Perry cross paths
CNN's Chris Welch
Algona, Iowa (CNN) - Republican presidential hopefuls Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry continued to crisscross Iowa this weekend, and Saturday afternoon their respective buses crossed paths with each other.
The candidates were making their way through traditionally conservative northwest Iowa, where both happened to be in the town of Algona at the same time.
Filed under: 2012 • Iowa • Michele Bachmann • Rick Perry
How will Congress pay for the payroll tax cut extension?
CNN Senior Congressional Producer Ted Barrett
Washington (CNN) - The $33 billion bill passed by the Senate on Saturday, which extends the payroll tax reduction and other items by two months, will be offset by an increase in fees that new homeowners with federally-backed mortgages will pay to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Administration.
Those entities would then turn that money over to the U.S. Treasury.
Filed under: Congress • Fannie Mae • Senate • Taxes
Senate approves two-month extension of payroll tax cut
CNN's Kate Bolduan and Ted Barrett and Tom Cohen
Washington (CNN) - Senate lawmakers on Saturday voted overwhelmingly to extend the payroll tax cut by another two months, after both sides were unable to reach a comprehensive agreement to extend the cuts and unemployment benefits for a full year.
The measure is the latest in a series of last ditch temporary fixes, postponing another legislative showdown between lawmakers until February, when the bill's provisions are set to expire.
Filed under: Senate • Taxes
Obama 'very pleased' with vote on payroll tax cut extension
CNN Wire Staff
(CNN) - President Barack Obama praised the Senate for voting on Saturday to extend the payroll tax cut by another two months but urged members of Congress to reach an agreement that would extend the cuts and unemployment benefits for a full year.
Filed under: Congress • President Obama • Taxes
Romney on whether Gingrich lobbied: 'When it walks like a duck...'
CNN Political Producer Rachel Streitfeld
Charleston, South Carolina (CNN) – Visiting a state where Newt Gingrich enjoys a commanding lead, Mitt Romney said Saturday he expected to peel off some of the former House speaker's tea party support as voters learn more about Gingrich's record.
Romney was making a two-day swing through South Carolina accompanied by Gov. Nikki Haley, who said she endorsed the GOP candidate in part because he had not worked in Washington.
Filed under: 2012 • Mitt Romney • Newt Gingrich
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Paul claims Bachmann 'hates' Muslims
CNN's Ashley Killough
(CNN) - A day after a GOP presidential debate, White House hopeful Ron Paul upbraided rival candidate Michele Bachmann for disliking Muslims.
"She hates Muslims," Paul said on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on Friday. "She wants to go get 'em."
Filed under: 2012 • Iran • Jay Leno • Michele Bachmann • Ron Paul
Gingrich holds call with Iowans to address attacks
CNN Political Producer Shawna Shepherd
New York, New York (CNN) – Newt Gingrich vowed to hold regularly a “Newt conference call” with Iowans to directly address negative attacks on his record.
“We just decided that we would from now to the caucus on a regular basis, make available to anyone in Iowa who wants to ask a question so that we can tell the truth, and we can systematically allow you to understand the facts rather than the various political attacks and the political charges,” Gingrich said in his first tele-town hall on Saturday.
Filed under: 2012 • Iowa • Newt Gingrich
Congress OKs massive spending plan
CNN's Deirdre Walsh and Tom Cohen
Washington (CNN) - The Senate on Saturday approved a compromise spending bill to keep the government funded for the rest of the fiscal year - a day after the bill won approval from the House of Representatives.
The bill now heads to President Barack Obama for his signature. Obama signed a continuing resolution passed by the House to keep the government funded through next week while the bill's details are finalized.
Filed under: Budget • Congress • Senate
House passes spending bill; Senate vote expected Saturday
Washington (CNN) - A Senate vote on a compromise spending bill to keep the government funded for the rest of the fiscal year is expected Saturday - a day after the bill won approval from the House of Representatives.
The almost $1 trillion measure passed on a 296-121 vote in the House on Friday and now goes to the Senate, where approval is also expected - averting a partial government shutdown as a deadline loomed at midnight Friday.
Filed under: Budget • Congress • House of Representatives • Senate
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Bachmann defection opens new rift in campaign
CNN Political Reporter Peter Hamby
Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) - One of Michele Bachmann’s top campaign advisers is breaking with his own candidate to defend Kent Sorenson, the Bachmann campaign’s former Iowa chairman who publicly defected to Ron Paul on Wednesday.
Wes Enos, Bachmann’s Iowa political director, released a statement Thursday defending Sorenson from Bachmann’s accusation that Paul offered him money to switch allegiances.
In a statement distributed by Sorenson, Enos stated “unequivocally” that Sorenson’s decision was “in no way financially motivated.”
“His decision had more to do with the fact that the Ron Paul supporters have been something of a family to him since he was first elected in 2008 and here in the end, as it becomes more and more apparent that the caucus cycle is coming to an end, Kent believed that he needed to be with them as they stand on the cusp of a potential caucus upset,” Enos said in the statement.
“While I personally disagree with Kent’s decision, and plan to stay with Michele Bachmann because I truly believe in her, I cannot, in good conscious watch a good man like Kent Sorenson be attacked as a ‘sell-out’ … That is simply not the case, and it was not the basis of his decision,” he added.
After the state senator from Indianola stunned Iowa political watchers by showing up on stage at a Paul rally late Wednesday, the Bachmann campaign released a statement from the candidate accusing Sorenson of leaving for money.
“Kent Sorenson personally told me he was offered a large sum of money to go to work for the Paul campaign,” Bachmann said.
The Bachmann campaign did not immediately to a request for comment about Enos’ claims Thursday.
Meanwhile, Sorenson's Facebook page was flooded with comments after his switch made national headlines.
Several Paul backers posted comments thanking him for his support.
"I thank you for your courage and devotion to liberty," wrote one.
Others were not so kind, calling Sorenson an "idiot" and a "spineless mercenary hack."
Filed under: 2012 • Iowa • Michele Bachmann • Ron Paul
Hang it up lady – you are not going to win anything.
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GROVER NORQUIST IS A ENEMY OF THE STATE
This is so entertaining. You can't make this stuff up. First Ed Rollins dumps her, now Sorenson, and you've got Enos defending Sorenson's decision & character while Bachmann is contradicting her campaign adviser.
Rudy NYC
Do these people ever stop, look, and listen to what they say? Okay, the guy didn't leave for financial reasons, reasons which really are not all that bad when you *stop and think* about it. So, they leave it up to our imaginations to wonder and wander until we come up with our own "reasons" and conclusions.
The man didn't leave for financial gain, rather he left for personal reasons. Doesn't that sound much worse to you? Doesn't that make both sides look bad, especially the Bachmann campaign? Don't you think that the Bachmann campaign would have been much better of saying that the man left for financial reasons, instead of leaving it up to our imaginations to visualize various scenarios where he leaves for personal reasons? Isn't this why the Bachmann campaign has been slowly fading away?
(good humoured chuckle)
Ah, Liberty. Aren't you the contagious one. Spreads quickly; causes panic.
Very amusing.
Bruce Eder
I feel like Kent "Flounder" Dorfman in Animal House in the scene where the parade is broken up - he's watching in wonder and delight as all of the villains are turning on each other, or caught unawares and get what's coming to them, and all h-ll is breaking loose. . . . Oh boy, is this great!!!!!!
Helaine Chersonsky
I can't wait for the Paul/Obama debates; it should be rich-the Marxist Obama vs. Paul, the bigot. It would be entertaining if this country wasn't in such dire straits. Conservatives need to get it together, and I don't mean super-smooth, say-anything-to-be elected Romney. Romney is not a conservative. Sorry, folks.
Mitt Romney is phoney. I would never vote for him. His personality is respulsive.
Straight Shooter
Did he really say he truly believes in her in the same paragraph as he says she is lying?
Dear Mrs. Bachmann – epic fail. How can you be our president if you can't manage your own staff, or your own tongue. Please go back home, and study up, and if 4 years you can be another Mittens Gingrich. Sincerely, the common sense of Americans.
Mitt Romney making the bet he did on the debate, shows how plastic and phoney he is
and how he's out of touch with the American people. I can't stand him. Most people now a days can't even
make a fifty dollar bet. They don't have any money.
Just make it up
Sounds to me like the Bachmann campaign is trying to shy away from the notion that they have been greasing the palms of "supporters" over the last few weeks. Pretty bad when they are openly admitting that people are getting paid, either by the Paul campaign or their own.
Well, well..
Ahhh, the smell of cut throat in the morning!!
Vet4RonPaul
If I read this correctly, Bachmann's own and current staff deny what she said about him leaving for money. Awkward!
Florida Joe
What a shock Michelle is lying again..........remember the story about the vaccine? She just says anything that pops into her head….Kinda like Newt!!!
v_mag
Michele, who was supposed to walk away with Iowa, is now collapsing into a small puddle of hatred.
liar liar pants on fire!
She peaked way too early! There is little chance of her getting in the top 3 in Iowa. So much for native born counting for anything. I doubt that Ron Paul will make it beyond Florida's primary.
This has been so much fun to watch. Just like a circus. All the repo clowns. They can't seem to stop bashing each other now. Vote Obama the only adult in the room.
I alway thought Michelle was a fraud. Now I know she is a liar too. The head of the Iowa republicans said on cspan today that it was against the law for a state legislator to take money for an endorsement. I doubt that he broke the law. Michelle should have checked the Iowa law before she made that statement.
Dennis1020
All over but the slow walking and sad talking for the Bachmann campaign. What ever made her think she was presidential material?1? Time to go back to Minnesota and worry about getting re-elected to the House.
Randy, San Francisco
What fun...GOP/Tea Party mud slinging free for all we have been waiting for. Too bad Palin isn't in the mix, mama grizzly would have made it one bloody fight.
EricCT
Maybe she can pose for Playboy after she finishes fifth in Iowa.
vet in texas
Any of the posters here who really think that Bachmann would be a better president than Obama.................probably voted for W twice, donated to SarahPac, and actually had a Herman Cain for president sticker on their car.........yeah your really a good judge of competent leaders.
"although I didn't vote for him (Kennedy), he's the president and I hope he does a good job" – John Wayne
ThinkAgain
First of all, experience shows you can't believe anything Bachmann says. Second of all, it's pretty obvious the guy jumped ship because he wants to be with a winner (though he shouldn't get unpacked, given that he's going with Ron Paul). I'm sure money figured in there somewhere .... with friends like that ...
That guy must have been an idiot to start with if he falls for the BS Paul is peddling. I wouldn't want someone like that working with my team. You know what they say, "with friends like that, who needs enemies?"
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The True Story of JEDLAB: the Network That Needs You as Much as You Need It
by Ken Gordon | Jul 3, 2013 | 21st-century learning, Collaboration, Innovation, Network Weaving, Professional Development | 0 comments
Shalom, Friends of PEJE!
My name is Ken Gordon, and I’m the social media manager here at the Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education. Not long ago, I read a book called The Sorcerers and Their Apprentices by former MIT Media Lab director Frank Moss. (Read this to find out why the Jewish communal world should be employing this volume.) As I paged through this lively and readable book, which makes the Media Lab sound like the most fun and productive R&D laboratory in the history of humankind, I thought, “I gotta build a Jewish day school version of this thing….”
Which is to say, I wanted, as I flipped through its amazing pages, to create some kind of organization, based on the Media Lab model and ethos, that would allow me to work with the amazing people I knew from my personal learning network (a.k.a. my friends and colleagues from #JEDCHAT, a weekly Twitter forum for Jewish educators). I especially thought of a core group of Jewish education people—including a winner of the Jewish Futures Competition, a Joshua Venture grantee, the former executive director of LimmudLA, and the founder of Frisch’s superlative RealSchool program—all of whom I then forced to read the book. They soon become Sorcerers enthusiasts. Our conversations began in a Twitter group, we picked up members, and we quickly grew beyond it. The Twitter conversation was so exciting, and so fragmented, that we decided to have an after-hours webinar to discuss how the book would apply to our work lives.
From there, we started JEDLAB, a network of Jewish educators. It may be the fastest-growing and liveliest network anywhere in the Jewish world. JEDLAB right now exists as a robust Facebook Group (though we have bigger plans—count on that), one that went from two members on April 25th to 1,072 members today. But it’s not just the size of the membership; it’s the quality and quantity of the conversations. The people here know and care deeply about Jewish education, and when they talk they invariably have something smart and/or challenging and/or novel to say. Our best conversations can stretch to 50, 70, even 100 comments, spanning over numerous days, and involve people from all areas of Jewish life and roles within Jewish education.
Our members are vastly diverse: they work at a variety of orgs, are planted all over the map, and they perform an impressive array of functions. Take a look:
The denizens of JEDLAB hold all kinds of strong opinions, and are unafraid to make these opinions known. It’s all very civil and respectful—many of us learned this etiquette from #JEDCHAT—and we take the time to get to know one another and learn each other’s intellectual and spiritual contexts.
Now, we realize that, with school finishing up, many of you have been too busy grading papers, running Grandparents’ Day events, and generally closing out end-of-the-academic-year business, that you haven’t had the time or energy to engage in online networking.
We forgive you.
But now it’s time to say: School’s out, and we’re open for business. Here are four superb reasons why you no longer have any excuse to join our kehillah:
We are building strong relationships, 24/6. This is what Ron Wolfson says Jewish life—and Jewish communal life—is all about. “After more than forty years of living and teaching the Jewish way,” he says in Relational Judaism, “I have come to an understanding about the essence of Judaism: It’s all about relationships.” In fact, Ron is an active part of our JEDLAB kehillah, and he takes the time to engage with our conversations and connect 1:1 with other members.
JEDLAB is as highly efficient means to listen in. Most of us haven’t the time or energy or schedule space to get out and mix it with the people. With JEDLAB, you can do this instantly—from your computer. It is an invaluable listening tour of the Jewish educational world.
JEDLAB is a learning community. The people in the LAB are know and care deeply about the issues of Jewish education. Moreover, they are working hard to improve their communities and themselves in this forum. They ask for help, float out ideas, discuss failures and successes. You can learn a tremendous about by dropping by JEDLAB.
JEDLAB bulldozes the silos. We’re just getting started here but already JEDLAB is creating collaborations between Jewish professions who otherwise would never have met. This network promises enormous possibilities—and with your involvement, these could increase a thousand-fold.
The fact is, JEDLAB will make you a more informed and connected leader, a better leader, a smarter leader, and—weirdly enough—less lonely. We are kind of a family and you are just as welcome as the most humble teacher, or the most learned rabbi, to join us.
So consider this an open invitation.
Ken G.
p.s. If you’re interested in joining JEDLAB but harbor a doubt or two, send an email to me (ken@peje.org) and my co-instigator Yechiel Hoffman (yechielhoffman1@gmail.com) and we’ll set up a time to talk, connect you with other JEDLAB pals, and help you find your personalized way into this network. Seriously. We are in this for you
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PS4, next gen rivalry and the Vita rescue plan
August 30th, 2013, 21:52 Posted By: wraggster
We meet SCEE president and CEO Jim Ryan in ebullient mood the day after Sony’s Gamescom presentation, at which the platform holder seemed very confident in its next gen proposition. Microsoft is increasingly turning up the heat, though, and with a series of policy changes and the offer of a free copy of FIFA with every Xbox One, the choice between the two consoles isn’t as clear as it once was. Here, we discuss PlayStation’s Gamescom announcements, what they mean for PS4 and Vita and how the next gen race is shaping up.Your Gamescom showcase was very heavy on indie games, while Microsoft, with its Call Of Duty bundle and FIFA deal, feels like the blockbuster games console. Do you ever think you’re pushing this indie thing too hard?No I don’t think so. I can see how that vibe could kind of come out but it’s a fact that FIFA and Battlefield and Need For Speed – they’re all going to be on PS4. And you know, by the way, if you want to play Battlefield on a next gen console then the only one you can do it on is PS4.So they’re all going to be there, Call Of Duty’s going to be there, platform holders tie up with publishers for what is perceived to be mutual benefit. We’re doing it with Ubisoft and we’re doing it with Activision with Destiny. But at the end of the day these big games, they’re all multiformat and you’re talking about Windows of 60 or 30 days for one piece of DLC – it’s not the end of the world.And equally we gave prominence to the indie stuff yesterday and I think we were right to do that because I think there could be some very interesting things come out of that and it’d be nice if the sort of classical platform model with the big publishers getting ever bigger…if that was somehow broken and new stuff came from leftfield, it would reinvigorate something that’s at risk of possibly becoming a bit stale.But is it enough? Do you think the average guy on the street cares about indie games?That obviously is the job of marketing and I think you’re right, if you take any one of those games in isolation – nobody’s going to shell out 400 Euros just to buy that – it would be naïve of us to suppose that, but I think if you get a decent roster of that sort of stuff I think that enhances the platform. I’d point to the stuff that Thatgamecompany has brought – Flower, Flow and Journey – I would argue with anybody that that stuff has been platform enhancing.And I would argue that that stuff has been platform enhancing to the extent that a thirty day window on some DLC that’s quickly caught up by the competitor platform can’t be.
http://www.edge-online.com/features/...ions-jim-ryan/
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Tag: carnegie pa
I’ve been organizing my art exhibits on my gallery and merchandise website Portraits of Animals.
Below is the introductory information for the event, and below that is a link to the exhibit Portraits of Animals including all the essays and poetry and galleries of images. Please enjoy reading through it.
Coming Spring
the poetry and art of
Bernadette E. Kazmarski
Thursday, February 18, 2010, 7:00 PM
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, Reception Hall, 2nd Floor
ON THE POST CARD (above): “Spring Thaw”, pastel, 2003, preparatory sketch for “Spring Comes to a Bend in the Creek”
Below is information about the poetry reading from the post card, and then after the event. In 2010 I was still building a static web page for each reading. This page will give you the basic information about the event, and the static page contains all the featured images and poems.
I really enjoyed designing and building those static pages so there is a link to the page for “Coming Spring” below. enjoy!
The Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall (ACFL&MH) is hosting a poetry reading and art exhibit on Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 7 p.m. in its Reception Hall. “Coming Spring” will feature 12 new poems and the fourth and final installment of the “Art of the Watershed” series, “Spring Morning at a Bend in the Creek”, and an exhibit of other works by Carnegie’s Bernadette Kazmarski. This local artist and poet finds the beauty and rhythms of Carnegie’s local landscapes, the Chartiers Creek and surrounding environs a source of ongoing inspiration.
The poetry reading will be followed by a dessert and coffee reception, and is free and open to the public.
Featured Painting: Spring Morning at a Bend in the Creek
“Spring Comes to a Bend in the Creek”, 26″ x 19″, pastel on sanded paper © Bernadette E. Kazmarski
Thank you for either joining me at my fourth annual poetry reading and art show or visiting me here on the page for the event.
My biggest inspiration for poetry, prose and artwork is the world right around me, and I enjoy the opportunity to share it from the perspective of one who walks and hikes and bikes and carries a camera, art materials and journal everywhere—even around the house—so the inspirations are fresh.
Many thanks to Maggie Forbes, executive director of Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, who invites me each year to read my poetry and show my artwork. I love that building, every inch of it, and the opportunity to bring people in to visit is an honor. What a pleasure, every year, to be able to share the collected thoughts, inspirations and images of my past year.
My Garden Waits Under a Blanket of Spring
inspired by my garden under 27 inches of snow
Pawprints and Raindrops
published and award-winning
Taking My Shift
memories upon visiting Eat ‘n Park
Inventing the Wheel
where inspiration leads to
All Our Foundations are Gone
old neighborhoods demolished for new development
The Bean-Picking Lesson
pick those opportunities as soon as you see them
The Last Red Berries
a poisonous and reviled plant is beautiful
The Part of Her
my mother’s yellow daylilies
Flocks of Children
let loose outdoors in spring
The Clock in the Bathroom
why I’m often late
Read the poems and see the rest of the featured artwork here.
2017 Poetry Reading: Walking Around
Walking Around: Finding Extraordinary Things in Ordinary Places, poetry and art
I’ve been organizing my art exhibits on my gallery and merchandise website Portraits of Animals. I’d intended to also include my November 2017 poetry reading “Walking Around” but couldn’t decided exactly where to add it, on that site or this one. I’d also wanted to record myself during the reading so that I could share that too; failing that I wanted to record the poems and essays.
Well, I didn’t get to either one. But for the anniversary of the event I thought I’d at least share the art and words I shared on that night. The theme was the things I found just walking around in my familiar space; inspiration can be found anywhere. Also, so close to Veterans Day and Carnegie having delivered up so many residents to conflicts over the years, part of the theme was dedicated to veterans and where they are found just in everyday life.
Lined up, waiting for the sun.
Walking Around: Poetry, Photos and Paintings of Carnegie
November 2, 2017, 7:00 p.m.
Observations and findings from walks around Carnegie, finding insights in everyday things and events, the extraordinary in the ordinary, including a poetry reading and exhibit of photos and paintings.
It’s been a while since I had the chance to have a poetry reading, and I’ve always included my art and photography because all those inspirations come from the same place. The most amazing things and thoughts can be found just walking around in your own back yard, literally or metaphorically. I’m expanding the boundaries beyond Carnegie’s outline to the surrounding communities and areas along Chartiers Creek.
I read a couple of essays and a dozen poems, each one with a narrative about it, in a room where I’d hung art and photographs inspired by those walks. The poems I read were inspired by my neighborhood and neighborhoods around me, events, and details of daily life in a small town, and the thoughts I’m led to from that starting point. The essays and poetry below are followed by galleries of the artwork and photos, below…
Click here to visit the exhibit.
Kingfisher on the power lines.
The other day as I walked into Carnegie I saw the flock of Canada geese congregated along the creek and a small tributary in the center of town, doing goose things. At the same time I heard a familiar chittering and finally found the tiny shape of a kingfisher on the power lines above the creek, loudly scolding the geese and likely telling them to get out of his territory. They paid no attention, but the kingfisher did not relent.
Blending with the scenery, more chittering sound than sight,
you are more than just a bird fishing for an afternoon snack
but evidence of changes that have already come
and those certain to be.
Little indicator of the health of a stream
and by that the health of a community
and a region
your presence here means we have made change,
we have turned around and made right something we had spoiled
and we have made welcome not just for you
but for ourselves as well.
We can stop for a moment to appreciate
but you tell us to be ready for new accomplishments and adventures.
Even better awaits us.
Poem The Kingfisher © 2014 Bernadette E. Kazmarski
Kingfishers are not large birds, barely larger than a robin but with a stubby tail and an almost top-heavy head, very protective of its territory along a waterway. They are small but bold, and are also known to be a harbinger of the health of a stream because they needs to feed directly from creatures that live in the water and will leave if there isn’t enough to eat.
Once Chartiers Creek was so polluted even plants died on its banks, but after decades of a ban on dumping and a mandate for cleanup the waters were safe to be in, to fish in and fish and other aquatic species began to return. I had been hearing a kingfisher’s chittering along the creek for a couple of years but the actual bird was hard to spot. Finally one March afternoon I saw the actual bird and photographed it diving into the water. We had reversed a century of pollution.
The kingfisher splashes into the creek.
I saw the kingfisher two days before my 2014 poetry reading celebrating the 110th year of Carnegie’s existence, and wrote the poem then and read it at my reading. Kingfishers also symbolize adventure and future accomplishments and tell you to be bold, so perhaps we’ve not only healed past ills, but also it may mean the best is yet to come.
Kingfisher watching the water.
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Party Rock Pyongyang
Terrorist Identification Chart
Agenda of Peace
"I want to show taxpayers in the Western world what their tax money is doing to people in another part of the world: killing civilians, innocent victims, children."
Anti-Piracy Ad Gets Ridiculed
I have no idea if TheAmazingAtheist is for or against intellectual property rights (I'm not), but he brilliantly takes down this piece of US government anti-piracy propaganda.
I can't tell if this is from Egypt or Oakland
OWS Raid Set to Sinatra
Why TheAmazingAtheist Hates Cops
Al Jazeera: The Men Who Crashed The World
Nato Terrorism Against Libya
Inept Government Begs People to Pay Tickets
This article is pure hilarity:
If you have an unpaid traffic ticket that's been gathering dust for three years or more, the state has a deal for you: Pay up during the first six months of 2012, and get 50 percent off.
The one-time discount, authorized by a new state law, is designed to help both delinquent drivers and financially strapped state and local governments.
Yeah, I don't think that this discount will "help" victims of ticketing, since they clearly aren't being persecuted or suffering much when not paying the fines.
This seems like a classic case of the government biting off more than it can chew. It overcriminalizes but then cannot enforce, and now it is literally on its knees, begging for its victims to let it suck their blood, offering what it laughably considers to be an incentive: 50% off.
Epic California fail. I hope nobody takes advantage of this bullshit offer. I hope the police's ability to enforce these fines further erodes, and I hope that the state declares bankruptcy soon. Choke on your own fat, California!
How to Escape Zip Ties
For all you Occupy Wall Street folks:
Pigs and Pepper Spray
US Government Terrorizes Guitar Manufacturer
Stay classy, government...
FBI Organizes Almost All Terror Plots in the US
Are you surprised? I'm not.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation employs upwards of 15,000 undercover agents today, ten times what they had on the roster back in 1975.
If you think that’s a few spies too many – spies earning as much as $100,000 per assignment – one doesn’t have to go too deep into their track record to see their accomplishments. Those agents are responsible for an overwhelming amount of terrorist stings that have stopped major domestic catastrophes in the vein of 9/11 from happening on American soil.
Another thing those agents are responsible for, however, is plotting those very schemes.
The FBI has in recent years used trained informants not just to snitch on suspected terrorists, but to set them up from the get-go. A recent report put together by Mother Jones and the Investigative Reporting Program at the University of California-Berkley analyses some striking statistics about the role of FBI informants in terrorism cases that the Bureau has targeted in the decade since the September 11 attacks.
The report reveals that the FBI regularly infiltrates communities where they suspect terrorist-minded individuals to be engaging with others. Regardless of their intentions, agents are sent in to converse within the community, find suspects that could potentially carry out “lone wolf” attacks and then, more or less, encourage them to do so. By providing weaponry, funds and a plan, FBI-directed agents will encourage otherwise-unwilling participants to plot out terrorist attacks, only to bust them before any events fully materialize.
Additionally, one former high-level FBI officials speaking to Mother Jones says that, for every informant officially employed by the bureau, up to three unofficial agents are working undercover.
The FBI has used those informants to set-up and thus shut-down several of the more high profile would-be attacks in recent years. The report reveals that the Washington DC Metro bombing plot, the New York City subway plot, the attempt to blow up Chicago’s Sears Tower and dozens more were all orchestrated by FBI agents. In fact, reads the report, only three of the more well-known terror plots of the last decade weren’t orchestrated by FBI-involved agents.
The report reveals that in many of the stings, important meetings between informants and the unknowing participants are left purposely unrecorded, as to avoid any entrapment charges that could cause the case to be dismissed. Perhaps the most high-profile of the FBI-proposed plots was the case of the Newburgh 4. Around an hour outside of New York City, an informant infiltrated a Muslim community and engaged four local men to carry out a series of attacks. Those men may have never actually carried out an attack, but once the informant offered them a plot and a pair of missiles, they agreed. Defense attorneys cried “entrapment,” but the men still were sentenced to 25 years apiece.
"The problem with the cases we're talking about is that defendants would not have done anything if not kicked in the ass by government agents," Martin Stolar tells Mother Jones. Stolar represented the suspect involved in a New York City bombing plot that was set-up by FBI agents. "They're creating crimes to solve crimes so they can claim a victory in the war on terror." For their part, the FBI says this method is a plan for "preemption," "prevention" and "disruption."
The report also reveals that, of the 500-plus prosecutions of terrorism-related cases they analyzed, nearly half of them involved the use of informants, many of whom worked for the FBI in exchange for money or to work off criminal charges. Of the 158 prosecutions carried out, 49 defendants participated in plots that agent provocateurs arranged on behalf of the FBI.
Experts note that the chance of winning a terrorism-related trial, entrapment or not, is near impossible. "The plots people are accused of being part of – attacking subway systems or trying to bomb a building – are so frightening that they can overwhelm a jury," David Cole, a Georgetown University law professor, tells Mother Jones. Since 9/11, almost two-thirds of the cases linked to terrorism have ended with guilty pleas. “They don't say, 'I've been entrapped,' or, 'I was immature,’” a retired FBI official remarks.
All of this and those guilty pleas often stem for just being in the right place at the wrong time. Farhana Khera of the group Muslim Advocate notes that agents go into mosques on “fishing expeditions” just to see where they can get interest in the community. "The FBI is now telling agents they can go into houses of worship without probable cause," says Khera. "That raises serious constitutional issues."
From the set-up to the big finish, the whole sting operation is ripe with constitutional issues such as that. A decade since 9/11, however, the FBI is reaching through whatever means it can pull together to keep terrorists – or whom they think could someday become one – from ever hurting America.
Reprinted with permission from Russia Today.
West Ender Pwns Reporter
Breath Tests Worthless Says Cop
I knew it!
HELENA — A Billings police officer on trial in Helena for driving with an elevated alcohol level attacked the breath-testing technology used by the state, and emerged without a conviction on the charge after her trial ended Friday with a hung jury.
The four-man, two-woman jury convicted Samantha Puckett of speeding but failed to reach agreement on the DUI per se charge. Municipal Judge Bob Wood declared a mistrial and Deputy City Attorney Thomas Jodoin said it was too early to decide whether the city would retry the case.
Puckett’s attorney, Bradley Finn, said Puckett has been working at her job as a police officer since a brief period of administrative leave after her arrest in the early hours of Dec. 10.
Billings Police officials did not return calls inquiring about Puckett’s employment status, and a person at the city’s Human Resources Department said that department would not comment.
Helena police say they measured Samantha Puckett’s breath-alcohol content above .10 percent that night, exceeding the legal limit for driving of .08 percent.
But Paul Miranda, an expert witness for Puckett, testified that the analysis could be flawed.
Miranda, who holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Montana and works as a senior metallurgist for Idaho-based Thompson Creek Mining Co., has had some training related to breath-testing and has previously testified as an expert witness about eight or 10 times, he said.
He argued that the test results could vary due to elevation, the body temperature of the person blowing, and other factors. Based on those variables, and after viewing police video of Puckett performing well in two of the three field sobriety tests, Miranda said he believed Puckett was below the legal maximum.
Jodoin questioned whether the chemist had any training in analysis of field sobriety tests. Miranda said he hadn’t, but he’s previously had a few beers with buddies and knows when they’re intoxicated. As an example, he said his sister-in-law, once at a bachelorette party, fell off a stage while singing after drinking all night, and hit her head. “I’m pretty sure she’s above a .08,” he said.
The incident began when Helena Police Department Cpl. Jason Zander, on patrol by the intersection of North Montana Avenue and Cedar Street, saw and heard Puckett’s SUV speeding southbound, according to his testimony Thursday. By driving his patrol car at about the same speed as the SUV, Zander estimated the car was driving about 45 mph in a 30 mph speed zone, and he pulled it over.
Zander, a nine-year Helena Police veteran who trains other officers on conducting field sobriety testing, testified that he smelled alcohol in the car. Puckett performed well on two of the field sobriety tests and initially said she had two beers that evening. Later, she said she had consumed four beers in three different bars, and only eaten beef jerky and a protein bar that evening.
During the required 20-minute period between the traffic stop and the breath analysis (to ensure that any alcohol left in the mouth is able to dissipate), Zander and Puckett chatted about police officers they both knew and other police-related matters including the funeral a few days earlier of David DeLaittre, the Montana Highway Patrolman who was killed during a traffic stop.
“It’s a bad situation for me, too,” Zander said on the video just before arresting Puckett. “This is the last thing I want to do.”
After viewing the results of a second breath test at the detention center, she was asked on video whether she was under the influence of alcohol.
“Obviously, yes,” she said.
Read more: http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/article_897c390b-334f-5a93-bc9c-cf8ae948f016.html#ixzz1TjkxtB6G
Thy name is DMV
Banned By The Government
Politicians Are Like Serial Killers
Using his law enforcement experience and data drawn from the FBI's behavioral analysis unit, Jim Kouri has collected a series of personality traits common to a couple of professions.
Kouri, who's a vice president of the National Assn. of Chiefs of Police, has assembled traits such as superficial charm, an exaggerated sense of self-worth, glibness, lying, lack of remorse and manipulation of others.
These traits, Kouri points out in his analysis, are common to psychopathic serial killers.
But -- and here's the part that may spark some controversy and defensive discussion -- these traits are also common to American politicians. (Maybe you already suspected.)
Yup. Violent homicide aside, our elected officials often show many of the exact same character traits as criminal nut-jobs, who run from police but not for office.
Kouri notes that these criminals are psychologically capable of committing their dirty deeds free of any concern for social, moral or legal consequences and with absolutely no remorse.
"This allows them to do what they want, whenever they want," he wrote. "Ironically, these same traits exist in men and women who are drawn to high-profile and powerful positions in society including political officeholders."
Good grief! And we not only voted for these people, we're paying their salaries and entrusting them to spend our national treasure in wise ways.
We don't know Kouri that well. He may be trying to manipulate all of us with his glib provocative pronouncements. On the other hand ...
He adds:
"While many political leaders will deny the assessment regarding their similarities with serial killers and other career criminals, it is part of a psychopathic profile that may be used in assessing the behaviors of many officials and lawmakers at all levels of government."
-- Andrew Malcolm
Standing Up
For your rights.
Court Refuses Trial by Combat
They should have accepted it and televised it.
A court has rejected a 60-year-old man’s attempt to invoke the ancient right to trial by combat, rather than pay a £25 fine for a minor motoring offence.
Leon Humphreys remained adamant yesterday that his right to fight a champion nominated by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) was still valid under European human rights legislation. He said it would have been a “reasonable” way to settle the matter.
Magistrates sitting at Bury St Edmunds on Friday had disagreed and instead of accepting his offer to take on a clerk from Swansea with “samurai swords, Ghurka knives or heavy hammers”, fined him £200 with £100 costs.
Humphreys, an unemployed mechanic, was taken to court after refusing to pay the original £25 fixed penalty for failing to notify the DVLA that his Suzuki motorcycle was off the road.
After entering a not guilty plea, he threw down his unconventional challenge. Humphreys, from Bury St Edmunds, said: “I was willing to fight a champion put up by the DVLA, but it would have been a fight to the death.”
Coke Pwns Borders
I love how the soldiers are acting all guilty, and looking around to make sure nobody notices their brief moment of humanity.
Police Truck
Midget Pigs
Just as dangerous as full size pigs.
4th of July BBQ
I had a BBQ for the 4th of July. Look at how well it came out!
World's Greatest Mayor
Watch this mayor punch the everloving shit out of a sheriff who wants to demolish a neighborhood.
All the mayors of the world should follow this heroic woman's example.
For Everything Else
Sunny Sheu Killed After Reporting Death Threat From Judge Joseph Golia
Black Star News has an amazing story about Sunny and his victimization by the government.
A Mayor's Kodak Moment
Some mayor got convicted of bribery and perjury. The Sentence? Four years in prison. The mayor proceeds to vomit and flop about. The pictures are absolutely priceless. Every politician should have to go through the same shock and horror that is written on this mayor's face.
OpenWatch: Keep the Piggies in Line
About the OpenWatch Project from OpenWatch on Vimeo.
Police Officers are Literally Retarded
Being a police officer is like being in the Special Olympics. Even if you get a medal, you are still retarded.
I apologize to the noble competitors in the Special Olympics for comparing them to something so low as police officers.
The FDA Tries to Kill the Cure for Cancer
I wish I could say I was surprised.
Burzynski: Cancer Is Serious Business from BurzynskiMovie on Vimeo.
Bank Runs Coming to a EuroZone Near You?
This is why I keep my bank account balance as low as possible at all times, and don't hoard fiat currency.
I just got off the phone with Pierre Jananovic . . . La Banque Postale has lowered the limits on the amounts of cash customers can withdraw per week by 50%. First of all, for you Americans and Brits, the way France works its banking system – customers are limited to how much they can withdraw per week from their accts no matter what the balance. Now what has happened here is that Gold card members – who could take out 3,000 euros a week – are now limited to 1,500 a week. This was sudden, without warning, and people here in France are freaking out. Pierre tells me that its the first clear sign that liquidity in the European banking system is drying up.
Your Tax Dollars at Work
Police murder someone. Then they turn their guns on, and kidnap, an innocent man who filmed it.
Police Tape
Nigel Farage: Trapped Inside an Economic Prison
Nigel Farage is a hero.
Hitler Finds Out About The Protest Dance Party At The Jefferson Memorial
Dance Police
Thank god these brave officers protected the public and arrested these dangerous dancers at the Jefferson Memorial. Imagine what would have happened if they were allowed to just boogie down!
Curtis Mayfield - Peace
A classic song with a timeless, eternally relevant message.
Sensationalism, Thy Name is Government
Of all the messages to fight child abuse, they choose this? It'll be about as effective as D.A.R.E.
Anarchy in the UK
Brits break the law 21 times per year. Things like having sex in public, speeding, doing drugs, downloading copywritten material for free, not cleaning up dog poop. If these laws were enforced 100% of the time, then probably half of Britain would be behind bars. Of course, the article never mentions the mathematical consequences of this gross overcriminalization, nor does it wonder if perhaps there are too many laws on the books. The last few lines in the article are facepalm material:
John Miles added, 'The survey shows the average person who answered feels they break the law 21 times a year, but in reality this number is probably far greater.
'We are sure there are some things people wouldn't even know were illegal - particularly things like failing to clean up dog poo or dropping litter.
'There is a saying that 'rules are made to be broken', but when something has been made illegal it has to be for a good reason.'
Fukushima, Unit 1 vs Unit 3
Fascinating yet terrifying:
Gadaffi's Gold
The Royal Family Prepares For A Royal Wedding
MarmaladeINFP said something I thought was profound.
There can be state socialism just as there can be state capitalism.
There can be anarcho-capitalism just as there can be anarcho-socialism.
Many anarcho-capitalists identify socialism as statism.
Many anarcho-socialists identify capitalism as statism.
Statism is statism no matter what ideological rhetoric is used to justify it, rightly or wrongly.
Anarchism is anarchism no matter what ideological rhetoric is used to justify it, rightly or wrongly.
Regulation Hurts Regular Folk, Helps Rich People
This is what government regulation does: It hurts small businesses and consumers for the benefit of a few powerful players at the top.
A Decent Cop
Decent cops are more rare than unicorns.
Czech President Steals Pen
All politicians, no matter how rich, have kleptomania.
Fukushima: Inadvertent Criticality
In layman's terms, at least one of the reactors at Fukushima is still experiencing some degree of a nuclear chain reaction.
Newly released TEPCO data provides evidence of periodic chain reaction at Fukushima Unit 1 from Fairewinds Associates on Vimeo.
The State Is Not Great: How Government Poisons Everything
Jacob Spinney explains why the state is not great. The video is long, but the material is great quality. I also love how the title of his video is a play on the title of a Christopher Hitchens' book.
NHS: Where Even the Insiders Die on Waiting Lists
A former NHS director has died after spending 9 months on a medical waiting list. Let nobody say that the NHS gives unequal treatment to Britons. Here is irrefutable proof that all NHS victims customers are given equally shitty service:
A former NHS director died after waiting for nine months for an operation - at her own hospital.
Margaret Hutchon, a former mayor, had been waiting since last June for a follow-up stomach operation at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, Essex.
Libya and the USA
This video shows the atrocities of a dictator that the US hated, then supported, and now hates again. Incidentally, the Libyan rebels are led by Al Qaeda, an entity that the US supported, and then hated, and now apparently supports again.
Freedom Packages
Not available in all areas, like the United States.
Tags: Daily Show Full Episodes
Honesty? In My EU?
It's more likely than you think!
What We Need in an Emergency is Less Information
Or so says the Japanese Government:
Japan Imposes "Article 15"
Japan has banned all its government agencies, including its nuclear regulatory and protection agencies, from issuing any statements about the nuclear crisis situation in Japan, according to Yochi Shimatsu, former editor of the Japan Times.
Statements will only be issued from the senior level of the Japanese government.
"Article 15" is an article unfamiliar to most Japanese, including most Japanese journalists. It is apparently an emergency regulatory clause that allows the senior levels of the Japanese government to stop other Japanese government agencies from communicating with the public and news media.
Fuck Tha Police!
Judge Jim Gray: End Drug Prohibition
Behold, a species previously thought to be extinct: An honest judge!
The Paranoia of a Ruler
Look at all this shit Gaddafi had. The U.S. has much better bunkers for its rulers, to be sure. And they say libertarian conspiracy theorists are paranoid!
Just click on the link below to see the video at the Al Jazeera English site. I can't embed directly.
A glimpse into Gaddafi's palace - Africa - Al Jazeera English
In Vampire Philadelphia, Homeowner Forcloses on BANK!
What an inspiring story. I would love to see more homeowners foreclose on banks.
Forced Confessions
... are relatively easy.
Watch the full episode. See more FRONTLINE.
And/Or Subject to Other Police Action
This is worse than 1984. But it is real life, and it happened in Pittsburgh against unarmed, peaceful protesters.
A Virus of the Mind
I laughed so hard at this one. I'm guilty as charged!
Drowning in Debt
Joss Stone on Piracy
Joss Stone explains, from a musician's standpoint, the merits of free and unrestricted media sharing.
Troops Waking Up
I love it when veterans get troll's remorse. Look, he was human after all! I love it when soldiers wake up, but I think it's best when people wake up before deciding to enlist.
My New Year's Eve With Pigs
On New Year's Eve I went to a party. So did an undercover cop. I was on the guest list and got in for free, but the undercover cop was charged $20 at the door. The undercover porker found this to be unacceptable, as the party throwers apparently didn't pay racketeering protection money (aka apply for a permit) with the City of Los Angeles.
So the undercover cop called about 8 squad cars and kicked everyone out of the party. 500 people. At 11:30pm on New Year's Eve, everyone was standing on the street amongst overweight, insecure, jackbooted pigs.
But the tables were soon to be turned. At around 11:45pm, the pigs squealed off, all of them. So the partygoers did the only logical thing and resumed partying in the facility. They got to do the midnight countdown, and the party wasn't ruined after all.
The cops were out in force all across the city that night, with paid undercover agents (overtime pay no doubt), looking to bust up peaceful parties that were charging at the door but hadn't paid blood money to the parasites in City Hall. Let's break this down a bit more.
8 squad cars and a dozen or so pigs feeding from the overtime trough is going to cost more than the "permit fee" for the party itself. Essentially, the city is spending extra money to punish those mundanes who didn't give them money to begin with. Leave it to a government to double down on a financial loss.
Additionally, due to pressure on the cops to bust as many parties as possible, they left the scene as soon as they kicked everyone out, leaving it vulnerable for reacquisition by the partygoers, which makes the pigs' punitive actions rather ineffective. They won the battle, but lost the war.
The city failed to extort blood money in the form of permit fees.
The city spent additional money on terrorizing peaceful partygoers who did not pay such fees.
The pigs shut down the party for a measly fifteen minutes, thus failing in their punitive objective.
The party organizers still made a profit at the end of the night.
Partygoers: 4, City: 0.
Why do we have permits and fees? Why do we even have a police force, aside from the obvious Stockholm Syndrome answer? Why do we have a City Hall? Not only did the police and City Hall work exclusively against the people (on the people's dollar no less), but they spectacularly failed in every objective they set out to do!
But who ultimately pays for this failure? The police department? City Hall? No. The taxpayers are the one who ultimately pay for this failure. They pay money to be subjugated by incompetent pigs and councilmembers who cannot even subjugate properly. The taxpayers are paying for a punitive and detrminetal service that can't even punish or cause detriment properly. It is a metafailure sprinked with Stockholm Syndrome pixie dust.
Yet, despite everyone's best efforts (taxpayers included), the party was a success.
Here's to 2011!
An Angry Redneck Pwns Wall Street
This man is knowledgeable and angry. When even the rednecks know what's happening, you know you're in trouble.
The Fed, Inked
Fixed link.
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Jon Stewart Takes On The Federal Reserve
The Big Bank Theory
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog The Daily Show on Facebook
Gulf Oil Spill Causes Mutations
When Disaster Strikes, You Don't Need Government
All you need are volunteers. Everyone from highschoolers to churchgoers to retail employees pitched in, spontaneously, organically, and without the government.
Volunteers outnumber cleanup jobs in DFW areas hit by tornadoes
More volunteers than cleanup jobs
The outpouring of help has been so great that both Arlington and Kennedale said late Thursday that they don't need more volunteers.
"At this time, we have more volunteers than cleanup jobs," Arlington officials said in a news release. "However, in the event that additional volunteers are needed, the City will post a call for volunteers on the Tornado Recovery Center web page."
In west Arlington, Nancy Springer was surprised when members of Pantego Bible Church in Fort Worth stopped by with a chain saw to help remove fallen limbs from her back yard.
"I have new friends," she said, smiling, as Senior Pastor David Daniels and his wife, Tiffany, cut up branches and stacked them by the curb.
Springer's next-door neighbors Terry and Lori Jones, whose home was also damaged, are members of the church and enlisted the help.
"This is when community really matters," David Daniels said.
Plenty of companies pitched in, too, including The Home Deport.
Members of Team Depot, from regional executives to hourly associates, were recognizable by their orange shirts.
On Thursday, about 65 employees joined the Arlington cleanup, district manager Larry Waterman said. The company also had crews in the Lancaster and Forney areas.
"Giving back is one of Home Depot's core values," said Reed Lewis, an employee from the north Irving store who was working near Martin High School in southwest Arlington. "It's just the right thing to do."
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/04/05/3864940/volunteers-outnumber-cleanup-jobs.html#storylink=cpy
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Lonewolf to release ‘Army Of The Damned’ vinyl
Posted by: Neale McGeever in News July 14, 2013 0
Army Of The Damned, the new album from Lonewolf , will be the first vinyl record released by the French Power Metal veterans via Inferno Records.
The release will be limited to 300 copies; 150 on black vinyl and 150 on blue coloured vinyl for an October release this year.
Inferno Records head honcho, Fab, had this to say:
“It has been a long time it was said INFERNÖ Records & LONEWOLF have to join forces and release something together… For some reasons, it was not possible so far…. INFERNÖ Records & LONEWOLF have always been great friends showing mutual respect to the respective jobs both did so far… I am really proud & honored this day has finally come, especially that it will be released on VINYL, something we never did before… A vinyl release was always in mind since the beginning of the label, but the label had first to grow and be “healthy”, before it was possible… and I wanted the first vinyl release to be something SPECIAL… So I think the day has finally come and it is a great feeling !!!”
Fans can pre-order the record from here. Check out the track Lonewolf from the album below!
Army Of the Damned Ectreme Metal France french inferno records limited edition Lonewolf special edition vinyl 2013-07-14
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Contributing Editor - I'm an entertainment writer ('journalist') from the North East. My favourite bands include Slipknot, Nirvana and Ninja Sex Party... I've freelanced for the likes of Kerrang!,Closer, Front, ZOO, and many others! I'm also big in to movies, video games, live comedy and ...beer!
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Ridgefield Boys and Girls Club
(40 Governor Street (203) 438-8821)
Take I-95 or the Merritt Parkway to Route 7 North (connector in Norwalk). Follow Route 7 North approximately 8.6 miles to Route 102. Turn left onto Route 102 West and go approximately 3.2 minles and turn right onto Ivy Hill Road. At the first stop sign, bear left onto Prospect Ridge Road. Stay on Prospect until the end, then turn left onto Governor Street. At stop sign go straight through, Ridgefield Boys and Girls Club is about a couple hundred yards on the right immediately following stop sign.
Take Route I-684 North to Exit 6 (Route 35) in Katonah, NY. Turn right onto Route 35 North for approzimately 11.5 miles. (At the fountain as you enter Ridgefield, Route 35 turns left and is Main Street through town.) Follow Route 35 North and turn right onto Route 102 East. Go approximately .4 miles and turn left onto Ivy Hill Road. At the first stop sign, bear left onto Prospect Ridge Road. Stay on Prospect until the end, then turn left onto Governor Street. At stop sign go straight through, Ridgefield Boys and Girls Club is about a couple hundred yards on the right immediately following stop sign.
From the East, West, or North
Take Route I-84 To Danbury and Exit 3 (Route 7 south). Follow Route 7 South for approximately 4.5 miles to the traffic light at the intersection of Route 7 and Route 35. Turn right onto Route 35 South and proceed approximately 2.6 miles through four (4) traffic lights to the flashing red light at the intersection of Route 35 and Route 116. Bear left, continuing on Route 35. Turn left on Prospect street, then after about a quarter mile, take the first right onto East Ridge Street. Go down East Ridge St. to stop sign. At stop sign, turn right. A couple of hundred feet on your right will be the Ridgefield Boys and Girls Club.
Ridgefield Parks and Recreation Center
195 Danbury Rd. Ridgefield, Ct. (203) 431-2755
Take I-95 or the Merritt Parkway to Route 7 North (connector in Norwalk). Follow Route 7 North roughly 10 miles to the traffic light at the intersection of Route 7 and Route 35. Turn left onto Route 35 South and proceed approximately 1.5 miles. Sign for Parks and Recreation Center will be on your right side directly across from Fox Hill Condominiums.
Take Route I-684 North to Exit 6 (Route 35) in Katonah, NY. Turn right onto Route 35 North for approzimately 11.5 miles. (At the fountain as you enter Ridgefield, Route 35 turns left and is Main Street through town.) Follow Route 35 North roughly 2.6 miles. Sign for Parks and Recreation Center will be on your left side directly across from Fox Hill Condominiums.
Take Route I-84 To Danbury and Exit 3 (Route 7 south). Follow Route 7 South for approximately 4.5 miles to the traffic light at the intersection of Route 7 and Route 35. Turn right onto Route 35 South and proceed approximately 1.5 miles. Sign for Parks and Recreation Center will be on your right side directly across from FoxHill Condominiums.
Scott's Ridge Middle School
(750 North Salem Road)
Take I-95 or the Merritt Parkway to Route 7 North (connector in Norwalk). Follow Route 7 North to Route 33 in Wilton Center. Go left on Route 33 to Ridgefield. Go through town and, after you pass through three stop lights and come to a stop sign, bear left onto Route 116 north. The school is approximately 3 miles on Route 116, just past the Ridgefield High School.
From the South on I-684: Exit 7, Take New York Route 116 exit. Go east on Route 116. The school is about 3/4 mile past the Connecticut state line; it will be on your left.
Going East on I-84: Take Exit 1 (Saw Mill Road). Take a right at the light at the end of the exit ramp. As you enter Ridgefield, the name of the road changes to Ridgebury Road, but keep following it as it winds through northern Ridgefield. Bear right at the second and third stop signs. When you come to Route 116, make a right turn (Ridgefield High School will be directly on your right) and make the first right on Route 116 to Scotts Ridge Middle School. It is approximately five miles from I-84.
The field is to the left of the school, drive across the parking lot in the front of the school.
Yanity Gym
Take I-95 or the Merritt Parkway to Route 7 North (connector in Norwalk). Follow Route 7 North approximately 8.6 miles to Route 102. Turn left onto Route 102 West and go approximately 3.2 miles and turn right onto Ivy Hill Road. At the first stop sign, bear left onto Prospect Ridge Road. Stay on Prospect until the end, then turn left onto Governor Street. Turn right after a few hundred yards at the top of the hill to Yanity Gym.
Take Route I-684 North to Exit 6 (Route 35) in Katonah, NY. Turn right onto Route 35 North for approximately 11.5 miles. (At the fountain as you enter Ridgefield, Route 35 turns left and is Main Street through town.) Follow Route 35 North and turn right onto Route 102 East. Go approximately .4 miles and turn left onto Ivy Hill Road. At the first stop sign, bear left onto Prospect Ridge Road. Stay on Prospect until the end, then turn left onto Governor Street. Turn right after a few hundred yards at the top of the hill to Yanity Gym.
Take Route I-84 to Danbury and Exit 3 (Route 7 South). Follow Route 7 South for approximately 4.5 miles to the traffic light at the intersection of Route 7 and Route 35. Turn right onto Route 35 South and proceed approximately 2.6 miles through four (4) traffic lights to the flashing red light at the intersection of Route 35 and Route 116. Bear left, continuing on Route 35. Turn left on Prospect Street, then after about a quarter mile, take the first right after East Ridge Street up the hill to Yanity Gym.
Barlow Mt School and Scotland School
(111 Barlow Mountain Road)
Take I-95 or the Merritt Parkway to Route 7 North (connector in Norwalk). Follow Route 7 North approximately 8.6 miles to Route 102. Turn left onto Route 102 West and go approximately 3.3 miles to Route 35. Turn right and follow Route 35 North through three (3) traffic lights to the flashing red light at the intersection of Route 116 and Route 35. Bear left onto Route 116 North (North Salem Road) for 2.2 miles and turn right onto Barlow Mountain Road. Follow Barlow Mountain Road for one-half mile taking a left at the first intersection. Turn left into the entrance of Scotland and Barlow Mountain School. The Scotland School is to the left, the Barlow fields are to the right.
Take Route I-684 North to Exit 6 (Route 35) in Katonah, NY. Turn right onto Route 35 North for approximately 11.5 miles. (At the fountain as you enter Ridgefield, Route 35 turns left and is Main Street through town.) Follow Route 35 North through three (3) traffic lights to the flashing red light at the intersection of Route 116 and Route 35. Bear left onto Route 116 North (North Salem Road) for 2.2 miles and turn right onto Barlow Mountain Road. Follow Barlow Mountain Road for one-half mile taking a left at the first intersection. Turn left into the entrance of Scotland and Barlow Mountain School. The Scotland School is to the left, the Barlow fields are to the right.
Take Route I-84 to Danbury and Exit 3 (Route 7 South). Follow Route 7 South for approximately 4.5 miles to the traffic light at the intersection of Route 7 and Route 35. Turn right onto Route 35 South and proceed approximately 2.6 miles through four (4) traffic lights to the flashing red light at the intersection of Route 35 and Route 116. Bear right onto Route 116 North (North Salem Road) for 2.2 miles and turn right onto Barlow Mountain Road. Follow Barlow Mountain Road for one-half miles taking a left at the first intersection. Turn left into the entrance of Scotland and Barlow Mountain School. The Scotland School is to the left, the Barlow School to the right.
Veterans Park School Fields
(8 Governor Street)
Take I-95 or the Merritt Parkway to Route 7 North (connector in Norwalk). Follow Route 7 North approximately 8.6 miles to Route 102. Turn left onto Route 102 West and go approximately 3.3 miles and turn right onto East Ridge Street. At next stop sign turn left onto Market Street. Fields can be seen on the right. Parking available at next two rights (behind school).
Take Route I-684 North to Exit 6 (Route 35) in Katonah, NY. Turn right onto Route 35 North for approximately 11.5 miles. (At the fountain as you enter Ridgefield, Route 35 turns left and is Main Street through town.) Follow Route 35 North and turn right onto Market Street. Take the first or second left into the parking lots behind Veterans Park Elementary School.
Take Route I-84 to Danbury and Exit 3 (Route 7 South). Follow Route 7 South for approximately 4.5 miles to the traffic light at the intersection of Route 7 and Route 35. Turn right onto Route 35 South and proceed approximately 2.6 miles through four (4) traffic lights to the flashing red light at the intersection of Route 35 and Route 116. Bear left, continuing on Route 35. At the third (3) light, turn left onto Market Street. Take the first or second left into the parking lots behind Veterans Park Elementary School.
Farmingville School Field
(324 Farmingville Road)
Take I-95 or the Merritt Parkway to Route 7 North (connector in Norwalk). Follow Route 7 North (8.6 miles) past Route 102. Go an additional 2.3 miles and turn left ontoCains Hill Road at light. Follow Cains Hill Road , bearing right at top, onto Farmingville Road (about .6 miles). Turn left into school parking (directly across from Saunders Lane). Field is behind school.
Take Route I-684 North to Exit 6 (Route 35) in Katonah, NY. Turn right onto Route 35 North for approximately 11.5 miles. (At the fountain as you enter Ridgefield, Route 35 turns left and is Main Street through town.) Follow Route 35 North through town, bearing right to follow Route 35 at the intersection to Route 116. At third (3) light (corner of Shell Gas Station) turn right onto Farmingville Road. Turn right into school parking (approximately 1.5 miles, across from Saunders Lane). Field is behind school.
Take Route I-84 to Danbury and Exit 3 (Route 7 South). Follow Route 7 South for approximately 4.5 miles to the traffic light at the intersection of Route 7 and Route 35. Turn right onto Route 35 South and proceed approximately 2.0 miles turning left onto Farmingville Road at the second (2) light. Turn right into school parking (approximately 1.5 miles, across from Saunders Lane). Field is behind school.
East Ridge Middle School Field
(10 East Ridge Road)
Take I-95 or the Merritt Parkway to Route 7 North (connector in Norwalk). Follow Route 7 North approximately 8.6 miles to Route 102. Turn left onto Route 102 West and go approximately 3.3 miles and turn right onto East Ridge Street. Turn right into school parking lot. Field is to the right.
Take Route I-684 North to Exit 6 (Route 35) in Katonah, NY. Turn right onto Route 35 North for approximately 11.5 miles. (At the fountain as you enter Ridgefield, Route 35 turns left and is Main Street through town.) Follow Route 35 North and turn right onto Route 102 East. Go approximately .3 miles and turn left onto East Ridge Street. Turn right into school parking lot. Field is to the right.
Take Route I-84 to Danbury and Exit 3 (Route 7 South). Follow Route 7 South for approximately 4.5 miles to the traffic light at the intersection of Route 7 and Route 35. Turn right onto Route 35 South and proceed approximately 2.5 miles. At the fourth (4) red light turn left on Grove Street and follow to end. Turn left onto Prospect Street and quick right onto East Ridge. After stop sign watch for school on left. Turn left into school parking lot. Field is to the right.
Ridgefield High School (700 North Salem Road)
Take I-95 or the Merritt Parkway to Route 7 North (connector in Norwalk). Follow Route 7 North approximately 8.6 miles to Route 102. Turn left onto Route 102 West and go approximately 3.3 miles to Route 35. Turn right and follow Route 35 North through three (3) traffic lights to the flashing red light at the intersection of Route 116 and Route 35. Bear left onto Route 116 North (North Salem Road) for approximately 3.0 miles. High School is on the right. Fields are down a steep stepped hill in the rear.
Take Route I-684 North to Exit 6 (Route 35) in Katonah, NY. Turn right onto Route 35 North for approximately 11.5 miles. (At the fountain as you enter Ridgefield, Route 35 turns left and is Main Street through town.) Follow Route 35 North through three (3) traffic lights to the flashing red light at the intersection of Route 116 and Route 35. Bear left onto Route 116 North (North Salem Road) for approximately 3.0 miles. High School is on the right. Fields are down a steep stepped hill in the rear.
Take Route I-84 to Danbury and Exit 3 (Route 7 South). Follow Route 7 South for approximately 4.5 miles to the traffic light at the intersection of Route 7 and Route 35. Turn right onto Route 35 South and proceed approximately 2.6 miles through four (4) traffic lights to the flashing red light at the intersection of Route 35 and Route 116. Bear right onto Route 116 North (North Salem Road) for approximately 3.0 miles. High School is on the right. Fields are down a steep stepped hill in the rear.
Scotts Ridge Middle School gym is located on the grounds adjacent to Ridgefield High School.
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MINGECHEVIR
Mingachevir, sometimes spelled Mingechevir (in azeri: Mingəçevir), is the fourth-biggest city in Azerbaijan. There are about 100,000 people. It is known as the "city of lights" because of its hydroelectric power station on the Kur River.
Seal Country : Azerbaijan
Area Total : 47 km2 (18 sq mi)
Elevation : 545 m (1,788 ft)
Population (2015): 102070
Density : 2,100/km2 (5,500/sq mi)
Time zone: AZT (UTC+4)
Area code(s) : +994 024 27
Website : Official website
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Gold Scythian belt title, Mingachevir (ancient Scythian kingdom), Azerbaijan, 7th century BC.
Despite the fact that Mingecevir is a young town, the territory where the town is located is known as an ancient abode. The history of this abode covers a period from the eneolith era (3000 BC) to the AD 17th century. It was the chairman of the Caucasus archeological committee, A. I. Berje, who first gave information about the archeological monuments of Mingecevir at the second congress of archeologists in St Petersburg in 1871. Although this information was not precise, Berje presented Mingecevir as an ancient settlement.
After this, Mingecevir remained out of archeologists’ attention for many years. Archeological researches resumed in Mingecevir only in mid-1930s as part of the construction of the hydroelectric power station. The researches started under the leadership of Prof. Pakhomov in 1935. These researches revealed two ancient settlements and cemeteries, which were composed of various types of graves. Unfortunately, World War II prevented the research being completed.
The construction of the hydroelectric power station started immediately after the war. This marked a start of systematic and planned research of Mingecevir as an ancient abode. Archeological excavations were carried out from April 1946 to August 1953 by a group of archeologists headed by S. M. Qaziyev in connection with the construction of the Mingecevir hydroelectric power station under a decision by the Supreme Board of the Azerbaijani Academy of Sciences. Over 20,000 historical monuments – graves and tumuli, means of production, things related to daily life, jewelry etc., which reflected historical periods in chronological sequence, were found during the excavations.
Base of a column with Albanian inscription, Caucasian Albania
Most ancient written monuments in Caucasian Albanian alphabet and other archeological finds proved that Mingecevir was a 5,000-year-old abode. The majority of these finds are currently exhibited in the Azerbaijani Historical Museum, while part of them is held at the Mingecevir Historical Museum.
History knows a great deal of facts about ancient Mingecevir. Historical sources indicate that a fierce battle took place between the powerful army of Roman commander Pompey and the army of Albanian governor Oris just on the territory of the current dam on the bank of the River Kur in the 1st century BC. Historical facts also prove that the ancient Silk Road laid via Mingecevir.
Bones of the south elephants B.C 600-400 thousand years (Museum of History Mingachevir)
Renowned Turkish traveler Evliya Çelebi, who lived in the AD 17th century, wrote about Mingecevir and described it as a large settlement on the right bank of the River Kur near the Bozdag Mountain. According to him, several mosques, workshops manufacturing fiber silk and silk cloth, bathhouses etc. were operating in this settlement. Interestingly, the road passing from here used to be called the "road of messenger". The "road of messenger" was connecting lots of camelcade and trade roads to Middle East countries and Azerbaijani towns like Saki, Qabala, Samaxi, Barda, Beylaqan and others.
A great number of people came to Mingechevir from all districts in Azerbaijan in connection with the construction of the Mingechevir hydroelectric power station, and a total of 20,000 people took part in the construction of this power station. About 10,000 German POWs were among those who contributed to the construction of this power station by the end of the 1940s. The most experienced specialists of the country were involved in the construction of this building site as the biggest hydroelectric power station of the then Soviet Union.
Today's Mingechevir, which was built in connection with the hydroelectric power station, was granted a status of town in 1948. The population of the town currently stands at 120,000 people, including 20,000 internally displaced people from Karabakh and the occupied adjacent districts. The area of the town is 139.53 km². Mingechevir is situated 55 meter above sea level on the foothill of the southeast of the Bozdag Mountain chain and on the edge of the Mingechevir reservoir in the Kur-Araz lowland in central Azerbaijan. The town was built in a mild and warm zone and has warm and dry summer, while mild winter. The average annual temperature is 14 - 15 °C, highest temperature 42 °C (July–August) and the lowest temperature (January–February) -10 °C. The average annual rain constitutes 250–300 mm.
Crosses from Migachevir church complex, Caucasian Albania
The town lies on both banks of the River Kur - a 1515 km-long river, which is the biggest and longest one in the South Caucasus. (The river originates from Turkey, runs down Georgia and Azerbaijan and flows to the Caspian Sea.) Mingechevir is situated in 280–300 km west of the capital of the republic, Baku.
Mingechevir has been developing speedily over the last 54 years, since it has been established. Mingechevir, which is currently considered to be the fourth town of the country both for its economic potential and the number of population, is one of the central towns of the republic in terms of energy, industry, science, education and culture. The number of able-bodied people in Mingechevir is 53,000, while the number of people actually involved in labor is 16,000. The number of people engaged in small-sized businesses stands at 4,000 people
Sixteen public libraries with 406,677 books in total are operating in the town. The number of subscribers in these libraries stands at 46,282 people. Every book is requested 2.9 times in average annually, and readers took books from libraries 904,395 times last year.
The Mingacevir Historical Museum was established in January 1968. The museum has two branches – Martyrs’ Memorial and Independence Museum. The museum has 14,461 exhibits.
The number of exhibits in Mingacevir Gallery is 310 pieces.
CLUB-HOUSES
There are 8 clubhouses, including the Martyr Azar Niftaliyev clubhouse, S. Vurgun clubhouse, N. Narimanov clubhouse and others, in the town. Town residents also enjoy parks, like Sahil Park and Friendship Park.
MUSICAL SCHOOLS
There are 3 musical schools – Hacibayov School, Bulbul School and Martyr Qasimov School – in Mingacevir.
The study in these schools lasts 7 years. A total of 1,500 students study at these schools, and 350 professional teachers train them.
These schools have different courses on tar, kamanca, nagara, saz (national musical instruments), piano, violin and vocal.
The Davudova Mingacevir State Theatre was established on the basis of folk theatre in 1969 (Pic 21). Every clubhouse has its own ensemble. There are also singing and music circles, as well as training courses on computer, tailoring, board games, military patriotic and arts are functioning in the clubhouses.
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Mingechevir is also one of the central towns of science, education and culture.
There are two institutions of higher education, one college, 20 high schools, 3 musical schools, one private Turkish lycee and a drivers’ training school in the town.
A total of 1,814 teachers and 471 mentors engaged in education in the town.
A total of 18,125 students study at high schools in Mingechevir, while 200-250 students graduate from schools every year.
In 2002, 274 graduates entered various higher education institutions in the republic and abroad.
There are also seven non-educational centers under the Mingechevir education department.
They are the chess school, the canoe-training center, the technical creative center, the center for students’
environmental upbringing, the creative center for children, the youth sports center and the center of youth tourism and regional geography.
These centers are of great importance to let children obtain new skills and knowledge and to reveal ingenious young people.
Teachers and students establish very rich study halls at high schools.
There are 21 nursery schools in Mingechevir.
A total of 2,825 children of different ages
are brought up in these nursery schools. Two
of the nursery schools - No 10 and 16 - switched
to the “step by step” methodology devised
by the Open Society Institute (USA) in March
MINGECHEVIR Polytechnic Institute
This institution of higher education started as a branch of the Azerbaijani Oil Academy in 1991,
but became independent and was developed into Mingechevir Polytechnic Institute the same year.
The institute offers specialties as follows:
the regulation of economy; management of economy;
state and municipality management; heating and
electric power stations; mechanical engineering;
vehicles and tractors; technical exploitation
of vehicles; organization of vehicular traffic;
electro insulation; cables and condensers; information
processing and automation of management systems,
and repair of vehicles and services. A total
of 1,210 students are currently studying in
the institute. Of these, 1,200 students study
for bachelor's degree, while 10 for master's
degree.
The number of staff of the institute is 150, of which 52 are doctors of science and candidates of sciences.
There are wide lecture halls, laboratories, a canteen, a reading hall, a library, a gymnasium, an assembly hall etc in the institute.
A computer center, which was established by the Soros international humanitarian organization and connected to the Internet, operates in the institute.
The rector of the institute is Akif Novruz oglu Haciyev, who is a candidate of pedagogical sciences.
The institute is located at the following address: 21 D. Aliyeva St., tel.: (994 147) 5-78-98; fax: (994 147) 5-87-00
The Mingechevir branch of the Azerbaijani Teachers Training Institute
This institute of higher education was established on the basis of Mingechevir Polytechnic college in 2002.
The institute prepares specialists in the following areas:
- pedagogy and methodology of pre-school education
- pedagogy and methodology of secondary education
- mathematics
- mathematics and physics
- Azerbaijani language and literature
There are also training courses on improving
teachers skills in the institute. The number
of students in the institute is 520, while the
number of staff is 80, including 13 doctors
and candidates of sciences.
The head of this institute of high education is Aslan Hasan oglu Damirov, who is candidate of physics and mathematics sciences.
The address of this education center is: 55/18 M.A. Rasulzada Avenue, tel.: (994 147) 5-31-37; fax: (994 147) 5-25-24, 5-41-57
MINGECHEVIR medical school
The school was established in 1991. There are 17 study halls at the school: anatomy, therapy, surgery, pediatrics and others.
The school offers specialties as follows:
- medical treatment
- obstetrics
- orthopedic stomatology
- laboratory diagnosis
- pharmacology
There is a computer room at the school. What is more, every study hall was equipped with computers.
A total of 594 people are currently studying at the school, and 47 teachers with university degree instruct them.
The principal of the school is honored doctor of Azerbaijan Mammad Lala oglu Mammadov.
The school is situated at 27 Tabriz St., tel.: (994 147) 6-18-69; fax: (994 147) 6-29-28;
email: mrovshan@mail.ru
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Climate data for Mingachevir
7.1 (44.8) 8.6 (47.5) 12.9 (55.2) 20.9 (69.6) 26.0 (78.8) 30.0 (86) 33.9 (93) 32.6 (90.7) 28.4 (83.1) 21.0 (69.8) 14.4 (57.9) 9.3 (48.7) 20.43 (68.76)
−0.9 (30.4) 0.4 (32.7) 4.0 (39.2) 9.3 (48.7) 14.2 (57.6) 18.6 (65.5) 21.6 (70.9) 20.6 (69.1) 17.0 (62.6) 11.1 (52) 6.2 (43.2) 1.4 (34.5) 10.29 (50.53)
19 (0.75) 25 (0.98) 27 (1.06) 39 (1.54) 54 (2.13) 49 (1.93) 26 (1.02) 27 (1.06) 26 (1.02) 53 (2.09) 30 (1.18) 22 (0.87) 397 (15.63)
Source: Climate-Data.org
The climate in Mingachevir is referred to as a local steppe climate. In Mingachevir, there is little rainfall throughout the year. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is BSk. The average annual temperature in Mingachevir is 15.3 °C. About 397 mm of precipitation falls annually.
Climate graph
The least amount of rainfall occurs in January. The average in this month is 19 mm. With an average of 54 mm, the most precipitation falls in May.
Temperature graph
The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 27.7 °C. January has the lowest average temperature of the year. It is 3.1 °C.
Climate table
The variation in the precipitation between the driest and wettest months is 35 mm. During the year, the average temperatures vary by 24.6 °C.
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Major urban areas - population: JAKARTA (capital) 10.323 million; Surabaya 2.853 million; Bandung 2.544 million; Medan 2.204 million; Semarang 1.63 million; Makassar 1.489 million (2015)
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2016 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth: 22.8 note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.)
Maternal mortality rate: 126 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
Physicians density: 0.2 physicians/1,000 population (2012)
total: 12.6% of population (2015 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 692,800 (2015 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 35,300 (2015 est.)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate: 5.7% (2014)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight: 19.9% (2013)
Country name: conventional long form: Republic of Indonesia
conventional short form: Indonesia
local long form: Republik Indonesia
local short form: Indonesia
former: Netherlands East Indies, Dutch East Indies
etymology: the name is an 18th-century construct of two Greek words, "Indos" (India) and "nesoi" (islands), meaning "Indian islands"
Government type: presidential republic
Capital: name: Jakarta
note: Indonesia has three time zones
Administrative divisions: 31 provinces (provinsi-provinsi, singular - provinsi), 1 autonomous province*, 1 special region** (daerah-daerah istimewa, singular - daerah istimewa), and 1 national capital district*** (daerah khusus ibukota); Aceh*, Bali, Banten, Bengkulu, Gorontalo, Jakarta Raya***, Jambi, Jawa Barat (West Java), Jawa Tengah (Central Java), Jawa Timur (East Java), Kalimantan Barat (West Kalimantan), Kalimantan Selatan (South Kalimantan), Kalimantan Tengah (Central Kalimantan), Kalimantan Timur (East Kalimantan), Kalimantan Utara (North Kalimantan), Kepulauan Bangka Belitung (Bangka Belitung Islands), Kepulauan Riau (Riau Islands), Lampung, Maluku, Maluku Utara (North Maluku), Nusa Tenggara Barat (West Nusa Tenggara), Nusa Tenggara Timur (East Nusa Tenggara), Papua, Papua Barat (West Papua), Riau, Sulawesi Barat (West Sulawesi), Sulawesi Selatan (South Sulawesi), Sulawesi Tengah (Central Sulawesi), Sulawesi Tenggara (Southeast Sulawesi), Sulawesi Utara (North Sulawesi), Sumatera Barat (West Sumatra), Sumatera Selatan (South Sumatra), Sumatera Utara (North Sumatra), Yogyakarta**
note: following the implementation of decentralization beginning on 1 January 2001, regencies and municipalities have become the key administrative units responsible for providing most government services
Independence: 17 August 1945 (declared)
Constitution: drafted July to August 1945, effective 17 August 1945, abrogated by 1949 and 1950 constitutions, 1945 constitution restored 5 July 1959; amended several times, last in 2002; note - an amendment on "national character building and national consciousness awareness" was pending parliamentary review in early 2016 (2016)
Legal system: civil law system based on the Roman-Dutch model and influenced by customary law
Suffrage: 17 years of age; universal and married persons regardless of age
Executive branch: chief of state: President Joko WIDODO (since 20 October 2014); Vice President Jusuf KALLA (since 20 October 2014); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government
head of government: President Joko WIDODO (since 20 October 2014); Vice President Jusuf KALLA (since 20 October 2014)
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president elections/appointments: president and vice president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 9 July 2014 (next to be held in 2019)
election results: Joko WiDODO elected president; percent of vote - Joko WIDODO (PDI-P) 53.2%, PRABOWO Subianto (GERINDRA) 46.8%
Legislative branch: description: bicameral People's Consultative Assembly or Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat consists of the Regional Representative Council or Dewan Perwakilan Daerah (132 seats; non-partisan members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms) and the House of Representatives or Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (560 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by single non-transferable vote to serve 5-year terms) note: 29 other parties received less than the 2.5% vote threshold and failed to win so did not obtain any seats; because of election rules, the number of seats won does not always follow the percentage of votes received by parties
elections: last held on 9 April 2014 (next to be held in 2019)
election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - PDI-P 19%, Golkar 15%, Gerindra 12%, PD 10%, PKB 9%, PAN 8%, PKS 7%, NasDem 7%, PPP 7%, Hanura 5%; seats by party - PDI-P 109, Golkar 91, Gerindra 73, PD 61, PAN 49, PKB 47, PKS 40, NasDem 35, PPP 39, Hanura 16
Judicial branch: highest court(s): Supreme Court or Mahkamah Agung (51 judges divided into 8 chambers); Constitutional Court or Mahkamah Konstitusi (consists of 9 judges) judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges nominated by Judicial Commission, appointed by president with concurrence of parliament; judges serve until retirement at age 65; Constitutional Court judges - 3 nominated by president, 3 by Supreme Court, and 3 by parliament; judges appointed by the president; judges serve until mandatory retirement at age 70
subordinate courts: High Courts of Appeal, district courts, religious courts
Political parties and leaders: Democrat Party or PD [Susilo Bambang YUDHOYONO] Functional Groups Party or GOLKAR [Aburizal BAKRIE] Great Indonesia Movement Party or GERINDRA [PRABOWO Subianto Djojohadikusumo] Indonesia Democratic Party-Struggle or PDI-P [MEGAWATI Sukarnoputri] National Awakening Party or PKB [Muhaiman ISKANDAR] National Mandate Party or PAN [Hatta RAJASA] People's Conscience Party or HANURA [WIRANTO] Prosperous Justice Party or PKS [Anis MATTA] United Development Party or PPP [NA]
Political pressure groups and leaders: Commission for the "Disappeared" and Victims of Violence or KontraS Indonesia Corruption Watch or ICW Indonesian Forum for the Environment or WALHI
International organization participation: ADB, APEC, ARF, ASEAN, BIS, CD, CICA (observer), CP, D-8, EAS, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-11, G-15, G-20, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSTAH, MONUSCO, NAM, OECD (Enhanced Engagement, OIC, OPCW, PIF (partner), UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
National symbol(s): garuda (mythical bird); national colors: red, white
National anthem: name: "Indonesia Raya" (Great Indonesia)
lyrics/music: Wage Rudolf SOEPRATMAN
Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Budi BOWOLEKSONO (since 21 May 2014)
chancery: 2020 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036
consulate(s) general: Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco
Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Robert O. BLAKE, Jr. (since 30 January 2014)
embassy: Jalan Medan Merdeka Selatan 3-5, Jakarta 10110
mailing address: Unit 8129, Box 1, FPO AP 96520
telephone: [62] (21) 3435-9000
FAX: [62] (21) 386-2259 consulate general: Surabaya consulate: Medan consular agency: Bali
Indonesia, the largest economy in Southeast Asia, has seen a slowdown in growth since 2012, mostly due to the end of the commodities export boom. During the global financial crisis, Indonesia outperformed its regional neighbors and joined China and India as the only G20 members posting growth. Indonesia’s annual budget deficit is capped at 3% of GDP, and the Government of Indonesia lowered its debt-to-GDP ratio from a peak of 100% shortly after the Asian financial crisis in 1999 to less than 25% today. Fitch and Moody's upgraded Indonesia's credit rating to investment grade in December 2011. Indonesia still struggles with poverty and unemployment, inadequate infrastructure, corruption, a complex regulatory environment, and unequal resource distribution among its regions. President Joko WIDODO - elected in July 2014 – seeks to develop Indonesia’s maritime resources and pursue other infrastructure development, including significantly increasing its electrical power generation capacity. Fuel subsidies were significantly reduced in early 2015, a move which has helped the government redirect its spending to development priorities. Indonesia, with the nine other ASEAN members, will continue to move towards participation in the ASEAN Economic Community, though full implementation of economic integration has not yet materialized.
GDP (purchasing power parity): GDP (purchasing power parity): $3.028 trillion (2016 est.) $2.885 trillion (2015 est.) $2.753 trillion (2014 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate): GDP (official exchange rate): $941 billion (2015 est.)
government consumption: 9.3%
investment in fixed capital: 33%
Agriculture - products: rubber and similar products, palm oil, poultry, beef, forest products, shrimp, cocoa, coffee, medicinal herbs, essential oil, fish and its similar products, and spices
Industries: petroleum and natural gas, textiles, automotive, electrical appliances, apparel, footwear, mining, cement, medical instruments and appliances, handicrafts, chemical fertilizers, plywood, rubber, processed food, jewelry, and tourism
Labor force: 123.7 million (2016 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 38.9%
Distribution of family income - Gini index: 36.8 (2009) 39.4 (2005)
Current account balance: -$21.28 billion (2016 est.) -$17.65 billion (2015 est.)
Exports: $136.7 billion (2016 est.) $148.4 billion (2015 est.)
Exports - commodities: mineral fuels, animal or vegetable fats (includes palm oil), electrical machinery, rubber, machinery and mechanical appliance parts
Exports - partners: Japan 12%, US 10.8%, China 10%, Singapore 8.4%, India 7.8%, South Korea 5.1%, Malaysia 5.1% (2015)
Imports: $121.5 billion (2016 est.) $135.1 billion (2015 est.)
Imports - commodities: mineral fuels, boilers, machinery, and mechanical parts, electric machinery, iron and steel, foodstuffs
Imports - partners: China 20.6%, Singapore 12.6%, Japan 9.3%, Malaysia 6%, South Korea 5.9%, Thailand 5.7%, US 5.3% (2015)
Debt - external: $344.7 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $316 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad: $42.82 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $33.32 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
Exchange rates: Indonesian rupiah (IDR) per US dollar - 13,483 (2016 est.) 13,389.4 (2015 est.) 13,389.4 (2014 est.) 11,865.2 (2013 est.) 9,386.63 (2012 est.)
Electricity - production: 216 billion kWh (2014 est.)
Electricity - consumption: 195 billion kWh (2014 est.)
Electricity - imports: 9 million kWh (2014 est.)
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants: 11% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Crude oil - exports: 310,100 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Crude oil - imports: 463,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Crude oil - proved reserves: 3.693 billion bbl (1 January 2016 es)
Refined petroleum products - consumption: 1.688 million bbl/day (2014 est.)
Refined petroleum products - exports: 81,950 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Natural gas - production: 73.45 billion cu m (2014 est.)
Natural gas - consumption: 41.72 billion cu m (2014 est.)
Natural gas - imports: 1.8 billion cu m (2013 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves: 2.875 trillion cu m (1 January 2016 es)
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy: 442 million Mt (2013 est.)
Telephone system: general assessment: domestic service includes an interisland microwave system, an HF radio police net, and a domestic satellite communications system; international service good
domestic: coverage provided by existing network has been expanded by use of over 200,000 telephone kiosks many located in remote areas; mobile-cellular subscribership growing rapidly
international: country code - 62; landing point for both the SEA-ME-WE-3 and SEA-ME-WE-4 submarine cable networks that provide links throughout Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean) (2015)
Broadcast media: mixture of about a dozen national TV networks - 2 public broadcasters, the remainder private broadcasters - each with multiple transmitters; more than 100 local TV stations; widespread use of satellite and cable TV systems; public radio broadcaster operat (2008)
Internet country code: .id
Internet users: total: 56.257 million percent of population: 22% (July 2015 est.)
Airports: 673 (2013)
Airports (paved runways): total 186
Airports (unpaved runways): total 487
Heliports: 76 (2013)
Pipelines: condensate 1,064 km; condensate/gas 150 km; gas 11,702 km; liquid petroleum gas 119 km; oil 7,767 km; oil/gas/water 77 km; refined products 728 km; unknown 53 km; water 44 km (2013)
narrow gauge: 8,159 km 1.067-m gauge (565 km electrified)
note: 4,816 km operational (2014)
Roadways: total 496,607 km
paved: 283,102 km
unpaved: 213,505 km (2011)
Waterways: 21,579 km (2011)
Merchant marine: total 1,340
by type: bulk carrier 105, cargo 618, chemical tanker 69, container 120, liquefied gas 28, passenger 49, passenger/cargo 77, petroleum tanker 244, refrigerated cargo 6, roll on/roll off 12, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 11
foreign-owned: 69 (China 1, France 1, Greece 1, Japan 8, Jordan 1, Malaysia 1, Norway 3, Singapore 46, South Korea 2, Taiwan 1, UK 2, US 2)
registered in other countries: 95 (Bahamas 2, Cambodia 2, China 2, Hong Kong 10, Liberia 4, Marshall Islands 1, Mongolia 2, Panama 10, Singapore 60, Tuvalu 1, unknown 1) (2010)
Ports and terminals: major seaport(s): Banjarmasin, Belawan, Kotabaru, Krueg Geukueh, Palembang, Panjang, Sungai Pakning, Tanjung Perak, Tanjung Priok container port(s) (TEUs): Tanjung Priok (5,617,562) LNG terminal(s) (export): Bontang, Tangguh LNG terminal(s) (import): Arun, Lampung, West Java
Military branches: Indonesian Armed Forces (Tentara Nasional Indonesia, TNI): Army (TNI-Angkatan Darat (TNI-AD)), Navy (TNI-Angkatan Laut (TNI-AL); includes marines (Korps Marinir, KorMar), naval air arm), Air Force (TNI-Angkatan Udara (TNI-AU)), National Air Defense Command (Kommando Pertahanan Udara Nasional (Kohanudnas)) (2013)
Military service age and obligation: 18-45 years of age for voluntary military service, with selective conscription authorized; 2-year service obligation, with reserve obligation to age 45 (officers); Indonesian citizens only (2012)
Disputes - International: Indonesia has a stated foreign policy objective of establishing stable fixed land and maritime boundaries with all of its neighbors; three stretches of land borders with Timor-Leste have yet to be delimited, two of which are in the Oecussi exclave area, and no maritime or Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) boundaries have been established between the countries; many refugees from Timor-Leste who left in 2003 still reside in Indonesia and refuse repatriation; all borders between Indonesia and Australia have been agreed upon bilaterally, but a 1997 treaty that would settle the last of their maritime and EEZ boundary has yet to be ratified by Indonesia's legislature; Indonesian groups challenge Australia's claim to Ashmore Reef; Australia has closed parts of the Ashmore and Cartier Reserve to Indonesian traditional fishing and placed restrictions on certain catches; land and maritime negotiations with Malaysia are ongoing, and disputed areas include the controversial Tanjung Datu and Camar Wulan border area in Borneo and the maritime boundary in the Ambalat oil block in the Celebes Sea; Indonesia and Singapore continue to work on finalizing their 1973 maritime boundary agreement by defining unresolved areas north of Indonesia's Batam Island; Indonesian secessionists, squatters, and illegal migrants create repatriation problems for Papua New Guinea; maritime delimitation talks continue with Palau; EEZ negotiations with Vietnam are ongoing, and the two countries in Fall 2011 agreed to work together to reduce illegal fishing along their maritime boundary
Refugees and internally displaced persons: IDPs: 6,100 (inter-communal, inter-faith, and separatist violence between 1998 and 2004 in Aceh and Papua; religious attacks and land conflicts in 2012 and 2013; most IDPs in Aceh, Maluku, East Nusa Tengarra) (2015) (2011)
Illicit drugs: illicit producer of cannabis largely for domestic use; producer of methamphetamine and ecstasy; President WIDODO's war on drugs has led to an increase in death sentences and executions, particularly of foreign drug traffickers (2015)
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Dang Hyang Nirartha
File:Empty throne to the Supreme God Bali.jpg
The introduction of the Padmasana empty throne as an altar to the Supreme God Acintya, was the result of the 16th century Hindu reformation mouvement led by Dang Hyang Nirartha, at the time when Islam was spreading from the west through Java.[1]
Danghyang Nirartha also known as Pedanda Shakti Wawu Rauh was a Saivite religious figure in Bali and a Hindu traveler during the 16th century C.E.. He was the founder of the Shaivite priesthood in Bali.[2]
2 After arrival
4 Religious work
He came to Bali in 1537 to become the chief counselor to the Gelgel king Dalem Baturenggong. He left Blambangan, Java with his family earlier that year. He left the royal courts of Blambangan after one of the wives of his patron had fallen into unrequited love with him. This incident precipitated his departure. Some legends state that he made the journey from Java to Bali on top of a pumpkin, giving rise to the taboo among Balinese Brahmins on the consumption of pumpkins.[3]
After arrival
After arriving in Bali, he arrived in the courts of King Dalem Baturenggong. Bali had been hit with many plagues in the years before, and Nirartha presented the King with a hair from his head, stating that this would remove the sufferings.[3] This hair was placed in a temple which became a prominent Shaivite pilgrimage spot in Bali.
Nirartha was the creator of the padmasana architecture in Balinese Hindu temples. These temples are considered by devotees to be the embodiment of the supreme Shiva.[4] The temples on the coasts of Bali were augmented with the padmasana shrines by the dozens during the travels of Nirartha.[5]
He also created a three-temple system for villages in Bali. In the north of the village would be a temple for Brahma, in the middle a temple for Vishnu and at the south end of the village was a temple for Shiva. This system was used to solidify the Hindu concept on Trimurti.
Religious work
Nirartha was responsible for facilitating a refashioning of Balinese Hinduism. He was an important promoter of the idea of moksha in Indonesia. He founded the Shaivite priesthood that is now ubiquitous in Bali, and is now regarded as the ancestor of all Shaivite pandits.[2]
^ Bali and Lombok, p.46-47, 2001, Dorling Kindersley Limited, London ISBN 978-0-7566-2878-9
^ a b Pringle, p 65
^ a b Of Temples and Dragons Bali Plus
^ Kotamadya Denpasar Bali Paradise
^ Invalid language code. Sekelumit Sejarah dan Cara Sembahyang Bali Post 8 July 2007
Pringle,Robert. (2004) A Short History of Bali: Indonesia's Hindu Realm. Crows Nest, NSW: Allan & Unwin ISBN 1-86508-863-3.
Hinduism and Islam in Indonesia: Bali and the Pasisir World Indonesia, Vol. 44. (Oct., 1987), pp. 30–58.
Name Nirartha, Dang Hyang
Short description Indonesian missionary
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"Turn Off the Lights" 4:00 Vices & Virtues 2011 *Bonus track on deluxe version of Vices & Virtues
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"Valerie" 3:28 2009 *Studio cover of song by The Zutons
"Vegas Lights" 3.09 Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! 2013
"We're So Starving" 1:21 Pretty. Odd. 2008 *Live version featured on ...Live in Chicago
"What a Catch, Donnie" 4:17 Folie à Deux 2008 *Song by Fall Out Boy
"When the Day Met the Night" 4:53 Pretty. Odd. 2008 *Originally called "Middle of Summer"
"White Christmas" 1:32 2010 *Studio cover of song by Bing Crosby
"7 Minutes In Heaven (Atavan Halen)" 3:02 From Under the Cork Tree 2005 *Song by Fall Out Boy
"20 Dollar Nose Bleed" 4:17 Folie à Deux 2008 *Song by Fall Out Boy
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Pretty. Odd.
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Vices & Virtues
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Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!
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The Goudrix roller coaster.
Plailly, Oise, France
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Compagnie des Alpes
www.parcasterix.fr
Parc Astérix is a theme amusement park in France, based on the stories of Asterix (by Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny). Situated approximately Script error: No such module "convert". north of Paris, Script error: No such module "convert". from Disneyland Resort Paris and Script error: No such module "convert". from the historic Château de Chantilly, in Plailly in the département of Oise, it opened in 1989. The park is operated by Compagnie des Alpes.
It is especially well known for its large variety of roller coasters, and has begun incorporating rides and themes from historic cultures such as the Romans, the ancient Greeks and now the Egyptians, but always in the visual style of the stories.
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Largely funded by the Barclays financial company, with 20 other investors including Compagnie Générale des Eaux, the Havas group, Union des Assurances de Paris and the Picardy region, the park cost 850 million French francs to build at the time of its creation, which generated 1200 jobs. The location was chosen due to the transport network - a private interchange connects it with the nearby A1 autoroute and a bus shuttle service connects it with a line of the Métro.[1] Jack Lang, then Minister for Culture, opened the park on 30 April 1989 after two years of work.[2] The opening of Disneyland Paris in 1992 impacted greatly on Parc Asterix - attendance fell by 30% and revenue fell by 19%.[3] In 1997, Parc Asterix recorded 1.9 million visitors.[4] In 1999, Parc Asterix recorded 2 million visitors.[5] In October 2005, Parc Asterix ran "La Fête des Druides" ("The Festival of the Druids"), as a 'thumbing of the nose' Halloween.[6] In 2007, Parc Asterix opened for the first time in the Christmas holidays.[7] In 2009, for the 20th anniversary of the park, Parc Asterix opened during the weekends in September and October and ran a Halloween event called "Peur sur le parc Astérix" ("Fear at Parc Asterix").[8][9]
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L’Oxygénarium toboggan (river rafting ride)
There are many attractions and shows including:
Tonnerre de Zeus, a wooden roller coaster, built by Custom Coasters International (1997).
Goudurix, a large steel multi-looping coaster, built by Vekoma (1989).
Oxygénarium, a Spinning Rapids : large, twisting water slide with round inflatable dinghies (1999).
Transdémonium, a ghost train filled with special effects (2003).
La Trace du Hourra, a 900m bobsled roller coaster, with cars that reach 80 km/h (2001).
La Galère, a swinging ship (1989).
Menhir Express, a Menhir-themed log flume ride with a 13m high final drop (1995).
Grand Splatch, Shoot-the-Chutes (1989).
Romus et Rapidus, a river rafting ride (1989).
OzIris, an inverted roller coaster, built by Bolliger & Mabillard (2012)
Le Défi de César, a mad house (2008)
Le Delphinarium, a dolphin enclosure, one of the largest in Europe.[10]
In July 2004, an 11-year-old boy was hit by lightning at the foot of the Tonnerre de Zeus. The park had continued working despite weather warnings.
On the 5th of July 2006, a 6-year-old Belgian child drowned on the ride La Descente du Styx, sucked in by the pumps at the deepest part of the ride.[11] The ride, then, got renamed to Romus and Rapidus to cast off the ride name's bad memory.
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^ http://www.ina.fr/video/PAC9007041954/inauguration-du-parc-asterix-video.html
^ Roffat, Sébastien (2007). Disney et la France: Les vingt ans d'Euro Disneyland. Paris: Editions L'Harmattan. p. 124. ISBN 978-2-296-02989-7.
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Parc Astérix official website (some parts require Adobe Flash. In French, with some English translations)
Parc Astérix fan club website (Forum in French but with photos and videos)
Parc Astérix on rcdb.com
Parc Astérix in Czech language
Goscinny and Uderzo
Asterix the Gaul
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The Actress
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Asterix in Britain
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English translations of Asterix
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The American: A Twist on Some Southern Classics
24 Jun, 2019 in Featured by Thressea Boyd
The American Heirloom Tomato Pie named a Georgia “100 Plates Locals Love”
Relatively new to Southwest Georgia’s culinary scene, The American, located in Downtown Bainbridge, is quickly gaining the attention of avowed foodies. Case in point, Georgia’s “100 Plates Locals Love” named The American’s Heirloom Tomato Pie to its coveted list of food favorites. The pie, which is made in a cast ironed skillet, features blended cheeses and heirloom tomatoes baked in a flakey crust.
For owners Tyler and Heather Thomas, the accomplishment of opening a restaurant was years in the making. While living in Tallahassee, the couple made a happenstance visit to Bainbridge, which put their dream of opening a restaurant in motion.
Serving as the executive chef, Tyler describes The American as “experienced-based,” which includes a combination of atmosphere, service, hospitality, food, location, and presentation.
True to its name, the restaurant’s décor creates a historic vibe with variations of the Stars and Stripes and patriotic art adorning the exposed brick walls.
“Heather and I both grew up with great respect for America and what it represents,” Tyler says. “As we have collected artwork over the years, we’ve found some interesting pieces from the Colonial period and a few depicting our founding fathers.”
While sourcing ingredients from local and regional producers is a high priority, Tyler says it’s all about freshness and quality.
“First and foremost, the food has to taste great and be healthy,” he says. “And by healthy I believe in fresh and not frozen, made from scratch.”
Tyler Thomas, co-owner of The American. Photo by Pat Gallagher
Not to dismiss some southern favorites, Tyler says moderation is the key. “Of course, we are going to use some butter and sugar, but we also want our food to give vitality and not slow you down and cause health concerns.”
While it would be difficult to find a southern restaurant that omits sweet tea as a beverage option, Tyler says he has found a healthy solution. “With our sweet tea we brew dried fresh spearmint with the black tea leaves, this creates a sweeter taste, and then we don’t have to add as much sugar.”
All memorable meals need a great start, and at The American, there are plenty of options. While the Heirloom Tomato Pie, which features black truffle oil from Pecan Ridge Plantation in Bainbridge, is a popular choice, other crowd pleasers include the Cast Iron Skillet Cornbread, made with Georgia sweet corn, and Artisan Cheese Boards.
“The cheese boards have taken off,” says Tyler, who graduated from culinary school at Florida State University. “We use a selection of Asher Blue, Griffin, Green Hill and Thomasville Tomme from Sweet Grass Dairy,” which is a South Georgia’s cheese producers.
While the standard menu offers a selection of seafood, beef, and poultry, Tyler has also created specialty dishes that give a twist to some southern classics like the Cornbread Fried Chicken. Marinated in a little Creole and then finished off with a drizzle of honey sriracha glaze, gives this southern staple a little kick.
Gaining a regional reputation, Tyler has showcased his culinary skills and fondness for using locally grown products through Connect Dinner events. Sponsored by Eat Y’all, the dinners are held throughout the South, and pair chefs from different regions to create multi-course meals that showcase regionally-based farmers and producers.
The American’s Cornbread Fried Chicken gives a twist on a southern classic
Earlier this year, as a guest chef at the Union Public House in Pensacola, Florida, Tyler created beef carpaccio using Grady Ranch grass-fed New York strips, as one of five courses served at the dinner.
“I seared and then smoked the strips before shaving them very fine to make the carpaccio,” he explains. “Then I used Sweet Grass Dairy’s Thomasville Tomme cheese instead of parmesan.”
Tyler says the unique variation to the dish comes from the black garlic honey that is sourced from a farm in the panhandle. “With the black garlic added to the honey, it produces a savory beef that has a sweet and salty flavor.”
Having been invited to participate in two Connect Dinner events, Tyler says, he has gained an even greater appreciation for incorporating locally sourced products. “The dinners encourage the chefs to get to know their producers. I am discovering more of the farms in the area and looking for ways to incorporate their products on our menu.”
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Mar 22 “We Need Art Now More Than Ever,” Says Theatre Major Putting On Some Dumb Bullshit
Doopy
EVANSTON, IL - Noting the current political climate as well as the rise of xenophobia, homophobia, and misogyny across the country, Theatre junior Jasper Collins told Sherman Ave that he is more determined than ever to pull some nonsensical self-indulgent bullshit.
“Under fascist and communist regimes, it is the artists who have the power to fight back against injustice,” said Collins. “That’s why I’m directing a production of Wicked, except Elphaba will be wearing a Donald Trump wig, and Glinda will be dressed as Adolf Hitler. It’s called making a statement. Maybe try it sometime.”
As a member of the Sit + Spin Productions theatre board, Collins felt that he was in the perfect position to take so-called “risks” with his art against the current presidential administration. “If even just one audience member changes their political views, then it will all have been worth it,” stated Collins, apparently unaware that the only people seeing this steaming pile of shit would be his dumbfuck liberal friends.
Luckily, Collins’ production of Wicked is not the only wet turd to hit Northwestern’s campus this spring. JTE is putting on a production of Fiddler on the Roof but with Muslims, Arts Alliance has scheduled a production of Rent but set in a Planned Parenthood clinic, and Vertigo has announced that it will only be producing plays featuring trans Syrian refugees, though all the writers will be straight white men, of course.
Though Sherman Ave was planning on writing a negative review of the production, after Collins informed us that any criticism is “siding with the oppressor,” we decided against it. So instead of reading our review, maybe Apply to Sherman Ave?
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Dec 3 Letter to the Editor: There Are Far More Heroes Than Villains in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Jun 19 The 6 Guys Left in Evanston to Fuck This Summer
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A place to share news, views & stories of interest within our community & surrounding areas
Saturday 04th May from 2.00pm to 5.00pm.
Dogs on leads welcome
Birchanger is on the B2110, two miles EAST of Handcross, and two miles WEST of B2036, near Cowdray Arms pub.
TUESDAY 26TH FEBRUARY AT 7.30PM
ST MARY'S CHURCH BALCOMBE
BY + MARK, BISHOP OF HORSHAM
ARDINGLY SCHOOL CONCERT - MONDAY 15TH OCTOBER at 7PM
ARDINGLY SENIOR SCHOOL CHOIR CONCERT
MONDAY 15THOCTOBER AT 7PM,
An opportunity to hear the very talented College Music Scholars as they perform a varied programme of choral and solo singing with music
from the 17thCentury to the present day.
Admission is free, all are welcome.
Refreshments available in the interval
MU Harvest Lunch
Balcombe Mothers’ Union are hosting a Harvest Lunch on Thursday 11th October, 1.45pm, in the Parish Room. Proceeds will go to the MU Harvest Appeal which aids survivors of war and natural disasters. All are very warmly welcome to join us for a delicious lunch of homemade soup, bread, and apple crumble.
Tickets cost £7 email: balcombe.stmarys@gmail.com
WINDSOR AND ITS CASTLE COMMUNITY COACH TRIP - SATURDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER 2018
Saturday 29th September 2018 travelling by coach from Balcombe to the interesting town of Windsor and its Castle. The Castle andSt George’s Chapel have been in the news recently for the Wedding of PrinceHarry and Meghan Markle – see where it all happened! Have your own opportunity to experience the wonder of the largest and oldest continuallyinhabited castle which has witnessed so much of this country’s history andpageantry having been home to 39 monarchs since William the Conqueror. Many of our former monarchs have been laid to rest in the chapel including King Henry VIII, King Charles I and the Queen Mother & Princess Margaret. The castle experienced a serious fire in 1992 and was lovingly and beautifully restored by traditional craftsmen – see the results for yourself. The town of Windsor is on the banks of the River Thames and has some lovely shops and places to find refreshment – there will be time to explore.
PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES IN YOUR OLD KIT BAG AND SMILE, SMILE, SMILE! - SUNDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER
On Sunday September 16th, Balcombe had a chance to unite to remember and celebrate its role in World War One. Using the beautiful murals in the Victory Hall as our inspiration, we reflected on the events and joined in the old war time favourite songs and heard afresh the part Balcombe played in the Great War. With contributions from Balcombe School, The Victory Players and St Mary’s Choir. We thoroughly enjoyed a wonderful afternoon. Thank you to all those who arranged the event.
PARISH BBQ SUNDAY 19TH AUGUST 2018
Annual Parish BBQ. Parish Room, Balcombe from 12noon.
Tickets via balcombe.stmarys@gmail.com.
St George's Songs of Praise at 6pm
Songs of Praise Service on Sunday 22nd April at 6pm for St George’s Day.
MOZART REQUIEM - SATURDAY 17TH MARCH 2018 at 7.15pm
MOZART REQUIEM
A candlelit performance by
Coro Nuovo
and Music Director Andrew Rees
Saturday 17th March 2018 – 7.15pm
St Mary’s Church, Balcombe
Tickets : £12.50 (Concessions £10.00)
available from :
Shop : Threads, Balcombe
Email : tickets@coronuovo.org.uk
Phone : 07740 946276
Web : coronuovo.org.uk/online-tickets
QUIET DAY - FRIDAY 9TH FEBRUARY 2018
Parish Quiet Day - February 9th 2018
English Arts Chorale Concert - Sunday 10th December 2017 at 4.30pm
We had a wondeful concert with Christmas music and readings, plus an opportunity to join in singing some of our favourite carols. We are very grateful to the English Arts Chorale for, once again, coming to St Mary's Balcombe.
FAREWELL TO REV DESMOND AND MRS PENNIE BURTON
Parish Outing to Buckingham Palace and Clarence House
Parish Outing
Balcombe Arts Weekend
VILLAGE ARTS WEEKEND - Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th March at St Mary’s Church
Friday 3rd at 7pm: 'Balcombe Feast of Music', this Concert celebrated the huge amount of talent in our village.
Saturday 4th: Choral Workshop day on J S Bach's majestic St Matthew Passion, followed by a performance to which everyone was invited. Led by Les Olive, director of English Arts Chorale. Tenor: Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts
Sunday 5th at 3 pm (refreshments from 2.30pm) sees 'In Conversation', an open forum of chat and music, where Janet Canetty-Clarke talked with St Mary's Director of Music, Jeff Lloyd-Roberts, about her fascinating life.
Throughout the weekend: Exhibition of Art by Local Artists, including Tessa Land-Smith, Michael Noble, Ross Thomson, Julie Rezac, as well as pupils from Balcombe School.
Balcombe Feast of Music
FRIDAY 3rd MARCH 2017 at 7.30 pm
A BALCOMBE FEAST OF MUSIC!
The whole village will join forces for this
Musicals-themed concert
Bach’s St Matthew Passion
10.00am until 4.00pm
Join us for a Workshop on
St Matthew Passion
In Conversation with Janet Canetty-Clarke
JANET CANETTY-CLARKE
‘In Conversation’
SUNDAY, 5thMARCH at 3pm
Balcombe’s own Janet Canetty-Clarke is part of European Musical History. This remarkable lady will be talking with Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts (Director of Music at St Mary's) about her life, work and travels. You will be fascinated by her ground breaking life and there will be an opportunity for you also to ask Janet questions at this very special event.
There will be refreshments served beforehand from 2.30pm and an opportunity afterwards to take a last look at the exhibition of art work which will be on display. Entrance is free.
This is a special opportunity to view the enormous and varied range of work by Artists in our community.
Artists involved will include Tessa Land-Smith; Michael Noble; Julie Rezac and her workshop students; Ross Thomson; and pupils of Balcombe School
Friday 3rd March 10 am to 6pm
Saturday 4th March 4pm to 8pm
Sunday 5th March 11am – 3pm
Service of Celebration and Thanksgiving
A special family sevice of thanksgiving and celebration for the completion of the following major fundraising projects:
Restoration of our Clock, our Stained Glass Windows and our Bells
Total Refurbishment of the West End
Planting of perimeter hedge
Thanking the people of Balcombe for their enormous generosity and support
at was held at ST MARY’S CHURCH
on SUNDAY 2nd OCTOBER at 10 am
Date: July 2, 2016 by: Rosy Telford
St Mary's Church, Balcombe
SATURDAY 2nd JULY
Pre-VIEWINGS FROM 4.00pm
and BIDS between 5.00 pm and 7.00 pm
with Light Refreshments
Hampstead Choristers
Sunday 19th June at 4pm
at St Mary’s, Balcombe
THE CHORISTERS of
HAMPSTEAD PARISH CHURCH
with David Moore, Piano/Organ
Programme to include choral pieces and vocal/instrumental solos.
Enjoy some beautiful music followed by afternoon tea!
Donations towards our Church refurbishment will be gratefully received on the day
H M Queen's 90th Birthday
Date: June 10, 2016 by: RT
As part of the national celebrations to mark HM The Queen’s 90th birthday there will be a celebration in words and music to mark this milestone in the Queen’s life at St Mary’s Church
on Friday 10th June at 7pm
Needlework Workshop
Several very enjoyable workshops have taken place recently, including bread making, music, flower arranging, bell ringing, needlework and quilting, cards and crafts and a chinese cookery demonstration.
Ardingly Prep School Concert
Date: May 6, 2016 by: RT
Ardingly Prep School gave us yet another wonderful concert on 6 May, raising some £400 for our major projects fund.
Trip to Highclere
Over 50 people enjoyed a trip to Highclere (better known as Downton Abbey) on 2 May.
The windows are back!
The restoration of the East End windows has now been completed and they are now back in their full glory.
Rogation Sunday
The sun came out for Rogation Suday on the 1st of May. Maybe some of the seeds that were scattered will make the most of the good weather and grow.
Victory Players' Wine Man's Bluff - Saturday 12 March 2016
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Dedication of new altar cloth
July 2015- The dedication of the new altar cloth (designed and made by Paul Milton) by Fiona Windsor, the Archdeacon of Horsham.
Parish visit to Blenheim Palace
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Ex-drug industry lobbyist Margot James MP hails ‘good news’ of anti-depressants approval as NHS bill soars
Posted By: Editorial March 8, 2018
Stourbridge MP Margot James has celebrated the findings of a controversial research report that says anti-depressant medications work, just weeks after the Government said it wants to tackle over-dependence on them.
Against a background of huge rises in bills to the NHS for antidepressants, research published in The Lancet medical journal that monitored patients on antidepressants over eight weeks found ‘improvements’. It was seized upon by the pharmaceutical industry as a definitive verdict on the performance of widely prescribed drugs.
The MP, herself a former parliamentary lobbyist for the pharmaceutical industry, signalled her satisfaction with the report through social media. She Tweeted: ‘Good to see studies confirming what has been known for well over a decade, anti-depressants work, terrible that it takes so long for such ‘news’ to filter through in the UK’.
But other analysts have expressed concerns over chronic underfunding of alternative NHS treatments and a shortage of mental health specialists that is said to leave GPs with no choice but to prescribe drugs.
And medical authors in both the UK and the USA have previously raised worries over the potentially serious long-term side effects of antidepressants and other academics have questioned the research report’s eight-week window of observation. The NHS website itself carries cautionary advice about taking medication.
Ms James’ upbeat take on the report follows an earlier report in The Times that the NHS’s annual bill for anti-depressants had risen to £285 million a year, partly because of underfunding of non-pharmaceutical special support across England.
The Times said: “The NHS is spending a record £780,000 a day on antidepressants as failing mental health services struggle to provide alternative therapies, new figures show.”
The newspaper reported that prescriptions for drugs to treat depression more than doubled from 29 million in 2005 to 61 million in 2015. This, combined with the cost of the drugs rising by 7.4 per cent from 2014-15, means that the health service is paying £285 million a year for antidepressant medications alone.
Staff reporter Katie Gibbons wrote that “Despite pledges from the government to increase access to talking treatments such as cognitive behaviour therapy, patients are still routinely handed drugs by GPs rather than being passed on to underfunded services.”
Other commentators, including Women’s Equality Party leader Sophie Walker, called for more research into why more people are struggling with poor mental health, and better funding of vital support services that stop people from ‘falling into that darkness’. (see social media post, left)
Prior to Ms James’ move into politics, she worked in pharmaceutical public relations before selling her Parliamentary lobbying company, Shire Public Relations, to the global advertising giant WPP for a reported £4 million.
In her subsequent role as regional European President of the Ogilvy Healthworld PR corporation, she represented the UK pharmaceutical industry at a landmark Parliamentary Health Committee inquiry into the influence of pharma companies on health care in 2004.
According to the committee minutes of the session* she attended, Ms James defended its practices of advertising, communication campaigns and PR as ‘education’.
She disagreed with a fellow witness to the all-party panel of MP’s, Dr Richard Horton – the then editor of The Lancet – who took issue with Ms James’ definition, asserting that ‘the work that the industry puts out under the mask of education is largely marketing dressed up as education’.
Committee Chairman David Hinchliffe noted that a former editor of the British Medical Journal, Richard Smith, had been quoted as saying that ‘marketing and promotional activity has increased inversely to innovative drug production in recent years. Since 1995 research staff numbers have fallen by two per cent while marketing staff numbers have increased by 59 per cent.’
Dr Horton responded: ‘The problem we have at (medical) journals is that the great tool for marketing are the papers we publish, so that has led to the swathe of ghost-writing, public relations attached to research papers, using the research that we publish as a marketing tool and not as an educational tool. We get caught in that vice.”
Other publications have also expressed reservations about the growth of anti-depressants use, particularly in the USA. In the journal Quartz, writer Olivia Goldhill concluded: “The latest meta-analysis only looks at eight weeks of treatment. There are several studies showing that though antidepressants produce strong results in the short-term, non-medication-based treatment options have better effects in the long-term.”
MIND, the UK mental health care charity also urged caution. Their information manager Rachel Boyd said: “What people find helpful in managing their mental health will vary from person to person – whether this is medication, talking therapies, making lifestyle changes such as taking exercise, or a mixture of these.
“It’s important to say that, while antidepressants can be effective for some, they are not the solution for everyone and are not recommended as a first-line treatment for mild depression. Anyone considering taking antidepressants should be made aware of the possible side effects they might experience and should have their treatment reviewed regularly.”
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Additional source links referenced: The Week news digest magazine, Parliamentary Publications and Records archive, The Guardian, WPP Ogilvy Healthworld PR, Pharmaceutical Market Europe journal.
*This document link is to an uncorrected transcript of evidence taken in public and reported to the House. The transcript has been placed on the internet on the authority of the Committee, and copies have been made available by the Vote Office for the use of Members and others. Neither witnesses nor Members have had the opportunity to correct the record. The transcript is not yet an approved formal record of these proceedings.
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Vanderbilt rides Rocker, Scott to 6-3 CWS win over Bulldogs
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — After being constantly reminded for more than a week about his no-hitter in the NCAA super regionals, Kumar Rocker found himself on the mound for the first time on a bigger stage at the College World Series.
Vanderbilt's 6-foot-4, 255-pound freshman star never let the pressure get to him, turning in another strong start and getting plenty of support from Stephen Scott's two home runs and four RBIs in a 6-3 victory over Mississippi State on Wednesday.
"That first inning I was a little bit zoned out," Rocker said. "I had to take my time and get my feet under me and just started cruising. It took me a little bit to do that."
No. 2 national seed Commodores (56-11) gained the inside track to the best-of-three finals next week. They need a victory Friday or Saturday to advance.
Rocker, who struck out 19 against Duke on June 8 in the first no-hitter of the 20-year super-regional era, held the No. 6 Bulldogs (52-14) scoreless until Rowdey Jordan's two-out RBI single in the sixth inning. That ended Rocker's 19 2/3-inning shutout streak.
"When you see guys that back up performances or become consistent, it's all about competition and their mindset inside of competition," Vandy coach Tim Corbin said. "He just wants to win. There's no pomp and circumstance. He's not trying to posture. He's not trying to do anything but get out there and compete. He loves these moments."
Rocker (11-5) used his fastball and a flummoxing breaking pitch to limit the Bulldogs to five hits. He walked one, hit a batter and struck out six before Patrick Raby took over to start the seventh. Rocker won his fifth straight start and is 9-1 over his last 10.
"He was able to command two pitches for strikes. He's got a fastball that's mid-90s and a 12-6 slider that works," said the Bulldogs' Jake Mangum, the SEC's career hits leader. "He was able to keep us off balance. He pitched really, really well. He's a freshman. That speaks volumes of his last two starts. The future is really bright for him."
Scott hit a solo homer in the second inning and a three-run shot in the fifth to break open the meeting of SEC rivals. It was the 13th and 14th for the 6-hole batter.
"Their whole lineup has had a really good year, and you've got double-digit home runs there late in their lineup with a couple guys," MSU coach Chris Lemonis said. "I thought we pitched him good at times and we left some balls over the plate, and for a good hitter, man, he took advantage of it and crushed them."
The Bulldogs, who came from three runs down in the ninth inning to beat Auburn 5-4 on Sunday and have a nation-leading 28 come-from-behind wins, got their offense going once Rocker left.
Marshall Gilbert homered leading off the seventh against Raby and Mangum doubled and scored when Tanner Allen doubled past diving center fielder Pat DeMarco to make it 6-3.
Tyler Brown entered with two outs and runners on the corners and struck out Dustin Skelton. He limited the Bulldogs to one hit over the last two innings to earn his 16th save, the seventh that required him to get six or more outs.
"That was a tough one to swallow," Mangum said. "We have to go home tonight and turn the page quick."
JJ Bleday's RBI double started a five-run fifth for Vanderbilt and knocked out MSU starter Peyton Plumlee (7-5). Trysten Barlow took over, and Ethan Paul singled and Philip Clarke walked to load the bases. That brought on Riley Self, and DeMarco tapped his first pitch for an RBI groundout before Scott launched a first-pitch slider over right field for a three-run homer and 6-0 lead.
"We went into this game confident with Kumar on the mound, and he really showed up," Scott said. "That's a pretty scary team top to bottom, so we were looking to give him some run support."
It was the Commodores' second win of the season over MSU. The teams didn't meet in the regular season; Vandy won 1-0 in the SEC Tournament.
Vanderbilt plays Friday against winner of the Thursday elimination game between Louisville and Mississippi State.
Full AP CWS coverage: https://apnews.com/CollegeWorldSeries
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TiGenix closes € 16 million Series B financing round and expands shareholder base worldwide
The proceeds of the placement will be used to launch TiGenix’ lead-product, ChondroCelect, in the United States and Europe, and to accelerate the development of its next generation and pipeline products. The Series B financing round brings the total capital raised by TiGenix to date to € 29 million.
“We are clearly very happy with this result” says CEO Gil Beyen. ”We are pleased to have the confidence and the support of our existing investors, and we welcome the new investors who participated in this round. The diversity of the new investors we were able to attract, including institutions from the United States and Japan, underlines the appreciation and recognition of our strategy in both the medical and investor community. This financing round enables us to aggressively advance our ChondroCelect product worldwide and bring the Company to the next level of growth”.
“With this successful funding round and the progress being made in its clinical trials, TiGenix continues to demonstrate its ability to execute its ambitious plans and to carve out a leading position in its field”, says Alain Parthoens, Investment Director of ING Belgium Private Equity.
TiGenix is involved in the application of regenerative medicine for the development of innovative local treatments for damaged and osteoarthritic joints. The company was founded in 2000 and has since then managed to establish itself as a leading player in the field of joint repair. Its lead product for cartilage repair, ChondroCelect, is in late stage pivotal Phase III clinical development.
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TiGenix (www.tigenix.com) is a venture backed, private biomedical company based in Belgium. It was founded in 2000 as a spin-off of the Universities of Leuven and Ghent. The company operates at the cutting edge of regenerative medicine and focuses on the development of innovative local treatments for damaged and osteoarthritic joints.
TiGenix’ mission is to develop a comprehensive solution for osteoarthritis (OA) by combining cellular therapies with targeted therapeutics. Based on strong scientific evidence that injury to articular cartilage is an important cause of OA, TiGenix’ initial focus has been on the treatment of symptomatic cartilage defects in weight-bearing joints. TiGenix’ proprietary adult stem cell technology prepares the route to an off the shelf product for cartilage repair and to the treatment of other musculoskeletal tissues. In addition to its cell-based product range, the Company is also leveraging its know-how in cartilage cell biology to investigate novel OA associated targets and to develop traditional, small molecule and biologic products for local delivery in the diseased joints.
ChondroCelect, the company’s lead product, is an innovative cell-based therapy focusing on durable repair of cartilage defects of the knee. The product is used in combination with Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI), a surgical procedure to treat cartilage defects by using patients’ own cells. Cartilage defects of the knee are very common and the spontaneous healing capacity of cartilage is limited. Patients having had a traumatic cartilage injury at a younger age are at risk of developing osteoarthritis OA later in life. By focusing on the regeneration of stable hyaline-like cartilage, ChondroCelect aims at realizing durable repair of cartilage defects and postponing the progression towards OA. ChondroCelect is in late stage pivotal Phase III clinical development. The results of this trial are due by Q2 2006.
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Score: 7.5 / 10
Producer: Belle Avery, Colin Wilson, Lorenzo di Bonaventura
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast: Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao, Cliff Curtis
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The Meg Overview
A deep-sea submersible is trapped with its crew at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean after being attacked by a prehistoric 75-foot-long shark known as the Megalodon. Chinese oceanographer (Winston Chao) recruits expert deep sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham) to save the crew from this threat.
There's just one problem — Taylor once escaped an attack by the same shark years earlier and now has to face his own fears in order to help the crew.
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Spurs put Arsenal on knees
Category: Premier League
Spurs beat Arsenal 2-1 in 'White Hart Lane "in 167 th North London derby.Rafael van der Vaart opened the 40th minute, Aaron Ramsey equalized in the 51st before Kyle Walker to score in the 73rd minute a great goal from almost 30 meters, which brought the victory of "spurs".
Arsene Wenger sprung a surprise by naming young Francis Coquelin, who last started in the 8-2 humiliation by Manchester United, in a defensive midfield role, while Gervinho and Theo Walcott returned to the forward line after injury. Spurs were back to full strength after their midweek match, with Jermain Defoe partnering ex-Gunner Emmanuel Adebayor in an offensive formation.
Tottenham started the brightest, and Wojciech Szczesny was called into action after five minutes when Alex Song gave the ball away softly, allowing Van der Vaart to feed Scott Parker, whose shot was tame and duly saved.
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has hailed his side’s second half performance in the north London derby victory over Arsenal, stating Spurs thoroughly deserved to pick up the three points.
He said: “We deserved the win; we were excellent after the break and had all the good chances throughout the half.
“We had got the goal before half-time and to be honest I nearly made the change at half-time to thicken us up in midfield by bringing an extra one on, but I thought I would continue and see how things went.
“Then, unfortunately they got off to a better start in the second half and got the goal.
“They were in the ascendancy at that point and watching the game you may have thought we were in trouble, but then we really upped it; we got better and stronger and really took over things in the second half.”
The experienced boss did concede the Gunners enjoyed more of the ball for long spells of the match, although said that was a risk he was prepared to take after selecting a very attacking line-up.
“I thought Arsenal had a lot of possession early on – it was difficult,” said Redknapp.
“They played with three in midfield and just the one striker, which meant they had the extra man in midfield so they were always going to get the main sway of possession as we only had two in there.
“We also had Gareth Bale and Van der Vaart playing wide with two central strikers – I went for a very attacking team.”
Redknapp had kind words for right-back Walker, who saw his long-range strike take Gunners goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny by surprise to hand his side a priceless derby victory.
“Kyle Walker is a great attacking full-back, he just loves to get forward,” his manager added.
“It was a great strike from Kyle. He has done ever so well and had a good to start to the new season.”
Arsene Wenger has admitted that Arsenal cannot now realistically hope to challenge for the Premier League title after they slumped to a 2-1 defeat on Sunday, but insisted that Tottenham goalscorer Rafael van der Vaart should have been sent off.
Asked by the assembled media how the loss affected his title hopes, the Frenchman said: "I do not think like that. I think at the moment we have to set ourselves a realistic target and to get in touch with the teams who are fighting for the Champions League positions.
"If you say today we will win the league it is not realistic.
"At the moment we are 12 points behind Manchester United and Manchester City. We have to fight to come back into a much better position, that's reality.
"It is frustrating as well because their first goal was handball," he continued.
"I wonder what the linesmen do in these situations. It is a second yellow card as well because he already had one - for handball, on purpose."
Wenger then went on to admit that his side had defended poorly despite playing well otherwise.
"We lost the game when we were on top, and we conceded two poor goals, I think," the dejected tactician said.
"After the second goal I think we defended badly, and made two or three mistakes in the same situation.
"We did not defend properly and we were punished for it. I have to see it again [the second goal], but yes, Wojcech Sczesny certainly looks disappointed about the second goal.
"There were some encouraging signs, but we need points."
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Review the headlines from the past twelve months, and it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the challenges dividing our communities, nation and world . Yet during the past year, our clients continue to prove that, together, we can transform causes, conversations and communities for good.
From education to health and from community engagement to international development, we’ve collaborated with more than 20 nonprofits this year to clarify their purpose and amplify their impact. Irrespective of issue or audience, a few key themes defined 2018.
Here are the three most important:
Opening Access
Across our partner organizations, we saw a concentrated effort to bring resources, relationships and rights to all. This was particularly evident in higher education. Small liberal arts colleges, large private research universities and the Ivy League created new ways to democratize knowledge. For some, this was a renewed commitment to building an inclusive, diverse campus. For others, this meant expanding options for today’s non-traditional student. In every case, these shifts focused on meeting students where they are — whether that’s in the classroom, in the community or online — and taking them where they want to go.
Creating Community
Perhaps as an antidote to the digitization of daily life, many of our partners made a case for the life-affirming, thought-provoking experiences that only happen when people come together. This year, we helped articulate the power of community in its many forms — the power to comfort, support, teach, entertain and heal. Above all, we saw how, across organizations, face-to-face interactions and strong bonds helped us rediscover and celebrate our shared humanity.
Powering Humanity
This year, we were also honored and humbled to work with organizations that took bold action for a better future. Our partners are leading the fight against fake news with tools to help students consume information critically — sowing the seeds of healthier, informed discourse. We also collaborated with a leading medical school who made headlines by offering full tuition scholarships to its students — because financial ability should never dictate who gives or receives care.
Although 2018 revealed deep rifts in our nation and world, these themes — along with the people, programs and places we partnered with — continue to give us hope for 2019.
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BBC3 uproar shows we are not such passive viewers
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Axe a channel? Not on my watch. @alviseni, CC BY-NC
Connoisseurs of TV advertising may recall the commercial for Florette salad. Agricultural gangs conduct menacing stand-offs while chanting the names of their preferred leaf. “Lollo rosso!” one group taunt, “Rocket!” comes the belligerent reply.
This came to mind on reading all the coverage this week of the BBC’s plan to move BBC3 from being a broadcast channel to an online-only service, since much of this has centred on questions of channel identity and channel loyalty. Do audiences really still feel a particular TV channel can speak to their sense of identity in the contemporary media age?
Channel loyalty, brand loyalty really, is a much sought-after commodity. It is a struggle to establish and consolidate any one channel at a point when today’s television audiences, lured into remote-zapping fickleness by multichannel profusion, rarely feel securely attached to one channel as their primary televisual home. A lazy day at home might find me seeking my retro-macho fix with The Sweeney on ITV4, then snacking at the Food Network to see which diners in Pittsburgh serve the best burritos, before (should I admit this in public?) surveying the mesmerising vistas of quilted kitsch on Create & Craft.
BBC3, in the eyes of most commentators, is firmly anchored in one demographic. Youth, the young, young adults: this has been the core of the mantra. So the scheme to reposition the channel has led to cries of institutional discrimination against the teens and twenties. Digital Spy, a website with a similar constituency to BBC3, lamented that the BBC was now deeming youthful viewers to be disposable, while a Huffington Post blog about the matter was headlined “A War On The Young?”.
Him and Her.
These claims are not difficult to understand. BBC3’s founding pitch was that it sought to capture audiences in what the BBC regarded as the hard-to-reach 16-34 bracket. And its menu of comedies, reality shows, American animation, youth-angled documentaries, cult-genre dramas, and blink-and-you’ll-miss-it news micro-bulletins has delivered some real successes. Two of the best BBC sitcoms of the past decade, Gavin and Stacey and Him and Her, started out on BBC3 (and the latter stayed there for its entire lifespan), while Torchwood and Being Human provoked the kind of intense devotion that all cult dramas dream of instigating.
To its defenders, BBC3 was a zone where risks could be taken. To its detractors it leaned towards the gimmicky and the cheap. Such critics recoiled from the channel’s fondness for bouncy tabloid titles (Hotter Than My Daughter, Young, Dumb and Living Off Mum – both highly entertaining series, as it happens) and its increasing reliance on the makeover and hidden camera sub-sets of reality TV.
As ever, these taste skirmishes had ideological undercurrents, with shows that targeted young women from non-powerful social sectors earning particular critical scorn. Youth, after all, is not a category that stands isolated from gender, class and ethnic identity, and BBC3 refreshingly avoided conventional BBC norms here. They opted not to make any shows called things like My Pony Club Hell, or Venom, Vivaldi and Vicious Violin Lessons, after all.
Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents.
The youth angle may emphasise certain targets, but not to the point of making the programmes exclusionary. The off-the-leash teens draining Corfu of its vodka supplies may have been the foregrounded consumers of Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents, but such a text clearly held appeal for those very same parents. There have been plenty of BBC3 series that this particular fiftysomething could happily enjoy.
The online reconfiguration of the channel, due to occur in autumn 2015, is being presented by the BBC hierarchy in terms of “innovation” and “diversity”, words which admittedly make the blood run cold when parroted by executives schooled in vocabularies of evangelical managerialism. But these words do have some consonance with BBC3’s original remit.
The official pitch is that programmes with young audiences in mind make sense on media platforms which young audiences already use comfortably. But there are obviously multiple drawbacks here. One might be the fact the American animations Family Guy and American Dad are streamed regularly throughout the week. They are absolute cornerstones of not just the BBC3 schedule but also its perceived image, and are not available on the iPlayer, reducing likely overall audiences considerably.
Which side are you on?
Contrasts have been made with BBC4, not immune from cuts but not so centrally in the firing line, and consequently attacked by the BBC3 lobby as stuffy, bourgeois and middle-aged – television for the comfortably-off. There is some truth in that, and this cuts quite close to home, since if there was one TV channel which might prompt me to staunch identification, taking up arms like those salad-advert warriors, it would be BBC4.
So I do understand why the defenders of BBC3 feel the need to organise and protest – an online petition to save it in its current shape has, as of this morning, gathered 120,000 signatures. And to those of us who still retain a belief in public service broadcasting it is reassuring to see audience response of such a loyal, passionate kind. Perhaps we are not all such disconnected viewers, floating woozily down the seducing stream of multi-channel ultra-choice, after all.
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TCDSU votes to stay neutral on Irish reunification
The result was announced at 6pm outside House 6
Niamh Moriarty
Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) has voted to remain neutral on the issue of a united Ireland. The result was announced by Education Officer Dale Ó Faoilleacháin on the doorstep of House 6. Out of a turnout of 2,157 students, 1,184 voted in favour of TCDSU remaining neutral on the issue, while 927 voted for the SU to support a united Ireland. 44 students voted to not support a united Ireland.
Olly Donnelly, a member of the Neutrality campaign said: “We’re over the moon. It was an incredibly hard-fought campaign for both sides. Ultimately we think everyone should be proud of the discussion that happened. We hope that this result means that Trinity can continue to have this discussion in a positive manner in the future.”
Speaking about the result, TCDSU President Kieran McNulty said: “We’re glad the students had the chance to debate this issue. We’re always going to support our students. I’m hopeful that the decision will return to Council for discussion on April 4th.” McNulty added that TCDSU will release an official statement on the result tomorrow.
TCDSU voted in their fifth Council in February to hold a preferendum to have a stance on the reunification of Ireland. The motion was proposed by Junior Sophister Psychology class rep Naomi Walshe and seconded by Cornelius Lenthe, Junior Sophister BESS class rep. The motion read: “Northern Ireland has never been closer to having a referendum. It’s fast becoming a student issue. Council mandates TCDSU to hold a preferendum to have a stance on the reunification of Ireland, with three options in the preferendum, these being neutrality, reunification or to oppose unification.”
Campaigning in the referendum started on March 9, with voting in the preferendum taking place yesterday and today.
Two groups supporting Neutrality and Unity campaigned on the issue. The unity group rallied on the basis of equal education, strengthened reproductive rights, no hard border controls and the cease of sectarian culture. Those supporting argued in favour of representing all students both North and South of the border, as well as maintaining an environment of discussion on the issue.
Since TCDSU voted to hold a preferendum, University College Dublin (UCD), University College Cork (UCC) and the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) students have all voted to support a reunified Ireland. The NUIG Students’ Union vote saw 74% of students supporting a united Ireland with a turn-out of 3,231 students, while UCC Students’ Union elections saw a turn-out of 3,949 student votes with a 63% vote in favour of unity. 63% of UCD students voted for a reunited Ireland.
Niamh is a Senior Freshman Political Science, Philosophy and Economics student. She is current digital editor for Trinity News.
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Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif
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Secret pictures of bollywood actress
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No one knows the truth but there can't be smoke without fire. They never worked together after "Silsila", and Rekha still doesn't deny that she doesn't love him! From not looking eye to eye at public events, to Rekha wearing Sindoor in public, this affair is by far the most sensational one in B-Town. She secretly married a Dubai-based businessman Asad Bashir Khattak, and their private photos were leaked on the internet. After marrying Superstar Rajesh Khanna and giving birth to Twinkle at the age of 17, Dimple's marriage with Khanna was never successful. Or probably more! But all is not flashy here. The two looked so much into each other that the film looked more real on reel. Deepika Padukone with Homi Adijania and Arjun Kapoor Leaked photos of Deepika Padukone with Homi Adijania and Arjun Kapoor at a private promotional party for the film Finding Fanny appeared on the internet and we see them engaged in quite a fiesty discussion! The two did a flop movie together, only to be very close and reportedly had a fling. Celebrity drunk photos are simply embarrassing. Here is the gallery of all those leaked pictures of our favorite Bollywood stars. We know her to be flawless but here we see a never-seen-before image of Katrina sitting on a car hood with glass in hand talking to a friend. Andrea Jeremiah Tamil and Malayalam actress and playback singer Andreah Jeremiah's private picture were leaked on the internet in which she was seen having a lip lock with Tamil composer and singer Anirudh Ravichander. Amisha Patel The chirpy Amisha Patel attends a party with drink in one hand, a lovely bag on the other and a smile on her lips. These private photos taken from private celebrity parties will shock you but they are proof that they have lives outside their glamorous careers and hectic day jobs. Let's take a look at some open secret affairs of famous Bollywood celebrities. And guess what? None of them ever accepted it. This affair is one which is in front of everyone, but yet unbelievable!
They never worked together after "Silsila", and Rekha still doesn't deny that she doesn't love him! The couple was seen enjoying their time together and we can clearly see how hot Nargis Fakhri is looking in her black bikini. These two were apparently inseparable. Their lives may be shrouded in mystery as they move about in dark glasses when they step out of their homes without make-up or hurry off to a location to escape the paparazzi but there are times when the media has caught them in their crazy world of parties. Dimpy Ganguly Dimpy Ganguly always loved the spotlight ever since she was first seen on a TV reality show. Dailyhunt Disclaimer: But they are human beings and it is not possible for them to behave any differently. Here is the gallery of all those leaked pictures of our favorite Bollywood stars. Stressbuster browse by topics. These 8 Bollywood Superstars got arrested and were thrown into jail for these shocking reason Vasundhara Kashyap Tamil actress, Vashundhara Kashayap's private and intimate photos with her boyfriend were leaked online which made it to the news and controversy. She is believed to have had a fling with Sunny Deol. And this picture shows nothing less than that. After this picture went viral on the internet, Rishi Kapoor seemed to be not so happy with what his son was doing. Here is the lovely and chirpy girl with a friend taking a selfie with friend and young Tamil composer, Anirudh Ravichander. Here we see him in a collage of many photos with people like Hrithik Roshan and Ranveer Singh having a gala time! Trisha Krishnan Malayam actress Trisha Krishnan's private photo were leaked when she was getting a tattoo done on her belly. Hansika Motwani Her picture was leaked on the internet while she was bathing. She secretly married a Dubai-based businessman Asad Bashir Khattak, and their private photos were leaked on the internet. We all love to keep a track of our favorite stars and never skip a chance to know about their personal life.
The two looked so much into each other that the film looked more real on reel. We know her to be flawless but here we see a never-seen-before image of Katrina sitting on a car hood with glass in hand talking to a friend. These two were apparently inseparable. Dailyhunt Disclaimer: None of them ever accepted it. This one was truly an affair to remember, if it was! However, we got a sneak peak into this lovely Bengali bombshell looking like a happy child at her birthday party. This affair is one which is in front of everyone, but yet unbelievable! If we go on to dig about their personal life, the internet will come up with a number of unseen pictures of these celebs. Hansika Motwani Her picture was leaked on the internet while she was bathing. The couple was seen enjoying their time together and we can clearly see how hot Nargis Fakhri is looking in her black bikini. Andrea Jeremiah Tamil and Malayalam actress and playback singer Andreah Jeremiah's private picture were leaked on the internet in which she was seen having a lip lock with Tamil composer and singer Anirudh Ravichander. But they obviously never went on record to accept this. See some more: When we are curious to peep into the personal life of our favorite Bollywood celebrities, the internet is the great place to know all the insight stories about them. Sadly, this beautiful couple isn't together anymore. Katrina We are used to seeing Katrina in a gorgeous and sexy attire most of the time.
Siddarth Mallya — Oops! Stressbuster browse by topics. From not looking eye to eye at public events, to Rekha wearing Sindoor in public, this affair is by far the most sensational one in B-Town. But who is that mystery man on whom she is leaning? This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Amisha Patel The chirpy Amisha Patel attends a party with drink in one hand, a lovely bag on the other and a smile on her lips. Their parties are surely different but they have the same amount of fun like we do. Katrina We are used to seeing Katrina in a gorgeous and sexy attire most of the time. No one knows the truth but there can't be smoke without fire. She is believed to have had a fling with Sunny Deol. After this picture went viral on the internet, Rishi Kapoor seemed to be not so happy with what his son was doing. They are nothing more than our crazy parties with friends! Here is the gallery of all those leaked pictures of our favorite Bollywood stars. They do not have fun or are always covered in make-up or have no problem like we do. Veena Malik Pakistani actress and controversial queen Veena Malik always make it to the news with her controversial pictures. Siddarth Mallya, the heir to the throne of Kingfisher is quite a party animal and a Casanova. Trisha Krishnan Malayam actress Trisha Krishnan's private photo were leaked when she was getting a tattoo done on her belly. Here we see the infamous and notorious picture of Siddarth with Katrina partying away with his hand in the nether regions! See some more: November 22, Featured 1 Comment Share Twitter We always think that celebrities have an exclusive life that are nothing like the ones we live. Dimpy Ganguly Dimpy Ganguly always loved the spotlight ever since she was first seen on a TV reality show. After marrying Superstar Rajesh Khanna and giving birth to Twinkle at the age of 17, Dimple's marriage with Khanna was never successful. Have a look yourself to see what goes on in their secret lives! Here is the lovely and chirpy girl with a friend taking a selfie with friend and young Tamil composer, Anirudh Ravichander. These private photos taken from private celebrity parties will shock you but they are proof that they have lives outside their glamorous careers and hectic day jobs. Their closeness was never reflected in public, rather she did films with his then wife Kalki. This affair is one which is in front of everyone, but yet unbelievable! And this picture shows nothing less than that.
These private photos taken from private celebrity parties will shock you but they are proof that they have lives outside their glamorous careers and hectic day jobs. Amisha Patel The chirpy Amisha Patel attends a party with drink in one hand, a lovely bag on the other and a smile on her lips. She is believed to have had a fling with Sunny Deol. These two were apparently inseparable. No one knows the truth but there can't be smoke without fire. Siddarth Mallya — Oops! None of them ever accepted it. Their closeness was never reflected in public, rather she did films with his then wife Kalki. Katrina We are used to seeing Katrina in a gorgeous and sexy attire most of the time. Before her fiasco with Hrithik and Adhyayan Suman, Kangana is said to have secretly dated Ajay for a long time. Dailyhunt Disclaimer: However, we got a sneak peak into this lovely Bengali bombshell looking like a happy child at her birthday party. We all love to keep a track of our favorite stars and never skip a chance to know about their personal life. Or probably more! But they are human beings and it is not possible for them to behave any differently. Let's take a look at some open secret affairs of famous Bollywood celebrities.
But they obviously never went on record to accept this. Dailyhunt Disclaimer: Bipasha Basu Bipasha Basu was reportedly furious over her private birthday party pictures being leaked online. Siddarth Mallya, the heir to the throne of Kingfisher is quite a party animal and a Casanova. Bachchan in everyone's mind, until one fine day, the duo were never seen together and Abhishek decided to marry Aishwarya Rai. Deepika Padukone with Homi Adijania and Arjun Kapoor Leaked photos of Deepika Padukone with Homi Adijania and Arjun Kapoor at a private promotional party for the film Finding Fanny appeared on the internet and we see them engaged in quite a fiesty discussion! November 22, Featured 1 Comment Share Twitter We always think that celebrities have an exclusive life that are nothing like the ones we live. Siddarth Mallya — Oops! We all love to keep a track of our favorite stars and never skip a chance to know about their personal life. Here is the gallery of all those leaked pictures of our favorite Bollywood stars. They are nothing more than our crazy parties with friends! The two did a flop movie together, only to be very close and reportedly had a fling. They never worked together after "Silsila", and Rekha still doesn't deny that she doesn't love him! Before her fiasco with Hrithik and Adhyayan Suman, Kangana is said to have secretly dated Ajay for a long time. She is believed to have had a fling with Sunny Deol. When we are curious to peep into the personal life of our favorite Bollywood celebrities, the internet is the great place to know all the insight stories about them. See some more:
She is only human. The couple was seen enjoying their time together and we can clearly see how hot Nargis Fakhri is looking in her black bikini. But all is not flashy here. Andrea Jeremiah Tamil and Malayalam actress and playback singer Andreah Jeremiah's private picture were leaked on the internet in which she was seen having a lip lock with Tamil composer and singer Anirudh Ravichander. Bipasha Basu Bipasha Basu was reportedly furious over her private birthday party pictures being leaked online. Katrina We are used to seeing Katrina in a gorgeous and sexy attire most of the time. They never went on record to accept their relationship, but their affair still remains a mystery. But who is that mystery man on whom she is leaning? We all love to keep a track of our favorite stars and never skip a chance to know about their personal life. Veena Malik Pakistani actress and controversial queen Veena Malik always make it to the news with her controversial pictures. Stressbuster browse by topics. Deepika Padukone with Homi Adijania and Arjun Kapoor Leaked photos of Deepika Padukone with Homi Adijania and Arjun Kapoor at a private promotional party for the film Finding Fanny appeared on the internet and we see them engaged in quite a fiesty discussion! When we are curious to peep into the personal life of our favorite Bollywood celebrities, the internet is the great place to know all the insight stories about them. Hansika Motwani Her picture was leaked on the internet while she was bathing. From not looking eye to eye at public events, to Rekha wearing Sindoor in public, this affair is by far the most sensational one in B-Town. And guess what? Or probably more! Sonam Kapoor Here is our lovely Sonam Kapoor letting her hair down after a long and crazy time facing the camera and attending events where she gives other actresses a run for their money by the way she dresses. If we go on to dig about their personal life, the internet will come up with a number of unseen pictures of these celebs. See some more: Here we see the infamous and notorious picture of Siddarth with Katrina partying away with his hand in the nether regions! This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt.
Dimpy Ganguly Dimpy Ganguly always loved the spotlight ever since she was first seen on a TV reality show. These private photos taken from private celebrity parties will shock you but they are proof that they have lives outside their glamorous careers and hectic day jobs. These 8 Bollywood Superstars got arrested and were thrown into jail for these shocking reason Vasundhara Kashyap Tamil actress, Vashundhara Kashayap's private and intimate photos with her boyfriend were leaked online which made it to the news and controversy. Stressbuster browse by topics. Text source: They are nothing more than our crazy parties with friends! Siddarth Mallya, the heir to the throne of Kingfisher is quite a party animal and a Casanova. November 22, Featured 1 Comment Share Twitter We always think that celebrities have an exclusive life that are nothing like the ones we live. Siddarth Mallya — Oops! These two were apparently inseparable. She secretly married a Dubai-based businessman Asad Bashir Khattak, and their private photos were leaked on the internet. This one was truly an affair to remember, if it was! And this picture shows nothing less than that.
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Li'l Helper Baby Bottle Holder - The Rock Father Review
Written by James Zahn
I'm always a bit cautious when a new baby product hits my radar. When products get pitched to me here at Rock Father HQ, I don't like to just rush into a review after using the product for a short period of time... I like to live with it awhile, allowing the little ones to interact with it while making my own observations. The Li'l Helper Baby Bottle Holder is one such product - first hitting my radar in November.
Li'l Helper is an ergonomically-designed bottle holder that matches a baby's natural nursing posture. This new diaper bag accessory encourages a baby to grip while nursing, allowing busy parents to multi-task if they so desire. Created by a Dad (the original prototype was fashioned from a plastic tube hanger), I was a little skeptical at first. "Do I really need this?" Honestly, I like feeding baby Finley... and having her tucked into my arms while feeding is part of the bonding and nurturing process. It was time to put the Li'l Helper to the test.
After over two months of using the Li'l Helper here at Rock Father HQ and beyond, I dig it. It's one of those products that there's a time for. It's not a replacement for quality time between Daddy (or Mommy) and baby, but an assistant... or as in it's name, a little helper. If we're out at about and the baby needs a bottle while she's bundled into her carrier, the Li'l Helper works out. If I'm spending some time playing with the increasingly jealous 3-year-old (blog for another day), the Li'l Helper can do just that. I've used the Li'l Helper at home and on the go, and it works great. It does what it's supposed to, and that says a lot in itself.
Designed to fit most bottles, the Li'l Helper is a bit of a tight squeeze to get it onto the Avent Naturals bottles that we use, but it does work really well. Originally available in pink or blue, gender-neutral colors such as green and grey are hitting the market right now.
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"On my part, I remain committed to the process of dialogue. It is my firm belief that dialogue and a willingness to look with honesty and clarity at the reality of Tibet can lead us to a viable solution."
Chief Tibet separatist clamors for suicide attacks to seek "Tibet independence"
[Xinhua is the official news agency of the PRC]
ROME, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Cewang Rigzin, president of the separatist
"Tibetan Youth Congress" (TYC), has preached seeking "Tibet
independence" through suicide attacks.
"Maybe it is time now for the 'Tibetan People's Uprising Movement' to
use the means of suicide attacks to carry on the struggle," Cewang
Rigzin said in an interview with Italy's Corriere della Sera newspaper
It was time to change the "tactics of struggle" as "there are
opportunities for the Chinese to take advantage of the line of
non-violence," the TYC head said in the interview made in Dharamsala, India.
The TYC would seek to achieve "Tibet independence" as soon as possible
at any cost, and the means of suicide attacks could be used, he said.
Cewang Rigzin also clamored for a worldwide boycott of the Beijing
Olympic Games.
The remarks of the TYC head have drawn strong criticism from many
Italians and overseas Chinese in Italy.
It's "absurd and wrong" to use suicide attacks to solve "the Tibet
issue," said Paullo Salom, the Corriere della Sera journalist in charge
of reports on China and East Asia.
The remarks of Cewang Rigzin revealed the "vicious intention" of the
Dalai Lama and his followers to split China by carrying out violent
attacks "under the cover of non-violence," said Liao Zonglin, chairman
of the Federation of Overseas Chinese Associations in Rome.
It's an "extremely horrible" act of terrorism to seek "Tibet
independence" through violence, which is bound to be condemned by the
peace-loving people, said Vittorio Mancini, chairman of the Italy-China
Friendship Association.
It's a mistake to politicize the Olympic Games, he added.
The TYC, a hardline organization affiliated to the Dalai Lama
supporters, was established in 1970 in India, upon the order of the
Dalai Lama.
Shortly after its establishment, some TYC members declared that they
would "use violence forever" to seek "Tibet independence."
Editor: Mu Xuequan
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Irina Shayk Feet, Legs and Measurements
Posted On: 31 Mar, 2014
$4 Million Dollars
5 feet 10 inches(178 cm)
127 lbs (58 kg)
Irina Shayk is a Russian supermodel best known for her appearances in the “Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue” and Italian Clothing sensation “Intimissimi” since 2007 plus her love life with Soccer sensation, Christiano Ronaldo.
Since the start of her career at the age of 19, she is growing as a professional model, and perhaps she has made her place in the list of “Sports Illustrated” legends like Marisa Miller, Heidi Klum, Petra Nemcova, TyraBanks, Christie, Brinkley and Brooklyn Decker.
Her wings fly high, nd her reputation rise higher in the modeling industry after she gets a contract with luxury swim brand “Beach Bunny” in 2009 and after she becomes the official ambassador of the clothing label Intimissimi in 2010.
After she worked for lingerie giant Victoria Secret's, Victoria Secret's catalog and Victoria Secret's Fashion shows, people begin confusing her as one of the Elite angels for Victoria.
And why wouldn’t they? At one point she has seen inside almost all the VS stores as Intimissimi is a subsidiary of VS. However, experts speculate that she deserves to be in official élite of VS, but it seems that she doesn’t need to.
Just in the year 2013, she proves that she is much more than a supermodel, indeed an actress as she misses Victoria’s Secret Fashion show for the movie Hercules.
In the film, she will certainly ease of rough conflict of male testosterone with her sexy estrogens by appearing as the wife of Hercules (Dwyane Johnson), Megara.
Talking about measurements, she has a perfect measurement of 34-23-35. The Russian beauty has the remarkable height of 5 feet and 10 inches with exotic legs and thighs.
Her body is a slim model build with the weight of around 119 pounds. You can check out cleavage of her beautiful boobs in many videos and pictures of her all over the internet. Try it; it may blow your mind away.
Her multiracial ethnicity gives her a distinct beautiful hybrid look. Her father is a Tatar and mother is a Russian. However, her nationality is Russian. She always comes as a sexy woman with her lavishing looks and strong personality.
Her exotic and erotic pictures can be seen all over the web. Talking about pictures, in the year 2010, she claims that she has been a victim of Photoshop because GQ Spain digitally altered her image to create her nude picture for its December issue.
Except that, there has been no real controversy with her. She created a lot of media buzz when she said she is not a soccer fan in an interview.
She is a talented model who designs and models her swimwear and bikini ranges for U.S. Brand Beach Bunny. Other significant works of her career would be Guess spring/summer (since2009), Lacoste, Cesare Paciotti, Morellato, and magazine covers for a famous magazine such as Annabelle, Bolero, Woman, Twelve, Jalouse, and Paris Capital.She has proved herself as a star of modeling agency IMG since she signed a contract with it in May 2009.
She met footballer Christiano through Armani Exchange programs and the chemistry between both hit off to such level that, they became a cover model for each other hearts.
They are perfect for each other, and both of them earn a huge amount of money. Currently, Christiano, Irina and Christina's son are living in three different places due to their work, but they have been seen together time to time enjoying with each other and going to a holiday destinations.
There have been rumors since 2011 that they are expecting a baby, and they will surely get engaged very soon. But both of the rumors are unlikely to be true because they are too busy with their professional work and at the moment Irina would work on her growing career instead of being pregnant as she is just 28 years of old.
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1st Production
Premiere: 01/02/2006
Tour: Faro, Loulé, Alcoutim, Vila Real de Sto. António, Aljezur, Albufeira, Silves, Lagoa, Vila do Bispo, Lagos, Tavira, Castro Marim, Portimão, Olhão, Monchique, Setúbal, Alcobaça, São Brás de Alportel, Lisboa
The universe of this show is the very human soul: the fear, the cunning, courage, mistakes.
In a world of puppets with different types of manipulation, materials, foam and paper turn into muscle, blood and feelings, looking for that Man in the crossroads, always on his way. Always there, the "kings" of the Fables: sly Fox and strong Wolf. Will the Fox be as clever as it preaches? And is Wolf as bad as it’s said to be? ... This is how we, in a very fun way, discuss such issues as respect, freedom and individuality, in a performance that shows without judging, allowing the viewer to draw his own conclusions.
Press highlight
‘The travellers from VATe left the bus richer, since the voyage they undertook helped them to look at reality, not only in a wiser perspective but certainly in a more joyful way.’
Ana Cristina Oliveira, Jornal do Algarve, 14/09/06
‘In the end, after the applause, they all say they want more. (…) And the success of the play depends on the spectator participation, in the afternoon, in the workshop that is part of the project and VATe’s real challenge. Because after learning how to make their own puppets, ACTA’s team leaves the challenge to come back three months later to watch a play created by the children that attended their “Rapsódias e Lobices”. (…)’
Alexandra Carita, Expresso, 22/10/06
‘“This is nice, to make us laugh.”, says one of the seventy year old women near the communal washing-place in the village of Mesquita, in São Brás de Alportel. Sitting on a bench, five elders still talk about the show they just saw, like they were children. “These stories are funny, we already knew them, they date back to my grandmother’s time.”, remembers Maria Inácia.
Inside the bus, they can’t stop moving. “This reminds me of the puppets there once was.” - a lady said – most likely referring to the puppets of Sto. Aleixo, that existed in fairs.
On stage, Jorge Soares – the Wolf -, Patrícia Amaral – the Fox – and Carla Dias – the Sheep and some other animals – embody the characters that carry the Fables of La Fontaine throughout Algarve’s backcountry, on a bus. On the rear end, the driver Luísa Silva, is also the sound and lights technician. (…) In an unheard of initiative in the Algarve, these three actors took theatre to where theatre had never stepped in.”
Mário Lino, Observatório do Algarve, 22/10/06
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Elkhart’s River District project gaining momentum with major changes
By ElkhartAdminAugust 28, 2018Countywide, Elkhart, Featured News
By Marshall V. King
Elkhart’s River District is still a vision off in the future, but it’s easier to see as buildings come down and streets take shape.
As the Elkhart Aquatic Center continues to take shape before opening in May 2019 and the streets and sidewalk around it are being made with all the utilities buried beneath them, those who have been crafting the vision are getting even more excited about the future. “This feels real,” said Shelley Moore, the project lead and president of ISC Community Development.
The River District’s 105 acres, with another 45 along Jackson Boulevard east of Johnson, are being transformed into a modern, walkable urban center.
Fourteen people from Elkhart, mostly private investors who are putting money toward the $300 million River District, recently traveled to Greenville, South Carolina, to learn more about how it has been revitalized in the last two decades since the textile mills left. Greenville, like Elkhart, is one of the manufacturing towns with rivers and less than 150,000 residents that is working at being a new kind of city rather than a rusty, industrial shell. Others on that list include Asheville, Grand Rapids and Fort Wayne.
WATCH: Dave Weaver and Bob Deputy discuss the major changes coming to downtown Elkhart
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While there, Dave Weaver, chairman of the River District Implementation Team, said he saw how public/private partnerships, a mile-long Main Street and walkability, as well as pride in aesthetics, has helped change the city into an automotive hub for makes such as BMW.
Whether it’s Greenville or downtown Vegas, success happened not because of luck or a lucky bolt of redevelopment lightning. “The reality is someone made a decision and at some point they were going to execute on a vision,” he said. “As a community, we made that decision.”
Elkhart has been working at vibrancy for decades with the RiverWalk, Lerner Theatre and Wellfield Botanic Gardens, said Pete McCown, president of the Community Foundation of Elkhart County. “Now there’s a group of folks who caught the excitement for the River District and Aquatic Center,” he said.
The change is happening quickly as the River District takes shape. “Everybody is ready for big change,” Weaver said. Greenville and other places show what’s possible when, over time, a city integrates what it has to offer, said Weaver.
In Elkhart, the project is moving quickly.
Redeveloping a big chunk of downtown has a lot of moving parts and most of them are coming together neatly like cogs. The Elkhart City Council approved the River District plan as part of its master plan for downtown, helping assure that it becomes the map for what happens in the coming years.
Nearly 30 properties on the north side of East Jackson Boulevard will be coming down in the coming days. Most of those were residential properties, but the demolition of former businesses such as Edgerton’s Travel Service and The Moringa Tree could soon follow.
The first phase of making East Jackson Boulevard part of what will be a 105-acre walkable neighborhood is done and reopened. That’s a huge deal for those businesses that were affected by the closure, said Weaver.
Jackson Boulevard in downtown Elkhart is being transformed into a pedestrian friendly roadway that also accommodates on-street parking. (Photo by Marshall V. King)
The second phase is underway and should be completed by Labor Day, said Moore. Trees, light posts and street signs are expected this fall and Elkhart Avenue is expected to reopen by Thanksgiving.
“You’ll continue to see a lot of working being done,” said Weaver.
The former Alick’s building along East Jackson is also being scheduled for demolition after a number of years of vacancy. Redeveloping that plot along the river should be relatively easy, said Weaver.
The Elkhart Public Works employees have been meeting deadlines and the implementation team continues to work at upcoming stages. Flaherty & Collins’ luxury apartments are a few months behind schedule, but a spring opening is still being planned, said Moore.
By the end of September, a Request For Proposal process for Zone 1 will give developers a chance to submit specific plans for the area that includes the Aquatic Center a few blocks on the south side of East Jackson. The final stages of funding are also being put in place for the new Martin’s Super Market along East Jackson and construction could start this fall, according to Moore.
A vibrant downtown makes a community stronger. “A town is as good as its downtown,” Moore said.
Marshall V. King is a Goshen-based free-lance writer. He wrote this piece on behalf of Vibrant Communities.
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US Drags Its Feet on Mineral Policy
While scrolling through the news this month, you will notice a few mining companies that are working with customers to attract investment for the supply of minerals rather than simply selling ore.
As an example, a European battery maker (Umicore) purchased a cobalt refinery in Finland from an American mining company (Freeport-McMoRan). Umicore also struck an agreement with Swiss miner Glencore to buy cobalt from its mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The refined materials will be shipped to a battery factory in Poland. This is one example that demonstrates how European companies secured a supply chain for lithium-ion batteries and battery- grade minerals, essentially preparing for future demand and profiting from it.
Similar activitites are taking .... read more
Steve Fiscor, Publisher & Editor in Chief
Ivanhoe Mines Secures Financing for First 2 Mines in DRC
Thanks to additional investments of more than $503 million, Ivanhoe Mines said it will be able to fi nance its fi rst two mines, Kakula and Kipushi, to commercial production. CITIC Metal, through a subsidiary, is investing an additional $454 million in Ivanhoe and Zijin Mining Group exercised its anti-dultion rights generating $49 million.... read more
Ma’aden Building 250,000- oz/y Gold Project
The Saudi Arabian Mining Co. (Ma’aden) is proceeding with construction of its Mansourah & Massarah gold project in the Central Arabian gold region. The project includes two open-pit mines and a central processing plant. At average production of 250,000 ounces per year (oz/y), the project will be Ma’aden’s largest gold project and will lift the company closer to its goal of becoming a 1-million-oz/y gold producer by 2025. Ma’aden produced 415,000 oz of gold in 2018. Total investment to build the .... read more
AEM Declares Commercial Production at Meliadine
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. (AEM) reported that the Meliadine mine achieved commercial production on May 14. Located near Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada, the Meliadine project was acquired in July 2010 and is Agnico Eagle’s largest gold deposit in terms of mineral resources. The company owns 100% of the 111,358-hectare .... read more
Rafaella to Acquire Spanish Tin and Tungsten Project
Rafaella Resources Ltd has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of the private Spanish company Galicia Tin & Tungsten (GTT), which owns the mining licenses comprising the Santa Comba tin and tungsten project in northwest Spain. To support the development of Santa Comba, Rafaella has proposed a share placement to raise a targeted $2.6 million at 20c per share. Located close to deep-water ports, the Santa Comba project .... read more
AROUND THE WORLD - USA & CANADA
Alamos Gold Receives Phase II Expansion Permit for Island Gold
Alamos Gold Inc. has been granted amendments to its existing operational permits from the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, Ontario, allowing for the Phase II expansion of the Island Gold Mine to 1,200 metric tons per day (mt/d). These amendments were received ahead of schedule and will allow underground mining .... read more
Glencore Will Support Restart of Cobalt Refinery
First Cobalt Corp. and Glencore AG have signed a memorandum of understanding to supply cobalt feedstock and financing to recommission the First Cobalt Refinery in Ontario, Canada. First Cobalt and Glencore will collaborate on final flowsheet design to accelerate the restart of North America’s only primary cobalt refinery. Glencore intends to provide feedstock ....read more
St. Barbara Acquiring Atlantic Gold
St. Barbara Ltd. announced in mid-May it has entered into a friendly agreement to acquire Atlantic Gold Corp., which owns and operates the Moose River Consolidated gold operation in Nova Scotia, Canada. St. Barbara is an Australian company headquartered in Melbourne. It owns and operates the Gwalia gold mine in Western Australia and the Simberi gold mine in Papua New Guinea. Gwalia is scheduled .... read more
AROUND THE WORLD - Latin America
Barrick Will Invest $1B in Pueblo Viejo
Barrick Gold proposed an investment of more than $1 billion for Pueblo Viejo gold mine in the Dominican Republic. Already one of the world’s Tier 1 gold mines, the plan is to expand the mine’s processing plant and tailings capacity. The investment could potentially extend the life of the mine into the 2030s and beyond. Barrick said it expects to complete a feasibility study for the expansion project during 2020 .... read more
SolGold PEA Sees Long-life Underground Mine for Alpala
SolGold has reported the results of a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of the Alpala copper-gold-silver deposit on its Cascabel project in northern Ecuador. The study considers four underground mining scenarios, each based on block caving. Mine life, depending on annual tonnages mined, could range from 49 to 66 years. Resources considered in the block cave designs total 2.4 billion metric tons (mt) at a copper equivalent grade.... read more
AROUND THE WORLD - Australasia
Fortescue Approves Development of Queens Valley
Fortescue has announced the development of the Queens Valley mining area at its Solomon Hub in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Development of Queens will maintain production of the low-alumina Kings Fines product and is consistent with Fortescue’s strategy of optimizing margin through an enhanced product …. read more
West Angelas Mine Expansion Gets Environmental Approval
The Western Australia Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has recommended approval of the expansion of River Robe Joint Venture’s West Angelas iron ore mine in the Pilbara region. The approval is subject to conditions, including the protection of national park water resources and threatened ghost bats, the EPA said. The recommendation comes after a public review process and assessment of the environmental impacts of the proposal to expand to open-cut mining at West Angelas, which is owned 53% by Rio Tinto …. read more
AROUND THE WORLD - Africa
Marange Will Open New Exploration Zones
By Gavin du Venage, South African Editor
CAPETOWN, South Africa—Zimbabwe is moving to bring the Marange diamond field back into full production by opening new exploration zones and entering into partnerships with mining companies. Marange is one of the world’s largest alluvial diamond deposits, which at its height in …. read more
Perseus Building Yaouré Gold Mine in Côte d’Ivoire
Perseus Mining is proceeding with construction of open-pit mining operations at its Yaouré gold project in central Côte d’Ivoire. The project is planned to produce an average of 215,000 ounces per year (oz/y) of gold for the fi rst fi ve years, with average all-in site costs of $734/oz. Capital costs to develop the project are estimated at $265 million. Probable ore reserves at Yaouré are estimated at 26.8 million metric tons …. read more
AROUND THE WORLD - Asia
Alrosa Advances 2 Major Projects at Aikhal Division
Russian diamond mining company Alrosa has begun open-pit mining on the Zarya pipe and initiated work to deepen the underground Aikhal mine at its Aikhal Mining and Processing Division in central Russia. Development of Zarya deposit has been one of Alrosa’s major investment projects, with a total investment of 12 billion rubles (about $180 million at current exchange rates). Production from the deposit will …. read more
PFS Supports Myanmar’s Starter Pit Development
Myanmar Metals has reported the results of a prefeasibility study (PFS) that supports development of a high-grade, 13- year “Starter Pit” at the Bawdwin leadzinc- silver project in northeast Myanmar. In steady state production, the Starter Pit would become the world’s third-largest lead mine, its 10th-largest silver mine, and a globally significant zinc producer. Project development is a joint-venture between Myanmar Metals (51%) and local .… read more
THIS MONTH IN COAL
South Africa Awaits Coal Asset Sale
CAPE TOWN, South Africa—The sale of the South African coal assets of Australia- listed South32 is nearing completion, with final bids expected in June. This will be one of the largest coal transactions in the country to date. South32 was established in 2015 when it was spun out of Australian mining conglomerate BHP into a separate listed entity, mostly consisting of BHP’s South African assets .... read more
Queensland Approves Olive Downs Coking Coal Project
Pembroke Resources reported that its Olive Downs coking coal project has been approved by Queensland’s coordinator general and is expected to begin producing next year. Located 40 kilometers (km) southeast of Moranbah in Queensland’s Bowen Basin, a well-established coking coal area with existing infrastructure, the project is backed by its major shareholder, Denham Capital, a leading global energy and resources private equity firm …. read more
FEATURE - Material Handling
Making the Most of Material Gains
Moving massive volumes of mine ore, waste or product is never easy, cheap or trouble-free, but new material handling tech can help smooth the bumps, cut costs and break bottlenecks.
By Russell A. Carter, Contributing Editor
In the mining industry, material at rest doesn’t make money. Regardless of whether it’s newly mined ore, concentrates or even tailings, a near-constant, smooth progression of raw feed, fi nished product and waste from one location to another is necessary for planning, productivity and profits. An exception to the rule might apply to heap-leach operations, but even those depend on material being in the right place, at the right time, and in the right condition or blend. That’s why successful mine operators are masters of material handling. In an industry that moves billions of tons of dirt .... read more
FEATURE - In-Pit Crushing
IPCC Steadily Gains Traction
It has been a slow burn for the uptake of IPCC systems, but now, as interest in truckless mining operations builds, the technology is coming into its own.
By Carly Leonida, European Editor.
Interest in in-pit crushing and conveying (IPCC) technologies continues to grow and, with some fl agship projects nearing completion, now seems a good time to review activity in the sector. “The last year was good for new orders,” Thomas Jabs, senior vice president for mining at FLSmidth, told E&MJ. “The mining market is recovering, predominantly fueled by battery metals, but there have been investments in IPCC from gold and also coal in 2018, as well as during the current year. We are expecting this trend to continue.” It has been a busy year in the IPCC space for FLSmidth, and not just through the booking of new orders. The company completed its acquisition of Sandvik Mining Systems in March 2018, creating the most comprehensive offering in the industry for mines looking to implement IPCC-based mining systems ..... read more
FEATURE - Crushers
Crushing Innovations Meet Basic Needs
As futuristic as the current offerings are, the latest innovations aim for perennial targets.
By Jesse Morton, Technical Writer
Recent headlining innovations and developments from the crushing solutions space are about focusing on the basics and solving age-old challenges. Crushing solutions marketed today almost universally feature the general Industry 4.0 capabilities that enable miners to draw up a slick digital plant or mine and to monitor machine health in near-real time. They almost universally claim to offer the highest throughput in a reduced footprint. Where suppliers are really competing is on putting more horsepower into crushing ore, increasing output, improving overall performance and uptime, offering more dynamic customized services, and delivering real cost savings. The latest news from some of the bigger suppliers in the space reveals that the new horizon in crushing solution research and development, and in business strategy, remains the old one and centers on getting more done with less — less people, less kilowatts and less dough.... read more
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FEATURE - Conveyors
Curved Conveyors Cut Costs
The most efficient way to transport material from point A to point B is not necessarily a straight line.
By Steve Fiscor, Editor
The theme of this edition is material handling. Really, no informed discussion of material handling can take place without conveyors. At some point between the pit and the port, conveyors enter the transportation chain and, with all the improvements taking place, the mining business will only continue to embrace their use. Today, curved conveyors span tens of kilometers. Hugging the ground, they roll with hills and make turns around bends. The companies that specialize in these bulk material-handling marvels make it look simple, but designing these conveyor systems is an engineering art form. The use of curved conveyor systems eliminates transfer points, a source for noise and fugitive dust, as well as the constant maintenance on chute work, wiper blades, water sprays .... read more
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SUPPLIERS REPORTS & EQUIPMENT GALLERY
Loader Offers Emissions Control Options
Caterpillar reported the Cat R2900 Underground Loader offers configurations to meet the strictest diesel engine emissions standards, including those in Europe and North America, and delivers the high performance and 17.2-metric-ton (mt) payload of its proven predecessor .... read more
Screen for Protective Failure System Trialed
Shenck Process developed a prototype vibrating screen equipped with sensors to provide data used to assess the health of the screen and the performance of the processing cycle. A standard screen comes equipped with two sensor nodes. On the prototype, four additional sensors have been fitted, the company reported. The additional sensors are measuring tonnage ....read more
Electric Vehicle With Onboard Charging
Safescape announced its prototype electric vehicle, the Bortana EV, which is designed for the mining space. Leveraging the chassis of the diesel-powered Agrale Marruá, the Bortana EV features e-mobility solutions .... read more
Strictly Mechanical Safety Brake
FLSmidth launched the Cage Guardian Safety Brake for steel guides. The brake uses mechanical systems to keep underground mine workers safe in the event of slack-rope or a rope-break event. It is built to withstand even the toughest underground mine environments and meet the most stringent regulations for safety catches, the company reported ....read more
Wireless Flow Rate Transmitter
AW-Lake added the battery-powered RT- 50 Flow Rate Transmitter to its Bluetooth Series of Products that support remote monitoring and programming via a smart phone. The transmitter offers a local and remote display of flow rates in locations where equipment is exposed to different elements. When operating .... read more
Seequent Upgrades Mine Modelling Software
Seequent launched new releases for its mining solutions Leapfrog Geo, resource modeling solution Leapfrog Edge, model management solution Seequent Central and View. Leapfrog Geo 4.5 includes performance improvements designed to smooth day-to-day workflows for users, including informed .... read more
Titanium Op Gets New Trommel
Tronox’s Namakwa Sands mineral sands operation in Brand se Baai, West Coast Region, South Africa, selected Multotec to replace a trommel at the Primary Concentration Plant East (PCPE). The scope of supply included the trommel screen, screen panels and ancillary equipment. The new trommel was to perfectly replace .…. read more
Dry-type Transformer Delivered in 5 Weeks
Trafo Power Solutions reported it successfully designed, built and delivered a non-standard cast-resin replacement transformer for a mine in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa in five weeks. After the failed transformer was assessed, the miner ordered a dry-type transformer from the supplier. The mine required a 1,600-kilovolt-amperes ....read more
CONFERENCES & EXHIBITIONS
AUGUST 27-29, 2019: AIMEX, Sydney Showgrounds, Sydney, Australia. Contact: Web: www.aimex.au
SEPTEMBER 6-7, 2019: Annual Meeting of the Mining Electrical Maintenance and Safety Association, Sheraton Sand Key, Clearwater Beach, Florida, USA. Contact: Web: www.miningelectrical.org
SEPTEMBER 9-12, 2019: Exposibram, the Brazilian Mining Expo & Congress, Expominas, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Contact: Web: www.portaldamineracao.com.br/exposibram
SEPTEMBER 16-20, 2019: 37th International Conference and Exhibition of ICSOBA, Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Contact: Web: www.icsoba.org
SEPTEMBER 16-20, 2019: Perumin, Centro de Convenciones Cerro Juli, Arequipa, Peru. Contact: Web: www.perumin.com/perumin34/
OCTOBER 9-10, 2019: China Mining 2019, Tianjin Meijiang Convention Center, Tianjin, Peoples Republic of China. Contact: Web: www.chinaminingtj.org
OCTOBER 22-25, 2019: Convencion Internacional de Mineria, Mundo Imperial Acapulco, Mexico. Contact: Web: www.expomineria.mx
OCTOBER 30-NOVEMBER 2, 2019: China Coal & Mining Expo, New China International Exhibition Center, Beijing, China. Contact: Web: www.chinaminingcoal.com
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Corvus Vale appointed Marcello Spinelli as executive director of ferrous and coal. Spinelli has served as CEO at VLI Logística since 2010.
Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. appointed Jo-Anne Dudley as COO. For the past nine years, she has been a key member of the Oyu Tolgoi technical team. Most recently, she led Oyu Tolgoi’s 30-person Strategic Mine and Resources Planning unit.
Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. welcomed Sean Masse to its executive team as the vice president of operations. He was formerly mine manager at New Gold’s New Afton Mine and more recently project manager at Centerra Gold’s Kemess Project. François Vézina, COO, will be stepping down at the end of June. Vézina will continue leading economic and technical studies for the Cariboo Gold Project.
Champion Iron Ltd. appointed David Cataford to the board of directors. Cataford was appointed CEO on April 1, having joined the company in 2014 as vice president, engineering, and then serving as COO from 2017 to 2019.
Excellon Resources Inc. announced the resignation of Rupy Dhadwar from his position of CFO. Ronald Mariño, vice president of finance, will serve as interim CFO in the near-term.
The Minerals Council of Australia announced former Cabinet minister, lawyer and experienced board director the Hon. Helen Coonan as its new chair. Coonan will begin as chair when current Chair Dr. Vanessa Guthrie steps down following the MCA’s board meeting on June 18. Her appointment is for a two-year period. Dr. Guthrie has been MCA chair for the last three years after joining the board in 2014.
Motion Industries Inc. named John Watwood group senior vice president of the Southeast group. Previously, he was division vice president, general manager, of the Nashville division.
Normet appointed Ed Santamaria president and CEO of Normet Group. He takes over from Interim President and CEO Aaro Cantell and he will start in his new role at the latest in November. He is currently president, parts and services division at Sandvik Mining & Rock Technology.
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Hasta La Muerte
Microsoft | Nov 02, 2011 (US)
Developer: Microsoft
Sometimes the living die in large number without explanation. You are an emissary of death. Your mission is to free the souls of the living whose time has come. Hasta La Muerte is a unique game in which the player acts as the Death itself and must seize the soul of those who are ready to leave our world. In case of failure, the human souls shall turn into lost and cursed soul and shall try to send the emissary back in its world. In this 2D arcade/puzzle game, prove your skills through 30+ challenging levels. You will encounter many trials, bosses and enemies and will be aided by �soulpets�, souls which want to support the emissary in his thrilling quest.
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FINAL FANTASY XI is a massively multi player online role playing game (MMORPG), taking place in the renowned world of Vana�diel�. With the release of the third Windows expansion pack FINAL FANTASY XI: Treasures of Aht Urhgan and the Xbox 360 version, combining PlayOnline�, FINAL FANTASY XI and all three expansion packs for the title - Chains of Pro..
Burger King: Pocketbike Racer
Welcome to the wild world of Pocketbike racing where players race the King and his miniature motorbike crew through five fun, yet challenging speedways. Each track varies in level of difficulty and players navigate long straights, tight bends and sharp turns at high speeds while attempting to earn enhancements and tools that they can use to gain a..
Burger King: Big Bumpin
Big Bumpin� looks like a traditional carnival bumper car ride and features familiar BURGER KING� icons, including the Subservient Chicken and Brooke Burke. But, there�s a catch � Big Bumpin� arenas come with some big hazards, like surprise saws, bottomless pits and �power up� items that let gamers dole out thundering bumps. With several differen..
Burger King: Sneak King
Only the King can turn an everyday act into an art form and now players can step into the King�s royal shoes and use cunning stealth to sneak up behind unsuspecting people and bestow them with a delicious meal. The goal of Sneak King is to surprise hungry citizens with BURGER KING� sandwiches and other menu items throughout the day before they pas..
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The next installment of the famous video game shooter. Halo 4 is due for release on November 6th, exclusively on Xbox 360. The Master Chief returns to battle an ancient evil bent on vengeance and annihilation. Shipwrecked on a mysterious world, faced with new enemies and deadly technology, the universe will never be the same. Enlis..
The Halo saga reached a dramatic climax with Halo 3, but the franchise did not end there -- not by a long shot... Halo: Reach, developed exclusively for Xbox 360 by acclaimed developer Bungie, is the blockbuster prequel to the best-selling Xbox franchise of all time. It represents the culmination of Bungie�s 10 years of experie..
Gears of War 3 takes place around 18 months after the sinking of Jacinto at the end of Gears of War 2. The Locust, now without a queen to lead them, are struggling to survive after being forced to the surface. Human society on Sera has been reduced to small collections of people in an almost feudal or tribal system. Marcus Fenix and a small group o..
�Halo Wars� is a strategy game based on the legendary �Halo�� universe. In campaign mode, players will command the armies of the UNSC warship �Spirit of Fire,� consisting of familiar and new UNSC units in its initial encounters against the Covenant, an alien coalition threatening to obliterate mankind. �Halo Wars� will immerse gamers in an early pe..
Step into the dark and mysterious world of �Ninja Blade,� where gamers will be given the epic task to defend Tokyo and ultimately humanity itself from a horrific, genetically mutating disease. High atop the towering skyscrapers of modern-day Tokyo, Ken Ogawa and his team of skilled ninjas are deployed to destroy the infected monster horde an..
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The Underground Sound of Emerson College
An Interview with Isaiah Johnson
by Noah Adaikkalam
Last week I interviewed local musician Isaiah Johnson. I met Isaiah at the Kota the Friend concert I attended two months. I spotted his gold North Face jacket and complimented him on it. We stuck around after the concert and swapped info. Isaiah is a jazz musician out of Brooklyn who graduated from New England Conservatory last spring. He works primarily in Jazz, but is not limited to one genre. After all, it is pretty hard to when he can play thirteen instruments.
When and how did you end up in Boston?
So I got to NEC as a full-time student in August of 2016 and just stayed there and did the thing for two years. I figured if I was going to go out and check out another place it was going to be grad school… I talked to my professor and he was like “dude I think this program would be great for you” because like… I grew up playing music in general.
I started playing Clarinet and Saxophone in middle school, and then in high schools, I started playing bass, but I was playing in like metal bands, rock bands, playing hip-hop, R&B bands, just tryna get there and be a sponge… Then I was cast out on this trajectory of what Cats call a doubler, I guess. Cause I’ve been playing Clarinet and Saxophones in school, I just never really thought about it until I got to college and I had my first few musical gigs. I did a Clarinet degree in undergrad at Long Island University.
Do you mind me asking you how you got into Clarinet?
My folks were into all sorts of cool shit. I tell them all the time how grateful I am that they listen to great music. Like they were playing Erykah Badu, but my pops was also really into Sting, Parliament and the Funkadelic. There were all these rap albums they were playing. Just like being a cat from Brooklyn who was a sneakerhead in the 80s, my pops was just into that stuff. We’d listen to Old Hove (Jay-Z), but from really early on I remember being into rock music. My favorite record, I had two records and a CD player when I was nine and I think they were American Idiot by Green Day, well three, Hybrid Theory the Lincoln Park record and then the one they did with Jay-Z. I would always try and sneak and listen to it, cause I know it had like curses so I wasn’t really really allowed to listen to it.
I remember I tried a Clarinet mouthpiece [in middle school] and it worked so I was like “okay”. And then summer of 7th grade, my band director was like you should pick up Saxophone, it’d be great, it’d allow you to do a couple more things. I wanted to be in Jazz band after school so I was like “Alright cool.” …
I feel like I am to this day, unapologetically from Brooklyn. Ya know like “yo what's up fam” - The way I dress, what I listen too, what I talk about, what designers I like, whatever, it’s like been influenced by Brooklyn. There's so much going on in Brooklyn that I felt like I couldn't take with me up there. And even at NEC, NEC was a great thing but I still feel like they’ve been two separate parts of me and they can influence each other. Like for my exit project at NEC, I did a big band arrangement of “Runaway” by Kanye, and that was my exit project, and I did like “Street Lights”, and “Drive Slow” on my exit recital but like trying to do any of that stuff over there was like tough. It’s a wonderful program, that’s just not the vibe.
I feel like I had to go there [to NEC] because what I was tryna do as a doubler, I figured out where the bar was for everything… The end of my senior year at LIU we played the Mantra Jazz Festival in Switzerland and like we played part of it, wasn’t like “featuring the-”, we took a trip and we played a couple hits there, and it was cool, but it wasn’t like we were the best in the nation. But coming off of that, and being catapulted into this it was like “Okay, the Jazz Festival Hang was cool.” Then I got to NEC, it was some of the best musicians I have heard in my life, doing this, doing that, so it was like “Okay this is where the bar is, you’re tryna be a sponge and do this and this and this, well show em what you got tiger.” But NEC was great, and it let me get known as me.
What’s the hardest element of your life right now?
Balancing. Balancing it all out. We almost didn’t have this today, and if we didn’t, I was gonna sit at home and play flute, play clarinet, shed Coltrane, go pick up an Oboe reed, cook dinner. It’s just like, tryna give everything the right amount of time. Being a doubler, I had a set practice schedule so I’d play, I’d go in at like 8, 7:30, 8, and if I had ensemble I would practice less cause I would be in rehearsal playing some of the craziest music I’ve ever seen. But I’d do like Oboe, Flute, Piccolo, on a Monday in the morning, touch Saxophone that night after rehearsal, and do Saxophone, Flute. The next day, I’d do Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Tenor, then throw in Oboe that day, then play Bass Clarinet for an hour. I’d just keep doing it that way to stay fresh on everything. I actually got tendonitis at the end of my last semester, and they were like “you can sing your part” so I had to sing my bass clarinet part. It still creeps up every now and again... There’s a thing called getting worse, that happens to everyone. So finding the sweet spot, what everything actually needs…I’ve gotten good at working smarter not harder.
Where’s your mind at next? What’s your plan for the future?
Man, I have like five, five-year plans.
Where do you hope you are this time next year?
I wanna hit up at least two showcases, been asked to perform with this new project, this record should be done, it’s gonna be called Peter Piper. But, I wanna take up Peter Piper project, play a couple shows, play a show or two in New York, play a show or two here, but be asked to do that… I have this side business, it’s like side hustle, side hustle, side hustle. I was taught you don’t get rich on the job. I’ve been writing, working on a compilation book of ICE stuff, just to hustle it out. I’m tryna get that book done, shoot it out to my students, get them to shoot it to their friends etc, etc. I wanna get significantly better at Oboe. If I can play flute, saxophone, clarinet, and oboe well, the list and level of gigs I can take is going to grow exponentially, even by just picking up oboe.
One of my goals is like getting out of my own way. I feel like I am the only thing standing in my own way, but it’s like priorities. Rent is due, I can’t not eat, I have to hit the shed, there's this whole writing process. I have another side business, I’ll say it has to do with music and just say that, so nobody takes it in the interim, but have that jump in, have the books out, have more students. I guess just be happy. Some many people get lost in the process, and are like, ‘man what am I doing here, what is life, this is so boring, what did I get myself into?’ I’m sorry to give you like a vague-ass answer, but I guess like continue to be healthy.
Keep your eyes on Isaiah Johnson and look out for his project, the Peter Piper Record and whatever else he comes out with in the future!
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Decorate your home with Living Coral
by Prapti Ajmera
Discover the different ways in which you can brighten your home using Pantone’s Colour of the Year 2019, Living Coral...
Add a lavish touch to your home decor
by Femina Wedding Times
Any apartment can be transformed into an opulent retreat with just a few striking details. FWT shows you how to ensure that your home exudes luxury and relaxation
PALETTE PERFECT
“Small things make a big impact in making homes look opulent. The idea these days is to keep the interiors simple and elegant and play with accessories to add character. Opulence comes with a sense of space such as floating furniture, intelligent use of glass and wall mirrors, and openness, which implies effective use of day light; no part of the house should be too busy or cluttered,” says Rashi Bajaj, Principal Designer and Proprietor, Carpet Couture. Some things remain common for any room. For instance, picking the right mood lighting can make a huge difference to your home. Low-wattage bulbs or even tinted pink lights can cast a glow around any room and instantly make the space look not just luxurious, but also romantic. Natural light during the day can be a wonderful highlight for crystal statues, art and embellishments.
“As far as colour is concerned, think rich palettes or jewel tones. In terms of colours, gold, white, black are three hues that reflect and add luxury to any room. White reflects elegance, black is the colour of charm and gold has the appeal of royalty. By simply incorporating these themes in your home, the plush look that you have always been looking for is achieved,” says Meenakshi Taneja, Executive Director, Casa Shamuzzi, India. Use statement pieces that stand out in each room. Bright, colourful cushions can enliven any room. “Statuettes can be in a variety of materials like mosaic, jade and crystal, and can add a touch of glamour to any space,” says Rakhi Mahajan, Joint Brand Director, Ishana—The Conscience One. Another way of adding panache to your home is to paint the doors and window panes in a stark colour like black, as it instantaneously adds appeal. Even flat panel doors exhibit a richer look with black polish. Be careful while adding the sparkle effect in any room and ensure that it is not overdone. Just one to two décor pieces add enough luxury to any room. “A home full of art instantly screams luxury living. If you’re not able to dress your walls with expensive art, you can still find some great bargains to give that luxury feel. Photography is huge right now, so is contemporary art. Rather than heading to the same bog-standard homeware shops, look a little further. Pop across to that hip art gallery down the road. It may set you back a little more, but it instantly creates individuality and puts your home right in the luxury bracket,” says Meenakshi.
Bring home the best of then and now
by Pooja Madhok
Bright looks good with subtle; big looks good with small; plain looks good with exciting; and new looks good with the old! Yes, opposites can work wonders and this holds true for interiors too. This season, go all-out to give your contemporary home a touch of the past
Decorating a home with furniture, styles, colours and patterns of similar family might be fashionable, but it can also be boring at the same time. To bring an element of excitement and add whimsy to home interiors, interior designers and decorators now stress on the need to showcase contrasts within a home. The verdict says, ‘Nothing can be more appealing and dramatic in today’s new-age home than a blast from the past.’
THE GREAT COMEBACK
The mid-20th century saw a dramatic outpouring of creativity in architecture and design. Designs with mystical, yet sweeping lines and surprising elements came to the fore. With the passage of time, these designs, especially in furniture and interiors, became the glorious past and people moved on to welcome straight, sleek and contemporary designs. But as they say, what goes around comes around! The mid-century designs, especially in furniture, is back with a bang and is now enjoying a resurgence as a popular choice for households across the country. The fact that buyers are now willing to pay high prices for authentic mid-century pieces testifies to the genius of what is called our ‘vintage charm’.
A home away from home
‘Leaving on a jet plane’ can be a dispiriting experience for a newly married couple. However, the sinking feeling of leaving your country and culture can be turned into an exciting experience. Adorn your house with all that’s ‘Indian’ for that home-like feel
A happy couple takes their vows, cuts the cake and rides into the glorious sunset. The end? Not entirely. An exciting beginning? Most definitely! Many newlyweds while moving abroad go through a bittersweet emotional conundrum—while going abroad seems like an exciting beginning to their married life, leaving the country and culture behind can be a depressing prospect. However, as many believe, home is where the heart is; if your house can take you back to your culture and traditions, then all corners, distances and geographies merge into one—a place you can truly call home!
‘Indian-ness’, if you can call it that, is something that is embedded in our genes. Be it an Indian immigrant or an Indian globetrotter, living the quintessential Indian life abroad and preferring surroundings that are, so to speak, desi, is a characteristic feature typical to all of us. So, while designing the dream home abroad, many Indians consciously incorporate Indian aesthetic sensibilities. Here’s a look at how you can pack a mini India in your suitcase and decorate your home in a manner which always makes you feel at home!
Home is where heart is
Timeless. That’s what your home becomes if every corner of it reflects love. So if you want your home to come alive, all you need to add is a pinch of emotion and a personalised touch to the décor
Home that’s eternal
Everybody makes an effort to reflect their personalities and love in their home décor. Conclusion: Emotions do form an integral part of home décor. And experts only agree to this. As Ishika Taneja, Executive Director, Alps Beauty Clinic and interior designer, puts it, “Home décor can bring in different emotions like feeling of warmth and comfort in cold, dreary winters, to elegance and excitement during the festive season. Home interiors and décor can go a long way in setting the mood right.” Ishika’s love for travel has been beautifully depicted in the Eiffel Tower wallpaper put at the entrance of her home. While doing up the interiors of her home, interior designer Shibani Chopra made sure she gave the love of her life adequate space.
While her grandmother’s harmonium is given the centre space, right in the middle of the lobby area, her son Zubair’s room is made such that even a young teenage boy would feel at home here. It is a large room with a writing desk, a bean bag and of course, framed soccer posters. The eye-catching element in this room is his first shoes, framed and hung on the wall.
A beach in the bath!
With great mirror work, aqua colour schemes, large windows, super vanity systems and complementary faucets and tiles, aquatic lovers can create their very own Caribbean beach within the confines of their home
What started as a trend for freestanding roll-top baths in hotel bedrooms has now morphed into one for residential projects as well. The new master bedroom/bathroom/lounge suites challenge the conventional notions by incorporating themes like aqua or marine. Once an unheard concept, such themes are now definitely gaining popularity in the Indian market, thanks to the growing need to have some relaxing moments after a hard day’s work.
“A bathroom is a space where one spends time unwinding, under the shower. An open air bath gives the feeling of being connected to nature and can add a decadent and exotic touch to your home,” says, Richa M Vidhani, an interior designer. Parushni Aggarwal, an interior designer, says: “Earlier, bathroom designs and styles used to emphasise only on utility and lighting. But nowadays, we see the inclusion of theme-based bathrooms that are gaining immense popularity the world over.” Aqua and marine-themed bathroom styles are becoming popular as it provides a soothing mood inspired by natural colours and textures of the seashore. “In today’s hectic life, people love to be around nature and it’s a good idea to create such an ambience in your bathroom. The supporting concepts/styles of this theme are also a growing trend. An open bathroom lends a spacious look and adds value to the design aesthetics to create an atmosphere wherein you can spend quality relaxing time,” adds Parushni.
Rajiv Merchant, CEO and co-founder of a home upholstery line, feels that a bathroom should be welcoming yet unusual; different yet startling. “Creating an aqua or marine-themed bathroom can be refreshing. It can be a pleasant break for people who love the outdoors and the sea, but don’t get the time to be out there. With the interiors industry growing, you can actually turn your dreams into reality. The various theme-based residential projects coming up go to show that people now love to explore and live it up,” explains Rajiv.
When home décor transcend borders
Marriage brings together not just two people but also two cultures in many cases; the reflections of which, if weaved into home décor, can transform your house into a culturally-rich home
HOME: A MELTING POT OF CULTURES
In today’s time, home styling has become an intrinsic part of life and one that goes much beyond the visible. The home space is passionately created and re-created to depict and reflect the life and style of the owners. And if a couple comes from different backgrounds, then their home becomes even more exciting, visually-rich and a melting pot of cultures! Subtle yet classy personal touches given by each of the partners not only enhance the interiors, but also convert a home into an exciting world. For example, little knick-knacks placed by both partners immediately depict the fact that although the owners of the house love to explore and experiment, they still respect their roots. “Cultural diversity and affinity, when depicted in home décor, almost instantly tells a lot about the resident’s respect for the country as a whole. If the partners are from two different states, and if their home décor transgresses the boundaries, their home becomes eclectic,” says interior designer Priya Kataria.
Bidding adieu to the bachelor pad
The life of a bachelor is very different from that of a family man. And so is his home. FWT takes a sneak peek into how love can convert his pad into a home for two
A bachelor pad conjures up various images in our minds. Generally, when you think of a bachelor pad, what comes to mind is an unkempt room, single bed, clothes strewn around, unwashed dishes, small wardrobe, huge posters on the walls and all that look chaotic to anybody who steps in this space, except the owner! For the owner, it is his den he loves to inhabit without anybody’s interference. But as they say, change is the only constant; there comes a time in life when a bachelor has to let go off his den. This is the time when the king of the house decides to bring a queen into his life. The big question then is: how does one convert a bachelor pad into a home for two?
Quirky tips for a chic home décor
A splash of colour complementing quirky, out-of-the-box décor pieces is enough to lift your mood at home
Bedroom tales
Where a drastic change is not an option, transcendence of colour and brightness can be introduced with the use of décor pieces, including furniture pieces like a chair, chest of drawers, or by simply using throws, rugs and cushions. “Bring your bedroom to life by adding you in each corner,” says Monica Khanna, interior designer, Delhi Design Store. Small changes in small spaces can have a big impact. “Posters, for instance, are a great way to display something that you are passionate about. A poster is a piece of history in digitally saturated times where ‘handwork’ does not find many takers,” says interior designer Arti Singh.
When home décor needs detailing
Textures that stand out, colours that are magical, fabrics that lure and themes that are straight out of a dream— au courant interiors focus on these details
Comfy furnishing
A cosy bed looks incomplete without soft snug linen and accessories. Talk about the furnishing trends of the season and you will see various interpretations of Indian culture through design. “Indians are culturally driven; hence, Indian-inspired décor products always find a place in our homes. The designs and patterns are inspired from various parts of the country, which will be seen in the fabrics,” says Amrit Borkakoty, Proprietor, Serenity Blissful Living, adding that simple looking walls can be made attractive and colourful with fabric wall art panels.
Nirav Meswani, Director, Surprise Home Linen, opines, “Motifs from Japan, India and even Africa will be seen along with traditional English colours as well as patterns like drummonds and chevrons. Accent colours, especially neons will gain importance and so will metallic tints. Textures and neutrals will continue to be in trend.”
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Games I beat in 2015: #1 - Kirby's Adventure
First you draw a circle. Then you dot the eyes. Add a great big smile. And presto, it's Kirby. My first memory of this pink ball was on a car trip to my grandparents. It was some holiday, and Kirby's Dream Land was a gift my brothers and I had received. Okay, so it was a white ball at the time. The next time I played Kirby's Dream Land I was in a car on the roof of a department building waiting for my wife and mother-in-law to do some shopping. This time, Kirby is associated with the Wii U's gamepad as I played Kirby's Adventure and my son complained about how often I would die at the same point.
Did you know Kirby can slide-kick? Down-A does it. Would have been helpful to learn way before this late-game stage! But who reads manuals?
So how much of this controls kerfuffle is my fault and how much of it is the controls is a good question. Or, how much of it is me not adapting to the controls is perhaps the best question. Kirby does not like to turn quickly in this game. When a boss heads towards Kirby as he runs away, stopping, turning and sucking up the star necessary to defeat the boss is a sequence that demands a fair amount of timing that the controls and I could not agree on in what one would call a healthy relationship.
But I did it. Eventually. The final boss was a bit of a surprise as the game quickly turned into a side-scrolling shooter and then a fast paced battle. But it fun. Real fun. A lot of the bosses felt fairly slow if I didn't have a good weapon for the boss or lost it mid-fight. It was interesting that the credits scroll showed Kirby fighting the various bosses and using a variety of weapons that finished them off quickly. Tips and tricks for your next play-through seem a bit odd even if appreciable.
I was surprised how brown this game is. All the menus and a lot of the backgrounds are these shades of brown and orange brown, but they do look surprisingly nice. In fact, while playing these neutral colors blend in so well that the whole game feels much more colorful than it is. The color was so profound though that when they called back to Kirby's Dreamland in a black and white stage, it was not only a shocker of the difference between the Game Boy and the Famicom but also a real easy way to but a huge dorky smile on my face.
Kirby's Adventure felt a little slow. Kirby can fly anywhere - an interesting game mechanic balanced by the movement speed being noticeably different from walking on the ground. That didn't stop some levels from being a cake-walk by having some patience and just floating through them. It did prevent me from accessing some secrets and keep me from developing enemy-handling skills to make me better prepared to take on the bosses. But patience prevailed and Kirby was victorious.
Published on January 02, 2015 by Eric Koziol.
Tags: Games Completed in 2015, Kirby's Adventure.
Categories: Game Thoughts.
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Colonial City of Santo Domingo
Advisory Bodies Evaluations
1990 Advisory Body Evaluation (ICOMOS)
2013 Colonial City of Santo Domingo - map of the World Heritage property
2018 42COM 7B.37 - Colonial City of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (C 526)
2016 40COM 7B.4 - Colonial City of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (C 526)
2014 38COM 8E - Adoption of Retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value
2013 37COM 8D - Clarifications of property boundaries and areas by States Parties in response to the Retrospective Inventory
2011 35COM 7B.123 - Colonial City of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (C 526)
2007 31COM 7B.125 - Colonial City of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
2006 30COM 7B.94 - State of Conservation (Colonial City of Santo Domingo)
2005 29COM 7B.93 - Colonial City of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
2004 28COM 15B.113 -
2002 26BUR XII.116-117 - Colonial City of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
2002 26COM 21B.43 - Colonial City of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
2000 24COM XIV.2 - Requests for International Assistance: Technical Co-operation
1999 23BUR IVB.54 - Colonial City of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
1998 State of Conservation Report: 1998
1998 22COM VII.31/40 - SOC: Colonial City of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
1993 17COM X - SOC: Colonial City of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
1990 Report of the 14th Session of the Committee
1990 14COM VIIA - Inscription: Colonial City of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
2014 Report on the ICOMOS Advisory Mission to Colonial City of Santo Domingo (C526), 20 - 25 January 2014
2009 WHC Mission Report, Colonial City of Santo Domingo, February 2009
2002 WHC Mission Report, Colonial City of Santo Domingo
1998 Expert Mission Report, Colonial City of Santo Domingo, August 1998
1993 Monitoring Mission Report, Colonial City of Santo Domingo
State of Conservation Reports by States Parties
2017 State of conservation report by the State Party / Rapport de l'Etat partie sur l'état de conservation
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2018 State of conservation reports2018
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2004 IndyCar Series
2004 IndyCar season
Drivers' champion
Kosuke Matsuura
Indianapolis 500 winner
Buddy Rice
Tony Kanaan (left) won his first Drivers' Championship while Dan Wheldon (right) finished second in the championship.
The 2004 IRL IndyCar Series was dominated by two teams, Andretti Green Racing and Rahal Letterman Racing. While there was great parity in 2003 between Honda and Toyota powered teams, in 2004 Honda began to outshine Toyota bringing their teams Penske Racing and Chip Ganassi Racing down with it, leaving Scott Dixon winless and in 10th place in his attempt to defend his 2003 championship.
Season champion Tony Kanaan set a record by completing all 3,305 possible laps, the first IndyCar driver in modern history to do so.
This season was the last to feature an all-oval tracks schedule, which was part of the concept that led to the creation of the Indy Racing League. By 2005, road and street courses started to appear in the schedule, and by 2015, there are more races run in road/street courses than in oval tracks.
1 Changes for 2004
2 Team and driver chart
4 Race summaries
4.1 Toyota Indy 300
4.2 Copper World Indy 200
4.3 Indy Japan 300
4.4 88th Indianapolis 500
4.5 Bombardier 500
4.6 SunTrust Indy Challenge
4.7 Argent Mortgage 300
4.8 Firestone Indy 200
4.9 Menards A.J. Foyt 225
4.10 Michigan Indy 400
4.11 Belterra Casino Indy 300
4.12 Honda Indy 225
4.13 Firestone Indy 225
4.14 Delphi Indy 300
4.15 Toyota Indy 400
4.16 Chevy 500
5.1 Race results
5.2 Final driver standings
Changes for 2004
The engine displacement for all IndyCar Series cars were reduced from 3.5 L (214 cu in) to 3.0 L (183 cu in) started from 2004 Indianapolis 500 in an effort to reduce speeds and ensure safer and exciting racing. The 3.5 L (214 cu in) engine displacement were used at the first three races of the season but a 3-inch by 12-inch slot will be cut into the airbox and engine cover, behind the driver's head. The slot will decrease positive airflow to the engine, reducing horsepower as well as reducing overall speeds.[1]
Team and driver chart
Target Chip Ganassi Racing G-Force Toyota 1 Scott Dixon All
10 Darren Manning 1-15
Panther Racing Dallara Chevrolet 2 Mark Taylor 1-6
Townsend Bell 7-16
4 Tomas Scheckter All
Marlboro Team Penske Dallara Toyota 3 Hélio Castroneves All
6 Sam Hornish, Jr. All
Aguri-Fernández Racing G-Force Honda 5 Adrián Fernández 2-16
55 Kosuke Matsuura All
Andretti Green Racing Dallara Honda 7 Bryan Herta All
11 Tony Kanaan All
26 Dan Wheldon All
27 Dario Franchitti All
Kelley Racing Dallara Toyota 8 Scott Sharp All
Mo Nunn Racing Dallara Toyota 12 Toranosuke Takagi All
Access Motorsports G-Force Honda 13 Greg Ray 1-7
Mark Taylor 8-16
A. J. Foyt Enterprises Dallara Toyota 14 A. J. Foyt IV All
Rahal Letterman Racing G-Force Honda 15 Buddy Rice All
17 Vitor Meira 3-16
Patrick Racing Dallara Chevrolet 20 Al Unser, Jr. 4-6
Jeff Simmons 7
Jaques Lazier 8-14
Tomáš Enge 15-16
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dallara Chevrolet 24 Robby Buhl 1-3
Felipe Giaffone 4-16
Cheever Racing Dallara Chevrolet 51 Alex Barron All
52 Ed Carpenter All
Part Time and Indy 500 Entries
Rahal Letterman Racing G-Force Honda 16 Roger Yasukawa 3-4
PDM Racing Dallara Chevrolet 18 Robby McGehee 4
Mo Nunn Racing Dallara Toyota 21 Jeff Simmons 4
Roth Racing Dallara Toyota 25 Marty Roth 4
Sam Schmidt Motorsports G-Force Toyota 33 Richie Hearn 4
Newman/Haas Racing G-Force Honda 36 Bruno Junqueira 4
Kelley Racing Dallara Toyota 39 Sarah Fisher 4
A. J. Foyt Enterprises G-Force Toyota 41 Larry Foyt 4
Robby Gordon Motorsports Dallara Chevrolet 70 Robby Gordon 4
Hemelgarn Racing Dallara Chevrolet 91 Buddy Lazier 4
CURB/Agajanian/Beck Motorsports Dallara Chevrolet 98 P. J. Jones 4
February 29 Toyota Indy 300 Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida
March 21 Copper World Indy 200 Phoenix International Raceway Phoenix, Arizona
April 17 Indy Japan 300 Twin Ring Motegi Motegi, Japan
May 30 88th Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana
June 12 Bombardier 500 Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas
June 26 SunTrust Indy Challenge Richmond International Raceway Richmond, Virginia
July 4 Argent Mortgage 300 Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas
July 17 Firestone Indy 200 Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee
July 25 Menards A.J. Foyt 225 The Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin
August 1 Michigan Indy 400 Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan
August 15 Belterra Casino Indy 300 Kentucky Speedway Sparta, Kentucky
August 22 Honda Indy 225 Pikes Peak International Raceway Fountain, Colorado
August 29 Firestone Indy 225 Nazareth Speedway Nazareth, Pennsylvania
September 12 Delphi Indy 300 Chicagoland Speedway Joliet, Illinois
October 3 Toyota Indy 400 California Speedway Fontana, California
October 17 Chevy 500 Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas
Race summaries
Toyota Indy 300
This race was held and Homestead-Miami Speedway on February 29. Buddy Rice won the pole.
Top ten results
6- Sam Hornish, Jr.
3- Hélio Castroneves
26- Dan Wheldon
12- Toranosuke Takagi
4- Tomas Scheckter
10- Darren Manning
15- Buddy Rice
11- Tony Kanaan
8- Scott Sharp
24- Robbie Buhl
Copper World Indy 200
This race was held and Phoenix International Raceway on March 21. Dan Wheldon won the pole.
1- Scott Dixon
51- Alex Barron
7- Bryan Herta
13- Greg Ray
Indy Japan 300
This race was held and Twin Ring Motegi on April 17. This was Honda's first win in the annual oval race held at their own track. Dan Wheldon won the pole.
27- Dario Franchitti
55- Kosuke Matsuura
88th Indianapolis 500
The 88th Indianapolis 500-mile (800 km) race was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 30. Buddy Rice sat on pole. The race was shortened to 180 laps (450 miles) due to rain.
36- Bruno Junqueira
17- Vitor Meira
5- Adrián Fernández
16- Roger Yasukawa
Bombardier 500
This race was held and Texas Motor Speedway on June 12. Dario Franchitti won the pole.
24- Felipe Giaffone
SunTrust Indy Challenge
This race was held and Richmond International Raceway on June 26. Hélio Castroneves won the pole.
Argent Mortgage 300
This race was held and Kansas Speedway on July 4. Buddy Rice won the pole.
Firestone Indy 200
This race was held and Nashville Superspeedway on July 17. Buddy Rice won the pole.
2- Townsend Bell
13- Mark Taylor
Menards A.J. Foyt 225
This race was held and the Milwaukee Mile on July 25. Vitor Meira won the pole.
Michigan Indy 400
This race was held and Michigan International Speedway on August 1. Tony Kanaan won the pole.
Belterra Casino Indy 300
This race was held and Kentucky Speedway on August 15. Buddy Rice won the pole.
52- Ed Carpenter
This race was held and Pikes Peak International Raceway on August 22. Tony Kanaan won the pole.
6- Dan Wheldon
20- Jaques Lazier
This race was held and Nazareth Speedway on August 29. Hélio Castroneves won the pole. The race was heralded as the series' 100th event.
Delphi Indy 300
This race was held and Chicagoland Speedway on September 12. Hélio Castroneves won the pole.
5- Adrián Fernández 200 laps in 2:09:31.3301
7- Bryan Herta +0.0716
11- Tony Kanaan +0.1239
26- Dan Wheldon +0.2464
17- Vitor Meira +0.4873
6- Sam Hornish, Jr. +0.5402
1- Scott Dixon +0.6109
24- Felipe Giaffone +1.1137
8- Scott Sharp +1.1878
3- Hélio Castroneves +1.2595
This race was held and California Speedway on October 3. Hélio Castroneves won the pole.
This race was held and Texas Motor Speedway on October 17. Hélio Castroneves won the pole.
14- A. J. Foyt IV
Most Laps Led
Homestead-Miami Buddy Rice Sam Hornish, Jr. Hélio Castroneves Sam Hornish, Jr.
Phoenix Dan Wheldon Darren Manning Tony Kanaan Tony Kanaan
Twin Ring Motegi Dan Wheldon Dan Wheldon Dan Wheldon Dan Wheldon
Indianapolis Buddy Rice Vitor Meira Buddy Rice Buddy Rice
Texas 1 Dario Franchitti Vitor Meira Tony Kanaan Tony Kanaan
Richmond Hélio Castroneves Sam Hornish, Jr. Dario Franchitti Dan Wheldon
Kansas Buddy Rice Tomas Scheckter Buddy Rice Buddy Rice
Nashville Buddy Rice Vitor Meira Vitor Meira Tony Kanaan
Milwaukee Vitor Meira Dario Franchitti Dario Franchitti Dario Franchitti
Michigan Tony Kanaan Darren Manning Tony Kanaan Buddy Rice
Kentucky Buddy Rice Vitor Meira Tony Kanaan Adrián Fernández
Pikes Peak Tony Kanaan Dan Wheldon Dario Franchitti Dario Franchitti
Nazareth Hélio Castroneves Sam Hornish, Jr. Hélio Castroneves Dan Wheldon
Chicagoland Hélio Castroneves Vitor Meira Adrián Fernández Adrián Fernández
Fontana Hélio Castroneves Vitor Meira Hélio Castroneves Adrián Fernández
Texas 2 Hélio Castroneves Bryan Herta Hélio Castroneves Hélio Castroneves
BOLD indicates a Superspeedways. Note: All races ran on Ovals/Speedways.
Final driver standings
Further information: List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems
Tony Kanaan 8 1* 2 2 1* 5 3 1 4 2* 5* 5 2 3 2 2
Dan Wheldon 3 3 1* 3 13 1 9 13 18 3 3 3 1 4 3 3
Buddy Rice 7 9 6 1* 15 6 1* 6 2 1 2 22 4 14 5 20
Hélio Castroneves 2* 6 3 9 12 3 7 3 12 10 12 6 5* 10 7* 1*1
Adrián Fernández 20 18 7 5 7 6 10 8 12 1 2 7 1* 1 5
Dario Franchitti 17 17 7 14 2 12* 4 20 1* 22 6 1* 3 20 6 15
Sam Hornish, Jr. 1 15 19 26 4 13 8 2 3 4 14 18 11 6 4 17
Vitor Meira 17 6 6 2 2 12* 5 5 7 7 10 5 21 4
Bryan Herta 13 7 14 4 19 4 5 18 9 6 9 9 8 2 17 16
Scott Dixon 18 2 5 8 14 8 12 8 DNS 7 13 20 9 7 8 6
Darren Manning 6 5 4 25 8 20 11 4 19 13 10 4 6 15 DNS
Alex Barron 16 4 12 12 3 22 10 17 7 11 11 10 12 12 18 14
Scott Sharp 9 13 9 13 18 9 20 14 15 9 17 15 19 9 11 8
Kosuke Matsuura RY 11 11 8 11 16 14 18 9 10 17 4 13 21 21 13 19
Toranosuke Takagi 4 8 10 19 10 19 21 11 20 20 20 19 17 13 14 12
Ed Carpenter R 12 19 22 31 21 16 14 22 11 14 8 11 20 11 12 21
Mark Taylor R 19 12 16 30 17 18 7 14 21 19 14 22 17 10 7
A. J. Foyt IV 15 14 15 33 22 11 13 16 16 15 18 21 15 16 19 10
Tomas Scheckter 5 16 13 18 20 17 15 19 21 19 22 17 13 19 15 18
Felipe Giaffone 15 9 10 16 15 13 16 16 16 16 8 20 11
Townsend Bell 17 5 6 8 21 12 18 22 9 9
Jaques Lazier DNQ 21 17 18 15 8 14 18
Greg Ray 14 10 20 27 7 15 Wth
Robby Buhl 10 18 21
Al Unser, Jr. 17 11 21
Roger Yasukawa 11 10
Tomáš Enge R 16 13
Bruno Junqueira 5
Jeff Simmons R 16 19
Richie Hearn 20
Sarah Fisher 21
Robby McGehee 22
Buddy Lazier 23
Marty Roth R 24
P. J. Jones 28
Robby Gordon 292
Larry Foyt R 32
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th & 5th place
Light Blue 6th-10th place
Dark Blue Finished
(Outside Top 10)
Purple Did not finish
(Ret)
Red Did not qualify
(DNQ)
Brown Withdrawn
(Wth)
Black Disqualified
(DSQ)
White Did not start
(DNS)
Blank Did not
(DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
Italics Ran fastest race lap
* Led most race laps
(3 points)
DNS Any driver who qualifies
but does not start (DNS),
earns all the points
had they taken part.
RY Rookie of the Year
R Rookie
Ties in points broken by number of wins, followed by number of 2nds, 3rds, etc., and then by number of pole positions, followed by number of times qualified 2nd, etc.
1 Hélio Castroneves had 15 points deduction at Texas Motor Speedway due to a premature start after the final caution.
2 After a red flag for rain at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Jaques Lazier replaced Robby Gordon, but all points were awarded to Robby Gordon.
^ "IRL: IndyCar engines reduced to 3.0 Liters for 2004". Motorsport.com. December 17, 2003. Retrieved December 17, 2003.
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2004 Indianapolis 500
2004 Infiniti Pro Series season
2004 Champ Car season
2004 Toyota Atlantic Championship season
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Carrollite
Carrollite from Kambove, Katanga. This specimen is 4.3 cm wide, with a 1.2 cm carrollite crystal partly covered by pyrite, between calcite crystals.
Sulfide mineral
Thiospinel group (Spinel structural group)
(repeating unit)
CuCo2S4
Strunz classification
Dana classification
Crystal system
Crystal class
Hexoctahedral (m3m)
H-M symbol: (4/m 3 2/m)
Fd3m
Light to dark gray, rarely tarnishes to copper red or violet gray
Octahedral and cubic crystals, also massive, granular or compact
{111} Polysynthetic or spinel twins[1]
Imperfect on {001}
Conchoidal, subconchoidal or uneven
Very brittle
Mohs scale hardness
Diaphaneity
Opaque. R is 43% to 45% for lambda = 560 nm[2]
4.5 to 4.8 measured, 4.83 calculated
n is not determined for an opaque mineral
Minerals of the linneite group are partly etched by nitric acid, with slight effervescence.[1]
Not radioactive, not fluorescent
Carrollite, CuCo2S4, is a sulfide of copper and cobalt, often with substantial substitution of nickel for the metal ions, and a member of the linnaeite group. It is named after the type locality in Carroll County, Maryland, US, at the Patapsco mine, Sykesville.[5]
1 Unit cell
2 Linnaeite group
3 Solid solutions
Unit cell
Space group: Fd3m. Unit cell parameters = a = 9.48 Å, Z = 8. Unit cell volume: V = 851.97 Å3 (calculated from unit cell parameters).[7]
Linnaeite group
Carrollite from Katanga, specimen 11 × 6 cm
The linnaeite group is a group of sulfides and selenides with the general formula AB2X4 in which X is sulfur or selenium, A is divalent Fe, Ni, Co or Cu and B is trivalent Co, Ni or, for daubréelite, Cr. The minerals are isometric, space group Fd3m and isostructural with each other and with minerals of the spinel group.
The structure of the linnaeite group consists of a cubic close packed array of X (X is oxygen in the spinels and sulfur or selenium in the linnaeite group). Within the array of Xs there are two types of interstices, one type tetrahedrally co-ordinated and one type octahedrally co-ordinated. One eighth of the tetrahedal sites A are typically occupied by 2+ cations, and half of the octahedral sites B by 3+ cations.[8] Charnock et al. confirmed that carrollite contains Cu wholly within the tetrahedral sites.[9] Thus, the ideal formula one would expect for a spinel like carrollite is Cu2+Co3+2S2−4, but as in the case of copper sulfides in general the oxidation state of the copper atom is 1+, not 2+. An assignment of valences as Cu+Co3+2S1.75−4 is more appropriate; this was confirmed in a study of 2009.[10] The one missing electron per four sulfur atoms is delocalized, leading to metallic conductivity and even superconductivity at very low temperatures, combined with a complicated magnetic behavior.[11]
A solid solution results when one cation can substitute for another across an appreciable composition range. In carrollite Co2+ can substitute for Cu+ at the A sites, and when the substitution is complete the mineral formed is called linnaeite, Co2+Co3+2S4. This means that there is a solid solution series between carrollite and linnaeite. Also, Ni substitutes for both Co and Cu in the carrollite structure,[12] giving a solid solution from carrollite to cuprian siegenite. Siegenite, Co2+Ni3+2S4, is itself a member of the solid solution series between linnaeite and polydymite, Ni2+Ni3+2S4. (Wagner and Cook found no evidence for solid solution between carrollite and fletcherite, CuNi2S4).
Carrollite occurs in hydrothermal vein deposits[13] associated with tetrahedrite, chalcopyrite, bornite, digenite, djurleite, chalcocite, pyrrhotite, pyrite, sphalerite, millerite, gersdorffite, ullmannite, cobaltoan calcite, and with linnaeite group members linnaeite, siegenite and polydymite.
Phase relations in the Cu-Co-S system have been investigated.[14] At temperatures around 900 °C a chalcocite-digenite solid solution coexists with cobalt sulfides. With decreasing temperature, at 880 °C a carrollite-linnaeite solid solution develops, becoming more copper-rich on cooling, with the carrollite composition at about 500 °C. Below 507 °C covellite is stable and coexists with copper-bearing cattierite. Low chalcocite appears at 103 °C, djurleite appears at 93 °C, and digenite disappears and anilite appears around 70 °C. There is some evidence for supergene replacement of an intermediate member of the linnaeite-carrollite series by djurleite.[14]
Carrollite and native copper on calcite
Carrollite is found worldwide; reported in Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, the Czech Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo,[15] France, Germany, Japan, Morocco, Namibia, North Korea, Norway, Oman, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, US and Zambia.[5]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carrollite.
^ a b Ramdohr, R (1980) The Ore Minerals and their Intergrowths. Pergamom.
^ Criddle, A J and Stanley, C J (1993) Quantitative data file for ore minerals. Chapman & Hall page 74
^ Mineralienatlas
^ http://www.webmineral.com/data/Carrollite.shtml
^ a b c http://www.mindat.org/min-911.html Mindat.org
^ http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/carrollite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy
^ Gaines et al (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy Eighth Edition. Wiley
^ Klein and Hurlbut (1993) Manual of Mineralogy, 21st edition
^ Charnock, Garner, Pattrick and Vaughan (1990) American Mineralogist 75: 247-255
^ Electronic environments in carrollite, CuCo2S4, determined by soft X-ray photoelectron and absorption spectroscopy.
Buckley AN, Skinner WM, Harmer SL, Pring A, Fan LJ
GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA Volume: 73 Issue: 15 Pages: 4452–4467
^ Magnetism and Superconductivity in Copper Spinels
Kazuo Miyatani, Toshiro Tanaka, Shigenobu Sakita1, Masayasu Ishikawa and Naoki Snirakawa, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 32 (1993) Supplement 32-3 pp. 448–450
^ Wagner and Cook (1999) Canadian Mineralogist 37:545 - 558
^ Clark, Alan H (1974) American Mineralogist 59: 302-306
^ a b Craig, J R, Vaughan, D J and Higgins, J B (1979) Economic Geology 74:657-671
^ Currier, R H (2002) Mineralogical Record 33: 473-487
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Novoludo is now free
August 6, 2014 Alex Greenwood Leave a comment
Hi readers, Novoludo, my first commercial game is now completely free. No in-app purchases and no adverts, nothing. It’s a great little game, and I hope you will enjoy it!
It was my first game that I took super seriously, during the making, and my friends and family really enjoy playing it. In total, I sold about 350 copies of the game, which I thought was really cool.
iTunes link
Google Play link
One of my most happy memories with this game was to see my friends get better scores than me as the developer. When making games, you end up spending a lot of time playing it to get the balancing right.
Suffise to say, I had a lot of practice. So when one of my friends beat the million score barrier before me I was so happy! Because at this point I had burnout from my own game.
After a few months, I played my game a bit more again. If you would like to beat the developer this time, you’ll be pretty hard pressed 🙂 I had a perfect game of “I’m never gonna be able to do that again” Don’t ask me how to get this score: 1’891’300 !!!
Over the months I averaged at about 200.000 – 500.000 and rarely I get more than 1 million.
I had some experience playing bejewelled blitz, but (for those bejewelled players out there only VERY RARELY managed to be “on fire” So I’m sure that a truly great match3 gamer can still rock this game.
It does require a different kind of thinking to generate the worms, and it’s not all about speed. The strategy of the game ended up being pretty deep. Fundamentally, you have to always keep the combo going. Your multiplier just keeps on getting bigger so if you can use the worm and the slow mo super move in a perfectly timed manner then you get the best possible scores. I wrote a blog about reaching the million here.
To be honest , I wrote that strategy guide well before even getting more than 1 million myself. I know that Luxembourg is a small country, but being at the top of the charts, even briefly felt like a true accomplishment to me.
In reality, I only had 18 downloads that day (LOL) but I didn’t know that at the time. Hahaha, still makes me laugh that. So, I really hope you enjoy the game and let me know what you think of it. If there are any improvements let me know.
You can like my Facebook page if you want to keep up to date. If you’ve missed it, I just released my new game, that is a freemium game. So you can play it for free up to a certain point and then pay for the full version as a one-off payment. It’s a really cool game. Here’ is the blog entry about the making of.
Stay tuned for some more game development adventures,
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The making of Cosmoludo
July 30, 2014 Alex Greenwood Leave a comment
Cosmoludo
Cosmoludo is my latest creation, and it has just been released on iPhone, iPad, android phones and android tablets (google play).
It’s a free download, and then if you like it, you buy the full version as an in-app purchase allowing you to continue to play seamlessly. I’m old school, so I call that shareware.
Apple Store Link
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Here is the trailer on youtube It opens in a new window
Connect the gems of the same colour to make them disappear
You gain magical energy to unleash powerful spells.
Each playthrough is completely unique, all of the missions are randomly generated.
The game features a unique artistic style
Devise your own strategy and playstyle
Unique soundtrack to accompany the game’s theme with more than half an hour of original music
Smooth gameplay that will get you coming back for more
3 additional game modes to unlock in the full game
Share your highscores, or brag about beating the harder game modes on twitter and on facebook
No ads, no annoyances, just pure gameplay.
First of all, let me put a picture here so you can get an idea what the game looks like:
In essence, it’s your typical connect the dots puzzle game, where you need to use your finger to connect a minimum of 3 gems of the same colour. I thought I’d deviate a lot from the basic principle once the game gets going. First of all, unlike other games of the same genre, I try taking the random element out of the gameplay where you are very much forced stuck when the right colours don’t fall in from the top.
Super gems
If you combine 6 gems the last gem turns into a fire gem. Fire gems explode the tokens horizontally and vertically adjacent to the gem.
If the player gets to combine 11 gems of the same colour, it turns into a lightning gem.
Once you combine these gems, it explodes into a massive vertical and horizontal blast of lightning:
The player gradually unlock new magical abilities:
During the game, a player can have up to 3 magical abilities active to him at one time. They are at the bottom of the screen.
We have an energy bar showing us the total energy at the top
In the top pic, the first two spells aren’t ready yet, and the third one is ready to be used. The spell book icon allows us to change our spells.
In total, there are 4 magical trees each with 3 abilities to use. Certain spells are only unlocked once the player has mastered more than one tree, giving him much more powerful spells.
Once you exceed 3 spells, you unlock the spell book, which allows you to drag and drop spells from your spell book to your active magic bar at the bottom.
Spellbook:
Cosmoludo Spellbook
Spell mechanics
A spell needs energy. You get energy when you remove gems. Once your spell is charged, you can use it, and you pay with the energy that you have accumulated. (Depicted in the game as an energy bar below the game board)
Some spells you use by tapping the spell, and then tapping the board. Other spells affect your next connecting move that you do on the board. Those spells are referred to as boosts. For instance, you can use the energy boost to gain twice the normal amount of energy on your next move.
Once you use a spell, it goes on cool down, and it takes 2 full moves before it becomes available again, even if you meet its energy requirements. This means that you can’t constantly spam the same spell. You can also not have the same spell in your spell bar twice.
What do you need to do to get more spells? Collect stars!
Just like in other games, you can have 1, 2 or 3 stars when you beat the mission depending on how high your score was.
At 15 stars you gain your first magic. After which, each consecutive count of 15 stars will get you another level. So at 30, 45, 60 etc.
Between missions, you can change your spells freely.
You can also change your spells in the game. however spells have a cool down mechanic if you use them, and if you change any spell during the game, all of your spells have a 2 move cool down. This gives you a mix of flexibility and restriction so that you have to carefully consider when you swap out a spell, or if you can beat the mission with your current magic.
Each level up I only give the player a choice from 2 out of the 4 skill trees (fire, lightning, colour and energy) so there’s a random progression element to each game, so that the player has to choose which spell will serve him the best.
Eventually, you will unlock all of the magic, but especially in challenger mode, it takes a lot of practice to figure out what the good spell combinations are.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of each spell?
Fire blows stuff up, but it gets stopped by obstacles on the board. So it is not very useful on a very compact board.
Lightning blows up a whole row or column depending on the lightning direction. It does not get interrupted by obstacles. Good for removing a whole row of barriers for instance.
Colour is interesting, because it changes the colour of neighbouring gems. The lightning colour zap, removes all the gems from a specific colour of the board.
Boost affects your next move, so you have to use it when you have prepared a really nice combination.
mission selection screen:
Get a certain score (Gray triangle in the screenshot)
Remove all the goo on the board (green rectangle)
Remove all the barriers of the board (Gray circle)
Get the stars to the bottom of the screen (Star icon)
Get a certain score in 60 seconds (Only in challenger mode, arcade mode and mania mode, Golden coin)
Casual mode has 20 missions for free before you need to buy the in-app purchase. Once you’ve bought it, Casual modes goes all the way to mission 300. Once you buy the game, you also unlock challenger mode, a separate game mode that has a unique mission style.
In challenger mode you mustn’t lose all of your lives.
If you lose 5 lives then you are game over.
Every 10th mission, if you beat the chapter, then you get your 5 lives back, so it’s a case of surviving till the end of the chapter.
Challenger mode only has 100 missions, but every 10th mission you have to play against the clock. You really need to give it your all to beat these. Once you get far enough in challenger mode, you will eventually unlock arcade mode.
Arcade mode is special again.
First of all, you don’t save your progress. You have one life, and you have to see how far you get.
Also you don’t choose your missions, you just have to play the missions in the order that the game presents them to you.
Also, the board is 7×7
This means it should provide a more fast-paced game. You only have one life so you have to see how long you will get. I also created a long track to accompany this mode, because I think it would be annoying to have to listen to the same music over and over.
I added a special game mechanic in arcade mode where we have these cells that spread over the board, which you need to contain. Since they don’t give you any score when you remove them, you have to make a decision when you deal with it before it takes over the entire board. They act just like other colour gems, so you use your basic moves to combine then and remove them.
These cells spread over the board and don’t remove objectives like barriers and goo.
The final unlock able game mode is called mania mode, and it IS CRAZY. You have 30 seconds per mission, and you just play against the clock to reach a certain score. it’s 50 missions of heart-pounding edgyness, with an absolutely crazy song to accompany it. It’s designed for people who do not shy away from a bit of stress in a game.
I made a custom high score table and achievement screen because it’s a cross-platform game. The obvious choice on iOS would have been to integrate it with game centre but I didn’t want a system that only works on once system. It does mean though that the scores are wiped-out when you reinstall the game.
Social intergration
I went non-intrusive on my social integration. I never like being bothered with sharing my progress each time I play the game. So I only allow people to share their progress at certain points, and they can only share once. The button explodes when you tap it (hehe)
I have integrated it with a sharing screen which only appears when you tap share after completing 10 missions or after beating the game, or losing.
What engine did I use?
I wrote the whole game in Lua, and I used Corona SDK. Using a scripting language has its advantages and disadvantages. The speed at which you can test your changes are amazing. You just have to be extremely careful with naming variables, because you can lose hours before realising that you wrote healthbar and it should be healthBar because scripting languages don’t need to define any variables upfront. So it only breaks the game when you are actually running that piece of code.
I spent lots of time working on the music because I want to raise the bar, that games should not just have 20 second loops that drive you crazy. I’m still a long way from being a professional composer, but I wanted my own style of music in there. Upbeat, electronic, funky. I hope you guys enjoy it.
The program I used for the music making is called Nanostudio that is made by Blip Interactive. http://www.blipinteractive.co.uk I think it’s just simple, elegant, and has a FANTASTIC sound to it.
The sound effects are either created from scratch or I used them from the wonderful www.freesfx.co.uk which I just needed to credit in my game. Also, I used http://www.bfxr.net again, because it’s just such a neat tool for making retro-style sound effects. I do add some reverb to the sounds coming from bfxr to make them sound a bit more high-fidelity. But all in all, awesome stuff!
How did I come to these design decisions?
My first decision was, to make another grid-based game because I just made one, and I didn’t want to start from scratch. My first game, Novoludo, is a unique match3 game where you have to swap the gems, and I really liked the way it turned out, because it has 2 really unique game play mechanics. So this time I thought I’d take on the connect the dots game style, and add my own personal touch to it.
I took a hard look at what I didn’t like about these games and what I liked. Especially when it came to figuring out how much I could do alone that was not going to completely overwhelm me. Turns out that adding the random missions was the hardest decision to make, because on the one hand, having to craft each mission by hand seems like a daunting task but it is a finite task. It means that it has a start a middle and an end. Once you’re done, you’re done. Having a random mission generator means that I needed to go through and come up with an idea of how to balance the missions that are generated at a given point in the game. Also, I needed to make sure that I could easily tune it, to avoid the game getting boring. For instance, what if I just make the board gradually harder ?
In concrete terms, it means, what happens if I keep on poking holes in my board? Eventually, the board will be so difficult that it gets frustrating, since there is a very limited number of moves the player can do. So, I needed a way to make the board generate more or less holes over a period of a few missions. The same thing goes for adding more or less barrier that the player needs to destroy to beat the mission. This suddenly become a massive task and just having the means of being able to tune the game was in itself a project. I have worked with my dad on many of my crazy creations before, and this time we sat together and figured out what I needed for the game, and how he could help. Suffise to say, he did an amazing job, and it meant that I saved about 1 and a half months of work.
Also the board had to LOOK good. I had my dad to thank for the code but it took a while to get there. We spent a whole month going over and over what would really make it look cool. By the end, my dad gave me a system where I can mutate the game board in bands. For instance, I can say, from mission 1 to 20 I can make the board generate more holes, and then from 21 to 50 I want it to get easier again (i.e. generate less holes). This means that from mission 21 I can really start adding more objectives in again etc.
Also, the bane of impossible boards. Having to figure out how to generate a board where the game breaks is not so easy. I have found a few impossible layouts that happened with very specific sets of conditions and that is never fun. It’s just a challenge trying to make it as flexible as possible, so that the game board has the highest number of variations. And I am immensely thankful that I did not have to worry about that aspect of the game, because it’s a killer feature, that really makes the game unique and cool and my dad did an amazing job with the code.
By the end of the balancing I have a huge file with tons of instructions that would take care of giving a really interesting and flexible progression in the different game modes. This required a great deal of play testing and tweaking before I considered it sufficient, and it took up about 1 month of time. The lesson I learnt is that randomness is not randomness. A game requires a level of controlled randomness, where the game developer still needs to be in control of the overall feel. It should never generate a board that is too hard, and it should never generate a board that is too easy. That is much easier said than done, and it was a bit of a monumental task.
Most of the fun in the game comes from that satisfaction of triggering an ability at just the right time. This is what makes me happy, when I see my friends get real sense of accomplishment when they do something clever. Also, a game developer is always happy when different people enjoy different magics. I didn’t want to make a game where there is only correct choice.
How did I beta test it?
Google play has a great mechanism to upload alpha an beta builds. You just need to convince your friends to join google + and to be part of your community. Then you can send them an invite, and they can opt-in to become testers.
For iOS, I used Test flight
What you need to do is create an ad-hoc provisioning profile under the iOS dev centre, that you use when building your app. Then you use test flight to send invitations to people’s e-mails that they should open on their phones and tablets. Test flight automatically then sends you their UUID, which you need to add back into the provisioning profile under the iOS dev centre. Then you update the profile on test flight for your app with the new one you generated in the iOS dev centre, and they get access to the build. Phew, what a process.
Breakdown of time per task
Start: 14th December 2013
Game design – 1 month
Core gameplay coding – 3 months
Graphics – 3 weeks
Music and sound effects – 2 weeks
Polishing, Balancing and Beta phase (I asked 6 people) – 2 and a half months
Releasing it – 2 weeks ( Build, upload, screenshots, making a trailer etc. )
I can’t believe it took 2 and a half months of polishing everything, fixing the bugs, adding stuff based on feedback from my friends and just in general getting the game to a very high level of quality. I have been asked by my friends when it will be done for the past 4 months now… oh dear.
I hope you enjoyed the read. This game all in all was the most time-consuming project that I have ever been involved with. Game development has so many twists and turns along the way, and it is incredibly hard not to deviate too much. The most important lesson I learnt is, plan ahead. It makes it possible for you to actually work on concrete parts of the game, that will make it in the end product. All the polish that comes once you get too obsessed by the game, might not be necessary, but the core game has to be finished beforehand and fun, and playable. Making it look good is secondary, but with today’s market of amazing games, I feel the need to make it as good as I can make it. The market is flooded with rubbish, so I am hoping that the level of quality that I have invested into it is refreshing to some.
Also, I never realised how much time I actually had to optimise the game, for it to run on older devises. I decided to add a 30 frames per second mode (usually it runs at 60) and a graphics slider that you can change for the game to run smoothly on older devices.
So I’m incredibly excited to finish this game, and am looking forward to people’s opinions. Even though the thought of people not liking it is scary, I know that I’m still learning, and still improving. I hope you can all give it a try, since it’s free to try after all. It was done by one guy who is truly passionate about making games and his father who was an amazing help.
Hope you enjoy this game!
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December 13, 2013 Alex Greenwood 2 Comments
How to start? I guess I will give you a brief history of what brings me to game development:
Back in 2004 I was 19 years old, and I made the decision to go to Liverpool John Moores University, to study Computer Games Technology. Since I come from the small country of Luxembourg, I presume that I was among the first to do so. Fast forward 9 years, and I have my first commercial game available for the iPhone, iPad and android called Novoludo.
The stuff in-between is interesting as well, but I thought I’d focus more on the here and now, instead of talking too much about the past.
Why cross-platform? Because I really enjoy working with the Corona SDK. Check them out if you like:
http://www.coronalabs.com
One of the shockers however was that I couldn’t release my application on Google Play because I wanted to sell it, but Luxembourg isn’t among the countries that Google allows you to do so. Instead, I decided to release it on Amazon.
Since we are at the beginning, and I have only released one game, which is a simple little match3 game with a few not-so-simple game mechanics in it I thought I’d keep this brief.
Here is a gameplay video if you would like to see it in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSqDw-7jC1c
Time to delve deeper into the world of game development.
Trickeries in regards to Corona SDK that I might encounter
News for my next releases
Any other random ramblings
Alex G.
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St. Thomas Aquinas High School » Student Life » Student of the Quarter
The Student of the Quarter program at St. Thomas Aquinas High School was established to highlight student achievement at the school. The goal of the program is to recognize those students who truly represent the school's mission statement, and who embody what it means to be a well-balanced individual.
Students are nominated for this award by faculty and staff. At the end of each quarter, a selection committee meets to review the nominations and choose the students who best represent the meaning of "being an Aquinas student".
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What is a Comfort Vehicle.......
What is a Comfort Vehicle...
I've been thinking about purchasing a travel trailer to roam around the country and to visit more lakes. My current vehicle does not have the tow capacity to tow a nice size travel trailer. In fact, back in December of last year I bought a new vehicle that would fit the bill. I evaluated whether to purchase a pick-up truck or a full size SUV. I finally settled on a full size SUV because it is a bit smaller than a pick-up truck and easier for my wife to drive. Now, which SUV should I buy? For some reason, I was drawn to the Nissan Armada. It was like a moth to a flame, sort of. Anyway, I purchased the Armada and love it.
After having it for a few months, I started wondering why I was drawn to it so strongly? Was it because this vehicle met my needs and looked nice or was something else pushing me toward this SUV? Then I realized something, my new Armada reminded me of my father's old fishing vehicle, an old beloved 1957 Chevrolet Station Wagon. Little did I know, but I was really looking for a comfort vehicle.
See it? Doesn't the 1957 look a little like the 2017 Armada? Now remember that the difference between these two vehicles are 60 years apart, but you can still see some similarities. Here's what I mean.
It's red, it's wagon like, it has lots of chrome, both have a seven in the date, it has a fin, yes a fin...... See it now, sort of? This proves it to me, deep down I wanted a comfort vehicle. What is a comfort vehicle? I define just like comfort food, its any vehicle that provides consolation or a feeling of well being, typically any vehicle associated with fond feeling during childhood. No doubt about it, I had strong feelings for the 1957 Chevy and I guess this new vehicle called them up. They say, as you get older, you go back to your childhood, looks like I have. Oh yeah, my daughter named the Armada. We call it "Abe" because the color so close to a new shiny penny.
Oh Yeah, I paint beautiful lake, river and bay decor maps. Paddle over to my website, LeoLakes.com. Folks are discovering that these decor maps are wonderfully unique gifts that become family heirlooms. Oh yeah, I hide things in the lake waters, such as a tiny mermaid/fish. Folks love to search for them. I call my maps, treasured maps because most folks have that special body of water that they treasure. My treasured maps make a great gifts for the fisherman, lake lover, or Lake house.
As you can see, my maps make a great gift. Click here www.LeoLakes.com for more information.
Just remember: "Life is short, get away from the big screen and get on a big stream".
How the 60's almost killed me.........
Have you seen those cool looking 1960's vintage-style travel trailers traveling down the highways? I have! They bring back memories for me. I remember in the 60's, when I was about 8 or 9 years old, my dad decided to purchase a travel trailer. One weekend, we ended up at Bob's Trailers. Bob sold trailers from a little white block building surrounded by a gravel lot that was loaded with 12 to 16 ft recreational trailers. We looked around and found a 13 ft trailer that was called "The Plaything", yep "The Plaything".
It was white with a blue strip down the side and had all the typical accessories such as, dining table, three fold up beds, sink, stove and closet. It's weird, but I remember my dad paying Bob $350.00 cash. Luckily, they delivered, because my dad didn't have a trailer hitch on our car.
The camper, as we called it, arrived home and it was beautiful. We couldn't wait to get this baby on the road, but first my dad had to get a hitch on our 1965 Mustang. After two weeks, the yellow Mustang was ready, the camper was loaded and we headed to a state park called "Cedars of Lebanon", about 45 miles away. We started on our way and I noticed that you could feel the weight of the camper on the back of the mustang. It would struggle up a hill. When braking, it would slowly come to a stop, kind of like a one-hundred car freight train coming to a stop, slooooowly. It was obvious, anticipation was the key to safety. Just wondering, do you see a problem here? Not me, I'm a kid and it's not my job to worry about such things. My thoughts were on my new knife that had a spoon and fork with some kind of curly screw thing on it. I couldn't wait to try it on my dinner.....
Everything was going great and I was looking forward to sleeping in an actual bed tonight, rather than on a blow-up mattress in a canvas tent that smelled like burnt candle. No I wasn't, again I'm a kid and I was looking forward to an adventure at the campsite with my new spoon and fork knife.
Anyway, we were about at the halfway point and all of a sudden, My dad said the car is overheating. I could see little wisps of white steam coming from the front of the Mustang. Luckily, there was a pull-over spot on the side of the road. You know, the old 1960s roadside rest areas that had the white, concrete picnic tables and no bathroom or water fountain. We pulled over, while steam was rolling out of the engine compartment.
He said " Well, I knew this could happen. We will just have to wait and let it cool down". Fortunately, there was a creek near by where we got water and filled the radiator up after it had cooled. After a while, we started on our way. My dad was very nervous for the remaining part of the trip, but we made it! Man, I had fun camping for the first time in the camper, but mostly I loved using my spoon and fork knife to eat each meal. Going back home was uneventful. You know why? It was mostly downhill, but braking was a little nightmarish.
Looking back, I have come to the conclusion that we could have died. Yeap, in a massive wreck by not yielding the right-of-way. I've done a little research and determined that it was totally unsafe for a 1965 Mustang to tow a 13 ft camper. The best that I can find from my internet research, a 1965 Mustang is rated at around 1,500 lbs. tow capacity. The camper was approximately 2,500 lbs and had no trailer brakes, plus we had 500-600 lbs of baggage. It's likely that the Mustang was towing over 3,000 lbs. Bottom line, the Mustang was well over the it's towing capacity and was unsafe to drive with this trailer attached, but man it was fun! In fact, we went on many other trips with the "Mustang and The Plaything". This is how the 60's almost killed me.
Oh yeah, as I got older, I finally figured out what that curly screw thing was on my spoon and fork knife, corkscrew! Lastly, my dad finally got tired of the mustang and bought a 1972 Ford F-150. Believe it or not, the mustang remained parked in the driveway for a number of years, leaking oil, transmission fluid, rear differential fluid.....etc.
Paddle over to my website, LeoLakes.com. I paint beautiful lake, river and bay decor maps. Folks are discovering that these decor maps are wonderfully unique gifts that become family heirlooms. Oh yeah, I hide things in the lake waters, such as a tiny mermaid/fish. Folks love to search for them. I call my maps, treasured maps because most folks have that special body of water that they treasure. My treasured maps make a great gifts for the fisherman, lake lover, or Lake house.
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Patience Jonathan received N700, 000 monthly salary for months after retirement -EFCC
by Bridget Edokwe · May 14, 2019
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) ON Monday alleged that Dame Patience Jonathan, wife of former President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, continued receiving her N700, 000 monthly salary seven months after she retired as a civil servant.
It said the former First Lady, who effectively retired from the Bayelsa State Civil Service as a Permanent Secretary on October 14, 2014, was paid her salary up till May 2015, when her husband left office.
The Commission stated this at the Federal High Court in Lagos during hearing of a forfeiture case it brought against Mrs. Jonathan.
The agency is praying the court to order the final forfeiture of $8.4 million and N7.4 billion allegedly belonging to her.
Justice Mojisola Olatoregun declined to grant EFCC’s application for final forfeiture but directed parties to give oral evidence to justify ownership.
She said there were conflicting depositions in the affidavits before her, adding that oral evidence was needed to clear them up.
The judge had last April 20 ordered the funds’ temporary forfeiture to the Federal Government.
Mrs. Jonathan, Globus Integrated Services Ltd, Finchley Top Homes Ltd., Am-Pm Global Network Ltd, Pagmat Oil and Gas Ltd, Magel Resort Ltd and Esther Oba are the respondents.
Among the temporarily forfeited sums are N1.085billion and N226.3million found in Finchley’s Ecobank account and N39.4million found in its Diamond Bank account, as well as N55.9million found in Pagmat Oil and Gas’ Diamond Bank account, among others.
Mrs. Jonathan’s lawyers, including Chief Ifedayo Adedipe (SAN) and Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), had argued that the funds included donations and legitimate earnings by the companies linked to her.
But, EFCC said the money was “reasonably suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activity”.
At the commencement of proceedings yesterday, Mrs Jonathan’s lawyers called a former Head of Service of Bayelsa State, Mr. Fraser Ogboru, as its first witness.
In his testimony, Ogboru, who said he retired from Bayelsa State Civil Service on December 31, 2014, told the court that he had knew Mrs. Jonathan when her husband was a Deputy Governor.
He claimed he was still in service when Mrs. Jonathan was appointed a permanent secretary.
During cross-examination by EFCC counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, the witness said he had no knowledge of when Patience Jonathan’s salary was stopped as he had already left service by then.
Oyedepo: “The first respondent’s (Mrs Jonathan) effective date of retirement is 16th October, 2014. Would you be surprised to hear that the first respondent was still earning salaries till May 2015?”
Ogboru: “I would be surprised.”
Ogboru said a Permanent Secretary’s monthly salary was about N700,000 while the gratuity upon retirement was just over N20million.
Other witnesses including a former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Jonathan on Domestic Affairs, Dr. Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, and the South West Zonal Coordinator of an NGO, Women for Change Initiative, Chief Mrs. Kate Onyechere, also testified.
In his testimony, Dudafa denied being used by the former First Lady to launder money.
He told Justice Olatoregun that all the funds in an account linked to a firm, Globus Integrated Services Ltd, were cash gifts given to the former First Lady during her husband’s tenure as President.
“I was not procured by the family of Dame Patience Jonathan to conceal proceeds of unlawful activities and by virtue of being the former Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs to the erstwhile president and the 1st respondent (Mrs. Jonathan), I was informed by the 1st respondent that the funds in the firm’s account are cash gifts that were given to her while she was the first lady”, Dudafa said.
The witness also denied that he was aware that a bag he received on behalf of Dr. Jonathan from one, Col. Adegbe, in the course of his duties contained $47 million which was allegedly removed from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under the instruction of a former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki.
On her part, Chief Mrs. Kate Onyechere explained the rationale behind the founding of the Women for Change Initiative by Mrs. Jonathan.
She also revealed the various sources through which the Initiative get fund to carry out its activities.
“The Initiative was formed by Mrs. Jonathan as a normal non-governmental organization. The main thing is empowerment. We empower Nigerian women across 36 states. We have zonal, states and local government coordinators.
“We organised luncheon and receive donations across states to get funds. We also write private individuals to donate. Even, the coordinators also make donations”, she said.
The witness further revealed that Mrs. Jonathan was unanimously adopted by the trustees and coordinators of the Initiative as the sole signatory to its accounts.
Under cross-examination by Oyedepo, the witness named four individuals as Trustees of Women for Change Initiative.
They are: Dr. Chidinma, Mrs. Josephine, Mrs. Jonathan and Mrs. Yemisi Oyewole.
Further hearing in the matter has been adjourned to May 24, 2019 at 11am.
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Agency ID 544
Title Fitzgerald State School
326 Admission Registers - State School 30/1/1979 15/7/1996
404 Department of Education 1/1/1976 12/2/2004
Department of Education, Annual Report 1978, No 103, p. 13
Education Department, "Opening and closing dates of Queensland schools", viewed 8 June 2004:
Administered Education Acts & Amendments Acts 1964-1988
Education [General Provisions] Act & Amendment Act 1989
By 1976 the Mackay North State School had become overcrowded and enrolments were numbered at 1104. Five acres of land was acquired in Norris Street and the building of a new school commenced in 1978. The new school, the Fitzgerald State School, was opened on 30 January 1979 by its first Principal, A.B. Stanger. By 16 February 1979, 328 pupils were enrolled.
Queensland State Archives Agency ID544, Fitzgerald State School
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N 57' Mechanical Reefer, UPFE #465192
Fully assembled and ready for your layout
Razor sharp printing and painting
Weighted for optimum performance
Body mounted McHenry scale knuckle spring couplers installed
Machined 33” metal wheels
Interior plastic blister safely holds the model for convenient storage
Duplicated look and feel of “In Service” equipment; “Tattered and Torn” just like the real thing
PROTOTYPE HISTORY:
Pacific Car and Foundry responded to the railroad’s migration from ice stored in bunkers as a primary cooling system to the diesel mechanical systems. The mechanical reefers could keep a more regular temperature, often times colder then what the ice bunker cars could at the time. Initially mechanical reefers were used primarily in frozen food service. This would soon change as mechanical refrigeration began to replace ice-based systems. Soon after, mechanical refrigeration units replaced the “armies” of personnel required to re-ice the cars. Several different deliveries of the PC&F 57’ mechanical to many different railroads in the mid to late 1960s. Many have been rebuilt and are still in service today.
Bangor and Aroostook often leased it’s reefer fleet to Pacific Fruit Express in the off season for the railroad. This turned out to be a peak season for PFE in California.
Green Bay and Western purchased several classes of 57’ Mechanicals from the BAR. Many were hastily patched and put into service. The GB&W cars were often seen on the North Western Pacific in California carrying butter from the Humbolt Bay to eastern markets. http://www.greenbayroute.com/orerdetail.htm#GBW11100RPL
PROTOTYPE MANUFACTURER: Pacific Car & Foundry
ERA: 1960 - Present
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N 57' Mechanical Reefer, UPFE #465192 [ATH17530]
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Walk #410: Llanfachraeth to Cemaes
P20034101310 Looking north towards Porth Penrhyn-mawr. P20034101316 Porth Trwyn.
County Anglesey
Start Location Llanfachraeth
End Location Cemaes
Description This was a very scenic day over some rough and ready footpaths.
Pack Today I carried my 30-litre Karrimor HotRock rucksack, which was filled with my packed lunch, waterproof leggings, water bottle and a couple of spare shirts, together with the usual assortment of odds and ends.
Condition I feel worse today than I have for some time after a walk. I had a little and not very serious incident, but this led to my left ankle and knee aching more than previously. Aside from this I had no major problems, although these were more than enough for me.
Weather Today was yet another sunny day, but this was let down by a stiff and cold breeze that was blowing off the sea all day. There were few clouds in the sky, but despite this I had to wear my fleece all day due to the wind.
OS map Landranger number 114 (Anglesey)
P20034101338 The view eastwards from near Carmel Head. P20034101344 Looking northeastwards towards Trwyn Cemlyn.
P20034101354 A simple bridge to the west of Cestyll.
I had a very early start today, especially when compared to the rather late starts that have become a too frequent an occurrence recently. It was a bitterly cold morning, but the sun was shining and after walking for ten minutes I started to warm up and really enjoy the walk. This first part of the walk was lovely, and although I had to reach Church Bay by ten I revelled in the scenery and sunshine. There were some lovely cliffs and beaches, and the walk just seemed to fly by. Church Bay itself is very nice, and I was well into my stride when I met Sam in the car park there, which is right beside Swtan, Anglesey's only surviving thatched house. There was some frost on sheltered areas of the ground (the first that I have seen for some time), and I enjoyed treading in it, leaving my footprints behind me. The only annoying point about this part of the walk was the state of the footpaths, as some of the new ones created for the Anglesey Coastal Footpath were not well marked.
It took us nearly forty minutes to drive from Church Bay to Moelfre where the Carriage driving was taking place, but it was well worth the effort. I have only been in a carriage once before, in Melbourne, Australia with Sam, and so the experience of being driven through the village was great - there were two carriages, one a two-wheeler and the one that Sam and myself were in was a four-wheeler. But what really made the experience superb was the people, who were all lovely. They were a real laugh, and it just reinforces my high opinion of the people who volunteer for the Riding for the Disabled Association. To come out every week to do this is a really superb effort, and we were both very appreciative for the ride. It is the first time that I have seen the carriage driving aspect of the Riding for the Disabled Association's work, and it was a shame that I could not have seen disabled people in the carriages.
The entire diversion took a little over three hours, so it was early in the afternoon when I restarted walking. Very early on I met a group of people who were creating steps up a steep slope; it felt nice to be one of the first people to use the steps. Unfortunately about half an hour later I was walking over some rough ground and my left ankle went over on a hummock of grass. I hopped sideways about five feet trying to keep my balance, and although I succeeded this also put more strain on my left knee. I was wearing trainers, and this meant that my ankle was not protected when it twisted. I hobbled on, with both my knee and ankle hurting, which made the rest of the walk less than pleasant.
Some of the scenery around Carmel Head was very spectacular, and the views helped me to take my mind off the aches and pains coming from various parts of my body. The lighthouse on the rocks of The Skerries was flashing away, and the island looked quite sylvan in the sunshine on the flat blue sea. The shingle ridge at Cemlyn Bay was also quite picturesque, and fortunately there was a grassy path behind it that meant that I did not have to walk on the shingle. By the path behind the ridge there was a dead animal; the body was about as big as a cow's, and it appeared to have no head. It could have been the remains of a seal, but it would have been a very big one. The carcass stunk, and I took a wide diversion around it. Shortly after this I passed the Magnox nuclear power station at Wyfla, which the path has to make a big diversion around.
Tonight we went to the nearest pub, The Stag, for half an hour. Unfortunately my left ankle seized on the short walk to the pub, and so I entered with rather a hobbling gait, a peculiar entrance for a long distance walker! I used the opportunity to use the facilities, and I had a very nice pint that helped to free up my ankle, so on the way back my left knee was hurting more. This pub is the most northerly in Wales, and this fact made me think wistfully about Dunnet Head, the most northerly point in Scotland, which seems a long, long way away. This has been a very disappointing day despite some fairly stunning scenery, although the trip to see the people from the Riding for the Disabled Association group compensated for this somewhat. I can only hope that tomorrow is a better day and that I have less pain.
This walk mostly follows the Anglesey Coastal Path, a new path being created around the island. There are some laminated map sheets available from local Tourist Information offices, and there will also be a guidebook released in a few months time. There are gaps in the path that remain to be filled, and new permissive sections of footpath have been created. I found the signage on these new stretches to be inadequate or even inaccurate; then again, it is very much work in progress. I found it best to use the new route as a guide and create my own route based on it, in time this situation should improve.
This walk starts at a lay-by on the A5025 just to the south of Llanfachraeth. Turn right to walk up the A5025 northwards into the village. Pass two chapels and then turn left own another road. This road becomes a surfaced track as it heads westwards and crosses over a stream, before passing the farm at Bodlasan Fawr and reaching a beach at the coast. When the coast is reached turn right to head northwards for a few hundred yards, when a road leads off the beach to the right.
Walk up, this road for a short distance before taking a driveway that leads off to the left. Before this driveway reaches the farm at Penial Dowyn a footpath leads off to the right; I could, not find this footpath on the ground so I had to climb over a fence. The footpath heads northwestwards over a low hill before joining a track beside Porth Penrhyn-mawr.
From here a footpath runs along a track past Porth Tywyn-mawr and Trefadog, before joining a road for a short distance before a footpath leads off to the left, doing a little loop before reaching the road once more in Borthwen. A nice footpath then head northwards to Church Bay, and then onwards along the cliffs past the island at Ynys y Fydlyn before eventually reaching Carmel Head. It should be notes that part of this walk past Ynys y Fydlyn is only open from the first of February to the 14th of September. From Carmel Head another new footpath heads eastwards along the coast, passing an old chimney and two navigation markers before reaching Hen Borth and the point at Trwyn Cemlyn.
The footpath then turns to head southwards along the shingle ridge behind Cemlyn Bay until it reaches a car park at the eastern end of the ridge. The footpath then runs around the coast past Cerig Brith before heading inland to the east between Felin Gafan and Cestyll and reaching the road leading to the Wyfla nuclear power station. Turn left along this road for a short distance, passing the visitors centre before a well-marked path leads off to the right. This path winds around northwards under some power lines before turning to head eastwards and ending at a car park.
From the car park a footpath heads off to the left to head northwestwards to the western side of Wyfla Head. It then skirts the cliffs around the headland before heading eastwards past Porth Wyfla and descending into the village of Cemaes. This walk ends at a car park near the beach in the village.
Llanfachraeth Church Bay 7.0 535 459
Church Bay Cemaes 11.2 1453 1535
We spent the night in a little car park near the beach in Cemaes, which was only a short stroll from the local pub.
Pictures from the carriage driving in Moelfre
408 Aberffraw to Trearddur 19.3
409 Trearddu to Llanfachaeth 19.0
411 Cemaes to Moelfre 19.1
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J. Ellsworth Summers, Jr.
J. Ellsworth Summers Jr.
J.D., cum laude, Stetson University College of Law (1998)
M.B.A., University of Florida, Hough Graduate School of Business, Warrington College of Business Administration (2016)
B.A., cum laude, Hampden-Sydney College (1994)
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Ellsworth is a partner in the firm's Jacksonville office where he practices in the firm's Creditor's Rights and Bankruptcy Practice Group.
His practice focuses on assisting lenders in commercial loan litigation in bankruptcy, federal and state courts. Ellsworth has extensive experience with workouts, business reorganizations and liquidations, distressed asset acquisitions, special counsel assignments and adversary proceedings. He has represented secured lenders, creditors’ committees, local governments, trustees, trade creditors, landlords, unsecured creditors, bondholders, homeowners’ associations, 363 asset purchasers and other stakeholders in a variety of business Chapter 11 cases.
Mr. Summers has significant trial experience in federal and state court as a commercial litigator. He represents clients in complex commercial litigation, shareholder and partnership disputes, homeowner association disputes, tax disputes, contract litigation, receiverships, lender liability, commercial evictions, and other real-estate related litigation.
In his business practice, Ellsworth assists clients with purchasing and selling assets, and regularly advises on the impact of insolvency on complex financial transactions.
Mr. Summers has appeared before state and federal courts in 13 states, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of Virginia. Mr. Summers enjoys an AV-rating and has routinely been named to the Florida Super Lawyers, Florida Legal Elite, and Florida Best Lawyers lists.
Prior to private practice, Ellsworth clerked for the Honorable Stephen C. St. John, Chief United State Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia.
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Re: Canucks Vs Sharks, Round I
Post by Hockey Widow » Wed May 01, 2013 1:45 pm
Knowing now that CS has an injury serious enough that he cannot start or back up in this game has me seething at AV. At the time I was like a lot of people and thought the injury was either non-existent or minor and that it was a good plan to get Luongo some action. Knowing what we do now there is no way Luongo should have started against Edmonton.
One, you want him healthy just in case and two, you need to get Cannata a game in before the playoffs. If they were meaningful games fine, go with Luongo for both, but they had no meaning for us in the standings whatsoever. Especially having Luongo loosing the net in the third period, you pull him, get him off the ice and get the kid in there to get a taste of an NHL games in case the unthinkable happens.
Now you have Luongo who himself was seething after the game having to start game one.
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Post by tantalum » Wed May 01, 2013 2:09 pm
I completely disagree. In retrospect playing Luongo in Edmonton may have been because they knew Schneider wasn't for sure going to be ready. Without that Edmonton, your game 1 starter would have played 4 games in over 40 days. At the time i assumed Cannata would get the start against the Oilers and then dismissed it as a strange choice by AV. But looking at the game logs Luongo needed as much work as possible if he was going to be used in the playoffs.
Now leaving him in I have mixed feelings. First, it was Luongo who lost focus before the AHL guys in front of him did and then he gave up. i have little sympathy for a seething guy who stopped battling himself and was the first to cause those issues by a complete lack of focus. If he was still battling then yeah pull him but he quit IMO. As well it went from 2-2 to 7-2 in less than 3:35 of game time. And there was 4 minutes left. When do you pull him? You don't really do it at 3-2 or 4-2 or even 5-2 and when it's 6-2 with 4 minutes left what is the point? Luongo can put his big boys pants on and suck it up. If he can't then you have the best possible reason you can have to have chosen Schneider over him. And really why would it crush his confidence or whatever when he knows it was a meaningless game and he treated it as such along with the rest of the team when that third period rolled around. If he can't bounce back from a poor meaningless game the team is in big trouble if Schneider is hurt for an extended period of time because those games are going to happen in the playoffs. They always do for every goaltender.
That said, he WILL put his big boy pants on because that is what he does.
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Post by Waffle » Wed May 01, 2013 2:10 pm
HW, it will likely be the same as last year with Daniel Sedin.
AV will no doubt say he was expecting on the basis of the medical reports that Schneider would be ready, and thus didn't have a plan for if he wouldn't be ready.
MG pulls the same sort of garbage....I remember him saying that there was a good chance Booth would be back for the playoffs. Right.
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Post by Arachnid » Wed May 01, 2013 2:12 pm
Hockey Widow wrote: Knowing now that CS has an injury serious enough that he cannot start or back up in this game has me seething at AV. At the time I was like a lot of people and thought the injury was either non-existent or minor and that it was a good plan to get Luongo some action. Knowing what we do now there is no way Luongo should have started against Edmonton.
Yeah, agree on that one, and maybe more Luo starts in the stretch so Schneids is fresh for the playoffs...time will tell eh?!
Unlike my compatriot Donald Rumsfeld, I do not have less faith in Luo starting, he beat the Sharks before and he can do it again....
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Post by Benjo » Wed May 01, 2013 2:45 pm
Today is a chance for a clean slate after a shortened gong show injury riddled and media frenzied season. Lu is all smiles in the dressing room today.
I am content and optimistic.
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Post by rats19 » Wed May 01, 2013 3:05 pm
Benjo wrote: Today is a chance for a clean slate after a shortened gong show injury riddled and media frenzied season. Lu is all smiles in the dressing room today.
beats the hell out of incontinent & optic neuritis
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Post by vic » Wed May 01, 2013 3:33 pm
He'll come out and say "I though Schneids was going to be ready, I was wrong and not prepared"
Reminds me of "I thought Daniel was going to be ready for the start of round 1, I wasn't prepared"
Of course, this is all Gillis's fault.
Post by Meds » Wed May 01, 2013 4:22 pm
Waffle wrote: HW, it will likely be the same as last year with Daniel Sedin.
Not even close to the same as with Daniel. When Danny went down we had nobody to fill in. There are probably only a dozen or so guys in the entire league who can step in and fill Daniel's skates when it comes to an individuals importance to the team.
Kesler and Henrik are two of those guys, and they were both in the lineup. One of them playing hurt.
With Schneider out Vigneault can go to Luongo, a guy who would be the starting goalie on all but 5 teams in the league. He's only 2 years removed from earning 2 shutouts in the Stanley Cup Finals where his team won 3 games, and he was the sole reason for all 3 of those wins. If Lou shits the bed, this is not on Vigneault. The only this AV can do when it comes to goaltending while Schneids is out is to keep the leash short. If Louie tanks hard then get him out quick and we KNOW he will come back and play like a man possessed in the next game. Lou is only shit in consecutive games when he has been left in to be embarrassed. Even pulling him in game 3 in bean town may have given him the kick in the pants to come back and make everyone remember why he should be in net. By the time be yanked him in game 6 it was too late.
Also worth noting that Luongo was told YESTERDAY that he was starting (presumably after Schneider was evaluated after practice). By doing that AV has made this a normal game day for Luongo. This wasn't sprung on him after the morning skate.
Not sure what else AV was supposed to do. Starter came back to have two full practices. they evaluated him and made the decision he wasn't ready to join the lineup and then 24 hours before the game is to begin they tell Luongo he is starting. Seems about right to me.
tantalum wrote: Also worth noting that Luongo was told YESTERDAY that he was starting (presumably after Schneider was evaluated after practice). By doing that AV has made this a normal game day for Luongo. This wasn't sprung on him after the morning skate.
Ya Tant I'm Ok with how he has handled him starting. What I question is if they knew CS was hurt and there was ANY potential that injury may preclude him from starting in the playoffs then you don't start Luongo the last game of the season in a meaningless game or in the least you pull him when you see he has lost the net. You also gibe Cannata a chance to get some minutes just in case.
I just question player management in a game where he is resting his top 3 on D , his entire top line and he lets Luongo hang in a game that meant nothing when he knew, or he ought to have thought about, CS may not be ready.
As I said, Luongo had 4 games in 40+ days to this point without that game. If he is going to be the potential starter it is just as easily argued that he needed the gameplay. I also don't think he let Luongo hang. It wasn't like it was the first period when the wheels fell off and he kept it in. It was 7 minutes left in the game when the wheels fell off. that isn't leaving a guy out to hang IMO
Post by Meds » Wed May 01, 2013 11:43 pm
Here's an interesting little bit of recent Canucks playoff history.....
With this inception of the team, since Luongo arriving in Vancouver, the Canucks have NOT won a playoff series in which they lost the first game. In fact, other than 2007 against the Ducks, and 2012 against the Kings, Vancouver has won the first game of every series they've played in. They have
I really don't think that this team has the chops to actually get it done. The talent is there, but the heart is only beating half of the time, the gameplan is all wrong, and their playbook is in the hands of every opponent they face.
But I still want them to win. I still hope they can get it done. So I hope that this kick in the arse is what they needed. I hope that having to claw their way back into it gets them revved up and actually playing like they can. The only time this group has ever come from behind in a series was in 2010 against the Kings. They split at home, then lost game 3 in LA. Then rallied behind a Luongo performance for the books and stormed back to kick the Kings asses in 3 straight. And I remember knowing they'd do it after they tied the series. You could just tell they were ready to get it done. They ended up losing to the Hawks, but that Chicago team was STACKED and absolutely flying. Regardless, they woke up and played like they can.
So here's hoping having to come from behind in this series is the spark that they needed.
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Post by Boston Canucker » Thu May 02, 2013 4:38 am
I hope Schneider starts on Friday. Game 1's loss does not fall on Luongo at all, he kept them in it in the first. But I do think this team needs to turn the page to the next era; I want to see how this team does with Schneids in the net. Of course he can't score, but one way or the other we need to see what he can do under playoff pressure, but not once his team is down 2-0 like last year and it's basically a hail mary pass.
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Post by Reefer2 » Thu May 02, 2013 5:36 am
I said Canucks in 6.
Up to AV and the Sedins.
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Post by okcanuck » Thu May 02, 2013 6:44 am
WTF is with Daniel. Shoot the puck for Christs sake. He gave up on at least 4 one-timers.
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The advancement of passenger transport motorisation after the Second World War led to the development and production of series M 262.0 railcars.
The advancement of passenger transport motorisation after the Second World War led to the development and production of series M 262.0 railcars. This railcar is a lightweight vehicle with electric power transmission, and was jointly developed and manufactured by the companies Královopolská (cabin), Tatra Smíchov (bogies) and ČKD Praha (internal combustion engine and electrical equipment). The driving bogie is equipped with two nose-suspended electric traction motors, while the conventional bogie has a V-12 diesel engine on a separate frame flexibly coupled with a traction dynamo. The wheelsets in the frame of the bogie are held by a pair of swinging arms suspended by horizontal springs. The cabin consists of two passenger compartments (56 + 24 seats), entry areas and a luggage compartment. A total of 250 units were produced for Czechoslovak State Railways (ČSD) in three series between 1949 and 1960.
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Most Popular Bus Stops in Lagos: Ikeja
Ikeja is the political capital of Lagos which in turn is the commercial nerve centre of not only Nigeria but the whole of West Africa.
This fact by itself is not the major reason Ikeja is a major bus stop in Lagos.
Ikeja bus stop is quite big because it extends from Old Ikeja terminus to Under-bridge, Ikeja-Along to Ikeja-Inside. You could argue that these are different bus stops but as is the case with Oshodi, Mushin, Obalende and other major bus terminuses in Lagos, they are a combination of smaller bus stops under one umbrella.
Ikeja was previously a civil servant; industrial estates, high street and airport serving bus stop until 2001 when the introduction of the Global System of Mobile telecommunications (GSM) was introduced into Nigeria leading to the rapid and still expanding growth of the Ikeja Computer Village which is the largest market for computers, telephones and other ICT related equipment in Nigeria.
It is safe to say over a million people pass through Ikeja every day as a result of the existence of Ikeja computer village. Another reason for the popularity of Ikeja is its proximity to Awolowo road which leads to Lagos State Secretariat, Alausa, the seat of Lagos State Government and has a lot of businesses established along it employing many people. Then we have high streets like, Allen Avenue, Opebi and Toyin which have some of the most glamorous shops in Lagos with many organisations jostling to have at least an office or outlet on them, some have 2 or 3. Such is the commercial power and viability of these srreets. Not far behind these 3 high streets in importance is Adeniyi Jones which has Wemabod estate with residential and industrial occupants.
Another reason for Ikeja's popularity as a bus stop is its proximity to heavily populated outskirts of Lagos like Egbeda, Iyana Ipaja, Agege, Alagbado and Sango/Otta in Ogun state. People coming out of Akute too might pass through Ikeja as they seek to connect other parts of Lagos.
There's also the Muritala Mohammed International and local Airport at Ikeja, Ikeja GRA which rivals Ikoyi as the most exclusive place to live in Lagos and easy access to Ojota which is a major terminus for buses entering Lagos from other states.
3rd Mainland bridge links Ikeja to the Island. Hence, a lot of people from the outskirts close-by connect the Island through Ikeja.
It is also worthy of note that Ikeja is a train station so quite a number of people access it by train as well.
Apart from the conputer village, there are a lot of clothes sellers in Ikeja from large boutiques to second-hand clothes sellers, same for books. Be careful of pick-pockets though. They seem rather plentiful around the computer village and you should take someone who is familiar with the area along if you do want to buy that cool smartphone, tablet, laptop or any other device you fancy.
Obviously, for anybody visiting and wanting to know Lagos well, Ikeja is a place you have to visit. Say, hello to the Governor for me if you do make it down to Alausa to visit him.
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Canada to Keep Immigration Level at 250,000 in 2013
October 31, 2012 CICS News Team 2 comments
International students in Vancouver, Canada. CIC is seeking to increase the percentage of immigrants admitted under the Canadian Experience Class (CEC), which allows temporary foreign workers and international students in Canada to apply for permanent residence if they have Canadian work experience (CICS News)
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) announced today that it will keep immigration levels at 240,000-265,000 in 2013, for the seventh straight year. The maintenance of immigration numbers from previous years amidst a growing Canadian population means Canada will have a lower immigration rate as a percentage of its population, and rebuff calls by several prominent organizations to increase immigration levels to one percent of Canada’s population.
Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said earlier this year that Canada would hold off on increasing immigration levels until the country does a better job of bringing immigrant employment and income rates up to the Canadian average, and until public sentiment, which in some recent opinion polls weighs against increases in immigration levels, supports higher levels.
CIC said that it also intends to increase the number of new permanent residents admitted through the Canadian Experience Class (CEC) program from 6,000 in 2011 to 10,000 in 2013.
The Canadian Experience Class was created in 2008 to allow individuals residing in Canada on temporary resident visas to transition to permanent residence. Foreign temporary workers with at least two years of Canadian work experience, and foreign graduates of Canadian post-secondary institutions with at least one year of Canadian work experience are eligible to immigrate under the program, which CIC says admits the kind of immigrants that would be more likely to integrate well into the Canadian labour market.
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they should really increase the canadian experience class and reduce tuition fees for international students to 1.5 times rather than 3 times
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As if liberals are thinking of increasing the number of immigrants. Are they FUCKING retarted! We have way too many foriegners to begin with it just doesn’t make the slightest bit of sense as our economy is going to shit because of these third world parasites. Open season anyone?
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Title: Emigrants from East Clare applying for US Passports
Type of Material: US Passport Applications
Dates: 1885 to 1924
Places: Bodyke, Broadford, Feakle, Scariff, Tuamgraney, Tulla
Source: ancestry.com
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Tuohy John January 12th, 1885 Bodyke, Clare 394, Grove Street, Jersey City, New Jersey Foreman Michael Tuohy June 2, 1923
Burke Michael 65 August 4th, 1859 Broadford, Clare 74, 18th Avenue, L.I. City, New York Railroad man Donat Burke (dead) May 13, 1924
Doyle Michael 25 May 20th, 1860 Broadford, Clare P.O. Box 304, Rochester, New York June, 27th, 1885
Maloney Michael M. 31 January 10th, 1892 Broadford, Clare Pittsfield, Massachusetts Clergyman Michael Maloney (dead) April 17, 1923
Maloney Michael Millane 29 January 10th, 1892 Hollyfield, Broadford, Clare Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Clergyman May 9, 1921
McNamara Martin F. 30 November 7th, 1892 Broadford, Clare Jacksonville, Texas Railroading July 6, 1922
O'Brien Thomas J. 23 September 29th, 1896 Broadford, Clare McKinley, Pennsylvania Coachman Thomas O'Brien September 22, 1919
Cleary Margaret M 23 August 11, 1901 Feakle, County Clare, Ireland 225, Winfield, Jersey City, New Jersey April 11th, 1920 at Bayonne, New Jersey William Cleary Jersey City, New Jersey May 12, 1924
Hanrahan Michael 61 September 1st, 1859 Bauroe, Feakle, County Clare, Ireland 22, Charles Street, New York City Clerk April 28, 1920
Mannix Michael 31 April 27th, 1891 Feakle, County Clare, Ireland 113, Third Place, Brooklyn? Labourer Lily Ireland Michael Mannix (deceased) May 5, 1922
McGennis Patrick 43 October 27th, 1876 Gurrane, Feakle, County Clare, Ireland St Louis, Missouri Physician Cornelius McGennis (deceased) July 14, 1919
McMahon Michael Patrick 48 August 1st, 1871 Slievanore, Feakle, County Clare, Ireland Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania House repairer May 31, 1919
Minogue Michael 50 April 27th, 1870 Feakle, County Clare, Ireland 282, Legrand? Street, Brooklyn, New York Labourer January 17, 1920
Molony Timothy P. 33 June 27th, 1887 Feakle, County Clare, Ireland Alliance, Ogalalla, Lexington, Scottsbluff, Nebraska Clergyman Timothy Molony May 10, 1920
Randolph Helen Eileen M 31 June 10th, 1893 Feakle, County Clare, Ireland Cleveland, Ohio Housewife Elmer R. Randolph Cleveland, Ohio May 12, 1924
Beaver Stasia Mary M 49 January 1st, 1874 Scariff, Clare Hobson Street, Shippam Point, Stamford, Connecticut Housewife June 1900, New York City Charles W, Beaver Cuba, Ilinois August 6, 1923
Campbell Anna Ryan M 32 October 4th, 1887 Scariff, Clare 3104, East 19th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana Housewife Charles G. Campbell Hancock County, Indiana November 17, 1919
Collins Catherine Widow 55 June 6th, 1855 Scariff, Clare Detroit, Michigan May 18, 1910
Dillon Michael S 30 November 15th, 1892 Cappabane, Scariff, Clare Susquehanna, Pennsylvania Pipe Fitter Daniel Dillon (dead) May 6, 1922
Flannery John S 44 May 1st, 1866 Scariff, Clare Detroit, Michigan Freight Checker May 18, 1910
Gavigan Emily M 31 July 26th, 1888 Scariff, Clare 281, McDougal ???, Bay?, New York Housewife James Gavigan Longford, Ireland December 8, 1919
Griffin Lawrence Francis S 31 November 17th, 1889 Kealderra, Scariff, Clare 349, Pacific Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey Railroad foreman May 24, 1920
O'Hara Eliza M 42 January 27th, 1877 Scariff, Clare 327, Monroe Street, Brooklyn City, New York Housewife William O'Hara Saugerties, New York November 26, 1919
Hermansen Mary E. M 33 August 15th, 1890 Scariff, Clare Brooklyn, New York Housewife 1911 Emil Hermansen Denmark June 8, 1923
McNamara Daniel S 27 April 13th, 1893 Scariff, Clare 500, West 142nd Street, New York City, New York Grocery Clerk March 29, 1920
Mulvihill Margaret M 30 January 26th, 1893 Scariff, Clare Boston, Massachusetts Thomas Mulvihill Ireland June 30, 1923
Minogue Thomas Frances S 41 April 23rd, 1881 Tomgraney Anselmo, Nebraska Catholic Priest Patrick Minogue (Deceased) June 3, 1922
Nihill John S 44 May 10th, 1880 Tomgraney, Clare Detroit, Michigan Boiler Fireman James Nihill, (Deceased) April 18, 1924
Anderson Mary M 61 December 15th, 1863 Leskinee, Tulla, Clare Brooklyn, New York Housewife January 16th, 1887 in Brooklyn, New York Peter Anderson Sweden April 16th, 1862 May 29, 1924
Halpin James W. S 54 December 25th, 1865 Tulla, Clare 107, Hall Street, Brooklyn, New York Timekeeper November 21, 1919
Halpin James W. S 56 December 25th, 1865 Tulla, Clare 609, York Avenue, Brooklyn, New York Grocery Business James Halpin (deceased) born in Quin, Clare September 15, 1921
Halpin James W. S 58 December 25th, 1865 Tulla, Clare 609, York Avenue, Brooklyn, New York Merchant James W. Halpin October 20, 1923
Liddy John H. S 50 June 24th, 1870 Tulla, Clare 2505, East 13th Street, Brooklyn, New York US Customs Watchman May 4, 1920
Meany Patrick Joseph M 48 July 18th, 1876 Tulla, Clare Holyoke, Massachusetts Merchant April 9th, 1923 Mary S. Meany Holyoke, Massachusetts September 27th, 1870 Martin J. Meany (deceased) June 3, 1924
Meeny Michael M 38 January 3rd, 1850 Tulla, Clare Brooklyn, New York Plasterer December 20th, 1888
Murphy Nora Frances S 35 June 8th, 1888 Tulla, Clare 115, East 40th Street, New York Manager Stephen Murphy, now residing in Tulla, Clare May 9, 1923
O'Connor Kathleen M 33 January 8th, 1887 Tulla, Clare 375, East 160th Street, New York Housekeeper John O'Connor Ireland March 9, 1920
O'Halloran Matthew M 38 February 11th, 1884 Tulla, Clare Chicago, Illinois Salesman Annie Kilkenny, Ireland James A. O'Halloran, now living in Ireland July 21, 1922
Reidy Mary S 44 July 3rd, 1879 Tulla, Clare Elmira, New York Housemaid Thomas Reidy now living in Elmira, New York October 12, 1923
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Tight Writing, Intriguing Payoffs as Billions Begins New Season on Showtime – March 25, 2018
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SPOILERS – READ AT YOUR OWN RISK
Major changes are afoot when Showtime’s financial intrigue series “Billions” returns for its third season March 25 at 10 p.m. with the episode “The Tie Goes to the Runner.”
At the end of Season 2, hedge-fund billionaire Bobby “Axe” Axelrod (Damian Lewis) was seen Ubering his way home after posting bail following his arrest on a slew of charges by his nemesis U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades Jr. (New Haven’s own Paul Giamatti). Axe had deliberately sabotaged the Ice Juice company’s signature juice product and made people sick so Ice Juice’s initial public offering would tank and Rhoades would lose a fortune, which he did.
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Bobby "Axe" Axelrod
Shrewd, savvy U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti) and the brilliant, ambitious hedge fund king Bobby "Axe" Axelrod (Damian Lewis) are on an explosive collision course, with each using all of his considerable smarts, power and influence to outmaneuver the other. The stakes are in the billions in this timely, provocative series.
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