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COLL 14
COLL 14.3 Advisory committee
COLL 14.3.1G 01/10/2016 RP
1A charity authorised investment fund may have an advisory committee which is independent from the authorised fund manager and the depositary if the advisory committee has a consultative function only.
COLL 14.3.2R 01/10/2016 RP
If the charity authorised investment fund has an advisory committee the authorised fund manager must ensure that:
the instrument constituting the fund sets out the role and responsibilities of the advisory committee; and
the prospectus contains at least the following information about the advisory committee:
a description of its role and responsibilities;
its membership;
how its members are nominated and how their membership is terminated; and
how meetings are called and operated, including the quorum.
If the charity authorised investment fund has an advisory committee, the authorised fund manager must ensure that on the request of the committee, the scheme’s annual long report includes a statement prepared and approved by the committee.
The statement may address matters such as:
how the advisory committee is discharging its role and responsibilities as set out in the instrument constituting the fund;
any observations the committee may have on how the authorised fund manager has carried out its functions during the annual accounting period; and
any other matters the committee considers of interest to the unitholders of the charity authorised investment fund.
The authorised fund manager or depositary must convene a general meeting of unitholders if it receives a notice from the advisory committee of a charity authorised investment fund which:
states the objects of the meeting;
is dated; and
is signed by or on behalf of the advisory committee.
The authorised fund manager or the depositary must ensure the general meeting of the authorised fund takes place no later than eight weeks after receipt of the notice in (1).
The authorised fund manager and depositary of a charity authorised investment fund must keep records of any dealings with an advisory committee for at least five calendar years.
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Former Lehman Brothers Trader: Unpredictable Government Actions Make It Smart to Hold Gold
Shannara Johnson
What does a hot-shot Wall Street trader see in physical gold? And why would he be adamant about holding it?
Jared Dillian, former head of ETF Trading at Lehman Brothers, is an acclaimed financial author and investment strategist at Mauldin Economics. He first discovered gold in 2005 when the launch of the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) drew his attention to the yellow metal.
“It was a cool idea, this way to securitize gold,” Dillian said in a recent Metal Masters interview with the Hard Assets Alliance. “But I didn’t know anything about gold. And I’m like, ‘Who wants gold? Why would you want that?’”
Once he started looking into precious metals versus paper money, he quickly became bullish on gold: “An ounce of gold will buy you a nice suit today, it bought you a nice suit 20 years ago, it bought you a nice suit 200 years ago… Dollars have depreciated over time; pretty much any fiat currency has. So when I look at gold, I don’t look at it like, it’s going to go up and I’m going to get rich. It’s actually not a trade—it’s the furthest thing from a trade. It’s a way to maintain your purchasing power over time.”
The All-Weather Investment
Dillian, who grew up in a poor town in eastern Connecticut, was only 27 when he started working as a trader at Lehman Brothers. Three years later, he was running the ETF desk and trading a billion dollars per day on a regular basis.
Being used to the typical New England thrift, he admits that he didn’t fully understand that world until after he left it in 2008. “You know, I would bring in a can of beans for lunch, with a can opener, and open the can of beans, and bring a plastic fork and eat beans for, like, 49 cents.”
This attitude also informs Dillian’s stance on gold: “It’s hard to predict what governments are going to do, so it’s smart to hold some all the time. It’s really an all-weather investment.”
The Fed’s Playing It Fast and Loose
He believes we’re seeing signs that inflation is creeping up—asset inflation, that is, which the Fed deliberately ignores. “Central banks today say there is no inflation. There’s no inflation of toys or TVs or haircuts, but there is inflation of houses and Amazon stock and Treasury bonds, and lots of financial assets.”
The reason for this predicament, he says, is the Fed’s ultra-loose monetary policy, which has kept real interest rates at negative levels for a very long time. “I would call that irresponsible central banking, and we’re dealing with it today, still.”
There’s no sign, Dillian insists, that at least developed-world central banks are learning from the dire experiences of the recent past. “They’re actually kind of getting worse.”
Trading Gold vs. Investment Gold
He advises investors to own both “trading gold” like mining stocks and ETFs, and “investment gold” in the form of bullion that they just buy and hold: “10 to 15 percent is probably a pretty good guideline.”
Even if you’re bullish on gold, though, you shouldn’t get too exuberant, Dillian warns, because a price spike is almost always associated with a financial or political crisis. “Remember, gold is not a trade that’s ever going to make you happy… I hate to say it, but it’s a hedge, it’s an insurance policy. You just do it.”
Click here to watch the full interview with Jared Dillian for more insights about gold and the markets.
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Hastings collision: Three taken to hospital
Harold Road collision
Published: 16:59 Friday 25 January 2019
Three people were taken to hospital following a collision in Hastings, the ambulance service has confirmed.
A spokesman for the South East Coast Ambulance (SECAmb) said ambulance crews attended Harold Road, Hastings, following reports of a road traffic collision at approximately 5.30pm yesterday (Thursday, January 24).
He said: “Three patients were taken to Conquest Hospital for their injuries.
“I’m afraid I can’t confirm details of their injuries.”
A police spokesman said all emergency services were sent to the scene of the collision, which blocked the road in both directions.
Traffic reports claimed one vehicle overturned in the collision.
Sussex Police has been approached for an update.
‘Three casualties’ after two-car Hastings collision
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Community Care of North Carolina deploys pop health platform to transform community care
By taking a more patient-centered approach, CCNC crafted a more proactive care management strategy.
Community Care of North Carolina is working to provide next-generation community care with population health and care management. The state's Medicaid case management program, which provides interventions for high-risk patients, is already showing signs of changing the paradigm of community care among its 1.7 million Medicaid members and anticipated Medicare Advantage enrollees.
That means turning care delivery upside-down by designing a strategy that supports risk profiling and proactive outreach to the state’s most vulnerable and underserved populations, according to Jamie Philyaw, vice president of care management at Community Care of North Carolina.
"Historically, a disjointed care delivery system has made it too easy for these patients to fly under the radar or fall through the cracks," Philyaw said.
Executives recognized that early success doesn’t equate to long-term sustainability. As the team considered how to overcome traditional barriers to reaching constituents, it became clear that the organization needed an infrastructure that would support and drive efficiencies around "whole person" patient-centered care.
CCNC implemented a pop health and care management platform from New York City-based VirtualHealth, which also develops predictive analytics and reporting technologies.
Population health is a critical driver of value-based care, of course: Other vendors of care management systems include Caradigm, Cerner, Enli Health Intelligence, Forward Health Group, Geneia, GSI Health, Health Catalyst, Lumeris, Medecision, Optum, Transcend Insights and Wellcentive.
While the pop health and care management efforts played a key role in the billion-dollar savings, CCNC also achieved those results as part of its organization-wide effort.
With the new infrastructure in place, CCNC is better positioned for proactive care management strategies by equipping providers with actionable insights into both clinical and behavioral risk factors, as well as addressing the unique social needs of its highly complex populations, said Philyaw.
Care management teams reaching out to members and enrollees can draw on a "whole person" view of patients to identify care gaps and circumvent the need for high-cost interventions. Through continuous monitoring of patient data, care teams are alerted to changes in conditions or behaviors, empowering them with the data needed to reduce costs and improve the health of the populations they serve.
The system helps a care team address gaps that could hinder optimal care delivery. It does this through an array of care, case and disease management tools, provider and member dashboards, and multi-source integration that staff use to collect and analyze diverse datasets as well as track behavior, appointments, medications, hospitalizations, life skills developments and movement between care environments.
For example, if a patient is regularly presenting to an emergency department, a care manager can intervene and redirect that member to better local resources and educational materials.
CCNC pulls information in real time from disparate sources into an enterprise data warehouse to address a standard set of guidelines for care management activities that include: population stratification, clinical data, community resources, case identification and member assignment, among others.
“Our teams then work with patients, families and other stakeholders to improve resource utilization and outcomes," said Philyaw.
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Heart Suffolk
Ipswich: Restricted Visiting At Hospital
24 February 2012, 15:20 | Updated: 24 February 2012, 17:16
Heart's being told why very restricted visiting has been put in place across all but two wards at Ipswich Hospital.
Patients in some of the wards have been showing symptoms of vomiting and diarrhoea; with some showing signs of the winter vomiting bug Norovirus.
Staff say they want to make sure no illness spreads between wards, patients and the staff, as well as in and out of the hospital.
Siobhan Jordan, Director of Nursing and Quality at the hospital is telling Heart they want people to call before they visit: "We need to contain it as best we can. The best way to contain it is to reduce the movement within the hospital, and that's the movement of patients, of staff, of visitors coming in and out of the hospital. Therefore in order that we can contain it as best we can, we made the decision yesterday that we would actively restrict visiting across the whole hospital.
Now we full appreciate that it's really important that patients see their family and friends while they are in hospital and while they're recovering, so we've given this decision great consideration. With that in mind, we're asking relatives that do want to visit, and there will be circumstances where we will encourage that, that they phone up the hospital and speak to the senior nurse on the ward and they liaise with the nurse who will make it possible for those individuals to visit."
They are still advising people not to visit any friends or relatives who have the sickness bug to make sure it doesn't spread further.
Two wards, the children's and maternity wards, will still have full visiting as usual, but the restricted visiting will affect the rest of the hospital.
The hospital says they expect these plans to be in place over the weekend and will review the situation on Monday.
Hear From Siobhan Jordan
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All royalty archives from June 27, 2016 - HELLO!
Charlotte Casiraghi and her glamorous family step out for horse show
All eyes were on the effortlessly cool Casiraghi family as they attended a series of equestrian events in Monaco last week. Princess Caroline was joined by her daughters Princess Alexandra of Hanover and Charlotte Casiraghi, her son Andrea Casiraghi and Andrea's wife Tatiana Santo Domingo. Princess Caroline's younger brother Prince Albert also made up the royal party. The family were attending the Longines Global Champions Tour in Monte Carlo where they watched world class riders and horses prove their show jumping skills. CLICK TO VIEW GALLERY Charlotte Casiraghi joined her uncle Prince Albert at the show jumping event Charlotte, a talented equestrian, looked
Prince Harry reunited with Mutsu – who he first met 12 years ago
They first met when Prince Harry was a 19-year-old Gap Year student visiting the tiny landlocked African Kingdom of Lesotho. The teenage royal struck up an instant rapport with four-year-old Relebohile "Mutsu" Potsane in 2004 and after years of staying in touch, they were reunited there last November. Scroll down for video But today they met again in very different circumstances when Harry surprised Mutsu and 11 of his friends, during their first ever overseas trip to London. Mutsu, now 16, travelled to the UK with a choir of five other boys and six girls, all helped by Harry's Sentebale charity, to
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Poster Print of 'The Florentines Renouncing The Vanities By Order of Savonarola', 1890. Creator
'The Florentines Renouncing The Vanities By Order of Savonarola', 1890. Creator: Unknown
'The Florentines Renouncing The Vanities By Order of Savonarola', 1890. Supporters of Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1498) Italian Dominican friar and preacher active in Renaissance Florence, at a 'bonfire of the vanities' c1497. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. IV - Modern History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890].
Poster Print of 'The Florentines Renouncing The Vanities By Order of Savonarola', 1890. Creator: Unknown
'The Florentines Renouncing The Vanities By Order of Savonarola', 1890. Supporters of Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1498) Italian Dominican friar and preacher active in Renaissance Florence, at a 'bonfire of the vanities' c1497. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. IV - Modern History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]
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Home > Press-centre > Five reasons why we are bullish on Japan
Five reasons why we are bullish on Japan
27 th September 2018
Geir Lode, Head of Hermes Global Equities, and Lewis Grant, Senior Portfolio Manager, have recently increased their allocation to Japan after becoming more bullish on the country's prospects at the expense of the US.
We were much more positive about the US a year ago, as the market was still enjoying an environment of extremely loose monetary policy. Fast forward to today, we believe the strength of the US dollar and the coming tightening will be significant headwinds for US companies. On the other hand, Japan presents a compelling investment case and we have been increasing our focus on this market based on the following five reasons.
The first reason why we like Japan is valuation. The TOPIX is currently trading at about 15.5x forward earnings, while the S&P 500 is more like 17.5x. However, earnings growth expectations in Japan are much higher than the US. We expect 15% earnings growth in Japan over the next year, while we feel it will be high-single digits in the US.u00a0 We have seen a lot of US-based multinationals tested during the Q1 earnings season.
The signs are positive for Japanese equities right now. Firstly, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has been aggressive purchasing stock funds in recent months. Secondly, domestic Japanese investors are investing back into the equity market. Finally, we are seeing strong flows internationally.
There has been a lot of discussion about the impact of Abenomics on the falling yen. It has proved to be an effective policy, but we expect the yen to be much more stable over the next 12 to 18 months. Indeed, the BOJ is now more concerned about the yen becoming too weak.u00a0We believe it has reached levels where concerns over the yen are overstated.
While the Yen was strong from 2008 to 2012 Japanese companies were forced to restructure to stay competitive. Exports have risen moderately and domestic consumption is rising. Compared to three years ago, Japanese stocks now also have the strong tailwinds of the weak currency and lower energy costs. These factors make the investment case for Japanese equities far more compelling. For example, we have a big holding in Toyota, which might be a boring name, but it has an attractive valuation and we feel it will benefit from ongoing restructuring and recovery.
Japan is finally taking corporate governance seriously. It has introduced stewardship codes and undertaken a lot of work on the governance side, which has historically been a major concern. Japan's stance in this area has led many international investors to believe Japan was not a shareholder-friendly destination. Our process has a real focus on positive corporate governance. We have undertaken research showing companies with poor standards of governance have historically underperformed peers. While Japan still lags Western peers, it is positively changing and we are looking to play this structural change through our portfolio.
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Hero Kids is the ENnie award-winning fantasy RPG for kids aged from 4 to 10. This game offers a fast and fun introduction to RPGs, perfect for younger kids who are just getting interested in role-playing games.
Develop your kids' imagination and skills
Simple mechanics using only six-sided dice
Beautiful presentation, with fully illustrated heroes, monsters, and maps
10 heroes, including boys and girls
Challenge kids with combat and exploration
Playtime from 30-60 minutes
Includes a full adventure: Basement O Rats
More adventures available now
Hero Kids, adventures, and expansions are available now at DriveThruRPG:
DriveThruRPG - Hero Kids
And you can follow the development and news about Hero Kids at the dedicated blog:
Hero Kids RPG Blog
Hero Kids has a simple combat and adventuring system which avoids the complex maths of full-blown systems. Hero Kids' opposed dice pool system also keeps the players involved in the game even when it's not their turn.
The combat and adventuring mechanics in Hero Kids are based on six-sided dice, so you don't need to find any unusual dice to play!
The core game comes in a 50-page PDF and includes all of the rules and play instructions, as well as 10 heroes for the kids to play, plus a set of 16 basic monsters (and all of the separate adventures come with additional monsters). The game includes male and female heroes, including Warriors, Hunters, and Warlocks as well as unique heroes like the Rogue, Brute, Healer, and Knight. All of the heroes and monsters also come with printable stand-up minis to use in combat encounters.
Additionally, this basic game pack also includes the 19-page introductory adventure 'Basement O Rats', which comes with an extra monster and five illustrated printable encounter maps. Can the kids rescue their friend Roger from the unusually large rats that have overrun the tavern basement?
Hero Kids has undergone and extensive development and playtesting to ensure the game is as simple, addictive, and engaging as possible. But don't believe me, listen to the actual players:
"The game was great, we were off and playing within a few minutes of reading the rules!"
"Was woken up at 6am this morning by my son, saying he wanted to play Hero Kids right now! There's no such thing as going back to sleep in a 7yo's universe!"
"The game was simple enough for my precocious three-year-old to enjoy, and my five year old to not be distracted from. With the included adventure we all had a lot of fun, including me."
"The art in the book is great: the character portraits are great and very evocative, bringing forth things kids interested in this will probably be familiar with anyway. There's a character who resembles Rapunzel from Disney's Tangled, another who reminds me of Prince Zuko from Avatar: The Last Airbender."
"The game mechanics are easy to understand and fast enough to keep young players interested and do not get in the way of the story that is unfolding."
"The only real complaint I have is that there aren't full-page coloring pages available for each of the character portraits, something my kids (and myself!) would really enjoy."
"The design is clever, well thought out, and guaranteed to make you jealous that you didn't come up with it first."
"Providing stand-ups for each character helped a lot as well - it saved me from having to dig through my existing figures to find ones that resembled the children, and it reused the wonderful art."
"A great 'starter' rpg for kids, and even better gaming experience for parents to play with their kids. The core rpg experience has been boiled down to its bare essentials here. It only takes about 15-20 minutes to read the entire rulebook and have a good enough grasp on the rules to play your first session. Games will typically take under 30 minutes to play, which short for a typical rpg session, but absolutely perfect when playing with kids."
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Bobby Shmurda Sentenced up to Four Years for Prison Shank
Apr 10, 2017 at 11:50 am | By Michael
More News From the Clink
By now we all know what’s going on with Bobby Shumurda. The man is locked up for a long time for his case involving a murder from years ago, and it might be getting longer. When someone get’s jailed for a time period as long as seven years, you go on your best behavior and try to get out early, right? That’s not what Bobby was thinking. The man just can’t seem to keep himself from getting in more trouble.
Credit: Brad Barket/Getty Images
Source: Twitter @Saycheese_Media
Even though he’s only 22 years old, he’s got his future planned out, and it’s looking pretty bright… bright orange. He’s going to be locked up for a long time, and because of some pretty stupid mistakes he might be in a lot longer than he originally expected.
Shanked
Credit: Credit: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images
If you’ve been following his situation you know that he got caught with a shank in prison. I’m no prison expert but I’m pretty sure that’s one of the dumbest situations he could have gotten himself into. However, it might not end up as bad for him as it could have been.
Doing Time
He’s already serving seven years behind bars for the murder conspiracy conviction situation, but more is coming. He plead guilty to the crime of “attempted promoting prison contraband” on Friday, which ended up with him being sentenced to four years in prison.
What'd he do this time?
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Moto X 2017 leaks online: Metal body, fingerprint scanner on home button, but no Moto Mods
The leaked photos show both sides of the unannounced Moto X 2017.
By : Sami Khan
Dec 4, 2016 08:34 IST
Moto X 2017 leaks onlineREUTERS/Nacho Doce
Motorola has a strong presence in the affordable smartphone segment and it is looking to gain similar supremacy in the mid-range and premium category. With the launch of the Moto Z series, the company has demonstrated a fine work of art, but the Moto X is bound to make a comeback next year with equally impressive features and specifications.
New images of the Moto X 2017 edition were leaked online, shedding light on several details of the phone. According to the photos obtained by TechDroider, the new Moto X will feature a metal chassis and a fingerprint scanner on the home button instead of the rear panel, as seen in the some of the Moto smartphones.
Other technical details of the rumoured Moto X 2017 remain unclear at the moment. The leaked photo shows the rear panel of the device, confirming that the Moto X successor will not support Moto Mods. There are no connector pins for Moto Mods in the Moto X 2017.
As per the report, the Moto X 2017, along with other Moto smartphones such as Moto E, C and M will be developed by a Lenovo team. The Moto Z and Moto G series will be developed under Motorola's supervision.
The authenticity of these new rumours could not be independently verified, but it is being reported to hold some level of accuracy. 2017 is going to be an exciting year for smartphones and we don't have many days left to welcome the New Year and all the goodness with it.
Source: TechDroider
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Trustee/Treasurer for Kenyan Speech Therapy Provider
Job Title: Trustee/Treasurer for Kenyan Speech Therapy Provider
Salary: Voluntary role
Reference: [383]
Contact Name: David Busby
Contact Email: info@afid.org.uk
Job Published: January 29, 2019 14:28
AfID offers volunteer assignments across the UK, Africa, Asia & South America including Trustee/Treasurer and Capacity Building placements from 2 to 12 weeks.
This partner is a speech and language therapy (SLT) service provider in Western Kenya. As well as providing direct SLT services, they run teacher trainings on inclusive education.
They need support to develop a strategic financial plan to enable them to continue doing the work they do. They are 85% funded by a grant from Comic Relief which ends in Jan 2020, so they need to find other funding streams.
In order for their services to be sustainable in Kenya and to grow, they need to find innovative ways to source funds. The CEO is based in the UK and wants to set up the organisation here to generate income to be used to fund activities in Kenya.
Your role would be to:
Assist in the registration of the organisation in the UK
Develop a 3 year finance strategy that supports growth in the UK and Kenya
Build a financial profile of existing partners and funding sources to see where further funds can be sourced from
Work closely with the CEO to decide on the type of organisation they should be registered as in the UK
Liaise with the CEO and Kenyan accountant to discuss finances as they currently stand
Collaborate to develop a finance strategy
AfID are leading specialists in supporting NGOs operating globally with their financial management capacity & recruitment needs.
For more information about this role and similar opportunities in the UK and overseas, please visit https://www.afid.org.uk/intro/
Accounting for International Development
Members for new Advisory board wanted.
Non Executive Director/ Trustee for Arts Charity
Trustee Role (Becoming Treasurer after introductory period)
Policies and Procedures Audit
Chair of Governors & Independent governors
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Lesson 10 - Multidimensional arrays in Swift
Swift Basic constructs Multidimensional arrays in Swift
In the previous lesson, Strings in Swift - Split, we learned how to use the split() and joined() string methods. Today's Swift tutorial is basically a bonus when it comes to basic constructs. We'll discuss what we call multidimensional arrays.
We've already worked with a one-dimensional array which we can imagine as a row of boxes in computer memory.
(An array of eight numbers can be seen in the image)
Although it's not too common, you may sometimes encounter multidimensional arrays. Especially, when it comes to game applications.
Two-dimensional array
A good representation of a 2-dimensional array is a grid because technically, it is one. A practical application for 2-dimensional arrays would be to use them to store the available seats in a cinema. Here's a visual representation of what I'm referring to:
*(We can see the available seats of a cinema in the picture)
Of course, the cinema would be bigger in real life, but this array is just fine as an example. 0 means the seat is available, 1 stands for one that isn't. Later, we could also add 2 for reserved seats and so on. It would be more appropriate to create our own data type (called enumerable) for these states, but we'll get into that later. For now, we'll work with numbers.
In Swift, we initialize a 2D array like this:
var cinema = [[Int]]()
Actually, it's just an array of arrays. That means that each element of this array is an array too.
Above, we have successfully declared a multidimensional array but filling it with zeros to be able to represent a cinema would be ineffective. That's why we'll create the array other way:
var cinema = Array(repeating: Array(repeating: 0, count: 5), count: 5)
The Array class makes it easy to create arrays with recurring values. Of course, we could also use it for traditional 1D arrays. The repeating parameter specifies what will be repeated and count the number of times. So, for the first array, we'll generate another inner array five times. We'll generate zeros for the inner array.
We can print our 2D array to check it out. The first loop will go through each array and the inner loop will then print their values:
for array in cinema {
for value in array {
print(value, terminator: " ")
print(" ")
The output:
Filling with data
Let's fill the cinema room with 1s now as you can see in the picture above. Since we'll be lazy as good programmers should be, we'll use for loops to create a row of 1s To access an item of a 2D array we have to enter two coordinates. If the array wasn't filled with zeros (or other values) first, this code wouldn't work.
cinema[2][2] = 1 // Center
for i in 1..<4 { // 4th row
cinema[3][i] = 1
for i in 0..<5 { // Last row
We can print the array again to test it:
N-dimensional arrays
Sometimes, it may be useful to create an array of even more dimensions. We can all at least imagine a 3D array. Adding on the cinema analogy, we'll say ours has multiple floors, or generally more rooms. The visualization could then look like this:
We can create a 3D array the same way we created the 2D array:
var cinemas = [[[Int]]]()
Alternatively, we can use the Array class:
var cinemas = Array(repeating: Array(repeating: Array(repeating: 0, count: 5), count: 5), count: 3)
The principle is still the same, it's just harder to comprehend
The code above creates the 3D array you saw in the picture. We can access it through the indexers, square brackets, as before, but now we have to enter 3 coordinates.
cinemaRooms[1][2][3] = 1 // the second-floor cinema, the third row, the fourth seat
We could print our cinema, for example, like this:
var floor = 1
for cinema in cinemas {
print("Floor: \(floor)")
floor += 1
print("-----------------")
The output after assigning the number 1 in the code above:
In conclusion, I would like to add that some people who can't use objects properly, use 2D arrays to store multiple sets of data of a single entity. e.g. imagine that we want to store the length, width, and height of five cell phones. Although you may think that a 3D array would be best for the situation, it can be pulled off with an ordinary 1D array (specifically a list of objects of the Phone type). We'll go over all of that in the object-oriented programming course. You should also definitely give the exercises for this lesson a shot.
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IJEA Blog: IWPA encourages future communicators
In 1885 a group of female journalists in Chicago created the Illinois Woman's Press Association. More than 130 years later, IWPA is still going strong, and it's eager to support the next generation of journalists, regardless of gender. Read on to find out how IWPA can help you and your students!
Cora Weisenberger, IWPA High School Contest Chair
The mission of the Illinois Woman’s Press Association has always been encouraging and supporting people who wanted careers in the communications fields.
When founded in 1885, the career opportunities for female journalists were few. In Chicago, 47 women decided to join together to create the Illinois Woman’s Press Association, an organization at whose heart was the encouragement of women journalists in their careers.
More than 130 years later, it continues providing its members — both women and men — the support they need to fulfill their professional goals.
The IWPA also encourages the next generation of communicators. One of IWPA’s most popular events is its annual High School Communications Contest. Students, both girls and boys, and advisors from public and private high schools across Illinois are encouraged to enter.
There are numerous categories falling under news (print and online); broadcast for web, video, TV and radio; and yearbooks. The contest is open to writers, editors, designers, photographers, web masters, broadcasters, designers, cartoonists and others.
In addition to honoring individual students, the IWPA High School Communications Contest also shines a spotlight on high school activities like newspapers, yearbooks and literature magazines. The school with the most first-place winners receives the IWPA Silver Pen Award, along with a cash prize.
Entries that receive first-place awards in the IWPA High School Communications Contest then compete at in the National Federation of Press Women’s High School Communications Contest.
There, Illinois students’ work competes against that of others high school students from around the country. First-place winners in the NFPW Contest receive cash prizes and the satisfaction of knowing that they are among the best high school communicators in the country.
It is IWPA’s desire that, by doing well locally and perhaps nationally, students will be encouraged to consider communication careers, have achievements for college or job applications, or have rewarding experiences they will always remember.
IWPA is very proud of its past and is equally proud of its future, and that of the communications field. Through motivation like the High School Communications Contest and other opportunities available students and educators, its desire is to nurture the next generation of communicators who will make great contributions to the profession as it continues evolving in the 21st century.
To learn more about the Illinois Woman’s Press Association and its High School Communications Contest visit iwpa.org.
Cora Weisenberger is IWPA’s High School Contest Chair. A long-time feature writer and editor, her work has appeared in publications produced by the Chicago Tribune, Rand McNally and M2Media360, among others.
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Home » Mortgage lawsuits against BofA, Citigroup and Wells Fargo resurrected
Mortgage lawsuits against BofA, Citigroup and Wells Fargo resurrected
Federal appeals court revives Miami’s lawsuit against TBTFs
KEYWORDS BAC C Housing Crisis Mortgage discrimination Mortgage fraud mortgage lending WFC
A U.S. appeals court revived three lawsuits filed by the City of Miami against Wells Fargo (WFC), Bank of America (BAC) and Citigroup (C), alleging predatory mortgage lending practices against minority borrowers.
In a unanimous vote, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s dismissal of the city's claims under the federal Fair Housing Act.
Miami’s lawsuit alleges the three banks engaged in a long-term lending discrimination in its residential housing market programs.
"It is clear that the harm the city claims to have suffered has a sufficiently close connection to the conduct the statute prohibits," Circuit Judge Stanley Marcus wrote.
Other cities like Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles and Memphis have met with mixed results attempting to bring suits against the lenders for what they call predatory lending targeted at black and Hispanic homebuyers.
The lawsuit in Miami charged that the three banks steered black and Hispanic borrowers toward higher-cost loans.
The city said in its brief that this "reverse redlining" led to a large number of foreclosures, lower property tax collections and increased cost to the city to deal with the resultant property values loss and concomitant blight.
In July 2014, U.S. District Judge William Dimitrouleas in Fort Lauderdale, Florida dismissed Miami's lawsuits. He said the city lacked standing to sue, and that the alleged harm was too remote from the banks' conduct.
But the appeals court said that standard was too stringent and that banks could have reasonably foreseen the "attendant harm" from their alleged discriminatory lending. The 11th Circuit did not rule on the merits.
Wells Fargo appeal to block FHA mortgage fraud lawsuit denied
Wells Fargo settles forced placement lawsuit for undisclosed amount
Judge dismisses BofA, U.S. Bank mortgage-bond lawsuits
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Houston city council could vote on garbage fee next week
Robert Downen March 20, 2019 Updated: March 21, 2019 4:18 p.m.
City Council Member Dwight Boykins talks to reporters March 8, 2019. Boykins has filed paperwork indicating his intention to run for mayor against incumbent and former political ally Sylvester Turner.
Photo: Godofredo A. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner on Wednesday said he would put a proposed garbage fee on next week’s city council agenda, but will not vote for it.
Turner agreed to put the idea promoted by Councilman Dwight Boykins as a way to to offset the cost of firefighter raises mandated by Proposition B to a council vote, even as he called it “regressive” and said it would hurt low-income Houstonians.
“I will put it on the council agenda next week to let council members have their say, but I will not vote to impose this fee on the people of Houston,” he said on Twitter.
Under Houston’s strong-mayor format, Turner decides what goes on the council agenda.
Boykins first pitched the idea of a monthly garbage fee of $25 to $40 to help cover the cost of the firefighter raises in December. At the time, he estimated the fee could raise as much as $172 million a year that would go into a special revenue fund for Houston’s Solid Waste Management, thereby freeing up other monies to pay for the firefighter raises.
The raises, which the Turner administration has estimated will cost about $100 million a year, are required under the Prop B charter amendment approved by voters last November. The pay-parity measure requires the city to pay firefighters the same as police officers of equal rank and experience.
Boykins’ original proposal largely fell flat among his council colleagues, some of whom said the fees were far too high. Boykins since has floated lower rates, and said Wednesday that he would call for fees between $19 and $27 a month when council votes.
In a statement Wednesday, Boykins said he was the “only member of City Council to put forth a proposal that creates a steady revenue stream while preventing massive and destructive layoffs.”
“My proposal is an alternative that secures public safety while saving the jobs of up to 500 firefighters, 200 police officers and up to 300 city employees,” Boykins said. “It’s an opportunity for city leaders to lead, and I hope my colleagues will join me in supporting this measure.
Turner earlier this week announced his administration has begun the process of implementing the raises, a plan that includes the layoff of about 400 firefighters and another 100 municipal employees. No police are included in the layoffs.
Asked if the Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association supports Boykins' idea, President Marty Lancton said Thursday, "Houston firefighters have taken no position on any of the proposed budgeting solutions to properly resource the Houston Fire Department and equally pay police and fire personnel in compliance with Prop. B. We are encouraged that responsible city leaders are considering a wide range of options."
The mayor’s agreement to put the garbage fee proposal to a council vote came in the second week of Boykins delaying dozens of items on the council agenda in protest of what he says is unfair treatment of Houston Fire Department cadets.
The cadets graduated from training earlier this year, but Turner has refused to swear them in, saying it would be wrong to promote them during a citywide hiring freeze he implemented last fallwhen it became clear Prop B could pass. He did, however, swear in more than 60 Houston Police Department cadets this month.
Two weeks ago, Boykins blocked 33 of 39 agenda items.
He similarly delayed most of the Council’s agenda on Wednesday, drawing criticism from Turner and other council members.
Mayor Pro-Tem Ellen Cohen said Boykins’ behavior “makes a mockery” of the council, adding the tactic is intended to give members time to further study proposals and not to “hold hostage” city business.
"There are no political games here on the part of this administration," Turner said before accusing Boykins of playing his own “political games.”
Other council members said they supported Boykins use of the parliamentary maneuver and voted against several attempts to override his tags.
Even those votes were not without argument, however. At one point, Boykins tried to allow a handful of agenda items to go to vote, prompting backlash from other council members who said tags need to be used consistently, or not at all.
“You’re either all-in or all-out,” Council member Brenda Stardig said after one such vote.
Boykins later defended his actions, citing the “frustrations” expressed to him when he’s met with firefighters.
“Tagging the agenda is not something I’m proud of doing,” he said. “I’m just doing it because I think it’s the right thing to do. … I don’t look forward to doing this every time.”
Editor's note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Marty Lancton, the head of the firefighters' union, said the union supports the garbage fee idea. The story has been updated with a comment from Lancton on Thursday.
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Robert Downen covers general assignment and breaking news stories for the Houston Chronicle's metro desk. Prior to that, he worked as a business reporter in Albany, New York, and as the managing editor of a group of six newspapers in Illinois. He is a 2014 graduate of Eastern Illinois University.
New lawsuit: Patterson, former Southern Baptist leader, humiliated woman who reported rape
Houston Pride Fest spreads message of love, acceptance to record crowd
As SBC vows to change, survivors ‘devastated’ by past failures
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Zapruder Analysis of Three Arkansas Fans' Creepy Courting of Jon Gruden
Sean Pendergast
Sean Pendergast | December 12, 2013 | 12:00pm
Pre-technology, paying tribute used to be so much more difficult to pull off.
However, now with an iPhone, a YouTube account and a cursory knowledge of some editing software, any ol' country bumpkin can tell his college football coach in song that he thinks he's the next big thing.
The mercurial quarterback can be reminded just how galvanizing a force he is for a school's fan base by female fans, young and old.
But there's an immediacy to the Internet and expression through music whereby a fan base can immediately turn on you when you're looking up at bowl eligibility. Three wins ain't gonna cut it in our state, sonny boy!
And to that end, what's up, ARKANSAS?!
Indeed, it wasn't all that long ago that Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema swooped into Fayetteville to rescue the Hog faithful from the John L. Smith Era, with a satchel full of dreams and a power running game that would magically steamroll the SEC West. He was brash, his wife was hot, and dammit, Arkansas fans, you were all BIELEMERS!
Especially this guy...
But with one tweet, everything changed...
(If this were a 30 for 30, this is where we would cut to a commercial and you'd be like "Oh hell, now I got to find out what got tweeted!" It's called a tease, kids.)
The tweet itself is now deleted, but it came after Bielema's former employer Wisconsin lost in heartbreaking fashion on some butchered officiating to Arizona State early in the season...
For whatever reason, Jen Bielema thought that Wisconsin getting screwed was some small fraction of a restoration of balance in the football universe and decided to tweet "#karma." Because, y'know, Wisconsin is a place that paid her husband millions of dollars to coach football before he voluntarily left.
Whatever, I guess.
At any rate, since Jen Bielema's sexy fingers hit "SEND" on that tweet, Arkansas (3-0 at the time, by the way) has not won a football game. They finished the season 3-9, and actually closed out the year losing in heartbreaking fashion in Baton Rouge when LSU's backup quarterback threw a 49 yard bomb with a minute to go in the game to stave off the upset, 31-27.
#karma?
So now, Arkansas fans, at least most of them, are no longer Bielemers. Far from it. So a few of them with internet access, a camera, and a little techno-savvy decided to begin the recruiting process for Bielema's replacement. And if you're gonna aim, why not aim high, right?
Jon Gruden's name comes up for every coaching search, college and pro. Right now, the Super Bowl winning former head coach of the Tampa Bay Bucs gets paid millions to do one game a week on ESPN and sit in a trailer with some college kids for a couple weeks in March breaking down film. Good gig. Better than the Arkansas job.
Still, that didn't stop these guys from whipping out their dongs and pissing all over the greatest Beatles song of all time putting together this tribute/recruiting video...
Actually, I can't believe I'm going to say this, but that wasn't totally terrible. It was only mostly terrible. (Highest compliment ever paid to an SEC fan music video, by the way.) Let's Zapruder this thing, shall we?
0:01 -- Ok, we have what appear to be three teenage lads, big Arkansas fans (two of them, literally big, in particular the dude on the left is making that Arkansas golf shirt work overtime), getting ready to belt out "Hey Grude," (a takeoff of the Beatles' "Hey Jude") boy band style. We will call them "No Direction" and, left to right, we will name them Niall, Louis, and Liam. (Because we all know that Harry is going to leave One Direction for a solo career at any minute, and Zayn is the least popular, according to Twitter. And, YES, I had to Google most all of that.)
0:02 -- Louis appears to be the leader of the group, as evidenced by the decision to allow him to introduce the video and by the Garth Brooks/Todd Graham style earpiece/microphone ensemble. Liam appears to be the spaz that sets the tone of the show. Niall appears to be the one in charge of catering.
0:03 -- These guys appear to be in their late teens, so my hope is that their, ahem, STUDIO is actually the bedroom of a seven year old brother of one of them, because if any of these dudes have a room decorated like this at their age, adulthood is probably going to be a bit of a challenge.
0:04 -- "This is a song we wrote for our next head coach, Jon Gruden..." All righty then...
0:13 -- One phrase in, we can already tell that this is going to be an emotional ballad. Louis has hands in face already, as if to shed tears. This may be the sales guy in me, but I don't know that this would be my pitch to a guy who looks constipated 24/7 and has a weekly segment called "Gruden's Grinders." But what do I know....
0:17 -- Holy shit! The first belting of "Become the HEEEAADDD HAAWWWGGG..." you can tell these three actually have some skills, I mean at least compared to the gremlin that sang that Butch Jones song and the granny who sang "Johnny Football." Put it this way, I can already tell that when we finally organize the Lollapalooza for SEC viral fan artists, No Direction will headline.
0:30 -- Wait, rewind a couple seconds...did he....he DID! Louis made a jerk off sign (a quick one, but a jerk off sign nonetheless) just as the words "come through the door" were uttered. Louis, don't make this thing freaky. Let's keep it on a football tip, please!
0:36 -- Liam produces a microphone out of nowhere and the octave and decibel level of his voice don't change one iota. I think that mic is a prop.
0:45 -- "Come to Fayetteville to beat Nick Sabaaaannn...." Is Arkansas on Texas' schedule in the coming seasons? I haven't looked. Someone check this, please....
1:03 -- Ok, I laughed out lot at the "contract" on which they need his "sig." A huge piece of paper with a dollar sign on it. I think that's what my first radio contract looked like. Only with a much smaller dollar sign and a six month non compete.
1:07 -- So far, here's the biggest mystery to me about this video, and I don't know that it ever gets solved. We know Liam's voice is the lead voice in the thing, and we know in the background is one baritone-ish voice and one soprano-ish voice. I can't figure out which of the two hefty dudes is the songbird and which one is the bellow. Louis has more the "high tone" look to him (hipster headset, mopey hair, overly enthusiastic), but it's funnier to picture Niall as that guy. That voice, coming from THAT diaphragm. Continuing....
1:13 -- "You carry the state upon your shooouuulder...." Ah, thanks for pointing out where the shoulder is located on the human anatomy fellas. Appreciated.
1:20 -- Ah, the contract has a page 2! "6 MILLION" in big letters. Yeah, definitely not a radio contract. (Also, what would Gruden command on the open market for a college job? Would Texas pay him Saban money? I'd have to think so, especially given the fact that Gruden might singlehandedly solve the clearance issues for the Longhorn Network. His coaches show would actually get non-Longorn fans watching it. Seriously, this question just popped into my head and 45 seconds later, I think hiring Gruden for about $10 million a year makes perfect sense on so many levels, and honestly might be the one thing that would salvage the Longhorn Network, in some small way.)
1:32 -- Niall gives a tug of the shirt to stretch it. That garment is putting in an all-SEC type effort today.
1:38 -- Liam's coffee/Red Bull/cocaine is kicking in as we take it up a notch for the next verse...
2:01 -- WAIT! Stop and rewind again...he's just trolling us now right?...watch....he DID do it! When the verse "There's no one better..." gets uttered, Louis points at his junk! He DOES! Ballads are no way to recruit Jon Gruden, but making jack off signs and pointing to your wiener, well, now you're asking for an ass kicking, kid.
2:35 -- "We'd win games by pure intimidation...." Um, slow down, fellas. You're Arkansas, ok? Have you been to Gainesville? Gruden is going to need to lose at least six more teeth before he intimidates those people.
3:01 -- "A head coach is all we are missing..." Most delusional lyric of any song since "all you need is love" (which is tied with every rap lyric ever where the guy says he's the best).
3:12 -- CONFIRMATION: Niall's arms work.
3:23 -- Ok, admitted, I spit out my water when Liam waved at the camera while singing "HEY GRUDE!" THAT was funny.
3:27 -- Louis takes off the hipster headphone thingy to belt out the final few lyrics, the boy band SEC delusia-tune version of Jerry "The King" Lawler pulling the one strap down on his singlet before he kicks a guy's ass.
3:51 -- Liam is making a run at MVP of shitty fan videos in the final chorus here. DESTROYING....
4:00 -- One last half hearted, quasi-jerk signal from Louis. He must be getting tired.
4:29 -- Liam slides in close for the three headed, poster shot, which I'm incredibly tempted to it my Twitter avatar for one day, as we fade to black.
Listen to Sean Pendergast on 1560 Yahoo! Sports Radio from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays and nationally on the Yahoo! Sports Radio network Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. CST. Also, follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/SeanCablinasian.
Sean Pendergast is a contributing freelance writer who covers Houston area sports daily in the News section, with periodic columns and features, as well. He also hosts afternoon drive on SportsRadio 610, as well as the post game show for the Houston Texans.
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Supreme Court will rule on 3 key HR-related cases
by Jim Giuliano
This month, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on three cases that have a direct impact on how HR and employers will do business.
Case: AT&T Corp. v. Hulteen
Issue: Pregnancy discrimination
Summary: The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 mandates that employees receive time-in-service credit — for purposes of retirement and other benefits — for all pregnancy-connected absences. The employer maintains that any pregnancy-related absences prior to ’78, when the law was passed, cannot be added to time-in-service credit. The employee says pre-’78 pregancy absences must be credited.
Case: Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville
Issue: Retaliation
Summary: “Employee A” was called upon to provide information in an internal investigation involving a charge of sexual harassment against “Employee B,” a member of upper management. Eventually, Employee A was fired supposedly for poor job performance. Employee A sued the employer, charging the firing was in retaliation for cooperating with the investigation of Employee B. The employer argued that Title VII protections against retaliation apply only to formal investigations by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and not to an employer’s internal investigation.
Case: 14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett
Issue: Arbitration clauses
Summary: As part of a collective-bargaining agreement’s arbitration clause, an employee was obligated to waive his right to sue under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. The employee argues that such clauses cannot be enforced because federal law guarantees the right to sue for age discrimination, and that no arbitration agreement can void that right.
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Japan’s Incubate Fund Launching India-Specific $27 Million Startup Fund
By Vardaan Apr 3, 2019
Japanese venture capital fund, Incubate Fund is set to raise $27 million India dedicated fund by the end of the year for investing in promising Indian startups, Nikkei Asian Review reported on Tuesday.
Dubbed as Incubate Fund India, the fund will be launched this summer and the Tokyo-based venture capital specialist will invest 3 billion yen ($27 million) by the end of the year.
General partner of Incubate Fund, Nao Murakami, along with other experienced Japanese staff will be stationed in Silicon Valley of India, Bangalore, to scout for startups to invest in.
Incubate Fund, which invests in seed- to early-stage internet businesses, has raised a total of $137.2 million across three funds, their latest being Incubate Fund III, which was announced on January 2015 and raised a total of $91 million, according the data by Crunchbase.
Last month, Incubate Fund participated in pre Series A round of StayAbode, a start-up that is building co-living spaces.
In December, Indore-based Shopkirana, that connects brands and traditional retailers with the help of technology and supply chain innovation, has raised $2 million from investors that include Incubate Fund.
In October, GamingMonk, a Delhi-based e-Sports gaming startup raised ₹4 crore from Incubate Fund and former MD of Google, Rajan Anandan.
Incubate Fund has had 7 exits and one of the notable exits include GameWith, a Japnese gaming media firm, which has recently invested $100,000 in GamingMonk this month.
Incubate Fund
Startup Fund
Venture Capital Fund
Sequoia India Raising Separate $200 Mn for Startup Accelerator Programme for India and SE Asia
Zoomcar to Raise $500 Mn in A Funding Lead by Mahindra
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‘Key & Peele’ Gets Ultimate Digital Platform, Featuring Every Single Comedy Central Sketch
I said biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinge....
Kate Halliwell
Get ready, comedy fans. Launching today, Comedy Central has created the ultimate site for “Key & Peele” fans who have been going through withdrawal since the sketch show’s demise in September of last year. Over 300 sketches are now available, including 176 that were previously unavailable online.
READ MORE: ‘Key & Peele’ On Mastering Cinematic Sketch Comedy, with a Whole Lot of Improv (And Football)
In case that wasn’t enough, the digital destination also includes, per the official release, “new, original content including sharable GIF’s and memes and an illustrated insider’s ‘Key & Peele Dictionary‘ highlighting some of the show’s most memorable catchphrases.”
Fans can also use entertaining URLs to lead them to the site, including obamaandluther.com, liamneesons.com, insubordinateandchurlish.com, and of course Isaidbiiiiiiiiiitch.com. Sketches can be sorted by season, category, and character, as well as by collections like “celebrity favorites,” “horror,” “nerd” and “football.”
From the release: “The Peabody Award-winning and twelve-time Emmy Award-nominated series, featuring Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, has become a true multi-platform phenomenon and boasts over a billion streams across multiple digital platforms. The site will showcase fan-favorite characters like Meegan and Andre, Mr. Garvey, the substitute teacher, Wendell and the Valets along with additional beloved personalities.”
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The IRXJam is the annual game jam for Indie Revolution Expo!
The games submitted will be showcased during the expo which will give the developers exposure to potential fans and connections to others within the indie game industry. Our hope is that the games made during this time will be a launching point for amazing games and aspiring game developers!
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All entries must be submitted to GameJolt with the tag #IRXJam16. There is no specific theme. There is no limit to team size. Games must be made from scratch between now and June 17th, 2016. You may update the version anytime during the game jam, but most recent update made before the deadline will be the one used for judging. Everything used to make the game must be made by someone on the team OR royalty free/licensed (this includes graphics, music, SFX and fonts). Nothing stolen. Code should be your own with the exception of using licensed engines like Unity, Unreal, etc… or software like Stencyl, Game Maker, etc… Because one of the main goals of Indie Revolution Expo is to make it as open and accessible to all kinds of people and ideas, you may make a game using any kind of hardware (such as mobile, console, etc…), but you must record gameplay footage yourself in order for the game to be exhibited. You may submit any gameplay footage to IRX@indiegameriot.com with the title of the corresponding game and IRXJam16 in the subject line. If you are unable to record the footage, then the game must be for Windows. (Of course, if there are any restrictions on the file types that GameJolt excepts, then you must follow those since all of the #IRXJam16 games have to be submitted via their website). The above also applies to any kind of special peripherals required to play. If the controls are not for keyboard and mouse, then the developing team must record gameplay themselves and submit the footage to IRX@indiegameriot.com with the title of the corresponding game and IRXJam16 in the subject line. Anyone can enter from anywhere. The winner is decided by the IGR/IRX staff at the end of the expo on July 17th, 2016. The winner will be “Best Overall” from the game jam.
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FEATURED | Third Time Lucky: Greece’s Rescue Package by Deena Zaidi
IndraStra Global Thursday, August 20, 2015 Business & Economy , European Union , Featured , Greece , IMF Edit
By Deena Zaidi
Greece has been in news ever since it joined Eurozone as the 12th member. The country has been struggling hard to meet the requirements needed to be a member in the Eurozone. In 2004, Greece misrepresented its budget figures and many critics saw that had the data been genuine, it might not have been a part of the common currency union. While there are many debates about the member countries that comprise the common Euro union, representation of weaker economies have made entire Eurozone suffer financially. On the other hand, stronger economies have not dodged from providing generous bailouts to its failing member economies within the zone. Even though a lot of financial help came from international organizations like IMF and World Bank, the indebted member countries had to pay a price for bailouts: adherence to planned austerity measures. Eurozone’s rescue plan is announced when Greece is not only facing tough financial times but also witnessing internal political instability.
Had Greece not been part of the Eurozone, the picture we see now of Greece might have looked very different. The country would be using its own currency, the drachma and balanced out its own export and imports accordingly. Protecting its own economy would have been slightly easier since it would not be tied to other economies through a single currency. According to Bloomberg, Greek unemployment has doubled since it joined the Eurozone, while Germany halved its unemployment rate. Moreover, following the 2008 financial crisis in the US, Greece’s economy got smaller by 25% since 2009.
Figures show that even though much of the rescue support is coming from Germany, since it is by far the strongest in the Eurozone, it surely has benefitted in certain sections after the formation of the Eurozone. But recently, the shifting politics in Germany shows that even though 454 German MPs have approved of the Greek bailout, 113 were against it while 18 abstained. Some part of Germany seems a bit hesitant about the third bailout and does not approve of giving extra support to Greece. The €86 billion bailout plan is Greece’s third bailout in the last five years with Spain, Estonia and Austria approving the bailout package.
Even though likely talks of Grexit (Greece Exit) were making news early this year, Eurozone has definitely not avoided itself from holding talks and rescuing its member countries time and again. The German Finance Minister is sure that not lending support and giving Greece another chance would have been ‘irresponsible” on their part. Interestingly, the bailout approval comes at a time when a press release by IMF head, Ms. Christine Lagarde stated, “Greece’s debt has become unsustainable and that Greece cannot restore debt sustainability solely through actions on its own.” In an interview with CNBC, Volker Wieland, a member of the German Council of Economic Experts and chair of the Institute for Monetary Theory and Policy at Goethe University, said that the cost of debt for Greece is very low simply because much of the interest and repayment has already been postponed. The only debt that remains expensive, besides the short-term bills, was the one it owed to the IMF. This is probably one reason that the IMF questioned the ability of Greece to deliver on bailout terms and even cautioned Eurozone to ‘commit to debt restructuring to ensure that the program will work’. The international organization is of the opinion that Greece will need more debt restructuring in the near future. In return of the rescue bailout plan, Greece has to ensure steep budget cuts and strict policy changes. In exchange for the bailout, Greece has also agreed to sell 14 regional airports to Fraport Slentel, a top German airport operator. It is the first privatization deal under the new government and the biggest privatization deal in Greece since beginning of the crisis and the bailout programs in 2010.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the three-page document prepared by European institutions, fails to address the consequences incase Greece failed to implement the bailout plan. Additionally, the document highlights “serious concerns” about Greece’s ability to repay back what it owed to its creditors. While Eurozone authorities would like IMF to get involved in the talks regarding the rescue plan, the international organization does not plan to do so until October this year. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said that there was not "the slightest doubt" that the IMF would lend their support in October given that Lagarde endorsed the bailout now.
In order to remain in the Eurozone, Greece would need to take steps to clear off its debts but more importantly; it needs to do this to restore the faith and confidence of its people in the Greek financial system.
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Staging Woodstock 50 a challenge, says upstate NY official
Posted: Jul 2, 2019 / 05:15 PM EDT / Updated: Jul 3, 2019 / 07:51 AM EDT
VERNON, N.Y. (AP) — A key local official says hosting the Woodstock 50 anniversary festival on short notice “could pose a significant challenge.”
A mass gathering permit application for the Vernon Downs harness track and casino in central New York was recently filed after operators of the original festival site pulled out last month.
Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente released a statement Tuesday noting the challenge of preparing for the health and safety of residents and concert goers with the event just over a month away.
The Woodstock festival has faced a series of setbacks, including the losses of a financial partner, a production company and original site, Watkins Glen International.
Vernon Downs has said they can host up to 65,000 people, far fewer than the 150,000 planned for Watkins Glen.
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Knox of Kilkeel was founded on the 22nd January 1954 by brothers, the late Sam Knox and Jim Knox. Both brothers served their apprenticeships with Mr Jim McCulla. Sam was responsible for the buying of building products and Jim overseen the Household and furniture department. Having worked in McCulla's for over 15 years, the brothers decided it was time to go into business together. With a little help from the brothers' Aunt Lizzie, Sam and Jim were able to purchase a site 50ft wide and 100ft deep. The late Alfie Graham built the original shop, which was 50 ft wide and 30ft deep with a flat concrete roof and a 30 ft built a store. However, when the buildings were finished the brothers had no money left. Determined to succeed, the brothers bought a 2nd hand van on Hire Purchase and negotiated with Belfast suppliers to provide them with stock on a 3 month credit term.
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Insomniac Magazine Event Coverage
stereoBLOOM, Insomniac Records, and the Evolution of Sound
Sep 11, 2018 Ross Gardiner
Of the many notable differences between EDC Las Vegas 2017 and 2018 (ahem, the temperature and a damn campground!?), one of the more subtle ones was the stereoBLOOM stage. Having been one of the most memorable (and weird) stages at EDC 2016 and 2017, the beloved art sculpture dubbed the upside-downHOUSE was no more. In its place stood an immersive yet contextually conventional stage stacked with a novel blend of emerging, established, and legendary artists that traversed the broad gamut of dance music.
The idea was simple: stereoBLOOM is all about the music—specifically, Insomniac Records.
“We wanted to reel it back and make music the focus,” starts Joe Wiseman, co-general manager of Insomniac Records. “We were like, ‘This is the label stage, and when you get here, you’ll know it’s the label stage.’”
“The first day was mostly bassline house stuff; Saturday was a little more mixed-genre. And then Sunday was all Bassrush Records artists, so the vibe was a little bit more left-field, weird bass music,” he continues. “We really came into it with our main objective being to give an eclectic mix of dance music in an intimate setting.”
“We always look at what else is being booked on the other stages and try and do something a little bit different,” adds Greg Mateo, who joined Insomniac Records as a distributor in 2016 and is now co-GM alongside Wiseman.
We’re in the cramped corner office on the third floor of Insomniac HQ. A whiteboard on the wall holds the secrets to what will be coming next for the imprint. The release schedule is packed across all the labels, an expectedly deft blend of familiar, established names and some upstart wildcards.
“It’s a delicate kind of dance,” replies Wiseman when asked about how these unfamiliar names will be nurtured by Insomniac, as both a record label and a concert promoter. “We discover a lot of new artists, but we can’t just spring them on the label or a festival stage right away, because people ask questions. There’s got to be a rhyme or reason about why, all of a sudden, someone no one has never heard of is onstage.”
“We often do that through Discovery Project or IN / ROTATION,” says Mateo, referring to Insomniac’s emerging artist platform and their deeper, house-ier sublabel. “Then we try to get every department behind it—from the social side to the video side to the brand side—and if everything works well and the audience is really vibing with it, the track becomes a success. Then it’s onto the next stage.”
Therein lies what makes the label different. While the fledgling imprint might not yet carry the same clout as a Spinnin’ Records or an Anjunabeats, who else in the famously flexible world of dance music record labels boasts this kind of 360 support?
“Every label has this kind of ‘carrot on the stick,’ right? If it’s an artist-run label like OWSLA, the incentive is that Skrillex will play your music in his sets,” explains Greg. “With us, it’s that we have some of the biggest festivals in the world.”
“To me, there is no other company—no, family—like this in the industry,” starts L.A.-based producer Dr. Fresch, a product of Discovery Project and an Insomniac Records veteran, with six releases under his belt. “Not only do you really feel the love they put into everything they do, but the promotional platform is giant. To be able to release music, do interviews, publicize the records, distribute it, and get social media behind it, it’s incredible. It provides bedroom DJs and producers with the infrastructure they need to become major artists.”
Dr. Fresch (real name actually Tony Fresch) started making making music a decade ago, after moving to Los Angeles. A formative internship with Steve Aoki’s Dim Mak imprint threw him into the deep end of the city’s burgeoning proto-EDM scene, while Insomniac was preemptively resurging in stature as a new generation of young people found catharsis on the dancefloor.
“I was surrounded by Insomniac at that time—the festivals, club shows, DJing in Hollywood—I was getting to know a lot of the people who worked with Insomniac,” explains Fresch. “I was immersed in the scene that revolved around EDC and Escape.”
Fresch actually entered the Discovery Project contest twice before he won in 2013, entering with an EP’s worth of gold that would become his debut release, the Dr. Fresch EP. The impact was immediate. He went on to perform at Nocturnal Wonderland in 2013, and by 2015, he was a fully fledged touring act, represented by an agent and releasing music on Skrillex’s influential OWSLA imprint.
Shortly after that, Insomniac decided to untangle the record label from its partner, Interscope. This breathed new life into the project. Wiseman, Mateo, and their team built out a strict release schedule and a pipeline of emerging local talent.
While there isn’t a Head of A&R per se, the pair insist the labels represent the collective taste of Insomniac’s staff. From the headier psytrance production goblins to the minimal goths of Factory 93, the company’s music listening habits run the gamut of dance music, and nowhere is this better represented than by Insomniac Records.
In all, there are five imprints: Insomniac Records, Bassrush Records, Dreamstate Records, IN / ROTATION, and Discovery Project. Bassrush, Dreamstate, and IN / ROTATION each have their own sound and vibe (bass, trance, and deep-house-adjacent), with Insomniac Records and Discovery Project more indicative of the level of the artist’s career.
“We get hundreds and hundreds of entries for each show; one, two, or three acts are selected, depending on how many slots there are,” explains Wiseman. The winners get to play at the corresponding festival and release via the most fitting imprint. “It’s a nice entry point into the building for a lot of these artists and gives them a lot of initial exposure.”
“I wouldn’t have the career I have if it weren’t for Insomniac and Discovery Project,” admits Fresch. “And word is starting to really spread among the bigger artists, because the incentives to work with Insomniac Records is huge. You just don’t have that synergy with other labels or festival promoters.”
With acts like Fresch and Bonnie x Clyde charging through the ranks, established house players Chris Lake, Chris Lorenzo, Sacha Robotti, and Redlight all dropping huge releases on the imprint, and the scorching hot HARD Recs gearing up for its full launch, the roster is diverse and deep.
As our conversation draws to a close, I find myself glancing back at those strange, as-yet-unknown DJ names written on the whiteboard, thinking about the white-knuckled trajectory they are about to embark upon. A little over a year into its rebirth, Insomniac Records has truly found its stride, and the timing couldn’t be better. As the parent company adds new festival concepts—like the stacked underground party Secret Project, HARD Summer and Day of the Dead, and the psy-transformational wook-out Sacred Valley—the possibilities are limitless for emerging and established acts looking for the biggest platform out there.
Follow Insomniac Records on SoundCloud | Facebook | Twitter | Spotify | Instagram
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Scammers Attempting To Fool Brokerages with Fake Email Transfer Requests
Meyer Wilson May 10, 2017
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) began noticing fake transfer requests about five years ago and according to their disciplinary database, there have been 42 cases dating back to 2012 where imposters hacked into actual customers’ email accounts and fooled their brokerage firms into making fraudulent wire transfers.
<blockquote> Fraudulent wire transfers by email hackers "is something that continually raises its head," said Gerri Walsh, senior vice president of investor education at FINRA. </blockquote>
FINRA doesn’t have an exact dollar figure on the amount of money lost due to this type of scam, but it’s a large enough issue to warrant an advisory from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the United States Treasury Department back in September of 2016.
While most financial institutions have security measures in place that are supposed to protect investors from fraud – like two-factor authorization – the protection quickly falls apart when workers act negligently during the verification process. According to FINRA reports, almost every instance of this type of fraud was made possible by employees who failed to follow company policies that required an outbound call to verify the transaction before pushing it through.
In one case, a former Morgan Stanley Smith Barney client services associate falsified forms for five separate wire transfers where she claimed that she spoke with the client when she had not. In another, a former broker working for Merrill Lynch falsely informed a sales assistant that they confirmed transactions over the phone when in fact the imposter claimed that they couldn’t speak on the phone because they were on their way to a board meeting.
While many of these cases are solved with no harm to the customer, that can’t be said for all incidents. If you find yourself in a situation where you need to fight to recover your losses, our investment fraud attorneys at Meyer Wilson are dedicated to helping victims of fraud recover their losses – since we first opened our doors almost 20 years ago, we have successfully recovered over $350 million for our clients. If you are looking to hire an experienced and passionate attorney, give us a call at one of our office locations or send us your information through our online form to start out with a free in-depth case consultation today.
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We Love Each Other
Illustrated by Yusuke Yonezu
Yonezu Board Book
28 Pages, 6.75 x 6.75
Formats: Board Book
Board Book, $9.95 (US $9.95) (CA $10.95)
minedition (Nov 2013)
A clever and charming board book with an upbeat theme and a special surprise on the last page—a North American debut by a brilliant illustrator Love is everywhere! And it’s not just us humans. From birds to elephants, rabbits to turtles, there is love and togetherness depicted on every page. Very young readers will enjoy the surprises in this cheerfully inventive little book. The bold, colorful illustrations reveal a surprise beneath the flap on every page, with a final delightful surprise on the last page.
"I appreciate a publishing company that understands how very difficult it is to make a good board book. . . . this book is pretty much brilliant. It shows animals apart who, when put together, make different shapes. Circles, squares, triangles. . . . The art is bold, colorful, simple, funny, sweet, touching." —Elizabeth Bird, A Fuse #8 Production, School Library Journal
"Japanese author/illustrator Yonezu marries color, animal, and shape concepts with die-cuts and a reassuring theme of love in an expertly designed and executed board book. . . . Yonezu’s simple renderings radiate happiness and charm on every page." —Publishers Weekly
"adorable and a great way to show your kids that you love them." —Jenny Williams, geekdad.com
"The vibrantly colored, stylized animals are appealing, the large white shapes on bold backgrounds command attention, and the glossy, die-cut pages encourage exploration....Babies and toddlers will appreciate this playful, upbeat introduction to shapes." —Kirkus Reviews
"A smart way to introduce simple shapes, adorable animals and a Valentine's-worthy love theme, Yonezu's board book is precious." —Kids Home Library
"A sweet book to read again and again." —Imagination Soup
"Yusuke Yonezu uses clever cutouts to convey—without ever stating outright—the message that loves completes us . . . ingenious pictures." —Sarah Smith, nytimes.com
"With a playful "love" message for Valentine's Day, Japanese author/illustrator Yusuke Yonezu brings together bold colors and stylized illustrations to familiarize tots with basic shapes." —Washington Parent
Yusuke Yonezu is an author and illustrator of children’s books, including 5 Little Apples, the Guess What? series, Moving Blocks, Please Don't Cry, Rainbow Chameleon, and Yum Yum!
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The Greek Historical and Ethnological Museum, the result of private initiative, is in the Old Parliament Building of Athens on Old Stadiou Street, and is devoted to the history of Greece in the 18th - 20th centuries. The collection also contains historical items concerning the period from the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans in 1453 to the Second World War, focusing especially in the period of the Greek Revolution (1821) and the subsequent establishment of the modern Greek state. Among the items displayed are weapons, personal belongings and memorabilia from historical personalities, historical paintings by Greek and foreign artists, manuscripts, as well as a large collection of traditional costumes from the various regions of Greece. The collection is displayed in the corridors and rooms of the building, while the great central hall of the National Assembly is used for conferences. Among the treasured relics of the Greek Revolution are the relics of Lord Byron's helmet and sword.
One of the sections of the museum is dedicated to the Asia Minor Catastrophe of 1922. Among the treasuries here are the episcopal mitre, the episcopal engolpion, and the cross of Hieromartyr Chrysostomos of Smyrna, who died violently to help his beloved flock. The enthusiasm of the visitor when he sees these relics makes them also question how such treasures came into the possession of the museum, since we know the body of Metropolitan Chrysostomos was burned together with the city. This question was solved by St. Chrysostomos' nephew, Metropolitan Chrysostomos Tsiter of Austria (+ 1995), the son of St. Chrysostomos' sister Erifylis Yrakleos Tsiter. He did this in his three-volume work titled "The Archive of the Ethnomartyr of Smyrna, Chrysostomos".
Metropolitan Chrysostomos Tsiter writes that during the tragic days of the catastrophe of Smyrna in August and September of 1922, near St. Chrysostomos was Thomas Voultsos of Drama, his trusted personal servant Nicholas Sophocleous, the husband of his sister Sophia, and his brother Evgenios. Of these, Thomas Voultsos and Nicholas Sophocleous survived the catastrophe and went to Greece. His brother Evgenios stayed in the Metropolis, was arrested, and sentenced to death and buried. When Thomas Voultsos was in Athens he contacted Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Ephesus to learn the fate of his spiritual father St. Chrysostomos. The Metropolitan informed Thomas that two boxes of hierarchical belongings of St. Chrysostomos were put aboard the battleship Lemnos for safekeeping. The Metropolitan of Ephesus wrote a letter to the commander of the battleship Lemnos to give these boxes to Nicholas Sophocleous. He found in the boxes hierarchical vestments and hand-written letters of St. Chrysostomos. These were distributed to various family members of St. Chrysostomos.
The family of St. Chrysostomos held him in high esteem with great respect and were convinced by the then Deacon Chrysostomos Tsiter (later Metropolitan of Austria), nephew of St. Chrysostomos, to deposit the relics of St. Chrysostomos in the Ethnological Museum in Athens for all to remember the sacrifice of the Etnomartyr. The hierarchical vestments were given to the Ethnological Museum on 30 April 1927 by his family.
Πως διεσώθησαν τα άμφια του εθνομάρτυρος αγ. Χρυσοστόμου Σμύρνης
Saint Chrysostomos of Smyrna: An Ecclesiastical and National Martyr
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James Bernard Quilligan
James Bernard Quilligan has been an analyst and administrator in the field of international development since 1975. He has served as policy advisor and writer for many international politicians and leaders, including Pierre Trudeau, François Mitterand, Edward Heath, Julius Nyerere, Olof Palme, Willy Brandt, Jimmy Carter, and Tony Blair. He is currently on leave of absence as an international speechwriter for His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan of Jordan.
Quilligan was a policy advisor and press secretary for the Brandt Commission (1978-1984) and the co-founder and policy development director of the Coalition for the Global Commons (2007-2008). He is presently Managing Director of the Centre for Global Negotiations and Chairman for the Secretariat of Global Commons Trust, which develops innovative means of restoring value—beyond business and government—through people’s social, cultural, intellectual, genetic and natural resource commons. He is also collaborating with Prince El Hassan and many United Nations agencies on global commons issues.
Quilligan has been an economic consultant for government agencies in Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador, Brazil, Bolivia, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Norway, Sweden, Ivory Coast, Algeria, Tanzania, Kuwait, India, Thailand, Indonesia, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Canada, and the United States. In addition, he has served as an advisor for several United Nations programs and international development organizations.
James Bernard Quilligan in Kosmos
Human Watershed: The Emerging Politics of Bioregional Democracy
The Crisis Downstream: Waiting For A Rainy Day First, the bad news. Our global community no longer has the luxury […]
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By James Bernard Quilligan
Toward a Common Theory of Value | Part Five: Common Development
The previous articles in this series considered how objective and subjective principles have been applied in economic thinking. We noted that the left hemisphere of the human brain is categorical and sequential in its objective construction of reality, building the edifice of knowledge up from fragments, piece by piece, to the larger system. By contrast, the right brain experiences the world as timeless Being, a great flowing network of subjective interconnection and unity, processing reality from the Whole to the Part.
Interview | Sharing the Commons: Humanity’s Collective Heritage
Jason Francis for Share International (SI): You’ve spent most of your career in international development, but in recent years you’ve […]
Toward a Common Theory of Value | Part Four: Common Need
This series of articles looks at the meaning of value in economics. We are pondering the idea of a thing, a common object. Our guidepost is Aristotle’s division of basic kinds of things into C (commodities as a means to household satisfaction) and M (things as a means to making money). In terms of the human actions involving things, we have identified C-M-C’ (interconnection, cooperation, use value) with the right hemisphere and subjective side of the brain, and M-C-M’ (separation, competition, exchange value) with the left hemisphere and human objectivity.
Toward A Common Theory of Value | Part Three: Common Knowing
The articles in this series examine the meaning of value in economics. Parts One and Two considered Aristotle’s distinction between C-M-C’ (the possession of household Commodities, which aims at getting useful things to sustain life) and M-C-M’ (the ownership of wealth, which aims at getting Money by converting commodities into profit). These studies found that C-M-C’ and M-C-M’ do not express a material unity of self and whole. For one thing, the commodity form is not a natural or stable unit since there are many areas where commodities do not exist, such as gift economies (like Wikipedia) or the exchange of aboriginal modes of property (like sharing with friends). For another, the money form—which requires an individual’s integration into the marketplace through the general equivalence of currency value—is by no means an absolute form of shared experience or Being.
Commons for Peace (Serbian Translation)
Mada izraz ‘bezbednost čovečanstva’ može imati različita tumačenja, dva
značenja preovladjuju. Neposredno po završetku Hladnog rata, autori nekoliko
značajnih studija – uključujući Izveštaj Generalnog sekretara Ujedinjenih nacija
za 1992.godinu pod nazivom «Dnevni red za mir» (Agenda for Peace); Izveštaj o
procesima razvoja u svetu koji je 1994. godine izdao Program Ujedinjenih nacija
za razvoj (World Development Report, 1994, UNDP), i Izveštaj «Bezbednost u
svetu sada» iz 2003.godine, koji je objavila Komisija Ujedinjenih nacija za
bezbednost (Human Security Now, 2003, UN Commission on Human Security)
– su se založili za uspostavljanje stabilnog mira kao alternativu konceptu
bezbednosti zasnovanom na vojnoj moći.
Toward A Common Theory of Value | Part Two: Common Trust
This series of articles examines the meaning of value in economics. Through the lens of the commons, we hope to stimulate a rethinking of the goals, methods and conceptual structures of economic theory and its modes of action.
Commons for Peace
Although the term ‘human security’ has various meanings, two have predominated. Following the Cold War, several major studies—including the UN Secretary-General’s 1992 report, Agenda for Peace; the 1994 World Development Report of the UN Development Program; and the 2003 report, Human Security Now, by the UN Commission on Human Security—proposed peaceful alternatives to military security.
Toward a Common Theory of Value | Part One: Common Being
Riddle of the Commons: Does Property Have Properties?
Thus begins an inquiry on the meaning of value in economic philosophy. This series of articles will attempt to reconceptualize the social and natural order of economics through an analysis of the commons—the natural, genetic, physical, social, cultural and intellectual resources which people manage by negotiating their own norms and rules. (For brevity’s sake, Part One uses the term ‘commons’ loosely to refer to both self-organized commons and unorganized common pool resources—a distinction which will be spelled out in subsequent articles.) The recurring theme in these writings is the creation of a commons-based economy which expresses a more inclusive type of value than in traditional economics.
The Failed Metaphysics Behind Private Property: Sharing our Commonhood
Garrett Hardin is often cited for his 1968 essay, “The Tragedy of the Commons.” In this classic critique of common property management, Hardin gives the example of herders grazing their cattle on a shared parcel of land. He observes that these individual herdsmen, acting out of self-interest, will put more and more cattle in the pasture.
Global Commons Goods | Civil Society as Global Commons Organizations
Effective management of global resources is not possible under our present multilateral system. Because national jurisdictions and institutions rarely line up with the actual geographical regions that contain ecosystems and social and cultural groups, many of the world’s transboundary resource areas lack responsible public oversight.
Interest Rates and Climate Change: Realigning our Incentives through the Power of the Commons
During the past several decades, humanity has emerged as a perilous force of nature. Through its technological, economic and political choices and activities, modern civilization has produced destructive economies of scale, powered by exponential growth and fossil fuels. Our consumption of vital resources is already exceeding the carrying capacity of the planet.
People Sharing Resources | Toward a New Multilateralism of the Global Commons
The opening decades of this century are a pivotal time in which many of our current beliefs and practices will be reexamined. During the last century, the economic and political catastrophes that befell the world inspired an earlier generation to create a multilateral system defined by an unprecedented vision of cooperation and security for the international community.
The Commons and Integral Capital
The global economic crash is very big news. But what the media headlines and reports do not mention is how deeply this crisis is rooted in our history. During the past several centuries, businesses and government have become enmeshed in a single system. State capitalism now exists in virtually every sovereign nation.
The Commons of Mind, Life and Matter: Toward a Non-Polar Framework for Global Negotiations
The term commons was first used during the enclosure period in Britain when people were removed from their communal lands. Since then, commons have come to represent areas of co-governance and co-production that lie outside of the market and state sectors (or Market State), including food, water, clean air, energy, information, internet, culture, indigenous peoples’ rights and other concerns.
Making the Great Adjustment | Coalition for the Global Commons
Our current international economic system is a great advance over the bipolar politics and economic nationalism that existed prior to the Second World War. Rapid global economic integration has led to more connections among markets, people and ideas than ever before. Yet our multilateral rules and institutions have not adjusted.
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Children and workers are at a tent encampment in June near the Tornillo Port of Entry in Tornillo, Texas. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
The number of immigrant children being held in government custody has reached almost 15,000, putting a network of federally contracted shelters across the country near capacity.
The national network of more than 100 shelters is 92 percent full, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. The situation is forcing the government to consider a range of options, possibly including releasing children more quickly to sponsors in the United States or expanding the already crowded shelter network.
Most of the migrant children are teenage boys from Central America who travel to the border alone. Many are escaping poverty or gangs, and they plan to ask for asylum and ultimately find work or go to school in the U.S.
Waves of these so-called unaccompanied children have arrived in recent years, and the numbers are on the rise again. In November, according to Customs and Border Protection, an average of 175 unaccompanied children crossed the southern border every day.
The largest migrant youth shelter in the country is in Tornillo in remote west Texas. About 2,800 children live in heated, sand-colored tents set up on a patch of desert a few hundred yards from the Rio Grande.
is inherently a violent place. Now you have a massive detention facility where you have thousands of children detained there. It's deplorable," Perez said.
Last month, the Office of Inspector General at Health and Human Services identified two "significant vulnerabilities" at Tornillo. The contractor, BCFS, did not conduct FBI fingerprint background checks on its 2,000 staffers, though it had performed routine criminal background checks. And the facility lacked enough mental health clinicians for the swelling number of children.
The nonprofit says it is addressing both deficiencies.
BCSF officials have defended the camp, insisting that it is not a detention facility and that the employees are not guards. They say every child has access to three hot meals, snacks, education classes, medical care, soccer games, movie nights and, soon, Christmas festivities.
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Romley Makes the Rounds: April 29, 2018
April 29, 2018 in Romley Makes the Rounds
Congress will take up a proposal by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson to substantially raise the rent for people living in subsidized housing. The poorest Americans would see their rent triple under the program. Look, somebody has to pay for those tax breaks for the rich.
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Donald Trump is going to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un in the next few weeks. Kim met with his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in in South Korea and promised to stop scrap his nuclear program if the US promised not to invade. We made that pledge in 2005 and the North Koreans promised to end their nuclear program then, too. The US hasn’t invaded but North Korea is now a nuclear power.
Congress can’t get enough votes to pass a bill to protect Robert Mueller from getting fired by Donald Trump. About all the GOP can muster is advice that firing Mueller would be a bad idea. Clearly, we need a new Congress to protect the integrity of our country.
Donald Trump attacked New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman on Twitter for writing a profile of his attorney Michael Cohen. Cohen is under investigation for activities that might be part of his work for Trump. The president denied talking to Haberman despite her interviewing him in the past.
The rats are abandoning the ship and, this week, the chief rat jumped overboard. House Speaker Paul Ryan joined a record number of Republican incumbents who’ve decided to retire this year. Ryan announced he wants to spend more time with his family. In November, let’s help George Holding spend more time with his.
Donald Trump’s lawyer needs a lawyer. The FBI raided his office this week, seizing hundreds of documents, including information about payoffs to Stormy Daniels.
Romley Makes the Rounds: April 8, 2018
April 8, 2018 in Romley Makes the Rounds
Mark Zuckerberg will testify before Congress next week to discuss the data breach at Facebook. This scandal highlights the need for people with a background in computer science in Congress. Privacy and security issues will dominate the news for years to come.
Trump is starting a trade war with China that will seriously harm North Carolina farmers. In retaliation for Trump’s tariffs, China is threatening to place tariffs on pork, tobacco and soy beans. They will cost North Carolina in revenue and jobs if they go through.
Romley boycotts Sinclair
April 3, 2018 in Blog Posts, Press Release
Ken Romley, Democratic candidate for US House in the Second Congressional District, announced today that he will join others in boycotting corporate media giant Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sinclair’s corporate officers this week forced their news anchors at hundreds of stations across the nation to read a script warning viewers of fake news while calling their coverage fair.
“As we’re deciding about where to place our campaign ads, we’ve decided not to support a corporate media giant that bullies its employees into reading propaganda,” Romley said. “That’s a serious breach of journalistic independence.”
President Trump joined the fray over Sinclair’s highly controversial practice by tweeting his support. According to Politico, the Trump campaign had a deal with Sinclair during the campaign to provide access to the media giant in exchange for better coverage. Apparently, that relationship survived the campaign.
“It seems Sinclair is seeking to become yet another propaganda tool of the Trump administration,” Romley said. “The only way we can stop this biased intervention into broadcast news is to hit them where it hurts – in their corporate pocketbooks.”
Romley joins other congressional candidates who opposed corporate influence in the news room and strongly support the independence of journalists.
Ken Romley is running in North Carolina’s Second Congressional District for the seat held by Rep. George Holding. He is a high-tech entrepreneur who has founded four companies in Wake County over the past 25 years that have employed hundreds of people. Romley lives in Wake County with his wife, Di, and has two adult children.
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Lucina AnnisAge: 66 years1835–1901
Lucina Annis
Lucina Hathaway
married name
Birth May 17, 1835
Saltillo, Brown, Washington, Indiana, United States
Latitude: N38.664167 Longitude: W86.289722
Census June 1, 1850 (Age 15 years) Age: 14
Union, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States
Marriage Abner Hathaway — View this family
Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States
Latitude: N41.62 Longitude: W86.29
#1 James Alexander “Alex” Hathaway
Lakeville, Union, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States
North, Marshall, Indiana, United States
Eau Galle, Saint Croix, Wisconsin, United States
#2 David “Dave” Hathaway
September 6, 1873 (Age 38 years)
Census June 1, 1875 (Age 40 years)
Cady Creek home, Cady, Saint Croix, Wisconsin, United States
Latitude: N44.87175 Longitude: W92.1789
#3 Samuel “Sam” Hathaway
Abner Hathaway farms, Spring Lake, Pierce, Wisconsin, United States
Marriage of a child James Alexander “Alex” Hathaway — Elizabeth Ann “Lizzie” Holler — View this family
Saint Croix, Wisconsin, United States
Census June 20, 1885 (Age 50 years)
Abner Hathaway farm, Spring Brook, Dunn, Wisconsin, United States
Latitude: N44.79097 Longitude: W91.757
Death of a husband Abner Hathaway
December 23, 1901 – 02:30 (on the date of death)
Cause: heart failure
Death December 23, 1901 – 23:20 (Age 66 years)
Cause of death: Apoplexy
Burial December 26, 1901 (3 days after death)
Fall City Cemetery, Spring Brook, Dunn, Wisconsin, United States
Latitude: N44.7919 Longitude: W91.7511
William Annis
Augustus Annis
Josiah Annis
Eliza Jane Annis
Elizabeth L. Annis
John D. Annis
Rhoda Annis
Almarinda Annis
James Washington Annis
Abner Hathaway
Alice Ellen Hathaway
James Alexander “Alex” Hathaway
Schuyler Colfax Hathaway
Benjamin Franklin Hathaway
Lewis Hathaway
Martha Jane Hathaway
Emma Mae Hathaway
David “Dave” Hathaway
Samuel “Sam” Hathaway
Lenora Hathaway
Birth: May 17, 1835 — Saltillo, Brown, Washington, Indiana, United States
Death: December 23, 1901 — Abner Hathaway farm, Spring Brook, Dunn, Wisconsin, United States
Family with Abner Hathaway - View this family
Birth: April 20, 1831 — Port Jefferson, Salem, Shelby, Ohio, United States
Marriage: November 15, 1855 — Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States
Elizabeth Ann “Lizzie” Holler
Florence Belle Hathaway
Ida May Hathaway
Daisy Ellen Hathaway
Mary Louise Hathaway
Minnie Gervaise Hathaway
Theoda Pearl Hathaway
… Hathaway
Leonard Earl Hathaway
Hazel Bernice Hathaway
Raymond Emory “Ray” Hathaway
Birth: October 26, 1858 27 23 — Lakeville, Union, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States
Death: May 1, 1933 — 8809 11th Ave SW, Highland Park, Seattle, King, Washington, United States
Birth: September 6, 1873 42 38
Death: June 24, 1938 — Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States
Laura Freestone
Bessie L. Hathaway
Earl L. Hathaway
Maude L. Hathaway
Beulah Ellen Hathaway
Birth: June 30, 1876 45 41
Death: October 15, 1938 — Fall City, Spring Brook, Dunn, Wisconsin, United States
Claude Hathaway
"Wisconsin, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XL3B-1Z1 : accessed 15 Nov 2012), Lucinda Hathaway, 17 May 1835.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XL3B-1Z1 name: Lucinda Hathaway gender: Female burial date: burial place: Fall City, Dunn, Wis death date: 23 Dec 1901 death place: Spring Brook, Dunn, Wisconsin age: 66 birth date: 17 May 1835 birthplace: In. occupation: race: White marital status: Widowed spouse's name: Abner Hathaway father's name: James Annis father's birthplace: Vermont mother's name: Elisabeth mother's birthplace: New York indexing project (batch) number: B06545-7 system origin: Wisconsin-EASy source film number: 1310182 reference number: 518 Collection: "Wisconsin, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968," Lucinda Hathaway, 1835
705B. Abner,⁸ (Jesse⁷ Abraham⁶ Benjamin⁵ Benjamin⁴ Abraham³ John² Nicholas¹) b. 20 Apr. 1831 near Port Jefferson, Salem Twp., Shelby Co., Ohio; d. near Fall City, Springbrook Twp., Dunn Co., Wisc., 23 Dec 1901; m. 15 Nov. 1855 to Lucina Annis, dau. James W. amd Elizabeth (Davis) Annis, b. 17 May 1836 near Saltillosville, Washington Co., Ind. The James W. Annis family moved to Union Twp., St. Joseph Co., Ind., in the fall of 1845 and lived on a farm not far from the farm of Abner's parents.
On 9 Aug. 1856 Abner and Lucina purchased 40 acres of land located about 2 miles north of Lakeville, Ind. They sold this land in 1863, but the 1860 U.S. Census taken on 21 June shows Abner and Lucina with two children, Alice Ellen, age 4, and James Alexander, age 1, living in North Twp. Marshall Co., Ind. His occupation was listed as "Cooper." They purchased a Lot in the Village of Fremont, lying on the east side of the Village of Sidney (now Argos), Marshall County on 10 May 1862 but the home was sold on 9 May 1866. (book V, pg. 322, Marshall Co.). It appears that Alice Ellen and James Alexander were born in St. Joseph Co., Ind., while Schuyler Colfax, Benjamin Franklyn and Lewis were born in Marshall Co., Ind.
Between 9 May and 28 July 1866, Abner and family, together with two of his brothers, Henry and Ezra and their families, migrated from Indiana to Wilson, St. Croix Co., Wisc. There were 39 covered wagons in the convoy, with 59 adults and children which included, in addition to the Hathaway families, the Reeds, Whitakers and Dawsons. They settled just south of Wilson and the area was known as the Indiana settlement.
On 28 July 1866 Abner filed on an 80 acre homestead two miles south of Wilson, Wisc., but transferred 40 acres of the tract to his sister, Ovanda J. and her husband Andrew Rose, and 40 acres to John Wesley Rose and wife, Alice Ellen, the oldest daughter of Abner and Lucina. Both families obtained patents on the 40 acre tracts.
On 25 Mar. 1870 Abner filed homestead papers on an 80 acre tract (Application No. 2152) located some six miles south of Wilson which was patented 10 Aug. 1875 (Vol 3, p. 155, Falls Land Office, St. Croix Co., Wisc.). Quoting from the final Proof for the Patent:
"That the said Abner Hathaway is head of a family consisting of a wife and 7 children....entered upon and made settlement on said land on the 1st day of September 1870, and has built a house thereon of logs 18 x 24 ft., one and a half stories high, shingle roof, board floor, with 3 doors and 2 windows and is a comfortable house to live in and has lived in said house and made it his exclusive home from the 1st day of September 1870, to the present time, and that he has, since such settlement, plowed, fenced, and cultivated about 18 acres of said land, and has made the following improvements thereon, to wit: has fenced 25 acres, has built a stable and a cooper shop and has set out 35 fruit trees."
This 80 acres, known as the Cady Creek home, was sold on 23 August 1877 and two 80 acre tracts in Spring Lake Twp., Pierce Co., Wisc., was purchased. This land was only about 2 miles southwest of the Cady Creek home and the family lived there until May 1885. The land was then sold and a farm purchased in Springbrook Twp., Dunn Co., Wisc., where they lived until both died on 23 Dec. 1901. Lucina had a stroke of paralysis on 18 Dec., and the anxiety caused by her condition prostated Abner and he died suddenly at 2:30 a.m. on the 23rd and Lucina passed away about 10:30 p.m. on the same day.
For many years Abner was very active as an ordained minister in the Free Will Baptist Church. During his later years the Reverend Abner was quite famous for a team of perfectly matched grey horses that he and Lucina used to drive from one religious meeting to the other in the general area of Pierce, St. Croix, Barron and Dunn Counties, Wisc.
Children: i. Alice Ellen ii. James Alexander iii. Schuyler Colfax iv. Benjamin Franklyn v. Lewis vi. Martha Jane vii. Emma Mae viii. David ix. Samuel x. Lenora
Hathaways of America reports that the Spring Lake property owned by Abner Hathaway was about two miles southwest of the Cady Creek property he owned. However, maps from 1877 put that property about two miles southeast of the Cady Creek property.
"Wisconsin, State Census, 1875," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MM93-6ZR : accessed 14 Nov 2012), Abner Hathaway, Cady, St. Croix, Wisconsin.
name: Abner Hathaway residence: Cady, St. Croix, Wisconsin number of white males: 5 number of white females: 2 number of black males:
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line number: 14 film number: 1032693 digital folder number: 4245044 image number: 00837
Abner Hathaway owned 80 acre tracts of land in Spring Lake. One was the east half of the northeast quarter of section 12, the other was the east half of the northwest quarter of section 12. The lat/long coordinates for this place are located within the eastern parcel.
"Wisconsin, State Census, 1885," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MM9Y-C2H : accessed 14 Nov 2012), Abrm Hathaway, Springbrook Town, Dunn, Wisconsin.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MM9Y-C2H name: Abrm Hathaway residence: Springbrook Town, Dunn, Wisconsin number of white males: 5 number of white females: 3 number of black males: number of black females: country of birth: United States: 8; rank: company: regiment: state or vessel: form type: Inhabitants line number: film number: 1032697 digital folder number: 4245048 image number: 00028 Collection: "Wisconsin, State Census, 1885," Abrm Hathaway, Springbrook Town, Dunn, Wisconsin
Wisconsin, State Census, 1895," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MM9C-PXG : accessed 14 Nov 2012), Abner Hathaway, Spring Brook Town, Dunn, Wisconsin.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MM9C-PXG name: Abner Hathaway residence: Spring Brook Town, Dunn, Wisconsin number of white males: 3 number of white females: 2 number of black males: number of black females: country of birth: United States: 5; rank: company: regiment: state or vessel: age (militia): estimated birth year (militia): marital status (militia): form type: Inhabitants line number: film number: 1032707 digital folder number: 4245088 image number: 00091 Collection: "Wisconsin, State Census, 1895," Abner Hathaway, Spring Brook Town, Dunn, Wisconsin
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A chance to go back to basics on health and social care reform?
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Posted:06 April 2011
Professor Sir Chris Ham
The government's decision to consult with stakeholders during this pause in the passage of the Health and Social Care Bill through parliament creates an opportunity to revisit the problems the Bill is intended to address.
In our response to the White Paper, published in October, we highlighted the many improvements in NHS performance that have occurred in the past decade. These include much shorter waiting times for treatment, gains in life expectancy and reductions in infant mortality, and falling rates of premature deaths from heart disease and cancer. We also noted evidence of increasing public satisfaction with the NHS and good performance in the international surveys conducted by the Commonwealth Fund.
At the same time, we drew attention to areas in which performance needs to be improved: increasing rates of obesity and alcohol-related hospital admissions, persistent inequalities in health, declining productivity, and slow progress in moving care out of hospitals and into the community. Our overall assessment was that while further reform was needed, ‘the means used need to be proportionate to the problems to be addressed'.
Six months later, we stand by this assessment. While there are no grounds for complacency, and many opportunities for the NHS to emulate levels of performance achieved in other countries, it is not self evident that root-and-branch changes of the kind now being implemented at high speed will deliver the improvements needed. Indeed, there is a major risk that the changes already under way will take time and attention away from the core business of improving patient care and delivering the £20-billion of efficiency savings that David Nicholson has called for.
What then should be done to avoid this risk and to tackle the problems that need to be addressed? As we argued in October, evolution rather than revolution is the best way forward. This includes building on successful examples of practice-based commissioning, encouraging partnerships between the NHS and local authorities on public health and other issues, and adopting a nuanced approach to regulation in which choice and competition in elective care goes hand in hand with collaboration among providers of emergency care and care for people with complex needs.
Our thinking on NHS reform has been influenced by the opportunity to work with senior medical leaders from high-performing systems across and outside the UK and with NHS colleagues during a programme of work on integrated care. One example is Kaiser Permanente, an organisation widely admired for its work on prevention and chronic disease management. On a recent visit, its leaders were perplexed by the perverse incentives in the NHS, especially the system of Payment by Results, under which hospitals are rewarded for the number of patients they treat.
Their advice was that the NHS should make serious efforts to develop aligned incentives to facilitate a shift from care in hospitals to care delivered in the community. To borrow a phrase from the health reform debate in the United States, 'accountable care systems' – that take responsibility for the care of the populations they serve within a fixed budget – offer a promising way to do this. These systems could evolve from the best of practice-based commissioning and the emerging general practice commissioning consortia if the right incentives are put in place to encourage GPs to work with specialists to improve performance.
The point about accountable care systems is that they offer a potential solution to a real problem facing the NHS – an over reliance on hospital care and a failure to make a reality of care closer to home. They will also support greater priority for prevention by rewarding spending now that reduces demand for treatment in the future. Moving in this direction would help to engage a wider range of clinicians and stakeholders and avoid the risks involved in big bang reform, by focusing on progressive improvement of existing arrangements.
David Cameron and Nick Clegg must go back to basics and ask if coalition plans will help the NHS tackle the problems that lie ahead. They should also seek reassurance that the plans are proportionate to the problems to be addressed. Only then should they proceed with legislation that as it stands represents the most fundamental change to the NHS since its inception.
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Anne Palmer
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Comment date
2. “The Bill contains provisions on a range of policies. It contains 281 clauses over twelve Parts, and has twenty-two Schedules. The Bill is intended to give effect to the policies requiring primary legislation that were set out in the White Paper Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS, which was published in July 2010”.
Provisions for delegated legislation
3. “The Bill is not in general an enabling or framework Bill. It places a large amount of core legislation about bodies on the face of the Bill. This is consistent with the vision of moving away from the current system – where the Secretary of State has wide powers to confer functions on various NHS bodies and wide-ranging powers of direction over their activity – to a more transparent system, with reduced scope for intervention from the centre. The Bill confers functions directly on those responsible for exercising them. This entails spelling out in more detail than in the past what the remaining role of the Secretary of State in relation to those bodies is”.
The Health and Social Care Bill” an important piece of Legislation the like of which, is so badly drafted, so ambiguous, I have never come across the like of such for a legal document in my life before. It of course could have been drafted in such a way for another that reason. When things happen which we do not like it could be said, “Ah well, it was all in the Bill” I simply do not know. One example here but many are the paragraphs like this.
Part 11 Miscellaneous. 853. Under this Part of the Bill, the Secretary of State would have the power to make schemes to transfer staff or property, rights and liabilities from one body to another as a result of bodies being abolished or created by this Bill. Schemes might make transfers of staff or property to a range of bodies, including for example local authorities, commissioning consortia, the NHS Commissioning Board, any public authority providing health services or a qualifying company11 . ( Far too ambiguous. “the Secretary of State would have the power to make schemes (what schemes? -some-thing that hasn’t been thought of yet?) to transfer staff or property? Which Staff? The rights and liabilities from one body to another? Which Body? The UK? To the EU? ETC, but you get the gist? And supposed they do not want to go? This Bill is a Minefield, it should be destroyed completely.
Mary E Hoult
volunteer,
Nobody in all this seems to be taking account of the Patient Experience during this transition period,all this infighting does nothing for patients needing care.I do hope this latest pause does what it says "Hears the patients voice" not just the people with vested interests
We should take note that this 'pause' would not have been possible without the intervention of the Lib Dems, as articulated at their recent party conference. This is a great example of the "checks and balances" a coalition government can provide, if it is fully functional (which arguably it is not, but both parties in government are learning fast about their respective power and its limits).
If we want to take the speed out of health reforms and to increase the controls on government policy-making we should be campaigning for the AV. This is not about Lib Dem politics or minor changes to the reform bill at all. The whole purpose of a change in electoral practices is to make more considered policies, to increase the controls on government, and to reduce the opportunities for individuals to push through reform ideas irrespective of substantial opposition once they find themselves in government.
tim gilling
deputy executive director,
centre for public scrutiny
Hopefully the 'pause' is an opportunity to revist some of the arguements we and others have been putting forward (through the Bill Committee and other means) about strengthening the Bill around 'transparency, involvement and accountability'.
These principles would seem to fit well with the concept of an 'accountable care system'. I don't know what evidence there is from the US on the effectiveness of patient and public influence - but a truley accountable system would see professionals, patients and communities co-producing solutions to difficult problems together, no matter what the structures are for commissioning and providing services.
John Kapp
SECTCo
The real problem for the NHS is that its treatments (drugs) don't work to cure patients, and side effects make them worse. GPs know this better than anybody, and have the opportunity to commission NICE-recommended complementary treatments which do work, (Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) 8 week course, spinal manipulation for low back pain etc. These are not commissioned now because they are complementary. See www.sectco.org.
Betty Driven
As a member of a small rural community I am more than aware of the problems my neighbours. A dear friend of mine has severe mental health problems as does another member of our community. Nick Cleggs promise has so far failed to materialise, cut backs have already started. The local CMHT is now reducing it's staff. It's a viscious circle for these poor individuals. As for Cognitive Therapy, do you really think six weeks is sufficient, or even 6 months. Mental illness is often long term and without the proper care and supervision lives will be lost!!
The King's Fund is clearly against the NHS reforms as they stand.. I agree with them and also the suggestion that the reforms, as currently proposed, entail "major risk" of diversion away from improving patient care.
However, I do not understand why Kaiser Permanente was required to validate the existence of perverse incentives in the NHS or that incentives should be there to promote care in community settings rather than in hospitals. Most of the NHS workforce could probably say these things. I am also uncomfortable with the introduction of another set of words which when put together are branded and given their own independent definition, as in "world class commissioning" (RIP). The latest appears to be "accountable care systems". Now, if this just means care systems that are accountable, then I am fine with that. But if it means a collection of policies, strategies or ideology, or the latest idea marketed by business consultants then I am not. Give it a proper name. I am wholly behind the idea of spending on prevention to avoid spending later. The problem here, of course, is the time disparity between election intervals and the publication of the reaping of health benefits attributable to policies and strategies introduced in the election term. Overall I am just pleased that the King's Fund (and others) are not letting the politicians have a free reign.
James Bunt
Interim (Commercial Tasks),
Gordian Management
Interesting points; integration has to be the way forward but is a challenge under PbR. However if you shift mindset a bit and call care outside hospitals "care off tariff" then secondary providers can be involved and benefit. They can shed low margin activities and focus on high margin ones such as elective surgery. If you crawl under the bonnet in secondary care perhaps there are win wins along these lines we just have to start thinking "off tariff".
Nigel Starey
semi retired GP &PCT medical director,
Much to agree with in this and the listening exercise paper - the twin imperitives of improving clinical efficiency and promoting integrated care to meet the Nicholson challenge - but I have one issue: Can a regional clinical cabinet/ outpost of the commissioning board really provide the system leadership which I agree is vital? Local health economies need that leadership and Regions will be too remote for most of the time - except for strategic reconfiguration or large population matters. I think there is going to be aneed for Local health economy Clinical cabinets to provide the system leadership, promote clinical efficiency and Integrated care across organisational and cultural boundaries.
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Mentally stimulating activities after age 70 found associated with decreased risk of new-onset mild cognitive impairment (credit: Mayo Clinic)
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“Even for a person who is at genetic risk for cognitive decline***, engaging in some activities was beneficial,” says Janina Krell-Roesch, Ph.D., the first author of the study and a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Geda’s Translational Neuroscience and Aging Program (TAP).
The results are published in an open-access article in the Jan. 30 edition of JAMA Neurology. Video.
* The researchers followed 1,929 cognitively normal participants of the population-based Mayo Clinic Study of Aging in Olmsted County, Minn., for an average duration of four years. The researchers conducted a neurocognitive assessment at the time of enrollment in the study, with evaluations every 15 months. They adjusted for sex, age and educational level. Following the assessment, an independent expert consensus panel at the Alzheimer Disease Research Center at Mayo Clinic made the classification of normal cognition or mild cognitive impairment for each study participant, based on published criteria.
** The researchers note in the paper that a limitation of the study “pertains to potential recall bias that stems from the questionnaire on self-reported mentally stimulating activities. Also, we did not control for mentally stimulating activities performed in early life or mid-life. We can assume that individuals who engaged in mentally stimulating activities in early life or mid-life are more likely to engage in these activities in late life compared with persons who did not engage in these activities during the life span. Furthermore, an observational study like ours allows investigating associations but does not permit drawing conclusions about cause and effect, which can only be done by interventional (experimental) studies. Therefore, we cannot exclude a ‘reverse causality’ explanation (i.e., it is possible that participants who are at higher risk for MCI are less likely to engage in mentally stimulating activities).”
*** The benefits of being cognitively engaged were even seen among apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 carriers. APOE ε4 is a genetic risk factor for mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s dementia. However, for APOE ε4 carriers, only computer use and social activities were associated with a decreased risk of mild cognitive impairment.
Abstract of Association Between Mentally Stimulating Activities in Late Life and the Outcome of Incident Mild Cognitive Impairment, With an Analysis of the APOE ε4 Genotype
Importance Cross-sectional associations between engagement in mentally stimulating activities and decreased odds of having mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or Alzheimer disease have been reported. However, little is known about the longitudinal outcome of incident MCI as predicted by late-life (aged ≥70 years) mentally stimulating activities.
Objectives To test the hypothesis of an association between mentally stimulating activities in late life and the risk of incident MCI and to evaluate the influence of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 genotype.
Design, Setting, and Participants This investigation was a prospective, population-based cohort study of participants in the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Participants 70 years or older who were cognitively normal at baseline were followed up to the outcome of incident MCI. The study dates were April 2006 to June 2016.
Main Outcomes and Measures At baseline, participants provided information about mentally stimulating activities within 1 year before enrollment into the study. Neurocognitive assessment was conducted at baseline, with evaluations at 15-month intervals. Cognitive diagnosis was made by an expert consensus panel based on published criteria. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% CIs were calculated using Cox proportional hazards regression models after adjusting for sex, age, and educational level.
Results The final cohort consisted of 1929 cognitively normal persons (median age at baseline, 77 years [interquartile range, 74-82 years]; 50.4% [n = 973] female) who were followed up to the outcome of incident MCI. During a median follow-up period of 4.0 years, it was observed that playing games (HR, 0.78; 95% CI, 0.65-0.95) and engaging in craft activities (HR, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.57-0.90), computer use (HR, 0.70; 95% CI, 0.57-0.85), and social activities (HR, 0.77; 95% CI, 0.63-0.94) were associated with a decreased risk of incident MCI. In a stratified analysis by APOE ε4 carrier status, the data point toward the lowest risk of incident MCI for APOE ɛ4 noncarriers who engage in mentally stimulating activities (eg, computer use: HR, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.58-0.92) and toward the highest risk of incident MCI for APOE ɛ4 carriers who do not engage in mentally stimulating activities (eg, no computer use: HR, 1.74; 95% CI, 1.33-2.27).
Conclusions and Relevance Cognitively normal elderly individuals who engage in specific mentally stimulating activities even in late life have a decreased risk of incident MCI. The associations may vary by APOE ε4 carrier status.
Krell-Roesch J, Vemuri P, Pink A, Roberts RO, Stokin GB, Mielke MM, Christianson TJH, Knopman DS, Petersen RC, Kremers WK, Geda YE. Association Between Mentally Stimulating Activities in Late Life and the Outcome of Incident Mild Cognitive Impairment, With an Analysis of the APOE ε4 Genotype. JAMA Neurol. Published online January 30, 2017. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2016.3822 (open access)
Mental, physical exercises found to produce different brain benefits
Reading, writing and playing games may help aging brains stay healthy
How much TV you watch as a young adult may affect midlife cognitive function
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Daniel Waldenberger-Bulmer was one of three people killed in Sunday’s derailment near Field, B.C. (Albe Bulmer/Facebook)
UPDATE: CP Rail identifies all 3 train derailment victims
All three men were from Calgary
Feb. 4, 2019 3:42 p.m.
The three men who died after their train derailed near Field, B.C. in the early hours of Monday morning have been identified.
In a statement, CP Rail CEO Keith Creel said conductor Dylan Paradis, engineer Andrew Dockrell and trainee Daniel Waldenberger-Bulmer died the train derailment east of Field at 1 a.m. M.S.T.
All three were from Calgary.
Daniel Waldenberger-Bulmer’s father, Albe Bulmer, spoke about his loss in a Facebook post.
READ MORE : Three crew members die in train derailment near Field
“I am sad to report that I have lost one of the ‘jewels in my crown’ last night in a tragic accident while he was training to be a conductor for CP rail when the train he was on suddenly got away on him and his two coworkers,” Bulmer wrote.
“He will be sadly missed by me, his father and mentor, as he loved adventure and challenge as I do.”
Investigators said there was no threat to public safety from the freight train’s derailment and no dangerous goods were involved.
Transportation Safety Board investigators have been deployed to investigate the incident.
Julie Leroux, a spokesperson for the Transportation Safety Board said that between 40 and 60 cars derailed and one ended up in a creek, though no leaks were reported.
– with files from Jocelyn Doll, Revelstoke Review
Trump to call for unity, face skepticism in State of Union
Railway workers launch online fundraiser for families of CP Rail train victims
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By Jeremy Burton | January 18, 2019
Seventy-five years ago, in 1944, a group of Jewish organizations in Boston formed a coalition to confront threats to the Jewish community, including and specifically anti-Semitism. That coalition, JCRC, came to act as a representative voice of the organized Jewish community, and over time, its constituent organizations developed abiding principles and values that live on in our mission statement. JCRC’s priorities and agenda have evolved … Continue reading A Special Post Announcing A Decision Made by Our Council Last Night »
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JCRC is deeply disappointed by the decision of the Massachusetts Legislature’s State Administration and Regulatory Oversight (SARO) Committee to refer S.1689/H.1685 “to study.” This bipartisan legislation, An Act Prohibiting Discrimination in State Contracts, is intended to ensure that those seeking to do business with the state affirm that they are in compliance with all Massachusetts anti-discrimination laws and that they do not refuse to do business … Continue reading JCRC is Deeply Disappointed by Decision to Refer S.1689/H.1685 “To Study” »
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By JCRC | September 25, 2017
Roger Waters, lead singer and co-founder of Pink Floyd, is coming to Boston as part of 20-city North American tour. He will be performing here on September 27th and 28th, just prior to Yom Kippur. In addition to his music, Waters is known for political activism and has been a vocal supporter of the Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions movement (BDS), designed to isolate Israel in the international community. … Continue reading JCRC Statement on Roger Waters concerts in Boston »
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We Stand Together Against Discrimination
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Boston, MA (January 25, 2017) – Today, An Act Prohibiting Discrimination in State Contracts was filed by sponsors Senator Cynthia Creem (D-Newton) and Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester) and Representative Paul McMurtry (D-Dedham) and Steven Howitt (R-Seekonk) in a bipartisan effort to prohibit discrimination in state contracts system of Massachusetts. “This bill harnesses the economic influence of our state to strengthen existing anti-discrimination laws and … Continue reading We Stand Together Against Discrimination »
Update on MA Anti-Economic Warfare (BDS) Legislation
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Was Paul A Dupe, A Deceiver or Tampered With?
Hi Doug,
I pray your efforts will be blessed as you strive to glorify YHWH through Yahshua.
I may have asked this before, but please indulge me again...Do you think Paul flipped later in his ministry, or was he calculating his moves from the beginning, or do you think it's possible that through the years his writings were manipulated to introduce the false gospel you are illuminating?
Bless YHWH!
My Response July 30, 2015
Hi LP
I suspect Paul genuinely believed he met Yahshua / Jesus on the road to Damascus. Hence, I don’t believe he calculated his moves from the beginning. Paul was a dupe. The Jesus whom Paul met fits Jesus’ warning that after His Ascension someone would come in His name – claiming to be “Jesus” (Yahshua) – in the wilderness. Paul accepted a person who said "I am Jesus" in the wildnerness outside Damascus as the real deal. So it began genuine, which means Paul was a genuine dupe.
As to whether Paul’s writings were manipulated, I do find that it is possible that Paul’s writings were altered later to embody the doctrine we hear today. For the Paul of Acts is so at variance with the Paul of his epistles that Paul would have to be an amazing chameleon to fool Luke, and espouse views in front of Luke which are diametrically opposed to Paul's views in Paul's epistles. Here is what Paul appears to be in Luke’s Acts as seen by Luke:
1. Paul told a court inActs 26:20 (ASV) that he "declared [his gospel] both to them of Damascus first and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judaea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance."
2. Paul in Acts 17:30 says: "In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent." Paul was referring to idolatry in the prior verse -- not the lack of faith.
3. Paul in Acts endorses all the Law: "However, I admit that I worship the God of our ancestors as a follower of the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets...." (Acts24:14NIV.)
Paul's epistles, of course, are famous for the opposite position -- an anti-Law and anti-works (of repentance) Gospel.
To believe Paul carried this off, and truly wrote the epistles too, means Paul would have to be extremely successful at profound guile with Luke to keep him from learning Paul's true beliefs. Could this be truly possible? Could that be the true explanation of the major discrepancy? Or is tampering the better explanation?
At this time, it is not obvious that tampering is the correct explanation, at least for some of the problem passages in Paul. For there is no clearly probable evidence of tampering that I have found other than the insertion of the core doctrines the Marcionites advanced: faith alone and abrogation of the Law. I set forth the strongest evidence for Marcionite tampering in this article: Marcionite Tampering of Paul's Writings.
Tampering here could come from two different motives. One kind would be to make Paul look bad. Second, the other would be to use Paul's authority to pass on doctrines that Christians would try to justify such as faith alone with no moral change required. But Paul's writings also appear to endorse evil and immoral principles, including lying to promote the gospel. See Romans 3:7. These would either be self-inflicted wounds by Paul -- making his words his own worst enemy -- or be the product of someone's tampering with Paul's writings who either likes such evil immoral doctrines or wishes to make Paul look bad. See Blasphemy and Paul; Guile and Paul; Immoral Teachings in Paul.
But there is no evidence of tampering to make Paul look bad other than the discrepancy between the Paul of Acts and the Paul of Paul's Epistle. Some like John Knox even wrote that Luke in Acts was trying to embarass Paul in light of the many contradictions between Paul's behavior and words in Acts, and Paul's words in his Epistles. On the scope of that, see my article Luke is a Non-Pauline Gospel. But the weight of evidence is Luke had never read any of Paul's Epistles when Luke wrote Acts around 58-62 AD. Id.
So is there any other evidence to prove either an unethical immoral posthumous ally of Paul, or an enemy of Paul, got hold of his epistles, and altered them to have discrepancies with Luke which on their face often are repusively evil and immoral with several blasphemies thrown in as well.
Can any such notion of tampering with Paul's Epistles be sustained? Let's see.
The oldest virtually complete version of Paul's writings is P46. It is dated to about 200 AD. It comes to us today virtually unchanged since 200 AD. We have no evidence of highly materially different earlier versions except the Marcionite canon of 144 AD, and the quotes of Irenaeus from 180 AD which imply a different stance on the Law in Paul prior to 180 AD, and which I highlight in Marcionite Tampering with Paul.. Otherwise, the Marcionite canon confirms the P46 manuscript, only missing a few epistles that were physically attached but were lost or destroyed. However, P46 also lacks the first few chapters of Romans up to Romans 5, and apparently were not present at all originally.
So let's look at possibility #1. Is it possible, even likely, that by 200 someone had a bright idea to combat Marcion (began 140 AD) by tampering with Paul? They theoretically were altering the manuscripts to make them highly embarassing for Paul, adding immoral and evil principles such as Paul's view that lying for the gospel is ok (Romans 3:7; etc.) Such a sneaky tampering would then in theory destroy Marcionism that relied exclusively upon Paul. This idea does not make sense, as Paul's defenders could expose whatever was the accepted writings of Paul, and settle the issue.
Or more plausibly, did the Marcionites embrace the evil principle of Romans 3:7 that a lie for the gospel is justified, and added it at some point, along with the faith alone doctrine for which the Marcionites had renown advancing? But how and when?
Marcion beginning in 144 AD used a virtually similar version to P46 from 200 AD except P46 was missing the first few chapters of Romans. But those missing chapters bolster faith alone (e.g. Romans 4:3-5), and hence would not be dropped in 144 AD deliberately. Hence, it is possible the Marcionites added the first few chapters of Romans to P46 by 200 AD, but if so, this means they saw no problem in the immoral principle in Romans 3:7 that "my lie" for the gospel is "no sin." The Marcionites would thus be twisted pro-Paul allies who lacked ethics who promoted faith alone. They would have harmed Paul's reputation with Spirit-filled Christians but did not mean to do so. What other explanation is there? Perhaps possibly instead p46 is an anti-Paul edit to make Paul look immoral.
But a more likely possibility -- yet still speculation -- is that Marcion created the earliest version of Paul's epistles in 144 AD which was embellished further by them in 200 AD. Marcion emerged in 144 AD. He created a canon of 10 epistles for Paul (not the final 13) with minor differences from the same today. In these ten, Paul espoused faith-alone and the abrogation of the Law. In fact, these were Marcion's two key doctrines he derived from Paul's writings. See our article Marcionism.
But did Marcion have time to sneak in a tampered version of Paul's epistles? Eight of Paul's epistles appear in about 200 A.D. in papyrus 46 in its own volume. The epistles include Romans (except most of the first five chapters), 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Ephesians, Galatians, Philemon, Colossians and 1 Thessalonians. They were collected in one volume with no other present books of the new Testament except the Epistle to the Hebrews. This later epistle was included evidently because it was thought Paul wrote it.
Because these earliest works after Marcion are similar to those ten earlier epistles of Marcion, it appears reasonable to infer that the Pauline epistles in the NT are accurate depictions of how they read originally unless they vary from both the Marcionite version of 144 AD and Papyrus 46 of about 200 AD.
Between these two sources - Marcion and Papyrus 46, the most authentic must be the earliest - the ones preserved by Marcion. As Martin Larson writes:
“Marcion [c. 100 – c. 165 C.E.] accepted only ten Pauline epistles and that his version did not contain many of the passages found in our canon. There can be no reasonable doubt that this was the actual corpus of Pauline literature as it existed late in the first century.”
See, Martin A. Larson, The Story of Christian Origins or The Sources and Establishment of Western Religion (Village Press, 1977) at 529).
Hence Larson is saying any tampering, if it happened, was done after Marcion, and that the differences are potentially deliberate alterations to Paul. Because Marcion was big on abrogation of the Mosaic law and faith alone, those elements in Paul in P46 and today that are similar represent old material, not likely illicit tampering, unless one is convinced the quotes of Irenaeus highlighted in my article are valid proof otherwise. See Marcionite Tampering with Paul.
But Larson ignores the possibility that Marcion created the first Pauline canon in 144 AD. The corroborating proof or evidence for this is that Irenaeus in 180 AD believes that Paul's gospel is in Lukes' Acts, including the full endorsement of the continuing validity of the 10 Commandments. As we saw above, Luke does have such a gospel, including a gospel of works worthy of repentance in Acts 26. This would imply that Irenaeus is reading a version of the Pauline epistles that supports this pro-Law pro-works gospel. This would mean that there is no gospel of faith alone, or abrogation of law generally in Paul's epistles as they existed among true Christians as of 180 A.D. For my proofs for that theory of tampering by the Marcionites, see my article Tampering with Paul by the Marcionites.
However, at the end of the day, the tampering theory only has the evidence that the Paul of Acts is so different than the Paul of the Epistles, corroborated as still true as of 180AD in Ireneaus' writings.
The better explanation of that conflict between Luke and Paul's epistles is simple: Luke had never seen any of the problematic epistles of Paul. In Luke's case, they were, with small exception, written after Acts, and Paul used guile on Luke to evade revealing Paul's true doctrines.
For Paul boasted of exactly the kind of guile necessary to explain how Luke only saw a law-endorsing and works-worthy-of-repentance-Gospel version of Paul. Such a boast can explain the necessary behavior Paul would have to pull off -- act one way in front of Luke but write epistles behind Luke's back that speak very differently. Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians that he did use such behavior with the Corinthians:
But be it so, I did not myself burden you; but, being crafty, I caught you with guile. (2 Cor.12:16, ASV.)
Likewise, in 1 Corinthians 9 and 10, Paul says he plays the chameleon as an evangelical tactic:
"For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more; and to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might win those who are under the law; to those who are without the law as without law... that I might win those who are without law; to the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some." 1Corinthians 9:19-22
"Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. Give no offense, either to the Jews or to the Greeks or to the church of God, just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved. Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ." 1Corinthians 10:31-33
However, it becomes a little harder to believe Paul's problem passages existed while Luke was alive if one considers Irenaeus is still ignorant of Paul's problematic passages in the 180 period. Yet, again, it may be just a matter of where those epistles were maintained.
Hence, I believe the better explanation at present of the discrepancy betwen the Paul depicted in Acts and the one present in Paul's epistles is due to Paul behaving as a tactician of self-admitted deception -- here misleading Luke as to Paul's true opinions and values to Paul's advantage. Paul thereby duped Luke.
Even so, one must acknowledge that to believe this, one must also believe that Luke would have been extremely gullible to never see through Paul's actor's mask. We would have to believe Luke trusted Paul despite rumors and tell-tale signs that Luke even mentions, e.g., see Acts 21:20-22 where James raises the question of rumors of "apostasy" that Paul was departing from the Law of Moses.
So naturally we would ask: didn't Luke instead investigate the rumor mentioned in Acts 21 that Paul taught the Law given Moses no longer even applied to Jews? If so, did Luke truly find no proof of what we now see riddles all of the principal Pauline letters, i.e., an anti-Law theory repeated numerous times and in numerous ways? That Paul taught faith alone without repentance from sin, supposedly like Abraham whom Paul says was "justified while ungodly" by faith alone (Romans 4:3-5)? Or were these ideas added later, and that is why Luke did not find any of these theories in Paul's extant writings of that era that contradicts Paul's views expressed in quotes #1, #2, and #3 above from Acts?
It is inviting to think tampering is the best explanation. Yet, there is no other serious evidence in support other than this discrepancy itself between Acts and the epistles.
This leaves us at present with only two likely conclusions that explains all these facts: (a) Paul was a consummate guileful deceiver (as he himself twice boasts) to present himself to Luke as endorsing the Law and repentance as works-worthy-of-repentance as the quotes from Acts above prove -- quotes #1, #2 and #3 from Acts above; and (b) Luke was willing to give Paul the benefit of the doubt, and did no investigation on the rumors discussed in Acts 21 that would conflict with quotes #1, #2 and #3 above.
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Tools and tech: the jeweller’s latest must-haves
Posted August 01, 2018 | By Talia Paz • Staff Journalist
A slew of tools, machinery and equipment has emerged this year to give jewellers a serious competitive edge. TALIA PAZ reviews the latest innovations.
In an uphill battle against cheap offshore manufacturing, the right tools can help bench jewellers and retailers to compete by improving the quality, speed and efficiency of their work and services, boosting margins in the process.
Anthony Nowlan, director of jewellery technology company Evotech Pacific, believes there are many technological innovations for jewellers to be excited about, especially where new services are concerned.
“We have just released two new software programs to assist manufacturing and retail jewellers – Evotech Marketplace and the Evotech Vendor Store,” he says.
“The Evotech Marketplace enables retail jewellers to upload a brief of their requirements, including images and sketches. The brief can then be distributed to registered designers who can view it and provide a quote. Registration to the marketplace is free for both retailers and designers,” he adds.
Nowlan points to the Evotech Vendor Store as an online sales channel for jewellers who want an uncomplicated e-commerce solution.
“The Evotech Vendor Store is an e-commerce website for jewellers who don’t have a website or don’t have an e-commerce facility on their sites,” he says. “Retailers can register their business names and upload images of their pieces then use the Vendor store to sell these pieces.”
Rapid Casting is another company focusing on service innovation.
“We have introduced the first automated online ordering and tracking system for CAD/CAM and casting order placement,” production manager Ben Farago says.
“Our system provides customers with live quoting and an online gallery of their previous jobs for easy re-ordering. We also provide the fastest overnight printing and casting with door-to-door delivery and online order tracking.”
Farago believes service innovation provides large benefits to retailers, boosting efficiency and customer retention: “By streamlining access to these services, we’ve created opportunities for jewellers to improve their productivity and make their businesses more responsive to customer needs.”
Another innovation from Rapid Casting is web-based portal LiveDesign.
“LiveDesign allows for interactive ordering and customisation of classic style engagement rings and to generate 3D models in real-time,” Farago notes. “We felt we were solving the problem of producing standard designs to fit customer needs perfectly, rather than trying to rework a stock piece.”
Chris Botha is the operations manager of Pallion’s jewellery division. He explains how his company’s ‘knowledge repository’ will make life easier for jewellers.
“Technology has introduced faster and smarter ways to derive the origin point of manufacturing, in the guise of CAD and CAM advancements, but developers of technology have overlooked a critical component: the art of model making – how to make a jeweller’s design work perfectly for casting.
“We will offer this knowledge in various free-to-access formats, including web platforms, mobile apps and CAD plugins, where our teams will address common recurring problems and share the extensive knowledge they possess. This will help jewellers become better users of the technology,” he adds.
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Olympus Innov-X
Chemgold
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Tino Vella Designs
New products galore
Olympus Innov-X is a leading manufacturer of portable, precious metal analysers. Sales specialist Andrew Saliba believes the company’s latest range of analysers will be especially useful for jewellers.
“Products in our latest Vanta range are drop-tested to help prevent breakages and costly repairs. They also have an intuitive gesture driven interface, which works like most modern smartphones,” Saliba explains. “The gold-plate alerts feature detects possible gold plating or coating when analysing the composition of gold pieces. If the analyser determines that there is a possibility of gold coating or plating, it notifies the user by displaying an on-screen message.”
Tino Vella of Tino Vella Designs (TVD) supplies glass display cabinets to the jewellery industry. When asked about the company’s latest innovations, Vella offers the following comments: “The TVD Luxury Showcase range was developed as a result of various requests to provide display units, suitable for the high-end retail market and available for long and short term hire.
“We have included adjustable colour temperature LED lighting; this allows retailers to select the correct colour temperature to match the jewellery they are displaying. The lighting of our showcases can easily be adjusted to whatever lighting temperature is required at a touch of a button.”
“The inclusion of rotating display bases is another innovation we have added as an optional extra,” he continues. “These allow jewellers to highlight the facets in diamonds and add that extra amount of shine and sparkle. Rotating displays also allow the merchandise to be viewed from every angle.”
Vella says the company’s newest showcases highlight innovations in security, materials and construction.
“With Bi-Lock security key systems, laminated secure glass and solid stainless steel construction, our showcases display jewellery to its full potential while also keeping jewellery secure – perfect for pop-up or industry events,” he adds.
Chemgold provides 3D printing and casting services to jewellers. Director Larry Sher outlines some of his latest equipment and service innovations.
“Chemgold has continued to expand its huge range of 3D printers in order to cater for the increase of jewellers aiming to produce their jewellery via CAD/ CAM,” he says. “We also have invested in additional platinum-casting technology to take our quality to the next level.
“This was a key factor in developing our revolutionary platinum-casting alloy ‘PTG’, which has incomparable qualities, innovative material properties and outstanding workability. With a brilliant white colour, PTG is easier for setting, has a superior polishing performance and a higher precious-metal content.”
Sher attests that Chemgold’s innovations save jewellers time and money: “Jewellers save a huge amount of time on the bench and are also ensured an overall higher quality piece of jewellery from casting in the long run. Other benefits include less metal wastage and more precision.”
Expanding possibilities
So how do the above tools help jewellers improve and expand on opportunities?
For Saliba, it’s about ease of use. “Our range of desktop and portable XRF analysers are extremely simple to use and provide laboratory comparable elemental analysis. XRF testing method is completely non-destructive and there is no need to use dangerous acids,” he says.
“Axon technology provides test-to-test and instrument-to-instrument repeatability so your first test is the same as your last test, no matter what instrument you may use – even a five-second test provides adequate results for most customers.”
Greg Brennan is the director of Electrical Factory Outlet (EFO), a supplier of lighting for retail stores and display cabinets that, Brennan claims, can boost store traffic.
“As EFO is very new to the jewellery industry, we bring fresh ideas around lighting and displays,” he says. “This year, we are launching our jewellery merchandising light Scintalite. It has been designed to maximise the natural brilliance of diamonds and gems by turning a static, diamond store-display into an impressive glimmer of shining light – we’re invested in helping jewellers capture greater customer attention and drive more store traffic.”
Abraham Tok of Sydney-based Tok Brothers offers CAD/CAM services to retailers. He believes 3D printing is one technology that will only improve.
“We recently expanded our fleet of 3D printers by adding a new FormLabs 2 3D printer. This has allowed us to 3D-print more models at faster speeds without compromising on quality,” he says.
Tok notes that his business has also started using a synthetic diamond screener.
“We’ve started using an advanced Presidium synthetic diamond screener that allows us to quickly and accurately test diamonds – loose and mounted – in front of our customers,” he says, adding, “Using this also protects us from the rising instances of synthetic diamonds being mixed with naturals. This shows transparency to our clients and gives them even more confidence in us.”
Nowlan also believes in the value of 3D printing.
“We have specifically seen an increase in jewellers utilising 3D printing, including the Asiga range of 3D printers,” he says. “Jewellers who are utilising this technology benefit from the ability to control the model manufacturing capability in-house and also check prototypes to identify potential design faults or issues prior to casting. This leads to a greater chance of success in the manufacturing process.”
Desma Noble, a goldsmith and jeweller who owns Desma Designs, believes jewellers should be aware of innovations in welding technology also.
“The techniques of making and repairing jewellery have barely changed for hundreds of years but new welding technology is changing that,” she says. “Electronic-fusion welding in jewellery enables a relatively instant, clean join with precise control through a digital interface and microscopic accuracy.”
According to Noble, the benefits are large.
“These techniques can bring incredible productivity to a jewellery workshop as very fine and delicate jewellery can be more easily repaired – metal joins can be within a millimetre of heat-sensitive gems and less oxidisation means very little finishing required,” she adds.
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The general consensus among the suppliers included here is that innovations are easing the burden and cost of manufacture and design and that these innovations should continue in coming years.
Botha sees the future as a melding of old and new technologies. “More Australian jewellers requiring low to mid-levels of product supply are leveraging online platforms,” he says. “These volumes will not be entertained by offshore manufacturers, so we’re seeing a marked increase in model-making and finishing in Australia. This is great news for the industry!
“We will also see direct-metal printing and direct-mould printing,” he continues. “As per all other technologies, this will become cheaper and faster.”
Sher concurs but believes such innovations might still take time to emerge here.
“Direct metal printing could be an option if it becomes economically viable – currently, the machines are extremely expensive to run and the quality is not at the standards required,” he says.
Vella notes that Tino Vella Designs is working to ensure power leads and cables become a thing of the past.
“We are exploring the possibility of incorporating portable batteries into our showcases – this will mean that our showcases will no longer be restricted by location,” he says. “We are also producing a prototype for a glassless, open-display showcase with removable LED stem lighting, as well as a tabletop display cube that would work perfectly for product-launches,” he adds.
Brennan also sees the lighting industry continuing to innovate: “Lighting efficiency and LED driver technology is continually developing so any range of lighting effects imaginable will be possible.”
Noble believes that coming technological innovations will embrace broader and “more diverse” applications within the industry.
“I hope one day we will see fusion-welding technology as commonplace but Australia is still catching up in this regard,” she says. “The technology is still a reasonably big investment for smaller workshops, but I hope the affordability will improve as it becomes more common-place.”
Speedy advances in technology mean new tools, machines and equipment continuously enter the market but technology means little if jewellers lose the original, emotional aspects behind jewellery manufacture.
After all, jewellers can work with all the tools in the world but they should also embrace the most important tool of all – the human touch, Botha says. “While we will continue to invest in newer technologies to aid our processes, we will also concentrate heavily on the most important – the ‘human’ technology.”
A December 2017 Forbes article succinctly sums it up: “There are technological ideas emerging and developing that will be highly impactful. These new ideas and software will affect almost every store experience in the future, they will change what it means to go to a store and they will make store experiences more worthwhile than ever,” writes Richard Kestenbaum.
“However, the most important thing will always be the products and services offered for sale. Technology can facilitate the connection between the product and the consumer but the main event is always going to be whether the consumer and the product are right for each other.”
After all, technology is a useful and necessary tool but still just a tool.
The final say
Here, retailers and suppliers lay down their concluding thoughts on the latest jewellery and equipment innovations.
“We are in the initial beta phase of our ‘knowledge repository’ and we have asked all of our users to join the platform. What these improvements give to jewellers is the most valuable resource – time.”
- Chris Botha, Pallion
“We have recently become a reseller of BlueCast, a producer of 3D printer resin, which will facilitate our customers’ requirements for a universal resin that suits the majority of resin printers.”
- Larry Sher, Chemgold
“We are currently producing a prototype for a glassless, open-display showcase with removable LED stem lighting, as well as a tabletop display cube that would work perfectly for product launches.”
- Tino Vella, Tino Vella Designs
“We are currently witnessing an increase in the development of metallic powders used in 3D metal printing and an experimentation with new powder alloys. When combined with some of the new 3D metal printers, higher resolution, direct to manufacture pieces are being produced.”
- Anthony Nowlan, Evotech Pacific
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Further examination of the graph in [link] reveals some interesting facts about human hearing. First, sounds below the 0-phon curve are not perceived by most people. So, for example, a 60 Hz sound at 40 dB is inaudible. The 0-phon curve represents the threshold of normal hearing. We can hear some sounds at intensity levels below 0 dB. For example, a 3-dB, 5000-Hz sound is audible, because it lies above the 0-phon curve. The loudness curves all have dips in them between about 2000 and 5000 Hz. These dips mean the ear is most sensitive to frequencies in that range. For example, a 15-dB sound at 4000 Hz has a loudness of 20 phons, the same as a 20-dB sound at 1000 Hz. The curves rise at both extremes of the frequency range, indicating that a greater-intensity level sound is needed at those frequencies to be perceived to be as loud as at middle frequencies. For example, a sound at 10,000 Hz must have an intensity level of 30 dB to seem as loud as a 20 dB sound at 1000 Hz. Sounds above 120 phons are painful as well as damaging.
We do not often utilize our full range of hearing. This is particularly true for frequencies above 8000 Hz, which are rare in the environment and are unnecessary for understanding conversation or appreciating music. In fact, people who have lost the ability to hear such high frequencies are usually unaware of their loss until tested. The shaded region in [link] is the frequency and intensity region where most conversational sounds fall. The curved lines indicate what effect hearing losses of 40 and 60 phons will have. A 40-phon hearing loss at all frequencies still allows a person to understand conversation, although it will seem very quiet. A person with a 60-phon loss at all frequencies will hear only the lowest frequencies and will not be able to understand speech unless it is much louder than normal. Even so, speech may seem indistinct, because higher frequencies are not as well perceived. The conversational speech region also has a gender component, in that female voices are usually characterized by higher frequencies. So the person with a 60-phon hearing impediment might have difficulty understanding the normal conversation of a woman.
The shaded region represents frequencies and intensity levels found in normal conversational speech. The 0-phon line represents the normal hearing threshold, while those at 40 and 60 represent thresholds for people with 40- and 60-phon hearing losses, respectively.
Hearing tests are performed over a range of frequencies, usually from 250 to 8000 Hz, and can be displayed graphically in an audiogram like that in [link] . The hearing threshold is measured in dB relative to the normal threshold , so that normal hearing registers as 0 dB at all frequencies. Hearing loss caused by noise typically shows a dip near the 4000 Hz frequency, irrespective of the frequency that caused the loss and often affects both ears. The most common form of hearing loss comes with age and is called presbycusis —literally elder ear. Such loss is increasingly severe at higher frequencies, and interferes with music appreciation and speech recognition.
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The NSNA Student Bill of Rights and Responsibilities was initially adopted in 1975. The document was updated by the NSNA House of Delegates (1991); and item #4 was revised by the NSNA House of Delegates (2006). Further amendments were adopted by the House of Delegates on April 7, 2017.
The Student Bill of Rights and Responsibilities shall be recognized by administration, faculty and students, and any violations may be reported according to the Grievance or Complaint Policy.
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The freedom to teach and the freedom to learn are inseparable facets of academic freedom and quality education; students should exercise their freedom in a responsible manner.
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Opinion: Is Robert Mueller finally ready to spill some tea?
Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III speaks at the Department of Justice on May 29.
(Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press)
By Michael McGough
The announcement that former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III will testify before two House committees next month is significant only if Mueller goes back on his word.
You’ll remember that, in a public statement in May, the former FBI director who investigated possible ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s campaign made clear that he had no desire to testify before Congress. If he were to appear, he added, “I would not provide information beyond that which is already public.”
“If” has become “when.” On Tuesday it was announced that, in response to subpoenas from House Democrats, Mueller would testify on July 17 before that chamber’s Intelligence and Judiciary committees.
It’s important that Mueller reconsider his insistence that the 448-page report he filed with the Justice Department “is my testimony.” He needs to say more, but not for the reason some critics of President Trump are eagerly awaiting his appearance.
Their hope, and that of some of the Democrats who will question the former special counsel, is that Mueller will use his testimony — which is expected to be televised live — to accentuate the findings in his report that make Trump look bad.
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And that may happen. Many Americans who didn’t read Mueller’s report were probably surprised to hear what he said on camera about the possibility that Trump had obstructed justice. Mueller explained that “if we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. We did not, however, make a determination as to whether the president did commit a crime.”
Even if Mueller repeated those words in congressional testimony, it would probably increase the number of Americans who know about that non-exoneration.
If Mueller added even a little rhetorical Hamburger Helper, the effect could be more damaging to the president. Democrats who are skittish about impeachment might abandon their ambivalence. (This explains why Trump has called Mueller’s planned testimony a continuation of the “witch hunt” against him.)
But paving the way for impeachment isn’t the principal reason Congress and the country need to hear more from the former special counsel. There are ambiguities in Mueller’s statements about obstruction that he needs to clear up.
As the Los Angeles Times observed in a May 29 editorial, the Mueller report “left unanswered questions, most notably whether Mueller would have accused Trump of obstruction of justice if the Justice Department hadn’t decided that a sitting president couldn’t be indicted. The report mentioned that long-standing policy, but it left unclear whether Mueller believed that, in the absence of such a directive, he would have concluded that Trump committed a crime.”
Congress and the country have a legitimate interest in knowing the answer to that question. It’s especially appropriate for Mueller to weigh in now because, after he filed his report, Atty. Gen. William Barr and former Deputy Atty. Gen. Rod Rosenstein concluded on their own that “the evidence developed during the special counsel’s investigation is not sufficient to establish that the president committed an obstruction-of-justice offense.”
To put it another way, Mueller’s superiors overruled his assertion that he was constrained by Justice Department policy from announcing a clear conclusion on the obstruction issue. That should free his tongue.
Yes, such a clarification would be helpful to Congress in assessing whether to open an impeachment inquiry, but it’s not necessary. The House is free on its own authority to decide whether the conduct alleged in Mueller’s report — including a finding that Trump directed then-White House Counsel Donald McGahn to have Mueller removed for supposed “conflicts of interest” — is credible evidence of “high crimes and misdemeanors.” The House doesn’t need an affirmation by Mueller that Trump obstructed justice — except perhaps as political cover.
So one question is whether Mueller is ready for his close-up; the other is whether Democrats in the House (including Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who is cautious about impeachment) are ready for theirs.
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Players - John Wark
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Birthdate: 4 August 1957
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Other clubs: Ipswich Town (1973-84), Ipswich Town (2 / 1988-90), Middlesbrough (1990-91), Ipswich Town (3 / 1991-97), Woodbridge Town (1999)
Bought from: Ipswich Town
Signed for LFC: £475,000, 10.03.1984
International debut: 19.05.1979 vs. Wales
International caps: 29/7 (3/0 at LFC) - 12.09.1984
Liverpool debut: 31.03.1984
Last appearance: 06.10.1987
Debut goal: 31.03.1984
Last goal: 14.03.1987
Contract expiry: 04.01.1988
Win ratio: 53.7% W:58 D:26 L:24
Games/goals ratio: 2.57
Total games/goals opposite LFC: 27 / 4
LFC league games/goals: 70 / 28
Total LFC games/goals: 108 / 42
Wark burst unto the scene in 1975 as a part of Ipswich's successful youth cup-winning team and the centre-half who had been fifth choice at the beginning of the season, was by now starring in the first team. He benefited from the guidance of Bobby Robson, developing into a free-scoring midfielder reaching the pinnacle of his career in the 1980/81 season when he was voted PFA Player of the Year as well as Young European Player of the Year having netted 14 goals in Ipswich's successful UEFA Cup campaign, equalling the record of Jose Altafini. He scored a total of 36 goals in this outstanding campaign when Ipswich finished runners-up in the League to Aston Villa. Wark certainly enjoyed his time at Ipswich and also had his brush with Hollywood in the role of Arthur Hayes, a prisoner of war held by Nazis in "Escape to Victory." "I spent five weeks making the movie in Budapest in Hungary and mixing with the likes of Stallone, Bobby Moore, Ossie Ardiles and Pele. [Michael] Caine was fantastic, Stallone was a typical Yank; he had his minder and bodyguards. Once you got to know him he was fine, but he had all this baggage with him. Pele, the best player in the world and such a gentleman. We got on brilliant. It was a great time." Wark scored 46 goals in which proved to be his last two seasons at Ipswich. After Robson's departure the club was on the slide and the player who Robson once claimed to be "the finest goalscoring midfielder of his generation” wanted a change of scenery. “I felt that I deserved to be paid more but Ipswich refused and that prompted me to ask for a transfer," Wark admitted.
The Scotsman made a high-profile move to Anfield with the impending departure of inspirational skipper Graeme Souness. Wark's great experience and impressive goalscoring record were no doubt seen as a way of reducing the impact of his fellow Scot's subsequent transfer to Sampdoria in Italy. Wark was staggered by how uncomplicated his medical at Liverpool was. "I was rather taken aback when the doctor entered the Anfield boot room", Wark said. "He was small in stature and I could not help but detect the smell of alcohol on his breath as he introduced himself to me. I was even more surprised when he announced we would stay put to conduct the medical examination. He took my blood pressure, looked at the reading and muttered 'that's fine.' Then something happened that to this day I still cannot get over. He asked me to bend down and touch my toes. Trying not to show my surprise, I did exactly as he asked and as I lifted my head he spoke again, this time to announce 'you've passed.' That was it, my Liverpool medical." Wark also enjoyed the training at the club. "I loved the training because it consisted of five-a-sides and more five-a-sides." Wark was certainly one of the lads and one teammate described him as "a total mad-cap with an unnerving habit of roaring with laughter without prior warning." On his arrival on Merseyside Wark was placed at the same hotel as summer arrivals, Jan Mølby and Paul Walsh. Almost inevitably because of the culture at the time, the trio didn’t waste time finding out what the city of Liverpool had to offer in terms of its nightlife. This wasn’t anything new to Wark: “If there had been a League championship for drinking in the 70s and 80s, Ipswich Town would have been among the major contenders," Wark said in his autobiography. "I found absolutely no difference after I was transferred to Liverpool in 1984. They were a match for anyone when it came to knocking it back”. Mark Lawrenson referred to Wark as “our champion beer-drinker." Wark scored on his debut at Watford and made nine first division appearances as the championship was won for a third successive year but he was ineligible to play in the semi-final and final of the European Cup that ended in victory in Rome.
Not everybody was convinced by Wark's usefulness to Liverpool, but prior to the 1984/85 season Wark declared: "People feel Joe Fagan made a mistake buying me but I’m determined to make them eat their words!" And how he force-fed those words to his detractors! Wark was Liverpool's leading goalscorer with 27 goals in his first full season. He scored 18 goals in 40 League games, continued his incredible striking rate in Europe, scoring five in ten games, four in seven FA Cup games, netted three hat-tricks and scored his hundredth League goal in a game, incidentally enough against Ipswich. Wark was No. 11 in Liverpool's starting line-up that fateful night at Heysel, when Liverpool had hoped to win the European Cup for the second year running. "When I look back on my time in football, and in particular my appearance in what is unquestionably the biggest game of them all, it is as if I am staring at a blank page in a book," Wark says regretfully. Enjoying the training at Melwood did not make Wark any less susceptible to injury. A damaged Achilles while training and a broken ankle when back in first-team action were heavily responsible for the low number of matches he played in his second and third full seasons as a Liverpool player, just 18 in the glorious double season of 1985/86 and one less in the following campaign. The emergence of Jan Mølby restricted his chances further, settling in while Wark was out injured. Mølby is a big fan of Wark and analysed him as a player for LFChistory.net. "John is probably along with Bryan Robson the greatest goalscoring midfielder there has ever been. My strength was to read the game, but I still didn’t have that ability he had of knowing exactly when to arrive in the penalty area. John was an exceptional player. His biggest problem at Liverpool was he wasn’t enough of a Liverpool player. His game was doing the job in the opposition’s penalty box and maybe he didn’t take enough part in the rest of the game."
“Hard as it was to depart Anfield, I knew it was the right thing to do." Wark moved back to Ipswich in January 1988. His mentor, Bobby Robson, advised him: “Money isn’t everything. Go where you will be happiest." That place was Ipswich Town, even though by then they were in the Second Division following their relegation in 1986. During his second spell at Portman Road, Wark's eye for a goal remained as strong as ever, as did his competence as a penalty-taker after being successful with 38 out of 43 spot-kicks during his first spell with the East Anglian club. A poor contract offer by his standards prompted him to go to Middlesbrough in 1990 after being voted the club's Player of the Year in two successive seasons. Wark returned "home" one year later for his third spell, this time returning to his old position of centre-half. He soon made an emotional return to Anfield in the FA Cup. Forced to come off with severe cramp towards the end of a pulsating match that Liverpool won 3-2 after extra-time, Wark was moved to tears by the thunderous reception the home supporters gave him as he left the arena. Wark played six more years for Ipswich until his retirement at 40. He made more than 820 appearances and scored a staggering total of 223 goals, to which can be added 29 full Scottish caps and 7 international goals, that total including all three matches and two goals for his country at the 1982 World Cup in Spain. He missed the 1986 World Cup in Mexico because of injury. Wark became one of four inaugural inductees into Ipswich Town's Hall of Fame. Wark made one appearance for Woodbridge Town in February 1999 when he and former Ipswich teammate, Paul Mason, turned out for the amateur club against Thame United in the quarter-finals of the FA Carlsberg Vase as the club was missing vital players through injury.
Bob Paisley has the last word: "How many times have you heard it said that goalscoring is all about being in 'the right place at the right time. Most footballers know where the right 'place' is, but relatively few can sense when the time is 'right'. John Wark has great timing. You could set your watch by him."
Appearances per season
Totals 70 13 10 10 5 108
1983-1984 9 0 0 0 0 9
1984-1985 40 7 3 10 2 62
1985-1986 9 4 3 0 2 18
1986-1987 11 2 3 0 1 17
A more detailed look at the player's appearances
7 Tottenham
6 Manchester United
6 Coventry City
5 Southampton
5 Ipswich Town
5 QPR
4 West Ham United
4 Aston Villa
4 York City
4 Luton Town
4 Norwich City
4 Newcastle United
4 Everton
4 Watford
3 Leicester City
3 WBA
3 Arsenal
3 Oxford United
2 Stockport County
2 Juventus
2 Sheffield Wednesday
2 Benfica
2 Lech Poznan
2 Austria Vienna
2 Panathinaikos
2 Chelsea
2 Stoke City
2 Sunderland
1 Charlton Athletic
1 Oldham Athletic
1 Blackburn Rovers
1 Birmingham City
1 Fulham
1 Independiente
1 Barnsley
1 Wimbledon
1 Notts County
1 Nottingham Forest
Started/substitutions
94 Started
19 On the bench
14 Substitute
14 Substituted
70 League
13 FA Cup
10 League Cup
9 European Cup
3 Screen Sport Super Cup
1 World Club Championship
1 European Super Cup
1 Charity Shield
Goals per season
Totals 28 6 3 5 0 42
A more detailed look at the player's goalscoring
3 Substitute
6 FA Cup
3 League Cup
Goal minute period
3 1-15 minutes
6 16-30 minutes
Open play/Penalty
39 Open play
3 Penalty
Milestone Appearances
1 31.03.1984 Watford Vicarage Road League
50 06.03.1985 Austria Vienna Gerhard Hanappi St. Europe
100 24.01.1987 Newcastle United Anfield League
Milestone Goals
1 58 31.03.1984 Watford Vicarage Road League
Wark On
John Wark's name, reputation and career command respect. This book is a fascinating summary of an outstanding club career with Ipswich Town, Liverpool and Middlesbrough.
Brave Ipswich
Match report from British Soccer Week on Liverpool - Ipswich on 26.02.1992.
John Wark - The greatest goalscoring midfielder?
LFChistory met with Ipswich and Liverpool great John Wark.
John Wark's Shoot Focus
John Wark was in Focus at Shoot! when he was in his first spell at Ipswich.
Wark sees Liverpool comfortably through
Match report from 03.10.1984 by the Times.
Imagination and discipline rewarded with away goal
Wonder Wark
Article from Shoot! in 1975.
Paisley's opinion on John Wark
Bob Paisley had incredible insight. Here are his views on midfield goalscorer John Wark.
Related Quotes
"A total mad-cap with an unnerving habit of roaring with laughter without prior warning."
John Wark as described by a former team-mate
"People feel Joe Fagan made a mistake buying me but I’m determined to make them eat their words!"
John Wark in 1984-85. He finished the season as Liverpool's top-scorer with 27 goals.
"He was one of those guys who just loved playing football. He could play at the back but was more famous for coming from midfield. Could score goals from deep and was a great all-round player."
Roy Evans on John Wark
"Caine was fantastic, Stallone was a typical Yank; he had his minder and bodyguards. Once you got to know him he was fine but he had all this baggage with him. Pele, the best player in the world and such a gentleman. We got on brilliant. It was a great time."
John Wark on his role in Escape to Victory
"How many times have you heard it said that goalscoring is all about being in 'the right place at the right time. Most footballers know where the right 'place' is, but relatively few can sense when the time is 'right'. John Wark has great timing. You could set your watch by him."
Bob Paisley's opinion on John Wark
Focus on John Wark at Ipswich
Focus on Scotland's John Wark
How John Wark rescued his Liverpool career
John Wark on the cover of Shoot! 11 September 1982
John Wark on the cover of Shoot! 5 May 1984
Just for luck, but he's not superstitious - John Wark Profile from LFC match programme
LFC Official Matchday Magazine interview 2000/01
Page from Arnie's scrapbook (editor of LFChistory.net)
Record-breakers - 23 September 1986
Shoot! Focus on Ipswich's John Wark
The game I remember - 26 November 1983
Third spell at Ipswich
Wark joins Liverpool 10 March 1984
Wark tall! - LFC match programme 1981
Club rank
League apps
League goals
Total apps
Ipswich Town 1974-1975 England First Division 3 0 5 0
Ipswich Town 1976-1977 England First Division 33 10 38 10
Ipswich Town 1977-1978 England First Division 18 5 25 7
Ipswich Town 1983-1984 England First Division 32 5 38 11
Ipswich Town 1987-1988 England Second Division 7 0 9 2
Ipswich Town 1988-1989 England Second Division 41 13 49 13
Middlesbrough 1990-1991 England Second Division 32 2 38 2
Ipswich Town 1991-1992 England Second Division 37 3 46 3
Ipswich Town 1992-1993 England Premier League 37 6 48 7
Woodbridge Town 1999 Eastern Counties League N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total 571 137 716 181
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Five men due in court after flare went off during Leeds United v Middlesbrough match
The flare was set off at the Riverside Stadium during the Championship clash on Friday, March 2
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The flare was set off in the stands during Friday night's match (Image: PA)
Five football fans are due to appear in court after a flare was set off at the Riverside Stadium during the Leeds United game against Middlesbrough.
The men have been charged with various offences by Cleveland Police after the incident on Friday March 2, when Leeds were beaten 3-0.
Stephen Bennett, 53, from Thornaby, was charged with throwing a missile onto a football playing area and Peter Blake, 41, from Scarborough was charged with the same offence.
Christopher McVeigh, 27, from Leeds, was charged with using threatening or abusive words with intent to cause fear or provoke unlawful violence.
Connor Maguire, 24, from Barnsley, was charged with obstructing or resisting an officer and using threatening or abusive words with intent to cause fear or provoke unlawful violence.
While Darren Phillip, 50, from North Yorkshire, was also charged with obstructing or resisting an officer and using threatening or abusive words with intent to cause fear or provoke unlawful violence.
Stewards go to retrieve a flare from the stands at the Riverside Stadium (Image: PA)
Bennett is due to appear in court on Wednesday, April 4 while the other men are due in court two days later.
A 17-year-old boy was also arrested on suspicion of throwing a pyrotechnic but was released with no further police action.
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Leeds Athletic Coaching team announced for 2016/17 season
We are delighted to announce a very strong coaching team for the forthcoming season, all with an excellent track record with our senior teams and with developing young players. Anna Carter, former Jets Head coach and part of England technical team, will head up the coaching team.
In Seniors, she will be supported by Maggie BIrkinshaw (former Jets Asst Coach and England technical team), and Jan Hemsley, who has done well as Jets NPL coach in recent years. Kylie Paynter, former Welsh international and SuperLeague player, returns to head up Juniors again. She’ll be supported by John Hipshon, Rochelle Powell, Jade Preston and Becky Hewson. There will be flexibility in the coaching team as other people are training to be coaches and will be supporting teams.
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System And Method For Rating A Transaction History
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-30- ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Described herein is a rating system for rating a transaction history of a digital currency, comprising: a storage system for storing transaction information of the digital currency; an interface for receiving an identifier of at least one account associated with the digital currency and a request for rating the transaction history of the at least one account; a processor communicative with the storage system and the interface; the processor identifying transactions of the at least one account from the transaction information stored in the storage system and assessing the destination of the identified transactions to generate a rating for the at least one account. The rating system may further assess the amount and age of the identified transactions. The rating system may be useful, for example, for peer-to-peer digital currencies such as Bitcoin. Methods for rating a transaction history of a digital currency and computer readable media for providing the same are also described herein.
I . A rating system for rating a transaction history of a digital currency, comprising:
a storage system for storing transaction information of the digital currency;
an interface for receiving an identifier of at least one account associated with the digital currency and a request for rating the transaction history of the at least one account;
a processor communicative with the storage system and the interface;
the processor identifying transactions of the at least one account from the transaction information stored in the storage system and assessing the amount, date, and destination of the identified transactions to generate a rating for the at least one account.
The rating system of claim 1, wherein the rating is a numerical score.
The rating system of claim 2, wherein the numerical score is compared to a reference value to normalize the score.
The rating system of claim 3, wherein the reference value is a total, average, mean or modal value characterizing the accumulated transaction information of the digital currency. 5. The rating system of claim 1, wherein the amount is positively correlated with the rating.
The rating system of claim 1, wherein transaction frequency is positively correlated with the rating.
The rating system of claim 1, wherein transaction age is negatively correlated with the rating.
The rating system of claim 1, wherein the number of unique transaction destinations is positively correlated with the rating.
The rating system of claim 1, wherein the number of repeated transactions to the same destination is negatively correlated with the rating.
The rating system of claim 1, wherein the digital currency is a peer-to-peer digital currency.
I I, The rating system of claim 10, wherein the peer-to-peer digital currency is Bitcoin, Litecoin, PPcoin (Peer-to-peer coin), Freicoin, or Namecoin.
The rating system of claim 1, wherein the rating reflects the ability of the account to fulfill a transaction of the digital currency.
The rating system of claim 1, wherein the processor, the interface and the storage system are located within the same computing device.
The rating system of claim 1, wherein the processor, the interface and the storage system are each located on a different computing device.
A computer-implemented method for rating a transaction history of a digital currency, comprising:
storing transaction information of the digital currency in a storage system;
receiving over a network via an interface an identifier of at least one account associated with the digital currency and a request for rating the transaction history of the at least one account; identifying transactions of the at least one account from the transaction information stored in the storage system; and
assessing the amount, date, and destination of the identified transactions to generate a rating for the at least one account.
The method of claim 15, wherein the rating is a numerical score.
The method of claim 16, further comprising comparing the numerical score to a reference value to normalize the score.
The method of claim 17, wherein the reference value is a total, average, mean or modal value characterizing the accumulated transaction information of the digital currency.
The method of claim 15, wherein the amount is positively correlated with the rating. 20. The method of claim 15, wherein transaction frequency is positively correlated with the rating.
The method of claim 15, wherein transaction age is negatively correlated with the rating.
The method of claim 15, wherein the number of unique transaction destinations is positively correlated with the rating.
The method of claim 15, wherein the number of repeated transactions to the same destination is negatively correlated with the rating.
The method of claim 15, wherein the digital currency is a peer-to-peer digital currency.
25, The method of claim 24, wherein the peer-to-peer digital currency is Bitcoin, Litecoin, PPcoin (Peer-to-peer coin), Freicoin, or Namecoin.
The method of claim 15, wherein the rating reflects the ability of the account to fulfill a transaction of the digital currency.
A computer readable medium embodying a computer program for rating a transaction history of a digital currency, comprising:
computer readable code for storing transaction information of the digital currency in a storage system;
computer readable code for receiving over a network via an interface an identifier of at least one account associated with the digital currency and a request for rating the transaction history of the at least one account;
computer readable code for identifying transactions of the at least one account from the transaction information stored in the storage system; and
computer readable code for assessing the amount, date, and destination of the identified transactions to generate a rating for the at least one account.
The computer readable medium of claim 27, wherein the rating is a numerical score. 29. The computer readable medium of claim 28, further comprising computer readable code for comparing the numerical score to a reference value to normalize the score.
The computer readable medium of claim 29, wherein the reference value is a total, average, mean or modal value characterizing the accumulated transaction information of the digital currency.
The computer readable medium of claim 27, wherein the amount is positively correlated with the rating.
The computer readable medium of claim 27, wherein transaction frequency is positively correlated with the rating.
The computer readable medium of claim 27, wherein transaction age is negatively correlated with the rating.
The computer readable medium of claim 27, wherein the number of unique transaction destinations is positively correlated with the rating.
The computer readable medium of claim 27, wherein the number of repeated transactions to the same destination is negatively correlated with the rating.
The computer readable medium of claim 27, wherein the digital currency is a peer-to-peer digital currency.
37, The computer readable medium of claim 36, wherein the peer-to-peer digital currency is Bitcoin, Litecoin, PPcoin (Peer-to-peer coin), Freicoin, or Namecoin.
The computer readable medium of claim 27, wherein the rating reflects the ability of the account to fulfill a transaction of the digital currency.
A rating system for rating a transaction history of a peer-to-peer digital currency, comprising:
a storage system for storing transaction information of the peer-to-peer digital currency;
an interface for receiving an identifier of at least one account associated with the peer-to-peer digital currency and a request for rating the transaction history of the at least one account; a processor communicative with the storage system and the interface;
the processor identifying transactions of the at least one account from the transaction information stored in the storage system and assessing the destination of the identified transactions to generate a rating for the at least one account.
The rating system of claim 39, wherein the rating is a numerical score.
The rating system of claim 40, wherein the numerical score is compared to a reference value to normalize the score.
The rating system of claim 41, wherein the reference value is a total, average, mean or modal value characterizing the accumulated transaction information of the peer-to-peer digital currency.
The rating system of claim 39, wherein the number of unique transaction destinations is positively correlated with the rating.
The rating system of claim 39, wherein the number of repeated transactions to the same destination is negatively correlated with the rating.
A computer-implemented method for rating a transaction history of a peer-to-peer digital currency, comprising:
storing transaction information of the peer-to-peer digital currency in a storage system; receiving over a network via an interface an identifier of at least one account associated with the peer-to-peer digital currency and a request for rating the transaction history of the at least one account;
identifying transactions of the at least one account from the transaction information stored in the storage system; and
The method of claim 47, wherein the reference value is a total, average, mean or modal value characterizing the accumulated transaction information of the peer-to-peer digital currency.
A computer readable medium embodying a computer program for rating a transaction history of a peer-to-peer digital currency, comprising:
computer readable code for storing transaction information of the peer-to-peer digital currency in a storage system;
computer readable code for receiving over a network via an interface an identifier of at least one account associated with the peer-to peer digital currency and a request for rating the transaction history of the at least one account;
The computer readable medium of claim 51, wherein the rating is a numerical score.
The computer readable medium of claim 52, further comprising computer readable code for comparing the numerical score to a reference value to normalize the score.
The computer readable medium of claim 53, wherein the reference value is a total, average, mean or modal value characterizing the accumulated transaction information of the peer-to-peer digital currency.
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Take an extinct volcano, an Old Town straight from medieval times, and elegant Georgian townhouses.
Add in Michelin-starred restaurants, vibrant nightlife and a packed calendar of festivals, and you've got a city that genuinely has universal appeal. Edinburgh, you’re spoiling us.
Arriving in Edinburgh
Flying to Edinburgh
Set off bright and early for the Royal Mile. Look past the tourist tartan souvenir shops, and gaze up to towering buildings for a sense of how locals once lived, piled high, shoulder to shoulder. Peek into dark, atmospheric closes, and pay tribute to the Heart of Midlothian, set into the cobbles in front of St Giles Cathedral.
Edinburgh Castle is a must-see, but it takes a while. Instead, grab some photographs from the Esplanade – on a clear day the view stretches right across the New Town chimney pots and over the Firth of Forth.
There might just be time for a quick wander around the fascinating Camera Obscura, a quirky mini world of illusions, or to nip into the Scotch Whisky Experience (both on Castlehill) to learn about the national drink.
Pop down to the Grassmarket, where public executions were held, via Victoria Street – a pretty two-tier crescent of painted shops and cafes. The Vennel at the south west corner is a perfect spot to snap Edinburgh Castle from an unusual viewpoint.
The Palace of Holyroodhouse is within 15 minutes' walk – pose for a snap outside before crossing the road to inspect the striking new Scottish Parliament building.
Share a picnic lunch with the swans at St Margaret’s Loch in Holyrood Park, beneath Arthur’s Seat.
Edinburgh is bursting with stylish eateries, offbeat attractions, funky shops and masses to see and do. Here's how to do it justice in two days.
Kick off your weekend with a hike up Arthur’s Seat — the view is fabulous.
Back at ground level, check out the royal apartments at the Palace of Holyroodhouse (Canongate) before heading into the city. Browse the Royal Mile’s souvenir shops for tartan treasures. When hunger strikes, go off grid for tasty gems. Try the Castle Arms on Johnston Terrace for chunky Scottish steaks or the Scottish Café at the National Gallery of Scotland, where you can expect Shetland Mussels, creamy Cullen skink and hearty oxtail stew on the menu.
Soak up the history at Edinburgh Castle, or swing by the National Museum of Scotland to play with the interactive displays. For a little more kick, take in the grisly exhibits at Surgeon’s Hall Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons.
Finish up at the Old Town boutiques and vintage shops for cashmere throws, Celtic brooches and antiques. Decide over a pint in a Grassmarket pub whether you’re really brave enough for a night-time ghost tour of the Old Town kirkyards.
You’ve done the Old Town, now get with the new.
The New Town dates to the 18th century, when something had to be done to solve the overcrowding within the city walls.
The result is smart, perfectly preserved townhouses that ooze style and grandeur. The National Trust for Scotland’s Georgian House reflects Scottish life at the peak of the Enlightenment.
Stay in the mood with some fashion enlightenment at George Street and Multrees Walk’s designer shops.
If the weather is kind, stock up with Italian goodies from Valvona & Crolla and picnic in Princes Street Gardens.
Then head out to Leith to explore the Royal Yacht Britannia, the Queen’s floating palace, followed by a visit to the port’s atmospheric waterfront bars for a locally distilled gin. Round it all off at one of the area’s two standout restaurants, Martin Wishart (the Shore) and the Kitchin (Commercial St).
Got time to spare? It just so happens that Edinburgh, the Lothians and the surrounding areas are packed with places to go and things to see.
Start off in the calm surroundings of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (Inverleith Row). It dates from the 17th century and covers 70 acres of often rare and unusual plants. Or head for the Pentland Hills for a wilder setting.
Strolling around is a great way to get to see the real Edinburgh. Explore the village atmosphere of Stockbridge with its pretty mews lanes, then follow the Water of Leith to Dean Village with its tumbling waterfalls. Pause to snap a unique viewpoint of Thomas Telford’s arched Dean Bridge, which towers overhead.
Take a dander to picturesque Cramond and stroll along the causeway to Cramond Island. Watch the tide though, or you’ll be spending the night there.
With so much to do in Edinburgh, there’s no real reason to leave – it even has a beach at Portobello.
But with golf, Highland scenery and castles galore on the doorstep, it’s only fair to explore a little. Book a bus excursion and you could be in Loch Lomond, the fishing villages of Fife or the home of golf, St Andrews, by lunchtime.
Scotland’s golf coast, East Lothian, is just half an hour away and boasts some of the best links courses around.
Snaring a round at Muirfield, one of the world’s oldest courses, takes a lot of planning. You could opt instead for a round at Musselburgh Links, an original Open Championship venue bathed in golfing history. Hire hickory clubs and play the course as they did in the old days.
East Lothian’s pretty harbour towns of Gullane, North Berwick and Dunbar are packed with individual shops, traditional bars and restaurants selling produce straight from the sea. Tuck into lobster, crab, mussels or line-caught mackerel with a cool, crisp Orange Lager from local craft brewery Eyeball.
Head south
The recently opened railway brings the Scottish Borders towns, stately homes and rolling countryside within easy striking distance. Stop off at the award-winning National Mining Museum at Newtongrange, and discover just what conditions were really like for miners and their families.
Hire a bike and explore the Borders’ picturesque cycle trails and mountain bike runs at Glentress Forest. Slip on your hiking boots and nail a section of the Borders Abbey Way, a circular route of 68 miles (109km) linking the area’s abbey towns.
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The Ethnographic Park of La Gomera
In one location, a local handicrafts and delicatessen store, a traditional orchard and a restored Gofio Mill with a large antiques collection exhibition. La Gomera is an island which, up to 30 years ago, most of it's economy and lifestyle was linked to agriculture and farming. Still deeply settled in their culture, it is a basic insight in the spirit and landscape of an island that still feels like settled in ancient times.
In our open farm and exhibit you can learn and see how the gomerans lived, survived and worked. By the ancient Convent and Hermigua original settlement surrounding the river, it is an exceptional landscape of palm groves, cornfields and small family houses.
Only 30 minutes away from San Sebastian and the main Seaport of La Gomera, Los Telares has been for years an unmissable touristic spot. The North Route (GM-1) will bring you through the most authentic landscapes of La Gomera, including the 400-years-old Convento of Santo Domingo, the beautiful davits of Hermigua or Vallehermoso, Agulo Town or Garajonay National Park Visitors Center.
Fresh ingredients from the orchard to our terrace
A gourmet experience on our terraces.
All a gourmet experience on our terrace: snacks with local ingredients, fresh salads from the garden, traditional sweets, wines and artisan beers... Discover the unique flavours of La Gomera.
Our organic farm supplies our terrace, where you will be able to enjoy a pleasant rest with our coffees, fresh juices, dishes of the day, salads made in the moment and tapas of local ingredients.
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A functioning water gofio mill
Our Gofio Mill is the reconstruction of the machinery and bulding of a former watermill located in this same land, that remained funcioning for the most part of the 19th Century.
But it wasn't the only one. In the ravine that descends from El Cedro to Hermigua were located 16 gofio mills driven by the descending stream.
The mill was an industry of enormous social interest on an island where gofio was the main source of carbohidrates up to the first half of the 20th century.
The mills were located nearby the ravines, from where a rudimentary channel that supplied them with the necessary water branched, leading it to a point higher than the machinery, where it fell down a very steep slope through a narrow ditch, thus acquiring the necessary pressure to move the wheel. Inside our watermill building you can also see several types of mills from different periods.
A traditional orchard
5.000 meters of ecological farm with traditional banana plantations, mangoes, papayeros, aguacateros, aloe vera, etc...
A beautiful botanical route where you will be able to meet the crops present on the island, and that introduces you to the traditional agricultural technologies and tools of La Gomera. The interpretative panels and our audioguides help you understand the wonders of a landscape carved with a heroic effort.
In our palm trees you will discover how palm honey is collected and produced.
An unique ethnographic collection
Our museum, located in the building of our Gofio Watermill, contains a representative sample of the Maruca Gámez Canarian antiques private Collection. The collection is the largest privately owned collection on the island. It contains pieces dating from the Aboriginal Gomeran period to the early 20th Century.
The Maruca Gámez ethnographic collection is the result of a tireless effort to rescue and preserve the cultural heritage of these simple and daring People. Its premise: to keep alive the legacy of an entire pueblo; its customs and traditions, its folklore and crafts, its popular ways, its languages and attitudes. In short, a solid and tenacious identity dictated by nature.
Always optimistic and looking forward to a brighter future, Doña Maruca left the door open for us to love our environment, helping us to recognize its uniqueness.
In her long life she received many recognitions and awards in relation to all the areas in which she intervened.
Her greatest achievement was seeing that there was a future for La Gomera and its people the way it was, with lush nature and alive traditions, and not resting until it became a reality.
Here we are given a peek into the daily life of most Gomeros between the 15th and early 20th Centuries.
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Macca goes back to basics.
By David Quantick 2018-09-03T11:02:11Z Classic Rock
It’s been five years since Now, the pumped-up, amped-up album Paul McCartney recorded with hip producers like Mark Ronson. Now, in a classic Macca flip, he returns to the more traditional rock sounds of Memory Almost Full, his best album of the millennium so far.
Egypt Station is a song collection more than anything else, a set of melodic statements by rock’s greatest optimist. And it’s very good. From the brilliant first words of opening ballad I Don’t Know – ‘I got crows at my window, I got dogs at my door’ – to the sly backwards guitar of Dominoes (one of the few reminders that McCartney used to be in The Beatles, as if he doesn’t like to mention it), all the way through the strikingly named Fuh You and the end medley of Hunt You Down/Naked/C-Link, this is McCartney with the minimum of fuss, just verse and chorus and seemingly effortless songwriting. Arrangements are light but always with a sudden moment of hookiness, lyrics are generally up and the whole thing is run through with confidence.
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Written by Frances Hardinge
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12+ years. Winner of the Branford Boase Award 2006.
Fly By Night is a wholly original fantasy peopled with a cast of unusual characters whose adventures unravel at a breathtaking pace. Mosca runs away from home with a manic goose called Saracen who can cause untold harm to her enemies and a tricky charlatan glorifying in the name of Eponymous Clent, having ‘accidentally’ set fire to her hated uncle’s barn. Hounded as a criminal, she ricochets through a series of adventures meeting a huge cast of untrustworthy companions and getting involved in a bizarre espionage plot. Trying to unscramble any truths makes Mosca’s story an exhilarating quest. ~ Julia Eccleshare
If you enjoyed this then why not read her second novel Gullstruck Island.
Fly By Night Synopsis
As the realm struggles to maintain an uneasy peace after years of civil war and tyranny, a twelve-year-old orphan and her loyal companion, a grumpy goose, are about to become the unlikely heroes of a radical revolution. This is an adventure story, set in reimagined eighteenth-century England.
Fly By Night Press Reviews
Intricate plotting, well-developed and fascinating characters, delicious humor, and exquisite worldcraft envelop readers fully into this richly imagined world. -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)
Incredibly well written. -- Seattle Times
A rich and intensive tale. One to keep an eye on. -- Publishing News
A rollicking read to be savored. -- Bookseller (London)
A wonderful and wondrous novel. Frances Hardinge has joined the company of writers whose books I will always seek out and read. - Garth Nix
Publication date: 1st September 2006
Author: Frances Hardinge
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Year Groups: Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4
About Frances Hardinge
Frances Hardinge spent a large part of her childhood in a huge old house that inspired her to write strange stories from an early age. She read English at Oxford University, then got a job at a software company. However, a few years later a persistent friend finally managed to bully Frances into sending a few chapters of Fly By Night, her first children's novel, to a publisher. Macmillan made her an immediate offer. The book went on to publish to huge critical acclaim and win the Branford Boase First Novel Award. She has since written many highly acclaimed children's ...
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This project will restore ecosystem services through the reintroduction of riparian habitat on the Calivil Creek. It will increase the extent of Riverine Chenopod Woodland (listed as vulnerable in Victoria) and improve the connectivity along the riparian zone of the creek. Works include fencing out stock and revegetation with Black Box (Eucalyptus largiflorens) and indigenous understory flora.
The project will address a lack of connectivity in the landscape, linking remnant black box areas along the creek, and providing a new stepping stone between existing remnants patches nearby. The riparian restoration will provide a link for birds and wildlife in the landscape that is currently not there.
To date 6.75 km of fencing has been installed along 4 km of the creek. The fencing was erected through funds from a DEPI Kerang Biodiversity Fund project.
In 2015 the Network secured a 20 Million Trees Grant as part of the Australian Government’s National Landcare Programme to revegetate a 5.33km portion of the creek with 3560 tubestock and 16km of direct seeding. Planting was undertaken in September 2015 with 80 East Loddon P-12 College students, members of the Loddon Vale Landcare Group and the Green Army Team from the Landscape Change in Upper Loddon Catchment Project.
The Loddon Vale Landcare Group is a key partner with the Network on the project.
Photos: The Calivil Creek ground preparation and planting underway.
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Will Romero miss the FA Cup semi-final?
Sergio Romero will be out for several weeks and, as Andy Ritchie points out, he could miss the FA Cup semi-final...
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What were the highlights of this year’s London Marathon?
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Last Sunday, 23rd April saw the 37th London Marathon take place. Over 50,000 runners took part across all the categories, including competitive Championship runners, overseas entries, “Good for Age” entries, public ballot entries and those running on behalf of their chosen charity to raise money. The London Marathon really is for anyone and everyone who enters and is selected to take part.
Records held for the London Marathon
This year there was a record number of runners, with the Championship runners setting off first, followed later by the other categories. Although there was not a new London Marathon record set this year, many runners challenged the current Men’s Course record, which is currently held by Kenyan runner Eluid Kipchoge and was set in the 2016 race at a time of 2:03:05.
Achievements for the 2017 race
Fantastic times this year included this year’s winner, Daniel Wanjiru of Kenya, who completed the course in 2:05:56. Other strong achievements came from Josh Griffiths, 23, a British runner who finished his Marathon debut in just in 2:14:49 leaving him automatically qualify for a place at August's Worlds. He was the fastest Brit to finish the course this year but gave credit to well-known runner Robbie Simpson, who finished the course just a few seconds behind and helped Griffiths keep pace throughout the run. The winner of the Women’s race was Kenya’s Mary Keitany. The 35 year old mother of two completed the race in an astonishing 2:17:01, which is the second fastest women’s time historically for a mixed Marathon race.
Alongside the many fancy-dress runners who grace the course with their presence each year, there were other notable events that occurred during this year’s race and kept spirits high. Perhaps the most noble was Matthew Rees. The Welsh Swansea Harrier runner spotted fellow runner, David Wyeth, running for the Chorlton Runners, struggling to continue to move his legs with just 200m remaining to the finish line. Instead of carrying on to finish the race in his best possible time, Rees chose to slow down and walk with Wyeth who was then able to carry on to complete to race to the finish line. This act of selflessness shows just how the London Marathon can be uniting and bring out the best in people to work together.
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By Mark Bancroft, MA
Lucid dreaming is a proactionary dream state in which the dreamer is aware that she/he is dreaming. The phenomenon of lucid dreaming can be traced back as far as the 4th century BC to Aristotle [Guiley, 1991]. Dreams in general are reactionary in nature. Dreamers often have little, if any, influence upon how their dreams unfold. The dreamer often does not know they are in a dream until waking consciousness returns- in this sense dreams are reactionary. In the lucid dream the dreamer knows they are dreaming and may even be able to alter the dream itself.
Characteristics of the Lucid Dream:
1. There are varying degrees of lucid dreaming: The degree of lucidity can range from a vague awareness that one may be dreaming, to possessing full thought capabilities which are used to influence the course and outcome of the dream [Guiley, 1991].
2. Various uses: The skill of lucid dreaming can be learned and has been used to modify behavior. A therapeutic application might consist of teaching a client how to lucid dream, then have them actively play out a fearful situation or desired outcome. Lucid dreaming has also been used for purposes of spiritual growth and the enhancement of creativity.
3. Time of occurrence: Lucid dreams have been found to occur during Stage 1 sleep. Although few details are known about lucid dreaming one author notes, "without exception all my lucid dreams occurred in the hours between five and eight in the morning" [Tart, p.184, 1990]. This is consistent with the observed data which shows Stage 1 (REM) sleep occurring in longer duration toward the end of the night [Wallace & Fisher, 1991].
Dreams and Waking Reality:
A. Reality coexists on multiple levels: Reality is most often associated with waking states of consciousness. The "outer", physical world is considered real while the inner world is fraught with deception. Scientific inquiry has warned investigators for centuries about the deceitful nature of one's perception. Dreams, especially the lucid dream experience, strongly suggest that reality is multidimensional. The lucid dream shows that we have the potential to consciously function in these other dimensions of reality. Retaining an open mind may meet with value and practical application which can assist in the challenges of waking life.
B. Enhancing awareness during waking life: Often, dreams are described as being more real than waking life. Like the mystical experience reporters of such dreams have difficulty in sharing their experience with others. One explanation for this is attributed to increased sensory perception occurring within the dream state. Greater attentiveness of the senses takes place when one is in unique and unusual circumstances. Dreams are conducive for heightening a person's sensory abilities [Auerbach, 1996]. The experience of dreams being beyond "real" indicates a potentially high degree of automatization in waking life. In these dreams there is a direct experience of deautomatization: an undoing of the automatizations of apparatuses- both means and goal structure- directed toward the environment. Deautomatization is, as it were, a shake-up which can be followed by an advance or a retreat in the level of organization…Some manipulation of the attention directed toward the functioning of an apparatus is necessary if it is to be deautomatized [tart, p.42, 1990]. While the tendency towards automatization serves economic and efficiency advantages for dealing with daily tasks and operations it can severely limit the richness of life experience.
C. Encourages further exploration: The power of the lucid dream experience may help encourage the exploration of other possible dimensions. Psychic ability can be consciously explored in the lucid dream state. Dreams in general offer a fertile ground for psychic occurrences [Auerbach, 1996]. The fascination with lucid dreaming is a reflection of having collapsed all reality into the physical domain. Lucid dreaming offers unimaginable potential for direct experience of the physically "impossible". In this dimension one gets to fly, walk underwater, conjure up wise teachers, experience the ideal relationship, and achieve fame and success just by thinking it so.
D. A new model of reality: Reality may not be as "real" as we like to believe. The experiences of lucid dreaming and paranormal occurrences potentially threaten a worldview of strict physicality based upon measurable cause and effect. Unreal experiences such as lucid dreaming are at times more real than perceived reality. This would mean that our model of the world, which claims absolute realness of physicality, may actually be one enmeshed in relativity.
In a relativistic model of reality we may actually exist as something other than what we perceive ourselves to be. The world of objects, people, and bodily needs would appear just as unreal and illusionary to the other-dimensional entity as quantum non-locality would to Isaac Newton. The concept of relativistic reality is cleverly demonstrated in Star Trek: The Next Generation, episode #138, [Ship in a Bottle, 1993]:
Riker: "How did you do it sir?"
Picard: "We managed to program the holodeck inside the holodeck and use the same ruse that Moriarty used on us.
Data: "When he was attempting to contact the real bridge, he was in fact speaking to a simulation."
Troi: "You mean he never knew he hadn't left the holodeck?"
Picard: "In fact the program is continuing to run, even now, inside that cube."
Dr. Crusher: "A miniature holodeck?"
Data: "In a way doctor. However, there is no physicality. The program is continuous but only within the computer's circuitry.
Barclay: "As far as Moriarty and the Countess now, they're half way to Meles II by now…This enhancement module contains enough active memory to provide them with experiences for a lifetime."
Picard: "They will live their lives and never know any difference."
Troi: "In a sense you did give Moriarty what he wanted."
Picard: "In a sense. But who knows, our reality may be very much like theirs- and all this, might just be an elaborate simulation running inside a little device sitting on someone's table."
It would be difficult to disprove that what we consider reality is analogous to being active participants within a computer program, and not knowing it is a program. Sleep could be a necessity in such a reality. Sleep would provide the opportunity to tweak and readjust the program (life) being experienced within it. The "life within the program" would experience sleep, while in fact new situations, experiences, and "people" were being added to the program. The possibility for paranormal events would no longer be a mystery given that the programmer is outside of causality- Jane could appear at just the right moment to ensure the program continues in an intriguing way. Ghosts and apparitions…bio-electrical bleed-through from someone else's "reality."
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Auerbach, L. Altered States of Consciousness, Lecture. Orinda, CA (1996).
Guiley, R.E. (1991). Harper's Encyclopedia of Mystical & Paranormal Experience. New York: Harper Collins.
"Ship in a Bottle." Star Trek: The Next Generation.Written by René Echevarria. (episode #138, aired 1993.)
Tart, C.T. (Ed.). (1990). Altered States of Consciousness. (3rded.). New York: Harper Collins.
Wallace, B. & Fisher, L.E. (1991). Consciousness and Behavior. (3rd ed.). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
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Cannabis Watch
Canopy’s proposed U.S. deal is a boon for the U.S. cannabis sector, says this investor
Published: May 27, 2019 10:17 a.m. ET
Deal brings much-needed capital to a sector that is starved of it, says private-equity manager
Canopy Growth co-CEO Bruce Linton
CiaraLinnane
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Canopy Growth Corp.’s plan to acquire U.S. multistate operator Acreage Holdings Inc. as soon as cannabis is legalized in the U.S. has won the support of a U.S. private-equity firm that specializes in investments in the cannabis sector.
Matt Hawkins, managing partner of Cresco Capital Partners LLC, said Thursday that the $3.4 billion proposed deal is the “most significant” as well as the biggest deal in the sector so far, and brings a much needed infusion of capital to an industry that is starved of cash.
“As one of one of the best capitalized companies in the industry, Canopy Growth CGC, +1.11% WEED, +1.62% has introduced a creative structure to potentially gain a foothold in the United States, the most lucrative global cannabis market,” Hawkins wrote in a letter to his own investors. “From an Acreage perspective, it now has 58 million shares of Canopy Growth injected in the company to continue to make strategic acquisitions and expand across the country.
“In an industry where capital still costs a premium, this infusion is a tremendous differentiator.”
Hawkins was responding to the biggest critic of the deal, activist shareholder Marcato Capital Management LP, which came out against it immediately after its initial announcement by saying it substantially undervalues Acreage Holdings. Marcato owns a 2.7% state in Acreage’s subordinated voting shares. Shareholders are to vote on the deal on June 19.
See: Facebook will not allow marijuana sales on its platform — a MarketWatch exclusive
In an open letter to Acreage’s board published in early May, Marcato called the offer “value destructive” and lower than the company’s fair value, based solely on the present value of its future cash flows.
“We believe Acreage’s ACRGF, +5.49% strategic value, as one of the few multi-state operators of scale in the U.S., with leading positions in the most valuable markets merits a significant premium to any stand-alone cash-flow derived valuation,” said the letter. “Furthermore, we believe enterprise values of cannabis companies will skyrocket upon the relaxation of current Federal restrictions.”
Hawkins acknowledged that his firm stands to benefit significantly from the deal as it was an early investor in Acreage, taking a stake when it was still private and named High Street Capital Partners. Cresco started investing in the cannabis sector in 2014, when valuations were much lower than they are today.
“There’s an inherent difference of opinion on what the value creation is, but that $3.4 billion number should be applauded, regardless of when you came in,” he told MarketWatch.
See also: Canopy Growth stock climbs on news of U.K. skin-care deal; Hexo names COO
Because cannabis is still banned at the federal level, U.S. companies are unable to bank or tap capital markets, relying instead on private investments from high-net-worth investors, family offices and private-equity firms, along with retail investors.
As the first G-7 country to fully legalize the substance last October, Canada is enjoying a first-mover advantage and access to financing, some of which can now trickle south of its border through a deal like Canopy’s, according to Hawkins.
The Canopy deal is structured as an option that gives it the right to take over Acreage once a federal pathway to legal status for cannabis companies exists, as Chief Executive Bruce Linton has explained. Canopy, which has a $4 billion investment from Corona beer parent Constellation Brands Inc. STZ, -0.36% , cannot buy a U.S. cannabis player outright because of the federal ban, which would place it in breach of both Toronto Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange rules, both of which bar listed members from running illegal operations. The company is listed on both exchanges.
Read now: Aurora Cannabis to research CBD with mixed martial arts outfit UFC, Canopy names new CFO
See: Canopy Growth’s quiet co-CEO on the pot company’s ambitions in the U.S. and more
Hawkins said the desired pathway could come with the passage of one or other of two bills that are currently being considered in Washington. The Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act is a bipartisan bill introduced in March that would protect banks and their employees from liability for federal prosecution when servicing cannabis companies; the Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States (STATES) Act would give each state the right to determine its own approach to cannabis legislation.
For more, read: Push for legislation allowing banks to serve the cannabis business is gaining momentum
“We don’t have intel from [Canopy], but our interpretation is that whether it’s the SAFE Act or the STATES Act, it should be enough to trigger the deal,” Hawkins said.
“While none of us have a crystal ball, and many wonder how this deal will unfold, we believe the focus should be on the benefits to the industry and the even greater force the combined company will become,” he said.
Canopy shares have gained 71% in 2019, while the Horizons Marijuana Life Sciences ETF HMMJ, +1.25% has risen 42% and the ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF MJ, +0.37% has gained 37%.
The S&P 500 SPX, -0.34% is up 14%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.09% has risen 11%.
Cannabis Watch: See all of MarketWatch’s coverage of cannabis
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Home » Catheter OEM Oscor gets in on $20m Series D for Micro Interventional Devices
Catheter OEM Oscor gets in on $20m Series D for Micro Interventional Devices
March 7, 2019 By Brad Perriello Leave a Comment
Micro Interventional Devices said today that contract manufacturer Oscor led its $20 million Series D round and inked an OEM deal.
Newtown, Pa.-based MID said the deal involves a non-exclusive license for Palm Harbor, Fla.-based Oscor’s catheter technology, in return for Oscor’s exclusive right to its MID’s Mia device for treating tricuspid and mitral valve regurgitation.
Oscor was joined by Originate Ventures, LifeSciences Greenhouse, Ben Franklin Venture Partners and existing backers in the Series D debt conversion. Oscor president & CEO Thomas Osypka is slated to join the MID board as part of the transaction.
MID said it plans to use the cash to complete its SStar study for the Mia device.
“We are excited to be entering into this agreement with Oscor. Under Thomas’ guidance, Oscor has been designing, developing and manufacturing sophisticated catheter technologies for over twenty years,” MID chairman, president & CEO Michael Whitman said in prepared remarks. “Partnering with Oscor will enable MID to rapidly and thoroughly complete MIA’s technical dossier, which is a requirement for CE Mark approval. Additionally, we now have the ability to ramp up production to serve this very large patient population who currently has no real treatment options.”
“We are pleased to partner with MID on this important technology for the minimally invasive treatment of tricuspid and mitral regurgitation. The heart of Oscor’s philosophy is to help the industry identify and refine non-invasive solutions that simplify challenging procedures for the benefit of our patients and clinicians. We see this as a perfect fit between our capabilities and MID’s novel approach to treating patients suffering from these diseases,” Osypka added.
Filed Under: Cardiac Implants, Featured, Funding Roundup, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Micro Interventional Devices, Oscor
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Pubbelly Noodle Bar
Asian Gastro Pub Small Plates
Restaurants American Southern
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Mediterranean Italian
14235 S. Dixie Highway
Palmetto Bay, FL 33176
Cutler Bay/Palmetto Bay
Photo by Zachary Fagenson The Butcher Shop's pan con lechón uses house-made bread.
Hours: Monday through Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Features: Wheelchair accessible, Takeout
Serving: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack Food
Parking: Free Parking, Parking Lot Available
Reservations: Reservations Not Necessary
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The Butcher Shop serves one of Miami-Dade's best pan con lechón sandwiches, served on Cuban rolls baked daily. They create a sandwich that, when pressed, crisps into an impossibly thin crust, akin in texture to the Indian lentil crackers called papadum. The interior holds its juice, propped up by a shot of doctored mojo sauce called "mojito," which is also available in a squirt bottle on the counter where customers sit.
Read our full review of the Butcher Shop.
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Watch Two Daredevils Speed Through the Skies Over Dubai in Jetpacks
By Tom McKay
Stuntman Yves Rossy owns some of the only truly working jetpacks in the world, capable of flying up to 160 miles per hour and executing precision turns simultaneously. Now the Swiss "Jetman" and his protege, BASE jumper Vince Reffet, have recorded a stunt reel of completely bonkers series of flights over Dubai...
... in 4K video quality... from their GoPros.
The resulting video, "Young Feathers 4K," might just be one of the most intense things you'll ever see. Rocketing in death-defying formations across first the desert then the Dubai skyline itself (including a jaw-droppingly close fly-by of the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world), Rossy and Reffet push it to the absolute limit of both aeronautical skill and pilot safety.
Rossy's jetpack cost more than $190,000 to produce in 2008. After several years of upgrades, he makes Buzz Lightyear look like a heap of plastic junk:
Source: Mic/YouTube
"The future of human flight is clear," Rossy concludes in the video. "To be completely autonomous like a bird. The real dream is to be completely free, completely free."
If you're not inspired after watching Rossy and Reffet smash through all the barriers imposed upon humans by our feeble bodies, then you truly have a heart of stone.
Watch the whole thing below:
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HOWZAT FOR A DOORSTOP
Dusty bat left in hall is £30k relic of Ashes
Aidan McGurran
AN old cricket bat gathering dust in a school entrance hall has been found to be a rare piece of sporting history worth £30,000.
Headmaster Mark Atkins discovered it was a souvenir from a 1930 Ashes test which had been signed by its legendary England and Australian squads.
Autographs on the 75-year-old willow Gunn & Moore bat include Aussie batting legend Sir Don Bradman, England heroes Sir Jack Hobbs and Wally Hammond and demon fast bowler Harold Larwood.
They signed it and it was won by fan Robert Cooper in a raffle shortly after England's victory at the 1930 first test match at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
For 65 years the bat passed out of public view, but was then loaned to Beech Hall Prep, Tytherington, Cheshire, by ex-pupil Gerald Cooper, who inherited it from grandad Robert.
Mr Atkins, 43, said: "The bat had been left in the corner and people did not think too much about it. I then got a call from the owner to ask what we were going to do with it. When he told me its history I was shocked.
"It had all the signatures of the greatest cricketers who ever lived. It was incredible. We had a break-in last year and thieves walked straight past it."
The bat, valued at £30,000, is location.
Mr Cooper, 67, said: "I'm delighted the bat's significance has been realised."
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Stuff We Like #63 - Food of the World
Angel's here to host this week's Stuff We Like - with food.
My mom's German. She came over in '57 or so to work for a bank in Manhattan. As you might imagine, my childhood was filled with meat and potatoes kinds of dishes, but with an ethnic flavor. Rouladen, frikadellen, rotkohl, knackwurst - these were words I grew up with. The food wasn't spicy, for the most part, just yummy. Though the flavor palette was somewhat limited.
In college and later on, I started to discover all the wonderful foods the world had to offer. When hubby and I would travel with our son, (this was when we had money for travel and we didn't spend money on much else) the rule was chain restaurants only as a last resort.
Indian, Sichuan, Mexican, Ethiopian, Greek, Japanese, Moroccan, Middle Eastern, Hunan, Vietnamese, Spanish, Korean, Polish - the world was there for the tasting. While I may be able to have some of these cuisines more often than others, I don't really have a favorite. It's the variety, the unique qualities of each that make them wonderful. Sadly, many of the restaurants we loved while traveling no longer exist. That's the nature of the restaurant business. That doesn't mean I'm going to stop looking, and if I'm in your town, I'm most likely going to pester you for recommendations. ;)
Guests of Honour at Yaoi North!
We announced in our Facebook group that MCB would be attending Yaoi/Yuri North as guests, and that more news would be forthcoming.
It feels all official now, mainly because Anime North (Yaoi North runs as a part of Anime North) has Angel and Freddy listed up on their site as Guests of Honour! (There may have been dancing and squeeing in place.) We found out when they tweeted the posting yesterday.
You can check out the listing here:
Anime North - Guests
We can't tell everyone how excited we are to be able to see the Yaoi/Yuri North crew again, and to be able to go to Toronto and share our love of all things Queer-related!
Stuff We Like #62 - Nod & Bastet
People who know me (Freddy) by other forms of social media are aware of the fact I have two cats, Nod and Bastet. They came to us via adoption from our local Humane Society Shelter. We have adopted all our cats from there (we still miss our KItKat deeply), and we always seem to end up with weird cats.
I mean, I know cats are weird, contradictory, mischievious, and all sorts of things, but ours are just plain weird. When discussing the girls that's even the response from other cat owners, "You have weird cats."
I'm pretty sure I have to take some of the blame. Our first cat, KitKat, was raised by a dog, so she basically thought she was one. KitKat played fetch, walked on a leash, was highly vocal, and expected belly rubs.
Nod and Bastet are a weird little combo. I almost didn't know what to do with them when we first got them. Nod was frightened of her own shadow and Bastet is the clumsiest animal (not just cat) I have ever met. I mean, how many cats fall when they try to jump onto a chair? Really, how many? We do figure her almost-dead state when the humane society found her as a days-old kitten has something to do with her motor development, but it was weird. (Especially since KitKat had been so graceful and a good jumper.)
Nod is the tortie camoflauging with the blanket while Bastet is wrapped around her. Nod is actually big on finding stuff she can camoflauge with. All over the house her favorite spots are ones where she blends. She's not such a fraidy-cat anymore, but she still has definite dos and don'ts everyone follows.
Like my poor dad who absolutely loves her? He's only allowed to pet her if he's on a bed. No joke. He must be seated on a bed for her to give him permission to pet her.
The list of Nod Rules is long.
The girls are pretty much opposites too.
Nod is insanely smart — like learning to turn a key in an armour to open the door smart, turning on and off lights smart, to opening all sorts of stuff and doors smart. While Bastet is dumb as a post. No, she really is. Our squeaky little Bastet is the dumbest (which a dumb cat sounds like an oxymoron to me) cat I have ever met. I love her. She is a loving cat. She's just incredibly stupid.
Nod watching us work outside and desperately wanting to boss us around.
Bastet waking up from one of her weird sleeping positions. (Though they both sleep in weird positions.)
Nod regularly has to bail Bastet out of stupid moments. Like how Bastet will go into a closet, get stuck, then Nod has to open the door for her to get out. I've seen Nod consider whether she wants to help at times. She totally sits there all, "Do I really want to let her out?"
They fight like sisters can, but they have each other's back too. Early on (when she was still really skiddish) Nod escaped the house one day and sent us into a panic. The back door bounced open and someone didn't notice. Being the curious kitty, Nod left while Bastet stayed inside. She was "gone" for a few days. We knew she had come back a couple times because we spotted her. After dozens of suggestions we knew she was coming back around because she was hungry. We set up stuff to tempt her back. She was getting the snacks, but our live animal traps weren't getting her. Bastet had been tore up the whole time, searching for Nod. Her loneliness was as palpable as her worry.
One night, just as I was about to go to bed, Bastet starts going nuts by my window. Me: What are you doing? Her: MEOW! PUR. LOOK YOU STOOPID HUMAN! Me: *opens curtains*
There Nod was, tired, looking anxious and just done, on the other side of the window. (I live in a trilevel, the window is ground level.) I ran up to the door (which was 10 feet from the window) and opened it. But Nod refused to leave the window or Bastet. I ended up having to bend the screen frame to let her in through the window before she finally came inside. Bastet helped clean her. Both obviously relieved she came home.
So were we. I had never been so upset. Nod was still at the stage of trying to learn to trust people so we had been worried she wouldn't come back.
Nod does trust us more—it's a continual process with a shelter rescue. She talks to us when she has something to say (she even has a "get the fuck outta my way" meow/purr. It's actually kinda funny.) Bastet helps keep Nod from being too full of herself. It's a good thing.
More than anything, I am happy to have our girls. They keep life interesting.
Stuff We Like #61 - Marvel Movies
Hello all once again... Toni here for another episode of Stuff We Like, where I'm sharing my love of Marvel Movies.
I'm probably going to cop shit from my fellow Mischiefers for declaring this, but I've never read a single Marvel or DC comic. That being said, I LOVE the movies.
Now I know the movies aren't perfect, I've heard about all the things that my friends haven't liked because they differ from the comics. And that's okay. You're never going to please everyone, no matter how hard you try. But for someone who hasn't read the comics and loves to watch movies for the entertainment value, the Marvel universe ticks all my boxes.
I really enjoy the strong female characters of Black Widow and Gamora. And seriously, who can pass up the beautiful bounty of Chris's on offer? Evans, Pratt and the stunningly gorgeous Aussie (I might be a little biased) Hemsworth, will have me going back to the movies time and time again.
My Daughter also is a massive fan of all things Marvel and got quite excited when I told her what I was planning on writing about in this post. She hasn't seen the original X-Men movies yet, but rest assured I'll be fixing that as soon as possible.
Marvel has a massive line up of movies for its fans in 2016 and I for one am so excited. The next installment from Captain America: Civil War, releases in May, along with X-Men: Apocalypse. Dr Strange is also set to hit the big screen in the second half of the year.
The movie I'm most looking forward to though? Has to be DEADPOOL!!! Oh My God. Can I just say that the marketing team for this movie has gone above and beyond anything I've ever seen before for a movie. They are nothing but pure geniuses.
One of the good things about living in Australia is the fact that Deadpool releases here a day earlier than in the USA (I am not poking my tongue out at you all, I swear)... I have my tickets booked for tomorrow night already and can't wait to see it.
The US movie is rate R18+, where as here is Australia it's only been given a rating of MA15+. I hope this means us Aussies are simply a tougher crowd then the Americans and it takes a lot more for us to be offended, and not that they've cut scenes in the movie to cater to a younger crowd. I guess we'll find out soon. Either way it looks to be a great movie.
Are you a fan of the Marvel Universe or DC Comics movies? I'd love to know which character/movie is your favourite. What movie are you most looking forward to being released in 2016? Until next time...
Stuff We Like #60: Elizabeth Coatsworth
I am horrendously late with this - I can only say that time got away from me today, and say a prayer to the squirrel gods to forgive me. --Scott
I have long wanted to be a published author. My family has a few of us - my brother Whit Honea has written a successful parenting book, and my grandmother Joyce Peterson was a prolific playwright, writing for the children at her church that she loved. But there are no other Coatsworth authors that I know of.
But there once was. There are not many Coatsworths in the world, truth be told. It's a fairly rare name, one that passed down to me from origins in Danish royalty in the 1400s and then the English countryside in the 1600s. I've only recently learned more about its storied history.
My branch of the family ended up in South Dakota. Another branch, closely related to my own, ended up in Ontario, and a few months ago, I met a woman from that branch who happens to live just two blocks from me, and is my first cousin, six times removed.
Along one of the other branches was an author named Elizabeth Coatsworth. Her line ended up in New England--she was born in New York in 1893. She was a fiercely intelligent woman, graduating from Vassar College and later from Columbia, and a world traveler, visiting what was then called the Orient, riding horseback through the Philippines, exploring Indonesia and China, and sleeping in a Buddhist monastery.
She started out writing poetry for adults, but then moved into children's literature on the advice of a friend and publisher. She won the Newbury Medal for "The Cat Who Went to Heaven" in 1930.
The year I was born, in 1968, she was a runner-up for the biennial international Hans Christian Andersen Award for children's writers. And in 1986, the year I graduated from high school, intent on pursuing my writing career, she passed away at her home in Maine.
Our paths never crossed. But I knew about her.
I have recently taken more of an interest in her as my own writing career has started to take off. I discovered that she wrote or participated in at least 42 books. One of her last books, originally issued as "Pure Magic" in 1975, was later reissued as a Scholastic Book Services title as "The Werefox." It caught my eye because of the title - fascinating to me, because I now run a site that includes authors of many "were" stories. I ordered a copy of it through Amazon - $15 for what was originally probably a $2 book - and it was worth every penny.
I find her writing style to be magical, lyrical, enchanting:
"Johnny Dunlap woke and lay on his back in his narrow bed listening. There it was, the faint shrill sweet bark which had awakened him. Even in the deepest sleep, that sound could rouse him and call him back out of his dreams to the living world--if it was the living world to which he returned. Sometimes it seemed stranger than any of his dreams--one morning he had found a wild yellow violet in his hand, still fresh as if it had just been picked along a woods path."
I close my eyes and try to picture her at home, sitting in a fireplace-warmed room in Maine, looking out the window at the fresh fallen snow. Her mind is racing with the possibilities of the story, even at the respectable age of 82, still churning as the mind of a writer is wont to.
And I feel a connection with her. As if, in that moment, with that story, she was casting a line into the future. A line to me.
A few of her books are still in print, but most are scattered to the shelves of used bookstores and the dustbins of history. But perhaps her love of writing lives on a little, in me.
So I grab hold of the line she has thrown me, and write with all my heart..
And I imagine her sitting back in her chair with a smile.
Anchorage Books
Autism Awareness Blog Hop
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Brimstone Series
Cabin For Two
Gay Heroes
GRL2014
HAHABT
Holland Brothers
Hounds Of Hell
MCB Quarterly
Men Of Charlestown
Mina MacLeod
Mischief Corner Books
Not In The Stars
Outside The Margins
Pride Promotions
Shrug It Off
Smokey Mountain Bears
Sock Poacher
Sons Of Aphrodite
The Atherton Pack
The Borillian Twist
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Astros acquire Clippard from White Sox
Veteran reliever had already been traded once this season
By Brian McTaggart
HOUSTON -- The Astros bolstered their bullpen late Sunday by trading for White Sox right-hander Tyler Clippard in exchange for a player to be named or cash.Even before the deal was announced, the bio section on Clippard's Twitter account had been updated to read, "Play baseball for the Houston Astros
HOUSTON -- The Astros bolstered their bullpen late Sunday by trading for White Sox right-hander Tyler Clippard in exchange for a player to be named or cash.
Even before the deal was announced, the bio section on Clippard's Twitter account had been updated to read, "Play baseball for the Houston Astros for my profession."
The moves comes two weeks after the non-waiver Trade Deadline, which saw the Astros land Blue Jays lefty Francisco Liriano but not complete deals for Zach Britton of the Orioles and Justin Wilson, who was traded from the Tigers to the Cubs.
The Astros, who snapped a five-game losing streak Sunday by beating the Rangers, 2-1, have been trying to beef up a bullpen that's been hampered by injuries, both to the relief corps and the starting rotation. Houston ranks 14th in the AL in bullpen ERA (4.73) since July 1 (it ranks first in the AL in August).
#Astros have acquired Tyler Clippard from the White Sox for a player to be named later or cash considerations.
Welcome to Houston, Tyler! pic.twitter.com/KWfSJBYW5w
— Houston Astros (@astros) August 14, 2017
Clippard, 32, started the season with the Yankees before being traded to Chicago as part of the prospect-centered deal that sent Todd Frazier, Player Page for David Robertson and Tommy Kahnle to New York. He has posted a 4.27 ERA with three saves in 51 appearances this season, including a 1.50 ERA in 13 appearances since the All-Star break.
A veteran of 11 Major League seasons, Clippard owns a 48-41 lifetime record with a 3.04 ERA, while posting 59 saves in 609 Major League appearances. He's made 14 postseason appearances, including three appearances for the Mets in the 2015 World Series.
The Astros will make a corresponding move to the active roster Monday. With the addition of Clippard, the 40-man roster is full.
Brian McTaggart has covered the Astros since 2004, and for MLB.com since 2009. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter.
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Mannone’s Decisive Penalty Kick Save Elevates Loons Over Dallas
July 13, 201910:38PM CDT
In a heavyweight clash between two Western Conference foes that could have major playoff implications come October, Minnesota United grinded out a resolute, hard-nosed 1-0 win over visiting FC Dallas. A game that was filled with gritty challenges and few clear-cut chances saw the Loons win in dramatic fashion. A Mason Toye stoppage time goal and a Vito Mannone penalty kick save minutes later served up all three points for the Loons – propelling them into third place in the Western Conference for the time being.
“[I’m] so proud of the players,” said Head Coach Adrian Heath. “They were running on empty today. I spoke to my staff yesterday after training and I was really worried about the game because the group looked really flat. We've tried everything to get them going and it was a difficult afternoon for us. You could tell [FC Dallas] had had a week off. They came out nice and lively and sharp, as we expected, but I thought our resolve and determination not to lose the game was immense.”
In what was a cagey first half, FC Dallas came out with clear attacking intent, deploying a 4-3-3 with a diamond in midfield – which turned into a 4-2-3-1 while on defense. They looked to position their wingers, Michael Barrios and Santiago Mosquera, high and wide early.
The Loons looked to counteract the attacking positioning of FC Dallas through their own 4-2-3-1 with Ethan Finlay and Kevin Molino dropping deeper on either side of the field to support Minnesota’s fullbacks Hassani Dotson and Chase Gasper. Up top, Darwin Quintero sat directly underneath Angelo Rodriguez and looked to move between the FC Dallas defensive and midfield lines to receive passes at his feet. In a Minnesota offense that is often fueled by crosses, Hassani Dotson and Chase Gasper – two players who have been crucial in providing service into the penalty area – were forced to stay at home and keep track of Dallas’ dangerously positioned wingers. While not a force on offense, Gasper and Dotson valiantly defended, stifling Barrios and Mosquera in one-on-one situations, time and time again.
“Incredible performance from a lot of people,” said Heath. “I've got to single out the two kids, the fullbacks. I've never seen anyone play [Michael] Barrios as well as Chase Gasper's done today. Because of our energy levels, there was a lot of one-v-ones. Can't really remember Barrios getting by him, so it's an incredible performance. Ike's not been 100 percent for a couple of days, so it's a huge win for us, it really is.”
While the first 25 minutes of the game were without quality finishes, both sides trades opportunities to take the lead. In the sixth minute, Darwin Quintero came close to scoring an early goal – just as he did a week earlier against San Jose at Allianz Field. Ethan Finlay’s driven cross hit the back of an unsuspecting Quintero and squirted back to the midfielder who had continued his run. Showing off his vision and composure, Finlay then squared to an open Quintero who fired a quick shot that was blocked off the line by FC Dallas. Then, in the 20th minute FC Dallas’ Michael Barrios was played through on goal by forward Dominique Badji, who had drifted out wide. Vito Mannone, who spotted the danger early, rushed off his line to tip Barrios’ chipped effort just over the MNUFC goal to keep the sides level.
Interchangeably playing on the left and right side of midfield, Ethan Finlay had two golden opportunities in the latter stages of the first half to give the home side the lead. In the 28th minute, Kevin Molino executed a lovely lofted ball over the top of the FC Dallas defense that fell right at the feet of Finlay. With a San Jose defender breathing down his neck, Finlay attempted to hit the bouncing ball first-time but the scuffed shot didn’t have enough power to beat goalkeeper Jesse Gonzalez who snatched up the shot. Just eight minutes later, Chase Gasper – making a rare attacking foray in the first half – found himself in space out wide and sent a cross that deflected to the FC Dallas back post. An unmarked Finlay took the ball out of the sky on a left-footed volley that went into the side netting of the goal, causing an eruption around Allianz Field as the ball looked like it had beaten Gonzalez.
Both sides traded blows in the remaining ten minutes of the half but neither could find the decisive breakthrough. With Dallas threatening down the flanks and the Loons generating offense through Ethan Finlay, the first half came to an end, deadlocked at 0-0.
“We actually had a couple of good chances first half,” said Heath. “I was worried. I said to the staff the first goal either way will win the game. We worked hard to try and get the guys going again at halftime.”
Just five minutes into the second half, Barrios – who was a threat for the visitors all night – cut inside from the wing, skipped past Chase Gasper and Michael Boxall and into the MNUFC penalty area. A last second buccaneering tackle from Hassani Dotson – which garnered a roar from the Allianz Field crowd – denied the winger a shot and saved a certain goal.
Chances in the second half came few and far between for both sides as the fatigue from a busy July schedule seemingly began to set in for the Loons. Playing in their fifth game in just 15 days, FC Dallas pinned Minnesota back in their own half for much of the second period of play. Looking to change the tide of the game, Heath subbed on fresh legs in the form of Miguel Ibarra and Mason Toye to replace Kevin Molino and Angelo Rodriguez in the 65th minute.
With both sides searching for a goal in the last 20 minutes of the game, play became stretched and the fluidity of the game was lost. Dangerous attacking play was scarce until the 86th minute when FC Dallas came a deflection away from taking the lead. Throughout the game, the visitors sent long diagonal passes to their advanced wingers and it almost paid dividends when Michael Barrios received one of these balls, beat Hassani Dotson to the touchline and drilled in a low, hard cross. The driven ball banged against the outstretched leg of defender Ike Opara and careened into the side-netting — fortunately for Vito Mannone, who was wrongfooted in goal.
With just minutes to play, the Loons knew that they had to expend the remainder of their energy to take three points in such a crucial game. With the Wonderwall roaring, the Loons won a corner kick in the 87th minute, which gave the home side a much-needed spell of possession. In stoppage time, with the tables turned and FC Dallas pinned in their own half, Jan Gregus found space in the midfield. The Slovakian dribbled right at the FC Dallas goal, feinted past one player and ripped an arrowing shot. The strike proved too hot to handle for JGonzalez, who spilled the ball to his right allowing second half substitute Mason Toye to pounce on the loose ball and fire home. Toye’s goal provided a long-awaited breakthrough but the game wasn’t over yet.
FC Dallas – who was determined to make the Loons work for all three points – piled all their men forward in the dying embers of the game. Deep into stoppage time, a miscommunication between Chase Gasper and Vito Mannone led to a controversial foul on FC Dallas’ Bryan Reynolds by the MNUFC goalkeeper. The referee had to turn to video review to officially rule the incident a foul. With every fan in Allianz Field on their feet, Mannone stood up to the task and denied FC Dallas’ captain Reto Ziegler from the spot. The save produced a roar that could be heard throughout the Twin Cities for an immense 1-0 win from the Loons.
“I think it's the biggest win I've had since I've been here, for what it means to everybody,” said Heath. “You saw the reaction of the players, you saw the reaction of the supporters. I’ve got to mention the crowd because I think they got us over the line today and I've never heard the stadium as loud as this, ever. The last five minutes and then when Vito makes the save, incredible.”
Minnesota United’s next game is back at Allianz Field on Wednesday, July 17 at 7:00 p.m. as newly-promoted English Premier League side Aston Villa is in town for a friendly which can be directly streamed on mnufc.com. The Loons then return to MLS action next Saturday, July 20 at 9:00 p.m. CT as they travel to Utah for another important Western Conference fixture against Real Salt Lake. Pregame coverage will begin at 8:30 p.m. CT on FOX Sports North+, streaming on FOX Sports GO and on MNUFC Radio on SKOR North.
Minnesota United FC Starting XI: GK Vito Mannone; D Chase Gasper, Ike Opara, Michael Boxall, Chase Gasper; M Jan Gregus, Osvaldo Alonso (Lawrence Olum 72’), Ethan Finlay, Kevin Molino (Miguel Ibarra 66’), Darwin Quintero; F Angelo Rodriguez (Mason Toye 67’)
MIN Unused Subs: GK Bobby Shuttleworth; D Brent Kallman, Eric Miller; M Rasmus Schuller
FC Dallas Starting XI: GK Jesse Gonzalez; D Matt Hedges, Reggie Cannon, Reto Ziegler, Ryan Hollingshead; M Brandon Servania (Bryan Reynolds 90+2’), Bryan Acosta, Michael Barrios, Paxton Pomykal, Santiago Mosquera (Jesus Ferreira 67’); F Dominique Badji (Edwin Gyasi 76’)
FCD Unused Subs: GK Jimmy Maurer; D Bressan; M Edwin Cerrillo, Jacori Hayes
90+1’ – Toye – MIN
35’ – Servania (YC) – FCD
45+2’ – Acosta (YC) – FCD
59’ – Gasper (YC) – MIN
80’ – Toye (YC) – MIN
90+5’ – Gonzalez (YC) – FCD
Chase Gasper
Jan Gregus
Mason Toye
“And, all the other lower numbers were taken, so I chose that.”
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NJ football: Week 8 Mid-State Conference roundup
Click here for Week 8 Mid-State Conference football results
NJ football: Week 8 Mid-State Conference roundup Click here for Week 8 Mid-State Conference football results Check out this story on mycentraljersey.com: https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2018/10/26/nj-football-week-8-mid-state-conference-roundup/1773759002/
Lauren Knego, Bridgewater Courier News Published 9:52 p.m. ET Oct. 26, 2018 | Updated 3:55 p.m. ET Oct. 27, 2018
Thousands came out to the 98th Far Hills Race Meeting at Moorland Farms to watch the races and take part in the first legal wagering offered at the event. Nick Muscavage, @nmuscavage
Ridge's Christian Sweeney runs the ball against Phillipsburg on Friday, Oct. 19, 2018.(Photo: Keith Muccilli)Buy Photo
Friday's results
Hillsborough 41, Watchung Hills 6: Sean Levonaitis rushed 11 times for 143 yards and three touchdowns to power Hillsborough (4-4). He also caught three passes for 88 yards and one touchdown. Derek Fenimore rushed nine times for 29 yards and one touchdown. Matt Popadiuk threw for 78 yards and one touchdown. Matt Michinard and Prescott Quackenbush each had six tackles. Tim Franks had two sacks. Franklin Wasserman kicked three extra points and Joe Gaspar kicked one.
For Watchung Hills (0-9), Zaire Harrison rushed for 53 yards and one touchdown. Chad Martini passed for 161 yards. Justin Drews caught seven passes for 58 yards.
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NJ FOOTBALL: WEEK 8 MEDIA BLITZ MID-STATE, GMC COVERAGE
Perth Amboy 26, Montgomery 25: Perth Amboy scored a touchdown with 2:05 remaining in the game to beat Montgomery (1-7). Marco Lainez passed for 178 yards and rushed for a touchdown for the Cougars. Carter McFadden finished with 116 receiving yards and scored two touchdowns. Alex Benitez rushed for 85 yards, kicked one extra point and hit on two field goals. Montgomery also had a safety. Kevin O'Brien led with 11 tackles.
Hunterdon Central 42, Franklin 14: R.J. Thornton rushed 20 times for 132 yards and three touchdowns to lift Hunterdon Central (5-3). Michael Bryant rushed 12 times for 68 yards and one touchdown. Drew Hanson rushed 10 times for 71 yards and one touchdown. Lukas Bakerian rushed four times for 17 yards and one touchdown. Bradley Tottes and Clayton Lancaster combined to throw for 72 yards. Logan Matthews connected on six extra points.
Bridgewater-Raritan 21, Union 19: Brett MacMath rushed 23 times for 232 yards and all three touchdowns for Bridgewater-Raritan (2-6). Peter Usewick rushed 10 times for 94 yards and Alex Fromberg rushed 15 times for 42 yards. Nick Balliro connected on three extra points.
Photo Gallery: Week 8 high school football
Voorhees at North Hunterdon football on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. Rich Schultz
Voorhees quarterback George Eberle reacts after he ran for a touchdown during the first half against North Hunterdon on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018 at North Hunterdon High School. Rich Schultz
Voorhees quarterback George Eberle (10) is tackled by North Hunterdon's Josue Ayala during the first half Friday, Oct. 26, 2018 at North Hunterdon High School. Rich Schultz
North Hunterdon wide receiver Griffin Honthy makes a catch during the first half against Voorhees Friday, Oct. 26, 2018 at North Hunterdon High School. Rich Schultz
Voorhees quarterback George Eberle (10) gets past North Hunterdon's Dylan Farina (4) to score a touchdown during the first half Friday, Oct. 26, 2018 at North Hunterdon High School. Rich Schultz
North Brunswick's Myles Baily (2) runs the ball during the first half Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. Ed Pagliarini
East Brunswick quarterback Tim Gudzak (18) throws a pass during the first half Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. Ed Pagliarini
North Brunswick's Christian Petrillo (3) throws over East Brunswick's Tim Gudzak during the first half on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. Ed Pagliarini
North Brunswick's Christian Petrillo (3) runs the ball against East Brunswick during the first half on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. Ed Pagliarini
East Brunswick at North Brunswick football on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. Ed Pagliarini
Somerville 58, Delaware Valley 27: Jalahn Dabney was 13-of-16 for 237 yards and four touchdowns for Somerville (9-0). He also rushed five times for 157 yards and three touchdowns. Duke McDuffie scored on a 54-yard run and finished with three catches for 29 yards and one touchdown. Kyree Hinton scored on a 68-yard pass. Robbie Fiorentino caught five passes for 70 yards and one touchdown. Ethan Hillman caught a 40-yard pass for a touchdown. Andrew Ciurelo rushed five times for 35 yards. AJ Pena led with seven tackles. Tyjir Williams and Eric Bryant each had five tackles.
For Delaware Valley (5-4), Tylor Blake finished 5-of-13 for 91 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. Tyler Neal rushed 23 times for 137 yards and two touchdowns. Lane McCarty had three catches for 78 yards and one touchdown. Kyle Carney had two catches for 12 yards and one touchdown. Jack Willard recorded 12 tackles and Lucas Romaine had 11 tackles.
New Brunswick 59, Scotch Plains-Fanwood 44: Anthony Porter rushed 10 times for 90 yards and one touchdown for Scotch Plains-Fanwood (0-8). He was also 2-for-3 passing for 90 yards and one touchdown. Alex Oslislo rushed 25 times for 225 yards. Shawn Martin had two catches for 90 yards and one touchdown.
Ridge 29, Linden 13: Christian Sweeney finished with 10 carries for 189 yard and one touchdown for Ridge (7-1). Jack Perry rushed seven times for 55 yards and one touchdown. Brendan Bell caught three passes for 137 yards and one touchdown. Jake Hoffman recorded three receptions for 25 yards and one touchdown. Quarterback Wes Hudkins was 7-of-10 for 192 yards and two touchdowns. Jake Beckman kicked two extra points and one field goal. Ryan Sweeney and Nolan Murphy each had six tackles. Kevin Fern and Jake Hendershot each had five tackles.
Rahway 49, Gov. Livingston 0: Jakir Robinson was 7-of-9 for 156 yards and three touchdowns for Rahway (7-1). Mark Bails caught four passes for 84 yards and two touchdowns. Zion Pendleton caught two passes for 62 yards and one touchdown. Dashon Moore rushed seven times for 59 yards and two touchdowns. Dwayne Hill caught two passes for 22 yards and one touchdown and Jalen Bateman scored on a five-yard run. Jonathan Cardoza-Chicas connected on five extra points and Brayden Louis scored on a two-point conversion. Samad Anglin finished with five tackles and two fumble recoveries. Tahlee Bailey recorded five tackles and one sack. Jymier Anderson had two tackles and one sack.
New Providence 31, Belvidere 14: Jack Gertie rushed 26 times for 193 yards and three touchdowns to lead New Providence (8-0). Anthony Sidoli caught two passes for 115 yards and scored one touchdown. Owen Kovas was 5-of-9 for 140 yards and one touchdown. He also kicked a 24 yard field 3-5goal and connected on three extra points. Nate Woodby kicked one extra point.
South Hunterdon 41, Dayton 21: Ryan Hinman finished 8-of-15 for 191 yards and two touchdowns for South Hunterdon (3-5). Mekhi Beckett caught four passes for 132 yards and two touchdowns. He also rushed 10 times for 33 yards and one touchdown. Cooper McCaffrey rushed for 27 yards and one touchdown.
Poly Prep 28, Pingry 7: Brian Benson scored on a 19-yard run for Pingry (3-5). Joe Shilts rushed 13 times for 73 yards. Nate Hefner finished with 18 tackles. Pat Birotte and Ryan Smith each had 12 tackles.
Piscataway 26, Westfield 0: Hank Shapiro was 7-of-19 for 53 yards and one interception for Westfield (2-6). Nick Martini rushed 22 times for 67 yards.
OTHER SCORES
Bernards 57, North Plainfield 16
A.L. Johnson 35, Spotswood 13
Elizabeth 26, Old Bridge 7
Dunellen 24, Brearley 20
Hillside 39, Cranford 10
Summit 44, Immaculata 0
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A DJ will kick off the weeklong party at 1 p.m. Friday at Suck Bang Blow in Murrells Inlet. The spot will host dozens of concerts featuring tribute bands and bikini contests at 5 p.m. May 16-18. Bands performing include: Badcash, Josh Brannon Band, The Bounty Hunters and The Josephines. Here is the SBB line up.
Blue Oyster Cult is set to perform 7 p.m. Sunday, May 12 at the Carolina Opry. Regular tickets are $65.60 and value tickets are $59.15. Folks may also purchase general admission tickets for $35 over the phone. Here’s how to purchase tickets.
At Beaver Bar, South Strand rock band The Verge will take the stage from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Monday.
Chris Mcpeck, who performs classic rock, will play from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. May 16 at the Pilot House in Little River.
The Dale Vaughn Band from southern Michigan will play May 17-18 at Whiskey Beach Bar and Grill in Myrtle Beach.
The Rat Hole in Socastee is home to the “world famous” chocolate pudding wrestling event, happening May 15-18 after the rodeo. The spot will also have $1 beer all day, each day during bike week.
Causeway Grill and Raw Bar has drink specials for bikers rolling into Garden City and a 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. happy hour daily.
Don’t forget your 80th anniversary bike week shirts. Here’s where to purchase an official T-shirt.
Bike shows, rides, competitions
Knuckleheads Bar & Grill will have its Poker Run & Pig Pickin’ from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. Sign up starts an hour before the ride and the event is $10 per person, which includes a beer, poker hand, raffle ticket and pig pickin’ after the ride.
The Rat Hole will host an early bird custom bike show from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. May 18 and motorcycle rodeos May 15-18, with a cowboy and cowgirl of the day. The rodeo final is May 18, and it will determine the top cowboy and cowgirl.
Beaver Bar’s Beard and Mustache Competition is May 16, with registration from 4 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. and the competition at 6 p.m. The best in show will receive a $350 prize.
Here are details about how to get a discount on bike detailing at Jokers Cycles.
Myrtle Beach Harley-Davidson has a tent sale with 50 percent off Harley merchandise, vendors and food from May 13-19. A kick-off party is 4 p.m. Monday at Marshview Seafood Kitchen & Bar in Murrells Inlet, offering free food, live music and Harley giveaways. Here’s a calender of more Myrtle Beach Harley-Davidson events.
Rain or shine, the Crude’s 9th Annual Veteran Ride is May 15, starting at The Golden Egg in Surfside and ending at Causeway Grill and Raw Bar with life music from Matt Parker and The Deacons, according to Spring Beach Rally’s website. Kickstands up at 10 a.m.
SBB’s Cruise The Loop Poker Run is May 15, with registration starting at 10 a.m. and the ride at 12 p.m.
Ryan Allen of Penbrook, N.C. burned rubber getting to the burnout pit at Suck Bang Blow during Friday night’s contest in which bikers spun their tires until they disintegrated. Myrtle Beach Bike Week kicked into high gear Murrells Inlet area venues on Friday evening. May 17, 2018. JASON LEE jlee@thesunnews.com
Hannah Strong
The Sun News Reporter Hannah Strong is passionate about making the world better through what she reports and writes. Strong, who is a Pawleys Island native, is quick to jump on breaking news, profiles stories about people in the community and obituaries. Strong has won four S.C. Press Association first-place awards, including one for enterprise reporting after riding along with police during a homicide. She earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Winthrop University.
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Bike week traffic loop canceled for the third consecutive night
By David Wetzel
The Memorial Day Bike Week traffic loop has been canceled Sunday night in Myrtle Beach after police determined it wasn’t needed based on traffic patterns. The loop along Ocean Boulevard goes 10 p.m.-2 a.m.
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Welcome, bikers! Now that you’re in Myrtle Beach, here’s what you need to know
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Community for Core Nigerians » General » Politics & News » All Checkpoints not near the border should be dismantled- Custom C.G
All Checkpoints not near the border should be dismantled- Custom C.G
Following a presidential directive, the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Col. Hamid Ali, has ordered the dismantling of all checkpoints mounted outside 40 kilometres to the border.
Also, the CG said there should be no checkpoints within the Port areas.
He asked all customs comptrollers to ensure that information patrols outside borders should not last more than 24 hours.
He said all Zonal Coordinators, Comptrollers FOUs, CACs, CIU, and other units will be jointly held responsible for flouting the directive.
These directives were contained in Circular No 10/2017, which was dated July 25, 2017, and obtained yesterday by Gistladen.
The circular, titled “Removal of all illegal check-points across the country,” was signed by the Acting Deputy Comptroller-General (E, I and I), Mr. A. A. Dangaladima.
The letter said: “Reference to the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) Letter No: PEBEC/EBES/SSAITIOVP/TWN/03 of 18th July 2017 on the above subject-matter, a copy of which is herewith attached.
“ I am directed to convey CGC’s directive to all the Commands and Units to ensure immediate implementation.
“For avoidance of doubt, it is hereby emphasized that check-points mounted outside forty (40) kilometers to the border are illegal, while information patrols outside this point should not last more than twenty four (24) hours at any given time.
“The forty (40) kilometres radius applies only to the borders and consequently there should be no check-points within the Port Areas.
“To further clarify these issues, it should be reminded strongly, that only two (2) check-points situated at AGBARA and GBAJI along Lagos- Badagry- Seme road are statutorily approved, for instance.
“Henceforth, Zonal Coordinators, Comptrollers FOUs, CACs, CIU and other Units will be jointly held responsible for flouting the directive.
“ Ensure widest circulation for strict compliance please.”
According to findings, the CG of Customs announced the new steps following an advisory from the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC).
The advisory, which was titled “Ease of doing business reform intervention: trading within Nigeria,” asked the Customs service to comply with the presidential mandate on or before August 11.
The advisory, dated July 18, was signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Industry, Trade and Investment(Office of the Vice President)/PEBEC Secretary, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole.
The letter said: “Further to the mandate of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) of the scoping of reform initiatives to be implemented under the new reform area, trading within Nigeria, the technical committee of the Enabling Business Environment Secretariat (EBES), and key ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) including the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), have commenced weekly engagements for the implementation of these mandate.
“ From the ongoing scoping exercise of the Technical Committee, the following reform initiatives have been identified and agreed as short term reforms to be implemented by the NCS before Friday August 11, 2017:
Issuance of directive to all customs command across Nigeria to ensure removal of all check-points across Nigeria.
Enforcement of compliance of the above directive.
Creation of awareness on the approved NCS check points across Nigeria through publication on the NCS command office.
“Please be informed that NCS will be required to provide a status update to the council on the implementation of the above, stated initiatives at the next PEBEC meeting holding on August 15th, 2017.
“We are grateful for your continued support to EBES as we implement the council mandate. Please accept the assurance of His Excellency, the acting President’s best regards.”
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9 Reasons Why You Need A Winnipeg Girlfriend In Your Life
Someone to keep things hot this winter
I'll let you in on a little secret...Winnipeg is filled with really, really beautiful women. It's a well-known fact in the city, but beyond that, people don't seem to catch on. I think our undesirable climate and underrated culture keeps people away, but for those who are lucky enough to snag a Winnipeg woman, good on ya.
In case you're still having doubts, here are a few more reasons why you need a Winnipeg girlfriend in your life:
1. She looks seriously good in winter gear.
Any girl can rock a breezy summer dresses and tiny tanks, but it takes a Winnipeg girl to perfect the look of a puffy parka and clunky winter boots. Especially when it's -30 and thin-heeled ankle boots just aren't an option. Winnipeg girls have found a way to accessorize with style while still staying warm—Oak and Oar toque, Canadian Olympic mittens, infinity scarf from Out of the Blue— and if that's not resourceful, I don't know what is.
2. Her travel bug is contagious.
Winnipeg may be "home", but it also tends to spark a little wanderlust in each of its inhabitants. Winnipeg girls will always recognize where they come from, but they also realize there are beautiful places in the world demanding to be explored. If you're lucky enough to land a Winnipeg girlfriend, she'll probably drag you along on her next backpacking adventure or road trip.
3. She'll evolve your tastes.
Winnipeg has a hugely diverse food scene with new restaurants opening almost monthly. Winnipeg girls know where you can find the cheapest breakfast, the biggest burger, the fanciest dinner, and the quickest drive-thru. You might have to sit through her snapping an Instagram pic before every meal, but it's damn well worth it.
4. She knows how to make fun out of anything and everything.
Growing up in Winnipeg sometimes meant finding entertainment in a slow, sleepy town where there wasn't always much going on. Winnipeg girls know how to make a game out of everything—shovelling the driveway, waiting for Winnipeg Transit, driving through long stretches of wheat-field highways.
5. You’ll be able to watch the Jets game with your friends.
Because she'll be right there with you, looking cute AF in a Byfuglien jersey and tossing back her second Jets' dog in between beers.
6. She’s content with the little things.
Winnipeg is the perfect place to enjoy simple pleasures—she knows the beauty in watching the sunrise over the CMHR, driving through the Christmas light show on Candy Cane Lane during the holidays, and taking a walk through Assiniboine Park. Of course, she wouldn't turn down a dinner at 529 Wellington, but expensive dinners and gifts aren't a requirement when dating a Winnipeg girl.
7. Her room/apartment is probably nicer than yours.
Her Wolseley apartment has hanging plants from Verde Plant Design, dishes from Mud + Stone, and beautiful decor from small local shops like Tiny Feast and Modern Supply Co. Winnipeg girls know how important having a beautiful, cozy space can be in a place with a chilly climate where you spend so much time indoors. You'll always have a place to cuddle up and watch The Office reruns on Netflix when you're dating a Winnipeg girl.
8. She's open-minded.
She grew up in a city with an extremely diverse population, and traveling often has opened her up to new experiences, cultures and lifestyles. You might find yourself holding up a sign alongside her as she protests the latest city hall decision at Portage and Main or waving to her from the sidelines as she marches in the Pride parade. It's never a dull moment when you're dating a Winnipeg girl.
9. She'll make you fall in love..with her and Winnipeg.
The most important thing a Winnipeg girl can do for you is bring out a new side of her city and make you love it, too—so that even the drivers on your morning Portage Ave commute don't seem so grumpy. Winnipeg gets a lot of flak, but date a Winnipeg girl and you'll start to see the rosy colours hidden beneath a (very) snowy exterior.
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Sep 30, 2018 By Paul
One of the most visited cities in Spain is Girona, located in the most Northern Eastern tip of Catalonia, located in easy reach of the Pyrenees. A must cycling destination for many reasons, many of the Pro riders live and train in and around Girona. This is why its such a popular but underestimated destination?
Costa Brava & Girona - A True Cycling Paradise
Jul 01, 2018 By Paul
Girona, Costa Brava
Cycle tourism on the Costa Brava and in the Girona Pyranees
Girona – Spain's Cycling Hub
Apr 25, 2018 By Paul
Apart from being one of the most visited cities in Spain, this beautiful historic Catalan destination plays host to some of the world’s best Pro Cyclists. In fact, there has been a number of Pros that have chosen to live there, and you can typically find over 120 Pros based there during the cycling season. But why is it such an attraction?
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From the initial contact Paul was very accommodating in ensuring our every need was catered for.I'd be happy to recommend Mollydoo and do hope to book something again in the future.
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The Montgomery County Board of Elections is seeking school-age students, grades 6-12, to participate in its “Future Vote” program. Future Vote students will serve as Election Day student aides during the 2014 Gubernatorial Primary Election on Tuesday, June 24. There are also opportunities for students to assist the Board of Elections with a variety of activities before Election Day.
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Android Tablets Could Overtake iPad in Europe
By Barbara E. Hernandez
Published Aug 9, 2011 at 6:13 AM
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Apple's iPad rivals could dominate the tablet computer market in Europe, provided they cut prices fast, a research firm reported today.
Forrester Research reported that Apple's smaller European presence -- 52 Apple stores compared to 238 U.S. stores -- makes the market a much more balanced one, according to Reuters. The market is also wide open, with few Europeans owning a tablet computer. For instance, in France, only 2 percent of the population own such a device but 10 percent want to purchase one, according to The Next Web. From the Reuters report:
[Analyst Sarah Rotman Epps] said local content and good retail outlets, along with lower prices, were essential to succeed against Apple.
"A competitor to Apple would have to put together the right content, the right price and the right channel strategy. There isn't anyone that has all three," she said.
Apple still expects to sell 48 million units this year, with half sold in America, 30 percent in Europe, 15 percent in Asia and 5 percent in Latin America.
As we were reading this, we also thought, wouldn't this same strategy work in the United States? The HP TouchPad is doing the same thing Forrester is recommending -- cutting prices to compete with Apple. HP is dealing with a much more competitive field in this country and the Cult of Apple is a strong one, but Android and other competitors could learn from a successful European sales strategy.
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Kushner Company Moves Lawsuit Venue to Keep Partners Secret
The family real estate company once run by presidential adviser Jared Kushner is shifting a federal court case to a new venue so it won't have to reveal the identities of foreign partners behind some of its real estate projects
By Bernand Condon
Published Feb 9, 2018 at 3:49 PM | Updated at 3:55 PM PST on Feb 9, 2018
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White House senior advisor Jared Kushner in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, on Jan, 11, 2018 in Washington, DC.
The family real estate company once run by presidential adviser Jared Kushner is shifting a federal court case to a new venue so it won't have to reveal the identities of foreign partners behind some of its real estate projects.
With a deadline approaching within hours, the Kushner Cos. filed papers in federal court Friday to move the case involving Maryland apartment complexes it owns with foreign investors back to state court. A federal district court judge ruled last month that the Kushners had to identify its partners by Friday, rejecting arguments from the family company that such disclosures would violate privacy rights.
The Kushner Cos. had also argued that media coverage of the case was "politically motivated" and marked by "unfair sensationalism" given that the company was once run by Jared Kushner, now a senior adviser to his father-in-law, President Donald Trump.
But the judge sided with a motion from The Associated Press and other media organizations that argued the public right to know held sway.
The case has attracted media attention because it promised a rare glimpse into how New York-based Kushner Cos. raises money for its real estate projects, revealing ties to lenders and investors who could possibly raise conflict-of-interest issues.
The fight over disclosure in federal court stems from a lawsuit that started out in Maryland state court last year on an entirely different matter. That lawsuit was brought by tenants alleging a Kushner Cos. affiliate called Westminster Management charges excessive and illegal rent for apartments. It sought class-action status for tenants in 17 apartment complexes. Westminster has said it has broken no laws and denies the charges.
Court papers did not specifically give a reason for the decision by Kushner Cos. to move the case to a state court. Kushner Cos. spokeswoman Christine Taylor said only that "our counsel on this matter has determined that the case should be remanded to state court."
The Kushner Cos. is privately held and so little is known about the identity of partners investing alongside it, and thus if they have any regulatory or other matters before the federal government. That the partners backing the Maryland apartments are from overseas raises questions about conflicts in foreign-policies issues, too.
Kushner has been given a big role shaping U.S. policy with China and in the Mideast, where he is trying to forge a peace deal between the Palestinians and the Israelis.
Personal financial disclosure forms filed with the federal government show that Kushner Cos. and Kushner personally have borrowed from Deutsche Bank and Israel Discount Bank. Many other ties are hidden behind the names of limited liability companies.
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The issue of who exactly are the partners of Kushner Cos. in Maryland came up because the federal court needed to establish that it had jurisdiction and that some of defendants came from outside the state. With the case going back to state court, that disclosure is no longer required.
Nathan Siegel, a lawyer with Davis Wright Tremaine who represented the media in the motion, said fighting for disclosure was important despite that the issue is now moot.
"I'm still pleased that the court recognized the principle that judicial proceedings are supposed to be open," he said.
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In Kushner's federal disclosure report, Kushner showed he still owned a stake in Westminster Management, the subsidiary in the Maryland case. The report showed he received $1.6 million in income from it.
The AP joined ProPublica, The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun and Baltimore TV station WMAR-TV in filing its motion arguing for disclosure.
Kushner stepped down as Kushner Cos. CEO last year when he joined the Oval Office. He sold stakes in properties to comply with federal conflicts of interest rules, but held onto many of other assets.
Massive Blackout Hits Midtown Manhattan
A massive power outage across midtown Manhattan and parts of the Upper West Side of New York City knocked out street lights, power to Times Square and stopped the subway.
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PLoS One. 2013 Aug 28;8(8):e72479. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072479. eCollection 2013.
How television fast food marketing aimed at children compares with adult advertisements.
Bernhardt AM1, Wilking C, Adachi-Mejia AM, Bergamini E, Marijnissen J, Sargent JD.
Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America.
Quick service restaurant (QSR) television advertisements for children's meals were compared with adult advertisements from the same companies to assess whether self-regulatory pledges for food advertisements to children had been implemented.
All nationally televised advertisements for the top 25 US QSR restaurants from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 were obtained and viewed to identify those advertising meals for children and these advertisements were compared with adult advertisements from the same companies. Content coding included visual and audio assessment of branding, toy premiums, movie tie-ins, and depictions of food. For image size comparisons, the diagonal length of the advertisement was compared with the diagonal length of salient food and drink images.
Almost all of the 92 QSR children's meal advertisements that aired during the study period were attributable to McDonald's (70%) or Burger King (29%); 79% of 25,000 television placements aired on just four channels (Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Disney XD, and Nicktoons). Visual branding was more common in children's advertisements vs. adult advertisements, with food packaging present in 88% vs. 23%, and street view of the QSR restaurant present in 41% vs. 12%. Toy premiums or giveaways were present in 69% vs. 1%, and movie tie-ins present in 55% vs. 14% of children's vs. adult advertisements. Median food image diagonal length was 20% of the advertisement diagonal for children's and 45% for adult advertisements. The audio script for children's advertisements emphasized giveaways and movie tie-ins whereas adult advertisements emphasized food taste, price and portion size.
Children's QSR advertisements emphasized toy giveaways and movie tie-ins rather than food products. Self-regulatory pledges to focus on actual food products instead of toy premiums were not supported by this analysis.
Distribution for the size of salient food images in television advertisements for Burger King and McDonald’s, by whether the advertisement was aimed at children or adults.
Size is measured by the longest diagonal across the largest food image and is reported as the percentage of the screen diagonal. The top and bottom of each box represents interquartile range and the line in the middle of the box represents the median.
How Television Fast Food Marketing Aimed at Children Compares with Adult Advertisements
PLoS One. 2013;8(8):e72479.
Percentage of all words in the audiotrack in advertisements for Burger King and McDonald’s that refer to restaurant name, premium or movie tie-in, food descriptors, or food portion size, by whether the advertisements were aimed at children or adults.
The top and bottom of each box represents interquartile range and the line in the middle of the box represents the median.
Advertising as Topic*
Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Fast Foods*
Guidelines as Topic
Play and Playthings
Television*
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Xenia, OH (Oldtown)
What do we mean by a neighborhood?
NeighborhoodScout® uses the official government designation for neighborhoods - the census tract.
Census tracts are small, relatively permanent subdivisions of a county that are defined by the U.S. Census Bureau in conjunction with local authorities all across the country to define real neighborhoods that are bounded to contain areas with homogeneous population characteristics (including economic status, lifestyle, and living conditions). Census tracts usually have 4,000 persons, but can range between 1,500 and 8,000 persons. This is the most fine-grained area for which detailed information is made available from the government, to protect the individual privacy of each of us. Because census tracts are based on population, they vary in size depending on the density of settlement. In urban areas, they are small, and in rural areas they can cover an entire small town or even a few small towns in very rural areas.
Since census tracts are subdivisions of a county, we did a spatial overlay of the census tracts onto city and town boundaries using a geographic information system to properly assign each census tract to its appropriate city or town. Then we named each census tract to the local colloquially recognized neighborhood name for that spot (e.g., Boston, MA (Dorchester). If there was not a name available, we named the census tract by the largest street intersection in the census tract (e.g., Worcester, MA (Lincoln St/Plantation St)
Why we don't use Zip Codes as neighborhoods
Zip codes were developed by the Postal Service for the purpose of delivering mail, but were never intended to define coherent neighborhoods. In addition, Zip Codes can have as many as 10 distinctly different census tracts contained within them. When distinct census tracts are blended together in a single Zip Code, the data reflects their average conditions and often gives a false sense of the area. The result is that potentially great matching neighborhoods can be missed, and erroneous matches can also be produced and delivered to you.
Using census tracts makes great matches possible, and helps people find the areas that are best for them and their families. Because we are committed to providing the highest possible quality and finding the neighborhoods that best meet your criteria, we use census tracts. And, as always, we show you the actual street map of the neighborhood so you know exactly where your best matching neighborhood is located.
What is a Condition Alert?
A condition alert is a condition in the neighborhood that triggers an alert. NeighborhoodScout contains condition alerts to highlight conditions that are extreme, whether good or bad. This helps answer crucial questions about the state of the neighborhood being evaluated, such as:
What are the risks of violent crime here?
Is the risk of home break-ins or other property crimes increasing?
Does real estate here hold its value?
Are the trends in local vacancies or unemployment concerning?
...and dozens more.
Information at a glance that you need to know to invest, appraise or finance a property.
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About Xenia, OH (Oldtown)
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Real Estate Prices and Overview
Oldtown median real estate price is $138,150, which is more expensive than 52.5% of the neighborhoods in Ohio and 29.0% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Oldtown is currently $667, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 97.1% of Ohio neighborhoods.
Oldtown is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Xenia, Ohio.
Oldtown real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Oldtown neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.
In Oldtown, the current vacancy rate is 1.8%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 92.7% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Oldtown is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Xenia, the Oldtown neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Notable & Unique: People
Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the Oldtown neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the Oldtown community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.
In addition, divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 19.8% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 96.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
Also, if you're planning where to retire, the Oldtown neighborhood in Xenia is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in OH, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 87.0% of the neighborhoods in Ohio. If you are considering retiring to Ohio, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
The Neighbors: Income
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the Oldtown neighborhood in Xenia are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 84.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America's neighborhoods.
The Neighbors: Occupations
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the Oldtown neighborhood, 4.4% of the working population is employed in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The Neighbors: Languages
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the Oldtown neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
The Neighbors: Ethnicity / Ancestry
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the Oldtown neighborhood in Xenia, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (26.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.8%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (3.0%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.2%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in Oldtown neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (50.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (90.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
Neighborhood Real Estate Data
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Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: National Agriculture Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Geological Service, American Community Survey.
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
Home Values, Rents: Reflects Q1 2019. Updated quarterly.
Setting, Housing Stock, Homeownership: 2017 (latest available). Updated annually.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more
44 Vital Statistics. 2 Condition Alerts found.
Average Home Values
Median home value is the value which has equal numbers of homes valued above and below it. The median home value is more stable than the average home value, which can be greatly affected by a few very high or very low home values.
Real Estate Tax Rate
The average effective real estate tax rate is based on the median real estate taxes paid in the neighborhood, as a percentage of the median home value in the neighborhood. Published tax rates may differ slightly from the average effective rates used by NeighborhoodScout, where NeighborhoodScout’s tax rates more closely follow the taxes paid by property owners.
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Neighborhood Home Prices
Average Market Rent
Average market rent is exclusively developed by NeighborhoodScout. It reveals the average monthly rent paid for market rate apartments and rental homes in the neighborhood, excluding public housing. Utility payments are not included.
Average annual rent as a percentage of property value. Gross rental yield is based on average market rents paid for a unit with the same number of bedrooms as the median owner occupied home.
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GROSS RENTAL YIELD:
MEDIAN MONTHLY RENT BY NUMBER OF BEDROOMS
Land and Water
Coastal: Neighborhoods on the ocean or tidally influenced rivers.
Lakefront: The neighborhood includes shoreline on a significant body of freshwater. These are lakes large enough to include recreation and scenic areas. (Note that smaller lakes are not included, or neighborhoods that have little shoreline on a lake, relative to the size of the entire neighborhood).
Farms: Agricultural land uses are a significant part of the neighborhood and contribute to its character.
The look and feel of the neighborhood, from high rises on the coast, to rural farmlands.
Densely Urban: With densities above 10,000 people per square mile these are some of the densest neighborhoods in the nation.
Urban: Generally between 5,000 and 10,000 people per square mile, these are full built up places although not among the most dense in the country.
Suburban: Although not necessarily outside city limits, these neighborhoods have a more generous amount of space per person with densities generally between 1,000 and 5,000 people per square mile.
Rural: Neighborhoods consist mostly of open space or agricultural areas but also generally have around 100 residents per square mile.
Remote: Neighborhoods with the fewest people per square mile in the nation, generally less than 100 per square mile.
Neighborhood Look and Feel
Housing Market Details
Housing Details
Age of Homes
The proportion of homes and apartments in the neighborhood built within a certain time period.
Type of Homes
These are the predominate forms of housing in the neighborhood. Percentages are based on the number of housing units in the neighborhood of each housing type.
Size of Homes
The predominate size of homes in the neighborhood, based on the number of bedrooms. Homes include single family houses as well as apartment and condominium units.
Special Purpose Housing
These housing types are not for sale or for rent to the general public but may have a strong influence on the character of the neighborhood.
AGE OF Xenia, OH (Oldtown) HOMES
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Homeownership Rate
The percentage of housing units in the neighborhood that are occupied by the property owner versus occupied by a tenant. (Vacant units are counted separately.)
Vacancy Trend
The average annual change in the vacancy rate in the neighborhood during the latest five years. Trend is based on the percentage of properties that are vacant year round.
Neighborhood Demographics Data
Demographics Data Tutorial
Raw data sources: American Community Survey, U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Education, 50 state departments of education, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Geological Service, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: 2017 (latest available). Updated annually.
Methodology: Unlike standardly available Census demographics, NeighborhoodScout uses dozens of custom models to transform 8.5 million raw demographic data elements from government sources into proprietary indices and insights…. Read more
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Lifestyle Character
There isn’t one neighborhood that is best for everyone. The best neighborhood for you may not be the best one for someone else. Similarly, what you want as a first-time home buyer may be different than what you want when you have school-aged children, or when you are nearing retirement.
The length of the bars indicate the percentage of neighborhoods in America that this neighborhood is more family-friendly than, more college student friendly than, more luxurious than, and so forth.
Read Scout’s definitions for each Lifestyle
Special character
People have personalities, and so do neighborhoods. A neighborhood’s character describes its personality and the feeling one gets when experiencing the neighborhood as a true resident. Quiet and sophisticated? Hip and walkable? The length of the bars indicate the percentage of neighborhoods in America that this neighborhood is more Urbane than, more Hip than, more Quiet than, more Nautical than, more Walkable than.
Read Scout’s definitions for each Special Character
Age / Marital Status
Age groups present in the neighborhood, as a percentage of the total population. Neighborhoods that score highest for mixed ages have the most equitable distribution across all age groups, from infants to senior citizens, all living in the same neighborhood.
Marital status is defined based on the percentage of residents who are 18 and over. Marital Statuses include: Married, Divorced, Widowed and Single (Never Married). (We are not able to include same-sex marriages here because of data limitations. Same-sex couple data is available under Household Type.)
Military & College Status
Percent Currently Active in the Military
These are people currently active in the military. They may live on base or off base.
Percent Currently at College / University
These are students enrolled in higher education as either undergraduates or graduate students. They may live on campus or in off campus housing.
Household Types
One person households
Same Sex Partners
Married Couple with Child
Single Parent with Child
Employment Industries in Oldtown
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. The share of using each mode of transport is measured as percentage of all working adults.
Average One-Way Commute Time
The amount of time spent commuting tells a lot about a neighborhood’s access to jobs and the degree of congestion in the area. The time is calculated for all residents working outside the home.
Vehicles Per Household
The number of vehicles the average household in the neighborhood possesses is a function of wealth, space constraints, the age people of the household (e.g., households with teenagers and parents), and the availability of alternatives to driving.
The measure is defined as the number of vehicles registered per household, as a percentage of all households in the neighborhood.
Migration & Mobility
Percent of Residents Moving Last Year
The percent of all current neighborhood residents who were not living in the same house one year ago. Very high values show a lack of stability in the neighborhood. Very low values may represent insularity to outsiders.
Percent of Residents Born Out of State
This value will be high in neighborhoods that attract new residents from around the country, and low in places where most residents grew up within the same state.
Percent of Residents Foreign Born
Foreign Born residents have immigrated to the United States from another country and may or may not be naturalized citizens.
Race & Ethnic Diversity
Race / Ethnic Diversity
Race / Ethnicity
These are the ways neighborhood residents have self-reported their race and ethnicity to the US Census. Asian and Hispanic residents may identify with one of the more specific subcategories.
The neighborhoods with the very highest racial diversity will contain roughly equal proportions, or as close as is possible to equal proportions, across all racial groups: White, Black, American Indian, Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander, and Asian.
(100 is the most diverse)
More diverse than of U.S. neighborhoods.
Ancestries & Languages Spoken
Ancestries
These are the most common groups that neighborhood residents self- report as their ancestry. Places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture.
These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families.
Ancestry (top 20)
Languages Spoken (top 20)
Income is measured either on a per capita basis or median household income. Per capita is the best measure of the average spending power of each person in the neighborhood. Median household income provides the best measure of the budget of the typical family or other non-family household.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood.
Per Capita Income
Percent of Adults with College Degree
The percentage of adults aged 25 and older that have attained at least a 4 year college degree like a BA.
Percent of Adults with Advanced Degree
The percentage of adults aged 25 and older that have attained a graduate or professional degree above and beyond a 4 year degree, like an MA, MD, JD, MBA or PhD.
Percent with College Degree
Percent with Advanced Degree
income & education
Neighborhood Crime Data
Crime Data Tutorial
Raw data sources: 18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: Reflects 2017 calendar year; released from FBI in Sept. 2018 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2018 data?
Methodology: Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more
FAQ on NeighborhoodScout's Crime Data
NeighborhoodScout® provides exclusive crime risk analytics for every neighborhood in America with up to 98% predictive accuracy. Crime risk indices are nationally comparable on a 1 – 100 scale, where 100 means safer than 100% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Crime risk data are updated annually. Raw crime incidents are sourced from all 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies – municipal, county, transit, park, port, university, tribal and more, assigned to localities, then built into NeighborhoodScout’s proprietary predictive models to provide a comprehensive crime risk profile for every neighborhood and address-vicinity in the U.S.
Crime Data FAQs
More about NeighborhoodScout’s crime data methodology
(100 is safest)
Safer than of U.S. neighborhoods.
Neighborhood Annual Crimes
Number of Crimes
(per 1,000 residents)
Neighborhood Violent Crime
Violent Crime Index By Type
100 is safest
violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)
My Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime
in Oldtown
in Xenia
in Ohio
Xenia VIOLENT CRIMES
Report Total
Rate per 1,000
United States VIOLENT CRIMES
Neighborhood Property Crime
Property Crime Index By Type
property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)
My Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime
1 in 41
Xenia Property CRIMES
United States Property CRIMES
Crimes Per Square Mile
Neighborhood Public School Data
School Data Tutorial
Raw data sources:
Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Test data: Reflects 2016 – 2017 school year.
Expenditures: 2015
Educational Environment: 2017 (latest available). Updated annually.
Methodology: Only NeighborhoodScout gives you nationally comparable school ranks based on test scores, so you can directly compare the quality of schools in any location. Read more
School Rating Information
School Quality Rating
Know how good the public schools are before you buy a home, invest, or relocate. You can search for and find the best schools in any area.
Only NeighborhoodScout gives you nationally comparable school rankings based on test scores, so you can directly compare the quality of schools in any location. In fact, our nationally comparable school ratings are patented.
We also give you the ability to put in the school quality and class size you want, and the search engine will return the best neighborhoods for education in a list and map your results to the neighborhood level.
We are the only information provider to have this level of search functionality. Another NeighborhoodScout exclusive.
(100 is best)
Better than of U.S. schools.
Neighborhood School Quality Rating
Rates the quality of all K-12 public schools that serve this neighborhood.
Neighborhood Educational Ratings
U.S. Patent 8,376,755 by NeighborhoodScout®
Only NeighborhoodScout® has nationally comparable school ratings that facilitate accurate comparison among schools, school districts, and neighborhoods in the same (or different) cities, and even between schools in different states.
Each report provides detailed information on school district quality for every neighborhood in the country and specific school attendance patterns for over 85% of U.S. neighborhoods. Use NeighborhoodScout to determine the quality of the specific schools that serve each neighborhood, whether it is served by 1 or multiple school districts.
Schools That Serve This Neighborhood *
Neighborhood Educational Environment
Adults In Neighborhood With College Degree Or Higher
Children In The Neighborhood Living In Poverty
This neighborhood is served by 1 district:
XENIA COMMUNITY CITY
Students Enrolled in This District
Students Per Classroom
District Quality Compared to Ohio
(10 is best)
Better than of OH school districts.
District Quality Compared to U.S.
The Only Nationally Comparable School Quality Ratings Available Today
NeighborhoodScout® has developed the first ever nationally comparable school ratings.
The result? - neighborhood educational ratings that facilitate accurate comparison among schools, school districts, and neighborhoods in the same (or different) cities, and even between schools in different states.
It is well known that the quality of education provided by public schools varies greatly from school district to school district, and from city to city. Still further, the quality of a child's education can vary significantly from neighborhood to neighborhood within any city or town.
Better than of US school districts.
Public School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind)
Proficiency in Reading and Math
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Proficiency in Reading
Proficiency in Math
Schools In This District
Quality Rating Compared to OH
Quality Rating Compared to Nation
Xenia Preschool School
425 Edison Blvd
Xenia, OH 45385
PK-PK
Cox Elementary School
506 Dayton Ave
KG-05
819 Colorado Dr
Shawnee Elementary School
92 E Ankeney Mill Rd
Arrowood Elementary School
1588 Pawnee Dr
Tecumseh Elementary School
1058 Old Springfield Pike
Warner Middle School
600 Buckskin Trl
Xenia High School
303 Kinsey Rd
School District Enrollment By Group
Ethnic/racial Groups
This District
This State
White (non-hispanic)
Asian Or Pacific Islander
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska
Economic Groups
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE
Educational Expenditures
For This District
Per Student
Instructional Expenditures
Support Expenditures
Total Support
Non-instructional Expenditures
Total Expenditures
Scout Vision® Neighborhood Trends and Forecasts
Trends & Forecast Data Tutorial
Raw data sources: U.S. Department of Education, 50 state departments of education, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Dow Jones S&P, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Bureau of the Census, American Community Survey, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Geological Service, U.S. Department of Transportation, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics, Federal Highway Administration, National Agricultural Statistics.
Real Estate Value Forecasts & Regional Analysis: Updated Monthly
Real Estate Values & Trends: Q1 2019. Updated Quarterly.
Demographics, Crime Trends & Forecast: Reflects 2017 calendar year (latest available). Updated annually.
Methodology: Scout Vision uniquely solves for investment risk by generating Home Price Appreciation projections with unprecedented geographic granularity and predictive accuracy, for every micro-neighborhood (block group) in the U.S. Read more
Scout Vision® Summary
Rising Star Index
Appreciation Potential
The Scout Vision® Rising Star Index rates a neighborhood’s 3 year appreciation forecast on a 1 -5 scale, from 1 (Very Low) to 5 (Rising Star). The 3 year appreciation forecast for each neighborhood is classified into 1 - 5 categories based on how this neighborhood's forecast 3 year performance compares to the real estate appreciation rates experienced in all neighborhoods nationwide for every 3 year period since 1999. This provides context for comparing what is very low, low, moderate, high, and rising star appreciation performance.
1 - Very Low (Forecast to appreciate less than 7.5% over the next 3 years).
2 - Low (Forecast to appreciate between 7.5% and 12.5% over the next 3 years).
3 - Moderate (Forecast to appreciate between 12.5% and 21% over the next 3 years).
4 - High (Forecast to appreciate between 21% and 30% over the next 3 years).
5 - Rising Star (Forecast to appreciate 30% or more over the next 3 years).
Appreciation Potential (3 years)
RATINGS: 1=Very Low 2=Low 3=Moderate 4=High 5=Rising Star
Blue Chip Index
Scout Vision’s® exclusive Blue Chip Index rates a neighborhood’s past performance and current fundamentals on a 1 -5 scale. Past performance takes into account the last 10 years of observed home value appreciation and current fundamentals include key ingredients that NeighborhoodScout’s analyses have found to ensure properties hold value in a downturn.
1 - Very Low (Ranked in the bottom 20% of all neighborhoods in the nation for investment security).
2 - Low (Ranked in the bottom 40% of all neighborhoods in the nation for investment security).
3 - Moderate (Ranked in the middle 20% of all neighborhoods in the nation for investment security).
4 - High (Ranked in the top 40% of all neighborhoods in the nation for investment security).
5 - Blue Chip (Ranked in the top 20% of all neighborhoods in the nation for investment security).
Past Appreciation and existing fundamentals
RATINGS: 1=Very Low 2=Low 3=Moderate 4=High 5=Blue Chip
SCOUT VISION Neighborhood Home Value Trend and Forecast
Know the Future: Appreciation 3 Year Forecast
Scout Vision®: Accurate Predictive Neighborhood Home Value Forecasting
Developed by industry veterans and PhD geographers, Scout Vision uniquely solves for risk by forecasting home values with unprecedented geographic granularity and predictive accuracy:
#1 Accuracy: Three-year property appreciation forecasts with up to 90% predictive accuracy. (5-Yr available for Scout Vision API clients)
#1 Resolution: The highest resolution product in existence: forecasts to the micro-neighborhood (nearly 10X smaller than a Zip Code).
#1 Coverage: 100% seamless U.S. coverage
#1 Depth: 200+ independent factors, 35+ unique data dimensions, and 23 models undergird Scout Vision
Know the Past: Neighborhood Home Value Trends
Scout Vision’s® Exclusive Home Appreciation Rates
NeighborhoodScout reveals the home value trends and appreciation rates for every state, city, town, neighborhood, and micro-neighborhood in America.
NeighborhoodScout has calculated and provides home appreciation rates as a percentage change in the resale value of existing homes in that city, town, neighborhood or micro-neighborhood over the latest quarter, the last year, 2-years, 5-years, 10-years, and even from 2000 to present. We show both the cumulative appreciation rate, and the average annual appreciation rate for each time period (e.g., last 5-years: 84% total appreciation, Avg. per year: 16.8%). We also show how each city, town, neighborhood or micro-neighborhood's appreciation rate compares to others across the U.S. and within the same metropolitan area or nonmetropolitan region (e.g., 9 relative to the nation, 5 relative to the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area [10 is highest]). This makes comparisons of house appreciation rates equally easy for professional investors and individual homebuyers. In this example, the neighborhood is one of the highest appreciating in the nation over the last 5-years, but is only average in appreciation for the same period relative to other neighborhoods in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area.
About the appreciation rate data
Our data are designed to capture changes in the value of single-family homes at the state, city, town, neighborhood and even micro-neighborhood level. Different micro-neighborhoods within a city or town can have drastically different home appreciation rates. NeighborhoodScout vividly reveals such differences. Our data are built upon median house values per square foot in each neighborhood. The data reflect appreciation rates for the micro-neighborhood or neighborhood, not necessarily each individual property in the neighborhood.
Our data are calculated and updated every three months for each geography, approximately two months after the end of the previous quarter.
What transactions are covered in the appreciation rate data?
Neighborhood appreciation rate data are based on transactions involving conforming, conventional mortgages. Conforming refers to a mortgage that both meets the underwriting guidelines of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac and that doesn't exceed the conforming loan limit, a figure linked to an index published by the Federal Housing Finance Board. Conventional means that the mortgages are neither insured nor guaranteed by the FHA, VA, or other federal government entity.
Mortgages on properties financed by government-insured loans, such as FHA or VA mortgages, are excluded, as are properties with mortgages whose principal amount exceeds the conforming loan limit.
Scout Vision® Home Value Trends and Forecast
Total Appreciation
Avg. Annual Rate
Metro*
America*
3 Year Forecast:
2019 Q2 - 2022 Q2
Latest Quarter:
Last 12 Months:
Last 2 Years:
Last 10 Years:
Since 2000:
* 10 is highest
Key price drivers at this location
Factors likely to drive home values upward over the next few years or indicators of upward trends already underway.
Impediments to home value appreciation over the next few years or indicators of negative trends already underway.
Scout Vision® Proximity Index
Price advantage over surrounding neighborhoods
Price Advantage
Scout Vision’s® exclusive Price Advantage Score compares home values per square foot in the neighborhood to other neighborhoods nearby. The average nearby price per square foot is based on other locations a short drive away from the neighborhood.
1 - Strong Disadvantage (At least 17.5% more expensive per square foot than other neighborhoods nearby).
2 - Disadvantage (At least 7.5% more expensive per square foot than other neighborhoods nearby).
3 - Similar Price (Similar price per square foot to other neighborhoods nearby).
4 - Advantage (At least 10% less expensive per square foot than other neighborhoods nearby).
5 - Strong Advantage (At least 20% less expensive per square foot than other neighborhoods nearby).
Price advantage score
RATINGS: 1=Strong Disadvantage 2=Disadvantage 3=Similar Price 4=Advantage 5=Strong Advantage
Neighborhood price per sqft
Average Nearby Home Price per sqft
Access to high paying jobs
Jobs within an hour
The Scout Vision® Jobs Score Index rates neighborhoods on a 1-5 scale according to how many high paying jobs are within commuting range of the location. We consider short, medium and longer one way commute times of 15, 30, and 45 minutes and sum up the total number of jobs paying at least $75,000 within each. Then every neighborhood is ranked relative to both other neighborhoods in the region and all other neighborhoods in the nation.
1 - Limited (On average in the bottom 20% for job accessibility).
2 - Below Average (On average in the bottom 40% for job accessibility).
3 - Average (On average in the middle 20% for job accessibility).
4 - Very Good (On average in the top 40% for job accessibility).
5 - Excellent (On average in the top 20% for job accessibility).
Jobs score
RATINGS: 1=Limited 2=Below Average 3=Average 4=Very Good 5=Excellent
High-paying* jobs
*Annual salary of $75,000 or more
Scout Vision® REAL ESTATE TRENDS
Homeownership Trend
The average annual change in homeownership rates in the neighborhood during the latest five years.
Rental Price Trend
The market rental prices may be low, but are they going up? We calculate rental price trends as the average annual change in market rent paid in the neighborhood over the latest 5 years.
Avg. Annual Homeownership Trend Over last 5 years
Avg. Annual Rent Price Trend Over last 5 years
Avg. Annual Vacancy Trends Over last 5 years
Scout Vision® Crime Trends and Forecast
Scout Vision® Education TRENDS
Avg. Annual Change in College Graduates (over last 5 years)
We measure the average annual increase or decrease in the percentage of college graduates living in a neighborhood over the most recent 5 years. College graduates are defined here as adults 25 and older with at least a 4-year college degree.
Avg. annual change in K-12 school performance (over last 5 years)
We analyze school test performance for all schools that serve this location, and calculate the average annual increase or decrease in the school performance index, based on the percentage of students testing proficient or advanced in standardized testing.
Avg. annual change in college graduates Over last 5 years
Avg. annual change in K-12 school performance Over last 5 years
Scout Vision® Economic TRENDS
Avg annual change in per capita income (over last 5 years)
We measure the average annual increase or decrease in per capita income in the neighborhood over the most recent 5 years.
Avg annual change in household income (over last 5 years)
We measure the average annual increase or decrease in household income in the neighborhood over the most recent 5 years.
Avg annual change in unemployment rate (over last 5 years)
We measure the average annual increase or decrease in unemployment in the neighborhood over the most recent 5 years.
Avg annual change in per capita income Over last 5 years
Avg annual change in household income Over last 5 years
Avg annual change in unemployment rate Over last 5 years
Scout Vision® Demographic Trends
Distance from Location
Population 5 years ago
Half Mile
Scout Vision® REGIONAL HOUSING MARKET ANALYSIS
Dayton, OH Metro Area regional investment potential
Regional Investment Potential
The Scout Vision® Regional Investment Index rates a region’s 3 year appreciation forecast on a 1 -5 scale, from 1 (Very Low) to 5 (Rising Star). The 3 year appreciation forecast for each region is classified into 1 - 5 categories based on how this region’s forecast 3 year performance compares to the real estate appreciation rates experienced in all regions nationwide for every 3 year period since 1999. This provides context for comparing regional performance against historical benchmarking.
1 - Very Low (Forecast to depreciate over the next 3 years).
3 - Moderate (Forecast to appreciate between 10% and 20% over the next 3 years).
5 - Very High (Forecast to appreciate 30% or more over the next 3 years).
Regional Appreciation Potential (3yr)
RATINGS: 1=Very Low 2=Low 3=Moderate 4=High 5=Very High
Housing Affordability Trends: Dayton, OH Metro Area
Housing Affordability Trends
The Scout Vision® Regional Housing Affordability Index is the ratio of the years of median household income in the region, to the median house value in the region. As this ratio becomes high, it becomes more difficult for local wages to support housing prices. As the Index approaches historical highs, it can be a warning of an overheated housing market that may be due for a pricing correction.
Because demand varies from region to region and the proportion of household income expected to be spent on housing also varies greatly from region to region, the Scout Vision Housing Affordability Index is best used to compare affordability in a region over time to assess overheated markets, rather than using the Index to compare different regions at one point in time to assess market overheating. The Regional Housing Affordability Index is reassessed and recalculated annually.
Years of average household income needed to buy average home
Region's Historical Low
Region's Historical High
Regional 1 and 2 Year Growth Trends
The Scout Vision® Regional 1 and 2 Year Growth Trends are a set of exclusive assessments of important conditions which influence a region’s housing market, prices, security, and economic outlook.
Regional Trend
Compared to Nation*
Income Trend (Wages)
Unemployment Trend
Stock Performance of Region's Industries
Housing Added
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The algorithm uses 273 neighborhood conditions, identifies the dominant dimensions underlying the conditions and calculates the similarity. This captures the true culture and character of locations, economic conditions, and trends.
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Sean Bean will play as the first Elusive Target of Hitman 2
By Pulasthi Ariyasinghe Neowin @LoneWolfSL · Oct 17, 2018 10:42 EDT with 4 comments
Known for his performances in big productions such as Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones, as well as for dying on screen a lot, Sean Bean will soon be heading to the Hitman universe. Warner Bros. announced today that Hitman 2's first ever Elusive Target will be played by Sean Bean himself, who takes the role of Mark "The Undying" Faba.
Elusive Target missions first appeared in the previous Hitman game, where players get brand new missions periodically to participate in that are only available for a short time. Aside from the time limit, players also only get one attempt at the mission, where failure means the target has escaped forever.
However, one does not simply kill Sean Bean that easily, as in-game he's "a former MI5 agent turned freelance assassin," who is an expert in "surveillance, infiltration and demolition." The contract will take place in the Miami map from November 20 through 30, and gives Agent 47 one single chance to take him out.
IO Interactive added that this will be the first of many free content updates that Hitman 2 will receive in its lifetime. Don't forget that all of the maps from Hitman will also be remastered and be available in Hitman 2 for free to those who own the original. The studio also revealed recently that a competitive multiplayer mode will be available in the new game, in addition to a co-op mode.
Those interested in taking a shot at Sean Bean, or any of the other countless targets, can pick up Hitman 2 on November 13 for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.
Elusive target
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Small business owner takes on social media powerhouse
By: Mike Brookbank
A local business is standing up to a social networking powerhouse.
BEREA, Ohio — A local business is standing up to a social networking powerhouse.
"There's a movement growing of people who are small business owners who aren't going to take it anymore," said Lauren Lund.
Lund is owner of the Lazy Bee in Berea.
"My husband and I put our whole lives into this restaurant," said Lund.
But in the shadows of keystrokes, Lund believes a threat is lurking.
"To have social media destroying what could be possible clientele is really, it's hard," said Lund.
Shortly after opening four months ago, Lund said the popular online review site Yelp contacted her about advertising.
"We did not return their phone calls," said Lund.
What this small business owner said happened next left her stunned.
"All of our good reviews disappeared," said Lund.
"The only thing that shows up to people who would look for us on yelp are all of our negative reviews," said Lund.
Coincidence? Or a calculated move by the networking site used by millions of people every day?
"Why were all of the good reviews hidden and only the bad ones left up? To me that seems like bullying," said Lund.
News 5 reached out to Yelp and a spokesperson said any claims that they manipulate reviews for money or that advertisers are treated any differently than non-advertisers are completely false and have been repeatedly dismissed by the courts and disproven by academic study.
"Why then is Yelp so drastically different than any of these other mediums where people can go and leave reviews," said Lund.
The California-based company currently has an "F" rating with the Better Business Bureau, in part due to similar complaints about positive comments filtered off profiles or no longer visible.
In some cases, after businesses refused to purchase advertising.
"Their time is limited unless they're willing to change their ways," said Lund.
The Yelp spokesperson also told News 5 that their automated recommendation software can move reviews that may be solicited, fake, biased or written by users they don't know enough about to the "not recommended section."
"It's interesting though the timing of when all of our 55 good reviews were hidden after we didn't advertise with them," said Lund.
Lund is now encouraging her customers to avoid Yelp and share their thoughts, both positive and negative on Facebook, Google or Trip Advisor.
"It could hurt our business, our livelihood and effect our children in the end. I felt like their practices were deceptive. This is just the beginning of people lashing out at them and saying you either need to change your ways or we're going to let our customers know not to use your site,” said Lund.
Yelp said its automated system is a dynamic process in which recommended reviews can change over time as their software learns more information.
The company said the Federal Trade Commission investigated claims like Lund's for nearly two years and closed its case without taking any action.
"It's hard to really prove or disprove kind of the secret sauce that goes into how things get pushed up or pushed down. It would just depend on what their algorithm is and they're never going to share that with anyone," said Emily Mayock.
Mayock, Vice President of Online Communications at Case Western Reserve University, said regardless of how reviews are filtered they are now more than ever critical to success.
She highlighted a study that shows three-quarters of people will use online reviews before deciding on which businesses to support.
The more positive ones will not only prompt a visit but encourage people to spend more.
On the flip side, just one negative comment could keep a quarter of people from supporting a business.
"If that jumps up to three negative reviews that means about 60% of people will not purchase your product," said Mayock.
Mayock said it is so important that businesses respond to negative reviews to make it better for the customer that complained, but also show potential future customers that they care.
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'The Chain': A kidnap yarn made for the big screen
Adrian McKinty is the author of "The Chain." Photo Credit: Leah Garrett
By Connie Ogle Special to Newsday Updated July 11, 2019 6:00 AM
THE CHAIN, by Adrian McKinty. Mulholland, 368 pp., $28.
“The Chain” is the sort of relentless action novel that gets movie studios salivating before the final chapter is written. Maybe even before the first chapter is written. It’s a book born to be a film (and most certainly will be: Paramount Pictures acquired the screen rights for seven figures, according to author Adrian McKinty’s gleeful publisher).
Mentioning this is not to throw shade at McKinty, who has worked far too long and hard to be brushed off as an overnight sensation. The Irish-born writer has written 13 previous books, including two crime series and four stand-alone novels. But this high-concept rollercoaster – dubbed “Jaws for parents” in a striking blurb by novelist Don Winslow – is the one that will have readers talking this summer.
Plot is the driving force in “The Chain,” but the book’s premise is psychologically sound, too. Parents are heroes, McKinty tells us. Also, parents are monsters. They’ll do anything for their own kids, even if it means harming yours.
The set-up that follows is simple, if improbable. A stranger calls and tells you your child has been kidnapped. To get your child back, you must pay a token ransom and abduct someone else’s child. When the parents of the kid you abduct kidnap yet another child, yours goes free.
Are you paying attention? Good. Because if those parents don’t kidnap another child or bungle the abduction or go to the cops, your kid is dead. It’s up to you to make sure The Chain continues. If you try to deviate – sometimes even when you try to obey – an emissary from The Chain will find you and deliver a blow (literal or otherwise).
The Chain comes for Rachel, divorced mom of 13-year-old Kylie, after a bout with breast cancer that has left her emotionally depleted, but resilient. (The Chain has a tough vetting process – if you’re dithering and weak, not a can-do sort of person, you’re safe. Make a note.) When Kylie is snatched at her bus stop and a voice lays out the rules of The Chain to her mother, Rachel knows she’ll do whatever she must to get her daughter home (see: parents are monsters). “Getting Kylie back is the sun and the stars and the entire universe” to Rachel.
After rejecting the possibility of involving her ex-husband, Rachel enlists the help of her heroin-addicted, well-armed, ex-military brother-in-law Pete. They put into motion a plan to save Kylie, but eventually Rachel understands there will be no peace for any of them until she breaks The Chain.
To say that “The Chain” requires a hefty suspension of disbelief is an understatement. You must accept that negotiating the Dark Web is easy for middle class Americans, that most people can get large sums of cash swiftly, that parents put every detail of their children’s lives on social media (a concept that feels weirdly dated). For The Chain to work, its victims must have access to a quiet place to store kidnapped children in our see-something-say-something world. As for the villains, isn’t this an awful lot of work and risk and danger when they could make money more easily via credit card fraud?
McKinty gets carried away with his prose on occasion -- “The highway hums. The highway sings. The highway luminesces. It is an adder moving south” -– and sometimes his characters are conveniently forgetful. But despite this, he pulls readers into Rachel’s nightmare and gradual change of heart (see: parents are heroes). Once you surrender to it, “The Chain” turns out to be awfully hard to put down.
By Connie Ogle Special to Newsday
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Rotarix Contamination Leads To Suspension Of Rotavirus Vaccine
Rotarix is a vaccine used to protect children from rotaviruses, viral infections that affect the digestive tract and lead to severe diarrhea in babies and young children. The vaccine that is meant to protect children is now being halted. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked doctors to stop using the Rotarix vaccine while investigations are conducted.
The drug has been found to be contaminated with traces of a second virus, called PCV-1. This is a DNA virus that infects pigs and other species, however, is not known to cause illness in humans or other types of animals. This second virus comes from the cell cultures that are used to make Rotarix.
The FDA has stated that there is no evidence to suggest it poses a safety risk to children. In fact, it has not even been pulled off the market, just temporarily suspended. The next step is for the FDA and scientists to determine how the virus got into the vaccine and what it was doing. Until further studies done, doctors will not be permitted to use the Rotarix vaccine.
Rotarix is a liquid suspension of the live, thin strain of human rotavirus made by GlaxoSmithKline. It was licensed in 2008. The drug helps prevent rotavirus gastro-enteritis in children, which affects their digestive system. This vaccine works by exposing the child to a tiny dose of the virus, enabling the body to develop immunity to the rotavirus disease.
Rotarix cannot treat rotavirus; it only serves to protect from the virus. So if the body has an active infection it will not help. This vaccine is given in two oral doses to children who are between the ages of 6 weeks and 32 weeks old.
The effects of rotavirus include vomiting and watery diarrhea. It is one of the more serious infections for infants across the world, causing around 500,000 deaths every year. In the United States the number of deaths is significantly less, around 100. However, the rotavirus was still responsible for about 50,000 pediatric hospitalizations each year before the vaccine started to be used.
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Thozhar Venkatesan
Cast Monica Chinnakotla,Hari Shankar
Director Mahashivan,Suseenthiran
Thozhar Venkatesan Movie Synopsis: The life of a youngster, who runs a small-scale soda factory, turns topsy-turvy after he meets with a horrific accident. Little does he realise that more troubles are awaiting him.
Thozhar Venkatesan Movie Review: It’s quite rarely that we get films which make us empathise with its protagonist entirely. Thozhar Venkatesan easily fits into this category, thanks to the genuine portrayal of people who suffer because of the flaws in our system. The movie starts with Venkatesan ( Harishankar ), a physically challenged person, requesting cops to find his missing vehicle. The cop in the police station is puzzled when Venkatesan says that his lost vehicle is a government bus. He starts narrating his poignant story – on how he became a handicapped person, how Kamali (Monica) entered his life, how he possessed a government bus based on a court verdict, and so on.
Venkatesan supplies soda to different shops, considers himself a self-sufficient mudhalali and takes pride in it as he, unlike his friends, doesn’t need to wait for any superior’s instructions. After inviting Kamali into his life in an unexpected situation, when everything seems to be fine, he becomes dejected after meeting with an accident which was caused by a government bus. After years of hearings and postponements, the court orders the government to provide him a bus as compensation. Will he be able to find the bus which went missing?
Set against the backdrop of Kanchipuram, Deva Selvam’s cinematography aids in setting the ambience right. Sagishna Xavier’s songs are decent and aren’t speed breakers despite the film handling a serious subject. The commendable thing is the way the subject has been handled without resorting to overdose of melodrama. The subtle humour, too, gels well. The performance of the artistes, especially Harishankar, as the helpless accident victim, and a few dialogues about life and the unfortunate depiction of our defective system deserve mention. The tragic end leaves us in pain and raises several questions with regard to humane treatment of people in today's times.
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German conservatives say ‘no’ to gay marriage
| 25 July, 2015 at 22:00
Members of the Berlin faction of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) voted against gay marriage in a poll on Friday, denting hopes the Chancellor’s staunch opposition could be swayed.
The Berlin faction of the CDU announced on Friday that 45 percent of its members voted against gay marriage while 35 percent voted in support in a survey, newspaper Tagesspiegel reported.
The survey was conducted over the past three weeks, asking members whether they would support gay marriage in Germany.
About 40 percent of the CDU’s roughly 12,500 members sent in their votes.
While same-sex couples in Germany may enter into legal unions, they do not have the same rights as heterosexual married couples, such as the ability to adopt children together.
The recent passage of same-sex marriage in Ireland and a US Supreme Court decision in favour of gay marriage has put more pressure on Merkel and her conservative Union (CDU and Christian Social Union parties), who have long opposed full equality for same-sex couples.
Sticking to traditional views of marriage is one of the last bastions of conservative values held onto by the Union after the abolition of conscription.
The CDU has continued to block requests for equal rights for same-sex couples by its coalition partner, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the Bundestag (German parliament).
Merkel has expressed her opposition to full gay marriage rights time and again,reiterating these views in a recent interview with YouTube star Lefloid.
“For me, personally, marriage is the coexistence between a man and a woman,” she told Lefloid. “But wherever we still see discrimination, we will challenge it further.”
A magazine ad poking fun at the Chancellor’s stance went viral this week as it placed a Merkel lookalike in a lesbian relationship.
Germany’s upper house of parliament, the Bundesrat, voted last month to pass a resolution calling for full marriage and adoption rights for gay couples, but the vote did not constitute any form of legislation.
Some had hoped that if the Berlin CDU voted ‘yes’ on Friday, it could help to sway the Chancellor’s position towards further gay rights. The faction said a ‘yes’ vote would have prompted them to put in a request to the party at the national level.
Berlin CDU General Secretary, Kai Wegner, had seemed excited about the vote before the results came in on Friday, saying in the morning that “we are the first state group to do something like this”.
The faction leader opened one of the envelopes containing a member’s vote to show journalists before the results were finalized on Friday, reading the result aloud.
“A male, age 30, from Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf: I strongly disagree,” Wegner read to the reporters. “Oh, that could be a bad omen.”
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About NSG Group >
Governance >
Modern Slavery Act >
Our Organization:
NSG Group acknowledges internationally proclaimed human rights and is fully committed to combat slavery and human trafficking. We are a manufacturer of high performance glass and glazing solutions and operate in 28 countries including having a major presence in the United Kingdom in addition to Japan where our ultimate parent company is incorporated. We operate in three main sectors. Architectural supplies glass for architectural and Solar Energy applications, while Automotive serves the original equipment, aftermarket replacement and specialized transport glazing markets. Technical Glass products include very thin glass for displays, lenses and light guides for printers, and glass fiber, used in battery separators and engine timing belts. The NSG Group has around 27,000 permanent employees worldwide.
Our policies on slavery and human trafficking:
We are committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in our supply chains or in any part of our business. This commitment is reflected in the following Group Policies and Codes:
NSG Group Code of Ethics
NSG Group HR Policy
NSG Group Employment Policy
NSG Group Procurement Policy
NSG Group Supplier Code of Conduct
A. Employees
As part of the sustainability processes already in place, Regional Human Resource Directors are asked to confirm on an annual basis that
Recruitment systems are in place to prevent forced labour
No NSG Companies have been convicted for the use of forced or bonded labour
Processes are in place for employees to report any concerns on human rights
In this connection, “forced labour” is defined as all work and service which is extracted from any person under the menace of any penalty and for which the said person has not offered her/himself voluntarily.
B. Suppliers:
Our supply chain consists of more than 30,000 active suppliers around the world. This supply chain is managed by our Group Procurement which operates as a single global function, structured across all Business Lines. We develop and implement best-fit strategies for each category to deliver maximum value from the supply base in the areas of cost and risk management, sustainability, innovation, and growth.
Our Supplier Code of Conduct specifically covers this area. It is communicated to all current and new suppliers and we have already obtained agreement to its provisions from the majority of our key contracted suppliers
We operate a supplier sustainability programme, which has detailed questions on compliance with labour laws.
We audit suppliers under PPD 017 which also covers this area.
All outsourced manufacturing is required to undergo due diligence which includes screening, reputation monitoring and due diligence questionnaires.
C. Other Business Partners
Business partners that provide services to NSG Group are assessed to determine if they are an anti-bribery/anti-corruption (ABAC) risk. As with our suppliers, those meeting ABAC criteria undergo due diligence, assessment and reputational monitoring. This includes agents, consultants and joint venture partners.
Effectiveness of our Efforts
We use various methods to determine the effectiveness of our efforts to ensure slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in any part of our business or supply chains:
Completion of internal audits by Group Internal Audit on minimum controls and compliance program requirements.
Ethics & Compliance Hotline which is available to all NSG Group employees and third parties to report suspected violations of human rights. Reporters may be anonymous in most countries and all reporters are protected from retaliation in any form.
Training of managers and staff on our Code of Ethics.
Periodic review our policies and procedures to help maintain compliance with internal policy and external laws.
There have been no audit findings, due diligence findings or reported incidents of slavery and human trafficking within NSG Group or its supply chain to date.
This statement is made pursuant to section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes our Group’s slavery and human trafficking statement for the financial year ending 31 March, 2018.
Shigeki Mori
President and CEO, NSG group
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Williams Scotsman Announces Pricing of Upsized Common Stock Offering
26.7.2018 13:30:00 CEST | GlobeNewswire
BALTIMORE, July 26, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WillScot Corporation (Nasdaq:WSC) ("WillScot"), a specialty rental services market leader providing innovative modular space and portable storage solutions across North America, today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering (the "Offering") of 8,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 ("Common Stock") at a price to the public of $16.00 per share, which was upsized from the previously announced offering of 7,000,000 shares. In connection with the Offering, WillScot has granted the underwriters an option for 30 days to purchase up to an additional 1,200,000 shares of its Common Stock sold at the public offering price, less the underwriting discount. Subject to customary closing conditions, the Offering is expected to settle and close on or about July 30, 2018.
The gross proceeds of the Offering will be approximately $128.0 million. WillScot intends to use the net proceeds to fund, in part, the purchase price of its pending acquisition (the "ModSpace Acquisition") of Modular Space Corporation (d/b/a "ModSpace"). WillScot expects to fund the balance of the purchase price and pay related fees and expenses with the net proceeds from debt financing. The Offering is not contingent on the closing of the ModSpace Acquisition or any debt financing. If, for any reason, the ModSpace Acquisition does not close, WillScot intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering for general corporate purposes.
Barclays, Deutsche Bank Securities, Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse and ING are acting as joint book-running managers for the Offering.
The Offering is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement, as amended, including a base prospectus, that has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and declared effective on April 3, 2018 and is available on the SEC website. A preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus related to the Offering have been filed with the SEC on July 24, 2018 and are available on the SEC website. Copies of these documents may be obtained from Barclays Capital Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717 (telephone: (888) 603-5847 or email: Barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com), Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Attention: Prospectus Group, 60 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005 (telephone (800) 503-4611 or email: prospectus.cpdg@db.com), Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014, and BofA Merrill Lynch, Attention: Prospectus Department, NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd floor, Charlotte NC 28255-0001 (email: dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com).
This press release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the shares of Common Stock or any other securities of WillScot, nor shall there be any sale of the shares of Common Stock or any other securities of WillScot in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The words "estimates," "expects," "anticipates," "believes," "forecasts," "plans," "intends," "may," "will," "should," and variations of these words and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, which are generally not historical in nature. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside our control, which could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Although WillScot believes that these forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that any such forward-looking statement will materialize. Important factors that may affect actual results or outcomes include, among others, our ability to timely satisfy or waive the conditions that must be timely satisfied or waived to close the ModSpace Acquisition; our ability to integrate assets and operations that we have acquired recently, or that we will acquire in the ModSpace Acquisition; our ability to manage growth and execute our business plan; our ability to realize synergies identified in the ModSpace Acquisition, or to realize such synergies as quickly as expected; our estimates of the size of the markets for our products; the rate and degree of market acceptance of our products; the success of other competing modular space and portable storage solutions that exist or may become available; our ability to raise the capital required to finance the ModSpace Acquisition, including the additional debt financing; rising costs adversely affecting our profitability; potential litigation involving our company; general economic and market conditions impacting demand for our products and services; implementation of tax reform; our ability to implement and maintain an effective system of internal controls; and such other risks and uncertainties described in the periodic reports we file with the SEC from time to time (including our Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2017). Any forward-looking statement speaks only at the date which it is made, and WillScot disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
About WillScot Corporation
Headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, WillScot Corporation is the public holding company for the Williams Scotsman family of companies in the United States, Canada and Mexico. WillScot Corporation trades on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol "WSC." WillScot is a specialty rental services market leader providing innovative modular space and portable storage solutions across North America. WillScot is the modular space supplier of choice for the construction, education, health care, government, retail, commercial, transportation, security and energy sectors. With over half a century of innovative history, organic growth and strategic acquisitions, its branch network includes over 100 locations, its fleet comprises nearly 100,000 modular space and portable storage units, and its customer base has grown to approximately 35,000.
Mark Barbalato
investors@willscot.com
Scott Junk
scott.junk@willscot.com
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Around the Horn replied to RR503's topic in New York City Subway
You might also want to add the northbound switch at Chambers Street which also slows things down.
Why Your Subway Train Might Start Moving Faster
Jsunflyguy replied to Union Tpke's topic in New York City Subway
You seem miffed by why T/Os wouldn't take a statement like that seriously during PR spin season, while simultaneously lamenting Operators for not essentially running at the same signals that have been burning people for...at this point literally a generation on blind faith. Doesn't strike me as moderate to think that Operators will change on a dime. Source? One could point to a large portion of the rule book that was written in lawsuits, close calls and blood from the good ole days. I'd be careful calling it quality operation considering the positive benefits were obtained under circumstances that no longer extant so assigning a comparison 'good operations' between then and now won't lead to a fair or accurate discussion. As to individual quality amongst peers that again goes back to what you could get away with rather than individual skill, in the good ole days pulling a door panel off wasn't a 5 minute ordeal now, so the same minor infractions get amplified making quality appear lower (as well as the IND operating underlength trains for a portion of that time making said overruns less likely to begin with). I'll assume you're explaining you're explaining STs and Control lines for the sake of the audience. The best practice at 42nd is predicated on waiting for the first of several STs to turn yellow before running into the station when you've just caught up to someone out of nowhere in this instance odds are low that there is a train behind you as you'll have had a clear run up until that point. So this would be the 1/10 circumstance we're encountering. Waiting for the first yellow before wrapping it up towards the rest of the STs may cost a few seconds, but likely there's no one close behind you for the reasons previously stated and if the ST is taking longer than usual to clear still boils down to the train ahead having a higher than normal dwell which is a possible indication of a problem which is very reasonable since the station in question is the sight of the majority of customer injuries/incidents/accidents in the entire system, the wisdom of taking the first ST for a +3 second advantage balanced against tanking the entire local line isn't a good trade.
Planned Subway Service Changes
Around the Horn replied to TheSubwayStation's topic in New York City Subway
They'll probably do what rerouted trains do, which as others have mentioned is switch between 34th and 42nd.
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EastFlatbushLarry replied to T J Trainman's topic in New York City Bus
termial accommodation needs to be evaluated on the flushing side specifically from what I've heard
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Physcoles replied to whatisacup's topic in Transit Employment
Hopefully they extend this list
Future ENY OP replied to T J Trainman's topic in New York City Bus
Q58 not in the plans just yet? More evaluation ?
Lex replied to TheSubwayStation's topic in New York City Subway
Also, they'd probably want to avoid the early/late switch to handle the crowds (assuming all four tracks are in service).
Novabus 5000 replied to T J Trainman's topic in New York City Bus
B38 only at this time.
RR503 replied to Union Tpke's topic in New York City Subway
I read the bulletin. I know what it states. While I get that it's contract time and that NYCT is under the gun to maximize positive press, it nevertheless marks a departure from anything resembling past practice. Do we have to moderate any faith we have in its power with knowledge of how things are on the front line? Yes, absolutely, but I don't think I suggested anything to the contrary... FWIW, those Glory Days also saw somewhat reasonable dwell times, better train acceleration, more consistent high quality train operation, well designed signals and the like. Many of those positive inputs to the capacity equation have been diminished or eliminated outright, making it all the more critical that what's left is operated well. Does that mean operators shouldn't exercise discretion in the situations you describe in your last sentence? No, but I think we shouldn't lay blanket rules either way. On the issue of fast versus slow, that's a lot more fraught than "it balances out." At stations that have restricted exit speeds like GC, capacity preservation is predicated on a following train following at something pretty close to braking distance into the station, so that the extended exit time is somewhat mitigated by having a follower enter close behind. So running in on yellows may feel faster, but nine times out of ten you'll have just netted a capacity loss. Equally important is being cognizant of what's going on behind you. Close signal spacing with ST cutbacks usually extends only far enough down the tunnel that one train can close in. On a line like the Lex, it's quite likely you'll have someone on your tail; waiting to close will -- and this is very much contingent on signal system intracacies -- likely mean they have to slow earlier, which in creates a cascading speed effect that reduces line capacity. Again, I'm not saying that this should always be done, but there are certainly losses to be had.
LaGuardia Link N Tra replied to RR503's topic in New York City Subway
@Union Tpke I updated my map of NYC Subway Bottlenecks, but it's still a work in Progress.
BM5 via Woodhaven replied to T J Trainman's topic in New York City Bus
BTW for anyone that wants to know, 7061 has no MHV sticker.
aemoreira81 replied to T J Trainman's topic in New York City Bus
Okay, so that makes the transfer to Grand make more sense, since I doubt that Fresh Pond can handle 60-foot buses. Overdue for the Q58.
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Trainmaster5 replied to Eric B's topic in New York City Subway
The enthusiasm of some posters never ceases to amaze me. If they would only stop, take a deep breath and then look at reality I think they would see the big picture. Any plans for new construction are DOA. New tunneling and interlockings appears to be fantasy IMO. I doubt that phase 2 of the SAS will ever be completed. I'm looking at these grandiose plans for the Nassau Street line and it appears that many people have overlooked the obvious. Those tracks and platforms were abandoned because the MTA deemed them unnecessary and a waste of money to maintain. Bergen lower is another location where the MTA doesn't see the need to rehab and re-open. When a few of us asked about the removal of the switches at Freeman St on the WPR line we were told that they were removed to save money, period. Never mind the loss of operational flexibility. Never mind that our old G.O.s took out service from Freeman to East 180 and buses were provided now a G.O. in that area means bus service from Third Avenue to East 180 instead . It's my opinion that many of the posts, however well thought out, will never be considered if they cost money or political capital. My subway posters should pay more attention to the Surface threads. Those folks know the routine. If it's not cost neutral it's not happening. Maybe someone should put a bug in Andrew's ear. He is the only person who can change that mantra. My opinion. Carry on.
Vision Zero failing as New Yorkers turn to cars over mass transit
aemoreira81 replied to Via Garibaldi 8's topic in New York City Bus
A number of these (I'll use some examples off-hand)...I'm not sure there's a school to justify its existence. Some examples include Father Capodanno Boulevard before Sand Lane and Hylan Boulevard just south of Tysens Lane (both enforce a speed limit of 35 mph)...I also wonder about the cameras on Ocean Parkway near Kings Highway (enforcing a 25 mph speed limit) as well as Woodhaven Boulevard near Pitkin Avenue (enforcing a 30 mph speed limit and mounted on a pre-existing street lamp-post). As for the overall problem, it appears to be an issue with the mayor not really caring about enforcing traffic laws...I'll say that at least some of this is out of the control of the MTA, but not all of it. Sending in state troopers to enforce bus lanes and traffic laws should be a priority.
EastFlatbushLarry replied to Union Tpke's topic in New York City Subway
this is absolutely abhorrent. next local 100 union meeting, I'm bringing this up, because in all honesty, i haven't read one piece of literature pertaining to any of this, regardless of the fact that this "restructuring" will affect employees directly in certain cases... I'm pretty sure of the reasoning why this hasn't been addressed as yet, being that certain entities within the union believe Cuomo to be our "friend"
You have to read the fine print, it also includes caveats about being deemed unfit for duty, if the act is viewed as incompetence or negligence or a history of similar infractions. Lots of room for doubt when you're in the department where no one is on your side. Lots of people have gone through the nice press release cycle, the fact that the same entity asking for that trust leaks selective info to paint a negative narrative of the front line Operators as lazy, fraudulent, OT hungry and worthless probably doesn't help engender confidence. Just a totally baseless, outside speculation. I wouldn't be so quick to call it rare, Lexington specifically has 4 of the top 10 customer injury locations. Quick glance shows 77th, Canal, 59th in a 90 minute period all had (passenger related) disruptions that required reroutes around the time of writing, and this is the standard practice from the Glory Days of TA which are the nominal capacity numbers we hope to achieve. I can't say whether or not the Subway environment is any more or less disrupted these days than in the past since there are no reliable records for much of anything pre-2000s, I have a suspicion that things are more or less the same on-balance. As for the specific area you can see the STs turning into solid yellows to confirm that your leader is moving and given the slow speed in the area inching up to an ST and going at full speed knowing where the next signal is balance out. It's hard to explain until you've done it but there are a number of circumstances where going fast actually slows things down. As for holding out for a few seconds I can think of 3 times just this week where not running at the signal and slowing down when I heard problems on the radio kept my train from being trapped.
WestFarms36 replied to Union Tpke's topic in New York City Subway
https://nypost.com/2019/07/15/mta-transformation-plan-is-just-another-cuomo-con/ This seems like a good read... Has Cuomo written all over it, just as he wants.
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98vice replied to tprashad0719's topic in Transit Employment
Thanks again for that vital information
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WestFarms36 replied to Via Garibaldi 8's topic in New York City Bus
Well.. When it comes to Kim Jung-Cuomo there is no way to make the system as pleasant, than making it dysfunctional for our fuhrer to get recognized as the man who can make things happen as if he were in a Disney Film. This man is just absurd, he has no regard for the riding public, and rather prefers the system to be in a condition of hell due to the fact that it gives him something to perform lip service on, builds his resume on "achievements" and puts a screen in front of you trying to cover up the truth with some Bullshit. I have read an article this morning which I will post in a new thread, about the new Transformation just looking like a Political Hack. The dirty politics of Cuomo will screw over New York State, man gives 2 flying f*cks about what happens with the because he wants to be known as a savior. If Cuomo lets say achieves control of the agency, if he looses re-election in 2024 (New York State has no term limits for Governor) then it leaves his successor with a living hell. Now this Fare Evasion is seriously under control, it is saddening to hear a Board Member Blantantly state that she sees men in suits at Wall St Station Fare Evading, then there is a crisis. Fare Evasion crackdown is being approached in a wrong manner. Officers Plain Clothed and Uniformed should be riding up and down buses, and blending in with normal customers to stop this. But the Fuhrer is in charge, so this is all about him.
Department of Subways - Proposals/Ideas
subwaykid256 replied to EE Broadway Local's topic in New York City Subway
DetSMART45 replied to EE Broadway Local's topic in New York City Bus
Amen, bro, amen. Busiest DDOT route used to be that way with bunching galore, now it's a very rare occurrence -- and it's just like your MTA routes, with pick-up/drop-off at 98% of the stops the entire length. All about "attitude" all around -- farebeating is tolerated, bus operators don't care because they're getting paid, supervisors look the other way, all the complacency and the "not my job"-syndrome, even when practically everything nowadays centers around customers and retaining them. "Works" at the MTA because, for lack of a better phrase, "they're too big to fail." Let me tell ya, pre-bankruptcy when the DDOT routes got HACKED to death (and then through bankruptcy), customers simply WALKED AWAY -- and it wasn't until Mayor Duggan (who actually ran a bus system--SMART) came in, KNEW how important buses were to a vibrant city, and ADMITTED PUBLICLY how people were let down for things to change. Brought in his successor at SMART to right the system, and made it a PRIORITY that changes WERE going to happen. There's absolutely no excuse for what you're describing to occur, especially at 2pm on a weekday (surmising). Until the MTA simply implodes and someone with REAL experience comes in, it's sad to say but this cycle is not going to end. Today, over 85,000 people a weekday (on average) use DDOT. A mere 4 years ago, it was under half that. That's what happens when the public knows they can depend, once again, on their bus system. (And once you factor in the minor population gains during that time, it's practically ALL from the same residents from 4 years ago to today.)
Sam26 replied to tprashad0719's topic in Transit Employment
It depends. And the management only knows that I guess. Signal training will be about 2 weeks.
Snorunts replied to T J Trainman's topic in New York City Bus
B38/Q58 will start using artics.
Nova Fly Guy replied to Via Garibaldi 8's topic in New York City Bus
Yeah your right about one thing I’m not offended one bit, I don’t justify anything I also don’t turn a blind eye to the issues of why people fare beat. Most real New Yorkers don’t care for this 2 bit ran system of fat cats soaking up all the money then crying murder. I don’t follow the smoke I rather see where it starts at which is the Top, Not new to anything when dealing with the MTA or New York period.
R32 Fleet Swap Discussion Thread
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With 3258-3267 in service on , R-46 link 5862-5865 was also still there on July 12. It and 5866-5869 would be the next for movement to Jamaica .
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Von Kotzewho?
The playwright, the murder, and….. well, one of his plays
Every student of German history knows the name of the playwright August Von Kotzebue. Not because his plays were especially good, but because he was stabbed to death in 1819 by the radicalist theology student Karl Ludwig Sand. Back in 1800 all people in Germany must have known August van Kotzebue as well. It caused the romantic poet August Wilhelm von Schlegel to write: “Von Kotzebue. Bu, Buh, Bu!” And Goethe spoke of “a zero entity, but with a good talent to entertain the audiences and being of good use to any theatre register.”1 Reason enough to take a closer look at Von Kotzebue and his work.
Come forth, ye enchanting images of youth
August Friedrich Ferdinand Kotzebue was born in 1761 in the city of Weimar into a family of wealthy merchants. His last name sounds like the German word for vomiting (Kotzen), which inspires jokes with German school pupils up to this day, but is actually derived from the town where the distinctive family was rooted. August’s father died a couple of months after his birth and he and his sister were raised by his mother and his uncle Musäus, who was an active writer. In 1791 August looked back on his youth with the sentimental exaltation that was rather typical for his style:
Let me catch this last glitter! See there that boy who hangs with fixed eyes upon his mother’s lips, while on a winter’s evening she reads in one good book to him and his sister.2
The tutors that were engaged to provide the education deemed necessary for a boy from a wealthy merchant family he later described as:
Young divines, who while anxiously waiting, till in quality of their godly vocation, they should be called to the care of a flock, made me feel most heavily the weight of their shepherd’s crook.3
The young August developed a vein for poetry at a young age. He wrote a passionate love-letter to an “amiable young lady” at the age of seven. When his mother found the letter she was delighted and read it out to everyone visiting the family.4 The visitors had a good laugh at the exalted expressions of love from the seven year old boy, which gave August “a deeply tormenting sensation.”5 As we shall see August would have trouble coping with criticism for the rest of his life.
“Undisturbed in my devotions”
After studying law at the universities of Jena and Duisburg, one of his family connections produced a job in the Russian empire where the young jurist made a steady career in government. In his leisure time he started producing plays to be played in the theaters of the town where he was residing. He had a steady production, sometimes writing a play in the time of a mere two weeks. This was all made possible by a rigid discipline. The author got up every day well before his regular workday started to retreat in his garden and lock himself “in a place, which delicacy forbids me to mention, that I might be perfectly retired and undisturbed in my devotions.”6 And to be honest, the fact that the plays were not too ambitious in content might have helped as well.
A burlesque for the indigestion
The play Der Wildfang (The Catching of Game) that appeared in 1811 was one of the most popular pieces he produced. Its subtitle “a burlesque for the indigestion” I cannot but interpret as being lighthearted enough to enjoy even with a stuffed stomach. The play is set in a guest house. In one room resides the young baron Fritz with his tutor Felix and in the other room the lady Von Brumbach with her maid, coachman, and daughter Nantchen. Fritz has fallen spontaneously in love with Nantchen after seeing her leaving church with her mother.
When learning her name Fritz is a bit in shock:
So, her name is Lady Von Brumbach? That name makes me shudder with cold. But the beautiful girl can’t help having such an awful name. And it is in my power to re-baptize her today or tomorrow.7
Fritz is set on marrying Nantchen but Nantchen’s mother proves to be an obstacle. The mother is searching for a husband herself. Her first husband committed suicide and the second ran away from her. No way is her daughter going to marry anyone:
Love is a good servant, but a bad master. Marriage is an awful custom that one has to adapt to, like the Siesta in Spain.8
And another one of her priceless wisdoms:
Early marriage, late repentance. When the daughters feel, the mothers must think. Cupid’s hand is a monster to which I won’t sacrifice my daughter.9
From there on burlesque scenes with young Fritz trying to deceive the mother follow each other at a raging speed. For me, as a modern reader, only one of them could be considered as funny. It is the one in which Fritz, in the disguise of a barber, tries to deliver a love-letter to Nantchen. Old mother intercepts the letter and Fritz makes her believe that he, in his turn, found the letter at the house of Frau von Hengstberg, an old spinster who is residing in the town. Fritz reads the letter out for Nantchen (already in on the conspiracy) and her mother to hear:
Fritz: Beautiful, adorable creature!
Fr. von Brumbach: Beautiful!? She has grey eyes and freckles!
Fritz: I have seen you only once but my heart is forever yours. I saw you leave church with your ugly mother yesterday.
Fr. von Brumbach: That is true. That mother is an ugly old hag and more spiteful than a cat!10
I liked this scene, it genuinely made me laugh, but after this it is just a high speed burlesque again: Fritz elopes with Nantchen, mother sends her coachman and a potential lover she met after them, and the hunters get fooled by Fritz in a frenzy that reminded me of the frantic chasing scenes in old Benny Hill sketches.
In the end Fritz’s tutor turns out to have been Frau von Brumbach’s second husband and Fritz and Nantchen can get married. Curtain closes.
August Von Kotzebue (artist unknown) – Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Smearing Goethe
Von Kotzebue’s plays (he was allowed the “Von” after Catharina the Great knighted him for his services) were hugely popular. The 18th century was the age of increasing literacy among the bourgeois society and these people did not want to struggle through the epic works of the German romantic poets, they wanted to be amused. But Kotzebue’s popularity was not to everyone’s liking. The prince-poet Goethe, who was director of the theatre in Weimar, had Kotzebue’s plays regularly performed since they were sure ticket sellers, but was also publicly belittling their literary qualities. This touched Kotzebue’s sensitive spot and he embarked on a public smearing campaign against the old Goethe, depicting him as a vain old man of the past.11 But that was not the reason Von Kotzebue was stabbed to death.
To explain why Von Kotzebue was murdered we have to take a short look at the Germany of 1819. Napoleon was beaten just a few years earlier. His French armies marching through the various jurisdictions that made up Germany in that time left a sense of nationalism in the country. Students from all the territories were beginning to demand German unity. But the authorities that took over after Napoleon made a different decision. Under the leadership of the Austrian chancellor Von Metternich the European monarchies decided that everything should go back to normal, with not even slightest room for modern ways as liberalism or nationalism.
A sickly nature under the influence of a demonic teacher
Von Kotzebue returned to Weimar in 1817 but was known to still send reports about the situation in Germany to the most conservative man alive at that age: the Russian tsar. That was enough to arouse the suspicions of the nationalist students. In 1817, students from all over the German territories met at the Wartburg to commemorate Luther’s reformation. Several books written by conservatives were being burned, including the works of Von Kotzebue.12
The student Karl Ludwig Sand, who in the words of historian Golo Mann “was of a sickly nature and under the influence of a demonic private teacher”, decided to end the career of the “traitor and denunciator.”13 The demonic private teacher Golo Mann talks about was Friedrich Jahn, the father of modern gymnastics but also an ardent nationalist who saw physical exercise as a way to breed a generation of strong men that would build a new nation. In his letters Sand indeed leaves a worrying impression of an idealistic but also troubled young man:
We will always have victory at our side when we just stay strenuous and fresh. A death at young age will not break our course of victory, as long as we die as heroes.14
Sand stabbed Von Kotzebue to death on March 23rd 1819 and was himself sentenced to death by beheading. Just before his execution Sand stated “I take God as a witness that I die for Germany’s freedom!”15
Sand was considered a saint and a martyr by the nationalists of Germany. This signaled to Von Metternich that measures had to be taken to procure that things would stay just as they were. In cooperation with the governments on German territory he designed the Carlsbad decrees which would put severe restrictions on freedom of press and universities. In general a period of political persecution was unleashed. It is for this reason that Von Kotzebue is still present in every book that deals with German history. It is the only thing for which he is remembered. It is to the reader to decide whether this is justified.
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Lars Sanders
Lars Sanders studied history at the University of Groningen and specialised in the history of post-war Germany. Is addicted to fine prose and has a keen interest in representations of the devil and what Ian Kershaw once punningly classified as the lunatic fringe of politics.
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Kindlers Neues Literaturlexikon. Band 9 KA-LA (München 1990) 703 ↩
A. von Kotzebue, Sketch of the Life and Literary Career of Augustus von Kotzebue (London 1800) 6 ↩
Ibidem, 7 ↩
Ibidem, 8/9 ↩
Ibidem, 16 ↩
A.Von Kotzebue, Der Wildfang (Wien 1811) 6 ↩
Ibidem. 25 ↩
G.Stenger, Goethe und August von Kotzebue (Breslau 1910) 129 ↩
R.Friedenthal, Goethe. Sein Leben und seine Zeit (München 1963) 627 ↩
G.Mann, Deutsche Geschichte des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts (Frankfurt 1958) 126 ↩
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Ibidem, 222 ↩
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NZ dollar drops to three-week low
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Inside Money: How default apathy keeps fees high
29 Apr, 2014 9:30am
Herald online
Australia's A$1.7 trillion superannuation system has come in for another mauling, this time at the hands of "independent think tank" , the Grattan Institute.
The report, titled 'Super sting: how to stop Australians paying too much for superannuation', concludes a couple of reforms could easily knock off about A$10 billion annually in fees from the system.
"It is the largest single opportunity for micro-economic reform in the Australian economy," the Grattan Institute proclaims.
After detailing why the Australian super system has failed to lower fees despite a massive increase in scale, the Grattan report says a government-run default fund or a tender process for private providers would introduce the missing element of true cost-competitiveness.
About 70-80 per cent of Australians end up in default super funds, the report says.
Government-run default funds in the US, Sweden and the UK have lowered annual costs to 0.04 per cent, 0.22 per cent and 0.38 per cent respectively, the study says.
Meanwhile, according to the report, New Zealand's default process, for instance, has achieved average annual fees of about 0.55 per cent compared to about 0.9 per cent for Australian equivalents. However, the study is more enthusiastic about the Chilean model (where providers bid to run the default fund every two years compared to every seven years in NZ), which has seen default fees fall to 0.2 per cent.
The Grattan report's other major super reform aims to improve member engagement by making fund price/return comparison an explicit component of filing an Australian individual tax return - maybe even allowing members to switch funds on the spot. As most New Zealanders don't submit annual tax returns, this proposal wouldn't have much effect here.
But the Grattan study does have something to say about the New Zealand government's effort to improve KiwiSaver consumer activism via the recently-launched Sorted fund comparison tool.
The report says the Sorted effort, and similar comparison sites in other countries "are worthwhile".
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"But there is extensive evidence that they do little to improve the choices investors make. Most people remain disengaged even when comparability is high," the Grattan study says.
Quoting an OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) comment, the report says comparative fund sites such as Sorted "especially in countries that target lower income employees" don't work due to "general apathy" about retirement savings.
The good news for providers of high cost super schemes is that there is "much greater response among individuals to providers' marketing strategies than to fee levels."
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Bad tourists: 'Scam' saw group refuse to pay for food, bully staff
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12 questions: Mindfulness educator Kristina Cavit
15 Jan, 2019 5:00am
Kristina Cavit says she detested meditation when she first tried it, finding it positively torturous. Photo / Doug Sherring
By: Jennifer Dann
Mindfulness educator Kristina Cavit teaches young people how to transform their own mental health. The Kindness Institute founder co-presented a 12,500 signature petition to Parliament calling for mental skills training for all New Zealand youth.
1 You were awarded an MNZM and you were a finalist for the 2018 Young New Zealander of the Year for your work in youth mental health. How did you get into voluntary work?
Travelling through South America I was horrified to see young kids being forced into prostitution and drug addiction so I started volunteering with a not-for-profit called Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos (NPH). My training is in teaching theatre to kids as a form of dealing with trauma through creativity.
2 When did you first get into mindfulness?
I began my own practice as a way of coping with stress while helping with the relief effort for the 2010 Haiti earthquake. I was working in an NPH orphanage in the Dominican Republic, which on the same island, so we were able to assist post-quake. The arrival of cholera brought a whole new disaster to thousands of Haitians living in extreme poverty with no running water. People were so dehydrated that doctors in our hospital were having to drill through bone to get I/V solution in. Working in an emergency situation you can't stop to look after yourself. I ended up getting really sick so I went to an ashram in the Bahamas. I hated meditation at first. I found it torturous - I just couldn't be still.
3. How do you describe mindfulness to beginners?
Developing the ability to be present in the moment, without judgement and with kindness. When I make a mistake, I tend to beat myself up about it; mindfulness allows me to see things with a more accurate, compassionate perspective. A Harvard study found 47 per cent of our thoughts are about the past or the future. When we ruminate about the past we become depressed and when we worry about the future we become anxious. We flourish when we're present in the moment. Just as we train our bodies to be strong and flexible, we need to train our minds as well.
4 When did you first notice the benefits of mindfulness for marginalised youth in New Zealand?
Back home I started a mindfulness and yoga programme at Ngā Rangatahi Toa, a creative arts programme for kids that have been kicked out of school. I was blown away by how they responded. The first class is can be a bit uncomfortable. They'll say, 'gee it's lame. It's not for me,' but once they work out they can access this place of calm in their mind, it's like a lightbulb goes off.
5 What inspired you to start The Kindness Institute three years ago?
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To tackle New Zealand's mental health epidemic. We have the highest teen suicide rate in the developed world. We need to invest in evidence-based programmes that work and get these tools to our kids from a young age; teaching them how to make friends with their own minds so they can better manage challenges.
6 Do you have any research showing your programme works?
The Mindfulness Education Group, who we partner with, has published three studies now around the benefits of mindfulness in young people. Evaluation of our programme showed an increase in focus and stress management. Our young people also had an increased ability to forgive themselves and people who had really hurt them, and increased connection to community and culture.
Kristina Cavitt, mindfulness educator. Photo / Doug Sherring
7 Can you give an example of someone your programme has helped?
A boy named AJ came to us for support after he began to self-harm. He's at an all-boys school where he was experiencing this toxic 'toughen-up' culture. Mindfulness really clicked for him. He ended up teaching his whanau how to meditate; they practice together every day. He's gone on to lead the school production and Pasifika Samoan group. He shared his story on TV1's Sunday.
8 Do you think mindfulness should be taught more widely?
We had 12,500 people sign our petition asking the government to fund mindfulness training for all young people in Aotearoa. A huge crew came to support us when we handed that in to the government's mental health and addictions inquiry panel including some of our rangatahi who got up and shared their experience. I was blown away by their passion.
9 You also run weekly 'Fat Yoga' classes in Ponsonby and New Lynn. How did that happen?
My friend Sarah Jane Duff who runs a plus size clothing label contacted me and said "Hey I really love yoga but I can't go to regular studio classes because of my size - would you be keen to do something for me and my community?" I was like, "Yes!" That's why I became a yoga teacher, to make it accessible and break down the stereotype that it's just for thin white rich bendy bodies. We started a Facebook event and it sold out within an hour. What we're doing is political; we're reclaiming the word fat so it doesn't hold so much negative power over people.
10 Growing up in Parnell where your parents ran the interior design store Cavit and Co, what inspired you to become a voluntary worker?
My parents taught me how to work super hard. Neither of them grew up rich, they just worked and worked to support my sister and I, who are both adopted. I always feel like I hit the jackpot getting adopted into that family; I was given so much love and support and opportunity. I see it as a duty to do something with that privilege to support those whose voices are not being heard. It's a very rewarding path. Every day I feel so grateful and fulfilled.
11 You've worked in a voluntary capacity for your entire adult life. How do you get by?
Organisations pay me when they can. I do corporate training to help fund The Kindness Institute. It's not been easy; it's been a hustle and a grind, but just when we think we're going to have to close down we'll have an angel arrive with a large donation. We've got by thanks to 30 volunteers, mainly young mums, who are passionate about what we're doing.
12 Is mindfulness an easier concept to sell than it used to be?
When I first started there was the connotation that it was hippy or airy fairy but now neuroscience research behind it backs it up wholeheartedly. Universities like Massachusetts and California have entire departments dedicated to researching mindfulness. The pre-frontal cortex, the part of the brain responsible for decision making, tends to thins out over time, but MRI scans show that doesn't happen in long-term meditators. New meditators experience structural changes in just eight weeks. You can actually rewire your brain and form positive neural networks by training your mind.
• For more go to www.thekindnessinstitute.com
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Works unfinished at Offaly school as construction company enters liquidation
LOETB are preparing a new tendering process
A number of companies in the Sammon Group tasked with building Tullamore College some years ago have entered liquidation after a court hearing on Tuesday, May 5.
The High Court appointed a liquidator to two construction firms in the Sammon group after it was unable to resume work on several school building projects.
The main contractor on the Tullamore College project, which is now open and operational, entered examinership earlier this year. Laois Offaly Education and Training Board (LOETB) then issued a Notice of Termination to Sammon Contracting (Ireland) Ltd. on May 8 this year under the terms and conditions of the contract.
Chief Executive of LOETB, Joe Cunningham told the Offaly Express that "a small amount of ground works and landscaping remain to be completed at Tullamore College and LOETB is preparing tender documents to have these works carried out."
"The works will be funded from the Bond in place on the project and it is hoped to have the works completed over the summer period," Joe added.
Meanwhile, the Kildare based Sammon Group, who employ 200 people directly and many more subcontractors indirectly, has seen two of its companies enter liquidation. This comes on foot of the earlier mentioned examinership orders placed on three companies within the group. Those firms had got into difficulty over the devastating collapse of UK construction giant Carillion.
The examiner Mr Michael McAteer is no longer able to continue with the examinership process for two of those companies Sammon Contracting Ireland Ltd and Sammon Contracting Group Ltd.
The group, which was owed some €8m by Carillion, was part a significant joint venture with the UK firm and a Dutch Infrastructure Fund (DIFCO) to build five schools and Institute of Further Education. Work on that contract, known as the SB 5 contract ceased following Carillion's collapse earlier this year.
The matter came before Mr Justice Robewrt Haughton at the High Court on Tuesday, who following an application by the examiner Mr Michael McAteer made orders winding up Sammon Contracting Ireland and Sammon Contracting Group.
In a sworn statement Mr McAteer said he was unable to formulate proposals for a scheme of arrangement that if approved by the High Court would allow the companies to survive.
He said that getting works restarted on the SB5 contract, by securing the tender to recommence those works, was the key to ensuring the construction firm's survival and return to profitability. Mr McAteer said that he talks with key stakeholders including the banks.
He said that following a communication with DIFCO no decision has been made to award the contract to finish off the SB5 project.This delay he said has undermined confidence in Sammon and has made it more difficult to attract investment. Other monies Sammon are owed have not been paid he said.
Terminations notices have been served on Sammon in relation to two other projects it had been involved with, Mr McAteer added. As a result, Mr McAteer said Sammon lacks funds to meet its liabilities to Revenue and he could not continue with the examinership.
Mr Stephen Tennant, also of Grant Thornton, will act as liquidator to the two companies. When the company applied for an examiner the court heard that SCIL had a deficit of €11m as a going concern. However, in the event of it being wound up that deficit increases to €21m.
Mr McAteer will continue to act as examiner for a third company within the group Miceal Sammon Woodcraft Ltd, which has 22 employees. A creditors meeting in respect of that firm is due to take place in respect of that firm later this month.
The Sammon group had been building schools in Carlow, Kells, Co Meath, Wexford and two in Bray Co Wicklow. Other separate projects the group had been working on include the Maynooth Educational Campus. projects in Cork, Shannon Airport, Waterford and Dublin.
When seeking the appointment of an examiner Ross Gorman Bl for the group said it was hired to build five schools and the Institute for education by an SPV that included Carillion known as 'Inspired Spaces.' That contract was worth approximately €87m to the group, counsel said. His client was paid on a monthly basis after works commenced in 2016.
However the collapse of Carillion with debts of over £1.5Bn has had "a devastating and immediate impact" on the companies, counsel said. Payments from the SPV to the Sammon companies ceased last December, counsel said adding it was owed €8m by the SPV.
As a result, the group was unable to pay its suppliers and subcontractors working on those projects. The impact of Carillion had contaminated the group's other projects, the court also heard.
Report from High Court written by Aodhan. O'Faolain
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Sopranos at 20
Nefertiti2
Today is the 20th anniversary of the Sopranos. Favourite scenes?
Lang Spoon
Favourite Team(s): Raith Rovers/Liverpool
Favourite Biscuit: Abernethies
The one in the sna' in the woods.
The Awesome Berbaslug!!!
Favourite Biscuit: Dublin
That's one of the best television programmes ever made. Even as a stand alone.
The first episode I ever saw was the first episode of the third Series, where they're planting the bug in his house, that's well up there. I knew I had to watch the rest of these shows as soon as possible. A couple of episodes later you get Livia's funeral/wake.
Any scenes between Tony and Junior or Tony and Janice. The Janice and Richie storyline and its conclusion. Tony and Ralphie fight and the wig issues.
jwdd27
Favourite Team(s): Scunthorpe United
Favourite Biscuit: Dark Chocolate Digestive
Employee of the Month (S3E4), closing scene, when Melfi pauses before saying that no, She has nothing to tell Tony (about her rapist being freed).
But the whole of series 3 is as good as it gets.
Favourite Team(s): Reading, Maidenhead
Favourite Biscuit: ANZAC
The one where they clip Pussy.
Pretty much any of the scenes with Sil and Paulie Walnuts, including Sil doing Al Pacino.
But when you start listing them you realise the list list would be endless. I just thought of what, if memory serves was Sil's only hit, poor Adriana.
So many great episodes and so many great moments and quotes. The thing is, the more I rewatch it, the more I get to hate all these people. The first time I rewatched it, I became really repelled by Paulie Walnuts. Second time I was alnost glad when Christoffa died. Third time, I began to really despise Tony.
My nominee for favourite moment must be when Furio -- "Mr Williams" -- explains his feelings about golf to Uncle Junior's unreachable oncologist: "Stupidefuckinegame", Whever I hear the word golf or see golf, I say "Stupidefuckinegame".
The scene jwdd27 refers to kills me every time.
RobW
Favourite Team(s): Lincoln City
Favourite Biscuit: Garibaldi
Sil took care of someone in the penultimate (if not the last) episode for trying to turn him against Tony iirc.
There are too many brilliant scenes and characters to do it it justice. Paulie busting Christopher's balls all the time, even sniffing Adriana's underwear. Christopher repeatedly getting told to shut the fuck up by Tony, his intervention scene, shooting the baker. Sil and Tony doing their best Raging Bull impression when the intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana is heard in a restaurant. Pretty much every scene with Uncle Junior is wonderful.
Daniel Harris tweeted an awful lot of brilliant scenes yesterday (and is still going) https://twitter.com/DanielHarris/sta...79502875664384
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Bordeaux Education
Favourite Team(s): Bath City FC; Porthcawl RFC (bandwagon-jumping);Wales in most things.
Favourite Biscuit: Fig roll - deal with it.
I am ignoring the previous posts due to spoilers and just posting to say that, by coincidence, Mrs B and I finally started watching the final series on the day it was 20 years old. Indeed, Ray put a picture on FB to mark the 20th year and I thought he knew we had only just started. As I have said before, I watched the original series up until the second part of the last series and then, for some odd reason, stopped. I realised I was going to have to watch it all again before watching the last half of the final series and, luckily, Mrs B wanted to watch the whole thing as she hadn't previously. It has been fantastic as I had forgotten a lot - indeed, I wonder if I watched the previous time completely hammered - and am gearing up to the ones that are completely new to me. Lots of favourites scenes - like many, my favourite episode is 'Pine Barrens; and I also loved the episodes in Italy. Two of my favourite sequences have very little or no dialogue and are brilliant as much due to the music - the opening montage of ' "Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office..." with "Summer Breeze" being played over it and the scene with the 'Every breath you take/Peter Gunn" playing over the FBI trying to keep track of the Sopranos.
It is wonderful, the 21st century Shakespeare (but so much better) and one of mankind's greatest achievements.
I was watching the first two episodes with my Dad last night, and somethiing struck me about Livia soprano. She's just such an amazing character, but she's simultaneously 10 years too old to be Tony's mother, and 10 years too young to be as old as she's letting on. Tony is 37 at the start of the sopranos and Livia is 70. 33 is a bit late for a mobster's wife to be having her second kid. She should be 60. The other thing is she's only 70 and she's going on as though she's in her mid eighties. My Dad was a very old 70, and he was nowhere near as old as livia Soprano.
Evariste Euler Gauss
Favourite Biscuit: Cambridge, England
Wasn't the actress terminally ill at the time of filming?
Interesting story, possibly apocryphal is that there was an actual mafia don in therapy at the time. Both David Chase and Kenneth Lonergan got to hear about this- Lonergan's mother was a psychiatrist. Chase wrote The Sopranos and Lonergan wrote Analyze This.
Originally posted by Evariste Euler Gauss View Post
Only in the last series though, wasn't it?
Nancy Marchand died of lung cancer between Seasons Two and Three.
It must have come on her pretty quickly, coz they had to entirely rewrite season 3 which was going to be mostly about her testifying against Tony in court.
Her husband died of cancer urging Season Two, so she may have had other things on her mind when that story arc was written.
If you google pictures of her, a lot of the photos from the set, show her wearing the oxygen tube under her nose. which is never a good sign.
She had emphysema, too.
Originally posted by ursus arctos View Post
Sorry, I meant only in the last series that she featured that she was ill which was series two. Upon rewatching, it is remarkable how the CGI (or whatever it was back then) has aged.
Jamie-Lynn Sigler (Meadow) is now 37, older than Edie Falco was when she started playing Carmela. Which is how time works, but still hard to imagine.
It did help with authenticity that the actors were pretty much playing their own ages, in so many shows the teenage daughter is an obvious 25 year old dressed up in kids clothes and given a "young" haircut, likewise the mothers.
Michael Imperioli was an exception, he is/was only five years younger than Gandolfini
Authenticity may also have been helped by similarities in the actors' and characters' lives. Tony Sirico (Paulie) was an ex-con with a pretty heavy record - there's an amusing comment on Wikipedia that he agreed to take the part only on condition that his character would not be a rat - and Robert Iler (A J) was going off the rails like his character, with a robbery conviction.
Matthew Bevilaqua in real life.
And he looked the most miscast character in the whole show!
Mr Cogito
Originally posted by Lang Spoon View Post
On hearing from Tony about the Russian green beret type who single handedly killed 16 Chechen rebels and worked for the Interior ministry
Paulie Gaultieri: "You're not going to believe this. He killed 16 Czechoslovakians.The guys an interior designer.
Christopher: (pauses) And his house looked like shit
Pine Barrens. Has to to be the best episode, from start to finish, if slightly as an outlier as it's played for laughs so determinedly. Directed by Buscemi, as many of the better one were.
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Killala: the future
Updated Wednesday 6th April 2016
Killala at a crossroads?
Jenny Meegan under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 license Killala from the harbour, 2015 In the nearly forty years since Asahi came to Killala, much has changed. According to the 2011 Census, the town of Killala had a population of 574, while the Community Action Plan 2015-2020 suggests that there are just over 1,400 people living in the wider Killala area. The plan summarises the vision and priorities for projects for the future area. This vision focuses on seven key areas: the economy; community facilities and services; town environment, tourism, sports facilities, community safety and employment.
So new layers have been added to this unique location, an important element of which are the economic changes which have taken place, including the closure of the Asahi plant and subsequent developments.
Yet there is potential conflict between the new layers currently being laid down here at Killala, with the attractions of the area for tourism potentially being overshadowed, for example, by industry at the former Asahi site. As has already been noted, a previous attempt to establish an asbestos recycling plant in 2004 failed due to protests, while conditional permission was secured for a waste recycling plant in 2008. While hailed for its job creation potential, which would ‘bring us back to the Asahi days again’, others have been critical of the biomass-fired power station, questioning the sustainability of importing some of the fuel for the plant and the relatively high cost of producing energy there.
The importance of the area’s natural heritage and wildlife is another part of Killala’s uniqueness as can be seen in The Draft Killala Nature and Wildlife Plan 2014-17, a community based biodiversity plan.
The original case study of Northeast Mayo provided a snapshot of the area at a particular point in time, but it is important to recognise that each unique place is constantly evolving and both adding and removing layers. This updated material has taken the story forwards, but there are many possible futures for Killala and its hinterland, depending on factors relating to its uniqueness as well as on its dependence on decisions made elsewhere at a variety of scales. As Justin Sammon says in this audio clip, in 2015, ‘Killala is at a crossroads’.
Jenny Meegan for Justin Salmon photo under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 license Philip O'Sullivan chats to Justin Sammon
Transcript: Killala is at a crossroads…
PHILIP O’SULLIVAN It is fascinating, this chapter I suppose looked at Killala as a case study, as an example of uniqueness of place thirty years ago. So in some ways where is Killala maybe now and where do you think it is going to be in maybe, five, ten, thirty years’ time in the future?
JUSTIN SAMMON Killala now, is like a lot of rural Ireland towns, it is at a crossroads, it could demise or it could with a bit of work come forward …
Activity: Recap this section
Having studied this section on Northeast Mayo, consider the construction and reconstruction of the local uniqueness and interdependencies. Think in terms of how the historical layers have been constructed and, have in turn combined with the previous layer to produce a modified, yet new set of social relations.
What elements and processes have been involved?
Did you anticipate these outcomes based on what you saw and your knowledge of how Ireland has changed in the past 30 years?
Now move on to read the next section, Conclusion: A changing rural Ireland.
See all the articles in this series
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1 of 11 Northeast Mayo: Local change in the West of Ireland
This section explores the specific question of uniqueness of place and how this has changed since the 1980s by looking at the area of Northeast Mayo around Killala.
Read nowNortheast Mayo: Local change in the West of Ireland
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2 of 11 The Killala area up to the 1980s
The Killala area up to the 1980s: agriculture, population and community development.
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3 of 11 The Asahi plant came to Killala 1977
Japanese manufacturing plant in Killala
Read nowThe Asahi plant came to Killala 1977
4 of 11 The environmental impacts of Asahi on Killala in the 1980s and 1990s
Environmental risk; different perspectives.
Read nowThe environmental impacts of Asahi on Killala in the 1980s and 1990s
Jenny Meegan under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 license
5 of 11 The social impact of Asahi on Killala in the 1980s and 1990s
Changes in the local society.
Read nowThe social impact of Asahi on Killala in the 1980s and 1990s
6 of 11 1997 The closure of Asahi
The closure of Asahi in 1997 and the interdependence between Killala and Japan.
Read now1997 The closure of Asahi
7 of 11 Killala in 2015
The legacies of Asahi in Killala in 2015.
Read nowKillala in 2015
8 of 11 Killala 2015: a new economic layer
Killala 2015: a new economic layer; from acrylic fibre to fibre-optics, bulk containers and biomass energy
Read nowKillala 2015: a new economic layer
9 of 11 2015: A new uniqueness for Killala
The tourist potential of Killala’s past.
Read now2015: A new uniqueness for Killala
10 of 11 Killala: uniqueness and interdependence, local enterprise and self-help
Uniqueness and interdependence: local enterprise and self-help
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Change in the West of Ireland
Introducing a collection of articles asking 'How can unique and distinctive regions, like the West of Ireland, retain the qualities that make them unique while continuing to modernise and interact with the wider world?'
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The West of Ireland: Dimensions of distinctiveness
How do you define 'the West of Ireland'? Do you look at cultural factors, geography, or something else?
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Southwest Donegal: Exploring uniqueness and interdependence
Begin to delve into the traditions, changes, economy and culture of Southwest Donegal.
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Northeast Mayo: Local change in the West of Ireland
Conclusion: a changing rural Ireland
The final chapter in the Change in the West of Ireland collection.
Read nowConclusion: a changing rural Ireland
This article is part of a collection on the 'Uniqueness, Interdependence, Uneven Development and Change in the West of Ireland'. To find out more about the collection, a good place to start is the introduction, Change in the West of Ireland.
References for this section
O’Cearbhaill, D. (1982) ‘Development through self-help; the achievements of the Killala Community’, in Sewel, J. and O’Cearbhaill, D. (eds) (1982) Co-operation and community development, Social Sciences Research Centre, University College Galway.
Ó Cinnéide, M.S. and Keane, M.J. (1980) Resource survey of the Killala area, Social Sciences Research Centre, University College, Galway.
This material draws from Open University programmes and a course based on the work of Pat Jess.
Photo of sign outside Asahi 1983:
Jess, Pat. (1985) ‘ Unit 17 Local Change in the West of Ireland’ page 22, in The Open University (1985) D205 Changing Britain, Changing World: geographical perspectives, Block 5 ‘The Changing Face of the British Isles’, Milton Keynes, The Open University Press.
Aerial photos of the Asahi site:
The Crampton Digital Archive, University College Dublin.
Dr Pat Jess
Dr Ruth McManus
Dr Jenny Meegan
Dr Philip O'Sullivan
Originally published: Wednesday, 6th April 2016
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Image 'Philip O'Sullivan and Justin Sammon in Killala' - Jenny Meegan for Justin Salmon photo under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 license
Image 'Killala street scene The Ballycastle road' - Liz McCabe under Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 license
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DIY: Generate Your Own Electricity
Updated Thursday 27th September 2007
Step-by-step guide to making your own electricity, part of the BBC/OU's programme website for Rough Science 1
A generator is simply a device that converts mechanical energy (itself derived from coal, oil, natural gas, wind, water, nuclear reactions or other sources) into electrical energy. Here, we describe how to use readily available materials to make a simple generator. Although it will only be powerful enough to light a small torch bulb, it works on the same basic principles as the power station generators that supply domestic electricity.
How a generator works
When an electric current flows through a wire, it generates a three-dimensional magnetic force field around the wire, similar to that surrounding a bar magnet. Magnets are also surrounded by a similar three-dimensional field. This can be ‘seen’ in two dimensions if iron filings are sprinkled on a sheet of paper placed over the magnet. The filings align themselves along the lines of magnetic force surrounding the magnet.
Copyright: Used with permission Two-dimensional representation of the magnetic field around a bar magnet. The arrows indicate the direction of the lines of magnetic force. The N (north) and S (south) indicate the poles of the magnet, where the lines of force are focused. The north pole of the magnet will repel the north pole of a compass or another bar magnet, while its south pole will attract the north pole of a compass or another bar magnet.
The simplest generator consists of just a coil of wire and a bar magnet. When you push the magnet through the middle of the coil, an electric current is produced in the wire. The current flows in one direction as the magnet is pushed in, and in the other direction as the magnet is removed. In other words, an alternating current is produced. If you hold the magnet absolutely still inside the coil, no current is generated at all. Another way of producing the current would be for the magnet to be rotated inside the coil, or for the coil to be rotated round the magnet.
This method of generating electricity, called induction, was discovered by Michael Faraday in 1831. He found that the stronger the magnets were, the more turns of wire in the coil, and the quicker the motion of the magnet or coil, the greater the voltage produced. Faraday also observed that it was more efficient if the coil was wound around a metal core, as this helped to concentrate the magnetic field.
The prototype castaway generators used two options: Jonathan exploited wind power to move his magnets, while keeping the coil stationary. Mike Leahy, on the other hand, used fixed magnets, and steam-power to spin his coil.
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Jonathan's wind-powered generator
Mike Leahy's steam-powered alternative
What do the electrical terms voltage (measured in volts) and current (measured in amperes, often shortened to amps) mean? Imagine the electric current flowing in a conducting wire to be like cars travelling along a motorway. The motorway is the wire and the voltage the speed at which the cars move. The current corresponds to the number of cars passing a given point each second.
When a current flows through a wire, electrical energy is converted into other forms of energy, like heat in a heating element, light from the filament of a bulb, or sound from a loudspeaker. The electric current could also be made to produce mechanical energy, which is what happens in an electric motor. A motor is therefore just a generator operating in reverse.
Making your own generator
15cm long iron nail with a 6mm diameter and a large head
8–10cm long bolt with a 6mm diameter, and nut
25m enamelled copper wire (30 swg or approx. 0.3mm diameter)*
E825 eclipse button magnet (with a fixing hole)*
6V, 0.06A torch bulb and bulb holder*
a roll of insulating tape*
a hand drill
* Obtainable from DIY stores, or electronic shops.
a simple generator
Your generator will consist of a coil held close to a spinning magnet.
Cut out two cardboard discs roughly 3cm in diameter, and make a 4–5mm hole in the centre of each. Insert the nail in the hole and push one disc up to its head. Cover the next 2–3cm of the nail’s surface with a couple of layers of insulating tape.
Slide on the other disc until it butts up against the tape, and then wind more tape on the other side of it to fix it in position so that the cardboard discs are no more than 2–3cm apart. Unwind 30cm or so of wire from the reel to form a lead from the coil, and start winding the remaining wire around the insulating tape between the two cardboard discs. To keep track, it may help to make a tick mark on a piece of paper after every 100 turns. The number of turns is not critical, but the more the better; 1 500 should do.
Having covered the nail with a single layer of turns, continue building up layers one on top of the other. You don’t have to do a particularly neat job.
After about 1 500 turns, leave about 30cm of wire free at the other end and then cover the windings with insulating tape. Remove a cm or so of the insulation from the two end wires by scraping off the enamel, and connect them to the bulb holder. Fit the bulb into the holder.
Pass the bolt through the hole drilled into the base of the magnet, and fasten it by tightening the nut. Fix the bolt into the chuck of a hand drill. Next, fix the sharp end of the nail in a vice (or between two heavy books) so that it’s horizontal. Bring the magnet to within about 1mm of the nail head, which should be slightly off-centre from the middle of the spinning magnet. Make sure the gap between the magnet and the nail head is as small as possible, but not so close that they touch. A tip here is to rest the hand holding the fixed part of the drill on the table-top so that it’s as steady as possible.
Turn the drill handle as fast as you can and the bulb should light up. Generating electricity really is as simple as this!
Generators in bikes and cars
Cars need a direct-current supply to operate the ignition, lights, windscreen wipers, etc. This is generated by an alternator which is mechanically coupled to the engine. A device called a rectifier is used to convert the alternating current output to direct current. A regulator also has to be fitted to control the current, so that the alternator’s output voltage continues to match the voltage of the vehicle’s battery as the engine speed changes.
A dynamo on a bicycle, that produces electricity as you cycle, is another example of a generator. Its basic design is just the same as the home-made generator described above.
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Giants: Citizen Kabuto successor First Wonder hits Kickstarter
By Tom Sykes 2015-09-28T15:32:36.27Z
Kickstarter has mined your nostalgia pretty comprehensively over the last few years, but maybe you look back on...Giants: Citizen Kabuto with fondness? There are certainly not very many Shiny-like games around these days, so if developer Rogue Rocket can capture some of Shiny's famous wit and weirdness, they might be on to a winner.
Rogue Rocket are developing a spiritual successor to Planet Moon's third-person, RTSy, jetpacky shooter Giants: Citizen Kabuto, and Planet Moon co-founder Nick Bruty is at the helm. (He previously worked at Shiny, making games like MDK and Earthworm Jim.) It's called First Wonder, a name that makes me think of a particular brand of golden crisps, and it's now on Kickstarter for your monetary consideration.
Here's the pitch video:
And here's a bit more, from that Kickstarter page:
"The Cargonauts are a team of deep-space salvagers that come across an incredible fossilized creature: Monstro. They unwittingly deliver it to Planet Majorca, an intergalactic resort planet where the management intends to turn this huge fossil into the crown jewel of their extensive collection of artifacts from across the galaxy.
"Unfortunately for resort-goers, Monstro awakens and begins to wreak havoc across the planet. Is he a mindless beast, or is there a motivation behind the destruction? What is he up to, and what will happen if he’s allowed to fulfill the newly discovered prophecies of the planet? The Cargonauts don’t intend to find out."
What we can see in that campaign reminds me of a much more violent Pilotwings, only with guns, monsters, and both story and asymmetrical multiplayer modes. Rogue Rocket reckons First Wonder will be done late next year, providing it reaches its $500,000 funding goal.
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