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Lisa Irwin, 10 month old: Missing Kansas City, Mo
Author Topic: Lisa Irwin, 10 month old: Missing Kansas City, Mo (Read 54170 times)
When I read this first report I thought here we go again. Something sounds "off".
Published: October 6, 2011 7:09 PM
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The parents of a missing 10-month-old Missouri girl have given police more than a dozen names as they try to think of potential suspects or people who paid especially close attention to the child, a relative said Thursday.
Investigators have no suspects and few solid leads despite an intensive search for Lisa Irwin, whose parents say was snatched from her crib sometime Monday night or early Tuesday.
"We're scraping for anything, anyone who was at the house, who looked at her strange. Anything," said Mike Lerette, a cousin of the baby's mother.
Her parents are trying to remember people who recently came into contact with Lisa or paid her extra attention. Lerette said he is encouraging them to think of anyone, from utility workers who visited their Kansas City home to store cashiers, and they've compiled a list of more than a dozen names.
A police spokesman said he wasn't aware of those conversations but that it would make sense it such cases.
"They're probably jogging their brains to think of any person that they maybe haven't told us about," Capt. Steve Young said.
The child's parents, Jeremy Irwin and Deborah Bradley, said they frantically searched their home for any sign of their daughter Tuesday morning but found only an open window, an unlocked front door and house lights blazing.
The family's three cellphones, including one that didn't work, also were missing, the couple said during a tearful news conference Thursday morning as search crews focused on a heavily wooded area, sewers and an industrial park.
Irwin said he immediately knew something was wrong when he returned home from work about 4 a.m. Tuesday. He checked on their other children, 6-year-old and 8-year-old boys, then went to Lisa's room and discovered her gone.
"I said, 'What do you mean she is not in her crib?'" said Bradley, who had checked on her daughter about five hours earlier. "I just knew, you know, that something was really wrong. We ran around the house and screaming for her, but she was nowhere."
Bradley said that's when they discovered the phones had been taken, guessing it was to delay them from calling police. As she hugged her crying sons, Bradley said, Irwin checked outside and eventually contacted police.
"All I can think of is that maybe somebody wanted a baby," she said.
Lisa has blue eyes and blonde hair, is 30 inches tall and weighs around 28 pounds. She was last seen wearing purple shorts and a purple shirt with pictures of white kittens. Police have said the parents aren't suspects in her disappearance.
Later Thursday, the parents mistakenly thought police had a lead in the case when investigators began searching the wooded area again, and they immediately rushed to the command post police set up about a mile from the home, Young said.
"They assumed we had a big break and they wanted to find out what it was," Young said. "If you're the mother of a missing child and you think there's a development, I would think you'd want to go to the command post and find out."
Investigators extended their search Thursday, with about 100 officers scouring an industrial area and adjacent woods. Others searched sewers, lifting drain covers and crawling inside.
Randy Thurston, a warehouse manager, said officers also went through the industrial park Tuesday, searching trash bins and pipes, but Thursday's search was "much more intense over here today."
Investigators' intensive search has included federal agents using search dogs to go over the family's home and nearby woods, helicopters, all-terrain vehicles and door-to-door interviews with neighbors.
Police have said one possibility was whether someone entered the home through a front window and snatched the baby, but they haven't pointed to any sign of forced entry.
Irwin said the abduction has been especially hard on Lisa's older brothers, who constantly ask if their sister has been found.
"We tell them, 'Not yet, not yet,'" Irwin said. "It's the only thing we can think to tell them."
http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/parents-of-missing-baby-scraping-for-anything-1.3228096
Re: Lisa Irwin, 10 month old: Missing Kansas City, Mo
Then this following article:
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The parents of a missing 10-month-old Missouri girl are no longer cooperating with authorities, and their claims that whoever took their daughter stole their cellphones hasn't produce any leads, police said Thursday night.
Jeremy Irwin and Deborah Bradley, who said their daughter, Lisa, was snatched from her crib sometime Monday night or early Tuesday, had been cooperative since reporting her missing. But they changed course Thursday, Kansas City police spokesman Steve Young said.
"Tonight, they decided to stop talking to detectives, and I don't have to illustrate how that affects the investigation. That speaks for itself," he said.
He reiterated that investigators still have no suspects. A cousin of the baby's mother who has been acting as a spokesman for the family declined to comment to The Associated Press after Young's announcement Thursday evening
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/06/lisa-irwin-missing-parent_n_999333.html
Parents already have a deal with a news agency rather than co-operate with detectives. Is it just me, or is something real hinky going on here. For their sake, I hope and pray the child is safe.
Video of Capt. Steve Young's interview to the media regarding the parents choice to no longer cooperate:
http://www.kctv5.com/story/15637354/police-say-baby-lisas-parents-no-longer-cooperating-with-investigators
The parents are supposedly going to respond but nothing on the live feed yet -
KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) -
Missing baby Lisa Irwin's parents speak Thursday night.
WATCH LIVE.:
http://www.kctv5.com/category/215384/kctv5-livestream-mva1
something isn't adding up. Too elaborate. Cell phones removed by the perp, lights on, door unlocked, missing baby. And the mother didn't wake up??
I wonder what these parents are attempting to set up for themselves. TV fame? A chance to be on NG? Has the baby been placed with a relative who is in on it?
Or is the child deceased?
I can't see a child abductor bothering to look for all the cells and leaving all the lights on either. Came in through a window ... left through a door, lights on. Did the abductor know father was working and mom slept like a log? Suddenly for no reason the couple cut off the police who seem genuinely concerned and very actively searching and turn to a news agency exclusive who possibly cannot have the skills and resources to locate a child. I cannot help the gut feelings but I do not believe this couple. Now I wonder whether the child accidently died or something happened in mom's care? If it's a set up and they had someone take the child that won't take long for police to see that. It's starting to sound like the Satsuma Florida case.
Three cell phones. One for him, one for her and one was broke. I would think the dad would've had a phone with him since he was working the night shift, so my question is why would he not have one of the phones with him? That doesn't make sense to me. And why was this baby put to bed in shorts and a t-shirt? I understand, maybe for a nap....but all night in shorts and a t-shirt?
I have more questions than answers these days.....
The parents deny not cooperating with the police and say they are co-operating. If you ever had a ten month old then you know they are teething at that age. A mother gets little enough sleep especailly with other youngsters no way in hell are you gonna wake up a sleeping Baby to put her in pjs. In my opinion in the link above the cop had an attitude. His attitude gave me the impression that if you don't do what I want then we are closing down the comand post and not looking for your child. Sorry thats my opinion.
lol...you have a point, eyeswideopen....I forgot, we "let sleeping babies lay", when they finally sleep sound....been there, done that. (had to, in order to keep my sanity). So, your opinion is well taken...
Marcusdog
From what I have seen so far I have questions about the abductor going through a small window facing the street, then walking through a ranch style house built in probably the late 60s to early 70s with squeaky floors. surely there would have been some noise that would have awakened either the mother or the two brothers who were said to also be asleep.
The reason the mother gave for the cell phones being on the kitchen counter was that they were being reprogrammed. The dad, an electrician by trade had also just started a new job, this was his first night on the job. Since he worked all night I am assuming that his job was in a factory of some kind, on the midnight shift.
By not cooperating with police I wonder if the parents are frustrated with LEs efforts so far and are going to hire outside help like perhaps a private search team? Or a PI. Private help is very expensive and it did not seem to me as if these parents were wealthy enough to seek out a PI or private search team.
Another thing that might make sense is that it was mentioned that someone in the military might try to pass the baby off as their own.
Looking at that window the perp had to crawl through to abduct the baby I believe they must not have weighed much over 100 lbs or so to fit through that window frame. Just a few thoughts to kick around.
scotsquine
The thing that really bothers me about this one is that the house lights were left on. Surely if you wanted to sneak out the front door with a baby in your arms the last thing you would want is the to have the lights on. Sneaking out in the dark would have been much safer.
There are a number of things that really bother me about this case. Like others that have commented, it bothers me that this person (may have) entered the house through a very small window which faces the street. Why take that chance? Why that window? Was it convenient? Left unlocked, or even open? Once inside, with mom and two older children sleeping, this person walks around the house with lights blazing. I'm wondering if the lights were on when this person entered the house or if he/she turned them on. Unless this person had been in the house before, how would they know which room was the baby's? Did they find their way to the bedrooms and check to see who was in each room? How did they know they wouldn't walk into the parents room or wake another family member? Once finding this child they remove her from her crib, taking the chance that she could wake up and cry, thus alerting mom. On top of that, either before or after taking this child, they remove three phones that they see sitting on the counter and then walk out the front door with the child. This all seems pretty risky to me.
I also have trouble with the fact that this "mom" who had already raised two others past the baby stage and now has a ten month old baby, did not hear anything or wake up. As a mom myself, I remember how tuned in I became during the time my children were young. Small sounds would wake me and I became a much lighter sleeper. Subconsciously listening. I'm sure most others who are moms can relate. On the other hand, I will say that this mom does have three children and maybe she is exhausted when she goes to bed and sleeps like a log.
I really dislike my own attitude for this case, being so judgemental of the parents. In one of the articles police said when they had their command post set up, everytime they were searching in a new area, the couple would race down and ask if the police had any new tips. The police officer responding seemed very understanding. The Captain in the video does explain why the command post came down, that the search there was done and they found nothing and they were moving on ... I didn't find him cocky but rather matter of fact, and he probably felt they needed to protect their image as well.
What bothered me is they were looking in bushes and culverts, etc. That doesn't sound very hopeful at all.
Many good points raised above. As Debbie mentioned, as a mom, I could not sleep like a log unless my husband was home and I would hear every noise. I always kept lights on at night when the kids and I were alone, so did Lisa's mom do that as well being alone with the kids?
If someone knew which bedroom to go to, then there should have been signs of a person watching the house prior, not? Otherwise it would sound like someone knew the family and knew whose bedrooms were whose.
As Marcusdog says the window was small and the person would have been around 100 lbs to get through there ... sounds like a female. That at least gives me hope that the abductor was wanting a child of her own and not some crazed lunatic, and that Lisa will be found unharmed. I suppose cells could have been taken to make it look like a robbery. Why were the cells being reprogramned? Was there no landline?
Video at link. This was the first night the father worked a night shift and also the first night the mother didn't lock the door.
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/missing-baby-lisa-parents-upset-police-tough-tactics/story?id=14688581
By KEVIN DOLAK and CHRISTINA NG
The mother of missing Missouri baby Lisa Irwin said today that police accused her of having done something to her 10-month-old toddler.
"From the start when they've questioned me, once I couldn't fill in gaps, it turned into 'You did it, you did it,'" Deborah Bradley told "Good Morning America" today. "They took a picture down from the table and said, 'Look at your baby! And do what's right for her!' I kept saying I don't know ... I just sat there. I didn't even ask to leave. I just let them keep asking questions."
Bradley also said police accused her of failing a polygraph test. Police said they could not comment on this claim, but said Bradley is "free to say whatever she wants."
The child vanished from her crib four days ago and police have said they literally do not have a clue about where Lisa is or who took her.
Bradley, who sobbed through her interview with "GMA," spoke out after Kansas City police said Bradley and the toddler's father Jeremy Irwin had stopped cooperating.
The parents told "GMA" they have not ended their cooperation with police.
"If they say they're willing to continue speaking with detectives, I say great. Our door is open," Police Capt. Steve Young told ABCNews.com this morning. "Their involvement in the case is the best thing for this case. Our only goal is to find this little girl."
Young said detectives would be happy to resume conversations with Lisa's parents, but added, "We still haven't heard from the mother or father as of this morning."
Good points from everyone here. About the lights, the father reported that when he came home the house was lit up, so this was unusual to him. If the mother had left the lights on herself, she would have told her husband - no, I left the lights on. So far, it doesn't appear to be the case.
It could well be that the Mom was exhausted and did't hear a thing, and the other children would not be alarmed if they heard anything, as they would think that their mother was up attending to the baby.
Don't know why they think that the perp came in through the bedroom window. Perhaps the window was left open by the child's parents with good intentions.
One would think that the perp would try doors first, and if opened come in that way...
Child abductions (especially adorable babies) are usually done by women. Police should be searchiing around the counties, for this baby, at the very least.
And why would the police concentrate on fields close by?
Are they "jumping the gun on this one?" - wasting precious time?
One baby has disappeared. Can the police not take both approaches at the same time?
To my way of thinking, lie detector tests are not what they are cut out to be. It depends upon the interpretation of the examiner, and besides if I lost my baby, I would not pass one. I would feel guilt and blame myself, therefore fail it. I just know that I would not pass it!!
Good points. A burning question I have also ... have police checked down the avenue of childless couples who have been trying to adopt?
By now this case is quite in the news, so people should be on the look out for anyone they know that suddenly has a child they didn't have before. It could even be a person from another state so I do hope everyone keeps their eyes peeled.
Perhaps this is what has upset the family as well, the searching in bushes and stuff, and since they are in the midst would probably know whether other avenues are being considered. In this many days, the child could have been sold as well. Horrible thoughts, but it happens.
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The #metoo movement has forced us all to look at the issue of sexual harassment in all facets of our lives. Today, we broke down the recently released sexual harassment guidelines with Sarah Burger, Chair of the Labor and Employment Practice at Ianniello Anderson and Board Member of National Employment Lawyers Association-New York, and Rita Pasarell, Sexual Harassment Working Group member and former Legislative Counsel and Deputy Chief of Staff to former Assemblyman Vito Lopez.
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Former President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s special advisor Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa warned former South African President Jacob Zuma that if Grace Mugabe took over as the President of Zimbabwe, she might lead the army to invade South Africa.
Mutsvangwa told the information to Zuma at the height of the bloody coup that ended 37 years of President Robert Mugabe’s iron rule. Mutsvangwa said Grace and the former G40 members were close to Julius Sello Malema and hence they might unite in invading South Africa.
The revelations are contained in a book called Two weeks November written by Douglas Rogers.
Read paragraphs containing the incident below:
Well, consider that Wednesday morning, suspecting a coup has taken place in Zimbabwe, Zuma, in his capacity as SADC chair, dispatches an envoy to Harare to meet with the beleaguered Mugabe. Zuma has phoned Mugabe, who has told him he is fine, but confined to his home. The envoy – South Africa’s Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is going to see for herself.
Meanwhile, Alpha Condé, the AU Chairman, has also said that what has happened “looks like a coup”.
So Mutsvangwa takes his pitch to Zuma’s aides into overdrive. He appeals to the liberation war blood bond between the ANC, Zimbabwe’s military and war veterans such as himself and Zuma. (Zuma was head of the ANC’s military wing.) Grace and the G40 cabal are not part of that bond, he warns. They did not fight. They have a different ethos. They represent a corrupt “oligarchy capitalism”, which is dangerous to the region. You saw how she beat that poor South African girl Gabriella in that hotel, he tells them. You know of the ties between G40 and Julius Malema, the usurper who is a threat to you here? For good measure he adds that old staple: that Jonathan Moyo, the brains behind G40, is a CIA asset. You don’t want these people in charge of the country and its military to the north of you, do you?
Warming to his theme, he spells out what he says would be the dire consequences for South Africa’s security if Mugabe’s wife were to gain power.
“You maybe have a situation where Grace is in command, Kasukuwere is in command, Jonathan Moyo is in command and then the Zimbabwean army comes to the Limpopo River,” Mutsvangwa warns. “Then your [South African] army will be on the other side of the Limpopo River. This would happen because these people, they do not have the same ethos [as us] and you can’t allow that.”
It sounds absurd – he’s saying there may be a regional war – but he has a way with words, Mutsvangwa. They flow like mercury off his tongue. And he has credentials too. He’s educated, an intellectual, a blue blood, a liberation fighter, an ambassador. He’s persuasive.
To a point. Mostly it buys them time. When Zuma makes the public announcement on Wednesday that he is sending his envoys to Harare to meet with Mugabe, he adds that he has “managed to get the briefing about the situation”, and “given the seriousness, I have taken the decision to send an envoy to contact the leader of the Defence Forces, and to meet with President Mugabe to get a more clear picture.”
It’s the opening Mutsvangwa needs. Indeed, when the envoy lands in Harare she will be met not by government officials loyal to Mugabe, but by military officers. And instead of meeting with Mugabe and Grace privately at the Blue Roof, to hear their sad tale, the meetings will now take place at State House, the President’s official residence, with Chiwenga and the representatives of the military present.
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A South Granville Mac’s convenience store has been left seriously damaged after an elderly woman crashed her car through the front entrance Wednesday morning.
The collision occurred at about 9:50 a.m. at the shop on the corner of Hemlock Street and Broadway.
Photo by Elisia Seeber
Vancouver Police Department Constable Steve Addison said officers at the scene were still investigating what happened.
“The vehicle was being driven by a Vancouver woman in her 70s,” he said.
“The investigation will determine the circumstances that led to the incident.”
He said there did not appear to be any serious injuries.
A witness, Vikram Biring, who was outside the shop when the crash occurred, told the Courier he believed the driver hit the accelerator instead of the brake as she was parking her car.
“She was parking and she must have hit the gas pedal and the car just hit into the store,” Biring explained.
“It was a very big, loud noise. It was scary.”
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The championship game on 20 July in each of the three divisions of play will, for the third consecutive year at a WFDF World Championship event, be livestreamed for free on the IOC’s global Olympic Channel digital platform (olympicchannel.com and mobile apps for iOS and Android) and The World Games Channel online (https://www.theworldgames.org/channel.)
“We are excited to announce our impressive roster of broadcast, streaming, and media partners for the WU24s,” said WFDF President Robert “Nob” Rauch. “In this age where fans want real-time access to their favorite sports from wherever they may be viewing, we are thrilled to have so many avenues for viewers worldwide to watch the games. It is especially fitting to be able to showcase the up and coming generation of elite players across such a broad spectrum of media.”
Distribution partner Beijing Chenyang Sports is, for the first time ever at a WFDF World Championship event, livestreaming the Arena field with Chinese Mandarin commentary throughout the People's Republic of China on the platform with a partner Migu, a specialized subsidiary of China Mobile operating in the Internet space and the integration of various digital contents. It is China Mobile’s sole entity for distributing digital contents including music, videos, reading, games and comics, and it is the official Telecom Carrier Immersion Platform of NBA China. In addition to MiGu, CCTV.com, the new media platform of CCTV, will also steam the final game of the each division. Panke Media in China will be the exclusive social media partner in China, engaging audiences with previews, scores, highlights, and in-depth contents on the WeChat platform and its website.
WFDF Executive Producer and Managing Director of Broadcasting and Marketing Tim Rockwood, who heads up the production team, said: “As our coverage capabilities grow, we feel it’s crucial to broadcast in multiple languages and attract new audiences in our member countries and beyond.”
WU24 will be hosted in the city of Heidelberg, Germany, from Saturday 13 July to Saturday 20 July, 2019. The event will feature 51 teams from 29 countries in the Men’s, Women’s, and Mixed divisions. Check out https://wu24heidelberg.com/for more information.
29 June 2019 - Official Communication
The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is pleased to announce that the ISF World School Ultimate Championships are being held from 24-29 June 2019 in Le Mans, France. With the support of WFDF, these championships are the first championships held with the International School Sport Federation (ISF) under the Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2017. The event is organized by the Union Nationale du Sport Scholaire (French School Sport Federation - UNSS) with the support of the French Federation of Flying Disc (FFFD).
Ten teams from eight countries are participating in the event with France and Belgium sending two teams each. Further countries attending the event are Colombia, Great Britain, India, Italy, Spain and Slovakia, and teams are playing in a five-a-side mixed gender competition. The finals will be played at the prestigious MMArena Stadium in Le Mans.
First edition of ISF World Ultimate School Sport Championships 2019 with support from WFDF held in Le Mans, France
NOW LIVE: Coverage form the ISF World Ultimate School Sport Championships (28 June 2019) in Le Mans, France.
With the support of WFDF these championships are the first edition held with the International School Sport Federation (ISF) under the Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2017. The event is organized by the Union Nationale du Sport Scholaire (French School Sport Federation - UNSS) with the support of the Federation Flying Disc France (FFFD).
10 teams from 8 countries participate in the event with France and Belgium sending two teams each. Other countries attending the event are Colombia, Great Britain, India, Italy, Spain and Slovakia who are playing in a 5-a-side Mixed competition. The finals will be played at the prestigious MMArena Stadium in Le Mans. More than 200 volunteers are supporting the event.
LIVE FEED FROM THE EVENT:
Finals: FRANCE vs. GREAT BRITAIN (15:00 hrs)
Bronze Medal Game: SLOVAKIA vs. INDIA (14.00 hrs)
5/6 Place: FRANCE 2 - COLOMBIA (12:00 hrs)
7/8 Place: SPAIN vs. BELGIUM 1 (11:00 hrs)
9/10: Place: ITALY vs. BELGIUM 2 (10:00 hrs)
South African teams win top prizes at WFDF 2019 All Africa Ultimate Championships
The WFDF 2019 All Africa Ultimate Championships (AAUC 2019) concluded on June 17 with South Africa’s UCT Flying Tigers taking the gold in the championships’ third edition. South Africa’s Catch-22 won the Spirit of the Game (SOTG) prize.
“The third All Africa Ultimate Championship was not only a fantastic championship but better attended,” said Alex “Queenie” Matovu, All-African Flying Disc Federation President. “And seeing more and more African countries not only attending All Africa Ultimate Championship but playing competitively with great Spirit of the Game makes me very happy about Africa Ultimate.”
“A great opening ceremony, great SOTG shown both at the field and off, seeing happy faces throughout the tournament, great tournament party, working with a good energetic Tournament Organizing Committee, and great closing ceremony were the best moments of 2019 All Africa Ultimate Championships.”
WFDF announces third edition of Global Disc Sports Community Survey 2019
The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is pleased to announce that it has published the third edition of the Global Disc Sports Community survey.
The first ever edition was launched in February 2014 and the survey was designed to gather input from athletes, coaches, administrators, tournament directors and anyone else involved with disc sports from around the globe, with the second edition executed in 2016. The survey will be conducted immediately through Sunday 14 July 2019 on www.surveymonkey.com and is open to anyone.
WFDF names Official Bag Supplier and Official Glove Supplier for 2019-2020
The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) has selected The Greatest Bag as the Official Bag Supplier and Friction Gloves as the Official Glove Supplier for 2019-2020, upon the conclusion of an open tender process.
The Greatest Bag and Friction Gloves will be the exclusive supplier of bags and gloves at WFDF events, including WFDF 2019 World Under-24 Ultimate Championships (WU24) in Germany, WFDF 2020 World Ultimate and Guts Championships in the Netherlands and WFDF 2020 World Masters Ultimate Championships in Australia.
WFDF Seeks Host Bids for WFDF 2021 and 2023 World Team Disc Golf Championships
The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is seeking bids for host organizers for the WFDF 2021 and 2023 World Team Disc Golf Championships (“WTDGC”). The WTDGC is the premier Disc Golf event for WFDF and the 2021 and 2023 editions of the event will look to build on the success of past championships held in Colchester, UK and Vancouver, Canada, and the upcoming 2019 event to be hosted by Estonia in August this year. Hosting the WTDGC is a chance to introduce an international sporting event to new communities, draw interest and attention to a host city and country, and generate economic impact for local businesses, while developing the sport globally. Bids are due by Friday 12 July 2019.
WFDF announces two additions to its staff
The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is pleased to welcome two new additions to its executive staff in order to expand its ability to support the objectives of the organization. Igor Jankovíc has joined WFDF as Administrative Coordinator, reporting to Executive Director Volker Bernardi. Patrick Fourcampré-Maye now serves as Event Coordinator reporting to Karina Woldt, WFDF’s Managing Director, Events and Operations. Both positions are a new part-time paid staff position.
WFDF 2019 World Under 24 Ultimate Championships (WU24)
Date: 13-20 July 2019 Location: Heidelberg, GER Event announcement Livestreamed video coverage from Fanseat: https://www.fanseat.com/ultimate.
WFDF 2019 All Africa Ultimate Championships (AAUC)
Date: 14-17 June 2019 Location: Johannesburg (RSA) Event announcement
WFDF 2019 World Overall Championships (WOC)
Date: 8-13 July 2019 Location: Richmond, VA (USA) Event announcement
WFDF 2019 Asia Oceanic Ultimate & Guts Championships (AOUGC)
Date: 23-27 July 2019 Location: Shanghai (CHN) Event announcement
WFDF 2019 World Team Disc Golf Championships (WTDGC)
Date: 21-24 August 2019 Location: Alutaguse, Ida-Virumaa (EST) Event announcement
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Pink Floyd, Pigs on the Wing 1 and Dogs (Live)
Posted in Pink Floyd, Youtube Favs on November 24th, 2011 by Willie
Animals by Pink Floyd is my absolute favorite Floyd album and one of my favorite albums ever. For me, this is the highlight of Pink Floyd week as I get to share a live performance of “Pigs on a Wing 1” as an intro to “Dogs,” my favorite Pink Floyd song. Animals is Pink Floyd’s real masterpiece, with better songs then Dark Side of the Moon, and is way more thematically focused then The Wall. Animals has 5 songs, with the intro “Pigs on a Wing 1,” being brought back at the end with slightly different lyrics, so its really 4 songs. The record is mostly the work of Roger Waters, who at this point took full creative control of the band. It’s a concept album loosely based on George Orwell’s book Animal Farm, mainly a railing against with the oppressive social-political of Great Britain. The whole thing is a psychedelic progressive folk rock masterpiece. It is also an angry finely manicured response to the emerging punk rock movement. Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols famously wore an “I hate Pink Floyd,” t-shirt, and Roger Waters and company wanted to remind the punkers they too emerged from an underground movement determined to unmoor the uptight and conformist British hierarchy. For “Dogs,” Waters wrote the lyrics, and Gilmour, in his only songwriting contribution to the record, wrote the music. It was originally titled, “You’ve Got to Be Crazy,” and features some of Pink Floyd’s best lyrics and dynamic guitar solos. It’s a piece of fantastic psychedelic dark funk, and demands worship. So check out this live performance and go for the gold by sitting through the whole thing, its worth it.
Part 2 cannot be embedded, so just click this link to be taken to it on youtube.
Here is a clean recording of “Dogs,” but with no live footage.
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Teen allegedly involved in stolen van crash that killed woman in Yonkers dies
By Marcus Solis
YONKERS, N.Y. (WABC) -- Police say a teenage boy and girl were in a stolen van that ended up slamming into a car in Yonkers last Monday, killing the driver.
The 16-year-old later died at the hospital on Sunday. The 14-year-old girl remains in the hospital.
The innocent woman that died in the crash was identified as 48-year old Sharlene Stinson of Yonkers.
Police say the van, a white 1997 Dodge Ram, had been reported stolen in the area of Warburton Avenue on Nov. 14th.
A 911 call Monday afternoon reported that the van's occupants were breaking into parking meters on Schroeder Street.
According to Yonkers police, officers tried to pull over the vehicle, but the teens did not pull over and continued northbound on Warburton Avenue, where the van struck the Hyundai Sonata being driven by Stinson.
Video revealed that the suspect vehicle crossed over the double yellow line, driving northbound on the southbound side of Warburton Avenue.
No charges have been filed at this time as the investigation continues. The Yonkers Police Commissioner said that so far, they have found no wrongdoing on the part of the officers involved.
Police say the teens, as well as additional suspects not involved at the crash scene, may have been involved in other criminal activity with the stolen van in the recent past.
Stinson, the mother of a young boy, worked at S.A.I.L. at Ferncliff Manor, a school for severely disabled children, as an occupational therapy aide.
"Sharlene was a fantastic educator, someone that always put the children first and their needs first and was selfless in everything that she did in this building, and she was a role model in every single way you can be in education," said Matt Rubinstein, Ferncliff Manor's education director.
She had just left work for the four-mile drive home when the crash occurred. She was pinned in her sedan.
Anyone with information can contact the Detective Division at 914-377-7724.
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Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne
18 to 22 December 2019
An enchanting ballet production for all ages to enjoy!
Following the success of Christine Walsh’s The Sleeping Beauty, we are proud to once again present this traditional full length ballet production performed by 75 dancers and featuring international guest artists!
"Impressive!" - The Sunday Age
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Arts Centre Melbourne, State Theatre 15th July 2017
Luca Acri - Soloist, The Royal Ballet; Matthew Ball - First Soloist, The Royal Ballet; Oksana Bondareva - Second Soloist, Mariinsky Theatre; Benjamin Ella - Soloist, The Royal Ballet; Anton Korsakov - First Soloist, Mariinsky Theatre; Tomas Mock - First Artist, The Royal Ballet; Vadim Muntagirov - Principal Artist, The Royal Ballet; Luciana Paris - Soloist, American Ballet Theatre; Denise Parungao - Junior Principal Artist, Ballet Philippines; Joseph Phillips - Principal Artist, State Primorsky Opera and Ballet Theater; Calvin Richardson - First Artist, The Royal Ballet; Akane Takada - Principal Artist, The Royal Ballet; Joy Womack - Principal Artist, Kremlin Ballet and dancers of The Australian Conservatoire of Ballet.
“We were treated to some of the best couple duets, divertissements, solos, and company corps de ballet works in the canon of classical ballet, to rapturous applause!”
“…a night to remember!”… The Plus One – July 2017
“..breathtaking!”
“..great evening of theatre, dance and music!” - Herald-Sun
This well-loved traditional Christmas ballet were performed in a unique setting with 65 dancers of the Australian Conservatoire of Ballet and 65 musicians of the ACB Orchestra featuring international guest artists.
Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall, 20th and 21st December 2016
Coppélia
Choreographed by Maina Gielgud for the Australian Conservatoire of Ballet, Arts Centre Melbourne, December 2015
There was quite a lot of new choreography and loads of rearranging but basically Gielgud’s production was a staging rather than a new work. But what a beauty. It was hard to believe this was a student production, so high were its standards. The young dancers were not just technically assured, they gave terrifically engaged and engaging performances, working seamlessly with the delightful guest artists from Tokyo Ballet, Maria Kawatani and Arata Miyagawa. Christine Walsh designed the many costumes, all of them splendid.
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“Impressive... the students were simply evidence of the school's position as training ground for excellent ballet.”
- The Sunday Age December 2008
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"…here was a Melbourne ballet school on an admirable pedagogic mission: to expose its students and local audiences to diverse examples of international excellence."
- The Australian, August 2009.
About our productions
The Australian Conservatoire of Ballet has a well established reputation and is invited regularly to perform its large repertoire of dance works and ballets.
ACB INVITATIONS
ACB dance students have participated in the Port Fairy and Castlemaine Arts Festival, the Sans Souci Arts Festival in Germany, taken part in the inaugural performances of the Queensland Youth Ballet, participated in the "Pacific Brands" corporate events and have assisted in restaging ballet for Royal Ballet of Flanders.
ONE ACT BALLETS
One act ballets performed by the school are Christine Walsh's Paquita, A Midsummer Night's Dream, La Leçon, La Vivandiere, Kingdom of the Shades from La Bayadere, Le Corsaire Act 2, Octet for 9, Marc Bogaert's Ritualism and Framing and William Forsythe's Frankfurt Dances.
FULL-LENGTH BALLETS
In December 2002 & 2004, ACB staged a new spectacular production of the full-length Swan Lake with 100 musicians of the Melbourne Youth Orchestra at the Melbourne Town Hall and the Hamer Hall of the Arts Centre. This was followed in 2005 by an even more ambitious collaboration with the Melbourne Youth Orchestra in a production of Romeo & Juliet at the Melbourne Town Hall.
Since 2006, the ACB has performed its full-length productions at the State Theatre and Hamer Hall of the Arts Centre Melbourne featuring international guest artists and with its own orchestra on an annual basis to capacity audiences.
ACB now regularly performs fully staged productions of Christine Walsh's Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hansel & Gretel and Maina Gielgud's Coppelia and Harry Haythorne's La Sylphide.
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Bobby Cox’s Swan Song Not Going As Planned
By Daria Del Colliano 2 Comments
Categories: Cox's final season off to nightmarish start
Tags: 0-7 road trip, All-time Managerial Wins List, Atlanta Braves, Bobby Cox, Braves Manager, Chipper Jones, Jair Jurrjens, St. Louis Cardinals, Yunel Escobar
This is not the storybook ending to the Bobby Cox Era that the Atlanta Braves had envisioned.
In fact, it is a nightmarish beginning to the end of the illustrious Braves manager’s 29 year career.
Cox, in his 25th season with the Braves and in the final year of his brilliant managerial career, just watched his club endure an 0-7 road trip, their worst since 1949.
His team has lost nine straight games to drop them to an embarrassing 8-14 on the season.
To add injury to insult, Braves starter Jair Jurrjens and shortstop Yunel Escobar were hurt in Atlanta’s latest 10-4 loss at the hands of the St. Louis Cardinals yesterday.
Jurrjens exited after the first inning due to a strained left hamstring and Escobar departed in the seventh with what was described as a strained left abductor.
The Braves righty hopes to make his next start and Escobar is currently listed as day-to-day.
These latest blows to strike the Braves made Atlanta’s winless seven-game road stretch and nine-game losing streak even more intolerable and unbearable to watch.
While tempers are running high throughout the entire team, the person’s frustration who is at the most heightened state right now is Bobby Cox.
It has been 30 years since Cox has suffered a comparable losing streak.
In 1980, he was at the helm when the Braves went 0-6 to start the season. However, that team did not have the preseason expectations that this year’s club had.
The usual affable manager appears baffled by his team’s struggles and is desperately searching for the right lineup combinations or roster adjustments to spark his sputtering squad.
Cox and the Braves haven’t talked much about his swan song to this point. They were hoping to translate wins on the field—with the hope that success would instead speak volumes.
There is still five months of the season left which is enough time for the Braves to right this sinking ship and send Cox out on a winning note.
But, to this point, the Braves have let their skipper down.
For a man that ranks fourth on Baseball’s All-time Managerial Wins List and is a shoo-in future Hall of Famer, he deserved more in his final season.
Much, much more.
The listless, apathetic, uninspired play from his troops over the past nine games is shameful.
It is time for Chipper Jones and the veteran leaders of the Braves to grab hold of this despondent group and arrange for a players only team meeting to turn this season around.
A manager’s moves can ultimately only go so far, it is now up to the players to get out on the field and execute.
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Fifteen dead, six missing as rains trigger floods and landslides in Nepal
More than 20 people have been killed or are missing due to landslides and floods as monsoon rains lashed Nepal, the government said on Friday. Heavy rains since Thursday have hit 20 of Nepal’s 77 districts, in the hills as well as in southern plains. A Home Ministry statement said 15 people had been killed,… Read More Fifteen dead, six missing as rains trigger floods and landslides in Nepal
Seven deaed, scores injured as violent storm lashes northern Greece
At least seven people, including six tourists, were killed and more than 100 others injured when a violent, short-lived storm lashed northern Greece overnight, felling trees and ripping off rooftops. Witnesses said the storm had come and gone in a matter of minutes. Winds of over 100 kph (60 mph) were reported on the Halkidiki… Read More Seven deaed, scores injured as violent storm lashes northern Greece
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UN launches probe into drug war killings in Philippines
The U.N. Human Rights Council voted on Thursday to set up an investigation into thousands of killings in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s so-called ‘war on drugs’ – a step that activists said was long overdue. Duterte’s government says that around 6,600 people have been killed by police in shootouts with suspected drug dealers since Duterte… Read More UN launches probe into drug war killings in Philippines
Twelve Ghanaians named among 2019 100 Most Influential People of African Descent Under 40
Twelve Ghanaians across different sectors have been named among a list of 100 Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) under 40, a global 100 list that identifies high achievers of African descent worldwide, pairing those based across the Diaspora with their counterparts inside Africa. The MIPAD under 40 recognition comes as a global civil… Read More Twelve Ghanaians named among 2019 100 Most Influential People of African Descent Under 40
Communities brace for aftershocks following magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Southern California
High desert communities in Southern California on Saturday assessed damage and braced for potentially dangerous aftershocks from a major earthquake that shook buildings, ruptured gas lines and sparked fires near the remote epicenter of the second temblor in as many days. The powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocked the Mojave Desert town of Ridgecrest south of… Read More Communities brace for aftershocks following magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Southern California
One dead following volcano eruption on Italian island of Stromboli
A volcano on the Italian island of Stromboli erupted on Wednesday, releasing hot trapped magma in a powerful explosion, killing one person and enveloping the popular tourist destination in ash, witnesses and local officials said. The person, believed to be a tourist, was killed by falling stones during a walk, a rescue service official said.… Read More One dead following volcano eruption on Italian island of Stromboli
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This Steampunk Printrbot GO by Watchmaker John Davis is the Coolest Machine You’ll See Today
Ever since science fiction author K. W. Jeter coined the term “steampunk” to describe a subgenre of science fiction, fantasy literature and art which features some aspect of the age of steam-powered machinery incorporated in a futuristic setting, adherents have modified current technology to transform various modern, utilitarian objects into mechanical marvels which harken back to a previous time.
John Davis is a professional horologist who says he “dabbles” in CNC machining and 3D printing, and he brought all his considerable skills and inspiration to bear on this project: a steampunk Printrbot GO.
And what an amazing marriage of design and function the project is.
After studying creative writing at the University of Colorado at Boulder and watchmaking at North Seattle Community College, Davis moved to New York City and, following his passion for horology, began his career there. Davis variously describes himself as “art-damaged,” and a “post-punk,” and he spends his off hours working on watches and evangelizing for and building 3D printed objects and printers.
According to Davis, much of his passion for making and 3D printing came courtesy of his dad.
“My dad made me a maker. He may have described himself as a Do-It-Yourselfer or a Handi-Man or something like that, but the guy is a proto-maker of the highest order,” Davis says. “We listened to records and watched TV on awesome wood and fabric appliances that he built from kits – of course.”
And it was that inspiration from his dad that pushed him in his current direction as a maker.
“While I didn’t realize it until recently, the fact that I’ve taken on watchmaking as a career, taught myself SQL and VBA to make better use of data at work, built a 3D printer from a kit and am now teaching myself CNC machining is all because of the example my dad set for me growing up,” Davis writes. “He always demonstrated the attitude that ‘if someone can do this thing that I want to do, then I can do some research and teach myself how to do this thing also.’ That is an incredibly empowering attitude and I’m deeply grateful for having it modeled for me all my life.”
It’s that kind of can-do-it-myself attitude that led Davis to create a truly wondrous project – hisSteampunk Printrbot Go 3D printer.
He’s also created an excellent and very informative blog about his experiences in horology and 3D printing on his website, ei8htohms, and [20131011_192259_preview_featured] it’s well worth the visit.
It’s details like an extruder gear printed in “Antique Bronze” by Shapeways and a truly amazing throwback knife switch (which actually functions to power the printer on and off) that make his design a wonder of steampunk aesthetics.
You can download the design of some of the parts onThingiverse, but you’ll have to contact Davis for the rest as he doesn’t plan to include them all there.
“I don’t plan to upload more parts to Thingiverse, because I don’t how thoroughly Makerbot has turned it’s back on the Open Source community,” he says (sic). “For now I’ll leave these designs there so that others may still use and enjoy them. I’ve also migrated all these designs toShapeDo.”
Check out even more of the designer’s stuff on his Google+ page.
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At the Windows 10 live event, Microsoft showed off the capabilities of HoloLens
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3D Pricture of the day: Snowy Branch.
A snowy scene for a cold day.
Chinese company uses massive printer to 3D print five-storey apartment building
A high- tech construction company out of China has achieved the honor of being the first to construct an entire five-storey apartment building along with an 11,840 square foot villa via a 3D printer.
You can 3D-print your own Destiny hand cannon in 24 hours
A product designer from South Africa and Destiny gamer decided to combine his skills and hobby to create something wonderful: a 3D printed, life-sized weapon from Destiny.
3D Printing Stocks Had a Terrible 2014
2014 was not a kind year to 3D printing stocks according to The Motley Fool. 3D Systems, Stratasys, ExOne, Arcam, voxeljet, and Materialise significantly under-performed the S&P 500, which returned 11.54% excluding dividends in 2014.
Small children should not watch 3D films: Eye doctors
Optometry Australia says small children should not watch films and TV in 3D, because it could make the under sixes feel headachy, tired and nauseous, and how it could impact their eyes in the long term was still unknown.
How to Draw 3D Sharks.
Ever wonder how 3D artists achieve such realistic 3D effects on a 2D surface. Well, here's how VamosART draws 3D sharks. Turns out awesome....(insert Jaws theme music here)
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Blender 2.71 RC 2 released.
Alternative Displays to the Oculus Rift
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3D Picture of the Day: Marilyn Monroe Poolside
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Amazon reveals 3D Tech in its New Fire Phone
Here's a video where Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon shows off sthe cool new 3D Tech built into the new Amazon Fire smartphone called 'Dynamic Perspective'. The 3D perceptive is dynamically controlled with motion and needs no special glasses to view. he also shows the potential for gaming by adeptly saving Fortune Kitty. Bezos FTW!
Smosh Games Looks at Affected on Oculus Rift.
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You think that's air your are breathing now?
4 ways how 3D virtual reality can make everyday life easier
The Internet has lately been abuzz with news of Facebook’s recent acquisition of a virtual reality company called Oculus that has developed a nifty virtual reality (VR) device called the Rift that feeds high-resolution, position-sensitive images to the user.
In comments made after announcing the €2 billion dollar deal, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that his company will be actively seeking to develop the technology so that it will be useful for more practical activities besides gaming.
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3D Picture of the Day : Einstein
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Using 3D to Brush Your Teeth in 6 Seconds.
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Nostalgia interrupted: The paintings of David Lyle
☛ David Lyle: “Family Time”, oil on panel, 30” x 34”, 2011. © 2012 David Lyle.
David Lyle was born in Okinawa, Japan, in 1971. He currently lives and works in downtown Manhattan. From his official bio page:
David Lyle acts as both curator and painter, sifting through a vast array of lost snapshots from the 1950s, 60s, and 70s found at thrift stores, garage sales, e-bay auctions, and flea markets. His oil on panel paintings mimick their found photo authenticity and achieving a sense of nostalgia and memory.
Not only are Lyle’s images compelling in themselves, but in selecting themes from a dense amount of images, Lyle extracts a purely American moment in our psyches. It is this blend of curator and painter that is so interesting in David’s work, allowing him to create a formidable sense of familiarity with his subjects.
Although I really enjoy Lyle’s paintings, I’m not so sure about that “formidable sense of familiarity”. On the contrary, it seems to me his paintings create a chilling sense of uncomfortably strangeness or, more precisely, of uncanniness. On one hand, they appeal to our longing for nostalgic feelings: the desire to experiment with a past era about which we have romantic views (and so some of us collect vintage polaroid pictures, design from the art deco period, original movie posters, old vinyl disks, sneakers from the 70s, etc.). On the other end, David Lyle’s paintings often include an element that explicitly disturb this naive phantasm. Instead of inviting us to a peaceful contemplation, their composition induce a brutal, sometime humorous dissonance. In “Words of Wisdom” (2011) a typical suburb housewife from the 50’s looks at a G-string printed with Nike’s slogan “Just Do It”. In “If You See Something, Say Something” (2011) a bus passenger is calmly sitting with a bomb in his hand while people around him keep reading their newspaper. In “The Honey Hole” (2012) Winnie-the-Pooh is happily peeking at a half-naked pin-up while she undresses herself.
Consider the painting depicted above. “Family Time” represents a moment in the life of a family at the end of the 50’s or during the 60’s (between the second half of the 40’s and the very beginning of the 60’s the number of households equipped with a television set in the Unites-States skyrocketed, increasing from less than 0.5% to 90%1). Representation of joyful family members gathered together in front of the television screen is an iconographic archetype of this era (see the image below from this source).
A family gathered in front of a television set, photo by Evert F. Baumgardner, ca. 1958. Public domain. Retrieved from “Images of American Political History” at http://bill.ballpaul.net/
Such representation conveys an idyllic sense of perfection and purity. The “Golden Fifties” are often associated with this idea of a new (edenic) beginning. As Douglas T. Miller and Marion Nowak explains in The fifties: the way we really were:
Looking back on that period, people today see it as a time of fun and innocence, a soda-pop world with youth as its only participants. (Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1977, p. 5)
However, that’s not exactly what’s depicted in the painting. Something is rotten in the art of David Lyle. Within the TV sets, an anachronous sequence from The Simpsons shows a sociopathic Homer comically but violently strangling his son Bart2. The animated sitcom is less known for its innocence than for his highly cynical signature. It could be argued that this “dissonance” is making the phantasmic regime of the idyllic representation more apparent. The perfection we’re attributing to this era tells us more about our actual desire and longing than it tells us about the past. Consequently, by highlighting the contrast between what we believe we want and what we actually have, the painting invites us for a moment to consider the present time in a new perspective. Instead of vaguely recording the existence of The Simpsons in the horizon of our daily life, it may be possible, for instance, to see it as something quite strange and worrying. Miller and Novak shared a similar view in their book:
What does all this nostalgia means? Periods of intense longing for an earlier era indicate that people are discontented with the present. Excessive, sentimental nostalgia generally occurs during times of perceived crisis. (p. 5)
A press release for David Lyle’s upcoming exhibition Misbehaving at Lyons Wier Gallery (April 5 – 28, 2012) conveys a another description of his work:
In Misbehaving, we see how Lyle’s methodology combined with his acerbic wit creates an altered reality rife with cynicism and bursting with mischief. Lyle is impeccably faithful to the vintage photographs that inspire his work – until a point in which he instills a cultural reference so familiar, yet iconoclastic, as to leave the viewer wincing, laughing, or really thinking — often it is all three. (PDF)
More about David Lyle online:
His official website, Tumblr blog, Facebook Fan Page and Twitter account.
At the Lyons Wier Galleryy: twelve paintings by David Lyle and a catalogue of his work (PDF 3.6MB). Also a “sneak-peek” presenting the upcoming exhibition Misbehaving produced by Glen Biltz and David Lyle: on Vimeo.
At the Sue Green Fine Art Gallery: six paintings by David Lyle.
At Saatchi Online: a portofolio of 23 paintings by David Lyle.
I first found about David Lyle’s paintings via This Isn’t Happiness.
1. See Television History – The First 75 Years: Facts and Statistics. Also “Motion Picture Statistics (1930-1954)” by Anna Barcelos. ↩︎︎
2. In an indirectly related matter, see recently in The New Inquiry “Why We Love Sociopaths” by Adam Kotsko, April 4, 2012. This article is excerpted from Kotsko’s book Why We Love Sociopaths: A Guide to Late Capitalist Television (O Books, 2012). Preview it on Google Books. ↩︎︎
• By Philippe Theophanidis on April 4, 2012 ― Published in Art, Communication, Painting, Technology | Tagged: America, crisis, cynicism, David Lyle, family, history, innocence, kids, melancholy, nostalgia, past, phantasm, present, television
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'Core Stability' Is a Trendy Training Buzzword. Here's Why It's Often Misused
Understand what your core is and how you can train it to maximize your performance in your sport.
You've probably heard a trainer or coach preach the importance of having a "stable core." Terms like "core training" or "core stability training" have become increasingly trendy buzzwords, and now a huge number of exercises and movements are being classified under their umbrella, for better or worse.
But what exactly is core stability? To answer that question, we must define what muscles are included in the "core." The not-so-simple answer to this is that "we aren't sure."Â Scientists can't agree on a universal definition for the term, and everyone seems to have a different answer to the question. So instead of orienting our definition of the "core" in anatomical terms, let's define it a different way.
Picture our bodies like a tree. There isn't necessarily a true "core" of a tree, but trees have trunks that serve as the connection pathway between the roots, branches and leaves. I like to think this is very similar to how our bodies function in sport and movement.
But what exactly is core stability? To answer that question, we must define what muscles are included in the "core." The not-so-simple answer to this is that "we aren't sure." Scientists can't agree on a universal definition for the term, and everyone seems to have a different answer to the question. So instead of orienting our definition of the "core" in anatomical terms, let's define it a different way.
Athletes need engage in high-intensity actions that require the appropriate machinery and mechanisms to carry out these sporting movements. High-intensity actions include:
Change of direction
Let's think about a volleyball player spiking a ball. To do this efficiently, she must:
Produce force through the ground to jump by loading her lower-body musculature (the roots)
Transmit the force to her upper body (through the 'trunk')
Execute the transfer of force by hitting the volleyball (branches/leaves)
The presence of a weak link in this chain may lead to energy leaks and less powerful sporting movements. The bottomline is that a strong "connection pathway" is critical to reducing these energy leaks.
The demands of sport are quite different from each other (think gymnastics versus basketball) so it's difficult to decipher what exactly defines trunk stability; plus, the demands of the trunk will be different for each sport. However, We know that to transmit forces through the body, it's advantageous to have an efficient pathway.
For example: A basketball player going for a layup. To execute this movement most effectively, they will need to stabilize themselves on a single leg and propel their body upward. To be as stable as possible, they will have to minimize horizontal movements, as that's wasted energy which could be channeled to accelerating upwards.
So how do we train core stability? The simple answer is via strength training. There's a lot of confusion around this topic, however, so let's also hit on some methods that have been found to be largely ineffective:
Long-duration or high-rep "core" exercises that utilize little resistance (ex: a two-minute-long plank)
Crunches
Unstable surface training (such as Squats on a BOSU Ball)
So clearly, a lot of what's being labeled "core training" is at best a lowly effective method of building trunk stability.
What has been shown is that traditional strength training (such as Squats and Olympic lifts) can help develop the machinery (neural adaptations and strength) to efficiently carry out high-intensity actions.
As a result, this may:
1. Reduce injury
2. Increase power production
3. Increase strength to help produce more force (jump higher, run faster, etc.)
The problem with many people's approach to core stability and core training is they design isolated exercises meant to train these qualities, when in reality, they have little to no transfer to sport performance. On the other hand, strength training is an imperative part of the performance enhancement process; it helps prepare the athlete to handle large amounts of stress and functions as a tool to execute proper movement patterns as they pertain to sport.
In summation, lifting moderate-to-heavy loads via traditional strength training methods is going to do the most for your core/trunk stability. While the gimmicky unstable surface training that's often being labeled as "core" training on Instagram might look cool, the reality is that it's far from an efficient use of time for healthy athletes looking to enhance their performance.
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4. McGill, S. (2010). "Core Training: Evidence Translating to Better Performance and Injury Prevention," Strength and Conditioning Journal, 32(3), 33–46. https://doi.org/10.1519/SSC.0b013e3181df4521
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Time-continuous production networks with random breakdowns
The needle problem approach to non-periodic homogenization
December 2011, 6(4): 715-753. doi: 10.3934/nhm.2011.6.715
Ginzburg-Landau model with small pinning domains
Mickaël Dos Santos 1, and Oleksandr Misiats 2,
Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Institut Camille Jordan CNRS UMR 5208, 43, boulevard du 11 novembre 1918, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
Department of Mathematics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park PA 16802, United States
Received March 2011 Revised October 2011 Published December 2011
We consider a Ginzburg-Landau type energy with a piecewise constant pinning term $a$ in the potential $(a^2 - |u|^2)^2$. The function $a$ is different from 1 only on finitely many disjoint domains, called the pinning domains. These pinning domains model small impurities in a homogeneous superconductor and shrink to single points in the limit $\epsilon\to0$; here, $\epsilon$ is the inverse of the Ginzburg-Landau parameter. We study the energy minimization in a smooth simply connected domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{C}$ with Dirichlet boundary condition $g$ on $\partial \Omega$, with topological degree ${\rm deg}_{\partial \Omega} (g) = d >0$. Our main result is that, for small $\epsilon$, minimizers have $d$ distinct zeros (vortices) which are inside the pinning domains and they have a degree equal to $1$. The question of finding the locations of the pinning domains with vortices is reduced to a discrete minimization problem for a finite-dimensional functional of renormalized energy. We also find the position of the vortices inside the pinning domains and show that, asymptotically, this position is determined by local renormalized energy which does not depend on the external boundary conditions.
Keywords: Ginzburg-Landau Functional, vortices, pinning domain, degree..
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 49K20, 35J66, 35J50; Secondary: 47H1.
Citation: Mickaël Dos Santos, Oleksandr Misiats. Ginzburg-Landau model with small pinning domains. Networks & Heterogeneous Media, 2011, 6 (4) : 715-753. doi: 10.3934/nhm.2011.6.715
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Kything web interactions
EME at the W3C
Posted July 25, 2017 in Accessibility, Browsers, W3C, Web APIs.
There’s an ongoing kerfuffle about DRM (Digital Rights Management) being implemented in browsers and whether the W3C should publish a standard (‘recommendation’) that provides access to DRM content.
In case this goes wider than my usual audience of about a dozen people, I should make clear that:
I don’t like DRM. It is a silly technical solution that doesn’t actually protect content. The way DRM interacts with laws is also pernicious, in that laws such as Section 1201 of the US’s DMCA make illegal some things that should not be. Personally, I won’t buy DRM content unless I know how to ‘archive it’ without the DRM. (That doesn’t apply to ephemeral streaming services where you subscribe to a varying collection, I don’t have a problem with that as a deal.)
My reason for being involved at the W3C is web accessibility, a domain in which I’m rapidly heading towards 20 years of experience.
I won’t claim to be a video or DRM expert, but I have followed the arguments about it since the EME work was announced.
The key specification is Encrypted Media Extensions, the main point of which is that EME is an API to a DRM module (which isn’t covered by any W3C spec).
For background, I would read Tim Berners-Lee’s post about it. To understand the objections read the EFF’s appeal against publishing EME.
What good is EME?
Given my stated position on DRM, it should be an easy decision to oppose EME, right? Not so fast, you have to consider the alternatives.
There is so much pressure for DRM from ‘rights holders’, they really won’t put movies on the web without (the emperor’s new clothes of) DRM. In a branch of reality where EME never happened at the W3C, Flash/Silverlight would still be going, or a similar plugin replacement created.
If Flash were still plodding along providing browsers with a method of doing DRM video, how is that better?
EME was the last nail in Flash's coffin, which is the best outcome for a11y.
The browsers might have replaced the NPAPI interface that they hate so much (for good reason), but something would have been used to consume DRM video. If that was done outside of the W3C it would have been messy, the browsers would each do their own thing (a worse outcome on every measure) or come together at another standards body. It’s a JavaScript API, so perhaps ECMA?
I’ve seen comments saying that the rights-holders wouldn’t turn away 1 billion web users, but they wouldn’t have to. Their video would be available through devices and set-top-boxes (with DRM) to probably 90% of that billion users. I think the browser makers saw that and would rather there were an option for ‘premium’ video on the web.
For example, if you want to watch Game of Thrones in the UK on your computer, the only legal place to do that is at NowTV.com (owned by Sky). Once subscribed you browse to the programme page, and you have to install a dedicated app, which then pops-up when you click on the programme. So now I have an app installed on my computer instead of watching it in the browser, which sucks.
I’ve spoken to people at broadcasters and an online video service and they were clear that DRM was going to happen somehow. There is research that shows piracy doesn’t appear to displace music & book sales, but it does impact new movies significantly which is the focus of EME.
The bottom line is that: On an open platform, you can’t ban something that the content-owners require and (most of) the public want to use.
What are the problems with EME
Cory Doctorow outlined several issues, I’ll use that numbering with shorter titles:
This is the most concerning issue, which is that security researchers are preventing from finding and reporting issues with the DRM. That research is being prevented by the laws about DRM, rather than EME (the API to the DRM).
There was a large effort to create a covenant to protect security researchers, but no middle ground was found. For the engineering-types who represent companies at the W3C, they would be taking this covenant back to their company’s lawyers. Those lawyers would then be saying things like “So we have to agree not to sue someone breaking into our technology? I don’t think so.”
I would certainly like to see some compromise there, but it seems unlikely so the question then becomes: Whether to publish the EME spec or not?
2. Accessibility
The EME spec & implementations actually improves the general situation for accessibility (W3C commentary), as part of the W3C process there were several rounds of accessibility reviews.
Therefore the issue raised is around a new aspect of “automated generation of accessibility metadata”. For example creating a filter to detect flashing content:
Applying such a filter to (say) the entire corpus of videos available to Netflix subscribers who rely on EME to watch their movies would safeguard people with epilepsy
Regardless of DRM, does anyone really expect Netflix to open up their entire corpus of video to anyone? That is not how wide-spread accessibility has worked in a multimedia context. If there were such a tool (which could be developed using the <video> element without DRM), it would have to be Netflix that runs the script and provides the metadata via their player. There is no way they just open up the vaults.
The way that multimedia accessibility (which is an intensive production process) has worked historically is that a solution (e.g. audio description, captions) is either known or created, and then regulators insist that the providers use those solutions. The good thing is that there is a lot of overlap between companies creating the automated / machine-learning processes are the same ones that provide video and/or DRM modules.
Would it be a better world if anyone could run through the entire set of videos on Netflix/iPlayer/Amazon/HBO etc? Yes. But that wouldn’t happen in any branch of reality where those companies exist as profit making entities.
The intrinsic problem for things like applying filters is with the DRM that encrypts the video, not the API to the video in the browser (i.e. the EME spec). What the EME spec does do is protect access to alternative formats, which wouldn’t exist if we were still using plugins.
It has been suggested that a covenant could protect people who bypass the DRM for accessibility reasons (e.g. to apply filters). However, a DRM bypass could then be used for any reason including piracy, so the DRM provider would have to shut it down. It is similar to the arguments about “back doors” in encryption, you can’t have one without anyone being able to use it eventually. The method of shutdown might be technical (close a hole/bug) or legal (sue the person bypassing DRM), but the bottom line is that a DRM provider cannot sign up to a covenant that forces them to ignore holes in their DRM.
If you consider the alternative (realistic) possibilities, web accessibility is in a better place with EME.
3. EME essential to new players
I struggle with the logic of this one, I think the crux is:
EME’s existence turns on the assertion that premium video playback is essential to the success of any web player. It follows that new players will need premium video playback to succeed…
You could argue that access to premium video content is essential to any new web video player (browser?). That content relies on a DRM module so you are beholden to the people providing DRM. The existence of EME should make that process easier, not harder.
To EME, or not to EME?
People seem to think the W3C is creating a spec to put DRM in browsers. This is fundamentally untrue in several senses.
Firstly, the W3C is like a restaurant:
It has a lot of tables, it has a bunch of people paying to be here and discuss at the tables. The W3C at occasions moderates discussions, but that’s its only impact on the web platform. The people around the tables make the decisions, not the restaurant.
Secondly, the browsers implemented EME several years ago, the standards follow implementations.
DRM in browsers was there before, and it will continue to be, so the question is whether to publish the EME spec.
Overall, I don’t think it makes a huge difference either way, but the world will be a slightly better place with an standardised JavaScript API to DRM.
The world will be a much better place if the laws that enforce DRM are re-written, and I support every effort in that direction at appropriate venues.
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The Fine Line Between Writing in Solidarity & Appropriating Struggles (That Aren’t Ours)
June 2, 2015 Bani Amor 7 Comments
Hola, folks. So I had a lot of thoughts today about speaking OVER communities we’re not apart of in the process of trying to write in solidarity with them. I’ve been thinking about this a lot in general and have tons to learn. After I tweeted these thoughts, a lot of different folks jumped in to offer their two cents and a fruitful convo developed, so I’d consider checking out my TL (‘timeline’ for you non-tweeters!) for more, if you’re down. Share your thoughts in the comments!
So I've been thinking a lot abt the line bw writing what we think are solidarity/ally pieces and appropriating struggles we're privileged by
— EverywhereAllTheTime (@bani_amor) June 2, 2015
When we see that stories of oppression rnt being given space in media, the kneejerk reaction seems to be to fill it w statements solidarity
Instead of seeking out and supporting stories by, for and about the marginalized group in question
So basically, well-intentioned "allies" end up silencing the very marginalized groups they're trying to "help."
So, for instance, if yr a cis person writing abt #CaitlynJenner, consider, instead, ways to uplift & support those voices directly affected
If yr non-Black and want to write abt Black struggles, consider, instead, ways to uplift & support Black voices that are already out there
If yr a travel writer interested in writing a story abt x marginalized group in another country, consider uplifting/supporting native voices
If yr a journo/writer/reporter writing abt oppression that doesn't directly affect you, consider fact that yr profiting off others struggles
Ask yourself who yr writing actually benefits, who it silences, and what yr intentions are. Are u an expert in this field? If no, step BACK
Before writing about marginalized groups you are not a part of, ask yrself who is better equipped/experienced/directly affected to do so?
Consider that every dollar u make off of writing abt others struggles is another $ taken away from writers who r actually in that struggle
Advancing your career by writing abt struggles that aren't yours is also a form of cultural appropriation
If yre writing abt others' struggles is centered on ways you are complicit in their oppression or privileged by it, that's a different story
Again, there is a fine line bw actively trying dismantle oppression in writing and appropriating others' struggles for yr own benefit
And I see many of us out here straddling that line. It takes lots of listening, education & openness to critique to locate the difference
@bani_amor I see you're having some truth will your afternoon tea. I appreciate this
— Wander On (@VagabondDred) June 2, 2015
Im saying all this bc Im guilty of it in my own writing & seeing others do the same reminds me to do better. We can all, always, do better.
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Leah (Went Looking) says:
Really great points. I do have a couple of questions/comments though, would love to hear your thoughts-
Do these apply less to non-paid writing? I see a lot of people who write not for money, just for fun, and don’t do a whole lot of self-promo either, in all honesty. I get that them examining marginalization issues from a privileged position could be crowding the field… but is it? If this isn’t a money/competition thing? Is non-paid blogging still a zero sum game in ways? Agreed that everyone should try to lift native voices, but one could do both.
Also, asking are you an expert in the field – important, though whether or not you consider yourself an “expert” is a tricky thing too, haha. (And here I’m thinking about more structural/policy issues like, say, foreign aid, rather than speaking of personal experience, because we know who would be the expert there!) It’s just that sometimes the people who know the most feel least confident in what they know, because they have an idea of the vast amount of things they don’t know, whereas those who know very little think they’re already experts!
Thanks for spurring thoughts!
when i say experts i’m talking about lived experience as a part of an identity i.e. straight people fancying themselves experts in queer issues, non-black people who make $ off of uncredited, unpaid Black labor, the common narrative in travel media that white foreigners are considered experts in places they visit as opposed to the people who are actually from there, etc. and nope, doesn’t apply less to non-paid writing at all, i’m talking about about privileged people taking up too much social (in addition to physical) space, and i don’t mean ‘privileged people’ as if it were one group. does that clear some stuff up?
Yep, thanks for answering!
Along the lines of those who aren’t experienced experts (nor can they ever be) speaking up on a topic though, I suppose I’m thinking that, in certain cases, it can be potentially helpful. And not really for the right reasons, but because other privileged people will tend to listen to privileged people and not those who are marginalized, unfortunately. I’m actually thinking about sexual harassment here based on recent discussions I’ve had. So where I’m going with this is that I, as a woman, understand sexual harassment in ways nearly all men cannot (though, recognizing, different women will have different harassment experiences). However, the sad truth is, when I speak up about my stories, many men flat out will not listen. But, they do listen to other men, so if a well-intentioned man, who is against sexual harassment, says “cut it out, how would you feel if (some metaphor)?” and, even though it’s not totally apt, it gets this one guy to back off, is that bad? As long as space is left for women to tell their stories too? Another example – race marginalization, a white person here can’t understand, definitely cannot, but if they tell another white person “hey imagine ___” and, super sadly, that white person will listen to the other white person but not those whose stories are their own, but still they modify their behavior, is that bad? It’s certainly not getting at the root of the problem by any means, but it’s still some tiny movement in the moment.
Sorry for super long comments, I’m mentally grappling!
I feel you Leah, but my tweets were written in the context of writing, as in journalism, reportage, memoir, even fiction. But to address what you’re talking about, I would go even further and say that it’s the responsibility of privileged people to speak up and educate other people who share their privilege on the oppression of others, but if the intent there is to do it because the people we’re speaking to don’t value the voices of the oppressed group in question, I just think that reinforces the power imbalance. When we’re trying to self-educate, I would hope that people would centralize the voices of the oppressed group in question, not those of “allies.” For instance, I’ve tried to stay away from cis people’s statements, articles, opinions, etc. on Caitlyn Jenner’s VF cover, and instead have made it a point to listen to and disseminate writings from trans women (especially of color) on the subject. I know that most folks don’t “self-educate” and it’s always good to call out people in everyday conversation, but there is only so much social space to discuss these issues, and I don’t think the majority of it should be taken up by “allies.” You feel me? It’s not about it being good or bad, but about finding a balance and respecting boundaries.
Yes, I get you Bani. That all makes total sense. I agree people with privilege should use that privilege in support, when it can have a positive impact, but yes, there is a need to respect boundaries and be just that – a voice of support rather than the central voice. And yesss about self-educating. Go to the source. Thanks for the discussion! 🙂
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up to charlestown, west virginia, right around the freezing mark this morning. also out in winchester. but no real keld air anywhere around the eastern seaboard a. wedge of slightly cooler air coming down the eastern seaboard. that's what's going to keep us a little cooler today than yesterday. you could see on the 24-hour temperature change five to seven degrees cooler now than the sme time yesterday. this isn't going to last long. temperatures already climbing 10 to5 degrees the last 24 hours and that warming trendill be right back in place. this little short-lived cool snap is nogoing to really terfere with our plans. if we make it to 58 today that will be warmer than average this time of the year. the warmer air wins out once again as we go through the next 24 hours. this wedge of cooler air. not a very deep wedge. it won't last too much longer. by the time we get into tomorrow afternoon, the warmer air surging back in once again. that warming trend goes into tuesday as well. not going to be bright and sunny like it was yesterday. we'll still ve a good bit of cloud cover to conten
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to the numbers. i played paintball back in the day, as well. 45 in winchester. 34 in manassas. quantico, 36 degrees. relatively cool start to our day. light west winds at 5 to 10. locally, we'll get up to about 54 or 55. we should stay in the low 50's. let's go to lisa baden. >> there is a detour for folks heading south on the baltimore washington parkway. exit at 198 and follow the detour. then you pick up the baltimore- washington parkway. there is an accident investigation underway right now. a tow truck has arrived on the scene. now we go to greta and alison. >> thank you. >>> a deadly accident has shut down part of the southbound baltimore-washington parkway at this hour. the road is closed south of 198 and it will stay closed for much of the morning. a man was trying to push his broken-down car off the highway when he fell onto the road and it was struck by another vehicle. the man was pronounced dead at the scene. we will have a live report in our next half-hour. >>> more anger in college park after another student was attacked on campus. this happened at a parking gara
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leesburg, 35 in vacaville, 27 in winchester. in western maryland, low 30's. warmer temperatures in annapolis at 48. high-pressure is a lot across the region, bringing clear skies. a beautiful sunrise at 6:45. morning temperatures in the 30's and 40's. upper 50s-low 60's this afternoon. mainly clear skies tonight will allow temperatures to drop quickly. 30 degrees and the mountains, 38 in the district. upper 50's-low to mid 60's. we will keep sunshine in the forecast saturday and sunday. the next best chance of showers is tuesday with 30%. highs around 60 degrees then. nighttime lows well above freezing for most of the area for the next seven days. now to lisa baden. >>> the traffic looks good. hov is lifted except for the john hanson highway traffic, about 50. north side of the beltway at university boulevard, overnight construction is gone. 95 looks good northbound and southbound at springfield. >>> 46 degrees. >> two of the best basketball players from china. >> john wall, the rookie from the wizards stole the show. >> today on "oprah," marie osmond speaks about the loss of her s
leesburg, 35 in vacaville, 27 in winchester. in western maryland, low 30's. warmer temperatures in annapolis at 48. high-pressure is a lot across the region, bringing clear skies. a beautiful sunrise at 6:45. morning temperatures in the 30's and 40's. upper 50s-low 60's this afternoon. mainly clear skies tonight will allow temperatures to drop quickly. 30 degrees and the mountains, 38 in the district. upper 50's-low to mid 60's. we will keep sunshine in the forecast saturday and sunday. the...
degrees now here in washington. 40 degrees in fairfax and leesburg. in winchester. 36 in martinsburg. clouds on the increase by later on this afternoon. any of the rain showers inar western west virginia will stay away from us today and for most of the day tomorrow as well. could have a chance for a sprink out west of the blue ridge early in the day tomorrow but i think in the washington metro area our next chance doesn't show up until after the sun gs down tomorrow. >> thank you, chuck. >> you're welcome. >>> following breaking news in fairfax county this morning. that's where police say a baby was found in a duffel bag alive. the discovery was made in springfield and that's right off the fairfax county parkway. news 4's derrick ward joins us live again with the latest. good morning again, derrick. >> reporter: good morning, kimberly. take a look over my shoulder. this is the scene, the crime scene tape, marks the area where the child was found in the shadow of the cross of st. raymond's catholic church. it was about 6:45. we are told that a parishioner arriving early for services p
degrees now here in washington. 40 degrees in fairfax and leesburg. in winchester. 36 in martinsburg. clouds on the increase by later on this afternoon. any of the rain showers inar western west virginia will stay away from us today and for most of the day tomorrow as well. could have a chance for a sprink out west of the blue ridge early in the day tomorrow but i think in the washington metro area our next chance doesn't show up until after the sun gs down tomorrow. >> thank you, chuck....
ABC 7 News at 500 : WJLA : November 16, 2010 5:00pm-6:00pm EST
4 in winchester. information leading to an arrest could be worth $1,000. >>> two charges were dropped on a man found driving a car belonging to a murdered american university professor. the professor was found dead in her bethesda home. he still faces county in the montgomery county. there is an extradition hearing set for next week. >>> and metrobus attracted to a pickup truck this afternoon. the bus and the truck collided on east capitol street in northeast washington. this was just before 1:00 p.m. they took seven people to the hospital. d.c. fire said no one was seriously injured. >>> u.s. airways pilots said the decline today at reagan airport. they are the lowest paid pilots in the business. julie parker is live from the airport to tell us more. >> this was not a strike, at least not yet. they just want to recruit some of the pay and pension they lost right after 9/11. a silent protest outside reagan national airport this afternoon and on the inside. the show of solidarity by more than 80 pilots caught the passengers' attention. >> i am worried to get on a plane. and >>
4 in winchester. information leading to an arrest could be worth $1,000. >>> two charges were dropped on a man found driving a car belonging to a murdered american university professor. the professor was found dead in her bethesda home. he still faces county in the montgomery county. there is an extradition hearing set for next week. >>> and metrobus attracted to a pickup truck this afternoon. the bus and the truck collided on east capitol street in northeast washington. this...
ABC News Good Morning America : WJLA : November 9, 2010 7:00am-9:00am EST
degrees currently in winchester. in stafford, 48 degrees. the forecast will call for a lot of sunshine and not as breezy today, high temperatures right around 60. los 60's around the beltway and upper 50's and outlying areas. sonny and near 60 the rest of the week. >>> the man accused of plotting to blow up several metro stations in northern virginia is expected in court today. a 34-year-old farouk ahmed is expected to plead not guilty. he was arrested last month during a sting operation. we'll have another update ♪ you know it's just the fear of being alone ♪ >>> she is not just a star. she's a whole galaxy. reba mcentire. tearing up the charts. brand-new cd out today. >> today. >> number 34. >> yeah. how about that? >> you're also nominated for female vocalist of the year, at the cmas. we'll hear from reba coming up. good morning, america. i'm george stephanopoulos. robin roberts, just across the street, right? the new disney store. >> that's right. it's a brand-new disney store that's opening today. it's our newest neighbor here in times square. we have special, special
degrees currently in winchester. in stafford, 48 degrees. the forecast will call for a lot of sunshine and not as breezy today, high temperatures right around 60. los 60's around the beltway and upper 50's and outlying areas. sonny and near 60 the rest of the week. >>> the man accused of plotting to blow up several metro stations in northern virginia is expected in court today. a 34-year-old farouk ahmed is expected to plead not guilty. he was arrested last month during a sting...
, 43 degrees in annapolis, 27 in winchester. we can see that there is snow in the upper midwest and high pressure dominating here in the east. that means today temperatures in the mid 60s, well above the seasonal average. i'll have your saturday outlook in the next half hour. bianna? >> j.c., thank you. >>> if you were in the market for a vase or a vase, take note because black friday is two weeks away. but retailers are already starting to make some of their big holiday sales. there's growing optimism that consumers may be willing to spend again this holiday season. and it seems stores will do almost anything to get your money. t.j. winick has the story. >> reporter: it's all retail wants for the holidays. >> judging by the amount of people with bags in their hands, it looks like it's going. >> reporter: 2008 and 2009, were hardly festive for business. but this year, things are look up. according to credit card companies, retail sales are up 3%. retailers have added three-times as many seasonal workers as last season. and one of the bellwethers are prices are higher than before. >>
, 43 degrees in annapolis, 27 in winchester. we can see that there is snow in the upper midwest and high pressure dominating here in the east. that means today temperatures in the mid 60s, well above the seasonal average. i'll have your saturday outlook in the next half hour. bianna? >> j.c., thank you. >>> if you were in the market for a vase or a vase, take note because black friday is two weeks away. but retailers are already starting to make some of their big holiday sales....
map. winchester, 41. martinsburg hanging back at mid 30s there. mid 30s toward hagerstown. everyone will see sunshine start to finish today and with warm aiback to the west we have a warming trend coming our way. each day we've been getting warmer than the day before. that paern continues for today. dew points a little bit more moisture in the atmosphere across the ohio river valley. that's where our next chance of rain is developing. biarea of low pressure spinning its way toward the state of wisconsin. snow up on the northwest side of that. minneapolis could get as much as 6 inches of snow today. not for us. most of the yrg and moisture with this system is headed north of us through the great lakes and ahead into portions of eastern canada. high pressure will protect us for the weekend. bright and sunny and mild both today and tomorrow. the weather front will bring changes to the weather as we get into monday. clouds come back late sunday night to the day on monday. monday a mostly cloudy affair. a chance for showers around. steadier rains look likely by tuesday. for your saturday
map. winchester, 41. martinsburg hanging back at mid 30s there. mid 30s toward hagerstown. everyone will see sunshine start to finish today and with warm aiback to the west we have a warming trend coming our way. each day we've been getting warmer than the day before. that paern continues for today. dew points a little bit more moisture in the atmosphere across the ohio river valley. that's where our next chance of rain is developing. biarea of low pressure spinning its way toward the state of...
county. 31 out in fairfax. 30 degrees in leesburg. 30 in winchester. upper 20s to low 30s across upper montgomery county as well. plenty of cold air out there first thing on a sund morning. those rain showers way out to our west will stay west of us for today and through much of tomorrow as well. i think our rain trances here don't start to sneak up again until we get into the late hours of monday night. hopefully we can keep the rain away from the redskins game. >>hank you, chuck. >> you're welcome. >>> we're following two developing stories this morning. first in virginia firefighters are investiting a two-alarm fire at a stripall in vienna. this fire broke out at the vienna plaza shopping center on maple avenue west early this morning. the cause of the blaze is still unknown and no injuries were reported. and in maryland a man is seriously hurt aer a shooting at an apament complex. this happened this morning in the 400 block of muddy branch road in gaithersburg. lice suspect the man was trying to break into one of the apartments when the tenant shot him. the man was taken to a nearb
county. 31 out in fairfax. 30 degrees in leesburg. 30 in winchester. upper 20s to low 30s across upper montgomery county as well. plenty of cold air out there first thing on a sund morning. those rain showers way out to our west will stay west of us for today and through much of tomorrow as well. i think our rain trances here don't start to sneak up again until we get into the late hours of monday night. hopefully we can keep the rain away from the redskins game. >>hank you, chuck....
9News Now at 6am : WUSA : November 12, 2010 6:00am-7:00am EST
. 28 gaithersburg. lou anne in annapolis called in, 42 degrees. winchester is 29. martinsburg 29. frederick 25. manassas down to 23. you are going to see how quickly that warms up once the sun comes out. calm winds thanks to high pressure overhead. out west we see a front in the midwest but it is stationary now. it will be slow to move off to the east. eventually it will get here but it will take several days. high pressure in the short term will kind of block everything from heading this way. going out to minneapolis for the weekend, grab the rain gear and a jacket. wet and some snow may mix in. eventually the system moves this way. but even by sunday morning just getting to ohio and kentucky and tennessee. we will be in fine shape for the weekend. football tonight, grab the jackets, maybe the throws. good luck to the playoff teams as temperatures will be falling in to the 40s and the next few days, dc.highschoolsports.net, by the way, for the action -- look like this. 62 today. 68 beautiful days on saturday. sunday 66. on monday, 59 with a late shower possibling, but rain by tu
. 28 gaithersburg. lou anne in annapolis called in, 42 degrees. winchester is 29. martinsburg 29. frederick 25. manassas down to 23. you are going to see how quickly that warms up once the sun comes out. calm winds thanks to high pressure overhead. out west we see a front in the midwest but it is stationary now. it will be slow to move off to the east. eventually it will get here but it will take several days. high pressure in the short term will kind of block everything from heading this way....
News 4 at 4 : WRC : November 22, 2010 4:00pm-5:00pm EST
shortly after noon. the coolest spots north and west during the morning hours. winchester, 43. then 67 to 7 degrees, range in the high temperatures throughout much of the area tomorrow. very mild for getting somewhere. thanksgiving day. cooler with a 50% chance of showers. then by the time we ge to friday, friday morning, 45. now looks like the cold air will wait until the weekend with moing temperatures in the 30s. probably low 30s in lot of locations. >> all right. it's coming. >>> still ahead, wikileaks prepares to release another batch of classified documents. >>> plus a story of survival and forgiveness. from a bride to be paralyzed days before her wedding. >>> tonight on news4 at 5:00, a showdown over security. the public and politicians continue to sound off about airport screening. you might be surprised to find out how local travelers are responding. >>> why moms today are unhappier than moms used to be and how to break the cycle. >>> the ads say you can come that i remember son shop and save money. so news4 went mattress shopping with a hidden camera. see what we found in a spec
shortly after noon. the coolest spots north and west during the morning hours. winchester, 43. then 67 to 7 degrees, range in the high temperatures throughout much of the area tomorrow. very mild for getting somewhere. thanksgiving day. cooler with a 50% chance of showers. then by the time we ge to friday, friday morning, 45. now looks like the cold air will wait until the weekend with moing temperatures in the 30s. probably low 30s in lot of locations. >> all right. it's coming....
NBC Bay Area News at 11 : KNTV : November 25, 2010 11:00pm-11:35pm PST
producer, dan, they are just letting 50 people in at a time. this is in winchester, right? right off of winchester in san jose. unbelievable. people bundled up in their coats and wearing lots of layers. you guys are crazy. getting the bargains. let's look at some maps. a winter storm watch for saturday. if you know anyone headed up there, there is another storm on saturday or if you are getting a late start, be forewarned. some seven feet in just a week. record-setting snow. it will make travel treacherous into sunday's forecast. meanwhile back home in the bay area it is about the freeze warning that stretches 400 miles across the state of california. this cold air is all over the west. this freeze warning is in effect throughout the morning with our coldest spot in the north bay. here for the east bay under that freeze warning with temperatures in the 20s. we've had the coldest morning today. tomorrow it is going to be cold. this is going to be the last of this freeze weather that we've had here. we will have a frost advisory for bayside communities, more moisture near the bay. a patch
producer, dan, they are just letting 50 people in at a time. this is in winchester, right? right off of winchester in san jose. unbelievable. people bundled up in their coats and wearing lots of layers. you guys are crazy. getting the bargains. let's look at some maps. a winter storm watch for saturday. if you know anyone headed up there, there is another storm on saturday or if you are getting a late start, be forewarned. some seven feet in just a week. record-setting snow. it will make...
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Fox 45 Morning News : WBFF : November 12, 2010 6:00am-9:00am EST
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about winchester virginii, 29 there. and down in salisbury 38 degrees. as you can see high pressure continues to bring ussnice weather. this has been the case for the last severrl days. what a nice stretch of weather it has been with all of sunshine %-to 60 degrees or above.ing up we do expect to be right around there today. the next forgotten frontal boundary is coming our way. it's going to weaken some and as it does it is going to mmve without a whole lot of moisture. if we get anything at all, probably the western side of the state by sunday. the better chance is from a developing cold pressure center by tuesday into wednesday. that's the best chance of rain. chilly air is on the way for the end of next week. enjoy the upper 50s low 60s for the next several days before that occurs. 58 degrees for the eastern shore then, with a lot of sunshine and north wind at 5-10 miles per hour. if you're in the northern part of the state, expect a high of 5-10 and the western part of maryland getting up to 61 degrees with a lot of sun and a light wind out of the north. then point, 9 degrees w
about winchester virginii, 29 there. and down in salisbury 38 degrees. as you can see high pressure continues to bring ussnice weather. this has been the case for the last severrl days. what a nice stretch of weather it has been with all of sunshine %-to 60 degrees or above.ing up we do expect to be right around there today. the next forgotten frontal boundary is coming our way. it's going to weaken some and as it does it is going to mmve without a whole lot of moisture. if we get anything at...
Book TV : CSPAN2 : November 21, 2010 12:30am-7:00am EST
that. simon winchester will be talking in the chapman auditorium here at lammy dade college is well about his latest book, atlantic, but the atlantic ocean. we will talk with the authors of sigal won the amazing true story of brothers to the rescue about cuba. meghan mccain will be talking about her book that came out in august, 30, sexy politics and in then a panel with john avlon, bill press, talk the talk and doug schoen that is how how the tea party movement that is bundling remaking our two-party system. that is tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. eastern time. after that we will talk with eliza griswold. we have a call-in opportunity for you. the tenth parallel and this is about the split between islam and christianity, and then finally, charles ruppel high has written a new book about robert morris, financier of the american revolution. then the final event of tomorrow which is due to begin at about 5:00 p.m. eastern time, jonathan friends talking about his historical novel, freedom. that is their coverage for tomorrow. if you happen to be in the miami area booktv is here and the c-span bu
that. simon winchester will be talking in the chapman auditorium here at lammy dade college is well about his latest book, atlantic, but the atlantic ocean. we will talk with the authors of sigal won the amazing true story of brothers to the rescue about cuba. meghan mccain will be talking about her book that came out in august, 30, sexy politics and in then a panel with john avlon, bill press, talk the talk and doug schoen that is how how the tea party movement that is bundling remaking our...
News 4 Midday : WRC : November 23, 2010 11:00am-12:00pm EST
sprinkles around winchester. and other areas stretch farther to thesouth and west near west virginia. we're in the low to mid-60s. but these are probably going to be the high temps for the day. you see where the rain is falling. it's just in the 50s now. just 54 in frederick. and farther to the west, it's only in the 20s in chicago. the teens up in minnesota and wisconsin right now. and, yes, it's below zero in the dakotas over to the northern rockies. it's quite a cold air mass. we're being brushed by it. i will be arriving later on tonight after a few showers. 30s tomorrow morning with highs in the 50s. clouding up late in the afternoon and tomorrow through thanksgiving day. cloudy, highs mid-50s. might get a shower thursday evening and through midday friday. the weekend looks dry but chilly that's the way it looks right now. pat? >> thank you, tom. >>> sarah palin's n book "ameri "america" hitting store shelves tomorrow. she talked about possibly running for president herself in 2012. as nbc nancy o'donnell's reports she doesn't hold back on that discussion either. >> reporter: ev
sprinkles around winchester. and other areas stretch farther to thesouth and west near west virginia. we're in the low to mid-60s. but these are probably going to be the high temps for the day. you see where the rain is falling. it's just in the 50s now. just 54 in frederick. and farther to the west, it's only in the 20s in chicago. the teens up in minnesota and wisconsin right now. and, yes, it's below zero in the dakotas over to the northern rockies. it's quite a cold air mass. we're being...
FOX 45 Late Edition : WBFF : November 18, 2010 11:00pm-11:30pm EST
of upton, harlem park, heritage crossing and sand down, winchester, no water. shut off is 10:00 saturday and water back on at 8:00 a.m. sunday morning. baltimore county still giving out flu shott. daily clinics are held until december 3rd. from one to four. except thanksgiving and day after. friday. one night clinic is held december 1 from 4:00 to 7:00 in the evening. and shots are given out at three locations. now for a list of the clinics. just go to foxbaltimore.com/news links. >> the cdc said that adults are not getting enough vaccinations at this time of the year. doctors say adults are getting vaccines, for things like hpv. but lag behind on shots for@ -hings like pertuse sus and pneumonia. >> j.c. penny announces plans for "black friday." opening the doors at 4:00, the day after thanksgiving. it will offer hundreds of door buster deals and everything rom toys to diamonds. there will beethousands of exclusive saae items on j.c. penny.com for cyber monday. >> the disappearance of natalie holloway, what police know would not the bone found on that beach in aruba, right after
of upton, harlem park, heritage crossing and sand down, winchester, no water. shut off is 10:00 saturday and water back on at 8:00 a.m. sunday morning. baltimore county still giving out flu shott. daily clinics are held until december 3rd. from one to four. except thanksgiving and day after. friday. one night clinic is held december 1 from 4:00 to 7:00 in the evening. and shots are given out at three locations. now for a list of the clinics. just go to foxbaltimore.com/news links. >> the...
winchester. 28 in culpeper. 27 in manassas. mid 30s in prince george's county. mid 40s along the bay. plenty of sunshine today. high pressure is in charge. temperatures running 10 degrees or more, warmer than average, for mid november. highs today another 30-degree jump from morning temperatures to afternoon highs into the mid 60 by later this afternoon. not good kite flying weather. you can do almost anything you want to do today but not a good kite flying day. hardly a puff of wind. on occasion i've been known to give that kind of advice but not today. >> sounds good. thank you, chuck. >>> now to the arrest of prince george's executive jack johnson and his wife. >> federal investigators say that they're both wrapped up in a political corruption plot and even tried to flush evidence down the toilet and more arrests may be on the way. >> we begin our team coverage with a look at the charges against the johnsons. >> reporter: prince george's execute jacks johnson emerged from u.s. federal court after being released from federal custody declaring his evidence that he tampered with evid
winchester. 28 in culpeper. 27 in manassas. mid 30s in prince george's county. mid 40s along the bay. plenty of sunshine today. high pressure is in charge. temperatures running 10 degrees or more, warmer than average, for mid november. highs today another 30-degree jump from morning temperatures to afternoon highs into the mid 60 by later this afternoon. not good kite flying weather. you can do almost anything you want to do today but not a good kite flying day. hardly a puff of wind. on...
Good Morning Washington 600 : WJLA : November 17, 2010 6:00am-7:00am EST
. otherwise, 30-50 miles per hour. winchester had 33 miles per hour gusts. we will peek into the mid-60's for high temperatures today. this happens all the time behind cold fronts because the cold air is the delayed 24 hours or so. tomorrow will be cooler and another cold front comes to town and drop the temperature. what about the seven day forecast? adam caskey will have that coming up in a couple of minutes. right now, we have blue skies and looking nicer out there this morning. >> we have the official comb- over advisory. >> is all set to go. >> lisa baden, you have another warning? >>> you need to have patience this morning. 270 had a big crash southbound after montresor road. three lanes are now getting by after montresor road. three lanes are now getting by to the can you tell me what f-stop you had the aperture set to? uh, pretty big. and the shutter speed? really...[snaps]...quick. how did you compensate for the diminished light? very well, thank you. with features like compact long zoom, leica lenses, and intelligent auto, lumix cameras make amazing photos easy. calm down donkey
. otherwise, 30-50 miles per hour. winchester had 33 miles per hour gusts. we will peek into the mid-60's for high temperatures today. this happens all the time behind cold fronts because the cold air is the delayed 24 hours or so. tomorrow will be cooler and another cold front comes to town and drop the temperature. what about the seven day forecast? adam caskey will have that coming up in a couple of minutes. right now, we have blue skies and looking nicer out there this morning. >> we...
ABC 7 News at Noon : WJLA : November 9, 2010 12:00pm-12:30pm EST
bay. 59 degrees at the chesapeake beach. 61 degrees in winchester. most of us locally will make it into the low 60's. it will be cooler in outlying areas. let's look of the almanac data. yesterday was a great today but i little breezy. 64 degrees was the high temperature. the average height is 60 degrees and we will be near that plus or minus for the rest of this weaker winds are not quite as bad but they are a little breezy out there. they are sustained at 7-40 miles per hour. -- 7-14 miles per hour. is not so bad. 18-mile per hour gusts in quantico. that is not a big deal. an area of low pressure is off the coastline. that has been there since last week. it is to blame for power outages and a nasty wintry mix yet to the morning in new england. we will have high pressure sell low will stay out to sea and the high pressure is centered over canada, over quebec. that is influencing our weather and will take a stronger call the next couple of days. we have more fantastic whether to look forward to. at bedtime, 11:00 p.m., 40 degrees for the temperature in temperatures tomorrow morning
bay. 59 degrees at the chesapeake beach. 61 degrees in winchester. most of us locally will make it into the low 60's. it will be cooler in outlying areas. let's look of the almanac data. yesterday was a great today but i little breezy. 64 degrees was the high temperature. the average height is 60 degrees and we will be near that plus or minus for the rest of this weaker winds are not quite as bad but they are a little breezy out there. they are sustained at 7-40 miles per hour. -- 7-14 miles...
Book TV : CSPAN2 : November 21, 2010 10:30am-6:30pm EST
return for a talk by simon winchester who published a book about the thraptic ocean -- atlantic ocean. he was on our program in 2004 and in 1998 to discuss the professor and the madman about the oxford english dictionary. after that, we'll interview authors about the book "sea gull one," an organization founded and efforts to save people fleeing cuba on rafts. after that meggan mccain will speak about her book, "dirty, sexy politics," and after that nonfiction for children entitled "heros for my son." then bill press, doug shaun all taking part in that discussion and appeared on booktv in the past. after that is eliza here to take your calls on christianity and islam. after that, another opportunity for you to call in. charles will be here about "robert morris." the final event from the conference center is from jon than franzen, "freedom." that book made the news this summer while president obama bought it on summer vacation. if you are in the area, it's sunny and 80 degrees as you know. come see us. the c-span bus is here. come say hi, and if you're not in the area, you can follow our u
return for a talk by simon winchester who published a book about the thraptic ocean -- atlantic ocean. he was on our program in 2004 and in 1998 to discuss the professor and the madman about the oxford english dictionary. after that, we'll interview authors about the book "sea gull one," an organization founded and efforts to save people fleeing cuba on rafts. after that meggan mccain will speak about her book, "dirty, sexy politics," and after that nonfiction for children...
9News Now Tonight : WUSA : November 17, 2010 7:00pm-7:30pm EST
winchester. tonight in the 10 to 20 range. temperatures in the 40s and 50s. feels cooler because of the winds. 48 up into frederick and 46 already in manassas. for tonight, partly cloudy, breezy, colder, lows upper 30s in the bushes and mid 40s downtown. there are the winds west northwest at 10 to 20. come back and talk if the winds pick up tomorrow. a weak system heads our way tomorrow. we'll let you know what that means. >>> this just into 9 news now. documents show out of the court that prosecutors are expecting a second suspect to plead guilty tomorrow in the murder of brian bets. the dc school principal found slain back in april. sharice towel lancaster expected to enter a formal plea tomorrow at 3 p.m. another suspect delonte sounders pled guilty last week. >>> nurses at the washington center will not go on strike next wednesday. the report is that the hospital has struck a deal with the nurse's union to prevent the work stoppage. the two at odds other the proposed new wage rules. under the new deal. the rules will not go into effect until next march. >>> wal-mart coming to d.
winchester. tonight in the 10 to 20 range. temperatures in the 40s and 50s. feels cooler because of the winds. 48 up into frederick and 46 already in manassas. for tonight, partly cloudy, breezy, colder, lows upper 30s in the bushes and mid 40s downtown. there are the winds west northwest at 10 to 20. come back and talk if the winds pick up tomorrow. a weak system heads our way tomorrow. we'll let you know what that means. >>> this just into 9 news now. documents show out of the court...
of the high spots already in the mid-50s. winchester, front royal towards martinsburg and charl town and southern ld temperatures in the upper 40s to near 50 degrees. we're on track for a mild afternoon. temperatures zooming to the upper 50s. 59 degrees around 3:00 this afternoon. make your plans to get outside and enjoy it. the cavaliers of virginia are on the road at boston college. howling west wind in chestnut hill this afternoon so watch out for that one. a noon kickoff, indiana hoosiers anpenn state nittany lions at fedex field in landover, a noon kick there. 56 degrees. go from that game go, over to watch navy play in annapolis or go to college park at 8:00 for the seminoles and the terps. >>> everyone is still on the road. >> you can go to all three of those games. i wish i could snipe know you do. thank you, chuck. >>> new this morning two people are dead after an accident in prin william county. it happened lastnight around 9:00 near lee highway and james madison highway in gainesville. a third personas hurt and flown to a nearby hospital. police don't know how many vehicle
of the high spots already in the mid-50s. winchester, front royal towards martinsburg and charl town and southern ld temperatures in the upper 40s to near 50 degrees. we're on track for a mild afternoon. temperatures zooming to the upper 50s. 59 degrees around 3:00 this afternoon. make your plans to get outside and enjoy it. the cavaliers of virginia are on the road at boston college. howling west wind in chestnut hill this afternoon so watch out for that one. a noon kickoff, indiana hoosiers...
Fox 5 Morning News Sunday : WTTG : November 21, 2010 8:00am-9:00am EST
outside. 34 at dulles, 39 at frederick. 42 for winchester. 44 at the nation's capitol. 42 at baltimore. and chilly 33 for boston. and 39 degrees for new york city. so there is a lot of colder air that will start to filter into our region as we move into the extended period. in the meantime, this morning, as i mentioned, some of you seeing patchy fog. clouds on the increase. a little bit of an easterly flow. moisture pushing in from the atlantic. we'll see the clouds during the course of the day and sunny breaks in there. and we'll end up with a ms. day which won't be bad. and there is a frontal system to the west of us and that will gradually push toward us and as it does, as you can see by tuesday this is where we'll start to see a period of rainfall begin that will stick around right through thanksgiving. so we're not talking heavy widespread rain any more everywhere but we are talking some rain that you'll have to deal with. this is a frontal system, a second one that will start moving closer to us and we'll get more rainfall from that on thursday. cold air on the back side of all o
outside. 34 at dulles, 39 at frederick. 42 for winchester. 44 at the nation's capitol. 42 at baltimore. and chilly 33 for boston. and 39 degrees for new york city. so there is a lot of colder air that will start to filter into our region as we move into the extended period. in the meantime, this morning, as i mentioned, some of you seeing patchy fog. clouds on the increase. a little bit of an easterly flow. moisture pushing in from the atlantic. we'll see the clouds during the course of the...
lingering sprinkles. approach in westminster. parts of loudoun county and pushing out of winchester. 54 degrees in winchester and leesburg. it is a mild start to the day. the wind is beginning to pick up a little. there's a light southwesterly wind locally. beginning to switch out of the west. gusting up to 32 miles an hour in martinsburg. 21 in winchester. later today we could have with gusts of 50 miles an hour. we have a wind advisory from 9:00 a.m. through 4 rpm. gusty and windy today, as in the mid-60s, mostly sunny. there's cloudy weather tomorrow. sunday from friday through the weekend. mid 50's. >>> straight to the dulles road. yesterday there was a truck that ran into the beulah road overpass on the eastbound toll road. that is the overpass after the hunter mill road. . you can see the crews are checking damage to the overpass, checking the structural integrity to the bridge and making necessary repairs. this is live on the toll road eastbound. two right lanes are closed. the far right lane will be closed at least until midday, according to authorities. >>> 55 degrees, 5:22. >>
lingering sprinkles. approach in westminster. parts of loudoun county and pushing out of winchester. 54 degrees in winchester and leesburg. it is a mild start to the day. the wind is beginning to pick up a little. there's a light southwesterly wind locally. beginning to switch out of the west. gusting up to 32 miles an hour in martinsburg. 21 in winchester. later today we could have with gusts of 50 miles an hour. we have a wind advisory from 9:00 a.m. through 4 rpm. gusty and windy today, as...
ABC 7 News at 1100 : WJLA : November 12, 2010 11:00pm-11:35pm EST
in winchester. 30 degrees in other places. a lot of things are going on. a big football game to bomb morning will start of school. monday night, and we will have the redskins playing and more fine weather. even into monday night, the new temperature will be above average. i will give you more details and a couple of minutes. >> 7 is on your side tonight. we discovered one virginia county was putting people's sensitive information up for sale without knowing it. this is a story that you will only see on abc7. >> it is disturbing. you do not want that information out in the world. >> the information she is looking at is her name and social security number. loudon county unknowingly sold them and those of nine others for $1, opening up to and former employees to a potential identity theft. >> it makes you feel vulnerable. >> this is serious risk. when you can combine and name and a social security number, you need very little else in order to recreate them. >> it all started at this surplus store where she bought several pieces of surplus technology including typewriters to take a
in winchester. 30 degrees in other places. a lot of things are going on. a big football game to bomb morning will start of school. monday night, and we will have the redskins playing and more fine weather. even into monday night, the new temperature will be above average. i will give you more details and a couple of minutes. >> 7 is on your side tonight. we discovered one virginia county was putting people's sensitive information up for sale without knowing it. this is a story that you...
Fox 5 Morning News at 425am : WTTG : November 12, 2010 4:25am-5:00am EST
washington, 40 degrees. that is the warm spot. 40 in ocean city. winchester, 31 degrees. fredericksburg, 33. frederick is the winner at 27 degrees at this hour. lots of hard freezes taking place. once the sun gets up, it will be another beautiful day and, if anything, a degree or two warmer than yesterday. a cold front well out to the west. that won't get in here until the weekend. we'll have a beautiful afternoon, a nice saturday and a great-looking sunday. it will be even warmer for tomorrow. sunshine, mild afternoon, 64 degrees. it is a nice change of pace when you can bring good news in the morning. >> you got it. thank you. >>> a tour bus full of veterans caught fire. this is a photo showing all the smoke from that fire. it happened near the 14th street bridge in arlington. the engine caught fire. firefighters were able to quickly put out the flames and nobody was injured. >>> hundreds of nurses at washington hospital center say they will stage a protest the day before thanksgiving for what they are calling unfair labor problems. the protest will end thanksgiving mo
washington, 40 degrees. that is the warm spot. 40 in ocean city. winchester, 31 degrees. fredericksburg, 33. frederick is the winner at 27 degrees at this hour. lots of hard freezes taking place. once the sun gets up, it will be another beautiful day and, if anything, a degree or two warmer than yesterday. a cold front well out to the west. that won't get in here until the weekend. we'll have a beautiful afternoon, a nice saturday and a great-looking sunday. it will be even warmer for...
9News Now at 430am : WUSA : November 11, 2010 4:30am-5:00am EST
the naval air station. mid-30s in luray, winchester, cumberland and frederick to the freezing mark. manassas is at 34. dew points in the 30s and with the wind from the northwest at 8 we have a wind chill of 42. this is typical for november. what hasn't been typical are the high temperatures. running a few degrees above average. we have been hitting 63, 64 consistently all week. a lot of cold out west. you see casper 27. denver 33. they are dealing with snow in the mountains. in the east, we have a chill. ton of warmer temperatures are coming to chicago which is 50 this morning. that is ahead of a storm system that will eventually make it here. everything is moving so slowly in the atmosphere, while we have the storms this the west and another off shore it will take some time to get here. remember the storm in the atlantic? that's been there four days now. it is starting to move. some showers off shore. and we have been on the great side of the storm. far enough away from it that high pressure has been anchored over us. giving us great weather. as we go through the day today, there'
the naval air station. mid-30s in luray, winchester, cumberland and frederick to the freezing mark. manassas is at 34. dew points in the 30s and with the wind from the northwest at 8 we have a wind chill of 42. this is typical for november. what hasn't been typical are the high temperatures. running a few degrees above average. we have been hitting 63, 64 consistently all week. a lot of cold out west. you see casper 27. denver 33. they are dealing with snow in the mountains. in the east, we...
district, 50 at dulles airport. 53 and winchester. 43 in frederick. normally it would be in the upper 30's. there is sunshine this morning, then increasing clouds late this morning and midday. just a few showers this midday through the early afternoon on. high as well into the 60's. much cooler tomorrow behind the cold front with high temperatures near 50. sunshine. on thanksgiving there's a slight chance of a few sellers mostly late in the evening. best chance of rain on friday. temperatures will be in the 50's through pallet to the holiday. kullervo the weekend. now to lisa baden. >>> it's complicated on the inner loop from springfield. tysons, the truck stop near braddock road, second lane from the left, a backup. 95 in maryland is good. volume southbound access 270, mainly allison of frederick into montgomery county. -- mainly coming from frederick. >>> there's a black friday shopping incentives. walmart trying to get you in the doors. >> and a woman wakes up to find a naked intruder. lives >>> welcome back. a developing story. the white house is condemning north korea's artillery at
district, 50 at dulles airport. 53 and winchester. 43 in frederick. normally it would be in the upper 30's. there is sunshine this morning, then increasing clouds late this morning and midday. just a few showers this midday through the early afternoon on. high as well into the 60's. much cooler tomorrow behind the cold front with high temperatures near 50. sunshine. on thanksgiving there's a slight chance of a few sellers mostly late in the evening. best chance of rain on friday. temperatures...
ABC7 News Weekly : WJLA : November 21, 2010 12:05am-12:35am EST
, 1942. at 49 at the airport, the wind out of the north at nine. 40 winchester, 40 martinsburg. the cooler air off to the north and west. at detroit 36 degrees. the satellite radar, the weak cold front moving through. the high pressure settles back across the. tomorrow, meaning a mixture of sun and clouds. then another warm-up. monday and tuesday, daytime highs in the middle to upper 60's. at the cold front of to the west, increased clouds on the day wednesday. don't expect significant travel delays across the immediate metro. unless your travel plans take you into the midwest. wednesday and thursday, they could have showers and snow flakes. mainly clear and cold overnight, 35-42. tomorrow, not bad. daytime highs around 52-57 degrees. milder temperatures on monday and tuesday. well into the
, 1942. at 49 at the airport, the wind out of the north at nine. 40 winchester, 40 martinsburg. the cooler air off to the north and west. at detroit 36 degrees. the satellite radar, the weak cold front moving through. the high pressure settles back across the. tomorrow, meaning a mixture of sun and clouds. then another warm-up. monday and tuesday, daytime highs in the middle to upper 60's. at the cold front of to the west, increased clouds on the day wednesday. don't expect significant travel...
tonight. by the way, it is foggy east of 95. 48 in the district, 43 at dulles, 42 in winchester. pleasant today, partly cloudy, increasing clouds this evening and rain showers after midnight spreading across the region and off and on tomorrow and into early wednesday morning. high today near 60. we have the fog. lisa, how are we looking? >> i have two things on the beltway. first is near central avenue. it was a wreck that was moved into the median right away but it should be a distraction now for both directions heading near fedex field. on the outer loop the top side at connecticut avenue an accident with a bus and s.u.v. it is right in the safety zone at the top of the exit. back to the news desk. >> our top story, new developments in the scandal that is rocking prince george's county this morning. jack johnson says it is back to business as usual today three days after that f.b.i. sing and now his successor gets ready to speak out. brianne carter has the latest. >> good morning to you. a spokesperson for johnson says he is expected to be at work today. he will, however, be w
tonight. by the way, it is foggy east of 95. 48 in the district, 43 at dulles, 42 in winchester. pleasant today, partly cloudy, increasing clouds this evening and rain showers after midnight spreading across the region and off and on tomorrow and into early wednesday morning. high today near 60. we have the fog. lisa, how are we looking? >> i have two things on the beltway. first is near central avenue. it was a wreck that was moved into the median right away but it should be a...
sterling. 59 back toward winchester. quantico at about 54 degrees. this is what i speck for overnight low teerature. about 50 inside the district. 45 in warn often 46 in fredericksburg. temperatures will be about five to ten degrees above average again tonight into tomorrow morning. ahead of the next storm system. then tomorrow's high temperures, about ten degrees above average once again. this is why. we've got a lot of warm air to the southwest. ja jackson, kentucky. 72 in richmond today. if we were to see sunshine, and right now i think we'll see more clouds. if we see any sunshine at all we could easily see 70 around some of our area as well. right now i'm going for a high of about 67 degrees. as we widen out, and i'm going this wide because this is where our storm is. toward the great lakes. they're under tornado watches. a tornado warning a little earlier. that's on the warm side of this system. we're on the warm side of this system. on the back side, it is snow. it is freezi rain. it is very cold temperatures. will be ntsb single digits for highs into part of montana
sterling. 59 back toward winchester. quantico at about 54 degrees. this is what i speck for overnight low teerature. about 50 inside the district. 45 in warn often 46 in fredericksburg. temperatures will be about five to ten degrees above average again tonight into tomorrow morning. ahead of the next storm system. then tomorrow's high temperures, about ten degrees above average once again. this is why. we've got a lot of warm air to the southwest. ja jackson, kentucky. 72 in richmond today. if...
ABC7 News Weekly : WJLA : November 14, 2010 11:35pm-12:05am EST
temperatures outside. 43 at winchester. a cold front is off to the west of us. a slight change in wind direction. the showers are moving out of here that we had earlier. showers are to the west. they are dissipating right now. partly cloudy skies at this hour. mostly cloudy for the overnight. some patchy fog to the east. a dense fog advisory. visibility should be ok and not expecting -- not expecting any travel delays tomorrow. clouds will increase. in area of low pressure will develop. late tomorrow night into tuesday, the rain will increase. partly cloudy and cool for tonight. clouds will increase throughout the day tomorrow. still above average. 100% chance of rain on tuesday. gusty winds on wednesday. thursday, we look for cooler and drier air. nighttime lows from 50 degrees to be freezing mark. >> a reenforcing shot, reinforcing the winds are coming? >> that winter is right around the corner. hard to believe things giving is a week from thursday. here's to the believers. the risk-takers. the visionaries. the entrepreneurs... who put it all on the line to build and run their o
temperatures outside. 43 at winchester. a cold front is off to the west of us. a slight change in wind direction. the showers are moving out of here that we had earlier. showers are to the west. they are dissipating right now. partly cloudy skies at this hour. mostly cloudy for the overnight. some patchy fog to the east. a dense fog advisory. visibility should be ok and not expecting -- not expecting any travel delays tomorrow. clouds will increase. in area of low pressure will develop. late...
beltsville, 53 in winchester, 54 in riverdale. we are in the 50's in many locations. 52 and clarksburg, 54 in la plata. we have one or two areas of patchy fog. the clouds are not far off to the west. those are increasing this morning. there is a cold front pushing east. most of the showers will be falling apart as they pass over the mountains. we can expect a few areas of light rain gear and a bit of your love to the mid enter early afternoon. those will wrap up by 5:00 p.m. locally. highs in the 60's. let's go to lisa baden. >>> beautiful drive on 95, maryland. nothing all baltimore washington parkway. there's a crash on the shoulder 70.thbound 28 66, the only delay is in manassas and the rest. . traffic northbound and southbound 95 is open in both directions between springfield and richmond. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 53 degrees, 5:41. >> coming up a little later, cynne simpson one-on-one with the balmlrooms' best. >> take a look at >>> >> tonight at 5 o'clock, the perfect gift for the holidays, a new best friend for the family. a state-of-the-art facility to adopt a pet easily, toni
beltsville, 53 in winchester, 54 in riverdale. we are in the 50's in many locations. 52 and clarksburg, 54 in la plata. we have one or two areas of patchy fog. the clouds are not far off to the west. those are increasing this morning. there is a cold front pushing east. most of the showers will be falling apart as they pass over the mountains. we can expect a few areas of light rain gear and a bit of your love to the mid enter early afternoon. those will wrap up by 5:00 p.m. locally. highs in...
dense, even out there. winchester, martinsburg quarter mile, frederick three quarters. this is the lowest visibility down to the south culpeper, fredricksburg quarter mile. it's 6:00 a.m., angie goff is here the traffic first. >>> thank you, howard. we are kicking off the 6:00 hour right now with a green light telling us that drivers, are doing all right. no major incidents or accidents to tell you about. the wide screen here focus on 95 in virginia. things are slowing down a bit here as we move it outside between the prince william parkway and 123. and then using the brakes again around 70, 100 the fairfax county parkway fog to contend with. staying in virginia, pushing it over to 66 that trip making it eastbound right here looks like that construction inside the beltway is clear. what we're dealing with is volume between route 50 and 123. >>> back to the graphics, want to let you know 95 and 270 you're okay on the outer loop, only ten minutes. 95 southbound no problems on the way toward the beltway. d.c. 295, seven minutes toward the 11th street bridge. still ahead in your next t
dense, even out there. winchester, martinsburg quarter mile, frederick three quarters. this is the lowest visibility down to the south culpeper, fredricksburg quarter mile. it's 6:00 a.m., angie goff is here the traffic first. >>> thank you, howard. we are kicking off the 6:00 hour right now with a green light telling us that drivers, are doing all right. no major incidents or accidents to tell you about. the wide screen here focus on 95 in virginia. things are slowing down a bit here...
tonight. the winds are dying don. 21-mile-an-hour wind gusts. back toward winchester, up toward baltimore, about 21 miles an hour. most of the area, no longer seeing wind gusts over 20 miles an hour. still a little on the breezy side. maybe winds of 10 to 15. maybe up to 20. that's really going to be about it. this was the storm system. it formed along the mountains. look at this line. a complete line from knock state all the way down towa north carolina. over 120 wind reports. winds upwards of 50 or 60 miles an hour. look at that to baltimore, fully, toward zmork the northeast as well. an amaze go line of thunderstorms that moved through. that line well into the atlantic oeflgs left-hand it we're seeing westerly winds. clearing, skies right now. we'll continue to see things calm down. >> news for richmond. they saw it as well. will he look at se video. this was some downed trees in their region. these weren't little trees. these were big trees. 20 to 30 miles an hour. then a punch of air coming in at zoi 70 miles an hour. you're going to get some damage. that's what they saw duringhe day
tonight. the winds are dying don. 21-mile-an-hour wind gusts. back toward winchester, up toward baltimore, about 21 miles an hour. most of the area, no longer seeing wind gusts over 20 miles an hour. still a little on the breezy side. maybe winds of 10 to 15. maybe up to 20. that's really going to be about it. this was the storm system. it formed along the mountains. look at this line. a complete line from knock state all the way down towa north carolina. over 120 wind reports. winds upwards...
News 4 at 5 : WRC : November 9, 2010 5:00pm-6:00pm EST
to about 43 inside the beltway. 45 in winchester, going up to a high tomorrow back to 60 to 61 degrees. we're looking at some great weather over the next couple days. i'll show you the four day forecast coming up. >>> how much you could be forced to pay for a pack of cigarettes. >>> coming up, he's called the swine flu bandit. what's he up to the days? >>> kanye west taking over the airws at 30,000 feet. with capital one bank's w checking with rewards, me and the lads earn rewards just for everyday banking. like writing checks. i found your problem. thank you. getting cash from the dri thru earns us rewards. here's the twenty i owe you. so does paying our bills online. [ mouse squeaking ] click. we evenarn rewards for getting money at the atm. it's new checking with rewards at capital one banks all over the dc area. at's in your wallet? mr. snappy! because life takes wendy places. and life takes her family ples. hi, mom. [ female announcer ] so knowing she can find in network doctors and pharmacies whenever or wherever she needs them directly from her mobile phone is important
to about 43 inside the beltway. 45 in winchester, going up to a high tomorrow back to 60 to 61 degrees. we're looking at some great weather over the next couple days. i'll show you the four day forecast coming up. >>> how much you could be forced to pay for a pack of cigarettes. >>> coming up, he's called the swine flu bandit. what's he up to the days? >>> kanye west taking over the airws at 30,000 feet. with capital one bank's w checking with rewards, me and the...
north and south from winchester down toward orange county and medicine. this does look -- and madison. this is mid-level cloud cover moving in . the movingdeck starts at about -- cloud cover moving in. the cloud cover starts at about 8000 -- my thousand feet. here's a look at the satellite. you can see the -- the cloud cover starts at about 5,000 feet. here is a look at the satellite. you can see the thicker clouds. we do have a few light showers far off to our west in parts of west virginia and even parts of western pennsylvania. this action is rippling apart, kind of falling apart as it moves eastward. it is a disturbance in our atmosphere, a little ripple in our flow, which causes these little areas of showers. it was raining harder than this in kentucky this morning. it is in just a little added cloud cover here. not a big deal. -- it is mainly just a little additional cloud cover here. martinsburg is 51. temperatures tomorrow morning will be cool, in the mid to upper-30's. we will be just below 40 degrees in and around the beltway. tomorrow, despite the sunshine, it shoul
north and south from winchester down toward orange county and medicine. this does look -- and madison. this is mid-level cloud cover moving in . the movingdeck starts at about -- cloud cover moving in. the cloud cover starts at about 8000 -- my thousand feet. here's a look at the satellite. you can see the -- the cloud cover starts at about 5,000 feet. here is a look at the satellite. you can see the thicker clouds. we do have a few light showers far off to our west in parts of west virginia...
reagan national, 41 in annapolis. 37 in winchester. mostly sunny today, a few scattered clouds, high temperatures in the mid 50's this afternoon. in the 50's this weekend, near 60 by saturday. breaking traffic with lisa baden. >>> 270 southbound before montgomery village avenue, the driver of a vehicle pulled over as far to the right as possible and flames were shooting from under a good. 00 the hood. southbound on 270 before montgomery village avenue. trappe is getting by two lanes to the left, delays before father rarely boulevard. if it was breaking news earlier this morning on the baltimore washington barretto it. it was the fatal crash between 198 and 197. the parkway has been reopened. now to pamela brown for the latest on the accident investigation. >> good morning. the scene has been cleared on the bw parkway southbound. traffic is moving now. this unfolded at around 1:00 this morning. u.s. park police say that a man driving down bw parkway southbound between 198 and 197 got out of his car after it apparently broke down. an oncoming car struck the vehicle and driver. he was d
reagan national, 41 in annapolis. 37 in winchester. mostly sunny today, a few scattered clouds, high temperatures in the mid 50's this afternoon. in the 50's this weekend, near 60 by saturday. breaking traffic with lisa baden. >>> 270 southbound before montgomery village avenue, the driver of a vehicle pulled over as far to the right as possible and flames were shooting from under a good. 00 the hood. southbound on 270 before montgomery village avenue. trappe is getting by two lanes...
9News Now at Noon : WUSA : November 9, 2010 12:00pm-12:30pm EST
atlantic and that is driving the winds and giving us nice weather. frederick up to 61. 60 winchester. cumberland is 61. petersburg up to 63 and fredericksburg is 62. along the bay you get the benefit at night from the body of water so you don't get as cold but this time of the year it is a cold body of water. you are in the mid-50s and here in washington we have 58, sunny skies and the dye points in the 30s. one of the things i have been talking about humidifiers you take the dry air and heat it up to 70 and the indoor relative humidity is not 44% but more like 14 to 20%. very dry. the winds northwest at 12 and some gusts to 21 in manassas, 20 cambridge. 20 winchester. so we have pockets of those gusty winds and that's going to be the case. there are three storms on the map. there's one in the rockies with snow. a new one in the northwest some in the mid-atlantic. this storm has been a monster. one in main and another through the cape there, martha's vineyard, nantucket. this is far enough away from us so that other than the winds we are not affected by it. the other problem with the
atlantic and that is driving the winds and giving us nice weather. frederick up to 61. 60 winchester. cumberland is 61. petersburg up to 63 and fredericksburg is 62. along the bay you get the benefit at night from the body of water so you don't get as cold but this time of the year it is a cold body of water. you are in the mid-50s and here in washington we have 58, sunny skies and the dye points in the 30s. one of the things i have been talking about humidifiers you take the dry air and heat...
annapolis and cambridge, half mile in andrews, quarter mile in culpeper, winchester even though you're not in the advisory you still have visibility down to zero at the airport. we are talking 5:00 a.m., angie goff has the latest monday morning traffic. >>> thank you, howard. hello everybody. overall we are in the clear across the region. we're talking about incidents and accidents. take a look for yourself. 270 southbound is where we are going to begin. we want to let you know out of frederick toward the split you will run into a little bit of that patchy fog. so you might want to be a little patient, take it a little easy. outer loop no incidents or accidents, just foggy conditions between 95 over to georgia avenue. in prince george's county, route four and five, branch avenue, crane highway, lanes wide open on all three roadways. into d.c. inbound new york avenue, live conditions right here, no complaints from the times building to the third street tunnel. in your next traffic report, we're in virginia checking on 267, eastbound travelers at 5:09. back to you. >>> thank you, angie.
annapolis and cambridge, half mile in andrews, quarter mile in culpeper, winchester even though you're not in the advisory you still have visibility down to zero at the airport. we are talking 5:00 a.m., angie goff has the latest monday morning traffic. >>> thank you, howard. hello everybody. overall we are in the clear across the region. we're talking about incidents and accidents. take a look for yourself. 270 southbound is where we are going to begin. we want to let you know out of...
fredericksburg 10 miles, same in winchester. a little less as you get to baltimore and out toward washington dulles but clearly the fog will lift out through the morning. no advisories that i'm aware of the chilly. 45 in gaithersburg, washington dulles at 43. 48 in baltimore. 51 in annapolis. we will have a bunch of things happening today. the fog will break, we may see sunshine. temperatures will be around 60. but by later in the afternoon the clouds roll in and that is ahead of a storm system that is developing and that will bring us some rain eventually tonight and tomorrow of the big question is will it rain for the redskins and eagles and can't rule it out. but it is a pretty big storm we have to watch heading through today and tomorrow. remember all the days in the mid 60's and bright sunshine day after day? just store it because that is our memory for a while because the reality of autumn weather is coming and we will see a lot this week. we will check back in just a couple of minutes. >> so are we taking a risk that your kids may pop in or a dog may run through the camera being at yo
fredericksburg 10 miles, same in winchester. a little less as you get to baltimore and out toward washington dulles but clearly the fog will lift out through the morning. no advisories that i'm aware of the chilly. 45 in gaithersburg, washington dulles at 43. 48 in baltimore. 51 in annapolis. we will have a bunch of things happening today. the fog will break, we may see sunshine. temperatures will be around 60. but by later in the afternoon the clouds roll in and that is ahead of a storm...
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YMCA members in Penn Hills, Wilmerding bid farewell as facilities close | TribLIVE.com
YMCA members in Penn Hills, Wilmerding bid farewell as facilities close
Dillon Carr
Thu., September 6, 2018 2:48 p.m. | Thursday, September 6, 2018 2:48 p.m.
Shalene “Shay” Stewart found her usual parking spot outside the Penn Hills YMCA early Friday morning.
With the sun peaking over the horizon and the crickets still singing, she swung open the doors to the beloved facility.
She greeted the usual four members who waited eagerly to start their morning workouts and flipped on the front desk’s computer.
She walked down the Flag Football Hall of Fame toward the coffee pot.
And as the smell of coffee filled the atrium, she realized this routine would soon be a memory.
Aug. 31 was Stewart’s last day opening up the Penn Hills YMCA.
“This is going to be a really hard morning,” said Stewart, 65, as she mingled with Penn Hills YMCA members one last time in the main hallway.
Aug. 31 marked the last day for the Penn Hills and Wilmerding YMCA facilities. The closings came nearly two months after Kevin Bolding, the organization’s CEO, announced the closures of three area branches due to financial struggles. The Robinson branch closed in July due to flooding damage.
The YMCA had already closed its branch on Fifth Avenue in Downtown Pittsburgh and a branch in Delmont.
About 30 people enjoyed a potluck-style breakfast together the morning of Aug. 31 in Penn Hills. Wilmerding members planned a picnic for the same day.
Both facilities have been mainstays in their communities.
In Penn Hills, that meant saying goodbye after nearly 60 years.
Stewart devoted her life to about 13 of those years as the facility’s front desk greeter.
“I’m here every morning, Monday through Friday, at 5:45,” she said. “I think I have the gift of remembering names. I mean, I greet everybody — the kids too.”
Some of those people, like Tom Baldy, of Monroeville, were there bright and early Aug. 31.
“This is kind of like graduation day at high school,” said Baldy, who has been a member for 14 years.
Twice a year, he drives up to Beaver Falls to park his motor home. On his way back, he buys cinnamon rolls from Oram’s Donut Shop and brings them to the Y to share.
“I don’t eat them, but everybody loves them,” he said.
Baldy and other members who all grew to be friends have bought memberships at Planet Fitness, which has a branch off Rodi Road in the Penn Hills Shopping Center.
Bob Norman, 78, of Penn Hills is one of them. He said he’s excited to develop a new routine there and at the Monroeville Mall, where the group plans to walk.
“We had a wonderful time (here),” Norman said between bites of his breakfast. “But we might as well look forward to it.”
Doris Mierwald, 66, of Penn Hills was sad to see the facility go.
“This place has been great,” said the a member of nine years. “You have camaraderie, the convenience. You start your day here. “
Mierwald became close friends with Baldy’s wife. Together, Mierwald jokes, they each shed as much weight as a child — 65 pounds.
Ted Ferguson, 84, and his daughter, Tammy Andrew, both from Plum, attribute the YMCA to helping him gain his strength back after a near fatal accident two months ago.
He and the family were driving motorized scooters while vacationing in Alaska when he lost control and fell down the side of a cliff. Ferguson said he broke his right orbital bone and eight ribs.
“The doctors said that if it weren’t for his daily exercise — he shouldn’t be alive,” Andrew said.
Pam Haley, the YMCA’s communications director, realized Aug. 31 would be tough to endure.
“As we worked through the plans for our reorganization, we knew we had more difficult days ahead — today is one of those days,” Haley said in an email.
She said the closures do not mean the organization’s programming will disappear.
“This is not the end of YMCA programming in any of the communities where we’ve had to close a building,” Haley said.
In Penn Hills, she said, the following programs will be available through partnerships with:
• YMCA Before and After School Enrichment through Penn Hills School of Entrepreneurship
• YMCA swim lessons through Linton Middle School
• YMCA instructors will offer senior fitness classes at Webb’s World of Fitness, GRIT Athletics, Comfort Inn and Penn Hills Senior Service Center
• Youth football and baseball programs at Penn Hills YMCA outdoor fields, GRIT Athletics
Stewart fought tears as she hugged members and snapped selfies with them. The greeter said she isn’t sure what she’ll do next for work. She doesn’t want to retire.
“I’m applying at places outside the YMCA,” she said. “But, I think for now, I’m taking time, figuring out what fits me.”
Members put cash and notes into a small shoe box with the words “Shay’s Severance” scrawled across the top. Stewart’s eyes welled with tears.
Finding another job as rewarding is going to be tough.
“This was my dream job,” she said.
Dillon Carr is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Dillon at 412-871-2325, [email protected] or via Twitter @dillonswriting.
Shalene “Shay” Stewart, 65, poses for a portrait on her last day working for the Penn Hills YMCA on Friday, Aug. 31.
A group of friends snap a selfie on the last day the Penn Hills YMCA is open on Friday, Aug. 31. From left, Doris Mierwald, Tom Baldy, Pat Nigro, Vickie Baldy.
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Saudis continue to squeeze OPEC profits
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FILE - This is a Wednesday, June 11, 2014 file photo of Saudi Arabia's Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali Ibrahim Naimi as he gestures as he speaks to journalists prior to the start of a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria. Saudi Arabia showed little concern for fellow OPEC members by unilaterally cutting its oil prices to the U.S. this week, a move that casts doubts on the cartels credibility and its ability to find a common plan to stabilize the slumping energy market. Oil prices were near multi-year lows on Wednesday Nov. 5, 2014 after dropping sharply on Saudi Arabias move to cut its prices for U.S. customers. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)
VIENNA — Saudi Arabia showed little concern for fellow OPEC members by unilaterally cutting its oil prices to the United States this week, a move that casts doubts on the cartel’s credibility and its ability to find a common plan to stabilize the slumping energy market.
And while OPEC struggles to find consensus, oil prices risk remaining low — or falling further — to the benefit of consumers and businesses in the United States and worldwide.
OPEC is riven by differences among its members on what the ideal price level should be. That is exemplified in the rivalry between heavyweights Saudi Arabia, which can withstand lower prices, and Iran, which relies on a stronger market to remain profitable.
The Saudis’ unexpected move on Monday to cut prices, aimed at protecting their U.S. market share, will exacerbate those conflicts — weighing on the market and hurting most other OPEC members economically.
“At the end of the day, this is still the Saudis’ cartel for better or worse — and for smaller members, this is definitely worse,” said oil analyst Phil Flynn, alluding to the fact that, despite OPEC’s credo of consensus and unity, the organization is de-facto controlled by its top producer.
The prime motivator for the Saudis is to compete against U.S. shale oil. But John Hall, chairman at Alfa Energy, sees other benefits for the desert kingdom.
Russia, which competes with OPEC, is hurting from low oil prices and Saudis are tightening the vise — “seizing the opportunity to reduce prices, hit Russia and hit Iran in one go,” he said.
When the cartel meets later this month to discuss how to manage the recent market slump, tensions are likely to fly high — and hopes for concerted action are low. Flynn calls the current price slump the “biggest threat (to OPEC’s unity) since oil hit the $10 range” 15 years ago.
The price of crude hit three-year lows on Tuesday on news of the Saudi move. On Wednesday, the benchmark New York contract recovered only slightly to trade just above $77 a barrel. The international grade of crude also hit multi-year lows.
These levels are manageable for the Saudi government, as its coffers are well-padded and its oil production costs are relatively cheap.
Not so for many others within the 12-nation oil-producing organization who have higher extraction costs and national budgets dependent on higher crude revenues.
Even without the Saudi price discounts, Iran’s ability to export oil was slashed by international sanctions imposed over its nuclear program. Tehran, which once hoped to displace the Saudis as OPEC’s top producer, has seen its oil revenues nearly halved as a result.
If sanctions were to be lifted as part of a nuclear agreement later this year, Iran still would need prices close to $140 a barrel to finance the government budget. Crude export revenues finance more than 50 percent of the government’s outlays.
Venezuela also will be hurt. The International Monetary Fund said Venezuela needs to sell oil around $120 a barrel to avoid the threat of national bankruptcy. Bank of America estimates that for every dollar that oil prices drop, the state loses $770 million in net revenue over a year. That puts revenue $12 billion a year below peak levels.
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Is Virginia Basketball the Bitcoin on the NCAA Basketball?
December 21, 2017 David Rayner 1 Comment
Has anyone but the most ardent Virginia basketball fan heard of Kihie Clark and Kody Strattmann? For those with better things to do, that is your UVa 2018 basketball recruiting class. Any guess where this recruiting class is ranked in the ACC? Don’t bother looking it up. It’s last. There is a chance Virginia could add a name or two to the ’18 class, but don’t bet a week’s pay on it. Worried? Don’t be.
If anyone is concerned about the future of Virginia basketball, please watch Devon Hall play this year. Hall is not only a a top statistical performer for the team, he is a floor leader, a general who knows what Coach Bennett wants at all times. He is like having an assistant coach running the offense and setting the defense in real time. Not many top programs have this type of player anymore. Virginia makes a living off of guys like this and will continue to do so in the future.
Let’s face the reality of Virginia basketball – Tony Bennett runs a different program compared to most of the other top tier teams in the country. Virginia’s defense grabs most of the headlines from the national media who generally are too simple-minded to appreciate the skill and teamwork of great defense. They want all icing & no cake, so when Virginia basketball fails to look like the mind-numbing NBA, they complain that they are bored. Too bad for them. Like good scotch, Virginia basketball is a taste worth acquiring.
However, where Tony Bennett really excels, where he is radically different in his program strategy, and where he makes his bones winning lots of basketball games is in his roster management and player development.
It is hard to argue with CTB’s results bringing Virginia back to the conversation of the elite teams in the country. It is just an unusual path. Like the value of bitcoin, fan confidence in the future success of the Virginia program is based on trust. And like bitcoin, there are likely to be spikes and crashes in the public perception of his roster management and his recruiting. The results to date are stellar however, so fans should trust his system, trust his eye for talent, and trust his ability to develop talent over a college career. Ahhh…. the multi-year college career. We don’t hear much about that anymore, with the exception of UVa and maybe Wisconsin & Villanova, but it is a crucial part of Tony Bennett’s strategy and Virginia’s success.
It is important to get two things out in the open that will not change for Virginia basketball:
Virginia will never land top 15 recruits who are likely “one & done” players. Nor will Virginia land top 40 recruits who think they are one & done, but really aren’t. In Tony Bennett’s system, a top 40 recruit, pretending to be a college student for 6 months, who is not committed to intensely effective defense will sit on the bench. Think that is an attractive option to prima donna kids who think they are the next LeBron James?
Malcolm Brogdon winning the NBA rookie of the year will do nothing to help Virginia’s recruiting with top 40 kids. Brogdon is the poster-child for Virginia athletics. Virginia fans love Malcolm Brogdon, but that carries no weight with high school kids looking for a basketball home. A true student-athlete, had he not made it in the NBA, Brogdon’s fall back was likely medical school. He went to college for 5 years and finished with 2 degrees. How appealing is that to hot-shot high school kids who have no real interest in 5 months of college education, much less 5 years and 2 degrees? Not very.
This is not to say that the Virginia program is void of ACC talent. Quite the contrary. It is just different than any other program in the ACC and most programs in the nation. CTB and his staff find the right “fits” for the program and develop that talent over time. London Perentes anyone? Joe Harris? Both of these recruits garnered collective yawns from the recruiting services and did little to boost the “ranking” of Virginia’s recruiting classes – yet both were All-ACC performers and are playing professionally in the NBA (Perentes making his debut with Cleveland last week)
The tough reality for Virginia fans is that recruiting for Tony Bennet is going to run in cycles.
Scan Virginia’s roster and you will find 5 active redshirt players (Devon Hall, Mamadi Diakite, Jack Salt, Jay Huff, & De’Andre Hunter), with a 6th (Francesco Bodocci) in progress. Intermixed with the redshirt players are talented recruits who have played since their arrival in Charlottesville.
A couple of interesting points about the redshirt strategy at Virginia besides the fact that I love it: First, if CTB can get kids with the maturity and foresight to see the advantages both athletically and academically of taking a redshirt year, Virginia is already ahead of the game. The second key point – not all of the redshirt players are off the radar “fliers”. Diakite, Huff, Hunter, and Hall were all top 40-100 recruits. In each of these instances, Tony Bennett has taken talented, highly recruited kids and taken their least productive years in Charlottesville as overwhelmed freshmen adjusting to the speed of the game and learning Virginia’s stifling pack-line defense and traded it for their most productive year as a 5th-year senior. Devon Hall is the classic example of why this is an outstanding strategy – if you can find the right kids.
The redshirt strategy is also why Virginia’s recruiting will run in maddening cycles. Top 40 kids with talent enough to crack any line-up in the nation aren’t coming to Virginia. Top 40-100 recruits in 2018 look at the Virginia roster and see it is packed with talented players, 4 of whom have a redshirt season under their belts and lots of eligibility remaining. From their view, Virginia might be a 2 year wait before they garner significant minutes. Is anyone shocked those kids have, thus far, decided to start their college careers elsewhere? So for his ’18 class, Coach Bennett made the best pitch he could for kids who would light up the recruiting rankings and missed. Top 100 recruits can look at a roster, watch the steady progression of current players, and decide if Virginia is the right fit for them. In 2018 they decided it wasn’t.
2019 will be a different story. Significant minutes will be up for grabs when Devon Hall, Nigel Johnson, and Isaiah Wilkins graduate. There might still be a wait (or hopefully a redshirt year) in the future for top 100 kids coming to Virginia in the 2019 class, but there are more routes to playing time and the wait for significant minutes might be one year away instead of two.
All of this is not to say there is not risk in Tony Bennett’s strategy. His last two recruiting classes are more “London Perentes” than “Kyle Guy”. Sometimes Bennett misses on a recruit – a player does not develop like we all hope or runs out of patience competing for playing time. From the 2017 & 2018 recruiting classes, I will be shocked if all 4 turn out to be strong ACC players. Maybe he has found the next Jared Reuter instead of the next Joe Harris. We just don’t know yet, but it is highly unlikely that CTB whiffs on all 4 players. It is more likely that CTB found at least 2 more London Perentes or Jack Salts who can help Virginia stay at or near the top of the toughest basketball conference in the nation.
The most important reality for Virginia fans is that there is not another path to basketball relevance. I have not spoken to any fans who want to play the one & done game. That space is already occupied. Kentucky, Duke, and uNC have sacrificed their academic integrity for the right to remain basketball blue bloods. I don’t fault them for it, but it is just the stark reality. Virginia does not have a history and a story to compete for top 15 recruits with these programs, so a head-2-head strategy to “out-Duke” Duke is doomed for failure. So CTB and his staff will compete for kids in the bottom half of the top 100, look for hidden gems, and redshirt as many as possible.
The 2017-18 season is just underway and Virginia has already climbed the polls based on their performance to date and history of quality play the past 6 years. Virginia’s ranking may be a little lofty this early in the season, but this team is packed with talented players many of whom have an extra year of development and maturity under their belts. When March madness rolls around, I expect Virginia to be in the thick of it again – playing maddening defense that will confound opponents and irk journalists. If Virginia is going to make a deep run in the NCAA tournament in March it will be on the backs of redshirt players augmenting the production of Kyle Guy and Ty Jerome.
Virginia won’t have as many NBA players on the roster in 2017-18 as Kentucky or uNC, but they might win as many or more games. Winning is the best and Virginia basketball does it a lot. Winning differently and I would argue in better fashion, is what makes Virginia a truly standout program. We can thank Tony Bennett and his staff for the return to the top of the basketball pyramid, but we have to endure the recruiting realities of being the different kid on the block. My best advice for Virginia fans, trust Coach Bennett, trust the system, trust the recruiting, and strap in, its a good ride – maybe not as good as the bitcoin ride, but it likely has a higher probability for sustained success.
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Virginia Basketball – If it Ain’t Broke…
March 6, 2017 David Rayner 10 Comments
An unusual thing happened last week. Someone actually read one of my articles. It was then generously posted to the very active and opinionated Wahoos247 Forum where an internet food fight ensued over the future of the Virginia basketball program. I thought it was worthwhile commenting the differing opinions on the paths to Virginia success
It is my strongly held opinion that Virginia basketball is on the right track and that facts support my position. Tony Bennett has cracked the code to winning in big time college basketball without sacrificing the values and traditions of The University at the altar of the NCAA tournament gods. Virginia is on an historic trajectory. While Virginia can and should continue to upgrade the overall talent in the program, Coach Bennett’s system and program is not predicated on being a “one & done” NBA farm team. I would contend that most of Virginia’s fan base and donor community does not want Virginia to become another NBA minor league franchise, even if that is the price for an NCAA crown.
Shockingly, not everyone agrees with me. There is a vocal contingent of the Virginia fan base that enthusiastically believes Coach Bennett needs to step up the tempo of his program. Their belief is that top talent is required to win the NCAA tournament and that Virginia will never attract required talent with our current pace of play. They contend that while we don’t need to be a run & gun program, we need to push the fast break and create more secondary break opportunities. This is what top shelf talent wants in their pre-NBA experience and Virginia needs to adjust or stagnate at current levels of success.
Borrowing General McAuliffe’s reply to the German request for surrender in the Battle of the Bulge, I say “Nuts!”
It is important to note that no matter which side of the argument fans fall, everyone speaks of Tony Bennett in glowing terms. The man, the coach, the mentor, Tony Bennett is an exceptional leader. Some just want him to evolve his program from where it exists today into a more recruit-friendly, mainstream-fan friendly pace of play.
Unfortunately for that segment of the Virginia fan base, the facts are the facts. Virginia is on an historic run of success under Coach Bennett. For the first time in Virginia basketball history, Virginia will make the NCAA tournament for the 4th consecutive year. Virginia made the tourney 3 years in a row under both Terry Holland and Jeff Jones, but Tony Bennett will eclipse those marks this year. Depending on how well Virginia does in the ACC and NCAA tournaments, in 2017 Virginia will win the most games in program history over any given four-year period. Additionally, over the past 6 years, including the current incomplete season, Tony Bennett has won more games than any other 6-year period in UVa basketball history. Tony Bennett’s teams win. They win with a unique and consistent brand of basketball against the best teams in the nation that sport the top ranked talent in the nation.
Those clamoring for adjustments to Coach Bennett’s program as well as those like me who feel that we are on the correct path want the same thing. We all want to see Virginia win the NCAA tournament. We just disagree on how we get there.
For the same reasons that I wrote the initial article on Virginia basketball, I remain convinced that Tony Bennett has Virginia on a path to win it all in the near future and that dramatic change to the program would be the least likely path to success.
During the “Sampson Years”, Virginia’s other golden era for basketball, Virginia’s success was tied directly to its talent level. Specifically, Virginia’s success was tied to Ralph Sampson, arguably college basketball’s best player ever. When Ralph graduated, Virginia basketball was still good, but it was no longer in the national conversation and it declined over time as Virginia was not able to attract the talent to contend with college basketball’s blue-bloods. Finishing second for top recruits like JR Reid and Alonzo Mourning, no one was complaining about Virginia’s pace of play back in the day. Virginia was just the perpetual silver medalist for the top players in the country.
By contrast, Virginia’s current success is linked to its system, to its culture, and to its maddening defense and deliberate offense. Winning the Virginia-way requires exceptional attention to detail and basketball acumen. An unassailable 6-year record of success unquestionably suggests, that this is the recipe for Virginia to remain among college basketball’s elite programs. Talent levels for programs like Virginia will spike and recede. Virginia will never, in any scenario, sign a plethora of 5-star, top 25 recruits year in and year out like Kentucky and Duke. Instead, Tony Bennett and his system will weather the fluctuations in program talent and continue to win.
Ralph Sampson playing for Virginia was one of the most exciting times in the history of Virginia athletics. It was also a fluke. It is possible that Virginia could sign a player of Ralph’s talent again and keep him for 4 years…it is also possible that I could win the lottery next week too.
Rather than tie Virginia basketball success to selling our souls for the services of 18-year old, pre-NBA prima donnas for a single season, I would rather follow the path that has led us to the greatest sustained period of success in Virginia basketball history. Continued program success, winning big games against the elites of college basketball, and graduating players like Justin Anderson, Joe Harris, and Malcolm Brogdon to successful careers in the NBA will keep good talent interested in playing at UVa. Will it be top shelf, one & done talent? Nope. Do we need that type of talent to win it all? Nope.
As my investment advisor tells me, “past performance is no guarantee of future success”, but for Virginia basketball, it provides a pretty good roadmap of how Virginia can remain in the national conversation for a sustained period of time. Dramatic change to the current course and speed of Virginia basketball would also violate one of life’s most time-tested tenets…if ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
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Virginia Basketball, It’s Complicated
March 1, 2017 David Rayner
Nothing is easy with Virginia athletics. Games that look like Virginia blowouts turn into nail-biting wins or heart-breaking losses. National recruits that bring joy when they commit to Virginia have run into academic troubles or been booted for violating team rules. So it’s understandable that Virginia fans forgot their heritage the past 3 years when Virginia basketball won 89 games along with ACC regular season & tournament titles. We got a little bit spoiled. We thought after grueling football seasons, basketball would be easy. Nothing is easy. Many Virginia fans forgot the first rule of Virginia athletics this winter.
While not easy, Virginia basketball is different. Virginia is led by a coach who has a system that wins…a lot. Like a good investor coach Tony Bennett sticks by his principles and with his system even when short term results are not what Virginia fans have come to expect. Defense first, protect the ball, never get into a run & gun shoot out against a team full of sprinters when you are a team packed with distance runners. Play the game you can win, not the game casual basketball fans and many high school recruits want to see. Ahhh… the recruits. This is where Virginia basketball gets hard.
Let’s get one thing straight about Virginia basketball. Virginia will never seriously compete for the double-elite high school players who want spend a year auditioning for the NBA while pretending to be college students. Kentucky signed more 5-star recruits (6) in 2013 than Virginia has signed in the history of the program. Kentucky signed five more 5-star kids in 2016 and 3 more the year before that. Virginia will never sign recruits with the high school resumes of kids that Kentucky and Duke sign every year. If an 18-year old’s objective is to build a highlight reel while breezing through a semester of pseudo-college classes, then playing in the pack-line defense (or sitting on the bench of you don’t learn it well enough) for Tony Bennett at Virginia is going to be a perpetual non-starter.
Before we curl into the fetal position and start rocking ourselves to sleep, Virginia just smoked a very good North Carolina team. UNC is packed with McDonald’s high school All-Americans who can practice all day because their ‘classes’ aren’t really classes at all. North Carolina runs the up-tempo offense that NBA scouts and high school recruits adore, yet Virginia beat them convincingly playing Tony Bennett basketball.
The soothing reality for Virginia fans is that unlike football, Virginia can win a basketball national championship. However, it is going to look dramatically different than Kentucky, Duke, or Louisville who are more than willing to sell their basketball souls for another championship banner.
Virginia is different. Not just because it plays good defense and routinely wins games scoring less than 60 points. Virginia is different, in a good way, because it develops its players. It has seniors. Virginia signs kids who are solid top 100 recruits the nation, sometimes top 50 recruits…and then it frequently redshirts them. Devon Hall, Mamadi Diakite, Jay Huff, and Diandre Hunter were all top 100 recruits and they all have been redshirted or are redshirting.
Devon Hall is a redshirt junior. He is having the best season of his career. He is a leader on the team. He is an incredibly smart player. He plays ridiculous defense. At 6-5 he is developing into a solid offensive presence, both in the paint and out. He is stronger and more athletic than at any time in his career. Thanks to Tony Bennett’s system and the maturity of the kids he recruits; Devon Hall will be back next year. Tony Bennett traded what would have been a largely unproductive and frustrating freshman year for Devon Hall for what will be by far his best and most productive season…next season.
What makes Tony Bennett’s program so interesting and I would argue exciting, compared to the traditional college basketball blue-bloods-turned-opportunists, is that he is playing the long game. He knows he is not going to sign top 10 recruits unless one of those actually kid wants to actually go to college… and learn to play grueling defense before he shows off his windmill thunder dunk. To steal a baseball analogy, Tony Bennett plays small ball. He is not banking on big homerun hitters to win games with dramatic grand slams. He is going to hit singles, bunt, steal bases, hit & run to manufacture enough offense to win while his stifling defense frustrates the opposition into mistakes.
There are no surprises when kids come to play for Tony Bennett. The players are bought-in to the system and want to do what it takes to win in a proven system. They clearly like winning and do it a lot, despite the sheer talent stacked against them on any given night in the ACC. While Virginia is not often the Las Vegas betting line underdog based on the success of the program, Virginia is the non-NBA farm team underdog every season. Virginia is different, winning the hard way. Virginia has more in common with “Rudy” than the Fab-5 or Phi-Slamma-Jamma. Winning year in and year out using an unusual system with underdog kids has tremendous appeal. I think that’s a big part of why John Paul Jones arena is one of the most exciting venues in college basketball and Scott Stadium…is not.
The chatter amongst those who know basketball far better than me is that Jay Huff and Diandre Hunter have the most NBA potential of all the players on the Virginia roster. Neither will play a minute this season for a team that has at times struggled to close in games it clearly should have won. Why aren’t these kids playing now? Would Virginia have won one or all of the Villanova, Miami, Va Tech, or Syracuse games with a little help from these talented freshman? Probably, but it’s not part of the plan for Virginia basketball. It’s not how Tony Bennett plays the long game.
It’s complicated.
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Could Virginia be Kentucky’s Kryptonite?
January 1, 2015 Seward Totty
As I write this Kentucky and Virginia are two of this season’s six remaining unbeaten college basketball teams. Both are having historically good, statistically great seasons. They won’t play in the regular but an eventual collision in the NCAA Tourney is of course possible. The Wildcats are, with good reason, the talk of college basketball this year. Every other team, including third-ranked Virginia, appears to be a national title afterthought.
Kentucky has lots to celebrate this year.
However, as a lark and to pass the time until the day that they get to write about Kentucky’s predestined national championship, sportswriters are entertaining themselves trying to find a team that could perhaps, maybe, possibly, if-everything-in-the-universe-lined-up-correctly, derail Kentucky’s championship express train. Kansas couldn’t do it. Texas either. Blueblood North Carolina wasn’t up to the challenge and neither was red-blooded Louisville. Could Virginia be one of the very few teams that might give Kentucky more than a brief test? I graduated from UVA and was a hoops-addled student there during the Jeff Lamp/Ralph Sampson-fueled golden era of Virginia basketball. I have lived in Lexington, Kentucky for the past 22 years and have been here to witness UK win three of its eight basketball titles. I don’t know him personally but Kentucky head coach John Calipari lives less than a mile from me. I think my perspective on a prospective UK-UVA matchup is unrivaled.
Kentucky, with its eight championships, is basketball royalty. Virginia historically has been a pauper but for the period when it beat, ironically, Kentucky to win the Ralph Sampson lottery. Sadly, like many who find themselves suddenly rich, Virginia squandered its fortune and spent most of the past twenty years in various states of destitution until last year claiming the ACC regular season and tournament titles, plus a #1 seed in the national tournament. Virginia fans are hoping that the school has this time made a solid long-term investment in the form of head coach Tony Bennett and that it will pay off in regular tournament appearances and a permanent move into basketball’s upper echelon.
Many basketball observers have opined that this Kentucky team could be the greatest ever. Such an accomplishment would place them alongside the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers, college basketball’s last undefeated team and, because of the restrictive shorts of that era, a squad that these Wildcats likely would beat by 40. Such hyperbole is not unusual for Calipari’s Kentucky teams. The combination of his recruiting acumen and Kentucky’s storied history has turned UK into an NBA incubator program. Like legendary UK coach Adolph Rupp 65 years ago, Calipari’s program has reached the point where it recruits itself. For any coach in any sport, Calipari’s position is an enviable one.
That this year’s Kentucky team is so loaded is not the result of Calipari’s clever stockpiling of talent but rather of a malfunction on his NBA assembly line. Willie Cauley-Stein, Alex Poythress, and twins Aaron and Andrew Harrison haven’t developed at the speed called for in Calipari’s production schematic. In an era where high profile players must “eat” to burnish their NBA credentials, Calipari found himself dangerously short of food (aka available minutes). To remedy this he came up with a unique platoon system where 10 players (9 now that Poythress is lost for the season) get relatively equal minutes and there is no distinction between what Cal painstakingly refers to as his “first” and “second” platoons. That he has gotten his highly-touted players to accept reduced minutes in pursuit of historical greatness may be his greatest coaching achievement.
If Kentucky is an assemblage of incredible individual talent, what then is Virginia? It’s not Kentucky, that’s for sure. Kentucky runs talent, Virginia runs a system. That is not to say that Virginia’s players aren’t talented. They are, but they are less heralded and their professional prospects are far less certain. Virginia tried for years to land Kentucky-type talent but having to recruit against league heavyweights Duke, North Carolina, and other occasionally-great ACC schools was too difficult for a team seemingly always playing for next year. Six years ago Virginia determined that its best chance for prolonged success lay in the system approach. The Wahoos hired Washington State head coach Tony Bennett, the son of legendary coach Dick Bennett, creator of college basketball’s most perplexing puzzle, the Pack Line defense. Tony Bennett brought the Pack Line to Virginia and the results have been nothing short of astonishing. Virginia has improved every year under Bennett’s tutelage, culminating in last season’s school-record-tying 30 victories and the program’s first ACC Tournament championship since 1976. Bennett and Virginia have accomplished all of this despite having exactly zero McDonald’s All-Americans and only a few players with NBA talent. The system is the foundation for Virginia’s success. When executed correctly, the Pack Line and its focus on help defense covers up the shortcomings Virginia’s players may have against taller, faster, and more athletic opponents.
Now that Kentucky has dispatched all the teams on its nonconference schedule Virginia and Duke are about the only teams writers have left to offer up as possible spoilers. Could Virginia’s system neutralize Kentucky’s talent advantage? The easy answer is no. Players make plays and the Wildcats have more players than anyone. Kentucky’s guys would blow holes in Virginia’s D while locking down the Cavaliers defensively because it is the Wildcats’ defense that is terrifying and terrorizing opponents this year. Superior talent wins the day, right? Well, over the past year Virginia has posted a 33-3 record and throttled teams with far more talent, but could they beat what is being touted as one of college basketball’s greatest-ever lineups? The matchup is more interesting than you might think.
Ken Pomeroy calculates pace-adjusted stats that give interested parties the means to compare teams across different playing styles. Applying Pomeroy’s methodology to the stats shows that Virginia and Kentucky have remarkably similar defensive and offensive profiles. Kentucky is harder to score on than Virginia, but not by much. The statistics bear this out. UK and UVA rank first and second nationally in scoring defense, allowing 47.8 and 48.2 points per game respectively. They also rank first and second in field goal percentage defense. UK’s opponents make just 29.7 % of their field goal attempts, Virginia’s opponents make just 32.6%. UVA ranks third in the nation in rebound margin at +14.4, UK ranks ninth at +10.5. Kentucky allows opponents to score 82.1 points per 100 possessions and Virginia allows 84.2. That’s first and third nationally. Louisville is second.
Virginia’s Pack Line D is designed to deny the opposition close-in baskets and second-chance points. The way to beat Virginia is shoot over it. A team that makes its three-point shots will always give Virginia trouble because that’s the shot Virginia concedes in order to defend the paint. That doesn’t mean that Virginia is soft against the three, though. The Cavaliers’ 3-point field goal defense allows opponents a conversion percentage of just 29.2%. With its interior size, Kentucky has not had to lean on the three-pointer this year. The Wildcats rank 182nd (of 345) in three-point field goal attempts per game and 228th in three-point field goal percentage at 32.1 %. Kentucky does have capable shooters in Devin Booker and Tyler Ulis. Booker has made 49% of his 50 attempts and Ulis has made 52% of his small sample size 23 attempts. Aaron Harrison is Kentucky’s most prolific three-point bomber and despite a knack for making the big shot he has been statistically terrible this season, converting just 18 of his 66 attempts (27%). His twin Andrew has attempted a far more modest 28 treys but has found nylon only on 9 of them. Booker appears to be the shooter Virginia would need to be most concerned about.
Virginia likes shots like this one by Justin Anderson.
What about at the other end? Could Virginia overcome UK’s length? On offense, Kentucky ranks fifth at 115.4 points per 100 possessions. Virginia averages 114.8 points per 100 possessions, slotting them right behind Kentucky at 6th. By contrast Louisville, Kentucky’s last opponent and formerly the rest of America’s best spoiler hope, ranks 55th at 106.2 points per 100. Virginia is a better offensive team than Louisville and it’s really not even close, as will become obvious in a minute. Virginia has the backcourt size to match up with Kentucky, running 6’2″, 6’5″, and 6’6″ at the guard spots. There is no team in America that can match Kentucky’s frontcourt size and that would be an issue for Virginia because the Hoos prefer layups to three-pointers. Virginia ranks just 322nd in three-point attempts per game and would need to shoot a ton of them against Kentucky because the Wildcats will not let teams score at the rim. The teams that have tried (Kansas, Texas) have gotten obliterated. Virginia is a marginally better overall shooting team than Kentucky, making 49.3 % of its attempts (20th nationally) to Kentucky’s 47.2 % (51st nationally), and a much better shooting team than Louisville (43.1%, 197th nationally). Virginia guard Justin Anderson, one of the few Virginia players with an NBA future, is torching the nets this season and has hit 61% of his 48 three-point attempts.
Kentucky likes shots like this one by Willie Cauley-Stein.
Would Kentucky’s height allow its skyscrapers to pass out of the post traps Virginia uses to deny opposing big men easy looks at the hoop? Given that Kentucky normally has at least two guys taller than 6’9″ on the floor at the same time, Virginia won’t be able to double all of Kentucky’s bigs. If the doubled man can pass out of the trap Kentucky’s other big man should have an easy look at the hoop. Virginia will have no answer if the post trap breaks down or if Kentucky’s guards can extend the floor by hitting the three and that’s why I think that Kentucky’s interior height and superior talent ultimately would prove too much for the Wahoos to overcome on a neutral court.
SCACCHoops, a simulation service, ran a simulated game between Kentucky and Virginia 300 times. Kentucky won 167 times and Virginia won 133 times. The average score was Kentucky 60.8, Virginia 59.7. Fewer than five points decided 101 of the games and 12 of the games went into overtime. While these results lend credence to Virginia fans’ belief that the Cavs could hang with the Cats, simulations are just that. I think fans of both schools would love to have the issue settled on Monday night, April 6 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
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Aspect Scientific HQ is based in a peaceful rural location on the historic Oulton Estate near Tarporley, in Cheshire, North West England. However our services span throughout the British Isles with our team of Field Service Engineers.
Aspect Scientific was formed by Phil Emsley and David Wilkinson in 2015. Since then the company has gone from strength to strength and we now have a large team working with some of the world’s most well known diagnostic instrumentation manufacturers and suppliers.
We specialise in the Technical Service and Support of Medical Diagnostic Instrumentation across various areas, such as clinical pathology, veterinary and food industry testing.
Technical Services we provide include:
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From our Customer Service Team to our Service Engineers, we are dedicated to delivering a fast, efficient and friendly service. Find out more about the Aspect Scientific team below…
Phil Emsley
Phil Emsley - Managing Director
Brief working history
Phil Emsley has over 18 years of experience in the service and repair of medical diagnostic instrumentation, within both Service Centre (Workshop) and Field Service based roles as an Engineer. In addition Phil has many years’ experience within Service Centre management and Field Service Management roles and prior to starting Aspect Scientific Phil was the Service Manager for Alere Ltd managing nationwide field service activities provided by the Alere Technical Support team. Over the years he has gained experience in providing direct customer support and managing technical services being provided for a huge range of instrumentation, across many different laboratory disciplines.
When he’s not at work Phil enjoys spending time with his family, especially his nieces and nephew. He also likes to spend time working on classic car restoration projects and is the proud owner of a DeLorean and a Lotus Carlton. When he’s not working on his own cars, Phil enjoys going to motoring / classic car shows and events. He loves listening to music, especially progressive rock and metal and has been playing the drums for the past 8 years on and off when time allows! He enjoys winding down by going for long walks in the countryside.
Dave Wilkinson
Dave Wilkinson - Operations Director
David Wilkinson began his career in the Medical Diagnostic Industry in 1999 as an apprentice Service Engineer while studying Electronics at Mid Kent College. Over the last 18 years he has accumulated a wealth of customer support experience and worked on a vast range of instrumentation which cover many different laboratory disciplines. Previous to becoming Operations Director at Aspect Scientific, David spent 9 years with Alere Ltd. originally as a Field Service Engineer and later being promoted to Senior Service Engineer. In more recent years his role has allowed him to gain a huge amount of team management and coordination skills.
When he’s not at work, David is an all-round music lover, and enjoys listening to a wide variety of musical styles and artists. When not taking on vocal and guitar duties with a few likeminded colleagues, he can often be found perfecting his ever growing list of celebrity impersonations! David loves spending time with his family – the recent four legged addition means that they are all now keen countryside ramblers.
Andrea Horridge
Andrea Horridge - Technical Support and Quality Manager
Andrea Horridge was a Biomedical Scientist in an NHS Microbiology Laboratory for 13 years and rotated around all aspects of routine bacteriology, serology, mycology and parasitology.
In 2006 she moved on to a Technical Support Specialist role at Bio-Stat Diagnostic Systems / Inverness Medical UK / Alere Ltd. Andrea’s role involved troubleshooting and helping users of the lab instruments that she had experience with and indulged her passion for helping others. Over the years Andrea’s experience of a wide range of laboratory and Point Of Care instruments used in various settings within healthcare diagnostics increased. Andrea’s role developed to Technical Support Team Leader, where she helped to train and mentor the members of the wider team. She joined Aspect Scientific in 2015 to head up the Telephone Technical Support of the Dynex Technologies ELISA Automation systems, this has since extended to other instrumentation also. Andrea has taken an interest in the Quality Management systems of the business and in doing so ensured that Aspect Scientific were certified to ISO9001 within the first year of business.
When she’s not at work, Andrea enjoys keeping fit by going to a boot camp class once a week and occasionally getting involved with local Park Runs, which she claims help her to feel less guilty about her longstanding Cream Egg addiction. She loves going to the movies with her son Lucas (she’s secretly addicted to good animated films involving Minions, Penguins or Lego!) and consuming as much popcorn as possible while she’s there. Andrea is a keen skier and she and her family try to go skiing once a year, mainly to enjoy the Glühwein/Vin Chaud!. Andrea’s claim to fame is that she appears 3 times on Peter Kay’s ‘Live at the Albert Halls’ performance!
Nigel Harrison
Nigel Harrison - Field Service Engineer
Nigel Harrison has spent the last 26 years in Medical Engineering and Technical Service having worked for companies such as Motorola, Gambro Lundia, Alere Ltd and Eppendorf. Nigel joined Aspect Scientific in early 2016 as a Field Service Engineer, although he has worked with other members of the team for many years previously at Alere.
When he’s not at work, you can find Nigel half way up a mountain in North Wales, freezing cold and photographing front line fighter aircraft flying through the valleys below.
Ian Morton - Field Service Engineer
Ian Morton served in the Army for 23 years as a Weapons Systems Engineer with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. During this time he was deployed to Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo and Kuwait where his daily duties involved repairing and setting up weapons systems involved within the British Army. Ian was also involved in the Army Weapon Development Branch whereby he would go and train and work in collaboration with the civilian weapon systems companies to develop defence systems.
Once retired from the Army Ian joined Alere Ltd as the Workshop Supervisor where he was responsible for the pre-delivery inspection, setup and testing of all Alere laboratory and Point Of Care instruments and the Workshop repair processes of laboratory instruments. Ian joined Aspect Scientific in 2017 as a Service Engineer, where he has a dual role within both the Service Centre and on-site field service in the Northwest.
Ian was a very keen sportsman and represented the Army in both Rugby and Athletics, he still keeps himself fit and can be found at the gym every morning before work.
John Cooke - Field Service Engineer
John has worked within several different fields as a Service Engineer, namely within nuclear medicine, renal dialysis, robotic liquid handling and life sciences over a span of twenty five years. He has covered both the British Isles and overseas.
John is a full on petrol head and has fun tearing up the Welsh forests in his own built and prepared rally car. He has also instructed rallying at Oulton Park and at special stage venues around the UK. He enjoys taking people out on “hot demo laps” for experiences, showing what the car can really do! John says, “The demo’s usually went well, but if they didn’t, they didn’t spectacularly!”.
Archie Valdez
Archie Valdez - Field Service Engineer
Archie Valdez graduate from Adamson University Manila in the Philippines with a degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering, following this he worked within telecommunications with Nokia and Vertu for many years, followed by a move to Avionics with Panasonic.
He progressed his career into medical diagnostic equipment working on microbiology laboratory instrumentation with Biomerieux, prior to joining Aspect Scientific in 2018.
When not at work, Archie enjoys spending time with his family and watching movies. He is also a keen basketball player, table tennis player, and enjoys bowling too.
Mike Lower
Mike Lower - Field Service Engineer
Before becoming involved in the medical device industry Mike Lower had over 17 years’ experience within the field service engineering industry, mainly working with photocopiers and printers. He has worked for Panasonic and Canon in New Zealand and Kyocera in the UK.
When he’s not at work Mike likes to spend time with his family and he enjoys the outdoors. He loves mountaineering, rock climbing and mountain biking. When he gets chance, he likes to explore the Scottish Highlands or the Lake District in order to pursue his passion for landscape photography.
Rui Oliveira - Field Service Engineer
Rui Oliveira previously graduated from the Portuguese Air Force Academy with an electrical/electronics degree.
He has 25 years’ experience within medical diagnostics, providing technical support and service on biochemistry, immunology, HPLC, ESR, Haematology and Urine analysers with companies such as Sysmex and Beckman Coulter. Rui joined Aspect Scientific in February 2019 as a Service Engineer covering Northwest England.
When he is not at work, Rui loves spending time with his family, watching and playing sport, and also travelling and reading.
Jade Wood
Jade Wood - Technical Support Specialist
Jade Wood graduated from Sheffield Hallam University in 2014 with a degree in Biomedical Sciences.
The day after her graduation she secured a job with Exova-Jones Environmental, a contaminated land testing laboratory – initially as a lab technician, later being promoted to lab analyst. Jade’s role involved using GC-FID to qualitate and quantitate volatile organic compounds in soil and water samples. She was responsible for the day to day loading of the machines, processing sample results, preventative and troubleshooting maintenance and ordering machine consumables for the lab. Jade has extensive experience in quality control procedures from using method accredited by UKAS and MCERTS.
When she’s not at work, Jade enjoys watching TV shows such as Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones and Vikings. She also enjoys arts and crafts and has recently been learning how to crochet. At the weekends she enjoys cycling around the countryside and loves shopping for absolutely anything!
Liz Emsley
Liz Emsley - Customer Service Administrator
Liz Emsley has an Early Years degree in child psychology and sociology, and started her career in the Early Years/Education sector. She decided to take on a quieter career path(!) and moved into an Office Administration role in 2014. Her career progressed on to a role in the busy Contracts/Tenders/Office Support Team for a diagnostics company which involved call handling, dealing with customer enquiries, contract administration and sales team support tasks. Liz then moved to Aspect Scientific in April 2015 to take on the role of Customer Service Administrator.
When she’s not at work, Liz spends most of her free time (and money!) on her beautiful Connemara horse Finn and loves taking him for rides out. Liz loves reading, her favourite authors being Philip Pullman and George R.R. Martin. Her claim to fame is that when she was 7 years old she met Robbie Williams at a meet and greet, but was too terrified to speak to him.
Joanne Smith
Joanne Smith - Customer Services Administrator
Jo has joined the Aspect Scientific team after working in both legal administration and financial roles for many years. Jo has varied experience in office administration, data handling and customer services and now assists with general customer enquiries, service administration and scheduling, record keeping and order processing.
In Jo’s spare time she enjoys arts and crafts, upcycling furniture and gardening during the summer months.
David Lawrence - Service Coordinator
David has spent the last 30 years working in Administration & Field Service Co-ordination. Primarily for various divisions of Siemens in the UK, allocating field service resources throughout the UK & worldwide for Automation & Drives, PLC’s, Gas Turbines & Water Technologies instruments. Having spent over 20 years at Siemens David moved onto Evoqua Water Technologies until the company head office relocated to Sevenoaks in Kent. From there David moved onto projects with a smaller company in the domestic waste water pumping industry & more recently in the construction equipment arena with the UK dealer for Volvo Construction Equipment.
Throughout his working career in customer service & field service coordination David has gained an excellent working knowledge of procedures & processes, systems & ways of working.
David has been happily married for 27 years, and has 4 daughters. He loves spending time with his family and is an avid Liverpool FC fan. When he has time to himself he is a keen reader, and loves nothing better than escaping into good crime fiction – getting through around three books a month has resulted in owning enough books for a small library!
Steve Pollitt
Steve Pollitt - Service Centre Engineer
Steve Pollitt started his career working for Sharp Manufacturing as a Trainee Technician, working there for many years across several different roles and departments. Steve has over 25 years of experience as an Engineer repairing electronic equipment, primarily in Service Centre based roles within the Precision Manufacturing, Telecommunications/Data-Communications and IT Service sectors. In his previous role he was heavily involved in the successful set up of a brand new repair facility within a Global IT Services & Telecommunications company.
Steve enjoys spending time outdoors, walking in the countryside with his wife, son and Siberian Husky. He loves listening to music of all genres and has a keen interest in landscape photography, film editing and web & graphics design. Also when time allows, he enjoys flying RC drones and is aiming to acquire his Civil Aviation Authority license so he can fly them both commercially and responsibly.
Grace Linnell
Grace Linnell - Graphic Designer/Marketing Support
Grace Linnell started her career in the world of diagnostics when she was hired to help Bio-Stat rebrand to Inverness Medical. She then continued her career progressing to Marketing Communications Specialist, providing graphic design and marketing support across the UK and Europe. Grace has over 10 years of experience across various different business sectors and joined the Aspect Scientific team in early 2016.
When she’s not at work, Grace enjoys keeping fit – usually done with a combination of Body Pump classes, chasing around after her daughter Alana and going horse riding when she can find the time. Keeping fit ensures that she can take part in an annual Cancer Research ‘Pretty Muddy’ event, raising money for a charity that is very close to her heart. Grace is a keen artist and spends a lot of evenings surrounded by watercolours and pencils. She is also a film fanatic, especially if it features Tom Hardy, and is not ashamed to say she has lost count of how many times she has watched Game of Thrones.
Tom Clarke
Tom Clarke - QA & RA Consultant
Tom Clarke has over 11 years of experience working in roles related to quality and regulatory compliance, predominantly in the pharmaceutical and medical device sectors. This has provided a depth of understanding of the requirements for compliance with industry specific regulations, as well as more broadly applicable international standards for quality, environmental and health & safety management.
Tom’s most recent role was as the Head of Quality and Assurance and Regulatory Compliance for the largest Toxicology testing provider in the UK. More recently Tom started his consultancy company related to quality and regulatory compliance and works with companies across a broad range of industries.
In his spare time Tom likes to keep active. He plays football 2-3 times a week (as much as his joints can handle!), plays golf when he can and goes mountain biking regularly at the weekends. Tom loves going on holiday, but rather than lying on a beach he tries to incorporate activities such as skiing, wakeboarding, windsurfing and hiking into holidays to keep him occupied.
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Biography & Memoir 30 mins. Unabridged © 2015
This collection of four beautiful essays, published in the NEW YORK TIMES shortly before Oliver Sacks's death, feels like a last, parting gift from Sacks to listeners. In "Mercury," "My Own Life," "My Periodic Table," and "Sabbath," Sacks looks back over his long and accomplished life and faces his own mortality. More than anything, he's still filled with wonder at the world. Dan Woren, who also narrated Sacks's memoir, ON THE MOVE, reads in a firm and clear voice. One might wish for a slightly more intimate and personal tone, or for him to linger a bit over Sacks's turns of phrase, to better allow listeners to contemplate them. Nonetheless, Sacks's message resonates, rewarding multiple listens. J.M.D. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine [Published: NOVEMBER 2015]
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In the description of their project named "Rethinking Square Zero," Express Scripts and co-Champ Husch Blackwell suggested that, while most projects begin at "square one," good legal project management begins well before that, before a new lawsuit comes in the door. Keeping that premise in mind, the company and the law firm began working together in 2012 to completely revamp Express Scripts' approach to managing litigation, when the company's litigation portfolio grew after a corporate merger in April 2012.
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Data source: Pew Internet & American Life Project April 2009 Survey
Broadband adoption in the US has grown this year, despite the fact that customers are paying more now than they were in 2008, according to a new report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The report, released today at the Internet Innovation Alliance's National Broadband Strategy Symposium, shows especially big jumps among senior citizens, low-income households, and rural residents in 2009, indicating that the recession hasn't had much of an effect on people's decisions to buy or keep their Internet connections.
Pew interviewed 2,253 adult Americans during April of 2009 and found that 63 percent have home broadband connections, up from 55 percent in May of 2008. However, the rates of growth for specific groups were higher than the average. For example, broadband usage among adults over 65 grew to 30 percent this year, up from 19 percent a year before. Older baby boomers (those between 50 and 64) saw the same level of increase—from 50 percent to 61 percent—and 46 percent of rural Americans now use broadband, up from 38 percent in 2008. Those classified as "low-income Americans" (households with an annual income of below $20,000) saw an increase in broadband usage by 10 percentage points, and households that make between $20,000 and $30,000 saw an 11 percentage point increase.
Americans are continuing to jump on the broadband bandwagon, but at a slower pace. Cable has become more popular than DSL
Comparatively, broadband penetration among upper-income Americans (those with annual household incomes over $75,000) was only up one percentage point over the past year, from 84 percent to 85 percent. Because this group already has such a high adoption rate, growth is inevitably slower than groups that still have a long ways to go.
Pew points out that while Americans admitted to cutting back on numerous services during the economic slowdown, broadband did not appear to be one of them. For example, 22 percent of adults said they cancelled or cut back on cable over the last 12 months, and 22 percent of cell phone users reported the same of their cell service. At the same time, many broadband users said that they actually upgraded their service over the past year in order to get faster speeds and better access. Clearly, Americans have prioritized Internet access over other subscription services in times when everyone is trying to save some cash.
"For many Americans, a home broadband connection is a conduit for connecting to community and economic opportunity," Pew's Associate Director John B. Horrigan said. "That puts broadband in the 'must keep' category for most users, even when economic times are tough."
This is despite the fact that broadband prices appear to have gone up between 2008 and now. According to Pew, the average monthly bill for basic broadband services went from $32.80 in 2008 to $37.10 in 2009, while the average monthly bill for "those thirsty for faster home broadband speeds" paid about $44.60 per month in 2009, compared to $38.10 in 2008. Pew also found that among broadband subscribers who say only one company serves their area, the average monthly bill was higher than subscribers who have more than one company to choose from: $44.70 compared to $38.30.
Surprise: competition breeds lower prices for consumers. Let's get some more of that around the country
There are two remaining groups of users who have yet to hop on the broadband bandwagon, though: dial-up users (yes, they still exist at 7 percent of American adults) and non-Internet users (21 percent of adults). Those who use dial-up said that the price of broadband would still have to fall or that it would have to become available where they live, while non-Internet users said that they can't get access, they believe the Internet is difficult to use, and some said they didn't even own a computer. (Four percent said they believe the Internet is a waste of time—a belief that we admit we agree with sometimes.) The problem of access was mentioned high on the list by both groups, however, indicating that the US still has some work to do in order to make broadband available everywhere.
Jacqui Cheng Jacqui is an Editor at Large at Ars Technica, where she has spent the last eight years writing about Apple culture, gadgets, social networking, privacy, and more.
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Kressilac Ars Tribunus Militum
Even though year over year percentage increases have declined, the total number of signups for each year has remained pretty steady.
Use 100 subscribers as a base number of signups prior to '04. That means 21 more signed up in '04, 33 in '05, 18 in '06, 29 in '07 and 30 in '08.
Aside from the dip in '06, I'd say the signup rate is pretty steady given those percentage increases. All depends upon how you spin the numbers on year over year growth.
That chart showing higher/lower prices for less/more competition is amazing. If anything shows the disgusting greed of telcos it is that chart.
whquaint Ars Tribunus Militum
I think there is an error in the chart "Broadband connections by type". The units are "seconds"? Should that be "percent"?
Rene Gollent Ars Tribunus Militum et Subscriptor
Would I be correct in assuming that the unit for the "Broadband Connections By Type" chart should be something other than 'seconds'? Because that makes no sense at all to me at least.
mariogonzalez Seniorius Lurkius
Where are these numbers coming from? Who pays 39? I pay $74 per month, there is only one provider in my area.
2 posts | registered Jun 17, 2009
Regarding the higher price when there are fewer options: DUH! It's called the free market.
I'm sure the ISPs would say something like this: The reason there are fewer ISP options in some areas is that it is more expense to serve those areas. If you deny this, then why aren't more ISPs clamoring to serve those areas with high prices? Exactly.
If you feel that areas that are hard to serve deserve cheap, high-speed internet anyway, then talk to your government officials about subsidies.
Your Highness Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
"Statistics show that 50% of statisticians fake statistics 90% of the time."
The reality is the price of basic broadband hasnt gone up a few dollars in recent years, the average has gone up because new higher teired services are beign offered, such as 50mb and 60mb connections costing $100+
Originally posted by whquaint:
Skip the subsidies, just have the government ("the people") build their own lines... oh wait, that's already happening.
Glav Ars Scholae Palatinae
Interesting information overall, just one thing I'd like to mention: think of the colorblind when you make your graphs...brown, red, and green all look like shades of the same thing to some of us
Old Man Dotes Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
The higher prices where there is no competition is caused by the *illegal* unregulated monopolies which have been granted by municipalities to (mostly) cable TV operators. Eliminate monopoly franchises, and the US might possibly see speeds which are common in Europe and Asia, 100Mbps to the home, with prices lower than we currently pay for 20Mbps.
Eric Managing Editor et Subscriptor
So there is. It has been fixed.
Originally posted by Glav:
We have tried to, actually. But looking again through filter, I can see that the 1st and 3rd shades are very close if you've got deuteranopia. I've swapped the third and fourth choices in our chart color palette, which should help the situation.
+Griz Ars Praefectus
Originally posted by mariogonzalez:
what ISP is that, and did you get one of the fancy plans?
Time Warner are cheap bastards who provide awful service and never upgrade infrastructure but at least it's only $40/month.
Dunlavy Ars Tribunus Militum
The Internet... a waste of time? Ha! Last time I checked, there's a huge, burning ball of fire in the sky that's up there for half of the day - so they want to shun their Internet and go out there and deal with that? They're more than welcome to.
I'll stay inside and hope that fireball doesn't get any closer to Earth.
JediFonger Ars Scholae Palatinae
i'd imagine that if u got laid off and need to search for a job, you will need the internet, even dial-up! part of unemployment check automatically goes towards broadband cause u can't really do any serious job searched without internet.
divisionbyzero Ars Praefectus
Originally posted by Old Man Dotes:
Well, I doubt they are illegal or unregulated since other cable companies would challenge them if they were. Usually what happens is the market for the *monopoly* is highly competitive but the municipality extracts agreements from these companies to provide universal coverage and, unlike in health care, universal coverage raises the price of service for that municipality. Of course favoring coverage over cost is still odious (if the people that are covered can't afford it, who cares?), but it's more complicated than what you stated above.
The latest data from the Pew Internet & American Life project shows that Americans are willing to cut down on many services during this economic slowdown, but not their Internet connections.
Ummm, didn't we have a thread in this forum awhile back that said the same thing? Anyway there's a difference between dropping internet altogether, and simply dropping broadband.
StuckInaCube Ars Scholae Palatinae
The issue isn't so much broad band penetration in 100% of America but it's about competition in 100% of America. Those of you who have only ONE option when it comes to cable internet (as I do) know that the cost of surfing the web is significantly higher than areas with multiple providers.
Why are ISPs allowed to have regional monopolies and bone their customers with steep monthly fees?
Jason Honingford Ars Tribunus Militum
This whole report is useless.
1) $44.70? Who gets that? They don't seem to include the hidden fees, and the fact that it's ~$10 more if you don't sign-up as a package.
2) Your 1 cable provider is chosen by the local government, contracts that are renewed every 10 or so years, so I don't know how you can compare that to DSL which are private contracts with the telcos.
3) There is no mention of quality and speed, and no definition of broadband
4) Fixed wireless? What the hell is that?
5) Sat has limitations that make some uses impossible.
6) T1 and OTHER can be dual use, not just internet.
FastTracker Seniorius Lurkius
One alternative that's gaining some momentum is WiFi. Not the 'Muni WiFi' where antennas are posted on light poles, but via use of recently introduced, inexpensive equipment - see open-mesh.com - done at the extreme local level. I can say from experience that, if done right, it's virtually as good as a hard wired connection.
The problem is political, not technical, and the answer is to prohibit those who have been granted government monopolies - like cable companies - from disallowing connection sharing. The quid pro quo is to implement a FAIR structure for metering bandwidth. If that can happen, I believe we'll see costs per megabit come down quite a bit across a lot of places in the U.S.
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slugline Wise, Aged Ars Veteran et Subscriptor
Obviously, This report is really eye-opening to the people who live in one-ISP areas, isn't it? Yes, when there's competition, you could be paying $40 or less per month!!!
Jason -- "Fixed wireless" is used in some outlying rural areas. A radio transmitter is on a tall tower, broadcasting a signal to homes and buisinesses with dedicated receivers on exterior walls or roofs.
mitEj Ars Scholae Palatinae
The telecoms and ISPs have already been receiving subsidies for years.
SirOmega Ars Praefectus et Subscriptor
I would argue that the last chart is actually a deterrent to ISPs looking to enter a market, even if there weren't government protected monopolies. From their perspective, if they're the third ISP to enter a market then they can expect per-sub revenues of $38/mo, is that to cover build-out costs? Compared to the existing ISPs who have been able to count on $42/mo for years.
Minnesota (I think) has state-level regulation of who can enter markets. How many overbuilders have started providing broadband service?
hpsgrad Ars Praefectus
Originally posted by divisionbyzero:
I don't think that it's either of those things. Municipalities are prohibited by federal regulation from offering a CATV monopoly franchise. It's been prohibited for about 15 years now, fwiw. A federal court (think it was the Supreme Court, but I don't recall off-hand) just re-affirmed the FCC's decision to prohibit exclusive franchise agreements in Multiple Dwelling Units (condos or apartment buildings, for example).
I strongly suspect that the monopolies in question are more a matter of economics: the incumbent has a huge economic advantage, new physical plant is expensive, and it's far easier to extract money from your own exclusive turf than to start trying to muscle in on someone else's. I also suspect that it's easier to make the case for purchasing a neighboring CATV provider than to attempt to lay duplicate physical plant, because of the waste caused by competition (all that duplication, sales to try to lure new customers, churn, advertising, etc.). These are just suspicions of mine, and not based on any strong evidence.
What I know for a fact is that exclusive franchise agreements are prohibited in the US, and have been for a long, long time.
ReaderBot Ars Praefectus
Since the rate of growth in 2008 was 17%, and the rate of growth in 2009 was 15%, that must mean the whole industry is going down the tubes, right? Right?
Oh wait, no it doesn't. THE INDUSTRY GREW 15% IN 2009!
I wonder who was the first idiot who decided that the health of a market should be predicated on infinite, exponential growth? And I wonder why otherwise intelligent writers at Ars constantly insist on subscribing any merit to such marketing voodoo?
Maybe we could bypass the present last mile?
Valis Ars Centurion
Our entire financial system tends to judge a company based on its performance vs. 'infinite growth' models. I agree it's idiotic but it goes far beyond just the cable market.
As for my experience with internet access, from what I see these rates are the advertised rates for NEW SUBSCRIBERS who are given special pricing for a limited time. The advertised rates do indeed not include the 'taxes and fees' that always seem to add up to $10 ($15 for me with phone+internet) to any billing plan, plus any 'equipment fees'. Once you pass the 'introductory offer' period your bill will not only always be higher (of course), but when you call & complain to get onto some other offer most offers only include a bundled service: "I'm sorry sir we don't have any specials on cable internet alone today, but you can get phone+internet or television+internet for a low price of only $99!". This is with comcast..
Quest's pricing model is actually simpler, since they can't really bundle DirectTV in the same way they only offer bundles that have phone+DSL with additional offers for subscribing to DirectTV made available when you sign up for your Quest service. In that case though the lower pricing plans are substantially slower than even the basic Cable model, and are still only 'introductory prices for new signup accounts.'
Nowhere do I see a plan where you can get 6/512 or 8/1 type service for 'only $39 a month'.
foresmac108 Ars Praefectus et Subscriptor
I paid $45 per month in a small town in Indiana for 5Mbps on cable (the only option). When I moved to Chicago, the lowest option was 6Mbps for $69/mo. And despite being in a large city with lots of options, the only thing I can get in my area is Comcast. Not AT&T U-verse, not even DSL.
I'd love for there to be more competition.
Originally posted by +Griz:
The ISP is Comcast, this in Chicago, AT&T won't touch this area, I've talked to AT&T several times. I've been a long time customer for obvious reasons, first chance I get, will jump ship. $39 plans are for new customers only. They'll give me a break if I sign up for a hundred dollar package, which includes the introductory rate for their digital cable, price skyrockets after that. I've gone for the specials now and then, they just haven't had anything worth while this year. What gets the number that high are taxes. I found some other company servicing the south side and gave them a call, they said they couldn't access this area and didn't have any more information, perhaps in the future.
nologin Seniorius Lurkius
Wow Broadband is pretty expansive in the states.
I pay a bit less than 30€ a month for 16Mbits/1Mbits uncapped (i have a bit less then 100GB traffic a week) here in Germany. I'm also able to get out of the contract every month.
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FASTWILLY Seniorius Lurkius
COMMENT ON RURAL: Why are the speeds slower and the costs higher to get broadband in a rural area?
Who thinks the wholesale costs of providing broadband are the same in the rural as they are in the big city? Where do you think the backbone connection to the Internet comes from? It doesn't start in the rural, you have to transport it out of the metro areas. This is expensive but not the only high cost. The biggest factor has to do with "economies of scale." If you are serving a low populated rural community the wholesale costs of bandwidth are often 10x the price of what you find in the metro areas. As an ISP, when you don't have the population to justify buying huge backbone circuits (like an OC192), the wholesale cost per meg is much more expensive in the rural areas (having to buy T-1's or maybe a DS3).
Compounding the high cost is the exponential growth of video, music and gaming on the Internet. Where bandwidth demand from users is doubling every 12 to 16 months and the cost of bandwidth does not drop to the same degree or anything close.
If there was a significant enough market and profit potential to serve the rural areas, there would be competition with more broadband providers. What would help the rural area is if the wholesale cost of bandwidth was equalized with the cost in a metro area, without reference to distance or population -- this would allow faster speeds and lower prices.
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QIAGEN Launches First FDA-approved Companion Diagnostic for PIK3CA Biomarkers to Enhance Precision Medicine in Breast Cancer
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QIAGEN’s therascreen PIK3CA Kit was co-developed in collaboration with Novartis and co-approved with PIQRAY (alpelisib) by the FDA. The Novartis drug is indicated in combination with fulvestrant for the treatment of postmenopausal women and men with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative, PIK3CA-mutated, advanced or metastatic breast cancer as detected by an FDA-approved test following progression on or after an endocrine-based regimen. Further detail about the Kit is available at www.qiagen.com/PIK3CA.
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College of Business program helps established Haitian entrepreneurs “take-off to corporation.”
Executive Education, More College News December 8, 2014June 27, 2017 Jane Schreier Jones
Ideas, as the saying goes, are a dime a dozen. But entrepreneurs who have already established a business are truly poised for success.
That’s why the Digicel “Entrepreneur of the Year” program, which helps Haitian entrepreneurs, had a particular focus for 2014: the telecommunications operator sought to provide intellectual resources to entrepreneurs who are in the second stage of building stable corporations.
Once again, the College of Business at Florida International University (FIU) was selected to host the three-day Haiti Retreat, held from November 19- 21, 2014. This year’s program was titled: “Growth from Take-Off to Corporation.”
Twenty-four Haitian CEOs and entrepreneurs selected as finalists for the title of 2014 Entrepreneur of the Year and three former winners traveled to FIU for the event. The program was conducted by FIU’s Office of Executive and Professional Education (EPE), which also hosted the program in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
The business person who has earned the title of 2014 Digicel Entrepreneur of the Year will be announced in mid-December.
Program gives entrepreneurs information and encouragement.
Entrepreneurs attending the program included founders of a restaurant, a computer electronics school, a poultry business, a dance studio and other varied, successful businesses in Haiti.
“The program’s emphasis was on growth — finding growth opportunities and designing growth strategies,” said Natalie Dwarika, EPE program coordinator, International Programs. “The agenda was packed with motivation and practical knowledge for the entrepreneurs to take their company to its second stage.”
Dileep Rao, clinical professor in FIU’s Department of Management & International Business, served as faculty director and conducted workshops each day. In his class, Professor Stephen Barnett of the Department of Marketing discussed practical marketing strategies for growth.
College of Business Dean David Klock shared with attendees his own personal story as the former CEO for CompBenefits, one of the nation’s leading dental and vision benefits companies.
Also serving as program faculty was Haitian economist Kesner Pharel who discussed financial strategies right for Haiti and successful entrepreneur Lloyd Sigel, an instructor at various Minnesota universities.
“The participants have such passion for their businesses,” said Dwarika. “They had abundant eagerness to gain as much knowledge as possible to grow their operations.”
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12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (TPB)
Author(s): Jordan B. Peterson
The #1 Sunday Times and International Bestseller from 'the most influential public intellectual in the Western world right now' (New York Times)
What are the most valuable things that everyone should know?
Acclaimed clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson has influenced the modern understanding of personality, and now he has become one of the world's most popular public thinkers, with his lectures on topics from the Bible to romantic relationships to mythology drawing tens of millions of viewers. In an era of unprecedented change and polarizing politics, his frank and refreshing message about the value of individual responsibility and ancient wisdom has resonated around the world.
In this book, he provides twelve profound and practical principles for how to live a meaningful life, from setting your house in order before criticising others to comparing yourself to who you were yesterday, not someone else today. Happiness is a pointless goal, he shows us. Instead we must search for meaning, not for its own sake, but as a defence against the suffering that is intrinsic to our existence.
Drawing on vivid examples from the author's clinical practice and personal life, cutting edge psychology and philosophy, and lessons from humanity's oldest myths and stories, 12 Rules for Life offers a deeply rewarding antidote to the chaos in our lives: eternal truths applied to our modern problems.
The most influential public intellectual in the Western world right now * New York Times * In a different intellectual league... Peterson can take the most difficult ideas and make them entertaining. This may be why his YouTube videos have had 35m views. He is fast becoming the closest that academia has to a rock star * Observer * One of the most eclectic and stimulating public intellectuals at large today, fearless and impassioned -- Matthew d'Ancona * Guardian * Someone with not only humanity and humour, but serious depth and substance ... Peterson has a truly cosmopolitan and omnivorous intellect, but one that recognises that things need grounding in a home if they are ever going to be meaningfully grasped ... As well as being funny, there is a burning sincerity to the man which only the most withered cynic could suspect * Spectator * Fascinating ... Peterson is brilliant on many subjects -- Bryan Appleyard * Sunday Times * Peterson has become a kind of secular prophet who, in an era of lobotomised conformism, thinks out of the box ... His message is overwhelmingly vital -- Melanie Philips * The Times * A rock-star academic, a cool, cowboy-boot-wearing public thinker who directs tough love at overprotected youth ... [Peterson] twirls ideas around like a magician -- Melanie Reid * The Times * A wonderful psychologist -- Malcolm Gladwell Like the best intellectual polymaths, Peterson invites his readers to embark on their own intellectual, spiritual and ideological journeys into the many topics and disciplines he touches on ... If Peterson is right, you have nothing to lose but your own misery -- James Grainger * Toronto Star * Jordan Peterson is the most important and influential Canadian thinker since Marshall McLuhan. His bold synthesis of psychology, anthropology, science, politics and comparative religion is forming a genuinely humanistic university of the future -- Camille Paglia Profound, charismatic and serious... One of the most important thinkers to emerge on the world stage for many years ... Peterson has become increasingly difficult to ignore - and whoever chooses to do so will deprive themselves of an intriguing intellectual journey -- Tim Lott * Spectator * A master at helping his students become more reflective, and take themselves and their futures more seriously -- Norman Doidge, author of 'The Brain that Changes Itself' 12 Rules for Life hits home - from identifying the deeply engrained hierarchical ladder that motivates our decision making to asking indispensable and sometimes politically unpopular questions about your life and suggesting ways to better it -- Howard Bloom, author of 'The Lucifer Principle'
Jordan B. Peterson is a Professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. Raised in the frigid wastelands of Northern Alberta, he has flown a hammer-head roll in a carbon-fiber stunt-plane, and built a Kwagu'l ceremonial bighouse on the upper floor of his Toronto home after being invited into and named by that Canadian First Nation. He's taught mythology to lawyers, doctors and business people, consulted for the UN Secretary General, helped his clinical clients manage depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety, and lectured extensively in North America and Europe. With his students and colleagues, Dr. Peterson has published over a hundred scientific papers, and his book Maps of Meaning revolutionized the psychology of religion. Formerly a professor at Harvard University, he was nominated for its prestigious Levenson Teaching Prize.
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Ronn Vigh
Ronn Vigh’s brash attitude and acerbic wit have earned him a comparison to a young Joan Rivers by SF Weekly. Which is a fitting comparison, since he later became a writer for E! Television’s“Fashion Police” co-hosted by Joan Rivers.
He was featured on NBC’s Last Comic Standing II and in 2005 started comedy night at Harvey’s and currently produces the successful “Harvey’s Funny Tuesdays” weekly comedy show in the Castro District of San Francisco. Ronn recently headlined Reno Pride and has also been featured at the10th Annual Michigan ComedyFest, Rooftop Comedy’s Out Loud Festival, Las Vegas Out Q Festival, Lake Tahoe Gay & Lesbian WinterFest, San Francisco Comedy & Burrito Festival, Palm Springs Pride and the list goes on and on and on—much like when Ronn speaks. He is also a favorite at comedy clubs, including SF Punchline, Cobb’s, San Jose Improv, Rooster T. Feathers and has recently opened for notable acts such as James Adomian, Wendy Liebman, Loni Love, Scott Thompson of Kids In The Hall and many more.
He appeared in the Off-Broadway smash hit 10 Naked Men, was a science geek In a MagRack ad that appeared all over NYCsubways (You haven’t made it until you see your picture on a train with a magic marker drawn cock and balls over your face) and co-hosted the first live broadcast of the San Francisco GLBTPride Parade for ClearChannel networks in 2008.
Ronn Vigh has hosted culture and nightlife segments for VidSF and has contributed to KOFY-TV, Energy 92.7’s Fernando & Greg Show, Shake Radio, Free FM and more. His quirky and quick on his feet personality makes Ronn a one of a kind host who can engage and energize like no other!
His biggest accomplishment to date: working as a flight attendant and never smothering any of his passengers with a pillow.
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HomeBlogHome TechMicrosoft’s Wireless Display app now lets you stream PC games to your Xbox One
Microsoft’s Wireless Display app now lets you stream PC games to your Xbox One
Thanks to a new update for Microsoft’s old ‘Connect on Windows’ application, it’s now possible for PC gamers to wirelessly cast their entire game library (yes, that includes Steam) to an Xbox One console connected to the same Wi-Fi network.
The app, now titled Wireless Display, previously only allowed users to cast content from their PCs and Android devices to Microsoft’s Surface Hub and other Windows computers. That functionality has now been expanded, giving PC gamers the ability to project their games to their living room television via an Xbox One console.
As reported by Engadget, the Wireless Display app offers numerous latency settings, including one specifically for gaming which will hopefully minimize lag while game casting.
To start casting PC games (or anything else on your computer for that matter) to your Xbox One, you must first download the Wireless Display app from the Microsoft Store and install it on both your Windows 10 machine and console.
Full Xbox One controller support is available while game casting, however, mouse and keyboard support is not supported, at least for the time being. Hopefully, that functionality will arrive at a later date.
Google is cracking down on bad advertisers, but its expanding power makes some ad execs and publishers nervous
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4 Congressional Republicans told Trump that delaying the Pentagon’s $10 billion JEDI project, which Amazon is expected to win, could harm national security (AMZN, MSFT, ORCL, GOOG)
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Best web design software in 2019
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eSports is the fastest growing sector in the sports and entertainment industry. eSports are professional competitive video game matches for awards and prize money. Major League Gaming (MLG) is the highest level pro league. Just like traditional sports franchises, eSports organizations have owners, players, sponsors and, last but not least, fans. This year the most streamed MLG event had more viewers than Game 7 of the MLB World Series. Here are the market headlines so far for December:
The NBA announced starting December 15th, it will broadcast G League (formerly D League) games on Twitch, Amazon’s livestream service. NBA G League games can be viewed at twitch.tv/nbagleague.
The Sacramento Kings unveiled plans for a dedicated eSports facility and content studio inside of Golden 1 Center. The gamer lounge will be used for the team’s upcoming NBA 2K League team as well as future Kings’ Gaming teams.
Skillz, the mobile eSports platform backed by owners of the New England Patriots, Milwaukee Bucks, New York Mets, and Sacramento Kings, secured $25 million in Series C funding. The company has seen 50,000% growth in its revenue over the past three years and crossed the $100 million revenue run-rate threshold in 2017.
As eSports continues growing through 2018, the MLB and NHL could also livestream minor league games. The Olympics are around the corner and the stage is set for eSports integrate with the world’s oldest sporting event. Make sure to stream the first ever NBA G League game tomorrow on Twitch!
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Introducing LinkedIn Next Wave: Top Professionals 35 and Under Changing the Way We Do Business
Today's entrepreneurs, inventors and company builders don't fit a stereotype. They don't come from similar backgrounds. And they may not even be names you’ve heard of before. But what they do have in common is that their brilliant ideas, and their drive to succeed have landed them on the very first LinkedIn List — a new quarterly series celebrating professionals and companies that are doing extraordinary work and transforming their fields.
We're proud to elevate these business luminaries among us and introduce you to the LinkedIn Next Wave: Top Professionals 35 and Under.
Who are the Next Wavers? You’ll find everyone from Maura McCarthy, a former venture capitalist who is reigniting the allure of prefab homes, to Chris Valasek, the security researcher who hacked into a Jeep to reveal security flaws — and just got hired by Uber. There are multiple engineers who moonlight as musicians (like Theresa Vu, who has a No. 2 hip hop hit in Japan!), professionals who have already made multiple career transitions - all at the age of 35 and under - who prove day in and day out that they are just getting started.
Here’s a glimpse at a few more:
Laura Ridlehoover helped create Amazon’s Dash button with the goal of simplifying e-commerce
Dallas Dance is one of the youngest big-city superintendents, working to put a laptop in the hands of every student in Baltimore
Erik Douglas’ technology is turning every cell phone into a tool that can diagnose ear infections — and more
Rich Heley is tasked with keeping Tesla running, something he learned overseeing the iPhone and iPod manufacturing
Surprising tidbits emerged about the 150 Next Wavers, too. More than 80% didn’t go to an Ivy League university for their undergraduate education, and only 15% earned a M.B.A. They’re 25% more active in charities, boards and advisory roles than the average LinkedIn member. They also work in 22 different U.S. cities, from San Francisco to Atlanta to Columbus.
And we can learn from their approach to business. For one, they set absurdly high goals for themselves. They are focused on changing lives first and building a good business second. They take on big world problems — food scarcity, healthcare inequality, crime fighting — with data- and design-driven mindsets. One listee, Leslie Dewan of Transatomic Power, is even tackling climate change and nuclear waste at the same time.
Another takeaway: They write their own job descriptions. Carlos Gomez Uribe, the vice president of innovation at Netflix, helps oversee the company’s algorithms for recommendations. But his job didn’t exist when he joined the company. Take another Next Waver, Solomon Hykes, CTO and Founder of Docker. When asked how he picks a job he said, “I prefer to create my own.” Both show the importance of creating your own role and finding your way.
Hungry for more? Browse and share all 150 names. Check out my post on LinkedIn for more information on how we came up with the Next Wave list. Each quarter, we’ll be releasing a new LinkedIn List — and we’d love your thoughts on who to feature. You can nominate names for next year’s Next Wave list here.
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Voki’s Celebration of Science Month
April 24, 2017 April 11, 2017 by Voki Blog
How often is it that we stop at some point during the day and just breathe? Take in our surroundings? Acknowledge the systems working around you in harmony? Appreciate our natural world?
Here at Voki, we not only appreciate the natural world – some of us are science nerds, engineering geeks and biology hobbyists – but we also like to question the origins and evolution of some of those systems. After our successful “Woman of the Day” campaign for National Women’s History Month, we decided to designate May as the month set aside “In Celebration of Science”.
Every weekday in May we will publish a short presentation on an influential world-changing scientist who has revolutionized the field of biology, chemistry, physics, geology or paleontology. At a later date we will celebrate our mathemeticians, engineers and astronomers/cosmologists and the most significant scientific discoveries of our time.
So, starting May 1, tune in to our site, www.voki.com/teach or our Facebook or Twitter pages to see the daily presentations!
While this list is in no way comprehensive or exhaustive – there are only 23 days in the month and hundreds of scientists who deserve recognition! – we have limited our list to those who we felt would be the easiest for students to connect to; whose work would be somewhat familiar or recognizable to the average student. That is not to say that these are the “best” or “most important” scientists who have ever lived. Merely our take on the ones whose work has directly impacted our lives in the most recognizable ways.
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2D Pixel Perfect: How to set up your Unity project for retro 8-bit games
Eduardo Oriz and Mike Geig, 3월 13, 2019
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Retro games with simple mechanics and pixelated graphics can evoke fond memories for veteran gamers, while also being approachable to younger audiences. Nowadays, many games are labeled as “retro”, but it takes effort and planning to create a title that truly has that nostalgic look and feel. That’s why we’ve invited the folks from Mega Cat Studios to help us talk about the topic. In this blog post, we’ll be covering everything you need to create authentic art for NES-style games, including important Unity settings, graphics structures, and color palettes.
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Mega Cat Studios, out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has turned the creation of highly accurate retro games into an art form. So much so, in fact, that several of their titles can also be acquired in cartridge form and played on retro consoles like the Sega Genesis.
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Unity workflows for maximum retro-ocity
Recent additions to the Unity workflows have made it a well-suited environment for creating your retro games. The 2D Tilemap system has been made even better and now supports grid, hex, and isometric tilemaps! Additionally, you can use the new Pixel Perfect Camera component to achieve consistent pixel-based motion and visuals. You can even go so far as to use the Post Processing Stack to add all sorts of cool retro screen effects. Before any of this work can be done, however, your assets will need to be imported and set up correctly.
Preparing sprite assets
Our assets first need a correct configuration to be crisp and clear. For each asset you’re using, select the asset in the Project view, and then change the following settings in the inspector:
Filter mode changed to ‘Point’
Compression changed to ‘None
Other filter modes result in a slightly blurred image, which ruins the crisp pixel-art style we’re looking for. If compression is used, the data of the image will be compressed which results in some loss of accuracy to the original. This is important to note, as it can cause some pixels to change color, possibly resulting in a change to the overall color palette itself. The fewer colors and the smaller your sprite, the greater the visual difference compression causes. Here’s a comparison between normal compression (default) and no compression.
Normal compression / No compression looks accurate to the original
Another thing to be aware of is the Max Size setting for the image in the Inspector. If your sprite image has a size on any axis greater than the ‘Max Size’ property (2048 by default) it will be automatically resized to the max size. This will usually result in some loss of quality and cause the image to become blurry. Since some hardware will not properly support textures over 2048 on either axis, it is a good idea to try to stay within that limit.
Max size set to 2048 / Now with the max size set to 4096
Above, is a sprite from a spritesheet that was 2208 on one axis with max size set at 2048. As you can see, increasing the Max Size property to 4096 allows the image to be sized appropriately and avoid a loss of quality.
Finally, when preparing your sprite or sprite sheet, make sure you set the pivot unit mode to ‘Pixels’ instead of ‘Normalized’.
This is so the sprite’s pivot point will be based upon pixels rather than a smooth range from 0 to 1 across each axis of the image. If the sprite were to not pivot from a pixel exactly, we would lose pixel-perfectness. Pivots can be set for sprites in the Sprite Editor, which can be opened from the Inspector when you have a sprite asset selected.
Installing the 2D Pixel Perfect package
With assets prepared, we can set our camera up to be “pixel-perfect”. A pixel-perfect result will look clean and crisp. Telltale signs of pixel art which aren’t displayed as pixel-perfect includes blurriness (aliasing), and some pixels appearing rectangular when they should be square.
The 2D Pixel Perfect package can be imported through the Package Manager in Unity. Click the ‘Window’ menu in the toolbar followed by ‘Package Manager’. In the new window, click ‘Advanced’ and make sure you have enabled ‘Show preview packages’. Select 2D Pixel Perfect from the list on the left, and select install on the top right of the window.
That’s it. Now you are ready to begin using the pixel-perfect camera component.
A high level of pixel-perfect-itude
The Pixel Perfect Camera component is added to and augments Unity’s Camera component. To add it, go to your main camera and add the Pixel Perfect Camera component to it. If the Pixel Perfect Camera component option is not there, follow the previously stated instructions to first import it into the project.
Now let’s look at the settings we have available.
First, I recommend checking ‘Run In Edit Mode’ and setting the display aspect ratio in the Game view to ‘Free Aspect’ so you can resize the game view freely. The component will display helpful messages in the game view explaining if the display is not pixel-perfect at any given resolution.
Now, you can go through each setting to see what they do and how they affect the look of your game!
Assets Pixels Per Unit – This field is in reference to the setting you can select in the inspector for each asset. As a general rule of thumb, each asset that will be used in the game’s world space should use the same pixels per unit (PPU), and you’d put that value here as well. If your game world exists as a grid of tiles and sprites, with each being 16 pixels by 16 pixels, a PPU of 16 would make sense – each tile of the grid would be 1 unit in worldspace coordinates. Make sure you put your chosen PPU here.
Reference Resolution – Set this to the resolution that you intend all of your assets to be viewed at. If you want a retro look, this usually means a very small resolution. For example, the native resolution for the Sega Genesis is 320×224. When porting a game from Sega Genesis, we would use a reference resolution of 320×224. For general 16:9 usage, 320×180, as well as, 398×224 (if you want to keep the vertical resolution instead) should work well.
Upscale Render Texture – This causes the scene to be rendered at as close to the reference resolution as possible and then be upscaled to the fit the actual display size. Because this setting results in a filled screen, we recommend it if you want a full-screen pixel-perfect experience with no margins. ‘Upscale Render Texture’ will also significantly affect how sprites look when rotated.
1. Original (not rotated) 2. Without Upscale Render Texture (rotated 45 degrees, pixel-perfectness is lost as pixel size varies on diagonal edges) 3. With Upscale Render Texture (rotated 45 degrees, pixel-perfectness is maintained as all pixels are the same size, but the sprite is less accurate looking compared to the original.)
Pixel Snapping (only available with Upscale Render Texture disabled) – With this enabled, sprite renderers will be snapped to a world-space grid automatically, where the grid’s size is based off of your chosen PPU. Note that this does not actually affect any object’s transform positions. As a result, you can still smoothly interpolate objects between positions, but the visual movement will remain pixel-perfect and snappy.
Pixel Snapping disabled. With our background at position (0, 0) and our character sprite at (1.075, 0), we get some pixels not lining up correctly. Notice how there are some pixels that are only half-covered by the shadow. Pixel Snapping enabled. Same positions – background (0, 0) and character sprite (1.075, 0). The pixels snap together perfectly.
Crop Frame (X and Y) – This crops the viewed region of worldspace to exactly match the reference resolution, and adds black margins to the display to fill the gaps at the edges of the screen.
Stretch Fill – Becomes available if you enable both x and y for Crop Frame. This causes the camera to scale to the game view to fit the screen in a way that preserves aspect ratio. Because this scaling won’t happen only in whole number multiples of the reference resolution, it will cause pixel-perfectness to be lost at any resolution which is not a whole number multiple of the reference resolution. The advantage here is that even though you lose pixel-perfectness for many resolutions, you won’t have the black bar margins and will instead have a fully filled screen. Note that although blurring often occurs from stretch fill, the usual alert display message does not show up.
Character and background blurred from stretch fill
Recommendations on using the Pixel Perfect Camera
If you want a pixel-perfect and snappy display that will work for a variety of use-case, I recommend:
Use a reference resolution that will never be bigger than a player’s window resolution (such as 320×180).
Enable or Disable Upscale Render Texture
Enable it if you will use rotations outside of 90, 180, and 270 and if you prefer the visual effect it has on rotated sprites.
Upscaled render texture can result in a non-pixel-perfect image at some resolutions, depending on your reference resolution. Experiment with this and different screen resolutions using ‘Run in Edit Mode’ enabled on the Pixel. Perfect Camera component to determine whether this is an issue for your resolution. If you can get this to produce a pixel-perfect image at all target resolutions, this will result in the best full-screen pixel-perfect experience.
Enable or Disable Pixel Snapping as you prefer
This is more personal preference than anything. Without snapping, you have much smoother movement, but pixels can be out of alignment.
Enable Crop Frame X and/or Y if not using Upscale Render Texture
If you can’t consistently get a pixel-perfect result with upscale render texture, cropping X and/or Y will ensure a pixel-perfect image for any resolution greater than the reference resolution, but creates big margins at the edges of the screen for some resolutions.
Disable Stretch Fill
We recommend setting the camera to be optimized for 16:9 aspect ratio viewing, including reference resolution if possible. At the time of writing, most gamers play on 16:9 monitors, and in 1920×1080 resolution. For example, 320×180 reference resolution is 16:9, and so it will have no black bar margins when played at 1920×1080 or any resolution which is an even multiple of 320×180, such as 1280×720.
In Unity’s toolbar, you can go under Edit > Project Settings > Player and limit the aspect ratios that the game will support. If you find a particular configuration works just as you want in the ratio you’re targeting but looks bad in some particular aspect ratios, you can prevent the window from being at those ratios here. However, keep in mind that not all users will have a display setup that will work well with your limitations, so this is not recommended. Instead, enable cropping so these users will have margins, rather than having to play in a resolution which doesn’t fit their screen.
Creating Authentic NES Styled Artwork
Now that we’ve covered how to set Unity up for pixel-perfect art, let’s look at the basics of creating artwork for games that follow the restrictions of the classic Nintendo Entertainment System. This console generation places a large number of restrictions on the artists trying to create an authentic image. These restrictions include things like palettes used and the size and amount of objects on a screen. Additionally, it is import to keep in mind is the reference resolution of 256×240 when “targeting” this console.
When creating artwork that is genuine to the NES, there are a host of restrictions that the artist will have to follow. Some of these will be consistent no matter what retro console an artist is attempting to emulate, while many others are specific to the NES itself. The first, and possibly the most important of these restrictions involve the way color palettes are used in an image. The NES is fairly unique when it comes to its color palette because the full-color palette of the console is hardcoded into the console. The NES chooses which colors to use in an image by sending a series of values to the graphics processor on the NES, and then the graphics processor returns the colors associated with those values. Below is an image of the NES’ color palette:
These colors cannot be changed due to the fact that they are part of the console themselves. Every game you have ever seen for this console uses combinations of these colors in order to make their images.
Sub-Palettes
To create the combinations that are used in the game, sub-palettes are created and assigned to either the in-game sprites or background elements. The NES breaks its palette up into sub-palettes that can be assigned to sprites and backgrounds. Each sub-palette includes one common color that is used across all of the sub-palettes and three unique colors. It is capable of loading four sub-palettes for the backgrounds and four sub-palettes for the sprites. In the case of the sprites, the common color at the beginning of each sub-palette is treated as transparency.
This is an example of a series of sub-palettes that are being used in a game. The top row represents the background sub-palettes and the bottom row represents the sprite sub-palettes. In this example, black is being used as the common color that is shared across all of the sub-palettes. Because the common color is treated as transparency on sprites, a second black palette entry is needed to be made for the sprite sub-palettes, in order to use it as a visible color.
Sub-Palette Assignment
The restrictions on palette use get even tighter as the artist moves on to how the palettes are used in the game. To explain this, there needs to be further discussion on how retro consoles store, use, and display art. The artwork in any retro console is stored in the game as 8×8 px tiles. Using this tile-based approach allows artists to save space by reusing tiles for different things. (For example, pieces of a sidewalk can be repurposed and used to make the ledge on a building). The other important thing to note about tile based storage is that color information is generally not saved with the graphics. All of the tiles are saved with a monochromatic palette. This way, whenever a tile is displayed in the game it can have a sub-palette assigned to it, allowing the same tile to be simultaneously displayed on screen with different sub-palettes This is significant when creating artwork that is true to a retro console on a modern platform because it affects how you assign palettes to the artwork.
The NES assigns palettes to sprites and backgrounds differently. It assigns sub-palettes for sprites on a tile-by-tile basis. That means that every 8×8 tile in a sprite can have one of the four sprite sub-palettes assigned to it.
This Ninja Character utilizes two sub-palettes to give it a greater color depth. On the right, you can see it split up into each individual 8×8 sprite tile. With this split view, it becomes more obvious that the light teal and darkest red that is used in the sword and headband are unique to those tiles, while the dark purple and black outline pieces are used in the remaining three tiles.
Backgrounds, on the other hand, are much more restrictive. Backgrounds assign their palettes in 16×16 chunks. The sub-palette assignments for an entire screen’s worth of background are referred to as Attribute Tables. These Attribute Tables are the reason why most retro artwork involves heavy use of repeating tiled segments. Those segments tend to be composed of 16×16 tiles so that they neatly fit into an Attribute Table. Despite being in response to a hardware restriction, this 16×16 tile-based approach to backgrounds ended up being a defining characteristic of retro artwork and is absolutely necessary when trying to recreate it.
This is an example of a nice RPG style town background made within the limitations. The image on the right shows how it’s neatly broken up into 16×16 px blocks, and palettes are selected per block. Things like roof tiles, grass, and the bricks on the bridge are composed of repeating segments of these blocks to save space. The roof tiles on the smaller buildings all use the same tiles, but assign different sub-palettes to them to give them all a unique look.
Sprite Layering
Even though artists are free to use different sub-palettes for each 8×8 tile of a sprite, they might find themselves in a situation where they want to have a greater color depth in a sprite than what is already available. This is where sprite layering can come in. Sprite layering is simply splitting a sprite up into two separate sprites and then placing them on top of each other. This allows artists to circumvent the one sub-palette per 8×8 tile restriction. Doing this will essentially allow artists to double the number of colors that can be used in a single 8×8 area. The only major drawback of doing this is sprite rendering limits. The NES is only capable of displaying 64 8×8 sprite tiles on screen at once, and only 8 sprite tiles in the same horizontal line with one another. Once those numbers are reached, any further sprite tiles will not be rendered on screen. This is why many NES games would flicker sprites when there was a lot of them on the screen at once. That way, it’s only displaying certain sprites on alternating frames. These limits are something artists need to be mindful of when they are layering sprites on top of each other because while it doubles the number of colors, it also doubles the number of sprite tiles on the same horizontal line.
This is an example of Sprite Layering in action. Starting from the left, is the original three-color version of the Ghost Pirate Sprite. From there, the artist split it up into two pieces, the body/hat and the face/hands, and assigned different palettes to them. Finally, you can see the result of layering the two pieces on top of each other.
Sprite layering can also be done with the background to get around the Attribute Table limits. This trick is generally used for static images, like story screens and character portraits, to give them a much greater color depth. In order to do this, the artist would draw part of the image as the background and then layer sprites on top of it to fill in the rest.
The Ghost Pirate’s portrait also uses sprite layering in order to give it a greater depth. His green skull is being rendered on screen as a sprite, while his collar and hat are being rendered as part of the background. This allows the artist to use more colors within a 16×16 area to totally circumvent the Attribute Table limitation.
Graphics Banks
To explain the next major restriction of the NES, first, we need to circle back to the fact that graphics are stored in tiles. Graphics tiles are stored in 256 tile pages and tiles from these pages cannot be loaded into VRAM in different locations, so it becomes difficult to mix and match tiles from different pages on the fly. The NES’ VRAM is only capable of displaying 512 of these tiles at once. Beyond just that restriction, it splits the tiles in half for sprites and background. That means it is only capable of displaying 256 sprite tiles and 256 background tiles at any given moment. This can become very restrictive if the artist wants to display a large variety of sprites and background elements.
This is a visual representation of the background and sprite tiles of a game that are loaded into VRAM. The console cleanly keeps backgrounds and sprites loaded on separate pages.
In order to combat this limitation, the NES has a feature that allows the artist to break each page up into partial pages called banks. So while the NES isn’t capable of loading individual tiles from various points in the graphics data, it is capable of loading different sections of a page at different times. For most games, these banks are either going to be 1K or 2K banks. A 1K bank equals one-fourth of a page or 64 tiles, while a 2K bank is half of a page or 128 tiles. The artist must decide if they want to reserve the use of each type of bank for either Sprites or Background elements because both types of banks need to be utilized. That means that you cannot have 1K banks for both the sprites and backgrounds. One page needs to use 1K banks and the other needs to use 2K. Generally speaking, most games tend to use 1K banks for the sprites and 2K banks for the backgrounds because background tilesets tend to be more static and need less in terms of on the fly variety.
This shows how the same image above has been broken into banks. The background pane on the left is using 2K banks, which means it is split in the middle, while the sprite pane on the right uses 1K banks. Each bank can be swapped freely on the fly.
The usefulness of 1K banks for sprites is pretty significant. If the player sprite has a large range of animations that will not fit in a single page along with all of the other sprites that need to be loaded, individual actions can be saved in 1K banks and then swapped between depending on what action is happening on screen. It also allows for a larger variety of sprites that can be used in a single area of a game. For instance, if the player is to encounter six different kinds of enemies in an area of a game, but the sprite page only allows for the player and three other types of sprites, then when one enemy type is cleared off of the screen, the game can swap one of the enemy banks in for a new enemy type.
One of the only major drawbacks of using 1K banks for sprites and 2K banks for backgrounds is how the NES handles background animation. In order to animate a background element for a NES game, the artist has to create duplicate banks of the animated background elements. Each new duplicate bank will contain the next frame of animation for each of the animated elements. These banks are then swapped in and out one at a time like a flip-book, in order to create the animation. If the artist is using half-page banks for the backgrounds, then storing all of those duplicate banks can take up a lot of space. One way to circumvent this though is to put all of the animated background elements for the entire game into a single bank. But, that also leaves the artist with the restriction of only having 128 tiles left over for the static elements for each background. It is up to the artist to decide the best course of action when deciding what kinds of banks they are going to use for the art.
Layering Tricks
Many games from that era will employ tricks to create effects like parallax scrolling in the background, but these too present the artists and designers with a challenge. While the later 16-bit consoles allowed for multiple background layers, this is not an option on the NES. All backgrounds are a single flattened image. In order to create a sense of depth and layering, different programming tricks were used. In order to create a parallax background, for instance, the developer is able to set a register that can tell when a certain horizontal line (known as a raster line) is being rendered on the screen. They can then use that register to control the speed and direction that the screen is scrolling in. By using that, they can create a horizontal row of the background that scrolls at a different speed as the rest of the background. The trick for the artists and designers at this point is to be mindful that the background is still one flat image. If a platform or any other element that is supposed to be “in front” of that slower moving background is placed in that region, then it too will scroll slower than the rest of the image. That means that designers need to be mindful of where they are placing background elements in the scene, and artists need to create the background in a way that the effect will be seamless.
In this example screen, the area that is highlighted in red could be set to scroll slower than the rest of the background in order to simulate depth. The Heads-Up Display above it will be set so that it never scrolls, even though it is also part of the flattened background image.
There’s also another trick for artists that want to have one of their background elements appear in the foreground. On the NES, developers are able to set a sprite’s priority to be less than zero. When this is done, it will cause the sprite to be displayed behind any non-transparent background pixels. Sprite priorities can be modified and triggered on the fly as well, allowing for certain elements to change a sprite’s priority as needed.
When someone is trying to create a project that is authentic to a retro console, there are many technical considerations that they need to keep in mind that might not be things that modern development has to worry about. Due to the way older machines would render images and handle having small amounts of room to maneuver with the CPU and GPU, the designers would have to think creatively to work around the hardware’s limitations. In the modern age, it becomes important to learn about those limitations and the techniques, in order to truly recreate the look and design of games from that era. In the next post, we will look at the design limitations imposed by the 16-bit era as well as the Unity work needed to get that truly “old TV” feel.
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3월 15, 2019 6:28 오후
Excellent post! I’m currently revising a game I did in a NES retro style (Shuttle Scuttle – App Store and Google Play Store). The new version of the game is being developed in Unity with the PixelPerfectCamera and in parallel being developed for the NES using the NESmaker software. NESmaker is a great way to validate your 8-bit NES artwork on real hardware before using in Unity (I use an EverDrive to run the .NES rom on the system). Looking forward to the 16-bit post.
Woa! That’s an amazing post, very informative, please keep them coming! :)
Thank you for this quite thorough blog post!
Unfortunately, I see no mention of the UI or Canvas. Is there any plans for a built-in component to make the canvas scale with the pixel-perfect camera?
The example project does not cover this issue and a few quick tests did not provide any satisfying results, in particular when enabling Crop Frame on the X and Y axises.
Mike Geig
It may be worth remembering that these retro games didn’t really have a concept of a UI. If there was a UI, it was just sprites and the system didn’t know any different. As such, for truly retro, you would want to do the same. That being said, creating a world space canvas will adhere to world space rendering and may be your best bet. That being said, I am no expert and could be completely wrong :) Let me ask the folks at Mega Cat.
Awesome post! Thanks a lot.
Insane Scatterbrain
Awesome post! I had to look hard for a lot of this information for my latest project, so it’s great to see this in one place and still learn a lot of new things. :)
Another thing to note is that “Texture Quality” should be set to “Full Res” under the “Quality Settings”, which is not the default for the “Very Low” settings. Otherwise, your textures will look blurry.
One step forward to completely *nail* the rendering part is to use double-blit upscaling from the original render buffer, something that Sonic Mania does. The process is fairly simple:
-Render into a low-res buffer
-Upscale with integer to the closest lower resolution of your output display
-Upscale to display with linear filtering
As a result we eliminate bad pixel placement at the cost of an additional blit while retaining relatively clean look, which the default pixel perfect camera doesn’t provide with its 1 blit method (last time I checked it rendered the default low-res buffer and blitted it straight to the screen which resulted in a lot of interpolation)
MechEthan
This blog post is awesome for a number of reasons:
– Detailed, yet succinct explanations of common problems and solutions.
– Explains the how AND the why.
– Explores techniques that aren’t common knowledge to newcomers.
– Pixel graphics! <3
I appreciate these options, but if I really wanted to make an 8 bit game with Unity I would strip out most of what Unity is and base the graphics around a render texture and a framework that lets you DrawSprite( spriteX, x, y, rotation, scale ). The logic would be straight C# not monobehaviours and physics.
You really want low-level blit functions like RenderTexture.Draw(texture, x, y, rotation, scale); which can be done with Graphics.Blit but not easily
Andrew Ackerman
3월 14, 2019 1:23 오전
If you’re disabling Unity’s rendering and physics engine as well as rolling your own pure C# scripts instead of MonoBehaviors, at that point I have to wonder if there’s any point in using Unity at all anymore. You might as well use a lower level 2D game engine like GameMaker or Ogre, or even just roll your own engine from scratch.
Thank you so much for this article! I have a question regarding resolution and sprite size. You mention it is best to set the resolution to something small (like 320×180) so it will only be stretched larger and not cropped to a smaller view of the scene. When it comes to sprites, having such as small resolution means there is very little pixel density on the screen, so you would be forced to use small assets, such as 16×16, to actually fit a decent amount of sprites into a scene with such a small resolution. This would also mean your sprites can’t be very detailed as well. However, looking at some of the pictures in the article (such as Coffee Crisis) there is clearly a lot of pixels being displayed on the screen at one time. How do you go about fitting much larger sprite sizes (64×64, 128×128, etc.) with more detail into such a small resolution? Do you set the Pixels Per Unit to be larger than the actual sprite size (a 32×32 sprite is given a PPU of 64 so it fills less of the screen), or is there some other solution you use?
MikeG
Correct! So this post covers some general setup and limitations for 8-bit consoles. The next post will cover 16-bit consoles which have more “oof” to work with. I believe Coffee Crisis was released as a Sega Genesis cartridge, so 16-bit.
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The impressive stash of 1992 Olympic Dream Team memorabilia will probably get the post-sale attention, but there are a few other big-ticket items presently the auction block and ending in the next few days via Heritage Auctions.
The weirdest? Al Capone‘s fingerprints.
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BMC Medical Research Methodology
Research article | Open | Open Peer Review | Published: 14 June 2019
The impact of varying cluster size in cross-sectional stepped-wedge cluster randomised trials
James Thomas Martin ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-6949-42001,
Karla Hemming1 &
Alan Girling1
BMC Medical Research Methodologyvolume 19, Article number: 123 (2019) | Download Citation
Cluster randomised trials with unequal sized clusters often have lower precision than with clusters of equal size. To allow for this, sample sizes are inflated by a modified version of the design effect for clustering. These inflation factors are valid under the assumption that randomisation is stratified by cluster size. We investigate the impact of unequal cluster size when that constraint is relaxed, with particular focus on the stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial, where this is more difficult to achieve.
Assuming a multi-level mixed effect model with exchangeable correlation structure for a cross-sectional design, we use simulation methods to compare the precision for a trial with clusters of unequal size to a trial with clusters of equal size (relative efficiency). For a range of scenarios we illustrate the impact of various design features (the cluster-mean correlation – a function of the intracluster correlation and the cluster size, the number of clusters, number of randomisation sequences) on the average and distribution of the relative efficiency.
Simulations confirm that the average reduction in precision, due to varying cluster sizes, is smaller in a stepped-wedge trial compared to the parallel trial. However, the variance of the distribution of the relative efficiency is large; and is larger under the stepped-wedge design compared to the parallel design. This can result in large variations in actual power, depending on the allocation of clusters to sequences. Designs with larger variations in cluster sizes, smaller number of clusters and studies with smaller cluster-mean correlations (smaller cluster sizes or smaller intra-cluster correlation) are particularly at risk.
The actual realised power in a stepped-wedge trial might be substantially higher or lower than that estimated. This is particularly important when there are a small number of clusters or the variability in cluster sizes is large. Constraining the randomisation on cluster size, where feasible, might mitigate this effect.
Cluster randomised trials (CRTs) often contain clusters of unequal size [4]. In the context of a parallel CRT (P-CRT), it has been established that an increase in the variability of cluster sizes leads to a decrease in precision [3, 18]. There have been many suggested modifications to the conventional cluster design effect (DE) to allow for unequal cluster sizes in a P-CRT. In such modifications, the DE is a function of the cluster sizes and the intra-cluster correlation (ICC), and either the actual (varying cluster sizes) that are known pre-trial [12, 17]; or an estimate of the average cluster size and a measure of dispersion of cluster sizes [3, 19].
The stepped-wedge CRT (SW-CRT) is an alternative form of the CRT. Under this design, clusters are typically randomly allocated to one of a number of sequences which dictate how many time periods the cluster will spend in the control condition, followed by periods under the intervention condition (Fig. 1) [7, 9]. Outcomes can be assessed on the same cohort of participants who are followed-up for the study duration, on a new cross-section of participants at each time-period, or a combination of the two [2, 7]. In this paper, the focus is solely on the cross-sectional design.
Schematic representation of a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial with six clusters and six sequences. Each square indicates a set of observations for a given cluster at a given time-period
Under the assumption of a cross-sectional design, [9] proposed a mixed effect model, with a fixed effect for time and random effect for cluster, as a framework for the design and analysis of a SW-CRT. They derived methods to estimate the power of a SW-CRT based on this model set up. Whilst this approach does not itself limit the cluster sizes to be equal, subsequent design effects derived from this model make the assumption that there is no variation in cluster sizes [10, 20]. Although there exists an adjustment for these DE to allow for unequal cluster sizes, it is based on stratification scheme in which the distribution of cluster sizes is the same within each sequence [6]. If the number of clusters allocated to each sequence is small, then stratification by cluster size may not be possible. Furthermore, because in a SW-CRT, clusters sequentially transition to the intervention condition, in a design with clusters of unequal size, the order of randomisation of the (different sized) clusters to cross-over to the intervention has implications on the power of the study (because it can result in a large imbalance on cluster sizes across treatment conditions). This leads to the notion of a conditional power – the power for a fixed randomisation order; and an average and distribution of power over all possible randomisation orders. At the design stage, the natural focus is on the average and distribution of power since it reflects the expected power across all randomisation orders. We therefore explore the influence of varying cluster sizes in the SW-CRTs in absence of stratification by cluster size; and importantly consider the distribution of possible realisations of power across all randomisation orders.
We present methods to estimate the power in a SW-CRT with unequal cluster sizes in which the cluster sizes are all known, but are unequal. We then extend this method to estimate power when the cluster sizes are not known but are unequal, and only the expected average cluster size and a measure of dispersion of cluster sizes are known, such as the coefficient of variation (CV). We then explore the extent to which the power of a SW-CRT is affected by varying cluster size and highlight design variations (i.e. number of sequences, cluster size etc.) which are most influential. We illustrate how much variation in power may exist across different randomisation orders. We explore which of a SW-CRT and a P-CRT is most affected by varying cluster size; and to a limited extent explore whether randomisation schemes which constrain the randomisation so that total sample sizes under intervention and control conditions are balanced might help minimise any loss in power due to varying cluster sizes.
Motivating example
Changing clinical communications: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial
A SW-CRT is to be used to evaluate the effectiveness of a training program aimed at improving patients’ satisfaction with doctor-patient relationship in a general practice environment. The intervention includes a training package in communication skills which will be delivered to all doctors at each of six included general practices. The intervention will be rolled-out to the practices over six sequences, and the evaluation will consist of data from seven time-periods (Fig. 1). It is unlikely that any conventional stratification method for constraining the randomisation by cluster size could be implemented in this design set up. The primary outcome is patient satisfaction score, measured via a series of questions on a Likert scale. It is hoped that the intervention will lead to a 0.2 increase in patient satisfaction from a mean (SD) patient satisfaction of 3.2 (0.8). For illustration we assume the ICC is in the region of 0.05.
Each time-period will be one month in duration, and different patients will be included at each time-period, so that the design is cross-sectional. It is expected that each cluster will contribute an average of 50 patients per time-period, so that an estimated 2100 observations (=50x6x7) will be available. However, it is known that the cluster sizes will vary. We outline two proposed approaches for accommodating this variation in cluster sizes by way of example to illustrate the concept of a distribution of power across randomisation orders, and then proceed to describe the technical details of implementation.
Estimating power with known cluster sizes
Let us first assume that the average cluster size per time-period for clusters 1 to 6 are: 15, 25, 35, 45, 80, and 100. This corresponds to an average of 50 observations per cluster-period, and a coefficient of variation of 0.66 – a value which is not dissimilar to that reported in UK general practice [3]. With six clusters and six sequences, there are 720 (=6x5x4x3x2x1) possible permutations of the randomisation order. The power can be calculated for each randomisation order using the methods described by Hussey and Hughes (described in detail forthwith), and is illustrated in Fig. 2a.
Variation in power for a cross-sectional SW-CRT with six clusters and six sequences when the cluster sizes are a) known and b) not known. a The clusters sizes are known pre-trial and are unequal in size – the cluster-period sizes are: 15, 25, 35, 45, 80 and 100. The power has been calculated for each possible randomisation order of the six clusters using the methods derived by Hussey and Hughes. b The clusters sizes are unequal but not known, but it is expected that the average cluster size per cluster-period = 50, and the coefficient of variation = 0.66. Potential cluster-period sizes have been simulated and used to estimate the power using the methods derived by Hussey and Hughes. This has been repeated 4000 times, with each simulation containing new cluster-period sizes. The SW-CRT contains six general practices randomised over six sequences, with one general practice crossing from the control to intervention condition every month. The SW-CRT is designed, such that the difference to detect = 0.2 (SD: 0.8); type 1 error = 5%
If equal cluster sizes had been assumed, then the power would be 80.75%. Allowing for the variation in cluster sizes and the associated different randomisations, the average (median) power across all randomisation orders is 80.2% (IQR: 78.4 to 81.6%, range: 75.0 to 82.5%). The minimum power is found when the randomisation order is: 25, 45, 100, 80, 15, and 35, and the maximum power when the order is: 100, 15, 45, 35, 25, and 80. Therefore, whilst on average the design may obtain 80% power, the randomisation order could produce a design in which the power is less than this, and it could be as low as 75%.
Estimating power with unknown cluster sizes
Let us now assume that the cluster sizes are not known, but it is known that average cluster size across clusters (per period) will be 50, and the coefficient of variation of cluster sizes will be 0.66. To acknowledge varying cluster sizes, potential (unequal) cluster sizes could be simulated, and an estimate of the power calculated using the Hussey and Hughes formula ([9], full details below). Because, the average and distribution of the possible power is of interest, the simulation of cluster sizes can be repeated a large number of times to create a distribution of the power. The distribution of power with 4000 simulated cluster-period sizes is given in Fig. 2b. The median power is 80.9% (IQR: 78.8 to 82.1%, range: 63.9 to 83.7%). Therefore, whilst on average the design may obtain 80% power, the randomisation order could produce a design in which the power is less than this, and it is estimated it could be as low as 64%.
Firstly, for completeness, we present the method to estimate power in a SW-CRT, as presented by Hussey and Hughes [9]. This will include an illustration of how the power can be estimated for a fixed set of known, but varying, cluster sizes. We then present a simulation method to estimate the average and distribution of power across a simulated set of randomisation orders when only the mean and variance of the cluster sizes are known. We illustrate that randomisation to a particular sequence induces a conditional power and highlight the need to consider the average and distribution of power at the design stage. We then describe a simulation study that investigates the importance of variance design features (number of sequences, cluster-mean correlation, number of clusters, and coefficient of variation of cluster sizes) on the effect of the power of a SW-CRT with varying cluster size for continuous outcomes. Finally, for a limited set of scenarios we explore the correlation between the power and balance of total sample size observed under both treatment conditions.
Estimating power in a SW-CRT with known cluster sizes (equal or unequal)
The power can be estimated in a SW-CRT using analytical methods described by Hussey and Hughes [9]. For this, a multi-level mixed effect model is assumed:
$$ {y}_{ij k}=\mu +{\beta}_j+{x}_{ij}\delta +{\alpha}_i+{\varepsilon}_{ij k} $$
Where, yijk is the outcome for participant k in cluster i at time j, μ is the mean outcome in the unexposed period in the first time-period, βj is a time effect, fixed for time-periodsj = 2, … , T (β1 = 0 for identifiability), δ is the treatment effect, αi is a random effect for cluster i defined as: αi~N(0, σb2), εijk is the residual error (~N(0, σw2)) and xij is an indicator of treatment exposure of cluster i at time j (1 = treatment, 0 = control). Under this model, the ICC can be defined as \( \frac{{\sigma_b}^2}{{\sigma_b}^2+{\sigma_w}^2} \).
The power in a SW-CRT to detect a specified difference (δ) can be estimated using a Wald test, if the variance components are known, as:
$$ \phi \left(\left(\frac{\updelta}{\sqrt{{\left({X}^{\prime }{V}^{-1}X\right)}^{-1}\left[1,1\right]}}\right)-{Z}_{1-\alpha /2}\right) $$
Here, Z1 − α/2 is the 1 − α/2th quantile of the standard Normal distribution function, X is a design matrix that describes the cell means for the linear parameters (the intervention effect, δ, the time parameters β1, … , βj and the intercept μ) and V is a variance-covariance matrix of the cell means, made up of CT × CT blocks, where C is the number of clusters and T the number of time-periods. Each T × T block of V refers to a particular cluster and describes the correlation between the cluster means over time, and has the form:
$$ \left(\begin{array}{cccc}\frac{{\sigma_w}^2}{m_i}+{\sigma_b}^2& {\sigma_b}^2& \cdots & {\sigma_b}^2\\ {}{\sigma_b}^2& \frac{{\sigma_w}^2}{m_i}+{\sigma_b}^2& \cdots & {\sigma_b}^2\\ {}\vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots \\ {}{\sigma_b}^2& {\sigma_b}^2& \cdots & \frac{{\sigma_w}^2}{m_i}+{\sigma_b}^2\end{array}\right) $$
Here mi refers to the cluster-period size for cluster i. The mi ′ s are known but unequal, in general.
If the cluster sizes are unequal, then the power is dependent on the randomisation order – since the randomisation will impact matrix V. A distribution of power can be calculated by considering all possible permutations of the randomisation order or a large enough sample of unique randomisation orders; and then determining the power under each of these randomisation orders.
Estimating power in a SW-CRT with unknown (but varying) cluster sizes by simulation
In a SW-CRT in which the exact cluster sizes are not known in advance, the mean cluster-period size (φ) and the CV can be used to simulate potential cluster-period sizes (mi). Since it is expected that cluster sizes will exhibit a positive skew, and a non-negative distribution is required, we assume that the cluster-period sizes follow a Gamma distribution, such that:
$$ {m}_i\sim \Gamma \left(\alpha, \beta \right)\kern.5em E\left({m}_i\right)=\upalpha \times \beta =\varphi \kern.5em V\left({m}_i\right)={\sigma_m}^2=\alpha \times {\beta}^2={\varphi}^2\times {CV}^2 $$
The simulated values can be used in the above framework (Eq. 2) by replacing the mi values in the matrix V in order to estimate the power. Following this, the mean cluster-period size and the CV are used to simulate a new set of cluster-period sizes. The new mi values are used to calculate matrix V, which is used in Eq. 2 to calculate a new estimate of the power. This process is repeated to generate a set estimates of power, which provides an average (and distribution of) power. The number of repetitions will influence the degree of precision surrounding the mean (and possible SD) of the distribution of power.
A simulation study to assess the impact of varying cluster size in a SW-CRT
Now, we consider the impact of various design features (such as the number of sequences and cluster-period sizes) on the power in a SW-CRT, where the cluster sizes vary. This is shown through a simulation study, which we describe below. We present estimates of the relative efficiency, which compares the precision of a SW-CRT with unequal cluster sizes to the precision in a SW-CRT with equal cluster sizes; under the prerequisite than both designs have the same total sample size. The precision is used as it is invariant to the target effect size.
We consider five key design features: the number of sequences; the number of clusters; the cluster-period size; the ICC (ρ); and the coefficient of variation of cluster sizes. The cluster mean correlation (CMC) is a function of the average total cluster size (M) and the ICC [5] (see Fig. 3), and represents the correlation between the cluster means of two repeated sets of observations taken from the same cluster and is defined as:
$$ R=\frac{M\times \rho }{1+\left(M-1\right)\rho } $$
The cluster mean correlation (CMC) as a function of the total cluster size and the intracluster correlation (ICC)
It has previously been established that the efficiency of a SW-CRT with equal sized clusters hinges on the value of the CMC [5]. However, in the scenarios described below – i.e. Gamma-distributedcluster-sizes – the distribution of precision/power depends on M and ρ only through the CMC. This means that the number of dimensions in the simulation study is conveniently reduced by presenting results in terms of the CMC, rather than M and ρ separately. This has substantial presentational advantages. In what follows any result that describes the qualitative effect of an increased CMC can be re-interpreted in terms of increased ρ, or of increased M. The full spectrum of potential values of the CMC was used (0 to 1). The majority of SW-CRTs contain four or fewer sequences [14] but we included two larger values to capture the full effect of the number of sequences on the design and crucially because we are interested in the situation where the randomisation cannot be stratified on cluster size, which is more likely to occur in situations with a larger number of sequences. The number of clusters is based upon multiples of the number of sequences to ensure an equal number of clusters randomised per sequence. The degree of cluster size variation ranged from small (CV = 0.25) to large (CV = 1.5). A full list of the values chosen is given in Table 1. A full factorial design was used, giving 1320 possible scenarios. To maintain a Monte Carlo error around the precision smaller than 1%, 4000 simulations were used for each scenario [1].
Table 1 Values of the design features in a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial and parallel cluster randomised trial that were used in the simulation study
In every simulation a cluster-period size (mi) is generated for each cluster (i) by sampling from a Gamma distribution with shape parameter α. The mis are then scaled to ensure that the total sample size in the simulated design is equal to the total sample size in the corresponding equal-cluster design with cluster-period size φ. (The scaling ensures that the variation in simulated precision is a consequence of cluster inequality rather than differences in study-size.) The scaled mis are used to calculate matrix V, which in turn is used to estimate the precision using Eq. 2, which is then compared to the precision of a SW-CRT with equal sized clusters to give the relative efficiency. This process is repeated 4000 times with a new set of cluster-period sizes simulated each time, to produce 4000 estimates of the relative efficiency. When referring to the distribution (or variation) of the relative efficiency, we focus on the IQR rather than the actual range – since the range is impacted by the number of simulations.
A simulation study to assess the impact of varying cluster size in a P-CRT
The notion of the randomisation of clusters impacting the precision in a SW-CRT led us consider whether the precision in a P-CRT with varying cluster sizes should also be represented as a distribution of values, rather than a singular value – which is usually assumed. The methods described above for a SW-CRT can also be used to evaluate the precision in a P-CRT [8]. This allows us to simulate potential cluster-period sizes for a P-CRT for a variety of different scenarios, and examine the impact of unequal cluster sizes in a P-CRT. The scenarios chosen were identical to that used to assess the impact of unequal cluster size in a SW-CRT (see Table 1), with the exception of the number of sequences – which can be conceptualised by two arms in a P-CRT (the total number of clusters are therefore assumed to be randomised evenly across the two arms). A full factorial design was used, giving 264 possible scenarios.
The impact of varying cluster sizes on both the average and distribution of power (or precision) of a SW-CRT depends on the design features of the study, such as the number of randomisation sequences, the CMC, and the number of clusters. We discuss the impact of each design feature in turn. The results are presented using the relative efficiency (RE), which compares the precision of a CRT with unequal cluster sizes to the precision in a CRT with equal cluster sizes; with a prerequisite that both CRTs have identical designs and sample sizes. We also discuss what impact the imbalance of observations between control and intervention conditions may have on the precision and power of a study.
Key results
On average, the precision is lower when the cluster sizes are unequal compared to the case with equal sized clusters, for both the P-CRT and the SW-CRT (Fig. 4). Under most scenarios considered, the average effect of varying cluster sizes on precision was smaller in a SW-CRT than in a P-CRT (Fig. 4, Table 2). However, the true impact of varying cluster sizes in any given SW-CRT will depend on the randomisation of clusters to sequences. In an illustrative example, a SW-CRT with clusters of unequal size could have up to 80% less precision than a SW-CRT with equal sized clusters (Fig. 5). In the same illustrative example, somewhat surprisingly, it could transpire that a SW-CRT with clusters of unequal size could have up to 30% more precision than a SW-CRT with equal sized clusters (Fig. 5). Therefore, the anticipated precision in a SW-CRT with unequal cluster sizes might differ from a SW-CRT with equal cluster sizes, and the actual realised loss or gain in efficiency might be high and this crucially depends on the actual randomisation (i.e. there will be a range across this relative efficiency and this is not necessarily below 1).
Impact of: a) coefficient of variation; b) cluster mean correlation; and c) number of clusters on the relative efficiency of a SW-CRT and parallel CRT, and impact of d) number of sequences on the relative efficiency of a SW-CRT. CV: Coefficient of variation. Efficiency is calculated as the ratio of the precision in a CRT with unequal cluster sizes compared to the precision in a CRT with equal cluster sizes. The green plots (with diamonds) are for a parallel CRT. The solid line indicates the median relative efficiency. The dashed lines indicate the lower and upper quartiles for the relative efficiency (short dashed line indicates SW-CRT). The default values for the design characteristics are (unless specified): number of clusters – 12; CV – 0.75; CMC – 0.2; number of sequences (SW-CRT only): 4
Table 2 Impact of trial design on the median and inter-quartile range of possible efficiency of a SW-CRT with unequal cluster size compared so a SW-CRT with equal cluster size
Illustrative example of the distribution of efficiency in a cross-sectional SW-CRT with 12 clusters and 4 sequences (CV = 1.5). CMC: Cluster mean correlation. Efficiency is calculated as the ratio of the precision in a SW-CRT with unequal cluster sizes compared to the precision in a SW-CRT with equal cluster sizes from 44,000 simulations (4000 simulations for each value of the cluster mean correlation). The solid line indicates the median value, the dashed line indicates the lower and upper quartiles, and the dotted line indicates the minimum and maximum values. The black solid horizontal line indicates the reference line. Above the line favours an unequal cluster size design, below the line favours an equal cluster size design
The magnitude of the loss or gain in efficiency and its possible range across randomisation orders is impacted by the design features of the SW-CRT, which are discussed in more detail below. We focus on the inter-quartile range so as not to put undue emphasis on extremes.
Stepped-wedge CRTs
Coefficient of variation of cluster sizes
Any increase to the amount of variation in cluster sizes leads to a greater average precision loss in a SW-CRT (i.e. the RE is less than one). Figure 4a illustrates a small amount of variability in cluster sizes (CV = 0.25) has negligible impact on the average RE, but larger amounts of cluster size variability could provide a design with substantial losses in efficiency compared to a design with equal sized clusters. In addition, the range of the distribution of RE values widens as the CV increases. For example a 12-clusterSW-CRT with 12 sequences and a CMC of 0.2, the RE has an IQR of 0.98 to 1.02 when the CV is small (CV = 0.25) (Table 2); whereas there is a much wider IQR of 0.76 to 0.93 when the CV is large (CV = 1.25).
Cluster mean correlation
The average loss in precision in a SW-CRT due to the presence of unequal sized clusters is relatively unaffected by the CMC (Fig. 4b). However, the actual value of the RE can vary substantially from the average depending on the randomisation of clusters to sequences. Figure 4b illustrates how the range (or distribution) of the RE is widest when the CMC is small; and at its narrowest when the CMC is large. This is emphasised by an example from Table 2, in which for a SW-CRT with 3 sequences and 12 clusters the average RE is 0.91 [IQR: 0.79–1.00] for a CMC of 0; and 0.90 [IQR: 0.81–0.95] for a CMC of 0.8 (illustrative CV = 1.25).
Number of clusters
The average loss in efficiency due to unequal sized clusters does depend on the number of clusters and is greater when the number of clusters is small (Fig. 4c). The range of the RE also depends on the number of clusters. Figure 4c illustrates that the range of the RE is widest when the number of clusters is smaller; and at its narrowest when the number of clusters is large. For example, the average RE for the 12 sequence design is 0.88 [IQR: 0.83–0.92] for a study with 12 clusters (Table 2); and 0.95 [IQR: 0.94–0.96] for a study with 96 clusters (illustrative CV = 1.25 and CMC = 0.8).
Number of sequences
The average loss in precision due to the presence of unequal sized clusters is relatively unaffected by the number of sequences. The range (or distribution) of the RE is not greatly impacted by the number of sequences when the SW-CRT has more than two sequences (Fig. 4d). For example from Table 2, in a SW-CRT with 12 clusters the average RE for a design with 3 sequences is 0.90 [IQR: 0.81–0.95]; and 0.88 [IQR: 0.83–0.92] for a design with 12 sequences (illustrative CV = 1.25 and CMC = 0).
SW-CRT vs P-CRT
The effect of varying cluster sizes on the average loss (or gain) in efficiency is smaller in a SW-CRT compared to the P-CRT (Fig. 4a, c, Table 2). However, as is the case for the SW-CRT, the actual realised precision (or power) in a P-CRT might be different from the expected (or average) precision. The relationship between the average and distribution of precision, and the number of clusters and amount of variation in cluster sizes (CV) is similar to that of the SW-CRT. Any increase in the CV leads to a decrease in the average RE, and a widening of the range of RE values. P-CRTs with fewer clusters may have a lower RE and a wider range of RE values than designs with a greater number of clusters. However, the relationship between the relative efficiency and the cluster-mean correlation in a P-CRT is somewhat different to in a SW-CRT (Fig. 4b). As previously discussed, the impact of the CMC in a SW-CRT is small. However in a P-CRT, increases to the CMC between 0 and 0.5 lead to decreases in the RE, but increases in the CMC between 0.5 and 1.0 increase the RE, and so the P-CRT follows a parabolic pattern when comparing RE and the CMC. Furthermore, in a SW-CRT it is possible for designs with unequal cluster sizes to obtain more precision – and hence a greater power – than an identical SW-CRT but with equal sized clusters. However, a P-CRT with unequal cluster sizes can never have greater precision than a P-CRT with equal sized clusters (Fig. 4a, c, Table 2).
Imbalance of observations between control and intervention condition (sample size imbalance)
In a SW-CRT with clusters of unequal sizes, the randomisation process could lead to an imbalance in the number of observations contributing to the control and intervention conditions (sample size imbalance). However, the guarantee of an equal number of observations observed under control and intervention conditions does not guarantee that a SW-CRT will have optimal precision or power. A comparison of precision and sample size imbalance has been illustrated for four scenarios in Fig. 6 (12 cluster SW-CRT with 4 or 12 sequences and a CMC of 0.2 or 0.5). Generally, the lowest precision was found when there was a small degree of sample size imbalance. The greatest precision is not necessarily achieved when the number of observations is equal in control and intervention conditions. The results are consistent with changes to the number of sequences and changes to the CMC. However, despite these scenarios showing a positive correlation between sample size imbalance and precision, in several other examples (a SW-CRT with 4 clusters and 4 sequences, and a SW-CRT with 5 clusters and 5 sequences), we observed the opposite relationship (see Additional file 1: Figure S1).
The impact of imbalance of observations between control and intervention condition on the precision of a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial. CMC: Cluster mean correlation. The balance statistic was calculated as: (number of observation in intervention condition – number of observation in control condition)2. A larger value of the balance statistic indicates greater imbalance. Each point is the balance statistic and power for a particular set of simulated cluster sizes. The default values for the design characteristics are: number of clusters: 12; CV: 1.5
It is well known that the precision or power of a cluster randomised trial is lower when the cluster sizes are unequal compared to the case with equal sized clusters. This is known to be the case for both the P-CRT and the SW-CRT. More recently, it has also been established that the average reduction in relative precision in a SW-CRT is lower than in a P-CRT [6]. However, we have shown that whilst the expected or average impact of varying cluster sizes is relatively small, the actual impact might be much larger. This is because conditional on the randomisation order, a SW-CRT with clusters of unequal size could possibly have more or less precision than a SW-CRT with equal sized clusters. In some designs with unequal cluster sizes, some randomisations could lead to as much as a 30% increase in precision compared to a design with equal sized clusters. However, other randomisations could lead to an 80% decrease in precision compared to a design with clusters of equal size. These potentially large reductions (or sometimes increases) in precision are particularly of concern in SW-CRTs with large variation between cluster sizes, a small number of clusters or small cluster-mean correlation (i.e. smaller cluster sizes or smaller intra-cluster correlation).
We also demonstrated similar, although less marked properties in the P-CRT. This is something that has not been noted in the literature to date. In the P-CRT it has been established that the loss of (average) efficiency due to variation in cluster sizes rarely exceeds 10% [6, 19]. However, this average or expected loss in efficiency holds under the assumption of a size-stratified randomisation scheme [6]. When not stratifying the randomisation on cluster size, the loss of efficiency can greatly exceed 10% depending on the randomisation order. It is fairly typical for a P-CRT to stratify or constrain the randomisation on cluster size [11]. A constrained randomisation approach has been recommended to minimise loss in power in a SW-CRT [16]. We observed (for a limited set of scenarios) that on average, the smaller the sample size imbalance, the greater the precision. However, for a few limited scenarios, we observed an inverse correlation between sample size imbalance and precision. Further work is therefore needed to determine when a constrained randomisation in SW-CRTs, where the constraint minimises any sample size imbalance, will achieve desired aims of increasing power and where it might decrease power.
Although the methods and results described here have been for continuous outcomes, we suggest that until further research is conducted these results are also assumed to hold for binary outcomes. In this work, we have assumed an exchangeable correlation structure with only random cluster effects. Further work is needed to consider more general auto-correlation structures. For example, the inclusion of a random cluster by time interaction [6, 10, 15], or an exponential correlation model [13]. We also assumed observations were sampled uniformly across time-periods, which is consistent with standard approaches for longitudinal cluster randomised trials, but may not always be an assumption that will hold in practice.
The actual realised power in a stepped-wedge trial with unequal cluster sizes depends on the order of randomisation of clusters to sequences. Design inflation factors, allowing for varying cluster sizes, all assume a size-stratified randomisation scheme. Only under this assumption is the impact of varying cluster size known to be minimal. Where randomisation schemes either do not, or where it is infeasible to implement a size-stratified randomisation scheme, the realised power could be substantially higher or lower than the expected power, even after allowing for variation in cluster sizes. This is particularly important when there are a small number of clusters or the variability in cluster sizes is large. Constraining the randomisation on cluster size, where feasible, might mitigate this effect.
The datasets used and analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
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Cluster randomised trial
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Intracluster correlation
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This work forms a chapter of JMs PhD (awarded 2017). JM undertook all the simulations and wrote the first draft of the paper, under supervision of KH and AG. KH and AG made a substantial contribution to all stages of the project; including writing significant parts of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
This research was partly funded by the UK NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care West Midlands initiative. Karla Hemming is funded by a NIHR Senior Research Fellowship SRF-2017-10-002. The funding body played no role in the design of the study, the analysis and interpretation of results, or in the writing of the manuscript.
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Figure S1. The impact of imbalance of observations between control and intervention condition on the precision of a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial with few clusters. The balance statistic was calculated as: (number of observation in intervention condition – number of observation in control condition). A larger value of the balance statistic indicates greater imbalance. Each point is the balance statistic and precision for a particular randomisation order. Values were calculated for all possible randomisation orders. The cluster sizes for the 4 cluster design (a) are: 10, 50, 100, and 500. The cluster sizes for the 5 cluster design (b) are: 15, 25, 50, 100, and 200. (PNG 40 kb)
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Research article | Open | Open Peer Review | Published: 27 December 2013
The role of IFITM3 in the growth and migration of human glioma cells
Bing Zhao1,
Hongliang Wang1,
Gang Zong1 &
Ping Li1
Interferon induced transmembrane protein 3 (IFITM3) is transcribed in most tissues and highly interferon-inducible. However, the role of IFITM3 in cancer is still poorly understood.
Expression levels ofIFITM3were analyzed in 60 glioma patients by immunohistochemistry (IHC). Following closely, we investigated the phenotype of IFITM3 knockdown on glioma cell growth and tumorigenesis in vitro using lentivirus-mediated loss-of-function strategy.
Depletion of IFITM3in U251 cells dramatically inhibited cell proliferation and colony formation, which demonstrated that reduced IFITM3 protein levels could cause inhibition of tumorigenesis. Knockdown of IFITM3 also induced cell cycle arrest in G0/G1 phase, especially in the sub-G1 phase representing apoptotic cells. In addition, the migration of U251 cells was visibly weakened after IFITM3 knockdown, as determined by Transwell assay.
Our findings provide new evidence that IFITM3 plays an important role in glioma cell growth and migration, suggesting that silencing of IFITM3 by RNA interference (RNAi) may be a potential approach to suppress glioma growth.
Glioma is the most common neurosurgical Nerve tumor [1, 2]. At present, the prognosis of patients with malignant glioma remains very poor, and median survival is generally less than one year from the time of diagnosis, even in the most favorable situations, most patients die within two years [3, 4]. Numerous studies have shown that gliomas develop as a result of genetic alterations that accumulate with tumor progression and therefore show a great morphological and genetic heterogeneity. Primary and secondary glioblastomas represent distinct entities evolving through different genetic pathways, molecular profile and response to therapy [5]. Therefore, new molecular targets and therapeutic strategies are urgently required for glioma therapy.
Interferon induced transmembrane protein 3 (IFITM3, also known as 1-8U) was initially identified in a cDNA screen from INF-treated neuroblastoma cell back in 1984 [6] and cloned from a human lymphoid cell cDNA library [7]. IFITM3 is transcribed in most tissues and is highly interferon-inducible [7, 8]. Previous studies showed that IFITM3 belongs to a family of murine genes [9], which are short, 2-transmembrane-domain proteins (5-18 kDa) with high core sequence similarity but divergent N- and C-termini. The human homologues (IFITM1, IFITM2, and IFITM3) are clustered on chromosome 11 within an 18-kb genomic sequence [7, 10, 11], and mediates cellular processes, including cell adhesion, immune-cell regulation, germ-cell homing and maturation, and bone mineralization [8, 11–16].
Recent studies identified possible roles of IFITM genes in carcinogenesis. For example, IFITM1 and IFITM3 were shown to express at higher levels in astrocytoma cells than in normal astrocytes in mice [11, 17, 18]. Furthermore, IFITM1 was identified as a key player in both the carcinogenesis and invasion in patients with glioma [19]. Also, IFITM2 played a crucial role as a p53 independent pro-apoptotic gene in regulating cancer cellular pathways to death [20]. Researchers first isolated the IFITM3 gene from tumor tissue and severely inflamed mucosa in the colons of patients with ulcerative colitis, describing it as a preferential marker for ulcerative colitis-associated colon cancer [21, 22]. In addition, IFITM3 expression has been found to be up-regulated in gastric cancer, colorectal tumors, and so on [23–25].
In this study, we showed the positive correlation between the expression levels of IFITM3 and pathological grades of glioma by IHC. However, the precise function and underlying mechanism of IFITM3 in glioma pathogenesis remain unclear. To study the role of IFITM3 in glioma, we employed lentivirus-mediated short hairpin RNA (shRNA) to knock down IFITM3 in human glioma cell line U251. The effects of IFITM3 knockdown on cell growth and migration were investigated.
Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM) and fetal bovine serum (FBS) were obtained from Hyclone (Logan, Utah, USA). Lipofectamine 2000, TRIzol® Reagent was purchased from Invitrogen (Carlsbad, CA, USA). M-MLV Reverse Transcriptase was purchased from Promega (Madison, WI, USA; cat. M1705). All other chemicals were obtained from Sigma (St. Louis, MO, USA). The antibodies used were as follows: anti-IFITM3 (1:50 dilution; Sigma/SAB1410086).
We studied 60 glioma patients who had been surgically treated in Department of Neurosurgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230601, China. For IHC, 60 pairs of resected glioma tissues were fixed in 10% formalin solution and embedded in paraffin. Histological slices of 3 mm were prepared, then were deparaffined in xylene, and rehydrated with graded ethanol. Endogenous peroxidase was blocked with 0.3% H2O2 in methanol for 20 min at room temperature (RT). Following antigen retrieval, the sections were blocked with 5% BSA for 20 min at RT and then probed with 1:300 rabbit anti-IFITM3 at 4°C overnight. After washing, the sections were incubated with Histostain○R-Plus 3rd Gen IHC Detection Kit (Invitrogen/85–9073) at RT for 1 h, and visualized using the peroxidase conjugated streptavidin and diaminobenzidine, followed by counterstaining with Mayer’s haematoxylin. The IFITM3 antibody was replaced by PBS in negative controls. IHC staining were evaluated by a pathologist blinded to all clinical data. Samples were scored positive when more than 10% of the cells reacted with the anti-IFITM3 antibody and presented cytoplasm staining.
Human glioma cell line U251 and human embryonic kidney cell line 293 T were obtained from American Type Culture Collection (ATCC). Cells were maintained in DMEM supplemented with 10% heat-inactivated FBS and 100 units/ml penicillin/streptomycin at 37°C in humidified atmosphere of 5% CO2.
Construction of IFITM3shRNA lentivirus vector and cell infection
The following oligonucleotide was synthesized. The negative control small interfering RNA (siRNA) was 5′-TTCTCCGAACGTGTCACGT-3′. IFITM3 siRNA was 5′-GCTGGAATTCATGAATCACACTGTCCAAAC-3′. The stem-loop-stem oligos (shRNAs) were synthesized, annealed, and ligated into the Nhe I/Pac I-linearized pFH-L vector. The lentiviral-based shRNA-expressing vectors were confirmed by DNA sequencing. The generated plasmids were named as pFH-L-shIFITM3 or -shCon. Recombinant lentiviral vectors and packaging vectors were then transfected into 293 T cells. Supernatants containing lentivirus expressing IFITM3 shRNA or control shRNA were harvested 72 h after transfection. Then, the lentiviruses were purified using ultracentrifugation, and the titer of lentiviruses was determined. U251 cells were infected with the lentivirus constructs at multiplicity of infection (MOI) =10 and mock-infected cells were used as negative controls. To demonstrate specific knockdown of IFITM3, these experiments are also being repeated by using another two shRNAs (5′-CCAACTATGAGATGCTCAAGGCTCGAGCCTTGAGCATCTCATAGTTGGTTTTTT-3′ and 5′-CCTCATGACCATTCTGCTCATCTCGAGATGAGCAGAATGGTCATGAGGTTTTT-3′) against IFITM3 to get comparable results.
Total RNA was extracted from U251 cells 5 days after infection using TRIzol® Reagent. cDNA was synthesized using M-MLV Reverse Transcriptase. In brief, a mixture containing 1.5 μg of total RNA, 0.75 μg oligo-dT primer (Shanghai Sangon) and nuclease-free water in a total volume of 13.5 μl was heated at 70°C for 5 min and then cooled on ice for another 5 min. The mixture was supplemented with 4 μl M-MLV buffer, 1.25 μl dNTP, 0.5 μl RNasin and 0.75 μl M-MLV-RT up to a final volume of 20 μl, followed by incubation at 42°C for 60 min.
Real-time quantitative PCR
Real-time quantitative PCR analysis was performed using SYBR Green Master Mix Kit on BioRad connect Real-Time PCR platform. In brief, each PCR reaction mixture containing 10 μl of 2 × SYBR GreenMaster Mix, 1 μl of sense and antisense primers (5 μmol/μl) and 1 μl of cDNA (10 ng), was run for 45 cycles with denaturation at 95°C for 15 s, annealing at 60°C for 30 s and extension at 72°C for 30 s in a total volume of 20 μl. For relative quantification, 2-ΔΔCT was calculated and used as an indication of the relative expression levels, which was calculated by subtracting CT values of the control gene from the CT values of IFITM3. The primer sequences for PCR amplification of IFITM3 gene were 5′-TGTCCAAACCTTCTTCTCTCC-3′ and 5′-CGTCGCCAACCATCTTCC-3′. β-actin was applied as an internal control. The primer sequences of β-actin were 5′-GTGGACATCCGCAAAGAC-3′and 5′- AAAGGGTGTAACGCAA CTA-3′.
MTT assay
U251 cells were trypsinized, resuspended, seeded into 96-well plate with a concentration of 2000 cells per well, and incubated at 37°C 3 days post lentivirus infection. The number of viable cells was measured at daily intervals (day 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5). At each time point, 10 μl of 5 mg/ml MTT (Dingguo Biotechnology) was added, and incubation was continued for 3 h. Then the medium was removed carefully and 100 μl of acidified isopropanol (in 0.01 M HCl) was added at the end of incubation. The absorbance was measured at 595 nm on the spectrophotometer.
Colony formation assay
A total of 200 U251 cells were seeded in 6-well plates after 3 days of lentivirus infection. The medium was changed at regular time intervals. After 11 days of cultureat 37°C, the natural colonies were washed with PBS and fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde for 30 min at room temperature. The colonies were then stained with Giemsa for 10 min, washed with water and air-dried. The total number of colonies with more than 50 cells was counted under fluorescence microscopy.
Fluorescence-activated cell sorting analysis
The cell cycle distribution was analyzed using flow cytometry with PI staining. In brief, 1.5 × 105 cells that infected with lentivirus for 4 days were seeded in 6-cm dishes and allowed to culture for 40 h at 37°C. Cells were harvested after tripsinization, washed with PBS, and fixed with 70% cold ethanol. Cells were then collected by centrifugation, resuspended in PBS containing 100 μg/ml of DNase-free RNase and 40 μg/ml PI, and incubated for 1 h at 37°C. A total of 1.0 × 104 fixed cells were analyzed by FACS can (Becton-Dickinson, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA).
Cell migration assay
U251 cells were infected with Lv-shIFITM3 for 4 days, and the in vitro migration ability was determined using a Transwell chamber (Corning, NY, USA). Briefly, cells were seeded into the upper chamber of the transwell plates (8.0 μm pore, Corning Costar, Cambridge, MA) with 3.0 × 104 cells/well in 200 μl of serum-free medium, and 500 μl medium containing 10% FBS was added to the lower chamber as a chemoattractant. After incubation for 24 h at 37°C in 5% CO2, the cells remaining on the upper surface of the filter were removed, and those that invaded to the lower compartment were fixed with Methanol and stained with crystal violet. Cells were counted visually in 5 random fields under light microscope (10 × objective lens). In addition, invaded cells were dissociated, lysed and quantified at 570 nm using spectrophotometer.
All data were expressed as mean ± SD of three independent experiments, in which each assay was performed in triplicate. The results were analyzed statistically using the chi-square test for the relationship between the incidence of immunoreactivity for IFITM3 and the histological grades using GrafPad Prism version 5.0. The Student’s t-test was used to evaluate the differences between the control cells and IFITM3 knockdown cells using SPSS 13.0 software. P < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.
Overexpression of IFITM3 in human glioma tissues
To evaluate the role of IFITM3in human glioma, IHC was performed to analyze the expression levels of IFITM3 in 60 glioma patients (grade I:7; grade II:25; grade III:17; grade IV:11). According to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification, low-grade gliomas encompass grade I and grade II tumors with the least malignant phenotypes, while high-grade gliomas encompass grade III (anaplastic astrocytoma, anaplastic oligoastrocytoma, and anaplastic oligodendroglioma) and grade IV (glioblastoma [GBM]) tumor with the most malignant phenotype [26]. Compared with the low grade glioma groups (Figure 1A and B), IFITM3 positive staining was mostly observed in high grade glioma (Figure 1C and D). IFITM3 expression level was increased with the histological grade of glioma (Table 1, P < 0.05). We also provided positive control and negative control in which the corresponding IFITM3 antibody was replaced by PBS, as shown in Additional file 1: Figure S1. These data clearly indicate that IFITM3 is specifically overexpressed in glioma tissues, and its high expression may contribute to the pathogenesis of glioma.
Representative immunohistochemical staining for IFITM3 in patients with different grade glioma. A pilocytic astrocytoma (WHO I); B astrocytoma (WHO II); C anaplastic astrocytoma (WHO III); D multiple glioblastoma (WHO IV). Original magnification 200 ×.
Table 1 The relationship between the incidence of immunoreactivity for IFITM3 in human glioma tissue specimens and the histological grades
Knockdown of IFITM3in U251 cells by lentivirus infection
Human glioma cells of different transformation degrees, as represented by U373 astrocytoma (WHO grade III), U87-MG and U251 glioblastoma multiforme (WHO grade IV) were selected to detect IFITM3 expression. As shown in Figure 2A, high expression levels of IFITM3 were observed in all three cells. U251 cells, derived from a high-grade glioblastoma, were used for the following loss-of-function investigation. We constructed a lentiviral vector system to express siRNA targeting IFITM3 and to express GFP as a reporter gene. To determine the efficacy of recombinant lentiviruses, U251 cells infected with Lv-shIFITM3 and Lv-shCon were observed under a fluorescence microscope. More than 90% of the cells expressed GFP after 72 h infection (Figure 2B), which indicated high-efficiency infection by Lv-shIFITM3. To verify that the IFITM3 gene was silenced by Lv-shIFITM3, we determined the mRNA levels in uninfected, Lv-shCon and Lv-shIFITM3-infected cells by qRT-PCR. Cell infected with Lv-shIFITM3 exhibited significant decreased IFITM3 mRNA levels, by 84.8% reduction in U251 cells, compared with Lv-shCon-infected and uninfected cells (Figure 2C, P < 0.001). The similar result was observed in U251 cells infected with another two shRNA stargeting IFITM3, respectively (Additional file 2: Figure S2 A, P < 0.001). To confirm the silencing of IFITM3, western blot was used using IFITM3 antibodies. Compared with uninfected and Lv-shCon infected cells, the IFITM3 protein level was significantly decreased in U251 cells infected with the Lv-shIFITM3 (Figure 2D). Similarly, only weak band was detected in U251 cells infected with another two shRNAs targeting IFITM3, respectively, while the high expression of IFITM3 was not affected in cells infected with Lv-shCon compared with control cells (Additional file 2: Figure S2 B).
Lentivirus-mediated gene silencing of IFITM3 in glioma cells. (A) Quantitative RT-PCR analysis for IFITM3 mRNA levels in U251, U87-MG and U373 glioma cells; (B) Determination of infection efficiency in the human glioma cells. Representive images of U251 cells after 3 days of lentivirus infection were shown (10× objective lens). (C) Expression analysis of IFITM3 mRNA by qRT-PCR in uninfected U251 cell (Con), cells infected with Lv-shCon, and cells infected with Lv-shIFITM3. The β-actin gene is the internal controls for qRT-PCR. Significant difference from Lv-shCon (P < 0.001). (D) Expression analysis of IFITM3 protein in uninfected group, Lv-shCon group and Lv-shIFITM3 group by western blot.
Knockdown of IFITM3inhibited cell proliferation
MTT assay was performed to investigate the effect of IFITM3 knockdown on cell proliferation. The growth curve obtained from the MTT assay indicated that the proliferative ability of Lv-shIFITM3-infected cells was significantly decreased, by 55.2% reduction in U251 cells, when compared with that of Lv-shCon-infected cells (P < 0.001, Figure 3A). The similar results could be seen in Additional file 2: Figure S2 C, the proliferative ability of Lv-shIFITM3-S2-infected and Lv-shIFITM3-S3-infected cells was significantly decreased, respectively. These results indicate that knockdown of IFITM3 by RNAi could inhibit the proliferation of glioma cells.
Lv-sh IFITM3 infection inhibits the proliferation and colony formation of U251 cells. (A) In vitro proliferation assay of U251 cells without infection (Con), cells infected with Lv-shCon, and cells infected with Lv-shIFITM3. Cell proliferation in the Lv-shIFITM3 group was significantly inhibited, as demonstrated by MTT assay. Significant difference from Lv-shCon (P < 0.001). (B) Images recorded under light microscope and fluorescence microscope, representing the size and number of colonies in each group of cells. (C) Statistical analysis of the number of colonies with Giemsa staining. Significant difference from Lv-shCon (P < 0.01).
Downregulation of IFITM3suppressed colony formation
To determine whether IFITM3 has any impact on the colony-forming capacity of glioma cells, colony formation assay was performed. Our data indicated that the number and size of colonies formed fromLv-shIFITM3-infected cells were strongly decreased, by 78.8% reduction in U251 cells, compared with Lv-shCon-infected cells (Figure 3B and C, P < 0.01), suggesting that the reduced expression of IFITM3 could significantly inhibit colony formation in glioma cells.
Depletion of IFITM3induced cell cycle arrest as well as apoptosis
To elucidate whether knockdown of IFITM3 inhibits cell growth by affecting cell cycle progression, we assessed the cell cycle distribution in U251 cells by flow cytometry (Figure 4A). As shown in Figure 4B, compared to control groups, cell population in the Lv-shIFITM3 group displayed a significant decrease in S phase (Lv-shCon 56.58% ± 0.36% vs 60.07% ± 0.90%, P < 0.01), and a significant increase in G0/G1 phase (Lv-shCon 56.58% ± 0.36%vs 60.07% ± 0.90%, P < 0.05). Accumulation of cells in the sub-G1 fraction was clearly observed in the Lv-shIFITM3 group compared to Lv-shCon group (Lv-shCon 1.09% ± 0.07%vs 3.35% ± 0.32%, P < 0.01) (Figure 4C). Taken together, these data suggest that IFITM3 could modulate cell growth via cell cycle regulation as well as apoptosis.
Knockdown of IFITM3 blocks cell cycle progression in U251 cells. (A) Cell cycle distribution of U251 cells was analyzed by flow cytometry. (B) Compared with Lv-shCon, the population of cells in the G0/G1 and S phase were increased the Lv-shIFITM3 group (P < 0.05, P < 0.01). (C) Percentage of apoptotic cells showed a significant increase in the Lv-shIFITM3 group. Significant difference from Lv-shCon (P < 0.01).
Downregulation of IFITM3attenuated cell migration
To detect whether knockdown of IFITM3 affects the migration of glioma cells, Transwell migration assay was performed to assess the proportion of U251 cells which migrated through polycarbonate membranes following 4 days of lentivirus infection. We found that IFITM3 knockdown reduced the number of invaded cells accounting for 65.5% reduction in U251 cells (Figure 5A and B, P < 0.01). In addition, the colorimetric assay showed that the motility capability of U251 cells were retained after Lv-shIFITM3 infection (P < 0.01, Figure 5C).
Lv-sh IFITM3 infection induces reduction in migration capacity of U251 cell. (A) Images recorded under light microscope, representing that IFITM3 knockdown could reduce the motility of U251 cells. (B and C) Statistical analysis of OD570 and cell count in U251 cells after Lv-shIFITM3 infection for 4 days. Significant difference from Lv-shCon (P < 0.01).
Glioma is triggered by a series of point mutations and genetic alterations that progressively cause normal cells to transform into precancerous cell which could become more dysplastic, resulting in carcinoma foci [27]. At present, the identification of useful markers for the diagnosis of human glioma is a major goal in cancer research, which also provides valuable information in tumor pathogenesis. We analyzed the expression of IFITM3 in human glioma specimens by immunohistochemistry and found the expression levels of IFITM3 were up-regulated in varying degrees and positively correlated with glioma of pathological grade I ~ II and III ~ IV (P < 0.05). Meanwhile, recent studies have also shown that IFITM3 plays a prominent role in tumor development and can be used as a tumor biomarker [21–25]. However, the precise role of IFITM3 in glioma pathogenesis remains unknown.
In recent few years the discovery of RNAi, a powerful tool to induce loss-of-function phenotypes through the posttranscriptional silencing of gene expression, has provided new possibilities for cancer therapy [28–30]. In our study, lentivirus-mediated RNAi was used to knock down IFITM3 in human glioma cells. The siRNA targeting IFITM3, which expressed from the recombinant lentivirus, induced efficient and specific inhibition of endogenous IFITM3 mRNA in U251 cells. Simultaneously, depletion of IFITM3 led to significant reduced cell proliferation, colony formation and cell migration in U251 cells. Thus, this study confirms a crucial role of IFITM3 in glioma tumorigenesis, suggesting IFITM3 as an oncogene in human glioma.
Moreover, cell cycle analysis indicated that knockdown of IFITM3 remarkably induced U251 cells accumulation in G0/G1 phase, especially in sub-G1 phase, which represents cell apoptosis [31]. Together, IFITM3 may promote human glioma growth by inducing cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. Based on the IFITM3 belong to 2-transmembrane-domain proteins (5-18 kDa) with high core sequence similarity but divergent N- and C-termini, we suggest IFITM3 as a growth regulator in glioma, and it may be involved in the control of transport essential raw materials for DNA and enzymic synthesis process in cell cycle progression.
However, some studies indicated IFITM3 plays an important role in inhibiting tumor development. For instance, El-Tanani et al. [32] found that IFITM3 in breast cancer physically interacts with OPN and reduces OPN mRNA expression, which mediates cancer cell adhesion, cell invasion and colony formation. Similar situation has come under observation in human melanoma, and it is deemed dynamic promoter methylation adds an additional layer of complexity to the IFN-α key response genes like IFITM3 be required for comprehensive control of the IFN-α response [33, 34]. Therefore, we think the roles of IFITM3 in various cancers possibly depend on tumor growth microenvironment. Under normal physiological circumstances, IFITM3 could be in a balance regulating by different signal pathways.
Furthermore, local invasion is one of the primary reasons for clinical treatment failure in malignant gliomas. Recently, there has been increasing evidence regarding specific molecules that determine the aggressiveness and invasion potential of high grade astrocytic tumors [35]. In our study, we found IFITM3 knockdown significantly reduced the migration capacity of U251 cells, indicating that IFITM3 might play an essential role in glioma metastasis. However, further experiments are needed to elucidate the mechanism of IFITM3 in glioma cell growth and migration.
To sum up, knockdown of IFITM3 by RNAi successfully reduced cell proliferation and migration, and promoted apoptosis in glioma cells. Our results provide new evidence for the involvement of IFITM3 in carcinogenesis, and suggest that RNAi-directed IFITM3 silencing may be a potent therapeutic tool in glioma.
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This study was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 81072066).
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Additional file 1: Figure S1: Positive control and negative control for the specificity of the anti-IFITM3 antibody. Representative immunohistochemical staining for IFITM3 in glioma (A) and colon cancer tissues (C). Immunohistochemical staining for the corresponding IFITM3 antibody was replaced by PBS in glioma tissues (B). (TIFF 1 MB)
Additional file 2: Figure S2: (A) Determination of knockdown efficiency in the U251 cells infected with Lv-shIFITM3-S2 and Lv-shIFITM3-S3 by qRT-PCR. Significant difference from Lv-shCon (P < 0.001). (B) Expression analysis of IFITM3 protein in uninfected group, Lv-shCon group and Lv-shIFITM3-S2 group and Lv-shIFITM3-S3 group by western blot. (C) The effect of IFITM3-S2 and IFITM3-S3 on the proliferation of U251 cells. Significant difference from Lv-shCon (P < 0.001). (TIFF 738 KB)
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BetteBack October 17, 1973: Bette Midler has two, three, four or more masks
BetteBack
Madison Capital Times
You have never seen anything like Bette Midler.
She was introduced Tuesday night at the Dane County Coliseum as “the Divine Miss M” and reintroduced herself as “the last of the truly-tacky women.” But her show”was as professionally smooth and imaginatively musical as nearly any stage show to pass through Madison, and she is one of the strangest and most talented culture- heroines to emerge within memory.
Miss M started to make it big when she was singing at the Continental Baths in New York, a male gay club that became far too chic to keep
the heterosexuals out.
Her stage patter bears the mark. She hisses her “s’s” and prefaces sentences with ‘•’Listen, honey, did you ever have a Ford that didn’t break down.”
She mixes obscenities and badly pronounced French.
Most of her jibes are not printable here.
She has two. three, four or more masks. There is Bette, the catty, campy, condescending “bitch,” Bette the child star with a Baby Snooks voice, and Bette, the humble, simple immigrant woman.
Each mask has a speaking voice that she changes as quickly as Marcel Marceau changes faces.
As a singer she has other roles. She can be Tina Turner or- the Andrews Sisters, but she is most often her own persona, a sort of ntensified, more dramatic version of Peggy Lee.
In contrast to the biting sarcasm of her long moments of chatter, her singing is sometimes done with tearjerking sincerity. A version of John Prine’s “Hello in There,” a sad, sentimental song about old people held last night’s audience in rapt silence until its final note.
She also, of course, has a full repertoire of nostalgic tunes, never done sloppily.
She sang, with the help of her three outrageous backup singers, the Harlettes, her hit version of “The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B,” and handled all of its rapid and intricate articulation without a slip.
They pulled out “Am I Blue” and “In the Mood’ from the 40s and shifted to the 50s for “The Leader of the Pack” and “Do You Want to Dance.”
Throughout the music she was superbly supported by pianist-arranger Barry Manjlow, four more excellent musicians on organ, guitar, bass and drums. Her principal forces, however, are the Harlettes, three women, who not only perform the tight Andrew Sisters harmonies and doo-wop and rock-n-roll parts, but strut their own stage stuff with- sleazy brilliance.
Bette, in a house dress and slippers, could easily pass for a Brooklyn housewife. That’s part of her thing. If Liza Minnelli succeeds on near glamour, Bette Midler makes it from an apparently more conscious perspective, by parodying it.
The Divine-Miss M has narrow hips, unshapely legs, broad shoulders and an overdeveloped chest, which, if yon hadn’t noticed, she continuously points out.
Her greatness is her style, the put-on so perfect that it can only be based in sincerity and authenticity.
The audience, which, in large part, dragged itself to this concert in a most spectacular array of fin-de-siecle fashion, got its money’s worth and then some.
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Better Living Through Chemistry? On Fassbinder’s Forgotten Masterpiece, Fear of Fear
Justin Vicari
“Fassbinder’s probing camera shows us what the doctors fail to see . . .”
Rainer Werner Fassbinder accurately predicted the rise of the “medicated society” in his 1975 film Angst vor der Angst (Fear of Fear), where he has his severely depressed heroine, Margot Staudte, literally get into bed with her pharmacist, a suave “Dr. Feelgood.” This druggist eventually lets Margot down, rather sooner than later, like all the other mental health professionals depicted in the film — but none of them worse than Margot’s own family. Simmering with paranoia beneath its glossy surface, Fear of Fear is a forgotten masterpiece from Fassbinder’s wild and wooly mid-’70s period, when he became acutely interested in uncovering the social causes of mental illness.
Madness has long been a staple ingredient of Hollywood melodrama, including the films of Douglas Sirk, so beloved by Fassbinder. Faced with a stifling, oppressive society or an untenable personal situation, Sirk’s characters do not stage an open revolt, but instead succumb masochistically to a kind of negation, usually either madness or death. “Insanity,” Fassbinder wrote, “represents a form of hope in Douglas Sirk’s work, I think.”1 While Fassbinder was often criticized for wallowing in a pessimistic vision of universal victimization, it can be argued that, in a repressive society, madness and death may be more realistic options than outright revolution. When human beings become machines, the only way for the machines to become human again is to break down.
As early as Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970), Fassbinder depicted the average middle-class family and workplace as deltas of Thoreau-esque “quiet desperation.” The stressed-out worker who snaps one day, killing himself and others, was arguably Fassbinder’s favorite trope, and figures into a number of his films. Fueled by his avid reading of Antonin Artaud’s Van Gogh: The Man Suicided by Society, Fassbinder made a whole string of case-history films featuring sympathetic portraits of “the madman hero,” including I Only Want You to Love Me (1976) and Despair (1977). But Fear of Fear is unique in this group, for its depiction of a madman heroine.
Margot Staudte is played by the luminous Margit Carstensen. Rising again and again to the challenge of playing dignified women masochistically enduring the tortures of broken love and male oppression, Carstensen functions as a kind of Joan Crawford figure in Fassbinder’s cosmology (Hanna Schygulla was his Marilyn Monroe and Ingrid Caven his Marlene Dietrich). In Fear of Fear, Carstensen’s bony, angular body perfectly conveys Margot’s jitters; and the limpid intelligence of her face is such that we clearly see not only Margot’s variously shifting emotions, but her agonized thinking about her emotions. Margot is a middle-class housewife and mother, expecting a second baby, who suddenly feels that she’s going insane. Her anxiety attacks are emblemized by a visual effect whereby we see through her eyes and the entire screen goes “wavy.” Her point-of-view is literally disintegrating.
Margot’s husband Kurt is so worn out from work and school that he has no time or energy to deal with his wife’s concerns; when her water breaks, he makes it clear that he’d rather go on listening to Tristan und Isolde than jump up and drive her to the hospital. Kurt’s obtuseness extends also to their daughter, Bibi: at one point, Margot complains that she’d like to pull Bibi out of Kindergarten because the teacher is a bully, and Kurt sticks up for the teacher; later, in bed with Margot, he vents his frustration at one of the overbearing professors at his college, and Margot listens wearily, aware that he fails to connect his own humiliation with his daughter’s similar predicament.
But it’s Kurt’s cruel mother (Birgitte Mira) and sister (Irm Hermann) who create the real problems for Margot: they not only criticize everything she does, they literally watch her come and go like zealous Nazi-era spies. Because Kurt doesn’t earn much, Kurt and Margot must live in the same building with Kurt’s family, literally right on top of each other, and there are numerous shots of Irm Hermann peering through her window with sinister, narrowed eyes. In scene after scene, everything that happens to Margot gets inscribed within the invasive gaze of someone else watching her; she circles around and around the same suburban block, never escaping from the prism of other people’s looks.
Earlier Fassbinder films feature a similar hostility between people looking at each other. The aggressive, blank-eyed stare, in close-up, operates to mark off social territories, which no one seems shy about defining. It has been remarked that Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1973) is organized almost entirely around this principle of hostile “looking”: in the famous opening scene, Emmi enters the Arab bar where she will unexpectedly meet Ali; frozen stares from a line-up of Arab patrons meet her like a glacial wall. (Later, this shot — and politics — gets reversed when Emmi’s family, introduced to Ali as her new husband, glares back at him with undisguised racism.) Equally, in Whity (1970) and Martha (1973), there are queasy moments where Fassbinder’s camera holds almost too long on someone staring someone else down, dramatizing the creepy, power-driven stand-offs that take place everywhere in a hopelessly stratified society, a society based on the food chain and the chain of command, the hierarchical structure of the industrial plant and the corporate office. In philosophical terms, this is the “Sartrean look,” as described by Fredric Jameson, identifying
the trauma of the existence of the other — that contingent and yet irreparable experience that confers on me an “outside” and an objectivity, at the same time that it converts all of my actions into a struggle with other people which I am not free not to enter into. For my relationship with other people is struggle in its very structure . . . it is the mere existence of the other that calls my existence into question in its very being and that constitutes struggle: . . . this charged electrical tension of a coexistence that precedes any concrete steps of antagonism or cooperation.2
Jameson could almost be describing the operation of certain shot-reverse-shots in Fassbinder’s films.
In a dehumanized, exploitative society, medical and psychiatric treatment can’t escape being as flawed, as “dog-eat-dog,” as anything else. Fear of Fear renders crystal-clear Fassbinder’s own ambivalence toward psychiatry (he told an interviewer that he considered entering into treatment with a psychoanalyst but wasn’t sure he could find a reliable one3 ). When Margot falls into the hands of the doctors, her situation grows worse rather than better. Her therapists can’t even agree on a diagnosis: one alarms her husband by irresponsibly branding her a schizophrenic, while another shrugs her off with a perfunctory prescription for Valium. She’s committed, briefly, to a psychiatric hospital, but her “cure” is reduced to a single, chilly interview with a psychiatrist who does little more than advise her to get a job. Huge portraits of Freud and Jung loom like stern patriarchs over the psychiatrist’s shoulders. But in fact Margot is not cured, for once she has returned to her malignant home life, her wavy hallucinations begin again.
Fassbinder’s probing camera shows us what the doctors fail to see: the relentless hostility of Margot’s family environment. Indeed, Fear of Fear follows the logic of such science-fiction/horror films as Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), where the protagonist finds herself “the only one still human” in the midst of a vast conspiracy masquerading as the established social order. The paranoia which the mother and sister foster in Margot drives her downward spiral, as she turns to a number of things to alleviate her depression, her chronic “fear of fear”: baking plum-cakes with her daughter, listening to Leonard Cohen, having sex, drinking Cognac, and most addictively, swallowing Valium by the handful. Valium also functions as the painkiller of choice among the wealthy women of Martha, and as Fox’s ultimate undoing in Fox and His Friends (1974): if the Third Reich was reputedly fueled by lager and amphetamines, then the rebuilt West Germany of the Economic Miracle, in Fassbinder’s vision, couldn’t sleep at night without its Valium #10.
Fear of Fear also contains one of Fassbinder’s most sardonic swipes at the hypocrisy of religious icons on gaudy display in dysfunctional households. There’s a huge oil painting of the Madonna-with-child hanging above the Staudte bed, where Margot is passed out with her daughter and an empty bottle of the Cognac that enables her to deal with the stresses of motherhood. This juxtaposition of a “loaded” icon with the grubby reality it’s used to cover up, corresponds to the crucifix that hangs in the marital bedroom in The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971), where Hans Epp beats his wife and, later, the wife cheats on him with a stranger; and there’s also the lachrymose Virgin Mary who presides over Helmut’s sadistic “re-education” of his wife in Martha. Asked once by a German grade-school class what he thought of “Christmas without a Christmas tree,” Fassbinder replied: “People who have been brought up so hypocritically that they need such symbols should just be left alone until we have a society where such things aren’t necessary anymore.”4
Pitching in on this investigation of familial claustrophobia are, ironically enough, many members of the famous extended “Fassbinder family” of actors. Birgitte Mira and Irm Hermann have a field day with their unsympathetic roles as Margot’s oppressors, trying to fatten Margot on cabbage so she’ll become plump and domesticated and “trustable.” (“We’re the normal ones!” Irm shrieks hysterically.) Fassbinder’s mother, Liselotte Pempeit, has a great cameo as Bibi’s schoolteacher, wary of lawsuits against the school and clucking her tongue at Margot’s drinking; in one memorable shot, she drags Bibi by the arm down the street to a raucous Rolling Stones song. Adrian Hoven plays the seductive pharmacist with supercilious smugness. Kurt Raab has a nearly wordless walk-on role as Margot’s outcast neighbor, Herr Bauer (German for “peasant”), who is even more profoundly depressed than Margot and who kills himself at the end of the film. Ingrid Caven turns up as a catatonic mute who seems to understand, all too clearly and disturbingly, that the mentally ill are really just lonely, starved for sympathetic human companionship. And Fassbinder’s then-lover, Armin Meier — himself a real-life victim of depression — gets recruited for a hunky (if wooden) swimming pool scene.
What’s most amazing to me is that Fassbinder made this excoriating film for West German television. The thought of families in middle-class homes gathering around their sets to watch this blatant critique of their lifestyle — though symptomatic perhaps of the radical openness of the ’70s — lends new meaning to the term “educational programming.” Fassbinder pulled off many remarkable coups in his all-too-brief but highly productive career, and Fear of Fear must be counted among the most incisive. As our current society bites its collective tongue to swallow the prescribed dosages meant to ward off every psychological epidemic, from depression to attention deficit disorder to erectile dysfunction, Fear of Fear has as much to say to us today as it did thirty years ago. Maybe even more.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, The Anarchy of the Imagination, (ed. Michael Toteberg and Leo A. Lensing, trans. Krishna Winston. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992), 82. [↩]
Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form,(Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1974), 300-301. [↩]
Life Stories (1977), TV interview with Peter W. Jansen, The BRD Trilogy Supplements (Criterion DVD, 2004). [↩]
Fassbinder, Anarchy, 196. [↩]
— Justin Vicari
Justin Vicari is a creative writer and film critic. In 2005 he received the Third Coast Poetry Prize, the New Millennium Writings Poetry Prize, and the Plan B Press Short Fiction Award. His essays on film have also appeared in Senses of Cinema, Jump Cut, Postmodern Culture, Cinetext, and Film Quarterly. See his >Amazon page for information on Justin and his books Male Bisexuality in Current Cinema, The Gus Van Sant Touch, Mad Muses and Early Surrealists, and The Professional Weepers.
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Sonoma Valley Business Park
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Request for a 1) A Major Subdivision of 20.46 acres of industrial zoned property into seven parcels of 2.2 acres, 1.69 acres, 1.5 acres, 1.4 acres, 1.8 acres, 2.42 acres, 4.06 acres and a commonly owned parcel of 2.93 acres; and 2) Design Review Permit to construct six industrial buildings totaling 297,478 square feet with up to 15% of the space (44,622 square feet) for accessory office uses incidental to the primary industrial use at the northwest corner of Freemont Drive (Highway 121) and Eighth Street East. The project consists of buildings ranging in size from 26,290 square ft to 55,408 square feet with office space in the buildings ranging from 3,944 square feet to 8,301 square feet. The applicant is proposing to construct 470 parking spaces which would meet the parking standards for the office area and a 50/50 mix of manufacturing and warehousing. Other site improvements consist of landscaping, a rebuilt drainage channel from former railroad spur located at the north end of the project site down to and paralell to the hwy, lighting and wetland mitigation.
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351 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) chemical substance inventory / 1979
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353 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) chemical substance inventory : 1990 supplement to the 1985 edition of the TSCA inventory. 1990
354 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) chemical substance inventory : cumulative supplement II to the initial inventory : user guide and indices. 1982
355 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) chemical substance inventory : supplement 1 / 1979
356 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) chemical substance inventory. 1986
357 Toxic substances control act : inspection manual. 1980
358 Toxics : management and reduction. 1991
359 Toxics release inventory 1987-1994 CD-ROM. 1996
360 Toxics release inventory : 1987-1993 CD-ROM user's manual. 1995
362 Toxics release inventory : collection of 1989 data / 1991
363 Toxics release inventory : copper phthalocyanine compounds excluded from reporting requirements under the copper compounds category on the EPCRA section 313 list. 1995
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366 Toxics release inventory : list of toxic chemicals within ethylenebisdithiocarbamic acid category. 1994
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369 Toxics release inventory : list of toxic chemicals within the nicotine and salts category. 1995
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377 Toxics release inventory data / 2006
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380 Toxics release inventory. Public data release. 1995
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383 Trading toxics across state lines special report / 1990
384 Transcript, public hearing on proposed hazardous waste regulations : February 22-23, 1979, Washington, D.C. 1979
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386 Transcript, public hearing on proposed hazardous waste regulations, February 7-9, 1979, New York, New York. 1979
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388 Transcript, public hearing on proposed rules for controlling hazardous wastes : Resource conservation and recovery act, Sections 3001-3004. 1979
389 Transportation of hazardous materials : a guide to compliance / 1994
390 Transportation of hazardous materials : state and local activities : a special report. 1986
391 Transportation of hazardous materials issues in law, social science, and engineering / 1993
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396 TSCA section 8(e) Triage and abstracts 1994
397 U.S. District Court decision interpreting certain CERCLA ARARs provisions favorably to the United States / 1995
398 U.S. EPA Region VI inland area contingency plan. 1993
399 U.S. EPA Region VII area contingency plan. 1994
400 Uncontrolled hazardous waste site ranking system : a users manual / 1982
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MOVES-Bank of America's investment banking head De Giorgi to depart -memo
Liana B. Baker, Greg Roumeliotis
NEW YORK, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp's head of global investment banking Diego De Giorgi is leaving the company, according to an internal memo on Wednesday, in the first major personnel move under new investment banking chief Matthew Koder. A spokesman for the bank confirmed the memo was accurate. De Giorgi could not be reached for comment.
De Giorgi, who leaves next month, will be replaced by two investment bankers, Jack MacDonald and Thomas Sheehan, who will be named co-heads of global investment banking.
The departure comes a few months after Koder, who had been based in Asia, took over as global corporate and investment banking head. Koder replaced Christian Meissner who left the bank at the end of the year.
Last year was a turbulent one for the investment bank marked by a 26 percent decline in advisory fees and a number of managing director departures.
On a call with analysts Wednesday Chief Executive Brian Moynihan said the bank was adding resources to regain share on middle market U.S. deals and deepening coverage in its industry groups.
Koder gave a presentation in October that showed the investment bank underperforming across sectors and said it was imperative the unit change its culture.
"Jack and Thomas possess the ideal mix of relationship management and leadership skills to continue to drive our business forward and deliver growth," Koder said in the memo.
MacDonald is a longtime technology and M&A banker who became chairman of Global M&A last year and will remain based in Palo Alto, California. Sheehan joined the bank in 2014 from Morgan Stanley and has been head of global healthcare investment since 2015 and will stay in New York. (Reporting by Liana B. Baker and Greg Roumelitois in New York; additional reporting by Imani Moise in New York Editing by Tom Brown)
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Home Culture Fantasy Music’s Apex – Djwadi’s Score for ‘Game of Thrones’
Fantasy Music’s Apex – Djwadi’s Score for ‘Game of Thrones’
What makes the 'Game of Thrones' score as iconic as it is?
Pierce Jones
Warning: this article contains spoilers for the latest episode of ‘Game of Thrones’.
HBO masterpiece ‘Game of Thrones’ is lucky enough to possess one of the most iconic title themes in television today. Even those who don’t watch the show will recognise its majestic opening number which perfectly captures the heroics and darkness that drive the plot through its bombastic, melancholy cello melody.
Ramin Djwadi’ impresses with a distinct tone in the fantasy market. Historical fantasy is a hard genre to score. Communicating a non-existent medieval world through the sounds of the modern world poses challenges. Pre-existing associations with certain instruments or melodies risk confusing our perception. The organ, whilst a powerful instrument, has religious roots. Saxophone rarely feature in fantasy music due to its strong link to jazz and thus distinctly modern tone.
This challenge is exacerbated by the show’s character-driven narrative. ‘Game of Thrones’ is known for its complex but realistic heroes. Individuals like Jon Snow and Jaime Lannister undergo significant authentic development. The juxtaposition of a medieval fantasy world with the modern conceptions of humanity the audience would understand makes ‘Game of Thrones’ an even greater challenge.
Excellent choice of instrumentation allows Djawadi to tackle this challenge. Series creators Benioff and Weiss specifically gave Djawadi a ‘No flutes. No violins.’ policy, stating this timbre was overused in fantasy music.
As a result, the cello plays a central role in the soundtrack, be it in the main title or in the more emotional House Stark theme. The cello’s low melancholy sound combined with its history dating back to the fifteenth-century provides an amalgamation of emotive sounds and a distinctive fantasy tone.
Other instruments are used precisely because of their modern-day connotations and the way this intuitively informs the audience about the universe by playing on our preconceptions. The didgeridoo is used to represent the Wildlings, projecting the tribal image we possess of Australian aborigines onto the societies found Beyond the Wall.
Similarly, the Dothraki, a nomadic-horse-warrior people inspired by the central Asian steeps, are portrayed using an Armenian duduk. This instrument is essentially an ancient and ethnic version of an oboe, helping to reinforce the basic, arid nature of the Dothraki people.
The melodies also used to represent both peoples are typically minimalistic with heavy use of percussion in the accompaniment, creating a shared similarity of toughness between the two tribes.
On a more suspenseful note, the White-Walkers, ice-zombie-like monsters who are the main antagonist of the show, are represented by the glass harmonica in the earlier seasons due to its high, eerie and icy sound, playing on our understanding of horror music.
Arya Stark, an energetic and fiery young girl, is expressed by the hammered dulcimer. Djawadi ascribes this to the instrument’s “fun, plucky sound” which matches Arya’s personality. Djawadi utilises unique instruments and uses their timbre to create his own tone in the score by playing with our associations of them in the modern world.
This changed in the grand finale of Season 6 when a grand piano was used in the famous ‘Light of the Seven’ score. The piano is modern, invented during the eighteenth-century and noticeably detached from the medieval world Djawadi had previously aimed to portray.
An obvious reason exists: Djawadi wanted to signal to the audience that something is not quite right and build suspense. During the track’s airtime, we witness one of the most shocking events of the whole series: Cersei Lannister explodes the Sept of Baelor and murders all her political opponents, including many main characters, before crowning herself Queen of the Seven Kingdoms.
Djwadi emphasises the emotional gravity of the event and the new reality our cast must face. Similarly, during the finale of the Battle of Winterfell in last week’s episode, the piano took centre stage in ‘The Night King’. The audience’s experience with the piano two seasons ago alerts us that a major event will take place: the Night King and his White Walker army are defeated for good. A new age dawns with the piano as its carrier.
Djwadi’s score is an integral part of the universe of ‘Game of Thrones’. Through music, he conveys the unspoken and the unseen elements of the show. The fantasy world becomes more vivid and believable.
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Catalonia crisis: Spanish bishops plead for unity, Catalan Catholics slam Madrid
Pro-unity supporters gather outside the Catalan Government building (Getty Images)
Spanish church leaders reiterated support for their country’s unity as the Madrid government imposed direct control over Catalonia.
However, Catholic organizations in the breakaway region — which declared independence on October 27 — condemned the crackdown and warned government actions could have “incalculable consequences.”
Cardinal Ricardo Blazquez Perez of Valladolid, president of the Spanish bishops’ conference, expressed sadness for the Catalonian declaration of independence and reiterated support “for the constitutional order and … its restoration, and I ask God for peaceful coexistence among all citizens.”
His statement, issued on October 28, came the day after the Spanish government announced it was dismissing Catalonia’s president, Carles Puigdemont, and local officials, and ending the region’s self-government under the terms of Spain’s 1978 constitution. Spain called for regional elections on December 21.
Other church leaders also urged unity.
Madrid Cardinal Carlos Osoro Sierra said on Twitter that Jesus encouraged “understanding and reconciliation, not the building of walls.” Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera of Valencia told Catholics at a cathedral Mass that Spain needed “love, forgiveness and peace” when “many people do not know what they do, and the damaging poverty and misery it may bring.”
But in Catalonia, the Catholic justice and peace commission and 12 other Catholic organizations said Catalan institutions “predate and do not derive from the 1978 Spanish constitution.”
“The dismissal of the government and legislative limitation of Catalonia’s parliament mean a suspension of self-government and violate essential democratic rights,” said the statement, published on the justice and peace commission website.
“The lack of a political response to majority demands by Catalan society has led to a serious situation, causing extreme tension and a worrying lack of understanding among the various peoples of Spain,” it said.
The groups said any lasting solution would have to be “just, democratic, fraternal and respectful of Catalonia’s national rights,” and demanded the withdrawal of criminal charges against separatist leaders.
Preaching on October 29, as 300,000 people staged a pro-unity rally in Barcelona, the Catalan Bishop Agustin Cortes Soriano of Sant Feliu said “political struggles for power” could be calmed by “a dialogue not necessarily requiring the renouncing of ideologies and thoughts.” Cardinal Juan Jose Omella of Barcelona, capital of Catalonia, said he loved the region, “as well as the Spain and Europe we belong to.” He prayed God would “help avoid confrontation and create a peaceful future.”
Catalonia, the wealthiest of Spain’s 17 autonomous regions, is home to 7.5 million people, with its own language and culture.
Spanish bishops condemn Catalan nationalism after poll violence
However, Catalan bishops defended the vote and criticised the actions of Spanish police
Catalan bishops call for calm as Spain cracks down on independence vote
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Cardinal: Catalan nationalism is an act of ‘sedition, fraud and betrayal’
‘Many of us feel intense pain, as if a dagger had been thrust into our guts,’ said Cardinal Antonio Cañizares of Valencia
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August 2, 2018 / 7:31 AM / a year ago
Apple in touch with Chinese telcos on ways to cut spam
BEIJING (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is speaking with Chinese telecom firms to find ways to reduce spam received through its messaging service, a spokeswoman said, days after state media alleged it was allowing illegal content on its platform.
FILE PHOTO: A man looks at the screen of his mobile phone in front of an Apple logo outside its store in Shanghai, China on July 30, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
The iPhone maker has been targeted by China’s state media through the past week and the official state broadcaster railed against it in a 30-minute special report on Tuesday, saying Apple allowed illegal content such as gambling apps.
“We are in touch with domestic telco companies to see what additional steps could be taken to reduce this inconvenience,” an Apple spokeswoman told Reuters on Thursday. It had on Wednesday declined to comment on the reports.
State-owned China News Service reported earlier that Apple was in contact with Chinese telecom companies among other measures it was taking to reduce junk messages.
“We are currently working on additional ways to further reduce it, including more advanced machine learning models to identify it and more tools to block fraudulent accounts,” the Apple spokeswoman said.
Greater China is Apple’s second-largest market and it said earlier this week that revenue in the country jumped 19 percent in the June quarter on strong iPhone X sales, showing investors it still had game even as cheaper Chinese rivals gain ground.
Beijing has criticized Apple before but the fresh attacks come as Chinese regulators have launched a new campaign to clean up spam and unsolicited calls, which are a pervasive issue in China where phone numbers are often sold on black markets.
The criticism highlights an increasingly fraught balancing act for the firm in the world’s biggest smartphone market at a time of mounting trade tensions between China and the United States. Both countries have imposed tariffs on exported goods and are fighting over patents and technology.
While China is limited in its ability to match tariff for tariff, it has stepped up scrutiny of business dealings involving U.S. firms including Facebook Inc (FB.O) and recently scuppered a deal between U.S. chipmakers Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) and NXP Semiconductors (NXPI.O).
Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google, which quit China’s search engine market in 2010, will block some websites and search terms from the version of its search engine that it plans to launch in China, two sources have told Reuters.
Reporting by Beijing Monitoring Desk and Brenda Goh; Writing by Sayantani Ghosh; Editing by Sunil Nair/Himani Sarkar/Alexander Smith
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Langford Community Orchard is Bicester’s first community orchard and all are welcome to visit.
This is a great place to wander round this summer with trees, grass, flowers and fruit. Enjoy the breeze, birdsong and buzzing insects. Have a picnic and relax. The orchard is an oasis removed from busy roads and hard pavements.
The volunteers meet on the third Sunday of the month from 2pm – 4pm and welcome anyone who would like to come and join in the work. Refreshments are usually provided and it’s a lovely chance to visit the wonderful space and help in its development.
Our Mission Statement is
To provide a community orchard that is an organically managed resource for Bicester residents, schools and community groups. We aim to nurture this area of natural beauty and tranquillity, to enhance the range of plants and wildlife so that it’s an enjoyable place to spend time, have fun, learn, and relax.
So where is it?
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To get to the orchard on foot from the Market Square, go down London Rd over the railway crossing and immediately turn left along the railings and then down the long public footpath towards Langford Village. The orchard is on your right. Enter through the farm gate. From Mallard’s Way in Langford Village, walk up the footpath towards the town and the orchard is on your left. By car, you have to drive through new Langford Village and park in either Dunkin Close or Nuthatch Way and then cross over the footpath to reach the orchard.
Orchard history
Community Action Group Grassroots Bicester set up the Langford Community Orchard Group (LCOG) in 2011 to take on the orchard project. In August 2012, it was given permission by Bicester Town Council (BTC) to manage the site with ongoing reviews. The one-acre site was originally farmland with old ridges and furrows still visible which were formed by ploughing with horses. It was planted up with fruit trees and bushes by a landscape architect when Langford Village was first built, but then became neglected for many years.
What’s been achieved to restore it?
The first stage was to rescue the fruit trees from a massive overgrowth of brambles and elderberries which smothered everything. Bicester Green Gym joined in enthusiastically with this work all through 2012. As this was done, more fruit trees were discovered as well as redcurrants, blackcurrants, rasperries, and even mulberries!
The next stage over the last two winters was to prune the neglected fruit trees to remove dead branches and to let light and air into their middles and finally to mulch them with compost and grass mowings. We’re hoping this will give the trees new life so they will bear more fruit.
What are our main aims now?
Although beautiful, there is not enough variety of wild flowers to attract bees, butterflies, moths and insects important for pollinating the fruit trees. We want to plant a wild flower patch in the grassy area and encourage more variety in the hedges. There also could be more fruit trees as there is ample space and then there would be more fruit available to share. A rich variety of plants makes an attractive place for humans too!
Future orchard working sessions
For further information on the orchard and volunteering, e-mail langfordcommunityorchard@yahoo.co.uk or phone 01869 245313.
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Internet and Tech Companies Top List of Canada’s Most Influential Brands (Statistics)
By Melody McKinnon on February 22, 2013 6 Comments
Results of an Ipsos Reid / Institute of Communication Agency poll indicates Canadians are heavily influenced by Internet and Tech companies. Five of their top 10 choices fell into these categories, including the top four. That’s fabulous news for existing Canadian web-based businesses and future ‘netpreneurs’.
5014 Canadians participated in the study in 2012, and the results were released in February, 2013. The list of the most influential brands in Canada was compiled based on five factors: engagement, corporate citizenship, leading edge, great presence, and trustworthiness. Each factor plays a different role in their level of influence, in that a driver for one brand may not be a driver for another.
“Brands have meaning, personality, and attitude. And because people so often identify with, relate to, and define themselves by them, brands have influence,” said Steve Levy, president, Ipsos Reid. “For a brand to succeed, it has to reach its audience, connect with them, and get them to buy into the brand’s promise. But for a brand to have real influence it needs to win on the crucial dimensions we identified — trustworthiness, engagement, leading edge, presence, and corporate citizenship. Google is this year’s leading example — not only in Canada but on the world stage.”
A study of other countries allowed for a comparison between worldwide preferences and those of Canadians. It demonstrated that while Canadians are influenced by international brands, we are also influenced by Canadian brands. International competition is always a concern for Internet businesses in Canada, but being Canadian doesn’t exclude us from the race. Instead, it can give us a competitive edge.
Shown with comparisons to the previous year’s survey, the brands that made it into the top ten most influential in Canada are:
Google (up 1)
Microsoft (down 1)
Apple (up 1)
Facebook (up 3)
WalMart (Same)
Visa (up 2)
YouTube (up 2)
Tim Hortons (up 7)
AirMiles (up 2)
CBC (down 4)
Two other brands made a huge leap this year, with the Bank of Montreal (BMO) jumping 50 spots into 44th place, and Samsung jumping 29 spots into 18th place.
While most of us will never see the top 10, we can still learn how to build our online consumer influence from these brands. The study proved that all the top ten brands in Canada have excelled at building influence and driving preference in an increasingly competitive marketplace. Study them by visiting their website, signing up for their newsletter, and following them on social media. Try to identify the five dimensions (engagement, corporate citizenship, leading edge, great presence, and trustworthiness) in each brand, and determine which factors drive their success most. Then, make the same evaluation of other successful websites in your niche and beyond. Training yourself to think this way will help you increase the influence of your own brand.
“Digital platforms and channels have not only fueled consumer empowerment, but to a large degree democratized communications. The biggest spend does not equate to the biggest impact and influence,” said Andrew Bruce, Chair, FFWD Advertising and Marketing Week 2013 and CEO, Publicis. “Understanding more intimately how future forward brands are creating influence will provide a sneak peak at today’s power houses and tomorrow’s challengers.”
Study Methodology:
The online survey of 5,014 adult residents of Canada was conducted between October 25th and November 6th, 2012. Weighted to balance demographics and ensure that the sample’s composition reflects that of the actual Canadian population. Accuracy within +/- 1.6 percentage points had all Canadian adults been surveyed.
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Canadian Branding, Canadian e-commerce, Canadian entrepreneur, Canadian marketing, Canadian statistics, Canadian web-based business
6 Responses to "Internet and Tech Companies Top List of Canada’s Most Influential Brands (Statistics)"
JessF February 25, 2013
Great reporting for Canadians! It’s nice to find this information in one place.
Brittany February 24, 2013
I’m surprised that Microsoft topped Google last year. Maybe it’s because hardware comes bundled with Google. This year I’m surprised by Tim Hortons. Canada loves them but what would they influence other than their own products? I guess they scored high enough for other things.
Sammy February 23, 2013
There’s hope for ecommerce in Canada yet!!
Beauty & Brains February 23, 2013
It’s too bad they didn’t release the rest of the list because the top 10 is quite predictable. The others would probably provide more insight.
rondale February 22, 2013
Tim Hortons! That made me laugh! Great writeup!
Kendal February 22, 2013
Excellent presentation of this data from the online entrepreneur perspective.
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Trae Berhow Shea Feehan Marty Hill Wyatt Lohaus K.J. Riley Shamar Givance Spencer Haldeman AJ Green Sports College basketball Basketball College sports Men's college basketball Men's basketball Men's sports
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Green scores 21 to lift N Iowa past Evansville 73-58
- Feb. 17, 2019 06:52 PM EST
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — AJ Green had 21 points as Northern Iowa beat Evansville 73-58 on Sunday.
Trae Berhow had 14 points and 11 rebounds for Northern Iowa (12-15, 7-7 Missouri Valley Conference), which ended its five-game road losing streak. Spencer Haldeman added 14 points. Wyatt Lohaus had 11 points and eight rebounds for the visitors.
Shea Feehan had 14 points for the Purple Aces (10-17, 4-10) whose losing streak reached four games. K.J. Riley added 12 points and six rebounds. Shamar Givance had 10 points.
Marty Hill, who was second on the Purple Aces in scoring entering the matchup with 11 points per game, shot only 20 percent in the game (1 of 5).
The Panthers improve to 2-0 against the Purple Aces this season. Northern Iowa defeated Evansville 81-74 on Jan. 26. Northern Iowa takes on Missouri State on the road on Wednesday. Evansville plays Loyola of Chicago on the road on Wednesday.
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By Perestroika Posted on Dec 9, 2017 December 24, 2017
Niger Gives America the Permission to use Attack Drones.
The Nigerian Air Force can no longer be considered the dominant aerial power in West Africa after the government of Niger gave Washington permission to use attack drones in its anti terror operations in the country.
A U.S MQ-9 Reaper Drone.
Here begs the question, why does Washington need two $200 million drone base against an enemy that is largely defeated and pushed out of its last major enclav in the Sambis forest relegating the few remaining scattered groups to nomads and arned bandits, stealing to survive, always on the run with the Nigerian army and air force always on the chase.
Desperate, and isolated suicide attacks does not negate the fact that Boko Haram no longer possesses the ability to carry out large scale attacks and seize territory like it once did.
By this time in 2015 Boko Haram was the world’s deadliest terrorist group, attacking in large tactical formations they seized and control a vast expanse of land the size of Costa-Rica, encompasing 17 local governments and created a Caliphate, effectively cutting off 2 million Nigerians from the rest of the country,
attacking military bases and stealing huge stockpiles of amunitions, artillery pieces and even succeeded in stealing 15 Vickers MK III Eagle tanks and cluster bombs. It’s fortress- the Sambisa forest was a no go area, allowing external players to smuggle in weapons and cash.
Today the hitherto operational base of Boko Haram- the Sambisa forest is now where the Nigerian Army hold small arms championship and sporting competition. So where is the threat that warrants the stationing of armed Reaper drones bases in virtually every country-which by the way are dictatorships, surrounding the only democracy in the axis -Nigeria?
What impact could this have on Nigeria?
The fact alone that drones, which is America’s best warfare tactics is coming to Africa’s West Coast, right at Nigeria’s doorstep is disturbing. Niger is now a new bin on the U.S bombing map as Washington pushes ahead with its anti extremist campaign on the continent. This is enough to put the fear of God on Nigeria’s leaders.
The armed drones are operated from a $100 drone base in Agadez, and of course this means an additional troop deployment to for security. For the first time in Nigeria’s history two of the worlds most technologically advanced militaries have set up shop in Nigeria’s periphery.
The Pentagon says this operation supports the long the strategic partnership between the United States and Niger, as well as the ongoing effort to counter Boko Haram. All in the name of war on terror. Give me a break ! Partnership with three of Africa’s longest service dictators, the only dictatorships in the region, yet alleniating Nigeria, the world’s fourth largest democracy.
Since September 11 the Pentagon has been hell bent on dropping hellfire missiles on A-Stan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia….the lineup goes on. But for civilians in those countries a distant Buzz up in the sky can be a death warrant. In fact American drones have slaughtered some 1,500 civilians. The same unit which will be in charge of Niger drone operation is the same unit accused of killing ten people in Somalia in August, something the U.S Africa Command has denied. Now it is operating a new front in it’s drone war.
The Nigerian government is either ignorant or feigning indifference with a strategic plan behind the scene. I hope the latter is the case. What will it take for Nigeria to wake up to the reality that this is not a game or some diplomatic manoeuvring ? this country has effectively been beseiged there is no way out of this one unless the government acts proactively.
A month ago the death of four U.S soldiers in an ambush in Niger revealed American military presence in the country. Something even senior U.S politicians seems unaware of, much less the Nigerian government
West African countries can now being put under a lot of pressure by various Western powers. There are probably less than a thousand troops in Niger, this will now increase definitely by over three thousand U.S troops stationed in Niger. This is a big problem for ECOWAS and Nigeria to be precise. Nigeria’s neighbour are now allowing the United States to carry out these kinds of attacks. All of West Africa is now within range of American bombs.
This could be the costliest strategic mistake Nigeria ever makes by its unwillingness to confront the build up of military forces right at our very own backyard.
Nigeria could at least compensate for the shift in the balance of air power and UAV capability by acquiring the newer CH-5 Rainbow drone to complete Nigeria’s fleet of four CH-3 Rainbow armed drones like the Egyptians did . The only country with the demographic, economic, diplomatic and military wherewithal is being encircled. Time is running out before it gets to the point of no return.
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Meetup Recap: The State of Security Token Offerings STO
Martin Schäffner
The number of and capital raised through ICOs have been in steep decline since mid-2018. Non-existing regulatory frameworks, fraud, and the decline of cryptocurrency prices were among the reasons. So called security token offerings promise to fill the gap approaches to compliant offerings based on actual assets. Will asset-backed STOs initiate a second wave of token offerings? How do typical STO projects look like, and where will security tokens be traded? For this meetup, we invited Richard Olsen, Founder, and CEO of Lykke as well as Dr. Markus Kaulartz, Senior Attorney at CMS Hasche Sigle to talk about the impact of security tokens on financial assets markets and regulatory aspects of STOs, respectively.
After the hype about ICOs in 2017 with billions of dollars raised, ICOs became less popular in 2018 due to missing regulatory frameworks as well as quite a number of fraudulent projects and the decline of overall cryptocurrency prices. ICO's were initially attractive to projects because they enabled project teams to raise relatively large amounts of capital in an unregulated environment mostly based on white papers and promises of future project/product development. This changed rapidly following the beginning of the "Crypto Winter".
Since then, security tokens have become more popular as token-based capital markets have continued to mature. In contrast to utility tokens from "traditional" ICOs, security tokens represent real physical value, such as a share in the company who issued them or specific assets like a power plant for instance. Security Tokens are comparable to actual shares on the stock markets, which represent partial ownership, have a price and sometimes provisions for profit sharing schemes such as dividends.
Richard Olsen
The first speaker of the event was Richard Olsen, Founder, and CEO of Lykke, a Swiss-based exchange for financial assets targeting B2B and B2C clients. He presented the development of the Lykke exchange and its transformation from a ‘prototypical startup’ to a mature ‘regulated entity with global potential’.
Richard calls himself the "grandfather" of crypto both due to his age and his experience. Richard can boast of decades of experience on the leading edge of global finance. He founded the forex company, Oanda in 1985 with the goal of forecasting financial markets using computers, before moving into innovating the provision of second by second interest payments and some of the earliest frequency trading facilities.
After an "Aha" moment in 2011 where he realized that bitcoin wasn't just bitcoin but rather the first DLT and a concept which would transform the world, Richard began planning to build the Lykke exchange. Since Oanda's board wasn't ready to enter the world of crypto, Richard needed to raise money. Of course, he then looked to crypto. Once the market was ripe the Lykke STO was ready to go. While most projects were offering promises of future development in exchange for money as part of their ICOs, Lykke was already doing an STO. Few people can report from first-hand experience about the benefits and risks of executing a security token offering. Richard has done this three times in as compliant a manner as possible. Lykke's first STO was with the LKK token which promises the delivery of Lykke company equity to bearers of the token. The first STO brought in 1.8 million USD. Further rounds included LKK-1y and LKK-2y forwards which raised more than 4 million additional USD.
Licenses, Liquidity and High-Frequency Trading
Richard brought up a very important question - namely, why were they allowed to sell these security tokens? In this case, they were selling their own equity. In order to provide an exchange for third-party security tokens, they will need an Organised Trading Facility (OTF) license which Richard sees as the next logical step for the company. OTF licenses are part of the MiFID II EU financial regulations and according to the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), OTF's are intended level the playing field between the various venues for the execution of orders.
Specifically, once Lykke obtains an OTF license, they will be "a multilateral trading venue in which third-party buying and selling interests in bonds, derivatives or structured products are able to interact in the system in a way which results in a contract". OTF's have all the compliance regulations of an investment firm. In contrast to multilateral trading facilities (MTF) however, according to AFM, the "definition of OTF is intentionally broad, so that it can contain as many (future) forms of organized execution of transactions as possible", which leaves space for innovation by exchanges and market makers such as Lykke.
Richard also discussed the macroeconomic aspects of the current financial system, in particular pointing out that liquidity and transparency are sorely lacking in much of the system and that blockchain-based solutions can make processes faster, easier and more transparent. Richard claimed, that tokenization will get more and more popular as soon as regulation catches up with the technology Everything that can be tokenized is going to be tokenized. One of the reasons for this is that tokenization enables risk sharing. Exchanging tokens instead of cash spreads the risk on multiple parties. That’s why it's so important that any token be exchangeable for any other token. The more liquid the market the greater the likelihood that systemic risks are shared widely and unwound quickly before they grow to massively disruptive proportions.
He also dispelled a myth about high-frequency trading or rather clarified it with a metaphor. A question came up about whether or not high-speed trading was necessary or could be healthy for a system. Richard argued essentially that while the high-speed arbitrage-based trading of the past years was quite destructive, overall, trading in a financial system is much like blood circulation in a human body. Just as blood needs to move relatively rapidly through the body to enable waste removal and homeostasis, a financial system needs deep markets with lots of high-speed trading in order to clear the gunk and keep things competitive.
At the exchange level, he noted, the key is liquidity, which means that there should be enough tokens available to trade. This is currently made by bots all over the exchange business but there's a lot of inefficiency in this model. Richard argues for well-designed matching engines which efficiency earn their keep. Moreover, people should be empowered through technology and crowd intelligence while staying within the legal system. Richard pointed out the self-regulatory success of Airbnb's reputation system as a model for this kind of feedback system. He further emphasized that the laws and regulations have to be designed to incentivize the right behavior in spite of the corrupting effect of money.
In the same vein, Richard cautioned that at the moment it is difficult to determine which actors in the STO market are legit and which may be rather dubious. Essentially many say that they are issuing an STO but due to the lack of clear standards and transparency, it's difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff. According to Richard, investors should pay attention to the jurisdiction of the asset, the reputation of the company issuing the asset, the rigor of the regulatory structures where that company is based and finally the question of where the secondary market for the asset takes place. If these aspects aren't all covered within a reputable regulated environment, it's pretty clear that something may be fishy with the STO or the platform involved.
If you want to learn more about Lykke and its products, go on their website or download the Lykke wallet.
Markus Kaulartz
Following Richard's presentation, Dr. Markus Kaulartz presented the legal implications of STOs as the second speaker of the night. He is a senior attorney at CMS Hasche Sigle and specializes in IT-Law, IT-Security, and Privacy.
Markus firstly explained that tokens generally always incorporate a connection between the token and a representation of ‘something else’, for example, a voting right, shares or licenses. In the case of security tokens, the underlying asset is generally either equity in an enterprise or debt. The only exception to this is tokens and coins which serve a pure currency function with no underlying value underlying utility or asset.
First a Slight of Hand
As a result, a critical legal issue is the separation between the token itself and the rights "granted" by the token. It may be possible that the token and the rights associated with it might be separated.
Markus illustrated this with a simple example involving his physical leather wallet. For his example he let the leather wallet stand-in in for a security token and a 5 euro bill inside illustrate an underlying security. He noted that if he as the token issuer were to sell the wallet with it's included right to the underlying security (and thereby dividends) to someone it might be possible that they could subsequently sell the token onward to a third party (Just the empty wallet) without also passing along the underlying linked security. That would result in a situation with two potential claimants for the dividends issued by the security issuer. In such a situation, the token issuer might end up paying a dividend twice.
One legal approach is to limit the original buyer contractually and prevent them from selling the rights to the underlying token to a third party without also selling the token. There is not however currently any clear solution to this problem at a systemic level inside the German legal system. It’s currently being discussed on both the legislative and regulatory levels but is not yet solved. Essentially you can issue a security token at this time but it's not possible to definitively link the token to the security it represents without some significant contractual acrobatics. Markus is hoping for changes to the law which would essentially make blockchain transactions equivalent legally to a written contract transaction transferring ownership of a given security.
Prospectus or No Prospectus? That is the question.
Markus also outlined the legal options available currently for organisations who wish to issue a security token. The first significant question for prospective STO issuers is whether or not they will need a prospectus for the project. This prospectus contains potential risk factors, information about the issuer and a description of the security as well as deep financial disclosures about the issuing company. Such documentation must be approved by Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin (German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority).
The process is pretty much the same as for issuing any other kind of stock or blond and is very expensive. Legal costs for producing such a document are likely to exceed 100,000 Euros at a minimum and getting a prospectus approved by BaFIN often takes months of waiting and working through numerous drafts prior to approval. The idea of a prospectus is that it is a document which contains reliable information regarding the risks and benefits of an asset and serves to protect "mom and pop" investors from unknowingly spending too much money on projects they know essentially nothing about. The major advantage for issuers if they choose to issue a security with a prospectus is that it can be rapidly "passported" into all other EU jurisdictions and traded in a compliant manner without further examination by the individual member states.
Exceptions, Alternatives and SPVs
The alternative to this process is to issue the STO under one of three exceptions designed to allow funds to be raised without offering consumers the "protection" of a prospectus. The rules are designed to protect the mass of average investors and there is some flexibility for situations which don't have a substancial impact on everyday asset consumers.
Exception 1: If the token will be sold to less that 150 people. This is intended to support startups by allowing investment by small groups of friends and family.
Exception 2: If the token is sold exclusively to investors who each invest over 100,000 euros. Individuals rich enough to invest more than 100k are deemed to be defacto professional investors who don't require state protection and "know what they're doing".
Exception 3: If the token sale raises less than 8 million euro. This is the exception under which most crowd investing happens. The logic is that at this level the damage from such an issuance can't become significant at a structural level.
Lastly, Markus described the process of buying tokens and approaches to token issuance. Classical approaches follow the simple structure that the investor buys and gets the token and the right directly from the emitter who runs the business.
One new approach to token issuances uses a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) which has the right from the emitter to sale the tokens. For the issuer, this guarantees that the emitter is completely disconnected from the investor in a contractual manner. Despite the fact that this strategy reduces the risks for the token issuer, it increases the risks to the investor because the investor has no legal claim on the underlying assets being securitized. Markus essentially said that the use of an SPV could be a red flag for investors especially when in conjunction with the issuance of STOs from jurisdictions with lax regulatory oversight.
Another approach is to securitize subordinated loans either with or without an SPV. This is a common approach within the crowdinvesting area but it's rapidly being adopted for STOs as well due to the relatively lax regulations on this type of debt and to the established procedures / regulatory framework for ordinary subordinated debt. Investors should be aware however that subordinated debts are services last behind all other commercial obligations in the case of a bankruptcy.
Thank you very much to Richard and Markus for giving these interesting presentations! Also, thank you to Deloitte for hosting our Meetup. Also, a big thank you again to our community for coming and participating! We hope you enjoyed the meetup and we encourage you to give feedback over the known channels!
Our next meetup will be about Blockchain in PropTech on July 23rd and we would love to see you again there!
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How 5 brands are using ads on Instagram Stories
March 1, 2017 by Grace Caffyn
Content from brands makes up one-third of the top-viewed Instagram Stories, the short, snappy video and photo montages, which disappear after 24 hours. And this January, Instagram unveiled ad units for its 4-month-old Snapchat clone to give snap-happy brands further reach beyond their followers.
Rory Hallam, creative operations director at agency ThinkJam, said that while it is early days for ads on Stories, advertisers are champing at the bit over “sound-on vertical video” thanks largely to Snapchat.
“It is a great opportunity for brands to express their product in that native experience,” he said. “Consumers won’t feel too offended by the content as it is highly targeted and easy to skip.” And as the units bookend content rather than interrupt it, they are not intrusive to the user’s experience, he said.
Only 30 advertisers on the platform currently have access, but the format will be made available to other brands soon. Here’s a look at what brands have been putting into the units so far.
Travel company Airbnb was one of the first advertisers to buy a carousel ad on Instagram, calling on users interested in family, culture and travel to “live like a local” and book a holiday via the platform.
Likewise, Airbnb is among the first crop of advertisers using the new ad units on Stories. This time, for its Airbnb Experiences product, which connects holidaymakers with a curated selection of local activities.
Its two 15-second spots show travelers exploring the natural wonders of San Francisco and at a cooking class in Japan.
While not quite a first-person account, the ad mimics the Stories medium with short bursts of video that build into an episodic story — the making of a miso soup — set to music.
It makes sense for what Eric Toda, Global Head of Social Marketing and Content, calls “experience-driven stories.”
ASOS is running Stories ads as part of a transatlantic brand-awareness campaign among millennials.
While its experimentations with Stories so far have been focused on products and behind-the-scenes content (like its competitors Topshop and Missguided), this ad is a far cry from its usual chatty, low-fi style on the platform.
Instead, the brand has created a glossy editorial shoot that feels like a traditional TV spot.
Maybelline riffs on the popular unboxing genre with its Stories ads for a new Mascara product, The Colossal Big Shot. It repurposed material from its boss-themed YouTube spot, which has had 3.2 million views since its debut last month.
The brand used two Instagram Stories regulars, makeup artist Manny Gutierrez aka MannyMUA and Shayla Mitchell aka MakeupShayla.
“These social media stars use this platform multiple times per day to connect with their followers, so we knew how impactful it would be to have a strong presence here,” said Anne Marie Nelson-Bogle, svp of Maybelline New York.
Linking music into the Stories is Bacardi with a Stories campaign that is targeting users over 21. It also used material from the brand’s longer sport on YouTube.
It’s a premium-looking spot that would feel at home on a TV set.
These are products that align themselves with the aspirational and curated content the platform is known for, despite being nestled in the rough-and-ready format that is Instagram Stories.
Louis Vuitton France
Local to France, the fashion house is taking a two-pronged approach: hoping to raise awareness of its spring-summer 2017 collection and simultaneously drive sales.
Unlike other ads, which have been adapted from a landscape shot into a vertical format, the campaign was shot entirely in vertical video.
Marketing on Facebook
Ad buyers see gaps in Facebook’s new ad-transparency tool
‘The climate has changed’: Agencies are finding more young employees report burnout
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X Teen/Young Adults (ages 13+)
X Archaia Entertainment
Gunnerkrigg Court #1
Publisher: Archaia Entertainment
Written by: Thomas Siddell
Art By: Thomas Siddell
Orientation is the first in a series of books about Antimony Carver, a girl who attends school at gloomy Gunnerkrigg Court, and the people she meets, the strange things that happen, and the things she causes to happen as she and her new friend, Kat, unravel the mysteries of the Court. Antimony and Kat deal with the everyday adventures of growing up at a school that has robots running around along side body-snatching demons, forest gods, and the odd mythical creature.
Part 2. Orientation is the first in a series of books about Antimony Carver, a girl who attends school at gloomy Gunnerkrigg Court, and the people she meets, the strange things that happen, and the things she causes to happen as she and her new friend, Kat, unravel the mysteries of the Court. Antimony and Kat deal with the everyday adventures of growing up at a school that has robots running around along side body-snatching demons, forest gods, and the odd mythical creature.
Part 5! Orientation is the first in a series of books about Antimony Carver, a girl who attends school at gloomy Gunnerkrigg Court, and the people she meets, the strange things that happen, and the things she causes to happen as she and her new friend, Kat, unravel the mysteries of the Court. Antimony and Kat deal with the everyday adventures of growing up at a school that has robots running around along side body-snatching demons, forest gods, and the odd mythical creature.
Part 6! Orientation is the first in a series of books about Antimony Carver, a girl who attends school at gloomy Gunnerkrigg Court, and the people she meets, the strange things that happen, and the things she causes to happen as she and her new friend, Kat, unravel the mysteries of the Court. Antimony and Kat deal with the everyday adventures of growing up at a school that has robots running around along side body-snatching demons, forest gods, and the odd mythical creature
Gunnerkrigg Court Vol #1
Orientation is the first in a series of books about Antimony Carver, a girl who attends school at gloomy Gunnerkrigg Court, and the people she meets, the strange things that happen, and the things she causes to happen as she and her new friend, Kat, unravel the mysteries of the Court. Antimony and Kat deal with the everyday adventures of growing up at a school that has robots running around along side body-snatching demons, forest gods, and the odd mythical creature.Tom Siddell's popular webcomic is here collected in print for the first time.
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Henri Nouwen Collection, 50 results 50
Clara Cynthia Benson fonds, 46 results 46
Henri Nouwen fonds, 42 results 42
L'Arche Audiovisual Collection, 24 results 24
University of Toronto Communications fonds, 12 results 12
Helen Sawyer Hogg fonds, 5 results 5
Black (Davidson) Family fonds, 5 results 5
University of Toronto. Department of Athletics and Recreation fonds, 4 results 4
David C. Onley fonds, 4 results 4
Kay Armatage fonds, 3 results 3
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 26 results 26
Trinity College Archives, 2 results 2
Insight Productions, 4 results 4
University of Toronto. Department of Alumni Affairs, 2 results 2
Bata Shoe Company, 2 results 2
University of Toronto. Department of Cell and Systems Biology, 2 results 2
Epitome Pictures Inc., 2 results 2
University of Toronto. Department of Zoology, 2 results 2
University of Toronto. Community Relations Office, 1 results 1
University of Toronto. Engineering Alumni Association, 1 results 1
Vanier, Jean, 15 results 15
Caron, Rachel, 2 results 2
Evans, John Robert, 2 results 2
Flenley, Ralph, 1 results 1
Spencer, Ruth Margaret Church, 1 results 1
Prichard, Robert, 1 results 1
Cody, Henry John, 1 results 1
Publications, 39 results 39
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University of Toronto. Office of the President
UTA 0166-A1973-0037
Part of University of Toronto. Office of the President fonds
Film and sound elements for the production of the filming of the Installation of President John R. Evans, 28 September 1972.
Hart House
1919-1973 (predominant 1950-1973)
Part of Hart House fonds
Hart House records: Warden's Office files including committee and club files, the Warden's personal records, staff files, and Vincent Massey records (1919-1973); administrative files of the Comptroller's Office (1929-1955); membersh...
University of Toronto. Caput
Part of University of Toronto. Caput fonds
The University of Toronto Caput hearing on the conduct of Tony Leah and William Schabas in preventing the delivery of an address by urbanologist Edward Banfield at the University on March 12, 1974 on the grounds that he held racist views. The hear...
16 mm. colour film of an interview with J. Burgon Bickersteth, former Warden of Hart House, prepared by Chetwynd Films for the 50th anniversary of Hart House.
University of Toronto. Department of Information Services
Part of University of Toronto Communications fonds
Correspondence, memoranda, drafts of articles, interviews, press releases, reports, and press clippings documenting the activities of the University News Bureau, and the Varsity (later the University of Toronto) Graduate. Included are files of the...
University of Toronto. Office of the President. Ceremonials Assistant
Off-air recording of CFTO Television broadcast of the announcement of James Ham as the new president of the University of Toronto.
University of Toronto. Department of Athletics and Recreation
Part of University of Toronto. Department of Athletics and Recreation fonds
Films of Varsity football team playing various University teams
University of Toronto. Department of Alumni Affairs
Part of University of Toronto. Department of Alumni Affairs fonds
Videos: "Sesquecentennial Celebrations : Presentation of Honorary Degrees, 15 March 1977"; "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" (1976); "University of Toronto Alumni Association" (1973).Sound recording: "Dr. Evan'...
University of Toronto. Faculty of Forestry
Part of University of Toronto. Faculty of Forestry fonds
See Guide to Moving Images
Graphic records documenting men's and women's athletic teams including football, water polo, english rugby, squash, boxing, fencing, curling, basketball, volleyball, hockey and gymnastics.Film: Game or match footage of University of Toro...
2 reel to reel - Dr. John Evans on the Betty Kennedy show, one of which is a discussion on China, 19731 Video (3/4") - Sesquecentennial Birthday Cake Ceremony: off air recordings from various newscasts in the Toronto Area, 19762 slides - Resi...
University of Toronto. Library. Reader Services Area
Part of University of Toronto Libraries fonds
Used in library orientation sessions to introduce library reference and microcatalogue services; includes a brief history of the University Library system.
ca.1923-1976
Includes original of "Varsity Life", ca. 1923, and other films.
Records from the Director's Office including: minutes of meetings of the Department Council, sections and committees; operational files; scrapbooks and two open reel videos, one of which is titled "Russia vs. Blues" (n.d.).
University of Toronto. Department of Information
University promotional films including: History of Ajax (1946), University Campaign (1958), Pursuit of Wisdom (1958), Graduates for Tomorrow (1959) and Light for the Mind (1965)
Video copy of "Varsity Life": profile of university life centered on Hart House; original film is A88-0038:001.
University of Toronto. Office of the President. Installation Committee
Consists of one video cassette, VHS format, of the Installation of President Robert Prichard, Oct. 12, 1990. Video was sponsored by the Installation Committee of the Office of the President.
University of Toronto. Department of Public Affairs
Recorded lectures by: Edward Heath, Lester Brown, Maurice Strong, Peter Ustinov, Helen Caldicott, John Aird, Hans King, Fred Hoyle, John Polanyi; the installation of James Ham; radio program "Inside the U. of T"; concert by Faculty of m...
Convocation files, including addresses, media releases and photographs (1975-1985); files relating to sesquicentennial celebrations, Bovey Commission, Art Walk 1984, establishment of the Women's Studies scholarship. Apart from department file...
Football films produced for Dept. of Athletics and Recreation by Chetwynd Film Ltd. Contains: 10 video tapes, 3 8mm films, 76 16mm films.
University of Toronto. Human Resources Department
ca. 1976-198-
Part of University of Toronto. Human Resources and Equity fonds
Video cassettes (3/4" format) used by the Human Resources Department to orient new staff. Included are : "Campus Tour" 1977, "Welcome to New Staff" from variou Presidents, "This is the University of Toronto" 198...
University of Toronto. Faculty of Education. Registrar's Office
1914-1990;(predominant 1964-1990)
Part of Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto fonds
Records from the Registrar's Office including correspondence and memos with the Dean's Office; committee files such as the Admissions Committee and Committee on Future Directions; collected statistics and statistical reports on admission...
Two videos documenting the success of the Varsity Blues Football team in winning the Vanier Cup. The first is a taped broadcast of the entire game (Nov. 20, 1993). The second, put together by Friends of the Varsity Blues Football, depicts the tr...
Sound recordings, film and slides documenting fundraising drives at the University of Toronto, 1966-1976. Audio lift from program "Universities Tomorrow" part of the "Where To From Here" series produced by the Media Centre and...
University of Toronto. Faculty of Medicine. Sioux Lookout Programme
Part of University of Toronto. Faculty of Medicine fonds
Consists of subject files on programme administration, Faculty of Medicine departments, organizations, foundations, committees, studies, task forces, external reviews, resident's programme, mental health programmes, etc. Also includes minute...
University of Toronto. Faculty of Education. Technical and Industrial Arts Department
Administrative files including budgets, correspondence, flyers, student lists; curriculum publications, lessons materials (1963), film and photoprints; architectural plans for industrial arts shop classroom.
VHS copy of promotional tape "Great Minds for a Great Future" produced for fund raising purposes in 1997. Includes clipped interviews with well known academics and alumni including John Polanyi, Janice Stein, Tak Mak, Norman Jewison as ...
Exhibition files contain applications, lists of applicants (1993-1999), exhibitions at the Justina Barnicke Gallery , selections from the Hart House Permanent Collection (1993-1998), committee and club exhibits and competitions organized by the H...
VHS copy of promotional tape "Great Minds for a Great Future" produced for fund raising purposes in 1997 and revised in 2000. Includes clipped interviews with well known academics and alumni including John Polanyi, Janice Stein, Tak Mak...
Sound cassettes and videos collected by the Department of Public Affairs in the course of their promotion of the University. Both sound and video tapes document speeches, convocations, special events, fundraising and research. There are also vide...
VHS and CD copies of two promotions produced to celebrate the 175th anniversary. "175th Anniversary" and "Alumni Video 2003" feature clipped interviews with well known academics and alumni including architect Raymond Moriyam...
One video documents President Prichard's address at Spring Reunion on June 3, 2000. A CD containing photographs and a web presentation document the dedication of the Roy Oglesby Room at 21 King's College Circle. Two CDs document the Un...
University of Toronto. Faculty of Physical Education and Health
Part of University of Toronto. Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education fonds
A2004-0020 represents a large accession of material from the Faculty of Physical Education and Health. The vast majority of the records in this accession are from co-curricular activities carried out by the Faculty. While not physically arranged a...
University of Toronto. Institute for Women's Studies and Gender Studies
Part of University of Toronto. Women and Gender Studies Institute fonds
The records document the Undergraduate Program in Women’s Studies, the Graduate Collaborative Program in Women’s Studies, and the Institute for Women’s and Gender Studies. There are also some records from the Women Studies Student Union (W.S.S.U.)...
Eighteen binders of slides, photographs, contact sheets document men's and women's intramural and intercollegiate sports from 1979-1986. Approx. 50 team portraits document the Varsity Hockey and Football teams through the 1950s and earl...
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. Office of the Dean
Predominantly consists of records from the Faculty of Education (FEUT) and OISE created prior to the merger in 1996. FEUT records include the records of various FEUT committees such as the Executive Committee (1986-1992), Advisory Board (1968-1995...
University of Toronto. Division of University Advancement
Part of University of Toronto. Division of University Advancement fonds
Event media package documenting the Convocation Hall Tribute Ceremony on May 31 2007. Included: programme; DVD copies of the ceremony, the Tribute Video and Media Coverage; copies of advertisement for the event; a list of media
University of Toronto. Department of Zoology
196- - 2006
Part of University of Toronto. Department of Zoology fonds
This accession consists of photographs and videos documenting the faculty, staff and several events held at the Department of Zoology. Sound recordings consist mainly of recorded lectures from BIO 110. There are also four boxes of administrative...
Promotional DVD produced for Hart House, 2009 Hancock Lecture featuring Nick Bontis of McMaster University entitled : Calibrating Your Future: A Balancing Act Between Social and Technological Pressures. This DVD contains an interview with Dr. Nic...
Univeristy of Toronto. Women and Gender Studies Institute
Consists of Advisory Board Committee minutes and agendas, course planning files, administrative correspondence, event planning and information, photographs and recordings of lectures and events, working papers, newsletters and Institute publicatio...
University of Toronto. Office of the Vice-President. University Relations
ca. 2000 -2006
Part of University of Toronto. Office of the Vice-President and Provost fonds
These records document the activities of the Office of the Vice-President, University Relations. The records include various committee agendas and minutes, and correspondence with various external companies regarding projects that the U of T had ...
University of Toronto. Munk School of Global Affairs
Part of University of Toronto. Munk School of Global Affairs fonds
NOTE - THESE BOXES WERE DEACCESSIONED 2017/02/27This accession contains press releases, media clippings, and video recordings regarding the Lionel Gelber Prize, an international award for distinguished writing in the field of foreign affairs. The...
University of Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
Part of University of Toronto Libraries. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections (Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library) fonds
Photographs (jpg images) document lectures and displays at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. There is also one DVD of a lecture.
University of Toronto. Department of Cell and Systems Biology
Part of University of Toronto. Department of Cell and Systems Biology fonds
Contains records reviewed from the Department of Cell & Systems Biology, formerly known as the Department of Zoology. Contains Undergraduate Affairs Committee records, annual department reports, copies of Zoonews, event files (UofT Day, ZooWo...
University of Toronto. University College Archives
ca. 1820s - ca. 2000
Part of University of Toronto. University College fonds
This accession contains material collected by the University College Archives. Most of the records have been collected and donated over the course of the College's existence, and range from personal records of prominant faculty members (Bark...
University of Toronto. Institute for Life Course and Aging
Part of University of Toronto. Institute for Life Course and Aging fonds
This accession contains records dealing with the establishment of the Institute of Life Course and Aging and associated programs in Gerontology. It also contains publications and reference material that was co-produced, supported or housed by the...
University of Toronto. Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education
Contains a wide range of record from the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, including Department of Athletics and Recreation Committee meeting minutes, Council of Athletics and Recreation meeting minutes, FKPE publications, athletics m...
Pimlott 1978 accession
UTA 1664-B1978-0020
Part of Douglas H. Pimlott fonds
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, field notes, publications, brochures, maps and films relating to Douglas Pimlott's career as zoologist and professor at the University of Toronto. The records relate to provincial commissions and committee...
Skilling 1988 accession
Part of Harold Gordon Skilling fonds
Records documenting Skilling's expertise relating to East European studies with particular emphasis on Czechoslovakia and his role in the the Centre for Russian and East European Studies. Contains addresses and speeches; manuscripts and pub...
The Nature of Things: "The Comet of a Lifetime". 12 March 1986
UTA 1383-20-B1992-0016/001M
Part of Helen Sawyer Hogg fonds
Episode of the CBC television program The Nature of Things entitled "The Comet of a Lifetime" (30 min.), in which Hogg was interviewed.
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ClickOnce security and deployment
ClickOnce is a deployment technology that enables you to create self-updating Windows-based applications that can be installed and run with minimal user interaction. Visual Studio provides full support for publishing and updating applications deployed with ClickOnce technology if you have developed your projects with Visual Basic and Visual C#. For information about deploying Visual C++ applications, see ClickOnce Deployment for Visual C++ Applications.
ClickOnce deployment overcomes three major issues in deployment:
Difficulties in updating applications. With Microsoft Windows Installer deployment, whenever an application is updated, the user can install an update, an msp file, and apply it to the installed product; with ClickOnce deployment, you can provide updates automatically. Only those parts of the application that have changed are downloaded, and then the full, updated application is reinstalled from a new side-by-side folder.
Impact to the user's computer. With Windows Installer deployment, applications often rely on shared components, with the potential for versioning conflicts; with ClickOnce deployment, each application is self-contained and cannot interfere with other applications.
Security permissions. Windows Installer deployment requires administrative permissions and allows only limited user installation; ClickOnce deployment enables non-administrative users to install and grants only those Code Access Security permissions necessary for the application.
In the past, these issues sometimes caused developers to decide to create Web applications instead of Windows-based applications, sacrificing a rich user interface for ease of installation. By using applications deployed using ClickOnce, you can have the best of both technologies.
What is a ClickOnce application?
A ClickOnce application is any Windows Presentation Foundation (.xbap), Windows Forms (.exe), console application (.exe), or Office solution (.dll) published using ClickOnce technology. You can publish a ClickOnce application in three different ways: from a Web page, from a network file share, or from media such as a CD-ROM. A ClickOnce application can be installed on an end user's computer and run locally even when the computer is offline, or it can be run in an online-only mode without permanently installing anything on the end user's computer. For more information, see Choose a ClickOnce deployment strategy.
ClickOnce applications can be self-updating; they can check for newer versions as they become available and automatically replace any updated files. The developer can specify the update behavior; a network administrator can also control update strategies, for example, marking an update as mandatory. Updates can also be rolled back to an earlier version by the end user or by an administrator. For more information, see Choose a ClickOnce update strategy.
Because ClickOnce applications are isolated, installing or running a ClickOnce application cannot break existing applications. ClickOnce applications are self-contained; each ClickOnce application is installed to and run from a secure per-user, per-application cache. ClickOnce applications run in the Internet or Intranet security zones. If necessary, the application can request elevated security permissions. For more information, see Secure ClickOnce applications.
How ClickOnce security works
The core ClickOnce security is based on certificates, code access security policies, and the ClickOnce trust prompt.
Authenticode certificates are used to verify the authenticity of the application's publisher. By using Authenticode for application deployment, ClickOnce helps prevent a harmful program from portraying itself as a legitimate program coming from an established, trustworthy source. Optionally, certificates can also be used to sign the application and deployment manifests to prove that the files have not been tampered with. For more information, see ClickOnce and Authenticode. Certificates can also be used to configure client computers to have a list of trusted publishers. If an application comes from a trusted publisher, it can be installed without any user interaction. For more information, see Trusted application deployment overview.
Code access security
Code access security helps limit the access that code has to protected resources. In most cases, you can choose the Internet or Local Intranet zones to limit the permissions. Use the Security page in the ProjectDesigner to request the zone appropriate for the application. You can also debug applications with restricted permissions to emulate the end-user experience. For more information, see Code access security for ClickOnce applications.
ClickOnce trust prompt
If the application requests more permissions than the zone allows, the end user can be prompted to make a trust decision. The end user can decide if ClickOnce applications such as Windows Forms applications, Windows Presentation Foundation applications, console applications, XAML browser applications, and Office solutions are trusted to run. For more information, see How to: Configure the ClickOnce trust prompt behavior.
How ClickOnce deployment works
The core ClickOnce deployment architecture is based on two XML manifest files: an application manifest and a deployment manifest. The files are used to describe where the ClickOnce applications are installed from, how they are updated, and when they are updated.
Publish ClickOnce applications
The application manifest describes the application itself. This includes the assemblies, the dependencies and files that make up the application, the required permissions, and the location where updates will be available. The application developer authors the application manifest by using the Publish Wizard in Visual Studio or the Manifest Generation and Editing Tool (Mage.exe) in the Windows Software Development Kit (SDK). For more information, see How to: Publish a ClickOnce application using the Publish Wizard.
The deployment manifest describes how the application is deployed. This includes the location of the application manifest, and the version of the application that clients should run.
Deploy ClickOnce applications
After it is created, the deployment manifest is copied to the deployment location. This can be a Web server, network file share, or media such as a CD. The application manifest and all the application files are also copied to a deployment location that is specified in the deployment manifest. This can be the same as the deployment location, or it can be a different location. When using the Publish Wizard in Visual Studio, the copy operations are performed automatically.
Install ClickOnce applications
After it is deployed to the deployment location, end users can download and install the application by clicking an icon representing the deployment manifest file on a Web page or in a folder. In most cases, the end user is presented with a simple dialog box asking the user to confirm installation, after which installation proceeds and the application is started without additional intervention. In cases where the application requires elevated permissions or if the application is not signed by a trusted certificate, the dialog box also asks the user to grant permission before the installation can continue. Though ClickOnce installs are per-user, permission elevation may be required if there are prerequisites that require administrator privileges. For more information about elevated permissions, see Securing ClickOnce applications.
Certificates can be trusted at the machine or enterprise level, so that ClickOnce applications signed with a trusted certificate can install silently. For more information about trusted certificates, see Trusted application deployment overview.
The application can be added to the user's Start menu and to the Add or Remove Programs group in the Control Panel. Unlike other deployment technologies, nothing is added to the Program Files folder or the registry, and no administrative rights are required for installation
It is also possible to prevent the application from being added to the Start menu and Add or Remove Programs group, in effect making it behave like a Web application. For more information, see Choose a ClickOnce deployment strategy.
Update ClickOnce applications
When the application developers create an updated version of the application, they generate a new application manifest and copy files to a deployment location—usually a sibling folder to the original application deployment folder. The administrator updates the deployment manifest to point to the location of the new version of the application.
The Publish Wizard in Visual Studio can be used to perform these steps.
In addition to the deployment location, the deployment manifest also contains an update location (a Web page or network file share) where the application checks for updated versions. ClickOnce Publish properties are used to specify when and how often the application should check for updates. Update behavior can be specified in the deployment manifest, or it can be presented as user choices in the application's user interface by means of the ClickOnce APIs. In addition, Publish properties can be employed to make updates mandatory or to roll back to an earlier version. For more information, see Choosing a ClickOnce update strategy.
Third party installers
You can customize your ClickOnce installer to install third-party components along with your application. You must have the redistributable package (.exe or .msi file) and describe the package with a language-neutral product manifest and a language-specific package manifest. For more information, see Creating bootstrapper packages.
ClickOnce tools
The following table shows the tools that you can use to generate, edit, sign, and re-sign the application and deployment manifests.
Security Page, Project Designer Signs the application and deployment manifests.
Publish Page, Project Designer Generates and edits the application and deployment manifests for Visual Basic and Visual C# applications.
Mage.exe (Manifest Generation and Editing Tool) Generates the application and deployment manifests for Visual Basic, Visual C#, and Visual C++ applications.
Signs and re-signs the application and deployment manifests.
Can be run from batch scripts and the command prompt.
MageUI.exe (Manifest Generation and Editing Tool, Graphical Client) Generates and edits the application and deployment manifests.
GenerateApplicationManifest task Generates the application manifest.
Can be run from MSBuild. For more information, see MSBuild reference.
GenerateDeploymentManifest task Generates the deployment manifest.
SignFile task Signs the application and deployment manifests.
Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Deployment.ManifestUtilities Develop your own application to generate the application and deployment manifests.
The following table shows the .NET Framework version required to support ClickOnce applications in these browsers.
.NET Framework version
Internet Explorer 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 3.5 SP1, 4
Firefox 2.0 SP1, 3.5 SP1, 4
ClickOnce deployment on Windows Vista
Secure ClickOnce applications
Deploy COM components with ClickOnce
Build ClickOnce applications from the command line
Debug ClickOnce applications that use System.Deployment.Application
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Amazing Azerbaijan
Dir. Liz Mermin
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Director Liz Mermin
Completed 2013 Runtime 60
A sugary duet with the unintentionally ironic title “Running Scared” secured the contest for this oil and gas-rich, secular Shia, former Soviet Republic on the Easternmost tip of Europe last year. The competition claims to be an apolitical celebration of European unity; but when the President of Azerbaijan declared the victory a national achievement he offered the nation up to the harsh glare of the international spotlight, for better or worse. According to international observers, the government's record on press freedom, transparency, and democratic principals leaves much to be desired. AMAZING AZERBAIJAN! is a tale of two countries: one a shiny democratic republic the government proudly puts on display for visiting journalists and dignitaries, the other a repressive and corrupt land with no respect for freedom of expression or assembly, in which bloggers are arrested on trumped up charges, peaceful protesters are violently beaten, and journalists are threatened and even killed.
LONG SYNOPSIS
A sugary love-song with the un-intentionally ironic title “Running Scared” secured the contest for the oil-rich former Soviet Republic Azerbaijan. Never has the contest been held so far east (Baku is east of Baghdad), and this is only the second time it has been hosted by a majority Muslim country. Azerbaijan also won a seat on the UN security council in 2011, but it is the pop victory that has put the country on the Euro-map. The president declared it a national achievement. It was supposed to be a feel-good moment for the nation, and a chance to show off to the rest of Europe; but the reality is more complicated.
Eurovision claims to exemplify the values of Europe, but Azerbaijan's record on freedom of press and of assembly, transparency, and political prisoners is spotty. Peaceful protesters are beaten and arrested – sometimes held for months. Bloggers and even Facebook users who criticize the government or call for protest risk being framed with charges like “hooliganism” drug possession and sentenced to a few years in prison. Reporters who take on the ruling family and investigate corruption face severe beatings and blackmail. One has been killed.
Amazing Azerbaijan! is a tale of two Azerbaijans: one the shiny, tolerant, secular democratic republic that the government proudly puts on display for visiting journalists and dignitaries; the other a repressive and corrupt oligarchy with little respect for democracy or human rights. We get a tour of Baku, which one young resident proudly explains will be the next Dubai, from an energetic Eurovision representative; learn about independence and the Soviet past at a snowy national day of mourning; and hear from government officials who explain that young Azerbaijan still needs time to mature. We also meet an array of young writers and activists who have run into trouble with the government, including a musician who was arrested, beaten, and tortured one month after our interview and a journalist whose sex-life was exposed to the world by hidden cameras planted in her house (again a month after we met her). And we talk to politicians in the UK, the Azerbaijan's single-largest foreign investor, to find out why the rest of Europe tolerates the regime's behaviour. Interspersed throughout are scenes from Eurovision try-outs in Baku and excerpts from the president's triumphant speeches. Merging a pop sensibility with engaging characters and political reportage, the film is timed for broadcast during Eurovision 2012.
Azerbaijan is a dynastic republic: the same family has ruled for two decades. Heydar Aliyev came to power in 1993, elected with 98.8% of the vote; when he died in 2003, he set up his son, Ilham, to take over – leading to massive protests on the streets of Baku which were violently put down. The second Aliyev was re-elected in 2008 with 87% of the vote, though the election was boycotted by the opposition and criticized by Western observers. He has since amended the constitution to do away with term limits. The Council of Europe has criticised every election, yet refused to sanction the country in any way. Azerbaijan presents itself as a thriving democracy. The film asks why Europe plays along.
Could it have something to do with the fact that Azerbaijan is a key supplier of oil and gas from the Caspian Sea, offering an alternative to energy from Russia? Or with Azerbaijan's status as a secular Shia-Moselm republic, neighbouring Iran? Or with the way the Aliyev regime spends oil wealth, treating powerful friends to oil concessions and beautiful women? Or even with the cameras alleged to be hidden in the hotel rooms of visiting dignitaries?
The excitement around Eurovision offers an unorthodox lens through which to examine basic issues of human rights, and a number of activists have seized on this, hoping that for a brief moment the world might care about their struggle. The Eurovision organisers meanwhile argue that the contest is no place to play out political grievances. Of course, there are ironies everywhere: Azerbaijan's entry in Eurovision this year will sing a song called “When the Music Dies”.
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Key influencer screenings including European Parliament and UN to draw attention to human rights abuses and corruption in Azerbaijan.
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== Documents ==
*CELF 1.0 Security Specification: [http://tree.celinuxforum.org/pubwiki/moin.cgi/SecuritySpec_5fR2 Security Spec_R2]
*CELF 1.0 Security Specification: [http://www.celinuxforum.org/CelfPubWiki/SecuritySpec_R2 Security Spec_R2]
== Key Requirements and the Related Technologies ==
This page has information about Security technologies for Embedded Linux.
1 Technology/Project pages
2 Security Systems in Linux Kernel
2.1 SELinux
2.2 Tomoyo
2.3 SMACK
3 Older Information (From CELF investigations prior to 2005)
3.1 Documents
3.2 Key Requirements and the Related Technologies
3.3.1 Security Frameworks
3.3.2 Security Components
3.3.3 Security features
3.3.4 Other Resources
3.3.4.1 Security Activities
3.3.4.2 Mailing lists
3.3.4.3 Conferences
3.3.4.4 Security Articles
3.3.4.5 Papers
3.3.4.6 Sample and Opensource code
Technology/Project pages
Security Hardware Resources
Bootloader Security Resources
Mandatory Access Control Comparison
Security Systems in Linux Kernel
SELinux - This provides an implementation of the Flask Flux Advanced Security Kernel for Linux. SELinux started as a kernel patch which was presented by the NSA to kernel developers during the 2001 kernel summit. Feeback from this presentation started the LSM project, and the SELinux project helped define large parts of the LSM interface.
OLS 2008 paper: SELinux for Consumer Electronics Devices Nakamura & Sameshima, Hitachi Software Engineering.
ELC 2008 presentation: Embedded SELinux
TOMOYO Linux is a technology to improve Linux's security originally developed by NTT DATA CORPORATION, Japan. TOMOYO Linux was released on November, 11, 2005 as an open source software under the GPL. TOMOYO Linux is a mechanism called Secure OS, which can perform fine grained access control by breaking access permissions into parts like SELinux.
ELC2007 presentation
OLS2007 BoF slides
Tomoyo was incorporated into mainline Linux kernel as of version 2.6.28.
SMACK - Simple Mandatory Access Control Kernel. This is a lightweight implementation of MAC in the Linux kernel.
Home Page (very simple): http://schaufler-ca.com/
LWN.net article: http://lwn.net/Articles/244531/
CELF-commissioned white paper: SMACK for Digital TV by Embedded Alley (now Mentor Graphics)
SMACK was incorporated into the mainline Linux kernel as of version 2.6.25
Older Information (From CELF investigations prior to 2005)
CELF 1.0 Security Specification: Security Spec_R2
Key Requirements and the Related Technologies
Where the technologies are defined as follows:
Linux Security Module (LSM) framework
PAX patch – (currently x86 only)
LOMAC
digsig/bsign/elfsig
Trusted Computing Group (TCG)
TPE (included with LIDS)
PRAMFS
ACL file system extensions
Posix capabilities associated with files
Reliability 10
Secure/trusted boot 8
Access control 1, 4, 5, 11, 12
Buffer/stack protection 3
Intrusion detection 5, 8
Configurable security 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9(?), 11, 12
Authentication 1, 7
Signed binaries 1, 7
Trusted connection IPSec, SSL already supported
Secure services 1, 4, 5, 7, 8
API support for security hardware 8
Secure field upgradeability 9
Of the listed technologies the CELF Security Working Group is studying or supporting the following:
PAX - only monitor for now
Signed Binaries
Dig Sig (part of DSI project at http://disec.sourceforge.net/)
Bsign (a Debian project at http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/bsign.html)
ELFSig (need a reference for this)
Linux API for TCG - pending CELF NPO status and liaison discussions
TPE - as a part of LIDS
ACL file system extensions - for those that CELF needs (PRAMFS, JFFS2). Also follow LKLM discussions and maybe do implementations
Security Frameworks
The Linux Security Modules (LSM) project provides a lightweight, general-purpose framework for access control. Contemporary computing environments are increasingly hostile. Adding enhanced access control models to the kernel improves host security and can help a server survive malicious attacks. Security research has provided many types of enhanced access controls effective for different environments. The LSM framework allows access control models to be implemented as loadable kernel modules.
Medusa DS9 Security Project is a project to enhance the security of Linux kernel, which implements the ZP Security Framework. The main goal of a project is to implement a framework for implementation of any security model (unlike other secure Linux kernel projects).
Medusa DS9 is used to increase Linux's security. It consists of two major parts, Linux kernel changes and the user-space daemon. Kernel changes do the monitoring of syscalls, filesystem actions, and processes, and they implement the communication protocol. The security daemon communicates with the kernel using the character device to send and receive packets. It contains the whole logic and implements the concrete security policy. That means that Medusa can implement any model of data protection; it depends only on configuration file, which is in fact a program in the internal programming language, somewhat similar to C.
Rule Set Based Access Control (RSBAC) is a flexible, powerful and fast open source access control framework for current Linux kernels, which has been in stable production use since January 2000 (version 1.0.9a). All development is independent of governments and big companies, and no existing access control code has been reused.
The standard package includes a range of access control models like MAC, RC, ACL (see below). Furthermore, the runtime registration facility (REG) makes it easy to implement your own access control model as a kernel module and get it registered at runtime.
The RSBAC framework is based on the Generalized Framework for Access Control (GFAC) by Abrams and La Padula. All security relevant system calls are extended by security enforcement code. This code calls the central decision component, which in turn calls all active decision modules and generates a combined decision. This decision is then enforced by the system call extensions.
Decisions are based on the type of access (request type), the access target and on the values of attributes attached to the subject calling and to the target to be accessed. Additional independent attributes can be used by individual modules, e.g. the privacy module (PM). All attributes are stored in fully protected directories, one on each mounted device. Thus changes to attributes require special system calls provided.
TrustedBSD MAC Framework - Mandatory access controls extend discretionary access controls by allowing administrators to enforce additional security for all subjects (e.g. processes or sockets) and objects (e.g. sockets, file system objects, sysctl nodes) in the system. Development of those new access control models is facilitated by the development of a flexible kernel access control extension framework, the TrustedBSD MAC Framework. This permits new access control models to be introduced as kernel modules.
Trusted Computing Group (TCG) - TCG defines a security architecture based on the hardware-based root of trust. This is a cost effective solution to establish Trusted Computing on various platforms. For some introductory information see Seiji Munetoh and Nicholas Szeto's presentation, TCGOverviewPDF, on the Tech Conference 2005Docs page. The Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is a security chip bound to the platform and a key component of this architecture. TCG has a Mobile Phone WG which has released a use cases document that is applicable to many generic CE devices in addition to the mobile phone -- MPWG User Cases
Security Components
SELinux - This provides an implementation of the Flask Flux Advanced Security Kernel for Linux. SELinux started as a kernel patch which was presented by the NSA to kernel developers during the 2001 kernel summit. Feeback from this presentation started the LSM project, and the SELinux project helped define large parts of the LSM interface
Apparmor - Apparmor is an application security tool designed to provide an easy-to-use security framework for your applications.
The Linux Intrusion Defence System (LIDS) is a kernel patch and admin tools which enhances the kernel's security by implementing Mandatory Access Control (MAC). When it is in effect, chosen file access, all system network administration operations, any capability use, raw device, memory, and I/O access can be made impossible even for root. You can define which programs can access specific files. It uses and extends the system capabilities bounding set to control the whole system and adds some network and filesystem security features to the kernel to enhance the security. You can finely tune the security protections online, hide sensitive processes, receive security alerts through the network, and more. LIDS has two version trees, 1.2 and 2.2. LIDS 2.2 supports kernel 2.6. LIDS 1.2 supports kernel 2.4 and it provides new functions, Trusted Path Execution(TPE) and Trusted Domain Enforcement(TDE). These are useful to create a sandbox. LIDS is released under GPL.
CELF Wiki
Umbrella for handhelds implements a combination of process based mandatory access control (MAC) and authentication of files for Linux on top of the Linux Security Modules framework. The MAC scheme is enforced by a set of restrictions for each process.
Restrictions of resources
Restrictions of access to network interfaces
Restrictions on process creation and signaling
Signed files
LOMAC is a dynamically-loadable security module for Free UNIX kernels that uses Low Water-Mark Mandatory Access Control (MAC) to protect the integrity of processes and data from viruses, Trojan horses, malicious remote users, and compromised network server daemons. LOMAC is designed for compatibility and ease of use - to be a form of MAC typical users can live with.
LOMAC is an attempt to produce a form of MAC integrity protection that typical users can live with. LOMAC implements a simple form of MAC integrity protection based on Biba's Low Water-Mark model in a Loadable Kernel Module (LKM). LOMAC provides useful integrity protection against viruses, Trojan horses, malicious remote users, and compromised network servers without any modifications to the kernel, applications, or their existing configurations. LOMAC is designed to be easy to use. Its default configuration is intended to provide useful protection without being adjusted for the specific users, servers, or other software present on the system. LOMAC may be used to harden currently-deployed systems simply by loading the LKM into the kernel shortly after boot time.
The Enforcer is a Linux Security Module designed to improve integrity of a computer running Linux by ensuring no tampering of the filesystem. It can interact with TCPA hardware to provide higher levels of assurance for software and sensitive data.
Janus is a security tool for sandboxing untrusted applications within a restricted execution environment. This can be used to limit the harm that can be caused by any successful compromise of the application. We have successfully used Janus to jail Apache, bind, and other programs within a limited sandbox without disturbing application behavior, and we continue to seek experience with using this approach in production environments.
Domain and Type Enforcement (DTE) is a mandatory access control system which assigns types to files and domains to processes. Access from domains to other domains and from domains to types is enforced according to the DTE policy. The first implementation of this project closely followed the description by TIS in the papers titled A Domain and Type Enforcement Prototype and Confining Root Programs with Domain and Type Enforcement.
The Realtime Linux Security Module (LSM) is a loadable extension for Linux 2.6 kernels. It selectively grants realtime permissions to specific user groups or applications.
ACL support for Linux kernel - This linux kernel patch / user code combination allows supporting full access control lists (ACLs) for the Linux kernel.
http://www.hu.grsecurity.net/ grsecurity (mirrors, original site was here) - is an innovative approach to security utilizing a multi-layered detection, prevention, and containment model. It is licensed under the GPL.
It offers among many other features:
An intelligent and robust Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) system that can generate least privilege policies for your entire system with no configuration
Change root (chroot) hardening
/tmp race prevention
Extensive auditing
Prevention of entire classes of exploits related to address space bugs (from the PaX project)
Additional randomness in the TCP/IP stack
A restriction that allows a user to only view his/her processes
Every security alert or audit contains the IP address of the person that caused the event
NX patch - recent patch for kernel to prohibit execution of code on stack segment LKML discussion about NX patch
Trusted Boot
Security Hardware Resources -- Security Hardware Resources
Bootloader Security Resources -- Bootloader Security Resources
Trusted Computing Group
Linux Security Modules
Linux Security Modules mailing list
Linux Conf Au Linux Security 2009 (miniconf) - January 21, 2009
Usenix Security Symposium July 31 - August 4, 2006
Ottawa Linux Symposium (OLS) July 19 - 22, 2006 http://www.linuxsymposium.org/2006
OLS Proceedings
TOMOYO Linux and pathname-based security [LWN.net] Apr 2008
The Linux Journal Aug 2003
ARM's Trust Zone for Security
TPM-based Linux Run-time Attestation
Experimenting with TCPA/TCG Hardware
A Comparison of Publicly Available Tools for Dynamic Buffer Overflow Prevention
SMACK for Digital TV
Sample and Opensource code
A sample GPL TCPA Linux driver for Red Hat 8
Linux TPM Device Driver
TCG Software Stack (TSS) for Linux
A NetBSD driver and some useful links can be found at Rick Wash's Trusted Computingpage.
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Dione: the Divine
Dione, whose name means Divine or Goddess, is mainly known as Aphrodite’s mother, but she had her own cult, centred around the oracle at Dodona. She was probably a Mycenean goddess, but her origin is somewhat mysterious.
Titan, Okeanid, or Nymph?
Dione was best known for her cult at Dodona – she doesn’t seem to have been worshipped anywhere else. (Her daughter occasionally takes her name, though, to honour her.) This might account for the differing stories of her origin, which make her a daughter of Ocean, a Titan, or a nymph.
Hesiod’s Theogony, one of the oldest Greek sources, gives conflicting information, since in its introduction it names Dione among the deities that the Muses (and the poet) celebrate, along with both minor deities like Hebe and major Olympians and Titans. But later in the poem he says that she was one of the many daughters of Okeanos and Tethys:
Also she brought forth a holy company of daughters1who with the lord Apollo and the Rivers have youths in their keeping—to this charge Zeus appointed them—Peitho, and Admete, and Ianthe, and Electra, [350] and Doris, and Prymno, and Urania divine in form, Hippo, Clymene, Rhodea, and Callirrhoe, Zeuxo and Clytie, and Idyia, and Pasithoe, Plexaura, and Galaxaura, and lovely Dione, Melobosis and Thoe and handsome Polydora,
(Theogony 337-55)
What’s interesting, however, is that he doesn’t mention her among Zeus’ wives. Either he didn’t know about the cult at Dodona, or Zeus’ connection with Dione didn’t fit into his scheme, which is allegorical, uniting Zeus with Metis and Themis before marrying him to Hera.
Three goddesses from the Parthenon east pediment, possibly Hestia, Dione, and Aphrodite, c. 435 BC (British Museum). Wikimedia.
Aphrodite’s Mother
Homer also placed her at Olympus, and made her the mother of Aphrodite, an origin very different from the Hesiodic version, which has her springing from the severed genitals of Ouranos. She comforts her daughter in the Iliad when Aphrodite unwisely enters the battle and is wounded:
…fair Aphrodite flung herself upon the knees of her mother Dione. She clasped her daughter in her arms, and stroked her with her hand and spake to her, saying: “Who now of the sons of heaven, dear child, hath entreated thee thus wantonly, as though thou wert working some evil before the face of all?” [375] To her then made answer laughter-loving Aphrodite: “Tydeus’ son, Diomedes high of heart, wounded me, for that I was bearing forth from out the war my dear son Aeneas, who is in my eyes far the dearest of all men. For no longer is the dread battle one between Trojans and Achaeans; [380] nay, the Danaans now fight even with the immortals.” To her then made answer Dione, the fair goddess: “Be of good heart, my child, and endure for all thy suffering; for full many of us that have dwellings on Olympus have suffered at the hands of men, in bringing grievous woes one upon the other… She spake, and with both her hands wiped the ichor from the arm; the arm was restored, and the grievous pains assuaged.
(Iliad V: 370-416, trans. A.T. Murray)
Homer also makes Zeus Aphrodite’s father, who is amused by his daughter’s attempt to be a warrior. Some traditions continued to consider Zeus and Dione Aphrodite’s parents, and she was honoured at Dodona, and occasionally called Dionaie (daughter of Dione) or just Dione. (Hard: 80) Despite this, the Hesiodic birth from the sea-foam is the canonical story of her origin.
Apollodorus, writing much later, made her one of the Titans, for a total of 13 instead of the usual 12, (Bibliotheca 1.1.3) although he also mentions a nymph named Dione, daughter of the sea-god Nereus and Doris. Hyginus, in his work on the constellations, gives the name Dione to one of the Hyades, the constellation whose rising signalled the rainy season. Perhaps because of this, Pherecydes described Dione of the oracle as a nymph. (Hard:80)
Dione Naïa
One common theme to many of her origins is water, which makes sense in light of the cult of Dione Naïa, or Dione of the Spring. She shared this title with the god Zeus at their oracle, Dodona in northern Greece. I will discuss the oracle and Dione’s role in it in my next post, but Dodona was equal in importance to Delphi, and considered to be the oldest oracle in Greece.
The Epirians celebrated the cult of Zeus and Dione with a festival including athletic contests (which became part of the Panhellenic games) and theatrical performances. The spring that gushed from the base of Zeus’ sacred oak gave the festival its name, and the sound of the water was another source of oracles. Anyone asking for divination had to make gifts and offerings to Zeus Naios and Dione Naia, and sacrifice to the river-god Acheloos afterward. (Nichol: 140)
Dione appeared on local coinage, especially after Pyrrus made Dodona the religious capital of his kingdom in the second century BCE. One tetradrachm shows her with a sceptre and polos (a tall headdress, sometimes worn by other Greek goddesses).
Magical amulet showing Dione (top), Phoebe and Nyche.
Diona, Diana and Divona
Among the Mycenean deities there is a goddess named Diwia, possibly a female counterpart to Zeus. (Linear B: 𐀇𐀄𐀊, di-u-ja, 𐀇𐀹𐀊, di-wi-ja) This would seem to be an early version of Dione, although Hera also appears in Linear B. (Of course, that never stopped Zeus.)
The name Zeus comes from Dios (Διοσ), making the connection to Dione clearer. Zeus comes from the indo-European root *dyeu-, meaning “to shine” and “sky, god”. That would make Dione “the Goddess” or “the Shining”. Could we be looking at an early sky-goddess?
The name of the Roman goddess Diana and the Gaulish river-goddess Divona share the same root, so we know that Dione wasn’t a one-off. It is hard to tell, however, if they were meant to be goddesses of the shining heavens or whether their name was meant to emphasize their importance, as the Goddess.
There are connections: Diana and Dione were associated with oaks, Dione and Divona with water. (Although Diana’s sanctuary stood at Lake Nemi.) You could make a case for Diana as an archaic sky-goddess, but the other two would be harder.
References and Links:
Hard, Robin 2003: The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose’s Handbook of Greek Mythology, Routledge. (Questia)
Nichol, D.M. 1958: “The Oracle at Dodona” Greece & Rome 5/2: 128-43. (JSTOR: paywall)
Theoi.com
Oxford Classical Dictionary online
The Free Dictionary: Indo-European dyeu
List of Mycenean Deities
For the image at the top, click here.
This entry was posted in Goddesses, Greek, Mythology and tagged Aphrodite, Diana, Dione, oracle, Titans, Zeus on August 15, 2018 by solsdottir.
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2 thoughts on “Dione: the Divine”
Faye August 15, 2018 at 11:05 pm
Interesting. Thank you.
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Caesium iodide
Applicant's summary and conclusion
other: expert statement
2 (reliable with restrictions)
Reference Type:
Report Date:
Test guideline
other: Expert statement according to ECHA Guidance 2008, chapter R.7c
Test material form:
solid: crystalline
Toxicokinetic / pharmacokinetic studies
Details on absorption:
ORAL ABSORPTION:
Upon oral intake, cesium iodide will reach the stomach and form the respective Cs+ and I- ions. Based on the reduced molecular weight the absorption of the the ion through the walls of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is likely to occur via passive diffusion. Moreover, for the cesium ion absorption is facilitated by transport through potassium channels and activation of the sodium pump (Cecchi et al., 1987; Edwards, 1982). Another common route of absorption, namely crossing of the gut epithelial by passing through aqueous pores or through membranes by bulk transport of water, is also likely due to the good water solubility and their molecular weight below 200 g/mol of the respective ions.
With regard to toxicological data, a study in rats revealed an LD50 value above 2000 mg/kg bw (Johnson et al., 1975).
Interestingly, in a 14 day dose range finder study the related analogue substance cesium hydroxide monohydrate caused changes in haematology and clinical chemistry parameters. Furthermore, a disturbance in the body weight development was observed.
In a subacute 28 day study the analogue cesium hydroxide monohydrate caused a slight depression in the body weight development and changes in serum potassium levels for male animals. Moreover, changes in serum potassium and creatinine concentrations and reduced kidney weights were noted for the female animals.
The results obtained from a subchronic 90 day repeated dose study with analogue substance cesium hydroxide monohydrate provided further evidence for systemic absorption. Here, high concentrations caused changes in haematology parameters and adverse effects to the male’s reproductive organs.
According to literature it is generally accepted that soluble cesium compounds are rapidly absorbed through the walls of the GI tract of humans (Henrichs et al., 1989; Iinuma et al., 1965). Further, animal studies on rats and guinea pigs support these findings (Talbot et a., 1993; Stara, 1965).
It is known from literature that the oral ingestion of water soluble iodide salts typically results in almost 100 % absorption (summarised in ATSDR, 2004).
Taken together, due to its physico-chemical properties and the observed systemic toxicity at least at high concentrations of cesium compounds cesium iodide more precisely the two respective ions will be well absorbed within the GI tract and become bioavailable following oral administration. This estimation is confirmed by literature data.
DERMAL ABSORPTION:
The physico-chemical properties of the parent substance and the respective ions do not favour dermal absorption. The surface tension of an aqueous solution (1 g/L) lies above 10 mN/m. This and the ionic nature of the inorganic salt will hinder dermal uptake.
Pendic and Milivojevic (1966) conducted a dermal absorption study on the analogue substance cesium chloride in rats. In this study it was determined that only a minor fraction (approximately 3 %) of radiolabeled cesium chloride applied to a skin surface of several cm2 was absorbed within 6 hours into the systemic circulation.
Based on the available literature the dermal absorption of iodine is estimated to be 1 % (summarised in ATSDR, 2004).
Consequently, acute systemic dermal toxicity test with cesium iodide on rats did not reveal that toxicological relevant amounts were absorbed into the systemic circulation. Here, no systemic effects were observed and the LD50 was determined to be greater than 2000 mg/kg bw (limit dose).
Taken together, based on its physico-chemical properties and absence of toxicity in an acute dermal toxicity study very limited absorption into the systemic circulation is expected after dermal application. Literature data support this estimation.
RESPIRATORY ABSORPTION:
Considering the very low vapour pressure, the resulting low volatility and the fact that the chemical exist as a crystalline solid at room temperature with particle sizes well above 100 μm it is unlike that the substance will be inhaled either in vapour form or as dust particles under use conditions.
Details on distribution in tissues:
Once absorbed into the blood stream, the cesium ion is readily distributed throughout the body. The water solubility and the reduced molecular weight due to ionization favour the distribution. Within the body, the cesium cation behaves in a similar manner as the potassium cation (Rundo 1964; Rundo et al., 1963). In order to gain entrance to the interior part of body cells, both alkali metals compete with each other for the transport through potassium channels and activation of the sodium pump (Cecchi et al., 1987; Edwards 1982). Miller (1964) evaluated the distribution profile of cesium while examining two workers who were accidentally exposed to the radioactive form of this element (137Cs) via the inhalation route. This study showed that cesium was quite uniformly distributed to the whole body (head, chest, upper abdomen, lower abdomen, thighs, legs, and feet). Furthermore, it was shown that bioaccumulation to a particular body tissue is unlikely. The described uniform distribution within the whole body was also observed in several animal studies (Furchner et al., 1964; Boecker 1969a and 1969b; Stara 1965). Interestingly, a study conducted by Vandecasteele et al. (1989), with adult sheep showed that cesium was able two cross the placenta and, furthermore, was detectable in the breast milk.
Iodide is actively transported into the thyroid follicle by the sodium iodine symporter, thus, 70 – 90 % of the iodine in the body accumulates in the thyroid gland (summarised in ATSDR, 2004).
Taken together, based on the physico-chemical properties the respective ions of cesium ions are readily distributed throughout the body. This is confirmed by the presence of target organs in subacute and subchronic studies (see field "Details on absorption") and literature data. In addition, iodide is mainly actively transported into the thyroid gland.
Details on excretion:
Urinary excretion is the major route of elimination of bioavailabe cesium from the human body. This route is favoured by the relatively low molecular weight of the ions (< 300 g/mol) and the water solubility. Only a very limited fraction is excreted with the faeces. After an initial relatively fast excretion rate, remaining amounts of the element are eliminated in a rather slow manner from the human body with average half times often exceeding 12 weeks, depending on age, sex and route of administration (Henrichs et al., 1989; Richmond et al., 1962). The element is relatively uniformly eliminated without selectively accumulating in certain tissues (Boecker 1969b).
Above 97 % of the absorbed iodide is urinary excreted. Minor amounts are eliminated via breast milk, salivia, sweat, tears and exhaled air. The elimination of iodide in breast milk is well documented. The whole body elimination half-time of absorbed iodine has been estimated to be approximately 31 days (summarised in ATSDR, 2004).
Taken together, considering the physico-chemical properties and the available literature cesium iodide is mainly urinary excreted.
Metabolite characterisation studies
Details on metabolites:
Due to the physico-chemical properties and according to available literature (Miller 1964, Boecker 1969b) it is not likely that cesium ions will undergo further enzymatic biotransformation processes or will reveal an accumulation potential.
Iodide is actively transported into the thyroid follicle by the sodium iodine symporter and then oxidised to molecular iodine. Thus, 70 – 90 % of the iodine in the body accumulates in the thyroid gland, which produces iodine containing thyroid hormones (summarised in ATSDR, 2004).
Any other information on results incl. tables
Agency for Toxic Sunstances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Toxicological Profile for Iodine. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Boecker BB. (1969b) The metabolism of137Cs inhaled as137CsCl by the beagle dog. Proceedings of the Society Experimental Biology and Medicine 130(3):966-971.
Cecchi X., Wolff D., Alvarez O., Latorre, R. (1987) Mechanisms of Cs+ blockade in a Ca2+ -activated K+ channel from smooth muscle. Biophysical Journal 52:707-716.
ECHA (2008) Guidance on information requirements and chemical safety assessment, Chapter R.7c.: Endpoint specific guidance.
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Furchner JE., Trafton GA., Richmond CR.(1964) Distribution of cesium137 after chronic exposure in dogs and mice. Proceedings of the Society Experimental Biology and Medicine 116:375-378.
Henrichs K., Paretzke HG., Voigt G,.Berg D (1989) Measurements of Cs absorption and retention in man. Health Physics 57(4):571-578.
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Richmond CR., Furchner JE., Langham WH.(1962) Long-term retention of radiocesium by man. Health Physics 8:201-205.
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Rundo J., Mason JI., Newton D., Taylor BT. (1963) Biological half-life of caesium in man in acute chronic exposure. Nature 200:188-189.
Stara JF. (1965) Tissue distribution and excretion of cesium-137 in the guinea pig after administration by three different routes. Health Physics 11:1195-1202.
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Interpretation of results (migrated information): no bioaccumulation potential based on study results
In accordance with the Guidance on Information Requirements and Chemical Saftey Assessment, chapter R.7c (ECHA, 2008) the profile on basic toxicokinetics of cesium iodide was derived from physico-chemical data as well as from toxicological data of cesium iodide and structurally related cesium salts.
Due to its physico-chemical properties and the observed systemic toxicity at least at high concentrations of cesium compounds cesium iodide more precisely the two respective ions will be well absorbed within the GI tract and become bioavailable following oral administration. This estimation is confirmed by literature data.
Based on its physico-chemical properties and absence of toxicity in an acute dermal toxicity study very limited absorption into the systemic circulation is expected after dermal application. Literature data support this estimation.
Based on the physico-chemical properties the respective ions of cesium ions are readily distributed throughout the body. This is confirmed by the presence of target organs in subacute and subchronic studies and literature data. In addition, iodide is mainly actively transported into the thyroid gland.
Due to the physico-chemical properties and according to available literature it is not likely that cesium ions will undergo further enzymatic biotransformation processes or will reveal an accumulation potential.
Iodide is actively transported into the thyroid follicle by the sodium iodine symporter and then oxidised to molecular iodine. Thus, 70 – 90 % of the iodine in the body accumulates in the thyroid gland, which produces iodine containing thyroid hormones.
Considering the physico-chemical properties and the available literature cesium iodide is mainly urinary excreted.
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Comparing predictions of aboveground woody biomass of PnET-II, LINKAGES v2.2, and ED2 with decadal field data at plot and landscape scales
Thursday, August 14, 2014: 8:40 AM
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Wenchi Jin, School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Hong S. He, School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri, MO
Frank R. Thompson III, Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Columbia, MO
Stephen R. Shifley, Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Columbia, MO
Forest ecosystem models are a primary approach to predict aboveground woody biomass (AWB) at various temporal and spatial scales. These models vary substantially in their complexities and can be classified into three types: simple mechanistic; hybrid empirical and mechanistic; and complex mechanistic models. Many studies that compare forest ecosystem model predictions with field data are conducted at small temporal and spatial scales, and a key finding is that complex mechanistic models provide the best predictions. However, whether this holds true at large temporal and small spatial scales, as well as at large temporal and spatial scales remains untested. We compared model predictions of AWB density using PnET-II (simple mechanistic model), LINKAGES v2.2 (hybrid empirical and mechanistic model), and ED2 (complex mechanistic model) with decadal field data at plot and landscape scales. We used three sites in the Central Hardwood forest region for comparisons at the plot scale: Sinkin Experimental Forest (30 years of data), Vinton-Furnace Experimental Forest (33 years), and Kaskaskia Experimental Forest (78 years). For comparisons at a landscape scale, we used the three ecological subsections in which each forest site was located: Current River Hills (21 years), Western Hocking Plateau (19 years), and Lesser Shawnee Hills (25 years).
The ED2 model was the most concordant with field data at the three forest sites (all p-values>0.1) for the plot scale. The average percent mean bias of AWB density predictions were greatest for PnET-II (-2.4% and -10.3%), followed by LINKAGES v2.2 (2.3%) and ED2 (1.4%). These results suggest that the expectation that complex mechanistic models provide the best predictions at plot and small temporal scales may also hold true at decadal scale.
At landscape scale, the average percent mean bias of AWB density predictions were greatest for PnET-II (11.7% and -12.5%), followed by ED2 (-6.7%) and LINKAGES v2.2 (3.0%). This suggests that models employing both empirical and mechanistic processes may provide better AWB density predictions at decadal and landscape scales. ED2 did not provide the best prediction due to fine scale physiological process such as photosynthesis; albeit the relationships between such processes and population dynamics are not fully understood at decadal and landscape scales. The average percent mean bias of AWB density predictions was greater for all models at the landscape scale than that at the plot scale, possibly because these models do not simulate landscape processes.
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Lipoid congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to STAR mutations in a Caucasian patient
in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports
Authors: Jasmeet Kaur 1 , Luis Casas 2 and Himangshu S Bose 1 , 3
1 Division of Biomedical Science, Department of Biochemistry, Mercer University School of Medicine and Memorial University Medical Center, Hoskins Research Building, 4700 Waters Avenue, Savannah, Georgia, 31404, USA
2 Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Dakota, Fargo, North Dakota, USA
3 Anderson Cancer Institute, Memorial University Medical Center, Savannah, Georgia, 31404, USA
https://doi.org/10.1530/EDM-15-0119
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Lipoid congenital adrenal hyperplasia (lipoid CAH), the most severe form of CAH, is most commonly caused by mutations in steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (STAR), which is required for the movement of cholesterol from the outer to the inner mitochondrial membranes to synthesize pregnenolone. This study was performed to evaluate whether the salt-losing crisis and the adrenal inactivity experienced by a Scandinavian infant is due to a de novo STAR mutation. The study was conducted at the University of North Dakota, the Mercer University School of Medicine and the Memorial University Medical Center to identify the cause of this disease. The patient was admitted to a pediatric endocrinologist at the Sanford Health Center for salt-losing crisis and possible adrenal failure. Lipoid CAH is an autosomal recessive disease, we identified two de novo heterozygous mutations (STAR c.444C>A (STAR p.N148K) and STAR c.557C>T (STAR p.R193X)) in the STAR gene, causing lipoid CAH. New onset lipoid CAH can occur through de novo mutations and is not restricted to any specific region of the world. This Scandinavian family was of Norwegian descent and had lipoid CAH due to a mutation in S TAR exons 4 and 5. Overexpression of the STAR p.N148K mutant in nonsteroidogenic COS-1 cells supplemented with an electron transport system showed activity similar to the background level, which was ∼10% of that observed with wild-type (WT) STAR. Protein-folding analysis showed that the finger printing of the STAR p.N148K mutant is also different from the WT protein. Inherited STAR mutations may be more prevalent in some geographical areas but not necessarily restricted to those regions.
STAR mutations cause lipoid CAH.
This is a pure population from a caucasian family.
Mutation ablated STAR activity.
The mutation resulted in loosely folded conformation of STAR.
In addition to ambiguous genitalia development, the newest and the most recently characterized form of lipoid congenital adrenal hyperplasia (lipoid CAH) is the most severe form characterized by severe defects in the adrenal and the gonadal conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone (1), the precursor of all steroids. Although a large number of clinical reports from Japan have described patients with large adrenal glands and babies born with abnormal female genitalia, more detailed information was missing (1). The hormonal disorder and levels of the hormonal reduction were first investigated by Prader et al. in the mid-1950s although the pathological descriptions of infants dying from lipoid CAH had appeared previously (1). Studies of affected adrenal or testicular tissues or their isolated mitochondria showed an inability to convert cholesterol to pregnenolone due to the severely reduced availability of mitochondrial cholesterol for the synthesis of pregnenolone, which occurs prior to the catalytic activity of the side chain cleavage enzyme P450scc (1). Patients with lipoid CAH have normal term delivery because placental biosynthesis of progesterone remains unaffected (1).
STAR is expressed in the adrenals and gonads, but not in the placenta, suggesting that mutations of this protein might be responsible for lipoid CAH (1). We proposed a two-hit model to explain the mechanism of action: first hit, in the absence of STAR as in early lipoid CAH, a mechanism independent of STAR can transfer some cholesterol molecules into the mitochondria, resulting in a low level of steroidogenesis. This increases corticotropin secretion and stimulates further production of cholesterol and its accumulation as cholesterol esters in lipid droplets. Second hit, as lipid droplets accumulate, they engorge the cell, damaging its cytoarchitecture through both physical displacement and by chemical action of cholesterol auto oxidation products, and all the steroidogenic capacity is destroyed.
Lipoid CAH is a rare disorder in most populations. An attenuated form of the disease, “non-classic lipoid CAH,” is caused by mutations in which 10–25% of normal STAR activity is retained (1, 2). These patients typically experience adrenal insufficiency several years after infancy, and the 46,XY individuals may masculinize normally, and mineralocorticoid secretion may be minimally affected (3). The most common mutation causing this phenotype is STAR p.R188C. Thus, the spectrum of clinical presentations of patients with STAR mutations is substantially broader than that of classic lipoid CAH, and many affected patients may not be diagnosed correctly (2).
We identified a common mutation among Japanese, Korean and Palestinian patients that caused lipoid CAH (1). In addition, three groups have reported five Japanese alleles carrying STAR p.A218V (1). However, other STAR mutations appear in individual families rather than being widespread in an ethnic group. Here, we report for the first time STAR mutations identified in an infant of Norwegian (Scandinavian) descent that causes lipoid CAH. Besides the novel point mutation, the patient also has a premature stop codon, resulting in a truncated protein. The vast majority of the current population of Scandinavia originated from a small region in the southern Scandanvia thought to have been occupied by northern Germanic tribes in the Early Middle Ages. The original population is thought to have started about 12 000 years ago and the cross-cultural settlement is currently unknown (4). Thus it is considered a pure ethnic origin. However, neither the patient's father nor mother carried the same mutation, suggesting that although lipoid CAH is considered autosomal, it may also appear independent of genetic origin. We examined whether the novel mutation is solely responsible for the lipoid CAH by recreating the mutations in STAR cDNA, determining activity, folding and expression by comparison with the WT unaffected protein sequence.
Case presentation
A 2.5 month old infant girl was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at the Sanford Health Center due to adrenal salt wasting crisis. The infant was the full-term first child of parents of Norwegian descent. The baby presented with the normal female external genitalia, including the absence of gonads in the labial folds, and also showed no abnormality in a routine normal newborn screen. She had hyperpigmented areolas, labia majora and skin relative to her parents. Due to the urgency to obtain steroid precursor before starting glucocorticoid replacement and limited blood volume, we concentrated to immediate steroid analysis. We did not measure DHEA and androstenedione because of the low blood volume. Newborn screen found normal 17-hydroprogesterone.
Laboratory analysis revealed that the patient had sodium levels of 117 mEqu/l (∼140 mEqu/l normal) and potassium levels of 8.9 mEqu/l (3.7–5.2 mEqu/l) and clinically dehydrated. In addition, her adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) level was 5995 pg/ml (normal <60 pg/ml), renin was 120 ng/ml per h (normal <7.8 ng/ml per h), pregnenolone was <16 ng/dl and 17-hydroxypregnenolone was <16 ng/dl. Random cortisol was 3.6 μg/dl before the first dose of glucocorticoid was given. An ultrasound of the patient's adrenal glands revealed they were enlarged; a second ultrasound showed her right adrenal gland measured 2.8×1.4×1.3 cm, which was just over half the size of her corresponding kidney. The left adrenal gland measured 1.0×1.1×1.3 cm, which was approximately one-third the size of the corresponding kidney. Ovaries or uterus could not be identified on the ultrasound, although resolution was poor due to infant's inability to keep her bladder full. Array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) analysis indicated a single X and a single Y with normal autosomes and no imbalances observed.
Informed consent was obtained from each family member, and blood samples collected in ethylenediaminetetraacetate were used to prepare genomic DNA using a genomic DNA isolation kit (DNeasy Blood and Tissue Kit, Qiagen). The DNA of the patient and the parents was first amplified with the oligonucleotides, S3 and AS1, and was cut with Tsp45 I and BstN1 to screen for the common STAR p.Q258X and STAR p.R182L mutations, as previously described (1). Then, using a variety of primer combinations, we completed the amplification of exon 5 with JK5S (5′TCG TGA TTC TGG TTC CCC ATG GCC TGG TAG3′) and JK5AS (5′GGG TTT GGA GCC TGC TGC CCG TAT TAC3′) primers and exon 4 with EX4S (TGC TGG GAT TAT AGG CGT GAA C) and Ex4AS (GCT AGG GGT CCT CTC TTT GAT ACA G) and PCR conditions as previously described (1). The PCR products were sequenced directly using commercial resources (MC Lab, South San Francisco, CA, USA). The steroid conversion was analyzed following our laboratory procedure and characterized by liquid chromatography equipped with mass spectrometry (LC–MS) (5).
Cell culture, transfection, western blotting and activity
The cell culture, transfection, western blotting and activity were determined by following the procedure, which was developed in the lab (6). Metabolic conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone was performed following the transfection of the whole COS-1 cells. Reactions were initiated with NADPH and 14C-cholesterol.
Protein finger printing
[35S]-Methionine (Met)-labeled WT and STAR p.N148K were synthesized in a cell-free system (CFS) using a TNT-rabbit reticulocyte (Promega). Ribosomes and their associated polypeptide chains were removed by centrifugation at 150 000g for 15 min at 4 °C. We performed limited proteolysis of the WT and mutant STAR using sequencing grade trypsin (Thermo fisher).
Outcome and follow-up
STAR is a 7.5 kb gene with seven exons, but exons 5–7 comprise 40% of the protein. Most STAR mutations causing lipoid CAH were found in exons 5–7 of the STAR gene (1). In addition, we have identified several mutants in exons 3 and 4 (1). Therefore, we amplified a 2.1-kb fragment of genomic DNA isolated from the patient spanning exons 5–7 with S3 and AS1 primers as well as exon 4 with Ex4S and Ex4AS primers using previously described procedures (1) followed by sequencing each exon (1). Genetic data showed that the patient had a mutation in exon 5 at nucleotide 557, which was changed from cytosine (C) to thymine (T), resulting from arginine 193 to a stop codon. The single nucleotide polymorphism database (dbSNP) number for Arg193Ter is rs387907235. Also, another mutation in exon 4 at nucleotide 444 from cytosine (C) to adenine (A) (dbSNP – rs775130992), resulted in the STAR p.N148K mutation (Fig. 1), which was observed before in an Italian patient (7). The premature stop codon truncated the protein with 21 kDa or 193 amino acids. Given that deletion of ten amino acids from the C-terminus of STAR destroyed 50% of its activity (1), we expect that this mutation reduces pregnenolone synthesis.
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Sequencing of the genomic DNA isolated from the patient and control (Unaffected individual) with Ex4S and Ex4AS primer. The change in nucleotide (C–A) is indicated by arrowhead.
Citation: Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports 2016, 1; 10.1530/EDM-15-0119
A similar analysis with the genomic DNA of each parent revealed the absence of either mutation, suggesting that both are de novo mutations. Some STAR mutations, including STAR p.M225T in exon 4, induce only a 45% reduction in activity as compared with others in which 10–25% of activity is retained. To examine the impact of these mutations on STAR activity, we overexpressed the mutant cDNA in nonsteroidgenic COS-1 cells that were also transfected with ferrodoxin, ferrodoxin reductase and P450scc as a single fusion protein, F2 (1). As shown in Fig. 2, analysis of pregnenolone synthesis revealed that the WT vector synthesized threefold more pregnenolone as compared with the mutant STAR protein (Fig. 2A and B). The mutant synthesized pregnenolone similar to the vector control, confirming that indeed the identified mutation completely destroyed the activity. The quantitative analysis is presented in Fig. 2B. The authenticity of the converted steroid was analyzed first by liquid chromatography (Fig. 2C) followed by confirmation through mass spectrometry analysis (Fig. 2D). As expected the mutant and the WT processed into the mitochondria as evidenced by the western blotting of the transfected COS-1 cells (Fig. 3). Because the mutants and the WT have the same mitochondrial targeting sequence, thus both the proteins were imported in to the mitochondria in a similar fashion (1).
Measurement of pregnenolone synthesis by the STAR p.N148K mutant. (A) The pregnenolone synthesis by the STAR p.N148K mutant was compared with WT STAR after their expression in nonsteroidogenic COS-1 cells. (B) Quantitative analysis of the amount of steroid synthesized through phosphorimager analysis. Y-axis is presented in arbitrary units (AU) developed by phosphoimager program. (C and D), GC/MS analysis of the pregnenolone identified from the TLC plate, where panel (C) is the liquid chromatogram and (D) is the mass spectrometric identification of the steroid, pregnenolone. Data represented in panel B is the mean±s.e.m. of three independent experiments performed at three different times.
Determination of WT and mutant STAR expression. Protein levels were determined by western blot analysis with STAR antiserum. The right hand panel shows the quantitative estimation of the intensity of bands from the western blot experiment and data represented in the left hand panel is the mean±s.e.m. of three independent experiments performed at three different times.
Analysis of the impact of STAR mutations on STAR protein folding previously showed that the STAR mutants were folded in a manner similar to that of the WT protein. For example, STAR p.M225T is folded similarly to WT protein. Thus, we determined whether the N148K mutant was folded differently from the WT protein by expressing it in a cell-free rabbit reticulocyte system, which expresses proteins in a fashion similar to that of cells and then analyzed protein conformation by protein finger printing. The resulting proteolytic protein digestion pattern can be used to examine the conformation of a protein, since it depends on the accessibility of the cleavage sites to the protease. If the accessibility of the cleavage site varies due to changes in conformation, then different proteolytic patterns will emerge. As shown in Fig. 4, the WT and the STAR p.N148K mutant have different proteolysis patterns, suggesting that the STAR p.N148K mutant is folded differently from the WT STAR and possibly less likely to interact with the mitochondrial receptor, voltage-dependent anion channels 1and 2 (VDAC1 and VDAC2) (6).
Analysis of STAR p.N148K mutant conformation by protein finger printing. Cell-free synthesized, radiolabeled WT and mutant STAR p.N148K were proteolyzed, and the proteolytic pattern was visualized by autoradiography.
The patient was treated with i.v. hydrocortisone and discharged on oral hydrocortisone 15 mg/m2 per day, fludrocortisone 0.1 mg twice daily with salt supplementation. At 6 month of age, the patient underwent an exploratory laparotomy with bilateral gonadodectomy. Pathological examination of the gonads confirmed the presence of testes. At the time of surgery, renin levels had normalized into the normal range and ACTH was just above the normal level.
STAR gene mutations in at least 190 patients with lipoid CAH have now been described, which includes 100 patients available in Japanese literature. These studies identified some patients, who were siblings or were the products of known consanguinity; however, these patients represent a small number of alleles. The only consistent genetic clusters identified to date include the STAR p.Q258X mutation in Japanese and Korean populations (1) and the STAR p.R182L mutation among Palestinian Arabs (1). The present study is the first to identify the STAR p.N148K mutation in a patient of Scandinavian origin and was carefully confirmed in independent samples to eliminate the possibility of a mix-up of samples in the laboratory. This missense mutation resulting in the loss-of-function as observed by analyzing pregnenolone synthesis, is similar to the level obtained using the empty vector or buffer control. In addition to the STAR p.N148K mutation, a second mutation STAR p.R193X, a nonsense mutation, was identified.
STAR missense mutations causing lipoid CAH are mostly concentrated from exons 5–7, and all other mutations are present throughout the gene sequence. As expected all the frameshift mutations generates truncated STAR protein resulting complete inactivity. Deletion of only ten carboxyl-terminal amino acids reduces STAR activity by half, and deletion of only 28 carboxyl-terminal amino acids deletes all activity (8). However, deletion of the N-terminal 62 amino acids does not impact activity. The small number of missense mutations that cause lipoid CAH all lie between amino acids 169 and 275 (1), and these tend to be the residues most highly conserved in the related protein, START (1) for STAR-related lipid binding protein. In the absence of STAR expression, steroidogenic cells still produce 10–14% pregnenolone; however, the mechanism of STAR independent steroidogenesis is not clearly understood, may be minimum level of steroid is available with START domain proteins other than STAR. The STAR c.C444A nucleotide is conserved across species, and the mutation possibly would destroy any steroidogenic capacity in all mammalian system originated from proteins with START domains.
STAR does not bind cholesterol, but fosters it into the mitochondria. In addition, the mitochondrial import process of STAR is different from the other mitochondrial-targeted proteins, so it is likely that mutant STAR interacts with VDAC2 (6) in a different fashion as compared with the WT. Analysis of the three-dimensional (3D) crystal structure or solution structure of STAR has showed that missense mutations alter STAR folding (1). We have found that residues 63–193 of STAR slow the protein's transit into the mitochondria, permitting the biologically active carboxyl-terminus to have more interactions with the OMM-associated VDAC2 (6). STAR requires interaction with VDAC1 prior to reaching VDAC2 for entry into the mitochondria, which is dependent on its appropriate folding facilitated immediately after its release from the ribosome by the MAM-associated GRP78 (6). Given that we have previously shown the requirement of a specific orientation between mitochondria, cholesterol and STAR to foster 220 molecules of cholesterol, it is possible that the altered conformation that results from the STAR p.N148K mutation prevents its interaction with VDAC1 and, therefore, VDAC2, inhibiting cholesterol fostering. The exact nature of the STAR-GRP78 interaction remains to be understood, and might occur via multiple variations as START domain proteins can transfer cholesterol to different intracellular membranes (6).
The difference between 21-hydroxylase deficiency and lipoid CAH is easy to confirm; lipoid CAH patients have normal looking external female genitalia of both the XX and XY karyotypes and have extremely low levels of all steroid hormones. However, the 21-hydroxylase deficiency patients have higher level of 21-deoxysteroids, especially 17-hydroxyprogesterone, and affected 46,XX not the 46,XY patients are virilized. The lipoid CAH may be confused with 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3βHSD) deficiency due to higher level of 17-hydroxypregnenolone (1). The most difficult is to differentiate between lipoid CAH and congenital adrenal hypoplasia, because of the normal looking XY female genitalia is likely to be a lipoid CAH patient. However, the diagnosis of lipoid CAH in 46,XX patients generally depends on the radiographic demonstration of massively enlarged adrenals (1) which are not found in adrenal hypoplasia. The diagnosis of lipoid CAH in the infant is now more common than it had been previously appreciated.
De novo mutations have been widely characterized in neurological disorders, especially in Schnophonia and epilepsy (9). Three different kinds of models have been discussed to explain de novo mutations (10). For a specific mutation rate, which is due to random variations, the number of actual mutations is expected to have a Poisson distribution (10). In the mathematical program and accounting for Poisson variation, a linear fit shows (effect=2.01 mutations per year) that father's age can explain up to 94% of the remaining variation in the observed mutation counts. In the second model that also considers maternal mutation, the mutation count increases by 3.23% per year. This second model explains 96.6% of the remaining variation. The third model assumes that the maternal mutation rate is constant at 14.2, and the parental mutations increase exponentially. This explains 97.1% of the remaining variation, and the rate of paternal mutations is estimated to increase by 4.28% per year, which corresponds to doubling every 16.5 years and increasing by eightfold in 50 years. Hence, although it seems that the number of paternal de novo mutations increases at a rate that accelerates with the father's age, more data at the upper age are needed to better evaluate the nature of the acceleration (10). We could not confirm consanguinity following a long discussion and parents confirmed it was their first marriage. Also during discussion both the mother and the father confirmed that this was their first and only biological newborn baby. However, we do not have a spectrum of patients; thus, we can only conclude that like other genetic diseases de novo mutations resulting in lipoid CAH might be equally considered in the future diagnosis of all newborn babies.
The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest that could be perceived as prejudicing the impartiality of the research reported.
The work was supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (HD057876) and an intramural research grant from the Anderson Cancer Institute to HSB.
L Casas is thankful to Dr Kenneth Copeland and Dr Walter L Miller for their stimulus discussion.
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Familial partial lipodystrophy and proteinuric renal disease due to a missense c.1045C > T LMNA mutation
Athanasios Fountas, Zoe Giotaki, Evangelia Dounousi, George Liapis, Alexandra Bargiota, Agathocles Tsatsoulis and Stelios Tigas
Proteinuric renal disease is prevalent in congenital or acquired forms of generalized lipodystrophy. In contrast, an association between familial partial lipodystrophy (FPLD) and renal disease has been documented in very few cases. A 22-year-old female patient presented with impaired glucose tolerance, hyperinsulinemia, hirsutism and oligomenorrhea. On examination, there was partial loss of subcutaneous adipose tissue in the face, upper and lower limbs, bird-like facies with micrognathia and low set ears and mild acanthosis nigricans. Laboratory investigations revealed hyperandrogenism, hyperlipidemia, elevated serum creatine kinase and mild proteinuria. A clinical diagnosis of FPLD of the non-Dunnigan variety was made; genetic testing revealed a heterozygous c.1045C > T mutation in exon 6 of the LMNA gene, predicted to result in an abnormal LMNA protein (p.R349W). Electromyography and muscle biopsy were suggestive of non-specific myopathy. Treatment with metformin and later with pioglitazone was initiated. Due to worsening proteinuria, a renal biopsy was performed; histological findings were consistent with mild focal glomerular mesangioproliferative changes, and the patient was started on angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy. This is the fourth report of FPLD associated with the c.1045C > T missense LMNA mutation and the second with co-existent proteinuric renal disease. Patients carrying this specific mutation may exhibit a phenotype that includes partial lipodystrophy, proteinuric nephropathy, cardiomyopathy and atypical myopathy.
Lipodystrophy is a rare disorder characterized by the complete or partial loss of subcutaneous adipose tissue, insulin resistance, diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidemia.
Proteinuric renal disease is a prevalent feature of generalized lipodystrophy but rare in familial partial lipodystrophy.
Patients carrying the c.1045C > T missense LMNA mutation (p.R349W) may present with familial partial lipodystrophy, proteinuric nephropathy, cardiomyopathy and atypical myopathy.
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What does it mean when someone says: “King me”? [closed]
When two children are playing chess or something like that, what does it mean when one kid says: "King me"?
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Check out the rules of checkers. – Mitch Apr 1 at 19:09
Yes, checkers/draughts (as seen in the answers) but not chess. In chess you may hear "queen me", though. – GEdgar Apr 1 at 21:29
It is a phrase drawn from the verb form of king that originated in checkers and draughts, but has shifted to include other games such as chess through mix-ups and misuse ("king me" does not end the game in checkers; rather promotes the piece, as opposed to "checkmate" in checkers [Source: Reddit])
12. verb To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.
I was about to make a move that would corner a piece that she was trying to get kinged, but I slid my checker back.
From Wiktionary.
answered Apr 1 at 19:10
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Well "King" in this sense is a verb that means to make superior akin to the ruler of a monarchy or independent state and "me" is a pronoun used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself as the object of a verb or preposition.
king me = means to bestow king like qualities on to someone, however, in the common context it generally means to elevate the rank of a checker piece.
"King Me" = Reference to the game of checkers where a player moves a piece to the last row on the enemies side of the board and gets to elevate the rank of his piece by stacking another piece on top of it.
King me = A command, given by one checkers player to another, to place a single checker on top of another checker that has reached the last row on the enemies side of the board.
King = Elevate to the social rank of King
Me = used by the speaker to refer to himself as the object of a verb or preposition.
The interesting thing about that statement though is not only is it a two word statement that adheres to the subject - verb - object syntax but it does it in reverse... object - verb - subject. And! the king in this sense is both the verb and subject...
This is my thought process so I deleted nothing.
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Home Music News Danny Coleman’s Rock On Radio Show Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Danny Coleman’s Rock On Radio Show Celebrates 10th Anniversary
(ASBURY PARK, NJ) —“Danny Coleman’s Rock On Radio” will celebrate 10 years of covering the music scene with a “10th Anniversary Celebration Bash” on April 24, 2019 at The Asbury Hotel located at 210 5th Avenue in Asbury Park, NJ. The night will include performances by Radio Fiction, The Williamsboy, Dave Vargo, John Alberici, Strumberry Pie, and The Jo Wymer Band. Admission is free.
“Rock On Radio” debuted on April 26, 2009 on WIFI 1460 AM Radio in Burlington County, NJ as a one hour weekly program featuring interviews and live performances largely by unsigned independent artists, bands and entertainers.
The popularity of the program grew quickly and so did its length; expanding to a full two hours causing Coleman to abandon terrestrial radio for the vast audience of internet broadcasting resulting in syndication in the US, the UK and Canada.
As the show’s audience increased, national artists began part of the focus as well. Performers such as John Oates, comedian Louie Anderson, Steve Hackett, the late Peter Tork and many more have called into the program and interacted with Coleman and his guests; offering insight, advice and amusing anecdotes.
What was started out of necessity quickly became a passion connecting Coleman to music communities the world over. A musician, entertainment journalist, emcee and radio personality who has been called a, “media triple threat” who “has no agenda” appreciates those who give him their time and talent and does his best to create a comfortable outlet where they can be themselves and showcase their creativity.
Over the past decade “Rock On Radio” and Coleman himself have been nominated for multiple Asbury Music Awards, supported various charities and engaged more than 500 guests in a style that was called, “friendly, relaxing and very comfortable” by a prominent Philadelphia radio personality and former guest of the show.
The “10th Anniversary Celebration Bash” is a free admission event from 8:00pm-11:00pm. and is sponsored by Brian Erick, New Jersey Stage Magazine, Makin Waves, City of Angels NJ and Carousel Arts NJ.
“Rock On Radio” airs Sunday evenings at 7:00pm (EST) from the Hightstown studios of City of Angels Radio on www.COARadio.com and www.societybytesradio.com .
Danny Coleman also writes a weekly column entitled “Rock On…” which appears every Thursday at NewJerseyStage.com — the column regularly interviews local and national artists, reviews releases, and provides a list of upcoming shows in the area.
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He made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high. Then he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. Under it were figures of gourds, for ten cubits, compassing the sea all around. The gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast. It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set on them, and all their rear parts were inward. Its thickness was a handbreadth. And its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held 3,000 baths. ... Bible Scripture Verse Crafts
He measured the length of the building along the front of the separate area behind it, with a gallery on each side, a hundred cubits; he also measured the inner nave and the porches of the court. The thresholds, the latticed windows and the galleries round about their three stories, opposite the threshold, were paneled with wood all around, and from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered), over the entrance, and to the inner house, and on the outside, and on all the wall all around inside and outside, by measurement.read more. Bible Verse Crafts
1 Then the LORD said to Moses, 2 “See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills— 4 to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, 5 to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts. 6 Moreover, I have appointed Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, to help him. Also I have given ability to all the skilled workers to make everything I have commanded you: Bible Scripture Verse Crafts
and in the cutting of stones for settings, and in the carving of wood, that he may work in all kinds of craftsmanship. "And behold, I Myself have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all who are skillful I have put skill, that they may make all that I have commanded you: the tent of meeting, and the ark of testimony, and the mercy seat upon it, and all the furniture of the tent, the table also and its utensils, and the pure gold lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense, the altar of burnt offering also with all its utensils, and the laver and its stand, the woven garments as well, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, with which to carry on their priesthood; the anointing oil also, and the fragrant incense for the holy place, they are to make them according to all that I have commanded you." The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "But as for you, speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'You shall surely observe My sabbaths; for this is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you. 'Therefore you are to observe the sabbath, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people. Bible Scripture Verse Crafts
For the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood, the lintel and five-sided doorposts. So he made two doors of olive wood, and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees. So also he made for the entrance of the nave four-sided doorposts of olive woodread more. Share Your Faith Products
"You shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel, six of their names on the one stone and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, according to their birth. "As a jeweler engraves a signet, you shall engrave the two stones according to the names of the sons of Israel; you shall set them in filigree settings of gold.read more. Scripture Verse Crafts
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A pre-trial investigation has been launched in Lithuania after three actors, dressed like priests and promoting Zero Live Show, a movie, music and black comedy show, on Wednesday invited parishioners to this show ahead of a service at a church in Turgeliai, Šalčininkai District.
Emilis Vėlyvis
The police say they have launched a probe into the obstruction of a religious ceremony.
In a video posted on social media by director Emilis Vėlyvis, three actors wearing religious clothing, arrive at the church and address people, who came for a service on the occasion of the Assumption of Mary into Heaven, in Polish.
The video's headline says the actors were inviting parishioners to come to see "a show that will strengthen their belief".
Šalčininkai authorities announced on its website that it had turned to law enforcement over this incident. According to the statement of the local authorities, people were shocked by the actions of the actors who were telling in Polish about the new project and later distributed joints. The whole thing was livestreamed on Facebook.
"The uninvited guests rather brutally and hurtfully violated the Turgeliai community's dignity and honor, and by posting the video of their visit online they offended worshipers not only in Turgeliai, not only in Šalčininkai but in the whole of Lithuania," Šalčininkai authorities said.
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Adventure (London)/Chapter VIII
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Chapter VIII - Local Colour[edit]
At sunset a small ketch fanned in to anchorage, and a little later the skipper came ashore. He was a soft-spoken, gentle-voiced young fellow of twenty, but he won Joan's admiration in advance when Sheldon told her that he ran the ketch all alone with a black crew from Malaita. And Romance lured and beckoned before Joan's eyes when she learned he was Christian Young, a Norfolk Islander, but a direct descendant of John Young, one of the original Bounty mutineers. The blended Tahitian and English blood showed in his soft eyes and tawny skin; but the English hardness seemed to have disappeared. Yet the hardness was there, and it was what enabled him to run his ketch single-handed and to wring a livelihood out of the fighting Solomons.
Joan's unexpected presence embarrassed him, until she herself put him at his ease by a frank, comradely manner that offended Sheldon's sense of the fitness of things feminine. News from the world Young had not, but he was filled with news of the Solomons. Fifteen boys had stolen rifles and run away into the bush from Lunga plantation, which was farther east on the Guadalcanar coast. And from the bush they had sent word that they were coming back to wipe out the three white men in charge, while two of the three white men, in turn, were hunting them through the bush. There was a strong possibility, Young volunteered, that if they were not caught they might circle around and tap the coast at Berande in order to steal or capture a whale-boat.
"I forgot to tell you that your trader at Ugi has been murdered," he said to Sheldon. "Five big canoes came down from Port Adams. They landed in the night-time, and caught Oscar asleep. What they didn't steal they burned. The Flibberty-Gibbet got the news at Mboli Pass, and ran down to Ugi. I was at Mboli when the news came."
"I think I'll have to abandon Ugi," Sheldon remarked.
"It's the second trader you've lost there in a year," Young concurred. "To make it safe there ought to be two white men at least. Those Malaita canoes are always raiding down that way, and you know what that Port Adams lot is. I've got a dog for you. Tommy Jones sent it up from Neal Island. He said he'd promised it to you. It's a first-class nigger-chaser. Hadn't been on board two minutes when he had my whole boat's-crew in the rigging. Tommy calls him Satan."
"I've wondered several times why you had no dogs here," Joan said.
"The trouble is to keep them. They're always eaten by the crocodiles."
"Jack Hanley was killed at Marovo Lagoon two months ago," Young announced in his mild voice. "The news just came down on the Apostle."
"Where is Marovo Lagoon?" Joan asked.
"New Georgia, a couple of hundred miles to the westward," Sheldon answered. "Bougainville lies just beyond."
"His own house-boys did it," Young went on; "but they were put up to it by the Marovo natives. His Santa Cruz boat's-crew escaped in the whale- boat to Choiseul, and Mather, in the Lily, sailed over to Marovo. He burned a village, and got Hanley's head back. He found it in one of the houses, where the niggers had it drying. And that's all the news I've got, except that there's a lot of new Lee-Enfields loose on the eastern end of Ysabel. Nobody knows how the natives got them. The government ought to investigate. And--oh yes, a war vessel's in the group, the Cambrian. She burned three villages at Bina--on account of the Minota, you know--and shelled the bush. Then she went to Sio to straighten out things there."
The conversation became general, and just before Young left to go on board Joan asked,--
"How can you manage all alone, Mr. Young?"
His large, almost girlish eyes rested on her for a moment before he replied, and then it was in the softest and gentlest of voices.
"Oh, I get along pretty well with them. Of course, there is a bit of trouble once in a while, but that must be expected. You must never let them think you are afraid. I've been afraid plenty of times, but they never knew it."
"You would think he wouldn't strike a mosquito that was biting him," Sheldon said when Young had gone on board. "All the Norfolk Islanders that have descended from the Bounty crowd are that way. But look at Young. Only three years ago, when he first got the Minerva, he was lying in Suu, on Malaita. There are a lot of returned Queenslanders there--a rough crowd. They planned to get his head. The son of their chief, old One-Eyed Billy, had recruited on Lunga and died of dysentery. That meant that a white man's head was owing to Suu--any white man, it didn't matter who so long as they got the head. And Young was only a lad, and they made sure to get his easily. They decoyed his whale-boat ashore with a promise of recruits, and killed all hands. At the same instant, the Suu gang that was on board the Minerva jumped Young. He was just preparing a dynamite stick for fish, and he lighted it and tossed it in amongst them. One can't get him to talk about it, but the fuse was short, the survivors leaped overboard, while he slipped his anchor and got away. They've got one hundred fathoms of shell money on his head now, which is worth one hundred pounds sterling. Yet he goes into Suu regularly. He was there a short time ago, returning thirty boys from Cape Marsh--that's the Fulcrum Brothers' plantation."
"At any rate, his news to-night has given me a better insight into the life down here," Joan said. "And it is colourful life, to say the least. The Solomons ought to be printed red on the charts--and yellow, too, for the diseases."
"The Solomons are not always like this," Sheldon answered. "Of course, Berande is the worst plantation, and everything it gets is the worst. I doubt if ever there was a worse run of sickness than we were just getting over when you arrived. Just as luck would have it, the Jessie caught the contagion as well. Berande has been very unfortunate. All the old- timers shake their heads at it. They say it has what you Americans call a hoodoo on it."
"Berande will succeed," Joan said stoutly. "I like to laugh at superstition. You'll pull through and come out the big end of the horn. The ill luck can't last for ever. I am afraid, though, the Solomons is not a white man's climate."
"It will be, though. Give us fifty years, and when all the bush is cleared off back to the mountains, fever will be stamped out; everything will be far healthier. There will be cities and towns here, for there's an immense amount of good land going to waste."
"But it will never become a white man's climate, in spite of all that," Joan reiterated. "The white man will always be unable to perform the manual labour."
"That is true."
"It will mean slavery," she dashed on.
"Yes, like all the tropics. The black, the brown, and the yellow will have to do the work, managed by the white men. The black labour is too wasteful, however, and in time Chinese or Indian coolies will be imported. The planters are already considering the matter. I, for one, am heartily sick of black labour."
"Then the blacks will die off?"
Sheldon shrugged his shoulders, and retorted,--
"Yes, like the North American Indian, who was a far nobler type than the Melanesian. The world is only so large, you know, and it is filling up--"
"And the unfit must perish?"
"Precisely so. The unfit must perish."
In the morning Joan was roused by a great row and hullabaloo. Her first act was to reach for her revolver, but when she heard Noa Noah, who was on guard, laughing outside, she knew there was no danger, and went out to see the fun. Captain Young had landed Satan at the moment when the bridge-building gang had started along the beach. Satan was big and black, short-haired and muscular, and weighed fully seventy pounds. He did not love the blacks. Tommy Jones had trained him well, tying him up daily for several hours and telling off one or two black boys at a time to tease him. So Satan had it in for the whole black race, and the second after he landed on the beach the bridge-building gang was stampeding over the compound fence and swarming up the cocoanut palms.
"Good morning," Sheldon called from the veranda. "And what do you think of the nigger-chaser?"
"I'm thinking we have a task before us to train him in to the house-boys," she called back.
"And to your Tahitians, too. Look out, Noah! Run for it!"
Satan, having satisfied himself that the tree-perches were unassailable, was charging straight for the big Tahitian.
But Noah stood his ground, though somewhat irresolutely, and Satan, to every one's surprise, danced and frisked about him with laughing eyes and wagging tail.
"Now, that is what I might call a proper dog," was Joan's comment. "He is at least wiser than you, Mr. Sheldon. He didn't require any teaching to recognize the difference between a Tahitian and a black boy. What do you think, Noah? Why don't he bite you? He savvee you Tahitian eh?"
Noa Noah shook his head and grinned.
"He no savvee me Tahitian," he explained. "He savvee me wear pants all the same white man."
"You'll have to give him a course in 'Sartor Resartus,'" Sheldon laughed, as he came down and began to make friends with Satan.
It chanced just then that Adamu Adam and Matauare, two of Joan's sailors, entered the compound from the far side-gate. They had been down to the Balesuna making an alligator trap, and, instead of trousers, were clad in lava-lavas that flapped gracefully about their stalwart limbs. Satan saw them, and advertised his find by breaking away from Sheldon's hands and charging.
"No got pants," Noah announced with a grin that broadened as Adamu Adam took to flight.
He climbed up the platform that supported the galvanized iron tanks which held the water collected from the roof. Foiled here, Satan turned and charged back on Matauare.
"Run, Matauare! Run!" Joan called.
But he held his ground and waited the dog.
"He is the Fearless One--that is what his name means," Joan explained to Sheldon.
The Tahitian watched Satan coolly, and when that sanguine-mouthed creature lifted into the air in the final leap, the man's hand shot out. It was a fair grip on the lower jaw, and Satan described a half circle and was flung to the rear, turning over in the air and falling heavily on his back. Three times he leaped, and three times that grip on his jaw flung him to defeat. Then he contented himself with trotting at Matauare's heels, eyeing him and sniffing him suspiciously.
"It's all right, Satan; it's all right," Sheldon assured him. "That good fella belong along me."
But Satan dogged the Tahitian's movements for a full hour before he made up his mind that the man was an appurtenance of the place. Then he turned his attention to the three house-boys, cornering Ornfiri in the kitchen and rushing him against the hot stove, stripping the lava-lava from Lalaperu when that excited youth climbed a veranda-post, and following Viaburi on top the billiard-table, where the battle raged until Joan managed a rescue.
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Bruce Springsteen: Live at The Isle of Wight Festival
By Every Record Tells A Story on June 25, 2012 • ( 18 )
Springsteen at The Isle of Wight Festival 2012
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Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band live at The Isle of Wight Festival
“So this is your idea of a summer’s day?” (it rained all last night and whilst gloriously sunny, it is barely 20c) Bruce asks, looking at the crowd pityingly. “We came by plane, car and f-ing boat to get here” he proclaims, seemingly incredulous that he had to travel on a boat. The crowd are surprisingly sympathetic to Bruce’s travails considering the vast majority had a nightmare journey on the previous Thursday through torrential rain, mud, five hour ferry rides / coach trips / car journeys and goodness knows what else. “I was on the beach yesterday and people were actually swimming in the sea! I couldn’t believe it!”
It’s almost de rigeur to wax lyrical about Springsteen’s legendary live shows. Until now I’d never witnessed it myself but can now confirm that, judging by yesterday’s show, if anything those reports are understated.
Opening with a triple whammy of Badlands, No Surrender and We Take Care of Our Own, Springsteen took the Isle of Wight Festival by the scruff of its neck and showed all the preceding acts Who’s Boss. Spending almost as much time amongst / in front of the crowd as he did onstage Bruce tore through a three hour set with plenty of songs from 2012’s Wrecking Ball album and five songs from Born In The USA.
Short of getting Courtney Cox to leap onstage to dance during Dancing in the Dark, there was little more he could have done. As it was, that honour fell to someone else in the crowd who gave Bruce her very fetching hat to wear…
You don’t get this with Courtney Cox….
Bruce enjoys a new hat…
On a night when England were playing Italy in Euro 2012, fans were occasionally checking their iPhones for the scores. As Italy missed a penalty, the opening chords of Born To Run rang out, and for ten minutes or so even the most die-hard fans forgot about the football. England lost, but no-one really cared. They had just witnessed a phenomenon.
“I heard there were going to be fireworks. I’m not going until I’ve seen the fireworks” proclaimed Bruce at the finale. On cue, he took us through a Ferris Bueller-style Twist and Shout.
What shines out for me with Springsteen is the man’s honesty and sincerity. These principles meant Springsteen shelved an album (The Promise), the making of which is the subject of a recent documentary. The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town is a superb film and well worth checking out for its archive footage and story of the making of a classic album. Funny how all the headliners this year have been the subjects of documentaries recently.
Great set, great night. The perfect end to a very muddy, occasionally sunny and always high quality 2012 Isle of Wight festival.
Springsteen returns to the UK to play Hard Rock Calling at Hyde Park on 14th July.
See more from The 2012 Isle of Wight Festival here
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sirrahh
Springsteen concerts are wonderful things. I’m seeing him at Wrigley Field in Chicago this fall. That day can’t come soom enough. Glad you enjoyed the show.
Amazing! He played a great show last night….
Tom Schabarum
I’ve been following Springsteen around for 30 years and these latest shows on this tour have been some of the most amazing, moving and extraordinary concerts I’ve ever seen from he and the E Street Band. Though Clarence and Danny are missed greatly, it is nice to see the family keep creating great music. Thanks for your post!
A pleasure – I was blown away by the performance – amazing stuff…
delweb
He was!
He certainly was this weekend!
mskatykins
They don’t call him The Boss for nothing! He’s just fabulous. Would LOVE to see him again! 🙂
Maria Meek
I’ve seen Bruce several times but this concert was amazing! He more than made up for the ordeal we went through to get there. By the way thats us waving the welsh flag!!!
He was great wasn’t he. Hopefully I’ll put more pictures up of The Boss shortly.
purplemary54
Springsteen is a force of nature. I’m jealous that you got to wade through all the mud and weather, and get treated to three hours of the glory that is Bruce and the E Street Band.
Mud? What mud? (at least that’s what we thought after his concert)
xeyeti
I’ve had the chance to see the Boss three times in the last few years: once on the We Shall Overcome tour (which was amazing), and a couple times supporting various albums since then (once when he did the entirety of Born to Run during the show). He’s probably the hardest-working guy in rock and roll when he gets up on that stage.
That’s cool – I would definitely see him again given the opportunity…
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Home › Indie › Meet Your IDLES…
Meet Your IDLES…
By Every Record Tells A Story on August 31, 2018 • ( 1 )
If pithy song titles and smart lyrics were all the five-piece Bristol punk band IDLES had, they would still be a very good band indeed.
You have to love an album with a song title as good as “Never Fight A Man With A Perm”, or one that boasts a song (“Gram Rock”) with a snarled, cynical chorus of “Ten Points To Gryffindor”. On the back of referencing Mary Berry and Trevor Nelson in breakthrough 2016 single “Well Done”, they have quite a way with words.
Idles live at Rough Trade East
If it were just sing-a-long “Yeah Yeah Yeah” choruses (never did the Beatles any harm) such as those in “Colossus” they’d have that nailed down too.
Equally, it is unusual to see a punk band cover Solomon Burke (“Cry To Me”), or for a rock band of five men to lyrically explore issues such as toxic masculinity, or immigration and Brexit so pointedly.
For the same album to be honest and brave enough to talk about the recent death in childbirth of the singer’s daughter is remarkable. The song “June” is a harrowing listen – you can’t help but feel huge empathy and admiration for a man capable of re-living such an event with the harrowing phrase of “baby’s shoes for sale: never worn”.
Why would someone willingly go through that discomfort and hurt?
“I wanted to utilise my pain and my experience of trauma as a way of making other people feel like they’re not alone.” singer Joe Talbot told the NME. “That there’s ways of getting through it.”
But even that is not everything in their locker.
Because behind all the funny, clever, cynical, truthful, honest, pithy, empathetic, on point lyrics sits a blistering chorus of noisy guitar, huge bass, epic drums and vocals to match. A band that belts out these tunes in the most appealing, urgent and, yes, joyful way.
Here is a snippet of them doing an instore at Rough Trade East. They were late, but walked along the crowd apologising. For being late to a FREE show….
IDLES new album, the appropriately named “Joy as an Act of Resistance” has all of this and more. It is one of the year’s best albums, and is out today.
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This Is Us recap: There's a little bit too much waiting in 'The Waiting Room'
By David Canfield
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“Thanks for putting up with us.” Multiple Pearson family members say this in “The Waiting Room” to characters outside of their orbit, but it feels like a bit of meta-commentary for viewers, too: A show of gratitude for putting up with yet another hour of rehashed dramas and simmering resentments coming to a boil.
Aesthetically, there’s a lot to appreciate about “The Waiting Room.” While the show has narrowed its focus to single-storyline installments before — usually to very good results — this is the show’s first true bottle-episode. The melancholy score is entirely absent, even from the main title card, and until its moving coda (more on that in a minute) the action never leaves the hospital waiting room. Indeed, we’re about a full day from where we left off, Kate having been rushed to the hospital after her water broke prematurely. Now the whole family has reunited — under less than ideal circumstances.
But the episode, sadly, feels awfully thin, mostly addressing cliffhangers from the past two episodes which didn’t inspire much intrigue in the first place. Kevin has to face his family and girlfriend after relapsing. (It’s clear from the opening seconds Toby informed them he was drunk.) Randall and Beth, once again at odds over their working lives, air their grievances in public, the latest disagreement too raw to simply put to the side. All the while, Miguel is feeling irritated again about his place in the family, Madison is hanging around to much of the family’s dismay, and Rebecca is sitting in a corner despondently, commenting on the appearance of electrical outlets (like surprised faces) and the patterns on the waiting room furniture (bacteria).
Randall emerges, improbably, as the main point of tension — at one point in the episode, it feels like everyone is mad at him. Kevin tells him early on, “You’ve got to let me breathe, man,” a quick reminder that when he’s not in a good place, he tends to look at his good-guy brother with derision. But the fact is that Kevin’s acting a little unhinged: The doctor tells some of the family to go home since they’ve been waiting for so long — 26 hours, to be exact — and that there’s no news, only for Kevin to pull him aside, boast about how much money he has, and demand that he step aside for a better doctor if he reaches his limit. Randall steps in, apologizing on Kevin’s behalf and saying his brother isn’t his “best self” right now.
I’ll say. This episode reminded me particularly of last season’s intervention episode — another uncomfortable, at times brutal Pearson reunion — but back then watching the pain and resentment play out between them felt raw, fresh, and illuminating. I’m just not sure what the point of spending another hour with it is here, especially since so little happens. The lines Kevin speaks to Randall, like “Maybe if you hadn’t left me with Nicky” and “Randall gets the final say in our family” don’t really say much that’s new, and more importantly, don’t actually leave an impact on the narrative. Watching Zoe come to terms with Kevin’s problem, I nodded along to Beth telling her it was okay to “bounce.” As Zoe’s final moment in the episode portends, in which she informs Beth that Kevin had vodka in his water bottle, doing so may have been for the best. (Recap continues on Page 2)
There’s also the curious case of Miguel. He keeps trying to force an obnoxious game to cut through the tension — determining a food that doesn’t get better with either chocolate or ranch, when one apparently doesn’t exist. (This man really likes ranch dressing, we learn.) Later, after Kevin nastily — but also kind of understandably! — asks why Madison is sitting among the family, going on about her Instagram obsession, Miguel bumps into her and bonds over being a Pearson outsider. “I never get a seat at the table,” he laments to Randall when he’s asked to stay out of one of several Randall-Kevin conversations. It just feels so out of place. He gives Madison advice to be there for Kate in her own way, and she manages to, breaking into her apartment to nab the Ruth Bader Ginsburg doll that Kate wanted to give her baby upon its birth (to surround him with strong women).
Then there’s Randall and Beth having literally the same argument they’ve been having, on and off, the whole back of the season, only this time in public because everyone’s there and they have nowhere else to go so why not. It’s not really resolved — the main revelation comes when Randall thinks he finds a solution by asking Rebecca and Miguel to pick up more of the slack, only for them to reveal that they plan to move to California to help with their new grandchild — so I suspect we’ve got more of this dilemma over work-life-fulfillment balance coming down the pike. Once among the show’s consistent highlights — and even, sporadically, in this episode, like when Beth tries to restrain herself as a woman sits in the waiting area loudly eating pretzels — the couple has become a real drag on the show. I’m all for conflict and a real examination of marital difficulties, but I’m not sure that the “Husband abruptly becomes councilman and wife realizes she wants to become a dance teacher after getting fired” conflict falls under that.
Maybe I’m being harsh, but as This Is Us’ third season enters the home-stretch it’s disappointing to be given such a monotonously grim episode. I kept waiting for something to happen: Not in plot, necessarily, but a breakthrough that’d justify doing a bottle-episode. At least “The Waiting Room” had two strong moments, ones which genuinely pulled on the heartstrings. Even if Rebecca’s near-catatonic behavior felt a little played-up, the resulting monologue, about waiting for Jack after the fire, is really quite powerful, and also worth appreciating in context, as Rebecca’s telling everyone to put aside their personal problems until news of Kate and the baby comes in. It felt strange that the episode invested so much time into the petty squabbles since a scene like this indicated the emotional power of the Pearsons just sitting with the anxiety and terror of the situation. It could bring up a lot more than the various plots the show has been spinning all season.
The other affecting moment is the aforementioned coda, which takes the action out of the waiting room and finally brings Kate to the fore. After informing the family that Kate is okay, that the baby was born prematurely via an emergency C-section, Toby reunites with his wife and their new child, who’s hooked up to various machines. Toby appears frightened by just how small he is; Kate looks at him and says, “I already love him so much, this is insane.” She tells Toby, “I’ve been hesitant, but I want to name him Jack,” and he agrees, of course.
Kate says a little prayer to her father. “I don’t know where you are but I know that you’re there,” she says. “This is Jack. This is your grandson. And I need him to be okay. And I don’t know why, but I know that you can do that.” She takes out the RBG doll that Madison brought, shows it to her son, and tells Toby through tears of joy that things will be okay. I hope this is true for Baby Jack, and I hope it’s true for This Is Us’ final episodes of the season as well.
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Family Holidays to Hungary
Hungary is easy to get to from the UK and does family holidays year round.
Whether you’re looking for enchanting Christmas Markets in Budapest, summer beaches on Lake Balaton or historic road trips through the romantic northern regions in spring and autumn, Hungary is a diverse and wonderful place to take the family on holiday.
Explore Hungary
Why go on holiday in Hungary
Direct flights from the UK all year round to Budapest and Debrecen take just over two hours.
Summers are sunny with temperatures ranging from 22 to 25˚.
Freezing winter temperatures mean a high chance of snow: good for the famously pretty Budapest Christmas Markets.
Hungary has 15 ski resorts, several are within an hour of Budapest. Not a great European for experienced skiers but excellent value and easy going for beginners.
Hungary has eight UNESCO World Heritages sites including Buda Castle and the Banks of the Danube in Budapest and the ancient village of Hollókõ.
Out of Hungary’s ten national parks, Hortobágy in the north east is the largest and also a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Budapest has a wide range of international hotels in the city centre. Panzió and vendégház are the cosy, family-run guesthouses and B&B you’ll find in more rural areas of Hungary. Ibusz is the nationwide letting agency for holiday self-catering apartments and family villas.
Western Hungary
For outdoor adventure, Europe’s largest freshwater lake, lively beach resorts and breathtakingly beautiful scenery, head west in Hungary. The region known as Pannonia is the country’s largest and criss-crossed with protected nature reserves, national parks, ancient towns and villages and historic cities. Fly into Budapest and you can be on the shores of Lake Balaton in under an hour and a half.
If you’re doing Hungary with teens, Siófok on the eastern shore of Lake Balaton is the country’s 24/7 resort for water sports, summer festivals, lively big beaches, club nights and crowds of young locals at the weekend.
Keszthely on the enormous lake’s western side is a more peaceful choice and very family-focused from its fun waterparks to colourful markets, cheerful kid’s events and historic castles and gardens.
Second only to Budapest, Pécs is a must-do in Western Hungary. It’s one of the country’s loveliest cities, site of the first university and balances an incredible architectural heritage and outstanding museums with a friendly small city atmosphere.
Sopron, almost right on the Austrian border, is one of the most complete medieval towns in Hungary and has over 200 listed historical buildings.
Don’t miss: hiking and mountain biking in the Mecsek Hills; Pécs Old Town; Peter & Paul Cathedral in Pécs; Annagora Aquapark; Mecsextrém Adventure Park; the Ottoman Mosque of Gázi Kászim Pasha; UNESCO World Heritage Cella Septichora; Orsolya tér or ‘Bear Squar’ in medieval Sopron.
The Hungarian capital is a city to inspire contradictory feelings. Many visitors fall in love with it immediately, others compare it unfavourably to the likes of Prague and charming Ljubljana. Budapest isn’t unaware of its flaws and has invested a lot of energy into nurturing a more vibrant and inclusive atmosphere over the past 20 years. Visit with an open mind and prepare to be dazzled by the grand architecture, quite a few of the museums, pleasantly surprised by lush parks and blown away by the shopping – Great Market Hall is not to be missed.
North Eastern Hungary
Tokaj-Hegyalia is Hungary’s legendary wine region and reason alone to visit the tiny eastern corner of the country. Kids might not be too taken by the UNESCO World Heritage vineyards but they will like adventuring round the volcanic mountains, deep mysterious forests and captivating towns which feature just as high on this area’s list of attractions.
This is the region which produces pale amber Tokaji Aszú AKA ‘the king of wines’, and rich, robust ‘Bull’s Blood’.
Visit Hollókõ: the prettiest village in Hungary, a UNESCO World Heritage site and where locals wear traditional costume every hour of every day.
The Mátra Mountains are the highest in the country and famous for their excellent hiking trails in spring and early summer.
The enchanting Baroque city of Eger is worth seeing for its dramatic fortress and the impressive Archbishop’s Palace – thanks to a long history of occupation, it’s also one of the best places in Hungary for a traditional Turkish Bath.
This is the region for the wildly beautiful plains of Hortobágy National Park, Hungary’s first and largest and now a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Széchenyi Thermal Baths, Budapest
21 pools, natural thermal waters, ridiculously extravagant 19th century architecture, sun terraces and elegant promenades are what win these historic baths so many awards. They’re a family institution in Budapest and kids love them.
The largest freshwater lake in Europe and the land of Hungary’s liveliest beach resorts. Just over an hour’s drive from Budapest and good for escaping the city’s humidity for a day in summer.
Annagora Aquapark, Lake Balaton
Hungary’s largest waterpark on the shores of Europe’s largest freshwater lake is a mass of extreme rides, chutes and slides; thermal pools; swimming pools and kid’s adventure zones.
Aggtelek Cave Complex, Aggtelek National Park
The UNESCO World Heritage complex of over 200 limestone caves is one of Hungary’s most astounding natural phenomena. Just over two hour’s drive from Budapest, guided tours range from an hour’s gentle walk to seven hour’s caving.
Mecsextrém Adventure Park, Pécs
Treetop rope challenges, shooting ranges, forest tobogganing, climbing walls and huge woodland obstacle courses are what to expect from Western Hungary’s biggest outdoor adventure park.
Gellert Cave Church, Budapest
If you’re tempted to take a dip in Gellert Baths (the city’s oldest) leave time to visit the intriguing Gellert Cave Church just opposite.
Budapest Bike Tours
Get to know the city’s secrets in the company of entertaining guides on a bike tour. There are lots of themes to choose from and the company does Danube canoe tours too.
Eger Castle
One of the most important fortified castles in 16th century Hungary, Eger’s beautifully preserved and has an extensive programme of summer events and festivals.
Bukk National Park, Northern Hungary
The Bukk Mountain park that’s packed with heritage towns and villages, more wildlife than anywhere else in the country, narrow gauge railways and good trails for family cycling and walking.
Nordic Ski Arena, Bakony Mountains
West of Budapest in the Bakony Mountains, Nordic Ski has Hungary’s longest ski runs and a friendly, easy going atmosphere. Not for serious skiers, but fun for a family day out from the city.
Spend a few hours strolling around the Fishermen’s Bastion in Budapest. This grandly ornate and dramatic promenade in Buda has fantastic views across The Danube to Pest; artisans and artists congregate here to sell their work; and a guided tour of the six towers and lovely Mathias Church is worth taking.
The House of Terror in Budapest’s Jewish Quarter, Erzsébetváros, is in the former headquarters of Hungary’s brutal secret police, sanctioned by the country’s post WWII fascist and Stalinist regimes. This isn’t an easy visit, but it gives an invaluable context for present day political extremism.
Coffee and pastries are an institution in Budapest and nowhere does them with more sense of tradition than glamorous, Centràl Kávéhàz. Younger kids like the treats and teenagers love the retro design.
Keen to convince older teens you’re still cool, seek out a few of Budapest’s unique Ruin Bars: pop up cafés, clubs, bars and restaurants set in abandoned – and usually fascinating – city buildings.
Spend a few hours in Budapest’s Nagycsarnok or Great Market Hall. It’s one of the biggest in Europe and an eye-opener for kids used to sanitised supermarkets. Young vegetarians might want to miss the butcher stalls (offal is a Hungarian staple) and the top floor is strictly for tourists.
Walk the Danube Promenade from Elizabeth Bridge to the Chain Bridge and take in quite a few of the city’s glossiest sights. It’s an historic stroll and part of a summer evening tradition that dates back to the mid 19th century.
The Hungarian Parliament building dominates the waterfront in Budapest and daily tours are multi-lingual and varying lengths, so you can tailor to suit kids.
Getting around with kids in Hungary
Hungary isn’t big so don’t resist the temptation to go beyond the capital and explore mountains, lakes and other lovely cities. Hiring a car’s the best option with kids and driving through unspoiled countryside and ancient fairy tale towns and villages could easily become one of your most memorable road trips.
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Anger & uproar at QLD ag college shutdowns
Last week the Queensland Government announced the shutdown of two agricultural colleges causing a chorus of anger and disappointment from the ag community.
Queensland Agricultural Minister Mark Furner said the Queensland Agricultural Training Colleges (QATC) and its flagship training colleges in Longreach and Emerald would be closing at the end of 2019.
“The model as we know it for residential training in respect to Longreach and Emerald is a model that is outdated,” Mr Furner said in a statement on Wednesday.
“In this government we have poured millions of dollars into this program to try and keep it viable. But we have drawn a line in the sand and have decided to close the colleges by the end of 2019.
“This will see the end of QATC as an identity.”
The colleges’ history’s date back to the 1960s with Longreach Pastoral College celebrating its 50th graduation ceremony in 2017.
Posted by Queensland Agricultural Training Colleges – RTO 31258 on Tuesday, 20 November 2018
AgForce General President Georgie Somerset said the colleges were too important to agriculture to be axed.
“These well-equipped colleges, with their unique locations and infrastructure, offer opportunities to support profitable and sustainable agriculture in areas like carbon-neutral farming, drought mitigation, flora and fauna conservation, reef preservation and increased indigenous and female participation,” Ms Somerset said.
This week students had the opportunity to experience a career in ag at our July school holiday TASTE program.
The next TASTE runs Sept 24-28: https://t.co/wwk2t9MeJX Thanks to Doomegee State School for the awesome photos. #TASTEag #AgEd #RealWorldTraining #agnotjustajob pic.twitter.com/4YsX2JLzza
— QATC (@QATC_AgEd) July 6, 2018
National Farmers’ Federation President Fiona Simson said it beggared belief that the Government would make such a decision without consulting those most impacted.
“We are at a loss to understand how constraining the path ways for young people to pursue a career in the industry can be anything but a slight against the bush,” Ms Simson said.
“Agriculture already suffers from an ability to attract young people and to source workers in general.”
We need more new entrants not less.
Fiona Simson
Unfortunately, this is not an unfamiliar story. This time last year the
Moora Residential College in Western Australia was fighting to keep its doors open . Luckily the college was saved thanks to a hard-fought battle waged by a coalition of passionate supporters.
Today’s decision to #savemooracollege comes as the @TheNationalsWA fought alongside the grassroots community campaign.
It does not matter whether your postcode is that of Mount Lawley in Perth or Moora.
We’re making sure regional Australia gets its fair share. pic.twitter.com/oQxpS4Ysu0
— Michael McCormack (@M_McCormackMP) September 4, 2018
The NFF has a plan for agriculture to be a $100 billion industry by 2030 and according to Ms Simson, investing in the education of our young people is a key part of the plan to achieve the 2030 target.
“One thing’s for sure, closing agricultural colleges and effectively limiting the path ways to a career in agriculture, is not in keeping with this vision,” she said.
AgForce Queensland have put their hand up to take over the operation of the colleges.
“AgForce’s plan is to overhaul these institutions and the services they offer to form the backbone of a comprehensive, future-looking rural research and education system that offers benefits beyond agriculture,” Ms Somerset said.
AgForce have started a change.org online petition to save the ag colleges.
To show your support in saving the ag colleges click HERE.
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Meet the winners of the 2019 ABC Heywire Competition
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FOLK New England
Preserving the ongoing cultural legacy of folk music
The BROADSIDE
About the “BROADSIDE” OF BOSTON
Read The Broadside
Founders Committee
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The FNE Archives
Following is a list of active FNE Archives in the collection. Individual catalogues available in hard copy to members and academic institutions upon request. Please contact us by mail or at tomcurren47@gmail.com.
The Mooncusser
Cafe Yana
The New England Folk Revival records: 1948 to 1968
Dudley Laufman Contradance
Jim Rooney
SOME NEW ENGLAND COFFEEHOUSES, 1956-1968
The Ballad & Banjo – Hyannis, Mass. (1962)
The Ballad Room – near Copley Square (1960)
The Boars’ Head – US Route 1, Kennebunk Center Maine (1964)
Cafe Yana – in Boston on Beacon St, then 50 Brookline Ave, Kenmore Sq. (c. 1960)
Cholmondeley’s – 413 South Street, Waltham on Brandeis campus (1960)
The Club 47 – 47 Mt. Auburn, Cambridge (1958— 47 Palmer St. after 10/1963)
The Golden Vanity Coffee House – on Boston University campus (1960)
The Green Frog – Kenmore Square (c. 1960, closed by 1962)
The Hillbilly Ranch – Stuart Street, Boston (late 1950s)
The Jolly Beaver – Cambridge (1962)
The King’s Rook – 4 South Main St., Ipswich Mass. (by 1963)
The King’s Rook – 12 State St., Marblehead, Mass.(by 1963)
The Loft – upstairs at 54 Charles, Boston. (c. 1963)
The Moon-Cusser – Circuit Ave. Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard (1964-67)
Moondial – 53 Berkley St. Boston (1966)
The Odyssey – corner of Cambridge and Hancock, Boston.
One-Eyed Jack’s – Manchester NH (c. 1965)
The Orleans – 13 Charles Street, Boston (c. 1964- c.1968, then “Sword In The Stone”)
The Pesky Serpent – 612 1/2 Page Blvd. Springfield, Mass.(1966)
The Rose – 122 Salem Street, Boston (1964)
The Saladin – Amherst, Mass. (c. 1964)
The Salamander Coffee House – Huntington Avenue (c.1961)
The Silver Vanity – 640 Main St. Worcester Mass. (1963)
This Is It – near Symphony Hall (1968)
Tulla’s Coffee Grinder – 30 Dunster Street, Cambridge- (1956)
The Turk’s Head – 71 1/2 Charles St, Boston- (“Boston’s Oldest Coffeehouse;” c. 1957)
The Turk’s Head – Orleans, Massachusetts (mid-1960s);
The Unicorn Coffee House – 825 Boylston Street, Boston (c. 1961)
The Unicorn II – Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. (1963)
The White Whale – Beverly, Mass. (c.1967)
*Coffeehouse listings are subject to addition and correction.
The following archive projects are in process.
Paul Clayton
Work in progress covering the career of one of the New Bedford folklorist and folk musician.
Manny Greenhill
Recordings, books, periodicals, and posters relating to the influence, work and times of one of the most important and dedicated figures in the folk revival, and the founder of Folklore Productions..
David Wilson (link to Broadsides)
Interviews, articles, remembrances, and Broadside copies by one of the most influential architects of the Boston-Cambridge folk scene. A major collection digitized by volunteer financial support, 2015-16.
Photographs, recordings, remembrances, and ephemera associated with regional and cooperating folk festivals, including Brandeis, Newport, Beers, Philadelphia, and Miramichi Folk Festivals.
Eric Von Schmidt
Recordings, tapes, drawing, ephemera, and remembrances of one of the earliest and most dynamic figures on the Boston folk and folk-blues era. A major concentration and work in progress 2016-17. Donation by the Von Schmidt family.
New England Fuguing Tune
Digitized manuscripts of colonial era songbooks; recordings of performances on long playing records and compact discs of material written in New England between 1770 and 1820.
Betsy Minot Schmidt
Recordings, remembrances, and photographs donated by the Cafe Yana waitress, Club 47 manager, and founder of Folk New England. Donation by Betsy Siggins Schmidt.
Byron Lord Linardos
Artwork and calendars by the impresario of the Club 47 and major patron of the arts in Cambridge and its environs. Donation by the Linardos Family.
Folk Musician
Books on Folk Music and Folklore
Folk Music Periodicals
Broadside, Sing Out, Caravan, Gardyloo, Folkin’ Around, Little Sandy Review, and other publications
Records, Tapes and CD’s
Thousands of 78 rpm’s, 33 1/3 rpm’s, and CD’s, including labels such as Folk Legacy, Folk Lyric, Folkways, Flying Fish, Prestige Folklore, Elektra, Vanguard, Bear Family, and Rounder Records. Donations by anonymous collectors.
Reel-to-reel tapes recorded live at the Club 47 in Cambridge and other coffeehouses between 1961 and 1963. Now digitized through the generosity of the Grammy Foundation, awaiting cataloguing and evaluation of potential permissions for dissemination.
Additional tapes made at various coffeehouses and performances, and radio shows during the folk revival period, converted to CD and archived.
Images archived by permission of photographers active in the folk revival era.
Instruments and Ephemera
Guitars, dulcimers, and banjos with folk provenance and signatures.
While we await identification of a permanent home and library, the Folk New England collections are housed in archives located in Somerville, Massachusetts, and Danbury, New Hampshire.
The mission of Folk New England is to foster appreciation and preservation of the indigenous folk music of the New England area through collection, preservation, and dissemination of both primary and secondary sources. We work with individuals, families, musicians, scholars, students, and ordinary folk to increase and perpetuate the collection and understanding of the diverse common musical heritage of the region.
4 Gertrude Road
North Attleboro, MA 02760
*501c3 Non-Profit Organization
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$tupid Young – Turning Adversity Into An Advantage
$tupid Young is here to prove he has a place in the rap game.
By: Shirley Ju (@shirju)
Hailing from the streets of Long Beach, the half-Cambodian, half-Vietnamese MC blew up with his single “Mando” featuring the Bay Area’s own Mozzy.
While he shares the same struggle as the other street rappers, the 26-year-old plans to turn an adversity into an advantage by spitting about real-life experiences for audiences to relate to.
AllHipHop: What was the inspiration behind your name?
$tupid Young: A lot. My hood name was Young Shadow. I go by Young something in the streets right, so I just wanted to keep that name Young in there. I was in camp with my boy Swizz from Playboy Gangsters. He’s locked up. But he was sleeping next to me when we were locked up and I was thinking of the name. I was gonna say Young something, and he was like, “Man you should switch it up.” ‘Cause it’s always Young something, like Young Jeezy, Young Joc, Young this. He was like, “You gotta switch it up and do something Young.”
I don’t know, I just said “stupid.” [laughs] The reason I said that is because when I was younger, my mom used to try to see me try to rap and shit. She’d be like, “Man, you stupid, you stupid. You ain’t ever gonna be a rapper, I don’t know why you’re trying.” She said that all the time.
AllHipHop: “Trust Nobody” is at over 2.3 mil on Youtube. Did you foresee it blowing up like this?
$tupid Young: In 1 month! Well it’s over a month but it don’t say 2 months on YouTube right? It’s like a month and some change. That shit is blowing up pretty fast, I didn’t expect it like that.
Because “Mando” was 1 million in 1 month. I still got screenshots of that. That was the best pace I ever went. Now that the “Trust Nobody” is moving twice as fast as “Mando,” without a feature? I don’t know if it has really has hit me yet. I feel like it’s been out for a while, that’s ‘cause we been shot it. But if you look on youtube it says 1 month, 2.3 mil. I need to screenshot that too.
AllHipHop: You also linked with Durk on “Murder Scene.” Talk about who you choose to collab w/ and why.
$tupid Young: Man, we had a choice between Tee Grizzley or Lil Durk. Everyone was like, “Man, you should have chose Tee Grizzley, he would have murdered that shit.” But I just always been a fan of Lil Durk. We ain’t really had no relationship before that. We didn’t know each other. It was kind of just like reach out, do a verse, etc. In order for me to shoot the video, we had to go to Atlanta.
AllHipHop: How was shooting the visual?
$tupid Young: It was cool. It was different. It was hospitality, a lot of good vibes in the air over there.
AllHipHop: Seeing that Durk kind of went through it with Def Jam, what is your take on the music industry?
$tupid Young: I liked it better a couple years back. When I got locked up and I came out, there was a new style. There was a new way of shit. But all that shit, I don’t mind it either ‘cause I’m versatile. Whatever the music game is like, I could adapt to that. If it’s lyrical, then fuck it, let’s be lyrical. If it’s not, if it’s all about beats and rhythms, then fuck it, I can do all of it. But it’s cool, I respect the evolving.
AllHipHop: You said you were locked up, how long were you locked up for?
$tupid Young: Not that long, only a year and some change. I’ve been locked up different times.
AllHipHop: That’s long!
$tupid Young: Nah, that’s nothing. That’s considered short term. That’s a short timer. But it was different times, like a year, a year, etc. It won’t be all in one stretch and shit.
AllHipHop: What’s the biggest lesson you learned from being behind bars?
$tupid Young: Respect in jail and in juvenile hall, and adult prison is different. Juvenile hall has no respect. Adult prison has respect. It’s like when you give someone respect, then they give you respect back. But if they don’t give you respect, then you don’t give them respect back. Respect, that’s it.
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Narissa Talks Nipsey Hussle Influence & Opening Store On Slauson When He Passed
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A STUDY OF HEMOLYMPH PROTEINS AND HINDGUT EPITHELIUM ATPASE ACTIVITY DURING THE MOLTING CYCLE OF THE TERRESTRIAL ISOPOD, ARMADILLIDIUM VULGARE
JAIME L ZUNG, Fordham University
The hindgut of the terrestrial isopod, Armadillidium vulgare, is a straight tube lined throughout its length by cuticle continuous with that of the exoskeleton. The isopod is unique among crustacea in that it molts biphasically, the posterior and anterior halves of the exoskeleton being molted about twenty-four hours apart. The cuticle lining the digestive tube is molted out of synchrony with that of the exoskeleton in a posterior to anterior direction. The molted hindgut cuticle passes out attached to the posterior exuviae and the foregut cuticle with that of the anterior exuviae. The presence of apical and basal plasma membrane infoldings in the anterior and posterior hindgut epithelium changes with the stage of the molt cycle. The infoldings are most prominent during intermolt, receding during premolt and intramolt and reappearing during postmolt. Extensive apical and basal infoldings are found in the rectum. The basal infoldings have a strong association with large elongated mitochondria. The morphology of these rectal infoldings was not observed to change during the molting cycle. Ca('++)-ATPase activity is localized in the basolateral plasma membranes of the anterior and posterior hindgut cells during intermolt, intramolt, and postmolt. Mg('++)-ATPase activity is localized in the basolateral plasma membranes of the anterior and posterior hindguts and rectum throughout the molt cycle with the lowest levels of activity found in the anterior hindgut and the highest in the postmolt rectum. The presence of this ATPase activity supports the contention that the hindgut is an organ of osmoregulation. The hemolymph protein concentration decreases during premolt and intramolt. A 198,000 D and a 102,000 D protein band disappears completely during intramolt while the other proteins are diluted by an increase in hemolymph fluid volume. Hemocyanin has been identified as two polypeptide chains of 72,000 D and 75,000 D. The concentration of hemocyanin decreases during premolt and intramolt possibly reflecting its use as an energy source. Hemocyanin can be found in the intermolt hemolymph of A. vulgare as a 2-hexamer, 23S, a hexamer, 16S, and a monomer, 5S. About 80% is present in the hemolymph as the hexamer. The molecular weight of the hexamer is approximately 450,000 D.
ZUNG, JAIME L, "A STUDY OF HEMOLYMPH PROTEINS AND HINDGUT EPITHELIUM ATPASE ACTIVITY DURING THE MOLTING CYCLE OF THE TERRESTRIAL ISOPOD, ARMADILLIDIUM VULGARE" (1986). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI8628545.
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Reducing Oil Consumption With A Thermodynamic Heating System
Living out in the countryside and being reliant on oil George Andrews wanted reduce the running costs of his home. His focus was to stop using oil to heat his water.
Installing a Thermodynamic heating system has enable George to reduce is overall oil use considerably now that 100% of his hot water is being produced by thermodynamics.
Very Price Competitive – Already Generating Savings from the Solar Panels
I instantly knew when I met the representative from Forever Green that he was the most knowledgeable.
In the end, he sat with us for an hour and a half explaining everything; he was obviously incredibly clued-up on the subject and didn’t once try to push us towards making a decision. We loved his no ‘hard-sell’ approach and instantly knew that Forever Green were the right company for us.
Solar panels provide energy security
The desire for energy security was the driving force behind Kevin Higgins’ decision to invest in renewable energy technology.
Family recommendation leads to solar panel installation
Bryan Granger hadn’t considered solar panels for his home until he discovered the benefits and savings he could achieve.
Find out how much it will cost to...
...get Solar Panels, Biomass or Heat Pumps installed
Becoming energy neutral with solar panels
It was the opportunity of a sound investment and the green aspect of renewable energy that appealed to Eric Baker and his wife when they considered solar panels for their home.
Solar panels provide a great ROI
A good investment with a great return and an effective way to reduce his energy bills were the main selling points for Christopher Pether when he considered installing solar panels on his property.
Electricity bill reduced by half
Reducing her energy bills wasn’t the only reason Elizabeth Tovey chose to get solar panels for her home. She’d always fancied them and says, “I think it’s a wonderful idea using the sun to warm us up.”
Solar panels equal free electricity
Noel Walter knows a good investment when he sees one. So it’s no surprise that he opted for solar PV panels to be fitted to his garage in his quest to reduce his energy bills and do his bit for the environment.
A win-win solution to rising energy costs
Sophie Hunt was no stranger to the idea of using solar panels to generate her own energy and reduce her energy bills. Despite having defective solar film panels on her previous property, Sophie wasn’t deterred from finding an effective renewable energy solution for her home.
Solar panels: a no-brainer for reducing energy bills
For software architect, Russ Freeman, the rising cost of his electricity bill and the idea of becoming greener were the incentives he needed to install solar panels on the roof of his house. Six months on and he’s reaping the rewards.
The next step in self-sufficiency
If you grow your own veggies, installing solar panels is the logical next step in self-sufficiency.
Retired GP Mike and his wife had done all the things like installing LED lights so the next logical step was a solar panel installation.
So long solar?
With the financial incentives being cut, does investing in solar still make sense?
Reading the headlines, you would be forgiven for thinking the heyday of solar had come to an end. But for people like Keith Jones, who farms beef cattle and arable crops on the banks of the River Severn in Gloucestershire, the financial incentives are only half the story.
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LeadershipDonald Trump
Trump’s Lawyer Denies President Is Under Investigation
President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer said on Sunday that Trump is not under investigation in the probe into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential race, a statement that appeared to contradict a comment Trump himself made on Twitter last week.
“The fact of the matter is the president has not been and is not under investigation,” said Jay Sekulow, a lawyer who is part of a team hired by Trump to deal with allegations of collusion by his campaign with Moscow, on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
Sekulow added that the president has not received any notification that he is being investigated. The CBS appearance was one of four talk show interviews Sekulow gave on Sunday.
On Friday, Trump had tweeted: “I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director! Witch Hunt.”
Robert Mueller, the special counsel named by the Justice Department to probe the Russia matter, is investigating whether anyone associated with Trump or his campaign had any illegal dealings with Russian officials or others with ties to the Kremlin.
A U.S. official who is familiar with the rough outlines of the probe and who spoke on condition of anonymity told Reuters on Thursday that Mueller was also examining whether Trump or others tried to interfere with the investigation.
Trump has frequently lashed out about the Russia allegations, which have overshadowed his administration’s efforts to overhaul the healthcare system, cut taxes and boost jobs.
Trump has denied any collusion between his campaign and Russia. Russian officials have denied meddling in the U.S. election.
Sekulow said that Trump, in his tweet, was reacting to a story in the Washington Post, which was the first to report that Mueller was examining whether Trump had tried to obstruct the probe by firing FBI director James Comey in May.
On “Fox News Sunday,” Sekulow said that he was certain the president was not under investigation because he had received no notification or other indication that he was.
Pressed on the issue by host Chris Wallace, Sekulow acknowledged that he couldn’t be certain. “I cannot read the mind of the special prosecutor,” Sekulow said.
“No one has notified us that he is” under investigation, Sekulow said.
Trump’s statements on Twitter are a sign of his frustration with the Russia allegations, said former Republican Speaker Newt Gingrich, on ABC’s “This Week.”
“Trump has a compulsion to counterattack and is very pugnacious. I don’t think it serves him well. I don’t think that tweet helped him,” Gingrich said.
Gingrich said he had lost confidence in Mueller because he is a friend of Comey, and said too many members of Mueller’s investigative team have ties to Democrats.
Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee, defended Mueller and his team, noting that lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have praised his appointment.
Schiff said Trump, his legal team and his supporters were trying to discredit the special counsel and his investigation.
“They want to lay the foundation to discredit whatever Bob Mueller comes up with. They are essentially engaging in a scorched earth litigation strategy that is beginning with trying to discredit the prosecutor,” Schiff said on ABC.
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Home . News . Flos wins best display prize at Salone del Mobile.Milano Award 2017
Flos wins best display prize at Salone del Mobile.Milano Award 2017
With Best Display prize for the stand presented at this year’s Euroluce, Flos is one of eleven winners at the Salone del Mobile.Milano Award 2017.
Now in its second year, the award gives further prominence to the outstanding exhibits at last April’s 56th edition of Salone del Mobile.
The award ceremony was held at the Triennale Teatro dell’Arte, where Flos CEO Piero Gandini and the architects behind the project, Fabio Calvi and Paolo Brambilla, couldn’t hide their emotions as they accepted the prestigious award for the following recognitions: “A display that goes beyond the traditional concept of a trade fair stand thanks to its ability to draw visitors through the luminaires as if in a narration, from the exterior to the interior, where lights, colours, materials, solids and voids play out masterfully.”
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ROSSA – TALK TO ME
SINGLE REVIEW
Intriguing and powerful lyricism meets grinding rock in Talk to Me, the latest release from Melbourne artist Rossa. With radio from Australia and abroad already getting behind this hot new track, 2019 by all accounts, will no doubt be a big year for Rossa’s music.
What is evident in Talk to Me is that it is both robust lyrically as it is instrumentally, with a sound that enters the domain of hard edge rock, while bringing melodies fit for the top 40 listener.
From the opening verse of Talk to Me, Rossa poetically lights the torch with an intimate vocal delivery that is direct and sincere, depicting the story of a communication breakdown within a relationship. However, communication through music seems second nature to Rossa as he lays it all out with perfect timing and heart in this hard-hitting arrangement.
The combination of brute force and vulnerability in Rossa’s voice is incredibly dynamic, a quality he may well have developed through years of experience playing the live rock scene in Melbourne and in his hometown of Belturbet, Ireland.
As a well-seasoned guitar gun of the live rock circuit, Rossa leaves no stone unturned in his quest for sound and performance, dropping fire burning riffs on every turn and a hook-laden solo that leaves us hanging on every note.
Overall this is an outstanding release from an exciting new artist and deserves its place among its alt-rock counterparts. Discover Talk to Me in the video below and request it on your local radio station.
Peter Senior – Baby I Love You Shotgun Mistress – No Friend of Mine
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Settings And Characters essays
Use Of Setting In A Poem
Setting in Dover Beach & My Last Duchess Intro to Literature Paper II. My analysis of the setting in My Last Duchess and Dover Beach At first glance the setting of a poem is the psychological and physiological environment in which the story takes place. In some instances, the setting is used to develop the characters. Robert Browning and Matthew Arnold use the setting to expose their character traits. My Last Duchess and Dover Beach, respectively, portray the weaknesses of the characters using e...
Ignatius And Jones
Journal One: A Confederacy of Dunces Chapter One: Plot: Ignatius waited for Mrs. Reilly outside the department store. A policeman attempted to apprehend Ignatius; a mob ensued with the result of an old man being arrested for calling the policeman a communist. Mrs. Reilly and Ignatius escape to a local bar in which the bartender treats them with a lack of respect as well as eavesdrops on their conversation about Ignatius' trip to Baton Rouge. The old man, Claude Robichaux, was brought before the ...
McTeague And Henchard
Moy 1 Shelly Moy. Regan ENG 261 AC April 28, 2003 Thomas Hardy and Frank Norris are artists, painting portraits of men filled with character, that is distraught with regression. The Mayor of Casterbridge, by Thomas Hardy is a powerful and searching fable. Frank Norris' McTeague is a documentation of the animalist ic pursuit of empty dreams. Both authors withhold the protagonists of their dreams, in a grotesque world, which provides no sign of escape. Each emphasizes themes of greed and devolutio...
Type D For The Day Setting
I was in the park one afternoon in the master key for the moment i am trying to submit this registratoinTo obtain a challenging position in an organization with opportunity for future advancement. I am very efficient and work well independently and as a member of a team. I am very resourceful and handle all tasks in an effective manner. I have had extensive customer service training through my previous employers and have 15 years of customer service experience: including collections on delinquen...
East Egg And West Egg
The settings and backdrops in The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, are essential elements to the formation of the characters, symbolic imagery and the overall plot development. Fitzgerald uses East and West Egg communities to portray two separate worlds and two classes of people that are technically the same their status, but fundamentally different in their ideals. The physical geography of the settings is representative of the distance between classes of the East and West Eggers. Every se...
Suspense Through The Setting
The Dungeon of Madness In this story, Edgar Allan Poe (such as in many of his works) uses the setting to create a dark image inside our minds. He makes this specially through darkness, therefore the character makes a connection with death. "The physical setting oppresses him in the visions of his graveyard" (1). "The setting plays an important role in how the narrator discovers the many ways he may die" (2). It is a dungeon full of torturing traps, and the character, as any normal human, feels t...
Characters Stella And Prospero
Brandon Cup January 1, 1997 English 113 The Effects of Setting on Character "The Masque of Red Death" and "The Shawl" are quite similar yet very unalike. The way the authors described the setting set the traits of the characters' personalities. In "The Masque of Red Death", by Edgar Allan Poe, Prince Prospero was the main character. In "The Shawl", by Cynthia Oz ick, Stella was a supporting character. Both were greatly affected by the settings and the details to describe it. The way the settings...
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Talk Now Estonian
IF you’re new to a language, there are some basics you will have to learn, whether you’re eight years old or 80, on business abroad or a tourist on holiday. Talk Now! Estonian offers a simple-to-use method for you to start learning the language, whoever you are.
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Start wherever you like! There are nine topics to choose from.
The fun way to learn parts of the body: by building a monster!
Hear essential phrases and see how they are written before playing a game.
It's over to you. Hear the word, then record your own voice and compare the two.
What did they say? Pick the corresponding picture in the hard 'first words' game.
Will it work for me?
Lots of people have difficulty learning languages. Why? Most have been put off at school, don’t have time to learn, or think they are too lazy to do it.
Talk Now! Estonian answers these problems:
It lifts the language off the page. There are no dull exercises; just encouraging games that award you points for progress.
It fits easily into short ten-minute sessions. But if you want to push yourself you can learn the basics in a weekend.
if you think you’re lazy, think again! You’ll be amazed how motivated you can be when you enjoy the experience of learning!
To speak and understand enough to “get by”.
You’re just starting, so we won’t drop you in at the deep end. There are some things you’ll want to say in any language: you’ll want to say ‘hello’, order a drink, ask for directions and so on.
This beginners program gets straight to the point. It covers food, colours, shopping, parts of the body, numbers, telling the time, countries, greetings and essential phrases.
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Talk Now! Estonian gives you easy-to-achieve goals. Learning a new language is far too big a task to tackle all at once, so we have broken it down into a series of rewarding challenges.
Play interactive language games. Talk Now! feeds you new words, along with pictures to reinforce your memory. It then tests your knowledge with fun quizzes. As soon as you start playing you start learning.
Earn points for every game you play. High scorers can go on to win bronze, silver and gold awards, which you can print out as a record of achievement.
You will hear Estonian all of the time and, using the recording games, you can start speaking straight away, then compare your voice to a native speaker.
You can learn on the move. Carry on learning in the airport lounge or the ferry without a computer. Just print out the phrasebook sheets included in the program and take them with you, or upload the program’s sound files onto an iPod.
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Honestly Ortab, BastardHead is right. I didn't link his Facebook or his personal myspace page, or anything like that. It was simply a public band page.
metaldiscussor666 wrote:
American isn't a nationality
Riffs wrote:
It's been scientifically proven that appreciating Black Sabbath helps increase life expectancy, improves happiness, bumps your salary by 11 thousand dollars annually, helps fight cavities and increases penis size.
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Blue Örtab Cult
I'll grant you that but even so a blatant call for trolling is unnecessary.
I think the music is rubbish, and yes, I listened to it before I linked it here. Let others make up their own minds.
Crowbar should do more covers. The Iron Maiden one is wicked.
Well, the fucking laptop broke again. So... considering that my laptop has exactly the same hardware as my mom's laptop, and considering that on this model the hard drives are very easy to access, I switched the hard drives - so now she is using my laptop, with her harddrive in it, and everything runs fine.
I'm doing a full backup of her hard drive though, just in case. I should probably consider getting my hard drive backed up, but it's been one of those things where when I start the process, I know I won't be using my computer for the next several hours - 650 GB of stuff on this machine.
There is no way to describe this situation that doesn't sound like you throwing your mom under the bus.
Jackoroth
Location: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
So I just bought a Saab 9000 '94 for $2,000, 197,000 kms in pristine conditon, no bumps or scratches but I wasn't told about the 11 faults it has (that's most likely my fault but that aside), I don't know much about cars and I got a quote on fixing it and here are the prices.
Fuel filter leaking: $90
Power steering rack leaking: $350
Power steering pump leaking: $200
Replace front link pin bushes: $120
Front rotors: $250
Heater switch only working, idle speed: $150
Replace 2 wiper rubbers: $20
I'm also not sure if this is ripping me off but I just want it to drive to and from work really which is only really about 8 kms.
Everything old school death metal.
https://www.facebook.com/thearchiveofoldschooldeathmetal
MrMcThrasher II wrote:
I know this would never happen, but I think it would be fucking amazing if Crowbar did a cover of Townes Van Zandt. Speaking of Crowbar, does anyone else feel that their latest album isn't up to the usual standard.
Jackoroth wrote:
Well, it is a Saab, and a older one at that, which CERTAINLY means it will have some things wrong with it. For about half the price they're asking to fix it, and considering the outer condition, if it gets fixed right, you'll probably have a sweet ride. The other problem is though, is that they don't make Saabs anymore, so replacement parts in the future could be pricey...
Oi, Crushed. (He said in his worst, most pathetic excuse for an Australian accent.) Checked out Thevetat, and they seemed like a nice find. Good structures, interesting sound...something seemed really off with their mixing/production, though. Something weird going on there where all the instruments are mixed so as to sound oddly separated from each other but not in a particularly good way, so that they end up sounding more...jumbled and off-balance rather than spacious. Odd. Still good, though.
But did you happen to look into the related band Ceremonium at all? They definitely seem like an intriguing entity:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VRREhZ4q9A
Really compelling, balanced blend of death/black going on here... I really like the mixture that's happening in this, it's a successful fusion, plus the production sounds really nice, with those thundering lower frequencies.
The predecessor album to that also sounds promising, much gloomier death/doom with touches of a Bolt Thrower sound:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tXF5PiCRyQ
Intelestinngg... anyone here familiar with these guys? Don't believe I've ever heard mention of them on the boards before.
Not sure how you guys do things down under, but I always think it's a safe bet to take a potential vehicle to a mechanic you trust before you purchase it, so he can tell you what's wrong with it or give you a rundown of the condition. Nothing worse than buying a vehicle and then realizing you need a thousand dollars worth of repairs.
Zodijackyl
Definitely Proportionate
Location: Longmont Potion Castle
I know parts prices are higher in Australia than the US, here's the parts (USD) cost and labor times that I would estimate. I have never worked on power steering stuff beyond replacing the pump, but I'd guess ~2 hours for that (could be up to 4 hours), those parts may not need to be replaced depending on the nature of the leak.
Fuel filter+hoses= $25 / 20 mins labor for an amateur, 10 for a pro with a garage/lift
PS rack = $170 / ?? labor
PS pump = $100-120 / ?? labor
Bushings = $20 / ?? labor
Rotors = $30-50 depending on quality / ~1 hour job for an amateur, 10-15 mins for a pro
Wipers = $10 each (could be more) / 30 seconds labor
Assuming the parts cost a fair amount more in Australia than America, that pricing doesn't seem that unreasonable, as a decent mechanic isn't cheap. I'd call a few other places and check with them though, as you may be able to get it done a few hundred cheaper. I don't know Aussie pricing at all Change your own damn wipers though!
dystopia4 wrote:
Crowbar kind of sucks. Their S/T album sounds almost nu-metal to me and the vocals are annoying. They just sound fat.
I went to high school with this obnoxious cunt who was obsessed with Crowbar. He even had their logo tattooed on his fore arm. Because of him I've made an effort to never listen to them.
I understand this is incredibly retarded...
You don't know what you're missing out on. Crowbar is one of those bands that the moment you hear them you cannot not like them.
WaywardSon
xThe__Wizard wrote:
Their S/T album sounds almost nu-metal to me and the vocals are annoying.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82orAnzFuE8
http://youtu.be/J8J7pm-dIOk?t=35s
FasterDisaster wrote:
Is her butthole hairy?
Dragunov
I went and saw Crowbar at Siberia in New Orleans recently, and they put on a hell of a show. If you are into them and get a chance to see them play, take it.
I saw them back in 09 at the Webster. Such a thick live band.
I was really into Crowbar but compared to other NOLA sludge bands they are pretty tame imo.
Hey, I was at that show! I spent a while taunting The Casualties by yelling things like "you're not punk, you're alternative rock!"
I hadn't heard of The Casualties before that show. It was my first Wall of Death too.
Also, the car I came in got towed and so me and the other guy I was with had to wait 2 hours in 10 degree Hartford winter weather for my sister to come get us. I spent that time helping Hatebreed's roadies load up the truck, talking with a chick in the gas station across the street who had a Care Bear tramp stamp (dead serious), and watching on the TV in that same gas station the worst bootleg copy of a movie I've ever seen (a French copy of Avatar that was discolored, fuzzy, and the picture was sideways).
bassistneededlolnot
Well, I'm auditioning for a band next Tuesday. It was slightly absurd of me to hook up a jam session with a decent band when I don't even own a guitar at the moment, but I can definitely get some new gear between now and our meet-up. And I shouldn't have any trouble playing for them even though I haven't practiced in... years. I'm still confident I can pull it off even after giving their demo a listen. Nothing too technical; hardcore/death from Cleveland. "Order 66" for anyone who is curious. The bassist has put in a lot of work in the Cleveland metal scene and has experience with Chimaira, Nunslaughter, Embalmer, Decrepit and some other local bands.
OpsiusCato
Mexican Metal Inquisition
EDIT: You said GUITAR. I misread.
Uncolored, commenting on Erosion of Humanity's allergies wrote:
Your house in Chicago is possessed by Unholy Virus
PhilosophicalFrog, making accurate statements as usual, wrote:
Opsius is Metal as fuck.
Dude, I just listened to Darkthrone's newest song, and..... It's thrashy USPM? Yes, hell yes! YES!
Thrashy USPM mixed with Celtic Frost worship.
Also, Culto said on Facebook that the album version of the song is 14 minutes long.
^ o_o
Less of USPM and moar of NWOBHM (that's blackened heavy metal). Ok I'm not much in the genre wars. Call it whatever you want.
In other news, I hate it when people type up the wrong spelling of one's name on the website/promotions. I think I pissed off this girl who's in charge of all this and now she isn't bothering to change it.
Edit: My post was aimed at Xl. Subrick, you crafty bastard you.
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I just realized that. You have no idea how all of those words together make me feel. NO IDEA.
For some reason, that brings Manilla Road to mind.
It's such a weird mixture that I never would have thought I'd hear but it's so...GOOD.
Absolutely. And Fenriz's vocals remind me of King Diamond, in the sense that they're supremely cheesy in a very awesome way.
That fucking new track is brilliant!!!! Fenriz sould out? Suuuuuuuure, kids...
Too bad there are no religious images allowed at work. If there were, I would LEAVE NO CROSS UNTURNED!!!!
Never forget: viewtopic.php?p=1918492#p1918492
That Darkthrone song is pretty damn awesome, but it feels a little too much like a MF-cover band or something...still, better than In Solitude or Portrait or any of those other bands, anyway. But I hope there are still some tracks on the album that have the uniquely brazen, jamming feel of their other recent albums, and not everything is focused on imitation. However on the other hand...it IS a fucking good song, so
One year, five months and five days later you are proven wrong, Zodijackyl.
OpsiusCato, your sig is hilarious. Is Uncolored still around or was he banned?
Uncolored is a moderator
Unfortunately!
The new Voivod leaked! WOOOOOO
So Kelly Sundown Carpenter has joined Firewind now. This guy is slowly becoming a member of every power metal band. Not that I'm complaining.
I'll predict the future here: he'll leave after recording one album that's lackluster as usual.
Yeah, Uncolored is still around, modding. Sometimes, at least. He rarely steps into the forums, though.
I can get behind this. Is the whole album going to be like this, I wonder?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cnlJOC8MuA - DAMN
That clicking sound is coming from the mantis!
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My theory on a little detail on the second balcony scene
Author Topic: My theory on a little detail on the second balcony scene (Read 1794 times)
Erenussocrates
Broke Reives' laptop :P
You remember the second balcony scene where there were a adolescent Colin and Faye were having a conversation, it starts with Faye saying "It won't fly over here you know" about the paper plane Colin's holding.
Here's a link to jumpstart your memory:
https://youtu.be/IHU--L1ffnI?t=43m51s
I know this will sound meta and it's not confirmed or anything, but I think this is the developer of the game (Kan Gao) just kind of talking to himself. I know that he had a similar story when he was a kid, that he saved an injured bird, but his story was a bit different than the game, the bird had died. Maybe he's done a conversation with himself there.
"Everyone I told that story to either thought that or got bored to sleep."
"But everyone goes into things with their own context you know."
"I just wanted them to relate."
Saying that nobody he talked to about that experience AT THE TIME didn't think much of it, but it was a great deal to him. And then he went on to make A Bird Story. That's how I look at it.
Videogame developers are not gods that anyone should worship. I hereby decide that is my top existential reason to prove that horrible, horrible misconception, because that is becoming annoyingly rampant in every corner of the internet. They can deserve critism, or thrashing even. It doesn't even need to be constructive critism. And even if you are a free game developer doesn't mean community is your personal ego farm.
Re: My theory on a little detail on the second balcony scene
Maybe...?
https://mobile.twitter.com/Reives_Freebird/status/774430334448467968
(Happened after ABS but still relevant...Reives has a ton of twitters actually, some pretty interesting stuff too.)
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Archenemies
The Renegades Trilogy continues, in this fiercely awaited second installment after the New York Times-bestselling Renegades by Marissa Meyer, author of the Lunar Chronicles. Time is running out. Together, they can save the world. But they each other's worst nightmare. Nova's double life is about to get a lot more complicated: As Insomnia, she is a full-fledged member of the Renegades, a syndicate of powerful and beloved superheroes. She works with Adrian's patrol unit to protect the weak and maintain order in Gatlon City. As Nightmare, she is an Anarchist - a group of of villains who are determined to destroy the Renegades. Nova wants vengeance against the so-called heroes who once failed her when she needed them most. But as Nova, her feelings for Adrian are deepening, despite the fact that he is the son of her sworn enemies and, unbeknownst to Nova, he has some dangerous secrets of his own. In this second installment of the Renegades trilogy, Nova, Adrian, and the rest of their crew - Ruby, Oscar, and Danna-are faced with escalating crime in Gatlon City, while covert weapons and conflicting missions have Nova and Adrian questioning not only their beliefs about justice, but also the feelings they have for each other. The line between good and evil has been blurred, but what's clear to them both is that too much power could mean the end of their city - and the world - as they know it.
Publisher: New York :, Macmillan Audio,, [2018]
Characteristics: 1 online resource (14 hr., 33 min.)
digital, Digital recording, rda
data file, rda
Additional Contributors: Soler, Rebecca - Narrator
Bittner, Dan - Narrator
Macmillan Audio (Firm)
Read more reviews of Archenemies at iDreamBooks.com
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Mass Effect: Andromeda First 13 Minutes of Gameplay Video and Embargo Date Revealed
By Rajesh V On Mar 4, 2017
IGN.com has posted a video showing the first 13 minutes of gameplay of Mass Effect Andromeda: you can find the footage below, but be careful because the video contains spoilers about the plot of course, unless you want to advance you can stop reading here.
Mass Effect: Andromeda is definitely one of the most anticipated titles of the coming weeks. Today, however, we learned that the first 13 minutes of the gameplay has been appeared online.
In the video (viewable at the bottom of this news) we can see the very first stages of the adventure, in which the protagonist will awaken from a cryogenic sleep that lasted 600 years. We leave you the pleasure of discovering the rest in the video below.
In addition, the well-known insider Shinobi602 has informed via his Twitter account to fans of Mass Effect: Andromeda that on March 20 at 6 AM PT/ 9 AM ET the embargo of the game should expire, and so the first reviews may be published.
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Man of Medan Features Co-op and Online Multiplayer…
Mass Effect: Andromeda will be available in North America on March 21 and will arrive in Europe on 23 of the same month, for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. The anticipated multiplayer beta was cancelled, the multiplayer segment will be shown in action during PAX East in Boston scheduled for March 10 to 12.
Mass Effect: Andromeda reviews will go up on March 20 at 6 AM PT/ 9 AM ET pic.twitter.com/Z8Rz1FDRMS
— shinobi602 (@shinobi602) March 4, 2017
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Graduates in Integrative Society & Environment Research
What is GISER?
GISER History
Past Steering Committee
Funding Calls
Collaboratories
We are the bridge people
GISER August 24, 2017
We heard from three GISER students who have recently graduated or are just completing doctoral programs about their collaboration experiences in interdisciplinary social-environmental research at ASU. Elicia Ratajczyk, an affiliate of the Center for Behavior, Institutions, and the Environment, from the School of Human Evolution and Social Change; Heather Fischer, now a postdoc at the School of Geographical Sciences & Urban Planning (GSUP); and Aireona Raschke, a member of the ecoServices Group at the School of Life Sciences, joined GISER members from across campus for a lunchtime panel with discussant, Dr. Chingwen Cheng, an assistant professor in The Design School who is helping to lead a new series of collaborative project courses involving CAP LTER, URExSRN, School of Sustainability, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, and Biomimicry Center, among others.
The GISER core team organized the August 24th panel discussion with the goal of helping to set an agenda for GISER efforts to improve resources and opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration at ASU in the coming school year. (GSUP's Graduate Student Committee and GPSA provided lunch, thanks to the networking know-how and follow-through of panel moderator, Michelle Stuhlmacher.)
In the research environment at ASU, distinguished for its unprecedented interdisciplinarity, graduate students face choices between integrating multiple approaches within their own plan of research individually or collaborating with others who can contribute additional perspectives, skills, and knowledge to a given inquiry. Our panelists agreed that, on the spectrum of collaboration, everything counts: from hallway conversations to peer-reviewed publications with thirteen co-authors. There's no question that more extensive and ambitious collaborations require time-consuming coordination between team members. In an example Elicia gave, agreeing to be lead author can mean agreeing to integrate thirteen authors' different revisions of a paper. Or it could mean a clash of expectations about authorship and responsibility -- as Aireona pointed out, researchers in fields like hers wouldn't think of naming thirteen co-authors. It can seem easier to go it alone at first, but our panelists said time spent working in teams has eventually paid off for them, through building access to networks of people who can help in their research down the line.
Dr. Cheng said it's encouraging to see graduate students thinking and working collaboratively, because this is key to solving complex social-ecological problems in the real world. Coming from an urban design and planning approach, collaboration is critical not just between specialists and practitioners, but in participatory processes with stakeholders and community members. Elicia and Aireona both emphasized how working with locals at their field research sites provided essential expertise toward answering their dissertation questions.
There's a consensus that collaboration can produce more valuable research outcomes, but how much do we value the process itself? Are interdisciplinary students trained in collaboration skills -- or, is being a good collaborator just an inherent personality trait or something you have to learn by doing? According to Heather, based partly on conversations she's had on the academic job market, ASU has a good reputation for training effective "bridge people," i.e., those who know enough to bring specialists from disparate fields together. We have to be good at this, because as Dr. Cheng cautioned, not all parts of academia are as open yet as ASU, and we have to be prepared to explain our skill sets. Even funding agencies like the National Science Foundation, which has favored collaborative projects, may expect to see proposals with team members from classic disciplinary backgrounds. Explaining interdisciplinary skill sets is something GISER members end up getting a lot of practice doing. As Aireona said, if you find yourself in the role of the interdisciplinary person on a research team, you'll likely be a "bridge person," too -- putting your collaboration skills to the test as a translator between disciplinary specialists who don't necessarily speak the same language.
GISER Trip Summary: Preliminary Trip to Dominica
Utopia from wasteland?
@GISER_ASU
GISER @ ASU
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Can 4K Make Camcorders Worth Buying Again?
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Remember camcorders? They were those things you shot crappy video of your friends and family with, back before every phone and still camera on Earth gained the ability to shoot decent high-definition video. This year, they're trying to ride 4K all the way to a comeback.
Today both Sony and Panasonic announced new 4K consumer-oriented camcorders. The devices are fairly similar, each featuring some brand-specific tech to charge the marketing phasers with. Sony's new FDR-AX33 includes its well-regarded Balanced Optical Steadyshot, which floats the entire lens and sensor module within a gyroscope, allowing for super steady handheld shooting. Panasonic's HC-WX970, meanwhile, features a second swiveling camera on the LCD.
But the headline on both models is the ability to shoot 4K video (relatively) affordably, doubling the resolution of Full HD for luscious depth of detail. The hope is that the rise 4K camcorders will dovetail with the sale of 4K TV sets, creating a singularity of consumer desire that will raise the camcorder sales from the netherworld.
Recording in 4K itself isn't a new camera feature. Not only have high-end professional rigs been incorporating 4K to their models for a few years now, but mid-range mirrorless cameras such as the landmark Panasonic GH4 have successfully taken the ultra-high def dive. There are even some smartphones that shoot in 4K! But they all lack something that camcorders can provide. At least, that's the pitch.
The advantages of good old-fashioned camcorders are mainly in their ease-of-use. They excel at running fully automated, with little for the user to worry about other than hitting Record. Still cameras are replete with buttons and settings that can be intimidating even in auto-mode. Camcorders can record for long stretches of time, where almost every still camera has a limit of about 20 minutes per clip. That rules out the possibility of setting one up in the back of an auditorium to shoot your kid's school play. Camcorders also usually feature smaller sensors than still cameras. While that does reduce image quality, it also makes it much easier for the cam to focus swiftly on the entire scene. And don't even get me started on the benefits over 4K smartphone camera gimmicks.
These aren't new advantages, they've just been forgotten amidst the flood of the video-shooting smartphone. The convenience of having a video camera always in your pocket is an enormous reality to contend with for the inevitably dorky-looking camcorder. Using 4K as a crutch has at least some promise, as people investing in 4K TVs want some actual 4K content to watch on it. Currently the options are extremely limited on that front. Sony and Panasonic are hoping that offering easy-to-use 4K camcorders for $1000 is enough.
So yes, camcorders have a shot. Who knew? It's a small window, though. Eventually 4K will be standard on every pocketable still camera, every smartphone. It'll trickle down to the iPhone, the DSLR, and the point-and-shoot. Once that happens, it's back to the gadget graveyard. At least until 8K comes along.
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Video: Sydney Opera House comes alive with projection mapping animation
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The Sydney Opera House is as iconic a building there is in this world so it’s always stunning to see it come alive as a canvas for artists to display their animation on. 20 different animation studios teamed up to transform the Sydney Opera House into a living mural that is just so enjoyable to watch. The colors, the characters, the mini-stories, the art, you forget that you’re looking at a building and start to think that the building has a personality of its own.
Universal Everything, the folks behind the project, explain:
A global animation project by Universal Everything, collaborating with over 20 different animation studios worldwide to create a living mural on one of the world’s most iconic buildings.
Embracing emerging technologies, Universal Everything’s process always starts from drawing. The hand drawn techniques seen in this film are akin to the early pioneers of animation Len Lye, Norman McLaren and Walt Disney.
You can see which studio worked on which animation sequence here.
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Report: ‘Martin’ Actor Tommy Ford Fighting For His Life
There are conflicting reports on his health.
King Sukii , Associate Entertainment Editor
Actor Tommy Ford from the hit ’90s sitcom Martin is reportedly fighting for his life in an L.A. hospital. However, there are conflicting reports on his condition.
According to The Shade Room, Ford, who’s in his early 50s, was on life support due to a stomach aneurysm. Then, black-ish actor Anthony Anderson confirmed the world lost the legend this morning. He tweeted just a few minutes ago:
Thank you all for your prayers but we lost #TommyFord this morning. May GOD rest his soul and comfort his family!
— Anthony Anderson (@anthonyanderson) October 12, 2016
However, actress Terri Vaughn refuted that claim:
TOMMY FORD has NOT passed!! He's not doing well at all. Keep praying FOR A MIRACLE!!!!
— Terri Vaughn (@terrijvaughn) October 12, 2016
Ford is best known for playing one of Martin Lawrence‘s best friends, alongside costars Tisha Campbell-Martin and Carl Anthony Payne II. The famed TV show ended in 1997 after five incredible seasons.
Ford also played in the Harlem Knights (1989) and Across the Tracks (1990).
Stay locked for further updates.
SOURCE: Twitter | PHOTO CREDIT: Getty
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Greenwich Free Press (https://greenwichfreepress.com/news/government/interview-with-nerlyn-pierson-co-founder-of-indivisible-greenwich-112361/)
Interview with Nerlyn Pierson, Co-Founder of Indivisible Greenwich
By: greenwichfreepress | September 26, 2018
Two years ago a handful of residents founded Indivisible Greenwich, including Nerlyn Pierson. They describe themselves as an issues-focused, grass-roots organization opposed to the Trump agenda.
Pierson said Indivisible Greenwich is publishing a series of nine flyers in the weeks leading up to the Nov 6 election.
The nine “Do You Know” flyers are being distributed once a week by email to subscribers and will be handed out at train stations.
The information in the flyers, detailed below, is intended to educate voters on issues and candidates for the state House and Senate, because, as Ms. Pierson said, two years ago a focus on the presidential election came at the expense of awareness of local and state elections.
The goal of these flyers is to convince Greenwich residents it is important to cast an informed vote – whichever their party.
Pierson takes no credit for the flyers, explaining that a group of volunteers worked all summer researching the flyers.
“The goal is to be an informed voter on the date of the election. On either side, know who you are voting for and why,” she said.
What is Indivisible Greenwich?
Indivisible Greenwich was founded around the same time as March On Greenwich. While often the two groups are lumped together or referred to interchangeably, they are separate and have different goals.
March On Greenwich was founded after two Greenwich women returned from the Jan 21, 2017 women’s rights protests in Washington DC with galvanized interest in their town government.
They focused on Greenwich’s Representative Town Meeting, and successfully recruited dozens of candidates, mostly women. The result was the 230 member body went from a third women to roughly one half women.
Locations of thousands of local Indivisible groups. Image: Indivisible website
Indivisible Greenwich, however, is one of thousands of local Indivisible groups in the US that sprung up as part of a national grassroots movement to resist to the agenda of Donald Trump.
The group is focused on issues. In July they organized a Families Belong Together rally at town hall to protest the separation of immigrant children from their parents. Prior to that, in August 2017, they organized a rally against white supremacism and neo-Nazis after the tragedy in Charlottesville.
“Everything comes down to being informed with truth and facts,” said Pierson who has lived in Greenwich for eight years. “Inform yourself, then go out and vote.”
Pierson, who grew up in Miami was, like many Cuban-Americans, a Republican.
“When Castro came into power and the Cubans headed to Miami in the 1960s, it was the Republican party who supported them and introduced the law that allowed them to become citizens,” she said. “The Republican party was always very anti-Castro. And after the Bay of Pigs with JFK, and how he pulled back and never provided the military assistance he promised, the Democrats were dead to them.”
Pierson said that while her relatives remained affiliated with the Republican party, she became a Democrat during college at Florida International University in Miami.
“I realized the views of the Republican party didn’t align with mine, mostly from a social piece,” she said.
In 2016 Pierson decided Indivisible was a good way to get informed and make a difference by reaching out to members of Congress and constituents.
“Early on we realized we needed a state focus. I realized there were a lot of laws being passed that I disagreed with, and thought were detrimental, were being done at the state level: gerrymandering, voter suppression, women’s rights, health care, gun laws, equal pay – all these things weren’t coming from the top but from the bottom up,” she said. “The more I learned, the more I realized the GOP has been extremely successful in churning out legislation state by state.”
“For us to make a difference, it comes down to voting at the state level” Pierson said. “I realized most people don’t even know who their local reps are. And people assume we are a blue state, but we are close to turning red.
Pierson said between 2008 and 2018, Democrats have lost 35 house seats out of 151. Currently in Connecticut, we’re tied at the Senate and only up by four seats in the house. The Lt Governor has a tie-breaking vote at the Senate. If nothing changes and GOP wins Governor race, they will control the Senate.
First of nine flyers from Indivisible Greenwich.
The first flyer is on the state of Connecticut’s political map with information including the estimated number of Democrats, Republicans and Unaffiliated voters in Greenwich, and in Connecticut, the composition of the state General Assembly.
The second flyer is about registering to vote and how to get an absentee ballot if necessary.
Pierson said she takes nothing for granted. She shared a recent article about how college students aren’t mailing in absentee ballots because they don’t know where to get a postage stamp.
The flyer also tells voters how to check to see whether they are registered.
Go to Vote.org and type in your name and address. You can even print out the form to register to vote and mail it.
The third flyer is about abortion rights. “Everyone who feels confident that Roe vs Wade was codified into state law, but that could be undone with a new governor, and if control of the House goes to Republicans,” Pierson said.
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Eternally inspiring 11th president of India
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Dr A.P.J Abdul Kalam, Former President of India. Image Credit: Ahmed Ramzan/Gulf News
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Class and Rarity Gates - Discussion Thread
Gmonkey Posts: 424 ★
My roster is ok for the content I am a little short on the skill champs but am ranking them up. Several people with close to a million hero rating in my alliance have little to no chance because of bad Rng for 6 star or specific class. They can clear all other content but not this due to RNG that sucks and is very demotivating especially after this disaster of a month.
Stellar Posts: 93 ★
Sixshot1 said:
I've completed every Uncollected event quest since it came out, except the first. I'm cavalier. I still don't have a single 6* that will be viable in this level of content. And I need to bring 4 to finish exploring it? This is getting absurd. It's not fun or challenging content. To the MCOC developers, are you just that out of touch, or do you just not care what nearly your entire player base has to say?
The 4 6 stars are needed only for one path so you can do all the other paths with your 5 stars
But yes this chapter will be harder for payer that don't have a large roster of 5 stars rank 4 available
PaytoPlay Posts: 763 ★★★
May 15 edited May 15
If I have a 6* version of the champ must I still use the 5* version for the content? In another word, is it 5* or above, or 5* ONLY? From the wording sounds like I can only use an undupe 5* OR even if I have a duped 6* at r2, from the restriction gate perspective.
If I already have 6* version of the preferred champs, why would I still want to rank 5* version justcto enter a gate ?
Notcho59 Posts: 103 ★
I just want to reiterate that class restrictions is fine.
Gate restrictions are arbitrary and feel like a money grab. I've spent over 2 thousand dollars over the past two years which is a low amount compared to top endgame players but is a ridiculous amount if you tell your wife or friends or coworkers or family members yet I still rely on my 4* for synergy purposes mostly. You have to be either extremely lucky or just buy enough crystals to have the correct champs at 5 or 6 star rarity.
Variant 1&2 are really fun and don't use Rarity restrictions. It forced us to really evaluate our rosters and think of unique attack plans while also being worth the effort.
TheTalents Posts: 51 ★
I think what you all are missing is that even whales don't have the rosters to properly compete with 6 starts. I'm in the top 3k in total player rating and I only have 7 6 stars due to 3 dups that I certainly didn't want. Kabam keeps pushing their luck. Why don't you allow the developers to do their job and find ways to create harder content without 6 star restrictions?
Fuzzy_ Posts: 12 ★
I think this announcement should be only half of the changes for 6.2.
1. Just like how Act 5 introduced many of us to 6* champs, but also relaxed the funnel of t4cc and t4b.
2. And just like how 6.1 was accompanied by upgrades to glory store pricing to make t5b and t2a funnels more relaxed.
For these previous examples, 6.2 should have another side to it in other game modes which allow us to get to four r4 5* in each class. Yes, it'll have to take hard work, and competitive play in various other game modes, but this new challenge should be made obtainable by new relaxing of current funnel points of the game.
Please Kabam: make another announcement of some new way to work to acquire more rankup resources and class-specific champs soon to piggyback on this new daunting challenge.
Longtimegamer Posts: 179 ★★★
GroundedWisdom said:
Longtimegamer said:
DNA3000 said:
Very conservatively, that's over 4000 units in a month.
Which is actually nothing.
Spending your entire unit net worth each month on 20 cav crystals to maybe get 2 arena fodder 5 stars is hardly worth getting excited about.
You're right on most things and you're smart than I am, but you're very wrong on this. "Good access" to 5s and 6s through the cav crystal is wrong on so many levels even if you run this game like a full time job and have a giant roster capable of said grinds and you don't do war or any content.
Trust me, I've seen it all. I'm in masters, place very high in AQ, so I know what people spend. Having the cavalier title doesn't give us better access to 5s and 6s unless we spend and spend a lot. This game is more pay2win more than ever and getting worse and worse.
The Cavalier Crystals are not the only access to 6*s and 5*s that we have. Overall, they've become more available than when they were introduced. This is not only some random statement. They have the data to back up that claim. They're not widely available for everyone in the game, but neither is this content.
We're being told that we have more access to 5*s and 6*s after being cavalier. True technically but a dishonest statement in practice unless we spend. All the grinding in the world for cavalier crystals won't put a dent in our progression.
That depends on the RNG. It's not necessary to spend thousands. As DNA pointed out, Grinding provides Units to try. Also worth pointing out that those who are Cavalier have access to 5*s and 6*s in other areas of the game, naturally through UC.
That's exactly my point. It's depends on RNG and the odds are bad. The math says spending 4000 grinded units a month gets us 20 cav crystals or 240 crystals a year. If you're grinding 4000 units a month (if you have a huge roster and all the time in the world in first ) it could get you 24 5*s and 2.4 6*s. Also known as trash.
You guys call this good access to 5s and 6s?
GroundedWisdom Posts: 18,435 ★★★★★
Within the game, yes. It's the only Crystal that gives 6*s, and the best rates at 5*s, purchasable for Units.
The bottom line, which also came up with 6.1, is that not everyone will have what they need when it is released. That's as it should be. It's something to work towards for some, and others may be there already. I'm not sure where along the lines people grew the expectation to have everything you need when a new piece of Top Tier Content comes out, but there wouldn't be any growth if that was the case. Nor would it be a challenge significant enough to be a step up.
DNA3000 Posts: 7,577 Guardian
Mixalis said:
Shreddnesss said:
Miike Can you also answer us how 5* and 6* shards became more accessible after 6.1. went out ? other than spending tons of money on cavalier crystals and other cash offers ?
I have never spend a single cent of actual cash on a Cavalier crystal. You buy Cavalier crystals with units, not cash, in general. Therefore, they are available even to free to play players that spend zero cash, and just grind units in the game. And it is possible to grind dozens of Cavalier crystals every month through arena grinding. Cavalier crystals are probably one of the best things a free to play player that grinds units can spend those units on, once they've reached Cavalier status.
yes...grind arena 12 hours a day to get 1 million battlechips in month to get 1k units, buy 5 cavalier crystals get 4x 3* and 1x 4*...not happy ? farm again...makes sense..
Those numbers make no sense. I consider myself a pretty heavy grinder and I only grind maybe three hours a day on average. I don't expect everyone to do even that, but I average about 350 BC per round and 20-25 rounds per hour depending on what else I'm doing at the time. The average is about 7800 BC per hour, 23400 per day, 163800 per week. Call that 650k per month just from BC per round, add in BC from other random sources and you're probably at 700k per month at least. The average units from a million BC is in my experience closer to 2k than 1k units; conservatively I'd say the average is at least 1800 units. Which means 700k should generate about 1260 units per month.
But that doesn't count units from milestones, which any arena grinder will also get. Different players will grind different arenas, but for me I get at least all the milestones in the 5* featured, plus milestones in other arenas. On average, I get at least 300-400 units from milestones per event, which on average is 350 units x 8 events per month = 2800 units.
This doesn't count units from other parts of the game, the calendar, the monthly quest, alliance events, all of which add up to at least 500-1000 units a month.
Very conservatively, that's over 4000 units in a month. Even if you take the strategy of spending half your units on Cavs and saving half for future offers, that's ten standard Cavs a month, which will average another 5* champion per month at least. And while this is above average gameplay numbers, it isn't remotely ridiculous levels of gameplay. When I ran Act 6.1 I stopped at 6.1.5 to grind out the 12k units necessary for the completion offer. It took me less than two months to do that starting from about 1k units. And even *that* wasn't twelve hours a day grinding. I upped my gameplay to four to five hours a day and a little more on weekends.
The point is not for everyone to play like me. The point is that this opportunity is open to anyone who can devote some extra time to the game, just at different levels. If you don't think it is worth it, don't do it. But don't say it doesn't exist just because you don't like it or frankly don't understand it and have to make up hyperbolic numbers to justify your not liking it.
You're still not likely to pull a 6* champion. Seatin spent thousands of $$$ and only pulled one 6* champion. This has nothing to do with the amount of units you can grind in a time frame.
I didn't say I was likely to pull a 6* champion from these crystals on short time scales. Nor is this necessary for me to continue to do it, and continue to make progress in the game. More directly, this point is not relevant to the post I was replying to.
Think back to how long it took us to build up to things like Kang, Thanos, Maestro, etc. I highly doubt that people picked up the game and plowed through it. It took time to build Rosters, learn things, Rank Champs, etc. This is permanent content, and it's the highest to date. It's entirely reasonable that it's going to take some time to build up to it for some, I'd even say most, people.
I disagree. The story mission in most games speak to the natural progression of players, which has been exceeded in all of act 6. Side missions like RoL, LoL, etc are more tailored to elite players that most of us spend months/years working towards. I'm proud I've made my way through those milestones. They are trophies for my account.
But the next chapter of the story should be a gimme. A way to work on your skill (not RNG luck) to read the next "issue of the comic". Instead Act 6.1 and 6.2 are proving they are separating whales from free-to-play and mid-tier players. It's a "have" and "have not" approach to gaming. Very sad to see Kabam go that way. Several MMOs have, and always eventually to their own downfall.
SquishyjrThe_4TH Posts: 1,465 ★★★
How exactly do we work for these precious 6*s???
We barley get content that guarantees them consistently, the only way to ensure that we get them on a weekly to monthly basis is through cavalier crystals since they are available for 200 units a pop. And units are available through MONEY, the one thing kabam only cares about, or hours of arena. Yet remember that units are the only way to get revives and energy refills guaranteed with no rng
Kaspy Posts: 30 ★
Building up for those fights was SOOO different because you could work with the champs you pulled. This problem with these gates is you can’t simply work with the champs you pull so it becomes RNG dependent. Building up to fight Thanos and Maestro we’re far from that. Poor comparison on your part
Rotelly Posts: 283 ★★
For the Class specific gates, will 6* champs count towards the minimum required or only 5*
SquishyjrThe_4TH said:
By the time someone gets to the Cavalier point, they're most definitely Uncollected. There's the EQ that provides a monthly source of Shards. There are also 5* Dups that yield them, War Seasons, Offers, and yes, Cavalier Crystals. Which don't require spending actual money. There will also be more ways to acquire Shards in the future. Not an official comment, but I have a pretty good inkling. It's not going to happen overnight for some people. That's the same as anything else in the game that requires time and effort. Somehow it's a travesty if they release new content that people can't plow through on Day 1.
ezgoing Posts: 191 ★
I am utterly shocked that Kabam feels just by communicating the gates 1 month in advance, the player base will be happy and start planning for Act 6.2 in earnest.... oh right, that’s because they think that 5*/6* are more accessible to players in general, so one more month is all we need. Another shock!
Or maybe they expect players to whale out on Cav crystals in the next 4 weeks. Not so shocking but super naive and out of touch on their part.
I have played this game since practically day 1. And I still don’t have a good 5* roster yet to want to take on variants. Sure I have almost all 4* (mostly through arena grinding), but I won’t want to rank them up given the act 6 gates. But my point is, RNG is causing a huge imbalance in this game. And kabam is just exacerbating it with every stupid move of theirs. I will wait again to clear content, but I am really starting to lose interest in this farce of a game. More so in these recent few months than ever!
Kabam Miike Administrator › Posts: 4,552
Rotelly said:
In this case, it has to be a 5-Star, not 5-Star or Above.
And yet, I don't get masters rewards, don't spend in general on crystals, don't attempt to pay to win, don't play the game like a second job, and still continue to progress in this game just fine. And my luck with crystal pulls is average at best. What I am I doing that everyone else you've ever seen doesn't do?
I'm not sure how to argue against someone telling me something is impossible, that I am literally actually doing. That would seem to be absolute proof by counter-example, but it is so obvious I'm not sure how to prove something that is actually happening now is possible.
Part of the problem, I suspect, is that I don't pay to win because I'm making no attempt to "win." I don't even know what winning in this game means. I only play it, progress as best I can, and constantly try to get better as a player and stronger in my overall roster. I know getting better is the only thing you can do in this kind of game, because there's no end aside from shutdown. There's only progress, measured by your own standard of progress.
If someone is paying to win, I'm curious to know what they won that I lost. You can pay to win a war, but that's not a war I likely lost. You can pay to strengthen your roster enough to join a top alliance, but that's a reward I have no interest in obtaining. I'm only interested in building my roster, improving my skills, and tackling the content. And that is objectively easier to do now than in the past, and getting easier as time passes. That's objectively true. The fact that it isn't enough for some people doesn't make it less true, it just makes their expectations higher than the game currently wants to provide. That's true for every game: however fast the game hands out rewards, it will be too slow for some players, and too fast for others. Some will get frustrated and quit, some will get bored and quit. You can only address one group by making things worse for the other.
iFilipowicz Posts: 11
I believe he meant that under the premise that Cavalier Crystals is what you're after.
His comment/statement was pretty clear to me:
"Cavalier crystals are probably one of the best things a free to play player that grinds units can spend those units on"
iFilipowicz said:
Ok. Fair enough. I was just pointing out that the subject discussed was buying them.
I suppose the best way is subjective and depends on what someone needs. In terms of Champ acquisition, it's deifinitely the fastest option.
Fuzzygrundel said:
I have played, and frankly analyzed, a lot of MMOs. I believe the exact opposite is true here. I guess we'll just have to see. I do know this: people have been saying this for as long as I've been on the forums. I cannot say for certain you're wrong, but I can say you represent a position that has so far been historically wrong. One day the game will end: most do. Someone who harkens the end of the game will happen be right. But given how many times such people were wrong, they'd just be taking credit for a coincidence at this point.
Ultimatheory Posts: 220 ★
I actually didn’t mind the use of only 5* and 6* in 6.1. But this is a bit too far. Many were able to grind for years for a good 5* roster. However, most end game players have barely scratched 10+ 6*s in their roster due to availability. I know I’ll be fine for this Chapter most likely because of my luck with 6* pulls but RNG is way more of a factor this time due to the rarity of what is required.
It scares me a bit that that this is the requirement for only going halfway through the Act.
Kaspy said:
It was to make the point that we were once not equipped or prepared, then became so after time and effort.
With the current Meta, it's the best option at the moment to create another step up. You have to consider the plateau of Rarities. What I mean by that is, people have R5 5*s, many of which are strong, and R2 6*s. Adding a significant enough challenge has to go in line with growth because of the ceiling for Rarities. You introduce R3 6*s too soon, and the entire Meta of the game shifts. You make it into a LOL-type Quest, and it's no longer in line with Story. You have to pace all growth within some type of balance over time.
RagamugginGunner Posts: 1,747 ★★★★★
This is just a garbage argument. Spending units on crystals is the WORST use of units.
Doomsfist79 Posts: 271 ★★
RagamugginGunner said:
Maybe.. but at least this way.. you don't hoard the units
PraiseKek Posts: 179 ★
Can’t say I’m surprised, they told us that they’d be doing this when 6.1 came out. That said, I’m disappointed that they didn’t listen to the community and reconsider their decision. On the positive side, not every path is gated so that’s a good thing and I’m thankful Kabam didn’t gate all of it. It’s not a good decision to hate by rarity or amount of one class, but at least completion is possible.
Demonzfyre Posts: 5,418 ★★★★★
MattMan said:
These gates and decisions like these will be the death of this game
They said that after 12.0 so....
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Here are some facts about Bing and how it is growing as a search engine. If it continues to grow the way it has been doing, it will give serious competition to Google in the coming years.
Facts about Paid Search
The paid search industry is growing up leaps and bounds and today, it is a $34 billion industry. In fact, paid search is cinema, radio and outdoor advertising. It is estimated that by 2016, paid search will become a $61.1 billion industry. Today, two of the biggest names in paid search are Google and Bing. Google owns 79.1 percent of the paid search market, while Bing owns 20.9 percent of the market.
Why is Google Doing Better than Bing?
When you compare Google and Bing, you will realize that Google offers more services. Google is translated into 124 languages, while Bing just 40. Google has a bigger market share, with 89.4 percent users, while Bing has just 1.1 percent of total users. Google offers services like online books, photo editing, opening documents online via Google Docs and video platform via YouTube, which are not offered by Bing.
Comparing the Top Three Search Engines
The top three search engines today are Google, Yahoo and Bing. Google has the largest chunk of the market with 65.09 percent, followed by Yahoo at 15.89 percent, and then there is Bing with a market share of 13.10 percent. While Google saves substantially on the CEO compensation package compared to Yahoo and Bing, it offers higher pay packages to senior engineers. According to available statistics, while Google is the market leader in searches, Bing is growing quite fast. If this trend continues, Bing might soon offer serious competition to Google.
How Bing Performed in the First Year of Its Inception
The most searched celebrity on Bing was Michael Jackson. Users were using it to search for airlines, shopping and accessing social media networking sites. Without using brand awareness methods, Bing has managed to increase it from a measly 3 percent to a massive 65 percent. The most popular Bing home page image is a beach with a shipwreck located in Greece; and the most viewed photosynth was the devastation in Haiti.
Can Bing Overtake Google?
Google started out as BackRub in 1996 and was renamed to its current name a year later. By 2000, Google had more than a million URLs indexed in its database, surpassing all other search engines. By 2010, Google had a market share of 65.1 percent, while Bing had a market share of 11.7 percent. By 2012 Google’s market share was 66.4 percent and that of Bing was 15.3 percent. Besides their own search engines, both offer embedded searches in other websites; allow users to incorporate searches from their social networking sites; and semantic search to offer relevant results on search terms. While Google will still stay the market leader, Bing growth has been significant since it entered the search industry.
What did Canadians Search the Most on Bing in 2011?
The most searched celebrity was Kim Kardashian; and royal wedding was the most searched celebrity event. Of course the most searched story on Bing was the royal wedding followed by the devastating earthquake in Japan. Planking was the most watched viral video followed by extreme couponing.
A Comparative Study of Google and Bing
For the top SERP position, Google has a click-through rate of 18.2 percent, while Bing has a rate of 9.7 percent. For the second position, Google has a rate of 10 percent and Bing of 5.5 percent. The two search engines use different ranking factors, though some factors do overlap. It may sound strange, but more male users tend to use Google, while more female users are active on Bing.
Bing’s Prediction for Juno Awards 2012
Bing predicted that the Fan Choice Award would go to Justin Beiber; while the Best Album could be a toss between Beiber and Drake. Also, Drake is leading for the Artist of the Year award, followed by Deadmau5. And the Group of the Year award could go to Hedley, as it is in the lead, followed by Nickelback.
The Evolution of Search
Before Internet came on the scene, people used YellowPages and telephone to search. Then in 1990 the first search engine called Archie was created in Canada. The following the World Wide Web was launched and in 1994 search engines like Lycos and WebCrawler were launched. Yahoo was launched as a web directory in 1995 and Google came on the scene in 1998. And within a span of 3 years it became a dominant force. Windows Live Search was renamed Bing and launched in 2009.
Some Startling Statistics on Bing Users
Bing users spend 11 percent more time destination sites compared to average UK searchers; and when compared to Google searchers, they spend 18.5 percent more time on destination sites. The most searched celebrity in 2011 was Justin Beiber, with the royal wedding being the most searched celebrity event. The most search consumer electronic device was the Xbox 360. Bing users are 53 percent more likely to convert into sales after clicking compared to Google users.
Game Search Trends on Bing
The Dallas Cowboys were the most searched sports team followed by Arizona Cardinals. Former cheerleaders are also quite popular, with Teri Hatcher, who was a cheerleader for San Francisco 49ers being the most popular. The most searched quarter back is Brett Favre.
The Battle Between Google and Bing
While Google holds major market share in the US, Bing is second. If you compare revenue, Microsoft holds an edge over Google and has also managed to diversify beyond search. While Google has been using the same approach for the last 12 years, Microsoft has outsourced and experimented with its search engine, suffering major losses in the bargain.
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We have a great CGMC Summer Conference lined up for July 24-26 in Bemidji!
Agenda highlights include:
– Find out why Greater Minnesota needs to be a “pain in the behind”
– Learn about emerging trends and challenges in issues such as workforce development, housing, environmental clean-up and restoration, and economic development
– Explore the city of Bemidji by taking part in tours and during a city-sponsored reception, dinner and entertainment
– Discover new services, businesses and organizations at the exhibitors’ tradeshow
– Forge connections with other city leaders from across Greater Minnesota by sharing your ideas, concerns and hopes for the future
See this conference agenda and venue information for more detailed information.
REGISTER TODAY! Please register online at greatermncities.org/summer19. The deadline to register is July 17.
HOTEL INFORMATION – Please note that attendees are responsible for their own hotel reservations. The Country Inn & Suites in Bemidji has a block of rooms reserved for the CGMC at a discounted rate of $114-$139 (plus tax) per night. Call the hotel at 218-441-4800 to make a reservation. The block closes July 1.
QUESTIONS? If you have any questions about the conference, please contact Julie Liew at jlliew@flaherty-hood.com or (651) 259-1917.
Contact: Julie Liew, jlliew@flaherty-hood.com
ST. PAUL—It took years of advocacy by city leaders and a late-night special session to get there, but funding for the Local Government Aid (LGA) program is finally being restored to its 2002 high-water mark.
The tax bill passed by the Legislature in the wee hours of Saturday morning contains a $26 million increase in LGA for 2020, followed by an additional $4 million boost in 2021, bringing total funding for the program to $564 million. The bill is now headed to Gov. Walz’s desk. He is expected to sign it, along with other key budget bills, on Tuesday.
“Our No. 1 priority for this year was to get LGA funding back up to the 2002 level,” said Ron Johnson, who serves as president of the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities (CGMC) and is a member of the Bemidji City Council. “I’m ecstatic that the Legislature and Governor were able to work together to make that goal a reality. Cities all across the state, and especially in Greater Minnesota, are going to benefit from this important investment.”
This increase has been a long time coming for the nearly 90% of cities in Minnesota who rely on LGA to help pay for city services (such as public safety, street maintenance, parks and libraries) and restrain property taxes. While LGA has received occasional boosts in funding in recent years, cities have still been playing catch-up since drastic cuts to the program in the mid-2000s.
“As city officials, we work hard to keep our city budgets and property tax levies in check, but it is difficult when costs for everything from employee health insurance premiums to construction materials continue to rise,” Johnson said.
“A great thing about LGA is that it gives cities the flexibility to make investments wherever they are most needed,” he added. “With this bump in funding, some cities will be able to hire an additional firefighter or replace a beaten up old snowplow, while others might use the extra LGA to hold down their levies.”
Bradley Peterson, executive director of the CGMC, credited tenacious city leaders, Gov. Walz, House Tax Chair Rep. Paul Marquart (DFL-Dilworth) and other state lawmakers for their hard work in getting the LGA increase through the Legislature this year.
“Successes like this have many parents,” Peterson said, noting that LGA is a prime example of an issue where the divided state government was able to reach a compromise for the good of the state.
In addition to LGA, there were other bright spots for Greater Minnesota in the special session.
The Legislature approved funding to help address the child care shortage in Greater Minnesota, including $750,000 to be divided between the six Minnesota Initiative Foundations for child care provider training and business assistance and an additional $750,000 for child care grants, of which at least 60% must go to Greater Minnesota. It also passed $40 million for rural broadband, $18 million for clean water infrastructure grants, $3.5 million for the Greater Minnesota Business Development Public Infrastructure Grant Program and $1.35 million for the Greater Minnesota Job Training Incentive Program.
However, there were some major disappointments in the session as well.
After legislative leaders were unable to agree on adopting any new revenues for transportation, the Legislature passed a pared down transportation bill that included no funding for small-city streets and no additional funding for the Municipal Street Aid or Corridors of Commerce programs.
And perhaps the biggest disappointment of the session was the failure to pass a bonding bill. Johnson said city leaders were counting on a bonding bill to help pay for critical infrastructure needs such as repairs to wastewater treatment plants and other city facilities, road improvements and new or expanded child care facilities.
“In some ways this was a bittersweet legislative session for Greater Minnesota overall,” Johnson said. “We are pleased with the LGA increase, but the lack of a bonding bill or comprehensive transportation bill means many important projects will have to be pushed aside for at least another year.”
The Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities is a nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy organization representing 97 cities outside of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. The Coalition educates legislators about issues important to Greater Minnesota. Visit the CGMC online at greatermncities.org and follow us on Twitter @greatermncities.
The Legislature is back in session! Governor Walz called a special session for 10 a.m. Friday with the goal of passing the state budget. While the Governor and legislative leaders have expressed preference for a one-day special session, it remains unclear whether it will stretch into the weekend. Throughout the week committee chairs, legislative leaders and nonpartisan legislative staff were hard at work hammering out the final details on the big-ticket budget bills. By Thursday evening most of the conference committees had completed negotiations and released proposed bills that will be voted on by the full House and Senate during the special session.
Here is where things currently stand on the CGMC’s top issues:
Local Government Aid – The proposed tax bill includes a $26 million increase in LGA for 2020, and an additional $4 million increase the following year, restoring LGA to its 2002 level starting in 2021.This document from MN House Research shows how much LGA each city would receive in 2020 under the bill. In addition, the bill includes a provision that says that no city will receive less LGA in 2020 than they received in 2019.
Clean water infrastructure – We are waiting to see if our request for $67 million for clean water grant and loan programs will be included in the bonding bill. However, the proposed Legacy bill includes $18 million for the Point Source Implementation Grant Program, which helps cities pay for water infrastructure projects.
City streets – The proposed transportation bill includes no funding for small-city streets (cities under 5,000 in population) and no additional funding for the Municipal Street Aid program for cities over 5,000 in population.
Corridors of Commerce – The transportation bill does not include any additional funding for Corridors of Commerce, but it keeps the $25 million/year ongoing appropriation for the program which had been potentially on the chopping block.
Child care grants – The proposed omnibus jobs bill includes $750,000 to be distributed between the six Minnesota Initiative Foundations (MIFs) for child care provider training and business development assistance. The bill also includes $750,000 for the Department of Employment and Economic Development child care grant program, of which at least 60 percent must go to Greater Minnesota.
Child care facilities grants – This issue remains up in the air as the Legislature attempts to craft a bonding bill.
Greater Minnesota Business Development Infrastructure Grant Program (BDPI) – The BDPI program is typically funded mostly through the bonding bill, so we are still waiting to see if it will be included. However, the proposed jobs bill includes $3.574 million ($1.787 million per year for two years) for the program.
Job training – The jobs bill includes $1.35 million for the Greater Minnesota Job Training Incentive Program.
Broadband – The agriculture & housing finance bill includes $40 million for the Border-to-Border Broadband Development Grant Program.
Once the special session has concluded, we will provide more in-depth analysis on how Greater Minnesota priorities fared at the Legislature this year.
After blowing past their own self-imposed deadlines, Governor Walz and legislative leaders House Speaker Melissa Hortman and Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka finally reached an agreement on the state budget Sunday evening. See their signed agreement.
Although Monday was the final day of the regular session — per the State Constitution — a special session will be required for the Legislature to complete its work and pass bills. Governor Walz and legislative leaders have indicated preference for a one-day special session to be held this Thursday, but the exact timing and duration of the special session are still up in the air.
As all three stated during their joint press conference Sunday evening, the agreement reflects a compromise on all sides with no clear “winner.” The two major sticking points in negotiations were the gas tax (Governor and House wanted a 20 cent increase; Senate wanted no increase) and health care provider tax (Governor and House wanted to extend the 2% provider tax set to sunset this year; Senate wanted to eliminate it). Ultimately, the final agreement included no gas tax increase and a 1.8% provider tax with no sunset.
While there is an agreement on the broad budget numbers, the various conference committees were tasked with hammering out the details by 5 p.m. Monday. Reportedly most of them failed to meet that deadline. There is talk that now the bills will be pulled out of conference committee and the final details will be decided between Governor Walz, legislative leaders and the respective committee chairs.
What does it all mean for Local Government Aid (LGA)?
The prospects for an LGA increase — which, if there is one, will be included in the tax bill — are still up in the air.
The tax bill agreement includes only three specific items: a reduction in the second-tier individual income tax rate from 7.2 percent to 6.8 percent, $20 million for the Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund and a $50 million reduction in the state general levy, which is a statewide property tax that primarily applies to commercial-industrial property. All other issues were left up the conference committee to decide.
The tax bill was given a $0 target, which means that any increase in tax revenues must be matched by an equivalent reduction in revenues or increase in tax aids and credits (e.g. LGA). Federal conformity, Minnesota’s response to the 2017 federal tax overhaul, will play a significant role in shaping what a final tax bill looks like as the plans put forth by Governor Walz, the House DFL and the Senate GOP all generate additional revenue that could be used to pay for other priorities within the tax bill, such as increases to LGA or an expansion of the Working Family Credit.
After the budget agreement was announced Sunday night, we quickly sent out a news release from CGMC President Ron Johnson reiterating that Greater Minnesota communities are counting on the Legislature to pass a $30.5 million LGA increase this year. The CGMC also sent a letter from Ron to all Greater Minnesota legislators arguing that an LGA increase is necessary to provide balance to the tax bill, because 73 percent of the property tax relief provided by cutting the state general levy will go to property located in the metro.
What about a bonding bill?
Governor Walz and the legislative leaders have agreed to a $500 million bonding bill, which includes $440 million in general obligation bonds and $60 million in housing infrastructure bonds. However, the details of what will actually be included in said bonding bill have yet to be determined. From the CGMC perspective, we are hopeful for dollars for clean water infrastructure (PFA $$$), the Greater Minnesota Business Development Infrastructure grant program and child care facilities grants. Several of our member cities also have important projects vying for funding.
It is important to note that unlike other bills, the bonding bill requires a supermajority to pass. That means that it will not pass in either the House or Senate unless some legislators in both chambers vote across party lines. In comments made to reporters following announcement of the budget deal, House Minority Leader Kurt Daudt threw some cold water on the idea of any House Republicans voting for a bonding bill. However, it is quite possible that some House Republicans may choose to break from their party in order to get funding for important projects in their districts.
And CGMC’s child care proposals?
At this point there is no news to report on our two child care priorities: funding for the Minnesota Initiative Foundations (MIFs) for provider training & business assistance and bonding money to build or expand child care facilities. The MIFs proposal is still being considered as part of the omnibus jobs bill, and child care facilities grants are part of the ongoing bonding bill discussions.
Any hope for transportation?
The gas tax was one of Governor Walz’s highest profile proposals this session. He talked about the need for new transportation revenues on the campaign trail and reiterated that commitment the day after his election as governor. This session’s House transportation bill was particularly promising for CGMC priorities. It included new funding for Corridors of Commerce, significant new funding for MSA cities, and a permanent, dedicated funding stream for small cities. When the final budget deal was reached, however, all of those priorities ended up on the cutting room floor.
For cities with populations greater than 5,000, the status quo will hold. With no additional funding coming into the transportation formula, larger cities will not see increases through the municipal state aid formula.
For small cities, the jury is still out, but the path forward is difficult. Without significant new funding for transportation and a relatively small general fund target for transportation, it is difficult to see how the House and Senate come up with a compromise plan that isn’t an abject failure for small-city street funding.
Further, without new funding in the transportation system, significant investments in Corridors of Commerce may not be possible this session. Since it appears that a comprehensive transportation package is now off the table for this year, the CGMC will shift in its focus in the upcoming special session to maintaining the $25 million/year base appropriation for Corridors of Commerce, which the Senate has proposed eliminating. While the Corridors of Commerce program is not perfect and could use some tweaks in the way it scores projects for funding consideration, it remains one of the few mechanisms for funding critical highway projects in Greater Minnesota.
How will the special session play out?
The legislative leaders have hinted at holding a one-day special session on Thursday. Accomplishing that in one day would require suspending the normal procedural rules in each chamber which require action on a bill take place over multiple days. A vote to suspend the rules requires a three-fifths majority, which would require six GOP votes in the House. The House GOP caucus has threatened to vote against such a motion. Failure to suspend the rules means a special session could take several days to finish.
It’s important to note that while there is a global agreement between the Governor, Speaker Hortman and Sen. Gazelka, there are still 199 other legislators to consider — some of whom may not be happy with the terms that were agreed upon or the “cone of silence” that surrounded the negotiations. So while there are just hours until today’s midnight deadline for the regular legislative session, the Legislature’s work remains far from over.
As the special session plays out, CGMC staff will be busy following all the action at the Capitol and continuing to advocate for Greater Minnesota priorities.
If you have any questions, please contact CGMC Executive Director Bradley Peterson at bmpeterson@flaherty-hood.com or 651-225-8840.
Below is a statement from CGMC President and Bemidji City Council Member Ron Johnson on the state budget agreement:
“I’m pleased to see that the Governor and legislative leaders have come to a bipartisan agreement on the state budget. As lawmakers continue to hammer out the details, I want to reiterate that there needs to be a $30.5 million increase in Local Government Aid in order for this session to be considered a success for Greater Minnesota. This has been our No. 1 priority since the first day of the session and we will continue to lean on our legislators to make it a reality.
“Gov. Walz campaigned on increasing Local Government Aid and leaders in the House have been vocal in their support for boosting the program. As we move into a special session, it is vital that they continue to fight for communities throughout the state and pass a $30.5 million LGA increase this year.”
Negotiations at the Capitol may be going at a snail’s pace (see next article for an update). In fact, with just days remaining in the legislative session, it is more important than ever that city officials speak up on key CGMC legislative issues like Local Government Aid (LGA), child care, clean water infrastructure and transportation.
Earlier this week, we issued an Action Alert in which we encouraged all CGMC members to contact Governor Tim Walz, Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka (R-Nisswa), House Speaker Melissa Hortman (DFL-Brooklyn Park) and your own legislators and urge them pass a $30.5 million LGA increase this year. This remains the CGMC’s top legislative priority. While the CGMC lobbying team has been persistent in advocating for an LGA increase, it is vital that lawmakers continue to hear from you about the importance of LGA and its impact on the strength and vitality of your city.
Also earlier this week, our economic development-focused sister organization the Greater Minnesota Partnership (GMNP) issued its own Action Alert regarding the need to pass legislation to help address the child care shortage. Specifically, the CGMC and GMNP are advocating for two legislative initiatives that aim to increase child care capacity in Greater Minnesota: we are seeking $10 million in bonding for grants to help build or expand child care facilities and $2 million to be divided between the six Minnesota Initiative Foundations for child care business assistance and provider training.
If you have not yet responded to these Action Alerts, please do so ASAP. Session ends May 20, so there is no time to waste.
Registration is now open for the 2019 CGMC Summer Conference, which will be held July 24-26 at the Sanford Center in Bemidji!
During the conference you will:
Learn about emerging trends and challenges facing Greater Minnesota communities
Find out how the results of the 2019 legislative session could impact your community — and what legislative issues are on the horizon for 2020 and beyond
Watch in-depth presentations and participate in discussions on critical issues such as workforce development, housing, environmental clean-up and restoration, and economic development
Explore the city of Bemidji by taking part in tours and during a city-sponsored reception, dinner and entertainment
Learn about new services, businesses and organizations at the exhibitors’ tradeshow
Forge connections with other city leaders from across Greater Minnesota by sharing your ideas, concerns and hopes for the future
See this CONFERENCE AGENDA & VENUE INFORMATION for more detailed information about the 2019 conference.
The Country Inn & Suites in Bemidji has a block of rooms reserved for CGMC Summer Conference attendees at a discounted rate of $114-$139 (plus tax) per night, depending on room type. Call the hotel at 218-441-4800 to make a reservation. The block closes June 24. Please note that attendees are responsible for their own hotel reservations.
If you have any questions about the conference, please contact Julie Liew at jlliew@flaherty-hood.com or (651) 259-1917
It’s crunch time! With only one week left in the legislative session, Governor Walz and legislative leaders are in the thick of negotiations to determine the next two-year state budget and find common ground on other critical issues. Among the many issues still in limbo is the CGMC’s top priority: a $30.5 million increase in Local Government Aid (LGA).
The House and Governor both included the $30.5 million boost in their budget proposals, but there is no LGA increase in the Senate’s plan. To see how your city would fare under the House and Senate plans, click here.
With the clock winding down, it is more important than ever that city leaders speak up about the importance of LGA and the need for an increase this year.
Contact Governor Walz, House Speaker Melissa Hortman, Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka and your legislators TODAY and urge them to agree to a $30.5 million LGA increase this session.
Tell them that:
You and your community are counting on the Senate, House and Governor to work together to pass a $30.5 million LGA increase this session to finally restore the program to its 2002 level.
Any meaningful tax bill must include an increase in LGA—the most effective tool the state has for building strong communities in Greater Minnesota.
Tell your story of the impact LGA has on your community! Share examples of how your city uses its LGA and how your city might utilize an increase.
Contact Governor Walz using this email form or at 800-657-3717
Contact Speaker Melissa Hortman at melissa.hortman@house.mn or 651-296-4280
Contact Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka using this email form or at 651-296-4875.
Find contact information for your representative and senator by visiting Who Represents Me?
If you have any questions about LGA or the legislative session, please contact Bradley Peterson at bmpeterson@flaherty-hood.com or 651-259-1911.
Thank you to all of the CGMC members who joined us Wednesday for our “final push” lobby day and ice cream social. Legislators can be especially busy and elusive this time of year, but our members did a great job of maximizing their time with them and advocating for top CGMC priorities including Local Government Aid, child care, water infrastructure and other bonding priorities, and transportation needs. This CGMC end-of-session priorities handout helped guide their lobbying efforts.
In the afternoon, the CGMC sponsored an ice cream social at the State Capitol — featuring ice cream from Marshall-based Schwan’s — that was well-attended by legislators and legislative staff. It was a successful event that helped bring Greater Minnesota issues to the forefront at this critical time in the legislative session.
Visit our CGMC Facebook page to see more photos from the ice cream social.
With just less than three weeks left in the legislative session, it is vital that we work together to keep legislators focused on Greater Minnesota priorities such as Local Government Aid (LGA), child care, clean water infrastructure and transportation. To help advocate for these and other issues, we encourage all Greater Minnesota city leaders to join us for an End-of-Session Lobby Day & Ice Cream Social on Wednesday, May 8.
The event is FREE to attend, but please RSVP by sending an email to Meghan at RSVP@flaherty-hood.com (include your name, city and position/title).
We hope to get as many city officials to attend as possible! Share this Lobby Day Flyer and encourage other city officials and staff to join us.
Parking Info – Attendees may park for free in the lot located at 525 Park Street in St. Paul, just a block from the Capitol. However, a parking permit is required. Please print this parking permit in color, write in the event date (May 8) and place it on your dashboard.
If you have any questions, please contact Julie Liew at jlliew@flaherty-hood.com.
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