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Booksmith to expand
Arts & Entertainment // Books
John McMurtrie Oct. 21, 2016 Updated: Oct. 22, 2016 12:06 a.m.
1of2The Booksmith will expand into Second Act Marketplace’s space Nov. 1.Photo: Michael Short, Special To The Chronicle
2of2Praveen Madan and Christin Evans, owners of the Booksmith.Photo: Liz Hafalia, The Chronicle
The Booksmith, the beloved Haight district bookstore, is getting bigger.
The independent bookseller announced that on Nov. 1, it will expand into a nearby space, at 1727 Haight St., that was occupied by Second Act Marketplace, which closed in August. The new shop, totaling 2,400 square feet, will be called the Bindery.
Second Act Marketplace opened in 2014 in the former Red Vic Movie House.
“The new store will enable us to do a couple of things,” said Christin Evans, who owns the Booksmith with her husband, Praveen Madan. “In addition to allowing us to expand our offerings, we’re ultimately going to be able to have a dedicated community events space, which is something that the Haight can always use more of.”
The Bindery will operate this fall, in its owners’ words, as a “winter literary wonderland.” Camden Avery, the Booksmith’s lead buyer, said the store will feature a mix of children’s books, cookbooks, design and gardening books, and literary best-sellers.
“Once we complete the build-out after the year’s end,” he said, “we’ll increase the offerings strategically to round out sections that seem to work well in the space, probably with expanded offerings of culinary and children’s titles.”
The news of the expansion comes three weeks after the Booksmith was named by the city of San Francisco as a legacy business. The Legacy Business Registry & Preservation Fund gives landlords financial incentives to extend the leases of older, designated businesses.
Evans and Madan have owned the Booksmith, opened in 1976, since 2007. They also own Menlo Park’s historic Kepler’s Books, which they’ve rejuvenated as a hybrid business and nonprofit event space.
John McMurtrie is The San Francisco Chronicle’s book editor. Email: jmcmurtrie@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @McMurtrieSF
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SF district attorney to wipe out 9,000-plus pot cases going back to 1975
Local // Crime
Evan Sernoffsky Feb. 25, 2019 Updated: Feb. 25, 2019 5:04 p.m.
SF district attorney to wipe out 9,000-plus pot cases...
1of4District Attorney George Gascon in San Francisco on May 9, 2016.Photo: Gabrielle Lurie / Special to The Chronicle
2of4Symonne Singleton (seated left), Zak Auerbach and Laura Kogler are members of the Code for America technical team.Photo: Photos by Liz Hafalia / The Chronicle
3of4San Francisco district attorney George Gascon in February 2019, announcing that his office was automatically clearing every marijuana-related conviction eligible for resentencing or expungement under Proposition 64. Gascon has proposed a sentencing review unit to revisit past excessive sentences.Photo: Liz Hafalia, The Chronicle
4of4San Francisco district attorney George Gascon (left) and founder Jennifer Pahlka (right) of Code for America announce her group identified every marijuana-related conviction that is eligible for resentencing or expungement under proposition 64 on Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, in San Francisco, Calif. The district attorney's office has automatically cleared 8,132 marijuana-related convictions. An additional 1230 marijuana-related convictions the district attorney's office already expunged brings the total number to 9362.Photo: Liz Hafalia / The Chronicle
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón announced Monday that his office will wipe out more than 9,000 marijuana-related convictions in an unprecedented step following California’s cannabis legalization more than two years ago.
Gascón last year teamed up with Code for America — a nonprofit focused on using open-source technology to improve government — to find every marijuana case eligible for expungement or resentencing under Proposition 64. San Francisco will be the first city in the country to clear all eligible pot convictions.
On Monday, the district attorney’s office said it has identified 9,362 eligible cases dating back to 1975. Gascón will present the cases to a judge in the coming weeks for expungement.
Numerous studies show that marijuana convictions disproportionately affect the poor and people of color, and can limit access to federal housing and loans. A 2013 study by the American Civil Liberties Union found that African Americans in San Francisco were more than four times as likely to be arrested for marijuana possession as white people.
Before Gascón announced plans to wipe out eligible marijuana cases, only 23 people had come forward to petition to have their cases reclassified or expunged. People with prior convictions needed to hire an attorney, and the process was complicated and time-consuming, Gascón said.
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“It’s incumbent that we, as law enforcement leaders, continue to evolve how we advance fairness and public safety in our respective communities,” Gascón said. “I hope that our success with Code for America can act as a catalyst for other leaders looking to engage in similar innovative and out-of-the-box methods to reform and rethink what our criminal justice system looks like.”
Gascón announced the partnership with Code for America in May, when he said he expected to have all cases identified in about a year. On Monday, he said the work came in ahead of schedule and under budget.
Prop. 64, which voters passed in November 2016, legalized recreational marijuana in California for adults 21 and older, and it allows convictions to be expunged.
Code for America used its “Clear My Record” technology — a computer-based algorithm — to parse cases and determine which were eligible under Prop. 64.
“Contact with the criminal justice system should not be a life sentence, so we’ve been working to reimagine the record-clearance process,” said Jennifer Pahlka, Code for America’s founder and executive director. “This new approach, which is both innovative and common sense, changes the scale and speed of justice.”
San Francisco was the first jurisdiction in the country to announce it would clear old marijuana convictions, prompting other district attorneys across the state and country to begin similar work.
Gascón said he also wants to use Code for America’s technology to identify other types of cases that may be eligible for expungement.
Thousands of cases under recent criminal justice reforms like Proposition 47, which reduced many drug crimes and theft cases from felonies to misdemeanors, are eligible for reclassification or expungement. Much as with marijuana conviction, though, few people come forward to have their cases changed.
“What we have shown with marijuana is that this can be done en masse,” Gascón said. “You can just go through the criminal records of thousands of people and provide the relief that they qualify for without having to have a lot of human resources invested in it.”
Evan Sernoffsky is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: esernoffsky@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @EvanSernoffsky
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Evan Sernoffsky is a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle specializing in criminal justice, crime and breaking news. He’s covered some of the biggest Bay Area news stories in recent memory, including wildfires, mass shootings and criminal justice reform efforts in San Francisco. He has given a voice to victims in some of the region’s biggest tragedies, carefully putting himself in challenging situations to make sure their stories are told. He works out of San Francisco’s Hall of Justice where he keeps watch on the city’s courts and hits the streets to expose the darker side of a city undergoing rapid change. He moved to the Bay Area from Oregon where he grew up and worked as a journalist for several years.
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SHANNON HINSON-WITZ
Congo: People and Scenes
Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Virunga National Park is one of the most biologically diverse protected areas on the planet. It is also a geologic wonder and contains two of the world’s most active volcanoes. Sadly, much of its history has been plagued by violence however there are signs of hope. This is thanks to all the men and woman of the park who bravely risk their lives every day protecting it and its inhabitants and all of those who have donated or visited. The pictures here aim to give an idea of the park's beauty and those who depend on the parks revenue to survive.
UPDATE: Sadly the park was forced to close their doors due to the deteriorating security situation. Hopefully they will reopen after the election but until then they could use your support. If you care to help Andre, the orphans and the rest of the brave men and women of the park here’s the link to the Park - https://virunga.org/donate/.
Andre with a 10 y/o female orphaned gorilla
Andre and the orphans of the Senkwekwe Center
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The view of the rangers center at Bukima
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Havila Subsea IMR Vessel
Supply Vessel
Havila Chartering
Havila Shipping
Havard Leirvik
Cemre Shipyard
Main Engines
6 x Caterpillar 3516 C
Main Generators
Six SES generators
Emergency Engine
1 x Caterpillar C9
2 x Ulstein Aquamaster AZ
Length Between Perpendiculars
Breadth Moulded
Maximum Draught
Havila Subsea is a supply vessel built to perform inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) works in the North Sea and other parts of world.
The vessel was built by Havyard Leirvik shipyard, owned by Havyard Group, in Turkey.
The vessel has been chartered to Subsea 7, a subsea engineering and construction company.
Havila Subsea is of Havyard 855 design, developed by Havyard Design, the ship design and engineering division of Havyard Group.
Havila Subsea is a supply vessel built to perform inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) works in the North Sea and other parts of world. She was delivered in June 2011 and flies the Norwegian flag.
The vessel was built by Havyard Leirvik shipyard, owned by Havyard Group, in Turkey. Havila Chartering is the owner and Havila Shipping is the operator of the vessel.
The long-term contract, which commenced in May 2011, will last until 1 January 2013. The contract has an option for further extension.
Design and dimensions of Havila Subsea
Havila Subsea is of Havyard 855 design, which was developed by Havyard Design, the ship design and engineering division of Havyard Group. The Havyard 855 ships are designed to carry out IMR and other remote operations (ROV) on a worldwide basis. The vessel is equipped with catalysts to reduce harmful gas emissions.
“Havila Subsea is of Havyard 855 design.”
The vessel has a gross tonnage of 8,552t and net tonnage of 2,565t. The deadweight is 4,592t. Overall length of the vessel is 98m and length between perpendiculars is 84m. The moulded breadth and maximum draught are 19.80m and 8m respectively.
The vessel also has a 7,200mm x 7,200mm moon pool. A helicopter deck is located in the forward part of the ship. It can support the operations of a single Sikorsky S-92 / Super Puma helicopter.
Construction timeline
The contract for the construction of the vessel was signed in February 2008. The contract value, including owner furnished equipment (OFE), was NKr700 million (approximately $131m).
The keel for the vessel was laid in December 2008 and the launch ceremony was held in June 2010. The naming ceremony was held on 17 June 2011 in Stavanger, Norway.
The hull was built by Cemre Shipyard in Turkey and the vessel was outfitted by Havyard shipyard in Leirvik, Norway.
Cargo capacity of the Norwegian ship
The vessel features a 600m² deck with strength of 10t/m². The deck can hold 1,000 million tons (mt) of cargo. The vessel can store 1,122m³ of fuel oil, 1,000m³ of pot water and 3,000m³ of water ballast.
Accommodation and facilities onboard the vessel
A total of 78 people can be accommodated onboard. The cabin combinations include 22 one-man cabins and 28 two-man cabins. Six offices and one hospital are available. Other facilities include two conference rooms, one sky lobby, one offline room, one online room and one heli-reception centre.
The ship is equipped with a satellite TV. A TV / Radio is present in all lounges and cabins. A gymnasium with equipment is available.
Propulsion and power of the Havila Subsea
Havila Subsea is powered by a diesel electric propulsion system.
The power plant is comprised of six Caterpillar 3516 C main engines of 2,150kW capacity each and six SES main generators of 2,100kW each. A Caterpillar C9 emergency generator of 232kW capacity is also provided.
Propulsion is provided by two Ulstein Aquamaster AZP 120 C controllable pitch propellers (CPP), each of 3,500kW capacity.
The vessel is fitted with five side thrusters, two of which are Ulstein Aquamaster tunnel thrusters fitted aft. The third one, Kamewa Ulstein tunnel thruster, is fitted fore. The two retractable thrusters, fitted aft, are of Ulstein Aquamaster Azimuth Thruster UL 2001 make.
Most of the deck equipments were supplied by ODIM (now part of Rolls-Royce). The ship is equipped with a windlass, four capstans, four mooring winches, two deck cranes and two tugger winches. A Subsea Knuckle Jib Crane of 150t safe working load (SWL) is also available. Two launch and recovery systems (LARS) are available for ROV handling.
Life saving equipment
Safety equipment is provided in accordance with Norwegian Maritime Directorate (NMD) / Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) standards. There are six life rafts, each accommodating 32 people. The Alusafe 770 rescue boat can accommodate ten people. Survival suites are available for 78 people.
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Forests crucial for limiting climate change to 1.5 degrees
Trying to tackle climate change by replacing forests with crops for bioenergy power stations that capture carbon dioxide (CO2) could instead increase the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, scientists say.
Biomass Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) power stations are designed to produce energy and store the resulting carbon dioxide (CO2) in bedrock deep underground.
But a study led by the University of Exeter suggests that converting large land areas to growing crops as biomass for BECCS would release so much CO2 that protecting and regenerating forests is a better option in many places. “The vast majority of current IPCC scenarios for how we can limit global warming to less than 2°C include BECCS,” said lead author Dr Anna Harper, from the University of Exeter. “But the land required to grow biomass in these scenarios would be twice the size of India”. This motivated the research team to look at the wider consequences of such a radical change in global land use.
The researchers used a cutting-edge computer model of global vegetation and soil and presented it with scenarios of land-use change consistent with stabilising the climate at less than 1.5oC and 2oC of global warming. The results warn that using BECCS on such a large scale could lead to a net increase of carbon in the atmosphere, especially where the crops are assumed to replace existing forests. Co-author Dr Tom Powell, from the University of Exeter, explained: “In some places BECCS will be effective, but we’ve found that in many places protecting or regenerating forests is much more sensible.”
How well BECCS works depends on factors such as the choice of biomass, the fate of initial above-ground biomass and the fossil-fuel emissions offset in the energy system – so future improvements could make it a better option. Professor Chris Huntingford, of the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, said: “Our paper illustrates that the manipulation of land can help offset carbon dioxide emissions, but only if applied for certain quite specific locations.”
Dr Harper concluded: “To meet the climate change targets from the Paris agreement, we need to both drastically reduce emissions and employ a mix of technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. There is no single get-out-of-jail-free card.” The team involved in the new study included researchers from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and the Met Office.
Drawing together expertise to create solutions to the global changes that humans are now causing is a key focus of the University of Exeter’s new Global Systems Institute. The paper, published in the journal Nature Communications, is entitled: “Land-use emissions play a critical role in land-based mitigation for Paris climate targets.”
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South Lanarkshire Conservatives
Your Scottish Conservative and Unionist Association
NO Second Referendum!
David Mundell is the Member of Parliament for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, after winning re-election in the May 2015 General Election."It has been a very busy time since I was re-elected in May last year in the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency."It is a privilege to serve this constituency which is one of the largest in the whole of the House of Commons which brings with a whole host of challenges for rural communities.
Alexandra Herdman
Alexandra Herdman is the Chairman of the South Lanarkshire Conservative and Unionist Association.
Councillor Alex Allison
Cllr Alex Allison is the leader of the Conservative Group on South Lanarkshire Council. He represents Clydesdale East. Alex is a farmer and a former chairman of the South Lanarkshire Conservative and Unionist Association
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Margaret Mitchell is the Scottish Conservative MSP for Central Scotland and was ranked to top the Central Scotland list again for the May 2016 elections.Margaret Mitchell MSP was educated at Coatbridge High and taught for many years in primary and special education in Lanarkshire before leaving the teaching profession to study law. Margaret later graduated from Strathclyde University with an LLB and Diploma in Law and Legal Practice.
Councillor Ann Le Blond
Cllr Ann Le Blond is the depute leader of the Conservative Group on South Lanarkshire Council. She represents Cambuslang West.
Councillor Richard Nelson
Cllr Richard Nelson is the business manager (whip) of the Conservative Group of South Lanarkshire Council. He represents Larkhall. Richard works for the NHS and has 20 years' experience in health and care.
Councillor Mark McGeever
Cllr Mark McGeever is the media manager of the Conservative Group of South Lanarkshire Council. He represents Hamilton West and Earnock. Mark previously worked as a local government and emergency service public relations officer after a stint as a local journalist.
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Lofgren, Nils: Blue With Lou
His first solo venture for some eight years, Blue With Lou finds Nils Lofgren - a man arguably better known as a rock solid presence in the E Street Band and with Neil Young - looking back, while undoubtedly still fixed on the here and now. The album title explains much of what is going on, with six tracks taken from 70s sessions that found Lofgren and Lou Reed creating new music - some of which Lofgren would go onto release and some of which found its way into the Reed catalogue. Five of the six presented here are new, while “City Lights” is a reworking of a song that Reed released many moons ago. We also pay respect to Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers with “Dear Heartbreaker”, a song that came to Lofgren through natural inspiration after realising he would never see the band ever again, rather than an intended tribute. Either way it’s a wonderful languid slide of a track that ends up nodding to all those who spend their time helping, loving and improving others and their circumstances. Whereas “Remember You” shows the love that Lofgren and his wife Amy have for their dogs, with their first canine companion, the much missed Groucho the subject here.
However, if Lofgren is reminiscing about lost friends, he’s also shining a light on humanity, as he turns the focus onto the plight of women who in many places in the world are still viewed as second class citizens and examines the ever further shift of power in the world to the deeply misguided super rich. The planet’s predicament is given equal prominence and plays into the key message that we’re losing site of who we are, where we are and what we should really want.
Three of the Reed co-writes open the account, “Attitude City” a grimy sing along that immediately draws you in while also instantly highlighting the importance of Cindy Mizele, who adds vocals to eight of the twelve pieces in play. The gently rolling beat of “Give” finds Lofgren caressing the frets as his cohorts of many moons, Andy Newmark (drums) and Kevin McCormick (bass), lay down the kind of rhythmical backing that is both instantly urgent and laid back and when the track pushes on, the groove is utterly irresistible. “Talk Thru The Tears” shows a much more tender side, sitting somewhere between the world of Billy Joel and Chris Rea as its picture is brush stroked into life. With the title track picking up steam like a miles long locomotive slowly powering its load to its destination, it’s Newmark and McCormick who again prove the understated stars, while it’s the sharp, incisive guitar pinch in “Don’t Let Your Guard Down” and proud bluesy strut at the heart of “Cut Him Up” that illustrate the gentle eclecticism on show.
With the confidence that 50 years on the road will provide and the well-placed belief that he still has a lot to say, Nils Lofgren continues to stride purposefully forward. That he’s also acknowledging some of the many things that have helped him to where he is now brings a poignancy and authenticity to Blue With Lou that you simply can’t fake and the brew it thrusts in your hands is intoxicating.
1. Attitude City
2. Give
3. Talk Thru The Tears
4. Pretty Soon
5. Rock Or Not
6. City Lights
7. Blue With Lou
8. Don’t Let Your Guard Down
9. Too Blue To Play
10. Cut Him Up
11. Dear Heartbreaker
12. Remember You
Reviewer: Steven Reid
Related Link: Blue With Lou @ Wienerworld
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It’s happy hour all day, every day for locals at new Winter Park taproom
News | February 26, 2018
Sawyer D'Argonne
sdargonne@skyhinews.com
Winter Park Resort filed a suit to evict the Crazy Mountain Brewing Company from it's village on April 25, alleging more than $31,000 in unpaid rent and fees.
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Winter Park Resort just got a little “crazier.”
The Crazy Mountain Brewing Company opened up its Winter Park Saloon in the resort’s village earlier this month, enticing visitors with a new selection of craft beer.
The taproom, located at 120 Parry Peak Way next to the Back Bowl Soup Company and James and Parry’s, features 12 taps with year-round and seasonal beers brewed in Denver, as well as a “local stash” of beers created weekly using unique ingredients.
“We have the local stash series, which is unique beers produced continuously and we release a new one every single week,” said Greg Neale, director of marketing for Crazy Mountain. “Those are usually things with unique and rare ingredients, high alcohol, and barrel aged beers. It’s a fun playground for our brewing team and for everyone to come up with fun ideas.”
Neale said the response in the two weeks since opening has been overwhelmingly positive, in part because of the emphasis to draw locals and resort employees through the doors.
Anyone who works for the resort, in the village, or anyone with a driver’s license sporting a local address will receive happy hour pricing all day, every day. Neale said most of the beers go for $6 a pint, with higher gravity and alcohol brews going for $7 to $8 in a 10-ounce goblet. Happy hour prices knock off $2.
“We haven’t had any taprooms in this kind of area before,” said Neale. “And so we really wanted to make a point to be welcoming to the employees and the locals up here…we love and appreciate all of our tourism in Colorado, but it’s nice for locals and the people who work behind the scenes to have a place to hang out.”
Crazy Mountain teamed up with its next-door neighbor, the Back Bowl Soup Co., which will deliver to the taproom from a limited menu. Best known for their soups and chili, Back Bowl will also have menu items featuring Seigi’s Sausage from Oklahoma, made using Crazy Mountain Beer.
“You can sit there and drink a Crazy Mountain Amber Ale, and have a bratwurst from Back Bowl that’s made with the amber ale as well,” said Neale.
Unique to Crazy Mountain is the strange mythology that accompanies its beers, and the posters that adorn the walls of the taproom. A tribrid mythological creature, composed of animals native to Colorado, represents each beer. The flag bearer of the group, Sheamus, an owl, mule deer and bobcat hybrid, monitors the quality of Colorado rivers.
“Each creature has its own little role, own backstory and personality,” explained Neale. “Each one is framed and on display up on the walls. We just wanted to bring some color and personality in the taproom.”
The opening of Crazy Mountain also represents the first time in the history of the resort that the Winter Park Village is completely full.
“We’re incredibly excited to have Crazy Mountain as part of our village,” said Steve Hurlbert, director of communications for Winter Park Resort. “It’s the last piece in completely filling up our village for the first time ever. It’s also just another great Colorado company that we have here, which is kind of a running theme in our village. They’re a great addition, and there’s a natural fit.”
The taproom is open Sunday through Thursday, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., and on Friday and Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., though Neale noted they’re still trying to determine the natural flow of traffic before setting hours in stone.
“As long as we have people there wanting to hang out and have some beers, we’ll be available,” said Neale.
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21 July 2000 Modeling of projection electron lithography
Chris A. Mack
Chris A. Mack1
1FINLE Technologies, Inc. (United States)
Proceedings Volume 3997, Emerging Lithographic Technologies IV; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.390060
Event: Microlithography 2000, 2000, Santa Clara, CA, United States
Projection Electron Lithography (PEL) has recently become a leading candidate for the next generation of lithography systems after the successful demonstration of SCAPEL by Lucent Technologies and PREVAIL by IBM. These systems use a scattering membrane mask followed by a lens with limited angular acceptance range to form an image of the mask when illuminated by high energy electrons. This paper presents an initial modeling system for such types of projection electron lithography systems. Monte Carlo modeling of electron scattering within the mask structure creates an effective mask 'diffraction' pattern, to borrow the standard optical terminology. A cutoff of this scattered pattern by the imaging 'lens' provides an electron energy distribution striking the wafer. This distribution is then convolved with a 'point spread function,' the results of a Monte Carlo scattering calculation of a point beam of electrons striking the resist coated substrate and including the effects of beam blur. Resist exposure and development models from standard electron beam lithography simulation are used to simulate the final three-dimensional resist profile.
Chris A. Mack "Modeling of projection electron lithography", Proc. SPIE 3997, Emerging Lithographic Technologies IV, (21 July 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.390060
Monte Carlo methods
Scattering
Electron beam lithography
Transmittance
Optical simulations
Electron beams
Systems modeling
Impact of proximity model inaccuracy on patterning in electron beam...
Proceedings of SPIE (September 08 2013)
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For the last 10 years, Susan has conducted attorney searches for leading law firms and companies ranging from venture-backed startups to Fortune 500.
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Susan frequently speaks on career development for professional organizations (ACC, APABA-SV, NAPABA, Leading Women in Technology), law schools (Hastings, Stanford, Santa Clara), firms (Baker Botts, Cooley, Fenwick, Foley, White & Case), and corporations (Facebook, Juniper Networks).
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Left to right: Aileen Casanave, Susan Tien, Anna Chen, Nick Leach, Phuong Phillips, Paul Grewal, Deanna Kwong, Robert White
Minority In-House Counsel Summer Mix & Mingle (August 30, 2018)
Susan moderated ACC’s in-house counsel event at Facebook featuring Q&A with Phuong Phillips (CLO, Zynga), Paul Grewal (DGC, Facebook), and Nicholas Leach (Chief Counsel IP, Chevron). Read Susan‘s top 5 take-aways from this event.
Irene Yang (Partner, Sidley & Austin), Kelly Craven (Lead IP Counsel, Facebook), Angela Wei-Ming Chan (Consultant, Rayliant Global Advisors), Kriti Rajput (Counsel, MLSlistings), Wei Chen (VP & AGC, Salesforce), Sabiha Chunawala (VP & DGC, Juniper Networks), Susan Tien, Aseem Gupta (Sr Corp Counsel, Salesforce), Lenny Huang (Counsel, Alston Bird)
In-House Counsel Panel: Upward Mobility In-House (August 16, 2018)
Susan was a panelist at AABA’s Upward Mobility In-House event at Alston & Bird Silicon Valley. The panel covered what skills are necessary to advance the ranks in-house, how to work up to management, and where to find these opportunities. Other panelists included Wei Chen (VP & AGC, Salesforce), Sabiha Chunawala (VP & DGC, Juniper Networks), and Aseem Gupta (Sr Corp. Counsel, Salesforce).
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NAPABA Western Regional Conference (July 22, 2017)
Susan moderated the NAPABA IP career management panel “Growing with Business and Technology” featuring panelists Mark Brazeal (CLO, Broadcom), Mallun Yen (Board member, RPX), Bijal Vakil (Partner, White & Case), and the Honorable Lucy Koh on July 22, 2017. Read Susan’s top 5 take-aways from the panel.
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The Abbey at Chesters & Heafod Glen Winery
If you love real Belgian ales, a visit to The Abbey at Chesters is a must-do during your trip to the Swan Valley. All the bottled Belgian ales available here, from Chimay Blue to Kwak, are served in their traditional glassware, and there’s something for every taste.
Steeped in a rich heritage, The Abbey at Chester’s stands as tribute to its original owner Sydney Chester, who built the premises in 1890. Today, this beautifully converted fruit-drying shed and stables also offers tastings and sales of Heafod Glen’s full range of award-winning wines, which are also available with your meal.
The restaurant is a casual, comfortable spot with friendly staff and a menu of simple, user-friendly pub grub. Choose from a range of well-loved classics including chicken parmi, a hearty steak and various woodfired pizzas. And yes, of course dessert options include Belgian waffles!
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Search - Henry Purcell, William Christie, Les Arts Florissants :: Purcell - Dido & Aeneas / Gens, Marin-Degor, N. Berg, Brua, Daneman, Fouchécourt, Méchaly, Les Arts Florissants, Christie
Henry Purcell, William Christie, Les Arts Florissants
Purcell - Dido & Aeneas / Gens, Marin-Degor, N. Berg, Brua, Daneman, Fouchécourt, Méchaly, Les Arts Florissants, Christie
Purcell's Dido and Aeneas is one of the very few 17th-century works to have entered the operatic "canon" and developed a modern performance tradition before the late 20th century's early-music revival. For listeners who h... more »ad grown fond of this opera in its "traditional" form, the period-instrument recordings of recent years have provided some odd surprises: an all-female cast (excepting Aeneas); a baritone Sorceress; singing in a style closer to a Restoration playhouse than Covent Garden. William Christie and Les Arts Florissants, however, provide a stylish and lively period-instrument Dido with no casting surprises--to wit, the male roles are sung by men and the female roles by women, all of whom sound like classically trained singers. The only surprise, in fact, is how well the largely Francophone cast sings in English. (Only Jean-Paul Fouchécourt as the Sailor has a heavy accent.) Sophie Marin-Dégor is a nimble Belinda, Nathan Berg a virile Aeneas. While the Enchantresses are played for low comedy, Claire Brua portrays the Sorceress with snake-like slipperiness and venom; fast-rising star Véronique Gens gives us a Queen Dido combining regal dignity with youthful sweetness and emotion. --Matthew Westphal « less
All Artists: Henry Purcell, William Christie, Les Arts Florissants, Veronique Gens, Sophie Marin-Degor, Nathan Berg, Sophie Daneman, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Steve Dugardin Gaelle Mechaly, Jonathan Arnold Claire Brua
Title: Purcell - Dido & Aeneas / Gens, Marin-Degor, N. Berg, Brua, Daneman, Fouchécourt, Méchaly, Les Arts Florissants, Christie
Label: Erato
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750)
UPCs: 745099847722, 074509984772
Amazon.com essential recording
Purcell's Dido and Aeneas is one of the very few 17th-century works to have entered the operatic "canon" and developed a modern performance tradition before the late 20th century's early-music revival. For listeners who had grown fond of this opera in its "traditional" form, the period-instrument recordings of recent years have provided some odd surprises: an all-female cast (excepting Aeneas); a baritone Sorceress; singing in a style closer to a Restoration playhouse than Covent Garden. William Christie and Les Arts Florissants, however, provide a stylish and lively period-instrument Dido with no casting surprises--to wit, the male roles are sung by men and the female roles by women, all of whom sound like classically trained singers. The only surprise, in fact, is how well the largely Francophone cast sings in English. (Only Jean-Paul Fouchécourt as the Sailor has a heavy accent.) Sophie Marin-Dégor is a nimble Belinda, Nathan Berg a virile Aeneas. While the Enchantresses are played for low comedy, Claire Brua portrays the Sorceress with snake-like slipperiness and venom; fast-rising star Véronique Gens gives us a Queen Dido combining regal dignity with youthful sweetness and emotion. --Matthew Westphal
Carol S. from PARADISE, CA
Reviewed on 2/16/2007...
Great opera in three acts.
A thrilling version of Dido
hcf | 12/31/1999
"Since this is coming from William Christie, you won't be surprised to hear that this Dido is "frenchified." No, not because most of the singers are French - as the editorial review mentions, their English pronunciation is generally quite admirable. The reason I'm saying that this version of Dido is frenchified is the stylistic choices made by Christie, i.e. the presence of such French baroque features as over-dotting, reverse dotting, inegalite, and Lully-esque "agrements." But you know what? This just might be the way Purcell wanted this work performed! French influences on Purcell are well known. The interaction between French and English musical idioms is evident from other examples as well (e.g., while the English never fully shared the French aversion to castrati, no English boy was ever castrated, and the need for high-pitched voices was filled domestically by boy trebles, falsettists and high tenors). So Christie's decision to produce this lavishly embellished Dido is well within the ballpark of what we know about the English aesthetics of Purcell's times. This stylistic choice is especially gratifying in Dido's final lament. Christie approaches it with a change of tempo - from brisk to almost dangerously slow - and the famous lament unfolds with all the dramatic dignity and with all the stylistic bells and whistles that can be packed into the slow pace. The amazing Veronique Gens executes the lament with heart-stopping embellishments - runs, trills, turns, melismas, appogiaturas - trust me, once you hear THIS, any other Dido will seem dull by comparison! gkolomietz@yahoo.com"
A compelling performance -- with Gens a peerless Dido
Terry Serres | Minneapolis, MN United States | 09/10/2006
"Recent listening has found this reading of the opera edging up to toward the Hogwood in my affections.
I was prompted to revisit Christie's 12-year-old recording (his second, by the way) by interest in the voice and career of Nathan Berg, whose vocal prowess and stage charisma in the DVD of Rameau's _Les Indes Galantes_ electrified me.
SPARSE FORCES--
To get some of the quirks and quibbles out of the way first: This performance has what must be the sparsest orchestra on record: 3 strings, flute, oboe, theorbo, and harpsichord. The same economy was applied in assembling the vocal company, with only a male alto and bass supplementing the soloists for the choruses. The Second Woman doubles as the First Witch, and Jean-Paul Fouchecourt does double duty as both the Spirit and the Sailor, neatly bridging Act II and Act III. None of this hobbles the production, to my ears, although the overall sound is more acerbic than the tremendous warmth that characterizes the Hogwood recording. Christie's bracing tone is perhaps most noticeable in the overture, intensified by the brusque pacing. The sparse vocal forces, too, make a couple of the choruses sound thing-textured.
TINKERING WITH ACT II FINALE--
The close of the second act is doctored, as so often nowadays: here, we are given a modern composer's setting of the Witches' text that survives in the libretto but whose music is lost from the score. It's just not inspiring enough to warrant inclusion. Personally, I've never been troubled by ending this act with Aeneas' uncertain soliloquy, with or without the Groves' Dance. Here the Witches' appearance is distracting, not to mention redundant given their rejoicing early on in Act III.
CHRISTIE'S THOUGHTFUL DIRECTION--
Christie's direction is emphatic, the pacing of the opera decisive and precise. Hectic early-music tempos do not dominate here; rather, tempos both fast and slow are taken with a refined and considered sensibility. In only one case early on does Christie misjudge, conducting the chorus "When monarchs unite" with abrupt swiftness. Otherwise, his pacing is musically and dramatically effective. It gives space and nuance to emotional expression. This performance, indeed, offers perhaps the best overall singing-acting of any performance. Seldom in any opera have I heard appoggiatura and ornament more movingly delivered. Christie's unrushed direction, its subtle "give," is the defining virtue of this recording. It offers unusual continuity and depth to the short, sketchy libretto. The effect is truly of hearing, through the sung words, the characters' thoughts _behind_ the words.
DRAMATICALLY EFFECTIVE SINGERS--
This dramatic excellence, as I say, informs the whole proceedings. Belinda is sung by Sophie Marin-Degor with exceptional insight, though for me her voice lacks any distinctive allure or profile. Through her characterization, this Belinda comes off as much more of an interventionist counselor to the queen than the typical sounding-board usually portrayed. Again, the deliberateness of the pacing makes the excellent sorceress of Claire Brua a truly malevolent presence, without the slightest hint of caricature or exaggeration.
A FINE, FULLY-FORMED AENEAS--
Another fine vocal actor is Nathan Berg in the often thankless part of Aeneas. This is an early recording in his career (he was in his early 20s). I find him an altogether fascinating artist. His voice has a grainy timbre that I would normally find troublesome in a bass voice, but he has a remarkable ability to use this quality to enrich his roles, giving them uncommon emotional integrity. Vocally, his performance here is strong if not outstandingly beautiful. The virility of his voice and the strength of his characterization rescue Aeneas from the impression of being a swashbuckling cad. Berg actually develops the character, abetted by Christie's generous pacing. On being ordered by the spirit to sail from Carthage, he utters "Tonight?" with genuine surprise and incredulity. At once we recognize that, although the opera belongs to Dido, this Aeneas is more than a peg on which to hang her emotions. Aeneas has his own motivations, his own troubles, his own fate.
A PEERLESS DIDO--
In my review of Haim's recording, I mention that Susan Graham's gorgeously sung Dido is all woman and no queen, especially in the final scene. The amazing Veronique Gens struggles not with this dichotomy: she is every inch--or, rather, every note--woman _and_ queen. In the early-music scene, Gens has always had a voice of lyric strength. Her performance here is tender, intense, willful, passionate, and sorrowful--she is the embodiment of tragedy. Again, Christie's pacing gives her unusual freedom to develop her character. This brief libretto does not waste words, and Gens makes no utterance that does not advance the story. Her every ornament is organic, sung beautifully and tellingly. In her performance she interacts fully with the other singers while maintaining her emotional isolation ... creating a true drama around her character. To a certain extent, her reading most recalls Norman's redoubtable Dido under Leppard.
A HEART-STOPPING FINALE--
All of these strengths come together in the heartbreaking final scene. Belinda appears as a persuasive advocate of Aeneas up to the very end. In their confrontation, Gens and Berg accomplish what almost no other recording has done: they have chemistry, actually sounding like a couple in crisis. The listener is convinced that Berg's Aeneas would stay if given the chance; in their concluding rapid-fire entreaty and dismissal, Christie again gives just enough room so that you can hear Berg's sincerity, and hear him being beaten down to discouragement with each iteration of "Away!" This leads directly to the final recitative and lament, an expansive tour de force shared by Christie, Gens, orchestra, and chorus. In a haunting introduction, a single cello underpins the recitative--mournful, slightly discordant, almost gasping. The lament itself is commanding and heart-stopping. Gens has a voice of such innate drama, that her highly wrought performance rings completely true. Almost every phrase is richly embellished, save her unadorned first pass at "Remember me, but forget my fate" -- but it all sounds essential, even inevitable. Indeed, the lead-up has been so convincing as drama that the lament's impact is shattering ... I confess to breaking down on hearing it. This is the performance of the lament that my mind's ear has long awaited, as almost a platonic ideal.
SUMMARY--
Christie's vision and mastery of execution are unmistakable. You get the impression that he knew exactly what he wanted and how to get it. The non-native speakers are completely idiomatic. His restraint with sound effects in the Witches' first scene allows him to use the three strings ingeniously to evoke the ominous setting. In most places the chorus's part is perfectly judged: in the Grove scene, the handful of singers are divided to beguiling effect for the repeat of "Thanks to these lonesome vales."
CHRISTIE OR HOGWOOD?--
Hogwood's performance still lays first claim to my affections. While Christie's performance is perfectly realized musical theater, Hogwood gives us something more, at least as a recording artifact: drama brought to life by complete faith and reliance on the music. The warmth of his orchestra, the unsurpassed beauty of all the voices, the utter aptness of every note and the sureness of pacing ... these all make Hogwood's recording something of a consummation of the opera on record. On hearing it, one feels no need to look further to seek the truth of this work. Still, Christie accomplishes an impressive feat: a fresh exploration of a timeless masterpiece; and a thrilling performance from Gens, whose powerful, peerless Dido manages not to obliterate the other players.
Good but not the best
Liesha | 12/11/2004
"What is good about this recording:
Gens, with her rich soprano is a superb dido. Bariton
N.Berg is also very good as her lover.
I prefer a mezzo sorceress and clair Brua is definitely
one of the best, she sings dramaticly but without exaggeration. Sophie Daneman is a lovely second woman.
The sound is excellent.
Now for the bad: It is a pitty that Sophie Marin-degor
was chosen to sing belinda. Her soprano is ugly in
comparison with the bright and lovely sopranos of other
belindas like Emma kirkby or Lynne Dawson.
another drawback is christie's too fast tempi and the
orchestra (if you can call it that) is anorectic.
In conclusion- not bad, but hogwood's or Emmanuelle Haim's
recordings are better
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SISS Reports
Football written by Joshua Kotkamp
The SISS Football Tournament was held in Invercargill at the Turnbull Thompson Park the week of the 3rd - 7th September. With stunning team hoodies (designed by Ryan Watkins), the ‘Blessed’ Coach, Mr Terry, the SPC First XI battled through the many talented and challenging teams from all over the South Island in the Linwood Cup Competition.
Our first game against Dunstan High School was a nail-biting 2 - all draw. We were a bit disappointed with this, although it was a good start to the Tournament. Our next game was against the 2nd place winners of the whole tournament, Papanui, from Christchurch. Even though we lost to these guys some outstanding football was played.
Our third game of the Tournament was one of our highlights where we played Roncalli College from Timaru. We stopped these guys from scoring and played one of our best defensive games ever. Roncalli who were one of the favourites to win the competition, ended up seventh because of this upset result.
Middle of the Tournament Week (Wednesday) we faced the Geraldine team hoping for a win, however it didn’t go our way and we were disappointed with a 3-0 loss.
Now we had moved to Pool placement of 9th to 16th. Our game was against Logan Park. Unfortunately, the goals scored against us were from penalties and our lonely free kick from Leslie Cheung; the score ended up being 2 - 1.
Finally, our last game against our neighbouring rivalries, Menzies College, was an enjoyable way to end the Tournament with a well-earned win 4 - 1.
We would like to thank Mr Terry for all his organisation, coaching and the motivational half time spiels. Also, for the many parents who took the time to come and support us on the side line.
Well done Leslie Cheung was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament, chosen by the opposition teams and referees.
Girls’ Hockey written by Lucy Swain
The week of the 3rd - 7th September, St Peter’s College Girls First XI competed in the 2018 Aon Jenny McDonald Cup in Gore. Our first two games were tough because we were in a strong pool. We lost 2 - 1 to Papanui Girls’ and then had an unlucky loss against St Kevins 2 - 1.
On Wednesday we had a great win, 7 - 1, against Buller High School. The team afterwards went to the pool where we had a recovery session. Thursday we had two games. The first game we drew 2 all against Middelton Grange and then had a strong win over Logan Park, 6 - 1. On the last day we had one game and were playing off for 9th and 10th. We lost 2 - 1. Overall we had a really fun Tournament and would like to give a big thanks to Mr Forbes for his great coaching. Also thanks to Miss McPhee for managing our team.
Mixed Hockey written by Jacob Dickie
For Tournament week St Peter’s sent a Mixed Hockey team up to Oamaru, this was a team that didn’t have much prep before the tourney. With only having the trial seven weeks before the Tournament and without even having our coach confirmed we managed to scout out last years ex-pupil, Liam McFaul to coach, and along with help from Margaret Dickie, we trained hard to ready for the Tournament. The team was looking for a redemption story from last year, although with a much younger squad our team gave it their all to try and take the trophy. We started strong with a total thrashing against our rivals, Gore High and from there on we managed to achieve 2nd in the pool stage which allowed us to have a chance at the finals. Our next battle was our old foes in Wakatipu High School who we lost to in the final last year. Unfortunately, the team fell short in the semi-final losing 3 - 1 to the eventual champions. The team played very well and fought hard against the strong opposition all tournament and ended with a good effort achieving 4th overall. Thanks to excellent support from Lynn McFaul, Margaret Dickie, and Miss Hickey for helping us with meals and making sure we were up there to focus on playing hockey and having fun throughout the week. I would like to thank Liam for doing a great job as the Coach and in making the best out of our team in only a short amount of time.
Senior A Netball Tournament
written by Katie Reed
On Sunday afternoon, the Senior A Netball team, Coach Mrs Chris Karena and Manager Mrs Hunter left for the SISS Netball Tournament held in Dunedin. We had a reasonably tough pool going up against Central Southland College, St Margaret’s College and Blue Mountain College. On the first day of Tournament, we had 2 losses against Central Southland and St Margret’s College. However, we only lost to St Margaret’s by 6 goals which was a great achievement as they’ve been placed in the top four for many years. Personally, this game was one of the highlights. On the second day we played Blue Mountain College and unfortunately lost. In the afternoon we won our first game 36 - 25 against Wakatipu. On the third day of Tournament we secured ourselves 2 more great wins, against Craighead in the morning 43 - 39 and Mt Aspiring 41 - 25 in the afternoon. This put us in the position of fighting for 17th place, just missing out on top 16. On the final day of Tournament, we faced Marlborough Girl’s who put up a tough fight and won by 3 goals. In our last game we fought until the end coming out on top beating Rangi Ruru 37 - 31 to be placed 19th overall. A huge thank to Chris Karena and Mrs Hunter for helping us achieve an amazing week of netball.
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Black Bourn Valley by Steve Aylward
The flowery riverside meadows at what was previously known as the Grove Farm nature reserve are already one of the largest and richest in central Suffolk.
And now, following a public campaign and legacies from Gerald Ford and Mary Newman, 70 acres of river valley have been added to the site to create a magnificent landscape for wildlife that sweeps down the valley sides with the Black Bourn at its heart.
The linking of Grove Farm to the river to form the Black Bourn Valley nature reserve will, in time, enable the rejuvenation of the valley and the creation of an even wilder, wetter river corridor.
Grove Farm was bequeathed to Suffolk Wildlife Trust in 1995 by Laura Cooper. Laura arrived as a land girl during the Second World War and after a lifetime’s enjoyment of the farm’s wildlife, wanted to secure its future.
The farm borders the Black Bourn, and a walk amongst the flower-rich meadows is like stumbling across a piece of forgotten Suffolk. Over the past 15 years we have replanted and gapped up hedges and taken field margins and corners out of arable production to create more opportunity and space for wildlife. These are ideal habitat for field voles and harvest mice which in turn are hunted by the resident barn owls.
The many ponds scattered across the farm have been restored and more have been dug to encourage the local population of great crested newts to increase and spread.
Thanks to the combination of thick hedges and wide field margins, there are good numbers of farmland birds like yellowhammer and song thrush and we are creating new areas of scrub which in time, we hope will encourage bullfinch and whitethroat to nest.
In 2001 we planted a new woodland, Cooper’s Copse, to celebrate Laura Cooper’s generosity. Wildlife thrived under Laura’s custodianship and as a working farm, Black Bourn valley nature reserve continues to provide an example of how farming and wildlife can coexist.
If you would like more information about how we use legacy gifts to help wildlife, please contact Christine Luxton on 01473 890089.
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Histoires de Parfums is an olfactory library, one which expresses stories in scent about famous personalities, opulent raw materials and iconic years; featuring luxury, nobility and creativity. Gerald Ghislain founded Histoires de Parfums in 2000 and created a collection of rare and delicate perfumes: these perfumes like him are rich in temperament and so, so romantic.
Histoires de Parfums 1889 Moulin Rouge, the legend of the most famous Parisian cabaret in the world never stops turning heads and the French Cancan in a bottle. It exudes the scent of sparkling, sensual and heady.
A jewel of Parisian nightlife and culture, it illuminates Paris with its flamboyant and magical aura. It is via the Moulin Rouge that the Belle Epoque was made eternally timeless. It was a legendary avant-garde scene, a shrine celebrating femininity where the greatest artists of the stage were produced: La Goulue, muse de Toulouse-Lautrec, then Colette, Mistinguett, Edith Piaf, Ella Fitzgerald, Liza Minnelli, and all the dancers of the Moulin Rouge.
Top Notes: tangerine, prune, cinnamon
Middle Notes: absinthe, rose of damas
Base Notes: iris, patchouli, musk, fur
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The Nipah virus disease is a newly emerging disease.It gets its name from Sungai Nipah, the Malaysian village where it was first founded in 1998. An outbreak shows that near about 300 people infected and around 100 people dead within a year by Nipah virus disease.To stop the outbreak, health department has euthanized many pigs.It resulted into a huge trade loss for Malaysia at the time. Now this Nipah virus is in Kerala.
The Nipah virus disease has already claimed 10 lives in the Indian state of Kerala, including a nurse who is 31 years old and was treating the infected. Here are answers some questions about the dangerous disease.
What is the cause of transmission of Nipah virus disease?
Recent works on Nipah Virus have shown that it is transmitted by direct contact with infected humans or domesticated animals, like cattle, pigs and cows. The consumption of contaminated fruits can also cause the disease. In 2004, the Nipah virus disease outbreaks in Bangladesh when people drank raw date palm sap. Researchers have found out that bat saliva and urine contaminated the fruit. .
The recent news about Nipah virus in Kerala is thought to have been caused by dead bats found in a well of a house in the village of Changaroth. The infection slowly spread among all family members and was passed on to others who had been in contact with the family.
What are the symptoms of Nipah virus disease?
Infection of the Nipah virus can result in an extreme inflammation of the brain, called encephalitis. The United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention says, the incubation period is in between five to 14 days. The the first signs of infection generally appears between three to 14 days.
Common symptoms of Nipah virus disease include heavy fever, vomiting and headaches, also patients can experience acute respiratory syndrome.Disorientation, drowsiness and confusion of mind are also some of the major symptoms of the disease. The disease can cause coma and death within two days. The mortality rate of Nipah virus disease is 70 percent.
What are the treatment options of Nipah virus disease?
To date, there is no vaccine for the Nipah virus, neither for humans nor animals. The only treatment option is supportive and intensive care and love. Health workers are putting the affected people to quarantine to stop the spread of the disease.
This disease can spread from person to person. To counter this, health specialists are carrying out regular infection control protocols.
How can you protect yourself?
To protect yourself from infection, you should avoid exposure and contact with sick people, as well as domestic animals. They should also avoid taking raw date palm sap or other raw fruits.
As Nipah virus in Kerala is getting more dangerous, authorities are currently on high alert. They have set up medical camps to control the spreading of the Nipah virus in Kerala. They are also educating the common people by giving proper instructions. People should be aware and follow proper guidelines to avoid falling prey to the disease.
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Three Key Web Metrics to Watch
By Tracy A. Gill
Terms such as clickthrough, cost-per-click and channel integration get a good deal of attention from online marketers these days, but the real holy grail of the online world is that other “c” word: conversion. “Despite advances in both technology and design, most Web-based marketing efforts reveal a continuing struggle among business leaders, marketers and developers to grasp a fundamental truth—success hinges on conversion,” writes Jeannette Kocsis, vice president, digital marketing for Harte-Hanks Direct in the recent whitepaper, The Conversion Point—Leveraging the Web to Convert Visitors into Customers. The challenge for most marketers, however, is how to get to that much-sought-after point.
The best place to start, contends Kocsis, is by analyzing your Web site: “To determine how best to attract, hold and convert visitors at an optimal ROI, it’s essential to measure a digital campaign or Web site. This measurement takes the form of Web analytics.” Sound advice, but as anyone who has ever viewed a tracking report can attest, there are so many numbers and metrics on there, that it can be hard to know where to start. Luckily, Kocsis goes on to identify three key metrics you’ll want to start with:
• Drop offs. Parts of your Web site that cause potential customers to click away are a real danger to conversion and should be monitored closely. “Drop offs may indicate an overly complicated form, a broken link or a demand for required information that visitors are reluctant to provide. … many users will not return to sites that suffer such problems, or will unsubscribe from promotions and messages,” she writes.
• Time spent. Watching how much time visitors spend on your Web pages can deliver both learnings that you’ll want to replicate and challenges you’ll want to avoid. “Analyzing the time visitors spend on specific pages, it is possible to determine which pages are attracting and holding the most attention, and then assess whether that attention is because of strong content and design, or merely overly complicated material or confusing requests,” Kocsis explains.
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Google Hangouts Rebooted Into Slack, Microsoft Teams Competitor: Here's What Hangouts Chat Offers
9 March 2017, 9:08 pm EST By Aaron Mamiit Tech Times
The workplace tools of Google, collectively known as G Suite, will be splitting the Hangouts app into two parts. The first one is Hangouts Meet, which allows up to 30 users in a single conference. The second one is the newly announced Hangouts Chat, a group-focused messaging tool that will go up against Slack and the upcoming Microsoft Teams.
Hangouts has been put on notice ever since Google released Allo and Duo, as the three communication apps have blurred the company's strategy on messaging. However, with the release of Hangouts Meet and Hangouts Chat, it seems that Google has finally decided that Hangouts will move forward as a business communication tool that will work adjacent to its consumer apps.
What Is Hangouts Chat?
Google revealed Hangouts Chats through a blog post, with the tool to be gradually rolled out, though users can apply to test the software as an early adopter.
Hangouts Chats will keep the feature of one-to-one chats between users, with the tool able to be used on browsers and on iOS and Android devices. However, the tool will also feature new group chat rooms with threaded messages, which can be considered the biggest move made for Hangouts since it was launched in 2013.
Hangouts Chats features deep integration into Google Docs and Google Sheets, with permissions to access documents and spreadsheets automatically given based on the users in the team that created them. The tool also has a search feature that allows search according to users, rooms, file types, and even links that were sent.
Google will also be adding a new bot that can automatically schedule meetings. When the bot is called up through @meet, it will compare the schedules of the involved users as plotted in their Google Calendars and suggest when the meeting can be held based on everyone's vacant time.
Hangouts Chats, along with Hangouts Meet, seems like it will only be accessible to G Suite customers. Hangouts Meet is currently being rolled out, and combined with Hangouts Chats in the near future and the fact that most businesses use Google tools, the combination of tools could attract more enterprise customers to the G Suite.
Will The New Hangouts Upstage Slack And Microsoft Teams?
Slack has collected a loyal user base due to its simplicity and functionality, as users are able to run it on their mobile device and then switch over to their computers without hassle. There are also a lot more bots available to Slack. However, with Hangouts Meet and Hangouts Chats to come to the G Suite, companies may be rethinking why they should keep using Slack when they are already paying for the G Suite, which will soon come with its own enterprise-focused communication tools.
The same would be true for Microsoft Teams. While the upcoming software has Skype tightly integrated into its interface, businesses who are using a combination of G Suite and Skype may be inclined to go with Hangouts Meet and Hangouts Chats in the future, though, of course, customers who have invested in Office 365 might not go with that direction.
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Neighbor says recycling firm violates wetlands regulations
By Debbie LaPlaca CORRESPONDENT
Sep 10, 2008 at 2:02 AM
The state Department of Environmental Protection is investigating an alleged wetlands violation by a business that is seeking to restart a recycling operation off of Route 20.
An abutter to the proposed recycling operation on Griffin Road recently complained about possible violations and breaches in erosion control.
Gail Dunn, owner of an apartment building at 40 Sturbridge Road, made the charge.
Asked by the Telegram & Gazette for comment about the allegation, the state Department of Environmental Protection sent inspectors to the site late last week.
�It just seems to me that the town should know what�s going on over there. I wanted to show you all the tires and trash that has been dumped into the wetlands,� Mr. Dunn said in a telephone interview.
Mr. Dunn�s property abuts 46 acres on Griffin Road owned by Larry D. McKissick II. The property contains several businesses, including Charlton Welding, owned by Mr. McKissick. The site is also the former location of the defunct industrial recycling company, Recycle Technology LLC.
�All the water comes over that embankment and there is no erosion control at all,� Mr. Dunn said. �I really don�t care what he does up there, the only thing I care about is what comes over that hill and goes near my well.�
Edmund J. Coletta, spokesman for the state DEP, said yesterday that DEP investigators inspected the area Friday.
�They did find a couple breaches in the berm along the edge of the property,� he said. �There was some evidence of some runoff through the breaches and down into the wooded area. The breaches and debris may have been there quite a while.�
The wooded area is behind Dunn�s apartment building.
Asked yesterday if he acknowledges the DEP findings, Mr. McKissick said, �Yes, and I am going to take care of it. It�s already been cleaned up into a pile and we are going to take and properly dispose of it. I just bought that property 3-1/2 years ago.�
Mr. McKissick said the debris has been there for a long time �and the DEP recognizes that.�
Its source has not been determined.
The town shut down Recycle Technology last year for failing to obtain site plan approval and the company�s assets were subsequently purchased by Charlton Welding through U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
The Planning Board recently approved Mr. McKissick�s site plan application to expand the Charlton Welding recycling operation to include the crushing, processing and manufacturing of sand, stone, gravel, loam and aggregates. The plan also includes the proposed expanded use of a staging area for the recycling of metals.
Mr. Dunn was one of several abutters at the Planning Board public hearing held recently.
�Mr. Dunn approached me after the meeting and voiced his concerns of the debris over the hill. I want to run a clean, neat operation. I want to do everything above board to make everybody happy, especially my abutters.� Mr. McKissick said.
As to whether the DEP will take any further action, Mr. Coletta said, �We are still reviewing our options and what we found out at the site.�
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Texas boy interrupts July 4th parade to tie police officer's shoe
When a Texas police officer's shoe came untied during an Independence Day parade, a young boy jumped in to save the day.
Jarrick Wilson, a member of the Arlington Police Department, tells Yahoo! News that he noticed the problem in the middle of the parade and signaled for his fellow honor guard officers to slow down until he could figure out a solution.
Each of the officers was holding either a flag or a shotgun, so passing off Wilson's flag while honoring United States Code governing how the flag is carried and displayed was going to be tricky — if not downright impossible — he said.
Thankfully the boy, known only as Josh, sprinted into the street and tied the officer's shoe.
”Y’all just don’t know how he helped me out today lol.. Happy 4th of July,” Wilson wrote on Facebook, according to Yahoo! News. “Sometimes Officers need help from the community as well! Thanks again, Josh.”
Arlington's police chief was quick to praise the youngster on Twitter, promising him a challenge coin for his good deed. Like many police departments, Arlington officers hand out ceremonial challenge coins to honor everyday people who go above and beyond.
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Fuel subsidy payout
In kerosene, the government compensates the companies for the subsidy payouts made to the consumers
By Our Special Correspondent in New Delhi
Published 16.05.19, 12:54 AM
a min read
Petrol and diesel have been de-controlled and are fixed by the state-owned firms Picture by Shutterstock
The government will fork out oil subsidy worth Rs 8,500 crore to state-owned firms in the fourth quarter of 2018-19 for selling cooking gas and kerosene below cost.
While Rs 7,640 crore has been allocated for LPG cylinder, an amount of Rs 860 crore will be given for the under-recovery on the sale of subsidised kerosene oil, officials said.
Unlike kerosene, which is sold at a subsidised price, cooking gas is sold at market price and the subsidy amount is credited to consumers’ bank accounts by the oil marketing companies. In kerosene, the government compensates the companies for the subsidy payouts made to the consumers
Petrol and diesel have been de-controlled and are fixed by the state-owned firms depending on the price in the global market and the rupee-dollar value.
In 2018-19, the total subsidy burden on account of kerosene stood at around Rs 6,000 crore, while it was around Rs 37,200 crore for LPG compared with Rs 28,140 crore in the previous fiscal. The rise in the subsidy burden was primarily on account of higher prices of crude oil as well as the rise in the penetration of subsidised LPG connections in the country.
In the interim budget for 2019-20, the government had hiked the petroleum subsidy by about 51 per cent to Rs 37,458 crore over the revised estimate of Rs 24,833 crore. For 2018-19, the revised estimate of petroleum subsidy stood at Rs 24,833 crore against the budgeted estimate of Rs 24,933 crore.
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State-owned Engineers India Ltd (EIL) has signed an agreement to provide project management consultancy for a 1.5-million-tonne refinery coming up in Mongolia. The pact was signed with Mongol Refinery State Owned LLC.
The Mongolian government is setting up the refinery in Sainshand province, under the line of credit extended by India. India had extended $1-billion credit to Mongolia during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015.
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A vote to restore idea of India
Motion: In the opinion of the house, the idea of India needs to be restored
By The Telegraph in Calcutta
Updated 18.02.19, 4:57 AM
For the motion: Abhishek Manu Singhvi
Moderator Sandip Chatterjee
What: The Subhas Bose Institute of Hotel Management presents Calcutta Club The Telegraph National
Debate 2019, powered by Pan Bahar, on Sunday
Where: Calcutta Club lawn
Verdict: The motion was carried
Lawyer, MP, Congress spokesperson
India is far too deep, far too rooted, far too diverse, far too argumentative to be redefined.
There is a word in our Constitution's preamble — fraternity. A much-ignored word. That is the idea of India. Fraternity conveys in its essence trust, it conveys reassurance, it conveys security and, in its antithesis, it conveys the three Ds — divisiveness, distrust and disharmony. We, India, are planet earth’s most diverse spot.
Of the 30-40 countries that emerged from the yoke of imperialism between the 1930s and 1960s, why is it that India alone is a shinning exception amidst the wrecks and ruins of constitutionalism, which litter the landscape in south Asia, in Africa, in South America? In large swathes of the world, we are the only one that remained a democracy. That is because we have the idea of India largely right, at least thus far. We have remarkable institutional and even more remarkable non-institutional pillars of Indian democracy, which form the core of that idea.
We have reduced ourselves to the dictatorship of one-and-a-half persons.
Never before in 70 years have large sections of the press been compromised, weakened, co-opted, threatened…. The Emergency was the crude, formal, overt action and, therefore, much more accountable. You today have a much more insidious attempt. Judiciary: a clear message is being sent. If you are not with us, we will treat you as against us. If you chant Tussi Great Ho, everything is hunky-dory; if you forget, every agency of the world will be unleashed on you.
For the motion Shatrughan Sinha
For the motion Amit Mitra
MP, actor
As an attitude of gratitude, I salute the honourable Prime Minister of India and, of course, the iron lady, the true mass leader, the magician and Bengal tigress, Mamata Banerjee.
Somebody asked me what difference do I find between Vajpayee’s time and today’s. Back then, it was lokshahi (democracy); today, it is tanashahi (autocracy). There is an environment of fear. We have to restore the India that had harmony. A one-man show and two-men army, this is not going to work…. You are being repeatedly asked to speak up on Rafale. If you say something once, the chhappan-inch chhati will not become chhai inch. It is when you don’t speak at all that you give people the chance to think and chant: Chowkidar (pause)… I won’t say the remaining bit.
The time-keeper rings the bell and Sinha half-turns and says “Khamosh!” to finish his argument.
Amit Mitra
Bengal finance minister
What did Vivekananda say? Bhulio na neech jati, daridro, murkho, agnya, muchi, mathor tomaar rakto, tomar bhai (Don’t forget, the low caste, the poor, the unlettered, the ignorant, the cobbler, the sweeper are your blood, your brothers).
I am amazed by what
Ramakrishna Paramahansa had said. Where is jato mat, tato path? Where did the message of ‘many ways fall into the sea’ go? I see on television lynching of the minority person. I see and I shudder. I remember graphically four young people from the Scheduled Castes being beaten with a rod…because they were carrying something that they did not approve of. There was beating, beating, beating. That’s not what Vivekananda had said.
Demonetisation. Do you know that the cabinet of India did not know? Even the finance minister, I doubt. This is democracy.
Fifteen lakhs would be put into all your accounts. Have you got it? When you are asked later, I am told it is jumla. The governor of the RBI resigns. The CBI is pushed around.
Kazi Nazrul Islam wrote, “I sing the song of equality, where all differences have resolved. Where Hindu, Bouddha, Muslim, Christian have all converged.” He’s a Muslim. He was a Shyama-sangeet specialist but doing namaz. That is Bengal. That is the idea of India we are debating.
What did Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose do? In Red Fort, we had (Gurbaksh Singh) Dhillon, (Prem Kumar) Sahgal, Shah Nawaz (Khan). My mother cut her own finger and received Shah Nawaz Khan on behalf of the Bose family. And I was told, he is your Mamajaan. That is the idea of India.
For: The audience at Calcutta Club gave a decisive verdict in favour of the motion on Sunday. Put to vote by moderator Sandip Chatterjee, the hands raised (below) for the proposition clearly outnumbered those raised for the opposition.
Former Infosys CFO; tech investor and philanthropist
The idea of India is strong and resilient and there is no need for any restoration. Look back into history.
The idea of India is the idea of Indian civilisation and culture though the millennia, of a land from Persia to Myanmar, from the Himalayas to the Indian Ocean, united by our culture, by great saints, by Adi Shankara, by Lord Buddha, and our great epics Ramayana or Mahabharata.
People of all faiths have lived here, this country has welcomed them and continues to welcome everybody.
The idea of India is not the idea of one family… not the idea of the Lutyens media, it’s not the idea of a group of people sitting in Delhi and telling us what the idea is.
The idea of India is the idea that any individual not born to privilege can through sheer hard work aspire to be the Prime Minister… of this country.
Your own state has an extraordinary individual, who through sheer courage, sheer perseverance and through sheer right to stand up against tyranny rose to be your chief minister.
Against the motion T.V. Mohandas Pai
Against the motion Prafulla Ketkar
Against the motion K.C. Tyagi Pictures by Gautam Bose and Pradip Sanyal
Prafulla Ketkar
Editor of the Organiser, the RSS mouthpiece
India is not an idea. India is a living reality for thousands of years. If anything has to be restored, it is the spirit of Bharat. If at all something happens whenever the BJP is in power, the fake narrative factory builds up. Another fake narrative is the Nehruvian idea of India. If Europe has given political democracy, America has given economic democracy, this is the land that has given spiritual democracy. I don’t want to be tolerant.
Tolerant is not the Indian way. That’s why Swami Vivekananda goes to Chicago and says, I represent the civilisation that goes beyond tolerance.
We don’t tolerate each other. Every new path that came in India, we adopted and accepted and respected to be true…. Problem is you know Akhlaq, you don’t know Ramalingam. This selectivism is building fake narratives of vested interests. One such fake narrative is that the idea of India needs to be restored. Sorry, the spirit of Bharat needs to be restored and that Bharat lives in our Hinduness, rashtra. The Constitution is the outcome of that civilisation, rashtra. I request you to come out of that prism given by (Thomas Babington) Macaulay, (John Stuart) Mill and (Karl) Marx and come up with the real prism of Bharat.
K.C. Tyagi
JDU national general secretary
Where do I start from, Singhviji? You have made me take notes on a range of issues — justice, liberty, equality, fraternity. So, I am starting from Jammu and Kashmir. Whatever is plaguing Kashmir today is the contribution of the Congress. Be it insurgency or cross-border terrorism. My leader was Jayaprakash Narayan. He had gone to speak to the Nagas, (Angami Zapu) Phizo, Laldenga (Mizo leader). He was sent back from there because the Congress never believed in dialogue. In Bhagalpur in 1988, 2,000 people were massacred. This massacre had taken place under the nose of the secular government. Emergency. My leader George Fernandes was arrested from a church in Calcutta where he was hiding as a priest. We got to know that George would be arrested and killed in an encounter. So, there was democracy in those days. Federalism. The less said about it the better. Seventy times President’s rule has been imposed against the non-Congress regimes. The killing of Akhlaque was wrong. We oppose whatever few lumpens are doing in the name of cow slaughter. But whatever bad has happened to India started from your time.
Committee members of Calcutta Club with the participants in the Subhas Bose Institute of Hotel Management presents Calcutta Club The Telegraph National Debate 2019, powered by Pan Bahar, on Sunday. “A packed ground on a Sunday evening where there is no food, drink or any singing and dancing speaks volumes about the programme. The crowd stayed till the very end,” said club president Indrajit Roy. Picture by Pradip Sanyal
Rajib Sen, executive chairman, Subhas Bose Institute of Hotel Management
Raja Gazi, chairman, Subhas Bose Institute of Hotel Management at the Calcutta Club on Sunday Pictures by Gautam Bose and Pradip Sanyal
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Sam Prekop
Who's Your New Professor
LP / $14.00 Can ship from UK Add to Cart Only 5 left in stock
Who’s Your New Professor was the second solo album from The Sea and Cake’s Sam Prekop. Originally released in 2005 the LP version is back. Pressed on high quality virgin vinyl the LP edition comes with a free download coupon.
To many, absence makes the heart grow fonder. However, to Sam Prekop followers, absence has caused a rabid eagerness normally reserved for only the most severe sort of fan. During the five years that have passed since the last (and first) Sam Prekop solo album, Prekop (who is the leader of The Sea and Cake) has kept plenty busy, releasing two full-length Sea and Cake albums, one EP, and becoming a well-known, well- shown, established painter and photographer. Finally, five years later, Prekop is back with the same band that helped make his solo debut one of the most beloved records of the past ten years, and has created another masterpiece of breezy, crisp offbeat pop perfection in his new album, Who's Your New Professor.
Prekop set out to make a record that was completely different from both his previous solo album and his Sea and Cake material, and he succeeded fantastically. Prekop used a variety of unconventional guitar tunings and actively stepped away from familiar vocal and rhythmic patterns. He goes on to explain: "I was consciously trying to get away from the Brazilian influence. It did seep in occasionally, but I was careful to approach the record differently. This time around there seems to be a curious blues quality to many of the pieces which has never happened before." Like the previous record, the songs on Who's Your New Professor were created in Prekop's Chicago apartment, and were then taken to John McEntire's (Tortoise, The Sea and Cake) Soma Studio in Chicago. The band of Josh Abrams (bass - Town & Country, Sticks & Stones, The Roots), Archer Prewitt (guitar - The Sea and Cake, Sof' Boy), Chad Taylor (drums - Chicago Underground, Sticks & Stones), and Rob Mazurek (cornet - Chicago Underground, Isotope 217) was reassembled, and the recording began. To create the songs in the studio setting, Prekop adopted a new approach. As he explains: "I usually write the music before really considering what the vocals will do; for this record much of the music was written in a sense to support the vocals. This approach is pretty different from how I usually work. I was also hoping to achieve a fairly unadorned, lean quality, keeping overdubs to a minimum and focus clearly on the group interaction, also to maximize the qualities that can only happen when a band records live as a band together in a room."
The results speak for themselves. The twelve songs that make up Who's Your New Professor are among the best that Prekop has ever recorded, from Shrimp Boat (of which he was also the leader) to The Sea and Cake. The opening track, "Something," is, at first listen, a catchy, pristine pop song. However, close listening reveals something typical for this album: elaborate layers, exotic arrangements, and a gently subtle complexity that is infinitely rewarding. Prekop elaborates on this by noting that ""Something" utilizes an ebb and flow arrangement where elements arrive, never to return. The space also shifts and mutates in a very literal sense as the song progresses. The drums end up in an entirely new space by the end of the track as Rob's cornet arrives. "Chicago People," the fifth track, is another charming example of Prekop's ability to pen a perfect pop song, but one that is very distinctly his own; "a miniature suite of movements, effectively avoiding the verse-chorus structure."
Like many of his Thrill Jockey label-mates, singer-songwriter Sam Prekop is a man of diverse and impressive talents. During the past decade, Prekop has made a name for himself in the art world that is nearly as prominent as it is in the music world. His paintings have been shown at the Clementine Gallery in New York, the MCA in Houston, the Pompidou Center in Paris, the Modern Institute in Glasgow, and many others. His work, like his songs, often involves elaborately distinct non-repeating tessellations; they may appear to be linear, but a closer look reveals minute patterns and completely unique structures, tones, and moods.
1 Something
2 Magic Step
3 Dot Eye
4 Two Dedications
5 Chicago People
6 Little Bridges
7 A Splendid Hollow
8 C + F
9 Neighbor To Neighbor
10 Density
11 Between Outside
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The Sea and Cake - The Sea and Cake
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Serious fun: Ministry works hard to help children play
Edith C. Webster
Kids Around the World may be nicknamed "The Playground People" because of all the brightly colored playgrounds its volunteers have erected. They also might be called "The Flannelgraph Folks," because those familiar storytelling aids are just as important a tool to this Rockford-based ministry.
Kids Around the World may be nicknamed "The Playground People" because of all the brightly colored playgrounds its volunteers have erected.
They also might be called "The Flannelgraph Folks," because those familiar storytelling aids are just as important a tool to this Rockford-based ministry.
"Kids don't learn in black and white, like adults," said volunteer coordinator Chris Marshall. "In some countries, when we come in with the flannelgraph, it's like a little TV, because it's so colorful and interactive. The Bible comes to life."
As Kids Around the World prepares for its 11th annual fundraising banquet Oct. 4, the ministry is just four shy of assembling its 100th playground.
Founded in 1994 under the leadership of Rockford businessman Dennis Johnson, Kids Around the World's mission was to provide "safe play" and show the love of God to children.
From war-torn countries like Sarajevo to hurricane-ravaged communities of the Gulf Coast, to Rockford's own neighborhoods to the most recent site, Ecuador, the playgrounds have opened the door to children's ministry.
Kids Around the World has shown 5,000 Sunday school teachers and other adults how to use flannelgraphs and puppets to tell children Bible stories.
The flannelgraph, which has been used in churches since the 1950s, consists of a large board covered with material and painted with a background scene. The teacher places figures of people, animals and objects made of the same material on the board to illustrate the story.
Ministry staffers and volunteers manufacture the vibrant teaching aids with equipment in the Rockford office, then ship them out to international sites.
The resources and training are the same, but teachers are encouraged to tailor it to their culture -- adding their music or geography.
"That's the beauty of it," Marshall said. "We teach the same class, but if you're on an island where they sing a lot, they do that. It's cross-cultural. Jesus was cross-cultural."
The flannelgraphs and the playgrounds may not seem like very weighty responses to the environment some of these children live in, but the Kids Around the World approach is to offer hope and spark change through young people.
"If we are going to make a difference," said ministry President Jim Rosene, "children must become a priority."
Rockford Register Star staff writer Edith C. Webster may be reached at 815-987-1394 or ewebster@rrstar.com.
1,038,300: Children being reached each week by the ministry.
5,000: Adults trained to be Sunday school teachers.
2,059: "Beginnings" flannelgraph sets distributed.
297: Puppet teams trained.
120: Biblical figures included in the Jesus Film Project flannelgraph.
96: Playgrounds built.
18: Playgrounds built in Rockford; also, the number built in 2006 in Louisiana.
12: Paid staff.
7: Days it takes to build a single playground.
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Calero World Online 2019: Now Accepting Speaker Applications
The Industry's Largest Online Event Seeking Stories that Deliver Value and Drive Success in Telecom, Mobile and Cloud Technology Management
ROCHESTER, New York, June 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Calero Software, a leading global provider of Technology Expense Management and Managed Mobility Services software, is now actively accepting speaker submissions for its upcoming Calero World Online 2019 education series. The annual online event is slated to begin this September. Calero is a portfolio company of Riverside Partners, a U.S.-based private equity firm headquartered in Boston.
"We are seeking passionate, innovative leaders, who are eager to share their expertise and experience in solving complex communications challenges. If you have a powerful and compelling story to share, our audience wants to hear from you," said Joe Pajer, Calero's President and CEO. "Calero World Online is an excellent opportunity for like-minded individuals in mobile, telecom and cloud management to further establish themselves as a thought leader while growing and nurturing their global network."
"Calero World Online is all about sharing ideas, best practices and innovative approaches among peers," added David Bliss, Calero's EVP, Product and Marketing. "Our audience craves knowledge and insights that they can immediately apply to their daily jobs by learning how their peers have achieved notable success with ther Calero solution. This year's event promises to spark new ideas and creative ways on how to evolve their program now and well into the future."
Calero World Online is a multi-week online education series, featuring a vibrant mix of industry and product-specific sessions for customers and industry practitioners alike. All sessions are designed to inform, inspire and engage, with the ultimate goal of helping the audience achieve greater levels of performance that directly impact revenue, reduce operating costs and bring tremendous value to their organizations. Since its debut in 2015, the event has grown exponentially year over year, attracting thousands of attendees across the globe.
Those interested in speaking should visit our Call for Speakers page and submit their speaker proposal online no later than July 19 for consideration.
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Calero is a leading global provider of Communications and Cloud Lifecycle Management (CLM) solutions designed to turn communication data into actionable insight by simplifying the management of voice, mobile and other unified communications services and assets. With a deep commitment to innovation and customer service, Calero's CLM approach enables organizations to support the full communications lifecycle, from procurement to payment, including software and services that aid Telecom Expense Management (TEM), Managed Mobility Services (MMS) and Usage Management. Calero has thousands of customers in over 50 countries worldwide, including Fortune 2000 corporations, universities and government agencies. Calero is a portfolio company of Riverside Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm. Learn more at http://www.calero.com.
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Police pursuit policy controversy resurfaces after officer dies
By: Ben Jordan
MILWAUKEE -- 23-year-old Milwaukee police officer Charles Irvine Jr. and his partner were pursuing a reckless driver Thursday night when they crashed. Authorities said Irvine Jr. was in the passenger seat when the patrol vehicle lost control, resulting in his death.
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Milwaukee's pursuit policy has been a controversial topic over the past year. Last summer, city leaders directed the former police chief to pursue more vehicles in response to a rash of carjackings. The Fire and Police Commission loosened the pursuit policy to include chasing reckless drivers, exactly what the fallen officer's squad was after.
Less than 24 hours after Irvine Jr. paid the ultimate sacrifice, the last thing Chief Alfonso Morales wanted to talk about was the department's pursuit policy.
"We loved him," he said. "Can you give us some days to grieve? Please."
Last year, Alderman Bob Donovan was one of several city leaders who pushed for more police pursuits. After the deadly wreck, Donovan said he won't back down from the current police pursuit policy.
"I believe our officers need to be in a position where they can take action against criminals and lawless behavior that is wreaking havoc," he said.
Former Chief Ed Flynn originally refused to change the department's pursuit policies, then he was forced to authorize officers to chase drug cars, repeat fleeing vehicles, and extremely reckless drivers.
"The directive, and I'm saying this as objectively as I can, would create probably the least restrictive pursuit policies in the United States," Flynn said last July. "It is a dangerous direction you are asking us to go."
MPD Chief: "Give Us Some Days To Grieve"
Milwaukee police used to only chase vehicles involved in violent felonies or those who put the public in danger.
TODAY'S TMJ4 asked Donovan if Irvine Jr. and his partner would have been directed to pursue the reckless driver before the policy had changed.
"I don't know enough about it to really comment," replied Donovan.
Law enforcement expert Robert Willis has a different answer.
"Probably not," he said. "It was a pursuit for reckless driving."
Chief Morales inherited the current pursuit policy. He has formed a special unit to combat reckless driving.
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Facebook hit by outage in Europe, the Americas, Asia
Facebook on Wednesday grappled with what was described as its biggest outage in history as users in parts of Australia, Asia, Europe, South America and North America faced service troubles.
The disruption persisted for as long as 11 hours, according to a Downdetector map.
The hitch occurred as the company also faced intensified scrutiny from investigators reportedly probing data deals struck with smartphone makers.
As the outage continued, gripes flooded rival Twitter as well as a comments section on downdetector.com, which tracks trouble accessing online pages.
“I have never seen Facebook down this long,” one user lamented.
“And many other sites and apps are having issues too.”
“11 hours and still global wide outage continues,” read another comment.
“This is very bad. Seriously this is not something funny or worth the amusement to even troll about.”
The outage, of unknown origin, also affected Facebook-owned Instagram, as well as Messenger.
In some cases the apps could be accessed but would not load posts or handle missives.
The California firm which has more than two billion users acknowledged the outage after users noted on Twitter they could not access Facebook or had limited functionality.
“We’re aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing the Facebook family of apps. We’re working to resolve the issue as soon as possible,” a Facebook statement said on Twitter.
A short time later, Facebook indicated the outage was not related to an attack aimed at overwhelming the network.
“We’re focused on working to resolve the issue as soon as possible, but can confirm that the issue is not related to a DDoS attack,” Facebook said.
Distributed denial of service cyber strikes involve hackers overwhelming websites with tidal waves of simultaneous requests, typically using armies or computers infected with malicious code.
The social network said there was no update of the situation as evening arrived in California.
Last November, a Facebook outage was attributed to a server problem, and a September disruption was said to be the result of “networking issues.”
While the outage continued, The New York Times reported that US prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into the social network’s practice of sharing users’ data with companies without letting its members know.
A grand jury in New York has subpoenaed information from at least two major smartphone makers about such arrangements with Facebook, according to the Times.
Regulators, investigators and elected officials in the US and elsewhere in the world have already been digging into the data sharing practices of Facebook.
The social network’s handling of user data has been a flashpoint for controversy since it admitted last year that Cambridge Analytica, a political consultancy which did work for Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign, used an app that may have hijacked the private details of 87 million users.
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Magic Rock Brewing take over the King William IV
December 11, 2012 by Matthew Curtis
Words & Photos - Matthew Curtis
The King William IV has an identity crisis. Despite being located on busy Leyton High Road mere minutes walk from Leyton Midland Road station it feels like it's a hundred miles away from my flat when in fact it's less than five. This is the Londoners mentality, something that creeps up on you, the chip shop two bus stops away is too far to travel, and as the traffic is really bad it'll probably take you an hour to get there anyway so you might as well not bother. Besides when you live in suburban London it's rare you have the desire or reason to visit another suburb when the glitz and glamour of a more central location takes the same amount of time to reach. For this reason I've never ventured to Leyton and enjoyed the delights of the King William IV, more fool me.
Craft beer is really overpriced in London... Oh.
On Sunday I finally had a damn good reason to visit Leyton, Magic Rock, one of my favourite breweries were taking over the taps at the King William IV which are usually occupied by Brodie's beers whose brewery is located in the back of the pub. In addition to that a huge amount of the excellent beery friends I've made on twitter were heading down too, so it was an excellent opportunity to put some faces to screen names as well as drinking some excellent beers. I made the arduous journey from where I work in Wembley all the way to Leyton and eventually found myself standing in front of the pub, a fantastic Victorian building that added much needed grandeur to the rather dilapidated Leyton High Road. There was a sign outside the pub proudly heralding that Brodie's beers were brewed on the premises and that they were only £2.35 a pint.
I made my way inside and had to check I was in the right place, a huge screen was displaying the West Ham vs Liverpool game and the pub was half full with rowdy football fans, was I lost? Eventually I made my way towards the bar and saw the vast array of taps, twenty Magic Rock beers on both cask and keg alongside the likes of Fosters and Stella for the locals. It's a strange mix but as soon as I saw the tall frame (slightly rocking back and forth due to imbibing a large amount of craft) of the one and only Nathaniel 'Nate Dawg' Southwood, author of Booze, Beats and Bites
I felt right at home. Nate introduced me to lots more beery folk, too many to mention, you know who you all are and it was wonderful to meet you. Nate kindly ordered my first beer, a half of The Great Alphonso, a collaborative brew between Magic Rock and Brodie's, brewed at the Magic Rock Brewery in Huddersfield. The Great Alphonso is an American Style Pale ale infused with mango, it was available on both keg and cask but I was in a keg mood so stuck with this format for the duration of the evening. Mango is often a flavour descriptor used to describe beers that use lots of new world hops and The Great Alphonso certainly had mango notes but I didn't get any more than I would expect from a well hopped IPA. It was delicious and refreshing and a great way to kick start my palate but it didn't quite reach the heady heights of Magic Rock's flagship pale ale, High Wire.
I then had a beer I'd already tried a few weeks ago at the Euston Tap, Clown Juice India wit ale which had been infused with Brettanomyces and aged in a Tequila Barrel. I was lucky enough to corner Magic Rock head brewer Stu and ask him what gave him the idea to tweak this already great beer using this method. 'I just thought I'd stick some in a Tequila barrel with some Brett and see what happens' was the response, so clearly Magic Rock beers involve a long drawn out thought process to make sure this cutting edge brewery stays at the top of it's game. Tequila Barrel clown juice is a revelation, it doesn't sound like it should work but it does, I've tried plain, ordinary, boring (actually it's brilliant) Clown Juice and it's a juicy, hoppy hit, the Brett certainly adds a lovely level of sour funk but it's not completely overpowering and I definitely got a little hint of oak and agave sweetness in the mid palate. I'm a fan of good Tequila, especially in a decent Margarita so I'm thrilled that this beer really works and I hope I get to try it again before it disappears forever.
I then moved on to a beer I've wanted to try for some time, Big Top which is described as an India Red Ale, so it's essentially a bigger, badder version of Rapture which is Magic Rocks core red ale. It tasted as I expected, it was like concentrated Rapture, a huge cascade of pine and grapefruit with marmalade and granary bread, simply wonderful stuff. It didn't quite excite me as much as Brodie's Hackney Red IPA which I tried earlier in the year at the King Williams sister pub, The Old Coffee House but it wasn't far off the mark. I then moved on to another one of Magic Rocks barrel aged experiments, Dark Arts stout aged on brambles in a sherry barrel. I didn't get much of the brambles or sherry at first, I got classic Dark Arts, choc full of roasted coffee and red berries but as this beer both warmed and worked it's way into the furrows of my tongue those warming, fruity sherry notes crept in and not only added another dimension of flavour but also a nice warming, alcoholic finish, another success then.
I used the 'Drunk' filter on Instagram for this photo
The next beer was another collaboration, Rock Star, an American brown ale brewed with Brighton's Dark Star. Two versions of this beer have been produced, a 6% cask version brewed at the Dark Star Brewery which I had already tried a couple of weeks earlier at the newly opened Craft Beer Co Islington. I found the cask version a bit lacking, mostly because it was a bit thin in the mouth and I wanted a bigger, fruitier hop kick so I had high hopes for the 7% Magic Rock keg version. Despite being a thoroughly decent beer I felt that it had the same flaws as the cask version, there was a nice amount of roasty, biscuity malt and a lovely piney hop wallop but they weren't married together and this left the beer feeling far to thin for me. It was by no means a bad beer but it finished bottom of the pile on the night for me, perhaps it's a style that's not quite to my tastes as I remember being very disappointed when I've tried other American brown ales such as the one from Brooklyn.
The next beer I had was one I'd not tried for a while but had quaffed on many occasions, the 2011 CAMRGB beer of the year, Human Cannonball. There's not much that needs to be said about this beer that hasn't been said already but what I will say is that the guys at Magic Rock have clearly been making little tweaks here and there to this beer as I had never tasted it on this kind of form. Huge bitter tropical fruit flavours melded beautifully with rich, sweet malts which seemed to linger on and on even after I had swallowed the last delicious mouthful, this truly is a modern classic as is the next and final beer of the evening Bearded Lady. The lady is another beer that's already been gushed about repeatedly, it's huge but not unwieldy despite it's size, in fact it's perfectly balanced and a wonderful drink to end the evening on. When these bottles appear again I fully intend to lose some in the back of my cupboard only to uncover them in a few years time and she how well the lady has aged, exciting times ahead.
Before I staggered back to catch a train home I witnessed something at the bar. A regular who had been on the Guinness all night pointed at the Dark Arts cask handle in the now considerably more vacant bar area and said 'this Stout, any good?' Before the barmaid had replied he'd ordered a pint and was quaffing it down occasionally emitting words such as 'cor' and 'blimey' he was absolutely loving it. In fact I reckon he loved it so much that he'll probably start a beer blog next month, if he was sober enough to remember the experience which I highly doubt. The other delight of the evening was how much money I had left in my wallet. When I bought a half of Human Cannonball and Bearded Lady I handed over a tenner not expecting much in return but when I was given back more than half of what I gave out I stared at the fiver in my hand with disbelief. The prices in the King William IV are beyond excellent and you know what, it's only down the road from my house, not far at all, in fact the next time the football's on I'll probably head there.
Once again it was fantastic to meet so many people I already know and some that I didn't, I can't wait to see you all again this Saturday at the CAMRGB Xmas Twissup!
December 11, 2012 /Matthew Curtis
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A reality show about dressmaker Thelma Madine, who hires Gypsies and Travelers to work in her new factory.
Season 1 Episode Guide
Lycra or Bust
News of a mutiny in the factory greets Thelma when she returns from her time off. Also: Four girls work on their first dress for a client.
Mutiny in the Factory
The girls' first day on the job is marred by a dangerous pin-pricking incident, and Thelma begins to wonder if she's made a big mistake by opening her shop.
Pin Pricks & Gypsy Tricks
A reality show about Thelma Madine, dressmaker for Gypsies and Travelers, begins with the opening of a new factory and her search for 10 trainees to work there.
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Sony hires new director for the 'Uncharted' feature film
Sony Pictures put feature adaptation on the fast track
By: Ben Gourlay | Celebrities & Entertainment News | Posted: Oct 25, 2016 11:25 pm
It's been coming for a long, long time, but it seems that Sony Pictures is serious about bringing Nathan Drake to the big screen, and has hired a new director to finally make it happen.
According to Deadline Hollywood, Sony has now hired director Shawn Levy, who's previously helmed the Ben Stiller 'Night at the Museum' franchise and the Hugh Jackman robot beat-em-up 'Real Steel' to direct the long gestating video game adaptation. Despite his new duties, Levy will also return to produce and direct episodes from the upcoming second season of the Netflix series 'Stranger Things' later this year.
Sony Pictures haven't yet committed to a new release date for the film, but I wouldn't expect to see it until late 2018 at the earliest.
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A ‘Flood’ of Response: Westbury UMC Serves as “Command Central”
Following May’s historic flooding in Houston, Westbury UMC is serving as headquarters for a multi-agency resource center showcasing collaborative cleanup response at its best.
Many people across Texas – particularly in Houston -- can now personally relate to the Bible story of Noah’s Ark. In fact, the National Weather Service calculated the devastating statewide rainfall totals in May alone and estimate it was enough moisture to cover the entire state of Texas in eight inches of water. During the week of Annual Conference, Houston’s lingering thunderstorms dumped in excess of 10 inches of rain, flooded major freeways, submerged over 2,500 vehicles and damaged over 4,000 homes and properties. In addition to trapping attendees at the conference hotel and preventing others from attending various sessions, the torrential storms even forced hundreds of Houston Rockets fans to spend the night at the Toyota Center.
A Multi-Faceted Relief Operation
Social Media played an important role in early response to the disaster. Facebook Groups such as “Moms & Ladies of Southwest Houston” began organizing collection and delivery of packing materials and food within days of the disaster. Churches and neighborhood groups began working together quickly to gather and deploy volunteers to remove carpet, haul furniture, and meet the many needs of flooded residents. “There were moms canvassing the neighborhood, pulling their toddlers in wagons full of cleaning supplies and sack lunches for those in need,” shares Rev. Taylor Fuerst of Westbury UMC. Early on, Westbury UMC partnered with Westbury Baptist Church and other grassroots groups to serve as a hub for volunteers and donations for the Meyerland Area. “As a Pastor, I could not have been more amazed by the response. On Friday afternoon, I emailed our congregation to request volunteers and donations, and on Saturday morning, there were over 60 people in the gym, ready to go!”
Westbury’s Rev. Hannah Terry has served as a key connector between the church, community, and TACCOR consultants. “An amazing grassroots community is organizing in the city of Houston against the backdrop of Westbury UMC where a significant amount of the worst flooding took place,” Hannah says. “It’s so much fun to watch dots connect among friends, neighbors, leaders and city officials. We are achieving solidarity in blessing and caring for Houston.”
Westbury UMC Steps Up as Command Central
Volunteer mobilization became even more successful thanks to the United Methodist Connection. “The Body of Christ has been tangible in these last few weeks as volunteers from across districts and congregations gather daily to help with flood cleanup,” says Diane McGehee, Director of the TAC Center for Missional Excellence. TACCOR Consultant Carol Greenslate, who has been at the forefront of the disaster response effort, adds, “As a native Houstonian who grew up in this area I have not witnessed this type of flood damage before.”
Adds Carol, “We have deployed Methodist volunteers that came in from as all over our Central North, Southeast, South West and Central South Districts including pastors and district superintendents. Our goal is to be the Christian presence in the midst of a disaster to this community.” In early June, TACCOR’s Volunteer Flood Relief Center at Westbury UMC was asked to serve as the MARC or Multi-Agency Relief Center, allowing residents to have access to a variety of agencies without leaving the neighborhood. I have witnessed the body of Christ working together and serving others in amazing ways in a short time, and I am so proud to be a Methodist.”
Blessings Amidst the Mud and Mess
Faithbridge UMC, Spring volunteer Julie Ewers was one of five volunteers who recently drove down to help with cleanup and special projects. “We delivered medical items to one home, and to another, we brought clothes that had been washed for the homeowner who was very thankful. Hearing how the water came in so quickly, rising to the point they lost everything including cars, was heartbreaking. Especially to hear they had just renovated the house bringing it all the way down to the studs and now it was all ruined,” she shares. “We prayed with them before we left and were glad to know they were able to find an apartment while they work on saving what they can from their home.”
The ‘Faithbridge five some’ then went to help a 92-year old man who had lived in his house for 40+ years. Notes Julie, “He told us that he woke up in the middle of the night and when he got out of bed, the water was already up to his shins. One of his daughters, recovering from cancer surgery, was able to get her mom, who has Alzheimer’s, to dry ground, leaving a very overwhelmed second daughter who needed us to help pack items that could be saved.” When the group finished packing, they posed for a picture (see photo) and prayed with the homeowners. “With tears in his eyes, he also prayed for us, which was such a blessing. We are all thankful for this wonderful opportunity to serve.”
Bishop Requests Special Offering
Bishop Janice Riggle Huie is proud of the response across the conference and in Houston. “Westbury UMC is the location of a Multi-Agency Resource Center for the City of Houston’s response. Our disaster response teams and volunteers are working side by side with the City of Houston, FEMA, the Red Cross and others to insure that funds donated are utilized where most needed. It is our privilege to be called upon to provide this service,” she says. On Thursday, she sent a special appeal for funding to cover the dramatic losses on behalf of the uninsured and underinsured.
“Recovery is going to be a long-term process as insurance and FEMA claims are processed and resources allocated,” adds Bishop Huie. “We want to be ready to fill in the gap where families and individuals are not made whole by those resources. Your generous gifts will allow us to continue to meet the needs of those most affected throughout the conference by these recent disasters. Thank you in advance for always stepping up to the plate and meeting the need.”
Donations and Volunteers Welcome
Volunteers will be needed for several weeks, as those displaced from their homes continue to clean up and others begin to move back in. To keep up to date on the status of volunteer needs, visit http://www.taccor.org/activeresponse.htm or http://www.westburyumc.org
Sign up to volunteer at http://taccor.ivolunteer.com/houstonfloodmay2015
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NY Group Asks Legislators For Help in Closing Website ‘Bullying’ Educators Who Support Standards
By The 74 and Bellwether Staff | May 16, 2016
New York group calls on state leaders to shutter website bullying educators who support Common Core standards
Backers of the Common Core standards in New York today asked Albany leaders to “take action against” an anonymous website that attacks state educators for supporting the new standards and school testing.
"We are writing to ask all of you to help us end a clear case of cyberbullying in our state’s education system," wrote leaders of High Achievement New York, a coalition that has battled the anti-testing movement.
"The website, which has posted public images and contact information for multiple educators for the 'offense' of supporting the State’s learning standards and annual tests, has a single purpose: to shame and intimidate educators until they are publicly silenced," the group’s leaders said.
The words “The Educational Wall of Shame,” superimposed on a brick wall, appear at the top of the site’s home page. Underneath are photos, contact information, and “truthfulness grades” of 15 administrators, largely superintendents and principals, all but two from New York State and many from Long Island.
Users can click to send disparaging pre-written emails or view the educators’ “shameful” acts, which are often letters to parents encouraging students not to opt out of state tests.
“As leaders in education and voices against cyber-bullying, you can supply… accountability by denouncing this cyberbullying site and taking action so it is taken down immediately,” says the letter, which is addressed to New York state Sen. Carl Marcellino and state Assembly member Cathy Nolan, who chair the education committees in their respective chambers, and state Assembly member Daniel O’Donnell, who sponsored the state’s student anti-bullying law. (Full text of the letter below)
Dear Senator Carl Marcellino (Chair, Senate Education Committee), Assembly Member Catherine Nolan (Chair, Assembly Education Committee) and Assembly Member Daniel O’Donnell (Sponsor, Dignity for All Students Act):
We are writing to ask all of you to help us end a clear case of cyberbullying in our state’s education system – namely, the website sponsored by individuals against New York’s State Learning Standards and Assessments called the “The Educational Wall of Shame” located at www.wallofshame.cc.
The website, which has posted public images and contact information for multiple educators for the “offense” of supporting the State’s learning standards and annual tests, has a single purpose: to shame and intimidate educators until they are publicly silenced.
If this online bullying happened in our schools or classrooms, it would be widely denounced. And yet, because this intimidation is carried out anonymously against adults, it has been disregarded.
Let us be clear: the fact this website operates anonymously online does not make it any less wrong. If anything, it is even more insidious, operating without any accountability.
As leaders in education and voices against cyber-bullying, you can supply that accountability by denouncing this cyber-bullying site and taking action so it is taken down immediately.
With initial indications showing flat participation rates in State English Language Arts and Math assessments this year, there is a need to end the gridlock between those who support improvements to the tests and those who seek to end them.
Tactics like this “Wall of Shame” make a real, productive dialogue to resolve this impasse impossible. HANY, along with these victimized educators, stand ready to participate in a rational, productive and fair debate. What we cannot accept is an effort to silence educators and administrators who are simply trying to do what they believe is right by their students.
We believe the only way for us to move beyond this gridlock is for all stakeholders to work together to improve the state assessments – that begins by ending hurtful sites such as this.
We urge you to stand up with us against this clear case of cyberbullying in our state education system. We look forward to working with you on these and other important education issues facing our state.
Camille Artemus (Parent, Brooklyn, New York)
Derrell Bradford (Executive Director, New York Campaign for Achievement Now)
Niferteriah Jones (Parent, Brooklyn, New York)
Jenn O'Connor (New York State Director, Council for a Strong America)
Kim Namkoong (Parent, Bethlehem, New York and co-president of Bethlehem Parents for Excellence)
Stephen Sigmund (Executive Director, High Achievement New York)
Nakeia Porter (Parent, Brooklyn, New York)
Jason Zwara (Executive Director, Buffalo ReformEd)
Sam Radford (President, Buffalo District Parent Coordinating Council)
Patricia Elliott (Director of CAO Better Schools/Better Neighborhoods and member of the Buffalo District Parent Coordinating Council)
Bryon McIntyre (Chairman of Buffalo Public Schools Special Education Advisory Committee and member of the Buffalo District Parent Coordinating Council)
New York State Board of Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa
New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia
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It's Not Just About Showing Your Genitals: Time to Talk About Sexting
James Hamblin
Around one in four teenagers has sent venereal texts or emails, and those who have are about seven times more likely to have old-fashioned, body-on-body sex. Often it's "risky sex," and not in the good way.
Ominous. [kiwaja/flickr]
Depending which of the recent self-reported studies you read, the number of teenagers who've emailed or texted illicit messages or photos of themselves is between 14 and 28%. A study yesterday in the journal Pediatrics called attention to an association between sexting and likelihood of having real (too-often unprotected) sex. In an interview with Reuters, lead researcher Dr. Eric Rice of the University of Southern California said, "Is there a link between sexting and taking risks with your body? The answer is a pretty resounding 'yes.'"
Should you talk to your kid about sexting? If they use a phone or the Internet and are alive, the answer is an even more resounding "yes." "Ye-Esss," if you will. Because sexting isn't just about pubescent curiosity and lust; it's also about trust, commitment, self-image, and acceptance -- the timeless issues of our formative years, and topics on which you're surely by now an expert.
Many states impose criminal penalties for sexting ("When minors send explicit images of themselves, they are manufacturing and distributing child pornography"), but felony charges against teenagers haven't played out, and privacy and technology limitations largely preclude policing. That leaves the issue to health and social educatiosn; a hurdle to be taken on the dressage horse that is parental intuition.
The degree to which sexting actually leads to sex is debated. Would these same sexually-charged teenage subgroups be "getting physical" anyway? Could they actually be having less sex, because the sexting fulfilled the need for validation and symbolic commitment that would have previously invoked physical consummation? By age 18, around 70 percent of teens have had sex, and we don't have data to say that number has spiked since sexting began to be perceived as normative.
When we warn against sexting, a common focus is on the permanence of the action. "What if it gets out there, and for the rest of your life whenever you're googled by a potential employer, the first thing that comes up is a video of you stripping to Juvenile, the words 'Take me back, Dillon' scrawled hastily across your pelvis, discarded Ramen in the foreground, eyes still flushed from sobbing."
(That's what sexting is, right?)
But the fact you're trusting the other person with that intimate moment, in all its permanence, is itself a primary virtue of sexting. "Here. You could ruin me with this, but I trust you won't."
In the same way that an engagement ring is a symbol of sacrifice for another person, sexting can function as a symbol of commitment and trust, if subconsciously. In a similarly progressive light, some teenagers will, as a sign of a certain level of intimacy, share their Facebook or email passwords with their partners. "I'm not doing anything secretive," and also "Here, you could seriously embarrass me with this, but I trust you won't."
The USC study also concluded that "knowing someone who sexted was strongly associated with an individual's own sexting behavior." There's peer pressure in every aspect of every teenage decision and action, sexting included. In that way, sexting is still about acceptance, but beyond that of the sext partner.
This stuff is well beyond the physiologic draw of sex. Since sexting puts vulnerable people in many of the same vulnerable social and emotional positions as real sex, it deserves to be talked about in the same awkward breath. At the very least, alongside other ancillary sexual endeavors like heavy petting. (We're still teaching them about heavy petting, right?)
Safe sex campaigns are alive and well, but the safe sexting campaign market is still in its infancy. The always-ethereal James Lipton did a series of "Give It a Ponder" videos (LG commercials), and "safe sexting apps" exist that limit the half-life of indiscretions and let you know if anyone tries to save the image, but the whole thing doesn't yet have a "The More You Know" moral imperative to it.
As Stanford researchers note in a (somewhat misleadingly headlined) article "Teen sex myths spread by Web," the Internet is often not the best place for children to receive their sexual education. That's understatement, of course, in that it's barely better than sending them for immersion learning in a federal prison.
While effectively telling kids not to do sexual things has never come easy to parents, Dr. Rice advises, via the LA Times, "It could be something as simple as saying to your kid, 'Hey, I heard about this study about teens and sexting. Do you know anyone who does that? What do you think about that?' and go from there."
Unless you're among the un-ironically cool parent elite -- the kind who still know how to wear jeans -- that's going to be hilarious and awkward. All the more reason to absolutely go for it. Maybe just bring it up casually, at dinner or while braiding hair. "So, how was school today? Receive any sexts or anything?" [laughing jauntily]
If the prospect is too intimidating, consider some less desirable alternatives.
Spread cautionary propaganda about sexting, the way they did about LSD in the 1960s. "Did you hear about the Billson child? He sent sext and then threw himself through a plate glass window."
Most teens are too old for physical punishment, but they need to know what's in store for them if you catch them sexting. Deincentivize it. "For every illicit photo of you that I find on the Internet, it's one weekend where you can't use the car."
We might do well to consider shift in cultural norms wherein it becomes acceptable that a parent can call out "Phone Raid," and they're then allowed to commandeer their child's phone and read their recent text conversations aloud. The parent must stop and relinquish the phone when the child has finished saying "I wish I were adopted" fifty times fast.
Sext Patriot Act. "Since you're on the family plan, our phone bill includes copies of all your text messages [untrue]. We respect your privacy, so your father and I will be hiring an independent contractor to comb through them for sext messages. His name is Jeff, and he's outside in his van as we speak."
Self-policing sext monitors. Further down the slippery slope, it wasn't that long ago that the kids were in a crib, and parents were lying awake at night listening to their cries via baby monitors. So it's like that, but it's an app that alerts parents when certain buzzwords are used on a child's phone ("lemme see,""booty,""penis garage," etc) and disables the phone.
Private sext investigators. "Remember Jeff, from the van? He's watching you always."
James Hamblin, MD, is a staff writer at The Atlantic. He hosts the video series If Our Bodies Could Talk and is the author of a book by the same title. | More
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Legal Sexual Assault
Judge stops UVA from expelling student for off-campus, non-student rape claim
Greg Piper - Associate Editor •July 1, 2019
About to graduate and had a job offer when university told him
Just days before a university hearing that could have resulted in expulsion for an accused student, a federal judge stepped in, warning the University of Virginia it may not even have authority to punish him.
Senior U.S. District Judge Glen Conrad cited the off-campus nature of the alleged sexual assault and the fact that it involved a female who had no connection to the public university.
It was an incredibly quick response from the legal system: “John Doe” sued on Tuesday and had a teleconference hearing Thursday with Conrad. The next day, the judge granted the preliminary injunction against today’s scheduled university hearing.
John has already completed all the requirements of his degree and has no reason to return to campus. He was told in May that his degree would be withheld pending the results of the proceeding.
If today’s scheduled UVA hearing had happened – a review panel that adjudicates contested findings by the investigator – its decision could not be further appealed. An affirmation of the investigator’s report would mean John never gets his degree.
The incident in question, however, is more than two years old. John was a sophomore when “Jane Roe” accompanied John to his private, off-campus apartment and they engaged in sexual activity.
“Roe was not a University student or employee, and she was not involved in any programs or activities offered by the University,” Conrad wrote – the conditions under which UVA must take action under Title IX.
The university didn’t know about her allegations for more than a year because she reported John to law enforcement. A police officer told Emily Babb, Title IX coordinator, about the ongoing year-plus investigation last August. (The ruling makes no further mention of the police investigation.)
John Flood, Title IX investigator, did interviews and issued a draft report last fall. But Babb didn’t tell John until four months later – on the eve of graduation, when he already had accepted a job offer – that his degree would be withheld until the matter was resolved.
Flood’s report, issued three weeks after Babb’s notice, admitted that John’s accuser had no connection to the university, but found “sufficient evidence” that he was responsible for “nonconsensual vaginal penetration at Doe’s off-campus apartment.”
UVA twice ignored John’s lawyer warning that he would sue the public university for lack of jurisdiction, according to Conrad’s summary.
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Facts of this case highly unusual: accuser not a UVA student, inv'n lasted well beyond 60 days, UVA decided to move forward w/hearing affirming student's guilt only after his graduation day had passed. Full ruling below.https://t.co/Ei8WQDeAvZ
— KC Johnson (@kcjohnson9) June 28, 2019
During the teleconference hearing Thursday, UVA admitted John “may have a colorable argument” on jurisdiction; that it had “no formal process in place” for him to challenge its jurisdiction during the proceeding; and that he wouldn’t be allowed to raise the argument at the scheduled review-panel hearing.
Incredibly, the university insisted that the hearing go forward, claiming “Doe had failed to demonstrate that he would suffer irreparable harm” if the review panel expelled him.
Conrad disagreed, saying John is likely to succeed on the merits of his procedural due process claim.
The judge cited a 2016 ruling against Virginia’s George Mason University that found a student’s expulsion for sexual misconduct “implicated a protected liberty interest,” at least for public universities like UVA and GMU.
Under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment, and UVA’s own Title IX policy, the university likely didn’t afford John the requisite due process. Conrad cited the off-campus and non-student nature of the allegations, and the fact that John had already completed his degree requirements when the final investigative report was finally issued a month ago:
Notwithstanding Doe’s colorable challenges to the University’s jurisdiction and authority to discipline him under the Title IX Policy and Procedures, the University has not afforded him any opportunity to be heard on these threshold issues, and has confirmed that such opportunity will not be provided at the Review Panel Hearing.
UVA couldn’t even cite “any interest that would justify the imposition of severe penalties without affording an accused individual the opportunity to challenge” its jurisdiction, the judge wrote.
The university is also wrong about irreparable harm, which is “presumed” by courts to occur when constitutional rights are threatened, Conrad said, emphasizing the word. He cited rulings by other federal courts that note expulsion “could drastically curtail future educational and employment opportunities” and is “not readily compensable in money damages.”
UVA’s least credible argument would be that the campus community would be harmed if the review-panel hearing didn’t happen today, Conrad wrote.
John is no longer on campus; there’s no way his accuser, a non-student, could be “unduly prejudice[d]” by a preliminary injunction; and UVA has offered no explanation for vastly exceeding the 60-day window for investigations to be completed under its own policy, according to the judge.
The university can argue its case in supplemental briefs to Conrad ahead of a tentatively scheduled Aug. 21 hearing.
Read the ruling.
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IMAGE: Happy Stock Photo/Shutterstock
Greg spent several years as a technology policy reporter and editor for Warren Communications News in Washington, D.C., and guest host on C-SPAN’s “The Communicators.” He co-founded the alternative newspaper PUNCH and served as a reporter, editor and columnist for The Falcon at Seattle Pacific University.
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Spike in Harvard-Yale Ticket Scalping Spurs Rebuke from Resident Deans
By Camille G. Caldera, Juliet E. Isselbacher, and Ema R. Schumer, Contributing Writers October 19, 2018
This year has seen a spike in student attempts to sell their tickets to the Harvard-Yale football game.
Photo: Anthony Y. Tao
So many students have tried to sell their College-allotted tickets to the Harvard-Yale football game this year — a violation of Athletics Department policy that typically goes unnoticed and unpunished — that some resident deans have begun admonishing students over internal House email lists.
The Harvard ticketing website states that “Undergraduates can claim one ticket for their personal use. No guest tickets will be available for sale. Students may not sell their claimed ticket to a member of the general public or other students.”
“We take this [policy] seriously and expect our students to comply,” Athletics Director Robert L. Scalise wrote in an emailed statement.
Despite the policy, at least a hundred students have attempted to sell their tickets for amounts ranging from $25 to over $200. Most advertised their tickets on House email lists or on a public Facebook event page.
Maxwell K. Ho ’21 offered his ticket up for $115 “OBO” — slang for “or best offer” — over the Eliot House email list. He said he was unaware Harvard forbids resale.
“In my one year of experience, the game was the least fun part of the entire fiasco,” Ho said. “The $50 plus is worth a lot more to me as someone who is strapped for cash. I'd rather use that money to go to a restaurant or something of the like with my friends.”
Aside from financial motivations, students attributed the spike in ticket scalping to the fact that this year, in a break with tradition, the Game will be played not in Harvard Stadium but in Fenway Park. And, unlike in the Stadium, Harvard undergraduates will face strict ticketing rules in the famed Boston baseball shrine.
Fenway Park policy stipulates that all students must sit in assigned seats during The Game. If students wanted to sit with a particular group of friends, they had to pick up game tickets together as a group.
So far, undergraduates do not appear particularly pleased with new rules. Students previously complained to administrators that Fenway's rules are inconvenient and deleterious to the overall experience.
“If they’re forcing us to do all of this assigned seating, then they should know that the outcome is that people are going to want to sell their tickets,” Guadalupe M. Jacobson-Peregrino ’21 said. “People are going to want to sell and buy tickets so that they can all sit together. It’s just an outcome that was destined to happen once the Fenway Park assigned seating happened.”
After noticing online chatter about ticket sales, a number of resident deans sent nearly identical emails to students reminding them that ticket resale violates University policy.
Winthrop Resident Dean Linda D. M. Chavers wrote in an email to her House that “students who attempt to sell tickets may even be referred to the Office of Academic Integrity and Student Conduct.”
The Office of Academic Integrity and Student Conduct did not respond to requests for comment.
In her email, Chavers underscored The Game’s role in fostering a sense of community among Harvard students.
“Instead of being an anonymous resource that you are free to dispose of as you wish, the purpose of offering each student one ticket is to provide an opportunity for you to build your community and enjoy school spirit together,” she wrote.
Some students said the ticketing rules specific to Fenway Park have already eroded a sense of community. They suggested ticket resale might help restore it.
“Let’s say if someone from Harvard isn’t going to the game, and there’s a friend of yours whose friend is coming to Harvard and wants to get a feel of Harvard, then that’s a perfect opportunity, just give him your ticket,” Mustafa Bal ’19 said. “Give it or sell it; work it out with him. I don’t think that’s a big deal. That shouldn’t be a big deal.”
Chavers and other resident deans also reminded students that the free tickets are a “gift,” though some students said they disagreed with that idea.
“There’s a feeling that they’re not gifted to us. They’re part of our tuition probably, somewhere in there,” Ilan M. Goldberg ’20 said. “Not in a spoiled way.”
By contrast, Yale undergraduates must pay $25 per ticket.
Jacobsen-Peregrino said the new ticket policy and the sale of those tickets over email lists marks a departure from a storied Harvard tradition.
“You take one part of the tradition and it feels like everything starts to crumble,” she said. “I think it’s disheartening to the administration because they see all of these kids who would rather make money off of tickets then go to a game where they can’t sit with their friends.”
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'A virtuous, brave man'
Colleagues, contemporaries pay tributes to Syed Ashraf at Shaheed Minar
People take part in a memorial programme in honour of Syed Ashraful Islam at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka yesterday. The noted politician passed away on January 3. Photo: Star
Staff Correspondent
His steadfast role and wisdom during different crises of the nation including “1/11” and Hefajat-e-Islam's demonstrations in 2013 has made him immortal like his father, speakers said yesterday at a memorial meeting for recently-passed minister Syed Ashraful Islam, former general secretary of Awami League (AL).
Syed Ashraful Islam, eldest son of Syed Nazrul Islam, acting president of the Mujibnagar government in 1971, died on January 3 at Bumrungrad International Hospital in Thailand at the age of 68.
“I saw him committed to ethics on face of continuous military pressure… Syed Ashraful Islam never became confused as the acting general secretary [of AL] during 1/11 while many [of the political leaders] were puzzled,” said former information minister Hasanul Haque Inu at the event, held on the Central Shaheed Minar premises in Dhaka.
Sammilita Sangskritik Jote (SSJ) organised the event where renowned politicians and cultural personalities spoke of how they had come to know Syed Ashraful Islam as a political colleague. Hundreds of people from all walks of life joined the event.
“He was a virtuous man, a brave man… [Ashraf is] the able son of an able father. Syed Ashraf has written his own path,” said Inu.
“We have lost Syed Ashraf right at the beginning of victory in two wars: political victory against razakars and communal forces of BNP-Jamaat, and economic victory against poverty and discrimination,” he added.
Former Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor said, “He performed responsibility as the general secretary of the party [AL], but this position never allured him.”
Recalling the role of Ashraf during Hefajat-e-Islam's movement in 2013, he said Syed Ashraf played a “steadfast role” and restored hope among non-communal quarters in the country.
At the beginning of the programme, guests expressed respect to Ashraf by placing floral wreaths at a makeshift mural at Shaheed Minar.
Eminent elocutionist Syed Hasan Imam recited Jibanananda Das' “Abar Ashibo Phire” in his memory, while a “letter of mourning” was read out by cultural personality Nasiruddin Yousuff.
Several songs were also performed as part of the programme.
Presided over by SSJ President Golam Quddus, State Minister for shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, also the organising secretary of AL; Dhaka University Pro-vice Chancellor Prof Muhammad Samad; and President of Bangladesh Chhatra League Rezwanul Haque Chowdhury Shovon, among others, spoke at the programme.
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Where is Diane Rwigara and her family?
Thursday August 31 2017
Reports say Diane Rwigara and her family were arrested but Rwanda police has dispelled the claims. PHOTO | CYRIL NDEGEYA
A close kin has challenged the police account that family members were not taken into custody during a raid at their home on Tuesday night.
By IVAN R. MUGISHA
The whereabouts of Rwandan President Paul Kagame critic, Diane Rwigara, and her family remain unknown.
Police spokesman Theos Badege said Wednesday that they were investigating alleged forgery and tax evasion which prompted them to conduct a search at the family's home in the upscale suburb of Kiyovu in Kigali. He however dispelled claims that any arrests had been made.
According to the relative who spoke to The EastAfrican, the police handcuffed five family members during the raid and took them away.
The five, he said, are Diane, her mother, a sister and two brothers.
"I have not been able to reach any of them on phone... even on WhatsApp... I saw they had all been offline at the same time," the family source told The EastAfrican on Thursday.
Rwanda police probes Diane for alleged forgery
He also said that the police confiscated computers and all communication gadgets at the home.
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Growth Boot maker banks on made-in-Canada credibility
Boot maker banks on made-in-Canada credibility
Montreal-based La Canadienne has evolved from a no-name manufacturer for other boot companies to a distinctive label that turns out 120,000 pairs a year, says co-owner Penny Shuster.
Marc Rimmer/The Globe and Mail
DAVID ISRAELSON
Published April 11, 2014 Updated March 25, 2018
Lots of Canadians may have hated this past winter, but for Penny Shuster, it's been a chance to put her best foot forward.
"This cold winter certainly has driven the sales of cold-weather boots," says Ms. Shuster, who is co-owner of La Canadienne, a burgeoning retail and manufacturing business based in Montreal.
La Canadienne's products were in perfect sync with this year's harsh weather – the company makes and markets high-end boots that sell in the $225-to-$500 range, made in Montreal and marketed quite selectively. The firm also manufactures and sells shoes, outerwear and some accessories.
"We have always been committed to producing locally," says Ms. Shuster, who took over the company with her husband Gianni Lamanuzzi in 1991.
"Local production enables us to better control every aspect of our business, whether it's manufacturing, wholesale, retail or e-commerce. There is a price to pay when goods are manufactured here in Montreal, but our customers are loyal."
La Canadienne also has a different retail and marketing strategy than other footwear companies that go for volume and wide distribution. The company has exactly one store, in Montreal's trendy Plateau district (although another Montreal store is on the way this fall).
The company has experienced a number of turning points since it evolved from a no-name manufacturer for other boot companies in the 1970s and '80s, to a distinctive label with some 130 employees that turns out as many as 120,000 pairs a year. But Ms. Shuster, who was trained in shoe design, sees the biggest turning point as the opening of the single store in 2007.
It gives her a better idea of what women want, she says – boots that are warm and waterproof yet stylish in understated ways.
"It allowed us to be the ambassadors of our own brand and to really take control of the brand direction and aesthetic," she says. The Montreal store alone accounts for about 15 per cent of the company's sales.
"I can say that I truly understand who our customer is," Ms. Shuster says. "She is fashionable and stylish but also requires functional footwear. When designing the line we do our best to take trends and interpret them for our customer's lifestyle. Our philosophy is less about volume and more about delivering a high quality, durable product. We understand that for many, our footwear is an investment."
Having a store has also enabled La Canadienne to branch out into four seasons, by selling shoes and scarves as well as boots, which is another reason Ms. Shuster is opening the second store.
But that's the limit, for now. "We are selective about where our product is placed," she says. "Canada is small and we do not want to oversaturate the market."
In fact, Ms. Shuster fought long and hard to gain recognition and entry for La Canadienne boots into the United States. They're now available at about 350 retailers, including fancy department stores such as Bloomingdale's and Nordstrom.
La Canadienne also advertised effectively, placing small ads in the Sunday New York Times style section, for example. It markets online and maintains a Facebook page to build word of mouth.
But its retail strategy is a careful one. "Once we have partnered with a certain store and they are representing our brand, we protect their distribution as much as possible," Ms. Shuster says.
The other strong selling point is the made-in-Canada label. While more than nine of 10 pairs of shoes sold in Canada are manufactured overseas, La Canadienne promotes the fact of its local manufacturing both here and in the United States, where most of its boots are sold.
"As far as manufacturing is concerned, our strength in Canada is in boots as opposed to shoes," says George Hanna, president of the Shoe Manufacturers' Association of Canada. "Winter boots, fashion boots – we're probably the best in the world in military boots."
Playing to the strength of quality manufacturing at home is a strategy that has gained traction among consumers of mid-priced and higher-priced Canadian clothing, particularly winter wear. Canada Goose and Roots are two other companies that have built their brands at least partly on made-in-Canada credibility, despite competition from cheaper, foreign-manufactured winter clothes.
Similar to Canada Goose, La Canadienne used to make products for other brands. The problem was that boots could always be made more cheaply in China, so Ms. Shuster and Mr. Lamanuzzi decided to go to the other end of the market.
So far, customers seem to have responded. "They understand the value and appreciate the quality of the product," Ms. Shuster says.
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Rachel McCarthy: the climate change scientist and poet unlocking elemental forces
Amy Fleming
Inspired by ‘hardcore’ chemistry, the poetry of Met Office scientist Rachel McCarthy has been called mesmerising by British laureate Carol Ann Duffy
Mon 11 Jan 2016 11.26 EST Last modified on Thu 22 Feb 2018 09.33 EST
Love, bees and aircraft fitters … poet and climate scientist Rachel McCarthy at her home in Exeter. Photograph: Jim Wileman/The Guardian
It’s not every poet who manages to work a demanding day job as a Met Office climate scientist. But when Rachel McCarthy isn’t walking the corridors of Whitehall, on secondment to the Department of Energy and Climate Change, she is to be found polishing her poems.
Despite achieving a double first in physics and chemistry, McCarthy always wanted to write. As the founder of Excite Poetry, the Devon wing of the Poetry Society, and the director of the sell-out Exeter poetry festival, her verse-writing skills are matched only by her ability to draw crowds to big events.
Strolling through Exeter’s arty West Quarter, blinded by a low winter sun, McCarthy ducks into her favourite junk shop, Otto Retro. “I used to run this open-mic night here,” she says, eyeing up the curiosities that include an Austrian zoological chart and some Czech apothecary jars. “It was such a warm environment. We’d have poetry readings – and people could shop during the break.”
In 2015, the British poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy named McCarthy one of the country’s most exciting new voices, describing her work as bold and mesmerising. Last year also saw the publication of Element, under the Laureate’s Choice imprint, curated by Duffy.
Each of the 19 poems in the volume was inspired by elements from the periodic table, which McCarthy is adamant shouldn’t be dismissed as “a thing stuck on the wall in your GCSE class that you had to memorise”. Everything is made of elements, she says. “You and I. This table. It’s an alphabet of our existence.”
'Our melting, shifting, liquid world': celebrities read poems on climate change
The collection spans history and tackles subjects from bees (chromium) and butterflies (iridium) to love (yttrium), disaster (osmium) and art history (zinc), via unsung aircraft fitters such as her own father (titanium). Short notes at the end of the booklet explain the significance of each poem’s element. Copper in octopus blood, for example, carries oxygen more efficiently than iron in haemoglobin, helping the octopus survive deep under water. The poet Alice Oswald says of McCarthy’s writing: “strong interesting poems, full of tension and symmetry. They are alive.”
As you might expect of a scientist, McCarthy did a great deal of research, not only reading “hardcore” chemistry books, but also biographies of Dmitri Mendeleev, who first published the periodic table in 1869, and histories of Russia from the same period. “I became fascinated,not with melting points and boiling points, but with the lives behind the elements. Why they were named as they were – after brothers, wives, stuff in the night sky – and what did they do?” There have even been fraudulent discoveries of fabricated elements.
This week, McCarthy will share this knowledge in Alphabet of Our Universe, part social history lecture, part poetry reading, at Oxford University’s Museum of the History of Science. She says her dual career is often met with surprise, but the two jobs have much in common. “They’re both searching for insight into laws and ideas through particulars. They’re focused on the minutiae.”
In poetry, those particulars are “words, emotions, ideas and metaphors”, but the best poetry is universal, McCarthy says. “Artistic expression is a search for a truth that looks different on the outside. It’s more concerned with human emotions or experience, but they’re still searching.” Unlike poetry, however, science should be morally neutral, since “that sort of protects science from us as human beings”.
In deep … a footnote to one of McCarthy’s poems explains that octopus blood utilises copper instead of iron for transporting oxygen. Photograph: Papilio/Alamy
At school in Leyland, near Preston in Lancashire, McCarthy took six A-levels, including all the sciences, maths and English literature. “I had a fantastic English teacher and there was a point when I wondered, ‘Which road do I go down?’ Because that’s the choice you’re presented with now. We’ve lost the renaissance person.” In the end, she decided she could write in her own time, whereas moonlighting as a scientist was less realistic.
McCarthy feels strongly that art, when tackling scientific subjects, should respect the facts. “If you are influencing the public about a scientific issue, there has to be some responsibility taken by the artist.” Equally, science has a responsibility to artists to properly communicate its findings. Scientific knowledge, McCarthy insists, needn’t dampen one’s wonder at the universe. If anything, it enhances it.
As an example, she riffs on a quote by the American scientist Richard P Feynman printed in the opening pages of Element: “Jupiter, as a mythological figure, to my mind is equally as important as Jupiter the planet. We must engage with both of them.”
• Alphabet of Our Universe is at the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, on 12 January. Element is published by Smith Doorstop, £7.50.
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The Lure review – chasing fame and fortune with the Fenn treasure hunters
This thin documentary follows a handful of obsessives as they search for $1m in gold and jewels that have supposedly been hidden in the Rocky Mountains
Cath Clarke
Fri 8 Sep 2017 06.05 EDT Last modified on Mon 3 Dec 2018 10.19 EST
Is there gold in them thar hills? … The Lure.
Seven years ago, an eccentric millionaire art dealer claimed to have hidden a treasure chest stuffed with $1m in gold and jewels somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. In his self-published memoir, Forrest Fenn dropped clues as to the whereabouts of the stash. This thin, slightly exasperating documentary follows a handful of Fenn treasure obsessives as they chase fame and fortune.
Like gamblers chugging coins into a slot machine, the diehards among them are convinced they will beat the system to find the loot. One woman admits to spending close to $30,000 hunting. Is the treasure a hoax, as some have claimed? The film could have done with some tougher questioning of Fenn, a colourful, controversial figure now in his 80s. But this mischievous self-styled Indiana Jones is clearly having a blast teasing and tantalising his followers.
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ATP Marseille and Memphis Tuesday Night Tennis
19Feb2013 Aceauthor0comments
Well it has been good to go on a solid little run over the weeks since the Australian Open. Looking for the trend to continue this week, and hoping to start the week off by backing a bit of value given the current situations players find themselves in.
Match Number 1: Ernests Gulbis vs Jarkko Nieminen
Location: Marseille, France
Time: 3rd up on Centre Court (play starts 9pm AEDST)
In terms of popularity of late, you would have most likely heard of Nieminen far more than Gulbis of late. There are a few reasons I am focusing on this match, and why I am backing Gulbis.
Winning form isn’t necessarily always considered good form. It is amazing how often you see a player dominate and make a final or semi final one week, to only be bundled out the next week by a lowly ranked opponent. If they do advance deep into the second week tournament, this fatigue is only compounded. That is, of course, if the player decides to even back up the third week and play.
This is the exact situation Nieminen is in this week in Marseille. He made the semi finals in Montpellier, defeating Serra (rank 144), Davydenko (37) and Stakhovsky (105), before losing to Richard Gasquet.
He then hopped over to Rotterdam and backed up, defeating Goffin (49) and Bachinger (125) before falling to Del Potro 6-3 6-4.
So seven matches have been played in the last two weeks and now Nieminen is backing up against in Marseille. Not many players attempt this. Gasquet is, however he bombed out early in Rotterdam. Llodra pulled out last week to set himself for Marseille. Paire retired round 1. Youhzny pulled out Rd 1 last week after going deep the week before. It happens. It’s common.
Gulbis is fresh. An interesting interview with Gulbis last week gave us a bit of insight into his off-season. Gulbis has all the talent in the world, it is the application that has been missing. Besides admitting he liked Rotterdam as they legalise marijuana (can’t have it anyway due to drug testing), he gave a very honest account of himself.
Gulbis scrapped plans to go to Australia due to his ranking. He didn’t see the point of flying half way across the world to potentially be knocked out in qualifying. Instead, he stayed home and got an extra month of training in. He has also claimed to have kicked some habits that make high level performance difficult. He stated he has given up smoking, drinking and staying up late, with the hope of breaking back into the top 20 this year. Yes, it is a big goal considering his current ranking, but in his case, half the battle is applying himself.
Both players have played similar opponents in the last fortnight. They have both played Stakhovsky (Nieminen won in 3rd set tiebreak, Gulbis won 6-3 6-4), and Del Potro (Nieminen lost 3-6 4-6, Gulbis 6-7 3-6). Casting an eye over the highlights, Gulbis appeared to play a higher quality of tennis vs Del Potro.
Trends of the Past
Casting an eye over 2012, it appears Nieminen had a rollercoaster year. After winning ATP Sydney, Nieminen backed up the next week for the Australian Open, having to retire hurt trailing 4-6 2-4. He then undertook the exact tournament swing he has this year. He went Montpellier -> QF, Rotterdam -> QF and Marseille -> Rd 1 loss to Roger-Vasselin 2-6 6-7. Moving forward in the hardcourt year, Nieminen made the SF in Bangkok, before backing up days later to be bundled out in Tokyo by Tommy Robredo 2-6 4-6. So outside of Rotterdam last year (and this), he struggles to back up.
Yes, Nieminen has had a solid start to the year. To be honest though, he hasn’t had any great wins outside of defeating Tommy Haas, who at this point of his career prefers best of 3 sets to the best of 5 they battled for in Australia. He has also found himself in 3 set struggles against players who are far less talented than Gulbis.
There is a chance Gulbis will make me look like a fool for backing him, but I can’t ignore the situations of the players. Although it is going back years ago, Gulbis holds a 3-0 head to head record, with 2 of those on hardcourt.
Gulbis really impressed me vs Del Potro. He will get more than his fair share of opportunities on the serve of Nieminen. If he serves like he did in Rotterdam, and at a similar percentage, I think he wins this.
Suggested Bet: Ernests Gulbis h2h at $2 at Betfair
Match Number 2: Benjamin Becker vs Feliciano Lopez
Location: ATP Memphis
Time: 4th match on Grandstand (Play starts on court at 3am AEDST)
Not going to beat around the bush with this one. I like Becker here for a few reasons. Becker has been playing decent, consistent tennis at the moment. He is 6-4 in his last 10 indoor hardcourt tournaments, and 32-18 across his last 50 hardcourt matches. He finished 2012 off with an indoor hardcourt Challenger title in Italy, then backed up to make the Challenger final in Finland. He also made the Semi Final here in Memphis last year, and there is nothing like defending rankings points to keep a player motivated.
Lopez has gone 3-7 in his last 10 indoor hardcourt matches, and 23-27 in his last 50. His losses on indoor hardcourt in 2012 were to Ramos (rank 48), Querrey (22), Stakhovsky (92), Sijsling (97), Henri-Mathieu (733, but was on the comeback from injury), and Rufin (209).
Not only is Becker the better player on indoor hardcourt, he is also the player with more match practice under his belt. Lopez has not played since the Australian Open, having picked up a stomach injury playing in the doubles. Before picking up the injury, Lopez went on a 2-7 run from Mid-October 2012.
I like Becker to get the win here, and the money is coming for him.
Suggested Bet: Benjamin Becker H2H at around $1.95 on Betfair.
Tuesday Night Multi
I think there are a few $1.20 to $1.50 shots overnight who represent a bit of value. Each leg is listed below, with a little bit of reasoning behind making it a play.
Leg: Llodra to defeat Goffin – Don’t read too much into Llodra withdrawing last week in Rotterdam. He went deep into the Montpellier tournament, and I would suggest would have been happy to stay in his home country of France in preparation for Marseille. Also, Goffin is yet to beat a top 100 player this year, and struggles against left handers. Added to this, Llodra is an incredibly solid indoor hardcourt player.
Leg: Paire to defeat Devvarman – Paire is on a similar page to Llodra. Although he went to Rotterdam, he retired round 1 due to general fatigue. Back in France, I think he gets the job done here quite comfortably vs Devarrman.
Leg: Monfils to defeat Granollers – This match is well and truly on the racquet of Monfils. Indoor hardcourt, and in France, favours Monfils. I don’t think Granollers has the weapons to match it here with Monfils.
Leg: Hewitt to defeat Lu – Hewitt was impressive against Querrey last week, going down in a 3rd set tiebreak. Lu hasn’t played since withdrawing from an ITF tournament (the level below challenger, which is the level below Challenger, which is the level below ATP). We last saw Lu at the Australian Open vs Hewitt. I saw him in person, and was orginially impressed, however he lacked composure in key moments. I like Hewitt here.
Multi: Llodra/Paire/Monfils/Hewitt at $3.37 at Betfair
That is all for tonight. Don’t hesitate to get in contact with me regarding advice about any matches on offer, or if you are after alternate multi legs.
I've had a passion for Tennis since I was young and haven't missed a Grand Slam ever since I can remember. I'm always happy to talk Tennis on twitter and respond to any queries so feel free to tweet me your questions.
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Their Royal Heilnesses
Secret 1933 film shows Edward VIII teaching this Nazi salute to the Queen
WORLD EXCLUSIVE By TOM MORGAN and JONATHAN REILLY
Updated: 5th April 2016, 5:47 pm
THE Queen and Queen Mum raise a Nazi salute in an astonishing home movie shot
at Balmoral and seen today for the first time.
The film shows the then Princess Elizabeth, just seven, larking about in 1933.
Egging on her sister Princess Margaret, three, is their uncle Prince Edward,
Prince of Wales. He was a sympathiser towards Hitler’s Nazi Germany and
became King Edward VIII.
The stunning film footage of the Queen performing a Nazi salute is today
revealed by The Sun.
The astonishing clip lay hidden for eight decades. The grainy home movie is
thought to have been shot in 1933 or 1934, as Hitler rose to supreme power
in Germany.
The 20-second cine film reveals Edward, who once gave a Nazi salute to Hitler
and claimed he was “not a bad chap”, larking around with his sister-in-law
the Queen Mother and her young children in the grounds of Balmoral.
The Queen, in tartan kilt or skirt, is aged around seven while Margaret is
three. The clip opens with a playful Elizabeth grabbing one of the royal
corgis and pushing the dog across the lawn.
Facing the camera, she raises her arm in a Nazi salute. Margaret lifts a hand
— her left, in a playful wave.
Elizabeth performs a Scottish jig then raises her right arm again, joining in
with the Queen Mum as they both stand bolt upright with right arms hoisted.
Encouraged by Uncle Edward, Margaret raises her arms again before the clip
ends with the Queen Mum and Edward saluting with their right arms.
Despite his real Nazi salute to Hitler, the film clip is the only pictorial
record of Edward in the pose.
Experts last night hailed the footage as an incredible new historical
document of huge public interest.
While there is clearly no suggestion that the Queen or Queen Mother were ever
Nazi sympathisers, Edward’s links with Hitler and fascism are very well
And historians believe the film could cast important new light on the Royal
Family’s attitudes towards Germany in the 1930s — and the influence of
Nazi-loving Edward.
Dr Karina Urbach, a top Nazi expert and member of the renowned London-based
Institute of Historical Research, described the film as “remarkable”.
She said: “The video is pretty shocking. The Queen has a proud Second World
War record and sense of duty to her country and no one would ever suggest
she was sympathetic to Nazi Germany.
“She was a child when this film was shot, long before the atrocities of the
Nazis became widely known.
“But Edward was already welcoming the regime as Prince of Wales in 1933 and
remained pro-Nazi after war broke out in 1939.
“He could well be teaching the Queen and Princess Margaret how to do the
salute.”
The University of London academic added: “Hitler’s movement had been growing
fast since 1929 and many German relatives of the Royal Family were attracted
“They could well have seen the salute on newsreels and are copying it. The
film involves our monarch and is an important historical document that asks
serious questions of the Royal Family.
“It is right that it is put into the public domain. It is high time the Royal
Archives were open for serious research on the 1930s and the issue of
Edward’s politics and their impact upon his generation within the Royal
Juliet Gardiner, former editor of History Today and a Research Fellow at the
Institute of Historical Research, said: “It’s an insight into British
attitudes towards Germany at that time in 1933, long before everyone really
realised Hitler’s designs on Europe. It is absolutely right that the public
sees it.”
The film is even more remarkable as — just seven years after it was made —
George VI and Queen Elizabeth became inspirational figures of wartime
defiance after visiting bombed-out Londoners during the Blitz of 1940.
WANTED KING EDWARD AND ‘GOOD QUEEN’ WALLIS
At the time the future Queen Elizabeth, now 89, would have had no inkling of
the implications of making a Nazi salute.
The original film remains under lock and key. But copies of the clip were made
several years ago and one has now been handed to The Sun by a source who
believes it to be of massive public interest and historical importance.
Experts last night defended the Queen’s Nazi salute as evidence of the
royals playing around.
Respected military historian James Holland said: “They are all having a laugh,
there are lots of smiles, so it’s all a big joke.
SALUTE, BUT QUEEN MOTHER WAS ROCK IN WWII
“I don’t think there was a child in Britain in the 1930s or 40s who has not
performed a mock Nazi salute as a bit of a lark.
“It just shows the Royal Family are as human as the next man.
“It’s no secret Edward met Hitler and had right-wing sympathies. But the same
cannot be said about the Queen Mother or King George VI.
“The two were completely steadfast from start to finish in their abhorrence of
Nazism in their role as leaders of the free world and the fight against that
tyranny.”
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Insurance tycoon to bank £160m from Friends Life takeover
Simon Duke and Dan Dunkley
November 23 2014, 12:01am, The Sunday Times
Clive Cowdery owns £39m of shares in Friends Life and would bank £120m more from an executive bonus pot (Chtis Ratcliffe/Getty)
CLIVE COWDERY, the insurance salesman turned City tycoon, is to pocket about £160m from the blockbuster takeover of Friends Life by FTSE 100 rival Aviva.
The 51-year-old holds shares worth £39m in Friends Life, and will scoop a further £120m from a bonus plan that will see a small clutch of executives share a £200m bounty.
The plan dates from Cowdery’s creation of Friends Life when his buyout firm Resolution acquired the then 177-year-old insurer Friends Provident in 2009. He can choose to take the payout in cash or shares.
Former Resolution chief executive John Tiner, who ran the Financial Services Authority between 2003 and 2007, will receive more than £8m.
It will be the second gigantic payday for Cowdery, who banked £150m in 2007…
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India v Pakistan: Rohit Sharma’s century highlights clear superiority
Old Trafford (Pakistan won toss): India beat Pakistan by 89 runs (D/L/S method)
John Westerby
June 17 2019, 12:01am, The Times
Kohli scored a fine fifty as India set a commanding target of 337TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER BRADLEY ORMESHER
It is not every World Cup game in which a detailed game plan is laid out for a team by the nation’s prime minister. This fixture is never just any old cricket match, though, and Imran Khan, as a former World Cup-winning captain, has rather more claim than most prime ministers to lend informed advice to the Pakistan captain.
Perhaps Sarfaraz Ahmed would have been wise, then, to follow the suggestion offered by his illustrious predecessor, made on social media before the game, to bat first upon winning the toss, rather than presenting India’s gifted batsmen with the opportunity to indulge themselves on an excellent pitch.
Pakistan’s captain could only watch ruefully at close quarters, from behind the stumps, as Rohit Sharma purred his way…
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Age discrimination in the tech workplace – is there a problem?
Alison Downie
Legal / Tue 3 Jul 2018
Alison Downie, a partner, and Emily Kearsey, a solicitor in the employment team at Goodman Derrick LLP, look at age discrimination in the technology space.
“They said I was too old to work at a startup.”
Is it an accepted part of tech business that young = good, old = not so good? Really? No, of course not, that is far too simplistic, but probably not that far from the truth in more tech businesses than it should be.
The point is – are older people being treated differently and worse than younger colleagues in tech businesses because of their age, when applying for jobs or internal promotion; in the way their colleagues and managers treat them at work and in their pay and benefits? If so, does this present risk for tech businesses?
One of the largest recent surveys in 2017 by Visier, a US company which provides workforce analytics for HR professionals, produced some fascinating results which firmly back up the perception that the tech industry is worse than non-tech industries in favouring younger workers on hiring, promotion and pay and benefits. Crucially, programming knowledge has been found to improve with age, so tech businesses which do discriminate on age, wittingly or unwittingly, are likely to lose their competitive advantage.
Wolf Street’s Wolf Richter reported from the survey that it “ exposed blatant age discrimination in the tech industry… even worse than in….non-tech industries”.
Although US-based (on 63,000 employees in US tech and 267,000 in other US industries), it seems obvious from widespread anecdotal and other evidence that the results would likely be pretty similar for UK businesses.
The more public airing of such behaviour, treatment or cultural “ norms” favouring young over older then the more likely that tech employers will face challenges and possibly increased legal claims from their employees and workers as well as losing out in recruiting and retaining hugely talented older people.
Some businesses may not be aware that employees and workers are protected from discrimination in the workplace because of their age, under the Equality Act 2010. Age is one of the nine ‘protected characteristics’ which include sex, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation and disability. Unlawful discriminatory treatment which could affect and disadvantage someone as a result of their age can occur in a number of ways, as set out under the Act.
Direct discrimination. This describes the situation where someone is directly treated less favourably because of their age. For example, if a tech start-up decided not to employ an applicant because they were over 50 and therefore they felt they did not fit the company’s uber tech cool, young image.
Indirect discrimination. This is where an employer has a provision, criterion or practice (or policy) that disadvantages those of a particular age group, without being able to give good reasons to justify that policy objectively. So, if a company advertised a job vacancy as suitable to someone in the first five years of their career, this may be potentially indirectly discriminatory to an applicant aged 60 who would qualify on skills and likely to have more extensive experience. However, this would not be unlawful discrimination if the employer justify it.
Harassment related to age. In an age discrimination context, harassment is unwanted conduct relating to someone’s age which has the purpose or effect or violating the subject’s dignity or creating an intimidating, hostile, humiliating or offensive environment for the subject e.g. repeated jokes about someone being “past it” because of their.
Victimisation relating to age. This describes the situation where someone is treated less favourably as a result of having taken/intending to take action in relation to the Equality Act or their statutory rights. For example, if an employer downgrades or disciplines an employee because they lodged a grievance about age discrimination.
Discrimination protection applies to job applicants, current workers and employees, and also former workers and employees (e.g. when seeking references). It is no longer legal to have a fixed retirement age (eg 65) again, unless the employer can justify it as necessary to retain younger employees who want to be promoted.
There is no limit to the compensation that can be awarded for a successful discrimination claim so litigation can prove very expensive for a business in terms of the award, legal fees and the time spent fighting the case. For example, the highest recorded award to a discrimination claimant last year was £154,309.
This is not an intractable problem, although multi faceted. Some simple steps can be taken to build cultural fairness in your workplace and help you avoid discriminating against employees because of their age.
Update your equality and diversity policy to include age – if no policy introduce one
Recruitment – remove age identifiers from application forms/ CVs before given to interviewers
At interview neutralise age factors by adopting exactly the same procedure and questions for all candidates
Adopt a transparent pay policy based on objective criteria, not whether one manager thinks someone is good.
Promotion opportunities to be advertised internally to all.
Organise straightforward training in the workplace for managers/owners on avoiding discrimination in work practices and for all on language/banter
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Retrievers Return Home to Face American on Wednesday Night
American (4-3) 11 14 16 20 61
UMBC (1-7) 7 12 11 18 48
Photo: Larry Levanti
Pts: 3 Players (#03, #11, #14) - 11
Reb: Emily Kinneston - 11
Ast: Emily Kinneston - 5
Pts: Te'yJah Oliver - 11
Reb: Lucrezia Costa - 8
Ast: Laura Castaldo - 4
UMBC Game Notes | Video | Live Stats
Baltimore, Md.—UMBC women's basketball returns to the RAC for a Wednesday night tilt with American at 7 p.m. The Retrievers are coming off an 0-2 weekend at the Navy Classic with losses to St. Bonaventure (63-54) and North Dakota State (67-53). Senior guard Laura Castaldo (West Nyack, N.Y./Clarkstown South) was named to the all-tournament team after scoring 17 against the Bonnies and a career high 25 against the Bison.
American Game Info:
What: UMBC Retrievers (1-6) vs. American Eagles (3-3)
Where: RAC Arena – Baltimore, Md.
When: Wednesday, November 29 – 7:00 p.m.
How to Watch: Live video on ESPN 3, live stats at UMBCRetrievers.com
Social Media: @UMBCwbb, @UMBCAthletics, #RetrieverNation, #AEHoops
Scouting the Retrievers:
-UMBC enters the mid-week matchup on a four-game losing streak after dropping both games of the Navy Classic this past weekend. Senior Laura Castaldo was named to the all-tournament team after scoring 17 points against St. Bonaventure and a career high 25 against North Dakota State.
-Castaldo leads the team averaging 14.3 points per game. She is pulling down 4.3 rebounds per game, good for second on the team. Freshman Janee'a Summers (Bound Brook, N.J./Bound Brook) leads the squad with 6.9 rebounds per contest, scoring at a 9.0 ppg clip. Brittani Burgess (White Plains, Md./St. Mary's Ryken/VCU) leads the team averaging just under three assists per game.
Scouting the Eagles:
-The Eagles come into the contest at 3-3 on the year after going 1-1 in the TD Bank Classic at America Eat foe Vermont this past weekend. American squeeked past the Catamounts 64-62, before falling to Villanova 65-60 which saw a furious comeback fall short.
-Emily Kinneston and Cecily Carl lead the team averaging over ten points per game. Kinneston is scoring at a 13.3 ppg clip, grabbing 5.5 rebounds and dishing out a team best 3.3 assists per game. Carl is averaging 11.5 ppg while cleaning the glass at a team best 9.5 rebounds per game.
All-Time Series:
-The Eagles and Retrievers will be meeting for the 18th time in the all-time series with American holding an 11-6 lead.
-American is 5-1 in the last six matchups, with the lone UMBC win coming in 2015 when they won 47-46 in Baltimore. Last year the Eagles handled the Retrievers in D.C., 70-53.
Oh Captain, My Captain:
-Head coach Phil Stern named seniors Laura Castaldo and Carly Harris (Glenshaw, Pa./Shaler Area), and sophomore Tyler Moore (Portsmouth, Va./Norfolk Academy) as captains for the 2017-18 season. Castaldo enters her final season after being named to the America East All-Conference Third Team a year ago. Harris played in 20 games last year, making her first career start against Loyola (Md.) on Dec. 10. Moore played in every game last year, averaging 8.2 points per game, shooting 35.4 percent from three.
Youth Movement:
-UMBC will rely heavily on their underclassmen in 2017-18, with just five upperclassmen on the roster. The team features six freshmen and four sophomores of the 15 on the roster.
Milestone Watch:
-Laura Castaldo is quickly approaching the top ten in three different categories. She is only 11 games played and 28 starts from reaching the top ten in program history. Castaldo also need 198 minutes played to join the top ten. She is 42 three pointers away from 150 for her career, while needing 206 points to reach 1,000.
-Sophomores Te'yJah Oliver (Clinton, Md./Riverdale Baptist) and Tyler Moore are closing in on 500 career points, needing 210 and 245 respectively, with Oliver just 30 assists away from 100.
-Head coach Phil Stern can also reach some milestones in 2017-18. He needs 20 wins for 300 in his career and 14 for 200 at UMBC.
AE on ESPN3:
-All 13 UMBC women's basketball home games will be streamed live on ESPN 3, as part of year two of an 11 deal the America East Conference made with ESPN last year.
-The agreement commenced with the 2016-17 academic year and will run through 2026-27. America East's nine-member institutions will work collaboratively with ESPN and the conference office to develop their own in-house production operations on their campuses. This will result in a significant increase in national coverage for multiple sports on ESPN3 branded "The AE on ESPN3" showcasing more than 3,000 America East events over the term of the agreement, starting with all men's and women's basketball games and adding other sports in future years.
#AEChamps Headed Back to Portland
-The 2018 America East Tournament will be held once again at the Cross Insurance Arena in downtown Portland, Maine. The quarterfinal and semifinal rounds will be played in Portland on March 3-4 with the championship being played at the highest remaining seed on Friday, March 9.
-With the addition of UMass Lowell being eligible for postseason play, there will be a first-round play-in game between the eight and nine seeds on February 28 to determine who heads to Portland as the eight seed.
-UMBC will continue their three-game home stand against Columbia on Sunday, Dec. 3. The Retrievers and Lions tip-off at 1 p.m. on ESPN 3.
April 26, 2018 Stern Adds Four to Class of 2022 Recruiting Class
March 3, 2018 Summers Nets 13, No. 8 UMBC Falls to No. 1 Maine 65-43 on Saturday
March 2, 2018 No. 8 UMBC Takes on No. 1 Maine in America East Quarterfinals on Saturday
March 2, 2018 Summers Named to America East All-Rookie Team
February 28, 2018 McGrath Scores a Career High 21 Points; UMBC Takes Down UMass Lowell 73-65 on Wednesday
February 27, 2018 UMBC Meets UMass Lowell for Second Time in a Week in America East Tournament First Round
February 25, 2018 Hot Shooting Lifts UMBC Past UMass Lowell 61-39 in Regular Season Finale
February 24, 2018 Women’s Basketball Closes Regular Season at UMass Lowell on Sunday
February 22, 2018 Retrievers Battle, Fall to Hartford 61-54 on Senior Night
February 21, 2018 UMBC Women’s Basketball to Honor Five Seniors; Host Hartford on Thursday
February 17, 2018 Summers Records Double-Double; Women’s Basketball Drops 79-45 decision to Albany on Saturday
February 16, 2018 Women’s Basketball Concludes New York Road Trip at Albany on Saturday
February 14, 2018 Retrievers Fall to Stony Brook, 53-49 on Wednesday Night
February 13, 2018 UMBC Women’s Basketball Travels to Stony Brook for Valentine’s Day Matchup
February 11, 2018 Women's Basketball Dominates Glass, But Late Rally Falls Short Versus New Hampshire
February 10, 2018 UMBC Women’s Basketball Hosts New Hampshire in their Annual Play 4 Kay Game
February 8, 2018 Retrievers Battle, Fall in Event Center Opener, 68-53 to Binghamton on Thursday
February 7, 2018 Dawn of a New Era: Women’s Basketball Opens UMBC Event Center vs. Binghamton on Thursday
February 3, 2018 Sims Late Layup the Difference as UMBC Takes Down Vermont 52-51 on Saturday
February 2, 2018 Retriever Women’s Basketball Opens February at Vermont on Saturday
January 31, 2018 Retrievers Fall in RAC Finale, 69-44 to Stony Brook
January 30, 2018 End of an Era: UMBC Women’s Basketball Hosts Stony Brook in the Final Game at the RAC Arena
January 28, 2018 UMBC Falls to Maine, 69-36 on Sunday Afternoon
January 26, 2018 Women’s Basketball Ends Road Swing at Maine on Sunday Afternoon
January 24, 2018 Women’s Basketball Falls 81-51 to Binghamton on Wednesday
January 23, 2018 Women’s Basketball Takes on Binghamton on Wednesday Night
January 21, 2018 Furious Fourth Quarter Rally Falls Short as UMBC Drops a 78-75 Heartbreaker to Albany on Sunday
January 19, 2018 UMBC Women’s Basketball Hosts First Place Albany on Sunday
January 15, 2018 Retrievers Battle, Fall to Hartford 65-54 on Monday
January 14, 2018 Women’s Basketball Travels to Hartford on Monday Afternoon
January 13, 2018 Burgess Nets Career High 16 Points; UMBC Snaps Losing Streak with 66-54 Win Against UMass Lowell
January 12, 2018 Women’s Basketball Concludes Home Stand Against UMass Lowell on Saturday
January 10, 2018 Costa Nets Season High 12 Points; UMBC Falls to Maine, 64-50 on Wednesday
January 9, 2018 Women’s Basketball Welcomes Maine to the RAC on Midday Madness
January 6, 2018 Sims Nets Season-Highs, But Women's Basketball Falls to Vermont, 72-58
January 5, 2018 Women’s Basketball Opens Three-Game Home Stand Against Vermont on Saturday
January 3, 2018 UMBC Drops 56-51 Heartbreaker to New Hampshire on Wednesday
January 2, 2018 UMBC Women’s Basketball Opens #AEHoops Play at New Hampshire on Wednesday
December 30, 2017 Retrievers Close Non-Conference Play with a 77-40 Loss to Princeton on Saturday
December 29, 2017 Women’s Basketball Closes Non-Conference Play at Princeton This Weekend
December 21, 2017 Castaldo, Summers Score Nine; UMBC Falls on Road to Eastern Shore 66-43
December 20, 2017 Retriever Women Return to the Court at Maryland Eastern Shore on Thursday
December 11, 2017 Oliver Scores Ten; UMBC Falls at George Mason on Monday Night, 58-38
December 10, 2017 UMBC Women’s Basketball Travels to George Mason on Monday Night
December 7, 2017 Teklits Sparks Retrievers Off the Bench; UMBC Falls to Denver 70-48 on Thursday
December 6, 2017 Women’s Basketball Closes Home Stand Against Denver on Thursday Night
December 3, 2017 Castaldo Scores a Game-High 15 Points; UMBC Falls to Columbia, 60-44 on Sunday
December 2, 2017 Retriever Women’s Basketball Continues Home Stand Against Columbia on Sunday
November 29, 2017 UMBC Women’s Basketball Drops 61-48 Decision to American on Wednesday Night
November 28, 2017 Retrievers Return Home to Face American on Wednesday Night
November 26, 2017 Castaldo Nets a Career High 25 Points; UMBC Drops Navy Classic Finale 67-53 to North Dakota State
November 25, 2017 Retrievers Fall to St. Bonaventure, 63-54 on Saturday on Day One of Navy Classic
November 23, 2017 UMBC Women’s Basketball Heads to Annapolis for Navy Classic This Weekend
November 21, 2017 Castaldo Ties Career High; UMBC Falls to Towson, 95-64 on Tuesday
November 20, 2017 Retrievers Take on Local-Rival Towson on Tuesday Morning
November 17, 2017 Women’s Basketball Falls to LIU Brooklyn, 66-52 on Friday Night
November 16, 2017 UMBC Women’s Basketball Faces LIU Brooklyn at the RAC on Friday Night
November 14, 2017 Stern Signs Two to Class of 2022 During Early Signing Period
November 14, 2017 Castaldo, Retrievers Use Second Half Surge to Power Past Gettysburg, 72-45 on Tuesday
November 13, 2017 UMBC Women’s Basketball Welcomes Gettysburg to the RAC on Tuesday
November 12, 2017 Retrievers Fall to Hofstra, 71-55 on Sunday; Summers Notches Double-Double in Loss
November 11, 2017 Women’s Basketball Closes Opening Weekend at Hofstra on Sunday
November 10, 2017 Summers Pours in 15 Points; UMBC Falls in Season Opener to Fordham, 55-46 on Friday
November 7, 2017 UMBC Women’s Basketball Opens 2017-18 Season at Fordham on Friday
November 2, 2017 UMBC Women’s Basketball Ready for Next Step in 2017-18
October 18, 2017 Women’s Basketball Picked to Finish Fifth in America East Preseason Poll
August 22, 2017 UMBC Women’s Basketball Unveils 2017-18 Schedule
July 26, 2017 Former UMBC Women’s Basketball Standout Taylor McCarley Named Graduate Assistant Coach
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Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma: a report of four cases.
Four patients are described who demonstrate the range of clinical and pathological features seen in necrobiotic xanthogranuloma with paraproteinaemia (NXG). Each patient had the typical periorbital yellow plaques with numerous well demarcated yellow indurated plaques on the trunk. All four patients had evidence of paraproteinaemia. The histopathology showed diagnostic features of intense necrobiosis with xanthomatization, including touton giant cells and the bizarre angulated giant cells of NXG. Previously, the patients had been diagnosed as atypical necrobiosis lipoidica, and the distinction between NXG and other necrobiotic conditions is discussed.
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The British journal of dermatology 114:2 1986 Feb pg 241-50
Xanthomatosis
Holden, C A., et al. "Necrobiotic Xanthogranuloma: a Report of Four Cases." The British Journal of Dermatology, vol. 114, no. 2, 1986, pp. 241-50.
Holden CA, Winkelmann RK, Wilson Jones E. Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma: a report of four cases. Br J Dermatol. 1986;114(2):241-50.
Holden, C. A., Winkelmann, R. K., & Wilson Jones, E. (1986). Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma: a report of four cases. The British Journal of Dermatology, 114(2), pp. 241-50.
Holden CA, Winkelmann RK, Wilson Jones E. Necrobiotic Xanthogranuloma: a Report of Four Cases. Br J Dermatol. 1986;114(2):241-50. PubMed PMID: 3947540.
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PR Machine: Cash in on the membership movement
BY Matt Kirouac for Food Fanatics® Magazine
Given the rise of membership-based retail, such as Costco and Amazon, is it any surprise restaurants are launching subscription and membership programs?
Whether it’s point-based or a community-supported restaurant (CSR), membership programs can generate diner loyalty, inject cash flow into the business and create a lasting sense of community. Just don’t be boring.
“Pitch memberships in a community way, as opposed to loyalty cards that are just about a discount,” says Adam Orman, general manager of L’Oca d’Oro in Austin, Texas. “What you’re offering needs to be unique, either culinarily or socially, something that people want to be a part of.”
PAY FIRST, EAT LATER: THE CSR MODEL
WHAT IT IS: Think Kickstarter with a restaurant focus. Community-supported restaurant memberships ask diners for up-front investments via membership dues, which support a gamut of expenditures, from renovation costs to improving insurance coverage. In exchange, members receive perks and bragging rights.
HOW IT WORKS: To transition from a pop-up and catering operation to a restaurant, L’Oca d’Oro offered memberships levels from $1,000 to $5,000. At each level, diners earned a 20% bump ($1,000 level accrued $1,200 in food credit) and early access to special events.
WHY IT’S WORTHY: For the diner, it can mean more than a place to eat. L’Oca d’Oro, for instance, established itself as a community hub even before opening. Knowing they’re supporting a neighborhood business, customers feel more of a connection to the restaurant.
OTHER WAYS: Lenoir, also in Austin, has a similar approach to ensure it could source the best ingredients and retain top talent. Members received dollar-for-dollar credit and perks, such as free knife sharpening ($2,500 level) and private four-course dinners ($5,000 level). Members can also share their accounts with other diners, thus spreading interest organically.
MODERN BARFLY: WINE AND SPIRIT VIP
WHAT IT IS: Member-only cocktails or procured monthly wine orders that generate exclusivity and lure well-heeled regulars.
HOW IT WORKS: “The Cocktail Cabinet of Curiosities” program at New York City’s Saxon + Parole allows customers to sign up for one- ($75), three- ($225) or 12-month ($790) memberships. Members receive a glass bottle emblazoned with their name, which remains in the bar’s liquor cabinet. Each month, bartenders fill the glassware with cocktails available only to them.
WHY IT’S WORTHY: Rather than visit the trendy bar du jour, customers stick with Saxon + Parole to maximize their memberships. Higher markups on alcohol ensure better profits, while bigger food orders improve check averages at the bar.
OTHER WAYS: More than 250,000 people have signed up for Cooper’s Hawk Wine Club. Members indicate their preferences (such as whites, reds and sweet) and Cooper’s Hawk sends monthly bottles. Members receive dining gift cards for points earned as well as retail discounts, members only events and limited bottlings. In return, Cooper’s Hawk enjoys steady business and an ever-expanding customer database.
THE NEW REGULAR: BETTER PERKS
WHAT IT IS: Frequent diner memberships with perks that make guests feel like VIPs.
HOW IT WORKS: At Blood & Sand in St. Louis, a monthly membership fee of $15 entitles diners to special menu pricing and other privileges, like members-only happy hours, retail wine pricing and reserved tables. Similar deals are extended to small and large businesses.
WHY IT’S WORTHY: “Sometimes (members) are our best source of ideas,” says Tim Murphy, owner of Blood & Sand. “With a sense of ownership and loyalty, they feel invested in our success.”
OTHER WAYS: Chicago-based Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises offers a tiered frequent-diner program. The more money diners spend, the higher their point returns. And since points can be used at over 120 restaurants across the country, says Lettuce President R.J. Melman, diners can enjoy diverse dining experiences.
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ABOUT CIMIP
IDENTITY CRIMES
CIMIP in the News
Identity Theft News
Center for Identity Management
and Information Protection
Dr. Donald Rebovich,
drebovich@utica.edu
1600 Burrstone Road
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Triad Biometrics Becomes Newest Stakeholder in CIMIP of Utica College
Fingerprint ID Innovators to Provide Expertise for Research Projects
Written By Thomas Armitage '09, PR Intern
Triad Biometrics to provide fingerprint expertise for CIMIP research
cleogrande@utica.edu
Utica, NY (01/13/2009)
- Triad Biometrics, manufacturer of Triad Enterprise Authentication and Migration System (TEAMS), has joined forces with the Center for Identity Management and Information Protection of Utica College (CIMIP) to assist in research-based projects dealing with fingerprint identification and identify theft.
CIMIP, the first research collaborative of its kind, is a partnership comprised of leading government, corporate and academic institutions. Founded in 2006, CIMIP is dedicated to the study of identity management, information sharing, data protection, and addressing the crimes of identity theft and identity fraud.
“Triad Biometrics can provide expertise to CIMIP in the area of comprehensive security software systems designed to ensure accurate identity authentication,” said Donald Rebovich, Ph.D., executive director of CIMIP. “Triad Biometrics is known for the creation and testing of innovative methods of biometric authentication dedicated to successfully counteracting harmful hacking, spoofing and phishing attacks on information systems. As a CIMIP stakeholder, Triad Biometrics will be instrumental in the development of research ideas and initiatives aimed at enhancing capabilities to prevent identity fraud through improved strategies for effective information protection.”
“A logical outgrowth of Utica College’s suite of economic crime and criminal justice academic programs and its Economic Crime Institute, CIMIP seeks to provide resources for those who establish policy, regulation, and legislation. Through research and technical assistance applications, CIMIP and its stakeholders work toward a more secure personal and business environment, as well as a more secure homeland,” Rebovich said. As the most recently added stakeholder, Triad Biometrics joins other stakeholders, including the United States Marshals Service, the United States Postal Inspection Service, and Syracuse University’s CASE Center.
“We are very enthusiastic about joining CIMIP because it represents a much-needed platform in bringing together academia, government, and industry to craft coherent and advanced identity solutions for today’s challenging world,” said Scott Coby, CEO of Triad Biometrics LLC. “We believe that CIMIP will not only foster understanding and innovation, but also provide a valuable source for cutting-edge technology advancements.”
For more information about CIMIP and its stakeholders, visit www.cimip.org.
About Center for Identity Management and Information Protection:
The Center for Identity Management and Information Protection of Utica College is a research collaborative dedicated to the study of identity management, information sharing, and data protection and the crimes of identity theft and identity fraud. Founded in June 2006, its ultimate goal is to impact policy, regulation, and legislation through research and technical assistance applications.
CIMIP’s stakeholders are committed to working together to provide resources, gather subject matter experts, provide access to sensitive data, and produce results that will be practically applied to the fields of identity management, information protection and the prevention and control of identity theft and identity fraud. CIMIP study project results are put into action in the form of recommendations for best practices, new policies, regulations, legislation, training opportunities and proactive initiatives.
Christine Leogrande
About Triad Biometrics LLC:
Triad Biometrics LLC developed TEAMS®, a groundbreaking enterprise level fingerprint biometric identification and authentication product that is setting a new paradigm for security, interoperability, and accountability. TEAMS® represents the next-generation in securely accessing web based applications. By enabling the elimination of passwords and password fields, data security, end user experience, and productivity are significantly improved while authentication-related maintenance and operating costs are reduced. User frustration and risk associated with finding, remembering, and storing passwords is eliminated. Unlike other commercial biometric systems, TEAMS® is an autonomous authentication method with no reliance on directory or other password-based systems, and once implemented, cannot be hacked, cracked, or circumvented. TEAMS® utilizes military-grade FIPS-140 Suite B cryptography in concert with several unique patent pending features which enable a never-before-obtained level of identity confidence, privacy protection, and data security over un-trusted networks, such as the public internet.
Triad was founded in 2004 by Scott Coby, Mark Cohen and Shailesh Chirputkar. Their offices are based in Boca Raton, Florida and Stamford, Connecticut. Using their core engineering and technical expertise in identification, authentication, and enterprise information security, the founders devised a number of key technologies that overcame shortcomings in an integrated package designed for today's enterprise market. Triad's revolutionary TEAMS® product is the culmination of their development efforts.
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About Utica College – Utica College is a comprehensive private institution offering bachelors, master’s and doctoral degrees. The College, located in Upstate New York, approximately 90 miles west of Albany and 50 miles east of Syracuse, currently enrolls nearly 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students in 37 undergraduate majors, 27 minors, 17 master’s and two doctoral degree programs.
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O2 customer data being sold to criminals on dark net, investigation finds
02 customer data including phone numbers, emails, passwords and dates of birth, is being sold by criminals on the dark net.
The data was almost certainly obtained by using usernames and passwords first stolen from gaming website XSplit three years ago to log onto O2 accounts, the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme has learned.
When the login details matched, the hackers could access O2 customer data in a process known as “credential stuffing”.
O2 says it has reported the case to police, and is helping the inquiry.
It is highly likely that this technique will have been used to log onto other companies’ accounts too.
All the O2 account holders whose details the BBC has seen have been informed, with many saying they had used the same login for other online accounts.
O2 said in a statement: “We have not suffered a data breach. Credential stuffing is a challenge for businesses and can result in many company’s customer data being sold on the dark net.
“We have reported all the details passed to us about the seller to law enforcement and we continue to help with their investigations.”
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NFL Wild Card First Look; New Year’s Eve Bowls
Submitted by Jim Hurley on Monday, December 31, 2018 at 12:00 AM
FIRST LOOK AT NFL WILD CARD WEEKEND ...
PLUS, HERE'S THE NEW YEAR'S EVE BOWL MENU AND THE BOWL POINTSPREAD STANDINGS CHART
There's gonna be plenty of time later this week to preview/analyze/chew on this weekend's NFL Wild Card Round playoff games but here's some quick-hitter comments on the Saturday/Sunday action that's coming up ...
On Saturday, it's ...
INDIANAPOLIS (10-6) at HOUSTON (11-5) - 4:35 p.m. ET
These AFC South rivals split their regular-season tilts - they each won by 3 points on the other guy's field - but is this a major disadvantage for the Colts having to play on the "short week" and coming off a Sunday Night road win in Tennessee?
SEATTLE (10-6) at DALLAS (10-6) - 8:15 p.m. ET
The number shot up from Cowboys minus 1 to minus 2.5 faster than you can say Dandy Don Meredith but check this out: The 'Boys are a dazzling 6-1-1 ATS (against the spread) in their last eight games while the Seahawks are 5-2-1 vig-wise in their last eight tilts.
On Sunday, it's ...
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (12-4) at BALTIMORE (10-6) - 1:05 p.m. ET
In case you were wondering, these Chargers have covered seven of their last nine games as underdogs dating back to early 2017 while the AFC North champion Ravens sport the conference's third-best points differential margin (+102) behind only Kansas City and New England. Not bad.
PHILADELPHIA (9-7) at CHICAGO (12-4) - 4:40 p.m. ET
All this chatter about the defending Super Bowl champion Eagles getting hot at the "right time" but the Bears sport the longer SU (straight-up) winning streak at four in a row to Philly's three straight ... so there! Plus, Chicago owns the NFL's best spread mark this year at 12-4 versus Mr. Vig.
The College Football Playoffs this past Saturday - maybe to no one's real surprise - turned into an all-game victory parade for both #2 Clemson and #1 Alabama:
Okay, so the 'Bama Crimson Tide didn't cover that whopping 15-point price tag in their 45-34 SU (straight-up) win against Oklahoma even though they galloped out to a 21-0 first-quarter lead - but there were few real dramatic moments in both playoff semifinal tilts and that seems to be the way things go since the CFP started back in 2014. There's been eight semifinal games (out of 10) decided by twin-figure margins including lopsided results of 59-20 (see Oregon over Florida State in 2014), 38-0 (see Alabama over Michigan State in 2015), 31-0 (see Clemson over Ohio State in 2016) and 30-3 (see Clemson over Notre Dame this year).
We'll have plenty to say in the coming days about this year's Clemson-Alabama bout for all the marbles, so stay tuned all week long here at Jim Sez and remember we'll have the Side & Totals winners on this showdown next Monday night on game-day afternoon. Got it?
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COLLEGE BOWLMANIA - THE MONDAY SKED
MILITARY BOWL - at Annapolis, MD
VIRGINIA TECH (6-6) vs. CINCINNATI (10-2) -- 12 p.m. ET, ESPN
Gotta go all the way back to the 2009 season to find the last time the Cincinnati Bearcats won more than 10 games (see 12-1 under current Notre Dame boss Brian Kelly) and so here's a shot at some modern-day history for the Cincy kids: No doubt this club can run the ball - the 'Cats rank 16th nationally while averaging 238 ground yards per) and Virginia Tech's a shaky 105th nationally in rush defense. If the combo of QB Desmond Ridder and RB Michael Warren (see 1,737 combined rushing yards) can power up here, then the VT Hokies will be in for a long day near the nation's capital. Note that the Techsters have failed to cover seven of their last 10 games when placed in the underdog role. Just sayin'.
SUN BOWL - at El Paso, TX
PITTSBURGH (7-6) vs. STANFORD (8-4) - 2 p.m. ET, CBS
There's been plenty of doom-and-gloom when it comes to the Pac-12 playing in bowl games: In fact, already this year the conference is 0-3 against the odds (Arizona State, Cal and Washington State have failed to cash with Oregon, Utah and Washington still ahead on the bowl docket) and so there's pressure on this so-so favored Stanford squad to deliver the goods: Remember, no RB Bryce Love here for the Cardinal as he readies himself for the "next level" and so expect Stanford slinger K.J. Costello (3,435 yards passing with 29 TDs) to get plenty of opportunities to air it out against a Pitt defense that surrendered 37-or-more points on six different occasions. Note that Pitt has failed to cover five of its last six bowl tilts dating back to the 2011 season.
REDBOX BOWL - at Santa Clara, CA
MICHIGAN STATE (7-5) vs. OREGON (8-4) - 3 p.m. ET, Fox
The mid-week announcement that Oregon QB Justin Herbert will be back for the 2019 season is supposed to give the Pac-12 Ducks a boost ... we shall see. Herbert threw for 2,985 yards with 28 TDs and 8 INTs this year but wasn't always 100 percent healthy. If Herbert can hook up with favorite target WR Dillon Mitchell (69 grabs / 1,114 yards receiving / 9 TDs) then Michigan State might have to play catch-up all afternoon. Hey, the Spartans ranked 116th nationally in rushing and this offense scored a grand total of 26 points in its final three games, so 12th-year boss Mark Dantonio may need re-inserted starting QB Brian Lewerke to sine (hasn't started since Nov. 10th). Michigan State's a rotten 4-8 ATS overall this season but take note that Sparty has covered five of its last six bowl games.
LIBERTY BOWL - at Memphis, TN
#23 MISSOURI (8-4) vs. OKLAHOMA STATE (6-6) - 3:45 p.m. ET, ESPN
Old rivals from back in the Big 12 days clash here in the game with the largest pointspread on this New Year's Eve: Hey, Mizzou has a pro-bound slinger in QB Drew Lock (3,125 yards passing with 25 TDs and 8 INTs) and RB Larry Rountree II (1,012 yards rushing / 10 TDs) can scoot for big gainers too if Okie State's wobbly defense (allowed 31-or-more points on eight different occasions in 2018) can't hold the fort. Hard to believe that the OSU Cowboys lost outright five times when favored by 5.5-or-more points ... head coach Mike Gundy's looking to avoid his first losing season since 2005 ... his first year on the job. Missouri covered four-of-six games this season when it was laying a TD or more but the Tigers are just 8-14 ATS away since the start of '15.
HOLIDAY BOWL - at San Diego, CA
#22 NORTHWESTERN (8-5) vs. #17 UTAH (9-4) - 7 p.m. ET, Fox Sports 1
Everyone knows that Utah coach Kyle Whiitngham is 11-1 SU in bowls since arriving on the scene in Salt Lake City: He's also 9-22 versus the vig in these post-season tilts and the number - Utah's favored by 7 points - might appear a tad high 'cause it's expected that QB Tyler Huntley (1,788 yards passing with 12 TDs and 6 INTs) will be back after suffering a broken collarbone in mid-November. Note that Northwestern ranks dead last in the Big 10 in pass defense (258.1 yards per game) and two starters on "D: are out with injuries: LB Nate Hall (shoulder) and DT Jordan Thompson (knee). Northwestern's just 6-6-1 against the odds this year but the 'Cats do own a 22-10-1 spread log as underdogs the past five years and the Big 10 guys are 17-7 ATS away the past four years.
GATOR BOWL - at Jacksonville, FL
N.C. STATE (9-3) vs. #19 TEXAS A&M (8-4) - 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Interesting to note that - so far - the ACC is 5-2 odds-wise in this year's bowls (second-best among the power conferences only behind the Big 12 - see chart below) and here comes a pro-bound QB Ryan Finley (3,789 yards passing with 24 TDs and a 68 percent completion rate) looking to pull off the upset. N.C. State is a dead-even and vig-losing 35-35-1 ATS under sixth-year head coach Dave Doeren but note the Wolfpack's a solid 11-6 spreadwise in non-ACC games while dating back to early 2014 and they've won/covered their last two bowl games including a 52-31 beatdown of Arizona State in last year's Sun Bowl. On the flip side, first-year Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher had the Aggies at 6-1 ATS out of the starting gate - A&M wound up 8-4 ATS in the regular season - but whether the SEC crew covers the full TD price here depends on how State handles the one-two punch of QB Kellen Mond (2,967 yards passing with 23 TDs plus 389 rushing yards) and RB Trayveon Williams who has averaged 175 rushing yards in his last four games. Spread Note: A&M is 9-3 ATS as favs since the start of last year.
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Saanich expects to replace Craigflower bridge in the summer of 2013
Saanich aims to replace Craigflower bridge next June
Craigflower Bridge will be well into its 80th year of service when Saanich begins its replacement project
Kyle Slavin
Craigflower Bridge will be well into its 80th year of service when Saanich begins its replacement project, now slated for the summer of 2013.
While the original timeline for joint Saanich-View Royal project was to have work start this summer and running into the fall, municipal engineers were forced to put the project on hold while they awaited federal environmental and archaeological permits.
Initially there was talk about construction potentially running from the winter through to spring, but those plans were scrapped due to the holidays.
“We heard a lot of feedback from local businesses that the loss of (access during) the Christmas shopping would be devastating,” said Jim Hemstock, Saanich’s manager of transportation. “And it also didn’t give us summer holidays, looking after getting the school kids back and forth. Those two were good reasons to go with the summer schedule.”
While Hemstock anticipates the permits will be issued in August, he says the Department of Fisheries and Oceans will have the final say on when construction can take place.
“We’re expecting it to be June 1, 2013. It could be slightly different, but I believe that going to be the window they’ll give us,” he said. “By June 1 the herring have finished their run and the salmon don’t start until Sept. 15. That’s what drives the window”
Engineers are currently completing the final design of the bridge, and Hemstock says they’ll be pre-qualifying contractors in the fall, to send the project to tender in February.
“We’re thinking we’re going to give the folks a long time to work on their bid – hopefully that will lead to better pricing,” he said.
The $10.7-million Craigflower Bridge reconstruction project is funded mostly by federal gas tax cash ($10 million). Saanich will cover 60 per cent of the remaining bill, and View Royal will cover the rest.
The existing narrow, two-lane bridge is 79 years old. It’s slated to be replaced by a three-lane bridge, complete with bike lanes and wide sidewalks.
Saanich will also simultaneously replace sewer infrastructure along Gorge Road, between Admirals and Tillicum roads, during the bridge construction. That would require Gorge Road to be shut down completely, too, during that time.
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Virtual Fitting Rooms Use Video Calling to Let Brides Collaborate with Wedding Dress Designers
By Sophia D. -
The wedding gown designs of Spanish sisters Yolanda and Cristina Perez are said to be the cure to ivory blindness. The Barcelona pair, the daughters of a bridal shop owner, and their Yolan Cris label are part of a new movement of bridal design that uses a hyper-dedication to detail to create modern twists on traditional designs. And every gown Yolan Cris creates is produced in their Catalan hometown.
That creates a problem if you’re a fashion-conscious bride-to-be living in the U.S.
While the average wedding here costs more than $35,000–and if you wed in Manhattan you can comfortably double that figure–there’s little room in even that kind of budget for a trip to Spain to meet your dream dress designer.
Which makes the arrival of the virtual fitting room, powered by video conferencing, a very exciting development.
Virtual Fitting Rooms
Russian boutique Melon Fashion Group uses video conferencing to visually communicate with its manufacturers hundreds of miles away in China. Switching to video calls saves the company weeks of downtime incurred when initial designs are shipped back and forth between St. Petersburg and the Chinese mainland for the purpose of internal quality assurance testing.
Of course, when you’re dealing with the finer details of fashion fit and fabric you need to be able to discern the quality of every stitch and seam.
So the Russian team built hundreds of virtual fitting rooms into its home offices. They deployed 500 Polycom RealPresence terminals, each with HD visuals and 25x optical zoom. That provides detail enough to let designers fine tune every aspect of an outfit, while relaying their instructions in real-time to the manufacturers, and with the benefit of face-to-face visuals. In effect, they can conduct live fittings with Chinese models and get 360-degree simultaneous views by mounting several web cameras around the living, breathing mannequins.
Obviously, there’s little reason why this commercial arrangement couldn’t be applied to the retail world.
3D Web Cameras for Bridal Fittings
The immediate improvement we can see on the Russian model, which is just your basic person-to-person video call setup, albeit with a whole bunch of cameras, is to upgrade to 3D technology.
Better described as depth-of-field cameras, the current range of infrared devices on the webcam market add the third dimension by pinging signals off their subjects to determine distance from the camera. They do this in much the same way that radar detects shapes by bouncing sound waves.
Intel’s RealSense cameras are the most commonly cited version of the technology, although Personify and even Logitech also have 3D devices of their own. Increased competition, and the practical deployment of 3D in facial recognition software such as Windows Hello, means there are 3D devices available for less than $200.
That puts the technology within reach of everyday users, and makes it possible to stage a virtual wedding gown fitting between any two points on the globe–any two points with internet, anyway.
Which can bring American brides into the Spanish fashion suites of the Perez sisters.
Working with Wedding Dress Designers Online
We’ve previously discussed how wedding planners can harness video conferencing to reach distant clients and improve the way their service is delivered by providing augmented reality. This time around we’re focused on everyday reality, and building a personal relationship with a designer normally a trans-Atlantic flight away.
There are Yolan Cris stores in more than a dozen U.S. states, which makes for a perfect launching point for a face-to-face call with the two visionaries behind the brand’s unique designs. These stores could make use of their staff to take measurements while the bridal party could have a personal discussion of their dream gown with the Spanish sisters. Or, each store could employ a RealSense infrared dressing room-style bridal booth and let the fashion icon and bride-to-be do everything one-on-one.
More interestingly though, especially for people not living within comfortable driving distance of a Yolan Cris retail outlet, is the potential to stage a 3D fitting from home. Combining WebRTC technology that allows video callers to connect instantly through a free service embedded in a commercial website with the affordable new infrared cameras would let a bride in South Carolina, Alaska, or Oregon be interviewed and measured for a one-off gown from an international leader in the field.
The customer would only have to navigate to the Yolan Cris site, make an appointment using a live video chat link, and then gather their friends and family around the kitchen table so they can share in one of life’s special moments.
They’d still have to wait for the dress to be delivered, which could be a red flag to a potential Bridezilla, but it’s still an instant connection that means anyone can have the fairy-tale gown they’d always wanted, even if they live in South Dakota.
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Best of the Best: 2017 Virtuoso Winners
Virtuoso Life September 2017 Best of the Best: 2017 Virtuoso Winners
Palazzo Seneca, Norcia, Italy
Winner: Hotel of the Year
Six Senses Douro Valley, Portugal
Winner: Best Achievement in Design
La Terrazza, Hotel Eden, Rome
Winner: Best Dining Experience
Bar Hemingway, The Ritz Paris
Winner: Best Bar
Canyon Ranch, Tucson
Winner: Best Wellness Program
Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown
Winner: Best Virtuoso Newcomer
Andaz Mayakoba Resort, Riviera Maya, Mexico
Winner: Best Virtuoso Experience
Cavallo Point – The Lodge at the Golden Gate, San Francisco
Winner: Sustainable Tourism Leadership
The Ritz-Carlton, Naples, Florida
Winner: Best Family Program
Susanne Hatje, Mandarin Oriental, New York
Winner: Hotelier of the Year
Virtuoso travel advisors voted on the top wellness program, dining experience, newcomer, and more in our 11th annual hotel awards.
Hotel of the Year — Palazzo Seneca
Norcia, Italy
“This award recognizes a beautiful part of Italy that has so much to offer and needs tourists as never before,” says Virtuoso travel advisor Julia Kostina of Vancouver, British Columbia. “I was totally charmed by it.” When Federico Bianconi and his family, whose roots in hospitality go back more than a century, took over the 50-year-old Palazzo Seneca in 2008, they tasked the region’s best artisans with refurbishing the property using exceptional Umbrian materials and objects. The result was an intimate 24-room hotel that fused design, local traditions, and exemplary service. Then a 6.6-magnitude earthquake last October devastated much of the town and surrounding villages – many of Norcia’s in-habitants lost their homes and jobs. “The Bianconis took on the responsibility of leading the area’s recovery,” Kostina says. “They’re beautiful people who care for others who are less fortunate and love the land where they were born.” After reopening Palazzo Seneca in April, Bianconi and his family are helping put Norcia back on Italy-lovers’ lists.
Best Achievement in Design — Six Senses Douro Valley
Lamego, Portugal
“What sets this resort apart is that it retains the charm and beauty of a large country manor among rolling hills and vineyards,” says travel advisor Linda Zelisko of Raleigh, North Carolina. “There’s a prevailing sense of quiet, calm, and relaxation as soon as you enter.” Perched on a terraced slope overlooking the ancient Douro Valley wine region and its eponymous river, the 57-room resort (Six Senses Douro Valley) encompasses a destination spa, two pools, and an impressive wine cellar and organic garden for its acclaimed Vale de Abraão Restaurant. The minimalist design, coupled with Georgian antiques and Brazilian and Goan artifacts, creates an interesting juxtaposition between indoors and outdoors, past and present. “Rooms decorated in subtle color palettes offer the most amazing views from large windows and private decks,” Zelisko says. “The outdoor beauty is part of your stay from the moment you wake up and open the drapes.”
Best Dining Experience — La Terrazza, Hotel Eden
From the rooftop of the recently re-opened 98-room Hotel Eden, La Terrazza’s dramatic views stretch from Saint Peter’s Basilica to Villa Borghese. But you’d be forgiven for turning your attention to the interior, where design firm Jouin Manku has turned the concept of a fine Italian suit into a polished dining room
with delicate fabrics, varnished woods, and a frescoed glass wall that heightens the sense of drama. Chef Fabio Ciervo’s seasonal creations are equally eye-catching and surprising. Take, for example, the “extraction of mixed herbs,” a starter that dis-tills a green salad into a series of variations (one of them liquid), or his white-asparagus risotto with turmeric and ground coffee. Every bite is a culinary revelation. “Have you ever eaten pasta surrounded by dry-ice vapor?” asks Phoenix-based Virtuoso advisor Jonathan Phillips. “It is simply the most innovative dish I have ever seen.”
Best Bar — Bar Hemingway, The Ritz Paris
“Walking into Bar Hemingway is like stepping back in time,” says advisor Liora Manilof of Miami. The Ritz Paris’ 142 rooms may have recently undergone a $400 million renovation, but its bar – famously “liberated” from the Nazis by Ernest Hemingway in 1944 – has remained largely untouched. Photos of Papa cover the walls, while his old typewriter and handwritten letters decorate the room. Manilof recommends getting there early to score a seat at the bar: “Colin Field is a book of stories,” she says of the head bartender. “You can sit back, listen, and just imagine.” Her second tip: Try the Serendipity cocktail, made with Calvados from the Pays d’Auge, apple juice from bitter Normandy apples, fresh mint, and Champagne. Or, as she calls it, “France in a glass.”
Best Wellness Program — Canyon Ranch, Tucson
“The range of programs is far superior to that of any other spa I have experienced,” says Milwaukee-based travel advisor Peggy Purtell of the 169-room Canyon Ranch, Tucson. For almost four decades, guests have checked into the 150-acre resort in the Arizona desert seeking inspiration from an expert team of dietitians, nutritionists, physicians, and therapists, who help turn aspirations and goals into commitments to healthy living. “I love the lectures,” Purtell says, describing how she learned to make healthy meals in the demo kitchen during one event and discovered how to establish a better bedtime routine at another. But what she appreciates most are the staff, some of whom have been there for years. “You can tell people enjoy working there,” she says. “It’s so nice to go back time after time and see a familiar, friendly face.”
Best Virtuoso Newcomer — Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown
Brushed-bronze accents, muted jewel tones, and subtle textural elements set a distinctly contemporary tone throughout the Four Seasons’ new 189-room property a block from One World Trade Center. “The large wrought-iron front doors give this hotel a luxurious first impression,” says NYC-based advisor Sylvia Betesh Lebovitch. “But the standout feature is the beautiful spiral staircase and cascading sculpture on the ground level.” The smallest of the guest rooms starts at 400 square feet – spacious for NYC, as is the 75-foot lap pool with two-story windows looking out on Lower Manhattan. Lebovitch also gives high praise to Cut, Wolfgang Puck’s first restaurant in the city. “Breakfast was my favorite meal of the day,” she says. “The eggs Benedict served on a jalapeño white-cheddar biscuit with maple hollandaise was so unique.”
Best Virtuoso Experience — Andaz Mayakoba Resort, Riviera Maya
Quintana Roo, Mexico
The fourth hotel to open in the ecologically diverse Mayakoba complex north of Playa del Carmen, Andaz Mayakoba feels a little more modern and youthful than its neighbors. Credit some of that to the hotel’s “Cultural Insiders,” such as Sol Tamargo. The photographer documents guests’ adventures among the 214-room resort’s wildlife-filled lagoons and canals or with a modern Frida Kahlo-inspired session. “From the moment you arrive in The Sanctuary Lounge and make a wish by throwing a little stone into the cenote, you know you are in a special place,” says Virtuoso advisor Areli Guzmán of Culiacán, Mexico. The design – a collection of sleek white buildings constructed of local wood, with facades based on Mayan glyphs and numerology – also reflects a sense of fun.
Sustainable Tourism Leadership — Cavallo Point – The Lodge at the Golden Gate
Sausalito, CA United States
“Sustainable tourism can sometimes lead to unexpected opportunities,” says Costas Christ, Virtuoso’s global strategist for sustainability. Case in point: the 142-room LEED Gold Certified Cavallo Point lodge overlooking San Francisco Bay, which served as a U.S. military base for more than a century before being transformed into an urban eco-resort. “It’s a tale of tourism helping transform swords into plowshares,” says Christ, who adds that, by reusing building materials and maintaining 100 percent of the exterior design, Cavallo Point preserved the Fort Baker army barracks next to the Golden Gate Bridge – garnering top architectural honors from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Landscapers have planted some 58,000 native species throughout the grounds, many grown from seed. Guests now enjoy access to miles of biking and hiking trails in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, along with a healing-arts spa, a tea bar, and farm-to-fork dining at the lodge’s Murray Circle restaurant.
Best Family Program — The Ritz-Carlton, Naples
Naples, FL, United States
For kids, life’s much more than a three-mile beach at this 450-room Gulf resort. Designed in the style of a Mediterranean castle and decorated with antiques, Oriental carpets, and impressive chandeliers, The Ritz-Carlton offers daily interactive children’s programs that focus on the environment – interactive nature walks, hands-on discovery sessions in the science lab, and field trips. “They have great options for families to visit local museums and bird sanctuaries, and a special program with a local artist who leads glass-blowing classes,” says advisor Nicholas Cutrone of Ronkonkoma, New York. At its gaming center, Vue, players can face off with the latest from Xbox, Wii, PlayStation, and Alienware while a staff of avid gamers dispenses tips and advice. “They really go out of their way to make the experiences as engaging as possible for the kids,” Cutrone says.
Hotelier of the Year — Susanne Hatje, Mandarin Oriental, New York
“Passionate,” “motivating,” “full of life,” “creative” – these are just a handful of the words Virtuoso travel advisors use repeatedly to describe Susanne Hatje. An avid surfer and sailor, the German native has held senior management positions with Mandarin Oriental for the past 18 years – including serving as the GM in Boston, Hong Kong, and Munich – before taking the reins at Columbus Circle in 2013. “Susanne is the quintessential general manager,” says Virtuoso advisor Bob Watson of NYC. “She’s bright, personable, extremely well organized, and always available to guests.” Manhattan-based advisor Judy Stein agrees: “She’s the true definition of what a leader should be – and she does it all with a great sense of humor and an equally great sense of style!”
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Black-headed Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak: Large, stocky finch, black-streaked, orange-brown back, black head, wings, tail. Breast is orange-brown and belly is yellow. Wings have conspicuous white patches. Black legs, feet. Female lacks black head and throat, has brown streaked upperparts and buff streaked underparts. Forages on ground and in trees and bushes. Eats insects, caterpillars, seeds, fruits and berries.
Black-billed Magpie: Large, noisy jay, mostly black, with very long tail and dark, stout bill. Wings and tail are iridescent blue and green-black. White belly and sides. Eats insects, larvae, carrion. Direct flight on shallow, steady wing beats. Often glides between perches or from perch to ground.
Spotted Towhee: Large sparrow, white-spotted black back, black rump. Black breast, white belly, rufous sides. Head is black and eyes are red. Wings are black with white spots. Tail is long and black with white corners. Short, bounding flights, alternates rapid wing beats with wings pulled to sides.
Brewer's Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird: Medium-sized blackbird with purple gloss on head and neck and green gloss on body and wings. Eyes are yellow. Follows farm tractors and plows. Forages on ground. Feeds on caterpillars, insects, fruits, seeds and grains. Strong, swift and direct flight with rapidly beating wings.
Golden-crowned Sparrow: Large sparrow, brown-streaked upperparts and plain gray breast. Yellow crown is bordered by a wide black cap; cheek and collar are black. Bill is gray. Wings are brown with two white bars. Short flights, alternates rapid wing beats with brief periods of wings pulled to sides.
Bewick's Wren: Small wren with unstreaked, gray to red-brown upperparts and plain white underparts. White eyebrows are conspicuous. Tail is long and white-edged with dark bars. Bill is long and slightly decurved. Legs and feet are gray. Eastern populations are red-brown, Northwestern birds are more brown, and Western Interior birds are gray-brown. Eastern populations have seriously declined since the 1960s.
Western Meadowlark: This short stocky, ground-dwelling bird has dark-streaked brown upperparts, bright yellow underparts, and a broad black V on the breast. It has a dark brown-and-white striped crown, sharply pointed bill and brown tail with white edges. Feeds mostly on insects but also eats seeds. Flies low, with rapid shallow stiff wing beats followed by short glides. Sexes are similar.
Townsend's Warbler
Townsend's Warbler: Olive-green upperparts, black throat and upper breast. Lower breast and sides are yellow with black streaks and belly is white.Face is yellow with black crown and cheek patch and yellow crescent below eye. Wings have two white bars. Tail has white edges, dark center and tip.
Bullock's Oriole
Bullock's Oriole: Medium oriole, mostly bright orange with black crown, eye-line, throat stripe, back, and central tail. Wings are black with large white patches. Forages in trees and bushes. Feeds on insects, caterpillars, fruits and berries. Sips nectar. Strong direct flight with rapid wing beats.
Western Tanager
Western Tanager: Medium-sized tanager with brilliant red head, bright yellow body, black back, wings, and tail. Wings have two bars: upper bar is yellow, lower bar is white. Legs and feet are gray. Female is olive-green above, with gray back and yellow underparts. Swift direct flight on rapidly beating wings. It was first recorded on the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Loggerhead Shrike
Loggerhead Shrike: Medium shrike with gray upperparts and paler gray underparts. Mask is black and throat is white. Bill is heavy and slightly hooked. Wings are black with white patches. Tail is long, black, and white-edged. Low, swift flight, alternates rapid wing beats with wings pulled to sides.
Varied Thrush
Varied Thrush: Large thrush, dark gray upperparts, rust-brown throat, breast, sides, eyebrows, black breast band, and white belly and undertail. Wings are dark gray with two rust-brown bars. Tail is dark gray with white corners. Legs and feet are brown. Direct, swift flight on rapidly beating wings.
Painted Bunting
Painted Bunting: Colorful, medium-sized bunting. The male (shown in background) has a bronze-green back, bright red eyering, rump and underparts. Head and nape are blue. Wings are dark with green shoulder patches. The female (shown in foreground) has green upperparts, yellow-green underparts and dark wings.
Blue Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak: Large finch, bright purple-blue body, black face, and two wide, brown wingbars. Dark wings, tail. Hops on ground to forage. Gleans from bushes, weeds and trees. Feeds on insects, snails, grains, seeds and fruits. Swift flight, alternates rapid wing beats with wings pulled to sides.
Field Sparrow: Medium sparrow, rufous back with dark streaks, unstreaked, buff breast. Gray-brown rump. Gray head, rufous cap, and white eye-ring. Pink bill, legs and feet. Forages on ground or low shrubbery. Short flights, alternates rapid wing beats with brief periods of wings pulled to the sides.
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur: Small, sparrow-like bird with brown-streaked upperparts, black breast and flanks, some have chestnut on underparts, pale gray belly. Face is buff with black stripe behind eye. Nape is chestnut-brown, crown is black, and throat is white. Tail is black with strongly contrasting white outer tail feathers.
Clay-colored Sparrow: Medium sparrow with black-streaked brown upperparts and buff underparts. The face is pale with finely streaked crown, crisp brown cheek patch, white eyestripe, and gray nape. Pink-gray legs and feet. Short flight, alternates several rapid wing beats with wings pulled to sides.
Louisiana Waterthrush: Large ground-dwelling warbler, dark olive-brown upperparts, heavily streaked white underparts with buff wash on belly and sides. White throat; eyestripe is dark and thick, white eyebrows widen behind eyes. Bill is long and heavy. Tail is short with pale buff undertail coverts.
Kentucky Warbler
Kentucky Warbler: Medium, ground-dwelling warbler with bright olive-green upperparts and yellow underparts. Head has black mask and sideburns and thick yellow eyebrows. Bill is black, legs and feet are pink. Secretive, heard rather than seen. It is named for the state where it was first discovered.
Hooded Warbler
Hooded Warbler: Medium warbler, olive-green upperparts, bright yellow underparts. Head has black hood, and yellow face. The eyes are large and dark and the tail is often spread, displaying large white spots. Bill is black, legs and feet are pink. Makes short, direct flights on rapidly beating wings.
Connecticut Warbler
Connecticut Warbler: Large ground-walking warbler, olive-gray upperparts, dull yellow underparts. Head has a slate-gray hood and bold white eye-ring. It was named for the state where it was first discovered, where it is an uncommon migrant. Sometimes called Swamp Warbler.
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler: Small warbler, black-marked, slate-gray upperparts, black streaks on flanks, white underparts. Head has black hood and throat, sharply contrasting white eyebrow and cheek stripe, and yellow spot in front of eye. Wings are dark with two white bars. Black bill, legs, feet.
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo: Medium cuckoo, gray-brown upperparts and white underparts. Bill is mostly yellow. Wings are gray-brown with rufous primaries. Tail is long and has white-spotted black edges. Gray legs, feet. Feeds primarily on hairy caterpillars, also insects, larvae, small fruits, and berries.
Worm-eating Warbler: Medium-sized, ground nesting warbler with olive-gray upperparts and pale yellow underparts. Yellow head has black crown stripes and eye-lines. As its name suggests, it eats a steady diet of moth caterpillars and worms. It usually forages in understory vegetation and dead leaves.
Prairie Warbler: Small warbler, brown-streaked, olive-green upperparts with reddish-brown streaking, bright yellow underparts with black streaks on sides. Head has a yellow-green cap, yellow face, and dark eye, cheek stripes. Found in pine stands, mangroves and overgrown fields rather than prairies.
Hermit Warbler
Hermit Warbler: Small warbler, gray upperparts, white underparts, black-streaked flanks. Head is yellow with black throat and nape. Wings are gray with two white bars. Bill, legs and feet are black. They spend most of their time in the tops of tall fir and pine trees, making them difficult to see.
Blue-winged Warbler: Medium-sized warbler with olive-green upperparts and yellow underparts. The head is yellow with thin black eye line and olive-green nape. Wings are dark gray with two white bars. When its range overlaps with the Golden-winged Warrbler, it often interbreeds with or displaces it.
Prothonotary Warbler: Medium-sized warbler with olive-green back and blue-gray wings and tail. Head, neck, and underparts are vibrant yellow and the undertail coverts are white. Bill, legs and feet are black. The only eastern warbler that nests in tree hollows. Once called the Golden Swamp Warbler.
Yellow-throated Warbler: Medium warbler with gray upperparts, yellow throat, chin, and upper breast, white underparts with black spots on sides. Head has black face patch, white eyebrows. Wings are dark with two white bars. Tail is gray with white spots near corners. Bill, legs, and feet are black.
Western Kingbird
Western Kingbird: Large flycatcher, gray upperparts, darker head, white throat and upper breast, and yellow lower breast and belly. Wings are brown. Tail is black with white edges. Feeds on insects, fruits and berries. Bouyant fluttering flight on shallow wing beats. Hovers over prey and dips down.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: Small, flycatcher-like perching bird, blue-gray upperparts, white underparts, prominent white eye-ring. Wings are dark. Black tail is long and white-edged. Forages in thickets, trees and shrubs for insects, their eggs and larvae. Weak fluttering flight on shallow wing beats.
Say's Phoebe
Say's Phoebe: Medium-sized, active flycatcher with gray-brown upperparts and head, paler gray throat and upper breast, and pale rufous belly and undertail coverts. The wings and tail are dark gray. Feeds primarily on insects. Weak fluttering flight with shallow wing beats. Hawks from perch, hovers.
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher: Large flycatcher with boldly streaked olive-brown upperparts and pale yellow underparts with dark brown streaks. Eyestripes are thick and black with white borders. The wings are dark and edged with white. Tail is rust-brown. Slow fluttering flight with shallow wing beats.
Grasshopper Sparrow: Medium sparrow with brown-streaked upperparts and white underparts. Face, flanks, and breast are plain buff-brown. Head is flat with central white stripe though dark crown. Upper mandible is gray, while lower mandible is yellow. Pink legs and feet. Named for its insectlike song.
Yellow-headed Blackbird: Medium-sized blackbird with black body, bright yellow hood and breast, and distinct white wing patches. Bill, legs and feet are black. Forages in low vegetation and on the ground. Feeds on insects, larvae, snails, seeds, and grains. Strong direct flight on rapid wing beats.
Cerulean Warbler: The male is sky-blue with faintly streaked upperparts and black-streaked white flanks. A black band separates a white throat and belly. Wings have two bold white bars. The female has unstreaked blue-gray upperparts and a yellow wash on face and breast with pale streaks on flanks, and yellow eyebrows. The immature bird is paler and more olive over all. Prefers to stay high in the crowns of mature deciduous trees, making it difficult to see.
Harris's Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow: Large sparrow with dark-streaked, brown upperparts and white underparts with dark-streaked sides. Head has stark black crown, face, and throat. Gray cheek patch is marked by a thin, black line. Bill is pink. Alternates rapid wing beats with brief periods of wings pulled to sides.
LeConte's Sparrow
LeConte's Sparrow: Small sparrow, brown-streaked back, brown-streaked gray nape, pale gray underparts with streaks on sides, pale yellow breast. Head is flat with brown stripes. Face is pale yellow-orange with gray cheeks. Legs, feet are pink-brown. Name changed in 2017 from Le Conte's Sparrow to LeConte's Sparrow.
White-eyed Vireo
White-eyed Vireo: Medium-sized, secretive vireo with olive-green upperparts, and white underparts with yellow sides and flanks. Spectacles are pale yellow and iris is white. Wings are dark with two white bars. Legs and feet are gray. Flight is fast and direct on short, rounded wings.
Yellow-throated Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo: Large vireo, olive-gray upperparts, gray rump. Throat and breast are bright yellow, belly is white. Eyes are dark. Spectacles are yellow. Wings are dark with two white bars. Legs and feet are black. It is the most colorful member of its family in North America.
Summer Tanager
Summer Tanager: Large tanager, dark-red overall with a large, pale gray bill. Legs and feet are gray. It is the only entirely red bird in North America. Female has olive-yellow upperparts and dull yellow underparts. Some red morph females have a red wash, red splotches, or are entirely red. It specializes in eating bees and wasps, which is why it is also known as the bee bird. Swift direct flight with quick wing strokes.
Mountain Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird: Small thrush with brilliant blue back, head, and wings. Throat and breast are paler blue, and belly and undertail coverts are white. Female is gray overall with blue wings, rump, and tail. Hovers more than other bluebirds and drops on prey from above, also catches insects in flight. Eats mostly insects in the summer.
Sage Thrasher
Sage Thrasher: Small thrasher, gray upperparts, dark-streaked white underparts with pale brown wash. The head is gray, bill is short and slightly decurved. Wings are dark with thin,white bars. Tail is dark with white corners. Legs and feet are black. Fast flight on shallow wing beats.
Lark Sparrow: Medium sparrow with streaked, gray-brown upperparts and buff underparts with black breast spot. Head has black, white, and chestnut-brown stripes. Tail is long and black with white edges. Short, fluttering flight, alternates rapid wing beats with wings pulled to sides.
Green-tailed Towhee
Green-tailed Towhee: Large sparrow, olive-green upperparts and pale gray underparts. Crown is rufous, throat is white with black stripes, and bill is gray. Wings and tail are edged with olive-yellow. Rapid bouncy flight, alternates several quick wing beats with wings pulled to sides.
Eastern Towhee: Large sparrow with black upperparts, hood and upper breast, rufous flanks, and white underparts. Wings are black with white markings, and tail is long and black with white corners. Short, bounding flight, alternates several rapid wing beats with wings pulled to sides.
Tufted Titmouse
Tufted Titmouse: The largest titmouse, it has gray upperparts, pale gray underparts, rust-brown flanks. Head has dark gray cap and crest, pale gray face, and white eye-ring. Bill is black. Wings and tail are gray. Legs and feet are gray. Most spend their entire lives not far from their birthplace.
Seaside Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow: Medium sparrow (maritimus), streaked olive-gray upperparts, pale buff underparts, streaks on breast, sides. Head has yellow streak between eye, bill. Long bill, thick base. Short, pointed tail. Short flights, alternates rapidly beating wings with wings pulled to sides.
Hoary Redpoll: Small finch (exilipes), buff-gray, brown-streaked upperparts and brown-streaked white underparts washed pink. Head has red cap, black chin patch. Black wings with two white bars. Rump is pale gray or white with few or no streaks. Black tail is notched. Black legs and feet.
Bohemian Waxwing: Large waxwing with gray upperparts, pink-gray crest, black mask and chin, and gray underparts. The wings are black with a sharp yellow or white line and red spots on secondaries (visible when folded). Tail is dark and yellow-tipped with cinnamon-brown undertail coverts.
Townsend's Solitaire: Small thrush, gray overall and slightly darker above. Eye-ring is thin and white. The wings have pale rust-brown patches and black flight feathers. Outer tail feathers are white. Perches upright and remains still for long periods of time and is easily overlooked.
Swainson's Thrush: Medium-sized thrush (swainsoni), with dull olive-brown or olive-gray upperparts, pale buff eye-ring, dark moustache stripe, and brown-spotted buff throat and breast, and white belly. Legs and feet are pink-gray. Flies in a swift, direct flight with rapid wing beats.
Fieldfare
Fieldfare: Large, robin-like thrush with rufous back with gray head and rump. Underparts are brown-barred white on breast and sides, and white on belly. Wings are rufous. Tail is dark gray to black. The bill is yellow with a dark tip. Strong and fast flight on rapidly beating wings.
Golden-crowned Kinglet: Very small, warbler-like bird, olive-green to gray upperparts and pale breast. Head has bright orange crown patch bordered with yellow and black, white eyebrows and black bill. Tail is short and wings have two bars. Female similar but lacks orange in the yellow crown. Weak fluttering flight on shallow wing beats.
Northern Wheatear
Northern Wheatear: Small thrush (oenanthe), with gray upperparts, black wings, mask, and tail. Underparts are white, and buff-brown wash on throat. Dark gray back and nape. Very active bird, nervous and restless while foraging. Bobs tail and often makes short flights to hawk insects.
Stonechat
Stonechat: Small thrush with black back and white rump. Underparts are white except for orange breast. Head is black and collar is white. Wings are black with white stripes. Tail is black. Female is paler overall with brown head and buff rump. Found in open meadows and marsh edges. Forages for insects on ground; also picks off vegetation.
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Gray-cheeked Thrush: Small thrush (minimus), with olive-brown upperparts, buff-brown breast with brown spots, and white or buff belly. Gray eye-ring is indistinct. Upper mandible is black with pale base, while lower mandible is yellow with black tip. Tail and rump have rust-brown wash.
Bicknell's Thrush
Bicknell's Thrush: Small thrush, olive-brown upperparts, buff breast with brown spots, white or buff belly. Eye has faint gray ring. Upper mandible black with pale base, lower mandible yellow with black tip. Tail, rump have rust-brown wash. Swift, direct flight with jerky wing strokes.
Redwing: Medium-sized thrush with brown upperparts, dark-spotted white underparts, and rufous flanks. Eyebrows are white and conspicuous. Bill is yellow with black tip. Deep rufous-orange underwing linings are visible in flight. Swift and strong direct flight on rapidly beating wings.
House Wren: Small wren with brown head, nape, and back showing very fine dark brown bars, faint white eyebrows, and gray-brown underparts with fine brown bars on flanks and below tail. Wings and tail are brown with darker bars. Brown-throated Wrens have a bolder eyebrow and a darker throat. Northern birds are grayer overall with baring on the flanks. Southern birds have light brown upperparts and buff underparts. Bill is thin and slightly decurved.
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Fork-tailed Flycatcher: Medium-sized flycatcher with pale gray upperparts, black head, inconspicuous yellow crown stripe, and white underparts. Wings and spectacularly long, deeply forked tail are black. Wing linings are white. Swift flight with shallow wing beats. Feeds on insects.
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher: Medium flycatcher with pale gray upperparts and head, white underparts and throat, salmon-pink sides and flanks, and dark brown wings with white edges. Tail is long and scissor-like, black above with white outer edges and white below with black inner edges.
Lark Bunting
Lark Bunting: Large sparrow, nearly black with large white wing patches, short, white-edged tail, and heavy, blue-gray bill. Forages in groung, low vegetation. Strong flight, alternates shallow wing beats with brief periods of wings pulled to sides. It is the state bird of Colorado.
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Fragile Synchronicities: Families, Mobility, Work Scheduling and Precarious Employment
Tuesday April 16, 2019 at 11:00 AM PT, 2:00 PM ET, 7:00 AM GMT+1
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Growing numbers of Canadian workers are precariously employed. Precarity is associated with employment in changing worksites and with variable work schedules. Journeys-to-work are also becoming longer and more complex. Research on work-family balance and on precarious employment pays limited attention to mobility. This webinar will: (1) present key findings from a program of research on employment-related mobility in the Canadian context including its association with precarious employment and particular kinds of work scheduling; (2) explore ways mobility, work scheduling and precarious employment interact to affect the family lives of workers; and (3) discuss what unions, employers and government are and could be doing to help synchronize the rhythms of home, travel and working lives.
About the many types of Canadian occupations associated with extended mobility to and within precarious employment
How work-related mobility and work scheduling can intersect to affect employee diversity and the incomes, experiences, safety and options of workers and their family members
The potential consequences of mobility and non-standard work scheduling for family well-being
Potential strategies for going beyond employee assistance programs and improved wages to help workers and their families synchronize family, mobility and work scheduling rhythms
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Workers and their families make substantial investments of time and other resources in efforts to synchronize the rhythms of family life with those of complex/lengthy commutes and the often non-standard work hours and changing/multiple work locations associated with precarious employment.
Shift scheduling that does not take these challenges into account has the potential to disrupt family lives and the ability of some workers to remain at or advance in their workplaces.
Employer programs to address the challenges of work-related mobility for workers and their families tend to focus on resources to help workers respond to problems once they arise rather than preventing them in the first place.
There is a "duty to accommodate" family status in Canadian and provincial human rights acts but it remains unclear how mobility specifically converges with human rights code recommendations around this duty.
Barb Neis, PhD
Project Director, On the Move Partnership, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Dr. Barb Neis is John Paton Lewis Distinguished University Professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. Based in the Department of Sociology, she is also the Co-Director of the SafetyNet Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Research. She was co-awarded the Vanier Institute of the Family Mirabelli-Glossop Award for distinguished contribution to the work of the Vanier Institute. She is a past president of the Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health, is currently Project Director on a 7-year project called On the Move: Employment-Related Geographical Mobility in the Canadian Context, and is co-chair of the Newfoundland node of a second project, the Centre for Research on Work Disability Policy.
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Elise Thorburn is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Sociology at Brock University, a medical student at Memorial University and a former postdoctoral fellow with Memorial University's On the Move project. With On the Move she investigated the use of algorithmic shift scheduling software in low-wage work environments, particularly those that require long commutes, and how such algorithms impact capacities for social reproduction.
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Hurricane Michael is looking even more violent than first estimated
Hurricane Michael More Violent than First Estimated Although Michael was officially a Category 4 hurricane, with 155 mph sustained winds when it made landfall, that could potentia ...
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Hurricane Michael More Violent than First Estimated
Although Michael was officially a Category 4 hurricane, with 155 mph sustained winds when it made landfall, that could potentially be revised upward, to Category 5 — 157 mph and higher — in the ongoing National Hurricane Center analysis.
Gage Wilson and David Segal, technicians for the U.S. Geological Survey, were roaming the city of Mexico Beach, FL when they spotted the missing sensor.
It was a barometer that USGS employees had deployed in advance of Hurricane Michael, a pressure gauge housed inside a two-inch-diameter aluminum tube. The employees had noted in a report the specific spot where it was to measure the storm: “Barometer located on second light post from Highway 98 in pier parking lot.”
But there was no more light post after Michael destroyed just about everything there with a massive storm surge and intense winds when it made landfall Oct. 10.
The USGS needed that sensor to make an accurate estimate of the storm surge that barreled through Mexico Beach. Eleven days after Michael hit, demolishing most buildings in, they found the shiny cylinder, propped up vertically in front of the splintered ruins of a house.
Using data from that instrument and another sensor that had been nailed to a pier piling, the USGS on Oct. 25 concluded the storm surge at Mexico Beach had reached 15.55 feet, half a foot higher than the previous estimate. If you add the waves on top of the surge, the water level here reached 20.6 feet, or close to the height of a two-story building.
Michael was unusually violent, among the four most-intense hurricanes to hit the mainland United States since records began in 1851.
Mike Brennan, chief of the hurricane specialist unit at the National Hurricane Center, said Hurricane Michael was violent in two really different ways.
“You had the violence of the winds, the Category 4 winds in the eyewall there, but then you had the violent storm surge that was obviously powerful enough to wipe buildings off their foundation,” Brennan said.
The unlucky people of Mexico Beach suffered both the maximum winds and the maximum storm surge — the rise in ocean water above normally dry land as the storm plows ashore. In this violent zone, propped against the storm’s calm eye, the forward speed of the hurricane adds to the speed of its counterclockwise circulation. The overlap maximizes the surge.
In a storm as intense as Michael, the eyewall’s winds are equivalent to an EF3 tornado, strong enough to destroy solidly constructed homes and lift cars off the ground. The extreme wind damage in Panama City, on the left side of the eyewall, raises the possibility that Michael generated hurricane “mini-swirls,” which are like tiny tornadoes, roughly the diameter of a couple of houses, and can create momentary wind speeds in excess of 200 mph.
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Mark Cerny Clarifies PS4 Game Installs
November 12th, 2013 / Niraj Shah / News
Mark Cerny has provided some clarity on just how the mandatory game installations on Sony’s upcoming PS4 console will work. As you may have already read, games will install large amounts of data to the PS4’s hard drive, but Cerny has clarified that all games will install data, but it won’t be deleted automatically.
Disc-based games will cache data to the hard drive immediately, with Knack letting the player start the game after just 10 seconds for the initial cache. The remaining 37 GB of data will be installed in the background as you play, says Cerny.
Streaming the files from HDD as-and-when they are required – rather than reading from the far slower Blu-ray drive – allows for far more complex operations to be performed in real-time. This, said Cerny, helps alleviate issues raised by current-gen developers regarding the immersion breaking in-game load times we’re used to.
Cerny also said that despite earlier internal discussions to the contrary, all installed game data will stay on the hard drive until the user chooses to delete it, as is the case with the PS3’s Game Utility function.
[Source: Kotaku.]
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Brazil sinks deeper into junk debt status
Brazil is struggling to prove that it's cleaning up corruption and fixing its economy.Latin America's largest ...
Posted: Feb 23, 2018 5:49 PM
Updated: Feb 23, 2018 5:49 PM
Brazil is struggling to prove that it's cleaning up corruption and fixing its economy.
Latin America's largest country had its debt downgraded deeper into junk territory on Friday by Fitch Ratings.
Ratings are important. A high rating can draw foreign investment, which can create jobs and boost growth. A low rating deters mainstream investors and attracts high-risk buyers, generally not the type governments want to recruit.
Political uncertainty, failure to reform the pension system, and large fiscal deficits triggered the decline, Fitch said in a statement. Standard & Poor's, another debt rating agency, downgraded Brazil in January. It entered junk territory in 2015.
It's a setback for Brazil, which just last year came out of the longest recession in its history. Its recovery has been anemic. And its presidential election this fall has been dogged by fears of a return to populism and complicated by a front-runner facing possible jail time.
Unemployment remains high at 11.8%. Before the corruption-fueled recession, unemployment was near 6%.
A longstanding push to reform Brazil's pension system failed in the legislature earlier this month. That all but confirmed that any such reform will have to wait until a new president takes office in 2019.
More bad news arrived Wednesday when a nonprofit, Transparency International, severely lowered Brazil in its annual corruption rankings. Brazil ranked 96th out of 180 countries. It ranked 69th in 2014 and 79th in 2016.
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Red state Democrats Donnelly, Tester announce that they'll vote 'no' on Kavanaugh
Two red state Democrats facing re-election in 2018 announced on Friday that they oppose Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court.
Sens. Joe Donnelly of Indiana and Jon Tester of Montana both came out against President Donald Trump's nominee the day after Christine Blasey Ford testified that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in the early 1980s -- allegations that Kavanaugh vehemently denied.
"I have deep reservations about Judge Kavanaugh's nomination to this lifetime position and ... we have been unable to get all the information necessary regarding this nomination, despite my best efforts," Donnelly said in a statement on Friday.
"While I would gladly welcome the opportunity to work with President Trump on a new nominee for this critically important position, if Judge Kavanaugh's nomination comes before the full Senate for a vote under these circumstances, I will oppose it," he said.
Tester put out a statement later in the day on Friday, citing a number of concerns with Kavanaugh's record as well as concerns over the allegations of sexual assault.
"I have concerns that Judge Kavanaugh defended the PATRIOT Act instead of Montanans' privacy," the senator said. "I have concerns about his support for more dark money in politics. I have concerns about who he believes is in charge of making personal health decisions. And I have deep concerns about the allegations of sexual assault against Judge Kavanaugh. Unfortunately, Judge Kavanaugh couldn't find time to discuss these concerns with me in person, so the only information I have is from what he said in his hearings. I'll be voting against him."
Donnelly was one of three Democrats in the chamber to back President Donald Trump's first Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, and he had been an a handful of undecided senators from red or purple states that Kavanaugh's supporters had targeted for support.
The news makes the battle for Senate Republicans to confirm Trump's nominee harder given the GOP's razor-thin majority in the upper chamber. Republicans can only afford to lose one GOP vote if all Senate Democrats opt to vote against the nomination, and many congressional observers are closely watching a pair of undecided moderate Republicans, Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, to determine the future of Kavanaugh's nomination.
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Posted on July 1, 2019 by Wilmington News Journal
Suarez homers early, Reds hold on for 8-6 win over Cubs
Cincinnati Reds' Eugenio Suarez, right, reacts in the dugout following a three-run home run off Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jon Lester during the first inning of a baseball game, Sunday, June 30, 2019, in Cincinnati. Reds Derek Dietrich, left, looks on. (AP Photo/Gary Landers)
Cincinnati Reds' Eugenio Suarez hits a three-run home run off Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jon Lester during the first inning of a baseball game, Sunday, June 30, 2019, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Gary Landers)
Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jon Lester (34) throws against the Cincinnati Reds during the first inning of a baseball game, Sunday, June 30, 2019, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Gary Landers)
Milwaukee at Cincinnati
Milwaukee Brewers (45-39, second in the NL Central) vs. Cincinnati Reds (38-43, fifth in the NL Central)
Cincinnati; Monday, 7 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Brewers: Adrian Houser (2-2, 2.94 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 39 strikeouts) Reds: Tyler Mahle (2-8, 4.36 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 84 strikeouts)
LINE: Brewers favored by 1 1/2 runs; over/under is 10 runs
The Reds are 15-20 against NL Central opponents. The Cincinnati pitching staff as a whole has an ERA of 3.73. Luis Castillo leads the team with a 2.56 ERA.
The Brewers are 22-13 against the rest of their division. Milwaukee has hit 141 combined home runs this season, most in the National League. Christian Yelich leads the club with 29, averaging one every 9.9 at-bats.
TOP PERFORMERS: Eugenio Suarez leads the Reds with 32 extra base hits and is batting .248. Yasiel Puig is 12-for-36 with two doubles, a triple, four home runs and eight RBIs over the last 10 games for Cincinnati.
Yelich leads the Brewers with 48 extra base hits and is batting .328. Orlando Arcia is 7-for-28 with three home runs and seven RBIs over the last 10 games for Milwaukee.
LAST 10 GAMES: Reds: 5-5, .257 batting average, 4.71 ERA, outscored by one run
Brewers: 5-5, .226 batting average, 4.40 ERA, outscored by 10 runs
Reds Injuries: Alex Wood: 60-day IL (back), Wandy Peralta: 10-day IL (hip), Tucker Barnhart: 10-day IL (oblique).
Brewers Injuries: Bobby Wahl: 60-day IL (knee), Brent Suter: 60-day IL (elbow), Jimmy Nelson: 10-day IL (elbow), Corey Knebel: 60-day IL (elbow), Gio Gonzalez: 10-day IL (arm).
CINCINNATI (AP) — With July 4 still a few days off, Eugenio Suarez got an early jump on the fireworks.
Suarez ended his slump with Cincinnati’s longest homer of the season, Anthony DeSclafani pitched six scoreless innings and the Reds held off the Chicago Cubs 8-6 Sunday.
Phillip Ervin and Nick Senzel drove in two runs each, and Raisel Iglesias escaped with a six-out save despite allowing Jason Heyward’s three-run homer in the ninth. Kyle Schwarber also had a late connection for the Cubs.
Chicago starter Jon Lester (7-6) hadn’t lost to the Reds since 2016, a streak of seven straight starts. The Cubs have dropped 3 of 4 and finished June 14-15, their first losing month since May 2017.
“It could’ve been a lot worse,” Chicago manager Joe Maddon said. “We’ve been a .500 team the entire month.”
Yasiel Puig stole two bases a day after a shouting match with Chicago reliever Pedro Strop — Puig was upset after being hit by a 3-0 pitch. He scored after both stolen bases thanks to Ervin’s bloop singles, including one during a four-run eighth. Senzel added a two-run single during the big frame.
“It is always important to add on when you get that chance,” Ervin said. “I was up there trying to fight. I tried to fight off good pitches to get something to hit. He just kept throwing good pitches, and I was just fighting them off. Somehow, those two found some grass.”
Suarez, hitting .155 over his previous 22 games, blasted Lester’s 3-2 pitch a projected 457 feet into a party structure atop the batter’s eye in the first inning. The three-run shot gave him 17 homers this season.
“I didn’t see where Suarez’s drive landed,” Bell said. “It never came down. Geno obviously has good power to be able to do that against a good pitcher. It went a long way, but the main thing is it went over the fence.”
DeSclafani (5-4) ended his day by striking out David Bote with two runners on and celebrated with a fist pump. He struck out seven and allowed five hits and a walk.
“It was nice to have the lead,” DeSclafani said. “I made quality pitches when I needed to. It has been a struggle getting through innings quick and clean.”
Schwarber capped a three-run seventh with his 18th homer. Chicago got the potential go-ahead runs to second and third in the eighth before Iglesias coaxed Albert Almora Jr. into an inning-ending foul popup. Heyward’s shot in the ninth cut the deficit to two, but Iglesias was able to finish his 14th save.
Lester allowed four runs — three earned — on five hits and two walks. He tied his season high with eight strikeouts.
“Their guy pitched better than I did,” Lester said. “One pitch doesn’t define a start for me.”
WHAT HEAT?
Despite a game-time temperature of 88 degrees that rose into the low 90s as the game went on, Lester logged a season-high 117 pitches.
GRUDGING RESPECT
Senzel tipped his batting helmet in the direction of Heyward after Heyward leaped above the right field wall to rob him of a two-run homer in the seventh.
The Reds on Sunday wore the sixth of the 15 throwback uniforms they are wearing to celebrate the 150th anniversary of baseball’s first all-professional team. Known as “Palm Beach” alternates and worn in 1936, Sunday’s outfits featured red pants below white jerseys with “Reds” in script over the heart.
Cubs: SS Javier Baez was given the day off until pinch-hitting in the eighth. He has played in 82 of Chicago’s 84 games. … The Cubs are expected to activate RHP Kyle Hendricks from the 10-day injured list in time to start at Pittsburgh on Tuesday. Hendricks hasn’t pitched since June 14 because of right shoulder inflammation.
Cubs: RHP Adbert Alzolay (1-0) makes his third career appearance, second start and first against the Pirates in the opener of a four-game series at Pittsburgh on Monday.
Reds: RHP Tyler Mahle (2-8) makes his third career start and first of the season against Milwaukee on Monday.
Cincinnati Reds’ Eugenio Suarez, right, reacts in the dugout following a three-run home run off Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jon Lester during the first inning of a baseball game, Sunday, June 30, 2019, in Cincinnati. Reds Derek Dietrich, left, looks on. (AP Photo/Gary Landers)
https://www.wnewsj.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2019/07/web1_123122132-886572a42a2b4847a7e036824fb31389.jpgCincinnati Reds’ Eugenio Suarez, right, reacts in the dugout following a three-run home run off Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jon Lester during the first inning of a baseball game, Sunday, June 30, 2019, in Cincinnati. Reds Derek Dietrich, left, looks on. (AP Photo/Gary Landers)
Cincinnati Reds’ Eugenio Suarez hits a three-run home run off Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jon Lester during the first inning of a baseball game, Sunday, June 30, 2019, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Gary Landers)
https://www.wnewsj.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2019/07/web1_123122132-7ab9a7d9a28343198e43b2884d1289c1.jpgCincinnati Reds’ Eugenio Suarez hits a three-run home run off Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jon Lester during the first inning of a baseball game, Sunday, June 30, 2019, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Gary Landers)
https://www.wnewsj.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2019/07/web1_123122132-49e0c22feb0340feb06108cf87c6618e.jpgChicago Cubs starting pitcher Jon Lester (34) throws against the Cincinnati Reds during the first inning of a baseball game, Sunday, June 30, 2019, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Gary Landers)
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Search Marketing & Technology News Roundup, Oct. 4, 2011
Megan Marrs
Google Testing New Circular-Style Ads
Google is testing new ad units called “Circulars” in hopes of mimicking the full-page inserts found in Sunday newspapers. These new ads will reportedly act as custom landing pages with attractive ad copy and large pictures. The circulars will appear when users click on search or display ads. Google is introducing these new ads in response to retailers’ desire to drive online visitors into physical stores.
The new ad format is scheduled to be unveiled later this week.
Napster Acquired By Rhapsody
Rhapsody will soon be acquiring the once infamous online music subscription service Napster.
Napster experienced tremendous popularity during its bad-boy days of P2P music sharing. Although Napster has never regained its former glory since shutting down after numerous lawsuits and re-launching as a pay service, the name still carries weight, and it’ll be interesting to see what Rhapsody does with it.
New Facebook Metrics, Ads, and Timeline
If you already feel overwhelmed by Facebook add-ons, this news won’t come easily, but like it or not, Facebook continues to make major changes.
Page Insights
Facebook is adding some helpful new features to its Page insights. You’ll be able to see your total likes, a “Friends of Fans” metric, and the weekly total reach of a Page, among other things.
Folks are talking a lot about the new creatively named feature, “People Are Talking About This Page.” This enables you to see the conversation about your brand beyond your immediate fan base by examining all stories about your brand across the Facebook universe, incorporating Likes, comments, tags, etc.
Expandable Ads
Facebook is also rolling out a new expanded Premium ad unit “that combines Page posts with social context from your friends when available.” Basically, the ad expands if a friend “liked” the brand.
On top of all this, Facebook Timeline is a new profile layout that organizes content in a scrapbook-style collection of past updates, memorable photos, and general hodgepodge-ry.
While the layout is fun and crisp looking, it will undoubtedly overwhelm many users. Considering there is a large contingent of Facebook users who fly into a tantrum with every slight alteration, this might not go over well with everyone.
With most folks still adjusting to Facebook’s newer features like updated lists, ticketing, and feed subscriptions, I expect plenty of moaning and groaning about the Timeline. I imagine it’ll be preferable to the mess Facebook is now – when I log on currently it looks like my living room was attacked by a hoard of pixie-stick-ingesting-kindergartners armed with glitter and a jumbo box of crayons.
Apple’s Next iPhone
With the “Let’s Talk iPhone” event now upon us, iPhone junkies everywhere anxiously await the expected unveiling of the next-generation iPhone. Fans doubtlessly are already lining up to sell their firstborn for Apple’s newest shiny phone.
UPDATE: The iPhone 4S has been officially unveiled, boasting a better camera and voice controls.
Megan Marrs is a veteran content marketer who harbors a love for writing, watercolors, oxford commas, and dogs of all shapes and sizes. When she's not typing out blog posts or crafting killer social media campaigns, you can find her lounging in a hammock with an epic fantasy novel.
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Genus Spondias
Spondias dulcis
Ambarella or Jew plum
1- Introduction to the Species Spondias dulsis L. - Ambarella or Jew plum
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Subfamily: Spondiadoideae
Tribe: Spondiadeae
Genus: Spondias L.
Species: Spondias dulcis L
1.2-The Species Spondias dulcis L. - Ambarella or Jew plum
Spondias dulcis (syn. Spondias cytherea), is in the genus Spondias, in the family Anacardiaceae of the order Sapindales.
+ The names:
Spondias dulcis L. is known commonly as ambarella, or jew plum is an equatorial or tropical tree, with edible fruit containing a fibrous pit.
It is known by many other names in various regions, including kedondong in Indonesia and in Malaysia, buah long long among the Chinese population in Singapore, pomme cythere in Trinidad and Tobago, Dominica, Guadeloupe, and Martinique, June plum in Bermuda and Jamaica, mangotín in Panama, juplon in Costa Rica, golden apple in Barbados and Guyana, golden plum in Belize, jobo indio in Venezuela, cajá-manga and cajarana in Brazil and São Tomé and Príncipe, quả cóc in Vietnam...
2- Characteristics of the Species Spondias dulcis L. - Ambarella or Jew plum
+ The plants
This fast-growing tree can reach up to 20 m (66 ft) in its native range of Melanesia and Polynesia; however, it usually averages 10-12 m (30-40 ft) in other areas.
The tree is rapid-growing, attaining a height of 18 m (60 ft) in its homeland; generally not more than 9-12 m (30 or 40 ft) in other areas.
+ The leaves
Spondias dulcis has deciduous, pinnate leaves, 20-60 cm (8-24 in) in length, composed of 9 to 25 glossy, elliptic or obovate-oblong leaflets 9-10 cm (3.5-3.9 in) long, which are finely toothed toward the apex.
Deciduous in habit, its leaves turn bright yellow before falling in the cool season.
At the beginning of the dry, cool season, the leaves turn bright-yellow and fall, but the tree with its nearly smooth, light gray-brown bark and graceful, rounded branches is not unattractive during the few weeks that it remains bare.
+ The flowers
The tree produces small, inconspicuous white flowers in terminal panicles.
Small, inconspicuous, whitish flowers are borne in large terminal panicles. They are assorted, male, female and perfect in each cluster.
The small white flowers are borne in large bunches with male, female and perfect flowers within each cluster.
+ The fruits
Long-stalked fruits dangle in bunches of a dozen or more; oval or somewhat irregular or knobby, and 6.25-9 cm (2 1/2 to 3 1/2 in) long, with thin but tough skin, often russetted. While still green and hard, the fruits fall to the ground, a few at a time, over a period of several weeks. As they ripen, the skin and flesh turn golden-yellow.
Over several weeks, the fruit fall to the ground while still green and hard, then turn golden-yellow as they ripen.
While the fruit is still firm, the flesh is crisp, juicy and subacid, and has a somewhat pineapple-like fragrance and flavor.
Some fruits in the South Sea Islands weigh over 1 lb (0.45 kg) each.
+ The seeds
One fruit bears a fiberous seed 2-4 cm in size, with many thorns.
If allowed to soften, the aroma and flavor become musky and the flesh difficult to slice because of conspicuous and tough fibers extending from the rough ridges of the 5-celled, woody core containing 1 to 5 flat seeds.
Ambarella originates in Melanesia and Polynesia of the South Pacific.
It is native from Melanesia through Polynesia and has been introduced into tropical areas of both the Old and New World.
+ Distribution
Today, the fruit grows abundantly in the soils of Sri Lanka and southern India. Other countries growing ambarella include Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Zanzibar, and Gabon. Though it’s not a major crop, the fruit grows prolifically in Central America and the northern parts of South America. Ambarellas are hobby crops in certain regions of Australia. Among Caribbean islanders, the recognition ambarellas receive is on par with papaya and mango.
It is common in Malayan gardens and fairly frequent in India and Ceylon.
2.3- Biological characteristics
+ Ecology
- Climate
Spondias are adapted to climates with a seasonal dry period during which they may lose most or all their leaves (Andall and Paul 2012a, b, c). The onset of the rainy season triggers their flowering; therefore, mature trees need little to no watering, although trees with flowers or fruit may benefit (i.e., better fruit set and fruit size) from periodic watering during prolonged dry periods.
Spondias are adapted to tropical and warm subtropical areas that typically do not experience freezing temperatures. Mature trees may be able to withstand air temperatures as low as -3.9°C (25°F) for a few hours with some injury to leaves and small branches. However, young trees may be killed at -1.7 to -1.1°C (29°F to 30°F).
Flowers and small fruits may be damaged or killed if temperatures falls below 40°F (4.4°C) for a few hours.
The tree flourishes in humid tropical and subtropical areas, being only a trifle tenderer than its close relative, the mango.
Ambarella requires humid tropical and subtropical climates, with the exception of a few types capable of growing at cooler, higher elevations. One example of the latter is the Himalayan ambarella, which grows in the eastern Himalayan regions of India and Nepal. Like other varieties, the Himalayan ambarella also has fibrous flesh and a stringy seed. Tropical ambarella cultivars thrive in the southern states of India, including Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Goa.
- Altitude
It succeeds up to an altitude of 700 m (2,300 ft). In Israel, the tree does not thrive, remaining small and bearing only a few, inferior fruits.
- Soil
The ambarella grows on all types of soil, including oolitic limestone in Florida, as long as they are well-drained.
+ Growing conditions
Like the Mango, the tree thrives in humid tropical and subtropical areas growing up to 2 metres in a single growing season. It grows on all types of soil, as long as they are well drained. It has been noted that some trees can suffer from some nutritional disorders if the soil is too alkaline.
Trees are cold sensitive when small and should be protected from serious frost and strong wind. Trees do best in full sun, but will produce some fruit in light shade. As a large and vigorous tree they prefer not be planted underneath other large trees and unlike some mango varieties they are not too fussed on salt spray.
+ Propagation
While ambarella and yellow mombin can be propagated from seed, purple mombin may only occasionally have viable seed; all three trees can be propagated vegetatively.
Ambarella is often propagated from seed, which starts to germinate within one month. However, clonal propagation of superior trees is recommended. and not difficult:. This can be done by cuttings, air layering and even grafting.
Vegetative propagation methods include grafting, but cuttings using mature wood are preferred; truncheons cut from large branches readily root when stuck in the ground or a sterile potting mix. Yellow and purple mombin have the ability to photosynthesize through their bark, which is why propagation by cuttings is almost universally a success. For this reason both trees are often used in the tropics as “living fences.” The dwarf ambarella can be grown using seed, from which it appears to come true (Winsborrow 1995).
2.4- Nutrition
+ Food Value Per 100 g of Edible Portion*
Total Solids: 14.53-40-35%
Moisture: 59.65-85.47%
Protein: 0.50-0.80%
Fat: 0.28-1.79%
Sugar (sucrose): 8.05-10-54%
Acid: 0.47%
Crude Fiber: 0.85-3-60%
Ash: 0.44-0.65%
+ Note!
*According to analyses made in the Philippines and Hawaii. I Miller, Louis and Yanazawa in Hawaii reported an ascorbic acid content of 42 mg per 100 g of raw pulp. It is a good source of iron. Unripe fruits contain 9.76% of pectin.
2.5- Health benefits of Golden Apples
+ Introduction
Health Benefits of Spondias dulcis (kedondong, buah long long, pomme cythere, cajá-manga, manzana de oro, cajarana, juplon, golden apple) for Eye Health, antioxidant, Controlling cholesterol levels, anemia, Increase endurance and many more.
Here are some benefits of Spondias dulcis (kedondong, buah long long, pomme cythere, cajá-manga, manzana de oro, cajarana, juplon, golden apple) for your body:
+ The 10 Health Benefits of Spondias dulcis (kedondong, juplon, golden apple ) for your body:
1. Preventing heart disease
The presence of calcium contained in the fruit kedondong thus plays an important role in maintaining cardiovascular health. By regularly consume fruit kedondong that heart disease will be overcome.
2. Eye Health
The vitamin A in the fruit kedondong thus plays an important role in the health of human visual perception. This vitamin helps distribute items that are received by the retina of the eye to the brain as an image. Compounds that play a role in this regard is retinol.
3. Increase endurance
With the content of the nutrients contained in fruit sugar kedondong the form element in the form of sucrose is certainly very important as the vitality and endurance.
4. As an antioxidant
Thanks to the high content of Vitamin A that kedondong fruit can act as antioxidants. In addition to vitamin A, kedondong fruit also contains vitamin C. Of course, these two types of vitamins is very active as an antioxidant that can counteract free radicals. Both free radicals from the body oxidation as well pollution from outside.
5. Wound healing
With the content of Vitamin A, which helps to maintain healthy tissues in our bodies. Therefore this kedondong fruit can help accelerate the process of wound healing.
6. Overcoming anemia
Iron content in 100 grams of kedondong to 30 milligrams, can assist in the formation of red blood cells. In addition to iron, apparently kedondong fruit also contains vitamin B1 can help the production of red blood cells and increases the flow of oxygen throughout the body and prevent anemia.
7. Prevent premature aging
Not only kiwi and mango are vitamin C, because kedondong also have the same content. The content of vitamin C can protect important molecules, such as proteins, lipids (fats), carbohydrates, and nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) from damage caused by free radicals, toxins, or pollutants. Free radicals are one of the causes of premature aging.
8. Controlling cholesterol levels
In addition to anti-aging, vitamin C contained in fruit kedondong also helps metabolize cholesterol into bile acids, which may have implications for blood cholesterol levels and the incidence of gallstones. So this kedondong fruit useful to control your cholesterol levels.
9. Recovery of body
It certainly can not be separated from the content of vitamin C in fruit kedondong so it can help to keep the immune system and help the athlete in his recovery process after a strenuous workout.
10. Maintain healthy bones and teeth
This is due to the phosphorus content contained on kedondong fruit so beneficial for maintaining healthy bones and teeth.
Source: http://www.vegetafruit.com/2015/02/10-health-benefits-of-spondias-dulcis.html
3- The Uses of Ambarella or Jew plum
3.1- Food Uses
Spondias dulcis is most commonly used as a food source.
Ambarellas or jew plums possess a sour taste with a distinct crunch for a bite. The Encyclopedia of Fruits and Nuts euphemistically describes the taste as “crisp and juicy… sub acid with a pineapple fragrance and flavor.”
Similar to pickles, ambarella’s thin, lime-green skin is edible. However, ambarellas are a much more high-maintenance snack because of their large pit and its floss-like threads. Given the pit’s overbearing size, don’t expect much flesh from this fruit.
When ambarellas ripen to a golden yellow, the taste is similar to an unripe mango: crunchy, fibrous and mildly sweet.
The fruit may be eaten raw; the flesh is crunchy and a little sour. According to Boning (2006): "The fruit is best when fully colored, but still somewhat crunchy. At this stage, it has a pineapple-mango flavor. The flesh is golden in color, very juicy, vaguely sweet, but with a hint of tart acidity."
The ambarella has suffered by comparison with the mango and by repetition in literature of its inferior quality. However, taken at the proper stage, while still firm, it is relished by many out-of-hand, and it yields a delicious juice for cold beverages. If the crisp sliced flesh is stewed with a little water and sugar and then strained through a wire sieve, it makes a most acceptable product, much like traditional applesauce but with a richer flavor. With the addition of cinnamon or any other spices desired, this sauce can be slowly cooked down to a thick consistency to make a preserve very similar to apple butter. Unripe fruits can be made into jelly, pickles or relishes, or used for flavoring sauces, soups and stews.
This pleasant tasting acidic fruit has a pineapple-mango flavour and a crunchy texture. The part nearer to the peel is quite sour getting sweeter near the seed. The ripe fruit is also much sweeter than the less mature green fruit.
The fruit is quite nice eaten fresh, being referred to as the travellers delight in some countries because people are often seen munching on them, and is often used for making delicious jelly, pickles, relishes, soups and stews. The fruits yield a delicious juice, which can be made in to drinks and sherbets or mixed with other tropical fruit juices to enhance flavour, aroma and taste.
Unripe fruit is much used in green salads and curries and for making pickles.
Young steamed leaves are eaten as a vegetable.
Young ambarella leaves are appealingly acid and consumed raw in southeast Asia. In Indonesia, they are steamed and eaten as a vegetable with salted fish and rice, and also used as seasoning for various dishes. They are sometimes cooked with meat to tenderize it.
A versatile tree, the young ambarella leaves can be consumed raw. In Indonesia, they are steamed and eaten as a vegetable with salted fish and rice and in Sri Lanka the raw fruit is mostly eaten fresh and cooked as a curry with chilli.
The fruit is considered to be a good source of vitamin C and it is suggested that is has some value in aiding diabetes, heart ailment and urinary troubles.
In Indonesia and Malaysia, it is eaten with shrimp paste, a thick, black, salty-sweet sauce called hayko in the Southern Min dialect of Chinese. It is an ingredient in rujak in Indonesia and rojak in Malaysia.
In West Java, its young leaves are used as seasoning for pepes.
In Costa Rica, the more mature leaves are also eaten as a salad green though they are tart. However, it is most commonly used for its fruit.
The fruit is made into preserves and flavorings for sauces, soups, and stews. In Fiji it is made into jam. In Samoa and Tonga it is used to make otai.
The juice is called kedondong in Indonesia, amra in Malaysia, and balonglong in Singapore.
In Sri Lanka the fruit is soaked in vinegar with chili and other spices to make the snack food acharu. In Vietnam the unripe fruit is eaten with salt, sugar, and chili, or with shrimp paste. Children eat the fruit macerated in artificially sweetened licorice extract.
In Jamaica, it is mostly considered a novelty, especially by children. It can be eaten with salt or made into a drink sweetened with sugar and spiced with ginger.
In Trinidad and Tobago, it is curried, sweetened, salted, or flavored with pepper sauce and spices.
In Cambodia it is made into a salad called nhoam mkak.
In Suriname, the fruit is dried and made into a spicy chutney, mixed with garlic and peppers.
In Thai cuisine both the fruits and the tender leaves are eaten.
3.2- Medicinal Uses
There are several medicinal applications of the bark, root, and the gum that exudes from the trunk.
There are diverse medicinal uses of fruit, leaves and bark in different parts of the world, the treatment of wounds, sores and burns being reported from several countries.
In Cambodia, the astringent bark is used with various species of Terminalia as a remedy for diarrhea.
3.3- Other Uses
- The wood is light-brown and buoyant and in the Society Islands has been used for canoes. The wood is used for making boats, floats, matches, etc.
- The fruit is fed to pigs and the leaves are eaten by cattle.
4- Growing Ambarella or Jew plum
4.1- History
Spondias dulcis has been introduced into tropical areas across the world. It was brought to Jamaica in 1782, and it is cultivated in Panama, Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, and eastern Sucre in Venezuela.
It was introduced into Jamaica in 1782 and again 10 years later by Captain Bligh, probably from Hawaii where it has been grown for many years. It is cultivated in Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and from Puerto Rico to Trinidad; also in Central America, Venezuela, and Surinam; is rare in Brazil and other parts of tropical America. Popenoe said there were only a few trees in the Province of Guayas, Ecuador, in 1924.
When the fruit came to the Caribbean islands, it became well adapted due to the similar climates as its homeland.
The United States Department of Agriculture received seeds from Liberia in 1909, but it did not become a popular crop in the US. Nevertheless, it is grown in South Florida as far north as Palm Beach County.The fruit is also widely grown in Somalia's agriculture belt, probably introduced during the colonial times preceding 1960.
The United States Department of Agriculture received seeds from Liberia in 1909, though Wester reported at that time that the tree had already been fruiting for 4 years in Miami, Florida.
In 1911, additional seeds reached Washington from Queensland, Australia. A number of specimens are scattered around the tip of Florida, from Palm Beach southward, but the tree has never become common here. Some that were planted in the past have disappeared.
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For the second time in three nights, a teenager was shot in Riviera Beach. (Photo: Olivia Ciuperger/WPBF)
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Essay by PeeeevS, High School, 10th grade, A+, February 2004
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Keywords Belief, Arthur Miller, Crucible, Salem witch trials, seventeenth century
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Superstition and witchcraft resulted in many being hanged or
in prison. In the seventeenth century, a belief in witches and
witchcraft was almost universal. In Salem Massachusetts where the
witch trials take place many people who are suspicious is accused of
witchcraft and hanged. Arthur Miller wrote a play called The Crucible.
It is based on the Salem witch trials. The Salem witch trials change
many peoples lives and even led to death for some. The power of
superstition and hearsay can distort from the truth.
Four ministers of Salem joined Matther, and they spent a whole
day in the house of the afflicted in fasting and prayer. The result
of which was the delivery of one of the family from the power of the
witch. A niece and daughter of the parish minister at Danvers were
first afflicted. Their actions frightened other young people, who soon
showed the same symptoms, such as loss of appetite and sickness.
Examination of a Witch by T. H. Matteson, inspired...
"The witch no. 1" lithograph
The Pickman House, Back view that abuts the Salem ...
belief quickly spread over Salem and throughout the state that evil
spirits are being seen in Salem. Terror took possession of the minds
of nearly all the people, and the dread made the affliction spread
widely. "The afflicted, under the influence of the witchery, "admitted
to see the forms of their tormentors with their inner vision" (Miller
1082). and would immediately accuse some individual seen with the
devil. At times the afflicted and the accused became so numerous that
no one was safe from suspicion and its consequences. Even those who
were active in the prosecutions became objects of suspicion.
Revenge often impelled persons to accuse others who were
innocent and when some statement of the accused would move the court
and audience in favor of the prisoner. "I saw Goody Osborn with the
devil" (Miller 1060).
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"Salem Witch Trials"
by ccmustangs2001 on 21/Feb/2004
The Salem Witch Trials saddens me much. B/C the people that were trialed were always from the lower class or servants occused by the upper classes. Overall a good essay, but the format is funky.
7 out of 7 people found this comment useful.
The Crucible
by Jake20 on 24/Feb/2004
The ideas included in this essay are correct, but the spelling and grammar could use a lot of help, it is definitely a tenth-grade-level essay. The people accused were not all lower-class or poor people, The Crucible was written to point out that throughtout history society has been blinded to similar occurences. The book was written during the cold war in the 50\'s when people were accusing their neighbor of being comunists (McCarthyism).
by jexika on 20/Feb/2004
I enjoyed this essay because I think that the Salem Witch trials was a sad but interesting time.
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Starbucks to close 8,000 stores for racial-bias education on May 29 after arrest of two black men
By Rachel Siegel and
Rachel Siegel
National business reporter
PHILADELPHIA — Starbucks will close more than 8,000 U.S. stores for an afternoon next month to train employees as the company responds to criticism after two black men were arrested while waiting at one of the coffee chain’s Philadelphia stores last week.
The “racial-bias education” training is scheduled for May 29 for nearly 175,000 employees, the company said in a statement Tuesday.
The announcement follows days of protest and a personal apology by Starbucks chief executive Kevin Johnson to the men in a private meeting Monday, a company spokeswoman confirmed to The Washington Post. The spokeswoman, Jamie Riley, did not provide additional details.
“Closing our stores for racial bias training is just one step in a journey that requires dedication from every level of our company and partnerships in our local communities,” Johnson said in the statement.
[Before video of a Starbucks arrest, images of lunch counter sit-ins helped launch a movement]
Starbucks said the curriculum will focus on how employees can recognize and address their own biases to prevent future discrimination.
Johnson, who rushed from Seattle to Philadelphia as the backlash erupted, also met with Philadelphia’s mayor and police commissioner.
The chief executive has publicly apologized for what he called “reprehensible” circumstances that led to the arrest of the two men at a store in Philadelphia’s Center City district Thursday.
“I will fix this,” Johnson said in a video message.
In an interview Monday on “Good Morning America” Johnson said that “what happened to those two gentlemen was wrong” and that the company was reviewing the actions of the store manager who had called police.
“My responsibility is to look not only to that individual but look more broadly at the circumstances that set that up just to ensure that never happens again,” Johnson said.
Starbucks said later that the manager who called police “is no longer at that store.”
The Starbucks at the corner of 18th and Spruce had closed temporarily because of demonstrations inside and outside but reopened Tuesday morning to little commotion. No protesters were outside, and the customers in line showed little interest in talking about what had happened there in recent days. It was business as usual inside the store, with its neat displays of chicken BLT protein boxes and sparkling mimosa gourmet gummies.
A day earlier, demonstrators had convened at the location. One person in the crowd hoisted a sign that read, “Is she fired or nah?” — a reference to the store manager who called police. Others chanted, “Anti-blackness anywhere is anti-blackness everywhere.”
On Tuesday, Philadelphia Police released the 911 call, as well as police dispatches and other transmission that provide a timeline of events.
At 4:37, a female employee at the Starbucks called the police to report “two gentlemen in my cafe that are refusing to make a purchase or leave.” Officers arrived at the Starbucks 4:41, according to the tape. At 4:44, officers requested backup and a supervisor for “a group of males causing a disturbance” inside the Starbucks. Dispatch sent additional backup at 4:45.
At 5 p.m., the officers were en route to their headquarters with two arrests.
[Two women said they were racially profiled at an Applebee’s restaurant. It closed days later.]
At least two cellphone videos captured the tense moment when at least six Philadelphia police officers stood over two seated black men, asking them to leave. One officer said that the men were not complying and were being arrested for trespassing.
“Why would they be asked to leave?” Andrew Yaffe asked on a video. Yaffe runs a real estate development firm and wanted to discuss business investment opportunities with the two men. “Does anybody else think this is ridiculous?” he asked people nearby. “It’s absolute discrimination.”
The two unidentified men were taken out in handcuffs soon after. They were held for nearly nine hours before being released, said criminal defense attorney Lauren Wimmer, who represented the men over the weekend when they potentially faced charges. No charges were filed, authorities said.
One of the videos of the arrest rocketed across social media, with more than 10 million views by Tuesday afternoon.
Benjamin Waxman, a spokesman for Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, said over the weekend that the office decided that there “wasn’t sufficient evidence to charge [the men] with a crime.”
Johnson said Monday that there are scenarios that warrant a call to police — including threats and other disturbances — but that in this case, “it was completely inappropriate to engage the police.”
The police were criticized for their handling of the situation. On Monday, the department referred to the police commissioner’s Facebook Live video from Saturday. Commissioner Richard Ross said in the video that one or both of the men asked to use the restroom but had not purchased anything. An employee said Starbucks company policy was to refuse the use of the restrooms to non-customers and asked the men to leave, according to Ross. The employee called the police when they refused.
“These officers did absolutely nothing wrong. They followed policy; they did what they were supposed to do. They were professional in all their dealings with these gentlemen,” Ross said in the video. “And instead, they got the opposite back.” Ross said police arrested the men after they refused three requests to leave.
Ross, who is black, said he was aware of issues of implicit bias — unconscious discrimination based on race — but did not say whether he believed it applied in this case. He said the incident underscores the need for more body-worn cameras to present different perspectives of police responses. The officers were not wearing cameras, he said.
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney met with Starbucks executives Monday and said they “were very contrite,” according to the Associated Press.
Kenney said in a statement that Starbucks “will cooperate fully with our probes of the matter, particularly the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations’ review of Starbucks’ policies. All parties agree that the outcome of this incident was extremely unfortunate and that’s why we are reviewing the incident seriously.”
[A black teen missed the bus to school. When he knocked on a door for directions, a man shot at him.]
He added: “This is not just a Starbucks issue. This is a societal issue. People can react differently to others based on skin color, and that is wrong. We have work to do, and we need to do so productively.”
Starbucks does not have a companywide policy on asking members of the public to leave, a company official said. The company leaves safety and customer service protocol decisions up to store managers, said a company official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to freely describe internal discussions. Managers may leave restroom doors unlocked or add key-code entries if they feel the store is more at risk of criminal behavior. A store in the same area of Philadelphia was hit with an armed robbery recently, the official said.
The Starbucks official acknowledged that the incident is at odds with a common practice at Starbucks. The stores are “community” hubs, the official said, where people often drop in to use the WiFi or chat with friends without necessarily buying anything.
Rosalind Brewer, the company’s chief operating officer, called the incident a “teachable moment for all of us,” in an interview with NPR Monday. She said that as an African American executive with a 23-year-old son, she found the cellphone videos taken of the Thursday afternoon arrest painful to watch.
“It would be easy for us to say that this was a one-employee situation, but I have to tell you, it’s time for us to, myself included, take personal responsibility here and do the best that we can to make sure we do everything we can,” Brewer said.
This post has been updated. Horton reported from Washington.
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Reporter carried from area near Air Force One at LAX
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By Carleton Bryant The Washington Times - May 29, 2009, 05:00AM
A reporter for a small newspaper in Georgia was forcibly removed from a press area near Air Force One before President Obama arrived at Los Angeles International Airport to leave California, NBC is reporting.
Airport security officers carried Brenda Lee away by her arms and feet after she tried to give the president a letter seeking his support for traditional marriage. She works for the Georgia Informer in Macon.
I vaguely recall from some journalism class a long time ago that, if you’re carried away from the scene of a story, you’ve just become the story.
You probably don’t want to be known as the reporter who was dragged away from Air Force One kicking and screaming. Then again …
Next time, Brenda Lee might use the U.S. Postal Service. Sure, it’s slower, but at least you don’t get armpit burns.
Carleton Bryant
Carleton Bryant is the assistant managing editor for strategic planning and development/special projects for The Washington Times. He previously served as The Times’ Metropolitan desk editor, Features desk editor and an assistant National desk editor, as well as a National and Metropolitan reporter. He currently writes a humor blog and weekly humor column — both titled “Out of Context” — ...
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Justice Cans Transportation Secretary
March 10th, 2019 by WCBC Radio
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice has fired Secretary of Transportation Tom Smith.
Justice's office released the following statement late Sunday afternoon:
Today Gov. Jim Justice terminated the employment of Tom Smith, Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Transportation and Commissioner of Highways.
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A phone with touchscreen, Bluetooth, e-mail, MP3...on a watch
Samsung apparently has created the "world's thinnest" watchphone, the S9110, which sports a 1.76-in.
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Icahn seeks $5.2 billion loan for Dell buyout deal
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Icahn is one of Dell's largest and most vocal shareholders against the $24.4 billion proposal from the company's founder, Michael Dell. The buyout proposal, which equates to $13.65 per share, has been vehemently opposed by a number of the PC maker's investors. Icahn and Southeastern are among the dissidents. Catherine Christner is going so far as to file a suit with Delaware Chancery Court and accusing Dell's board of directors of selling "Dell on the cheap."
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James is in charge of steering the development and implementation of the Engineering research strategy. His research and teaching work focus on polymer composite materials (interface, reinforcement and toughness). The research has a singular goal to develop multifunctional and lightweight composites (and nanocomposites) with potentially superior properties such as mechanical, thermal, self-healing, impact, energy absorption and durability that can be translated to better dynamic performance of components.
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Polyamide 6 nanocomposites using compounds recovered from recycled base oil based drilling fluid (PhD Researcher – Mr Shohel Siddique)
Nanoparticle Emissions due to Automated Drilling on Polypropylene, Polyester and Epoxy Nanocomposites (PhD Researcher – Mr Kristof Starost)
Structural Reinforcement and Improvement of Compressive Strength after Impact (CIA) in Hybrid Graphene Nanocomposites (PhD Researcher – Mr John Kyete)
Design and manufacture of a solar powered pump (PhD Researcher – Mr Azeem Uddin)
Investigation of Casing Lateral Buckling in Horizontal Wells (PhD Researcher – Mr Auwalu Mohammed Use of Renewable Energy to Improve Energy Security in Togo and its Impact on Sustainable Development (PhD Researcher – Mrs Leo Kansongue)
Engineering a holistic asset integrity management governance framework for electrical power systems assets and companies (PhD Researcher – Mr James Bruiners)
Innovate UK
UK Industry
European Commission,
British High Commission- India (UKEIRI)
Oil & Gas Innovation Centre
SIR Scottish Institute for Remanufacture
EPSRC
PTDF
Fellow of The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3)
Fellow of Higher Education Academy.
Professional Member of the Institute of Nanotechnology, Royal Aeronautical Society, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), Society of Plastic Engineers
Technical Committee member on Composites Materials for The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS)
Branch Board member of British Science Association (Aberdeen Branch), UK.
Member of Manufacturing Thematic Leaders in the Scottish Research Engineering Partnership (SRPe)
National member of ISO Working Group 3 in developing ISO standards on safe use and handling of nanomaterials and products.
External / Professional Roles
External Examiner for BEng/Meng Mechanical Engineering and MSc Engineering Management courses at Northumbria University
Grant Reviewer for the EPSRC (UK), European Commission’s Horizon (Erasmus Mundus Programme) and previously in FP7’s NMP programmes, Rustaveli Foundation (Georgia), University of Athens, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland), Singapore Economic Development Board (Singapore) and the South African Research Cooperation Programme.
Editorial Board Member of Polymer and Composite Materials (Springer Book Series,); Open Engineering; Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer and run several Special Issues as Editor/Co-Editorship including Frontiers of Materials (Frontiers,); Journal of Materials special issue on Futuristic Materials Journal (JOM -The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS);
PhD External Examiner for several universities including Nanyang Technological University (Singapore); Leeds University, Lancaster University, Bristol University, Northumbria University, University of Johannesburg (S. Africa), Leeds Uni., Cranfield Uni., and Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (India).
Selected Examples – full list available at orcid.org/0000-0001-8055-4457 or https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=6kyOiJAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra
J. Njuguna (Ed.) Lightweight Composite Structures in Transport Design, Manufacturing, Analysis and Performance. Elsevier. ISBN: 978-1-78242-325-6
A. Dasari, J Njuguna (Eds) Functional and Physical Properties of Polymer Nanocomposites. John Wiley & Sons; 2016 Jun 13.
J. Njuguna, K. Pielichowski and H. Zhu (Eds.), Health and environmental safety of nanomaterials: Polymer nancomposites and other materials containing nanoparticles, Woodhead Publishing, 2014, ISBN 0 85709 655 9.
Journal/Conference Papers
Marco Messina, James Njuguna, Chrysovalantis Palas: Mechanical Structural Design of a MEMS-Based Piezoresistive Accelerometer for Head Injuries Monitoring: A Computational Analysis by Increments of the Sensor Mass Moment of Inertia. Sensors 01/2018; 18(1)., doi:10.3390/s18010289
Kristof Starost, Evelien Frijns, Jo Van Laer, Nadimul Faisal, Ainhoa Egizabal, Cristina Elizextea, Maria Blazquez, Inge Nelissen, James Njuguna: Assessment of Nanoparticles Release into the Environment during Drilling of Carbon Nanotubes/Epoxy and Carbon Nanofibres/Epoxy Nanocomposites. Journal of hazardous materials 06/2017; 340., doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.06.057
Kristof Starost, Evelien Frijns, Jo Van Laer, Nadimul Faisal, Ainhoa Egizabal, Cristina Elizextea, Inge Nelissen, Maria Blazquez, James Njuguna: The Effect of Nanosilica (SiO 2 ) and Nanoalumina (Al 2 O 3 ) Reinforced Polyester Nanocomposites on Aerosol Nanoparticle Emissions into the Environment during Automated Drilling. Aerosol Science and Technology 05/2017; 51(2):00-00., doi:10.1080/02786826.2017.1330535
Pravin Bari, Samrin Khan, James Njuguna, Satyendra Mishra: Elaboration of properties of graphene oxide reinforced epoxy nanocomposites. 05/2017; 21(3):1-15., doi:10.1007/s12588-017-9180-9
K Starost, E Frijns, J V Laer, N Faisal, A Egizabal, C Elizextea, I Nelissen, M Blazquez, J Njuguna: Environmental Particle Emissions due to Automated Drilling of Polypropylene Composites and Nanocomposites Reinforced with Talc, Montmorillonite and Wollastonite. 05/2017; 195(1):012011., doi:10.1088/1757-899X/195/1/012011
Shohel Siddique, Lorraine Kwoffie, Kofi Addae-Afoakwa, Kyari Yates, James Njuguna: Oil Based Drilling Fluid Waste: An Overview on Environmentally Persistent Pollutants. 05/2017; 195(1):012008., doi:10.1088/1757-899X/195/1/012008
Elias Nassiopoulos, James Njuguna: Thermo-mechanical performance of poly(lactic acid)/flax fibre-reinforced biocomposites. Materials and
Design 02/2015; 66., doi:10.1016/j.matdes.2014.07.051
High-performance tri-axial piezoresistive accelerometer - EP2741088A9 (with Dr Marco Messina)
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Thesis on magical realism
It cannot be denied that Hispanic communities, Argentina in particular, have supported great movements and talents in magic realism. Narcos describes how yamashita blurs the postcolonial literature: Given that magic realism, by nature of its craft, allows underrepresented and minority voices to be heard in more subtle and representational contexts, magic realism may be one of the better forms available to authors and artists who are expressing unpopular scenarios in socio-political contexts.
This twofold world of magical realism differs from the onefold world that can be found in fairy-tale and fantasy literature. It was with Roh that the term became associated seeing the unlikely, the uncanny, or altered perceptions of reality in a realistic setting.
Etymology[ edit ] While the term magical realism first appeared in English in[1]: Thoreau rhetorical analysis essay - - allow me. The novel's protagonist, Tita, is kept from happiness and marriage by her mother. The "marvelous" one-dimensional world differs from the bidimensional world of magical realism, as in the latter, the supernatural realm blends with the natural, familiar world arriving at the combination of Thesis on magical realism layers of reality: This integration is made possible in magical realism as the author presents the supernatural as being equally valid to the natural.
Instead, layer it in gently with the rest of the story. Those who do not believe in saints cannot be cured by the miracles of the saints, in the same way that those who are not Quixotes cannot enter, body and soul, into the world of Amadis of Gaul or Tirant lo Blanc…All of this became particularly evident to me during my stay in Haiti, where I found myself in daily contact with something we could call the marvelous real.
Miles away, the man who betrayed her is checking the commotion his cattle are making in the night. Wendy Faris, talking about magic realism as a contemporary phenomenon that leaves modernism for postmodernism, says, "Magic realist fictions do seem more youthful and popular than their modernist predecessors, in that they often though not always cater with unidirectional story lines to our basic desire to hear what happens next.
Part of that is because everything in interconnected. It deals with what Naipaul has called "half-made" societies, in which the impossibly old struggles against the appallingly new, in which public corruptions and private anguishes are somehow more garish and extreme than they ever get in the so-called "North", where centuries of wealth and power have formed thick layers over the surface of what's really going on.
In Ceremony, for example, there is a scene in which a spurned woman is dancing very angrily. Thus they may be more clearly designed for the entertainment of readers. Ryan gosling dissertation memes Ryan gosling dissertation memes unfashionable essay political power grows out of the barrel of a gun essay mary ann shadd cary ap essays fantasiereise entspannung beispiel essay essay on the state of the union address john grier hibben essay on responsibility and accountability essay kingdom of god call to love essay about mizel museum denver colorado quebecol synthesis essay curley wife death essay introduction.
Magical realism is fascinating to read, and I hope to see more writers exploring its possibilities and conveying to "mainstream" readers ways of thinking that can help all of us to somewhat re-enchant the world.
But magical realism is always serious, never escapist, because it is trying to convey the reality of one or several worldviews that actually exist, or have existed. The fictitious reader—such as Aureliano from Years of Solitude—is the hostage used to express the writer's anxiety on this issue of who is reading the work and to what ends, and of how the writer is forever reliant upon the needs and desires of readers the market.
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While the marvelous real and magical realism are different, it can be argued that the spirit of the marvelous real, as described by Carpentier, is the spirit which influences magical realist literature. It is easy to be ambiguous and vague with third-person narration.
The miraculous, looked at closely, is mundane. In both, these magical events are expected and accepted as everyday occurrences. This extraordinary trait is brought to earth somewhat by the observation that all of the butterflies have tattered wings.
Lewis when he observes that the only person who opposes escape is, by definition, a jailer. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
The reader would consequently disregard the supernatural as false testimony. Politics and surrealism essay feminism fiction and finance zero. It is also important to note that many literary critics attempt to classify novels and literary works in only one genre, such as "romantic" or "naturalist", not always taking into account that many works fall into multiple categories.
These mixing ethnicities grow together with the American baroque; the space in between is where the "marvelous real" is seen.
European "metaphysical" magic realism, with its sense of estrangement and the uncanny, exemplified by Kafka 's fiction; "ontological" magical realism, characterized by "matter-of-factness" in relating "inexplicable" events; and "anthropological" magical realism, where a Native worldview is set side by side with the Western rational worldview.
Luis Leal articulates this feeling as "to seize the mystery that breathes behind things", [21] and supports the claim by saying a writer must heighten his senses to the point of "estado limite" translated as "limit state" or "extreme" in order to realize all levels of reality, most importantly that of mystery.
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Italian Massimo Bontempellifor instance, claimed that literature could be a means to create a collective consciousness by "opening new mythical and magical perspectives on reality", and used his writings to inspire an Italian nation governed by Fascism.
By admission of this article, the term "magical realism" first came into artistic usage in by German critic Franz Roh after the publication of Franz Kafka's novella " The Metamorphosis ", both visual and literary representations and uses of magic realism, regardless of suffix nitpicking.To achieve this personal rediscovery, Chicano/a and Native American writers often turn to magical realism.
Through an examination of contemporary novels written by and about Native Americans and Chicanos/as, this dissertation explores the impact of magical realism on cultural mediation. Feb 17, · My thesis is going to focus on magical realism’s potential for affecting positive social change through testimonio.
Many people see magical realism as an oxymoron, because how can something be “magical” and “realistic” at the same time? Magical realism, magic realism, or marvelous realism is a genre of narrative fiction and, more broadly, art (literature, painting, film, theatre, etc.) that, while encompassing a range of subtly different concepts, expresses a primarily realistic view of the real world while also adding or revealing magical elements.
Magic realism, chiefly Latin-American narrative strategy that is characterized by the matter-of-fact inclusion of fantastic or mythical elements into seemingly realistic palmolive2day.comgh this strategy is known in the literature of many cultures in many ages, the term magic realism is a relatively recent designation, first applied in the s by.
The controversy surrounding Magical Realism makes the classification of what is and what is not Magical Realism very difficult. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a famous Magical Realist, has written many pieces of what is generally conceived to be Magical Realism. Magical realism was created in the s as a change from the surreal movement in literature.
This surreal period of fiction told the stories as fantasies with no true relation to .
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More on the Morgan poll
Apparently continued silence by Martyn Bradbury on the latest Roy Morgan poll which came out a week after he posted BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: UMR SECRET POLL – National 41% Labour/Greens 45%
Since the Memorandum of Understanding, the First Past the Post mainstream media have had to start reporting the results as MMP ones. This perception change now allows Opposition voters to see they can win.
National is in trouble…
Once these private internal polls start becoming reflected in the TVNZ and TV3 Polls, National will start to implode with a power struggle.
The Roy Morgan poll has National on 53%, Labour on 25.5% and Greens on 11.5%. No word on what Bombers perception of this is.
One perception at The Daily Blog though, from Cleangreen. On the UMR ‘secret poll’:
Yes joy rings out finally National are on their way out hooray.
But in a comment yesterday on the Open Mic thread Cleengreen said:
Latest Roy Morgan and any other political poster companies we think we should trust! – well don’t – read below.
The Politicians are all under orders from the Bilderberg Group and are simply minion’s that carry out orders for the global elite and that is why you see a clear hard nosed similarity over every issue now, and the media is the same parrot for these cabals also as the pollsters are to!!!!
Does anyone understand how flimsy and vulnerable and easily rigged results of Pollster’s polling data can occur where the companies cannot verify their results or edit them to see if they are changed?
Poll result good, pollster good. Poll result bad, pollsters bad.
There was a lot of talk about the 10% bounce back for National (but interestingly no one seemed to bat an eyelid at Labour dropping 2.5 to 25.5%).
Chris Keall has posted Roy Morgan manager defends *that* poll at NBR:
The chattering class was quick to scoff when at the new Roy Morgan poll which showed a 10% jump for National (864 eligible voters were surveyed by phone).
There was eye-rolling from the left and the right, and I can see why: there were no political bombshells during the survey period (June 17 to early July) to warrant such a shift.
In a press release, executive chairman Gary Morgan pegged the Nats’ bounce on John Key’s announcement of a $1 billion housing infrastructure fund.
Keall “asked Mr Morgan if he was confident of the poll result” and the RM poll manager responded:
We are very confident these results reflect a shift in voting intention in New Zealand towards the incumbent.
That is very likely to be correct. The questions are by how much, and why.
Andrew Little has had nearly two years to cut through and even before this poll, had really made little headway.
The New Zealand economy is booming at present with Kiwis returning to the country after years of outflows across the Tasman.
Also, specifically with this poll we conducted some additional research during this period which indicates that Housing Affordability/ House prices/ Shortage of Houses/ Homeless etc. has increased significantly as an issue in New Zealand this year.
The announcement of the $1 billion housing infrastructure fund is perfectly timed to take advantage of this sentiment. There are a large number of Kiwis out there who believe they will see the benefit of this $1 billion infrastructure fund personally.
It could be that housing has been a significant factor – perhaps a lack of confidence in Labour’s policies, or a desire by many voters to retain the capital value increases.
There was also a discussion at Dim-Post: Roy Morgan wild guessing game
No doubt Labour will start leaking that their secret polls show them getting a major bump after their conference. If you added all the bumps they’ve claimed from their private polls they’d be on about 500% by now.
Danyl has been quite cynical about Labour lately.
My guess about the swing – if there was a swing – is that the news recently has been dominated by horror, fear and uncertainty. Terror attacks, racial violence in the US, Brexit, and so voters are looking for political stability and supporting National. If they are.
Swordfish, a regular poll commenter at The Standard, joins the discussion. Another pseudonym I’m not familiar with, Pollster, joined in.
It has nothing like the spikes the Roy Morgan does, and when it does it’ll be an occasional 2-3% shift, not a 5-10% (or in this case 16%) swing as the Roy Morgan has. What the UMR has shown since the election has been a pretty static political environment. The Roy Morgan suggests that from month hundreds of thousands of people are swinging wildly from Labour and the Greens to National and back again. It’s why no one in the business takes them seriously.
As the UMR polls aren’t published their claims can’t be verified, although Swordfish says:
Last 4 UMRs had Labour on 28-33%. Over the same period, the Public Polls put the Party in the range of 26-31%. Not an enormous divergence.
That’s a 5% range from UMR, the same as for ‘public polls’.
The last four RM polls for Labour were 25.5, 28, 29,5, 26 which happens to be a smaller range of 4%.
Pollster also said:
As for Labour staffers briefing internal polls, that’s not something I’m aware of, but I wouldn’t assume that’s why the UMR poll occasional finds its way into the public arena.
Frequently it’s Hooton who claims to have had a leak of Labour’s secret internal polling, when actually he just gets the UMR Omni from one of his clients as I do. I can also confirm he often makes up the figures, because he is a shameless liar.
Hooton bit back:
I think I have mentioned specific quantitative numbers from UMR polling data twice in the media. UMR polling is what “Labour’s secret internal polling” is – or, has been historically. It is also sold to corporates as you indicate.
Unless you think UMR does one quantitative study each month for its corporate clients and then another one for Labour. Perhaps it does. I don’t see that point in that though. Whenever I have mentioned polling of any kind the numbers have been correct.
Pull your head in with your lying accusations, whoever you are, anonymous guy on the internet.
Anonymous people on the Internet who appear to have a vested interest, and who promote polls only when their cherries are ripe, but never publicly publish any poll details, and make lying accusations about people with different political leanings, barely deserve to be taken with a grain of salt.
by Pete George on 24th July 2016 • Permalink
Posted in General, Politics, Poll
Tagged Dim-Post, pollster, Roy Morgan, Swordfish, The Daily Blog, The Standard, UMR
Posted by Pete George on 24th July 2016
https://yournz.org/2016/07/24/more-on-the-morgan-poll/
An accurate pollster on the payroll
David Farrar posted Is Key on drugs ask du Fresne? at Kiwiblog. He quoted from a column by Karl Du Fresne: John Key: Mr Nice Guy’s unbelievable aura of serenity:
I have never met John Key, but like anyone who follows politics I’ve been able to observe him via the media. And after studying him carefully, I think I now realise the explanation for much of his behaviour. He’s on drugs.
Not the illegal kind, I should stress, but the mood-calming type that doctors prescribe. This may sound flippant, but consider the following.
In the 2014 election campaign, Key was subjected to possibly the most sustained media offensive faced by any prime minister in New Zealand history. Day after day he was tackled by an aggressive media pack trying to trap him on dirty politics, illicit surveillance and other touchy issues.
His answers were often unsatisfactory, which served only to ramp up the media frenzy. But through it all, he appeared supernaturally imperturbable. He patiently batted away reporters’ questions and accusations with his familiar bland inscrutability. There were no meltdowns, no hissy fits, no petulant walkouts.
This was downright unnatural. No politician should be that unflappable. He can have achieved it only by the ingestion of large amounts – indeed, industrial quantities – of tranquillisers.
Cameron Slater explains at Whale Oil that the serenity is based on accurate polling.
No Karl, the serenity comes from having an accurate pollster on the payroll.
That way you know that, despite the baying pack of dogs that is the press gallery, your policy platform is being well received, your party is performing well and that Twitter and Facebook aren’t the real world.
This is why John Key thanked David Farrar on election night, he was the one who provided the information daily to John Key to let him know that Dirty Politics, the plot of the left-wing to unseat his government, wasn’t working as they expected.
I agree. Knowledge may not be power but it can help a lot, if it’s accurate knowledge.
Contrast that with the inept polling and claims by people who should know better like Rob Salmond and David Talbot. Salmond constantly inflated Labour’s real poll results, sometimes by up to 10%, giving his small band of readers and assorted hangers on, including the leadership of Labour at the time false hope.
Inaccurate knowledge can be worse than none.
Serenity comes from accuracy, panic comes from idiocy and losing your head.
Slater can still write insightful posts (if he wrote it).
It is said that Key relies heavily on his monitoring of public opinion as provided by Farrar’s Curia polling. It is certainly going to be more useful than reading blog opinions, which are slanted towards the vocal fringes (except here of course!)
Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Cabell, 22 January 1820:
…my hopes however are kept in check by the ordinary character of our state legislatures, the members of which do not generally possess information enough to percieve the important truths, that knolege is power, that knolege is safety, and that knolege is happiness.
Key may not always be happy with what happens but he is safely in power for now.
by Pete George on 27th January 2015 • Permalink
Tagged Curia, David Farrar, John Key, knowledge is power, National, pollster, Thomas Jefferson, Whale Oil
Posted by Pete George on 27th January 2015
https://yournz.org/2015/01/27/an-accurate-pollster-on-the-payroll/
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قانون ۳ - اهدافتان را پنهان سازید
کتاب: 48 قانون قدرت / فصل 4
48 قانون قدرت
1. مقدمه
2. قانون 1 - هرگز از بالادستان خود پیشی نگیرید
3. قانون ۲ - هرگز به دوستان خود اعتماد زیادی نداشته باشید؛ یاد بگیرید چگونه از دشمنتان استفاده کنید
4. قانون ۳ - اهدافتان را پنهان سازید
5. قانون ۴ - همیشه کمتر از اندازه ی نیاز سخن بگویید
6. قانون ۵ - شهرت مهم است؛با زندگی تان از آن محافظت کنید
7. قانون ۶ - به هر قیمتی جلب توجه کنید
8. قانون 7 - دیگران را برای انجام دادن کار خود اجیر کنید، اما اعتبار همیشه به نام شما باشد
9. قانون ۸ - دیگران را وادار سازید به سوی شما بیایند، اگر لازم شد از طعمه استفاده کنید
10. قانون ۹ - با رفتارتان پیروزی را کسب کنید، نه با بحث و جدل
11. قانون ۱۰ - تأثیرگذاری - از انسان های ناراحت و بدشانس دوری کنید
12. قانون ۱۱ - دیگران را وابسته به خود نگه دارید
13. قانون ۱۲ - با صداقت و سخاوت انتخابی قربانی خود را خلع سلاح کنید
14. قانون ۱۳ - وقتی تقاضای کمک دارید، خواسته ی شما به نفع دیگران باشد، نه از روی حق شناسی و سخاوت آنها.
15. قانون ۱۴ - خود را یک دوست جا بزنید؛ مانند یک جاسوس عمل کنید
16. قانون ۱۵ - دشمن خود را به طورکامل نابود کنید
17. قانون ۱۶ - برای بالابردن احترام و نیک نامی غایب شوید
18. قانون ۱۷ - دیگران را در وضعیت ترس قرار دهید وفضایی پیش بینیناپذیر بیافرینید
19. قانون ۱۸ - برای محافظت از خود به قلعه پناه نبرید؛ تنهایی خطرناک است
20. قانون ۱۹ - طرف مقابل خود را بشناسید؛ فردی را به اشتباه خشمگین نسازید
21. قانون ۲۰ - درباره ی هیچ کس قاطعانه نظر ندهید (هرگز به کسی پایبند نشوید)
22. قانون ۲۱ - برای گیر انداختن یک احمق، باید احمق به نظر برسید
23. قانون ۲۲ - از شیوه ی تسلیم استفاده کنید - ضعف را به قدرت تبدیل سازید
24. قانون ۲۳ - بر قدرت هایتان متمرکز شوید
25. قانون ۲۴ - مانند یک درباری کامل باشید
26. قانون ۲۵ - از نو خود را خلق کنید
27. قانون ۲۶ - دست های خود را پاکیزه نگه دارید
28. قانون ۲۷ - با تحریک نیازهای مردم، آنها باور می کنند که از پیروان سبکی خاص هستند
29. قانون ۲۸ - با شجاعت اقدام کنید
30. قانون ۲۹ - تا پایان راه نقشه را طراحی کنید
31. قانون ۳۰ - کاری کنید که دستاوردهایتان آسان به نظر برسند
32. قانون ۳۱ - گزینه ها را کنترل کنید؛ مردم را وادار کنید با کارت های (قانون های) شما بازی کنند
33. قانون ۳۲ - با رؤیاهای مردم بازی کنید
34. قانون۳۳ - نقطه ضعف ها را بشناسید
35. قانون ۳۴ - در شیوه ی خود شاهانه رفتار کنید شاهانه رفتار کنید تا با شما شاهانه رفتار شود
36. قانون ۳۵ - اربابِ هنرِ زمان بندی باشید
37. قانون ۳۶ - از آنچه نمیتوانید داشته باشید بیزار شوید نادیده گرفتنشان بهترین انتقام است
38. قانون ۳۷ - نمایشی پرجذبه خلق کنید
39. قانون ۳۸ - آن گونه که دوست دارید بیندیشید اما مانند دیگران رفتار کنید
40. قانون ۳۹ - برای گرفتن ماهی آب را برهم زنید
41. قانون ۴۰ - از موارد رایگان دوری کنید
42. قانون ۴۱ - پا در کفش بزرگان نکنید
43. قانون ۴۲ - با ضربه به چوپان گله پراکنده خواهد شد
44. قانون ۴۳ - روی قلب و اندیشه ی دیگران کار کنید
45. قانون ۴۴ - خلع سلاح کردن و عصبانی ساختن با اثر آیینه ای
46. قانون ۴۵ - ضرورت دگرگونی را تبلیغ کنید، اما هرگز یک باره به اصلاحات زیاد نپردازید
47. قانون ۴۶ - هرگز بسیار کامل به نظر نرسید
48. قانون ۴۷ - از هدفی که برای خود در نظر گرفته اید، پیش تر نروید؛نقطه ی توقف در پیروزی را بیاموزید
49. قانون ۴۸ - مبهم و بی شکل بمانید
LAW 3 - CONCEAL YOUR INTENTIONS
Keep people off-balance and in the dark by never revealing the purpose behind your actions. If they have no clue what you are up to, they cannot prepare a defense. Guide them far enough down the wrong path, envelop them in enough smoke, and by the time they realize your intentions, it will be too late.
PART I: USE DECOYED OBJECTS OF DESIRE AND RED HERRINGS TO THROW PEOPLE OFF THE SCENT
If at any point in the deception you practice people have the slightest suspicion as to your intentions, all is lost. Do not give them the chance to sense what you are up to: Throw them off the scent by dragging red herrings across the path. Use false sincerity, send ambiguous signals, set up misleading objects of desire. Unable to distinguish the genuine from the false, they cannot pick out your real goal.
TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW
Over several weeks, Ninon de Lenclos, the most infamous courtesan of seventeenth-century France, listened patiently as the Marquis de Sevigné explained his struggles in pursuing a beautiful but difficult young countess. Ninon was sixty-two at the time, and more than experienced in matters of love; the marquis was a lad of twenty-two, handsome, dashing, but hopelessly inexperienced in romance. At first Ninon was amused to hear the marquis talk about his mistakes, but finally she had had enough. Unable to bear ineptitude in any realm, least of all in seducing a woman, she decided to take the young man under her wing. First, he had to understand that this was war, and that the beautiful countess was a citadel to which he had to lay siege as carefully as any general. Every step had to be planned and executed with the utmost attention to detail and nuance.
Instructing the marquis to start over, Ninon told him to approach the countess with a bit of distance, an air of nonchalance. The next time the two were alone together, she said, he would confide in the countess as would a friend but not a potential lover. This was to throw her off the scent. The countess was no longer to take his interest in her for granted—perhaps he was only interested in friendship.
Ninon planned ahead. Once the countess was confused, it would be time to make her jealous. At the next encounter, at a major fête in Paris, the marquis would show up with a beautiful young woman at his side. This beautiful young woman had equally beautiful friends, so that wherever the countess would now see the marquis, he would be surrounded by the most stunning young women in Paris. Not only would the countess be seething with jealousy, she would come to see the marquis as someone who was desired by others. It was hard for Ninon to make the marquis understand, but she patiently explained that a woman who is interested in a man wants to see that other women are interested in him, too. Not only does that give him instant value, it makes it all the more satisfying to snatch him from their clutches.
Once the countess was jealous but intrigued, it would be time to beguile her. On Ninon’s instructions, the marquis would fail to show up at affairs where the countess expected to see him. Then, suddenly, he would appear at salons he had never frequented before, but that the countess attended often. She would be unable to predict his moves. All of this would push her into the state of emotional confusion that is a prerequisite for successful seduction.
These moves were executed, and took several weeks. Ninon monitored the marquis’s progress: Through her network of spies, she heard how the countess would laugh a little harder at his witticisms, listen more closely to his stories. She heard that the countess was suddenly asking questions about him. Her friends told her that at social affairs the countess would often look up at the marquis, following his steps. Ninon felt certain that the young woman was falling under his spell. It was a matter of weeks now, maybe a month or two, but if all went smoothly, the citadel would fall.
A few days later the marquis was at the countess’s home. They were alone. Suddenly he was a different man: This time acting on his own impulse, rather than following Ninon’s instructions, he took the countess’s hands and told her he was in love with her. The young woman seemed confused, a reaction he did not expect. She became polite, then excused herself. For the rest of the evening she avoided his eyes, was not there to say good-night to him. The next few times he visited he was told she was not at home. When she finally admitted him again, the two felt awkward and uncomfortable with each other. The spell was broken.
Ninon de Lenclos knew everything about the art of love. The greatest writers, thinkers, and politicians of the time had been her lovers—men like La Rochefoucauld, Molière, and Richelieu. Seduction was a game to her, to be practiced with skill. As she got older, and her reputation grew, the most important families in France would send their sons to her to be instructed in matters of love.
Ninon knew that men and women are very different, but when it comes to seduction they feel the same: Deep down inside, they often sense when they are being seduced, but they give in because they enjoy the feeling of being led along. It is a pleasure to let go, and to allow the other person to detour you into a strange country. Everything in seduction, however, depends on suggestion. You cannot announce your intentions or reveal them directly in words. Instead you must throw your targets off the scent. To surrender to your guidance they must be appropriately confused. You have to scramble your signals—appear interested in another man or woman (the decoy), then hint at being interested in the target, then feign indifference, on and on. Such patterns not only confuse, they excite.
Imagine this story from the countess’s perspective: After a few of the marquis’s moves, she sensed the marquis was playing some sort of game, but the game delighted her. She did not know where he was leading her, but so much the better. His moves intrigued her, each of them keeping her waiting for the next one—she even enjoyed her jealousy and confusion, for sometimes any emotion is better than the boredom of security. Perhaps the marquis had ulterior motives; most men do. But she was willing to wait and see, and probably if she had been made to wait long enough, what he was up to would not have mattered.
The moment the marquis uttered that fatal word “love,” however, all was changed. This was no longer a game with moves, it was an artless show of passion. His intention was revealed: He was seducing her. This put everything he had done in a new light. All that before had been charming now seemed ugly and conniving; the countess felt embarrassed and used. A door closed that would never open again.
OBSERVANCE OF THE LAW
In 1850 the young Otto von Bismarck, then a thirty-five-year-old deputy in the Prussian parliament, was at a turning point in his career. The issues of the day were the unification of the many states (including Prussia) into which Germany was then divided, and a war against Austria, the powerful neighbor to the south that hoped to keep the Germans weak and at odds, even threatening to intervene if they tried to unite. Prince William, next in line to be Prussia’s king, was in favor of going to war, and the parliament rallied to the cause, prepared to back any mobilization of troops. The only ones to oppose war were the present king, Frederick William IV, and his ministers, who preferred to appease the powerful Austrians.
Throughout his career, Bismarck had been a loyal, even passionate supporter of Prussian might and power. He dreamed of German unification, of going to war against Austria and humiliating the country that for so long had kept Germany divided. A former soldier, he saw warfare as a glorious business.
This, after all, was the man who years later would say, “The great questions of the time will be decided, not by speeches and resolutions, but by iron and blood.”
Passionate patriot and lover of military glory, Bismarck nevertheless gave a speech in parliament at the height of the war fever that astonished all who heard it. “Woe unto the statesman,” he said, “who makes war without a reason that will still be valid when the war is over! After the war, you will all look differently at these questions. Will you then have the courage to turn to the peasant contemplating the ashes of his farm, to the man who has been crippled, to the father who has lost his children?” Not only did Bismarck go on to talk of the madness of this war, but, strangest of all, he praised Austria and defended her actions. This went against everything he had stood for. The consequences were immediate. Bismarck was against the war—what could this possibly mean? Other deputies were confused, and several of them changed their votes. Eventually the king and his ministers won out, and war was averted.
A few weeks after Bismarck’s infamous speech, the king, grateful that he had spoken for peace, made him a cabinet minister. A few years later he became the Prussian premier. In this role he eventually led his country and a peace-loving king into a war against Austria, crushing the former empire and establishing a mighty German state, with Prussia at its head.
At the time of his speech in 1850, Bismarck made several calculations. First, he sensed that the Prussian military, which had not kept pace with other European armies, was unready for war—that Austria, in fact, might very well win, a disastrous result for the future. Second, if the war were lost and Bismarck had supported it, his career would be gravely jeopardized. The king and his conservative ministers wanted peace; Bismarck wanted power. The answer was to throw people off the scent by supporting a cause he detested, saying things he would laugh at if said by another. A whole country was fooled. It was because of Bismarck’s speech that the king made him a minister, a position from which he quickly rose to be prime minister, attaining the power to strengthen the Prussian military and accomplish what he had wanted all along: the humiliation of Austria and the unification of Germany under Prussia’s leadership.
Bismarck was certainly one of the cleverest statesman who ever lived, a master of strategy and deception. No one suspected what he was up to in this case. Had he announced his real intentions, arguing that it was better to wait now and fight later, he would not have won the argument, since most Prussians wanted war at that moment and mistakenly believed that their army was superior to the Austrians. Had he played up to the king, asking to be made a minister in exchange for supporting peace, he would not have succeeded either: The king would have distrusted his ambition and doubted his sincerity.
By being completely insincere and sending misleading signals, however, he deceived everyone, concealed his purpose, and attained everything he wanted. Such is the power of hiding your intentions.
KEYS TO POWER
Most people are open books. They say what they feel, blurt out their opinions at every opportunity, and constantly reveal their plans and intentions. They do this for several reasons. First, it is easy and natural to always want to talk about one’s feelings and plans for the future. It takes effort to control your tongue and monitor what you reveal. Second, many believe that by being honest and open they are winning people’s hearts and showing their good nature. They are greatly deluded. Honesty is actually a blunt instrument, which bloodies more than it cuts. Your honesty is likely to offend people; it is much more prudent to tailor your words, telling people what they want to hear rather than the coarse and ugly truth of what you feel or think. More important, by being unabashedly open you make yourself so predictable and familiar that it is almost impossible to respect or fear you, and power will not accrue to a person who cannot inspire such emotions.
If you yearn for power, quickly lay honesty aside, and train yourself in the art of concealing your intentions. Master the art and you will always have the upper hand. Basic to an ability to conceal one’s intentions is a simple truth about human nature: Our first instinct is to always trust appearances. We cannot go around doubting the reality of what we see and hear—constantly imagining that appearances concealed something else would exhaust and terrify us. This fact makes it relatively easy to conceal one’s intentions. Simply dangle an object you seem to desire, a goal you seem to aim for, in front of people’s eyes and they will take the appearance for reality. Once their eyes focus on the decoy, they will fail to notice what you are really up to. In seduction, set up conflicting signals, such as desire and indifference, and you not only throw them off the scent, you inflame their desire to possess you.
A tactic that is often effective in setting up a red herring is to appear to support an idea or cause that is actually contrary to your own sentiments. (Bismarck used this to great effect in his speech in 1850.) Most people will believe you have experienced a change of heart, since it is so unusual to play so lightly with something as emotional as one’s opinions and values. The same applies for any decoyed object of desire: Seem to want something in which you are actually not at all interested and your enemies will be thrown off the scent, making all kinds of errors in their calculations.
During the War of the Spanish Succession in 1711, the Duke of Marlborough, head of the English army, wanted to destroy a key French fort, because it protected a vital thoroughfare into France. Yet he knew that if he destroyed it, the French would realize what he wanted—to advance down that road. Instead, then, he merely captured the fort, and garrisoned it with some of his troops, making it appear as if he wanted it for some purpose of his own. The French attacked the fort and the duke let them recapture it. Once they had it back, though, they destroyed it, figuring that the duke had wanted it for some important reason. Now that the fort was gone, the road was unprotected, and Marlborough could easily march into France.
Use this tactic in the following manner: Hide your intentions not by closing up (with the risk of appearing secretive, and making people suspicious) but by talking endlessly about your desires and goals—just not your real ones. You will kill three birds with one stone: You appear friendly, open, and trusting; you conceal your intentions; and you send your rivals on time-consuming wild-goose chases.
Another powerful tool in throwing people off the scent is false sincerity. People easily mistake sincerity for honesty. Remember—their first instinct is to trust appearances, and since they value honesty and want to believe in the honesty of those around them, they will rarely doubt you or see through your act. Seeming to believe what you say gives your words great weight. This is how Iago deceived and destroyed Othello: Given the depth of his emotions, the apparent sincerity of his concerns about Desdemona’s supposed infidelity, how could Othello distrust him? This is also how the great con artist Yellow Kid Weil pulled the wool over suckers’ eyes: Seeming to believe so deeply in the decoyed object he was dangling in front of them (a phony stock, a touted racehorse), he made its reality hard to doubt. It is important, of course, not to go too far in this area. Sincerity is a tricky tool: Appear overpassionate and you raise suspicions. Be measured and believable or your ruse will seem the put-on that it is.
To make your false sincerity an effective weapon in concealing your intentions, espouse a belief in honesty and forthrightness as important social values. Do this as publicly as possible. Emphasize your position on this subject by occasionally divulging some heartfelt thought—though only one that is actually meaningless or irrelevant, of course. Napoleon’s minister Talleyrand was a master at taking people into his confidence by revealing some apparent secret. This feigned confidence—a decoy—would then elicit a real confidence on the other person’s part.
Remember: The best deceivers do everything they can to cloak their roguish qualities. They cultivate an air of honesty in one area to disguise their dishonesty in others. Honesty is merely another decoy in their arsenal of weapons.
PART II: USE SMOKE SCREENS TO DISGUISE YOUR ACTIONS
Deception is always the best strategy, but the best deceptions require a screen of smoke to distract people’s attention from your real purpose. The bland exterior—like the unreadable poker face—is often the perfect smoke screen, hiding your intentions behind the comfortable and familiar. If you lead the sucker down a familiar path, he won’t catch on when you lead him into a trap.
OBSERVANCE OF THE LAW I
In 1910, a Mr. Sam Geezil of Chicago sold his warehouse business for close to $1 million. He settled down to semiretirement and the managing of his many properties, but deep inside he itched for the old days of deal-making. One day a young man named Joseph Weil visited his office, wanting to buy an apartment he had up for sale. Geezil explained the terms: The price was $8,000, but he only required a down payment of $2,000. Weil said he would sleep on it, but he came back the following day and offered to pay the full $8,000 in cash, if Geezil could wait a couple of days, until a deal Weil was working on came through. Even in semiretirement, a clever businessman like Geezil was curious as to how Weil would be able to come up with so much cash (roughly $150,000 today) so quickly. Weil seemed reluctant to say, and quickly changed the subject, but Geezil was persistent. Finally, after assurances of confidentiality, Weil told Geezil the following story.
Weil’s uncle was the secretary to a coterie of multimillionaire financiers. These wealthy gentlemen had purchased a hunting lodge in Michigan ten years ago, at a cheap price. They had not used the lodge for a few years, so they had decided to sell it and had asked Weil’s uncle to get whatever he could for it. For reasons—good reasons—of his own, the uncle had been nursing a grudge against the millionaires for years; this was his chance to get back at them. He would sell the property for $35,000 to a setup man (whom it was Weil’s job to find). The financiers were too wealthy to worry about this low price. The set-up man would then turn around and sell the property again for its real price, around $155,000. The uncle, Weil, and the third man would split the profits from this second sale. It was all legal and for a good cause—the uncle’s just retribution.
Geezil had heard enough: He wanted to be the set-up buyer. Weil was reluctant to involve him, but Geezil would not back down: The idea of a large profit, plus a little adventure, had him champing at the bit. Weil explained that Geezil would have to put up the $35,000 in cash to bring the deal off. Geezil, a millionaire, said he could get the money with a snap of his fingers. Weil finally relented and agreed to arrange a meeting between the uncle, Geezil, and the financiers, in the town of Galesburg, Illinois.
On the train ride to Galesburg, Geezil met the uncle—an impressive man, with whom he avidly discussed business. Weil also brought along a companion, a somewhat paunchy man named George Gross. Weil explained to Geezil that he himself was a boxing trainer, that Gross was one of the promising prizefighters he trained, and that he had asked Gross to come along to make sure the fighter stayed in shape. For a promising fighter, Gross was unimpressive looking—he had gray hair and a beer belly—but Geezil was so excited about the deal that he didn’t really think about the man’s flabby appearance.
Once in Galesburg, Weil and his uncle went to fetch the financiers while Geezil waited in a hotel room with Gross, who promptly put on his boxing trunks. As Geezil half watched, Gross began to shadowbox. Distracted as he was, Geezil ignored how badly the boxer wheezed after a few minutes of exercise, although his style seemed real enough. An hour later, Weil and his uncle reappeared with the financiers, an impressive, intimidating group of men, all wearing fancy suits. The meeting went well and the financiers agreed to sell the lodge to Geezil, who had already had the $35,000 wired to a local bank.
This minor business now settled, the financiers sat back in their chairs and began to banter about high finance, throwing out the name “J. P. Morgan” as if they knew the man. Finally one of them noticed the boxer in the corner of the room. Weil explained what he was doing there. The financier countered that he too had a boxer in his entourage, whom he named. Weil laughed brazenly and exclaimed that his man could easily knock out their man. Conversation escalated into argument. In the heat of passion, Weil challenged the men to a bet. The financiers eagerly agreed and left to get their man ready for a fight the next day.
As soon as they had left, the uncle yelled at Weil, right in front of Geezil: They did not have enough money to bet with, and once the financiers discovered this, the uncle would be fired. Weil apologized for getting him in this mess, but he had a plan: He knew the other boxer well, and with a little bribe, they could fix the fight. But where would the money come from for the bet? the uncle replied. Without it they were as good as dead. Finally Geezil had heard enough. Unwilling to jeopardize his deal with any ill will, he offered his own $35,000 cash for part of the bet. Even if he lost that, he would wire for more money and still make a profit on the sale of the lodge. The uncle and nephew thanked him. With their own $15,000 and Geezil’s $35,000 they would manage to have enough for the bet. That evening, as Geezil watched the two boxers rehearse the fix in the hotel room, his mind reeled at the killing he was going to make from both the boxing match and the sale of the lodge.
The fight took place in a gym the next day. Weil handled the cash, which was placed for security in a locked box. Everything was proceeding as planned in the hotel room. The financiers were looking glum at how badly their fighter was doing, and Geezil was dreaming about the easy money he was about to make. Then, suddenly, a wild swing by the financier’s fighter hit Gross hard in the face, knocking him down. When he hit the canvas, blood spurted from his mouth. He coughed, then lay still. One of the financiers, a former doctor, checked his pulse; he was dead. The millionaires panicked: Everyone had to get out before the police arrived—they could all be charged with murder.
Terrified, Geezil hightailed it out of the gym and back to Chicago, leaving behind his $35,000 which he was only too glad to forget, for it seemed a small price to pay to avoid being implicated in a crime. He never wanted to see Weil or any of the others again.
After Geezil scurried out, Gross stood up, under his own steam. The blood that had spurted from his mouth came from a ball filled with chicken blood and hot water that he had hidden in his cheek. The whole affair had been masterminded by Weil, better known as “the Yellow Kid,” one of the most creative con artists in history. Weil split the $35,000 with the financiers and the boxers (all fellow con artists)—a nice little profit for a few days’ work.
The Yellow Kid had staked out Geezil as the perfect sucker long before he set up the con. He knew the boxing-match scam would be the perfect ruse to separate Geezil from his money quickly and definitively. But he also knew that if he had begun by trying to interest Geezil in the boxing match, he would have failed miserably. He had to conceal his intentions and switch attention, create a smoke screen—in this case the sale of the lodge.
On the train ride and in the hotel room Geezil’s mind had been completely occupied with the pending deal, the easy money, the chance to hobnob with wealthy men. He had failed to notice that Gross was out of shape and middle-aged at best. Such is the distracting power of a smoke screen. Engrossed in the business deal, Geezil’s attention was easily diverted to the boxing match, but only at a point when it was already too late for him to notice the details that would have given Gross away. The match, after all, now depended on a bribe rather than on the boxer’s physical condition. And Geezil was so distracted at the end by the illusion of the boxer’s death that he completely forgot about his money.
Learn from the Yellow Kid: The familiar, inconspicuous front is the perfect smoke screen. Approach your mark with an idea that seems ordinary enough—a business deal, financial intrigue. The sucker’s mind is distracted, his suspicions allayed. That is when you gently guide him onto the second path, the slippery slope down which he slides helplessly into your trap.
OBSERVANCE OF THE LAW II
In the mid-1920s, the powerful warlords of Ethiopia were coming to the realization that a young man of the nobility named Haile Selassie, also known as Ras Tafari, was outcompeting them all and nearing the point where he could proclaim himself their leader, unifying the country for the first time in decades. Most of his rivals could not understand how this wispy, quiet, mild-mannered man had been able to take control. Yet in 1927, Selassie was able to summon the warlords, one at a time, to come to Addis Ababa to declare their loyalty and recognize him as leader.
Some hurried, some hesitated, but only one, Dejazmach Balcha of Sidamo, dared defy Selassie totally. A blustery man, Balcha was a great warrior, and he considered the new leader weak and unworthy. He pointedly stayed away from the capital. Finally Selassie, in his gentle but stern way, commanded Balcha to come. The warlord decided to obey, but in doing so he would turn the tables on this pretender to the Ethiopian throne: He would come to Addis Ababa at his own speed, and with an army of 10,000 men, a force large enough to defend himself, perhaps even start a civil war. Stationing this formidable force in a valley three miles from the capital, he waited, as a king would. Selassie would have to come to him.
Selassie did indeed send emissaries, asking Balcha to attend an afternoon banquet in his honor. But Balcha, no fool, knew history—he knew that previous kings and lords of Ethiopia had used banquets as a trap. Once he was there and full of drink, Selassie would have him arrested or murdered. To signal his understanding of the situation, he agreed to come to the banquet, but only if he could bring his personal bodyguard—600 of his best soldiers, all armed and ready to defend him and themselves. To Balcha’s surprise, Selassie answered with the utmost politeness that he would be honored to play host to such warriors.
On the way to the banquet, Balcha warned his soldiers not to get drunk and to be on their guard. When they arrived at the palace, Selassie was his charming best. He deferred to Balcha, treated him as if he desperately needed his approval and cooperation. But Balcha refused to be charmed, and he warned Selassie that if he did not return to his camp by nightfall, his army had orders to attack the capital. Selassie reacted as if hurt by his mistrust. Over the meal, when it came time for the traditional singing of songs in honor of Ethiopia’s leaders, he made a point of allowing only songs honoring the warlord of Sidamo. It seemed to Balcha that Selassie was scared, intimidated by this great warrior who could not be outwitted. Sensing the change, Balcha believed that he would be the one to call the shots in the days to come.
At the end of the afternoon, Balcha and his soldiers began their march back to camp amidst cheers and gun salutes. Looking back to the capital over his shoulder, he planned his strategy—how his own soldiers would march through the capital in triumph within weeks, and Selassie would be put in his place, his place being either prison or death. When Balcha came in sight of his camp, however, he saw that something was terribly wrong. Where before there had been colorful tents stretching as far as the eye could see, now there was nothing, only smoke from doused fires. What devil’s magic was this?
A witness told Balcha what had happened. During the banquet, a large army, commanded by an ally of Selassie’s, had stolen up on Balcha’s encampment by a side route he had not seen. This army had not come to fight, however: Knowing that Balcha would have heard a noisy battle and hurried back with his 600-man bodyguard, Selassie had armed his own troops with baskets of gold and cash. They had surrounded Balcha’s army and proceeded to purchase every last one of their weapons. Those who refused were easily intimidated. Within a few hours, Balcha’s entire force had been disarmed and scattered in all directions.
Realizing his danger, Balcha decided to march south with his 600 soldiers to regroup, but the same army that had disarmed his soldiers blocked his way. The other way out was to march on the capital, but Selassie had set a large army to defend it. Like a chess player, he had predicted Balcha’s moves, and had checkmated him. For the first time in his life, Balcha surrendered. To repent his sins of pride and ambition, he agreed to enter a monastery.
Throughout Selassie’s long reign, no one could quite figure him out. Ethiopians like their leaders fierce, but Selassie, who wore the front of a gentle, peace-loving man, lasted longer than any of them. Never angry or impatient, he lured his victims with sweet smiles, lulling them with charm and obsequiousness before he attacked. In the case of Balcha, Selassie played on the man’s wariness, his suspicion that the banquet was a trap—which in fact it was, but not the one he expected. Selassie’s way of allaying Balcha’s fears—letting him bring his bodyguard to the banquet, giving him top billing there, making him feel in control—created a thick smoke screen, concealing the real action three miles away.
Remember: The paranoid and wary are often the easiest to deceive. Win their trust in one area and you have a smoke screen that blinds their view in another, letting you creep up and level them with a devastating blow. A helpful or apparently honest gesture, or one that implies the other person’s superiority—these are perfect diversionary devices.
Properly set up, the smoke screen is a weapon of great power. It enabled the gentle Selassie to totally destroy his enemy, without firing a single bullet.
Balcha of Sidamo’s last words before entering the monastery.
Do not underestimate the power of Tafari. He creeps like a mouse but he has jaws like a lion.
If you believe that deceivers are colorful folk who mislead with elaborate lies and tall tales, you are greatly mistaken. The best deceivers utilize a bland and inconspicuous front that calls no attention to themselves. They know that extravagant words and gestures immediately raise suspicion. Instead, they envelop their mark in the familiar, the banal, the harmless. In Yellow Kid Weil’s dealings with Sam Geezil, the familiar was a business deal. In the Ethiopian case, it was Selassie’s misleading obsequiousness—exactly what Balcha would have expected from a weaker warlord.
Once you have lulled your suckers’ attention with the familiar, they will not notice the deception being perpetrated behind their backs. This derives from a simple truth: people can only focus on one thing at a time. It is really too difficult for them to imagine that the bland and harmless person they are dealing with is simultaneously setting up something else. The grayer and more uniform the smoke in your smoke screen, the better it conceals your intentions. In the decoy and red herring devices discussed in Part I, you actively distract people; in the smoke screen, you lull your victims, drawing them into your web. Because it is so hypnotic, this is often the best way of concealing your intentions.
The simplest form of smoke screen is facial expression. Behind a bland, unreadable exterior, all sorts of mayhem can be planned, without detection. This is a weapon that the most powerful men in history have learned to perfect. It was said that no one could read Franklin D. Roosevelt’s face. Baron James Rothschild made a lifelong practice of disguising his real thoughts behind bland smiles and nondescript looks. Stendhal wrote of Talleyrand, “Never was a face less of a barometer.” Henry Kissinger would bore his opponents around the negotiating table to tears with his monotonous voice, his blank look, his endless recitations of details; then, as their eyes glazed over, he would suddenly hit them with a list of bold terms. Caught off-guard, they would be easily intimidated. As one poker manual explains it, “While playing his hand, the good player is seldom an actor. Instead he practices a bland behavior that minimizes readable patterns, frustrates and confuses opponents, permits greater concentration.” An adaptable concept, the smoke screen can be practiced on a number of levels, all playing on the psychological principles of distraction and misdirection. One of the most effective smoke screens is the noble gesture. People want to believe apparently noble gestures are genuine, for the belief is pleasant. They rarely notice how deceptive these gestures can be.
The art dealer Joseph Duveen was once confronted with a terrible problem. The millionaires who had paid so dearly for Duveen’s paintings were running out of wall space, and with inheritance taxes getting ever higher, it seemed unlikely that they would keep buying. The solution was the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., which Duveen helped create in 1937 by getting Andrew Mellon to donate his collection to it. The National Gallery was the perfect front for Duveen. In one gesture, his clients avoided taxes, cleared wall space for new purchases, and reduced the number of paintings on the market, maintaining the upward pressure on their prices. All this while the donors created the appearance of being public benefactors.
Another effective smoke screen is the pattern, the establishment of a series of actions that seduce the victim into believing you will continue in the same way. The pattern plays on the psychology of anticipation: Our behavior conforms to patterns, or so we like to think.
In 1878 the American robber baron Jay Gould created a company that began to threaten the monopoly of the telegraph company Western Union. The directors of Western Union decided to buy Gould’s company up—they had to spend a hefty sum, but they figured they had managed to rid themselves of an irritating competitor. A few months later, though, Gould was it at again, complaining he had been treated unfairly. He started up a second company to compete with Western Union and its new acquisition. The same thing happened again: Western Union bought him out to shut him up. Soon the pattern began for the third time, but now Gould went for the jugular: He suddenly staged a bloody takeover struggle and managed to gain complete control of Western Union. He had established a pattern that had tricked the company’s directors into thinking his goal was to be bought out at a handsome rate. Once they paid him off, they relaxed and failed to notice that he was actually playing for higher stakes. The pattern is powerful in that it deceives the other person into expecting the opposite of what you are really doing.
Another psychological weakness on which to construct a smoke screen is the tendency to mistake appearances for reality—the feeling that if someone seems to belong to your group, their belonging must be real. This habit makes the seamless blend a very effective front. The trick is simple: You simply blend in with those around you. The better you blend, the less suspicious you become. During the Cold War of the 1950s and ’60s, as is now notorious, a slew of British civil servants passed secrets to the Soviets. They went undetected for years because they were apparently decent chaps, had gone to all the right schools, and fit the old-boy network perfectly. Blending in is the perfect smoke screen for spying. The better you do it, the better you can conceal your intentions.
Remember: It takes patience and humility to dull your brilliant colors, to put on the mask of the inconspicuous. Do not despair at having to wear such a bland mask—it is often your unreadability that draws people to you and makes you appear a person of power.
No smoke screen, red herring, false sincerity, or any other diversionary device will succeed in concealing your intentions if you already have an established reputation for deception. And as you get older and achieve success, it often becomes increasingly difficult to disguise your cunning. Everyone knows you practice deception; persist in playing naive and you run the risk of seeming the rankest hypocrite, which will severely limit your room to maneuver. In such cases it is better to own up, to appear the honest rogue, or, better, the repentant rogue. Not only will you be admired for your frankness, but, most wonderful and strange of all, you will be able to continue your stratagems.
As P. T. Barnum, the nineteenth-century king of humbuggery, grew older, he learned to embrace his reputation as a grand deceiver. At one point he organized a buffalo hunt in New Jersey, complete with Indians and a few imported buffalo. He publicized the hunt as genuine, but it came off as so completely fake that the crowd, instead of getting angry and asking for their money back, was greatly amused. They knew Barnum pulled tricks all the time; that was the secret of his success, and they loved him for it. Learning a lesson from this affair, Barnum stopped concealing all of his devices, even revealing his deceptions in a tell-all autobiography. As Kierkegaard wrote, “The world wants to be deceived.” Finally, although it is wiser to divert attention from your purposes by presenting a bland, familiar exterior, there are times when the colorful, conspicuous gesture is the right diversionary tactic. The great charlatan mountebanks of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe used humor and entertainment to deceive their audiences. Dazzled by a great show, the public would not notice the charlatans’ real intentions. Thus the star charlatan himself would appear in town in a night-black coach drawn by black horses. Clowns, tightrope walkers, and star entertainers would accompany him, pulling people in to his demonstrations of elixirs and quack potions. The charlatan made entertainment seem like the business of the day; the business of the day was actually the sale of the elixirs and quack potions.
Spectacle and entertainment, clearly, are excellent devices to conceal your intentions, but they cannot be used indefinitely. The public grows tired and suspicious, and eventually catches on to the trick. And indeed the charlatans had to move quickly from town to town, before word spread that the potions were useless and the entertainment a trick. Powerful people with bland exteriors, on the other hand—the Talleyrands, the Rothschilds, the Selassies—can practice their deceptions in the same place throughout their lifetimes. Their act never wears thin, and rarely causes suspicion. The colorful smoke screen should be used cautiously, then, and only when the occasion is right.
OLD TESTAMENT, 2 KINGS 10:18–28
JEHU, KING OF ISRAEL, FEIGNS WORSHIP OF THE IDOL BA’AL
Then Jehu assembled all the people, and said to them, “Ahab served Ba’al a little; but Jehu will serve him much more. Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Ba’al, all his worshippers and all his priests; let none be missing, for I have a great sacrifice to offer to Ba’al; whoever is missing shall not live.” But Jehu did it with cunning in order to destroy the worshippers of Ba’al. And Jehu ordered, “Sanctify a solemn assembly for Ba’al.” So they proclaimed it. And Jehu sent throughout all Israel; and all the worshippers of Ba’al came, so that there was not a man left who did not come. And they entered the house of Ba’al, and the house of Ba’al was filled from one end to the other…. Then Jehu went into the house of Ba’al … and he said to the worshippers of Ba’al, “Search, and see that there is no servant of the LORD here among you, but only the worshippers of Ba’al.” Then he went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside, and said, “The man who allows any of those whom I give into your hands to escape shall forfeit his life.” So as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guard and to the officers, “Go in and slay them; let not a man escape.” So when they put them to the sword, the guard and the officers cast them out and went into the inner room of the house of Ba’al and they brought out the pillar that was in the house of Ba’al and burned it. And they demolished the pillar of Ba’al and demolished the house of Ba’al, and made it a latrine to this day. Thus Jehu wiped out Ba’al from Israel.
“THE THIRTY-SIX STRATEGIES,” QUOTED IN THE JAPANESE ART OF WAR, THOMAS CLEARY, 1991
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This means to create a front that eventually becomes imbued with an atmosphere or impression of familiarity, within which the strategist may maneuver unseen while all eyes are trained to see obvious familiarities.
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10.5 Susan Hunt Stevens Interview
游戏化
宾夕法尼亚大学
Gamification is the application of game elements and digital game design techniques to non-game problems, such as business and social impact challenges. This course will teach you the mechanisms of gamification, why it has such tremendous potential, and how to use it effectively. For additional information on the concepts described in the course, you can purchase Professor Werbach's book For the Win: How Game Thinking Can Revolutionize Your Business in print or ebook format in several languages.
Psychology, Marketing, Game Design, Gamification
It was an interesting learning session - it gave me a more structured approach to gamification concepts which I can further use in Human Computer Interaction / User Centered Design approach in UX.
Insightful course, widens your horizon of thinking. After completion of this course I was able to understand and create many engagement activities in my profession of a Human Resource Officer.
This module describes particular challenges and opportunities when applying gamification in two contexts: within an organization, and in social impact or behavior change environments.
10.1 Gamification for Good7:08
10.2 Social Good Applications13:36
10.3 Social Impact Techniques10:32
10.4 Behavior Change9:48
10.5 Susan Hunt Stevens Interview15:12
Kevin Werbach
选择语言中文（简体）乌克兰语俄语（Russian）哈萨克语土耳其语（Turkish）巴西葡萄牙语英语（English）西班牙语（Spanish）越南语
So let's talk to someone who is actually putting
to work these ideas about using gamification for social good.
Susan Hunt Stevens is the founder of a site called Practically Green which I'll
let her talk about and she's also
a long time technology industry executive and entrepreneur.
Most recently before this she was the general manager of
Boston.com which is part of the New York Times company.
And I sat down with Susan to try to get a perspective on the ground about what
it's like trying to motivate people to engage
in sustainability activities employing gamification as a key technique.
Susan, thanks very much for joining us.
>> Oh, it's great to be here.
Thanks for having me.
>> Tell me a little bit about, the company that you run, Practically Green and
how you use gamification to address, social impact kinds of problems.
>> Sure, well the first thing is Factor
game was founded with the mission helping motivate
inspire people to embrace healthier and more sustainable
choices at work, at home, and in the community.
But what our secret sauce is essentially, is we're
bringing the best of interactive technology to make this happen.
Because it can do some things, that
frankly, are almost impossible to do offline.
Part of that is the power of bringing transparency
to the social norms of what's happening in a community.
So that if you and I are friends or colleagues
we can see what each other is doing and by
that either compete, collaborate, learn, share, and if nothing else
pat each other on the back for getting something accomplished.
But the game elements are really the foundation for creating a scale.
Because, if you think about sustainability, there is no
scale to step on and say, how green am I?
You know, how environmentally healthy am I?
And so we really approached it as how do
we help people understand where they are on their journey.
Are they just getting started at level one, or are
they halfway through and they've really made some good progress but
they're still around level five or six, or are they
just killing it, you know, and they're level nine or ten.
And so, to create a leveling system, that's the foundation of a game.
The second thing is how do you figure out what
to do and how is it going to help you improve?
Well that we've created a point system.
It's based on science and life cycle
assessment data and some art thrown in because
we are all still learning what things impact
in terms of energy, health, water, and stuff.
But we use the point system to help people move
up the level as well, that's a game element again.
And then the last piece of it that we had to
add in is if you think about healthy and sustainable living.
Many of the benefits you are not going to see in your wallet
or in, you know Avoiding something really bad from a house standpoint.
So how do you give people recognition, a sense of celebration,
a sense of accomplishment, when they've done something that really is impactful
in their real life, and so we used elements from games, challenges,
badges you know pats on the back, etcetera, to make that happen.
And so, you know, as I stand back now two and a half years later I will be the
first to say that I did not going to this
saying lets use gamification, to inspire real life behavior change.
I really said how do we inspire people to understand where they are,
and to move up, and to feel good when they make decisions around this.
But the more we started to build it, the more we realized this
has so many game elements in it that it also makes it fun.
And I think that's a big piece is nobody put
fun and sustainability in the same sentence before for around change.
It was sacrifice and preaching us and all of these things
by bringing fun into this process of learning, engaging, and acting.
We're getting a lot more people to participate and particularly a
lot more people who would never say I'm a green person.
You know?
They're just like.
>> So what does it take to, make people engage in those long term changes to make
these practice really become a habit or something that they just do automatically.
>> Well I think that's one of the places where
I think it's important to
really distinguish between games and gamification.
Because the one thing about games, and you know, there are
games that people have played for
lifetimes, Worlds Warcraft, things like that.
But most games have a shelf life of 12 to 18
months, you know, and there's sort of a start and there's kind
of a finish, and it isn't an effect that goes on
and on and on over worlds and lives and things like that.
And I think one thing about about the sort of
habits and behaviors that impact your life is that you
end up being life long games, or at least large
segments of lifelong games, five, ten years and things like that.
I think you have to design something very
differently when you're thinking about long term play
versus getting 10 million people for 18 months
on and then moving into to the next game.
We really have to think about how do we drive long term engagement, how do we keep
people motivated and inspired, how do we use
contents, in some ways, in addition to game elements.
But in particular, it's the community.
And that's the thing I think sometimes, when we talk
about gamification we maybe don't spend enough time on, which is
really understanding that 80% of people are participating for the social
benefits of being part of the community that's doing something together.
And that's true whether it's a process of embracing health and
sustainability or you know a fitness club or you know a long
extended multiplayer game like, like World of Warcraft is the people
you're playing with that keep you there and keep you coming back.
And so one of the things that we really probably spend as much
time if not way more time emphasizing is how are we building that community.
How are we creating community, how are letting people interact
with each other, motivate, inspire each other and challenge each other.
Versus the framework or the elements, the points you know
the PDL's etc that your using to make that happen.
I'm assuming your books going to be read.
So I can say PDLs and people know what I mean.
[LAUGH].
>> Well certainly hope people read the book when it comes out.
Is there anything different about that kind of community building exercise that
you're talking about in this context related to the game mechanics than
in other kinds of online contests, because I know you have a
lot of experience with social media and, and online media more broadly.
>> Yeah, it is different.
So there's sort of two pieces of it.
One is that, because it's personal information.
There is a lot more comfort with trusted groups versus groups of strangers.
That is not say that's completely true.
There are people who don't have people in their networks
who are embracing health and
sustainability so they come to Practicallygreen.com
to find other people making these changes and connect with
them because they're lonely, frankly in real life, doing these things.
But in general it's much more impactful to put a program like this into
a community that already exists, and to
then bring transparency to the social norms.
And then get the community that already exists, the
workplace, the mother's forum, the green team, you know, etc.
Acting together in this framework because now they at least have
shared content, shared expectations, shared rules,
they understand how to play together.
And so they can do, do this over time collaboratively, and really
focus on each other and what's happening, as opposed to the tool itself.
The rate at which people participate in the system, is very different between
trusted communities versus communities of people who don't know each other as well.
Impact has turned out to be really different.
So, when your playing with people that are
close to you, and are participating with people that
are close to you, your changes are much
more impactful than when your playing with looser affiliations.
And we've tested you know friend
groups from Facebook, neighbors, rand groups, people
who you know, seem like each other, and then sort of these trusted groups.
And what we found, interestingly enough, that in
the workplace, that is the top of the pyramid.
Funny enough, people participate more and are engaged more playing with colleagues.
And if you think about it, how much time do we spend at work?
We spend more time and days at work than with our kids.
You know the next layer down is friends and family.
The next level down is some other
element of trust, neighborhood, rand affinity, etc.,
and the last group are people who are
sort of participating with others they don't know.
[INAUDIBLE] >> Mm hm.
So you mentioned the, the, point system, and feedback system.
Can you say a little bit more about how exactly getting that kind of
information and feedback about their practices, drives
people to act in more sustainable ways.
>> So if it was just collecting it,
it probably wouldn't inspire behavior change, but what
it enables us to do is kind of do two things, the first is level up somebody.
So are they just getting started, or are they in the middle, or are they an expert.
Because that helps make the content that
were then, feeding to them through recommended
actions and other things more contextual to
who they are and what they've already done.
And what we know is that, you know, there are patterns,
based on a person's gender, age, presence of children in the household,
part of the country they live in, etc, about what kinds
of things they're going to do and what they're going to be interested in.
And so there's a community element that drives it.
What is the community interested in what are they doing?
But there's also an element that we can, that
we can drive by, by knowing data about somebody.
So if I know you're just getting started I'm not
going to put up a lead home in a solar action, to
get you to try and do that, because you're going to
get, overwhelmed, demotivated and bail out and not probably play anymore.
But if I can get you into, you know, easier
accomplished things that get you feedback from the community or a
badge or an award, that makes you feel good about
what you did, you're more likely to take that next step.
And if that next step is then even more impactful we used to think.
So it's about, you know, it's the same things you think about in game
design, which is how do I, in
the beginning, provide reinforcement and rewards to people?
And rewards, I don't mean, you know, stuff.
I mean status, access power.
More information, more capabilities etc.
How do you get people in and really give them
that feedback loop going, that gets them doing that next thing?
That gives them a positive feedback, so they
do the next thing that provides the positive feedback.
So that then they start being the person who provides positive feedback to others,
and go from being a participant, to being a contributor, to then being a loyalist.
>> But then how do you avoid them being to focused on the
rewards and not any more intrinsically focusing on what they want to do.
>> So that's why one of the reasons we don't have redeemable points.
So many gameification platforms have a currency around points.
Many games do.
We have kept that piece out of Practically Green to date for several reasons.
But one of which is the more tangible the reward mechanism is, and the more
valuable it is, the more incentive there kind of is to cheat and game the system.
And so you have to balance the system
always to think about why is this person participating?
How are they participating and is
this participation producing the intended result?
And, interesting in our business, a little different than many, is an
intended result of people buying more stuff sort of defeats the purpose.
[LAUGH] So, It's almost antithetical to the,
the behavior change we're creating to put a
lot of stuff at the end of it, even if it's green stuff you know.
And so what we instead are trying to do is to really think about what are the,
intrinsic rewards that we can create, and the
intrinsic motivations that we can create versus the extrinsic.
So that, that we go from somebody who, who maybe joined initially
because they were like, oh I got a pat on the back and.
I'm feeling good, and I'm probably an achiever to start with.
And so they're going to collect some of the, the levels and the badges and stuff.
But then it becomes, I learned a lot and I'm feeling better about the
decision that I made in my life so I want to do something else.
I got feedback from somebody that's really positive, that
I'm feeling like a leader or I'm feeling innovative.
And so we think a lot more about how do you give the people, you know, I think, in
an industry you'll say status, action, you know, access, recognition
and power more than stuff because stuff leads to cheating.
Now what's interesting in social is such a big component in our element that it does
keep people more honest than in a situation
where there's lose social networks and that's another benefit.
You should act when your cheating against people you don't know but
when you're sitting in a platform at work with your colleagues and you're
saying that you are composting in the cafeteria and they all look
at you and say no your not your insane [LAUGH] goes way down.
And so we found granted it's one of those we have to survey people after
the fact of hey you checked off that you did this are you really doing this?
That people stick with things for the most part, some people don't.
And you can mark it incomplete in the system and
they just don't and that;'s something that we, you know, recognize.
But, one of the interesting things is we've
seen colleagues claiming behaviors that they don't actually practice.
We don't get anyone saying that they're seeing that.
There just, there just isn't enough reason to do it and too much downside socially.
At least in our trusted groups for doing that.
>> Do you think that eventually, these kinds of
approaches whether we label them gamification or not will become
the norm for behavior change, social impact kinds of
applications, weather, sustainability or wellness or education, or whatever else.
>> It's funny, I started thinking about the foundations for Practically
Green, you know, and sort of the pre social media days,
my biggest challenge, my primary reason for thinking it wasn't a
great idea is I couldn't figure out how to scale it.
And couldn't figure out how to bring transparency to this social of
what people are doing, do you stick a plaque on their house or.
Or drive him around with the score, you know, how do you do it?
And what digital media, has done is it's given us a way, and social
meetings done, to bring transparency to things
that we just didn't know about each other.
And with that knowledge and that ease of being able to compete, compare, and
collaborate, I do think that it's going to make a huge difference in behavior change.
I'm a big believer, however, that offline is as important as online and it's
when those two things come together around
behavior change that can be really important.
And, so, in weight loss, being in a group of people
that are helping and inspiring and motivating you with weight loss.
Is equally is very powerful and I think there are online programs that can bring
that to there and then there are one that just don't match that in [INAUDIBLE].
So, you know, I don't think we ever want to see less of the person to person
interaction as a piece of a puzzle, but I
think we can use online platforms to motivate that.
>> Great, Susan.
Thanks so much for participating in this.
>> Oh, thank you very much for having me.
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P-values (6:04)
基因组数据科学所需的统计学
课程 7（共 8 门，基因组数据科学 专项课程）
An introduction to the statistics behind the most popular genomic data science projects. This is the sixth course in the Genomic Big Data Science Specialization from Johns Hopkins University.
Statistics, Data Analysis, R Programming, Biostatistics
I have really enjoyed the course and I have learnt different concepts relevant for my current study.\n\nYurany
Very good course and useful understanding statistical aspects of data.
This week we will cover modeling non-continuous outcomes (like binary or count data), hypothesis testing, and multiple hypothesis testing.
Module 3 Overview (1:07)1:07
Logistic Regression (7:03)7:03
Regression for Counts (5:02)5:02
GLMs in R (9:28)9:28
Inference (4:18)4:18
Null and Alternative Hypotheses (4:45)4:45
Calculating Statistics (5:11)5:11
Comparing Models (7:08)7:08
Calculating Statistics in R9:46
Permutation (3:26)3:26
Permutation in R (3:33)3:33
P-values (6:04)6:01
Multiple Testing (8:25)8:25
P-values and Multiple Testing in R: Part A (5:58)5:58
P-values and Multiple Testing in R: Part B (4:23)4:23
Jeff Leek, PhD
Associate Professor, Biostatistics
The P-value is the most widely used statistic in the entire world
including for inference and for everything else.
Its so popular that if it was cited every time that it was used it would have at
least three million citations, making it the most highly cited paper ever created.
So the p-value is a very important statistic and since its such an important
statistic there are lots of people that hate the p-value because it's so popular.
And so part of the reason why people hate it,
is because people consistently miss interpret the p-value.
And so the p-value is defined as the probability of observing a statistic that
you've calculated.
That is extreme as you observed it, if the null hypotheses is true.
So a couple of the things that p-value is not and
that will make statisticians see red is if you say that the p-values
the probability that the null hypothesis is true it's not equal to that.
It's also not the probability that the alternative is true.
And in some sense it's not necessarily a measure of statistical evidence.
That's a philosophical term that people will worry about but in this case,
you need to interpret it very narrowly.
As the probability of observing a statistic as or more extreme than the one
you observed in the data if you would observe the null hypothesis to be true.
So here we're going to use that example again with the responders and
the not responders to illustrate what's going on.
So again, we have responders and not responders, now we're looking at say, for
gene one, a statistic that compares the responders to the not responders.
So we might calculate the T statistics to take the average expression level among
the responders, and subtract the average expression level among the non-responders.
And then standardize that by some measure of the variability, in this case,
the average variability in each of the two groups.
So in a previous lecture we learned that one way that you could try to
quantify a null hypothesis.
The null hypothesis that the distributions are exactly the same among
the responders and the non responders, is to permute the sample labels.
So when you permute the sample labels, you leave the relationship among the genes
unchanged, but you can look at the, you can break the relationship between each
gene and the responder non-responder label.
So if I recompute the statistic, after I do that, I get a distribution
under the permutations and then I have the original statistic that I calculated.
And so the p-value that I can calculate could be the number of
permutation statistics I observed to be larger than
the statistic that I originally calculated.
And I do that in absolute value since in general the null hypothesis is
that the value is equal to zero.
That there's no difference between the two groups.
But the alternative could be that it's either more or it's positive or
it's negative.
And so I have to look in both directions, whether it's positive or negative.
And so I just count up the number of statistics that are more extreme in
each direction, and I divide by the total number of permutations.
So I basically average the number of times I observed the statistic as or
more extreme under this null hypothesis as the statistic I originally calculated and
that gives me the p-value.
So this p-value is often used as a measure, but
in general it's basically used as a hypothesis testing tool to be able to say,
if that p-value is small, you're going to reject the null hypothesis.
Because the statistic is very extreme
compared to the distribution that you would have got under the the null.
So this is what p-value distributions look like for
genomic experiments that are done well.
So typically, you see a distribution like this where there's a spike near zero and
then there's a flat distribution as you move out here towards one.
So if you actually look at this and break it down into the different parts,
this part near zero, these p-values that are really small,
those are really the P-values that are coming from the alternative distribution.
Because remember,
the p-value is measuring the probability of observing a statistic more extreme
under the permutations than the statistic that you got when you observed it.
So if you observe a statistic that's very, very extreme, the number of null or
the number of permuted statistics that will be larger than that is very small,
and you'll get a small p-value.
So this is the sort of the p-values that you expect to be coming from
the cases that are not from the null distribution.
And then under the null, these are the p-values you get,
you get a flat distribution that goes out here to the right hand side.
So turns out that a particular property of the p-value is that it's
uniformly distributed, it's equally likely to be any value between zero and
one if the null hypothesis is true.
What does that mean in general?
It means that even if you get a small p-value,
it might be from the null distribution because there's an equal chance that
it'll be any value between zero and one if the null is true.
So this actually is a useful set of properties that can be used to
estimate things like the false discovery rate that we we'll talk about when
we talk about multiple testing.
But the basic idea is that this distribution is a mixture of two
distributions.
There's a mixture of the p-values that come from the null hypotheses, and
the p-values that come from the alternative hypotheses.
And the null hypothesis p-values are supposed to be uniformly distributed.
And the alternative ones should be pushed up towards zero.
They should be skewed away from one.
And so the p-values almost always go to zero with the sample size.
That's another common misinterpretation of the p-value.
Just because you got a really small p-value,
it doesn't mean that the difference is huge.
It could just be that your sample size is really large, and so
the variability is small.
Even if you have any difference at all, as the sample size gets big,
the p-value will get small.
The usual cut off that people use for calling p-values significant is 0.05.
This is if you're doing only a single hypothesis test, but
that number is basically just a made up number.
So it could be any other threshold could also be used.
I mean it's useful to have a standard, but don't treat this as sort of religious
truth that 0.05 is the right way to tell if your p-value significant.
And you should always report p-values in conjunctions with estimates and
variances on the scale that's scientifically meaningful.
P-values can be useful as a complement to that,
as a way to sort of quantify statistical significance, as long as you pay attention
to the properties of the p-values and interpret them correctly.
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Akash BhatiaThe Mastermind of understanding the Consumer Mind! Published On: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 Views 2234
The lesser known 38 year old man Akash Bhatia, is the founder of Infinite Analytics and KyaZoonga.
He recently received his ‘claim-to-fame’ moment when Ratan Tata funded his start-up and wrote a cheque to Infinite Analytics.
Infinite Analytics is a company that would be very difficult for a layman to understand but simply put – is a cloud-based big data company that with the help of its tools, predicts the consumer behaviour very accurately (higher than its competitors) which is primarily based on the information shared by users on their social networking sites.
Whereas his first company KyaZoonga, is known to be India’s first nation-wide interactive entertainment-ticket aggregator portal. But unlike its competitors, KyaZoonga offers an environment just like that of a social network.
Personally speaking, a lesser known fact about him remains that he is one of the most highly qualified person in Business. Some of his qualifications include –
Masters in Business Administration from one of the most reputed schools globally – Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Sloan School of Management (MIT)
Continuing Education of Java Certification from the University of California, Berkley
Masters of Science in Transportation Engineering from the University of Cincinnati
Bachelors in Civil Engineering from the University of Pune
Akash is also a die-hard movie buff, who also tries to be a movie maker, loves water sports and is a passionate windsurfer.
Life As An Employee
He began his career soon after he completed his Masters in Transportation Engineering from the University of Cincinnati at one of the most reputed corporations in the Silicon Valley – Oracle Corporation India as a Senior QA Engineer in 2000.
Some of his tasks included implementation of Oracle Sales Online for IBM Egypt, trained & guided the Quality Assurance teams, worked on the online automation tool for Quality Assurance called Quality Online Services, etc.
After working there for two years, between 2002 and 2004, he moved on to work with companies like Crescent Systems, Acteva, and PeopleSoft, Inc on different positions such as Senior Business Analyst, Senior Accounts Manager, and Senior QA Developer, respectively.
By working for these companies he not only managed to gain immense knowledge technically but also learned how a business functions on a larger scale. Later, PeopleSoft got acquired by Oracle and hence, began another journey with the company he had started his career with – Oracle USA in 2005.
While at it, he got a whole different set of technical knowledge and managed to work of understanding and developing test strategies for Oracle Fusion, developing complex test strategies, plans and test cases for PeopleSoft Applications, creating roadmaps for the Quality Assurance team in the India Development Center, and a lot more!
During his three year stint with Oracle USA, he managed to quickly get promoted from the role of a quality manager to a Principal Consultant and then Senior Product Manager, consecutively.
In 2007, he decided to leave his well paying job and take an altogether a different route in his career. He became an Entrepreneur!
Life As An Entrepreneur!
Now just like every talented person, he wanted to fulfil his entrepreneurial aspirations since a while, and in 2007 finally he decided to do so. While at it, he noticed that India was missing a ticket aggregator.
Hence, much opposite to his past working experience, he started KyaZoonga.com along with Neetu Bhatia (investment banker turned entrepreneur) and Arpita Majumder (Senior Management Consultant) in the same year.
Kyazoonga.com
The Mumbai-headquartered KyaZoonga, is India’s first nation-wide interactive entertainment-ticket aggregator that offers the masses a socially equipped networking
experience, it basically provides its consumers an easy access to all kinds of ticketed entertainment and sports with various payment options like online, retail, mobile, social and box-office. In other words, KyaZoonga is a portal that brings together all kinds of entertainment ticketing under one roof.
Over the span of time, the company has very quickly managed to grown and become a sensation internationally, also due to its proprietary technology that has delivered flawless service to most of the largest international sports and entertainment events in the Indian subcontinent and around the world. It is the only ticketing company from India which managed to qualify as a finalist for an Olympics ticketing bid.
To add to that, KyaZoonga is also the only company from India which has ticketed a major international event – the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, all forms of international cricket (ODI, Tests, T20s), several domestic cricket leagues and matches and Olympic style multiple sporting events and venues. Other than that, KyaZoonga also partners with some of the world’s leading sports franchises, concert promoters and event organizers as well.
KyaZoonga stands tall with a backing from an $18 billion New York based hedge fund which has several investments in many other e-media companies.
More recently, the company has signed a ₹100 crores ticketing deal with Caribbean Premiere League and has also rebranded itself from just a sports ticketing brand to a sports and entertainment online ticketing company. The company has also announced that some of the major international events tickets like EPL matches, Champions League, French Open Tennis, etc, have also been added to their inventory.
Infinite Analytics
Now while at KyaZoonga, Akash had moved to Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Sloan School of Management to pursue his Masters in Business Administration in 2010.
During the same time, he was required a lot of user analytics back at home, to understand the user mindset to accordingly offer ticket pricing or even discounts and offers, he lacked the right source.
Data was required literally everywhere. As our daily lives were getting more dependent on technology, it was becoming even more important to have the right kind of analytics to understand your users well. Literally everything was analytics driven.
Yes there are many data analytical companies across the world, but their accuracy is not that great. That is what got his interest in data and the insights that it could provide, and thus began his brainstorming.
But it all became clicked when in 2011, Akash along with his future Co-founder – Purushotham Botla attended a class of Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web at MIT.
Quickly, they built a prototype of the potential product they were anticipating – 360 degree View, in that class itself. And took the class project and made it their start-up.
Together, Akash and Purushotham had developed a tool that combined an individual’s data from social networking sites and would create a detailed profile of the customer which would include age, location, interests, places frequently visited, and even spending power.
And the beauty of their product was that, all of this could be made possible without breaking any privacy laws, and with a higher accuracy would also allow a company to identify, understand its user better and accordingly would be able to recommend products that would better appeal to the customer.
And that was it. Infinite Analytics was born in 2012!
Now for a while they managed to function without funds, but soon they began to feel the crunch and after a period it started to become a necessity.
One day, just when the business management students were at MIT’s entrepreneurship centre and were discussing about how to raise capital for their newly formed start-up, there was a knock on their door asking for directions. And call it luck or mere coincidence, but it was venture capitalist and co-founder of Taipei Angels, Chester Ho.
Ho overheard their work and got curious to know more, after a lot of questioning about the business plan, he left by asking them to email him the pitch.
With a lot of excitement, they did so as well. A month went by, there was no reply, let alone capital in hand. But 45 days later, Ho replied back with a cheque for $90,000 from Taipei Angels. And that is how they got their first round of investment.
They like to call this instance as “A knock on the door changed their fortunes”!
Infinite Analytics – As It Is!
Infinite Analytics is a cloud-based big data company that with the help of its tools, predicts the consumer behaviour very accurately (higher than its competitors) which is primarily based on the information shared by users on their social networking sites.
It is becoming to be recognized as one of the most advanced Predictive Marketing and Analytics Company in the world. The company has created a real-time personalization platform that study’s all available data and forecasts by utilizing this data to match a customer to a product or service.
It develops a complete 360 degree view of every customer which is based a range of reliable factors like the user and catalog, structured and unstructured data from online, offline and macro-trends from the web, etc to give the clients the highly possible accuracy.
They tools they use consist of NLP, Machine Learning, Semantic Technologies and Predictive Analytics that helps them understand and predict a particular user’s behaviour.
The company holds some of the best clientele one could only dream of, which include – Salman Khan’s Being Human, Croma, FabIndia, Gitanjali Gifts, Harlequin, RoomStory, SquareKey, Zovi, etc and many more.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee – the inventor of the World Wide Web and Deb Roy – Chief Media Scientist at Twitter, act as advisors to the company.
Trivia: – Infinite analytics works on a ‘revenue sharing’ model, and takes a percentage of every sale that is converted through their model.
The Services They Offer
Infinite Analytics offers two different services to its clients – Personalized Recommendation Engine and Infinite Insights.
The Personalized Recommendation Engine
Every business vertical needs to personalize their offering to the individual customer, and we believe the Their tools are specially designed to offer personalized results, to avoid them the disadvantage. When a user signs into a portal using a Social Sign-in, they provide the retailer with some basic information of their social network. This information is more than enough for them to collect the public profile of the user from across all other social networks.
Even when users have different types of information across different platforms, this tool still very clearly and effectively, differentiates the right from the wrong on all other portals like LinkedIn, Google + and other social networks.
This also gives them a 360 degree view of the consumer including their likes, interests, activities, events attending and many other data.
Using these tools and Analytics, the company is then able to very accurately predict the Intent, Interests, Brand Affinity, Influence, Places and Venues, Media Habits, Brand Advocacy, Competition, and a lot more for the client.
Infinite Insights
Now as a part of Infinite Insights Service; based on the analysis that they do (as mentioned above), they get a 360 degree profile of the user, which they then provide to their clients along with accurate insights which is more particular to their end of the business is also given to them.
This greatly helps the businesses across to target the right kind of audience and manage inventory, optimize media buying, supply chain, and a lot more!
As very correctly explained by Akash himself, they have a range of key differentiators in analytical solutions as compared to others in the market –
Infinite Analytics uses Semantic Technologies which greatly helps in understanding the relationship between users and the products that they might be interested in buying.
Their use of 360 degree view to collect correct user’s data from different data sources and merge the same for the best and accurate result for their clientele.
Most Data Analytics Engine take a very long time to collect customer data and implement, but due to Infinite Analytics tools, their engine starts giving personalized recommendations instantly and takes at the most 12 hours to complete. There is no waiting period.
Because of their cloud-based solution their implementation is very easy and instant for their clients. They can either opt for a server-side implementation or a client-side implementation.
Since their beginning, the company has grown to a 15 person team, with operations in the US and India. All their data scientists sit in the US, while a few of their team members are based in India for sales and implementation/infrastructure.
One of the challenges the company used to face was the difficulty of educating its potential clients or their decision-makers about analytics. And given the fact that, any techie who has heard about Hadoop starts to act as a big data analytics genius, certainly made it supremely difficult for Akash and his company to prove their authenticity.
But overcoming all such difficulties, the company has emerged as a superstar, and as Akash likes to put it – “He does not consider these as challenges anymore!”
The company has managed to make the masses understand what Big Data or Data Analytics mean and has also successfully created a reputation, which makes their clients love Infinite Analytics and their work.
Talking about their funding, most recently the company raised an undisclosed amount of funding from the Emeritus of Tata Sons – Ratan Tata, existing investor Nikhil Vora (founder and CEO of Sixth Sense Ventures) and many other new investors from Silicon Valley and India.
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FireDogLake To Black Bloggers: Mind Your Tongue When Speaking To "Your Betters"
It's changed now, but here's what the post, written by FDL flunkie/blogmoll Trex, once said:
So, Liza, dear, before you go assailing your betters and making Jane stand in for every blond white woman who ever pissed you off, maybe you should head back to eighth grade English and, you know, learn to spell and to write in a linear fashion. Although judging from your other posts that I read, mediocrity may be a chronic condition for you.
But remember, they're the party of "racial sensitivity."
So long as the darkies don't get uppity.
When they do, all bets are off.
Incidentally, Kos and Firedoglake have both de-linked the black blogger that rant was directed at.
The top of the sinistrosphere can get away with this because "blogpower" -- the ability to throw traffic -- is so concentrated in a few hands. It's a, err, meda oligarchy, to use a term beloved by the left.
The dextrosphere doesn't have this rigid-pyramid type structure. This may be because the top right-leaning blogger, Instapundit, isn't a conservative at all, and isn't even ar Republican. The second (or so) biggest blogger, Charles Johnson, is a single-issue blogger, more or less, on the War on Terrorism. I don't think he's really a genuine conservative, or even RINO, either. Not sure about this, but I think he's more of a 9/11 Democrat type. At any rate, the fact that I know so little about his politics says something.
Michelle Malkin and Hugh Hewitt the Powerline guys are, of course, both huge bloggers and conservative Republicans. But there really is not one Blogfather on the right as there is on the left; there are multiple big bloggers, and the two biggest are simply not even Republicans (or, in the case of LGF, if he is a Republican he doesn't really discuss Republican domestic issues on his blog).
Dissing Kos or even an Atrios denies you the main source of blogolanche traffic. There's a definite top-down heirarchy on the left that isn't really present on the right. I could piss off Glenn Reynolds if I wanted (hey, I've done so before) but because he's just the biggest of several large bloggers it wouldn't really hurt my traffic any. Sure, I'd miss the bimonthly Instalanche, but it's not like I rely on those like all the leftwing bloggers rely on Kos, Atrios, and their newest "made man" Jane Hamsher.
That difference in structure says something. What, I'm not really sure. On one hand it prevents the right from coordinating a message the way the top-down heirarchy of the left can, and makes it harder for the right to unify behind candidates.
On the other hand, it does help prevent the creepy lockstep conformity of "freethinking" progressive opinion.
I'll say one thing about "TRex," the coblogger at FDL who told Liza not to speak out of turn to her "betters:" He's really let Jane Hamsher's success get to his head.
And Jane Hamsher ought to watch it herself. She's had a number of missteps. She got big based upon her shrill fantasias about the Plame case; seems like that dog won't hunt anymore. She really ought to think a bit more before delinking smaller bloggers that dare to talk back to her.
Petty.
And arrogant. And stupid. You've got a fucking blog, Jane. You really want to start acting like you've got the sort of real power you had as a production assistant on Double Dragon?
By the way... "TRex" of FDL says he didn't realize that telling a black woman to mind her tongue when "assailing [her] betters," and accusing her of having an eighth-grade education, would be misinterpreted as carrying any racist baggage.
Smart, tough. Racially sensitive.
I guess when you spend all your time accusing others of lacking in racial sensitivity you don't bother devoloping any of it yourself.
And why should you? You're a liberal. You can't be a racist.
By definition.
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Cliff-jumping: How I Started a Podcast (Even Though it Scared Me)
by Nicky Hajal
Part of the reason I know that ActionAlly is the right project for me right now is because I’m not just excited about the product itself, I’m excited about the whole industry. Few things excite me more than helping people take action.
As a result I’ve been thinking about ways I can contribute more broadly than just creating ActionAlly—that’s why I’ve been writing more than ever. About a month ago, another idea came to mind: a podcast called Into the Action where I’ll interview creators and go deep into the workflows, habits and mindsets that allow them to do their best work.
There was one problem: I’d never, ever done a podcast before. I’d never really even interviewed someone before. The idea of spending an hour one-on-one with someone I respected to ask them questions that would later be broadcasted to anyone and everyone… it was pretty scary and outside my comfort zone.
Despite all that, tomorrow I’ll be releasing the very first episode of Into the Action. So how did I overcome my fear and lack of experience? How did I bring an idea to life when I had no idea what I was doing?
I Simply Went Cliff-by-Cliff
What’s the next small action you can take that will commit you one step further?
That’s a cliff. It’s a bit scary but all it takes is one small jump and suddenly there’s no turning back.
The easiest example is buying a domain name for a project. Once you buy the name, you are slightly more committed to that idea. All projects are lined with cliffs to jump and there are many you can conquer that are even more powerful.
With ActionAlly, the most important cliff was emailing my first guest, Jenny Blake. The task itself was easy but once finished I was now committed to at least recording the episode.
After I recorded our interview, I shared my first public announcement of the podcast’s existance—a small cliff that now committed me to posting the finalized episode.
Cliff-jumping is important when working on a project that scares you because it allows you to slowly commit to it more and more. You don’t get overwhelmed up front but once you’ve jumped, there’s no way back.
Instead of thinking about the complete end result, think about your progress in terms of these small, no-turning-back commitments—especially if you’re feeling any kind of fear.
What’s a small action you can take that will commit you to just one step forward along your project’s path?
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Besides cliff-jumping, there are 2 more important reasons I was able to start a podcast even though it scared me.
1. I Was Working on Something I Genuinely Thought Would be Awesome
“If you’re not working on your best idea right now, you’re doing it wrong.” – David Heinemeier Hansson, 37Signals
I’m not sure the benchmark of your “best” idea is necessarily the most helpful when choosing what to work on but the point is you don’t have to work on the first idea you think is half-decent—hold out for something that really fires you up.
When you work on something you’re excited about and genuinely feel will be awesome, the motivation to get working and continue through the rough spots comes naturally.
On the other hand, if you’re working on something only because you think there may be a market out there or for some other external reason you’ll find that when things get tough your motivation to continue suddenly evaporates.
2. I Pushed My Edge and Asked for Help
The truth is my first email to Jenny wasn’t just asking her to be on the episode. Actually, I asked her for help.
You see, this was new territory for me. Being willing to step outside my comfort zne was a critical part of success but even more important was finding someone else who could help me navigate the new waters.
Jenny helped me so much as I planned the logistics of hosting a podcast as well as what it really takes to bring out the best in a guest. Things would have been a lot more difficult without her help.
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Chances are the biggest opportunities are going to come in the form of projects that scare you, at least a little.
Make the most of them by choosing the ones you really care about, being willing to push your edge while asking for help and by cliff-jumping along the way to slowly commit yourself more and more overtime.
What’s your next cliff?
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Nationally recognized artist and educator Brett Cook will discuss his public art installations September 18 during an information session about “Art for Everyone: the Delaware Community Mural Project,” an initiative to bring two public art murals to the city next year.
The free, community event will begin at 6 PM September 18 at Ohio Wesleyan University’s Richard M. Ross Art Museum, 60 S. Sandusky St., Delaware.
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Cook’s presentation will be followed by an opportunity for community conversation and input. This session provides the first opportunity for the community to meet the artistic lead for the local mural project. His practice focuses on relationship building: facilitating community dialogues that generate reflection, insight, and visions for the future.
Of his work, Cook states: “For over two decades, I have produced installations, exhibitions, curricula, and events widely across the United States, and internationally. My museum work features drawing, painting, photography, and elaborate installations that make intimately personal experiences universally accessible. My public projects typically involve community workshops and collaborative art, along with music, performance, and food to create a more fluid boundary between art making, daily life, and healing.”
Cook earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley. His honors include the Lehman Brady Visiting Professorship at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Richard C. Diebenkorn Fellowship at the San Francisco Art Institute; a 2014 inaugural A Blade of Grass Fellowship for Socially Engaged Art; and selection as a cultural ambassador to Nigeria as part of the U.S. Department of State’s 2012 smARTpower Initiative.
His work is in private and public collections including the Smithsonian/National Portrait Gallery, the Walker Art Center, and Harvard University.
For the Delaware Community Mural Project, Cook will partner with the Ross Art Museum, sites in the downtown, the City of Delaware, and community members to develop the works.
This local project has been supported by the Ohio Arts Council, Delaware County Commissioners, Ross Art Museum, and private donors. It aims to honor the history of Delaware and encourage momentum for public art in downtown, as described in the city’s masterplan.
Learn more about Cook at www.brett-cook.com and more about the Ross Art Museum at www.owu.edu/ross.
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Lies the Mushroom Pickers Told
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Title: Lies the Mushroom Pickers Told
Author: Tom Phelan
Lies the Mushroom Pickers Told When journalist Patrick Bracken returns to Gohen the Irish village where he was born he knows the eyes of the townspeople are on him He has come home to investigate two deaths that happened decades
When journalist Patrick Bracken returns to Gohen, the Irish village where he was born, he knows the eyes of the townspeople are on him He has come home to investigate two deaths that happened decades earlier when he was a child, deaths that were ruled accidental But Patrick knows and believes the whole town knows they were murders He knows because he and his best friendWhen journalist Patrick Bracken returns to Gohen, the Irish village where he was born, he knows the eyes of the townspeople are on him He has come home to investigate two deaths that happened decades earlier when he was a child, deaths that were ruled accidental But Patrick knows and believes the whole town knows they were murders He knows because he and his best friend, Mikey Lamb, were witnesses.And so Patrick goes to see eighty year old Sam Howard, the lawyer who conducted the inquest into the death of missionary priest Jarlath Coughlin As he questions Sam and Sam s vibrant, loving, gossipy wife, Elsie, he seeks acknowledgment of a cover up and an explanation of why the Protestant establishment would help conceal a crime among Catholics During their give and take about this and the nearly simultaneous shotgun death of Lawrence Corcoran a.k.a Doul Yank what emerges from their collective memories are a pungent, wry portrait of village life in Ireland and a tangle of human relationships, some twisted and some that show our better side.Part human comedy and part mystery, Lies the Mushroom Pickers Told is a delightful, enthralling, and masterful story of what holds a village together and what keeps people apart.
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Tom Phelan was born and raised on a farm in County Laois, Ireland His first novel was published to critical acclaim when he was fifty His novels include In the Season of the Daisies, Iscariot, Derrycloney, and Nailer He now lives in New York.
Laine Cunningham
This work is very uneven. The portions that are nearly pure narrative are very well written, interesting, and have a pacing that works well for the storyline and the humor woven throughout. Quite delightful, really, and kept my attention both as a reader interested in the story and as a reviewer considering the quality of the work overall.However, the dialog did me in. It was overloaded with moments that stretched the humor as well as information that really should have been provided to readers [...]
This witty book is another in a long line of excellent and thought-provoking novels by the Irish writer Tom Phelan. We've all heard of a Protestant-Catholic divide in Ireland, but this tale, set mainly in the Irish countryside in the 1950s, shows that religious divide to be a myth, as townspeople of all religious persuasions conspire to conceal the truth about the deaths of two very unpopular characters. Gorgeous prose, unforgettable characters, and a great plot.
Patricia Driscoll
A wonderful novel - one to read over and over again to enjoy the language and the characters of this Irish village.The protagonist returns as an adult to the village of Clunnybo in Ireland, where he'd spent his early childhood. He returns to uncover the truth behind two deaths that occurred in the village shortly before his family moves away in the early 1950s, and the story unfolds in flashbacks during his final interview in the village - an interview with a delightful old couple.You'll care de [...]
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3.75 starsThis is a quirky and endearing book, a little uneven at times, but a wonderful glimpse into Irish village life with a dark and rollicking humor.Patrick mostly grew up in the village and has returned as an adult. He spends an afternoon with the old county magistrate and his wife, and the novel spins out in chapters retelling long ago events, most specifically the unsolved deaths of two men decades ago. By the end, not only do you know who committed the crimes, you know many of the towns [...]
In 1951, 55 years ago, two suspicious deaths occurred within days of each other in Gohen, a small rural village in Ireland. The first death was of Father Jarlath Coughlin, recently returned from India, staying with his brother and sister whom he despises, and pestering the Catholic residents for donations to his school in India while ignoring the real poverty of these people. The second is of Lawrence Gorman or the Doul Yank, who has returned from The United States to inherit property and has ma [...]
The premise is that this is kind of a mystery: two men died unexpectedly in a small Irish village in 1951; everyone knows they were murdered, but officially the deaths were declared accidents. A retired reporter, who had lived in the area at the time of the deaths but left shortly afterwards at the age of 11, comes back to confront one of the surviving participants in the cover-up. But actually, that's just the framework. This is a biography of rural life in Ireland in 1951. It's about the state [...]
ROBIN CONKEL-HANNAN
DisappointingToo drawn out, even boring at times The characters are mostly Interesting but something is lacking You can recommend but don't tell me how many words I have to use
Amanda Broadrick
I received this book through a giveaway. This is now one of my favorite books. The story line gripped my interest on the first page, and I couldn't put it down. I highly recommend this book. It is a very good page turner.
I quite enjoyed this book. It is partly a mystery and partly an exploration of human relationships in mid-century rural Ireland. Told with humor and evocative description it is a comfortable and pleasant read. Much of the book is a conversation between three people: Patrick is a retired journalist who returned to the village of his birth to resolve questions he still has about two deaths that occurred there during his youth. He is winding up his research by speaking with Sam, the solicitor who c [...]
Well done! Love the format and character presentation in this profoundly human tale. This masterful storyteller evokes the image of a traveling storyteller of old Ireland. The story is masterfully set up, craftily delivered and utterly resolved in its climax. May the road (continue to) rise up to meet you so we can enjoy many more tales.
Diane Adams
I enjoyed the book, but it was 3/4 of the way through before I understood the title. Once the origin of the title became clear, the story very much came together.A slice of life and mystery set in 1951 and present day in Ireland. Worthy read.
I can't get behind this book. Technically, I didn't even finish it, but life is too short to read bad books and this is a bad book. I was vaguely interested for the first few chapters, but the book was jumpy, the stories did not connect, and many were uninteresting.
Sara Hoffman
Loved the characters.Easy read. It brings you to a small Irish village with shared stories and a much approved murder cover up.
Couldn't put it down.This felt very much like a candid look at life in a small Irish village in 1951. The characters were very real and the story very engaging.
Elaine Kozak
The Irish hokum is charming at first but becomes a bit tedious as the book plods to its conclusion
Barb Bunte
Takes a bit to pick up the cadence reading Irish, but there is humor and insight to village life.
Phelan has created a dark tale of two murders in a small Irish village just after WWII; a priest home from a mission school in India and a Yank who seeks his home after a long period of time ( Having earned the moniker, "Yank," for his abandonment of the isle). The dénouement of this novel involves the memories of people who were part of the village and how they neither encouraged nor did they expose those who committed the crimes. Indeed, the questions of guilt and justice are intriguing in th [...]
Tammy Hastings
I received this through First Reads giveaways.I really enjoyed it. I read it quickly after receiving it, within days really. I haven't read a book this good that was written in this style since I read "Cold Mountain." The storyline is strong, the characters were relatable, and the pacing was -- ninety-eight percent of the time -- spot-on. The only reason I gave it four stars instead of five was because there were a few instances -- a VERY few -- where the story seemed to drag and where the chara [...]
I won this book as an ARC. I love this author's writing! His descriptions are fantastic, his characters are great and fleshed out, and the story was interesting and engaging. I found myself absolutely falling in love with this Irish villagers and their small-town ways. I also adored the relationship between Sam and Elsie. They reminded me of my great-aunt and great-uncle (though they're not Irish). They obviously love each other enough to goad and tease each other endlessly, which only comes if [...]
*I got this book from through a giveaway*2 deaths, long since solves, are called back to light when a resident, long gone, comes home again. The story is told through a present day conversation and then flashbacks.I liked Sam and Elsie, their sparring back and forth kept it from getting too tense in a lot of instances.There were a LOT of characters in this book, and sometimes I got them mixed up, though there is a handy glossary in the front!
I did not like this book, I found it be long winded. I almost gave up on it about 1/2 through then the trial notes were brought out and the book got much more interesting. Maybe it is because I am not from a small town, but I really did not care to read about the neighbors spying on each other. I enjoyed the chapters that took place "In the Sunroom" and found myself skipping ahead to these sections.
I'd like to give Lies of the Mushroom pickers another half star if I could. The author does a great job of developing the characters and life in Ireland. But the story goes pretty slow and the mystery isn't really much of a mystery. There are some pretty funny incidents in this book and I enjoyed it but it's not for everyone and if you're not interested in Irish farming and small town life you probably won't it make past the first chapter.
Paul harmon
A truly mesmerizing novel.This is the second book by Phelan I've read, the first being The Canal Bridge. They won't be my last. Phelan has a true voice, that captures dialog with searing accuracy. Combine that with his sense of humor and his storytelling gift, and you have a novelist of uncommon talent. "Lies" is one of the best books I've read in years. Carmack McCarthy with an Irish background.
Virginia Madrid
No spoilersA book to read only when you have the time to actually sit down in peace and quiet to pay attention. Definitely one for the shelves! It's always good to read with an open mind, and this book makes that easy.A/N: I apologize in advance for such a short explanation but I am a bit behind on my reviews.
Melanie Thorburn
Not my cup of tea.
Tammy Flanders
Interesting premise that didn't live up to the writing.
I enjoyed this story. I can see it as an excellent movie. The book does at times seem to plod during the present but the flashbacks are spot on.
well done! not a wasted sentence
Billie James
This was a great read I could not even put it down wonderful!
2.5 The Gaelic expressions made the book more authentic but also more difficult to understand. The beginning was slow, but I found the second half more interesting with its focus on the murders.
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U.S.A. –(ArmsVault.com)- AmmoLand Shooting Sports News is proud to report that October 2018 will mark ten years of publishing on the world wide web. Back then we called ourselves the Ammoland News and Business Directory. You can see one of ourfirst posts here that featured the song “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition”, written by Frank Loesser and recorded by Kay Kyser and his Orchestra.
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Kharkiv wins the 2010 Europe Prize
Strasbourg, 29.04.2010 – The 2010 Europe Prize has been awarded to the Ukrainian town of Kharkiv. The decision was taken unanimously by the Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) meeting today in Strasbourg.
Kharkiv, which was already awarded the European Diploma in 2003, Flag of Honour in 2004 and the Plaque of Honour in 2008, is the first Ukrainian town to receive this award.
As a major cultural, scientific, educational and industrial centre of Ukraine, Kharkiv has developed a very dense network of international contacts through its sixteen twinnings in the world including former winners of the Europe Prize such as Bologna in Italy and Nuremberg in Germany. A large number of delegations meet every year, thus offering the possibility to co-operate as well with East European as with West European countries. International events like the Kharkiv civic festival, the international junior football tournament and the competitive ballroom dancing festival attract every year numerous participants from the twin-towns.
Created by PACE in 1955, the Europe Prize is the highest distinction that can be bestowed on a European town for its actions in the European domain. The prize consists of a trophy, a medal, a diploma and a scholarship to be spent on a study visit within Europe for young people from the winning town.
The Plaque of Honour, which is the second highest distinction after the Europe Prize, was awarded to ten municipalities:
Austria Mödling bei Wien (Lower-Austria)
France Voiron (Isère)
Germany Bad Kötzting (Bavaria)
Beckum (North-Rhine-Westphalia)
Dresden (Saxony)
Frankenthal/Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Schöffengrund (Hessen)
Hungary Köszeg (Vas County)
Lithuania Alytus (Dzukija region)
Poland Konin (woj. Wielkopolskie)
The Flag of Honour was awarded to 18 municipalities this year:
France Civrieux d’Azergues (Rhône)
Plerguer (Ille-et-Vilaine)
Germany Alling (Bavaria)
Bacharach am Rhein (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Beilngries (Bavaria)
Kamen (North-Rhine-Westphalia)
Leverkusen (North-Rhine-Westphalia) Obersulm (Baden-Wurtemberg)
Staufenberg (Lower-Saxony)
Hungary Ajka (Veszprem County)
Italy Capannoli (Province of Pisa)
Salsomaggiore Terme (Province of Parma)
Poland Dabrowa Górnicza (woj. Slaskie)
Lubliniec (woj. Slaskie)
Rudniki (woj. Opolskie)
Tarnów (woj. Malopolskie)
Slovenia Metlika
Spain Terrassa (Catalonia)
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France Alfortville (Val-de-Marne)
Arthez de Bearn (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
Le Blanc (Indre)
Marly-le-Roi (Yvelines)
Sète (Hérault)
Georgia Tbilisi
Germany Linden (Hessen)
Montabaur (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Rehau (Bavaria)
Steinheim am Albuch (Baden-Wurtemberg)
Italy Arco (Province of Trento)
Poland Barlinek (woj. Zachodniopomorskie)
Gizycko (woj. Warminsko-Mazurskie)
Goldap (woj. Warminsko-Mazurskie)
Walcz (woj. Zachodniopomorskie)
Spain Gijón (Asturias)
Ukraine Lutsk (Volyn Oblast)
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The Lumberjack, January 19, 2012.
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NAU is responding to the need
for more health professionals
in Arizona by creating a grad-uate
program for physician assistants,
located in downtown Phoenix.
Starting this fall, the Health Sci-ences
Education building will be open
in the Phoenix Biomedical Complex,
and will be admitting 25 NAU graduate
students into the first class for the Physi-cian
Assistant (PA) program.
Richard Dehn, the founding chair
of the program, said it was formed in
response to a need determined by the
Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR).
“This program was really a result
of the ABOR doing a health profes-sions
workforce study about what the
demand was and what were the unmet
needs of medical providers in Arizona,”
Dehn said. “And then [they] looked at
the current output and influx and popu-lation
of different medical providers.”
He said the need for more health
care professionals was only one essential
issue the study revealed.
“One of the points of that study
that was commissioned by ABOR was
that there wasn’t a public Physician As-sistant
program,” Dehn said. “The two
existing programs were in private osteo-pathic
schools in Phoenix, and the state
needed a public PA program.”
Although the program is new to
NAU, Dehn said he has spent much of
his career teaching PA skills.
“I’ve always done PA education
that’s aimed at dealing with workforce
shortages,” Dehn said. “I’ve always been
in programs, and I’ve always worked in
places — in public universities — where
the PA program’s mission was to deal
with under-served medical populations
and trying to identify[,] train and grad-uate
providers that would provide med-ical
care in places where they’re needed.”
Katherine Look, a project coordi-nator
with the program, said students
will receive opportunities to gain expe-rience
all over Arizona.
“Well, I think that one of the most
important things is the mission of the
program, which is to train and provide
health care workers for the people of
Arizona,” Look said. “[Also,] students
will have an opportunity to get expe-rience
— through their rotations —
throughout the state, in urban and rural
areas.”
Dehn said the exposure of the stu-dents
to different economic areas will
prove beneficial, because physician as-sistants
often do the same sort of work
a physician would, but in lower-income
“With tremendous physician
shortages and, particularly, physicians
choosing to go into high-paying jobs
that are in specialties and in highly
developed and pretty affluent areas as
their first choice, then increasing the
numbers of physician assistants and
nurse practitioners graduated is going
to address the medical needs in com-munities
that physicians don’t necessar-ily
gravitate towards.”
ASU recently pulled out of their
position at the Biomedical Complex be-cause
of financial difficulties.
Leslie Schulz, executive dean of the
College of Health and Human Services,
said NAU was able to hold to its com-mitment
due to a different approach.
“The way that we’re doing the Phy-sician
Assistant program is kind of a
new model for NAU, in that it will have
programs fees that will help pay for the
entire program,” Schulz said. “In four
years or so, it should be self- sufficient.”
Dehn said he sees the program as
being very beneficial to both NAU and
the state.
“This — and the expansion of the
[physical therapy] program down here,
actually — are opportunities for NAU
students that are interested in enter-ing
the health care professions,” Dehn
said. “This is just more opportunity for
them in what they do after they get their
bachelor degree at NAU.”
NAU to open grad program in Phoenix
The new building, located on 7th and Van Buren
Street in Phoenix, will house NAU’s Physician
Assistant graduate program, as a part of the Phoenix
Biomedical Complex. (Photo by Daniel Daw)
“It was really often
impossible for the drivers to
get to south campus in a timely
manner because they kept getting
stuck over there. Additionally,
we really expected a much larger
volume of riders from Health and
Learning [Center], but we really
didn’t have that. So, in order to
expedite the service, we’re going
to go clockwise around the Wall
Aquatic Field.”
Stam said they prefer to
have a one-route system in
order for the shuttles to be put
to better use, but with the new
route, two are now avaliable —
not including the Mountain Link
line. This, she said, is a significant
decrease from the past year.
“We really wanted to do a
one-route system so that all of
our resources can be focused on
shuttling the highest volume of
people in just one route,” Stam
said. “Because, actually, a lot of
people think we had two routes
– we actually used to have six.”
The department chose
to eliminate the Knoles route
entirely because the mass
amount of pedestrian and
personal vehicle traffic slowed
the shuttles down significantly.
However, she said they
see a clear demand for a route
spanning from the Social and
Behavioral Sciences (SBS)
building on south campus to
past the University Union on
north campus.
“We’re sort of crossing our
fingers, because we are really
concerned we’re going to have
those same problems,” Stam said.
The new route consists of
the following three stops: In
front of the SBS building, the
Union and the Frier geology
Buses are expected to stop
every four to six minutes along
the Rapid Route.
“We have over 40,000
riders per week and we’re doing
our darndest to keep up with
the volume, and we just want
to provide the best service to
students,” Stam said.
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faculty will also see effects on a
historical level.
“[Holding snowboarding
classes] is a long-standing
tradition,” Smith said. “Our
classes have been around for a
long time. I took them when
I went to NAU; I taught them
when I was teaching up here. It’s
Learning a winter sport for
credit is a unique opportunity
offered by the university, Smith
“[There are] not many places
you can say you can go and you
took skiing and snowboarding
for a class,” Smith said.
The decision to cancel classes
may also re-fuel previous debates
regarding the use of artificial
snow within the ski park. Critics
of the utilization of reclaimed
snow argue ingesting snow
made through the treatment of
wastewater is dangerous and may
result in threats to visitors’ health.
However, Smith said the
class cancelations will likely
provide new support for the use
of reclaimed snow on the peaks,
in order to extend the winter
sport season.
“People [would] know each
year that they will be able to
take their class,” Smith said. “If
you look across the entire west,
those resorts are open on snow
Currently, there have been
no announcements as to when
classes will be reintroduced — if
at all — this semester.
Nonetheless, Smith said the
Snowbowl Ski Resort will always
have open doors to NAU students
and the Flagstaff community.
“We love hosting this class,”
Smith said. “Like most places
around we just haven’t received
the snowfall we need. It’s a
bummer.”
Title The Lumberjack, January 19, 2012.
Oral history transcripts 4 The Lumberjack | NorthernArizonaNews.com InTheNews NAU is responding to the need for more health professionals in Arizona by creating a grad-uate program for physician assistants, located in downtown Phoenix. Starting this fall, the Health Sci-ences Education building will be open in the Phoenix Biomedical Complex, and will be admitting 25 NAU graduate students into the first class for the Physi-cian Assistant (PA) program. Richard Dehn, the founding chair of the program, said it was formed in response to a need determined by the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR). “This program was really a result of the ABOR doing a health profes-sions workforce study about what the demand was and what were the unmet needs of medical providers in Arizona,” Dehn said. “And then [they] looked at the current output and influx and popu-lation of different medical providers.” He said the need for more health care professionals was only one essential issue the study revealed. “One of the points of that study that was commissioned by ABOR was that there wasn’t a public Physician As-sistant program,” Dehn said. “The two existing programs were in private osteo-pathic schools in Phoenix, and the state needed a public PA program.” Although the program is new to NAU, Dehn said he has spent much of his career teaching PA skills. “I’ve always done PA education that’s aimed at dealing with workforce shortages,” Dehn said. “I’ve always been in programs, and I’ve always worked in places — in public universities — where the PA program’s mission was to deal with under-served medical populations and trying to identify[,] train and grad-uate providers that would provide med-ical care in places where they’re needed.” Katherine Look, a project coordi-nator with the program, said students will receive opportunities to gain expe-rience all over Arizona. “Well, I think that one of the most important things is the mission of the program, which is to train and provide health care workers for the people of Arizona,” Look said. “[Also,] students will have an opportunity to get expe-rience — through their rotations — throughout the state, in urban and rural areas.” Dehn said the exposure of the stu-dents to different economic areas will prove beneficial, because physician as-sistants often do the same sort of work a physician would, but in lower-income areas. “With tremendous physician shortages and, particularly, physicians choosing to go into high-paying jobs that are in specialties and in highly developed and pretty affluent areas as their first choice, then increasing the numbers of physician assistants and nurse practitioners graduated is going to address the medical needs in com-munities that physicians don’t necessar-ily gravitate towards.” ASU recently pulled out of their position at the Biomedical Complex be-cause of financial difficulties. Leslie Schulz, executive dean of the College of Health and Human Services, said NAU was able to hold to its com-mitment due to a different approach. “The way that we’re doing the Phy-sician Assistant program is kind of a new model for NAU, in that it will have programs fees that will help pay for the entire program,” Schulz said. “In four years or so, it should be self- sufficient.” Dehn said he sees the program as being very beneficial to both NAU and the state. “This — and the expansion of the [physical therapy] program down here, actually — are opportunities for NAU students that are interested in enter-ing the health care professions,” Dehn said. “This is just more opportunity for them in what they do after they get their bachelor degree at NAU.” NAU to open grad program in Phoenix The new building, located on 7th and Van Buren Street in Phoenix, will house NAU’s Physician Assistant graduate program, as a part of the Phoenix Biomedical Complex. (Photo by Daniel Daw) “It was really often impossible for the drivers to get to south campus in a timely manner because they kept getting stuck over there. Additionally, we really expected a much larger volume of riders from Health and Learning [Center], but we really didn’t have that. So, in order to expedite the service, we’re going to go clockwise around the Wall Aquatic Field.” Stam said they prefer to have a one-route system in order for the shuttles to be put to better use, but with the new route, two are now avaliable — not including the Mountain Link line. This, she said, is a significant decrease from the past year. “We really wanted to do a one-route system so that all of our resources can be focused on shuttling the highest volume of people in just one route,” Stam said. “Because, actually, a lot of people think we had two routes – we actually used to have six.” The department chose to eliminate the Knoles route entirely because the mass amount of pedestrian and personal vehicle traffic slowed the shuttles down significantly. However, she said they see a clear demand for a route spanning from the Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) building on south campus to past the University Union on north campus. “We’re sort of crossing our fingers, because we are really concerned we’re going to have those same problems,” Stam said. The new route consists of the following three stops: In front of the SBS building, the Union and the Frier geology building. Buses are expected to stop every four to six minutes along the Rapid Route. “We have over 40,000 riders per week and we’re doing our darndest to keep up with the volume, and we just want to provide the best service to students,” Stam said. from RIDE page 1 from BOARDING page 1 BY William Brown faculty will also see effects on a historical level. “[Holding snowboarding classes] is a long-standing tradition,” Smith said. “Our classes have been around for a long time. I took them when I went to NAU; I taught them when I was teaching up here. It’s history.” Learning a winter sport for credit is a unique opportunity offered by the university, Smith said. “[There are] not many places you can say you can go and you took skiing and snowboarding for a class,” Smith said. The decision to cancel classes may also re-fuel previous debates regarding the use of artificial snow within the ski park. Critics of the utilization of reclaimed snow argue ingesting snow made through the treatment of wastewater is dangerous and may result in threats to visitors’ health. However, Smith said the class cancelations will likely provide new support for the use of reclaimed snow on the peaks, in order to extend the winter sport season. “People [would] know each year that they will be able to take their class,” Smith said. “If you look across the entire west, those resorts are open on snow making.” Currently, there have been no announcements as to when classes will be reintroduced — if at all — this semester. Nonetheless, Smith said the Snowbowl Ski Resort will always have open doors to NAU students and the Flagstaff community. “We love hosting this class,” Smith said. “Like most places around we just haven’t received the snowfall we need. It’s a bummer.”
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NAU's women’s volleyball team ex-tended
its winning streak as they
tallied two more wins to an already
impressive record. The Lumberjacks jour-neyed
to take on two-time defending Big
Sky Conference (BSC) champions, the Uni-versity
of Northern Colorado (UNC) and
the University of North Dakota (UND).
The Lumberjacks faced off against
UND on Oct. 13 and swept in three win-ning
sets (25–21, 25–22, 25–19). Sopho-more
setter Kalee Kirby recorded a dou-ble-
double on the game with 30 assists and
12 digs. UND kept it close in the first two
sets, but NAU eventually pulled away for
“I think we were pretty confident go-ing
into that game,” said head coach Craig
Choate. “I think we just gain a little more
confidence with each match.”
Senior outside hitter Jen Wilson hit
.875 on the night while converting on seven
of her eight hits. Freshman middle blocker
Payton Bock continued her impressive play
by leading the team in kills with nine and
added an additional five blocks.
NAU faced off against UNC two days
prior to the UND match and beat the Bears
in four sets (17–25, 25–20, 25–21, 25–17).
The Jacks started off shaky in the first set,
but found their footing, coming back to
take the next three sets with a dominant
approach and keeping the Bears hitting
percentage at a .165 for the evening.
In the beginning of the second set,
NAU went on a 5–0 scoring run, lead-ing
the set the rest of the way with domi-nant
plays from senior outside hitter Kelli
Dallmann, freshman outside hitter Janae
Vander Ploeg and Bock.
Dallmann posted a double-double on
the evening with 16 kills and 12 digs, while
Vander Ploeg and Bock tallied 12 kills
“That win felt really good, and after
the game was over we just felt like it was the
best game we’ve played,” Dallmann said. “It
definitely gave us a lot of confidence.”
After NAU won the second set, UNC
tried to answer back in the third by keep-ing
the game close.
As a result, the game was tied on five
different occasions. At the final tie, 19–19,
UNC’s head coach called a timeout. This
only helped NAU, as they scored three
straight points, upping the score to 22–19.
UNC responded by registering one
kill, but NAU iced the set with a kill by
sophomore middle blocker Sydney Kemper
and Vander Ploeg. The final set point came
off a hitting error committed by the Bears
and gave the Jacks a 2–1 set advantage.
The Jacks had to fight from behind in
the fourth set after the Bears took a 2–5
lead. NAU knotted the game at eight all,
and from that point the game was back-and-
forth. The Lumberjacks then took
a commanding 18–13 lead, allowing the
Bears to score four more points before tak-ing
their hard fought win.
“I think if we keep playing together as
a team and focus on serve and receive, then
we should be good,” Vander Ploeg said.
These two wins put the Lumberjacks
in third place in BSC, (15–3 overall, 7–2
Big Sky). The Jacks will face off against the
team currently in first place, Idaho State
University, on Oct. 20. NAU matched-up
against Idaho State earlier in the season,
where it suffered its second loss of the sea-son
with a set score of 1–3.
“We played well against them last
time; they just played better,” Choate said.
"We’ll see if things repeat themselves, but I
don’t think we’ll do much differently this
time around.”
Before getting a rematch against Idaho
State, NAU will first have to maneuver its
way past the Weber State University Wild-cats
on Oct. 18.
The Jacks have previously beaten the
Wildcats and set a record for the fewest
points allowed by an opponent, which they
recently broke again playing against the
University of Montana Grizzlies.
Both games will be played at home as
the Jacks look to increase their winning re-cord
and move up in the Big Sky standings.
“When we play against Idaho State,
we’re going to give it everything we’ve got,”
Dallmann said. “We’re at home this time,
so hopefully that will give us some sort of
advantage, but it’s going to be a good re-match.”
BY JASMYN WIMBISH
Oct. 18, 2012 - Oct. 24, 2012 | The Lumberjack 17
Volleyball stuns reigning
Big Sky champs on road
Notes Incorrectly published as Issue 8
Oral history transcripts NAU's women’s volleyball team ex-tended its winning streak as they tallied two more wins to an already impressive record. The Lumberjacks jour-neyed to take on two-time defending Big Sky Conference (BSC) champions, the Uni-versity of Northern Colorado (UNC) and the University of North Dakota (UND). The Lumberjacks faced off against UND on Oct. 13 and swept in three win-ning sets (25–21, 25–22, 25–19). Sopho-more setter Kalee Kirby recorded a dou-ble- double on the game with 30 assists and 12 digs. UND kept it close in the first two sets, but NAU eventually pulled away for the win. “I think we were pretty confident go-ing into that game,” said head coach Craig Choate. “I think we just gain a little more confidence with each match.” Senior outside hitter Jen Wilson hit .875 on the night while converting on seven of her eight hits. Freshman middle blocker Payton Bock continued her impressive play by leading the team in kills with nine and added an additional five blocks. NAU faced off against UNC two days prior to the UND match and beat the Bears in four sets (17–25, 25–20, 25–21, 25–17). The Jacks started off shaky in the first set, but found their footing, coming back to take the next three sets with a dominant approach and keeping the Bears hitting percentage at a .165 for the evening. In the beginning of the second set, NAU went on a 5–0 scoring run, lead-ing the set the rest of the way with domi-nant plays from senior outside hitter Kelli Dallmann, freshman outside hitter Janae Vander Ploeg and Bock. Dallmann posted a double-double on the evening with 16 kills and 12 digs, while Vander Ploeg and Bock tallied 12 kills each. “That win felt really good, and after the game was over we just felt like it was the best game we’ve played,” Dallmann said. “It definitely gave us a lot of confidence.” After NAU won the second set, UNC tried to answer back in the third by keep-ing the game close. As a result, the game was tied on five different occasions. At the final tie, 19–19, UNC’s head coach called a timeout. This only helped NAU, as they scored three straight points, upping the score to 22–19. UNC responded by registering one kill, but NAU iced the set with a kill by sophomore middle blocker Sydney Kemper and Vander Ploeg. The final set point came off a hitting error committed by the Bears and gave the Jacks a 2–1 set advantage. The Jacks had to fight from behind in the fourth set after the Bears took a 2–5 lead. NAU knotted the game at eight all, and from that point the game was back-and- forth. The Lumberjacks then took a commanding 18–13 lead, allowing the Bears to score four more points before tak-ing their hard fought win. “I think if we keep playing together as a team and focus on serve and receive, then we should be good,” Vander Ploeg said. These two wins put the Lumberjacks in third place in BSC, (15–3 overall, 7–2 Big Sky). The Jacks will face off against the team currently in first place, Idaho State University, on Oct. 20. NAU matched-up against Idaho State earlier in the season, where it suffered its second loss of the sea-son with a set score of 1–3. “We played well against them last time; they just played better,” Choate said. "We’ll see if things repeat themselves, but I don’t think we’ll do much differently this time around.” Before getting a rematch against Idaho State, NAU will first have to maneuver its way past the Weber State University Wild-cats on Oct. 18. The Jacks have previously beaten the Wildcats and set a record for the fewest points allowed by an opponent, which they recently broke again playing against the University of Montana Grizzlies. Both games will be played at home as the Jacks look to increase their winning re-cord and move up in the Big Sky standings. “When we play against Idaho State, we’re going to give it everything we’ve got,” Dallmann said. “We’re at home this time, so hopefully that will give us some sort of advantage, but it’s going to be a good re-match.” SportsReport BY JASMYN WIMBISH Oct. 18, 2012 - Oct. 24, 2012 | The Lumberjack 17 Volleyball stuns reigning Big Sky champs on road
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Along with sea lions, fur seals, and dolphins, seabirds are the protected species most directly affected by fisheries in New Zealand waters (exclusive economic zone and territorial sea). Estimating seabird deaths from bycatch in commercial fishing is one way of assessing the pressure some seabird species face from current fishing practices. About one-third of our 92 resident seabird species and subspecies are considered to be threatened with extinction. We report on the risk of death from commercial fishing for 70 seabird species and subspecies.
We classified Bycatch of protected species: seabirds as a case study.
For 2006–07 to 2012–13, five species of seabirds threatened with extinction and six species of seabirds at risk of extinction had a high or very high risk of fishing-related deaths.
Two albatross species – Gibson's wandering and Salvin's – are classified as nationally critical (the highest risk of extinction) and have a very high risk of fishing-related deaths.
In the 2014 fishing year, an estimated 623 Salvin’s albatross were killed as bycatch in fishing.
Overall, estimated seabird bycatch numbers decreased from an estimated 9,185 birds in 2003 to 5,075 in 2014.
Decreases in overall bycatch could be due partly to mitigation measures, such as bird-scaring devices.
Note: Information on the seabird species covered can be found in our data service or in Richard and Abraham (2015).
Note: Estimated numbers are derived from incidental bycatch reported by Ministry for Primary Industries observers on board fishing vessels. They are likely to be an underestimate. See ‘Definition and methodology’ for more information.
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We report on the risk of threatened and at-risk seabirds dying as a result of fishing activities each year for 70 seabird species, in relation to their status in the New Zealand Threat Classification System (Townsend et al, 2008). We also report on estimated bycatch of seabirds in New Zealand waters.
The threat status of seabird species is taken from the latest Conservation Status of New Zealand Birds (Robertson et al, 2013). The fishing-related mortality category is derived from a semi-quantitative risk assessment conducted by Richard and Abraham (2015), as reported in the Aquatic Environment Biodiversity Annual Review 2015 (Ministry for Primary Industries, 2016).
The estimated annual seabird bycatch in trawl and longline fisheries is reported at two levels:
for the Salvin’s albatross (to illustrate how fisheries affect a threatened bird species with a very high risk of fishing-related death)
for all seabirds (to illustrate how fisheries affect New Zealand seabirds).
Estimated bycatch was derived from the number of incidental captures reported by Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) observers on board fishing vessels. For more information, see Richard and Abraham (2015). The bycatch estimates are likely to be underestimated: MPI has identified that less than 2 percent of observed protected species captures each year were not recorded in the Centralised Observer Database. Accordingly, some estimates of protected species captures or risk may have a small negative bias. The database and estimates of protected species captures and associated risks will be updated and then reviewed by the Aquatic Environment Working Group in the second quarter of 2016 (Ministry for Primary Industries, 2016).
Of the 92 seabird species and subspecies that breed in New Zealand, 32 are considered to be threatened (Robertson et al, 2013). Nearly all seabirds are protected under schedule 3 of the Wildlife Act 1953.
Information on the seabird species covered in our reporting can be found in our data files or in Richard and Abraham (2015). Note that:
the yellow-eyed penguin populations are treated separately because the mainland population’s range overlaps with inshore set net and trawl fishing while the population that lives on offshore islands is at much lower risk from fishing because its range does not overlap with those fisheries (Richard & Abraham, 2015)
the risk for common diving petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix is assessed at the species level (Richard & Abraham, 2015), but the conservation status is assessed by Robertson et al (2013) at the subspecies level. Both native subspecies P. u. urinatrix and P. u. chathamensis ware assessed as ‘at risk: relict’.
The commercial fishing year for most fish stocks goes from 1 October to 30 September, but some fish stocks have a fishing year of 1 April to 31 March.
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Ministry for Primary Industries (2016). Aquatic environment and biodiversity annual review 2015. Compiled by the Fisheries Management Science Team. Retrieved from www.mpi.govt.nz.
Richard, Y, & Abraham, ER (2015). Assessment of the risk of commercial fisheries to New Zealand seabirds, 2006–07 to 2012–13. Aquatic environment and biodiversity report 162. Retrieved from www.mpi.govt.nz.
Robertson, HA, Dowding, JE, Elliott, GP, Hitchmough, RA, Miskelly, CM, O’Donnell, CFJ, … Taylor, GA (2013). Conservation status of New Zealand birds, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 4. Retrieved from www.doc.govt.nz.
Townsend, AJ, de Lange, PJ, Duffy, CAJ, Miskelly, CM, Molloy, J, & Norton, DA (2008). New Zealand Threat Classification System manual. Retrieved from www.doc.govt.nz.
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ST. LOUIS -- Marlins manager Mike Redmond plans on which has a discussion with Cardinals manager Scott Matheny regarding the National League All-Star squad.
Matheny will manage the NL group in the Midsummer Classic, set for July 15 at Target Area in Minneapolis.
Redmond hopes to main receiving area for a couple of his players.
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Matheny pretty much knows that this roster is shaping upward.
From a Marlins perspective, the secure to make the team is right fielder Giancarlo Stanton, exactly who paces the NL in home runs (Twenty one) and RBIs (61). Stanton also is on the list of league leaders in strikes (100), batting average (.313), slugging proportion (.581) and on-base percentage (.410).
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If Stanton just isn't voted in to start, he still could be in the starting up lineup as the designated hitter. But that is Matheny's call.
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Redmond also plans on talking to Matheny about Casey McGehee, who paces NL third basemen with RBIs (50) and batting typical (.311).
KANSAS CITY -- With a simple film of the wrist, Tigers second baseman Ian Kinsler set off a whirlwind associated with controversy and a heap regarding misfortune for the Royals within their crushing 3-2 loss on Thursday.
Kansas City suffered the consequences of any wayward double-play attempt by Kinsler in which initially looked like it would help the Royals.
In the sixth inning of a 1-1 ballgame, with runners on second and third and one out Corey Crawford Blackhawks Jersey, Omar Infante hit a line get to Kinsler. He made the easy capture, then wheeled and plonked to second in an attempt to nab some sort of wandering Eric Hosmer.
But his toss sailed past shortstop Eugenio Suarez, and Salvador Perez, occupying 3 rd base at the time, raced the location of score.
It appeared Kansas City had a 2-1 advantage, and the herd reacted accordingly, loudly celebrating the team's first cause in the pivotal three-game series.
While Kauffman Ground rejoiced, the unlikeliest of Tigers has been plotting his act connected with heroism. Hernan Perez, a September callup, going the team off to the fact that Salvador Perez in no way tagged from third platform. He started to go back to third, however when the ball got apart, he turned and headed home.
'I have to give credit score where credit's due. Hernan Perez was this guy who initially noticed the item, sitting on the bench as well as watching the game,' Dinosaurs manager Brad Ausmus said.
Detroit attempted Duncan Keith Blackhawks Jersey an appeal play on third, but third-base umpire and staff chief Larry Vanover made your safe call.
Ausmus went out to ask Vanover whether he could obstacle the ruling. Vanover recounted how the dialogue with Ausmus went.
'Ausmus comes out and wishes to challenge the play, that they didn't tag up. And I said, 'OK, I'm like 90 percent that retagging on a line drive or a fly ball is not an reviewable play.' And he stated, 'Well, Brian Campbell Blackhawks Jersey what's the difference between missing a base and tagging up? It is the same thing.' I said, Well, I see your point, nevertheless my understanding, the rules express tagging up, you can't review that.' And he suggests, 'Well, can you check? Can you look at and make sure? Because the guy did not tag up.'
Ausmus described the foundation of his argument.
'This had not been a case where you're demanding whether a guy left beginning or not. This is basically the missed base, and missed bases are challengeable.'
Vanover Dan Carcillo Blackhawks Jersey acceded to Ausmus' ask for, but when Cristobal Huet Blackhawks Jersey Vanover donned the ear phones that gave him a good ear Dustin Byfuglien Blackhawks Jersey to replay officials inside New York, he heard what he was expecting.
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Still, at this point, Vanover as well as the other three umpires -- Angel Hernandez, Paul Nauert and also Vic Carapazza -- conferred and 'took a consensus in the information,' which guided them to the conclusion that Perez certainly not retouched third.
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Royals manager Ned Yost, who stated he did not plan on protesting the sport because it was a judgment phone, trotted out of the dugout to discuss the reversal.
'I ran out and said, 'What's the basis for this?' And that he just said it's the umpire's view that he did not tag. I said, 'Well, which umpire? I want to understand which umpire's judgment it was nevertheless he didn't tag since obviously you got it wrong, you didn't see it. You actually called him safe.I He said, 'That's our judgment.''
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'I think everything was too quickly for me,' Perez said. 'When Kinsler captured the ball, I went back to the base and he plonked the ball to Suarez, and that he missed. ... I never thought about paying attention to, only if [the throw] came toward the actual I'd put my ft . on the base. But as soon as he dropped it, Among the finest to score for the team which is what I did, go to the dish.'
The run was taken off this board, and the inning ended quickly, with the score still deadlocked on 1. In the next half inning, Detroit needed the lead with a pair of operates.
'I don't envy the umpires' location there, because if it's not challengeable, Forty-five,000 people know what the appropriate call is, including all of the umpires and both teams,' Ausmus said. It's not an enviable situation to be in Clark Griswold Blackhawks Jersey, but ultimately, the goal is to get the call right. Plus they got the call right.
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The attacks are seen as a retaliation against earlier strikes from Israeli military aircraft, which bombed Hamas facilities in the Gaza Strip. The army said targets included an office complex in Gaza City used to plan and command Hamas militant activities, an underground complex that served as Hamas' main rocket-manufacturing site and a centre used for Hamas drone development.
The Israeli army said the Hamas is responsible for all events transpiring in the Gaza Strip and emanating from it.
Israel holds Hamas responsible for any rocket fire from Gaza, even if carried out by smaller groups outside direct Hamas control, a policy reiterated by Israel after the overnight strikes.
It is the beginning of one of the worst escalations in years, with hundreds of rockets and mortars fired at Israel and dozens of Israeli strikes against Gaza positions. Israeli media suggested that the terror group might have resorted to the rocket attack on Israel in order to divert attention away from the rising civilian turmoil.
Hamas denied responsibility for the attack on Tel Aviv, saying the rockets were launched when the group's military wing was meeting with the Egyptian mediators.
No damage or injuries were reported.
Tel Aviv's Iron Dome missile defense system was activated during the attack and intercepted at least one rocket.
The wave of violence in Gaza erupted on 3 December after a Hamas commander was killed in a covert Israeli operation.
Shortly before the rocket attack, Hamas police on Thursday violently broke up a rare protest by demonstrators angry about the dire living conditions in Gaza.
A security official briefed on the situation, who declined to be identified by name or nationality, told Reuters the launch was "the result of an error - that an attack on Israel was not intended".
But Israel's military said they were launched by Hamas.
In Gaza, health officials reported four people wounded, including a husband and wife in the southern town of Rafah.
Pompeo also defended the administration's work toward a denuclearization deal with North Korea, saying real progress was made in Hanoi even though a final agreement was not reached.
This is the first time that rockets from Gaza Strip were fired toward Tel Avi, Israeli financial center of Israel, since a major conflict in 2014.
Prior to that the last attacks on the Tel Aviv area came during the July 2014 war between Israel and Gaza militants. But Hamas denied any involvement with the escalation, as did Islamic Jihad.
More than 2,100 Palestinians were killed in Gaza during that war, a lot of them civilians, along with 66 Israeli soldiers and seven civilians in Israel.
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GAME STORY: Ducks 6, Oilers 3 – Game 3
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Edmonton got goals from Patrick Maroon, Anton Slepyshev and Connor McDavid, while Cam Talbot stopped 22 of 28 shots. The squad won 42 percent of their faceoffs, went 0-for-3 on the power play and threw 47 hits in the loss.
Anaheim got two goals and an assist from Jakob Silfverberg, a two-point performance from Ryan Getzlaf and Ducks goaltender John Gibsons made 24 saves on 27 shots.
“We didn’t take advantage of the energy that was around us,” said Oilers Head Coach Todd McLellan. “By the first timeout we were down by two, by the second timeout we were down by three and we worked our way back in but it wasn’t our night; we weren’t sharp enough, we weren’t alert.”
The Ducks scored just 25 seconds into the game on their first shot on goal. Rickard Rakell was sprung on a breakaway by Getzlaf, choosing to go high glove on Talbot. That was the fastest start for the Ducks in playoff history.
The visitors made it 2-0 shortly after, as Silfverberg scored at 5:33 of the first. A Hampus Lindholm point shot was deflected before making its way to Talbot, which threw the netminder off. Silfverberg got to the blue paint to jam in the rebound for his fifth of the post-season.
On their first two shots of the game, the Ducks had two goals.
Getzlaf then pushed the lead further. Darnell Nurse‘s clearing attempt was picked up by the forward on the right half wall. He skated in and fired a wrist shot top corner on Talbot to give the Ducks a 3-0 lead at 11:51.
Anaheim scored three goals on six shots halfway through the period.
“I thought we came out and executed properly in that first period,” said Getzlaf. “It was about coming out in this building, it’s a tough atmosphere to play in – awesome and fun – and our guys did a great job in that first period.”
The flat start prompted McLellan to shuffle his top six forwards in search of a boost. McDavid was deployed with Milan Lucic and Jordan Eberle, while Leon Draisaitl centred Maroon and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.
“It was 3-0 at the second timeout, things sure weren’t looking good,” said the Oilers bench boss. “We had to try something, just shake things up.”
The Oilers did not wilt away, cueing the comeback with 39.5 seconds left in the opening period. Kris Russell‘s wrist shot from the blue line was deflected twice, first by Nugent-Hopkins’ stick then by Maroon’s body, and made its way across the goal-line. The play was reviewed for a high-stick but deemed legal. That was Maroon’s third tally of the playoffs. Russell also registered his first point of the post-season on the play.
The Oilers revved the engine in the second period, scoring just 1:28 in. David Desharnais curled behind the Ducks’ net, placing a centring pass in front of Gibson. The puck deflected off Slepyshev’s skate in front, then caught a bounce off a Ducks player to make it 3-2. The goal was awarded to Slepyshev, with Desharnais and Russell getting the assists.
The goal got Oil Country back into the game, as they yelled “Gibson” intermittently.
Corey Perry then gave the Oilers a power-play opportunity at 5:16, interfering with McDavid in the Oilers zone. After a whistle during that power play, Lucic and Lindholm exchanged pleasantries and both received a minor penalty.
While 4-on-4 and in the offensive zone, McDavid took hold of the puck. He skated around the left circle along the boards, then button-hooked on Sami Vatanen, firing a laser that beat Gibson to complete the comeback.
“He can do some stuff out there that other guys can’t do,” said Ducks forward Silfverberg about McDavid. “We pay him the respect he needs but I think we’re doing a pretty good just against him.”
Edmonton tied it up at 3-3 but couldn’t take a stranglehold of the game.
“We did a good job battling back to tie it up but ultimately we definitely didn’t deserve to win that one,” said McDavid. “Whatever luck we might have had in Game 2 definitely wasn’t there tonight.”
From that point, it was all Ducks, who responded swiftly with a Chris Wagner goal at 9:28. His shot from the right side caught the arm of Talbot but got through him for the Ducks to regain the lead 4-3.
Then in the final frame, Silfverberg scored his second of the game and sixth of the post-season at 4:56. He received a pass in the slot from Josh Manson and took a shot that Talbot got a piece of with his shoulder. Once again, the Oilers netminder couldn’t get enough of it as it just got through him.
McLellan called a coach’s challenge for offside on the play. Silfverberg appeared to have entered the zone ahead of the puck but upon video review, it was called a good goal.
“Your eyes are telling you it’s offside but if you’re the linesman, you’re going, ‘I don’t know for sure,’ and the call on the ice stands,” said McLellan. “It’s disappointing because I think even they likely know it’s offside but they can’t confirm it.”
It was 5-3 Anaheim with 15 minutes left to play until Ryan Kesler scored the next one for the Ducks.
The centreman accidentally blocked a shot in front of the Oilers net. The puck dropped right in front of him for an easy rebound goal to make it 6-3 at 10:38.
“It’s a long series, we’re still up 2-1, we’re still in a decent spot,” said McDavid.
Game 4 goes Wednesday, May 3, at Rogers Place. The game begins at 8:00 PM MDT.
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Written by German G. Calle (New York) on July 12, 2019
AVERNO an Ecuadorian black / doom metal band, released its first feature film called Guerreros de la Niebla (2019 Dark Art Lugubrem), and can be summarized as heavy, dark, a kind of slow, muddy, very catchy, with a nefarious tone . No matter how good or bad you think this album is, here the interesting thing is its originality and experimentation.
Guerreros de la Niebla explores the darkness in a brutal way and I’m going to try to explain why?:
The AVERNO‘s guitar tones rumble the very Earth they lay on, crumbling myths nonexistent on the mountains range of the South American Andes, where their wake that came up 18 years ago. There is no another black/doom metal band like them on Ecuadorian lands, dramatic, sonic and powerful despite the massive wave of extreme metal that is coming out in that country.
The shining dimension of this band do not rest only on the riffs, but the consistent feel and tone of them that provides the atmosphere of destruction without leaving aside the pilgrimage melody. Here the drums work is masterful and it’s done by Marco Erazo (who, by the way, is a superb, imaginative and skilled drummer, who can go farer than the limits imposed by genres or styles in the extreme music).
La Oscuridad, the opening track starts off mind-numbingly slow, as is to be expected. A simple, harmonizing riff drones on behind reverb-drenched drum patterns and then AVERNO brings the heaviness of the esotericism signature of the extreme black/doom metal sound with the band’s own originality.
The Juan Carlos Erazo vocals on this album are quite unique, and are unlike any traditional screaming that I have commonly heard, he could reach any range and it’s according with the story he’s telling to the masses.
…but let’s go back to Guerreros de la Niebla and what is enclosed there.
Here is my favorite track. Laguna Negra, has a very careful build-up to a powerful, galloping climax of heavy drumming, all the way to the end accompanied with heavier guitars and a fuller sound filled with dark and minimalist composition.
Cáliz de Fuego tends to have a arcane magnificence dark lyrics (not diabolic), which infects the melody and is the most obvious illustration of this predominant feeling, during the lapse of 5:36 minutes of this song. Reading these very obscured lyrics while listening to this song adds another dimension, creating a visual sensory experience along with the dark soundscapes already created.
AVERNO‘s magick shall reveal itself in time and effort in this song, Umbral, the reward is here, The sustain of the growling gives the feeling of ire, sadness or maybe of wondering where the obscurity ends. But you have to listen other ways it is a wasted time. So go and grab a copy and judge for yourself this amazing work.
To end this judgement I would say that the 7 songs making up Guerreros de la Niebla, are powerful, with all the instruments executed with mastery, without leaving the course and showing a brilliant artistic creativity from every member of this talented Latin American metal band. AVERNO is a perfect convergence of talent, themes and a dark aggressivity. So, if you’ve got a preference for the most extreme side of music and you think are capable enough to survive Guerreros de la Niebla and its obscured melodies coming from the black side of metal, then give AVERNO a try.
Guerreros De La Niebla:
La Oscuridad 05:42
Guerreros De La Niebla 05:15
Laguna Negra 05:26
Éxodo 05:07
Cáliz de Fuego 05:36
Umbral 06:06
Infierno 04:46
Averno is:
Juan carlos erazo: Rhythm Guitars / Vocals
Alex Argoti: Lead Guitars
Marco Erazo: Drums
Andres Cardenas: Bass
Info: Averno/Facebook/Official
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Design Indaba 2013 Here’s what to expect
February 18, 2013 Clouds Drummond
It’s that time of the year again when all the cool people descend on the Mother City to celebrate the best of South African creative culture. Design Indaba 2013
Awesome ads designed by The Jupiter Drawing Room, Cape Town. Shop the expo from Friday 1 to Sunday 3 March. (Pic from designindaba.com)
The DI Conference is a three day event held in at Cape Town International Convention Centre where speakers from around the world introduce the latest in everything innovative and creative; art, film, fashion, technology, decor. The works!
FilmFest viewings from Sunday 17 February to Sunday 3 March. (pic from designindaba.com)
Leading up to and over these three (main) days, film and music festivals will be taking place around the city culminating in the Expo also at the CTICC. Here’s where the gates of shopping heaven open. I had a blast year covering both Decor and Fashion.
Music Circuit pumps from Wednesday 27 February to Friday 1 March. (pic from designindaba.com)
Take a sqizz at the DI 2012 Most Creative Stand by Durban-based emerging designer Mike van Heerden. Or view a video clip of his stand and work HERE.
Yip, the whole shebang is cut and carved from wood. (Got the pic from designindaba.com. Hope I don’t get into trouble)
I was first introduced to fashion designer Suzaan Heyns‘ stunning leather pieces at DI Expo last year. And the gods of fashion fate deemed me worth to party with her later in the year at the SA Style Awards. She’s currently only operating in Jo’burg but there are devious plans in motion to get this beautiful lady – or at least her wares – to Cape Town.
(left) AW 2012 Collection which showed at DI 2012 (top right) At the SA Style Awards with fellow Jo’burg based designer Gert-Johan Coetzee (bottom) With David Gilson from Carlton Hair (Model pic from SuzaanHeyns.com. The other two are my own)
So as you can see, it’s not just any old arb person who gets to show. Interactive Africa, the purveyors of DI, are pretty picky about the work they show case.
The parties, on the other hand, are another thing completely. Here, any man and his dog can be inspired in true Mother City-style.
Last night, my good friend and uber-creative goddess Hailey De Vantier posted these on her Instagram feed from the opening night of the DI Film Festival.
DI Film Festival Opening night: 50 Canterbury St. (photo by Hayley De Vantier)
View of the Mother City from 50 Canterbury St. (photo by Hayley De Vantier)
If you’re sufficiently tempted; get FilmFest tickets HERE.
As for the Music Circuit. Hot and happening, or what? Check out the teaser video released last week. And see the full line up with venues and ticket prices HERE.
The point about Design Indaba is to be inspired. And above all, enjoy the amazing talent South Africa has to offer. I’m buying Expo tickets now.
Happy-ness!
love & light
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