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1TB 'Ultimate Player' PS4 and new lighter console revealed by Sony
By Louise Blain 2015-06-22T09:01:39.172Z News
PS4s are like buses. You wait for a new one and suddenly two come along at once. Not only has Sony announced a new 1TB 'Ultimate Player' Edition for Europe but a revised version of the 500GB console is launching in Japan at the end of June.
The new edition of the console will gradually launch worldwide after the Japanese launch and is 10% lighter and has 8% less power consumption than the original. Also giving it a more, err, "casual look" according to the announcement is the complete matte effect rather than that shiny half we've grown accustomed to. This version appears to be staying at 500GB but this is a good sign that Sony is reducing the cost of the console and hopefully that'll pass onto us in the shape of a price cut. The 1TB PS4 will be released in Europe on July the 15th.
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Sinbad "Queen Of The Water Thieves" REVIEW
TV REVIEW You’ll wish you'd bought shares in body paint
By Dave Golder 2012-07-17T17:29:14.198Z Review
Sinbad 1.02 "Queen Of The Water Thieves” REVIEW
Episode 1.02
Writer James Dormer
Director Andy Wilson
THE ONE WHERE The crew of the providence almost become some savages' dinner while Sinbad becomes the sexual plaything of their ruthless queen.
VERDICT Episode two, and already we’re in body-painted, grunting savages territory. Admittedly, the body-painting is magnificent – we have everything from Scottish football supporters through Casper the Friendly Ghost to Voodoo guy from Live And Let Die , not to mention a bloke with a bag on his head – but the whole premise has a whiff of overfamiliarity about it. You’re half expecting someone to announce “Welcome to the Thunderdome” at any point. The Providence crew are even imprisoned in mini-Thunderdomes in one scene.
The plot tries to beef things up with by trying to shift the emphasis away from a pure piece of capture-escape-cooking-pot pulpiness with some observations on power politics; the Queen of the Water Thieves only maintains her hold over her multi-coloured minions by proving she can out-badass the lot of them. But while Sophie Okonedo is fun when she‘s toying with Sinbad, she never convinces as the Aunty Entity of this particular bunch of savages.
Though it’s fun at times, and boasts some great action scenes and FX, the episode is all a little half-arsed and slightly silly-looking. While the main action may look a little CBBC, the episode is also bizarrely sprinkled with more adult moments, not least, the Queen’s kinky seduction of Sinbad. Elliot Knight and Okonedo play this well, but it feels slightly out of place; the episode is a little too adult for kids and too kiddie for adults. You can see it’s a show still trying to find its tone.
Sinbad suddenly turning Doctor Doolittle with the giant flying creature is a little odd too, though maybe we’ll see he has a way with mystical creatures in episodes to come. And it’s good to see the nature of the curse explained; the constricting torc is a great little gimmick.
Knight is still very watchable, though he doesn’t get as many decent lines as last week. The rest of the Providence crew, though, have little to do other than growl and bicker. After a promising pre-credit scene which shows them trying to work together, there’s little else in the way of character development aside from more mysteries (why won’t the Northmen fight?) and a hint of a bromance between Sinbad and the doctor. The ship’s cook gets some amusing moments but the two female members of the crew remain particularly thin in terms of characterisation. We need to see some more interesting interaction amongst them soon.
The annoying thing is, there seems be a really interesting story brewing back at Basra, with the Emir and Akbari at odds, and Taryn with her own agenda. Although it would be a mistake for Sinbad to become overly serialised this soon in its run, if the plots-of-the-week don’t become more adventurous, hopefully the arc plot will come to the fore.
Still, it’s only episode two, and new shows have a habit of treading water for a while after a decent pilot. It’s still a solid enough slice of Sunday tea-time action adventure, but you can’t help hoping that it becomes a little more inventive and adventurous.
THE BEST BIT It might be a little cheesy, but the climactic moment when the giant bird thing flaps its wings to put some wind the sails of the Providence felt gloriously like a classic moment from a Ray Harryhausen film.
BEST LINE
Water Thief: “No weapons. One rule. To the death.”
Rina: “If I win?”
Water Thief: “You live longer.”
Sinbad airs in the UK on Sky 1, Sundays, 7pm
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Why Battlefield 4's DLC delay is actually a good thing
By Andy Hartup 2013-12-05T15:00:05.338Z News
Future plans for Battlefield 4 DLC are on hold for now, as developer DICE looks to squash the majority of bugs that remain in the game. According to an EA spokesperson, talking to CVG: “the team at DICE is working non-stop to update the game”. Fair enough--it’s a smart move from EA in terms of winning back credibility and trust from players who have experienced problems with the game. However, it’s not an entirely selfless move either.
Personally, I’ve only experienced a single crash during roughly 12 hours of Battlefield 4 on PS4. My game failed to load a map at the start of one session, so I quit out of the application, closed it, and restarted. Took about 30 seconds. No stats lost, no need to unplug my machine and do the restart dance. Hey, maybe I’m just lucky--I know others who claim to have serious problems with the game. If you've had problems, do let me know in the comments. I'll commiserate with you as sincerely as possible.
It’s hardly a surprise. Battlefield games are notoriously buggy during the first few weeks, as the game’s online features go from having 100 or so test players to several million actual players within a couple of days. As I’ve said before, you can't simulate these conditions, so people are always going to find problems. The serious bug issues have persisted longer than most expected--including myself--but I'm an optimist, so I like to think it's because this is the most ambitious game in the series ever. Ok, that’s the background.
EA’s decision to tackle the bugs for good will certainly be welcomed by the vocal elements online; the players who shout loudest about their grievances. Quite rightly so--it shows everyone that the problem is being taken seriously, and not swept under the figurative carpet.
However, if the latest slew of bugs in the new China Rising DLC (which launched for Premium subscribers on Tuesday) are any indication, then EA and DICE desperately need to stabilise Battlefield 4 before releasing any more ‘stuff’ into it. This isn’t just about reputation and player experience--this is about knowing what you can and can’t do within your own gaming environment. All these problems arising from the game’s launch on not only existing consoles, but brand-new hardware too, are clearly showing DICE what does and doesn’t work in Battlefield 4 online. And that will definitely influence the way it approaches future DLC.
There are clearly issues with some of the basic elements of Battlefield 4, which are causing coding conflicts to arise. In other words, some stuff just doesn’t play nicely with other stuff, and the game can’t handle that… and it crashes. Again, it’s totally understandable that this is happening--you can’t stress test most of that stuff, especially when you’re dealing with (as DICE were earlier this year) non-final hardware. Equally, though, you need to address these issues before throwing more potential problems into the mix.
That’s exactly what the guys and girls at DICE are doing, so credit to them. And yes, they get to win a PR battle too. It kills two (Little) Birds with one stone (IGLA). The battle now is to use this time to smash the majority of the bugs quickly. If this drags on, it won’t just make the forum-threads angrier: it’ll delay DLC and / or make it far less satisfying than DICE has planned for. And that would be a huge, huge shame.
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Études de cas : FrugalBrothers Software
For nearly 10 years, FrugalBrothers Software has been helping customers protect their email and fax securely, and tighten their network security – while keeping their IT admins happy in the process.
GFI partner puts customer nets on lockdown
The special arrows in Frugal’s quiver come from GFI Software, and the GFI Gold Partner now sells eight GFI products: GFI EndPointSecurity, GFI EventsManager, GFI FaxMaker, GFI FaxMaker Online, GFI LanGuard, GFI MailArchiver, GFI MailEssentials and GFI WebMonitor.
Mr. Naylor is president of FrugalBrothers Software and for over a decade he has helped thousands of clients deploy GFI’s solutions. He got to know GFI when he was CIO of Sycamore Funding, Inc. He started with GFI FaxMaker to automate and secure the company’s faxing system, and it’s been ‘game on’ ever since.
Right from the start, Mr. Naylor found GFI to be “easy to work with and outgoing. They helped us pick the right product and took their time helping us to use their product and work with the product unlike any other vendors. They were just great to work with.”
As a partner, the same attributes hold true. “I really like working with GFI – they work with the same type of customers that I work with – small to mid-size companies (SMBs), and have products that sell themselves. It was so very important they were very well known in the Windows community. They were everything I was looking for,” he added.
Today, the IT solutions provider offers everything from email protection, communication software, network protection, fax automation, security tools, and serves as a full service GFI partner.
Mr. Naylor got his start with GFI as a GFI FaxMaker customer, and today sells the on-premises and online versions to SMB customers in North America. With GFI FaxMaker, Mr. Naylor is able to “bridge older tech fax machines to newer tech such as email or electronic medical records systems.”
Many organizations rarely or never use fax these days, feeling it is passé, but there are plenty that rely on this ‘dead’ technology for critical communications with customers, clients, partners and vendors. Mr. Naylor pointed out that many of his customers still require fax and this is especially true for the legal, medical, finance and manufacturing markets.
For these customers, GFI FaxMaker is the perfect solution. The software is flexible, and can scale from small installs all the way up to multi-site operations, he said. It comes as a hosted app or on-premises solution, and can run on a virtual machine. With GFI FaxMaker in hand, anyone who needs a fax solution, “I can help.”
There are considerable savings involved. “GFI FaxMaker saves companies time because people don't have to run back and forth to the fax machine. It saves on a considerable amount of paper, it saves on not having all these fax machines sitting around the office. And the ability to print and fax from your desktop saves employees a lot of time,” Mr. Naylor explained.
There are considerable technical benefits as well: the software can be virtualized which makes it immensely flexible, it works with old analog phone lines, newer digital circuits, and with hosted communications. “Those tech benefits alone make GFI FaxMaker worthwhile for just about any type of installation,” Mr. Naylor said.
FaxMaker is also a breeze to integrate. “One of the cool things about FaxMaker is it works with any email server. It doesn't require any type of special integration – it works with all of them just fine,” Mr. Naylor said. That same snap-in quality is true for mobile devices. “FaxMaker doesn't need a dedicated client at all. As long as they can access their email, users can send and receive a fax from a phone, tablet, PC or whatever.”
Unfortunately, fax is a notoriously insecure way to communicate. After all, the document is sitting right there on the machine for all to see, unless the recipient is zealously standing guard. This type of approach is a compliance violation and privacy invasion just waiting to happen. Automated electronic faxing solutions like GFI’s eliminate that risk.
Compliance is critical to Mr. Naylor’s clients in the medical field, and those that require credit card security and must comply with PCI-DSS. With FaxMaker, users can get secure faxing and an accurate record of when a document was sent or received.
Network, server and end-user security are all critical to an organization. For Mr. Naylor, GFI LanGuard fits the bill.
The vast majority of successful hacks are against unpatched systems and with most businesses having heterogonous setups, it is more difficult than ever to have every system patched. This is where GFI LanGuard, which has multi-platform automated patching, steps in. GFI LanGuard also does vulnerability scanning so you know where all the holes are.
“The value [using GFI LanGuard] is keeping your networks up to date and fully patched. Plus it can scan the network for vulnerabilities – it gives your network administrator a lot of control and maintains a safe and secure network,” he explained.
Proper patch management can overcome a lot of problems due to lax installations and a lack of end-user and, sometimes, IT vigilance. “People don't always follow the rules when they are installing software that they perhaps shouldn't be, or simply not keeping their machines amply patched,” Mr. Naylor said, adding that this is a major hole that hackers love to exploit. “The bad guys have found third-party software is a major attack point in network security.” This isn’t just about peace of mind, it is also about the dollars and cents as the economic benefits of GFI LanGuard do add up.
“It keeps your networks secure; which keeps the bad guys out. It can cost a tremendous amount of money to fight a viral infection in your network. Just the tools and the forensics to fix a problem… can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars,” Mr. Naylor said.
Technical benefits abound. “One of the beautiful things about GFI LanGuard is it’s very simple to deploy and to start scanning for vulnerabilities right away,” he said. It is also easy to add computer security groups. “GFI LanGuard makes it really simple and will get that return on investment going for your business very, very quickly.”
Companies that fall under compliance rules, such as medical concerns or public firms, need top computer security and robust patching. “These require an audit done on their implementation. They have to comply with certain safety standards for their customer data and that the networks are fully patched including third-party applications,” Mr. Naylor pointed out.
For Mr. Naylor customers, GFI LanGuard has truly come to the rescue, as it did when a credit union failed an audit and needed help. “They were in trouble and called me. We spoke about GFI LanGuard and we were able to demonstrate what GFI LanGuard could do, how to get it installed and up and running,” Mr. Naylor said.
Products such as GFI LanGuard have changed Mr. Naylor’s business. Frugal began as a broke/fix computer solutions company, which meant most of its income came from solving problems. “The more we got into our relationship with GFI, the more we partnered with them, the more opportunity I've seen in the network security space. It just snowballed,” Mr. Naylor said. His network security installations provide a valuable service. “I've seen what data breaches can do to a company – especially a small one. It will put them right out of business. The tools that the big guys have a lot of the small companies can't afford. GFI tools do most of what enterprise products do but at a fraction of the price.
Frugal Brothers also sells GFI EventsManager, a network event monitoring solution that analyzes event logs from firewalls and other devices, and dissects and prioritizes these events so IT can address the biggest problems first.
What does Mr. Naylor like about GFI EventsManager? “It helps companies keep a firm grip on their event logs, and to be notified of things like account locks outs or end users attempting to access files and folders they shouldn't.”
Tech benefits
GFI EventsManager has a number of technical benefits, especially in how one can analyze, manage and report on logs from devices such as firewalls. Manually working with these logs is time consuming, so often valuable insights are never unearthed because it takes too long. Mr. Naylor is particularly impressed with “its ease of use and the ability to customize it, and look for certain events. You can build custom reports for just things you are just looking for, and ignore all the noise that noisy Windows machines can make.”
Economic benefits to customers
Event logs can be extremely useful, providing details on hacker incursions and other anomalies. But that data is only useful if it is understood and that can take serious effort. GFI EventsManager can not only parse these for the relevant data, it will tip you off immediately when problems occur. “Digging into Windows event logs can take a tremendous amount of time. The ability of GFI EventsManager to send an alert right away when an event, such as an account lock out for a user, occurs can speed up things tremendously, saving the company time and money… and keeping their network more secure,” Mr. Naylor said.
Many Frugal customers, being in the areas of health care, legal, and financial, need to meet stringent compliance requirements, and this means needing security they can prove works.
“Generally they'll get GFI LanGuard and GFI EventsManager together as a package. When you are in the world of compliance, PCI compliance particularly and HIPAA, they have requirements. Event management is one, patch management (which GFI LanGuard provides) another. There's not one product that does it all. It’s layered security and the two work in conjunction,” Mr. Naylor explained.
GFI EndPointSecurity is largely aimed at preventing data leakage by controlling how devices, such as thumb drivers, USB hard drives, CD and DVD drives, and other devices that can hold data, function. Any device connecting via ports on your networks can be a route for data for leave the organization or for malware to find its way in. “EndPointSecurity makes sure a customer's data stays safe and onsite and that employees won't walk out of the office at the end of the day with customers’ data,” Mr. Naylor said.
This has a concrete benefit in terms of “keeping that data out of other people's hands; keeping private stuff private. You might have unscrupulous employees that will copy customer files, credit card info, drivers’ licenses and try to leave the premises with this. GFI EndPointSecurity prevents that. Who can afford a data breach or lawsuit because an employee decides they were going to take this info?” Mr. Naylor asked?
Tech benefits of GFI EndPointSecurity
One good measure of a product is the quality of installation, configuration and operation. “The biggest benefit is it’s so easy to use and set up with a simple web-based interface and a drag and drop way to work with the product. It is so simple there's no excuse for somebody not to be working with it in their business network,” Mr. Naylor argued.
Email is the lifeblood of nearly every organization. It can also be the number one route hackers take into the network. Locking down mail is an essential part of locking down your network, and that means stopping malware and putting an end to waves of spam reaching the company – spam that often contains viruses and attempts at social engineering or phishing. GFI MailEssentials not only handles these scourges, but it can be configured to prevent data leakage and block dangerous attachments.
“GFI MailEssentials is for companies that use their own mail servers and are trying to combat spam, viruses, and malware that come through email. This is a huge job for most companies and very expensive. GFI has made it very simple to do with GFI MailEssentials,” Mr. Naylor said. “It comes in several different editions: an anti-spam product; an email security product that allows up to five different virus scanners; and Unified Protection that combines both products into one.”
Spam is far more than a nuisance, it wastes valuable employee time, clogs mail servers with junk, and harbors malware. Getting rid of this garbage has positive economic benefits. “It saves you a lot of time. You don't have to read through a lot of spam in your email. Not to mention users can get a virus or an infection on the network that will start sending spam out. You don't want to get your domain black listed and not be able to send or receive email,” Mr. Naylor said.
GFI MailEssentials stops security problems before they happen. For those whose mail is not already protected, it can clean up the mess after an incident, Mr. Naylor said. “I've had companies where somebody brought in a CD or something they shouldn’t have [and used them] on the network. One got an infection which started going through their e-contacts and sending outbound spam through the email server. They got on a DNS blacklist because of it. They were pulling their hair out,” he said. “Fortunately we were able to get everything cleaned up with GFI MailEssentials, and they could use their email again.”
The early days of email were the wild, wild West – messages were read, passed around, and ultimately discarded. These days IT knows mail contains critical confidential data, offers a record of business and personnel dealings, and is a treasure trove of business intelligence.
Today’s IT pros know that mail archiving, using a product like GFI Archiver, is a great way to stay in compliance, retrieve seemingly lost messages, do proper legal discovery or prepare for an audit. Archiving can also help:
• Research the history and status of contracts
• Protect your intellectual property
• Maintain business continuity and recover quickly from a disaster
• Look into inappropriate or even criminal employee behavior
• Solve disputes
• Store mail and files safely with easy retrieval
Mr. Naylor knows all this and more. “Archiver offers the benefit of storing email for the long term. When companies rely on things like legal hold for lawsuits, the ability to quickly find and locate mail from current and former employees is a major benefit. Purging emails that you don’t really need – like when people pass a silly photo around -- is also very important. Archiver allows you to do that very quickly,” Mr. Naylor said.
Archiver proves its worth when it comes to solving problems. Mr. Naylor had one such experience when a customer faced a lawsuit over the alleged harassment of one employee by another. “With GFI Archiver, they located emails of the former employee and produced that as evidence in court. They did the right thing as a company,” Mr. Naylor recalled.
GFI Archiver can work the same magic on photos. “One of the big tech benefits of Archiver is the ability to archive the user’s photo structure. A lot of people are pack rats. On Outlook they create a lot of little photos. Being able to search for email based on those photos is important – GFI Archiver lets you do that,” he said.
GFI WebMonitor is an integrated suite of web defense tools, with the ability to thwart threats from malicious or misused web applications. GFI WebMonitor can be equipped with three leading antivirus (AV) engines, and state-of-the-art phishing protection.
Web applications are becoming increasingly dangerous. Some are malicious in their own right and WebMonitor can block access to these pests. Some web apps are dangerous if not used properly, such as Dropbox, and could lead to a higher risk of data leakage. WebMonitor controls how or when these apps are used, and does the same thing for social media sites.
“It’s so simple to set up to protect your network against your users going to websites they shouldn't –risking drive-by downloads, infected websites, or spending time on things like shopping sites,” Mr. Naylor said.
GFI WebMonitor has a number of organizational benefits such as enforcing acceptable use policies, preventing data leaks, and keeping shops out of trouble due to inappropriate and sometimes egregious content. It can also boost productivity and benefit the bottom line.
“I use the term ‘theft of time’ where employees are paid to work and instead are on eBay or Facebook. It costs a whole lot of money when they are doing things they shouldn't – not to mention the risk they pose by visiting malicious websites, inadvertently downloading things, and causing viruses and infections.” This doesn’t just waste time and create exposure – it chews up expensive bandwidth. Many customers turn to a solution like GFI WebMonitor when they are running out of bandwidth, suffering from data leakage, web-based security threats, or out-of-control users.
“The funny thing is every time I talk to a company about GFI WebMonitor they are already having issues. They're in trouble – that's why they are reaching out – why they are downloading an evaluation version. They know they have a problem. The stories are across the board, but it always boils down to the same thing – employees going to websites they shouldn't, and getting viruses they shouldn't have gotten,” Mr. Naylor said.
Customers have choices in deploying GFI WebMonitor. “There are two versions. There's a proxy version, and one for Microsoft ISA Server which not as many people use, but they're out there. There's a plug-in for that so it gives the network admin a lot of flexibility,” he explained. There is also fine-grained control such as the ability to easily put users into various groups by department, allowing them access to sites and services that others don’t have. This is a fantastic feature.”
A true partnership
Mr. Naylor got to know GFI as CIO of Sycamore Indie Mortgage Co. where he chose GFI FaxMaker to automate and secure the company’s faxing – it’s been game on ever since.
Right from the start, Mr. Naylor found GFI to be “easy to work with and outgoing. They helped us pick the right product and took their time helping us to use their product and work with the product unlike any other vendors. They were great to work with,” Mr. Naylor said.
As a partner, the same attributes hold true. “I really like working with GFI. They work with the same type of customers that I work with – small to mid-size companies (SMB), and have products that sell themselves. It was so very important they were very well known in the Windows community. They were everything I was looking for.”
Just as Mr. Naylor considers himself a true partner with customers, he has the same relationship with GFI. One advantage is he can offer clients a broad variety of security and communications solutions. FrugalBrothers offers everything from “protecting our customer's email systems, communications or fax email, to patch management, making sure that their logs are properly managed, and endpoint security – making sure their customers or their users can't access things like USB ports or drives. We cover nearly everything a small business needs to protect their network.”
There is more to the partnership than technology. “They work with you. Unlike others, GFI takes the time to get to know its partners. They really know the word partner.”
All that has FrugalBrothers looking to expand this partnership. “We are looking at becoming a certified installation partner. That will help us not only sell software and consult, but help customers do the installation, training and customization of the GFI software.
GFI has done a lot to help FrugalBrothers expand its business. “They know in order for them to grow we have to grow. If they want to be successful, we have to be successful,” he said. Key GFI attributes include dedicated account managers, solid customer service and support, and tools to get the job done.
GFI future looks bright
Mr. Naylor has had years of experience with GFI, and is looking forward to more. “GFI stays on top. They have people dedicated to look ahead and see what's coming down the road. They are always trying to stay one step ahead – and develop products that they know our customers need,” he said. “I'm hoping to see big things. GFI has nowhere to go but up.”
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Ghost Plus Special Guests All Them Witches & Tribulation Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
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Following the release of their incredible fourth studio album Prequelle last year, Ghost have announced an extensive tour to promote the new material. See them hit the UK to play Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Cardiff Arena Nottingham, The SSE Arena Wembley in London and First Direct Arena at Leeds during November 2019.
Swedish six-piece heavy rock band Ghost are known for their killer live shows and eccentric on stage persona. They have released a fistful of killer records in a short space of time including their most recent album Meliora contained the single Cirice which earned the band the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.
Each new album brings about a Summoning at an undisclosed location in Lincopia, Otrogathia. Following the ceremony, Ghost adopt an entirely new appearance and will be clad in a manner befitting the arrival of the singer Papa Emeritus’ new incarnation. Each of the other Nameless Ghoul musicians are identified only by a symbol.
The band formed in Linköping in 2008 following the invoking of a riff which would become the song Stand By Him. Daring to write the heaviest metal riff ever heard, they band selected the name Ghost and proceeded to record.
Their back catalogue includes the records Opus Eponymous, Infestissumam and Meliora. The latter two of which has seen them win the Grammy Award Best Hard Rock / Metal Album up release.
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This West Texas runner is chasing down her aunt's records, and busting them
A medal or two at the UIL State Track and Field Championships would put the 'icing on the cake' for Reagan County sprinter Jayslynn Reyes
This West Texas runner is chasing down her aunt's records, and busting them A medal or two at the UIL State Track and Field Championships would put the 'icing on the cake' for Reagan County sprinter Jayslynn Reyes Check out this story on gosanangelo.com: https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/sports/high-school/2019/05/06/uil-state-track-reagan-countys-reyes-chases-aunt-sydney-smiths-legacy/1117706001/
Amy McDaniel, San Angelo Standard-Times Published 2:40 p.m. CT May 6, 2019 | Updated 4:53 p.m. CT May 6, 2019
Jayslynn Reyes of Reagan County wins her prelims heat in the girls 200-meter dash during Saturday's Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University April 27, 2019. Reyes ended up second in the finals but both she and Littlefield's D'Anna Smith broke a regional record from 1984. (Photo: Ronald W. Erdrich/Reporter-News)
Reagan County High School’s Jayslynn Reyes has been chasing – and catching — her aunt’s legacy for three years.
On Friday, May 10, 2019 at the UIL State Track and Field Championships in Austin, the senior hopes to stand on the award podium just like her aunt, Sydney Smith, did 12 years ago.
“I always call her and tell her when I’ve broken one of her (meet) records,” said Reyes, who is set to compete in the 100 meters and 200 for the third time at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin.
“She’ll say, ‘That’s crazy, I’m so proud of you!’ I really appreciate her and all her support.”
Smith, the Reagan County star sprinter who remains a topic of conversation among track coaches in West Texas, won the Class 2A state title in the 200 meters in 2007 and was second in the 100 at state that year. Smith was also a three-time state qualifier in both events.
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For the Lady Owls’ head coach Wendell Baucom, seeing Reyes on the medal stand Friday night would accomplish the final and only goal the future NCAA Division II athlete has yet to meet.
“She’s pretty-much achieved every goal imaginable,” said Baucom, who admits he will be a little nostalgic watching Reyes compete for the last time in a Reagan County uniform. “Going to state three years in a row, getting a college scholarship — whatever goal we’ve ever set or talked about or dreamed about, she’s met, and it would be icing on the cake to get on the medal stand.”
After dropping chunks of time off her best marks in the two events as recently as the Region I-3A meet April 27, Reyes and her coach and her father – Jason Reyes – all believe she is in the best position of her life at this moment.
Reyes, who is heading for a track scholarship at the University of Mary in North Dakota, was one of two runners at the regional meet at Abilene Christian to break regional records in both the 100 and the 200.
Reagan County High School's Jayslynn Reyes races during preliminaries action at the District 4-3A Track and Field Meet Friday, April 5, 2019, in Ballinger. (Photo: Amy McDaniel / San Angelo Standard-Times)
Even though Reyes was second to Littlefield’s D’Anna Smith in both those races, they were both faster than the regional standard. The record in the 100 was almost 20 years old while the 200 record was set all the way back in 1984.
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Running against such great competition helped Reyes “find another gear” and make signification strides in events that measure improvements in 100ths of a second.
In the 100, despite a less-than-ideal start out of the blocks, Reyes ran a time of 11.76 seconds – an improvement on this year’s previous personal-best by .16 of a second.
She followed with the best race of her life in the 200.
“When you get that competition, it brings out a lot more in you,” Reyes said. “It was the first time in my whole high school career where I found that gear I didn’t know I had.”
Behind D’Anna Smith’s time of 24.01, Reyes ran 24.08, a whole second improvement on her career-best.
“It was probably the best race I’ve run in my whole life, my whole career,” Reyes said. “I didn’t think I had a shot at getting first and it was right until the very end that she caught me and I have people still telling me, ‘No, I think you won.’ We were that close.
“That race was really hard for me, I had to push myself and I was out of my comfort zone, for sure.”
Jayslynn Reyes of Reagan County sprints for the finish line during the Girls 100 Meter Dash Saturday April 28, 2018 in the Region 1-3A Track and Field Championship at Abilene Christian University. (Photo: Ronald W. Erdrich/Reporter-News)
To put the improvement into perspective, young sprinters often see gains like that on a weekly basis but the more-experienced, faster runners find improvements in much-smaller increments.
To put an even finer point on it, Reyes' time in the 100 this season is more than a half-second ahead of the rest of the competitors in the West Texas Bests, the Standard-Times high school track performance list. That list includes regular state-meet participants Shien Walters of Coleman and Skyler Brooks of Miles.
Her time in the 200 is just over 1.2 seconds faster than everybody else on the West Texas Bests.
It is believed both of Reyes’ marks have now firmly secured both Reagan County school records in the events, although there is some question — Baucom said — about whether one of the times was recorded using an Accutrack timing system, which produces far more accurate times than a hand-held time.
At various meets throughout the last three years, records once owned by one Reagan County star have been replaced by her niece wearing the same colors.
It’s chasing her aunt’s records and running against competition like Littlefield’s Smith and Wall’s Miya El-Masri – who is a sophomore sprinter for Angelo State University – that has fueled Reyes to not rest on her past achievements.
“Her work ethic has been through the roof,” Baucom said. “Her focus has been really phenomenal. It’s impressive how focused she’s been and how hard she works to make it happen.”
Reyes laughs off the assumption by some that it’s simply about natural ability.
“A lot of people tell me all the time, ‘Well, you’re just naturally fast.’ And I am thankful for God-given ability, but that’s not all of it. I have to work tremendously hard every day.”
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After school track workouts, Reyes often goes home, rests up a bit and then returns later that afternoon to the track – always encouraging her teammates to go with her, Baucom said.
Reyes said she couldn’t have done it without Baucom and her father and athletic trainer Gabe Acosta for keeping her body and mind sharp.
“A lot of people think you can sit at home and just get up and go practice but it takes effort and time and you have to do things that are not comfortable with all the time. You have to push your limits every day, so that what I try to do.”
Even though Reyes was injured last year, she returned to state in both events but fell short of the late-season improvements she has seen this season.
She said she’s in the best shape of her life, both physically and mentally.
Despite being one of the best sprinters in West Texas for a third straight year, over-confidence has never been a problem for Reyes.
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“She’s still that same humble person she’s always been,” Baucom said. “She doesn’t think too much of herself but this year, she’s definitely gaining some confidence and the realization that she belongs at this elite level.”
Nailing down a college scholarship before the season began “validated it,” Baucom said.
Reyes also will get to run at night for the first time in three trips to state, something she’s hoping will lead to her best state-meet performance of her career.
Amy McDaniel is a multimedia sports journalist covering high school sports for GoSanAngelo.com. If you have a story idea, send to amy.mcdaniel@gosanangelo.com or call 325-659-8247.
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Video camera caught caretaker striking patient at Texas dementia facility, police say
By Claire Osborn cosborn@statesman.com
A video camera captured a caretaker assaulting a patient at a facility in Georgetown, Texas, for people with Alzheimer’s disease, according to an arrest affidavit.
Nicholas Francis, 29, of Killeen, Texas, was charged with injury to the elderly, a third-degree felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
The incident happened March 28 in the victim’s room at a memory care facility at Rocky Hollow Lake House at 1650 County Road 245 in Georgetown, the affidavit said. It said video from a camera in the room showed Francis entering the bathroom where the victim was and appearing to have a disagreement with the man about using the restroom.
The video showed Francis bend over and then jerk back and strike the man with his left hand, the affidavit said. The victim then cried out and Francis closed the restroom door, the affidavit said. The video did not show what happened afterward because the door was closed, the affidavit said.
A Williamson County sheriff’s deputy saw bruising on the right side of the victim’s head near his neck on the day the assault happened, the affidavit said. It said the victim was not able to talk about the incident because of an advanced state of dementia.
Francis was not in custody Thursday at the Williamson County Jail. He no longer works at Rocky Hollow Lake House, said an employee who answered the phone Thursday.
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Scaffolds now fill the canal. Photo by Kevin McGoff
A popular parking station for bicycles from Paris’s Vélib’ rental service was recently discovered to be in the Canal Saint-Martin. To give it a good scrubbing, the city drained the canal in January for the first time in 14 years. As the water subsided, a treasure trove that included discarded bicycles, shopping carts and wine bottles in a quantity sufficient to capture this fall’s harvest were revealed.
Parisians missing an office chair, suitcase or their street sign can now look at the bottom of the canal to see if their former possessions are among the debris residing in the muck left behind. A testament to the strict French gun laws, only one pistol has been located to date — a paltry recovery by comparison to what one might expect in the U.S., where bodies of water are popular repositories for Americans in need of discreetly discarding a piece of their arsenal.
Canal Saint-Martin
Located in the heart of the now hip 10th arrondissement, the canal is lined with popular cafés bars and restaurants. What was once a working class neighborhood in the 19th century has been transformed to a desirable address for young professionals. The expensive real estate in this trendy area is populated with what the French refer to as “bobos” – bourgeois bohemians – a brand Americans would call hipster. They have come under fire by their fellow cityoens accusing the bobos of using the canal as their dumpster, thus neglecting their environmental responsibilities.
The Canal St. Martin runs 4.5 km through Paris. In some areas, it actually flows through a tunnel beneath the city before emptying into the Seine. Construction was ordered by Napoleon Bonaparte to bring fresh water to the city of Paris, though it was not finished until 1825, well after his reign.
Some Velib bikes turned up when the canal was drained. Photo by Kevin McGoff
During our visit in January, the Quai de Valmy which runs along the canal a few blocks off the Place Republique was quiet on the brigh,t but chilly Thursday morning. Along with Parisians and other visitors, we were entertained from our perch atop one of the iron pedestrian bridges spanning the waterway by a couple strolling in the mud of drained canal. The young man paused for a smoke, putting to use one last time a chair and café table the canal coughed up as it was drained.
You can experience the canal from a leisurely boat trip or promenade. Tourist boats and some commercial barges navigate the nine locks, ducking beneath the arched iron bridges spanning the waterway. On Sunday, traffic is banned on the streets running parallel to the canal, making room for cyclists, roller-bladers and flâneurs.
A short walk from the Place de la République, the Canal Saint-Martin is two blocks north on Rue du Faubourg du Temple. It is only one block from the Gare de l’Est terminal. Metro stations within a short walk of the canal are Gare de l’Est, République, Goncourt and Jacques-Bonsergent.
The span of the canal can also be visited renting a bicycle from Vélib’. The service has 20,000 bikes to share among 1800 stations located every 300 meters throughout Paris. There are many Vélib’ locations along the Canal Saint-Martin, stocked with bikes that have been properly parked aside (not in) the canal.
Paris has an efficient bike rental system. Photo by Kevin McGoff
If you wish to see the canal emptied and in its naked glory, plan to visit Paris soon. The project is anticipated to only a short time. By summer’s end, the water taxis will be plying their trade between the massive locks as visitors and residents again stroll and cycle along the freshly cleaned and flowing Canal St. Martin.
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Miley Cyrus’s suicide Facebook scam
11:09 pm, September 3, 2013
Calm down everyone, Miley Cyrus has not committed suicide.
By all accounts, she’s alive and well. Well, she’s as “well” as Miley Cyrus ever is.
Her career, however, may have taken a turn for the worse after she brought the word “twerking” to the world’s attention after her ill-considered performance at the MTV Video Music Awards.
That hasn’t stopped many people on social networks worrying that the young starlet has killed herself, in response to the overwhelmingly negative reaction to her salacious dance routine. The concerns have been raised by messages like the following which have been shared across the likes of Facebook and Twitter.
Part of the message reads:
Hollywood Superstar MILEY CYRUS committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence after a traumatic stress. Miley was rushed at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center and she was dead on arrival. MILEY recored a suicide video message for her fans. (watch more..)
-BREAKING NEWS-[R.I.P.] -MILEY CYRUS commits SUICIDE after traumatic stress –[Rest in Peace]-
As About.com points out, messages like this are spread by rogue Facebook applications which have managed to dupe your friends and family into giving them access to their social networking accounts.
Clicking on links contained inside the message (which appear to be currently unavailable) is a bad idea, as you may end up having your own Facebook account compromised. Typically hijacked accounts will be used for spreading revenue-generating spam, such as links to survey scams.
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I attempted to click on the link from my ipad but it would
not allow me to be redirected there. Could My facebook be
compromised?
This "hoax" is BEYOND appalling!! As a 23
year surviver of this horrible act, I assure you it's no
laughing matter. This epidemic claims the lives of our children
(bullying) friends , family members, hell… Even fathers.
(Depression) for whatever reason .. It is a true and unbelievable
HORROR… Congratulations scammers, for tugging at heart strings..
And as far as "Hannah Montana" ( a born mentor )
shame on you.. RIP.. Miley.. you are dead to me and my children and
they are better off…may God hold you and keep you! A-fuckin-
men!
graphicequaliser says:
Again, the English gives it away as a scam – "… after a traumatic stress …" is grammatically incorrect, unless you are talking about the properties of materials, as in a physics experiment!
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New Morris Levy Biography by Richard Carlin Cites Jacob Katel and Henry Stone’s “Payola” Book
The ruthless force of creativity who helped found Bebop, fought John Lennon, and always got paid is back in the news!
Morris Levy, the greatest gangster in the history of the record business, is finally getting his just recognition in Godfather of the Music Business: Morris Levy (American Made Music Series), a new biography by Richard Carlin for the University Press of Mississippi, a highly regarded publisher with full academic distribution.
Richard Carlin is also Executive Editor for Art, Art History, and Music for Higher Education for Oxford University Press.
The book chronicles Levy’s rise and fall as the impresario of NYC’s Birdland jazz club. He was the founder of Roulette Records, and bagman for the Italian Mafia starting from his days as a street kid hooligan. He died after a harsh indictment by the U.S. Justice System, but before ever going to prison for his gangster ways.
Legend has it that as a teenage runaway, Levy hitchhiked from NYC to Miami to work in the hatcheck and photo concessions at mob owned clubs on Miami Beach.
Henry Stone and Morris Levy were locked up a few miles away from each other in competing orphanages during the Great Depression.
Throughout a long and iconic career as music mogul, Levy’s dealings with Stone ran decades. A few of them, such as their partnership in pioneering electro hip hop label Sunnyview Records are mentioned in the book, as are Levy and Stone’s shaping of the career and downfall of infamous Payola DJ Alan Freed.
Carlin’s carefully researched work is going to give students and scholars an excellent perspective on the music business and you have got to read it for yourself. A+. Awesome book. Go get it now!!!
Be sure to check out Richard Carlin’s website for more info, and his Morris Levy book’s Facebook page for more info.
Henry Stone and Jake Katel listed in the research index of the Richard Carlin biography of Morris Levy for their collaborative book The Stone Cold Truth On Payola In The Music Biz
Here are some screenshots of the Henry Stone mentions.
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Lil B Issues Warning To James Harden
By Muk
James Harden's most feared opponent has issued a stern warning, as Lil B has threatened to once again curse Harden and the Rockets over his "cooking dance" celebration.
The rivalry between these two has gone on for a few years now, with Lil B cursing James Harden from time to time for using the celebration he claims that he invented, and whether or not it has been coincidence or the "curse", Harden has struggled in games following Lil B's public warnings. We are well-aware that James Harden could not care less about Lil B's warnings, as he has continued to use the cooking motion celebration for years since Lil B originally spoke out against it, but it always something that will grab headlines.
Lil B is a known supporter of the Warriors, and although KD was once a former victim of the curse himself, those days are behind the two. It'll be worth a watch to see if Harden responds publicly like he has before, or if he slips up in Game 2 if Lil B pounces on the opportunity to take credit for it.
Basketball and HipHop have always been synonymous with one another, and adding Twitter and the playoffs into the mix only further guarantees that there will be drama.
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FEMINIST VARIATIONS
Co-curated by Shana Nys Dambrot & Susan Melly
Within the gilded cage of worship, the female form has been objectified and ostracized, yet always through an idealized lense. Luscious and vivacious forms with angelic faces adorn museum walls that span centuries, navigating their way through reimagined canons and conveying new forms of femininity and beauty that come with time. With these different movements, however, come confrontation. Feminist Variations features the work of six artists whose work is radically divergent, each in pursuit of their own singular vision that re-examines their relationships to social, political, and philosophical expressions of feminism.
Never expressly political or confrontational, these works redirect the traditional feminist narrative out of the theoretical realm and into one more pragmatic and practical for each artist. Works range from sculpture to painting and drawing, video, installation, collage, assemblage, and even the wearable. Despite these differences in techniques, they come together to consider both the literal and allegorical ways in which the female body occupies both physical and semantic space in the modern world. Featuring the works of Annie Terrazzo, Lauren Kasmer, Victor Wilde, Peter Walker, Susan Melly, and Carol Sears, this survey of works is, as Peter Frank has called it, "a feminist critique that cuts both ways...a critique, but not a complaint." In this light, the works in Feminist Variations both empower and deconstruct conventional notions of the feminine form while moving forward toward harmony, balance, and appreciation.
Feminist Variations will be on view through September 19, 2015. The Loft at Liz’s will be hosting an artist talk in addition to the opening reception on Wednesday, September 14 from 7-9pm.
About The Loft at Liz’s
Featuring both emerging and established artists and artisans, The Loft at Liz’s art gallery in Los Angeles fosters an open dialogue between eclectic and diverse points of view, ideologies, and experiences across a wide range of disciplines. Their visual arts programming may also be accompanied by performances, music, dance, or culinary arts.
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Damaris Peters Pike to Present “Women of Note” at Packard Music Hall, April 13
Damaris Peters Pike, Professor Emerita of the Music Department, will present “Women of Note,” a one-woman show, on Wednesday, April 13, at 10:30 a.m. at Packard Music Hall.
Peters Pike will perform “Thanks for the Memories: A Visit with Delores Hope,” a show about the successful singer and wife of Bob Hope. Her presentation will include the history of Bob Hope, including songs from the first half of the 20th century.
At Hiram, Peters Pike founded the opera workshop and directed the Madrigals and choir. In her “Women of Note” performances, she impersonates important women from the 12th to 20th centuries so that audiences might better understand that period of history.
Refreshments will be offered in the lobby at 9:30 a.m. before the show.
Packard Music Hall is located at 1703 Mahoning Ave Northwest in Warren, Ohio. For questions about the show and for tickets, call 330.373.1900 or go to www.trumbulltownhall.org.
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Kargil Vijay Diwas: Commemorative trek to Khalubar
July 8, 2019 Team India Sentinels
Jammu: The year 2019 witnesses the 20th anniversary of the Kargil War and this important milestone was celebrated in a grand manner by the Indian Army with a view to rekindle the pride and valour of all the gallant soldiers who took part in OP VIJAY.
One of the severest battles fought during the Kargil War was the Battle of Khalubar in the Batalik Sector.
Despite the harsh terrain, the valiant soldiers of 1/11 Gorkha Rifles were successful in forcing the enemy to evict from their positions thus contributing a victory which will be remembered till times to come.
The battalion was awarded the Battle Honour “Batalik” and Theatre Honour “Kargil” and gallantry awards to include one Param Vir Chakra and three Vir Chakras.
To commemorate this victory as part of the 20th anniversary of Op Vijay, a trekking expedition to Khalubar was undertaken by the 1st Bn of the 11 Gurkha Rifles.
The objective of the trek was to celebrate the triumph of the Battalion as also to pay homage to the brave ‘Kirantis’.
After inducting into Leh, the team completed its mandatory acclimatization and necessary preparations by July 5, 2019.
A strength of two Junior commissioned Officers and eight Other Ranks participated in this trek which was flagged off on July 8, 2019. The team covered a distance of about 10 kms before summiting Khalubar.
During their journey, the team traversed through the harsh inhospitable terrain at altitudes varying from 9000 ft to 17000 ft .
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Christopher Ashbaugh
Assistant Professor of Theory and Composition
Houghton College > Faculty/Staff > Greatbatch School of Music > Christopher Ashbaugh
Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo (in progress)
M.M., Butler University (2012)
B.M., Capital University (2009)
Music Theory for Non-Majors
Music Composition Applied Lessons
Musicianship III & IV
Contemporary Music Theory II & III
Professional Memberships/Associations
Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers
International Society for Orthodox Church Music
Pi Kappa Lambda
Professional Experience/Achievements
Commissioned to set the old English text “The Dream of the Rood” by the Friends of the Arts of Church on Tap (in progress)
Article “Liturgy as Looking-glass: an Evangelical Pilgrimage” published in Creating Liturgically: Hymnography and Music, the proceedings of the 2015 ISOCM international conference (2017)
Performance of Mosaic (2015), for solo piano, at NOW New Music Festival, Capital University (2017)
Article “Joy, Catharsis, and (eu)Catastrophe” presented at the International Conference on Orthodox Church Music in Prague, Charles University (2016)
Performance of Invocation (2013), a dance work accompanied by three percussionists, with choreography by Nancy Hughes, at SUNY Brockport graduation dance showcase (2016)
Article “Time and Transcendence in Music” presented at the national CFAMC conference, Malone University (2015)
Premiere of Mosaic, for solo piano, at the national CFAMC conference, Malone University (2015)
Premiere of Scop III, for theremin cello and ison, at the SUNY New Music and Culture Symposium, SUNY Albany (2015)
Article “The Romance of the Impossible and the Reality of Transcendence” presented at the national CFAMC conference, Biola University (2014)
Premiere of Our Father, for soprano, piano, and cello, at the national CFAMC conference, Biola University (2014)
Performance of Transmute (2013), for cello and two percussionists, at June in Buffalo new music festival, SUNY Buffalo (2014)
I believe, first of all, that a strong music education includes both a critical, independent intellectual engagement with the musical material and a practical, personal engagement with how it sounds or feels as it is played. My teaching philosophy does not emphasize rules or formulae, but rather a sensitivity to whether the ear is convinced by whatever music is being studied. Difficult analytical problems in the music repertoire, especially those without clear answers, are to be critically examined and engaged as part and parcel of being an academic musician, in the same way that I examine difficult spiritual questions as essential to growth as a follower of Christ.
I can no more reduce my personal walk with Christ to a series of rules and regulations than I can reduce the richness and complexity of the many classical and contemporary musical traditions to a set of exercises done by rote. Both are lifetime pursuits that involve knowledge gained by long study and skill gained by daily practice.
Liturgical music, chant, and psalmody across western and eastern Christianity
Transcendence in both high and low cultural idioms
Oral-traditional music practice, ancient and modern
Publications/Conferences
NOW New Music Festival at Capital University, performance of Mosaic, for solo piano (2017)
International Conference on Orthodox Church Music in Prague at Charles University, presentation of “Joy, Catharsis, and (eu)Catastrophe” (2016) [to be published in proceedings]
National Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers conference at Malone University, presentation of “Time and Transcendence in Music” and premiere of Mosaic, for solo piano (2015)
International Society for Orthodox Church Music Int’l Conference at University of Eastern Finland, presentation of “Liturgy as Looking-glass: an Evangelical Pilgrimage” (2015) [published 2017 in proceedings]
June in Buffalo new music festival at SUNY Buffalo, performance of Transmute, for cello and two percussionists (2014)
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American Physicians hires risk specialist
AHIP appoints new president and CEO
Tenet Healthcare partners with US gov. to resolve Clinica de la Mama criminal investigation
Small number of physicians linked to many malpractice claims
The Cooperative of American Physicians has appointed Catherine Miller as risk management and patient safety specialist for CAPAssurance, which provides medical professional liability protection for hospitals, medical facilities, and large physician groups.
In her new position, Miller joins CAP's team of experienced hospital and large medical group risk management experts, and will provide risk management services specifically to hospitals. Miller will conduct assessments of hospitals and will work directly with hospital risk managers to develop and implement specific programs to bring about a "culture of safety" and to mitigate liability.
Miller was employed with CAP as a risk management and patient safety specialist for four years before leaving in 2006. Prior to her return, Miller worked as a risk manager and patient safety officer at Kaiser Permanente, one of the nation's leading healthcare providers and not-for-profit health plans, where she implemented numerous patient safety and quality improvement measures and developed a team of experts to troubleshoot electronic medical records. While at Kaiser Permanente, she also earned a credential as a Performance Improvement Advisor.
"CAP welcomes the return of Catherine to the company," said CAP chief executive officer James Weidner. "Catherine's previous tenure at CAP, combined with her JD and extensive risk management experience, make her uniquely qualified to develop our CAPAssurance risk management offering, and achieve CAP's goal to help hospitals address and navigate the current issues that they face in today's era of changing healthcare."
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Comcast And Time Warner: Too Slow To Fail
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
Over the past twenty years, the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission have reviewed hundreds of proposed mergers in the communications industry. All but a handful have been approved. No major merger has lingered at the reviewing agencies for more than a year without approval. Will the proposed Comcast-Time Warner merger be an exception to the rule?
The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg have recently reported that the proposed Comcast-Time Warner merger is in serious trouble at the agencies. This deal was publicly announced in February 2014, 14 months ago. Have other major mergers been blocked after 14 months of review? Let’s review some of the major deals in the telecommunications industry that have been opposed by federal agencies:
AT&T-SBC floated an idea of merger in June 1997. Chairman Reed Hundt of the FCC immediately termed it “unthinkable,” and the deal never progressed.
WorldCom-Sprint –announced a merger in October 1999. Facing government opposition, the parties withdraw the merger application in July 2000, or 9 months later.
EchoStar-DirecTV announced a merger in late October 2001. After months of clearly skeptical government review, the FCC announced its opposition in early October 2002, less than 12 months later.
AT&T-T-Mobile – announced a merger in March 2011. The Department of Justice filed against it August 2011, or 5 months later.
None of the companies listed above was thought to be particularly close to the Administration at the time. In contrast, Comcast is widely viewed as being very close to the Obama administration. Will Comcast, despite its close associations to the Administration, be one of the few telecommunications mergers ever blocked?
The pattern above should not be interpreted to mean that Comcast-Time Warner is taking an exceptionally long time for federal antitrust review. Some deals, such as Bell Atlantic-GTE in 1999-2000 took much longer. Rather, the pattern is of reviewing agencies that occasionally block a deal doing so in a matter of months. If DoJ or the FCC block Comcast-Time Warner deal, it would have been the telecommunications merger under federal review for the longest time before formal opposition.
In a sense, Comcast-Time Warner is a deal that is too slow to fail. For more than a year, corporate management, competitors, suppliers, and customers have grown accustomed to—even if not happy about—a Comcast-Time Warner merger. Major parallel transactions such as Charter-Comcast and Charter-Bright House, are entwined around the larger Comcast-Time Warner deal. The longer the Comcast-Time Warner deal is unopposed, the more markets rationally anticipate and react to its consummation.
But now, if recent news reports are correct, the Comcast-Time Warner deal and all of the market expectations built around it are at risk of being reversed by federal agencies. Regardless of one’s views about whether the merger itself is good for the American economy, the current federal merger review process of telecommunications mergers, with redundant reviews without timelines, is unambiguously bad for merger activity and for the economy as a whole.
Timing and outcome are parts of the economic calculus about whether to pursue a merger. Delays and increased likelihood of blockage discourage investments in mergers. A rational investor, based either in the U.S. or abroad, will see increased likelihoods of merger failures in the United States as a reason to invest in other countries. Frightening away investors is harmful to the American consumer. The prospect of being bought out disciplines companies to be more efficient either (1) to stave off being bought if management wishes to remain independent or (2) to command a higher price should manage seek to be bought out.
A merger failure by a company widely perceived as having made substantial political investments over the years will also raise doubts about the efficacy of such political investments. At first blush, the failure of political investments should be a positive sign for serious financial investors. But further reflection reveals even more troubling questions. Unlike five years ago with NBC, did Comcast today simply not play its political cards well enough? If the Administration can turn down Comcast, what chance of approval would another company have had? In Washington where politics play a dominant role, it is difficult to see a $45 billion deal entirely insulated from politics.
For at least 14 months, Comcast’s management has been focused on the merger, planning for the consolidation, all while taking cautious steps not to offend government regulators. Outside lawyers, bankers, and consultants have prepared the eventuality of a merger, not for prolonged review that will lead to government opposition. All of the distraction and expense will have been for naught should the merger be blocked.
If the merger is eventually blocked, 14 or more months is entirely too long to reach that conclusion. It stretches the imagination to believe that a government agency could not decide a merger review in 6 months or 9 months.
Part of the problem is the parallel review of mergers by the DoJ and the FCC. Although each agency will publicly protest that its review is entirely independent, even casual observers know that there is close coordination. In 20 years and hundreds of transactions, DoJ and the FCC have not once reached opposite conclusions about whether to block a merger.
Each agency approaches mergers with different expectations. DoJ’s decision is not based on a public record, and usually it has access to more confidential information than the FCC. But DoJ must go to court to block a merger, and thus DoJ requires a credible legal case to block a merger. Not so at the FCC. All the FCC requires is a political will to oppose a merger, or to oppose it until it can extract concessions negotiated behind closed doors without any prospect of court review. Given the FCC’s ease of imposing conditions on mergers, DoJ often defers to the FCC to impose those conditions.
The FCC supposedly has a “180-day” clock for merger reviews, but the FCC “stops” the clock at the slightest whim. Stopping a clock is common in sports, but predictable consequences in ensue. A football game has 4 15-minute quarters. Because the game clock frequently stops, a football game usually takes 3 hours. Similarly, the FCC’s 180-day clock now stretches beyond a year.
Ultimately, merger reviews in the telecommunications sector could be improved and expedited by removing the review by two different agencies. One federal agency, the DoJ, is enough to protect both competition and the public interest. Even DoJ needs deadlines. Nine months should be more than enough time to review a proposed merger.
Director, Center for the Economics of the Internet
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Asher Smith, Contributor
How Obama and the Democrats Are Reclaiming the Debt Issue
07/12/2011 05:00 pm ET Updated Sep 11, 2011
Talking Points Memo had a clever meme going this weekend, in which they counted the number of days since the House Republican caucus took office and began holding the White House hostage over debt ceiling negotiations. (Sunday, for example, was Day 188.)
Though convenient, the "Republicans-as-hostage-takers" lens obscures the extent to which Obama and congressional Democrats have succeeded in co-opting the debt limit narrative. Back when Treasury Department officials requested Congress raise the debt ceiling in early April, Republicans were the ones scoring political points. When Josh Marshall summed up the situation on July 1, the conversation had devolved into "a series of tactical retreats [by the President and his Congressional allies] with no clear stated limit on how much they'll concede." Republicans kept demanding more, as Democrats searched for ever more novel ways to compromise.
For the Washington press corps, the worm began to turn last Tuesday. That was the day David Brooks suggested, in his New York Times column, that refusing "trillions of dollars in spending cuts in exchange for a few hundred million dollars of revenue increases" meant that Republicans may now be "more of a psychological protest than a practical, governing alternative."
Though Brooks writes for a predominantly progressive audience, this message reverberated through the GOP caucuses. Reporters were now empowered to ask Republicans, citing Brooks, whether or not their party was acting rationally. House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and NRSC Head Sen. Jon Cornyn (R-Tx.) were both confronted with questions about Brooks's column during their press briefing on Tuesday. Elsewhere, CNN's Christine Romans pressed Sen. Jim DeMint about the potential consequences of Republican "fanaticism."
Even without Brooks's help, however, Democrats had begun to seize the initiative. It was President Obama, not Speaker of the House John Boehner, who was able to look courageous by offering to dice his party's sacred cows. Senate Democrats, meanwhile, are already offering a program of cuts that may be more palatable to voters. On Friday, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (R-ND) briefed the White House on a plan being drafted by senators that would still trim $4 trillion from the deficit while leaving Social Security alone and making only slight cuts to health programs.
If the Senate plan -- which would raise tax rates for individuals earning more than $500,000 and families earning more than $1 million; would lop $900 million off the Pentagon budget; and would produce interest savings of nearly $600 billion through reduced borrowing -- proves to have legs, it could very well dominate the national conversation going forward. Polling routinely shows voters are broadly opposed to entitlement cuts. The most recent evidence, a Pew Research Center poll released last Thursday, found that about three of every five respondents said they wanted to maintain Social Security and Medicare benefits. Only 32 percent of those polled considered reducing the budget deficit a greater priority.
Speaker Boehner conceded on Friday that not raising the debt limit would place the economy in jeopardy and risk jobs. But it was his announcement late Saturday night that he was pulling out of talks for a "grand bargain" that would cut the deficit by $4 trillion over the next decade that may have completed the transfer of leverage to the Democrats. Now that Boehner has declared a debt limit hike necessary, it is members of his own party who are scrambling to agree to a deal -- any deal -- so long as it doesn't raise taxes. While Boehner began to squirm, the White House continued on offense, telling the New York Times they still plan to pursue "the boldest package possible." In his Monday press conference, Obama advanced the ball further, telling reporters: "I have been hearing from our Republican friends that it's a moral imperative for us to tackle our debates and deficits in a serious way. So what I've said to them is let's go. It is possible for us to construct a package to involve both parties to take on their sacred cows."
There is still more than enough time, of course, for Democrats to muck things up. It would certainly not be the first time they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. But even if they can't reach that magic $4 trillion number, Obama and the Democrats may have already claimed the moral high ground and defused the deficit as a major 2012 campaign issue. Because of the events of the past week, it may be the eventual GOP candidate who will have to answer for the party's inflexible stand on taxes. Suddenly, Democrats are the ones ready to talk publicly about how to reduce the national debt -- and Republicans who might be forced to begin ducking the issue.
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How Often Do You Have Sex? (Be Honest.)
My friend recently told me that she and her boyfriend have sex every day. Another friend says once a week. Another friend says once a month. ("We used to have sex all the time, but now we're just so busy!" she insists.) So, my dear readers, when you're in a relationship, how often do you and your partner have sex? Are you happy with your rate? Plus, a sex challenge after the jump...
Cookie Magazine's sex columnist challenges her readers to have sex every day for a week. Daily intimacy can be "transformative," she says.
It makes sense. When you have more sex, you start to crave more sex, don't you think? And when you're not having sex, you can kind of, well, forget about it, right? (That has happened to me in the past, especially when I'm not in a relationship.) So the more sex, the better the sex, and the more you want sex. Win, win, win!
So, what do you say, dear readers? Would you take the challenge to have sex every day for a week? (What about a year!?) How often do you have sex now? Do you wish it were more? Or less? Spill your thoughts, my dolls!
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Africa and the G20 - A Summit of Contradictions
By GLI – G20 Hamburg Summit - 07 July 2017
The following piece was written by members of the GLI team at the G20 Hamburg Summit. Please check here regularly for all their blogs and opinion papers from the summit.
International Media Centre – G20 Hamburg Summit. At the forefront of the 2017 G20 Summit has been the host country’s consistent desire to place an intensified partnership with Africa at its centre. In the context of a summit at which US President Trump has shown little interest in, or wish to, partner with African nations, this desire initially appears somewhat idealistic. The partnership, though, more accurately reflects Western concerns that an increasing lack of opportunity in African nations will heighten instability and increased migration to Europe, with German Chancellor Merkel emphasising that “the well-being of Africa is in Germany’s interest”.
The “Compact with Africa” faces multiple challenges at the summit: achieving sufficient multilateral support in the absence of US cooperation; extending it to those in Africa most in need of support, not just those championing Africa’s reforms; and effectively holding African governments to account in harnessing the potential of increased private sector investment.
The central idea of the Compact is to encourage private investment in infrastructure, as well as boost employment, and economic participation with, supportive African nations. Achieving requisite coalitions of support, however, will prove a significant hurdle before such goals are realised. Trump is seeking to reduce funding for numerous World Bank programmes, including the International Development Association, which will prove central to the Compact’s success.
Prior to the summit, Trump questioned whether the West has the ‘will to survive’. When it comes to the Compact, success in the US’s absence will require transcending Western actors. China, India and other Asian nations are showing renewed interest in Africa’s peace and financial development. This coupled with organisations such as the IMF, whose chief Christine Lagarde remarked that continued migration from sub-Saharan nations in the quest for a better quality of life is ‘not a sustainable solution’, suggests necessary levels of support may materialise even in the absence of US participation.
The first hurdle of this summit’s big initiative is indeed working around the US’s opposition to multilateralism. Donald Tusk referred to the importance of tackling the problem of migration from Africa at its source in his G20 press briefing, pointing out that the absence of full support for the initiative was a “reflection of the total hypocrisy of some G20 members”, a thinly veiled dig at the US’s stance. Should the Compact make progress, African nations themselves will have to take on a renewed leadership role, utilising the presence of the African Union chair at the G20, as well as guest attendees Guinea and Senegal.
A further challenge facing the partnership at the summit is to ensure it goes far enough. Africa’s significant infrastructure gap is one of the key priorities of the partnership, with over 60 per cent of the population in sub-Saharan Africa still without electricity. Yet given the central idea of the Compact is to pair African nations who ‘step forward’ for investment with big businesses and the world’s largest economies, doubts remain as to how successful the partnership will prove in helping the poorest and most unstable nations, who suffer from an even larger infrastructure funding gap. For the Compact’s reality to live up to its expectations, and avoid the instability caused by an absence of necessary support, there is an urgency to extend investment to Africa’s weakest economies.
Stumbling blocks may also materialise in the form of “willing” African nations themselves. Several NGOs have criticised South Africa, the continent’s only G20 representative, for failing to offer any increased financial investment itself. A further problem lies in the fact that no progress on the continent can be made without supporting groups - such as parliaments and judiciaries - who hold governments to account, and who are able to harness the potential of new technologies in ensuring the media is able to effectively tackle corruption within African nations.
Even in the absence of US involvement, the German Presidency’s commitment to an intensified partnership with Africa offers the continent an unrivalled opportunity to boost private sector involvement, and in Tusk’s words, tackle the wave of African migration into Europe “at its source”. The EU’s economy is now growing stronger than that of the US’s, and Asian nations, notably China and India, are showing an increasing interest in Africa’s development. The consequence could be that, come the end of the summit, the flagship “Compact with Africa” is reflective of a broader shift in global power from the US towards the EU and China. Yet the alternative could still be a rhetorical partnership marred by corruption within African nations, and increased private sector investment that fails to reach those poorest areas of the continent most in need to development. We wait and see.
G20 Team: George Ashley, Lucy Branford-White, Hugo Dobson, Remi Edwards, Johanna Greco, Emilija Lazarevic, Helia Nazari, Henry Poust, Joseph Richardson and Gregory Stiles – Global Leadership Initiative, University of Sheffield. Please see here for more outputs from the team.
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Liberty All-Star(R) Growth Fund, Inc. January 2010 Monthly Update
February 11, 2010 10:40 ET | Source: ALPS Advisors, Inc.
BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - February 11, 2010) - Below is the January 2010 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ASG)
January 2010 Monthly Update
Performance NAV Market Price Discount
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Beginning of month value $ 4.00 $ 3.36 16.0%
Distributions - -
End of month value $ 3.84 $ 3.27 14.8%
Performance for month (4.00%) (2.68%)
Performance year-to-date (4.00%) (2.68%)
For daily data visit the Fund's website at www.all-starfunds.com or call
1-800-241-1850. The Fund's daily NAV is also available by using the
symbol XASGX. Past performance cannot predict future results.
Net Assets at Month-End ($millions)
Total $ 115.5
Equities $ 112.7
Percent Invested in Equities 97.5%
Top 20 Holdings at Month-End (26.3% of equity portfolio)
(Rank from previous month)
1 Core Laboratories N.V.(1) 1.8% 11 Gilead Sciences, Inc.(44) 1.2%
2 Strayer Education, Inc.(3) 1.6% 12 EMC Corp.(13) 1.2%
3 Visa, Inc., Class A(5) 1.5% 13 Best Buy Co., Inc.(21) 1.2%
4 PepsiCo, Inc.(10) 1.5% 14 Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(25) 1.2%
5 China Mobile Ltd.(7) 1.5% 15 Capella Education Co.(11) 1.2%
6 Microsoft Corp.(9) 1.5% 16 Resources Connection, Inc.(12) 1.1%
7 Google, Inc., Class A(2) 1.5% 17 VCA Antech, Inc.(35) 1.1%
8 Apple, Inc.(4) 1.4% 18 Lincare Holdings, Inc.(28) 1.0%
9 The Blackstone Group LP(6) 1.4% 19 Salesforce.com, Inc.(15) 1.0%
10 ANSYS, Inc.(8) 1.4% 20 MSCI, Inc.(27) 1.0%
Holdings are subject to change
Sector Breakdown (% of equity portfolio) *
Information Technology 25.8% New Holdings
Industrials 18.4% Aixtron AG
Health Care 16.6% The Coca-Cola Co.
Consumer Discretionary 12.2% Duff & Phelps Corp., Class A
Financials 11.6% MannKind Corp.
Energy 8.4% Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
Consumer Staples 3.5% Verizon Communications, Inc.
Telecommunication Services 2.0%
Materials 0.9% Holdings Liquidated
Utilities 0.6% -------------------
----- athenahealth, Inc.
100.0% Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., Class A
Deere & Co.
SRA International, Inc.
Tower Group, Inc.
* Based on Standard & Poor's and MSCI Barra Global Industry Classification
Standard (GICS).
The Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. is a closed-end fund and does
not continuously offer shares.
Contact Information: Contact Information: Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. 1-800-241-1850 www.all-starfunds.com
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May 16, 2013 05:00 ET | Source: Zumba
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MISSION, KS--(Marketwired - May 16, 2013) - (Family Features) Whether you want to get your body ready for swimsuit season or stay fit during the summer months, it's important to find a fitness routine that you can maintain. These tips will help you get motivated and keep moving for a healthier body.
Shake things up - Having a variety of fitness activities works different parts of your body, keeps you engaged in the process, and ensures you have some way to exercise no matter what the weather is like. Lifting weights, swimming, cycling, walking, dancing -- there are plenty of ways to have fun as you work out.
Many people choose to include an exercise video game as part of their fitness routine. A study by the University of Calgary Exergaming Research Centre, the American Council on Exercise, and the University of Massachusetts Department of Exercise and Health Sciences found that when used at an intermediate or high intensity level, "exergaming" can improve your fitness.
And another study, commissioned by the American Council on Exercise, found that the Zumba® Fitness program -- experienced via a game or class -- can burn a significant amount of calories due to its level of cardiovascular intensity. "The dance-based routines within Zumba Fitness Core are specifically designed to sculpt stronger abs and provide an exhilarating total body workout," said Liz Buckley, General Manager of the Zumba Fitness video game franchise at Majesco Entertainment. "In fact, Zumba Fitness Core is the only video game on the market to target your core. With 33 different dance styles, and 40 contagious music tracks, you get an incredible amount of variety as you benefit from 'exercise in disguise.'" Learn more at www.zumbafitnessgame.com.
Buddy up with someone else - It's harder to avoid exercising when you've made a commitment to someone else that you'll be there. Partnering with a friend can make activities more fun, and you and your partner can help each other be accountable for working out.
Set a regular time and place to meet. Set ground rules for when it's acceptable to miss a session and how you're to communicate.
Make sure your partner is equally committed.
Have common fitness goals.
Be sure you have similar fitness levels and abilities.
You can also buddy up online. For example, Zumba Fitness Core on Kinect for Xbox 360 enables you and friends to share fitness goals and work together to complete them. Buckley said that "Utilizing the game's multiplayer feature, two-player on Kinect and four-player on Wii, you can party with friends and work out in a fun, cooperative way."
Reward yourself - Changing behavior is hard, but little rewards along the way can help you stay motivated. You might enjoy a new pair of walking shoes when you reach 5,000 steps a day or a new DVD after sticking to your plan for 30 days.
Set achievable goals. It won't help you to set goals you can't meet -- you'll either injure yourself or be constantly discouraged. It's OK to start small and work your way up.
Make sure the rewards are appropriate. Enjoying a calorie-laden meal or sugary treat after hitting a goal isn't the way to go. Look for non-food related rewards that will help motivate you to keep going.
With Zumba Fitness Core, for example, when you reach certain goals, you are rewarded with lifestyle tips, achievements and unlockable bonus videos that give you a behind-the-scenes peek at the celebrity Zumba instructors featured in game.
It's easier -- and more fun -- than you might think to get in shape for the summer and find a fitness program you love.
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U.S. Senators raise alarm over Foreign VPNs places negative spotlight on Kaspersky and Anchorfree VPN Partnership
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In a bi-partisan effort by a pair of United States Senators, Marco Rubio (R- Florida) and Ron Wyden (D – Oregon) have drafted a letter imploring that the director of the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency begin an investigation into the use of foreign operated VPN services by federal employees.
The sense of urgency is prompted by a fear that national security could be jeopardized by unvetted VPN services potentially acting as outlets of foreign surveillance upon unsuspecting employees of the United States government.
The threat of foreign-based security software first came onto the U.S government’s radar in the fall of 2017, when the Russian owned and operated antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab was ordered to be removed from all U.S government computers by Homeland Security. Israeli intelligence found evidence of the software being used by the Russian government to probe federal systems in search of American intelligence secrets. Subsequent testimony by officials from both the FBI and CIA about the trustworthiness of Kaspersky products helped lead to an outright ban of Kaspersky Lab software from all U.S government networks thanks to a formal vote by the United States Senate.
As a result, the British and Dutch governments followed suit with the Americans and banned Kaspersky from their government networks, and soon after were followed by the entire European Union. Retail-giant Best Buy even pulled all Kaspersky products from their shelves in response to their actions.
Kaspersky Lab was initially founded back in 1997 by Eugene V. Kaspersky, a prominent Russian software developer whose background as a student at a KGB operated high school in the former Soviet Union and later as a software writer for the Red Army led to some raised eyebrows in the intelligence community.
All of which in the new push to vet the credibility of foreign-based VPN services, has placed the Kaspersky relationship with AnchorFree’s Hotspot Shield in a negative light. The partnership between the two was initially public but has since been downplayed, with Hotspot Shield pulling language about their partnership away from the privacy/ FAQ page on their website.
But by Eugene V. Kaspersky’s own social media boasting, it’s clear that he deems the Hotspot Shield VPN to be one and the same with his company’s own Kaspersky Secure Connection.
@bmconlon we partner w Anchorfree for VPN. Kaspersky Secure Connection = rebranded version of award winning Hotspot Shield
— Eugene Kaspersky (@e_kaspersky) June 1, 2017
The user privacy problems associated with Hotspot Shield were well documented before their Kaspersky connection threatened to undermine the remaining credibility they had enjoyed as a trustworthy VPN. The renowned internet privacy watchdog Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) filed a 14-page report back in 2017 that urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate the company on account of deceptive practices.
In response, AnchorFree CEO David Gorodyansky disputed the CDT claims as unfounded. “We have never given or sold any user data, and our perspective on user data is not to store any data related to user IP addresses or Personally Identifiable Information.” The problem being that this language didn’t align with the lofty promises his company’s privacy page made at the time he went on the record with this quote.
David Gorodyansky did some delicate backtracking when confronted by the misalignment between his company’s website language and his own statement, “We are in the process of updating our user policy to reflect the reality around how our systems work, and the reality is that many of the items are not actually accurate”.
These revelations are not necessarily unique grievances to Hotspot Shield; but are indicative of a lack of transparency with consumers about the specific policies that their company is practicing when it comes to data logging and sharing. If the VPN industry would endeavor to be more collectively transparent and to permit itself to be openly audited for the sake of public scrutiny, many of these embarrassing miscues or bad optics could be avoided. And VPN companies would not feel complacent about not being open and candid about their logging practices, it would force VPN companies to be in alignment with all of their marketing claims in order to remain in good standing amongst their competition and with consumers.
Sloppy practices aside, the dubious Russian ties between AnchorFree and Kaspersky are cause for great pause when it comes to assessing the reliability and trustworthiness of a VPN such as Hotspot Shield. Between Eugene V. Kaspersky’s KGB influenced education and background as a Soviet military operative alongside AnchorFree’s Soviet born CEO, the natural rapport between the two entrepreneurs goes deeper than an average business partnership. And with one company banned from several western government networks and the other being hounded by privacy watchdogs for deceptive practices, it seems as though it is a partnership between two companies comfortable with duplicitous reputations.
And reputations (preferably ones backed by verified audits) are the only thing the average consumer has to go by when it comes to protecting themselves from untrustworthy VPN providers, foreign or domestic. All thing considered, with blatantly suspicious outfits such as those run by Kaspersky and Gorodyansky becoming commonplace, Senator Rubio and Senator Wyden were well-advised when they asked the head of federal cybersecurity to investigate the potential impact of unvetted foreign VPN services upon the security of the United States government.
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Golf courses Florida Sebring Sun n Lake Golf & Country Club, Deer Run Golf Course
Sun n Lake Golf & Country Club, Deer Run Golf Course
5223 Sun Lake Blvd, Sebring, Florida, 33872
Type: Semi-private, open for public play
No. Holes: 18
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Sun n Lake Golf & Country Club is a Semi-Private, 36 hole golf facility course located in Sebring, Florida. The facility has two 18-hole golf courses. They are named Turtle Run and Deer Run.
Turtle Run Golf Course first opened in 1976. The course was designed by Don Dyer.
Par for the course is 72. From the back tees, the course plays to 7,002 yards. From the forward tees, the course measures 5,046 yards. The longest hole on the course is # 9, a par-5 that plays to 601 yards. The shortest hole on the course is # 13, a par-3 that plays to 168 yards from the back tees.
Watch out for # 6, a 430-yard par-4 challenge and the #1 handicap hole on the course. The easiest hole at Deer Run Golf Course is # 13, the 168 yard par-3.
This course has been reviewed 2 times
David Theoret
109 Ratings / Reviews
Guest (cart included), played on Wednesday, August 2018 at 10:00 AM
Sun ‘N Lake in Sebring FL has it all, especially if golf’s your game.
The Sun ‘N Lake of Sebring Improvement District was created by Highlands County in 1974. It occupies about 12 square miles in an area just north of Sebring on Route 27 and has grown from what was wilderness 30 years ago to around 5,000 residents. Although the development was once considered a retirement community, it has evolved into a melting pot of both older adults and younger families. And according to the master plan, there is still plenty of room for growth.
Sun ‘n Lake is home to two championship golf courses: Deer Run and Turtle Run. Deer Run is considered the tougher of the two. The par 72 Deer Run Golf Course at Sun 'N Lake Golf Club was designed by Don Dyer and opened for play in 1976; in 2003 architect Ron Garl redesigned the course, including the conversion of Number 18 to a par three with an island green.
The Deer Run Course has 6 sets of tees with yardages to fit every level of golfer. From the Black Tees, the course plays 6,919 yards with slope 134 and a course rating of 73.7. Ladies can play a manageable 4,446 yards or challenge themselves at 4,992 yards. Most members play from the White Tees which measure 6,170 yards with a slope of 128 and a course rating of 70. A seventh set of tees adorns the scorecard and combines the White and Gold Tees for a distance of 5,847 yards (68.5/118). Out here, there’s something for every golfer.
At 364 yards, Number 1 is a fairly easy driving hole; hit a decent shot off the tee and none of the trees on either side should come into play. The green is elevated and holds well hit approach shots nicely. Finding the bunker that sits on the front left could prove to be a costly start. Number 2 is a medium length par 3 with another elevated green. Miss the green on either side and you’ll be facing a tough up and down. Number 3 is another straight forward par 4 that plays 385 yards from the White Tees. The water on the right shouldn’t come into play off the tee, however the bunker that guards the left side of the green seems to attract errant approach shots.
Number 4 is a dogleg left par 5 that is reachable in two if you can hit your tee shot past the large oak tree that juts out into the fairway on the left side. If you need to lay up, try and set up so your approach shot is from the right side of the fairway. This takes most of the large bunker on the front left out of play. The 5th is all about accuracy and distance control off the tee. Many will choose to hit less than driver as a large lake comes into play at about 240 yards off the tee. Water and a bunker guard another elevated green. Favor the right side off the tee. Keeping right seems to be the theme thus far as water guards the left side of the fairway on Number 6 as well. The fairway is fairly narrow, so accuracy is a must if you want to hit an approach shot from the short grass. The green is elevated and smaller than usual and guarded on both sides by bunkers.
The 7th hole is a short par 4 that plays 333 from the White Tees. Keep right to avoid the large waste bunker. The green is long and narrow and guarded on the right by sand. Number 8 is a straightforward par 3 that plays 183 from the Whites with no trouble to speak of. Number 9 is a long par 5 dogleg right, 554 from the White Tees, over 600 yards from the back. Large oak trees protect the right side with one in particular that keeps you honest right at the bend of the dogleg. Favoring the left side off the tee and on your layup shot will go a long way in scoring well on this hole. The green is one of the smallest on the course and guarded by a small pot bunker on the left.
The back nine starts off with an innocent looking short par 4 that plays 316 yards from the White Tees. You may need to hit something less than driver to stay short of the pond straight away. Approach shots can be tricky into this small, elevated green. Miss your tee shot wild left and you may be surprised that you still have a shot into the green. Number 11 is a par 5 dogleg left with a large oak tree sitting on the left side of the landing area and sand to the right, so you’ll need to decide to hit short or go over. Getting past the tree and sand gives you a chance to go for the green in two. The green is well protected on either side and for most, risk outweighs reward. Number 12 is a 377-yard par 4 dogleg left that is best played down the right side and takes many of the hazards out of play.
Thirteen is a medium length par 3 at 148 yards with sand guarding the front left of this elevated green. A well struck tee shot can help you quickly make up a shot or two on your partners. Number 14 is one of the prettiest golf holes out here. It’s a long sweeping dogleg to the right with trees dotting both sides of the wide fairway. At only 496 yards from the White Tees, it’s tempting to go for in two, however water and four bunkers guard the green. Best to layup and take your chance with a short pitch shot. Number 15 is a narrow par 4 with trees infringing on the fairway on either side. This hole is all about control. The green is small with a little bit of room on the left to bail out if need be.
That bring us to the make or break part of the course; the last three holes. Number 16 is a dogleg right that plays 348 yards from the white tees and requires you to at least make it to the corner. Favoring the left side takes many of the trees out of play and gives you a good look into the green. Be careful of the water and sand that guard the green. Number 17 is the toughest hole on the inward nine and with good reason. From the White tees it plays 389 yards with a pond in the middle of the fairway. Most golfers can hit driver off the tee and should favor the left side off the tee or risk being blocked out by trees. A good drive is still going to leave a long to medium iron into an elevated green protected on either side by sand.
Number 18 is truly a unique hole to end your round; after all, how many courses end with a par 3? From the white tees, the hole plays 145 yards to an island green. Choose your club wisely, hit a good shot and success can be yours. Or else, you’re just another statistic!
Last Word: The Deer Run Course at Sun ‘N Lake in Sebring FL will challenge golfers of all abilities. For the weekend, casual golfer, there is a lot of room off the tees on many holes. For the skilled golfer, it takes accuracy and precision to hit and hold the elevated greens. Many of them are small and have a good deal of undulation. Finishing the round with an island par 3 is truly a memorable event.
Sun n Lake Golf Club is a proud member of the Citrus Golf Trail, who have done a wonderful job of making the Sebring area a golf vacation destination. The Citrus Golf Trail offers stay and play golf packages that include rounds at a number of local courses and accommodations at The Inn on the Lakes. For more information on any of the members of the Citrus Golf Trail or to book your next stay and play package, visit their website at www.visitsebring.com/citrus-golf-trail/.
Would travel: 30-60 Miles, Vacation Worthy
Bottom line: I would play again, Better than average course for the area, Bargain priced based on quality and competitive area pricing, Ranks with the best in this price level, Best course in the area
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Rank ID # : 029270
Davenport, FL
23 Ratings / Reviews
$26 (cart included), played on Monday, July 2014 at 6am
First time to play the Deer Run course, having played the Turtle Run earlier this season, and first impressions are just great. Tall gnarly Bermuda rough is a killer if you miss the fairway even a little bit. Missing will likely cost you a stroke because of the difficulty of advancing the ball out of the rough. Greens were firm but holding well, with very subtle breaks that are likely to cause a nervous breakdown. Grass both greens and fairways was in excellent condition. Definitely a Winner. Kay in the Pro Shop made the day even more enjoyable with her up-beat attitude and easy problem solving manner.
Would travel: 0-10 Miles
Bottom line: I would play again, Better than average course for the area, Ranks with the best in this price level, Bargain priced based on quality and competitive area pricing
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Score: Malaria Nets Reach Central African Republic Score: Malaria Nets Reach Central African Republic
Score: Malaria Nets Reach Central African Republic
by Ann Marie Gardner
Good news today on malaria efforts in the Central African Republic.
The Nothing But Nets campaign and United Nations partner Population Services International report that at end of 2010, hundreds of thousands of nets were delivered to families in the Central African Republic. Nothing But Nets website reports that:
Last year, the UN identified an immediate need for anti-malaria nets in Central African Republic due to its location, proximity to conflict-ridden countries, and vulnerability to flooding. C.A.R. also hosts a large population of displaced persons, who are particularly susceptible to contracting malaria.
Through a combination of social media, Facebook fundraising events, and a Malaria Town Hall with Mandy Moore, life-saving nets are now widely in use in the C.A.R.
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Filing to begin on GCT on Government Purchases
Published Date June 9, 2014 6:51 PM
Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is reminding GCT Registered Taxpayers who provide goods and services to government entities that the new policy of GCT being charged on government purchases is to be reflected on their GCT return, starting with their June GCT return, due by the end of July. A new GCT return has been designed to accommodate this, and should be used by all GCT registered taxpayers. In making such returns the Withholding Tax Certificates (WTC) issued to the supplier by a government Tax Withholding Entity (TWE) may be claimed as a credit against Output Tax.
The new policy, which came into effect on June 1, 2014, now requires government entities to pay GCT on purchases. The new law stipulates that ministries, departments, agencies and some public bodies be registered as Tax Withholding Entities (TWEs) and requires them to withhold the GCT from their suppliers, provide suppliers with a Withholding Tax Certificate and make the payments to Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ).
TAJ’s system has been configured to allow the TWEs to now begin uploading the withholding tax certificates issued during the month of June. The government entities are expected to complete this exercise by July 21, following which suppliers will be able to file their GCT returns electronically showing WTCs being claimed as credit. It should be noted that suppliers must file their GCT returns online in order to claim the credit reflected on withholding tax certificates.
For further information persons may call the Tax Administration Customer Care Centre at 1-888-Tax-Help (1-888-829-4357) or visit the website www.jamaicatax.gov.jm.
By Stenisha Leslie
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Can we realistically put in the hard work to achieve our career goals but avoid burnout? How do we set personal and work boundaries when technology blurs the perimeters and we’re expected to be ‘always on’? This month, guest writer Nicola Greenbrook explores why it’s essential for our health, wellbeing and productivity to not always be working. How do you switch off? No, let me rephrase that. Do you ever switch off? Findings from some highly credible research I recently commissioned (a straw poll via Facebook and Instagram Stories) indicated that the majority of people find it very difficult, if not impossible, to disengage from their job at the end of the working day. Always on Some key themes emerged from my study. Almost all respondents never, ever switch off entirely and an ‘always on’ mentality was the norm. Most permanently keep an eye on emails and remain digitally visible to their manager or team even when on holiday overseas. Many were secret email-checkers outside of work; sneaking away from their partner to hide in the loo and catch up, or were ‘just popping back to the apartment’ on holiday to check in. For others, although they left work on time due to childcare responsibilities or to meet friends, the reality was this; when the children were in bed, or once the night out was over, they automatically started working again. For many people, work is their life. If you’re a CEO, single-handedly running your own business or have been recently promoted to managerial level, it’s helpful to keep things ticking over out of hours. Sometimes burning the midnight oil or waking at 4.00 am with the sweats was down to sheer excitement, or with a fantastic idea pinging into their head. However, this was often countered with constant worry and anxiety about work tasks building up or having too much to do if they switched off. So, always on. Working 9 - 5 (or 11, if you're at home) According to the ONS Labour Force Survey, as reported by BBC News, more than 1.54 million people work from home for their main job - up from 884,000 ten years ago. Working from home may offer freedom and flexibility, but it can be difficult to resist the urge to do ‘just one more thing’, to skip breaks and lunch or to set a definitive finishing time. Jen David, an experienced CV Consultant is familiar with the ‘always on’ mentality as she works exclusively from home. She knows all too well the challenges of ‘splitting yourself in two when it’s not possible to finish by the time the school run is due; flicking between the work screen and the homework screen’. In her article for CV Library, she shares her strategies for staying focused at home and not succumbing to the domestic distractions but, importantly, knowing when to stop. Why always on needs to be off People Management magazine reports on the prevalence of the ‘always on’ mentality which can be a downside of more empowering flexible working methods. The CIPD’s Health and Wellbeing at Work Survey 2018, notes the increase of ‘leaveism’ which has been observed in nearly two-thirds of organisations over the last year. The concept may be new, but it’s likely that HR professionals, as well as individuals themselves, will be familiar with the behaviours - which include catching up on a backlog of work while on annual leave, taking work home or working when sick. Habitually working during what should be relaxing time is not only unhealthy, but could have a detrimental impact on individual performance and organisational productivity. Could it be that the more frequently we check emails, the less productive we come? In our attempts to be efficient, are we burning ourselves out and becoming more stressed? The World Health Organisation now recognises burn-out as a medical condition whose characteristics include ‘feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion’ and ‘reduced professional efficacy’. If you find it hard to unplug, you may keep working through the stress and fatigue - which for some is a badge of pride or honour - without realising the damage you could be doing. How to switch off How do we find the right balance between nailing our professional accomplishments and not compromising our mental wellbeing? In her book How to Not Always Be Working, author Marlee Grace believes that one of the most fundamentally important things you can do to unplug, is to turn your phone off and step away. Even if your work is your passion, the spirit of this idea still applies; with no phone, you’re connecting with the world, but not digitally watching it. Here are some other tips to help you switch off: ►Make the ‘one more thing’ you do a small task which, according to The Harvard Business Review, ends your day on a positive note of completion. A short phone call, signing a document or firing off a quick email response can give you a gratifying sense of one less thing to do tomorrow, without pushing yourself too hard. ►Use your lunch break as the cornerstone of your mission to unplug. Arrange a team get together, take your book to the park or seek out local, free activity that powers your legs and/or your brain. This Time Out is particularly good if you’re London-based and need some digital-free headspace. ►Try to lead by example; if your team perceive you as being permanently available there’s the risk of blurring the message and setting unhelpful expectations. ►Let voicemail take over on a non-working day; allow calls to go straight to voicemail so you can field the non-urgent ones and decide how to prioritise any issues. This avoids getting caught in the ‘yes’ trap if you’re caught off guard, or rushing into decisions. ►Preserve your personal time - and DO NOT compromise on this. The more you sacrifice seemingly insignificant parts of yourself or your life for work - like sleep, books, TV or time with friends - the more resentful, unhappy and ultimately unproductive you may become. Trying reading on your commute rather than scrolling or emailing, and keep your phone out of sight. It feels really, really good. ►Set a time slot - If you really must keep on top of things outside of any traditional working hours and doing ‘one more thing’ enables you to crack on with XYZ with a clear conscience and nothing hanging over you - proceed. However, set yourself a time slot; like one hour on a Sunday evening to nail your Monday to-do, but then be strict with yourself and don’t sneak back in. If you’re always switched on, now might be the best time to reframe how, and why, you work the way you do. If you don’t respect your time, then how will you expect others to? Try it today, this evening or tomorrow (if you’re reading this at 2.00am, while checking emails instead of sleeping)... Nicola Greenbrook - HR Specialist & Freelance Writer Contact Nicola More from Nicola Greenbrook: ► I quit! How to leave a job gracefully ► How to be productive at work ►How to turn rejection into a success story ► Back to the blog homepage
With the first ever London Climate Action Week kicking off from Monday 1 July, we’re delighted to welcome a guest feature from Harriet Lamb, CEO of sustainable energy champions Ashden, an inspiring organisation we’ve enjoyed recruiting for on many occasions. Given the number of fantastic charities we work with throughout the sector, singling out one particular cause to throw our burgeoning weight behind can be problematic: it's rather like trying to choose your favourite child out of literally hundreds (though with that many children you’d presumably be far too exhausted to decide on anything, we should think). But when it comes to preventing climate catastrophe, few but the most orange of presidents could disagree that it's one of, probably the most important issue of our times. However noble and essential every other objective may be, without a habitable planet we suspect they'd become what Joey Tribbiani would consider a ‘moo point’ in very little time at all. So how can we make a difference in our everyday lives? Over to Harriet, who shares some valuable and innovative ways for charities, their staff and indeed anyone else to enjoy a greener daily commute. -------------------------------------------------- Green solutions to commuter misery How often do your colleagues arrive at the office tired and flustered thanks to a nightmare commute? Workers around the country are reaching their desks in a foul mood, miserable before they’ve even powered up their computers. With just a few days to go until London Climate Action Week, we should remember that clogged roads aren’t just creating stressful delays. They’re increasing air pollution that triggers serious illness and kills up to 36,000 people a year. Toxic fumes are also speeding up global warming, with scientists warning that we have just 10 years to tackle the climate emergency, maybe less. It’s a gloomy situation – but solutions are at hand. Sustainable energy innovators are creating happier journeys while cleaning up our air. So how could their smart thinking transform our commutes – and help employers create a healthier, happier workforce? ____________________________ Electric vehicles are here to stay Millions of us love the freedom of four wheels, with two-thirds of the UK’s commuting journeys made by car. But all too often the driver is alone in splendid isolation, particularly if they are going to and from work. One answer filling the headlines is electric cars. New models are constantly hitting the market, with sales boosted by improving technology, falling costs and a greater public awareness of climate change. Last year energy giant BP bought Chargemaster, creator of the UK’s largest public charging network. At the time, BP predicted the number of electric vehicles in the UK would grow from the current total of 135,000 to 12 million by 2040. Of course, we won’t hit top speed as a nation of truly green commuters until companies like BP ditch fossil fuels – but their move into electric charging at least shows how quickly green innovation can go mainstream. Lift sharing and green deliveries Elsewhere, people are joining forces to cut carbon emissions through lift sharing. Companies such as Liftshare offer an app that helps people set up shared journeys, and also work directly with employers to set up workplace lift sharing schemes. In 20 years they’ve saved 800 million car miles working with organisations such as Boots, Bupa, Jaguar Land Rover and the NHS. That’s equivalent to 1,674 return trips to the moon. Of course, our roads aren’t just clogged because of the work commute. Another reason is our online shopping obsession – which has unleashed a flood of vehicles chauffeuring our groceries, takeaways, fast-fashion bargains and Amazon packages. But convenience doesn’t have to trigger sky-high carbon emissions. Logistics company Zedify is using pedal-powered cargo bikes and trikes, as well as electric vans, to deliver parcels in cities up and down the UK. So next time you order a hat, hoodie or pair of headphones, it could arrive guilt-free on two or three wheels. They work with businesses of all sizes from – independent shops to e-commerce giants. Partnering with them is a great way to boost your organisation’s green credentials. Of course, there’s still a carbon cost to manufacturing electric vehicles – and until the UK electricity grid only uses renewable energy, charging them still relies on polluting fossil fuels. So, can we get even greener? Better places to walk and cycle More public transport, as well as new tax measures and incentives, will help. For example, Nottingham City Council has introduced a workplace parking levy raising money to invest in new tram routes, electric buses, cycling and public transport smartcards. More people are using public transport and congestion has been constrained, even as Nottingham’s economy has grown. But ultimately, we need to make greener transport more attractive. People will only be tempted out of their cars if we create liveable cities, towns and villages. With this in mind, the London Borough of Waltham Forest has taken bold steps to shift the way people travel. Its multi-million pound ‘Enjoy Waltham Forest’ project has made the borough a nicer place to make journeys by bike or on foot. The authority has redesigned road networks and crossings, built hundreds of bike hangars and storage areas, and planted 700 trees. Travelling bike or by foot will never be the answer for everyone – but it could be a huge part of the fight against climate change, particularly in our most crowded and polluted cities. As a London cyclist, I know how much staying active boosts my physical and mental health – in fact, it’s the polar opposite of a stressful hour stuck behind the wheel. Employers must get ahead of the game In March 2019, a Government survey found a record 80% of the British public were very or fairly concerned about climate change. The behaviour that most people thought would have the biggest impact on tackling climate change (if everyone does it) was choosing to walk, cycle or use public transport more instead of using a car. Employers need to recognise that public awareness of air pollution is growing every day, as are demands for climate action. More and more staff will expect their company to see the dangers and respond. So how can employers avoid being left behind? One great way is to partner with sustainable travel innovators such as Liftshare or Zedify – or ask your local authority to follow the lead of Waltham Forest or Nottingham. Our free toolkit, launched just a week ago, makes it even easier for councils and others to lead climate action and promote sustainable lifestyles. Employers can also help staff make the personal changes that protect their health and planet. How about bike vouchers or loans (and facilities to change and shower), or travelcard loans? The global switch to sustainable energy will only work if everyone gets their say, so ask your teams what changes they would like to see. Their feedback will create a much better working environment for all of us. Harriet Lamb, CEO, Ashden ________________________ ► Ashden supports and promotes sustainable energy enterprises from around the world, championing innovative solutions and campaigning for the changes needed to roll them out both locally and globally. Find out much more about their work, initiatives and resources at the Ashden website. ► Discover more green transport innovation... ...at the 2019 Ashden Awards in London on 3 July 2019. Tickets are available now. ► More about Harriet Lamb Harriet Lamb joined Ashden as CEO in May 2019, taking responsibility for the organisation’s ambitious new strategy to tackle climate change. She was formerly CEO at peacebuilding organisation International Alert and spent 15 years leading Fairtrade in the UK and globally. She has always worked for NGOs with a focus on international development, peace and the environment. More from the Harris Hill blog ► The 2019 Salary Report: Harris Hill and Charity Job's essential new guide to charity salaries ► Charity Careers: meet James Harris from Rethink Mental Illness ► International affairs and advocacy expert Andreea Petre-Goncalves on why Brexit means exit from the UK for her multinational family ► Back to the blog homepage
Welcome to the 2019 Salary Report, your definitive guide to salaries in the UK charity sector. With huge appreciation for all the enquiries we've already had about this year's release (and genuinely delighted by the demand!) we’re exceptionally pleased to bring you this brand new report. It's the 14th annual salary survey from Harris Hill, based on the thousands of charity vacancies we’ve worked on during the year: but this time that’s only half the story. To reflect the wider sector as accurately as possible we wanted to cover an even broader selection of roles, advertised by charities directly and recruiters like ourselves. So who better to ask than the experts at the UK’s largest specialist job board for not for profit, NGO, social enterprise, CIC and voluntary jobs, home to thousands of charity jobs every year? Happily they agreed, so we've been delighted to collaborate with CharityJob on this year’s report, bringing fresh perspective and insight, and a wealth of information that's helped to build our biggest, most accurate and comprehensive salary guide to date, based on no fewer than 45,000 genuine UK charity and not for profit vacancies from the past financial year. ____________________ What's new? ► In a forthcoming post we'll look at how the new approach has informed the final figures (for those who'd like to know more) and highlight some of the other key new features in this year's report. ► Look out too for the launch of a full digital version over at CharityJob, and here as part of our brand new Harris Hill Salary Centre, under construction as we speak to create a home for all things salary-related, all launching within the next few weeks! Read the new report We didn't want to keep you waiting a moment longer though, so with no further delay - except to sincerely thank the team at CharityJob (in particular content & SEO lead Stephanie Dotto and marketing manager Jade Phillips) for their tremendous help - we're delighted to bring you the full report to view or download in pdf format from the links below. ► In this year's 24-page report, you'll find candidate insights, market developments and recruitment trends, and salaries for charity and not for profit positions at all levels in: Admin & Support Events Policy & Research Advocacy Finance PR Campaigns General Fundraising Projects & Programmes Communications Human Resources Prospect Research Community Fundraising IT Supporter Services Corporate Fundraising Legacies Trust & Statutory Fundraising Data Management Major Donor Fundraising Volunteer Management Digital Marketing ...plus updates from our specialists on current rates for temporary, interim and senior executive roles. Direct Marketing Operations Click below for your preferred file size (screen resolution will suit most uses), or alternatively contact our consultants on 020 7820 7300 if you have any queries on salaries in these areas, who may also be able to send you a print copy of the booklet, subject to availability. We hope you'll find it a valuable and informative resource, and for more information you can also contact CharityJob on 020 8939 8430, our consultants on the number above or send us an email - and look out for the full digital editions coming very soon! ► Back to the Harris Hill blog homepage ► Check out the latest jobs in your field
Charity Careers: meet James Harris from Rethink Mental Illness
Is it possible to combine your personal interests with working in the charity sector? How can you nail that job application and, when you’ve bagged the role, stay innovative and ahead of the game? You'll find answers to these and much more in the latest Charity Careers, our series in which Nicola Greenbrook talks to key influencers in the charity sector, inviting them to share their career story and how they navigate the professional world. We discover what they've learned along the way, what motivates them to get up in the morning and even what their dream breakfast might look like when they do... This month, Nicola was thrilled to chat to James Harris, Associate Director of Communications, Marketing and Membership for Rethink Mental Illness about his fascinating career to date. She discovers how communications and social media plays a vital role in mobilising support for the charity, the invaluable advice he has for graduates and why he’s on a one-person evangelical mission to convert non-supporters to his beloved football team… Hi James. Please tell us a little bit more about Rethink Mental Illness and what its cause and mission is. One of the things that defines us as a charity is that we were formed nearly 50 years ago by carers. We work to improve the lives of people severely affected by mental illness. This might be through our local groups and services, the expert information and training we offer or our successful campaigning. In a nutshell, what are you responsible for in your role? I lead the communications team. My focus is on maximising the impact of our communications channels to mobilise support for our work and campaigns. This includes media, social media and digital - plus the delivery of marketing assets and internal communications. We’re very excited about the imminent launch of our new website! I also support Time to Change’s digital, social marketing and children and young people teams. Time to Change, run in partnership with the charity Mind, leads the charge on challenging mental health stigma and discrimination. Last week was Mental Health Awareness Week: why is it so important for the charity and how did you spend it? Awareness is important full stop and Time to Talk day in February, Mental Health Awareness Week in May and World Mental Health Day in October are all helpful ways of maintaining momentum. We’ve a come a long way in a relatively short space of time in changing attitudes to mental health. Yet, there are still too many people who don’t receive the right support and care when they need it. For this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week, Rethink Mental Illness focused on turning increased awareness into action. We’ve been setting out all the ways people can support us to help bring about change that makes a difference to people’s lives. How did you start your career? Any key roles along the way? Politics was my first love, but we fell out and now hardly talk to each other. In my twenties I worked in several political roles - for an MP, a think tank and a trade-union campaign to (successfully) maintain political funds. In my thirties I moved into the third sector – joining Dignity in Dying then the Mental Health Foundation. A decade later I moved to Rethink Mental Illness. Although there’s been a degree of serendipity to my career, with hindsight all the roles I’ve worked in have increased my skills and knowledge and shaped my management and leadership style. In other words, they all led me to where I am today. Why charity? Was this your goal from the outset? We may not have the rewards and recognitions of other sectors, but it’s a privilege to have a job where you get to bring about change on issues you care about. That’s the thread that connects my younger self’s interest in politics and my passion for working in the charity sector. Straight out of university I worked in a job that bordered on soul destroying; but I’m glad that I did it. Despite the challenges of working on difficult issues with limited resources, I’m very grateful that I get to do what I do. How do you keep your skills fresh and ensure you’re constantly learning along the way? As your career develops you need to develop a broad knowledge across a range of issues and specialisms – but you rely on your team for in-depth expertise. So, if I need to know something, I ask the team. I also love spotting innovation from other charities, and, when I’ve stopped feeling mildly peeved that they thought of the idea first, thinking through how we can absorb best practice into our work. What advice would you give to, e.g. graduates considering a move into charity or emerging leaders about to make their first leap into management or directorship? I’m conscious of how much more difficult it is now for graduates to get a foothold in the careers they want to pursue. The cost of living is much higher than when I graduated and there is an expectation that someone needs experience to secure a job – which begs the question of where you get the experience from? On leaving university I was offered an internship. Looking it up in the dictionary, I discovered that it meant working for free. So that was out of the window. After the stint in a job I disliked, I got a lucky break. I joined an agency that provided temporary administration support to the civil service. I envisaged being given a data processing role in an obscure government department, but instead secured an administration role in a Bill team putting legislation through Parliament (which for someone interested in politics was like winning the lottery). So, my practical advice is: apply for paid opening roles in the teams of charities that you want to work for. Take time over the application – fewer, better quality, personalised applications are likely to be more effective than a large quantity of applications. Also, a good agency advocating on your behalf can also open doors (as was the case for me). When you bag the job, there’s one guiding principle: be useful. The principle virtues of which are being creative and having an ability to deliver. If you have an idea – let people know. Speak up in meetings or tell colleagues directly. And if you commit to do something – do it. Thereafter, things should (hopefully) fall into place! What would you change about your job if you could, and what's the best bit? A direct train between work and home would be the only thing I'd change, and aside from the job satisfaction, the best thing is our team. The ratio of fundamentally good people working in the third sector is (as you would hope) extraordinarily high. Who do you look up to in the sector, or more generally? Another stroke of luck I’ve had in my career is that I’ve had a succession of line managers who have supported and believed in me. I’m thankful to all of them for their faith in me. Can you talk us through your typical day? Is there such a thing? My alarm goes off at 7am and I'll snooze listening to the news headlines, before I’m dragged out of bed by my kids for the school run. Once I get to work there's no such thing as typical, but we always start the day with a morning huddle to quickly discuss the content plan for the day. What's your dream breakfast - and is it anything like your actual breakfast? Bran flakes, banana, toast and Marmite and coffee. Both my dream and actual breakfast. Life’s too short not to have what you want for breakfast. And when you're not working, how do you spend your spare time? Although I consume a lot of media and social media, my wellbeing tip is to take time to switch off completely. My go to cathartic escape is watching football – which always leaves me at a bit of a loss in the summer. It would be remiss of me here not to crowbar in my love of the academy of football, West Ham United. I’m a season ticket holder and on a one-person evangelical mission to convert non-supporting people to our cause. As my colleagues will tell you this has yet to bear fruit. ---------------------------------------- A huge thanks to James for his time and engaging insight into his career to date and Rethink Mental illness. You can find out more about the charity’s invaluable work here. Nicola Greenbrook - HR Specialist & Freelance Writer Contact Nicola ► Website Check out more Charity Careers: ► Sara Rees, Head of Fundraising, Rays of Sunshine Children's Charity ► Hannah Sanders, Consumer Brand Partnerships Lead, Save the Children ► Andy Harris, Director of Income Generation for Shelter UK ► Back to the blog homepage
How to manage stress at work
Stress. Burnout. Anxiety. Pervasive but unwelcome players in the modern working game; and seriously damaging to our health and career. To coincide with Stress Awareness Month, Nicola Greenbrook looks at what stress is, how it manifests at work and how you can move from distress to de-stress (but still get the work done). How are you feeling about work right now? Are you under pressure to deliver, but thoroughly enjoying the adrenaline rush? Or is the creaking weight of your to-do list about to collapse, taking you down with it? Stress in the current climate The world is angry and stressed. According to the Gallup Global Emotions Report, a third of 150,000 people interviewed in over 140 countries said they suffered stress. At least one in five experienced sadness or anger. Things aren’t much better closer to home. In the latest Health and Wellbeing at Work report from the CIPD and Simplyhealth, 37% of businesses had seen stress-related absence increase last year. Heavy workloads (62%), management style (43%) and relationships at work (30%) were the main culprits. Refinery 29 reports that 3 in 10 millennials experience 'work-disrupting anxiety' - twice as much as the national average. Anyone else feeling a bit edgy just reading all that? Stressy desk Stress is not a new phenomenon. Our cave-dwelling ancestors used the physical response to stress to prevent danger, such as a run-in with a sabre-toothed tiger. Thankfully we’re no longer fighting off angry felids on the commute, but we are regularly dealing with adverse, demanding circumstances. In the UK, we’re putting in the longest hours in the EU. Technology smashes our work-life boundaries and enables us to work at 2pm or 2am. Via the ping of a smartphone notification we deliver bad news (whether fake, or real) to our desk and become distracted and anxious. Some pressure can be healthy: it sends our bodies into ‘fight or flight’ mode, releasing a cocktail of hormones and chemicals to keep us focused and responsive. It’s when excessive pressure morphs into stress that the bad stuff happens. Brain function minimises leading to a ‘I can’t think straight’ situation. Being in ‘fight’ mode for too long makes us crabby, or worse aggressive, towards our colleagues. Staying in ‘flight’ mode means we avoid tackling a tricky task or situation which then intensifies. Worse still, stress can cause ‘freeze’ mode: effectively, we do nothing and become paralysed by it. Why should we pay attention? Stress is one of the great public health challenges of our time. It’s a significant factor in depression and anxiety and has been linked to physical health problems such as heart disease and immune and digestive functioning. In the workplace, stress can cause cognitive issues such as poor judgement and indecision, and emotional issues like irritability and panic, not to mention physical and behavioural ones. Stephanie Denning writing for Forbes, describes stress as the business world’s silent killer and notes the two primary, unnoticed, costs are the financial and productivity ones. How to move from distress to de-stress at work The Stress Management Society use a great bridge analogy; when someone is faced with excessive demands that exceed their personal and social resources it’s like a bridge carrying too much weight. It bows, buckles and creaks - and eventually will collapse. If you’re feeling the strain at work right now, and want to avoid a buckling bridge, here ’s some takeaway tips… ► Work smarter, not longer Writing for Riposte Magazine, Pip Jamieson, Founder & CEO of The Dots, notes that although excessive working hours are often a modern badge of honour, it can be counterintuitive - and doesn’t always equal better output. Over-stretching can cause fatigue, emotive decision making and even sickness. So think carefully about staying late again tonight and be realistic about what your frazzled brain will achieve. Throw in the towel and start again, fresh, tomorrow (and make that yoga class/drink instead). ► Rest It’s often ‘rest’ breaks that take the hit when we’re stressed at work. In their book, Burnout: The Secret to Solving the Stress, sisters Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski cite the need for our body and brains to rest (42% of your time, about 10 hours out of every 24) to avoid burnout. Steer clear of filling every minute at work with activity and take a manageable lunch break. Pay attention to your thirst, and when the kettle is boiling, resist the temptation to check emails on your phone. Forgive me, but do you often hold in a wee at your desk just to finish one.more.thing before dashing off to the loo and hoping you won’t get intercepted along the way. Yes? Don’t. ► Switch off Absence might be at an all-time low according to the CIPD, but the reality is that 83% of us are struggling into work when we’re actually poorly, and 63% of us are using our holidays to work. Learn to prioritise your health, guilt-free. If you’re genuinely ill and unable to function at 100%, dragging yourself to the office could expose your team to germs, result in sub-standard work or increased mistakes and run the risk of taking longer than normal to recover. ► Just say no if you’re rushing from one task to the next, taking on too much or trying to please everyone at work it could be time to work on your assertiveness. Saying no doesn’t mean you’re unhelpful or selfish, it enables you to honour your existing commitments and do them properly. It could allow more inexperienced team members to step up and aid their development, and it’s also healthier in the long run as it prevents you from taking on too much (and a buckling bridge). For managers Dealing with stress in your team can be very difficult, especially if you’re a manager under strain yourself. Here are some areas to consider: ► Stress can manifest differently between individuals. Get to know your team and try to spot the signs as early as possible; such as someone becoming unusually withdrawn or short-tempered, having increased absence or not taking holidays. ► Regularly review workloads, job design and responsibilities and encourage openness and communication. Foster a sense of collaboration; helping each other out so the workload is evenly spread to avoid one person going under. ► Don’t feel you have to deal with it personally. Signpost individuals to the experts (such as via an Employee Assistance Programme, GP or councillor) and ask for training in stress management. ► Lead by example and promote good working habits; take breaks, and try to leave on time as often as possible. -------------------------------- Stress at work can have a damaging and long-lasting impact on our physical and mental health. A stressed workplace can lead to low productivity, poor delivery to clients and service users and high turnover. Adopting some simple methods to minimise stress at work and return to a state of productivity - and good mental health - is not selfish. It’s critical. Get the work done, without undoing yourself in the process. Nicola Greenbrook - HR Specialist & Freelance Writer Contact Nicola More from Nicola Greenbrook: ► I quit! How to leave a job gracefully ► How to be productive at work ► Charity Careers: meet Andy Harris, director of income generation for Shelter UK ► Back to the blog homepage
Softball season is here!
It's got bats. It's got balls. And it's back. It is of course the legendary London Charity Softball League, and now that spring (like love, pollen and countless other pollutants) is very much in the air, it's time to fire up the 2019 season! Heading into a remarkable 17th year and after a cracking but slightly-condensed-for-park-reasons 2018, everything's now back to full length and full strength, with as many charities competing as the ever-efficient organisers can possibly squeeze in. It all kicks/bats off from April 29th, with London's parks becoming a hotbed of high-octane bat-on-ball action right through to the Hyde Park finals on Thursday 15th August. We’re delighted to be lead sponsors for what’s believed to be our 14th year (one year might even include a few minutes to look that up) along with our fellow returning sponsors Bluestep, RNB Group, Bright Spot Fundraising and first-timers Think Consulting, who are all well worth checking out. Last year’s super-competitive contest saw The Saints (aka St Mungo's) hoisting the Harris Hill Plate, with RNLI brandishing the Bluestep Shield, and Cancer Research UK crowned Harris Hill Cup champions. But who’ll be taking home the trophies (and those virtually-priceless Harris Hill medals) in 2019? We’ll have more news during the summer, but meanwhile if you’re keen to catch up on last year’s finals, the brilliant people behind it, or other recent events in the Harris Hill Charity Series (that'll be February's quiz night and the big November bowl), the links below will oblige. Have a great season! Team HH London Charity Softball League 2018 The Harris Hill Plate: St Mungo's vs Sustrans ► London Charity Softball League 2018 The Harris Hill Cup: Cancer Research UK vs Plan UK ► London Charity Softball League 2018 The Bluestep Shield: RNLI vs MS Society ► London Charity Softball League 2018 Meet the organisers of the London Charity Softball League ► Harris Hill Charity Series: Bowling The lowdown from the throwdown: 2018 bowling scores! ► Harris Hill Charity Series: Quiz Night Close encounters of the third (sector) kind...► ► Back to the blog homepage
Flying high, saving lives: heroic fundraising opportunities with Kent's Air Ambulance
“If it wasn’t for the treatment I received at the scene of my accident, and the fast transportation to a hospital, I would not be here today.” text "When the air ambulance arrived I thought it must be serious but I wasn’t aware of the level of expertise and equipment on board. Now I know that’s what made the difference and I wouldn’t be here today otherwise." text "I just can't believe I survived, I’m a very, very lucky man and I’m incredibly grateful to everyone involved.” The words of just three of the 25,000+ people who have been helped, rescued or owe their life to the Air Ambulance service of Kent, Surrey and Sussex since its inception in 1989. Thirty years on, the organisation’s still going strong and growing too, creating four fantastic new senior opportunities to lead on fundraising and the supporter experience, working from their base at Rochester Airport. Specifically, they're seeking the following: • Director of Individual Giving c.£53,000 • Director of Fundraising and Events c.£53,000 • Head of Supporter Experience £45,000 • Head of Individual Giving £38,000 It’s an inspiring place to work, knowing that everything you do has a direct impact on saving lives, and these are all key roles within the project. We can’t begin to do these opportunities justice here so check out our Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex pages for plenty more details of the organisation and these fantastic roles:
'The UK's respect for differences made it our home, but Brexit means we're leaving'
International affairs and advocacy expert Andreea Petre-Goncalves moved to the UK in 1997, attracted by its culture of openness and diversity. But as she tells our policy specialist Harry Marven, recent events have necessitated a major rethink - and relocation - of her family's plans for the future. We’ve barely mentioned the ‘B’ word here at the Harris Hill blog, because we’re too busy recruiting for charities, and with such a colourful range of opinions widely available elsewhere (particularly at the puce end of the market), you probably don't need ours too. We aim to be impartial, so for example it's not for us to question that what people thought three years ago is obviously more important than what they think now. That's just not how we roll. And you'd certainly never catch us querying the wisdom of trashing your biggest trade partnerships and international standing for such undeniable benefits as…… well, we’re sure somebody will think of one eventually. But this week, as our established work in the area of Policy, Advocacy & Campaigns expands to keep up with growing demand (check out our new page here!) in what could yet be our last week in the EU (again), there's no ignoring the giant Brexit in the room. So we're very pleased to bring you an enlightening and thought-provoking read from someone who understands both the bigger picture and the personal consequences only too well... Meet Andreea Petre-Goncalves Over recent years in the UK we’ve heard a lot of statistics about EU citizens and ‘migrants’, but rather less of the real effects on people's everyday lives. To that end we're delighted to introduce international affairs and advocacy expert Andreea Petre-Goncalves, who has kindly shared her story in conversation with our resident policy specialist Harry Marven, eloquently explaining how the 2016 referendum has affected many EU citizens, why she and her family have taken the difficult decision to leave the country that's been home for over 20 years, and why she's establishing a new and potentially highly-influential NGO to step up the fight for global change. Andreea Petre-Goncalves is an international affairs and advocacy expert with two decades of experience in the non-profit, public and private sectors. She has worked in sustainability, food security, international development, public health, gender and human rights among many other topics. She has driven global policy developments, built international partnerships and connected power and knowledge brokers to promote the greater good. She believes people at all levels are driven by the same instincts, fears and desires and that the best in all of us can be harnessed through respectful and purposeful collaboration. She also believes that our future security and prosperity on our planet depend on our ability to see beyond our myriad of individual interests with a sense of common purpose.ee. Harry Marven joined Harris Hill in 2017 and is our specialist for all Policy, Public Affairs, Advocacy and Campaigns vacancies, recruiting both domestically and internationally. He’s lived and worked in both France and Germany (graduating in French and German) and has first-hand experience of the field having previously worked in social media and youth engagement for a national human rights charity. Harry is passionate about the not-for-profit sector using its profile and resources to effect positive social change and effectively represent its grassroots supporters, and understands both the rewards and what it takes to make change happen. As such he’s able to draw on a wide network of both national and internationally-based contacts. ► Harry: So, to jump straight into things: you, with your family, will be leaving the UK this year. Why do you want to leave, and is it definite that you’ll be leaving? ► Andreea: Yes, my family are leaving the UK this year. It’s not been an easy decision. I arrived in the UK in 1997 and my husband in 2002. Our daughter was born here in 2014. We did not doubt this was our forever home until the 2016 Brexit referendum. That particular moment crystallised for us concerns which had been bubbling under the surface for a few years, particularly around nativist trends in the UK and what we saw as a backlash against multiculturalism. For us, this struck at the heart of why we were here in the first place. We didn’t necessarily choose the UK for economic reasons, but for cultural ones. It was precisely the UK’s culture of openness and respect for differences that appealed to us. We loved the idea of growing roots and raising a family in a country where ethnicity, culture and identity were not barriers to belonging, where the rich tapestry of human differences was embraced and cherished. We are ourselves a multicultural family, with heritage in Portugal, Romania and France, and have always seen our journey in the UK as an illustration of the richness of our wonderful, interconnected world. It was and is heart-breaking to see these values rejected so vocally in public discourse. In 2016, we suddenly became EU migrants, a distinct category that 'othered' us. It marked a sharp change of tone and hardening of attitudes towards us as a group – something we had not really seen ourselves as until then. The very word 'migrant' was rarely present in public discourse 10 years ago. Nowadays it is a frequent feature, even replacing 'refugee', alarmingly. For me it has such negative connotations. We are not an invasion, nor an infection. We are friends, colleagues, family - and until the 12th of April, whatever the UK’s final trajectory, we are your equals as fellow EU citizens. You’ve been in the UK for several decades now and have held predominantly internationally-focused jobs. Why did you come to the UK in the first place, and were there any standout factors that made you want to stay? I came to the UK aged 16 with an Open Society Foundation scholarship which shaped who I am and defined my life journey. A few scholarships later, with financial and moral support from my family and dear friends, I obtained my first degree. I embarked on a career that for many years was driven mostly by a loose sense of wanting to do good in the world. This is how I ended up working on sustainability, international development, gender, agriculture and food security. My Brussels stint, about 10 years ago, was career-defining in that it taught me how to navigate politics and the decision-making environment and be effective. Idealism and good intentions are worth so much more if you also understand the real world. Interestingly, this is something that is stubbornly ignored by the non-profit sector in the UK, where we take too much comfort in surrounding ourselves with like-minded individuals and work on the assumption that we will be heard purely because we mean well. As for the second part of your question, I touched on this a bit earlier. The UK always felt like home culturally, and for me that includes a working culture that is earnest and professional. The only aspects where I felt Europe compared favourably career-wise are work-life balance and the employer-employee dynamic, where in Europe we have a more equal, revolutionary tradition, whereas in the UK the relationship often feels more deferent and feudal. I hope for everyone’s sake that this dynamic will not be further affected by any loss of worker protections as a result of Brexit. Why did you choose to work in the charity sector, given your experience in the EU Parliament? It would have been very easy to walk straight into a well-remunerated corporate lobbying job after my stint in EU politics. That is a common-sense career path for many former political staffers and civil servants. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it, but I always knew that for me it wouldn’t be enough. I grew up in a family where politics and the good society were talked about passionately around the dinner table. My parents dedicated their entire careers to public service. I worked in the non-profit sector both before and after Brussels for the simple reason that it felt like a place where doing right by people and planet was the top priority. So, after all that time, you’re now leaving the UK to pastures new. Given that you have decided to leave, rather than having it as just an option, would you say Brexit has, in an ironic way, given you the motivation and freedom to flexibly look for a new position, wherever you settle? To play devil’s advocate: has Brexit potentially been beneficial to you and your family? Well, there’s the famous adage that every cloud has a silver lining. I don’t really think that’s true. Some things are plain stupid, pointless and thoroughly negative. There’s no bright side to climate change, war or hunger, except for the truly cynical. All we can do is learn from every hurdle, hiccup or failure. For my family, the learning in Brexit is that we are free, that our sense of belonging doesn’t come from a place but from how we feel. That’s a phrase made for Private Eye’s Pseud’s Corner right there, but it’s true. We feel like citizens of the world, which means we are at home everywhere, irrespectively of mean-spirited high-level statements to the contrary (ahem). We will always love Britain, and no one can legislate against that. Two questions in one: what advice would you give to EU nationals living in the UK who are facing similar problems to the ones you have faced; and what advice would you give to UK nationals to assure EU nationals that the UK is still OK to live and work in? (although I appreciate the irony of the latter point!) Well, I don’t have a piece of advice for all EU folk in the UK, we are all different and our own individual realities shape the decisions we make. For me, the idea of becoming a sort of 'tolerated', lesser citizen with permission rather than the right to live here was more than I could accept. I know so many others like me, who have built lives and careers in the UK and find the prospect of asking for permission to continue living here profoundly offensive. However, I also understand those friends who do not feel it fair to throw away the lives they have built for themselves. They have no choice but to jump through the hoops, albeit reluctantly. As for all of our UK friends, I am sure of one thing. Our friendship and love for each other will endure whatever history throws at us. British wisdom, decency and fairness will prevail and if they don’t, you will always be welcome in our homes on the old continent. Thanks for sharing yours with us. Finally, what’s next for you? I feel grateful that for us this otherwise strange time is the beginning of a new adventure, rather than just a painful rupture. We are relocating to Brussels, feeling more European than we have ever done, funnily enough. We’re clearly not immune from Brexit tribalism! Together with a brilliant friend and skilled political expert, I am setting up a new organisation to broker and catalyse powerful, impactful dialogue on the burning issues at the top of the global agenda: climate change, food system reform, protecting democracy and strengthening the rules-based international system, among others. With decades of experience at the highest levels of power and a lot of influential contacts, we are better placed than most to bring together those who can make change happen, from all sectors and walks of life. We will help key actors create solutions so that we can all enjoy the safe and sustainable future we want. The time has come for powerful action – and our new organisation will focus on doing just this. None of us can really afford to stand by and watch our existing systems fail when so many grave dangers threaten our world. We would very much like to be a voice and advocate for our UK friends in Europe and beyond, to ensure Brexit does not diminish your input when urgent global challenges require it most. Look out for Flare in the coming weeks and please reach out to us and remain connected to those who, like you, are fighting for a better world, on whichever side of the Channel we might find ourselves. Andreea Petre-Goncalves Connect with Andreea on LinkedIn We certainly will: our sincere thanks to Andreea for sharing her story with us, and we wish her the very best of luck! Look out for more insight and experience from our network in this field coming soon; meanwhile if you'd like to know more about our work and opportunities in political campaigning, advocacy, human rights and more, visit our Policy, Advocacy & Campaigns page or contact Harry Marven via email or on 020 7820 7324. More billboards from Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys More from the Harris Hill blog text ► Don't go! Tackling talent retention in the charity sector Hiring great people is one thing, but holding on to them can be quite another amid tough competition for talent. Charity Finance Group recently asked our specialists about talent retention among charities and charity finance professionals in particular: what drives them to stay put or move on, and what kind of retention methods are working for charities? Originally published in CFG's Finance Focus magazine, here's what they had to say. Read more... ► Charity Careers: meet Andy Harris, director of income generation for Shelter UK How do you become a fundraising director? Why work for a charity and what's the toughest job in fundraising? Answers to these and much more in the latest Charity Careers, in which Nicola Greenbrook talks to key influencers in the charity sector, inviting them to share their career story and how they navigate the professional world. This month, Shelter UK's Andy Harris explains how his team contributes towards the charity’s invaluable work, why every donation bag tells a story, and what to do when it all gets a bit too cosy. Read more... ► Harris Hill blog homepage
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Rod Serling presents tales of horror illustrated in various paintings.
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An anthology series of insightful science fiction tales.
Stars: Bob Johnson, Ben Wright, William Douglas
Night Gallery (TV Movie 1969)
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A seemingly haunted painting drives a greedy man insane. A rich blind woman gets a new pair of eyes that allow her to see for only one brief ironic moment. An idyllic painting gives a Nazi war criminal in hiding some fleeting comfort.
Directors: Boris Sagal, Barry Shear, and 1 more credit »
Stars: Joan Crawford, Ossie Davis, Richard Kiley
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A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but often have a wicked sense of humor and an unexpected twist.
Stars: Robin Ward, Charles Aidman, Richard Mulligan
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A newspaper reporter investigates strange supernatural occurrences in Chicago.
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Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
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A horror anthology series where the viewer is taken through ghost stories, science fiction adventures, and creepy, unexplained events.
Stars: Paul Sparer, Catherine Battistone, John Marzilli
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This second revival of The Twilight Zone (1959) presents tales of suspense, fantasy, science fiction and horror.
Stars: Forest Whitaker, June B. Wilde, Chris Shields
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
A continuation of the dramatic anthology series Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) hosted by the Master of Suspense and Mystery.
Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Hinton Pope, Jimmy Joyce
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Series of unrelated short stories covering elements of crime, horror, drama, and comedy about people of different backgrounds committing murders, suicides, thefts, and other sorts of crime caused by certain motivations, perceived or not.
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Ordinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.
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A modern revival of the classic science fiction horror anthology show The Outer Limits (1963). Episodes often have twist-endings and involve aliens. Sometimes, a story from one episode continues in a later episode.
Stars: Kevin Conway, Alex Diakun, Eric Schneider
Updated remakes of classic stories from Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962), originally produced by the Master of Suspense. His original opening bits are colorized for re-use here.
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Rod Serling: Good evening, and welcome to a private showing of three paintings, displayed here for the first time. Each is a collectors' item in its own way - not because of any special artistic quality, but because each captures on a canvas, and suspends in time and space, a frozen moment of a nightmare.
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The Night Gallery was a great series. It had many great guest stars including Al Lewis, Vincent Price, John Carradine, Diane Keaton, Burgess Meredith, Chill Wills, Tom Bosley, John Astin, Phyllis Diller, Henry Silva, Diane Baker, John Randolph, Cesar Romero, Carl Reiner, and many, many more! The acting by all of these actors is very good. The dialog was really good in this series. The shorts were filmed very good. The music is good. Rod Serling hosted the show well. The short films are quite interesting and they really keeps you going. Most of them are spooky! This is a very good and thrilling series! Some of My favorites is Professor Peabody's Last Lecture, The Nature of the Enemy, and A Matter of Semantics to name a few. If you like classic shows like The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, The Nightstalker, and others, and classic Horror, Crime, Thrillers, Dramas, and interesting films then I strongly recommend you to go over to Amazon.com and buy the complete first season on DVD that is also includes the pilot as well today!
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Intercalated PhD option for Medical Students
Build on your study of Medicine with the chance to complete a PhD as part of your course.
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Start date: October 2018
Campus: South Kensington
* Apply initially for MBBS/BSc Medicine (A100) or Graduate Medicine (A109)
This course offers exceptional students on the standard MBBS/BSc and Graduate Medicine degrees the opportunity to include a PhD as part of their course.
This consists of three years’ research, taken either after completion of the BSc for those following the six-year programme, or after the third year of the Graduate Medicine programme.
Research within the Department covers a very broad range of specialties, and you will benefit from access to world class facilities and the chance to collaborate with researchers from other departments and faculties at the College.
After your three years of research are complete, you will resume the rest of the MBBS programme, graduating with both an MBBS and PhD qualification.
The first two years of the degree focus on the scientific basis of medicine and the foundations of clinical practice. Your third year will consist of three 10-week clinical attachments, which may be at any of the hospitals and Teaching General Practices associated with Imperial.
During your fourth year you will work towards the BSc by completing a series of modules and a supervised research project or specialist course in a scientific/medical subject of your choice. This gives you the chance to develop your scientific knowledge and research skills.
Year five includes a dedicated pathology course followed by a variety of clinical specialties, while your final year will include a range of clinical attachments and work experience alongside specialised study modules and an elective period.
You will graduate with a primary medical qualification, which entitles you to provisional registration with the General Medical Council and license to practice in approved Foundation Year 1 posts (see Careers below).
Transfer between courses
You must meet certain academic requirements in the early years of your degree to be eligible for the PhD programme, and places are competitive so cannot be guaranteed (see Entry requirements below).
If you are an international student, transferring to a different course could have an impact on your Tier 4 visa. Please visit our International Student Support webpage for further information.
This degree is professionally accredited by the General Medical Council.
Associateship
As well as your main Imperial degree, you will also receive the award of the Associateship of the Imperial College School of Medicine (AICSM).
Find out more about Associateships.
Our course is traditional in nature for the first and second years. You will spend most of your time in lectures, small group teaching, tutorials and the laboratory, and also use problem-based learning. You cover the fundamentals during this time, focusing on science in a clinical context.
Patient contact begins as early as the first term, and there is an emphasis on communication skills, which are key to becoming an effective practitioner. As you progress to the third year, you will turn your focus to clinical attachments, general medicine and surgery, and building up essential clinical skills.
Your clinical attachments will take place at teaching hospitals, district general hospitals and in primary care. The essential clinical skills are history taking from patients, physical examination and ward procedures.
Your fourth year is the BSc year, where you study graded modules while working toward a separate and additional award of BSc Medical Science. Following successful completion of the year, including examinations, you receive the BSc award in your chosen area.
You will spend the fifth and sixth years on clinical placement, including the opportunity to undertake ‘speciality rotations’, which are a variety of specialised placements aimed at widening knowledge of different areas of medicine. There is also a block of pathology clinical attachments, where your focus will be diagnosis of disease from organs, tissues and bodily fluids.
Your performance will be assessed in all years. This is done through a combination of formal written and clinical examinations and continuous assessment.
Assessments contributing to the MBBS element of the programme will be pass/fail, while those which contribute to the BSc will be graded. In-course assessments and examinations relating to the science modules in Year 4 also contribute to the final classification for honours for the BSc element of the MBBS/BSc degree.
Medical Licensing Assessment
The General Medical Council (GMC) is introducing a Medical Licensing Assessment – the MLA - from 2022 to demonstrate that those who obtain registration with a licence to practise medicine in the UK meet a common threshold for safe practice.
Applicants should be aware that to obtain registration with a licence to practise, medical students will need to pass both parts of the MLA, pass university finals and demonstrate their fitness to practise.
The MLA will be in two parts: there will be a knowledge test, which will be set and run by the GMC, and an assessment, delivered by medical schools, that will evaluate students’ clinical and professional skills.
Student agreement
Due to the unique nature of Medicine courses, which emphasise clinical placements, all students will be asked to sign an agreement upon entry which sets out the responsibilities of both the College and the student.
The agreement complements the College’s current policies and procedures, promoting a coherent understanding between students and the Faculty as to what is expected from each and improving the student’s learning experience.
Find out more: Faculty of Medicine and Medical Undergraduate Agreement [pdf]
Placements and location of study
You will complete a number of placements and clinical attachments throughout your degree.
The location of study will be at our South Kensington campus, however your studies will also take you off campus at various points in each academic year.
The fifth year clinical specialities, as well as other opportunities to specialise, may be located at other Imperial campuses.
Chelsea and Westminster
Royal Brompton
You can expect to complete attachments at the below list of teaching hospitals, provided as a guide:
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
London North West Healthcare NHS Trust – Ealing Hospital
Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust – Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's and Western Eye Hospitals
London North West Healthcare NHS Trust – Northwick Park
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust
West Middlesex University Hospital
Imperial has partnership agreements with a number of healthcare providers inside and outside of London, and the list above is given as a guide and is not intended to be exhaustive.
The main clinical attachments or training away from South Kensington are in the third, fifth and sixth years:
Year 3 – three 8-10 week clinical attachments
Year 5 – dedicated pathology course and a range of clinical specialities
Year 6 – range of clinical attachments and elective period
Staff expertise
At Imperial, you will be taught by a range of teachers of all levels from Professors to PhD students, including some who undertake groundbreaking research and are regarded as experts in their field.
You may also experience peer teaching and be taught by specialists external to the College.
Compare this course
See how this course compares with similar courses at different institutions using the Unistats information below.
The Unistats website uses official data which we provide about all of our undergraduate courses that have a UCAS code. This information is published by the Higher Education Funding Council on the Unistats website to help you compare similar courses at different institutions.
Because acceptance onto this course is via in-course transfer, it does not have its own Unistats page. However, there is a high degree of overlap with the main degree in this Department so we encourage you to use the Unistats data for that degree.
We welcome students from all over the world and consider all applicants on an individual basis – see selection process below.
For advice on the requirements for the qualifications listed here please contact the Department (see Contact us).
We also accept a wide range of international qualifications. If the requirements for your qualifications are not listed here, please see our academic requirements by country page for guidance on which qualifications we accept.
Minimum entry
Please see the entry requirements for our 6-year MBBS/BSc course and 5-year Graduate MBBS course.
The eligibility requirements for entry to the PhD programme include:
Satisfactory performance in the early year(s) of the MBBS course
Normally no previous examination re-sits
A BSc classification of at least 2.1
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Arts & Entertainment By Matt Kettmann | Thu Sep 13, 2007 | 6:00am
89 portraits of Vietnam Zippos
Heavy Juju
During the Vietnam War, American soldiers used more than 200,000 Zippo lighters. But they weren’t just for lighting smokes. As soldiers began etching designs and words on their Zippos, the shiny silver lighters became canvases for self-expression and very personal symbols of identity in a situation where individualism and creativity were discouraged. And today, those symbols are on display, thanks to the collection and art of Bradford Edwards.
A multimedia artist and freelance writer who’s lived in Santa Barbara for 33 years, Edwards stumbled upon the decorated Zippo phenomenon on his first trip to Vietnam in the early ’90s. Street vendors were selling memorabilia from the war, and while many tourists were drawn to the dog tags, Edwards became obsessed with the old Zippos. Over the next decade, Edwards-who now lives half the year in Vietnam-sorted through at least 100,000 of the personalized lighters, eventually collecting about 300 of them.
<em>89 portraits of Vietnam Zippos</em>
“I started discovering ones that were very reflective of cultural pop sensibility in the States,” said Edwards, whose father was a pilot in Vietnam. But he wasn’t looking for the military themes, which were prevalent. “I was looking for more countercultural themes, more black humor, drugs, and sex-things decidedly anti-military.” His collection became the basis for the book Vietnam Zippos by Sherry Buchanan.
Along the way, Edwards found endless artistic inspiration from the Zippos, and began his series of portraits that are now on display at the Perch Gallery. Edwards used traditional and contemporary Vietnamese techniques in his mixed media designs, with highlights being a Zippo abacus and aerial shots of the lighters assembled in Vietnamese courtyards (shown above).
But while Edwards’s portraits are on display, he sees the Zippos themselves as the epitome of art. As he writes in Vietnam Zippos, the lighters are “art without ambition, a real and honest venting of feelings, invaluable evidence of an experience, heavy juju.” It’s juju worth checking out.
89 Portraits of Vietnam Zippos shows at the Perch Gallery, 25-C West Cota Street, until September 27. Artist Bradford Edwards will do a booksigning of Vietnam Zippos on September 20
Matt Kettmann
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News By Brandon Fastman | Wed Jul 03, 2013 | 12:00am
City College Bans Smoking
Change Goes Into Effect August 5
<b>A DRAG:</b> Casey Mokicky (right) smokes a cigarette while his friend Valerie Martin does homework at a designated smoking area on City College’s West Campus. The Board of Trustees voted to eliminate the three current smoking areas, making the campus completely smoke-free by August 5.
Santa Barbara City College is now a butt-free zone after the Board of Trustees voted last week to ban tobacco on campus. President Lori Gaskin voiced her approval, saying, “As an academic institution, we have a responsibility to foster practices that address the education of the ‘whole’ student. Maintaining one’s health, fitness, and well-being are an important part of being a student, and becoming a completely nonsmoking campus communicates this message with great clarity and commitment.”
According to an American Lung Association tally, only 10 other colleges or universities in the state have completely banned smoking on campus. Not counted is UCLA, which went tobacco-free in April. Last year, UC President Mark Yudof called for the whole system to follow suit by 2014. UCSB will do so on January 1. Currently, SBCC offers designated smoking areas on campus. As of August 5, smokers will be obliged to travel outside one of the college’s entrances. “It will take a little bit of a hike if people have to smoke, and I understand addiction,” said Board President Marty Blum, adding, however, “The more we read about secondhand smoke — even outside — the more [a ban] makes sense.”
Head of business services Joe Sullivan, who ushered in the new regulations — which also ban e-cigarettes because they contain nicotine and emit vapors — kicked a two-pack-a-day habit when he was 28 and now competes in triathlons. The issue popped up on his radar because his department is responsible for cleaning up the smoking areas. He also fields complaints from people with health issues who are worried about secondhand smoke and environmental groups concerned about butts washing into the ocean.
The lone dissenting vote on the board was Craig Nielsen. (Trustee Veronica Gallardo was not present.) He said that he did not want to make a big deal of his disagreement and that the ban “is not a terrible thing in and of itself,” but he is concerned over the “erosion of individuals’ right to choose.” He added, “I just feel like there’s better things to spend campus money on than signs that say ‘No Smoking.’”
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Arts & Entertainment By Rebecca Horrigan | Thu May 04, 2017 | 12:00am
Steely Dan Dazzles at the Bowl
Songs and Sound Prove Timeless
Caitlin Fitch
Steely Dan may be “reelin’ in the years” but its songs and sound are as timeless as ever. The legendary jazz/rock group’s sharp and energetic performance to a spirited Santa Barbara Bowl audience on Tuesday night proved that great songwriting, complex yet funky arrangements, and skilled musicians whose passion is infectious never go out of style.
The band opened with hits “Black Cow” and “Aja,” which featured a dynamic drum solo from percussive powerhouse Keith Carlock. The crowd-pleasing first half continued with “Hey Nineteen,” “Do It Again,” and “Peg” — all flawlessly locked in with the band’s on-point groove. The group was full of love for its fans and held nothing back, insisting that it would play all the favorites, nearly making good on that promise if only “Deacon Blues” had been included in the lineup.
The light show was minimal, but it did not need to be anything more. The musicianship dazzled on its own. Donald Fagen’s strong vocals and keyboard playing anchored the band while Jon Herington’s guitar never ceased to inspire and rejuvenate songs with a new energy. His mesmerizing solos were especially impressive in the effervescent “My Old School” in which the horn section also played a starring role. Three soulful backup singers passionately provided the pizzazz and pipes to perfectly complement the dynamic instrumentation.
As the band played “Reelin’ in the Years,” the crowd rose in waves, swaying and bopping to an undeniable classic. Although the band is entirely composed of New Yorkers, save for rock-solid bass player Freddie Washington, its feel-good vibes, upbeat energy, and gorgeous sound, which draped the balmy Santa Barbara Riviera in sonic goodness, felt distinctly Californian.
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Recommended Reading The Olympics' Never-Ending Struggle To Keep Track Of Time
Introducing The Grand Seiko Spring Drive GMT SBGE248 With Yellow Gold Bezel
The New Yorker looks at just how important timekeeping is to the Olympic Games.
Stephen Pulvirent
The 2018 Winter Olympic Games kicked off yesterday in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and those of us in the United States are getting ready to watch the opening ceremonies later this evening. For some people, it will be all about the speed skating, for others the downhill skiing, and for others still the ice hockey tournament. But regardless of which events are your favorites, they almost all involve some element of timing – and it turns out solving each event's unique challenges is much harder than it looks.
A story by Alan Burdick, New Yorker staff writer and author of the book Why Time Flies: A Mostly Scientific Investigation, looks into the history of timekeeping at the Olympics, the involvement of Omega as the official timekeeper and a major researcher in new methods of timekeeping, and how the technology used for different events have their own idiosyncratic limitations.
Citing a 1984 swimming event in which two Americans tied down to the hundredth of a second, Burdick touches on a less obvious challenge: the point at which finer and more accurate timekeeping stops being helpful altogether. Once you start timing down to thousandths of a second, in most cases you're beyond the margins of error in the courses and human reaction time. There are lots of other fascinating anecdotes and you're guaranteed to learn the answer to at least one question you didn't know to ask.
Visit the New Yorker and read the full story here.
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IFLR / Magazine archive / Latest issue / Sovereign debt’s statutory solution
Sovereign debt’s statutory solution
A multilateral legal framework for restructuring sovereign debt has been put back on the table. But despite objections, it could be the best suggestion yet
In a landmark vote earlier this year, the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly decided to begin work on a multilateral legal framework for sovereign debt restructuring. The intention of the framework – effectively a treaty, convention, or model law – is to improve the global financial system. The resolution was introduced by Bolivia on behalf of the Group of 77 (G77) developing nations and China. In part, it was sparked by recent litigation in which the US Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling that, to comply with a pari passu clause, Argentina could not pay holders of exchanged bonds without also paying holdouts who retained the original bonds. That decision was all the more dramatic because the holdouts included hedge funds – sometimes characterized...
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Clear skies. Warm and humid. Low 76F. Winds SSW at 10 to 15 mph..
Cokie and Steve Roberts
Globe file
Cokie and Steven Roberts: The only certainty is uncertainty
There is no clarity in the presidential race at this point, no obvious favorite, no predictable outcome. Every factor that favors President Donald Trump or the Democrats is balanced out by a negative trend. A victory — or a defeat — for either party is totally plausible.
Start with some good news for the president. In the latest Washington Post/ABC News poll, Trump's favorable rating climbs to 44% among all Americans and 47% among registered voters. That's the highest mark of his presidency in that survey and close to Trump's average positive rating in all national polls: 45% of registered voters.
But look at the negatives: 53% disapprove of the president's performance in office. As ABC's pollster Gary Langer points out, Trump has never commanded a favorable rating from a majority of Americans, and that's "a record for any president in modern polling" after 2 1/2 years in office.
Trump's bump in popularity is clearly related to a strong economy, which has added jobs for 105 straight months. For the first time in the ABC/Post survey, a majority, 51%, approved of Trump's handling of economic matters.
Then there's the downside. Only 38% give Trump credit for good economic news, while half say the Obama administration is really responsible. And trade tensions with China and slow growth in Europe could undermine voter optimism before the election.
Moreover, a majority gave the president negative marks on eight other issues tested by pollsters. For example, only 2 out of 5 applaud his record on immigration and foreign policy, and that drops to 29% on climate change.
A recent Monmouth poll asked whether the president "was giving enough attention to issues that are important to their families." Only 41% said yes, and 55% said no. Men were evenly split on the question, but by almost 2-to-1, women objected to the president's priorities.
Trump's personal qualities influence voter preferences even more strongly than his detailed policies, and 65% told the ABC/Post survey that he acts in an "unpresidential" manner, while only 28% found his behavior "fitting and proper." Yet one in five voters who view him as "unpresidential" like his overall performance, a strong sign that his brutishly unconventional approach to the office is actually a good thing to many of his core supporters.
Another positive for the president: For all the talk about impeachment generated by Democratic liberals, the idea of overturning the last election falls flat with the general public. Only 37% favor removing Trump from office, with 59% against.
But denying Trump a second term through the ballot box is a very different question. A Monmouth poll reports only 37% — Trump's hardcore base — favors his reelection, with 59% opposed. The anti-Trump feelings are concentrated among women (68%), whites with college degrees (63%), voters under 35 (64%) and nonwhites (78%).
As always, however, their animosity is balanced out by groups that like the president. Men and whites are evenly split, and whites without college degrees favor a second term for Trump by 31 points.
On the Democratic side, their best news is contained in an ABC/Post question about the "intensity gap." Of voters who oppose Trump, 73% say it's "extremely important" to deny the president a second term, while only 52% of Trump backers feel that strongly about reelecting him.
All votes are not equal in politics; intensity matters enormously, and the party that can capture that emotional edge has a huge advantage. The only nonincumbent Democrats to win the presidency since World War II — Kennedy, Carter, Clinton and Obama — all benefited from an intensity bonus.
At least for now, however, the intensity gap favoring Democrats is based largely on anti-Trump feelings, not enthusiasm for any of his possible opponents. Joe Biden remains the favorite among Democratic voters, but his margin is fueled mainly by the feeling that he can beat Trump, not by any real excitement about the kind of president he would be.
His advantage is rooted in practicality, not passion, which raises the issue: Can he take full advantage of the intensity gap? Would voters be for Biden and not just against Trump?
That's one of many unanswered questions 16 months before the election. Everybody's crystal ball is clouded and cracked — including ours. The only certainty is uncertainty.
Steve and Cokie Roberts can be contacted by email at stevecokie@gmail.com.
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Fort, Robert
JOPLIN, MO - Robert Lee Fort, 72, a retired inspection technician for EaglePicher Technologies, passed away Tuesday, July 16, 2019. No formal services are planned at this time. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Thornhill-Dillon Mortuary
Stephens, Christina
GRANBY, MO - Christina L. Stephens, 57, a retired senior purchasing agent for MoDOT, passed away Monday, July 15, 2019. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Clark Funeral Home, Granby.
Coyle, John
GROVE, OK - John Paul Coyle, 78, passed away Sunday, July 14, 2019. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Harvest Time Ministries House of Pray, Riverton, KS.
McCool, Debra
JOPLIN, MO - Debra L. McCool, 66, a homemaker, passed away Wednesday, July 17, 2019. Private services are planned for a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Ozark Memorial Park Crematory, Joplin.
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Jessica Morris
Forte magazine, Interview
[INTERVIEW] Josh Wade, ‘For them to like me, or for them to listen to me, I had to speak like them’
Few topics are off limits for comedian Josh Wade. His crass, irreverent videos have caused waves on YouTube and taken the 20-year-old to dizzying heights since he began 7 years ago. “It’s sort of like if Borat was bogan, and if Stifler was Australian, if they had a child and he was on a stage, I think that’s what people would come to expect [from me]. But there’s sort of some intelligence behind it. I think it’s very smart and very stupid at the same time,” he shares.
Taking to stand-up comedy in local pubs when he was a teen, his inspiration came from the most unlikely place. “I was a 13-year-old boy, sitting in Townsville of all places, somehow I connected with at the time, a 45-year-old lesbian woman living in the United States,” Wade says.
All jokes aside, though, Ellen had a significant impact on the comedian during a pivotal point in his life. “That dead set was a moment for me. I knew what stand up comedy was, I’d just never sat down and watched it. It was on TV, and my parents were going through a divorce at the time, and I remember laughing so much I was crying,” he says.
While his love for Ellen did lead to a few awkward moments (“The first few gigs that I did, all I did was memorise these Ellen jokes!”), he soon adapted his own comedy routines, evolving into his now infamous bold, indiscreet humour.
“Normally these guys that are drinking at the pubs, they’re there because they are trying to escape their 13, 14,15-year-old kid at home,” he says about his early days.
“So I realised, I had to be like them. I had to swear, you know. I had to really grasp that, I suppose, that inner Bogan.”
Gaining inspiration from the people around him and “general stupidity”, Josh is outlandish on stage, but his personal life is a different story. “Really, I hate life in general. I spend a lot of time sitting and just people watching,” he explains. “I mean, I don’t have friends; and that’s sort of out of my own choosing.”
Citing Russell Brand and Joel Creasey as comedians he admires, he now lives in the Gold Coast after trying his hand at life in Los Angeles. He tells me a story about a particular fight he had in Hollywood with an ‘Instagram model’.
“I remember leaving this place and sitting in this back alley, crying my eyes out. And I was so depressed, and I’m thinking, ‘Careful what you wish for’, because this is not, this is not really what I wanted,” he says.
Saying he’s been on a “spiritual journey” over the past 12 months, the moment dramatically changed his life and comedy. “I craved the attention, I craved all these different things. And then once I got it, it was like, ‘Oh…I don’t know if I really like this.’”
With a new goal in mind, 2016 looks set to be the biggest year yet for Wade as he anticipates comedy festivals, and plenty of new projects.
“I’m trying to now still speak the way that people relate to, but about things that I actually really feel passionate about. I’m lucky; I’ve achieved what my wildest dreams were, which was to become a comedian and tour. Now the rest is just cream on the cake and I can really just say what I feel,” he says.
Source: http://fortemag.com.au/?p=14587
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Articles, Neurobiology of Disease
Dendritic Pathology in Prion Disease Starts at the Synaptic Spine
Martin Fuhrmann, Gerda Mitteregger, Hans Kretzschmar and Jochen Herms
Journal of Neuroscience 6 June 2007, 27 (23) 6224-6233; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5062-06.2007
Martin Fuhrmann
Gerda Mitteregger
Hans Kretzschmar
Jochen Herms
Spine loss represents a common hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases. However, little is known about the underlying mechanisms, especially the relationship between spine elimination and neuritic destruction. We imaged cortical dendrites throughout a neurodegenerative disease using scrapie in mice as a model. Two-photon in vivo imaging over 2 months revealed a linear decrease of spine density. Interestingly, only persistent spines (lifetime ≥8 d) disappeared, whereas the density of transient spines (lifetime ≤4 d) was unaffected. Before spine loss, dendritic varicosities emerged preferentially at sites where spines protrude from the dendrite. These results implicate that the location where the spine protrudes from the dendrite may be particularly vulnerable and that dendritic varicosities may actually cause spine loss.
structural plasticity
prion
two-photon
The development of long-term in vivo imaging techniques enabled the study of structural plasticity of single synapses over extended periods of time up to one year or longer in living animals (Grutzendler et al., 2002; Trachtenberg et al., 2002; Holtmaat et al., 2005; Zuo et al., 2005; Majewska et al., 2006). Spines represent the smallest structural unit and are therefore of major interest to understanding the remodeling of neuronal circuits. These doorknob-shaped small protrusions from the dendritic shaft form the postsynaptic part of the majority of excitatory synapses in the cerebral cortex. Induction of LTP in organotypic slices leads to the formation of new spines in stimulated regions, although random elimination occurs throughout the whole slice (Engert and Bonhoeffer, 1999). Conversely, induction of LTD in the hippocampus causes spine shrinkage and retraction (Nagerl et al., 2004; Zhou et al., 2004). Spines are not only formed in response to activity, but their synaptic strength is also reflected in their size, as the spine volume is proportional to the AMPA receptor (AMPAR) content and the area of the postsynaptic density (Harris and Stevens, 1989; Nusser et al., 1998; Kharazia and Weinberg, 1999; Takumi et al., 1999). Long-term in vivo imaging in the neocortex has revealed two groups of spines: transient spines that appear and disappear over short time periods within days, and persistent spines that are long lasting, possibly stable throughout the entire life span (Grutzendler et al., 2002; Trachtenberg et al., 2002; Holtmaat et al., 2005). Transient spines are more abundant in the developing cortex, whereas the number of persistent spines increases during adulthood (Holtmaat et al., 2005), indicating that neuronal circuits continue to stabilize even in the adult brain. Nevertheless the adult brain still retains the capability of remodeling, because transient spines are still present.
Many results have been obtained regarding neuronal circuit plasticity in healthy animals. However, it has remained unclear what happens to cortical circuits and spine stability during neurodegenerative diseases like tauopathies, synucleinopathies, or prion diseases. This is an important issue because more and more evidence is accumulating supporting the notion that synaptic failure is the earliest manifestation of those diseases (Selkoe, 2002; Yoshiyama et al., 2007).
Prion diseases are fatal transmissible diseases that affect several species, including humans. The hallmark pathological features of these diseases are spongiform degeneration of the brain accompanied by extensive neuronal loss, synaptic alterations, astrogliosis, and cerebral accumulation of a misfolded and protease-resistant form of the prion protein, termed PrPres or PrPSc (Prusiner, 1998). PrPSc deposition precedes neuronal death, but there are synaptic and dendritic alterations that are supposed to precede neuronal apoptosis by considerable time (Jeffrey et al., 2000). Dendritic abnormalities such as the emergence of varicosities and a decrease in dendritic spines have been well described in the terminal stage of different scrapie models (Hogan et al., 1987; Johnston et al., 1997; Belichenko et al., 2000; Jeffrey et al., 2000) as well as in humans suffering from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (Landis et al., 1981). More recently it has been suggested that synaptic dysfunction and loss is an early and pivotal step in the neuropathogenesis of prion disease (Cunningham et al., 2003; Ishikura et al., 2005); however, a detailed analysis of the spine pathology throughout the course of the disease is lacking. For example, it is unclear which class of spines is preferentially lost, transient or persistent spines. Does the spine loss correlate with the emergence of neurological symptoms and does it represent the basis for the onset of symptoms? Using the cranial window technique (Trachtenberg et al., 2002; Holtmaat et al., 2005) and 4-d-interval two-photon in vivo imaging over a period of up to 2 months, we aimed to analyze the kinetics of spine gain and loss during prion disease.
Infection with prions.
The animal experiments were in accordance with animal protection standards and were approved by the government of Upper Bavaria (protocol number 209.1/211-2531-67/04). Heterozygous transgenic 8-week-old mice of the Thy-1 YFP-H line on a C57BL/6 background (Feng et al., 2000) (The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME) were inoculated intracerebrally with the prion strain RML (Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Ft. Collins, CO) using a dose of 30 μl of 10% brain homogenate in sterile PBS. Inoculation was performed with a Luer lock system (catalog #807.001C; Robert Helwig, Berlin, Germany). In brief, the needle (length, 0.4 mm) was inserted into the cranial fissure between bregma and lambda, 2 mm caudal from bregma. The needle tip reached the basal ganglia, where the inoculation volume was injected. The later-imaged right somatosensory cortex remained completely unaffected by this procedure. Diethylether was used as an anesthetic. After inoculation, mice were returned to their cages and kept under standard animal facility conditions until the preparation of the cranial window. To check for possible influences of the inoculation procedure and of the repetitive in vivo imaging, three different groups of control mice were analyzed: age matched mock-inoculated YFP-H animals (n = 3) that obtained brain homogenate from noninfected donors, YFP-H × PrP% mice (n = 2) inoculated with 10% RML, and noninfected YFP-H animals (n = 2) that received no treatment. As expected, mock-inoculated YFP-H animals remained healthy and YFP-H × PrP% animals were resistant to scrapie infection. Acute imaging of YFP-H × PrP% mice at 210 postinfection (dpi) over 120 min with 15 min imaging intervals revealed stable dendritic spines and no change in dendritic integrity. The spine density of these mice at 210 dpi was comparable with age-matched noninfected controls (supplemental Fig. 1A–C, available at www.jneurosci.org as supplemental material). Additionally, imaging of a RML-inoculated YFP-H × PrP% mouse from 99 to 133 dpi revealed no signs of photoinduced damage and spine density was found to be unaffected (supplemental Fig. 1D,E, available at www.jneurosci.org as supplemental material). Similar results have been obtained in mock-inoculated mice (data not shown). Moreover comparing spine density, daily turnover ratio (dTOR), and acute spine stability in the three control groups revealed no significant difference (data not shown). These control experiments indicate that the inoculation procedure itself does not result in enhanced sensitivity of the cerebral cortex to photoinduced damage. All control data presented in Figures 1⇓⇓⇓–5 are based on the analysis of noninfected YFP-H animals.
Surgery.
A cranial window over the right cortical hemisphere was surgically implanted. The animals were anesthetized with an intraperitoneal dose of ketamine/xylazine (0.13/0.01 mg/g body weight). Additionally, a small dose of dexamethasone (0.02 ml at 4 mg/ml) was intraperitoneally administered immediately before surgery (Holtmaat et al., 2005). An 8 mm diameter circular part of the skin over the right parietal skull was removed. The periosteum was scraped away with a scalpel. Subsequently, a circular piece of the skull over the somatosensory cortex (4 mm in diameter) was removed using a dental drill (XL-30W; Osada, Los Angles, CA). Special care was taken to leave the underlying dura intact. The dura was covered with a thin layer of 1.5% low-melt agarose (catalog #A9793; Sigma, St. Louis, MO) in HEPES-buffered saline containing (in mm) 135 NaCl, 5.4 KCl, 1 MgCl2, 1.8 CaCl2 and 5 HEPES. Immediately, a round coverslip (5 mm diameter) was glued to the skull using dental acrylic (Cyano-Veneer fast; Heinrich Schein Dental Depot, Munich, Germany) to close the agarose-filled craniotomy. A small metal bar, containing a hole for a screw, was glued next to the coverslip. The metal bar allowed repositioning of the mouse during subsequent imaging sessions. Mice received a subcutaneous analgesic dose of carprophen (Rimadyl; Pfizer,, New York, NY) for 3 d (5 mg/kg, s.c.). Imaging began after an 8–12 d rest period. For acute two-photon in vivo imaging experiments lasting for 3–4 h, the anesthetic urethane (1–2 mg/kg, i.p.; catalog #U-2005; Sigma) was used instead of ketamine/xylazine. The mice were killed at the end of the experiment.
Imaging.
Two-photon imaging was performed using an upright Zeiss (Jena, Germany) Axioskop 2Fs mot LSM510Meta/NLO setup, equipped with a MaiTai two-photon laser (Spectra Physics, Darmstadt, Germany). The MaiTai Ti:Saphir laser exhibited a bandwidth of 710–920 nm and was pumped by a 10 W solid-state laser (Millenia X; Spectra Physics). For imaging sessions, the wavelength of the two-photon laser was set to 880 nm to excite yellow fluorscent protein (YFP). For detection of epifluorescence, generated by two-photon excitation, the setup contained two non-descanned detectors with large aperture detection optics provided by Zeiss. The standard microscopy table was removed and replaced by a custom-made table to allow repeated positioning of a living mouse under the microscope. During chronic experiments, mice were anesthetized by an intraperitoneal injection of ketamine/xylazine (75% of the surgical dose, 0.01/0.0075 mg/kg bodyweight). Imaging sessions lasted for 60 min. A Zeiss 40× water-immersion objective (0.8 numerical aperture) was used to acquire image stacks of various sizes (50–700 μm depth) (see supplemental material, available at www.jneurosci.org) with 1 μm z-resolution and 512 × 512 pixels per image frame (0.15 μm/pixel). Care was taken to ensure similar fluorescence levels in space and time. For Image acquisition, the Zeiss LSM510 Rel3.2 software was used. Apical dendritic tufts in layer 1–2 of layer 5 neurons of the somatosensory cortex were imaged over time periods ranging from 3 h to 2 months. Repositioning of the same dendritic element over time was achieved by orienting at vascular pattern and unique branch points of apical dendrites. Three to seven positions per mouse, containing several dendritic elements up to 300 μm below the pial surface, were imaged over the indicated time periods.
Image processing and data analysis.
Image processing and data analysis were performed using the Zeiss LSM510 3.2Rel software in combination with Microsoft (Seattle, WA) Excel. All figures contained in this article are three-dimensional projections of z-sections. Before projection, images were low-pass and median filtered. In some figures, distracting dendritic elements were removed from the figure (see Fig. 1A,B). Spines and dendritic varicosities were counted in z-stacks by manually scrolling through the z-stacks of subsequent time points of the same position. All clear protrusions emanating laterally from the dendritic shaft, regardless of apparent shape, were measured. Spines were counted as stable when they were found at the same place, not >0.5 μm away from the previous position. Lost spines were counted as lost when they consisted of <4 pixels and as gained when they consisted of >4 pixels in length protruding from the dendrite. This scoring method has already been used successfully (Holtmaat et al., 2005). Because the z-axis resolution of two-photon microscopy is insufficiently low, only protrusions emanating from the dendrite in the x–y direction were counted. Spines lasting for 4 d or less were classified as transient and spines lasting for 8 d or more were classified as persistent. Fractions of persistent (Fp) and transient (Ft) spines were calculated for each imaging day: Fp = Npersistent/Ntotal × 100; Ft = Ntransient/Ntotal × 100, where Npersistent and Ntransient are the number of spines that were classified persistent or transient for the analyzed day, and Ntotal is the number of all present spines on the analyzed day. Fractions of gained (Fgained) and lost (Flost) spines were calculated for each imaging day: Fgained = Ngained/Ntotal/It; Flost = Nlost/Npresent/It, where Ngained and Nlost represent the number of gained and lost spines from one to the other imaging session, Ntotal the number of present spines on the analyzed day, Npresent the number of spines present at the previous imaging session, and It the number of days of the imaging interval.
Dendritic varicosities were similarly analyzed. A dendritic varicosity was defined as the swelling of a dendrite to 1.5-fold of its adjacent diameter Stable varicosities were counted as stable when they were found not >0.5 μm away from their previous position and lost when the diameter of the varicosity decreased to <1.5-fold of the adjacent diameter. Scoring of dendritic spines and varicosities was performed in a blind manner by an experimenter without any knowledge of the experimental conditions. Turnover ratios representing the gain and loss of spines/varicosities from day to day were calculated as dTOR = (Ngained + Nlost)/(2 × Ntotal)/It, where Ngained is the number of gained spines/varicosities, Nlost is the number of lost spines/varicosities, Ntotal is the number of all apparent spines/varicosities at a time point, and It is the number of days between subsequent imaging sessions. Spine and varicosity densities refer to the dendrite length in μm from which they protrude, divided by It.
Statistics.
All data are presented as mean ± SEM if not otherwise stated. To test significance, unpaired Student's t test was performed and differences were considered statistically significant if p < 0.05.
To test whether the observed percentage of spine-gained varicosities was different from the random case, a binomial test was conducted as follows. Assuming a random distribution of spines and varicosities with a mean spine density of 0.4 ± 0.05 μm−1, a mean spine-shaft diameter of 0.5 ± 0.02 μm−1, a mean density of varicosities of 0.1 ± 0.01 μm−1, and a mean varicosity diameter of 1.5 ± 0.05 μm−1, the theoretical probability for a spine-gained varicosity at any place of the dendrite is 3%. Because only places with varicosities and not random places on the dendrite were analyzed, we divided the probability for a spine-gained varicosity at a random place (3%) by the probability for a varicosity (15%), which results in a probability of a spine-gained varicosity at places with varicosities of 20% (p0). If n is the number of varicosities and m the number of spine-gained varicosities, the null hypothesis that the observed probability is equal or smaller than p0 = 0.2 can be rejected to the level of significance α, if (m − n × p0)/(n × p0 × (1 − p0))0.5 > u1 − α/2. The term u represents a quantile of the normal distribution.
Here, we applied two-photon in vivo imaging in a mouse model of prion disease to analyze the structural plasticity of dendritic spines in a chronic neurodegenerative disease. Dendritic pathology is one of the characteristic hallmarks of neurodegenerative diseases like prion disease or more common diseases like the tauopathies or synucleinopathies (Fiala et al., 2002). Previous studies indicate that the pathology at dendritic spines, at least in tauopathies, may be the earliest manifestations of neurodegeneration (Yoshiyama et al., 2007). Therefore it is important to analyze the kinetics of structural spine plasticity and structural changes at the dendrite as well as possible regulatory phenomena throughout a chronic neurodegenerative disease. We chose the scrapie model in mice because it resembles a human neurodegenerative disease better than all other so far established models of Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease. After different incubation times ranging from the presymptomatic [from 90 to 120 d postinfection (dpi)] to the symptomatic (from 120 − 160 dpi) phase, cranial windows were implanted above the right somatosensory cortex, enabling repeated imaging of identical dendritic elements over time periods from 3 h to 2 months.
Acute dendritic spine stability
Mechanisms underlying short-term structural plasticity of spines have been successfully identified by in vitro studies (Tada and Sheng, 2006). LTP, for example, induces spine swelling, whereas LTD promotes spine shrinkage, both mediated by actin polymerization and depolymerization (Okamoto et al., 2004). To elucidate whether any short-term structural plasticity modifications occur, presymptomatic (100 dpi) and symptomatic (130 dpi) scrapie-infected mice were analyzed over a time period of 3 h. Figure 1A depicts typical spine and dendritic integrity at the presymptomatic phase of the disease examined by two-photon in vivo imaging. Compared with this, Figure 1B shows spine and dendritic alterations associated with the symptomatic phase of prion disease (Fig. 1B). The spine density per dendrite length was significantly reduced in symptomatic compared with presymptomatic mice (Fig. 1C) (100 dpi, 0.4 ± 0.05 μm−1; 130 dpi, 0.17 ± 0.03 μm−1; n = 6 animals; 3029 spines; p = 0.017). In parallel to a decreased spine density in symptomatic mice, the mean dendritic diameter was also found to be decreased (Fig. 1D) (100 dpi, 1.1 ± 0.03 μm; 130 dpi, 0.64 ± 0.04 μm; n = 6 animals; 49 dendrites; p = 9.9 × 10−14). Only few dendritic varicosities were found in presymptomatic mice (100 dpi); in contrast to this, the density of varicosities per micrometer of dendrite was significantly increased in symptomatic mice (Fig. 1E) (100 dpi, 0.009 ± 0.002 μm−1; 130 dpi, 0.17 ± 0.01 μm−1; n = 6 animals; 148 varicosities; p = 6.4 × 1023).
Typical spine and dendritic alterations of presymptomatic compared with symptomatic scrapie-infected mice. A, B, Representative images from two-photon in vivo imaging sessions of apical dendrites and adjacent spines of presymptomatic (100 dpi) and symptomatic (130 dpi) scrapie-infected Thy-1 YFP expressing mice. In contrast to the intact dendrites and unchanged spine density of presymptomatic mice, symptomatic mice exhibit spine loss and an increased number of dendritic swellings (varicosities). C, Mean spine density (1 per micrometer of dendrite length) is significantly reduced in symptomatic mice compared with presymptomatic mice (*p = 0.017). D, Symptomatic scrapie-infected mice exhibited a reduced mean dendrite diameter (in micrometers) compared with presymptomatic mice (***p = 9.9 × 10-14). E, Dendrites of presymptomatic mice display fewer varicosities per dendrite length compared with symptomatic mice (***p = 6.4 × 10-23). Scale bars: A, B, 10 μm; insets, 2 μm.
Examination of identical dendrites and spines over a period of 3 h in vivo revealed insights into short-term plasticity. Spines, varicosities and apical dendrites remained unchanged in presymptomatic and symptomatic mice during this time period (Fig. 2A). Nearly 99% of spines were found to be stable over a time period of 3 h in presymptomatic as well as in symptomatic mice (Fig. 2B) (100 dpi, 99.4 ± 0.2%; 130 dpi, 98.0 ± 0.4%; n = 6 animals; 6779 spines; p = 0.4). Quantification of dendrite diameter in presymptomatic and symptomatic mice revealed stable dendritic diameters during imaging intervals of 3 h (Fig. 2B) (100 dpi, 99.3 ± 1.8% stable dendritic diameter; 130 dpi, 99.8 ± 1.6% stable dendritic diameter; n = 6 animals; 40 dendrites; p = 0.9). Dendritic varicosities were found to be stable over 3 h in presymptomatic and symptomatic scrapie-infected mice (Fig. 2B) (100 dpi, 0–3 h, 103 ± 2% stable varicosities; 130 dpi, 0–3 h, 104 ± 3% stable varicosities; n = 6 animals; 147 varicosities; p = 0.7). Morphological changes like spine swelling or shrinkage as well as spine sprouting were not observed during 3 h imaging periods. These results lead to the conclusion that, although profound structural plasticity changes occur in scrapie-infected symptomatic animals, these alterations do not belong to the class of short term plasticity modifications that develop within hours.
Spines and dendritic varicosities are stable over 3 h throughout the presymptomatic and symptomatic phases of the disease. A, Repeated imaging of dendritic elements of scrapie-infected mice at 100 and 130 dpi. Note that spines (arrowheads) and varicosities (circles) are stable over the entire imaging period. B, Spine number, dendrite diameter, and number of varicosities do not change within 3 h of imaging (spines, p = 0.4; dendrite, p = 0.9; varicosities, p = 0.9). Scale bars, 2 μm.
Spine gain precedes slow loss of dendritic spines
During the first 2 months of development, a substantial proportion of spines is lost on apical dendrites of cortical layer 5 (L5) neurons independent of the cortical region (Holtmaat et al., 2005; Zuo et al., 2005). With increasing age, spines become more and more stable, lasting for over 18 months or maybe throughout a lifetime (>70% of all spines). What happens to these spines during a neurodegenerative disease? It has long been shown that spine densities decrease during Alzheimer's disease (Tsai et al., 2004; Spires and Hyman, 2004), Parkinson's disease (Patt et al., 1991), and prion disease (Hogan et al., 1981; Johnston et al., 1997; Brown et al., 2001). Ischemia leads to acute spine loss within hours (Zhang et al., 2005), whereas epilepsy and most forms of mental retardation, like prenatal infection, malnutrition, toxin exposure, and alcohol abuse result in permanent spine loss (Jiang et al., 1998; Fiala et al., 2002). Nevertheless the exact kinetics of spine elimination are not known. Therefore, the structural plasticity of dendrites and adjacent spines was quantified in scrapie-infected 5-month-old mice from the presymptomatic to the symptomatic phase of the disease. Two-photon in vivo imaging was performed in 4 d intervals to repeatedly image identical apical dendritic elements of cortical L5 neurons (Figs. 3, 4, 5). Spine density of presymptomatic mice (0.35 ± 0.04 μm−1 at 100 dpi) was comparable with spine density of age-matched noninfected control mice (0.38 ± 0.02 μm−1 at 5 months) and to published values (0.29 ± 0.08 μm−1 6 months) (Holtmaat et al., 2005). Individual spines were tracked over the whole imaging period, which allowed the identification of persistent and transient spines. To compare the current data with previously published results, analogous analysis criteria to those set by Holtmaat et al. (2005) were applied: individual spines that were present for at least 8 d were classified as persistent, whereas spines exhibiting a lifetime of 4 d or shorter were classified as transient. We proceeded equally with the quantification of dTORs that represent the fraction of daily gained and lost spines. Control mice exhibited stable spine densities and dTORs (Fig. 3D,E). dTORs appear to be lower compared with published values because the percent value was additionally normalized to a daily imaging interval by dividing the percent value by the number of days of the corresponding imaging interval. Mice infected with scrapie prions exhibited a constant decrease of spine density over time from values comparable with controls at the presymptomatic phase of the disease, to values of nearly total spine loss at the terminal stage (Fig. 3D). The progression of spine loss in scrapie-infected animals took place over several days to weeks with linear kinetics of 5.9 ± 0.5 spines/mm per day (Fig. 3D), therein differing substantially from short-term plasticity modifications.
Kinetics of spine gain and loss of scrapie-infected and control mice from the presymptomatic to the symptomatic phase of prion disease. A, Low-magnification time-lapse images of a dendritic arbor part in the somatosensory cortex of a scrapie-infected YFP-H animal from the presymptomatic to terminal phase. B, Time series of a dendritic branch (from boxed region in A). Blue arrows exemplarily indicate persistent spines, red arrows point at lost spines, and green arrows specify gained spines. Note that persistent spines are continuously lost during the symptomatic phase of the disease. Spine loss is not compensated by the gain of spines. C, Time-lapse images of a dendritic branch of a control mouse imaged over a similar period (44 d) as scrapie-infected mice. Most of the spines are persistent (blue arrows), and spine loss and gain are balanced. D, Spine densities of scrapie-infected (filled circles) and control (open circles) mice. Lines correspond to individual animals and circles represent imaging days. Time-point values represent mean spine densities of 5–8 independent dendritic branches. Whereas the spine density of control mice remained constant, scrapie-infected animals exhibited a constant decrease of spine density from the presymptomatic to terminal phase of the disease. E, Mean daily spine turnover ratios of scrapie-infected (filled circles; n = 3 animals) and control mice (open circles; n = 3 animals). F, Average gained spine fraction per day of scrapie-infected and control mice (n = 3 animals each). During the presymptomatic phase of the disease, spine-gain values of diseased mice are comparable with control animals. Accompanied by the onset of the symptomatic phase of disease at 120 dpi, scrapie-infected animals exhibit an increased fraction of gained spines. G, Average lost spine fraction of scrapie-infected and control mice (n = 3 animals each). Already during the presymptomatic phase of the disease, scrapie-infected animals display a higher fraction of lost spines compared with controls. From 135 dpi on, highly increased spine loss occurs. Note that in scrapie-infected animals, a period of increased spine gain (120–135 dpi; F) precedes a period of increasing spine loss (135–150 dpi; G). Scale bars: A, 5 μm; B, C, 2 μm.
Structural plasticity of varicosities in scrapie-infected mice from the presymptomatic to the symptomatic phase of the disease. A, Representative time-lapse images of a dendritic branch of a scrapie-infected YFP-H mouse. Green circles represent gained, yellow circles indicate persistent, and red circles point at lost varicosities. Note that a large number of varicosities were gained during the presymptomatic phase of the disease until 120 dpi. Of the gained varicosities, 90 ± 2.7% persisted throughout the entire imaging period. Loss of varicosities was rarely observed. B, Density of varicosities from the beginning of the presymptomatic to the end of the symptomatic phase of the disease. Lines correspond to individual animals and symbols represent imaging days. Time-point values represent mean densities of varicosities of 5–8 independent dendritic branches. Varicosity densities of scrapie-infected animals exhibited a constant increase from the presymptomatic to the symptomatic phase of the disease, reaching a plateau from 130 dpi on. C, Mean daily varicosity turnover ratios of scrapie-infected mice. D, Average gained varicosity fraction of scrapie-infected mice. During the presymptomatic phase of disease, varicosity gain was greater than after the onset of the symptomatic phase at 120 dpi. E, Average lost varicosity fraction per day of scrapie-infected mice. Varicosity loss remained constantly low throughout the entire imaging period. Scale bar, 2.5 μm.
Dendritic varicosities predominantly gained at spines during the presymptomatic phase of prion disease subsequently loose adjacent spines during the symptomatic phase. A, Representative time series of a scrapie-infected YFP-H mouse. Persistent spines (blue arrowheads) were lost (red arrowheads) during the symptomatic phase of the disease. Varicosities (gained, green circles; persistent, yellow circles) mainly appeared at dendritic sites where spines protrude. Subsequently, a large number of spines was lost (red arrowheads) at gained or persistent varicosities. Rarely, new spines (green arrowheads) were gained at varicosities. B, High-magnification time-lapse images of dendritic spines. A varicosity was gained where spines protrude from the dendrite. Subsequently spines were lost at the varicosity that persisted until the end of the imaging period. C, Time-lapse of the average spine-gained density of varicosities in scrapie-infected mice. The density of spine-gained varicosities started at high values during the presymptomatic phase of the disease and decreased to nearly zero during the terminal phase (after 135 dpi). D, Time course of the average dendrite-gained density varicosities in scrapie-infected mice. The density of dendrite-gained varicosities initiated at small values during the presymptomatic phase of the disease and increased during the symptomatic phase (from 120 dpi). E, Time course of the mean varicosity-lost spine density of scrapie-infected YFP-H mice. Spine loss at varicosities is infrequent during the presymptomatic phase of disease. The density of spines lost at varicosities raised throughout the symptomatic phase of the disease, reaching a peak ∼130 dpi, and decreased until the end of imaging period. C–E, Each line represents an animal and symbols indicate imaging days. Scale bars: A, 2 μm; B, 1 μm.
Already during the presymptomatic stage of the disease, scrapie-infected mice exhibited higher dTORs compared with controls (Fig. 3G) (100 dpi, 4 ± 0.5%; control, 2 ± 0.2%; n = 6 animals; p = 0.02). This effect resulted from increased spine loss in scrapie-infected mice compared with controls. Probably the image acquisition start point coincided with the beginning of increased spine-loss. This would explain why the spine-density at 96 dpi is comparable with controls, and why the dTOR calculated 4 d later is already increased at 100 dpi. Alternatively, dendrites and spines in scrapie-infected mice were more prone to laser-induced damage. This seems less likely because, first, symptomatic scrapie-infected mice receiving a photon dose equivalent to the dose of all imaging sessions conducted over 2 months, administered by repeated 15-min-interval imaging over a period of 3 h, exhibited no signs of photoinduced damage (Fig. 2A). Second, spine density of mice imaged only once at 130 dpi was found to be significantly reduced compared with mice imaged once at 100 dpi (Fig. 1C). Therefore, we favor the hypothesis that the beginning of spine loss coincided with the start of the image acquisition.
dTOR was found to increase substantially with the onset of the symptomatic phase of the disease beginning at 120 dpi (Fig. 3E). To investigate whether the observed dTOR increase during the symptomatic phase of the disease was caused by alterations in spine loss or spine gain, gained and lost spines were examined independently. Comparing the time course of the fraction of gained and lost spines revealed that the fraction of lost spines outweighed the fraction of gained spines throughout the examination period. Moreover, the fraction of lost spines exhibited a substantial increase beginning at 135 dpi, when the symptomatic phase had already begun (Fig. 3E). Surprisingly, the fraction of gained spines exhibited an increase around the beginning of the symptomatic phase (120 dpi) (Fig. 3F). Thus, the increase of dTOR at the beginning of the symptomatic phase resulted from an increase of the gained spine fraction rather than from an augmented fraction of lost spines. The raise of the gained spine fraction clearly preceded the increase of the lost spine fraction (Figs. 3F,G). These observations lead to the conclusion that, with the onset of the symptomatic phase of the disease (120 dpi), a critical time point of neurodegeneration is reached, when neurons react to increasing spine loss by enhanced formation of new spines. However, enhanced spine gain seems to be insufficient to cope with the progression of the disease. This result implicates that mechanisms regarding the development of new spines are not impaired.
Five independent studies calculated fractions of persistent and transient spines in different cortical areas (Grutzendler et al., 2002; Trachtenberg et al., 2002; Holtmaat et al., 2005; Zuo et al., 2005; Majewska et al., 2006). These studies agree on the point that in older animals (>3 months) spines become more and more stable. Holtmaat et al. (2005) found the highest fractions of transient spines in the somatosensory and visual cortex that decreased with age, whereas the other studies found smaller fractions of transient and higher fractions of persistent spines. In this study, the pathological decrease of spines forced us to calculate transient and persistent spine fraction for every imaging day. Thus, the referenced imaging day was not the first day of imaging, but the last two imaging sessions before the day to be analyzed (imaging interval, 4 d) (see Materials and Methods). In this way, those spines are also included that are gained and become stable during subsequent imaging sessions (Fig. 3C). Analyzing the density and fraction of persistent and transient spines over time in control and scrapie-infected mice revealed a constant density of persistent and transient spines in control mice (Table 1). Mice infected with scrapie prions exhibited a decrease of persistent spine density and fraction from the presymptomatic to the symptomatic phase of disease (Table 1). Transient spine density remained constant, whereas the fraction of transient spines increased from the presymptomatic to the terminal phase of prion disease. This increase in the fraction of transient spines is a calculative phenomenon, caused by a decrease in persistent spine density rather than to a real increase in transient spine density. The present study shows that especially persistent spine elimination occurs during the symptomatic phase of the disease from 120 dpi on. Transient spines seem to be unaffected.
Transient and persistent spines
Development of dendritic varicosities results in dendritic beading
Another phenomenon often observed under neuropathological conditions is the swelling of dendritic shafts that is also referred to as dendritic varicosity. Dendritic varicosities appear like beads, which lead to the expression “dendritic beading.” Varicosities occur rapidly under sublethal hypoxia, glutamate receptor activation, or excitotoxicity (Park et al., 1996; Hasbani et al., 2001). This process is often accompanied or followed by a thinning of dendritic shaft diameter (Spires et al., 2005). Additionally, axonal varicosities were found in close proximity to amyloid plaques in transgenic Alzheimer's disease mouse models (Tsai et al., 2004). To our knowledge, no data exists concerning the long-term kinetics of the structural plasticity of varicosities obtained by two-photon in vivo imaging. As mentioned above, the acute experiments of the present study revealed an increased density of varicosities in symptomatic scrapie-infected mice (Fig. 1E) (100 dpi, 0.009 ± 0.002 μm−1; 130 dpi, 0.17 ± 0.01 μm−1; n = 6 animals; p = 6.4 × 10-23), as well as a reduced dendritic shaft diameter (Fig. 1D) (100 dpi, 1.1 ± 0.03 μm; 130 dpi, 0.64 ± 0.04 μm; n = 6 animals; p = 9.9 × 10-14). As for spines, long-term kinetics of parameters like varicosity density per micrometer, varicosity dTOR, transient and persistent varicosity density, and gained and lost varicosity fraction were investigated. Figure 4A depicts time-lapse images of a representative dendritic branch showing the development of dendritic varicosities during the progression of prion disease. The density of varicosities per micrometer of dendrite increases with progression of the disease in scrapie-infected animals (Fig. 4B). The density of dendritic varicosities considerably increases throughout the presymptomatic phase of the disease and reaches a plateau during the terminal phase. Of all varicosities gained during the imaging period, 61 ± 5% were already present at 124 dpi. The gain of varicosities results in dendritic beading and leads to a thinning of the dendrite located between varicosities (Fig. 4A). Dendritic breakage was rarely observed and coincided with late terminal disease. Daily turnover ratios of varicosities (dTORV) were elevated during the presymptomatic phase and remained constant throughout the symptomatic phase of the disease (Fig. 4C). The daily fraction of lost varicosities was small from the beginning to the end of the imaging period in diseased animals, whereas the fraction of daily gained varicosities decreased from very high values during the presymptomatic phase of the disease to values comparable with the daily lost varicosity fraction (Figs. 4D,E). Of gained varicosities, 90 ± 2.7% persisted throughout the entire imaging period, whereas only a small proportion of varicosities was transient (persistent: stable for 8 or more days; transient: stable for 4 or less days). This indicates that, after a dynamic gain of varicosities during the presymptomatic phase of prion disease, varicosities become persistent and last throughout the whole symptomatic phase of the disease.
Spines are lost where varicosities are gained
In order find out whether there exists a correlation between the onset of varicosities and the loss of spines, two additional parameters were analyzed. First, we quantified the number of varicosities that were gained at a dendritic position where a spine protruded from the dendrite (spine-gained varicosities). Second, the number of spines that were lost at a position where a dendritic varicosity existed (varicosity-lost spines) was determined. Additionally, we counted the amount of varicosities gained at dendritic positions, where no spine emanated (dendrite-gained varicosities). Figure 5, A and B, shows a representative time series of dendritic spines and varicosities during the progression of prion disease. Dendritic varicosities, either spine- or dendrite-gained, mainly emerged during the presymptomatic phase of the disease (61 ± 5%; n = 3). Interestingly, 72 ± 4% of all varicosities were gained at dendritic sites, where spines protruded (spine-gained varicosities). Moreover, 75 ± 6% of the total number of spine-gained varicosities emerged during the presymptomatic phase of the disease. The high spine density during the presymptomatic phase required to test if the observed percentage of spine-gained varicosities was different from the random case. Conducting a binomial test (see Material and Methods, Statistics), the observed percentage of 75 ± 6% was significantly different from the calculated random case of 20% (p < 0.001; n = 3 mice). This observation is underlined by the time course of the density of spine-gained varicosities (Fig. 5C). The density of spine-gained varicosities decreased from 0.04 ± 0.007 μm−1 during the presymptomatic phase to 0.004 ± 0.002 μm−1 throughout the symptomatic phase of the disease (n = 3 animals; p = 3.4 × 10-4). The density of dendrite-gained varicosities ranged around 0.01 ± 0.003 μm−1 during the presymptomatic phase of the disease and increased significantly after the onset of the symptomatic phase of the disease (136 dpi, 0.03 ± 0.005 μm−1; n = 3; p = 3.8 × 10-3) (Fig. 5D). Quantifying the density of varicosity-lost spines revealed values around 0.009 ± 0.005 μm−1 during the presymptomatic phase of the disease. With the onset of the symptomatic phase, the density of spines that are lost at varicosities peaked at ∼130 dpi (0.04 ± 0.007 μm−1) and decreased again during the terminal phase of disease (Fig. 5E) (presymptomatic, 0.009 ± 0.005 μm−1; symptomatic, 0.04 ± 0.007 μm−1, terminal, 0.007 ± 0.003 μm−1; symptomatic vs presymptomatic, p = 5.0 × 10-3; symptomatic vs terminal, p = 5.0 × 10-4; n = 3 animals). During the symptomatic phase, 59.6 ± 6.3% of all spines were lost at varicosities. These results indicate that during the presymptomatic phase of prion disease, a substantial amount of varicosities emerge at dendritic sites, from where spines protrude. Subsequently, spines are eliminated at dendritic sites where varicosities previously appeared.
To investigate dendrite and spine structural plasticity during a neurodegenerative disease, we used mice infected with scrapie prions as a model. Spine loss progressed slowly with kinetics of 5.9 ± 0.5 spines/mm per day from the presymptomatic to the terminal phase of the disease. Analyzing the fate of transient and persistent spines in the somatosensory cortex revealed that preferentially persistent spines were lost, whereas the fraction of transient spines remained unchanged. At the dendrites, local dilatations, called varicosities, emerged as early as during the presymptomatic phase of the disease. They predominantly appeared at locations where spines protruded from the dendrite. Subsequently, spines were lost at those sites. In conclusion, our data indicate that intact neuronal circuits, represented by persistent spines, are progressively eliminated during prion disease. Loss of persistent spines might represent the structural correlate of cognitive decline and neurological symptoms.
Slow progression of spine loss
How does spine loss progress throughout a neurodegenerative disease like prion disease? Does it merely reflect the degeneration of synaptic inputs after cell death of the presynaptic neuron or is there any evidence that the disease process emanates from degenerating dendrites or synaptic spines? The current investigation revealed that structural changes of spine addition and elimination occurred over timescales of days (5.9 ± 0.5 spines/mm per day) (Fig. 3D), as has been shown for spines during development and adulthood (Holtmaat et al., 2005). Interestingly, spine loss was rarely found to be accompanied by a complete disappearance of the neurite. The fact that spine loss progressed slowly discourages the hypothesis that spines disappear as a consequence of nerve cell apoptosis and dendritic destruction. The presented data rather favors the hypothesis that nerve cell death represents the result of complete loss of synaptic input (Bouzamondo-Bernstein et al., 2004).
Analysis of the dTORs of spines revealed that mice infected with scrapie prions show significantly higher dTORs than control mice (Fig. 3E). This means that diseased animals exhibit a higher rate of neuronal circuit rewiring compared with control mice. More synapses are formed and eliminated, but which process prevails: spine formation or elimination? Prion disease being a progressive neurodegenerative disease, one would expect spine loss to be more pronounced. Indeed, the fraction of lost spines exceeded the fraction of gained spines throughout the examination period (Figs. 3F,G). Moreover, the fraction of lost spines substantially increased from 135 dpi until the terminal phase (Fig. 3G). Unexpectedly, the fraction of gained spines was also found to be elevated from 120 dpi to 140 dpi (Fig. 3F). This period falls into the symptomatic phase, when neurological symptoms become manifested. During this critical period, enhanced spine gain might represent a compensatory reaction to increasing spine loss. Remarkably, mechanisms of spine formation seem to be unaffected during prion disease, because new spines emanated even during the symptomatic phase of the disease. This suggests that neurons are able to mount a compensatory reaction even in the hostile environment of PrPSc accumulation. Further, changes on the synaptic level reflected by increased dTORs might be responsible for the induction of manifested neurological symptoms.
Preferential loss of persistent spines
Transient and persistent spines represent two independent groups of spines in the cortex of mice (Holtmaat et al., 2006; Knott et al., 2006). Only a fraction of transient spines forms functional synapses, whereas practically all persistent spines contact presynaptic boutons (Knott et al., 2006). Experience-dependent structural plasticity changes of spines after whisker trimming are represented by the elimination of formerly persistent spines and the emergence of new persistent spines, implicating that profound rewiring of neuronal circuits takes place (Holtmaat et al., 2006). We found that preferentially persistent spines were lost during prion disease, whereas the density of transient spines remained unchanged from the beginning to the end of the examination period (Table 1). Persistent spines represent intact synapses in the brain, which are stable for months or even throughout a lifetime (Holtmaat et al., 2005). Selective elimination of persistent spines means that previously existing neuronal circuits are destroyed during neurodegeneration. A lost persistent spine might represent the smallest degenerating structural unit responsible for the onset of neurological symptoms emerging during prion disease.
Varicosities: cause of spine loss?
Spine loss during prion disease was found to be accompanied by neuritic swellings called varicosities. Varicosities have already been described in previous studies on scrapie-infected rodents and in material from patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (Landis et al., 1981; Ferrer et al., 1981; Hogan et al., 1987; Jeffrey et al., 1997; Belichenko et al., 2000; Brown et al., 2001; Ishikura et al., 2005). Dendritic varicosities probably represent the cellular equivalent of vacuolar degeneration of the neuropil, characteristic for all transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. Varicosities have also been described in a variety of other progressive neurodegenerative diseases including Huntington's disease (Sotrel et al., 1993), frontal lobe dementia, and motor neuron disease (Ferrer et al., 1991), as well as Alzheimer's disease. Those varicosities have to be differentiated from hydropic varicosities shown to occur in acute neuronal damage like acute excitotoxicity caused by anoxia/ischemia (Park et al., 1996; Akulinin et al., 2004) or epilepsy (Belichenko and Dahlstrom, 1995). They are supposed to be the consequence of loss of isotonicity and acute swelling.
Here, we analyzed the time course of the density of varicosities in scrapie-infected mice for the first time. A total of 61 ± 5% of varicosities emerged early during the presymptomatic phase of prion disease, reaching plateau values at 124 dpi (Fig. 4B). Gained varicosities persisted in 90 ± 2.7% off all cases, implying that these structures are highly stable. Interestingly, the emergence of varicosities had no direct effect on the degeneration of dendrites, because in the majority of cases the dendrite, even packed with multiple neighboring varicosities, survived until the end of the examination period.
Correlating the emergence of varicosities with the elimination of spines, we found that varicosities predominantly occurred at dendritic sites where spines emanated. Of all gained varicosities during the symptomatic phase, 75 ± 6% were spine-gained varicosities. The predominant gain of varicosities at spine sites was significantly different from the random case. Moreover, during the symptomatic phase of prion disease, 59.6 ± 6.3% of spines were lost at varicosities, which may indicate that varicosities actually cause spine loss (Fig. 5E). The temporal and spatial coincidence between varicosity emergence and spine loss argues for a causative relationship and indicates that the part of the dendrite from which the spines protrude may be especially vulnerable. Currently, we do not know how the scrapie infection induces dendritic varicosities. One possible link may be the known association of PrPSc with detergent-resistant cholesterol-sphingomyelin-enriched membrane domains (DRMs) (Galvan et al., 2005), which is believed to play a crucial role in the conversion of PrPC into PrPres (Russelakis-Carneiro et al., 2004; Sandberg and Low, 2005). Scrapie infection is known to trigger the accumulation of PrPSc in DRMs of retinas and optic nerves throughout early stages of the disease before the occurrence of neuronal cell death (Russelakis-Carneiro et al., 2004). Because blocking the function of DRMs by reducing the levels of cholesterol or sphingomyelin in cultured neurons is known to induce the formation of varicosities and the elimination of synaptic spines (Hering et al., 2003), it may be tempting to speculate that the occurrence of varicosities in scrapie may be related to the accumulation of PrPSc in DRMs. In support of this hypothesis, cDNA microarray studies identified several differentially expressed genes related to cholesterol synthesis during the presymptomatic phase of prion disease (Xiang et al., 2007; Skinner et al., 2006). Additional studies will have to prove whether alterations in the cholesterol synthesis or DRM function, because of PrPSc accumulation, represents the primary cause of varicosity emergence and subsequent spine loss in prion disease.
This work was supported by the Bayerische Forschungsverbund ForPrion and the European Network of Excellence NeuroPrion. We thank Fritjof Helmchen for initial introduction to deep-tissue two-photon microscopy.
Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Jochen Herms, Center of Neuropathology and Prion Research, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany. Jochen.Herms{at}med.uni-muenchen.de
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Values are motivators that guide people's actions.
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DuPont Plans to Return Proceeds from Chemours Spinoff to Shareholders
Ellen Kullman, Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer at DuPont (figure: DuPont)
DuPont, Wilmington, DE/USA, announced fourth quarter 2014 operating earnings of USD 0.71 per share compared to USD 0.59 per share in the prior year. Fourth quarter results reflect a 20% increase in operating earnings per share year-over-year realized from a number of company actions, including strategic portfolio initiatives, continued productivity improvements related to the company’s operational redesign, reductions in performance-based compensation, and share repurchases.
Sales were USD 7.4 billion versus USD 7.7 billion in the same period last year, down 5% primarily due to portfolio changes and negative currency impacts. Volume grew in all segments except for Electronics & Communications. Segment operating earnings were $1,014 million, reflecting disciplined execution despite macroeconomic headwinds, including a weaker Ag economy and the impact from a stronger U.S. dollar.
For the full year 2014, DuPont delivered operating earnings of USD 4.01 per share compared to USD 3.88 per share in the prior year. Sales were USD 34.7 billion versus USD 35.7 billion last year, down 3% due to weakness in Ag markets,
portfolio changes and negative currency impacts. A 1% increase in volume was offset by price. Segment operating earnings of USD 6.0 billion increased 1 % versus USD 5.9 billion last year as the negative impact of portfolio changes and currency were more than offset by continued productivity improvements, lower performance-based compensation and gains from business divestitures.
"Our 2014 results demonstrate continued progress on our strategic plan to deliver higher growth and higher value, including ongoing portfolio refinement through several strategic portfolio actions and steady progress on the planned Chemours separation, substantial cost reductions from our operational redesign and productivity initiatives, and the continued return of capital to our shareholders through USD 2 billion of share repurchases and an increase in the common stock dividend of 4 percent," Ellen Kullman, Chair of the Board & Chief Executive Officer, said.
Expectations for Return of Capital from Chemours One-Time Dividend
The company has increased its cost reduction commitment from its operational redesign by approximately USD 300 million to at least USD 1.3 billion of total expected savings by 2017. Additionally, by the end of 2015, the company now expects annual run-rate savings of approximately USD 1 billion, significantly ahead of its previously announced schedule.
In addition the company said it expects to return all or substantially all of the one-time dividend proceeds from Chemours to DuPont shareholders via share repurchases over the 12 to 18 months following the separation of Chemours. Based on the target BB credit rating of Chemours, this amount is anticipated to be approximately USD 4 billion, pending the final credit ratings and underlying business conditions for Chemours.
"In 2015, we remain focused on generating superior returns for our shareholders, including through return of capital from the expected Chemours dividend, while positioning DuPont for our next stage of growth", Kullman said.
The separation of the Performance Chemicals segment from DuPont remains on track to be completed by mid-2015. Following its separation from DuPont, Chemours will be a new, publicly traded global leader in titanium dioxide, fluoroproducts and chemical solutions. The name reflects a focus on the science of chemistry and the heritage of the du Pont family origins in Nemours, France.
As announced in 2014, DuPont Executive Vice President Mark P. Vergnano will become President and Chief Executive Officer of Chemours. Mark E. Newman will serve as senior vice president and chief financial officer. BC Chong and Thierry F.J. Vanlancker will continue to lead the Titanium Technologies and the Fluoroproducts businesses, respectively. Chemours will have approximately 9,100 employees, 37 production facilities in 12 countries, and will serve over 5,000 customers worldwide.
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Homestories on progressLargest-scale silicon photonic switch to be presented at OFC 2015
Largest-scale silicon photonic switch to be presented at OFC 2015
Light from input port (at left) is transferred to output port (at bottom) by MEMS-actuated adiabatic coupler (credit: T. J. Seok/University of California-Berkeley)
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have developed a novel silicon photonic switch — the largest-scale, lowest-energy-loss switch reported to date. It features a switching time of sub-micro seconds and a broad bandwidth of hundreds of nanometers in the electromagnetic spectrum.
Today’s explosion of video and Internet data is driving unprecedented traffic demand within datacenters. With data transfer rates exceeding 100 gigabits-per-second (Gb/s), communication between servers requires optical switches with faster switching time (micro-to nanosecond level), broader-band operation, larger capacity for switching elements, and lower energy consumption.
The researchers will present their photonic switching innovation on March 23 during the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC) in Los Angeles.
A step forward towards achieving large-scale silicon photonic switches for high-traffic datacenter networks, the new device will boost other technologies that rely on manipulating multi-channel optical signals, such as secure communications and quantum computing.
“Our photonic switch has 50 input and 50 output channels, for a total of 2,500 switching elements located on the cross points of these channels, which is the largest-scale silicon photonic switch ever reported,” said Tae Joon Seok, a postdoctoral researcher at the Integrated Photonics Laboratory at the university. “The switch can be compactly integrated on a silicon chip smaller than 1 cm x 1 cm.”
Seok said that the largest-scale silicon photonic switch previously reported by other groups has 8 input and 8 output channels.
Seok said the novel switch architecture is highly scalable, possibly allowing switches larger than 100×100 ports fabricated on a tiny chip. The newly designed switch also features hundreds of nanometers of bandwidth, which is about 10 times broader than that of regular silicon switches and provides larger capacity for the network to process information.
“Although commercially available [devices] like 3D-MEMS optical switches can also have up to hundreds of input/output ports and low energy loss, the switch speed is slow, around millisecond level, and the physical size is large,” Seok said.
“Our switch features sub-microsecond switching time, which is three orders of magnitude faster than 3D-MEMS switches. Also, the new switch is based on silicon photonics and can be implemented on a tiny silicon chip less than 1 cm x 1 cm, which may reduce the manufacturing costs and enable a low-cost mass production.”
This work is a crucial step forward towards achieving large-scale silicon photonic switches for high-traffic datacenter networks, but is also applicable to any area that requires manipulation of multi-channel optical signals, such as secure communications and quantum computing.
The researchers’ next step is to further reduce the energy loss for real manufacturing production and integrate the switch with the electronic driving circuit in optical communication network.
The presentation, “50×50 Digital Silicon Photonic Switches with MEM-Actuated Adiabatic Couplers,” by Tae Joon Seok, Niels Quack, Sangyoon Han, Ming C. Wu, will take place at 14:30, Monday, March 23, 2015 in Room 403A at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Topics: Cognitive Science/Neuroscience | Electronics | Internet/Cloud/Telecom
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The Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Women Who Mean Business Awards honor women each year who have made a difference in their communities, blazed a trail for others, and have left a mark on businesses in Atlanta. This year, readers nominated over 340 women for the prestigious award. A judging panel including representatives of the Women’s Leadership Forum Advisory Board narrowed the field to 21 winners, who include public servants, entrepreneurs, physicians, attorneys, and educators all leading in their professional lives and in their communities.
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Was #DelhiChiefSecretary assaulted at the behest of CM @ArvindKejriwal ?
In an early morning development that soon spiralled into a major face-off, Delhi government’s top bureaucrat on Tuesday claimed to have been assaulted by two AAP MLAs at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence. Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash alleged that the incident happened when he was called to discuss the issues of ration distribution and government advertisements late on Monday evening. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) immediately denied the allegations, terming them as “ludicrous” and accused Prakash of acting at “BJP’s behest”. The party also said the Chief Secretary had used casteist remarks against its MLAs.
Delhi Police has filed FIR on the Complaint of #DelhiChiefSecretary Anshu Prakash against #AAP MlA Amanatulla Khan and others under IPC Sections 120b Criminal conspiracy, 186 (obstructing a public servant from performing the duty), 353 (assault on public servant)
In a statement issued through the IAS, DANICS and DASS officers Associations, the bureaucracy said it feels that the incident amounts to a “functional crisis and breakdown of governance and earnestly implore the Hon’ble Lt. Governor and the Govt. of India to take expeditious action against the perpetrators of the unfortunate incident”.
The association, in its detailed statement, also alleged that the attack took place “in the presence and with the consent of the CM and Deputy CM”.
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Supreme Court allows $2.5-billion class action against Sun Life to proceed
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The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has ruled that a proposed $2.5-billion class action against insurance giant Sun Life Assurance Co. over the alleged miss-selling of certain universal life policies by predecessor Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. can go ahead.
The SCC issued a ruling on Thursday denying Sun Life leave to appeal a ruling by the Court of Appeal for Ontario on Sept. 5, 2018, which certified the suit as a class action. The application for leave was dismissed with costs.
The proposed class action was launched in 2010 alleging various breaches in the sale of 230,000 life insurance policies by MetLife between 1985 and 1998.
Sun Life took over administration of the policies when it acquired Clarica Life Insurance Co. in 2002; Clarica bought MetLife’s Canadian operations in 1998.
Initially, a lower court ruled that the proposed suit could not be certified as a class action because most of its claims were time-barred. However, that ruling was reversed on appeal last year.
The appeal court certified three alleged breach of contract claims related to the policies. Now, the SCC has rejected Sun Life’s bid to appeal that decision.
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Camogie needs to change with the times
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By John Fogarty
GAA Correspondent
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It’s another couple of months before Sinéad McNulty commences her role as chief executive of the Camogie Association but what should be at the top of her inbox is obvious: the outdated rules that govern the game.
At Congress earlier this month, the pathway to making change became a little clearer when a motion to ease the introduction of experimental rules was passed. However optimism about those necessary alterations taking place seems in short supply despite a deluge of complaints from those at the coalface of the game about how it is officiated.
Last week, Galway’s Sarah Dervan summed up the frustration when she remarked: “Nobody wants to see a free-taking competition as a game. I find it (the rules) restricts players from showcasing their ability.”
The rule prohibiting players from shouldering each other is an archaic as the playing gear regulation that they must wear either a skirt or skorts. The non-contact element may have served camogie well for years but it is so dated now that it almost feels sexist.
The evolution of the game is in the hands of the players and managers.
And there is little doubt about the feelings on the ground.
Paudie Murray
Cork manager
“We can all talk about the refereeing of camogie and does it need to be tidied up? Yes, it does. I’ve said that a number of times. I think the way the rules are at the moment makes it impossible for a referee to referee the game. (2018 All-Ireland final referee) Eamon Cassidy is probably one of the top two referees in the country but there is so much in relation to the contact area and what is a free, or isn’t a free, that it’s next to impossible (to judge). If a player charges with a shoulder, it’s just impossible.”
Aoife Murray
“They’re going to have to change (the rules). It’s not going to be an easy job but it has gotten more physical and faster and maybe the rules need to be tweaked and amended to reflect the standard.”
Meighan Farrell
“If the rules change maybe the refs can change. It’s hard when you are able to look and see what referee you have and you know that they are going to blow for everything. It’s become way worse than it was.”
Niamh Rockett
“The ladies football got 50,000 [attendance] last year in the All-Ireland final, camogie got less than half that… if things stay the way they are, we may not have any camogie in 20 years time, and that is a scary prospect.”
Amy O’Connor
“Whoever has the best free-taker wins. It’s terrible — the majority of scores are from frees. I don’t blame the referees at all, they’re only doing their job. The rules are the problem. It’s so frustrating, especially as a forward, because you get the ball and you’re fouled every time.”
Eve O’Brien
“The talk of the final this year (2018), the one day that people actually watch camogie, everybody’s just talking about the ref... ‘They can’t touch each other’.”
Laura Treacy
“The physicality is there anyway, there’s just a few tweaks to the rules that have to be made so the game can be opened up and, as players, we can express ourselves fully.”
Fiona Hickey
“Girls want to be as strong and as powerful as they can be and the rules at the moment probably aren’t allowing for that. I definitely feel they should reassess the rules.”
Libby Coppinger
“Obviously, we were delighted with the All-Ireland win and a free won us the All-Ireland so we can’t complain too much but it’s not really an enjoyable game to watch.”
When the referee has become the most important person on the field, it is time to sit up and take notice. However, if Camogie Association president Kathleen Woods’ stance on the matter is anything to go by, McNulty has a job on her hands.
In the wake of that awful All-Ireland final last year, Woods told the Irish Examiner that the organisation had no plan to address the glaring issue of the rules and if players felt so strongly about it, they should take matters into their own hands and propose a motion.
“The game is in the hands of Congress,” she remarked.
“If players wish to see rules changed, they must approach their higher body and try to impact their views. We are developing a new four-year development plan for our game, but it will not be looking at rules changes.”
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Harnedy and Delaneybenefit from legal loophole
One of the major GAA success stories has been their disciplinary system. They have infused three of their committees with legal expertise.
Previously the Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA) secretary, Liam Keane followed that up by chairing the Central Appeals Committee (CAC) and the Central Hearings Committee (CHC). Last year, he replaced Frank Murphy as rules advisory committee chairman and is GAA president John Horan’s nominee on the management committee. The head of the CHC is Matt Shaw, who is so far following the same path as Keane, while the current DRA secretary is former Offaly hurler Rory Hanniffy.
Meath solicitor Brian Rennick is the CAC chairman, having been one of the DRA tribunal panellists that were presented with Diarmuid Connolly’s appeal against his sending-off in the 2015 All-Ireland semi-final. Rennick disagreed with Hugh O’Flaherty and David Nohilly, who argued the Dublin footballer was not afforded “fair procedures” by the GAA. They stressed the GAA had to show a high standard in their disciplinary structure, when Connolly’s ban, which would rule him out of the replay, was so high-profile. Rennick countered that the club and elite county player had to be judged the same.
Last week, Rennick’s CAC upheld the appeals of Seamus Harnedy and Conor Delaney against their bans applying to the Championship. Cork and Kilkenny based the appeals on a question of law, opposing how the Central Competitions Control Committee deemed the players couldn’t serve their one-match suspensions in the counties’ Division 1 ‘relegation play-off’ as per rule, when no demotion was involved.
By sitting out that husk of a ‘relegation play-off’, Harnedy and Delaney satisfied the penalty.
Little love shown for loyalty to GAA
It’s a month to the day since Kerry welcomed Mayo to Austin Stack Park, but the anger and frustration of season ticket-holders about their attendance records not being updated, despite them having been scanned, shows no signs of letting up.
One Kerry supporter and season ticket-holder contacted us over the weekend with a familiar story.
He explained how his niece had attended the game and, having had her season ticket scanned, assumed her account would reflect as much.
However, it never updated, and so won’t count towards her presence at Kerry league and championship games in 2019. No big deal, you may think?
It is, as fans must attend 60% of their county’s games to qualify to purchase an All-Ireland SFC final ticket, should the side reach the decider.
Following up on the error, the GAA gave the stock line, which they have given to other supporters as well as ourselves: the scanners were working.
As far as they are concerned, she was not at the game.
How the GAA can insist that there was no fault on their part, when several fans have contacted them, as well as the Irish Examiner and Radio Kerry, to express their disgruntlement, doesn’t reflect well on them.
Whatever happened to the customer being always right? When they are not just that, but loyal supporters, too, you can imagine how hollow the launch of the GAA’s ‘We All Belong’ manifesto rang last week.
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The Wolf of Wall Street: Jordan Belfort
We are constantly learning and evolving. It’s the only way to thrive in this world. A huge part of that is learning from anyone and everyone you can.
So, when I got the opportunity to learn from someone who had both made hundreds of millions of dollars and subsequently lost them, I jumped at the chance. Often the greatest lessons come in learning from others’ mistakes.
Jordan Belfort – the real ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ – is an undeniably controversial character. He’s famed for the Leonardo DiCaprio / Martin Scorcese film of his extraordinary life as a Wall St broker and the consequences of those actions which ultimately landed him in prison.
Now, he uses his talents for communicating as a positive force, training people all over the world in the how to use his sales techniques to create value-driven, incredibly successful businesses.
Love him or hate him, he’s a fascinating character with a remarkable story to tell.
In this episode we dig deep into his Straight Line selling technique, into the journey that saw him become one of the most renowned names in Wall Street, and how he rebuilt a life from that point – all thanks to chance encounter in prison.
What can everyone learn from ‘the Wolf’ about sales and service? How has his life turned around since those days at Stratton Oakmont? And, of course, what’s it like having Leonardo DiCaprio learn your every move and mannerism?
The Straight Line system, increasing sales through value-driven sales techniques and the psychology behind them
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Host: Lawrence Jones MBE
Guest: Jordan Belfort, The Wolf of Wall Street
Listening time: 70 mins
*This episode features explicit language
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Americus Trolley
AMERICUS ELECTRIC CAR NO. 2
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Through circumstances, the first trolley car to run on the streets of Americus 100 years ago has been well preserved.
The electric care that so proudly opened the service of the Americus Street Railroad Co., on January 2, 1890, the second electric railway system in Georgia to be inaugurated, and which was in operation for only a short period of time because of finances, has been used in various ways since then.
After its intended use was abandoned, the car was sold to Sumter County officials and used as a “cook-shack” to prepare meals for county inmates, probably sometime during the early part of this century. Later, the car was sold to the late Robert T. Crabb, Sr. He transported it to the family property on the Sumter County side of Lake Blackshear sometime in the early forties “before roads were built,’ according to his daughter-in-law Gladys Crabb.
During his lifetime, Mr. Crabb used the car as a refuge for fishing and hunting base. Wings were added on two sides of the structure as separate times, plus a protective covering, and the Crabb family enjoyed their “place at the river” for many years.
There the car reposed at its peaceful river bank site for many years. But now the Americus artifact is coming home, and mainly due to the efforts of well-known Americus resident, Anna Cheokas, who launched a campaign to bring it back to its rightful place.
Through conversations with her friend, Gladys Crabb, Mrs. Cheokas knew of the existence of the streetcar, and because of her interest in historic preservation, though the city of Americus would be interested in moving the artifact back to the city and she approached city officials to that effect.
“About 3 years ago; several city officials went to the site and investigated,” said Mrs. Cheokas, but because of the lack of available funds could find no solution.
Prior to this, Mrs. Crabb was contacted by Gene Carson of Baltimore, MD, an analyst with the CSX Transportation Co. there, and also a streetcar and railroad buff, asking for information about the Americus Trolley, turned “cottage” to include in a book he is writing about the street railways in Georgia.
Mr. Carson knew of the streetcar’s existence after placing a classified as in the Americus Times-Recorder back in the early 1970s. The late Hugh Lloyd responded to Mr. Carson’s ad, and the two corresponded for years, with Mr. Lloyd providing Mr. Carson with information gleaned from the microfilm files of the Americus Times Recorder, located at the Lake Blackshear Regional Library, and also information about the streetcar system here contained in a book about the early history of Americus written by Virginia Culpepper, and the late Daisy Mallard.
Through Mr. Carson’s telephone conversations with Mrs. Crabb, and also a visit here in 1980 he verified that Mrs. Crabb’s streetcar turned cottage was indeed the official car which opened service here and, in fact, it is the only one of its era in the United States.
He recently returned for another look at the streetcar and during his visit said, “the trolley has a real history. That any of it survives is a miracle.” Subsequently, Mrs. Cheokas, also an artist, was teaching youngsters in an art class at the local library, discussed the streetcar with library officials, who expressed a desire to have it, provided Mrs. Crabb wanted to give it away.
More conversations ensued between Mrs. Cheokas and Mrs. Crabb who said she was willing to donate the streetcar to the library. Jane Hendrix, director of the library and June Ewing, chairman of the board, brought the subject up at a board of trustees meeting and later two of the library’s board members went to the river site to investigate the possibility of whether the artifact would be worth saving and bringing back to house on the library property. Their recommendation was positive.
Some months before Mrs. Crabb had listed her river property containing the streetcar with a real estate agent, and the property was sold to Robert Pilcher of Ellaville. At that time Mrs. Cheokas started the “ball rolling,” with the creation of the “Trolley Trust” to save the little streetcar for its future home at Lake Blackshear Regional Library.
“I’m overwhelmed at how fast Anna worked to get things moving,” said Mrs. Crabb.
In a period of less than two weeks, Mrs. Cheokas enlisted the services of a number of people and firms who volunteered their time and services to further the restoration of the trolley.
Johnny Shiver of Shiver Lumber Co. volunteered to transport it to town. Mr. Pilcher, the new owner of the property, assisted in dismantling the wings on either side of the structure so that it could be moved, and officials at South Georgia Technical Institute, Dea Pounders, President, Johnny Johnson, and Willie Yarbrough promises a place at the educational complex on Souther Field Road to house the trolley for the restoration work.
Mr. Carson was impressed with the efforts of preserving the historic streetcar after meeting with Mrs. Crabb, Mrs. Cheokas, Miss Hendrix, and others of the group at the river site. He said, “What all of these people are doing is volunteering their time and their efforts epitomizes the community spirit here in Sumter County, and shows their appreciation of their heritage.”
In the beginning, the work was done by South Georgia Tech carpentry students as a class project under the supervision of Willie Yarbrough, carpentry instructor, using the design and guideline renderings of the original trolley supplied by Gene Carson.
The students worked on the restoration project as time permitted. They uncovered the original pine flooring that rand the length of the car, still intact, after removing layer after layer of roofing. In its refurbishing, the carpentry students used as many of the original parts of the cars as possible, but many of the support side posts and overhead rafters had deteriorated and replacements were custom made according to the specifications by Shiver Lumber Co. and installed.
Because the restoration was meticulous and went slowly, South Georgia Tech master craftsman, Harold Cromer, who has done all of South Georgia Tech’s carpentry work for many years, accepted President Dea Pounder’s challenge to complete the restoration efforts.
He took over in the summer of 1989 researching the project, and then traveling to New Haven, Conn. to consult with Mr. Carson. He toured the trolley museum there in an effort to familiarize himself with electric trolley cars from the same era as the one in Americus. He began the arduous task of refinishing the project after returning to South Georgia Tech, armed with information, old pictures, and diagrams.
Having never worked on a project of this type before, it was “trial and error” at first, says Mr. Cromer. He enclosed the car, cutting the wood to size, installed workable windows and sliding doors, and virtually returning the structure to its original form.
“It (the project) has probably been the most complicated one I’ve ever tackled,” said Mr. Cromer, “but I continued to work on it because I wanted to prove that I could. I want the trolley to look like the exact original as much as possible.”
From the trolley’s origin in Philadelphia more than a century ago, through its intended use as a passenger car in this Southwest Georgia City to the present, the trolley has weathered the ravages of time. It has now been preserved as a historical community treasure.
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‘Leitis in Waiting’ to screen Fiji - The Fiji Times
The Fiji Times - August 31, 2018:
AWARD-winning documentary ‘Leitis in Waiting’ is coming to Fiji.
‘Leitis in Waiting’ is a one-hour documentary depicting the lives and challenges of leitis in Tonga; a transgender minority group fighting for equality.
Artalk manager Peter Sipeli said the documentary film told the stories of Joey Mataele and other ‘leitis’ in Tonga, reflecting on their lives, their views, the challenges they face and their religious opponents.
Mr Sipeli said with human and grace, their stories revealed what it meant to be different in a society ruled by tradition, and what it took to be accepted without forsaking who you were.
“The film is the centrepiece of a campaign that uses and challenges attitudes that stigmatise, threaten, and in many countries, criminalise LGBTQI lives.”
Mr Sipeli said the documentary was a good opportunity to highlight challenges and difficulties faced by the LGBTQI and people in the Pacific including Fiji.
“It is about transwomen in Tonga. The reason we think it is incredible is because we believe this creates a new pathway of conversation in the Pacific for equal rights of LGBTQI community “Leitis in Waiting has won a number of international awards and recognitions.”
The documentary will be showcased at the University of the South Pacific, Oceania Centre next Tuesday.
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Building Services Engineer
Employer: London Borough of Redbridge
Reference: RQ000251
Published: Thu 28/03/2019, 12:25 PM
Closing on: Mon 22/04/2019, 18:00 PM
Working Pattern: Full Time
Hours: 36 hours per week.
Salary: £41,846 – £44,691 per annum
DBS Check: No
Location: Redbridge
Full Time, Permanent
This is an exciting time for the London Borough of Redbridge; we are at the heart of regeneration and change in East London, with unprecedented investment in the area expected in the next few years and Cross Rail will open up new opportunities for new homes and jobs. We benefit from excellent transport links across London and Essex and our offices, based in Ilford, are only 9 minutes from Stratford and 18 minutes from Liverpool Street, in the heart of the city.
Our vision is Ambitious for Redbridge, and to help us meet our challenges the Council is shaping its service areas to meet the needs and diversity of the population. As part of the vision we have recently undertaken a major restructure of the Planning and Regeneration Services and are still currently recruiting to a number of new and exciting posts. The reorganisation of the service area enables the potential for career development and progression as we grow our team.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for 2 Building Services Engineers to assist in maintaining the Council’s Property Portfolio.
We are seeking established Building Services Engineers with a wide range of practical skills and experience.
In this role, you will focus on commercial mechanical/electrical engineering, ensuring a safe, secure and efficient working environment which represents good value for money, covering some minor design tasks.
You will be responsible for ensuring the Council’s legislative and Health & Safety requirements are met, actively manage reactive and planned repairs in an efficient and cost-effective way and providing technical advice on all Building Surveying matters.
Extensive relevant experience is essential.
Planned & scheduled weekly and monthly routine and reactive maintenance tasks to ensure fully operational facilities and high standards at all times.
A sound understanding of Work and Health / Safety at Work regulations & best practice.
Be computer literate, preferably with some experience of planned maintenance systems;
Proven practical experience and knowledge of building maintenance;
Experience of working with external contractors/suppliers.
For further information about the job role please contact: Simon Miller, Corporate Facilities Manager, simon.miller@redbridge.gov.uk
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Eddie Garcia passes away at 90
Breaking News Celeb Feature
After being in a coma for days, veteran actor Eddie Garcia has passed away Thursday
He tripped and fell while shooting a TV series for GMA Network last June 8 and had been in critical condition
He was officially diagnosed with a severe cervical fracture and was placed on “do-not-resuscitate” status last June 15
Multi-awarded actor-director Eduardo Verchez García, popularly known as Eddie “Manoy” Garcia, has died on Thursday (June 20), according to family friend and film director Bibeth Orteza and spokesperson Tony Rebosa.
He died at 4:55 p.m. of June 20, according to a medical bulletin issued by the Makati Medical Center.
“We join the entire Filipino community in praying for the soul of Mr. Garcia and his dearly beloved family and friends,” the Makati Medical Center said in a statement.
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On June 8, Garcia sustained a serious neck injury in an on-set accident of a GMA Network soap. The award-winning actor was first rushed to Mary Johnston Hospital before being transferred to Makati Medical Center.
Aside from being an award-winning actor, Garcia was known for professionalism and his love for the Philippine showbiz industry.
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Lexington could get head start on school construction
In November, district voters approved a bond issue for two new schools.
Lexington could get head start on school construction In November, district voters approved a bond issue for two new schools. Check out this story on mansfieldnewsjournal.com: https://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/story/news/2019/03/21/lexington-local-school-district-looks-to-partnership-for-construction-ofcc/3226589002/
Mark Caudill, Mansfield News Journal Published 11:44 a.m. ET March 21, 2019
Lexington art students whose work was accepted for the Ohio Governor's Youth Art Exhibition were recognized at Wednesday night's school board meeting. (Photo: Mark Caudill/News Journal)
LEXINGTON - The school district is on its way to be able to use its local share of a construction project to build one of two new schools while it waits for state money.
At Wednesday's school board meeting, members approved a resolution to participate in the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission's Expedited Local Partnership Program.
"We were notified a couple of weeks ago that they did grant our request to participate," Superintendent Mike Ziegelhofer said after the meeting. "They met with us last Tuesday and walked us through the processes."
Commission members will consider the district's application at an April 25 meeting. A controlling board that oversees the OFCC will review Lexington's application on May 20.
"Once we've been approved by these two groups, we are good to go to start on our project," Ziegelhofer said.
In November, district voters approved an 8.6-mill bond issue for $55.95 million. The issue included a 0.5-mill maintenance levy.
Plans are to replace the five current buildings with two new ones, a pre-K-6 building and a 7-12 building.
Last month, Ziegelhofer told the board that Lexington was 36th out of 36 districts in line to receive money from the state.
Through the Expedited Local Partnership Program, the district can get started earlier.
"We would sit down with architects to go over the planning and design process for at least one of our facilities in June," Ziegelhofer said. "It's a tremendous opportunity."
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TDA Architects told district officials the planning and design process could take up to a year.
"We'll begin meeting up next fall with groups of teachers to get input on design," the superintendent said. "I'm only speculating, but if everything went well, we could be in position to break ground as early as next fall (2020) or early spring of 2021."
Ziegelhofer said the district would do the 7-12 building first, mainly because it's the cheaper of the two buildings.
"It also enables more of our current students to be able to utilize new schools," he said.
Students honored for achievements
At the start of Wednesday's board meeting, which took place in the auditorium before moving to the board's room, members recognized students who have excelled athletically or academically in recent months.
Included in that group were the boys and girls swim teams. Coach Brock Spurling recounted their accomplishments.
The girls finished 10th at the state meet, while the boys were third. While the girls have placed in the top 10 three years in a row, the boys had never made the top 10 before.
Spurling said only five schools in the state had both squads finish in the top 10.
"Four are private schools," he said. "We're the only one that's a public school."
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The girls bowling team qualified for the state tournament for the first time in school history. Scott Oliver was an individual qualifier for the boys.
Lexington art students produced 10 pieces that were accepted for the Ohio Governor's Youth Art Exhibition, including two of the top 25 pieces.
The final recognition went to Eastern Elementary School's fifth-grade academic challenge teams. Eastern's two teams finished first and second at both of their competitions, which consisted of around 30 schools.
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One in custody in Walker Lake Road shooting
Man sentenced to two years in prison for assault
One shot on Walker Lake Road
ATV victims drove off 39-foot cliff, onto US 30
Police calls: Men jump pedestrian, steal shoes
Prosecutor: Officer-involved shooting justified
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Los Angeles Times: Book Him: P.I. Wrestles to Put Experiences Into Words
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Anaheim P.I. Wrestles to Put Experiences Into Words to Help Readers Control Their Lives
By Dennis McLellan
As a private investigator, Thomas G. Martin has tracked down errant spouses and missing birth parents. He’s conducted background checks of child-care providers and investigated fraudulent businesses and sex crimes.
But the Anaheim private eye says nothing prepared him for his latest caper: Writing a book.
“If You Only Knew. . . : An Internationally Known Private Investigator Reveals How you Can Take Control of Your Life” (Griffin Publishing; $16.95) offers Martin’s advice on how “to help you feel safer, live smarter and succeed in your relationships–at home and at work.”
Based on Martin’s 28 years of experience as a private investigator and former supervisory federal agent with the Department of Justice, the book offers practical information on everything from locating lost friends and family to avoiding scams and maximizing personal safety. (Pepper sprays and other nonlethal protection devices create a false sense of security, says Martin, who offers numerous tips on how to reduce risks.)
Martin, whose Anaheim office does more than 1,200 “marital surveillances” a year, also offers tips on how to find out if your partner is having an affair. (Does hubby come home from a long day of work smelling better than when he left? Has the number of hang-up telephone calls in your home jumped?)
Other chapters include information on stopping domestic violence, minimizing investment pitfalls, protecting yourself from sexual harassment on the job and identifying the warning signs that your teenager may be getting into trouble. There are even chapters on finding the right lawyer and what steps to take in hiring a private investigator.
Martin said writing the book, which includes Web sites and other free sources that can be used to locate missing friends and relatives, didn’t come easily.
“It’s probably one of the most difficult tasks I’ve come across in my adult life,” Martin, 50, said. “I have a master’s degree in public management and a bachelor’s degree in scholastic philosophy, and it’s a pretty humbling experience when you write what you think is a dynamite chapter and they hand it back to you.”
Martin said there’s something in the book for everybody.
“Not everybody needs an attorney or thinks their mate is cheating on them. I’m hoping that people will read the three or four chapters that pertain to them at this particular point in their lives.”
The book, he said, “is written by someone who’s not a Rhodes scholar but by someone who’s got 30 years’ [experience] on the street, and I think if they look at the table of contents and say, ‘Gee, I’d like to know about teenage problems,’ and they go to that chapter there are concrete solutions to those problems there.”
Response to the book has surprised Martin.
Since its publication in mid-August, he has done about 40 radio interviews, and KCOP Channel 13 in Los Angeles featured him in a segment on personal safety, which aired around the country.
Martin said the chapters on security and how to pick a lawyer are receiving the most media interest.
But one woman who read the book was especially interested in the section that includes “20 ways to know if your partner is cheating.” She’s now a client.
“She said, ‘Three words in your book changed my entire life.’ She read where I stated that when it comes to taking care of yourself, ‘you deserve it.’ She said, ‘Once I saw that, I decided I’d better get my act together.’ So we did a surveillance. We caught her husband with another woman, and we got her a good attorney here in town.”
Glendale-based Griffin Publishing Group, the publisher of the U.S. Olympic Committee’s series of sports, health education and fitness books, has asked Martin to develop a series of drug-education handbooks for students and teachers from kindergarten through high school.
“The amount of drug use in our schools is going off the chart,” said Martin, who spent 12 years as a federal Drug Enforcement Administration agent.
October 15, 1997|DENNIS McLELLAN | TIMES STAFF WRITER
Three-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Janet Evans, a longtime family friend of Martin’s, has been approached to be a spokeswoman for the anti-drug series.
“The core of the book will be written by me to explain drugs and why not to use them, and Janet will provide stories of her life and how, by her not getting involved in that and being disciplined, show what you can accomplish,” Martin said.
Martin, however, has no intention of leaving the private eye business and taking up writing full time.
“I’m definitely keeping my day job,” he said with a laugh. “When they say writing a book is like giving birth–although I haven’t done it–I have a better sense of what they mean.”
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Martin Investigative Services is truly one of the best run organizations we have worked with. Fair, efficient and professional. Tom Martin in particular exudes confidence and experience and isn’t afraid to tell it like it is. That’s something we can rely on.
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We have used Martin Investigative Services for three decades. Their work is exemplary; reports are perfect and their testimony is very professional, with great judge and jury appeal. We will not use anyone else for our investigations.
Steven SilversteinFormer Orange County Trial Lawyer Association Trial Lawyer of the Year
I have worked with Martin Investigative Services for our company investigations for close to 20 years. Tom and the team are always professional, skilled and get right to the heart of any assignment I have for them. I would highly recommend Martin Investigative Services for any workplace investigation.
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It has been my pleasure to work with Martin Investigative Services over the past 30 plus years on many investigations as well as other security related matters. When I need answers and I need them fast I know that a simple call will get me answers that are succinct, current and coming from a supremely knowledgeable source.
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Thomas G. Martin is a private investigator who is highly regarded and widely used by attorneys and other clients in Orange County and nationwide.
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I have used Thomas Martin’s services for many years and have found his work to be of the highest standards. He gets the job done quickly, efficiently and reliably. He is aware of the law and always submits quality reports. I highly recommend Martin Investigative Services to any attorney, business or individual who is in need of a professional investigator.
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I have known Tom Martin and used his services for many years. I trust him with the most challenging investigative tasks.
Professional and efficient, he and his staff leave no stone unturned to get the job done.
Wylie AitkenTrial Lawyer, Former President of California's Trial Bar
Martin Investigative Services has performed background checks, private investigation, surveillance and bug sweeps for our clients. They have also served difficult process in lawsuits. They have performed unquestionably and unfailingly to perfection. We will always call Martin first – and hope he hasn’t been called yet by the other side!
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I have used Martin Investigative Services for everything from marital indiscretions to finding hidden assets for more than 25 years. Working with Mr. Martin has been invaluable to my practice. Tom Martin is insightful, creative and never fails to deliver. I endorse his firm without hesitation or reservation.
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Fox News Fabricated "New" McKinsey Report Days After House GOP Pushed Months-Old Survey
Blog ››› November 3, 2011 3:45 PM EDT ››› ZACHARY PLEAT
Fox News is falsely claiming that McKinsey & Co. has released a new survey this week estimating that a large number of employers will drop health coverage under the Affordable Care Act. However, in an email to Media Matters, McKinsey stated that it has not released any new research on the topic in months.
It all started on October 27, when Republicans on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led by House Republican Darrell Issa, issued a report critical of health care reform. The report cited research that McKinsey had released in June that stoked fears that "more than 30 percent of employers overall, and 28 percent of large ones, say they will definitely or probably drop coverage after 2014."
On Wednesday, just days after Issa's report cited McKinsey's June research, America's Newsroom co-host Bill Hemmer claimed that McKinsey itself was responsible for "a survey out this week." On Monday, Happening Now co-host Jenna Lee claimed that "a new survey conducted by an independent research firm finds that 30 percent of employers will definitely or probably stop offering company-sponsored health coverage once the new health-care law kicks in." Lee did not make clear what "new survey" was the source of her claim.
When Media Matters contacted McKinsey & Company to obtain a copy of the new survey, the organization told Media Matters via email that it has not released one on this topic since June. From the email:
We did not release any other survey on this topic. The Fox News piece is based on the survey that was conducted in February of this year and published in June. All the information about that survey is available on our website: http://www.mckinsey.com/en/Features/US_employer_healthcare_survey.aspx.
In June, Fox had aggressively promoted the McKinsey survey to warn that 30 percent of employers would drop health coverage once the Affordable Care Act was implemented, forcing 78 million Americans out of their current health insurance. Fox trumpeted the survey results as "blockbuster" research that undermined efforts to reform the health care system.
Those claims fell apart after McKinsey was forced to acknowledge that the survey was not intended to be a predictive economic analysis.
This is not the first time Fox News has served as a mouthpiece for GOP research.
Back in 2009, Happening Now passed off a Senate Republican Communications Center press release as its own research -- typo and all. More recently, Happening Now reported: "Today, the headline is this ... government spending as a share of our economy will increase by nearly 70 percent by 2035." Earlier that day, House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan had issued a press release stating that "government spending as a share of the economy will increase by nearly 70 percent between now and 2035." In another instance, Fox & Friends recited a misleading House GOP press release to distort President Obama's estimate of the stimulus' job impacts.
During the health care debate, Fox figures repeatedly used the GOP's "ram it through" language to attack health care reform. They adopted the GOP's choice phrase, "Obamacare," to describe health care reform.
More recently, in August, Fox & Friends used talking points similar to a Republican National Committee document released a day before to bash Obama for "pivoting" to jobs. In September, Fox News waged a week-long war against government regulations in a series called "Regulation Nation," which echoed the name of a House Republican website that has existed since at least June. Fox also parroted a GOP attack on Justice Department investigators who were looking into the failed Fast and Furious program.
And just last month, Fox's "report card" on Obama's first 1,000 days was a copycat of an RNC document -- but Fox host Megyn Kelly tried passing it off as "Fox Facts" from Fox's "brain room."
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Engineered antibody that attacks HIV strains an ‘exciting breakthrough’
September 27th, 2017 HIV/AIDS
Scientists have engineered an antibody that attacks 99% of HIV strains and can prevent infection in primates, reports BBC News.
Scientists from Sanofi, the Vaccine Research Centre, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, the Centre for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre, Harvard Medical School, Boston, the Ragon Institute of MGH/MIT and Harvard, Cambridge and the department of immunology and microbiology, IAVI Neutralising Antibody Centre, Centre for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology and Immunogen Discovery, and The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, were involved.
It is built to attack three critical parts of the virus – making it harder for HIV to resist its effects.
The International Aids Society said it was an “exciting breakthrough”. Human trials will start in 2018 to see if it can prevent or treat infection.
Our bodies struggle to fight HIV because of the virus’ incredible ability to mutate and change its appearance. These varieties of HIV – or strains – in a single patient are comparable to those of influenza during a worldwide flu season. So the immune system finds itself in a fight against an insurmountable number of strains of HIV. But after years of infection, a small number of patients develop powerful weapons called “broadly neutralising antibodies” that attack something fundamental to HIV and can kill large swathes of HIV strains.
Researchers have been trying to use broadly neutralising antibodies as a way to treat HIV, or prevent infection in the first place.
The report says the study combines three such antibodies into an even more powerful “tri-specific antibody”. Dr Gary Nabel, the chief scientific officer at Sanofi and one of the report authors, is quoted in the report as saying: “They are more potent and have greater breadth than any single naturally occurring antibody that’s been discovered.” The best naturally occurring antibodies will target 90% of HIV strains. We’re getting 99% coverage, and getting coverage at very low concentrations of the antibody.”
Experiments on 24 monkeys showed none of those given the tri-specific antibody developed an infection when they were later injected with the virus. Nabel said: “It was quite an impressive degree of protection.” Clinical trials to test the antibody in people will start next year, the report said.
Professor Linda-Gail Bekker, the president of the International Aids Society, is quoted in the report as saying: “This paper reports an exciting breakthrough. These super-engineered antibodies seem to go beyond the natural and could have more applications than we have imagined to date. It’s early days yet, and as a scientist I look forward to seeing the first trials get off the ground in 2018. As a doctor in Africa, I feel the urgency to confirm these findings in humans as soon as possible.”
Dr Anthony Fauci, the director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said it was an intriguing approach. He added: “Combinations of antibodies that each bind to a distinct site on HIV may best overcome the defences of the virus in the effort to achieve effective antibody-based treatment and prevention.”
The development of an effective AIDS vaccine has been challenging due to viral genetic diversity and the difficulty in generating broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs). Here, we engineered trispecific antibodies (Abs) that allow a single molecule to interact with three independent HIV-1 envelope determinants: 1) the CD4 binding site, 2) the membrane proximal external region (MPER) and 3) the V1V2 glycan site. Trispecific Abs exhibited higher potency and breadth than any previously described single bnAb, showed pharmacokinetics similar to human bnAbs, and conferred complete immunity against a mixture of SHIVs in non-human primates (NHP) in contrast to single bnAbs. Trispecific Abs thus constitute a platform to engage multiple therapeutic targets through a single protein, and could be applicable for diverse diseases, including infections, cancer and autoimmunity.
Ling Xu, Amarendra Pegu, Ercole Rao Nicole, Doria-Rose Jochen, Beninga Krisha McKee, Dana M Lord, Ronnie R Wei, Gejing Deng, Mark Louder, Stephen D Schmidt, Zachary Mankoff, Lan Wu, Mangaiarkarasi Asokan, Christian Beil, Christian Lange, Wulf Dirk Leuschner, Jochen Kruip, Rebecca Sendak, Young Do Kwon, Tongqing Zhou, Xuejun Chen, Robert T Bailer, Keyun Wang, Misook Choe, Lawrence J Tartaglia, Dan H Barouch, Sijy O’Dell, John-Paul Todd, Dennis R Burton, Mario Roederer, Mark Connors, Richard A Koup, Peter D Kwong, Zhi-yong Yang, John R Mascola, Gary J Nabel
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A MAGICAL AND MELANCHOLY EXPERIENCE
THEATRICAL REVIEW
By Daniel Lammin
You wouldn’t associate acclaimed director Todd Haynes ('Carol', 'I'm Not There', 'Far From Heaven') with the children’s film genre - but then you wouldn’t have said the same for Martin Scorsese. In 2011, Scorsese adapted Brian Selznick’s novel ‘The Invention of Hugo Cabret’ into the film ‘Hugo’ to great acclaim, and now Haynes brings Selznick’s novel ‘Wonderstruck’ to the screen. Where ‘Hugo’ was a flashy, empty film hampered by the novelty of its setting and technology, ‘Wonderstruck’ has far more to offer its audience as both a narrative of lost souls seeking answers and a piece of cinematic invention.
‘Wonderstruck’ follows along two timelines. The first, set in 1977, tells the story of orphaned boy Ben (Oakes Fegley) who discovers a mysterious book about New York’s Natural History Museum in the belongings of his deceased mother Elaine (Michelle Williams). Believing it might lead him to discover who his father is, he decides to run away to New York and see if he can track down where the book came from. The second, set in 1927, tells the story of Rose (Millicent Simmonds), a young deaf girl who runs away from her stifling home life to find actress Lilian Mayhew (Julianne Moore), who she believes will offer her a better life.
While ‘Hugo’ was a dull mess. ‘Wonderstruck’ is a far more engaging and, at times, very moving experience - mostly due to the fact that Haynes is able to carry over his aesthetic sensibilities and his particular sense of palpable melancholy. While each sequence is handled in its own unique manner (Ben’s story looks like a lost 70s film, while Rose’s story is brought to life like a classic silent film), the thematic similarities in the two stories holds the film together in a way that usually only works in novel form, but here feels necessary and organic. Both Ben and Rose are children adrift, unsure of where they fit in the world, and their natural need to belong to someone drives them on the same journeys of discovery. Neither Haynes nor Selznick patronise the audience or the children, allowing the film to deliver genuine emotional punches. You feel and fear for Rose and Ben (especially watching Ben navigate through the dangerous concrete jungle of 70s New York), and Haynes finds a level of integrity in their views and perspectives on the world, its moral conundrums and in their developing concepts of mortality that few other directors have been able to when telling stories involving children.
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For the weight of its thematic material, ‘Wonderstruck’ is an endlessly inventive and imaginative film in its approach. There are no flashes of magic or fantasy other than what the real world can offer, and by sticking so closely to Ben and Rose’s perspectives, landscapes adults might find ordinary (like a museum or a bookshop) become places of endless possibility and danger. The visual approach - to lend each timeline its own texture - is a wonderful decision and very much what we would expect from Haynes, the 1927 sequence in particular a real triumph. Holding all the pieces together is Carter Burwell’s beautiful score, which allows Haynes to establish the thematic links long before the two halves begin to converge. It seems obvious in hindsight that ‘Wonderstruck’ would work so well on film since so much of it is about experiencing the world visually as opposed to aurally, and the care with which the film approaches the experiences of being hearing impaired is highly commendable and often very moving. It would be easy to turn it into a movie-of-the-week drama buckling with high emotion, but in ‘Wonderstruck’ it is a fact of life that just needs to be navigated.
Key to this is the casting of the children. Oakes Fegley improves further on his great work in ‘Pete’s Dragon’ (2016) in ‘Wonderstruck’, demonstrating great maturity as an actor as he handles some of the most emotionally challenging material in the film. He’s complemented beautifully by Jaden Michael as Jamie, who finds Ben in the Museum of Natural History in a state of distress and helps him on his journey. The two boys have terrific chemistry together. The real standout of the film though is Millicent Simmonds, who practically steals the film as Rose. Simmonds herself is deaf, so she thrives in the film language Haynes uses to tell Rose’s story. Her performance is filled with so much determination, detail, spunk and a refusal to be disadvantaged in any way, and the depth of her expression is often extraordinary. The adult cast are uniformly excellent, but this film belongs to the kids and everything they and Haynes does is in service to allowing them to deliver the best performances they can.
Both Ben and Rose are children adrift, unsure of where they fit in the world, and their natural need to belong to someone drives them on the same journeys of discovery.
While it’s easy to be impressed and beguiled by ‘Wonderstruck’, it always remains a melancholy experience. The ending is emotionally resonant and quiet, appropriate for the gentle manner in which the film is handled, but has you leaving the cinema in a similarly quiet sense of contemplation. It also takes its time, and while the journey is worth it, I did find myself letting much of the film wash over me. After the emotional sucker-punch of ‘Carol’ and the bravado of ‘I’m Not There’, this feels like a much more contemplative meditation from Haynes.
It’s still very much a Todd Haynes film in the best sense: still a story of outsiders cast adrift in the world, trying with quiet desperation to find somewhere safe and protected. His transition to a children’s film hasn’t meant a loss of his voice as an artist; in fact, ‘Wonderstruck’ is the best kind of children’s film, one that speaks to their experiences without ever patronising them, and representing the deaf community with great respect and understanding. In its own way, it’s a magical, imaginative, technically daring and uncompromising film, and while you might not walk away from it in explosions of emotion, you do have the feeling that you’ve just been offered something special and unique.
CAST: Oakes Fegley
Millicent Simmonds
Cory Michael Smith
Amy Hargreaves
James Urbaniak
Hays Wellford
Damian Young
DIRECTOR: Todd Haynes
WRITER: Brian Selznick
PRODUCERS: Pamela Koffler
John Sloss
Christine Vachon
www.wonderstruckmovie.com.au
RELATEDCAROLAn elegant, passionate and important love story
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Here at Matua, we reckon people really make a place. Our Matua team is like family – and we’re pretty lucky to have lots of awesome people in it! We’ve got some real legends too. Here are two of them: co-founder Bill Spence and Chief Winemaker Chris Darling.
Bill Spence, Co-founder & Brand Ambassador
You could say Bill was made to start a winery – it’s in his blood. His grandfather made wine in Auckland as early as 1918 and Bill grew up working on his father’s winery and vineyard in West Auckland before and after school.
Bill and his older brother Ross shared a vision to revolutionise the New Zealand wine industry, so after the brothers studied viticulture and winemaking, they were itching to put modern winemaking techniques into practice.
Come 1966, they struck out on their own and bought some land with help from their grandmother and mother. By 1974, they produced their first vintage of Sauvignon Blanc and Matua was born.
With his gift of the gab, Bill took the lead on viticulture, marketing and exports while Ross focused on the winemaking. Bill’s infectious personality and enthusiasm drove Matua’s early sales. In 1990 he became founding Chairman of the NZ Wine Export Guild where he stayed for three years, spreading the word about Kiwi wine and Matua.
Both Bill and Ross loved giving new things a go – and they were good at it too. They even made a traditional Portuguese style Port, which won gold medals year after year. Their drive to create wine that people would really enjoy combined with their experimental dabbling made sure awards for Matua kept on coming.
A likeable rogue of the industry, these days Bill is still very much a part of Matua. When he’s not globetrotting as Matua’s Brand Ambassador, talking wine or taking the mickey, you’ll find Bill making his own prosciutto and wicked chili sauce or catching up on the Rugby.
He changes his mind a lot, but Pinot Noir is Bill’s favourite drop at the moment – especially from Central Otago. He loves its multi-dimensional character and the precision it requires in the vineyard.
Chris Darling, Chief Winemaker
Growing up in Australia, Chris’ interest in wine first stemmed from his father – an avid wine lover himself, who shared the stories and mystiques of the world of wine with his son. This initial interest soon turned into a passion, which led Chris to pursue a career in the industry with the aim of crafting wines which could be enjoyed the world over.
After completing an Oenology degree at Roseworthy College in Adelaide, Chris worked in vineyards across Western Australia before relocating to Marlborough in 2003. As luck would have it, his first day in New Zealand saw him taste a glass of Matua Sauvignon Blanc and he was hooked. The rest, as they say, is history.
Completing his first vintage as a winemaker with Matua that year, Chris recalls marvelling at the amount of flavour in each wine, and was intrigued by the contrast in styles being created. To this day, showcasing the unique terroir and flavours of New Zealand are what continue to drive Chris in his work, with a focus on producing quality wines that are true to their origin and crafted with minimal intervention.
From a varietal perspective, Chris enjoys exploring the complexities of Pinot Noir, but still relishes Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc – even more so when enjoyed in the sunshine, accompanied by an oyster or two!
Alongside Matua’s strong heritage, it’s the people Chris works alongside who inspire him. A family of colleagues who work collaboratively to create , innovate and take New Zealand wines to the world.
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Kristoffer Lo
Kristoffer has redefined the use of tuba and its role in band. From its traditional role as the low-end in symphony orchestras and Dixieland bands, Kristoffer has taken the instrument to a new direction, filling the position as the ultra low end in metal- and noise bands. With a bunch of electronics and huge amps, Kristoffer’s tuba sounds like a low-end monster and a high pitched squeal at the same time.
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Sen. Evers held hearings, showed up unannounced at corrections facilities and was working on tough legislation when the session hit the wall — the House closing up shop three days early. The governor’s executive order puts initiatives from both the House and Senate in motion.
They tighten up on regulations governing the use of force in state prisons; protect staffers who report wrongdoing from retaliation and make administrators track more closely the use of the chemicals sprayed in order to subdue unruly prisoners.
In addition, any employee who resorts to physical force or who sanctions the use of force must sign a report, under oath, within a day of the incident.
In addition, sexual-abuse investigators will have to undergo specialized training.
Most, if not all, of these reforms were already within the power of Corrections Secretary Julie Jones to put in place. That Gov. Scott has added his own imprimatur to the push for change should give her the confidence to fully implement these more stringent guidelines — and to push for more. The reforms represent progress, yes; however, they also represent what had become a weak-tea version of reform initiatives in the Legislature.
The Senate pushed to create an independent prison-oversight commission, something that was opposed by leaders in the House. Why would House lawmakers not want to know what is and isn’t working in the prison system, how effectively taxpayers’ money is being spent and how to improve conditions not only for inmates but especially for corrections officers and other workers doing a difficult and dangerous job?
Sen. Evers and others on the Senate’s Criminal Justice Committee also are right to be concerned that the agency’s current inspector general’s office has been far from diligent in getting to the bottom of the many bloody, brutal incidents in corrections facilities and the coverups that followed. It’s doubtful that DOC can, or should, police itself.
The Senate was right to seek more muscular reform. It shouldn’t give up this fight. The reforms ordered by Gov. Scott are overdue and welcome, but they only skim the surface.
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Does 'X-Men' technology exist? How CRISPR could create the next Logan.
By Brent McCluskey
In 1974, Wolverine made his first appearance in the Marvel comics, donning his razor-sharp Adamantium claws and displaying his incredible mutant powers of healing, strength and speed. Then, in the '90s, scientists began diving into what is now known as Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, or CRISPR — a genome editing technology borrowed from bacteria that allows for hyper-specific manipulation of DNA, or as some call it: controlled evolution. In other words, technology that could soon grant us all the same superhuman powers as Wolverine from the Logan movie.
It sounds far fetched, and frankly too good to be true, but CRISPR has already been used to treat cancer in a handful of clinical trials, and many scientists believe this is only the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
"CRISPR has completely transformed the landscape for how we study gene function," says Dr. Steven Pollard, a brain tumor expert from Edinburgh's MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, according to Cancer Research U.K. "It's opening up the human genome for us to be able to do what we want genetically."
CRISPR explained
Before we start laying out Wolverine's powers and how CRISPR can be used to imbue humans with the same attributes, let's first define exactly what CRISPR is and how it works.
CRISPR is a mechanism used by bacteria to defend against viral attacks. When a virus latches onto a bacterium, it releases its DNA strand in an attempt to infect its host. The bacterium, in response, uses CRISPR to scan and identify the foreign DNA, then precisely cuts out that snippet of code — the precision of these cuts is extremely important. Interestingly, the bacterium also keeps the virus' DNA on file in case it attacks again.
Scientists currently aim to use this same technology to alleviate genetic disorders, treat diseases of the eye and blood, defeat cancer once and for all, expedite crop and livestock breeding, engineer new antimicrobials and control disease-carrying insects with gene drives, among other endeavors.
Wolverine's powers
Thanks to his genetic mutation, Wolverine is the essence of vitality. He can heal from virtually any wound at a speed far greater than a normal human, has increased stamina, ages at a significantly slowed rate, has enhanced agility and reflexes, possesses superhumanly acute senses and is all but immune to poison, drugs and disease. Not bad, right?
Using CRISPR to make us like Wolverine
According to Marvel, mutants are a sub-species of humanity born with genetic abnormalities that grant them their incredible powers. It's basically a play off of Darwinism's natural selection modality, except instead of taking millions of years for an organism to better adapt to its environment, it happens spontaneously. But like Darwinism, Marvel's mutants acquire new physical and behavioral traits through changes in their DNA, a process CRISPR is quite adept at replicating.
So how could CRISPR be used to achieve the same results as evolution and make us all like Wolverine? By targeting particular DNA sequences in the genome and changing their genetic blueprint, thereby reprogramming them to function as desired. DNA is the building block of life, and CRISPR could allow scientists to rebuild humans to their liking.
Increased healing? Sure. Why not? CRISPR has already been successfully used to cure a severe form of muscular dystrophy in mice.
Extended lifespan? Check. George Church, co-founder of the gene-editing company Editas Medicine and a geneticist at Harvard and MIT, says forestalling old age could be on the horizon.
"If you want to be useful longer or do aging reversal, that could be preventive medicine," Church says, adding CRISPR could do much more, Wired reports. "But if a therapy was sufficiently good, it would be enhancement."
"Enhancement." Now that's got a nice ring to it.
What about increased physical attributes like strength, speed and stamina? It's already happening. CRISPR tech has been deployed to create hulked out dogs and goats.
Immunity to disease? Seems pretty likely since researchers have already cut out HIV genes from live animals.
How about poison immunity? CRISPR to the rescue yet again. When poisons like cyanide and arsenic are introduced into the body, cells gets wrenched apart and the body starts to shut down. But scientists have used the gene-editing tool to negate these effects.
The hurdles
CRISPR has come a long way since scientists first began tinkering with it in the '90s, but there are still myriad hurdles to overcome before humans are rebuilt in Wolverine's image. Perhaps foremost among them is identifying which genes are responsible for the desired traits — such as increased strength, speed and stamina — and the correlating proteins that control gene expression. Scientists must also find suitable target sites to deliver the modified DNA, otherwise the CRISPR-modified cells will have no effect. It's kind of like having a super high-tech smartphone with no cell towers.
But researchers are already well on their way to solving these problems, and it's not a far stretch to think we will see some real progress in our lifetime.
In the meantime, you can watch Logan, which drops Friday, and start imagining what it will be like to have Wolverine's powers.
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Pulling some strings to get behind Conservatoire’s bar!
The opening of Birmingham Conservatoire’s brand new state-of-the-art building, is definitely a cause for celebration.
Music critic goes into a bar, and the bloke who pops up on the other side is none other than a world-famous cellist, who says “let me pull you a pint”.
The critic in question is me, mine genial host is Julian Lloyd Webber, principal of Birmingham Conservatoire, and the beer is Conservatoire Ale, produced by Wye Valley Brewery in Hereford, and available only in this particular bar, situated in the welcoming foyer of the Conservatoire’s brilliant new building at the heart of Birmingham city centre’s learning quarter, Eastside of Moor Street Station.
There is another dedicated Wye Valley brew, a bottled “Principal’s Ale”, its label bearing Julian’s signature -- and rightly so, as he had a palate in the tasting process - and again, only available at Birmingham Conservatoire, whose opening last week these beers were created to celebrate.
Birmingham City University has had the vision to invest £57million from its own coffers (no public subsidy) into the building of a state-of-the-art home for its music faculty which is Birmingham Conservatoire, and the result is stunning, even from the impact made by its exterior on Jennens Road, striking and welcoming at the same time.
When I made my way down the staircase into its welcoming cafe-bar foyer (and the food under preparation smelt really good), I was struck by the airiness and friendliness of the place. The previous Paradise Place home of the Conservatoire, a prime-located venue which lasted only 40 years before city centre redevelopment necessitated its destruction, had been dedicated and efficient, but in retrospect claustrophobic. Here on Eastside we have a building which is airy, bright, and with decor which is both softening and enveloping.
And this is a home which students and staff richly deserve, not least those who have endured the past two years living in the rubble of a building-site, with the most uncongenial of access to the riches which were being presented within those doomed walls, whether educationally or in terms of public performance.
The various performance spaces within this marvellous new Conservatoire building offer opportunities for all kinds of music-making within a venue tailored to suit. After the opening speeches and acknowledgements last Thursday we were invited to make our own tour of the building.
My first port of call was the Eastside Jazz Club - the first permanent dedicated jazz space in any UK Conservatoire, and where there will be nightly performances - with a quintet playing coolly in this 80-seat cabaret-style venue which lacked at that moment only an audience toying with its glasses, and, as someone observed to me later, clouds of cigarette-smoke filling the atmosphere (no hope of the latter, my friend).
Apart from the hardworking harpist gently tinkling an accompaniment to the opening skirmishes these were the first notes I heard played live within this inspiring new building. The next were to come in the amazing 500-seater concert-hall, with considerate sightlines and an acoustic flexibility thanks to adjustable canopies in the ceiling and lowerable blinds against the walls. And the notes in question were Bach’s Prelude in C major, played on a well-set-up piano by one of the architects from Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, responsible for designing this miracle of purpose-built music colleges - possibly the last we’ll ever see built in this country, according to Julian Lloyd Webber, who must be sad at future prospects for music education as well as gratified that his own conservatoire has achieved such iconic status.
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Home Art Hilla Ben-Ari: A Question of Vulnerability
Hilla Ben-Ari: A Question of Vulnerability
Angela Levine
Feminist art exploring themes related to male-female identity, sexuality, pornography, or the masculine gaze have long been played out in showy and attention-seeking ways. But as artist and educator Hilla Ben-Ari illustrates in Lacuna, her new exhibition, delicate imagery and a subtle touch can also be extremely effective in putting over a relevant feminist message. In her case it concerns the vulnerability of the female body and the efforts needed by a woman to survive in what is still a man’s world.
Ben-Ari’s world was the kibbutz where she was born and spent her childhood; and her experiences there have been the main source of the art she has created over the past decade. Most memorable, perhaps, was her installation Regulator shown in the group exhibition, Togetherness, the Group and the Kibbutz in the Collective Israeli Consciousness (Helena Rubinstein Pavilion, 2005). There, pseudo-architectural plans marked out on graph paper incorporated paper-cuts of young girls dressed in identical shirts and shorts. Bound together by strings, or in one instance connected to a drainage system as if they were crops, they became part of the ‘soulless’ production line of the kibbutz.
Hilla Ben-Ari, Semi-circle, 2012, video, 1.5 min. loop Photography and editing: Asaf Saban; dancer: Adva Kaedar
The effort required physically and mentally to conform, fit in and adapt to a constraining environment, is also one of the underlying messages in the video loops featuring young woman gymnasts that are part of Ben-Ari’s new show. In each case, a single figure is engaged in feat of balance, straining and not quite succeeding in holding her pose. In Semi-Circle, leg bandaged, limbs up in the air, the girl’s body is integrated into an arrangement of poles stuck into the earth. This contrast between soft and hard – the contorted and wounded figure vs. the poles – ‘masculine’ and unyielding – occurs elsewhere in the exhibition, as, for example, in the floor–to-ceiling ‘metal’ pillars that Ben-Ari has introduced into the gallery which are actually made from paper.
Hilla Ben-Ari, The Silo, 2012, paper-cut
Memories of the kibbutz also surface in an appealing set of works produced by the laborious technique of cutting, slicing and weaving strips of paper (in an era where many artists employ sophisticated non-manual techniques, this way of working is particularly refreshing). In one picture, a gymnast’s exercise rings appear to float in space; in another, a grain silo takes center stage.
The faint outline of a woman is introduced in several other notable works, among them Chloris (Goddess of Flowers) where a figure looks out onto an abstracted panorama of green fields – an expression, perhaps, of the artist’s fading memories of her early life on the kibbutz.
Hilla Ben-Ari, The Patient, 2012, paper cut
Binding together Ben-Ari’s video pieces which speak of strength and frailty, disability and tension, is the work entitled The Patient, in which the figure of a woman floating in space, seemingly on the point of vanishing, is nevertheless hemmed in by a device for measuring height. In this and other exhibits in this distinctive show, Ben-Ari succeeds in projecting a sense of detachment – a lacuna – as if the spirit was separating from the female body, its daily strivings, its flaws and weaknesses.
Till June 8th 2012. Gallery 39 for Contemporary Art, 39 Nachmani St. Tel Aviv, Tel: 03. 5666631
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The Future of the Jewish Deli
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by Sarah Goldberg July 20, 2017 in Jewish World, Latest
Sitting in a tiled restaurant in Dupont Circle with a glass bowl of pickles and rhubarb, it’s daunting to imagine the future of the Jewish deli. One moment, the neighborhood gathering spot with a stagnant, heavy menu and vinyl booths occupied by regulars seems secure, and the next moment it’s forgotten. But this deli strips away the comfort of a predictable menu and ditches the vinyl booths and Formica furniture for open space in a bustling, central area where “lunch break” is peak business—this is a new-school deli, DGS Delicatessen, where the Reuben Eggroll has maintained steady real-estate on the menu.
How does one create innovative Jewish cooking in a fluctuating food world? Nick Wiseman of DGS, a self-described “next generation delicatessen,” says: “Cuisine only will evolve if you do it authentic to you. It’s rote if we’re just re-creating recipes of other people, and that was a reflection of us and our team that we brought together.”
Out of nowhere appears the babka bread pudding from DGS. Restaurants like this are open on both coasts: On Rye in Washington, DC, Wise Sons in San Francisco, Mile End in New York, Wexler’s in Los Angeles, and the list goes on. It seems like the first question a person seeking a deli ought to ask is whether they prefer a new, risk-taking style or an old, comfortable one.
When I sat down with Wiseman, he told me that there was no frequented deli in his youth. His Jewish food experience was formed by bagels and lox on Sundays with his family, including his cousin and DGS co-owner David Wiseman. His family went out for deli food occasionally, but the basis of his understanding came from the bagels. Wiseman does not regard old-school deli with much excitement; rather, his passion for food is “driven by people” and their experiences. There’s no specific deli that inspired his creations; rather, it’s the story behind the food.
There’s something to be celebrated about the new delis, especially DGS: It’s adapting in a way that’s funky and fresh. Wiseman and his chefs like to focus on new ingredients and varieties of food. It’s inspired, and its character, Wiseman says, is “that spirit of scrappiness and making everything ourselves, going back through our roots and learning. Even the way he describes smoking salmon evokes a relationship: “We had never cooked this food. It’s not easy for us to cook because making smoked salmon is like a two- or three-day process. We decided to make it. We bought a whole fish, we’d butcher them down, cure ’em, they’d have to air dry for a night, cold smoke ’em and then we hand-slice ’em. It’s like ten steps for smoked salmon, and it was a lot of learning that happened in that process.”
Wiseman seems to think that most delis will die, aside from the famed Katz’s. “Beef is getting too expensive and young Americans don’t want to eat beef like that. That was such a thing of the moment—a status thing—eating a big sandwich. That’s not how most people want to eat anymore.”
I asked journalist David Sax, author of Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, whether new generations will preserve the deli. He said it’s all on an “individual basis. What’s never going to happen is that it will never be what the old Jewish deli was like.” Trendier delis, he thinks, “would continue at a pretty healthy rate. There was a point a couple years ago where deli was the hot thing, and chefs were putting pastrami sandwiches on their menus.” Sax says that there’s a market for both.
Of the vibe of these delis, Sax says that “it’s a good thing these new places aren’t trying to force that. You can’t force it. It occurs in its own way.” Of the experimentation, he says that “there’s definitely a trap,” where new-school places were doing what was good for press, making Instagram-worthy eats that got a lot of attention—but not much was building. But emulating the classic deli, it seems, doesn’t do much for Sax. “Those places are still doing good business, and they’re still stable. It’s less trendy to become something like the classic delis.”
Not all are excited about the experimentation: The late unrelenting food writer Josh Ozersky, who stars alongside Sax in a 2013 Forward video titled “Debating the Deli,” was quick to call young deli-owners “young, passionate and somewhat sanctimonious.” He was disappointed by the very thing that Wiseman of DGS called rote. Perhaps the deli doesn’t stagnate, but preserves its dense cultural weight. Ozersky dubbed Katz’s the “reference point” for these restaurateurs: “It’s the fountain of their tradition, it’s in the context of everything they do.” Sax counters that these new delis are “not only vital in preserving the Jewish deli, but giving it a forward momentum.”
If there’s anybody who understands the importance of deli-preservation, it’s Ted Merwin, author of Pastrami On Rye: Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli, which examines the social context and heyday of the Jewish deli. He’s collected thousands of dollars worth of deli memorabilia from eBay and former deli operators. At Parkway Deli in Silver Spring, an old-school deli in operation since 1963, he sits wearing a black suit. He orders a brisket and kasha varnishkes on the side. He chuckles over the scene in Annie Hall where Alvie takes Annie to a deli, where she orders a pastrami on white bread with mayonnaise—the biggest faux-pas deli scene in a movie.
I ask him what he thinks of the new trends: “I think it’s interesting. I’m not going to say anything bad about it, but the more that you play with tradition, the more that you experiment it, the more that you go off in different directions that are not recognizable and nostalgia-based.” The appeal, he says, is “to a person who doesn’t want to be stuck eating a food the way that it’s always been made.” His argument is that the younger Jewish chefs “are trying to refresh Jewish food and not lose that traditional taste and emphasis but also make it cooperative, more creatively multicultural, fresh and colorful and interesting.”
An understanding of the old deli is key to the process—as Ozersky put it, “the fountain of their tradition.” Reference points, research and food knowledge play a role in it all. After talking to Wiseman, it seems the new-school deli questions itself and seeks that reference point. DGS has consulted food experts, food writer Joan Nathan among them, to lock down the basics (along with the significance) of Ashkenazi cooking in order to make room for experimentation.
Wiseman indicated that they sought inspiration, rather than just the tried and true: “We went to a lot of people who’d eaten this food for experience and their perspective on things. We looked at a lot of old recipes. It was more about looking at the technique and the framework than the recipes themselves. So, it wasn’t just like, ‘We’re gonna cook our moms’ and our grandmas’ brisket recipe.’ It was more like, ‘What are the techniques laid into that? And why?’”
It’s a daring generational spin on a reliably nostalgic menu. But Wiseman and his crew know how to respond to criticism of a cuisine that carries cultural weight: “We accept it, we listen,” he says. “And the restaurant has changed a lot over the years because we’ve tried to listen to what people want. Make the sandwich bigger, make the sandwich smaller, add a pickle, take a pickle away.” And the social context isn’t forced upon the eater. The scene is minimal and the food is colorful, and it doesn’t teem with nostalgia and kitsch. It appeals to a younger crowd.
Merwin hit on what he called the “big draw” for the new deli, nationally and globally: the curing and smoking of their own meats. And that’s the way of DGS—the relationship with the food, the careful addition of rhubarb to a bowl of pickles—an almost romantic focus on ingredients. It’s a creative process involving both revamping and appreciating.
Taking a pickle away, making a sandwich bigger—it’s a healthy market, and the experimentation is bringing fresh ingredients and excitement to the table. The in-house curing, smoking and brining will continue, the experimentation will go on—but the reference points like Katz’s will continue going strong.
Burt Lobock 12:20h, 21 July Reply
You can’t have it both ways. If you want a plain sandwich with Wonder Bread don’t go to a Jewish Deli. If you want a traditional sandwich go to Jewish Deli.
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Review: Murray’s magic marvels the masses
An Incredible Evening of magic lives up to its name
Illusionists Murray Hatfield and Teresa dazzle with amazing magic at the Victoria Conference Centre Theatre.
When I went to the Victoria Conference Centre theatre last Saturday night for An Incredible Evening of Magic with Murray Hatfield and Teresa, I expected to see some slight of hand and some smoke and mirrors. I wasn’t sure if these two local illusionists would be any good and I guess I was expecting something more hokey than hocus pocus.
What I didn’t expect was to leave the theatre with a sore face — my jaw really got a workout from the shocking illusions these two entertainers pulled off. And he’s pretty funny, too.
An Incredible Evening of Magic is an exciting show that dazzles, and I mean dazzles, with Teresa being swallowed by a giant disco ball in the first trick. After Murray inserts three metal rods into it, leaving no possible space for Teresa — and lighting it on fire — out she comes, fully intact and ready to be cut into quarters, mixed around and put back together again.
The graceful Teresa is successful at distracting the audience with her twirls and high-kicks as Hatfield makes the magic happen upstage.
Hatfield engages the audience, not only during the cocktail hour just before the show and during the 20-minute intermission with close-up magic and card tricks, but with his ability to make strangers seem comfortable being pulled from the crowd and into the limelight. Some of the tricks he performs with the audience’s help are the most unbelievable and astonishing of the show.
The audience gasped as a woman, whose mind Hatfield was trying to read by guessing what type of animal cracker she pulled from the box, was startled when the “giraffe” Hatfield drew suddenly grew a neck, right before their eyes.
Eleven-year-old Kirsten floated horizontally three feet in the air when the two step ladders she was laying across were removed. Hatfield even ran a hoop over and around her body to show she wasn’t attached to anything.
Hatfield chose the best of the duo’s illusions, which they tour extensively around the world in places like Australia, Japan, Mexico, Israel and Singapore, to treat the local audience. They were even named Canada’s 2006 Magicians of the Year by the prestigious Magic Castle in Hollywood.
Hatfield chose a selection of heart-warming stories to tell, that helped the audience understand how he got his start in magic and how much it means to him.
It’s obvious the owners of Murray’s Trick and Joke Shop on Broughton Street are much more than that — they are world-class magicians who, lucky for us, call Victoria home. They deserve a packed house for every show. Treat your family to this mind-blowing all-ages show before it disappears.
Join Murray Hatfield and his partner, Teresa, for An Incredible Evening of Magic at the Victoria Conference Centre theatre (720 Douglas) Saturday July 23, or Fridays, July 29, Aug. 5, 12 or 19. Tickets are $25 for adults and $18.75 for children under 16.
Tickets are available at the Royal McPherson Box office at rmts.bc.ca, by phone at 250-386-6121, or in person at Murray’s Trick and Joke Shop at 688 Broughton. M
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Monterey County music listings, Jan. 15-21
Nicole Dillenberg and Dan Frechette give a Joan Baez and Bob Dylan tribute concert Saturday night at the Haute Enchilada in Moss Landing.
Ry Bradley plays Thursday at Barmel in Carmel.
By Monterey County Herald | migration@dfmdev.com |
PUBLISHED: January 13, 2015 at 12:00 am | UPDATED: September 11, 2018 at 12:00 am
Ry Bradley: Acoustic honky tonk, 7-9 p.m., Barmel, San Carlos between Ocean and 7th, Carmel. 626-3400.
Juan L. Sánchez: Sung Spanish poetry, 7:30 p.m., Pacific Grove Library, 550 Central Ave., Pacific Grove. Free for Friends of the P.G. Library members, $10 others. 648-5760, www.pglibraryfriends.org.
Mark Banks: Pop and rock solo guitarist, 6-9 p.m., Cypress Inn, Lincoln Avenue and Seventh Street, Carmel. 624-3871, www.cypress-inn.com.
Open Mic Talent Showcase: Sign up at 7 p.m., Jack London’s, Dolores at 5th and 6th, Carmel. 624-2336.
John Sherry: Rock and blues solo guitarist, 6-9 p.m., The InterContinental Monterey’s C Restaurant & Bar, 750 Cannery Row, Monterey. 375-4800, www.thecrestaurant-monterey.com (Also Friday and Saturday)
Ben Herod Trio: Swing, 7-10 p.m., Cibo Ristorante Italiano, 301 Alvarado St., Monterey. 649-8151, www.cibo.com.
The Joy Bonner Band: Funk, R&B, 8:30 p.m., Sly Mcfly’s, 700-A Cannery Row, Monterey. 649-8050.
Dewey & The Peoples with Skunk Dub and DJ Dread Ramas: Reggae, 8 p.m., Cannery Row Brewing Co., 95 Prescott Ave., Monterey. 21+. 643-2722, www.canneryrowbrewingcompany.com.
Emmanuel Selassie: Reggae, 8 p.m., Bull and Bear (formerly Mucky Duck), 479 Alvarado St. Monterey. 655-3031.
Guitar Friday: Country to R&B, 5:30 and 9 p.m., Casa Sorrento, 393 Salinas St., Salinas. 757-2720.
Acoustic Bone: Guitar and trombone, 8:30 p.m., Cooper’s Pub and Restaurant, 653 Cannery Row, Monterey. 373-1353, coopersmonterey.com.
The Money Band: Classic rock, 9 p.m., Sly Mcfly’s, 700-A Cannery Row, Monterey. 649-8050.
Kenny Stahl (flute), Bob Burnett (guitar) and David Morwood (drums): Jazz, 7-10 p.m., Hyatt Regency Monterey’s Fireplace Lounge, 1 Old Golf Course Road, Monterey. 372-1234, www.hyattregencymonterey.com.
Kiki Wow & The Upbeats: Singer/songwriter, 6-8 p.m., Courtside Bistro at Chamisal Tennis & Fitness Clubhouse, 185 Robley Road, Corral De Tierra. 484-6000, www.courtsidebistro.com.
Casey Frazier: Americana, 7:30-10:30 p.m., Jack London’s, Dolores at 5th and 6th, Carmel. 624-2336.
Rio Road Rockets: Classic rock, 8:30 p.m., the Fuse Lounge at Carmel Mission Inn, Highway 1 and Rio Road, Carmel. 800-348-9090. (Also Saturday)
Debbie Davis and Gennady: Singer and pianist, 7-10 p.m., Cypress Inn, Lincoln Avenue and Seventh Street, Carmel. 624-3871, www.cypress-inn.com.
Rewind: DJ remixes, 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m., Cibo Ristorante Italiano, 301 Alvarado St., Monterey. 649-8151, www.cibo.com.
Mark Banks: Pop and rock solo guitarist, noon-3 p.m., The InterContinental Monterey’s C Restaurant & Bar, 750 Cannery Row, Monterey. 375-4800, www.thecrestaurant-monterey.com. (Also Saturday)
The Joint Chiefs: Funk, 9 p.m., Sly Mcfly’s, 700-A Cannery Row, Monterey. 649-8050.
Amber Lynn Nicol: Singer/songwriter, 7:30-10:30 p.m., Jack London’s, Dolores at 5th and 6th, Carmel. 624-2336.
Nicole Dillenberg and Dan Frechette: Joan Baez and Bob Dylan tribute, 8-10 p.m., Haute Enchilada, 7902 Moss Landing Road, Moss Landing. $12-$15. 633-5843, www.hauteenchilada.com.
Valley Soul: Indie, 7-9 p.m., Barmel, San Carlos between Ocean and 7th, Carmel. 626-3400.
Black Star Safari: Rock, 8 p.m., Bull and Bear (formerly Mucky Duck), 479 Alvarado St. Monterey. 655-3031.
Los Nite Lighters: Cumbia, 9 p.m., Casa Sorrento, 393 Salinas St., Salinas. $5. 757-2720.
Eddie Gutierrez Jr.: Singer/songwriter, 8:30 p.m., Cooper’s Pub and Restaurant, 653 Cannery Row, Monterey. 373-1353, coopersmonterey.com.
Scotty Wright (voice), Gary Meek (sax) and David Morwood (drums): Jazz, 7-10 p.m., Hyatt Regency Monterey’s Fireplace Lounge, 1 Old Golf Course Road, Monterey. 372-1234, www.hyattregencymonterey.com.
Andrea’s Fault Trio: Jazz, 7-10 p.m., Cypress Inn, Lincoln Avenue and Seventh Street, Carmel. 624-3871, www.cypress-inn.com.
Hootenanny: Community sing-along and open jam session with special salutes to Joe Cocker, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan and The Beatles, 7-9:30 p.m., Pacific Grove Art Center, 568 Lighthouse Ave. Pacific Grove. 375-6141, vselby@sbcglobal.net.
Mavis Staples: Soul and gospel legend, 3 p.m., Sunset Center, Ninth and San Carlos, Carmel. $49 and up. 620-2048, www.sunsetcenter.org.
The Stu Reynolds Saxtet: Sunday Jazz Series, 4-6 p.m., Pierce Ranch Vineyards, 499 Wave St., Monterey. $5. 21+. 372-8900, piercevineyards.com.
The 3D Band: 8:30 p.m., Sly Mcfly’s, 700-A Cannery Row, Monterey. 649-8050.
Happy Hour Jazz Jam: Hosted by Roger Eddy, 2-5 p.m., Cibo Ristorante Italiano, 301 Alvarado St., Monterey. 649-8151, www.cibo.com.
Bryan Diamond: Classics, 6-8 p.m., Courtside Bistro at Chamisal Tennis & Fitness Clubhouse, 185 Robley Road, Corral De Tierra. www.courtsidebistro.com, 484-6000.
Brunch with Andrea Carter: Jazz, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Cypress Inn, Lincoln Avenue and Seventh Street, Carmel. 624-3871, www.cypress-inn.com.
Richard Devinck: Guitar, 5-8 p.m., Cypress Inn, Lincoln Avenue and Seventh Street, Carmel. 624-3871, www.cypress-inn.com.
Jaqui Hope: Cocktail jazz, 7-10 p.m., Cibo Ristorante Italiano, 301 Alvarado St., Monterey. 649-8151, www.cibo.com.
Terry Shehorn and the Hornets: Classic rock, 8:30 p.m., Sly Mcfly’s, 700-A Cannery Row, Monterey. 649-8050.
The Dennis Dove Band: Retro, 8:30 p.m., Sly Mcfly’s, 700-A Cannery Row, Monterey. 649-8050.
Lee Durley and Joe Indence: Jazz, 7-10 p.m., Cibo Ristorante Italiano, 301 Alvarado St., Monterey. 649-8151, www.cibo.com.
Soul City featuring Lisa Taylor: 8:30 p.m., Sly Mcfly’s, 700-A Cannery Row, Monterey. 649-8050.
Andrea’s Fault Trio: Jazz, 7-10 p.m., Cibo Ristorante Italiano, 301 Alvarado St., Monterey. 649-8151, cibo.com.
Send music items to jevers@montereyherald.com with “Music listings” in the subject line.
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Alabama coal executive Garry Neil Drummond dies
The chairman and chief executive of the Birmingham-based Drummond Co. Inc., Garry Neil Drummond, has died.
Alabama coal executive Garry Neil Drummond dies The chairman and chief executive of the Birmingham-based Drummond Co. Inc., Garry Neil Drummond, has died. Check out this story on montgomeryadvertiser.com: http://on.mgmadv.com/29CrtR0
Associated Press Published 1:21 p.m. CT July 13, 2016
BIRMINGHAM — The chairman and chief executive of the Birmingham-based Drummond Co. Inc., Garry Neil Drummond, has died.
A statement issued by the coal company says Drummond died Wednesday in Birmingham. He was 78.
The cause of death wasn't disclosed.
Drummond's father began Drummond Coal in Sipsey in 1935, and Garry Drummond began working in the mines in Walker County at age 15. He was named CEO in 1973 and had held the position ever since.
Today, the family-owned Drummond has coal mines in Alabama and South America. It operates ABC Coke and a real estate division with developments in Alabama, California and Florida.
Drummond also was a longtime trustee of the University of Alabama.
Drummond is survived by his wife Peggy Drummond and four children.
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Band of the Day: Blednyj
Ross February 12, 2019 Band of the Day 1 Comment on Band of the Day: Blednyj
All the way from Russia, today’s Band of the Day want to bring a taste of the steppes into your home. Prepare to be rocked by Blednyj…
Simple things first – where are you guys from?
Kaliningrad, Russia.
How did you meet?
We met each other at the Swamp, it is an underground music festival in Chernyakhovsk.
How long have you been playing as a band?
We are working together for more than 10 years, but as a Blednyj we play for two years.
Before you get sick of being asked… where does the band name come from?
Blednyj means Pale in Russian, and our understanding of this word is that the person who become pale was frightened to death.
Tool, Massive Attack, Mars Volta, Bjork, Portishead, Radiohead, Meshuggah and various projects of Mike Patton.
Describe your music. What makes you unique?
Our music is to try to create music that describes the feelings of a person who’s lost at the swamps in the mist and surrounded by unknown beings. This music is hard to understand but easy to feel.
Do you have any particular lyrical themes?
Nope, we’ve got no lyrics.
What’s your live show like? How many shows have you played?
Our shows are filled with emotions and we make people act weird. For 2 years we played more than 20 gigs in our hometown, Saint-Petersburg and Moscow.
What’s the wildest thing you’ve seen or done at a live show?
We are normal musicians and don’t make any wild things, but our fans are really wild.
What kit do you use / guitars do you play / etc.?
We are using Diamond SG 1970 Japan Guitar, 6th string Ibanez.
Drums are mainly Sonor Force 2007 and Zildjian ZXT.
What, if anything, are you plugging/promoting at the moment?
We are promoting our LP Wu-Wei.
What are your plans for 2019?
Our main goal is to record our second LP and make a tour through Europe.
If you were second on a three-band bill, which band would you love to be supporting and which band would you choose to open for you? A chance to plug someone you’ve toured with, or a mate’s band we’ve not heard of before!
We’d preferred to support Tool, and as an opening band we’d call Animals as Leaders.
We’d recommend you to hear a band named DETIETI.
Blednyj: official | facebook | instagram | bandcamp
Blednyj
Described as a gig junkie, can be seen at anything from the Quireboys to Black Label Society and everything in between.
Weird fan
Saw them live, they’re really cool
Band of the Day: Born From Ashes
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Where it Counts, There’s No Enthusiasm Gap
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Enthusiasm gap? What enthusiasm gap?
President Obama’s campaign and Democratic allies raised a record $181 million in September, his campaign manager said today….The Obama campaign manager said the average donation was $53, with 98% of the contributions at $250 or less.
In the end, I wonder if the Republican focus on Super PACs will end up hurting them? Team Blue might be raising a bit less money overall than Team Red, but the Obama campaign is raising more than the Romney campaign. If you’re Karl Rove, I suppose you might argue that Super PACs have more freedom to launch nasty (but effective) attack ads than the campaigns themselves, so it’s a good thing that a big chunk of conservative money is going to Crossroads GPS and their ilk. If you’re Jim Messina, you’ll probably argue that, in the end, it’s better to have most of your money under central control, where you can use it precisely the way you need to.
I have no idea which is the better argument. Either way, though, Obama certainly doesn’t seem to be having any big problem raising money from the folks who supported him in 2008. I continue to think that Mitt Romney lost a real chance to eat into that support when he decided last spring that he had to continue placating the tea partiers instead of immediately moving to the center.
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McKinsey report urges private-sector action in Newfoundland and Labrador
David Maher (david.maher@thetelegram.com)
Published: Apr 15 at 10:07 p.m.
Finance minister Tom Osborne speaks about the findings of the McKinsey and Company report Monday at the PAL Aerospace hangar at St. John’s International Airport. - Joe Gibbons
The $1-million report will inform Tuesday’s budget document
A $1-million report on economic diversification by McKinsey and Company reveals opportunity and systemic problems for Newfoundland and Labrador.
The report is not just about what the government should be doing to stoke economic growth across the province. According to McKinsey and Company, the private sector will need to step up to help ensure a bright future in the province.
“The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador cannot serve as the main job creation engine for the province,” reads the report.
“Entrepreneurship is required to establish and grow more local businesses.”
The report continues:
“Rather than focus on how the government could undertake economic growth initiatives on its own, the province should continue to facilitate and enable the private sector to assume more leadership where appropriate … supporting and regulating private players along the way,” reads the McKinsey report.
How the government can support private business, while expanding its own initiatives, is outlined in 37 recommendations from the company.
On offshore oil development — about which the report says the government is already setting “ambitious targets” — McKinsey recommends “incentives” to stimulate and accelerate development.
The Confederation Building in St. John's, Newfoundland. — file
“This could include offering fiscal incentives to encourage exploration in ‘frontier’ offshore areas and continuing continuous exploration and accelerated development,” says the report.
The report points to ongoing benefits reaped by increased activity in the province’s offshore oil and gas sector, particularly pointing to seismic exploration by Nalcor as driving global interest in oil and gas development.
A recent report from the federal government noted sea levels will rise most rapidly in Atlantic Canada in this century due to climate change, which is caused by excessive greenhouse gas emissions.
The McKinsey report notes a few areas in which the provincial government needs to be “more ambitious” in its efforts to diversify the economy through its Way Forward documents.
“In tourism, for example, the province could aspire to match Destination Canada’s growth target of 6.4 per cent per annum, a substantially higher growth benchmark than the existing targets,” reads the report.
“In the aquaculture industry, the entry of two major players (Greig and Marine Harvest) will likely position the province to considerably outperform the salmon production targets set in The Way Forward.”
If executed in full, the report says its recommendations could increase the provincial gross domestic product (GDP) by $12 billion, and add 30,000 jobs – mostly in rural Newfoundland and Labrador.
But even with successful implementation of those recommendations, unemployment would remain high.
The report notes the national unemployment rate is 5.6 per cent, and the provincial rate is 14.8 per cent, with a rural rate that often approaches 20 per cent.
Even if the government enacts all of the McKinsey report’s recommendations, unemployment would remain a problem in the province, the report says.
If everything were done as McKinsey recommends, the unemployment rate across the province would drop from 14.8 per cent to 11 per cent by 2030. But that still equates to a 42 per cent GDP growth and 14 per cent increase in overall employment over that time as well.
In question period on Monday, Finance Minister Tom Osborne says he is encouraged by the report, and it would stand to benefit the province even if only partially implemented.
“The report is suggesting that we can increase GDP somewhere between $5 billion and $12 billion, that we can add another 27,000 to 30,000 jobs in this province. If we get just a fraction of that, the investment is well worth it,” Osborne said in the House of Assembly.
In February, requests for the report by The Telegram were met with news that the report would be released after the budget. Osborne didn’t give a definitive yes or no if the early release of the document gives a hint to the drop of the writ for the imminent provincial election.
“We all know what could be coming this week. I wanted to live up to my commitment of releasing this report, so we released it today,” Osborne said.
Twitter: @DavidMaherNL
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Longtime B.C. Lions equipment manager Ken (Kato) Kasuya is being remembered as a tireless worker and valued friend. (B.C. Lions Twitter)
B.C. Lions equipment manager Ken Kasuya remembered as ‘treasured friend’
The cause of Ken (Kato) Kasuya’s death has not been disclosed
Longtime B.C. Lions equipment manager Ken (Kato) Kasuya is being remembered as a tireless worker and valued friend.
The CFL team released a statement on Wednesday saying it was “deeply saddened” to report that Kasuya had died. The cause of the 53-year-old’s death has not been disclosed.
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Kasuya spent more than four decades with the Lions, starting out as a volunteer water boy in his teens.
He was hired as an assistant equipment manager in 1984 and moved up to the equipment manager role a decade later.
Lions president Rick LeLacheur says in a statement that the organization is “devastated” by the loss of a treasured family member.
“Tasked with the incredible responsibility to ensure the health of our players, (Kasuya) did so with passion, joy and tireless effort,” LeLacheur said. “He will forever be in the hearts of the legions of players and coaches who have passed through our locker room doors along with thousands in the football community across Canada.”
CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie said Kasuya’s personality and presence were important not only to the Lions but the entire league.
“He is one of those rare individuals who came to the CFL as a boy and dedicated his entire working life to our athletes and our game. In the process, Kasuya became as synonymous with the Lions as any star player or legendary coach,” Ambrosie said in a statement.
💔 Our hearts are broken.
We will miss you Kato.
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— BC LIONS (@BCLions) April 24, 2019
Mervyn Fernandez played for the Lions in the 1980s and 90s, and remembers Kasuya as simply “a fun guy.”
“Kato was my equipment guy the whole time there, him and Eddie (Georgica) and Bill (former trainer Bill Reichelt). They took care of us, anything we needed they got it for us. It’s sad to hear that he’s passed on,” the former wide receiver said in Toronto on Wednesday.
Several other current and former players took to social media to mourn Kasuya.
News of his passing was difficult to take, former Lions quarterback Travis Lulay said in a tweet.
“Kato was special; funny, humble, caring. He was like a locker room counsellor — the couch in his office has heard every story of triumph and heartbreak. He was a cherished friend. We loved you, Kato. Rest In peace,” wrote Lulay, who retired in February after playing 10 seasons with the Lions.
Retired offensive lineman Andrew Jones played in B.C. twice and called Kasuya one of the best people he met during his time in the CFL.
“(I) always found an excuse to go hang out in his office and joke around with him when I was with the @BCLions. #RIPKato you will be missed,” Jones said in a tweet.
Edmonton Eskimos kicker Sean Whyte thanked Kasuya for “years of laughs.”
“I never considered you my equipment manager, I considered you a good friend. I’ll miss your one liners and pre game handshake/hug,” Whyte, who played for the Lions in 2009 and 2010, said in a tweet. “I’ll never forget you Kato.”
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Traitor is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 27 august 2008 with Don Cheadle
Traitor (2008)
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Released in USA 27 august 2008
Length 1h54
OriginUSA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Films about terrorism
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Directed by Shane Black
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Action, Adventure
Themes Christmas films, Films about terrorism, Superhero films, Political films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Children's films
Actors Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Stephanie Szostak
Tony Stark recalls a New Years Eve party in 1999 where he meets scientist Maya Hansen, the inventor of Extremis, an experimental regenerative treatment intended to allow recovery from crippling injuries. Disabled scientist Aldrich Killian offers them a place in his company Advanced Idea Mechanics, but Stark rejects the offer, humiliating Killian.
Directed by Jan de Bont
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes L'action se déroule en une journée, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Trucker films, Road movies, Chase films, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton, Jeff Daniels, Alan Ruck
Los Angeles SWAT officers Jack Traven and Harry Temple thwart an attempt by a bomber to hold an elevator full of people for a $3 million ransom. They corner the bomber, but he grabs Harry. Jack shoots Harry in the leg, forcing the bomber to release him. He turns and runs around a corner, apparently dying in an explosion. Jack and Harry are praised by their superior, Lieutenant "Mac" McMahon.
Cleanskin (2012)
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Sean Bean, Abhin Galeya, Charlotte Rampling, Michelle Ryan, James Fox, Tuppence Middleton
Harry (Sam Douglas), a British arms dealer, is seen in bed with a prostitute named Rena (Shivani Ghai). While toying with Harry's pistol, she unloads it but replaces the magazine. Harry's bodyguard Ewan (Sean Bean), is a British Secret Service Agent. Harry and Ewan travel to a bank, transporting a briefcase of Semtex. The men are followed by two terrorists, Ash (Abhin Galeya) and Ibrahim (Mens-Sana Tamakloe). Ibrahim approaches Harry and Ewan from the top of a staircase, shooting at them. After Ewan is shot by Ash twice, Harry tries to shoot Ash, only to discover there are no bullets in his gun. Ash then kills Harry and takes the briefcase of Semtex. However, Ewan manages to shoot Ash in the arm, but before he can apprehend him Ash returns fire and escapes with the briefcase.
Directed by Paul Haggis
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about racism, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Gangster films, Films about hijackings
Actors Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Karina Arroyave, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, Brendan Fraser
Today The film begins with commentary by passenger Detective Graham Waters (Don Cheadle) having suffered a car accident with his partner Ria (Jennifer Esposito). He mentions that the denizens of Los Angeles have lost their "sense of touch." Ria and the driver of the other car, Kim Lee, exchange racially charged insults. When Waters exits the car, he arrives at a police investigation crime scene concerning the discovery of "a dead kid."
Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin Danemark
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about terrorism
Actors Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Guy Pearce, Carice van Houten, Mohammed Azaay, Eriq Ebouaney, Paprika Steen
Christian est un policier de Copenhague. Son coéquipier est tué par un mystérieux homme nommé Imran. Avec la maîtresse de son défunt collègue, il part alors à la recherche du meurtrier. Leur enquête les mène de la Scandinavie à l'Espagne, au cœur d'une Europe menacée par le terrorisme.
Madras Cafe (2013)
Directed by Shoojit Sircar
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy
Themes Films about writers, Spy films, Films about journalists, Seafaring films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Political films
Actors John Abraham, Nargis Fakhri, Jacqueline Fernandez, Rashi Khanna, Udhayabhanu Maheswaran, Rashi Khanna
The plot opens in Jaffna, where a bus full of passengers is stopped by armed men. They take all of them out and kill them mercilessly. A little girl tries to escape, but is shot and killed immediately.
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
Themes Spy films, Films about terrorism, Gangster films
Actors Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Keira Knightley, Kenneth Branagh, David Paymer, Nonso Anozie
After the terrorist attacks on 9/11, Jack Ryan (Pine), studying at the London School of Economics, becomes a U.S. Marine second lieutenant fighting in Afghanistan, where his spine is critically injured when his helicopter is shot down. During a lengthy recovery, he attracts the attention of Cathy Muller (Knightley), the medical student helping him learn to walk again, and Thomas Harper (Costner), an official with the CIA who recruits him.
Sabotage (1936)
Genres Thriller, Action, Spy, Crime
Actors Sylvia Sidney, Oskar Homolka, John Loder, Desmond Tester, Matthew Boulton, Stanley James Warmington
Suddenly, London goes dark and loses all of its electricity. There is commotion at a cinema, with people demanding their money back. The owner of the cinema, Karl Verloc (Oscar Homolka), enters through a back entrance to the living quarters above, and pretends to have been asleep and not know anything of the blackout. His wife, Mrs. Verloc (Sylvia Sidney) comes to get him and is surprised to see him, but he informs her that he had been sleeping the entire time. He instructs his wife to return the money to the customers -- against her protests -- because he has "some money coming in." As the money is about to be disbursed to the customers downstairs, the lights go back on. It is revealed that sand was put in the boilers as an act of sabotage on London's electricity grid.
Directed by Sam Mendes, Terence Young
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy, Crime
Themes Films about children, Spy films, Films about terrorism
Actors Daniel Craig, Ben Whishaw, Ralph Fiennes, Léa Seydoux, Naomie Harris, Penélope Cruz
On a mission in Mexico, unofficially ordered by the previous M, James Bond kills two men arranging to blow up a stadium; in doing so the building they are in explodes and collapses. Bond gives chase to Marco Sciarra, who survived the blast; Sciarra boards a helicopter to escape. Bond follows and in the ensuing struggle he throws both Sciarra and the pilot out of the helicopter, stealing Sciarra's octopus ring as he does so. On his return to London Bond is indefinitely taken off field duty by the current M, who is in the midst of a power struggle with C, the head of the Joint Intelligence Service, which consists of the recently merged MI5 and MI6. C also wants to create the "Nine Eyes" intelligence co-operation agreement between nine countries, and close down the '00' section in the process.
, 48minutes
Directed by Gene Roth
Themes Films about children, Spy films, Films about terrorism, Political films
Actors Barry Nelson, Peter Lorre, Michael Pate, Linda Christian, Eugene Borden, Jean Del Val
James Bond affronte pour la toute première fois Le Chiffre.
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Govt Institute of Secretariat Training & Management (ISTM) Jobs 2019-2020 - Sarkari Naukri
Institute of Secretariat Training & Management (ISTM) Invites Application for Assistant Library & Information Officer Recruitment 2019
Vacancy Circular No: A-12026/01/2019-ISTM
Institute of Secretariat Training & Management (ISTM)
invites applications for recruitment of Assistant Library and Information Officer
Assistant Library and Information Officer
JNU (OLD) Campus, New Delhi, 110067 New Delhi
Last Date: 22nd August 2019
Educational Qualification: (i) Degree of recognised University; (ii). Bachelor's Degree or equivalent diploma in Library Science of a recognised University/ Institute; and (iii). Two years experience in a Library or Diploma in Computer Applications from a recognised University or Institute.
9300-34800 with Grade Pay Rs.4600/-
It is requested that applications of suitable and eligible officers and who can be spared immediately in the event of selection may be sent to Shri B. Dhanesh, Deputy Director (Admn.), 1st Floor (Room No. 103), JNU (OLD) Campus, New Delhi-110067 within a period of 60 days from the date of publication of this advertisement in the Employment News.
Last date for application is: 22nd August 2019
Institute of Secretariat Training & Management Recruitment for following posts:
Deputy Director ( 4 Posts)
Last Date for application: 22nd August 2019
Job Location: JNU (OLD) Campus, New Delhi
Assistant Library and Information Officer ( 1 Posts)
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The Institute of Secretariat Training and Management (ISTM) formally came into being in May 1948, which was known at that time as the “Secretariat Training School”. The present title of the Institute as “Institute of Secretariat Training and Management” or ISTM, in short, was awarded later with the motto “Efficiency and the Public Good”.
The mandate of the Institute is to impart training to officers of Central Secretariat Service (CSS), Central Secretariat Stenographers Service (CSSS) and officers of other organized/subsidiary services functioning in the Central Secretariat. CSS officers form the backbone of the Central Government Ministries/Departments and normally hold various positions up to the level of Joint Secretaries. The key responsibilities of the CSS officers include policy formulation, execution, monitoring, and review.
The Institute also provides training support to the State Governments, Union Territory Administrations, Central Public Sector Enterprises, Central Autonomous Bodies and other organizations in specialized and general areas. The Institute is entrusted with the task of providing orientation training to the officers coming on deputation to the Central Government under the Central Staffing Scheme as Deputy Secretary and Director. The ISTM is the nodal institute for capacity building of Central Government officers for implementation of Right to Information Act, 2005. ISTM is the lead institute in the areas of Training of Trainers and conducts national and international Training of Trainers courses.Besides, probationers of various organized services, like that of the IAS, IES. IFS and ICLS attend the short duration training programs on Office Management, Personnel Management and Financial Management as well as, Central Secretariat Practices at ISTM.
ISTM also conducts Management Development Programme (MDP) for officers of the level of Deputy Secretary and above of the Government of India. The areas covered are Financial Management, Management Principles, Good Governance, Knowledge Management, Behavioural Techniques and Cabinet Note Preparation in order to orient them towards effective service delivery in the Central Government.
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Posted by Johnny Stork, MSc on May 23, 2016 in Divine Masculine, Featured, Psychology, Spirituality, Youth & Parenting
“Warriors of light are not perfect. Their beauty lies in accepting this fact and still desiring to grow and to learn.”
“Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself alone, one question . . . Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn’t it is of no use.”
(Don Juan Matus)
Young boys and men of today still face many of the same outdated, often contradictory and destructive gender roles and identity definitions of the past. Society imposes on them an outdated false image of masculinity and strength often defined by emotional toughness/closedness, aggression (even violence), risk-taking, competitiveness and ambition (typically of the financial/material kind). And many of these imposed gender roles effect men not only by preventing them from realizing their true selves or developing healthy relationships, but they also impact men negatively by reinforcing disrespectful attitudes and behaviors towards women.
We train our young boys towards these inauthentic gender roles with emotionally constrictive attitudes and implied encouragement for aggressive behaviors, with expressions like “don’t be a sissy“, “stop crying“, “suck it up“, “boys will be boys” etc. And as adult men, we often face enormous social pressure from other men in our lives when we see them cat-calling women, sharing offensive or degrading jokes about women or making sexist or misogynistic comments towards women.
Young boys and men are bombarded by these sorts of negative and disrespectful attitudes towards woman all the time and unfortunately for many men, they lack the personal integrity, honor or courage to think for themselves in order to break away from these harmful attitudes and behaviors. And although the harm and disrespect towards women is obvious with these negative attitudes and behaviors, there is an equally damaging level of harm caused to the integrity and soul’s of the men who blindly follow these disrespectful and dishonest gender roles.
When surrounded by other men who express these negative and disrespectful attitudes towards women, particularly when they are your friends or work colleagues, there is enormous social and psychological pressure to conform. Maybe you laugh at the degrading joke or even share one of your own. Maybe you just grin in silence in order to feel like you are “one of the boys“. This is natural, these are “normal” social and psychologically bonding behaviors and intentions – wanting to conform. It is exactly these sorts of social and psychological pressures to conform which build the societies we live in, and help to reinforce our own sense of identity and social belonging. But at what cost?
Do we really want to keep encouraging and building a society where boys grow up believing they cannot express their emotions and must “suck it up” in order to be respected? Do we really want (or need) to keep creating men who believe that success and strength is measured by the accumulation of material wealth and the display of physical acts of aggression or violence? Do we really want to keep creating men who think it’s funny to make jokes about rape or to see women simply as weak, needy and emotionally unstable or irrational creatures whose only value is to serve our sexual desires as we lust after them?
In order to change these soul-damaging, disrespectful attitudes and behaviors towards women we not only need to change how we raise our young boys and the attitudes and behaviors towards women we model around them, but we also need to help model and reinforce respectful attitudes and behaviors around the other grown men in our life. But where do we start? It is not easy for men to openly share their deepest feelings around other men. It is not easy for men to express their honest emotions, cry or go against the often misogynistic social attitudes and behaviors of peers and colleagues.
The first place to start is that a truly conscious and authentic man must first notice the tension in his soul which reminds him that these behaviors, attitudes or jokes are wrong and insulting. A conscious man must recognize that those disrespectful attitudes and jokes about women do not reflect how he himself feels about women and that they are in no way “normal”. A conscious man, a true Warrior of the Light will know deep inside himself that he must do something to help change the disrespectful attitudes and behaviors of the men in his life and he must model the types of attitudes and behaviors towards women which honor the Divine Goddess which he recognizes in all women as well as within himself.
Conscious Men, Warriors of Light also need a safe space, a sacred space in order to encourage and support the authentic and non-judgmental expression of their emotions and the personal struggles they face which society often forces them to suppress due to these outdated gender roles and “in-crowd” or peer expectations. A space needs to be held for these men by other men and most importantly by women who recognize and support their struggles and value the masculine expression of the divine feminine from conscious men. A safe and sacred space for the conscious men who are struggling with the emotional and cognitive dissonance of trying to balance the authentic divine feminine within themselves, with the overwhelming pressure to confirm to these outdated and inauthentic masculine roles often expressed by our peers or colleagues. A safe space where these men can be open, emotional and vulnerable and not feel judged, inadequate or “unmanly”. A safe space where their most authentic, emotional or painful experiences can be shared, heard, acknowledged and not judged and where they can experience the empathic as well as physical expressions of love and support from other men and women.
“Warriors have an ulterior purpose for their acts which has nothing to do with personal gain. The average man acts only if there is a chance for profit. Warriors act not for profit, but for the spirit.” (Don Juan Matus)
As most of my friends know I have been going through a great deal of personal, emotional and even logistical challenges lately with the end of a relationship, sale of my beautiful sacred home in Squamish and then a move to the Sunshine Coast where I didn’t know anyone. Over the next year my plan is to finish a couple of school programs, expand my own spiritual, emotional and physical development and to begin reaching out to the community in search of individuals and groups who embody the spiritual and intellectual values which are part of my own path.
It has taken me a little over a month to finally begin to reach out to the community and on my first attempt I was fortunate, blessed, to have met two extraordinary young men of noble characters and authentic souls. Two conscious men in touch with their own divine feminine, who possess enormous personal integrity and with the courage of true Warriors of Light. These two deeply conscious and noble men of integrity, two Warriors of Light, invited me to a sacred ceremony, a sacred space upon a sacred mountain. It was an evening of holding space for each other surrounded by sublime vistas of ocean, mountains and a rare full moon casting her serene glow upon each of us. A sublime and sacred evening filled with honesty, personal struggles, emotional disclosures and tears. An evening where I felt fully welcomed and nurtured by open hearts, non-judgement, active listening and many warm embraces of empathy and support. A sublime evening which also happened to be the most sacred day of the year for Buddhists (Vesak) which celebrates the birth, awakening and death of the historical Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama.
Thank you from my heart David and Shaun for allowing me to join you in what was an extraordinary evening (early morning I guess since we did not finish up until 2:30am!). You are both extraordinary and truly Conscious Men of the world. Genuine Warriors of Light in the world. Men who possess a level of personal integrity, honor, divine feminine and supreme courage needed to destroy these false and damaging gender roles and to set a fine example to other men and young boys.
We need more men in the world like the two of you. Men of honor, men of integrity, men of extraordinary courage and truly Conscious Men, Warriors of Light. I am honored to have met both of you and grateful for allowing me into your sacred space. I very much look forward to learning more about, and from, each of you and helping to bring more men (and women) into these sacred and authentic gatherings. Thank you.
Our fullest potential is found in the weaving and balancing of the Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine energies within ourselves. Both men and women carry feminine and masculine wisdom and tools. However, sometimes one or both of these energies is out of balance, silenced, wounded, misunderstood or disrespected. Men and women throughout time have been both the oppressor and the oppressed. Often it is the self-created oppression of our feelings, wisdom, power, beauty, truth or love that is the ultimate betrayal. Regardless of your past experiences and choices, you always have the option of embracing each of these energies where they are, and understanding what they need to become more whole and integrated within you for a more balanced Divine version of yourself. (Anahat Ananda)
Johnny Stork, MSc
A Jolly Mystic Dude with a background (or interests) in psychology, consciousness, well-being, spirituality, psychedelics, philosophy, sexuality, contemplative practices and technology. In a few past lives or careers I have been a youth-care worker and program developer; statistician; research analyst; database developer; web developer; WordPress developer; Linux administrator and open-source consultant; network/website security administrator; social-media and marketing analyst; male waiter on Ladies Nights and a pourer of molten steel.
I currently hang out in Gibson’s BC pursuing interests in, and writing about, transpersonal psychology, spirituality, psychedelics, plant wellness, technology and well-being. I am a strong advocate for the therapeutic use of psychedelics and cannabis in treating many emotional and psychological conditions as well as for the fostering of well-being and supporting spiritual practice. I also have a passionate interest in the role of technologies like social-media to be used constructively for sharing information, knowledge, building communities and fostering well-being. When I am not reading, studying, writing, blogging, listening to music or contemplating my navel, I like to ride my motorcycle, take photos, go hiking, 4x4ing, meditate on the beach, camping, kayaking or anything else outdoors. I also like challenging social, sexual, gender and intellectual stereotypes as well exploring the furthest reaches of human consciousness.
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Yes more from E3 coming to you from the minds at Rocksteady Studios, their publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has unveiled the debut action-packed gameplay trailer for Batman: Arkham Origins. The first look at gameplay shows off some of the Bat’s amazing moves. One of these newly showcased additions to Batman’s arsenal is the remote claw which can be attached to one thug to then pull another in for them to bang heads together.
Besides the normal henchmen Bruce is going to be fighting some iconic villains from the franchise’s history – Bane, Deathstroke, Black Mask, Deadshot and The Joker. Just one of these alone making an appearence is a joy for this Batman fan to hear but having them all hunting down the bat will be simply a joy to play. Could we see each villain getting his own story section leading up to fighting Black Mask?
In keeping with Batman’s reputation as the world greatest detective we are shown the all new Crime Scene system during a short clip. We see a body laid on the floor and distant flaming wreckage which, with some cool holographic technology and time rewinding magic becomes a vision of just how brutal this world is – a shot down helicopter flinging the poor soul out of the window and into the floor to be left uncerimoniously on the floor. Brought home even more is the image of this being set during the holiday season. Can we please follow the footsteps in the snow if criminals as we hunt them down to interigate them and thend rop them into Christmas Trees? Give us one instance of someone being dropped down a chimey with Batman giving the witty quip of “Bring Rudolph back a carrot” and however much this costs, it will be worth it.
Developed by WB Games Montréal, Batman: Arkham Origins features an expanded Gotham City and introduces an original prequel storyline set several years before the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City. Taking place before the rise of Gotham City’s most dangerous criminals, the game showcases a young and unrefined Batman as he faces a defining moment in his early career as a crime fighter that sets his path to becoming the Dark Knight. As the story unfolds, players will meet many important characters for the first time and forge key relationships.
Batman: Arkham Origins is the next installment in the blockbuster Batman: Arkham videogame franchise and will be available for the Xbox 360®, PS3™, the Wii U™ system, and Windows PC.
Also don’t forget that Batman is coming to 3DS and PS Vita in Batman: City Origins Blackgate. Developed by Armature Studio this game will be the handheld version of Arkham Origins and will hopefully plung deeper in to the history and bring the amazing combat of Rocksteady’s Arkham series along with its detective play kicking and screaming into the prisons of our handhelds for us to enjoy anywhere
Arkham Origins and Batman: City Origins Blackgate will release on all platforms worldwide on 25th October, 2013.
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A general launch date for Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey was just announced tonight at The Game Awards 2018.
Ancestors is a third-person open-world survival game that begins 10 million years ago. Your behavior will create and hone traits to be passed down from generation to generation of developing hominids. Every choice affects the future of your clan.
The game will launch at some in 2019 for Steam and other systems’ virtual consoles as well as PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Admittedly, this is not the most specific date we could have received – the game will apparently launch during Take-Two’s 2019 fiscal year which ends on March 31, 2020 – but this is more solid than what we’ve been able to go on since 2015 when it was first announced.
“We want to give an experience no player has ever lived before”, said Patrice Désilets, co-founder and creative director of Panache Digital Games in a press release following the event. “Our small team will always seek to push the boundaries of what our medium is. The very early evolution of the humankind is an ambitious, truly immersive, and exclusive setting that will delight gamers of all types.”
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Police urge West Berkshire residents to remain vigilant following Manchester attack
However, Thames Valley Police reassures communities that there is 'no specific threat'
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WEST Berkshire residents are being urged to 'remain vigilant' following the tragic events in Manchester last night.
The attack, which is now being treated as a terrorist incident, killed 22 people - some of them children - and injured at least 59 others.
The explosion was in the foyer of the Manchester Arena, which was packed full of people attending an Ariana Grande pop concert.
Thames Valley Police said in a statement this afternoon that there is 'no specific threat' to the region.
However, the national threat level has been reviewed and remains at severe, meaning that another attack is considered highly likely.
The TVP statement said: "Along with our partners we continue to do everything we can to help protect our communities.
"We are reviewing our security measures and activities, including those for pre-planned events.
"There remains no intelligence to suggest a specific threat to our communities within the Thames Valley area and we will continue to provide a visible policing presence across the Force area to provide reassurance to our communities.
"Communities defeat terrorism - we depend on information from the public, you are also our eyes and ears, and everyone can play their part in the effort to keep us safe."
Acting Chief Constable John Campbell said:"We send our thoughts and condolences to those affected by this terrible incident in Manchester and acknowledge the work of our colleagues from all the emergency services who responded to the unfolding events.
"In light of such tragic events the cooperation of our communities is more important than ever before. I would urge you to contact the police straight away if you believe that someone is acting suspiciously.
"Trust your instincts and let us decide whether the information is important or not. No piece of information is considered too small or insignificant.
"I would like to reassure you that Thames Valley Police is reviewing our security measures and there is no specific intelligence to suggest a threat to our communities within Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. However we all need to remain vigilant.
"My officers and staff will continue to provide a visible presence in our communities and we have specialist resources in place to respond in an emergency."
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In a speech to the National Rifle Association (NRA) on Friday, Trump mimicked the shooting of victims in the Paris rampage, and said if civilians had been armed "it would have been a whole different story."
Updated:May 6, 2018, 9:15 AM IST
File photo of US President Donald Trump. (Reuters)
Paris/London: US President Donald Trump sparked anger in France and Britain by suggesting looser gun laws could have helped prevent deadly attacks in Paris in 2015, and linking a wave of knife crime in London to a handgun ban.
The French government issued its strongest criticism of Trump since he took office, at a time when President Emmanuel Macron has been reinforcing bilateral ties following a state visit.
"France expresses its firm disapproval of President Trump's comments about the Paris attacks on November 13, 2015 and demands that the memory of the victims be respected," the foreign office said in a statement.
"Every country freely decides on its own laws on carrying firearms, as in other areas. France is proud to be a country where acquiring and carrying firearms is strictly regulated."
Other French politicians including the mayor of Paris took issue with Trump's comments, after he acted out the scene of the massacre by Islamist assailants at Paris' Bataclan concert hall, where 90 of the 130 victims of the attacks died.
"They took their time and gunned them down one by one. Boom! Come over here. Boom! Come over here. Boom!," Trump said, using his hands in a gun gesture.
Former French president Francois Hollande, who was head of state at the time, said on Twitter that Trump's comments and antics were "shameful" and "obscene".
'KNIVES, KNIVES, KNIVES, KNIVES'
Trauma surgeons in London, meanwhile, said Trump had missed the point after, in the same speech, he linked knife crime there to an absence of guns.
Comments by Trump have caused upset before in Britain. Relations with Prime Minister Theresa May cooled last year after she criticised him for retweeting anti-Islam videos by a British far-right group.
Trump, who is due to visit Britain on July 13, told NRA members that a "once very prestigious" London hospital, which he did not name, had become overwhelmed with victims of knife attacks.
"They don't have guns. They have knives and instead there's blood all over the floors of this hospital," he said. "They say it's as bad as a military war zone hospital. Knives, knives, knives, knives," he added, making stabbing gestures.
London suffered a spike in knife crime early this year, and saw more murders during February and March than New York.
Last month, trauma surgeon Martin Griffiths told the BBC that some of his colleagues had likened the Royal London Hospital in east London where he works to the former British military base Camp Bastion in Afghanistan.
But on Saturday he indicated Trump had drawn the wrong conclusion from his remarks.
Griffiths posted his comment next to an animation of a stick figure with the phrase "The Point" flying over its head, and also linked to a statement on the hospital's website by a fellow trauma surgeon, Karim Brohi.
"There is more we can all do to combat this violence, but to suggest guns are part of the solution is ridiculous. Gunshot wounds are at least twice as lethal as knife injuries and more difficult to repair," Brohi said in the statement on Saturday.
Britain's government effectively banned handgun ownership in England, Scotland and Wales after a school shooting in 1996.
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Crypto Exchange HitBTC Criticized For Suspending User Accounts For Months
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With a market full of millions of users, it is only in due time that a user will fall suspect to glitches, hacks or plain old negligence. According to a popular crypto trader, his own mother has fallen victim to the wrongdoings of HitBTC, one of the foremost exchanges in the world.
Crypto Trader: F*** You HitBTC
Popular cryptocurrency analyst and trader Sicarious, recently took to Twitter to express his apparent distaste for the HitBTC exchange, which locked his sixty-five year-old mother out of her cryptocurrency holdings for over three months.
As noted on Sicarious’ appearance on the Crypto Street Podcast, he got involved in the early stages of the cryptocurrency industry, entering a position in Bitcoin during December 2013. Speaking more on his mother’s involvement in the industry, he pointed out that she expressed interest in Bitcoin when it was just worth $250, first entering the market when Bitcoin eclipsed the $350 price level.
According to the trader, even though she submitted all the required documents for “EVERY KYC hoop they’ve thrown at her,” her account remains locked by HitBTC staff. In a genuine bout of disappointment, he wrote:
“Her account is still locked, & after submitting a driver’s ID, passport, bank statements, utility bills, txids & screenshots, she had a skype convo with them this morning. This is their response. Her acc. has been frozen for 3 months… Apparently, HitBTC thinks that a 65-year-old woman asking her son for help when a sketchy-ass exchange steals her money means she’s a front for money launders.”
He then accused the exchange of using consumer funds irresponsibly to the point of insolvency, even going on to ask if they “get a kick out of screwing over innocent grandmas.”
Despite seeming to be all talk, no action, Sicarious went on to make the accused exchange aware of the fact that his mom is currently filing complaints with the U.S. CFTC, and will be seeking legal counsel moving forward.
In his rightful outrage, the crypto personality also asked users to retweet and respond to the Twitter rant in a bid to spread the word about this case. Jake Chervinsky, an American lawyer active in the cryptosphere, responded to Sicarious, noting that crypto could eventually be used to “disintermediate” selfish and malicious third parties.
Be careful out there . . . some day we'll use crypto to disintermediate self-interested & malicious third parties, but in these early days, we have to watch for bad actors & look out for each other.
Remember: your keys, your coins — not your keys, not your coins. DEX, please. https://t.co/Xbov5EA0RD
— Jake Chervinsky (@jchervinsky) July 25, 2018
It is currently unclear how much is locked up in the frozen account, but it is likely that it isn’t any small sum, as the crypto trader seemed outraged at the lack of customer support his mom had received.
John McAfee Doesn’t Seem To Like HitBTC Either
Sicarious is not alone in his aversion to the HitBTC exchange, but so is John McAfee, a long-time cryptocurrency proponent and eccentric personality, who went on a Twitter storm in late June/early July calling out the malintent of the exchange. In his original jab at the exchange, McAfee wrote:
“The crypto exchanges have become the thing that we have originally fought against. Their power is immense. Hitbtc, for example, has increased suffering for millions of poor people who cannot afford the minimum buy-in since it is greater than their monthly income. Boycott them.”
Although it was explicitly stated in the tweet, it is likely that the “minimum buy-in” he is referring to is the exorbitant withdrawal fees which the exchange has become notorious for. Users may often encounter withdrawal fees that make it almost illogical to issue a withdrawal request, with this often occurring with ERC-20 tokens.
This wasn’t the end of his HitBTC hit job, as he went on to issue over 10 messages badmouthing the exchange, and what it stands for. He went even as far to say that he will be the exchange’s “worst enemy” until they prove that they are aligned with the interests of the cryptocurrency community overall, and are “truly interested in helping the poor.”
As pointed out in the tweet from Chervinsky, decentralized exchanges (DEXs) are the future of the cryptocurrency market, as they run on permissionless, uncensorable and non-biased smart contracts that cannot be controlled by any single entity. While DEXs are becoming ever-popular in this industry, there is still one hurdle that this variety of exchange has not been able to cross, this being the lack of support for fiat to crypto transfers.
While it is currently unclear how DEX developers will address this issue, it is only in due time that this form of exchange will reach prominence in the industry.
Crypto Exchange HitBTC Criticized For Suspending User Accounts For Months was last modified: July 26th, 2018 by Nick Chong
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Quantum wonders: Nobody understands
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It is tempting, faced with the full-frontal assault of quantum weirdness, to trot out the notorious quote from Nobel prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman: “Nobody understands quantum mechanics.”
It does have a ring of truth to it, though. The explanations attempted here use the most widely accepted framework for thinking about quantum weirdness, called the Copenhagen interpretation after the city in which Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg thrashed out its ground rules in the early 20th century.
With its uncertainty principles and measurement paradoxes, the Copenhagen interpretation amounts to an admission that, as classical beasts, we are ill-equipped to see underlying quantum reality. Any attempt we make to engage with it reduces it to a shallow classical projection of its full quantum richness.
Lev Vaidman of Tel Aviv University, Israel, like many other physicists, touts an alternative explanation. “I don’t feel that I don’t understand quantum mechanics,” he says. But there is a high price to be paid for that understanding – admitting the existence of parallel universes.
In this picture, wave functions do not “collapse” to classical certainty every time you measure them; reality merely splits into as many parallel worlds as there are measurement possibilities. One of these carries you and the reality you live in away with it. “If you don’t admit many-worlds, there is no way to have a coherent picture,” says Vaidman.
Or, in the words of Feynman again, whether it is the Copenhagen interpretation or many-worlds you accept, “the ‘paradox’ is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality ought to be”.
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Indian Women’s Hockey Team Yawns Short of Goals, History at World Cup
Indian women’s hockey team squandered a chance to become the first side from the country to reach the semi-finals of a FIH World Cup since 1975, losing to Ireland via shootout in the quarterfinals
History Beckons India at FIH Women’s Hockey World Cup
Indian women’s hockey team, a bit erratic at the start of FIH Women’s World Cup, could make it to the semi-finals if they manage to get their act together up front in the quarterfinal against Ireland.
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Math Strategies That Work: Schools Recognized for Strengthening Students' Math Achievement Français
Education Quality and Accountability Office
Educators analyzed data and developed strategies that helped students in math
TORONTO, May 9, 2019 /CNW/ - The Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) recognized 22 schools today for developing learning strategies that were tailored to their unique circumstances—and that ultimately strengthened students' math skills.
Every year, EQAO's Dr. Bette M. Stephenson Recognition of Achievement program celebrates Ontario schools for their effective use of a wide range of information, including EQAO data, to support student learning.
The 2018 Dr. Bette M. Stephenson Recognition of Achievement is presented to schools that supported students' positive attitudes toward math, which led to academic success. Educators at these schools developed a number of strategies based on their analyses of EQAO data and other local information. The strategies they put in place were effective, as evidenced by EQAO results over the last three years.
EQAO research suggests that students' positive attitudes and use of strategies are important factors that support success in math.
Recipients of the 2018 Dr. Bette M. Stephenson Recognition of Achievement
École élémentaire catholique Arc-en-ciel (Orléans)
Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est
École élémentaire publique Madeleine-de-Roybon (Kingston)
Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario
École secondaire catholique Béatrice-Desloges (Orléans)
École secondaire publique Louis-Riel (Ottawa)
John McCrae Secondary School (Nepean)
Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
Regiopolis-Notre Dame Catholic High School (Kingston)
Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board
St. Francis Xavier High School (Gloucester)
Ottawa Catholic District School Board
Northeastern Ontario
St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School (Sudbury)
Sudbury Catholic District School Board
Sudbury Secondary School (Sudbury)
Rainbow District School Board
Kenner Collegiate Vocational Institute (Peterborough)
Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board
Maxwell Heights Secondary School (Oshawa)
Durham District School Board
Sister Catherine Donnelly Catholic School (Barrie)
Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board
Greater Toronto Area and Central Ontario
École élémentaire Carrefour des jeunes (Brampton)
Conseil scolaire Viamonde
École élémentaire catholique Sainte-Marguerite-Bourgeoys, Markham
Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir
Fleming Public School (Scarborough)
Toronto District School Board
M.M. Robinson High School (Burlington)
Halton District School Board
Springbrook Public School (Brampton)
Peel District School Board
St. Matthew Catholic School (Mississauga)
Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
Byron Southwood Public School (London)
Thames Valley District School Board
Elmira District Secondary School (Elmira)
Pine Grove Public School (St. Catharines)
District School Board of Niagara
St. Gabriel Catholic Elementary School (Windsor)
Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board
Strategies and Research
According to EQAO's research on math superpowers, developing a positive attitude and using math strategies early have long-term payoffs; they empower students toward greater success.
Learn about specific strategies used by each school recipient.
Learn about eight approaches to math learning that made a difference.
Criteria for selection for the Dr. Bette M. Stephenson Recognition of Achievement vary each year to highlight different areas of focus in public education. This year, EQAO is recognizing schools that showed
strength and growth over three years in student attitudinal and behavioural data from EQAO questionnaires and
improvement over three years in EQAO results for Grades 3 and 6 math (for elementary schools) or for both Grade 9 applied and academic math (for secondary schools).
In 2009, EQAO launched the Dr. Bette M. Stephenson Recognition of Achievement program to recognize schools across the province for their use of data to enhance and support the progress of their students. Through this recognition, EQAO aims to assist other schools by sharing the promising practices of the schools it profiles.
This recognition is named in honour of Dr. Bette M. Stephenson, former minister of Education and former minister of Colleges and Universities in Ontario.
The education community analyzes EQAO information—as well as classroom, school and school board data—to develop improvement plans that address challenges at the individual student, school, school board and provincial levels.
"Schools across Ontario are using data and evidence to support classroom instruction. It's so great to recognize the innovative work of educators who use information about student achievement, including EQAO data, as they seek to develop strategies that set students up for success."
—Dr. Cameron Montgomery, Chair, EQAO Board of Directors
"The way that students view and think about math often influences their academic achievement in that subject. We're recognizing schools that have looked at data on students' attitudes and made decisions accordingly to support student learning. These schools' analyses and initiatives worked, which helped many students succeed."
—Norah Marsh, Chief Executive Officer, EQAO
SOURCE Education Quality and Accountability Office
For further information: please contact the school board of each school recipient or Sophie Auclair, Communications Officer, 416-325-9902, sophie.auclair@eqao.com
http://www.eqao.com/categories/home_e.aspx
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Birthdays in History in 1943
Birthdays by Year
All Events Birthdays Deaths Weddings & Divorces
Birthdays in History
Birthdays 1 - 200 of 264
Jan 1 Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, Indian scientist
Jan 1 Tony Knowles, 9th Governor of Alaska
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Jan 4 Doris Kearns Goodwin, American historian and writer (Team of Rivals, No Ordinary Time), born in Brooklyn, New York
Writer and Historian
Jan 6 Osvaldo Soriano, Argentine journalist & writer, born in Mar del Plata, Argentina (d. 1997)
Jan 7 Sadako Sasaki, Japanese child victim of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, born in Hiroshima, Japan (d. 1955)
Jan 9 Robert Drewe, Australian author, born in Melbourne, Australia
Jan 9 Elmer MacFadyen, Canadian politician, born in Charlottetown, Canada (d. 2007)
Jan 14 Shannon Lucid, Chinese astronaut (STS 51G, 34, 43, 58, 76/79), born in Shanghai, China
Jan 17 Daniel Charles Brandenstein, Watertown Wi, ast (STS 8, 51-G, 32, 49)
René Préval
Jan 17 René Préval, President of Haiti (1996-2001, 2006-2011), born in Port-au-Prince (d. 2017)
President of Haiti
Jan 18 Kay Granger, American politician
Jan 19 Margriet Francisca, Dutch Princess
Jan 22 H James "Jim" Saxton, (Rep-R-NJ, 1984- )
Jan 23 Bill Gibb, Scottish fashion designer, born in New Pitsligo, Scotland (d. 1988)
Jan 26 Sherian Grace Cadoria, brigadier general
Jan 27 A H Harper, CEO (Baltic Exchange)
Jan 29 Charles Fitzgerald-Lombard, Abbot of Downside
Feb 1 Josceline Dimbleby, cookery writer
Feb 4 Alberto João Jardim, Portuguese president of the regional government of Madeira
Feb 4 Ken Thompson, American computer scientist
Nolan Bushnell
Feb 5 Nolan Bushnell, American electrical engineer (founded Atari, created Pong), born in Clearfield, Utah
Electrical Engineer and Businessman
Feb 8 Pirzada Qasim, Pakistani poet and VC of Karachi University
Feb 9 Joseph Stiglitz, American economist and Nobel laureate (asymmetric information), born in Gary, Indiana
Feb 11 Iain Cameron, British brigadier
Feb 13 Friedrich Christian Delius, German writer, born in Rome, Italy
Feb 13 Leo Frankowski, American sci-fi author (High Tech Knight, Flying Warlord), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2008)
Feb 14 Israël "Ischa" Meijer, Dutch journalist, critic and author (Een Dik Uur Ischa, Boezemvriend), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1995)
Feb 16 James Beaton, British GC
Feb 18 Graeme Garden, Scottish writer (The Goodies), born in Aberdeen, Scotland
Feb 19 Homer Hickam, American author and retired NASA engineer
Feb 19 Tim Hunt, British biochemist, Nobel laureate
Feb 20 Aleksandr Pavlovich Alexandrov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-9, TM-3)
Feb 20 Lord McNally, British Minister of State for Justice
Feb 21 Roberto Faenza, director (Cop Killers, Corrupt)
Feb 22 David Skaggs, American politician (Rep-D-Colorado), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
Feb 22 Horst Köhler, German politician, born in Skierbieszów, Poland
Feb 24 Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian mountaineer
Feb 24 Terry Semel, American business executive
Feb 26 Bob van Reeth, Flemish architect, born in Temse, Belgium
Feb 26 Dante Ferretti, Italian art director & costume designer, born in Macerata, Italy
Feb 28 Hans Dijkstal, Dutch minister of the Interior (VVD, 1994-98)
Mar 1 Franz Hohler, Swiss writer, born in Biel
Mar 1 Gil Amelio, American venture capitalist
Mar 1 Richard H. Price, American physicist
Mar 1 Rashid Sunyaev, Russian physicist
Mar 2 Gordon Black, English industrialist
Mar 2 Rosa DeLauro, (Rep-D-Connecticut)
Mar 2 Peter Straub, American author
Mar 9 Charles Gibson, American television journalist (Good Morning America), born in Evanston, Illinois
Mar 15 David Cronenberg, director (Shivers, Fly, Brood), born in Toronto, Ontario
Mar 16 Ursula Goodenough, American biologicst, Evolutionary Scholar, author and educator, born in NYC, New York
Mar 19 Mario J. Molina, Mexican chemist and 1995 Nobel laureate (Antarctic ozone hole), born in Mexico City, Mexico
Mar 19 Mario Monti, Italian politician
Mar 20 Gerard Malanga, American poet and photographer
Mar 20 Naima Neidre, Estonian graphic artist
Mar 23 Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish writer (d. 2001)
Mar 24 H Martin Lancaster, (Rep-D-NC)
Mar 26 Robert "Bob" Woodward, Geneva Illinois, Washington Post investigative reporter (Watergate, CIA crimes)
Mar 27 Milton Robert Carr, (Rep-D-Michigan, 1975-81, 83-95), born in Janesville, Wisconsin
Mar 27 Phil Frank, American cartoonist (Farley, The Elderberries comics), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2007)
Mar 29 John Major, British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1990-97), born in Carshalton, Surrey, England
British Prime Minister
Apr 3 Doreen Tracey, British-born American performer (Mickey Mouse Club-Mouseketeer), born in St Pancras, London (d. 2018)
Apr 4 Ian Robertson, British museum director (National Army Museum)
Apr 6 Harry Conroy, trade unionist
Apr 8 Michael Bennett, aids victim/choreographer (Chorus Line)
Apr 8 Tony Banks, English politician (Labour)
Apr 8 William Garth Morrison, Chief scout
Apr 8 James Herbert, horror writer (The Rats), born in London, England (d. 2013)
Apr 11 Egbert Dommering, Dutch lawyer
Apr 11 John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich, British entrepreneur, politician and nobleman
Apr 13 Billy Kidd, American skier, born in Burlington, Vermont
Apr 14 Clarice Elaine Gaylord, director of research grants (EPA)
Apr 14 Yvonne Vriens-Auerbach, Dutch politician (CDA)
Apr 15 Hugh Thompson Jr., American Vietnam War veteran who played a major role in ending the 1968 My Lai massacre, born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2006)
Robert Lefkowitz
Apr 15 Robert Lefkowitz, American physician (Nobel Prize for Chemistry), born in NYC, New York
Physician-scientist
Apr 16 Ewald Vanvugt, Dutch author (Kiss of Delight, Seed of Love), born in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Apr 20 Ian Watson, British sci-fi author (Book of Being, Whores of Babylon), born in North Shields, England
Apr 22 Louise Glück, American poet and 12th US Poet Laureate, born in NYC, New York
Apr 23 Carmen von Thyssen, Spanish philanthropist and art collector, born in Barcelona, Spain
Apr 26 Peter Zumthor, Swiss architect (Royal Gold Medal 2013), born in Basel, Switzerland
Apr 28 John Oliver Creighton, NASA astronaut (STS 51G, 36, 48), born in Orange, Texas
Ian Kershaw
Apr 29 Ian Kershaw, English historian (wrote seminal biographies of Adolf Hitler), born in Oldham, England
Apr 30 Bob Livingston, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana), born in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Apr 30 Frederick Chiluba, 2nd President of Zambia (1991-2001), born in Kitwe, Northern Rhodesia (d. 2011)
May 3 John Costello, British military historian, born in Greenock, Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1995)
May 4 Mihail Chemiakin, Russian painter, born in Moscow
May 6 Andreas Baader, leader of the German organization Red Army Faction, born in Munich (d. 1977)
May 7 Peter Carey, Australian author (True History of the Kelly Gang), born in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
May 10 James Earl Chaney, US civil rights activist
May 10 Richard Darman, American economist
May 14 Alan B Mollohan, (Rep-D-WV, 1983- )
May 14 Elizabeth Ray, Marshall NC, congressman Wayne Hays' lover
May 14 Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland
May 16 Dan Coats, American politician (Rep-R-IN, 1981-89, Sen-R-IN 1989-99, 2011-17, Director of National Intelligence 2017-), born in Jackson, Michigan
May 16 Jon Jost, director (All the Vermeers in NY)
May 20 Iain Vallance [Baron Vallance of Tummel], CEO (British Telecom)
May 20 Martin Honeysett, British cartoonist (Punch, Private Eye), born in Hereford (d. 2015)
May 20 Justin Cartwright, British novelist (In Every Face I Meet), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d 2018)
May 22 Betty Williams, Northern Irish political activist (Nobel Peace Prize 1976), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
May 22 Gesine Schwan, German politician (Social Democratic Party of Germany) and professor, born in Berlin
May 23 Lars-Ake Nilsson, diplomat
May 23 Peter Kenilorea, PM Solomon Islands
May 25 Wynand Charl Malan, South African lawyer and politician, born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
May 28 Ray Mitchell, governor (Albany Prison, England)
May 29 Robert W. Edgar, American businessman and politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 7th district), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2013)
May 29 E Thomas Coleman, (Rep-R-MO, 1976- )
May 29 Terry Pavey, editor (TV Times)
May 29 Robert W. Edgar, Theologian and Politician, (d. 2013)
May 31 Richard Timothy George Mansfield Parker, 9th Earl of Macclesfield
Jun 2 John Lilipaly, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
Jun 2 Maarten B Engwirda, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (D66)
Jun 3 Eddie McGrady, Northern Irish politician (SDLP) unseated Enoch Powell, Born in Downpatrick (d. 2013)
Jun 4 Joyce Meyer, American Charismatic Christian author and speaker, born in St. Louis, Missouri
Jun 5 Ann Craft, researcher/writer
Jun 5 Matthew Lesko, American author
Jun 7 Mel Levine, American politician (Rep-D-CA, 1983-93), born in Los Angeles, California
Jun 7 Nikki Giovanni, American poet (LHJ Woman of the Year 1973), born in Knoxville, Tennessee
Jun 8 William Calley Jr., American war criminal, convicted by court-martial of murdering 22 unarmed South Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai Massacre, born in Miami, Florida
Jun 9 Charles Saatchi, English magnate (Saatchi & Saatchi)
Jun 9 Joe Haldeman, American sci-fi author (The Forever War), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Jun 10 Simon Jenkins, editor (Times)
Jun 11 Henry Hill Jr., American mobster and FBI informant (inspired Goodfellas), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2012)
Mobster and FBI informant
Jun 14 Jim Sensenbrenner, American politician ( Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin), born in Chicago, Illinois
Jun 14 Billy Tauzin, American politician and lobbyist (Rep-D-LA, 1980-2005), born in Chackbay, Louisiana
Jun 15 Xaveria Hollander [Vara de DeVries], Dutch author (The Happy Hooker), born in Soerabaja, Dutch East Indies
Jun 17 Newt Gingrich, American politician (Rep-R-GA, 1979-99) and Speaker of the House (1995-97), born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
US Speaker of the House
Jun 17 Burt Rutan, American aerospace engineer, born in Estacada, Oregon
Jun 22 Eumir Deodato, Brazilian artist, producer and arranger
Jun 23 Vinton (Vint) Cerf, American Internet pioneer, Turing Award laureate
Jun 25 Gerrit "Ger" Zijlstra, Dutch sculptor, born in Utrecht, Netherlands
Jun 25 Bill Moggridge [William], British designer (1st laptop computer), born in London, England (d. 2012)
Jun 28 Ed Pastor, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona), born in Claypool, Arizona
Jun 28 Klaus von Klitzing, German physicist (discovery of the integer quantum Hall effect, Nobel 1985), born in Schroda, Reichsgau Posen, Germany
Jul 3 Norman Thagard, American scientist and astronaut (STS 7, 51-B, 30, 42, 71, Mir), born in Marianna, Florida
Jul 8 Faye Wattleton, sociologist/pres (Planned Parenthood), born in St Louis, Missouri
Jul 9 John H. Casper, USAF and astronaut (STS 36, 54, 62, 77), born in Greenville, South Carolina
Jul 15 Diligenti quintuplets, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jul 15 Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Irish astrophysicist (discovered radio pulsars), born in Lurgan, Northern Ireland
Jul 16 Stanley Gebler Davies, journalist/drinker
Jul 16 Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban poet and novelist (Pentagonia), born in Aguas Claras, Holguín Province, Cuba (d. 1990)
Jul 19 Roy D. Bridges Jr, American pilot and astronaut (STS 51-F, 61-F), born in Atlanta, Georgia
Jul 22 Yoran Ben Ami, Israel, producer/president (Triumph Pictures)
Jul 22 Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. Senator from Texas
Jul 23 Randall Forsberg, American nuclear freeze advocate, born in Huntsville, Alabama (d. 2007)
Jul 24 Henk Vos, chemical analyst/Dutch politician (PvdA) 2nd Chamber
Jul 30 Henri-François Gautrin, Quebec politician, born in Béthune, France
Jul 31 Stephanie Forrester, fictional character (The Bold and the Beautiful)
Jul 31 William Bennett, US Secretary of Education (1985-88)/drug tsar
Aug 2 Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven, Dutch politician (PvdA), born in Noordwolde, Netherlands
Aug 2 Rose Tremain, British novelist and playwright (Restoration), born in London, England
Aug 4 Michael J McCulley, Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS-34), born in San Diego, California
Aug 4 Milan Máčala, Czech football coach, born in Biskupice, Czech Republic
Aug 6 Jon Postel, American computer scientist (d. 1998)
Aug 7 Alain Corneau, director (Choice of Arms)
Aug 11 Abigail Folger, American heiress and Manson murder victim (d. 1969)
Aug 11 Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general and politician, 10th President of Pakistan (2001-2008), born in Delhi, British India
Aug 13 Yuri Fedorovich Isaulov, Russian cosmonaut
Aug 14 Jon Andrew McBride, Capt USN/astronaut (STS 41G), born in Charleston, West Virginia
Aug 14 Keith Hampson, British politician (C), arrested, not charged for sexual assault
Aug 15 Eni F H Faleomavaega, (Rep-D-American Samoa)
Aug 22 Alun Michael, British Labour and Co-operative politician, born in Bryngwran, Anglesey
Aug 22 Masatoshi Shima, Japanese computer scientist, born in Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Aug 23 Dale Campbell-Savours, British Labour Party politician
Aug 23 Peter Lilley, British Conservative Party politician and Secretary of state for British social security, born in Hayes, Kent, England
Aug 23 Nelson DeMille, American action adventure and suspense novels author (Plum Island), born in Jamaica, Queens, New York
Aug 24 Pini Zahavi, Israeli football agent
Aug 27 Bob Kerrey, (Sen-D Nebraska)
Aug 28 Surayud Chulanont, 24th Prime Minister of Thailand (2006-08), born in Prachinburi, Thailand
Aug 29 Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photojournalist, born in Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya (d. 1996)
Aug 30 Robert Crumb, American cartoonist (Father Time, Fritz Cat), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Aug 31 Leonid Ivashov, Russian general
Sep 3 Michael D. Barnes, American politician (U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland), born in Washington, D.C.
Sep 3 Mick Farren, English sci-fi author (Synaptic Manhunt, Citizen Phaid), born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Sep 5 Dulce Saguisag, Filipino politician and former DSWD Secretary (d. 2007)
Sep 6 Richard J. Roberts, English biochemist and molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, born in Derby, England
Sep 7 Beverley McLachlin, Canadian jurist (17th Chief Justice of Canada), born in Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada
Sep 8 Adelaide C. Eckardt, American politician
Sep 10 Neale Donald Walsch, American author
Sep 11 Raymond Villeneuve, Canadian terrorist (founding member of the Front de libération du Québec)
Sep 12 Michael Ondaatje, Sri Lankan-Canadian poet and writer, born in Colombo, Ceylon
Sep 16 David Wilshire, British MP (C)
Sep 16 James Alan MacPherson, American writer, 1st black writer to win Pulitzer Prize, born in Savannah, Georgia (d. 2016)
Sep 17 Samuel T Durrance, PhD/astronaut (STS 35, STS 67), born in Tallahassee, Florida
Sep 17 Sarah Lucas, theatre administrator (d. 1997)
Sep 19 Christopher Joyce, British photographer, born in Turnbridge Wells, England (d. 1994)
Sep 20 Sani Abacha, de facto President of Nigeria (1993-98), born in Kano, Nigeria (d. 1998)
President of Nigeria
Sep 23 Bob Clement, (Rep-D-Tennessee)
Sep 25 Robert Gates, American statesman (22nd U.S. Secretary of Defense), born in Wichita, Kansas
Sep 27 Anna Gael, [Gyarmarthy], Lady Weymouth, born in Budapest, Hungary
Sep 27 Amedeo, 5th Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat
Sep 28 Mike Kreidler, (Rep-D-Washington)
Sep 28 Warren Lieberfarb, American media executive
Sep 29 Lech Wałęsa, Polish Solidarity movement leader (Nobel Peace Prize 1983) and President of Poland (1990-95), born in Popowo, Poland
Polish Politician and Labor Activist
Sep 29 Peter Rigby, CEO (Specialist Computer Holdings)
Sep 29 Mohammad Khatami, former President of Iran
Sep 29 Gary Boyd Roberts, American genealogist
Sep 30 Jody Powell, press mouthpiece (Jimmy Carter)
Sep 30 Johann Deisenhofer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
Oct 1 Jean-Jacques Annaud, Draveil France, director (Bear, Black & White, Name of the Rose)
Oct 2 Franklin Rosemont, American poet, artist and co-founder of the Chicago Surrealist Group, born in Chicago, Illinois
How Old? 75 or 76 years old
Generation: Traditionalist or Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Goat/Sheep (Jan 1 - Jan 24), Horse (Feb 15 - Dec 31)
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An emerging world politics
Anthony Barnett
Who rules the world and how?
It is not a modest question. Views about the different answers have preoccupied many a contributor to openDemocracy.net.
Does transnational capitalism and the world market dominate globalisation, or does America? Should we look to a networked world, beyond traditional institutions, to provide the framework for greater equality and fairness, or to the United Nations?
To take just two contrasting answers, published by us this year:
From the Globalisation Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia, Tom Nairn in America versus Globalisation has argued that nations and nationalism remain crucial in determining world politics and are the proper forum for democracy
From Oxford, England, George Monbiot has called for a directly elected global government to by-pass what he sees as the sclerotic, reactionary nation-state institutions such as the World Trade Organisation and the UN (see his debate with Todd Gitlin and his contribution in our Cancún forum).
In this edition of openDemocracy.net the argument moves to a new level in our major interview with Mary Robinson.
Her approach is not theoretical. An activist who also knows the ropes, having been both president of Ireland and a UN commissioner, she also retains a direct and unpompous interest in immediate human issues. Now she has established a new organisation, the Ethical Globalisation Initiative, which seeks to put her experience into practice.
In effect, her answer if not to my opening question then to how the world ought to be ruled, is that there are three broad levels to politics: citizens, nation-states, and international alliances and agreements. Globalisation has neither dissolved the importance of any one level nor made another dominant. Instead, it is profoundly altering the relationships between all three. The importance of national governments in determining what happens remains, but the traditional framework in which they once exercised unique sovereignty over their own internal affairs is being transformed.
Mary Robinson argues that the global covenants on human rights which she discusses in our interview, establish principles for how nation-states should govern themselves internally. This creates new opportunities for citizens to hold their governments to account, legitimated by global norms.
A virtuous rather than vicious circle of democratic influence becomes possible in which national governments can and, she argues, must be held to account. They should be obliged to deliver on fundamental rights by citizens organising both within their national body politic and through international cooperation and exchange. This will then reinforce the development of best practices and the further enhancement of basic rights.
If this happens, globalisation will empower and expand local forms of politics, as governments find they have to account downwards for their behaviour with respect to priorities and norms established at a world level.
This process increases rather than diminishes the obligations and role of national states while citizens power over governments becomes more democratic rather than less as the expectations of what it should mean to be a citizen is globalised.
A wonderful example of the furies and confusions of this new politics is unfolding right now at the UNs World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) being held, as I write, in Geneva. For the first time non-governmental organisations claiming to represent civil society are participating in a formative international gathering of governments alongside heads of states. The aim is to drive forward the potential gains of modern communications to everyone across the world.
openDemocracys own Solana Larsen writes about WSIS in this edition. She describes the cross-currents and outlines the five great issues now at play at the summit.
Also, media editor Bill Thompson will post a daily blog from the spot.
WSIS provides further evidence for the Mary Robinson argument. Issues of basic human rights are bursting out of their legal box and coming alive in ways that link to how people live and work and who should be involved in deciding how the world is governed.
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The liberty of the networked (pt 2)
Tony Curzon Price
Preamble1
In part 1 of this essay I used Benjamin Constant's characterisation of the modern, individualised liberties as being dependent on the republican liberty of collective self-determination to characterise the ways in which technology can be seen to be simultaneously freedom enhancing while also dauntingly threatening. The progressive tech-topians, recognisable today as they were at the start of the industrial revolution, do not see either how hyper-individualism might lead to an atomised, dominated subjection or how the new facility for community-making might generate the tyrannies of society from which modernity promised to liberate us. This second part of the essay elaborates on these dangers. A final third part will emphasise the inescapably political and collective task of preserving liberty.
The clouds gather
The tyranny of society
Modern/Libero-Phobic: Kafka and Orwell
What about Hobbes?
How Web2.0 technology contributes to the Kafka effect
The story told by Zittrain (2008) and Benkler (2006) is of the netowrked computer as a tool of the freedom of the ancients. It is hard not to be taken up in the enthusiasm. The wired world enhances both the freedom of the ancients and the freedom of the moderns. How can we not be at the point that Mill thought the railway and the printing press had brought? The world, and not just England, can now become that mythical Athens that Mill so desired, surely?
Zittrain (2008), however, is not a Millian optimist. His very ambiguous title tells it all: ``The Future of the Internet (and how to stop it)". Stop what? The Future or The Internet? Zittrain (2008)'s is the forecast that, soon, the Internet could end up as the first "self-closing open system". The impetus for closure comes, for Zittrain, from the wrong-headed approach to solving the problems that open systems inevitably, he argues, throw up: 2
The self-closure of generativity.
Zittrain (2008) argues that companies will be tempted to ``lock-down" open systems in the face of malware, spyware and privacy breaches. Governments will be called on to regulate, imposing privacy laws (which they will exempt themselves from, naturally). The Internet will be balkanised as telephone companies create ``safe havens", networks that bar the use of peer-to-peer file-sharing, privilege one sort of traffic over another, and generally tether the appliances and software to avoid the ills and risks of openness. The game consoles and smart phones are a Trojan horse. Sony and Microsoft have designed their gaming platforms to be walled gardens of computing. The iPhone and other ultra-portable computers are an alliance of consumer electronics with telecoms monopolies, none of whom seem to want to make the business ``mistake" IBM made in outsourcing and opening the critical pieces of the PC.
This is a story of how the Internet moves from being a privileged domain for the freedom of the ancients to being a battleground for the libero-phobia of the moderns. He describes the tendency towards a move from the bottom left quadrant to the top right. Zittrain's own schema is of a move from ``emergent hierarchy" to ``top-down polyarchy" as a principle of organisation.
Keeping my distance from a useful taxonomy.
Zittrain's solution for countering this trend is to return, as often as possible and with as much imagination as possible, to the expert self-regulation that solved the Internet's problems in the past (Curzon Price, 2008). Before government regulation, let us find ``communitarian" solutions. Zittrain, for example, suggests that we try to address real privacy concerns in the same sort of way that the early web controlled crawlers with robots.
As we travel with phones, making payments, with store cards we leave a trace through the ether as surely as any click-trace through the web. Early on in the history of the web, automated services--for example indexing services--started crawling web servers automatically for information. How could a webmaster signal that content should not be indexed? For example, on openDemocracy.net, we want our editorialised articles to be indexed, but not our free-form forum discussions. When a Google search returns an openDemocracy address, we want it to be for a piece of content that we have vetted, as part of our brand management.
The solution to the problem--the creation of the robots.txt de facto standard--is described by Zittrain (2008) :
Controlling crawlers with robots.
This could be a template to decentralised, emergent, locational privacy protection. My own personal "robots.txt" could instruct cell-phone operators, ticketing agents, credit card companies, what information about my comings and goings was sellable and what not. I could specifiy who it could be shared with, and with what degree of anonymity. I would want my medical record available to hospital emergency rooms in extremis, but not to my employer, for example.We should as much as possible try to stop the accumulation of information by inventing the right expressive means to do so. Such ``easy wins" should not be passed over.
Zittrain (2008) sees the emergence of "robots.txt"-style solutions as the victory of hierarchic bottom-up organisations versus poly-archic top-down organisations (Curzon Price, 2008). His exhortation is that we should, wherever possible, look for solutions to information processing problems that live in the ``hierarchical / emergent" corner of his taxonomy.
The tendency of the Internet to move from ancient freedom to modern control is not the only worry with the ancient spirit of the modern networked technology. Constant was clear in identifying the tyranny of society that had also come with the freedom of collective, discursive self-determination. The counterpart to the freedom of collective determination is that the collective can call you to arms, ostracise you, even put you to death without recourse or rights. When the group is small and the community tight-knit, its power extends far beyond law, and can be a real source of oppression.
You won't need to remind Star Wars kid of this, still suffering depression (surely the modern form of exile) after the largest school-yard humiliation in history. The unfortunate boy filmed himself using the school video camera doing a Star Wars light sabre routine with a broomstick. A mixture of narcissism, hubris and, most of all, the dramatic irony for the audience of knowing that this person did not know he would be watched by millions ...He did not delete the sequence; some peers posted the video on the web; the public shaming of the notoriety may never leave him.
There are many other anecdotes which illustrate the way in which the recreation of tight community is also a loss of the protection of anonymity.3
Painfully learning the new rules.
Is this new tyranny of the wired communities a passing phase? Something that we will learn to navigate once the unfamiliarity of the new spaces passes?
When cameras became a cheap mass consumer good, just before World War I in the UK, there was a national privacy scare. Anyone was at risk of being captured in a private act. And the risk is with us still, of course, although a combination of copyright, libel and press-privacy laws allow us mostly to navigate the new contours of privacy. David Cameron, the leader of the UK's opposition, had to spend a good deal of family money to buy the copyright of a photograph taken of him during his student days as a member of Oxford's notorious Bullingdon club. Employers regularly check Facebook and MySpace to find the real person they are about to employ. In a mirror image of the Bullingdon club example, celebrities are exactly the people who cultivate their private lives as a business model: they generate monopoly private information in order to sell it to an eager public. There was an eighteenth century version of this trade: an enterprising late eighteenth century theatre entrepreneur in London took the muslin curtains off the boxes in his newly launched theatre. The mob crowded in, not so much to see the spectacle but more to rubber-neck at the much more attractive soap-opera of the wealthy in their boxes. But the business model was not right: the wealthy got nothing much from the sale of their privacy and left for more traditional venues. ``Hello" and ``OK" would perfect the model by buying monopoly access to the lives of the ``Pipol" [People] (as, in a lovely inversion of meanings, celebrities are known in France).4
The similarity between the patter on a facebook feed and the gossip of "Hello" is striking . It seems to me likely that the popularity of exhibitionism is quite likely in part due to the exhibitionism of our celebrity heroes. Their status is measured by the column-inches devoted to them, so the democratisation of print-space leads to a proliferation on ``micro-Hello" publications. Facebook is to ``Hello" as the academic blogosphere is to the opinion columns of the ``mainstream media". Doing what the stars do, be it intellectual or social, makes us all a bit more like them. The whole point of MySpace and Facebook is that they are public, and give each the opportunity to be a bit more like the role model in the abandonment of privacy. And just like the academic blogger versus the WSJ columnist, the main difference is the first do it for free.5
``Hello" is the Pipol's Facebook.
A closely related danger to freedom from the tyranny of community--possibly to the institutions of liberal democracy that have more or less upheld freedom for 150 years--is the argument made by Sunstein (2007) that the new facility for niche information provision also fragments communities, allowing each of us to live in narcissistic halls of mirrors where we face no great challenges to our views and opinions. There is the possibility of a radical communitarianisation of news and opinion that will eventually, argues Sunstein, undermine the ``broad tent" institutions that forced us as nations to seek compromise and agreement. This is a story of the Balkanisation of politics because the economics of the production of knowledge and opinion no longer forces us to share costs with those we might disagree with. Sunstein (2007) produces many examples of the danger. My colleague Felix Cohen made this short film about the community of "Vaccine Deniers" on YouTube to illustrate the danger. The power of the example, of course, comes from the potential public health externality created by the development of these credible but not belief-worthy communities.
Vaccine denial: echo chamber with externality.
Nozick (1974), in the ``Utopia" part of the book, considers what an individualistic approach to community-formation might be. He asks us, as a thought experiment, to consider a world in which each individual can will into being all other individuals; individuals so willed can either opt to stay in the world imagined by others, or exit to another world of their own willing; the process is imagined to continue until a stable configuration--if there be one--is found. If there is an equilibrium, then by construction we have a world in which ``none of the inhabitants of the world can imagine an alternative world they would rather live in" (Nozick, 1974)[page 299] which has the stability property of being arrived at in this Utopian way.
When wondering how far this Utopian construction might be from a feasible realisation, Nozick points to the limitations that include the fact that groups impinge on other groups; that it is costly to discover groups that one wishes to join, and one might stay in sub-optimal groups for fear of not finding a better solution; that communities might actually try to restrict the freedom of choice of members in order to perpetuate themselves.
The first and the last of these ``failures" of Nozick's individualistic communitarianism are the most troubling in the context of the re-communitarianisation of knowledge-making. The first is a concern, in our context, that the belief-making of one group will affect another group. The vaccine deniers are a case in point. Sunstein (2007) provides evidence that the last point is a danger: that the ``hall of mirrors" entraps people into solipsistic world views and amplifies the differences between groups.
Communities create poles.
Mark Hunter, a professor of media a INSEAD, argues that the commercial future of news is represented by both Rupert Murdoch and Michael Moore. Both of them know how to give an audience a sense of itself. The quickest way to do this is through polarisation, the exaggerated invention, even demonisation of the ``other". As the fixed costs of community creation disappear (a printing press, a distribution network), society can fragment into many non-communicating shards. The return to ancient Greece was not meant to also repeat the Peleponesian wars. Posner makes the argument that this communitarianisation of news might be a good thing: it avoids the dead-hand of orthodoxy stamping out the diversity of views that it is socially best to express, even if only to better monitor.6
The argument, however, relies on there being not-too-great a feedback between the encapsulation of a community in a publication, or blog, or forum, and the path that this community takes. The strength of the worry Sunstein raises comes from this dynamic effect: the types of communities you end up with are dependent on the technology used to keep them together and define them. The Rwandan massacre, for example, would not have been possible without Radio Mille Collines. The Kenyan violence of January 2008 was made possible by SMS.
Letting off steam?
There is a resurgence in the tyranny of the group just as there is in the power of collective self-determination. The two are inextricable. Liberal Whigs have to hope that re-communitarianisation does not have to be Balkanisation. It is as if the ``National" phase of the evolution of the just society was a dry-run for its global version. Re-communitarianisation, with global communications technologies, is part of the unpicking of the unitary Nation State, with the adherence to the tribe returning to many overlapping communities, some digital, and the functions of the State being spread both above and below the old Nations. The economics of community-making are an important part of this large-scale historical process. To make it a historical evolution, and not another return, we should keep our eyes open to the the new forms of the ancient social tyrannies.
We have considered two types of danger so far--first, the privacy and Sunstein (2007) effects point to the transformation of ancient liberties into modern communo-tyrannies; second,Zittrain (2008) and Curzon Price (2008) point to the sliding from the new communo-freedoms to the modern stifling technocracies of government and other natural monopoly.
Possibly more dangerous than all of these are the forces that transform modern individualistic freedoms into the hyper-modern nightmares imagined Kafka (1925) and Orwell (1949). This is the story of the harnessing of technology into a database State. A little like nuclear power, so attractive in the 1950s and 1960s, accumulates waste that today appears to pose small risks of very large harm, so centralised databases are stockpiling a resource which has a small probability of becoming highly noxious.
The behaviour, identity, past and reputation of each us is now reproduced around large numbers of state-level and corporate databases creating dangerous concentrations of personally identifiable information (PII).7 The dangers are of two basic types, call them Kafka-esque and Orwellian.8
The Orwellian, in which the State accumulates information for direct purposes of control, is the most obvious and dramatic. Take the example of the hapless mechanic from Stoke-on-Trent .
An innocent's arrest and DNA forever more on the record
Darren's credit ratings, job prospects and life chances have been permanently affected by his record on the UK arrest and DNA databases. As technocracy would have it, this information gets shared between more and more government agencies and even in some cases to private sector subcontractors of government. Of course, the data also gets lost and may find its way into the public or criminal domain. The impacts on lives and liberty of such Orwellian events are clear, and our ability to influence through policy is also clear.
The UK, together with many states since the start of the ``War on Terror" (WoT) have increased the powers of surveillance available to it. There are real threats, and some surveillance is necessary to protect citizens. But it is important to understand the Orwellian habits that very naturally come to a State. Here is an example from Scotland:
In Falkirk, which used Ripa [the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act] 380 times, citizens could be spied on for noise nuisance, littering, if they were suspected of driving a taxi without a licence, for breaching the smoking ban and if their expense claims were thought to be exaggerated. (The Sunday Herald, July 18 2008)
Jozef K., the anti-hero of The Trial, never knows who is accusing him or what he is accused of. He has no control over the information that is disseminated about him or any means of recourse. The story of Jozef K. has become the archetypal story of alienation, one in which the modern atom has no understanding of the forces at work at him. The case of Mr Bunce , a story, with a somewhat happier ending, hints at a modern version of the story where the information and crime have escaped your control--it certainly shows a very concrete example that those who have nothing to hide might nevertheless be caught up in nightmarish information-traps. The police knock on the door. You are accused of having bought paedophilic pornography over the web. You are innocent, and unlike Joseph K. you certainly understand the accusation here, but what have you done that relates to it? Why are you being accused? What piece of information about your life has been disseminated which leads to this point?
A modern-day Job
Mr Bunce comes out of this sounding like a saint: his salary quartered, his family forgiven for disowning him ...but many others would remain more resentful.
Commercial databases are increasingly the repository for Privately Identifiable Information. The case of Yahoo's Chinese blogger debacle is an example of commercial data-gathering being put to State use.
Corporate and State databases cooperate, 1
Information flow from state to corporations is increasingly common. For example the UK government's "Tranformative Government" agenda includes offering corporate access to the National Identity database (for example, for background checks on criminality). Sub-contractors to government have ways of accessing data--where this can go from multinationals running IT systems to small operations running local authority wheel clamping services. The film of the useful UK Department of transport web page on Who we share information with and why provides a small glimpse into the complexity of the multi-way flow of information. Can every outfit identified as a worthy recipient of information be counted on here to have a careful, responsible attitude towards the data? How much will lead to stories like that of Darren, Bunce or Shi Tao?
What your driving says to whom (follow link to film)
The accumulation of ever-more personal databases creates threats that are both Orwellian and Kafkaesque. A common response in this age of the War on Terror is that a Hobbesian state, one that takes seriously its duty to ensure the safety of its citizens, needs to employ the necessary means against an enemy that has found modernity's Achilles heal. An enemy that has learned to take advantage of the open society will prompt counter-moves from the primitve, Hobbesian state, that will close some of the loop-holes. Hence the justification for extensive surveillance as well as ``collateral damage" in innocent lives destroyed.
A report by the Mail on Sunday on CCTV surveillance by police in Shenzhen and Leeds illustrates the point. In Leeds, police prove the innocence of a supposed wife-beater with CCTV footage ...a petty thief is caught after the police thought they would have to let him go ...in Shenzhen, crime rates are down 10% and detection rates are up thanks to a state-of-the-art surveillance system. Here comes the downside:
anti-government demonstrators are identified and picked up for questioning -- and images of those still ``at large'' are posted on public information pillars ...9
The Hobbesian state has its attractions. But we have a sort of ``surveillance trap'': how to ensure that information is used only for the good purposes of fighting crime, and not for the bad purposes of manipulation and discrimination?
It is very hard for a modern mass state to carry out extensive Hobbesian information processing without also, to some groups, becoming Kafkaesque. Take the (hypothetical) example of a young male Muslim rounded-up in a terrorism prevention operation. He is innocent (known to him, unknown to us), and has been arrested because he is a friend of someone who is not. During interrogation, it becomes clear that the State has a huge amount of information about this person. He is eventually released without charge. He returns to his community knowing that the authorities follow him closely and that he is now on a national DNA database, and that his arrest is a fact viewable by all manner of official departments (and even private sector companies). When he does not get a job; when his mortgage is refused; when he is burgled ...a suspicion has to fall on the involvement of the state. Is this a state he is likely to cooperate with? is he likely to inform against a genuine threat that he knows about? The Kafkaesque State is the one that creates sub-cultures of mistrust in which real threats can find protection and thrive.10
We can view the Kafka effect as an externality of information acquisition. As long as the process of acquiring information generates "false positives"--cases where the informational inference is incorrect--then it will invite false positives in the other direction: inferences by the citizen that the state is involved in shaping outcomes even when it is not. So the often well-intentioned process of collecting information for Hobbesian purposes produces a side-product, the false positive, which creates a paranoid sensitivity. Philip K Dick offers a particularly gruesome twist to the basic plot in Dick (1956), where information processing by the state has got the point of forecasting and preventing crime. The Kafkaesque impact of information collection is pernicious: if a state gives you reason to believe that it is falsely and obscurely accusing you, then your trust in that state evaporates. Any Hobbesian justification for freedom-reducing measures should always account for the ultimately freedom-destroying loss of faith in the State that the Kafka effect produces.
Of course, the same piece of technology in Leeds is less of a worry than it is in Shenzhen, because civil liberties are more respected in England than in China. Trustworthy states should be allowed to take Hobbesian advantage of technology, and if we want more surveillance, we should start by making, through politics, more trustworthy states.
We are building corporate databases of personal information on an unprecedented scale. Much of this is coming from the advertising-financed "free lunch" of Web2.0 technologies and services. The advertising model on which these services rely for information might in itself be benign despite the possibility of deep but hidden effects of advertising. However, there is the clear possibility that highly targeted advertising may contribute to a background belief in a Kafkaesque state. When my email offers me a link clearly suitable to my current state, I become habituated to the notion of being watched.
However, the databases it creates will themselves be irresistible to State agents. The psychological irresistibility of the free lunch is accumulating a large and risky liability -- like the promise of nuclear power "too cheap to meter" has created a stockpile of nuclear waste whose risk we will always have with us. It creates a datamine that acts a a magnet to states and organised crime. As I will argue in the conclusion, the worst of it is that the model that accumulates personal information in exchange for web services is not even necessary to provide the services that we are now enjoying for free.
To understand the process by which these databases are being accumulated, consider the ill-fated case of Gator . Gator was an application that offered to fill in web forms for you. Very nice functionality. But Gator also--and not very transparently--relayed all information about web surfing back to HQ. HQ knew the browsing history, purchase history, inferred sexual preferences, film tastes and much else about its users. The Gator client watched and told all that happened between keyboard and screen. Gator could have been much more malicious than it was with all this information. In fact, its team of crack statisticians applied themselves to the simple task of predicting which of an available number of advertisements a given user at a given browsing moment was most likely to click through. So, if I was booking a holiday to Hawaii--as I remember doing when I last had Gator installed in 2003--as soon as my flight was booked, Gator served me an offer for a condo and a car; Gator's statisticians had built up quite a profile of me, and could offer sun-suits for the children, prescription goggles for the snorkelling, a guide book and a bird-watching tour for my wife (how had they figured that one out?).
Gator was achieving click-through rates with its profiling that were ten times what Google could offer. Gator's accounts managers could offer corporate customers highly complex advertising campaigns: ``if a middle class mother has been looking at car web-sites and arrives at GM, make the home page from soft green tones and emphasise safety; if it is a rugged young male, serve up the Hummer ..." (pre-crunch, all this).
Friendly alligator
All inoffensive, even helpful, you might think. But it is easy to imagine some more problematic cases.11
The corporate databases that Web2.0 is creating can be agents of Kafka and Orwell effects just as much as government databases. Already today, the large web-sites have entire divisions devoted to dealing with the subpoenas served by courts. The information exists, and will be used in accordance with the laws of the land ...as Chinese bloggers have found to their cost.
The battle field
If our old liberties and rights did a good--though restricted--job in the late 18th Century, with State power where it was, they certainly need reinforcing with state power where it is today. In the UK, for example, Habeas Corpus has been restricted to a huge extent--police can hold suspects without charge for 28 days, moving to 42. And this in an environment where discovering information about suspects can be done at the cross-tabulation of a handful of databases. If it took 24 hours to charge a suspect in the past, the increased efficiency of information gathering would suggest that it should now take less time to charge, not more. It is hard to avoid the conclusion that the War on Terror has been a boon to the institutional interests of technocracy (see (Barnett, 2008)).
Coming next How the logic of the Web2.0 free lunch will cause indigestibly large corporate databases of quasi-personally-identifiable information to be accumulated; the Kafkaesque effect of these; their Orwellian potential. And how to pick the battles ahead.
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... 2)1 Many thanks to all the people who have commented on early drafts of this paper--Selina O'Grady, Graeme Mitchison, Victoria Curzon Price, Anthony Barnett, Jonathan Zittrain, David Hayes, Jeremy O'Grady, Stefaan Verhultz. This paper owes a great deal to a seminar funded by the MacArthur foundation in March 2008, "Credibility in the New News" in London. Many thanks to Kathy Im and Elspeth Revere for making that gathering and space for thinking possible. I presented a version of this paper to the Annual Meeting of the Mont Pellerin Society in Tokyo in September 2009. It was a personally emotionally charged occasion, being the child of two members of the society while feeling uncomfortable with most of the positions taken by its members. On the question of the authoritarian state, however, we were on common ground - at least at some level of abstraction. ...2 The parallel between Zittrain's worries about the Internet and Hayek's in the ``Road to Serfdom" are clear. In both cases, there is a call to action against specified dynamics from within that threaten all that is best about the system. The Great Depression provided the impetus for the sorts of government actions that Hayek thought would undermine the market economy, just as Zittrain thinks malware, spyware and the abuse of private information threatens the sorts of control that will undermine the open, creative, re-usable Internet. ...3 The relationship between anonymity and the freedom of the moderns is very strong. It has its counterparts in the modern notions of anomie and alienation. Hayek picks up on the relationship in his discussion of the exercise of market power through price discrimination: It is probably not much of an exaggeration to say that almost all really harmful power [...] rests on this power of discrimination because it alone, short of violence, gives them [firms] power over potential competitors [...] Though the majority of people may still be better off for the existence of such a [discriminating] monopolist, anyone may be at his mercy in so far as the nature of the product of service makes aimed discrimination possible and the monopolist chooses to practice it in order to make the buyer behave in some respect in a manner that suits the monopolist [...] Since the power of the monopolist to discriminate can be used to coerce particular individuals or firms, [...] it clearly ought to be curbed by appropriate rules of conduct. (Hayek, 1982, Vol.IIl, page 84) ...4 However did the celebrities become ``les Pipols"? There is a real cunning of language in this appropriation--a recognition that there is nothing between celebrities and people except for celebrity. ...5 It brings to mind Keynes' joke that GDP falls when a bachelor marries his maid--what was previously recorded as a monetary transaction is now subsumed in the un-measured domestic economy. Similarly, every journalist replaced by an academic blogger lowers GDP without necessarily reducing welfare. ...6 There are real success stories of citizen journalism bringing to public attention stories that might otherwise have been covered or buried. The great pet food scare of 2007 may be the clearest example, (especially because it is an example so devoid of politics). All over North America, pet owner forums started reporting that their cats and dogs were ill. Forum and blog members thought this was all too much for coincidence, and traced the problem to a single Canadian manufacturer. The pet-owners did all the investigation and coordinated their work through their blogs. As Jay Rosen says, they moved from the demand side of news to the supply side. The old-media caught up with the story once the journalistic work had been done at the grass-roots, by these consumers turned producers.
In terms of political positioning, the technology here is a tool of negative freedom: consumers can aggregate information and protect their rights as purchasers against the previously superior informational power of the producer. This is an enhancement to the normal freedoms of civil, contractual relations.
...7 And quasi-PII--it is often possible to combine databases none of which have PII to, in the overlap of data, personally identify individuals. ...8 The important distinctions between the Orwellian and Kafkaesque abuses of information is made by Solove (2007) ...9 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/moslive/article-1027150/The-invasion-Far-Eastern-technology-poses-threat-privacy.html ...10 Just as Jozef K. was Jewish and felt anyway on the edges of Viennese society, a ready target of radicalisation, so those who come into contact with the most Kafkaesque aspects of our states are those likely to be close to today's radicalisable edges of society. ...11 Obviously, the profiling could be used for old-fashioned price discrimination. The old headache for tariff setters trying to implement Boiteux-Ramsey pricing (Boiteux (1956)) for utilities was how to achieve a ``separating equilibrium"--how to make sure that the simple set of tariff choices on offer would distinguish customers by their elasticity of demand. No such constraint with Gator's profiles, where the identity, or at least identity-type of a customer could be determined by the logs of browsing history. ``TCP is likely to click through for car hire, so don't offer the special deal ..."
(For the story, Gator was hugely profitable. It was nearly sold to Microsoft for large amounts, until Redmond, in its due diligence, broke off discussions. Gator changed its name, and now trades honestly as Claria).
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Our Top 5 Winter Sun Holiday Destinations
By Guest Blogger, 9th October, 2013 , Everybody Loves a List
As the weather gets colder, it's only natural to think about jetting off to somewhere warmer. Here are some of Original Travel's picks for well-earned and completely unique 'winter sun' holiday...
Staying on an island in the Maldives is an ultimate travel pin up, with its pristine white beaches and sublime hotels. Year on year, ever more glamorous resorts and hotels crop up, providing a superstar selection of places to stay that the Original Travel team know well.
Tanzania...
Tanzania is an old favourite, with incredible safari opportunities and swathes of beautiful beaches, making this the ideal 'bush and beach' destination. The Serengeti is an obvious spot for an abundance of wildlife; however, when you've filled you safari boots, there's nothing more refreshing than a stint on the picture perfect white sand beaches of the Tanzanian coast and islands; home to some of the Indian Ocean's best beach lodges. More adventurous still, although probably not for anyone wanting to fly and flop, is the chance to climb Mount Kilimanjaro.
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It's simple - Cambodia is the next big thing in Asia. It's a great country, with beautiful sights, friendly people and scrumptious food. The southern coast, with its white sandy beaches and clear blue waters, is flourishing, with new luxury hotels opening all the time. A trip to the coast can easily be combined with a visit to the miraculous lost city of Angkor Wat - the perfect recipe for a successful winter sun holiday destination.
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Mexico is pretty hot right now, and not just literally. But put Cancun on the backburner, as Mexico has so much more to offer. The country's landscapes range from the deserts and rugged mountain ranges of the north, to tropical jungles and white-sand beaches of the Caribbean coast. The Pacific Coast and the Baja California Peninsula have some top hotels and great spots for diving and whale-watching. Alternatively, culture vultures can enjoy rich cultural heritage in the Yucatan Peninsula or Mexico City.
Oman...
Let's set the scene: warm weather, desert and coastal scenery, lovely hotels (and spa treatments), plus snorkelling and diving in pristine waters. Oman enjoys a calm, relaxed atmosphere in contrast to its glitzy neighbour, Dubai. With a selection of top notch beach hotels and private safari trips into the dessert, this oasis has a little something for everyone.
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Optimal Innovation and Optimal Imitation: an Integrated Analysis | OMICS International
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Optimal Innovation and Optimal Imitation: an Integrated Analysis
Orlando Gomes*
Lisbon School of Accounting and Administration (ISCAL-IPL) and Business Research Unit of the Lisbon University Institute (BRU/LUI), Portugal
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Received Date: January 21, 2014; Accepted Date: January 23, 2015; Published Date: January 30, 2015
Citation: Gomes O (2015) Optimal Innovation and Optimal Imitation: an Integrated Analysis. J Appl Computat Math 4:201. doi: 10.4172/2168-9679.1000201
Copyright: ©2015 Gomes O. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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When assessing the role that technology plays in fostering economic growth, it is usual to conceive a technology frontier, where the most research advanced economy is placed, and relatively to which all the other economies, the followers, will want to catch-up. Catching-up is typically feasible through imitation; economies that do not possess conditions to undertake cutting-edge research will want to adopt the technology that the technological leader has already tested and successfully implemented [1].
The study of technology creation and how it diffuses has a long tradition in economics, that goes back to Nelson and Phelps and that has counted with a large number of seminal contributions (among many others, Jovanovic and Rob, Segerstrom, Parente and Prescott, Mukoyama, Peyton-Young,). A recent contribution relating the subject under discussion, which is analyzed in this paper, is the one by Benhabib, Perla and Tonetti, henceforth BPT [2-4].
In BPT a fully deterministic model is designed to address the optimal decisions of the economies on whether to innovate or imitate the leader. A single optimal control problem allows to address both the challenge of the country in the technology frontier and the behavior of all the followers, and it is precisely this ability to integrate innovation and technology adoption under the same simple modeling structure that makes this an appealing framework upon which to think about how knowledge creation and knowledge diffusion take place in the world we live in [5-7].
The Optimal Control Problem
The dynamic optimization model proposed by BPT assumes a state variable, z(t), which represents the aggregate productivity level of the economy. Two control variables are also taken: the expenditures on innovation, γ(t), and the expenditures on technology adoption, s(t). In the model’s structure, the following parameters are relevant: B>0 represents the output of one productivity unit; σ>0 is the benefit obtained by one unit of expenditure on innovation, and ρ>0 is the intertemporal discount rate. Furthermore, one needs to consider the benefit obtained by one unit of expenditure on adoption, and this is given by the following diffusion function:
In Eq. (1), F(t) represents the technology frontier. Observe that z(t)≤F(t) necessarily holds; in the case of the technology leader economy, z(t)=F(t). In order to obtain economically meaningful results, the following constraints on parameter values apply: m-1, c<(2+m)σ (these two conditions correspond to assumption 3 in BPT).
The optimal control problem of the representative agent of an economy that intends to maximize the utility of the net value of productivity takes the form,
The optimization problem in Eq. (2) furnishes the following information: the economy desires to maximize the discounted current value of the sum of the utility generated by a given level of productivity, from now to an infinite future horizon. The utility is logarithmic and the argument of the function is the difference between the output obtained for the available productivity level and the costs incurred by the economy both of diffusion and of innovation. This optimization problem is subject to a constraint on the growth of productivity: productivity increases with the investment made both in innovation and in adoption.
The Economy at the Frontier
Problem (2) is faced by every country in the assumed world economy, and can be solved independently for each of the countries. It simplifies, though, for one economy, namely the economy that stands on the technological frontier and therefore has no catching-up to do. This economy will have no need of investing in adopting the technology of others and, thus, s(t)=0. For this economy, by definition, z(t)=F(t). Under these two simplifying constraints, problem (2) reduces to:
The problem of the leader, i.e., of the economy at the knowledge frontier, in Eq. (3), is straightforward to solve resorting to trivial optimal control techniques. The respective current value Hamiltonian function is,
with p(t) the co-state variable associated with z(t). The first-order optimality conditions are:
and the transversality condition
To evaluate the dynamics underlying the model, let μ(t) ≡ p(t)z(t). For this new variable,
Eq. (8) is a one-dimensional differential equation involving a single unstable steady-state point, . Unless the system rests in this point, the transversality condition (7) is violated and the optimization of (3) does not take place. Hence, the technological leader will select a path for γ(t) such that μ(t) remains in the mentioned point, i.e., μ(t)=1/ρ.
Eq. (5) is equivalent to .For the specified value of μ(t), one arrives to a constant value for γ(t),
Replacing γ(t) as displayed in Eq. (9) into the state constraint of the problem, one concludes that the growth of the productivity level of the technological leader, which is also the growth of the technology frontier, is constant through time,
The technological frontier problem provides the information that the country in this position will optimally select a constant over time level of expenditures on innovation, as given by Eq. (9) and, as a result, the productivity frontier will grow at a constant rate over time, namely (10).
After accessing the problem of the leader one can now concentrate on the problem of the followers, that are all the other economies, namely those for which z(t)<F(t). Unlike the economy at the frontier, to the followers adoption eventually matters. The problem to be solved by the followers is the one in (3), with an additional constraint which is that the growth of F(t) is given by (10). Again, one sets up the current value Hamiltonian function, which is now
In Eq. (11), p(t) and q(t) are both co-state variables or shadowprices. Among the optimality conditions, we find the following two, regarding the derivatives of the Hamiltonian with respect to the control variables,
Combining Eqs. (12) and (13), one arrives to the result,
Eq. (14) indicates that, under conditions of optimality, the ratio between the economy’s productivity level and the productivity at the frontier is a constant value. This implies that equality would hold for every economy. Each follower would choose, in this circumstance, trajectories for the control variables, concerning expenditures in innovation and adoption, that would satisfy the equality between productivity growth rates; straightforward computation indicates that
Under Eq. (15), the technology adopter will have to choose a combination between investing in innovation and investing in adoption such that the sum of investments is a constant value. Note that, as stressed by BPT, it will be indifferent to imitate or to innovate as long as condition (15) is met.
The Diversity of Dynamics
According to BPT, the interesting and appealing results of the model arise when one realizes that initial conditions are likely to prevent result (14) to be verified. In fact, the ratio z(t)/F(t) is a threshold that will hardly apply to any of the followers. Thus, two cases are possible beyond the knife edge condition:
In BPT, a rigorous proof of how the dynamics unfold is presented. Here, we just refer to the most meaningful results. If initial conditions are such that inequality ii. holds, then the followers will optimally choose to be only innovators (s=0). The productivity in these economies will grow at an exact same rate as the economy at the frontier. Therefore, no divergence or convergence from each economy relatively to the leader will take place.
For the economies in which condition i. is observed, the optimal choice is to invest solely in technology adoption (γ=0). These economies will converge to a long-term productivity ratio that is lower than the threshold given by (14). Two possibilities exist in this case: economies for which will catch-up to while in the opposite case, will regress and fall back to
The BPT model shows how a relatively simple deterministic theoretical structure may assist in explaining relevant stylized facts about how economies grow. Empirical evidence points to a diversity of productivity growth patterns. In the mentioned article, although all economies behave similarly and solve a same dynamic planning problem, they end up by following different growth trajectories. Depending on initial conditions, economies may opt to innovate or adopt existing technology. Initially well-endowed economies will grow at the same rate as the economy at the frontier without ever converging or diverging; economies poorly endowed of technology in the starting date will also grow at the same rate as the innovators in the long-run, but this occurs after a probably long transient phase where some economies catch-up (those with the initially lowest levels of productivity), while others fall back.
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Arma 3 ‘Contact’ delivers a new spin-off expansion for players to explore an unnervingly realistic interpretation of humanity’s first contact with an alien species. ‘Contact’ combines popular science-fiction with stunning graphics, realistic forested terrain in Livonia, real military general protocols for dealing with any unknown threat or situation to produce an authentic hardcore military sim experience.
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OnlySP: Arma has a strong history of hardcore realistic military sandbox sims. What made you want to take your formula and branch out into the sci-fi genre with ‘Contact’?
van ‘t Land: Firstly, we should make clear that we view Arma 3 ‘Contact’ as a spin-off expansion. It does not signal a new direction for the Arma series, which will itself stick to its authentic military sim-game core. Arma 3 being six years into its impressive tour of duty, we felt this was the right time to get a little more creative. We’ve supported the game with lots of free and premium content, features, and support. Now some of us wanted to explore something less traditional, while still doing our best to support the military sandbox as much as possible.
The ‘first contact’ premise is one many in our team have wanted to explore for years. Some know that during its pre-production stage, Arma 3 itself had some less conventional elements under its ‘Futura’ codename. We had done our own experiments with the topic on the side for fun, but now pitched it as an actual project, and were fortunately given the chance. Looking around at other sci-fi entertainment covering aliens, there are but a few approaching it from the viewpoint of contemporary (or rather 2039 Armaverse) military. We simply loved to theorize about how current armed forces might react to an extraterrestrial intelligence arriving on Earth. Nobody really knows what might happen, so it’s a conceptually interesting ‘what if’ setting to work with. ET adds a variable that nobody can really argue with: who knows what they are technologically capable of, what their motivations are, and what it would mean for humanity?
OnlySP: Has Earth’s first contact with aliens always been something that you wanted to do? Where did the inspiration come from?
van ‘t Land: Absolutely! Personally, it’s one of my favorite big topics in general, ever since being very young. I grew up watching movies like Independence Day, Contact, and later Arrival, following TV shows such as X-Files and Falling Skies, reading books like War of the Worlds, and playing games like XCOM. Since the Arma series (as Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis) entered my life, there have been many moments when I fantasized about building scenarios involving humans and aliens. That mostly did not really go further than hobby projects and quick experiments, until now. During the project’s concept phase I also had the chance to re-explore many inspirations, for example by reading lots of books, like Contact, The Black Cloud, and a lesser known hardcore military sci-fi series: Legacy of the Aldenata.
OnlySP: Given the time since Arma 3‘s full game was released. Why did you decide to create another expansion instead of Arma 4?
van ‘t Land: ‘Contact’ originated from our relatively small Amsterdam studio, a team which was formed to develop original ideas for Bohemia. That specifically meant doing less traditional projects, even if they were DLC or expansions to an existing game. Our first project—Arma 3 ‘Laws of War’—also offered a non-standard perspective on armed conflict. Some of our team members have worked on Arma for well over a decade, and we were personally interested in doing something different. Initially ‘Contact’ was not even specified to be an Arma 3 expansion. We considered even a stand-alone game, but ultimately the benefits of the expansion route were far too great. It meant we could make use of a massive sandbox, and Arma 3 players would benefit from additions even if they do not care about the setting. Without ‘Contact’, there likely would not have been another official Arma 3 DLC or expansion, aside from our Creator DLC program of course.
I should also mention that we received very important support from other small teams in Bohemia, such as in the Czech Republic and Thailand. They helped to build the Livonia terrain and other sandbox content, while in Amsterdam we focused on the “First Contact” campaign, aliens, and defining the overall package. Other than that, it’s no secret that Bohemia has been working on its next generation in-house engine: Enfusion. It continues to mature and will power the next decades of awesome Bohemia games. We’re a pretty sizable company meanwhile, with various teams working on exciting things.
OnlySP: ‘Contact’ will get a single-player campaign, can you give any details of the campaign and how long it will be?
van ‘t Land: A big part of the campaign is about uncovering its mystery and exploring what is going on, so we’ll leave most details for players to discover for themselves. Known is that you will assume the role of a NATO drone operator, deployed to Livonia for military training exercises. Eventually our alien visitors arrive to the Area of Operations, and from there on out you’re part of an improvised reconnaissance operation to investigate what’s going on. The gameplay at its core is still Arma 3, but we’ve wanted to add some extra mechanics that are less directly combat-focused, such as Electronic Warfare. It’s largely up to the player whether they want to use more direct action or deceive their enemies using a new type of ‘weapon’: the Spectrum Device.
The length is always hard to specify, because it of course depends on each individual player, and how much they explore the terrain beyond the core objectives. We’d estimate normal play sessions lasting between 4 and 6 hours. And after that there’s of course a cool box of new toys to tinker with, including the rest of the new Livonia terrain. We also hope community creators get inspired to build their own alien scenarios.
OnlySP: Is the idea to produce a realistic version of what you think first contact might be like? Military robots, recon, drones and tactical planning?
van ‘t Land: Military and scientific authenticity were definitely our starting points when we kicked off the project. We scoured books and the Internet, spoke to various consultants, and tried to find out whether there even exist real-world ‘post-detection protocols’. There are bits and pieces out there, like the US military’s Seven Steps to Contact (1950), but also the usual conspiracy theories and questionable sources. We could not find a clear central and declassified playbook, so then you get to more general protocols for dealing with any unknown threat or situation. Much of that could be extrapolated to an alien arrival, so we quickly landed on themes like Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear defense, autonomous vehicles, and SIGINT (signal intelligence). These things just make basic sense: avoiding cross-contamination and taking extreme care in general. Another interesting analogue was how Navy vessels may react to a non-responsive ship at sea. How certain actions or inactions may trigger the wrong response. Not all of it is intuitive; a signal meant to communicate a basic message can easily be interpreted as hostile. And that’s between humans … who knows how aliens are and observe the world around them?
Setting out to depict this premise put us in a pretty challenging situation. We wanted to be authentic, but at the same time introduce aliens, whose level of technology can easily surpass our understanding. We approached it by setting ourselves the rule that the aliens were allowed one general super technology that they could use to ‘cheat’ our scientific knowledge, one magical ability if you will. The other parts of their tech should have a strong connection to how we think the universe works. And we are also still making a game, so along the way you can encounter gameplay situations that need to break with authenticity to preserve fun or player understanding. All in all, I would still say our interpretation is more down-to-Earth than many other sci-fi stories out there.
OnlySP: Can you reveal if any missions will take place on an alien spaceship? Or does humanity’s encounter with alien tech revolve around the orange levitating orb seen in the trailer.
van ‘t Land: What I’ll say is that you will not be leaving Earth. And there is more to the alien visitors than the Alien Flying Object and anomalous orb seen in the Announcement Trailer, but you’ll experience that when you play.
OnlySP: This expansion is adding five new weapons, all of them based on real-world arms. Will there be any weapons specifically designed for engaging alien targets? Did you ever consider adding in alien weaponry?
van ‘t Land: Perhaps not a traditional weapon, but the Spectrum Device is the player’s primary new tool. It lets you receive and transmit signals on certain frequency bands of the electromagnetic spectrum, depending on the antenna you attach. This can be used for engaging in Electronic Warfare against human forces and technology, but perhaps also more. We based the device on real-world experimental drone jammers and how they might develop over the next decades. How capable the alien visitors are at defending themselves is something for players to uncover.
OnlySP: The environmental graphics in the trailer look amazing. The forest setting is an iconic setting for many alien stories and films. Were you consciously attempting to tap into the cultural heritage and atmosphere of the likes of E.T. with it?
van ‘t Land: Thank you! E.T. is another movie all of us saw growing up of course. I would not say we were directly trying to replicate its atmosphere, but now that you mention it, the mood of being alone in the dark with strange light anomalies, definitely is a huge part of the campaign. Another similarity with Steven Spielberg’s movies in general is subtlety. We quite quickly settled on wanting to focus rather on that as opposed to bombastic blockbuster scenes. Think Jaws and Jurassic Park more so than Independence Day. At the same time there are several events in the campaign that nobody has ever seen in an Arma game.
Livonia’s development history is not as straight-forward itself. The terrain started as a Research & Development project to incorporate more automated tools for terrain building, but after building a prototype that way, it did not have an actual project to finish it in. Then we kicked off ‘Contact’ and at some point the match was made. This turned into a rather massive effort to shape the foundation into Livonia, but having an actual narrative context and setting helped to flesh out its back story. It meant we started developing it as a fictional nation, with a history, flag, and armed forces. And we started incorporating wishes from the ‘Contact’ campaign team. It was no easy task, but the teams did a fantastic job, and it has also allowed the expansion to bring a huge new sandbox to Arma 3 players.
OnlySP: The forested area of Livonia looks like a closed landscape as it’s densely packed with trees. This is something quite different from vast open landscapes that we’ve seen in the past with sandy, grassy and dirty environments. Will players be forced into exploring different tactical options to cope with this?
van ‘t Land: The landscape indeed means not all tactics are suitable or successful. Especially in the mid-section of the campaign, the player has some freedom to explore off the beaten path, and choose to walk or use vehicles, employ direct action or pure stealth. Even so, Livonia is rather large, and there will be plenty of interesting places to explore beyond the campaign. We fully expect the community will create their usual assortment of cool scenarios and multiplayer modes to make the most of its rolling hills, fields, and forests. Some of them have actually already started to publish versions based on our Sneak Preview builds.
OnlySP: How important is the single-player portion of Arma 3, not just for ‘Contact’ but the game as a whole?
van ‘t Land: That’s going to depend a lot on who in the player community you ask. For some only multiplayer matters. They spend thousands of hours in mil-sim operations or on role-playing servers, and perhaps never touch any single-player content. And yet, I could personally not imagine an Arma game without a single-player component. It does not have to be a complex narrative-driven story, but could also be a more simulation-driven open world. The current Arma 3 library of content, whether official or user-generated, is vast. Pretty much everything is represented in one way or another. Going purely on analytics, it could be tempting to conclude that singleplayer does not matter nearly as much, but the data does not tell the whole story. Aside from curated content, there is another way to play Arma 3 alone: the editor. Many players love just throwing together a quick battle and seeing how it plays out.
Then you could argue that any playable content could be both singleplayer and multiplayer, but there are still many complexities that make it very hard to pull that off well. We’ve learned some of these lessons with our co-operative “Apex Protocol” campaign. Besides being technically much more complex and harder to test given all network situations, there are many storytelling difficulties when you have multiple players in the virtual world, starting with their individual pace. ‘Contact’ actually started out intending to be playable in both singleplayer and multiplayer, but we are really pushing the limits of our engine with the aliens for example. A few months in we made the call to go single-player-only, letting us focus on building the atmosphere we wanted without the worries of network synchronization.
OnlySP: Is there anything else you would like to say to our readers?
van ‘t Land: Having worked on ‘Contact’ for some two years, we are very excited to finally let players experience it soon. There are not many companies like Bohemia, where such an unorthodox concept would be greenlit, so we’re very happy to have had the chance to make it a reality. We hope you all enjoy playing our take on this big human topic!
Arma 3 ‘Contact’ will be available on 25 July 2019 for PC.
For more on Arma 3 ‘Contact’ and from the world of single-player gaming, be sure to follow OnlySP on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Also, be sure to join the discussion in the community Discord server.
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by APP , (Last Updated May 25, 2014)
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Saturday approved two additional coal-fired power plants in Gadani in the mode of independent power producer.
The approval to this effect was granted by the prime minister in a meeting held here under his chair to review the pace of work on Gadani power project. The prime minister said that attractive tariff for coal-fired power plants had drawn investors from the world to invest in the power projects in Pakistan.
He also appreciated the Chinese investment in energy sector and especially Gadani Power Park. During the meeting, the prime minister also directed that sufficient funds should be allocated for these additional projects in the public sector development programme. Earlier, the prime minister was given a detailed briefing on the status of the project.
He was told that the feasibility study of the infrastructure installation would be completed by end of June which included geo-technical investigation, water resource survey, jetty break water and cooling water intake system.
The environment impact system study would be completed by June 30. Prime Minister Nawaz Zharif was told that work on land levelling and grading on the site would start within three weeks and be completed in three months.
He was also briefed that the coal handling and conveying system infrastructure would be installed in 22 months. Similarly, jetty break water and allied infrastructure would be completed in 32 months.
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The front of Osterley House National Trust Images / Arnhel de Serra
This impressive neo-classical mansion was originally a Tudor house built in the 1570s by Sir Thomas Gresham. It was acquired by wealthy banker Sir Francis Child in 1713 - the perfect symbol of his status and prosperity. His grandson, also called Francis, engaged Robert Adam from 1761 to remodel and transform Osterley into the ‘palace of palaces’ that you see today.
Osterley's interior is one of the finest and most complete by Robert Adam still in existence, full of delicate decorations, friezes and furniture designed by Adam specifically for each setting.
Adam had demolished the east side of the building and replaced it with the transparent portico you see today, so he relocated the Entrance Hall further back across the courtyard. With influences of ancient Greece and Rome and a soft colour scheme of French grey and white, this room would have been used for large dinners, parties and balls, as well as an extravagant welcome to guests.
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The Eating Room
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The Long Gallery
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The Long Gallery at Osterley
The Tapestry Room
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The lavish Tapestry Room in the State Apartment
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The State Bedchamber at Osterley
The Etruscan Dressing Room
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Adam's Etruscan Room at Osterley
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The hidden dangers of caffeine: How coffee causes exhaustion, fatigue and addiction
Tuesday, October 11, 2005 by: Dani Veracity
Tags: caffeine, coffee, espresso
https://www.naturalnews.com/012352_caffeine_coffee.html
Most a.m. coffee drinkers don't realize it, but their morning cups of coffee set their bodies up for a rollercoaster day of highs and lows, only to bottom out at the point of exhaustion. Just a few hours after consumption, when the artificial high dies down, many people may reach for more coffee or something sugary to get another lift, leading to daily fluctuations in energy and alertness, and possibly to eventual chronic adrenal exhaustion.
Now, you don't have to explain your coffee addiction to me. I worked as an espresso barista for four years, so I know what it's like to drink coffee and espresso constantly. Throughout college, I drank about four espresso drinks a day, most of them doubles, and that's a conservative estimate. I only slept two or three hours most nights, but once a week or so, I would completely crash and sleep for twelve or thirteen hours straight. Since I graduated from college, I've also graduated to only drinking one cup of coffee a day and sometimes none at all. I feel much better and now I even have a somewhat normal sleeping schedule.
You probably don't drink as much coffee as I drank, but just one caffeinated drink – whether it's a soft drink, caffeinated tea or coffee – will put your body on the caffeine rollercoaster. When you consume caffeine, the drug begins its effects by initiating uncontrolled neuron firing in your brain, according to Stephen Cherniske in his book, Caffeine Blues. This excess neuron activity triggers your pituitary gland to secrete a hormone that tells your adrenal glands to produce adrenalin.
Adrenalin is what gives athletes that winning burst of energy and Good Samaritans the ability to rescue people by lifting cars. Adrenalin is also the source of our "fight-or-flight" response, which enabled our prehistoric ancestors to escape from saber-toothed tigers and other predators. By stimulating your adrenal glands to produce adrenalin, caffeine puts your body in this "fight-or-flight" state, which is useless while you're just sitting at your desk. When this adrenal high wears off later, you feel the drop in terms of fatigue, irritability, headache or confusion.
At this point, you may reach for another "hit" of caffeine, followed by another, and another and maybe even one more. If you constantly keep your body on a caffeine high, you're constantly keeping your body in "flight-or-flight" mode.
Cherniske explains your body's "perspective" of this constant state: "Imagine you lived in a country that was always under threat of attack. No matter where you went, there was a perpetual state of alert. Not only that, but your defenses were constantly being depleted and weakened. Does that sound stressful? Caffeine produces the same effect on your body, like fighting a war on multiple fronts at the same time." Cherniske calls your body's constant state of alert "caffeinism," which is characterized by fatigue, anxiety, mood swings, sleep disturbance, irritability and depression.
After prolonged "caffeinism," your body enters a state of adrenal exhaustion. Your caffeine consumption has simply pushed your adrenal glands so much that they've burned out. Ralph T. Golan, ND, describes this unfortunate state in his book, Herbal Defense: "Caffeine forces your glands to secrete when they don't have much left to give, and they have to keep digging deeper and deeper, making you more and more tired over time. And over the years, it takes more and more coffee to get the same result. Some people reach the point of drinking half a dozen or more cups of coffee to get the same result and it's barely keeping them awake. That's severe adrenal depletion."
In other words, caffeine affects your body just like any drug. You start taking it slowly, but as your body develops a tolerance to it, you need more and more to feel the same effects. Eventually, your body reaches a point where it can't be without it; otherwise, you will start to experience withdrawal symptoms.
You may think that you don't drink nearly enough to become addicted to it, but you probably already are. "Careful research conducted by the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine shows that low to moderate caffeine intake (as little as one 14-ounce mug per day) can quickly produce withdrawal symptoms," writes Cherniske. Yes, caffeine is a drug, even though it's something that you ingested in your beloved chocolate bars and colas since early childhood.
Instead of reaching for your morning cup of coffee, you can do your body a big favor by eating a healthy breakfast instead. A good breakfast, maintained by a healthy lunch, will keep you energetic all day. You can read News Target's page on breakfast to learn to distinguish between the good and bad breakfast foods, but whatever you do, don't wash it down with a cup of coffee.
The experts speak on caffeine, exhaustion and fatigue:
"Caffeine's immediate effects on your body"
It doesn't take a genius to see that there might be a downside to all of this neuron activity. In fact, uncontrolled neuron firing creates an emergency situation, which triggers the pituitary gland in the brain to secrete ACTH (adrenocorticotrophic hormone). ACTH tells the adrenal glands to pump out stress hormones—the next major side effect of caffeine.
Caffeine Blues By Stephen Cherniske MS, page 56
Within five minutes after you drink your morning coffee, the caffeine begins to stimulate your central nervous system, triggering the release of stress hormones in your body, causing a stress ("fight or flight" ) response. The stress hormones are useful if you need to prepare yourself to fight or flee a dangerous situation, but if you are simply sitting at your desk you may feel a short charge of alertness, quickly followed by feelings of agitation. Within the next hour or so, after the stress response dissipates, you will probably feel more tired and hungry. At these low-energy times, many people reach for another cup of coffee, or eat a snack that is often high in sugar to "pep up" and stay alert. However, both caffeine and sugar only give you temporary feelings of increased energy, which quickly dissipate. For some people, this cycle of low energy followed by an infusion of caffeine or food continues the entire day -- leaving them feeling exhausted and unable to focus by 3:00 p.m. because they are drained from the ups and downs in energy their body endured throughout the day.
Active Wellness By Gayle Reichler MS RD CDN, page 12
Among other things, it stimulates the production of adrenaline, one of the hormones secreted by the adrenal glands to help us in extreme emergency situations. Our adrenals evolved to give our early ancestors the extra strength and alertness needed to escape a saber tooth tiger attack, but we don't often need that much adrenaline these days. Like sugar, coffee constantly stimulates the production of adrenaline, putting excessive wear and tear on the adrenal glands. And let's not forget that green tea and black tea contain caffeine, and even decaf still contains some caffeine. If you're sensitive to caffeine it can keep you awake at night even if you haven't had any since noon. If you're suffering from insomnia, your best bet is to drink nonstimulating herbal teas such as chamomile or mint in the evening. If you need a boost in the afternoon, try a cup of ginseng tea.
Prescription Alternatives by Earl Mindell RPh PhD and Virginia Hopkins MA, page 388
Caffeine triggers a stress response that involves a surge in adrenal hormones and the classic fight-or-flight "emergency," affecting virtually every cell in the body.
Everybody "knows" that caffeine makes you more alert and clearheaded. Think again. A cup of coffee gives you a wakeup jolt because it triggers a stress response. Your adrenal glands are prompted to kick out the same stress hormones that are released when you perceive an external threat or danger. Your muscles tense, your blood sugar elevates for extra energy, your pulse and respiration rates speed up, and your state of alertness increases so you're ready to wrestle with or run from environmental dangers. You may be only sitting at your table or desk drinking a cup of coffee, but your body doesn't know that. It's preparing for action.
The Memory Solution by Dr Julian Whitaker, page 261
Caffeine increases the stimulating neurohormone, noradrenaline, and reduces the calming neurotransmitter, serotonin.
The Crazy Makers by Carol Simontacchi, page 191
Caffeine also stimulates the production of norepinephrine, another stress hormone that acts directly on the brain and nervous system. Epinephrine and norepinephrine are responsible for increased heart rate, increased blood pressure, and that "emergency" feeling. In fact, the emergency is quite real. caffeine can trigger a classic fight-or-flight stress reaction with all of the results listed in Illustration.
I particularly recommend that you avoid caffeine. What caffeine actually does is set off a stress response. It stimulates your adrenal glands to make epinephrine and norepinephrine—the same stress hormones that are produced in response to any stressor. This sets the stress response in motion, causing tense muscles, elevated blood sugar, and increased pulse and respiration. You may feel mentally sharper because your brain is high on adrenaline. It's ready to rumble. One cup of coffee for most people isn't damaging. But as you may recall from our discussion of the three stages of the stress response, if stress hormones remain elevated, the body is thrown into a state of chronic stress. By sipping on coffee, tea, or caffeinated soda all day long, you are forcing your adrenal glands to continue to pump out stress hormones.
Caffeine works by mimicking a hormone that tells the adrenal glands to crank out more adrenaline. The adrenal glands think there is a stressful situation and that they are supposed to be making more adrenal hormone.
Herbal Defense by Ralph T Golan ND, page 280
A dosage of 50 to 100 mg caffeine, the amount in one cup of coffee, will produce a temporary increase in mental clarity and energy levels while simultaneously reducing drowsiness. It also improves muscular-coordinated work activity, such as typing. Through its CNS stimulation, caffeine increases brain activity; however, it also stimulates the cardiovascular system, raising blood pressure and heart rate. It generally speeds up our body by increasing our basal metabolic rate (BMR), which burns more calories. Initially, caffeine may lower blood sugar; however, this can lead to increased hunger or cravings for sweets. After adrenal stimulation, blood sugar rises again. Caffeine also increases respiratory rates, and for people with tight airways, it can open breathing passages. Caffeine is also a diuretic and a mild laxative.
The New Detox Diet by Elson M Haas MD, page 30
Caffeine and nicotine overstimulate the adrenal glands. When these substances, other stressors, and a generally poor diet are combined, the adrenals can enter into a state of emergency. They become depleted of important vitamins, such as B-complex vitamins and vitamin C.
Complete Encyclopedia Of Natural Healing by Gary Null PhD, page 233
Although we think of caffeine in coffee as the "wake-me-up" chemical, chronic use of it may cause fatigue, headache, moodiness, and depression in some people. Because caffeine boosts energy through increasing the production of ATP, the basic unit of energy production in your body, one school of thought suggests that chronically stimulating this system may deplete it, sort of like overworking the soil in farmland. Recommendation: If you are a caffeine junkie (more than 3 cups of coffee a day) and can't get through the day without your coffee fix, you may be promoting your fatigue with caffeine and need a rest period. Go slowly with your reduction to zero caffeine to avoid developing overwhelming sleepiness and a bad headache.
Doctors Complete Guide Vitamins Minerals by Mary D Eades MD, page 324
Caffeine can have a detrimental effect on blood sugar. When caffeine is ingested, the nervous system is stimulated. Adrenaline is released and, in turn, the liver begins to emit stored blood sugar. Insulin is then released, and blood sugar drops below normal—a common seizure trigger for people with epilepsy. Caffeine can also constrict blood vessels in the brain. It is important for people with epilepsy to know that caffeine can be an ingredient in medications, including some antihistamines and decongestants.
Disease Prevention And Treatment by Life Extension Foundation, page 739
For an optimal response to our plan, we recommend eliminating or sharply reducing your caffeine intake. Caffeine raises levels of adrenaline, causes overexcitation, increases stress, and impairs the relaxation response. It's hard to be at peace when you're revved up on caffeine.
Ultraprevention by Mark Hyman MD and Mark Liponis MD, page 241
Watch out for coffee. The caffeine in coffee can upset blood-sugar levels, leaving you fatigued and longing for a quick-pick-me-up snack. Limit coffee to two cups a day.
Food & Mood By Elizabeth Somer MA RD, page 57
Caffeine, in fact, is the most widely used cognitive-enhancement product in our society. Numerous tests have proved that, when used in moderate amounts, caffeine boosts concentration and alertness. Because it is a stimulant, it increases output of adrenaline, and can temporarily improve memory and mood.
Brain Longevity by Dharma Singh Khalsa M.D. with Cameron Stauth, page 266
Caffeine acts directly upon the central nervous system. It brings about an almost immediate sense of clearer thought and lessens fatigue. It also stimulates the release of stored sugar from the liver, which accounts for the "lift" coffee, cola, and chocolate give. But these benefits may be far outweighed by the side effects:
Vitamin Bible for the 21st Century by Earl Mindell, page 315
Caffeine doesn't add energy to your system, it just burns up your reserves at a faster pace. You get a short-term boost at the expense of long-term jitters and fatigue.
The Unofficial Guide to Beating Stress by Pat Goudey, page 136
On the physical level, we need a steady source of energy to accomplish our goals. Nothing is more frustrating than to be motivated, to have a great plan, but no energy to carry it out. When I ask patients about their reasons for drinking coffee, the most common response is: "I need the energy." The irony is that caffeine is a major cause of fatigue. Depending on caffeine to get you through the day might work for a while, but in the long run it will make your dreams harder and harder to achieve.
Avoid caffeine -- it increases the stress hormones and adrenaline, which causes a spike in blood sugar.
"Constant 'fight-or-flight' mode and the caffeine rollercoaster"
If you continue to drink coffee or other beverages containing caffeine throughout the day, your adrenal glands will be constantly stimulated and you will find yourself in a chronic state of stress. Extra stress, I guarantee, you don't need—it takes a toll on your body and brain. And even though most people think caffeine makes them mentally sharper, studies demonstrate that, in fact, the opposite is true.
Cut back on sugar and caffeine. These quick-fix solutions to lagging energy and poor mood fuel your fatigue and depression and aggravate food cravings. You can achieve the same neurotransmitter "fix," but provide your body with a sustained energy boost and mood elevation, by switching to fiber-rich carbohydrates, such as breads, rice, pasta, low-sugar cereals, and starchy vegetables. Coffee is a mixed bag. One to two cups a day boosts energy and mood, but more than that -- especially in people who are unknowingly sensitive to caffeine—can fuel the fatigue spiral. Never consume sugar and caffeine together, and include the occasional sweet treat with a meal -- don't eat sweets alone.
Food & Mood By Elizabeth Somer MA RD, page 274
Using sugar as a quick fix for dwindling energy results in a temporary high. In the long run, it could create a vicious cycle. "The person suffering from chronic tiredness and depression who turns to sugary foods may relieve the fatigue and feel better for a short while, but the depression and fatigue return," says Dr. Chris-tensen. The person then must either reach for another sugar fix or seek help elsewhere. As opposed to the temporary sugar high, eliminating sugar and caffeine from the diet is a permanent solution. "Ninety percent of our patients went cold turkey [eliminated all sugar and caffeine from the diet}. They felt worse at first, but an overwhelming number of them felt better and had more energy within a week," says Dr. Christensen.
It is also interesting to note that several studies have found caffeine intake to be extremely high in individuals with psychiatric disorders. Another interesting finding is that the degree of fatigue experienced is often related to the quantity of caffeine ingested. In one survey of hospitalized psychiatric patients, 61% of those ingesting at least 750 mg/day (at least five cups of coffee) complained of fatigue, compared with 54% of those ingesting 250-749 mg/day, and only 24% of those ingesting less than 250 mg/day.
Textbook of Natural Medicine Volumes 1-2 by Joseph E Pizzorno and Michael T Murray, page 433
"Caffeinism and chronic fatigue"
"Caffeinism" is a state of chronic toxicity resulting from excess caffeine consumption. Caffeinism usually combines physical addiction with a wide range of debilitating effects, most notably anxiety, irritability, mood swings, sleep disturbance, depression, and fatigue.
Although caffeine consumption provides temporary stimulation, regular caffeine intake may actually lead to chronic fatigue. While mice fed one dose of caffeine demonstrated significant increases in their swimming capacity, when the dose of caffeine was given for six weeks, a significant decrease in swimming capacity was observed.
Encyclopedia Of Natural Medicine by Michael T Murray MD Joseph L Pizzorno ND, page 368
Caffeine does not provide energy—only chemical stimulation. The perceived "energy" comes from the body's struggle to adapt to increased blood levels of stress hormones. In most cases, this induced emergency state leads to well-defined side effects collectively known as caffeinism. Ironically, caffeinism is characterized by fatigue.
While coffee, tea and other substances containing caffeine may be used as stimulants to overcome the toxic effects of sedative drug poisoning, they tend to charge the adrenals and thus deplete the body's reserves.
Planetary Herbology by Michael Tierra CA ND, page 241
Let's face it, remaining healthy and strong throughout life is a battle. Caffeine is the Trojan horse. It looks like a gift but instead delivers adrenal stress, low blood sugar, mood and energy swings, fatigue, depression, malnutrition, and disturbed sleep. By now, you are starting to see the full scope of how caffeine affects the quality of life. Caffeinism is a gradual and at first imperceptible disorder.
The truth about caffeine and energy is finally getting out. Physicians are starting to warn their patients about caffeine "rebound," and an article in U.S. News & World Report listed caffeine addiction as a major cause of fatigue, including a "crash" that occurs after caffeine "buzz" wears off. People who become aware of this powerful influence on energy and mood and take steps to improve their energy naturally can experience remarkable improvements in their quality of life.
Caffeine Blues By Stephen Cherniske MS, page 119
"Adrenal fatigue"
The caffeine connection has been hidden by the fact that treatment for adrenal dysfunction disorders tends to be shortsighted and one-dimensional. As I have explained before, understanding the health effects of caffeine requires a long view, perhaps encompassing most of one's lifetime. And from that long-term view, a two-phase phenomenon is revealed.
Another concern is that caffeine addiction often occurs along with other substance abuses, nicotine and sugar most commonly. Caffeine, like sugar, over stimulates the adrenals and then weakens them with persistent or chronic use. First, sugar stimulates and weakens the adrenals, which creates fatigue. Then we use caffeine to keep us aware and awake, further depleting our adrenals, to which many respond by drinking more caffeine with sugar. In addition, people who overuse caffeine tend to need more tranquilizers and sleeping pills to help them relax or sleep.
Staying Healthy With Nutrition by Elson M Haas MD, page 937
Reduce or eliminate caffeine from your diet. Caffeine puts additional stress on your adrenal glands.
Enhancing Heart Health by Matthew budoff MD FACC, page 61
But caffeine overstimulates the nerves and glands. It drains the adrenal system, damages the thyroid, and can trigger heart arrhythmias. In female and male menopause, caffeine plays a role: Breast cysts and lumps are common in women, while men suffer from caffeine-induced prostate problems.
Food Swings by Barnet Meltzer MD, page 56
In Phase 1 of the caffeine/adrenal relationship, stress hormones are pumped out in excessive amounts. This action suppresses immunity and increases risk for a number of health disorders, especially cardiovascular disease. It also lowers production of DHEA, a hormone critical to the optimum functioning of your immune, cardiovascular, reproductive, and nervous systems.
The active ingredient in kola nut is caffeine. It is used both for its stimulating action as well as its flavor and color in various soft drinks. Its use for depression and fatigue, therefore, is purely symptomatic. A continual reliance on such symptomatic treatments as this and others such as coffee or tea (Camellia sinensis) for tiredness and fatigue is bound to deplete further the body's reserves, setting one up for more chronic degenerative conditions. Fatigue and tiredness usually have a cause that should be discovered and treated at a deeper level with diet, herbs and appropriate physiotherapy and lifestyle adjustments.
The Way Of Herbs by Michael Tierra, page 150
Although acute caffeine consumption provides stimulation, regular caffeine intake may actually lead to chronic fatigue. While mice fed one dose of caffeine demonstrated significant increases in their swimming capacity, when the dose of caffeine was given for 6 weeks, a significant decrease in swimming capacity was observed.
Caffeine depletes the body of B vitamins, which you need for proper brain and nervous system functioning and for converting food to energy, says Michael Murray, N.D., a naturopathic physician in Seattle and author of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Getting Well Naturally. To make matters worse, it also prevents iron absorption, says Dr. Murray, which can lead to anemia, a condition in which you have too few oxygen-carrying red blood cells and which is a major contributor to fatigue.
The Complete Book Of Alternative Nutrition by Selene Y Craig, page 389
"After prolonged 'caffeinism,' your body enters a state of adrenal exhaustion"
Habitual caffeine use ultimately leads to Phase 2, what has been called adrenal insufficiency or adrenal exhaustion. This condition bears more than a casual resemblance to the post-traumatic stress syndrome experienced by soldiers returning from combat. In effect, the adrenal glands simply wear out from chronic stimulation.
But with caffeine, we don't provide the glands anything to make that hormone out of—we just cry "emergency" and force them to figure it out, one way or another. So the body reaches down into its reserves and makes more hormone because it thinks it is the right thing to do. Caffeine forces your glands to secrete when they don't have much left to give, and they have to keep digging deeper and deeper, making you more and more tired over time. And over the years, it takes more and more coffee to get the same result. Some people reach the point of drinking half a dozen or more cups a day and it's barely keeping them awake. That's severe adrenal depletion.
Another concern is that caffeine is often consumed along with other substances such as nicotine and sugar. Like sugar, caffeine overstimulates the adrenals and then weakens them with persistent or chronic use. A cycle develops where first sugar stimulates and weakens the adrenals, creating fatigue to which we then respond by drinking caffeine to stay awake. In addition, people who overuse caffeine tend to need more tranquilizers and sleeping pills to help them relax or sleep. Caffeine is a lifetime drug for many. We begin at a young age with hot chocolate or chocolate bars, move into colas or other soft drinks, and then add coffee and tea.
Dr. Hibbs describes a male patient suffering from many effects of stress, including fatigue and constipation. The patient relied heavily on coffee to keep him going physically and had developed chronic adrenal fatigue. Dr. Hibbs took him off caffeine and sugar, which are both stimulants and were taxing his system. Appropriate exercise and dietary changes were made and he was put on adrenal supportive supplements containing glandular tissue, herbs, and nutrients. His bowel habits normalized quickly and remained that way when he stopped the adrenal supplements several months later.
Alternative Medicine by Burton Goldberg, page 688
The adrenal exhaustion/stress/fatigue/hypoglycemia syndrome is tied to caffeine use as well. Caffeine has an overall effect of increasing blood sugar (especially when it is sweetened), as it stimulates the adrenals. Both stress and sugar use tend to pressure and weaken the adrenal function. Recovery from the resulting fatigue requires rest, stress reduction, and sugar avoidance, but caffeine can override this fatigue and restimulate the adrenals. This process can eventually lead to chronic fatigue, adrenal exhaustion, and subsequent inability to handle stress and sugar intake. Caffeine will then be of little help.
Research is revealing that cortisol and DHEA, both produced in the adrenal cortex, hold an inverse relationship. As serum cortisol increases, DHEA levels fall. It may be that stress and caffeine create such a high need for cortisol that the exhausted adrenals simply cannot maintain production of DHEA at optimal levels.
Caffeine is undeniably an effective central nervous system stimulant. It stimulates the brain, increases the secretion of adrenaline (epinephrine), and boosts heart rate. Although relatively safe, long-term use in excess of 250 to 300 mg daily may cause numerous health problems. Caffeine has been known to raise blood-cholesterol levels, deplete B vitamins, irritate the stomach and bladder, exhaust the adrenals, and possibly lead to breast and prostate problems.
Off The Shelf Natural Health How To Use Herbs And Nutrients To Stay Well By Mark Mayell, page 112
Far too many people overconsume caffeine, however. This occurs, I think, because people simply do not have enough natural energy. Instead of getting enough sleep, nutrients, and exercise to provide the energy they need, people depend upon caffeine to push them through the day. The short-term price for this dependency is nervousness, irritability, insomnia, and a "rebound effect" of lethargy and mental lassitude. The long-term price is burnout of the adrenal glands, and a body that has been exhausted by artificial stimulation.
Fatigue, childbirth, or injury to the kidney-adrenal area, also steroid drugs or excess use of stimulants, including caffeine, to the point of adrenal exhaustion, can all harm sexual strength for men and women alike. Muscles can become weak. Blood circulation and nerve sensitivity can become impaired. These are important factors in sexual strength. Some sexologists think of the vagina as a muscle.
Asian Health Secrets by Letha Hadady DAc, page 423
According to Leon Chaitow, N.D., D.O., dizziness when standing after sitting or lying down can be an indication of adrenal exhaustion. The individual should take action to restore adrenal health by stopping the use of stimulants (caffeine, tobacco, alcohol) and via rest and normalization of lifestyle and nutritional balance.
Alternative Medicine by Burton Goldberg, page 1014
"In other words, caffeine affects your body just like any drug: Addiction and withdrawal"
Caffeine is the most widely used drug in the world. Studies show that abstinence induces a withdrawal syndrome of fatigue, headache and drowsiness within 24 hours and lasts about a week, on giving up the habit.
Bartrams Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine by Thomas Bartram, page 83
The second way that caffeine contributes to depression is, of course, the withdrawal reaction, the most prevalent symptoms being headache, depression, and fatigue. Three facts are important to grasp in regard to withdrawal. First of all, each of the symptoms compounds or magnifies the depressive effect. Secondly, withdrawal can occur even in light caffeine users. And third, withdrawal reactions can be evident even when caffeine is withheld for just a few hours. Some people feel depressed or anxious if they're simply late for their morning or afternoon cup. That's not only a powerful motivation to consume the beverage, but it also creates an often-unidentified source of background stress.
Almost all of the research that has been done on caffeine agrees that it is definitely physically addictive. It is a mood-altering central nervous system stimulant. Though milder in its effects, caffeine manipulates the same neurochemical channels that amphetamines, cocaine, and heroin do. Overuse of caffeine can result in a variety of symptoms, including irregular heartbeat, sleeplessness, headaches, nervousness, tremors, irritability, and depression. Withdrawing from heavy caffeine use can cause symptoms, too, principally a nagging headache that is unaffected by aspirin or other over-the-counter painkillers, as well as fatigue, muscle pain, lethargy, and feelings of depression. To break a caffeine addiction, therefore, it is best to cut down gradually to avoid an uncomfortable withdrawal period.
Prescription For Dietary Wellness by Phyllis A Balch, page 230
It's this "more" that is a double-edged sword. The initial high from caffeine is followed by mild withdrawal symptoms, one of which is fatigue. A vicious cycle can result as you drink more coffee to prevent the inevitable letdown. The fatigue, an irritable or depressed mood, and reduced work performance associated with caffeine withdrawal can begin within hours of the last cup and can last up to a week or more. People's tolerance to caffeine varies widely. Withdrawal symptoms are reported in some people even with small amounts of daily caffeine, such as one to two cups, while other people can tolerate higher doses with no problems.
Caffeine, which has come to be many Americans' "drug of choice," is highly addictive. A number of people suffer severe withdrawal symptoms—headache, fatigue, depression, muscle pains—when they abruptly stop their coffee or indeed their caffeinated tea intake. Caffeine also gives some people headaches and makes others quite anxious. Coffee in particular irritates the stomach and may stimulate the development of cysts in women's breasts.
Manifesto For A New Medicine By James S Gordon MD, page 155
Caffeine is clearly addictive, completely unregulated, and its presence in our foods and beverages is often hidden! Almost daily I see a patient whose symptoms are made worse by the consumption of caffeine. The drug contributes to palpitations, panic attacks, hypoglycemia, gastritis, fatigue, insomnia, and PMS, to name a few. Some people are so sensitive to caffeine that they don't realize a fruit drink with hidden caffeine can cause their symptoms.
Many people are addicted to caffeine. While studies attempting to prove that caffeine is implicated in everything from heart disease to high blood pressure have never been conclusive, I believe that the damage excessive caffeine consumption does can't be ignored. Caffeine wreaks havoc on your metabolism and creates a real stress that could precipitate symptoms including headaches, fatigue, irritability, inability to concentrate, depression, and nervousness.
Natural Prescriptions by Dr Robert M Giller, page 10
Telling whether you are addicted to caffeine is simple, says Dr. Griffiths. Just give up your caffeine sources—coffee, tea, soft drinks —for a couple of days and see if you feel tired, headachy, unmotivated, grumpy and depressed. Headaches and fatigue are the classic signs of caffeine deprivation.
Food Your Miracle Medicine by Jean Carper, page 277
A significant cause of general fatigue is caffeine withdrawal. Since millions of Americans have caffeine addictions, caffeine-related fatigue is a common problem. When a person accustomed to large quantities of caffeine suddenly limits his or her intake, the result will be fatigue, probably accompanied by a headache. Eliminating dependence upon coffee and other caffeinated products is crucial to maintaining health and avoiding debilitating bouts with fatigue.
Anyone with regular caffeine intake should truly consider withdrawing from their habit until they can reach a state of occasional use and enjoyment. For caffeine detoxification, it is important to support ourselves nutritionally while we eliminate or reduce our intake. If we are clearly addicted to caffeine products or if we become pregnant, we should quit totally. Breaking the habit by tapering down or going "cold turkey" will be better handled with a good diet and adrenal support.
If your body doesn't get its caffeine quota, it can go through a week or two of withdrawal symptoms, including headaches, fatigue, intense cravings for caffeine, constipation, anxiety, and a dim bulb where you used to have bright ideas.
Alternative Cures by Bill Gottlieb, page 137
It is important for people with hypoglycemic-induced fatigue to alter their diets, incorporating high-fiber, protein-containing complex carbohydrates, such as oatmeal, into their meals, and consuming nutritious snacks during the mid-morning and afternoon. Complex carbohydrates and high-protein (from fish and vegetable sources) diets can also be useful in combating fatigue resulting from caffeine withdrawal.
"Although the phenomenon of caffeine withdrawal has been described previously, the present report documents that the incidence of caffeine withdrawal is higher (100 percent of subjects), the daily dose level at which withdrawal occurs is lower (roughly equivalent to the amount of caffeine in a single cup of strong brewed coffee or three cans of caffeinated soft drink), and the range of symptoms experienced is broader (including headache, fatigue and other dysphoric mood changes, muscle pain/stiffness, flu-like feelings, nausea/vomiting and craving for caffeine) than heretofore recognized."
Cut off from caffeine or limited to considerably less than they're accustomed to, caffeine junkies complain of headaches, depression, difficulty concentrating and fatigue.
The Doctors Book of Home Remedies for Women, page 99
Some people run their bodies on caffeine and not on their basic life force and the natural energy of their hormones, such as adrenal and thyroid. Caffeine, although it is not seriously addicting, is very habit forming. It is not particularly good for athletes or anyone seriously interested in their health. Although it may improve muscular work and short-term performance in both physical and mental athletes, it creates depletion by its diuretic nutrients, and foods can help balance this.
Do not consume any caffeine, alcohol, or sugar. Eating sugar in any form—including fructose and honey—promotes fatigue, increases pain, and disturbs sleep. If these substances have been a regular part of your diet, your symptoms may actually get worse for a short period as a result of the "withdrawal" effect, but after that, you should experience a noticeable improvement in your condition.
Prescription For Nutritional Healing by Phyllis A Balch CNC and James F Balch MD, page 377
Fatigue is a common symptom when you're quitting caffeine. One way to beat it is to "thoroughly rub your ears and earlobes for a couple of minutes when you wake up in the morning," says Dierauf.
Headache isn't the only side effect you may experience from quitting caffeine. It's just the most obvious. Your body, which has become accustomed to drug-induced stimulation, needs to recover its natural abundant energy supply. After all, most people consume caffeine to boost their energy levels, so restoring natural energy production once you're off the bean is critical. If you find yourself unable to muster the oomph to face the day, or crippled by "brain fog" that won't clear, you'll get discouraged quickly. Any program for quitting caffeine must provide a variety of successful methods to deal with fatigue so you don't go running back to caffeine.
Be aware that abrupt cessation of coffee drinking will probably result in symptoms of caffeine withdrawal, including fatigue, headache, and an intense desire for coffee. Fortunately, this withdrawal period doesn't last more than a few days.
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Open borders news, articles and information:
Dangerous Chagas disease imported into USA from Latin America as open borders allow contagious diseases to flourish
12/14/2015 - Not only are drugs and dangerous criminals pouring across the southern border of the U.S., but a protozoan parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) is also migrating through, bringing an entirely new (and fatal) threat to the U.S., which is called Chagas disease. This T. cruzi parasite flourishes...
FETCH.news launches news monitoring websites on ISIS, terrorism, open borders, self-defense and more...
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Paris under siege as open borders allows Islamic extremists to murder 160+ disarmed citizens
11/14/2015 - Massive, coordinated terrorist attacks are under way in Paris right now. See emergency alert TalkNetwork.com videos below for latest updates. Here's what we know so far: • 160+ people now reported dead. • At least 7 different targets in Paris were simultaneously attacked. •...
Obama's open borders caused D68 pandemic that infected thousands of U.S. children
11/10/2014 - The decision by the Obama Administration to leave America's borders wide open and actually encourage illegal children from Central America to pour into the country earlier this year may have been the cause of the EV-D68 enterovirus epidemic, which infected thousands of U.S. children and left dozens...
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Pasteurized news, articles and information:
FDA-approved pasteurized milk to blame for rise in allergies and weakened immune function
4/1/2016 - For the past several years, as it rose in popularity, "raw" milk – that is, milk that has not undergone pasteurization – has been heavily criticized as being unclean, disease-ridden and dangerous to consume. But a growing body of research and evidence suggests that pasteurizing milk may...
Most pickles sold in stores have been pasteurized, destroying their probiotic qualities
3/19/2014 - Traditional pickles are made by immersing vegetables such as cucumbers in salt water and letting them ferment. While perhaps initially developed as a food preservation method -- the Lactobacillus bacteria found in pickles, sauerkraut and yogurt produce lactic acid, a natural preservative -- this...
"Got Milk" campaign a fraud - 10 better sources of calcium
3/23/2013 - The dairy industry advertises pasteurized milk as the giver of strong bones and teeth. This can be observed by watching the numerous "Got Milk" commercials on the television. As celebrities show off their white mustaches, parents and their children are led to believe that pasteurized milk makes them...
High quality raw milk enhances health while pasteurized milk contributes to illness
3/4/2013 - Raw, whole milk has been consumed for centuries and has long been acknowledged for its health benefits. Several research studies show superior growth and health for those children drinking raw milk compared to pasteurized milk. (http://www.realmilk.com/brochures/real-milk-brochure/) Raw milk has...
7/27/2012 - This is the transcript of an interview with health freedom attorney Jonathan Emord. See the original video on TV.NaturalNews.com Health Ranger: Welcome, everyone. This is Mike Adams, the Health Ranger with NaturalNews talking about food freedom today, and we have a very special guest: a health freedom...
Got a milk PUStache? Celebrities are smearing their lips with pasteurized pus, reveals shocking new video
4/6/2012 - All the celebrities and sports figures who participate in the "Got Milk" ad campaigns are actually showing their faces smeared with pus cells, reveals a startling new Food Investigations video produced by the non-profit Consumer Wellness Center (www.FoodInvestigations.com). Narrated by Mike Adams, the...
Health Ranger releases raw milk infographic comparing fresh raw dairy to pasteurized homogenized dead milk
3/2/2012 - In support of the raw milk community and the education of dairy consumers, we've just released an infographic about organic raw (fresh) milk versus conventional (pasteurized) milk. This infographic, viewable below, reveals the crucial differences between the nutritional properties, animal compassion...
Harvard study: Pasteurized milk from industrial dairies linked to cancer
2/27/2012 - The truth has once again shaken the foundation of the 'American Tower of Babel' that is mainstream science, with a new study out of Harvard University showing that pasteurized milk product from factory farms is linked to causing hormone-dependent cancers. It turns out that the concentrated animal feeding...
Medscape offers doctors continuing education credits for reading CDC's latest anti-raw milk propaganda
2/25/2012 - Demand for raw milk is off the charts all across the country, which is presumably why the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conveniently decided to release a new raw milk hit-piece recently, which was carefully designed to scare people away from drinking it. Filled with lies, distortions,...
Pasteurized milk 150 times more contaminated with blood, pus and feces than fresh milk - videos the CDC won't show you
2/22/2012 - The vaccine-pushing, disease scare-mongering agency known as the CDC has put out a stunning piece of propaganda attacking fresh milk (raw dairy), claiming it is "150 times more dangerous" than pasteurized milk. This is all part of their anti-American agenda to crush food freedom and criminalize fundamental...
Things the government approves that are more dangerous than raw milk
8/17/2011 - Among all the raw milk madness happening right now, NaturalNews recently covered the biased information coming from government sources and how it makes dispelling the myths and regulations surrounding raw milk difficult. The government's continual condemnation of raw milk's safety and presentation...
Pasteurized milk found to contain painkillers, antibiotics and growth hormones
7/25/2011 - A single glass of pasteurized milk can contain a toxic chemical cocktail of 20 painkillers, antibiotics, and growth hormones, new research has shown. Using a highly sensitive test, scientists found drug-related chemicals used to treat human illness not only in cow milk, but in goat and human breast...
Pasteurized Milk: Beware of the Deadly Issues, Part I
5/17/2010 - The effort to sanitize food to death, literally, is most obvious in the war on organic, raw unpasteurized milk. This war is peaking again. Instead of outright unnecessarily brutal raids on small dairy farmers, the FDA has recruited state health officials to ramp up legal requirements that don't make...
Pasteurized Milk, Part II: Find Health in Raw Milk (Opinion)
5/15/2010 - Part I of "Deadly Milk Issues" focused on the deadliness of pasteurized milk. Part II looks at the liveliness of raw organic milk, which is natural and very healthy if handled correctly. Despite this, the FDA and USDA protect the pasteurizing dairy cartel by harassing small raw milk dairies. It's the...
Pasteurized Milk, Part III: The War on Raw Milk Rages
5/14/2010 - Part I covered the deadliness of pasteurization and Part II covered the liveliness of raw milk. Part III will cover a bit about the war on raw milk consumption. Until recently, the FDA and the USDA sent their goons in to directly confiscate raw milk and arrest small dairy farmers. Irate public responses...
Raw Milk Continually Targeted Despite True Dangers of Pasteurized Product (Opinion)
9/28/2009 - Many state and federal food regulators are notorious for employing selective, biased enforcement of food safety protocols within the food industry. In order to appease big industry's lobbyists and other political lapdogs, the nation's food safety experts repeat, ad nauseum, unscientific and illegitimate...
Pasteurized Mandate Hurts Domestic Almond Growing Business
9/19/2009 - On September 1, 2007, the United Stated Department of Agriculture (USDA) in conjunction with the Almond Board of California (ABC) mandated that all California almonds, even those labeled and sold as raw on store shelves, must be pasteurized prior to being sold to consumers in North America. Following...
FDA Plots to Mislead Consumers Over Irradiated Foods
8/23/2008 - NaturalNews has learned that the FDA is intentionally plotting to deceive consumers over the labeling of irradiated foods, attempting to eliminate any requirement for informative labeling or replace the word "irradiated" with "pasteurized." In a feature story published by NaturalNews yesterday, we...
Almond Board of California changes its story following NaturalNews article
4/6/2007 - Following NaturalNews's original story about the Almond Board of California launching plans to falsely label pasteurized almonds as raw, the organization changed its story in emails being sent to consumers, and now claims the rules have nothing to do with the actual labeling of almonds. When NaturalNews...
Food Scam: Almond Board of California to falsely label pasteurized almonds as "raw"
4/5/2007 - The Almond Board of California, which oversees virtually 100 percent of the almonds grown and consumed in the United States and Canada, is now implementing plans to pasteurize all almonds at temperatures up to 158 degrees (F) and yet have them intentionally and falsely labeled as "raw." The decision...
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Adorable Corgis Waddle to the Finish Line at Santa Anita Park
By Rudy Chinchilla
Published May 27, 2018 at 4:00 PM | Updated at 7:07 PM PDT on May 27, 2018
Here in SoCal, we know all about racing. From horses to cars to bicycles, we've got it all. But the latest race to hit the region might just be the cutest.
On Sunday, the thoroughbreds at Santa Anita Park made way for some stubbier cousins as adorable corgis hit the track for the inaugural SoCal Corgi Nationals.
The dogs were quick out of the gates, but can you really call what they do running? More like adorable waddling.
But don't let their short legs and barrel-on-its-side profile fool you; these furry racers can hold their own when it comes to speed. "You wouldn't think on the stubby legs that they're very fast, but they're very fast runners," said Karen, whose 3-year-old corgi, Cali, was ready to take on all comers.
And sure, there had to be some winners and some losers, as in any race, but in the end it was fun that really won the day.
"Corgi people are just fun people and corgi dogs are just fun dogs," Karen said.
Take a look at how Cali and the other corgis did at the SoCal Corgi Nationals below:
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The Bad Economy Trap
Published Sep 27, 2011 at 9:20 AM | Updated at 9:30 AM PDT on Sep 27, 2011
Economic strength is a product of confidence. And you can't get much less confident than Californians.
A new Field Poll found 91 percent of Californians surveyed believing the state's economy is in bad shape. Half say their personal economic situation has declined -- the fourth straight year that's happened in Field.
The numbers aren't surprising. But they are historic.
Californians have not been this gloomy about the economy, and their own economic circumstances, since modern polling began.
This gloom also represents a sizable obstacle to change -- and points to a phenomenon that might be called the governance trap.
Californians badly want their political leaders to take decisive steps to improve the state's economic climate and create jobs.
But there are two problems. The state has somewhat limited power to affect the economy. And decisive moves on jobs issues -- or just about any issue -- are impossible under the broken governing system.
Jerry Brown Through the Years
Some wise Californians know this and want to tackle changes in the governing system. But they're getting nowhere -- in part because voters don't want their leaders talking about changes in governing system. They want them focused on delivering for them economically.
That's the trap.
The state's elected leadership, including Gov. Jerry Brown, aren't helping matters by talking about jobs while failing to pursue the major governance changes necessary for the state to take decisive legislative action on the economy and other areas. This is sure to breed cynicism -- and to make the trap that much harder to escape.
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