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PepsiCo urged to withdraw cases against Gujarat potato farmers
Farmers unions, rights groups seek intervention of government
By Nandini Oza April 24, 2019 20:10 IST
PepsiCo has filed cases of IPR infringement against farmers | Reuters
Leading farmers unions and rights advocacy groups have demanded that the PepsiCo immediately withdraw all legal suits it has slapped on many potato farmers in different districts of Gujarat. The Indian subsidiary of the US multinational company, PepsiCo India Holdings (PIH) Pvt Ltd, has filed cases of IPR infringement through 2018-19 against farmers for allegedly using potato variety FL 2027/FCS without permission.
At a press conference in Ahmedabad on Wednesday, Kapil Shah of Vadodara-based organisation Jatan, demanded that the Central and state governments step in to protect farmers' rights as enshrined in the laws of the country, particularly the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights (PPV&FR) Act, 2001.
Pepsi uses this variety of potatoes in its popular brand Lays. The company has said that the registration of a potato variety denominated as FL-2027, also known by the trade name of FC-5, in India's Plant Varieties Registry in February 2016, entitles it to an exclusive right over the registered variety. It has also said that farmers are not authorised to grow this variety.
According to Vinay Mahajan of Loknaad, Section 39 (1) (iv) of the said Act clearly states that notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, a farmer shall be deemed to be entitled to save, use, sow, resow, exchange, share or sell his farm produce including seed of a variety protected under this Act in the same manner as he was entitled before the coming into the force of this Act, provided that the farmer shall not be entitled to sell branded seed of a variety protected under this Act (sic).
According to Shah, from the four farmers on whom the cases have been slapped, the company has asked for a total compensation of more than Rs 4 crore.
He claimed that the company's annual purchase of potato is 60,000 ton.
National vice president of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, Ambubhai Patel, also demanded that the company unconditionally withdraw cases against the farmers.
In a letter to the Central government, they have mentioned that including the fresh cases, a total of nine cases have been filed against the farmers.
The letter signed by eminent citizens of the country also asks to put out a public statement, which should also be made a submission to the commercial court and high court in Ahmedabad where the farmers are being sued, explaining the farmers' rights as enshrined in the said Act.
They have also demanded cost of the legal suits from the National Gene Fund.
Shah said that they are not aware about how many farmers have been growing this variety of potato. They also alleged that the company used sting operation to document farmers using this particular variety of potato.
This particular variety of potato are considered good to make chips.
The farmers on whom cases have been filed were not in contract with the company to grow particular potatoes, Shah said.
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Ultimate Collection Of Rare Historical Photos. A Big Piece Of History (200 Pictures)
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You might have already seen some of these pictures on 'Thinking Humanity' before, but not all of them. We present to you a big collection of 200 rare and historical pictures that should make you think. Please take your time and enjoy!
You might have already seen some of these pictures on 'Thinking Humanity' before, but not all of them.
We present to you a big collection of 200 rare and historical pictures that should make you think. Please take your time and enjoy!
Famous album cover art for The Beatles album Abbey Road, correct? Not exactly, this is them walking back in the opposite direction.
Construction of the Eiffel tower in July, 1888.
Brasilia City
Construction of Brasilia city, which would later become the capital of Brazil. 1960.
Arc de Triomphe and Bebe
Charles Godefroy taking his Nieuport 11 Bebe through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on August 7th, 1919.
Che Guevara and Fidel Castro
Che Guevara and Fidel Castro.
Albert Einstein's matriculation certificate
Albert Einstein's matriculation certificate that he received at the age of 17, showing his final grades from the Aargau Kantonsschule (on a scale of 1-6).
Enola Gay
A Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber named \u201cEnola Gay\u201d was the bomber that dropped the \u201cLittle Boy\u201d (nuclear bomb) over Hiroshima, Japan during World War 2. It was the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb as a weapon of war.
"Millenium Falcon"
Filming Star Wars inside of the iconic "Millennium Falcon" spacecraft.
The US-built ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first computer ever made. It combined, for the first time, the high speed of electronics with the ability to be programmed for many complex problems. It could add or subtract 5000 times a second, a thousand times faster than any other machine.
First McDonald's
One of the first McDonald's restaurants open in 1948.
First Wal-Mart
The first Wal-Mart store was opened in 1962 by [a salesman] Sam Walton. It was called Walton's Five and Dime.
Bush after 9/11
The moment George W. Bush was notified of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
The First Google Team
The First Google Team in 1999.
Ford, Edison, Harding and Firestone
Henry Ford (the founder of Ford Motor Co.), Thomas Edison (inventor of the phonograph, motion picture camera and the practical light bulb), Warren G. Harding (29th president of USA) and Harvey Samuel Firestone (founder of Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.) lounging together.
Inside of Hitler's bunker
One of the first photos that was taken inside of Hitler's bunker (Fuhrerbunker) in 1945 by Allied soldiers.
Madonna, Sting and Tupac
Madonna, Sting and Tupac hanging out.
Mathias Rust's Cessna on the Red Square
Mathias Rust's Cessna 172 that landed illegally in the Red Square on May 28, 1987. A German amateur pilot that flew from Finland to Moscow (while being tracked by the Soviet air defense as well as Soviet Jet Interceptors - which never received permission to fire).
Elvis Presley during his service in the U.S. army
Quagga
The Quagga is an extinct subspecies of the plains zebra. The only Quagga to have been photographed alive was this mare at the Zoological Society of London's Zoo in Ragent's Park in 1870.
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates chatting in 1991.
Boarding pass for Titanic
The real boarding pass for RMS Titanic.
The unbroken seal on King Tut's Tomb
The unbroken seal on King Tut's Tomb.
The oldest running car on the planet
1884 De Dion, Bouton et Trepardou Dos-a-Dos is the oldest running car on the planet. It was the first car to participate in an automobile race.
Family photo on the moon
During the Apollo 16 mission, Charles Duke left a family photo on the moon that was enclosed in a plastic bag.
Vought F4U Corsair
Vought F4U Corsair crashes on the deck of a carrier when the arresting gear failed. Most likely sometime during WW2 in the Pacific Theater.
John F. Kennedy at Cape Canaveral
John F. Kennedy at NASA's Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex in 1962.
Walt and Roy O. Disney
Walt and Roy O. Disney on the day that they opened the Disney studio. Beside them are their wives and mother.
First photo in space
This photo was taken in space right after World War II (1946). A team of soldiers and scientists used a German-made V-2 missile equipped with a camera to capture this shot. Making it the first photo in space.
Douglas MacArthur signing the official Japanese surrender
Douglas MacArthur signing the official Japanese surrender instrument aboard the USS Missouri, 1945.
George S. Patton's Dog, Willie
George S. Patton's Dog, Willie, mourning his best friend on the day of his death.
Joseph Goebbels on his wedding day
Joseph Goebbels on his wedding day. Hitler was his best man and can be seen behind him in a trench coat and top hat.
"Schwerer Gustav"
Hitler inspecting the massive 800mm \u201cSchwerer Gustav\u201d railway gun from afar. It was the largest-calibre rifled weapon ever used in combat, and fired the heaviest shells of any artillery piece.
The following photo is believed to be the last photo ever taken of the RMS Titanic before it sunk in April 1912.
George Armstrong Custer
George Armstrong Custer and some of his fellow soldiers, during the American Civil War.
Sarcophagus of King Tut
Howard Carter, an English archaeologist, examining the opened sarcophagus of King Tut.
A haircut
An RAF pilot getting a haircut while reading a book between missions.
Manfred von Richthofen, aka "the Red Baron", petting his dog on an airfield
Samurai. ~ 1860 - 1880
SAS soldiers
A team of SAS soldiers in North Africa, 1943.
Soviet soldiers
Soviet soldiers stop for a break in 1945 on the outskirts of Berlin.
Tsar Nicholas II
Tsar Nicholas II goofing around with his friend in 1899.
John Young and Charles Duke
John Young and Charles Duke training for the Apollo 16 mission in the New Mexico desert.
Aircraft on 9/11
Aircraft await orders while being grounded on 9\/11. Nova Scotia, Canada. Photo: Halifax Airport.
Sven-Ole Thorsen and Arnold Schwarzenegger on the set of Conan The Barbarian.
Bob Marley playing soccer backstage. (Contrary to popular belief, that isn't Jimi Hendrix playing with him - it was a musician from "The Wailers".)
Californian lumberjacks
Californian lumberjacks working in the Redwoods. These trees have lived for thousands of years, so seeing photos like this saddens us (the trees didn't hurt anyone).
Disneyland cafeteria
Disneyland employee cafeteria of 1961.
A WW1 submarine
A WW1 submarine with a hull number of U-118 was found washed ashore on the beach at Hastings, Sussex, England. After the surrender of Germany, its towing cable snapped as it was being towed to France for dismantling.
James Zwerg
Civil rights activist James Zwerg after being beaten by a white mob in Alabama, 1961. (After the beating he had to wait two hours for treatment as no white crew would pick him up.)
Martin Luther King Jr. removing a burned cross from his front yard. His son is at his side. Atlanta, GA, 1960.
The original Ronald clown
The original Ronald clown of McDonald's. 1963.
Microsoft staff
Microsoft staff. December 7, 1978.
Railroad in Nevada
A native American man overlooking the newly completed transcontinental railroad in Nevada, ~1868.
New York, May 18, 1940
A man on the corner is reading a newspaper which headline reads "Nazi Army Now 75 Miles Away from Paris". New York, May 18, 1940.
The assembly line of Porsche
The assembly line of Porsche 911's at the Stuttgart factory. ~1970
Princeton students
Princeton students after a Freshman \/ Sophomore snowball fight. Princeton, NJ, 1893.
A different angle of the popular stand off between a man (top left in photo) and a column of Chinese Type 59 tanks (top right in photo) on Tiananmen Square. Photo by Terril Jones.
Tiger II
One of the heaviest WW2 tanks ever created, the Tiger II. It weighed ~68.5 tonnes and had 100-180mm armour on the front. Budapest, Hungary, 1944.
Roosevelt Blvd
An American soldier replaces "Adolf-Hitler-Str." sign with a "Roosevelt Blvd" one in Berlin, Germany, 1945.
Manet's "In the Conservatory"
American soldiers discover Manet's "In the Conservatory" that was hidden (amongst other Nazi loot) in the salt mines of Merker, Germany. 1945.
39th Tomsk infantry regiment
39th Tomsk infantry regiment with their motorcycle-mounted machine guns during WW1, Russia.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand with his wife on the day they were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (June 28, 1914). These assassinations were a contributing factor to the start of World War I.
106-year old Armenian woman
106-year old Armenian woman protecting her home with an AK-47. 1990.
A tornado that hit Carswell AFB on Sept 1, 1952 caused massive damage to most of the B-36 fleet.
Boing 707
Boing 707 doing a barrel roll. When the test pilot Tex Johnson was questioned about the stunt, he simply replied by saying - "Just selling airplanes"
The Beatles meet Muhammad Ali
The Beatles meet Muhammad Ali.
The first photo upon discovery of Machu Picchu, 1912.
Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein
Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein at the Bohr-Einstein debates over quantum mechanics.
Horten Ho 229
Horten Ho 229 flying over G\u00f6ttingen, Germany. It was the first pure flying wing powered by a jet engine. ~1945.
Bill & Hillary
Bill (Clinton) & Hillary playing volleyball in Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA. 1975.
Howard Hughes inside of the H-4 Hercules
Howard Hughes inside of the H-4 Hercules, more widely known as the "Spruce Goose". At the time, it was the largest airplane ever created. Photo: LIFE.
Johnny Cash performing for prisoners at Folsom Prison. January 13, 1968.
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The North view of the missile launch pads. ~1960.
Star Wars set at lunchtime
Star Wars set at lunchtime.
Steamboats in the Mississippi
Steamboats in the Mississippi river, 1907. Photo: shorpy.
Times Square in New York, 1911.
Train Derailment
Train Derailment at Gare Montparnasse, Paris, France. 1895.
Twin tires
An old advertisement of "twin tires". Pretty interesting concept.
Release of Windows 95
Release of Windows 95.
1973 fuel shortage
Looks like a bad day to mow your lawn. Pictured are lineups at a gas station during the 1973 fuel shortage.
Pet kangaroo
An American soldier at an advanced allied base, with his pet kangaroo. 1942.
Arnold Schwarzenegger on the day he recieved his American citizenship.
Babe Ruth and Warren G. Harding
Babe Ruth shakes hands with U.S. President Warren G. Harding during a game at the Yankees Stadium. April, 1923. Ruth set career records for home runs which totalled at 714!
Tearing the Berlin Wall down, 1989.
Construction of the Statue of Liberty, 1884.
Einstein's office
Einstein's office at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, photographed on the day of his death, April 18, 1955.
Elisabeth "Lilo" Gloeden
Elisabeth "Lilo" Gloeden stands before judges, on trial for being involved in the attempt on Adolf Hitler's life, 1944.
A vending machine
A vending machine that sold already lit cigarettes for a penny. England, 1931.
Germans posing
Germans posing with a French prisoner of war. France, 1940.
German soldiers
German soldiers taking a break from fighting as they play with a cute kitten. 1943.
Luftwaffe pilots
Luftwaffe pilots playing cards during the African campaign, 1942. The plane in the background is a Me-109.
The valuable stallion Nearco is led from his personal bomb shelter on the Beech House stud farm. England, 1941.
President Richard Nixon trying to figure out how to use chopsticks while visiting in China. 1972.
Queen Elizabeth II firing a British L85 battle rifle. Surrey, England,1993.
Soviet soldiers pose with "Hitler's Globe". Berlin, Germany, 1945.
Times Square, New York, USA. 1972.
USS Nautilus
USS Nautilus visiting New York in 1956. It was the world's first nuclear-powered submarine.
Napalm strike
US Airfoce pilot watches a napalm strike hit from his cockpit. Vitenam, 1963.
Grumman X-29
A Grumman X-29 experimental aircraft. It was engineered to test a forward-swept wing, canard control surfaces, and other novel aircraft technologies. The aerodynamic instability of this arrangement increased agility but required the use of computerized fly-by-wire control.
People having a picnic in the middle of a highway during the 1973 oil crisis.
Batman and Bane
Tom Hardy (who recently played "Bane" in "Batman: Dark Knight Rises") and his son as Batman for Halloween. Not really old, but here because its cool.
Kingcobras
Two lend-lease Bell P-63 "Kingcobra" aircraft flying over the Niagara falls. Note the Soviet stars on the fuselage of the airplanes. These planes are most likely being moved to be shipped off to join the fight in the European theater against the Nazi war machine. 1943.
People entering a makeshift bomb shelter. Chungking, China, 1939.
Construction of the Manhattan Bridge
Construction of the Manhattan Bridge. 1908
Construction of the Berlin wall. Germany, 1961.
A drive-in
A drive-in plays "The Ten Commandments" in Utah, USA, 1958.
Natives admiring an American Air Force "Corsair" somewhere in the Pacific. 1943
The original "Blue Angels" flying in formation over Niagara falls. The aircraft pictured are Grumman F-11 Tigers. 1957.
Hitler's Christmas party
A Christmas party for Hitlers officers and cadets. This photo is pictured just before the dinner. 1941.
Adolf Hitler's pants
Adolf Hitler's pants after the assassination attempt at the Wolf's Lair. Rastenburg, East Prussia, 1944
Steven Spielberg examining a scale model on the set of "Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark". 1980
John F. Kennedy with his daughter
John F. Kennedy having a tea party with his daughter, Caroline.
Times Square. New York, USA, 1943.
Notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar and his son in front of the White House. 1980's.
Ferdinand Porsche showcasing the Volkswagen Beetle to Adolf Hitler. ~1935.
St Paul's Cathedral stands untouched after a raid on London during the Blitz.
Union Station in Washington D.C., USA. 1905-1910.
The first flight of the Wright brothers. Dec 17, 1903.
Soviet cruiser
Soviet cruiser "Murmans" that ran aground off the Norwegian village Sorv?r during the transfer to be scrapped in India. 1994.
Crew members of Apollo 1
Crew members of Apollo 1 rehearsing their water landing. 1966.
HQ of Italian Fascist party
The headquarters of Benito Musolini and the Italian Fascist party. Rome, ~1930.
Buzz Aldrin, sitting inside Apollo 11 lunar module. This photo was taken by commander Neil Armstrong shortly after the first successful moonwalk ever. July 20, 1969.
Hoover Dam pipe
Hoover Dam penstocks and outlet pipes such as this one were fabricated from 45,000 tons of steel and welded into nearly three miles of pipe varying from 8.5-30ft (2.6-9m) in diameter.
Construction of Mount Rushmore
Construction of Mount Rushmore. 1934-1939.
Folsom Street
Folsom Street in San Francisco, USA after the great earthquake of 1906.
German soldier on his motorcycle
A German soldier with kids on his motorcycle. Bulgaria, 1941.
Hindenburg over Manhattan
Hindenburg flies over Manhattan in 1936.
Adolf Hitler, age 11
Adolf Hitler at age 11 while attending Leonding Primary School. ~1900.
RECON platoon
Members of the RECON platoon are shown unloading from a UH-1D (Huey) helicopter. Operation "Oregon" operating 3 kilometers west of Duc Pho, Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam.
John Lennon at Abby Road Studios
John Lennon at Abby Road Studios in London, England. ~1963.
Stalin is captured in this photograph by Lt. Gen. Nikolai Vlasik, the Soviet dictator's bodyguard. Vlasik's off-the-record photos of Stalin caused a sensation in the early 1960s when an enterprising Soviet journalist spirited some out, selling them to newspapers and magazines worldwide
Dodge dealer
L Motors dealership that specialized in selling Dodges and Plymouths. New York City, USA, 1948.
Soviet sniper, Lyudmila Pavlichenko
Soviet sniper, Lyudmila Pavlichenko. By the end of World War 2, she had 309 confirmed kills - thus making her the most successful female sniper in history.
A distant Kremlin is seen in this 1852 photo of Moscow, Russia.
Pilot position
Prone position pilot bed that was designed in an attempt to lessen pilot fatigue and ease the effects of gravitational forces. 1949.
A Russian Sukhoi Su-25 close air support jet that was damaged by a Georgian MANPADS (Man Portable Air Defense System). Most likely a replica of the Soviet designed 9K38 Igla. Georgian Conflict, 2008.
Titanic in dry dock
Titanic in dry dock. Here you can see the scale of the person standing next to one of the propellers. 1912.
US Customs agent's gun
US Customs agent pointing a gun at a car that is suspected of transporting marijuana across the US-Mexico border. 1969.
John Lennon and Mark Chapman
John Lennon giving the autograph, with his future killer Mark Chapman, few hours before death.
Destroying the Berlin Wall
Destroying the Berlin Wall.
Osama bin Laden and his family
Osama bin Laden with his family visiting Falun in Sweden in 70'.
The Beatles at the beginning of their career.
Meeting of Pope Pius XI with Adolf Hitler.
White & Colored
An example of racial segregation.
Evolution of the Coca-Cola bottles. Years: 1899, 1900, 1915, 1916, 1957, 1986.
The Beatles, 1957
The Beatles, 1957. John Lennon - 16 years old, George Harrison and Paul McCartney - 15.
Charlie Chaplin and Mahatma Gandhi
Charlie Chaplin and Mahatma Gandhi.
Albert Einstein among other scientists
Albert Einstein among other scientists.
Rio Christ
Jesus Christ from Rio Being built.
Ku Klux Klan member being operated
Ku Klux Klan member being operated in one of the hospitals in Alabama. (Unfortunately this photo is proven to be fake!)
Wedding photo of Stephen Hawking and Jane Wilde, 1965
New York - Central Park, 1933
Young Joseph Stalin
Young Joseph Stalin.
Dr Martin Luther King in Chicago playing pool
Checking the bathing suit
30th of June 1922. A policeman Bill Norton is checking the distance between knee and a bathing suit, which couldn't be bigger than 15cm (6 inches).
The Clintons, beginning of '70.
Schwarzenegger and Kinski
Arnold Schwarzenegger and 15 years old Nastassja Kinski, 1976.
Palace of Culture and Science
Building of The Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland, 1954.
Marilyn Monroe reading "Ulisses"
Marilyn Monroe reading "Ulisses".
Adolf Hitler on sledge
Adolf Hitler on sledge.
President of Chile Salvador Allende with his bodyguards, September 1973
Albert Einstein relaxing, Palm Springs, 1932
Tower Bridge in the fog, London, October 1928
A happy family (the Manson family)
Kurt Cobain eating pizza
John Paul II assassination
John Paul II assassination, 13th May 1981
Lennon leaving Elvis' house
Meeting of Elvis Presley and The Beatles, 27th August 1965. On the picture in upper left corner you can see Elvis.
Magnification of the previous picture - you can see Lennon leaving Elvis' house in Bel Air. Probably it's the only picture documenting that meeting
Eminem in Alf tshirt
Winston Churchill in bathing suit
Auguste and Louis Lumiere
Auguste and Louis Lumiere, the first filmmakers in history, 1914.
The Tunguska Meteor Impact
The Tunguska Meteor Impact, 1908.
Spyros Louis
Spyros Louis, the first Marathon race winner, in a traditional clothing during the first Olympic Games. Greece 1896.
The Last Jew in Vinnitsa
This was found in the personal album of an Einsatzgruppen soldier. It was labelled on the back "The last Jew of Vinnitsa". All 28,000 of the Jews living there were killed at the time. Ukraine, 1941
Footprint on the Moon
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong put his left foot on the rocky Moon. It was the first human footprint on the Moon. They had taken TV cameras with them. The first footprints on the Moon will be there for a million years. This photograph was taken by Buzz Aldrin.
Probably the most famous image from the student uprising in China in 1989, this photograph shows a single person blocking the tanks that were emerging on the square. The man survived but shortly after the square was filled with innocent blood.
Soviet Flag raised above the Reichstag
Soviet Union soldiers Raqymzhan Qoshqarbaev, and Georgij Bulatov raising the flag on the roof of Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany in May, 1945. The photograph was taken by Yevgeny Khaldei.
Kim Phuc
The girl in the centre of this photograph is 9 year old Kim Phuc. She is running from a napalm attack which caused serious burns on her back. The boy is her older brother. Both survived. This photo (by Huynh Cong Ut) became one of the most published of the Vietnam war. Vietnam, 1972
The Body of Che Guevara
After capturing and killing Guevara (Marxist revolutionary), the Bolivian army showed this photograph to prove that he was dead. His death dealt a death blow to the socialist revolutionary movement in Latin America and the Third World. Bolivia, 1967
Hitler in Paris
This photograph was taken of Adolf Hitler visiting Paris with his architect Albert Speer, on June 23, 1940. Hitler's army had captured Paris and Hitler went to admire his new City.
V-J Day
This is one of the most famous photographs from the Second World War. The soldier and the nurse are unknown but people have come forward to claim the fame. Apparently the nurse slapped the soldier immediately after. The event was the celebration of the end of the war and it was taken in Times Square by Alfred Eisenstaedt. New York, 1945
Execution of a Viet Cong Guerrilla
Photographer Eddie Adams took this photograph of Nguyen Ngoc Loan, South Vietnam's national police chief executing this Viet Cong captain. Adams later said that he regretted that the world did not see Loan as a hero for his actions in Vietnam. Vietnam, 1968
Ruby Bridges, first african-american to attend a white elementary school in the South (Nov. 14th, 1960)
Mark Twain inside the laboratory of Nikola Tesla (1894)
Hiroshima - Before and After (1945)
Bombs dropped on Kobe
Bombs dropped on Kobe, Japan (1945)
Thich Quang Duc
Thich Quang Duc, was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who burned himself to death at a busy Saigon road intersection on 11 June 1963. Quang Duc was protesting about the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government led by Ngo Dinh Diem. Photos of his self-immolation were circulated widely across the world and brought attention to the policies of the Diem government. Malcolm Browne won a Pulitzer Prize for his renowned photograph of the monk's death. After his death, his body was re-cremated, but his heart remained intact.
Samurai (ca. 1860-1880)
Samurai (ca. 1860-1880).
Three Archers, Japan (ca. 1870-1880)
Three Archers, Japan (ca. 1870-1880).
Alcohol barrels to be burned
Prohibition- Alcohol barrels to be burned (1924)
Yuri Gagarin, first man in space (1961)
German helmets
Pyramid of captured German helmets, New York (1918)
Louis Armstrong with wife
Louis Armstrong plays for his wife in Giza (1961)
Cord Meyer Jr., president of United World Federalists, Inc., visiting Albert Einstein
L-R) Cord Meyer Jr., president of United World Federalists, Inc., visiting physicist Albert Einstein at his home to discuss Russia's attitude toward world government.
Aerial view of New York City, looking north, on December 16, 1951.
Shafts of sunlight penetrate through upper windows of the Vaulted room of Grand Central Terminal, as crowds gather near the information kiosk on the Terminal concourse, ca. 1935-1941.
The real Shrek
American supermodel Dorian Leigh & Russian-born French wrestler Maurice Tillet (Shrek the character was inspired in Tillet), 1945 by Irving Penn - with Gast Del Porto and Elio Ortiz.
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Full Council - 14 February 2006
Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House14th February 2006
To: ALL MEMBERS OF THE THREE RIVERS DISTRICT COUNCIL
You are hereby summoned to attend an ordinary meeting of the Council to be held in the Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House, Rickmansworth, on Tuesday, 14 February 2006 at 7.30pm for the purpose of transacting the under-mentioned business:-
1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the Council meeting held on 13 December 2005, copy attached (pages 1 to 9).
05 12 13 CL mins (doc)
3. CHAIRMAN'S ANNOUNCEMENTS
4. LEADER'S REPORT
5. REPORTS AND QUESTIONS TO THE CABINET AND CHAIRMEN OF THE POLICY AND SCRUTINY PANELS AND AUDIT, DEVELOPMENT CONTROL, LICENSING AND REGULATORY SERVICES COMMITTEES
(i) Report from the Cabinet Member for Housing.
(ii) Questions to the Cabinet Member for Housing.
(iii) Report from the Cabinet Member for Environment.
(iv) Questions to the Cabinet Member for Environment.
(v) Report from the Housing and Environment Policy Panel Chairman.
(vi) Questions to the Housing and Environment Policy Panel Chairman.
LEISURE AND COMMUNITY
(i) Report from the Cabinet Member for Leisure and Community.
(ii) Questions to the Cabinet Member for Leisure and Community.
(iii) Report from the Cabinet Member for Community Safety.
(iv) Questions to the Cabinet Member for Community Safety
(v) Report from the Leisure and Community Policy Panel Chairman.
(vi) Questions to the Leisure and Community Policy Panel Chairman.
PUBLIC SERVICES AND HEALTH
(i) Report from the Cabinet Member for Public Services and Health.
(ii) Questions to the Cabinet Member for Public Services and Health.
(iii) Report from the Public Services and Health Policy Panel Chairman.
(iv) Questions to the Public Services and Health Policy Panel Chairman.
(i) Report from the Cabinet Member for Resources.
(ii) Questions to the Cabinet Member for Resources.
(iii) Report from the Resources Policy Panel Chairman.
(iv) Questions to the Resources Policy Panel Chairman.
(i) Report from the Scrutiny Panel Chairman.
(ii) Questions to the Scrutiny Panel Chairman.
(i) Report from the Audit Committee Chairman.
(ii) Questions to the Audit Committee Chairman.
(i) Report from the Development Control Committee Chairman.
(ii) Questions to the Development Control Committee Chairman.
(i) Report from the Licensing Committee Chairman.
(ii) Questions to the Licensing Committee Chairman.
(i) Report from the Regulatory Services Committee Chairman.
(ii) Questions to the Regulatory Services Committee Chairman.
6. QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC UNDER PROCEDURE RULE 16
None received.
7. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LICENSING COMMITTEE
To consider the recommendations of the Licensing Committee from its meeting on 2 February 2006 Gambling Act 2005 - Consultation on Guidance (to be circulated).
8. PETITIONS UNDER PROCEDURE RULE 19
9. DISCUSSION TOPIC UNDER PROCEDURE RULE 17
10. MOTIONS UNDER PROCEDURE RULE 11
Councillors Matthew Bedford and Ann Shaw to move under Notice duly given as follows:-
Tenant Vote on Possible Housing Stock Transfer
Three Rivers Council:
strongly supports the right of tenants to choose their own landlord, including the right to remain with the Council.
notes that current Government regulations for local authority housing finance mean that around £8million each year is paid from Three Rivers housing (rents and 'Right to Buy' receipts) to the Government. These payments are used by the Government to subsidise housing in other parts of the country.
further notes that if tenants agree to transfer to a housing association, the £8million annually is not taken by the Government and that this amounts to a very significant inducement from the Government for tenants to agree to transfer.
agrees that it would be irresponsible to deny tenants the opportunity of the significant extra Government funding.
resolves to offer tenants the fullest possible information so that they can decide whether or not to accept the Government's inducement. The transfer will only take place if the majority of tenants vote for it.
11. APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT MEMBERS TO THE COUNCIL'S STANDARDS COMMITTEE
To approve the process for the recruitment of Independent Members to the Council's Standards Committee.
06 02 14 CL i - (11) appoint to standards committee (doc)
12. INDEPENDENT REMUNERATION PANEL ON MEMBER'S ALLOWANCES
To receive the report of the Independent Remuneration Panel on Members' Allowances held on 22 December 2005.
06 02 14 CL i - (12) members allowances (doc)
13. RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The recommendations of the Executive Committee at its meeting held on 9 January 2006 contained within:
Minute EX136/05 - Financial Position Statement & Budget Monitoring Report November/December 2005 (Month 8&9)
Minute EX138/05 - Special Expenses
Minute EX141/05 - Review of Environmental Health Licensing Resource Requirements.
Minute EX143/05 - Scheme of Delegation to Officers - Tree Preservation Orders
Minute EX145/05 - Statement of Community Involvement.
Minute EX150/05 - Comprehensive Equality Policy
Minute EX152/05 - Calendar of Meetings
Minute EX154/05 - Consideration of recommendations from the Public Services and Health Policy Panel
Recommendations (non budget) of the Executive Committee from its meeting on 6 February 2006 (to follow).
14. RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FROM ITS MEETING ON 6 FEBRUARY 2006 CONCERNING THE BUDGET (to follow)
15. COUNCIL TAX
This report allows the Council to set its own Council Tax for 2006/2007 (report to follow).
06 02 14 CL i - (15) council tax setting (doc)
06 02 14 CL i - (15) special expenses (xls)
16. REPORTS OF MEETINGS
With the exception of the Executive Committee and the Licensing Committee's recommendations to Council, the following reports are submitted for information only: -
Housing and Environment Policy Panel: 24 January 2006
Leisure and Community Policy Panel: 17 January 2006
Public Services and Health Policy Panel: 19 January 2006
Resources Policy Panel: 14 December 2005
Resources Policy Panel: 26 January 2006
Audit Committee: 26 January 2006
Development Control Committee: 15 December 2005
Development Control Committee: 12 January 2006
Licensing Committee: 2 February 2006
Regulatory Services Committee: 2 February 2006
Scrutiny Panel: 30 January 2006
Tony Beirne
Director of Strategic Services
NOTE AS TO PRAYERS: Reverend Christopher Jones of Carpenders Park and South Oxhey Methodist Church will read Prayers at 7.25pm. Members who are not already in their places are requested to refrain from entering the Chamber during the reading of prayers. Sufficient time will be allowed for Members to do so after the close of prayers in order that the business of the meeting may begin at 7.30pm.
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Automating the process of jib crane design
3719 words (15 pages) Essay in Engineering
5/12/16 Engineering Reference this
In a jib crane horizontal jib is fixed to a piller or to a wall and supports a movable lift. Jib crane mostly used in industries and for military purpose. The jib can also swing by the arc which corresponds to lateral movement (additional). These types of crane are used in warehouse stores to lift the goods to all floors.
In the materials handling industry workers are often required to do large payloads. In situations where large payload movements would require extra forces to be applied by the operator, the material handling devices are provided now with automatic or motorized power assists. These are basically designed such that they can reduce operator tiredness and damage. Such cranes are power assisted jib cranes with advanced design.
A jib crane consists of a pendulum like end line attached to a rota-table jib. Within this general cranes category there exist some devices with multiple degrees of freedom which includes variable load line length and jib length which is also variable. Point-point payload maneuvers with jib cranes are performed so as not to incite the spherical pendulum modes of the cable attached and payload assembly. In a typical way these pendulum modes yet time-varying, but shows low frequencies. That results in slow performance; hence high construction and transportation costs can occur. The figure below shows the different parts of jib crane. [Franklin, 1994]
Jib Cranes are industrial machines which mostly uses for materials movements in construction of buildings, production halls, assembly lines, storage areas, and power plants. The design features of jib crane vary widely according to their major operational and manufacturing specifications such as: crane structure according to motion, weight and type of the load, crane location, geometric features, and environmental conditions. However, a review of the available literature tells that technical design of jib cranes are highly saturated and standardized in many industrial companies and organizations independent of the jib crane type. [Marchese, 1974]
1.2 Problems/Issues
Today most companies currently uses manual calculations to provide product design specification for their jib cranes for their customer’s requirements. This job involves very hard work and the manual calculation. The reduced man work will efficient the company’s process for design and manufacturing of the product. So it would be beneficial to automate this process which requires a software package in which all calculation can be done automatic.
1.2.1 Current Problems
The problems in jib crane design incorporate advance design for their different customers and their different purpose and the companies don’t have a computer program which calculates the design specifications for manufacturing for their customers. [Erden, 1996]
1.2.2 Literature review
Current material handling systems exhibit anisotropic behavior. Their two planar degrees of freedom have requirement of different force inputs from the operator. For jib crane in generation of isotropic behavior there can be two directions, the first direction generates isotropy by floating the boom above the load. The second direction adds a power trolley and is capable of assisting by providing power to actually accelerate the given load. We can provide a cable angle sensor and ultrasonic distance sensor for the intelligence necessary to achieve isotropy. [A, Lorenz, 1999]
Consideration of the available technology that is mainly based on the accumulated previous experience is important for better performance, higher safety and more reliable designs. It is well known that generic features of jib crane components are similar for various different types of cranes. Since the jib crane design procedures are highly standardized with these components, main effort and time spent in jib crane design projects are mostly for interpretation and implementation of the available design.
In the figure below a rotatory jib crane is shown with degrees of freedom.
The crane considered here consists of a rotatable jib with a load line attached to the end. A mass, representing a payload, is attached to the end of the load-line. The figure (1) is shown for analysis. The three co-ordinate system (three vectors shown) attached to the jib and rotates about the hub with an angular rate (gamma). The rotation angles are defined as rotation of the load-line about the two axes. The attachment point of the load-line to the jib is at a distance x from the centre of rotation of hub. The load-line has length L and the payload mass m.
Alternative Concepts:
Several concepts were evaluated:
Single tension rod
A single-rod design is assumed during the initial calculations to determine reaction forces on the building column. Extra analysis explained that this design did not have enough power for its length and capacity.
A trussed beam is considered, as it would have provided a very light, strong crane. This design was shortly discarded because it would have proven very difficult to study and build.
Two tension rods
A two-rod design can be selected because it could be made strong enough to support the design load up to the length of 30 feet, yet be simple enough to analyze with a combination of manual calculations and computer-based analysis.
1.2.3 Objectives
To understand design and analysis of jib crane
To design jib crane in AutoCAD / Solid work
To develop calculation of jib crane data using Microsoft excel
2.1 Flow chart:
Design and analysis for the jib crane (Existing Design) and a modified design
AutoCAD Design
Create Microsoft excel software
In the initial stage the project overview and scope of project is analyzed. Further on the literature based on the current design is reviewed. Next stage is examining the design advancement of the jib crane using sensors and control to automate the crane process and in lowering the operator stress and power. After that the software developed will be used in design and selection of major jib crane parts for the manufacturing. The design stated by software would be seen as in AutoCAD or solid work. In the final stage the further advancement and conclusion will be made.
The stages of the project are shown below.
2.2 Description:
The project will consist of manual calculations of design specifications for the complex structures like Jib crane along with automated process. The use of Microsoft software along with some other package will be usedso that it would be more users friendly. First thecalculationwill be donelike moment of inertia, torque and transmission ratios etc.for the advanced mechanicaldesign of the Jib crane[Juvinall,1991] then the number of variables will be included in software to give the product design specification for jib crane directly which will help in reducing the manwork. The simple advantage to get the all data which are required in jib crane design will come directly and this process will help in reducing time taken to produce a required jib crane. The work will be done with existing data and current methods of calculation.
At the end of project, a manufacturer should not calculate the various design data for the custom design of the jib crane for different purpose. The jib crane software itself will pick the most essential and important data and according to that will choose the simplified method to give design specification directly. Reader will be able to understand the various methods involved in jib crane design and advancement of design and the analysis of jib crane to make it effective. The practices followed and measures developed to make high-rise construction a safer job will be listed in report.
Some of the main benefits of the automated design include the following:
Greater consistency of design; this makes manufacturing and field service easier.
Ability to explore more alternatives; because design can be created in a shorter time, it allows designers to study more alternatives.
2.3 Gantt Chart
Gantt Chart: Project on “Automating design of jib crane”
Selection of the Topic
Submission of the Project Proposal
Literature survey on the Topic
Submission of the Interim Report
Conclusion and Recommendations
Final Report Submission
Chapter-3
Design and Calculation of Jib Crane
3.1 Design Concepts for Jib Crane
Jib cranes, a free standing or portable jib crane is an economical solution for moving materials within an individual workstation, for transferring materials from work area to work area, or for use as an auxiliary lifting device under an overhead crane. Jib cranes are designed and manufactured in four styles:
Free standing or portable jib cranes
Wall bracket tie rod supported jib cranes
Wall cantilever jib cranes
Mast style jib cranes (top and bottom supported)
Articulating jib cranes are also manufactured for positioning loads in those hard to reach places where most
Standard jib cranes cannot reach. An articulating jib crane can move loads around corners and columns, reach into machinery, and service an area from the closest pivot point to the end of the boom allowing 360º of operation. Another jib crane is the workstation jib crane. From self-supporting to wall mounted, workstation jib cranes provides economic, supplemental lifting coverage with 200º or 360º of rotation.
Features Standard jib cranes range in capacity up to 5 tons and spans to 20 feet. Jib cranes feature on unique trussed boom design, which offers longer spans for custom jib crane designs. Free standing and mast type jib cranes offer 360 º rotations. Wall mounted offers 200º of rotation.
Design Factor
The standard capacity rating of a jib crane represents the net rated load of the hook at the hook of a hoist of the same rated capacity as the crane. The design factor for the stresses in the crane is based on the capacity plus 25% of the rated load for impact and 15% of the rated load for the weight of the hoist and trolley. This was used all along with the average yield stress of the material to find out the type of the design. [Juvinall, 1991] This design provides a margin to allow for variations in material properties, operating conditions, and design assumptions. No crane should be supposed to ever, in any circumstance, be weighted beyond its rated capability.
Service Factor
The maximum weight of the application should match, NOT exceed, and design weight. The capacity rating is dependent and based on a design load. The jib crane design criterion allows the least amount of deflection so as not to hamper the performance of the jib crane.
3.2 Design of a Jib Crane
The unit system of choice is normally SI. For this design, though, the BG (British Gravitational) system is chosen because the dimensions of most acquired components are in inches. We are doing analysis and design of a 30-foot, 1 ton jib crane.
The crane must meet the following criteria:
Should have a capacity of one ton (2000 lb).
Should have a 30 feet length.
Should be able to mount on the existing building structure.
The design load is 2700 lb, defined as follows:
Pd = 2000 lb + 25% overload + 200 lb trolley weight
The length of the crane is taken as that of the main beam. The entire crane will arrive at approximately 372 inches from its pivot point. The alternative concepts are already evaluated earlier. We are taking the crane with two tension rods.
3.2.1 Reaction Force Calculations
Before detailed design could begin, it had to be determined whether the building structure could support the new crane. This can be accomplished by drawing a free body diagram of the overall crane structure, and calculating the forces that would act on it. The design load should be positioned in the worst-case position hence at the end of the main beam.
Since the weight of the crane makes a noteworthy horizontal reaction force, its main structural components were specified for this practice. A single 200-lb tension rod, attached at 20 feet from the root of the main beam
The weight of the vertical member (eight feet at 25 pounds per foot) was used in calculating the vertical reaction force, but was not deemed significant in calculating the horizontal reaction forces. Minor components e.g. mounting brackets and pin- fasteners, are not going to consider.
The calculations solved on paper, give the following results for The 10 Inch diameter S10at25.4 the beam:
Horizontal reaction force: 12,556 lb
Vertical reaction force: 3854 lb
3.2.2 Design of Main Beam
The main beam is the most structurally significant part of the crane, and thus was the first to be designed. The maximum stress of a crane has to be less than one fifth of the ultimate strength of the steel. The maximum deflection should be less than 600th part of the length of the crane.
Manual calculations proved that the 8-inch beam would buckle under the compression made by applying the design load at the end of the beam.
Buckling load
A Beam, 360 inches long, meets both stress and deflection guidelines when used with two tension rods. The maximum stress and deflection, when the load is on the end of the crane, are as follows
3.2.3 Primary Structure
With the main beam specified, the rest of the crane was designed around it. A model was constructed consisting of the main beam, the vertical member, and the tension rods, which were arbitrarily attached at 15 and 25 feet from the root of the main beam. Manual calculations performed later confirmed that these were appropriate attachment points.
For the sake of simplicity, the vertical member can be specified as the same cross section as the main beam and the vertical member is 96 inches long.
Rod tension
Assume main beam pinned at one end
3.2.4 Minor Components
Connecting the Tension Rods to the Main Beam
The tension rods are connected to the main beam using a clevis, which is pinned to a mounting plate welded to the main beam. This clevis is having a tensile load rating of 45,600 lb which allows a considerable safety factor. The clevis pin is protected with a 1/8”inch cotter pin. Double-shear calculations show it to be more than strong enough.
The clevis mount was designed over-large, to fill up the clearances provided by the clevis. The calculations show that the clevis mount, like the clevis itself, provides a significant margin of safety.
Clevis Mount
Su = 58000 psi
Sus = 33640 psi
F = 21658 lb
th = 2½ in
ro = 21/8 in
ri = 7/8 in
d = 1¾ in
The tension rod is connected to the clevis through a turnbuckle and since the clevis has a rod diameter of 1½ inches, the stud must be turned down from 2¼ inches to 1½ inches. The lower end of the tension rod should be threaded for inclusion into the turnbuckle.
Specification of Bearings
Using the overall horizontal reaction force as the radial load, the bearings can be specified. The bolt holes in the flange of this bearing are placed in the identical position.
Design of Welds
The weld connecting the tension rod to the top of the vertical member requires individual explanation. The tension rod on the crane is bent, and then welded to the top of the vertical member of that crane
After placing one rod on top of the vertical member, welds 1 and 2 should consist of a groove weld, then a fillet weld. Weld 3 should use the same pattern subsequent to the second rod is being placed. At last, weld 4 is a groove weld. All welds should fill up obtainable clearances.
3.3 Design Modification:
For each handling device, the two horizontal DOF differ in feel. For the jib and gantry cranes, motion along the trolley’s direction of travel requires relatively little force. Similarly, on the bridge crane, motion along the bridge is relatively easy. But for the jib crane, moving perpendicular to the boom’s length is complicated by the boom’s rotational inertia and the boom pivot’s friction. For the gantry crane, this perpendicular motion is very difficult due to the large inertia of the crane, and as stated earlier, often requires power assist. Finally, for the bridge crane, it is the large inertia of the bridge and resulting increased rolling resistance in its trolleys that make the perpendicular motion more difficult.
Low speed power assist has been added to each of these difficult motions: rotation of the boom on a jib crane, translation of a gantry crane, and translation of the bridge along the fixed rails of a bridge crane. The control of this power has been limited to simple push button on/off switches and control algorithms which provide a slow start and stop to minimize load swing. The anisotropy exhibited in the different motions remains.
This lack of isotropy makes it difficult for workers to move an object from point to point. The worker must constantly vary the applied force as the desired direction of motion changes. To think of this phenomenon in different terms, consider a round stick half immersed in a pool of water. It is very easy to move this stick through a curved trajectory. The forces resisting the motion are independent of the motion’s direction. Now consider a paddle (which cannot be rotated) immersed in the pool. It is considerably more difficult to move this paddle through the same curved trajectory. The human must continually adjust to the changing resistance forces. Increasing the viscosity of the fluid will exacerbate the problem. This is analogous to increasing the size and/or load of a material handling system.[Franklin, 1994]
Hence thus, ideally, overhead material handing devices would exhibit isotropy. That is, the feel of the device would be independent of the direction in which it was pushed. So the next objective is to advance the design of jib crane which is intelligent power assist jib and making the design calculation by Microsoft excel itself.
For this design the drawing has been done for some parts and shown below. The rest of the analysis will be done in the final report. In the modified design we put some control sensor for the motion of the jib crane.
A, Lorenz., August 1999, Force Sensors for Human-Robot Interaction
Erden Z., et al, 1996, “A Computer Based Design Support System for Automate Access to the F. E.M. Rules in a Crane Design Procedure”, Proceedings of the 7th International Machine Design and Production Conference, pp. 575-583, Ankara, Turkey
G. Franklin, et al, 1994,”Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems”, Third edition, Addison Wiley
R. Juvinall and K. Marshek , 1991, Fundamentals of Machine Component Design
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Clarke Peters will be starring in Spike Lee's next film titled "Da 5 Bloods." File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
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March 13 (UPI) -- Clarke Peters, Isiah Whitlock Jr., and Norm Lewis have signed on to star in Spike Lee's upcoming Netflix film titled Da 5 Bloods.
The film, Lee's first that he is directing on the streaming service, will follow four black veterans who return to Vietnam in search of their fallen squad leader and buried treasure.
Peters, Whitlock and Lewis join a cast which includes Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman, Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Paul Walter Hauser, Jean Reno, Melanie Thierry and Jasper Paakkonen.
Lee penned the script alongside Kevin Willmott from a screenplay by Danny Bilson and Paul DeMeo and a rewrite by Matthew Billingsley. Lee is also producing with Lloyd Levin (Hellboy), Beatriz Levin and Jon Kilik (The Hunger Games).
Spike Lee's "Da 5 Bloods" rounds out its cast with Clarke Peters, Isiah Whitlock Jr., and Norm Lewis joining Delroy Lindo and Chadwick Boseman.
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Rightbloggers Anticipate Romney Landslide, Denounce Nate Silver, Katy Perry | Village Voice
Rightbloggers Anticipate Romney Landslide, Denounce Nate Silver, Katy Perry
by Roy Edroso
The election’s Tuesday, and the whole political blogosphere is one endless screaming rah-rah for one candidate or another. We advise against all direct contact with it from now till next weekend.
The preemptive victory dances of the left blogosphere are, as we never tire of paraphrasing Jed Leland, no concern of this department. But we can offer you some welder’s glass through which you may safely view the rightbloggers’ state of dudgeon in these last, horrible days of this wretched campaign.
Most rightbloggers seemed to grasp that no final case for Romney they could make would reach undecided voters, and spent their lung power pumping up hopes of a Republican win.
Some were cagey about it: Instapundit’s Glenn Reynolds quoted a Republican who said of the RINO Romney, “Romney was not my first, second, or third choice, but I will crawl over ground glass to vote for him,” and postulated, “A lot of Republicans — and, judging from polls, a lot of independents — feel this way. If there are enough of them, Romney will win, and win big.”
Very qualified, this optimism — but Reynolds had more: While he acknowledged that “people on the Right” didn’t show up for John McCain in 2008, he believed they would do so for the father of Romneycare because, for one thing, these people of the Right “stood in line for hours at Chick-fil-A restaurants to buy chicken sandwiches in response to politicians’ bullying,” he said — or because they hate gay people, take your pick.
Reynolds also pleaded the magic of the movies as evidence. He cited the hit rightwing documentary Obama’s America: 2016, which at $33.4 million gross is the #2 political documentary earner of all time, and should do as much to elect Romney as the #1 political documentary earner, Fahrenheit 9/11, did to elect President John Kerry in 2004. Reynolds added that the PotR also “packed houses at the ‘Hating Breitbart’ premiere,” which film as of November 1 had made $55,606 at the box office.
Not all rightbloggers were as guarded as Reynolds. Many were convinced by predictions by Michael Barone and Dick Morris that Romney would not merely win, but would win in a landslide. (“You can bet these predictions sent shock waves through the inner circles of both campaigns yesterday,” said The American Catholic.)
Maggie’s Notebook didn’t need anyone’s outside confirmation, as she’d “had a gnawing feeling way down, deep inside, where my intuition resides,” that “the Republican Party is going to clean the Democratic Party’s clock!”
Here’s what convinced her: “Well, if you have listened to broadcast news reports over the past few weeks you have noticed how often the word ‘narrative’ is spoken. It has been used multiple times to describe the Mainstream Media’s slant on this election cycle. And I do mean ‘slant’ -as in bias.”
It wasn’t very clever of the Mainsteam Media to reveal their “narrative” plot in their very own broadcast news reports, and because of this, continued Maggie’s Notebook, “slowly, the veil the MsM had drawn cross Mitt Romney was ripped and shredded and cast aside. Suddenly, America saw a man who was not promising pie in the sky. In fact, if anything, he was offering blood, sweat, and tears, much as Winston Churchill had offered many decades before to the Brits.” We’re still looking for the transcript of that Romney speech, but if that doesn’t accomplish victory, Maggie’s Notebook assured us, there was always “the combined prayers of millions of God’s people imploring their God to intervene and help them save their country. Combine the prayers of millions of Catholics to those of the Evangelicals and miracles WILL HAPPEN.” Throw in unstinting use of bold and italic type, and they can’t lose.
Israpundit reported that the bellwether state of Israel “is not just blue and white; it is solidly red.” Cute, but how does that increase Romney’s U.S. vote total? Because American citizens living in Israel get to vote absentee, Israpundit explained, and “the total vote from Israel-80,000 ballots-is huge… 7,500 Israel-based Floridians voted; another 3,500 voted in Ohio; and 3,500 more voted in Pennsylvania…. If the vote from the front-row is so lopsidedly for Romney, that can only mean one thing for the direction it will influence the vote back in America.” Now, if Jewish Palm Beach voters go rightwing, we’ll have a better explanation than we had in 2000.
Victory is nigh.
Glenn Beck’s The Blaze offered a roundup of “THE BIGGEST NAMES PREDICTING” a Romney landslide including Karl Rove, George Will, and Glenn Beck. The Clermont Tea Party had their own “Landslide” metric: “Romney Rally Outdraws President By A Landslide.” That is, the Clermont Tea Party told readers that Romney’s last-minute rallies in Ohio outdrew Obama’s, and provided several pictures — some of Romney rally crowds, but mostly of their own members standing by the sides of several Ohio roads as they dashed around the state waving signs accusing Obama of murder in Benghazi in hopes that the President would see them.
For example, outside Lima, “there was some confusion as to where the President’s entourage and the press would drive by us,” the Clermont Tea Party reported, but though “the press ultimately went a different way than we did… we were perfectly situated to be seen by the President and his motorcade.” This is what victory smells like.
At HillBuzz, the wonderful Kevin DuJan said he would watch MSNBC November 6th, because “I really think that Chris Matthews’ face is going to melt off completely on Election Night. Rachel Maddow will sit there in stoned silence. Al Sharpton will scream ‘RACISTS! THIS IS ALL RACIST-ISM!’… It’s going to be marvelous seeing them all realize Nate Silver was lying to them and that there is in actuality a 0% of Obama being reelected.” Well, you can’t say he doesn’t have hard numbers.
Wayne Allyn Root, the 2008 Libertarian Party vice-presidential nominee and author of Millionaire Republican: Why Rich Republicans Get Rich–and How You Can Too!, continued the proud tradition of libertarians for Romney, predicting “Christians Will Empower A Romney Landslide.”
“I’m not a pollster,” he admitted. “…My polls are my gut instincts.” Not that Root didn’t do research: “While the media and pollsters talked about ‘Romney’s single female gap,'” Root wrote, “I talked to married women and found them angry, offended, motivated and mobilized to defeat Obama.” There’s that liberal myth dispensed with! Then, “while the media talked about ‘Romney’s black voter gap'” — yeah, we were looking forward to that too, but Root pulled a change-up: “I talked to white voters and found them angry, offended, motivated and mobilized to defeat Obama.” No point talking to black voters, we guess, married or not.
Anyway, more important than any of these blocs in 2012 would be the “Catholics and evangelical Christians,” Root told us, because, as one would expect of Christ’s followers, they feel “seething anger” and “are sick of turning the other cheek,” and thus will turn their godly rage on the atheist Obama. “Chick-fil-A was the subtle hint of what’s coming on Nov. 6,” added Root. “I guess New York Times pollster Nate Silver didn’t notice.”
Ah yes, Nate Silver: The sports stats guy who reported the 2008 election with impressive accuracy has been putting Obama’s chances for Tuesday around 80%. Silver’s polling barely bothered the brethren before this year, but because his predictions conflict with their anticipated victory, he is now presumed to be lying and sabotaging his own career on Obama’s behalf. Robert Stacy McCain, for example, claimed Silver “may continue telling that to his readers, but Nate cannot actually believe that.”
The most spectacular such response was that of Dean Chambers, the fellow who created “unskewed polls” that show Romney winning in a landslide, so there. Chambers explained that Silver’s model couldn’t be right because “Silver is a man of very small stature, a thin and effeminate man with a soft-sounding voice that sounds almost exactly like the ‘Mr. New Castrati’ voice used by Rush Limbaugh on his program. In fact, Silver could easily be the poster child for the New Castrati in both image and sound.” Plus liberals suck.
At National Review, Katrina Trinko denounced “those on the center and on the left laughing at those on the right ‘unskewing’ the polls or questioning the partisan breakdown in the polling sample,” because “it’s unfair to conservatives to simply mock them for questioning the partisan breakdown of polls.” No fair laughing! That would upset the heretofore gentlemanly conduct of the campaign.
Others just raged at the unfairness of everything. PJ Media’s Zombie, for example, told readers that this election had no October Surprise, no “last-minute, unexpected, shocking scandal to rock the presidential election,” because “everything [Obama’s] ever done is scandalous… Anyone’s who been paying attention since 2008 has literally been in paralytic shock every single day. We spent October 2012 exactly as we’ve spent every month of the last four years: Our jaws on the floor, aghast, stupefied, unable to breathe.” No wonder they write the way they do.
Some took a conciliatory come-let-us-reason-together approach, at least for a couple of paragraphs. After nobly declaring that, should the election not go as hoped for whichever party, citizens should nonetheless assent to “give and take, concessions, and a willingness to forgo partisan advantage in the interest of preserving our republic,” Mark Tapscott added that “somebody ought to sit Harry Reid down next Wednesday morning and have a ‘Come-to-Compromise’ talk,” and attacked the Majority Leader’s “narrow-minded, shrill take-no-prisoners partisanship.” Tapscott made no mention of the House Republican leadership’s approach to compromise, but he did use the word “compromise” six times, and so must be counted a uniter rather than a divider
Those of the brethren who refrained from predictions of victory focused on stray outrages.
In a district Obama carried handily in 2008, early voting was suspended due to a bomb scare. Talk radio host Teri O’Brien announced she would ask her guest that night “whether democrats are planting fake bombs in Winter Park, FL.” Who knows, worth a try, right?
A faction of rightbloggers kept after Obama on Benghazi. Some, like Peter Ferrara at The American Spectator, continued the earlier hair-splitting over Obama’s post-Benghazi remarks (“Obama was referring to terrorism in general, including the original 9/11 attacks in New York…”). At American Thinker, Karin McQuillan declared that under Obama “official American policy is to avert civilian casualties in Muslim countries at any cost. If it requires the sacrifice our American soldiers’ lives, so be it,” which will surprise anyone who’s been following Obama’s drone program. And Day by Day, a comic strip for people who think Mallard Fillmore is a RINO, implied that the President was in league with jihadis, showing an Obama silhouette declaring “you eat the flesh of swine, are as whores.”
Oh, there was one last-minute Obama thing rightbloggers decreed a “gaffe”: When Romney’s name was booed at an Obama rally, the President said, “Don’t boo, vote. Voting is the best revenge.” At this mild joke the brethren pretended to be mortally offended.
“Hard to believe that the guy who promised to ‘punish our enemies’ is now talking about voting for ‘revenge,'” harrumphed Jonah Goldberg of National Review. “I understand Obama is bitter. That’s been obvious for a while. But it’s just a weird and narcissistic assumption that his supporters want ‘revenge’ too.” Then, finding there was no clip of the rally crowds turning on Obama in shock and disgust, Goldberg added, “Doesn’t mean it’s wrong, though. Which makes the whole thing even creepier.” It Obama wins, we expect Goldberg will be really creeped out.
“Barack Hussein Obama, in a moment of desperation, took the gloves off the other day,” reported Nelson Abdullah of Noisy Room, “when he told his supporters at a rally in Springfield, Ohio that ‘Voting is the best REVENGE.'” We didn’t know Obama yelled the word like that — maybe Abdullah saw a reenactment. “If Obama studied history instead of law while in college,” Abdullah continued, “he might have recalled the famous words of Japanese Admiral Yamamoto after his attack on Pearl Harbor, ‘I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.'” We must say, as turns of the tide go, this seems rather weak.
At the Washington Examiner, Byron York claimed the “Obama campaign struggles to explain” what York himself called “a seemingly offhand utterance.” That is, someone asked an Obama spokesperson about it, and she explained that Romney was “frightening workers in Ohio into thinking, falsely, that they’re not going to have a job” with his misleading Jeep ads. “And the message [Obama] was sending is if you don’t like the policies… then you can go to the voting booth and cast your ballot.”
Aha, cried York: “The problem is, the president was actually not speaking in the context of Romney’s highly-controversial [Jeep] ads… In fact, Obama had not said a word about the Jeep controversy when he said ‘revenge’… And even after the ‘revenge’ remark, it took Obama six paragraphs to get to his discussion of Jeep.” Then he reproduced Obama’s entire speech to prove this — the smoking gun! Clearly what Obama really wanted revenge for was Kenyan colonialism.
Our personal favorite of the week was Eliana Johnson of National Review who, apparently still rattled by October’s Lena Dunham ad, went ballistic over a tight-fitting Obama dress singer Katy Perry wore at a campaign concert event. “The Obama campaign has repeatedly appealed to women as if the feminist movement never happened – that is, as a monolith who can’t get sex and reproduction off the brain,” Johnson sputtered. “Sandra Fluke and Lena Dunham have relayed the President’s message quite clearly: women should and do decide whom to vote for based on sex, birth control, and abortion… Singer and songwriter Katy Perry is the latest lady to objectify herself for the benefit of the President’s campaign… Her message: I’m a sex object and I endorse this ad. Backward!” We guess if Perry dressed more like Holly Near, honor would be saved.
Well, soon this horrible thing will be over and we will be forced to live with the result. We have no idea who’ll win, but whoever does, there’s one thing we can count on: The brethren will react full-throatedly — either with victory howls, or accusations of voter fraud.
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MOB lifesaving lessons learned at sea
Chris Beeson
Following an MOB fatality at sea, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston tests livesaving MOB recovery procedures at sea with the MAIB, the RYA and Yachting Monthly onboard. Dick Durham reports
We let the dummy go overboard from the bow, amidships and astern Credit: Bob Aylott
TAGS: MOBPractical seamanshipsailing skills
In 2011, a skipper drowned at the end of his harness tether having slipped overboard. The official report into his death by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) concludes most sailors wouldn’t have known how to save his life.
The ill-fated Lion, a 38ft Reflex sloop, was slashing through the night, one reef pulled down, overtaking rival yachts at the start of a 95-mile Royal Ocean Racing Club race from Cowes to Cherbourg. For skipper-owner Christopher Reddish, 47, from Clapham Junction, and his son, who was bowman, it was a qualifier for the Fastnet Race.
We reported MAIB’s key findings in our May 2012 issue
With a westerly wind gusting up to 38 knots and a rough, 3.5m sea running, Lion was making 9 knots over the ground and heeled at 20° to port. Just under two hours southwest of the Owers light, the helmsman sensed that the yacht’s handling characteristics had changed. That’s when he noticed they were trawling the No.1 genoa, which had been dropped and stowed on deck, with sail ties and bungy lines lashing it to the guardrail.
Mr Reddish went forward with one of his seven crew to retrieve it. Both were using harnesses, clipped on with tethers. As the sail was passed back to be lowered down the companionway, it snagged on a foredeck cleat. Mr Reddish lay on his stomach to free it. ‘OK,’ he shouted as the sail was freed. It was the last word he ever uttered.
A few minutes later, two crewmen saw a white lifejacket strobe light and the shout ‘Man overboard!’ went out.
Mr Reddish was being towed at 9 knots through rough seas by his 1.8m-long tether, pinned against the leeward side of the boat. The helmsman immediately slackened the mainsheet and the headsail sheets were eased a little later, which slowed the boat to 1.5 knots through the water.
It took the crew 16 minutes to recover the skipper to deck, where he was pronounced dead by a consultant cardiologist who was one of the crew.
A report into the fatality by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) found:
Prevailing conditions made the recovery physically challenging.
No one had been nominated to replace the skipper if he was incapacitated. This hindered communications
Recovery of a tethered man overboard (MOB) is not routinely covered in RYA training courses
The MAIB has also noted that sailing schools do not routinely carry out MOB tests with dummies to simulate the difficulties of dealing with an unconscious casualty, and that there are no ISO or EN standards for ensuring the ISAF recommendations that crotch and thigh straps on lifejackets should be strong enough to lift a person from the water.
Clipper fleet boss Sir Robin Knox-Johnston was aboard to co-ordinate the tests
After reading the report, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston invited MAIB investigator Roger Brydges, RYA training manager Richard Falk and Yachting Monthly aboard one of his Clipper 60 cutters, Black Adder, for a test of MOB recovery procedures in the Solent.
As we left Gosport, Sir Robin recalled two personal experiences of MOBs. One was aboard Suhaili, the 32ft wooden ketch he sailed non-stop and singlehanded around the world in 1967-68: on the delivery trip from Bombay to the UK, he lost and recovered a crewman overboard. The second was during the 1977 Whitbread Round the World Race: Heath’s Condor turned back and recovered a crewman whose position was marked only by circling albatrosses. During his years running the Clipper Round the World Race, a further three crewmen have gone overboard. In all five cases, the MOB was recovered successfully.
Under the careful command of skipper Jim Dobie, Black Adder sailed up and downwind across the Solent in blustery conditions, under full mainsail, staysail and yankee. She already had webbing jackstays running fore and aft along each sidedeck and we rigged an extra jackstay on the centreline of the foredeck. For the MOB tests, we used a 2m tether and a 40kg Ruth Lee rescue dummy, which, once immersed, weighed 65kg.
You can buy a wide range of patented MOB recovery devices, from slings to parbuckles, but for this test we assumed we were at sea without any special kit.
9 key findings from the test
What happens when someone falls off the foredeck?
Even dragged face-up, a live MOB could drown
The dummy was heaved overboard from the foredeck while the boat was sailing at around 4 knots through the water. The tether held the dummy’s head face down, into the boat’s oncoming bow wave. Water would be funnelled directly down the throat, drowning the casualty in a few minutes.
Conclusion: The skipper must not be complacent that the MOB is attached to the boat. The boat must be stopped the instant a crewman goes overboard and his head hauled above the surface immediately.
Could you be injured by the yacht’s hull?
At slower speeds, the dummy was found to float face up, but being towed through the water – even at a slower rate – its head being dashed against the side of the boat.
Conclusion: Crew must be on hand to haul the casualty’s head clear of the topsides while full recovery to the deck is organised.
Should you heave-to?
When the dummy went overboard on the leeward side, we found that heaving the boat to, by tacking round immediately, lifted the MOB dummy clear of the water by hauling it up on the weather side.
Conclusion: Dumping the mainsail and headsail might not necessarily be the best option to stop the boat.
What if someone falls out of the cockpit?
When the dummy went overboard from the cockpit while the boat was sailing downwind, it was dragged through the boat’s wake, which would soon have caused drowning in a real-life situation.
Conclusion: Crew should endeavour to heave the MOB clear of the stern, into flatter water amidships.
What’s the best length for a harness tether?
I would feel safer on the sidedecks with a shorter tether than this one
This is a quick and simple way to halve the length of a tether
All boats should carry tethers in several different lengths: long ones to enable crew to manoeuvre around the deck, shorter ones to clip on at the helm or while reefing at the mast or changing headsails. A centreline jackstay can improve safety on some boats, but make sure it is set to one side of the forehatch.
Conclusion: Clip on to the weather-side jackstay when you’re working on the bow. If you do get thrown, you only want your legs to go overboard – not your whole body.
How hard is it to get an MOB back on deck?
It is impossible to recover a casualty when the boat is under way – even with a strong crew
At least two crew were required to retrieve the MOB dummy and hold it against the toerail. Hauling it up and over the guardrails demanded even more manpower and could not be achieved sailing shorthanded.
Conclusion: There must be at least two crew briefed in MOB retrieval in case the skipper goes overboard.
Should you use a halyard or rescue sling?
We tried sending a crewman over the side on a halyard
His aim was to retrieve the MOB with a rescue sling
We concluded that it was both a difficult and a dangerous operation
Retrieving an unconscious man overboard using a ‘heli-strop’ rescue sling, it was extremely difficult for a crewman lowered over the side – even a fit, experienced one – to get the strop over the casualty’s shoulders and beneath the armpits.
Conclusion: It is better to attach a halyard directly to an unconscious casualty’s harness, rather than deploying another crewman to get them into a rescue sling.
Could lifejacket design be improved?
We noticed that the lifting strap on many lifejackets is the same colour as the body material and therefore hard to identify. It was also difficult to get at with the lifejacket inflated. The crotch strap clips on some lifejackets are fragile: if trodden on, they could split, then fail under load. Sir Robin has already upgraded his Clipper fleet’s lifejackets to include metal crotch strap clips.
Conclusion: A longer lifting strap may improve safety and all lifejackets should have robust – ideally metal – crotch strap clips.
What if the tether needs to be cut?
The Clipper fleet boats keep two safety knives on the boom vang
We tried Green River sheath knife, which severed the tether instantaneously under load. There are plenty of knives and tether cutters on the market but make sure you test the one you want to use before you need to rely on it.
Conclusion: Do not rely on a knife unless you have personally tested it.
At the end of the test, we all agreed that the standard man overboard procedure that sailors learn and practice – getting to the MOB – is only half the job. The other crucial half, getting the casualty back on board, can be just as difficult and we’re nowhere near as well prepared for it.
What the experts learned on the day
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston (Clipper)
‘Brief the crew clearly on how and where to clip on. Always walk up and down on the high side and clip on as high as possible. Long tether or short, if you clip on at the wrong point you could still drown. A retrieval process needs to be developed for each specific yacht, and drilled realistically – using rescue dummies – so the crew’s response becomes automatic.’
Richard Falk (RYA)
‘Our day of testing reinforced the belief that every day is a school day on the water. The Lion tragedy has once again brought the MOB issue to the fore and reminds us all that we cannot afford to be complacent. Not all emergency situations follow the text book. Therefore, MOB drills should consider a variety of situations rather then the standard fender and bucket exercise.’
Roger Brydges (MAIB)
‘Seeing the dummy dragged face down through the water and being slammed against the hull and the difficulties we had in retrieving it confirmed to me the scale of the task Lion’s crew faced that night. The results of these tests will be very effective in helping MAIB to spread the message to improve safety at sea through its investigations.’
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Orly Azoulay
Nahum Barnea
Ron Ben-Yishai
Ronen Bergman
Alex Fishman
Dr. Yaron Friedman
Eitan Haber
Yoaz Hendel
Sima Kadmon
Aviad Kleinberg
Noah Klieger
Yaron London
Smadar Perry
Sever Plocker
Shimon Shiffer
Yossi Yehoshua
Ben-Dror Yemini
Prof. Eyal Zisser
Photo: Zoom 77
Hizbullah's rally
Photo: AFP
Israel will pay price
Possible takeover of Lebanon by Syria supporters heralds bad news for Israel
Prof. Eyal Zisser|Published: 12.03.06 , 11:49
Just like well trained soldiers, hundreds of thousands of Shiites throughout Lebanon rose up to Hizbullah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah's call to fill the streets of Beirut and demand the resignation of Fouad Siniora's government. But this is by no means surprising, because clearly Hizbullah is currently enjoying the support of the majority of Shiites, the largest community in the country.
Even the restraint demonstrated by the protestors is not surprising. Hizbullah has proven in recent years that it powerfully rules its supporters: At will Nasrallah is able to call massive rallies in an orderly and calm manner, and at will he sends them to war.
The only surprise the mass rally provided over the weekend was the identity of the key speaker – Maronite General Michel Aoun: In the distant past Aoun was a sworn enemy of the Syrians in Lebanon but he is now their ally. He has become Nasrallah's devoted partner and hopes to pave his way to the presidential palace at Baabda through his support of Nasrallah.
The Tally
Aoun in Beirut: Siniora must resign
Speaking before some 800,000 opposition supporters who gathered in Lebanon capital, Maronite-Christian general calls for toppling government: 'Only solution for crisis is Siniora and his ministers' resignation.' Group of protesters besieges gov't headquarters
Aoun in Beirut rally: Siniora must resign
The demonstrators' restraint, as well as the fact that they chose to hide behind General Aoun, demonstrated that Nasrallah's sights are not set on a bloody civil war. Nasrallah is simply seeking to subdue Fouad Siniora and to force him to surrender to his demands.
At this point in time, Nasrallah will also suffice with Siniora's partial surrender to his demands, the highlight of which is the establishment of a new cabinet where Nasrallah and his allies from the Shiite camp will have influence and veto power regarding every decision.
This is Nasrallah's objective for the time being, because in the long term he has long been setting his sights on taking over Lebanon, a notion premised on the fact that the Shiite sect is the largest community in Lebanon.
However, Nasrallah has patience and restraint and is prepared to wait it out until the time is ripe for the big step. Siniora is demonstrating extraordinary courage in face of Nasrallah's display of intimidation. He is enjoying the support of the majority of the Sunni, Maronite and Druze communities, the international community and the support of the majority of the moderate Arab states.
However, this is not enough. In the event that Nasrallah and his supporters continue the boycott of his government, Siniora will find it extremely difficult to continue functioning. After all, the Lebanese system cannot perform in a situation whereby almost half the population is boycotting its institutions.
Typical Lebanese bazaar
What can be expected, therefore, is a typical Lebanese bazaar, where both sides will ultimately emerge only partially appeased: Siniora will be forced to surrender to some of Nasrallah's' demands and Nasrallah will have to detract some of his other demands.
This would suffice to postpone, albeit not to prevent the next crisis and the one following it, because the fight for controlling Lebanon will remain without a clear defining factor.
But in Lebanon as in Lebanon, rationale does not necessarily determine the evolvement of events. The quiet protests by Hizbullah supporters may get out control, and alternately Siniora may find himself being forced to resign. However, what is more likely is that Pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud will submit his letter of resignation to Siniora.
As it's currently difficult to imagine the reigning Lebanese parliament finding a majority for a different cabinet to that of Siniora's, the only respite from this crisis would be to hold new elections.
If the situation does warrant new elections, it may end with Syrian supporters having the upper hand (Damascus does after all have proven experience in assassinating potential rivals and in fixing election results in Lebanon according to its interests.) So far Washington has blocked Damascus's attempts to regain power in Lebanon, and in wake of the deadlock in which the Americans are caught up in Iraq, calls are being made for dialogue with Syria.
In the event that Syrian supporters do regain power in Lebanon, those who will pay the price will primarily be the courageous Lebanese people who had hoped that Lebanon would adopt the path of democracy and freedom. Next would be Israel, which would ultimately discover that it had succeeded in distancing Hizbullah from its northern border but will have to face it as the deciding factor in Lebanese politics and in the next government in Beirut.
Finally, the US will also have a price to pay, because Siniora's downfall will symbolize the end of its adventure in Lebanon, pointing the way to an American withdrawal from Iraq and the end of President Bush's vision regarding a new Middle East.
Professor Eyal Zisser is the head of the Department of Middle East and African Studies at Tel Aviv University
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Policy Blog Update Term 3
By Jack Harvey
After two weeks of consultation and thousands of words of feedback, the Policy & Review Group has reached its decisions on the five proposals submitted this term.
The PRG chose to accept motions calling for liberation networks to be able to elect their own delegates and for more places in the annual YUSU delegation to the NUS National Conference to be reserved for student candidates.
The PRG elected to reject motions calling for the creation of an Interfaith Officer and for YUSU to state its support for the NUS Liber8 campaign.
When it came to the proposed creation of a Working Class & Social Mobility Officer, the PRG felt that there were very strong arguments both for and against the idea reflected in the feedback. Therefore, the PRG concluded that the best course of action would be to put the idea to the student body, holding a campus-wide referendum on the motion.
A referendum on whether YUSU should create a new Part-Time Officer to support working-class students will be held in the first term of the next academic year; a referendum motion on which students will vote either in favour or in opposition will be finalised closer to the time.
In comparison to the previous policy process, this term’s consultation was extremely thorough and brought a wide range of voices and responses to the five proposed policies. By midnight on the final night of consultation, the Coordinator had received over 12,000 words of feedback from networks, societies, campus JCRCs and individual students.
Notably, several students sent formal emails to the Coordinator, explaining their thoughts and reasoning in great detail. This provided the PRG with ample feedback to reach its decisions.
During this term’s policy process, concerns were raised over the accuracy of feedback provided by an officer. A student attending the PRG’s final meeting argued that the feedback gathered by a proper method of consultation and that it did not fully represent the views and concerns raised by the officer’s constituents.
After some consideration, the PRG elected not to launch a formal investigation into this matter. The PRG does not have the evidence to justify the start of a proper inquiry – we could not base an investigation on the student’s testimony alone, without hearing from the officer in question. Furthermore, the PRG did not want to presume that the officer had deliberately provided inaccurate feedback. Consequently, while providing bad feedback is not acceptable, the PRG does not have reason to start a major investigation so late in the policy process.
Though a formal investigation was deemed unnecessary, these concerns have been taken on board by the PRG and by staff at the union. We’d like to build on this to make positive change to our policy process. As YUSU reforms its governing documentation and the policy process, the Policy Coordinator will work with YUSU staff to produce guidelines on how consultation should take place and how to avoid conflicts of interest.
For further information, contact the Policy Coordinator, Jack Harvey, at policy@yusu.org or democracy@yusu.org.
So long, farewell, I've cleaned the house, goodbyeeee
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday: The bottom line
Microsoft delivered the largest number of updates ever in its December 2010 Patch Tuesday. Only two of the bulletins are critical and both should be high on your priority lists for immediate roll-out.
By Ryan Naraine for Zero Day | December 14, 2010 -- 13:01 GMT (05:01 PST) | Topic: Windows
Guest editorial by Wolfgang Kandek
Microsoft delivered the largest number of updates ever in its December 2010 Patch Tuesday. How many of the 17 bulletins apply in your organization depends on the exact software that you have installed, but collectively the updates apply to all versions of Windows, Microsoft Office and server software Microsoft Exchange 2007 and Microsoft Sharepoint 2007.
Only two of the bulletins are critical and both should be high on your priority lists for immediate roll-out. MS10-090 is an update for all versions of Internet Explorer and includes a fix for the zero-day vulnerability KB2458511. The underlying vulnerability is neutralized by DEP, which is standard on IE8, a good example of why keeping up with the latest software versions is beneficial to the overall robustness of the system. Microsoft has attack tracking statistics for KB2458511 on their MMPC blog, and while it seems that attacks are not very widely spread, we have heard that they have picked up recently.
The second critical bulletin is MS10-091 and it is located in the OpenType Font driver. The vulnerability can be triggered by simply browsing to a directory that contains the malicious file - no further interaction is required. Users of Windows XP and 2003 are not affected, because the "shell preview" functionality was added in the next generation of the Windows OS family. Users of Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 2008 need to apply this update and should do so immediately as this is an easily exploitable flaw.
MS10-105 fixes a flaw in the graphics filters of Microsoft Office, which can be used to take control of the targeted machine, when its users open a specifically crafted input file. Attackers have specialized in the delivery of malicious files through e-mail and web downloads, and MS10-105 should be high on the priority list as well.
Other interesting vulnerabilities addressed include MS10-092 and MS10-102:
MS10-092 is the last fix for the Stuxnet family of vulnerabilities; others were MS10-046, MS10-061 and MS10-073 . MS10-092 addresses a flaw in the Task Scheduler that can be used by a local user to gain system privileges and applies only to Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 2008.
MS10-102 is an attack on Microsoft Hyper-V and while it is "only" a denial of service attack, it illustrates a coming class of vulnerabilities where a user on a guest operating system can shutdown the host operating system on a virtual machine and multiply the impact on the attacked infrastructure.
MS10-093, 94, 95, 96 and 97 all address DLL preloading vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. DLL preloading problems came to light in August of this year and Microsoft published advisory KB2269637 to deal with this issue from an operating system perspective. While MS10-093 to 097 fix specific Microsoft products (similar to MS10-083), we recommend applying the patch and work-arounds described in this Knowledgebase article. Secunia maintains a list of 3rd party applications that have been shown vulnerable to the DLL preloading attacks. The list has over 200 vulnerable applications and includes two of the five applications (Media Encoder, Addressbook) that are being fixed this month.
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Tether Peg Cracks (As Goldman Coin Starts Trading)
Via CoinTechs.info,
Tether Peg Cracks
The cryptocurrency market rallied on Monday after a crack in the tether stablecoin led to a surge in the price of Bitcoin. A fall of 3% in tether saw Bitcoin rallying from $6,300 to blow through previous resistance at $7,250 before settling lower on the day.
The move led to gains across the entire spectrum of digital currencies with only tether showing a loss amongst the top twenty coins. The sell-off in the USDT peg is the latest twist after a bout of rumours regarding the Bitfinex exchange and problems surrounding tether wire transfers.
Tether (USDT) is a token that its creators claim is backed 1:1 by U.S. Dollars, yet this has been questioned by traders in the past.
Despite spending the early years of crypto trading as the dominant stablecoin tether is now seeing some significant competition appearing on the horizon to take the throne. Binance have recently announced their backing for the $32 million Terra project, whilst the U.S. tech giant IBM have also backed a stablecoin project which will run on the Stellar network. The Gemini project, which was founded by the Winklevoss twins has also joined the recent stablecoin party with the arrival of the Gemini Dollar (GUSD).
Enter Circle
The real competition for tether may be seen with the arrival of Circle and its USDCoin (USDC), which started trading only a few weeks ago, which the company’s CEO stated was, “basically a dollar that operates on the blockchain.” The goal is to allow a stable bridge between buying and selling cryptocurrencies from standard bank accounts. The key difference with Circle’s offering is that the customers are required to hold $1 for every USD coin in order to provide price stability.
Why is Circle a company to watch? The company was seeded by investment banking titan Goldman Sachs. Never one to miss a bull market or dodge a bear market, Goldman joined a group of illustrious investors, including Accel, Baidu and the Chinese bank CICC in a $250 million financing round. Circle has made aggressive moves in the past months to acquire the Poloniex exchange, quickly adding new coins and alongside the USDC project the company has been putting the finishing touches on some retail products.
Not content with its plans to dominate the crypto space, representatives of Circle also found time to attend a cryptocurrency roundtable hosted by Congressman Warren Davidson at the end of September as lawmakers seek to get control over the nascent financial revolution. Is it possible that Goldman Sachs sees imminent crypto regulation and a flood of retail and institutional money appearing in the space? And is it a coincidence that the tether peg is starting to crack only weeks after the arrival of Circle’s own USD stablecoin?
Show us your dollars
Coincidence or not, tether is now backed into a corner and may be forced to show their hand on the claims that they hold enough assets to back the $2.25 billion market cap that sees the coin hold seventh spot in the cryptocurrency list. A refusal to do so may see an exodus to new stablecoins and a potential rout in the stablecoin. Tether have since released a statement to reassure investors that the dollar reserve, “…remains in surplus of the 1:1 backing of USDT and has more than the necessary currency on deposit to redeem all existing tethers.”
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Get Tax Credits By Going Green At Home
By Statepoint | October 1, 2009
It’s about time homeowners got an economic stimulus of their own. The economic downturn has affected many homeowners, but a new law called the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act now is offering tax credits for energy efficient home improvements. This stimulus bill is enabling homeowners to add dollars back into their bank accounts, while reducing…
Fundraiser for Duane Hufstedler
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Fall Lawn Care Can Set The Stage For Next Season
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Dr. Joseph Williams
Dr. Joseph Williams a native son of Abilene, was back in town to launch his new book, Who Do You see in the Mirror? Dr. Williams started out by asking the crowd how they would describe behavior in our society today. Most people said we are a society that is out of control. Dr. Williams…
MALL OF ABILENE’S JCPENNEY CUSTOMERS “ROUND-UP” FOR BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ABILENE, INC.
By Floyd Miller | October 1, 2009
100 Percent of Donations from Recent “Round-Up” Program Benefit Boys & Girls of Abilene, Inc. the JCPenney Store’s Afterschool Fund PartnerBoys & Girls Club of Abilene, Inc. and JCPenney celebrate Lights On AfterschoolAbilene, TX – Thanks to funds raised through a recent “Round-Up” program at the JCPenney at The Mall of Abilene local children in…
More Photos from the West Texas Fair Parade
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West Texas Fair and Parade
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What's on Netflix > What's New on Netflix > New This Week on Netflix: May 18th, 2018
New This Week on Netflix: May 18th, 2018
by Cheryl Greenway @seagreenway on May 18, 2018, 9:00 pm EST
From zombies to comedy, you’re sure to find something great to watch this weekend on Netflix.
It’s Friday! I know you are probably busy preparing your enormous hat for the big wedding tomorrow, but you must have something to watch while you’re setting up. While you’re getting out the china and making finger sandwiches, take a look at the great selection of titles Netflix is serving up this weekend.
As with each Friday’s list, I have seen them all and would personally recommend them. For your convenience, a full list of the titles added this week is at the end of this article. To keep up with additions be sure to follow our What’s New page, updated daily.
James McAvoy stars in Wanted, streaming now.
Cargo A Netflix Film
We’re all familiar with zombie films. This one is a bit different. Martin Freeman stars as a father trying to protect his family amid a violent pandemic in the wilds of Austalia. He becomes infected and now must search for someone to raise his infant daughter, all before he submits to the illness. It’s an intense emotional drama with a lot of suspense. The performances from the lead characters really shine and pull you into the narrative. If in the mood for a horror movie, you’ll be disappointed. But if you’re up for an affecting journey, you’ll appreciate it.
Steve Carell stars as an affable but innocent single guy who spends most of his free time playing video games and curating his action-figure collection. His well-meaning friends decide it’s time for him to take a chance and find love. This film is hilarious and deserves a spot in your queue. OH, KELLY CLARKSON!
Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife Netflix Original
Ali Wong isn’t your usual female comedian. That’s a good thing. In the midst of her raunch and boisterous presence, she has a unique voice. In her second original special, she talks about motherhood and marriage as only she can. She has a way of taking topics that have become tired and worn in the hands of other comedians and making them funny again. You should definitely be spending time with her this weekend.
The Kingdom (2007)
Federal agent Ron Fleury has one week to assemble a team, infiltrate and destroy a terrorist cell. Culture shock and opposition from local law enforcement combine to hinder his progress and that of his elite team but a sympathetic Saudi police captain becomes an unexpected comrade-in-arms. Directed by Peter Berg, this is your popcorn film for the weekend. It has a lot of action, a fast pace, and tons of great actors including Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, and Jamie Foxx.
13 Reasons Why Netflix Original
Your wait is over. Picking up where Season 1 left off, we’re now pulled into a court case sparked by Hannah’s suicide. We’ll also be getting more backstory this year as her classmates and family members begin to heal and recover from the trauma of her loss. The performances from all are strong in this series and it’s a very worthy watch.
Complete List of New Titles Added This Week
Spivak (2017)
Only God Forgives (2013)
Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro: Special Edition
Chalay Thay Saath
Andaz Apna Apna (1994)
Aiyaary (2018)
Aadu 2 (2017)
Rishtey (2002)
Catching Feelings (2017) Netflix Original
Cargo (2017) Netflix Original
New TV Series
The Game 365 (2 Seasons)
Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas (Season 1)
Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce (Season 4)
LIVE (Season 1)
Inspector Gadget (Season 4) Netflix Original
Dance & Sing with True (Season 1) Netflix Original
13 Reasons Why (Season 2) Netflix Original
13 Reasons Why: Beyond the Reasons (Season 2) Netflix Original
New Documentaries
New Standup
Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife (2018) Netflix Original
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Ryan Reynolds reveals he was diagnosed with anxiety
The actor suffered whilst making Deadpool. - by Natasha Price
Ryan Reynolds has revealed that the pressure of making his hit film Deadpool caused him to suffer from a mental breakdown.
“I felt like I was on some schooner in the middle of a white squall the whole time,” he told GQ of making the superhero film.
“It just never stopped. When it finally ended, I had a little bit of a nervous breakdown. I literally had the shakes,” the 40-year-old continued.
“I went to go see a doctor because I felt like I was suffering from a neurological problem or something. And every doctor I saw said, ‘You have anxiety.’”
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds
Reynolds admitted that the attention he was receiving was hard on his nervous system.
"And I was banging the loudest drum for Deadpool. I wasn't just trying to open it; I was trying to make a cultural phenomenon," he said.
In the same interview, the Deadpool star joked that he knew wife Blake Lively, 29, was the one "after the sex".
"Probably after the sex. No, we were hanging out at this little restaurant in Tribeca that's open really late, and this song came on and I was just like, "Want to dance?" No one was in there, so it was just totally empty.
"And it was just one of those moments where halfway through the dance, it was like, "Oh, I think I just crossed a line." And then I walked her home. And, uh, you know, I don't really need to go into what happened after that."
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Hands-On With the Unbelievably Thin, Strange New MacBook
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Apple's new crazy-thin MacBook on display at the press event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.
Event attendees try the new MacBook's keyboard.
Apple has moved beyond traditional scissor switches beneath the keys. The new MacBook uses a new Apple-invented switch the company calls a butterfly switch.
The 12-inch Retina display is amazingly slim, just 0.88 millimeters thick.
The keyboard runs edge-to-edge. The trackpad barely fits---it runs all the way to the front lip of the laptop.
Apple had staff on-hand at today's event to assist journalists and VIPs.
Apple CEO Tim Cook shows off the new MacBook on-stage in San Francisco.
Apple's latest MacBook isn't a spec update. It's not an incremental upgrade. It's a totally different machine, for a different kind of person. It's also kind of ridiculous.
First of all, it is incredibly, impossibly thin. I've been using a MacBook Air for years, and this 13.1-millimeter, 2-pound device feels like an entirely different category of not-there-ness. It's amazingly sturdy for being so thin, too. The screen, the 2304 x 1400 display that I wish desperately would have also come to the Air, is lovely. It's the most important upgrade this device offers, honestly: once you start using a Retina display it's hard to go back.
In every way, this is a thing of beauty; it's no wonder Apple spent so much time talking about the engineering behind it. Everything about the MacBook is about beauty, whether it's the single USB-C port on the left side—the only port on the entire device save for a headphone jack on the right—or the new Gold, Space Gray, and Silver colors. The Gold is actually much more handsome than gaudy, but the Space Gray is my favorite of the options. It's dark and sleek, fitting for a device that's so, so very thin.
But then you use it, and the positive feelings fade a bit. For all the talk about the new butterfly keys, the new, better keyboard, I immediately hated using the keys. There's basically no travel, no movement. It's not that different from tapping on a touchscreen. I initially felt the same way about the new Force Touch trackpad, which is in most ways the same as ever, except for the new ability to sense different levels of pressure placed on it. For a minute, it was hard to get just right. I kept pressing too hard, or not hard enough, trying to select a word and get it to pop up a Wikipedia page for Kelly Slater, or to show all the Numbers documents I had open by mashing on the app icon. It only took a minute or so to figure it out, though, and once you get the hang of it, quickly fast-forwarding through a video or looking something up on Wikipedia is actually quite easy. I may come around to the butterfly keyboard in time as well, but it doesn't give a great first impression.
The MacBook itself, meanwhile, runs quite well for a device powered by a Core M processor and with no fan inside. Based on a few minutes of web browsing, typing my name over and over in a Pages document, and poking through Numbers, it seems like it's up to the tasks for which it is clearly meant. It's not for gaming, it's probably not for editing video, but it does the basics really well.
It's hard to say for sure without using the laptop more, which we'll do as soon as possible, but for the moment the new MacBook feels a bit like the Apple Watch: it's beautiful, a status symbol I'd be desperate to show to everyone I know and kind of already want to frame. It's a clear indication that Apple values form and beauty first and foremost. But it's expensive—the oddest moment of the event was when Phil Schiller announced the $1,299 starting price, and the room just deflated. It's also a little underpowered for such an expensive machine. But good lord is it beautiful.
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Marking 100 years of The Bauhaus, German lifestyle channel delivers a series of DIY tutorials to help bring its iconic modernism home...
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Alicja Jakeway 30 July, 2018
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Playing by (breaking) the rules, Pablo Alfieri talks us through his high-spirited new design studio, Playful...
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Former Hitler Youth author angers both right, left
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A new book by a former Hitler Youth, which condemns totalitarian fascism and communism, has drawn angry reactions from both the American political left and the political right.
The book is “Defeating the Totalitarian Lie: A Former Hitler Youth Warns America” by Hilmar von Campe.
In an appearance on Michael Savage’s nationally syndicated talk-radio program, von Campe pointed to similarities between the rise of totalitarianism under Adolf Hitler and the current social and political trends inside the United States, specifically mentioning the policies of Barack Obama as being similar to national socialism, which von Campe lived through.
Get Hilmar von Campe’s “Defeating the Totalitarian Lie: A Former Hitler Youth Warns America.”
On the right, Michael C. Moynihan writing for Reason Online downplayed any parallelism, writing, “Now that Naomi Wolf’s breathless tale of America’s collapse into fascism has been further repudiated (unless, that is, Hitlerian countries routinely elect people like Barack Obama), perhaps it’s time for the hysterics on the right to tremble in fear at the forthcoming machtergreifung. First, the psychopathic radio host and ‘world famous herbal expert’ Michael Savage hosts former Hitler Youth member Hilmar von Campe ‘to discuss similarities between President-elect Obama and the rise of totalitarianism under Hitler.’ Not much you can say to that, except to point out that beyond the big, excited crowds, there are absolutely no similarities.”
On the left, Mother Jones was quick to join in, referring to von Campe as “one of a bevy of conservative authors who in the weeks before the election whipped up the fear that Obama was the modern-day version of the Nazi dictator. In an Oct. 28 WorldNetDaily column, he wrote, ‘Socialist Hitler destroyed free society in a few months. Socialist Obama is close to his steppingstone.'”
Mother Jones called Savage “an over-the-top purveyor of extreme rhetoric” who, in their opinion, was not breaking new ground by scheduling von Campe as a guest. “But it’s a signal the say-anything right is not dumping the Obama-as-Hitler argument,” they continued. “Will this stuff play even to the GOP base? This sort of talk, if it becomes widespread in the months and years ahead, is more likely to separate the brimming-with-resentment conservatives from more responsible Republicans – which certainly won’t make the GOP’s repair job any easier. But politics aside, the continued use of this hysterical rhetoric raises this question: Do these agitators who liken the historic 2008 election to Hitler’s putsch hate America?”
In the lead up to the presidential election, Media Matters placed von Campe alongside radio host Mark Levin and other media figures who allegedly compared Obama to Hitler or the Nazis.
Other liberals are fighting mad about the Obama-socialism connection in the WorldNetDaily article “Ex-Hitler youth compares Obama to Nazi rise”, calling it “the most controversial essay in the final week of the election season.”
Evidence that Obama was a socialist emerged in the days leading up to the election, revealing that he “belonged to a socialist political party that sought to elect members to public office with the aim of moving the Democratic Party far leftward to ultimately form a new political party with a socialist agenda.”).
The attack by liberals on von Campe for pointing out how Obama’s political views echo this Nazi Germany agenda has not deterred the former Hitler Youth from speaking out.
“Every day brings this nation closer to a Nazi-style totalitarian abyss,” he warns. “Today in America we are witnessing a repeat performance of the tragedy of 1933 when an entire nation let itself be led like a lamb to the Socialist slaughterhouse. This time, the end of freedom is inevitable unless America rises to her mission and destiny.”
As a person who survived the nightmare of Adolf Hitler, von Campe believes he carries a sober responsibility to warn Americans how quickly free society can be destroyed through socialist ideology.
Ex-Hitler Youth issues dire warning to America
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Book sequels
Have you ever read a book that has left you needing more? That has ended on a cliffhanger and you just need the sequel right after you finished it?
It's so hard waiting for a sequel but, it is always worth it in the end. Waiting makes you crave the sequel even more and when you get it you know you will just devour it because you need answers.
So, here is a list of sequels coming out that I cannot wait for. The first books had me needing more and I cannot wait for these books to finally be out. This book will include sequels I haven't picked up yet and ones that aren't even out. I'm so ready for all of these books. Let me know what in the comments what sequels you're excited for!
The sequel to Reign Of Shadows
Luna and Fowler have escaped the kingdom of Relhok, but they haven’t escaped the darkness. When a battle against the dark dwellers mortally injures Fowler, Luna is faced with a choice: put their fate in the hands of mysterious strangers or risk losing Fowler forever.
Desperate to keep the one bright part of her life alive, Luna accepts the help of soldiers from a nearby kingdom. Lagonia’s castle offers reprieve from the dangerous outside world—until the king discovers both Fowler's and Luna’s true ties to Relhok and their influence over the throne.
Now pawns in each kingdom’s political game, Luna and Fowler are more determined than ever to escape and build the life they’ve been dreaming of. But their own pasts have a tight hold on their hearts and their destinies. Luna must embrace the darkness and fire within her before she loses not only Fowler, but the power she was destined to inherit.
Sequel to And I Darken
Lada Dracul has no allies and no throne. After failing to seize the crown she believes is hers, Lada is out to punish anyone who dares to cross her. Filled with a white-hot rage, she storms the countryside terrorizing the land. But brute force isn't getting her what she wants. And thinking of Mehmed, the sultan she might have been in love with, brings little comfort to her thorny heart. She left him before he could leave her.
Lada needs her brother Radu's subtlety and skill. But Mehmed has sent him to Constantinople as his reluctant spy. Radu longs for his sister's fierce confidence but for the first time in his life, he rejects her unexpected plea for help. Torn between loyalties to faith, to the Ottomans, and to Mehmed, he knows he owes Lada nothing. If she dies, he could never forgive himself, but if he fails in Constantinople, will Mehmed ever forgive him?
Sequel to The Potion Diaries and The Potion Diaries: Royal Tour
Having managed to find her great-grandmother's potion diary, escape the clutches of Emilia Thoth, save her grandfather's memories AND become a Master Alchemist, surely it's time for Sam to have a good, long rest? And maybe, just maybe, a proper date with her boyfriend Zain? But now that Princess Evelyn is married to the evil Prince Stefan and showing symptoms of the Gergon illness, it looks as though Sam's adventures are just beginning. The GOOD news: there might be a cure for the virus spreading like wildfire through the city. The BAD news? It's buried in a remote village in a far-flung country next to an active volcano - and Sam's not the only one after it. With a TV crew trailing Sam's every move and time fast running out, it looks like things are about to... GO VIRAL.
Sequel to Frost Blood
Ice and fire are still at war. Ruby has defeated the tyrannous Frost King, and Arcus, the exiled warrior who captured her heart, has taken his rightful place as ruler of the Frostblood kingdom. But Ruby is the only Fireblood in a castle of frost and ice, and the courtiers will not accept her. Even worse, the dark threat released from the Frost King's melted throne is stalking the land, bent on destruction - and as the one who set it free, only Ruby can stop it. To find the knowledge she needs, she must leave Arcus and journey south to the land of the Firebloods. But the homeland Ruby's never seen is treacherous, and friend and enemy wear the same face. If she's to save both kingdoms, Ruby must figure out who she can trust - and unleash a fire powerful enough to do battle with darkness . .
Sequel to Three Dark Crowns
The battle for the crown has begun, but which of the three sisters will prevail?
With the unforgettable events of the Quickening behind them and the Ascension Year underway, all bets are off. Katharine, once the weak and feeble sister, is stronger than ever before. Arsinoe, after discovering the truth about her powers, must figure out how to make her secret talent work in her favour without anyone finding out. And Mirabella, once thought to be the strongest sister of all and the certain Queen Crowned, faces attacks like never before - ones that put those around her in danger that she can't seem to prevent.
Sequel to Replica
In the world outside of the Haven Institute, Lyra and Caelum are finding it hard to be human-and Lyra, infected at Haven with a terrible disease, finds her symptoms are growing worse. When Caelum leaves without warning, Lyra follows him, seeking a pioneering organization in Philadelphia that might have a cure. But what they uncover there is a shocking connection to their past, even as their future seems in danger of collapsing.Though Gemma just wants to go back to her normal life after Haven, she soon learns that her powerful father has other plans for the replicas-unless she and her boyfriend Pete can stop him. But they soon learn that they aren't safe either. The Haven Institute wasn't destroyed after all, and now Gemma is the one behind the walls.Bestselling author Lauren Oliver brings the Replica duology to a shocking close in Ringer, but like both Gemma and Lyra, you won't be able to leave the world of Haven behind after you've turned the last page.
(US cover as the UK one isn't out yet)
Sequel to The Diabolic
It's a new day in the Empire. Tyrus has ascended to the throne with Nemesis by his side and now they can find a new way forward - one where they don't have to hide or scheme or kill. One where creatures like Nemesis will be given worth and recognition, where science and information can be shared with everyone and not just the elite. But having power isn't the same thing as keeping it, and change isn't always welcome. The ruling class, the Grandiloquy, has held control over planets and systems for centuries- and they are plotting to stop this teenage Emperor and Nemesis, who is considered nothing more than a creature and certainly not worthy of being Empress. Nemesis will protect Tyrus at any cost. He is the love of her life, and they are partners in this new beginning. But she cannot protect him by being the killing machine she once was. She will have to prove the humanity that she's found inside herself to the whole Empire - or she and Tyrus may lose more than just the throne. But if proving her humanity means that she and Tyrus must do inhuman things, is the fight worth the cost of winning it?
Sequel to Rebel Of The Sands & Traitor To The Throne
Once, in the desert country of Miraji, there was a Sultan without an heir. The heir had been killed by his own brother, the treacherous Rebel Prince, who was consumed by jealousy and sought the throne for himself. Or so it was said by some. There were others who said that the Rebel Prince was not a traitor but a hero... In the final battle for the throne, Amani must fight for everything she believes in, but with the rebellion in pieces, and the Sultan's armies advancing across the desert plains, who will lead, who will triumph, who will live and who will die?
YA MONTH - Chloe Seager
Hello everyone!!
Today I am kicking of YA month.
Last year I did a horror month in October and it went down so well I wanted to do something different. YA books are my all time favourite books and they're the ones that got me into reading so why not have a month of celebrating! So, kicking of this month is Chloe Seager author of Editing Emma which comes out 10th August and it is so good! Really funny and has it's drama-the perfect book for any YA reader and, I have a proof copy of this book to giveaway so check out my twitter to find out how you could win.
Internet Honesty
In the age of social media, we all know the online/offline balance can be a difficult one to strike. Not just in terms of time we’re dedicating to our phones, but in terms of our own personal boundaries and what we’re choosing to share/present. It’s such a common fact of life now that even as I’m typing this, I feel a bit clichéd and boring - yeah, it’s difficult, we all know it’s difficult, what’s new? But given that I grew up on the cusp of ‘the social media age,’ the fact this has become such a common problem will probably always continue to be amazing to me, no matter how normalised it has become. So that’s why I chose to talk about internet honesty for my guest post (and why it’s such a big theme of Editing Emma.)
I thought I’d talk a bit about the different social media outlets you can find me on, and how I stress about the representation of myself differently with each of them
I suppose, by comparison, good old FB is the most ‘honest’ of all my social media accounts. It’s my only ‘closed’ one left, for one thing, so not everyone can see it. It’s also somewhat an accumulation of good photos, embarrassing photos, drunk photos, ugly photos - I choose what I share on there less, because people upload terrible, unflattering photos of me all the time.
Obviously, though, I still stress about how I’m coming off on FB. I just stress about different things, like:
How many friends said happy birthday to me on my wall? How much does it look like people like me?
Two weeks ago, I turned 25. Whilst spending the day enjoying/freaking out about this milestone age, I was also intermittently checking my FB to see who’d said ‘happy birthday.’ I’ll tell you who - mainly people I literally never, ever speak to anymore, or was barely ever friends with. Most of my actual friends sent me a personal message - but did this assuage my anxiety? No. Because they didn’t do it publicly.
Who clicked ‘attending’ on my event?
Even if I know that people are coming, and logically I know that my friends do like me, if people don’t instantly click ‘attending,’ I am still anxious because it looks like no one in the world likes me. (Party for one?)
By comparison to Insta, my Facebook feels positively comforting and homely. Damn, a lot of thought and time goes into Instagram. Here’s what I stress about:
What about this filter? Or this one? Or what about this one that looks exactly the same as the last one? This one really looks better with the photo, but should I consider my overall aesthetic?Agidgdfgjkfnbjgfbnnjbjnnn NO ONE CARES. EXCEPT ME. TRAPPED ALONE IN MY HORRIBLE INSTAGRAM PRISON.
What’s my ‘theme’? WHO AM I?
Books, obviously. Books, phew. Books are my thing. Yep. Except… obviously I don’t just want to be books, I mean I want people to see I’m having a life too so sdjsnfjkjnfdjvndfjnjfj NO ONE CARES.
How many likes did I get? Do people like me?
Yes, because everyone knows the amount of likes you get directly corresponds with how many people actually like you.
How should I balance my tweets so that I come across professional and capable but also like a relatable human being?
God, you know what, let’s not even get started on the strange blend of personal and professional that is Twitter.
In conclusion, I think it’s hard sometimes. And to make it all a little easier for ourselves, we’re obviously all guilty of the odd white lie.
The other day I saw a picture of my friend, all dressed up to go out somewhere, and she looked AMAZING. It made me - in my giant pyjamas, watching Love Island alone on a Friday night - feel quite pathetic. Another friend recently told me the person she had plans with had cancelled on her and that night she was feeling really lonely, but posted a picture anyway. I will never get over how strange it is, how TOTALLY BIZARRE, that this is normal. That this is what we all do sometimes. Of course she took a picture of her hot self when she was feeling really lonely and down and uploaded it on Instagram, making it look like she was having a great night - why wouldn’t she?
There’s so much more to talk about here than I can in a short guest post, and I don’t want to blather on so, I’ll just say that my own, sometimes fraught relationship with social media is why I wanted to write Emma; someone, who, quite literally, has no filter. I wanted to let readers in on the truth of all the insecurities that were sitting behind my screen as a teenager, and hope they might relate to it. Because in amongst the strangeness of everyone becoming celebrities within their own social groups (small scale celebrities, but celebrities nonetheless) it’s been really important for me personally, to step back now and again and laugh at the whole thing, and remind myself this isn’t the complete picture.
So, to practice as I preach, here is a picture of me ‘having a whale of a time,’ when in reality I was having an awful day and feeling incredibly insecure. I admit it: THIS LAUGH IS FAKE.
Here is the photo that got posted of my scenic rowing with my boyfriend, on Lake Bled:
Here is the sweaty, grim reality:
Here is a photo of me that I shared on a night out:
Here - in the spirit of total, COMPLETE honesty - is a drunk selfie of me on the same night, crying my eyes out because I had a massive fight with my friend.
Oh and this one JKS. Clearly I was planning on threatening her with this:
Obviously like anything, social media can be wonderful and sometimes give me a much needed boost, but I think regularly reminding myself that it’s only one aspect of life has helped me to use it in a much healthier way. And a HUGE part of that has been learning to laugh at how fake it can sometimes be, and at myself for joining in with it. Laughter has helped me in low moments, reminding me who I actually am and what I actually care about, when perhaps I’ve let the anxiety of social media take over. I’m crossing my fingers that laughing at Emma might make someone else feel (at least momentarily) less fixated on their social media profiles, too :)
According to Netflix, this is NOT how my teenage life is supposed to look.'
When Emma Nash is ghosted by love of her life Leon Naylor, she does what any girl would do - spends the summer avoiding all human contact, surrounded by the Chewit wrappers he left behind.
Seeing Leon suddenly `in a relationship' on Facebook, however, spurs Emma into action. She vows to use the internet for good (instead of stalking Leon's social media),chronicling her adventures on her new Editing Emma blog.
But life online doesn't always run smoothly.
From finding her mum's Tinder profile, to getting catfished and accidentally telling the entire world why Leon Naylor is worth no girl's virginity... Surely nothing else could go wrong?!
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What to do if you're missing YALC
I'm sure you all know that YALC is this weekend and this week everyone is buzzing about how quick it has came and how excited they are.
I, on the other hand, am jealous and sad. I left it too late this year to book YALC off work and then hotel prices and train prices are just crazy expensive so, it just seemed like a no-go for me but, that doesn't mean I'm not super sad I'm not going. Especially since all the publishers are tweeting what books they are bringing and a part of me is crying inside.
So, if you are like me and not going. Here is a list of things to do during YALC -
1. Cry
It's okay to cry and be sad you're not going. They really go all out for YALC and it is basically one of the only YA conventions we have. Just saying, they need to bring it up North now and again.
2. Stalk tweets
Obviously everyone you know and their dog are going YALC and probably post about all online. You'll feel envious when looking at their tweets but won't be able to stop.
3 - Read
If you want to block it all, read! There are so many amazing books out in the world you could just turn off all your devices, curl up with some snacks and read the day away.
So, those are my top 3 tips for things to do if you're not going YALC* - I will be doing all 3.
*obvs not meant to be taken seriously. But still, I'm jealous.
Beauty And The Beast book tea party
This weekend I attended two blogger events. One in London and the other in Manchester.
The first event was held in London and I was invited to a Beauty And The Beast viewing and then afternoon tea and a book swap.
I was really excited when I got the email since it was such a surprise. The event was held in Covent Garden Hotel, which by the way is super fancy and so lovely I didn't want to leave, they had their own screening room that we all went into to watch Beauty And The Beast to celebrate the DVD release. I love the movie, I saw it when it came out so, when I got this invite I new I had to go. I was lucky enough to bring a friend. Coming from Liverpool to attend an event at 10am isn't fun. We had to get a train at 5:47am to get there early. Even though we where tired we where excited and it was such a wonderful event where I got to meet some other bloggers and people I've been talking to on Twitter.
I also have to say how lovely the staff where at Covent Garden Hotel. They were so nice and attentive and I love when we came in one of the workers, who I sadly didn't get the name off, poured us a drink and showed us in, if that isn't fancy I don't know what is.
It was rather cool watching in a small screening room that was booked just for us.
After the movie, which if you haven't seen by the way you need too it is wonderful!! We where taken into another room for afternoon tea and let me tell you, the food was wonderful. They came round with prosecco and had other drinks on the back tables.
The food was wonderful. The table was filled with scones, sandwiches and loads of little cakes and fillings for the scones. They really went all out and spoiled us. During this time we got to speak to other bloggers and do the book swap. We where all asked to bring a book with a strong female lead to swap at the afternoon tea. I brought Under Rose Tainted Skies by Louise Gornall and I Have No Secrets by Penny Joelson and the book I chose was Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman.
So a big thank you to Juliana for the invite and Sean for greeting us at the event. It was so wonderful and I was so happy that I was invited. I cannot wait to do something like this again!
3 years blogging...
Today I am celebrating that I have been blogging for 3 years.
3 years, how crazy is that?!
The years have just flown by and I am so glad I started my little blog 3 years ago. Looking at all my old post makes me realise how much I've grown as a blogger because some of my old post are bad aha.
In those 3 years I have been able to read some amazing books, meet wonderful bloggers, attend blogger events and so much more. I love the book blogging community as I have made some amazing friends, Sally, Daniel, Chelley, Viriginie, Andrew, Grace, Amy, Zoe and so many more that I just love and they have always supported me and I hope I have done the same to them.
One of my goals when I started my blog was to be quoted in a book. I love the thought of my quote being in a book I loved and it finally happened this year but not just 1, 3 books.
3 books I've been quoted in! How crazy is that! And to top that all off I one a UKYA Blogger Award last year for Champion Of Content, which I cannot get over.
One big thing I have learnt is how to say no.
Starting of as a book blogger I just wanted to get my blog out there and say yes to every review, even if it was a genre I didn't particularly like reading and I was up to my neck in reviews.
It is okay to say no to a review request. If it isn't something you read say no, if you have too much to read at the time say no. It is totally fine.
I went through a bit where I felt like I had too much to read for saying yes to everyone and then I felt bad if I couldn't get a review out on time and was worried what would happen. But, publishers and authors are fine with it. I work part-time and I am constantly in work and I only have so much time to read and get reviews and post up so, I try not to say yes to everything...
Even if the book is one of my most anticipated-I might say yes then.
I also started doing different post. The thing about blogging is, that it is your own blog. Blog about whatever you like. I love make-up and bath products and I thought I would start doing post on them and I glad I did as I've made some wonderful friends with some beauty & lifestyle bloggers.
So, this is only a short post to say thank you to all the publishers, authors, bloggers who have made the last 3 years amazing. For welcoming me and just being so wonderful. Also a big thank you to the wonderful publishers who kindly send me books to review, it makes my day when you send me a book you think I might like and, you're usually right!
So, my goal for next year is-
To finally finish my book. I am currently writing a YA Festival contemporary story.
Get quoted in more books.
Go to more blogger events.
Attend YALC-since I can't go this year :(
Anticipated books for the rest of the year
I can't believe we are already halfway through July. This year is going so fast and I haven't read as much as I wanted too but, I will try and catch up!
Today I am going to talk about books coming out in the rest of the year that I am really excited for. I've only chosen 8 but, there are so many amazing books that are yet to come out that I can't wait for and it was hard to narrow down my list also let me know what books you are excited for!
Chaol Westfall has always defined himself by his unwavering loyalty, his strength, and his position as the Captain of the Guard. But all of that has changed since Aelin shattered the glass castle, since Chaol's men were slaughtered, since the King of Adarlan spared him from a killing blow, but left his body broken.
Now he and Nesryn sail for Antica - the stronghold of the southern continent's mighty empire and of the legendary healers of the Torre Cesme. It's Chaol's one shot at recovery, and with war looming back home, Dorian and Aelin's survival could depend on Chaol and Nesryn convincing Antica's rulers to ally with them.
But what they discover there will change them both - and be more vital to saving Erilea than they could have imagined.
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Imogen is a runaway heiress, an orphan, a cook, and a cheat.
Jule is a fighter, a social chameleon, and an athlete.
An intense friendship. A disappearance. A murder, or maybe two.
A bad romance, or maybe three.
Blunt objects, disguises, blood, and chocolate. The American dream, superheroes, spies, and villains.
A girl who refuses to give people what they want from her.
A girl who refuses to be the person she once was.
Ruby has defeated the tyrannous Frost King, and Arcus, the exiled warrior who captured her heart, has taken his rightful place as ruler of the Frostblood kingdom. But Ruby is the only Fireblood in a castle of frost and ice, and the courtiers will not accept her. Even worse, the dark threat released from the Frost King's melted throne is stalking the land, bent on destruction - and as the one who set it free, only Ruby can stop it. To find the knowledge she needs, she must leave Arcus and journey south to the land of the Firebloods. But the homeland Ruby's never seen is treacherous, and friend and enemy wear the same face. If she's to save both kingdoms, Ruby must figure out who she can trust - and unleash a fire powerful enough to do battle with darkness . .
(I believe this isn't the finished cover)
As battle cries of the American Revolution echo in the distance, servants flutter about preparing for one of New York society's biggest events: the Schuylers' grand ball. Descended from two of the oldest and most distinguished bloodlines in New York, the Schuylers are proud to be one of their fledgling country's founding families, and even prouder still of their three daughters - Angelica, with her razor-sharp wit; Peggy, with her dazzling looks, and Eliza, whose beauty and charm rival those of both her sisters, though she'd rather be aiding the colonists' cause than dressing up for some silly ball.
Still, Eliza can barely contain her excitement when she hears of the arrival of one Alexander Hamilton, a mysterious, rakish young colonel and General George Washington's right-hand man. Though Alex has arrived as the bearer of bad news for the Schuylers, he can't believe his luck - as an orphan, and a bastard one at that - to be in such esteemed company. And when Alex and Eliza meet that fateful night, so begins an epic love story that would forever change the course of American history.
Reality is in the eye of the beholder...
Even among the many unusual members of the travelling circus that has always been her home sixteen-yea-old Sorina stands apart as the only illusion-worker born in hundreds of years.
This rare talent allows her to create illusions that others can see, feel and touch, with personalities all of their own. Her creations are her family, and together they make up the cast of the Festival's Freak Show.
But no matter how lifelike they may seem, her illusions are still just that-illusions, and not truly real.
Or so she always believed...until one of them is murdered.Now she must unravel the horrifying truth before all her loved ones disappear.
when a game called Warcross takes the world by storm, one girl hacks her way into its dangerous depths. For the millions who log in every day, Warcross isn't just a game - it's a way of life. Struggling to make ends meet, teenage hacker Emika Chen works as a bounty hunter, tracking down players who bet on the game illegally. Needing to make some quick cash, Emika takes a risk and hacks into the opening game of the international Warcross Championships - only to accidentally glitch herself into the action and become an overnight sensation. Convinced she's going to be arrested, Emika is shocked when she gets a call from the game's creator, the elusive young billionaire Hideo Tanaka, with an irresistible offer. He needs a spy on the inside of this year's tournament in order to uncover a security problem . . . and he wants Emika for the job. Emika's whisked off to Tokyo and thrust into a world of fame and fortune that she's only dreamed of. But soon her investigation uncovers a sinister plot, with major consequences for the entire Warcross empire.
Time is running out . . .Farway McCarthy was born outside of time. With nowhere to call home and nothing to anchor him to the present, Far captains a crew on a dangerous mission into the past.When he collides with Eliot - a mysterious, secretive girl, whose very appearance raises questions about time itself - Far immediately distrusts her.But he must take a leap of faith, following Eliot on a race against time, if he is to protect everything he's ever loved from disappearing forever . . .A fast-paced, heart-stopping journey that will leave you breathless.
Enter the Grishaverse . . .Love speaks in flowers. Truth requires thorns.Travel to a world of dark bargains struck by moonlight, of haunted towns and hungry woods, of talking beasts and gingerbread golems, where a young mermaid's voice can summon deadly storms and where a river might do a lovestruck boy's bidding but only for a terrible price.Inspired by myth, fairy tale, and folklore, no. 1 New York Times-bestselling author Leigh Bardugo has crafted a deliciously atmospheric collection of short stories filled with betrayals, revenge, sacrifice, and love.Perfect for new readers and dedicated fans, these tales will transport you to lands both familiar and strange - to a fully realized world of dangerous magic that millions have visited through the novels of the Grishaverse.This collection of six stories includes three brand-new tales, all of them lavishly illustrated with art that changes with each turn of the page, culminating in six stunning full-spread illustrations as rich in detail as the stories themselves.
Rumor Mora fears two things: hellhounds too strong for him to kill, and failure. Jude Welton has two dreams: for humans to stop killing monsters, and for his strange abilities to vanish. But in no reality should a boy raised to love monsters fall for a boy raised to kill them. Nyx Llorca keeps two secrets: the moon speaks to her, and she's in love with her best friend, Dahlia. Braeden Tennant wants two things: to get out from his mother's shadow, and to unlearn his colony’s darkest secret.To save everyone they love, they'll both have to commit treason.During one twenty-seven-hour night, these four runaways must stop the war between the colonies and the monsters from becoming a war of extinction, or the things they fear most will be all that's left.
YA MONTH
If you follow me on Twitter you know I've been organising a YA month for August. Each day in August I will be having a YA author with a guest post, Q&A, extract, giveaway etc and I have been really busy getting everything done and now I can give you the line-up of the wonderful authors taking part! I won't tell you what post they are doing but, let me say there are some amazing things coming in August!
Also-use the hashtag TRCYAMONTH to keep up with everything that will be going on.
There was quite a few authors who wanted to take part so it will be starting 31st July and ending 1st September. Some of these dates may change but so far, this is how it will go.
August anticipated releases
Can you believe we are almost halfway through July?
I'm so ready for Christmas.
Anywaaay, next month in August I will be hosting a YA month with loads of brilliant authors and bloggers filled with guest post and giveaways so keep an eye out for that. But, also in August there are some amazing books coming out and these are the ones I am so excited for.
Featuring top Young Adult authors and introducing a host of exciting new voices, this anthology of stories and poetry from BAME writers on the theme of change is a long-overdue addition to the YA scene. Contributors include Tanya Byrne, Inua Ellams, Catherine Johnson, Patrice Lawrence, Ayisha Malik, Irfan Master, Musa Okwonga and Nikesh Shukla. Plus introducing four fresh new voices in YA fiction: Mary Bello, Aisha Bushby, Yasmin Rahman and Phoebe Roy.
It is the autumn term and Greer MacDonald is struggling to settle into the sixth form at the exclusive St. Aidan the Great boarding school, known to its privileged pupils as S.T.A.G.S. Just when she despairs of making friends Greer receives a mysterious invitation with three words embossed upon on it: huntin' shootin' fishin'. When Greer learns that the invitation is to spend the half term weekend at the country manor of Henry de Warlencourt, the most popular and wealthy boy at S.T.A.G.S., she is as surprised as she is flattered.
But when Greer joins the other chosen few at the ancient and sprawling Longcross Hall, she realises that Henry's parents are not at home; the only adults present are a cohort of eerily compliant servants. The students are at the mercy of their capricious host, and, over the next three days, as the three bloodsports - hunting, shooting and fishing - become increasingly dark and twisted, Greer comes to the horrifying realisation that those being hunted are not wild game, but the very misfits Henry has brought with him from school...
From his seat in the tiny aeroplane, Fred watches as the mysteries of the Amazon jungle pass by below him. He has always dreamed of becoming an explorer, of making history and of reading his name amongst the lists of great discoveries. If only he could land and look about him.
As the plane crashes into the canopy, Fred is suddenly left without a choice. He and the three other children may be alive, but the jungle is a vast, untamed place. With no hope of rescue, the chance of getting home feels impossibly small.
Except, it seems, someone has been there before them
Having managed to find her great-grandmother's potion diary, escape the clutches of Emilia Thoth, save her grandfather's memories AND become a Master Alchemist, surely it's time for Sam to have a good, long rest? And maybe, just maybe, a proper date with her boyfriend Zain? But now that Princess Evelyn is married to the evil Prince Stefan and showing symptoms of the Gergon illness, it looks as though Sam's adventures are just beginning. The GOOD news: there might be a cure for the virus spreading like wildfire through the city. The BAD news? It's buried in a remote village in a far-flung country next to an active volcano - and Sam's not the only one after it. With a TV crew trailing Sam's every move and time fast running out, it looks like things are about to... GO VIRAL ..
She will become a legend but first she is Diana, Princess of the Amazons. And her fight is just beginning . . . Diana is desperate to prove herself to her warrior sisters. But when the opportunity comes, she throws away her chance at glory and breaks Amazon law to save a mere mortal, Alia Keralis. With this single heroic act, Diana may have just doomed the world. Alia is a Warbringer - a descendant of the infamous Helen of Troy, fated to bring about an age of bloodshed and misery. Diana and Alia will face an army of enemies, mortal and divine, determined to destroy or possess the Warbringer.To save the world, they must stand side by side against the tide of war.
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Northwest Asian Weekly: Op-ed on secure scheduling
Working Washington May 26, 2016
Northwest Asian Weekly, 5/26/2016
By Sejal Parikh, Executive Director of Working Washington.
Unstable, unpredictable schedules are wreaking havoc on the lives of workers, disrupting their families, and unsettling our communities. If you don’t get your schedule until right before the workweek starts, your life becomes a constant scramble and it’s almost impossible to make time to help your kids with their homework, participate in your community, or even make an appointment.
You can’t make a budget if you can’t predict your paycheck because your hours change dramatically from one week to the next. And you can’t build a better future when your boss won’t give you the flexibility to go back to school, get a second job, or start your own business.
Capitol Hill Seattle Blog: ‘Clopening’ time: Seattle on the clock for secure scheduling
Capitol Hill Seattle Blog, 5/26/2016
The subject has been bubbling up in Seattle public discourse for around six months now. Last fall, local progressive labor advocacy organization Working Washington and Starbucks baristas protested their inconsistent and unpredictable work schedules, which labor advocates say act as barriers for low-income workers to scheduling life necessities like college classes or childcare or budgeting living expenses.
A few months later, in his 2016 state of the city speech, Mayor Ed Murray highlighted secure scheduling as a key low-wage worker equity issue and said his office would work with the City Council to address it.
The Olympian: Minimum wage backers slam Olympia council with poetry
The Olympian, 5/18/2016
A handful of people from Working Washington have been weekly fixtures at the council’s public comment period to advocate for a $15 minimum wage in Olympia and beyond.
The supporters took it to the next level Tuesday in what could have been the first organized poetry slam at an Olympia council meeting.
Councilman Jim Cooper said he looks forward to more conversations about raising the living wage and establishing more rights for workers such as paid sick leave.
“This is the most beautiful public comment in my four and a half years on the city council,” Cooper said.
Publicola: Starbucks policy is to post schedules for its store employees two weeks in advance
Publicola, 5/10/2016
Starbucks policy is to post schedules for its store employees two weeks in advance. But Working Washington, the labor group that’s campaigning for stricter labor regulations around service economy scheduling practices (such as mandating advance scheduling and compensation for schedules that come with surprise changes that cut hours), posted a picture on its website from an employee room scheduling board at a local Starbucks that shows management there doesn’t appear to be scheduling beyond the current week.
Reuters: Supreme Court rejects challenge to Seattle minimum wage law
Working Washington May 2, 2016
Reuters, 5/2/2016
Working Washington, a coalition of labor and nonprofit groups that spearheaded the campaign to pass Seattle's wage law, called the Supreme Court's move not to hear the case a victory for workers.
"The big business lobby has thrown everything they got at Seattle workers," the group said, "but they keep on losing, and the economy continues to boom."
Seattlish: Why is it so difficult to enforce the minimum wage?
Working Washington April 27, 2016
Seattlish, 4/27/2016
“It’s been five years since Seattle passed sick days and more than a year since the beginning of the phase in to $15, and we still hear every day from people who work in coffee, fast food, and other jobs who don’t know what they’re supposed to get paid and don’t know they can take a sick day when they get sick,” says Sejal Parikh, Executive Director of Working Washington, who rolled out a wage information tool long before the OLS dashboard made it out the door.
Seattle Met: Seattle’s Next Big Labor Battle Will Be Over Flexible Scheduling
Seattle Met, 4/22/2016
A lot of service workers...are feeling the pinch right now, and scheduling rights are Seattle’s next big labor battle. More than 70 percent of workers between ages 26 and 32 report fluctuating hours—with 50 percent of that same group reporting a weekly change of more than eight hours compared to their supposed schedule. And over 40 percent of hourly workers know their schedules just a week in advance.
The Atlantic: What Follows the Fight for $15?
The Atlantic, 4/15/16
Sejal Parikh, the director of Working Washington, a labor group that organized workers in favor of a $15 minimum wage, describes scheduling legislation as the logical next step in the movement for helping low-wage workers.
“Workers will tell us that raising the minimum wage is definitely something that they needed, but it’s really hard when they don’t know what their schedules are,” says Parikh. “[How can] they go talk to their city council members about raising the minimum wage [if] they wouldn't know when their schedules were?”
Northwest Asian Weekly: Unstable work schedules hit API women hardest
Working Washington April 7, 2016
Northwest Asian Weekly, 4/7/2016
Survey finds unpredictable work schedules are pervasive in Seattle’s service industry, particularly for women and people of color.
Working Washington says businesses need to do a better job of giving out work schedules with more advance notice.
In a report released March 31, the union-funded advocacy group wrote, “Unpredictable, insecure schedules have become an emergency for thousands of Seattle workers who are denied the flexibility they need to plan time with their families, live balanced lives, and participate in their communities.”
Civic Skunk Works: New Report Reveals a Scheduling Emergency for Service Workers
Civic Skunk Works, 4/1/2016
Recently, Working Washington interviewed over 300 service industry Seattle workers about their schedules. If you don’t work in the service industry, or if you haven’t worked in the service industry for over a decade, you might find the results to be shocking.
Of the 300 people Working Washington talked to, the average part-time work week was 25 hours, with a weekly variability of 14.9 hours—so you might work ten hours one week and 40 hours the next. In fact, three-quarters of all those employees polled saw their weekly schedules regularly grow or shrink by 8 hours or more. How do you plan around a schedule like that, with a full days work (and pay) disappearing and reappearing at random? How do you budget rent, food, transportation and all the other necessities, knowing that you very well might get three ten-hour weeks in a row?
The Stranger: Survey Finds Many Hourly Workers in Seattle Get Their Work Schedules with Little Advance Notice
Working Washington March 31, 2016
The Stranger, 3/31/2016
Working Washington has a message for business advocates who say unpredictable scheduling isn't a problem for hourly workers: Get your heads out of the sand.
More than half of workers surveyed said they had been worked "clopenings" and most said they experienced significant changes in the total number of hours they're scheduled from week to week. Of the 300 workers surveyed, most filled out an online survey; 98 were questioned by Working Washington staff or their fellow employees with a "detailed one-on-one field survey instrument."
PSBJ: What the hoax email rescheduling the Starbucks annual meeting was really about
Puget Sound Business Journal, 3/24/2016
When an email hit inboxes early Wednesday morning saying the annual Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX) shareholder meeting was rescheduled, the hoax caught the attention of some local news outlets.
A half dozen baristas organized by Working Washington were outside of Wednesday’s meeting handing out coffee sleeves with the hashtag #OurTimeCounts printed on them. During the Q&A portion of the meeting, a Starbucks employee asked Schultz if improving employee scheduling was something Starbucks was considering.
Seattle Times: Starbucks CEO put on the spot about workers’ unpredictable work hours
Seattle Times, 3/23/2016
The email went out early Wednesday, an official-looking message to reporters saying that the Starbucks annual shareholders meeting, long slated for later that morning, was being rescheduled due to “exigent business needs.”
That turned out to be a hoax — but one with a serious message for Starbucks.
The email — complete with hoax website — was sent by Working Washington, a union-backed advocacy group that has been pushing for more consistent scheduling for workers, including those at Starbucks.
Real Change: Seattle workers ask City Council for predictability in their hours
Real Change, 3/16/2016
According to research out of the University of Chicago, companies rely on labor flexibility to control costs. That means that employees could be called in or sent home with little to no warning, hurting their ability to plan their finances and their lives.
That puts significant strain on workers, particularly those with families, said Sejal Parikh, executive director of Working Washington, an organization that advocates for workers’ rights.
“One of our fast food workers, she gets her schedule on Sunday for the following Monday, and she doesn’t know what kind of child care she can provide for her family,” Parikh told the committee.
Fox News: Seattle pushes sweeping new rules for worker schedules, employers cry foul
Working Washington February 25, 2016
Fox News, 2/25/2016
The ordinance is still being written, but it is expected to include:
A guarantee that workers get at least 11 hours of down time between shifts
A requirement that workers get schedules a week in advance, or else be paid time-and-a-half if shifts are added inside that timeframe
A requirement that employers pay employees for a few hours of work not performed if shifts are taken away
Several of these components are being pushed by Working Washington, the same group that successfully fought for a $15 minimum wage in Seattle.
KING 5: What 'livable' schedules could look like in Seattle
Working Washington February 9, 2016
KING 5, 2/9/2016
“It would be simple to say, ‘OK, you want 30 hours, we’ll give you an average of 30 hours’ and then actually make it happen," said Starbucks barista Ilana Greenberg, who is associated with Working Washington.
KUOW: After Fair Wage Fight, Local Workers Seek Fair Workweek
KUOW, 2/4/2016
Bill Radke speaks with Darrion Sjoquist, a Starbucks barista and member of the labor group Working Washington, about why he and other workers are calling for Seattle City Council to regulate scheduling of shift work.
KIRO: Workers ask city leaders to help with unstable schedules
KIRO, 2/4/2016
Ilana Greenberg said the company has promised not to do that, but it still happens: “I definitely have co-workers and shift supervisors, even, who wind up getting out of work at 9:30, being back at 4 a.m. And it’s impossible to function that way.”
Greenberg said she sometimes works 38 hours, and sometimes she is scheduled for 15. She also said sometimes one may be called into work suddenly, or told to go home early if business is slow.
Seattle Times: Seattle council may tackle ‘livable’ schedules for area workers
Seattle Times, 2/4/2016
Councilmembers Lisa Herbold (District 1) and Lorena González (Position 9) heard workers speak about scheduling problems, then said they would pursue legislation.
Two Starbucks employees, a former Starbucks employee and a Domino’s Pizza employee took part Thursday. They called scheduling by the companies “inconsistent,” “inconsiderate,” “unpredictable” and “disrespectful.” The panelists have enjoyed working in the service industry but find the lifestyle unsustainable, they said.
Seattle Times: Lawmaker proposes striking down local minimum-wage laws
Working Washington January 26, 2016
Calling higher minimum wages “a disaster for small business owners,” a GOP state lawmaker Tuesday introduced a bill to strike down local laws like Seattle’s $15-per-hour measure.
In a statement, the advocacy organization Working Washington described lawmakers like Baumgartner as “pro-poverty wage extremists.”
Seattle is evidence that higher wages are good for the economy, “because more people with more money means more customers for more businesses,” said Sage Wilson, communications director for Working Washington.
In a show of how far the minimum-wage movement has advanced, the Washington Restaurant Association said in November that it now actively supports raising the state’s minimum wage.
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Where am I? > Home > News > Escaped cat halts Air Canada flight
Escaped cat halts Air Canada flight
The Air Canda flight eventually departed for Toronto after Ripples the cat was found and returned to its carrier
An Air Canada flight was delayed on Wednesday while cabin crew and passengers searched for an escaped cat.
The pet, called Ripples, ran amok on Flight 603 to Toronto after escaping from its carrier and running into the cockpit.
Given that the feline's penchant for adventure delayed the flight for several hours, its owner might want to purchase travel insurance in the future to ensure they are covered against flight cancellations.
The flight, which was supposed to depart from Halifax Stanfield International Airport at 5.30am, eventually departed when Ripples was located and returned to its carrier.
Speaking to CBC News, passenger Kyle Warkentin said: "It's hilarious, really. It's so random."
Mr Warkentin revealed that a flight attendant announced they were searching for an escaped cat. The cabin crew apologised as time ticked by and the cat was still not found.
He added: "Then the engine turned off and the whole power on the plane turned off, and they said they were doing this to calm the cat."
Air Canada permits small animals to be taken as hand luggage on all flights expect for those to Hawaii. They must be housed in a carrier, which must fit under the passenger's seat.
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Where am I? > Home > Travel Insurance Quotes > Worldwide Travel Insurance > Travel database 'could provide added protection'
Travel database 'could provide added protection'
A government database storing details of every international journey made by Brits could help improve consumer confidence over issues such as overseas card fraud and terrorism.
That is according to travelsupermarket.com, which was commenting on the new plans tot keep computerised records of all 250 million journeys annually made in and out of the UK for up to ten years, as first reported by the BBC.
Storing details including names, addresses, telephone numbers, seat reservations, travel itineraries and credit card details of all travellers, the database could provide holidaymakers with an extra layer of protection beyond their travel insurance policies.
Duncan Barraclough, head of hotels at the website, suggested that measures such as this are designed to help endow travellers with "added consumer confidence".
"Whether a central database is the answer remains to be seen but it's clear that there are areas of improvement the banks can make [to cut down on fraud] and this highlights that," he added.
Statistics from payment industry trade association Apacs suggest that plastic card fraud rose by 14 per cent to £301.7 million in the first six months of 2008 - 40 per cent of this rise was attributed to illicit activity conducted overseas.
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World Steel Association elects new officers and welcomes new members
18 October 2018 Tokyo, Japan
The Board of Directors of the World Steel Association (worldsteel) yesterday elected the following new officers for 2018/2019 at the worldsteel General Assembly in Tokyo. The new officers are elected for a one-year period:
Chairman: André JOHANNPETER, Executive Vice Chairman, Gerdau S.A.
Vice Chairman: YU Yong, Chairman, HBIS Group Co., Ltd.
Vice Chairman: Kosei SHINDO, President, Representative Director, Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC)
Treasurer: Sajjan JINDAL, Chairman and Managing Director, JSW Steel Limited
The Board of Directors also elected the 2018/19 Executive Committee:
Wolfgang EDER, voestalpine AG
John FERRIOLA, Nucor Corporation
Sajjan JINDAL, JSW Steel Limited
André JOHANNPETER, Gerdau S.A.
Koji KAKIGI, JFE Steel Corporation
Lakshmi MITTAL, ArcelorMittal
Alexey MORDASHOV, Severstal (PAO)
Thachat Viswanath NARENDRAN, Tata Steel Limited
Roger NEWPORT, AK Steel Corporation
Paolo ROCCA, Techint Group
Kosei SHINDO, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC)
YU Yong, HBIS Group Co., Ltd.
Edwin BASSON, World Steel Association
The Board of Directors also welcomed the following companies as new members of worldsteel:
Associate members (steel companies producing less than 2 million short tons (1.8 metric tonnes) per annum):
Liberty Speciality Steel, represented by Jonathan BOLTON
Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited, represented by Fahad JAVAID
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Mike Sands
News Anchor/Sports Director
Mike Sands serves at evening news anchor and Sports Director for WLBT and Fox40 News.
Prior to that, Mike was a sports anchor and reporter at WLBT and Fox 40 beginning in March 2014. One of his first big assignments was following Ole Miss all the way to Omaha.
Mike is a native of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania and a graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia.
Mike moved to the Mississippi Delta, serving as Sports Director and news anchor at WABG.
Mike has developed a true appreciation and understanding of what Mississippians want in their news and sportscasts in his years working in the Magnolia State, and asks only one thing in return: if you see him walking passed your tailgate, ignore all rules you learned as a child at the zoo and please do feed him.
Temple University, Broadcast Journalism
Recent Articles by Mike
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