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Iranian government blocks media apps, cuts SAT-7 off from communication with viewers
One Christian Radio > Mission Network News > Iranian government blocks media apps, cuts SAT-7 off from communication with viewers
January 12, 2018 Mission Network Newsadmin
Iran (MNN) – Protests which began on December 28 have since subsided in Iran. These protests, the largest the country has experienced in decades, began as a shout against economic struggles and a call for the government to care more about the people inside the country than out of it.
Iran’s Call for Help
The protests popped up across Iran in 80 cities. The results? More than 1,000 people have been arrested and 22 people are dead. NBC News reports that the leaders of the protests who are in custody could face reprimands as extreme as capital punishment.
But, it seems the time for reining in unrest through forceful means may have ended. The social climate surrounding the protests has been building for a while and doesn’t seem like it’s about to go away.
SAT-7’s Vice President for ministry Partnerships Dennis Wiens shares, “There’s been years of frustration. There’s been poor economic opportunity. People are growing more and more frustrated.
“And, you know, regardless of where you are around the world– you want meaning, you want purpose, you want significance in life. And I think we’re seeing a symptom today of a lack of that opportunity. And people search for hope and when you live in a hopeless situation economically and stuff, you become frustrated.”
Caught in the Middle
Despite being non-political, SAT-7—a satellite television ministry to the Middle East and North Africa—has been caught in the crosshairs of the recent Iranian protests. In trying to contain the protests, the Iranian government also blocked multiple ways that SAT-7 PARS communicates with viewers.
“They’re blocking some of the internet access,” Wiens explains. “They’re blocking some of the apps like Telegram App, and that’s very important to SAT-7 PARS broadcast because we use the Telegram App for distribution of content and for follow up and for encouragement and to distribute some of our programming.”
While the government has blocked access to the internet and social media sites in order to cut people off from planning larger organized protests, it’s also cut off Iranian Christians from communicating with Sat-7. And in times of unrest, young believers are sure to have questions needing answers.
(Photo courtesy of SAT-7 PARS via Facebook)
However, it is currently impossible to block satellite television, which means SAT-7 can still air broadcasts and the Gospel message into homes across Iran.
“Sat-7’s vision is to see a growing church and not only a growing church, but a church that’s contributing to its culture and its society,” Wiens shares. “And so as everybody in the country is given economic opportunity, it impacts the religious groups.”
So please, pray for the Iranian Church and church leaders as they confront the realities of the present time. Pray for this app blockade to end and for the public and international pressures to keep these apps from being blocked in the future. And finally, pray for the Gospel’s work in Iran.
For more ways to get involved, click here!
Tangibly support SAT-7 PARS here!
*Iran is currently ranked #10 on Open Doors USA’s 2018 World Watch List (WWL). The WWL is a ranking of the top 50 countries where Christian persecution is most severe.
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Democratic candidates
Thread starter RNG
Left coast
I get criticised for expressing an opinion on these things since I am a foreigner, but as I have posted, the US is the elephant in the Canadian economic living room and I do have a vested interest in it.
And it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that has read any of my posts that I am not a fan of the current Republican president. Which is strange because until Obama, I always supported the Republican candidates.
But a review of my view of Democratic candidates leading to a question:
I think Sanders and Biden are too old and Biden is same old but Sanders, as much as I like his ideas is too much, to fast.
The others are basically all OK but to me don't really have a spark to their campaigns.
I like Beto and Pete. But, Beto has been weak in expressing his policy positions whereas Pete has talked about them a lot.
My question. In today's America, can Pete make it being openly gay and displaying this with his husband?
RNG said:
I don't think the Democrats have any decent candidates. If you take Kamala Harris as an example, the democrats are not taking 2020 seriously.
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HayJenn
I would hope that Pete could make it - but as you see here, lots of anti-gay people still abound.
I have no idea what one's sexuality has anything to do with actual governing.
As evidenced in the recent midterm where you gay, bisexual and transgender candidates win.
Pete has? Can you tell me five of his policies or positions?
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I think the 3 people who care that hes gay arent worth the effort, unkess of course you are going to use that to hang around the heads of everyone who may criticize him.
Have you figured out any policies or positions he supports yet or are we still doing that “cult of personality” nonsense?
bajisima
I think so. Americans tend to vote for personality a lot and Pete has an abundance of it. I dont think him being gay will matter. Sure there will be 30% or so who wont vote for a gay person, but they wouldnt vote for him anyways. I did hear a very interesting question at a town hall last week when Pete was up here in NH campaigning. One person asked him "how will some nations treat him as a gay president. They also asked if he would even be allowed to go to certain countries who dont like gays." It sort of took him back for a second before he responded as I dont think he had considered it. He would be in danger in some areas like Brunei or even possibly Saudi Arabia.
Well ....
He's gay ......
And ...... uhm ..... he's gay.
Did I mention he was gay?
[sarc off]
spyydrr
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I agree. None of them have any good ideas, except to raise taxes and do more harm than good.
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bmanmcfly
C-A-N-A-D-A-Eh
You beat me to it...
The Democrat party is so filled with hate that they haven't even been able to consider the possibility of running another candidate.
They are fighting for impeachment so hard that I don't believe they will allow themselves to give up until way too late, and even then, they don't have a candidate that actually has a vision beyond "not trump"...
Anti-agenda's NEVER win.
I watched the townhall on cnn with pete last night. I was very disappointed. A bunch of low ball questions, but basically he was clear on three things. He supports the green new deal, getting rid of the electoral system, and he said he would not let people in jail vote. The rest of it was gobbly gook and double talk. I noticed not that many clapped when he said to get rid of the electoral system. Maybe there were some smart people in there. Of course he can get elected being gay. Its the pc thing to be now. Perhaps not down south, but everywhere else. Actually, I watched all the townhalls and they basically all support the same things, however, Klobachar did not support medicare for all. I liked her stance on hc the most. It actually made sense.
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Growing magnetic fields in deep space: Just wiggle the plasma
by Raphael Rosen, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
The researchers from left: PPPL graduate student Denis St-Onge, Princeton University professor of astrophysical sciences Matthew Kunz, and PPPL director Steven Cowley. Credit: Elle Starkman
Contrary to what many people believe, outer space is not empty. In addition to an electrically charged soup of ions and electrons known as plasma, space is permeated by magnetic fields with a wide range of strengths. Astrophysicists have long wondered how those fields are produced, sustained, and magnified. Now, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have shown that plasma turbulence might be responsible, providing a possible answer to what has been called one of the most important unsolved problems in plasma astrophysics.
The researchers used powerful computers at the Princeton Institute for Computational Science and Engineering (PICSciE) and the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) at the DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to simulate how the turbulence could intensify magnetic fields through what is known as the dynamo effect, in which the magnetic fields become stronger as the magnetic field lines twist and turn. "This work constitutes an important step toward answering for the first time the question of whether turbulence can amplify magnetic fields to dynamical strengths in a hot, dilute plasma, such as that residing within clusters of galaxies," said Matthew Kunz, an astrophysics professor at Princeton University and an author of the paper, which was published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Past research has focused on dynamos as they might occur in so-called collisional plasmas, in which particles collectively behave as a fluid. But intergalactic plasmas are collisionless, so past experiments are not necessarily relevant. This new research is meant to address that gap. "We wanted to see how the dynamo would behave in the collisionless regime," said Denis St-Onge, graduate student in the Princeton Program in Plasma Physics at PPPL and lead author of the paper.
St-Onge and Kunz focused on the ways in which the velocities and magnetic fields of individual particles within collisionless plasma are directly linked. This linkage—if one quantity increases or decreases, the other must, too—would seem to rule out the existence of a dynamo. "If this were the whole story, it would be disastrous for the dynamo," said St-Onge. "To match what we observe in space, the dynamo would have to increase the strength of the seed magnetic field by at least a factor of one trillion, but the energy of the particles would also have to increase, and there's just not enough available energy in the dynamo for that to happen."
To produce the strength of magnetic fields observed in space, the tie that binds particle energy to magnetism must be severed. This is just what St-Onge and Kunz observed in the computer simulations: that types of plasma turbulence known as mirror and firehose instabilities caused the plasma particles to scatter, and scattering broke the link between particle energy and magnetism and allowed the amplitudes of the magnetic fields to grow closer to what is observed in nature.
Future research, St-Onge notes, will focus on why this turbulent scattering occurs. "In addition, we would like to investigate the specifics of particle scattering," St-Onge said. "How exactly do the instabilities cause the particles to scatter, how often does the scattering occur, and can the scattering lead to sudden, dramatic growth of a magnetic field? The last idea is a notion proposed by PPPL Director Steven Cowley years ago. We would like to investigate whether this is true."
Discovering a previously unknown role for a source of magnetic fields
More information: Denis A. St-Onge et al, Fluctuation Dynamo in a Collisionless, Weakly Magnetized Plasma, The Astrophysical Journal (2018). DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aad638
Journal information: Astrophysical Journal , Astrophysical Journal Letters
Provided by Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Citation: Growing magnetic fields in deep space: Just wiggle the plasma (2018, November 5) retrieved 15 July 2019 from https://phys.org/news/2018-11-magnetic-fields-deep-space-wiggle.html
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gculpex
"This work constitutes an important step toward answering for the first time the question of whether turbulence can amplify magnetic fields to dynamical strengths in a hot, dilute plasma, such as that residing within clusters of galaxies"
Any time now...
jonesdave
And your point is......................? Nothing, as usual.
Come on, woo boy. What......'any time now'? Hmmm? Spit it out, or STFU, yes? Another EU idiot, I'm guessing. Doesn't know any science, so can't post any. Sad muppets, them lot.
holoman
I call them resonating soliton particles.
Eikka
They laughed at Galileo...
But, Galileo proposed that the Sun sits at the center of the solar system instead of everything revolving around the Earth, and as proof he proposed the tides which would be caused by the centrifugal action of the earth going around a stationary sun. However, he could not explain why the tides come in twice a day, because he did not know what gravity is and how it applies to celestial objects.
So later on, when the heliocentric system was vindicated, Galileo's cosmology actually wasn't. He got the "what" somewhat right, but his theories about the "why" and "how" were entirely wrong and he failed to make a compelling argument, yet he kept on insisting that he's right. He was still a crank by all standards.
So mind that when you interpret new results to fit your old woo.
They also laughed at Bozo the clown. Rightly. :)
Old_C_Code
So mind that when you interpret new results to fit your old woo
What old woo? what new woo? what are you even talking about? So magnetic field strength increases when lines are twisted, so f**king what? So now the Sun is powered by the galaxy?
TheGhostofOtto1923
"Growing magnetic fields in deep space: Just wiggle the plasma"
Wait - what??
Plasma antennas in space are a barely mentioned phenomena, but some research has been performed. They exist at all scales and will be found to have far greater importance than presently acknowledged.
Whistler Wave Antennas - UCLA Physics & Astronomy
http://www.physic...dex.html
Plasma Antennas - DTIC
http://www.dtic.m...7637.pdf
Huh? They are using a man made antenna to induce whistler waves in lab plasmas. To study them. Whistler mode waves are well known phenomena. There are, to my knowledge, a vanishingly small number of man made antennae floating around in space.
cantdrive85
The plasma ignoramuses keep trying, yet they are pissing into the wind. They still favor modeling their non-existent pseudo-plasma ILO real plasma. Their non-plasma fluid models omit many real plasma phenomena that are of primary importance to the creation of the electric currents that are really responsible for the creation of cosmic magnetic fields. They're trying, but their astrophysical training is blinding those attempts.
And what the hell would you know? You know Jack sh!t about plasma physics, and nor do any of your fellow scientifically illiterate cultists.
And what the hell would you know?
I know the following fact based comment is still very true. The plasma ignoramuses are still decades behind where Alfvén was about 45-years-ago.
"Students using astrophysical textbooks remain essentially ignorant of even the existence of plasma concepts, despite the fact that some of them have been known for half a century. The conclusion is that astrophysics is too important to be left in the hands of astrophysicists who have gotten their main knowledge from these textbooks. Earthbound and space telescope data must be treated by scientists who are familiar with laboratory and magnetospheric physics and circuit theory, and of course with modern plasma theory."
Hahahahaha. More deification of a long dead scientist. Pathetic. Today's plasma physicists know far more than Alfven ever did.
More deification of a long dead scientist.
Alfvén passed in 1995, after a lifetime developing a new branch of physics, plasma physics. It's no more of a deification than the darkists references to the actually long dead Einstein. Today's plasma ignoramuses still believe in concepts Alfvén moved along from in the 1950's. As usual, your "facts" are backwards.
Bullsh!t. Alfven went off course long before his death. He got magnetic reconnection totally wrong, and underestimated his own MHD. He was pretty much an irrelevance from the 70s onwards, and seemed to get overly arrogant after his Nobel Prize, expounding too much on cosmology stuff that he should have left well alone, whilst berating others who knew more about what they were doing than he gave them credit for.
Earthbound and space telescope data must be treated by scientists who are familiar with laboratory and magnetospheric physics and circuit theory, and of course with modern plasma theory."
The modern plasma astrophysicists are well acquainted with lab physics. And understand the magnetosphere better than Alfven ever did, due to in-situ measurements made since his time, and have not cocked up on magnetic reconnection as he did. And circuit theory is not telling you anything about the plasma. And modern plasma theory' has moved on considerably since Alfven's day, and the physicists have moved with it. Only an idiot would cling to stuff that was in vogue 40 or 50 years ago.
The modern plasma astrophysicists are well acquainted with lab physics.
LOL! By tying strings to water balloons...
And MRx is the same pseudoscientific claptrap as it was 40-years-ago. The plasma ignoramuses are well on their way down a dead-end path they will have to return from, only to attempt to retrace the path Alfvén blazed long ago.
Give up you idiot. Magnetic reconnection is seen in-situ, as well as in the lab. Alfven was wrong then, and he is still wrong now. As shown by the fact that not a single plasma physicist agrees with him. Nobody is denying reconnection happens. He was lagging behind by the 70s, and is further out of date now.
Lots of natural plasma antennas out there though, including loops. What do you think the current loop at Saturn is? Where do you think all the radio emissions come from?
Just link to the papers where this is spelled out.
It's no more of a deification than the darkists references to the actually long dead Einstein.
Nope. Einstein is recognised as one of the greatest scientific minds of all time. However, that does not mean that everything he said was correct. He was wrong about QM. He was wrong about BHs. People didn't just accept what he said because of who he was. However, that is what EU wooists do with Alfven, even where he's provably wrong. They also have a funny habit of ignoring things that he said that disagree with their woo. Such as the Sun being powered by fusion.
Magnetic reconnection is seen in-situ, as well as in the lab.
Something is seen to happen, but it doesn't include the pseudoscientific claptrap plasma ignoramuses are claiming.
Yes it does, and nobody is claiming otherwise. Only idiots like you. MR is a fact. Get over it. Falthammar would tell you the same, as would Alfven, if he'd lived long enough to see the evidence that his erstwhile co-author had. The only idiots denying this observed phenomenon are EU dolts, none of whom are scientifically qualified to understand Jack sh!t about it.
Yes it does, and nobody is claiming otherwise.
Well, at least you admit it. At least you acknowledge the plasma ignoramuses rely on pseudoscientific claptrap.
Nope. MR is an established scientific fact, and nobody is challenging that, except for uneducated idiots like you. End of story.
MR is an established scientific fact, and nobody is challenging that
Well you are right that some event happens, and you are right the plasma ignoramuses call it that. But the fact of the matter is that none of the pseudoscientific claptrap that the plasma ignoramuses claim is happening certainly does not happen.
Wrong. And no scientist is saying otherwise. Your uneducated opinion is worthless.
Steelwolf
Poor jd's world is really falling apart these days, above story buries him with his denials.
We also have This:
https://arxiv.org...4401.pdf
Really jd, you need to step up to Modern Science. Funny you pushing magnetic reconnection, which happens at all scales, and your years of saying electric currents dont happen in space.
Also wonderful Tidal Tail with widespread magnetic field shaping the tail and helping small star formation:
My post above dropped this somehow when I made edit.
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CMED Private Limited
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CMED Private Limited is a state owned enterprise that provide and operate transport, plant and equipment hire services. Established in terms of the commercialisation Act of 2000, the company deals in fuel supply, procurement of vehicles, and training and testing of drivers.[1] In 2014, the company was involved in a fuel scandal where it was reported that it lost US$3 million in a fuel deal that went sour after failing to adhere to procurement procedures. The scam implicated some of the company's top managers who were sent on forced leave.
The company deals offers a number of services which are Equipment Hiring, Fuel Selling and Distribution, Driver Training, Reconditioning and Transport Hire. It has the following goals:
To be a customer focused organization .
To continuously improve internal business processes through the aggressive use of ICT.
To inculcate an innovative and learning culture within the organisation.
To achieve financial sustainability.[2]
In February 2014, the company made headlines when it was reported that the company was swindled UU$300 in a botched fuel deal. CMED allegedly paid US$3 million upfront for the supply of three million litres of diesel by First Oil.[3] The deal however went wrong leading it to spill first in court then in Parliament. The deal also sucked in two other state-owned firms – Petrotrade and National Oil Infrastructure Company (NOIC). A Hong Kong fuel company , Micro Petroleum allegedly received $2,7m for the purchase of the three million litres, but never delivered the product. In May the scam deepened with the company summioned to parliament. The company's loss control manager, Kapini Chigogo told Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Transport and Infrastructural Development that managing director Mr Davison Mhaka did not follow the procedures when he picked the supplier. He alleged that Mhaka picked First Oil to supply fuel without going through the State Procurement Board. One Mr Chigogo who was against the deal and reported the matter to the police, allegedly received death threats over the evidence he gave in Parliamnet. Fuels manager Brian Manjengwa was then sent on forced leave on full benefits four months ago to pave way for internal investigations.[4] The forced leave was based on the non delivery of the fuel.
In 2010, the company failed to account for 19 vehicles that allegedly vanished in Harare. This led the government o set up an inquiry which revealed poor record keeping at the company. A Value for Money Report compiled by the Comptroller and Auditor-General revealed that this poor record keeping was the very cause that saw company losing track of 19 vehicles in Harare alone. The vehicles' movement from the company's head office to Harare province, was untraceable according to the report.[5]
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↑ Introduction, 'CMED', Retrieved: 19 May 2014
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↑ Peter Matambanadzo and Zvamaida Murwira, US$3m scandal rocks CMED, 'Herald', Published: 19 May 2014, Retrieved: 19 May 2014
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Az Business Magazine and BestCompaniesAZ select LaneTerralever as one of the 2017 Arizona’s Most Admired Companies
Phoenix, September 15, 2017 —Unified marketing agency LaneTerralever is one of the 2017 Arizona’s Most Admired Companies, according to Az Business Magazine and BestCompaniesAZ. All of the Arizona Most Admired winners were recognized at an awards reception held Thursday, Sept. 14, at Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Montelucia in Scottsdale, and are featured in the September/October issue of Az Business Magazine.
Arizona’s Most Admired Companies are selected based on how a company has performed in the following areas: Workplace Culture, Leadership Excellence, Corporate and Social Responsibility, Customer Opinion and Innovation.
“This is the most comprehensive corporate awards program in Arizona. And due to the breadth of the areas it examines, companies who are selected join a prestigious group of employers in Arizona. This program recognizes the wonderful contributions and impact these most admired companies bring to the state,” says Denise Gredler, founder and CEO of BestCompaniesAZ and co-founder of the MAC program.
“It’s an honor to be recognized as one of the Most Admired Companies, the most presitigous award program in the state,” Beau Lane, CEO of LaneTerralever, said. “Recognition like this demonstrates our commitment to workplace culture, customer satisfaction and attracting talent that aligns with LaneTerralever values.”
About LaneTerralever
Nationally recognized as one of the Best Places to Work by Advertising Age and The Arizona Republic, and named among the Valley’s Most Admired Companies by BestCompaniesAZ, Phoenix-based LaneTerralever is one of the region’s largest full-service marketing services agencies, with 105 employees and estimated capitalized billing of $175 million.
The agency provides clients in every category with brand strategy, strategic planning, design, website development, user experience, content strategy, media strategy and buying, public relations, video production, acquisition and lead generation, social media and direct response advertising services.
LaneTerralever accounts include the Arizona Cardinals, Cable ONE, Goodyear Blimp, Inspirato, Isagenix, Lyft, Meritage Homes, NKK Switches, OneAZ Credit Union, OpenWorks, Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix Country Club, St. Vincent de Paul, Salt River Project, Symantec, TruGreen, and Valley Toyota Dealers.
For more information, visit LaneTerralever.com
About Az Business Magazine
Over the past 30 years, AZ Big Media has grown to encompass not just Az Business magazine, but a host of other publications and signature events. Az Business magazine is the state’s leading business publication. Published by AZ Big Media, the magazine covers a wide-range of topics focusing on the Arizona business scene, and is aimed at high-level corporate executives and business owners.
About BestCompaniesAZ – Arizona’s Employer Branding Partner
BestCompaniesAZ specializes in helping corporate clients develop, strengthen and market their unique employer brands through a variety of events, awards and communications programs. Specialized services include employee opinion surveys, benchmarking, employment branding, recruitment strategies, award consultation and promotional services. BestCompaniesAZ is proud to be chosen as the Consulting Partner for the Top Companies program, serving five consecutive years, and Founding Partner for Arizona Most Admired Companies. For more information, visit BestCompaniesAZ.com or call 480-545-5151.
Melissa Forbes, LaneTerralever
VP of Public Relations
Melissa.Forbes@LaneTerralever.com
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Jay-Z Performs Special B-Sides 2 Concert For A Sold Out Brooklyn Crowd
VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA - APRIL 27: Jay-Z performs onstage at SOMETHING IN THE WATER - Day 2 on April 27, 2019 in Virginia Beach City. (Photo by Brian Ach/Getty Images for Something in the Water)
DJShark April 29th
One time rival, Nas, came out to perform their collaborative track “Success.”
The iconic New York City venue Webster Hall reopened its doors after nearly two years of renovations last night, and an iconic New York City artist helped to kick the party off. According Stereogum, JAY-Z performed B-Sides 2, a sequel to his Tidal-sponsored 2015 B-Sides concert at New York’s Terminal 5, and he brought some friends along to make it special.
During his set, JAY-Z brought another legendary New York City rapper to the stage. His onetime rival, Nas, came out to perform their collaborative track “Success,” a mashup of Nas’ 1994 Illmatic track “The World Is Yours” and JAY-Z’s “Dead Presidents,” and “N.Y. State Of Mind.” Cam’ron and Jim Jones also joined JAY-Z onstage.
Jay Z performed a new freestyle at the B-Sides show.
"Gentrify your own hood before these people do it.
Claim eminent domain and have your people move in.
That's a small glimpse into what Nipsey was doing.
For anybody still confused as to what he was doing."
- Jay Z pic.twitter.com/d20cEEYSD2
— Nigel D. (@NigelDPresents) April 27, 2019
JAY-Z penned a tribute to the late Nipsey Hussle in the program for his public memorial service this month, and last night, he performed a new freestyle in his honor. “Gentrify your own hood before these people do it/ Claim eminent domain and have your people move in/ That’s a small glimpse into what Nipsey was doing/ For anybody still confused as to what he was doing,” he rapped.
R.I.P. @NipseyHussle from Jay-Z’s “B Sides 2” show pic.twitter.com/vhfQzQCTzV
— The Undefeated (@TheUndefeated) April 27, 2019
Watch clips from JAY-Z’s Webster Hall concert below.
Hov really got a huge @Roc_A_Fella chain floating from the ceiling. ???????? pic.twitter.com/dgFoAMjjAj
— Complex (@Complex) April 27, 2019
Hov brought out @Nas at B Sides 2.
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I REALLY MEAN IT.
Hov now brought out Jim Jones. #BSides2 pic.twitter.com/zN5Ga2OdSA
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Home > Yingluck’s closing statement on rice pledging scheme case : key points
Yingluck’s closing statement on rice pledging scheme case : key points
Submitted by editor4 on Tue, 2017-08-01 15:07
Key points of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s closing statement on rice-pledging scheme case delivered to the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions on 1 Aug 2017. The key points of the statement, both in Thai and English, were sent to the media by Ms Yingluck’s lawyers team.
1.The investigation, charge and prosecution is unfair and unlawful
I quote the saying of Professor Sanya Thammasak, former President of the Supreme Court and former President of the Privy Council that “the police is like the upstream of justice, the public prosecutor like midstream and the court is like downstream. The upstream must be clear and clean to make the downstream clear and clean too. If the upstream is muddy, the downstream will also be muddy. If so, the citizens may not receive justice.”
During the NACC’s stage, like an upstream, is full of suspicions because the NACC, after only 79 days of investigation, hastily decided to file a charge against me with only 329 pages of documentary evidence and such decision was made even though corruption charge against others relating to rice sales was not yet been concluded. The NACC asserts all along that the charge is not related to me.
During the pre-prosecution stage, the Attorney General was of the opinion that the NACC’s inquiry file contains incomplete grounds and further investigation is needed into 3 issues such as 1) whether I, as the Prime Minister and Chairman of the National Rice Committee may suspend or cancel the Rice Pledging Scheme (RPS), 2) the Cabinet’s policy announced to the Parliament, omission of duty issue, and 3) corruption issue. However, the Attorney General decided to file charge against me even though no further investigation has been conducted as proposed and such decision had been made only one hour before I was impeached by the National Legislative Assembly and was questioned by the public as politically motivated.
During the prosecution and trial stage, the criminal charges against me unfairly and unlawfully contain facts and grounds not included in the NACC’s inquiry file, namely, the deterioration of rice issue and the corruption in the RPS issue, both of which have never been investigated by the NACC and included in an inquiry file against me. During the trial, the plaintiff suspiciously added further new evidence which has never been heard in my case such as 1) adding “Rice stock auditing report” made by the Rice Stock Auditing Sub-committee appointed after the coup by the NCPO Chief and concluded after the filing of the charge against me. The said committee changed the rice grading system to grade A, B and C for which no standard is set and the Commerce Ministry has never so graded, resulting in drastic drop in value of the rice stock, 2) suspiciously adding and citing the finding of tortious liability several months in advance of the actual finding as if the plaintiff knew the conclusion and uses it for the plaintiff’s benefit to support the damage in the RPS. This suspicion and unfairness is consistent with the NCPO Chief’s order and remark made to the Fact finding Committee on Tortious Liability on May 18, 2015, in his capacity of the Chairman of the National Rice Policy Committee, that, “no need to consider justice issue”, and 3) long after the bringing of charge against me, adding as plaintiff’s new evidence, 60,000 pages of documents relating to other persons’ charges of alleged corruption in Government to Government rice sale.
The making of story and unlawful adding of new evidence against me in such a way that bringing the criminal charge against me first and find additional evidence to submit to the court later is not only unfair but is also tantamount to leading the trial and the public to believe that I am guilty and liable to damage despite the fact that the criminal case has not yet been decided.
The present government exercised the executive power, as if it were the judiciary, by unlawfully issuing an administrative order under the Tortious Liability of Officials Act B.E. 2539 (1996) requiring me to solely pay up 35,000 million of damages. On July18, 2017, the government exercised its special power under section 44 ordering the seizure and total withdrawal of money from my bank accounts and such action led the public to misunderstand me and may unfairly affect the trial.
I trust that never before has anyone implementing public policy for the benefit of the country been unfairly treated and his own assets been seized before the criminal case is decided. This is against the international justice principles and section 29 of the Constitution which stipulates that “…A suspect or defendant in a criminal case shall be presumed innocent, and before the passing of a final judgment convicting a person of having committed an offence, such person shall not be treated as a convict.” No one has ever suffered as harsh and unfair fate as me.
The plaintiff’s adding of more than 60,000 pages of new evidence during the trial is not only improper but also not in the interest of justice which is the condition newly set out as per paragraph 6 of section 235 of the present Constitution. With utmost respect to the court, I am the defendant and is entitled to the trial which is in accordance with the Constitution. I have submitted requests 3 times begging the court to refer the issue to the Constitutional Court under section 212 of the Constitution but all my requests have been dismissed. However, I beg the court to grant me justice by not considering to my detriment those 60,000 pages of new evidence added by the plaintiff.
2. The RPS is the beneficial public policy and implemented lawfully.
The RPS is a good and beneficial public policy based on sound economic principles. The scheme is not aimed at making profit from rice farmers but, instead, it is aimed at raising income of over 15 million rice farmer equivalent to 23% of the country population in order to receive adequate income comparable to minimum wage of 300 baht per day. The scheme generates economic values and return, both at the grass-root level and macro-economic level.
The RPS was implemented in good faith, in accordance with the Constitution and laws. Firstly, the scheme was implemented under the Directive Principles of State Policies under section 84(8) of the Constitution B.E. 2550(2007) requiring the state to protect and safeguard the interests of rice farmers. Secondly, the scheme was implemented under the Cabinet’s policies announced to the Parliament and the government was bound to implement as per the Constitution B.E. 2550(2007). Thirdly, the scheme was implemented under Administration of State affairs Plan B.E. 2555-2558 and, as such, it obliged me and the Cabinet to comply. The implementation of the RPS did not contradict the policies or cabinet resolution.
3. I have never neglected my duty and have no power to stop the RPS arbitrarily.
The steps and procedures involving the implementation of the RPS were in accordance with the Constitution, laws, regulations and cabinet resolutions.
All parties, committee, government agencies involved were appointed and authorized to discharge their respective duties within the authority set for them. All parties jointly set the measures, criteria, and operating practices. The main responsible agencies such as Office of the National Economic and Social Development Board (ONESDB), the Budget Bureau, and the Council of State and other operating agencies have never warned against or called upon the discontinuation or suspension of the scheme.
The procedures and working process were set according to cabinet resolution so that each party could check and balance the performance and discharge of their respective duties. I could not order the discontinuation or ending of the scheme arbitrarily as Constitution and laws require the government to implement the scheme.
The RPS was managed under the principle of “limited use of power”. All government agencies worked under an integrated system. The Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives and the Ministry of Finance are key ministries responsible for the scheme. Other participants included other government agencies, stated-owned enterprises, the National Rice Policy Committee and its thirteen subcommittees. Each unit at each level has its own responsibilities and chain of command to allow proper checks and balances.
On my capacity as Chairman of the National Rice Committee, I have never neglected my duties nor omitted to perform my duties because I have delegated my responsibility to the Deputy Prime Minister and the Commerce Minister to act as Chairman of the National Rice Committee and if any matter came up, it was the duty of those persons to report to the Cabinet and the Prime Minister for consideration.
The Constitution requires the Cabinet to have collective responsibilities but the plaintiff misunderstood that the Prime Minister has sole power and may exercise the power as he/she deems fit. When I was the Prime Minister, ministries working with the National Rice Committee and sub- committee have their own responsibilities required by laws. I could not exercise my power arbitrarily to interfere, make order, or influence the operating level for anyone’s interest. The current Prime Minister should well understand the limitation and that is why special power under section 44 is needed to conduct state administration which elected government like mine never had.
4. Not cancelling the scheme due to its benefits and no damage was caused as charged.
The RPS is beneficial and generates worthiness and value concerning the public administration and in evaluating the value of the public project, not only the benefits calculable in monetary term but also other benefits to the society arising from the project must be taken into account as the public project is not for profit seeking. However, the NACC and the plaintiff have not taken other benefits into account. Miss Supa Piyajitti, the plaintiff’s witness admitted in court that it was not the duty of the Account Closing Sub-Committee to consider the benefits incalculable in monetary term and indirect benefits and such duty fell on the Office of the National Economic and Social Development Board.
In June, 2013, the National Rice Committee was reported that the overall economic and social benefits of the RPS amounts to 394,788 million Baht, which was 173,819 million Baht greater than the amount of 220,969 million Baht that allegedly claimed as accounting losses by the Account Closing Sub-Committee.
Office of the National Economic and Social Development Board directly reported to me confirming the necessity to continue the RPS until Thailand fully entered ASEAN community in 2015.
Burapa University’s research evaluated the RPS in 2012 and the survey by the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Co-operatives in June 2013 showed that the RSP had created income security and satisfaction among farmers.
The research team of the KMIT, Choa Khun Taharn Ladkrabang presented the data showing that during the production seasons under the RPS, the economy expanded and multiplied 3.726 times and generated increased economic return of 1,088,697 million Baht which was greater than the costs of the project.
The RPS created more purchasing power and more tax could be collected.
The implementation of the RPS for the period of 5 production seasons was within the legal framework and within the public debt ceiling as confirmed by Miss Sirasa Kanpittaya, official from Finance Ministry testifying in court.
The implementation of the RPS was within the ceiling of the revolving fund of 500,000 million Baht as set by the Cabinet and the loan for the RPS was within the ceiling set by the cabinet resolution in June 2013. Even the cabinet resolution of the present government in August 2016 confirmed that the residual debts payable under the pledging scheme of agricultural produce from the production year 2011/2012 to 2013/2014 was within the debt ceiling set by the cabinet.
In summary 1) The RPS was beneficial and generated worthiness and value. 2) The implementation of the RPS was within the legal framework and within the public debt ceiling and financial and fiscal discipline was maintained. 3) No government agency proposed to me and the Cabinet that the RPS be discontinued or ended. 4) Therefore, how could I exercise my power as Prime Minister to suspend or end the scheme?
5. I have never performed or omitted to perform my duty illegally to cause damage to anyone and I have never performed or omitted to perform my duty dishonestly
The NACC and the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) sent warning letters against the RPS to my government. They had no legal duties and power to order the executive branch to discontinue or end the implementation of public policy announced to the Parliament.
However, I have never neglected to supervise and follow up on the policy implementation as warned by the NACC and the OAG.
The warning and suggestions by the NACC and the OAG were based on TDRI’s research which proposed that I abolish and end the RPS and replace it by the Rice Price Guarantee Scheme, the policy adopted by the opposition party. Such warning and suggestions did not give me, as the Prime Minister, power to suspend or end the scheme that was not contrary to policies or cabinet resolution.
I never ignored the warnings and suggestions by the NACC and the OAG and passed them to all responsible parties concerned as I had no ulterior intention to avoid or conceal any wrongdoing in order to allow corruption or cause damage and, after learning of the warnings and suggestions, they had responsibility to address them. No agency opposed and proposed the suspension or discontinuance of the RPS.
I never ignored report of the Account Closing Sub-Committee and passed it on to the National Rice Committee for their consideration.
I have duly exercised my power and duty of care as reasonably required of the Prime Minister in such circumstances.
6. I have never neglected corruption in rice sales
The Sub-Committee on Rice Sale was specifically responsible for the sale of rice stock and the cabinet assigned that responsibility to the Commerce Minister and Foreign Trade Department.
Mr. Wicha Mahakun, the plaintiff’s witness confirmed that I was not involved in, or consented to any corruption relating to G to G rice sales.
The NACC did not base its charge against me on the alleged corruption relating to G to G rice sales but, during the trial, the plaintiff unfairly, unlawfully and unconstitutionally added 60,000 pages of new evidence from other person’s inquiry file relating to the alleged corruption involving G to G rice sales so as to implicate me in the alleged corruption.
The Cabinet exercised due care with respect to rice sales and in November 2012 passed the resolution setting more stringent criteria and measures to prevent corruption in rice sales. Such resolution had been passed before the no confidence debate on the G to G rice sales issue took place in the Parliament. If I had neglected or omitted to prevent corruption or damage as accused, why should the Cabinet and I adopted such stringent criteria well before the debate during which the corruption relating to G to G rice sales was just brought up?
After the debate in November, 2012, I ordered the Commerce Minister to appoint fact finding committee to investigate G to G rice sales issues raised in the debate but the finding was not concluded and the Commerce Ministry did not report any official wrongfully involved in the G to G rice sales. Moreover, the NACC just concluded their investigation and could only name officials wrongfully involved in the G to G rice sales in January, 2015, almost a year after I had left office.
The selling of rice stock was the operating steps to be taken by the Foreign Trade Department and the Commerce Ministry and every government follows usual practices. Those agencies were responsible for the selling method and contract documentation and when the sales were made, the Commerce Minister should inform the Cabinet. But after the no confidence debate, no report of G to G sales was submitted to the Cabinet and me.
I reshuffled and replaced the Commerce Minister with the new one to allow investigation and stop any suspicious action during the NACC’s inquiry. This showed that I did not have ulterior intention to conceal information relating to G to G rice sales and that I have never given consent to anyone to be involved in rice sale corruption as charged.
Mr. Niwatthamrong, the new Commerce Minister, took various strict measures as ordered by the Cabinet and I such as, signing the MOU with the Chinese government stating intents to sell rice between G to G, increase sales through domestic bidding, and allow G to G sales only if buyer is state enterprise 100% owned by provincial government.
I ordered Commerce and Finance Ministers to put in place measures to check rice sales by ordering the Customs Department to check amount of rice actually exported at port whether it matches the amount in the sale contract and to set up committee to check the amount of rice sold to retail outlets whether it matches the amount sold through bidding.
I have duly exercised my power, discretion, and due care over the above matters based on prevailing facts during the time of my tenure.
Throughout my premiership, I have never performed or omitted to perform my duty illegally nor neglected my duty. I have never concealed any information nor avoided being checked. I had no ulterior intention to cause damage to anyone and I did not have dishonest intention. I had intention and determination to provide benefits for rice farmers, to raise prices of agricultural produce to improve their livelihood which would affect the country economy. My cabinet and I cooperated with all agencies, including the NACC and its suggestions to the cabinet in other projects were adopted.
In determining whether or not I have performed my duty duly, lawfully, and adequately, the court should consider facts, legal issues, working structure, as well as responsibilities of parties concerned at the time and surrounding circumstances prevailing when I was Prime Minister.
I am aware that I am a victim of subtle political game. I, therefore, wish to depend on the court, when deliberating my past actions, please kindly consider facts and surrounding circumstances prevailing when I was Prime Minister, not the assumption and present circumstances that have changed.
In summary 1) the RPS was the public policy aiming at helping rice farmers, not commercial policy that made profit and loss with poor rice farmers. 2) Under the Administration of State affairs Order, there were policy level and operating level having their own responsibilities. Please consider my role as policy supervisor, not operator. 3) I beg the court to make a decision relating to my performance as set out in the NACC’s inquiry file which states that I was not involved in corruption and I did not consent to corruption. Please do not hear and admit new evidence added by the plaintiff during trial in order to cause misunderstanding that I was involved in corruption or I consented to corruption in G to G rice sales, as well as any attempt to make me liable for damages of 35,000 million Baht which is consistent with the NCPO Chief’s order in his capacity of the Chairman of the National Rice Policy Committee that, “no need to consider justice issue”
As Prime Minister, I have duly performed my duty within the power under the Constitution and laws. I have never neglected anything that cause damage to the country and people. I have acted in good faith and never consented to any corruption by others. I have never performed or omitted to perform my duty illegally to cause damage to anyone and I have never performed or omitted to perform my duty dishonestly.
I have done nothing wrong. What I have done is that I used my experience of ordinary woman borne in the provincial area having opportunity to learn and feel severe hardship endured by farmers which we call “the spine of the nation” and call on all Thais to take care of them. I have done so under the RPS. There is proof that during the implementation of the RPS, the rice farmers have better quality of life, their children have opportunities to further their studies. It is the pride of my life that once I had a chance to implement this policy for rice farmers.
I believe in the saying that “the court is the last resort of the people”. I beg the court for kindness and please dismiss the charge.
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First Government Funded Domestic Violence Unit Opens
Tuesday, 8th March 2016 at 11:11 am
Ellie Cooper
The first of 12 specialist domestic violence units funded by $15 million from the Federal Government launched on Monday, the eve of International Women’s Day.
Tuesday, 8th March 2016
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Legal Aid New South Wales opened the South West Sydney Domestic Violence Unit to assist women who are experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, domestic and family violence.
The unit will receive $1.05 million over three years, providing women with access to legal advice, as well as other services including financial counselling, tenancy assistance, trauma counselling, and emergency accommodation.
In a joint statement Attorney-General George Brandis and Minister for Women Michaelia Cash said the domestic violence units were part of the Government’s $100 million Women’s Safety Package.
“Domestic and family violence is unacceptable, and the Government is committed to addressing the issue as a matter of urgency,” Brandis and Cash said.
“The Government is working with service providers to ensure that the units are integrated with state and territory domestic and family violence initiatives.”
Hanan Amer, Maha Najjarine, Bill Grant, David Coleman, Alira Morey
The 12 specialist units will be established in metropolitan, rural and regional locations across Australia where there are high rates of domestic and family violence.
The specialist units will also include targeted assistance to Indigenous women, and those facing cultural and linguistic barriers.
CEO of Legal Aid NSW Bill Grant said the South West Sydney Domestic Violence Unit would be a “one stop shop” to help women and children at crisis point receive legal support.
“Our lawyers will attend the domestic violence list days at Bankstown and Liverpool courts, and then follow up with clients about their other legal needs – from family law and care and protection matters to housing, social security credit/debt problems, immigration and victims support,” Grant said.
“A social worker will assist the most vulnerable women and their children by organising support for their non-legal issues, like housing and security, counselling and connecting to government agencies.
“Legal Aid NSW is well placed to provide these services and we understand the issues because a large number of our clients, especially in family law matters, have experienced domestic violence in their lives.
“The staff of our new South West Sydney Domestic Violence Unit are experienced in providing services to vulnerable women and children and have their roots and connections in the region.”
He also said that the unit would work closely with other local, specialist services, including the Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service.
Ellie Cooper | Journalist | @ProBonoNews
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15 Million, Fantastic! But still no-one can help me recover my son taken by his father, breaching our court orders, over 2 weeks ago! His sisters and I are worried sick but the NSW Police can’t enforce my court orders and even the Family Court is going to take 4 weeks to hear my case for recovery. My daughters and I are stressed, scared and feel alone. Domestic Violence takes many different forms, emotional, psychological and used as a weapon by alienating parents and No court orders can protect me or my children. New centres are a great resource but we need a Family Court who will enforce their own orders and capable of protecting us, the vulnerable, when we need protection the most. I want my son home where he belongs before he becomes yet another headline in the press. Less talk and more meaningful action please.
Chris Laurie says:
This is fantastic news but lets get it right, a lot of highly professional and experienced women, and men, have been fighting Family Violence for many years, there are many government funded domestic violence services across Australia, what do you think the Women’s Refuge Network or the Community/Neighbourhood centres have been doing all these years, this is a fantastic initiative and all of those people who take up the Family Violence banner will be very happy but let’s not forget about the great work that people have been doing in NGO’s receiving government funding across Australia, a big ‘great job’ to them.
Elizabeth O'Neill says:
Absolutely agree Chris, adequately funding the NGO’s that are already doing the work would be great! Some of these services receive no government funding what-so-ever and are assisting women in D.V and doing case management all on community donations…including paying workers wages as we in our organisation in the Sutherland Shire in Scott Morrison’s own electorate.
Adam Robinson says:
Agree Chris some of this is smoke and mirrors – what about the funding cuts to emergency aid, legal aid, community legal centres, and the closing of some independent womens refuges last year? They seem to announce funding cuts one year then announce new initiatives the next. Bonkers.
This is a very welcome Government-funded initiative and recognises the need to provide accommodation and support for mothers and their children fleeing from dome4stic violence and abuse, most of whom are suffering post-traumatic stress. The violators and abusers are still finding ways of continuing their abuses and violence however, by applying and being awarded, contact and even custody of the children by Family Courts under the `Shared Parenting’ provisions. Very firm action needs to be taken to bring the Family Courts into line with other protective services as they are too frequently undoing the interventions and work of other agencies by forcing children back into a `meaningful relationship’ with their abusers. National Child Protection Alliance of Australia.
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Among Continued TSA Bungling, One Positive Sign
By Baruch Feigenbaum
While the TSA continues to make major mistakes, the agency made one smart decision last week. The disciplining of 43 TSA employees at Southwest Florida International Airport proves that there are continuing issues at TSA. But the agency’s approval of private screeners at Orlando-Sanford Airport, indicates the agency may finally be considering the traveling public rather than itself.
Regarding the security lapse in Fort Myers according to the News-Press:
Five Transportation Security Administration workers at Southwest Florida International Airport have been fired and another 38 suspended after an internal investigation found they failed to perform random screenings last year.
The 43, a combination of front-line screeners and supervisors, represent about 15 percent of the roughly 280 TSA employees at the airport. The number of workers involved makes it one of the largest disciplinary actions TSA has taken in its 10-year history, TSA spokesman David Castelveter confirmed.
The workers were notified of their punishment Friday and are being given an opportunity to appeal, he said. The agency has brought in screeners from other airports to fill in.
During a two-month period last year, as many as 400 passengers who underwent routine screening never got additional random checks, Castelveter said. About 3.8 million passengers departed from the airport last year.
Castelveter said TSA officials were alerted by a fellow employee at the airport who reported at least one violation during the two-month period. The agency then conducted its own probe and found other violations.
First, why was no one checking on the screeners? One problem with the federal government handling both the screening duties and overseeing the screeners process is that the same agency that is conducting the screening is managing the screening process. This is a conflict of interest. The DOT Office of Inspector General monitors the TSA but its job is to stop systematic problems–not this type of random problem. If the screening force is privatized, then the government will monitor the private contractors. There will be no conflict of interest for the government to release reports critical about the private contractors. But when the government monitors itself, taxpayers have to rely on the government to release audits critical of itself.
In the Fort Myers situation, the TSA did not report the problem until more than six months after its occurrence. During the investigation the government kept the problem secret; nobody outside TSA was aware there was a problem. Did the screeners change their behavior in the last six months? Was this a problem up until the termination of 5 of screening supervisors? We do not know.
Further, why were the screeners allowed to keep screening passengers? Why were they not placed on administrative review? And why did the review take so long? The continual screening of passengers by TSA employees when TSA leadership knew these employees were not doing their job is particularly troubling. Breaking of the incident on a Friday evening seems designed to quell media coverage. While it may not have been TSA’s intent, it appears the agency is trying to sweep this incident under the rug.
Perhaps the most bizarre statement by came from TSA spokesman David Castelever. According to Castelever:
“It’s the random secondary (checks) that did not happen,” he said. “At no time was a traveler’s safety at risk and there was no impact on flight operations.”
But if travelers are not at risk, why is TSA performing the random secondary checks? The agency has shifted its security approach very slightly to a more risk-based approach. While this is far short of the comprehensive shift needed, it is a step in the right direction. Yet the same TSA that for the last several years has been adamant about random searches is now claiming those random searches are not necessary. Has the agency changed its mind? I doubt it. The latest response seems geared more towards framing the media coverage and focused less on actual policy.
However, TSA has taken one positive step. Earlier this week the TSA finally approved Orlando-Sanford’s application to use private screeners. (The airport is in the district of Transportation and Infrastructure Chair John Mica’s district.) Earlier this year the TSA approved private screening for a seasonal airport at West Yellowstone, MT. The agency had previously denied both the West Yellowstone and the Orlando-Sanford applications.
Trying to understand TSA is frustrating. TSA did approve the Orlando-Sanford screening privatization and may consider adopting a more risk-based approach to airport security. But then the TSA sweeps a major problem under the rug while a high-placed agency spokesman denies the problem exists. What is going on? TSA’s first mission is to protect TSA; logic, rationale, and cost-savings are unimportant. This is typical behavior for a large U.S. government agency. Protect the agency but not the American people.
The question is whether TSA is serious about privatization and a risk-based system or is intent on trying to get Rep. John Mica off its back. I believe it is the second option; let us hope I am wrong.
Baruch Feigenbaum is assistant director of transportation policy at Reason Foundation a non-profit think tank advancing free minds and free markets.
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Why the GAO Study on Special Education in Charter Schools Gets It Wrong
By Lisa Snell
As the New York Times reports a new GAO study finds that charter schools enroll 3 percent fewer students labeled as special education than traditional public schools:
Across the country, disabled students represented 8.2 percent of all students enrolled during the 2009-10 year in charter schools, compared with 11.2 percent of students attending traditional public schools, according to a Government Accountability Office analysis of Department of Education data.
The basic premise of the GAO report is questionable. The assumption that schools with higher rates of special education are some how doing a better job of serving special needs children is suspect–just because you label students does not mean you are serving them. This type of analysis implies that a higher rate of special education designation proves that certain schools are serving special needs children better.
In fact an alternative explanation might be that public schools are better at gaming the funding system by labeling a larger number of children as special education. There has been significant debate over the degree to which the largest special education category of specific learning disability (SLD) reflects a true disability or an instructional failure in reading in the early grades. As education researcher Jay P. Greene has long pointed out in articles such as the “The Myth of the Special Education Burden,” specific-learning disabilities has been the fastest growing category of disability and has grown at a rate much faster than other categories of special education.
A 2002 report from the President’s Commission on Special Education estimated that 80 percent of students who receive an SLD diagnosis-two out of five special education students-are assigned to the program “simply because they haven’t learned how to read.” In a similar vein, an in-depth analysis in Rethinking Special Education for a New Century, a 2001 report published by the Fordham Foundation and the Progressive Policy Institute, estimates that nearly 2 million children would not have been classified as learning disabled if the public schools they attended had provided proper, rigorous, and early reading instruction. A plausible explanation for the 3 percent differential between charter schools and traditional schools is that many charter schools do a better job of teaching students to read, have agressive early-intervention programs, and simply do not label as many children as special education in the first place.
In a 2003 study, Special Education in Charter Schools and Conventional Public Schools, RAND researchers speculated that charter schools may have a philosophical difference and “choose not to give marginal students an IEP out of a belief that the stigma of special education may cause more harm than benefit to the child.” Congruently, my Reason Foundation study, Special Education Accountability: Structural Reform to Help Charter Schools Make the Grade, surveyed California charter schools and found that school directors reported using aggressive early intervention strategies and remediation strategies to help reduce the rate of special education.
One strategy used by charter schools is “neverstreaming” which is designed to avoid special education placements in the first place. Education researcher Robert Slavin defines neverstreaming as “implementing prevention and early intervention programs powerful enough to ensure that virtually every child is successful in the first place.” The purpose of this approach is-as the name implies-to provide early intervention and services so the child never leaves the general education classroom.
Elk Grove Unified in California is a pioneer of the neverstreaming model. At Elk Grove the neverstreaming model was first implemented during the 1994-95 school year. The goal was to decreasethe number of students referred for special education assessment, improve schoolwide performance,improve staff collaboration, and improve school attendance. In 1999 a California Department of Education evaluation found that special education referrals dropped from about 1,300 during the 1996-97 school year to about 500 during the 1998-99 school year. Schoolwide performance on standardized tests and attendance also improved. Elk Grove has reduced its special education rate from about 17 percent in 1995 to approximately 6 percent of students. In the Reason study several California charter schools replicated this approach to special education.
Ironically, public schools and charter schools that offer services early on and actually reduce their special education population through approaches like “neverstreaming” or other early intervention strategies are often criticized as not properly serving special education students. Schools are often judged by their special education percentagesor rates as evidence of meeting special education obligations rather than their actual academic outcomes for students enrolled in their schools.
There is at least anecdotal evidence that charter schools are working to help students learn on the front end and avoid the special education designation altogether. The GAO report is wrong to suggest that if charter schools and traditional schools had identical special education rates, this would somehow say something about the quality of special education services in either charter schools or traditional schools. Low special education rates are not automatic evidence of a failure to serve students. In fact the opposite may be true. Schools with the highest rates of special education may be failing students early on.
Lisa Snell was the director of education and child welfare at Reason Foundation, a nonprofit think tank advancing free minds and free markets.
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Effective Care, or Just Expensive Care? The U.S. spends twice as much per person on healthcare as the average developed nation, one-sixth of our GDP, yet our outcomes are often worse. The problem is that much of that spending is wasteful - and provides no benefit to the patient. The reason? The U.S. is the only developed nation that has chosen to turn medicine into a largely unregulated, for-profit enterprise.
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The 11th grade students of Sapporo Sacred Heart School, Hokkaido, Japan, wrote a letter to their Sister Sacred Heart Schools throughout the world. They decided that the Bicentennial of St. Philippine Duchesne’s crossing to new frontiers was a good occasion to invite the Sacred Heart family worldwide to carry out a new action together.
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What is a black hole? Do they really exist? How do they form? How are they related to stars? What would happen if you fell into one? How do you see a black hole if they emit no light? What’s the difference between a black hole and a really dark star? Could a particle accelerator create a black hole? Can a black hole also be a worm hole or a time machine? In Astro 101: Black Holes, you will explore the concepts behind black holes. Using the theme of black holes, you will learn the basic ideas of astronomy, relativity, and quantum physics. After completing this course, you will be able to: • Describe the essential properties of black holes. • Explain recent black hole research using plain language and appropriate analogies. • Compare black holes in popular culture to modern physics to distinguish science fact from science fiction. • Describe the application of fundamental physical concepts including gravity, special and general relativity, and quantum mechanics to reported scientific observations. • Recognize different types of stars and distinguish which stars can potentially become black holes. • Differentiate types of black holes and classify each type as observed or theoretical. • Characterize formation theories associated with each type of black hole. • Identify different ways of detecting black holes, and appropriate technologies associated with each detection method. • Summarize the puzzles facing black hole researchers in modern science.
Definitely good introductory course for someone interested in black holes! The instructors are funny and really taught me things with certain detail. Like it!
Super fun and interesting! This course made me a lot more interested in the universe outside our own atmosphere, and now I want to buy a telescope...
Our Eyes in the Skies
Black holes change over time. This module will focus on how and why black holes change as well as how we look for these changes.
09.01 – Introduction: Turn To Face The Strange1:53
09.02 – To Feed Or Not To Feed4:50
09.03 – Companion Stars in Black Hole Binaries12:26
09.04 – The Alternative Diets of Supermassive Black Holes5:07
09.05 – The Special Case of SGR A*3:31
09.06 – The Hermits of the Black Hole Family8:35
09.07 – It's On... Now What?10:35
09.08 – Impact of Black Holes on Galaxies11:40
09.09 Seeking Out the Elusive11:54
09.10 – Summary: Our Eyes in the Sky1:57
Interviews with exerts - What is the impact of a supermassive black hole on a galaxy?2:52
Sharon Morsink
Black holes will eat
whenever there is something for them to grasp in their gravitational clutches.
The rate they eat depends on how much material can be captured.
Which means that just like people,
black holes will eat at different rates and at different times.
Sometimes you're having an off day,
you don't really want anything to eat or you may be fasting.
Yet on high days and holidays you may overindulge,
eating way more than normal.
Although black holes don't really choose their food in the same way we do,
they can go through cycles of feast or famine or anything in between.
This change in food intake can result in change in
the strength of the different components of the spectrum of the black hole.
So what are these changes and what do they look like?
If we take another look at our spectrum of an accreting stellar mass black hole,
we can see the different components that we've learned about.
We have an accretion disc,
a corona, and jet.
If we zoom in on this plot to take a look at just the X-ray band,
we can see the two X-ray components more clearly.
Here, we see that the disk is dominating the emission from the black hole while
the corona slopes gently upwards as we move to shorter wavelengths.
Now let's look at some real data taken from
an old friend Cygnus X-1 and see how this compares.
If you recall, Cygnus X-1 is a black hole binary that contains a stellar mass black hole
weighing in at about 15 times the mass of our sun and a hot blue companion star.
If we look at the X-ray spectrum of this source,
we can see a large bump at lower X-ray energies which
is explained by the thermal emission from the accretion disk.
The bump's long tail, as it is sometimes referred to,
extends to higher photon frequencies or shorter wavelengths.
The spectrum looks pretty similar to what we were expecting to see.
So what have we seen during a different observation of Cygnus X-1?
Well, something quite different.
The blue line has a steeper incline increasing towards higher energies and
seems to peak in the same area as the plot that we would expect to see the corona.
So what's happening here?
The truth is scientists haven't collected enough information to know for sure.
This is the type of change that drives astronomers to continue investigating
these sources and for them to ask
the questions about what could be causing these changes.
Our view of black holes changes over time.
Sometimes we can get more emission from the disk,
while at other times we can receive more photons from the corona.
What physical mechanism could be driving this?
One of the leading theories is that the change in the amount of food
available to a black hole changes the portion sizes of each component.
As the amount of food from say,
a companion star changes,
the serving size of a disk could decrease while the corona increases.
When we look back at the image we built up during module eight,
we saw the disk extending towards
the black hole with a corona that could either be explained by
the lamp post model or the sandwich model with
light coming from both the corona and
the disk as material moves in towards the black hole.
If our portion sizes are changing,
how does this affect the view of the system?
Assuming we could go for a visit.
Well, let's simplify things to start off with.
We're going to stick with sandwich model
for the rest of this video, given all of the food.
Here, the filling, or a disk, takes up a lot of our view.
So we could say it's dominating the picture.
In fact, it's stretching all the way down to
the inner most stable circular orbit or ISCO.
This is when the disc is at its brightest.
It can be so bright in fact that the emission from
the accretion disk can be the brightest component in the optical band of the spectrum.
When this is the case,
we would not be able to see what kind of star the black hole is consuming.
The bread of our sandwich is almost missing.
The corona is so thin and wispy that we don't really receive too many photons from it.
The sketch we see here of our spectrum matches
quite closely to the spectrum of Cygnus X-1 shown in red.
Astronomers call this the high state.
This name is historical as it comes from the early days of X-ray astronomy.
It's known as the high state because it's a higher luminosity.
It was the brighter option.
Have we mentioned astronomers like simple names?
Following that line of thought,
the next state I would like to mention is the low state.
So named because it's the fainter one.
When black holes are in the low state the sandwich is switched.
Where the disk may feel thin sort of
stretched like too little butter scraped over too much bread.
In the low state,
the innermost part of the disk is not at the ISCO,
it is found some distance away.
We learned earlier that we can think of
the disk as being made up of a series of many rings.
As we progress inwards through the disk,
the temperature of each ring increases.
This means that the highest temperature we detect from the disk,
also known as the peak temperature,
which come from the innermost ring of the disk.
the inner disc is further away from the black hole.
This means that the disk spectrum is cooler and so shifted to the left of our plot.
We also find the disc is fainter.
So faint in fact that this is
a great time to check out the companion stars of the black hole.
Here, we have a lot more bread for our sandwich with
the corona dominating the innermost region around the black hole.
With this increasing corona,
we receive more photons as it begins to dominate the X-ray spectrum.
This is more akin to the spectrum of Cygnus X-1 shown here in blue.
These two strikingly different views of the same source belt with the same components.
But what about the jet?
It turns out, although the disc and corona appear to be permanent features,
the jet is not.
The jet is strongly associated with the low state.
Although astronomers don't fully understand how jets are launched,
they have found strong ties between the emission seen in X-rays and the radio emission.
By combining information relating to the brightness of these electromagnetic bands,
you can obtain estimates on the mass of the central black hole.
In order to investigate the high state and low state
that had been seen in the emission from stellar-mass black holes in binary systems,
astronomers continue to make observations of these sources.
Over time, they found that black holes could get even brighter,
which seem to correlate with the change in the shape of the spectrum.
This called for a new accretion state known as the very high state.
If we break this model apart to build a picture of what we would find there there is
both lots of disc possibly extending to the isco and a lot of corona.
In this case, we seem to have a sandwich that is more
balanced with both a good amount of filling and bread tasty.
During the very high state,
it's possible to see the jet
although it's not always present.
We have explored three black hole brightness states.
In addition, some astronomers are lobbying for
a fourth intermediate state that seems to live
somewhere between the high and low states we've already discussed.
But how do these states relate to one another?
By looking many times at multiple sources,
astronomers have seen cycles emerging within many systems.
Cycles start with black holes that are either off or in the low state.
When a feeding frenzy occurs,
the black hole will rapidly brighten.
This can take as little as hours to occur.
Given the rapid rise,
many times this can be missed by observers.
After the low state,
the black hole transitions to the high state and possibly
even the very high state or beyond.
Black holes can hang out in the high state for a while depending on their food source.
With some sources like GRS 1915+105 seeming to stay in this state for decades.
Towards the end of their dinner sitting,
they slowly return back to the low state before feeding away.
These cycles are called outbursts.
These outbursting cycles can also take place in
supermassive black holes but over much longer time scales,
with outbursts lasting centuries,
too long for an astronomer to observe in their lifetime.
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Design, policy and democracy
This week I attended the OpenState event in Adelaide and ran a session exploring the relationship between design, policy and democracy. These are the slides I used to frame the conversation.
The session was a bit of an experiment to test an idea that emerged from putting a few pieces of my professional life together and seeing how they might connect. That meant it felt a bit scratchy and unfinished to me, which I’m going to console myself is a good thing for a workshop session at an event dedicated to pushing boundaries and asking questions,
These are the pieces.
The first is the rising interest in, and familiarity with, the world of design and design thinking in government.
I’ve written, with Dom Campbell from FutureGov, a chapter in a forthcoming book from the School of Government at Melbourne University that looks at this phenomenon from the perspective of its impact on talent and skills in the public service of the future.
What I observe is the rapid growth of the design thinking instinct in service design and service delivery reform, but less of an obvious impact on the more traditional world of policy making.
It’s common now to find government agencies and their favourite consultants and advisors reaching for the design toolkit of methods and techniques to improve service design and delivery. We’re getting more familiar with pictures of energetic groups of public servants clustered around walls festooned with rainbows of postIT notes and, for the more ambitious, 3D models of how they see future service delivery and impact for older people or children in foster care or ways to improve the reach and impact of services for Indigenous communities in remote and regional areas or whatever the topic might be.
The value of design – a focus on user experience, the use of personas (or, even more boldly, talking to real customers, service users, people in their homes and communities), prototyping, journey maps, empathy maps – seems increasingly to be the starting point for any self-respecting service reform process.
I think that is largely a good thing.
There’s always the risk, of course, that as an idea like design thinking becomes more flavoursome, its deeper potential for disruption and disconcerting insights about persistent undiscussables like tougher structural deformities and inequalities, the distribution of power and influence and the stubborn self-interest of the status quo are either ignored or missed. In that sense, design thinking risks becoming the legendary “lipstick on a pig”, a pretty distracting front-end process that squibs the unflinching questions that good designers, in my experience, always want to ask – why, why not, what if?
The second piece is the absence, by and large, of much of this design thinking ethic from the deep, mainstream world of policy making.
Think of these examples.
A state government wants to write a new child protection policy that completely shifts the emphasis away from “protection” and towards child and family thriving. Another area might be housing and homelessness, not from a service delivery perspective but to come up with new policy settings as the basis for a new approach.
What about something even more basic, something like a new defence strategy or a policy for engagement with Asia or writing a new policy approach for regional migration, asylum seekers and offshore processing?
In these cases, the policy instinct goes well beyond the need to shift modes and methods of delivering services or engaging immediately with people and users. The notion of “policy” here is the notion of stripping the paint, as it were, right back to the bare and basic material of policy making – clarifying purpose, intent, impact and the broad “direction of travel” that a government or an agency wants to adopt as a guide to the kind of future it wants to create or privilege.
If that is the task, how do the tools and methods and culture of design work in that context?
Even though it’s possible to find examples of people who talk and write about design and policy in the same sentence (Christian Bason has edited a whole book with both words on the cover – and it’s a very good book too and well worth a read; have a look too at this piece from Policy Lab’s Andrea Siodmok or this great series of blogs from UK civil servant Paul Maltby on the dialogue, or lack of it, between policy makers and digital and design experts) those who tend to see this kind of policy work as their domain of professional expertise and interest don’t tend to reach naturally for design and design thinking tools to help them do their work better.
The third area of interest for me reflects my role as a director of the Centre for Policy Development, a rising Australian values-driven and future focused independent policy think tank tackling some big issues in areas like sustainable economy, forced migration and refugees and the quality and effectiveness of government
This is our 10th anniversary year and we’re hosting a number of events over the next few months to celebrate. The theme is “can democracy deliver?”, a question whose salience is reinforced by mounting tangle of evidence about declining trust, institutional failure and a growing disaffection for some of the practices and reflexes of our democratic conversation.
The end of all that evidence seems to be the same. Can the instincts, practices and institutions of democratic governing and politics with which we’ve become both familiar and comfortable still do the job, if the job is defined as finding fair, sustainable and effective solutions to the complex risks and opportunities of a volatile, changing and increasingly digital world?
Putting those three interests together, the OpenState session posed this question – if we applied the tools, techniques and mindset of design and design thinking not just to service delivery reform, but to deep, mainstream policy making, would that make a big difference to the quality and effectiveness of democracy?
Another way of putting the question might be – if we made policy making more effective at finding fair, sustainable and effective solutions to the problems and opportunities we’re grappling with, would that improve our confidence in democracy?
Like the best workshops, in 90 minutes with about 70 people and, in this case, a lot of help from Dom Campbell, Chris Vanstone, the Chief Innovation Officer from The Australian Centre for Social Innovation (on whose board I sit) and Sam Bucolo, recently the Professor of Design and Innovation at UTS, all we did was raise plenty of questions.
[Note: Sam was especially helpful in earlier conversations about his growing interest, from a design educator’s perspective especially, about the role of design for and in democracy. There are others of course who have been thinking about this for a while, including groups like DESIS. Sam’s observations about the dilemmas, and opportunities, for designers in and for better policy and democracy were very helpful. He also suggested framing some of the discussion in the work of Dave Snowden around complexity, especially the Cynefin framework, a suggestion I happily picked up for the session]
There were some tentative conclusions, but mostly questions.
These were some:
How do policy makers recognise not just the value, but the necessity of starting their work not with traditional research and analysis but with deep observation of the lives and experiences of people and communities likely to be most affected by their work?
If you’re going to write a new policy for housing and homelessness or regulating access to public land for commercial and recreational apiarists, why not start by spending a chunk of time with a notebook and some simple questions with homeless people or beekeepers? [Note – the apiarist example comes from a project, led by The Strategy Group, in which the NSW Department of Primary Industries and the Office of the Small Business Commissioner did exactly that – used design tools and methods for a regulatory design and policy project. And talking directly to beekeepers across NSW was exactly how they started the policy review process].
Another way of putting the same question is to ask how policy makers can make “experience” the primary lens through which they seek to apply their skills, deep expertise and often highly complex knowledge to the business of policy making and problem solving?
If the design instinct with any problem is to use a mix of prototyping and testing to rapidly test a range of ideas and possible solutions, after a period of reflection and learning about the context and contours of the problem, how does that work in policy making?
How can policy makers “launch to learn”, that is, use the exposure of ideas and proposals that are not finished or ‘ready’ to find out how to make them more robust and effective? Letting work out for public scrutiny before you feel it is finished or ready in order to get sometimes tough feedback that will make the end result stronger, more quickly, is a professionally and personally daunting way to work.
Is traditional policy making sometimes using design tools and techniques without knowing or without calling them that?
The assumption behind the session is that there is a useful and important distinction to be made between service delivery and policy making. Clearly, they are different but does it help to draw the distinction too starkly given the growing evidence that our best results emerge from understanding the connections between, and the mutual influence of, policy and delivery?
What are the implications for talent and culture, including leadership, in and across the public sector for a more robust embrace in policy making of design tools and techniques?
[Note – this reflects a bigger question about talent in the emerging and future public sector, which I think emerged from many of the sessions that day at OpenState; the strong sense I got was that the public sector faces something of a talent crisis, forged from a mix of issues including the lack of skills and capabilities in some areas and, in some cases, keeping the talent that is in the system either hidden or badly underutilised in ways that feed disaffection and disengagement; a topic for another time perhaps].
The conclusion is that I didn’t come to a conclusion and I suspect neither did the participants. But many seemed to learn something and went off pondering, which I am going to rack up as a small achievement.
What the conversation reinforced, for me at least, was the value of looking more closely at the links between the use of design for better policy making and the payoff that might bring for the quality of democracy,
October 7, 2017 by Martin Stewart-Weeks 2 Comments
Natalia Adler says
When I was at UNICEF in Nicaragua, we supported the development of two policies using human centered design techniques. Below you can find the initial write up from the beginning of one of these policy making processes. There’s also a link to to a quick presentation I made on the process.
Happy to chat more as I really believe these techniques can be easily adapted to policy making.
http://reboot.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Reboot-A-Promise-to-Every-Child.pdf
https://youtu.be/xr0t3uI_pF8
Martin Stewart-Weeks says
Thanks Natalia – really helpful. I will read the report with interest
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Policy Futures in Education: Volume 8 Number 6 (2010)
Posted in Academic Stuff, Crisis, Critical and Radical Pedagogy, Critical Education, Critical Education Policy Studies, Cultural studies, Education, Higher Education, Journals, Philosophy of Education, Schools
Tagged Ariful Haq Kabir, Beom-ho Oh, Chung-il Yun, Crisis, Critical Education, Critical Pedagogy, Doug Morris, Education, Education and Social Change, Education Crisis, Educational Research, Foucalt and Education, Gabriela Walker, Gertrude Shotte, Glenn Rikowski, Globalisation, Henry A. Giroux, Henry Giroux, Higher Education, Human capital, Human Capital Theory, Hyun-jun Joo, Karl Marx, Marxism and Education, Matteo Pasquinelli, Michael A. Peters, Michael Peters, Michel Foucault, Neoliberalism and Higher Education Policy, On Marx, Paul Miller, Paula Allman, Paulo Freire, Policy Futures in Education, Rikowski News, Ruth Rikowski, Sociology of Education, The Flow of Ideas, Time of Crisis, Tina Besley, Transmorphosis, Zane Ma Rhea
Every Child Scatters
Volume 8 Number 6 2010, ISSN 1478-2103
Now available at: http://www.wwwords.co.uk/pfie/content/pdfs/8/issue8_6.asp
Hyun-jun Joo, Beom-ho Oh & Chung-il Yun. An Analysis of the Relationship Between the Quantity and Quality of Education: focusing on Korea and OECD countries
Ariful Haq Kabir. Neoliberal Policy in the Higher Education Sector in Bangladesh: autonomy of public universities and the role of the state
Zane Ma Rhea. Transmorphosis: negotiating discontinuities in academic work
Paul Miller & Gertrude Shotte. Franchising Education: challenges and opportunities for coping with the economic recession and the provision of higher education in the United Kingdom
Doug Morris. Present Nightmares and Realizable Futures
Matteo Pasquinelli. The Ideology of Free Culture and the Grammar of Sabotage
Helena Pedersen. Education Policymaking for Social Change: a post-humanist intervention
Gabriela Walker. Building ‘Special Capital’ for Entrepreneurial Development: special populations as human capital in the context of global development
OCCASIONAL THOUGHTS:
Henry A. Giroux. In Defense of Public School Teachers in a Time of Crisis
Henry A. Giroux. Rethinking Education as the Practice of Freedom: Paulo Freire and the promise of critical pedagogy
BOOK REVIEW:
Why Foucault? New Directions in Educational Research (Michael A. Peters & Tina [A.C.] Besley, Eds), reviewed by Namrata
Access to the full texts of current articles is restricted to those who have a Personal subscription, or those whose institution has a Library subscription. However, all articles become free-to-view 18 months after publication.
PERSONAL SUBSCRIPTION (single user access). Subscription to the 2011 issues (this includes full access to ALL BACK NUMBERS including those of Volume 8, Numbers 1-6, 2010) is available to individuals at a cost of US$54.00. If you wish to subscribe you may do so immediately at www.wwwords.co.uk/subscribePFIE.asp
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For all editorial matters, including articles offered for publication, please contact Professor Michael A. Peters (mpet001@illinois.edu).
In the event of problems concerning a subscription, or difficulty in gaining access to the journal articles, please contact the publishers at support@symposium-journals.co.uk
Glenn Rikowski and Ruth Rikowski have a number of articles in Policy Futures in Education. These are:
Rikowski, Ruth (2003) Value – the Life Blood of Capitalism: knowledge is the current key, Policy Futures in Education, Vol.1 No.1, pp.160-178: http://www.wwwords.co.uk/pdf/viewpdf.asp?j=pfie&vol=1&issue=1&year=2003&article=9_Rikowski_PFIE_1_1&id=195.93.21.68
Rikowski, Glenn (2004) Marx and the Education of the Future, Policy Futures in Education, Vol.2 Nos. 3 & 4, pp.565-577, online at: http://www.wwwords.co.uk/pdf/viewpdf.asp?j=pfie&vol=2&issue=3&year=2004&article=10_Rikowski_PFEO_2_3-4_web&id=195.93.21.71
Rikowski, Ruth (2006) A Marxist Analysis of the World Trade Organisation’s Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, Policy Futures in Education, Vol.4 No.4: http://www.wwwords.co.uk/pdf/viewpdf.asp?j=pfie&vol=4&issue=4&year=2006&article=7_Rikowski_PFIE_4_4_web&id=205.188.117.66
Rikowski, Ruth (2008) Review Essay: ‘On Marx: An introduction to the revolutionary intellect of Karl Marx’, by Paula Allman, Policy Futures in Education, Vol.6 No.5, pp.653-661: http://www.wwwords.co.uk/pdf/validate.asp?j=pfie&vol=6&issue=5&year=2008&article=11_Rikowski_PFIE_6_5_web
All that is Solid for Glenn Rikowski: https://rikowski.wordpress.com
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Afromodernisms
Posted in Academic Stuff, Call for Papers, Conferences, Postmodernism, Sociology
Tagged Afromodernisms, Atlantic Modernism, Black Feminism, Black Modernism, Call for Paers, Conferences, Critical Race Theory, Diaspora, Ezra Pound, Fionnghuala Sweeney, gender, James Joyce, Kate Marsh, Mike Cole, Modernism, Negritude, Perry Anderson, Politics, Postmodernism, Primitivism, Race, Revolution, Sociology, Sociology of Race, Tyler Stovall, William Faulkner
CALL FOR PAPERS:
Afromodernisms 2
What’s really new? Blackness and Atlantic Modernism, 1907–61
Symposium: University of Liverpool, UK
Confirmed Keynote: Professor Tyler Stovall, University of California, Berkeley
30 June–2 July 2011
Afromodernisms 2 focuses on the relationship between the Afro-Atlantic and the modernist canon. Specifically, the symposium seeks to address the ways in which current configurations of modernism—the art and literature of the new—may be inflected, expanded, or even called into question by either localized or transnational Africanist interventions into the politics and culture of the first half of the twentieth century.
* What constitutes a ‘modernist’ response to the experience of the modern? What categories underpin the aesthetic category ‘modernism’?
* How might emphasis on black diapora subject positions, representations, and artistic and political interventions, inflect current canonical configurations of modernism?
* To what extent might black feminist positions revise or even reject the totalizing tendencies of the male voice in canonical works of black modernism, for example, Négritude?
The aims of the conference are the following:
* To debate the tenets of modernism (its newness, breaks with tradition, interest in the exotic and the primitive, its sense of fragmentation and displacement, and the way it conceives of the individual subject) in two contexts: first in terms of the work produced by African diaspora artists and writers; second, in relation to the symbolic presence of representations of blackness in the work of Anglo-American, Caribbean and European modernists.
* To consider the degree to which a variety of actors operating from what might be termed ‘alternative’ or ‘displaced’ metropoles interacted to produce, in Jameson’s terms, an ‘active sense’ of the history of modernity, one in which a black presence was of key aesthetic, political and cultural importance.
* To expand Perry Anderson’s claim, directed primarily at European modernist movements, that one of the indispensible co-ordinates for locating modernism is its ‘proximity to social revolution,’ to include a range of Afro-Atlantic revolutionary positions. We therefore welcome papers that consider the range of anti-colonial and/or feminist responses to the experience of modernity operating across the Atlantic in the inter- and post-war years.
*To reconsider the emergence of literary and artistic avant-gardes in the context of black anti-colonial, feminist, and (pan)nationalist movements, the two world wars, and, in the interwar period, against the backdrop of fascism and communism.
Individual papers and proposals for panels, in English, are invited, addressing, but not limited to the following circumatlantic themes:
* Black performance/performance of blackness
* blackness and/in visual art
* modernism and primitivism
* modernist landscapes and/or the city
* science, technology and the machine
* narrative, subjectivity, psychoanalysis
* the politics of history
* blackness and genre
* island modernisms (e.g. Antillean, Irish, Cape Verdian)
* tradition and experimentation
* modernism, politics and the metropole (Paris, London, Mexico, Dublin, Marseille, Berlin, Hamburg, Moscow, DC, New York)
* modernist soundscapes
* black writers/artists in/and Europe
* modernism and ideology
* modernism and the canon, including the Harlem Renaissance, Négritude, and Paris Noir
* formal innovation/ the language of modernism
* informal networks
* the work of ‘high’ and not-so-high modernists, for example, Eliot, Faulkner, McKay, Beckett, Pound, Stevens, Williams, Hughes, Joyce, Hurston
* responses to revolution: Easter 1916, November 1918, Spain 1936
For individual papers, please send a working title, abstract of 250–350 words, and a biographical note to: Fionnghuala Sweeney: fsweeney@liv.ac.uk or Kate Marsh: clmarsh@liv.ac.uk
Proposal for panels should contain a panel title, working titles for individual papers, with individual abstracts of 250 words each, and brief biographical notes on the chair and/or speakers to: Fionnghuala Sweeney: fsweeney@liv.ac.uk or Kate Marsh: clmarsh@liv.ac.uk.
Proposals on teaching and curating are also welcomed, as are offers to act as chair or respondent.
Closing date for call: 11 April, 2011.
Kate Marsh
Fionnghuala Sweeney
Afromodernisms2: http://www.liv.ac.uk/soclas/conferences/Afromodernism
Dr Kate Marsh
Senior Lecturer in French
School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies
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Walter takes Suffolk to task over traffic lights and dock space
by Tim Gannon |
01/31/2014 11:00 AM |
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | The light at the Dick’s Sporting Goods shopping center on Route 58 is maintained by the town, even though it’s along a county road.
Riverhead and Suffolk County remain at odds over who should maintain traffic signals on county roads within the town.
Riverhead Supervisor Sean Walter raised the issue last week during a public hearing on a proposal to have the town formally take over maintenance of the traffic light at County Road 105 and Riverside Drive. Mr. Walter said he feels the town should no longer be required to maintain traffic signals on county roads, which has been the long-standing practice.
“I’m tired of the county dumping everything on the town,” Mr. Walter said.
Vanessa Baird-Streeter, a spokeswoman for County Executive Steve Bellone, said Tuesday the county has signed agreements with the town specifying all the traffic signals the town maintains on county roads. Some of those agreements date back to the ’70s, she said.
In most instances, the county builds the traffic signals and the town maintains them. The town maintains traffic signals only on county roads that intersect with town roads, she said.
“I don’t think we ever had any instances where they’ve refused to maintain a light, because it’s helping their roads, too,” Ms. Baird-Streeter said.
Town attorney Bob Kozakiewicz said a 1989 legal opinion from the New York State Comptroller addresses the issue.
That opinion states that the town is responsible for installing and maintaining traffic signals, if deemed necessary, at the intersection of a town and county road.
However, it also says: “A town has no similar duty with respect to the intersection of two county roads.”
In an interview, Mr. Walter said the county studies whether an intersection involving a county road is hazardous and warrants a traffic signal. Therefore, the county should maintain those signals, he said.
Last week’s hearing was mostly a technicality to add the traffic signal at 105 and Riverside Drive to town code, as all traffic signals are, Mr. Walter said. It turned out the signal was already in the town code.
“I have not been convinced over the past several months that local municipalities are required to take over operation and maintenance of county traffic lights,” Mr. Walter said.
The supervisor said the town street lighting department has maintained the county traffic signals since 1995. Before that, the highway department held the job.
The town’s street lighting department has budgeted a total of $35,000 for traffic signal maintenance in 2014, but the budget doesn’t break down whether the lights are on county or town roads.
In an interview, Mr. Walter also expressed his displeasure that the town provides free dock space to the county’s dredges. Mr. Walter said the county should agree to dredge Riverhead’s creeks first.
“We give them 100 feet of free dock space for dredging equipment and they dredge us last,” he said.
Only two of the four creeks where dredging was planned were completed before a Jan. 15 deadline, Mr. Walter said.
In September, county Department of Public Works commissioner Gil Anderson had asked Riverhead and other East End towns to pay for overtime because the department needed to run double shifts to finish its 23 countywide dredging jobs before Jan. 15, a deadline related to restrictions concerning winter flounder.
The Riverhead Town Board approved a resolution in October allowing up to $11,317 in overtime costs to be paid to the county for dredging.
Riverhead’s creeks are dredged last because the DPW keeps its dredge in Riverhead, Ms. Baird-Streeter said. Mr. Walter said the same logic could be used to have Riverhead dredged first.
Ms. Baird-Streeter said the town hasn’t been charged yet for overtime pay on the dredge projects.
“They haven’t been charged anything,” she said. “That was just an estimate.”
She said she was looking into Mr. Walter’s other claim about the dredging, but said that due to environmental regulations, the county can dredge only between Oct. 1 and Jan. 15.
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A few days ago I watched a You Tube video of the 2015 Kea World Class New Zealander Awards where Helen Clark won the supreme award. Right from the beginning some of these “world class” New Zealanders were calling themselves “Kiwis”, over and over and over again. To me it sounded absolutely ridiculous. World class silly buggers more like it.
And at a wedding recently an Australian guest thought he had offended me when I told him I was a New Zealander, not a Kiwi. It was a conversation stopper but he was just being friendly. I suppose I ought to be kinder to Australians who don’t know better. New Zealanders though, world class or otherwise, deserve my opprobrium.
I’ve been doing it for years now. I do it all the time, regardless, just a gentle rebuke to those who compare me to a nocturnal, flightless and fat-arsed dumb little bird with a sticky beak. Or perhaps to an egg-shaped furry little greeny-brown fruit that used to be called a Chinese gooseberry back in the dark ages when I was a child.
I’m an oddity. One of a minority it seems who doesn’t appreciate being likened to a ridiculous bird, or to a minor ingredient in my breakfast smoothie (fruit, greenery, herbs, nuts, flaxseed oil, coconut yoghurt, spirulina, turmeric, ginger, lecithin, water and ice cubes – in case you’re interested). I’m a Maori vegan oddity as well. Or a vegan Maori oddity.
It’s probably the Maori heritage in me that gets me going on about being called Kiwi. I’m not so vegan that I object to being called Kiwi out of political correctness.
For me it’s about whakapapa or genealogy. You see, I’m tangata Maori, a Maori person. I’m not manu Maori, a Maori bird. Nowhere in my extensive whakapapa going back over thirty generations and across multiple lines into multiple hapu or tribes can I find a single bird let alone a kiwi bird. Try as I might, not one. There are a lot of distinguished rangatira or chiefs in that whakapapa and not one of them is a bird. Or even a foreign fruit. Strictly speaking my early ancestors were indeed foreigners who migrated here from Eastern Polynesia. But colloquially they would have been called coconuts perhaps, rather than Chinese gooseberries.
But I can see why most New Zealanders don’t mind being called Kiwi, and even describe themselves as Kiwi. It’s easy to understand. There’s a simple explanation. They’re silly buggers. New Zealanders are silly buggers. Except for me. And my children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
On the other hand, in this highly urbanised society more and more divorced from the natural world where heaps of people don’t know that milk comes from a cow’s tit and bacon is pig’s bum, maybe they just don’t realise any more that a Kiwi is actually a flightless, nocturnal, fat-arsed and dumb little bird with a sticky beak. Mind you there seem to be a lot more fat-arsed dumb New Zealanders with sticky beaks around these days. Maybe the distinction between New Zealanders and Kiwis is not as great as when I was growing up and being taught the difference. Maybe there’s a genetic evolution in New Zealanders towards fat-arsed dumb bird-persons. I think I’d rather my descendants became intelligent fruit.
Nah. I agree with you. That’s all a bit far-fetched. I think I’ll stick with the silly bugger explanation.
Which sort of leads me to the inevitable conclusion that my forebears in the New Zealand military were silly buggers. Don’t get me wrong they were soldiers not bears, and there were a lot more than four of them (in case you’re getting confused) but they did originate this silly Kiwi stuff. In the Boer War and then in World War I a New Zealand regiment and then all New Zealand forces adopted the kiwi as their regimental then national logo.
Don’t ask me why. It defies logic. Who in their right mind would choose a nocturnal, flightless, fat-arsed and dumb little bird with a sticky beak to represent New Zealand’s finest? Some stupid bloody staff officer for sure. Or perhaps it just started as a joke in the workshops and a vehicle mechanic or a sign writer with a sense of humour painted a kiwi on the staff officer’s car. In these more liberal days it would be a likeness of the officer’s head shaped like another part of his anatomy.
Now I can vouch for the fact that military vehicle mechanics and sign writers have a sense of humour. All of the Australian vehicles in Vietnam had a small red kangaroo painted on the door. Overnight they all had white kiwis painted on them, mounted on the red kangaroo, in flagrante delicto. True story.
And you never know, that staff officer might have had style and a sense of humour himself. He might have turned a soldier’s mockery into a national symbol and had the last laugh. He’d still be laughing in his grave. Maybe the whole bloody New Zealand Expeditionary Force was in on the joke. Surely the flower of New Zealand’s manhood didn’t seriously compare themselves to nocturnal, flightless, fat-arsed and dumb little birds with sticky beaks. Or to a Chinese gooseberry.
Anyway, New Zealand soldiers used to be called Maorilanders, EnZedders, Fernleavers (after a badge they wore), Diggers and Pig Islanders, but by about 1917 they were being called Kiwis and were calling themselves Kiwis. The original silly buggers were our WW1 heroes. It didn’t take long to catch on and by the time the war ended in 1918 all New Zealand soldiers were being called Kiwis. I suppose it was better than Pig Islanders.
By the way did you notice that we used to be called “Diggers” too, until the Aussies stole it, like Pavlova and Phar Lap and Crowded House and Jo Bjelke-Petersen.
Then sports teams picked up on it and pretty soon all those silly New Zealanders were calling themselves Kiwis. Except for my grandfather, and my father, and me. In fact, growing up in Ngati Whatuiapiti I never once heard anyone refer to themselves as Kiwi. I guess we all knew we were tangata persons not manu birds. Either that or there were no silly buggers in Ngati Whatuiapiti. Which is stretching credulity a little. Believe me.
For me it’s about mana – dignity, self-respect, mutual respect, prestige even. In Ngati Whatuiapiti we all descend from our illustrious tipuna (ancestor) Te Whatuiapiti; the red-haired one who won many military and economic battles, regained the lands stolen from his father and grandfather, and held off marauders from the North trying to take them again, without doubt Hawke’s Bay’s most outstanding leader, warrior and statesman, ever. We bask in the inherited glow of his mana. None of us descend from Kiwi. Ours is mana tangata not mana manu. Ngati Kiwi is some other tribe, a tribe for silly buggers who think of themselves as nocturnal, flightless, fat-arsed dumb little birds with sticky beaks. Or Chinese gooseberries.
I didn’t get called Kiwi until I left school, took leave of Ngati Whatuiapiti, joined Ngati Tumatauenga (NZ Army), and went off to Australia for officer training. There we were called Kiwi and Pig Islander and a whole lot more besides, including “Shaky Islander” which I didn’t mind. We were also called “Sheepshagger” which I did mind of course, although I did quietly admire the sheer audacity of the pot calling the kettle black. The inventiveness of Australian nomenclature has never ceased to amaze me. Yet somehow they have avoided being called Kangaroos or Wallabies or Dingos or Wombats or Galahs or Cockatoos or Dingbats. Except for their sports teams and their politicians of course. “Aussie, Aussie, Aussie” seems to satisfy their sense of nationality. “Oi, oi, oi” their finely tuned sense of the ridiculous.
Aussie. I suppose if I had to choose between “Newzie” and “Kiwi” I’d have to go with “Kiwi”, much as I hate to say it. “Newzie, Newzie, Newzie”? Nah. The bloody Australians would laugh us out of the stadium.
I served in the New Zealand Army for twenty years “Under the Kiwi” as it were. I have to admit it. I wore a hat badge with a kiwi on it for most of those twenty years, and I’ve still got my cravat that we wore when we deployed to Vietnam in 1967; a black cravat with a small white kiwi that I never wear any more, not for decades. And I’ve still got a very artistic kiwi lapel pin that I never wear any more, not for decades. I used to wear them once upon a while ago.
A sense of humour goes a long way in the military. A joke in the form of a nocturnal, flightless, fat-arsed dumb little bird with a sticky beak is the legacy of my military forebears.
What does it say about the Royal New Zealand Air Force that they still sport a kiwi in the middle of their RNZAF badge and in the middle of the roundels on their aircraft. Silly buggers. Or are they just perpetuating the joke. My beloved Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment still sports the kiwi in the badge. That’s OK though because they’re not silly buggers; they’re good jokers.
That’s all behind me now. But I suppose a film about my own life might be called “Once Were Silly Bugger”. Ah well. I’m definitely a New Zealander now; Ngati Whatuiapiti and New Zealander. I’ve returned to my roots and there ain’t no kiwi there. Just a few stray pukeko running across the road into the swamp.
So don’t you dare call me “Kiwi” you silly bugger you. Or “Pukeko”.
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Poem-A-Day: Emily Dickinson (again)
On April 29, 2019 April 29, 2019 By angeliquejamailIn Emily Dickinson, hope, National Poetry Month, poetry, resistance3 Comments
If there has been one constant refrain in our most recent history, it’s that we must not lose hope. In the face of outstanding stupidity, intolerable cruelty, and just garden-variety meanness, our endurance is what will allow us to outsmart the extraordinary nonsense and significant peril that has become the waters we swim in. If I had my choice, I would fly above that muddy river. I am growing wings.
Here is one more poem by that unmistakable goddess of poetry, Emily Dickinson, and in the video linked below you can see a child signing it while a celebrity reads it aloud.
“Hope” is the thing with feathers (314)
“Hope” is the thing with feathers —
That perches in the soul —
And sings the tune without the words —
And never stops — at all —
And sweetest — in the Gale — is heard —
And sore must be the storm —
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm —
I’ve heard it in the chillest land —
And on the strangest Sea —
Yet — never — in Extremity,
It asked a crumb — of me.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/video/77372/hope-is-the-thing-with-feathers
For some really interesting speculation on whether this image does in fact depict Dear Emily, go to https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/sep/05/emily-dickinson-new-photograph.
You can click here for an official biographical statement about Emily Dickinson. In short, she’s widely considered one of America’s top five historical poets, alongside William Carlos Williams, Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, and Langston Hughes. Her poetry confounds some, much as her life must have, but as far as I’m concerned she’s awesome and way ahead of the minds who attempted to dismiss her. She is, perhaps, a shining example of a woman who did not conform to what society expected of her.
Poem-A-Day 2019: Emily Dickinson
On April 2, 2019 April 2, 2019 By angeliquejamailIn Emily Dickinson, National Poetry Month, poetry14 Comments
Emily Dickinson’s poetry always felt to me — even when I was in grade school — like the fleeting thought-tendrils of a woman on the edge of some yawning chasm. As if these fragmented-feeling verses were some diaphanous grappling hook she hoped but didn’t expect someone would catch and reel her into their intellectual embrace.
Wild nights — Wild nights! (#269)
Wild nights — Wild nights!
Were I with thee
Wild nights should be
Our luxury!
Futile — the winds —
To a Heart in port —
Done with the Compass —
Done with the Chart!
Rowing in Eden —
Ah — the Sea!
Might I but moor — tonight —
In thee!
Emily Dickinson, in full Emily Elizabeth Dickinson, (born December 10, 1830, Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.—died May 15, 1886, Amherst), American lyric poet who lived in seclusion and commanded a singular brilliance of style and integrity of vision. With Walt Whitman, Dickinson is widely considered to be one of the two leading 19th-century American poets.
Only 10 of Emily Dickinson’s nearly 1,800 poems are known to have been published in her lifetime. Devoted to private pursuits, she sent hundreds of poems to friends and correspondents while apparently keeping the greater number to herself. She habitually worked in verse forms suggestive of hymns and ballads, with lines of three or four stresses. Her unusual off-rhymes have been seen as both experimental and influenced by the 18th-century hymnist Isaac Watts. She freely ignored the usual rules of versification and even of grammar, and in the intellectual content of her work she likewise proved exceptionally bold and original. Her verse is distinguished by its epigrammatic compression, haunting personal voice, enigmatic brilliance, and lack of high polish.
This biographical information is quoted from the Encyclopaedia Britannica. I admit I might not entirely agree with the phrase “lack of high polish.” For more on Dickinson’s life and literary development, click here.
Featured Poet: Emily Dickinson
On April 22, 2015 By angeliquejamailIn Chip Kidd, Earth Day, Emily Dickinson, National Poetry Month, nature, Poet-A-Day, poetry4 Comments
This isn’t technically a Women Writers Wednesday review, but I have to give a shout-out today, on a Wednesday, on Earth Day, to Emily Dickinson. She has been known to many as one of the greatest American poets, or as “The Belle of Amherst,” or as “that crazy lady in the white dress locked in her house all her life.” (True story, I knew someone who referred to her like that, not out of abject disrespect so much as out of frustrated curiosity.)
No matter what you call her, she was and remains a force majeure of American letters. The more I read of her work throughout my life, the better I can appreciate the depth of her intellectual and poetic gifts.
Today I came across one of her poems I had not seen before. Since it’s Earth Day, I wanted to feature a poem about nature, and this seemed like a good one to include. It’s number as 668 in the source I encountered (PoemHunter.com).
“Nature” is what we see—
The Hill—the Afternoon—
Squirrel—Eclipse— the Bumble bee—
Nay—Nature is Heaven—
Nature is what we hear—
The Bobolink—the Sea—
Thunder—the Cricket—
Nay—Nature is Harmony—
Nature is what we know—
Yet have no art to say—
So impotent Our Wisdom is
To her Simplicity.
What can I tell you about Emily Dickinson that you don’t probably already know? How about this: one of my favorite National Poetry Month posters ever is from 2005 — incidentally, the month my daughter was born — and was designed by Chip Kidd. It features Emily Dickinson’s dress on a black background and a marvelous quote from her letters. “Nature is a haunted house — but Art — is a house that tries to be haunted.”
Featured Poet: Janice D. Soderling
On April 20, 2015 By angeliquejamailIn Emily Dickinson, Janice D. Soderling, literature, National Poetry Month, Poet-A-Day, poetry2 Comments
You know what I love best about tonight’s poem? It reminds me of Emily Dickinson, someone whose work I admire not just because of its complexity, but also because the woman who wrote it led such an intellectually rich but societally challenged life.
What does this poem make you think of? For me, it calls to mind “A narrow fellow in the grass” and “Eden is that old-fashioned House.” It’s rhyming done well, modern and brief, serene yet slightly punchy. Does this sound like a contradiction? It does to me, but still, it’s how I feel about it. And in my head, in my gut, it makes sense.
Quiet Things
Let the poem be a still thing. –W.S. Graham
Like the fall of one bright feather
from the eagle’s taloned clutch.
Down it drifts in pretty weather,
troubling no ear overmuch.
Or like the rushing stream gone dry.
Or like the netted butterfly.
Or like the slither of small snakes.
Or like a heart that slowly breaks.
Janice D. Soderling has published poetry, fiction and translations at Mezzo Cammin, Rattle, The Rotary Dial, Light, Think, Alabama Literary Review, Hobart, Per Contra, Glimmer Train, Evansville Review and way over a hundred other print and online journals. She is assistant fiction editor at Able Muse. Janice hails from the United States but lives in Sweden.
On April 10, 2014 By angeliquejamailIn Emily Dickinson, National Poetry Month, poetry2 Comments
So, it was my plan to feature only poets I know personally this whole month, which was going to be fun and all, but as I was grading a stack of tests this week, I realized that in one class where I’d offered the students the chance to write about a Florence + the Machine song versus an Emily Dickinson poem, only one person chose dear Emily. Now, granted, that song was awesome and did in fact dovetail nicely with the unit we had been studying, and the poem was more challenging and required more thoughtful analysis — but it was awesome and dovetailed nicely, too.
Anyway, I’ve decided to feature this poem tonight because it’s one of my favorites by Emily Dickinson. I don’t think I need to put a bio for her, do I?
My Life had stood — a Loaded Gun (754 or 764)
My Life had stood — a Loaded Gun —
In Corners — till a Day
The Owner passed — identified —
And carried Me away —
And now We roam in Sovereign Woods —
And now We hunt the Doe —
And every time I speak for Him
The Mountains straight reply —
And do I smile, such cordial light
Upon the Valley glow —
It is as a Vesuvian face
Had let its pleasure through —
And when at Night — Our good Day done —
I guard My Master’s Head —
‘Tis better than the Eider-Duck’s
Deep Pillow — to have shared —
To foe of His — I’m deadly foe —
None stir the second time —
On whom I lay a Yellow Eye —
Or an emphatic Thumb —
Though I than He — may longer live
He longer must — than I —
For I have but the power to kill,
Without — the power to die —
On August 23, 2013 August 24, 2013 By angeliquejamailIn Emily Dickinson, fashion, Fashion Friday, humor, poetry, t-shirt4 Comments
How would you like some adorable photos of recent Sappho’s Torque contest winners? Here are a couple of our winners from the Book Spine Poetry Contest, wearing their cute prize t-shirts. Continue reading “Fashion Friday 8/23/13” →
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Friday, 10th May: A pleasant morning, after a chilly start, with a mix of white cloud and hazy sun and just a light north-westerly breeze......
Selsey Bill: The wind direction meant another quiet morning, with two Eider east the only birds of note. Full log below.... (PB/JF/C&ME/BI/IP/DM)
Eider - 2W (1st-winter males)
Ringed Plover - 2p
Sanderling - 7E, 4p
Whimbrel - 7E
Sandwich Tern - 32E
'Commic' Tern - 2E
Swallow - 7N
House Martin - 3p
(1330-1800hrs) (PB/BI/SH/JA)
Red-throated Diver - 1E
Sanderling - 15W
Whimbrel - 1E, 6W
Arctic Skua - 1E (l/p)
Pomarine Skua - 1E (15.32hrs)
Little Tern - 14E
Common Tern - 2E
Ferry Pool: It looks like two pairs of Avocets are going to nest on the small island at the back, with another four and two Little Ringed Plovers also about, along with a handful of Redshank, c30 Black-tailed Godwits, four Gadwall and a dozen Shelduck, plus what looks like nine youngsters.
There were also, Blackcaps, Chiffchaffs and Whitethroats singing around the discovery Area and a Goldcrest singing in the Leylandii by the EA yard.. (AH/TK/RP)
Shelducks (AH) (above), Black-tailed Godwits (TK), Avocets & Wren (RP) around the Ferry
Long Pool: A female Whinchat was along the edges of the fields this morning, but otherwise it was the usual mix of Reed and Sedge Warbler song, with two or three Reed Buntings, a Blackcap, a couple of Whitethroats, a Lesser Whitethroat and a Cetti's Warbler all joining in.
A pair of Gadwall and a Great Crested Grebe were on the pool, with a couple more of the former in Ferry Channel, along with c40 Black-tailed Godwits. (AH/TK)
Whinchat (above), Reed Warbler, Reed Bunting & Gadwall around the Long Pool (AH)
Sidlesham: A Cuckoo was calling somewhere near our garden on the west of the village today, whilst a Lesser Black-backed Gull was among the usual Herring Gulls and four Shelduck were flying around, prospecting the local paddocks, as they always do at this time of year. (AH)
Church Norton: A Hobby went over the Severals this morning. (BI)
At high tide, late this afternoon, 20+ Little Terns were being busy around Peregrine Island (safe to assume that the Peregrines are not nesting there!), with 40 Sandwich Terns and a lone Common Tern also about, along with 20+ Bar-tailed Godwits, three Knot, 16 Grey Plovers and c60 Dunlin. (AH)
Sandwich Tern (above) & Sandwich Terns, Dunlin and Grey Plovers at Church Norton (AH)
Medmerry: Easton Lane to the Stilt Pool - It was generally quiet along the banks, though a Cuckoo was briefly in the poplars and there were half a dozen Reed Buntings, Yellowhammers and Whitethroats, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Sedge Warbler and several Reed Warblers present, plus a Meadow Pipit, a Jay, a couple of Swallows and the usual Skylarks and Linnets.
The Stilt Pool only appeared to be holding five pairs of Avocets, though several appeared to be on eggs, and the only other waders seen were three Little Ringed Plovers, with a couple of pairs of Gadwall and Tufted Duck the only wildfowl of note. (AH/IP)
Later on, the two sub-adult Spoonbills were back on the Stilt Pool. (per RBA)
Cuckoo (above), Jay, Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Little Ringed Plover & Avocets at Medmerry (AH)
Thursday, 9th May: A fairly cool and blustery morning with the odd squally shower and a fresh north-westerly breeze......
Selsey Bill: Predictably quiet, though a couple of Arctic Skuas went east early on and the local terns, Gannets and the odd Common Scoter were moving about offshore. Full log below.......
(0540-1100hrs) (JF/PB/C&ME/AH/IP/PC)
Shelduck - 2W
Common Scoter - 16E, 18W
Curlew - 2E
Whimbrel - 2W
Bar-tailed Godwit - 3E
Knot - 2W
Grey Plover - 23W
Little Tern - 8E, 7os
Common Tern - 16os
Sandwich Tern - 28E, 8os
Kittiwake - 2W
Arctic Skua - 2E (1 l/p, 1d/p)
Swallow - 31N
House Martin - 3p (local breeders)
(1345-1545hrs) (C&ME)
Fulmar - 1E
Dunlin - 30W
Little Tern - 9W
'Commic' Tern - 30os
Arctic Skua - 4E (2 l/p, 2 d/p)
Swift - 4N
Arctic Skua - 3E (2l/p, 1d/p)
Sandwich Tern - 2E, 6os
House Martin (above) & the Pom Race contenders enduring a slow morning at the Bill (AH)
Ferry Pool: Two Common Sandpipers together were new, but otherwise it was business as usual, with three Little Ringed Plovers, six Avocets, ten Redshank and c40 Black-tailed Godwits present, along with four Gadwall and a dozen Shelducks, plus the family group.
There were a couple of Whimbrel, a couple of Avocets and another 40 or so Black-tailed Godwits in the channel opposite, plus pairs of Wigeon and Gadwall, but the Tramway circuit just held the regular Whitethroats, Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs. (AH)
Common Sandpipers (above), Wigeon, Whimbrel & Whitethroat around the Ferry (AH)
Church Norton: There were a dozen Whimbrel in the harbour, plus up to 20 Bar-tailed and a couple of Black-tailed Godwits, with at least 40 Sandwich Terns and a handful of Little Terns and Mediterranean Gulls around the island.
Passerines were more heard than seen, but included a Lesser Whitethroat, a couple of Whitethroats and Blackcaps and a few Linnets. (AH/IP)
Bar-tailed Godwit (above) & Sandwich Tern at Church Norton (AH)
Ivy Lake: The first-winter Little Gull was again present, along with four Common Terns, c50 Swifts and 200+ Swallows and House Martins, whilst Reed, Sedge and Cetti's Warblers, Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs were all heard and there were 20+ juvenile Long-tailed Tits moving through the hedges.
Also, there were a dozen or so Pochard, half of which were females, on the various lakes, along with similar numbers of Tufted Ducks and Great Crested Grebes. (AH)
Little Gull (above), Common Tern, Pochard & Long-tailed Tit at Ivy Lake (AH)
Wednesday, 8th May: A morning that started with a fresh south-easterly, leaden skies and heavy prolonged showers, but ended up with a brisk south-westerly, producing typically bright and breezy conditions......
Selsey Bill: Early on, a Pomarine Skua and two Black Terns went east, but thereafter it was mainly terns and Gannets moving east and west, plus a Hobby in from the sea. The hard core of observers who attended this morning braved the downpours, (well, apart from a few tactical withdrawals to our cars), but poor visibility at times no doubt meant some more distant birds got missed. Overall though, it was a good team effort! Full log below......
(0530-1400hrs) (JA/PB/JF/OM/BI/IP/AH et al)
Gannet - 250E, 654W
Shoveler - 2E
Hobby - 1N
Turnstone - 3E
Dunlin - 1E
Arctic Skua - 1E (d/p)
Pomarine Skua - 1E (0544hrs)
Little Tern - 2E, 12os
Common Tern - 102E
'Commic' Tern - 45E
Black Tern - 2E
(1400-1600hrs) (C&ME) .....and another Pom by the afternoon shift at 1503hrs.....
Manx Shearwater - 2W
Kittiwake -
Guillemot (above), Kittiwake, Sandwich Tern & Gannets at the Bill (AH)
OM and PB, above, enjoying the conditions at the Bill rather more than Jack, below! (AH)
Selsey: There were Swifts feeding low over St Peter's Church this morning. (AW)
Ivy Lake: The Little Gull was still present this evening, with lots of Swifts and hirundines over the lake and the pair of Egyptian Geese, along with seven goslings were at the back. (AB)
Ferry Pool: There were a dozen Avocets present early on, along with c50 Black-tailed Godwits and half a dozen Redshank, along with four Gadwall, 20 adult Shelducks and at least seven ducklings.
There were four Whimbrel, two Dunlin and another 30 Black-tailed Godwits in the channel, plus pairs of Wigeon and Gadwall. (AH)
Whimbrel (above), Dunlin & Shelduck-lings around the Ferry (AH)
Church Norton: Out on the mud this morning there were three Knot, 22 Bar-tailed Godwits, two Black-tailed Godwits, six Whimbrel and two Ringed Plovers, whilst 30 or so Sandwich Terns and half a dozen Mediterranean Gulls were also sat out.
Unsurprisingly, the bushes were quiet, though Cuckoo, Blackcap and Chiffchaff were all heard. (AH)
Later, a Nightingale singing briefly at the head of the Church Norton path to the harbour this afternoon. (IL)
Bar-tailed Godwit (above), Knot & Sandwich Terns at Church Norton (AH)
This evening there were at least 20 Bar-tailed Godwits and a dozen Black-tailed Godwits on the mud, along with the three Knot and at least five Whimbrel. (AH)
Bar-tailed Godwit (above), Bar-tailed and Black-tailed Godwits & Whimbrel at Church Norton (AH)
Tuesday, 7th May: Another cool and fairly cloudy morning but also some sunny spells, with light and variable winds early on, freshening and moving south-east as the morning progressed............
Selsey Bill: Highlights for a big crowd included four Black Terns through east early on, a Long-tailed Duck going west before dropping onto the sea and the first couple of Pomarine Skuas for a nearly a week (singles going east at 1155 & 1459hrs). Also, a Yellowhammer in the Bill House garden was a surprise, as were a flock of eight Manx close in this evening.
Otherwise there were a few 'Commic'/Common Terns and 200+ Common Scoters going east, along with a few Bar-tailed Godwits and 50 Whimbrels. Full log below......
(0530-1900hrs) (JA/PB/JF/OM/IP/CN/AH/C&ME/CRJ/CBC&MC/DS/DF et al)
Black-throated Diver - 2E
Manx Shearwater - 8E
Gannet - 200E, 19W
Shelduck - 3E, 4os
Common Scoter - 266E
Long-tailed Duck - 1W settled offshore
Tufted Duck - 2W
Whimbrel - 50E
Bar-tailed Godwit - 10E
Sanderling - 49E
Great Skua - 1E
Arctic Skua - 6E, 2os (all l/p)
Pomarine Skua (1155 & 1459hrs)
Little Tern - 17E, 30os
Common Tern - 43E
'Commic' Tern - 163E
Sandwich Tern - 132E, 16os
Guillemot - 1E, 2W
Pied Wagtail - 1 ob
Whitethroat - 2 Bill House garden
Yellowhammer - 1 Bill House garden
Common Terns (above), Sandwich Tern, Little Terns, Red-throated Diver, Yellowhammer and a good turn-out at the Bill (AH)
JF is currently in the runner-up position with this year's Pom-King challenge and here we see his tactics - conserving energy whilst he's meant to be contributing to the Log!! (OM)
Ferry Pool: The pool was fairly quiet again, with waders comprising just a Little Ringed Plover, two Dunlin, a Lapwing, four Avocets, ten Redshank and c50 Black-tailed Godwits. The Shelduck family was along the edges, with another dozen adults present, plus a pair of Gadwall, whilst a summer-plumaged Spotted Redshank was in the channel opposite. (AH)
Spotted Redshank (above), Shelduck-ling, Gadwall & Little Ringed Plover around the Ferry (AH)
Church Norton: There were at least 20 Little Terns and Common Terns, plus 50 or more Sandwich Terns in the harbour, along with 20 Bar-tailed Godwits, a couple of Black-tailed Godwits and Whimbrel, Dunlin and half a dozen Ringed Plovers.
There was no evidence of new migration, with just the regular Sedge Warblers, Whitethroats and Blackcaps heard/seen, plus a few Swallows over. (AH/IP)
Chi GPs - Ivy Lake: The Little Gull was still present this afternoon (CRJ)
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Bone Stocks
FIVE POINTS TO PONDER: Bone Stocks
By ladybug388 on May 16, 2019 • ( 1 Comment )
Despite wet weather playing havoc with racing schedules, Bone Stock racers have been able to lock down a pair of nights at Flamboro Speedway and Full Throttle Motor Speedway, with Sunset Speedway’s division kicking off their campaign last week.
There may only be a couple weeks in the book already, but a couple strong faces are emerging already.
1. Catching the Rule Breakers
Although the action has been exciting on-track, tech officials have been just as busy as Flamboro Speedway has already handed out a couple of disqualifications, including a year suspension for a racer.
The Bone Stocks were created for two reasons – a way to get new racers involved in the sport, while also being a cheaper alternative for those who wanted to keep racing on a budget. It’s also easy to get out of hand, as there are certainly many tricks that can be tried and played to make your car faster.
So shout-out to the officials doing the hard work making sure that’s not happening to keep the division fair, and fun for everyone.
2. The Battle of the Rookies
After some small beginnings last year, Sunset Speedway opened the 2019 campaign with 13 drivers taking the green for the first Signs of Innovation Bone Stock event of the season. Ultimately, a past Mini Stock competitor Joe Dunlop came out on top with the win for week one.
As the season continues, expect plenty of fresh faces to be picking up checkered flags as the division includes several rookie drivers. Ryan D’Antimo already proved that he is within reach of victory lane, winning both his heats and dominating the feature before a mechanical issue on the final lap.
You will also want to keep your eye on fellow Joshua Flamard and sophomore Aundrea Lusk as they rounded out the podium on Saturday night.
3. Leo Labarbera’s Strong Start
With each season under his belt at Flamboro Speedway, Leo Labarbera continues to grow as a driver, and that has shined through the first two nights of the year.
In the four features ran thus far this season, the driver of the No. 42 has scored three podiums, and an eighth. The only other driver to score more than two top-five’s this year is Bobby Mercer, and he was last year’s Ray’s Towing & Recovery Super Stock Champion.
Although he has yet to pick up a checkered flag this season, Labarbera was able to do so last year in a season that included eight top-five’s and 19 top-10’s.
4. Duguay is the Man to Beat
When it comes to the action on the tight bullring, Jeremy Duguay is emerging as the early championship favorite at Full Throttle Motor Speedway.
In the first four features ran this season, he won a pair of them to go along with finishes of second and third. He won’t have it easy, though, as Mitch Wilkins and Leandra Urbanek have also scored four top-five’s to start the season.
Duguay proved his ability last season at Full Throttle, picking up five victories, 19 top-five’s, and 25 top-10’s across the year.
5. Action Picks Up
This weekend promises to showcase the best of those in the division, as Delaware Speedway and Peterborough Speedway both open their seasons with the Bone Stocks in action.
Both tracks have proven to have some of the best talent in past years, with Peterborough featuring at least six or seven drivers every night that could reach victory lane. Although it was Ryan Oosterholt driving the No. 57 to the championship last year, he will be stepping aside as car owner Keith Parkes has received clearance to get back behind the wheel in 2019.
No matter which asphalt track you attend this weekend, though, the Bone Stocks are in action as five speedways will host events for the class.
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Copyright © 2017 by Brian Bixby
It was November 1, a Wednesday. I was sitting at the dining room table, eating my breakfast, when my twin teenage daughters came down from their bedrooms. I took a look, and was shocked at what they were wearing. Call me a prude, but the bra-over-the-blouse and no-skirt look is not suitable for a school day. It really wasn’t their style, either, which made me wonder.
And then I noticed their eyes: black irises and bloodshot whites. Damn, last night was Halloween and they’d been demonically possessed. This sort of thing wouldn’t have happened if they still had a mother. But Thelma had committed suicide with a cheese grater when they were five. I blame myself, for the girls, not Thelma.
“Go right back upstairs and change your clothes,” I told them.
Lisa, always the more daring, waltzed over to me, stuck her tongue in my ear, and whispered, “What about if we just take our clothes off?”
I’d try to explain that incest is wrong, not to mention that I’m not interested, but the bus was coming soon. I gave her my sternest look. “I have a taser. I’m quite willing to use it.”
She laughed. “Kinky.”
Great, they had to be inhabited by demons who like pain. Ah, but I knew something that would strike fear into their vain little hearts. “I also have pepper spray, and it ruins your complexion.”
Maddie sighed. “C’mon, Lisa, Dad’s a wet blanket this morning.” And the two of them flounced back upstairs. When they came down, they were wearing school uniforms. A good idea, I thought, and then remembered their school didn’t have a uniform. That probably explained the fishnet stockings and the stiletto heels. But they barely had time to grab a protein shake and catch the bus, so I let them go.
I’m a work-at-home father, partly because I like the idea, partly because I think my daughters need a parental presence in the house. So I had just started work when I got a phone call. It was from the principal of the school which my daughters attended. He told me my daughters were demonically possessed. I asked if it was interfering with their classwork. He said not, so I told him that managing my daughters was his problem while they were at school, not mine, and hung up on him. Funny, I thought I heard a dog howl as I put the phone in its cradle.
The school bus keeps a very regular schedule, so I knew when the girls would be coming home. I’ve always found raising them to be difficult, but it’s become more so with every passing year. Trying to explain why they don’t need a pony at age eight is a lot easier than trying to explain why they don’t need a boyfriend at 12. At sixteen, they’re a handful. So I prepared for a major confrontation with them when they stepped in the door. Without a word, I directed them into my study. They went quietly. They knew I meant business.
They sat down facing me. I noticed their stockings were ripped. They were going to have to make up the cost of those fishnets out of their allowance, of that I was determined. And I suspected the lipstick they were wearing had been applied more than once. And was that perfume they were wearing? An accounting was due. I pointed at Lisa. “All right, tell me why the principal was calling me up.”
Lisa went all wide-eyed and innocent, difficult to do with her eyes still showing the marks of her demonic possession. “It wasn’t me, it was Maddie.”
This was a surprise. Quiet Maddie, who usually lets her sister take the lead? I turned and gave her my no-nonsense look.
Maddie wouldn’t look me in the eye. She’s shy. “Um, well, ah, it was in English lit. class. We were talking about Jane Eyre, and I convinced the teacher, Ms. Butterfield, that Jane had been demonically possessed from the start and had corrupted all the other characters. Ms. Butterfield was so upset, she climbed to the school roof and tried to commit suicide by jumping off. But it’s only three stories. They took her to the hospital. She’s not expected to walk again.”
“Remember to send her a ‘get well’ card, girls.” Manners are important.
Lisa jumped in. “Yeah, so we got sent off to the principal. He was ripping. He was so annoyed at you. I didn’t think it was right, so I changed him into a dog.” The two girls giggled.
I was willing to bet they changed him into one of the less attractive breeds, maybe made him a stupid golden retriever or humiliated him by shrinking him down to a Chihuahua. But I was not going to indulge their sense of humor. “You changed him back, I hope?”
They looked at each other and broke out laughing. Maddie said, “Ooops.”
“Change him back,” I sternly ordered. Lisa nodded, concentrated, and said, “Okay, it’s done.”
“Good, that’s an end to that.”
Lisa made a face. “Well, there could be a few cases of rabies . . .”
I waved that aside. “We’ll let the school nurse deal with those.”
“Ah, Dad, I don’t really think so.” Lisa knew she was skating on thin ice. One does not pile trouble upon trouble until they are unrecoverable. Not unless one wants to suffer consequences.
Maddie chimed in. “It’s my fault again. I changed all the school lunch food to crap. No one noticed at first. But they had 97 cases of food poisoning. You might have heard the ambulances around noontime. And Nurse Mueller was one of them.”
“Oh, so it wasn’t deliberate, the school nurse. That’s all right.” I heaved a sigh. Demonically possessed or not, I expect my daughters to show good judgment. And I doubted that she turned the food into literal excrement; probably just sped up the processes of decay. Maddie’s a delicate soul. “Anything else I should know?”
“They need a new girls’ gym teacher,” Lisa piped up. “Ms. Paretski’s always having us do gymnastics and yoga poses, so I, ah, encouraged her to show us her skill as a contortionist.”
“You know the scene in The Exorcist where Regan’s head turns all the way around on her neck? You can’t do that in real life.”
Oh, youthful curiosity, that was all it was. Though I wondered how long Maddie’s been thinking about trying that. I first had the girls watch that movie with me when they were six, and it was an annual thing until the VHS tape was eaten by the machine. Talk about demonic possession!
In her quiet voice, Maddie tossed in, “We danced naked in study hall and sacrificed a goat to Baphomet.”
Good clean fun, I hoped. “This wasn’t an orgy, I hope?”
Lisa pouted, “I wanted one, but she was so interested in seeing Mike Cohen slaughter the goat in kosher style.”
“And a little education wouldn’t hurt you, young lady?” I pointed out. And then I addressed Maddie. “You did point out to him that sacrificing the goat to Baphomet probably makes it non-kosher. Other gods and all, you know.”
“Dad,” she replied, “of course. He was going to eat some of the meat after we burned down a shed cooking it, but I stopped him.”
See? Maddie has a good heart.
Yet she looked annoyed as she pointed at her sister. “That one got out of control in biology class.”
And I can guess how. “Sex ed.? Orgy?”
Lisa looked uncomfortable. She knew she was on the hot seat. “But, Dad, we wore protection! And we didn’t have sex with —” Abruptly she broke off.
“With?” And when Lisa looked away and didn’t answer immediately, I raised my voice. “WITH?”
Maddie mumbled something. I told her to shut up, that this was between Lisa and me.
“That part is my fault,” Maddie barely got the words out.
I turned on her. “Well?”
“I invited two fallen archangels to join in. I had them look just like teenagers, Dad. No one knows.” Maddie looked me in the eye the whole time. She knew she shouldn’t have done this, but she was going to take responsibility. She’s always been the steady one of the two of them. And in making sure no one knew they were having sex with fallen archangels, she’d shown discretion.
But not good judgment. “Did you think about the risk of pregnancy, Madeleine?” I softly upbraided her. “You know what kind of children that sort of union creates? Were all the girls wearing protection?”
Maddie nodded, tears in her eyes. “I’ll take whatever punishment you impose.”
“Leave the girl,” I ordered.
“Yes, Father Satan,” she said, and the demon departed my daughter. I grabbed it by the neck and hurled it down into the fiery pits of Hell. And to Maddie, I said, “You’re not getting possessed again for at least a month after that stunt, young lady.”
Maddie broke down in tears. At a nod from me, Lisa took her away upstairs. My two daughters, Madeleine Smith and Elizabeth Bathory Smith. Good kids, really. And they stick together, even when one is demonically possessed and the other isn’t.
11 Responses to The Day After Halloween
A somewhat clever twist on a story. Enjoyed.Except, I have to ask, whatever possessed you to write it?
Well, actually, I recalled that I had traditions of either reading a moldy oldie or writing at story at Halloween, both of which had gone by the boards. And then this one struck me Halloween morning, just like that.
Inspired. Literally.
BTW: ‘The Devil made me do it,’ was my oldest daughter’s usual excuse for e.g trashing her room. Spooky.
Well, writing the story down DID trash my timetable for the day. Boo hoo.
come on, now, it’s good to be spontaneous. As long as it doesn’t result in a complete makeover of the bedroom/study/ kitchen/apartment/town . . .
Believe me, there will be nothing spontaneous about making over my study. The Augean stables were in better shape.
GracieKat says:
I loved your story! And you and my son have a lot in common when it comes to rooms/stables, lol.
LOL. And my thanks to you as well. I think this is my first SF&S double-thumbs up!
Lilyn G says:
Wasn’t expecting this! I love your writing style. Had me snickering at the end 🙂
It accomplished its purpose then. Thank you!
Btw, Lilyn, the other two specifically humorous short stories on this blog are “When the ghost came in form the cold” and “My First Paranormal Romance,” both of which can be found under the “Short stories” header under the blog banner.
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Male characters, Characters, Adults,
Black-Haired Characters
Characters from different countries
Characters voiced by Harry Shearer
Season 11 first appearances
Characters with known first names
Qtoktok
"Missionary: Impossible"
Harry Shearer
Qtoktok is a native on a South Pacific island. When Homer arrives at the island to work as a missionary (replacing Craig and Amy, the previous missionaries), Qtoktok, Ak, and Lisa, Jr. are the first natives that Homer meets.
When Qtoktok and Ak interact with Homer, Qtoktok takes the lead and does most of the talking while Ak acts as his side-kick. For example, when Homer sees two sarong-clad women and asks what happened to all of the shirtless girls, Qtoktok provides a detailed answer: "Craig and Amy gave us the gift of shame. All the naked women are on that island." Qtoktok then points at a distant island. Ak simply adds, "Yeah, anything goes over there. Bouncy, bouncy!"
In general, Qtoktok appears to be a leader. He is polite, considerate, knowledgeable, and is usually open to new ideas, such as when Homer confesses that he really just works at a nuclear power plant and Qtoktok asks him to tell his people all he knows about nuclear power (which is nothing).
When Homer has his casino built and sees the horror within it, Qtoktok is shown somewhat drunk, but is aware that Homer's alcohol and inexpensive buffets have corrupted his people. He also claims to not like macaroni salad, but continues to gorge his face in a bowl of it.
However, Qtoktok quickly reverts to type when he sobers up. To make up for having built the casino, Homer starts working on finishing the chapel that Craig and Amy had started building. Qtoktok takes the initiative and suggests that maybe the islanders should help him, even though Ak states that maybe he should shut up. When Homer tells the islanders, "Now grab a stone or go to Hell," Qtoktok is one of the first to pitch in and help. When the chapel is complete, Qtoktok asks how often they need to go to church to avoid hell. When Ak claims that they must go every Sunday for the rest of their lives, Qtoktok takes it as a joke.
Episode – "Missionary: Impossible"
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Jan 8 The unstoppable Amanda Tapping
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Biopharmaceuticals Licensing
Skyhawk to expand its collaboration with Biogen to develop novel small molecule RNA splicing modifiers for disease targets
Biogen to pay Skyhawk additional upfront and potential future milestone payments and royalties
WALTHAM, Mass., July 8, 2019 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Skyhawk Therapeutics, Inc. ("Skyhawk") today announced the expansion of its collaboration with Biogen, originally announced January 4, 2019. The expansion, which capitalizes on the breadth of Skyhawk's SkySTAR™ technology platform, extends Biogen's exclusive license to worldwide intellectual property rights beyond the original collaboration's research-stage therapeutic candidates for the treatment of conditions including multiple sclerosis (MS), spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and additional neurological disorders.
As part of the expansion, Skyhawk receives an upfront payment from Biogen and may receive potential future milestone payments and royalties.
"Biogen is a leading neuro-focused biopharmaceutical company with a compelling history of drug development across a range of challenging conditions," said Bill Haney, co-founder and chief executive officer of Skyhawk. "Their strong scientific culture has already produced a series of leading global therapeutics and our work together to date has gone very well. We are excited to expand our opportunity to work together to help more patients with challenging unmet medical needs."
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Oaxaca: Conflicts over extraordinary elections in San Dionisio del Mar
On 5 December, two persons were injured after a confrontation in San Dionisio del Mar, Tehuantepec Isthmus, including members of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and of the Peoples’ Assembly (ADPSM) of this community. The ADPSM group had established a blockade to inhibit entry of personnel of the National Electoral Institute (INE) who had sought to organize extraordinary elections programmed for 14 December. Six persons were injured by gunfire and stones, including a man and a pregnant woman.
On 6 December, the Peoples’ Assembly marched through the principal streets of the community to denounce the head of the Oaxacan State Electoral Institute, Gustavo Meixueiro Nájera, for being responsible for these violent acts, “given that it was anticipated that the conditions do not exist to carry out municipal elections due to the sequelae left by our recent struggle against the wind-energy firm Mareña Renewables, and in light of the post-electoral conflict which consequently degraded the social fabric. The federal and state governments seek to install functionaries in the municipality so as to open the door to these firms.”
On 12 December, 500 elements of the state police and the State Agency of Investigations (AEI) were deployed to San Dionisio to re-establish public order. Somewhat earlier, members of the General Assembly of the Ikojts People of San Dionisio protested before the National Electoral Institute in Juchitán and burned a municipal police patrol-car in one of the principal access-points to the community, where they had maintained checkpoints. The State Electoral Institute for Citizens’ Participation in Oaxaca has suspended the mayoral election, without setting a new date.
Después de agresión, la ADPSM denuncia a ex-candidato priista de ser responsable (Voces de Oaxaca, 6 de diciembre de 2014)
Boletín de la Samablea de Pueblos de San Dionisio del Marc sobre la marcha el 6 de diciembre (ADPSM, 6 de diciembre de 2014)
ASAMBLEA GENERAL DE SAN DIONISIO DEL MAR RECHAZA ELECCIÓN EXTRAORDINARIA MUNICIPAL : Policía estatal irrumpe en San Dionisio del Mar (ADPSM, 14 de diciembre de 2014)
Cancelan elección de hoy en San Dionisio del Mar (La Jornada, 14 de diciembre de 2014)
ACCIÓN URGENTE: SAN DIONISIO DEL MAR REFUERZA SU DECISIÓN DE LUCHAR HACÍA LA AUTONOMÍA..
Oaxaca: Mareña Renewables to cancel wind-energy project in San Dionisio del Mar (15 January 2014)
Oaxaca: Meeting of Peoples in Resistance for the Defense of Territory in the Tehuantepec Isthmus (17 May 2013)
Oaxaca: Confrontation over supposed “approval” of wind-energy park in San Dionisio del Mar (8 January 2013)
Oaxaca: judge concedes motion against wind-energy project in San Dionisio del Mar (21 December 2012)
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Anita Sarkeesian
“Only Ideological Feminists…”: #GamerGate reaches new lows
October 16, 2014 October 16, 2014 Ellen Edwards
Feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian, who no one noticed until she started criticizing video games for being sexist sometimes, faced another challenge as an anonymous person threatened a massacre if she made a speech. Again, this is over moderate criticism of video games.
Also: Depression Quest is free. (source: r/gamerghazi)
The ongoing campaign of harassment against women in gaming has, oddly enough, been better reported by non-gaming sources than gaming news sites. Dubbed #GamerGate, it’s technically a campaign for ethics in journalism – and so, obviously, they’ve allied themselves with Breitbart.com to fight the New York Times. But actually the movement began with long, pointless Youtube videos attacking a developer called Zoe Quinn for sleeping with men. Including a man who gave a good review to her game Depression Quest, except he never once reviewed Depression Quest, meaning the whole justification for the movement is bullshit.
Now, the threat doesn’t mention #GamerGate. But that doesn’t stop Gaters from engaging in the time-honored tradition of conspiracy theorists everywhere: shouting false flag! False flag! everywhere like total assholes.
This isn’t the first time this has happened with Anita Sarkeesian. Back in August, loathsome MRA site Return of the Kings reported that Anita Sarkeesian must have invented threats she showed off: after all, she’s logged out (no one has multiple accounts on Twitter or browses offline, obviously) and the account’s recently made (no one’s ever made a new burner account to get around a ban in the history of the internet)! Plus, isn’t the guy’s grammar too good to be real? And the search bar’s empty – which always happens after going to a account’s page from search results, as I just verified now. It takes 5 seconds to confirm this.
But people ranting about false flags are like cicadas: you can’t seem ’em now, but you know they’ll be back soon and they’re going to be fucking loud when that happens.
I’m pretty sure that politicians get death threats all the time. In fact, quite a few of them have been outright murdered by people. Stephen Sondheim has a musical on the topic if you’re interested.
And here we see someone “proving” the threat was fake by grading it like a damn middle school essay. It must be fake because this manifesto by someone who wanted to shoot people over feminism is too focused on women. Only feminists would know of the Montreal massacre (a major event that spurred gun control in Canada), and you can’t say it’d be an attack like it because there was only one attack (huh?), And this death threat by someone willing to kill people to protect video games from feminism has some weird writing in it, Ergo, false flag. Elsewhere, someone uses a website to prove that a woman wrote this.
There are valid arguments on both sides. For instance, one side thinks saying something about ethics lets you harass women and the other side is full of rational adults who see #GamerGate as the horde of petulant children they are. One side allies with conservative news sites, conservative websites and conservative celebrities and the other side somehow thinks this means they’re a conservative movement. One side angrily reacts to headlines, and the other actually bothers to read things before judging them. One side talks about ethical concerns honestly, and the other only started caring about corruption in the game industry when it let them yell at women. There are truly two sides to this issue, as you can see.
“A few bad apples” is a funny phrase. Now it’s a defense – it’s just a few bad apples, the rest of our group is fine! But the full expression says the opposite: a few bad apples spoil everything. There may be apples in the #GamerGate bunch that aren’t rotten to the core, but they all spring from the same, poison tree.
PS: I apologize to cicadas for comparing you to #GamerGate. Cicadas are great. Bugs are great. Please go look at cool bugs instead of reading anything about #GamerGate.
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Living on the Fringe: Space Elves and the Origin of Otherkin
May 30, 2019 May 30, 2019 Ellen Edwards
Beyond the normal reaches of our society lies an endless array of others: some living, some dead; some known, some obscure. This is about the fringe of the fringe.
Otherkin were perhaps once best known as “those people online who think they’re dragons”; now they’re best known as “those people on Tumblr who think they’re anime characters”; but in truth, the origins and history of Otherkin date back much further than most might expect.
A quick definition of terms. Otherkin, or “kin”, are a subculture that identify as nonhuman. This is commonly a spiritual, “I was this in my past life”, identification, but some Otherkin believe their identity is psychological in nature. Otherkin traditionally identify with fictional creatures, such as elves, dragons or fae. A closely related concept is therianthropy; therians instead identify with animals that, whether currently living or extinct, exist. A relatively new addition to the nomenclature are “fictionkin”¹, who identify with fictional characters; unlike Otherkin or therians, many fictionkin identify with beings that, while fictional, are generally human.
Otherkin and therians claim to experience their identity in different ways: via memories, and via “shifts” – commonly mental shifts in behavior, sensory shifts in perception, or “phantom shifts”, where they feel their identity reassert its body via phantom, ie mental, limbs. It is important to note that Otherkin and therians do not claim to physically change, and so-called “p-shifters” are usually a laughingstock in the kin community.
Though today it’s seen as a youth subculture, Otherkin trace their origin to the burgeoning pagan & new age movements of the 1970s. An invaluable timeline by Orion Scribner places the first group that we would today call “Otherkin” in at least 1975, when a group called the Elf Queen’s Daughters placed their first public ad in a pagan quarterly. The term itself dates to 1990, invented as a catch-all for the many non-elven identities Otherkin now possessed; therianthropy found a name and a home on Usenet circa 1994.
But all that can wait. Today, we’re zeroing in one specific facet of the Otherkin community: a elfkin subculture with an involved mythology that flourished briefly, but brightly.
The Elenari started on now-lost mailing lists in the late 90s; in 2000, a newly-created site called the Elenari Nexus became the community’s home.
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Vaping With Julia – Popularity Takes Time
October 17, 2015 Columns, Julia’s Columns
Why A 5-Month Old Review Is Still #1
People that work in the vaping industrial complex™, including people that write or produce videos for vape gear and eliquid, have a very different take on things than people who know practically nothing about the vaping industrial complex™. Unfortunately, after a period of time, our thoughts and opinions on the subject of vaping become focused on what we like, not what new vapers want or need when just starting out. Everyone’s job becomes more difficult because of these perspectives, so today I would like to do write about new and popular reviews of said devices, and the, at times, huge difference between them.
One of the biggest priorities for everyone that works for Spinfuel® is to know exactly which of our reviews and opinion pieces are being read and by how many. These numbers tell us a lot about our readers, but even more about our own content. We may have more ‘raw’ numbers of visitors than nearly any other online publication, but are we reaching the most people we can? If we are not, then do we need to do to strengthen that? Do we a course-correct, or do we emphasis the types of articles that our current readers access? Do we do nothing? This is what plagues us on a daily basis. Knowing the numbers of the content being accessed also tells us if our original mission statement is on track. Do we alter the mission statement, or alter the content to move back toward the mission statement? Or, once again, do nothing?
The two most read articles for the past 5 months are dramatically different topics. The most often read piece is a review, the 5-month old Joyetech eVic-VT review. Close behind that review is a tutorial piece called “The Art of the Drip” (which still holds the title of the most read article in Spinfuel). I’m talking large numbers here, collectively in the tens of thousands.
The eVic-VT review is by far the most popular review in Spinfuel. I don’t mean in total numbers, although it is, I mean ‘daily’. Every day more visitors read the eVic-VT review than any other article, and we have more than 4800 articles now. Hundreds of people every day come here, either by searching for an eVic-VT review, or by popping in through some other search term or landing page, and make their way to the eVic-VT review.
It makes me wonder, ‘Are you surprised?’ I know I am, but are you, our readers? This morning the Spinfuel Daily Report, generated by Dave and sent to management every morning before 7AM, the eVic-VT was still the most accessed page, except of course for our homepage. It will be that way tomorrow, and the day after, and after that, until another piece of vape gear garners the attention of the vaping public.
The eVic-VT, not the newer eVic-VTC Mini, remains our most accessed review because the interest in this
piece of vape gear is huge. But, the thing is, the eVic-VT is not that popular among people I know, and certainly not the most ‘sold’ item among the handful of vendors I speak to every day. So where is this coming from?
The Real Vaping Public
I might be completely wrong, but I believe that my opening paragraphs above pretty much nails the reason why the eVic-VT is read more often than any other review. We, as in the people that work in the industry, are no longer focused on the eVic-VT because there have been maybe 25 or more box mods that have come out since the initial eVic-VT. This nice piece of gear sits on our vape gear shelves along with a hundred others, but we’ve moved on. Today I am focused on the ProVari™ Radius, last week it was something else, the week before that, still another piece of gear. There is so much vape gear to talk about and write about that we can’t think about the eVic-VT anymore.
But the public can.
When the Joyetech eVic-VT was released it sold extremely well. Huge numbers of them moved off vendor shelves, helped by print reviews and video reviews. It is my opinion that the current owners of the device are still using them, talking about them to their friends and family, and people that are interested in vaping, or who are new to vaping, or vapers that do not define their lives around vaping, are looking to read up on the device as their next box mod, or their entry mod into the world of vaping. Whatever it is, we may not be thinking about the eVic-VT, but thousands of people are.
For those of you that care very little about how websites are indexed by Google and how search terms work to show results of the terms you input into Google, I will keep this very brief. But it is important.
There is a lot of competition on the internet for vaping publications and YouTube vaping videos. Staying the “most read online vaping publication” is a full-time job.
Using Keywords and ‘meta’ descriptions for each and every article published in Spinfuel, to attract good Google page ranking is a science and an art form. I won’t even begin to describe it because it’s not something I work on, it’s in somebody else’s job description and over my head. But I do know there are basically two approaches to use for our industry.
The website owner, whether it is a site like Spinfuel or a vendor (reseller), you can key off product names or general vaping terms when using a “focus keyword”, as well as a very difficult, carefully worded meta-description that weighs both product terms and general vaping terms and leans one way or the other, depending on the content of the article. I’m not entirely sure which approach we use, though I guess whichever one is being used is being used well. Or is it?
I include this bit about Google because it tells us that the search terms that lead this large number of people, daily, to the eVic-VT review are actually searching for that device more so than the newer devices we’ve already reviewed. Why? Because the way we have used keywords and meta descriptions have not changed in a long time. So, if people were searching for reviews for newer vape gear, the Kanger Subox, the WISMEC Presa, the Subox Nano, the eLeaf iStick TC40W or eLeaf iStick TC60W, as often as they are the eVic-VT the number of times these reviews are accessed would be higher than the older eVic-VT. Remember, I’m saying that each day more people read the eVic-VT review than any other review in Spinfuel.
Every product review we write is indexed and promoted exactly the same way, and exactly as often.
At the top and bottom of every article in Spinfuel, including reviews, we offer a string of icons for readers to share that article; on Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, Pinterest, and Linkedin. These are vital to spreading the word about the review and if you are not using them I urge you to do so in order that more people can find that review.
We don’t work for the companies that make this stuff, nor do we earn a commission when someone buys one, so
our reviews are always the truth (as seen through the reviewers experience with it), and I believe you won’t find more accurate reviews anywhere else, so you should share them.
But anyway…
The eVic-VT review was published on May 21, 2015, 5 months ago almost to the day. It has been tweeted 19 times, shared on Facebook 33 times, and shared on Google Plus 9 times.
Now, on May 29, 2015, 8 days after the eVic-VT review, we published a review for the Kanger Subox Mini. This review was shared on Facebook 68 times, Tweeted 16 times, 9 Google Plus shares, and 2 on Pinterest. This reviewed has ranked as the 3rd most read review in the past 6 months. That’s twice as many Facebook shares, similar number of tweets, and identical Google Plus shares. Yet… just yesterday, Friday October 16th, the eVic-VT review was read by 393 people and the Kanger Subox Mini review was read by 252 people. Why?
The Top 10 Reviews in September
eVic-VT
eVic-VT Mini
Kanger Subox Mini
iStick TC40W by eLeaf
Joyetech eGo One Mega/Mini
Innokin Cool Fire 4
SMOK M80 Plus
VUSE e-Cigarette
Herakles Subohm Tank
iStick TC60W
This list isn’t the top 10 “article” list, it doesn’t include eliquid reviews, videos, commentaries, or feature articles like The Art of the Drip.
The newest, or rather the most recent review on that list is for the eLeaf iStick TC60W review, published less than a month ago, on September 21, 2105, and it’s #10 on the daily numbers.
When A Review Hits Critical Mass
Forget total number of “views” for these top 10 reviews, of course the older reviews will have more total views than the newer ones. Well, most of the time, unless the vape gear reviewed is a bomb with the vape community. Think about “Daily” numbers. Our newest review on the list, the iStick TC60W is being read less often, every day, than the eVic-VT and eVic-VTC Mini. Every day! Since all reviews are promoted and indexed the same way, the only conclusion that can be reached is that the “real” vaping public is more interested in a device released some 5 months ago then it is with a device released barely a month ago. Why is that?
The Core And The Interested
There is a ‘core’ readership base of vapers in the vape community that read, and watch, all the new reviews put out by many sources. Whether they want to buy or are just interested in it, they will read a review or watch a video because they are interested. The general public, the vapers that don’t buy a lot of gear, that don’t visit websites dedicated to vapers every day, that are not even aware of the newer gear yet, are not yet interested. It’s not that they don’t care, its that they don’t care enough.
I have no doubt that the iStick TC60W will reach the #1 spot of daily-read reviews in a few months, unless something drastic happens that catches the attention of ‘every’ vaper from the vaping enthusiast to the general vaper. It just takes time to reach them.
Our latest review for a piece of vape gear was yesterday’s review for the Atom Vapes Revolver. It was the 16th most read ‘review’ of the day. The day before yesterday the vape gear reviewed was the SMOK TFV4 tank. It came in yesterday at #22, which is actually quite high for a subohm tank review that is just 2 days old. As the general vaping population becomes aware of these devices though shares, searches, or word of mouth, they will gain in popularity. However, having said that, there exists a method to artificially inflate the number of views of a new review, and that is to “key” them to general vaping terms. Using focus words like “Best e-Cig”, or “safe vaping”, or “best box mod” (you get the idea), these new reviews will appear higher in the Google search results than using focus keywords for the iStick T60W review like “eLeaf”, “iStick”, “iStick TC60W”, and “60W box mods”. In other words, a publisher can try to snag someone by appealing to the general vaping search terms, or direct someone who is actually interested in that specific device. Which method seems the most honorable to you? Does that even matter?
Most online vaping destinations, including forums for vapers, rely on a percentage of regular readers (core audience) and readers that come by way of Google/Bing searches. I won’t reveal the percentages for Spinfuel, but I will say that both are needed to remain successful. Every Spinfuel reader can help Spinfuel reach more people by sharing the articles through the icon’s of social media, while we, ourselves, use pinpoint keywords and descriptions to aid a general vaper in finding specific reviews.
We try to bring new gear reviews to our core readers as soon as we can, though we won’t provide an official review until we’ve used it for a while, even though we understand that it’s popularity, its true popularity, won’t be known for a couple of months, or until the general vaping population begins to search for it, with rare exceptions. Looking at the number of times the SMOK TFV4 tank review was accessed yesterday alone, I have no doubt that this tank has captured the imagination of many, many vapers, whether they plan to buy one or are just fascinated by its triple and quad coils.
So there you have it. A peek at how long it takes for vape gear to become successful, or bombs out. A look at how the general vaping population learns about new devices, and what they are really thinking about, and how the vaping enthusiast stays on top of all the new gear. It’s complicated, messy, and a lot of fun.
I hope you found this Vaping With Julia piece as interesting to read as it was for me to write it. Living in the vaping industrial complex™ is fascinating, but in order to know what the real world of vapers are actually interested in takes some digging. When I see how it works I know instantly that we, as writers, have to work at being attuned to the public. The vast majority of vapers do not run out and buy the newest vape gear, no matter how cool they think it may be…(though some certainly do) but it’s fun to read about them. At least that’s how I see it. What about you? What do you think about all this? Sound off in the comments, and I’ll reply to each and every one.
Julia Hartley-Barnes
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I received my BA and MA degrees from National Taiwan University and my Ph.D. in Sociology from the State University of New York - Binghamton. My master thesis compares the politics of labor unions in polyester and textile industries in the first decade of post-martial law Taiwan (1987-1996). My doctoral thesis examines the role of Chinese overseas in the hegemonic transition in maritime Asia from British free-trade imperialism to the Japanese East Asian New Order in the interwar years (1919-1941).
Prior to joining the Hopkins faculty, I was an assistant professor of Asian history (tenure track) and director of East Asian Studies minor at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology between September 2007 and June 2011. While serving at Rose-Hulman, I was selected as the Institute’s faculty member of the week, and received the department’s outstanding scholar award.
I research on Chinese diaspora, business networks, colonial empires, nationalism, transnationalism, and maritime East Asia in world-historical and comparative perspectives. I am the author of Networks beyond Empires: Chinese Business and Nationalist Activities in the Hong Kong-Singapore Corridor, 1914–1941 (Leiden and Boston: Brill, August 2014). In the book, I argue that Chinese overseas businesses and nationalist campaigns overlapped with the boundary of speech-group networks. In colonial Hong Kong and Singapore, through negotiating with the British and Japanese imperialist powers as well as Chinese state-builders, Chinese overseas bourgeoisie contributed to the making of an automatic space of diasporic nationalism. The book project was awarded a Social Science Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship for Transregional Research, which supported its completion in the 2012-13 academic year.
My research articles on Chinese nationalism and trade in colonial Asia have appeared in the following edited volumes: Singapore in Global History (Amsterdam University Press 2011), Chinese History in Geographical Perspectives (Lexington Press 2013) and Race and Racism in Modern East Asia: Interactions, Nationalism and Gender (Brill, forthcoming 2015). My works also appeared in refereed journals including Journal of Contemporary Asia, Enterprise and Society: International Journal of Business History, Review: A Journal of the Fernand Braudel Center, and China Information, among others.
Between May and August 2014, I was appointed as a visiting senior researcher at Asia Research Institute at National University of Singapore. I am now working on two new projects. The first one examines the operation of Confucian revival movements in colonial Asia. The second one compares Chinese and Japanese historiography of maritime silk road in the early twentieth century.
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＜介於閩南人與日本籍民之間：日本南進與南洋閩僑眼中的台灣人，1912-1941＞ (Taiwanese in Japan’s Southward Advance and South Seas Chinese Nationalism, 1912-1941)，《海外華人研究學報》Journal of Overseas Chinese Studies, Vol. 8 (2013): forthcoming.
“Native-Place Ties in Transnational Networks: Overseas Chinese Nationalist Campaigns and Fujian’s Development, 1928-1941,” in Yongtao Du and Jeff Kyong-McClain eds., Chinese History in Geographical Perspective, 1500-Present, (Lexington, MA: Lexington Press, 2013), Ch. 8.
“Social Discourse and Economic Functions: The Singapore Chinese in Japan’s Southward Expansion, 1914-1941,” in Derek Heng and Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied eds. Singapore in Global History (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2011), Ch. 6.
“'One Country, Two Systems' and Its Antagonists in Tibet and Taiwan.” China Information, Vol. 24 (2010), no. 3: 317-337 (co-authored with Ho-fung Hung).
“Agency amid Incorporation: Chinese Business Networks in Hong Kong and Singapore and the Colonial Origins of the Resurgence of East Asia, 1800–1940.” Review: Fernand Braudel Center, Vol. 32-3 (2009): 221-237.
“Chinese Bourgeois Nationalism in Hong Kong and Singapore in the 1930s.” Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 36, No. 3 (August 2006), pp. 385-405.
“Rescuing Businesses through Transnationalism: Embedded Chinese Enterprise and Nationalist Activities in Singapore in the 1930s Great Depression.” Enterprise and Society: International Journal of Business History. Vol. 7, No. 1, Special Issue on Embedded Enterprise (March 2006), pp. 98-127.
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Gonorrhea is treated with antibiotics. Some strains have resisted this them. You and your doctor will work together to find one that works for you.
All of your sex partners should be tested and treated. Do not have sex until you and your partners are done with treatment and symptoms are gone.
To lower your chances of getting gonorrhea:
Abstain from sex.
Always use a latex condom during sexual activity.
Use a cervical diaphragm during sex.
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In celebration of its 10th Anniversary, we reissued our eponymous 2003 debut album for Record Store Day 2013 via our own LidKerCow label - available on vinyl for the first time as a limited pressing of 1,000. The LP will include a free digital download card featuring the entire album as well as five bonus tracks (four previously unheard) from the original recording sessions.
The record was re-mastered specifically for vinyl by Bruce Barielle with the lacquers cut by Jeff Powell at Ardent Studios in Memphis, TN on the same lathe that was housed at Stax Studios. Pressed on 180g black vinyl.
Looking back on the album, Eric Earley stated, "I don’t remember much about making this first record, too long ago maybe. I guess I remember this Mexican dive bar we’d go to after sessions with GW (Gregg Williams) who was engineering the record. We’d drink tequila and play pool and watch Blazers games. Drew took the cover shot down at the coast at some junk shop off the highway. An Indian and a zebra. That says it all."
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Tag: DC Abhiram G. Sankar
All set for counting of votes on May 23
Mysuru: Counting of votes polled for Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha Constituency is set to take place at Maharani’s College of Commerce and Management on Valmiki Road in Paduvarahalli (Vinayakanagar) on May 23. Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar, who is also the District Election Officer, said that elaborate arrangements have been made for the counting process which…
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Continue services of outsourced drivers till completion of LS polls: DC
Mysuru: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) and District Electoral Officer Abhiram G. Sankar has directed the Heads of various Departments to continue the services of outsourced drivers in their jurisdiction till the completion of Lok Sabha polls as they have already been deputed for election duty along with vehicles. In a press release, the DC…
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Banking transactions will be monitored
Mysuru: Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar, who is also the District Election Officer and Returning Officer, has said that since Model Code of Conduct is in force for the Lok Sabha elections, bank transactions over Rs. 10 lakh would be monitored by the Income Tax Department. He said that one needs to carry valid…
Notification issued for LS Poll 2019: Three nominations filed
Mysuru: Notification for the first phase of Lok Sabha polls to be held on Apr. 18 was issued this morning across 14 constituencies in Karnataka including Mysuru-Kodagu Parliamentary segment. For Mysuru-Kodagu seat, the notification was issued in both English and Kannada at 11 am by Mysuru DC Abhiram G. Sankar who is also the District…
DC asks Nodal Officers to leave venue for late coming
Model Code of Conduct meeting Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar asked a few Nodal Officers, who came late to attend the Election Commission of India’s Model Code of Conduct meeting at the Senate Bhavan in Manasagangothri campus, here this morning, to leave. The training for the nodal officers chaired by the DC began at…
February 20, 2019 Continue to read
2-day Bird Festival begins at Mysuru Zoo
Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar called upon people, especially youth to develop interest in bird-watching. He was speaking after inaugurating a two-day Bird Festival organised jointly by District Administration, Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens (Mysuru Zoo), Department of Tourism and other Organisations as part of Winter Festival-2018 at Mysuru Zoo auditorium in city this morning. He…
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NIPAH, H1N1 outbreak: Officials asked to keep vigil on tourists
Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar has directed District Health Officers to keep a strict vigil on tourists as they have the potential to carry Nipah Virus (NiV) and H1N1 (swine flu) virus from the neighbouring States who arrive in Mysuru as part of their tourist itinerary. During a phone-in programme held at his…
“Don’t demolish Devaraja Market, Lansdowne Building”
Mysuru: The Government-Constituted Heritage Committee to ascertain the lifespan of heritage structures and their conservation has recommended the State Government not to demolish the historic Lansdowne Building and Devaraja Market in Mysuru. The final report in this regard was submitted to Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G Sankar, who is also the Chairman of the Committee, on…
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Kurubarahalli Sy. No. 4 and Alanahalli Sy. No. 41 ‘B-Kharab’ Land: “Order must come from Revenue Secy. to delete B-Kharab,” says DC
Mysuru: The reports published in Star of Mysore dated Sept. 25, 2018 about a letter from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) [No. CM/52430/REP-4EM/2018 dated Sept. 17, 2018] directing the MUDA Commissioner to take further action in respect of the previous Siddharamaiah Government’s Cabinet decision to exclude Layouts namely Siddarthanagar under Kurubarahalli Survey No. 4 and…
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Complaints galore on civic issues, govt.land encroachment at DC’s phone-in
Mysuru: The Deputy Commissioner’s monthly phone-in-programme witnessed a series of complaints concerning the city’s civic issues and encroachment of government land at several places in the district. A total of 18 complaints were received at the hour-long phone-in programme yesterday. A senior citizen from Kuvempunagar complained of the menace of high beam lights in vehicles,…
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By David Mallia26/06/2019 Content Writing
Listen to this:
There’s this thing called voice in marketing. It’s a weird term, like brand, and you’ll often see the two words combined, like in this blog’s title. We could invent half a dozen different definitions but, in practice, brand voice is how your company differs from others in the way it says something to an audience.
But, wait, were you really listening?
Actually, no. You’re reading this text on a screen and, as you do, you probably also get a sense of who I am.
You’re reading in my voice.
Unlike the voice you make with your throat, mouth and nose, this voice is a product of your mind. While we cannot attribute to it the usual physical qualities – pitch, volume, etc. – there are other psychological qualities that give a brand voice its peculiarities.
(Don’t you agree? I read blogs by other marketing agencies in Malta and they all sound very different to Systemato’s.)
Start with the syntax
The specifics of a brand voice do not come out of thin air.
As most marketing content exists primarily in written form, or else is scripted to be used in audio and/or video formats, the brand voice is constructed from the way you put words together.
Sentence length, word order, the use of punctuation all play a part in defining how your brand voice is perceived. I’d venture to say that it’s difficult to artificially create a brand voice from first principles, but a firm grasp of language will help finetune existing copy and give consistency to future brand messaging.
Preach, sing or report
Even if we could easily break down brand voice into its elements (and I tried doing that in an earlier draft of this blog) the result won’t be useful for the 99.9% of people who want to use it better in their marketing.
A more pragmatic approach is to capture the essence of the major types of brand voices in a few descriptive keywords, which can be used to intuitively classify a text and guide the writing process too.
Anyone can read a sentence or two and figure out which label belongs to it. The keywords correspond to a formal-instructive, casual-entertaining, and neutral-factual voice respectively, while a mix of two types can create a hybrid voice.
Dos or don’ts
✔️ If you want to get your brand voice right:
Find out what’s unique to your brand
Identify how your brand communicates with customers
Know whom you’re talking to
Get everyone in the team on board
❌ But if that’s too much trouble:
Copy your competitors
Fake your voice
Be afraid to get specific
Just assume people know about the brand as much as you do
Why finding a brand voice matters
To recap: the brand voice is not just what your business says but how you say it. ️
Finding your voice is important because it’s a way to know the people behind the brand; which sets you apart from your competition; which gets to build trust with the customer – finally!
But above all, make sure you’re original. Be aware that just like everything in life, your brand and your brand’s voice is not for everyone, so be true to the brand and don’t be afraid of niching down.
Does your company preach, sing or report its message? Does it have a consistent brand voice, or does it change depending on who’s typing at the time? If questions like these keep you up at night, it might be a good idea to email us at info@systemato.com.
Your sleep pattern will thank you later.
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Russia's Actions a Dangerous Escalation
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On Thursday of this week AlertsUSA subscribers were notified via text messages to their mobile devices that global health surveillance networks were on high alert after Nigerian authorities announced they are treating a suspected Ebola case in the commercial capital of Logos, which is Africa's most populous city and the 4th most populous city in the world.
The 40-year-old patient, a resident of Liberia, had traveled to Logos from Monrovia on Sunday, was admitted to a hospital on Tues and detained for a possible Ebola infection. Blood samples were sent to a World Health Organization lab in Dakar, Senegal for testing.
Early Friday, Nigerian health authorities reported that the patient died and that tests were returned positive for Ebola. This is a chilling development in a congested city of more than 21 million people with poor sanitation and health infrastructure.
Each year, hundreds of thousands of Americans and Canadians travel to West Africa for business and tourism. While smaller in number, there is also considerable movement of residents of West African nations to N. America and Europe.
To date, the WHO has recorded more than 1000 confirmed cases of Ebola in an epidemic raging across West Africa in recent months, with most cases occurring in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Approximately 90% of those infected with the virus die, which highlights why health authorities are so concerned.
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KENZO x H&M Fashion Show New York
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KENZO x H&M made its runway debut on 19 October 2016 at Pier 36 in New York, with a spectacular show directed by fashion legend Jean-Paul Goude. Guests were invited to experience the uniquely vibrant and playful energy of the KENZO x H&M collection designed by KENZO Creative Directors, Carol Lim and Humberto Leon.
Dancers, beatboxers, whistlers and musicians performed to the rhythm of a customized remix of “Express Yourself” by Sam Spiegel, and gave guests a spectacular show celebrating the beauty and power of individual expression. Through a unique choreography created by KENZO collaborator, Ryan Heffington the show cast presented the KENZO x H&M collection which encompassed playfulness, bold prints and vivid colours. The event concluded with a performance by rapper and surprise guest Ice Cube.
“Tonight was a celebration of everything we love about KENZO x H&M – it was a fun, vibrant and unexpected celebratory mix of different worlds coming together. It was a show we will never forget,” says Carol Lim and Humberto Leon, Creative Directors of KENZO.
“The launch of KENZO x H&M was truly spectacular. It was amazing to see the collection come to life with all its incredible print, colour and energy. It was such an honour to have Jean-Paul Goude direct the show and he captured the mood perfectly,” says Ann-Sofie Johansson, Creative Advisor at H&M.
The KENZO x H&M collection will be available in over 250 H&M stores worldwide, as well as online, from November 3.
For more info, head over to http://www.hm.com/my/
Images and video courtesy of H&M.
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Minuscule Assamese Chinese community never misses chance to vote
This story is from April 9, 2019
PTI | Updated: Apr 9, 2019, 14:37 IST
MAKUM, ASSAM: Their votes may not be the deciding factor in the elections, but for decades, members of the small Assamese Chinese community have been exercising their franchise without fail.
They consider themselves very much Indians and do not want to miss out on elections.
The British brought hundreds of men from China to work in tea gardens. These workers soon became part of the Assamese society and many of them married local women.
But after the 1962 India-China war, they were sent to a detention camp in Deoli in Rajasthan so that they do not work as spies, says Sahitya Akademi-winning writer Rita Chowdhury, who has written a novel titled "Makam" on the subject.
Some of them were deported to China while a few were released later. Those released came back to Assam and settled across the state but mostly in the Upper Assam areas of Makum, Digboi, Panitola and Tinsukia. They consider themselves as citizens of India and their names too have found a place in Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC). They also speak chaste Assamese.
John Wong, in his 60s, runs the Hong Kong restaurant in Tinsukia's China Patty (pronounced as "Cheena Patty" locally) area. His father, the late Wong Ssu Chin, was the headmaster of a Chinese school here which has now been converted into a Hindi school. John's mother Lee Su Chen is in her 90s and is among the oldest voters of the community.
"As always, we are eagerly waiting to vote," he says.
"My nephew Rajiv Gogoi, who works in Mumbai, is coming all the way to vote here," John told PTI.
Social worker Akhil Chandra Baruah says there are 16 Assamese Chinese families in Makum with a total of around 30 members. Across the state, there are less than 50 families.
Tung Chin Tham is a third generation Assamese Chinese. He is an English language trainer in the aviation and tourism sector and is based in Guwahati.
Tham feels "Assamese Chinese" is just a tag and nothing else.
"There is no such feeling that we are Chinese. Our people have very well assimilated in the Assamese society,” he says.
According to Tham, whichever government comes, it should work for the concerns of the people and development and ensure that there is peace and harmony in the society.
Willie Ho, proprietor of CM Ho & Company, which manufactures tea machinery, says, "We vote like any other person does in India."
The company was started by Willie's father CM Ho.
Chowdhury had taken an initiative to help the separated families' members in India and China reunite.
"They (those who stayed here) forgot their own language and most of them never went back to China again. Most of the people were illiterate and ignorant of political changes," she says.
Makum falls under the Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency, where voting will be held on April 11.
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Vijay Hazare Trophy: Bengal suffer back-to-back defeats
Bengal suffered their second defeat in as many days as they went down to Jharkhand by two runs via the VJD system after bad light prevented further play in the Elite Group 'C' Vijay Hazare Trophy match in Chennai on Monday.
Maharashtra Veterans Badminton: Sharad Mahajan reaches final; Kiran Makode, Mangesh Kashikar in semis
Experienced city shuttlers Kiran Makode and Mangesh Kashikar entered the semifinals in the Maharashtra Senior State Veterans Selection Badminton tournament at the Bombay Gymkhana in Mumbai on Friday.
Suriya and K.V Anand to shoot for their next in Pollachi
We had reported that actor Suriya and director K.V.Anand have joined hands for an untitled project, tentatively called, 'Suriya 37'. After the first schedule was wrapped up in England, Suriya has taken a brief break to complete work on Selvaraghavan’s ‘NGK’.
Vijay Deverakonda releases Shot Number song from NOTA
16 contestants finalized for Drama Juniors 3
Vani Tripathi: CBFC-film industry meeting was iconic and a constructive beginning
In September, a two-day meeting and workshop, held under the guidance of CBFC chairperson Prasoon Joshi, was attended by CBFC board members and representatives of Hindi and regional film associations like Indian Motion Pictures Producers’ Association, Indian Film and Television Producers Council and South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce.
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‘NOTA’ trailer: Vijay Deverakonda plays a powerful politician
With back-to-back hits, Vijay Deverakonda is easily the most happening star in Telugu cinema. The actor is all set to foray into Tamil cinema with the upcoming bilingual ‘NOTA’, which is being directed by Anand Shankar of ‘Iru Mugan’ fame.
GPS-fitted vehicles to meet Swachh targets at Kumbh
The Mela authorities will install GPS tacking devices in over 200 vehicles to be deployed for garbage collection to maintaining sanitation at the venue during the Kumbh Mela.
#MeToo movement: Model Kawaljit Singh Anand reveals more details about his accusations of sexual harassment against designer Vijay Arora
Now, in an interview with Zoom, Kawaljit opened up about the nature of his allegations and went into further detail about when he first met Arora around 2002-03.
Vijay Deverakonda-starrer ‘NOTA’ likely to release on October 4
It’s a well-known fact that Vijay Deverakonda and Anand Shankar are coming together for a Tamil-Telugu bilingual titled ‘NOTA’. The film, which was launched earlier in March, went on the floors in Hyderabad.
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NOTA box office collections day 1: Vijay Deverakonda starrer collects Rs 7.35 Cr worldwide
Despite the mixed reviews, the film had a good opening.
'The Rise of a Leader' making video from Vijay Deverakonda's 'NOTA' released
The jukebox of the film too released recently.
Vijay Devarakonda’s younger brother to make his debut in films?
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AR Murugadoss to make a cameo appearance in ‘NOTA’
Telugu star Vijay Deverakonda and Anand Shankar are coming together for an upcoming political drama ‘NOTA’, which is made as a Tamil-Telugu bilingual. While the film is gearing up for a release sometime next month, an interesting update has cropped up.
'NOTA': the trailer of the film to be unveiled on September 6
The makers of Vijay Devarakonda starrer ‘NOTA’ is all geared up to release the trailer on September 6. The film is a political thriller and is being made both in Tamil and Telugu. Earlier seen in the Tamil-Telugu bilingual biopic 'Nadigayar Thilagam' Vijay Devarakonda will be making his debut in Tamil as a protagonist with this film.
Vijay Deverakonda shares a pic from the sets of ‘Nota’
Vijay Deverakonda recently commenced production in Chennai for his upcoming film ‘Nota’ and began sharing images from the set on his social media account.
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The experimental, labour-intensive and nature-informed practice of Finnish visual artist Antti Laitinen takes over Brussels with exhibitions in Tournay-Solvay Park and La Patinoire Royale/Galerie Valérie Bach.
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Text by Rachel Morón
Every year, marking the Finnish presidency of the Council of the European Union, the European Space for Sculpture and the Embassy of Finland that is based in Brussels work in close collaboration to host a rotating presidency. The selected artist is then invited by the Brussels based association to exhibit in the Regional Tournay-Solvay Park. This year, the invitation was handed to none other than Finnish visual and land-artist Antti Laitinin.
Linking to the long list of Finnish land artists that came before him, most of Laitinen’s work is primarily made up of staged performances of experimental or durational activities that take place in nature, which he then documents. Mostly taking place in isolated landscapes in Finland, his works often directly deal with fundamental issues of Finnish identity and cultural imagery. Laitinen’s performative work can take place over the course of a few hours, days or weeks, at times staying naked in a forest for days on end dragging heavy sand sacks into an open body of water, only to see them carried away by the waves. Requiring not only physical but a lot of mental strength, his documentation captures the result of his laborious practice whilst also making the viewer acutely aware of his efforts. As an artist, Laitinen wants his work to speak directly to the viewer — which is probably why many of his works often have a straightforward name and explanation. Take for example the work ‘Marionette’, which involved him tying strings to a leafless bird cherry tree. “I have turned a tree into a marionette. With strings I tried to imitate real wind.”, is Laitinen’s explanation — do we really need to know more to experience and understand the work?
At Tournay-Solvay Park, Laitinen presents two new site-specific installations that focus on tree trunks. In the first, titled ‘Broken Landscape’, the artist removed isolated parts from a tree trunk and reassembled it with metal rods between the branches to maintain the shape of the tree. In the second artwork, which is ‘Untitled’, involves the hammering at a trunk with steel galvanised nails to create a kind of armour around it. This artwork, which is still in process, was started by Laitinen, but will be continued during the entirety of the exhibition by master art students form LUCA School of Arts of Brussels and visitors that are invited to actively participate in a hammering session every Sunday from 2 to 4 PM. Both artworks have been realised with vegetal material, trees and wood cut down and put at the disposal of the artist by the IBGE (Institut Bruxellois pour la Gestion de l’Environnement) in the mark of their good park management and installed in the Tournay Solvay Park.
Running almost simultaneously with the installation at Tournay-Solvay Park, the European Space for Sculpture will also present an exhibition of Laitinen’s photographs and video works in close collaboration with international gallery La Patinoire Royale/Galerie Valérie Bach, Located in the heart of the galleries’ quarter of Brussels, the artist will present a selection of works that refer to his performances in nature in Finland. His work portrays masculinity set in a context of nature and culture, but more importantly attests to the presence and attitude of an artist who is aware of the tradition of experimental performance art, and skilled in representing his often-extreme experiences in nature in different media. Curated by Patricia de Peuter, works such as ‘It’s my Island VI’, ‘Broken Landscape II’, ‘Lake Shift’, ‘Forest Square’, ‘Lake Deconstruction’ and ‘Green Square, Brown Square, White Square’ have been selected to offer visitors an overview of the artist’s prolific, laborious and multi-media work.
Cover Photo: Three Stones, 2004 © Antti Laitinen
In Three Stones (2004) the artist presents the viewer with three stones he has excavated, one he found after digging for seven minutes, one after seven hours, and one after seven days. Their appearance is very similar but is the last stone more precious? Does the increased labour affect its value? Laitinen is inviting us to consider larger questions about how we assign auratic power to objects once we designate them artworks and how we then position them within value systems.
Tournay-Solvay Park
Chaussée de la Hulpe 201 in Watermael-Boitsfort (1170 Brussels – Belgium)
Opening: July 3rd 2019 at 6 PM
Exhibition on view from 4th of July until 29th of September 2019
Free access every day from 8 AM till 8:30 PM (till 7:30 PM in September)
Hammering sessions open to the public: every Sunday from 2 PM – 4 PM
Finissage: Friday, September 27th 2019 (date & hour to be confirmed)
La Patinoire Royale / Galerie Valérie Bach
Rue Veydt 15 in Ixelles (1050 Brussels), Belgium
Opening: 6th July 2016 10:30 AM
Exhibition on view from the 6th until the 27th of July 2019.
Free access from Tuesday to Saturday from 11 AM till 6 PM
It’s my Island VI, 2007 (photograph), © Antti Laitinen - This body of work consists of a series of photographs, a video-triptych depicting Laitinen builds his own island in the Baltic Sea by dragging two hundred sandbags into the water over a period of three months - using nothing but a spade, sand and sacks.
Broken Landscape VI, 2019, © Antti Laitinen.
Broken Landscape II, 2017, © Antti Laitinen. "The artist has removed isolated parts from a willow tree trunk that was reassembled with metal rods between the branches to maintain the shape of the tree. The gaps among the branches are unnatural, with the tree appearing to hover in assembled form in the landscape. The viewer’s eye finds the metal frames constructed between the branches to maintain the shape of the tree."
Untitled (nails and wood), 2012 (sculptures), © Antti Laitinen. "Laitinen is inviting us to consider larger questions about how we assign auratic power to objects once we designate them artworks and how we then position them within value systems. This exploration extends into the series of Untitled (nails and wood), totemic objects whose pristine beauty belies the painstakingly difficult circumstances of their production. Every inch of the surface of these pieces of wood is covered by nail heads, until they resemble artifacts recovered from some remote forest tribe."
Still from the video Marionette, 2017, © Antti Laitinen. "In this work, Antti Laitinen turned a tree into a marionette and tried to imitate real wind by using strings. The viewer confronts a leafless bird cherry tree on the edge of a field, with strings tied to its branches. The strings extend to the left edge of the image, where someone or something that is cropped out of the picture is drawing on them to make the branches move. The tree, lit in the dark evening, moves back and forth as if giving a small performance to the viewer."
Broken Landscape, 2017 © Antti Laitinen. "In this photographic work, Laitinen has removed isolated parts from a tree trunk. The gaps among the branches are unnatural, with the tree appearing to hover in assembled form in a white winter landscape. The viewer’s eye soon finds the metal frames constructed between the branches to maintain the shape of the tree. In keeping with the title of the work, Laitinen is interested in making landscape images, ‘to be broken a little bit’."
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is for dialogue. We’ll take a brief look, at five aspects of today’s topic.
1. Direct speech.
This is the most commonly used means of conveying information, and producing conversation between characters.
“It really depends on house style, and your market place,” Tom said.
“Yes,” Jane agreed. “I suppose you’re right.”
2. Indirect speech.
We use this technique to avoid a long drawn out piece of dialogue.
“It really does depend on house style, and your market place,” Tom said, before going on for five minutes to explain a variety of points on the subject.
Jane listened and nodded, realising just how deep a subject it was.
3. Dialogue tags.
Examples: said, screamed, called, shouted, cried, exclaimed.
We don’t have to use a fancy word, when ‘said’ is the easiest to use, is the least obtrusive, and does the job. Don’t use a big word, because you might send your reader looking for a dictionary. Use something more descriptive if the scene benefits from it.
Keep dialogue short, sharp, and believable. It will keep the story moving forward, and it sounds natural. Try breaking up your dialogue with a tag in mid-sentence; which is something I do often.
“I’ve used it extensively in my novels,” Tom said. “It sounds natural, and allows the reader to take a breath.”
4. Thoughts.
When a character has a thought, it does not have quotation marks. They are thinking about it; not saying it.
5. Dialect.
This is one of my pet hates. I’m a Glaswegian. For anyone not of British descent, it means I’m originally from Glasgow, in Scotland. Allow me to demonstrate typical dialect from my hometown. It’s how I used to speak before I left home.
Billy said: “Ah telt ‘im ee’ wisnae gonnae geh’ ennae. Ee’ telt me tae piss aff ‘n mine ma’ ain bizniz.”
“Yurr takin’ thu pish,” Jimmy replied. “Ah’d a’ smakt ‘um in thu’ mooth.”
What is dialect? It’s not everyday language; it is the broad, colloquial tongue of a region or district. It is tedious to write, and awful to read. Why is it a pet hate of mine? It should only be done if the entire story is done in that style, or, if it’s the way a single character speaks at all times.
I’ve seen it in so many stories where the writer has changed back and forward from regular English language to regional dialect and back again, with one character. The character should speak one way or the other.
Thank you for reading. I’ll be back tomorrow with ‘E’.
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Until Democrats Come to Grips With Why Hillary Lost, Trump Will Keep Winning
Posted: Mar 14, 2018 12:01 AM
Last weekend, Hillary Clinton spoke in India. There, she continued to struggle publicly with the most humiliating experience of her life, not her husband's continual sexual misconduct or her State Department's mishandling of Benghazi but her loss of the presidency to a reality television show host. Hillary's not over it. And she never will be.
That much was obvious from her incredible, palpable anger at the American public. She first explained that Trump voters are stupid poor people: "what the map doesn't show you is that I won the places that represent two-thirds of America's gross domestic product. So I won the places that are optimistic, diverse, dynamic, moving forward."
But Clinton wasn't done. She then stated that Trump voters are ignoramuses who still stumble out to their outhouses in the middle of the night and stoop over a hole in the ground while reading old copies of Ku Klux Klan newsletters. Those people, she said, fell prey to Trump's racist "Elmer Gantry" pitch: "you didn't like black people getting rights. You don't like women ... getting jobs. You don't want to ... see that Indian-American succeeding more than you are. Whatever your problem is, I'm going to solve it."
For good measure, Clinton tore into women who voted for Trump as well -- and suggested that they are all little Tammy Wynettes standing by their men. "(W)e don't do well with married white women," Clinton explained. "And part of that is an identification with the Republican Party, and a sort of ongoing pressure to vote the way that your husband, your boss, your son, whoever believes you should." Yes, women who voted Republican only did so because they are afraid that ol' Bob is going to come home, get the beatin' stick out of the closet and start a-whoopin' and a-whalin' on the little woman.
And then, Democrats wonder why they had trouble winning Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Here's the reality: None of this is true. The average Trump voter outearned the average Clinton voter, and 86 percent of Trump voters were employed, about the same percentage as Clinton voters. Tribalism in voting exists on both sides: The intersectional politics of the Democratic Party is inherently race based, and Trump successfully responded to that sort of politics in reactionary fashion. As to the notion that married women didn't vote for Clinton because of their husbands, 52 percent of married women voted for Trump; 53 percent of married women voted Republican candidate Mitt Romney in 2012, and 51 percent voted for Republican candidate John McCain in 2008. Married women vote differently than single women not because of pressure from their menfolk but because they often have children, value family over career more than single women and are older than single women on average.
But here's the point: Clinton represents a nasty, vengeful take on populations she has trouble winning over. That nastiness has filtered through the Democratic Party, which is firmly convinced that it'd be better off drilling down into population groups it thinks are interested in tearing down the system along with them than reaching out to populations it has lost. If Democrats continue with that quest, they'll alienate the very voters who gave Trump victory in 2016.
Ben Shapiro's Latest Book The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great is available on Amazon
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To many, Old Salem Museum and Gardens is the soul of Winston-Salem.
This special place is a living history museum with historic buildings, costumed interpreters, and heirloom gardens, It is also home to the acclaimed Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA). Thoughtfully restored over the past 50+ years, Old Salem is more than a historical attraction – it’s a privately funded local gem full of heritage and heart. Among the beautiful 18th-century architectural details and award-winning gardens, there is the lingering presence of a progressive, peaceful Moravian culture that made Winston-Salem a town of many firsts including the first documented Celebration of Peace (Fourth of July celebration); the country’s oldest continuously operating private educational institute for women (Salem Academy & College); the state’s first brewery and distillery (Single Brothers House), as well as home to the oldest standing African American church in North Carolina (St. Philips Moravian Church). It’s also the first place Harrison and I were introduced as husband and wife. But I digress.
It’s also one of the first places you should take out-of-town guests. Or visit if you’re new to town. Buy a ticket and be a tourist for the afternoon, or better yet, become a member and visit anytime. Eat your weight in Moravian sugar cake at Winkler’s Bakery. Breathe in the smell of fresh beeswax candles. Learn the art of seed saving and swapping in the spring; learn how to press fresh North Carolina apples into cider in the fall. In the summer, bring your picnic blankets for live music and pickup organic goods at the Cobblestone Farmers Market. And in the winter, take a stroll back in time for month-long Christmas Time celebrations among the glow of Moravian stars.
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Did you know that Winston-Salem is home to a nationally recognized opera company?
Piedmont Opera is a leader in the classical arts community and the second largest opera company in the state. The company currently attracts patrons from 20 states as well as professional performers and technicians from all over the world. They strive to create operatic productions of the highest artistic quality to enrich the Winston-Salem community and to advance the art form; their goal is to become the finest opera company in the nation of its size.
Now if I’m being honest, up until recently the mention of “opera” invoked images of busty women with braids and viking hats. (If you’re being honest you know you can relate.) But what I have learned through my partnership with Piedmont Opera, and have since fallen in love with is the complexity of this performance art. If you follow the blog, you probably know I’m passionate about personal stories that tap into the basic human emotions that unite us. I’m moved by art that helps us see, hear, and feel the world differently. And that is exactly what opera does my friends – in a big, powerful, captivating way. It truly is the most communicative art form in existence. Opera combines the visual, musical, dramatic and verbal to tell thrilling stories that explore the big themes in human life.
Each year under the well-respected general and artistic direction of James Allbritten, Piedmont Opera presents two coveted performances and hosts regular educational and outreach programs to connect the community with this centuries-old artistic expression. The 2016-2017 season will be one of strong women with Puccini’s Tosca in October and Rossini’s The Italian Girl in Algiers in March. Each show is your opportunity to see up-and-coming and seasoned international talent who choose to perform in Winston-Salem because of its strong reputation and University of North Carolina School of the Arts ties. I hope you’ll join me this season to discover the drama of opera. If you’re an established fan, please consider becoming a donor; a mere 25% of Piedmont Opera’s expenses are covered by ticket sales.
Situated at the edge of a meadow is a beautiful white stucco bungalow with green shutters and a sloped roof bearing the surname of its original owner, R.J. Reynolds. Mr. Reynolds, a self-made tobacco baron, was one of the great American industrialists of the early 21st century, and his impact on the economic development of Winston-Salem is evident throughout town. But when it came to developing this special place, this rolling property dotted with historic cottages and natural beauty, it was his young, spirited wife Katharine who took the lead. Reynolda House was her home, her farm, her vision. She could have easily chosen a life of privilege and ease, but she instead chose a life of purpose.
She built the bungalow in 1917 for healthy living with lovely open-air porches, the use of white tiles and Monel countertops in the kitchen for hygiene, and emphasized food quality and safety for her family. The farm at Reynolda was a particular passion; she oversaw operations and tested best practices for crop rotation, soil analysis, and animal husbandry. She had a sincere interest in social reform, pressing her husband for better working conditions in his factories. She also championed the construction of a church, school and housing for farm workers. She made an impact on her community and that legacy lives on.
Reynolda was home to two generations of the Reynolds family. In 1967 the home was opened to the public after being reimagined as Reynolda House Museum of American Art. Today it is home to one of the country’s finest collections of American art ranging from the colonial period to the present. Inside the main house you’ll find restored interior rooms and furnishings that reflect the periods when the family lived there. The adjoining 30,000+ square foot Mary and Charles Babcock Wing houses education facilities and an auditorium, and hosts impressive traveling exhibitions each spring and fall. Continuing on Katharine’s legacy of community building, Reynolda House Museum of American Art hosts regular social hours, educational programming, camps and outdoor events where you can meet others and mingle and experience something new no matter the season. Just as she intended. Discover more natural beauty, rich history, and find inspiration at ReynoldaHouse.org
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TV ReviewsThe Good PlaceSeason 3
Eleanor is determined that nothing matters, but a hilarious, touching The Good Place argues otherwise
Dennis Perkins
Filed to: RecapFiled to: Recap
Kristen Bell, Ted Danson
Photo: Colleen Hayes/NBC
Or are we all just pawns in the tarantula squids’ game?
“The Worst Possible Use Of Free Will” mostly takes the form of a two-hander between the Arizona-stranded Michael and Eleanor. Sure, there are some welcome and very funny flashbacks (thanks to Janet’s “memory gizmo”) to a few heretofore-unseen fake Good Place adventures. (I agree with Michael that reboot #444—the one with Chidi trapped in some sort of “purple space bubble”— is worth getting into further.) But, like last week’s emotionally affecting tales, the episode is very much about Eleanor’s position as The Good Place’s central figure, and how, through “Arizona dirtbag” Eleanor Shellstrop’s halting journey into philosophical understanding, the show keeps striking singularly evocative chords of deeply human comedy.
The Good PlaceSeason 3
"The Worst Possible Use Of Free Will"
The Good Place has never been anything but masterful in coating its sneakily accessible ethical universe in delicious, colorful wackiness frosting. (Thinking here that that would make a cool frozen yogurt flavor.) “The Worst Possible Use Of Free Will” plumbs the depths of Eleanor’s layered pain while name-dropping Nietzsche, Sir Thomas Aquinas (or “Little Tommy Quine-Quine,” in Eleanor’s parlance), and incorporating an involved debate about the relative philosophical merits of determinism. It also includes a flashback to a neighborhood pet day, where Jason adopts a penguin in a Jaguars jersey (named Blake, naturally), Tahani gets a “mirror centaur” who adopts Tahani’s human form for its top half (along with an even more Tahani-esque withering disdain), and Eleanor delightedly pairs up with an iguana that she contentedly allows to crawl into her hair. (She also has Janet whip him up a little cowboy hat, because why would you not do that?)
Kristen Bell, William Jackson Harper
If last week’s episode suggested the limits of the third season’s earthbound setting, “The Worst Possible Use For Free Will” finds a nice workaround in the form of Janet’s memory machine, allowing Eleanor and Michael to pull up past-reboot incidents to shore up their side of the argument. (Lending a welcome resonance of Albert Brooks afterlife fantasy Defending Your Life to the proceedings.) Forcing Michael (through some necessarily confusing anatomical improbabilities) to prove to her that she indeed fell in love with Chidi at one point (the previously referenced reboot #119, as it turns out), Eleanor is crushed. If, as Janet’s projection shows, she is capable of actually loving someone (in defiance of her lifetime of armored preemptive rejection and scorn), then, according to her, love isn’t real. Michael’s puzzled at the seemingly illogic. But, then again, Michael’s never been human.
Eleanor makes the point that, since Michael manipulated Eleanor and Chidi together, their one-time stated love for each other doesn’t mean anything. Calling on the old Eleanor’s frame of reference, she calls it nothing but typical reality show tactics, explaining, “Put a bunch of attractive young people in stressful situations, they act like idiots and have sex with each other.” Michael counters by explaining how he concocted a 15 million-point plan to manipulate Eleanor, and she still kept foiling his evil plots in ways he couldn’t predict, claiming that proves that free will is real, and people make choices based on who they are, and not whatever imaginary magical hellscape (for example) they’re dropped into. In the manner of all real, substantive arguments, both debaters have actual points to make, and produce illuminating evidence to back them up.
For Michael, it’s the projected (via glowing ear doohickeys) visions of Eleanor and Chidi’s bond, including the time we did see when the newly arrived Eleanor stood up and confessed to being the imposter in the neighborhood because she saw how much pain her deception was causing Chidi. As we’ve seen, that was the thing that truly screwed up Michael’s initial torture plan—he was forced to improvise his way into eventual, snowballing unsustainability because, with all his limitless knowledge and resources, even he could never have imagined that an Arizona dirtbag like Eleanor Shellstrop would put someone else’s needs above her own. “That’s the story. You’re capable of human love. Congrats,” Michael scoffs confidently, brushing off Eleanor’s objections.
William Jackson Harper, Kristen Bell
But for Eleanor, knowing that there was a “puppet master, pulling the strings” robs her of the hopeful comfort she took initially from the Michael’s revelation that she and Chidi did—just once—become the soulmates the old Michael claimed they were. Equally brusque, she waves away Michael’s demonstration with a blithe, “I’m incapable of love, no biggie. You wanna get burgers?” And while Michael immediately speculates that Eleanor’s dismissal stems from her lifelong history of denying her own, very human need for love and acceptance in order to protect herself, Eleanor’s not buying. Ted Danson has gotten to show a lot of colors in his shifting, changing Michael, but he’s never more affecting than when he allows us to see how much he has grown, improbably, to care about his human friends/former victims. Drawing in close in response to Eleanor’s own coarsening cocoon of denial, Danson’s Michael—for all his loopy, questionable competence—brings an ineffable wisdom to his response to Eleanor’s angry, “You don’t know me, man.”
Yes I do. I know everything about you, remember? Including nothing scares you more than vulnerability.
All that while Eleanor is mopping off the full glass of iced tea Michael has just poured over her head because, as he explains, “I have free will. And because you’re being so annoying.” To Eleanor’s shocked, “Dude, not cool!,” Michael responds “Disagree. I think it’s the coolest thing I’ve ever done.” Michael’s done some cool stuff (sacrificing himself to Shawn so that everyone can escape the Bad Place comes to mind), but he may be right. Eleanor might have attained unfathomable wisdom from seeing all she’s seen and from learning everything she’s learned (from Chidi), but sometimes a dumb human needs an icy, sticky blast of reality at the hands of a former demon to snap her out of it.
Ted Danson, Kristen Bell
The thing is that Eleanor’s flight to determinism as an explanation for why her love for Chidi was a sham isn’t, in itself, an invalid position. Yes, she may have been reading out the definition from an Arizona library’s copy of Philosophy For Dingdongs, but her interpretation of the underlying principles is spot-on. Pointing to the “millions of biological, genetic, and societal factors that are entirely outside of my control” as proof that nothing she does is anything other than the stimulus response of any other animal (or puppet, or animal-shaped puppet) is Eleanor’s application of determinism’s depressingly demystifying assessment of all human behavior. To put it in Eleanor’s hated “basic” language, we think we’re all that because we can’t feel the strings.
Maybe so. But, as the fed-up Michael puts it after emptying that iced tea over Eleanor’s head, he’s going to try anyway. Eleanor made a similar point earlier in the season, when confronted with the incontrovertible fact of her and her friends’ apparently predetermined damnation. But, there, she said, “Fuck it.” And here, Michael does the same, responding to the dripping and pissed off Eleanor’s “Who cares?” with another proclamation of hearteningly human defiance. “I do,” he says, “Because if everything is determined and we have no free will, then all the stuff we are doing to put more good into the world is pointless, and I want to believe it means something.” To that end, he tells her it’s time to pick up the rest of the Soul Squad at the airport (“The worst possible use of free will”) because he cares about them, about what they’re doing, and about doing good in the world, even if there is some uncaring system of predetermination making a mockery of everything he cares about. If, as the pre-drenching Eleanor had speculated, this is all some “megademon torture chamber” designed to torture Michael (a phrase designed to perk up viewers’ conspiracy antennae), then nothing matters. Then, as Michael rebuts, doing something meaningful is even moreso. Even if, as Eleanor further speculates, there is an even more powerful race of “tarantula-squids” manipulating the megademons. Zoom out far enough and everything looks insignificant. Zoom in even further, and everything matters a great deal.
Eleanor comes around, wearily, warily, and wet, picking up the others at the airport, only for Michael to get inspired to have everyone pack up again—for rural Canada. Eleanor, echoing another of her previous expressions of futile heroism (the best kind of heroism), tells Michael that their position as “the only truly free beings in the universe” means they have the opportunity to be truly bold. Michael, realizing that there is only one person in the world to whom they should look as “a blueprint for humanity,” intimates that we’re finally off to meet the one human being in all of history to figure out the actual, foundational truth of the universe. At least 92 percent of it. At least that one time when he got super-high. Buckle up, Soul Squad. It’s time to meet Doug Forcette.
The tag doubles down on the episode’s return to the afterlife shenanigans, showing that Shawn has ordered the construction of a nasty looking makeshift “illegal portal to Earth.” Before sending Tiya Sircar’s finally un-cocooned Vicky through as a test subject (so see if she explodes), he answers her bafflement by confessing, “You have missed a lot.”
Before Michael reluctantly plugs Eleanor into the memory gizmo, he quietly places a Tupperware container, a roll of paper towels, and a banana on the table. The reason why becomes all too clear in one of the most unnerving physical gags the show has ever done, as Eleanor emerges from her initial vision with most of her hair gone and spitting out her teeth into the Tupperware. She gets better.
Say what you want about The Good Place’s unending monster truck rally of Florida jokes, but Eleanor and Michael’s trip to her home state suggests that someone in the writers room really didn’t have a good time growing up in Arizona. Apart from the corporate-sponsored, completely empty library (where the poetry section consists solely of Jeff Foxworthy’s Roses Are Red . . . And So Is My Neck and the sex ed section is just the bible), a running bit sees employees of both the library and a diner warning against staying late in either. Because apparently literally every establishment in Arizona doubles as an after-hours porn set.
Michael might be a demon, but he’s got humanity pretty well figured out: “You’re always either sleeping or chewing something.”
Michael hesitates to let Eleanor see the footage of him mocking Eleanor and Chidi’s love, claiming he didn’t want her to see what an asshole he was. Also, he really used to be into French cuff shirts.
Mocking Eleanor’s claim that their love is stronger than anything, Michael proposes he drop an elephant on them to see how well love holds up.
William Jackson Harper does exclamations of unsurprised surprise dismay better than anyone. Here, startling Eleanor while she looks for her new lizard pal in the dark, he responds to Eleanor reflexively pushing him into a nearby lake with a “Why?!” that can only truly be appreciated in performance.
Chidi winds up with an ornery owl for a pet in flashback, after he’s unable to choose between two equally adorable puppies, a trap Eleanor refers to as “Chidi kryptonite.”
Nice mirroring in how Chidi’s choice to forego the potential experience of flying like his (mean-spirited) owl in order to help Eleanor reflects Eleanor’s early series choice to cheat her way out of cleaning-up duty so she could fly.
Tahani name drop: Her last pet was one of her friend Barbra Streisand’s cloned Siamese cats. It killed itself.
Tahani’s centaur self demands heels, claiming her traditional horseshoes make her look like “a common glue factory hobo horse.”
Past Michael reveals that Eleanor had recurring sex fantasies about Muppet Sam the Eagle. “He’s very authoritative, and I find that reassuring,” is actually a pretty solid rationale from Eleanor.
During one of the reboots (#445), we see the frustrated and defeated Michael has replaced his office slogan with the effortfully punctuated greeting “Welcome! Everything is okay.”
There’s been comparatively little for Janet to do on this earthbound season, here reduced to acting squirrely when Tahani brings up her marriage of shared assets with Jason.
Eleanor: “Can you believe my high school voted me ‘most likely to die young and unaccomplished’?” Michael: “You did die, young and unaccomplished.”
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TV ReviewsThe Office (Classic)Season 3
The Office (Classic): “Branch Closing”/”The Merger”
The Office (Classic)
TV Club Classic
The Office (Classic)Season 3
”The Merger” / “Branch Closing”
”The Merger”
“Branch Closing”
“Branch Closing” (season three, episode seven; originally aired 11/9/2006)/“The Merger” (season three, episode seven; originally aired 11/16/2006)
In which it’s simple dollars and sense…
There’s an old-fashioned November sweeps eventfulness to “Branch Closing” and “The Merger,” one that goes beyond the super-sized running length of the two-parter’s second half. (#ThanksJeffZucker.) After laying seed for the first six episodes of the season, these episodes harvest the crop: Dunder Mifflin is closing a branch, Jim will have to face down the problems he ran away from following the events of “Casino Night.” For most of “Branch Closing,” the demise of Dunder Mifflin Scranton is treated as a certainty, and the episode proceeds like a pseudo series finale, with breakups and farewells and last-ditch efforts to save the “family.” It’s a good-faith measure that reaches back to a previous Michael Schur script, “The Alliance”: All the downsizing talk was real, and it becomes a palpable source of tension throughout “Branch Closing” (also written by Schur) and “The Merger” (written by Brent Forrester).
But it also takes back the big leap of “Casino Night” in an unsatisfying fashion—one that’s presumably tied to the conventions of producing a television series. The Office thrillingly blows up its premise at the top of season three, but it’s evident from the start that there’s no future in Stamford. Jim’s new workplace is never the setting for an A-story, and it always feels eerily underpopulated. Even when Josh is around, it’s as if Jim, Karen, and Andy are the only people that work at Dunder Mifflin Stamford. That makes everyone who comes to Scranton with them appear even more disposable than they’ll prove to be—but while they’re here, they’re excellent outlets for demonstrating the dysfunction that defines the Scranton branch and powers The Office.
The roots of that dysfunction run directly to Michael Scott. A man with no family to call his own—save for his mother and stepfather, whose introduction in “Branch Closing” tells us all we need to know in the space of a first name—he’s mapped his ideal home life onto his 9-to-5 existence. At the thought of losing that connection, he panics, his fatherly impulses kick in, and he does what he can in his limited power to keep the family together. That escalates when the Stamford transfers arrive in Scranton, presenting a spectacular challenge for Steve Carell’s sad-clown depiction of Michael. He pulls some incredible faces in these two episodes—say what you will about the way The Office’s talking-head confessionals undercut subtext or serve as narrative shortcuts, but it’s worth it for the mix of furrowed-brow rage and dead-eyed pessimism in the screenshot below:
That trickles down to the other ways the people at the Scranton branch view their jobs. Kelly treats the closing news like a second high-school graduation, her company directory standing in for a yearbook; for Meredith, no paycheck she received from Dunder Mifflin was ever as important as the freebie she arranged for her last day there. (If only she could remember who she made that arrangement with…) What distinguishes these characters from their Stamford counterparts is that the transfer crew treats Dunder Mifflin like its just another job in an economy full of them. (Oh, 2006, you and your optimistic employment outlook! If only you knew what horrors lie ahead!) Tony Gardner’s resignation-turned-dismissal draws a line in the sand—one Michael inadvertently began drawing himself—and initiates the halfway decent running joke in which the Stamford transfers are whittled down to… the only three people who seemed to work in that office in the first place.
That thread is another illustration of the win-some, lose-some prospects tied up in “Branch Closing” and “The Merger.” Jim’s return to Scranton always feels like an inevitability, and “The Merger” kicks season three into a new gear, but those six episodes in Stamford are already leaning toward irrelevancy. It’s a lot of work to induce the Jim-Pam tension introduced in the second of this week’s episodes, an honest note of discord sounded among the noise of Josh’s betrayal, Michael and Dwight’s salvage effort, and the minor conflicts arising between the merging staffs.
More succinctly: We can start to see The Office losing the thread. In de-complicating its third season, the show makes the rest of its run a whole lot more complicated. But like Dwight-as-Wallace says, it’s just business: As the first act of season three came to a close, the show was a cult favorite transforming into a legitimate hit. Legitimate hits tend to run for a lot longer than three seasons, and The Office was beginning to grow the world and redefine the storytelling methods that could sustain (for better and worse) six more years of the show. “The Merger” is the beginning of the soapiest passages of the Jim-and-Pam saga, a source for compelling drama and swoon-worthy romance that also got unnecessarily convoluted in the show’s final season. Both of these episodes mark the first steps in Andy Bernard’s rise to prominence, forging the path that would take a decent foil for both Jim and Dwight and warp him into the crooning maniac of seasons eight and nine. Poor Ed Helms: He’s so funny (in an annoying way) as a light seasoning in these episodes, but the overwhelming flavor of Andy just might linger throughout the rest of his career.
Change is inherent in “Branch Closing” and “The Merger.” If the first episode comes across like a finale, that’s because it sort of is a finale: It’s the last episode of The Office as it existed for the first two seasons. It’s a fitting farewell to that version of the show, with so many of the characters finding relief in the closing: Stanley’s going to retire, Pam is going to fully commit to art school, Creed is going to wring every last dollar out of Dunder Mifflin. These are two of the last episodes that I can remember committing themselves so fully to the faux-documentary setup, too. Michael uses “Branch Closing” to playact as Michael Moore (but not Bowling For Columbine Michael Moore, because that movie wasn’t the type of bowling movie Michael Scott prefers), and both episodes carry the vibe of a documentary that would actually be about turbulent times in the average American workplace. With more characters to track and a greater world outside of the office to explore, that sort of thing would soon fall away from what The Office did on a weekly basis.
But that could be a bit of a boon to the series as well, because The Office is on Michael’s side: This is the story of a surrogate family more than it’s the story of the staff at a regional paper supplier. “Branch Closing” reinforces the bonds between these people; “The Merger” demonstrates the uniqueness (and/or insanity) of that bond. Those relationships and the chemistry of the cast mean more to The Office than any overarching story or filmmaking technique. Is that part of why the middle and later seasons of this show would prove so messy? Absolutely: Long-term storytelling on The Office was always a crapshoot (Hello, Charles Miner! Goodbye, Charles Miner!), a fact illustrated by the attempt to reintegrate the documentary concept into the show’s final chapters. A neat concept is only going to get you so far in network comedy. The more rewarding shows, the ones that would go the distance, are the ones where a cast of characters has a reason to stick together through a screening of “Lazy Scranton.”
True to form, Michael puts together a “Lazy Sunday” parody well after the original saturated YouTube with imitators like “Lazy Muncie.” Truer to form, it appears that Michael’s definition of rapping is “yelling to a beat.”
Dwight should’ve worked on a book with Perd Hapley. “When you become close with someone, you develop a kind of sixth sense. You can read their moods like a book. Right now the title of Michael’s book is Something Weird Is Going On: What Did Jan Say? The Michael Scott Story by Michael Scott with Dwight Schrute.”
I’ve always appreciated the seasonally appropriate decorations in front of the Wallace house. It’s fall, they have the money—their front yard should reflect a harvest theme!
Revisiting a pet theme from season two: Just look at the chaos that consumes the Scranton branch after Michael blurts out the secret about the branch closing.
I don’t even know how to begin explaining why Karen’s “more Italian” outgoing message wormed its way so deeply into my brain, to the point that it’s probably the only non-“The Injury” Office dialogue I quote on a regular basis. Just a sucker for over-the-top comedy accents, I guess.
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Sterling/Cooper Formalize Merger with New Logo, Agency Brand on ‘Mad Men’
Sterling/Cooper Formalize Merger with New Logo, Agency Brand on Mad Men
During last night's Season 6 episode of Mad Men, "The Quality of Mercy", the ad firms of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce and Cutler Gleason and Chaough finalized their merger and became Sterling Cooper & Partners. Today, AMC issued the very press release written by Peggy Olsen (Elisabeth Moss) in the episode "For Immediate Release" six weeks ago, to celebrate this merger. Take a look at the photo, then read the full text of the announcement.
"Sterling Cooper & Partners today formalized the recent merger of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce and Cutler Gleason Chaough with the release of a new logo and agency brand.
The partners commented:
'We are pleased to join with our new partners and present our new name and logo, which reflect our shared efforts to provide quality service in the marketplace," said SC&P partner Bert Cooper (Robert Morse).
'As far as logos go, this is front page news,' said SC&P partner Roger Sterling (John Slattery). 'My publisher loves the name of our new firm, and so do I.'
'A name can mean a new beginning, a chance to see yourself as you would dream to be, and to leave the baggage you have accumulated over the years behind,' said SC&P partner Don Draper (Jon Hamm). 'At least that's been my observation.'
'The logo for the combined entity is clean, visually-striking, and you have to agree the ampersand is funky,' said SC&P partner Jim Cutler (Harry Hamlin).
'Our new name and brand is something we can all believe in, through the late nights and weekends, a symbol of our commitment to the work,' said SC&P partner Ted Chaough (Kevin Rahm).
About Sterling Cooper & Partners:
Formed by the merger of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce and Cutler Gleason Chaough, Sterling Cooper & Partners is a full-service advertising agency located in New York, N. Y., working with clients in a variety of industries including automotive, health care, consumer products, food and other packaged goods. The firm does not accept any tobacco-related work."
The Season 6 finale of Mad Men, "In Care Of", airs Sunday, June 23 at 10 PM ET on AMC.
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Home » Israel » Why Settlements are a Problem (Guest Voice)
Posted by Guest Voice on Dec 31, 2016 in Israel | 0 comments
Why Settlements are a Problem (Guest Voice)
Why Settlements are a Problem
by jdledell
Israel’s settlement policy in the West Bank has been called benign by Israelis and a tragic roadblock to a 2 state peace agreement. I will try to illustrate why settlements have been a deliberate Israeli policy to prevent a viable Palestinian state. First lets examine Jerusalem which Israel claims as it’s undivided capital. Most people think of Jerusalem as the area surrounding the Western Wall and the Temple Mount plus the modern urban area of West Jerusalem. In the map below that is the area outlined by yellow lines.
However, Israel has been expanding Jerusalem’s municipal boundaries for years and now are outlined by the dark blue lines. This is the area Israel considers its undivided capital leaving no room for Palestinians to part of an area just outside the yellow line as their capital in what was traditional Arab East Jerusalem. This expansion of Jerusalem was done not only to annex part of the traditional west bank but also extend the municipal lines north to the city limits of Ramallah and south to the city limits of Bethlehem to prevent those two cities from encroaching closer to traditional Jerusalem.
This tactic of assigning huge municipal territory to an Israeli town or settlement extends to other west bank Israeli towns. Take for example, Maale Adumim a settlement just outside the expanded Jerusalem city limits. Over the years it has grown to a population of 40,000 and bills are in the Knesset to expand Jerusalem’s borders to include this city.
The light green area next to the town’s name is the current built up area. However, you can see the purple line represents the municipal borders of the town extending all the way west to the town of Jericho in the Jordan Valley. Some of you have probably heard about the fight between the U.S and Israel over the building in the E-1 corridor( the main highway through this area) which would effectively cut the Northern West Bank from the South. Similar expanded Israeli settlements consist of the Ariel, Eli, Shiloh corridor which cuts the northern West Bank in two and the settlement of Kiryat Arba next door to Hebron.
People who claim that the settlements are not a real problem because they can either be abandoned or left in the West Bank as part of the Palestinian state subject to Palestinian laws and taxes the same way Palestinians in Israel proper are treated. People who claim this have obviously never met an Israeli settler or traveled in the West Bank. Take for example Maale Adumim, a modern city and it’s 40,000 residents is not going anywhere. Similarly Ariel, a modern city deep in the West Bank has 20,000 residents and an additional 10,000 at it’s University. The Gush Etzion block of settlements between Bethlehem and Hebron consists of 22 cities and villages of Jewish settlers totaling 65,000 residents is not going to be abandoned by Israel under any circumstances.
Settlements like Kiryat Arba, Bat Ayin, Itamar and many others are populated by radical religious settlers who will fight to the death to follow their dream of the Biblical Greater Israel of King David. In all three of these settlements, the residents are heavily armed with grenades, morters, heavy machine guns etc. conveniently and “accidently” left there by sympathetic IDF. A war where Jews killed Jews is unthinkable in Israel so these settlements are going no where and these settlers will never accede to Palestinian control or taxes.
Collectively Israel has established 147 recognized settlements in the West Bank territory including East Jerusalem with a population of 650,000 Jews. The task of moving these people back into Israel proper is almost impossible. Think of depopulating a city like Seattle – how do you do it and where would you put them. Israeli Jews will not subject themselves to Palestinian rule –ever. So either Israel takes on the impossible task of moving that many people or leave them in the West Bank subject to Israeli law thus leaving the Palestinian state as a swiss cheese country, lots of holes and not much cheese.
After a long career as a Senior Executive with Prudential, jdledell took early retirement to teach piano with his wife of 48 years, Cinder. The two of them established Castle LeDell Music in their home and have 130 weekly students spread out over 7 days a week. In spite of teaching being literally a full-time job, jdledell finds the time to consume vast quantities of Internet commentary and to communicate with his children and other relatives scattered around the globe. While jdledell got polio when he was two years old and now uses a wheelchair full-time, it doesn’t keep him from leading a rich and fulfilling life in Basking Ridge, NJ.
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Happy Home: Backyard Bounty
This summer, forget all about staying indoors and binge-watching shows on Netflix. New Mexico’s gorgeous sunshine and weather make the perfect backdrop for creating new memories with family and friends. Three local business owners share their expertise on adding a va-va-voom touch to your outdoor space so you can enjoy your backyard bounty.
Outdoor Fire Concepts
Pat Klohr began his career designing and installing custom pools in Las Vegas, but since then, his focus has shifted to creating stunning fire features for his company Outdoor Fire Concepts. “The pools we built all had fire on them and they were high-end,” says Pat. “The two concepts went hand in hand.”
Eighty percent of Pat’s clients are pool builders, but you don’t necessarily need a pool to incorporate fire into your own design. Tiki torches, for example, are a no-fuss way to bring a little bit of Hawaii to the desert. Other available products include fire pits and fire features that can complement waterfalls.
Think a fire feature would suit your yard? Pat says to start by coming up with a desired layout, and assess whether gas or propane would work best for you. From there, you can establish a budget.
If you do have a swimming pool, adding fire bowls are the latest trend to add pizazz to the look and feel of the yard. “We’ll put fire bowls along the edge of the swimming pool and we have water coming out of the bowls with fire on top. It’s soothing to see the fire and hear the water running,” Pat explains.
Fire details like these are typically low-maintenance. Usually, the most work required is cleaning out debris caused by strong winds. On/off and other functions lie at the tip of your fingertips: conveniently on a Smartphone.
Pat says it’s the nostalgic factor that attracts many people to fire. “It’s the way the fire and water make people feel when they’re sitting out by their pool or fire pit. It draws them in and takes them back to their childhood, sitting around campfires with their family, telling stories—it calms the spirit.”
1512 Pradera Dorada Arc.
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Fore! Evergreen Turf
These days, many Las Cruces homeowners have something once unheard of in this region: lush, green lawns all year round. That’s because they’re doing away with traditional grass landscaping (which often demands a lot of water and labor), and replacing it with much more convenient, artificial grass.
The benefits of synthetic grass are numerous, notes Tom Gohrick, co-owner of Fore! Evergreen Turf since 2005. “There is virtually no maintenance,” he explains, adding that a leaf blower makes it easy to remove debris. “It’s perforated underneath for drainage. There’s no fertilizer, watering, or mowing involved. And, if it is UV-coated, it won’t fade in sunlight.
“Our turf is on a four-inch, pressure-fine sub-base that’s compacted. If you have animals, we can provide a live enzyme that’s placed underneath and inside the turf. Basically, it kills the ammonia smell from the animal’s waste so you won’t smell it.”
Many of us can still remember when having artificial turf was tremendously obvious. It looked more like a green carpet than a lawn. But those days are long gone. “The product has completely changed,” Tom says. “Now it’s really hard to tell if it’s synthetic. We put down about three pounds of washed sand inside the turf, starting in the middle and working our way out. What that does is prevent the turf from buckling (giving it a more polished, smooth look). It’s also kid-friendly, and dogs won’t be able to pull it up.”
There’s one caveat Tom has for his customers: synthetic turf can get very hot during the intense summer months, so it’s best to cool it down with a bit of water if you have kiddos who will be walking around barefoot on it.
The price per square-foot ranges from $4.75 to $6, and the final cost will vary depending on how much labor is involved in getting the land turf-ready
To make the transition in your yard even more seamless, surround the artificial portion with live plants for the best of both worlds.
1165 El Paseo Road
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Toro Rock Products
Want to add a little depth to your yard? Try combining rocks and boulders with structures you might already have in your yard, like a swimming pool, for example. That’s exactly what Toro Rock Products in nearby Organ, NM offers. “We have more than 50 different colors and sizes, and we sell materials for anything that requires rock or aggregate,” says owner Alan Gadberry. “Our most popular item is probably our landscape tan material.”
Alan’s customers include landscaping businesses, as well as individuals embarking on do-it-yourself projects. He points out that ponds and streams are another feature homeowners can incorporate using materials purchased at Toro Rock.
“Landscaping of your property is a really personal thing,” he adds. “If somebody says they want brown rock, well, there’s all kinds of brown—dark, light, tan, it looks different to everybody. It just depends on what you’re wanting.”
Whether you’re doing basic landscaping, sprucing up your yard with a focal point, or just looking for material to level out your driveway, Toro Rock has you covered. Needs vary, depending on the size of the home and the budget, but Alan notes that a recurring theme he’s seen in his clientele is simply getting the most bang for their buck. “With tough times right now, everybody wants to know what’s most economical,” he explains. “We have a wide range of products from $80 a ton down to $5 a ton. Of course, the ones that are most decorative are the most expensive, but there’s always a compromise. I welcome customers to come look at our selections. We’ll walk you through whatever you’re trying to accomplish and get you what you need.”
711 Badger Rd # 490
Organ, NM
Written by Isabel A. Rodriguez
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DC Comics Movies
Forget Aquaman, Jason Momoa Must be Shazam!
By Keith Chow September 15, 2014 December 16, 2014
4 Comments on Forget Aquaman, Jason Momoa Must be Shazam!
In the history of comic book superhero movies, having a casting announcement be met with near-universal praise by the fickle fanboy community is a very rare occurrence. In fact, I’m not sure it’s ever happened. From Keaton to Affleck, ScarJo to Gal Gadot, the nerd reflex is to cry foul — or at least raise a suspicious eyebrow — at Hollywood’s disrespect of comic book continuity. (And don’t even think about casting non-white actors in any of these roles). Nine times out of ten, though, fanboy condemnation — at casting, say, a “vapid pretty boy” like Chris Evans as Captain America or a “gay cowboy” like Heath Ledger as the Joker — gives way to reluctant acceptance and eventually hyperbole over how perfect these actors are in their respective roles.
A few weeks ago, though, when Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson finally revealed he will be playing Black Adam in a Shazam! movie, the internet reaction was entirely positive. It probably helped that this rumored casting had been gestating for nearly a decade. But while fans were celebrating The Rock as Black Adam, I had one question: who could possibly be (physically) big enough to play Shazam1?
Illustration by Mauricio Abril
Until Rocky revealed the Shazam role he had been teasing for months, it was unclear whether he’d play the hero or the villain. When William of Black Nerd Problems meditated on the racial implications of potentially casting Johnson as Shazam, he zeroed in on what such a move would have meant for the audience to see a multiracial black and Pacific Islander man play such an iconic hero — not to mention the fact that the studio would have to cast a non-white adolescent to play alter ego Billy Batson. Alas, since Johnson is Black Adam, the studio is off the hook and we all have to be resigned to the fact that they’re probably going to cast a(nother) white dude to play the hero (again).
The list of actors who could physically match The Rock on screen is a short one. Many of these actors are the same names that always get bandied about for superhero roles. And sure, you don’t really have to cast an actor who matches Rocky’s 6’4″, 250+lbs. physique since the director could use camera tricks and forced perspective to make it work. But verisimilitude can only go so far if you’re watching aerial fisticuffs between The Rock and, say, Jake Gyllenhaal.
FYI: the “Jake as Cap” rumors are from the film’s first go-round in 2007.
Here’s the thing: just because The Rock isn’t going to play Captain Marvel doesn’t mean that folks like Joe Manganiello or Armie Hammer have to be the ones to call on the power of Shazam just because they’re tall and big and white and attached to every superhero movie rumor. There are others who fit the description.
The other day, I read this post by Chael Smith — of the new site Fanboyant — speculating that Warner has been secretly using the “Jason Momoa-as-Aquaman” rumor as a diversion for its real plan to cast him as Shazam. AND NOW I CAN THINK OF NO OTHER CHOICE.
From Smith’s piece:
Now that Johnson has been cast as the villain in the fore mentioned film, the big question remains, who will be cast as the film’s hero, Shazam? I’m making a call. My bet is on our alleged Aquaman, Jason Mamoa. There is a considerable lack of evidence of Mamoa being a part of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Taking into account how quickly the news of casting for other roles in the film were announced and confirmed, it stands to reason that there is no real bite to the rumors. Consider Dwayne Johnson’s similar vague statements surrounding his talks with DC Entertainment. It seems far more likely that Jason Mamoa’s mirrored hesitance to speak surrounds the Shazam! film. I think it would be an inspired casting choice. Mamoa has the build, the likeness, he very nearly matches Dwayne Johnson’s height. It would be a perfect match up. Just check out the photo below.
I know I’ve gone on record with my preference for Momoa to play Lobo, but the initial Aquaman rumors essentially made that wish moot. But now, I’m all in on Captain Momoa! Also, this isn’t the first time Momoa’s name has been tossed into the Shazam rumor salad. Hell, Cap was #2 on the list of potential roles we published back in December.
But shit, will you just look at that photo above?!? I mean, he already has the eyebrows for chrissakes! And at 6’3″, 220lbs., Jason Momoa can be very believable trading blows with The Rock. While I would have loved to see Khal Drogo’s take on a badass Aquaman, I think having him play a lighthearted character like Captain Marvel/Shazam would also be a nice change of pace from the barbarian/warrior roles he’s typecast in. Also, if Shazam! is really going to counter DC’s “no jokes” non-policy, then Momoa can bring the funny as well.
To top it all off, by casting Momoa — a Native Hawaiian — Warner Brothers could still make a movie as meaningful to its non-white fans and hit on all the points William made in his original BNP post, plus we’d have a tentpole blockbuster headlined by the two highest profile Pacific Islanders in Hollywood. It’s a win-win.
So make it happen already!
“Shazam” will always be Captain Marvel to me. New 52 and copyright law be damned! ↩
Tags: Aquaman Black Adam Captain Marvel Chael Smith DC Entertainment Dwayne Johnson Fanboyant Jason Momoa Lobo Pacific Islanders Shazam! Superheroes The Rock Warner Brothers William Evans
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Keith is the editor-in-chief of the pop culture blog The Nerds of Color, a co-editor of the Asian American Comics Anthologies Secret Identities and Shattered, host of the podcasts Hard NOC Life, Southern Fried Asian, and DC TV Classics, and one of the founders of WICOMICON. View all posts by Keith Chow
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The Panenka
A blog dedicated to European Football, World Soccer, and the 2018 World Cup in Russia
Euro 2016 Group B: Final Round Preview
June 19, 2016 June 17, 2016 / ThePanenka
England take on Slovakia in St Etienne while Russia play Wales in Toulouse in Group B where there is still all to play for. Both games kick off at 3PM ET on June 20.
The Three Lions have put themselves in a strong position in the group with a win and a draw in the opening two games. Any of Wales, Russia and Slovakia could still be heading home or into last-16, making the final round of games an exciting prospect to watch.
Roy Hodgson’s England answered their critics by fighting back from a goal down to Wales and record a 2-1 victory to take top spot in the group. The England coach made a series of substitutions that added enough quality to carry them over the finish line.
Goalkeeper Joe Hart must’ve thought he’d let his country down when he failed to keep out a Gareth Bale free-kick from at least 35 yards in the first half. When England scored their winner in the second minute of stoppage time he ran the length of the pitch in relief to celebrate.
With England 1-0 down at the break, Daniel Sturridge and Jamie Vardy replaced Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling. It was the substitutes who made the difference when the Leicester man leveled around the hour mark and the Liverpool striker netted the winner deep into stoppage time.
For England the last minute winner was a welcome riposte to the first round of games where they conceded a late equalizer to Russia in a 1-1 draw. Tottenham midfielder Eric Dier had previously put the Three Lions ahead with a free-kick from the edge of the area.
England can now look to progress to the next round with a draw against Slovakia but will surely want to tie up top spot with a victory to gain momentum heading into the last-16.
Chris Coleman will have some work to do to pick up his players’ morale after suffering such a crushing narrow defeat. The Welsh Dragons were on the back foot for the entirety of the game and they could count themselves lucky to be ahead when star man Bale scored his 2nd free-kick of the tournament.
Wales defended resolutely against England but it was not to be their day. The difference in possession and the abundance of quality in the England ranks compared to Wales ultimately told in the end.
Defeat to their Home Nation rivals is perhaps a bit of a reality check for the Dragons who possibly acted overconfident in the media in the run up to the game. Wales did have good reason to though, after dispatching Slovakia 2-1 in their Euro 2016 opener. Bale’s free-kick got them going before Hal Robson-Kanu’s introduction forced the winner with 10 minutes to play.
After defeat to England and the three points won against Slovakia, Wales head into the final group game with work still to do. A win will see them through but a draw would leave them either relying on England to win or with a 3rd placed finish and depending on other results to progress. The Welsh will also be wary of the fact that should they lose to Russia and the England game ends in a draw, they will finish bottom of the group and be heading home.
Slovakia were denied by that smart Wales performance in their opening game but rallied well to embarrass a disappointing Russia in their second match. Against the Welsh Jan Kozaks men left the game a little too open. After going behind and drawing level thanks to Ondrej Duda they were punished with 10 minutes left when they decided to twist rather than stick.
Against Russia the Slovak’s game plan was much more evident, sit back and wait for the perfect moment to strike. On the half hour mark Marek Hamsik unleashed a perfect delivery from deep inside his own half that found Vladmir Weiss who controlled it beautifully before cutting inside slotting home.
Moments before half time Slovakia took advantage of a short corner and man of the match Hamsik doubled the lead with a scintillating shot which found the back out the next via the far post. Slovakia now look like a safe bet to land in the last 16 via second or third spot, even if they can’t get anything against England int eh final round of matches.
Russia meanwhile have probably been one of the worst teams at Euro 2016 so far. In their opening game against England they offered little, only Artem Dzyba a lone bright spot in Leonid Slutsky’s side. Still though, they rescued a point against the Three Lions, which in light of the defeat to Slovakia has kept them in the tournament.
Berezutski’s goal against England came from some desperate long ball tactics toward the end of the game, the likes of which we should be prepared to see more of when they take on Wales. It was another header which brought them back into the tie versus Slovakia, Glushakov converted from Shatov, the latter of whom has shown some moments of magic in Euro 2016 so far too. However it was much too late for Russia and it is impossible at the moment to envisage Russia scoring more than once per game.
Russia’s game with Wales is a must win for Slutsky’s men. Anything other than a defeat will see them on a plane back to Moscow in disgrace. Slovakia meanwhile will sit back against England and fancy their chances that ending the group stage on four points is enough to get them through to the knockouts.
Group B As It Stands
Position Team P W L D F A Pts GD
2 Slovakia 2 1 1 0 3 3 3 0
3 Wales 2 1 1 0 2 3 3 -1
4 Russia 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 -1
For the first time in a long time, possibly the first time ever, England have a wealth of option within their ranks. This trait was demonstrated at half time against Wales when Roy Hodgson make a double substitution. This now poses many questions over the selection ahead of Slovakia.
Harry Kane has failed to impress for Roy Hodgson so far and his starting spot has been put under immense pressure with Jamie Vardy scoring from the bench versus Wales. The same applies to Raheem Sterling. The Liverpool forward looks low on confidence and might be replaced by match winner Daniel Sturridge.
Delli Ali supplied the assist for Sturridge’s winner but received criticism for his performance, it’s unlikely be he could see his place in the starting eleven taken by Jack Wilshere.
“I think everyone saw the emotions as we ran the risk of smashing our heads against the roof of the bench where we were sitting because we all jumped up spontaneously. It was a particularly poignant moment after what we suffered [against Russia] on Saturday night, when we thought we were really, really hard done by to concede that last-minute equalizer when we played so well,” said Roy Hodgson after the win against Wales.
“It’s crazy,” said match winner Daniel Sturridge. “It’s only one more game in the group so no one wants to get too excited.”
Predicted Line Up: Hart; Walker, Cahill, Smalling, Rose; Dier, Rooney, Ali; Vardy, Kane, Lallana.
Joe Ledley looks to be out of Wales’ crucial final group game. The Crystal Palace midfielder summoned superhero strength to recover from a leg fracture to make the tournament but had to be withdrawn from the game against England after suffering a knock.
Coach Chris Coleman is likely to give Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder Dave Edwards will get the nod to replace Ledley, as he did against Slovakia and midway through the England game. The only selection headache for Coleman is whether to partner Gareth Bale with Jonathan Edwards like eh did versus Slovakia or Hal-Robson Kanu like he did in the loss to England.
Despite being clearly heartbroken after the loss to England, Gareth Bale said, “We still have one more game to go and the tournament’s not over yet.”
“We’re gutted, absolutely devastated.” Said boss Chris Coleman, but we’ve got to show a bit of steel to bounce back. This is a bitter pill to swallow but we’ve got to put it to bed quickly and move on to Russia.”
Predicted Line Up: Hennessey; Davies, Williams, Chester, Gunter, Taylor; D. Edwards, Ramsey, Allen; J. Edwards, Bale.
Against Slovakia, Russia were two down at the break and made two changes. Leonid Slutsky, often reffered to the Jose Moutinho or Russian football, brought on Mamaev and Glushakov in place of the defensively minded Golovin and Neustader. In the Wales game we could see these changes from the start, as only a win will do.
Glushakov, who scored his side’s goal against Slovakia, has been a slight doubt since the start of the tournament and as a result has been used sparingly; Slutsky will wait on the Spartak Moscow midfielder’s fitness but he could be restricted to cameos from the bench.
Russia don’t have any suspensions force any changes and are still visibly struggling with the critical injuries to key midfielders Dzagoev and Yusupov who were ruled out for the entire tournament before the draw with England.
As problems off the pitch appear to get worse and worse each day, the national side stare elimination in the face. Slutsky said: “The situation is very complex and each and every team can qualify after the second game so its going to be decided at the end.”
Predicted Line Up: Akinfeev; Shchennikov, Berezutski, Ignashevich, Smolnikov; Glushakov, Neustaedter, Kokorin, Shatov, Smolov, Dzyuba.
There are no new injuries or suspensions for Slovakia to worry about and look set to name an unchanged side.
Jan Kozak’s 4-6-0 formation appears to be working and with a player like Marek Hamsik in the side, why wouldn’t it? The Napoli forward has put himself squarely in the shop window with his last display and is set to take center stage against the Three Lions.
“This win was very important for us, it opened up a way to the last 16. We have four or five days to prepare for the biggest favorites of the group. I think it will be tougher than these [first] two matches,” said Hamsik after defeating Russia.
Ahead of the game with England Kozak said: “It is a great challenge, obviously they are the top favorites but not always do the favorites win in football.”
Predicted Line Up: Kozacik: Svento, Durica, Skrtel, Pekarik; Kucka, Hrosovsky, Mak, Hamsik, Weiss; Nemec.
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Poll Shows Nancy Pelosi Still Has Largest Negativity Rating After Shutdown
By Rusty | Featured Contributor | January 28, 2019 10:41AM
A new poll from NBC and the Wall Street Journal shows that every party and politician is being viewed negatively by Americans after the shutdown, but Nancy Pelosi remains the most underwater.
It is an interesting number to note amidst a sea of media coverage indicating President Trump lost the shutdown battle to the House Speaker.
According to the survey, just 28 percent of respondents viewed Pelosi positively after the shutdown, while 47 percent held a negative view – a 19 point negativity rating.
By comparison, Mitch McConnell was given an 18 point negativity rating wile President Trump sat at 12 points. Party-wise, the Republicans were 9 points underwater, while the Democrats were 5 points.
More NBC/WSJ poll: Pelosi’s negatives shot up during government shutdown more than any pol // now the most unpopular politician tested in the survey. pic.twitter.com/pSMBFydwx7
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) January 27, 2019
The only group that came out with a positive rating were the federal government workers themselves, who had a whopping 54-point positivity rating according to the poll.
Trump Also Gets Bad News
The poll is difficult to look at in a positive light for the President, despite Pelosi having a wider gap in voters feelings toward her.
Trump still leads the way with an overall 51 percent negative clip. His 39 percent total positive rating does, however, put him well ahead of Pelosi, McConnell, and both political parties.
Still, Americans have soured on the direction of the nation in the midst of the shutdown, something illustrated in the fact that every entity inquired about has low-favorability numbers.
“After the longest partial government shutdown in U.S. history, six-in-10 Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, and nearly 70 percent of them have negative opinions on the state of the nation today,” Mark Murray of NBC News writes.
The shutdown, it seems clear, hurt the nation, at the very least in optimism for the direction we are heading. But that reflects on both sides of the aisle.
Will We Be Back Here Again?
Things may get worse before they get better.
If the nation has grown worried about the state of affairs in America after the shutdown, what’s going to happen just over two weeks from now when the CR runs out and we’re back to debating border security once more?
Trump recently told the Wall Street Journal that the chances of coming to an agreement by then were “less than 50-50.”
Last week, President Trump closed his announcement of the end of the shutdown stating, “If we don’t get a fair deal from Congress, the government will either shut down or on February 15, again, or I will use the powers afforded to me.”
Trump has continually noted his ability to declare a national emergency at the border, but has been, thus far, hesitant to go down that path.
Pelosi Announces House Resolution Condemning Trump’s ‘Xenophobic’ Tweets
It might just be the only solution to circumvent obstructionists in Congress.
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Guest Post by CrimeGirl: The fallacy of the fat cat legal aid lawyer
Posted on February 24, 2017 by thesecretbarrister
In the coming months, the tabloid “fat cat legal aid lawyer” staples are likely to re-emerge and recur with a vengeance, following the Ministry of Justice’s plans to slash legal aid fees paid to criminal law solicitors. In the din of misinformation that will be honked out by the MoJ to distract from the legal profession’s concerns, the truth may become estranged. This could have devastating consequences. If you are wrongly accused of a crime, your guiding light will most likely be a legal aid solicitor. Their importance to the functioning of our justice system is shamefully overlooked and underreported.
The Secret Barrister is delighted to publish this exclusive guest post by barrister, former duty solicitor and fellow anonymous legal commentator, CrimeGirl, who explains the reality of life for solicitors on legal aid.
@CrimeGirl
One of the basic tenets of the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales is that every person being interviewed under caution by the police, no matter how rich or poor, is entitled to free and impartial legal advice. As I used to tell my clients, even Richard Branson is entitled to free representation in the police station.
For each case the Legal Aid Agency pays the lawyer a fixed fee. Those fees vary for some nonsensical reason depending on the location of the police station (or nearest police station). When cases are not prosecuted, the case ends there, with that fixed fee. On average it is circa £170. That is all the firm receives for the totality of the work they put in. For every police station lawyer working today, there will be numerous cases every week that are resolved by way of an ‘out of Court disposal’ such as a caution, or are dropped altogether. Preventing charge in an appropriate way is an extremely positive result for the client and something that I took great delight in achieving.
Year on year, the number of arrests has dropped. You will see this spun in the news as “crime falling”. Be assured that crime is certainly not falling. The number of individual criminal acts is not accurately reflected by the way those acts are recorded. Custody stations across the country have seen greater than 30% reductions in footfall following a concerted effort by forces to achieve fixed targets. The knock-on effect of this alone has been devastating for Solicitors and Barristers alike.
On top of that, a sizeable chunk of cases end at the police station. Each case that resolves without charge culminates after its own hefty workload. Children falsely accused of serious offences, removed from school, where Solicitors have intervened with the investigation on numerous occasions. Countless vulnerable adults arrested for offences never capable of being made out on the available evidence, necessitating solicitors to attend the police station on multiple occasions, and who call their solicitors no less than thirty times over the months their cases go on. Lengthy letters to custody sergeants and inspectors protesting length of bail and onerous bail conditions, threatening more formal legal action if they are not amended or relaxed.
Some of those files will comprise detailed reviews of statute and Court of Appeal or Supreme Court cases, lengthy letters to senior officers raising complaints, representations on points of law, or letters to other Solicitors requesting assistance in ancillary legal challenges. Others will contain identity procedure attendance notes, multiple pages of written disclosure, defence witness statements and documents provided by the client to assist in preparing their defence. They will include correspondence from employers, divorce paperwork and screenshots or emails from former partners, all of which need to be considered in detail so that the client can be advised whether or not the contents needed to be disclosed to the police in order to bring about a faster resolution to the investigation.
How much are Solicitors paid for all of this work?
Having worked for or on behalf of many differently sized firms with legal aid contracts, I can confidently say that all clients are defended robustly with a view to fending off a potential prosecution. Every file attracts that paltry £170 I referred to above. That £170* covers at best two hours of work, three letters and four or five phone calls. It is the norm however for it to become a huge financial hole, representing a considerable overall loss in terms of spent fee earner’s working hours, calls and correspondence.
It bears repeating. Every police station attendance is now considered a ‘loss leader’. It is hoped that remuneration may occur in the future, either the client will be charged or if the best possible result happens and charge is avoided, one hopes, a word of mouth recommendation through excellent client care will materialise.
How can criminal defence solicitors survive in these circumstances?
The only way that firms or criminal departments have stayed solvent without taking on privately paid work is due to larger Crown Court litigator fees. Each case that results in charge attracts funding under a representation order payable on a fixed fee basis, and when those cases are larger and more complex, (such as cases with lots of defendants at the Crown Court) that fixed fee rises. When there is a huge amount of evidence for lawyers to read (more than 10,000 pages) the fee rises significantly. That does not mean that those cases are ‘well paid’. Let us not become distracted by the fallacy that any publicly funded criminal work is properly remunerated. It is not an argument that is worth repeating here. Larger litigator fee cases come closer to properly remunerating those who conduct them, than the smaller cases do, while remaining in stark and depressing contrast to remuneration available in any other area of law involving the same volume of work.
Those large cases are rare. They come around infrequently and when they do arrive, Crown Court Judges have become accustomed to splitting large groups of defendants into smaller cases and putting pressure on defendants to plead guilty early, before evidence is served, with promises of sentence discounts. That cutting, pressure and re-organising reduces the financial value of the cases significantly.
The government is now proposing to reduce the amount of money it is willing to pay Solicitors and Barristers for those higher page count, more complicated cases. No proper justification has been offered for doing this. Lawyers still need to read every page of evidence in every case. Failing to do so is negligent. Relying on automatic computer processes to read evidence ignores the fact that documents are frequently hand-written and scanned, and omits the chance for human error in typing the evidence prior to service. I say it again, failing to read every page is negligent.
The losses sustained by Solicitors at the police station and in the Magistrates’ Courts, and by Barristers who fall into a loss by properly preparing poorly paid Crown Court cases are not properly balanced by the larger cases. All cases should be remunerated fairly. However, those larger cases go a way towards keeping firms and Barristers afloat financially. The criminal justice system has already been slashed to the bone. Police station fees have been reduced. Magistrates’ Court fees have been cut. Crown Court fees have been lowered. Less people are being arrested. All this after no rise in almost two decades, despite vastly increased living and business costs. So many individual cases are routinely being driven into losses that criminal lawyers’ (particularly at the more junior end) are now very poorly remunerated.
Trainee Solicitors in crime can expect to earn between minimum wage and £18,000 a year. When they qualify they can expect little over £24,000 nationwide. Solicitors with up to seven years post qualification experience can expect to earn up to £32,000 a year, and all this comes bearing huge student debt and bank loans to fund their qualifications. Paralegals are routinely paid between £13,000 and £20,000. Even the most passionate believers in justice are deterred.
Great people are leaving the profession and almost no one is choosing to join it, which is a problem for the future. It is our children and the most vulnerable people in our communities who will suffer. With any further cuts whatsoever, we can be satisfied that the criminal justice system will collapse entirely.
As a law abiding tax payer you might think legal aid is an unnecessary expenditure, you never know when you might need it. No one plans to be falsely accused of a crime – just as no one plans to be a victim.
*Save for those that attract the “escape fee”. Escape fees require many hours of attendance at the police station by the Solicitor in interview and equate to circa 4 x the standard fee. These are rare, occurring only in complex and serious indictable only offences and almost always result in a positive charging decision. (I think it requires more than twelve hours and remember that you still aren’t remunerated for every hour you spend there).
You can (and should) follow CrimeGirl on Twitter at @CrimeGirl.
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4 thoughts on “Guest Post by CrimeGirl: The fallacy of the fat cat legal aid lawyer”
snoozeofreason says:
That was a great post, on an important subject, and I feel a bit of a curmudgeon for picking up on a point of statistical detail that I am sure you only mentioned as an aside. However, having got my excuses out of the way, I am not sure I am with you when you write that “Be assured that crime is certainly not falling. The number of individual criminal acts is not accurately reflected by the way those acts are recorded.”
Of course, no one sensible would suggest that footfall in police stations is an accurate record of how much crime is actually happening, but we do have the annual Crime Survey for England and Wales (formerly the British Crime Survey). This does not rely on people coming in to police stations. The survey uses a large randomly chosen sample (chosen by the survey, not the subjects themselves!) and gets a pretty good response rate. It is not without its flaws, but its the best we’ve got, and it is probably better at recording trends than absolute figures (because if it overestimates or underestimates it probably does so in a way that is consistent from year to year).
The basic picture that emerges from the CSEW is that the crimes that they have collected data on (excluding fraud and computer misuse offences) increased steadily in incidence from 1981, reaching a peak in 1995. This was followed by a decade of marked falls, and the trend is still downward now (although it is flattening out).
Data from the CSEW can be found here
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingsept2016#main-points
That’s me done with the hair-splitting. Carry on with the good work!
fireycolin says:
Well said Defence Girl! Don’t tell the Paul Dacre, he’s allergic to then truth.
Wigner's Friend says:
Tell that to the victims of Phil Shiner!
JW says:
“Custody stations across the country have seen greater than 30% reductions in footfall following a concerted effort by forces to achieve fixed targets”. I’m curious what information you have to suppport this opinion. I’m not aware of any police force that has fixed targets for custody footfall. Changes to code G of PACE has undoubtedly reduced the numbers of persons who are arrested but that has nothing to do with police achieving fixed targets. Blame legislation not the police for the reduction in numbers arrested and a reduction in your earnings.
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Home News An hour in the Representative’s shoes
An hour in the Representative’s shoes
UNFPA Representative Mr. Alain Sibenaler shows Patience Aciro how things work as she took over his office during a #GirlsTakeover event organised to mark International day of the Girl
Ten-year-old girl gets feel of leadership of the UN’s Reproductive Health and Rights agency
“I would like to take over your office,’’ said ten-year-old Patience Aciro to UNFPA Representative Mr. Alain Sibenaler in response to his question about what her plan was ahead for a scheduled meeting between them.
A boss at ten? Yes, you can be, as was the case when Aciro, a Primary Four pupil of Masozi Primary School in Kampala was at the UNFPA Uganda office to step into the role of UNFPA Representative. Mirroring similar actions from girls from all over the world who assumed roles of various global leaders, the symbolic moment was one of the #GirlsTakeover events organized to commemorate International day of the Girl on October 11.
International Day of the Girl aims to raise awareness and rally public support on issues affecting girls around the world. The takeover was organised in partnership with Plan Uganda.
As he helped her settle into her symbolic new role, Mr. Sibenaler found out from Aciro that she is clear about her plans for the future. “I like learning. Science is my favourite subject and I want to become a doctor when I want to grow up,” she told him confidently.
Patience Aciro and Mr.Sibenaler get to know each other during the
Once she was comfortable behind the desk, Aciro took charge, wasting no time calling a meeting of senior staff of UNFPA. Flanked by two 13-year-old Martha Kirabo and 11-year-old Leticia Nanyonjo as well as 19-year-old Zahara— who had earlier in the month taken over UNFPA Executive Director Natalia Kanem’s office in New York— Aciro ably chaired the meeting and led a discussion about some of the challenges faced by girls in Uganda.
“I live in a community where girls face challenges such as dropping out of school because they have lost their parents’, Kirabo said, referring to the Kirinya slum where she and her colleagues live and where their school is located.
“Girls are treated with less value; they are given away in marriage in exchange for money,” Nanyonjo added. The girls also spoke of challenges such as poor sanitation and the lack of facilities for managing menstrual hygiene as well as poor enforcement of laws against defilement and child marriage.
Aciro and her colleagues believe that implementation of the government strategy on child marriage and teenage pregnancy would go a long way in addressing many of the challenges they and their peers encounter on the path to adulthood. In response Mr. Sibenaler tasked UNFPA’s Gender and Human Rights Specialist Ms Florence Auma to follow up the issue with the relevant Government departments.
In a second session, other staff members joined the girls and in a lighthearted but at times emotional interaction, the girls opened up about their experiences as adolescents as well as some of their personal aspirations and feelings about their participation in GirlsTakeover.
“Today is my first time to experience what it feels like to sit in an executive chair. I felt like I was in heaven. I hope when I can grow up I will fulfil my dream,” Aciro said before she broke down, overwhelmed by her emotions, to which staff members responded in unison: “You will!”
Zahara too shared that her time with Dr. Kanem inspired her to believe in herself. “My experience as the UNFPA Executive Director was exciting and educational. I got to know what people at that level are thinking about us and to know all the things they are doing for us girls. It gave me confidence that one day I can be like Dr. Kanem, no matter what hardships I go through, “she said.
In response to the girls’ candid sharing, Mr. Sibenaler encouraged them to persist even in the face of challenges. He thanked them for participating in the take over and pledged that UNFPA would support them on their journey.
“You performed your tasks beautifully. As you dream on, let this office be your home,” he said. The Representative also committed to strengthen partnership with Plan Uganda to explore additional ways to address challenges faced by adolescent girls.
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Our debt to the Wizard of Chicago
Posted in Uncategorized by akesher on May 5, 2010
So, I’ve been waiting to write this sorta naively hoping Mike would change his mind, put up his blog, and keep going like he hadn’t been gone. Looks like that ain’t gonna happen, so all I can say is, chgowiz, sorry I didn’t write this sooner.
Mike’s a passionate guy, a straight-shooter, and TARGA, not to mention the OSR in general, couldn’t have asked for a better champion. He helped save us from inertia, built our presence on the Web, freely gave up copious amounts of time to spread the word, and spearheaded our first ever Charity Auction to benefit the Gygax Family Memorial Fund. His blog was read by good-lord-who-knows how many people, and you could always count on a thoughtful post, a spirited discussion, or a new and intriguing project.
I can’t pretend to understand all his reasons for cutting loose from the environs, but I can respect that he understands it. It’s also hard to write this thank-you post without it sounding at least a bit like a eulogy, but that it most definitely is not.
Mike, we know you’re still out there. Thanks for your time, optimism, and creativity, and I’m still hopeful to see you across the gaming table some day!
Aaron Kesher
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More ITGW Goodness
Posted in OSR News, Uncategorized by Victor Raymond on April 6, 2010
Here’s Rafael from Brazil: “March 27 we had our ITGW game. Unfortunately, just 3 people showed up, but lots of players from other states gave us good feedback on the event, as how they thought it was a great idea and such.
“I DMed ‘The Goblin’s Lair- The Red Hand Trail’, a adventure for beginners using the ‘New! Classic Dungeons & Dragons‘ black box game, with pre gen characters, miniatures and some tiles. All to introduce 2 friends to their first RPG game ever, and the other one to the ‘true way of gaming.’
“I started talking about what was a RPG, then explained the basics and then began the game. It started very well, as the characters (a dwarf, a wizard and a elf, all 2nd level) got hired to eliminate the goblin menace that threatened the village. They explored a little, but decided to go AGAINST their own thoughts and went to a blocked path. So, they used force and got the rocks away (one of the new players even said ‘wow, the goblins would never had the strength to put those rocks here!.’ (Editor’s Note: that might’ve been a sign that perhaps that wasn’t the smartest idea….)
“The thing is that they released a wight, and that was the end of the adventure: everyone was slain by the 4** HD monster. A hour and a half game full of laughs and good moments! In the end, I gave out and explained the ‘quick primer’ guide, translated by me, and got the points where they ‘failed’, like not protecting the mage, not trying to ‘finish’ the cave and such. The payer who had ealier experiences with 3.x and 4 ed said ‘oh, that was great! my DM never puts a challenge (monster) stronger than the players.’
Now as I´ve wrote the experience in our site, other people can see how much fun it was and maybe next year, they could do the same!
link (in portuguese):http://www.vorpal.com.br/2010/03/31/red-hand-trail-meu-jogo-na-itgw/
Tyler in Vermont posted about this in comments to the last post, but here’s a bit more for everyone to see:
“Labyrinth Lord: Downward to Adventure!
Left to right: Lasoleg the Elf, Gringo the Halfling, Bob the Cleric and Pope the Dwarf. Fittingly, Dingus the Thief cannot be seen.
For International Traditional Gaming Week, I rounded up some players to delve into Castle of the Mad Archmage using the Labyrinth Lord rules. For most of the people at the table, it was their first time with an old school ruleset, including myself. On their way to explore Castle Greyhawk for fame and fortune, Lasoleg the elf, Gringo the halfling, Bob the cleric, Dingus the thief and Pope the dwarf found themselves abruptly tumbling down into unexplored depths when a hidden quicksand pit deposited them on the outskirts of a sprawling underground complex.” (More adventuring goodness on his blog.)
Thanks to everyone who made ITGW a success this Spring!
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Spring ITGW Success!
Posted in OSR News by Victor Raymond on March 30, 2010
“I PLAYED AT THE DAVE ARNESON MEMORIAL GAMEDAY AND I WANT TO CONTINUE PLAYING 1ST EDITION GAMES.” – recent TARGA member
This is exactly the sort of response we’ve been looking for – gamers discovering what the Old School Renaissance is all about, and getting excited about it.
Tavis Allison reports that the Compleat Strategist game went well: “We had upwards of 35 people at the Arneson gameday this afternoon; I do believe a good time was had by all, except for one person who left Joe’s AD&D game because it got too loud in the Strategist’s basement – a good problem to have, even if it wasn’t entirely our own crowd that was responsible (we had five tables of games, but there were also three of Warmachine players and one of an unrelated D&D group).
“One of the people at my table had never played a tabletop RPG before! He’d gotten interested in it after listening to the Penny Arcade and Robot Chicken podcasts, and this event brought him out to try gaming in person.”
JoetheLawyer reports on his Castle Zagyg event, also a part of the combo Dave Arneson Gameday and TARGA ITGW event: “We had a good time. Lots of laughing, and “Oh Shit!” moments, especially after the nefarious Gygaxian group teleport to a random part of the dungeon, and a fall into a 10′ pit trap. When the Hippogriff carried off and ate the sturdy pack mule and large sack full of trap testing chickens, it wasn’t too bad of a moment either :)”
Forest Ray from Michigan reports: “the ITGW event at evolution games was a success at three games with five people each for a grand total of fifteen.”
Norman Harmon says: “In honor of International Traditional Gaming Week I ran my “B2 Caves of Chaos” for some of the local D&D Meetup crew this past Sunday.”
Two views of Norman’s International Traditional Gaming Week B2 game – lots of fun being had!
One of his players commented: “Thumbs up to the death & dismemberment table, which gave everyone a second chance, as both Clerics were doling out the cure light wounds asap. The simplicity of the rules and the jovial energy of the players was intoxicating. I’m totally up for another old school game.”
Another one of Norman’s players, Flip, comments in his blog on what it was like to play Old School for the first time.
Last but certainly not least are videos from the massive Chainmail miniatures game at Gary Con! Check ’em out!
This Week in the OSR
Posted in Uncategorized by Victor Raymond on March 27, 2010
We’re taking a break as we decide what is the best way to improve the “This Week in the OSR” column.
Meanwhile, there will be TARGA representation at North Texas RPG Con and GenCon Indy! Updates about this spring’s ITRW will be up shortly.
We also have a number of interesting projects underway, soon to be launched. Thank you to everyone who provided feedback this past week – we appreciate your interest and support!
Gary Con!
On behalf of TARGA, I made the trip to Lake Geneva to Gary Con to present a check for $350 to Luke Gygax for the Gygax Family Memorial Fund. This was an amazing opportunity to help support Gary Con, and further TARGA’s stated purpose “to assist in promoting traditional gaming, recruiting new players into the fold, and providing organizational support for judges.” If this ensures that there is a Gary Con 3 next year, then we are definitely doing our job.
Here are some photos from the event; I had an absolutely wonderful time, and look forward to being there next year. Thanks to everyone who helped make this donation happen, including Gene R. for the photos, and specifically Michael Shorten, without whom this would not have taken place.
(I’m standing on the left, with the presentation check, and Luke Gygax is on the right in the black long-sleeve Gary Con T-shirt)
Check presentation 1 of 3
Luke Gygax presenting medallion to Tom Wham
Luke Gygax presenting medallion to Bill Hoyer
Luke Gygax presenting medallion to Jeff Easley
Recent OSR Controversy
We would like to take a moment to recognize that a great deal of discussion has been generated over the recent TARGA news post, specifically about “I Hit It With My Axe” – Zak’s new project which debuted on The Escapist. It has engendered a lot of debate, which is generally a good thing, and no small amount of hurt feelings, which we regret.
We are interested in what you think about this topic – do you feel that concern about adult issues is warranted? Conversely, is censorship an issue here? With so much going on in the OSR, what should we pay attention to – and how do we figure that out? Share your thoughts and feelings – and in a polite and respectful manner, please. Thanks!
This Week in the OSR – Saturday, March 20, 2010
Posted in OSR News by James Smith on March 20, 2010
Fight On! #8 – Winter 2010 has Arrived! In Print for $9.99, or available as a pdf for $7.00.
Surrounded on all sides by monstrous aliens, cruel demigods, and ancient lich-kings? Pull out your +4 Plasma Blaster and Fight On! Issue 8, dedicated to cover artist Erol Otus, is ready to ROCK YOUR GAME with new races, classes, spells, tables, gods, monsters, traps, reviews, a ‘desert sandbox’ minicampaign, two longer adventures, eight minidungeons, and lots of other goodies to help you take it to the next level – or stop the PCs from getting there! With art and articles by Erol Otus, Kevin Mayle, Mark Allen, Lee Barber, Peter Jensen, Steve Robertson, Samuel Kisko, Patrick Farley, Robert Lionheart, Ramsey Dow, Jeff Rients, Gabor Lux, Age of Fable, Baz Blatt, Zachary Houghton, Erin “Taichara” Bisson, Del L. Beaudry, Geoffrey O. Dale, Michael Curtis, Tavis Allison, James Maliszewski, Tony Dowler, and many, many more, this issue is jam-packed with the old-school action adventure you crave. Don’t miss out – grab it today!
If you haven’t used it yet, the Lulu code Ides is good for the month of March, granting a 10% discount on any order. A new issue of Fight On! is always a treat and I can’t wait to read this one!
Rended Press has released its first, full length adventure: Temple of the Ghoul. Available as a free pdf, TotG is an Osric compatible module, designed for low-level characters. Congratulations! Here’s looking forward to many more releases from this new publishing enterprise.
If you head on over to Dragonsfoot, you’ll find a couple of new downloads. The Corrupt Crypt of Ilmater and HS1 – The Village of Rashtan. More free pdf’s, for your gaming pleasure!
At The Warlock’s Home Brew Lulu Storefront, DC-1 The Outpost on the Edge of the Far Reaches is now available as a free pdf download! The print version is available for $7.35. Outpost is a great, low-level adventure and if you haven’t checked it out yet, now’s the time to do so.
An ancient outpost, abandoned centuries ago by a empire in decline, sits atop a lonely hill overlooking a bleak wilderness. Why was it deserted and left unattended all those years? Surely treasures that once littered the courtyard must have been claimed long ago. But still… vague murmurings of a hidden cellar have been overheard as well as visions of long dead veterans still haunting the battlements. Surely tales told in the evening in front of a fire to frighten gullible travelers. Perhaps there is something more here than meets the eye? The elements in this adventure module have been left open enough to be adaptable with most old-school style fantasy role-playing game rules and worlds and should fit easily into any GM’s sandbox with but a few alterations and modifications. This eBook now includes the color cover as well as 3 maps colored blue instead of heavy black.
I recently wrote a review for this module, which you can check out, here. Thanks to Mr. Fini, for making this great adventure, available for free!
After Swords & Wizardry came out, index card character sheets were all the rage. ze bulette has given us an index card Dungeon Adventure! Den of the Water Naga may be downloaded at this blog post. Let’s see if the format catches on.
Head over to Brave Halfling Publishing, where you can get a 2nd printing copy of the Swords & Wizardry Whitebox Boxed Set! $30.00.
This Boxed Set Contains everything you need to play:
6″ x 9″ Game Box (This is an actual game box manufactured for just this purpose)
Four Rule Booklets (Characters, Spells, Monsters, & Treasures)
A digest-sized copy of Matt Finch’s, “Quick Primer for Old-School Gaming”
A Pad of 10 digest-sized Character Sheets
Set of Polyhedral Dice
An 11″ x 17″ full-color poster (not shown)
More stuff, from the wonderfully, creative OSR community! Click the link to this thread at the OD&D Forums, where Greyharp has put together the cream of the crop of various Carcosa related postings. Carcosa Coacervation is available as a free download and features, amongst other things, that really cool color Carcosa map, I posted about a few weeks ago. Available in booklet or A-4 pdf format, the latter running to 40 pages.
James Edward Raggi IV has released his latest preview version, of LotFP Weird Fantasy Role-Playing, V 0.04. Check it out and give him some feedback!
Events and Happenings!
The Gygax Memorial Fund website, has a testimonial page, where you can leave a message, relating how Gary Gygax influenced your life. This is being used to help make the case for the memorial:
Gary encouraged millions of men and women to excel in literature, math and science all by making it fun for them to open a book in order to excel at the game. Please take a moment to tell us how Gary affected your life as part of the testimonial we will be presenting to the Lake Geneva City Council with our request for the site.
I Hit It With My Axe, featuring Zak Smith and the gang playing D&D, debuted on The Escapist, this week. The first episode was introductory in nature and my only complaint, was that it was rather short. Zak, Mandy, Kimberly, Satine, Frankie, Connie and Sascha invite us to their gaming table, to see how they roll. Congratulations to all involved!
TARGA’s International Traditional Gaming Week, kicks off tomorrow! I reported on a couple of events, last week, to which I need to add that Bat of Ancient Vaults and Eldritch Secrets will also be running a marathon B2 session. Details, here.
Goblinoid Games is looking for Module Submissions! More info here.
Now, That’s Just Cool!
The Advanced Edition Companion is back up to #1, at RPGNOW! As a matter of fact, the AEC is now a Popular Copper Pick. As is Original Edition Characters. Labyrinth Lord, itself? Silver!
Michael Curtis’ The Dungeon Alphabet has Sold Out! Goodman’s working on a second printing, but if you can’t wait that long, head on over to RPGNOW for the pdf! It’s currently occupying their #2 spot and has also become a Popular Copper Pick!
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Auction success and International Traditional Gaming Week comes soon!
Posted in Uncategorized by Michael "Chgowiz" on March 18, 2010
Wow. Simply wow. You guys rocked hard and helped TARGA to collect $350 in the Pledge an Auction drive to donate to GaryCon/Gygax Family Memorial. With TARGA’s mission being “putting butts in chairs at traditional roleplaying games”, our support of GaryCon just all fits right in and it’s great to see us able to help. I don’t know if $350 is a drop in a bucket or a big help, but I certain hope to see a GaryCon 2011 and I hope our contribution goes a long way to making it happen. Keeping Gary’s legacy of playing games and having fun is very important to us.
Most importantly, those of you who contributed items, bid on items and won, you guys made this happen so THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I can’t say that enough.
GaryCon kicks off tomorrow and it should be a great time! We hope to hear some great game recaps. GaryCon also marks the kickoff of TARGA’s International Traditional Gaming Week! It is just sheer coolness that we have 3 B2-Keep on the Borderland adventures going: I’m (Chgowiz) running a 12 hour Holmes/B2 marathon, Norman of TrollandFlame blog is running B2 and so is Bat of AncientVaults. It would be neat if we could get some Gamma World, Metamorphosis Alpha, Tunnels & Trolls, Classic Traveller or just some regular games listed, but we’re working on that. Small steps, grasshopper, small steps.
New OSR Releases
Dragonsfoot has released HM3 The Chaos Halls of Belzir by Todd Hughes!
The ancient halls of the long lost wizardpriest of chaos Belzir have been rediscovered. Can the party discover its secrets and find his legendary amulet? A module for 4-6 characters of levels 4-6.
Available as a free download, running 36 pages in pdf form. Many thanks, to all involved.
Swords & Wizardry Whitebox booklets, are now for sale, individually! At $4.00 each and $16.00 for the set of four, here’s a chance for those not into boxes, to save some cash. There’s also a deal on Referee’s Bundles, so visit the Halfling and check it out!
Expeditious Retreat Press has released Advanced Adventures # 13 – White Dragon Run, by James Boney! With art by Peter Mullen, John Bingham and Jason Walton. Available for $6.00 in pdf and running 16 pages, you can pick this up at RPGNOW or Your Games Now. The publisher’s site doesn’t have a listing for the print product, yet. Their preview page lists the module as an April release, so maybe a print copy will be available, then. Let’s see what the blurb from RPGNOW says:
White Dragon Run is An OSRIC(tm) module designed for 4-6 adventures of levels 2-4
The little village of White Dragon Run is at the edge of civilization – the place where monsters are a constant threat and adventurers thrive. It is here that reputations are made or broken, and deeds are performed only to be set in verse decades after the real story is long lost. On this thin line between country and chaos lies White Dragon Run. The last stop for the civilized before the well-trodden road becomes the weed-infested trail leading to creatures that would rather fight than herd, fish or farm. There’s a fortune to be made for the up and coming adventurer with the strength, the wile, and the cunning to strike out against dangers both natural and unnatural. White Dragon Run is the final stop before meeting one’s destiny behind the sword, stave, dagger, or holy symbol.
The preview file on RPGNOW looks good! I might go back and buy this, tonight!
Last month, I reported on some plans by Goblinoid Games and Otherworld Miniatures. Well, the official announcement has been made! Coming in August of 2010, a series of official LL miniatures will be released. These will be level specific and each will be packaged with an adventure. The adventures, will be capable of standing alone, or can be linked together, to form a campaign. As Mr. Proctor wrote:
Adventures will be written by some of the best writers of the old-school gaming scene, including Jeff Talanian, James Maliszewski, Rob Conley and Michael Curtis, and many others.
Otherworld, is going to get some of my money, yet!
Want a chance to win a free $6.00 credit, from Faster Monkey Games? Check it out, here.
Chgowiz, will be running a Marathon Keep on the Borderlands session, at Chicagoland Games, on March 27, from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM. The event is in celebration of TARGA’s International Traditional Gaming Week and I truly wish, I lived in Chicago!
Norman Harman of Troll and Flame, fame, will be running B2 as well, for ITGW. March 21, is the date and the event will take place at the Austin D&D March Meetup. If anyone else has open events, for ITGW, drop me a line and I’ll shout it out, hither and yon.
Zak Smith was interviewed by WOTC, this week. You can also check out his comments on the interview, here.
Scottsz posted Part 1 of a most awesome piece of Greyhawk scholarship, at Lord of the Green Dragons. Part 2 is coming, so keep an eye out, for it.
And, back to Troll And Flame, as Norman takes a look at recent history.
Last week of TARGA Pledge an Auction for Garycon
With 5 days left in the auction drive for GaryCon, we have collected over $300 (with the current auction at a $4.95 bid price) and I personally could not be prouder of all those involved. I really hope that you can get in any final items – we will be writing the check to the Gygax Family Memorial shortly before GaryCon so the donation button will stay up till then.
Thanks and happy bidding/auctioning!
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Transportation to Cruise Ships in Seattle
Wendy K. Leigh, Leaf Group Updated March 13, 2018
Cruise ships arrive into Seattle at Piers 66 and 91. (Photo: Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images )
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Cruise ships are a common sight along the Seattle waterfront, arriving and departing through Elliott Bay on their way to Alaska, with stops in British Columbia and other popular destinations along the way. Passengers landing at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport must find their way to the cruise terminals at either Pier 66 in the central downtown waterfront area or Pier 91, which is on the northern end of Elliott Bay.
Shuttle service operators at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport make it easy to go directly from the airport to the cruise terminals for same-day departures. Shuttle Express offers drop-off and pick-up services to both of the cruise ship piers, servicing the airport every 30 minutes. You also can request door-to-door service to and from any location you choose. Downtown Airporter provides shuttle service from the Sea-Tac Airport to major hotels in the downtown area only; if you are staying overnight before your cruise, choose this option and take a short taxi ride down to the waterfront to board your cruise. Both of these shuttles are booked ahead of time through the Shuttle Express company or on demand at the airport.
Taxi and Limos
Taxi and limo service are available from Sea-Tac airport as well as from any hotel or lodging facility in the Greater Seattle area. Only credentialed taxi cabs and limos are allowed to operate from the airport. Yellow Cab is the provider from Sea-Tac, and the rates are predetermined by city regulations. All return trips from the downtown area, including the waterfront, back to the airport are subject to a flat fee. If there are several people in your traveling party, taxis are a viable option compared to paying separate tickets for each person on a shuttle bus. STILA provides limousines and town cars, and are accessed at either the ground transportation area or in front of baggage claim.
Uber and Lyft also runs from the Seattle Airport. Request a car and meet the driver at Terminal 1 Arrivals for UberSELECT, UberBLACK, UberXL or UberSUV, and on the third floor parking garage for all other rides.
Seattle's Link Light Rail service is the most affordable of all options for transportation into the downtown area. Trains depart from the airport every seven to 15 minutes and arrive at Westlake Center, which is an approximately 15-minute walk down to the cruise piers. If you are carrying bags, it can be difficult to navigate through the crowded tourist sections of the city on the way to the docks, so consider hailing a taxi outside the light-rail station. Fares are nominal for the short distance to the waterfront.
Ground transportation services are located in the parking garage adjacent to the passenger terminals at Sea-Tac Airport. The link light-rail station is connected to the fourth floor of the garage, with trains arriving and departing on the platform level of the station. A covered walkway is well lit and directional signs are prominent. Taxis depart from the third level of the parking garage. Shuttle Express and Downtown Airporter pick up passengers from Islands 1 and 3 on the third level.
Port of Seattle: Sea-Tac Airport Ground Transportation
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Port of Seattle: Link Light Rail
Wendy K. Leigh is a travel writer and photojournalist from Seattle. She is the Editor of Islands America, a travel website for visiting islands within the United States. She also writes about home design, food and historical architecture. Leigh holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Washington.
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1992, 2368, Borg, The Next Generation
“I, Borg”
May 6, 2015 Paul 1 Comment
“When I return to the collective, I will rename Fourth of Five and Fifth of Five ‘Dew’ and ‘Lou’.”
The Enterprise finds a single Borg (Jonathan Del Arco) at a crash site, and Crusher insists on nursing it back to health. The crew is cautious, given their last encounters with the Borg, and comes up with a plan to use the injured Borg as a weapon to wipe out the entire collective. But the injured Borg, cut off from the hive mind, becomes an individual, and La Forge names him “Hugh”. After meeting Hugh, Picard eventually decides against using an individual as a weapon of mass destruction and decides against sending Hugh back with an invasive program. The crew sends Hugh back to the Borg — but with his new-found individuality.
“So, Mr. La Forge … the Borg can assimilate entire worlds, but they can be beaten by a weird shape? Maybe you need to call in Dr. Brahms on this one …”
Hugh, upon returning to the Borg, destabilizes a subset of the collective with his individuality. The subset is later found by Lore — Data’s evil twin brother introduced in “Datalore” — who leads them on attacks against the Federation in the upcoming “Descent” two-parter, which begins in the sixth-season finale. That partly paves the way for Data to recover his emotion chip from Lore — which Lore stole from Data in “Brothers”. The emotion chip becomes a major focus point of “Star Trek: Generations” as we’ll discuss later.
But this episode might be more important for what it says about 24th-century humanity (at least, the TNG version of it).
In the first part of the episode, the only cast member speaking out against using Hugh as a weapon is Crusher. Even Troi and Data — characters who might object for various reasons — are pretty much behind the plan. But as the episode progresses, and as the characters get to know Hugh and see that he’s not a mindless killing machine, they realize that they can’t use him as such. It’s a core Trek message about morality, as it dismisses the caustic, security-first message we might have seen in later Trek (and in the beginning of this episode). It’s interesting to wonder what captains Kirk, Sisko, Janeway or Archer would have done in Picard’s situation. Given the actions by each of them — and given that Picard changes his mind despite the events of “The Best of Both Worlds” — I think Picard is the only captain (certainly, the only second-generation captain) who certainly would have not sent the invasive program along with Hugh. More on that in a moment.
I’m glad this captain doesn’t want to get ‘that fish out of the ready room’.
What doesn’t hold up
The invasive program — essentially, an unsolvable shape, or something — sure doesn’t seem like it should be a big threat to the Borg. I also find it odd that Data, the ship’s foremost expert on artificial intelligence who interfaced with the collective in “The Best of Both Worlds”, isn’t more involved with Hugh. I get that La Forge’s presence is needed for the emotional connection. But maybe Data could have subbed for Crusher and supplanted cold machine reasoning with Crusher’s humanism? Maybe not …
One real problem is the idea that the Borg couldn’t handle the infusion of individuality. The collective has assimilated billions, perhaps trillions of people. Didn’t they have individuality when they became drones? Or, is the idea that the Borg block the individuality of newly assimilated people but didn’t know to block Hugh’s?
Lastly, I still don’t understand exactly where the Borg are in relation to the Federation. In “Q Who?”, we’re told they’re thousands of light years away, but that they most likely destroyed several Federation and Romulan outposts in “The Neutral Zone”, about a year earlier. Here, Hugh’s ship and the one that comes to recover it are in an area of space the Federation is considering for colonization — which means it can’t be too far away from more settled areas. But we don’t see the Borg (in their collective state) again for like four years — when they have a battle in the Terran system in “Star Trek: First Contact”. That’s despite the fact that they’re a relative stone’s throw (especially with Borg technology we see in Voyager) from the Federation and that they’ve been around the Neutral Zone, which was established when the Federation was newer and presumably much smaller.
I suppose you could argue that the Borg are encountering other Federation ships and planets in events that didn’t involve the Enterprise (or, later, DS9). But that doesn’t seem to mesh with the foreboding surrounding the Borg return in “Descent” or in “Star Trek: First Contact”. Each time, the idea is that the Borg “HAVE RETURNED”. But what were they doing in the interim? Keep in mind that only a part of the collective is affected by Hugh after this episode.
The big thing, I guess, is that the series could have turned into All Borg, All the Time, and that the creators didn’t want that.
As noted above, this episode is about as idealistic as they come in Trek. It matches some of the most Roddenberry moments from TOS (like “The Corbomite Maneuver”) in rendering aid to a fallen adversary, refusing to follow through with an approach that could only be rationalized by the ends justifying the means. Of course, in “The Corbomite Maneuver”, Kirk really holds all the cards and only risks his life and the lives of two others by helping his adversary. In this case, Picard must do what he thinks is right with a LOT more at stake. It’s also interesting that in “Descent”, Picard is excoriated by an admiral for not “ridding the Federation of a mortal foe.”
Sisko — who did some pretty dirty stuff in the latter years of DS9 and whose wife was killed by the Borg — would have likely sent Hugh back with the invasive program, with Bashir or possibly Dax questioning the decision. Janeway is tougher to pinpoint, as her character was more erratically written. But her near-obsession with getting her crew home would have likely prevailed — though it’s unlikely the Voyager creators would have forced her to make the hard choice, as that series was always about finding cheats for the hard questions. Same goes for Kirk really — though I think Kirk would have talked the talk more before finding a way to work around the problem.
Archer, of course, was the one captain who was partly written after the events of 9/11. Given his actions during the third season Xindi arc — torture, piracy, etc. — I think he would have ultimately gone with the ends over the means. But he likely would have been torn up about it.
Anyway, this is a great TNG episode because it’s one that only really would have worked on TNG. It was Trek’s most idealistic crew and series and was the best about “doing the right thing” — at least, until the movies (more on THAT later). The episode also is well served by Patrick Stewart, who displays Picard’s anguish perfectly. The whole episode is about his high-sounding ideals fighting the awfulness he went through and the fear that the Borg could do it somewhere else. As Picard and TNG are wont to do, they pick the moral option.
Coming next week …
THERE … ARE … FOUR … LIGHTS!
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One thought on ““I, Borg””
Erica Endicott (@ericaendicott) says:
On the individuality question: I think the reason that Hugh’s return is a plausible threat to the Borg — although they’ve incorporated millions of individuals — is that Hugh developed his after assimilation. Perhaps it is the reversal of the assimilation process that is far more surprising, and dangerous.
It kind of reminds me of Skynet, as Hugh becomes self-aware.
And in 2015, I think the Borg are less scary as villains — we live with machines around us all the time and wonder how much they are co-opting us. But when the machines begin to think like humans, that’s when we get really scared.
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Evan Eghan, Others Rep Ghana at Script2screenAfrica 2017 Edition
Huge Congratulations to our young and talented big screen players who have narrowly made the cut for the 6th edition of the International #Script2ScreenAfrica Reality Tv Show.
#Script2screenafrica2017 is the 6th edition of High Definition Film Academy Reality TV show. The purpose is to train and groom young filmmakers across 3 continents consisting of 7 countries including; Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, UK, U.S.A and Canada to compete by creating short films on the themes of social justice. The stages in the competition involve; training, short film competition and awards.
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Oh hi there! Have you heard about my newest band at radio?? Oh, let me tell you about them!!! I met audiafauna through an artist I worked with at the end of last year, Zoe Boekbinder. They are from Santa Cruz CA, and their music is delightful! They’ve got a ballsy ladysinger and a band full of obviously eclectic influences, coming together with a sound that is often on the folky end of the spectrum but with all kinda biz mixed in – like check it out, there’s one track on here featuring The Album Leaf! WHOA GOOD STUFF!
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audiafauna is an emerging band that combines powerful female vocals and earnest lyrics with soaring strings and hints of electronics to create a refreshing sound that is soulful and sublime.
The band formed after its two principals, Kelly (vocals) and Krikor (guitar/keys) met at a thrift store in Santa Cruz, when Kelly was studying literature and Krikor was studying plant ecology (he’s now a professor of plant & environmental science). Together with 3 other full-time members and a revolving cast of additional players, they recorded, produced, and engineered their entire debut full-length album in their own home studio, having raised $9000 on Kickstarter to boost their efforts.
The resulting project is music that spans the genres of soul, folk, pop, and electronica, creating a unique yet nostalgically familiar sound, speaking directly to our human experience.
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Lady Good-for-Nothing by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
By Mariposa1815 on 2 January 2018 • ( Leave a comment )
PORT NASSAU.
THE BEACH.
A coach-and-six, as a rule, may be called an impressive Object.
But something depends on where you see it.
Viewed from the tall cliffs—along the base of which, on a strip of beach two hundred feet below, it crawled between the American continent and the Atlantic Ocean—Captain Oliver Vyell’s coach-and-six resembled nothing so nearly as a black-beetle.
For that matter the cliffs themselves, swept by the spray and humming with the roar of the beach—even the bald headland towards which they curved as to the visible bourne of all things terrestrial—shrank in comparison with the waste void beyond, where sky and ocean weltered together after the wrestle of a two days’ storm; and in comparison with the thought that this rolling sky and heaving water stretched all the way to Europe. Not a sail showed, not a wing anywhere under the leaden clouds that still dropped their rain in patches, smurring out the horizon. The wind had died down, but the ships kept their harbours and the sea-birds their inland shelters. Alone of animate things, Captain Vyell’s coach-and-six crept forth and along the beach, as though tempted by the promise of a wintry gleam to landward.
A god—if we may suppose one of the old careless Olympians seated there on the cliff-top, nursing his knees—must have enjoyed the comedy of it, and laughed to think that this pert beetle, edging its way along the sand amid the eternal forces of nature, was here to take seizin of them—yes, actually to take seizin and exact tribute. So indomitable a fellow is Man, improbus Homo; and among men in his generation Captain Oliver Vyell was Collector of Customs for the Port of Boston, Massachusetts.
In fairness to Captain Vyell be it added that he—a young English blood, bearing kinship with two or three of the great Whig families at home, and sceptical as became a person of quality—was capable as any one of relishing the comedy, had it been pointed out to him. With equal readiness he would have scoffed at Man’s pretensions in this world and denied him any place at all in the next. Nevertheless on a planet the folly of which might be taken for granted he claimed at least his share of the reverence paid by fools to rank and wealth. He was travelling this lonely coast on a tour of inspection, to visit and report upon a site where His Majesty’s advisers had some design to plant a fort; and a fine ostentation coloured his progress here as through life. He had brought his coach because it conveyed his claret and his batterie de cuisine (the seaside inns were detestable); but being young and extravagantly healthy and, with all his faults, very much of a man, he preferred to ride ahead on his saddle-horse and let his pomp follow him.
Six horses drew the coach, and to each pair of leaders rode a postillion, while a black coachman guided the wheelers from the box-seat; all three men in the Collector’s livery of white and scarlet. On a perch behind the vehicle—which, despite its weight, left but the shallowest of wheel-ruts on the hard sand—sat Manasseh, the Collector’s cook and body-servant; a huge negro, in livery of the same white and scarlet but with heavy adornments of bullion, a cockade in his hat, and a loaded blunderbuss laid across his thighs. Last and alone within the coach, with a wine-case for footstool, sat a five-year-old boy.
Master Dicky Vyell—the Collector’s only child, and motherless—sat and gazed out of the windows in a delicious terror. For hours that morning the travellers had ploughed their way over a plain of blown sand, dotted with shrub-oaks, bay-berries, and clumps of Indian grass; then, at a point where the tall cliffs began, had wound down to the sea between low foothills and a sedge-covered marsh criss-crossed by watercourses that spread out here and there into lagoons. At the head of this descent the Atlantic had come into sight, and all the way down its echoes had grown in the boy’s ears, confusing themselves with a delicious odour which came in fact from the fields of sedge, though he attributed it to the ocean.
But the sound had amounted to a loud humming at most; and it was with a leap and a shout, as they rounded the last foothill and saw the vast empty beach running northward before them, league upon league, that the thunder of the surf broke on them. For a while the boom and crash of it fairly stunned the child. He caught at an arm-strap hanging by the window and held on with all his small might, while the world he knew with its familiar protective boundaries fell away, melted, left him—a speck of life ringed about with intolerable roaring emptiness. To a companion, had there been one in the coach, he must have clung in sheer terror; yes, even to his father, to whom he had never clung and could scarcely imagine himself clinging. But his father rode ahead, carelessly erect on his blood-horse—horse and rider seen in a blur through the salt-encrusted glass. Therefore Master Dicky held on as best he might to the arm-strap.
By degrees his terror drained away, though its ebb left him shivering. Child though he was, he could not remember when he had not been curious about the sea. In a dazed fashion he stared out upon the breakers. The wind had died down after the tempest, but the Atlantic kept its agitation. Meeting the shore (which hereabouts ran shallow for five or six hundred yards) it reared itself in ten-foot combers, rank stampeding on rank, until the sixth or seventh hurled itself far up the beach, spent itself in a long receding curve, and drained back to the foaming forces behind. Their untiring onset fascinated Dicky; and now and again he tasted renewal of his terror, as a wave, taller than the rest or better timed, would come sweeping up to the coach itself, spreading and rippling about the wheels and the horses’ fetlocks. “Surely this one would engulf them,” thought the child, recalling Pharaoh and his chariots; but always the furious charge spent itself in an edge of white froth that faded to delicate salt filigree and so vanished. When this had happened a dozen times or more, and still without disaster, he took heart and began to turn it all into a game, choosing this or that breaker and making imaginary wagers upon it; but yet the spectacle fascinated him, and still at the back of his small brain lay wonder that all this terrifying fury and uproar should always be coming to nothing. God must be out yonder (he thought) and engaged in some mysterious form of play. He had heard a good deal about God from Miss Quiney, his governess; but this playfulness, as an attribute of the Almighty, was new to him and hitherto unsuspected.
The beach, with here and there a break, extended for close upon twenty miles, still curving towards the headland; and the travellers covered more than two-thirds of the distance without espying a single living creature. As the afternoon wore on the weather improved. The sun, soon to drop behind the cliff-summits on the left, asserted itself with a last effort and shot a red gleam through a chink low in the cloud-wrack. The shaft widened. The breakers—indigo-backed till now and turbid with sand in solution—began to arch themselves in glass-green hollows, with rainbows playing on the spray of their crests. And then—as though the savage coast had become, at a touch of sunshine, habitable—our travellers spied a man.
He came forth from a break in the cliffs half a mile ahead and slowly crossed the sands to the edge of the surf, the line of which he began, after a pause, to follow as slowly northwards. His back was turned thus upon the Collector’s equipage, to which in crossing the beach he had given no attention, being old and purblind.
The coach rolled so smoothly, and the jingle of harness was so entirely swallowed in the roar of the sea, that Captain Vyell, pushing ahead and overtaking the old fellow, had to ride close up to his shoulder and shout. It appeared then, for further explanation, that his hearing as well as his eyesight was none of the best. He faced about in a puzzled fashion, stared, and touched his hat—or rather lifted his hand a little way and dropped it again.
“Your Honour will be the Collector,” he said, and nodded many times, at first as if proud of his sagacity, but afterwards dully—as though his interest had died out and he would have ceased nodding but had forgotten the way. “Yes; my gran’-darter told me. She’s in service at the Bowling Green, Port Nassau; but walks over on Lord’s Days to cheer up her mother and tell the news. They’ve been expectin’ you at Port Nassau any time this week.”
The Collector asked where he lived, and the old man pointed to a gully in the cliff and to something which, wedged in the gully, might at a first glance be taken for a large and loosely-constructed bird’s nest. The Collector’s keen eyes made it out to be a shanty of timber roofed with shingles and barely overtopping a wood pile.
“Wreckwood, eh?”
“A good amount of it ought to be comin’ in, after the gale.”
“Then where’s your hook?”—for the wreckwood gatherers along this part of the coast carry long gaffs to hook the flotsam and drag it above reach of the waves.
“Left it up the bank,” said the old man shortly. After a moment he pulled himself together for an explanation, hollowed his palms around his mouth, and bawled above the boom of the surf. “I’m old. I don’t carry weight more’n I need to. When a log comes in, my darter spies it an’ tells me. She’s mons’rous quick-sighted for wood an’ such like— though good for nothin’ else.” (A pause.) “No, I’m hard on her; she can cook clams.”
“You were looking for clams?” Captain Vyell scrutinised the man’s face. It was a patriarchal face, strikingly handsome and not much wrinkled; the skin delicately tanned and extraordinarily transparent. Somehow this transparency puzzled him. “Hungry?” he asked quickly; and as quickly added, “Starving for food, that’s what you are.”
“It’s the Lord’s will,” answered the old man.
The coach had come to a halt a dozen paces away. The child within it could hear nothing of this conversation; but to the end of his life his memory kept vivid the scene and the two figures in it—his father, in close-fitting riding-coat of blue, with body braced, leaning sideways a little against the wind, and a characteristic hint of the cavalryman about the slope of the thigh; the old wreck-picker standing just forward of the bay’s shoulder and looking up, with blown hair and patient eyes. Memory recalled even the long slant of the bay’s shoulder—a perfectly true detail, for the horse was of pure English race and bred by the Collector himself.
After this, as he remembered, some command must have been given, for Manasseh climbed down, opened the coach door and drew from under the seat a box, of which he raised the lid, disclosing things good to eat— among them a pasty with a crisp brown crust.
The wreck-picker broke off a piece of the pasty and wrapped it in a handkerchief—and memory recalled, as with a small shock of surprise, that the handkerchief was clean. The old man, though ragged enough to scare the crows, was clean from his bare head to his bare sea-bleached feet. He munched the rest of the pasty, talking between mouthfuls. To his discourse Dicky paid no heed, but slipped away for a scamper on the sands.
As he came running back he saw the old man, in the act of wiping his mouth with the back of his hand, suddenly shoot out an arm and point. Just beyond the breakers a solitary bird—an osprey—rose with a fish shining in the grip of its claws. It flew northward, away for the headland, for a hundred yards or so; and then by some mischance let slip his prey, which fell back into the sea. The boy saw the splash. To his surprise the bird made no effort to recover the fish—neither stooped nor paused—but went winging sullenly on its way.
“That’s the way o’ them,” commented the old wreck-picker. “Good food, an’ to let it go. I could teach him better.”
But the boy, years after, read it as another and different parable.
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BJP MP seeks solar lights for forest encroachers
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Bishnu Pada Ray, the member of Lok Sabha representing Andaman & Nicobar Islands has asked for permission to install solar lighting systems in the homes of forest encroachers who are under order by the Supreme Court to evacuate the forest land.
Ray wrote the letter seeking permission to install the lighting system in the homes of 8,000 forest encroachers in June, and even took up the matter with the ministry of environment and forests today.
However, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests for Andaman & Nicobar objected to giving permission for the installation of solar power facilties, pointing out that the forest encroachers were under orders to clear the encroachment.
“Keeping in view the clarification above received from Central Empowered Committee, the Administration is of the view that for installation of solar lighting system to Post-78 forest encroachers, who are under orders of the Apex Court for eviction from forest land would require prior approval of the Apex Court and Section 2 of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980,” pointed out NC Saravanan, who holds the title of Conservator of Forests.
Saravanan pointed out that there are 3,538 forest encroachers in various forest divisions on the islands, and the Supreme Court has ordered their complete eviction.
“The administration in compliance of the direction till 31.07.2017 has evicted 774 Post-78 encroachments and reclaimed 685.126 hectares of forest land from the Post-78 forest encroachers,” he pointed out.
Bishnu Pada Ray was born on 19 June 1950 in 24 Parganas district, West Bengal and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
The matter, said the ministry of environment and forests, is currently pending with its Forest Conservation Division, and a decision on the matter will be communicated in due time.
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Most remote large city in the world won't be overlooked by Scientology's zeal to be 'ideal' - 2017-11-19
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Most remote large city in the world won't be overlooked by Scientology's zeal to be 'ideal' November 19, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
Rod Keller keeps an eye on Scientology's "Ideal Org" program, and he has a great update for us on what's happening Down Under.
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Ruby Rose Langenheim (born 20 March 1986), better known as Ruby Rose, is an Australian model, DJ, actress, television presenter, MTV VJ, and recording artist.
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Born the 20th of March of 1986, Ruby Rose is one of the most attractive celebrities in the world. She is a model, DJ, VJ, TV presenter and an actress. She is famous for her many talents and also her many, many tattoos. There are so many tattoos on her body that many of them blend into a single one. According to reliable sources, she has got a whopping 48 tattoos on her body, all acquired at different times in her life. True, she had a head start since she started at a very early age. Her first tattoo was acquired at the age of 16. It was a rose tattoo in the middle of her lower back.
Speaking of her tattoos, most of her tattoos are illustrative and cartoony style, although she also has a Japanese style tattoo on her right upper arm. There is a tattoo of three cards which is especially prominent since it is placed on the left side of her chest while the other side is bare. Adjacent to this, on the inside of her left arm a picture of a woman has been tattooed, On her right side, a little below the rib cage, lyrics from a song sung by the heavy metal band Metallica are inked. In February of 2011 she also got a line from another song tattooed on her neck. The song is Breathe Me by her close friend, Sia Furler.
Her right arm and right shoulder have had the distinct honor of playing canvas to the legendary Rhys Gordon. He inked Japanese imagery on her arm and boxing gloves on her right shoulder blade. These boxing gloves are symbolic, as her godfather was the famous boxer Lionel Rose. It was as a tribute to him that she got this tattoo on 21st may 2011. On November 2012 she had the words ‘The Thorn’ and two lightning bolts added to the tattoo of the boxing gloves.
On her left shoulder blade there is a tattoo of a heart and a banner, which reads Phoebe + Ruby. This is in reference to her fiancée at that time, Phoebe Dahl who is the granddaughter of the famous children’s author, Roald Dahl. Sadly, the two are no longer together but Ruby has not yet attempted to have the tattoo removed. Speaking of having tattoos removed, she had a unicorn tattoo on her thigh which she got in 2012. She underwent laser treatment to have it removed in 2015. Below we have compiled an exhaustive timeline of her tattoos.
August 29, 2016 · Ruby revealed a Pantone chart inspired tattoo on her back.
Ruby got the initials of the Music Television, "MTV", inked on her right hand, below the U, S and T of her "Just" knuckle tattoo on her right hand. see
Jean-Michel Basquiat's portrait tattoo across her left arm, by Jessica Mascitti. (June 2014) see
On April 2014 she got inked a heart and banner tattoo saying "Phoebe + Ruby" on the DJ's left shoulder blade. On August that same year she added some sparkles to it. see
Ruby Rose showed her gratitude to Maybelline, one of her sponsors, by getting inked their famous slogan "May shes born with it" on her left collarbone. (March 2014) see
Outline of four stars behind Ruby Rose's right ear. (March 2014) see
Upper arm tattoo saying "Be the person your dog thinks YOU ARE", inked in Ruby's own handwriting, by Louie Perez. (January 2014) see
Ruby has the word "Love" inked behind her left ear. see
Alien face tattoo on her left forearm. (December 2013) see
Illustrative style Archer tattoo on Ruby's right side of the hip. (November 20, 2013) see
Crown tattoo on her sternum as a tribute to controversial street artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, by Doko. (9 July 2013) see
Vintage-style skeleton key tattoo on her left elbow by Zane Stevens at Melbourne's Royal Ink. (May 2013) see
Ruby Rose has a tattoo on her left forearm of Gumby spray-painting the words “Let Go Let God” onto a wall, some bubbles and a dead cat, by Bang Bang. (27 April 2013) see
Ruby Rose has the portrait of her dog tattooed on the back of her left hand, by Isaiah Negrete. (March 2013) see
On November 2012 she added the text "The Thorn" together with two lightning bolts to the tribute tattoo to Lionel, her godfather. see
Matching knuckle tattoo saying "Just" in her right hand and "Love" in the left hand, completing the phrase "Just Love". (24 August 2012) see
On April 2012 Ruby Rose showed a picture of a rat on her right side. (April 2012) see
Next to Leonardo the Ninja Turtle tattoo she has a Pizza Cat tattoo. (13 April 2012) see
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland's White Rabbit tattoo on the right side of Ruby's lower back. see
Unicorn inking located on the outside of her right thigh that she got in 2012. Three years later she started getting laser treatment to get rid of it. see
Astro boy tattoo next to Leonardo. (20 January 2012) see
Right forearm tattoo of Leonardo from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (5 November 2011) see
15 October 2011 · Middle finger tattoo saying "here" followed by a black star, to remind her to “live in the moment, be in the present." see
Just above the right inner forearm tattoo saying "Trust in god", Ruby has a red faceted ruby stone. (15 October 2011) see
Right inner forearm tattoo saying "Trust in god" in coloured capital letters. (15 October 2011) see
Below the right inner forearm tattoo saying "Trust in god", the actress has a simple black cross. (July 2011) see
Boxing gloves on Ruby's right shoulder blade, by Rhys Gordon. The tattoo is a tribute piece to Lionel, Ruby's famous godfather, erstwhile boxing legend Lionel Rose. (21 May 2011) see
Neck tattoo which says "...And breathe me", line from the song titled "Breathe me" by Sia Furler which is a friend of Ruby. (February 2011) see
On her left shoulder blade she has Tank Girl's portrait tattooed by Bang Bang. (February 2011) see
Upper back tattoo saying "Nothing takes away the past like the future". (September 2010) see
Inner forearm tattoo saying"Danke Schön", German for "Thank you very much". (April 2010) see
Ruby has "Meow" written inside her lip, and she told to Ink Magazine that this was the most painful tattoo for her. see
This tattoo on Ruby Rose’s left wrist is a combination of the zodiac symbols for Pisces and Capricorn (♓ and ♑). see
Ruby Rose has “Life” written on her left wrist in red and orange capital letters. Next to it she has a purple smiley face, a green heart, a black star, and a blue peace sign. see
Ruby has a tattoo which says "Run With Wild Horses" on her left forearm. see
Left wrist tattoo saying "Truth". see
Ruby Rose has a half sleeve on her upper right arm with traditional Japanese imagery, done by Rhys Gordon. The tattoo includes ocean waves, cherry blossoms, a red and yellow koi fish tattoo set against a background of grayscale waves and a tiger. see
Number 834 on the inner forearm. see
Ruby has a back of the neck tattoo of a swallow. see
The actress has a rosary on the pelvis. see
Ruby Rose has a portrait of a woman tattooed on the inside of her upper left arm. see
Ruby Rose's right ribcage tattoo says "So close no matter how far, couldn't be much more from the heart, forever trusting who we are and nothing else matters", which is a line from the song "Nothing else matters" by Metallica. see
Heart and banner tattoo saying "Dita Parlow" together with a blue rose and a purple rose, located on her left forearm. see
RR has "Mum" written on her right wrist in purple, red and blue inks. see
The DJ has "D.I.Y" (abbreviation for Do It Yourself) written on the inner side of her left wrist in black ink. see
On the inner side of her left wrist Ruby has an unalome. see
Ruby Rose has a tattoo of three number 3 playing cards on the left side of her chest. see
The model and actress has a Christian cross on her right shoulder. see
Ruby Rose's first tattoo is a Tramp Stamp tattoo, with a rose and an architectural design around it. She got it when she was 16. see
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Best Time to Visit Reykjavik, Iceland, Weather Year Round
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Summer time is the best time to visit Reykjavik, Iceland. Between the months of June and August, the weather is pleasant and the days are long. There are almost 24 days of sunshine from late June to early July: this is what is referred to as the “midnight sun.” Because it is peak season there will be many visitors including families with children since schools have breaks in the summer. Summer also brings high hotel room rates. Winter can be very cold, but you’ll find great deals on hotel rooms. Early fall and late spring can be good times to visit Reykjavik - the weather is still comfortable, there are fewer visitors, and room rates are more affordable.
1.Reykjavik Weather & Temperature by Month
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January is Reykjavik’s coldest and wettest month. The average high temperature is a frigid 37°F (3°C) while the average low temperatures are bone-chilling at 27°F (-3°C). Rainfall in January is at 50 mm, making Reykjavik’s feel colder than it actually is.
In February, the climate remains very cold with the average high and average low temperatures ranging between 36°F (2°C) and 28°F (-2°C). Despite sub-zero temperatures, February is a great time to head outdoors to catch the Northern Lights.
Reykjavik Weather in March: It’s a sunny month in March with the average daily sunshine averaging at 12 hours. The bright sunny days are more than welcome as the winter season continues. The average high and average low temperatures remain the same for this month.
April brings slightly warmer climates with the high temperature climbing to 41°F (5°C). Meanwhile, the low temperature also sees an increase to 32°F (0°C).
In May, things stay quite cool despite the increase in temperature average. The average high temperature increases a handful to 48°F (9°C). The average low temperature also sees a 5-degree increase to 37°F (3°C).
Reykjavik Weather in June: Reykjavik sees it’s driest month in June when the precipitation averages dwindle down to 20 mm. Meanwhile, the average high and average low temperatures measure in at 52°F (11°C) and 45°F (7°C) respectively.
July is the warmest month of the year in Reykjavik. Despite this, the average high temperature still remains quite cool at 55°F (13°C). The average low temperature sees a small increase to 48°F (9°C).
In August, the low temperature average decreases to 46°F (8°C) marking the start of the fall season. High temperatures remain the same.
Reykjavik Weather in September: The lowest daily sunshine average is in September when each day receives about 8 hour of daylight. The decreased hours of sunshine are matched by cooler temperatures. Both high and low temperatures go down, measuring in at 48°F (9°C) and 41°F (5°C) respectively.
October sees even cooler climates with the average high temperature dropping by 5 degrees to 43°F (6°C). There’s a larger decrease in the average low temperature which is 36°F (2°C).
In November, the low temperature and high temperature ranges between 32°F (0°C) and 41°F (5°C). Expected rainfall is 30 mm.
Reykjavik Weather in December: The lengthy winter season descends upon Reykjavik in December. During this month, the average high temperature sinks to the high 30’s at 39°F (4°C) while the average low temperature drops to 30°F (-1°C).
Bird watching enthusiasts absolutely must plan to visit between April and May to catch the migrating birds appear in Iceland such as the puffin and the Golden Plovers. For wild weather and lower prices, April and May are also the best months to visit. To experience the power of Iceland’s waterfalls and enjoy the best of its lush landscapes, visit anytime between early June through August. The best of the Iceland’s foliage is best enjoyed between late October through early November, while those eager to explore Iceland’s glaciers should come between December and March. Travelers that are in the country to catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights should plan a visit to Iceland anytime between September and March when the nights are longer.
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2.Getting to Reykjavik, Iceland
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Most visitors will arrive in Reykjavik by airplane. Keflavik International Airport is Reykjavik’s main airport: depending on your departure city it takes only between three and six hours to fly to Iceland. Icelandair is the national airline: it offers numerous flights from many destinations. There are several other budget airlines that fly into Iceland such as Wow air, Easy Jet, and Air Iceland. There are some major airlines with seasonal flights to the airport like Airberlin, Austrian Airlines, Delta, Lufthansa, and SAS. Another interesting way to arrive in Reykjavik is by ship. Smyril Line Ferry is a company that operates a weekly summer service from Denmark.
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3.Getting From the Reykjavik Airport
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There are several ways that visitors can get from the Keflavik International Airport into Reykjavik. There are car rental agencies at the airport: this is a good option for travelers who want to rent a car to get into the city as well as get around the city and see attractions outside of the city. The Flybus is a convenient way to get from the airport into the city. This bus leaves the airport every 35 to 40 minutes after the arrival of each flight. The trip into Reykjavik takes about 45 minutes. The BSI Bus Terminal is the city’ s main bus terminal. There are also taxis at the airport.
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4.Information for Visitors in Reykjavik
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Reykjavik’s official information center is the Tourist Information Centre located on Adalstaeti in the city. It is open seven days a week. The friendly staff will be happy to answer all of your questions like where to eat, where to shop, what to see and do, where to stay, and what are the best ways to get around the city. The staff can also give you information on the popular thermal pools and natural hot tubs and tours that include these and many of the other natural wonders that are located close to Reykjavik. Here you can buy a Reykjavik City Card which is a one day, two day, or three day transportation and attraction pass.
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5.Getting Around Reykjavik
Reykjavik’s public transportation system is made up of many buses and bus routes that help visitors to explore the city in a convenient and affordable way. The routes cover all areas of the city and terminate at the main bus station, Reykjavik’s Central Bus Station Hlemmur. This is conveniently located on the main shopping street of Laugavegur. There are one way fares and transfer tickets are available upon request. The Reykjavik City Card is a pass that offers one, two, and three day options. Many of the most spectacular sights are just outside of Reykjavik. Scheduled bus services leave from the Central Bus Station and offer a variety of choices to see the sights outside of the city.
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6.Getting Around Reykjavik by Car
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Some people prefer to drive a car when they visit Reykjavik. There are many car rental agencies at the airport, so you can start your trip from there. Driving a car gives you the freedom to go when you want to go, see what you want to see, stay as long as you like, and then go back to your hotel when you want to. Route 1, also known as the ring road, is a mostly paved road that is 832 miles long. This road passes by many of the incredible sights and attractions that are located outside the city center. Most drivers in Iceland are courteous and responsible.
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7.Getting Around Reykjavik by Bike, Taxi, on Foot
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The main sights in Reykjavik are relatively close to each other so it is easy to walk around the compact city. By walking you’ll get a closer view of all that the city offers and you can pop into a restaurant or shop along the way. Seeing the city by bike is very popular. There is a good network of paths, and riding on footpaths and sidewalks is generally tolerated. Borgarhjól is a bike rental company on Hverflsgata. Their high quality bikes can be rented per day, or discounts are offered for longer rentals. Taxis are available 24 hours a day and can be booked by phone.
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8.Reykjavik Restaurants
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For many years Reykjavik was not particularly known as a dining destination. Part of that has to do with an absence of food traditions that are found in most countries. But things have slowly changed in Reykjavik. Today young chefs are using local, and often unusual, ingredients to create delicious fare for locals and visitors alike. Prices for many things including food are quite high in Iceland: be prepared to spend on a meal whatever money you saved by walking instead of taking a taxi! Some visitors occasionally splurge at a restaurant, and then shop at the local grocery store for other meals. Pylsur are hot dogs: they’re everywhere because people in Iceland think their’s are the best on Earth!
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9.Shopping in Reykjavik
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Although shopping in Reykjavik cannot be compared to shopping in New York or Paris, there is a shopping scene in the city. This shopping scene is fueled by new and innovative designers, craftspeople, and shop owners. Most of Reykjavik’s shops are found on Laugevegur and Skolavorbustigur Streets. If you’re looking for a deal, leave the main streets and wander around the side streets. For souvenirs, check out Austurstraeti. Other shopping streets include Bankastraeti and Hafnarstraeti. If you are taking a short or not so short trip outside of Reykjavik, make sure to stock up on what you are going to need, because you’ll quickly find that most everything is more expensive when you are out of the city.
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10.Reykjavik Neighborhood Guide
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Reykjavik is a city that is made up of some very interesting neighborhoods that visitors should explore. The first neighborhood is the downtown or city center neighborhood: this is the heart of Reykjavik. Most of the major attractions are here as well as hotels, bars, restaurants, and shops. Vesturbaer is an attractive neighborhood just west of downtown. It is close to the sea and can be reached by walking or by bus. This is a good place to find more affordable accommodations than you’ll find in the downtown area. Laugardalur is a good neighborhood for families with children: the Reykjavik Zoo, entertainment park, an outdoor swimming pool, and botanical gardens are all located in this neighborhood.
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11.Getting Married in Reykjavik
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Iceland has some of the most stunning scenery in the world, and Reykjavik is a fun place to hold a wedding. There are many hotels that cater to weddings: these venues include the CenterHotel Thingholt, the Radisson Blu Saga Hotel, the Grand Hotel Reykjavik, the Hilton Reykjavik Nordica, and many more. Not far from the city the Hotel Budir has a quaint wooden church and views of the Snaefellsjokul Glacier. Because of Iceland’s outstanding beauty, many visitors choose to venture further from the city to find their perfect outdoor wedding venue. Some of the most popular of these include Thinvellir National Park, the Seljalandsfoss and Skogafoss waterfalls, Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach ,Dyrholaey Sea Cliff, and more.
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12.Where to Stay in Reykjavik
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There are many different kinds of accommodations that are available in Reykjavik from luxurious hotels to bed and breakfasts, guesthouses, and budget hotels. The peak season is from July to August and warm weather, crowds, and hotel room rates are at their highest during these month. Room rates are also high during May, June, and September even though they do not fall within the peak season. Luxury hotel properties include the CenterHotel Thingholt Reykjavik, the Holt Hotel Reykjavik, the 101 Hotel, the Borg Hotel Reykjavik, the CenterHotel Arnarhvoll Reykjavik, and many more. Some visitors might be disturbed by the late night revelry in the city: they can opt for accommodations in one of the areas outside of the city center.
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Vascular surgery and nursing societies form alliance
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and the Society for Vascular Nursing (SVN) have signed an affiliation agreement in which the nursing association will be managed from the Chicago, USA-based SVS office.
“This is a great leap forward for two professions that already work side by side,” says R Clement Darling III, SVS president-elect. “We want to support coordination of care with a team approach, so that all specialty-trained physicians and nurses are skilled in providing the best care for patients. Both organisations see the value in collaborating on our mutual goals.”
According to a press release, the two societies recognise a shared interest in professional and patient education, research, advocacy and public outreach. In their first collaborative act, the SVS has officially endorsed a set of practice guidelines developed by the SVN.
“The Society for Vascular Nursing is excited to form this collaboration that will pave the way for the future of vascular nursing and vascular medicine,” states Marie Rossi, SVN president. “Through our collaboration we will strengthen the education we provide and ultimately improve patient care.”
Initially, joint efforts for the two societies will focus on the upcoming annual meetings of each organisation. The SVS will assist the SVN with hosting its annual event in Nashville, USA, April 4-7, 2017. The nursing association will participate in its first joint session at the SVS’s 2017 Vascular Annual Meeting in San Diego, USA, May 31 -June 3.
The timing of this agreement was optimal for both groups, says Ronald Fairman, president of SVS. “This alliance makes perfect sense and will get everybody excited,” he said. “The SVN was looking for a new operational home and we are delighted they chose us.”
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Piglet Pride
Posted on July 24, 2012 by Nathan
The Nine Tiny Piglets are never especially important characters, but they do receive a some attention in the Oz books. They first appear in Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz as animals the Wizard uses in his tricks. He claims that they come from the Island of Teenty-Weent, where everything is small. Eureka the kitten has an odd relationship with them, playing with them on occasion but also mentioning that she’d like to eat one. When the Wizard arrives in the Emerald City, he gives one of the piglets to Ozma as a pet, and Eureka gets in trouble when she tries to eat this piglet.
The piglets don’t do a whole lot in other books, but they are mentioned a few times, with a song from the Shaggy Man in Patchwork Girl indicating that they live in a golden pen.
The next major development with the piglets is actually a contradiction of sorts. In Tin Woodman, Nick Chopper and his companions come across the home of two pigs near the foot of Mount Munch. One is Grunter Swyne, Professor of Cabbage Culture and Corn Perfection, and the other his wife Squealina. Both of them wear some clothing, Squealina a sunbonnet and the Professor a hat and glasses. They are basically friendly, but suspicious of visitors whom they fear might be butchers. Anyway, the two claim to be the parents of the Nine Tiny Piglets, whom they gave to the Wizard so he could care for and educate them. If he obtained the piglets in Oz, however, how does Teenty-Weent enter into it? Some fan theories have it that Teenty-Weent is in Oz, or that the entire Swyne family was staying on the island before relocating to Oz. I tend to prefer the explanation that the Wizard just made up Teenty-Weent, since he is a stage magician used to patter. This presumably means that he took the piglets while in Oz for the first time, and took them back to the United States with him. If this was the case, though, it means very little time must have passed between his return to Omaha and his journey back to Oz in the company of Dorothy, or the piglets wouldn’t have remained so tiny. Or maybe Ozian animals that visit the Outside World still don’t age while there. It’s hard to say.
L. Frank Baum never names any of the piglets, but I know of a few fan-written stories that do so, and not surprisingly none of them agree on the names. In Gili Bar-Hillel’s “Pigmentation,” Ozma’s pet is named Peggy, and two of the others are Percival and Paul. Hugh Pendexter’s Crocheted Cat only names Ozma’s pet, giving her the name Freida. Kimberly Doyle’s “Nine Tiny Piglets” gives names to all nine: Porkella, Sausagina, Bologna, Sal Amy, Weinerina, Hamilton, Lincoln, Francis, and Roger. In this story, Lincoln is Ozma’s pet. I have to say I have trouble buying these names, because why would Grunter and Squealina name their piglets after pork products? It would be like Billina naming one of her chicks Roaster or McNugget. Finally, in Glenn Ingersoll’s “The Piglets’ Revenge,” Ozma’s pet is Winken (a male piglet), and others are named Squella, Sinken, Twinx, Bess, Winny, Phren, Wally, and Tina.
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5 Responses to Piglet Pride
Anthony Will says:
They should get the Tiny Piglets together with the shrunken down performing monkeys from “Magic” and put on a show!! Actually, I can’t remember whether the Wizard returns the monkeys to their original size at the end.
I don’t think Baum ever says, although I like to think he did return them to their proper size, unless they preferred being tiny.
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Funko Pop! Blitz takes Universal franchises to match-3 mobile game
Dean Takahashi@deantak July 11, 2019 12:35 PM
Above: Tic Toc Games is putting Universal characters in Funko Pop!, a match-3 game.
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Universal Games and Digital Platforms and Funko unveiled Funko Pop! Blitz, a new match-3 puzzle mobile game featuring Funko Pop! characters from popular Universal franchises.
The characters come from popular franchises such as Back to the Future, Jurassic World, Fantastic Plastik, Shrek, How to Train Your Dragon, General Mills, Universal Monsters, and more. It’s another example of Universal’s aggressive push into games.
Fans attending San Diego Comic-Con can find out more about the upcoming launch – and be the first to hear about new character reveals – at the Funko Funkast hour-long panel taking place in the San Diego Convention Center, Room 6A, at 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 18.
In Funko Pop! Blitz, fans can play through 60-second rounds and win by matching three characters to score points and complete quests to level up.
Above: Funko Pop! Blitz
From Marty McFly and the Jurassic World T. rex, to Lucky the Leprechaun and Frankenstein, each Funko Pop! Blitz character will come to life with a range of emotions and animations.
Players collect iconic Pop!s and activate “Supers,” which are 3D character animations that celebrate fan-favorite moments from movies, TV shows and commercials. These can be used to clear more Pop!s, create power-ups or add more time to each round.
“Funko stands for everything pop culture and seemed to be the perfect way to bring together all of our iconic entertainment franchises, as well as others fans love, into one game,” said Chris Heatherly, executive vice president of Games and Digital Platforms, Universal Brand Development, in a statement. “The Pop! style is iconic and unique, and we know that funatics love to collect everything Funko, which sets this up to be the ultimate character-collecting game. We’re thrilled to extend our collaboration, which started in toys, to the worlds of digital and gaming.”
Above: Funko Pop! Blitz features Marty McFly.
Funko Pop! Blitz also offers Blitz Mode. Fans can find a Blitz meter at the bottom of the game board that they can continuously fill up as they match. Once full, one of the five Pop! characters on the board will disappear temporarily, allowing players to make more matches and score bonus points.
“Our team at Funko is pleased to be partnering with Universal Games to create the first-ever Funko mobile puzzle game inspired by pop culture,” said Brian Mariotti, CEO of Funko, in a statement. “Fans will soon be able to engage with iconic characters in this immersive, fast-paced mobile gaming experience.”
Developed by Tic Toc Games, Funko Pop! Blitz will be free to download, with in-app purchases, and will be available soon on the App Store and Google Play Store.
For a limited time at launch, players will get an in-game Marty McFly Funko Pop!, along with in-game gems and coins. Everett, Washington-based Funko is a leading pop culture consumer products company, and it is also doing a Gears of War game, dubbed Gears Pop, with Microsoft.
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Bacterial nanowire mystery solved
By Bill Hathaway
Deep in the ocean or underground, where there is no oxygen, Geobacter bacteria “breathe” by projecting tiny protein filaments called “nanowires” into the soil, to dispose of excess electrons resulting from the conversion of nutrients to energy.
These nanowires enable the bacteria to perform environmentally important functions such as cleaning up radioactive sites and generating electricity. Scientists have long known that Geobacter make conductive nanowires – 1/100,000 the width of a human hair – but to date no one had discovered what they are made of and why they are conductive.
A new study by researchers at Yale, University of Virginia and the University of California at Irvine published April 4 in the journal Cell reveals a surprise: the protein nanowires have a core of metal-containing molecules called hemes.
Previously nobody suspected such a structure. Using high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy, the researchers were able to see the nanowire’s atomic structure and discover that hemes line up to create a continuous path along which electrons travel.
“This study solves a longstanding mystery of how nanowires move electrons to minerals in the soil,” said lead author Nikhil Malvankar, assistant professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry at Yale and a faculty member at the Microbial Sciences Institute.
“It is possible we could use these wires to connect cells to electronics to build new types of materials and sensors.”
Edward Egelman of Virginia and Allon Hochbaum of UC-Irvine are other senior authors. Fengbin Wang of Virginia and Yale’s Yangqi Gu and are co-first authors. Other authors are Yale’s Patrick O’Brien, Sophia Yi, Sibel Ebru Yalcin, Vishok Srikanth, Cong Shen, Dennis Vu and UC Irvine’s Nicole Ing.
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Bernie Sanders says he’s raised $18.2 million in 41 days
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says his campaign has raised $18.2 million in the 41 days since he launched his Democratic presidential bid.
Campaign manager Faiz Shakir said Tuesday it came from about 900,000 first quarter contributions. He says the average donation was $20 and Sanders’ campaign has $28 million cash.
Sanders was expected to post the largest fundraising haul among the Democratic field. He previously announced he’d raised $10 million in his first week.
Sanders fueled his unsuccessful 2016 campaign with grassroots giving. There was little surprise Sanders would have a strong quarter. The latest results cement Sanders as a financial front-runner in a growing primary field of more than a dozen candidates.
South Bend, Idndiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg (BOO’-tuh-juhj) launched an exploratory committee two months ago and said Monday he’d raised more than $7 million in the quarter.
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Australian Man attacks Foreign Embassies in Melbourne with Hazardous Parcels
By WTX News
More than a dozen foreign offices received suspicious packages, including the Pakistani consulate in Melbourne.
Australian police on Thursday charged a 49-year-old man for sending as many as 38 packages containing a hazardous material to diplomatic embassies and consulates across the country.
More than a dozen foreign offices received suspicious packages on Wednesday, including the US, Indian, British and Pakistani Consulates in Melbourne.
Other consulates and embassies were also targetted in Melbourne. Melbourne is the coastal capital of the southeastern Australian state of Victoria. And Most countries have their embassies or consulates based in the City.
Reports from local media suggest embassies included those of Denmark, Egypt, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Pakistan, Spain, Switzerland and Thailand all received suspicious packages.
A 48-year-old man has been arrested, Savas Avan, was charged with sending dangerous articles through a postal service, an offence that carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in jail, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) said in a statement.
Police said the packages contained asbestos, once a popular building material that can cause cancer and scaring of the lungs.
Police, who have recovered 29 of the parcels, said they would intercept the rest. They gave no additional details of how the asbestos was packaged or what the motive might have been.
Australian media on Wednesday said the parcels appeared to contain plastic bags of concrete and asbestos, with “asbestos” written on at least one of the bags.
Avan will next appear in court in March.
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Transfer Admission Planning
Undergraduate Admissions Your Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP) coordinator, Renelle Johnson, is on your campus nearly every week and is available to meet with you to answer any questions you may have about transferring to a four-year university. Create or update your UC TAP profile to discuss your transfer plans. Schedule an appointment through your transfer/counseling center at 925-551-6209 today! Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: rfgreen@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 916-801-7156. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Presented by: UC Davis Undergraduate Admissions. Sponsored by: Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP). Monday, July 15, 2019, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM. Diablo Valley College - San Ramon campus. For more info visit www.dvc.edu.
Presenter: Brenda (Astara) Gustin, Ph.D. CMT, RYI There are many stages of life that represent levels of consciousness within our body and mind. The first stage begins when we are born. We wake up and become part of a family and culture which includes our neighborhood, state and country. A process of learning begins and forms our foundation and inherent values. This foundation firmly grounds us in beliefs that guide our everyday lives. Through meditation we can rediscover how the positive values of this foundation can be cultivated within this basic structure to design and foster health and creativity. Meditation is one of the most natural and yet most profoundly rewarding of all human activities. It connects you with your own inner powers of vitality, clarity, and love. When done deeply, it also connects you with Spirit and infinite joy. For the 2019 Meditation Series, each month we will explore practical suggestions on how to live a radiantly healthy life. We will learn how to have more energy and vita… Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Health and Wellness. Presented by: WorkLife. Monday, July 15, 2019, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. Glassrock Building, Room 7106 2521 Stockton Blvd. Sacramento, 95817.
Welcome Reception for AVC Don Hunt
The campus community is invited to meet Don Hunt, associate vice chancellor of Enrollment Management, who comes to UC Davis after four years as associate vice president of Enrollment and Student Services at California State University, Sacramento. Light refreshments will be served. RSVPs are requested by July 12 and can be made online. Campus Location: Student Community Center. Room: Meeting Room D. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: almagorian@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 530-752-5589. Event Type: Receptions, Banquets and Networking. Presented by: Office of Enrollment Management. Monday, July 15, 2019, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Undergraduate Admissions Your Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP) coordinator, Pamela Blanco, is on your campus nearly every week and is available to meet with you to answer any questions you have about transferring to a four-year university. Create or update your UC TAP profile to discuss your transfer plans. Schedule an appointment through your transfer center at 916-484-8685 today! Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: parueca@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 530-219-0568. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Presented by: UC Davis Undergraduate Admissions. Sponsored by: Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP). Tuesday, July 16, 2019, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM. American River College. For more info visit www.arc.losrios.edu.
Undergraduate Admissions Your Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP) coordinator, Carrie Xiong, is on your campus nearly every week and is available to meet with you to answer any questions you may have about transferring to a four-year college. Create or update your UC TAP profile to discuss your transfer plans. Schedule an appointment through your transfer/counseling center at (707) 527-4874 today! Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: ucdxiong@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 530-752-1223. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Presented by: UC Davis Undergraduate Admissions. Sponsored by: Transfer Opportunity Program. Tuesday, July 16, 2019, 9:00 AM – 1:30 PM. Santa Rosa Junior College. For more info visit transfer.santarosa.edu.
Breastfeeding and Baby Basics
Babies are born to be breastfed. Learn normal newborn behavior and what to expect. We'll discuss topics such as the Basics of Breastfeeding; Mother and Infant Nutrition, Caring for the Newborn; information on sudden infant death syndrome, as well as other topics of interest. This public Health and Wellness class is provided to you by UC Davis Health in Sacramento, CA. Click here to register >>. Campus Location: Broadway Building. Room: Suite, 1630. Location of Event: UC Davis Health (Sacramento). Cost: Patients $30 / Community $40. Contact Email: wellness@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 916-734-9797. Event Type: Health and Wellness. Workshops and Training. Presented by: UC Davis Health and Wellness. Sponsored by: UC Davis Health and Wellness. Tuesday, July 16, 2019, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM. For more info visit www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu.
"Linguistics in the Digital Era" Lecture Series
College of Letters and Science The Department of Linguistics is hosting the 2019 Linguistic Society of America's Linguistic Institute and invites the public to seven keynote lectures at 7 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday, June 25-July 18 (except July 4). All lectures at the Conference Center except for the June 27 talk that will be held in Rock Hall. Tuesday, June 25 — Adele Goldberg, Princeton University, on language learning in children. , Thursday, June 27 — John Baugh, Washington University at St. Louis, on linguistics evidence in court cases. (Rock Hall) , Tuesday, July 2 — John Goldsmith, University of Chicago, on computational linguistics. , Tuesday, July 9 — Pamela Munro, UCLA, on topic to be announced. , Thursday, July 11 — Erin Wilkinson, University of New Mexico, on kinship terminology in 40 signed languages. , Tuesday, July 16 — Bernard Comrie, UC Santa Barbara, on indigenous languages of the Andaman Islands. , Thursday, July 18 — Patricia Cukor-Avila, University of North Texas, on linguistic insights from a 1988-2018… Campus Location: Conference Center & Welcome Center. Room: Ballroom ABC. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Event Type: Lectures and Seminars. Presented by: Linguistic Institute faculty. Sponsored by: Linguistic Society of America; UC Davis Department of Linguistics, Office of the Provost, and College of Letters and Science. Tuesday, July 16, 2019, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM. For more info visit lsa2019.ucdavis.edu.
Undergraduate Admissions Your Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP) coordinator, Renelle Johnson, is on your campus nearly every week and is available to meet with you to answer any questions you have about transferring to a four-year university. Create or update your UC TAP profile to discuss your transfer plans. Schedule an appointment through your transfer/counseling center at 707-864-7101 today! Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: rfgreen@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 916-801-7156. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Presented by: UC Davis Undergraduate Admissions. Sponsored by: Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP). Wednesday, July 17, 2019, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM. Solano Community College. For more info visit www.solano.edu.
Nutrition Class
Presenter: Food & Nutrition Services. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Health and Wellness. Presented by: WorkLife. Wednesday, July 17, 2019, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. Education Building Lecture Hall, Room 2222.
“Tackling Spiny Issues in Echinoid Phylogenetics Using Ultraconserved Elements”
Bodega Marine Laboratory Seminar Series, Frances Armstrong is a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow, California Academy of Sciences On campus, a livestream of this seminar will be presented in the Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute office, 1347 Storer Hall. Host: M. Kardish. Room: Lecture Hall and online. Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: ucdbml@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 707-875-2211. Event Type: Lectures and Seminars. Presented by: Frances Armstrong. Sponsored by: Bodega Marine Laboratory. Wednesday, July 17, 2019, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM. Bodega Marine Laboratory and online. For more info visit marinescience.ucdavis.edu.
UC Davis CPE Online Info Session: UC Davis Executive Leadership Program
Online information session about the UC Davis Executive Leadership Program. Participants will receive $100 off first course. Register Now. Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: cpeinfo@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 800-752-0881. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Presented by: UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education. Thursday, July 18, 2019, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM. For more info visit cpe.ucdavis.edu.
Celebration of Life in Memory of Professor Floyd F. Feeney
School of Law The celebration of life will bring together Professor Feeney's family, friends, and colleagues to honor his life and legacy. A California Senate Memorial Resolution will be presented in Professor Feeney's honor. Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments will be served. Parking is available in the Gateway Parking Structure for $10. RSVP to attend: http://bit.ly/feeneycelebration --- Professor Floyd F. Feeney, a founding UC Davis School of Law faculty member and a beloved teacher to generations of King Hall students, died on January 8, 2019 after a short illness. He was 85. The Homer G. and Ann Berryhill Angelo Professor of Law at UC Davis, Feeney specialized in criminal law and procedure, and election law. He was an active faculty member from 1968 until his passing. During the fall 2018 semester, he taught Criminal Law and a seminar entitled Reforming the Police and Criminal Justice. Read the full news story. The Professor Floyd Feeney Scholarship was established in memory and honor of the extra… Campus Location: Walter A. Buehler Alumni Center. Room: Alpha Gamma Rho Room. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: marketing@law.ucdavis.edu. Event Type: Free Events. Receptions, Banquets and Networking. Presented by: UC Davis School of Law. Sponsored by: UC Davis School of Law. Thursday, July 18, 2019, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM. For more info visit events.r20.constantcontact.com.
UC Davis CPE Online Info Session: Specialized Skills
Online information session about the Specialized Leadership Skills Program. Participants will receive $100 off first course. Register Now. Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: cpeinfo@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 800-752-0881. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Presented by: UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education. Thursday, July 18, 2019, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM. For more info visit cpe.ucdavis.edu.
College of Letters and Science The Department of Linguistics is hosting the 2019 Linguistic Society of America's Linguistic Institute and invites the public to seven keynote lectures at 7 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday, June 25-July 18 (except July 4). All lectures at the Conference Center except for the June 27 talk that will be held in Rock Hall. Tuesday, June 25 — Adele Goldberg, Princeton University, on language learning in children. , Thursday, June 27 — John Baugh, Washington University at St. Louis, on linguistics evidence in court cases. (Rock Hall) , Tuesday, July 2 — John Goldsmith, University of Chicago, on computational linguistics. , Tuesday, July 9 — Pamela Munro, UCLA, on topic to be announced. , Thursday, July 11 — Erin Wilkinson, University of New Mexico, on kinship terminology in 40 signed languages. , Tuesday, July 16 — Bernard Comrie, UC Santa Barbara, on indigenous languages of the Andaman Islands. , Thursday, July 18 — Patricia Cukor-Avila, University of North Texas, on linguistic insights from a 1988-2018… Campus Location: Conference Center & Welcome Center. Room: Ballroom ABC. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Event Type: Lectures and Seminars. Presented by: Linguistic Institute faculty. Sponsored by: Linguistic Society of America; UC Davis Department of Linguistics, Office of the Provost, and College of Letters and Science. Thursday, July 18, 2019, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM. For more info visit lsa2019.ucdavis.edu.
Center for Comparative Respiratory Biology and Medicine Seminar Series
Campus Location: Genome & Biomedical Sciences Facility. Room: 1005 (auditorium). Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Lectures and Seminars. Presented by: Center for Comparative Respiratory Biology and Medicine. Friday, July 19, 2019, 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM.
Meet other moms, encourage and learn from one another, and get help resolving breastfeeding difficulties. Babies, partners, and community members are welcome to attend. The support group meets from noon to 1 p.m. the third Friday of the month, Meeting Room B, Student Community Center. Facilitated by Shirley German, IBCLC, RLC-- a board-certified location consultant. No RSVPs necessary. Campus Location: Student Community Center. Room: Meeting Room B. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: worklife@ucdavis.edu. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Free Events. Health and Wellness. Workshops and Training. Presented by: UC Davis Worklife and Wellness. Sponsored by: Co-Sponsor: Women's Resources and Research Center. Friday, July 19, 2019, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. For more info visit hr.ucdavis.edu.
Data Science Office Hours
Carl Stahmer, the library’s director of digital scholarship and associate director of the UC Davis Data Science Initiative, holds office hours each Friday afternoon at Blaisdell Medical Library, for UC Davis Health faculty, residents, graduate students and researchers. Consultations by appointment and drop-in questions are both welcome. Campus Location: Blaisdell Medical Library. Room: 1102. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: digitalscholarship@ucdavis.edu. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Free Events. Workshops and Training. Presented by: Data and Digital Scholarship. Sponsored by: UC Davis Library. Friday, July 19, 2019, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM. For more info visit www.library.ucdavis.edu.
Undergraduate Admissions Your Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP) coordinator, Sandy Xiong, is on your campus nearly every week and is available to meet with you to answer any questions you may have about transferring to a four-year university. Create or update your UC TAP profile to discuss your transfer plans. Schedule an appointment through your transfer/counseling center at (209) 954-5151 Ext. 6219 today! Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: syxiong@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 530-752-6374. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Presented by: UC Davis Undergraduate Admissions. Sponsored by: Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP). Monday, July 22, 2019, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM. San Joaquin Delta College. For more info visit www.deltacollege.edu.
Transfer Admission Advising
Undergraduate Admissions Your Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP) coordinator, Renelle Johnson, is on your campus nearly every week and is available to meet with you to answer any questions you have about transferring to a four-year college. Create or update your UC TAP profile to discuss your transfer plans. Schedule an appointment through your transfer/counseling center at (925) 969-2140 today! Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: rfgreen@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 916-801-7156. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Presented by: UC Davis Undergraduate Admissions. Sponsored by: Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP). Monday, July 22, 2019, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM. Diablo Valley College. For more info visit www.dvc.edu.
UC Application and Personal Insight Questions Workshop
Undergraduate Admissions Attend a free workshop focused in helping you navigate the UC transfer admissions application and the Personal Insight Questions. Bring your laptop or tablet to this interactive workshop and come prepared to ask questions. Contact your transfer/counseling center at 209-954-5151 Ext. 6219 for location and other details. See you soon! Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: syxiong@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 530-752-6374. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Presented by: UC Davis Undergraduate Admissions. Sponsored by: Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP). Monday, July 22, 2019, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM. San Joaquin Delta College. For more info visit www.deltacollege.edu.
Human Dimensions Research in Delta Environments
The Social Science Task Force invites you to a workshop to showcase social science research to address management challenges faced by the Sacramento- San Joaquin Delta Stewardship Council and stakeholders. Pre-registration required, more information and registration. Campus Location: Student Community Center. Room: Multi Purpose Room. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: clhom@ucdavis.edu. Event Type: Conferences and Symposia. Presented by: Various. Sponsored by: Coastal and Marine Science Institute and the Delta Stewardship Council. Tuesday, July 23, 2019. For more info visit marinescience.ucdavis.edu.
Undergraduate Admissions Your Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP) coordinator, Renelle Johnson, is on your campus nearly every week and is available to meet with you to answer any questions you have about transferring to a four-year university. Create or update your UC TAP profile to discuss your transfer plans. Schedule an appointment through your transfer/counseling center at 916-558-2818 today! Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: rfgreen@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 916-801-7156. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Presented by: UC Davis Undergraduate Admissions. Sponsored by: Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP). Tuesday, July 23, 2019, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM. Sacramento City College. For more info visit www.scc.losrios.edu.
Science Cafe - Community Conversations
May 2019 Science Cafe All of Us Initiative: Prevent and treat disease based on individual difference and Clinical Trials Recruitment Awareness Message. Community Conversations Science Café is a bi-monthly speaker’s series produced by the UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center, UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities, and the Powerhouse Science Center. Location of Event: Sacramento - Off Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: ftmalik@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 916-703-9138. Event Type: Lectures and Seminars. Presented by: Research and Education Community Advisory Board. Sponsored by: Clinical and Translational Science Center. Tuesday, July 23, 2019, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. Old Soul @ 40 Acres, 3434 Broadway, Sacramento.
Preparing for Breastfeeding
Like any new skill, breastfeeding takes knowledge and practice to be successful. Our prenatal breastfeeding class covers the basics of breastfeeding; when and where to get help and support, and a chance to prepare for and ask questions about your breastfeeding experience, before your baby arrives. Campus Location: Student Community Center. Room: Student Community Center Room E. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: sbatchelor@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 530-754-8791. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Lectures and Seminars. Presented by: WorkLife and Wellness. Thursday, July 25, 2019, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit hr.ucdavis.edu.
Science Cafe - Community Event
March 2019 Science Cafe PATIENT STORIES – End of Life to Transplant to Community Empowerment A wealth of knowledge is hidden inside every health story. Our work is to empower patients to become leaders, promoting health in their communities. Learn the process of how we work with a single patient; and through technology, turn their story into a movement to improve community health. A Conversation with Martin Cadeiras Dr. Cadeiras is heart failure and heart transplant cardiologist, offering care for patients with advanced and rare heart diseases. He has a special interest in the emerging field of precision medicine and the use of technology to improve health care access and delivery. Joining the conversation with Dr. Cadeiras are Diego Silva, a computer scientist and postdoctoral researcher in the complex care laboratory in the division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, and Miriam Moreno, a community leader who will share stories of her health experiences to raise awareness about or… Location of Event: Sacramento - Off Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: ftmalik@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 916-703-9138. Event Type: Lectures and Seminars. Presented by: Research and Education Community Advisory Board. Sponsored by: Clinical and Translational Science Center. Thursday, July 25, 2019, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. Old Soul @ 40 Acres, 3434 Broadway, Sacramento. For more info visit www.eventbrite.com.
Science Cafe: Precision Medicine
May 2019 Science Café PRECISION MEDICINE – ALL of Us Imagine healthcare that is based on your lifestyle, DNA, and environment. All of Us is a historic national effort to collect data from one million people living in the United States to accelerate research and improve health by delivering precision medicine. A Conversation with Frederick J. Meyers Dr. Meyers is the director of the Center for Precision Medicine and a professor of Internal Medicine, Hematology-Oncology. Dr. Meyers’ current focus is leading and integrating precision medicine with the communities UC Davis serves. Joining the conversation with Dr. Meyers will be Jacqueline Garcia, engagement coordinator, All of Us Research Program. Fred Stevenson, clinical trials recruitment manager, will dispel common myths about clinical trials and showcase the StudyPages website. Location of Event: Sacramento - Off Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: ftmalik@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 916-703-9138. Event Type: Lectures and Seminars. Presented by: Research and Education Community Advisory Board. Sponsored by: Clinical and Translational Science Center. Thursday, July 25, 2019, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. Old Soul @ 40 Acres, 3434 Broadway, Sacramento. For more info visit leadership.ucdavis.edu.
Summer 2019: Graduation Filing Period Ends
Undergraduate Graduation Filing Deadlines Undergraduate students must file their graduation application by the appropriate deadline for the quarter in which they are filing to graduate. Late applications for graduation are not accepted. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Academic Dates. Presented by: Office of the University Registrar. Friday, July 26, 2019. For more info visit registrar.ucdavis.edu.
Folk Jam Music Session
Folk musicians are invited to bring their acoustic instruments and play together informally during this acoustic jam session at Wyatt Deck next to the redwood grove in the UC Davis Arboretum. Pull out your fiddles, guitars, mandolins, penny whistles, pipes, flutes, squeezeboxes (you name it) and join your fellow musicians for a little bluegrass, old-time, blues, Celtic, klezmer and world music over the lunch hour. All skill levels welcome and listeners are invited. Parking is available for $9 in Visitor Lot 5 on Old Davis Road at Arboretum Drive. Campus Location: Wyatt Deck. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: arboretum@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 530-752-4880. Event Type: Arts and Entertainment. Free Events. Outdoor Events. Presented by: UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. Friday, July 26, 2019, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. For more info visit arboretum.ucdavis.edu.
Staff Assembly Day at Six Flags
Staff Assembly Day ticket deal includes park admission and an all-you-can-eat lunch. The menu includes hamburgers and hot dogs, with black bean burgers available upon request, plus pasta salad, beans, ice cream and soda in the picnic grove from 2 to 4 p.m. Tickets available here (click on "UCD Staff Assembly Day"). Free parking pass added at checkout with purchase of every four tickets. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: $44 (children 2 and under free). Event Type: Arts and Entertainment. Fairs, Expos and Exhibits. Family Events or All Ages. Outdoor Events. Presented by: Staff Assembly. Saturday, July 27, 2019, 10:30 AM – 9:00 PM. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. For more info visit sixflags.com.
Undergraduate Admissions Your Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP) coordinator, Carrie Xiong, is on your campus nearly every week and is available to meet with you to answer any questions you may have about transferring to a four-year college. Create or update your UC TAP profile to discuss your transfer plans. Schedule an appointment through your transfer/counseling center at (707) 527-4874 today! Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: ucdxiong@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 530-752-1223. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Presented by: UC Davis Undergraduate Admissions. Sponsored by: Transfer Opportunity Program. Tuesday, July 30, 2019, 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM. Santa Rosa Junior College. For more info visit transfer.santarosa.edu.
“The Hidden Diversity of Crustose Coralline Algae and Their Influence on Marine Biodiversity”
Bodega Marine Laboratory Seminar Series, Raphael Ritson-Williams is a postdoctoral fellow with the Hope for Reefs Initiative, California Academy of Sciences On campus, a livestream of this seminar will be presented in the Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute office, 1347 Storer Hall. Host: S. Merolla. Room: Lecture Hall and online. Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: ucdbml@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 707-875-2211. Event Type: Lectures and Seminars. Presented by: Raphael Ritson-Williams. Sponsored by: Bodega Marine Laboratory. Wednesday, July 31, 2019, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM. Bodega Marine Laboratory and online. For more info visit marinescience.ucdavis.edu.
Fall 2019: Graduation Filing Period
Undergraduate Graduation Filing Deadlines Undergraduate students must file their graduation application by the appropriate deadline for the quarter in which they are filing to graduate. Late applications for graduation are not accepted. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Academic Dates. Presented by: Office of the University Registrar. Thursday, August 1, 2019 – Friday, September 13, 2019. For more info visit registrar.ucdavis.edu.
Fall 2019: Graduation Filing Period Begins
Undergraduate Graduation Filing Deadlines Undergraduate students must file their graduation application by the appropriate deadline for the quarter in which they are filing to graduate. Late applications for graduation are not accepted. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Academic Dates. Presented by: Office of the University Registrar. Thursday, August 1, 2019. For more info visit registrar.ucdavis.edu.
Campus Location: Genome & Biomedical Sciences Facility. Room: 1005 (auditorium). Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Lectures and Seminars. Presented by: Center for Comparative Respiratory Biology and Medicine. Friday, August 2, 2019, 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM.
Carl Stahmer, the library’s director of digital scholarship and associate director of the UC Davis Data Science Initiative, holds office hours each Friday afternoon at Blaisdell Medical Library, for UC Davis Health faculty, residents, graduate students and researchers. Consultations by appointment and drop-in questions are both welcome. Campus Location: Blaisdell Medical Library. Room: 1102. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: digitalscholarship@ucdavis.edu. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Free Events. Workshops and Training. Presented by: Data and Digital Scholarship. Sponsored by: UC Davis Library. Friday, August 2, 2019, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM. For more info visit www.library.ucdavis.edu.
“The Adaptive Arsenal of Crustacean Larvae Against Predatory and Environmental Stresses of the Plankton”
Bodega Marine Laboratory Exit Seminar, Sam Bashevkin has a Ph.D. in marine ecology, UC Davis On campus, a livestream of this seminar will be presented in the Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute office, 1347 Storer Hall. Host: S. Morgan. Room: Lecture Hall and online. Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: ucdbml@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 707-875-2211. Event Type: Lectures and Seminars. Presented by: Sam Bashevkin. Sponsored by: Bodega Marine Laboratory. Friday, August 2, 2019, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM. Bodega Marine Laboratory and online. For more info visit marinescience.ucdavis.edu.
Summer 2019: Session II
Master Academic Calendar Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Academic Dates. Presented by: Office of the University Registrar. Monday, August 5, 2019 – Friday, September 13, 2019.
Wound VAC - An Advanced System for Wound Healing
This course will discuss the theory behind utilization of the Wound V.A.C. and provide hands-on demonstrations. At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to define and describe V.A.C. therapy and its benefits, demonstrate the principles involved in placing a V.A.C. dressing on a wound, operate the V.A.C. unit, discuss the progression of the wound during V.A.C. therapy and understand the Mini-V.A.C. technology. Register for the Wound V.A.C - An Advanced System for Wound Healing class. Campus Location: Broadway Building. Room: Suite, 1630. Location of Event: UC Davis Health (Sacramento). Cost: Employees $25 Deposit / Community $25 Fee. Contact Email: hs-cppn@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 916-734-9790. Event Type: Workshops and Training. Presented by: UC Davis Center for Professional Practice of Nursing. Sponsored by: UC Davis Center for Professional Practice of Nursing. Tuesday, August 6, 2019, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM. For more info visit www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu.
UC Davis CPE Online Info Session: Project Management
Online information session about the Project Management Certificate Program. Participants will receive $100 off first course. Register Now. Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: cpeinfo@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 800-752-0881. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Presented by: UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education. Tuesday, August 6, 2019, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM. For more info visit cpe.ucdavis.edu.
UC Davis CPE Online Info Session: Workplace Health and Safety
Online information session about the Workplace Health and Safety Program. Participants will receive $100 off first course. Register Now. Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: cpeinfo@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 800-752-0881. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Presented by: UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education. Wednesday, August 7, 2019, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. For more info visit cpe.ucdavis.edu.
UC Davis CPE Online Info Session: Autism Spectrum Disorder
Online information session about the Autism Spectrum Disorder Program. Participants will receive $100 off first course. Register Now. Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: cpeinfo@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 800-752-0881. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Presented by: UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education. Wednesday, August 7, 2019, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM. For more info visit cpe.ucdavis.edu.
“Fishing for Community: Fisheries as Social-Ecological Systems”
Bodega Marine Laboratory Seminar Series, Angee Doerr is an assistant professor of practice, Oregon Sea Grant & Oregon State University Extension Service On campus, a livestream of this seminar will be presented in the Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute office, 1347 Storer Hall. Host: H. Killeen. Room: Lecture Hall and online. Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: ucdbml@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 707-875-2211. Event Type: Lectures and Seminars. Presented by: Angee Doerr. Sponsored by: Bodega Marine Laboratory. Wednesday, August 7, 2019, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM. Bodega Marine Laboratory and online. For more info visit marinescience.ucdavis.edu.
Aggie Transfer Scholars Weekend
Undergraduate Admissions Spend an extended weekend at UC Davis working on your plan to transfer from a UC Davis TOP community college! Aggie Transfer Scholars Weekend is a free four-day transfer-planning workshop that help you get started on your UC application with the guidance of UC Davis admission advisors. Sign up to receive your invitation in April! Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: jmwetherbee@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 530-400-0190. Event Type: Free Events. Workshops and Training. Presented by: UC Davis Transfer Opportunity Program. Sponsored by: UC Davis Transfer Opportunity Program. Thursday, August 8, 2019 – Sunday, August 11, 2019. UC Davis campus. For more info visit www.ucdavis.edu.
UC Davis CPE Online Info Session: Paralegal Studies
Online information session about the Paralegal Studies Certificate Program. Participants will receive $100 off first course. Register Now. Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: cpeinfo@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 800-752-0881. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Presented by: UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education. Thursday, August 8, 2019, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM. For more info visit cpe.ucdavis.edu.
AHA Healthcare Provider: Online & Hands-On Skills
The American Heart Association’s BLS for Healthcare Providers Online Part 1 Course, Web-based and accessible 24 hours a day, provides a flexible alternative to classroom training. Register for this class. Campus Location: Broadway Building. Room: Suite, 1630. Location of Event: UC Davis Health (Sacramento). Cost: $70 registration fee. Contact Email: hs-cppn@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 916-734-9790. Event Type: Workshops and Training. Presented by: UC Davis Center for Professional Practice of Nursing. Sponsored by: UC Davis Center for Professional Practice of Nursing. Friday, August 9, 2019, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM. For more info visit www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu.
Folk musicians are invited to bring their acoustic instruments and play together informally during this acoustic jam session at Wyatt Deck next to the redwood grove in the UC Davis Arboretum. Pull out your fiddles, guitars, mandolins, penny whistles, pipes, flutes, squeezeboxes (you name it) and join your fellow musicians for a little bluegrass, old-time, blues, Celtic, klezmer and world music over the lunch hour. All skill levels welcome and listeners are invited. Parking is available for $9 in Visitor Lot 5 on Old Davis Road at Arboretum Drive. Campus Location: Wyatt Deck. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: arboretum@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 530-752-4880. Event Type: Arts and Entertainment. Free Events. Outdoor Events. Presented by: UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. Friday, August 9, 2019, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. For more info visit arboretum.ucdavis.edu.
Prepared Childbirth, Condensed
This one-session class will provide an overview of labor and delivery; instruction and skill practice on relaxation and breathing techniques and an overview of pain medication options. Expectant parents may tour the UC Davis Birthing Suites each Sunday at 4 p.m. Patients will meet at the Pavilion Lobby Information desk, near the main entrance to the hospital. No reservations required. Parking is not validated, parking fee is $2 per hour. This public Health and Wellness class is provided to you by UC Davis Health System in Sacramento, CA. Register for the Prepared Childbirth, Condensed class. Campus Location: Broadway Building. Room: Suite, 1630. Location of Event: UC Davis Health (Sacramento). Cost: Patients $75 / Community $90. Contact Email: wellness@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 916-734-9797. Event Type: Health and Wellness. Workshops and Training. Presented by: UC Davis Health and Wellness. Sponsored by: UC Davis Health and Wellness. Sunday, August 11, 2019, 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM. For more info visit www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu.
Babies are born to be breastfed. Learn normal newborn behavior and what to expect. We'll discuss topics such as the Basics of Breastfeeding; Mother and Infant Nutrition, Caring for the Newborn; information on sudden infant death syndrome, as well as other topics of interest. This public Health and Wellness class is provided to you by UC Davis Health in Sacramento, CA. Click here to register >>. Campus Location: Broadway Building. Room: Suite, 1630. Location of Event: UC Davis Health (Sacramento). Cost: Patients $30 / Community $40. Contact Email: wellness@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 916-734-9797. Event Type: Health and Wellness. Workshops and Training. Presented by: UC Davis Health and Wellness. Sponsored by: UC Davis Health and Wellness. Monday, August 12, 2019, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM. For more info visit www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu.
Citation Manager Comparison
This workshop will cover the basic functions of citation managers and provide brief demonstrations and comparisons between three products: EndNote, Mendeley, and Zotero. This is an informational session, not hands-on training. Please register for a seat. Campus Location: Peter J. Shields Library. Room: 165 (Library Instruction Lab). Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: mconner@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 530-754-7348. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Free Events. Workshops and Training. Presented by: Shields Library. Sponsored by: UC Davis Library. Wednesday, August 14, 2019, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. For more info visit forms.library.ucdavis.edu.
“Coastal Upwelling and Climate Variability”
Bodega Marine Laboratory Seminar Series, Marisol Garcia-Reyes is a principle scientist, Farallon Institute for Advanced Ecosystem Research On campus, a livestream of this seminar will be presented in the Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute office, 1347 Storer Hall. Host: E. Longman. Room: Lecture Hall and online. Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: ucdbml@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 707-875-2211. Event Type: Lectures and Seminars. Presented by: Marisol Garcia-Reyes. Sponsored by: Bodega Marine Laboratory. Wednesday, August 14, 2019, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM. Bodega Marine Laboratory and online. For more info visit marinescience.ucdavis.edu.
UC Davis CPE Online Info Session: Business Analysis
Online information session about the Business Analysis Certificate Program. Participants will receive $100 off first course. Register Now. Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: cpeinfo@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 800-752-0881. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Presented by: UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education. Thursday, August 15, 2019, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM. For more info visit cpe.ucdavis.edu.
UC Davis CPE Online Info Session: Leadership Programs
Online information session about the Leadership Programs. Participants will receive $100 off first course. Register Now. Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: cpeinfo@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 800-752-0881. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Presented by: UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education. Thursday, August 15, 2019, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM. For more info visit cpe.ucdavis.edu.
Online information session about the UC Davis Executive Leadership Program. Participants will receive $100 off first course. Register Now. Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: cpeinfo@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 800-752-0881. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Presented by: UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education. Thursday, August 15, 2019, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM. For more info visit cpe.ucdavis.edu.
Campus Location: Genome & Biomedical Sciences Facility. Room: 1005 (auditorium). Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Lectures and Seminars. Presented by: Center for Comparative Respiratory Biology and Medicine. Friday, August 16, 2019, 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM.
Carl Stahmer, the library’s director of digital scholarship and associate director of the UC Davis Data Science Initiative, holds office hours each Friday afternoon at Blaisdell Medical Library, for UC Davis Health faculty, residents, graduate students and researchers. Consultations by appointment and drop-in questions are both welcome. Campus Location: Blaisdell Medical Library. Room: 1102. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: digitalscholarship@ucdavis.edu. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Free Events. Workshops and Training. Presented by: Data and Digital Scholarship. Sponsored by: UC Davis Library. Friday, August 16, 2019, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM. For more info visit www.library.ucdavis.edu.
Seed Business 101: Field Crops
Seed Business 101 focuses on the optimum operations of the five major functional areas of a seed company: Plant Breeding Research, Production, Operations, Sales and Marketing, and Administration. The course offers a broad understanding of the major aspects of a seed company’s operations and a cross-departmental knowledge of best practices for profitability, including four case studies. This Seed Business 101 course emphasizes field crops. Early-bird registration ends June 28, 2019. Course information and registration here. Location of Event: Other. Contact Email: rsmadrigal@ucdavis.edu. Event Type: Workshops and Training. Presented by: UC Davis Seed Biotechnology Center. Monday, August 19, 2019 – Friday, August 23, 2019. St. Charles, Illinois. For more info visit sbc.ucdavis.edu.
Energy Bootcamp
The UC Davis Energy and Efficiency Institute, in conjunction with PG&E, will be hosting a 2-day Training Course for students interested in pursuing careers in the energy field. Participants will: • Learn about building energy use and efficiency • Get hands on experience • Learn how to conduct a basic energy audit • Network with professionals in the energy field Register by July 26. Campus Location: Giedt Hall. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: asloge@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 530-204-8865. Event Type: Workshops and Training. Presented by: Energy and Efficiency Institute. Monday, August 19, 2019 – Tuesday, August 20, 2019. For more info visit docs.google.com.
UC Davis CPE Online Info Session: Accounting
Online information session about the Accounting Certificate Program. Participants will receive $100 off first course. Register Now. Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: cpeinfo@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 800-752-0881. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Presented by: UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education. Tuesday, August 20, 2019, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM. For more info visit cpe.ucdavis.edu.
UC Davis CPE Online Info Session: Planning and Sustainability
Online information session about the Planning and Sustainability Program. Participants will receive $100 off first course. Register Now. Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: cpeinfo@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 800-752-0881. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Presented by: UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education. Wednesday, August 21, 2019, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. For more info visit cpe.ucdavis.edu.
“Creating a Near-Zero Emission Energy System”
Bodega Marine Laboratory Seminar Series, Ken Caldeira is a senior scientist of global ecology and a professor of earth system sciences, Carnegie Institution for Science & Stanford University On campus, a livestream of this seminar will be presented in the Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute office, 1347 Storer Hall. Host: C. Fish. Room: Lecture Hall and online. Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: ucdbml@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 707-875-2211. Event Type: Lectures and Seminars. Presented by: Ken Caldeira. Sponsored by: Bodega Marine Laboratory. Wednesday, August 21, 2019, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM. Bodega Marine Laboratory and online. For more info visit marinescience.ucdavis.edu.
4th Annual Water Data Summit
The 4th annual Water Data Summit will feature leaders from California's most innovative public agencies, companies and academic institutions who are using data to better manage water resources throughout the state. Campus Location: Activities and Recreation Center (ARC). Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Contact Email: info@CaliforniaDataCollaborative.com. Event Type: Conferences and Symposia. Presented by: Center for Water-Energy Efficiency. Thursday, August 22, 2019 – Friday, August 23, 2019. For more info visit www.cawaterdatasummit.org.
EndNote Introduction for Science Researchers
PLEASE NOTE: EndNote is no longer licensed campus-wide. Many campus departments have decided to continue with EndNote; check with your departmental IT contact before signing up for this class. EndNote is a bibliographic management program which simplifies the process of generating bibliographies and reference lists. EndNote allows one to easily store, manage, and format references to any core science style guide such as ACS, APA, CSE, IEEE, NLM or to any specific journal style such as FASEB J, Front Ecol Environ, IEEE Access, J Agr Food Chem, J Exp Biol, Plant Cell, PLoS One, Science. EndNote also helps you store, organize, and easily retrieve publication PDFs. This introductory class will cover: creating EndNote libraries; direct export of citations from science databases; adding PDFs to your EndNote Library; output styles; and Cite While You Write (using EndNote with Microsoft Word). Please register for a seat. Campus Location: Peter J. Shields Library. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: ragustafson@ucdavis.edu. Event Type: Free Events. Workshops and Training. Presented by: Shields Library. Sponsored by: UC Davis Library. Thursday, August 22, 2019, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM. For more info visit forms.library.ucdavis.edu.
Fall 2019: Pass 1 Appointments Ends; New Students
Quarter Registration Dates Pass 1, Appointments; new students. Open Hours: Only after Orientation Registration, until midnight. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Academic Dates. Presented by: Office of the University Registrar. Friday, August 23, 2019. For more info visit registrar.ucdavis.edu.
Folk musicians are invited to bring their acoustic instruments and play together informally during this acoustic jam session at Wyatt Deck next to the redwood grove in the UC Davis Arboretum. Pull out your fiddles, guitars, mandolins, penny whistles, pipes, flutes, squeezeboxes (you name it) and join your fellow musicians for a little bluegrass, old-time, blues, Celtic, klezmer and world music over the lunch hour. All skill levels welcome and listeners are invited. Parking is available for $9 in Visitor Lot 5 on Old Davis Road at Arboretum Drive. Campus Location: Wyatt Deck. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: arboretum@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 530-752-4880. Event Type: Arts and Entertainment. Free Events. Outdoor Events. Presented by: UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. Friday, August 23, 2019, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. For more info visit arboretum.ucdavis.edu.
Fall 2019: Open Registration; New Students
Quarter Registration Dates 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Academic Dates. Presented by: Office of the University Registrar. Saturday, August 24, 2019 – Sunday, August 25, 2019. For more info visit registrar.ucdavis.edu.
Fall 2019: Pass 2 Appointments
Quarter Registration Dates Pass 2, Appointments. Open Hours: Evenings (M–F) 8:00 p.m.–midnight. , Weekends 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Academic Dates. Presented by: Office of the University Registrar. Monday, August 26, 2019 – Friday, September 6, 2019. For more info visit registrar.ucdavis.edu.
Fall 2019: Pass 2 Appointments Begin
Quarter Registration Dates Pass 2, Appointments. Open Hours: Evenings (M–F) 8:00 p.m.–midnight. , Weekends 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Academic Dates. Presented by: Office of the University Registrar. Monday, August 26, 2019. For more info visit registrar.ucdavis.edu.
UC TAP/TAG Workshop
Undergraduate Admissions Learn how to use your UC Transfer Admission Planner (TAP) to apply for a Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG) in September! Bring your laptop or tablet to create your UC TAP at this interactive workshop and see how it can help you prepare for your transfer to a University of California campus. , Learn about UC transfer admission requirements. , Find out if you're eligible for a Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG) that can ensure your admission to a UC campus. Contact your transfer/counseling center at 510-215-6874 for location and other details. See you soon! Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: rfgreen@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 916-801-7156. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Presented by: UC Davis Undergraduate Admissions. Sponsored by: Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP). Monday, August 26, 2019, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM. Contra Costa College. For more info visit www.contracosta.edu.
Suisun Valley Wineries and Luncheon at Paradise Valley Estates
Suisun Valley Wineries and Luncheon at Paradise Valley Estates Join the Retiree Center on Tuesday, August 27th for a special luncheon and wine tasting hosted by the Retiree Center and Paradise Valley Estates. We will begin our day by stopping in at the Paradise Valley Estates’ Design Center in Fairfield for a short introduction to a new development called The Ridge. The Ridge includes an eight-acre expansion offering resort-style living for adults age 60+. The development includes apartments, duplex homes, quadraplex homes and 2 bedroom, two bath manor homes. Following the tour, Paradise Valley will host a complimentary lunch in their dining room. After lunch, we will depart to visit two Fairfield Area wineries, G V Cellars (UC Davis Alumni winery) and Vezar Family Vineyard. Paradise Valley Estates has underwritten the cost of the bus and lunch. The total cost of the trip per person will be $20 for association members and guests and $25 for nonmember and guests. This small contribution will cover the… Location of Event: Davis - Off Campus. Cost: 20.00 per person. Contact Email: retireecenter@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 530-752.5182. Event Type: Tours. Presented by: UC Davis Retiree Center. Sponsored by: UC Davis Retiree Center. Tuesday, August 27, 2019, 10:30 AM – 5:00 PM. For more info visit ucdavis.imodules.com.
Undergraduate Admissions Your Transfer Opportunity Program Coordinator, Renelle Johnson, is on your campus nearly every week and is available to meet with you to answer any questions you have about transferring to a four-year college. Create or update your UC TAP profile to discuss your transfer plans. Schedule an appointment through your transfer/counseling center at 925-473-7444 today! Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: rfgreen@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 916-801-7156. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Presented by: UC Davis Undergraduate Admissions. Sponsored by: UC Davis Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP). Wednesday, August 28, 2019, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM. Los Medanos College. For more info visit www.losmedanos.edu.
“Science in Action: Bridging the Gap Between Marine and Estuarine Science, Policy, and Natural Resource Conservation”
Bodega Marine Laboratory Seminar Series, Melanie Okoro is a chief operating officer and founder, Eco-Alpha On campus, a livestream of this seminar will be presented in the Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute office, 1347 Storer Hall. Host: H. Killeen. Room: Lecture Hall and online. Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: ucdbml@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 707-875-2211. Event Type: Lectures and Seminars. Presented by: Melanie Okoro. Sponsored by: Bodega Marine Laboratory. Wednesday, August 28, 2019, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM. Bodega Marine Laboratory and online. For more info visit marinescience.ucdavis.edu.
Fall 2019: Undergraduate Readmission
Undergraduate Readmission Calendar Application deadline date for readmission to undergraduate status. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Academic Dates. Presented by: Office of the University Registrar. Saturday, August 31, 2019. For more info visit registrar.ucdavis.edu.
Football vs. California
In the season opener for both teams, the defending Big Sky Conference champion UC Davis Aggies take on the California Golden Bears, in their first meeting on the gridiron since 2010. Cal ticket office. The UC Davis home season opens Saturday, Sept. 14, when the Aggies host the Lehigh Mountain Hawks. Aggie season tickets are now on sale through the UC Davis ticket office: Online , By phone — 530-752-AGS1 , In person — 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday (northeast corner of Aggie Stadium) Fans who renew or purchase season tickets will receive a replica Big Sky championship ring, while supplies last. Location of Event: Other. Event Type: Athletics and Sports. Presented by: Intercollegiate Athletics. Saturday, August 31, 2019, 3:30 PM. Memorial Stadium, UC Berkeley. For more info visit ucdavisaggies.com.
Summer 2019: Labor Day
University Holidays and Campus Closures University Holiday. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Academic Dates. Presented by: UC Davis. Monday, September 2, 2019.
ANII All Here Day
Patient Care Services AN II All Here Day. Campus Location: UC Davis Medical Center. Room: PSSB Auditorium. Location of Event: UC Davis Health (Sacramento). Contact Email: ElKissinger@UCDavis.edu. Event Type: Health and Wellness. Workshops and Training. Presented by: Patient Care Services. Wednesday, September 4, 2019, 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
“Climate impacts to the California coast and beyond”
Bodega Marine Laboratory Seminar Series, Patrick Barnard is a research geologist at the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, USGS On campus, a livestream of this seminar will be presented in the Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute office, 1347 Storer Hall. Host: J. Largier. Room: Lecture Hall and online. Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: ucdbml@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 707-875-2211. Event Type: Lectures and Seminars. Presented by: Patrick Barnard. Sponsored by: Bodega Marine Laboratory. Wednesday, September 4, 2019, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM. Bodega Marine Laboratory and online. For more info visit marinescience.ucdavis.edu.
New Retirees Reception
The reception, postponed from June 20, is for faculty and staff whose retirement dates fall from July 2, 2018, to July 1, 2019, from the Davis campus and UC Davis Health. Each retiree is welcome to bring one guest. The Retiree Center has set up two RSVP links, each offering the opportunity to receive a special retirement certificate signed by Chancellor Gary S. May and to provide your email address for the purpose of receiving newsletters and other notifications, say, for day trips, campus tours, volunteer opportunities and special programing. (If you RSVP'd for the original date, you have been automatically registered for the new date, or you may contact the Retiree Center by email to have your name removed from the registration list.) Responses are due by Monday, Aug. 19: “RSVP Yes” if you will attend. Your certificate, if you opt for one, will be available at the reception. , “RSVP No” if you will not attend but would still like to receive a certificate (to be available for pickup at the Retiree… Campus Location: Conference Center & Welcome Center. Room: Ballroom. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: bjheard@ucdavis.edu. Event Type: Receptions, Banquets and Networking. Presented by: Retiree Center. Thursday, September 5, 2019, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM. For more info visit www.ucdavis.edu.
Fall 2019: Pass 2 Appointments End
Quarter Registration Dates Pass 2, Appointments. Open Hours: Evenings (M–F) 8:00 p.m.–midnight. , Weekends 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Academic Dates. Presented by: Office of the University Registrar. Friday, September 6, 2019. For more info visit registrar.ucdavis.edu.
Folk musicians are invited to bring their acoustic instruments and play together informally during this acoustic jam session at Wyatt Deck next to the redwood grove in the UC Davis Arboretum. Pull out your fiddles, guitars, mandolins, penny whistles, pipes, flutes, squeezeboxes (you name it) and join your fellow musicians for a little bluegrass, old-time, blues, Celtic, klezmer and world music over the lunch hour. All skill levels welcome and listeners are invited. Parking is available for $9 in Visitor Lot 5 on Old Davis Road at Arboretum Drive. Campus Location: Wyatt Deck. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: arboretum@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 530-752-4880. Event Type: Arts and Entertainment. Free Events. Outdoor Events. Presented by: UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. Friday, September 6, 2019, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. For more info visit arboretum.ucdavis.edu.
Carl Stahmer, the library’s director of digital scholarship and associate director of the UC Davis Data Science Initiative, holds office hours each Friday afternoon at Blaisdell Medical Library, for UC Davis Health faculty, residents, graduate students and researchers. Consultations by appointment and drop-in questions are both welcome. Campus Location: Blaisdell Medical Library. Room: 1102. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: digitalscholarship@ucdavis.edu. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Free Events. Workshops and Training. Presented by: Data and Digital Scholarship. Sponsored by: UC Davis Library. Friday, September 6, 2019, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM. For more info visit www.library.ucdavis.edu.
Fall 2019: Open Registration
Quarter Registration Dates Open registration. Weekdays 6:00 a.m.–midnight. , Weekends 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Academic Dates. Presented by: Office of the University Registrar. Saturday, September 7, 2019 – Saturday, September 14, 2019. For more info visit registrar.ucdavis.edu.
Fall 2019: Open Registration Begins
Quarter Registration Dates Open registration. Weekdays 6:00 a.m.–midnight. , Weekends 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Academic Dates. Presented by: Office of the University Registrar. Saturday, September 7, 2019. For more info visit registrar.ucdavis.edu.
Prepared Childbirth (Session 1)
This four-session program will provide an overview of labor and delivery; instruction and skill practice on relaxation and breathing techniques and an overview of pain medication options. Expectant parents may tour the UC Davis Birthing Suites each Sunday at 4 p.m. Patients will meet at the Pavilion Lobby Information desk, near the main entrance to the hospital. No reservations required. Parking is not validated, parking fee is $2 per hour. This public Health and Wellness class is provided to you by UC Davis Health System in Sacramento, CA. Register for the Prepared Childbirth class. Campus Location: Broadway Building. Room: Suite, 1630. Location of Event: UC Davis Health (Sacramento). Cost: Patients $75 / Community $90. Contact Email: wellness@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 916-734-9797. Event Type: Health and Wellness. Workshops and Training. Presented by: UC Davis Health and Wellness. Sponsored by: UC Davis Health and Wellness. Monday, September 9, 2019, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. For more info visit www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu.
UC Davis CPE Online Info Session: Coaching for Life and Work
Online information session about the Professional Couching for Life and Work Certificate Program. Participants will receive $100 off enrollment. Register Now. Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: cpeinfo@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 800-752-0881. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Presented by: UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education. Tuesday, September 10, 2019, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM. For more info visit cpe.ucdavis.edu.
This four-session program will provide an overview of labor and delivery; instruction and skill practice on relaxation and breathing techniques and an overview of pain medication options. Expectant parents may tour the UC Davis Birthing Suites each Sunday at 4 p.m. Patients will meet at the Pavilion Lobby Information desk, near the main entrance to the hospital. No reservations required. Parking is not validated, parking fee is $2 per hour. This public Health and Wellness class is provided to you by UC Davis Health System in Sacramento, CA. Register for the Prepared Childbirth class. Campus Location: Broadway Building. Room: Suite, 1630. Location of Event: UC Davis Health (Sacramento). Cost: Patients $75 / Community $90. Contact Email: wellness@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 916-734-9797. Event Type: Health and Wellness. Workshops and Training. Presented by: UC Davis Health and Wellness. Sponsored by: UC Davis Health and Wellness. Tuesday, September 10, 2019, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. For more info visit www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu.
Undergraduate Admissions Your Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP) Coordinator, Renelle Johnson, is on your campus nearly every week and is available to meet with you to answer any questions you have about transferring to a four-year college. Create or update your UC TAP profile to discuss your transfer plans. Schedule an appointment through your transfer/counseling center at 925-473-7444 today! Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: rfgreen@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 916-801-7156. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Presented by: UC Davis Undergraduate Admissions. Sponsored by: UC Davis Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP). Wednesday, September 11, 2019, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM. Los Medanos College. For more info visit www.losmedanos.edu.
PLEASE NOTE: EndNote is no longer licensed campus-wide. Many campus departments have decided to continue with EndNote; check with your departmental IT contact before signing up for this class. EndNote is a bibliographic management program which simplifies the process of generating bibliographies and reference lists. EndNote allows one to easily store, manage, and format references to any core science style guide such as ACS, APA, CSE, IEEE, NLM or to any specific journal style such as FASEB J, Front Ecol Environ, IEEE Access, J Agr Food Chem, J Exp Biol, Plant Cell, PLoS One, Science. EndNote also helps you store, organize, and easily retrieve publication PDFs. This introductory class will cover: creating EndNote libraries; direct export of citations from science databases; adding PDFs to your EndNote Library; output styles; and Cite While You Write (using EndNote with Microsoft Word). Please register for a seat. Campus Location: Peter J. Shields Library. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: ragustafson@ucdavis.edu. Event Type: Free Events. Workshops and Training. Presented by: Shields Library. Sponsored by: UC Davis Library. Wednesday, September 11, 2019, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM. For more info visit forms.library.ucdavis.edu.
Walk With Warren
Join Warren Roberts, superintendent emeritus of the UC Davis Arboretum, famous storyteller and punster, for an always-engaging noontime exploration of the arboretum's gardens and collections. Park for free for one hour along Garrod Drive near the gazebo, or park in Lot 55 (look for metered spaces or buy a $9 daily pass). Campus Location: Carolee Shields White Flower Garden and Gazebo. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: arboretum@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 530-752-4880. Event Type: Environment and Sustainability. Free Events. Outdoor Events. Tours. Presented by: Warren Roberts. Sponsored by: Arboretum and Public Garden. Wednesday, September 11, 2019, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. For more info visit arboretum.ucdavis.edu.
Undergraduate Admissions Learn how to use your UC Transfer Admission Planner (TAP) to apply for a Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG) in September! Bring your laptop or tablet to create your UC TAP at this interactive workshop and see how it can help you prepare for your transfer to a University of California campus. , Learn about UC transfer admission requirements. , Find out if you're eligible for a Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG) that can ensure your admission to a UC campus. Contact your transfer/counseling center at (925) 473-7444 for location and other details. See you soon! Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: rfgreen@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 916-801-7156. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Presented by: UC Davis Undergraduate Admissions. Sponsored by: Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP). Wednesday, September 11, 2019, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM. Los Medanos College. For more info visit www.losmedanos.edu.
Fall 2019: Graduation Filing Period Ends
Undergraduate Graduation Filing Deadlines Undergraduate students must file their graduation application by the appropriate deadline for the quarter in which they are filing to graduate. Late applications for graduation are not accepted. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Academic Dates. Presented by: Office of the University Registrar. Friday, September 13, 2019. For more info visit registrar.ucdavis.edu.
Reiki, Level I
This workshop will demonstrate the use of reiki as a technique for relaxation, stress reduction and pain management. This type of touch therapy can be used as an adjunctive tool to alter the perception of pain. This class will include the demonstration and return demonstration of the reiki exercises and how to use reiki to improve patient comfort. Out of consideration for others, please refrain from using perfumes, cologne, or other strong fragrant products. Register for the Reiki, Level I class. Campus Location: Facilities Support Services Building (FSSB). Room: Room 2030. Location of Event: UC Davis Health (Sacramento). Cost: Employees $25 Deposit / Community $40 Fee. Contact Email: hs-cppn@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 916-734-9790. Event Type: Workshops and Training. Presented by: UC Davis Center for Professional Practice of Nursing. Sponsored by: UC Davis Center for Professional Practice of Nursing. Friday, September 13, 2019, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM. For more info visit www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu.
Carl Stahmer, the library’s director of digital scholarship and associate director of the UC Davis Data Science Initiative, holds office hours each Friday afternoon at Blaisdell Medical Library, for UC Davis Health faculty, residents, graduate students and researchers. Consultations by appointment and drop-in questions are both welcome. Campus Location: Blaisdell Medical Library. Room: 1102. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: digitalscholarship@ucdavis.edu. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Free Events. Workshops and Training. Presented by: Data and Digital Scholarship. Sponsored by: UC Davis Library. Friday, September 13, 2019, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM. For more info visit www.library.ucdavis.edu.
Fall 2019: Open Registration Ends
Quarter Registration Dates Open registration. Weekdays 6:00 a.m.–midnight. , Weekends 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Academic Dates. Presented by: Office of the University Registrar. Saturday, September 14, 2019. For more info visit registrar.ucdavis.edu.
Fall 2019: Registration Freeze
Quarter Registration Dates Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Academic Dates. Presented by: Office of the University Registrar. Sunday, September 15, 2019, 12:00 AM – Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 5:59 AM. For more info visit registrar.ucdavis.edu.
Fall 2019: Registration Freeze Begins
Quarter Registration Dates Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Academic Dates. Presented by: Office of the University Registrar. Sunday, September 15, 2019. For more info visit registrar.ucdavis.edu.
Ocean's Role in Sustainable Food Production
This symposium will present the current scientific, economic, social, and governance issues surrounding the ocean’s role in global food production and explore potential impacts of climate change on these functions and processes. Registration required, more information and registration. Campus Location: RMI Sensory. Room: The Robert Mondavi Institute Silverado Vineyard Sensory Theater. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: $10-$25. Contact Email: clhom@ucdavis.edu. Event Type: Conferences and Symposia. Presented by: Various. Sponsored by: Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute, Sustainable Oceans National Research Training Program, California Environmental Law and Policy Center. Monday, September 16, 2019 – Tuesday, September 17, 2019. For more info visit marinescience.ucdavis.edu.
Graduate Student Orientation
Graduate Studies Sponsored by Graduate Studies, Graduate Student Orientation (GSO) is an intensive social and academic overview for new graduate students, comprised of workshops, panel discussions, and social activities designed to help new students prepare for some of the expected and unexpected side effects of graduate school and become familiar with the various university services available to graduate students. All incoming graduate students are strongly encouraged to register for orientation and must register for the mandatory sexual violence prevention training. Campus Location: Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. Room: Jackson Hall. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: knraley@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 530-752-4480. Event Type: Conferences and Symposia. Free Events. Special Events. Welcome or Orientation. Presented by: Graduate Studies. Monday, September 16, 2019, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM. For more info visit grad.ucdavis.edu.
AHA Family & Friends CPR
The American Heart Association Family & Friends CPR course is for people who want to learn CPR but do not need a course completion card in CPR for their job. Register for this class. Campus Location: Broadway Building. Room: Suite, 1630. Location of Event: UC Davis Health (Sacramento). Cost: $25. Contact Email: wellness@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 916-734-9797. Event Type: Health and Wellness. Workshops and Training. Presented by: UC Davis Health and Wellness. Sponsored by: UC Davis Health and Wellness. Monday, September 16, 2019, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM. For more info visit www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu.
Fresh-cut Products Workshop
Fresh-cut Products Workshop Through topic-related sessions and demonstrations, this workshop provides an intensive overview of fresh-cut production, processing, packaging, distribution and quality assurance. The workshop is relevant to all levels of fresh-cut produce industry professionals. Food scientists, food engineers, quality assurance personnel and new product development staff as well as representatives from research institutions, the restaurant and Institutional food industries, and equipment, packaging and ingredient suppliers will all benefit. Details and registration here. Campus Location: Walter A. Buehler Alumni Center. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Contact Email: pastockdale@ucdavis.edu. Event Type: Workshops and Training. Presented by: UC Postharvest Center. Tuesday, September 17, 2019 – Thursday, September 19, 2019.
Weed Science School 2019
Weed Science School is an intensive course focusing on the mode and mechanism of herbicide activity in plants and the fate of herbicides in the environment. This course allows professionals to update their understanding of weed science and the action of herbicides in the plant and the environment, especially in California. Information on the agenda and registration will be posted closer to the event date. Tentative information here. Campus Location: Bowley Plant Science Teaching Facility. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: See website. Contact Email: gmperez@ucdavis.edu. Event Type: Food and Agriculture. Outdoor Events. Workshops and Training. Presented by: Weed Research and Information Center. Tuesday, September 17, 2019 – Thursday, September 19, 2019.
Fall 2019: Registration Freeze Ends
Quarter Registration Dates Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Academic Dates. Presented by: Office of the University Registrar. Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 5:59 AM. For more info visit registrar.ucdavis.edu.
Fall 2019: Schedule Adjustment
Quarter Registration Dates Weekdays 6:00 a.m.–midnight. , Weekends 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Academic Dates. Presented by: Office of the University Registrar. Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 6:00 AM – Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 11:59 PM. For more info visit registrar.ucdavis.edu.
Fall 2019: Schedule Adjustment Begins
Quarter Registration Dates Weekdays 6:00 a.m.–midnight. , Weekends 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Academic Dates. Presented by: Office of the University Registrar. Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 6:00 AM. For more info visit registrar.ucdavis.edu.
Quarter Dates and Deadlines Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Academic Dates. Presented by: Office of the University Registrar. Thursday, September 19, 2019, 6:00 AM. For more info visit registrar.ucdavis.edu.
UC Davis CPE Online Info Session: Professional Brewing
Online information session about the Professional Brewing Programs. Participants will receive $100 off first course. Register Now. Location of Event: Other. Cost: Free. Contact Email: cpeinfo@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 800-752-0881. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Presented by: UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education. Thursday, September 19, 2019, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM. For more info visit cpe.ucdavis.edu.
This four-session program will provide an overview of labor and delivery; instruction and skill practice on relaxation and breathing techniques and an overview of pain medication options. Expectant parents may tour the UC Davis Birthing Suites each Sunday at 4 p.m. Patients will meet at the Pavilion Lobby Information desk, near the main entrance to the hospital. No reservations required. Parking is not validated, parking fee is $2 per hour. This public Health and Wellness class is provided to you by UC Davis Health System in Sacramento, CA. Register for the Prepared Childbirth class. Campus Location: Broadway Building. Room: Suite, 1630. Location of Event: UC Davis Health (Sacramento). Cost: Patients $75 / Community $90. Contact Email: wellness@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 916-734-9797. Event Type: Health and Wellness. Workshops and Training. Presented by: UC Davis Health and Wellness. Sponsored by: UC Davis Health and Wellness. Thursday, September 19, 2019, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. For more info visit www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu.
Folk musicians are invited to bring their acoustic instruments and play together informally during this acoustic jam session at Wyatt Deck next to the redwood grove in the UC Davis Arboretum. Pull out your fiddles, guitars, mandolins, penny whistles, pipes, flutes, squeezeboxes (you name it) and join your fellow musicians for a little bluegrass, old-time, blues, Celtic, klezmer and world music over the lunch hour. All skill levels welcome and listeners are invited. Parking is available for $9 in Visitor Lot 5 on Old Davis Road at Arboretum Drive. Campus Location: Wyatt Deck. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: arboretum@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 530-752-4880. Event Type: Arts and Entertainment. Free Events. Outdoor Events. Presented by: UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. Friday, September 20, 2019, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. For more info visit arboretum.ucdavis.edu.
Fall 2019: Quarter Begins
Quarter Dates and Deadlines Financial Aid funds available through Direct Deposit. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Academic Dates. Presented by: Office of the University Registrar. Monday, September 23, 2019.
Babies are born to be breastfed. Learn normal newborn behavior and what to expect. We'll discuss topics such as the Basics of Breastfeeding; Mother and Infant Nutrition, Caring for the Newborn; information on sudden infant death syndrome, as well as other topics of interest. This public Health and Wellness class is provided to you by UC Davis Health in Sacramento, CA. Click here to register >>. Campus Location: Broadway Building. Room: Suite, 1630. Location of Event: UC Davis Health (Sacramento). Cost: Patients $30 / Community $40. Contact Email: wellness@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 916-734-9797. Event Type: Health and Wellness. Workshops and Training. Presented by: UC Davis Health and Wellness. Sponsored by: UC Davis Health and Wellness. Tuesday, September 24, 2019, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM. For more info visit www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu.
May 2019 Science Cafe All of Us Initiative: Prevent and treat disease based on individual difference and Clinical Trials Recruitment Awareness Message. Community Conversations Science Café is a bi-monthly speaker’s series produced by the UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center, UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities, and the Powerhouse Science Center. Location of Event: Sacramento - Off Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: ftmalik@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 916-703-9138. Event Type: Lectures and Seminars. Presented by: Research and Education Community Advisory Board. Sponsored by: Clinical and Translational Science Center. Tuesday, September 24, 2019, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. Old Soul @ 40 Acres, 3434 Broadway, Sacramento.
Fall 2019: Instruction Begins
Quarter Dates and Deadlines Last day to file Planned Educational Leave Program (PELP) petition with full refund. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Academic Dates. Presented by: Office of the University Registrar. Wednesday, September 25, 2019.
March 2019 Science Cafe PATIENT STORIES – End of Life to Transplant to Community Empowerment A wealth of knowledge is hidden inside every health story. Our work is to empower patients to become leaders, promoting health in their communities. Learn the process of how we work with a single patient; and through technology, turn their story into a movement to improve community health. A Conversation with Martin Cadeiras Dr. Cadeiras is heart failure and heart transplant cardiologist, offering care for patients with advanced and rare heart diseases. He has a special interest in the emerging field of precision medicine and the use of technology to improve health care access and delivery. Joining the conversation with Dr. Cadeiras are Diego Silva, a computer scientist and postdoctoral researcher in the complex care laboratory in the division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, and Miriam Moreno, a community leader who will share stories of her health experiences to raise awareness about or… Location of Event: Sacramento - Off Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: ftmalik@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 916-703-9138. Event Type: Lectures and Seminars. Presented by: Research and Education Community Advisory Board. Sponsored by: Clinical and Translational Science Center. Thursday, September 26, 2019, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. Old Soul @ 40 Acres, 3434 Broadway, Sacramento. For more info visit www.eventbrite.com.
May 2019 Science Café PRECISION MEDICINE – ALL of Us Imagine healthcare that is based on your lifestyle, DNA, and environment. All of Us is a historic national effort to collect data from one million people living in the United States to accelerate research and improve health by delivering precision medicine. A Conversation with Frederick J. Meyers Dr. Meyers is the director of the Center for Precision Medicine and a professor of Internal Medicine, Hematology-Oncology. Dr. Meyers’ current focus is leading and integrating precision medicine with the communities UC Davis serves. Joining the conversation with Dr. Meyers will be Jacqueline Garcia, engagement coordinator, All of Us Research Program. Fred Stevenson, clinical trials recruitment manager, will dispel common myths about clinical trials and showcase the StudyPages website. Location of Event: Sacramento - Off Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: ftmalik@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 916-703-9138. Event Type: Lectures and Seminars. Presented by: Research and Education Community Advisory Board. Sponsored by: Clinical and Translational Science Center. Thursday, September 26, 2019, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. Old Soul @ 40 Acres, 3434 Broadway, Sacramento. For more info visit leadership.ucdavis.edu.
Social Determinants of Health in the Children’s Hospital
This course is designed to examine the social determinants of health in the pediatric and neonatal population. Register for this class >>. Campus Location: Betty Irene Moore Hall. Room: Room 1800. Location of Event: UC Davis Health (Sacramento). Cost: UC Davis employees: $25 registration deposit; Community registrants: $75 registration fee. Contact Email: hs-cppn@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 916-734-9790. Event Type: Workshops and Training. Presented by: UC Davis Center for Professional Practice of Nursing. Sponsored by: UC Davis Center for Professional Practice of Nursing. Friday, September 27, 2019, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM. For more info visit health.ucdavis.edu.
Energy Graduate Group Seminar: Alissa Kendall
Campus Location: West Village. Room: 1605 Tilia Street, Room 1103. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Event Type: Environment and Sustainability. Lectures and Seminars. Presented by: UC Davis Energy and Efficiency Institute. Friday, September 27, 2019, 10:30 AM – 11:50 AM.
PLEASE NOTE: EndNote is no longer licensed campus-wide. Many campus departments have decided to continue with EndNote; check with your departmental IT contact before signing up for this class. EndNote is a bibliographic management program which simplifies the process of generating bibliographies and reference lists. EndNote allows one to easily store, manage, and format references to any core science style guide such as ACS, APA, CSE, IEEE, NLM or to any specific journal style such as FASEB J, Front Ecol Environ, IEEE Access, J Agr Food Chem, J Exp Biol, Plant Cell, PLoS One, Science. EndNote also helps you store, organize, and easily retrieve publication PDFs. This introductory class will cover: creating EndNote libraries; direct export of citations from science databases; adding PDFs to your EndNote Library; output styles; and Cite While You Write (using EndNote with Microsoft Word). Please register for a seat. Campus Location: Peter J. Shields Library. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: ragustafson@ucdavis.edu. Event Type: Free Events. Workshops and Training. Presented by: Shields Library. Sponsored by: UC Davis Library. Friday, September 27, 2019, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM. For more info visit forms.library.ucdavis.edu.
Arboretum Plant Sale
Members only: 9 - 11 a.m. | Public: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. It's our first plant sale of the fall season! Shop our one-acre nursery for an incredible selection of Arboretum All-Stars, California natives and thousands of other attractive, low-water plants perfect for creating a landscape alive with environmentally important pollinators. Members of the Friends of the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden and Davis Botanical Society gain early entrance and 10% off their purchases! Not a member? Join the Friends online, at the door or call ahead; new members receive a $10-off coupon as a thank you for joining. Learn more Visit our Plant Sale webpage for more information. Campus Location: Arboretum Teaching Nursery. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: rgloe@ucdavis.edu. Event Type: Environment and Sustainability. Fairs, Expos and Exhibits. Free Events. Fundraisers. Outdoor Events. Sales. Special Events. Presented by: UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. Saturday, September 28, 2019, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM. For more info visit arboretum.ucdavis.edu.
Trey McLaughlin & The Sounds of Zamar
Mondavi Center Trey McLaughlin & The Sounds of Zamar takes its audiences “to church” with soul-stirring arrangements of contemporary gospel, musical theater and rich original compositions. The ensemble has performed with gospel greats such as William McDowell, Kierra “Kiki” Sheard, Richard Smallwood, Pastor Charles Jenkins, Earnest Pugh, James Fortune and Mondavi Center 18–19 season performer Damien Sneed. McLaughlin and this anointed group are known for their rich harmonies and beautiful blends which are showcased throughout their album Limitless. With their heavenly vocals and intricate arrangements of contemporary gospel and musical theater covers, The Sounds of Zamar transcends cultural boundaries and age groups. Campus Location: Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. Room: Jackson Hall. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: $25+ Prices subject to change. Discounts available for UC Davis Students/Faculty/Staff, Active-duty Military, Youth and non-UC Davis Students. On Sale July 15. Contact Email: tickets@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 530-754-2787. Event Type: Arts and Entertainment. Presented by: Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. Sunday, September 29, 2019, 2:00 PM. For more info visit bit.ly.
Facilitator Workshop: Vizient/AACN New Graduate Nurse Residency Program
Goals and objectives of the Vizient/AACN Nurse Residency Program will be outlined. The roles of the Nurse Residency program members will be defined. Participants will learn to facilitate the transition of new. Campus Location: Broadway Building. Room: Suite 1630. Location of Event: UC Davis Health (Sacramento). Contact Email: krgreaves@ucdavis.edu. Event Type: Health and Wellness. Workshops and Training. Presented by: CPPN - Center for Professional Practice of Nursing. Sponsored by: Offered by CPPN- Center for Professional Practice of Nursing. Monday, September 30, 2019, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM. For more info visit bit.ly.
STABLE Program
The STABLE Program was developed to meet the educational needs of health-care providers who must deliver this important stabilization care. Click here to register >>. Campus Location: Broadway Building. Room: Suite, 1630. Location of Event: UC Davis Health (Sacramento). Cost: Employees $25 Deposit / Community $75 Fee. Contact Email: hs-cppn@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 916-734-9790. Event Type: Workshops and Training. Presented by: UC Davis Center for Professional Practice of Nursing. Sponsored by: UC Davis Center for Professional Practice of Nursing. Wednesday, October 2, 2019, 7:30 AM – 4:30 PM. For more info visit www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu.
Study Abroad and Internship Fair
Thinking about studying or interning abroad? Now is your chance to learn about opportunities available at UC Davis! This fair offers resources for UC Davis study and internship program opportunities as well as many non-UC Davis options (organizations from all over the world will have representatives here). At the fair, students can: Talk with study and intern abroad alumni about their experiences. , Hear from advisors about programs that will meet individual needs. , Chat with Financial Aid representatives about scholarships and financial aid availability RSVP via Facebook. Campus Location: Quad. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Contact Email: studyabroad@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 530-752-5515. Event Type: Fairs, Expos and Exhibits. Free Events. Outdoor Events. Workshops and Training. Presented by: Study Abroad, and Internship and Career Center. Thursday, October 3, 2019, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM. For more info visit studyabroad.ucdavis.edu.
Energy Graduate Group Seminar: Tony Reames
Energy Graduate Group Seminar: Tony Reames, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan. Campus Location: West Village. Room: 1605 Tilia Street, Room 1103. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Event Type: Environment and Sustainability. Lectures and Seminars. Presented by: UC Davis Energy and Efficiency Institute. Friday, October 4, 2019, 10:30 AM – 11:50 AM.
Carl Stahmer, the library’s director of digital scholarship and associate director of the UC Davis Data Science Initiative, holds office hours each Friday afternoon at Blaisdell Medical Library, for UC Davis Health faculty, residents, graduate students and researchers. Consultations by appointment and drop-in questions are both welcome. Campus Location: Blaisdell Medical Library. Room: 1102. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: digitalscholarship@ucdavis.edu. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Free Events. Workshops and Training. Presented by: Data and Digital Scholarship. Sponsored by: UC Davis Library. Friday, October 4, 2019, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM. For more info visit www.library.ucdavis.edu.
Mondavi Center Two-time Grammy award–winner and American treasure John Prine makes his long-overdue debut on the Mondavi Center stage. Since his eponymously titled first album in 1971, Prine has continued to write and perform songs that have become central to our American musical heritage. Classics like “Angel from Montgomery,” “Sam Stone,” “Paradise” and “Hello in There” speak to the everyday experience of ordinary people with a simple honesty and an extraordinary ability to get right through to the heart of the listener. Long considered a “songwriter’s songwriter,” Prine is a rare talent whose writing is greatly admired by his peers. Kelsey Waldon, one of country music’s most promising rising stars, opens the evening. Campus Location: Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. Room: Jackson Hall. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: $61.50+ Prices subject to change. Discounts available for UC Davis Students/Faculty/Staff, Active-duty Military, Youth and non-UC Davis Students. On Sale July 15. Contact Email: tickets@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 530-754-2787. Event Type: Arts and Entertainment. Presented by: Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. Friday, October 4, 2019, 8:00 PM. For more info visit bit.ly.
Barbara K. Jackson Rising Stars of Opera
Mondavi Center San Francisco Opera Adler Fellows UC Davis Symphony Orchestra Since its inception in 2010, Rising Stars of Opera has featured vocal artistry, stirring arias and a glimpse at the opera stars of tomorrow; and every ticket has been free to the public thanks to Barbara K. Jackson. Several singers from the acclaimed San Francisco Opera Adler Fellows program will perform a wide range of great arias in recital and with full orchestral accompaniment from our own UC Davis Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Mark Morash. Campus Location: Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. Room: Jackson Hall. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: This is a FREE ticketed event. Reserve your seats starting July 15. Contact Email: tickets@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 530-754-2787. Event Type: Arts and Entertainment. Presented by: Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. Saturday, October 5, 2019, 8:00 PM. For more info visit bit.ly.
Experience Hendrix
Mondavi Center Hailed by critics and fans alike as the 'Guitar Event Of The Year,' the multi-artist celebration known as the Experience Hendrix Tour is set to hit the Mondavi Center stage on October 7. Hear timeless Jimi Hendrix classics such as “Purple Haze,” “Foxy Lady,” “Voodoo Child” and “Little Wing.” This special concert features performances by legendary artists who join together to pay homage to the one and only Jimi Hendrix, including Joe Satriani, Dweezil Zappa, Billy Cox, Jonny Lang, Ana Popovic and many more! Ticket Availability for Experience Hendrix: Mondavi Center Donors: Tue, May 28 at 1PM Mondavi Center Subscribers: Wed, May 29 at 1PM UC Davis Students, Faculty & Staff: Thu, May 30 at 1PM General Public: Fri, May 31 at 1PM. Campus Location: Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. Room: Jackson Hall. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Tickets starting at $55. Contact Email: tickets@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 530-754-2787. Event Type: Arts and Entertainment. Presented by: Mondavi Center Presenting Program. Monday, October 7, 2019, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM. For more info visit www.mondaviarts.org.
Fall 2019: 10th Day of Instruction
Quarter Dates and Deadlines Last day to: Make payment to meet the late fee payment deadline. Students with unpaid balances after the 10th day of instruction will have their registration administratively withdrawn, all courses dropped and fees for the first 10 days of instruction will be charged to the student account using the Schedule of Refunds. , Drop designated 10–day–drop courses. , File petitions to change from full–time to part–time status. , File petitions to declare a minor with the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and the College of Letters and Science Dean’s Office. , File Planned Educational Leave Program (PELP) petition. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Academic Dates. Presented by: Office of the University Registrar. Tuesday, October 8, 2019.
Join Warren Roberts, superintendent emeritus of the UC Davis Arboretum, famous storyteller and punster, for an always-engaging noontime exploration of the arboretum's gardens and collections. Park for free for one hour along Garrod Drive near the gazebo, or park in Lot 55 (look for metered spaces or buy a $9 daily pass). Campus Location: Carolee Shields White Flower Garden and Gazebo. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: arboretum@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 530-752-4880. Event Type: Environment and Sustainability. Free Events. Outdoor Events. Tours. Presented by: Warren Roberts. Sponsored by: Arboretum and Public Garden. Wednesday, October 9, 2019, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. For more info visit arboretum.ucdavis.edu.
E-Cigarettes and JUUL, Addicting a New Generation
Join Kim Homer Vagadori, Project Director for the California Youth Advocacy Network, in this special presentation on how e-cigarettes, vapes, JUUL, and Sorens, are changing the landscape of tobacco control. Youth and young adults are more likely to use these new and emerging tobacco and nicotine products than any other age group population. Sales of JUULs have increased 800% in the past year, and research shows that these products are being used by young people who may have not considered using tobacco. Campus Location: Student Community Center. Room: Student Community Center Room D. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: free. Contact Email: sbatchelor@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 530-754-8791. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Health and Wellness. Lectures and Seminars. Presented by: Child and Family Care Advisory Committee and Smoke and Tobacco Free. Wednesday, October 9, 2019, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. For more info visit hr.ucdavis.edu.
Quarter Dates and Deadlines Last day: For wait lists. , To add courses. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Event Type: Academic Dates. Presented by: Office of the University Registrar. Thursday, October 10, 2019.
Mondavi Center Día De Muertos: Al Chile With appearances by Grandeza Mexicana Folk Ballet Company and Mariachi Femenil Flores Mexicanas Singer Lila Downs shares Día De Muertos: Al Chile, a celebration of music, dance and ritual. Downs is one of the world’s most singular and powerful voices, whose compelling stage presence and poignant storytelling transcend all language barriers. Raised in Minnesota and Oaxaca, this global superstar’s exquisite artistry bridges traditions from across the Americas, with influences ranging from the folk and ranchera music of Mexico and South America to North American folk, jazz, blues and hip-hop. Día De Muertos: Al Chile is a community-oriented event and audience members are encouraged to come dressed in imaginative Día de los Muertos costumes and make-up, to bring remembrances of their loved ones to share in the celebration and to become fully immersed in an evening filled with emotions of love, loss, reconnection, and joy. Campus Location: Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. Room: Jackson Hall. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: $25+ Prices subject to change. Discounts available for UC Davis Students/Faculty/Staff, Active-duty Military, Youth and non-UC Davis Students. On Sale July 15. Contact Email: tickets@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 530-754-2787. Event Type: Arts and Entertainment. Presented by: Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. Thursday, October 10, 2019, 8:00 PM. For more info visit www.mondaviarts.org.
Energy Graduate Group Seminar: Brian Tarroja
Energy Graduate Group Seminar: Brian Tarroja, Assistant Professional Researcher & Lecturer, UC Irvine. Campus Location: West Village. Room: 1605 Tilia Street, Room 1103. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Event Type: Environment and Sustainability. Lectures and Seminars. Presented by: UC Davis Energy and Efficiency Institute. Friday, October 11, 2019, 10:30 AM – 11:50 AM.
Carl Stahmer, the library’s director of digital scholarship and associate director of the UC Davis Data Science Initiative, holds office hours each Friday afternoon at Blaisdell Medical Library, for UC Davis Health faculty, residents, graduate students and researchers. Consultations by appointment and drop-in questions are both welcome. Campus Location: Blaisdell Medical Library. Room: 1102. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: Free. Contact Email: digitalscholarship@ucdavis.edu. Event Type: Forums, Discussions and Information Sessions. Free Events. Workshops and Training. Presented by: Data and Digital Scholarship. Sponsored by: UC Davis Library. Friday, October 11, 2019, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM. For more info visit www.library.ucdavis.edu.
Everyone is welcome to shop our campus's one-acre nursery for an incredible selection of Arboretum All-Stars, California natives and thousands of other attractive, low-water plants perfect for creating a landscape alive with environmentally important pollinators. Members of the Friends of the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden and Davis Botanical Society receive 10% off their purchases! Not a member? Join the Friends online, at the door or call ahead; new members receive a $10-off coupon as a thank you for joining. Learn more Visit our Plant Sale webpage for more information. Campus Location: Arboretum Teaching Nursery. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Contact Email: rgloe@ucdavis.edu. Event Type: Environment and Sustainability. Fairs, Expos and Exhibits. Free Events. Fundraisers. Outdoor Events. Sales. Special Events. Presented by: UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. Saturday, October 12, 2019, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM. For more info visit arboretum.ucdavis.edu.
This one-session class will provide an overview of labor and delivery; instruction and skill practice on relaxation and breathing techniques and an overview of pain medication options. Expectant parents may tour the UC Davis Birthing Suites each Sunday at 4 p.m. Patients will meet at the Pavilion Lobby Information desk, near the main entrance to the hospital. No reservations required. Parking is not validated, parking fee is $2 per hour. This public Health and Wellness class is provided to you by UC Davis Health System in Sacramento, CA. Register for the Prepared Childbirth, Condensed class. Campus Location: Broadway Building. Room: Suite, 1630. Location of Event: UC Davis Health (Sacramento). Cost: Patients $75 / Community $90. Contact Email: wellness@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 916-734-9797. Event Type: Health and Wellness. Workshops and Training. Presented by: UC Davis Health and Wellness. Sponsored by: UC Davis Health and Wellness. Sunday, October 13, 2019, 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM. For more info visit www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu.
Alexander String Quartet 1
Mondavi Center The Complete Shostakovich String Quartets - Year Two Shostakovich Quartet No. 7 Shostakovich Quartet No. 8 Dmitri Shostakovich The musical career of Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) mirrored exactly the rise and history of the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1975. He entered the Petrograd Conservatory at the very end of the Tsarist era; he witnessed the Revolution and began his career during Lenin’s rule; he was nearly purged twice by Stalin; he flourished under Khrushchev and died while Brezhnev was in power. Shostakovich was a survivor and a great composer, and his fear and self-loathing, his courage and experience found their way into his music. As such, Shostakovich is not just the most important composer of string quartets and symphonies from the 1920s to the 1970s; even more, he and his music stand as witnesses to the rise and failures of the Soviet Union, one of the defining events of the 20th century. Renowned musicologist, author and composer Robert Greenberg provides commentary throughout the… Campus Location: Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. Room: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: $79+ Prices subject to change. Discounts available for UC Davis Students/Faculty/Staff, Active-duty Military, Youth and non-UC Davis Students. On Sale July 15. Contact Email: tickets@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 530-754-2787. Event Type: Arts and Entertainment. Presented by: Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. Sunday, October 13, 2019, 2:00 PM. For more info visit www.mondaviarts.org.
MOMIX
Mondavi Center Viva MOMIX Explore wonder through a lens that only MOMIX can provide. This season, MOMIX brings Viva to the Mondavi Center stage. Viva is a mix-and-match variety of sections from their beloved shows Botanica, Alchemia, Remix, Opus Cactus and Lunar Sea. Small vignettes make up the two-act performance, mixing traditional MOMIX styles of illusion, beauty, magic and fun. Known internationally for presenting works of astounding inventiveness and physical beauty, MOMIX is a company of dancer-illusionists founded and directed by Moses Pendleton. MOMIX takes you into a surreal fantasy world, allowing you to dip your toes into the “stream of unconsciousness,” as Pendleton describes, with multi-layered performances that are fascinating and engaging for all ages. Campus Location: Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. Room: Jackson Hall. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: $25+ Prices subject to change. Discounts available for UC Davis Students/Faculty/Staff, Active-duty Military, Youth and non-UC Davis Students. On Sale July 15. Contact Email: tickets@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 530-754-2787. Event Type: Arts and Entertainment. Presented by: Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. Sunday, October 13, 2019, 2:00 PM. For more info visit www.mondaviarts.org.
Mondavi Center The Complete Shostakovich String Quartets - Year Two Shostakovich Quartet No. 7 Shostakovich Quartet No. 8 Dmitri Shostakovich The musical career of Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) mirrored exactly the rise and history of the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1975. He entered the Petrograd Conservatory at the very end of the Tsarist era; he witnessed the Revolution and began his career during Lenin’s rule; he was nearly purged twice by Stalin; he flourished under Khrushchev and died while Brezhnev was in power. Shostakovich was a survivor and a great composer, and his fear and self-loathing, his courage and experience found their way into his music. As such, Shostakovich is not just the most important composer of string quartets and symphonies from the 1920s to the 1970s; even more, he and his music stand as witnesses to the rise and failures of the Soviet Union, one of the defining events of the 20th century. Campus Location: Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. Room: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre. Location of Event: UC Davis Campus. Cost: $65+ Prices subject to change. Discounts available for UC Davis Students/Faculty/Staff, Active-duty Military, Youth and non-UC Davis Students. On Sale July 15. Contact Email: tickets@ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 530-754-2787. Event Type: Arts and Entertainment. Presented by: Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. Sunday, October 13, 2019, 7:00 PM. For more info visit www.mondaviarts.org.
The American Heart Association Family & Friends CPR course is for people who want to learn CPR but do not need a course completion card in CPR for their job. Register for this class. Campus Location: Broadway Building. Room: Suite, 1630. Location of Event: UC Davis Health (Sacramento). Cost: $25. Contact Email: wellness@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone #: 916-734-9797. Event Type: Health and Wellness. Workshops and Training. Presented by: UC Davis Health and Wellness. Sponsored by: UC Davis Health and Wellness. Monday, October 14, 2019, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM. For more info visit www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu.
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WAMRC News
News and current activites of the West Australian Model Railway Club (Inc.)
After The Beginning
Early Days At Bedford
Club Settles Down
Claremont Rail Gets The Shunt
Boris Aleksandrow
Ron Congdon
Harry Cousins
Allan Hamilton
Len Hughes
Peter Osment
(Claude) Arthur (“Gomer”) Pyle
Ian Rourke
Jack Stanbridge
Leslie John (“Tubby”) Whiteside
G Scale Point Throws
Resistance Soldering
Scale Speed Tables
The Ultimate Modelling Glue
The Night Mail
The Flying Gang
On the Night Train
Second Class Wait Here
Thirsty Work
Sid & Yvette Harvey
by life member Don Finalyson, with the assistance of fellow life member Alan Porter and Secretary Ross Parker, November 2018
Whilst this is not an obituary in the normal format, it is a bit of Club history of Sid and Yvette during the period that they were Club members and opened their home in Webb Street, Cottesloe for Club activities from the early 1960’s until they returned to England in 1965.
I was introduced to the Club by member Albert Vanstan, whom my mother knew from her primary school days. Albert had a layout which over the 16 years I knew him till his death in 1978 was rebuilt twice by another club member, the late Allan Hamilton and myself. I digress; Albert had been a Club member for some time and it was at the Harveys’ home, where the Club was meeting that I was taken to early in 1965. They had a small layout on the covered in side verandah at their home which was made available to Club members on meeting nights.
An article from The West Australian, Wednesday, 29 May, 1963 showing the WAMRC layout in the Harvey’s home in Cottesloe.
Sid and Yvette were also members of the Australian Railway Historical Society (now Rail Heritage WA) where Sid was Treasurer from 1961 to 1965 and Yvette was also a strong supporter in the Society. Both were honoured with Life Membership of ARHS before they returned to England.
During their time in Western Australia, Sid worked for Winterbottom Motors, an Agent for Austin and Morris motor vehicles.
Fellow Club Life Member Alan Porter, who knew Sid and Yvette from their Historical Society days in WA, was working in London in 1970 and had heard of a railway group meeting called “Talking Trains” that was being held in Surbiton (a London suburb). Alan attended one of the meetings which had been organised by a gent well connected in railway circles in the UK (John Spencer Gibbs) and he caught up with no other than Sid and Yvette Harvey who were also attending the meetings. At that time the Harveys were living at Kingston‐on‐Thames, near to London.
In 1972 on my first trip to the England, I visited Sid and Yvette at their new retirement home, St. Barbara Cottage, Church Lane, Great Walsingham in Norfolk in late July. “N” gauge was quite new at the time and Sid proudly ran some of his “N” gauge locos on the small layout he had constructed. Yvette too was keen on modelling but her skills were in the scenery side of things, making buildings and trees.
Sid & Yvette Harvey outside their home “St Barbara Cottage” in Great Walsingham, Norfolk, England in May 1973. Photo courtesy of Geoff Higham.
At our Club AGM some years later (in 1980) members discussed the assistance given to the Club by the Harveys and voted to offer Sid and Yvette Harvey Honorary Life Memberships, in appreciation and recognition of the time and work which they both had put in during the Club’s “difficult days” in the early 1960’s.
Mention was made to them in a letter of Albert Vanstan, whom they remembered as “a good Club member”. Albert died in 1978 and his layout (which was bequeathed to Club member Allan Hamilton) found its way to the Club, was incorporated into the public display and called the “Vanstan layout”. On this section of the layout we introduced the very popular “U drive a train” theme where children could drive a train. It was decided that a miniature replica electric staff for the Harveys be for the Elleker — Vanstan section of the layout.
The miniature staff with its timber base was delivered to the Harveys by Alan Porter (then Club President) on July 17 1983, during Alan’s visit to England.
As both Sid and Yvette were not young people when they returned to England, both would now have passed on but I have not been able to establish when they died. [See footnotes below.]
Fast forward to August 2013 when the club was contacted by Mr Steve Walker‐Manuell:
As a collector of railway items and old telephones, I recently purchased a single line staff token, from a secondhand shop, whilst on holiday in Cromer, Norfolk, England. This brass staff has a purpose built stand, and a plaque. This states that it was presented by the West Australian Model Railway Club, to Yvette and Syd Harvey, Honorary Life Members. The staff itself is engraved Elleker‐Vanstan and WAMRC.
I am curious about the history of the actual staff itself, and its use, but also by the history of the two named individuals, who I see are sadly no longer with us. I am also curious as to why it should have turned up in Norfolk. I am wondering if it would be of interest to your club. I can send some photos if you like.
Kind regards, Steve.
Steve subsequently sent through these photos of the staff he had found:
The commemorative staff as found by Mr Steve Walker‐Manuell.
Close up of the plaque.
Once the history of the staff was established, Mr Walker‐Manuell was very generous to donate it back to the club for only the cost of postage from England, for which we were extremely grateful! The staff has been restored to its former glory and remains on display to this day in our clubrooms.
Further material has come to light since this page was originally published and it is included here:
Sid originally joined the WAMRC on 7th October 1957. Yvette subsequently joined on 8th December 1958.
It appears Sid was a Major in British Army at some point. There is an envelope addressed to ‘Major S.C. Harvey’ postmarked 20.3.81 LONDON from Artillery House, Connaught Barracks.
Sid with his N‐Gauge layout. Photo from Eastern Counties Newspapers Ltd, Norwich UK, Ref: 32560/10.
“Sid” or “Syd”? Keen observers will note that Sid Harvey’s name is spelt as “Syd” on the plaque on the commemorative staff. As we believe his proper first name was “Sidney”, not “Sydney”, we have chosen “Sid” as the ‘correct’ spelling for his abbreviated name.
A quick search of UK death records has revealed a ‘Sidney Harvey’ who died in Norfolk in 1985 and an ‘Yvette Harvey’ who died in Norfolk in 1998. Whilst we are not certain these are the same people referred to here, it does seem probable.
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Adidas Executive Arrested in College Basketball Bribery Scandal
adidas / Basketball / Business News
James Gatto, director of global sports marketing for basketball at adidas, as well as managers, financial advisers, and representatives at adidas have been arrested by the FBI, according to Business Insider.
Gatto and four other defendants have been charged with “making and concealing bribe payments” to high school student athletes and/or their families. The arrests have sent adidas stock into a downward spiral.
Also arrested for federal bribery, fraud, and corruption charges were coaches Anthony Bland, associate head coach at the University of Southern California; Chuck Connors Person, associate head coach at Auburn University; Lamont Evans, associate head coach and recruiting coordinator for Oklahoma State University’s basketball team; and Emmanuel Richardson, an assistant coach for University of Arizona, according to Business Insider.
The investigation, led by the FBI and the US Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York, has been active since 2015. Three separate complaints have been filed.
Feds: NCAA coaches were caught by a disgraced financial advisor working for government, Feds say Google search would have revealed past.
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) September 26, 2017
Agent on recruiting scandal: "This has been going on for 30 years. It's not like anyone came up with this. It's a systemic issue."
In one, Gatto and the other defendants reportedly funneled $100,000 to the family of a high school basketball player in an effort to convince the player to sign with a “public research university” in Kentucky. While the complaint doesn’t name the university, it is likely the University of Louisville, which signed a $160 million sponsorship deal with adidas in August.
According to Business Insider, Gatto and other defendants allegedly agreed to make payments of up to $150,000 from adidas to convince a player to join another team sponsored by adidas. Although the university is not named in the filing, it is likely the University of Miami, which signed a 12-year partnership with adidas in 2015.
Alleged NCAA player/coach/shoe company bribery scheme charts pic.twitter.com/oLUZZVnHCJ
FBI used Marty Blazer, who once swindled athletes into thinking they were investing into movies, to expose NCAA bribery case.
adidas said it was unaware of Gatto’s activities. “Today, we became aware that federal investigators arrested an Adidas employee,” an Adidas spokesperson said in an email to Business Insider. “We are learning more about the situation. We’re unaware of any misconduct and will fully cooperate with authorities to understand more.”
Gatto and other defendants used apparent payments to nonprofits as a way to conceal the bribes paid to players and their families.
Other defendants include Jonathan Brad Augustine, president of nonprofit The League Initiative; Merl Code, the head of Nike’s Elite Youth Basketball League as of 2013; and Christian Dawkins, a former sports agent who was reportedly fired in May for charging $42,000 in Uber rides on an NBA player’s credit card.
The United States Attorney’s office is scheduled to discuss the charges of the ten people arrested at a news conference at noon, according to The New York Times.
Feds allege Chuck Person received $91,500 for steering a player to a financial firm & clothing company.
He made $23 million in the NBA pic.twitter.com/NZJIi7JbU0
Chuck Person, an assistant coach at Auburn. Credit Icon Sportswire, via Associated Press
Source: Business Insider / NYTimes
Date: September 26, 2017 September 26, 2017
Category: adidas, Basketball, Business News
Tag: adidas, basketball, business news, james gatto, jim gatto
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Chuck Schumer says
What a joke. What kind of a witch hunt is the FBI after and which shoe company is paying the feds to do this? Think about it…if Adidas is doing it then ALL the shoe companies are doing it and it’s been proven that this has been going on for a long time. So this article is a joke at best.
Noah Goldowitz says
What a dumb comment.
Trezz says
Truly a dumb comment. First, it’s not a witch hunt if there’s tangible evidence in existence already. They aren’t trying to grab at straws. It sounds like they have it. Second, just because others are doing it doesn’t mean that it’s right. Third, I would assume that when everyone eats, you don’t blow the whistle by involving the feds because they will probably go after you next if they can. In other words, why tip them off and potentially have yourself investigated when the light bulb goes off in their heads? Wouldn’t you just make yourself more attractive to the recruits and so the cycle continues?
midd44 says
actually the article did indicate that other shoe companies were involved. in addition to adidas, Auburn is an Under Armour school, USC is Nike, head of Nike’s EYBL is a defendant…..the article just reported the facts that are available right now. the writer did not interject his opinion on ANYTHING. breaking stories are always hard to cover because all the facts are not always readily available. i think the writer did a GREAT job of gathering all the facts that are presently available and presenting them in an organized and concise fashion. not sure what else you would want from an article.
GreekSneakCollector says
Impossible is nothing!!
Jacob Eve says
If other companies face legal issues similar to Adidas in this scandal, it could be a great time for brands such as Brandblack to step into the spotlight and increase their publicity and popularity.
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* The W3C provide a Web view of their CVS mirror of the HTML5 spec: http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html
* [http://phpforms.net/tutorial/tutorial.html PHP Form Tutorials] provides beginners all neccessar informatin about web development.
* The W3C provide diff-marked HTML versions for each change that affect the W3C copy of the spec by e-mail: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-diffs/latest
1 The WHATWG
1.1 What is the WHATWG?
1.2 What is the WHATWG working on?
1.3 How can I get involved?
1.4 Is participation free?
2 The WHATWG Process
2.1 How does the WHATWG work?
2.2 How should tool developers, screen reader developers, browser vendors, search engine vendors, and other implementors interact with the WHATWG?
2.3 Is there a process for removing bad ideas from a specification?
2.4 Is there a process for adding new features to a specification?
3.1 What is HTML5?
3.2 How can I keep track of changes to the spec?
3.3 What are the various versions of the spec?
3.4 Are there versions of the specification aimed specifically at authors/implementors?
3.5 When will we be able to start using these new features?
3.6 When will HTML5 be finished?
3.7 What about Microsoft and Internet Explorer?
3.8 Is design rationale documented?
4 HTML5 syntax issues
4.1 Will HTML5 finally put an end to the XHTML as text/html debate?
4.2 What will the DOCTYPE be?
4.3 Under what conditions should a DOCTYPE be used in XHTML?
4.4 How are pre-HTML5 documents parsed?
4.5 If there is no DTD, how can I validate my page?
4.6 What is an HTML Serialization?
4.7 What is an XML (or XHTML) Serialization?
4.8 What MIME type does HTML5 use?
4.9 Should I close empty elements with /> or >?
4.10 If I’m careful with the syntax I use in my HTML document, can I process it with an XML parser?
4.11 What is the namespace declaration?
4.12 Will there be support for namespaces in HTML?
4.13 How do I specify the character encoding?
4.14 What are the differences between HTML and XHTML?
4.15 What are best practices to be compatible with HTML DOM and XHTML DOM?
4.16 Why does HTML5 legitimise tag soup?
5 HTML5 feature proposals
5.1 HTML5 should support href on any element!
5.2 HTML5 should support list headers!
5.3 HTML5 should support a way for anyone to invent new elements!
5.4 HTML5 should group <dt>s and <dd>s together in <di>s!
5.5 Why are some presentational elements like <b>, <i> and <small> still included?
5.5.1 But they are PRESENTATIONAL!
5.6 The <cite> element should allow names of people to be marked up
5.7 The <time> element should allow vague times ("March") and times from ancient history to be marked up
5.8 <input type="text"> needs a minlength="" attribute
6 WHATWG and the W3C HTML WG
6.1 Are there plans to merge the groups?
6.2 Which group has authority in the event of a dispute?
6.3 What is the history of HTML?
7 Web Workers
8.1 Should I top-post or reply inline?
The WHATWG
What is the WHATWG?
The Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG) is a growing community of people interested in evolving the Web. It focuses primarily on the development of HTML and APIs needed for Web applications.
The WHATWG was founded by individuals of Apple, the Mozilla Foundation, and Opera Software in 2004, after a W3C workshop. Apple, Mozilla and Opera were becoming increasingly concerned about the W3C’s direction with XHTML, lack of interest in HTML and apparent disregard for the needs of real-world authors. So, in response, these organisations set out with a mission to address these concerns and the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group was born.
What is the WHATWG working on?
The WHATWG's main focus is HTML5. The WHATWG also works on Web Workers and occasionally specifications outside WHATWG space are discussed on the WHATWG mailing list and forwarded when appropriate.
In the past it has worked on Web Forms 2.0 and Web Controls 1.0. Web Forms 2.0 has been integrated into HTML5 and Web Controls 1.0 has been abandoned for now, awaiting what XBL 2.0 will bring us.
There are lots of ways you can get involved, take a look and see What you can do!
Is participation free?
Yes, everyone can contribute. There are no memberships fees involved, it's an open process. You may easily subscribe to the WHATWG mailing lists. You may also join the the W3C's new HTMLWG by going through the slightly longer application process.
The WHATWG Process
How does the WHATWG work?
People send e-mail to the mailing list. The editor then reads that feedback and, taking it into account along with research, studies, and feedback from many other sources (blogs, forums, IRC, etc) makes language design decisions intended to address everyone's needs as well as possible while keeping the language consistent.
This continues, with people sending more feedback, until nobody is able to convince the editor to change the spec any more (e.g. because two people want opposite things, and the editor has considered all the information available and decided that one of the two proposals is the better one).
This is not a consensus-based approach -- there's no guarantee that everyone will be happy! There is also no voting.
There is a small oversight committee (known as the "WHATWG members", see the charter) who have the authority to override or replace the editor if he starts making bad decisions.
Currently the editor is Ian Hickson.
How should tool developers, screen reader developers, browser vendors, search engine vendors, and other implementors interact with the WHATWG?
Feedback on a feature should be sent to whatwg@whatwg.org (but you have to join the mailing list first), or ian@hixie.ch. All feedback will receive a reply in due course.
If you want feedback to be dealt with faster than "eventually", e.g. because you are about to work on that feature and need the spec to be updated to take into account all previous feedback, let the editor know by either e-mailing him (ian@hixie.ch), or contacting him on IRC (Hixie on Freenode). Requests for priority feedback handling are handled confidentially so other implementors won't know that you are working on that feature.
Questions and requests for clarifications should be asked either on the mailing list or on IRC, in the #whatwg channel on Freenode.
Is there a process for removing bad ideas from a specification?
There are several processes by which we trim weeds from the specifications.
On a regular basis, especially around explicit call-for-comments, we go through every section and mark areas as being considered for removal. This happened early in 2008 with the data templates, repetition blocks, and DFN-element cross references, for example. If no feedback is received to give us strong reasons to keep such features, then they eventually are removed altogether.
Anyone can ask for a feature to be removed; such feedback is considered like all other feedback and is based on the merits of the arguments put forward.
If browsers don't widely implement a feature, or if authors don't use a feature, or if the uses of the feature are inconsequential or fundamentally wrong or damaging, then, after due consideration, features will be removed.
Removing features is a critical part of spec development.
Is there a process for adding new features to a specification?
The process is rather informal, but basically boils down to this:
Research the use cases and requirements by discussing the issue with authors and implementors.
Come up with a clear description of the problem that needs to be solved.
Discuss your proposal with authors and implementors. Read the responses. Listen to the feedback. Consider whether your ideas are good solutions to the use cases and requirements put forward. Discussions here should be done in public, e.g. on an archived public mailing list or documented in blogs.
Get implementors to commit to implementing the feature. If you can't get several implementors to implement the feature, then get at least one user agent to implement it experimentally. Experimental implementations should be publicly available.
Bring the experimental implementations to the attention of the spec's editor. Document the experience found from any implementations, the use cases and requirements that were found in the first step, the data that the design was based on.
Demonstrate the importance of the problem. Demonstrate that the solution is one that will be used correctly and widely enough for it to solve the stated problem.
Participate in the subsequent design discussions, considering all the proposals carefully. Typically at this step the original design gets thrown out and a significantly better design is developed, informed by the previous research, new research, and implementation and author experience with experimental implementations. Sometimes, the idea is abandoned at this stage.
If the idea survives the above design process, the spec will be eventually updated to reflect the new design. Implementations will then be updated to reflect the new design (if they aren't, that indicates the new design is not good, and it will be reworked or removed). The spec will be updated to fix the many problems discovered by authors and implementors, over a period of several years, as more authors and implementors are exposed to the design. Eventually, a number of provably interoperable implementations are deployed. At this point development of the feature is somewhat frozen.
Writing a comprehensive test suite is also an important step, which should start a bit before implementations start being written to the spec. (Test suites usually find as many problems with implementations as they do with the spec; they aren't just for finding browser bugs.) We don't yet have a good story with respect to test suites, sadly. If you want to help us out, let the mailing list know! Be aware, though, it's a lot of work.
HTML5 is the main focus of the WHATWG community and also that of the W3C HTML Working Group. HTML5 is a new version of HTML4, XHTML1, and DOM Level 2 HTML addressing many of the issues of those specifications while at the same time enhancing (X)HTML to more adequately address Web applications. Besides defining a markup language that can be written in both HTML (HTML5) and XML (XHTML5) it also defines many APIs that form the basis of the Web architecture. Some of these APIs were known as "DOM Level 0" and were never documented before. Yet they are extremely important for browser vendors to support existing Web content and for authors to be able to build Web applications.
How can I keep track of changes to the spec?
There are a number of ways to track changes to the spec.
The specification is available in the subversion repository. You may use any svn client to check out the latest version and use your clients diff tools in order compare revisions and see what has been changed.
You may use the online (X)HTML5 Tracking tool. The tool provides an online interface for selecting and comparing revisions of the spec.
There is a commit-watchers mailing list that is notified of every edit: http://lists.whatwg.org/listinfo.cgi/commit-watchers-whatwg.org
The W3C provide a Web view of their CVS mirror of the HTML5 spec: http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html
The W3C provide diff-marked HTML versions for each change that affect the W3C copy of the spec by e-mail: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-diffs/latest
Non-editorial changes get broadcast on the WHATWG Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/WHATWG
All changes that affect the W3C copy of the spec get broadcast on the HTML5 Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/HTML5
The latest changes are visible in coloured diff form: http://whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/index-diff
What are the various versions of the spec?
All active work at WHATWG is gathered in the (very large) Web Applications 1.0 document.
WHATWG HTML is a subset containing only the HTML-specific material. It is available as single-page and multi-page, as well as in PDF A4 and Letter.
The following table lists in the individual specifications included:
WHATWG Specifications
(and sections therein)
Section links for
Web Applications 1.0
W3C/IETF Specifications
HTML5 only (excluding newer features)
Single-page, Multi-page (HTMLWG)
In WHATWG HTML Microdata Microdata (HTMLWG)
2D Context
In WHATWG HTML 2D Context 2D Context (HTMLWG)
Communications - Cross-document messaging
In WHATWG HTML Cross-document messaging Communications (HTMLWG)
Communications - Channel messaging
In WHATWG HTML Channel messaging Communications (HTMLWG)
Device Element
In WHATWG HTML Device HTML Device (HTMLWG)
Web Workers specification Web Workers Web Workers (WebApps WG)
Web Storage Web Storage (WebApps WG)
Web Sockets API
Web Sockets API Web Sockets API (WebApps WG)
Web Sockets Protocol
Web Sockets Protocol The Web Socket Protocol (IETF)
Server-sent Events Server-sent Events (WebApps WG)
Web SQL Database (stalled)
Web SQL Database (WebApps WG)
All of the above are generated from one source document.
Are there versions of the specification aimed specifically at authors/implementors?
There are no standalone author or implementor specifications. However, the WHATWG HTML and the HTML5 specifications (and their multipage versions) can be customized to either hide or emphasize user-agent-specific material. The mode can be selected using radio buttons at the top right of those documents.
It is also possible to toggle the mode by changing the URL, here is an example for the multipage WHATWG HTML specification:
As a normal spec: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/?style=complete
Author view (hiding the user-agent-specific material): http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/?style=author
Implementor view (highlighting the user-agent-specific material): http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/?style=highlight
When will we be able to start using these new features?
You can use some of them now. Others might take a few more years to get widely implemented. Here are some sites that might help you work out what you can use in the meantime:
http://diveintohtml5.org/
If you know of any more (or if you have some yourself) then add them to the list! If there are some on the list that aren't very useful compared to the rest, them remove them!
When will HTML5 be finished?
"Finished" is a big deal... You'll be able to use HTML5 long before then. See When will we be able to start using these new features?
It is estimated by the editor that HTML5 will reach the W3C Candidate Recommendation stage during 2012. That doesn't mean you can't start using it yet, though. Different parts of the specification are at different maturity levels. Some sections are already relatively stable and there are implementations that are already quite close to completion, and those features can be used today (e.g. <canvas>). But other sections are still being actively worked on and changed regularly, or not even written yet.
You can see annotations in the margins showing the estimated stability of each section.
The possible states are:
Idea; yet to be specified -- the section is a placeholder.
First draft -- An early stage.
Working draft -- An early stage, but more mature than just "first draft".
Last call for comments -- The section is nearly done, but there may be feedback still to be processed. Send feedback sooner rather than later, or it might be too late.
Awaiting implementation feedback -- The section is basically done, but might change in response to feedback from implementors. Major changes are unlikely past this point unless it is found that the feature, as specified, really doesn't work well.
Implemented and widely deployed -- the feature is specified and complete. Once a section is interoperably implemented, it’s quite stable and unlikely to change significantly. Any changes to such a section would most likely only be editorial in nature, particularly if the feature is already in widespread use.
There are also two special states:
Being edited right now -- the section is in high flux and is actively being edited. Contact Hixie on IRC if you have immediate feedback.
Being considered for removal -- for one reason or another, the section is being considered for removal. Send feedback soon to help with the decision.
The point to all this is that you shouldn’t place too much weight on the status of the specification as a whole. You need to consider the stability and maturity level of each section individually.
It is estimated, again by the editor, that HTML5 will reach a W3C recommendation in the year 2022 or later. This will be approximately 18-20 years of development, since beginning in mid-2004. That's actually not that crazy, though. Work on HTML4 started in the mid 90s, and HTML4 still, more than ten years later, hasn't reached the level that we want to reach with HTML5. There is no real test suite, there are many parts of the spec that are lacking real implementations, there are big parts that aren't interoperable, and the spec has hundreds if not thousands of known errors that haven't been fixed. When HTML4 came out, REC meant something much less exciting than it does now.
For a spec to become a REC today, it requires two 100% complete and fully interoperable implementations, which is proven by each successfully passing literally thousands of test cases (20,000 tests for the whole spec would probably be a conservative estimate). When you consider how long it takes to write that many test cases and how long it takes to implement each feature, you’ll begin to understand why the time frame seems so long.
(In the interests of full disclosure, the W3C's official line is that the HTML5 spec will be complete, with interoperable implementations, in late 2010. However, that same timetable gave a date for First Public Working Draft that was eight months premature, and the W3C, as of the predicted date for the third milestone, Candidate Recommendation, had still not come anywhere near reaching the second milestone, Last Call. You can make your own judgements regarding the W3C timetable's credibility.)
What about Microsoft and Internet Explorer?
Microsoft has already started implementing parts of HTML5 in IE8.
HTML5 is being developed with compatibility with existing browsers in mind, though (including IE). Support for many features can be simulated using JavaScript.
Is design rationale documented?
Sort of. Often the documentation can be found in the mailing list or IRC channel archives. Sometimes an issue was raised formally, and resolution is recorded in the issue tracker. Sometimes, there is an explanation in the specification, but doing that everywhere would make the specification huge.
For a few cases that someone did take the time document, the information can be found at the following locations:
Why no namespaces
Why no script implements
Why not reuse legend—or another mini-header element.
Also see HTML5 feature proposals below.
HTML5 syntax issues
Will HTML5 finally put an end to the XHTML as text/html debate?
Yes. Unlike HTML4 and XHTML1, the choice of HTML or XHTML is solely dependent upon the choice of the media type, rather than the DOCTYPE. See HTML vs. XHTML
What will the DOCTYPE be?
In HTML:
In XHTML: no DOCTYPE is required and its use is generally unnecessary. However, you may use one if you want (see the following question). Note that the above is well-formed XML and so it may also appear in XHTML documents.
For compatibility with legacy producers designed for outputting HTML, but which are unable to easily output the above DOCTYPE, this alternative legacy-compat version may be used instead.
<!DOCTYPE html SYSTEM "about:legacy-compat">
Note that this is not intended for dealing with any compatibility issues with legacy browsers. It is meant for legacy authoring tools only.
Excluding the string "about:legacy-compat", the DOCTYPE is case insensitive in HTML. In XHTML, it is case sensitive and must be either of the two variants given above. For this reason, the DOCTYPEs given above are recommended to be used over other case variants, such as <!DOCTYPE HTML> or <!doctype html>.
These alternatives were chosen because they meet the following criteria:
They trigger standards mode in all current and all relevant legacy browsers.
They are well-formed in XML and can appear in XHTML documents.
It is possible to output at least one of the alternatives, if not both, with extant markup generators.
They intentionally contain no language version identifier so the DOCTYPE will remain usable for all future revisions of HTML.
The first is short and memorable to encourage its use.
The legacy-compat DOCTYPE is intentionally unattractive and self descriptive of purpose to discourage unnecessary use.
Under what conditions should a DOCTYPE be used in XHTML?
Generally, the use of a DOCTYPE in XHTML is unnecessary. However, there are cases where inclusion of a DOCTYPE is a reasonable thing to do:
The document is intended to be a polyglot document that may be served as both HTML or XHTML.
You wish to declare entity references for use within the document. Note that most browsers only read the internal subset and do not retrieve external entities. (This is not compatible with HTML, and thus not suitable for polyglot documents.)
You wish to use a custom DTD for DTD-based validation. But take note of what's wrong with DTDs.
How are pre-HTML5 documents parsed?
All documents with a text/html media type (that is, including those without or with an HTML 2.0, HTML 3.2, HTML4, or XHTML1 DOCTYPE) will be parsed using the same parser algorithm as defined by HTML5. This matches what Web browsers have done for HTML documents so far and keeps code complexity down. That in turn is good for security, maintainability, and in general keeping the amount of bugs down. The HTML syntax of HTML5 therefore does not require a new parser and documents with an HTML4 DOCTYPE for example will be parsed using the HTML5 parser.
Validators are allowed to have different code paths for previous levels of HTML.
If there is no DTD, how can I validate my page?
With an HTML5 validator.
What is an HTML Serialization?
The HTML serialization refers to the syntax of an HTML document defined in HTML5. The syntax is inspired by the SGML syntax from earlier versions of HTML, bits of XML (e.g. allowing a trailing slash on void elements, xmlns attributes), and reality of deployed content on the Web.
Any document whose MIME type is determined to be text/html is considered to be an HTML serialization and must be parsed using an HTML parser.
What is an XML (or XHTML) Serialization?
The XML Serialization refers to the syntax defined by XML 1.0 and Namespaces in XML 1.0. A resource that has an XML MIME type, such as application/xhtml+xml or application/xml, is an XML document and if it uses elements in the HTML namespace, it contains XHTML. If the root element is “html” in the HTML namespace, the document is referred to as an XHTML document.
What MIME type does HTML5 use?
The HTML serialization must be served using the text/html MIME type.
The XHTML serialization must be served using an XML MIME type, such as application/xhtml+xml or application/xml. Unlike XHTML1, XHTML5 must not be served as text/html.
Using the incorrect MIME type (text/html) for XHTML will cause the document to be parsed according to parsing requirements for HTML. In other words, it will be treated as tag soup. Ensuring the use of an XML MIME type is the only way to ensure that browsers handle the document as XML.
Should I close empty elements with /> or >?
Void elements in HTML (e.g. the br, img and input elements) do not require a trailing slash. e.g. Instead of writing <br />, you only need to write <br>. This is the same as in HTML4. However, due to the widespread attempts to use XHTML1, there are a significant number of pages using the trailing slash. Because of this, the trailing slash syntax has been permitted on void elements in HTML in order to ease migration from XHTML1 to HTML5.
HTML5 also introduces the ability to embed MathML elements. On elements inside a math element the trailing slash works just like it does in XML. I.e. it closes the element. This is only inside that context however, it does not work for normal HTML elements.
If I’m careful with the syntax I use in my HTML document, can I process it with an XML parser?
No, HTML and XML have many significant differences, particularly parsing requirements, and you cannot process one using tools designed for the other. However, since HTML5 is defined in terms of the DOM, in most cases there are both HTML and XHTML serializations available that can represent the same document. There are, however, a few differences explained later that make it impossible to represent some HTML documents accurately as XHTML and vice versa.
If you wish to process an HTML document as XHTML, it requires that you and convert it into XHTML first; and vice versa for processing XHTML as HTML.
What is the namespace declaration?
In XHTML, you are required to specify the namespace.
In HTML, the xmlns attribute is currently allowed on any HTML element, but only if it has the value “http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml“. It doesn’t do anything at all, it is merely allowed to ease migration from XHTML1. It is not actually a namespace declaration in HTML, because HTML doesn’t yet support namespaces. See the question will there be support for namespaces in HTML.
Will there be support for namespaces in HTML?
HTML5 is being defined in terms of the DOM and during parsing of a text/html all HTML elements will be automatically put in the HTML namespace, http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml. However, unlike the XHTML serialization, there is no real namespace syntax available in the HTML serialization (see previous question). In other words, you do not need to declare the namespace in your HTML markup, as you do in XHTML. However, you are permitted to put an xmlns attribute on each HTML element as long as the namespace is http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml.
In addition, the HTML syntax provides for a way to embed elements from MathML and SVG. Elements placed inside the container element math or svg will automatically be put in the MathML namespace or the SVG namespace, respectively, by the parser. Namespace syntax is not required, but again an xmlns attribute is allowed if its value is the right namespace.
In conclusion, while HTML5 does not allow the XML namespace syntax, there is a way to embed MathML and SVG and the xmlns attribute can be used on any element under the given constraints, in a way that is reasonably compatible on the DOM level.
How do I specify the character encoding?
For HTML, it is strongly recommended that you specify the encoding using the HTTP Content-Type header. If you are unable to configure your server to send the correct headers, then you may use the meta element:
The following restrictions apply to character encoding declarations:
The character encoding name given must be the name of the character encoding used to serialize the file.
The value must be a valid character encoding name, and must be the preferred name for that encoding.
The character encoding declaration must be serialized without the use of character references or character escapes of any kind.
The meta element used for this purpose must occur within the first 512 bytes of the file. It is considered good practice for this to be the first child of the head element so that it is as close to the beginning of the file as possible.
Note that this meta element is different from HTML 4, though it is compatible with many browsers because of the way encoding detection has been implemented.
For polyglot documents, which may be served as either HTML or XHTML, you may also include that in XHTML documents, but only if the encoding is "UTF-8".
To ease transition from HTML4 to HTML5, although the former is the recommended syntax, you may also use the following. (This does not apply to XHTML or polyglot documents)
In XHTML, XML rules for determining the character encoding apply. The meta element is never used for determining the encoding of an XHTML document (although it may appear in UTF-8 encoded XHTML documents). You should use either the HTTP Content-Type header or the XML declaration to specify the encoding.
Otherwise, you must use the default of UTF-8 or UTF-16. It is recommended that you use UTF-8.
What are the differences between HTML and XHTML?
See the list of differences between HTML and XHTML in the wiki.
What are best practices to be compatible with HTML DOM and XHTML DOM?
Though the intent is that HTML and XHTML can both produce identical DOMs, there still are some differences between working with an HTML DOM and an XHTML one.
Case sensitivity :
Whenever possible, avoid testing Element.tagName and Node.nodeName (or do toLowerCase() before testing).
Use the namespace-aware version for creating elements: Document.createElementNS(ns, elementName)
Why does HTML5 legitimise tag soup?
Actually it doesn’t. This is a misconception that comes from the confusion between conformance requirements for documents, and the requirements for user agents.
Due to the fundamental design principle of supporting existing content, the spec must define how to handle all HTML, regardless of whether documents are conforming or not. Therefore, the spec defines (or will define) precisely how to handle and recover from erroneous markup, much of which would be considered tag soup.
For example, the spec defines algorithms for dealing with syntax errors such as incorrectly nested tags, which will ensure that a well structured DOM tree can be produced.
Defining that is essential for one day achieving interoperability between browsers and reducing the dependence upon reverse engineering each other.
However, the conformance requirements for authors are defined separately from the processing requirements. Just because browsers are required to handle erroneous content, it does not make such markup conforming.
For example, user agents will be required to support the marquee element, but authors must not use the marquee element in conforming documents.
It is important to make the distinction between the rules that apply to user agents and the rules that apply to authors for producing conforming documents. They are completely orthogonal.
HTML5 feature proposals
HTML5 should support href on any element!
The spec allows <a> to contain blocks. It doesn't support putting href="" on any element, though.
Supporting href on any element has several problems associated with it that make it difficult to support in HTML5. The main reason this isn't in HTML5 is that browser vendors have reported that implementing it would be extremely complex. Browser vendors get to decide what they implement, and there's no point to us telling them to do something they aren't going to do. In addition:
It isn’t backwards compatible with existing browsers.
It adds no new functionality that can’t already be achieved using the a element and a little script.
It doesn’t make sense for all elements, such as interactive elements like input and button, where the use of href would interfere with their normal function.
The only advantage it seems to add is that it reduces typing for authors in some cases, but that is not a strong enough reason to support it in light of the other reasons.
Wrapping <a> elements around blocks solves most use cases. It doesn't handle making rows in tables into links, though; for those just do something like this instead:
<tr onclick="location = this.getElementsByTagName('a')[0]"> ... </tr>
HTML5 should support list headers!
You can give a header to a list using the <figure> and <legend> elements:
<figure>
<legend>Apples</legend>
<li>Granny Smith</li>
<li>Evil Apple of Knowledge</li>
<li>Apple, Inc</li>
You can also label a group of lists using a definition list:
<dl>
<dt>Dry:</dt>
<li>1c flour</li>
<li>1/4c sugar</li>
<li>1tsp baking soda</li>
<dt>Wet:</dt>
<li>1 egg </li>
<li>1/2c milk</li>
<li>1tsp vanilla extract</li>
</dl>
These techniques are preferred over adding an <lh> element as proposed in the old HTML3 draft, mostly because of thorny issues with parsing near <li> elements.
HTML5 should support a way for anyone to invent new elements!
There are actually quite a number of ways for people to invent their own extensions to HTML:
Authors can use the class attribute to extend elements, effectively creating their own elements, while using the most applicable existing "real" HTML element, so that browsers and other tools that don't know of the extension can still support it somewhat well. This is the tack used by Microformats, for example.
Authors can include data for scripts to process using the data-*="" attributes. These are guaranteed to never be touched by browsers, and allow scripts to include data on HTML elements that scripts can then look for and process.
Authors can use the <meta name="" content=""> mechanism to include page-wide metadata. Names should be registered on the wiki's MetaExtensions page.
Authors can use the rel="" mechanism to annotate links with specific meanings. This is also used by Microformats. Names should be registered on the wiki's RelExtensions page.
Authors can embed raw data using the <script type=""> mechanism with a custom type, for further handling by a script.
Authors can create plugins and invoke them using the <embed> element. This is how Flash works.
Authors can extend APIs using the JS prototyping mechanism. This is widely used by script libraries, for instance.
Authors can use the microdata feature (the item="" and itemprop="" attributes) to embed nested name-value pairs of data to be shared with other applications and sites.
Authors can propose new elements and attributes to the working group and, if the wider community agrees that they are worth the effort, they are added to the language. (If an addition is urgent, please let us know when proposing it, and we will try to address it quickly.)
There is currently no mechanism for introducing new proprietary features in HTML documents (i.e. for introducing new elements and attributes) without discussing the extension with user agent vendors and the wider Web community. This is intentional; we don't want user agents inventing their own proprietary elements and attributes like in the "bad old days" without working with interested parties to make sure their feature is well designed.
We request that people not invent new elements and attributes to add to HTML without first contacting the working group and getting a proposal discussed with interested parties.
HTML5 should group <dt>s and <dd>s together in <di>s!
This is a styling problem and should be fixed in CSS. There's no reason to add a grouping element to HTML, as the semantics are already unambiguous.
Why are some presentational elements like <b>, <i> and <small> still included?
The inclusion of these elements is a largely pragmatic decision based upon their widespread usage, and their usefulness for use cases which are not covered by more specific elements.
While there are a number of common use cases for italics which are covered by more specific elements, such as emphasis (em), citations (cite), definitions (dfn) and variables (var), there are many other use cases which are not covered well by these elements. For example, a taxonomic designation, a technical term, an idiomatic phrase from another language, a thought, or a ship name.
Similarly, although a number of common use cases for bold text are also covered by more specific elements such as strong emphasis (strong), headings (h1-h6) or table headers (th); there are others which are not, such as key words in a document abstract or product names in a review.
Some people argue that in such cases, the span element should be used with an appropriate class name and associated stylesheet. However, the b and i elements provide for a reasonable fallback styling in environments that don't support stylesheets or which do not render visually, such as screen readers, and they also provide some indication that the text is somehow distinct from its surrounding content.
In essence, they convey distinct, though non-specific, semantics, which are to be determined by the reader in the context of their use. In other words, although they don’t convey specific semantics by themselves, they indicate that that the content is somehow distinct from its surroundings and leaves the interpretation of the semantics up to the reader.
This is further explained in the article The <b> and <i> Elements
Similarly, the small element is defined for content that is commonly typographically rendered in small print, and which often referred to as fine print. This could include copyright statements, disclaimers and other legal text commonly found at the end of a document.
But they are PRESENTATIONAL!
The problem with elements like <font> isn't that they are presentational per se, it's that they are media-dependent (they apply to visual browsers but not to speech browsers). While <b>, <i> and <small> historically have been presentational, they are defined in a media-independent manner in HTML5. For example, <small> corresponds to the really quickly spoken part at the end of radio advertisements.
The <cite> element should allow names of people to be marked up
From what some have seen, <cite> is almost always used to mean "italics". More careful authors have used the element to mark up names and titles, and some people have gone out of their way to only mark up citations.
So, we can't really decide what the element should be based on past practice, like we usually do.
This leaves the question of what is the most useful use we can put the element to, if we keep it. The conclusion so far has been that the most useful use for <cite> is as an element to allow typographic control over titles, since those are often made italics, and that semantic is roughly close to what it meant in previous versions, and happens to match at least one of the common uses for the element. Generally, however, names and titles aren't typeset the same way, so making the element apply to both would lead to confusing typography.
There are already many ways of marking up names already (e.g. the hCard microformat, the microdata vCard vocabulary, <span> and class names, etc), if you really need it.
Note: research and opinions are being gathered that support the use of the <cite> element to markup the names of speakers (e.g. for quotations). Please contribute yours:
cite element: examples in the wild of speakers marked up with cite
cite element: opinions on use of cite to markup names of speakers
The <time> element should allow vague times ("March") and times from ancient history to be marked up
This has been discussed a number of times. For an overview of the topic, please see these e-mails:
http://lists.whatwg.org/htdig.cgi/whatwg-whatwg.org/2009-March/018888.html
http://lists.whatwg.org/htdig.cgi/whatwg-whatwg.org/2009-August/021745.html
At this stage, as discussed in the second of those e-mails, the best way forward is to demonstrate that there are communities interested in solving this problem, by using existing techniques such as microdata to address it. If such a solution achieves a high adoption rate, that will substantially increase the strength of the proposals.
<input type="text"> needs a minlength="" attribute
This has been discussed, but we are waiting for browsers to catch up with the many new form features before adding new ones like minlength="".
WHATWG and the W3C HTML WG
Are there plans to merge the groups?
Not especially. There are people who for a number of reasons are unable to join the W3C group, and there are others who are unable to join the WHATWG group. The editor is in both groups and takes all input into account -- and there are far more places where input on HTML5 is sent than just these two mailing lists (e.g. blogs, www-html@w3.org, forums, direct mail, meetings, etc).
Which group has authority in the event of a dispute?
The editor takes feedback from everyone into account and does not look at the source of those arguments for technical arguments.
What is the history of HTML?
Here are some documents that detail the history of HTML:
HTML's timeline on the ESW wiki
The history section in HTML5 itself
Besides HTML5 the WHATWG works on Web Workers. It does this together with the W3C WebApps Working Group.
Should I top-post or reply inline?
Please reply inline or make the reply self-contained.
Basically, please remove anything after the last line you have written, so that people don't have to scroll down to find out what else you wrote, and make sure that your e-mail makes sense on its own, as it will probably be read out of context years later.
That is, you should reply like this:
Ian wrote:
> What do you want?
I want cats!
> When do you want it?
You should definitely not reply like this (because this requires people to read your e-mail backwards):
> Is this a good example of how to post e-mails?
You should also not reply like this (because this leaves people to wonder if there is any text lower down that you have written):
This is a bad way to write e-mail.
> Is this a good way to write e-mail?
> Lorem ipsum foo bar baz.
> Unrelated other bits that aren't replied to.
> Yet more text
You should also not reply like this (with no context at all), because the reader will not know what you are referring to:
No, I think that's a bad idea. It wouldn't be good for the readers, for instance.
Quote enough original text or provide an introduction yourself.
If you use Outlook or Outlook Express, you can use either Outlook-QuoteFix or OE-QuoteFix. These plugins fix several of Outlook's problems with sending properly formatted emails. H
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Winona Ryder, whose film career includes Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan and Oscar® nominations for The Age of Innocence and Little Women, will serve as guest host the week of Sept. 19. Ryder, a passionate cinephile with a vast and extensive film knowledge, will also be on TCM in December as a Guest Programmer, introducing a night of her favorite movies.
RIP Glenn Shadix
Glenn Shadix, 58, best known for playing interior designer Otho in the movie Beetlejuice (1988), died Tuesday morning in Birmingham, Ala., according to a statement posted by the actor’s family on his official website. Shadix, who was in a wheelchair due to mobility problems, reportedly died after falling and hitting his head in his kitchen, the actor’s sister told The Birmingham News. Director Tim Burton cast Shadix in Beetlejuice after seeing him portray Gertrude Stein in a Los Angeles play. Shadix would work with Burton again on The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) and Planet of the Apes (2001). Shadix also did voice work for the animated show Teen Titans, and guest starred in such shows as Carnivà le and Seinfeld (as Jerry’s landlord). A memorial service is scheduled for Sept. 11 in Birmingham.
Events General
Michael Lehmann To Attend Screening Of “Heathersâ€
Michael Lehmann, one of True Blood’s premiere directors will be at the screening of one of his films, “Heathers†at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica, CA on Friday night, August 27.
Michael Lehmann directed Heathers in 1988 and it was written by Daniel Waters, who will also attend the screening. The film became a cult classic, with high rentals and sales business. In 2006, it was ranked #5 on Entertainment Weekly’s list of the “50 Best High School Movies†and in 2008, it was ranked #412 on Empire’s list of The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time. Heathers brought director Michael Lehmann and producer Denise Di Novi the 1990 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. Daniel Waters also gained recognition for his screenplay, which won a 1990 Edgar Award.
There will be a discussion following the film with director Michael Lehmann and screenwriter Daniel Waters.
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The event will be held:
Friday · 7:30pm – 10:00pm
Location Aero Theatre
1328 Montana Ave at 14th St
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Winona Ryder: The Biography
I got an email this week from Nigel Goodall, he’s author of “Winona Ryder: The Biography” which was the first British biography of Winona to be published in paperback in 1998. If you don’t know, this book is source for several major TV documentaries transmitted in the UK, USA and Canada.
“The book reads as though it is an authorised biography written with Ryder’s co-operation. By liberally using quotes from other sources, Goodall makes the book read as through he interviewed the actress, who comes across as an intelligent, talented and sensitive young woman.â€
– Chris Samson, Petaluma Argus-Courier
Well, he wrote me to tell that now this book is now available form iTunes, Omnilit and Amazon.com as an ebook in various formats.
Also, be sure to join at the Facebook group done for the ebook, here.
Actor Corey Haim Is Dead at 38
I think everyone remember “Lucas”, that cute 1986 movie starring Winona, Charlie Sheen and… Corey Haim.
The ‘poster guy’ (9 between 10 teenagers at 80’s had his posters on the wall), star of “The Lost Boys” (one of my favorite movies all time!) was found dead this morning, after an accidental overdose. He was 38.
My condolences to family and friends.
Gwyneth Paltrow: Winona Ryder’s Frenemy?
In her latest GOOP newsletter, Gwyneth Paltrow talks about why the media spins stories negatively and mentions a “frenemy,†most likely referring to her former best friend, actress Winona Ryder. (Their friendship ended when Gwyn reportedly stole the part of Shakespeare in Love from Winona. Industry insiders have denied this rumor.)
“Back in the day, I had a ‘frenemy’ who, as it turned out, was pretty hell-bent on taking me down. This person really did what they could to hurt me. I was deeply upset, I was angry, I was all of those things you feel when you find out that someone you thought you liked was venomous and dangerous. I restrained myself from fighting back. I tried to take the high road. But one day I heard that something unfortunate and humiliating had happened to this person. And my reaction was deep relief and…happiness. There went the high road. So, why does it feel so good to hear something bad about someone you don’t like? Or someone you DO like? Or someone you don’t KNOW? I once asked the editor of a tabloid newspaper why all of the stories about a famous British couple had a negative bent. He said that when the headline was positive, the paper didn’t sell. Why is that? What’s wrong with us? I asked the sages to shed a little light. Here’s to washing our mouths out with soap… Love, Gwyneth.â€
The “unfortunate and humiliating†incident Gwyn mentioned is likely referring to Winona’s 2001 shoplifting incident, where she stole $5K worth of designer clothes and accessories at a Saks Fifth Avenue department store.
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Belarus (pianos)
Belarus (tractor)
Coordinates: 53°N 23°E / 53°N 23°E / 53; 23
Belarus ( i/bɛləˈruːs/ bel-ə-ROOSS; Belarusian: Белару́сь, tr. Bielaruś, IPA: [bʲɛlaˈrusʲ]; Russian: Белоруссия, tr. Byelorussiya; IPA: [bʲɪloˈrussɪʲɐ]), officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Hrodna (Grodno), Homiel (Gomel), Mahilioŭ (Mogilev) and Vitsebsk (Vitebsk). Over 40% of its 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) is forested. Its strongest economic sectors are service industries and manufacturing.
Until the 20th century, different states at various times controlled the lands of modern-day Belarus: for example: the Principality of Polotsk (11th to 14th centuries), the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the Russian Empire. In the aftermath of the 1917 Russian Revolution, Belarus declared independence as the Belarusian People's Republic, succeeded by the Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia, which became a founding constituent republic of the Soviet Union in 1922 and was renamed as the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (Byelorussian SSR). Belarus lost almost half of its territory to Poland after the Polish-Soviet war of 1919-1921. Much of the borders of Belarus took their modern shape in 1939 when some lands of the Second Polish Republic were reintegrated into it after the Soviet invasion of Poland and were finalized after World War II. During World War II, military operations devastated Belarus, which lost about a third of its population and more than half of its economic resources. The republic was redeveloped in the post-war years. In 1945 Belarus became a founding member of the United Nations, along with the Soviet Union and the Ukrainian SSR.
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Belarus (Беларусъ) is a Belarusian manufacturer of upright pianos, founded in 1935 in Belarus (then the Soviet Union). Currently it is owned by the joint-stock company "Muzinstrument - Borisov". It is also known as the piano manufactures Sängler & Söhne, Schubert and Wieler pianos.
List of piano brand names
"Muzinstrument - Borisov" company website - http://www.belpiano.narod.ru/
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Belarus («Белару́с», earlier «Белару́сь») is a series of four-wheeled tractors produced since 1950 at Minsk Tractor Works, MTZ (Мінскі трактарны завод; Ми́нский тра́кторный заво́д, МТЗ) in Minsk, Belarus.
These tractors are very well known throughout the Commonwealth of Independent States and are exported to more than 100 countries worldwide, including USA and Canada.
At the end of World War II, agricultural infrastructure in the Soviet Union (USSR) was in a poor state, production of agricultural machinery having been non existent during the later years of the War. Those tractors and machinery still working on the Large Collective Farms were tired from heavy use and also dated, most having been produced in the early 1930s or earlier. At best these tractors were unreliable and were poorly maintained. The Communist state ordered new tractors to be made at several locations within the USSR, the main assembly plant for MTZ being in Minsk, Belarus, with smaller tractors being produced in other locations, while other factories produced high-horsepower articulated and tracked tractors. All these tractors were exported under the name "Belarus" but were of a different design to each other. Within the Eastern bloc the tractors had no paint scheme, they were simply painted the same colour all over, red, green and blue being the most common. In the late 1980s Belarus tractors gained a paint livery of cream/white, cream wheels, with a red chassis, this remained until the late 1990s when it changed to red with a black chassis and cream wheels (later silver). A green alternative to the red was available for some markets during the 2000s (decade). While blue with a black chassis is currently the livery for the more basic 2wd cabless models.
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Radio-Tube Minimal Techno Drum & Bass Poland
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PolskaStacja Klasycznie Classical Poland
ModFM Experimental,Electronica Poland
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RMF Relaks Easy Poland
Radio Chopin Classical Poland
PolskaStacja Disco Polo Dance Poland
PolskaStacja Jazz Jazz Poland
Polskastacja Eurowizja Pop Poland
Radio Victoria Religious,Pop Poland
Radio Centrum Rzeszow Varied Poland
BabyRadio.pl Kids Poland
PolskaStacja Klasyka Elektroniczna Electronica Poland
Radio Alex 105.2 Zakopane Varied Poland
El-Stacja Electronica Poland
RMF Blues Blues Poland
Didgeridoo PL World Poland
Radio Zet Lato Pop Poland
Radio Plus Gorzów Varied Poland
Radio RM80 80s Poland
Radio 90 (PL) Varied Poland
Polskastacja Modern Rock Rock Poland
Eska Old's Cool Oldies Poland
Radio Zet Rock Rock Poland
Radio Plus Kraków Varied Poland
Nadaje Asymmetry Festival Radio Alternative Poland
Polskastacja Ballady Rockowe Rock,Soft Rock Poland
Radio Zet Chopin Classical Poland
PolskaStacja 80s 90s 90s,80s Poland
Radio Jasna Góra Religious Poland
VOX Party Adult Poland
Open.FM 500 Heavy Hits Rock Poland
Radio Zet Rock & Rap Rock,Rap Poland
Radio Fama Sochachew Pop Poland
Polskastacja Polskie Niezapomniane Przeboje Oldies Poland
RMF Chopin Classical Poland
PR 3 (Trójka) Varied Poland
Antyradio Covers Varied Poland
Radio GRA Włocławek Pop,Contemporary Poland
RMF Groove Alternative,Jazz,Easy Poland
RMF Poplista Pop Poland
Radio TOP80 80s,Dance Poland
PolskaStacja Drum&Bass Drum & Bass Poland
Polskastacja Eden World,New Age Poland
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Barbara Peeters, Jacques Beerson
Two lonely housewives find love in this vintage lesbian exploitation drama!
This wildly entertaining vintage lesbian exploitation film tells the story of a pair of lonely housewives who fall into bed together after seeing a lesbian couple holding hands at a restaurant on Sunset Boulevard.
The slightly butch Denise (Elizabeth Plumb) falls big-time for her ultra-femme pal Adria (Alisa Courtney). Life is all peaches and cream for the lovebirds: They go horseback riding together, play mini golf and go to the carousel on the Santa Monica Pier. But when man-loving Adria falls for swarthy hack actor, Jim (John Aprea, who you’ll recognize from The Godfather), Denise is left out in the cold—easy prey for the British seductress Mona (Elizabeth Knowles) who gets her stoned before trying to defile her on a pool table.
Jim eventually dumps Adria and the film manages to end on what, for 1975, is a definite up-note. The two women walk into the sunset together (crying, but together). This vintage lesbian melodrama has it all: Contrived dialogue, hilarious early ’70s fashion design and sets to die for (avocado shag carpet, anyone?). Whether you want to re-live the agony of being a lesbian in the ’70s, get a bit of perspective on how far we’ve come, or just have more fun than you’ve had in ages—this is the movie for you! Director Barbara Peeters worked with Roger Corman and was a Feminist exploitation film pioneer.
"An extraordinary lesbian love story from 1975." – Quest, Wisconsin Gay News
PLEASE NOTE: This digital transfer has been mastered from a rare 35mm archival print. The film is complete and unedited, but in poor condition after years of wear and tear. The original 35mm print of this film has been donated to Outfest’s Legacy Project at UCLA Film & Television Archive, the pioneering program for LGBT film preservation.
Me, Myself and Her “An affectionate story of love and compassion.” — Frameline40 Marina and Federica have been together for five ye...
Elena Undone Necar Zadegan and Traci Dinwiddie star in this passionate romance between a pastor's wife and a lesbian writer. "Unabas...
Tru Love “A gorgeous to look at, well acted, beautifully written modern romance.” — Curve Magazine The vivacious Shauna Ma...
Kamikaze Hearts The provocative lesbian classic — First time on digital! Provocative and irresistible, Kamikaze Hearts is a raw story...
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Atari 2600 Game Reviews: Swordquest: Earthworld through Synthcart
June 17, 2018 / woodgrainwonderland
Swordquest: Earthworld (Atari, 1982)
Oh if only you could have seen the first draft of this review! My initial play of Swordquest: Earthworld had me very excited indeed. I was convinced that it was merely a flawed game that a bunch of negative nellies had falsely labelled as one of the worst games ever for the 2600. I even liked the minigames; look at that Leo Waterfall piece – it reminds me of the electric corridor sequence in Montezuma’s Revenge. Rafts in Aquarian Rapids? Why – it’s Frogger! How utterly delightful! Sagittarius Spears? Just a minimalist Freeway! Oh sure – I’m having a hard time beating them now, but it’s only a matter of time, right? Right???
Swordquest: Earthworld is unconscionably, ridiculously, ludicrously hard, and an entirely pointless exercise now that the $150,000 worth of prizes for beating the game (first with the commercially-available cartridge and then with a special championship edition) have been awarded decades ago. Atari wasn’t about to give away that kind of hardware without a fight, even though they were never shy about taking our hard-earned money.
Think about it this way: Swordquest: Earthworld is a game in which you need an active knowledge of the Signs of the Zodiac as well as a comic book to even play. Even if you do know your astrology, good luck deciphering the signs in Atari 2600 pixels without having to constantly refer to the manual.
The DC comic, written by industry luminaries Gerry Conway and Roy Thomas with art by George Perez and Dick Giordano, is actually really good as a standalone comic. However, as a clue-provider for the game itself it’s a washout, mainly because the in-game mechanics involved in finding the clues in the comic are convoluted and ridiculous.
The minigames border on the impossible, with even the slightest slip-up intended to send you right back to your starting point. Every one of them is literally a race to the bottom. Ultimately, the game comes down to putting objects in rooms, which was okay for a few objects in Adventure but not for the freaking SIXTEEN you have to deal with here. Gosh what fun.
And to think I was originally going to defend this game on the basis of “Hey, even the Zelda games involved a lot of exploring combined with the occasional minigame.” What an asinine conceit. I can’t believe I have two more of these things to review. Pray to the god of your choice for me. F
More Info: Swordquest: Earthworld on AtariAge. For current listings of Swordquest: Earthworld for sale on eBay, click here
Swordquest: Fireworld (Atari, 1982)
Swordquest: Fireworld is more of the same but somehow even worse. I’ve come to the conclusion that the only way to escape this Swordquest experience with my sanity intact is to judge them on their minigames, but Fireworld fails even by that standard. Earthworld’s minigames actually are fun until you discover how impossible they are, but Fireworld doesn’t even offer that. The graphics are terrible, at least two are based on Kaboom! but with no paddle control, and there doesn’t seem to be any clear metric for success in any of them. What’s worse is that Fireworld apparently makes success in the minigames a prerequisite for getting into all of the treasure rooms. The one I was actually able to win sent me to a room with no treasure.
Otherwise, Fireworld offers more thrilling adventures in placing objects in rooms. I don’t know what else to say – these games are numbing my brain. F
More Info: Swordquest: Fireworld on AtariAge. For current listings of Swordquest: Fireworld for sale on eBay, click here
Swordquest: Waterworld (Atari, 1983)
Welp, the good news is that Swordquest: Waterworld features the best graphics in the series (several times better than Fireworld at least) but the bad news is that the gameplay might be even worse than its predecessors. For one thing, they cheap out on the minigames – the only tangible metric of this series’ quality – with only three, each one pretty lame. Like Earthworld, there’s an uninspired Frogger rip, while the other two are pretty much the same except one is dodge-the-shark while the other is dodge-the-octopi.
Atari altered some game mechanics with this one, and not for the better. With Earthworld and Fireworld, players used a cursor to collect and exchange treasures. Here, you guide your explorer onto a treasure and hit the action button, which would be fine except that it HARDLY EVER WORKS, even if you won the prerequisite minigame. And because there are only three minigames, you wind up playing those games a lot.
So, as far as the race to the bottom that is determining which Swordquest game is the best and which is the worst, Earthworld comes up first among the clunkers if only for the semi-decent albeit ridiculously difficult minigames. Waterworld is pretty bad, but Fireworld rides the caboose of the lame train on account of its wretched graphics and terrible games. At least as a collector’s item, Waterworld is by far the most monetarily valuable of the series as it was only made available to Atari Club members, so there’s that, I guess (the planned fourth and final game, Airworld, was mercifully never released – thanks Video Game Crash). F
More Info: Swordquest: Waterworld on AtariAge. For current listings of Swordquest: Waterworld for sale on eBay, click here
Sync (Homebrew, 2007)
Between the repetitive music and sheer difficulty of most of its high-speed puzzle games, I swear Sync was designed to drive the player insane. An attempt by programmer Simone Serra to bring the then-popular rhythm/reflex genre to the 2600, Sync vacillates between quite enjoyable to incredibly frustrating depending on which of the seven games you’re playing.
For me, the weakest games on the cart by far are the ones that most closely resemble the Dance Dance Revolution-with-thumbs (or in this case a joystick) subgenre. These include “Mantra” and “Jitter,” which start out skull-crushingly hard and just get worse from there. “Flow” – with its goal to eliminate as many CPU-placed blocks as possible – was much more to my liking.
The “Four” minigame set includes scaled-down, supposedly 1K versions of “Jitter” and “Flow” (sorry, I don’t buy that Serra was able to program either of them with only 1K). I didn’t like “Jitter” in the first place and this 1K version is more of the same. “Flow 1K” doesn’t seem to match the gameplay of its 4K cousin and as a result is extremely frustrating. However, I enjoyed “Gate” (a vertically-scrolling shape matching game) and the pretentiously-titled “Here” (eliminate bars with precise timing) much, much more.
So, of seven games I enjoyed only three, which is not a case for a strong recommendation. But you gotta admire Serra for attempting such an ambitious title. Technically Sync is a marvel, with an innovative-for-the-2600 game selection system, frequently stunning graphics and – in some games at least – borderline hypnotic music. Sync is available in the AtariAge Store. C
More Info: Sync on AtariAge. For current listings of Sync for sale on eBay, click here
Synthcart (Homebrew, 2002)
Paul Slocum’s Synthcart may not be the best homebrew ever made, but it may well be the coolest. Synthcart turns your Atari 2600 into a full-on synthesizer featuring the system’s surprisingly robust – if slightly off-key – range of sound. The cart gives you control over tone, tempo and percussion, with a beatbox pre-programmed with 33 beats and patterns. That alone would surpass most peoples’ expectations, but the user also has control over attack/delay/release, tremolo and arpeggiation. The possibilities are virtually endless.
The bad news for users playing on original hardware rather than an emulator is that you will need your choice of two keyboard controllers, two video touch pads or two kids’ controllers (as I’ve long suspected, all of these controllers are interchangeable). Problem is how many people still have two of any of those controllers (I’m sure Basic Programming just tore up the video game sales charts, after all)? I know I lost my only Star Raiders video touch pad ages ago. So if you want to use Synthcart on an actual VCS you may need to make some additional investment.
Synthcart will appeal primarily to homebrewers composing soundtracks for their own projects, but considering how many AtariAge participants have done homebrews or aspire to do so, that could be a significant market within our little community. . And yes, it’s available for your shopping delight in the AtariAge Store. B
More Info: Synthcart on AtariAge. For current listings of Synthcart for sale on eBay, click here
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Bringing the Outback up north. / August 29, 2017
This summer, we stopped counting steps and started counting jumps as we worked with the Minnesota Zoo to promote their Australia exhibit, Kangaroo Crossing. The coolest part about the exhibit? There are no barriers between humans and animals. That means guests can get even closer to the kangaroos and wallabies that make up the exhibit (along with the occasional rogue goose).
An exhibit this unique was begging for its own campaign, so the Zoo tasked us with getting the word out — which we went to work on, creating everything from experiential to a TV spot. And Adventure handled it all, from initial ideation to bringing over a kangaroo performance group from Australia — dubbed the “Jump Squad” — to perform at events in Minnesota throughout the summer. The campaign also included radio, social and out-of-home.
Our campaign brought in countless likes, shares and jumps, not to mention more than a few wide-eyed youngsters. We’re also proud to say this past year had the third highest attendance in all of Minnesota Zoo history.
The exhibit runs through Labor Day — don’t miss it!
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World leader at the Ski World Cup
Aebi TT280 with overhead winch and crawler tracks supporting slope preparation in Adelboden
77 seconds – this is the best time with which Marcel Hirscher won the men’s FIS Ski World Cup last year in Adelboden, Switzerland. 77 seconds for 1290 meters, which have to be mastered twice and error-free in order to complete the competition. The best overall standing wins. The giant slalom in Adelboden at „Chuenisbärgli“ is known as one of the most difficult in the world. The challenging downhill slope with a maximum inclination of 60% is quite an affair and especially the steep finishing slope demands a lot from the athletes. While for the winter sportsmen a few seconds determine victory or defeat, the World cup requires months of preparation for the team of the racing director Hans Pieren. Especially in the last few days before the race every helping hand – or machine – counts. Aebi supports the organisation committee with an Aebi TT280 with crawler track and overhead winch, as well as an Aebi VT450 Vario Transporter. Following the principle: ‘world leading technology for world class athletes’.
A ski slope is not just like another. Racing director Hans Pieren has highest demands for the quality of his World Cup slope. The slope has to be extremely hard and compact. And in the matter of fairness of the competition the slope condition has to stay the same from the first to the very last competitor. The influence of the condition of the racing slope on the driving behaviour is huge. The slope preparation is therefore a science in itself, which also contains complex irrigation. For the watering an injection bar is used. With this tool the slope is being iced at temperatures around the freezing point in order to create an optimal surface. However, if fresh snow should fall it has to be removed before the starting of the race. On Thursday, shortly before the beginning of this year’s World Cup from the 9th to 10th of January in Adelboden heavy snow began to fall. In the last minute, far more than 50 volunteers cleared the snow from the slope away to the edge with their ski. They were actively supported by the Aebi TT280, which is equipped with crawler tracks and an overhead winch. Its speciality: secured with the overhead winch even the steepest parts of the slope can be prepared. The specially developed winch contains 500 meters of working rope and operates with a traction force up to 4 tons. To secure the Terratrac, the rope can be attached to a tree or a cableway pole, for instance. The 360° rotatable swivel arm enables flexible working at the slope. And while the big and heavy snow groomer could damage the sensible surface of the slope and the extensive caterpillars could lead to irregularities by turning around, the Aebi TT280 can move around without any negative impacts on the slope thanks to rubber tracks and all-wheel steering. Equipped with a Schmidt VP wedge snowplough, the Terratrac can easily clear away the fresh snow from the slope just below the starting point. With a clearing width of 2.4 meters and the power of 109 PS the Aebi Terratrac is clearly preferable to manual clearing by hand or ski respectivly.
Thanks to its crawler tracks and overhead winches the Aebi TT280 is optimally suited to prepare even the steepest slopes quickly and efficiently. The resources of the supporters can be spared and used where no machinery can be used. Furthermore, in Adelboden in demand are the Aebi VT450 Vario and TT280 for all kinds of transportation work. Tarpaulin, power cables, signs, or barrier nets for the slope – the two red helpers on 4 wheels, or tracks respectively, are in constant use at the World Cup in Adelboden and are getting supervised by the competent and long-standing Aebi partner Ernst Kropf Landmaschinen.
The Aebi team wishes the responsibles a successful end spurt with all the preparations, all the athletes a successful World Cup weekend and all viewers lots of exciting moments at the “Chuenisbärgli”.
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Distinctive Perspectives
On Common Ground at Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, positions work by two of South Africa’s most renowned photographers side-by-side.
Offering dialogues between the contributions of David Goldblatt (1930-2018) and Peter Magubane (b. 1932), the show reveals images of life in apartheid South Africa through two distinct – yet equally poignant – approaches.
Until 18 August. Find out more here.
1. David Goldblatt, Saturday afternoon in Sunward Park, Boksburg, April 1979.
2. David Goldblatt, South-east wing of a hostel for Black male workers erected during apartheid as part of a scheme to make Joburg city and suburbs white. Alexandra Township, 1 June 1988.
3. David Goldblatt, The butchery of Hassimia Sahib, who resisted forced removal, with new housing for whites, during the destruction of Fietas under the Group Areas Act, 8 March 1986.
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Budget 2015: Health, pensioner concession cuts outweigh any revenue for SA, State Treasurer says
Updated May 13, 2015 12:37:33
Photo: SA Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis says the state has been hurt by the Federal budget.
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Federal cuts to health, education and pensioner concessions outweigh any revenue the South Australian Government will receive from the 2015 budget, the State Treasurer says.
Tom Koutsantonis welcomed the cost reductions for small business, but said the incentives come at the same time as almost $300 million in federal cuts to the state's hospitals come into play.
"I don't want to sound like I'm ungrateful for the work that Mr Hockey has done in cutting some taxes, that's good work, but fundamentally we need to look at out hospital system," Mr Koutsantonis said.
"You can't have a prosperous economy without a good functioning healthcare system, and he's making some savage cuts to those."
As well as cuts to health and education, Mr Koutsantonis said the budget failed to reinstate pensioner concessions, which would hurt a lot of South Australians.
Rates for properties owned by pensioners and concession card holders are expected to rise by up to $190 from July because of a federal subsidy that was removed in the 2014-15 budget.
The State Government has covered the $30 million shortfall since July last year, but has not guaranteed it will continue to do so in the next financial year.
Opposition Leader Steven Marshall said the State Government now has no excuse to not restore pensioner concessions.
"They've got a windfall gain of additional money from the Federal Government through GST money coming in, almost $1 billion worth of new money that Tom Koutsantonis didn't have at his disposal yesterday," Mr Marshall said.
"He must now restore the pensioner concessions, keep the repat hospital open, and restore the remission on the Emergency Services Levy."
Mr Koutsantonis said those funds had already been taken into account in the state's mid-year budget review.
He said any additional revenue the state was receiving "pales in significance" to cuts to health and education.
The State Government is expected to make an announcement later today on possible outcomes for the state's pensioners.
SA expecting 'tsunami of job losses'
Independent Senator for South Australia Nick Xenophon said the federal budget was an improvement on last year's and "couldn't possibly be any worse".
But he said the Government was pouring billions of dollars into developing northern Australia while refusing to provide necessary transition funds to prepare southern states like SA and Victoria for the departure of Australia's auto-manufacturing sector.
Photo: Holden will close its manufacturing plant in Elizabeth in 2017. (AAP: Eric Sands)
Mr Xenophon said both states were expecting a "tsunami of job losses" when operations like Holden's plant at Elizabeth in Adelaide's northern suburbs closed in 2017.
"And the Government is still not committing in the budget to future submarines being built in South Australia," he said.
"That is very worrying ... it will in-turn lead to billions of dollars in jobs being exported overseas."
But Mr Marshall said incentives for small business would help the struggling manufacturing sector.
"Plenty of our manufacturing sector in the SME [small and medium enterprises] sector, they are now going to have lower taxes and accelerated depreciation on capital purchases," Mr Marshall said.
"That's exactly what they have been calling for, for an extended period of time."
Mr Marshall said the federal budget would help the state's business sector recover.
"South Australia lost businesses last year, I mean other states around Australia created a net of new businesses, 8,000 new businesses in New South Wales, 7,000 new businesses in Victoria.
"South Australia, we went backwards. We had business closures, net business closures."
Infrastructure delayed by 2015 budget
Mr Koutsantonis said while the latest federal budget did not reveal any further cuts for SA, it had delayed some infrastructure programs, "which was very disappointing for South Australians".
"They're spending a lot of money in the north of the country on infrastructure while delaying infrastructure here in South Australia," he said.
He said this included the Torrens Rail Junction upgrade, which will separate the intestate freight line from Adelaide's metropolitan rail network and would build on the already completed Goodwood Junction.
Assistant Infrastructure Minister and South Australian MP Jamie Briggs said the Federal Government's $232 million commitment to the Torrens Junction "was clearly in the budget".
"The only government that hasn't committed any funding in their budget is South Australia," he said.
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APPENDIX 3 CHANGES FROM ANZSIC 1993
1 The 2006 edition of the ANZSIC reflects a substantial review of all facets of the classification. The first edition of the classification was released in 1993 and there have been significant changes in the Australian and New Zealand economies in that period. Consequently, it is not surprising that the classification has undergone a substantial degree of change. There has been extensive consultation with users in both countries to ensure that the 2006 edition meets their current and emerging needs.
2 There have been increases in the number of industry categories at each level of the classification as a result of the review. Table 1 compares the number of industry categories at each level of the hierarchy in the 1993 and 2006 editions. It also provides some summary statistics for Australia and New Zealand, using Australian value added data for 1999-2000 (Australian System of National Accounts, cat. no. 5204.0, Nov. 2003) and New Zealand full time equivalent employees for 2003 (New Zealand Business Demographic Statistics, as at February 2003).
Table 1: Industry Categories ANZSIC 1993 and 2006
ANZSIC 1993
Percentage change
ANZSIC
Number of categories
Average value added ($m)
Average number of full time equivalent employees
-11 057
3 The largest percentage increases in the number of categories occurred at the ANZSIC subdivision and group levels (increases of 62 and 35 percent respectively). Changes at each level of the classification, and the major reasons for them are discussed in more detail in the following sections of this appendix.
4 The summary statistics show how the additional categories in ANZSIC 2006 reduce the average size of aggregate statistics classified by industry, where the two classifications are applied at a common point in time.
ANZSIC DIVISIONS
5 ANZSIC 2006 includes 19 divisions, compared with 17 in ANZSIC 1993. The large and diverse Property and Business Services Division in ANZSIC 1993, together with some other services, has been rearranged into three new divisions: Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services; Professional, Scientific and Technical Services; and Administrative and Support Services; resulting in the net gain of two divisions in ANZSIC 2006.
6 ANZSIC 2006 Division J Information Media and Telecommunications has been introduced, effectively replacing ANZSIC 1993 Division J Communication Services. The new division brings together classes from a number of ANZSIC 1993 divisions.
7 The new Information Media and Telecommunications Division groups units mainly engaged in the creation and storing of information products for dissemination purposes; transmitting information products using analogue and digital signals; and providing transmission and storage services for information products. These have been rapidly growing sectors of the Australian and New Zealand economies since the last review. In addition, both sets of changes better align ANZSIC 2006 with the division structures proposed for ISIC. Rev. 4.
8 Apart from the changes required as a result of the new division structure, several divisions were renamed to better reflect their composition or the terminology in current usage.
ANZSIC SUBDIVISIONS
9 ANZSIC 2006 includes 86 subdivisions, compared with 53 in ANZSIC 1993, the largest percentage increase in the number of categories for any level of the classification. This was the result of a number of factors including:
improving the international comparability of the classification at this level;
identifying groupings of economic activities with significantly different production functions; and
promoting some more economically significant industries to this level of the classification.
10 Individual decisions to create subdivisions took into account all of these factors and were variously influenced by them. To improve international comparability, ANZSIC 2006 was aligned, as far as possible, at the subdivision level with the proposed ISIC. Rev. 4.
11 Formation of the following subdivisions was particularly influenced by considerations of international comparability:
Subdivision 12: Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing;
Subdivision 44: Accommodation;
Subdivision 55: Motion Picture and Sound Recording Activities;
Subdivision 58: Telecommunications Services;
Subdivision 60: Library and Other Information Services; and
Subdivision 70: Computer Systems Design and Related Services.
12 Formation of the following subdivisions was particularly influenced by better identifying groupings of economic activities with significantly different production functions:
Subdivision 02: Aquaculture;
Subdivision 15: Pulp, Paper and Converted Paper Product Manufacturing;
Subdivision 26: Electricity Supply;
Subdivision 27: Gas Supply; and
Subdivision 94: Repair and Maintenance.
13 Formation of the following subdivisions was particularly influenced by promoting some of the more economically significant industries to this level of the classification:
Subdivision 11: Food Product Manufacturing;
Subdivision 45: Food and Beverage Services;
Subdivision 77: Public Order, Safety and Regulatory Services; and
Subdivision 80: Preschool and School Education.
ANZSIC GROUPS
14 The number of groups increased substantially, from 158 in ANZSIC 1993 to 214 in ANZSIC 2006. The major factors behind this increase were:
flow on effects from the large increase in the number of ANZSIC subdivisions;
formation of ANZSIC groups better aligned with the ISIC;
more homogeneous groupings of production functions; and
recognising some new groups with relatively high levels of economic significance.
15 Examples where international comparability was improved by the formation of groups include:
Group 541: Newspaper, Periodical, Book and Directory Publishing;
Group 542: Software Publishing; and
Group 697: Veterinary Services.
16 Examples where different production functions led to the formation of groups include:
Group 112: Seafood Processing;
Group 121: Beverage Manufacturing;
Group 261: Electricity Generation; and
Group 262: Electricity Transmission.
17 Examples of groups formed due to their relatively high levels of significance include:
Group 372: Pharmaceutical and Toiletry Goods Wholesaling;
Group 722: Travel Agency Services; and
Group 852: Pathology and Diagnostic Imaging Services.
ANZSIC CLASSES
18 The principles for the formation of classes in the 2006 edition of the ANZSIC are set out in Chapter 2. All of the principles were important contributors to the changes made at the ANZSIC class level between the 1993 and 2006 editions. ANZSIC 2006 comprises 506 classes, compared with 465 in ANZSIC 1993.
19 Many individual classes in ANZSIC 1993 have been affected by change of some type. In some cases, two or more ANZSIC 1993 classes have been merged to form one class and others have been broken up into more detailed classes.
20 The composition of many classes has been affected by the formation of different groupings of activities, particularly due to the more rigorous application of production function homogeneity e.g. the new treatment of repair and maintenance activities.
21 It is difficult to summarise the relative contribution of the various principles to these many changes of varying degrees of significance. Particular principles had more impact in some parts of the classification than others and all of the principles were considered in making decisions on individual ANZSIC 2006 classes.
22 Chapter 10 provides correspondences (concordances) between ANZSIC 1993 and ANZSIC 2006, and between ANZSIC 2006 and ANZSIC 1993, at the class level. These correspondences indicate how each class in each edition of the ANZSIC relates to the classes in the other edition i.e. class in one edition is comprised of one or more whole or part classes from the other edition.
23 For example, ANZSIC 1993 Class 2122 Ice Cream Manufacturing is directly equivalent to ANZSIC 2006 Class 1132 Ice Cream Manufacturing. There has been no change in the primary activity composition of the class between the two editions and there is therefore a 1:1 correspondence between the two classes.
24 As another example, ANZSIC 1993 Class 5730 Cafes and Restaurants has been split into two classes and a primary activity has been moved to a class in another division. ANZSIC 2006 Classes 4511 Cafes and Restaurants and 4513 Catering Services were previously part of ANZSIC 1993 Class 5730. In addition, theatre restaurants have been moved from this class to ANZSIC 2006 Class 9001 Performing Arts Operation. ANZSIC 1993 Class 5730 therefore corresponds to ANZSIC 2006 Classes 4511 and 4513, and part of ANZSIC 2006 Class 9001, a 1:many relationship (1:m).
25 In the correspondence tables the relationship described above is shown as follows.
ANZSIC 1993 Class ANZSIC 2006 Class
5730 Cafes and Restaurants 4511 Cafes and Restaurants
4513 Catering Services
9001 p Performing Arts Operation
26 The correspondences do not indicate how the actual composition of activities of individual classes has changed between the two editions or how significant those changes are.
CLASS RELATIONSHIPS
27 By examining the nature of the class level correspondences, it is possible to broadly summarise the relationships between the classes in the two editions. Table 2 summarises the nature of the relationships between the classes in ANZSIC 1993 and ANZSIC 2006 i.e. whether the contents of the class remained the same (1:1), the class was merged with other whole or part classes (m:1), or the class was broken up into two or more whole or part classes (1:m). The figures are provided for each ANZSIC 1993 division.
Table 2: Class Relationships - ANZSIC 1993 to ANZSIC 2006
Relationship of ANZSIC 1993 classes to ANZSIC 2006 classes
ANZSIC 1993 Division
m:1
1:m
A Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
B Mining
C Manufacturing
D Electricity, Gas and Water Supply
E Construction
F Wholesale Trade
G Retail Trade
H Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants
I Transport and Storage
J Communication Services
K Finance and Insurance
L Property and Business Services
M Government Administration and Defence
N Education
O Health and Community Services
P Cultural and Recreational Services
Q Personal and Other Services
Percentage of all classes
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
28 The table shows that 37 percent of ANZSIC 1993 classes were subdivided and apportioned to two or more ANZSIC 2006 classes. The most significant structural changes at the class level, proportionately, occurred in Division F Wholesale Trade; Division G Retail Trade and Division P Cultural and Recreational Services. However, there was structural change across most of the classification.
29 Merging of classes occurred where:
the previously defined industry had fallen below or near the economic significance limit;
there was limited user interest in the grouping; and/or
the degree of homogeneity of the individual classes was deficient because of significant secondary activities of units belonging to the other classes.
ANZSIC 1993 CLASS CHANGE TABLES
30 Class change tables have been prepared showing how each ANZSIC 1993 class was affected by the review and showing where ANZSIC 1993 primary activities are classified in ANZSIC 2006. They indicate whether the ANZSIC 1993 class has been split, merged, changed title, moved divisions etc. The ANZSIC 2006 class includes information about activities moved into or out of the class.
31 These tables are available free of charge from the ABS web site <www.abs.gov.au> and from the Statistics NZ web site <www.stats.govt.nz>.
COPING WITH THE IMPACT ON TIME SERIES DATA
32 With the implementation of a substantial revision of a major classification, many users prefer to have historical time series, compiled according to the previous edition of the classification, presented according to the new edition of the classification. The historical series cannot be recompiled on the new basis, rather any breaks in continuity between the old and the new observations are eliminated by quantifying the magnitude of the break and backcasting the series on the new basis.
33 A number of statistical methods can be applied to represent historical time series data. The size of particular breaks in series will differ for the same classification change depending on the data items involved e.g. the size of a particular break may differ, for example, for series on profits, employment or capital expenditure.
34 Both the ABS and Statistics NZ will release information explaining, for each series, how the impact of the move to ANZSIC 2006 will be handled, prior to the publication of the series on an ANZSIC 2006 basis.
This page last updated 18 February 2014
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2 p.m. Family Game Day: Community board game program; free for youth ages 8 and older. Parents/guardians must be present. Main Branch of the Alameda Free Library, 1550 Oak St. (Info: 747-7713)
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3 to 3:30 p.m. Fish Feeding Time: Five aquariums with more than 20 bay species will be fed while you learn who is eating what and how aquarium environments are kept healthy. Free for all ages. Crab Cove, 1252 McKay Ave. (Info: 544-3187)
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6 to 10 p.m. The Business of Disease: Documentary film screening. Tickets: $15; prescreening meet and greet and VIP reception, $30. Michaan’s Theatre, 2700 Saratoga St. (Tix, info: 800-380-9822 or www.artmindbodyspirit.com)
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1:30 p.m. Concert: Featuring a Dixieland jazz combo and the big band sounds of the Urquhart Memorial Concert Band conducted by Joel Toste. Free for seniors. Social Hall, Mastick Senior Center, 1155 Santa Clara Ave. (Info: 747-7506)
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10:30 to 11:45 a.m. Sea Squirts: “Animal Olympics.” Outdoor exploration and a theme-related craft for children 3 to 5 and an adult. Fee: $5. Crab Cove, 1252 McKay Ave. (Registration required: 888-327-2757, option 2, 3)
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6 p.m. Mastick Wednesday Evening Movie: Free for seniors. Mastick Senior Center, 1155 Santa Clara Ave. (Info: 747-7506)
6 to 8 p.m. Lawyers in the Library: Free legal service. Signup at 5:30 for lottery draw at 5:50. Alameda Free Library, 1550 Oak St. (Info: 747-7713)
6:30 to 8 p.m. Art Opening: Celebrate the opening of Islamic Art Exhibit: Language of the Quran. Free to the public. Main Branch of the Alameda Free Library, 1550 Oak St. (Info: 747-7777)
7 to 9 p.m. Alameda Island Poets: Open mic follows featured readers Joel Fallon and Johanna Ely, newly-crowned poet laureates of Benecia. Free to the public; donations appreciated. Green Fare Café, upstairs in the Mariner Square Athletic Club, 2227 Mariner Square Loop. (Info: 523-7853)
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Noon to 3 p.m. Alameda Oakland Homelearners: Meet for fun and idea exchange. Lincoln Park, High Street and Santa Clara Avenue. (Info: www.aohl.net)
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3:30 p.m. Thursday Craft Day: Crafts for children ages 5 to 12. Dress to get messy. Free. Bay Farm Island Branch Library, 3221 Mecartney Road. (Info: 747-7787)
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Female (Red-winged)
Red-winged Blackbird by Tim Hopwood
Agelaius phoeniceus
FAMILY: Icteridae
HabitatMarshes
NestingShrub
BehaviorGround Forager
One of the most abundant birds across North America, and one of the most boldly colored, the Red-winged Blackbird is a familiar sight atop cattails, along soggy roadsides, and on telephone wires. Glossy-black males have scarlet-and-yellow shoulder patches they can puff up or hide depending on how confident they feel. Females are a subdued, streaky brown, almost like a large, dark sparrow. Their early and tumbling song are happy indications of the return of spring.
You can find Red-winged Blackbirds in the breeding season by visiting cattail marshes and other wetlands, or simply by watching telephone wires on a drive through the country. Where there’s standing water and vegetation, Red-winged Blackbirds are likely to be one of the most common birds you see and hear. Listen for the male’s conk-la-lee! song. In winter, search through mixed-species blackbird flocks and be careful not to overlook the streaky, brown females, which can sometimes resemble a sparrow.
Sargento Alirrojo (Spanish)
Carouge à épaulettes (French)
Red-winged Blackbirds may come to your yard for mixed grains and seeds, particularly during migration. Spread grain or seed on the ground as well, since this is where Red-winged Blackbirds prefer to feed. Find out more about what this bird likes to eat and what feeder is best by using the Project FeederWatch Common Feeder Birds bird list.
Different populations and subspecies of Red-winged Blackbirds vary markedly in size and proportions. An experiment was conducted that moved nestlings between populations and found that the chicks grew up to resemble their foster parents. This study indicated that much of the difference seen between populations is the result of different environments rather than different genetic makeups.
The Red-winged Blackbird is a highly polygynous species, meaning males have many female mates – up to 15 in some cases. In some populations 90 percent of territorial males have more than one female nesting on their territories. But all is not as it seems: one-quarter to one-half of nestlings turn out to have been sired by someone other than the territorial male.
Male Red-winged Blackbirds fiercely defend their territories during the breeding season, spending more than a quarter of daylight hours in territory defense. He chases other males out of the territory and attacks nest predators, sometimes going after much larger animals, including horses and people.
Red-winged Blackbirds roost in flocks in all months of the year. In summer small numbers roost in the wetlands where the birds breed. Winter flocks can be congregations of several million birds, including other blackbird species and starlings. Each morning the roosts spread out, traveling as far as 50 miles to feed, then re-forming at night.
One California subspecies of the Red-winged Blackbird lacks the yellow borders to the red shoulders (epaulets) and has been dubbed the “bicolored blackbird.” Some scientists think this plumage difference may help Red-winged Blackbirds recognize each other where their range overlaps with the similar Tricolored Blackbird.
The oldest recorded Red-winged Blackbird was 15 years, 9 months old. It was banded in New Jersey in 1967, and found alive, but injured in Michigan in 1983. It was able to be released after recovering from its injuries.
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NFL meeting kicks off in New York as protesters kneel outside
By Jonathan Allen
Oct 17th 2017 4:23PM
NEW YORK, Oct 17 (Reuters) - National Football League officials weighed the fervor of players protesting racism against U.S. President Donald Trump's anger as their two-day autumn meeting began on Tuesday with supporters of the players kneeling outside in solidarity.
Trump's repeated denunciation of the players as unpatriotic for kneeling during the national anthem, which he reiterated as recently as Monday, has only made the practice more widespread.
His calls for fans to boycott games if players persist is an unwelcome prospect even for the world's highest-grossing sports league and have forced the topic high up the agenda of this week's regularly scheduled meeting in New York City.
Outside the Manhattan luxury hotel where team owners, players and their union's leaders met, about two dozen people showed their backing for the protesting athletes, kneeling on the sidewalk while holding placards that read "Take a knee against police brutality."
The demonstrators later dispersed.
Protesters gather outside NFL meetings in New York City
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 17: Activist Glenn Cantave joins others in a coalition of advocacy groups who were 'taking a knee' outside of a hotel where members the quarterly NFL league meetings are being held on October 17, 2017 in New York City. Owners, players and commissioner Roger Goodell are all expected to attend. The activists spoke of having solidarity with athletes and coaches around the country who have also kneeled in protest of racial injustice, especially in policing. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 17: A coalition of advocacy groups demonstrate outside of a hotel where members the quarterly NFL league meetings are being held on October 17, 2017 in New York City. Owners, players and commissioner Roger Goodell are all expected to attend. The activists spoke of having solidarity with athletes and coaches around the country who have kneeled in protest of racial injustice, especially in policing. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 17: A coalition of advocacy groups 'take a knee' outside of a hotel where members the quarterly NFL league meetings are being held on October 17, 2017 in New York City. Owners, players and commissioner Roger Goodell are all expected to attend. The activists spoke of having solidarity with athletes and coaches around the country who have also kneeled in protest of racial injustice, especially in policing. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Oct 17, 2017; New York, NY, USA; Black Lives Matter New York president Hawk Newsome speaks to media outside of the Conrad Hotel where the NFL owners meeting is set to take place. Mandatory Credit: Catalina Fragoso-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 17, 2017; New York, NY, USA; K Sloan sings the national anthem for protestors and media outside of the Conrad Hotel where the NFL owners meeting is set to take place. Mandatory Credit: Catalina Fragoso-USA TODAY Sports
Glenn Cantave poses after a rally with other demonstrators outside the location of the annual NFL owners meeting in New York City, NY, U.S. October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Demonstrators rally outside the NFL owners meeting in New York City, NY, U.S. October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Demonstrators rally outside the location of the annual NFL owners meeting in New York City, NY, U.S. October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
The small but growing number of players who have taken to kneeling are protesting the killing by police of unarmed black men and boys across the United States, as well as racial disparities in the criminal justice system. More than half of all NFL players are black.
An NFL spokesman had said the president might not see an outright ban on the act soon, if ever, and predicted that the meeting would focus on ways for all sides to work together.
Along those lines, team owners and players had a "productive meeting" on Tuesday about how to collaborate on positive social change and addressing inequality, according to a statement by the NFL and the players' union, the NFL Players Association.
NFL players, owners protest after criticism from Trump
Sep 24, 2017; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indianapolis Colts players kneel during the playing of the National Anthem before the game against the Cleveland Browns at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports
LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 24: Baltimore Ravens players kneel for the American National anthem during the NFL International Series match between Baltimore Ravens and Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley Stadium on September 24, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images)
GLENDALE, AZ - SEPTEMBER 25: Members of the Dallas Cowboys link arms and kneel during the National Anthem before the start of the NFL game against the Arizona Cardinals at the University of Phoenix Stadium on September 25, 2017 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
NFL Football - Jacksonville Jaguars vs Baltimore Ravens - NFL International Series - Wembley Stadium, London, Britain - September 24, 2017 Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan links arms with players during the national anthems before the match Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs
LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 24: (L-R) Wide recceivers Chris Moore and Breshad Perriman of the Baltimore Ravens pray prior to kickoff during the NFL match between The Jacksonville Jaguars and The Baltimore Ravens at Wembley Stadium on September 24, 2017 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Mitchell Gunn/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 24: Jacksonville Jaguar players show their protest during the National Anthem during the NFL International Series match between Baltimore Ravens and Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley Stadium on September 24, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images)
NFL Football - Jacksonville Jaguars vs Baltimore Ravens - NFL International Series - Wembley Stadium, London, Britain - September 24, 2017 Patrick Omameh of the Jacksonville Jaguars kneels during the U.S. national anthem before the match Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers
NFL Football - Jacksonville Jaguars vs Baltimore Ravens - NFL International Series - Wembley Stadium, London, Britain - September 24, 2017 Jacksonville Jaguars players kneel during the U.S. national anthem before the match Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs
NFL Football - Jacksonville Jaguars vs Baltimore Ravens - NFL International Series - Wembley Stadium, London, Britain - September 24, 2017 Jacksonville Jaguars players kneel during the U.S. national anthem before the match Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers
LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 24: (Editors Note: This image has been turned black and white) Jacksonville Jaguars enter te stadium during the NFL International Series match between Baltimore Ravens and Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley Stadium on September 24, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images)
Sep 24, 2017; Orchard Park, NY, USA; Buffalo Bills players kneel in protest during the National Anthem before a game against the Denver Broncos at New Era Field. Mandatory Credit: Timothy T. Ludwig-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 24, 2017; Orchard Park, NY, USA; Denver Bronco players kneel in protest during the National Anthem before a game against the Buffalo Bills at New Era Field. Mandatory Credit: Timothy T. Ludwig-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 25, 2017; Glendale, AZ, USA; Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott (21) and teammates stand next to service members holding a giant US flag during the national anthem prior to the game against the Arizona Cardinals at University of Phoenix Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 24, 2017; Indianapolis, IN, USA; The Cleveland Browns team stand and kneel during the National Anthem before the start of their game against the Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Thomas J. Russo-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 24, 2017; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Members of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers link arms during the national anthem prior to the game against the Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 24, 2017; Detroit, MI, USA; Detroit Lions linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin (44) middle linebacker Tahir Whitehead (59) running back Ameer Abdullah (21) outside linebacker Steve Longa (54) defensive end Jeremiah Ledbetter (98) defensive end Armonty Bryant (97) defensive tackle A'Shawn Robinson (91) and defensive end Cornelius Washington (90) kneel during the national anthem before the game against the Atlanta Falcons at Ford Field. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports
September 24, 2017; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Jets players lock arms during the national anthem before the game against the Miami Dolphins at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 24, 2017; Orchard Park, NY, USA; Members of the Denver Broncos kneel during the playing of the national anthem prior to a game against the Buffalo Bills at New Era Field. Mandatory Credit: Mark Konezny-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 25, 2017; Glendale, AZ, USA; The Dallas Cowboys players, coaches and staff take a knee prior to the National Anthem before the game against the Arizona Cardinals at University of Phoenix Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 24, 2017; London, United Kingdom; Jacksonville Jaguars players kneel during the playing of the United Sates national anthem before a NFL International Series game against the Baltimore Ravens at Wembley Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 24, 2017; Foxborough, MA, USA; Members of the New England Patriots take a knee during the national anthem before a game against the Houston Texans at Gillette Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Greg M. Cooper-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 24, 2017; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; Some of the Miami Dolphins take a knee during the anthem prior to the game against the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 24, 2017; Foxborough, MA, USA; Members of the New England Patriots kneel for the national anthem before the start of the game against the Houston Texans at Gillette Stadium. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports
NFL Football - Jacksonville Jaguars vs Baltimore Ravens - NFL International Series - Wembley Stadium, London, Britain - September 24, 2017 Patrick Omameh of the Jacksonville Jaguars kneels during the U.S. national anthem before the match Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Sep 24, 2017; Landover, MD, USA; Oakland Raiders players sit on the bench during the national anthem prior to their game against the Washington Redskins at FedEx Field. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 24, 2017; Landover, MD, USA; Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder stands with cornerback Josh Norman (24) and cornerback Bashaud Breeland (26) and safety D.J. Swearinger (36) during the playing of the national anthem before the game between the Washington Redskins and the Oakland Raiders at FedEx Field. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 24, 2017; Carson, CA, USA; Kansas City Chiefs defensive back Marcus Peters (22) protests next to running back Charcandrick West (35) and defensive tackle Roy Miller (98) during the National Anthem prior to the game against the Los Angeles Chargers at StubHub Center. Mandatory Credit: Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 24, 2017; Green Bay, WI, USA; Green Bay Packers tight end Lance Kendricks (84) and tight end Martellus Bennett (80) sit on the bench during the national anthem prior to the game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Lambeau Field. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 24, 2017; Nashville, TN, USA; Recording artist Meghan Linsey kneels after singing the national anthem before the game between the Tennessee Titans and the Seattle Seahawks at Nissan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jim Brown-USA TODAY Sports
NFL Football - Jacksonville Jaguars vs Baltimore Ravens - NFL International Series - Wembley Stadium, London, Britain - September 24, 2017 Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan links arms with players during the national anthems before the match Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers
CHICAGO, IL - SEPTEMBER 24: Members of the Chicago Bears stand arm-in-arm during the National Anthem before a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Soldier Field on September 24, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
CARSON, CA - SEPTEMBER 24: Justin Houston #50 of the Kansas City Chiefs is seen taking a knee during the National Anthem before the game against the Los Angeles Chargers at the StubHub Center on September 24, 2017 in Carson, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
NFL Football - Jacksonville Jaguars vs Baltimore Ravens - NFL International Series - Wembley Stadium, London, Britain - September 24, 2017 General view during the national anthems before the match Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers
At the start of the game protestors take a knee in support of the movement started by NFL player Colin Kaepernick, outside Lincoln Financial Field, in South Philadelphia, PA, on September 24, 2017. Similar protest are staged around the nation after US President Donald Trump named Kaepernick a Son of A Bitch at a recent rally. (Photo by Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
GLENDALE, AZ - SEPTEMBER 25: Strong safety Tyvon Branch #27 of the Arizona Cardinals links arms with staff and players during the National Anthem before the start of the NFL game against the Dallas Cowboys at the University of Phoenix Stadium on September 25, 2017 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
"As we said last week, everyone who is part of our NFL community has a tremendous respect for our country, our flag, our anthem and our military," the statement said. "In the best American tradition, we are coming together to find common ground and commit to the hard work required for positive change."
Malcolm Jenkins, a player for the Philadelphia Eagles, told reporters that the two sides discussed how to amplify players' voices and make what he called "long sustainable changes."
"We all have mutual interests ... We want to make sure that the quality of product that we put out on the field is great, but at the same time we have a responsibility to the communities that we live in and the communities that we come from," Jenkins said.
Fans react to NFL players protesting during national anthem
Oct 8, 2017; Houston, TX, USA; Houston Texans fan holds up signs before the game against the Kansas City Chiefs at NRG Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports
ATLANTA, GA - OCTOBER 01: A fan in the stands yells at players during the national anthem prior to the game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Buffalo Bills at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on October 1, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
CLEVELAND, OH - OCTOBER 01: A Cleveland Browns fan holds a sign in protest durning the nation anthem in the game between the Cleveland Browns and the Cincinnati Bengals at FirstEnergy Stadium on October 1, 2017 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Justin Aller /Getty Images)
HOUSTON, TX - OCTOBER 01: Fans making a statement about the recent national anthem protests during a football game at NRG Stadium on October 1, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)
BALTIMORE, MD - OCTOBER 01: A detail view of a sign displayed by fans during a game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium on October 1, 2017 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)
Los Angeles Charger fans make their way to the stadium past Donald Frazell from Los Angeles as he holds a sign near other protesters demonstrating in support of NFL players who "take a knee" before kickoff and during the National Anthem protesting police violence outside the StubHub Center where the Los Angeles Chargers are playing the Philadelphia Eagles in an NFL football game in Carson, California, U.S. October 1, 2017. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok
Oct 1, 2017; Denver, CO, USA; Denver Broncos fans show their support with t-shirts in reference to standing for the American national anthem during the fourth quarter of a game against the Oakland Raiders at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 24, 2017; Charlotte, NC, USA; Carolina Panthers fans hold up signs in the fourth quarter at Bank of America Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 24, 2017; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Cleveland Browns fans during their game against the Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Thomas J. Russo-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 24, 2017; Foxborough, MA, USA; A New England Patriots fan holds a sign as they take on the Houston Texans in the second half at Gillette Stadium. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports
GLENDALE, AZ - SEPTEMBER 25: Fans hold signs before the singing of the National Anthem before the NFL game between the Arizona Cardinals and the Dallas Cowboys at the University of Phoenix Stadium on September 25, 2017 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
CINCINNATI, OH - OCTOBER 8: A fan of the Cincinnati Bengals holds up a sign showing his opposition to players kneeling during the national anthem during the game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Buffalo Bills at Paul Brown Stadium on October 8, 2017 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by John Grieshop/Getty Images)
PLAYERS PUSH BACK
Trump wants the league to suspend players if they kneel during the pregame renditions of "The Star-Spangled Banner," saying on Monday the players were disrespecting the country. His vice president, Mike Pence, walked out of a stadium in Indianapolis earlier this month as players knelt, which Trump said he had instructed Pence to do.
Some team owners, including Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, sympathize with the president. Jones has said he would punish players who kneel by keeping them off the field.
Jones and Buffalo Bills owner Kim Pegula were among the officials seen heading into the meeting on Tuesday, all of them ignoring shouted questions from reporters. Many officials arrived through a rear entrance to avoid cameras.
NFL owners arrive at NFL meetings in New York
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones arrives for the NFL owners meeting in New York City, NY, U.S. October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Chairman of the New York Giants Steve Tisch arrives for the NFL owners meeting in New York City, NY, U.S. October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
New England Patriots Owner Robert Kraft arrives for the NFL owners meeting in New York City, NY, U.S. October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula and Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank arrive together for the NFL owners meeting in New York City, NY, U.S. October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars Shahid Khan arrives for the NFL owners meeting in New York City, U.S., October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
President of the New York Giants John Mara arrives for the NFL owners meeting in New York City, U.S., October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Chairman and CEO of the Philadelphia Eagles Jeffrey Lurie arrives for the NFL owners meeting in New York City, U.S., October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Oct 17, 2017; New York, NY, USA; New York Giants chairman and executive vice president Steve Tisch attends the NFL owners meeting at Conrad Hotel. Mandatory Credit: Catalina Fragoso-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 17, 2017; New York, NY, USA; Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones at the NFL owners meeting at Conrad Hotel. Mandatory Credit: Catalina Fragoso-USA TODAY Sports
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones speaks to members of the media as he exits the NFL owners meeting in New York City, U.S. October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Oct 17, 2017; New York, NY, USA; NFL commissioner Roger Goodell speaks to the media after the NFL owners meeting at Conrad Hotel. Mandatory Credit: Catalina Fragoso-USA TODAY Sports
Players and their union have bristled at Trump's assertion they are unpatriotic. Though still a minority, more players have begun kneeling since the new season began, and some sympathetic teammates have linked arms with the kneelers while standing themselves.
Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who first popularized the gesture last year, said he settled on kneeling as a form of protest because it is widely seen as a gesture of respect.
Jerry Jones confronted by protesters over national anthem stance
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Town about town
There's a lot of closet Huddersfield Town fans in my corner of London - coming back from Wembley, just in the same lift at Tufnell Park tube station, there was a young kid in Town strip who had gone to the match with his Dad, and a guy in his twenties who had seen Town stumble and fall in previous play-offs.
And then this morning on Hampstead Heath, blow me there was a youngster in Town's blue-and-white striped top. 'Don't be a dingbat, Dad, he's wearing an Argentina top', I was told. 'Nonsense son, he's a young Town supporter celebrating yesterday's Wembley triumph.' We decided on a 50p wager.
So I sidled past the poor kid in question, sunning himself on a bench. Whose kit was he wearing? Highgate Rangers!
Huddersfield Town 8, Sheffield United 7
Town fans for the day
Town are back where they belong! But there must be easier ways of getting promoted.
The League One play off at Wembley (what a great venue - this was my first visit to the new stadium) had its moments, though not many. After 120 minutes, the scoresheet was still blank.
And Huddersfield then managed to miss their first three penalties. Is it possible to win a shoot-out when your first three attempts have all failed? Well, most Town fans didn't think so.
But in a real heart stopper, Town then managed to put in eight penalties in a row. The last by their goalkeeper. The sudden death part of the shoot-out lasted so long, every player on the pitch had their turn. Sheffield United's keeper, the 22nd to take a spot kick, put the ball over the bar. And Huddersfield are in the Championship!
A sweet moment. I was there back in 1970 when Jimmy Nicholson held aloft the Second Division champions trophy at Leeds Road. But that was nothing on the euphoria at Wembley this afternoon.
And a really nice touch - the Sheffield United team came round and applauded the delirious Town fans. Real Yorkshire solidarity!
Will this be high scorer Jordan Rhodes's last match for Town? I guess so. He deserves a bigger club. But judging by how completely he was squeezed out of today's game by the Sheffield defence, he may not find it that easy to make his mark at the top level.
'Red Beryl'
This is a photograph of Beryl Lund who, in 1948, was an actress, a communist and a ministry civil servant involved in sensitive defence contracts.
She appeared in a Unity Theatre revue mocking the Labour government's 'red purge' of communist civil servants - the revue was reviewed in The Times - and 'red Beryl' ended up a victim of the purge which she had sent up on stage.
You can read more about the purging of Red Beryl here.
'Time of the Season'
Jeez, am I really that old? I went to see the Zombies last night - a band which formed way back 51 years ago. And which had its only UK chart hit, 'She's Not There' ... in 1964.
So that must make the twin pillars of the Zombies, Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent, well, a bit more than simply OAPs. And their current band features surely the world's oldest extant bass player.
Colin and Rod, though, are still lean and mean - and magnificent musicians. When a band with big nostalgia value starts playing their new material, it's usually time to head home. But the Zombies' new stuff packs a punch - they play all the back catalogue as well, and that means 'Time of the Season', 'Whenever You're Ready', and some of the material from solo careers - Colin Blunstone still has a wonderful, at times, aethereal, voice - and Rod Argent is a great rock and roll keyboards guy. And they give every impression of enjoying themselves on stage.
So altogether, the Zombies are a neat band - good live - and you'd never guess that they have already had their golden anniversary.
Redfern's rubber mats
A wonderful ghost sign just of Wandsworth Road uncovered with the removal of an advertising hoarding. I chanced across this while strolling round Clapham and Battersea last weekend - others have been here before me and indeed here's a wonderfully researched account of Redfern's and their rubber products.
The closing of Clapham Library
After 123 years, Clapham Library closes at the end of this week. It's a wonderful building, with a fantastic location - at one corner of the Common, opposite Holy Trinity and alongside the elegance of Clapham Old Town.
The building dates from 1889 - Battersea Public Library, not all that far away on Lavender Hill, is of exactly the same vintage. You do wonder about the back story there - a keen municipal rivalry, perhaps. The libraries still fall either side of a local government fault line - it used to be Clapham / Battersea, now it's Lambeth / Wandsworth.
Of the two libraries, Battersea is bigger, and better refurbished. But Clapham is appealingly compact, and more pleasing on the eye.
In its final days, Clapham Library is hosting an exhibition about the life and writing of a local author, Pamela Hansford Johnson. She was brought up on Battersea Rise, and the area is captured particularly in her first novel, This Bed Thy Centre, which has recently been republished.
As for the fate of the library building, a local group Omnibus is campaigning for it to become a community arts centre. Another option is that it will be turned into top-of-the-market flats.
'Kashmir ki Kahani'
Ever wondered how the Kashmir crisis began - what the whole fuss is all about?
Well, you can either read a learned tome - allow me to offer a suggestion - or have a blast reading Sumit Kumar's wickedly entertaining comic history of Kashmir, 'Kashmir ki Kahani', which translates as 'Kashmir's Story'.
You can get a sense of his style from the excerpt on the left: and let me give a beginner's guide to the runners and riders ...
In the top frame on the left you have Jawaharalal Nehru (the Nehru cap is a bit of a give away), India's first Prime Minster - and alongside, in another example of trademark independence-era headgear, Mohammed Ali Jinnah in his astrkhan hat. He was the heavy smoking founder of Pakistan.
They were the two leaders who went to war within months of independence in August 1947 - about who gets Kashmir. The former princely state has, de facto, been partitioned ever since ... though the bigger part in terms of population, including the Kashmir valley, is on the Indian side of the line.
And below is the beturbanned last maharajah of Kashmir, Hari Singh - to him fell the choice of whether his principality should cast its lot with India or Pakistan. His own preference was independence. In the end, as Pakistani tribesmen invaded, he plumped for India. And that's how it all kicked off.
The complicating factor was that Hari Singh was a Hindu prince ruling a state with a (then) three-quarters Muslim population. OK, so it's obvious, Kashmir should have headed to Pakistan ...
But there was another complicating factor - the pre-eminent Muslim Kashmiri nationalist politician of the era, Sheikh Abdullah, supported Kashmir's accession to India. OK, so it's not so obvious ...
But then, a few years later, Sheikh Abdullah had second thoughts about whether Kashmir should be India's. OK, so not clear at all.
As I say, if you want to find out more, and be entertained at the same time, then read 'Kashmir ki Kahani' - you can get to the online version by clicking on the image.
Dorf Bonarjee
A portrait of Dorothy Noel Bonarjee - kind permission of Sheela Bonarjee
Another piece of fine art - encountered in a friend's north London living room.
Dorothy ('Dorf') Bonarjee - born in Lucknow in 1894 - was a poet and lawyer. She studied at Aberystwyth, attracted by the Welsh bardic tradition, and later eloped with a French man, an artist, who painted this wonderful portrait. She lived most of her life in France. She was part of the noted Calcutta Bonnerjee family. Her uncle (I think I've got that right) was W.C. Bonnerjee, the first president in 1885 of the Indian National Congress. Her niece lives in Gospel Oak.
Posted below is an example of her verse - not perhaps the most polished of pieces but written when she was about twenty, just as the First World War was getting underway, and obviously written with great feeling.
The Newsroom Book
'Cycling to Bush House' by Dmytro Dobrovolsky
A wonderful, sunny image of Bush House (thanks to Volod Muzyczka) - my principal work place over the years. But in a couple of months, the BBC is moving out. And while the World Service's new home, the extended Broadcasting House at Portland Place, is wonderful, we will all miss the old place.
This image is from the cover of 'The Newsroom Book', a tribute to the Bush House Newsroom written by those who have worked there over the decades. A fond, largely affectionate, account of the achievements, foibles, curiosities of the place - and the people who have worked there
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Old-Earth Creationism on Trial
The Verdict Is In
By: Tim Chaffey, Jason Lisle
Narrated by: Jonathan Ross
Scientific Creationism
By: Henry M. Morris
Narrated by: Timothy Danko
Scientific Creationism delivers a meticulously researched, scientific investigation of the most important aspects of the creation-evolution question. Dr. Henry Morris along with the Institute for Creation Science researchers and consultants allow science to speak for itself without referencing the Bible or other religious literature in this undeniable study of origins. Within their thorough exploration, you will find irrefutable evidence that supports creationism rather than evolutionism.
Darwin Devolves
The New Science About DNA That Challenges Evolution
By: Michael J. Behe
Narrated by: Tim Andres Pabon
The scientist who has been dubbed the “Father of Intelligent Design” and author of the groundbreaking book Darwin’s Black Box contends that recent scientific discoveries further disprove Darwinism and strengthen the case for an intelligent creator.
Sound logic; simple concepts
By Steve Hawkins on 03-24-19
By: Corrie ten Boom
Corrie ten Boom was a Dutch watchmaker who became a heroine of the Resistance, a survivor of Hitler's concentration camps, and one of the most remarkable evangelists of the 20h century. In World War II she and her family risked their lives to help Jews and underground workers escape from the Nazi's, and for their work they were tested in the infamous Nazi death camps. Only Corrie among her whole family survived to tell the story of how faith ultimately triumphs over evil.
Amazing Courage
By AAW on 08-05-10
The Church History
By: Eusebius, Paul L. Maier - translator, Paul L. Maier - commentary by
Narrated by: John Lescault
Often called the "Father of Church History", Eusebius was the first to trace the rise of Christianity during its crucial first three centuries from Christ to Constantine. Our principal resource for earliest Chrisitianity, The Church History presents a panorama of apostles, church fathers, emperors, bishops, heroes, heretics, confessors, and martyrs. This audiobook edition includes Paul L. Maier's clear and precise translation, historical commentary on each book in The Church History, and numerous maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Superb footnotes add to brilliant history
By Gary on 01-01-19
Love Thy Body
Answering Hard Questions About Life and Sexuality
By: Nancy R. Pearcey
Narrated by: Ann Richardson
In Love Thy Body, best-selling and award-winning author Nancy Pearcey takes on the hard questions about life and sexuality. She offers a respectful but riveting exposé of the secular worldview that lies behind trendy slogans and political talking points. A former agnostic, Pearcey is a sensitive guide to the secular ideas that shape current debates. She empowers listeners to intelligently and compassionately engage today's most controversial moral and social challenges.
Must read!
By The Book Runner on 05-28-18
Evidence That Demands a Verdict
Life-Changing Truth for a Skeptical World
By: Josh McDowell, Sean McDowell PhD
Narrated by: Josh McDowell, Sean McDowell PhD, Bob Souer
The modern apologetics classic that started it all is now completely revised and updated - because the truth of the Bible doesn't change, but its critics do. With the original Evidence That Demands a Verdict, best-selling author Josh McDowell gave Christian audiences the answers they needed to defend their faith against the harshest critics and skeptics. Now, with his son Sean McDowell, Josh McDowell has updated and expanded this classic resource for a new generation. This is a book that invites listeners to bring their doubts.
This isn't great as an audio book
By Darryl on 11-30-17
The Story of Reality
How the World Began, How It Ends, and Everything Important That Happens in Between
By: Gregory Koukl, Nancy Pearcey - foreword
Narrated by: Gregory Koukl
Biblical Christianity is more than just another private religious view. It's more than just a personal relationship with God or a source of moral teaching. Christianity is a picture of reality. It explains why the world is the way it is. When the pieces of this puzzle are properly assembled, we see the big picture clearly. Christianity is a true story of how the world began, why the world is the way it is, what role humans play in the drama, and how all the plotlines of the story are resolved in the end.
Great Book, Bad Editing
By Mark V. Groen on 02-05-17
Foundations of the Christian Faith, Revised in One Volume
A Comprehensive & Readable Theology
By: James Montgomery Boice
Narrated by: Jim Denison
In this revised edition of a formerly four-volume work, James Boice provides an overview of all the major doctrines of Christian theology in one volume. Boice carefully opens the topics like the nature of God, the character of his natural and special revelation, the fall, and the person and work of Christ with scholarly rigor and a pastor's heart.
Masterful treatment of a systematic theology
By Vince on 04-03-17
A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions
By: Gregory Koukl
Narrated by: Tom Parks
In a world increasingly indifferent to Christian truth, followers of Christ need to be equipped to communicate with those who do not speak their language or accept their source of authority. Gregory Koukl demonstrates how to get in the driver’s seat, keeping any conversation moving with thoughtful, artful diplomacy. You’ll learn how to maneuver comfortably and graciously through the minefields, stop challengers in their tracks, turn the tables and—most importantly—get people thinking about Jesus.
Christian Convictions Shouldn't be Christless
By Bror Erickson on 01-26-16
The Myth of the Modern Message
By: Ray Comfort
Narrated by: Ray Comfort
Why do nine out of 10 children raised in Christian homes leave the Church? Why do many professing Christians show little or no evidence for their faith? Why do 80-90% of those making decisions for Christ fall away from the faith? For decades, the world's most popular gospel message has been drawing the lost by promising God's wonderful plan for their life.
Understanding true "witnessing" like never before!
By thomas c. hutchings on 01-17-18
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Constance Garnett (translator)
Narrated by: Anthony Heald
In this intense detective thriller instilled with philosophical, religious, and social commentary, Dostoevsky studies the psychological impact upon a desperate and impoverished student when he murders a despicable pawnbroker, transgressing moral law to ultimately "benefit humanity".
Wonderful reading, disturbing book
By Tad Davis on 11-03-08
Brainwashed
How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth
By: Ben Shapiro, David Limbaugh - foreword
Narrated by: Chris Abell
When parents send their children off to college, Mom and Dad hope they'll return more cultivated, knowledgeable, and astute - able to see issues from all points of view. But, according to Ben Shapiro, there's only one view allowed on most college campuses: a rabid brand of liberalism that must be swallowed hook, line, and sinker.
From 2010, but still current
By Katarina on 02-25-18
"Twenty-somethings once faithfully attended church. What made them stop? While most said they still believe that the Bible is God's Word, they also said that the idea that the earth is millions of years old was one thing that caused them to doubt the Bible? The crumbling foundation of the church takes a devastating toll on future generations. Therefore, churches must reclaim the historical truth found in Genesis and apply the Bible's authority to every area of life." (Ken Ham, president, Answers in Genesis)
As the modern church struggles to find a place of relevancy for a new generation that already has massive demands on its time and attention, more and more young people raised in the church are leaving it - failing to find the answers to their questions of faith and life, beset with doubts raised by issues that the church chooses not to address. Opting to skirt the controversy of Genesis as literal history, the biblical authority of the Holy Word is called into question and reduced to a collection of mere stories. More popularly considered an issue for schools or in the public realm, the conflicting views on the age of the earth also remain a pivotal issue within the church - as it has for over two centuries.
Was the Creation week literally six days? Does science really point to an old earth? Does the issue really matter for Christians? Should this issue even be discussed within the church?
Join authors Dr. Jason Lisle and Tim Chaffey as they put forth a case against an old-earth interpretation of Scripture. A comprehensive biblical, theological, and scientific critique of old-earth creationism, the book presents its compelling testimony in layman's terms to create a powerful debate that leads to unquestionable truth.
©2019 Tim Chaffey (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Fascinating listen. Really piqued my attention .
I doubt many college undergrads have heard a rational presentation of these issues. Solid presentation of this got button topic. Collegial rather than "gotcha" tone and recommended for college prep or college private educations. well balanced.
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Grumpy Cat, who entertained millions online, dies at age 7
Grumpy Cat, actually named Tardar Sauce, died of complications from a urinary tract infection
Grumpy Cat, whose sourpuss expression entertained millions on the internet and spawned hundreds of memes, national television commercials and even a movie, died at age 7.
Her owners posted on social media that she experienced complications from a urinary tract infection. “She passed away peacefully on the morning of Tuesday, May 14, at home in the arms of her mommy, Tabatha,” they wrote.
“Grumpy Cat has helped millions of people smile all around the world — even when times were tough,” her owners said.
The cat’s real name was Tardar Sauce and the owners were never sure what her breed was. Her website said her grumpy look was likely because she had a form of feline dwarfism. They said despite her face, she is cuddly and loved to be held and rubbed.
She rose to fame after her photos were posted on Reddit in 2012. Her owners said it was suggested the photo was a fake, so they posted a few videos to prove otherwise.
Since then, Grumpy Cat made appearances on “Good Morning America,” ”CBS Evening News,” even “American Idol” and “The Bachelorette.” She’s done television commercials for Honey Nut Cheerios and took photos with hundreds of fans at South by Southwest.
WATCH: Here are the 6 richest pets in the world
In 2014, Lifetime produced a movie called “Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever.” She was voiced by “Parks and Recreation” star Aubrey Plaza.
Owner Tabatha Bundesen founded Grumpy Cat Ltd. and created a website that included an online shop featuring 884 items, including T-shirts and mugs with the cat’s picture.
The feline’s net worth was never disclosed but in 2013, her owners say it was six figures. Last year, online speculation estimated her to be worth in the millions.
Grumpy Cat had more than 8 million followers on Facebook, 2.5 million on Instagram and more than 1.5 million on Twitter.
Viral sensation Grumpy Cat has died
FILE – Grumpy Cat poses for photos with her owner Tabatha Bundesen in New York. The social media star posted her Top 10 pet peeves on her new blog at Pawculture.com. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
No home birth: Harry and Meghan’s Archie born in a hospital
Matthew McConaughey receives original high school diploma
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CultureFoodReview
Symposium on Boyle Heights
Marking a brand new endeavor for 2010, this year sees the Consulates General of Japan, Israel and Mexico as joint co-sponsors of a series of cultural and multi-cultural activities. This trilateral project specifically features the colorful and historic Los Angeles district of Boyle Heights, where Jewish, Hispanic and Japanese communities lived together in a peaceful and amicable manner in the early to mid-20th century.
The aim of this ambitious joint project is not simply to cherish the fond memories of old days, but to further strengthen ties among the Jewish, Hispanic and Japanese communities for the future.
As a kick-off event, on February 18, 2010, the Japanese Consulate hosted a fascinating symposium on Boyle Heights. The Honorable Junichi Ihara, the Japanese Consul General in Los Angeles, was the esteemed host of the event and is responsible for launching the idea for the initiative. Said Mr. Ihara, “I was fascinated by its history as the first multi-racial coalition to make a difference in Los Angeles.”
Forthcoming cultural and multi-cultural activities will include film screenings and outdoor programs.
During the symposium, each of the Consul Generals spoke briefly, beginning with The Honorable Junichi Ihara, Consul General of Japan, followed by The Honorable Jacob Dayan, the Consul General of Israel, who stated, “We want to revive this experience of togetherness, because this is a city of immigrants, and that is the power and strength of Los Angeles.” Also present to give welcoming remarks was The Honorable Juan Marcos Gutierrez Gonzalez, Consul General of Mexico.
According to George J. Sanchez, a USC professor of American studies and ethnicity and history, the Boyle Heights neighborhood began as a ranching community and grew into an urban pocket during the late 1800s, when bridges were constructed over the Los Angeles River to allow railway cars to carry workers from city jobs to Boyle Heights residences. The area was named after Andrew Boyle, an Irish immigrant.
During the 1940s, the district of Boyle Heights was considered one of the largest and earliest examples of multicultural harmony in Los Angeles. Because racist housing covenants kept certain cultures from creating communities in other areas, the three ethnic groups thrived and co-existed in Boyle Heights during the first half of the 20th century. Since the Second World War, however, the cultural diversity has dissipated. Today Boyle Heights residents are predominantly Latino, being mostly of Mexican heritage.
Guest speakers at the symposium included Mrs. Harriet Rochlin, who was editor of the Roosevelt High School newspaper in 1941 and recalled her dismay and vivid memories of the internment of many of her Japanese school friends in the temporary holdings at the Santa Anita racetracks. Writer Ms. Josefina Lopez spoke of arriving in Boyle Heights from Mexico as a girl in 1975, by which time the neighborhood has become predominantly Latino. Lopez said she was lured back to the neighborhood in 2000. As founder and artistic director for the Casa 0101 Theater, Lopez says she intends to create a play to celebrate the neighborhood”™s ethnic origins.
Indeed, the symposium was successful in exploring the joint history of the three cultures. Following the fascinating symposium and discussion, the Japanese Food Culture Association then hosted a splendid reception featuring a wide assortment of exotic and imported Japanese foods, unique cuisine and sake at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo.
Guests enjoyed delicious sakes of all varieties as well as various Japanese foods, including an unusual dish – Japanese fish cake stew – called “oden”. A highlight of the evening was a stunning demonstration where a Sushi Master chef, along with his capable sous-chef, dispatched an imported yellowtail with lightning-fast skills, reducing the large, whole fish to bite-sized portions of delectable sushi within a matter of minutes. It was a spectacular demonstration of dexterity and ancient expertise.
The symposium-reception was deemed a successful and enjoyable evening. Forthcoming cultural and multi-cultural activities will include film screenings and outdoor programs.
For more information, you can visit the various official websites for the Consulates General of Japan, Israel and Mexico.
The Japanese American National Museum
Little Tokyo,
369 East First Street, Los Angeles, California 90012
Check the official site for the the Japanese Food Culture Association for future cultural and food events later in 2010.
Report by Pauline Adamek
Boyle Heights Israel Japan Mexico Pauline Adamek symposium
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Theatre Review by Brian Sonia-Wallace. Clown co-conspirators Amrita Dhaliwal and Gemma Soldati have created a madcap piss-take clothed in the profundity of death. The audience enters to a veiled woman marking tallies on...
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Tschaikovsky, a Balanchine Muse
January 18, 2013 by Tobi Tobias
New York City Ballet / David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center, NYC / January 15 – February 24, 2013
The New York City Ballet opened its six-week Winter Season at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater with George Balanchine’s Serenade, created in 1935 and set to Tschaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings. It was the first ballet the choreographer made in America. (In the two weeks immediately following, the company’s repertory is devoted—with a single exception, a new work by Peter Martins—to this extensive and often felicitous pairing of composer and choreographer.
The New York City Ballet’s Sara Mearns, airborne amongst her sisters, in George Balanchine’s Serenade
Photo: Paul Kolnik
I saw my first Serenade back when the New York City Ballet was still performing at the New York City Center. “The people’s theater,” the then-dingy auditorium was called—meaning that even my schoolgirl allowance could cover the price of a ticket. Back then, as I recall, each season opened with Serenade. The ballet was already an icon—ravishingly beautiful, poignant in ways dependent on how you interpreted it, enormously inventive, and a statement of intent—a model of what a Balanchine ballet could be.
Regular members of the audience would then notice changes Balanchine had made in the choreography since the last season and boo them softly under their breath. How dared he? we were asking—and then remembering, with some embarrassment, that Balanchine, its maker, not his already ardent audience, owned it. But for those of us faithful watchers, it was as if a living being had been ruthlessly altered; season after season, it took us a while to get used to the “latest” Serenade.
The second-night performance of Serenade in the current season featured Sara Mearns—much missed last season because of an injury—who was making her debut in the ballet. Her talent is so prodigious, she’ll unquestionably be wonderful in the role; she’s already unforgettable. Like Suzanne Farrell, she imprints herself indelibly on the viewer’s perception. But, to my eyes, she still seems to be figuring out what the ballet is “about.” I’m eager to see further performances that will reveal her development of who and what she can be in the role.
Sterling Hyltin and Chase Finlay, making their debuts in the central roles of Mozartiana
The program moved on to an engaging rendition of Mozartiana led by Sterling Hyltln, Chase Finlay, and Anthony Huxley. Every season reveals Hyltin’s progress in the combination of delicacy and strength that makes us think of porcelain. Is it unreasonable to wish that she might develop a hint of a tragic dimension as well? Finlay is still a so-so partner, whose gradual improvement deserves to be coddled because he’s such a gifted and engaging dancer. He has a reasonably gracious partnering manner, but he’s still somewhat deficient in the coordination part of the job.
Anthony Huxley, one of the City Ballet’s several young men fulfilling their early promise, performing the Gigue in Balanchine’s Mozartiana
Huxley offered the best account I’ve seen of the jester role, as I think of it, in a long time; he just needs to “throw it away” more so that you realize his character comes from the noble art of clowning. The whole ballet was meticulously danced as if, indeed, it had been meticulously rehearsed—not always the case at City Ballet, which frequently sacrifices polished renditions to presenting a large repertory. Balanchine himself had mixed emotions about “correctness.”
Teresa Reichlenand and Tyler Angle, icons of royalty, in Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2, formerly known as Ballet Imperial
Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2, which closed the program, was presented, rightly, as a compelling, large-scale event that, alone, would prove the company’s right to top-drawer status in the classical ballet world. Actually, it presents a world in itself—so convincingly varied yet cohesive, it arouses complete belief. The company happily managed this effect with grace and musicality as well as grandeur. Teresa Reichlen, who danced the critical female role, still needs more experience in roles requiring ballerina authority—just now she’s wonderful but somewhat too reticent. Her modesty is refreshing, though; it’s a virtue our culture honors all too rarely. In fashioning the choreography, Balanchine seems to have used everything he learned from Petipa and then doubled it in terms of invention, complexity, and sheer crowd control. The piece got more and more thrilling as it went on, all the while inviting—no, urging—its viewers to watch more keenly than ever.
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Robert Lee Norton says
That’s exactly what I was thinking about Tobi — that Mearns imprints herself indelibly on the reader’s perception.
Martha Ullman West says
I well remember the early days of City Ballet in “the people’s theater”; my mother took me to see Balanchine’s Firebird there when I was eleven years old. And since, at the moment, I am writing a book about those days, when Janet Reed and Todd Bolender were company stalwarts, I’m well aware that Serenade, in which Reed danced, was frequently (although not always) the season-opener and that Bourree Fantasque, in which they both performed, was equally often the closer.
Thanks TT; it’s always good to travel down memory lane with you, and to know that today’s City Ballet is dancing well, even if too precisely.
Tobi has spoken, and as usual she is right on!
Kenneth Conway says
Lucky me, I was there Wednesday evening, too. While no expert like our Ms.Tobias, I must say that I found both Hyltin’s and Reichlin’s role debuts quite thrilling. Perhaps what excited me is the sense of potential in each of these super-gifted women, but, still, I loved the performances in and of themselves. It’s true that I’ll never be able to banish Kyra Nichols from my mind’s eye when seeing any of these ballets, but one must live in the present, yes? My only quibble leaving the theater that evening was that the program offered perhaps too much greatness. Serenade, Mozartiana, and Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 in one swell swoop? What were they thinking? The evening needed one dud on the program (by ???) to truly set off these three incomparable Balanchine jewels.
Don Drewecki says
You say Tschaikovsky, we say Tchaikovsky. Maybe you should ask the NYCB why they use a variant of standard practice in spelling the composer’s name.
Tobi Tobias says
I did ask the NYCB, as you suggested–and the company’s Press Department replied, with a copy of ink-on-paper evidence, saying what I already understood to be true: that, when he was in America, the composer spelled his surname Tschaikovsky. “Standard practice” is not all it’s cracked up to be.
Virginia says
I’ve seen two programs in the Balanchine/Tschaikovsky theme so far and will see another one today. Tiler Peck in Allegro Brillante has been the standout so far and I’m looking forward to seeing her and Robert Fairchild in Divertimento from Le Baiser de la Fée today. She’s fast becoming my favorite. I’m also delighted to have Sara Mearns back and have seen her in Balanchine’s Swan Lake and Serenade. Today I will see her in Diamonds.
I wasn’t in NYC for the early days of NYCB when it was still at City Center. My memories start with Suzanne Farrell, Patricia McBride, Peter Martins, Ib Andersen, etc. I try not to compare today’s company to those deities. I’ve found enough people to watch now to keep me going. I’ve mentioned Tiler Peck, Sara Mearns and Robert Fairchild. I also enjoy watching Sterling Hyltin, Teresa Reichlen, Jared Angle, and Chase Finlay. But seeing Balanchine’s legacy is the supreme motivation for going to NYCB, as well as a chance to revisit Karinska and some other great designers of the past.
I tend to attend all-Balanchine programs, but I’m planning to see Peter Martins’ staging of The Sleeping Beauty and can’t wait to find out the casting.
Leo Greenbaum says
Thank you. Very perceptive.
Monterey dance says
Thank you for a great post! I enjoyed it.
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