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Thai cave rescue shows miracles can occur with the power of &
With all 13 members of the Wild Boars safe and recuperating in hospital, we reflect on the incredible rescue mission that saw thousands from all edges of the globe unite.
What began as an innocent post-game adventure, became an international rescue effort where cave diving specialists, military, government authorities and civilians came together and volunteered their time, services and in one devastating case, a life, to save the Wild Boars soccer team.
When 12 boys and one 25-year-old coach walked into Thailand’s Tham Luang cave, they were completely unaware their entrance would soon be swept away by flash floods. Against the odds, they re-emerged 17 days later due to the tireless, co-operative effort from around 10,000 people in what many are heralding a miracle.
The world watched on in a mixture of horror, hope and anticipation as the team’s retrieval was considered almost impossible and those with the specialist skill of cave diving dropped everything to assist. While there were competent Thai navy seals on hand, the job was too complex for them alone and the global community responded to their international call for assistance whole-heartedly, with more than 100 cave diving specialists arriving from Australia, Belgium, Britain, Canada, Finland, Israel, Sweden and the US.
Requiring both international expertise and numbers plus local knowledge, a mud map of the cave was drawn up and the rescue mission was planned meticulously for almost a week with the power of human collectivism in full force. Meanwhile, others worked together to pump one billion litres of water out of the cave until finally, the conditions were viable enough to enter the cave safely. Two heroic British divers wound their way through the cave and eventually found the 5m by 5m space where the soccer team had sought refuge. Finding them was the first miracle, but doubt remained as to whether they could extract them alive.
In what might be the most extraordinary example of the power of &, almost 150 people were strung across the course of the cave to ensure the soccer team made it to safety. The almost-impossible retrieval saw 18 divers proceed into the murky waters before stretchering the boys, fitted with wetsuits and oxygen face masks, out in two groups of four and a final group of five. They weaved through terrifying obstacles such as underwater sections including a “nightmarish” T-junction and narrow gaps as small as 38-centimetres wide for 1.7-kilometres before being met by a 120-person strong human chain. The boys were then passed one by one by this human chain before the first group of four were delivered safely and two days later, the final group of boys and their coach were freed from their underground prison.
The support for the rescue mission didn’t end at emergency services with thousands gathering to support the specialists with food, rain jackets and blankets. One Thai volunteer drove 12-hours across the country with three giant pumps to extract the unrelenting water, while three local farming women cooked thousands of meals over the two week ordeal. People came from near and far with the sole mission to see these boys back into their families’ arms.
The rescue command chief Narongsak Osaththankorn told journalists the Tham Luang rescue mission was a “symbol or unity among mankind… help poured in, and a mission that many people thought was impossible became possible.”
The power of &, where people come together to achieve something miraculous, was beautifully evident in this tale of global unity. As the boys are now safely home with their families, we salute all those involved for their bravery and remember retired Thai navy seal Saman Kunan who heroically lost his life while playing a crucial role in the rescue.
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Climate change blues: The Tories' green retoxification confirmed
Clouded commitment: The Tories' interest in the green agenda is on the wane
By Alex Stevenson Thursday, 16 October 2014 10:39 AM Follow alex__stevenson
'Vote blue, go green,' the Conservatives told voters in the 2008 local election campaign. But Owen Paterson's startlingly frank disavowal of climate change this week marks the final demise of the Tories' green detoxification.
It's only in this particular set of circumstances that once-senior Conservatives can be persuaded to reveal their true colours. Paterson, as environment secretary, served in a critical job where sensitivity to the decarbonisation agenda was essential. Eyebrows were raised over his dogmatic adherence to the badger cull, despite the equivocal nature of the scientific evidence. Three months ago he was sacked - and made clear he was not happy about it. Now he has spoken out against the policies he voted for.
Here's the key extract from his speech on Wednesday night:
"In pursuing the current decarbonisation route, we end up with the worst of all possible worlds. When there is a shortfall in electricity production, emergency measures will have to be taken – what in Whitehall is known as 'distressed policy correction'. Bluntly, building gas or even coal in a screaming hurry. The UK ends up worse off than if it adopted less ambitious but achievable targets. Reining in unrealistic green ambitions allows us to become more 'green' than the Greens. We are the only country to have legally bound ourselves to the 2050 targets – and certainly the only one to bind ourselves to a doomed policy. In the absence of a legally binding international agreement, which looks unlikely given disagreement within EU member states and the position of the Bric countries, the Climate Change Act should be effectively suspended and eventually repealed."
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Paterson attacks climate science, too, saying "many policymakers still have to catch up with the facts" and noting "the forecast effects of climate change have been consistently and widely exaggerated thus far". He cites the reappearance of a supposedly extinct snail to reinforce his argument that the "academic integrity of science" is being imperilled.
Such a clear rejection of the orthodoxy of climate change - in particular, the Climate Change Act 2008 which legislates to ensure greenhouse gas emissions will fall to 80% of their 1990 levels by 2050 - should be of serious concern to environmentalists. So too should Paterson's comments about the 'green blob', a variation on Michael Gove's theme. To a right-winger, an unmoveable 'blob' of experts, academics and practitioners is the left-winger's equivalent of the Establishment: frustratingly cohesive, resistant to change and fundamentally wrong.
Its existence is worrying because it implies there is an alternative. The brief era of climate change consensus is in danger of ending prematurely; that's the real significance of Paterson's comments. His views form part of a growing undercurrent of climate change scepticism on the right of British politics which environmentalists are yet to fully counter.
Climate change has stalled in the last 18 years says Owen Paterson. Unless, you look at an actual graph that is. pic.twitter.com/Mt3UrIkd8l
— Anthony Painter (@anthonypainter) October 16, 2014
In parliament, the sceptics mostly come from that troublesome section of Cameron's backbenches which opposed their leader's moderating agenda.
• Christopher Chope has argued there's no point pursuing decarbonisation because the rest of the world's going to continue pumping out emissions regardless.
• Peter Lilley has been a leading critic of the Stern Report and a troublesome voice on the energy and climate change select committee.
• Andrew Tyrie, chair of the Treasury committee, has said there is "little evidence to support the view that the correct response [to climate change] at this time should be to rapidly decarbonise the economies of the world".
• John Redwood has shrugged his shoulders at humanity's ability to affect the Earth's temperature.
• David Davis has argued that "we should not sacrifice Britain's economic recovery on the altar of climate change".
These are the usual suspects who have resisted Cameron's modernisation agenda for years. On climate change, though, they reflect a growing body of opinion which isn't fully represented in the Commons. In the first decade of the century the percentage of Brits who were prepared to pay higher prices in order to protect the environment slipped from 43 to 26. The 2009 email hacking revealing dubious practices by climate change scientists at the University of East Anglia didn't help either. It's thought to have done huge damage to what Douglas Carswell, then a Tory MP, called the "lunatic consensus".
Carswell's subsequent defection to Ukip reflects the deep suspicion many Kippers feel towards decarbonisation. This is a policy are where the frontbench consensus in Westminster simply doesn't match up with the questioning views of many ordinary people. The threat posed by Nigel Farage's party in the looming general election is providing a big incentive for Tories within government to put the brakes on the policies they committed to long ago. I've privately spoken to former ministers who have said their biggest achievement in this government has been scuppering this or that green measure.
A Met Office map showing the extent of climate change
All of this takes us back to Paterson, and the spotlight his comments shine on attitudes to climate change among senior Tories in the government he's now left. You would never see Cameron or George Osborne railing back from their very public support for the Climate Change Act in 2008. They couldn't possibly afford to make such a drastic U-turn. But that doesn't mean they don't feel the threat of Ukip, or feel the pressure of growing public cynicism.
Former Environment Minister Owen Paterson: "Let's rip up the Climate Change Act". Bravo! Well said that man.
— Roger Helmer (@RogerHelmerMEP) October 12, 2014
Public rhetoric - like promising to lead the "greenest government ever" - is one thing. Deeds in government, not words, are what Cameron should really be judged on. And in the latest report from the environmental audit select committee, that judgement has been entirely negative. It found ministers haven't made satisfactory progress in any of the ten environmental areas it identified. Three areas - air pollution, biodiversity and flood protection - were judged to have actually deteriorated since 2010. Progress on climate change was judged to be unsatisfactory.
The policy may have been disappointing, but there has at least been some progress. Officials at the Department for Energy and Climate Change are institutionally devoted to the issue, by definition. What's really concerning are the noises coming out of Whitehall - not the public rhetoric, but the embarrassing private noises.
A Downing Street official talks about "green crap"; the chancellor reportedly refers to the "environmental Taliban"; now we have Paterson attacking the Climate Change Act. They reflect a slow and worrying shift away from consensus. It is a troubling development that imperils more progress in the next parliament. Who can confidently say Paterson and his cohorts will not drag a future Conservative government still further away from decarbonisation in the five years to 2020?
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Brand Name Real Estate in Charleston lists pros and cons on types of roofs, including metal roofs likes this Kiawah Island home.
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Metal roofs -- 14 percent of homeowners install the sturdy but expensive coverings
By Jim Parker
The frigid cold and winter precipitation on the East Coast from New England to the Carolinas in early January renewed interest in metal roofs -- typically sturdy, long-lasting and able to bear the weight of ice and snow.
Nearly 14 percent of the 75 million homes in the U.S. harbor metal protective tops, according to the Maryland-based Metal Roofing Alliance.
Despite the pros, metal roofs also face drawbacks such as cost. At $5.50 to $12 a square foot, standing seam or shingle roofs are quite a bit more expensive than asphalt shingles at 80 cents to $1, according to the Roofing Calculator website.
State Farm Insurance on its website cited a host of metal roof advantages, namely:
Durability. Some roofs can handle wind gusts up to 140 miles per hour, won't crack or corrode and may resist impacts and typically don't require much maintenance.
Energy efficiency. The metal can reflect solar heat, reducing cooling costs 10-25 percent.
Environmentally friendly. They use 25 percent or more recycled content and can be recycled.
Longevity. They can stay in shape for 40-70 years, compared with 12-20 years for asphalt roofing materials.
Safety. Metal roofs won't ignite in a wildfire or lightning strike.
At the same time, State Farm pointed out disadvantages including price; noise such as in a heavy rain or hailstorm; expansion and contraction that can cause panels to loosen; difficulty in matching colors in new pieces have to be added; and the threat of damage from pooling water.
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The Metal Roofing Alliance this month offered five winter-weather tips to ensure than metal roofs will handle rough weather. They include positioning snow guards to keep ice and snow from falling off the roof in "dangerous chunks," keeping gutters clean so water will drain and leaves and dirt don't build up; trim trees and bushes which with constant rubbing can damage the finish; sweep away debris that collect on the roof; and make sure that the attic and interior are insulated and properly vented.
"Metal roofs are designed to last 50 years or more and offer exceptional performance," says Renee Ramsey, the alliance's executive director. "Give them some simple maintenance and care, and they’ll pay you back with years of protection and peace of mind,” she says.
Ramsey adds, "Never attempt to perform maintenance on any roof during severe weather. The safest and best time to perform maintenance is in advance of storm seasons. It’s always wise to consider enlisting help to maintain your roof from an experienced and licensed qualified professional contractor," she notes.
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Art Breaking news from the art scene. Learn about new galleries, projects, shows, and exhibitions as well as education and outreach initiatives. This section collects stories about art auctions, dealers and distributors, as well as updates from respected museums and institutes. Get the latest information on festivals, contests and competitions for career artists and hobbyists alike. Both the visual and performing arts are represented, including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, music, dance and theatre.
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Serena's storms in tennis rules.
Thread: Serena's storms in tennis rules.
Serena Williams was at the center of several tennis storms in 2018, sparking the sport?s governing body into action by making significant changes.
What is in this issue? I'm love some inputs.
Bunny, The changes address issues that arose this year when Serena Williams, who returned to action after giving birth to her daughter, was unseeded for some events and caused an uproar with a black, skin-tight bodysuit she wore at the French Open.
But what about new changes?
A player returning from pregnancy will have a three-year period to use her Special Ranking, which will now begin at the birth of the child.
For players who would qualify for a seeded position in the draw, the updated rule will ensure they will not face a seed in the opening rounds whether returning from pregnancy or injury.
what is current position of Williams?
Bunny, Williams’ ranking had fallen to No. 451 when she was not seeded at the French Open.
I believe we have sometimes gone too far. Serena’s outfit this year, for example, would no longer be accepted. but You have to respect the game and the place.
But the new rule changes given the green light by the WTA around fashion choices mean Williams and her rivals will continue to have the freedom to wear what they want.
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BenQ MH530FHD DLP Projector Review
By Greg Bargas December 14, 2017 0
Disclaimer: Sample product was received for review purposes.
There’s a reason people still go to the movies. We live in a time of instant gratification. If you really, really wanted to see a new movie from the comfort of your own home, there are plenty solutions out there to bypass the movie-going process altogether. But, what draws people to sit amongst strangers and share the cinematic experience?
I’ll be the first person to admit: I’m a homebody. Yes, I’m social when I need to be. I’ll partake in a party here and there, and thoroughly enjoy my favorite pastime of indulging in a few adult beverages. But, more times than not, you can find me enjoying those drinks from the comfort of my own couch. When I’m kickin’ back with a soda-popinski in hand, you can bet that I’m either playing video games or watching a movie.
Lose or forget your remote? There are easy menu and navigation buttons that keep the average consumer in mind.
Even so, it’s no wonder that people still flock to the movies to fulfill their entertainment needs. One of the best parts of the theater is being able to enjoy something that’s larger than what you’re used to seeing. Who doesn’t want to watch a movie on the big screen? The satisfaction of staring at a screen that is exponentially bigger than you home television is unrivaled. And, this experience has been widely replicated by many projector companies. With that, prices have come down, and features that were once available for a hefty price are now standard. That’s exactly the case with the BenQ MH530FHD.
A few years back, I had reviewed the Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 8350 home projector. It was monstrous in design, however, it delivered a seemingly unmatched performance on the expanded 90” screen that it could display. The Epson PowerLite also came with a pretty hefty price tag. The introductory price chimed in at around $1,299 when it first launched and still sells for around $1,000 brand new. Surprisingly, the BenQ DLP projector features many of the same inputs, and on paper, outperforms the Epson on just about every spec.
There are a few trade-offs in terms of contrast, the Epson PowerLite Cinema 8350 being 50,000:1 and the BenQ model is 15,000:1. The Epson PowerLite also boasts its own E-TORL lamp for efficiency and life. Although, with the passing of time, the UHP lamp from BenQ has shown that it has the ability to outlast the competition and provide rivaling specs. The BenQ model is also lighter, more portable and has out-of-the-box options for sound input/output.
Epson Specs
Price: $1,000 and down
Brightness: 2,000 Lumens
Video Modes: 480P, 480i, 576P, 576i, 720P, 1080i, 1080P/60
Lamp Type: E-TORL
Lamp Life: 4,000 hours
BenQ Specs
Lamp Type: UHP
Lamp Life: 10,000 hours
The best part I like about the BenQ projector is the ease in which you can set up an audio device. I currently have a 2.1 Sony surround sound system. It packs a nice wallop to it and was the perfect companion for the BenQ MH530FHD. During this time, I would simply plug my optical cord directly from my Xbox One or PC right into the soundbar.
If you are planning on playing something retro, then you might have to get crafty in regards to standard RCA cords. But, the BenQ features rear auxiliary input and output to ensure that you will at least have some ideas on how you are going to make things work. Kudos if you have a sound bard or system that has auxiliary, RCA and optical ports. This was something I overlooked when initially buying my soundbar and TV combo.
I think the biggest thing going for the BenQ MH530FHD is its phenomenal value. I’ve played Mario Kart on a giant screen, revisited Baymax in Big Hero 6, and of course, played Rocket League on full settings on my wall. The variety of devices the BenQ DLP projector supports, and the unintimidating design, make this one of my favorite devices of the year. Albeit, I think I would have preferred more to its casing than the feather-light plastic, there’s a lot of power hidden under the white glossy shell.
The BenQ is not only the perfect companion for your movies needs, but it delivers in creating an inviting environment for those looking to game beyond their traditional HD TV. It has proven worthy for my tastes, and undoubtedly is one of my favorite home theater products of 2017.
Greg Bargas
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NASCAR: Carl Edwards dominates at Bristol to win the Food City 500
Joe MenzerNews Corp Australia
April 18, 2016 6:16AM
SportDisaster and EmergencyNASCAR
AFTER watching his three Joe Gibbs Racing teammates all suffer similar fates at Bristol Motor Speedway, Carl Edwards no doubt remained nervous throughout his run to Victory Lane in Sunday’s Food City 500.
It didn’t even matter that his No. 19 JGR Toyota clearly was the class of the field after starting from the pole.
“Man, there were so many different things happening out there. Different guys were fast at different times,” Edwards told FOX Sports.
RESULTS: Click here for full results from the Food City 500 at Bristol
But no one was faster longer, or more consistently, than Edwards.
And while Edwards led a race-high 276 laps en route to his first victory of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, the other three cars in the JGR stable all suffered major issues that prematurely ended their days.
That was on Edwards’ mind all the way up until he took the checkered flag.
“There was some concern,” Edwards admitted. “But for some reason with our car we didn’t have any of those issues. ... This team doesn’t quit. And (crew chief) Dave (Rogers) is awesome. He can almost read my mind during a race. He’d tell me things during the race right when I needed them. So it was just a great day.”
Camera IconEdwards celebrates with his team.Picture: AFP
There were a season-high 15 cautions in the race, including two in the final 15 laps.
That set up the final restart with five laps remaining, with Edwards lined up as the leader on the outside of the front row and Kurt Busch on the inside, and with Dale Earnhardt Jr., who mounted an incredible comeback, pushing Edwards from behind in the second row.
With Earnhardt pushing, Edwards pulled away from the field on the restart and could finally relax.
Earnhardt finished second after his No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet failed to take off with the rest of the field at the very start of the race and he fell nearly three laps down almost immediately.
He spent the rest of the afternoon doggedly working his way back to the front, and benefited greatly from some of the late cautions that helped him improve his track position.
Camera IconBusch hits the wall after blowing a right front tyre.Picture: AFP
Meanwhile, Kyle Busch’s hopes of a third straight Sprint Cup victory went away early — and often — in Sunday’s race.
On Lap 52 of the 500-lap event, Busch’s No. 18 JGR Toyota blew a right-front tire and hit the wall. Then after making repairs for that incident, on Lap 117, a group of cars checked up in front of Busch and Chris Buescher ran into the back of him, sending Busch’s spinning out and bringing out the day’s third caution flag.
Busch’s day went from bad to worse on Lap 260 when he lost another right-front tire and hit the wall hard enough to send his car to the garage.
“We just kept getting tighter in the long run,” said Busch. “Not sure why that was. We had a really great car yesterday; fastest in practice and felt really good about things for today. Guess it just wasn’t meant to be.”
Busch’s teammate, Matt Kenseth, suffered a similar fate, hitting the wall twice after right-front tires failed. And just like with Busch, the second time Kenseth’s JGR Toyota hit the wall, it went to the garage, all hopes of winning dashed.
“We just keep blowing right front tires, I don’t know why,” said Kenseth. “The first one was a little confusing, I knew I blew a right front, but I thought they were telling me it wasn’t flat so I was a little confused. This one just blew a lot earlier and the angle was a lot worse hitting the wall.”
Denny Hamlin also ran into troubles during the race, first with a front-right fender falling off after a brush with the wall, and then when he blew a tire of his own and ended his day — leaving Edwards as the lone JGR Toyota able to avoid difficulties on the day.
Other big-name drivers were victims of penalties on pit road, including Brad Keselowski and Jimmie Johnson for speeding and Joey Logano’s team for losing control of a tire.
Edwards survived it all to earn his first win of the season and clinch a spot in the 2016 Chase for the Sprint Cup that determines the season’s champion over the final 10 races of the year.
“Just awesome. Now we’re in the Chase and we can go have some fun,” Edwards said. “That’s just so cool.”
RESULTS — NASCAR Sprint Cup Rd. 8, Bristol (500 laps)
1. Carl Edwards, Toyota, 500 laps, 45 points.
2. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 500, 39.
3. Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 500, 39.
4. Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 500, 37.
5. Trevor Bayne, Ford, 500, 36.
6. Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 500, 35.
7. Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 500, 35.
8. Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 500, 33.
9. Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 500, 32.
10. Joey Logano, Ford, 500, 32.
11. Ryan Blaney, Ford, 500, 30.
12. Greg Biffle, Ford, 500, 29.
13. Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 500, 28.
14. Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 500, 27.
15. Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 500, 27.
16. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 500, 25.
17. Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 500, 24.
18. Brad Keselowski, Ford, 500, 23.
19. AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 500, 22.
20. Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 500, 21.
21. Chris Buescher, Ford, 500, 20.
22. Landon Cassill, Ford, 500, 20.
23. Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 499, 18.
24. Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 499, 17.
25. Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 499, 0.
26. Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 498, 15.
27. Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 498, 14.
28. Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 496, 13.
29. Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 495, 12.
30. Brian Scott, Ford, 493, 11.
31. Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 492, 10.
32. Jeffrey Earnhardt, Ford, 488, 9.
33. Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 482, 8.
34. Aric Almirola, Ford, 479, 7.
35. Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 462, 6.
36. Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 460, 6.
37. Regan Smith, Chevrolet, accident, 451, 4.
38. Kyle Busch, Toyota, accident, 258, 3.
39. David Ragan, Toyota, engine, 211, 2.
40. Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, suspension, 169, 1.
Race Statistics
Average Speed of Race Winner: 81.637mph.
Time of Race: 3 hours, 15 minutes, 52 seconds.
Margin of Victory: 0.766 seconds.
Caution Flags: 15 for 102 laps.
Lead Changes: 16 among 7 drivers.
Lap Leaders: C. Edwards 1-36; J. Logano 37-39; C. Edwards 40-42; M. Kenseth 43-53; J. Logano 54; M. Kenseth 55-117; C. Edwards 118; M. Kenseth 119-186; C. Edwards 187-189; P. Menard 190-193; C. Edwards 194-261; L. Cassill 262-281; C. Edwards 282-318; K. Harvick 319-331; C. Edwards 332-355; Ku. Busch 356-396; C. Edwards 397-500.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): C. Edwards, 8 times for 276 laps; M. Kenseth, 3 times for 142 laps; Ku. Busch, 1 time for 41 laps; L. Cassill, 1 time for 20 laps; K. Harvick, 1 time for 13 laps; J. Logano, 2 times for 4 laps; P. Menard, 1 time for 4 laps.
TOP 16 IN POINTS
1. K. Harvick, 287
2. C. Edwards, 286
3. J. Johnson, 271
4. J. Logano, 266
5. Ky. Busch, 262
6. D. Earnhardt Jr., 250
7. Ku. Busch, 247
8. B. Keselowski, 224
9. D. Hamlin, 222
10. M. Truex Jr., 214
11. A. Dillon, 213
12. C. Elliott, 205
13. J. McMurray, 199
14. A. Allmendinger, 188
15. K. Kahne, 185
16. R. Newman, 182.
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Camera IconUsain Bolt watches the A-League trial match between the Newcastle Jets and the Central Coast Mariners at MaitlandPicture: Getty Images
Mark Bosnich: Mariners owner Mike Charlesworth could force coaches to sign Usain Bolt
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FORMER Socceroo Mark Bosnich believes a situation could arise where Central Coast Mariners coach Mike Mulvey might have no choice but to sign Usain Bolt to a permanent deal at the club.
The eight-time Olympic gold medallist is currently on an ‘indefinite trial’ with the A-League club, in the hope of winning a full-time contract.
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“Just to reiterate what I said, it’s the guy’s dream to play professional football so he deserves a trial,” Bosnich said on Fox Sports’ Bill & Boz.
“For me, for it to work he doesn’t have to be outstanding but he has to be at least competent. And that will remain to be seen so we saw a few pictures of him at the training.
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“Don’t rule out the fact as well, and this has to be taken into consideration, that if the guy upstairs – [Mariners owner Mike] Charlesworth, the boss, turns around and says to those two ‘you have to sign him’ then they’ll have no choice.”
Many have criticised the move as a gimmick or publicity stunt, but the Mariners maintain that they’ll give the sprint star time to prove his worth.
“If it takes 12 months, I’ll say that out loud, I’m happy for him to be here,” Mariners coach Mike Mulvey said.
Camera IconUsain Bolt reacts while watching his new A-League team The Central Coast Mariners play their trial match against the Newcastle JetsPicture: AAP
“He’s already brought the biggest throng of media to this area. The spotlight is on the Central Coast, it’s on the people within the Central Coast and I think that’s fantastic. It’s all fine with me.”
However, according to Bosnich, the head coach mightn’t get the chance to make the final call on Bolt, if club owner Mike Charlesworth steps in and insists a deal is to be done.
Bolt was on hand, decked out in Mariners gear, to watch his team’s 2-2 friendly draw with the Newcastle Jets in Maitland on Saturday.
The world’s fastest man sat pitch side to take in the action but is expected to take to the field himself next Friday as the Mariners battle a Central Coast Select XI – broadcast live on Fox Sports.
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Beach at an Office – level 3
A venture company in Tokyo transformed its workplace into a beach to lure employees, visitors, and potential clients into believing that life can be a beach at work.
There is the sound of waves and the crunch of sand beneath your feet. These are not the sensations that you expect to have at the office!
By using a carpet of sand, speakers, and a 3D projector, the firm made a tropical beach in the reception area that it also uses as an employee meeting space and staff lounge. One employee said that the sound of the waves soothed her and helped her work. Others who used the space joked that they feel like they have already gone off on holiday.
The water, waves and sea life are not real, but the sand is, as the firm brought in two tonnes of it.
Difficult words: venture company (a company which is involved in a risky business), lure (attract), life can be a beach (this phrase is two things: it means that life is very nice, but it is also a joke because it sounds like the saying ‘life is a bitch’), crunch (a sound and an interesting feeling), sensation (a physical feeling), sooth (relax).
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[Architectural History]. Wood, Margaret.
The English Mediaeval House.
London: Ferndale Editions, 1981/1965. Reprint. Boards. Small Quarto, pp. 448. Indexed, illustrated with 60 b/w plates, 32 engravings, and 117 in-text figures. Prev. owner's name in ink on FFEP, note in ink on back FEP. "This is the first major book on mediaeval domestic architecture for over a hundred years... More about The English Mediaeval House
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[Arts & Crafts Style]. Hanley Wood Homeplanners.
Arts & Crafts Home Plans: Showcasing 85 Home Plans in the Craftsman, Prairie, and Bungalow Styles.
Washington DC: Hanley Wood, 2004. First edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Square Octavo, pp. 125. Illustrated with color photos and drawings, and b/w plans. A very nice modern pattern book, containing numerous house plans for different types of Arts & Crafts homes. Includes overviews of each design type, a section on... More about Arts & Crafts Home Plans: Showcasing 85 Home Plans in the Craftsman, Prairie, and Bungalow...
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[Arts, Crafts, Trades]. Wood, Charles B. III.
The Useful Arts; Catalogue 61: Being a catalogue of rare and uncommon books,; mostly of the 18th and 19th centuries, in a variety of fields in the arts, crafts, & trades, arranged in 34 subject areas.
Boston, MA: Charles B. Wood III, 1987. First edition. Color Wraps, coral/grey. Quarto, np, ca 50. b/w illustrations. The subject areas for this extensive catalog include bookbinding, building trades, ceramics, engraving, jewelry, metal work, paint, scientific instruments, and more. A very nicely produced and organized listing of interesting publications. More about The Useful Arts; Catalogue 61: Being a catalogue of rare and uncommon books,; mostly of the 18th...
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[Art]. Wood, T. Martin.
Whistler 1834-1903; Masterpieces in Colour
London: T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd., 1910 (circa). First edition. Decorated Cloth, pale aqua, over Boards w/gilt lettering and image. Small octavo, pp 79. 8 Color plates. Deckled pages. A lovely edition of this scarce volume which includes a history and explanation of Whistler's art and some description of these... More about Whistler 1834-1903; Masterpieces in Colour
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[Books About Books]. Wood, Carolyn E.
The Literature of Rock 'N Roll: A special collection (Catalog of a Collection).
Cambridge: Charles B. Wood III, N.D., circa 1990. First edition. Clear vinyl binder over 8 1/2 x 11 printed text. Large Octavo, pp. 53, indexed. A fascinating and informative book, video, film, and document collection offered by the highly respected antiquarian bookseller Charles B. Wood III for $15,000 around 1990. More about The Literature of Rock 'N Roll: A special collection (Catalog of a Collection
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[Carpentry]. (National Committee on Wood Utilization).
How to Judge a House; 17th Report of the the Committee's Series; Report of the Subcommitte on House to Judge a House of the National Committee on Wood Utilization
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1931. First printing. Wraps. octavo (6 x 9). pp 85. illustrated with b/w photographs, plans, and diagrams. contains checklist. A great period piece, for appraisers and inspectors. More about How to Judge a House; 17th Report of the the Committee's Series; Report of the Subcommitte on...
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[Conservation]. (Wood, Charles B.) .
45: 45 Rare Books to Celebrate my 45th Birthday (Catalog 48).
Boston: Charles B. Wood III Inc., 1981. First printing. Original Wraps. Octavo, 45 items, works of architecture, photography, fine arts, natural sciences. Laid in is a 12-page list of addenda entitled "Thirty-four More for Good Measure." An amazing list of some of the legendary booksellers personal favorites, including works of... More about 45: 45 Rare Books to Celebrate my 45th Birthday (Catalog 48
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Back Issues of His Architectural and Conservation Catalogs.
Boston: Charles B. Wood III Inc., 1980s and 1990s. First printing. Original Wraps. Various formats, although usually 9" x 9", includes titles such as "American art & architecture", "Landscape & garden history", "Conservation & the science of art," "The Photograph and the Book," "The History of Technology," etc. Usually well... More about Back Issues of His Architectural and Conservation Catalogs
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[Doors]. Bilt Well Wood Work.
Bilt-Well Exterior Doors.; AIA File 19-E-12
Dubuque, IA: Carr, Ryder & Adams Co., 1948. Original Edition. Color Pictorial Wraps, light blue. Quarto, pp 32. b/w illustrations of door types on every page. One page of manufacturer's details. A nice collection of residential entrance doors, manufactured from pine wood. A helpful resource for builders and contractors bringing... More about Bilt-Well Exterior Doors.; AIA File 19-E-12
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[English]. Wood, Martin.
Nancy Lancaster English Country House Style.
London: Frances Lincoln, 2005. First edition. Cloth over Boards, pale grey w/Dust Jacket. Quarto, pp 208. 200+ illustrations. Decorated (rose patterned) free end papers. Nancy Lancaster was an English "taste-maker" who helped create the English country house look at the design firm, Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler. She had 7... More about Nancy Lancaster English Country House Style
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[Fine arts]. Wood, Charles III.
Arts, Crafts, Trades, Manufactures, with emphasis on Conservation (Catalogue 95, Part One, A-L, Part Two, M-Z, complete).
Cambridge: Charles Wood, 1997. First edition. Original Wraps. Small Octavo, pp. 87, 82 (two volumes, complete). Fascinating as price catalog, even more so as a document in the history of its subjects-- far more informative than many published histories. Valuable for either historic reference or readable text. We have many... More about Arts, Crafts, Trades, Manufactures, with emphasis on Conservation (Catalogue 95, Part One, A-L,...
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Arts, Crafts, Trades, Manufactures, with emphasis on Conservation (Catalogue 95, Part Two, M-Z).
Cambridge: Charles Wood, 1997. First edition. Original Wraps. Small Octavo, pp. 87. Fascinating as price catalog, even more so as a document in the history of its subjects-- far more informative than many published histories. Valuable for either historic reference or readable text. We have many more Charles Wood catalogs... More about Arts, Crafts, Trades, Manufactures, with emphasis on Conservation (Catalogue 95, Part Two, M-Z
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Conservation & Restoration of Works of Art and Related Subjects (Catalogue 106).
Cambridge: Charles Wood, 2000. First edition. Original Wraps. Oblong Octavo, pp. 97, illustrated w/ b/w photographs. Fascinating as price catalog, even more so as a document in the history of its subjects-- far more informative than many published histories. A valuable reference and bibliographic tool; also readable in its own... More about Conservation & Restoration of Works of Art and Related Subjects (Catalogue 106
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Cambridge: Charles Wood, 2004. First edition. Original Wraps. Oblong Octavo, pp. 98, illustrated w/ b/w photographs. Fascinating as price catalog, even more so as a document in the history of its subjects-- far more informative than many published histories. We have many more Charles Wood catalogs in stock, some on... More about Conservation & Restoration of Works of Art and Related Subjects (Catalogue 119
Conservation & the Science of Art (Catalogue 79, Part II, L-Z and Addenda).
Cambridge: Charles Wood, N.D. circa 1996. First edition. Original Wraps. Small Octavo, pp. 104, illustrated w/ b/w photographs. Fascinating as price catalog, even more so as a document in the history of its subjects-- far more informative than many published histories. We have many more Charles Wood catalogs in stock... More about Conservation & the Science of Art (Catalogue 79, Part II, L-Z and Addenda
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Conservation (Catalogue 71); Conservation, Preservation & Restoration of Works of Art; Paints and Varnishes; Colors and Color Theory; Dyeing and Textile Printing; Photographic Manuals and Processes; Dictionaries and Encyclopedias; Applied Chemistry and Receipt Books.
Cambridge: Charles Wood, 1990. First edition. Original Wraps. Small Quarto, pp. 102, illustrated w/ b/w photographs. Fascina ting as price catalog, even more so as a document in the history of its subjects-- far more informative than many published histories. Valuable as a bibliographic reference; highly readable in its own... More about Conservation (Catalogue 71); Conservation, Preservation & Restoration of Works of Art; Paints...
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Conservation, the Science of Art, Photography (Catalogue 87, Part 1 A-L).
Cambridge: Charles Wood, 1995. First edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 123, illustrated w/ b/w photographs. Includes: Conservation, Preservation and Restoration of WFascinaorks of Art; Paints, Pigments and Varnishes; Colors and Color Theory; Dyeing and Textile Printing; Dictionaries and Encyclopedias; Applied Chemistry and REceipt Books; Optics and Perspective; Artist's Manuals (Photographic... More about Conservation, the Science of Art, Photography (Catalogue 87, Part 1 A-L
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History, Technology, and the Art of the Book in the 19th Century (Catalogue 93).
Cambridge: Charles Wood, 1997. First edition. Original Wraps. Small Octavo, pp. 86. Fascinating as price catalog, even more so as a document in the history of its subjects-- far more informative than many published histories. Valuable for either historic reference or readable text. We have many more Charles Wood catalogs... More about History, Technology, and the Art of the Book in the 19th Century (Catalogue 93
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[Gardening]. Tankard, Judith B. and Martin A. Wood.
Gertrude Jekyll at Munstead Wood; Writing, Horticulture, Photography, Homebuilding
New York: Sagapress, Inc, 1996. First American edition. Boards. More about Gertrude Jekyll at Munstead Wood; Writing, Horticulture, Photography, Homebuilding
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[History]. Wood Robert.
History at Source: Children 1773-1890 .
London: Evans Brothers, 1968. First edition. Original Wraps. Elephant folio, pp. 9 plus contents list and 40 facsimile documents. More about History at Source: Children 1773-1890
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[Millwork]. Bilt-Well Wood Work.
Bilt-Well Nu-Style Unit Wood Cabinets, For Your Kitchen and General Household Storage & Planning Sheet for Cabinets (Laid-in).
Dubuque, IO: Carr, Adams & Collier Co., nd ca 1952. Original edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp 11. Color charts for wood finishes, b/w illustrations of cabinet accessories, & 2-toned fold-out planning sheet. A practical catalog for selecting kitchen cabinets, including their finishes, and planning which wall or base units... More about Bilt-Well Nu-Style Unit Wood Cabinets, For Your Kitchen and General Household Storage &...
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New Additions to the Bilt-Well Nu-Style Cabinet Line & Planning Sheet for Nu-Style Cabinets.
Dubuque, IO: Carr, Adams & Collier Co., nd ca 1952. Original edition. Pictorial Wraps b/w. Quarto, pp 4. Two toned illustrations of cabinet styles. Planning sheet folds out to 6 pages total. Brochure for Formica countertops laid-in. A supplement for selecting kitchen cabinets, including their finishes, and planning which wall... More about New Additions to the Bilt-Well Nu-Style Cabinet Line & Planning Sheet for Nu-Style Cabinets
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[Pennsylvania]. Wood, Hope Middleton.
Early Chester County in Stone, Brick and Wood.
Kennett Square, PA: KNA Press, 1976. First edition, limited (not specified). Staplebound Wraps. Octavo, pp. 63, richly illustrated w/ drawings in brown and white. More about Early Chester County in Stone, Brick and Wood
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[Reference]. Wood, Charles.
11 Charles Wood Architectural Catalogues.
Boston: Charles Wood, varying. Limited. Wraps. Cat 56--Arts Crafts & Trades (636 books, 19th cent); Cat 57--Bibliotheca Architectonica (1985, 578 books); Cat 77--Architecture Books (630 books); cat 79--Conservation & Science of the Book (313 bks); cat 86--Four collections and 150 Rare Books(150 bks); Cat 89--Trade Catalogues (311 Books); Cat 91--Recent... More about 11 Charles Wood Architectural Catalogues
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The Literature of Rock 'N' Roll: A Special Collection; A Descriptive Catalogue of 500 titles
Boston: Charles Wood, (ca. 1990s). extremely limited. clear plastic with black backstrip. 500 great titles, from ABBA to ZZ Top! An important annotated bibliography of a book collection documenting the history of rock 'n' roll, by noted antiquarian book dealer Charles Wood. 51 page annotated collection description. More about The Literature of Rock 'N' Roll: A Special Collection; A Descriptive Catalogue of 500 titles
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Ehlers Danlos Syndromes Toolkit
The Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes Toolkit
The Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) are heritable connective tissue disorders affecting the quality of collagen in every part of the body. They were once considered to be very rare and only seen by rheumatologists. There are 13 types of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, most of which are indeed rare. However, the hypermobile type of EDS (and associated hypermobility spectrum disorder) is thought to be common and this toolkit will focus primarily on this type, although many of the clinical signs and symptoms discussed can also appear across the other EDS types. The old diagnosis of Joint Hypermobility syndrome (JHS) is now considered part of the spectrum of Hypermobile EDS
Hypermobile EDS is now understood as a multi-system disorder which can have a marked impact on health and which may help us to explain apparently mysterious multiple symptoms.
This toolkit sets out the latest thinking in EDS, including the new approaches to diagnosis and treatment set out by the International Consortium on the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes in 2017, as they relate to primary care.
The Ehlers-Danlos syndromes received a major overhaul in 2017 and this is what we now know:
EDS are heritable connective tissue disorders affecting the quality of collagen in every part of the body.
There are now 13 recognised subtypes of EDS, 12 of which are genuinely rare and have the aberrant gene identified.
Hypermobile EDS (hEDS) and hypermobility spectrum disorder (HSD) is by far the most common type; these conditions are part of a spectrum and the distinction is hoped to be useful for research, but is otherwise academic.
hEDS/HSD is a multi-system disorder which can have a marked impact on health and which may help us to explain apparently mysterious multiple symptoms.
Don’t let the changing terminology confuse you. 3.4% of the population have generalised joint hypermobility and chronic widespread pain (a proxy for the now obsolete diagnosis of Joint Hypermobility Syndrome (JHS).
Patients who in the past received a diagnosis of JHS (or Benign JHS), EDS-Hypermobility Type or EDS Type III would now be categorised as having hEDS or HSD. New diagnostic criteria for hEDS can be found here.
“If you can’t connect the issues, think connective tissues” Non-specific and medically unexplained symptoms are usually real and should not be dismissed. It can be easy to make a big difference to the quality of life of some of your most complex patients with a few simple and inexpensive measures, but the journey starts with recognition.
The median time from symptom onset to seeking a GP opinion is 2 years and the median time to diagnosis 10 years1. If we make an early diagnosis and manage the conditions appropriately, there may be potential to reduce long term disability which can occur from EDS.
Enquire about family members; these are hereditary disorders of connective tissue so positive family histories are common. Although no gene has yet been identified, hEDS is primarily of autosomal dominant inheritance.
Children can present with symptoms of hEDS/HSD, including abdominal symptoms or growing pains. They may also present with neurodevelopmental disorders such as hyperactivity, inattention, dyspraxia, autistic spectrum disorder, sleep and food issues, emotional problems, hypersensitivity and anxiety.
A low Beighton score does not exclude hEDS/HSD. Patients stiffen with age so their Beighton score may decrease, although pain may worsen. The extent of multi-system symptoms is not related to the Beighton score.
Consider co-existing conditions; In recent years, we have begun to understand more about associated or co-morbid conditions which are frequently found in people with hEDS, including autonomic dysfunction (postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) and symptomatic low blood pressure), mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) and gastrointestinal dysfunction.
The key role of the GP at this moment in time is in diagnosing hEDS/HSD, validating the patient’s symptoms and co-ordinating care. hEDS/HSD isn't as rare as you may think.
1Hakim, A. J.Rheumatology, Volume 51, Issue suppl_3, 1 May 2012. iii2 (I11) (Abstract)
When to suspect hEDS
‘If you can’t connect the issues, think connective tissues’
There are many ways in which you may begin to suspect a patient has hEDS/HSD. Some general clues which should alert you are (young) patients with multiple, or unusual symptoms and normal basic investigations. Patients may not respond as expected to usual treatments, be they medical, surgical, psychological, or the application of time. More specific complaints are detailed below.
This series of slides gives an overview of hEDS and associated conditions [PPT]
Common patient histories in General Practice
‘Just GAPE’ is proposed as a memorable, brief set of problems which may help to detect hEDS/HSD [PDF] :
Joints and U/other Soft Tissues
Allergy/atopy/auto-immune
Postural Symptoms
Patient vignettes [PDF]
Patient stories in their own words
Family history – this may increase your diagnostic suspicions, as people often know of a relative with an existing diagnosis, and you may be able to identify any children earlier in the clinical course
Big ticket (mis)diagnoses
The following diagnoses should prompt you to assess carefully for hEDS/HSD and also MCAS and PoTS/autonomic dysfunction.
Joint Hypermobility syndrome
Chronic Fatigue syndrome or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
Fibromyalgia or Chronic Pain syndromes
IBS and functional dyspepsia
Medically Unexplained Symptoms - Hypochondria, Hysteria, Conversion Disorder, Bodily Distress Disorder, Munchausen’s Syndrome
Visual representations of EDS
Assessment wheel - hEDS & HSD [PDF]
Hypermobility related disorders infographic
Why the zebra?
Diagnosing hEDS in primary care
There are thirteen subtypes of EDS, most of which are very rare. This section focuses on the hypermobile subtype (hEDS) and the related condition hypermobility spectrum disorder (HSD), where there are features of hEDS but the full criteria are not met. These conditions are not rare. As GPs, we may work with a ‘suspected’ diagnosis for each of these conditions without referring for confirmation. The associated conditions, approach to management and the prognosis are felt to be the same for hEDS and HSD, so there is no clinical necessity to state with certainty which label is applicable.
How should a GP approach the diagnosis and management of a patient with possible EDS/HEDS? There is nothing in the medical literature to help with this task. As an EDS-aware GP, this describes the usual practice. This usually occurs over a number of appointments:
Check the Beighton Score is at least 4 – ‘I used to be able to’ is acceptable
Ask about family history of hypermobility and EDS. Bear in mind that relatives may have been misdiagnosed with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome (see Big Ticket Misdiagnoses above).
Look at the patient’s problem list – current and past – and seek conditions known or believed to be more prevalent in hEDS/HSD. Consider the Just GAPE questions.
a. Joints and U/other Soft Tissues
b. Gut
c. Allergy/atopy/auto-immune
d. Postural Symptoms
e. Exhaustion
Explain that you are considering whether they might have a problem with their collagen or mast cells or autonomic nervous system. It is common to ask the patient to take a look at evidenced based patient support websites in their own time (see section ‘resources for patients’). Often they will find connections you will not have had chance to cover. Sometimes they return saying that it doesn’t seem to connect.
Usually there is relief or elation that at last a healthcare professional is recognising their symptoms as real and understands their relevance. Occasionally there is anger or denial, especially where a patient has experienced prolonged misdiagnosis.
When suspecting EDS, always consider indications for referral, in particular, clues to rare subtypes (see Referrals section), but this is rarely the case. Whether a patient meets the full hEDS criteria or not has no impact on management.
A symptoms-based approach to hEDS/HSD is then indicated. Discuss what issues are affecting the patient the most at present and work from there to build a long-term relationship of mutual learning.
At the present time, the coding system does not offer us accurate codes, although an update has been requested. If you are confident of the diagnosis, you may code ‘EDS’. Otherwise, use symptom-based codes and write that you are considering the possibility of hEDS/HSD in free text.
hEDS/HSD further reading
The changing nomenclature of hypermobility [PDF]
Update for clinicians on the new diagnostic criteria by EDS specialist Dr Alan Hakim
One page diagnostic checklist for hEDS
Video of how to check a Beighton Score
A detailed piece on the approach to diagnosis by the non-specialist clinician [PDF]
A summary of investigations which may be relevant [PDF]
An article of the natural history of a patient with EDS/HSD over their lifetime
Emerging major associations
Autonomic Dysfunction (including Orthostatic Hypotension, Postural Tachycardia syndrome and Vasovagal Syncope)
Autonomic dysfunction (sometimes also referred to as dysautonomia) is an umbrella term used to describe any malfunction of the autonomic nervous system, and can occur in many different medical conditions.
Autonomic dysfunction is commonly associated with EDS, especially the hypermobile type. Patients experience a symptom called orthostatic intolerance - the development of symptoms in the upright position that are usually relieved by lying down. The commonest syndromes of orthostatic intolerance found in hEDS/HSD are orthostatic hypotension, postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) and recurrent vasovagal syncope. There is much crossover in the symptoms of these three syndromes, which include presyncope/syncope, palpitations, fatigue, sweating, headache, exercise intolerance, blurring of vision and nausea. Symptoms of all three syndromes are known to be highly debilitating.
Orthostatic hypotension is defined a drop in blood pressure of over 20/10 mmHg when moving from a recumbent to an upright position.
PoTS is defined as
a sustained increase in heart rate of 30 beats per minute or more (in the absence of orthostatic hypotension) when moving from recumbent to standing position
heart rate increase should be over 40 bpm in those aged 12-19 years
heart rate increase must be associated with frequent symptoms of PoTS
The diagnoses of POTS, OH and vasovagal syncope are not mutually exclusive in a patient. Physiological treatments for all three conditions are broadly similar and include increased fluids, salt, dietary adjustments, postural manoeuvres to prevent fainting and graduated exercise regimens. Medication can also be of benefit.
PoTS on a Page for GPs [PDF]
Active Stand or Tilt Table Test can be used to confirm PoTS and OH
PoTS in 4 minutes
A detailed exposition of autonomic dysfunction
Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS)
Mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) is an immunological condition in which mast cells inappropriately and excessively release chemical mediators, resulting in a wide range of chronic inflammatory and immune symptoms, sometimes including anaphylaxis or near-anaphylaxis attacks. Mast cells form a part of our innate immunity and are to be found in every part of the body.
MCAS and its relationship to hEDS is a new but frequent topic of discussion amongst patients and clinicians alike. Many patients, particularly in the USA, are being diagnosed with both conditions and there are several observational studies suggesting an overlap. However, the evidence of a definitive link, and research into what that link might be is at a very early stage. Treatment of MCAS is covered in the later section.
Simple introductory explanation of MCAS
Expert Patient Claire Smith presents what we know about MCAS in EDS in this excerpt from her book [PDF]
Dr Tania Dempsey runs a specialist clinic in New York State and was recently joined by world MCAS expert Dr Lawrence Afrin. Here is their webpage explaining MCAS
A BMJ Case Report of a patient with MCAS and PoTS demonstrates well the complexities and layers of diagnoses which can be involved, but ultimately the life-changing impact for the patient of recognition and management of her complaints
Review article published by the International Consortium in 2017 on MCAS in EDS
The first significant cohort study of patients with MCAS describes in detail the symptoms and co-existent conditions and should help us to recognise MCAS
Indications for referral in EDS
Many hypermobile patients will be managed, at least for the majority of their lives, solely within Primary Care. There may not be much advantage to your patient from seeing a rheumatologist who does not have a special interest in hypermobility, certainly not simply for confirmation of a hEDS or HSD diagnosis. However, there are certain situations where a referral may be advisable.
1) If any hypermobile condition other than hEDS/HSD is suspected, referral is indicated so that formal genetic testing may be considered. This would usually be warranted only if more than one of the following features is seen.
Clinical signs
Skin features - classical (Abnormal scars, very elastic skin) or vascular (translucent skin, skin which tears easily, abnormal bruises - very large or in unusual sites)
Unusual facial features (thin lips, prominent eyes, narrow nose) in addition to skin fragility
Severe scoliosis
Marfanoid body habitus associated with an abnormal echocardiogram or lens dislocation
Personal or family history of any of the following should lead to the consideration of Vascular EDS
Vascular events (aneurysms, subarachnoid haemorrhage, recurrent severe post-operative haemorrhage, arterial dissection)
recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax
bowel perforationuterine rupture
v. severe peripartum perineal tear
2) Where a patient has ongoing musculoskeletal symptoms despite adequate analgesia, physiotherapy/OT/podiatry input, referral to rheumatology should be considered. It must be remembered that patients may have more than one musculoskeletal condition co-existing. Some studies have shown a higher prevalence of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases in hEDS
3) For other significant or extra-articular symptoms, you may find that there are local specialists who have interest in patients with hypermobility. For example, gastroenterology referral may be beneficial for patients with gut issues in addition to constitutional symptoms, or intractable constipation with complications. Consideration of referral for chronic pain management may also be warranted.
4) Hypermobile patients with severe and complex problems can be seen at the tertiary referral clinics at UCLH and Stanmore. If you think this service might be appropriate for your patient, they need to be referred by a rheumatologist
Treatment of hEDS/HSD in primary care
People with hEDS/HSD tend to learn how to manage most of their symptoms without recourse to medical professionals despite the significance of the impact of symptoms
Troublesome symptoms can vary wildly between patients as well as over time. It is key to work together to help people develop an effective self-care toolkit, allowing patients some leeway to alter medication doses or use as-required medicines where appropriate. A study on lived experience makes for sobering reading.
10 Top Tips for Doctors (from a doctor with hEDS) [PDF]
One study found that patients had a mean of 5 different complaints at one point in time
Using a tool such as an assessment wheel can facilitate management of the multiplicity of ongoing medical problems.
Brief overview of management issues in hEDS/HSD
Here we will offer a brief overview of management issues in hEDS/HSD, albeit this is difficult with such a complex condition. For more detailed information, please consult the ‘Resources’ section.
Gut issues
Cardiovascular Autonomic Dysfunction (PoTS and low blood pressure)
Mast Cell Issues
Musculoskeletal matters
Head and neck issues
Special considerations for children
Anaesthetic and Surgical considerations
Resources aimed at patients and their carers
Patient charities in the UK
Ehlers Danlos Support UK helps patients with any type of EDS
The Hypermobility syndromes Association provides advice on all of the heritable connective tissue disorders
Annabelle’s Challenge provides support for patients with Vascular EDS
Mast Cell Action works on behalf of patients with MCAS
Mastocytosis Support UK supports patients with Mast Cell disorders
PoTS UK supports patients with Postural Tachycardia syndrome
International patient charities
The Ehlers Danlos Society
Dysautonomia International
An introduction for people living with chronic pain
A longer series of videos to help with chronic pain management
Pilates-based exercises tailored for those with fatigue and chronic pain
Recordings of talks from the 2017 joint EDS UK/HMSA Patient Conference
Dr Emma Reinhold on the role of Primary Care
Living well with a hypermobility syndrome by Hannah Ensor
A detailed new resource on Hypermobility for patients and clinicians
Never Bet Against Occam, Lawrence Afrin - An introduction to MCAS suitable for doctors or patients
There are vibrant online patient communities, including numerous bloggers, Facebook groups and Twitter hashtags, which many patients find very supportive, although care should always be taken with respect to any advice offered on such platforms. It is often very validating to find others with the same life and health experience, especially with a condition which the medical profession does not always treat well.
Ehlers-Danlos Support UK has a Facebook group, @EhlersDanlosUK as well as closed local and regional groups for support and specific closed groups for parents, men’s support and partners’ support. You must be a member to join the closed groups but membership is free.
HMSA has a Facebook group @TheHMSA
Twitter: @ehlersdanlosuk, @HMSACharity, @TheEDSociety, @UKPoTS, @DrEReinhold, @LoveInYourTummy and commonly used hashtags #EDS #hEDS #hypermobility #zebra #MCAS #POTS #dysautonomia #invisiblevisible
Resources for training/education and QI tools
A detailed and fully referenced new resource on Hypermobility for patients and clinicians by Expert Patient Claire Smith
Recordings of presentations from the 2017 joint EDS UK/HMSA Patient Conference
PoTS UK also ran a Masterclass in 2017 and their recordings are here
‘If you can’t connect the issues, think connective tissues’ an introduction to EDS by world expert Dr Heidi Collins
Dr Anne Maitland presents “Mast Cell Activation syndrome in EDS Patients”
One subset of MCAS - Familial alpha-tryptasaemia – where patients have the recognised pattern of symptoms of MCAS, a slightly high baseline tryptase level and duplicate copies of the alpha-tryptase gene explained here by the main researcher
Several presentations from PoTS-UK
There are multiple video presentations on the EDS-UK website ‘what is EDS’. You need to sign up for free membership of EDS-UK, which is simple to do.
The Kent Project from the HMSA contains videos of presentations from their masterclasses for professionals
A historical perspective of these conditions from Prof Grahame
Please disregard the sections on classification of subtypes of EDS in all papers published prior to March 2017.
BMJ ‘Easily Missed’ article (refers to JHS/EDS-HT, which is equivalent to HSD/hEDS)
Review article on EDS/JHS
Review of EDS with lots of detail on treatment
Special issue of the American Journal of Medical Genetics on The Ehlers Danlos syndromes containing several review articles
This article summarises MCAS
This article looks at how Mast Cells impact various gastrointestinal disorders
Detailed article about PoTS and other Orthostatic Intolerance
An overview of common features of an early MCAS cohort
Information for commissioners
Services for patients with ‘Complex EDS’ and the genetics service (for all EDS sub-types other than hEDS) are commissioned centrally by NHS England, National Services Division in Scotland, Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, and the Health and Social Care Board in Northern Ireland.
We know that patients are high consumers of healthcare, in terms of GP visits, outpatient appointments, inpatient bed days, prescriptions, surgery and physiotherapy, although reported results of such treatments are often disappointing
An article by Prof R Grahame, world-renowned expert in EDS, setting out the poor current state of care for those with HSDs (written before the new diagnostic criteria)
Lived Experience of Joint Hypermobility syndrome (now termed Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder) including the difficulty and importance of gaining a diagnosis.
Lived experience focus group study
A humanisation approach to management is described
Large survey of patients’ reported pain-relieving experience
This article ‘Joint hypermobility syndrome in childhood. A not so benign multisystem disorder?’ concludes ‘JHS is poorly recognized in children with a long delay in the time to diagnosis. [This] results in poor control of pain and disruption of normal home life, schooling and physical activities. Knowledge of the diagnosis and simple interventions are likely to be highly effective in reducing the morbidity and cost to the health and social services.’
How to develop services
Section 7 of this review article covers the requirements of a comprehensive service for patients with EDS
This toolkit has been developed in partnership between the RCGP Clinical Innovation and Research Centre and Ehlers Danlos Support UK led by Emma Reinhold and with contributions from Lisa Jamieson, Lesley Kavi, Kay Julier, Hanadi Kazkaz, Alan Hakim, Nikki Praiba, Gemma Pearce, Philip Bull and Jan Groh.
Please send any feedback or suggestions to circ@rcgp.org.uk
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17 Maple Grove Dr
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17 Maple Grove Dr is a single family residence located in Pittsfield, MA 01201. Built in 1950, this property features 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 15,821 sq ft lot, and 1,050 sq ft of living space. The estimated market value for 17 Maple Grove Dr is $144,000.
For the surrounding community of Pittsfield, MA 01201, the average sale price for similar homes to 17 Maple Grove Dr is $138,516. The nearby schools are average and include Egremont, Theodore Herberg Middle and Pittsfield High. The overall crime risk for this area is low with 1 criminal and sex offenders residing within 1 mile. The natural disaster risk for this area includes very low earthquake risk, and low tornado risk.
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Property Details: 17 Maple Grove Dr
3 beds, 1 bath
Home Size: 1,050 sqft
Parcel Number: M:K08 B:0003 L:003
County: Berkshire
Tract: 935200
Zoning: R12
Heating Type: HOT WATER
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5/20/2019 Sold $51,500 $49 Public Records
2018 $2,723 (+2%) $67,000 $69,100 $136,100
2017 $2,623 (+1.96%) $67,000 $66,600 $133,600
2015 $2,467 (+1.8%) $67,000 $69,600 $136,600
2013 $2,265 $67,000 $68,600 $135,600
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The average sales price of homes similar to 17 Maple Grove Dr is $138,516 ($127/sq.ft.)
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25 Crosier Ave $88,500 06/17/2019 $77 1,150 sq.ft. 2 Bed, 1 Bath 1 mi away
72 Wealthy Ave $236,900 06/14/2019 $190 1,250 sq.ft. 3 Bed, 1 Bath 1.5 mi away
94 Imperial Ave $188,000 06/11/2019 $188 1,000 sq.ft. 3 Bed, 2 Bath 1.4 mi away
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113 Edward Ave $175,000 06/06/2019 $148 1,182 sq.ft. 3 Bed, 1 Bath 0.7 mi away
20 Maple Grove Dr $205,400 05/31/2019 $201 1,020 sq.ft. 3 Bed, 1 Bath 0 mi away
62 Burbank St $78,800 05/31/2019 $72 1,093 sq.ft. 3 Bed, 1 Bath 1.8 mi away
20 Southern Ave $23,000 05/30/2019 $19 1,190 sq.ft. 2 Bed, 1 Bath 2.2 mi away
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The property at 17 Maple Grove Dr is located in Pittsfield in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. With interior space of 1,050 square feet, and a lot that has 15,821 square feet, 17 Maple Grove Dr, Pittsfield, MA 01201 is a Single Family Residence
In the area where 17 Maple Grove Dr, Pittsfield, MA 01201 is located there were 9 new foreclosure filings in 05/2019. The foreclosure rate in the 01201 zip code was one in every 2,487 housing units. The number of active properties in some stage of foreclosure in the 01201 zip code is 64.
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Short Term and Long Term Effects of Bullying
Bullying can have a variety of short and long term effects for both the victim and a bully. Learn about the psychological and societal effects of bullying here
Katie Hurley, LCSW
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Bullying is a serious threat to our youth today. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), bullying affects 20% of high school students and cyberbullying affects 16% of high school students. Surveys compiled by the CDC also show that 33% of students ages 12-18 who reported bullying at school and 27% of students ages 12-18 who reported cyberbullying indicated that they were bullied at least once or twice a month. Middle schools reported the highest rate of bullying (25%), at least once a week.
Bullying can have negative short and long-term consequences for both the victim and the bully. While traditional intervention for bullying tends to include getting help for the victim and establishing consequences for the bully, it should be noted that both the victim and the bully benefit from psychosocial support.
Short-term effects of bullying for the victim
All kids are different and are likely to exhibit varying behaviors during or after bullying by a peer. With relational aggression on the rise and cyberbullying easier than ever, it should be noted that bullying can be ongoing for long periods of time before students seek help.
A UCLA study of 2,300 students in eleven middle schools in Los Angeles found that a high level of bullying was associated with lower grades across three years of middle school. Students who were rated as the most bullied performed significantly worse academically than their peers.
Effects on the bullied victim can include:
• Social isolation
• Feelings of shame
• Sleep disturbance
• Changes in eating habits
• Low self-esteem
• School avoidance
• Symptoms of anxiety
• Bedwetting
• Higher risk of illness
• Psychosomatic symptoms (stomachaches, headaches, muscle aches, other physical complaints with no known medical cause)
• Poor school performance
• Symptoms of depression
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Short-term effects of bullying for the bully
While it can be difficult to empathize with the bully, it’s essential that parents and school officials recognize that bullies engage in bullying behavior for a reason. Without help, the behavior will continue, and potentially worsen, over time.
Effects on the bully can include:
• Poor school performance (missed school due to suspensions increases this risk)
• Increased truancy risk
• Difficulty maintaining social relationships
• Increased risk of substance abuse
One longitudinal study led by a group of scientists in Norway investigated the long-term psychological effects of adolescents. Results of the study indicated that all groups involved in bullying during adolescence, both bullies and victims, experienced adverse mental health outcomes in adulthood. While the victims showed a high level of depressive symptoms in adulthood, both groups experienced an increased risk of psychiatric hospitalization due to mental health disorders.
Long-term risks of bullying for the victim
With immediate and proper mental health treatment and support systems in place, victims can stave off some of the potential long-term consequences of bullying. Without intervention, however, kids are at risk for the following:
• Chronic depression
• Increased risk of suicidal thoughts, suicide plans, and suicide attempts
• Anxiety disorders
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Poor general health
• Self-destructive behavior, including self-harm
• Substance abuse
• Difficulty establishing trusting, reciprocal friendships and relationships
Long-term effects of bullying for the bully
Without proper treatment, bullying behavior is likely to continue into adulthood.
• Risk of spousal or child abuse
• Risk of antisocial behavior
• Less likely to be educated or employed
Childhood bullying has serious effects on both short and long-term health of children. Immediate intervention and long-term follow-up can help mediate some of these effects. It is imperative that schools, families, and communities work together to understand bullying and its consequences and find ways to decrease, and hopefully eradicate, bullying both in schools and communities.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Prevent Bullying,” retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/features/prevent-bullying/index.html.
UCLA Newsroom, “Victims of bullying suffer academically as well, UCLA psychologists report,” retrieved from http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/victims-of-bullying-suffer-academically-168220.
Foss Sigurdson, J., et al, “The long-term effects of being bullied or a bully in adolescence on externalizing and internalizing mental health problems in adulthood,” Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, August 2015, 9:42.
Wolke, D., Lereya, S., “Long-term effects of bullying,” Archives of Disease in Childhood, (2015) Sep; 100(9): 879–885.
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Ring News 24Boxing NewsDorticos and Gassiev head-to-head in Sochi
Dorticos and Gassiev head-to-head in Sochi
IBF World Champion Murat Gassiev (25-0, 18 KOs) and WBA World Champion Yunier Dorticos (22-0, 21 KOs) met at a press conference before their Ali Trophy semi-final at the Bolshoy Ice Dome in Sochi, Russia on Saturday.
“Dorticos is a well-schooled fighter,” said Gassiev.
“He has many amateur fights, good speed, and fast hands. He is a great opponent and I have prepared for 12 tough rounds.”
Murat ‘Iron’ Gassiev, the Russian second seed, earned his spot in the semi-final when he blew away Polish Krzysztof Wlodarczyk with a powerful performance to produce a third-round KO.
“The World Boxing Super Series is a great tournament that gives me the opportunity to unify all the cruiserweight titles. On Saturday I am going to take another step towards that dream in front of my proud countrymen.”
Cuban Dorticos has been oozing confidence in the built up for the fight:
“On a personal level I have no problems with Gassiev, but right now he has a problem. He has to find a defence against the missiles that are going to land on that big head of his. Gassiev will learn to respect ‘The KO Doctor’ on Saturday night.”
Cuban Dorticos aka ‘The KO Doctor’, the tournament’s fourth seed, impressed in his quarter-final with a devastating KO victory in the third round over Russian Dmitri Kudryashov.
“I will put on another show on Saturday for the fans in Russia and around the world. I have nothing to worry about. Gassiev has.”
The cruiserweight final of the World Boxing Super Series will take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in May 2018.
WORLD BOXING SUPER SERIES FIXTURES
27/01/2018 Cruiserweight Semi-Final:
Aleksandr Usyk vs. Mairis Briedis (WBO World & WBC World) – Usyk won MD
Riga Arena, Riga, Latvia
03/02/18 Cruiserweight Semi-Final:
Murat Gassiev vs. Yunier Dorticos (IBF World & WBA World)
Bolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi, Russia
17/02/18 Super Middleweight Semi-Final:
George Groves vs. Chris Eubank Jr (WBA Super World & IBO World)
Manchester Arena, Manchester, UK
Callum Smith vs. Juergen Braehmer (WBC Diamond Belt)
Arena Nürnberger Versicherung, Nuremberg, Germany
WORLD BOXING SUPER SERIES AT A GLANCE
Number of participants: 16
Number of belts: 7
Number of world champions: 6
Number of former world champions: 3
Number of undefeated fighters: 9
Combined Record of participants (at start): 423 wins, 17 losses, 294 KOs
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Ring News 24Boxing NewsCameron: ‘Thanks For Taking The Challenge But You Are In For A Hard Night!’
Cameron: ‘Thanks For Taking The Challenge But You Are In For A Hard Night!’
Liam Cameron is promising Nick Jenman the hardest night of his career, when they meet at the Ice Sheffield Arena on April 27.
Brighton’s Jenman has stepped in at short notice to face Cameron for the home fighter’s Commonwealth Middleweight Title, after the withdrawal of original opponent Danny Butler.
The clash is ‘Cannonball’ Cameron’s first defence of the belt, which he won against Sam Sheedy last October, and will be screened live on Freesports (Freeview 95, Freesat 252, Sky 424, BT 95, Talk Talk 95).
Southpaw Jenman, 20-10-1 (3), was in action as recently as late March, when he lost a tight decision to Andrew Robinson for the vacant IBO Continental Middleweight crown. The 32-year-old has said he will be in top shape on fight-night and is relishing the opportunity of fighting with no pressure on his shoulders.
Liam, a former ABA champion, has his sights set firmly on a future British Title challenge against the current champion – a man he has already beaten in the amateurs – Tommy Langford. Cameron, 27, is experienced enough to know though that he cannot afford to take his eye off Jenman, and says he will be totally switched on for the impending challenge.
“It’s just frustrating to have opponents keep pulling out,” explained Liam. “I kind of knew it would happen though, so I’m not too bothered, and I treat all opponents the same because they bring different threats. I don’t understand why opponents pull out. To get the opportunity to box for the Commonwealth Title against Sheedy, I had to fight for peanuts. There are loads [of boxers] that have been offered this fight who will possibly make more money than I am, and they still aren’t taking the fight; just pricing themselves out of it.
“So, it’s great that Jenman has stepped up. I thank him for it, but I will absolutely break his heart to bits on fight night. I’m no [Andrew] Robinson and this, if it goes 12 rounds, will be the hardest fight of his life. I’ve never seen him box and I’m not really interested. He’s been stopped by Tommy Langford and he’s lost 10 fights. If I can’t be beating Jenman then, no disrespect, I’m going nowhere in boxing. It doesn’t matter how hard he’s trained or how up for the fight he is; and if being ‘up’ for fights won you titles then I should already be world champion!
“I love fighting southpaws too, they walk onto my best shots! I’ve had 10 weeks to train, I’m punching very hard and he’ll soon know the step up in class between me and Andrew Robinson. I feel extra confidence winning the title, and being ranked number five in Britain. I’ve trained solidly and put myself through hell. I’m super-fit, and ready.”
Dennis Hobson Promotions presents Liam Cameron defending his Commonwealth Middleweight Title against Brighton’s Nicky Jenman at the Ice Sheffield Arena (S9 5DA) on April 27. Also appearing will be Doncaster’s Craig Derbyshire defending his Central Area Super Flyweight Title against Sheffield’s Tommy Frank.
For ticket information call 0114 243 4443.
The show will be broadcast live on Freesports. For more information visit www.freesports.tv
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Odd as it may seem, half of our Rising Sand membership is on the cusp of heading back to school for the fall: Monica, Logan and Corrina to finish up their undergrads in Stevens Point; Oren back to Madison for law-school year 2, and Dan McDougle to some Midwestern no-man’s-land for law-school year 1. Though I wish them all the best, I can’t say that I’m at all envious. “Higher” education now behind me, I can’t help but feel that the highest of education comes only from experience in the field, and 8-months into the Rising Sand project, we’ve certainly learned our share of lessons, personally and collectively.
Among the foremost lessons of Season 1 is realism in planning. Between the 10 of us, our wintertime energy and expectation got a bit out of control, leading us to some foolishly excessive planting decisions. I remember those early conversations well: “Who’s going to take care of all of those tomatoes?” “I will; that’s no problem…” “We’ve got X thousand onions to seed this week…” We were overzealous back then, and now receive constant reminders as we gaze upon our jungly beds of weeds that, having long since gone to seed, tower over rows of onions and carrots, swaying tauntingly in the breeze. Lesson learned: next year, plant a fraction of the veggies, maintain them adequately, and hopefully yield nearly as much food for the effort.
Also implicated in our planning were the lessons we learned on personal time commitments. These came the hard way, through constantly recurring, awkward, and often painful discussions on expectations through the course of the season. Next year, I have little doubt we will all be much more realistic in our personal time commitments, and plan our crops more accordingly as a result.
Communication is always key, and we’ve had to work through many lessons regarding harvest, wholesale and CSA packing communication. As a recipient of wholesale orders through my role at Mission Coffee, I can personally attest to frustration at having my orders botched, and not receiving what I need. It’s an odd feeling to be mad at your own farm, but as I’m not able to be present on packing day, I try to keep my frustrations in check, and trust that issues will be worked through and corrected in time.
Though there was little choice in the matter for this season, we’ve learned lessons on the inefficiency of being split between locations. Though it’s only a few miles, a few miles a few times a day for a few weeks equals a lot of time, fuel and sanity spent. So we continue the seemingly endless process of transitioning procedures over to Rising Sand, and though every step completed seems to reveal three additional steps, we continue, one small step at a time.
Lessons on animal husbandry have presented themselves as well, with two white cows roaming the pastures as they wish, making the more-than-occasional escape, and reminding us always that we need to figure out a more powerful and adequate fence for next season. Lotus the dog has thus received lessons in cowherding, in addition to an unfortunate lesson about the necessity of respecting motor vehicles, parked or otherwise. The kittens continue to face near-death lessons – whether from bone-crushing coolers or the head-chewing puppy – but, true to the 9-lives theory, they’re all still with us; climbing and grooming to become the rodent-killing machines of their destiny.
The most vital lessons thus far, however, have been of an interpersonal nature. Now, after 8 months of board meetings, we sit together as friends and colleagues rather than strangers — appreciating and accepting the quirks and characteristics each individual brings to the table. For the ten of us to have worked together so intimately for the last 8 months without any apparent blood-boiling resentments may be the greatest indicator of our success. We work through troubles and misunderstandings continuously as they arise, gearing ourselves up hopefully for a successful conclusion of Season 1, and inception of Season 2.
Paradoxical as it may seem, the inefficiencies, mistakes and lessons are most exciting to me as I look forward to the future of Rising Sand Organics. Imperfect as it has been, if we can make due with a newly-formed team of largely inexperienced farmers, what could the future hold? For my part I know that, given the experience gained this season, I will be much more valuable next year, and each of us most certainly feels the same. As we continue to grow and gel as a team, our capacity will multiply, and I’m excited to see and experience the future of Rising Sand Organics, and all of the lessons yet to be learned.
By Lee Bartnik
The stories of Meristem Mayhem are intended for entertainment, to reflect and share farm experiences through the viewpoint of Lee Bartnik (Louie B). Therefore, the views expressed are not representative of Rising Sand Organics as an organization. We sincerely hope you enjoy the mayhem as it unfolds.
A Mulch Mob of Sorts
Three Calls Deep
Arrival of the Magyar
Team Real AF: The Podcast
Pardon my Absence
The Gleason Chicken Run
The Time/Money Continuum
To Ramlamb or not to Ramlamb
My buddy Alex
Fatherhood Farming
Admin Times: The Cat and the Compost Toilet
An Impressive Smattering of Shit
Supper Club 6: Scalloped Potatoes, Ham and Gordy
The Value of a Blessing
Truck Saga
CSA / Meristem Mayhem
Men and Stuff
Rollin’ Heavy with the Dub
RSO BOD: Financials
Supper Club 5: Pasta Night
Pie Delivery
A Trip (Introduction to Season 2)
Welcomings (Outro)
Market Morning
Onion Season (Zombie Mode)
Strange Calls
Double Date
Market Crash 2: The Fury of the Ray
The Return of the W. (Changes)
The Quintessential CSA Moment
Market Deception
Pickle Fiend
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Concert March, March
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RUNDEL John Philip Sousa March Collection
Full Score + Parts
In the company history of “The Washington Post“, one of the major American newspapers, the following entry is shown under the year ‘1889’: “On June 15, at an essay awards ceremony on the mall, United States Marine Band leader John Philip Sousa introduced ‘The Washington Post March’, which he wrote especially for the newspaper. It became a popular hit and is still a marching band favourite today.” This short note in a way describes the rise of John Philip Sousa to a leading military bandmaster and prominent composer in the United States. While on tour in St. Louis with the variety show “Our Flirtations”, for which he had composed the music, Sousa learned that he was considered as leader of the United States Marine Band in Washington, D.C. His father Antonio accepted the position by proxy, as his son had difficulties to be released from the show. Finally, on October 1, 1880, John Philip Sousa became the fourteenth leader of this fine band and the first to be born in America. His predecessor, Louis Schneider, had been discharged as “unfit for duty”. Taking over the baton of the United States Marine Band meant for Sousa conducting a military band for the first time, and he consequently approached music in an essentially different way than his predecessors. He augmented, improved and replaced the band’s library, and also changed its instrumentation. In the years to come Sousa undertook considerable efforts to ameliorate the musical standards of the band. Rehearsals became very strict with him, and less capable bandsmen gradually left the band. As a reformer, Sousa was exceptionally successful in another important realm too, as his concerts began to attract discriminating audiences in place of those unsophisticated crowds who had attended concerts previously. As a marching unit, the United States Marine Band’s reputation spread rapidly. Its services hence were much in demand. In those years John Philip Sousa also composed his first operettas. The first one of his early stage productions, however, “The Smugglers”, was abandoned after a short run only. As leader of the Marine Band John Philip Sousa largely contributed to the band’s repertoire by writing a number of fine marches. The first one to really establish his reputation among military bands was “The Gladiator”, written in 1886. Finally some time between 1889 and 1891 a “March King” was born, probably shortly after the event taking place in Washington in 1889 where “The Washington Post” was performed for the first time. In addition, “The Washington Post” became widely known at that time, as it especially suited the “Two Step”, a popular new dance. Sousa’s march was being used for dancing all over the world, and it was even published in non-authorized editions in various countries under fancy titles.
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Matthew I. Whang, MD
Transplantation | Urology
Languages Spoken English, Korean
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Saint Barnabas Medical Center
Director, Transplant Urology
A graduate of Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, Dr. Whang received his medical degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University where he also completed an internship in surgery, followed by residencies in surgery and urology. He is board certified in urology and is the author of more than two dozen medical publications and abstracts. In addition, Dr. Whang has received several awards for clinical research. He is a member of numerous professional associations, among them, The Academy of Medicine of New Jersey, The American Urologic Association, and The Korean American Medical Association.
Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, NYC, NY, 1987
Surgery - Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, NYC, NY, 1989
Urology - Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, NYC, NY, 1993
Title: Flow Cytometric Determination of the Multidrug Resistant Phenotype in Transitional Cell Cancer of the Bladder: Implications and Applications
Authors: Benson, M.C., Giella, J.G., Whang, I.S., Buttyan, R., Hensle, T.W., Karp, F. and Olsson, C.A.
Publisher: Journal of Urology
Issue: Vol. 146: 982-987
Title: Prostate Specific Antigen Density: A means of distinguishing BPH and Prostate Cancer
Authors: Benson, M.C., Whang, I.S., Pantuk, A., Ring, K., Kaplan, S.A. and Olsson, C.A.
Title: The Use of Prostate Specific Antigen Density (PSAD) to Enhance the Predictive Value of Intermediate Levels of serum PSA
Authors: Benson, M.C., Whang, I.S., Olsson, C.A., McMahon, D.J. and Cooner, W.C.
Title: Flow Cytometry in Urology
Authors: Whang, I.S. and Benson, M.C.
Publisher: In High Tech Urology: Technical Innovations and Their Clinical Applications.
Issue: ed. Smith, J: pp: 234-250
Description: W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia
Title: Flow Cytometry in Urologic Practice
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Issue: Vol. 5:11-32
Description: eds. Lytton, B., Catalona, W.J., Lipshultz, L.I. and McGuire, E.J.
Title: Pheochromocytoma
Authors: Whang, M.I.S., Walton, G.R. and Benson, M.C.
Publisher: In Clinical Urology
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Authors: Walton, G.R., Whang, I.S. and Benson, M.C.
Publisher: Mosby-Year Book, Inc., St Louis
Issue: In Current Therapy in Genitourinary Surgery
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Title: Rapid Construction of Right Colon pouch
Authors: Olsson C.A. Kirsch, A.J. and Whang, M.I.S.
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Issue: 6(3)
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Title: PSA Density (PSAD)
Authors: Seaman, E., Whang, M., Olsson, C.A., Katz, A., Cooner, W.H. and Benson, M.C.
Publisher: Urologic Clinics of North America
Date: Nov 1993
Issue: 20(4)
Title: Predictive Value of Prostate-Specific Antigen Density for the Presence of Micrometastatic Carcinoma of the Prostate
Authors: Seaman, E.K. Whang, I. S., Cooner, W., Olsson, C.A. and Benson, M.C.
Publisher: Urology
Issue: 43(5): 968-71
Title: The Incidence of Multifocal Renal Cell Carcinoma in Patients who are Candidates for Partial Nephrectomy
Authors: Whang, M., O'Toole, K., Bixon, R., Brunetti, J., Ikeguchi, E., Olsson, C.A., Sawczuk, I.S. and Benson, M.C.
Issue: 154: 968 - 971
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Title: Urinary tract infection associated with ureteral stents in renal transplantation
Authors: Glazier, D., Jacobs, M., Lyman, N., Whang, M., Manor, E., Mulgaonkar, S.
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Title: Extra-adrenal Pheochromocytoma presenting with Headaches, Hypertension and Ureteral Obstruction
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Issue: 5:65-70
Title: Nephrogenic Adenomas Occurring in a Patient with Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplant
Authors: Whang, M., Katz, L., Ongcapin, E., Geffner, S., Friedman, G., Mulgaonkar, S., and Kaplan, B.
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Title: Renal Transplantation and Prostate Cancer: Guidelines for Screening and Treatment
Authors: Whang, M., Geffner, S., Khachikian, Z., Kumar, A., Bonomini, L. and Mulgaonkar, S.
Publisher: Transplantation Proceedings
Issue: 34: 3196-3199
Title: Urologic Complications in Over 1000 Kidney Transplants Performed at The Saint Barnabas Healthcare System
Authors: Whang, M, Geffner, S., Baimeedi, S., Bonomini, L. and Mulgaonkar, S
Title: Prostate Cancer: Urologist’s View
Title: Urologic Complications in more than 2500 Kidney Transplantations Performed at the Saint Barnabas Health Care System
Authors: Whang, M, Yballe, M, Geffner, S, Fletcher, H, Palekar, S and Mulgaonkar, S.
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Belarusian happiness of Patrick Bourdon
They say, to feel accomplished man should build a house, plant a tree and raise a son. Patrick Bourdon, a French citizen and director general of Intercars in Belarus, has done all that away from his own country, in Belarus
They say, to feel accomplished man should build a house, plant a tree and raise a son. Patrick Bourdon, a French citizen and director general of Intercars in Belarus, has done all that away from his own country, in Belarus.
When he first arrived in Belarus 10 years ago as a member of the official delegation representing Clermont-Ferrand, Gomel´s brother-city, he could not even imagine that Belarus will become his second motherland and apart from business interests, he will find a beloved here. He has also started a family and built a house.
We have taken an interview from the French businessman, the owner of a transportation company in Belarus.
- International families, when a husband is a citizen of one country and a wife of another are widespread today. As a Frenchman who married a Belarusian woman, why did not you take Julia back to France, as many of your compatriots do, but preferred to settle down here?
- Both my wife and I are in love with Belarus. I like Belarusian people, their kindness and hospitality. I love nature here, forests and lakes. But the most important factor is the comfort and tranquillity of this country that allow me feel safe and comfortable without worrying much about the security of my family.
Besides, I can witness how living conditions in Belarus are improving. When I first came here, the country had just embarked on various reforms. Today everything is different. I can see it from my business: more and more Belarusians travel abroad and more and more foreigners come to visit.
- Patrick, tell me how you met Julia?
- As simple as that: four years ago Julia applied to Intercars, while she was still a student at Minsk State Linguistic University. She had a brilliant command of French. I felt attracted to her straight away, there was this chemistry at the heart level, when people realise that they are born to love each other. We have been together for three years now. We have a son, his name is Paul, and he is 1.5 years old. By the way, he was born in Belarus.
- Did you get married in France?
- Can you imagine that we register our marriage in a registration office in the village of Tsna near Minsk? Ours was the first international marriage registered there. Therefore, people did their best, they decorated the hall. The registration procedure was rather modest, as neither me nor Julia love pompous ceremonies. In the evening we invited our friends to a wedding party at home to celebrate the event.
- What in your opinion is the difference between the French and Belarusian family?
- First, in France a family is perceived as a union of two people, who participate in any event together. Spouses should have mutual understanding and share common interests.
Maybe, it is also characteristic of Belarusian families. The only thing that struck me when I first came here is that it was rare to see a father with a perambulator. Possibly, fathers were a bit embarrassed to do it or just did not have time... But now I see the mentality is changing. Fathers can be seen with their kids in the streets, parks and restaurants, I can tell that from our friends. Undoubtedly, the improved financial status contributes to paying greater attention to the upbringing of children.
- What are your living conditions here?
- We have a house in Minsk that we built ourselves.
- It must have French spirit around it.
- No, we live in Belarus and the style of our house is European, while in France I have a house, which is decorated in an old French style. Sometimes, we go there for a holiday. We plan to visit it this summer.
- What do you think about Belarusian cuisine?
- Oh, you´ve got a marvellous cuisine. It reminds me of traditional French cuisine, the plain food I used to eat when I was a child.
- What do you usually do on weekends?
- We work so much and try to spend our weekend at home with our son. The place we live in is surrounded by trees and we have wonderful walks there.
- Patrick, as far as we know, apart from holding a post of director general at Intercars, you are the head of Metropolitan modelling agency. What do you think about Belarusian models and in what way do they different from European ones?
- If I didn´t admire Belarusian women, I would not have married one (laughs). Slavic women are very beautiful. Besides, women here, including those working in the modelling business, are very responsible. Many Belarusian models are making careers in Europe after signing official contracts with foreign companies.
- What do you think about the statement of the Belarusian authorities that directly refers to the activities your company performs that says that customs control of passenger buses should take up no more than 30 minutes?
- A wonderful decision! If this decision is implemented, the flow of visitors to Belarus and Belarusian travellers wanting to go to foreign countries will multiply.
- Patrick, does your mother-in-law often invite you to try her pancakes?
- My mother-in-law is an amazing person! It is a pleasure for me to visit her and she comes round quite often. She loves her grandchild. By the way, we speak both French and Belarusian with Paul.
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Lake Michigan water level expected to plateau
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DETROIT — For the first time in months, Lake Michigan’s water level is forecast to plateau, reports WOOD TV-8.
The weekly forecast released Friday by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers predicts Lake Michigan’s water level to remain steady over the next month. It’s largely due to warmer and drier weather across the Great Lakes region.
“This last week, temperatures throughout the Great Lakes Basin climbed towards above average values for this time of year,” the Army Corps forecast said. “Some minor rainfall was experienced last week, but in general dry weather returned to the region. Expect drier than average conditions to continue through the weekend.”
Lake Michigan has been near record high levels since May. It is up three inches over the past month and currently just an inch below the all-time July record set in 1986.
Other Great Lakes are finally starting to fall from record levels. Lake Erie is projected to drop five inches over the next month, while Lake Ontario is forecast to fall 10 inches.
Lake Superior, which has dropped an inch over the past month, is expected to remain steady over the next month.
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LAWRIE WILLIAMS: Can gold’s breakout be sustained?
Well yesterday’s price action in precious metals turned out to be something of a bull’s dream. The whole complex moved substantially higher, and though palladium and rhodium may have seemed the key players with some substantial dollar price increases, gold surged through what many analysts have seen as the key $1,365 level. Silver meanwhile, perhaps the most out of favour of the precious metals, showed a very substantial gain in percentage terms of nearly 4% in US dollar terms so far this week. With the gold:silver ratio still languishing at over 90 silver’s potential, should the gold price continue upwards, may just be beginning to show itself. But then silver can be the most erratic metal in the precious metals complex and can thus be the most dangerous to invest in, although potential percentage gains are the highest for those who like a price gamble.
We have noted here before that there would seem to be a number of economic and political factors predicating that gold has a strong short term future – and where gold goes the other precious metals tend to follow. But the triggers which created the latest surge were statements from the heads of the U.S. Fed, and of the European Central Bank both suggesting that the next move in interest rates on both sides of the Atlantic are likely to be downwards. While this was hardly unexpected, the twin official confirmations of this likelihood was sufficient to move the markets quite substantially. Add to that a tweet from the U.S. President taken as suggesting that the next stage in his Make America Great Again policies, following on from his tariff and sanctions impositions, could well be a currency war, and the markets were well and truly affected. A likely loosening of interest rate policy by the Fed and the possibility of a forced down U.S. dollar boosted both equities and precious metals. It remains to be seen how the all-important U.S. markets in particular take things when they open today. Asian and European equities have been rising, as has the gold price after an initial dip, but will this be sustained in the cool light of the American day!
There may well be a downwards reaction once the U.S. markets open, but we feel this will probably be shortlived and gold, and the other precious metals will, after a period of consolidation continue their upwards movement throughout the northern hemisphere summer months, albeit with the occasional setback. If this is indeed the case then the consensus gold price forecasts for the second half of the year will likely be overtaken – perhaps in the next few weeks even. We certainly wouldn’t be surprised to see many bank and other analysts increasing their forecasts for the gold price in the second half of the year to $1,500 or above. But the powers that be may well try and put a stop to what might be seen as an excessive condemnation of the strength of the U.S. dollar and force prices back. But if President Trump is serious about weakening the dollar in the light of key competitive nations weakening their own currencies to gain a trade advantage, then the upwards momentum for gold – in U.S. dollar terms, which is the way the world sees it – may prove to be unstoppable making even a $1,500 price forecast for the second half of the year well within reach! We shall see what transpires. The next few days may be critical.
Lawrence Williams
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Jury Misconduct
Jury misconduct occurs when some form of wrongdoing occurs by a member of a Colorado jury.
Types of Misconduct
Misconduct by jurors includes:
talking about the case to people outside of the jury;
doing their own research about the case;
refusing to deliberate;
lies during jury questioning;
making decisions based on bias, such as racism, sexism, or stereotyping;
purposely concealing personal beliefs or experiences that influence the juror's ability to be impartial;
jurors conducting experiments or visiting the scene of an accident or crime; or
purposeful failure by any juror to follow the court's instructions.
Remedies for Jury Misconduct
If jury misconduct occurs, certain remedies exist to protect the rights of a criminal defendant. These include:
dismissal of the individual juror and replacement with an alternate juror;
instructions from the judge to "cure" whatever problem has arisen (if the problem is minor); or
dismissal of the entire jury panel; or
declare a mistrial (either dismissing the charge(s) or ordering a retrial of the case).
Ultimately, the Colorado judge has the discretion about whether or not the jury engaged in misconduct and how to handle the case moving forward.
Motions for New Trial & Appeal
If jury misconduct occurs, but the jury returns a guilty verdict, the defendant still has options.
Motion for New Trial: A motion for a new trial, if granted, dismisses the original guilty verdict and allows the defendant to get a completely new trial.
Appeal: A convicted defendant can file an appeal with the Colorado District Court, a higher court. If successful, the case may be sent back to the trial court or dismissed altogether.
Below, our Colorado criminal defense lawyers discuss the following frequently asked questions about jury misconduct for Colorado residents:
1. What is jury misconduct in Colorado criminal cases?
2. What types of jury misconduct occur in criminal cases?
2.1 Why are jurors not allowed to conduct their own research?
2.2 What happens if a juror is determined to be biased against the defendant?
2.3 When can a juror's religious beliefs influence him or her?
3. What can the court do if jury misconduct occurs?
3.1 When will a judge "cure" jury misconduct?
3.2 When will the judge dismiss a single juror?
3.3 When will the entire panel be dismissed and a mistrial be declared?
4. If the jury convicts me, can I file a motion for a new trial or appeal?
Jury misconduct occurs when some form of wrongdoing occurs by a member of a Colorado jury or by someone and his or her conduct involves a juror. 1
Jury misconduct can occur as the result of:
wrongful actions taken by members of the jury; or
someone whose actions attempt to influence the jury or interfere with its purpose.
improper influence of juror's religious beliefs;
Jurors are expected to receive instruction and evidence through the court proceedings only and not through "extra-judicial" means. Any research outside the courtroom may be grounds for dismissal of the juror or even the case.
"Research" by a juror includes:
using google to look up a defendant;
looking at court records to learn a defendant's criminal history;
speaking with witnesses outside of court;
looking up a witness's credentials;
conducting experiments or reenactments; or
visiting the scene of a crime or accident.2
Bias can occur in multiple ways and can have a significant impact on a criminal defendant's rights. Bias includes but is not limited to:
racism;
bias or stereotyping of certain ethnicities;
bias against those of a particular religion;
sexism; or
bias against a particular profession (i.e., hates all prostitutes, hates police officers, etc.).
When a juror is biased, he or she makes decisions based on his or her own personal feelings and beliefs, rather than evidence. This is not permissible and may be grounds for a new trial or juror dismissal.
A person's religious beliefs cannot be used to influence his or her decision in such a way as to counteract justice. All jurors must follow the law and the instructions of the jury. He or she may not allow the juror's own religious beliefs to influence the decision making of that juror or any others.
Example: In a murder trial, a juror brought in a Bible to the jury room with marked passages that discussed how the death penalty was appropriate for all murderers. That juror pointed out and read the passages to the other jurors in an attempt to influence their decision regarding the death penalty and the verdict. The death sentence decided upon by the jury was vacated and a sentence of life imprisonment was imposed instead. 3
Ultimately, the Colorado judge has the discretion about whether the jury engaged in misconduct and how to handle the case moving forward.
If the violation is minor, and in no way affected the case, the judge can issue what is called a "curative instruction." This is a statement by the judge which is meant to fix any problems caused by a juror's minor misconduct.
When a juror has committed some type of wrongful act, but that act has not influenced the rest of the jury, that single juror can be replaced with one of the alternates.
Getting a mistrial is a much higher burden to show that the misconduct has influenced the jury in such a way that a new trial must be had. If there is a "reasonable possibility that the misconduct affected the jury's verdict." 4
Every criminal defendant convicted of a crime is allowed to file a motion for a new trial. The motion must be in writing and meet all of the requirements of a valid motion.
If granted, a new trial will occur. If denied, the conviction stands, but an appeal can be filed.
If the motion for new trial is denied, the defendant can file an appeal with the higher court. A successful appeal may result in a new trial or dismissal of the charges against you.
For questions about the jury misconduct in Colorado or to confidentially discuss your case with one of our skilled Colorado criminal defense attorneys, do not hesitate to contact us.
We represent clients in and around Denver, Colorado Springs, Aurora, Fort Collins, Lakewood, and several nearby cities. For cases in California, please see our article on jury misconduct in California criminal cases.
Wiser v. People, 732 P.2d 1139 (1987) (describing the objective test for determining whether juror misconduct has occurred in a particular case).
People v. Holt, 266 P.3d 442 (2011) (juror conducted extra-judicial research outside the hearing of the court; conduct determined not to have influenced the rest of the jury).
People v. Harlan, 109 P.3d 616 (2005) (juror improperly influenced the jury by bringing in a bible to convince jurors that the death penalty was appropriate in the case).
Same as 1. See also Owen v. Duckworth, 727 F.2d 643, 646 (1984).
5 Lawyers are supposed to have a bad name, but the Colorado Legal Defense Group exhibited service, insights, and class that should make anyone feel very confident in calling upon their aid. I had an emergency legal case come up and Colorado Legal Defense Group looked like they had a specialty in this area. One of the lawyers (a 19-year veteran of the Denver PD as Lieutenant, whose experience there was helpful) answered the call at about 10pm on a Sunday night, and reassured me on the situation. During the week I spoke with another lawyer on staff – 3 people all told during the week. They were very detailed about my situation and the possible outcomes. When the DA announced his office would not be pressing charges, the Colorado Legal Defense Group tore up the check I had written them because they didn't have to dig in and represent me in court. So the week's worth of communication ended up being gratis. Most appreciated! Todd R.
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Minnesota Wild vs St. Louis Blues - April 16, 2017 Recap
Wild Wild 0-3-0
April 16, 2017 - Final
Blues Blues 3-0-0
Final First Round Game 3
Wild 0 1 0 1
Blues 1 1 1 3
Coyle MIN
Berglund STL
Allen STL
Blues top Wild 3-1, grab 3-0 series lead
ST. LOUIS (AP) St. Louis Blues coach Mike Yeo said before the start of his team's series against the Minnesota Wild that one player wouldn't win or lose the series for his team.
Jake Allen is doing his best to prove his coach wrong.
The Blues' goalie was outstanding for the third consecutive game, making 40 saves and Jaden Schwartz had the go-ahead goal in the second period to give the Blues a 3-1 win over the Wild on Sunday for a 3-0 lead in their first-round playoff series.
''He's been unbelievable, a big reason why we got these three wins, and it gives us a lot of confidence,'' Schwartz said of Allen.
''He's in the zone and he's really backstopping us right now. He's making some big, timely saves, which gives us a lot of momentum.''
Allen has been the star of the first three games. He's stopped 114 of the 117 shots he's faced for a .974 save percentage and 0.91 goals-against-average against a Wild team that ranked second in the NHL in scoring during the regular season.
Colton Parayko also scored for the Blues and Alexander Steen added an empty-netter for St. Louis, which will try to sweep the series Wednesday night in St. Louis.
''They've stuck to their game plan and we've stuck to ours and it was a real tough test for us out there the second half of the game,'' Allen said.
''They pushed really hard and put us on our heels a bit and we grinded and we got it done. A huge win for us.''
Charlie Coyle scored for Minnesota, which got 28 saves from Devan Dubnyk. Dubnyk has allowed just two goals in each of the three games, stopping 92.3 percent of the shots he's faced, but the Wild have lost all three games.
''We've played three pretty good hockey games and we've just to keep playing hard,'' Dubnyk said. ''Putting pucks to the net and trying to get some bounces and see if we can turn the momentum.''
Schwartz had a power-play goal at 15:19 of the second period to put the Blues one win away from the second round. He scored with 2:27 left in the third period of Game 2 to give St. Louis the 2-1 win.
On Sunday, the Blues scored just 3:25 into the first period when Parayko beat Dubnyk high with a shot from the high slot after a nice pass from Patrik Berglund. The goal was the third in 23 playoff games for Parayko, who scored four goals in 81 games this season.
St. Louis outshot Minnesota 15-9 in the first period, but couldn't build on its early lead. Vladimir Tarasenko and Steen both hit the post.
Minnesota tied it with a goal from Coyle with 7:01 left in the second period. Coyle scored off a rebound of a shot from Zach Parise, giving the Wild their first even-strength goal of the series and Parise his third point in three games.
The Blues scored their first power-play goal of the series from Schwartz with 4:41 remaining in the second period. Schwartz, who took a high stick from Ryan White to earn the penalty, scored his second goal of the series off a pass from Steen behind the net.
Minnesota put 19 shots on goal in the third period, but couldn't score.
The Wild pulled Dubnyk for an extra attacker with 2:10 remaining and Steen scored his first of the playoffs, assisted by Berglund and Vladimir Sobotka, into the empty net with 1:11 left.
NOTES: The Wild made two lineup changes for Game 3. D Christian Folin was scratched in favor of D Nate Prosser. Folin was minus-2 in the first two games of the series. RW Ryan White made his Wild playoff debut in place of rookie Joel Eriksson Ek. ... Blues C Jori Lehtera was a healthy scratch for the second consecutive game.
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'It's weird': Bill Shorten stuns colleagues as he lobbies against Anthony Albanese
Political infighting
By Michael Koziol
Defeated Labor leader Bill Shorten has stunned colleagues by actively involving himself in the selection of his successor and attempting to hinder the run of left-wing powerbroker Anthony Albanese, whose quest for the top job has won a significant endorsement from senior members of the party's NSW right faction.
Tony Burke, a cabinet minister in the Rudd and Gillard governments, is declaring his support within the party for Mr Albanese and is leading a revolt within the NSW right faction to get behind the left-winger instead of the right's own Chris Bowen.
Bill Shorten has lobbied MPs to drum up support for candidates other than his rival Anthony Albanese. Credit:AAP
Mr Albanese has also won the support of left-wing frontbencher Penny Wong and NSW right senator Kristina Keneally, who said Mr Albanese was the best person to "reframe our policy", listen to members and "reconnect with working people who did not vote for us".
It is understood finance spokesman Jim Chalmers, who was openly canvassing support for the top job, will fall in line behind Mr Bowen to avoid further splitting the right-wing vote.
Mr Shorten strongly backed his deputy leader, Tanya Plibersek, when she was weighing a tilt at the leadership on Sunday - until she pulled out on Monday citing family reasons. He has since joined a factional phone hook-up to discuss potential replacements and lobbied MPs in Victoria and interstate.
The activities of Mr Shorten - who beat Mr Albanese for the leadership in 2013 - have shocked some colleagues who say he is "up to his neck in it" and should stay out of the selection process.
"He was initially ringing people around the country urging them to vote for Tanya. He has also been actively lobbying people making sure someone runs against Albo," said one senior MP.
"It's weird. As a former leader you have an opportunity to be above it. You get treated with a whole respect for making that choice."
Those close to Mr Shorten argue he should play a role in preserving the unity he fostered during his long tenure as opposition leader.
"He supports the people he worked most closely with - Tanya and Chris - but he’s not playing an an active role," said one source close to Mr Shorten. "He’s determined to ensure the party remains as unified as possible."
Mr Bowen declared his hand on Tuesday promising to "lead the economic debate, which we must win". However, many in Labor believe Mr Bowen's close proximity to the party's failed economic agenda is exactly what disqualifies him from the top job.
Privately, some senior figures said they were "gobsmacked" he threw his hat in the ring.
Mr Albanese will benefit from a split in the party's right faction in NSW which is expected to result in about half its MPs abandoning Mr Bowen for the left-winger, including Mr Burke.
NSW Right frontbencher Tony Burke is supporting the Left's Anthony Albanese. Credit:AAP
Mr Burke is not a leadership contender but would stand for the deputy's position in the unlikely event the party does not conclude the job should go to a woman. All the declared candidates and possible challengers for the leader's job are men.
Clare O'Neil, a right faction frontbencher from Victoria, would be a prime candidate for the deputy leadership in the event Mr Albanese becomes leader, while Mr Bowen identified Linda Burney and Mark Butler as potential deputies.
While Mr Bowen spoke of economic growth as "the best poverty alleviation program ever invented," Mr Albanese cast himself as a social democrat keen to drive economic growth but one who would not be shy about government intervention in the economy.
He said there was not a massive ideological chasm between himself and Mr Bowen but added: "I believe in markets but I believe that there's a government role to intervene in a market economy because markets don't have a conscience.
"Markets are very good at a range of things in our economy. What they do often, though, is entrench existing economic and social relationships in terms of power structures.
"We seek government so that we can intervene to change outcomes. It's not to change who's in the white [Commonwealth] cars. There would be a strong agenda were I to lead the Labor Party but it would also be one that's founded upon a consensus model."
Mr Albanese's bid will also be bolstered by a split among the right-wing unions. The Transport Workers Union and others are expected to offer soft support for Mr Albanese or at least avoid campaigning for Mr Bowen.
Many of Mr Albanese's backers in the NSW Right are those who were ready to install him as Labor leader last year if Bill Shorten faltered badly in the July "Super Saturday" byelections. However, the party retained all its seats and Mr Shorten's leadership survived.
Others in the faction who are friends with Mr Bowen are expected to support him, such as Jason Clare and Ed Husic - the three men shared a house in Canberra during sitting weeks.
Announcing his bid for the leadership while standing outside his childhood home in the western Sydney suburb of Smithfield, Mr Bowen acknowledged he was not the favourite against Mr Albanese. But he said Saturday's unexpected election result meant he was "a bit over favourites".
with Samantha Hutchinson and Kylar Loussikian
Chris Bowen
Tony Burke
Anthony Albanese
Michael Koziol is a political correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
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Youth Report: Southend U18s 4-3 Dagenham & Redbridge U18s
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Blues close the gap on the top four with narrow victory over local rivals
Southend United closed the gap on the top four to six points as the race to earn a spot in the top Merit Division heated up courtesy of a 4-3 victory over Dagenham & Redbridge.
The Football League Youth Alliance South East Conference and the South West Conference will merge into three Merit Divisions at the end of January and Blues kept up their hopes of making it into the top division with a fifth victory in seven matches and their second inside 40 hours after Thursday night’s tremendous 1-0 FA Youth Cup win over Barnet.
Six of the starters at Roots Hall retained their places in the starting line-up, whilst Joe Bedford - a second-half substitute at Roots Hall - was also included in the eleven. Daniel Matsuzaka has rejoined Harlow Town on a work-experience loan and Ross Johnson was injured with Josh Bexon, Macauley Keating and George Burton rested. James Macree, Abdul Salami, Renei Batlokwa and Norman Wabo came into the side. Sonny Coutts skippered the side from the outset for the first time in a competitive match.
Blues did not enjoy the best of starts at a sodden Boots & Laces. Following the euphoria of the Barnet success, they were met by grey skies and persistent rain before a spirited Dagenham & Redbridge team took the lead on eight minutes. Batlokwa lost possession on the edge of his own penalty area and that allowed a Daggers forward to arrow his shot home via the inside of the right-hand post.
Neither team appeared to be enjoying the conditions and mistakes were plentiful early on, but Southend began to hit their stride and levelled the scores in the 14th minute. The goal was wonderfully crafted by Bedford, who spread the play to the right wing, and Jordan Williams, whose inside pass was drilled into the net from 25 yards by Nico Cotton.
Southend still looked a little leggy after their exertions just a day-and-a-half previously, but they really began to throw off the shackles after taking the lead ten minutes later through Wabo. The forward took full advantage of the position he found himself in after wrong-footing a defender, firing a shot underneath the Dagenham goalkeeper after cutting in from the left-hand side of the penalty area.
Chances remained at a premium, and custodian Macree judged a potentially awkward strike that bounced just in front of him well on 28 minutes to keep Blues ahead. The hosts could then have extended their advantage four minutes before half-time when Batlokwa was brought down just outside the penalty area, but Fredde Gard’s free-kick was smothered by the visiting shotstopper.
However, Southend did make it 3-1 before the break thanks to a wonderfully crisp passing move down the left-hand side. Wabo was involved again, slipping the ball out to an overlapping Emmanuel Adeyeye, and the full-back cut it back brilliantly for Brandon Scott to slam his fifth goal of the campaign into the roof of the net from close range.
That move was indicative of the passing football that Blues had managed to start playing in the latter stages of the first period, and the signs were good early on in the second half as well when Scott set up Wabo, only for the former Westward Boys striker to be denied by the goalkeeper’s legs. From the resultant corner, Williams was unlucky not to register his first youth team goal when his 25-yard attempt grazed the left-hand upright.
Unfortunately, any aspirations that Southend had of closing out the match comfortably were drastically diminished when Dagenham pulled a goal back in the 54th minute. Blues were partially the architects of their own downfall as a free-kick on the edge of the ‘D’ gave a Daggers player the opportunity to curl the ball delightfully around the wall and into the bottom left-hand corner.
Macree made an important stop at his near post on the hour to keep Blues in front, and the advantage was extended to two goals once again as Scott marked his 50th youth team appearance with the 15th U18s goal of his career twenty minutes from time. Receiving the ball from Adeyeye’s throw, the winger arced the ball over the goalkeeper and inside the right-hand post from the left touchline to make it 4-2.
By this time Harry Phillips and Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel had been introduced, and they were joined by FA Youth Cup hero Burton, who almost made an instant impact in the 80th minute when he raced onto a loose ball that had ricocheted out from a Wabo challenge to thump a shot goalwards, only for the Dagenham goalkeeper to parry it to safety.
Four minutes later Scott’s pass put the striker clear again, only for Burton’s ferocious attempt to be beaten out again by the visiting gloveman, who then watched Wabo slide the follow-up past the post. That meant a few nervous moments for Blues after a glancing header looped over Macree in the 86th minute to reduce the arrears to one goal again, but Southend held on to win their sixth league match of the season.
Southend United U18s: James Macree, Jordan Williams (George Burton, 76), Emmanuel Adeyeye, Joe Bedford, Abdul Salami, Sonny Coutts, Brandon Scott, Renei Batlokwa (Harry Phillips, 46), Norman Wabo, Freddie Gard, Nico Cotton (Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel, 66). Substitute not used: Josh Bexon.
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Soccer › Teams › Spartak Varna › Overview
Spartak Varna : Overview
Bulgaria - B PFG
League Position: 16, Goals: 0-0, Win Streak: 0
Bulgaria - FA Cup
Current Round: 1/16, Goals: 5-6, Win Streak: 0
Bulgaria - TAFL - North-East
League Position: 1, Goals: 92-16, Win Streak: 24
Ranking: 1, Goals: 13-3, Win Streak: 5
Unbeaten Streak: 0
Bulgaria: Spartak Varna - Latest Results
24.05.19 17:00 BUL N/E Septemvri Tervel 1 - 3 Spartak Varna W
18.05.19 17:00 BUL N/E Spartak Varna 1 - 1 Hitrino D
11.05.19 17:00 BUL N/E Svetkavitsa 1 - 2 Spartak Varna W
04.05.19 17:30 BUL N/E Spartak Varna 3 - 0 Suvorovo W
01.05.19 17:30 BUL N/E Spartak Varna 4 - 0 Botev Novi Pazar W
26.04.19 16:00 BUL N/E Lokomotiv Ruse 0 - 4 Spartak Varna W
21.04.19 16:00 BUL N/E Spartak Varna 14 - 0 Volov Shumen W
17.04.19 16:00 BUL N/E Ustrem D 0 - 6 Spartak Varna W
30.03.19 16:00 BUL N/E Kaliakra 0 - 2 Spartak Varna W
Bulgaria: Spartak Varna - Next Matches
20.07.19 19:30 BUL B PFG Neftochimic Burgas - Spartak Varna
27.07.19 18:00 BUL B PFG Spartak Varna - Hebar Pazardzhik
03.08.19 18:00 BUL B PFG CSKA 1948 - Spartak Varna
10.08.19 18:00 BUL B PFG Spartak Varna - Ludogorets II
17.08.19 18:00 BUL B PFG Botev Galabovo - Spartak Varna
24.08.19 18:00 BUL B PFG Spartak Varna - Lokomotiv Sofia
31.08.19 18:00 BUL B PFG Spartak Pleven - Spartak Varna
14.09.19 18:00 BUL B PFG Pirin Blagoevgrad - Spartak Varna
21.09.19 18:00 BUL B PFG Spartak Varna - Montana
28.09.19 18:00 BUL B PFG Pomorie - Spartak Varna
Bulgaria: B PFG - League Table
Total Form
1. Botev Galabovo 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
2. CSKA 1948 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
3. Chernomorets Balchik 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
4. Hebar Pazardzhik 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
5. Kariana Erden 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
6. Litex 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
7. Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
8. Ludogorets II 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
9. Montana 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
10. Neftochimic Burgas 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
11. Lokomotiv Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
12. Pirin Blagoevgrad 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
13. Pomorie 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
14. Septemvri Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
15. Spartak Pleven 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
16. Spartak Varna 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
17. Strumska Slava 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
18. Vereya Stara Zagora 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
2. Lokomotiv Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
3. Strumska Slava 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
4. Spartak Varna 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
5. Spartak Pleven 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
6. Septemvri Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
7. Pomorie 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
8. Pirin Blagoevgrad 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
9. Neftochimic Burgas 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
10. CSKA 1948 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
11. Montana 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
12. Ludogorets II 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
13. Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
14. Litex 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
15. Kariana Erden 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
16. Hebar Pazardzhik 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
17. Chernomorets Balchik 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
Last Updated: 12/06/2019 23:15 GMT
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Commercial Dungeness Crab Season to Open in Sonoma County; Northern Area Remains Delayed At last -- the northern part of the Central California season will open to commercial crabbing, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Monday. Levels of domoic acid dropped to acceptable levels, allowing the area north of San Francisco to open from Bodega Head to the Sonoma/Mendocino county line. Public health agencies have determined that domoic acid no longer poses a significant risk to public health in the area, the agency said. CDFW Director Charlton Bonham declared the fishery to open at ...
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At last -- the northern part of the Central California season will open to commercial crabbing, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Monday.
Levels of domoic acid dropped to acceptable levels, allowing the area north of San Francisco to open from Bodega Head to the Sonoma/Mendocino county line. Public health agencies have determined that domoic acid no longer poses a significant risk to public health in the area, the agency said.
CDFW Director Charlton Bonham declared the fishery to open at ...
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FandangoNow Joins Movies Anywhere – What Does That Mean?
Posted on Tuesday, March 13th, 2018 by Hoai-Tran Bui
Fandango’s video-on-demand service is the latest digital retailer to join MoviesAnywhere, a digital service that allows users to centralize their movies in one app.
The FandangoNOW MoviesAnywhere partnership marks the fifth digital retailer to throw in with the digital movie-collection service owned by Disney.
Under the deal, FandangoNow customers can use the Movies Anywhere app and website to purchase and access movies under the Walt Disney Studios umbrella — Disney, Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm — as well as 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures (including Dreamworks and Illumination), and Warner Bros.
Fandango joins four other digital retailers, including Apple’s iTunes, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play, and Walmart’s Vudu, on MoviesAnywhere.
In a statement accompanying the announcement, Movies Anywhere General Manager Karin Gilford said:
“We are thrilled to welcome FandangoNOW, a go-to online destination for movie fans, as our newest digital retailer. Movies Anywhere is rapidly revolutionizing the way that consumers access and enjoy their digital movie collections. The app has been used to store over 100 million movies to date. The popularity of Movies Anywhere is largely due to the extraordinary content, including exclusives and promotions, and the support provided through our growing list of online digital retailers.”
Movies Anywhere currently has a library of nearly 7,500 digital movies.
In addition to titles purchased from the five retailers, consumers also can redeem digital codes included in Blu-ray and DVDs from participating studios and access them through Movies Anywhere. However, movies rented from digital retailers cannot be accessed from Movies Anywhere.
FandangoNow users can now link their account to Movies Anywhere. Then they can watch their redeemed and purchased digital movies from any participating digital retailer on platforms including Amazon Fire devices, Android devices and Android TV, Google’s Chromecast, Apple products, Roku devices, and web browsers.
This is another foothold in the digital market that you probably weren’t aware that Disney had.
While Disney is preparing to launch its own digital streaming service, it launched Movies Anywhere in 2014 with titles available from Disney, Pixar, and Marvel, as well as the Star Wars films.
However, Disney has said that Movies Anywhere operates independently with input only from an advisory committee that has members from each of the participating studios. Last October, the company opened Movies Anywhere to partner with the four other studios.
Interestingly, Fandango still remains a member of UltraViolet network — a similar digital-entertainment locker service — but which never secured big players like Disney, Apple, Google, and Amazon.
Now that Fandango has joined Movies Anywhere, “FandangoNow customers will gain simple, streamlined access to their digital movies from Hollywood’s major film studios,” said Fandango chief marketing officer Adam Rockmore.
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1. Smoke Signals Preparing for Break by Kelf Dec. 2013/Vol. 5 Issue 2 Boys Soccer Wins WPIALS Sports How Sussman Stole Christmas #ThrowbackChristmas #Connect Festive Fashion Life & Style Photo by Molly Campbell
2. idays Hol appy H om... fr Smoke Signals Volume 5 Issue 2 Peters Township High School 264 East McMurray Road McMurray, PA 15317 724-941-6250 www.ptmedia.net Layout by Kristin Slomiany
3. Meet the Senior Editors Josh Glicksman Editorial Team Leader Jenna Taimuty Print Editor-in-Chief Kristin Slomiany Layout Editor-in-Chief Andrea Salizzoni Web Editor-in-Chief Shane Dazen Print Editor-in-Chief Cassi Deluca Layout Editor-in-Chief Casey Kirwan Web Editor-in-Chief Andrew Stroud Section Editor-Student Content Jesse Eby Section Editor-Student Content Kelsey Hunter Section Editor-Sports Rebecca Perryman Web Editor-in-Chief JC Brush Section Editor-Sports Meet the Junior Editors Kassianna Politis- #connect Editor Natalie Rihmland- Business Editor-in-Chief Nicole Spindler- Business Editor-in-Chief Nicole Folino- Section Editor: Life and Style Maria Hoge- Section Editor: News Madi Start- Section Editor: PT Focus Vanessa Scoulos- Section Editor: Student Content Nicole Beichner Naomi Burke EmmaLee Ducoeur Bailey Fink Olivia Glod Alana Hiner Jill Kovac Elise Jozwiak Section Editor-Entertainment Nicole Torchio Business Editor-in-Chief Staff Maddy Lampert Emilou Landas Natalie Leven Kourtney Martin Valerie Mikec Deidra Moran Tori Piscatelli Joanna Pollock Karen Richtar Maddie Woodrow Brenna Woodside
4. Table of Contents Sports: Boy s So onth the M f etes o ccer 6 Kelf ’s Gift Giv ing Guide Athl 7 12-13 Entertainment: PT Focus: 18 Hol iday Bu cket L ist Life and Style: ario nd M oa Nicc trangelo Mas Student Work: 4 #Connect: 22-23 8 Holiday Instagra ms hion e Fas v Festi People Features: e eacher F School T Past atures 11 as Sussman Stole Christm News: echt Dr. W 21 ge: Chan ct to inter Subje me W Extre ports S 14 10 Mission Statement 16-17 Smoke Signals is produced six times a school year by the students of Media II, III, IV Journalism Staff at Peters Township High School. The staff adviser is Mrs. N. Sitler. Commentaries, reviews, and opinion columns are the expressed opinion of the author and not of Smoke Signals, its adviser, or the Peters Township School District.
5. pths PT Focus // December Bean There…Done That; CoffeeHouse 2013 BaileyFink|StaffWriter CoffeeHouse, the annual and Mrs. Kuhn, the tech director. Both teachers are veterans and variety show sponsored by Thespian have 23 years of CoffeeHouse experience between them. SponTroupe 185, was a great way to enjoy soring CoffeeHouse is not all bottomless mugs and cheesecake; the talents of other students while choosing acts and hosts that the majority of students will enjoy. enjoying hot beverages and pastries. Picking an appropriate leadership team that helped CoffeeHouse CoffeeHouse 2013 had all run as smoothly as possible was a major responsibility. of the legendary bottomless mugs “Choosing the acts is not easy! Ms. Wilmus and I work while hosts Savannah Brooks and together after auditions to make the final decisions. It was espeRachael Ferraco provided lots of cially difficult this year with all of the variety and talent,” said Mrs. laughs. Kuhn. “CoffeeHouse was a great op- This time of year, most people think of hot chocolate and portunity for my band to perform in Christmas carols that will not get out of your head. The students front of a live audience,” said senior that participated in Coffeehouse shared these holiday favorites Artwork by Diana Sarnicke A.J. Clark, a member of the band FYFS. with their audience. CoffeeHouse is always a highlight of the holi This year’s theme was Bean There… Done That. It was held in the cafeteria from December 12 to December 14 at 7:00 each night. “I participated in CoffeeHouse last year and it was such a cool experience. I was so excited to see how the show came together this year,” said sophomore Nikki Wall. CoffeeHouse is sponsored by Ms. Wilmus, the director, Artwork by Ms. Wilmus Get It To The Italians: Mastrangelos Clinch WPIALs OliviaGlod|StaffWriter Most athletes symbolically refer to their teammates as family members, rather than just other competitors who help them score goals or win games. However, in some particular cases, teammates are actually siblings. The WPIAL champion boys soccer team contains three sets of brothers including junior twins Mario and Nicco Mastrangelo. The Italian duo began playing soccer at the age of four and have not lost touch with the ball since. “Every parent signs their kid up to play soccer when they’re little,” said Mario, the older twin by thirty minutes. “As soon as we joined the grass hopper league we immediately loved the sport and we love it even more now.” After playing on travel and cup teams their entire childhood, the twins are proud to admit that their most memorable soccer experiences have been with the high school varsity squad. Within their first three years of high school, Mario and Nicco have not only played, but also started, for a team that has faced rivals for the past two years in the WPIAL Championships. This season, the team won WPIALs due to a goal scored by Mario. Just like the twins in the notable Will Ferrell movie “Kicking and Screaming,” Nicco and Mario constantly are hearing, “Pass the ball to the Italians!” “The most memorable on-field moment with Nicco was when I assisted him a pass with 58 seconds left in the second half and him scoring the game winning goal in the WPIAL semi-final playoffs against our rivals, Canon Mac,” stated Mario. “He and I always know where the other is on the field at all times without even realizing.” “It’s awesome,” Nicco says when describing living the life of a twin. “There’s always someone to joke around with or get help from. On the field, we know what each other are thinking and our chemistry is strong.” The Mastrangelo brothers prove that twin telepathy is not a myth through their numerous accomplishments. They hope this superstition can help the team improve and reach even greater success next year. The season may be over for this year, but the duo is already ecstatic to play together for possibly the last time next season of their senior year. Photos by Olivia Glod and 04 Layout by Val Mikec Samantha Abraham
6. POWER RANKINGS: Overrated Holiday Traditions, Part II DISCLAIMER: I’m a Grinch JoshGlicksman|EditoralTeamLeader 5. Christmas Ham Do people still eat these? For the Smoke Signals faithful, you may recall egg nog from part I of Overrated Holiday Traditions. The ham falls into a similar category. Wouldn’t you rather have a turkey or something else? Ham is just so nasty after a while. Maybe it’s because there have been no classic movies about turkeys. The same can’t be said for pigs. After my second plate of ham, I just envision Babe or Wilbur crying out for help. Too much? Very possibly. Is this a pitch to make you ditch the ham? I won’t tell. 4. A White Christmas A light covering of snow on the ground is perfect. That’s all we need. Just enough to cover the ground. For those who want the mass snowfall: are you crazy? Who wants to spend Christmas Day shoveling? Wow, opening presents was fun, now let’s go shovel for hours on end. Perfect. My shoveling job is going to turn out worse than Janet Jackson’s performance at the Super Bowl. I just want eat a lot of food and do nothing. Christmas is like Shabbat—it should be a day of rest. Don’t make your kids work. Please. 3. Mistletoe Let me start by saying that this one doesn’t apply to long-time couples. But for the rest of us: ugh. Another good idea in theory. It’s really cute, right? Look who found themselves stuck under the mistletoe? Teehee! In reality, it just ends up creating an awkward situation. Now both parties are stuck looking at each other wondering who’s going to make the first move. Everyone happens to be watching and tensions increase by the second. It feels more awkward than a middle school dance. Or a high five/fist-bump mix-up. Or watching Kristen Stewart try to act. Pass. 2. Secret Santa In theory, this is a good idea. Unfortunately, it almost always goes downhill when people start opening gifts. Why can’t people just follow the spending cap? There always has to be that one person that needs to go above and beyond. Suddenly, my creative yet inexpensive gift looks mediocre in comparison to your assortment of pricey gifts. Thanks for making me look bad. Thanks for making us all look bad. You know those compliments that we’re giving you about how generous you are? They’re laced with anger and envy. The whole night just went down the tubes. 1. Holiday Letters It’s always interesting to see the various poses and creative ideas from the different families on holiday cards each year. However, that’s not the issue. The problem is that some people want to tell everything (AND I MEAN EVERYTHING) that happened in the past year. Even a few major events are acceptable. But when I start hearing about the daily eating habits of the kids, it starts to drag on. When it comes to holiday cards, there should be a specified word limit for everyone. 150 words or less. No exceptions. Go. AP Images Mead, Burkaty, Ano and Rubra Mr. PTHS Returns JennaTaimuty|PrintEditor-in-Chief The cost of admission to this event will be five dollars. Miss America, Mr. PTHS, what is the difference? This year the PTHS cheerleaders will bring back an old tradition, the All proceeds will benefit the Watchful Shepherd and the MozMr. PTHS competition, set to occur on Friday, April 4, 2014 in the ingo family in West Virginia. The Watchful Shepherd provides the Washington County Child Protection Services Unit with an high school gym. The competition will involve senior boys that will be electronic monitoring device that enhances efforts to increase the chosen by the student body. The ballots to choose which boys will safety of children in possible threatening home environments. The Mozingo family’s house exploded earlier in October because compete will be similar to those of the homecoming court. The actual competition will include a talent competition, of a natural gas outburst. The explosion killed their eighth-grade a dance (in board shorts of course) performed with the cheerlead- daughter, Hannah, who was a cheerleader, the mother, Tracy, and the family’s other daughter, Haley. The family is left with nothing ers, and a final question and answer for the five runner-ups. The judges will be personalities from outside of the school. and a donation fund for the family has been set up at Progressive The cheerleaders are hoping to get television personalities as well Bank at 744 Charles Street Wellsburg, WV 26070 to accept donaas some other well-known local celebrities to judge the competi- tions. The details are subject to change and more are to tion. As for the winning prizes, donations such as gift cards and prizes from businesses around the community will be gifted to the come about this fundraiser. Don’t forget to vote for your favorite senior boys during homeroom in March. winner and runner-up. 05
7. pths Sports // December 2013 The Boys Turn JCBrush|SportsEditor PT has been known for its terrific soccer teams over the years. While both the boys and the girls teams have been very successful, the girls have stolen the recent spotlight from the boys by winning states three years in a row. This season both teams advanced to the WPIAL Championship game, but it was the boys turn to shine. After many years of disappointing playoff losses, it was the boys who captured the gold, beating rivals Canon-Mac and Upper St. Clair during their playoff run, making their success that much sweeter. Going into the championship, PT was an obvious underdog but was able to outplay the St. Clair Panthers, winning 1-0. The team’s great season came to an end after losing in the second round of the state playoffs to those same Panthers. This loss did not diminish a well- played season. “Winning WPIAL’s was a great feeling, but going into next season our goal as a team is to win states,” said junior Rylen Faloni. The 2014 team has a chance to replicate this year’s suc- cess and hopes to win the state title, as well. The boys strive to match the dynasty like play the girls exhibited over the last few years. With their success, it is safe to say they are on the verge of a dynasty themselves. The team has many key players returning next season. Anything short of a WPIAL and state title would be a disappointment. Photo by Caitlin Pendergast Tired of Second Place “Second place is not a defeat. It is a stimulation to get better. It makes you even more determined,” said former baseball player Ty Cobb. The hockey team has made the Penguin Cup finals for the past three seasons only to succumb to their opponents. “It’s painful to come that close every year and watch as the other team steals your trophy,” said senior forward Evan Opeka. The Indians last won the Penguins Cup in 2005 and are looking to reverse their misfortune this season. “It is tough for everyone, but it is particularly tough 06 AndrewStroud|StaffWriter pected of the Indians entering the 2012-2013 campaign, but the team proved their doubters wrong. Behind senior captain Trevor Recktenwald, who now plays for the Johnstown Tomahawks of the NAHL, the squad finished the regular season atop the standings in Section 1 and swept through the playoffs to make their return to Consol. They eventually fell to powerhouse North Allegheny when a late goal sealed a 2-0 victory for the Tigers. The dream of gold has been cemented in the players’ minds, and it wouldn’t be surprising to see them return to the cup this season for a fourth try at the title. The team has arguably the best goalie in the state (senior Brian Baker), not to mention junior Adam Alavi who was one of the league’s top scorers last year. They also have senior Evan Opeka who is one of the fastest skaters in the whole country. In addition to talent, the team has been preparing for this season since the summer by participating in intense on for the seniors,” said senior forward Keenan Witmer. “Being a senior, you want to win it.” Reaching the Penguins Cup in three consecutive seasons is something that happens very rarely. The team started the streak in 2010, when it fell to Bishop Canevin while playing in class AA. The following year, the team rode its strong goaltending and senior leadership all the way back to Consol to face Bethel Park. An unlucky late goal gave Bethel Park the win and left the Indians devastated again. Not much was ex- Layout by Kristin Slomiany and off ice workouts. They are hungry and aren’t intimidated by the challenges that lie ahead of them in one of the toughest sections in Western Pennsylvania. “We’re ready,” said junior Gaven Reboltz, “A lot of teams are aiming for us, but we’re not backing down.” Canon Mac, Bethel Park and Upper Saint Clair are expected to have strong teams and any one of those clubs have a realistic shot at capturing the Penguin Cup. At the same time, Peters desperately wants to break the “Consol Curse” and finally bring home the cup. Good luck boys! Photos by Emilou Landas, Jake Augenstine and Erin Pakela
8. Athletes Of The Month: Brian Baker NicoleTorchio|BusinessEditor-in-Chief Senior Brian Baker has spent a large part of his life involved in hockey. He continues to make a name for himself as the starting goalie on the hockey team. His personal goal is for the team is to win the coveted Penguin Cup. After three straight seasons of finishing second, the team is determined to earn it this season. In order to make his dream a reality, Baker has made it his personal goal. Following his lead, the team has dedicated themselves and will work harder than ever before. Although it is a challenging task to achieve, it is possible for the team to win it all. The team is off to a great start, with a 5-1 record in a tough division. They have already beaten North Allegheny, who they lost to in finals the previous year. With this much success already, they have high hopes for a triumphant season. Like most teams, the boys have their own superstitions. “We have pasta dinners at people’s houses where we get to enjoy a nice meal and be with the boys before the game,” said Baker. Along with the pasta dinners, there are other perks, according to Baker. “My favorite thing about hockey is that there is never a set outcome, that anything can happen and any team can win. Statistics are worth nothing in the game of hockey,” said Baker. Baker became interested in hockey at a young age. Being raised in Pittsburgh, his favorite NHL team is the Pittsburgh Penguins, and more specifically, his favorite player is their goalie, Marc-André Fleury. “As a young goalie, I always used to watch Fleury and go to Pens practices to see him,” said Baker. Although this chapter of his hockey career is closing, his deep-rooted passion for the sport is not going away anytime soon, as Baker plans to continue his hockey career through college. Best of luck to Baker and PT varsity hockey as they progress through the season. Bring home the Cup boys! Photo by Molly Campbell Saoirse Paulu-Benson ToriPiscatelli|StaffWriter Senior Saoirse Paulu-Benson spends almost as much time in the water as she does out of it. Paulu-Benson is confident that her team will be successful in many meets this year. She, along with the rest of the team, is anticipating meeting personal goals that will result in overall team success. “Gliding through the water and feeling the competition race beside me is one of my favorite parts about being a swimmer,” said Paulu-Benson. Paulu-Benson grew up swimming and enjoys being in the pool. The pool is her second home and gives her the opportunity to hang out with friends, most of whom she has been swimming with since middle school. Swimming also serves as a stress reliever. She maintains focus during each race by concentrating only on that race. The swim team is very close and supports each other during their practices and meets. Paulu-Benson typically leads the team in cheers to pump them up before meets. “Swimming is a very competitive sport. You can always see the competition next to you during the whole race,” said Paulu-Benson. Along with swimming, she puts a lot of time and effort into her academics. “Although swimming is important, academics take first priority in my life,” said Paulu-Benson. Paulu-Benson’s personal goal for this season is to place in the state competition. She plans to continue swimming through college. Best of luck to Paulu-Benson in pursuing her goals and in her senior year on the varsity swim team. Editorial: Crossing the Line With the fallout of the Jonathan Martin scandal concluding, it has become evident that sports, and football, in general, will have to raise its standards of maturity if it hopes to avoid another catastrophe like the one that is unfolding in front of their eyes. Rookie hazing has been common practice in locker rooms across the country for decades. Players, notably veterans, ostracize younger players by making them perform degrading tasks that stem from cross-dressing to covering lavish dining expenses. Martin’s humiliation has exposed the severity of this practice in a ShaneDazen|PrintEditor-in-Chief league that is supposed to be more disconcerting is the in“professional?” Is it a responsi- ability of grown men to solve bility as a teammate, and, more their problems in a professional importantly, as a human be- manner. These players are role ing, that the best environment models for society, whether be provided to anyone who is they want that responsibility willing to expose and sacrifice or not. The example that has themselves for the greater good been set here is clearly short of moral stability, and the profesof the team? The degradation of sionalism, or lack thereof, both Martin, a current Miami Dol- players displayed is inexcusable. phins player, who was threat- There are countless hazing ened on several occasions by and bullying victims everyday teammate Richie Incognito whose pleas for help are unwith the use of racial and sexual heard, and the way the situation epithets has lead to discussion was handled does not serve as a over what is going to be accept- forum for them. Incognito, who able and unacceptable in the described his relationship with Martin as ‘brotherly,” failed NFL going forward. However, what is far miserably as a leader, as a team- mate, and, most importantly, as an individual. Martin should have said something to authority in order to avoid the situation that unfolded. The ability to talk to someone about his problem may have helped ease his mind and the toll bullying was taking on him. No one is ever too old to ask for help. The NFL is not a classless league. It is full of richly intelligent and genuinely respectful individuals, but the counter-culture that exists beneath the spotlight must change. Threats and violence are not solving any issues; they’re aiding them. 07
9. pths #connect//December 2013 Last Minute Shopping Ideas JoannaPollock|StaffWriter For the holidays, Pinterest is the perfect website that gives you resourceful ideas. It is well equipped with some creative last minute gift ideas for girls, guys, and parents. Holiday gift for a girl: Not sure what to buy that teen girl on your list? What does she like? Do you know? Do they know? (Clothes are dangerous; wrong size, wrong style, and wrong decade). Here are my top five gift ideas for teen girls on your list. • • • • • Scarves Shoes Perfume iPhone cases Makeup AP Images Pedroncelli • • • • • Holiday gift for a guy: not sure what to buy for a teen guy on your list? Here are my top five gift ideas for a teen boy this year. Perfect for your boyfriend, brother, cousin, or friend. Video games Cologne Gas money New pair of shoes Headphones Holiday gift for a parent: You are down to the most difficult people on your holiday gift list: mom and dad. Even if you have already blown through your holiday gift budget, you can still get your parents a unique, thoughtful gift without spending a lot of money. Here are my top five gift ideas for parents for this year. • • • • • AP Images Lee Homemade picture frames Homemade baskets of gifts Family photos Homemade card Chocolate AP Images Kaster #holidaythrowback These throwback photos were taken at McMurray Elementary School when we were in grades four to six. Every holiday season the PTA held parties for us where we participated in festive games and activities. My hope is that these pictures don’t embarrass you, but remind you of our enjoyable time in elementary school. 08 Layout by EmmaLee Ducoeur
10. #holidayinstagram Paul Marchky, 10 Gina Vilsack, 12 Sarah Heeter, 11 Olivia Miller, 12 Jake Augustine, 12 Ryan Page, 10 Dream Life Quiz NicoleFolino|SectionEditor At this age, everyone is confused on where they want to settle down. Some have an idea of their future lifestyles, but most high school students have no clue as to what their future holds. Hopefully this quiz will point you in the right direction for your future lifestyle. 1. Where is your ideal vacation spot? A. Colorado B. Los Angeles C. New York City D. Beverly Hills 2. How do you relieve stress? A. Working out B. Sleeping or watching TV C. I don’t have time for stress D. Shop till I drop 5. What is your most fond memory of high school? A. Sports B. Late nights with friends C. Clubs/activities D. Prom 3. What is your ideal holiday gift? A. Skis or snowboard B. Car C. Computer D. Clothes 4. What do you look for in friends? A. Adventurous B. Good sense of humor C. Honesty D. Good Listener 6. What did your childhood summers mostly consist of? A. Playing outside with the neighborhood kids B. Playing video games or on the computer C. Coloring or reading books D. Vacation after vacation Mostly A’s- You are bound for a life of taking risks and chances. You love living life on the edge and your ideal dream home is a sweet house in the mountains where you can live your dicey lifestyle to the fullest. Mostly B’s- You put the “chill” in “chillax.” You love spending long, endless days on the beach not worrying about a thing. A pristine beach house would work great with your relaxing lifestyle. Mostly C’s- Hustling and bustling is definitely your thing. Face it, a city apartment with a breathtaking view is basically made for you. Mostly D’s- The life of luxury and riches is calling you. You love being pampered and what better for that than a gorgeous mansion with your name on it? 09
11. pths Life & Style // December 2013 Subject to Change: 4 Winter Sports you Didn’t Think Were Possible AndiSalizzoni|Online-Editor-in-Chief&EliseJozwiak|EntertainmentEditor All winter sports have one thing in common: facing the bitter cold to participate in something you love. Some winter sports push people past their freezing point, just for the fun of it. The question is, are you brave enough to try these yourself? E: Shovel Racing-If you think sled riding is extreme, try traveling down a hill on a shovel hitting speeds as high as 60 mph. Shovel racing is actually a worldwide sport that began in the 1970’s when slope workers were looking for a quick way to get down a hill. This sport doesn’t exactly qualify as an Olympic event, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t keep your eye out for it every once in a while on TV. A: Polar bear swimming-Some call it polar bear swimming, some call it “The Polar Bear Plunge.” This treacherous sport, usually lasting just under a minute, is considered a once in a lifetime experience. Imagine hopping into a body of water that can make your internal body temperature drop several degrees in just a matter of seconds. Make sure a steamy cup of Starbucks Coffee is waiting for you after you decide to participate in this “bucket-list” worthy experience. E:Speed Flying- If skiing wasn’t hard enough, try parachuting out of a helicopter on skis while avoiding trees and rocks looking to take you out. This crazy winter sport rightfully earned its name of ‘speed flying.’ A skier is usually flown to the top of a mountain and proceeds to click his/ her skis on, say their last words, and jump. If the skier comes across a tree or rock in their way, he/she better pray they have the clearance to sail over it. If not…good luck. A: Ice Yachting- Alright everyone, time to get your yachts out early this year, the Annual Ice Yacht Race is underway. Racers control the direction of their yachts much like directing a sail boat--by getting ahead of the wind. This competitive sport is making its debut throughout the northern U.S. and is taken very seriously by its participants. Just don’t wreck your yacht, kids. Your parents would be disappointed. Would you try these wacky sports? Double-dog-dare you. AP Images Montoya, Heisenfelt, Bilow, and Faber Healthy for the Holidays MaddieWoodrow|StaffWriter Staying healthy during the holidays is always a tough task. up mashed potatoes, however, they can be There’s the candy, pie, cookies, and other large amounts of food. loaded with fat when the potato is full of Eating some unhealthy food is unavoidable, however, it is easier butter, cream cheese, bacon, and cheddar cheese. This holiday season go for a baked than you think to find the healthiest option. Surprisingly, holiday beverages could potentially pack as potato with a small amount of butter. And many calories as a full meal, if you are not careful. Opt for the tall who could forget about the crescent rolls? Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha at Starbucks instead of a ven- This delicious treat should be limited to just ti. This will cut out almost half of the calories while still letting you one, not four. Finally, stop yourself from getting thirds. It can be a difficult task resisting all of the tempting desindulge in one of your holiday favorites. Dinner is considered to be serts. Instead of depriving yourself of these tasty treats, learn how the main course of the day. It’s hard to make your choice a healthier one. Have pumpkin pie without to change family traditions just to be any whipped cream. Also, choose sugar cookies over the stuffed healthy. Although, there are healthy cookies containing icing. Once you are finished with your meal and have some time choices you can make. One option you have is to pick white meat over dark to recover, go shopping to burn off some extra calories. By this meat. Dark meat contains more fat, cal- point you will probably be exhausted and out of money. It’s a good ories, and cholesterol. No one can pass idea to sleep away the resent of eating yourself sick and spending all of your money for the next twelve hours. *Disclaimer: I am not a nutritionist Layout by Naomi Burke 10 AP Images Crowe
12. Festive Fashion NicoleSpindler|BusinessEditor-in-Chief As the holidays round the corner, every girl wants something fashionable this year, and here are some teachers to help design that perfect holiday outfit. Mrs. Pinto: “My style is all about being classic with a little sprinkle of trendy,” stated Mrs. Pinto. She believes that a bold necklace or scarf can complete any outfit. Pinto is inspired by Piperlime and Polyvore, two online fashion sites. The perfect gift Pinto wishes to receive is a tab collar leather jacket. She believes that a holiday outfit should pair something neutral with some sparkle or velvet. Photos by Nicole Spindler Ms. McKenna: While trying to keep up- to- date on what’s in, Ms. McKenna’s style is always classy with a touch of trendiness. “The best holiday outfit should have something sequined, a sequin dress or skirt, with thick black tights and boots,” stated McKenna. Her fashionable gift ideas are a pea coat and combat boots. McKenna’s inspirations and fashionable outfits come from Kate Spade and J. Crew. Mrs. Polard: “A comfy and stylish outfit such as a sweater dress with leggings and boots is the perfect holiday combination,” stated Mrs. Polard. Polard’s two favorite stores, Banana Republic and Nordstrom, are her places to go when looking for the latest fashion. Of all the expensive and beautiful accessories out there to buy, Polard thinks that you do not have to look far to find something; your smile will complete any outfit. Caution: Carcinogens Señora Miller: Señora Miller walked the runway with her fashion tips in the October issue and now she is back to talk about the holidays. “For the holidays the essentials: shimmer, sparkle, and shine and for the winter cold weather, nothing is better than cozy and comfortable sweaters, booties, and leggings.” Miller’s best fashionable gift to give this season is a scarf; it is a great accessory when completing an outfit. The inspiration for the season is to keep boots and heels in heavy rotation. MadiStart|PTFocusEditor Who knew delicious peanut butter could lead to something as awful as cancer? Carcinogens are hidden in items that we use everyday. Items that seem so harmless that we would never think twice about them being potentially dangerous to our health. Besides peanut butter, some of these culprits include deodorant, sunscreen, and cell phones. A fungus called Aspergillus flavus grows in peanut butter stored at room temperature. It releases a cancer causing metabolic product called aflatoxin B1, which is officially recognized as a carcinogen. Researchers recommend refrigerating peanut butter or buying organic peanut butter so this fungus cannot grow. Unfortunately, peanut butter is not the only everyday item that may lead to cancer. Just because you wear sunscreen while having fun in the sun does not mean you are safe from skin cancer. People often think that sunscreen is the ultimate shield for skin cancer. Too much sun is harmful, even if you are wearing SPF 50. Interestingly enough, the FDA states, “there is no assurance that the specific values themselves are in fact truthful…” Regarding that higher SPF sunscreen is not in fact safer then lower SPF sunscreen. Junior Alex Pacich said, “Sunscreen companies should be more honest about what their products actually do.” Sunscreen is not the only product we use that may be harmful to our health. Everyone wears deodorant to stay odor free but some scientists have experimented and discovered that deodorant may be harmful. Some scientists have suggested that the aluminumbased compounds in antiperspirants may contribute to the development of breast cancer. These compounds enter the body through nicks and cuts caused by shaving. Everyone loves browsing their twitter feed before bed, but falling asleep by your phone might actually be extremely harmful. Dr. Devra Davis, author of Disconnect--The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, has been researching the safety hazards of radiation emanating from your cell phone. The truth is, cell phones have a similar frequency to microwaves. Dr. Davis suggests that people should not talk on their phone for thousands of minutes each month and not sleep by them to prevent radiation exposure. “This is shocking to me but I don’t sleep by my phone or talk on it a lot so I don’t really have to worry,” stated Zach Jaap. These are just a few of the items researchers have found out to be potentially dangerous. Although this research hasn’t been substantiated by other studies, it is still a sobering thought that common everyday items could be harmful to our health. AP Images Crowe
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15. pths People Features// December Past Teacher Feature RebeccaPerryman|WebsiteEditor-In-Chief & KelseyHunter|SportsEditor Elementary and middle school teachers have molded our student body since the first day of kindergarten. A few of these teachers include the humorous gym teacher Mr. Shaw from McMurray, the enthusiastic seventh grade social studies teacher Mr. Maiolo, the caring and compassionate Mrs. Gropp from Pleasant Valley, and the comical eighth grade science teacher, Mrs. Palko. They shared insights, advice and what they learned from the Class of 2014. What has changed over the years teaching at your school? “The biggest change in my 21 years at Pleasant Valley has been in technology. We have gone from writing lesson plans by hand to typing them on the computer in files that can be shared electronically throughout the district and stored on the N drive. Also children spend more time in front of technology rather than creatively making projects or running and interacting with friends,” said Mrs. Gropp. Mrs. Gropp What are your best memories teaching? “I have so many great memories teaching science. I love what I teach and couldn’t ask for a better curriculum. More so, I really enjoy teaching middle school students. They are always very excited to complete the hands-on activities and ask off the wall questions,” said Mrs. Palko. What did the class of 2014 teach you? “[The Class of 2014 taught me] the value of having a good sense of humor in the classroom,” said Mr. Maiolo. Mrs. Palko Mr. Maiolo Do you have any advice for the graduating seniors this year? “I would simply say [to the graduating seniors] to give 100% of yourself in everything that you do and you will end up with no regrets. Don’t accept failure; strive to be the best. Good luck to you on your journey ahead,” said Mr. Shaw. Mr. Shaw Photos by Kelsey Hunter and Rebecca Perryman Guten Tag! From Kirsten Hello! Or should I say guten tag? PTHS welcomes junior Kirsten Rieper, a foreign exchange student from Germany. Switching schools can be difficult, but moving from one country to another and trying to fit into a new school can be even more challenging. “I really like it here at PTHS and it is what I imagined an American high school would be like,” stated Kirsten Rieper One way new students make new friends and get to know their fellow classmates is 14 BrennaWoodside|StaffWriter by getting involved in a school so we can just adjust to it. sport or activity. Learning the language overall “I joined cross country, I like was a little difficult but not too it a lot because I’m not use to hard.” competing and being with a With the holidays team, and will probably join approaching Rieper shared indoor track too since I enjoy her thoughts about celebrating running,” said Rieper Thanksgiving and Christmas. Everyone adjusts to “I am excited to new situations differently, celebrate my first Thanksgiving however, Rieper’s transition and Christmas here, I feel like from speaking German to you celebrate these holidays the English language was no more here than we ever did problem for her at all back in Germany,” stated “I took an English Rieper. “I will probably be sad speaking class while living in on Christmas, as my family will Germany since middle school,” not be here with me, but I am stated Rieper. “We listened to excited to see how you guys American music all the time celebrate it.” Photos by Brenna Woodside
16. Behind the Bench: Ted Elattrache NicoleBeichner|StaffWriter The anticipation of senior year begins the minute you you practically plan out the rest of your life. You have an idea of walk into the doors freshman year. For senior Ted Elattrache, where you’re going and what you’re anticipating the rest of your life,” said Elattrache. freshman year was like yesterday to him. Students may see high school strictly as a place to learn, “I remember my but there are also life lessons that are acfirst day of freshman year quired that can really come in handy later and looking up to all of the on in life. seniors and wanting to be in “I love high school. I’ve learned so many their position. Time goes by life skills that I never thought I would so fast,” said Elattrache. learn. I learned how to be a good friend The senior benches and to take as many opportunities as posgrant upperclassmen the ausible. Knowing how to interact with people thority that comes with sewill get you further than any other skill,” niority. said Elattrache. “The senior bench As much as we all love high school, the es are definitely a place for journey must come to an end for everyone. sociable seniors. It’s a place “High school goes by so fast. What I will where we share stories, miss most it is being in the same building laughs, and share other exwith hundreds of people that I grew up with. periences,” stated Elattrache. Goals that I have for the end of senior year Although school are to meet as many people as possible, to do has its negatives, senior year everything I can, and to take any opportunity that approaches me,” has its positives. “What I like about senior year is that it is the year that said Elattrache. Photos by Nicole Beichner Painting a Picture of Krissy Rhen Gifted artists are usually a rarity in high schools, where the focus is not placed on art theories and techniques. Senior Krissy Rhen is one of these unique art students. Rhen has taken numerous art classes over the past four years, but has been most involved in painting. “Painting would be my favorite art class because of the watercolor and acrylic mediums used,” Rhen stated. “There are a wide range of experimental techniques that can be used to create abstract art pieces as well as realistic painting.” Rhen prefers to work with watercolor while painting. To no one’s surprise, her favorite piece out of those that she’s created is a watercolor masterpiece. “This year I created KarenRichtar|Staff Writer a watercolor painting in “My inspiration can Advanced Art Honors. It is an come from almost anywhere,” up close image of the rib cage of Rhen said. “Music, nature, and a skeleton,” stated Rhen. “The even other artists’ pieces have bones were painted in a magenta inspired some of my work.” color against a contrasting blue Different art forms and purple.” require new sources of In addition to inspiration and some are the watercolor techniques more challenging than others. incorporated throughout the This year Rhen is exploring painting, sharpie details were Ceramics, a class that is new to drawn in the background. A her. viewer examining the work “I find the art form might wonder how long Rhen much more difficult than other has been developing her art forms because it is very incredible artistic talent. The ‘hands-on’; it requires lots of answer is further back than she practice,” Rhen said. Outside can remember. of art classes, Rhen enjoys “I created art at such a designing and sewing clothing. young age I can’t remember the She has decided to attend Kent first thing I made,” Rhen stated. State for fashion design next Other than creativity, year. natural talent, and practice, the “Experimentation is key for any artist is inspiration. important in creating artwork. For Rhen, inspiration is an Don’t overthink!” abundant resource. Photos by Rachel Campion
17. How Mr. Sussman JillianKovac|St Every Indian down in Peters liked Christmas a lot… But Mr.Sussman who taught in room 214, did NOT! Mr. Sussman hated Christmas! The whole holiday season! Now please don’t ask why. No one quite knows the reason. It could be that he liked math way too much and the whole holiday season just didn’t add up. But I think the most likely reason of all, May have been that his heart was pi sizes too small. But, whatever the reason, his heart or the math, He stood there before break, planning how to carry out his wrath. Staring out at his class full of chatty teens with a sour, Sussman frown, He planned and he plotted on how to bring their spirits down. “I know just what to do!” Mr. Sussman laughed about his trick, As he prepared his costume to look just like St. Nick “All I need is a reindeer or two,” Mr. Sussman looked around, But since we live in Western Pennsylvania there were none to be found. Mr. Sussman didn’t let this problem stop his plan. “A student shall do,” as he searched for a nice young man. That’s when he spotted Max walking in the hall, He said, “If you help me I will award bonus points to all.” He couldn’t resist. He couldn’t refuse, Max agreed to help no matter what he had to do.
18. n Stole Christmas taffWriter The morning of the last day before break, Mr. Sussman thought, “This is going to be a piece of cake!” On this very morning the fire alarm he did pull, Forcing all of the students, besides Max of course, out of the school. Mr. Sussman chuckled and laughed with glee, “Mwahaha,” he said, “Christmas was stolen by none other than me!” Max led the way from room to room, They had to work quickly and swiftly “ZOOM, MAX, ZOOM!” Mr. Sussman took phones and iPads and computers, He took pictures and decorations from every teacher, even the tutors There was one last stop they had to make, The janitor’s keys Mr. Sussman would take. As the students filed in, down the hallway floor, Mr. Sussman locked door after door. The students were trapped with nowhere to go, They didn’t have phones to play on or pictures to show. Mr. Sussman only left two things in the classroom nooks, Some bright yellow calculators and torn up math books. Layout by Cassi DeLuca
19. pths Entertainment // December 2013 Keep Catching ‘em All CaseyKirwan|WebsiteEditor-in-Chief There are currently 718 Pokémon in existence and people everywhere are still trying to catch them all. October 12, 2013, Pokémon X and Pokémon Y were released all over the world for the Nintendo 3DS and 2DS. According to Gameinformer.com, in just the first two days that the game was released, over 4 million copies were sold. That is the same number of iPhone 4S’s that were sold during its weekend release. This game is the most revolutionized Pokémon game thus far. Now with three-dimensional graphic, customization, and special effects, this sixth generation in the Pokémon game franchise is an enormous success. It has been nearly 20 years since the very first Pokémon game was created for the GameBoy and it is impressively, after all these years, keeping its spot as the second most popular gaming franchise behind Nintendo’s own Mario. Despite the original main target audience of young kids, Pokémon is extremely popular among teenagers and college students. The release of Pokémon X and Y has already made an impact here at PT as kids on the buses and in the cafeteria are trading pokémon back and forth. People are very pleased with the new graphics and goodies of the new games. “I like the friend safari the most,” said junior Jacob Simmons about one of the new features in the games. “It gives you the ability to find pokémon with rare abilities and many other secrets.” Senior Tristan Snyder said, “My favorite thing about the new pokémon is the trainer customization because there are a lot more choices than just a stereotype trainer, plus, your character is in cut scenes and they use your trainer as they are.” This game pair also brings about a whole new storyline for players to enjoy and venture through. Junior Garrett Murray commented, “The plot is the best thing. It is very dark and emotional unlike the other Pokémon games.” It is evident that there are many new pokémon to look forward to. The designs and looks have improved much since the last pair of games. Simmons said, “[My favorite new pokémon is] Mega Alakazam because it put a nice new twist on one of the old pokémon.” “[I like] Aegislash. He’s a possessed sword!” enthused Murray. “His design is a sword sheathed in a shield. His hilt looks like a crown and he can change form in battle to switch his defense to his offence.” There is definitely a lot of hype over the new “fairy type” pokémon that has been released with the game as well. Fans find this new breed of pokémon to be very refreshing after so many years of the same types. “The new fairy type adds something new to the game and finally gives dragons something to worry about,” Snyder said. “The fairy type, while it seems weak, the type is very strong,” explained Murray. “It’s very annoying to fight if you don’t have a poison or steel type.” This new release is clearly a must-have for any gamer. Pokémon X and Y are here and it appears that they will be highly in demand all the way until the next pair of games reaches the shelves. Photos by Casey Kirwan Beating the Winter Blues VanessaScoulos|PeopleFeaturesEditor With less sunlight and freezing weather, it is easy to catch a case of the winter blues. Instead of laying on the couch watching Netflix for hours on end, try something new. Try one of the ideas below if you want to have an exciting winter break. Bake Cookies: Invite your friends over, gather ingredients, and whip up a batch of warm chocolate chip cookies. You’ll enjoy spending some quality time talking over freshly baked desserts. The best part is that you get to eat cookies. Ice Skating: Spend a lovely Saturday afternoon skating at one of our local rinks. The Iceoplex and South Park skating rink are popular choices for many local 18 kids, but if you are looking for more excitement, try the PPG rink. It is located in downtown Pittsburgh and is open until midnight on the weekends. Build a snowman: You cannot let this winter season pass by without playing in the snow. Embrace your inner child and get outside! Put on your snow pants and boots and head out to the back yard. Invite your younger neighbors and siblings. This doesn’t appeal to Layout by Natalie Rihmland you? Try building an ice sculpture instead. Ginger bread house competition: When it comes to building ginger bread houses, everyone feels like an architect and this is your chance to prove it. Instead of going out with friends on a Friday night, share some quality bonding time with your family. Whip up some icing and have a contest to see who can make the best house. Prizes can be awarded for the winner. Kits are available for purchase at Giant Eagle and most convenient stores at a fairly low cost. Read a book: Sometimes you have to just chill out and have some quiet time. Pour yourself a mug of hot cocoa and curl up with a good book. Some of this season’s best sellers include Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, Doctor Sleep by Stephen King, and Sycamore Row by John Grisham. Photos by AP Images Mead & Dunham, and Vanessa Scoulos
20. Holiday Bucket List KassiannaPolitis|#connectEditor As the holiday season nears, adults scurry to find the most effective prices for the best gifts while students are piled to the sky with homework and tests. This year, take some of the stress away by knocking out one or two of the holiday activities listed on the Holiday Bucket List. 1. Choose, cut, and buy a real Christmas Tree What better way is there to open presents than to open them under a real Christmas tree? Gather your family and head to Candle Tree Farm in Washington County. Here the full experience is provided. You can walk or ride a wagon into the field, choose from thousands of Christmas trees, and even cut it down yourself. Afterwards, come inside and enjoy a complimentary cup of hot chocolate or coffee. This is quality fun for the entire family as a real tree will complete the Christmas experience, imprinting the senses of smell, sight, and touch that will create lasting family memories. 2. Bring back childhood memories We all remember those days when the first snow fell and everyone rushed outside to play in it. Bring back your childhood memories this holiday season. Gather your friends, and start with the old classic snow ball fight. Afterwards, change gears a little and get ready to build and decorate a snowman. Although it may not come to life, do not forget to add a top hat! Save the best for last, and end the outdoor adventure by sledding. Wrap up this fun filled day with a warm cup of a hot chocolate and a holiday movie. 3. Downtown at PPG Bundle up, rent some skates, grab your friends, and head down town for a fun filled evening at PPG. First, stop at the amazing PPG ice rink and surround yourself with the ones you love, a 65-foot tall Christmas tree, and holiday themed songs. Then, warm up in the PPG Wintergarden as you enjoy the breathtaking “Spirits of Giving from Around the World” exhibit. This exhibit features a 32-foot tall Christmas tree and sixteen life-sized Santa Clauses representing sixteen different countries. PPG Ice skating and the Santa Clause display is the perfect combination for a delightful holiday packed day. 4. Times Square for News Year’s Eve Where is the craziest, noisiest, and most amazing place to celebrate the New Year? You guessed it, Times Square. Enjoy six hours of live music performances, celebrity guests, and time in New York City. As the anticipation of thousands wait for midnight, do not forget to set your resolutions for the new year. And as the countdown comes to an end, the famous ball drop occurs exactly as the clock strikes midnight. Photos by AP Images Franklin II, Kaster, and Srakocic Bridegroom KourtneyMartin|StaffWriter Gay marriage is an ongoing debate in the United States. The country seems to be going in circles instead of resolving the issue. While some states have made gay marriage legal, other states are vehemently fighting for it to be banned altogether. Although the government plays a key role in deciding the legality of it, the people also have an impact. Significant people protest in forms of marches, lectures, and movies. Bridegroom, directed by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason tackles this controversial issue. It tells the heart wrenching story of Shane Bitney Crone and Tom Bridegroom. The happy couple has been committed to each other for six years and has done everything together. Tom was a brilliant photographer who had a successful business going. One day, he decided to go on the roof of a high story building when he tragically slipped off the edge and fell to his death. Shane was completely crushed and turned to his family for support. The day the funeral arrived, Tom’s family forbid Shane to attend and would not even allow him to see his body one last time. Shane was devastated, distraught, and confused; it left him wondering what kind of people would go to that length to ruin someone’s life. They completely shut Shane out, financially and emotionally; Tom’s family removed all memories of Shane from Tom’s estate, including pictures of them. They refused to give Shane even a penny of the money that they had saved together over the years. This prompted Shane to make Bridegroom so his voice could be heard and give people without legal protections the help they need. Bridegroom opens a window into the issue of marriage equality like no speech ever could. It shines a light on the important lessons in life, such as fairness and equality. Bridegroom was a hit in the theaters and is now a popular documentary on Netflix. The movie has also won numerous awards for best documentary of 2013.This movie is a highly recommended must see by the NY Times. Photo by AP Images Vogel 19
21. pths News // October 2013 What in the World? MariaHoge|NewsEditor There are too many kids that face the challenge of obesity everyday and too few schools that are able to meet each state’s physical education requirements. Medgar Evers High School was not able to meet the necessary requirements until they turned the basement hallways into an indoor track. This may seem crazy but it allowed the students to break a sweat and to receive credit for the necessary eight semesters of gym. In 1990, a group of tourists decided to endure the cold conditions and stay in the Icehotel, located in the small Arctic town of Jukkasjarvi, Sweden. Little did they know, this hotel turned out to be a popular tourist attraction today. Entirely made out of snow and ice, the Icehotel has always experienced some difficulty rebuilding itself every year. This year has not been any different, especially with a new demand for the placement of fire alarms. When dealing with food recipes there are basically two types of people: those who do not like to try new recipes and those who live for it. If you are the latter, then Zucker’s Bakery, located in New York, is the perfect shop for you this holiday season. They made a new concoction: Thanksgivukkah donuts. These donuts are supposedly a mind-blowing combination of the favorite foods of both Thanksgiving and Hanukkah. A few of the different Thanksgivukkah donuts offered include a sweet potato donut with a marshmallow filling or a donut filled with slices of turkey and cranberries. Unsure of the public’s reaction to these treats, the bakery plans to continue selling the usual donuts as well. You can never practice something too much, right? Laia Martin, a 27-yearold concert pianist, thought so too. That is until she was confronted with the possibility of serving jail time due to her downstairs neighbor filing a complaint. The prosecutor claims that Martin’s constant practicing has caused her to suffer from a lack of sleep and panic attacks. The indicter is asking that Martin is not only jailed AP Images Perlman, Funick and for 16 months, but also banned from performing as a professional pianist for six months. Green “No Tune Left Behind” Rocks Out in D.C. MariaHoge|NewsEditor In 2004, four teachers from McMurray Elementary (Mr. DiFilippo, Mr. McGough, Mr. Cygrymus, and Mr. Lovett) decided to work together to assist with the school’s talent show. After receiving praise on their show performance, the teachers were motivated to form the band called “No Tune Left Behind.” Since then, NTLB has greatly contributed to Peters Township’s character education program. As a result of their contributions and successes, the band traveled to Washington D.C. this October to perform at the annual National Character Education Conference. “Dr. Freado is a big reason that we found out about the CEP,” said Mr. DiFilippo. “He has helped us to establish and continue Character Counts here in Peters Township.” Unfortunately, the combination of challenges presented by both mother nature and the transportation of equipment caused a delay in the band’s arrival. However, They were greeted by the exceptional audio and video crew, giving them the luxury to focus on perfecting their set. “Musically, we performed well and the audience we had appreciated our hour-long show,” stated Mr. McGough, the drummer and one of the singers in the band. 20 Layout by Maddie Lampert The set included songs the teachers felt had clear positive messages, such as “Under Pressure” by Queen and “Instant Karma” by John Lennon. “My favorite song that we are performing right now is Under Pressure by Queen. I really like this piece because it has a great message and I love a challenge,” stated Mr. McGough. Although there was not much time to spare, three out of the four members had the chance to sit in on former principal Dr. Freado’s presentation on establishing a good character counts program. “In the past couple of years, we have been focused on our live performances, but, as we approach our ten year anniversary, we are looking to create more videos,” said DiFillipo. “No Tune Left Behind” plays at the National Character Educational Conference in Washington, D.C. “Musically, we performed well and the audience we had, appreciated our hour-long show,” stated Mr. McGough.
22. The Unresolved Assassination Kassianna Politis #connectEdtor During the 2013 career fair, students were given the opportunity to listen to a remarkable speaker and wellknown forensic pathologist Dr. Cyril Wecht. Dr. Wecht has performed autopsies on our nation’s toughest cases. In 1968, he was called to consult on the results of the autopsy of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Dr. Wecht spoke at our school on November 21, 2013, coincidentally the eve of the 50 anniversary of the JFK assassination. The official government report states that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin that shot both Kennedy and Governor John Connelly with a single bullet. However, Dr. Wecht has a different theory. “75-85% of the American public does not accept the Warren Commission Report. I think that Americans should learn about this case and contemplate what is owed to all of us and what we in turn owe to our country, the pursuit in what I consider to be an unresolved case, the assassination of the president, and most importantly not by the Russians, Cubans, or Chinese, but by people here in America. That’s really what it’s all about,” stated Dr. Wecht. He reiterates the fact that in order for the bullet to pass through Connelly’s ribs and then hit President Kennedy in the head, it would have had to turn at a 90 degree angle, which is impossible. Therefore, Dr. Wecht ultimately believes that there was at least one other shooter involved. The notoriety he received from challenging the official Warren Commission report on the assassination led him to be called in to consult on many other high profile cases such as the Robert F. Kennedy assassination, the Charles Manson killing of actress Sharon Tate, the death of Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones, and Elvis Presley. These cases have made him the most successful medical examiner in the nation. However, to achieve his success, Dr. Wecht put in many years of hard work. Not only does he have a medical degree, he obtained a law degree as well. Dr. Wecht has put his degrees and experience to good use. He has served as Allegheny County Coroner, Medical Examiner and County Commissioner. He has been the president of both the American Academy of Forensic Science and the American College of Legal Medicine, and currently heads the board of trustees of the American Board of Legal Medicine. In his name, Duquesne University School of Law established the “Cyril H. Wecht Institute of Forensic Science and Law.” Dr. Wecht said, “Speaking realistically, pragmatically, and perhaps regrettably the college diploma isn’t worth a great deal. You have to think that you are going to have to get a masters degree and in many fields you will need a PHD. Wecht has plenty of advice to share with high school students beginning their career paths, “My advice is to think about what you want to do, find a school that has good programs and post graduate programs, study hard, make good grades, learn as much as you can, and in the summer time look for positions in those fields to acquire more knowledge and information about it.” Photos by Shelly Belcher Farmhouse Closes Deidra Moran|StaffWriter Just think back to the middle school days of walking to Farmhouse Coffee. It was the hot spot for every student after school. Sadly, this local coffee house closed on November 1 of this year. Farmhouse Coffee was not only popular with students, but also with many groups such as book clubs and community members that met there over the years. Farmhouse started to lose business three years ago when Starbucks Coffee opened across the street, causing many students and residents to rethink their hang out spot. In addition to the obvious competition, Farmhouse was in a less convenient location for customers, which was a huge drawback. This unfortunate combination along with limited hours of operation caused customers to choose faster service at the drive through over a cozy, relaxed environment. “I am going to miss Farmhouse. I used to go there with my friends before band practice,” stated junior Kayla Damazo. The students will miss some of farmhouse’s unique beverage choices not offered at other coffee shops. “I’m upset because I have never had their frozen hot chocolate,” said junior Julia Kuehn. Photo by Deidra Moran 21
23. Keep Calm and Clay On AndreaSalizzoni|OnlineEditor-in-Chief With the hectic holiday season upon us, ceramics students are relaxing with some mug-making and pottery-painting. Enjoy this display of the student body’s impressive talent, original ideas, and personal masterpieces. , 12 , 12 , 12 , 12 , 12
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25. Home Sweet Home These delicious Gingerbread houses were on display at PPG Place during the holidays made by Foods I students. Anna Cocco, Parker Delaney, and Abby Strennan Evan Lantry, Adam Jaworski, and Greg Serena Gabby Quarture, Demi Blair, and Megan Kinney Elena Haynes, Niki Lester, and Olivia Bondi Nicco Mastrangelo, Connor Pike, and Lindsay Pendergast Jordan Harakal, Alanna Weiss, and Alyssa Watkins Teachers Blake Dickey, Crystal Ecker, and Rachel Hino Jennifer Holcombe, Alyssa James, and Abby Marnik Seana Soika, Lexi Rhoads, and Jane Fitzgerald Photos by Samantha Abraham
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THE SAN LUIS OBISPO REPERTORY THEATRE ANNOUNCES 2018-2019 SEASON
(SAN LUIS OBISPO) The San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre is thrilled to announce our 2018-2019 Season, our second season as a nonprofit, professional theatre company, the only such company in San Luis Obispo County. Season Tickets are now on sale for a diverse and exciting season of six Mainstage Shows, six Ubu’s Other Shoe Staged Readings, two Academy of Creative Theatre Children and Family Shows, the annual Holiday Show, a late-night holiday comedy, and a special Gala musical production of Million Dollar Quartet, running February 8-March 10, 2019. SLO REPwill stage all 17 of these shows at their 97 seat theatre at 888 Morro Street in downtown San Luis Obispo. All Mainstage Season shows run Wednesdays through Sundays at 7 pm and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 pm. SLO REP will stage 217 performances, five days a week (Wednesday-Sunday) between July 13, 2018 and July 1, 2019. Detailed information can be found at slorep.org and in the 2018-2019 Season brochure downloadable HERE.
All dates, shows and prices are listed below. (Shows are listed by category, not in consecutive order.) Tickets may be purchased online at slorep.org or by calling the box office at (805) 786-2440.
For more information, please contact Patty Thayer at (805) 781-3889, ext. 15 OR email patty@slorep.org.
Six Mainstage Season Shows
Season Tickets for all 6 shows: $155-$180 / Individual Show Prices: $20-$39
SHOW: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
DATES/TIMES: August 10-September 9, 2018 / Wed-Sun @ 7 pm; Sat & Sun @ 2 pm
DESCRIPTION: SLO REP will kick off the 2018-2019 Season with A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM a musical romp through Rome featuring desperate lovers, scheming neighbors and the music of Stephen Sondheim. A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM runs Aug. 10-Sept. 9, Wednesdays‒Sundays at 7 pm and Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm.
SHOW: ART
DATES/TIMES: September 28-October 14, 2018 / Wed-Sun @ 7 pm; Sat & Sun @ 2 pm
DESCRIPTION: SLO REP presents ART, the Tony Award winning comedy by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton, that focuses on the meaning of art (in the form of a solid white painting) as well as the joys, perils and meaning of friendship. ART runs Sep 28-Oct. 14, Wednesdays‒Sundays at 7 pm and Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm.
SHOW: THE GLASS MENAGERIE
DATES/TIMES: November 2-18, 2018 / Wed-Sun @ 7 pm; Sat & Sun @ 2 pm
DESCRIPTION: SLO REP is proud to present Tennessee Wiliams’ classic drama, THE GLASS MENAGERIE. This intensely personal and brilliantly tender masterpiece exposes the complexity of our memories, and the ways in which we can never truly escape them. THE GLASS MENAGERIE runs Nov. 2-18, Wednesdays‒Sundays at 7 pm and Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm.
SHOW: DOUBT, A PARABLE
DATES/TIMES: March 29-April 14, 2019 / Wed-Sun @ 7 pm; Sat & Sun @ 2 pm
DESCRIPTION: SLO REP presents John Patrick Shanley’s Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning drama, DOUBT, A PARABLE. This gripping story of suspicion cast on a priest’s behavior is less about scandal than about fascinatingly nuanced questions of moral certainty. DOUBT, A PARABLE runs Mar. 29-Apr. 14, Wednesdays‒Sundays at 7 pm and Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm.
SHOW: BLITHE SPIRIT
DATES/TIMES: May 3-19, 2019 / Wed-Sun @ 7 pm; Sat & Sun @ 2 pm
DESCRIPTION: SLO REP presents BLITHE SPIRIT, Noel Coward’s much-revived, classic comedy about ghosts, mediums and marital bliss, delivered with properly restrained British hilarity. BLITHE SPIRIT runs May 3-19, Wednesdays‒Sundays at 7 pm and Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm.
SHOW: HELLO, DOLLY!
DATES/TIMES: June 7-30, 2019 / Wed-Sun @ 7 pm; Sat & Sun @ 2 pm
DESCRIPTION: SLO REP’S 2018-2019 Season will come to an end with HELLO, DOLLY!, the Tony Award winning musical comedy about a matchmaker, a millionaire, a milliner and a marriage, all set during a delightful excursion into turn of the 20th Century New York City. HELLO, DOLLY! runs June 7-30, Wednesdays‒Sundays at 7 pm and Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm.
Blockbuster Gala Musical
SHOW: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET
DATES/TIMES: February 8-March 10, 2019 / Wed-Sun @ 7 pm; Sat & Sun @ 2 pm
DESCRIPTION: SLO REP presents Million Dollar Quartet, a blockbuster rock ‘n roll musical set on December 4, 1956, when an extraordinary twist of fate brought Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis Presley together at Sun Records in Memphis for what would be one of the greatest jam sessions ever. Million Dollar Quartett runs Feb. 8-Mar. 10, Wednesdays‒Sundays at 7 pm and Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm.
Special Holiday Shows
SHOW: A CHRISTMAS STORY
DATES/TIMES: November 30-December 23, 2018 / Wed-Sun @ 7 pm; Sat & Sun @ 2 pm
DESCRIPTION: SLO REP presents A CHRISTMAS STORY, the holiday classic about young Ralphie Parker and his quest for a genuine Red Ryder BB Gun. Back by popular demand for the fifth year in a row, A CHRISTMAS STORY runs Nov. 30-Dec. 23, Wednesdays‒Sundays at 7 pm and Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm.
SHOW: THE SANTALAND DIARIES
DATES/TIMES: 4 SHOWS ONLY - December 8, 14 and 15 @ 9:30 pm; December 9 @ 7 pm
DESCRIPTION: SLO REP presents THE SANTALAND DIARIES, David Sedaris’s delightfully thorny account of what it’s like to work as an elf in Macy’s Santaland during the height of the holiday crush. THE SANTALAND DIARIES runs for four shows only: December 8, 14 and 15 at 9:30 pm and December 9 at 7 pm.
ACT Children & Family Show
SHOW: MARY POPPINS, JR.
DATES/TIMES: July 13-22, 2018 / Thu-Sat @ 7 pm; Sat & Sun @ 2 pm
DESCRIPTION: SLO REP’s Academy of Creative Theatre presents MARY POPPINS, JR. a young performers’ version of Disney’s “practically perfect” musical. MARY POPPINS, JR. runs July 13-22, Thursdays-Saturdays at 7 pm and Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm.
SHOW: Winter ACT Show (To Be Determined)
DATES/TIMES: January 11-20, 2019 / Thu-Sat @ 7 pm; Sat & Sun @ 2 pm
Six Ubu’s Other Shoe Staged Readings
Season Tickets: $72 / Individual Show Prices: $15
SHOW: Staged Reading of Building the Wall
DATES/TIMES: July 27-28, 2018 / Fri @ 7 pm; Sat @ 2 pm & 7 pm
DESCRIPTION: SLO REP’s Ubu’s Other Shoe Staged Reading series presents a staged reading BUILDING THE WALLby Robert Schenkkan, running July 27-28, Friday at 7 pm, Saturday at 2 pm & 7 pm.
SHOW: Staged Reading of The White Rose
DATES/TIMES: September 14-15, 2018 / Fri @ 7 pm; Sat @ 2 pm & 7 pm
DESCRIPTION: SLO REP’s Ubu’s Other Shoe Staged Reading series presents a staged reading of THE WHITE ROSEby Lillian Groag, running Sep 14-15, Friday at 7 pm, Saturday at 2 pm & 7 pm.
SHOW: Staged Reading of Ironbound
DATES/TIMES: October 19-20, 2018 / Fri @ 7 pm; Sat @ 2 pm & 7 pm
DESCRIPTION: SLO REP’s Ubu’s Other Shoe Staged Reading series presents a staged reading Ironbound by Martyna Majok, running October 19-20, Friday at 7 pm, Saturday at 2 pm & 7 pm.
SHOW: Staged Reading of Dry Powder
DATES/TIMES: January 25-26, 2019 / Fri @ 7 pm; Sat @ 2 pm & 7 pm
DESCRIPTION: SLO REP’s Ubu’s Other Shoe Staged Reading series presents a staged reading Dry Powder by Sarah Burgess, running January 25-26, Friday at 7 pm, Saturday at 2 pm & 7 pm.
SHOW: Staged Reading of Marjorie Prime
DATES/TIMES: March 15-16, 2019 / Fri @ 7 pm; Sat @ 2 pm & 7 pm
DESCRIPTION: SLO REP’s Ubu’s Other Shoe Staged Reading series presents a staged reading of Marjorie Prime by Jordan Harrison, running March 15-16, Friday at 7 pm, Saturday at 2 pm & 7 pm.
SHOW: Staged Reading of Girls Like That
DATES/TIMES: April 19-20, 2019 / Fri @ 7 pm; Sat @ 2 pm & 7 pm
DESCRIPTION: SLO REP’s Ubu’s Other Shoe Staged Reading series presents a staged reading of Girls Like That by Evan Placey, running April 19-20, Friday at 7 pm, Saturday at 2 pm & 7 pm.
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Energy startup GreenSync raises $11.5 million Series B round to fund expansion
News » News & Analysis » Energy startup GreenSync raises $11.5 million Series B round to fund expansion
Melbourne energy startup GreenSync has raised $11.5 million in a Series B funding round led by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), Southern Cross Venture Partners (SCVP), and a private fund to facilitate further development of its technology and overseas expansion.
Bringing the total raised by the startup to date to over $13 million, the round saw the CEFC, which administers the government’s Clean Energy Innovation Fund, contribute $5 million, with SCVP, backed by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency and Softbank China Capital, also contributing $5 million.
The startup last August was awarded over $500,000 in grant funding from the Victorian Government’s New Energy Jobs Fund.
Founded in 2010, GreenSync is working to develop technology and software to help optimise the use of energy resources. The business has developed a smart control software which optimises energy in electricity grids, allowing for the introduction of renewable resources and battery storage systems into the network.
The startup’s founder, Phil Blythe, said that the move towards innovating renewable and storage technologies is vital as Australia moves towards decentralised energy, where the storage and distribution of energy is separated in smaller, localised grids, rather than giant hubs.
“The power of renewable and storage technologies will need to be harnessed in new ways,” he said.
“Having the financial backing of CEFC and SCVP further legitimises the significance of GreenSync’s technology and our future role in building a sustainable energy economy for our partners and customers, not just in Australia but globally.”
CEFC’s director of investment development, Blair Pritchard, said the organisation’s investment in GreenSync will assist the transition of the Australian energy market to the decentralised model.
“In the future the smart grid will be able to integrate an even greater use of renewable energy, as well as electric vehicles and battery storage options, giving consumers even more control of their energy consumption,” said Pritchard.
With Softbank China Capital’s involvement in this latest funding round and GreenSync recently opening an office in Singapore, Blythe said he’s confident that the startup’s technology has huge potential around the globe as the world moves towards a “new era” of energy storage and control.
The startup also recently launched a partnership with United Energy to help manage peak electricity demand in the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria.
The funding comes after a poll of 2,000 Australians from the Climate Institute found that three quarters of respondents across both regional Australia and capital cities believe ignoring climate change will make the situation worse.
Concerned about the risk of droughts, floods, and bushfires and their effects on crop production and food supply, 46 percent of regional respondents stated they believe coal-fired power stations should be phased out, with 53 percent identifying solar as their preferred energy source and wind and hydro distant runners up.
It also follows the announcement earlier this month from the Western Downs Regional Council in Queensland of the green-lighting of a 300 megawatt solar farm.
The hub is set to create over 400 jobs over its 18 month development period, and will eventually be able to power roughly 110,000 homes across the Western Downs and nearby regions.
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Anatomy, Thorax, Heart Anomalous Left Coronary Artery
Yvonne Carter
An anomalous left main coronary artery with its origin from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is one of the few clinically significant coronary anomalies. While the majority of congenital coronary artery abnormalities involve various origins of the vessels from the aorta and are usually benign, ALCAPA can be fatal either during infancy or result in sudden death in adulthood. The incidence of ALCAPA is between 1:30,000 and 1:300,000 infants, and accounts for 0.25-0.5% of congenital cardiac defects. Albeit rare, it is the most common cause of myocardial infarction in pediatric patients.[1][2] Collaterals originating from the right coronary artery perfuse the left coronary artery (LCA), which subsequently drain into the pulmonary artery (PA). Less commonly, the defect involves the right, rather than the main pulmonary artery. Rarely the defect includes the circumflex, right coronary, or both coronary arteries. Perfusion of the anomalous left coronary is maintained by the elevated pulmonary artery pressures after birth. Without clinical appreciation and correction, this major defect is fatal.
Approximately 15% of patients will have an associated anomaly. The literature describes ALCAPA in combination with ventricular septal defects (VSD), patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), pulmonary valvular stenosis, coarctation of the great vessels, and one case of hypoplastic left heart syndrome.[1] Should the presence of one of these defects result in an increase in the pulmonary artery pressure, there is a resultant decline in the degree of myocardial ischemia. Associated anomalies are more likely to be present in defects involving the right pulmonary artery rather than the main pulmonary artery.
Symptoms usually occur within the first two months of life–the time the ductus arteriosus closes, as the clinical effect of ALCAPA is dependent on the pressure difference between the systemic and pulmonary circulatory systems. Decreased resistance in the pulmonary vasculature results in a left-to-right shunt from the right coronary artery to the PA–coronary steal phenomenon. The elevated pulmonary vascular resistance in utero results in systemic pulmonary arterial pressures. Consequently, the perfusion through the anomalous LCA is sufficient, albeit desaturated. Thus, symptoms rarely present early during infancy. Antegrade flow through the LCA decreases with the decline in PA pressure and pulmonary vascular resistance, and becomes more dependent on the collateral network between the right and left coronary arteries. The maturity of this collateral network will determine the clinical course after the ductal closure, as it ultimately determines the myocardial viability. A child with a well-developed collateral network may survive past infancy, albeit with progressive LV dysfunction. The lack of adequate collateral vessels from the RCA causes myocardial ischemia and ventricular dysfunction from insufficient perfusion, with eventual myocardial infarct, aneurysmal changes, and ultimately death. Early ischemic changes are usually located within the subendocardium with a patchy distribution.
The typical clinical symptoms appreciated at 4-6 weeks include poor feeding, tachypnea, failure to thrive, and pallor. With an enlarged cardiac silhouette seen on chest x-ray, children are commonly diagnosed with heart failure due to a dilated cardiomyopathy. Clinicians have confused a syndrome of severe pallor, diaphoresis, and irritability as infantile colic, in which the term "anginal equivalent" was coined[2]. It is pertinent to suspect an anomalous coronary defect in infants presenting with heart failure and dilated cardiomyopathy. In older children, due to mature collateral networks or associated defects maintaining elevated pulmonary vascular resistance, complaints include angina, dyspnea, and fatigue. The defect may result in arrhythmias or even sudden death.
Physical exam findings include tachypnea, tachycardia, a gallop rhythm, cardiomegaly, hepatomegaly, and commonly a systolic ejection murmur due to mitral regurgitation. The murmur is a result of either papillary muscle dysfunction or the ventricular remodeling. The enlarged cardiac silhouette on chest x-ray is nonspecific; however, pulmonary congestion is also common in infants. Lateral or anterolateral infarction with Q waves and elevated ST segments on electrocardiogram (ECG) are classic findings in infants. In older children and adults, the Q waves are less prominent; however, hypertrophy of the posterobasal left ventricular wall may be appreciated.
Diagnostic studies include echocardiogram and cardiac catheterization. A dilated, poorly contracting left ventricle is common on echocardiography, with mitral regurgitation due to a poorly mobile posterior leaflet. It is possible to visualize the coronary ostia on color-flow Dopper echocardiography; however, coronary angiography remains the best diagnostic tool and should be obtained if color-flow Doppler does not identify both ostia with certainty. While the anomalous LMCA may originate anywhere along the main PA or one of the branches, it most commonly originates from the rightward posterior sinus. Coronary arteriogram will also show the collaterals originating from the RCA, late filling of the PA, and the left-to-right shunt. The cardiac catheterization will also document elevated LV end-diastolic, left atrial and pulmonary artery pressures. Pulmonary angiography may be performed if doubt remains about the diagnosis, or the origin of the LCA ostium is uncertain. Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) has been reported to be useful in defining the proximal course of the vessels.[3]
Without surgical correction, this anomaly is fatal. Simple ligation of the anomalous LCA was the first successful operation described for ALCAPA. Ligation of the LMCA from the PA excluded the left-to-right shunt, thus allowing the collaterals from the RCA to perfuse the ventricle. This procedure has since fallen out of favor due to the significant risk of sudden death. Additional surgical corrections include bypass, reimplantation, and in situ conduit procedures, with the ultimate goal of developing a dual coronary artery system. Bypass grafting has used the left subclavian artery, internal mammary artery, and saphenous vein graft, but the results have been disappointing. Ultimately, reimplantation, if possible, is the ideal technique. This approach depends on the left coronary artery to be sufficient length for mobilization to the left sinus of Valsalva. If arterial mobilization is an issue, an ostium can be created in another part of the aorta for reimplantation. Takeuchi fashioned a conduit to direct flow from the aorta to the anomalous artery by creating an aortopulmonary window and intrapulmonary baffle with a flap of the pulmonary artery.[4] Dehiscence of the baffle–a cited complication–results in the redevelopment of the left-to-right shunt. The outcome depends on the degree of irreversible ventricular dysfunction. However, neither severe ventricular dysfunction nor mitral insufficiency is a contraindication to revascularization, as significant recovery is the norm. Management of the mitral insufficiency remains controversial. While the regurgitation resolves in most cases with revascularization, the extremely rare case of substantial myocardial ischemia with infarcted papillary muscles exists. In this case, valvular repair has shown good results.[5][6]
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[1] Sarris GE,Drummond-Webb JJ,Ebeid MR,Latson LA,Mee RB, Anomalous origin of left coronary from right pulmonary artery in hypoplastic left heart syndrome. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 1997 Sep [PubMed PMID: 9307485]
[2] Mahle WT, A dangerous case of colic: anomalous left coronary artery presenting with paroxysms of irritability. Pediatric emergency care. 1998 Feb [PubMed PMID: 9516627]
[3] Lachhab F,Amri R,Mahfoudi L,Moughil S, Abnormal Origin of the Left Coronary Artery From the Pulmonary Artery Discovered at Age 67: What to Do? World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery. 2018 Oct 18 [PubMed PMID: 30336750]
[4] Takeuchi S,Imamura H,Katsumoto K,Hayashi I,Katohgi T,Yozu R,Ohkura M,Inoue T, New surgical method for repair of anomalous left coronary artery from pulmonary artery. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 1979 Jul [PubMed PMID: 449387]
[5] Yamanaka S,Uchimuro T,Amagaya S,Yun R,Onga Y,Itou C,Saito D,Shimizu M,Wada K,Yoshio T,Takanashi S, [Aorta-left Main Trunk Interposition for Adult Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery Using a Prosthetic Graft;Report of a Case]. Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery. 2018 Nov [PubMed PMID: 30449876]
[6] [PubMed PMID: 30386490]
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S&C represents Columbia Banking System, Inc. in the completion of its merger with Pacific Continental Corporation under which Pacific Continental merged with and into Columbia in a transaction valued at $644.8 million.
Headquartered in Tacoma, Washington, Columbia State Bank serves the Pacific Northwest with locations throughout Washington, Oregon and Idaho. The combined company now has more than $12 billion in assets with more than 150 branches throughout Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
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British swimmers made their mark at the 23rd Deaflympics which are currently taking place in Samsun, Turkey.
The swimming events kicked off on Thursday 20 July and finished on 26 July. There were a number of medals and British records set over the six days of competition.
GB set new British record in 4x100m freestyle
The British quartet of Nathan Young, Danielle Joyce, Shiona McClafferty and Jack McCormish claimed a bronze medal in the Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay on the opening night. The four swimmers lowered the British record to 3:49.00 to make the final spot on the podium. This is following a fantastic morning swim from Jazz Seamarks, who stood in for the heats.
City of Cambridge swimmer Seamarks commented: “To swim in the relay heats and come away with a British record and a medal in the final was beyond my wildest dreams. Having the backstroke ledge break fail in my heat and having to swim a solo heat with the capacity crowd stand and cheering will remain with me for ever.”
@DeaflympicsGB we finish the swimming with a NEW BRITISH in the 4x100m Free, great swims from Young, Baxter, Holdbrook, McCormish..SMASHED pic.twitter.com/6OC7S9eB5Y
— nigel seamarks (@NigelSeamarks) July 26, 2017
Scotland’s Jack McCormish and Danii Joyce won individual medal for GB with McCormish taking gold and two bronze medals, and Joyce taking two golds and one bronze
Solid performances from the English contingent
Although English swimmers didn’t make their way onto the podium at the Deaflympics, there were some sterling efforts. Kieran Holbrook finished fifth in a tough field in the 400m IM. The London based swimmer touched in 5:03.95.
Oliver Kenny, who was competing in his second Deaflympics, made his way into the 200m backstroke final. The race was always going to be tough, with world record holder Matthew Klotz looking to maintain his title. The American lowered his own world record to 2:01.96. Kenny finished in eighth with a time of 2:21.55.
Kenny also finished seventh in the 100m backstroke in a time of 1:05.26, and in the 200m IM with 2:19.30.
He commented on his experience: “I am over the moon to make so many finals. It was great to swim aside Klotz (USA), and achieve massive PBs. I am aiming to make the 2021 Games. It made me smile when my home coach tweeted I had been holding back my best swims for the Deaflympics.”
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An helicopter gunship of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) was forced to land at Tharavangkoaddai grounds located along Mannaar-Thaazhvuppaadu main road Thursday afternoon around 3:00 p.m. due to engine trouble. A team of mechanics were brought to the site by another SLAF helicopter to repair the helicopter.
Earlier on Thursday that helicopter had conducted several rounds of aerial surveillance on Mannaar town, sources said.
The Police have prohibited members of public to enter the site where the helicopter had landed.
Sri Lanka Army vehicles with heavy weapons were seen stationed around the helicopter and members of three armed forces have been deployed to protect the helicopter.
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Straight Talk: Neil Metviner's "Smarter" Approach to Marketing
Neil J.Metviner was named this year's B-to-B marketer of the year by the Direct Marketing Association. Metviner serves as president of Pitney Bowes Direct, a division of Pitney Bowes that supplies mailing solutions to small- and home-based businesses. Prior to joining Pitney Bowes, he held a number of senior executive positions at Cendant Co. and National Westminster Bank. He now reflects on declining response rates, multichannel integration, and his favorite travel marketer.
PB: What has been your most memorable moment as a B-to-B marketer at Pitney Bowes?
NM: Being able to beat our direct mail control piecea new-customer acquisition [package] that was in place for five yearsand replace it with five new controls. We had an unbeatable control before I joined the marketing team, and now we are able to have a strong rotation, which has really helped our direct mail business.
PB: What has been the most compelling trend in B-to-B direct mail in the last five years?
NM: The most compelling trend that we're facing now is a decline in response rates. We see that across all media, and what that means is that we have to become better marketers. We have to continue to reduce the costs of direct mail. [Marketers] need to take better advantage of postal-rate discounts and address cleansing. We need to do better modeling. And we just need to become smarter direct mailers. We just can't throw millions and millions of pieces out against the market because, as we all know, volume is up, direct mail [usage] is up, and response rates are down.
PB: In your estimation, which media offers the most opportunity for a successful B-to-B marketing campaign?
NM: I think you have to look at each medium separately because they do have their unique challenges, even though they kind of blend together at the end of the day. Direct mail, for starters. Direct mail is strong. It's one of [Pitney Bowe's] strongest mediums. We do a lot of direct mail, ranging from 40 million [to] 65 million piecesover the last two to three years, each year. But direct mail requires a lot of investment. We have a testing methodology that is very rigorous, and that has helped us, but direct mail is strong and growing and will be there. One thing direct mail does, though, is produce a very qualified customer. Our customers that respond to direct mail have some of the lowest cancel rates [among] any of our customers.
Telemarketing, on the other hand, is a very strong medium for us. The great thing about telemarketing, of course, is [that] you can turn it on and turn it off. If things aren't working, you [regroup] and move on. Telemarketing, however, produces a less qualified customer, who tends to have a higher cancel rate.
The Internet is a growing channel for us, no doubt about itboth on its own, in terms of finding a prospect and making a sale, and also on the back end, in terms of converting direct mail. It also produces qualified customers.
PB: Do you think B-to-B marketers will have much to worry about in terms of new marketing legislation such as do-not-call and Cam Spam? The commercial fax ban, for example, has garnered major headlines.
NM: I don't know if worry is the right word; I think we will have to deal with it. Even though we are B-to-B marketers, we at Pitney Bowes comply with the B-to-C Do-Not-Call Registry. I think that there are challenges, clearly, in the administration of that legislation. What does this mean? More direct mail. I
believe B-to-C marketers will be shifting more and more of their marketing spend to direct mail, and they are going to have to figure out how to integrate that medium.
But yes, privacy is an issue, and it's not going to go away. And we, as marketers, have to accept the fact that this is going to be part of our business model, and we're going to have to work with the legislation and not continue to oppose it.
PB: What was the last piece of direct mail you responded to?
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Since its inception in 1968, the Saint Paul Police Chaplain Program has served police officers and civilians in times of need. Whether assisting individuals in searching for spiritual or religious understanding, or offering a compassionate, and caring presence to those in difficult circumstances, the Police Chaplains provide a range of support to those in need. In addition to providing pastoral care and ministry to Saint Paul Police Officers, Police Chaplains have been called upon to assist officers in rendering assistance to victims, family members, and other civilians with whom police officers come into contact.
The program is non-denominational. Chaplains come from a variety of faiths and belief systems, and offer practical and spiritual guidance to everyone irrespective of their religious affiliation. Chaplains provide ministry to those who seek it, without imposing their religious identities on those served.
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The Saint Paul Police Department Chaplain Program holds itself to the highest of ethical and professional standards. Police Chaplains must be prepared to commit fully to the standards of the program and its mission of service. Police Chaplains are expected to:
Minister to officers, employees, and family members of the Saint Paul Police Department
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To promote the spiritual, religious, moral, corporate and personal well-being of the members of the Saint Paul Police Department, and to offer comfort, guidance, and support to the civilians of Saint Paul.
To promote an effective and cooperative relationship between the Saint Paul Police Department and the public, by offering tools of communication, empathy, reconciliation, and prayer. The Saint Paul Police Department Chaplain Program embraces diversity. Working in a pluralistic environment, the Saint Paul Police Department Chaplain Program, comprised of Chaplains from a variety of religious faith communities, welcomes, affirms and celebrates its diversity.
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Jihad means to utilize all will and power in order to achieve success not only in this temporary life of this world, but also for eternal life in the Hereafter. Therefore, Jihad is not meant against the body of man, but it is against the soul (mentality). It should be for the sake of the Creator Lord and should be helpful for the wellbeing of whole creatures including mankind for a peaceful or tranquil life here. As there is not a group of believers today anywhere in the world, the odd believer should do Jihad with ‘Adhikr’ (Lord’s Message) against the hypocrites and Kafirs (disbelievers) who try to hinder the propagation of ‘It’ after receiving. If Jihad is not done with Adhikr which is the Balance and Trust to keep the Earth in its equilibrium, the universe will not exist. Adhikr is the Real Knowledge as well as the Speech of the Lord meant for the entire mankind. It is the Food, Cloth and Sight of the human soul.
Unfortunately, Muslims, the bearers of ‘the body of the Lord’s Book’—Qur’an—don’t even know the name of the ‘Splendid Book’ is ‘Adhikr’ in Which “no falsehood shall enter before or after Its codification”. By messing with the body of the Book, these bore people mentioned in verse 25: 18 are darted away from Islam—the True way of life. Some groups among them are even involved in terrorism considering and boasting it as Jihad; actually it is the Jihad for the sake of Satan. These all are happening due to lack of learning and teaching Adhikr—Soul of the Book—since 30 years of Messenger Muhammad’s departure. And then the ‘so-called Ulamas (hypocritical leaders)’ started to misinterpret and distort Lord’s verses in order to uphold their own whims as well as to keep up the political and organizational interests. Kafirs include all the leaders, anchors, Imams and their blind followers from different Muslim organizations who belongs to the Satan’s party. The Trust Adhikr is revealed in order to punish them. Just like Lord, Adhikr is also known as the Safeguard. All evils are happening from Kafir Satan. Hence if anyone keeps the Lord in his heart with Adhikr, no evil shall affect him.
Therefore, I would like to introduce Adhikr as the Mightiest Weapon to do real Jihad individually and socially against the Kafirs in order to establish peace, tranquility and harmony of human unity.
ABOUT THE CREATOR LORD!
Oh man! Read the following, meditate whether your concept about the Lord is correct or not.
The Lord of the worlds is the One Who created all seven heavens, seven Earths and all things (including mankind) in between them within 6 days. Then He established on the Throne, you have no protectors or intercessors besides Him.
He is the Three Time Knower, He knows the past, present and future of each and everything. He is the Impartial Lord Who taught Adhikr—soul of the Book—to everyone from the Paradise itself.
He is the One Who created everything in pairs from the Earth produces, from themselves and the other things they have no knowledge.
He is the One Who created pairs of male and female from ‘Nuthfa’ (Sperm from male/ ovum from female) when it is emitted from the father and mother.
He is the One Who created man from water, and made blood relationships of lineage and marriage; He is capable upon everything.
He is the One Who shaped mankind in the womb as He wishes; He is capable upon everything.
He is the One Who created you from a single Soul, and made its mate from it, so he may dwell with her in love.
He is the One Who created male and female from the embryo, made love and mercy in between.
He is the One Who has not been comprehended by visions, while He comprehends all visions, He is the one who knows the inner feelings of the soul, Well-Acquainted.
He is the One upon Whom neither a thing on Earth nor in the Heaven is hidden; He is All-Hearing All-Knowing.
He is the One with Whose remembrance shall cause no disaster from whatever is on Earth or in sky; He is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
He is the One who taught each and everything the mode of prayer of Him and the Glorification of Him.
He is the One to Whom whatever in Heavens and Earth glorifies, He is the Sovereign, the Sanctified, the Mightiest and the Wise.
He is the One Who is the acquainted observer of His servants.
He is the One Who knows the innermost feelings and Well-Acquainted of His servants.
He is the One Who is enough to acquaint the offences of His servants.
He is the One Who has the best knowledge about the inner feelings of servants.
He is the One Who knows treachery of the eyes and what is hidden in the chests.
He is the One whom seize not either slumber or sleep.
He is the One Who is a Witness upon everything.
He is the One Who is the Custodian of everything.
He is the One Who is the Disposer and Authority upon everything.
Indeed, He is the One Who is capable to bring anyone to his/her previous condition.
Indeed, the Lord is comprehensive observing.
He is the One Who is the acquainted observer of the offences of His servants.
He is the One Who is the Best knower of all unseen things.
He is the One Who is with you wherever you are.
He is the One Who exists in between the person and the heart in believers.
He is the One Who if intends a thing, He commands to it: “Be”, then it is.
He is the Omnipotent, Omniscient and Sovereign, there is no deity except Him.
Then whoever calls or invokes for help unseeingly from other than Lord Allah (the only Deity), he is serving Satan—the Kafir. Through verse 112: 1-4 Lord commands the Prophet and today the believer to say: “He is Allah, the One and Only. Allah, the Eternal Absolute (He is not depending anyone while everyone depends upon Him). He no begets, nor is He begotten. There is none just like Him”. And in verse 42: 11 say: “There is nothing just like Him, and He is the All-Hearing, All Seeing”.
Oh man bestowed with intelligence! You are deputed on Earth in order to live as the vicegerent of the Lord. So don’t be a vicegerent of Satan by ignoring your Creator Lord. Therefore, if anyone understands his Creator Lord as Adhikr—the Wise Reminder—reveals, he can’t even think for doing any evil deed which is harmful to any creature including mankind.
Before men, Sprites (Jinns) were created and deputed on Earth as the vicegerents of Lord Allah. Jinns’ bodies were created from the flame (15: 27). Both Sprite and man are granted with freedom to be grateful or ungrateful. All Angels are believers and they have no freedom of choice. When all Sprites became transgressors on Earth without bearing Lord’s representation, Angels under the leadership of Iblis wiped them out completely. At that time, Iblis who belongs to Jinn as mentioned in verse 18: 50, had not turned as a rebel Kafir Satan.
Then Lord created mankind in the Paradise in order to depute them to the Earth as His vicegerents. Lord pottered the first man Adam’s body from the clay and blown from His own ‘Spirit’ (Life + Soul) into him. By blowing from ‘Lord’s Spirit’ the Lord bestowed the mankind ‘Spirit of the Book’—Adhikr—which is the constitution, ways and practices of the Lord as well as the knowledge of past, present and future. Since man is bestowed with the Spirit of the Book, he is honored above all creatures. When the Lord commanded the group of Angels including Iblis from Jinn to prostrate before Adam, all Angels prostrated except Iblis. He disobeyed the Lord and thus he became Satan—the Kafir (disbeliever) and was expelled from the Paradise. Consequently, he requested: “Oh my Lord, since You have made me aimless, I will make things on Earth seem attractive to them; I will make them all aimless astray except your sincere servants who live serving You alone”. So Impartial Lord granted an opportunity to him for tempting and deviating man from the ‘Straightpath’. Further Lord told Satan: “While I provide a child to Adam (the first man), you too will be provided with a child who can stay in human heart and travel throughout the bloodstream”. The first woman Eve was created from the soul of Adam with the command of Lord: “Be” as mentioned in verses 4: 1; 7: 189 and 39: 6.
In Paradise, all fruits and enjoyments except the sexual intercourse are allowed. Then by the temptation of Satan, Adam and Eve tried to enjoy the ‘forbidden fruit—the sexual intercourse’; thus their private organs were exposed. So they started to patch their nakedness with leaves from the Paradise. Their Lord called them both and asked: “Didn’t We prohibit you regarding that fruit? Didn’t We also tell you that Satan is surely the manifest enemy to both of you?” Adam, who felt sorry in the heart was given words from the Lord for returning into the Straightpath by repenting as told in verse 2:37 and 7: 23. Then they both prayed: “Our Lord, we have done wrong to our soul; if You don’t forgive us and if You don’t shower your Mercy upon us, we will definitely be included among the losers”. Lord accepted their repentance; indeed, He is the Oft Forgiving; Merciful.
Then Lord sent all men and Satan down to the Earth from Paradise. Lord said them: “Get you all down from here; while the Guidance—Adhikr—come to you from Me, anyone who follows My Guidance, upon them there shall be no fear, and for them will not be grieved”. With the rhythmic balance of the wind, Adam carrying all the children up to the Last Day on his nape and Eve were descended into the Earth as explained in verse 2:164.
THE SEVEN PHASES OF MANKIND
The soul of the man has to undergo seven phases; they are: –
While creating whole mankind (soul) in the Paradise, Creator Lord made a covenant from each and every one by asking: “Am I not your Lord”, all of them replied: “Yes, we do witness” (7: 172-174). That is to say, each and everyone agreed that Lord is the only authority for giving rules and regulations needed for the peace and tranquil life in this world, and only to the Lord everyone has to answer about his worldly life on the Day of Judgment.
Then transferred all of them into the nape of Adam and were sent down to the Earth. Duration of this phase/stage may vary from man to man which can’t be calculated. The Lord asks through verse 76: 1: “Hasn’t a long period passed for man when he was nothing worth mentioning?”
Lord created body of man by mingling the sperm of father and ovum of mother in order to test him. So He blessed him with hearing and sight. When the growing embryo (sperm + ovum) having life attains four months in the womb of mother, the soul from concerned father’s nape is transferred into the fetus through an Angel. Thus the child gets the ‘Rooh’ (Spirit=both soul and life). This phase lasts till the 15th age of one’s life. Any child that dies before attaining 15th age will return to the Paradise.
This phase starts from the age of 15th and lasts up to death. This is the significant phase to identify the Lord by utilizing Adhikr—the Insight, confirm to be a believer and to prepare Paradise in order to inherit it in the 7th phase.
This phase starts when death happens; i.e. Spirit departs from the body. During sleep only the soul departs where life remains in the body. But in death Spirit departs. After death the soul alone (with no life) will be returned to the body and will taste either the Paradise (for believers) or the Hell (for disbelievers). This phase extends until the Resurrection Day.
This phase is the ‘Judgment Day’, a day as long as 50,000 years of this worldly life as explained in verse 70: 4. In this phase whole mankind will be gathered with soul, life and body similar to the 4th phase. They will be naked, barefooted and uncircumcised. Then all will undergo Trial according the computer Record fastened around his/her neck.
This is the final destination and eternal phase of man. Whoever prepares the Paradise by utilizing Adhikr (the Light) in the 4th phase will inherit it in this phase. Those who didn’t receive the Book will be sent to other worlds (other than the Paradise or Hell) by the Lord of the worlds. They will be drunk from the ‘Kouther Lake’, a drink with which no thirst will feel forever (108: 1-3). The hypocrites and their followers, since they disregard the Splendid Book Adhikr (the Ticket to the Paradise as well as the Safeguard against the Hell) after receiving It will inherit the Hell as a fine for their aimless life in the 4th phase.
Therefore, oh man! You realize the fact that what we call ‘I’, ‘you’ is not the visible physical body! On the contrary, it is the soul. Body is the vehicle to travel for the soul. It is an Earthen ‘frame or a mold’ developed by the Supreme Creator Lord. The disbelievers who by ignoring Adhikr—the Food of the soul—are preferring this temporary worldly life than the eternal Hereafter.
THE BOOK ADHIKR
Just like the human soul, soul of the 313 books (Scriptures) is the same, It is named Adhikr. The Book revealed periodically from the Paradise to the Earth is having the same soul with different bodies. That is to say if the body of ‘Bhagavat Gita’ is in Sanskrit, the body of ‘Torah’ is in Hebrew, the body of ‘Injeel’ is in Aramaic, the body of ‘Zaboor’ is in Greek, the body of the Qur’an is in Arabic; the soul Adhikr is the same. From first Messenger Nooh to the last Messenger Muhammad, Adhikr (Wise Message) alone is revealed as mentioned in verses 16: 43-44; 21: 24; 41: 43 and 53: 56. All the Scriptures were revealed as the Guidance for the entire mankind of that period and It is for identifying the Lord, oneself and the aim of life. All the Books are ‘Qur’an’ which means ‘for repeated reading’ as noted in verse 15: 91. So Adhikr should be read repeatedly. The final version of Adhikr revealed to Prophet Muhammad contains all the right and straight parts of the previous Books and their explanations (16: 44 and 98: 2-3). Its body is in Arabic language known as ‘Qur’an’ (36:69). Not Qur’an, but Adhikr (Soul of the Book) is mentioned as ‘the Splendid Book’ in verse 41: 41. Lord says in verse 15: 9: “Indeed We sent down Adhikr, and indeed We will Safeguard It”. The ‘Three Time Knowledge’ (Adhikr) from the ‘Three Time Knower’ (Lord) mentioned in verse 25: 58 is codified in the form of the Book by the ‘Three Time Knower mentioned in verse 25: 59’. It explains each and everything as told in verse 16: 89. It is the only Book of Lord which reminds about the Lord, Angels, Sprites, Satans, Messengers, Prophets, believers, hypocrites, Kafirs, aim of life, Hereafter etc. in one’s own heart’s language. Lord’s Book Adhikr is the Straightpath.
HOW MAN DEVIATED FROM THE STRAIGHTPATH?
Islam, the natural religion is the submission of will and whole life to the Creator, or a lifestyle codified under the shadow of the Book Adhikr which is satisfied by the Lord for entire creatures. ‘Dheen (True way of life)’ is related to the soul whereas the ‘Shariath (practical deeds)’ is related to the body. ‘Dheen’ is the same from the first man Adam till the Last Day as explained in verses 3: 19 as: “Indeed Dheen (True way of life) with Lord Allah is Islam, those who received the Book differed only after Knowledge came to them out of envy towards each other, whoever hides verses of Lord Allah after receiving It, then surely Lord is prompt in reckoning”. ‘Dheen’ is related to the individual, while ‘Shariath’ is demanded to implement if there is a group of believers. Today, since there is no group of believers anywhere in the world, there is no question of implementing ‘Islamic Shariath’. During the Last period, Prophet advised the illiterate believers to go to jungle and exist by biting the bottom of tree till death. Then Lord will take out His Spirit from the body, and the body will be transferred into anthill as explained in verses 17: 49 and 98. Prophet also advised the literate believers to holdfast Adhikr (which gives peace and tranquility for hearts as told in verse 13: 28) with their molar teeth. By holding fast Adhikr with the molar teeth, the Pole-shift of Earth will not be extended. So the odd believers should convey Lord’s Message to the entire world which advises and teaches how to maintain the equilibrium. By holding fast Adhikr, one can holdfast the Lord, and he is guided to the Straightpath. Lord says in verse 6: 153: “And verily, this is My Straightpath, so follow It and don’t follow other paths which will separate you from His path; that is the things He instructed you with, so that you may become utilizing your intelligence”. Therefore, a person who belongs to any nation, tribe, religion, language, sex, color etc. if lives under the Light of the Book, he is in Islam and Straightpath—the only way to the Lord. He doesn’t need to undergo baptism and no need to change his name or costume. In short, there is no conversion of religion in Islam, but only forming belief by soul utilizing Adhikr.
Messengers were deputed from mankind in order to live and guide the people according to the Book. In order to turn people’s attention to the Lord and to frighten them, some tests such as famine, calamities and terrifying wars were tried; and some divine Miracles were shown by the Lord through Prophets. Even with extreme opposition of majority, a small group of people accepted this way of life and eventually the religion of the Lord is established here. All Messengers came with One Message—Adhikr. After the departure of a Messenger, people by neglecting and rejecting the Book gradually deviated from Straightpath by the temptation of Satan. They formed new way of life according to their whims and interests. When all the people became wrongdoers and transgressors, Lord saved the Prophets and believers with him, and wiped out the wrongdoers due to their evil deeds and transgressions as explained in verse 6: 47. After the departure of the existing Messenger the successors deviated from the Straightpath. They started to follow satanic footsteps such as black magic, omen, sorcery, manipulation in measure, invoking the saint people besides Lord, accepting protectors besides Lord, forging intercessors to Lord, priesthood, offering food items and sacrificing animals besides to Lord. They disintegrated into different groups having envy towards one another and involved in bloodsheds and other mischievous activities. Then new Messenger was sent to save them. But only few of them accepted the Messenger and Message whereas the majority of the people told: “We reject with what you have been sent with”. In all the periods of Messengers, illiterates and weak people were only ready to accept the Messenger. The transgressed people even killed Prophets, but they were not able to kill the Messengers, since they were sent with the Message. Today since Adhikr—the Safeguard—is formed, if anyone holdfasts It, actually he holdfasts the Safeguard-Lord. So any Jinn Satan or human Satan can’t do any harm or any disturbance to him. Lord says in verse 10: 103: “Then We are saving Our Messengers and those who are believers, thus it is the duty upon Us to save the believers”. Through verse 40: 51 Lord declares: “Indeed We will help Our Messengers and those who are believers in this world as well as on the Day when the witness stands for”. And verse 30: 47 ends as: “It was due upon Us to help the believers”.
By hiding Thourath—Book sent to Messenger Moses—the Jewish priests lived as white colored graves and led the people to live without soul. Though Jesus preached against their exploitation and misguiding, the children of Israel were not ready to believe (Mathew: 23:1-36.) Only 13 disciples from among them were ready to follow Jesus. The Jewish priests influenced the Roman Governor to crucify Jesus and at last they decided to crucify him. But the Mighty exalted Lord Allah raised up Jesus bodily to the 2nd Heaven. As explained in verses 4: 157-158 the Lord raised him by a whirlwind to the heaven and transformed Surjjas’ (Judas’—one of the disciples) face to that of Jesus. Then the Roman soldiers captured Surjjas and ‘he’ was crucified. The rest of the twelve disciples trembled by facing the situations such as the disbelief of the people, mocking and spy work of Jewish priests and the partiality of Roman rulers; could not explain to the people the fact that Jesus was raised up to the heaven by the Lord of the worlds. Afterwards they could not work together in a place; they disintegrated and continued preaching the Message individually in different places. Meanwhile ‘Paul’ (one of the Jews), among the enemies of Jesus came as a self-declared ‘apostle’ and started to preach a new way of belief against the Message and teaching of Jesus under the support and permission of Jews and Roman rulers. Thus they became different groups and deviated from the Straightpath.
After Jesus, when the world became dark and was about to be destroyed, Lord deployed Prophet Muhammad (who has been mentioned as ‘Kalki’ in the Hindu Scriptures and as the ‘steward’ or ‘the soul of truth’ in the Bible) as the last Prophet and Messenger of Islam. The ignorance of the morally degraded children of Ismael became so dark that both male and female were encompassing the Ka’ba in the nude. Prophet Muhammad’s people also rejected him and the Message. They mocked him: “Is it upon you, the illiterate person, the Book is revealed? Nay you are an odd liar”. Later they even conspired to murder him. Thus he migrated to Medina from Mecca along with some believers. At Medina some more believers accepted him. There he had to face so many conflicts including wars, and more crucial enmity from the hypocrites and Jews. After 8 years of migration, he conquered back Mecca without having bloodshed which is known as “Meccan Triumph”. Lord revealed the Message upon Prophet within 23 years and thus Islam (the way of Life from the first man Adam to the Last Day) is completed.
Prophet foretold: “After 30 years of my departure, Islam will disintegrate into different parts. Then gradually my people will follow 29 pseudo prophets and will urge to welcome the 30th pseudo prophet Maseeh-A-Dajjal (Antichrist according to Bible / Kali according Vedas)”. After 30th year of Muhammad’s departure, 4th Khalifa Ali and his two sons were murdered by the deviated Muslims and then they converted caliphate to kingdom. Since they discarded the Book Adhikr, they discarded Lord and Prophet; and started to follow pseudo prophets serving Satan.
Prophet foretold: “The people who read Qur’an are in three groups. (1) ‘Fajir’—who will eat the body of the Book and thus dart away from Dheen (Islam) as an arrow darts from the bow. (2) ‘Kafir/Munafiq’—who knows the contents but doesn’t follow It or teaches It to the people. (3) ‘Believer/Muamin’—who will understand and follow the Message in his day-to-day life. Among these, only believer will get reward by reciting the Book; and all other Muslims (including hypocrites and their blind followers) are the inmates of Hell from the mankind”. The deviated Muslims by ignoring the soul started to give importance to the body just like they consider the body of the Book Qur’an ignoring Its soul Adhikr. As told in verse 3: 72: “Even though Jews’ conspiracy was there in Medina against Prophet and the propagation of Islam, it was not succeeded. Gradually they disguised and sneaked into Islam, and started to influence on hypocrites in writing books distorting Lord’s Book”. Some of the hypocrites started to write ‘books of deeds and rituals’ without considering Lord’s Book-Adhikr neglecting verse 2:79; and the common people followed those books and considered them as Madhab Imams (actually in Arabic Madhab means ‘those who went away from Dheen). Gradually different groups were formed among Muslims, and each group is rejoicing with what they have with. All of them don’t even know the name of the Lord’s Book. Instead they introduced the public ‘body of the Book Qur’an’ as the book of Lord. They began to read the Qur’an falsifying Prophet’s teaching: “If anyone reads Qur’an without understanding the contents, he will be darted away from True Dheen as an arrow is darted away from its bow”. In short, after 30 years of Prophet’s departure there is not a well-known believer among Muslims. Instead, the odd believer may be here-and-there. The symbols and monuments such as crescent, green color, the number ‘786’, tombs and minarets considering as Islamic are not having any relation to Real Islam and the Prophet. All pseudo prophets and hypocritical leaders started calling the people to their ideas and way of life. They are not following or inviting the people to the Lord’s Book and thus not to the Prophet. They are not witnessing Prophet’s life among the ‘other-people’ belonging to the Messenger Muhammad’s Ummath (community). For giving Zakkath (compulsory charity) they are not considering orphans, indigents, needy, poor etc. from whole mankind, instead they are considering only Muslims—their people; and that also not according to the regulations commanded by the Lord.
Today if one utilizes Adhikr as the Criterion and Insight, he can see that the natural way of life—Islam—is reflecting comparatively more in Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, Jews, Christians, ‘other-people’ and even in Atheists than Muslims. People who are bearing the latest Book like ‘Qur’an’, ‘Bible’ are leading more strayed life than the people who bear the previous Books. Why Atheists are more in Islam than Muslims and Christians? It is because they are better in keeping their words and promises, and they are less in mischievous activities like communalism, partiality, corruption and bribery than Muslims. Today, Muslims by hiding and falsifying the Lord and Prophet in the Book are involved in all satanic mischievous activities like: sodomy, rape, smuggling, murder, black market, bullying etc. They even utter with their tongue: “Lord Allah is great!” without testifying it with their hearts. So they are all hypocrites who open their mouths for telling lies and who will not fulfill their promises and covenant made with Lord. Thus they became the transgressors. If anyone believes them, certainly they will cheat and will trap him to the satanic groups. By cheating the Lord, His Messenger and believers they are actually cheating themselves. So there is no chance of any goodness to happen from such bore people who have forgotten Adhikr. Through verse 10: 58 Lord commands: “You rejoice with Adhikr—the Mercy and Bounty—which is better than whatever you are gathering”. By ignoring not only this verse but also whole 6236 verses, they are leading a worst humiliating life as underdogs than the cursed Jews in Medina during Prophet’s period. Verse 2: 161 says: “Indeed those who hide verses of Lord Allah and die hiding all verses of Allah will have Allah’s curse upon them, as well as the Angels’ and all mankind’s”.
JIHAD Vs TERRORISM!
Jihad means the strenuous striving for the sake of Lord to fulfill the ‘aim of life’ utilizing all the powers and bounties bestowed by Him. It is commanded to do Jihad only to true believers against the real disbelievers. Since Impartial Lord hasn’t made compulsion in the Dheen (True way of life), there is no Jihad for the religious cause. Lord says in verse 2:256: “There is no compulsion in Dheen. The right way has been made clear from the wrong ways. Therefore, anyone whoever rejects the arrogant ones and believes in Allah has grasped the Firmest Rope which will never break, Lord Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing”. So one can be a believer by holding the ‘Firmest Rope—Adhikr. Verses 10: 99-100 say: “If your Lord had so whished, everyone on Earth would have believed solemnly! So will you force mankind to become believers? It is not up to any soul to believe unless with Allah’s Permission; He places a blight on those who don’t use their intelligence.” So male or female will not become a believer without Adhikr, which is the Permission of Lord.
Man is given freedom either to be grateful or ungrateful, i.e. to select either the way of Lord or the ways of Satan. So the believer has to do Jihad for the persistence of such a situation. The aim of life is returning to the Paradise (the House of Lord) utilizing the ‘Ticket—Adhikr’. Through both in verses 73: 19 and 76: 29 Lord says: “Indeed This is the Ticket for the one who selects the way to his Lord”. The heedful believers only utilize the Ticket in the 4th phase’s journey testifying verse 69: 48. The believer will not only holdfast Adhikr, but also will propagate It to entire mankind. By conveying the Lord’s Message Adhikr, he is actually helping the Lord, and then the Lord will help him back as told in verses 22: 40 and 47: 7. Remember that Lord has given freedom for everyone to accept or reject the Ticket after It has come to them. Lord says in verse 16: 44: “We have revealed ‘Adhikr’ into you which contains all the previous Books and their explanations, so that you may clearly explain the mankind what has been revealed to them, in order that they may meditate and reflect”. So there should be freedom for the propagation of Adhikr throughout the world.
Today the Muslims are bearing Qur’an (the body of the Book) as burden carrying donkeys without considering Its soul, so they will only prevent and avoid the propagation of Adhikr—the Straightpath. The countries having majority of ‘other-people’ such as India, America, Britain, France, Switzerland and China, there will be no obstruction for propagating Lord’s Book—Adhikr. But in Muslim majority regions such as Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Egypt, there is no freedom even to introduce Adhikr as the Lord’s Book which is meant for entire mankind.
Verse 9: 6 says: “If any Mushrik asks you (believer) for protection, then grant him asylum, escort him to a place where he can find peace and safety; it is because they are the people who haven’t heard about Adhikr—Real Knowledge”. Here mentioned Mushriks are those who associate others in the dominion of the Lord before receiving Adhikr, where the Mushriks mentioned in verses 33: 73; 98: 6; 48: 6 are those who associate others in the dominion of Lord after receiving Adhikr.
Therefore, the odd believer should do Jihad with Adhikr against these ‘Muslim disbelievers’ who by hiding and rejecting It force the people to accept their satanic way of life. Since Adhikr is the Balance and Trust to keep the universe in its equilibrium, believer also will propagate It among entire mankind irrespective of nation or religion.
Jihad is the inevitable duty of an individual and group of believers. During the period of Prophet there was a group of believers, so fighting with body, weapons and wealth were included in Jihad as told in verses 9: 111 and 61: 10. At any circumstance, to kill women/children/old men/handicapped/patients, harming the animals, destroying the cultivations etc. are not permitted in Islam. Today since there is no group of believers anywhere in the world, the odd believer should do Jihad with Adhikr—the Safeguard—against the Kafirs testifying verse 25: 52 which says: “You should not obey the disbelievers; strive against them with the utmost strenuousness using Adhikr”. Kafirs mentioned in verse are those who hide and reject the Book after receiving It.
The people who received the Book belong to two parties: One is the “Believer Lord’s party” and other is the “disbeliever Satan’s party”. Today the various Muslim groups in the world are belonging to the Satan’s party. So the believer 1 in 1000 who belongs to the Lord’s party will do Jihad against different Muslim groups. Then what will be the approach of the believer towards the ‘other-people’ belonging to the Prophet’s community’ such as Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, Sikhs, Jews, Christians? The believer will introduce them the Lord’s Message Adhikr which is the Safeguard/Shield to protect from all disasters, calamities, diseases, evils etc. as well as the strongest Weapon to do Jihad against terrorism. Lord says through verse 29: 69: “And those who do Jihad in Our cause, indeed We will guide them into Our ways. Indeed, Lord is with those who follow the Best Book—Husna”. That means the believer who do Jihad against the original Kafirs and terrors are ‘Muhsins’; and they are only living in the Straightpath. Verse 22: 78 ends as: “And you holdfast with Allah, He is the Master of you what a Best Master and what a Best Helper!” So anyone who holdfasts Adhikr (the Safeguard), actually he is holding fast the Lord of the worlds (the Safeguard mentioned in verse 59:23). Today, if there is a group of believers present among Muslims, they are commanded to witness Prophets’ life among mankind testifying both verses 2: 143 and 22: 78 which say: “You might be witness upon mankind such as the Messenger witnessed upon you”. But the Muslims by hiding Adhikr (Book of Witness) are serving Satan and are following 29 pseudo prophets.
Through both verses 9: 73 and 66: 9 Lord orders by calling the Prophet, and today the odd believer: “Do Jihad against the Kuffar and hypocrites, and behave harshly with them; their return is to the Hell”. Kuffar specified in this verse as well as anywhere in the Book like in verses 9: 68, 123 and 48: 29 are those who repeatedly hide or reject Adhikr after receiving It. It is told in verses 4: 150-151 that all the different groups of Muslims are the real Kafirs; and for them heinous punishment is kept reserved. In verse 11: 17 it is told: “Anyone from groups of Muslims hides and rejects Adhikr—the Book of Witness/ Guide/ Mercy/ Truth/ Explanation—then Fire is promised to him”. Note that it isn’t mentioned ‘anyone from mankind’, instead it is told ‘anyone from the groups of Muslims’. The hypocrites who hide, distort, and prevent Lord’s verses, as well as their blind followers who reject verses, are the inmates of Hades is told in verses 2: 39; 5: 10, 86; 57: 19 and 64:10. They are the worst people near Allah since they don’t hear Adhikr and don’t speak It to others.
The latest Book Adhikr revealed to Prophet Muhammad was in his people’s language—Arabic. Most of them were literates whereas Muhammad and most of his followers were illiterates. So during the period of Prophet, Kafirs included the people of the Book (Jews & Christians) and his own people. But today the Kafirs include the hypocritical leaders who are hiding, distorting and misinterpreting verses of the Book; and the Kuffar who are repeatedly rejecting and hiding all verses of Lord Allah. In verse 48: 29 says: “Muhammad is the Messenger of the Lord, and those who with him are strict hard against the Kuffar and compassionate in between them”. Today Muslims are not leading or witnessing Prophet’s life among mankind anywhere in the world. ‘Other-people’ are not rejecting the Lord or Prophet generally. If any exceptional voice is raising from any part of the world against Lord or Prophet, it is due to the lack of their Real Knowledge about Islam. It is also due to the worst people Muslims’ false propagation of Islam as well as their boasting that they are the people of Prophet and Islam without having the Truth—Adhikr. If the ‘other-people’ criticize or blame Prophet or Islam by seeing Muslims’ worst way of life, the burden of it should be borne by the hypocrites and Kuffar near Lord Allah, the Impartial. Lord says in verse 33: 73: “The Trust—Adhikr—is revealed in order to punish the hypocritical men and hypocritical women as well as the men and women who associate others in the dominion of the Lord; and to accept the repentance from the believing men and believing women, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
In verse 83: 7 it is told: “The Ledger of Fujjar is in ‘Sijjeen’ of the Hell”. The ‘Fujjar’ includes both the hypocritical leaders and their blind followers. The virtuous people’s ledger is in ‘Illiyyeen’ of the Paradise as mentioned in verse 83: 18. So the virtuous one can ascend the heavens by utilizing Adhikr—the Light— as the vehicle and can register his righteous deeds in the ledger ‘Illiyyeen’.
Terrorism means the deliberate commission of an act of violence to create an emotional response thorough the suffering of the victims in the maintenance of political, social and religious agenda. Today Muslims across the world are divided into different fractions and became ‘Mushriks’; each group rejoices with what they have by rejecting verses 30: 31-32 and 23: 51-53. Some of them are compelling their motives upon others. Some Muslim groups in order to get supremacy over other Muslim groups and over ‘other-people’ (belonging to Messenger Muhammad’s community) are involved in terrorist activities such as bloodshed, kidnapping, raping and robbery. By hiding the Truth (Adhikr) they themselves decide/declare that they are the believers and all ‘other-people’ (who didn’t receive the Book) are disbelievers. And they try to justify their terrorist acts as Jihad. Actually they are doing Jihad for the sake of Satan. Yes, these pseudo Jihadists are welcoming the 30th pseudo prophet Antichrist Satan and are hurrying for the Dooms Day.
For doing the pseudo Jihad, the transgressing hypocrites are recruiting the youths offering money, drugs, females, kids for sodomy, liquor etc. By providing these worldly enjoyments and leading them to heinous deeds, later as a confession the leaders tell them: “You have to kill our enemies acting as suicide-bombers in order to reach Paradise where you will get the virgin ladies”. These human devils even don’t know that the inmates of Paradise will not have sexual organs and sexual intercourse is the forbidden fruit there. Therefore, instead of earning Paradise they are earning Hellfire where the Kafir male and Kafir female will dwell there by threading penises through the vaginas which they were wishing in the worldly life. The terrorists who are helping and serving Satan are not considering the fact that the Rooh (Spirit) for everyone is from the Lord. By killing a man (separating Rooh from the body), they are actually killing the Lord. This Mujirims (mad men) who don’t utilize their intelligence are giving more importance to bodily and worldly life than the Hereafter. The wrongdoing people are those who are forbidding the mankind from the way of Lord—Adhikr—and are trying to twist It and they are not believing in the Hereafter as told in verses 11: 18-19. Their so-called Ulamas (hypocritical leaders) are not preventing or admonishing them from any mischievous activities or bloodshed. They are the real enemies of Lord, Messenger and the believers, who have been killed by the Lord as told in verses 41: 26-28 and 63: 4. ‘They have been killed’ means, they are just like in sleeping condition; i.e. they have only life without soul. Lord asks through verse 32: 18: “Is then a man of belief is just like a man of transgression? Nay they are not equal”. Today if any Muslim who reads these verses doesn’t become a believer with Adhikr, he is a transgressor. Verse 9: 67 says: “The hypocritical men and hypocritical women, they belong to same group, they command with evil things and forbid what is Just (Adhikr); they will hold close their hands without paying charity, they have forgotten Lord, so He has forgotten them. Indeed, the hypocrites are the transgressors”. About these transgressors in verse 58: 19 says: “They are included in the party of Satan and such are the losers”. It is told in verse 2: 99: “None hides verses of the Lord except the transgressors”. In verse 59:19 says: “The transgressors are those who by hiding and rejecting Adhikr—the Wise Reminder—have forgotten Lord Allah as well as their own souls. Indeed, Satans from both men and Jinns are abstained away from hearing Adhikr as told in verse 26: 212. They are the people who read in verse 5: 32 that if anyone who kills a person except as a punishment for murder or for causing mischief in the land, it will be as if he had killed the whole mankind; and if anyone who spares life, acts as if he had granted life to the whole mankind. The hypocritical leaders should have to bear the burden of themselves as well as the burden of those whom they misled without having the Real Knowledge, what a worst burden they have to bear is warned through verse 16: 25. The leaders of Muslims are entitled to learn and teach Adhikr—the soul of the Book—for entire mankind in order to maintain peace and tranquility in the world. If anyone neglects this responsibility, he should bear the burden of it on the Day of Judgment. Verse 20: 99-101 say: “If anyone neglects Adhikr (the Message), he should bear the burden on the Day of Judgment; they will abide in it forever, what a worst burden they have to bear on the Day of Judgment”. If any Muslim doesn’t drop the burden carrying on his neck by testifying and propagating Adhikr, he is carrying evil burdens as told in verse 6: 31.
Today we can see in every Muslim country such as Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Libya, Tunisia, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen that they are divided into different groups, killing and slaughtering each other falsifying the Book—Adhikr, all the Messengers and the Lord. Muslims, the real disbelievers mentioned in verses 4: 150-151 are teaching their children in ‘Madrassas’ (religious schools) that all non-Muslims are Kafirs (disbelievers). They are not paying ‘Zakkath’ or ‘Sadaqa’ (charity) to the people other than Muslims. They are not even considering ‘other-people’ as the creatures of the Lord. They are not considering or agreeing the fact that Prophet Muhammad is sent for entire mankind rejecting verses 7: 157-158; 21:107 and 34: 28. While the previous people slew their Prophets at once without any justification, today Muslims by bearing Prophets’ name and by indulging in heinous and shameful deeds are actually torturing Prophets which is more heinous than slaying Prophets at once. Due to this, all their deeds will be futile and they have disgrace in this world as well as in the Hereafter. That is because the hypocritical leaders are hiding and obstructing mankind from Adhikr (Creator Lord’s Book); instead they are those who learn and follow, and command the people with falsehood books written by the creatures. The hypocrites who have been given verses of Lord slipped away from them, as a result Satan persuaded him and he became aimless, followed his whims, his parable is that of a dog which will never change its attitude whether it is disturbed or not; that is the parable of the people who reject Lord’s verses as told in verses 7:175- 176. In verse 7: 179 it is told that, most of the Jinns and humans are decided to be filled up in the Hell, they have hearts but they don’t understand the aim of life, they have eyes but they do not see the Insight with it, they have ears, they do not hear Adhikr with it, they are like cattle; nay, they are the most strayed than them and such are the heedless. Here mentioned heedless are the aimless. Both the hypocritical leaders and weaklings are mentioned as the worst creatures in the land and they are the inmates of Hellfire from mankind as told in verse 98: 6.
Whoever involves in bloodshed or mischievous activities such as sodomy, prostitution, rape, fornication and incendiary anywhere in this world; the hypocritical leaders and the Kuffar should have to bear the punishment near the Lord Allah. Lord Allah is Merciful only to the believers, whereas for the disbelievers and wrongdoers Lord will take revenge. Verse 32:22 says: “Who is more unjust than the one who has been reminded with verses of Lord; then neglected them; indeed, We will revenge such Mujirims (mad men).” In verse 7: 40 Lord says: “Those who reject Our verses and feel too arrogance towards them, the gates of Heaven will not be opened for them, nor will they enter the Paradise- until a camel can pass through the eye of tailors’ needle, thus We reward the Mujirims”. Here and every verse in Qur’an Mujirims include the weakling followers and the hypocritical leaders. Terrorists think that they are serving Lord and are doing Jihad for the sake of Lord; but according to Adhikr—the Criterion from Lord—they are serving Satan without using their intelligence as mentioned in verses 36: 59-62. Lord says in verse 21: 10: “Indeed We have sent down a Book, In It you are remembered; will you not think by utilizing your intelligence”. That means, Adhikr is the Book in one’s heart’s language which reminds every individual, his position both in this world and in the Hereafter. As told in verse 9: 65, actually by rejecting Adhikr (the Wise Reminder) hypocrites are ridiculing Lord Allah and His Messenger.
On the Day of Judgment, these wrongdoing hypocrites and disbelievers will wail: “Woe to me! If I had not selected so-and-so as my intimate friend, he had obstructed and misled me from Adhikr after It had come to me; Satan was a traitor to mankind” is told in verse 25: 29. As per verse 25: 30 on the Day of Judgment, the Messenger will come with Qur’an and tell: “My Lord, indeed my own people neglected this Qur’an and flew away from It; that is the cause for this unfortunate condition of them”. Saint people will say about this worst people on the Day of Judgment: “These people became bore since they forgot Adhikr—the Safeguard and Shield against the Hell”. About their hypocritical leaders, it is asked by the Lord to the Prophet: “Don’t you see those who pervert the Mercy of the Lord (Adhikr) into disbelief; and permit their people the Hell—the house of bores” as per verses 14: 28-29. Whoever from among Muslims who had veil upon their eyes about the Book Dhikree (Adhikr), and those who didn’t even hear It will enter the Hell as told in verse 18: 100-101. It is told that the curses of Lord, Angels and those who entitled to curse are upon the hypocrites who hide Adhikr (Guidance sent down from Lord for whole mankind) is told in verses 2: 159-162. Verse 2: 174-175 say: “Those who hide Adhikr, and those who earn mere price with It, they are not eating into their bellies except fire. Lord will not speak to them on the Day of Judgment, nor will He purify them; and they will have painful torment. Such are the ones who have purchased astray instead of Guidance and torment instead of forgiveness; then what a patience they are showing upon the Fire”. Today the Imams (one who guides in prayer) of Muslims all over the world including ‘Masjidul Haram’ (Mecca) are hired ones and they are filling their bellies with fire. These wrongdoing fools neither know the name of the ‘Splendid Book’ is Adhikr nor even know the total number of verses of the Book is ‘6236’. Verses 3: 91 says: “Surely, as for those who disbelieve and die while they are ‘Kuffar’(disbelievers), if they were ready to give Earth filled of gold as ransom (to escape from the punishment of Hell), it will not be accepted. There will be a painful punishment for them, and they will have no helpers.” Verses 5: 36; 10: 54; 13: 18 and 39: 47 are also giving the same warning.
THE ONLY WEAPON AGAINST TERRORISM
Verse 3: 10 says: “Certainly, for those who hide the Truth, neither their wealth nor their children will benefit them from Allah. And such are only the firewood for the fire”. Presently, Muslims all over the world are reading these verses. Most of them are teaching ‘the reading of Book’. Some of them even teach Its meaning which is the ‘life of It’. But none of them learns or teaches Soul of the Book—Adhikr—which is the Food, Cloth and Sight of Jinn comrade. Actually they are teaching the children Quran same as Jews were teaching their Book to their children during Prophet’s period. As per verses 2: 146 and 6: 20 those to whom Allah has given the Book recognize him (Prophet) as they recognize their own children. But by rejecting the Wise Reminder Adhikr, they are not following or witnessing Prophet’s life among mankind, instead they are blindly following 29 pseudo prophets and are hurrying to welcome 30th pseudo prophet Maseeh-A-Dajjal (Antichrist). Prophet foretold about this when he was in Makkah itself. From Prophet’s teaching reported by mother of Ibnu Abbas; she said: “One night when we were at Mecca, Prophet awoke and asked three times as Oh Allah, didn’t I convey? Then Umer awoke and replied: Yes, you did. Then in the morning Prophet said: Islam will spread all over the world, and then it will be replaced with refusals. The people of overseas (Europeans and Americans) will laugh at Islam. Then another period will come in which the people will study and recite Qur’an, and they will say and ask: We are reciting and teaching Qur’an, then who is better than us? Then Prophet asked: Is there any goodness in them? Followers asked: Oh Prophet, who are they? Prophet replied: They are from among you; such are the fuel of the Fire”.
Verse 2: 62 says: “Certainly those who believe from among Muslims, those who are Jews, Christians, Sabeans, anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day, and acts honorably will receive their reward with their Lord and there shall be no fear upon them, and for them will not be grieved.” From verse, it is very clear that among Muslims the believer who prepares Paradise in this 4th phase will only triumph. But in the case of ‘other-people’ belonging to the community of Prophet Muhammad like Hindus, Jains, Buddhists, Jews, Christians if they believe in Lord and the Last Day and do righteous deeds for the welfare of all creatures, there shall be no fear upon them and for them will not be grieved. It is warned in verses 6: 89-90: “This is nothing but a Reminder for the entire world. If this people (Muslims) hide It, We will entrust It to a people who will not hide It”.
HOW ADHIKR BECOMES A STRONG WEAPON!
Adhikr—the Speech of Lord—helps a man to consider the Lord of the worlds as He should be considered. It helps to live always by remembering and seeing the Lord unseeingly.
Adhikr helps one to recognize that no man has the right to select era, nation, parents, sex, tribe, caste, religion, color etc.
Adhikr teaches that man has the freedom to be grateful or ungrateful and also teaches that there is no compulsion in religion. Anyone who grasps Adhikr (the Book for purification/ the Unbreakable Rope from Paradise), he holdfasts the Lord and becomes upright in the Straightpath.
Adhikr—the Criterion—helps one to identify the believer (vicegerent of Lord) and disbelievers (Kafir—vicegerents of Satan).
Just like the Creator Lord, Adhikr is mentioned as the Safeguard which guards from all calamities, disasters, diseases, terrorism and all such satanic evils.
Adhikr teaches that not only for mankind but also for whole creatures, the Spirit—Life with Soul—is from the Lord. It also teaches that Lord’s presence is there in all living and nonliving things. All things are praising and glorifying Him; so man endowed with intelligence shouldn’t harm or destroy even a thing unnecessarily.
Adhikr clarifies that It will argue and witness in favor of the one who testifies It, as well as argue and witness against the one who falsifies It after receiving.
Adhikr—the only Ticket to the Paradise/ Safeguard against the Hell— teaches that in each and every 1000, only 1 utilizes It in order to change the fate from Hell into Paradise. The rest 999 who received Adhikr will not change their fate; they are those upon whom the word of Lord: “I will fulfill the Hell with Jinns and men altogether” is happened true.
Adhikr teaches that if anyone reads It in the dusk and dawn, try to follow Its do’s and don’ts; then the Angels will witness and protect him from all evils induced by Satan from among men and Jinns. And It provides a man the confidence to stand upright always at any critical moment in his life.
Adhikr teaches about the recording software installed upon everyone’s neck which will not omit any thought, word and deed. Adhikr also warns that on the Day Judgment everyone’s skin, hearing, sights, hands, legs, tongues, sexual organs and even Earth will witness and reflect their records for Trial.
Therefore, I would like to introduce to the entire mankind “ADHIKR” as a Strong Weapon for doing Jihad against terrorism. It also reminds that Adhikr is the Balance and Trust to keep the Earth and universe in their equilibrium. Since Adhikr is Lord’s Book, Its copyright is not reserved. The Three Time Knowledge Adhikr is formed in Three volumes in Malayalam Language and is uploaded in the website: www.straightpathonline.com. The first volume in English and in Arabic are also uploaded. Therefore, whoever likes to involve in the propagation of Lord’s Message may download It from the website, translate into different languages, convey and propagate among entire mankind.
A RECORDING BOOK FASTENED UPON EVERYONE’S NECK
In the Splendid Book—Adhikr—it is told in seven places about the computer recording going on everyone’s neck.
17: 13-14
We have tied every man’s fate on his neck; and We shall produce a book for him on Resurrection Day that he will find it as an illuminating spread open book. It will be said to him: ‘Read your own book: sufficient is yourself this Day to make out an account of you’
18: 49
The book will be produced and you will see the Mujirims apprehensive; they will say: “Woe to us! What kind of a book is this? It omits nothing either small or large unless it is recorded”; they will find there presented whatever they had done, and your Lord will not be unjust to anyone.
And with Us a record that will reflect with Truth, they will not be wronged. But their hearts are absentminded about It; and they have deeds besides that, they will continue their deeds.
Muslims who are reading these verses are not aware about this ‘Recording Book’. That is why they are in the forefront of every mischievous and evil deeds allover the world.
Indeed, We shall revive the dead, We are recording all that they are sending ahead and that their footprints left behind, We have recorded everything in an open ledger.
Everyone’s evils and goodness which they did in their life and evils and goodness of the heritage which they left behind will be individually evaluated on the Day of Judgment.
On that Day, You will see each and every community bowing on their knees, each and every one will be called to their Record book and you will be rewarded according to your deeds. This is Our book that will show your deeds with Truth; and We have been recording whatever you were doing.
Verses 45: 30-31 say: “For those who believe and are conveying the Message to the entire mankind, their Lord will enter them in His Mercy, indeed which is a clear victory. But as to those who disbelieved, Allah will say: Were My verses not recited to you? But you showed arrogance and became Mujirim”. The Mujirims, disbelievers and aimless mentioned in every verse in the Book include hypocrites and their blind followers. As mentioned in verse 4: 118 it is already decreed that in each 1000, 999 men and their soul mates will be trapped by Satan—the disbeliever.
On the Day of Judgment Allah will raise them all up again and will show them what they have been doing; Lord Allah has recorded everything, but they have forgotten it all, and Allah is a Witness over everything.
For those who are living here following satanic footsteps (Thagooth), Hell will be the dominion. They were not expecting the Trial in the Hereafter and were repeatedly rejecting our verses. We have been recording everything in a clear Book. So you taste, We have increased to you nothing except torments.
Since the Three Time Knower Lord is Impartial, He is informing man about His activities through His Speech—Hadeeth (Adhikr). If everyone has the awareness of this fact, there happens no feelings, words, deeds etc. which one doesn’t wish to be recorded and presented on the Day of Judgment. But today, Muslims all over the world are not learning or propagating Lord’s Book anywhere; and so they are indulged in all evil activities such as communalism, selfishness, terrorism, flesh trade, smuggling. This aimless bore people by forgetting Adhikr are living giving more importance to bodily and worldly life without considering the soul and Hereafter. Thus they are actually earning Hell for the 7th phase. It is commanded to perform prayer in order to maintain the ‘Dhikree’—Soul of the Book—as told in verse 20: 14. But by rejecting Adhikr this worst people are seeing opposite genders’ sexual organs by their hearts during their prayers. As Truth Adhikr is the standard to judge on the Day of Judgment one should utilize It here to weigh all his deeds. Otherwise the read, heard and touched Book will argue and witness against them, and push them to the Hell. That is why it is told about these bore people in verse 6: 26: “They are preventing mankind about Adhikr, and are preventing themselves about It; indeed, they are destroying none except themselves; but they perceive it not”. These real disbelievers who falsely boast that they are worshiping Allah and following Muhammad are actually serving Satan by following 29 pseudo prophets.
To put it brief, the fate of everyone who received the Book is into the Hell. Any male or female by utilizing Adhikr—the Guidance—can himself/herself transfer his or her fate into the 1 out of 1000 who belongs to the Paradise. Thus he/she can change his name from ledger ‘Sijjeen’ to ledger ‘Illiyyeen’.
IF IT WAS SO…
If every individual has the awareness that he is bearing the computer software fastened around his own neck, he will not engage or follow satanic footsteps:
-communalism, chauvinism, racialism, nationalism, selfishness, partiality, rationalism, self-conceit, arrogance, insolence, sexual partiality, apartheid etc.
-miserliness, lavishness and vanity, interest, theft, dowry from woman’s side, bribing, black money, smuggling, adulteration, malpractice in weight and measures, corruption, earning wealth of orphans.
-robbery, murder, incendiary, terrorism, bloodshed, riots.
– promoting liquor, ganja and other such narcotic drug deals.
-anti-natural activities such as sodomy, rape, prostitution, masturbation; feelings, talks, dressings and posing encouraging for sexual ambitions between different males and females other than their spouses.
– Superstitious beliefs such as sorcery, black magic, omen, zodiac, palmistry, prophecy by caged birds, horoscope and divination by observing the movement of lizard.
– Invoking others than Lord Allah; offering food items to other than Lord Allah; reciting Qur’an upon dead, any rhyme or song praising and glorifying any person even if it’s Messengers like Muhammad, Moses and Jesus or any saint people which is against the soul of the Book and punishable; any deed including prayer without participation of the soul. Without being a believer with Allah’s Permission (Adhikr), any deed will not be accepted, instead the Hell will be the destiny for them as a fine mentioned in verses 25: 66. The prayer of hypocrites and their blind followers will not be accepted, moreover their prayer will increase astray to them as told in verses 13:14 and 40:50.
Therefore, I would like to introduce ‘Adhikr’ to ‘other-people’ than Muslims in order to utilize It and propagate It to others as a Safeguard and Shield against all calamities, disasters, Hell etc. It is also a strong Weapon to do Jihad against the people who are involved in Terrorism, mischievous activities and bloodshed; and there by forming the harmony of human unity.
AIM OF LIFE
Lord by calling the mankind in verse 4: 1 says: “Oh mankind, heed your Lord Allah Who has created you from a single soul, and created its mate from it, and from them both scattered so many men and women. And heed Allah about Whom you will be asked, and heed the wombs. Certainly Lord Allah is ever watching over you”. Verse 49: 13 says: “Oh mankind, certainly We created you from a single pair of male and female, and made you into different nations and tribes so that you may recognize one another; certainly the most honored of you in the sight of Lord is heedful, Lord Allah is Well Aware, Well-Acquainted”. The soul of everyone is from the Lord itself. So no male or no female has the choice to select era, nation, caste, religion, sex, color, parents, family etc. The ‘aim of life’ should be to identify the Lord, confirm oneself as a believer and to prepare Paradise in the 4th phase in order to inherit it in the 7th phase utilizing Adhikr—the Insight.
The one who identified his Lord utilizing the Insight in the 4th phase, at the time of death he will look at the Lord brightly and pleasantly as told in verses 75: 22-23. The hypocrites and followers (the disbelievers) who didn’t utilize the Insight will see Satan gloomily and sadly as told in verse 75: 24. It is told in verses 69: 49-51 that the ‘Assured Truth’ Adhikr is a cause of sorrow for the disbelievers. The hypocrites and their weaklings at the time of death will witness against themselves that they were disbelievers as told in verse 7: 37. Any Muslim who didn’t testify the Best Book ‘Husna’, at the time of death Lord will tell him: “Nay! Indeed, My verses came to you, but you rejected them and became arrogant; you were among the disbelievers” as told in verse 39: 59.
The Impartial Lord doesn’t lead anyone either to the Paradise or to the Hell. If it was Lord’s Wish, He would have guided everyone to the Straightpath. But He gave freedom either to be grateful or ungrateful as told in verse 76: 3. Verse 64: 2 says: “He is the One Who has created you, and among you there is disbeliever, then among you there is believer, and Allah sees what you are doing”. Therefore, male or female if utilizes Adhikr (Guidance/ Insight), it is for his own soul; and whoever strays about It, surely he strays against the soul, and none can make anyone a believer. In verse 2: 286 Lord says: “For each soul has what it earned; and has upon it ‘what not earned’”. So whoever reads this verse and is not preparing Paradise here in the 4th phase, he is earning the Hell even though he is not intending to earn it.
HOW ONE CAN CONFIRM A BELIEVER
No one becomes a believer without the ‘Permission of the Lord’ which is Adhikr as told in verses 10: 99-100. It is the inevitable duty of the parents to give their children Adhikr (the Ticket to the Paradise as well as Safeguard against Hell) before their 15th age; otherwise an evil Jinn comrade will be appointed for him. Through verses 43: 36-39 it is warned: “Whoever has shown indifference regarding Adhikr which is useful for the remembrance of the Impartial Lord, a soulmate will be appointed to him. And that Satan soulmate will hinder them from the Real path; But they will think that they are in the Straightpath. And thus when both of them come to Us he will say: Oh woe to us! How better it would had been there a distance of two sun rises (east and west) between us, then you are indeed the evillest companion. Thus both the evil doers (Man and his Jinn comrade) shall be partners in the punishment”. Actually Adhikr is the Food, cloth and Sight of soulmate (Jinn comrade). So the believer will refine his Satan comrade to a believer with Adhikr and thus he will keep the Lord in his heart. As a result, the Angels will guard him from all disasters, evils and the Hell. In verse 41: 30-31 say: As for those who say: “Our Lord is Allah,” and then stay firm on it, the Angels will descend on them, saying: “Let nothing fear or grieve you. Rejoice for the good news of Paradise that has been promising to you. We are your protectors in this life and in the Hereafter, there you shall find all that your soul desire as well as all that you demand for.”
Only believing parents will teach their children Adhikr—the Real Knowledge from the Lord—before the age of 15th. But today there is no believing parents anywhere in the world. So parents are not teaching the Lord’s Book to their children as well as to others. 999 out of each 1000 of Muslims—brothers of Satan—are dragging all the people into the utter darkness and aimlessness; and they will never relax in their efforts testifying verse 7:202.
In seven places such as 7: 18; 11: 118-119; 15: 42-43; 17: 63; 32: 13; 38: 84-85; 46: 18 Lord says: “I will fulfill the Hell with Jinns and mankind altogether”. As the explanation of verse 4: 118, Lord explained through Prophet: “In each every 1000, 999 will go to the Hell and only 1 will go to the Paradise. This ratio is meaningful, fixed and well known”. Therefore, male or female by holding fast Adhikr—the Insight (6: 104), the Guidance (17: 15), the Truth (10: 108 and 39: 41)—can be the 1 who returns to the Paradise. The Impartial Lord doesn’t send anyone to the Hell as well as to the Paradise. Since 1 in 1000 will only go to Paradise, today to form a group of believers is not advised. Instead the harmony of human unity by learning and teaching Adhikr is advised. That is, to make understand everyone that no man has the right to select his nation, religion, caste, tribe, color, sex, era of birth & death etc. This is the one and only way to annihilate selfishness, partiality, terrorism and all such mischievous satanic activities. In short, Lord created the universe; He is posting all creatures including men in so-and-so land in so-and-so time as He wishes. So the believer who is considering the Lord as Impartial will try to convey and propagate Adhikr—the Balance and Trust—throughout the world irrespective of nations and religions with the aim of extending the dateline of Earth’s Pole shift.
HOW TO PREPARE PARADISE HERE?
Man endowed with intelligence has to see Paradise using the Insight—Adhikr. The Lord setup the Earth as a minor depiction of the Paradise. The environment of Earth is bestowed with streams, rivers, lakes, seas, oceans, plains, hills, mountains, greenery, trees, flowers, fruits, fragrances etc. At the early periods of human civilization, peace and tranquility were maintained. By deviating from the Book man forgot the ‘aim of life’ and he started to satisfy with the temporary worldly amuses.
There are 1000 communities of creatures including man in the world. Out of that 400 communities are in land and 600 are in the water. All the living things and nonliving things in the universe are praising and glorifying the Lord as told in verses 17: 44 and 24: 41. It is the responsibility of mankind as the vicegerent of the Lord to act well to survive himself as well as the survival of whole creatures in the universe. But actually the believer representing the Believer Lord will only take that responsibility, whereas the disbelievers—vicegerents of Satan—involve in mischievous deeds harmful for whole creatures. That is why it is ordered the believer to say these disbelievers through verse 14: 30 as: “You enjoy here for a while, indeed your return is into the Fire”. Believer always involves in propagating Adhikr—the Light—to entire mankind, whereas the disbelievers try to extinguish It as told in verses 9:32 and 61:8.
During photosynthesis, in the presence of sunlight leaves of plants absorb carbon dioxide from atmosphere, and excrete oxygen and water; thus reduce air pollution due to carbon dioxide and thereby regulate atmospheric temperature. By absorbing the polluted water and fertilizers the roots of plant help to maintain hygienic surroundings. The roots of plant also prevent soil erosion and help to maintain the fertility of soil. The water vapors evaporated from the leaves cool the atmosphere and the clouds which leads to rainfall. That is why the rainfall over forest area is greater than that of other places.
For all creatures both in land and water, oxygenated atmospheric air is crucial for maintaining a healthy life. Therefore, the believer will plant and encourage others to plant more trees (especially trees with fruits) anywhere as far as possible testifying the teaching of Prophet: “You plant trees even though you knew that tomorrow is the Dooms Day”. Prophet also taught: “During the Last period you have to involve in cultivation and farming”. The one who purified his soul with Adhikr—Book for purification—will only eat wholesome foods. In other words, the one who eats wholesome food can only understand Adhikr. Today, as wholesome foods are not available in the markets, the believer should involve and encourage others to do organic cultivation and farming intending not only for his own sake, but also for the sake of whole creatures including mankind. The believer will discourage cultivation using artificial fertilizers and pesticides which are harmful for all creatures. He will also aware the mankind the hazards of genetic crops which cause cancer, blindness and all such genetic disorders.
Therefore, we should discourage cutting down of trees, demolition of mountain (since mountains are the anchors and nails to keep the Earth in its equilibrium), and construction of huge buildings especially in fields as well as in seas. It is a fact that the proportionate presence of natural resources such as petroleum, coal, minerals, metals are maintaining the gravitational force of the Earth. The unlimited mining of these resources may cause to lose the magnetic power and there by Pole shifting. Today those countries blessed with crude oil are rigging it without any restriction aiming their financial gains without considering the miserable consequences neglecting verse 30: 41 which says: “Mischief has appeared on the land and in the sea because of what men’s hands have earned, so that He may let them taste something of what they have earned in order that they may turn back to the aim of life”. The burning of petroleum products in vehicles and industries are causing air pollution which increases atmospheric temperature as well as decrease in magnetic field of Earth.
Verse 36: 41 says: “Neither the sun may catch up the moon nor does the night overtake the day, each swims along in its own orbit”. That means sun, moon, planets etc. have specific orbits to move just the night and the day never come together. “Each swims along in its own orbit” means all the planets are rotating and revolving in their own orbit due to a mutual attractive force. If the gravity of Earth is lost because of men’s foolish acts, Pole shift will happen at first and later the Earth will deviate from its orbit which leads to collide with all other planets including the sun and the moon. Then Earth will be flattened as a plane marble-slab for the Day of Judgment as mentioned in verses 84: 1-4. On that day sun will be only 1 mile apart.
So the believer will encourage to propagate and convey Lord’s Message to entire mankind with an intention to extend the life of universe so that he will get a share of the rewards of the praises and glorifications of whole living and nonliving things. Since the believer is the vicegerent of Lord, he will lead a moderate life, and will feed and promote others to feed orphans, indigents and needy from mankind without expecting any honor and consideration from anyone other than from Lord Who is observing everything testifying verses 76: 8-10.
Verse 32: 19 says: “Those who believe and convey the belief to others will abide Paradise as hospitable home; that is for their doings in this world.” And as per verse 32: 14 to the disbelievers it is told: “So have a taste, since you have forgotten about the meeting on this Day of yours! We have likewise forgotten you, taste the torment of eternity because of what you have been doing”. Therefore, any man or women irrespective of nation or religion should involve in planting trees and organic cultivation. They also have to encourage family members and others for it. If one can’t participate physically, he has to participate in it by propagating this idea to others and by giving financial support to those who are engaged in such deeds. Thus by forming the aim of life utilizing the Book he can also buy Paradise in order to inherit It in the 7th phase.
WHY IT SAYS: ‘ADHIKR IS FROM THE LORD’?
The Book we have sent down unto you full of Blessings so that they may proud (ponder) about Its verses, and in order to remind those who utilize their intelligence (38: 29)
The verse reminds the believers to be proud and self-sufficient with the blessed Book Adhikr. It is understood from verse 25: 18 that the Muslims who became the bore and boar people by forgetting Adhikr—Wise Reminder—will not utilize It. Therefore, it is the inevitable duty of the believers to motivate the intelligent people belonging to the Messenger Muhammad’s community (people other than Muslims) to utilize Splendid Book—Adhikr—by pointing out the predictions and prophecies of It. Verses such as 9: 51; 11: 6; 22: 90; 27: 75; 34: 3; 35: 11 and 57: 22 teach: “Anything in the heaven or in Earth as well as in ourselves is not occurring except it is recorded in the Book Adhikr (the Three Time Knowledge) before it is happened”. Verse 6: 59 says: “He holds the keys of the unseen; none knows the unseen except Him; and He knows whatever exist on land and sea. And no leaf falls down except He knows it, nor any seed lies under the darkness of the Earth, or anything wet or dry except recorded in a Clear Book”. Verse 10: 61 says: “No matter what affairs you may be engaged in, what portion from the Qur’an you may be reciting and whatever deeds you may be doing; We are a Witnesses thereof when you are deeply occupied with it: for there is not even an atom of anything in Earth or in heaven that is hidden from your Lord, neither anything smaller than that nor larger, but is recorded in a Clear Book”. Verse 41: 53 says: “We will show them Our verses on the horizons as well as in themselves until It becomes clear to them that indeed Adhikr is the Truth; Isn’t your Lord sufficient for you as a witness upon everything?”.
Some examples which were not understood before, but understandable today:
-The fact that each and every individual bears his recording software on his neck as mentioned in verses 17: 13-14 can be easily understood nowadays since computer is commonly used everywhere in the day to day affairs. This fact can be compared to the ‘Black Box’ used in airplane from which all details relating to the airplane can be recovered.
– The fact that Lord created man in the belly of mother stage by stage one after another in three veils of darkness mentioned in verses 39: 6 is recognized and approved recently by the medical science.
– The palatable clear water and salt bitter water existing in the sea without mingling each other mentioned in verse 25: 53 is discovered recently.
– The fact that universe is formed through big bang explosions and water is made essential for existence of life mentioned in verse 21: 30.
– While Pharaoh was drowned in the sea, he requested the Lord to save him. Then Lord answered: “Nay, We shall save your body only in order to be a sign for the mankind after you”. Today we can see that the dead body of Pharaoh in Egyptian museum even after 3000 years as mentioned in verse 10: 92
– The mountains of clouds present in the sky just like Ice Mountains mentioned in verse 24: 43 became visible only after the invention of the airplane.
– Lord Allah Who created man with unique finger prints is capable to resurrect him by assembling his bones mentioned in verses 75: 3-4 is more remarkable today when finger prints are used as a criterion for identity.
– Everything is created in pairs; from what the Earth produces, from their own and the things they have no knowledge mentioned in verse 36: 36 is more understandable today when an atom can also be divided.
– If scientific knowledge before was the sun is immobile while the Earth and other planets are swimming around the sun along their orbits; today the modern science has approved that the sun also moves towards its destination as mentioned in verse 36: 38.
– The Earth will submit its record on the Day of Judgment as mentioned in verse 99: 4 can be understood easily today as the audio and video recordings are widely used.
– If the heart is not participated in the sight, he is as if blind as told in verse 22: 46. That is why if Adhikr—the Insight—is not utilized here after receiving, they will prone on their faces blind, dumb and deaf into the hell is told in verses 7: 179; 17: 97 and 25: 33-34.
As told in verse 62: 2-3 Prophet Muhammad and Book Adhikr are not only for illiterate Arabs, but also for those from among illiterates who will take birth up till the Dooms Day. One can understand from these verses that Adhikr—the Wise Reminder—can be grasped more by those who can’t read and write Arabic than those who are proud in learning Arabic. Since Adhikr is the Speech of the Lord which is made very easy to understand, if anyone is reading It by praying with soul as: “Oh my Lord! Increase me the knowledge”, he can grasp It very easily as told in verse 54: 17.
Today those people who belong to Messenger Muhammad’s community (people other than Muslims) by reading and understanding Adhikr can codify the belief according to Its teaching. They should also have to remind Muslims who became the bore people by rejecting Adhikr—the only Interpretation of the Book from the Lord. Whoever from mankind if hides Adhikr—the Real Knowledge—after receiving It should return to the Hell—Kafir Satan’s paradise. Anyone who likes to return to the Paradise should testify and follow Adhikr which is the only Ticket to the Paradise as well as Safeguard against the Hell.
COMING OF IMAM MAHIDI
Today Muslims by forgetting Adhikr and the Lord are leading anti-natural satanic life all over the world including Saudi Arabia. That means if we compare Muslim majority places with that of other places, we can see that sodomy, rape, bloodshed, bomb blasting, hawala, terrorism, destroying the nature, drug trafficking, smuggling, human trafficking, leading extravagant life etc. are more in those places. Any place where Muslims are in majority is the place of having worst living conditions without peace and tranquility. Muslim scholars are becoming the worst creatures beneath the sky. Most of them are teaching ‘the body of the Book’. Some of them even teach Its meaning which is Its life. But none of them learns or teaches Soul of the Book—Adhikr—which is the Food, Cloth and Sight of Jinn comrade. Actually they are teaching the children ‘Qur’an’ same as the Jews were teaching their Book to their children during Prophet’s period in Medina. As per verses 2: 146 and 6: 20, those to whom Allah has given the Book recognize him (Prophet) as they recognize their own children. But by rejecting the Wise Reminder Adhikr, they are not following or witnessing Prophet’s life among mankind. Verse 98: 6 says: “Indeed those who hide the Truth Adhikr among the people of the Book (hypocrites) and those who associate others in Lord’s dominion (blind followers) will be in Hell-fire, they dwell in it forever. Such are the worst of creatures on land”.
If Adhikr is used as the Insight/Balance/Criterion, one can see that there are lack of promise fulfilling people, squanderers getting dignity and honor, incapable and worthless becoming leaders, deterioration of modesty, ladies becoming naked even though wearing pardas, increasing sodomy and adulteration, increasing bastards on Earth, engagement of boys and girls in illegal sexual intercourse before puberty, flattening of Earth, Earth becoming illuminating and decorated, spontaneous destruction of crops, entering wild animals to human inhabitations, engulfing land by seas, quick passing of time, remaining the text of Qur’an without Its soul, mosques becoming huge building without Guidance-Adhikr etc. are indicating the approach of the Pole shift. Prophet foretold: “During Last period their Qibla (concentration point) will be ladies”. But today their morality has become even worse than that the daughters are being raped by the parents and grandparents. Thus their Qibla has become vaginas rather than ladies. Muslims are only reading verses 38: 24 which gives the warning that all mingling male and female are having thirst for illegal sexual intercourse one another except those who believe and do righteous deeds, and they are only a few. Muslims all over the world have already become wrongdoers and transgressors. As a result, ‘other-people’ are also becoming wrongdoers. So the true believers including male/female monks from ‘other-people’ among whole mankind will be separated from disbelievers and will be gathered into ‘Hijaz’.
Within short period at ‘Hijaz’ which includes two provinces Mecca and Medina, Imam Mahdi will appear as the leader for believers. First he will make his appearance at Prophet’s Masjid of Medina where he will not be accepted. Then he will reach Mecca, where too he will be denied. Then the odd believers migrated to Mecca from different countries such as Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria will accept him by pledging. Saudi rulers will consider Mahdi as a terrorist. So they will contact Syrian ruler and inform that their citizens have pledged with the terrorist, and will demand to seize them back. Thus a Syrian force will start to Mecca, which will be drowned in the desert on their way. This supernatural event by the Lord will cause to approve Mahdi as a leader by the whole world including Saudi, America and Israel. Thus Hijaz will come under the leadership of Mahdi. Then the believers among mankind all over the world irrespective of nation or religion will be gathered at Hijaz testifying the Prophet’s teaching: “The believers will be gathered at Hijaz from all over the world as snake crawls to its hole”. Thus the “World Triumph” will occur. Verse 32: 28 mentions about the disbelievers’ mocking question to the believers: “When will this promise of Triumph be fulfilled, if you are so truthful”. Then Lord commands the believer to reply through verse 32: 29: “On the Day of Triumph, to accept the faith will not be benefited to the disbelievers (Kafirs), nor they will be allowed to wait”.
Both in verses 9: 32 and 61: 8 Lord says: “The hypocrites want to extinguish out Allah’s Light (Adhikr) with their mouths, while Allah will spread throughout the world His Light, even though disbelievers are hating it. Justifying these verses Adhikr—the Light—will be translated into different languages and distributed/propagated throughout the world. After the departure of last ‘Sabiq’ (forerunner to the Paradise without Trial) from the world, Pole shift will occur and Antichrist will appear.
APPEARANCE OF ANTICHRIST AND SECOND COMING OF JESUS
Prophet taught: “The children of Adam will not afflict more subversion than that of Maseeh-A-Dajjal (Antichrist). All the Prophets have warned their people about the subversion caused by Antichrist. Prophet taught: “I am the last Prophet and so Antichrist will appear on you. Therefore, teach your children about Antichrist”. He will appear as a famous general of Israel army in the name of ‘Mose-Dayal'(Maseeh-A-Dajjal in Arabic). Prophet taught: “30 pseudo-prophets will come forth from onwards Musailimathul Kadhab (who came at the time of Prophet itself)”. Among them, Antichrist will be the last and final pseudo-prophet. He will pervade all over the world and will bring the world under his ruling power except ‘Hijaz’—the provinces including Mecca and Medina. Prophet taught: “3 years before the coming of Antichrist, the rainfall and agriculture will become less by one-third; it will become less by two-third in the second year. And during the third year, there will be no agriculture and rainfall. At that time, he will appear”. Prophet also taught: “On that period, the believers will live by ‘Thasbeeh’ (Glorifying Him), ‘Thahmeed’ (Praising Him) ‘Thahleel’ (remembering His Solitary) and ‘Thakbeer’ (remembering His Greatness) by soul”. Most probably Antichrist will be the first cloned man. He is the tallest creature among human, and the greatest abilities of Satan will be expressed through him. First he will argue that he is a Prophet, and will cause rainfall, germinate agriculture and give food for people. Later he will argue that he is the lord. He will ask a village man: “Will you accept me as the lord, if I resurrect and bring your dead father and mother back to life?” And he will resurrect his father and mother by means of cloning or by any other method. Prophet taught: “Satan will form as his father and mother, and then the father and mother will tell their son that ‘he’ is your lord, so you accept him”. Verse 23: 14 ends as: “So blessed be Allah the best of all creators” means that there are creators besides Allah. Satan in the form of Antichrist is given the power to create. Adhikr—the Wise reminder—is not against that argument. “Allah is the Best Creator of all creators” means that, only Allah is able to create anything out of nothingness. Anyway, Lord Allah is the One Who gives Spirit—Life + Soul.
The companions asked Prophet: “How long will Antichrist stay on Earth?” Prophet said: “40 days. The first day will be as long as a year, the second day as long as a month, the third day as long as a week, and the rest of the days will be like your ordinary days”. Companions asked: “Oh Prophet! How quick will he reach all over the Earth?” Prophet replied: “Like clouds driven by the wind, he will reach all the places wherever mankind resides”.
A believer from Medina will come to Dajjal for confirming about his appearance and will tell him: “Surely, you are the same Dajjal whose description was given us by Allah’s Messenger”. Then Dajjal will say the people: “If I kill this man and bring him back to life again, will you approve me as the Lord?” The believer will reply: “No”. Then Dajjal will split him into two equal longitudinal parts to a distance of a spear. Then by rejoining both parts he will resurrect him. The believer will say: “I was unable to see and distinguish you before in deep Insight as of today”. By hearing this, Antichrist will try again to kill him but will fail.
Verse 6: 103 says: “No Visions comprehends the Lord, while He comprehends all visions, Indeed He is Knower of innermost feelings, Well-Acquainted”. Prophet taught: “Oh servants of Lord, you will not see your Lord from this world, you will see Him only after death. Your Lord is having two eyes. But Antichrist is having one active eye. His right eye will be like a dry-sucked grape”. Even for the illiterate believer who utilizes Adhikr as the Insight can recognize him as the disbeliever. But the hypocrites who hide Adhikr will welcome and help him, and the common Muslims will be entrapped by him, because he will fulfill the ambitions of hypocrites and followers. All the hypocritical men and women who live in Hijaz will shift to other places where Antichrist rules. There will be hell and paradise with him. But his hell will be the paradise for believers; and his paradise will be paradise for hypocrites and hell for believers. Prophet taught: “This world is like a hell for the believers, and they will get Paradise only after the death; but for the hypocrites this world is like the paradise and they will get the Hell by death”. Hypocrites are eagerly waiting Antichrist’s paradise, so that they will get young beautiful women and handsome men for fulfilling their sexual ambitions. Today we can see that they are living for such nasty ambitions.
For the last fight against Antichrist, the believers will go to Syria and assemble at the white minaret Masjid of Damascus under the leadership of Mahdi. While readying for the prayer, they will hear a buzzing sound, and the believers will look at the sky. They will see Jesus descending by placing his hands on the wings of two Angels like sitting in an armed chair. He will be dressed with saffron color cloths as in ‘Ihram’ (dressing style while circulating Ka’bah/ monk’s style). When he will be called to lead the prayer, he will say that the believers are leaders to one another, and hence perform prostration in the leadership of the one to whom leadership is assigned; and he will perform prostration behind the Imam Mahdi. After prostration the doors of the Masjid will be opened as per the command of Jesus, and there will be Antichrist and his 70,000 Jew soldiers ready to fight against believers. On seeing Jesus, Antichrist will start to melt just as salt dissolves in water. Then Jesus and believers will follow him and will catch him at the place of ‘Babu-Ludh’ (Ben Gurion airport at Lyda). And Jesus will kill him with his spear and will show the blood to the people. Then the believers from ‘Hijaz’ will kill 70,000 Jews soldiers with him. The agitators in towns mentioned in verse 33: 60 includes those 70,000 Jew soldiers and all other terrorists of the world who are making agitations and bloodsheds. The cursed terrorists will be killed by the coming of Jesus. The people other than Muslims in the entire world will recognize and approve the Islam as their way of life. Then the hypocrites and those who have a disease in their hearts specified in verse 33: 60 who hide, reject Adhikr and thus falsify Prophet and Islam will not find any shelter or hiding place anywhere in the world. Even each tree and stone will proclaim that there is a disbeliever hiding behind it, so seize and kill them. That means all ‘other-people’ belonging to Prophet Muhammad’s community will implement the orders of three verses 4: 91; 9: 123 and 33: 61 which is not implemented till that day. To put it brief today the Muslims (real Kafirs) who neglect the Lord and Prophet by hiding and rejecting Adhikr are expecting that they will get the ultimate Triumph. Since they are approving Dajjal—the Satan—as Lord, they will be killed by ‘other-people’ whom they mistook as Kafirs. In verse 3: 83 says: “Everything on Earth and heaven will approve Islam willingly or unwillingly”. Thus THE ULTIMATE VICTORY IS FOR ISLAM… BUT NOT THROUGH MUSLIMS will come true. Lord says through verse 48: 6 says: “The ultimate victory for believers will happen in order to punish the hypocrite men and hypocrite women, and the men and women who associate others in the dominion of Allah, whose thought about Allah was evil thought. Allah’s wrath and curse will be upon them; He has kept the Hell for them. What an evil returning place”. Note that ‘men and women who associate others in the dominion of Allah’ mentioned is about strayed people mentioned in verse 1: 7.
Thus the ruling power of world will come into the hands of Jesus from Antichrist, and he will rule the world centralizing Mecca—the center of the Earth—as capital. On that day whole World will become like one country, and there will be one way of life—Islam, one Deity and one Qibla. On realizing the real faith, the Christians themselves will break their crosses and kill the swine; and Hindus will remove idols from their temples. On that day Peace and freedom will come on Earth, so that anyone (even for woman) can travel anywhere at anytime in the world without fearing others. Thus the command of verse 43: 60 which says: “If it were Our intention, We would have made Angels from among you as successors on Earth” will come true. That means men and women on Earth will be transformed to the characters of Angels and they will lead life here peacefully and tranquilly with no diversity of color, sex, religion, caste etc. On those days’ sexual intercourse will not be here as if in the Paradise. All the believing men and women will become brothers and sisters. Thus life of Paradise will happen on Earth. On that day harmony of mankind will be flourished on Earth. After ruling the world for 7 years, Jesus will die at the age of 40, and will be buried in a grave near to Prophet Muhammad’s which is kept vacant now.
Verse 6: 158 says: “What are they waiting except the Angels come to them, or the Day when some of your signs arrive, belief in them will not benefit for any person who has not believed in them already, nor has earned some good through his faith”. Now only the 10 major signs of Last Day have to appear which are taught by the Prophet being the explanation of this verse. Prophet has taught that the Last Day will not come until the 10 major signs appear; they are: “Rising the sun from the west; appearance of Antichrist, second coming of Jesus, smoke which spreads throughout the Earth, coming of the beast from Earth, appearance of Gog and Magog, Earth drown into deepness in three places (one in the east, other in the west and the third in Arabian Peninsula) and the fire from Yemen which leads the people to Judgment place (Mahshara)”.
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Vincent Trocheck
#21 Florida Panthers Forward
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
Selected by the Florida Panthers in the third round, 64th overall, of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.
Member of the Gold Medal Winning Team USA at the World Junior Championships (2013)
OHL First Team All-Star (2013)
OHL Player of the Year (2013)
Played in the NHL All-Star Game (2017)
Q. How old were you when you started playing hockey?
A. 3 years old
Q. Who was your favorite athlete (any sport) growing up?
A. Peter Forsberg
Q. What advice would you give to a version of yourself?
A. Work hard
Q. Who is one person (past or present) with whom you'd like to have dinner with?
A. Tiger Woods
Q. What song is on your pre-game playlist?
A. No Problems - Chance the Rapper
Q. What's your favorite movie?
A. Step Brothers
Q. Who is or was the most influential person in helping you on your way to becoming a professional athlete?
A. My father
Q. What is your favorite pre-game meal?
A. Chicken and pasta
Q. Tell us your favorite motivational quote.
A. Don't limit your challenges, challenge your limits.
Q. If you could vacation anywhere in the world, where would it be?
A. Italy
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Vincent Trocheck heads to Los Angeles for 2017 NHL All-Star game
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Kurt Busch - NASCAR Cup Series Preview Dover
Photo courtesy of Steve Rose
DOVER, Del. (Sept. 16, 2008) - Miller Lite Dodge Driver Kurt Busch says that drivers, crew members and especially the fans attending this weekend's Camping World RV 400 at Dover International Speedway should all recognize racing legend Rusty Wallace in some form or fashion for his actions from 15 years ago.
Sure, the record book shows that Wallace was the winner of the Sept. 19, 1993 Splitfire 500 on the one-mile, high-banked Dover track, but that fact has nothing to do with the reason that Busch says Wallace deserves such accolades.
"If Rusty hadn't done all the lobbying and politicking that he did back then, we could very well still be racing on an asphalt surface there this weekend," said Busch, the 2004 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion who took the driver's seat from Wallace in the Miller Lite-sponsored, Penske Racing-prepared No. 2 Dodge when he retired after the 2005 season. "I think everyone agrees now that the tracks with the high banking like at Dover and Bristol absolutely need concrete surfaces. But back then, the jury was out on that subject.
"I've always been a pretty big history buff of our sport," said Busch. "I know that Bristol had already gone to concrete, but it was all by itself. The story I've always heard was that you had Rusty leading the charge in campaigning for concrete at Dover and you had (Dale) Earnhardt Sr. being the guy most vocal in saying that the track should continue to use asphalt in their resurfacing projects.
"All the accounts that I have come across through the years indicate that Rusty's efforts back then sold the track management on going with the concrete instead of continuing to repave the track with fresh asphalt," said Busch. "It'd be really neat to read Rusty's version of what all went down back then."
Wallace, the 1989 series champ, a three-time Dover winner, 55-race winner overall and now a successful member of the ESPN-TV broadcasting team, was happy to oblige.
"We were having a great time back then, winning a ton of races, getting the sport's fan base really spiraling upward and helping get what we do plastered permanently on the map," said Wallace, as he paused from a busy schedule last weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway to recall the scenario he faced during the 1993-1994 seasons. "Dale and I were big rivals on the race track, but always close beer-drinking buddies off the track.
"I remember that Melvin Joseph was pretty much the man who carried the most clout around Dover back then," Wallace said of the late Joseph, the Georgetown, Del., contractor and developer who designed and built the Dover track and later was the Vice President and Director of Auto Racing at the facility. "Bristol had gone to concrete in 1992 and was going through sort of a transitional phase in its acceptance. I saw from the very first race there that it was the best way to go. It wasn't as heat-sensitive like asphalt and it stayed so much more consistent throughout the race.
"And for the track owners, it meant not having to go back and repave so often because the concrete didn't weather that much and would last for years without much maintenance," Wallace continued. "But there were still a few guys out there, especially Dale, who for some reason or another just didn't like concrete.
"I remember that Dale always would just throw that big grin of his at me and say, ‘Hey Rusty, you know that concrete is for driveways, not race tracks,'" Wallace said with a chuckle. "All I could do was shake my head, because I knew I wouldn't get anywhere arguing about it with him.
"So it came down to Dale and me hammering old Mel from every direction possible," Wallace continued with a mischievous smirk. "NASCAR let Melvin pull his coach into the garage area at Dover and park it right by their trailer. During those particular race weekends there starting with the spring
race of '93, I don't know how many times I saw Dale go in and out of the door of what became Mel's personal office in the garage area. I knew what he was doing - singing the praises of asphalt and doing what he could to get them to keep on using asphalt on the racing surface.
"I did the best I could to let my opinion of what should be done known, but I confess that I now think it was just a lucky coincidence that gave me the opportunity to drive my side of the deal home with Mel," said Wallace. "We had been doing several appearances for Miller at the Rusty Rudder (restaurant and bar) down in Dewey Beach and our group was down there again on the Thursday night before that fall race in '93.
"Our group was at one table and Mel and his group was at an adjoining table," Wallace continued. "We got to talking among the guys at our table about the problems they'd had with the
racing surface in the recent Dover races and I guess I was a little bit loud when I blared out that they oughta' just concrete the damned place.
"The next thing I knew, Mel yelled for me to come over there to his table and join him," Wallace said laughing. "I went over and pulled up a chair right in front of him, so we could be face-to-face. He said that he'd heard again just what I said and he wanted me to sell him on going with concrete. I presented my case in terms and language that must have made a big impression on Mel.
"It was like I had thrown a big John Wayne performance on him in that I'm convinced that Mel left the Rusty Rudder there that night won over that concrete was the best way to go and exactly what they were going to do," said Wallace. "I'm sure that Dale continued to hound him about it, even the next day at the track, but it didn't do any good.
"You know, I went on to win that September race in '93 and came back and won both of the races at Dover in 1994," Wallace concluded. "But even though I know that gave me quite a bit of credence, I'm convinced that it was that big, late-night rap session that Mel and I had there at the Rusty Rudder that night that turned the trick."
Busch is certainly appreciative of Wallace's efforts at Dover 15 years ago and remains amazed at the conditions he excelled under back then.
"I've seen the videos from the old battles that (Dale) Earnhardt Sr. and Rusty (Wallace) had there back during those years and it's pretty incredible," Busch said. "They were really going at it hard and heavy, the old pavement was chunking up in the turns and there was loose asphalt flying around all over the place. I remember Rusty even won a race where the conditions were like that and he was riding around out of fuel and with a flat tire. And just to think, they were having to get after it for 500 laps -- not 400 laps - back then. Those are legendary races that should be celebrated forever."
For the record, the original asphalt was laid in 1969 and resurfaced again in 1986. But as the years went by the asphalt became weathered and battered, causing several severe cracks and bumps to form. This led to the caution-filled races and upset drivers who were already having a rough enough time battling each other, let alone the racing surface.
So after months of deliberation and research - reinforced by the lobbying of Wallace - the Dover officials, led by Joseph, tackled the project of resurfacing the entire one-mile oval in concrete. Construction began immediately after the September 1994 race, and crews used more than 17 tons of cement, sand and stone, accumulating over $2 million in costs, to pour a smooth concrete surface that was unlike any other at the time. The main pouring of concrete took only five working days starting in November 1994, but preparation and final touches kept the crews busy all winter long.
NASCAR drivers, teams and fans returned to Dover for the June 4, 1995 Miller Genuine Draft 500 to find the bright new and extremely fast surface that brought new life to the 27-year-old race track. The welcomed chan
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Security flaw in widely used third-party toolkit leaves millions of IoT devices vulnerable
Security researchers have uncovered a flaw in an open source third-party toolkit called gSOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) that’s widely used to help connect IoT devices to the Internet.
Researchers at Senrio first discovered the flaw in an Axis Communications security camera. When exploited, the flaw – dubbed Devil’s Ivy after the plant which is nearly impossible to kill and spreads quickly – allows an attacker to remotely access a video feed or even block access to a feed (the latter of which could be incredibly helpful if you’re trying to rob a bank, for example).
Axis found the flaw in 249 of its camera models and has released a patch to fix it but the scope of the issue extends far beyond Axis’ product lines.
Because the flaw lies within the gSOAP toolkit, other devices that utilize gSOAP are also affected by Devil’s Ivy. Genivia, the company that manages gSOAP, tells Senrio that the toolkit has been download more than a million times. Its customers include big names like Adobe, Xeros, IBM and Microsoft, just to name a few.
H.D. Moore, a well-known IoT researcher for consulting firm Atredis Partners, tells Wired that the vulnerability highlights how supply chain code is shared across the Internet of Things. With IoT, Moore notes, code reuse is vulnerability reuse.
That said, Moore doesn’t seem to think the issue is a red-alert level threat due to the fact that an attack requires sending two gigabytes of data to a target. What’s more, an attack would have to be configured separately for each vulnerable device.
Senrio estimates that tens of millions of products – both connected devices and software – are affected by Devil’s Ivy to some degree.
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Raiders’ Bishop wins it in overtime
Feb 4, 2011 at 1:45 AM Feb 4, 2011 at 1:50 AM
Hopedale 61, Notre Dame 58: Junior forward Lyndsey Bishop drained a 3-pointer with nine seconds left in overtime to lift the visiting Blue Raiders to victory.
Bishop finished with 11 points, and also hit a 3-pointer with 16 seconds left in regulation to force overtime. Sophomore guard Anna Siefring had 16 points and nine assists, while senior center Katherine Englund had 12 points and 11 rebounds for Hopedale (13-1).
Taylor McVey had 25 points and 14 rebounds for the No. 7 Rebels (9-3).
Bromfield 40, Murdock 34: Montana Burke led all scorers with 18 points for the visiting Trojans (3-12).
Seventh-grader Paige Anderson led the Blue Devils (0-12) with 13 points.
Burncoat 72, South 62: Shanelle Sims (35 points) hit a 3-pointer with 10 seconds left in regulation, and she scored seven points in overtime and Kelly Bates had five in OT for the Patriots (6-8, 3-2 Inter-High) against the Colonels.
Kate Edmonds (21 points) had tied the score for South, which trailed virtually throughout, on a basket and a foul shot with less than a minute left in regulation.
Because of pipe bursting in the Burncoat gym, the game was played at South.
Doherty 72, North 28: Senior guard Kiesha Jones had 17 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for the Highlanders (10-3, 5-0), which clinched the Inter-High title with the victory.
Emily Capstick added 9 points, while Erika Opoku scored 8 for Doherty.
Ayanna Ortiz scored 12 points for the Polar Bears (0-13, 0-6).
Holy Name 52, St. Peter-Marian 37: Senior guard Bridget O’Sullivan led the host Naps (9-3, 3-2 Central Mass. Conference) with 10 points.
Junior center Bianca Langford added nine points and nine rebounds, while freshman forward Brianna Frias had six points with nine rebounds for Holy Name.
Rachel Kutz led all scorers with 12 points for the Guardians (2-12, 0-5).
Main South 44, Abby Kelley 40: Tied at 14 at halftime and 36-36 at the end of regulation, the visiting Cougars pulled away in overtime.
Sophomore Aretha Sullivan led Cougars (5-5, 3-1 WCAC) with a game-high 13 points while senior Jasmine Cabrera (12 points, 17 rebounds) and junior Nathalie Zakrzewski (11, 10) had double-doubles for the Bears (6-4).
Marlboro 32, Hudson 24: Amanda Monfalcone and Sarin Kahn led the Panthers (3-11, 2-5 Mid-Wach B) with 11 points apiece in Hudson.
Kaylee Cummings scored seven points for the Hawks (6-8, 2-5).
Milford 80, Fitchburg 68: Junior forward Brittany Hill had 14 points and 18 rebounds for the host Scarlet Hawks (6-7, 3-5 Mid-Wach A).
Juniors Reba Barrows and Natasha Gonzalez each added 12 points for Milford.
Hannah Goguen scored 26 points, and Rebecca Fluet added 23 for the Red Raiders (6-8, 1-8).
North Brookfield 60, BMR 41: Sadie Fallam scored 18 points for the visiting Indians (7-7, 3-6 DVC).
Ashley Duszak added 14 points, while Hannah Forgit scored nine for North Brookfield.
Katelyn Levasseur led all scorers with 21 points for the Chargers (0-10, 0-7 DVC).
Oxford 48, Uxbridge 31: Senior guard Johanna Burke had 13 points and 15 rebounds for the host Pirates (7-7, 7-7 SWCL East).
Junior forward Lauren Puishys had 14 points eight rebounds for Oxford.
Stephanie Seagrave led the Spartans (6-9, 4-9) with 10 points.
Shrewsbury 51, Leominster 34: Freshman center Elizabeth Grip scored a career-high 18 points to go with 15 rebounds as the sixth-ranked Colonials (11-4, 6-3 Mid-Wach A) topped the No. 8 Blue Devils (9-3, 6-2) in Shrewsbury.
Senior guard Tiffani Grillo added 11 points as Shrewsbury, which led by 13 at halftime, won its third straight game. Olivia Nowokunski and Gina Angelina had 10 points each for Leominster.
Southbridge 61, Bay Path 19: Senior Dayna Larson scored 17 points and sophomore Janetis Cardona added 11 as the Pioneers (7-9) defeated the visiting Minutemen (2-10) for their second win in three games.
Quabbin 53, Nashoba 37: Lydia Deneen scored 13 points and Lindsey Howland 10 as the visiting Panthers (7-4, 5-3 Mid-Wach B) rolled.
Emmalie Keenan led the Chieftains (2-9, 1-6) with 10 points.
Valley Tech 41, Nashoba Tech 35: Meghan Freschke scored 12 points and freshman center Ashley Thompson scored six of her eight points in the fourth quarter when the visiting Beavers (8-5, 6-3 CAL) rallied from a 30-29 deficit after three quarters against the Vikings (9-4, 4-4).
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Webster panel wants limits on 1-way street parking
The town�s public safety committee endorsed a no-parking ban on the left side of Whitcomb Street, with the intent of doing the same with the remaining one-way streets in town.
Police Chief Timothy J. Bent said there are �no parking� signs on Whitcomb Street from East Main Street (Route 12) to Cutler and Washington streets. However, farther along on Whitcomb Street, there are no �no parking� signs to the end, where the street intersects with Lake Street. As a result, people are parking their cars on both sides of Whitcomb Street from Washington to Lake streets, Chief Bent said. This stretch of Whitcomb Street is where St. Joseph School and St. Joseph�s Basilica are.
�Now, there are so many complaints,� Chief Bent said. �The fear is that you can�t through there if there is an emergency.�
In a unanimous vote, the five-member public safety committee endorsed �no parking� on the left side of Whitcomb Street, with the sole exception of funeral parking. Selectmen will have final say.
In addition, the committee plans to suggest that selectmen later agree to have the no-parking signs be switched from one side of the street to the other every month. The committee also wants selectmen to attend to similar problems on the town�s remaining one-way streets, which include Prospect and Granite.
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Scientists invent gravy training theory
By David Derbyshire, Science Correspondent
12:00AM GMT 30 Nov 2000
SCIENTISTS have worked out the perfect amount of gravy to bring out the best in a Sunday roast dinner.
They say that a typical plate of meat and two veg should absorb exactly three large tablespoons of gravy. Anyone pouring that much gravy, which is the equivalent of a plate covered to a depth of 3mm, will be left with nothing to rinse away at the end of a meal. For those who prefer to leave some gravy to mop up with bread, the team has also worked out that Ciabatta is the best bread to use.
The research comes from Dr Len Fisher, an independent food scientist at Bristol University. He was interested in how different foods absorb gravy after cooking, a rate expressed by the formula (W-(D/S))/D x 100, where W is the weight of uncooked food, D is the dry or cooked weight and S is the amount food shrinks during cooking.
Dr Fisher, who was funded by the manufacturer Bisto, said: "What it says is that the amount of gravy absorbed is the same as the amount of moisture lost during cooking. We found that Yorkshire pudding absorbed most gravy, followed by roast potato. What was surprising was that peas and beans were also good absorbers but that mashed potatoes were bad, diluting the gravy."
Yorkshire pudding absorbed 90 per cent of its dry weight in gravy, a halved roast potato 30 per cent, beans 20 per cent and peas 15 per cent. Slices of beef and carrots soaked up no gravy.
Yorkshire puddings can take up to five minutes to become saturated with gravy while baked potatoes can take up to 10 minutes. Peas, beans and Brussels sprouts become saturated within 30 seconds, with the gravy finding its way beneath the vegetables' outer layer.
Dr Fisher said: "We recommend that the meat should first be eaten with parsnips and green vegetables, with Yorkshire pudding next and roast potatoes last." Ciabatta bread asborbs around 120 per cent of its weight in gravy, making it ideal for mopping up residue gravy. It is best when left for a day and then swirled around the plate in a circular motion using both sides.
Dr Fisher estimates that more than 150,000 gallons of gravy is left every week.
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Xbox One Background Music feature won’t arrive before summer
Sam Loveridge, January 15, 2016 1:00 pm GMT
Xbox One Background Music play won’t arrive anytime before summer, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has confirmed.
Microsoft’s latest console, the Xbox One, isn’t lacking many features thanks to regular and console-defining updates, but there is one major thing that its users are clamouring for. And that’s background music play.
It’s something that was well implemented on the Xbox 360, and is available on its rival the PS4 thanks to PlayStation Music.
But, it’s still missing from the Xbox One.
Fans regularly raise the question of when it will arrive with Xbox boss Phil Spencer, and it’s risen its head again.
https://twitter.com/statuses/687463120730652672
Sadly, it seems we’re going to be in for a wait for background music support on the Xbox One.
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It’s a particular piece of sad news as the Xbox Feedback site currently has over 22,000 votes for the feature, meaning such an addition would make a lot of Xbox One fans happy.
You can have music playback via the Groove app while you’re playing a game, but only when it’s snapped, which is very irritating if you want the fullscreen game experience.
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Background: Britain conquered Burma over a period of 62 years (1824-1886) and incorporated it into its Indian Empire. Burma was administered as a province of India until 1937 when it became a separate, self-governing colony; independence from the Commonwealth was attained in 1948. Gen. NE WIN dominated the government from 1962 to 1988, first as military ruler, then as self-appointed president, and later as political kingpin. Despite multiparty legislative elections in 1990 that resulted in the main opposition party - the National League for Democracy (NLD) - winning a landslide victory, the ruling junta refused to hand over power. NLD leader and Nobel Peace Prize recipient AUNG SAN SUU KYI, who was under house arrest from 1989 to 1995 and 2000 to 2002, was imprisoned in May 2003 and is currently under house arrest. In December 2004, the junta announced it was extending her detention for at least an additional year. Her supporters, as well as all those who promote democracy and improved human rights, are routinely harassed or jailed.
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Everton goalkeeper Pickford proud to fire England to victory
Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford was pleased to fire England to victory over Switzerland in the Nations League third place playoff.
Pickford pulled off a spectacular save as the Three Lions won their Nations League third-place play-off against Switzerland on penalties having also scored himself in the shoot-out even though he has never taken a spot-kick before in a game.
The Everton star, who became the first England keeper to take a penalty in a shoot-out, said: “I was a bit nervous taking my penalty, but I'm not nervous saving them.
“We practice them consistently and I always pick my spot and always seem to score, but I had never taken one in a real game. First ever. I took some back in school but I'd never taken one in a competitive football match. So it was a bit more nerve-racking, shall we say? But I got over it!
“I practiced a lot in training in the last three weeks, taking penalties. They might be decisive and everyone has to be ready to take one if it comes to it. The gaffer gave me No5... I relaxed, went through my routine I've been practicing, and stepped up."
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Last minute header denies USA victory over Portugal
US defender Geoff Cameron (R) and US defender Fabian Johnson (2nd R) react after a goal from Portugal's forward Silvestre Varela (3rd R) during a Group G match between USA and Portugal at the Amazonia Arena in Manaus. AFP
US midfielder Jermaine Jones celebrates after scoring during a Group G football match between USA and Portugal. AFP
A superb header by Silvestre Varela in the final minute of extra time saved world player of the year Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal from crashing out of the World Cup finals on Monday (June 23) as they secured a 2-2 draw with the United States.
The Americans had looked to be safely into the last 16 after second-half goals by Jermaine Jones and Clint Dempsey saw them come back from 1-0 down to lead.
Nani opened had opened the scoring in the fifth minute when he pounced on a horrible miss kick by U.S. defender Geoff Cameron to blast a shot past the goalkeeper, Tim Howard.
As Portugal set back to protect their lead, the Americans started to dominate the game and they were rewarded when midfielder Jermaine Jones produced a thunder blaster in the 64th minute to put them in the lead.
Captain Clint Dempsey, then gave the Americans the lead in the 81st min when he used his stomach to guide the ball into the goal.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who had been trying to shake off a knee injury, did not play anywhere near the mercurial levels that he is capable off but he turned up when it mattered the most.
He delivered a Beckham-esque cross for Portuguese substitute Varela to score with a flying header in the fifth minute of stoppage time.
With this result, it means that USA and Germany are leveled on points at the top of Group G and both need just a point to qualify to the round of 16.
USA face Germany on Friday (June 27).
Portugal's hopes of qualifying are slim to none as not only do they need to beat a Ghana side who also hoping to qualify they need to beat them by at least five clear goals to qualify on goal difference.
Source: Reuters, YouTube
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Home Sport Football Afcon: Woman killed, shops looted in France after Algeria’s football win
Afcon: Woman killed, shops looted in France after Algeria’s football win
A woman has been killed in a high-speed car crash in southern France, while shops were looted in central Paris in what the government slammed as “unacceptable” unrest following Algeria’s quarter-final win over Ivory Coast in the African Cup of Nations.
In the southern city of Montpellier, an Algerian football supporter, celebrating his team’s win, lost control of his car on Thursday and ran over a family, killing a woman and seriously injuring her baby, a security official said.
The 21-year-old man, who was taken into police custody, was driving at high speed in the Mosson neighbourhood, the official said.
The baby suffered traumatic injuries and was rushed to hospital, while the woman’s 17-year-old daughter suffered an ankle injury.
Algeria, the favourites in this year’s football tournament, defeated the Ivory Coast on penalties in the Egyptian city of Suez to set up a semi-final showdown with Nigeria.
Paris looting
Algerian fans flocked to the Champs-Elysees in central Paris and the Vieux Port area in Marseille late on Thursday after the match ended.
Two stores near the Champs-Elysees were looted, an AFP news agency journalist said.
In total, 43 people were detained and police used tear gas to disperse thousands who had gathered in Paris and Marseille.
“The damage and incidents last night on the sidelines of the celebrations… are unacceptable,” France’s Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said in a tweet.
“I hail the actions of the security forces in Paris and across the country to maintain order and contain the excesses.”
Paris and Marseille are home to large minority communities of Algerian origin. Football celebrations, with supporters brandishing Algerian flags, have on occasion been a source of tensions.
Algeria fans flooded onto the streets of Paris after their country's win on penalties over Ivory Coast in the #TotalAFCON2019– but the celebrations turned to tragedy when a woman died after being hit by a car in the southern city of Montpellier pic.twitter.com/M1ApdrWipz
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Ruga: CAN calls for arrest of members of Northern coalition
The Southern Youth Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria, YOWICAN, yesterday called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to quickly arrest members of the Northern Coalition, who issued a 30-day ultimatum to Southern leaders to accept the Buhari’s Ruga policy for cattle settlements.
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European police have arrested six suspected members of a Finnish-led gang who trafficked women for sex, seizing almost three million euros in assets in four countries, officials said Wednesday.
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Fourth Briton in Indonesian "drug ring" sentenced to six years
A British man arrested in connection with an international drug trafficking ring in Bali has been handed a six year jail sentence just a week after his alleged associate was sentenced to death.
Julian Ponder, 43, was given the relatively light sentence on Tuesday on charges of possession of cocaine in contrast to the death penalty handed to Lindsay Sandiford, 56, last week for her involvement in a “huge international syndicate”.
Ponder was also fined 1.0 billion rupiah ($103,000) after being found guilty of possessing 23.04 grams (0.8 ounces) of cocaine with a street value of $6,000. The drug was discovered in the bedroom of his luxury villa in Bali, AFP reports.
“The defendant has been proven legally and convincingly guilty of committing a crime of drug possession,” presiding judge Gunawan Tri Budiono said.
The defendant’s lawyer said that his client had been fortunate not to receive a tougher sentence and is unlikely to appeal.
“The sentence is quite light, not far from what the prosecutors had asked, so we will soon advise our client to accept it,” defence lawyer Arie Budiman Soenardi told reporters after the trial.
Ponder, the last of the four Britons arrested on drug charges, was arrested in a sting operation by police after arranging to meet with Sandiford to allegedly receive a package smuggled into Indonesia.
Sandiford was arrested at Denpasar airport with five kilos (11 pounds) of cocaine worth $2.5 million hidden in her suitcase.
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Published May 9, 2019 at 03:59PM
Preps Round-up: Swimming and Tennis
Courtesy / Zack Abernathy Hunter Hanson, senior Sonora High School golfer, will attend the Masters tournament in Stockton on Monday after earning the fifth highest score in the divisional tournament. - union democrat
Courtesy / Zack Abernathy Hunter Hanson, senior Sonora High School golfer, will attend the Masters tournament in Stockton on Monday after earning the fifth highest score in the divisional tournament. 8694520
Courtesy / Zack Abernathy Sonora High School golf team (from left) Finn Doyle, Gabe Hernandez, Kade Bankston, Hunter Hanson, Jake Clay, Aaron Wheeler at Greenhorn Creek last week during the final Mother Lode League tournament. Sonora High School was crowned Mother Lode League champions. - union democrat
Courtesy / Zack Abernathy Sonora High School golf team (from left) Finn Doyle, Gabe Hernandez, Kade Bankston, Hunter Hanson, Jake Clay, Aaron Wheeler at Greenhorn Creek last week during the final Mother Lode League tournament. Sonora High School was crowned Mother Lode League champions. 8694482
The Sonora High School boys and girls swimming teams continued their streaks as champions of the Mother Lode League and beat a handful of school records in the process.
The boys have won the league four years in a row and the girls, three years in a row, said coach Josh Martin.
“Everyone that qualified for sections trained for the section meet and went on, and for everyone else, their seasons ended as champions,” Martin said.
Following the league meet championships (which Sonor also won), a total of 18 students participated at the section meet at Tokay High School in Lodi on May 2 through May 4.
Sonora sent the most students — 11 boys and seven girls — to the sections out of any other team in their league, Martin said.
“Bringing 18 different kids to sections is always fun,” Martin said. “We had an interesting season due to weather and lots of mixed practices, but the kids never wavered, they persevered through everything.”
Sophomore Megan Slater took fourth place in the 100 meter butterfly stroke with a time of 59.87 seconds and fourth place in the backstroke with a time of 100.45 seconds. Slater participated at the freshman and sophomore level, but both her scores were new school records, Martin said.
Brielle Estwin, a junior, participated in the varsity 100 meter breaststroke and placed 20th overall on the trials of the section meet. Her time, 109.28 seconds, also broke a school record.
“In swimming everything is by time. At the end of the day, you are always really reaching yourself, but to put your times against the greatest swimmers that have come through our program, it's a testament to how hard these ladies work at their craft,” Martin said.
No Sonora swimmer moved onto the next round with a first place overall in a varsity event.
Martin also noted senior Alan Wells, swam in the 500 meter free stroke with a time of 5:05.39 minutes, third place all time in Sonora High history.
In the next year, Martin said the team will have a strong number of seniors with great potential to take the title again.
“We’re just really looking forward to sending them off the right way,” he said.
Sonora High School won their third Mother Lode League tennis title in the last five years after finishing undefeated — 10-0 — in league.
It was the first time out of all their previous three championships that they did not share the title with another school, Coach Sam Segerstrom said.
“Hopefully it’s a changing of the guard. We have a young team so we will have high expectations going into the next year,” Segerstrom.
Sonora was the second seed going into the section tournament and earned a bye in the first round. They defeated El Dorado High School, tenth seed, on May 1 at Columbia College with a score of 7-2 matches. They lost Monday to Riverbank High School, the third seed, 4-5.
At the section individuals tournament at Oak PArk in Stockton on May 2 and 3, Sonora was represented by the boys and girls league MVPs Brian McGee, a junior and Kate Hovatter, a senior.
Both took second place. Segerstrom it was likely the first time in decades, if ever, two Sonora players were finalists at the section championship.
“For individuals I couldn't be more proud of those two. They get a lot of attention when they go to these tournaments just because of their fierce competitive nature, they fight for every single point and they never go down easy,” Segerstrom said.
Hovatter undefeated in team matches for the past two years, 29-0, and was MLL champion for two years in a row.
“I just think that is remarkable,” Segerstrom said. “She just has what I call an iron will and a great competitive spirit. She comes to battle every single match and represents our team very well.”
McGee went undefeated in team match play and came in second place in the MLL tournament, but went farther in the section championship than the player who beat him, Segerstrom said.
“Brian is a grinder. He's scrappy, gets every ball back and just is relentless. He comes at you he comes at you he comes at you,” Segerstrom said.
Segerstrom said another Sonora player to be selected for all-league was junior Sydney Fiedler.
Summerville High School coach Leonard Mauro said his team earned a 3-7 record this year, but he was hopeful the team would improve with experience in the coming years.
“We do have some young players so it's going to help for next year,” Mauro said.
Mauro said freshman James Richardson only lost three matches this year and was a good prospect. Other potentially impactful players next year included juniors Megan Bressel and
Katie Keenom, he said.
“They keep fighting back,” he said.
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Aggiornamento settimanale sulla crisi siriana
29 giu - UN Human Rights Chief urges forces in Al-Raqqa to protect civilians
High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on 28 June voiced grave concern for the fate of civilians caught up in the anti-ISIL/Da’esh offensive in Al-Raqqa, where up to 100,000 civilians remain trapped as the offensive intensifies. According to the Human Rights Office, at least 173 civilians have been killed by air and ground strikes since 1 June – although the real death toll may be much higher. “The intense bombardment of Al-Raqqa over the past three weeks has reportedly left civilians terrified and confused about where they can seek refuge as they are caught between ISIL’s monstrosities and the fierce battle to defeat it,” High Commissioner Zeid said. “Civilians must not be sacrificed for the sake of rapid military victories,” he stressed. The High Commissioner called on all forces battling ISIL in Al-Raqqa, including international forces, to review their operations to ensure full compliance with international law, including taking all feasible precautions to avoid loss of civilian lives.
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=21810&LangID=E
“We are at a time of testing of political will for real de-escalation”-Special Envoy warns
Briefing the Security Council on 27 June, Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura said that serious efforts were underway to deliver further implementation agreements regarding the de-escalation zones before an Astana meeting on 4-5 July. The Envoy said that since the signing in May of the de-escalation agreement in Astana many towns had returned to some degree of normalcy. However, in some areas, fighting has continued and even intensified. “We are at a time of testing whether the political will exists for real de-escalation and more meaningful political talks and move beyond preparatory talks”, he also told the Council. On the preparations for the next round of intra-Syrian talks in Geneva from 10 to 14 July, the Envoy said that he encouraged the invitees to prepare actively and looked forward to discuss issues across four “baskets” – governance issues, constitutional issues, electoral issues, counter-terrorism, security governance and medium term confidence-building issues. Mr. de Mistura said he was considering to convene a further round towards late August or early September, before the UN General Assembly meeting.
https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/note-correspondents/2017-06-27/note-correspondents-staffan-de-mistura-un-special-envoy
WHO delivers medical treatments to two displaced people camps in Al-Raqqa governorate
The World Health Organization (WHO) on 22 June responded to an acute shortage of life saving medicines by dispatching a shipment of more than 12,000 treatments to the two main camps for internally displaced persons in rural Al-Raqqa. This shipment will support treatment of patients who lack adequate access to medical care. "We are eager and committed to deliver regular health assistance to people in all locations and presently for the civilians in the eastern and north eastern areas in Syria where the needs are pressing," said Ms Elizabeth Hoff, WHO representative in Syria. Al Karameh camp in rural Al-Raqqa governorate hosts more than 35,000 children, women and men while Ain-Issa camp hosts more than 3,500 people.
http://www.emro.who.int/syr/syria-news/more-than-12-000-treatments-delivered-to-ein-issa-and-karameh-camps-in-al-raqqa-governorate.html
UNHCR welcomes admission of Syrians by Morocco
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) welcomed on 22 June Morocco’s decision to admit a group of Syrian refugees stranded in difficult circumstances at the country’s border with Algeria since 17 April. The remaining 28 refugees from an original group of 41, including women and children, were collected on 20 June by the Moroccan police from the border and transported by bus to Bouarfa, from where they were transferred to Rabat. UNHCR is working with the authorities of Morocco and other countries to find a durable solution to the plight of these vulnerable refugees.
http://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/press/2017/6/594b8b2d4/unhcr-welcomes-admission-syrians-morocco.html
Inter-agency aid convoy reaches rural Homs
On 22 June, a UN/Red Cross/Syrian Arab Red Crescent inter‑agency humanitarian convoy delivered food and other items to nearly 110,000 people in the Ar‑Rastan area of rural Homs. According to the office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the last inter‑agency convoy to the area was on 30 March. The UN continues to call for safe, unimpeded and sustained access to all people in need across the country, particularly the more than 4.5 million men, women and children in hard‑to‑reach and besieged areas.
http://www.un.org/press/en/2017/db170623.doc.htm
UN Radio in Arabic
الأمين العام يوجه نداء إلى جميع الأطراف المتحاربة في سوريا من أجل حماية المدنيين والبنية التحتية
The Secretary-General appeals to all warring parties in Syria to protect civilians and infrastructure.
http://www.unmultimedia.org/arabic/radio/archives/245743/#.WVO_SOvyuUl
مفوضية اللاجئين ترحب بقرار المغرب السماح بدخول لاجئين سوريين
UNHCR welcomes Morocco's decision to allow Syrian refugees to enter Morocco.
http://www.unmultimedia.org/arabic/radio/archives/245888/#.WVO_0OvyuUk
فيما يحث على دعم اجتماعَيْ أستانة وجنيف المقبلين، دي مستورا يشير إلى أن الصورة في سوريا مختلطة
While urging support for the future meetings in Astana and Geneva, Special Envoy de Mistura points out the mixed situation in Syria
http://www.unmultimedia.org/arabic/radio/archives/246146/#.WVPAY-vyuUk
UN Human Rights@UNHumanRights – 28 June
"Civilians must not be sacrificed for the sake of rapid military victories in #Raqqa - #Zeid http://ow.ly/WexU30d2PQi
UN Media Liaison @UNMediaLiaison – 27 June
#UNSC at 10am EST: Briefing by Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura on #MiddleEast #Syria. Follow live: http://webtv.un.org @Bolivia_ONU
World Food Programme @WFP – 26 June
This is what a year of fighting #hunger looks like. Know more about WFP in Syria with the interactive year in review
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The Viennese Ball is a formal event recalling the romance and elegance of 19th-century Vienna, Austria. The yearly event is a much-anticipated fundraiser for music, service and international study scholarships for University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire students.
Modeled on the historic New Year’s Eve Kaiser Ball, the event transforms all three levels of Davies Center. Guests may waltz in the grand ballroom, swing dance to Big Band standards, polka in the informal festival hall, sing along in the piano bar, and hear showcase performances on the Bösendorfer Imperial Grand Piano.
Available throughout Davies Center all through the evening are authentic Austrian specialties, soups, cheeses, sandwiches and brats, tortes and cheesecakes, sparkling wine, Austrian beers, and American-style bar service. A midnight tom-cat breakfast — Katerfrühstück — prepares patrons for their journey home.
A tradition of elegance and service
The Viennese Ball is inspired by the historic Kaiser Ball housed in Vienna at the Hofburg Congress Center, the former Imperial Palace and seat of the Austrian emperors. A multi-roomed New Year’s Eve extravaganza in the style of Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elizabeth’s “Ball at Court,” the Kaiser Ball features thousands of flowers, wonderful food, and a wide variety of musical events including Salonmusik, Volkmusik, and, of course, orchestras playing Viennese waltzes.
Our first Viennese Ball was held in 1974. In 1981 the Viennese Ball began to be presented in duplicate on two consecutive evenings. In 1988 we received documentation that our Viennese Ball is considered the largest in the world, outside of Vienna itself. The creative energy and support of university staff members, students and volunteers from the community makes the Viennese Ball a continuing success.
An important part of the Viennese Ball has always been the excellent university-community-international relations it promotes. In 1986 an exchange program with Austria’s University of Graz was established with scholarship funds generated by the Viennese Ball. Proceeds from the two-night event have raised more than two-million dollars in international, music and service scholarships and awards. Celebrating its 45th year, the event continues to provide an opportunity for the community to experience the excellence of the university’s music program and the quality of students who receive Viennese Ball scholarships and awards. The Viennese Ball celebrates and supports the university’s involvement in scholarship and study opportunities that are global in scope.
The Viennese Ball Dance Workshop will help patrons brush up on or develop their ballroom dancing skills before the Ball. David and Karen Goggin, longtime Viennese Ball supporters and proprietors of the Goggin Ballroom Dance studio in Eau Claire, will cond
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Katy & Sean's Unconventional Camp Wedding
August 16, 2018 by Jane Janeczko Langland in Real Weddings, Weddings
There are not many people who can say that they met their future husband while he was wearing a blonde wig and big fake boobs, but Katy and Sean are not your average couple. The pair met in 2009, while working on a short film (thus Sean's interesting choice of attire) and quickly bonded over their shared love of Daria and Labyrinth. The became best friends first and even shared a house before beginning to officially date in 2013.
Bride's Instagram is @scarlettsixgun and the Groom's is @seanyboydraws
Never ones to follow tradition, the couple actually had two proposals. They had talked about marriage and knew that they both wanted to get married, but it was Katy who first proposed to Sean.
One day they decided to play tourists and caught a bus to a nature park a few hours away. They spent the day feeding native birds, walking in the sunshine, laughing, and just enjoying the time together.
On the bus ride home Katy realized that she had been waiting for Sean to propose because that's "the done thing" and she thought, "pfft, I want to be with him always, as soon as possible." So she played "their song" through the headphones they were sharing and asked Sean if he wanted to marry her. He said yes and they happy cried together and went out to a celebratory dinner at their favorite Italian restaurant.
However, never one to outdone, Sean wanted to have his own "grand gesture proposal." Four months later, when they went on their first overseas holiday together to Rome, Sean dropped to one knee in the courtyard of their apartment and asked again. Katy's response was a resounding, "yes!"
The couple tied the knot at the Log Cabin Ranch in Monbulk, Victoria, Australia on April 21st, 2018 in front of 100 of their closest friends and family. They wanted to have a fun, laid back, party kind of wedding and a pre-requisite of that was to have the ceremony, photos, reception - everything - all at the same place for maximum ease and fun. They liked the idea of the wedding being outdoors, and being amongst nature, so the Log Cabin Ranch was a perfect fit. There was a donkey, lovely birdsong, and fresh forest smells all around. It was love at first sight.
Another bonus to the venue, was the sleeping accommodations. It operates as a school camp during the week, so people could stay the night in one of the venue's many bunk beds and have breakfast and nurse their hangovers with the couple the morning after the wedding.
The venue was so stunning that the couple did not feel a lot of obligation to add their own decor. There were a lot of eclectic things around the venue already and they used autumn tones for their colors since that is the couple's favorite color palette. They hung ribbons from the trees and around the venue and the colors were also referenced in the outfits that their "Bridal Gang" wore.
"We let our Bridal Gang chose their own outfits for the day, as long as they were in an Autumn-y color scheme," explained Katy. "We wanted everyone to feel as comfortable and as much themselves as possible and it really shows with the different styles they chose. They did incredibly well and they all looked so amazing. "
The DIY is strong with this crafty couple and they made almost everything themselves. Sean is a graphic designer (peep some of his work here!) and he designed the invitations and comics featuring the couple. They also made brooches for the bridal gang, ribbon wands, and all of the signage that they displayed around the venue. For flowers, the couple wanted to keep it local and meaningful so they featured native Australian flowers, sea holly, and roses.
For the ceremony, a friend of the couple's led their Bridal Gang down the aisle to "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by the Proclaimers while they all boisterously sang along. Instead of exchanging rings, Katy and Sean put their rings on themselves. "We didn't expect people to be blown away by," said Katy. "But so many people commented that it was a beautiful touch." They included quotes from Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel and from Katy's favorite book, "The Little Prince," in their vows before processing out to a Weezer song.
To keep with the low-key camp feel of their venue, they gathered picnic blankets and rugs to spread on the lawn with cushions for people to chill. Instead of a formal sit down meal, they had a few tables set up both outside and inside for people to enjoy the "All-You-Can-Eat" pizza food truck they hired. Instead of a traditional wedding cake, Katy's maid of honor baked delicious brownies for everyone to enjoy.
Katy knew that she did not want the traditional white, poofy wedding dress so a close friend of hers made her dress and Katy helped her hand-dye the material. Her faux fur shawl that she wore during the reception was an ASOS find. It is Katy's second wedding and she thinks that that actually really helped her during the planning process because it made her realize what she definitely did not want.
"I THOUGHT that a big challenge would be the dreaded fat girl dress hunt, but a friend of mine ended up making my dress to fit me.
The first time I got married I wore a very traditional white dress that I liked at the time because it was "appropriate" and "flattering to my shape" etc. This time around, I wore a light purple dress that I absolutely loved (and it's in three separate pieces, so I can wear each piece often!) and I felt so comfortable, and like myself, all day!"
Sean's suit jacket and shoes were also from ASOS and his shirt and pants were from TOPMAN. His tie was from H & M and his tie pin belonged to his grandfather.
Katy and Sean planned the whole event together and it really made the festivities more special. It can be stressful to try to plan everything yourself and if, everything goes according to plan, the day should really be about your partnership. Some of their shared favorite moments were actually the events leading up to the wedding. "Our parents and the bridal gang stayed at the venue with us and we all had an epic dinner together," said Katy. "The morning of the wedding we went to a local picnic ground, got coffees and fed native cockatoos together, as it is what Sean and I did the day we got engaged."
Katy's personal favorite moments were getting her hair and makeup done while singing along to her favorite sixties girls' groups, seeing Sean's smile during the ceremony and his face during their "First Look," sitting on the floor, in front of the band with Sean, singing along to the Beatles, and all of the cuddles and laughing.
Sean's favorites were the ceremony and the dancing, "It's hard to pick," said Sean. "I was on a pretty huge high the whole day!" It is easy to see why...
The couple's best advice for others planning weddings is to embrace the things that make you unique.
"Don't do certain things, or shy away from a style or look because it's "not wedding-y" or "flattering" blah blah blah. Wear, do, be who you want to be. Every day, but especially on your wedding day! You don't want to look back on it and think oh, that's not me at all."
Do not let other people's opinions detract from the vision you have for your day, but do not be afraid to ask for help if you need it!
Photography: Brett Scapin Photography
Venue: The Log Cabin Ranch
Floral: Canary Janes Flowers
Wedding bands and Katy's engagement ring: Julia DeVille
Bride's hair and makeup: The Distinctive Dame
Band: Jukebox Racket
Dinner: Pizza Wagon
Dress: @nopleaz
August 16, 2018 /Jane Janeczko Langland
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NFL player on Colorado hike sees 72-year-old man's devastating fall—and springs into action
Carolina Panthers' Christian McCaffrey described it as a beautiful Saturday for a hike with friends and family at Colorado's Castle Rock. That is until the running back witnessed a life-or-death situation unfolding before his eyes. (Image source: YouTube screenshot)
Carolina Panthers' Christian McCaffrey described it as a beautiful Saturday for a hike with friends and family at Colorado's Castle Rock.
Image source: YouTube screenshot
That is until the running back witnessed a life-or-death situation unfolding before his eyes.
As McCaffrey — with brothers Dylan and Max and friends Michael Mann and Brooke Pettet — turned a corner on a path toward the top, he saw a 72-year-old man fall about 20 feet and land on a rock, he told the Panthers website.
“It felt like he was in the air for 10 seconds,” McCaffrey told the Panthers. “I had never seen anything quite like that in my life as far as the trauma and the sound. We were in shock.”
But McCaffrey and his companions quickly sprang into action.
McCaffrey called 911, the site said, and a witness to the accident named Chris kept the victim's head still and Mann performed chest compressions after he stopped breathing. And the group prayed for the badly hurt hiker.
“Everybody stepped up,” McCaffrey told the Panthers, adding that after he call for help "it felt like an eternity. It felt like we were up there waiting for four hours. But I looked back at my call log, and it took 11 minutes before the paramedics came. Amazing what those guys did.”
Who was with the victim when he fell?
Eli Smoker — just 13 years old — was hiking with his grandfather, Dan Smoker Sr., when the 72-year-old fell, the site said.
Eli was soon on the phone with his dad, Dan Smoker, who was in San Diego celebrating his 15th wedding anniversary, the Panthers noted.
“My dad is laying there, and there is nothing I can do for him. And my son is there freaking out, and there’s nothing I can do for him,” Dan Smoker told the site. “It was the worst experience, both as a father and as a son.”
What happened to the victim?
Smoker Sr. was rushed a hospital where doctors discovered he had a broken neck, bleeding on the brain, internal bleeding, a broken pelvis, a broken femur and nine fractured ribs, the Panthers said — and was still alive.
As of late Tuesday afternoon, Smoker Sr. was in critical but stable condition, the site reported.
“I credit them with saving my dad’s life,” Smoker told the Panthers of McCaffrey and his group.
What did McCaffrey do next?
McCaffrey and his mother and brothers went to the hospital to check on Smoker Sr.'s family the very next day, the site said — and the victim's son had no idea a pro football player took part in his father's rescue.
“They introduced themselves, and I still hadn’t pieced it together,” Smoker told the Panthers. “I can’t say I’d recognize Christian without his football gear on. Around here, Valor Christian is a popular high school, and I knew that Ed McCaffrey had just taken over as head coach there. We were talking, and they had mentioned that they went to Valor, and we were looking there because our son loves football as well."
How else is McCaffrey connected to Colorado?
See, Christian McCaffrey's father Ed is a Denver Broncos legend. And his brother Max — also part of the group that tended to the victim — plays for the San Francisco 49ers. Christian McCaffrey himself just finished his rookie year with the Panthers, rushing for 435 yards on 117 attempts, ESPN said. You might say the McCaffrey name is rather big in the area around Castle Rock.
Christian McCaffrey practices with the Carolina Panthers. (Image source: YouTube screenshot)
And soon Smoker figured it all out.
“One of the things that amazed me the most was just the humility,” Smoker told the site. “It was not about, ‘Look at who I am.’ They just wanted to make sure we were OK. That was it. They wanted to see how my son was doing.”
Smoker added to the Panthers that McCaffrey's response "shows the really good side of humanity."
What did McCaffrey say about the victim's 13-year-old grandson?
McCaffrey continues to text Eli, who's still processing the accident, the Panthers said.
“Eli was such a trooper, man,” McCaffrey told the site. “I was traumatized, and I had no relation.”
The running back added to the Panthers that there "could be a lifelong bond between us. He experienced a lot in those five minutes.”
McCaffrey also told the site it was "truly a blessing that we turned the corner at that exact moment and we could be there for him. I don’t know what would have happened. … We were lucky to be at the right place at the right time.”
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Kentucky policy allowed social workers to take kids using judges' pre-signed signatures on blank documents
The practice has been called 'a gross miscarriage of justice'
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Kentucky's Cabinet for Health and Family Services has come under scrutiny for allowing social workers to take children from homes using blank emergency custody orders pre-signed by judges. The agency reportedly scrapped the policy after numerous complaints, but critics say the practice was illegal from the get-go and "a gross miscarriage of justice."
An expose by WDRB-TV revealed the practice in March, reporting that while state and local officials admitted the system wasn't ideal, it was commonplace protocol on weekends or when a judge had gone home for the day when social workers were concerned about abuse or neglect allegations.
Yet, affected families, attorneys, and even some judges have cried foul, saying the policy was against Kentucky law — likening it to police raiding a home with a blank search warrant. In fact, social workers are accused of just that: Taking kids with blank forms bearing photocopied signatures, filling out the documents later, and leaving parents in the dark until a hearing three days after the children are removed from a home.
Chief Jefferson District Court Judge Anne Haynie acknowledged it was policy but told the outlet that while the law prohibits children from being removed on a "verbal order," pre-signed orders are not illegal. She explained that there are safeguards in place; for instance, social workers are required to call a judge and explain the scenario during a recorded conversation before a jurist gives the go-ahead to remove a child from a guardian's custody.
Haynie also noted that a Home of the Innocents employee is "present with the law enforcement officer and/or cabinet worker" during such a call. The Home of the Innocents is a nonprofit organization based in Louisville. It is unclear what — if any — authority or weigh-in the nonprofit's employees had in joining the calls.
A spokeswoman from the state's Administrative Office of the Courts told TheBlaze in an email that "the court system does not have a contract with the Home of the Innocents." Regardless, "copies of blank orders with signatures from Jefferson District Court judges were left at the Home of the Innocents ... and filled in by cabinet workers," WDRB reported.
Legal or not, judges might not always be certain of what they're "signing" off on. Attorney Thomas Clay said one social worker allegedly filled out three blank forms to remove all of the kids from a home, even though he had the nod from a judge to take only one child.
A Kentucky judge speaking to WDRB on the condition of anonymity said of the blank removal order system: "That is a gross miscarriage of justice that should not happen. That's on the cabinet."
When judges review a social worker's affidavit for removing a child, they are required to affirm several findings before approving the order; not just agree or disagree with whether it is warranted under the described scenario. The Cabinet has now reportedly done away with photocopied or stamped judges' signatures, and instead implemented a system where judges can review an order and sign it electronically.
Typically, family court judges get to know social workers after seeing them in court frequently. But the judges hearing from social workers after hours in Jefferson County are district court judges who don't hear child removal cases during working hours. Nonetheless, some were willing to put their signatures on blank documents and rely on a phone call.
Relying on a phone call isn't unusual when it comes to investigating whether a child is being abused or neglected. In fact, it's critical for observers to alert the authorities when a child is feared to be in danger.
But the act of taking a child from their home is undeniably traumatic (and the trauma is long-lasting), which is why state and local agencies typically take it so seriously.
What's notable about Kentucky's former policies is that the state is all-too-familiar with false claims. In recent years, a Kentucky social worker was convicted of making bogus allegations against multiple parents and was ultimately sentenced to a year in jail for her false reporting.
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Super Sam's Fund
Raising money for The Brain Tumour Charity in loving memory of Sam.
£149,248.37 funds raised so far
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Sam's story
Sam was born in October 2010, helped into the world by two of my friends and colleagues in the hospital that I worked in, in true Sam style he decided to enter the world looking upwards towards the sky.
Sam was a very quiet baby, happy just to absorb the world around him and as he got older was as happy in his own company playing on his own as he was with others. Sam rarely left our side and in new situations would stand and assess the details before joining in, never one to run head on into things. He loved and still does being outside, either playing down at the beach and throwing stones in the sea, jumping in muddy puddles, playing pooh sticks on the bridge in the woods and riding his bike or scooter. Sam loves to help his dad around the house, he likes to be involved in hammering, drilling and using the screw driver and will sit patiently waiting for his turn. Although quite quiet in temperament that doesn't stop him having a very stubborn and determined streak!
"He is our amazing, strong, funny little boy. Sam's future is uncertain so we live day to day enjoying spending family time when possible. We may not be able to change Sam's future but by raising awareness and money we hope to change other children's futures for the better."
When starting nursery Sam ran in and waved goodbye with barely a second glance, he loved it, and prior to starting school spent the summer counting the days down until primary 1 started. On Sam's first day of school he vomited totally out of the blue but carried on and went to his first day. Within days the vomiting got worse (always in the morning) and Sam began to complain of neck pain, which I later realised was the back of his head he was pointing to. After 3 trips to the GP and less than 2 weeks after the symptoms commenced our GP sent us into our local sick children's hospital, where we had a CT scan.
The scan showed that Sam had a posterior fossa tumour the size of a small plum and we were immediately sent in an ambulance to Edinburgh hospital for sick children, arriving at 10.30 on a Friday night. An MRI scan on the Monday confirmed the tumour and on the Wednesday Sam had a seven hour operation to remove his tumour. Sam had some balance and mobility issues after his operation but recovered very well. Unfortunately Sam's tumour came back as a high risk medulloblastoma with metastatic spread. 3 weeks after his initial surgery Sam became unwell again and needed further surgery, he didn't recover very well after his second operation and over a period of time became more poorly before becoming unresponsive. Sam spent a time in intensive care with extreme brain swelling so severe the doctors told us he would unlikely survive and if he did they expected him to be severely disabled. Sam spent his 5th birthday in intensive care.
Thankfully Sam defied all odds and after 2 weeks showed signs of improvement, he was too poorly at this stage to start his planned radiotherapy so was given 2 cycles of chemotherapy instead to help with his brain swelling. Sam completed his course of radiotherapy and his intense and brutal chemotherapy.
Sam's Uncle Colin along with an army of supporters took part in Cycle for Sam raising over £27,000. Sam was well enough to leave hospital to meet the cyclists at the finish line which made the cycle extra special. Sam's health deteriorated quickly and he passed away just weeks later on 14th July 2016 surrounded by his loving family.
Sam will always be our amazing, strong, funny little boy. We may not be able to change Sam's future but by raising awareness and money we hope to change other children's futures for the better.
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JULY 15, 2019 NIGERIA STOCK EXCHANGE (Market Open) SUMMARY: All Share Index 31,307.00 Deals 4,456.00 Volume 344,308,714.00 Value N7,270,856,814.76 Market Cap N13,789,282,363,557.18 TOP GAINERS NESTLE 1450 (50) SEPLAT 549.9 (29.9) DANGCEM 201.6 (9.6) MTNN 132.55 (2.55) NB 60 (2) TOP LOSERS FLOURMILL 13.35 (-0.4) PZ 8.1 (-0.4) ETERNA 3.65 (-0.35) NAHCO 3.18 (-0.2) AFRIPRUD 3.56 (-0.04) CBN EXCHANGE RATE (NGN) Buying: $USD 305.95 £GBP 387.4551 EURO 342.3581 SWISS FRANC 304.0648 YEN 2.793 Selling: $USD 306.95 £GBP 388.7215 EURO 343.4771 SWISS FRANC 303.8808 YEN 2.8022 CNBC COMMODITY PRICES (USD) Natural Gas 2.572 (-0.026) Crude Oil (Bonny light) $75.76 Gold 1277.20 (-6.40) Silver 14.32 (-0.235) Copper 2.701 (0.0015) Wheat 505.00 (15.50) Coffee 95.80 (2.50) Cotton 69.29 (0.90) Cocoa 2454.00 (-13.00)
Buhari: Climate change has contributed to insecurity in the north
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President Muhammadu Buhari says climate change has contributed to insecurity in the north, with special emphasis on the Lake Chad region.
Speaking at 22nd Conference of Parties (COP22) in Morocco, the president said Nigeria is taking urgent steps to combat the adverse effects of climate change in the country.
“We have reflected our determination for green growth in my country’s ambitious Intended Nationally Determined Contribution,” Buhari said.
“We have also announced our plans to reduce emissions by 20% by the year 2030, with the intention of raising this target to 45%, with the support of the international community. This is one of Africa’s most ambitious Intended Nationally Determined Contributions – covering all emissions from all parts of the economy.
“This commitment comes from the recognition of the grave social, economic and environmental threats that climate change poses to humanity. In Nigeria for example, the impact is being felt by more than 2.1 million people displaced by devastating floods that the country has continued to suffer since 2012.
“If not addressed by 2050, the human and financial cost would be colossal. For us in Nigeria, the larger dimension of the challenge goes beyond emission rights. Survival rights are also at stake.”
He said the Lake Chad Basin had shrunk to 10 percent its original size, due to climate change, connecting the effects to insecurity in the north.
“At the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, we were reminded, and we indeed agreed that climate threats and security threats go hand-in-hand. We cannot deal with one without dealing with the other. Both are global problems that demand global solutions.
“The Lake Chad Basin for example, has shrunk to a mere 10% of its original size, and this has seriously affected the livelihood of over 5 million people and contributed in the growth of insecurity in the region, including the emergence of Boko Haram as a terrorist group.
“Hence the urgent need to resuscitate Lake Chad. In this regard, I seize this opportunity to express gratitude and appreciation to those who have responded to our call and to encourage other well meaning partners to join in our efforts to revive the Lake Chad Basin.”
He reiterated Nigeria’s commitment to the Paris Agreement, and the clean up of Ogoni land.
“We welcome the entry into force of the Paris Agreement on 4th November 2016 and hope that the implementation phase would avail all of us a historic opportunity to re-orientate our economies, to build inclusive, sustainable societies that respond to climate change and support Sustainable Development Goals.
“In Nigeria, we are launching a strategic plan for the implementation of our Intended Nationally Determined Contributions and we have equally embraced the issuance of green bonds as an innovative means and alternative way of raising climate finance both locally and internationally. We cannot afford to wait until 2020. We are already making far reaching changes to all sectors of our economy including through:
“Substantially increasing the use of climate smart agriculture, diversification of our energy mix through renewable and efficient gas power, creating a more efficient, cleaner and lower-carbon oil and gas sector especially through a gas to energy programme, initiated the implementation of the clean-up of the Ogoni-Land in the Niger-Delta region.
“We believe that pursuing these programmes will not only reduce emissions and improve climate resilience; but also stimulate growth and economic opportunities in the private sector. Our goal is to make Nigeria one of the world’s best examples of how reducing emissions can benefit the environment and economy.”
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The most interesting luxury watch releases of 2018
Some of the most interesting luxury watch releases of 2018 have been the women’s variants. The CEO Magazine takes a look at several of the outstanding releases.
Favouring an austere, classical aesthetic over the maximalist approach that sometimes besets men’s watches, these new models combine opulent materials, sophisticated design and unparalleled timekeeping precision. For the modern executive woman who wants a watch that is equally stylish and useful in the boardroom, the cocktail function or even on a deep-sea dive, these are our picks.
ROLEX Rainbow Daytona
The original Rolex Rainbow Daytona quickly skyrocketed in value on the secondary market.
This new edition is even more exclusive and features Rolex’s patented gold alloy, Everose Gold. Every element of this watch conveys luxury, from the 18k pink gold hands, to the 36 sapphires arranged in a rainbow gradation.
A$130,000/€81,170/US$98,070
The new women’s variant of the Aquaracer watch continues Tag Heuer’s tradition of crafting exquisite but durable watches.
Its latest model is waterproof to an incredible 300 metres and incorporates Super-LumiNova markers for enhanced visibility in deep water.
A$3,350/€2,090/US$2,530
Omega Trésor Quartz
An elegant and feminine design, the Trésor was conceived as a tribute to femininity.
Its most striking feature are the twin lines of diamonds that curl around the dial, but closer inspection reveals an array of intricate touches like a flower-topped diamond crown.
It comes in nine designs, but we favour the classic style of the royal blue steel on fabric strap.
Ulysse Nardin Jade Jellyfish
Drawing on the expertise of luxury watch dial enameller Donzé Cadrans, this model features an underwater scene created using the painstaking champlevé enamel technique.
The bezel and dial incorporate more than 100 diamonds, adding to the lustre of the scene.
A$60,900/€38,025/US$45,950
Montblanc Bohème
Evoking the depths of the night sky, the Montblanc Bohème Perpetual Calendar Jewelry Limited Edition features a complication showing the phase of the moon.
It is also an impressive feat of timekeeping technology with a perpetual calendar that need only be adjusted once a century. Only 88 of these watches will be made.
Bulgari Diva Finissima
Decorated with Japanese urushi lacquer and enlivened by sprinkled gold dust, the dial of Bulgari’s latest luxury offering achieves a striking visual effect.
It’s also the world’s thinnest wristwatch minute repeater movement and the display back allows you to observe the incredible precision.
A$302,850/€189,000/US$228,500
Patek Philippe Twenty-4
The 4910/10A was designed with the elegant modern woman in mind.
Inspired by the bold colours and curves of the Art Deco movement, it is a strikingly minimalist design and features intricate guilloche work and diamonds for hour markers.
A$15,910/€9,935/US$12,000
By Daniel HerbornFull Bio
A staff writer at The CEO Magazine, Daniel covers leading figures in the world of executive management. He has previously worked as a lawyer, public servant and journalist. His work has appeared in The Guardian, The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and many others.
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AFL Goldfields commissioner Sue Brown is leading the charge to launch a state league women’s team for the region in Ballarat. Brown said while Ballarat may not be ready to have a VFLW side right at the moment, it was a good time to put the steps in motion. AFL Goldfields is planning to meet with AFL Victoria at the end of this season to discuss what Ballarat needs to secure its own team. Brown said turning the vision into reality could take years, but believed Ballarat was in a good position. “We’ve got a lot of work to fast track the girls in their football to get them to the skill level they need to be, but we’ve got everything here to suggest that we could have a female VFL side,” she said. Working in Ballarat’s favour are the facilities on offer including the AFL standard Mars Stadium, growth within the junior female competitions and development programs such as having TAC Cup Girls squad the Greater Western Victoria Rebels. Brown said a VFLW team would complete the pathway for Ballarat’s footballers and mean they would not have to relocate if they wanted to play the game at a higher level. Already the AFL Goldfields Women’s League boasts a number of players who are competing in AFLW and VFLW competitions. “We need the depth of girls to be able to play at that level, but we’ve got to start somewhere and I believe we’ve got everything right that we should now be working towards it,” Brown said. “It might happen quicker than we know… but we want to do it properly.” She believed having a VFLW team train and play in Ballarat would not only give players an opportunity close to home, it would also motivate and inspire young girls. “You only have to see the amount of growth of female football because of the AFLW,” Brown said. “We should be having that pathway locally where they (young girls) can have access to them.” Already there was an appetite in the community and excitement building around the idea, with the vision a talking point at the region’s football finals. “We have the right ingredients here to help it grow to get to that point… we’ve got the ingredients to put up a good case,” Brown said.
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August 21 2018 - 8:00PM
‘We’ve got the ingredients’: VFLW vision for Ballarat
Siobhan Calafiore
AFL Goldfields commissioner Sue Brown is leading the charge to launch a state league women’s team for the region in Ballarat.
Brown said while Ballarat may not be ready to have a VFLW side right at the moment, it was a good time to put the steps in motion.
AFL Goldfields is planning to meet with AFL Victoria at the end of this season to discuss what Ballarat needs to secure its own team.
Brown said turning the vision into reality could take years, but believed Ballarat was in a good position.
“We’ve got a lot of work to fast track the girls in their football to get them to the skill level they need to be, but we’ve got everything here to suggest that we could have a female VFL side,” she said.
Working in Ballarat’s favour are the facilities on offer including the AFL standard Mars Stadium, growth within the junior female competitions and development programs such as having TAC Cup Girls squad the Greater Western Victoria Rebels.
Brown said a VFLW team would complete the pathway for Ballarat’s footballers and mean they would not have to relocate if they wanted to play the game at a higher level. Already the AFL Goldfields Women’s League boasts a number of players who are competing in AFLW and VFLW competitions.
“We need the depth of girls to be able to play at that level, but we’ve got to start somewhere and I believe we’ve got everything right that we should now be working towards it,” Brown said.
“It might happen quicker than we know… but we want to do it properly.”
She believed having a VFLW team train and play in Ballarat would not only give players an opportunity close to home, it would also motivate and inspire young girls.
“You only have to see the amount of growth of female football because of the AFLW,” Brown said.
“We should be having that pathway locally where they (young girls) can have access to them.”
Already there was an appetite in the community and excitement building around the idea, with the vision a talking point at the region’s football finals.
“We have the right ingredients here to help it grow to get to that point… we’ve got the ingredients to put up a good case,” Brown said.
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Diets Make Jennifer Lawrence Murderous
By Kat Stoeffel
Photo: Mike Marsland/Getty Images
Celebrity profilers go to great pains to show that Jennifer Lawrence, in nearly political opposition to other actresses, eats. Or maybe it’s that Lawrence goes to great pains to eat in front of reporters? Either way, eating is part of J.Law’ s personal brand — a Philly cheesesteak features prominently in her celebrity origin myth. In the November Harper’s Bazaar U.K., Lawrence reveals how she became so militant about food.
“I was young. It was just the kind of sh*t that actresses have to go through. Somebody told me I was fat, that I was going to get fired if I didn’t lose a certain amount of weight. They brought in pictures of me where I was basically naked, and told me to use them as motivation for my diet. It was just that.”
She’s still not over it. Apparently someone brought it up recently.
“They thought that because of the way my career had gone, it wouldn’t still hurt me. That somehow, after I won an Oscar, I’m above it all. ‘You really still care about that?’ Yeah. I was a little girl. I was hurt. It doesn’t matter what accolades you get. I know it’ll never happen to me again. If anybody even tries to whisper the word ‘diet’, I’m like, ‘You can go f*ck yourself.’”
And don’t get her started on exercise. Lawrence wants to punch people who pretend to like that sh*t in the f*cking face.
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#Sales - Marketing - Communication – Guest Relations
Chahrazade BAROUDI
Head of Sales & Marketing Food & Beverage
Qatar Museum Authority
Doha, Qatar Return
Here’s a letter from Chahrazade Baroudi, class of 2013, for Vatel Lyon:
“Dear Madam,
I’ve attached the contract I signed yesterday morning (with my Vatel class of 2013 pen) in the Qatar Museums Authority office. I’m the new Sales & Marketing Manager in charge of developing the F&B sector, by Alain Ducasse for the Museum of Islamic Art, in Doha, Qatar.
A challenge that makes my head spin, as I was far from thinking I would land such a job so quickly. You gave me the opportunity to do my Postgraduate Degree at Vatel. None of this would have been possible elsewise.
I’ll leave you now! I’ve got an innovative marketing plan to present at the end of the week. Kind regards,”
Chahrazade will give us more details in her Success Story below.
INTERVIEW :
Why did you decide to study in hotel management?
I like to travel, have new experiences, as well as seeing different cultures and hotel and restaurant concepts. When I was checking out job vacancies and career opportunities, I saw that this sector had great possibilities for someone like me.This field is less impacted by the economic crisis than others.
Why did you decide to go to Vatel?
I was aware that the school’s reputation would be an asset for me and Vatel lived up to its promise.
Vatel found me my 2011 internship at the Ritz Carlton in Doha, Qatar. My 2012 Management Training request was accepted at The H Dubai Hotel because of Vatel’s reputation. In the Middle East, Human Resources recruit based on the school’s reputation. When I was interviewing for my job at Qatar Museum Authority, they already knew what kind of school Vatel was.
Do you have any particular memory of your studies at Vatel that you think will help you in your professional life?
When I was doing my Foundation Year, the practical application weeks weren’t easy, but I learned so much! For example, for a week, I worked with the cleaning ladies. That’s how I found out that you needed a strong character to assume all these physical and often trying tasks. Thank to this though, as a Manager, I understand what a waiter, a clerk, or a cleaning lady can feel.
We had a lot of work in the first year of our Postgraduate Degree. A lot of group work, presentations and homework, where you had to be disciplined. Living up to Vatel’s expectations was a true challenge for me. Nevertheless, in my internships and in my current job, I stood out and still do, thanks to this “work stamina” I acquired.
Can you present the museum that hired you? What will you be doing?
I’ll be working for Qatar Museum Authority, headed by Sheikha Mayassa, who has the vision of making Doha the cultural capital of the Middle East.
I’ll work with one of our restaurants, with Alain Ducasse Enterprise.
I manage the Sales, Marketing and Special Events departments of the Doha Museum of Islamic Art. That represents three coffee shops and restaurants, a caterer and the first Alain Ducasse restaurant in the Middle East: IDAM.
Can you tell us a bit about the job interview? What made you stand out from the others in your opinion?
I was recruited in Paris. At the beginning, I didn’t know which job I was going to be interviewed for. The job interview itself was psychologically trying. Far from European human resources procedures.
They had a very intimidating strategy. As soon as I arrived in Doha, I learned that the recruitment team preferred a strong character to job experience. During the interview, at a certain moment, I felt like I had to take control. So I was audacious enough to defend my interests and ambitions. I chose to be myself, that’s all.
How did you apprehend this job?
Considering the interview, I knew it wouldn’t be easy. I thought I would be managing a coffee shop, but they hired me to manage the Sales, Marketing and Special Events departments.
What are your short, mid and long-term projects?
Carrying out my current strategic plans. I give myself from six months to a year to reach all my sales, marketing and communications goals.
Is there any advice that you’d like to give to candidates who are thinking of attending Vatel? Or to students?
For candidates: Vatel gives you added value. A true investment that will never lose its value.
For students: sometimes people say that I do this too often, but I totally assume it: always aim for the moon.
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Vatel Bags Awards at the 3rd Philippine Sommelier Competition
Vatel Manila wins big at the 3rd Philippine Sommelier Competition last May 20, 2019, as Vatelien Ian Santos is crowned Champion of the Professionals Category and student Aina Canta wins First Runner-Up in the Junior Category.
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[United States - 1993] And I See Right to the River
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Posted: 06 Oct 2018, 16:24
by Everevna
Location: A cafe in Boston, Massachusetts • Date: November 1993
The round trip from Medford to Boston was eight and half dollars, thanks to a student discount with the national public portkey service. Another three dollars for portkey sickness medication, just in case, because she was by now six months humbler to risk travelling without. The trip in had fortunately not made her ill, but Zi Shang knew better than to speak so soon. She may yet need the pill that she had hastily purchased that morning from the nearest Magic Neep to the residence hall.
Oh, before she forgot, two dollars and three quarters for the bottled iced tea she unsuccessfully resisted whilst waiting for the portkey.
The foreign witch had heard before her move all about how different these parts were in comparison to the rest of the world. Many of her former colleagues at Beauxbâtons had at least something they absolutely knew was true, either about the country itself or the people in it. Most of these 'it is known's' were misguided, as it turned out, but some had been valuable insights during her first days in the States.
Nobody had told her that the unsweetened iced tea here tasted just like from home, or that chow mein would be the most frequent item to show up on the rotating menu in the mess hall. In a way, she was closer to her abandoned home than she had ever been since leaving.
The first of the YongDing Hakka settlement to attend university, and on a full scholarship from the Wizarding Expedition Society itself. If she dared, she might wonder if her father may be proud.
She didn't.
But she could probably afford a coffee today. She would need to be alert to meet this potential client who had owled her after coming across the advertisement she'd posted in the local magical newspaper. Zi Shang peeled her gaze from the overhead menu, her mouth bowing in an apologetic smile at the increasingly impatient barista waiting expectantly for her order.
"A hot latte, thank you." Maybe she would spoil herself, just a little. How many times did she take the time to come into Boston?
"With hazelnut syrup, please."
The young woman carefully navigated between the tables with her satchel and the steaming cup on a pristine, ceramic saucer. She shrugged out of her coat and draped it over the back of the chair, briefly checking her reflection in the window to make sure that the powder blue ribbon that would identify her to the person she was meeting still sat neatly intact against her ebony tresses. She pulled out a book she'd borrowed from the institute library for the wait.
Re: [United States - 1993] And I See Right to the River
by Kael
Francis wasn't typically one that was too focused on details. His mind was a one-way street, flowing like a river with too much forward momentum to cast more than a glance back upstream. Especially when he was excited, and there was a lot to be excited about. He was on the verge of something big, he knew.
Caffeine was sometimes known for enhancing focus, but in the midst of the cafe and mingling with the lad's already aroused mind, it only scattered his direction even further.
"I'll do one more," he nodded, and then took his small cup from the counter, leaving behind the saucer upon which it sat and declining to find a seat. He was too jittery, and standing gave him a better vantage point.
Francis was on the edge of checking his watch again when he noticed the blue ribbon. Come to think of it he had noticed it earlier, but the connection wasn't clear. For it was nestled in the hair of a woman far too young and far too pretty to be the elderly witch he was expecting. Possessing the ability to row back against the current and reconsider just who he may or may not be meeting would have been valuable then. He had already wasted a cup of coffee's worth of both their time, neglecting to acknowledge the young witch's identity.
"Are you..?"
He stepped forward and craned his neck, staring silently for just a little too long while continuing with regular sips from his tasty hot beverage.
If the object of Francis' staring was offended, she seemed to show no sign of it.
In fact, she did not seem to show any sign of having heard him speak at all, or at least not to her. The student's mind was elsewhere faraway from the cafe, wading ears-deep in a sea of Gobbledegook interrogatives and negatives and complement clauses, even as she idly and unrealisingly brushed back-and-forth against her jaw the feather-end of a quill she used to underline something that particularly peaked her interest.
Without lifting her face from the book, the young woman sat up a little straighter and set aside the quill, hand reaching instead for her cup of coffee.
A burst of scalding heat quickly had it retreating, the hiss through her teeth rounding into a low gasp as Zi Shang's gaze finally peeled up to a splash of coffee spilling over the rim as the cup tilted dangerously on the saucer.
Francis was already fetching up some napkins off of Zi Shang's table. His silent staring hadn't been totally thoughtless and he'd basically seen the spill coming a mile away. Nonetheless, his reflexes were well trained and he knew that if he'd dived for the save then he would have ended up burned.
He dabbed away at the liquid on the table, and repositioned the witch's coffee cup as if to ensure its solidarity.
"There we go." Francis balled up the napkins he used and shot them over to the nearest trash can. "Like it never happened," he smiled. "Maybe I should be pursuing quidditch!"
Zi Shang had discarded her book aside in haste, no doubt to her own future chagrin that she did not remember the page number nor inserted a bookmark to remind herself of it.
Three dollars and a quarter.
"Heavens, I am so sorry–"
The man, though, had already cleaned up her mess before she could even locate the napkins. It was almost as if he had anticipated the spill. If she had paused to think it through more carefully, the young woman might have realised he probably did.
Instead she looked toward him, somewhat abashed, visibly grateful, and with a hint of mildly bemused curiosity.
"Would you?"
"Hmm? Not quite my specialty. I like to race."
Francis winked and stepped closer, his eyes gesturing to his awareness of the ribbon in Zi Shang's hair.
"I'm Francis. I saw your ad? You're, uhh..." He wasn't going to attempt pronouncing her name for he knew he would butcher it, and suddenly, Francis was keen on making a decent impression.
Zi Shang's hand went nearly reflexively to the accessory on her head as her gaze registered his line of sight.
Francis. The letter in her satchel. "Oh," Realisation dawned upon the self-employed freelancer, whose fair cheeks had flushed with a pale bloom from embarrassment. At being caught in her clumsiness by a client, at the unprofessionalism of it, at being caught off guard by someone she had not known quite what to expect from based on the few handwritten sentences she had of them.
She supposed, amidst the incident and the timing, it somehow made sense that it was him. It felt appropriate that it was him.
Already she moved to rise, extending him a grateful hand in a belated and slightly shy greeting. "Thank you. I did not realise– and certainly I hoped to meet in less messy circumstances." The young woman gave a softly tentative laugh, though she then assumed a politer, more formal demeanour.
"I am the one who put up the advert. My name is Zi Shang."
"Oh that's alright, you should see my apartment!" Francis laughed and then scratched his head. He was comfortable with his ways but couldn't help wondering why he would so readily self-deprecate. "Er.. anyways."
Francis took Zi Shang's hand and nodded with a smile as they made their introductions. There certainly was a knack to the pronunciation of the young lady's name, meaning Francis was already on his second save of the evening by deciding not to guess at it.
"Nice to meet you, ehh, please! Let's sit down," he went on, gesturing for Zi Shang to sit down and then joining across from her. "Straight to business then? Or should you have another go with the coffee?"
Francis smirked behind his own drink as he teased.
"No," the petite woman flushed even pinker, if it was even humanly possible, and shook both her head and a hand in haste.
"Apparently it is not in my fengshui today."
Not that she was one much for superstition, but it was a simpler and less embarrassing explanation than I cannot afford a second coffee.
She smoothed her skirt underneath her as she sat back down. Zi Shang reached into her satchel and produced a notepad and a self-inking quill, which she poised in her lap as she offered the male a courteous smile.
"How are you today?"
"Oh. I'm great."
Francis arched a brow playfully and nodded. He looked very comfortable and was clearly riding the first waves of a buzz.. something to do with the coffee plus finally having such a pleasant focal point. He had a certain brand of boyish charm, even under the scruffy look he wore.
"How are you doing, Zi.. Zi Shhh--?"
He struggled, but his face showed of mighty concern.
His expression amused her, but she tried to restrain her smile so she would not disparage him.
"Sh-ah-ng," she emphasised patiently, "Or you can call me Euphémie."
The Chinese witch offered a gentle smile. "I have been told it makes life easier."
He would not be the first nor the last to struggle over her name. In fact, her former colleagues at Beauxbatons had struggled so much that the librarian came up with the alias.
"Really? What's that?" he asked. One might notice that he was relaxing further and further away from clear interest in business, even in the few moments that had passed.
"I'm sure a good nickname has a good story."
The young woman blinked as she paused from bringing her notepad to table level.
Though not entirely unheard of that someone expressed curiosity about the alias, most were typically far too distracted by the relief of being rescued from the daunting task of enunciating her name. It was not often that someone took the time and interest.
"My former colleague at Académie de Magie Beauxbâtons came up with the name when it became clear that none of the faculty had the slightest ability to get Zi Shang right. It is the French form of an old Greek name, Euphēmía. It means 'one who speaks well'. Fitting, as you might see why."
The magiphilology student smiled, not without a hint of shyness.
"It is not a very good story. More practical than anything else."
"Marvelous - a credit to your expertise!" Francis was impressed so far.
"Do you take much interest in the professional circuit?" he asked. "We don't get quite as much universal coverage as quidditch, but there's a lot of opportunity for both of us."
Francis grinned and seemed to be sizing Zi Shang up. "I don't take you for a gambler, Euphémie?"
"You are not entirely wrong," the foreigner acquiesced in her soft voice, though some hint of his playfulness was clearly rubbing off on her.
"It has been a prominent fixture of my childhood."
Zi Shang remembered long nights on the eve of every Lunar New Year. She remembered everyone gathering in the communal space on the ground floor of the tǔlóu, and the jovial singing that occasionally erupted from one group or the other, and the outraged or gleeful cries from losing or winning money that rose and fell throughout their wait for sunrise and the new year.
It felt like a lifetime ago.
Her smile dimmed just the slightest as she continued, "I'm afraid my luck has gathered quite some rust since."
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VATICAN II AND HISTORY’S ACCREDITATION
CHANGE IN THE CONCEPT OF REVELATION BY VATICAN II (1962-1965)
According to the Christian tradition the term “sacred” has always signified, “inspired by God,” and therefore, when referring to the truths of salvation conferred “inerrancy” on the basic beliefs of the Catholic Church (CC). These truths had always been expressed in propositional statements called dogmas or doctrines and referred to as God’s “revelation” or official communication to mankind through the Church. The (CC) close to 2000 years old needed to modernize its relationship with men in a new world of technology, science, and learning which called for a new explanation of how God communicates with us. Consequently among many other important changes the Ecumenical Council Vatican II issued its Constitution (Verbum Dei) on the basic doctrine of Divine Revelation, derived principally from Scripture modifying an institutional frame of reference for God’s rich and diverse relationship to members of the human family. A short but excellent explanation of this change can be found in a book by the theologian, Richard R. Gaillardetz, By What Authority?, pages 1 to 10.
God speaks to us in works and fallible men record them in words. Most religious institutions have been founded or changed through sacred writings. Wisdom acquired over the ages recognizes that individuals and thus their institutions can interpret or even change acquired and written sources in the light of new insights or newly discovered facts through history. In other words reliable historical findings can modify previous knowledge acquired incorrectly or partially. Within that framework Vatican II even in the case of “sacred” scriptures, once considered literally and eternally true, composed the following discussion of revelation through history:
The key passages in Verbum Dei, nos. 2 and 3, on the relationship between scripture and the works performed by God, i.e., scripture and history, are debated. Scripture and tradition for centuries had been argued to be the basis of belief in Christ. No. 2 reads:
“The pattern of this revelation unfolds through deeds and words which are intrinsically connected: the works performed by God in the history of salvation show forth and confirm the doctrine and realities signified by the words; the words, for their part, proclaim the works, and bring to light the mystery they contain. The most intimate truth thus revealed about God and human salvation shine forth for us in Christ, who is himself both the mediator and the sum total of revelation.” (no. 2). (Flannery, English). translation):
The wordplay in no. 2, between works and words through the phrase the works …confirm the doctrine and realities signified by the words…bring to light the mystery they contain appear somehow to confer on the words the same or even more weight than the works of God. However, both temporal sequence and the logic of human language dictate that we are saved by faith in Jesus himself, God’s work, not because he was called the Christ in scripture. The words of men can commemorate the work with its understanding at that given moment of time; but the works are human events knowable by multiple acceptable means of communication. The words are of men passing through a changing reality while the works are of God in history.
Paragraph no. 3 is meant to clarify no. 2 but could be more precise by naming its referent, Jesus, a concrete human individual from Galilee. The quote from Paul is meant to explain: “God, who creates and conserves all things by his Word (see Jn 1:3), provides constant evidence of himself in created realities (Rom 1:19-20). John’s use of “Word”, is meaningful only as a reference to God’s work, already made flesh 70 years earlier. At the same time God’ Word in John is meant to point to God’s Son as “the most intimate truth thus revealed about God” although known only through second and third hand usually oral testimonies, each transmission marked by its author’s memory and understanding. It’s use by John is a simply a legitimate and inspired play on words but in itself cannot produce the effect of God’s works.
Adding the word “Jesus” such as “in Jesus the Christ or Christ Jesus” could have linked all the “intimate truth thus revealed” to the words of the gospels, the human/divine Jesus to be known ever anew by historical techniques. Thus, Verbum Dei’s expression “in Christ as the sum total of revelation” is incomplete without its human referent “…Jesus, the Christ…the sum total of revelation.” This interpretation is confirmed by the Council itself through the quote from Paul in Romans 1:19-20. Although not written into the text of no. 3, Paul’s quote reads: “The anger of God is being revealed…against all the impiety and depravity of men who keep truth imprisoned…For what can be known about God is perfectly plain to them since God himself has made it plain…Ever since God created the world his everlasting power and deity—however invisible—have been there for the mind to see in the things he has made. (Romans 1:18-21, italics mine). (trans. from Jerusalem Bible). The full created reality is the historical or factual Jesus, gradually “shining forth” in new lights gained through fellow human ingenuity. The works are of God, knowable through conventional human communication. The words of men in the canonical gospels transmitted in part orally were composed in writing by Jesus’ followers after a 35 to 75 year time period. They were finally afforded accreditation for theological discourse after 200 more years by the regime of a non-believer one of a series of so-called “divine” emperors, an intriguing twist of God’s work in history.
Up to Vatican II in the Catholic Church “revelation,” or God’s officially recognized communication with mankind, had been limited to doctrinal and dogmatic, or propositional statements. Heretofore, God’s communication to men would consist in his relationship to members of the human family. A short but excellent explanation of this change can be found in a book by the theologian, Richard R. Gaillardetz, By What Authority?, pages 1 to 10.
CONFIRMATION BY AUTHORITATIVE WITNESSES
POPE FRANCIS: “The complaints of today about how ‘barbaric’ the world is—these complaints sometimes end up giving birth within the church to desires to establish order in the sense of pure conservation, as a defense. No: God is to be encountered in the world of today. “God manifests himself in historical revelation, in history. Time initiates processes, and space crystallizes them. God is in history, in the processes.” (https://www.thirdgencatholic.com/?p=898).
POPE BENEDICT XV1: The young Joseph Ratzinger, a rising theological star and later to become the ultra- conservative Pope Benedict 16, gave reluctant testimony to history as an input into theology in his THEOLOGICAL HIGHLIGHTS OF VATICAN II published shortly after the Council in 1966 and reproduced in a Kindle edition:
“The debate on revelation took up again-this time in a somewhat calmer atmosphere-a problem which in 1962 had set off a most violent controversy: the problem of the historical dimension in theology which underlay the problems of revealed truth, scripture and tradition….The method of historical criticism, which saw the bible in an entirely new light, had won its first victories. The sacred books, believed to be the work of a very few authors to whom God had directly dictated his words, suddenly appeared as a work expressive of an entire human history, which had grown layer by layer throughout millennia, a history deeply interwoven with the religious history of surrounding peoples.(Italics mine).
“No less dramatic was the awakening that took place in regard to the idea of tradition. Liturgical forms and customs, dogmatic formulations thought to have arisen with the apostles, now appeared as products of complicated processes of growth within the womb of history. And the very human factors in this growth were becoming increasingly evident. Here arose an enormous danger for the faith. In Protestantism this led to the temporary victory of a liberal theology in which the substance of faith was reduced to a belief in the fatherhood of the Supreme Being and the consequent brotherhood of man. Pius X took drastic measures to suppress similar developments within Catholic theology…” (Kindle Locations 1097-1100). (https://www.thirdgencatholic.com/?p=138).
The universally respected theologian, Richard Gaillardetz, not only acknowledges the new and weighty influence of history adopted in the Council, he attributes key doctrinal changes to history. He writes in the Preface to his book, BY WHAT AUTHORITY (Liturgical Press, 2003):
“Once viewed with suspicion, now the council called for a new respect for modern science and un unprecedented openness to the fruits of historical scholarship.”(p. xii).
Gaillardetz explains how “…divine revelation is a good example of the council’s determination to ‘return to the sources.’ The Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, Dei Verbum, offered a biblically informed presentation of divine revelation as nothing less than God’s self-gift to humankind in love.”(p. 3). (https://www.thirdgencatholic.com/?p=138).
Stephen Schloesser, S.J., a professional historian, portrays the Church grappling with history in his essay, Chapter 3: Against Forgetting: Memory, History, Vatican II in the book, VATICAN II DID ANYTHING HAPPEN (ed. By David Schultenover: Continuum, New York, 2008).
For Schloesser from the point of view of the march of history, Vatican II and its openness to look at current problems with a close eye on how they developed was not only timely but a moral and ethical necessity for the Church. He asks how could a millennial institution called to interpret God’s relationship with mankind could evade the obligation of confronting the new and challenging world fashioned by the scope and weight of global events leading up to and reaching a climax in the 20th century.
“The Council was largely framed by the traumatic events of 1956 and 1968: the repression of popular uprisings by Russian tanks in Budapest and Prague. Implicit in the cold war tapestry were events that are now largely unknown to a youthful generation precisely because they are in the settled past. Hitler’s aggression and the Holocaust; the Soviet empire whose seeds lay in the blood of Stalingrad; the Atomic Age that was born in Hiroshima; the postwar division of the world into two mutually exclusive ideologies and superpowers; and the ever-present threat of nuclear annihilation…(p. 93)…the council was a response to cataclysmic shifts in the mid-20th century…the Jewish Holocaust, of a global war that claimed between 50 and 60 million lives, of the invention of the atomic bomb and the possibility of human annihilation…of decolonization and the end of Western hegemony—“(p.96).
Schloesser sums up the angst that pervaded our globe at the time of the council: “…the second half of the 20th century—a time when the world faced its deepest anxieties and had no idea whether or not they would soon be realized.” (p. 94). Along with doubts and anxiety technology was rapidly turning the world into a glass window display of a global cornucopia for a burgeoning and ever poorer, hungrier world population. Where was the power of the Church and it billion plus membership? (https://www.thirdgencatholic.com/?p=138).
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Home / News / We’re still searching for Chibok girls, says Buratai
We’re still searching for Chibok girls, says Buratai
T.T.B Teams Monday, April 15, 2019 News
Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, on Monday said the search for the remaining abducted Chibok girls was still on.
He however said activities of Boko Haram have been confined to Lake Chad region and fringes of Sambisa forest.
Buratai spoke while delivering the maiden lecture of the Centre for Contemporary Security Affairs at the Igbinedion University, Okada headquarters of Ovia North East local government area.
He stated that complex security challenges like the Boko Haram activities required political and security solutions that ensure that democracies rebound stronger after a crisis.
Buratai said the President Muhammadu Buhari administration has fulfilled the pledge to support the MNJTF by donating the sum of $100 million.
The Army Chief said the current political leadership has demonstrated strong political will, purposeful direction and resourcing that galvanised the nation against the common enemy.
He informed the gathering that adequate resources were provided to re-kit, procure more arms and ammunition, vehicles and other logistics required to prosecute the campaign against insurgency.
According to him: “Military leadership invariably draws inspiration from the political leadership and this allows it develop military strategic objectives that are to be achieved
“One of the silent but radical changes in the operations was changing the orientation and mind-set of troops from a defensive to an offensive posture. We also created the Theatre Command to coordinate the activities of the divisions involved in the operations
“Socio-economic activities and free movement of people and goods have resumed in many areas.
“Significant improvements can be attributed to the systematic campaign led by the NA in conjunction with other Services and elements of national power
“Success recorded so far is an indication that for Nigeria’s democracy to be consolidated, the military must not only play its part but must also fulfill the constitutional roles assigned to them.”
He assured the Army under his leadership would partner with the institution to build officers’ intellectual capacity.
Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Lawrence Ezemonye, said the centre when operational would carry out research that interrogates emerging security challenges of local and global concern.
Prof. Ezemonye noted the strategy was to create a Faculty that provides knowledge based interventions for effective enforcement response, being a rich blend of academic researchers in security affairs and practitioners from the military and allied agencies.
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Xbox One Scorpio targeting higher peak performance than PS4 Neo
By Sherif Saed, Thursday, 26 May 2016 09:16 GMT
Microsoft doesn’t want to repeat the same mistakes it did with Xbox One, specifically in terms of overall power against the competition.
With yesterday’s reports of Microsoft working on not one, but two new Xbox SKUs, a lot have started wondering about the sort of power Microsoft wants to achieve with the Scorpio.
In Polygon‘s report, the site’s sources revealed that Microsoft is not interested in having another PS4 vs Xbox One situation, where most games rendered at lower resolutions and/or ran at lower frame-rate on its console.
The company is reportedly targeting a 6 teraflops peak power for Xbox One Scorpio, which puts it ahead of PlayStation 4 Neo’s reported 4.14 teraflops target. Teraflops is way of measuring overall computational power, but doesn’t necessarily tell us specific details like the type of GPU used, CPU speeds etc.
When asked to elaborate his earlier comments regarding releasing upgraded Xbox One consoles more frequently, Xbox boss Phil Spencer said Microsoft will only release a new console if it’s a considerable upgrade over the current unit.
This could mean that Scorpio will cost more than the Neo, though the report indicates that Microsoft is still working on a price, as well as ways to ease consumers into the idea.
With that in mind, and in the context of this week’s reports, the desire to have a more powerful unit than the competition makes a lot more sense. That said, targets are one thing, actual real world performance is another, and we’ll just have to wait and see.
Scorpio could be revealed at E3 this year, or possibly sometime prior to E3 2017, to start a push for the new unit until its eventual release later that year. It’s not clear at this stage if that was Microsoft’s plan all along, or if the recent PS4 Neo reports pressured it somehow.
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1.5m foreign visitors arrive in Vietnam during first month of new year
January 29, 2019 by thesaigontimes Leave a Comment
1.5m foreign visitors arrive in Vietnam during first month of new yearThe Saigon Times Daily International tourists visit Hoi An Town – PHOTO: VNA HCMC – The number of international arrivals in Vietnam this month rose by 5% year-on-year to more than 1.5 million tourists, VietnamPlus news site reported, citing a report published by the General Statistics Office on January 29. Of the total, the number of international visitors to the country by air and road grew by 1.4% and 26.9%, respectively, while arrivals on cruise ships fell by 30.5%. This month saw a 9.3% rise in the number of international arrivals in the country against the figure seen in December last year. Vietnam mainly welcomed tourists from Europe and America as droves of overseas Vietnamese people returned to the country to celebrate and enjoy the Tet holiday. Further, as Europeans and Americans have winter holidays during this month, they are more likely to take tours at this time. In addition, Asian … [Read more...] about 1.5m foreign visitors arrive in Vietnam during first month of new year
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Festive Fever in Vietnam
December 24, 2018 by vir Leave a Comment
JuliaN Wong, General manager, Sheraton Hanoi This festive season the peak days fall into weekdays - Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve will be on Mondays. All of our hotel activities will be expanded to cover the weekends and weekdays. Guests will enjoy more celebratory activities for this festive season at Sheraton Hanoi Hotel. As we commit to an international service culture of personalised and memorable experiences through Hanoi’s gracefulness, ethnic cuisine, innovation and green practices that promises satisfaction, Sheraton Hanoi is proud to be the favourite destination of travellers. This year, we forecast an increase in leisure business for rooms besides expecting a stronger year end and festive season business for outlets and banquets – most notably yearend parties and weddings. Our hotel also forecast a slowdown in terms of business travellers as expected over those periods but overall, we have still seen a positive trend. Julien Pechey, General manager, … [Read more...] about Festive Fever in Vietnam
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Vietnam sacks, demotes top cops for state secret law violations
August 8, 2018 by vnexpress Leave a Comment
Prime Minster Nguyen Xuan Phuc signed the decisions to punish the two officials on Wednesday, 11 days after the Communist Party dismissed them from their Party positions and recommended further disciplinary actions. Bui Van Thanh has accordingly been dismissed from his position as Deputy Minister of Public Security, while Tran Viet Tan has retroactively lost his title as Deputy Minister of Public Security for the term 2011-2016 for violations previously uncovered by the Party's inspectors. The prime minister has also submitted a report to the president asking that Thanh and Tan be demoted from lieutenant general to colonel and colonel general to lieutenant general, respectively. The decisions to punish Thanh and Tan came after the Party's Central Inspection Committee reported on their violations and recommended disciplinary actions at a three-day meeting last month. According to the inspectors, Thanh, as the deputy public security minister responsible for the ministry's General … [Read more...] about Vietnam sacks, demotes top cops for state secret law violations
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Vietnam Party dismisses top Public Security officials, recommends demotion
July 28, 2018 by vnexpress Leave a Comment
They have been found violating rules on protecting state secrets and mismanaging public land and property. Lieutenant General Bui Van Thanh, Deputy Minister of Public Security, was dismissed from all Party positions at a Politburo meeting on Saturday. Thanh was member of the Executive Committee of Public Security Force's Party Unit for the term 2016-2021 and member of the Executive Committee of the Party unit of the ministry's General Department of Logistics-Engineering between 2010 and 2015. The Politburo, the highest decision-making body of the Communist Party of Vietnam, also dismissed Colonel General Tran Viet Tan, former Deputy Minister of Public Security, from his position as member of the Executive Committee of the Public Security Force's Party unit for the 2011-2016 term. It has tasked the government with carrying out further disciplinary actions against the two generals, including demotion in the police force. The decisions to punish Thanh and Tan came after the Party's … [Read more...] about Vietnam Party dismisses top Public Security officials, recommends demotion
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Vietnam’s top Public Security officials stripped of Party titles
Lieutenant General Bui Van Thanh, Deputy Minister of Public Security, was dismissed from all Party positions at a meeting of the Communist Party's decision-making body, the Politburo, on Saturday. Thanh was member of the Executive Committee of Public Security Force's Party Unit for the term 2016-2021 and member of the Executive Committee of the Party unit of the ministry's General Department of Logistics-Engineering between 2010 and 2015. At the meeting, the Politburo also dismissed Colonel General Tran Viet Tan, former Deputy Minister of Public Security, from his position as member of the Executive Committee of the Public Security Force's Party unit for the term 2011-2016. It has tasked the government with carrying out further disciplinary actions against the two generals and reducing their ranks in the police force. Vietnam's Party has four modes of punishment for members: reprimand, warning, demotion and expulsion. The decisions to punish Thanh and Tan came after the Party's Central … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s top Public Security officials stripped of Party titles
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Vietnam’s top Public Security officials stripped of Party titles, face rank demotion
Lieutenant General Bui Van Thanh, Deputy Minister of Public Security, was dismissed from all Party positions at a meeting of the Party's decision-making body, the Politburo, on Saturday. He was member of the Executive Committee of Public Security Force's Party Unit for the term 2016-2021 and member of the Executive Committee of the Party unit of the ministry's General Department of Logistics-Engineering between 2010 and 2015. At the meeting, the Politburo also dismissed Colonel General Tran Viet Tan, former Deputy Minister of Public Security, from his position as member of the Executive Committee of the Public Security Force's Party unit for the term 2011-2016. It has tasked the government with carrying out further disciplinary actions against the two generals and reducing their ranks in the police force. Vietnam's Party has four modes of punishment for members: reprimand, warning, demotion and expulsion. The decisions to punish Thanh and Tan came after the Party's Central Inspection … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s top Public Security officials stripped of Party titles, face rank demotion
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Viet Nam receives 1.43mn foreign visitors in January
February 2, 2018 by robert Leave a Comment
Viet Nam received 1.43 million foreign tourists in January. — VNA/VNS Photo Quoc Viet Viet Nam received 1.43 million foreign tourists in January, a year-on-year increase of 42 per cent and 12.1 per cent higher than that in December 2017, says the General Statistics Office. The number of visitors increased this month because of two main reasons ---overseas Vietnamese had come to Viet Nam for Tet (Lunar New Year), and for countries in Europe, the United States and Australia, January was winter holiday season, leading to a higher demand in travelling abroad. In January, visitors from Asia were estimated at more than one million, a year-on-year surge of 53.9 per cent. Visitors from most of the major markets for Viet Nam increased, including tourists from mainland China, up by 69 per cent, and South Korea, up by 84 per cent. The number of visitors increased by 22.9 per cent from Taiwan, 35.5 per cent from Malaysia, 11.3 per cent from Thailand, 16 per cent from Singapore and 36.6 per … [Read more...] about Viet Nam receives 1.43mn foreign visitors in January
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Number of international tourists in Vietnam increases in early 2018
The number of foreign tourists visiting Vietnam in January 2018 has risen compared to last year’s periods, according to the General Statistics Office. The figures released reveal that Vietnam has received an estimated 1.43 million international visitors during January. This represents an increase of a massive 42 percent year on year and 12.1 percent compared to December. Numbering more than one million people, visitors from Asian markets accounted for the lion’s share. They generated a 53.9 percent surge compared to the same period in 2017. The figure for tourism from Europe also witnessed a 22.8 percent climb from the equivalent point in the beginning month of last year, chiefly because January is the time for long-term rest and holidays in the continent. As an advantage, Vietnam is becoming an ideal, safe and convenient destination for international tourists, according to travel companies. The country’s tourism industry has enthusiastically promoted activities that … [Read more...] about Number of international tourists in Vietnam increases in early 2018
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GrabBike drivers attacked by ‘xe om’ in southern Vietnam
Two GrabBike drivers were assaulted by a group of xe om in the southern city of Bien Hoa on Tuesday, the latest in a series of physical confrontations between the app-based and conventional motorbike taxi drivers in Vietnam. A video of the scuffle, which shows the xe om chasing and aggressively beating two of their app-based competitors with sticks, made the rounds of social media on Tuesday. In the footage, believed to be filmed at the Amata Industrial Park in Bien Hoa, the capital of Dong Nai Province which borders Ho Chi Minh City, one GrabBike driver suffering from a bleeding head is seen being taken to the hospital by his coworker. The video sparked social media outrage, and is not the first time the rivalry between the app-based and conventional xe om drivers has turned violent. Local police confirmed to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper late on Tuesday that they were looking into the incident following a complaint by the injured GrabBike driver. According to police officers, the … [Read more...] about GrabBike drivers attacked by ‘xe om’ in southern Vietnam
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Take a look at Vietnam’s 6 most attractive travel destinations for Winter
January 9, 2018 by robert Leave a Comment
The Hanoitimes - Perfect choices for those wishing to escape the hustle and bustle of the city, Sa Pa, Dien Bien, Moc Chau, Da Lat, Sa Dec, and Phu Quoc, are the eight most intriguing travel destinations in January. Sa Pa Sa Pa in the winter. The best time to visit Sapa is from March to May and from September to November. However, in the Winter from December to February, the weather in Sa Pa becomes very cold, but visitors will have the opportunity to watch the sunrise over the valley in the morning. In recent years, there is snow in Sa Pa. If you have chance to travel to this picturesque town on this occasion, you will definitely see quite a romance scene. However, this is the reason why Sa Pa is always crowded at this time of the year. Dien Bien Dien Bien. About 100 cherry trees are in full bloom on an island in Pa Khoang commune, Dien Bien district, making it the hottest destination in the northern Dien Bien province at this time of the year. On January 6, a cherry blossom … [Read more...] about Take a look at Vietnam’s 6 most attractive travel destinations for Winter
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Theatre stars to bring Jimmy Ellis’ story to life for Belfast Titanic Maritime Festival
Evening performances of Jimmy Ellis: Home Again are set to be one of the highlights of this year’s Belfast Titanic Maritime Festival. The shows will be held on the 25th and 26th May 2019 at 8pm in Titanic Belfast’s Andrews Gallery.
The film is an auto-biographical reflection of the late actor’s family home and life working at the docks during his childhood in East Belfast.
It stars Stuart Graham – The Fall, Hunger – and Katie Tumelty – Fly me to the Moon, Divorcing Jack – who play Jimmy and Jimmy’s mother Tilly, and local actors Christine Tedders, Conor McFarlane and Oliver Stevenson who play his sister Eileen, younger Jimmy and various characters. It has been adapted by novelist and director of the Seamus Heaney Centre, Glenn Patterson and is produced by Blunt Fringe.
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WEB EXTRA: Senator Schumer speaks on deal to re-open government
by: Emma Catalano
Posted: Jan 25, 2019 / 06:15 PM EST / Updated: Jan 25, 2019 / 06:18 PM EST
Senator Chuck Schumer and Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a news conference after President Trump’s announcement of a deal to re-open the government.
Senator Schumer said that the President “agreed to our request to open the government and then debate border security.”
by LARRY NEUMEISTER and JIM MUSTIAN, Associated Press / Jul 15, 2019
NEW YORK (AP) — Two Jeffrey Epstein accusers urged a judge Monday to keep the wealthy financier behind bars until he goes on trial on federal charges that he sexually abused underage girls.
The women stood just feet from where Epstein was seated in his blue jail outfit as they asked a federal judge to reject a request by Epstein's lawyers that he remain under house arrest in his $77 million Manhattan mansion until trial on conspiracy and sex trafficking charges.
Virginia is now election battleground in fight over gun laws
by ALAN SUDERMAN and SARAH RANKIN, Associated Press / Jul 10, 2019
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Deep-pocketed interest groups and activists on both sides of the long-running fight over gun laws are gearing up for a major clash in Virginia, now a key election battleground in the issue after Republicans on Tuesday adjourned a special legislative session called by the governor to consider gun-control measures in the wake of a mass shooting.
The state's off-year election will be closely watched because Virginia is the only state where control of the Legislature is up for grabs in 2019. Republicans currently hold a narrow majority.
California’s Dixie School District to be renamed
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) — Trustees of the Dixie School District voted Tuesday to change the name of the 150-year-old district, which critics linked to the Confederacy and slavery.
Dixie will be renamed the Miller Creek Elementary School District, trustees decided. The vote was 3-1 with one abstention.
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Guardian Century: how the Guardian saw the 20th century
Reread a selection of Guardian news and comment articles from 1899 to 1999
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A mushroom cloud rises more than 60,000 feet into the air over Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945. Photograph: AP
1899 - American Imperialism
Fighting at Manila
“The Filipinos attacked the American position around this city at half-past eight last night. It began with sharp firing on the outposts from several quarters at once, and grew to a furious conflict as the night advanced. The insurgents fought savagely, but the defending lines, which have been ready for this for weeks, held their own steadily. At this hour there is still hot firing. The Americans are still successfully repelling the assault.”
1900 - The Boer War
The relief of Ladysmith
“To describe with any degree of adequacy the excitement in London, and indeed throughout the country, consequent upon the announcement yesterday of the relief of Ladysmith would be an almost impossible task. The news was made known a few minutes before ten o’clock at the War Office, and soon after the hour the welcome intelligence was proclaimed by the Lord Mayor from a window of the Mansion House.”
1901 - Queen Victoria dies
Death of the Queen
“The Lord Mayor of London last night received the following:- Osborne, Tuesday, 6.45pm. The Prince of Wales to the Lord Mayor. My beloved mother the Queen has just passed away, surrounded by her children and grandchildren. (signed) Albert Edward.”
1902 - End of the Boer War
Conclusion of peace
“The announcement of peace was made at the evening service at St. Paul’s Cathedral to a fairly large congregation. Apparently the message came as a surprise, as evensong had commenced before the gratifying tidings were generally known even in the central parts of the City. There was an audible murmur of satisfaction when the telegram from Pretoria was read by the Bishop of Stepney.”
1903 - Race hate in the US
Anti-negro riots in the United States
“The town of Evansville, in Indiana, has been the scene for several days of anti-negro riots, which have been attended by the loss of ten lives. A negro was imprisoned in the gaol on a charge of murdering a policeman who was endeavouring to arrest him, and on Sunday a mob set out to break into the gaol and lynch the negro.”
1904 - The Russo-Japanese War
The war in the Far East
“According to a St. Petersburg telegram, the Russians are far from intending to allow the Japanese to advance unmolested from the Yalu to Feng-huang-cheng - General Kuropatkin’s first line of defence. On the contrary, it is declared they mean to offer serious resistance either at Antung or Shakhedz.”
1905 - Pogroms in the Ukraine
Days of terror
“The events in the Odessa suburbs of Moldavanka, Slobodka, and Bugaieoka last night were of a most terrible nature. Immense bands of ruffians, accompanied by policemen, invaded all the Jewish houses and mercilessly slaughtered the occupants.”
1906 - The Big ‘Quake
Earthquake in San Francisco
“San Francisco has been devastated by an earthquake. The shock occurred shortly after five o’clock yesterday morning, and lasted three minutes.”
1907 - Millions starve in China
The famine in China
“It is estimated that four millions are starving and tens of thousands reduced to utter destitution wandering over the country, in the North of Anhui, the East of Honan, and the whole of the North of Kiang-Su provinces of China.”
1908 - The Persian civil war
Fighting in Teheran
“Fighting between Royalist and Parliamentary forces began at Teheran yesterday morning. The Shah and his ministers have been preparing for a coup d’etat for the last week or two.”
1909 - Bleriot’s cross-channel flight
Airship feat
“The feat of flying across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine, a thing which had never before been done, was accomplished yesterday morning by M. Louis Bleriot, in a monoplane of his own construction.”
Franz Ferdinand, archduke of Austria, and his wife Sophie riding in an open carriage at Sarajevo shortly before their assassination in 1914. Photograph: Henry Guttmann/Getty Images
1910 - The murderous Dr Crippen
Crippen & Miss le Neve
“A great crowd assembled early yesterday morning outside the famous police court in Bow street, London, where Dr. Crippen and Miss Le Neve were to be brought before the magistrate later in the day in connection with the mystery surrounding the discovery of human remains in the cellar of 39 Hilldrop Crescent, Camden Road.”
1911 - Churchill, have-a-go Home Secretary
Murderers’ siege in London
“A raid made by London police early yesterday morning on a house in Stepney - 100, Sidney-street - in which two of the gang that murdered the three police offficers in Houndsditch last month were believed to be hiding, developed into a pitched battle or siege.”
1912 - Sinking of the Titanic
The Titanic sunk
“The maiden voyage of the White Star liner Titanic, the largest ship ever launched, has ended in disaster. An unofficial message from Cape Race, Newfoundland, stated that only 675 have been saved out of 2,200 to 2,400 persons on board.”
1913 - Scott of the Antarctic
Captain Scott’s last journey
“Captain R. F. Scott, the famous Antarctic explorer, and four other members of the British South Polar Expedition have died amidst the Southern ice. The five men were the whole Southern party. They had reached the Pole on January 18, 1912, just over a month after Captain Amundsen, the Norwegian, and had struggled far back towards safety when they were overcome.”
1914 - The Great War
Assassination of the Austrian royal heir and wife
“The Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria, nephew of the aged Emperor and heir to the throne, was assassinated in the streets of Sarayevo, the Bosnian capital, yesterday afternoon. His wife, the Duchess of Hohenberg, was killed by the same assassin. Some reports say the Duchess was deliberately shielding her husband from the second shot when she was killed.”
1915 - Sinking of the Lusitania
The Lusitania disaster
“The death roll in the Lusitania disaster is still not certainly known. About 750 persons were rescued, but of these some 50 have died since they were landed. Over 2,150 men, women and children were on the liner when she left New York, and since the living do not number more than 710, the dead cannot be fewer than 1,450.”
1916 - The Easter Rising
Sinn Fein outbreak in Dublin
“A very serious outbreak organised by Sinn Feiners occurred in Dublin on Monday. A large body of men, mostly armed, seized St. Stephen’s Green and the Post Office, and also houses in St Stephen’s Green, Sackville Street (where the Post Office is situated), the adjacent Abbey Street, and on the quays along the Liffey. The telegraph and telephone lines were cut.”
1917 - The Russian Revolution
How the Bolsheviks took the Winter Palace
“The Palace was pillaged and devastated from top to bottom by the Bolshevik armed mob, as though by a horde of barbarians. All the State papers were destroyed. Priceless pictures were ripped from their frames by bayonets.”
1918 - The Armistice
The end of the war
“The war is over, and in a million households fathers and mothers, wives and sisters, will breathe freely, relieved at length of all dread of that curt message which has shattered the hope and joy of so many.”
1919 - First transatlantic flight
Manchester men first to fly Atlantic direct
“The first direct Transatlantic flight from America to Europe has been achieved by Captain Alcock, D.S.C., a Manchester pilot flying the Vickers Vimy-Rolls aeroplane with Lieutenant A. W. Brown as navigator.”
After Lenin’s death in 1924, a power struggle ensued, with Stalin emerging as his successor. Photograph: AP Photo/Sovfoto
1920 - The Prohibition
America ‘dry’ tonight
“One minute after midnight tonight America will become an entirely arid desert as far as alcoholics are concerned, any drinkable containing more than half of 1 per cent alcohol being forbidden.”
1921 - Speech hits the movies
The talking kinema
“The invention of the talking kinema - reported the other day from Sweden - promises to endow the art of the actor with some sort of immortality.”
1922 - The rise of Fascism
Italy in Fascist control
“At the moment when Mussolini, the leader of the Italian Fascisti, was seizing control of the country by force, the governing authority has been placed in his hands by the King, who yesterday asked him to form a Cabinet.”
1923 - The Beerkeller putsch
Bavarian monarchist rising broken
“The German reactionaries have struck and failed. News of their overthrow comes close upon the heels of the announcement of the coup, which appeared in our later editions yesterday. The coup’s leaders, Ludendorff and Hitler, were captured.”
1924 - Stalin succeeds Lenin
Death of Lenin
“Lenin, who was at Gorki, a village twenty miles from Moscow, had a sudden relapse yesterday, became unconscious, and died an hour later, just before seven in the evening.”
1925 - Advances in atomic science
Remarkable claims for new ray
“The remarkable discovery of Dr. Millikan, a Nobel prize-winner for physic, of new penetrating rays far shorter and more powerful than any hitherto known, has aroused the keenest interest of authorities in this country.”
1926 - The General Strike
Ugly disturbances
“The first day of the strike passed off, in a sense, uneventfully. The absence of trains and trams is not a new thing; it was borne good humouredly, and in no part of the country did any kind of serious disturbance occur. Already, by the second day, there have been ominous signs that this peaceful state of affairs is gradually giving way to a more dangerous temper.”
1927 - Lindbergh flies the Ocean, solo
Alone across the Atlantic
“Captain Lindbergh, the young United States airman, reached Paris at 10.22 on Saturday night on his non-stop flight from New York. He is the first pilot to have crossed the Atlantic by himself, the first to fly from America to France, and the first to make an uninterrupted flight of 3,600 miles. The journey took 33 hours.”
1928 - Hirohito takes the throne
Japan’s emperor
“The enthronement of Emperor Hirohito was the culminating ceremony here to-day. It was cold but bright with a passing shower. Over a thousand people assembled at the Shishinden, or Throne Hall, your correspondent being one of a privileged group viewing the ceremony through the Kemei Gate.”
1929 - The great Crash
£1,000,000,000 crash on New York stock exchange
“The heavy break on the New York Stock Exchange, which began on Saturday and has been increased on each succeeding day except Tuesday, when there was a slight recovery, reached catastrophic proportions yesterday with a crash described as the worst in the history of the Exchange. It is estimated that £1,000,000,000 in paper values had been swept away by the close of the market.”
Neville Chamberlain, prime minister of Great Britain 1937-1940. Photograph: Getty/Hulton Archive
1930 - Gandhi and civil disobedience
Gandhi’s march to the sea
“At 6.30 yesterday morning “Mahatma” Gandhi left Ahmedabad on foot at the head of a band of civil resistance volunteers on a 100-mile march to the sea at Jalalpur, on the Gulf of Cambay.”
1931 - The depression
Huge increase in unemployment
“The unemployed total on Monday, December 29 - 2,643,127 - was the highest recorded since the unemployment insurance statistics began in 1921.”
1932 - The Five-year Plan
Soviet output to be trebled
“Instructions by the Soviet Premier, Mr. Molotoff, and head of the State Planning Commission, Mr. Kuibisheff, for the second Five-year Plan were published to-day.”
1933 - Persecution of Jews begins in earnest
Anti-semitism in Berlin
“Demonstrations against the big stores in Berlin to-day developed later in the evening into an active outbreak of anti-Semitism.”
1934 - A foretaste of Nazism
Dachau concentration camp
“The concentration camp at Dachau is often represented as a model of its kind. The truth is that this camp is in no sense a model, although it is no worse than many of the Hitlerite concentration camps. The total number of prisoners who have been killed or who have died of their injuries at Dachau cannot be far short of fifty.”
1935 - Fascist expansionism begins
Fascist troops march into Ethiopia
“Mussolini’s Fascist troops marched into Ethiopia today - and as the war-drums called Emperor Haile Selassie’s people to fight, the League of Nations in Geneva was facing its greatest test since it was formed in 1919.”
1936 - Franco’s rebellion in Spain
Civil war in Spain
“On July 12 Calvo Sotelo was taken from his house by night and shot. There is some mystery in this assassination.”
1937 - The Middle Eastern question
Partition of Palestine
“Partition of Palestine between Arabs and Jews and the termination of the mandate are recommended by the Royal Commission, whose unanimous report is published to-day.”
1938 - “Peace for our time”?
Return from Munich
“Mr. Chamberlain went to a first-floor window and leaned forward happily smiling on the people. ‘My good friends,’ he said - it took some time to still the clamour so that he might be heard - ‘this is the second time in our history that there has come back from Germany ‘peace with honour.’ I believe it is peace for our time.’”
1939 - The declaration of war
Britain at war with Germany
“Britain and France are now at war with Germany. The British ultimatum expired at 11 a.m. yesterday, and France entered the war six hours later - at 5 p.m.”
A mushroom cloud rises more than 60,000 feet into the air over Nagasaki, Japan after an atomic bomb was dropped by the US bomber Enola Gay, 9 August 1945. Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Feature
1940 - The Battle of Britain
Never in the field of human conflict ...
“The gratitude of every home in our island, in our Empire, and indeed throughout the world goes out to the British airmen who, undaunted by odds, unweakened by their constant challenge and mortal danger, are turning the tide of world war by their prowess and their devotion. Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”
1941 - The attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan declares war on United States and Britain
“The Japanese, without any warning, yesterday afternoon began war on the United States with air attacks on the naval base at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, and the adjacent city of Honolulu.”
1942 - The Holocaust
The German massacres of Jews in Poland
“The Note on Jewish persecution in Poland which the Polish Government in London has addressed to the respective Governments of the United Nations contains a comprehensive account of the horrors being perpetrated by the Germans on Polish soil.”
1943 - Italy defeated
Italy surrenders unconditionally
“Italy has surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, and hostilities between the United Nations and Italy ended early yesterday evening. There were unconfirmed reports this morning of new Allied landings at several points north and south of Rome.”
1944 - D-day
Weather held up invasion for 24 hours
“There is a feeling of confidence at this headquarters to-night. No one imagines that the supreme battle which began on the beaches of of Normandy early this morning will be won by the Allies without bitter fighting against a determined and desperate enemy, but there is a general sense that the ‘first hurdles’ of invasion of the European Continent have been successfully surmounted.”
1945 - The atomic bomb
Destruction at Hiroshima
“One hundred thousand Japanese may have been killed or wounded by the single atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. This was the unofficial estimate at Guam to-night after reports of the tremendous devastation wrought had come in.”
1946 - The Iron Curtain descends
“In Czechoslovakia life is normal. This does not seem so surprising if you go from London to Prague by air, travelling more easily and more quickly, than from London to Edinburgh. It is incredible and bewildering if you come to Prague overland through the chaos and starvation of any of the surrounding countries.”
1947 - Independence for India and Pakistan
India and Pakistan celebrate
“British rule in India ended at midnight last night after 163 years. To-day the new Dominions of India and Pakistan are in being. At midnight in Delhi, capital of India, Lord Mountbatten ceased to be the Viceroy and became Governor General of India.”
1948 - The State of Israel proclaimed
The Jewish state born
“The Jews yesterday proclaimed in Tel Aviv the new State of Israel. It was formally recognised last night by the United States. In Jerusalem firing began as soon as the Army and the police left and increased steadily as the Jews began to take buildings in the central zone and to hoist the Zionist flag on them.”
1949 - The Berlin airlift
Blockade of Berlin over
“The blockade of Berlin ended at one minute past midnight this morning when a British convoy started its journey through the Soviet zone. Less than two hours later the first cars had reached Berlin without incident.”
Black students are escorted into Little Rock High School, Arkansas in 1957 having previously been prevented from entering by the state governor. Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis
1950 - TV viewing habits
Television tastes
“Owners of television sets seldom switch off even programmes which they admit to disliking, so that the extent to which television is watched seems to depend only to a limited extent upon the nature of the programme transmitted, said Mr Robert Silvey, head of Audience Research, B.B.C., when he addressed the Manchester Statistical Society last night on methods of viewer research employed by the corporation.”
1951 - Theft and return of the Stone of Destiny
Return of the Stone
“Three and a half months after its removal from the Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey early on Christmas morning, the Stone of Scone was to-day deposited in Arbroath Abbey in Scotland. Three men drove up to the abbey and carried the stone, which was draped in a St. Andrew’s flag along the main aisle before laying it at the high altar.”
1952 - The death of Evita
Eva Peron’s lying-in-state
“Senora Peron’s body was brought to the Ministry to-day from the Presidential Palace. It will lie in state, in a coffin draped with the Argentine flag and white orchids and other flowers, until Tuesday.”
1953 - The death of Stalin
How Moscow broke the news
“The news of Stalin’s death had just been released to the outside world by Moscow’s foreign services. Now, surely, was the moment for the Russians to be told. But they were not told anything - except perhaps by implication.”
1954 - The four-minute mile
The mile in 3min. 59.4sec.
“Roger Bannister, aged 25, to-day became the first man to run a mile in less than four minutes. His time at the Iffley Road track, Oxford, in the annual match between the Amateur Athletic Association and Oxford University, was 3min. 59.4sec.”
1955 - ITV launched
ITV makes its bow
“One thing must be said immediately. In 365 days’ time, Independent Television will have been with us for a year. So far, it has been with us for a bare hand-count of hours, and although the conclusions are crying to be jumped to, the temptation to jump must be resisted.”
1956 - The Hungarian rising
Soviet tanks crush resistance
“At 8 p.m. yesterday the Soviet High Command in Hungary ordered Mr Nagy’s Government to surrender by noon “or Budapest will be bombed.” Soviet armoured forces then went into action.”
1957 - Little Rock
Heavier guard for negroes
“About 75 white pupils walked out of the Central High School in Little Rock after eight Negroes went in to-day, and one boy hung a straw effigy of a Negro from a tree.”
1958 - Music in stereo
Stereophonic sound
“Within a few months, so we are promised by the big record companies, stereophonic discs will be available in this country. The question all record-collectors will want to ask is whether we are going to be faced with yet another gramophone upheaval on the scale of the L.P. revolution.”
1959 - The Cuban revolution
Castro in control of Cuba
“All of Cuba to-day was under the precarious control of Fidel Castro, the 31-year-old rebel whom the Batista Government pictured to its graceless end as a ragamuffin hiding in the scrub hills of Oriente Province.”
Neil Armstrong walks on the moon, 1969. Photograph: Neil Armstrong/AP/Press Association Images
1960 - UK seeks entry to Europe
Britain will ask to join EEC
“Mr Macmillan, a weary-looking father figure, at last held out his hand yesterday and offered to try to lead the Commons and the country into Europe, if he can find the way. There was a good deal of kicking and screaming and this was to be expected.”
1961 - Russia puts a man in orbit
What it feels like in space
“Major Yuri Gagarin described today how it felt to be the first man in space - how he was able to write and work and how he burst out singing for joy as his ship plunged back towards the earth. ‘Everything was easier to perform? legs and arms weighed nothing,’ he told an interviewer.”
1962 - The Cuban missile crisis
The Cuban crisis
“People who thought the Cuban crisis was easing - and who sent Stock Exchange prices rising - had better think again. The situation is still full of danger.”
1963 - The shooting of JFK
President Kennedy assassinated
“President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was shot during a motorcade drive through downtown Dallas this afternoon. He died in the emergency room of the Parkland Memorial Hospital 32 minutes after the attack. He was 46 years old.”
1964 - Beatlemania
Beatle hysteria hits US
“Physically, the Beatle invasion was launched just after 1 p.m. when their air liner touched down to pandemonium at Kennedy Airport. But in fact New York has been in the tightening grip of Beatlemania for some weeks.”
1965 - The Vietnam war
US paratroops go into attack against Vietcong
“An Australian battalion joined United States paratroops and South Vietnamese forces today in an attack on a Vietcong stronghold about 30 miles north of Saigon. This was the first time US troops were employed in an offensive role.”
1966 - England wins the World Cup
Let Us Now Praise Famous Footballers
“To the accompaniment of expressions of praise, thanksgiving, and, in some cases, undisguised disbelief, England became football champions of the world by defeating West Germany 4-2 on Saturday at Wembley.”
1967 - The six-day war
Israeli forces hit back - and cut off Gaza town
“Fighting broke out today on all Israel’s borders with its Arab neighbours. Official Israeli statements said that attacks had been launched in the area of the Negev, in Jerusalem, and along the Syrian border near Dagania.”
1968 - The soixante-huitards
Paris gripped by insurrection
“An insurrection, there is no other word for it, swept a stupefied Paris last night in the hours that followed General de Gaulle’s television address.”
1969 - Neil Armstrong takes one small step
The Moonwalkers
“Men are on the moon. At 3:39 am this morning - nearly four hours ahead of schedule - Armstrong, the lunar module commander, opened the hatch and clambered slowly down to the surface of the moon.”
Margaret Thatcher, with husband Denis Thatcher, waves to well-wishers outside 10 Downing Street following her election victory, on 4 May 1979. Photograph: Tim Graham/Getty Images
1970 - Beginning a decade of industrial action
Hospitals work by candle
“Nationwide power cuts averaged 31 per cent yesterday, with 40 per cent in some areas, and hospitals faced their most critical 24 hours of the strike so far with staff struggling to keep going by candle and battery power.”
1971 - The Vietnam war drags on
What Vietnam does to a man
“The men of D company were discussing the question of why in hell they had had no beer, or at least soda, for a whole month when I arrived on their hill. They wanted to tell me about those in the rear who were stealing the beer and soda from them, but I wanted to talk about ‘the action.’”
1972 - Bloody Sunday
13 killed as paratroops break riot
“The tragic and inevitable doomsday situation which has been universally forecast for Northern Ireland arrived in Londonderry yesterday afternoon when soldiers firing into a large crowd of civil rights demonstrators, shot and killed 13 civilians.”
1973 - Britain joins the EEC
We’re in - but without the fireworks
“Britain passed peacefully into Europe at midnight last night without any special celebration. It was difficult to tell that anything of importance had occurred, and a date which will be entered in the history books as long as histories of Britain are written, was taken by most people as a matter of course.”
1974 - The end of Tricky Dicky
Nixon resigns
“The last that we saw of him as President was his limp right hand flapping occasionally like a dying fish, trying to wave a laconic farewell through the bulletproof glass of the shiny green helicopter.”
1975 - Indonesia invades East Timor
Indonesians capture capital in air-sea invasion of Timor
“An Indonesian-supported force launched a full-scale attack by air and sea on the former Portuguese colony of Timor at dawn today. More than 1,000 army commandos parachuted into the capital of Dili in the first wave of the attack.”
1976 - The death of Chairman Mao
Power vacuum after Mao’s death
“The Chinese people, sad but hardly surprised, began to consider their future last night without their country’s great helmsman.”
1977 - Punk hits Britain
Punk record is a load of legal trouble
“The manager of a record shop in Nottingham who displayed in his window the new best-selling LP record by the Sex Pistols, which displays on its sleeve the title ‘Never mind the Bollocks, here’s the Sex Pistols’ has been charged with offences under the 1889 Indecent Advertisement Act.”
1978 - The Met’s attitude to race relations
Race causes an initial confusion
“The man who answered ‘human race’ when asked to what race he belonged would get short shrift at West End Central police station, London. For there human classifications have achieved an elaborate formality, as a bemused magistrate heard yesterday.”
1979 - Thatcher in power
Thatcher takes over No.10
“Mrs Margaret Thatcher looks certain this morning to be the next tenant of 10 Downing Street and the first woman prime minister in the western world.”
A man stopping a column of tanks in Tiananmen Square, 5 June 1989. Photograph: Stuart Franklin/Magnum Photos
1980 - The Iran - Iraq war
Open war as Iraq is bombed
“The border conflict between Iraq and Iran turned into a full-scale war yesterday after both sides bombed each other’s airbases and clashed repeatedly on the ground and at sea along the 720-mile frontier.”
1981 - The Brixton riots
How smouldering tension erupted to set Brixton aflame
“On Friday afternoon, a police patrol in Brixton stopped to help a black youth who had been stabbed in the back. The incident marked the beginning of a build-up of police strength and a confrontation began which erupted into violence on Saturday afternoon when a black youth was arrested outside a minicab office.”
1982 - The Falklands war
Patriotism has worked its old magic
“A thousand dead, terrible wounds; the Union Jack flying again over the Falklands (pop. 1,800); rejoicing and mutual congratulation in the House of Commons; champagne and Rule Britannia in Downing Street - each must draw his or her own balance sheet and historians must decide where to place the Falklands War in the annals of Britain’s post-1945 adjustment to her reduced circumstances as a declining power.”
1983 - The AIDS epidemic
The lurking killer without a cure
“Aids surfaced in Haiti. West Coast homosexuals brought it back to San Francisco. Cheap transatlantic travel flew it into England. And next year the handful of known cases will become hundreds as the four-year incubation period comes to an end for gays, and maybe even for their heterosexual partners.”
1984 - The apogee of Thatcherism
“One of Thatcherism’s most startling gifts to British society is to have thoroughly politicised it. Little now occurs, in large reaches of public and sometimes private life which does not have political importance and is not subjected to a test of its relevance to the prevailing ideology.”
1985 - The miners’ strike
Pit strike ends in defiance and tears
“One of the most significant chapters in Britain’s trade union history was closed last night when the miners reluctantly agreed to call off their strike in a mood of bitterness and tears, almost a year after it had begun.”
1986 - The Chernobyl meltdown
Russia admits blast as death fears rise
“After three days of virtual news blackout, the Soviet authorities finally admitted last night what Scandinavia had already deduced from radioactive fallout - that the Chernobyl nuclear accident is a “disaster”, that some people have been killed and thousands evacuated.”
1987 - The Stock Market crash
“A record #50.6 billion rout on the London Stock Exchange yesterday was followed by a fall on Wall Street which far exceeded the 1929 crash.”
1988 - Reagan’s second term ends
Goodbye, Ronald Reagan
“As Ronald Reagan journeyed triumphally from Texas to California in the closing hours of campaign ‘88, tipping his stetson to the crowds lining the streets for a glimpse of the Gipper on his last hurrah, it was plain that, whatever his failings, the American people are both forgiving and adoring.”
1989 - The Tiananmen Square massacre
The horror of a people attacked by its own army
“Students had been bayoneted to death, others had set fire to two armoured personnel carriers and trucks, tanks had crushed to death 11 students who had left the square and were lagging behind the others, more students had been crushed to death in their tents. ‘How could the Communist Party do this? How could they shoot children?’ asked a worker in blue overalls.”
Nelson Mandela and his then wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela raising fists upon his release from 27 years of imprisonment, 11 February 1990. Photograph: Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images
1990 - South Africa releases Mandela
Mandela free after 27 years
“Mr Nelson Mandela walked out of prison a free man yesterday, and within hours told an ecstatic crowd of supporters in Cape Town that the armed struggle against apartheid would continue.”
1991 - Allies attack Iraq
Kuwait’s liberation begun, says US
“Bombs rained down on Baghdad and other targets in Iraq and Kuwait early today as the long months of waiting in the Gulf crisis finally ended. Allied planes launched wave after wave of air attacks on the city and on Iraq’s Scud missile bases.”
1992 - War in Bosnia
Escape from Sarajevo
“Jordi had his doubts on Sunday morning. He wanted to leave. At 12.10 on Sunday afternoon a mortar bomb dropped out of the sky like a shot putt and killed him.”
1993 - The middle-east peace process
Symbolic gesture seals hopes to end blood and tears
“With faith, hope and a careworn charity, Yitzhak Rabin of Israel and Yasser Arafat of the Palestine Liberation Organisation shook hands on a joint accord at the White House yesterday and rolled the dice of history in what President Bill Clinton called ‘a brave gamble for peace’.”
1994 - Genocide in Rwanda
Rwandan PM killed as troops wreak carnage
“The Rwandan capital of Kigali descended into chaos yesterday as troops, presidential guards and gendarmes swept through the suburbs killing the prime minister, United Nations peacekeepers and scores of civilians.”
1995 - Unstoppable rise of Microsoft
Bill Gates: The world’s richest private individual
“Bill Gates, founder of the Microsoft Corporation, is the world’s richest private individual, with $12.9 billion ($8.3 billion).”
1996 - The Dunblane massacre
Schoolchildren shot dead
“The small Scottish town of Dunblane was racked with grief and horror last night as details emerged of the killer who had lived in their midst until yesterday, when he shot dead 16 small children and a teacher in three minutes of carnage in a primary school gym.”
1997 - Hong Kong transferred to China
A last hurrah and an empire closes down
“With a clenched-jaw nod from the Prince of Wales, a last rendition of God Save the Queen, and a wind machine to keep the Union flag flying for a final 16 minutes of indoor pomp, Britain last night at midnight shut down the empire that once encompassed a quarter of the globe.”
1998 - Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky
Zippergate is a scandal for him, for her and for us
“Insomniacs and obsessives couldn’t wait till the morning. They stayed up until 3am to watch Bill Clinton give his TV address live - and they weren’t disappointed. It made gripping viewing.”
1999 - Allies attack Serbia over Kosovo
Defeating Milosevic: Troops may be needed
“As the bombers go in, for the first time in the long evolution of the Balkan crisis, the outside powers are directly confronting the author of that crisis. Always before, the Serbian leader has distanced himself from the tragic situations which he has played such a large part in creating.”
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Stands by Kashmiris in their just stance: COAS
RAWALPINDI: The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), General Qamar Javed Bajwa, who visited troops on the Line of Control (LoC) in Sarpir and Pandu sectors on Thursday, has said that Kashmir remains the core unresolved agenda and Pakistan stands by the Kashmiris in their just historical stance.
The COAS appreciated the operational readiness and high state of morale of troops, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. General Bajwa said that Pakistan Army is fully invested in peace and stability of the region. "However, we are ready and resolute in defending the motherland against any misadventure," he maintained.
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Serena crushes Venus in U.S. Open showdown
Saturday, September 1, 2018 10:53 am
File: The Williams Sisters
Serena Williams crushed older sister Venus 6-1 6-2 in a shockingly subdued third round clash at the U.S. Open on Friday to stay on track for a record equaling 24th Grand Slam title.
The meeting between the famed tennis siblings had been hyped as the biggest night of the U.S. Open but turned into a “flat, uninspired spectacle” as Serena simply outclassed her sister.
The only moment of suspense in a contest all but devoid of drama came in the second game when Serena rolled over on her ankle, drawing gasps from the sellout crowd.
Serena was able to continue but at the first changeover, called a medical timeout and had her ankle heavily strapped.
In the end, though, the only pain being felt was by Venus, who suffered the equal worst defeat in 30 matches against her sister.
“This was my best match since my return. I’ve worked really hard for it … and hopefully, everything will keep paying off.
“I roll my ankles a lot; so I just wanted to get it taped as tight as I could for the rest of the match and see how I feel tomorrow,” Serena said in an on-court interview.
Seven times a Grand Slam winner, Venus held her opening serve but it was all downhill from there as a ruthless Serena swept through the next seven games to take the opening set in a breezy 31 minutes and a 2-0 lead in the second.
Venus would stop the skid holding her serve at 2-1 before Serena resumed the mugging by building a 5-1 lead before finishing off her sister with a thumping forehand winner.
The win was met with polite applause, a hug at the net otherwise there was no evident joy in the outcome.
“She didn’t win that match tonight because I just rolled over. She played “untouchable” tennis.
“I think it’s the best match she’s ever played against me. I don’t think I did a lot wrong. But she just did everything right.
“I never got to really even touch any balls. When your opponent plays like that, it’s not really anything to be upset about,” said Venus.
Meanwhile, the sellout crowd that surrounded Arthur Ashe Stadium was kept waiting to enter as world number one Rafael Nadal and Russian Karen Khachanov battled inside in a breath-taking clash that set the bar high for the main event.
The buzz was electric as the stadium filled and continued to build as the sisters arrived on the court under spotlights and rock music, giving the contest the full big event treatment.
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Both Venus and Serena accept that as two of the game’s very best, there will be times they have to play each other but also have made it clear that they find little joy in it.
“It’s not easy; she’s my best friend; she means the world to me and she’s so supportive of my career.
“Every time she loses, I feel like I do. It’s not easy but it’s a tournament and we all know that there’s more to life than playing each other and playing tennis.
“I love her with all my heart and she’s the reason I’m still out here,” Serena said. (Reuters/NAN)
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IDBI BANK IFSC Code for ANNASAHEB MAGAR SAHKARI BANK MARYADIT, RAJGURUNAGAR BRANCH Branch -Get IDBI BANK all branches IFSC Code
IDBI BANK ANNASAHEB MAGAR SAHKARI BANK MARYADIT, RAJGURUNAGAR BRANCH Branch
IFSC Code :IBKL0250A05
Branch :ANNASAHEB MAGAR SAHKARI BANK MARYADIT, RAJGURUNAGAR BRANCH
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What is an IFSC Code?
IFSC is an acronym for Indian Financial System Code. IFSC code is a unique eleven-digit number which is a combination of alphabets and numerals. It is used to transfer funds online for NEFT, IMPS and RTGS transactions. Usually, the IFSC code can be found on the cheque-book provided by the bank. It can also be found on the front page of the accountholder’s passbook. The IFSC code of each bank branch is assigned by the Reserve Bank of India. The accountholders can easily check the IFSC code of their bank/branch on the Reserve Bank of India’s website. Internet banking transactions for transferring funds, using NEFT, IMPS and RTGS, can’t be initiated without a valid Indian Financial System Code.
Generally, there isn’t any change or update in the 11-digit IFSC code. Recently, the State Bank of India changed Indian Financial System Code of its branches all over the nation after the merger with five associate banks and 1 other bank.
The Importance of IFSC code
The points mentioned below highlight the importance of IFSC code.
Unique Identification- It helps in identifying a particular bank branch
Elimination Errors It helps to eliminate any discrepancy in the fund transfer process.
Electronic Payments Made Easier- It used in electronic payment tools such as RTGS, IMPS, and NEFT.
Format for Bank IFSC Code
The first 4 characters of IFSC code are alphabets which represent the bank. The fifth character is zero (0). Usually, the last 6 characters are numbers but they can be alphabets as well and represent the bank branch.
Bank Code
How does IFSC CODE work?
Electronic funds transfer in India is facilitated by an alpha-numeric code called the Indian Financial System Code (IFS Code or IFSC). This code exclusively recognises each bank branch which participates in the two main settlement and payment systems in India, namely, National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) and Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS).
IFSC code is an eleven-character code that is assigned by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The first portion of the code is composed of four letters representing the bank. Next character is zero that is reserved for future use. The last 6 characters are the identification code of the branch.
Let’s take an example:
IFSC Code of State Bank of India (SBI) starts with letters ‘SBI’. As there are a lot of banks with several branches, the IFSC code is used to identify the branch involved in the transaction.
IFSC codes are vital while carrying out payment transactions including RTGS, NEFT transfers. Like, for SBI, the IFSC Code will be SBIN0011569 for the branch located in Sector 31, Gurugram.
Modes of Online Money Transfer Using IFSC Code (Detailed Info About NEFT, RTGS, IMPS)
There is no denying the fact that almost everyone in our circle is dependent on online payment modes and most certainly, you too are no exception. This online trend is supported by a plethora of options – thanks to the digitization of monetary transactions.
The convenience of transferring funds online has certainly made our lives much easier. Almost, every other bank provides multiple payment options such as Immediate Payment Service (IMPS), National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT), Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS), etc.
Based on different parameters, such as the speed of transfer, the transaction value, service availability, etc. each of the above-stated payment transfer methods will offer a diverse range of features and flexibility. Although these payment methods have their own set of benefits, yet they come with their varied flexibility and convenience for the customers.
How can IFSC code help you Transfer your Money Through NEFT?
National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT) is one of the most widespread online methods of transferring funds from one bank to another. NEFT is based on a deferred arrangement which actually means that the money is transferred in different sets (batches).
Currently, there are 12 payment settlements sets arranged between the time slab of 8 am and 7 pm for weekdays (Monday to Friday) and six payment settlements between 8 am and 1 pm for Saturdays.
Although there isn’t any cap on the amount that one can transfer through NEFT, however, a few banks have put a limit. For instance, SBI (State Bank of India) has put a cap of Rs 10 lakhs for NEFT transfer amount under their retail banking option.
Step-by-step procedure to transfer money via NEFT:
To start with, your bank branch should be NEFT-enabled. You can visit RBI’s (Reserve Bank of India) website to check and confirm so.
Complete the registration process for your net banking account by creating a username and password. However, your mobile number should be registered with your bank to complete the net banking registration.
Afterwards, you need to add the beneficiary to your account to whom you want to transfer the money. To do this, you will need the beneficiary’s name, her/his bank account number and the IFSC (Indian Financial System Code) of her/his bank branch. IFSC can be either found on the bank statement or on the cheque leaf.
Once you have successfully added the beneficiary, there might be a waiting time (assigned by the bank) before you can transfer funds to the added beneficiary. Again, for instance, SBI has a waiting time of 4 hours.
Once logged into your net banking account, go to the option of ‘Transfer Funds’, select the name of the particular beneficiary you want to transfer funds to and complete the transfer with the help of an OTP (One Time Password) sent to your registered mobile number.
The amount will be transferred to the beneficiary as per the next settlement’s schedule.
The NEFT costs between Rs 2.50 to Rs 25 (+ service tax), depending on the amount transferred to the beneficiary.
There are also certain limitations of NEFT transactions like you cannot transfer funds at any time you feel doing so. This service is available only on working days and within the working hours of your bank. You won’t be able to avail this service on weekends and bank holidays.
The RTGS Option (Real Time Gross Settlement)
RTGS transfer is basically meant for high-value funds transactions. The minimum amount that can be transferred through RTGS is Rs 2 lakhs. There isn’t any cap on maximum transfer. As this transfer takes place on a real-time basis, the individual to whom the amount is being transferred to will receive the amount in approximately 30 minutes.
The RTGS service works from 9 am to 4:30 pm on weekdays and 9 am to 2 pm on Saturdays.
The procedure to use RTGS service is same as NEFT. You simply need to make sure that your, as well as the beneficiary’s, bank accounts are RTGS-enabled and you have the IFSC code of his/her bank branch.
RTGS is a bit costlier than NEFT, wherein a transfer of Rs 2- Rs 5 lakhs may cost you a fee of Rs 30, whereas the transactions above Rs 5 lakhs may cost you Rs 55.
The Immediate Payment Service (IMPS)
IMPS is an instant fund service and works 24*7. It can be used 365 days a year to transfer funds to any other bank account. This service was introduced in 2010 by National Payments Corporation of India.
You don’t have to register separately for IMPS service – once you are logged into your net banking account, you will get the option of transferring your funds either by NEFT, RTGS or IMPS. You can choose the IMPS option to carry out the transfer.
Once again, you will need the beneficiary’s full name, her/his bank account number and IFSC code to complete the transfer. In case you transferring funds through the mobile app of your bank, you would also need MMID (Mobile Money Identifier) code for IMPS.
MMID is a 7-digit number issued by the bank for IMPS service if the individual is using mobile banking as a beneficiary. Also, while conducting IMPS through mobile, there isn’t any need of the beneficiary to get registered.
The charges for using IMPS is decided by the banks. However, usually the charge for fund transfer up to Rs 1 lakh is Rs 5 and for a transfer between Rs 1-2 lakhs is up to Rs 15.
What is the use of IFSC?
An IFSC code is used by the Indian financial system to facilitate online and electronic transfer of money. It is the IFSC code of a bank which enables it to help people with NEFT and RTGs.
IFSC Code Pattern
In an IFSC code, the first four characters are alphabets which denote the bank name. Hence, the IFSC code of each branch of the same bank will begin with the same four letters. The fifth character is a zero.
The remaining six characters are digits or numbers which denote the branch code. This is the part which makes an IFSC code unique.
How to know the IFSC Code?
It is simple. If you have an account with any branch of any bank, you will automatically get to know its IFSC code as it is printed on the passbook.
However, if you want to know the code without creating an account, you can do so via the internet. There is an official website of IFSC code where you can know all about this code.
What Is a MICR Code?
MICR is an acronym for Magnetic Ink Character Recognition. Primarily, this innovative technology authenticates the legality and credibility of paper-based document(s) in the banking database. It can be found on cheques. MICR is at par with IFSC as far as the security of a fund transfer is concerned.
MICR code is a product of highly advanced Character Recognition Technology (CRT) used by banks to verify cheques for clearance. MICR technology is used for other bank documents as well. An MICR code is placed at the bottom of a cheque. It includes details such the bank code, account details, amount, and cheque number, alongside a control indicator. The biggest advantage of MICR technology is that it stands out among similar concepts, such as barcodes, as MICR can be read and distinguished by humans very easily.
Difference between IFSC Code & MICR Code
As monetary transactions are not limited to financial institutions like banks, thorough verification is necessary before processing a transaction. To make the process faster, simpler and automatic, banks and other financial institutions rely on certain codes. These codes, namely, MICR Code and IFSC Code, play a significant role in verifying the authenticity of a transaction. However, there is a difference between the usage of both these codes.
Let’s gather a clear understanding of both and learn how they differ from each other-
It is used to facilitate electronic money transfer between the banks in India.
MICR code is initiated to make cheque processing simpler and faster.
IFSC Code is an 11-digit alpha-numeric code
MICR is a 9-digit code
The first four characters indicate the name of the bank.
The first three digits represent the city code where the bank branch is located.
Last 6 digits represent the bank location
Last three digits indicate the bank branch code.
How to search for the IFSC Code of a particular Bank's Branch
Abbreviated as Indian Financial System Code, IFSC is an 11-digit alphanumeric code that is used to identify the bank branches that participate in various electronic monetary transactions like NEFT or RTGS. One can find the IFSC code either in his/her bank passbook or on the chequebook. The image below can help you understand better
One can search for the IFSC Code of any bank branch by visiting the official website of a particular bank or by calling on their helpline number. For instance, if you want to know HDFC bank South Delhi branch code:
You can call the branch over the phone and ask the IFSC Code
As said before, you can find it on the chequebook or passbook given by the bank
You can find IFSC codes on RBI’s official website as well. It is mentioned with the list of banks participating in the RTGS/NEFT network
Apart from the above, third-party websites like PolicyBazaar.com also helps you find the required information. To get the IFSC code of HDFC Bank, visit HDFC bank IFSC code page of PolicyBazaar.com. Click on the tab ‘Search HDFC Bank code by Branch’. Make the relevant selection by clicking on the drop-down menu and enter the required details like state, district, branch. Once you submit this information, the entire details of that particular bank branch will appear in front of you.
How can one Transfer Money with IFSC Code of the Bank?
With IFSC Code, online money transfer has become easier and hassle-free. RBI has assigned these codes to the bank branches to perform NEFT, RTGS and IMPS fund transfer in a smooth way. To know how IFSC Code works while transferring money, let’s take an example here. The IFSC code of HDFC Saket, New Delhi branch is HDFC0000043.
Here, the first four digits identify the bank, which is HDFC Bank.
The 5th digit is always ‘Zero’.
The remaining 6 characters 000043, helps Reserve Banks of India (RBI) identify the branch of the bank
Let’s know how IFSC Code works during a transaction. When a fund transfer is initiated, one has to provide the bank account number and the IFSC code of the payee. Once the remitter provides all the necessary information, the fund is transferred to the account of the beneficiary with the help of IFSC Code in a smooth way. Fund transfer with IFSC code takes only a few minutes from the time of initiation.
IFSC Code also can be used at the time of purchasing mutual funds or insurance through NetBanking. As the National Clearing Cell of Reserve Bank of India monitors all transactions, IFSC Code helps RBI to keep a track of various transactions and execute fund transfer without any hassle.
How to e-transfer Fund?
Nowadays, most of the people opt for some or the other online process to transfer fund from one account to another. The process of e-transfer of funds is not only simple but it is also hassle-free. Moreover, it saves you from the trouble of going to the bank and standing in a queue to transfer funds. You just need to follow a few simple steps to successfully transfer your money from one account to another. Let’s take a look at these step.
First and foremost, in order to avail the online services offered by your bank, it is important that you get yourself registered for the bank’s net banking services.
You will need to register the recipient account as a beneficiary for third-party transactions. (Note that, beneficiary refers to the third party from a different bank than yours)
You will be required to add the beneficiary account and the recipient bank branch’s IFSC code.
Process of Registering a Third Party Beneficiary:
Majorly, every bank in India has its own policy regarding a third-party fund transfer. However, the method of third-party fund transfer remains more or less the same for every bank, except they are presented a bit differently.
Let’s take a look at the process to register a third party beneficiary.
Enter your customer ID and PIN and log-in to the online banking service of the bank.
Click on ‘fund transfer’ option. You will be directed to a new page.
Go to request tab, you will see an option to add a beneficiary. Click on that option.
Enter the recipient’s account details:
Name of Beneficiary
Beneficiary Bank’s IFSC Code.
Bank Branch
After filling all these details, click on ‘submit’ button.
Once the registration is complete, it takes a certain amount of time for the service to activate. Once done, you can then transfer funds.
After the beneficiary is added to your account, you will have to enter the description and amount that you want to transfer to the beneficiary’s account.
Once you are done with that, select the option of communication detail i.e. either mobile or email.
Based on whatever option you choose, you will receive an OTP either on your registered mobile number or on the email ID.
After the verification of OTP is completed, your fund will be transferred to the beneficiary account.
Different Methods of Fund Transfer with the Help of IFSC Code
The online process of fund transfer with the help of IFSC code is not that difficult as it seems. To the contrary, it is simpler and hassle-free. While processing fund transfer from one account to another, IFSC code is key information that facilitates the transfer. However, there are different methods of transferring funds with the help of IFSC code. Let’s take a look at these methods.
Through App:
Almost every smartphone has apps these days. You can make the most of your bank’s apps available in google play/appstore. Moreover, you can also initiate fund transfer through an app. Here are few basic steps that you need to follow in order to transfer fund through a particular bank app.
First and foremost, you need to have an activated net banking system for your account.
Download the net banking app of your bank.
Open the app; enter the login PIN or credentials, like the customer ID and password to open your account.
Choose the option of fund transfer; you will see various options of third-party fund transfer like:
Between My Accounts
Within Bank
Instant Transfer to Other Bank-IMPS
To Other Bank- NEFT
Via Visa Card
Via Special Payment
Choose the NEFT option of fund transfer.
In case, you have not added the beneficiary, then first them by entering the name of the beneficiary, bank account number, and the IFSC code of the respective bank branch.
Once you completed the process of registration, it will take around 5 mins- 12hrs to activate the beneficiary account for money transfer. This time period to link the accounts generally depends upon the bank policy.
Once the beneficiary account is linked to your account, you can easily initiate an instant money transfer to the beneficiary’s account.
Through SMS:
You can also transfer money through the SMS process with the help of an IFSC code. Let’s take a look at how you can transfer fund through SMS.
To transfer money through the process of SMS, first, you will need to link your mobile number to your bank account by registering your phone number for mobile banking.
In order to register, you will be required to fill a form, after which a starter’s kit will be sent to you which will include a unique 7 digit number i.e. MMID and mPin.
Once you get yourself registered, you will be required to create an SMS and type IMPS along with the beneficiary details like beneficiary name, account number, IFSC code of the beneficiary bank and the sum amount you want to transfer.
Once you confirm the transaction, you will receive a confirmation message wherein you will have to enter your mPin.
Press ok after entering the mPin, and the fund will be transferred to the beneficiary account.
So, with these methods, you can easily transfer funds to the beneficiary account with the help of an IFSC code.
What is UPI?
An RBI regulated entity, National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI), has developed an instant payment system known as the Unified Payment Interface (UPI). UPI operates over IMPS infrastructure and allows instant transfer of money between any two bank accounts. In case you are registering with the service for the first time, you’ll need to create a 4 to 6-digit UPI Pin (Personal Identification Number). You will have to enter the UPI PIN to perform all UPI transactions. UPI payment method allows fund transfer offline and online. Moreover, irrespective of the bank’s working hours, an individual can instantly transfer funds anytime.
Locate IFSC Code and MICR Code on a Bank Cheque
What is IFSC code and how to locate it on a cheque?
Definition: IFSC (Indian Financial System Code) is an 11-digit alphanumeric code that helps to identify different bank branches that deal with online fund transfers either via NEFT (National Electronic Funds Transfer), IMPS (Immediate Payment Service) or RTGS (Real Time Gross Settlement).
The starting 4 digits of the IFSC signify the bank’s name, followed by a 0 (the 5th digit) and the last 6 digits stand for the branch of a particular bank.
You can also find the IFSC code on the top of a cheque leaf near the bank account number.
What is MICR how to locate it on a cheque?
Definition: MICR stands for Magnetic Ink Character Recognition and is a 9-digit code that identifies the bank branches that are taking part in an ECS (Electronic Clearing System). MICR code is especially needed if you are filling up different financial forms such as SIP forms, etc. as it helps in a faster clearance of cheques.
The starting 3 digits of the code signify the city code, the next 3 digits (the middle ones) stand for the bank code and the last 3 digits represent the code of the particular branch.
You can easily find the MICR number at the bottom of your cheque leaf, printed adjacent the cheque number (on the right-hand side).
IFSC Codes FAQs
1. What is RTGS code?
Ans. The IFSC code is often referred to as RTGS code or NEFT code, since it is used to transfer money using RTGS.
2. Is IFSC code branch code?
Ans. IFSC code is not the same as branch code. IFSC (Indian Financial System Code) consists of eleven characters and is used to identify the bank and its branch. While the branch code is a part of the IFSC code, it is not the same.
3. What is the meaning of RTGS in banking?
Ans. RTGS stands for Real Time Gross Settlement. RTGS is one of the main payment and settlement systems in India. To make a payment using RTGS, one requires details like name of the account holder, account number and the IFSC code of the bank. Money can be transferred from one bank account to another safely using RTGS. IFSC code is often referred to as RTGS code or NEFT code for the same reason.
4. Is IFSC code and RTGS the same?
Ans. IFSC stands for Indian Financial System Code. The IFSC code comprises eleven characters and is used to identify the bank and its branch. RTGS stands for Real Time Gross Settlement. it is one of two main payment and settlement systems in India. To conduct any such EFT, IFSC is required.
5. What is the branch code of a bank?
Ans. The branch code of a bank branch helps in distinguishing one branch from another. It is available on the bank’s website, printed on cheque books and pass-books. The last 6 characters of any given IFSC code is the branch code.
6. What is the difference between NEFT and RTGS?
Ans. NEFT stands for National Electronic Funds Transfer, whereas RTGS refers to Real Time Gross Settlement. These two are the two main money transferring systems in India. Minimal transfer charges are to be paid for conducting transfers using NEFT or RTGS. The key differences between them are explained below.
NEFT
Full form
Real Time Gross Settlement
National Electronic Funds Transfer
Transfer type
One-on-one settlement
Transfer speed
Nearly Instant
0-2 hours, settled in batches
Rs 2 lakh
Re. 1
Maximum transfer amount
Rs. 10 lakhs
7. Is Cheque required for NEFT?
Ans. No, a cheque is not required for NEFT.
8. Is IMPS faster than NEFT?
Ans. Yes, IMPS is faster than NEFT as the money gets transferred immediately using IMPS while NEFT is settled in time-regulated batches.
9. How much time will it take to settle a NEFT?
Ans. A NEFT is finished immediately. It can sometimes take up to 30 minutes, but it does not take longer than that.
10. Are there any charges for NEFT transfer?
Ans. The charges for NEFT depend upon the slab in which the amount falls. The details of these are given below.
Transaction slab
Up to Rs. 10,000
Rs. 2.5
From Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 1 lakh
From Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2 lakh
From Rs 5 lakh to Rs. 10 lakh
11.Can we stop NEFT payment?
Ans. Once initiated, a NEFT payment cannot be stopped. In case any of the details (account number/ IFSC code) are incorrect, the funds get reversed to the account the payment was initiated from.
12.Can NEFT transfer be reversed?
Ans. A NEFT payment cannot be reversed. However, in case any of the details required (account number/ IFSC code) are entered incorrectly, the funds get reversed to the account the payment was initiated from.
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VENDORS sold 8825 sheep and lambs at the SELX market on Wednesday. According to Meat and Livestock Australia’s National Livestock Reporting Service lamb numbers lifted and included 1600 new season lambs. There was a slight improvement in quality, but again there were limited numbers of good trade and heavy lambs penned. There was an increase in Merino lambs. Prices eased across all of the trade and heavy lambs, but sold dearer on the light restocking lambs. New season lambs to restockers sold from $94 to $133, lifting $6/head. New season trade weights dropped $10 to $15 selling from $135 to $175/head averaging 760c/kg. Heavy weights ranged from $188 to $250/head. Extra heavy lambs reached $280/head. Old 2 score processing lambs were $4 cheaper selling from $88 to $114/head. Trade weights lost $15/head on the light and medium weights and were firm on heavy lambs. Prices started at $128 to reach $177/head. Heavy lambs made from $155 to $220/head. Merinos sold to $186/head. Mutton numbers fell and the quality was plainer with more light and medium weights penned. Prices were $5 to $10/head dearer. Medium weight ewes sold from $84 to $144/head. Heavy crossbreds reached $196/head. Heavy mutton averaged 510c to 530c/kg.
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September 13 2018 - 9:06AM
SELX sheep sale September 12 2018
GOOD RESULTS: Jake McKenzie and Greg Anderson, MD and JJ Anderson, sold cross bred lambs for $280 to top the sale on behalf of vendors R and S Cooper of Marulan.
VENDORS sold 8825 sheep and lambs at the SELX market on Wednesday.
According to Meat and Livestock Australia’s National Livestock Reporting Service lamb numbers lifted and included 1600 new season lambs.
There was a slight improvement in quality, but again there were limited numbers of good trade and heavy lambs penned. There was an increase in Merino lambs.
Prices eased across all of the trade and heavy lambs, but sold dearer on the light restocking lambs.
New season lambs to restockers sold from $94 to $133, lifting $6/head. New season trade weights dropped $10 to $15 selling from $135 to $175/head averaging 760c/kg. Heavy weights ranged from $188 to $250/head. Extra heavy lambs reached $280/head.
Old 2 score processing lambs were $4 cheaper selling from $88 to $114/head. Trade weights lost $15/head on the light and medium weights and were firm on heavy lambs. Prices started at $128 to reach $177/head.
Heavy lambs made from $155 to $220/head. Merinos sold to $186/head.
Mutton numbers fell and the quality was plainer with more light and medium weights penned. Prices were $5 to $10/head dearer. Medium weight ewes sold from $84 to $144/head. Heavy crossbreds reached $196/head.
Heavy mutton averaged 510c to 530c/kg.
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A DOWNPOUR of rain across the Riverina overnight on Sunday and Monday has been welcomed by farmers as a slight reprieve, but one farmer said the drought continues to be "the worst I've seen in this area in my lifetime". The Bureau of Meteorology's rainfall data shows that across the major Riverina areas between Sunday and Wednesday, Wagga had 25mm, Junee had 25.2 Griffith had 48.2mm and Narrandera had 35.8mm. Wantabadgery farmer Tony Clough, 66, said that while the situation continued to be dire, the 7.6mm in the village on Monday was much needed help. "Moisture's gone down a fair bit, it'd give us feed for another few weeks," Mr Clough said. "It'd also give us a chance to get started on canola." The mixed-farming operator said frugality has become paramount. "We've rationed and changed habits, feeds have become a bit tight," Mr Clough said. "Although I've been able to supply my own fodder for the past 18 months, we're running low at a rapid rate now. "There's no incentives there for farmers to conserve fodder and, realistically, a lot of farmers have had to buy for the past 12 to 18 months. "We are that far behind the eight ball when we look at rainfall events. "I've never seen the ground as dry and when you've got trees dying from a lack of moisture, it's terrible." Looking ahead, BOM's rainfall outlook for May to July shows no strong indication either way towards wetter or drier than the average three months ahead. Warmer than average days are very likely for most of Australia for May to July with the Riverina sitting between a 35 to 60 per cent chance of exceeding the media rainfall. The Riverina had a 40 to 60 per cent chance for the same period in 2018. Mr Clough, who has been farming since 1981, said the cooler months approaching would compound issues with livestock. "Going into the winter, when it starts to cool down and there's no feed, the energy requirements for those livestock are a lot higher than now," Mr Clough said. "Therefore we need to be feeding them more, but we don't have the feed to give them." However, he said he and a lot of famers were staying positive. "It will rain again and we just have to hang in there and make the most of what we've got," he said. "Farmers are a resilient mob. "It's like sailing on a sailing boat out in the ocean - you've got to change tact occasionally and I think we've been doing that every weekend for the last 52 weeks." The lack of rainfall has been compounded earlier this month with water markets in the southern Murray-Darling Basin trading for almost $600 per megalitre. In 2015, allocation prices were as low as $185 per ML and as high as $300 per ML. Fellow farmer John Higginson, based about 5km west of Junee, said that while the latest rain of 6.5mm at his property helps, he had concerns about having enough fodder to last through winter. "The stock and our wool prices - we've got to maintain our stock to hang on to them until we come out of this," he said. "I hate to be trying to buy young stock - whether merinos or cross breeds - because whenever this drought breaks, they'll just be unprocurable. "It [rain] will all germinate and keep things ticking over until the next rain and who knows when that will be. "Once we get out of April, which is pretty ordinary, our confidence will go up." While rain is not forecast for the rest of the week, BOM duty forecaster Richard Carlyonsaid residents should expect cooler temperatures. "We are seeing a slightly stronger cold fronts moving through, pushing the hot air further north and bringing some cooler weather from the south and average temperatures," he said. "The low temperatures look like it will be settling in for this week and we aren't going to see the high temperatures return. "Normally, April is the month to see a large drop off. It is a transitional month."
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April 22 2019 - 5:10PM
Riverina downpour a reprieve as dry Bureau of Meteorology forecast to compound winter farming
Toby Vue
STAYING POSITIVE: Wantabadgery farmer Tony Clough with his dog, Abbie. Mr Clough has been a farmer in the region for nearly 40 years. Picture: Emma Hillier
A DOWNPOUR of rain across the Riverina overnight on Sunday and Monday has been welcomed by farmers as a slight reprieve, but one farmer said the drought continues to be "the worst I've seen in this area in my lifetime".
The Bureau of Meteorology's rainfall data shows that across the major Riverina areas between Sunday and Wednesday, Wagga had 25mm, Junee had 25.2 Griffith had 48.2mm and Narrandera had 35.8mm.
Wantabadgery farmer Tony Clough, 66, said that while the situation continued to be dire, the 7.6mm in the village on Monday was much needed help.
"Moisture's gone down a fair bit, it'd give us feed for another few weeks," Mr Clough said.
"It'd also give us a chance to get started on canola."
The mixed-farming operator said frugality has become paramount.
"We've rationed and changed habits, feeds have become a bit tight," Mr Clough said.
"Although I've been able to supply my own fodder for the past 18 months, we're running low at a rapid rate now.
"There's no incentives there for farmers to conserve fodder and, realistically, a lot of farmers have had to buy for the past 12 to 18 months.
"We are that far behind the eight ball when we look at rainfall events.
"I've never seen the ground as dry and when you've got trees dying from a lack of moisture, it's terrible."
I've never seen the ground as dry and when you've got trees dying from a lack of moisture, it's terrible.
Tony Clough, Riverina farmer
Looking ahead, BOM's rainfall outlook for May to July shows no strong indication either way towards wetter or drier than the average three months ahead.
Warmer than average days are very likely for most of Australia for May to July with the Riverina sitting between a 35 to 60 per cent chance of exceeding the media rainfall.
The Riverina had a 40 to 60 per cent chance for the same period in 2018.
Mr Clough, who has been farming since 1981, said the cooler months approaching would compound issues with livestock.
"Going into the winter, when it starts to cool down and there's no feed, the energy requirements for those livestock are a lot higher than now," Mr Clough said.
"Therefore we need to be feeding them more, but we don't have the feed to give them."
However, he said he and a lot of famers were staying positive.
"It will rain again and we just have to hang in there and make the most of what we've got," he said.
"Farmers are a resilient mob.
"It's like sailing on a sailing boat out in the ocean - you've got to change tact occasionally and I think we've been doing that every weekend for the last 52 weeks."
Downpour a reprieve as dry forecast to compound winter farming
Images: Bureau of Meteorology
The lack of rainfall has been compounded earlier this month with water markets in the southern Murray-Darling Basin trading for almost $600 per megalitre.
In 2015, allocation prices were as low as $185 per ML and as high as $300 per ML.
Fellow farmer John Higginson, based about 5km west of Junee, said that while the latest rain of 6.5mm at his property helps, he had concerns about having enough fodder to last through winter.
"The stock and our wool prices - we've got to maintain our stock to hang on to them until we come out of this," he said.
"I hate to be trying to buy young stock - whether merinos or cross breeds - because whenever this drought breaks, they'll just be unprocurable.
"It [rain] will all germinate and keep things ticking over until the next rain and who knows when that will be.
"Once we get out of April, which is pretty ordinary, our confidence will go up."
While rain is not forecast for the rest of the week, BOM duty forecaster Richard Carlyonsaid residents should expect cooler temperatures.
"We are seeing a slightly stronger cold fronts moving through, pushing the hot air further north and bringing some cooler weather from the south and average temperatures," he said.
"The low temperatures look like it will be settling in for this week and we aren't going to see the high temperatures return.
"Normally, April is the month to see a large drop off. It is a transitional month."
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Insurgent Litt Challenges Saks Owner's 'White Squire'
More activist-targeted companies finding a so-called white squire private equity investors to help them fend off insurgent hedge fund managers.
Ronald Orol
Updated Nov 19, 2017 3:40 PM EST
Original: Nov 16, 2017
Last month real estate-focused activist Jonathan Litt moved forward with plans to call a special shareholder meeting of Hudson's Bay Co. (HBC) shareholders. The insurgent investor hoped for a vote on removing incumbent directors or on a proposal urging the company to spin off its Saks Fifth Avenue chain.
However, the department store chain recently took in a significant investment that appears to have stopped Litt's efforts cold. The retailer received a $500 million equity interest from buyout shop Rhône Capital, which converts into an initial 21.8% voting and equity interest in a deal that Litt argues contractually obligates it to vote its shares in favor of the HBC board of directors.
The equity infusion deal is the latest in a trend of activist-targeted companies finding a so-called white squire private equity investors to help them fend off insurgent hedge fund managers. The term White Squire is a variation on another jargony Wall Street term, White Knight, which refers to a friendly buyer who offers more than what a hostile bidder is willing to pay. A White Squire, alternatively, is an investor, usually, a private equity firm, that acquires a substantial minority investment in the company, say 20%, in a move that fends off an activist investor or a hostile bid.
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"With a 42% stake for management and the incumbent board it is pretty much game over [for Litt]," said Kai Haakon Liekefett, head of the shareholder activism response team at Vinson & Elkins LLP. "There is never 100% turnout, and many retail investors don't vote."
Liekefett added that turnout is typically lower when it comes to special shareholder meetings than traditional annual meetings because not everyone is paying attention, another strike against Litt.
It is possible that Litt could seek to challenge Hudson Bay, either in court or with the Ontario Securities Commission, arguing that the issuance was primarily motivated by wanting to defeat Land & Buildings. Both Canadian and Delaware-incorporation regulations require a compelling justification for allocating a large block of shares to a private equity firm—beyond defending the business from an activist hedge fund.
And Hudson Bay appears to have a potentially compelling justification for the Rhone investment, above and beyond its help in fending off Litt. The deal is part of a strategic partnership announced last month that will see Rhône Capital's $500 million investment take place as part of an agreement to lease space in retail stores to the investor's partner, WeWork, a global network of workspaces in buildings.
Even so, the Canadian regulator, OSC, may want to look into the process to ensure that the financing is in the best interest of Hudson Bay. A Toronto attorney familiar with the situation noted that it might be hard to distinguish between pure business purposes and defensive tactics.
Weighing his options, Litt could file a complaint with HBC's primary regulator, the OSC, arguing that the deal was an improper defensive tactic. He could also file a claim in a Canadian court, alleging that HBC has breached its fiduciary duty to shareholders. However, the Toronto attorney notes that Litt could have less luck going this route because Canadian courts have typically provided a lot of deference to the business judgment of incumbent boards in these types of scenarios.
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Alternatively, Litt could issue a complaint to the Toronto Stock Exchange, where HBC is listed, to see if they would require that shareholders vote to approve the issuance of shares to Rhône. According to TSX stock exchange rules, the issuance of a 20% or higher stake to one investor is deemed to be material and typically requires a shareholder vote to be approved. However, the facts and circumstances around a particular investment could have an impact on whether a shareholder vote is needed.
Litt's best chance for success would be to file a complaint to the OCS. The regulator issued an order in April that took away the voting rights for 10.6 million shares Ecco Oro Minerals Corp. issued to Trexs Investments, Amber Capital, Paulson & Co., and Anna Stylianides as the company faced a boardroom battle launched by investor Courtenay Wolfe and Harrington Global Opportunities Fund. The Toronto attorney argued that this was so obviously a defensive tactic that Ecco Oro tried to "sneak past the TSX" that the OSC considered it low-hanging fruit.
In the U.S., Liekefett notes that Delaware courts, when faced with this kind of situation, would also review and assess the target company board's motive for issuing such a large stake to a friendly investor. "The issuance cannot primarily be motivated by wanting to end a proxy contest," Liekefett said.
Nevertheless, a growing number of U.S. corporations have sought out friendly white squire investments when faced with an activist at their gates. In May, Pandora Media Inc. accepted a $150 million white squire investment from KKR & Co. (KKR - Get Report) as part of an effort to fend off Corvex Management's Keith Meister. Before the KKR investment, the internet radio company had postponed the deadline for nominating director candidates several times, which suggested that Meister had been ready to pull the trigger on a boardroom fight. Pandora Media subsequently called off the KKR investment after it in June agreed to a deal to have SiriusXM Holdings acquire a large minority investment in the company for $480 million.
Not all white squire deals remain friendly.
Tribune Publishing, which has since changed its name to Tronc Inc. (TRNC) , obtained an initial friendly $70.5 million investment from Nant Capital LLC's Patrick Soon-Shiong as part of the publisher's ultimately successful 2016 effort to fend off a hostile bid by USA Today owner Gannett Co. (GCI - Get Report) . Tronc's deal with Nant barred it from selling its shares, now a 26.6% stake, into a takeover if the publisher of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and other newspapers opposed the deal. However, by April 2017, Tronc and Soon-Shiong were engaged in a public back-and-forth tussle after the minority investor issued a letter raising concerns about chairman Michael Ferro and his preferential treatment.
In other cases, the buyout shop involvement helped save the day for the company's chief executive. In 2014, Blackstone Group LP's (BX) credit investment arm, GSO Capital Partners LP, made a $150 million minority investment in nitrogen fertilizer and wood fiber processing company Rentech Inc. (RTK) , a deal that came with preferred shares convertible into a 16.5% common share stake. The deal was formed as a way to fend off activist investment funds, including Glenn Welling's Engaged Capital LLC and Jeff Eberwein's Lone Star Value Management LLC. The activists, who had criticized Rentech for lack of oversight, failed business ventures and high overhead, were trying to install four dissident directors on the company's board.
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But with the arrival of Blackstone, Eberwein and Welling called off their contest, and both sides agreed to let the activist group appoint one member, rather than four, to Rentech's board and its newly formed finance committee.
Successfully employing a white squire investment requires a careful thread-the-needle approach for companies finding themselves in an activist's crosshairs. Targeted companies need to convince courts and regulators that the investment has a legitimate business purpose that is above-and-beyond one solely intended to protect executives and the board against an activist at its gate. But since the strategy has proved effective in some cases, it is likely to be employed in the years to come.
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Ill-prepared medical grads take more time to complete housemanship
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KUALA LUMPUR: Medical graduates who fail to complete their housemanship or take more time to complete their stint are mostly ill-prepared for the demands of being a medical practitioner, said Universiti Malaya (UM) Faculty of Medicine dean, Prof Datuk Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman.
She said the two-year housemanship is a tough period because medical students have to adapt to the transition from medical school to working in wards, and unfortunately a significant number are unable to cope.
“That is why the selection of medical students is an important step. They must have the right attitude. That is what we are doing at UM, instilling resilience.
“They should not enter medicine because their parents forced them to and they think it is a glamorous job with a lot of money to be made,” she told reporters at the MEDxUM conference in UM today attended by Health Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.
On April 11, Dzulkefly told the Dewan Rakyat that about 70% of the medical students complete their housemanship within two years, with the remainder taking a little longer and creating a backlog in the system for available vacancies.
In his keynote speech, Dzulkefly said a housemanship is the beginning of every medical student’s career and has to be fully-benefitted.
“Treat it as a period to acquire knowledge and skills. Respect your teachers and they will train you to be better doctors,” he said. — Bernama
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How to pick a good domain for better search engine placement as part of optimizing your site for the search engines during the design phase.
For the perfect domain name matchup in a search engine so that a page of our "Alfa Romeo Alfetta" website comes up #1 in the search results, the website would be named:
www.alfa-romeo-alfetta.com or www.alfaromeoalfetta.com
The website name would equal exactly the keywords in the search. Picking the correct domain name for a website is a good first step and can help a lot in how near the top of the search engine rankings your site shows up when someone searches for your key words. It certainly won't hurt to have a great domain name that exactly describes your website, especially for a new website.
You can find out which domain names are available by going to this site: Domain Tools or Domain Name Soup. Enter possible names for your website. If the domain name is taken, it will tell you. Sometimes you can buy a domain name that is for sale, but watch out for scams. Someone tried to sell me www.wiar.com (which would be a lot easier to tell someone than "words in a row dot com" when I'm on the phone) but they wanted $40,000 for that short domain name. I laughed if off--it's not worth that much to me.
When you find a good domain name is available, you can go to www.registerwizards.com or GoDaddy and register it cheaply and easily. Play around with some other names for your site -- get creative, and don't forget about the .net and .org and .biz possibilities. If you'd like help registering a domain name, feel free to contact us. We can even do it for you, for a small fee.
(As an aside: If you need a good dedicated server for your site, the best one we've found, and the one we use and recommend to our clients, is Data393 They offer a lot of practical features and are very responsive--and are inexpensive as dedicated servers go. Most websites DO NOT need dedicated servers, however. If you do happen to need the absolute top of the line in website hosting, use Rackspace, which offers "fanatical support".)
We also recommend 1and1 web hosting, and GoDaddy is also acceptable (don't sign up for the Website Tonite service at GoDaddy - your site will not do well in the search engines if you do). Be sure you specify that you want a static, dedicated IP address for your site.
Some people frown on using hyphens in a domain name--but hyphens can work fine as part of a domain name. That said, in our experience, using more than two hyphens in a domain name can be bad and get a site penalized at Google. Some of the search engines recognize the words between the hyphens in a domain name and give your site better placement for them. Every little bit helps. There does not seem to be any problem using as many hyphens as you want in PAGE names.
You have the option of using this second domain name for your site solely for the purpose of registering it with the search engines for good placement of your website. So what if it ends in .net or .org, or has hyphens in it -- who cares? It won't matter. For your normal marketing purpose, you can always stick with the domain name you already have, ending in .com and without any hyphens. It's true that most people will think your website should end in "dot com", and it can be a real hassle to have to tell them there are a couple of hyphens in it every time you tell someone your URL. To illustrate how this works: if you click to www.search-engine-friendly.com, it will take you to our Words In a Row website.
Duplicate domains: it's not a good idea to try to get 50 domain names with your keywords in them, and register them all with the search engines, pointing to the same website or duplicate content. This is, in fact, a very bad idea. It's a form of spam called "domain name spam" and to be avoided at all costs. If you've already done this, contact us for how to handle by setting up an IP funnel, so that you don't get penalized for it at Google.
If you have already registered a domain name and it is not what you'd like, don't despair. You can register as many domain names as you like for $15.00 each per year through www.registerwizards.com or GoDaddy and have them all point to the same website (IP address). A lot of the good domain names are gone, but if you find a better name than the one you have, great! Snag it and have it point to your IP address. If not, write this step off and move on! For example, we bought the domain www.wordsinarow.com back in 1996. We also bought www.search-engine-friendly.com, and sometimes use that domain instead. Both of them point to our website. At some point we may switch over to using only www.search-engine-friendly.com, but we haven't done so to date. Technically it is not difficult to make the switch and make sure that all the Google PageRank from all the thousands of links to our site are carried over to the new domain; frankly I don't think we'd get very much of an improvement of Google rankings out of making such a switch, so we haven't done it. We already have great rankings for such terms as "table trick" and "optin email addresses" at Google, so we're not that concerned about it.
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Different from the previous models, Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 proposed a brand new solution – sliding full screen, which has made great changes in industrial design. Today, let’s take a look at whether this Xiaomi Mix 3 can bring us back the amazing feeling when we first saw the Mix series.
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Industrial design: return in the way of sliding full screen
On Mi Mix 3, the industrial design has finally undergone a relatively big change. It adopts the sliding full-screen design to hide the front camera under the screen, making the phone become a really full screen, which gives us a better and more shocking overall visual effect. However, as we know, in this before, the front camera of the Xiaomi Mix has been criticized by customers.
The Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 is equipped with a 6.39-inch 19.5:9 AMOLED screen display with a resolution of 2340 x 1080. The sliding screen design saves large space of the screen, coupled with the 72% reduced antenna area, the Mi Mix 3’s screen to body ratio reaches the 93.4%. In terms of the overall look, the screen performs well in the display effect, which is significantly improved compared with the previous generation – Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S.
The back of Mix 3 still continues the classic ceramic material of Mix series, adopting the design of four curved surfaces and adding a new color option of sapphire blue. This color idea comes from traditional ceramic technology, which is with Chinese characteristics. Compared with the “one color is hard to get” of the previous Mix series, this time Xiaomi directly took out two color schemes of sapphire blue and emerald as the standard edition, which proves Xiaomi’s great proficiency on the color ceramic technology.
Except for the color, the back design of Xiaomi Mix 3 is very similar to the previous Xiaomi 8, which comes with the same vertical dual rear cameras and a fingerprint sensor. Here one thing to note is that Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 doesn’t have the version of in-display fingerprint unlock. I am a little disappointed about this, but considering the unlocking experience, rear-fingerprint unlock is the best way to unlock (if there is no face unlock).
In addition, there is a little change. The original text line on the back panel “MI Mix DESIGN BY Xiaomi” has been changed into a simple Mix BY Xiaomi, which is very simple and in line with the glossy back panel, delivering you a more compact visual effect.
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The Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 sets an independent AI button on the left side of the body, which can wake up Xiao ai speaker with one key. In addition, it also supports many other additional functions, such as long press to speak, double-click to generate a screenshot, etc.
The thickness of the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 is well controlled, which is 8.46mm. You will not feel very thick holding it in the hand. But in terms of weight, the 218g is slightly heavier.
In the time when large-screen smartphones haven’t yet become widespread, the sliding design is almost ubiquitous. But different from the traditional spring-loaded slide design, the Xiaomi Mix 3 is designed with a magnetic sliding track, with two NdFeB magnets embedded in the cell phone, so the sliding cover is driven with the principle of “the same charge repel”. Besides, the sliding process is full of intelligence, coupled with the magic sliding sound. That’s a fun touch to play. According to Xiaomi, the slide screen can be used up to 300,000 times and the driven force is 2.6N, so just feel free to play this feature.
In fact, there are also some problems with the sliding screen design, such as the dust issue, the scratch problem of the sliding, etc. During the test, although there is some dust on the front camera, it didn’t affect the beauty and our use. Thanks to the compact sliding structure and magnets, the sliding process is very stable.
Besides, the selfie function is also very easy to be activated, as you just need to swipe down the screen to take selfies.
Through swiping down the screen, some common tools will pop up, such as weather, calculator, payment code, recorder, etc. Additionally, you can set the shortcut application. For example, you can set the Google APP as the shortcut application, then you will quickly use it as long as swiping down the screen. That’s a very convenient feature.
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The Mix 3 adopts the same lens module as the Xiaomi 8, with dual 12MP cameras and the main IMX363 camera. But the biggest change is still on the camera. The Mi Mix 3 added the handheld super night scene mode and 960 frames super slow-motion shooting in its camera.
Hardware: flagship level configuration
The Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 is equipped with a Snapdragon 845 processor and the RAM starts from 6GB, which has been the standard configuration of the current flagship phones on the market. On the Palace Museum special edition, the Mix 3 is even equipped with 10GB of RAM.
During the test of playing two games, “Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds” and “King of Glory”, the Mix 3 ran smoothly. The frame number of the King of Glory kept at around 59 frames. After one hour of a game, the temperature of the phone was around 40 degrees. Overall, the game performance of Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 is good. In other respects, the battery of Xiaomi Mix 3 is reduced to 3200mAh due to the slide screen design.
In terms of charging, Mix 3 supports QC4.0+ quick charge and 10W wireless quick charge, and it is equipped with a 10W wireless charger. This practice can be said to be very conscientious. As for the 5G network, Xiaomi will first launch the 5G version of the Mix 3 in Europe in January next year.
When I first saw the rendering of Mix 3, I didn’t expect much of it. After all, I didn’t really use it. But when I got the phone, I had to admit that it was “really fragrant” and the visual effect after removing the front camera on the screen is very good. The experience of the sliding cover is magical. So, if you are a Mi fan and can’t wait for changing new full-screen smartphones, The Mix 3 is a good choice. If you are not in a hurry, we suggest you go to Xiaomi’s offline stores to experience it first and then make your own decision. After all, you can just feel the magic only when you really use it.
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3 years on, there remains no mandate for no deal
On the 3rd anniversary of the EU referendum, Brexit Minister Jeremy Miles said the case for another vote is now clearer than ever.
Mr Miles also reaffirmed his belief there remains no mandate for a no deal Brexit, and that crashing out without a deal will disproportionately damage the Welsh economy.
Following the referendum result, we immediately got to work on a detailed plan of how the UK could leave the EU, reflecting the result, while also avoiding unnecessary damage to our economy and jobs.
Unfortunately there is no majority in Parliament in support of our proposed version of Brexit.
That leaves us with a stark choice: crashing out without a deal, or remaining in the EU.
There is simply no mandate for a no deal exit. That is not what the people were asked back in 2016, and it is certainly not in our best interests. But it would seem those hell bent on a no deal Brexit are now in the ascendency.
A change at the top of the Conservative Party does not change the uncomfortable truth, that whoever replaces the Prime Minister, no matter what their background or parliamentary skills, will face the same problems she failed to overcome.
We must not give in to the no deal advocates; the people who want a hard Brexit but refuse to acknowledge the implications for those whose jobs and livelihoods it will hit.
We must not believe those who blithely promise that everything will be OK in a couple of years. We need to protect our communities and our people right now.
Latest statistics* suggest the loss of free access to Wales’ biggest market will have hugely damaging implications. We simply can’t ignore the fact that 61.1% of our goods are currently traded with the EU: that can’t be dismissed with a wave of a hand and a vague promise that ‘it will all be ok eventually’.
Time is short and the spectre of no deal looms large. The Welsh Government will continue to take action to safeguard the interests of Wales and its people. To this end, we advocate Wales remaining in the EU, and will continue to emphasise there remains no mandate for a no deal Brexit.
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The Fertility Diet
September 24, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)
Fertility and diet go hand-in-hand. There are certain foods that can help boost a woman’s chance of becoming pregnant, while other foods can harm her chance of conceiving.
Dietary and lifestyle factors responsible for fertility in women are as follows:
The ratio of mono-unsaturated to trans fats in diet
A recent study at the Harvard School of Public Health indicates that women with fertility problems, especially those who aren’t ovulating, tend to consume higher amounts of Trans fats then women without infertility issues. The results of the study suggest that women who ingest a mere 2% of totalcalories from Trans fats instead of healthier monounsaturated fats doubled their risk of infertility. To cut trans fats out of the diet completely, women should avoid all foods that list hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils in their ingredients.
Protein consumption (derived from animals or vegetables)Fertility could be reduced by a direct toxic effect of protein breakdown products. Excess rumen degradable protein is commonly associated with reduced fertility, but similar effects are produced by diets that contain excess rumen undegradable protein. According to a test conducted by The Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine, women eating over 30% protein may have trouble conceiving. It was found those on the high protein diet had four times the amount of ammonium in their reproductive tracts than those on a normal diet.
Women who are trying to conceive should limit their protein intake to around 20% of their diet. Too much animal protein is also linked to lower fertility.
Carbohydrates consumption (including fiber intake and dietary glycemic index)Choosing breads with whole grains will help to ensure that you get enough fiber. Whole grains also contain nutrients that help to stimulate total body health. Recent advances have shown that a balanced, low GI (Glycaemic Index) diet may have a very significant, beneficial effect on many of the symptoms related with infertility. At least 75 per cent of obese patients with PCOS have a condition known as “insulin resistance”, in which levels of insulin are elevated. Insulin is the hormone that controls the storage of fat in our bodies, so it is virtually impossible for patients who have a high level to diet successfully by conventional methods. Reducing the level of insulin not only causes rapid and sustainable weight loss, it also produces widespread, beneficial effects on general health – reducing the risk of diabetes and heart disease, and lowering high cholesterol levels. Even a relatively modest reduction in weight has been shown to regularize ovarian function and increase fertility. Restricting the amount of refined carbohydrates (white bread, pasta, rice and cakes) – is highly effective in weight-loss management. High GI foods (such as refined bread, pasta and rice) cause high levels of sugar and, therefore, high levels of insulin. Low GI foods (meat, cheese, eggs and pulses) stimulate much lower levels of insulin.
Dairy consumption (low- and high-fat dairy): Make sure that you’re getting enough calcium. Dairy foods, such as milk, yogurt and cheese are all good sources, however, these foods contain saturated fats, which should only be consumed in moderation. Many vegetables, such as broccoli, kale and oranges are as good a source of calcium as dairy products. Fish, such as sardines and salmon, are also good sources of calcium.
Iron consumption: Consumption of iron supplements and nonheme iron from other sources may decrease the risk of ovulatory infertility. Women taking supplements with high iron content (41 mg or more) have a lower risk (62%) of ovulatory infertility compared with women who took no supplements. Similarly, women consuming high amounts of iron from other non-animal sources have a significantly lower risk of ovulatory infertility compared with women who consumed little iron in their diet. Low iron levels at the onset of pregnancy increase the risk of developing postpartum anemia, which reduces a new mom’s energy. Post-partum anemia affects 27% of women. Iron supplements are sometimes needed to avoid anemia when a diet lacks reliable sources of iron and dairy. Protein sources, such as meat and poultry, help maintain healthy level of iron.
Multivitamin use: Organic foods, whole wheat,fruits and vegetables can all help increase a woman’s chance of becoming pregnant. These foods contain lots of vitamins and minerals, which are key to conception and fetal development. High-quality multivitamins are an excellent way to ensure that a diet contains enough nutrients. Vitamins containing zinc, folic acid and B vitamins are crucial. Zinc helps cell division in the development of the fetus, while a lack of zinc can decrease the production of healthy eggs prior to conception. Zinc is the only mineral conclusively shown to increase fertility rates. Vitamin B6 is rich in folic acid, while Vitamin B12helps to absorb it. A supplement containing essential fatty acids is also important.
Body mass index: Lower BMI is better, but of course in the healthy range (serious food restriction such as in anorexia nervosa hurts fertility) There is a strong association between obesity (body mass index of 30 kg/m2) and delayed conception and also increased risk for women whose body mass index was <20 kg/m2 .
Physical activity: Research indicates that light-to-moderate physical activities are associated with most favourable health outcomes. Intense activities, however, may actually have detrimental effects, including suppression of reproductive function. An increase in vigorous activity (but not moderate activity) is associated with reduced relative risk of ovulatory infertility. Each hour per week of vigorous activity was associated with a 7% lower relative risk of ovulatory infertility. These data suggest that, among women, more ovulatory infertility is attributable to overweight and a sedentary lifestyle.
According to a new study women who follow a combination of five or more of the above lifestyle factors, including changing specific aspects of their diets, experience more than 80 percent less relative risk of infertility due to ovulatory disorders compared to women who engage in none of the above mentioned factors.
The researchers assigned a “fertility diet” score of one to five points. The higher the score, the lower the risk of infertility associated with ovulatory disorders.
The women with the highest fertility diet scores ate less trans fat and sugar from carbohydrates, consumed more protein from vegetables than from animals, ate more fiber and iron, took more multivitamins, had a lower BMI, exercised for longer periods of time each day, and, surprisingly, consumed more high-fat dairy products and less low-fat dairy products. The relationship between a higher “fertility diet” score and lesser risk for infertility was similar for different subgroups of women regardless of age and whether or not they had been pregnant in the past.
During the study it was found that women who started following more of these recommendations, their risk of infertility dropped substantially for every one of the dietary and lifestyle strategies undertaken. In fact, a six fold difference was observed in ovulatory infertility risk between women following five or more low-risk dietary and lifestyle habits and those following none.
Note: The lead author of the study is Jorge Chavarro, Research Fellow in the HSPH Department of Nutrition. Both scientists have earned MDs and have appointments at Harvard Medical School. Chavarro and Willett have also co-authored a book with Patrick Skerrett called The Fertility Diet: Groundbreaking Research Reveals Natural Ways to Boost Ovulation & Improve Your Chances of Getting Pregnant. The book will publish in December 2007.
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Wake Up and Smell the Incense
On January 8, 2014 in General by Robyn
On December 10, Santa Monica, Ca.-based YogaGlo, Inc. was issued a patent claiming that its technique for filming a yoga class is novel. In a nutshell, the patent gives YogaGlo exclusive rights to film yoga classes from the back of a room with a camera about three feet off the ground. It also requires that there be a “no mat zone” or “corridor” from the camera to the teacher whereby students are situated on mats on either side of the corridor. This enables a clear view from the camera to the instructor.
Yogis aren’t the only ones wondering why a patent this general and certainly not novel was granted in the first place.
Joel Lehrer, a partner at Goodwin Procter LLP in Boston, said it didn’t appear as if there was any legitimate invention in the way YogaGlo films its classes. Filming from the back of a class with an unobstructed view of the teacher is commonplace. Yet, YogaGlo managed to get the patent probably because the patent examiner didn’t quite understand the dynamics of a yoga class and that filming a teacher down a center aisle from a specified height is not unusual, he said.
“This patent (US serial number 8,605,152) gives YogaGlo the right to restrict others from doing what their patent covers and gives them a government-granted limited monopoly if they choose to enforce it,” said Lehrer, who specializes in patent and intellectual property law.
Oftentimes vague patents in other businesses do get approved. The software industry has been grappling with this for years, said Lehrer. In fact, even software companies with valid inventions are sometimes hesitant to file patents for fear of alienating their customer base. He explained that there is a stigma surrounding what some consider “inhibiting the advancement of technology.”
“Some companies in the software space choose not to pursue patents for fear of the backlash. They are afraid people won’t want to work for them or do business with them for ethical reasons.”
This industry backlash, said Lehrer, is something a company like YogaGlo could face if it chooses to enforce its patent. In fact, while waiting to see if its patent would be approved, YogaGlo did send companies cease and desist letters, including the non-profit organization Yoga International. Now, however, YogaGlo also has the right to charge licensing fees to companies that want to continue filming videos in a way consistent with the patent.
YogaGlo, which did not respond to inquiries for an interview, has been radio silent on this issue since last week’s news. But Lehrer said the company could also decide not to police the patent at all. “They are under no legal obligation to enforce it,” said Lehrer.
Todd Wolfenberg, executive director at Yoga International, said his organization removed 14 videos from its website in response to YogaGlo’s cease and desist letter. “They were filmed in a similar way (to YogaGlo’s classes). Our cameras were about five feet off the ground but we also had aisles with students on both sides and a teacher in front. Many people have filmed using this orientation before. Without an aisle, you can’t see the teacher,” said Wolfenberg, who said his organization, part of the 400-acre Himalayan Institute, does not want to get embroiled in a court battle.
Yoga International, said Wolfenberg, has the means and ability to film classes from different angles and is in the process of doing just that. Visitors to the site usually have to pay for video content. Yet, while Yoga International is re-shooting certain classes, all video content is free.
“We think it serves you better in the long-term to take the high road. It’s better than lashing out and getting angry,” he said.
Yoga International is not the only one that this patent may affect. Companies in the business of filming yoga classes are plentiful and include Gaiam Inc., a publicly traded corporation that recently purchased My Yoga Online (MYT); YogaVibes; Yoga Download; and Yoga Today. All of these companies charge fees for viewing content. There are also plenty of yoga teachers and companies that provide their streaming classes for free or by donation, such as DoYogaWithMe.com. Still other large studio chains, like YogaWorks, now offer their own online system for viewing classes taught by their instructors.
Jamie Kent, president and founder of Denver-based Yoga Download, couldn’t believe a yoga company received a patent of this nature.
“This is far-reaching and goes beyond the yoga world. It has implications in the film industry, fitness business and other markets as well,” said Kent. “If one company can patent a camera angle, what’s to stop others from doing the same thing?” she said.
Yoga Download, with 9,000 monthly members, both creates its own content with a group of teachers and works with content partners who wish to stream videos on the Yoga Download platform. About fifty percent of its business comes from membership and the other half is generated through single downloads or other non-member purchases. Kent said the company will now diligently convey new filming guidelines to its content providers.
Kent, as well as others in the yoga video streaming field agree that as the industry grows, smaller studios and yoga teachers will need to be aware of this patent and its ramifications.
Tania Neild, founder of StudioLiveTV, works with yoga studios to create a platform, or channel, to deliver online classes. Since StudioLiveTV handles the technology end for its partners, it will ensure that classes are filmed in a way that doesn’t infringe on the patent, said Neild.
So far, the YogaGlo patent has only affected a couple of classes on the company’s Fitness for Action channel. The fundraising channel was launched to raise money for victims of the typhoon in the Philippines and other charities. YogaGlo, as well as other yoga content providers, donated classes. YogaGlo asked StudioLiveTV to remove a couple of the classes that infringed the pending patent and StudioLiveTV obliged, said Neild.
“They were very polite and were also generous in donating to our channel,” she said.
Nonetheless, it was a wake-up call that expertise from companies like StudioLiveTV and Yoga Download will be in high demand. Neild and others also note that the patent flies in the face of what many consider yoga to be all about: a healing art meant to help people on their path to wellness. Despite this, yoga is emerging as a business, not unlike any other industry. And with that comes potential lawsuits. In fact, the only way to challenge this patent entails going to court or a filing at the Patent Office, said Lehrer.
One way to invalidate a patent in court is by proving the existence of “prior art.” Essentially this would mean others, or even YogaGlo, used the same filming technique before August 2009, at least one year before YogaGlo initially filed for its patent in August 2010, said Lehrer. Yet, simply challenging the validity of a patent, regardless of its merit, can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, he said. The only other legal alternative, also costly, entails going to court as a defendant if YogaGlo threatens a lawsuit, he said.
The buzz in the yoga community is that perhaps Yoga Alliance, a non-profit association representing yoga teachers, will step up to the plate. Yet, YA isn’t sure what it will do next. Although YA opposes the patent, President Richard Karpel stated, “I can’t provide more details about our plans because they haven’t been determined yet.”
As ugly as all this may sound in a business built upon peace, love and flowers, this may not be the last patent for yoga related businesses. ”Sadly, exclusive feels good to some. It’s contradictory to yoga, but it happens,” said Neild at StudioLiveTV.
According to Wolfenberg at Yoga International, it’s important for those involved in the yoga and business community at large to educate themselves. “It’s a very strange type of situation and I don’t know where Pandora’s box is going to open up next,” he said.
There’s one thing Wolfenberg knows for sure: “Yoga is changing.”
By Robyn Parets
Robyn Parets is a journalist, editor, yoga teacher, and owner of two yoga-related businesses: Breathe Joy Yoga studio and Pretzel Kids, a trademarked children’s yoga brand. She also blogs about yoga, business and life in general and can be found at awayfromom.net.
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Sometimes, my energy feels zapped. I know it’s in there, but I just can’t seem to find it. Sometimes it occurs as a foggy head. Other times I feel tired. And sometimes I just want to sit and watch a marathon of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (love it). But I know that deep down, my energy is waiting, stuck somewhere, looking to be released.
Yoga to Awaken your Inner Warrior
A true warrior is a combination of characteristics: strength, clarity, composure, and fearlessness. To awaken your inner warrior, it is vital you dig deep and recognize your own desires, truths, and powers. Being a warrior and standing up for what you believe in doesn’t mean you have to be the most physically powerful person, nor the fastest or most agile. A true warrior comes from within: being firm in your resolve, true to your beliefs, and learning to bend and not break. Yoga guides us to turn our attention and awareness inward with the intention of recognizing and releasing our inner truth and sharing it with the world. When you practice yoga with an emphasis on uncovering your personal truth, you begin to discover and cultivate your unique power and gifts. Through a dedicated yoga practice, we strengthen our external body and fortify our inner resolve. By becoming still and calm, you can discover what motivates you. Then, you know what you want and what you are willing to take a stand for, without fear.
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Full disclaimer: when it comes to the morning, I’m a coffee first kind of guy. Yoga is a close second. But, it’s second nonetheless. It wasn’t always this way, but nothing is permanent. So, if you’re like me and you prefer some liquid inspiration to get yourself on the mat first thing, don’t judge yourself. Once you’re ready, here’s a solid, get-up-and-go practice.
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Flyer attacks Hanover's first female African-American mayor
A racist flyer circulating in Hanover attacks the borough's first female African-American mayor, calling her a "shameless anti-White bigot," according to a copy obtained by The York Dispatch.
Flyer attacks Hanover's first female African-American mayor A racist flyer circulating in Hanover attacks the borough's first female African-American mayor, calling her a "shameless anti-White bigot," according to a copy obtained by The York Dispatch. Check out this story on yorkdispatch.com: https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/local/2019/03/07/racist-flyer-attacks-hanovers-first-female-african-american-mayor/3091132002/
Rebecca Klar, York Dispatch Published 1:54 p.m. ET March 7, 2019 | Updated 9:24 a.m. ET March 8, 2019
Myneca Ojo gives testimony during the second Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission hearing at York City Council Chambers Friday, June 22, 2018. The hearing was in response to allegations that she and four and other members of the Sisters in the Fairway were racially harassed during an incident at Grandview Golf Club in April. Bill Kalina photo (Photo: The York Dispatch)
The flyer accuses Hanover Mayor Myneca Ojo, who is black, of being an "ultra-left wing African feminist" who aims to replace "European Christian traditions with African sloth, thievery, violence and squalor."
Ojo said the flyer, which has been sent to residents through the mail, is not indicative of the community she serves.
"It's just another attempt to divide this community and to evoke fear in people when in fact the community is actually moving way beyond that type of behavior," Ojo said.
Ojo was appointed in October by borough council members to serve out the remainder of a term vacated by former Mayor Ben Adams.
The flyer calls the borough council members who appointed her "Pinko-commie lib morons."
Ojo said she is running in the November election to serve out the remaining two years in the term.
Based on information in the flyer, which takes aim at the borough's efforts to expand affordable housing, Ojo said she does not believe the creator is a Hanover resident.
"I have been certainly received very, very well within my community as a result of my appointment," she said.
Ojo was part of another incident in York County in April 2018 when she and four other women claim they were confronted at Grandview Golf Course by an owner and asked to leave for playing too slowly.
The flyer was sent to residents, business owners and borough council members, Ojo said. The mayor said she has not received it.
The anonymous creator of the flyer attempts to pit the predominantly white Hanover community against minorities, characterizing her agenda as one that's going to "curse Hanover with 'diversity' and 'inclusion.'"
The flyer also suggests Ojo is intimidating police to ignore "Black Crime."
Hanover Police Chief Chad Martin said in a statement that is not true, adding that anyone who thinks a crime is being ignored should reach out to him.
"Her goal in oversight of the police department is to ensure it is the best that it can be. She is committed to learning about the police department and has professional experiences that will benefit us," he said.
Martin added that while "derogatory and unacceptable in society today," the flyers are "political propaganda" and protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The flyer follows a growing pattern of racist, anti-Semitic and xenophobic actions across the county and nation.
In August, Ku Klux Klan flyers were left on cars parked at the Regal Cinemas in West Manchester Town Center in response to the Spike Lee movie "BlacKkKlansman." The anti-Semitic flyers read "More Jewish Lies from Hollyweird."
In November, flyers attacking Mexican immigrants were left across the parking lot of Eastern York High School after a congressional debate between state Rep. Lloyd Smucker, a Republican, and Democratic challenger Jess King.
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White supremacists' propaganda efforts have exploded throughout the country, according to a report by the Anti-Defamation League.
In 2018, there were 1,187 incidents reported compared to 421 in 2017, according to the ADL report. In other words, there was a 182 percent increase in reported hateful propaganda.
In terms of a response, Ojo said she believes it is best not to add "fuel to the fire."
"The flyer was designed to evoke fear, and we’re just simply not going to put any energy into that," she said.
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Media, Entertainment and Information
Digital Economy and Society
Fake news: What it is, and how to spot it
Think before you share?
Image: REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Emma Charlton Senior Writer, Formative Content
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You’d have to have been hiding under a rock not to have heard the term that’s risen in prominence in the past few years, been hijacked by politicians and stoked international political tensions along the way.
While the concept isn’t new – false information and mistruths have been circulating for as long as stories have been told – smartphones, the internet and social media have given it a new lease of life and a new high-speed distribution mechanism. Back in 2013, the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report warned that misinformation could spark "digital wildfires" in our hyper-connected world.
The growing influence of social media.
Image: Pew Research Center
So what exactly is it? And what does the future hold?
Fake news can be as slippery to define as it is to pin down. Stories may be factually inaccurate and deliberately published to underscore a certain viewpoint or drive lots of visitors to a website, or they could be partially true but exaggerated or not fully fact-checked before publication.
Sharing without limits
While articles like this have existed for centuries, modern technology enable them to spread like wildfire, jumping from pocket to pocket and being consumed, digested and shared before anyone’s stopped to consider their accuracy.
Traditional media is struggling in the internet age.
Image: Digital News Sources, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
This has been exacerbated as traditional media outlets compete for readers and vie for clicks with their internet-based rivals and social media.
Things are complicated further since not all of the misinformation shared online is total fiction. Fact-checking website Snopes.com founder David Mikkelson draws a distinction between “fake news” and “bad news” – something he defines as “shoddy, unresearched, error-filled, and deliberately misleading reporting.”
One of the central challenges of fake news is that it places the onus to verify stories on the reader, who could be a person without the time, energy or resources to do so.
You’re the detective now.
Image: IFLA
2016 marked a turning point for awareness as Oxford Dictionaries said its Word of the Year was “post-truth”, defined as “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.”
Truth or post-truth?
Image: Oxford Dictionaries
2016 was a landmark year for the concept, with key political events, including the Brexit vote in the UK and the US presidential election, underscoring how digitalization is shaping and often dictating the news flow.
“The concept of post-truth has been simmering for the past decade, but Oxford shows the word spiking in frequency this year in the context of the Brexit referendum in the UK and the presidential election in the US,” it said.
That chimes with Google data showing searches for the term “fake news” spiked in 2016 and haven’t abated since.
Fake news starts to trend.
Image: Google Trends
Trust issue
And the proliferation of fake news has gone hand-in-hand with an erosion of public trust in traditional news sources, creating a vacuum filled by misinformation. A survey by Ipsos showed faith in UK journalists and politicians has fallen to a low relative to other professions, while US President Donald Trump often uses the term to discredit stories he disagrees with.
Image: Brookings, Gallup, “Americans’ Trust in Mass Media Sinks to New Low”
An NPR analysis of Trump’s Twitter account showed the range of things he declared as “fake” or “phoney” grew last year.
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Chilling challenges
While many fabricated stories take the form of relatively harmless satire or funny memes, others have more chilling implications. A lack of accountability on online platforms enables anyone to claim whatever they like with little reproach. This presents wide-ranging challenges, including to public health.
Web of risk: how misinformation ties into other threats
Image: Global Risks Report 2013
This means people without the proper qualifications and experience can claim to be health experts, sharing advertisements for too-good-to-be-true weight loss supplements or posts on Twitter about the perceived downsides of childhood vaccinations that directly contradict the view of qualified professionals.
“Misinformation published by conspiracy sites about serious health conditions is often shared more widely than evidence-based reports from reputable news organizations,” according to an analysis by UK online newspaper the Independent.
Of course social media and sharing apps can also be harnessed by health professionals to spread helpful information, as UNICEF has done in India, but again, the onus is on the reader to sift through a large volume of data and discern what’s accurate and what isn’t.
Shirley Cramer, chief executive of the Royal Society for Public Health and Institute of Healthcare Management, has called for new and innovative ways for health officials to counteract fake stories, saying tackling the problem is only going to become more important in future.
And such themes are everywhere, not just in health and politics. In a report on fake news published in 2017, UK lawmakers said the situation is unlikely to change, making education and better policing of online spaces paramount.
“What does need to change is the enforcement of greater transparency in the digital sphere, to ensure that we know the source of what we are reading, who has paid for it and why the information has been sent to us,” they wrote. “In a democracy, we need to experience a plurality of voices and, critically, to have the skills, experience and knowledge to gauge the veracity of those voices.”
Emma Charlton, Senior Writer, Formative Content
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