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She Stoops to Conquer
Filed under: Talking Theatre (Reviews) — Fergal Casey @ 5:22 pm
Tags: Abbey Theatre, Bryan Quinn, Caroline Morahan, Charlotte McCurry, Christmas, Conall Morrison, Conor Linehan, D'Unbelievables, David Pearse, Diggory, Hardcastle, Hastings, Janet Moran, Jon Kenny, Liam Doona, Lisa Fox, Marion O'Dwyer, Mark Lambert, Marlow, Marty Rea, Mrs Malaprop, Oliver Goldsmith, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Rory Nolan, Rough Magic, RP, Sean Murphy, She Stoops to Conquer, Sir Charles Marlow, The Critic, The Rivals, The Three Pigeons, Tony Lumpkin, William Shakespeare
Oliver Goldsmith’s classic 1773 comedy gets an extremely exuberant production as the Abbey Theatre’s Christmas production directed by Conall Morrison.
Miss Hardcastle (Caroline Morahan) is threatened with a lover. Her father, the amiable Mr Hardcastle (Jon Kenny), is looking to marry her off to Marlow (Marty Rea); the son of his dear friend Sir Charles (Mark Lambert). She, however, is put off by Marlow’s reputation for extreme diffidence with women. The diffidence, however, only applies to women of his own class; Marlow is a rake with bar-wenches. And when her half-brother Tony Lumpkin (David Pearse) decides to play a trick on the conceited Marlow and his travelling companion Hastings (Rory Nolan) by directing them to chez Hardcastle as the local inn, Miss Hardcastle gets to see both sides of her putative suitor as Marlow and Hastings live it up to the dismay of Mr Hardcastle. Hastings, meanwhile, is wooing Miss Neville (Janet Moran), who is trying to get her inheritance of jewels out of the clutches of Mrs Hardcastle (Marion O’Dwyer) without having to marry her cousin Tony for them.
The play is puzzlingly relocated to Ireland by changing some references, but, unlike Rough Magic’s take on The Critic, this seems a half-abandoned high concept. There’s a sort of dangerous ahistoricity in thinking that the Big House represents the same thing in England and Ireland in 1773. And when Marlow, Hastings, and Miss Hardcastle all speak in RP tones it’s easiest to just deem it an eccentric method of representing the English urban/rural divide. Goldsmith’s comedy is played extremely broadly, with an emphasis on slapstick, and a fourth wall that never stood a chance against direct appeals to the audience by Morahan and Kenny (clearly relishing this D’Unbelievables touch). The double-act of Nolan and Rea that made 2009’s The Rivals such a hoot is firing on all cylinders, with Hastings forcing Marlow to conduct an interview with Miss Hardcastle a joy to behold; ending with a despairing Marlow dispensing with cups to slurp, arms out-stretched, directly from the punch bowl.
Morahan fares well in such an approach, presiding over the terrified servants who Kenny has attempted to instruct in the art of appearing genteel; so that Diggory (Sean Murphy) holds his hands stiff at all times, while Bryan Quinn literally throws himself around the stage in the service of his master. Lisa Fox and Charlotte McCurry also stand out musically and comedically in the ensemble who double as the denizens of Lumpkin’s local The Three Pigeons and the servants of his house. O’Dwyer’s imperious matriarch is as pompously dragonish as her Mrs Malaprop in 2009, with Pearse an effective foil. Liam Doona’s set design deserves a special mention for its ingenious rendering of inn and house as identical save for a sign lowered from the ceiling instead of a chandelier, with glass windows letting us glimpse characters pursue each other behind the set, while that garden comes to vivid life via a trapdoor pond and some trees lowered from above.
The period music by Conor Linehan which culminates in a joyous song and dance finale renders Goldsmith unexpectedly Shakespearean and fitting for the season.
She Stoops to Conquer continues its run at the Abbey until the 31st of January.
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Levocarnitine helps carry fats into the cells and also serves as a source of fuel. Fats are known to be the main source of energy for fueling sperm movement. Acetyl-L-carnitine is instrumental in the development of the cells' membranes. Proper development of the sperm cells' membranes aids in the ability of sperm to fertilize the egg. Other ingredients that may aid fertility are fructose, a major source of energy, and citric acid, which helps to produce energy.
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The culture secretary said that when he called in representatives of 14 leading internet companies to discuss his ideas, only four turned up. This must mean dealing not just with serious crime, but with the harm produced every day by social media, such as abuse, bullying, racism and misogyny, with little or no protection for children.
Press Releases New Demos study reveals scale of social media misogyny A new Demos social media study has mapped the thousands of aggressive and abusive tweets being sent from UK Twitter accounts — by both men and women. Internationally, overaggressive tweets using the same terms were sent to 80, people in the same three weeks.
Using sophisticated in-house technology, Demos built algorithms to separate tweets being used in explicitly aggressive ways, instances of self-identification, and those that were more conversational in tone or commenting on issues related to misogyny ie.
In this research, 50 per cent of the propagators were found to be women. Growing public concern and political recognition of the extent and impact of hate speech and abuse on social media, particularly faced by women, has given rise to the ReclaimTheInternet movement, which campaigns to support female participation in social media.
This study provides a birds-eye snapshot of what is ultimately a very personal and often traumatic experience for women. This is less about policing the internet than it is a stark reminder that we are frequently not as good citizens online as we are offline.
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For this study, Demos collected and analysed 1. These were then filtered using algorithms to differentiate between actively aggressive, conversational and self-identification uses. Demos is an independent, cross-party think tank based in London, and a registered charitable organisation.
InDemos released a report, Misogyny on Twitter, which pioneered research into abusive language against women on social media.
The report can be accessed here.Social media has exploded over the past decade with the Internet enabling people to contact each other from all over the world instantly. However, that does not mean that the cyber world is a bed of roses.
Through these social networking sites, it is noticeable that these websites reflect qualities of society. Moreover, qualities such as, racism, sexism, ageism, classicism are all translated into social media sites. A notable quality in society that has a dominant influence in media and social media sites is misogyny. #BabaeAko campaign: Filipino women fight back against Duterte's misogyny. Using the hashtag #BabaeAko, Filipino women are taking to social media to fight President Rodrigo Duterte's sexist and. Apr 29, · The hatred that arrives rapid-fire into their social media accounts is so personal and acidic that it could sear through even the thickest skin.
A national campaign to ‘Reclaim the Internet’ will be launched by a cross-party group of MPs today in a bid to tackle the colossal scale of misogyny being unleashed on social media. Social media is defined as websites and application that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking.
In the last ten years, social media .
Every single day, billions of people around the world use social media to connect, debate, learn and share. As well as for everyday communications, social media platforms can help give a voice to the voiceless by raising the profile of some of the most marginalised groups in society.
Social media and the silencing effect: why misogyny online is a human rights issue By Azmina Dhrodia “You could be sitting at home in your living room, outside of working hours, and suddenly someone is able to send you a graphic rape threat right into the palm of your hand.”.
Apr 29, · The hatred that arrives rapid-fire into their social media accounts is so personal and acidic that it could sear through even the thickest skin.
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After her long ride spanning the vertical spine of the country, it was only fair if not obvious, that she undertook an East to West journey on her bicycle. Within less than a year of completing her Kashmir to Kanyakumari ride, she had already planned for another ride – this time from Tezu in Arunachal Pradesh to Koteshwar in Gujarat. But this time her partner was a non-cyclist! Let’s listen to Sayali Maharao how she overcame the challenges for her East to West ride..
We had earned some name after our Kashmir to Kanyakumari ride, and when I announced that I was planning for an East-West venture, a lot of individuals and organisations came forward to offer help. I was in fact overwhelmed by the amount of aid I was receiving. Ozone Venture provided us with the necessary equipment and jerseys and we would be always grateful to them. I am thankful to Suhana and Free Runners for their financial help for this ride and also Inspire Crew for helping us out in our ‘Empowering women’ campaign and Step up Foundation who assisted us in visiting about 10-15 schools on my journey. We took a lot of sessions in these schools with presentations and practical lessons about how to avoid plastic and how to switch to other bio-degradable options.
As this was not my first time of attempting a cross country ride, it was comparatively easier to plan. Yet, some things needed to be taken care of like weather, road conditions and wind speed as we were travelling West to East and normally winds in the Indian peninsula flow in the opposite direction – East to West. Abhijit, my partner in this ride, is a hockey player and he has no relation with cycling at all. But he is a sportsperson and hence could cope up within whatever little time we had for preparation. After all the route mapping and planning was done, we began on 15th December 2018 from Tezu. It was freezing cold in Arunachal Pradesh at that time and almost unbearable until we crossed the borders and arrived in Assam. The roads were in extremely bad condition due to construction work going on all through the route, so much so that we could not recognise ourselves at the end of the day due to the amount of dust that would get accumulated on our faces. For accommodation, we had a lot of help from the Vivekananda Kendra for this ride, almost everywhere we halted in their centres.
The most horrifying part of this ride was when we took a detour to avoid the tribal areas and lost track of our route. We went almost a hundred kilometres in the wrong direction and had to trace back our path again. We did not find a single vehicle for almost spans of as long as forty and fifty kilometres. Winds were blowing with increased intensity and it was frightening as the fog and dust were making it even difficult for our vision and after a while we had started panicking. It was going to be a nightmare had we not figured out way back before dusk. But thanks to our sportsman spirit and previous experience, we managed to grapple ourselves and think clearly. Somehow with the help of some good Samaritans, we got back on track and reached the highway. We met a friend – Harsha on our way and her family welcomed us warmly and offered us food and shelter for the night.
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On New Year’s Eve, we were in Varanasi and it was a huge congregation of devotees due to the Kumbh Mela. It was amazing to see people come together in such large numbers without any formal invitations. While we were in Agra, we had to miss out on visiting the Taj as it closed down before we reached, but we did visit the Red fort and screamed ‘Shivaji Maharaj ki Jai’ on the streets. It did gather the local police, but it also felt stress relieving and filled us with new vigour to continue with our ride. During our ride in Uttar Pradesh, some days we could manage to cover only 20-30 km as the winds were too strong and in the opposite direction.
When we reached Ahmedabad, it was already hot and the vast expanse of the Kutch tired us a lot. At a point, I remember, we had to ride for over two hundred kilometres in a day because we had no stay options available. We are very thankful to the Air India Authority for arranging our stay in their guest houses and also to the Border Security Forces for helping us in the remote parts of Kutch. We also stayed in the BSF quarters for a night. But one good thing that happened in all of this was that we did not encounter a single puncture or any technical difficulty with our cycles.
Crossing all the barriers and facing number of difficulties, we finally reached the westernmost tip of India – Koteshwar. A place which registers the last sunset of the country. Standing there watching the ball of fire disappear behind the ocean, I felt a special feeling of content – to have touched all the four corners of India on my bicycle! We had crossed 7 states in 33 days covering a distance of 3920 km without any support vehicle. It was time to celebrate!
What started as a mere fitness routine had grown up so much. I had read somewhere and now I understood the gravity of it – A bicycle ride around the world begins with a single pedal stroke!
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Developing a test for bobtail lizard flu
By Mike Gardner, Mark O'Dea, Bill Bateman, Steph Godfrey, Bethany Jackson, Michelle Baker, and Michael Bull
Backed by Gary Jackson, Ashleigh Wolfe, Carol Jackson, Tiffany Jacobs, Mona Cutolo, Jessica Hacking, Adrienne Markey, Fredrik Christiansen, Lauren Gilson, Lachlan MacArthur, and 21 other backersJulia Riley, Megster Penfield MacNeill, Rebecca Jardine, Jodie Van De Wetering, Jane Walter, Malice A Forethought, Anna Gardiner, Kailah Thorn, Jonathan O'Donnell, Rebecca Hobbs, Katina Krasnec, Shan, Steph Hair, Helen Hargreaves, Jana Bradley, Greg Randolph, Ruth Sard, Mary J. Nickum, Zac Murfet, Cindy Wu, and Eric Damon Walters
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Developing a test for bobtail lizard flu Gardner, Mike, Mark O'Dea, Bill Bateman, Steph Godfrey, Bethany Jackson, Michelle Baker, and Michael Bull.. Flinders University, 31 Aug 2016. Experiment
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The iconic Australian lizards called sleepy lizards, shinglebacks or bobtails, are famous for being monogamous. In spring these lizards pair up, usually with the same mate from last season. They are threatened by an emerging disease “bobtail flu”. If brought into a center most lizards survive, but in the wild they could die. We recently worked out this is a novel virus and want to develop a test to see if we are dealing with an emerging disease. Making an antibody is the first step.
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What is the context of this research?
The iconic Australian lizards variously called sleepy lizards, shinglebacks, or bobtails, are suffering from a disease called "bobtail flu". Animals with flu like symptoms have been taken into wildlife centres in Perth since the mid 1990's. Now about 200 per year are brought in. Our team has identified the virus and now wants to take this research further to ask questions like: what is the geographic range of this disease? What other reptiles get it? Has it come from the eastern states of Australia or is it an emerging virus that might infect this and other reptiles across Australia?
What is the significance of this project?
Although we know that this is a novel virus, previously unknown to science, we don't know if the bobtail flu is an emerging disease that might be about to sweep across this and other species of reptiles in Australia. Potentially the virus could also be taken outside Australia in the illegal pet trade. We have the opportunity to track this potentially emerging wildlife pathogen. We know so little about pathogens in Australia's lizards and snakes that our project could be the tip of the iceberg and promote increased study in these unique animals.
What are the goals of the project?
Longer term we want to track the progress of this disease and work out if other species of lizards and snakes have been exposed to it. The first step in this is to get an antibody developed. We would do this commercially and then get started working on a test we can apply to other wild caught lizards and snakes to see if they have the disease or are yet to be exposed. After this we want to look at the genetics of the immunity in the lizards. We have some genetic markers (MHC) which we can use to track resistance across geographic areas. Also we can try and work out what other immune genes might be being used including Interferon.
The first step in devising a test for this flu is getting the antibody made commercially, which is our minimum funding target. This will provide a really good head start when applying for large grant funding. We need some preliminary data for the funding bodies (such as the Australian Research Council - ARC). We aim to put this project in for the next ARC round which is due in early 2017.
If we raise more money we would use an additional $12,000 for consumable funds and labor costs for making an ELISA or Luminex Assay. Again this would provide a significant boost when trying to secure funding for the significant aims of the project. We could develop these tests much more rapidly with this additional funding as it could be outsourced.
With $3,000 more dollars we would do a sampling trip from Perth to Adelaide to sample lizards and determine the spread of the disease. Sample collection could be done before we have the antibody test so we are ready to go.
This is an extremely important project for several reasons. The sleepy lizard is an iconic Australian reptile and unique in that it is monogamous. It is critical for the longevity of the species that this project goes ahead so that we have a better understanding of this novel virus and the effects it has on the species. With help from the public these researchers will have the best chance of developing a test for this flu.
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Our understanding of reptilian diseases is limited. This collaboration presents a great opportunity to track the recently identified bobtail lizard flu. The complementary expertise of the research team provides a strong foundation for this novel research.
Sarah Kim Pearson
Flinders University of South Australia
Mike Gardner
Flinders University; South Australian Museum
Mark O'Dea
Bill Bateman
Steph Godfrey
Bethany Jackson
Michael Bull
We have assembled a team with complementary expertise from wildlife biologists, molecular ecologists, veterinarians, veterinary virologists and immunologists. Many of us have worked together before but not in this lineup. Most of our team plans to meet in November this year to work out details of the major funding application we are planning to submit in early 2017. We are all excited to work together on this significant project.
My lifelong fascination with lizards started when I saw bearded dragons sunning themselves in my backyard as a kid. I now work on lizard sociality including aspects of their genetics, their parasites and disease. Mostly I look at immune genes and how that affects social structure in Australian lizards such as gidgee skinks, sleepy lizards (bobtails!) and the endangered pygmy bluetongue lizards.
I am a veterinary virologist who has been involved in small animal clinical practice, agriculture and now academia over the course of my career. My current research focus includes viral diseases of reptiles and bats in Australia. In particular, determining the cause of the 'bobtail flu' in order to aid management of this debilitating condition.
I am a wildlife biologist whose main interests lie in behaviour, conservation, and ecophysiology. I worked in Europe, Africa and America before locating to Australia.
My research has not been limited to particular taxa and I have worked on invertebrates through to large mammals. Having said that, I have a special affection for lizards and other reptiles I am also interested in animals in urban environments: some species very well in urban areas, others do not - finding out why can help us make appropriate management decisions.
My research revolves around understanding how animal behaviour influences the transmission of diseases. In our human societies, the people who we spend the most time with (both at home or in the workplace) are likely to also be the people we blame when we catch a cold. The same applies to animals, except they have a myriad of different patterns of contact and diseases! I use social network models to map out 'who interacts with whom', and understand how individual behaviour shapes the transmission of diseases across populations. These questions help us understand more about how diseases circulate in populations, which is becoming more important as wildlife populations are increasingly threatened by diseases.
I have been a veterinarian for twelve years, with a focus on wildlife health and conservation for the past eight years including a residency at the Auckland Zoo, and a PhD on health and disease challenges for wild Red-crowned Parakeets in New Zealand. Although I'm interested in all wildlife, I find reptile health and disease issues particularly interesting as this group is comparatively understudied in the wild. Given the large amount of bobtails going through rehabilitation with this disease, I'm particularly interested in some of the practical aspects of the 'bobtail flu' including which samples are best to diagnose/detect it in an individual, is there a need to treat individuals in rehabilitation, and how do recovered individuals fare in the wild?
I am a comparative immunologist with interests in wildlife and host responses to infectious diseases. My recent work has focused on innate antiviral immunity in bats which are reservoir hosts for a variety of viruses that are highly pathogenic in other species but cause no disease in bats.
I work on the behavioural and social ecology of Australian lizards, focussing on skinks of the Egernia group. My work is broken up into 3 main areas: 1) Conservation of endangered lizards. The pygmy bluetongue lizard has recently been rediscovered after it was considered extinct. Slater's skink was once widespread in the MacDonnell ranges region around Alice Springs, but now is under threat as buffle grass spreads through its habitat. For both species we are exploring behaviour and ecology to recommend management for conservation. 2) Lizard social behaviour. Australian skinks show a remarkable range of social behaviours from long-term pair fidelity in sleepy lizards to family group living in Stoke's skinks. We are exploring the nature and implications of these behaviours and developing social network descriptors of their behaviours. 3) Parasite-host interactions. Social networks are the pathways for parasite transmission. Exotic pathogens are a likely future threat to endemic species. Our research investigates the dynamics of parasite transmission of endemic parasites around lizard populations. If we know more about these systems we will be better equipped to manage future threats from exotic pathogens
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This bobtail photo was taken by Carol Jackson (bobtail rehabilitator) at the Kanyana Wildlife Centre, and is typical of how the animals look when brought in for treatment. Lizards typically spend about 6 weeks in treatment before being released.
We are very grateful to Kanyana Wildlife Centre for helping us screen bobtails entering rehabilitation, so that we could find this novel virus. Wildlife centres like this can help keep an eye on what is happening 'out there', and detect new diseases such as the bobtail flu. Thanks Kanyana!
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Clash of Clans Upcoming May Update 2017 is a TROLL? – Interesting Discovery!
Anthony Leeman
Players in the world of Clash of Clans are eagerly waiting for the greatest update Supercell promised to release in the mid of this month. But sadly, they ditched and the update isn’t out yet!
There are many predictions about what’s coming with this new mysterious update but since there were no traditional sneak peeks this time, nobody knows the future. However, they adopted a rather expansive approach for this special update; First, made a boat appear on the shore in the game and then released a trailer about it on May 3rd, starting a series of story “Captain’s Log” video clips on Youtube.
Four episodes of the ‘Captain’s Log’ were being uploaded on the channel throughout this month, revealing nothing special about the update except some really funny yaks of Wizard and Hog Rider, floating on a boat. Each episode is a 45 seconds animated video, showing the same scene of the wiz and Hog rider, off to their journey of finding what lies ahead of the shore.
First episode created hype about the update and players got hooked to the channel, but when rest of the parts were released and kept showing the same thing with a different narration, it became a ‘drag’ and players now seemed to be ‘losing their minds’.
Since the ‘special update’ is still nowhere to be found, commentators are making mockery out of these animated videos on Youtube, “Captain’s Log Day 273: Sea is blue. Yes. STAY TUNED TO SEE WHAT LIES BEYOND YOUR SHORES”, a player commented. “Captain’s Log Day 39572893562758 Hog: Hey look it’s a balloon parade. STAY TUNED TO FIND OUT WHAT LIES BEYOND THE SHORES”, another one laughed.
But all this fuss about ‘May Update of CoC’ make sense; the update is really going to be dropped with a boom, considering Supercell’s efforts in planning and executing an entire marketing campaign behind this new game update, and as it has never been done before , fans can expect something fascinating to come.
Predictions and an Exciting Discovery about CoC May Update:
As everything about this mysterious update starts from the ‘Boat’, thus it is almost guaranteed that you’ll now be using that boat in your attacks, somehow!
May be, that boat will be taking you to a new island for bonus loot attack or for head-to-head battle with other players. There are also expectations that the boat will give daily reward of resources or gems.
Or the boat will be used in trading resources with other villagers/players. ‘Boat’ or ships have always been a major source of trading in real world, so it is highly expected that this CoC boat will also be helping players in managing their resources. For example, if you have extra elixir, you can trade it with someone with what you need or vice versa.
There could also be an addition in troops and spells. But the most interesting thing we discovered is hidden in the name of Captain’s Log animated videos. You might not have noticed that the series name itself has a troop in there. That’s right, one of the famous legendary cards ‘The Log’ from Clash Royale could now be available for the players of Clash of Clans.
Hope that the next part of ‘Captain’s Log’ don’t leave us floating in the water for another week!
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Local Discussion Groups
Layoffs in Chicago
DELTAFORCEWOLF
from $400 mil to $420 mil
isnt this priceless...
~Delta
ChiCity
On the streets
Interesting that after returning from Beijing to see how the Olympics are done, Da Mare realizes that we will actually need 20 million more dollars to balance the budget.
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Chicago_mwk
If they truely do want to cut some people from the police department, it will be redundent personnel and some upper/mid level officers that are over 25 years; total will be maybe 20-30 cops. I don't think that they would even consider removing anyone who is new or lower ranking... they're cheaper and needed on the street.
But I don't think they'll cut any cops at all... I'm not sure if people would stand for that.
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PDlife4ME
Originally posted by Chicago_mwk View Post
You have no idea what you are talking about!
That doesn't usually happen with union jobs. It's called seniority.
Never had a union job so it is true that I don't know what I'm talking about in regards to union cuts.
But doesn't it seem like political suicide to cut police during a spike in crime? That's why I was suggesting the cuts would be minor in the Police...
Where these minor cuts come from I don't know... I was just speculating on that. Sad to hear that I was wrong though... I really want this job!
1. Union ensures that if anyone goes, you start from the bottom and work your way up, regardless how "valuable and needed" the cheap earners are.
2. Political suicide in Chicago is being a Republican. Dems can and will do whatever they feel like doing, and the "Sheeples" will continue to vote for them. Can't blame anyone but ourselves for this.
3. Minor cuts in payroll come from civilian payrollers and contractors tasked with admin jobs that are cheaper, but can be done (double duty) by on duty officers and current essential employees.
Daley will leave office when he's dead or on his own terms. He's too happy and powerful, and if he decides to retire, he loses all of that. As far as him going to jail, well, that will never happen. The Machine will protect their father. Besides being a pain in the ***, that man has really covered and distanced himself from enough of the illegal hiring, and campaign shenanigans. Like it or not, that's the truth.
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Thread: Forex Fundamental analysis
They continue selling the Australian Dollar. Overview for 18.12.2019
On Wednesday morning, AUDUSD is still retreating; investors are in favor of the American currency.
The Australian Dollar is falling against the USD in the middle of the week. The current quote for the instrument is 0.6844.
Yesterday, the Reserve Bank of Australia released its December Meeting Minutes. Policymakers came up with an opinion that it would be reasonable to review their economic outlook as early as during the regulator’s meeting in February 2020. The RBA has opportunities to use the necessary tools to give a boost to the country’s economy in case the labor market parameters get worse, but there is no need to do it so far. Apparently, this refers to the interest rate revision. According to the regulator, one should expect an extended period of low interest rates due to both global and domestic factors.
The RBA is a bit concerned about the slow growth rate of household incomes. However, if we take a look at rather cautious numbers in employment, we can see that there is no stress here, it’s just a low-key tendency.
The Pound plunged to its three-weeks lows. Overview for 20.12.2019
GBPUSD remains weak despite the BoE’s stable monetary policy.
On Friday morning, the British Pound is still under pressure against the USD. The current quote for the instrument is 1.3020.
Yesterday, the December meeting of the Bank of England was over. The entire monetary policy of the British regulator remained unchanged, including the interest rate and Quantitative Easing.
In the comments, the BoE made it pretty clear that it was intending to watch the Brexit talks very closely because this topic was the key issue. In case the Brexit situation remains uncertain, the regulator’s monetary policy may require stimulus measures. That’s when the BoE is going to start interfering.
The USD was supported by strong numbers. Overview for 23.12.2019
On Monday morning, the major currency pair is trying to correct after last Friday’s decline, but market players are very cautious.
EURUSD is growing a little bit on Monday morning. The current quote for the instrument is 1.1084.
Reports published last Friday turned out to be very positive for the American currency. First of all, it’s the final GDP reading in the third quarter of 2019, which showed the same 2.1% q/q as expected without any surprise.
The Personal Income showed +0.5% m/m in November after adding 0.1% m/m in the previous month and against the expected reading of +0.3% m/m. The Personal Spending, in its turn, was +0.4% m/m after being +0.3% m/m the month before. Improvement of both these indicators is very positive for the country’s economy in general and the Retail Sales index, which may be affected by them and skyrocket.
The USD is celebrating Christmas in a strong position. Overview for 25.12.2019
The major currency pair stopped moving due to Christmas, but it is still under pressure.
EURUSD is barely moving on Wednesday as market players are celebrating catholic Christmas. The current quote for the instrument is 1.1093.
This time of the year, the market is traditionally thin and demand for the USD is usually higher due to its stability.
The statistics published yesterday showed that the Durable Goods Orders lost 2.0% m/m in November after adding 0.5% m/m the month before and against the expected reading of +0.2% m/m. The Core Durable Goods Orders didn’t change although it was expected to expand by 1.5% m/m.
USDJPY is keeping balance. Overview for 27.12.2019
At the end of the week, USDJPY reached stability after plunging the day before.
The Japanese Yen recovered a little bit after yesterday’s decline against the USD. The current quote for the instrument is 109.50.
Investors that had a couple of days off due to Christmas are back to the market and their interest in the USD as a “safe haven” asset went down.
Today’s reports from Japan were pretty interesting. The Unemployment Rate went from 2.4% in October to 2.2% in November, although it wasn’t expected to change. It looks like the Japanese population sees slowdown in the national economy and vague outside market conditions, and tries to find new sources of income.
The Retail Sales lost 2.1% y/yin November after decreasing by 7.0% y/y the month before and against the expected reading of -1.7% y/y, but it is not surprising: people prefer to save money due to the same dim economic outlook.
EURUSD is anticipating a calm New Year week. Overview for 30.12.2019
The major currency pair is expected to have a pretty calm week and trade in a narrow range.
EURUSD is very quiet early in the last week of December. The current quote for the instrument is 1.1175.
Last Friday, market players already took their lead from the news flow relating to the short-term outlook of the US-China trade agreement. Chinese representatives already said that they remained in close contact with American negotiators and were ready to sign the first draft of the agreementб thus sparking investors’ interest in risks and putting pressure on the USD. In addition to that, US President Donald Trump mentioned that the deal signed with China would require at least a high-profile ceremony.
In this light, the Euro went to its two weeks highs against the “greenback” but will find it very difficult to continue climbing due to the New Year calmness on the market.
This week, the USA is scheduled to publish several reports of Monday and Tuesday: the Preliminary Wholesale Inventories and the Pending Home Sales for November. After that, one should pay attention to the Conference Board Consumer Confidence, which is expected to go from 125.5 points to 128.0 points.
The Euro remains under pressure. Overview for 10.01.2020
On Friday, the major currency pair continues trading “in the red”, but bears aren’t as active as they used to be.
EURUSD is trying to reach stability on Friday morning, but there are still more bears than bulls in the instrument. The current quote for the pair is 1.1108.
The USA is scheduled to report on its labor market this week. On Wednesday, the country published the ADP Non-Farm Employment Change, which showed 202K in December after being 124K in November and against the expected reading of 140K.
Yesterday, the USA published the weekly Unemployment Claims report, which was 214K after being 223K the week before. It’s quite good, although the readings are inside the reference values.
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A boy asked me if he could drive my car, i said no and explained that he needs to wait until he is older
Thread starter Julieonline
Julieonline
Hi, I have a question about reported speech.
If I am telling someone something happened yesterday, which one of the following sentence is correct ?
---"a boy asked me if he could drive my car, i said no and explained that he needs to wait until he is older."
---"a boy asked me if he could drive my car, i said no and explained that he needed to wait until he was older."
Thanks, Julie
Julieonline said:
Most welcome, though I am not Julie
Both are correct and possible. The first one is possible because the boy will not have grown up since yesterday, i.e. he still needs to wait. The second one is possible and correct because you are most welcome to make all verbs agree in the past tense. By the way, always capitalise 'I'.
RM1(SS)
English - US (Midwest)
Neither is correct, because of the comma and the lack of capitalisation. You need to either use a semi-colon or break it into two separate sentences:
"A boy asked me if he could drive my car; I said no and explained that he needs to wait until he is older."
"A boy asked me if he could drive my car. I said no and explained that he needs to wait until he is older."
Both tenses are fine with me; others may disagree.
much_rice
English - American
Both tenses are correct, as Boozer said. But I would add that in everday speech in contemporary English, tenses shift to present for dramatic effect even if logically they should be past. This is relevant because Julie's example is speech; I don't recommend writing it. Example:
My son came back from the park for lunch, he was all dirty, they must have been playing in the river. So I told him he needs to get that mud off his shoes before he takes one step into the house.
In this scenario, there are particular incidents in the past (taking the mud off the shoes, entering the house) which ought to be shifted into past tense, but unfortunately for the grammarians, English-speakers don't rely on the grammarians' stated rules.
(I also side with the Chicago Manual of Style that comma splices are fine as long as the independent clauses are logically connected.)
boozer said:
Thank you for your comments! I have to confess that I am a serial offender in not capitalizing "I."
I will definitely work on it
RM1(SS) said:
Thank you for pointing out the issue with punctuation and capitalization!
They are indeed my weak spots.
much_rice said:
Thank you for pointing out the differences in everyday speech and written English. I do get confused sometime, because I often hear people shifting tenses in speech but then often find myself confronted with the exact opposite in grammar books.
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We're bringing back the Monorail - 3D printed!
September 2016 in Buying & Selling Topics
I love the Monorail System, it is a childhood dream of mine, but always wished we could have more flexibility - especially the straights, ramps and switches. So we took the plunge and worked on making 3D printed versions (before you ask, all patents are long expired and are therefore available to the general public). They worked and looked so good (after a lot of tweaking :-) that in the end we decided to create 4DBrix and make them available for sale (and we have more interesting stuff to come). You can check out a review of the straight tracks made by one customer - thanks MRN Bricks!:
Now, what else do you wish your Monorail could do?
Unfortunately, the rails don't mean much if you don't have the expensive motors...
catwrangler Northern IrelandMember Posts: 1,822
Does the monorail need different motors than ordinary Lego trains? Is it because inclines are involved?
Russell844 California, USAMember Posts: 1,870
Are you willing to send a couple samples to a LUG to test on our layout?
davee123 USAMember Posts: 810
catwrangler said:
It's a 9V motor that uses its own motor with a gear tooth:
It definitely needs the gear to climb the inclined tracks!
The old monorail patents are pretty neat, too-- they feature things like "45 degree" straights, ramp extenders, and automatic-switching cross-tracks, none of which ever got produced.
DaveE
Russell844 said:
We'd be happy to send samples, any LUG is welcome to contact us on our website 4dbrix.com
natro220 USAMember Posts: 545
For those of us who DO have a monorail setup, this is pretty awesome. I was just thinking about how hard it is to do an extended straight section because the straight pieces are so hard to come by (I'm talking no incline). I own 6990 and 6991, and the two sets combined have a whopping 3 straight long track pieces. They run $20-30 a piece on Bricklink.
Where are you selling them, here in the marketplace?
davee123 said:
Yes! We actually have made some prototypes of the 45 degree turn, 45 degree straight and ramp extension :-)
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natro220 said:
Hi natro220, we are selling them on bricklink (under 'custom items') for $12.45 per long straight and soon on our website...
Lowa said:
I assume you're already aware, but you should fix the connectors for the 45-degree turns and 45-degree straights so that they're compatible with LEGO's existing 45-degree turns! LEGO tried to be extra sure that kids couldn't screw them up by attaching a "normal" straight piece to a 45-degree point-- hence why they have the differently-styled notches!
Is the price ever set to go down? I cant see paying ~half the price of a legit piece for a fan copy (that has almost no value if I ever want to sell).
Legopassion8 North CarolinaMember Posts: 1,181
Trioval ^^
Nice. Pocono railway
sklamb speaker of American EnglishMember Posts: 489
These new track pieces look very exciting! Will try to check them out at Bricklink--is Lowa also your ID/store name there?
Dedgecko Seattle, WAMember Posts: 799
It's too bad TLG doesn't sell its old tool designs to a dedicated spares supplier. Or TLG should do a kickstarter system for old molds / parts-- I believe this was discussed elsewhere.
TigerMoth Member Posts: 2,343
Dedgecko said:
It's too bad TLG doesn't sell its old tool designs to a dedicated spares supplier.
Then what would happen if they decided they wanted to produce that part again? There have been pieces that have reappeared after many years.
sklamb said:
Thanks! The store is called 4DBrix Store
TheBigLegoski Amsterdam, NederlandMember Posts: 1,397
Never had it, but I totally drooled over over those pictures of this space monorail as a kid: #6990 Must be an epic set own.
Isn't it strange that TLG only ever made four monorail sets? The one #6990 in 1987, a parts pack for that set in the following year to expand it with. A city themed monorail in 1990, and in 1994 another space monorail. And ever since that.... absolutely nothing!
Istokg MichiganMember Posts: 2,100
Very interesting.... this is just the tip of the iceberg for 3D image parts. As the price comes down, I can imagine a LOT more 3D parts will be created, making for quite a secondary market. Such as the pricey Cypress Tree....
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogPG.asp?P=3778&colorID=6
People can finally build this.... ;-)
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TigerMoth said:
The contract would end, and fabrication brought back in-house, or TLG could source the part(s) from the supplier, like base plates!
Other industries do this already. Has this never been discussed before?
mathew Member Posts: 2,096
SprinkleOtter said:
I mean yeah, but they are rock solid. I have 2 motors and both run near perfect. These are almost 30 years old. Even the little light still works after all these years. Lego cared about quality back then and their stuff was made to last.
TheBigLegoski said:
Story goes that the monorail system was a financial loss for Lego. Long thread here on Brickset from a few years ago detailing it. Nobody likes to defend it except for the diehard monorail geeks (like myself).
6990 is my favorite Lego set. It wasn't on my radar as a kid (I was into video games and computers by the time it was released) but it was one of the first sets that I drooled over as an AFOL and I knew I had to have it.
It does seem expensive for a fake compared to the genuine thing (used), especially when the surface finish looks quite poor and you can hear a click/jump when it goes from piece to piece. As these are printed rather than molded, I'd also worry about the long term wear on the gear teeth on the tracks. I guess the difference in colour doesn't matter too much if you go for all fake track rather than mixing it with genuine.
But like the fake Chinese sets, I guess it depends whether you don't mind fake but cheap or genuine but expensive.
I'd also imagine if they sell, then the price will come down as someone else will copy the idea and do their own 3D printed versions.
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dougts Oregon, USAMember Posts: 4,129
A bit of a tangent, but given that most AFOLs consider using non Lego brand parts and pieces as complete blasphemy, It will be interesting to see how this same group of people adapts to the idea of using 3D printed parts.
I've always found it odd that a group that would never consider using a mega Blok's part has no problem using stuff from brickforge, for example. Functionally, there is no difference, as neither is LEGO
Why do you think baseplates are dwindling? TLG don't let their IP go very far from home, and allowing somebody else to produce their older pieces would open a bag of worms they'd never manage to close.
And talking of bags of worms...
dougts said:
People generally do what suits them, and find excuses for doing things that don't fit their version of the rules.
Technically, they made 7 sets that had monorail elements in them! 3 "main" sets (6990, 6399, 6991), two large accessory track kits (6921, 6347), one start/stop switch (5039 - Service only, not in stores), and one replacement motor (5040 - also Service only).
They also made a short 9v wire, which they labeled as a monorail wire (even though it could be used for the 9v system as well):
I wouldn't count that last one, honestly, but at the time it was released, monorail and "Light & Sound" sets were the only things using that type of connector, and the monorail was the only one that actually used a wire (the rest of the L&S lineup used the conductive plates), so the labeling sorta makes sense.
In my case, I tend not to use megabloks parts because in many cases they are the same as lego parts, so there is no real need. Whereas I will use brickforge for parts where lego doesn't make them. It gets tricky when you buy a custom parts and then lego decides to make something similar. Although I normally stick with brickforge as they are often better designs than lego. One notable exception is the Roman shield though. Lego's is nicer than brickforge's.
@davee123
Thanks for that bit of info.
This situation is different. First, we're talking about a discontinued product (Monorail System) and Lego has un-officially stated that they will never make again. They even let the patents expire (something I was not aware of). Second, after market prices are not exactly cheap. Especially straight track which go for $20-30 a segment on eBay. Third, 3D printing allows for production of Monorail track of different shapes and sizes that Lego never produced.
I personally have enough "official" track that I purchased in a eBay lot a couple of years ago to suit me. However, if I were planning a large scale setup like those seen at conventions then the after-market 3D printed option would be a "good enough" solution.
I don't see the situation as any different for the staunch purists. Either a part is made by LEGO, or it isn't. Whether it one time was, never was, isn't anymore, etc, etc, is all just noise on top.
I'm not necessarily a purist myself mind you, I just find it an interesting case study. In the end, perhaps what @TigerMoth said is most accurate: "People generally do what suits them, and find excuses for doing things that don't fit their version of the rules."
Staunch purists can bite me ; )
Aanchir United StatesMember Posts: 2,823
Any person who is fine using custom parts but not clone brand parts is not a "staunch purist". There are other factors that inform people's preferences besides just "is it LEGO or not?" A lot of LEGO fans probably feel better about supporting their fellow LEGO fans than about supporting LEGO competitors. And some may simply prefer the designs available from customizers over the designs available from clone brands (especially when it comes to fig-related parts, since LEGO minifigures have a very different design language than modern Mega Bloks and Kre-O figs).
For my part I like the idea of supporting innovative AFOL customizers, although I rarely wind up using any of the custom-molded or custom-printed parts I've bought at conventions. They don't tend to be suited to the types of creations I build, plus I enjoy challenging myself to find solutions using official LEGO bricks. I do eventually want to work on challenging myself to create my own custom parts and decorations, though, since it would be valuable experience the next time I apply for a job at LEGO.
I would not mind buying sets from the more reputable clone brands like Mega Bloks or Kre-O if they had products I really liked enough to spend money on them. After all, it's not as though I've ever sworn off non-block-based toys from Mattel or Hasbro.
Aanchir said:
A lot of LEGO fans probably feel better about supporting their fellow LEGO fans than about supporting LEGO competitors.
Although both do what they do for the same reason - to make money out of selling them. I don't think the motivation is to do it for "the community" as much as to do it for profit. The prices are still fairly high for these reproductions. It is also taking away from another set of lego fans - the ones that are trying to sell the genuine items.
mathew said:
Second, after market prices are not exactly cheap. Especially straight track which go for $20-30 a segment on eBay.
Should the price have any bearing on it? Surely it is just as acceptable to copy cheap parts as it is expensive ones - so long as there is enough profit in it for the customizer / faker to make it worthwhile.
This situation is different. First, we're talking about a discontinued product (Monorail System) and Lego has un-officially stated that they will never make have again.
TLG have retired the old Death Star and, particularly bearing in mind there's a new one that's very similar, will never make the old one again. Does that make it acceptable for LEPIN to produce it instead?
Or is that different?
Somehow, everything is always different - which is why I said what I said.
They even let the patents expire (something I was not aware of).
What would you expected them to do? It's not as if they had any choice in the matter. Patents expire - these days, typically after 20 years. Talk of renewing patents relates to preventing them expiring even earlier.
Very few parts are still protected - they've all been around for too long. It's why, most of the time, there isn't much you can do about clones - and why most of them are in the same boat. It's also one reason why the minifig is a trademark - there's no time restriction.
CCC said:
Honestly, we could go round and round with this discussion. You come across as a "purist" therefore you know where I stand ; )
Hi DaveE,
It’s not as straightforward as is might look. Based on an initial geometrical study, it seems the LEGO short curve is not a pure 45 degree turn. LEGO seems to have used a slightly different shape so you would be able to split a track into two parallel tracks using a switch. Using this shape would not work to make a 45 degree turn in the track. I’m not sure why LEGO decided to use the funky connector for their short curves, but it might be to avoid confusion with a pure 45 degree turn in case they would ever release that.
Is the price ever set to go down?
Not in the near future. In the long run it might, depending on how 3D printing evolves. 3D printing allows you to start small batch manufacturing with a reasonable investment cost, but creating one brick with 3D printing is clearly more expensive than injection molding one. There is also no economy of scale – each track costs about the same whether you make one or 1 million. About a year ago, there was another attempt at bringing 3D printed monorail tracks. The price for a full straight track was at $40+; and it was not available in classic gray like our tracks. So compared to that, I think we offer our track at a competitive price.
Hm, I'm not sure quite what you mean-- the short curves that LEGO makes are meant to be 45 degree turns. Hence, you can add two of them together to get a full 90 degree turn (using a "left" and a "right"), or you can make a jog in the path (using two "lefts" or two "rights"):
So, the connection points on those are different, obviously. And they did that so that you CAN'T connect a long 32-long track to the end of a 45-degree curve, because if you did, the geometry would be off by an oddball fraction (since you're dealing with an annoying square-root-of-2 in 45-degree angles).
Their solution (in the patents, never released) was to make a length of straight track that had the special ends to connect to the 45-degree bends (also seen on the points), which was a non-integer length, and would line up appropriately with studs. Hence, kids couldn't screw it up.
The ramp extenders probably COULD have been made to fit an exact matching geometry (since their upwards angle is arbitrary), BUT, then the studs for the supporting pillars would be at an angle, so they had to make a NEW type for ramp extenders, too, which had angled connections for supports, and similarly couldn't be attached to either the normal straights or the 45-degree curves.
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If your track proves popular in the community, no doubt genuine track will drop in price as it won't be as rare and scarce, assuming the quality of your track is on par. You may need to drop your price at that point. If genuine track drops to $12 a segment, due to competing with your product...do you have a plan in place? Will it still be viable to create new track at that price, if you have to drop to, say $6-8?
If it sells at $12 I imagine others will start printing their own and selling at $10 and so on. Once someone finds a market others will copy and undercut.
Let's be real: There's a difference between a defunct, 30 year old product line that didn't sell well to begin with and a much more recent licensed flag-ship set that is still profitable for Lego. I doubt that Lepin would touch a Lego system monorail knock-off. And if they did, then so what? If Lego has abandoned the Monorail System (which they have) then really the only people who care are Brickset troglodytes.
Yep, and your point is?
Lyichir United StatesMember Posts: 765
Let's be real—setting aside the dubious description of Monorail enthusiasts as troglodytes, there's probably plenty of monorail fans who prefer other forums than this one. ;)
(Though I agree that Lepin probably has little incentive to create monorail sets. Unlike the expensive D2C sets they tend to clone that have wide appeal for modern audiences, monorail's appeal is limited largely to the small number of FOLs who already own decades-old monorail sets and are looking to expand.)
I doubt it. 3D printing is still expensive. And even when 3d printing becomes more economical there will still be a limited market for the limited supply of official Lego monorail track.
This is an interesting discussion, what I meant is that when you use a perfect 1/8 45 degree turn you get the situation on the left-hand side where you end up with a 3.2mm gap. To close that gap you need a different turn (right-hand side); one that is very close to but not exactly a 45 degree turn. The differences are too small to notice if you don't study the geometry in detail. The differences are also difficult to measure with standard equipment. I'm not sure how many people looked at the shape of the short curves in detail ? Sariel must have when he made his monorail planner and he seems to have come to a similar conclusion. On his site he says: "This error is caused by the complex shapes of a track point and the short curve which make it difficult to draw them..." (http://sariel.pl/2011/05/monorail-network-planner-tool/) I don't think he's referring to the shape of the connectors here, but to the shape of the track.
Anyway that's what I got from my initial study of the geometry... Has anyone else looked at this ?
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Hi natro220,
At this point, I don't see how it would be viable to 3D print at $6-$8 a track, that would not be sustainable from a business point of view. Evolution in 3D print technology could change that... Also note that $12.5 includes free shipping within the continental US (if you buy 4 or more).
What is our plan ? The straight track is a starting point, we want to be community driven and expand our product range depending on what people want - including automation.
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May not have actually been Churchill, but seems applicable regarding use of non-LEGO parts...
Churchill: “Madam, would you sleep with me for five million pounds?”
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Churchill: “Would you sleep with me for five pounds?”
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Churchill: “Madam, we’ve already established that. Now we are haggling about the price.”
Let's be real:
You mean "let's put a particular interpretation on it".
There's a difference...
As I said, it's always different.
Yeah, that's basically the fact that the geometry of a circle doesn't work the way that LEGO wanted to. In fact, the actual patent for the monorail track explicitly is for a "snap-to-grid" system, where you can get curved and 45-degree units that line up perfectly on a square grid.
Basically, 4 curved monorail tracks are NOT a perfect circle. They're ever-so-slightly extended. You can see some of the discussion I had on it back in 2010:
http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=55530
But others have discussed this much earlier (I think the oldest one I found was from Todd Lehman back in the early 2000s).
Here's a crude ms-paint of the geometry that I just made (roughly to scale):
So, the fact that it aligns perfectly in the center means that they can "split" the curve at the midpoint, and make it a 45-degree angle curve, and do exactly what they did. It also means that they can line up a support pillar DIRECTLY under the midpoint of the curve, rather than offset.
Anyway, THAT was the key part that one of their patents focused on, and they expounded by demonstrating other track types (like 45-degree straights) that used different connection points. Essentially, the patent said "Hey, we have a way of doing a grid-based track geometry that allows 45-degree angles! Nobody else can do that for a toy train/track system!" There were other patents as well, but that was an interesting part of it.
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Thanks for the feedback! I'm going to study that in detail. What patent are you referring to ? Is it US patent 4,726,515 ?
I think so-- my notes say it was either 4726515 or 4861306. I found 7 all together, but those two I think were the most enlightening.
Here we go-- Todd talking about it a bit in March of 2000:
http://news.lugnet.com/town/?n=757
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Fresh Start Media
FYI presenter Morgan
Posted on November 17, 2018 by nickycox4
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FYI is a weekly news show, presented entirely by kids. It aims to answer the big questions about news, current affairs and politics. Every fortnight FYI hosts Junior Prime Minister’s Questions, where Theresa May answers questions sent in by viewers. Watch the latest episode on First News – and meet FYI presenter Morgan, below.
Hi, my name’s Morgan, I’m 14 years old, and I’m from south London. I like making music and DJ-ing – I just got my first decks, so I’m excited to practise.
Favourite sport
My favourite sport is probably football, but I prefer to play it rather than watch it, because when I watch it I get the urge to play it more – and I can’t because I’ve got to sit and watch the rest of the game.
Favourite band or singer
I changes very often, but at the moment my favourite artist is probably Kojo Funds. He makes kind of pop/rap music.
Unusual habit
An unusual I habit that I have is probably keeping my trainers really clean.
Embarrassing or funny moment
The funniest thing I’ve done is probably playing a female teacher in a Christmas play, and wearing lipstick and a fake bra.
What annoys me
The most annoying thing is when I’m playing music and the next door neighbour’s dog starts barking – every time.
The thing that I’d probably most like to change about the world is for there to be equality for everyone, so everyone has equal opportunities.
Why FYI?
Working on the show is a great opportunity to find out different facts and about what’s going on in the world, and to inform other people about it. And it’s also a lot of fun on set!
FYI is a co-production with Sky Kids.
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Voyages d'affaires
oneworld achieves record revenues in record year of growth
• Fares and sales activity bring in US$725million
• Interline revenues up 20 per cent
• Airline grouping with best collective financial record again
Airlines in oneworld® generated record revenues from the alliance's sales activities in 2007 - when the grouping completed its biggest expansion yet.
Eight million passengers transferred between the airlines' flights during the year - 6 per cent more than in 2006 - producing interline revenues within the alliance of US$2.2 billion, up 19 per cent year-on-year.
Revenues generated by oneworld fares and sales activity totaled more than US$725 million, a 10 per cent increase.
A key driver behind these rises was the alliance's biggest membership expansion since its launch in 1999, with Japan Airlines, Malév Hungarian Airlines and Royal Jordanian joining on 1 April 2007 as full members, with LAN Argentina and LAN Ecuador as affiliates, followed six months later by China's Dragonair.
So 2007's revenues include nine months of contributions from most of the new recruits, and three months from Dragonair. Even without this, the alliance's established members would have enjoyed healthy growth in their revenues from oneworld.
Alliance sales to the corporate sector were particularly strong in 2007, with revenues from businessflyer, the alliance's product for small and medium sized accounts in key target markets, up by a fifth on 2006. More than 7,000 corporate customers are now signed up in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, with the product extended last year to Italy too.
Yields from oneworld sales overall also remained solid, with more than two-thirds of revenues generated by the alliance's fares coming from tickets sold for travel in premium cabins.
The alliance also maintained its focus on supporting their efforts to reduce costs. Savings from its joint procurement activities now total more than US$300 million, with the bulk of 2007's benefits coming from initiatives in the Engineering and Maintenance arena.
These efforts helped oneworld maintain its position as the airline grouping with the best financial track record. Based on latest full year results from members of all three alliances, oneworld members averaged an operating margin of 6.4 per cent - against 5.8 for Star and 5.6 for SkyTeam.
Over the past three years, the combined net profits of oneworld member airlines have totalled US$8.8 billion, while SkyTeam members have lost US$6.9 billion between them and Star's partners have reported collective losses of US$10.1 billion.
oneworld also continued its award-winning ways, voted the World's Leading Airline Alliance for the fifth year running in the 2007 World Travel Awards, based on votes cast by some 170,000 travel professionals, including more than 110,000 travel agents in 200 countries.
oneworld Managing Partner John McCulloch said: "In a business where operating margins are thin at best - let alone at a time of soaraway fuel prices - revenues and cost savings from oneworld make an increasingly important input to our member airlines' financial standings, and we are committed to increasing the contribution the alliance makes.
"Besides our record membership expansion, our record revenues in the past year also reflect the quality of service oneworld and its member airlines provide, our unparalleled international route network and our unmatched range of alliance fares and sales products."
A propos de oneworld
oneworld brings together some of the best and biggest names in the airline business - American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, LAN, Malév Hungarian Airlines, Qantas and Royal Jordanian, plus some 20 affiliates, including American Eagle, South Africa's Comair, Dragonair, LAN Argentina, LAN Ecuador and LAN Peru. Mexicana will join in 2009, with its subsidiary Click Mexicana as an affiliate.
Ensemble, ces compagnies aériennes :
Serve almost 700 airports in nearly 150 countries, with more than 9,000 daily departures.
Offer nearly 550 airport lounges for premium customers.
Carry some 320 million passengers a year.
Employ 250,000 people.
Operate almost 2,500 aircraft.
Generate more than US$100 billion annual revenues.
oneworld - the only alliance with any member airlines based in South America, the Middle East or Australia - enables its members to offer their customers more services and benefits than any airline can provide on its own. These include a broader route network, opportunities to earn and redeem frequent flyer miles and points across the combined oneworld network and more airport lounges. oneworld is the only alliance to enable passengers to fly throughout its network, on any combination of carriers, using just electronic tickets.
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Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Spotlight: Toledo, OH
June 7, 2019 by Quinn Pilkey - Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Spotlight, Startup Infrastructure
Nicknamed “The Glass City” for its history as a major hub for glass manufacturers, Toledo has a long history of entrepreneurial spirit.
Toledo, OH, the state’s fourth-largest city sits on the border of Ohio and Michigan. Nicknamed “The Glass City” for its history as a major hub for glass manufacturers, Toledo has long had an entrepreneurial spirit. While the businesses in the city today are much more varied than the glass companies that gave it its nickname, entrepreneurship remains strong.
The city appeared in the top 100 of a pair of 2019 rankings by the website WalletHub: 96th on its list of the best large cities to start a business (coming in 24th overall in the “Business Costs” category) and 91st on its list of the best metropolitan areas for STEM professionals (68th in the “STEM Friendliness” category). Additionally, Toledo ranked 82nd overall on Business.org’s 2018 list of the best cities for women to start a business.
Based on these rankings, FundingSage has reviewed the resources that make up Toledo’s entrepreneurial ecosystem:
Entrepreneurial Meetups:
Google Developer Group Toledo
Google Developer Group Toledo is an organization in which those interested in technology can meet one another, network, and collaborate.
Toledo Real Estate Investors Association
Those in the Toledo area can join the Toledo Real Estate Investors Association to network with other investors and entrepreneurs.
Toledo Small Business Owners
Toledo Small Business Owners is a networking group made up of active and aspiring small business owners and entrepreneurs.
Regular Entrepreneurial Events:
BGSU Entrepreneurship Week
Just down the road from Toledo, Bowling Green State University hosts an annual conference supporting entrepreneurship, called E-Week.
Sylvania Spring Expo
Just a few minutes down the road from Toledo, the Sylvania Area Chamber of Commerce hosts events, including the annual business expo and market in the Spring.
Toledo Chamber Events
The Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce holds a number of regular events, including some aimed at supporting local entrepreneurship and small business.
Toledo Public Library Events
The Toledo Lucas County Public Library system hosts a number of events based around helping local entrepreneurs and business owners succeed.
Toledo Tech Events
Toledo Tech Events is an independent website that aims to keep track of events related to technology in both the city and throughout the state.
Startup Competitions:
COBI Business Innovation Competition
Students, faculty, and staff at the University of Toledo can compete for $10,000 for their business in the College of Business and Innovation’s annual competition.
The Hatch
Held annually during the school’s E-Week, The Hatch is a pitch competition for students at Bowling Green State University.
JA Business Challenge
Teams of high schoolers from the Northwest Ohio area can compete for scholarship money in the Junior Achievement Business Challenge, where they practice running a virtual business.
Pitch & Pour
Pitch & Pour is an annual entrepreneurship competition held by a local incubator in which five promising Toledo-based tech startups compete against one another for cash prizes.
Co-working Spaces:
LaunchHouse
In addition to providing co-working space, LaunchHouse hosts classes and events that help its members learn ways to grow their businesses.
MadAveCollective
MadAveCollective, a marketing firm for nonprofit companies, offers co-working and event space for rent to Toledo “creatives” and more.
Regus Maumee-Arrowhead Park
One of Regus’ many co-working space locations is located in the Arrowhead Business Park in Maumee, OH, a suburb of Toledo.
Seed Coworking
With membership plans starting as low as $25 per month, Seed Coworking provides affordable working space for those in the Toledo community.
Makerspaces:
BiG Fab Lab
Located just down the road in Bowling Green, the BiG Fab Lab provides a wide variety of tools and equipment to residents across Northwest Ohio.
The Toledo Lucas County Public Library offers the Creativity Lab, a small “makerspace” aimed at children as well as 3D printing services and other small-scale equipment.
UT Maker Society
The University of Toledo’s Business Incubation Building includes the UT Maker Society, a community workshop and makerspace open to students and Toledo residents.
Incubators:
Center for Innovative Food Technology
The Center for Innovative Food Technology offers a number of ways to support small food businesses, including commercial kitchen space, distribution support, and food competitions.
Double A Solutions
Founded in 2003, Double A Solutions is a technology incubator that invests in SaaS startups and helps them grow and succeed.
Minority Business Development Center
In addition to more traditional incubator services, the University of Toledo runs a program dedicated to supporting minority-led small businesses and startups.
University of Toledo Launchpad Incubation
The University of Toledo organizes incubation resources for the public, including three distinct incubator facilities under the Launchpad Incubation umbrella.
Accelerators:
Board Member Accelerator Series
Hosted by the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Board Member Accelerator Series is a number of workshops designed to help educate and empower nonprofit leaders.
Among the many resources offered to entrepreneurs by CIFT are technology acceleration services that help agribusiness-related tech startups grow.
ProMedica Innovations is a healthcare development company that identifies promising healthcare technology innovators and works to help them bring their products to market.
Find Your Accelerator with Startup Search Tools
Colleges/Universities:
Bowling Green State University’s Paul J. Hooker Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership organizes opportunities for students as well as a minor program in entrepreneurship.
Owens Community College
With locations across Toledo and nearby Findlay, OH, Owens Community College offers an Associate’s Degree in Entrepreneurship Technology.
In addition to providing various resources to the entrepreneurial community, the University of Toledo offers a major and minor in Entrepreneurship, Family and Small Business.
University Entrepreneur Program Register
Angel Groups/VCs:
CoreNetwork Fund
CoreNetwork Fund is a Toledo-based venture capital fund that aims to invest in promising technology-based startups.
Maumee Ventures
Based just down the road from Toledo, Maumee Ventures invests primarily in early-stage companies in the agriculture industry.
North Coast Angel Fund
Technically located in Cleveland, North Coast Angel Fund invests in and supports promising technology startups across the state of Ohio.
In addition to providing technology acceleration services, ProMedica Innovations runs a pair of funds to help support the Toledo entrepreneurship scene.
Entrepreneurial Newsletter Coverage:
Ohio Business Magazine
While the Ohio Business Magazine does not offer newsletters, the somewhat irregularly-distributed publication does offer a free subscription.
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce offers a number of newsletters to help keep subscribers informed of the state’s business scene.
Toledo Blade
The Toledo Blade, which covers business news as part of its reporting, has an online edition and offers a newsletter to subscribers
Are you familiar with entrepreneurial ecosystem infrastructure in Toledo not included in the article above? If so, let us know via a comment below, and we will add it to the article.
Interested in Ecosystem Spotlights of other cities in the USA?
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Quinn Pilkey
Quinn is a journalism major at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He also serves as a freelance author for Hashtag Basketball where he writes about the NBA's Charlotte Hornets and at Funding$age where he researches and writes about entrepreneurial ecosystems.
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An organized property made up of a group of connected pages on the World Wide Web, (Internet) that are considered a single entity.6
Software as a Service.
Investment capital made available to high growth, scalable startups, typically beginning at the early stage, from a fund supported by accredited investors.6
Venture is often used for referring to a risky start-up or enterprise company.5
A presentation in which a startup founder attempts to persuade an investor of the viability of their company. The presentation spectrum varies based on the specific purpose of the pitch. Brief presentations in which an entrepreneur provides a 30 - 60 second overview of their idea, business model and marketing strategy, with the purpose of attaining a followup audience with an investor are described as elevator pitches. Formal, detailed presentations utilizing power point type slide decks, with the specific objective of seeking investment from angel groups or VCs, are known as investment presentation pitches.6
Based on supply and demand, this term refers to the societal arrangement whereby consumers purchase goods and services from businesses and individual sellers in exchange for currency. In economic relevance, the “market” can be divided into different industries, such as biotechnology, food, etc. The exchange between the consumer and seller contribute to a society’s market economy which greatly depends on these transactions for economic viability.4
An organization established to support the development of startup companies with intermediate term access, (1 - 3 years) to facilities, (office and lab space), resources and development programs, potentially including mentoring. Incubators differ from accelerators in that the latter typically focus on acceleration of growth in a shorter defined period whereas the former is focused on the development of the company and its product over a longer time period.6
Financial capital is a term that can refer to the money exchanged between entrepreneurs and investors during a business deal. Entrepreneurs need to raise capital for their startups while investors can provide them with the needed capital (or funding). Financial capital usually comes with interest, and new business owners can use their financial capital in purchasing real capital (or machinery or equipment) for their new business.4
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A formal or informal assemblage of active angel investors who cooperate in some part of the investment process. Key characteristics of an angel group are: control by member angels (who manage the entity or have control over the entity’s managers), and collaboration by member angels in the investment process.3
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In an Accelerator, a Seed investment is made in return for equity and usually between $15K - $50K. Startups are admitted in classes and work in groups. They are generally given a deadline to complete intensive training and iteration (typically 1 week to 6 months). Startups end an accelerator program with a Demo Day in which they pitch to investors.2
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Donald Trump Doesn’t Seem to Know Anything About Wind Power
"I never understood wind. You know, I know windmills very much."
Kristin Houser December 23rd 2019
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U.S. President Donald Trump is simultaneously an expert on wind power and completely baffled by it — by his own estimation, anyways.
“I never understood wind,” Trump said during a speech at conservative nonprofit Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit on Saturday, according to the official White House transcript. “You know, I know windmills very much. I have studied it better than anybody.”
But the rest of Trump’s speech implies that only the first part of that statement is true: he knows very little about wind power other than the fact that he’s against it.
Trump also cited the process used to produce turbines as a mark against them.
“They are made in China and Germany mostly, very few made here, almost none,” he said, “but they are manufactured, tremendous — if you are into this — tremendous fumes and gases are spewing into the atmosphere.”
But as pointed out by The Hill, researchers from the American Wind Energy Association found that a “typical wind project repays its carbon footprint in six months or less.” Meanwhile, the benefits of the devices can last for a typical lifespan of 20 to 25 years — a good investment no matter how you look at it.
Another of Trump’s beefs with wind turbines? They kill birds.
“You want to see a bird graveyard?” Trump asked the audience. “You just go. Take a look. A bird graveyard. Go under a windmill someday. You’ll see more birds than you’ve ever seen ever in your life… A windmill will kill many bald eagles. It’s true.”
Though it’s hard to say for sure how many bald eagles fall victim to wind turbines, the devices do kill approximately 234,012 birds in the U.S. every year, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
But for comparison, collisions with glass buildings — like the ones Trump has made a career stamping his name on — kill 599,000,000 birds every year. That’s 2,559 times more birds than turbines.
Trump didn’t mention that during his speech, but he did trot out another frequent claim: that wind turbines negatively impact property values — and once again, it’s clear he doesn’t have his facts straight.
“So they make these things and then they put them up,” he told the audience. “And if you own a house within vision of some of these monsters, your house is worth 50 percent of the price.”
While some smaller studies have found that a nearby wind farm can decrease a home’s value, larger studies — including a 2013 analysis of more than 50,000 homes in nine states — concluded that turbines have no negative impact on property values.
Still, given that Trump has previously claimed that wind turbines decrease home values by 75 percent, this new 50 percent figure does get him closer to the truth — so while he clearly doesn’t “know windmills very much,” his claims about wind energy do appear to be getting slightly most accurate than they’ve been in the past. Very slightly.
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Aye Finance reaches ₹1,000 cr in AUM
Aye Finance, a CapitalG-backed fintech lender to the MSMEs said on Tuesday that it had reached ₹1,000 crore Asset Under Management (AUM) milestone within five years of inception. CapitalG, earlier known as Google Capital, is the late-stage growth venture capital fund that helps companies grow faster with the support of Google’s resources. Started in 2014, the lender has disbursed ₹1,700 crore to over 1,25,000 micro enterprises so far, said Sanjay Sharma, founder and Managing Director, in a statement. Aye is a pioneer in transforming the micro enterprise financing in India by innovating…
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Mixpanel: iOS 12 adoption rate reaches 75%
November 30, 2018 Loknath Das
The adoption rate of iOS 12 kept increasing at a steady pace, and yesterday it surpassed the threshold of 75%. For comparison, iOS 11 reached the same percentage on December 17, which is about three weeks slower. Data also revealed that one of every 20 iDevices devices is still on versions prior to iOS 11, and most of them are highly unlikely to switch since they are older models in general. iOS 12 vs iOS 11 vs Older iOS Back in the first half of October, Apple boasted that half…
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LG Aristo 2’s Retail Packaging And Specifications Appear
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Photographs of the LG Aristo 2’s retail packaging has leaked. These images show specifications of the device and they also include images of the smartphone itself. This handset will serve as a successor to the LG Aristo, which was launched in January of 2017. It is expected that the LG Aristo 2 will arrive to T-Mobile and MetroPCS within the next few weeks, although there is currently no information available regarding this smartphone’s pricing.
According to the leak, the LG Aristo 2 will be powered by the Snapdragon 425 processor from Qualcomm, which comes with the Adreno 308 GPU. The device is rumored to sport a 5-inch IPS display with a resolution of 1280 by 720 pixels and an aspect ratio of 16:9. The leak claims that the smartphone will contain 2GB of RAM, which is an improvement over the predecessor’s 1.5GB. It also will include 16GB of internal flash storage, according to the report, although only 9GB of the internal memory is usable by the consumer. Users can unlock the smartphone using either the handset’s face recognition technology or the KnockON feature of LG, according to the rumor. The leak also claims that the device can connect to 2G GSM, 3G UMTS, and 4G LTE networks, and it contains a 2,410 removable battery to keep the handset’s lights on. The handset will weigh 139 grams and it is reported to have a height of 145mm, a width of 72mm, and a thickness of 8mm.
The rear camera of the smartphone is reported to be equipped with one 13-megapixel sensor that supports Phase Detection Autofocus (PDAF), while the front-facing camera will come with a 5-megapixel sensor. The cameras are equipped with a number of software features, including the auto shot functionality that captures an image once it detects a smile. In addition, the quick image view permits people to view the images directly after they were captured. A quick video editor is also pre-installed on the device, which enables users to add effects and even soundtracks to a video file. The handset will ship with Android 7.1.2 Nougat pre-installed, according to the leak, which means that users of the device can take advantage of features like split-screen multitasking.
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Goal: Convince local and state leaders to protect schoolchildren from lead exposure.
Medical experts estimate that more than 24 million American kids will lose IQ points due to lead exposure. Our research finds many of these kids will be exposed to lead in their schools’ drinking water. That’s why we’re working to Get The Lead Out.
Highly Toxic, Especially For Children
The crisis that began unfolding in Flint, Mich., in 2014 provided a tragic reminder of the dangers of lead exposure. The drinking water of an entire city had been contaminated with lead. More than 8,000 children under the age of six drank lead-contaminated water.
But Flint was just the tip of the iceberg. Georgia PIRG Education Fund research has found that lead exposure is a national problem, and Georgia isn't immune. Outlets at 25 of 60 Atlanta schools tested found lead in water above 15 parts per billion (ppb), the level at which the EPA recommends actions are taken to reduce lead levels.
In all likelihood, these confirmed cases only scratch the surface of this problem. Most schools have at least some lead in their pipes, plumbing or fixtures. And where there is lead, there is risk of contamination.
LEAD IN OUR SCHOOLS
Lead Is A Potent Neurotoxin
Lead, a potent neurotoxin, affects how our children learn, grow and behave.
Lead Exposure Causes Long-Term Damage
According to the EPA, low levels of lead exposure in children have been linked to damage to the central and peripheral nervous system, learning disabilities, shorter stature, impaired hearing, and impaired formation and function of blood cells.
More Testing Is Needed
Often, parents don’t know if the water at their children’s schools is safe, because the taps haven’t been tested. With patchwork testing programs showing widespread contamination nationwide, testing for lead in schools across our state should be our first priority.
Fixing The Problem
When high lead levels are found, we need to proactively remove lead-bearing parts from schools’ drinking water systems—from service lines to faucets and fixtures—and install filters certified to remove lead at every tap used for drinking or cooking.
The only way to ensure safe drinking water for our children is to “get the lead out” of our schools and pre-schools. This involves proactively removing lead-bearing parts from schools’ drinking water systems—from service lines to faucets and fixtures—and installing filters certified to remove lead at every tap used for drinking or cooking.
These steps cost money, but our children's health is worth it. To convince state and local leaders to act, we’re running a joint campaign with Environment America to raise awareness, especially among parents and parent-teacher associations; doctors, nurses and other healthcare givers; and elected officials themselves.
In the meantime, untold numbers of kids are going to school and drinking water with lead in it. When we get lead out of a child’s water, we make that child’s future brighter and healthier. That’s something worth paying for.
Get The Lead Out Of Our Schools
Contact your school and ask whether it has lead pipes or plumbing. Ask if the water has been tested for lead and to see all the results. Sometimes schools only report levels of lead in water above 15 parts per billion. But there is no safe level of lead in drinking water, especially for our children.
In addition, our national network is calling on states to “get the lead out” of schools' drinking water. Please urge our governor to take strong action to protect our children’s health.
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Hometown Supernatural Con – Burbank Friday and Saturday 2016
November 26, 2016 June 7, 2017 spnfans
Returning to Burbank for what is, for now at least, the last Supernatural con that Creation has planned there, was both festive and emotional. Many of the actors live there, so that means their families can come see what they do for a dozen or more weekends out of the year, and even actors who aren’t making paid appearances sometimes show up to join in the fun. That means a con in Burbank is usually a very good party.
Even as an East Coaster, I love Burbank too. It’s such a nice little airport and a lovely hotel with a convenient little convention ballroom attached. There’s a handy bar to meet up with fellow fans, and there’s all of Burbank a few minutes away with its great restaurants too. I hated not being there last year, instead stuck at the giant Pasadena convention center, so I was thrilled to be back.
It was the weekend after the election, and emotions were running high for both guests and fans. Somehow the con felt like the best place to be, surrounded by a lot of love and support. There were fliers throughout the hotel letting fans know that this was a safe space, and that they were accepted here. It made me proud to be a fan and a member of this SPN Family – and to sort of want to stay there in that fandom bubble for as long as possible!
2016, Convention Reports Alaina Huffman, Burcon, Jason Manns, Mark Sheppard, Matt Cohen, Misha Collins, Osric Chau, Richard Speight Jr., Rob Benedict, Sebastian Roche, SPNBur, Supernatural, Tim Omundson 3 Comments
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Captain America and the Avengers
a game by Data East, and Mindscape
Genres: Action, Fighting Games, Platformer
Platforms: Genesis, SNES, NES, GameBoy, GameGear
Editor Rating: 7/10, based on 17 reviews
See also: Superman Games, Marvel Games
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Avengers alert! Fans of the smas arcade hit, Captain America and the Avengers, should dive instantly into Data East's Genesis version. Although scaled down, the home version features the same characters, hot action, cool graphics, and fast game play as its arcade big brother. If you like comics and you love action gaming, this game's for you!
Avengers Assemble!
Captain America's archvillain, the Red Skull, has gotten his hands on a powerful device that enables him to exert total mind-control over all other supervillains. As Villain Supreme, the Red Skull is on a one-way express to world domination. Only Captain America and his fellow Avengers (Iron Man, Hawkeye, and Vision) stand a chance of derailing the Red Skull's sinister plans. In the superhero biz, the fate of the world is always at stake!
Each hero has specific superpowers that you can command. Captain America throws a self-returning indestructible shield. Both Vision and Iron Man fly and shoot lasers. Hawkeye is always on target with his souped-up arrows. Every hero also starts with 100 life units. Lose all your life units, and you can restart as any one of the other heroes until you run out of continues. Regular robot sentries do you little damage, but Bosses can sap it away in seconds. Fortunately, Quicksilver (a fellow Avenger) randomly drops by with extra life units, and the Wasp, another compatriot, appears and adds to your firepower during critical moments.
ProTips:
Since only Iron Man and Vision can fly, launch aerial attacks by continuously jumping into the air to avoid being hit.
The only way to attack robots carrying shields is to hit them from behind.
Go solo or team up with a friend to take on all five side-scrolling, action-packed levels of this game. Each level features hordes of evil robots and henchmen, plus famous comic book supervillain bosses, such as Ultron, the Living Laser, Klaw, Mandarin, and Juggernaut. Comic books fans will be thrilled that both villains and heroes look, fight, and have the exact same superpowers as they do in the comics. Plus, unlike most action games, this game offers not one but several bosses for each level! Who says we're in a recession?
Klaw and Living Laser tend to move in tandem. Jump over them when they attack and hit them from behind.
Hit the Jump and Attack buttons repeatedly to shake out of a villain's grasp.
All Roads Lead to Mecha (Red Skull)
The five levels of this game transport you throughout a myriad of locales. Start off entrenched within the city streets, where you hurl bricks and garbage cans as weapons. Next, reel in underwater combat as you chase the Red Skull through the depths of the ocean. There, blast off into outer space for an interstellar dogfight leading to an attack on the Red Skull's orbitting space headquarters. However, defeating the Red Skull is only half the victory. Finally, you must face Mecha Red Skull, a cyborg monstrosity built by the Red Skull to ensure revenge if he were ever defeated.
Concentrate firepower on the Sentinel's head -- his only weak spot.
Captain America and the Avengers is really several games in one. Standard side-scrolling hand-to-hand combat is par for the city streets and within the Red Skull's hideout. The game converts into a shooter as the heroes fly through the underwater and outer space levels, dodging and blasting enemies as effectively as any spaceship.
Since you can't shoot backwards, stay in the middle of the screen in order to dodge projectiles from either direction.
Make Mine Marvel!
Captain America and the Avengers is a comic book adventure come to life. It's evident that great care was taken to ensure that all characters are true to their comic book origins. The bright, colorful, detailed graphics capture the excitement and energy of their four-color printed adventures. The digitized heroic speech, sound effects, and soundtrack effectively mimic the macho dialogue, explosions, and tone of the comics.
Captain America is surefire action entertainment for both comic and non-comic book fans alike. The difficulty selects feature, and combination of both fighting and shooter action guarantees its wide-range appeal. Enlist today for action and adventure with the Avengers!
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Download Captain America and the Avengers
Pentium II (or equivalent) 266MHz (500MHz recommended), RAM: 64MB (128MB recommended), DirectX v8.0a or later must be installed
P-200, 32 MB RAM
Make way for Captain America and the Avengers! This Data East game actually just features Cap (celebrating his 50th anniversary this year) and a few of his Avengers buddies, but they've got some serious superheroin' to do!
Avengers (Un) Assemble!
The title and the box art are slightly deceiving since it depicts Cap alongside Iron Man, Hawkeye, and the Vision. Actually Iron Man and the Vision have been captured by the evil Red Skull, so it's up to Cap and Hawkeye to come to their rescue. This one-player game allows you to alternate between playing either Captain America with his indestructible shield, or Hawkeye, armed with his bow and explosive arrows. Each hero must be played individually, but you may alternate between them at any time.
Make sure there is plenty of "air" around Hawkeye, since he can only fire one arrow at a time until it hits an enemy or flies off the screen.
Both Cap and Hawkeye can kick, punch and jump while their weapons are in the air.
This game also features an interactive Battle Mode that enables up to two gamers to play Cap and/or Hawkeye versus four of the main supervillian Bosses in a simultaneous, no-frills slugfest. Of course, one of you can play the villains, too. Whoever wins three out of five rounds is crowned the champ! This mode is ideal for studying the strengths and weaknesses of all the characters before you play the actual game. It's unfortunate that regular game-play isn't also two-player interactive.
Hawkeye stands the best chance against flying enemies, because he can shoot vertically while Cap can only throw his shield horizontally.
Flingin' and Slingin'
Cap and Hawkeye must successfully travel through 20 U.S. cities overrun with super-powered villains, robots, and mutant creatures, that want to make your trip a one-way ticket. Before you face the powerful Bosses such as the Wizard, the Mandarin, Ultron, or Crossbones, you'll have to face equally powerful Mid-level Bosses such as Fire Man and Dynamite Napalm. A large Map Screen charts both heroes' status and their progress.
Fire Man is only vulnerable when his flames are out, and the only way to destroy Dynamite Napalm is to burst the oil drums in his hands just before he throws them at you.
Valuable power-ups and special items aid our heroes. Snag 100 Power Stones to make Cap's shield doubly lethal, and collect 200 Power Stones to make Hawk's arrows explode on impact. Floating Energy Pods replenish your life meters. Rescue Pods free you if you're captured. And most importantly -- Key Crystals open the Exit onto the next level.
Since there is no time limit, your first priority in the early levels is to take time to load up on Power Stones and 1-Ups in preparation for the subsequent levels.
The best indicator of a potentially successful licensed product is that it remains true to its source. It's clobberin' time, Marvel Comics fans! All the heroes and supervillain bosses look like and have the same powers as their comic book counterparts. The action onscreen perfectly captures the spirit and fun of wham-bam-pow comic book fight scenes. Cap and Hawkeye can perform a variety of moves for any situation. Captain America and the Avengers is a solid, action-packed game sure to please gamers and comic book fans alike. Nuff said!
Everyone's favorite comic book hero is now a video game. Captain America is here and he is better than ever! You control Captain America on a mission to stop The Mandarin and his reign of terror. With many offensive weapons to use, such as your shield and your punches you bravely take on the enemy. A very nice feature is the ability to have a two-player simultaneous battle with a friend! Captain America should make it to the stores this Spring.
Comic book cartridges are becoming a popular video game trend. Data East is fueling the theme with Captain America and The Avengers.
Battle the forces of Red Skull through tough stages of superhero combat. One or two players can choose from their favorite characters like Captain America, Iron Man, Hawkeye and Vision. Together, they will face relentless hordes of the evil Red Skull's trained assassins!
The action scenes take place in the vacuum of space, serine parks and busy cities. It's up to you to defend the planet from becoming Red Skull's next playland.
Comic books like Spider-Man and Captain America can make exciting video games if they have adequate game play. Sadly, Captain America is a forgettable scroller.
You can choose from one of four superheroes: Iron Man, Vision, Hawkeye and Captain America. The characters are similar, but each has different firing and jumping abilities. The control is comparable to other shooters.
Unfortunately, the game is nondescript. The animation and sound are mediocre and don't push the hardware. As far as game play, you're gonna get plastered, so just dive into the action, and bully your way through the enemies.
Overall, Captain America is not very innovative or exciting. This superhero isn't even a super-near-o.
Keep some distance between you and your foe.
When you reach the right side of the screen, back up and analyze your enemy's firing patterns.
Bash! Krak! Ooof! What happened here? The Genesis version, which is almost identical (content-wise), runs circles around this one! The control is bad, making it almost impossible to defeat some enemies.
Manufacturer: Data East
# of players: 1
Available: March 1994
No. of Levels: 5
Theme: Action
The Red Skull is trying to take over the entire planet. He has developed a mind control device that will place people under his control. It is up to Captain America and the Avengers to stop him. You can choose from four different characters: Captain America, Ironman, Vision and Hawkeye. The levels are side-scrolling with a couple of shooter levels in between. There is no difference between the characters except the way they look. You can punch, kick or throw your shield, arrows, etc. The levels move smoothly and make for an extremely intense game. Remember, if you don't beat the Red Skull, all humanity is doomed to become mindless zombies.
Based on the popular comic series, you can guide Captain America or Hawkeye while they try to save Iron Man and Vision from The Red Skull and The Mandarian.
Trouble in the land of Superheroes. Working incognito and calling himself "The Mandarin," Red Skull (one of the ultimate Superhero foes) has hatched a plan to take over America. Iron Man and Vision have already fallen victim to Mandarin's efforts; it's now up to Captain America and Hawkeye to liberate their super-buddies and thwart Mandarin's plans. Captain America, brandishing his mighty shield, and Hawkeye with his trusty arrows face mote than 20 levels of grueling battle scenes in this Superhero-soiree'. What's more there's an abundance of hidden levels to explore, and, depending which path you choose, there are also multiple ways in which to solve the game. Have you got what it takes to be a superhero?
Blam! Krak! Boom! Captain America and the Avengers take on the forces of the vile Red Skull. Every comic fan will want to love this game, which could be as much of a challenge as battling the Skull.
This so-so side-view action game stars four famous Marvel comics' heroes. The bad guys are equally well-known in the comic world, especially Mandarin and the Red Skull. The character graphics in this game look awesome!
The fighting action suffers from slippery animation and the controls make your heroes' muscles seem mushy.
The Marvel comics fire up your imagination. Read them. You'll need all the imagination you can muster to help Cap out of this jam.
Just like a good comic book series, some superhero video games never die. For SNES owners who haven't had a chance to play Captain America and the Avengers on the Genesis, the costumed crusader and his band of buffed buds are SNES bound in a one- or two-player game.
In this action/adventure game, you can play as either Captain America, Iron Man, Vision or Hawkeye. Each superhero has his own unique powers, like Vision's ability to fire Solar Lasers, Captain America's Shield-Throwing expertise, Hawk-eye's precision Arrow Shooting, and Iron Man's High-Tech Blasters.
Your common goal is to defeat Captain America's archenemies, the Red Skull and his team of villains. They have a nefarious plan of world domination, and you're the Earth's last hope. You'll play through the city streets, an underwater hideaway, and more! The end of each level is also guarded by one of Red Skull's screen-filling henchmen, whom your Avenger must battle to move on.
In this side-scrolling game, all of the graphics are done in true comic book fashion, with colorful sprites and well-drawn larger-than-life characters. Fire up this game and you'll probably hang on to it until the end, just like your old comic book collection.
Based upon the long running Marvel comic book, The Avengers, this 1-4 player-simultaneous fighter is sure to please arcade fans and comic book aficionados alike. Captain America's arch nemesis, the Red Skull, has recruited Klaw, Whirlwind, the Grim Reaper, the Mandarin, Deathstalker, and those gigantic, robot mutant hunting Sentinels in a devious plan to take over the world. Cap leads Iron Man, the Vision, and Hawkeye against this evil super crew. Their battles take place on streets of New York, across the world, and even in outer space aboard an orbiting space platform.
Great care has been taken to ensure that each character looks, sounds, and fights with his comic book powers, Iron Man fires his repulsor rays, the Vision zaps enemies with laser eye beams, Hawk-eye unleashes a flurry of arrows, and Cap flings his shield. This game even plays like a comic book; detailed panels of comic art recount the storyline between levels. Classic sound effects such as "KWHAM," "KZAP" and "WHABOOM" flash in bright comic-bookish lettering. The villains speak in campy evil banter and the heroes reply with equally corny lines about truth, justice and the American arcade way! The graphics are gorgeous! All the characters are well-rendered, and the backgrounds feature infinite detail. A hot soundtrack and realistic digitized voices and sound effects help make this game a joy to play. There are sure to be long lines for this one, but that's OK since it's just as fun to watch as it is to play. As with their other 4-player arcade hit, The Simpsons, Data East is hitting jackpots with the comics!
Join forces with four of Marvel Comics' most famous superheroes -- Captain America, Iron Man, Hawkeye, and Vision -- to battle such villains as the Mandarin and the Red Skull.
Captain America and the Avengers is a beat ‘em up side-scrolling game, featuring colourful comic book like graphics and familiar characters from the Captain America universe.
In this game you play as one of the four Avengers as you try to stop the evil Red Skull from fulfilling his evil plans. The story is told between stages through comic panels, as well as during the game through speech boxes; while it’s not anything special, it’s nice to have a story to follow instead of just punching out whoever you might come across.
The gameplay is rather simple, with the characters able to perform basic actions along with their special powers. Each of the four available characters (Captain America, Hawkeye, Iron Man and Vision) has different abilities; for example, Captain America can throw his shield and have it return to him, and Iron Man can shoot beams from his fists. Besides these, you can use the various weapons that you can find, even seemingly harmless items like cans. You can even throw defeated enemies right before they vanish from the screen!
Graphically speaking, Captain America and the Avengers does a great job in keeping the comic book atmosphere through its colourful and varied characters, as well as little touches such as the sounds of punches and kicks appearing overhead. The enemies are easily distinguishable and it’s nice when you can recognize a boss before the battle even begins. Although, as many have and will still point out, theJuggernaut is quite scrawny compared to his comic book counterpart. The sound isn’t spectacular, but hearing characters saying their catchphrases makes the gaming experience a little more immersive and enjoyable.
There can be a few annoyances during the game, particularly when ranged enemies appear. They tend to time themselves so that they shoot one after the other, so as soon as you get up from a hit, you get shot right back down. This means that they should be your number one target or you’ll end up getting frustrated. Some also believe that that the flying levels are harder to maneuver, but at least the change of pace is appreciated.
There isn’t anything specifically wrong or mind blowing about Captain America and the Avengers, but the bottom line is that it is a good game and fans of the series will not be disappointed.
Captain America and the Avengers features:
Play as four of the Avengers, each with their own special abilities.
Fight through hordes of Red Skull’s minions and ultimately fight villains.
Graphics inspired from the comic books.
The Red Skull is out to conquer the world once again, so it's up to Captain America and the Avengers to stop him and his army of thugs.
Captain America and The Avengers is based on the 1991 Data East arcade game. Players can choose between four characters: Captain America, Iron Man, Hawkeye or Vision as they punch, kick, or use special powers to dispose of various enemies. Along the way characters will be able to pick up trash cans or other objects to throw at the enemy. While the game is primarily a side-scrolling beat 'em up, there are also shooting stages that will find your character flying through the air or swimming under water. In addition, two players can play simultaneously on one of three difficulty levels.
The Red Skull believes he can take over the world with the help of super-villains Whirlwind, Living Laser, Klaw, Grim Reaper, and various other unsavory types. Trouble is, they happen to enjoy working alone. So after careful planning and research, Red Skull came up with an invention to bring all of the twisted criminals under one power: a mind-control device.
Now Captain America and The Avengers must not only unite to stop their arch-enemies from wreaking havoc upon the world, but somehow find Red Skull's secret device and put an end to his diabolical plans.
Captain America and the Avengers is the beat 'em up arcade game released by Data East and Mindscape, Inc in 1991 based on the Marvel Comics' series The Avengers.
Players can choose to play one of four superheroes - Captain America, Iron Man, Hawkeye, or Vision - as they battle through New York City, the underwater world of Atlantis, and eventually into Red Skull's moon base, which has a giant laser cannon pointed at Earth. Gameplay is similar in format to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade games. Each character can attack and jump, and also pick up and throw certain objects positioned in each level, i.e. bricks or barrels.
The boss characters in the game include Klaw, The Living Laser, Whirlwind, the Wizard, the Grim Reaper, the Juggernaut, Master Mold, the Mandarin, Controller, Ultron, Crossbones, and Red Skull. Other Avengers such as the Wasp, Quicksilver, Wonder Man and the Sub-Mariner make cameo appearances.
In this version the only playable characters are Captain America and Hawkeye; their mission is to save the Vision and Iron Man from the Mandarin. The game has a map with various locations, representing different levels and super villains that the player must battle through. Rather than a port, this was simply a different game with the same name.
The Red Skull is trying to take over the entire planet. He has developed mind control device that will place people under his control. It is up to Captain America and the Avengers to stop him. You can choose from four different characters: Captain America, Ironman. Vision and Hawkeye. The levels are side-scrolling with a couple of shooter levels in between. There is no difference between the characters except the way they look. You can punch, kick or throw your shield, arrows, etc. The levels move smoothly and make for an extremely intense game. Remember, if you don't beat the Red Skull, all humanity is doomed to become mindless zombies.
The graphics are great considering it is a Game Gear. The controls are very tight.
The enemies tend to get repetitive and the Boss patterns aren't all that different from each other.
Watching Captain America's body slump to the ground when he dies. It's pretty heartbreaking!
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The Vaults To Open Its Doors End Of June
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The Vaults, a new tourist attraction in Dublin City centre, is set to open its door on the 30th of June. The attraction will have six scenes spread across four floors of the old Augistinian St John’s National School in Dublin 8. Each of these scenes will feature 360° sets with state of the art lighting, lavish costumes and special effects designed to immerse visitors in the stories on show.
The operators of the attraction, Frontier Entertainment, are renovating the location in Dublin 8 for €5 million. The Vaults will feature hour long tours where visitors will be taken through the six scenes, some true and some fictional. They will have up to 30 tours a day, for 35 people a tour, taking guest through the scenes penned by playwright Peter Sheridan.
The attraction will provide 50 new jobs, with more than half of them being actors, making it the largest employer of performing artists in Ireland.
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Genasys™ Awarded $1.4 Million in New Public Safety Mass Notification Orders from Laguna Beach and Newport Beach, CA
SAN DIEGO, CA – November 5, 2019 – Genasys Inc. (NASDAQ: GNSS), a critical communications company, today announced it recently received $1.4 million in new public safety mass notification orders from the southern California cities of Laguna Beach and Newport Beach. Under the orders, the Company’s unified platform of LRAD® voice broadcast systems integrated with Critical Communications as a Service (CCaaS) software will be installed at several locations within the cities.
“The successful installation and utilization of the initial Genasys LRAD systems installed in Laguna Beach in 2018 led to this award of a city-wide outdoor warning network,” said Richard S. Danforth, Chief Executive Officer of Genasys. “In addition to the initial systems in the downtown retail district and two popular beach areas, several more networked Genasys installations will be located throughout Laguna Beach.”
“We’re in a city that has a lot of hazards,” commented Jordan Villwock, Laguna Beach Emergency Operations Coordinator. “We need to be prepared to alert and warn our residents appropriately, effectively and efficiently.”
The Company’s integrated platform of LRAD voice broadcast systems and CCaaS software features multi-modal remote activation and control, satellite connectivity, solar power and battery backup to deliver public safety notifications even when existing power and communication infrastructure fails. The systems are compatible with major emergency warning protocols including the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Integrated Public Alert & Warning System (IPAWS).
“Newport Beach conducted a thorough evaluation of the market and selected the industry-leading voice clarity, area coverage and reliability of Genasys systems after discovering that most of the city’s outdated mechanical air raid sirens were non-functional,” continued Mr. Danforth.
From the August 13, 2019 City of Newport Beach City Council Staff Report, “A key improvement over the existing system is voice command capabilities. During a disaster, public safety officials can sound the siren and then give voice commands over the speaker system instructing community members on exactly what to do…”
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“Genasys is revolutionizing the public safety and mass notification markets with the only unified platform that combines audible, highly intelligible voice broadcast systems and digital, CCaaS mobile mass messaging solutions,” Mr. Danforth concluded, “Our scalable solutions unify community, metropolitan, regional and national emergency warning systems while delivering multi-channel alerts, notifications and instructions to protect the local population and lives.”
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Sweet Emotion Lyrics
Talk about things that nobody cares
Wearing other things that nobody wears
You're calling my name but I got to make clear
I can't say baby where I'll be in a year
[Instrumental Break]
Some sweat hog mama with a face like a gent
Said my get up and go, musta got up and went
Well I got good news, she's a real good liar
'Cause the backstage boogie set your pants on fire
I pulled into town in a police car
Your daddy said I took it just a little too far
You're telling me things but your girlfriend lied
You can't catch me because the rabbit done died, yes it did
You stand in the front just a shaking your ass
I'll take you backstage you can drink from my glass
I'll talk about something you're sure to understand
'Cause a month on the road and I'll be eating from your hand
[Instrumental Outro]
About “Sweet Emotion”
Sweet Emotion was released in April 1975 by Columbia Records on Toys in the Attic, Aerosmith’s third album. The single version was released for radio play on May 19th, 1975. Sweet Emotion was also Aerosmith’s first Top 40 single, reaching No. 36 on July 19th, 1975.
What have the artists said about the song?
In the band’s memoir Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith, Steven Tyler said:
Frank Connally sold us to Leber-Krebs for what — I don’t know. On “Sweet Emotion,” we used these backward handclaps and four of us in the studio chanting, “Fuck you, Frank.” If you play it backward, you can hear this.
"Sweet Emotion" Track Info
Written By Tom Hamilton & Steven Tyler
Drums Joey Kramer
Bass Tom Hamilton
Lead Vocals Steven Tyler
Guitar Joe Perry & Brad Whitford
Marimba Jay Messina
Recorded At The Record Plant, New York City
Sampled In
Set It Off by Girl Talk
Sweet Emotion by Cornbread Red
Sweet emotion by Dave Matthews Band
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Sweet Emotion (Live Version) by Aerosmith
Toys in the Attic Aerosmith
1. Toys in the Attic
2. Uncle Salty
3. Adam’s Apple
4. Walk This Way
5. Big Ten Inch Record
6. Sweet Emotion
7. No More No More
8. Round and Round
9. You See Me Crying
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CHESS: a new human gene catalog curated from thousands of large-scale RNA sequencing experiments reveals extensive transcriptional noise
Mihaela Pertea1,3,
Alaina Shumate1,2,
Geo Pertea1,
Ales Varabyou1,3,
Florian P. Breitwieser1,
Yu-Chi Chang3,
Anil K. Madugundu4,5,6,8,
Akhilesh Pandey4,7,8 &
Steven L. Salzberg ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-8859-74321,2,3,9
Genome Biology volume 19, Article number: 208 (2018) Cite this article
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The Research Highlight to this article has been published in Genome Biology 2018 19:223
We assembled the sequences from deep RNA sequencing experiments by the Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project, to create a new catalog of human genes and transcripts, called CHESS. The new database contains 42,611 genes, of which 20,352 are potentially protein-coding and 22,259 are noncoding, and a total of 323,258 transcripts. These include 224 novel protein-coding genes and 116,156 novel transcripts. We detected over 30 million additional transcripts at more than 650,000 genomic loci, nearly all of which are likely nonfunctional, revealing a heretofore unappreciated amount of transcriptional noise in human cells. The CHESS database is available at http://ccb.jhu.edu/chess.
Scientists have been attempting to estimate the number of human genes for more than 50 years, dating back to 1964 [1]. In the decade preceding the initial publication of the human genome, multiple estimates were made based on sequencing of short messenger RNA fragments, and most of these estimates fell in the range of 50,000–100,000 genes [2,3,4,5]. When the human genome was published in 2001, the estimates of the gene count were dramatically lower, with one paper reporting 31,000 genes [6] and the other 26,588 plus ~ 12,000 genes with “weak supporting evidence” [7]. As the genome was gradually made more complete and the annotation improved, the number continued to fall; when the first major genome update was published in 2004, the estimated gene count was revised to 24,000 [8]. Later efforts suggested that the true number of protein-coding genes was even smaller: a 2007 comparative genomics analysis suggested 20,500 [9], and a proteomics-based study in 2014 estimated 19,000 [10].
One striking feature of most early attempts to catalog all human genes was their lack of precision. Most estimates have only one to two significant digits, indicating major uncertainty about the exact number. As we reported in 2010, the estimates of the human gene count at that time averaged ~ 22,500 genes [11]. As of late 2017, one of the most reliable catalogs of human genes, the curated reference set from NCBI’s RefSeq database [12], contained 20,054 distinct protein-coding genes, and another widely used human gene catalog, GENCODE [13], contained 19,817. The international CCDS database, an ongoing effort to identify all human and mouse genes [14], listed 18,894 human protein-coding genes in March 2018 (release 20).
The human gene list has a tremendous impact on biomedical research. A huge and still growing number of genetic studies depend on this list, for example:
Exome sequencing projects use exon capture kits that target most “known” exons. Any exons that are not listed in standard human annotation are ignored.
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) attempt to link genetic variants to nearby genes, relying on standard catalogs of human genes.
Many software packages that analyze RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) experiments, which measure gene expression, rely on a database of known genes and cannot measure genes or splice variants unless they are included in the database.
Efforts to identify cancer-causing mutations usually focus on mutations that involve known genes, ignoring mutations that occur in other regions.
These and other examples encompass thousands of experiments and an enormous investment of time and effort. The creation of a more complete, accurate human gene catalog will have an impact on many of these studies. For example, exome sequencing studies targeting Mendelian diseases, which should be the easiest diseases to solve, have reported diagnostic success in only about 25% of cases [15, 16], perhaps because many exons and genes are excluded from exome capture kits. A better gene list may also help to explain the genetic causes of the many complex diseases that have thus far remained largely unexplained, despite hundreds of large GWAS and other experiments.
As part of the creation of a human gene list, we must first define what is meant by the term “gene.” During the Human Genome Project, most efforts to estimate and annotate genes focused on protein-coding genes, i.e., regions of the genome that are transcribed into RNA and then translated into proteins. At the time, most scientists assumed that non-coding genes represented only a very small portion of the functional elements of the human genome and that most RNA genes (e.g., transfer RNAs and ribosomal RNA genes) were already known. A few years after the initial publication of the human genome, though, scientists began to uncover a large and previously unappreciated complement of long noncoding RNA genes, lncRNAs [17, 18], which quickly grew to include thousands of novel genes. These genes have a wide range of functions that are just as vital to human biology as many protein-coding genes [19], and any comprehensive list of human genes should include them.
Thus, for the purposes of our study, genes will include any interval along the chromosomal DNA that is transcribed and then translated into a functional protein or that is transcribed into a functional RNA molecule. By “functional,” we mean to include any gene that appears to perform a biological function, even one that might not be essential. We recognize that the proper determination of function can be a lengthy, complex process and that at present, the function of many human genes is unknown or only partially understood. Our definition intentionally excludes pseudogenes, which are gene-like sequences that may arise through DNA duplication events or through reverse transcription of processed mRNA transcripts. Following previous conventions [11], when multiple proteins or RNA genes are produced from the same region through alternative splicing or alternative transcription initiation, we will count these variants as part of a single gene. Our total gene count, therefore, corresponds to the total number of distinct chromosomal intervals, or loci, that encode either proteins or noncoding RNAs; in addition, we report the total number of gene variants, which includes all alternative transcripts expressed at each locus. (In the few cases where distinct genes occupy overlapping intervals, we count these as separate genes.)
Construction and contents of CHESS
The basis for our human gene catalog is a new analysis of a large, comprehensive survey of gene expression in human tissues, the genotype-tissue expression (GTEx) study, which included samples from dozens of tissues collected from hundreds of individuals [20]. All of these samples were subjected to deep RNA-sequencing, with tens of millions of sequences (“reads”) captured from each sample, in an effort to measure gene expression levels across a broad range of human cell types. This exceptionally large set of transcript data—just under 900 billion reads—provided an opportunity to construct a new set of human genes and transcripts. We accomplished this by assembling all of the samples, merging the results, and applying a series of computational filters to remove transcripts with insufficient evidence.
During the Human Genome Project, the gold standard for identifying a gene was evidence that it was transcribed into messenger RNA. This was the basis for the first large-scale effort to capture and catalog human genes [21] and for many subsequent efforts. However, over time, it has become clear that the mere fact that a region of the genome is transcribed is insufficient to prove that it has a function, especially in light of evidence that random mutations can easily create transcriptional start sites [22]. A second, arguably more powerful piece of evidence that a sequence is a gene is evolutionary conservation: if a protein sequence has been conserved in other species, this provides strong evidence that the sequence provides a useful function, i.e., that it is a gene. A third line of evidence is reproducibility: if we observe a transcript in multiple samples from multiple individuals, then it is less likely be the result of random transcription. We used each of these lines of evidence in constructing the new gene catalog.
Novel genes and transcripts
We assembled all 9795 RNA-seq samples from the GTEx collection (see the “Methods” section) and removed all transcripts that overlapped with known protein-coding genes, noncoding genes, or pseudogenes from RefSeq [12] or GENCODE [13]. This process generated 5,081,171 novel transcripts at 668,018 loci, where “novel” means that the transcripts did not overlap any annotated genes in either the RefSeq or GENCODE databases. We then used a variety of criteria, described below, to eliminate transcripts due to “noise” [23], i.e., transcripts produced by low-level transcriptional activity that appears to have no functional utility. This noise is so ubiquitous that some computational methods for analyzing RNA-seq experiments automatically impose a threshold below which they will not report a transcript, even if reads are present [24, 25]. We also eliminated novel transcripts with no introns, which we assumed to be either noise or pseudogenes unless they had high expression levels and contained a potential protein-coding gene, as detailed below. Out of the 5,081,171 novel transcripts, only 139,289 (2.7%) in 41,979 (6.3%) distinct loci had at least one intron.
Protein-coding genes
To identify potentially novel protein-coding genes, we eliminated transcripts based on a series of relatively strict criteria designed to remove noise, pseudogenes, and alignment artifacts. For each transcript, we used blastx [26] to search all open reading frames against all mammalian proteins in GenBank and in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot to determine whether any were conserved in other species or elsewhere in the human genome. We required that any novel protein-coding transcript satisfy at least the following criteria:
The transcript must contain at least one intron, and it must have expression level TPM > 1 in at least one tissue, or alternatively, it may be a single-exon transcript with expression level at least as high as the outliers for known transcripts, defined as TPM > 13.87 (see Additional file 1).
The transcript must not be contained in another transcript, unless it is expressed in more samples than all transcripts that contain it.
The length of the open reading frame (ORF) must be at least 60 amino acids.
The ORF cannot overlap known LINE or LTR repeat elements or overlap ribosomal RNA genes.
The BLAST e-value of the best protein alignment must be 10−15 or smaller.
If the predicted protein matches another protein, the length of the ORF must be at least 75% of the length of the matching protein (in order to eliminate pseudogenes, which tend to be truncated).
If predicted transcripts are in conflicting loci (i.e., overlapping transcripts on opposite strands), we only keep those that align to proteins with known functions.
After applying these filters, we were left with 1335 transcripts. Seventy of these transcripts (in 55 genes) contained domains that matched either the Pfam protein families database [27] or the NCBI Conserved Domain Database (CDD) [28] (see Additional files 2 and 3). Upon further screening, we found that the majority of the remaining transcripts overlapped Alu elements [29] or SVA repeat elements [30]. While it is possible that some of these transcripts could encode true protein-coding genes, we chose the conservative approach of eliminating any such transcript if it did not have a Pfam or CDD hit. After this step, the remaining 317 transcripts (which include the 70 that contain Pfam domains) clustered into 224 potentially new protein-coding genes (see Additional files 4 and 5). Combining the 224 new genes with the 20,054 from RefSeq yielded a total of 20,278 potentially protein-coding genes.
Figure 1 illustrates one of the novel genes, CHS.7402, discovered by this process. This four-exon gene occurs on chromosome 10 and spans the range 122,657,410–122,679,509, approximately 14 Kb downstream from the nearest known gene, DMBT1. It is highly conserved in multiple other species, with the closest homologs in macaques (94% identical over the full length of the protein, BLAST e value 1e−38), followed by marmoset, capuchin, ass, Przewalski’s horse, rhinoceros, wild boar, and others (Fig. 1).
One of 224 new protein-coding genes (CHS.7402) discovered in this study. This 4-exon gene occurs on the forward strand of chromosome 10 at the coordinates shown. The exon lengths are 134, 30, 136, and 663 bp (left to right), with the narrower rectangles indicating the 5′ and 3′ UTR regions. The intron lengths (not shown to scale) are 18,098, 1086, and 1956 bp. The sequence alignment at the bottom shows, top to bottom, the protein sequences from CHS.7402, long-tailed macaque, rhesus macaque, marmoset, white-faced capuchin, ass, Przewalski’s horse, white rhinoceros, and wild boar. The full-length human protein sequence is shown
Interestingly, we found no homologous proteins annotated in primates much more closely related to humans such as chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan. We searched the transcript sequence of CHS.7402 against the DNA of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and found that the sequence matches nearly perfectly, at 97% identity over its entire length, and that chimpanzee also has four exons. Thus, the gene is clearly present, though un-annotated, in Pan troglodytes. This illustrates a broader problem with gene annotation: when annotation is created for a new genome, which is typically done through a highly automated process, previously annotated genes from other species provide critical evidence to support the new annotation. Thus, if a gene is missing from the human annotation, it may be omitted from the annotation of other species, especially close human relatives. Multiple sequence alignments for additional novel CHESS proteins are shown in Additional file 1: Figures S6–S8.
We then evaluated the 15,779 lncRNA genes in RefSeq to determine if any of these might instead be protein-coding genes. From all RefSeq lncRNAs, we selected those containing an ORF at least 180 bp (60 amino acids) long and searched these against the mammalian protein database. After excluding read-through transcripts, we found 2762 potential protein sequences that matched a mammalian protein with an e-value of 10−15 or less and were at least 75% as long as the best matching protein, using the same criteria as used above for novel protein-coding genes.
Because this step was intended only to recover mis-annotated lncRNAs that are likely to be proteins, we retained only those genes for which the best-matching protein had a named function, i.e., we excluded any lncRNA whose best hit was to a protein annotated as hypothetical, unknown, or uncharacterized (see the “Methods” section). After removing hits to proteins that had no associated function, we were able to rescue 53 genes containing 85 transcripts that passed all our criteria for protein-coding regions. Adding these 53 new protein-coding genes to our total, the number of potential protein-coding genes in the human gene catalog increased to 20,331.
Finally, we considered genes from the GENCODE database [13] (releases 25 and 27) that were annotated as “known” protein-coding genes but were missing from RefSeq. Based on proteins that remained in release 27 of GENCODE (see Additional file 6), we found 26 more protein-coding genes, for a total of 20,357. Finally, we subtracted five genes that are present in RefSeq but that appear to be false (discussed below), to yield 20,352 potentially protein-coding genes (Table 1).
Table 1 The number of human genes and transcripts in the new CHESS (Comprehensive Human Expressed SequenceS) database built from 9795 RNA-seq experiments, with comparisons to the RefSeq database. ncRNA noncoding RNA, lncRNA long noncoding RNA gene, miscRNA miscellaneous RNA
Previously annotated proteins not observed in assembled GTEx transcripts
We analyzed the entire set of protein-coding genes in RefSeq to determine how many of them lacked support from any of the 9795 GTEx samples. We considered a gene to be supported if any GTEx transcript matched any of the gene’s exons; we did not require support for the precise exon-intron structure. Out of all 20,054 RefSeq genes, just 10 were not expressed in any of our samples (Table 2). We examined each of these 10 genes further and determined that five of them are likely to be errors in RefSeq, as we explain below. We deleted these five genes and their (five) transcripts from the CHESS gene set.
Table 2 Protein-coding genes from RefSeq that were not expressed in any of the 9795 RNA-seq samples from GTeX
The first four genes in Table 2—101927562, 101929097, 107987231, and 101928589—were predicted by computational pipelines at least 10 years ago. All loci are entirely contained in the 5′ UTRs of other well-characterized protein-coding genes. GenBank records indicate that the original computational predictions were based on EST evidence and on the presence of open reading frames, but no other evidence supports them. Their position in UTR regions explains the transcript (EST) evidence, but there is no reason to believe these are distinct protein-coding genes, and we did not include them in CHESS. (Note that the first three have recently been deleted from RefSeq.)
The next three genes in Table 2, CT47A5, CT47A8, and CT47A9, are genes that are normally expressed in germ cells and reactivated and expressed in some tumors [31]. Thus, it was not surprising that these genes were not expressed in the GTEx samples, which did not include either of these tissue types. Genes DEFB113 and GP6 both appear to be genuine. Both have multiple hits to other proteins, have known functions, and have strong experimental evidence supporting them. It is not clear why they were not present in the GTEx experiments, but it is possible they have highly tissue-specific expression.
Gene 102723822, the final entry in Table 2, is by far the most intriguing of the missing RefSeq proteins. This is a 14-exon gene with a well-characterized product (protein accession XP_006725006), with numerous orthologous proteins in other species. The protein resides on an unplaced scaffold (KI270752) in the current human reference genome, GRCh38. What is surprising about this protein is that its best alignments are to Chinese hamster (Cricetulus griseus) and other rodents. It is 98% identical to the hamster protein, but only 95% identical to the most similar human protein. It would be extraordinary for a human protein to have multiple hits to rodents that are all closer than any match to primates.
The KI270752 scaffold is 27,745 bp long, and upon investigation, we discovered that this scaffold is derived from a cosmid (accession AF065393) deposited in GenBank in 1998. The scaffold does not match any sequence on an alternate human assembly, CHM1_1.1 (GCA_000306695.2), which was built from whole-genome sequencing of a haploid cell line derived from a human hydatidiform mole. Given this evidence, we concluded that this unplaced scaffold represents contamination in the current human assembly. (Note: GenBank deleted this scaffold after learning of our findings.)
We also looked at protein-coding genes that were present in GENCODE but not RefSeq. In GENCODE release 25, we found 76 genes that were not in RefSeq of which 34 were not expressed in the GTEx experiments (Additional file 7). However, in GENCODE release 27, all but two of these 34 protein-coding genes were either deleted (27) or changed to noncoding (5), leaving just two genes (AP000351.1 and USP17L23) that were unique to GENCODE but not expressed in the GTEx data. Both of these genes are included in the CHESS catalog.
Non-coding genes
From the complete GTEx data set, StringTie assembled a total of 30,467,424 transcripts, of which a majority (19,014,285; 62%) had only a single exon (Additional file 1: Table S1). 1,563,544 transcripts matched RefSeq or GENCODE entries, including 209,261 perfect matches and 1,354,283 partial matches. We retained all RefSeq and GENCODE transcripts as well as other transcripts for which we found protein-coding evidence, as described above. We then applied a series of filters to remove “noisy” transcripts from the remaining ones, as follows:
We required each transcript to be assembled in at least 10 samples, with an average TPM ≥ 1, or alternatively to have expression level as high as the outliers for known transcripts, defined as TPM > 13.87 (see Additional file 1).
We filtered out all single-exon noncoding transcripts.
We removed all transcripts that overlapped ribosomal RNA genes.
To avoid including pre-mRNA transcripts, we removed all transcripts that had retained introns, based on RefSeq and GENCODE intron annotations.
To eliminate pseudogenes, we filtered out any novel transcript that had at least 98% identity to a known transcript over 90% of its length. These transcripts might have been assembled from reads that originated from a real gene but that were aligned to a near-identical pseudogene copy of that gene.
We removed all transcripts that overlapped exons of annotated transcripts on the opposite strand, as well as transcripts that overlapped multiple known genes.
To reduce transcript assembly artifacts, we retained only the 10 most abundant novel transcripts at any given locus.
We discarded transcripts in loci corresponding to known processed pseudogenes or that overlapped immunoglobulin or T cell receptor segments.
After applying all the filters above and including the novel protein-coding transcripts described above, we were left with 116,186 transcripts that did not match any RefSeq or GENCODE transcripts. Of these, 96,382 represent isoforms (splice variants) of protein-coding genes, increasing the total number of protein-coding transcripts from 127,718 (in RefSeq) to 266,347 or 13.1 isoforms per protein-coding gene (Tables 1 and 3). 23,102 of the novel transcripts are also present in the FANTOM database, which used Cap Analysis of Gene Expression (CAGE), to create a large atlas of human genes with high-confidence 5′ ends [32]. Note that not all isoforms in protein-coding genes have an annotated ORF.
Table 3 Genes and transcripts in CHESS (v2.1) that are also found in either RefSeq (rel 108) or GENCODE (v27) (columns 2 and 5) and that are unique to CHESS (columns 3 and 6)
The number of novel lncRNA gene loci remaining after these filtering steps was 4222, of which 1546 were antisense transcripts [33], which are contained within introns of other genes. Nearly half of the novel non-coding RNA genes (1902) were previously also found by the FANTOM consortium [32]. LncRNA genes have an average of ~ 2.6 isoforms in our catalog, although this number could increase if additional evidence emerges in the future.
Table 1 shows the number of the genes and transcripts, respectively, annotated as protein-coding and lncRNAs in CHESS and RefSeq. Additional file 1: Table S3 shows many of the other types of non-coding genes, in addition to lncRNAs, that are annotated in RefSeq. We should emphasize that the primary evidence of function for all transcripts unique to CHESS is their presence in the GTEx experimental data and that further evidence may be required to confirm their status as functional. Table 3 shows the number of genes and transcripts novel to CHESS, i.e., missing in both RefSeq and GENCODE. Note that RefSeq and GENCODE assign different biotypes to some transcripts that are present in both databases. For these transcripts, we used the RefSeq type for the CHESS entry.
Intron comparisons
Related to the question of novel genes is the question of how many exons and introns are shared among CHESS, RefSeq, and GENCODE. Novel transcripts may in some cases represent novel combinations of exons—e.g., exon-skipping events—but in many cases, they include novel splice sites that create new exons and introns. To answer this question, we compared all of the protein coding and lncRNA transcripts in CHESS (version 2.1), RefSeq (release 108), and GENCODE (v28) to determine the number of (a) introns and (b) transcripts that were shared among all combinations of the three databases. For the CHESS introns and transcripts, we only considered those that were actually assembled by our pipeline for the purposes of this comparison, i.e., we did not include genes that were added to CHESS only because they were contained in one of the other databases.
The results of these comparisons are shown in Fig. 2. Among the 533,563 introns contained in the union of the databases, 248,368 (47%) are shared among all three. 67,542 introns are shared by CHESS and RefSeq but missing from GENCODE, 26,317 are shared by CHESS and GENCODE but missing from RefSeq, and only 6336 are shared by RefSeq and GENCODE but missing from CHESS. As the figure shows, CHESS is in much closer agreement with GENCODE and Refseq than the two databases are with one another.
The number of a introns and b transcripts shared by and unique to all combinations of the CHESS (v2.1), RefSeq (rel 108), and GENCODE databases (v28). For this comparison, only transcripts and introns assembled directly by the CHESS pipeline were included. The CHESS database also includes additional transcripts that were added directly from RefSeq and GENCODE (see main text)
At the transcript level, the databases have much less overall agreement: out of 408,281 transcripts across all three databases, only 45,853 (11%) are shared (Fig. 2b). As with introns, CHESS agrees with the other two databases much more than they agree with each other: CHESS and RefSeq agree on 85,743 transcripts that are missing from GENCODE, while CHESS and GENCODE share 45,971 transcripts that are missing from RefSeq. In contrast, RefSeq and GENCODE share only 2874 transcripts that are missing from CHESS. Note here that transcripts were considered to be the same only if all introns matched exactly (see the “Methods” section). We conducted a similar comparison among the exons in all three databases (Additional file 1: Figure S12).
Validation using differential expression
As an additional line of evidence that the novel genes in CHESS are functional, we analyzed the 9795 GTEx experiments to test whether any of the novel genes, both potentially protein coding and lncRNAs, were differentially expressed (DE). If a gene was expressed at significantly different levels—i.e., the transcription level of the gene differed between two conditions—then this finding would support (although not prove) the hypothesis that the gene is genuine.
We conducted two types of tests. First, we selected all tissues for which the GTEx data include both male and female samples (21 tissues) and computed which genes were differentially expressed between males and females (see the “Methods” section). A total of 608 novel CHESS genes, including 54 potentially protein-coding genes, were differentially expressed between the sexes (Fig. 3 and Additional file 8). Consistent with previously reported results [34], breast tissue showed far more DE genes than any other tissue.
a The number of novel protein-coding and lncRNA genes that were differentially expressed between males and females, for each of the GTEx tissues that had both male and female samples. All tissues except kidney had at least 10 samples for each sex; kidney had 9 female and 29 male. b The number of novel protein-coding and lncRNA genes in CHESS that were upregulated in each of the 31 GTEx tissues as compared to the remaining tissues
Second, we evaluated all genes to determine how many were upregulated in at least one tissue (see the “Methods” section) and found that 2508 (86.6%) of the novel genes were upregulated (Fig. 3 and Additional file 9). By comparison, 89% of the RefSeq proteins and 87% of the RefSeq lncRNAs were upregulated in at least one tissue. Testis contained the largest number (1328) of novel upregulated genes (shown in Additional file 1: Table S5).
Validation using mass spectrometry
One further possible line of evidence that a locus encodes a protein is direct evidence that the sequence is translated, which can be obtained from mass spectrometry experiments. Publications of two draft human proteomes have recently provided protein evidence for the majority of previously annotated protein-coding genes, in addition to some previously unknown proteins [35, 36]. These studies and others [37, 38] suggest that current reference annotation has not yet fully captured the protein-coding potential of the genome. To validate the coding potential of novel loci identified in this study, we searched the unmatched spectra from 30 human tissue/cell types (see the “Methods” section) against the novel predicted ORFs described in this study. Peptides identified in this search that were either identical to annotated proteins or mapped with a single mismatch were discarded. We manually examined the MS/MS spectra and discarded those with poor quality. We then created synthetic peptides corresponding to those that supported novel ORFs and compared the MS/MS spectra from synthetic peptides to experimental spectra.
Based on this analysis pipeline, we identified peptides that confirmed four of the novel protein-coding genes in the CHESS set. One example is CHS.57705, a transcript that encodes a 191 amino acid protein that has no similarity to known proteins but is conserved in other primates (Fig. 4a). This protein contains two transmembrane domains as predicted by SMART [39]. Another transcript, CHS.24083, encodes a protein of 161 amino acids without any predicted domains or similarity to known proteins (Fig. 4b), although it too is conserved in primates. Additional file 1: Table S6 shows all four novel ORFs identified with peptide evidence from proteomics data analysis. Additional file 1: Figure S9 shows the two additional cases where the mass spectra from synthetic peptides validated the experimental spectra as well as two cases (neither of which passed all the filters required to be a CHESS gene) that were not validated. We note that the abundance of these novel transcripts was very low and the ORFs are relatively short, both of which may explain the small number of identified peptides.
Multiple sequence alignments of novel CHESS protein-coding genes CHS.57705 (a) and CHS.24083 (b), each compared to five other primates, with annotated MS/MS spectra validating the identified peptides IDISFHR (a) and QLLTGAR (b) as shown on the right
The initial GTEx data release contained 1641 RNA-seq samples [20, 40], and a subsequent publication described a much larger set of 8555 samples collected from 40 body sites [41]. Our data represents a later GTEx data release with 9795 samples across 31 tissue types and 54 body sites, summarized in Additional file 1: Table S2.
Alignment and assembly
In total, the 9795 RNA-seq samples contain 899,960,113,026 reads (449,980,056,513 pairs), an average of 91.9 million reads (46 M pairs) per sample. The RNA-seq assembly process, illustrated in Fig. 5, required multiple steps of alignment, assembly, and quantification [42] for each of the samples. We aligned each sample to release GRCh38.p8 of the human genome using HISAT2 [43] (http://ccb.jhu.edu/software/hisat2) with default parameters, providing it with the RefSeq annotation. We then assembled the alignments using StringTie [44] (https://github.com/gpertea/stringtie) again providing the RefSeq annotation. Both HISAT2 and StringTie use annotation as a guide when provided, but both programs find novel splice sites (HISAT) and novel transcripts (StringTie) whenever necessitated by the data. The RefSeq annotation provided here contained 20,054 protein-coding genes, 15,779 long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) genes, 16,131 pseudogenes, and 629 tRNA genes, as well as a few other specialized categories of annotation (Additional file 1: Table S3).
Summary of the computational pipeline used to align and assemble all 9795 RNA-seq samples
Alignment of reads with HISAT2 was the most computationally intensive step in the process. On average, 88.3% of reads aligned successfully across all 9795 samples. The alignment steps included uncompressing the original SRA files, aligning them to the genome with HISAT2 (using eight CPUs in parallel), and compressing the output to produce BAM files. These steps took an average of 43 min per file (sample), using a 32-core server with a 2.13 GHz Intel Xeon E7 for benchmarking. Following alignment, the aligned reads were sorted and converted to the compact CRAM format. This process took an average of 17 min per sample using eight threads. Assembly and quantification with StringTie took an average of 24 min per sample using four threads. Thus, the total average time to process one sample, with much of the time limited by I/O speed for the very large files involved, was 84 min. Processing all 9795 samples required about 13,700 h (571 days); by dividing the computation across many processors, this was reduced to about 30 days total elapsed time. Note that attempts to parallelize this process further would require distributing the files across many independent storage units; otherwise, contention for file access would make parallel processing ineffective.
After the initial assembly steps, many transcript assemblies were fragmented (i.e., not full-length) due to low coverage in particular samples. To correct this problem, we compared all transcripts and transcript fragments across all samples and merged any transcripts that were contained within or overlapped others. For this merging step, we first used the program gffcompare (ccb.jhu.edu/software/stringtie/gff.shtml) to merge all GTF (Gene Transfer Format) files from the original samples on a tissue-by-tissue basis. Following this step, which produced a single GTF file for each of the 31 tissues, we merged the 31 files together to produce a single, consistent set of transcripts that accounted for all samples.
We computed expression levels using both TPM (transcripts per million reads) and FPKM (fragments per kilobase of exon per million reads). Additional file 1 shows the distributions of expression levels for all genes in RefSeq, including distributions used to calculate outliers for protein coding and lncRNA genes (Additional file 1: Figures S1–S5). For consistency, we used TPM values as thresholds for all filtering steps.
We identified the longest open reading frames (ORFs) in transcripts with gffread (github.com/gpertea/gffread). We ran BLAST searches of all ORFs against the Swiss-Prot section of UniProt (release 2017_09) and the nr database, a comprehensive, non-redundant protein database downloaded from NCBI in February 2017. The mammalian protein database used in some searches was a subset of nr. When considering lncRNA matches to proteins from this database, we considered a protein to have unknown function if its name included any of the following keywords: hypothetical, unnamed protein product, uncharacterized protein, unknown, pseudogene, LOC, PRO, orf, or open reading frame. We also excluded proteins whose only annotation was a name with the prefix hCG, which are computational predictions based only on de novo gene finding programs and/or EST evidence reported in one of the original human genome papers [7]. We identified known protein domains in the ORFs by searching the translated sequences against the Pfam protein family database release 31.0 [27] using HMMER’s hmmscan v3.2.1 [45]. The multiple sequence alignments shown in Fig. 1 and Additional file 1: Figures S6–S8 were produced with SeaView v4.6.2 [46].
Comparisons to known annotation databases
We used gffcompare to compare assembled transcripts to the RefSeq and GENCODE databases. We downloaded the FANTOM transcripts defined as “robust” from fantom.gsc.riken.jp/5/suppl/Hon_et_al_2016/data/assembly/lv3_robust/ and used the UCSC’s liftOver program with the default parameters to remap them from GRCh37 to GRCh38. We checked all ~ 30 million StringTie-assembled transcripts against these remapped FANTOM transcripts using the trmap program (github.com/gpertea/trmap), a specialized version of gffcompare, optimized for streaming a large set of transcripts against another set, for the purpose of reporting and classifying overlaps between them. Because the FANTOM transcripts had experimental data to support their 5′ ends, we adjusted the ends of the CHESS transcripts when they otherwise matched the full length of a FANTOM transcript.
Intron and transcript comparisons
We used a custom program to generate and compare lists of introns in RefSeq (release 108), GENCODE (v28), and CHESS (v2.1). After excluding introns in CHESS that we did not assemble through our pipeline, we counted the number of introns shared in all combinations of the databases. Introns were considered the same only if their start and end coordinates matched exactly. To compare transcripts in all three databases, we modified our program to generate a list of intron chains for each transcript. We considered a transcript to be the same only if the intron structure matched exactly, i.e., the transcripts contained exactly the same introns.
Differential expression between sexes
We used Salmon [47] to generate quantification estimates of the complete set of CHESS transcripts assembled from the GTEx data. The advantages to using Salmon over other transcript quantification programs include speed, compatibility with downstream analysis tools, and the ability to retain multi-mapped reads. Salmon relies on the use of an index built from transcript sequences to quasi-map RNA-seq reads in the quantification step. To obtain these transcript sequences, we used gffread (http://ccb.jhu.edu/software/stringtie/gff.shtml) to extract them from the CHESS GFF file. The index built from the resulting multi-fasta file and the raw sequencing reads were then used to generate CHESS transcript abundance estimates for each GTEx sample.
We used the tximport package [48] to import the Salmon output and generate separate gene-level count matrices for each tissue that contained both male and female samples. To account for the widely varying number of samples per tissue, we chose a random subset of samples from tissues with large numbers of samples.
We then used the resulting count matrices as input to DESeq2 [49] to conduct differential expression analysis within each of the 31 tissues independently, comparing male to female samples. We used the false discovery rate (FDR) computed from DESeq2’s implementation of the Benjamini-Hochberg adjustment. The set of differentially expressed genes with FDR < 0.05 was then filtered to extract those that were exclusive to CHESS.
From the results of the 31 DESeq2 experiments, we created a single list of genes differentially expressed in at least one tissue. For breast tissue, we counted all genes with an FDR < 0.05. For each additional tissue, we only included genes with an FDR < 0.002 to correct for multiple comparisons across tissues. An FDR threshold of 0.002 for each gene in each tissue corresponds to an FDR of ~ 0.05 for each gene across all tissues. The major differences between male and female breast tissue, as found in multiple previous studies, led us to expect a large number of differentially expressed genes for that tissue type.
Tissue-specific differential expression
We started by randomly selecting 20 samples from each of the 31 tissues. In cases where the given tissue had fewer than 20 samples, we selected all samples. Using tximport, we then created one gene-level count matrix for these 591 samples. With this count matrix, we ran DESeq2 to test for differential expression between tissues while controlling for the effect of sex. Using the “contrast” argument of the results function in DESeq2, we made 31 different comparisons to find genes upregulated in each tissue. Each comparison contrasted the gene expression in the tissue of interest to the average expression across all other tissues. For each tissue, we considered upregulated genes with an FDR < 0.05 significant and then filtered this list to report only novel, protein-coding genes. To create a list of all novel genes upregulated in at least one tissue, we reduced the FDR threshold to 0.0015 to correct for the 31 comparisons. An FDR threshold of 0.0015 for each gene in each tissue results in a (conservative) FDR of ~ 0.05 for each gene across all tissues.
Unmatched MS/MS spectra from a previous study [35] were searched against translated products of predicted CHESS ORFs using the SEQUEST search engine on Proteome Discoverer 2.1 software platform (Thermo Fisher Scientific). Carbamidomethylation of cysteine and oxidation of methionine were specified as fixed and variable modifications. Mass tolerance limits were set to 10 ppm and 0.02 Da for precursor and fragment ions, respectively. A target-decoy database approach was employed to filter the identified peptides at a 1% false discovery rate. Peptide sequences that corresponded to novel genes were synthesized (JPT Peptide Technologies, Berlin, Germany), analyzed on an Orbitrap Fusion Lumos Tribrid mass spectrometer (Thermo Fisher), and compared against the experimental spectra. Putative translational products of novel ORFs were aligned using BLAST against the NCBI nr protein database, and domain prediction was carried out using SMART [39]. Multiple sequence alignment of protein sequences was performed using Clustal Omega [50].
The new human gene catalog described here, CHESS, contains an inclusive set of genes based on nearly 10,000 RNA sequencing experiments. As such, it provides a reference with substantially greater experimental support than previous human gene catalogs. Although it represents only a modest increase in the number of potential protein-coding genes (224, or 1.1% of the 20,352 total), it more than doubles the number of splice variants and other isoforms of these genes, to 266,331 (Table 1). This more comprehensive catalog of genes and splice variants should provide a better foundation for RNA-seq experiments, exome sequencing experiments, genome-wide association studies, and many other studies that rely on human gene annotation as the basis for their analysis.
We produced the novel genes and transcripts in CHESS using a genome-guided assembly pipeline including HISAT2 and StringTie. Although this pipeline is among the most accurate approaches for novel transcriptome discovery [44, 51], transcript mis-assemblies may still be present in our catalog due to several factors that negatively affect the reconstruction process, including sequencing errors, incomplete coverage of transcripts, and algorithmic assumptions. Assembly errors are most likely to occur for transcripts that have low coverage, hence our requirement that all novel transcripts be assembled in at least 10 samples with an average TPM > 1.
Given the history of changes in our knowledge of human genes and transcripts, it seems highly likely that this new database will change further in the future. In particular, many of the more than 18,000 noncoding RNA genes have less evidential support than the protein-coding component of the genome, and this number may decline over time just as the human gene count declined from 2001 to the present. The CHESS database of genes and transcripts, which is freely available at http://ccb.jhu.edu/chess , will be updated over time as new evidence emerges.
Transcriptional noise
Perhaps the most striking result of this study is the vast number of transcripts that appear to have no function at all. Across all data sets and all tissue types, we observed over 30 million distinct transcripts in approximately 700,000 distinct genomic locations, of which only about 42,000 (6%) appear to represent functional gene loci. As others have argued [22], the mere fact that a sequence is transcribed is insufficient evidence to conclude that it is a gene, despite the fact that early genomics studies made precisely that assumption. It appears instead that 95% of the transcribed locations in the human genome are merely transcriptional noise, explained by the nonspecific binding of RNA polymerase to random or very weak binding sites in the genome. This observation is consistent with efforts to identify sequence motifs that signal the initiation of transcription, which have largely failed because no highly conserved sequences exist.
Similarly, the vast majority of the transcript variants themselves also appear nonfunctional. Although this study greatly increases the number of isoforms of known genes, the 323,258 transcripts reported here represent just 1.1% of the 30,467,424 distinct transcripts observed across all 9795 data sets. This suggests that the splicing machinery too, like RNA polymerase, is highly nonspecific in its actions, in agreement with previous studies that found that the vast majority of observed splice variants correspond to errors [52]. The splice sites themselves are much better conserved than any transcription initiation site, but the cellular machinery for cutting and pasting the exons together appears to be inefficient, producing many variations that are simply non-functional, with low-abundance isoforms being especially likely to be the result of errors [53]. It is possible that our criteria for excluding a transcript were too strict, but even so, it seems unlikely that a large proportion of the transcripts we rejected are essential for the cell.
Note that functional transcripts occur at much higher abundances than non-functional ones, as shown in Additional file 1: Figures S2–S5. If we add up the expression levels of all the functional transcripts and compare that to the total expression of non-functional transcripts, we find that 68% of the transcriptional activity is devoted to producing functional transcripts, while 32% is apparently spent (and presumably wasted) on nonfunctional ones. Thus, although the sheer amount of variation is very large, about two thirds of the RNA molecules in the cell are functional.
The overall picture that emerges from this analysis is that the cell is a relatively inefficient machine, transcribing more DNA into RNA than it needs. Ever since the discovery of introns [54, 55], we have known that genomes contain large regions that appear to have no function. Based on the results described here, it appears that nearly 99% of the transcriptional variety produced in human cells has no apparent function, although most of these variants appear at such low levels that they cumulatively account for only 32% of transcriptional activity.
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Thanks to Taher Mun for help with BLAST protein searches.
This work was supported in part by NSF grant DBI-1458178 to M.P., NIH grants R01-HG006677 and R01-GM083873 to S.L.S., and NIH grant U24-CA210985 to A.P.
The CHESS data sets can be found at http://ccb.jhu.edu/chess and at http://github.com/chess-genome/chess [56]. Custom Python programs used for comparing gene lists are at https://github.com/alevar/chessRevisions. Both data and code are freely available under open-source licenses. The Refseq human gene set is available at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/refseq [12] and GENCODE is at https://www.gencodegenes.org/human [13]. The GTEx data [20] used for the analyses described in this study were obtained from the GTEx portal in May 2016 through dbGaP accession phs000424.v6.p1, available through https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/gap/cgi-bin/study.cgi?study_id=phs000424.v6.p1.
Center for Computational Biology, McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Mihaela Pertea
, Alaina Shumate
, Geo Pertea
, Ales Varabyou
, Florian P. Breitwieser
& Steven L. Salzberg
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Alaina Shumate
Department of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
, Yu-Chi Chang
McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Anil K. Madugundu
& Akhilesh Pandey
Institute of Bioinformatics, International Technology Park, Bangalore, India
Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, Karnataka, India
Departments of Biological Chemistry, Pathology, Neurology, and Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Akhilesh Pandey
Present address: Center for Individualized Medicine and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Department of Biostatistics, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Steven L. Salzberg
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MP conceived, designed, and conducted the experiments and wrote the manuscript. AS conducted the differential expression analyses and wrote the text describing them. GP conducted the experiments, created the database, wrote custom software to assist in the analysis, and analyzed the data. AV created and updated the database, analyzed the data, and wrote sections of the manuscript. FPB ran the Pfam analysis and wrote the methods section describing it. YC analyzed the multiple alignments of proteins. AKM and AP ran the proteomics studies and wrote the corresponding sections of the manuscript. SLS conceived and designed the experiments, analyzed the data, and wrote the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Additional text, tables (Tables S1–S6), and figures (Figures S1–S11) supporting the main analyses. (DOCX 4942 kb)
Novel CHESS protein-coding transcripts with Pfam domain hits. (XLSX 19 kb)
Novel CHESS protein-coding transcripts with CDD domain hits. (XLSX 56 kb)
List of all novel potential protein-coding genes in CHESS. (XLSX 63 kb)
List of all potential protein-coding transcripts from the novel genes in CHESS. (XLSX 80 kb)
List of protein-coding genes present in GENCODE release 25 that were either deleted or overlapped genes with the type “non-coding” in GENCODE release 27. (XLSX 12 kb)
Protein coding genes in GENCODE release 25 that were not expressed in any of the GTEx experiments. (XLSX 10 kb)
Novel protein-coding and lncRNA genes in CHESS that are differentially expressed between males and females. Comparisons were conducted in all tissues for which both male and female samples were available. (XLSX 33 kb)
All novel protein-coding and lncRNA genes in CHESS that were upregulated in at least one tissue. Shown are the tissues in which upregulation was observed. (XLSX 89 kb)
Pertea, M., Shumate, A., Pertea, G. et al. CHESS: a new human gene catalog curated from thousands of large-scale RNA sequencing experiments reveals extensive transcriptional noise. Genome Biol 19, 208 (2018) doi:10.1186/s13059-018-1590-2
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Football, Hawkeyes
Hawkeyes Using Youth to Their Advantage
Story by Levi Thompson
Iowa wide receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette (6) catches a 15-yard touchdown pass ahead of Iowa State defensive back Evrett Edwards, right, during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, in Ames, Iowa. Iowa won 44-41 in overtime. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Iowa City – For some Iowa Hawkeye fans, the massive young man wearing #74 lined up at right tackle during Saturday’s homecoming victory over Illinois may have been unfamiliar. That would be Tristan Wirfs, the first true freshman to start at tackle in Kirk Ferentz’s 18 seasons as the University of Iowa head football coach, and only the fourth true freshman to start anywhere along the offensive line over that same span.
Wirfs marks the tenth true freshman to see the field for the Hawkeyes this season. Last season, the Hawkeyes also used ten true freshmen, most of whom only saw time on special teams. So far in 2017, Ferentz has already used ten true freshmen on offense or defense, and some are playing significant snaps.
The use of younger players at high levels in college football has been a quickly growing trend – after 70 years of being awarded to juniors and seniors, the Heisman Trophy has been won by freshmen and sophomores in six out of the last ten years – but Iowa has always been a team quick to rely on experience over unproven young players. The 2016 and now 2017 seasons are indications that that trend is being bucked, and for good reason.
While Iowa’s true freshmen have not, for the most part, posted extremely flashy or impressive numbers, the impact of their play on the field goes beyond the box score. The fact that true freshmen are playing in a Kirk’s system should already say a lot about the talent level of the young players.
Iowa defensive end A.J. Epenesa celebrates after making a play during an NCAA football game between Iowa and Wyoming in Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)
On defense, Geno Stone had his first interception of his career yesterday, helping a defense that has struggled to grab takeaways this year. Five-star, blue-chip prospect AJ Epenesa came into Iowa City with high expectation, and even though the numbers (9 tackles, 2 sacks in five games) are not outstanding, he has provided invaluable pressure on the quarterback on nearly every snap he plays, and has been one of the bright spots on a somewhat disappointing defensive line.
The offense is where some true freshmen (and newcomers in general) have really made an impact. One of the biggest questions with the Iowa offense headed into the season was the wide receiving group. Senior Matt Vandeberg entered the season as the only wideout on the Hawkeyes roster to have a caught a pass at the Division I level, and he was injured for most of 2016. Iowa signed a multitude of wide receiver prospects in the 2017 class, but few were blue-chippers, and even fewer were expected to be instant-impact players. Due to the lack of depth, several of these prospects have been forced onto the playing field, and have more than held their own.
Ihmir Smith-Marsette, a three-star prospect who was originally committed to Rutgers, has been one of the Hawkeyes’ best receivers, and perhaps their biggest playmaker at the position. He snagged the game-winning touchdown against Iowa State in Ames, and instantly became a household name for Hawkeye fans.
Ivory-Kelly Martin, a running back, has made multiple plays as a receiver. He’s also shown glimpses of being a pretty damn good running back.
Iowa tight end Noah Fant carries the ball during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Wyoming, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, in Iowa City, Iowa. Iowa won 24-3. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Even when true freshmen players are not putting up stellar numbers on the stat-sheet, the experience of playing regularly can prove invaluable. Noah Fant, a sophomore tight end, has been stellar for the Hawkeyes this year, with 13 catches for 201 yards and 3 touchdowns. He only played sparingly as a true freshman, but there is no doubt that limited experience helped him to be better prepared to take a step forward as a sophomore. The same can be said for Anthony Nelson, a budding star on the defensive line, and Amani Hooker, who has made huge strides at safety.
The 2017 Iowa Hawkeyes are probably not going to be contending for any titles, although the Big Ten West is still up for grabs. If the team can get better over these next couple of weeks then they could make a run at it, but the point is that the opportunity is there for the these freshman to gain much needed experience. When it comes to future years and more important games, we can all be thanking Ferentz and the Iowa coaching staff for making the call to use youth earlier and more often.
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Category: News Coverage
Populism: Pantomime politics or the public fighting back?
Originally published by the BBC The man who was prime minister last Christmas and isn’t this Christmas thinks he knows why. “I stand here as a great optimist about how we can combat populism. It may seem odd that I am so optimistic, because after all the rise of populism cost me my job.” … … Continued
‘German people are right to be worried’ Merkel’s migrant open-door condemned on Sky
Originally published by Daily Express The German Chancellor has faced a barrage of criticism in the days since the Berlin terror attack – where a truck was driven into a crowded Christmas market, killing 12. In recent months Mrs Merkel and her senior staff have admitted they underestimated the effect of the vast influx of … Continued
‘5 YEARS of attacks on Britain’ as ISIS and al-Qaida fired up from Aleppo
Originally published by the Daily Express Fighting has ended in the besieged city reclaimed by Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and ISIS militants face catastrophic defeat in Mosul. But ideas that the wave of terror striking fear across Europe is about to come to an end have been rubbished by experts. … Research fellow Kyle Orton … Continued
Civilians fleeing Aleppo are already being recruited to join gangs of local jihadi extremists linked to al-Qaeda
Originally published by Daily Mail Men fleeing Aleppo risk recruitment by jihadi groups operating in northern Syria, where an al-Qaeda-linked group has its main hub. Civilians fleeing Aleppo are moving to Idlib province, where there are more than 50,000 rebel troops, including fighters loyal to Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, a proscribed terrorist group linked to al-Qaeda. … Continued
How will the fall of Aleppo affect the Syrian civil war?
Originally published in TRT World Syrian regime forces loyal to Bashar al Assad and his allies have taken control of the rebel-held eastern district of Aleppo on Tuesday. Opposition defences collapsed on Monday after heavy bombing forced them to retreat to districts on the west bank of the Queiq River. More than 90 percent of eastern Aleppo which was previously held by … Continued
Likud MK: Netanyahu’s heart isn’t in two-state solution
A parliamentarian in Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party has said that Likud shares a one-state vision where Palestinians live under a Jewish state, and that Netanyahu only talks about two states because he feels obliged to. … Challenging Zohar’s idea that Palestinians should live in a Greater Israel, provided they recognise it as Jewish, … Continued
A BBC show dubbed by the media as “the Muslim Big Brother” is already under fire ahead of its airing on Monday night. Muslims Like Us will feature ten Muslims with contrasting world views living in a house together as they endeavour to determine what it means to be a Muslim in modern Britain. … … Continued
Will Boris Johnson’s Saudi comments hurt the UK’s Gulf trade charm offensive?
Originally published by City A.M Foreign secretary Boris Johnson‘s attack on Saudi Arabia runs the risk of harming UK efforts to build trading relations with Gulf states, experts say. In remarks reported earlier this week, Johnson accused the Saudi regime of “twisting” Islam for political ends, fighting “proxy wars” in the region with Iran. … … Continued
BBC slammed over IS sympathiser’s role on show about British Muslims
Originally published by the Evening Standard The BBC was today accused of “totally inappropriate” conduct over its decision to feature a notorious extremist who has expressed support for Islamic State beheadings in a new programme on British Muslims to be broadcast next week. Anthony Small, 35, a former boxer and associate of jailed extremist cleric Anjem Choudary, … Continued
‘Right on’ critics are ignoring problems caused by immigration, government tsar warns after Muslim groups condemn her ‘inflammatory call’ for newcomers to take a vow of allegiance.
Originally published by the Daily Mail. The author of a bombshell report on immigration and integration in Britain today slammed ‘right on’ critics for ignoring real problems. Dame Louise Casey made a series of extraordinary recommendations today after months studying the impact of migration across the country. … Dr Alan Mendoza, of the Henry Jackson … Continued
Syria rebels vow to adopt guerrilla tactics as Assad forces seize two thirds of east Aleppo
Originally published by the Telegraph. Faced with almost certain defeat in the city of Aleppo, Syrian rebel groups have promised to continue their war by adopting the guerrilla tactics of assassinations, armed raids and roadside bombs. The four-year battle for control of Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, is likely to end in the next few weeks … Continued
Austria Elections Reflect Europe’s Right-wing Surge
Originally published by Voice of America LONDON — Austria’s elections on Sunday could see Norbert Hofer chosen as the country’s first far-right leader since World War II. Austrians will head to the polls following a victory this week by Francois Fillon, the more right-leaning of two candidates in France’s conservative primary. … “It’s a pretty amazing … Continued
Woman who works for Government’s counter-terrorism unit posts backing for extremists online
Originally published by The Sun A WOMAN who works for the Government’s counter-terrorism unit has been posting backing for extremists online. … Henry Jackson Society research fellow, Rupert Sutton, said: “Mend has been part of a deeply damaging campaign to undermine public confidence in counter-radicalisation efforts at a time when they are needed more than … Continued
Foreign fighters for statelets: From Kurdistan to the ‘Caliphate’
Originally posted by the New Arab Much is made of the foreign fighters who flock to join the “caliphate” Islamic State (IS) claims to have established in Iraq and Syria. Although many foreign fighters are from Middle Eastern and North African countries, the international focus is on those from prosperous western nations. … Kyle Orton, … Continued
The right must stop explaining away the crimes of Thomas Mair
Originally published by the New Statesman When I was a teenager, and prone to overlapping love affairs as teenagers often are, I found myself abandoned by one girl in favour of a white boy, and found another at the expense of a Muslim. … As Douglas Murray, a columnist for the Spectator and the Express … Continued
Spain terror threat: Two suspected ISIS terrorists ‘awaiting orders to attack’ arrested
Originally published in The Daily Star The Moroccan pair were “dangerous” and “directed and controlled” by the terror group, Spanish Ministry of Interior officials said. The two men, who have not been named, are said to have isolated themselves from the rest of society and limited their contact with the outside world through “radical jihadist … Continued
The surprising similarities of Trump and Obama on foreign policy
Originally posted by the Christian Science Monitor: Barack Obama undertakes his last overseas trip as president this week with an adjusted mission in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory: to reassure allies and partners about continuing support for them and America’s unwavering global leadership. … “The most meaningful message Europe can send Trump is a … Continued
Leading Islamic charity told by watchdog to distance itself from extremism
Originally posted in the Sunday Telegraph: A leading Islamic charity which penned an open letter criticising The Sunday Telegraph’s reports about its extreme speakers and filed numerous complaints to the press regulator has been warned by the Charities Commission it must distance itself from individuals who condone “violent extremism and acts of terrorism”. … Rupert … Continued
Russian warships arrive off Syrian coast ahead of ‘final’ assault on Aleppo
ORIGINALLY POSTED BY THE TELEGRAPH: A flotilla of Russian warships arrived off the coast of Syria on Saturday, readying for a large-scale land and sea assault on the city of Aleppo. … “Moscow clearly intends this as a message to the West – that Russia prevailed, that its client Assad survived, and that dictatorships who … Continued
Philip Hammond accuses Russia of taking down TV network and electricity companies with cyber attacks
Originally posted by The Sun. PHILIP Hammond has accused Russia of taking down an entire TV network as well as electricity companies with devastating cyber attacks. … He was backed by Dr Andrew Foxall of the Henry Jackson Society think tank. Cyber expert Dr Foxall said: “Russia is a revisionist power, and is aggressively pursuing its … Continued
Saddam and the Islamic State: family connections
Originally posted by The New Arab Earlier this week on Tuesday, the Kirkuk police department announced that a cousin of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had been arrested south of the city on charges of participating in recent attacks launched in the province by the Islamic State. … But according to The Henry Jackson Society even before … Continued
The ISIS Dirty Dozen – the world’s most wanted jihadis hunted by the West
Originally posted by The Daily Star The Battle for Mosul is raging as the so-called caliphate is battered back by the Iraqi Army and their US-coalition allies in bid to shatter the cult’s final stronghold in Iraq. … Daily Star Online can now reveal the commanders and warlords who make up the inner circle of ISIS … Continued
Is WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s London embassy asylum nearing its end?
Originally posted on NewsGram Ecuador’s decision to temporarily cut Julian Assange’s internet access is a sign that the WikiLeaks founder could be overstaying his welcome at the country’s London embassy – or so some in Britain hope. … “I do hope that this is the precursor to them coming to their senses and finally forcing this … Continued
There’s a massive loser in tonight’s presidential TV debate – and it isn’t Donald Trump
Originally published by The Spectator Did you think, after the second presidential TV debate last week, that democracy couldn’t sink lower? Well, think again. Tonight’s clash between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in Las Vegas — already dubbed ‘fight night’ — looks certain to mark a new low for civilised politics, and a new high for … Continued
What happens if Islamic State flees Iraq?
Originally published by The Week The EU’s security commissioner has warned of the threat to Europe posed by Islamic State militants fleeing Mosul. … Kyle Orton, a research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, believes the group is deliberately giving up its caliphate. … Read full article here
After losses in Syria and Iraq, Islamic State moves goal posts
Orginally published by Boston Globe BEIRUT — Islamic State leaders had long promised their followers an apocalyptic battle — foretold, some believe, by the Prophet Mohammed — in an otherwise nondescript village they controlled in northern Syria. … Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, the senior Islamic State strategist killed in an August airstrike, had vowed that the group … Continued
Eastwood’s selective style of tolerance could lead to problems for SDLP in future
Originally published by The Belfast Times The second, a few days ago, apropos various remarks of Donald Trump, explained: “As leader of the SDLP and the progressive nationalist tradition on this island, I will not give any support to such an administration, founded on bigotry, by attending the White House under a Trump administration.” … I … Continued
Stop the War linked to Putin puppets
Originally published by The Sunday Times An organisation funded by the Kremlin to undermine the West has named Stop the War, the hard-left group chaired until last year by Jeremy Corbyn, as its official UK partner. … Andrew Foxall, director of the Russia Studies Centre at the Henry Jackson Society think tank, said: “What’s happening here … Continued
Stop the War chief accused of hypocrisy
Originally published by The Times The deputy leader of the Stop the War Coalition has refused to protest at the Russian embassy although has often been spotted demonstrating outside the Israeli and American missions. … Davis Lewin, of the Henry Jackson Society think tank, said that the coalition “has become one of the most shameful, hypocritical … Continued
Britain is ‘ill-equipped’ to defend itself from a Russian nuclear attack should Putin declare war, says expert
Originally published by Mail Online Britain is ‘ill-equipped’ to defend itself from a Russian nuclear attack should Vladimir Putin declare war, an expert has warned. … Dr Andrew Foxall, director of Russian studies at the Henry Jackson Society, said Britain’s defence system, military strategy and training standards would not stand up to the Russian regime. … … Continued
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Note: This tree will most likely not be updated in a while, since I am going away for about half a year. Sorry for the inconvinience.
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Bestiary (81)
Abominations (5)
Abomination Bosses (6) (also in Bosses by species)
Afflicted (12)
Afflicted Bosses (29) (also in Bosses by species)
Ambient Animals (4) (also in Articles to be moved)
Sickened Animals (6) (also in Sickened)
Assassins (31)
Assassin Bosses (26) (also in Bosses by profession)
Behemoths (6)
Behemoth Bosses (3) (also in Bosses by species)
Blood Drinkers (2)
Blood Drinker Bosses (5) (also in Bosses by species)
Bosses by profession (0)
Assassin Bosses (26) (also in Assassins)
Dervish Bosses (2)
Elementalist Bosses (128) (also in Elementalists)
Mesmer Bosses (114) (also in Mesmers)
Monk Bosses (117) (also in Monks)
Necromancer Bosses (129) (also in Necromancers)
Paragon Bosses (1) (also in Paragons)
Ranger Bosses (112) (also in Rangers)
Ritualist Bosses (24) (also in Ritualists)
Warrior Bosses (133) (also in Warriors)
Bosses by species (0)
Abomination Bosses (6) (also in Abominations)
Afflicted Bosses (29) (also in Afflicted)
Behemoth Bosses (3) (also in Behemoths)
Blood Drinker Bosses (5) (also in Blood Drinkers)
Bound Spirit Bosses (16) (also in Bound spirits)
Celestial Bosses (4) (also in Celestials)
Centaur Bosses (0) (also in Centaurs)
Losaru Bosses (7) (also in Losaru)
Maguuma Centaur Bosses (17) (also in Maguuma Centaurs)
Shiverpeak Centaur Bosses (7) (also in Shiverpeak Centaurs)
Charr Bosses (47) (also in Charr)
Construct Bosses (8)
Demon Bosses (1) (also in Demons)
Oni Bosses (1) (also in Oni)
Devourer Bosses (16) (also in Devourers)
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Dragon Bosses (8) (also in Dragons)
Rockhide Dragon Bosses (2)
Saltspray Dragon Bosses (2)
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Dredge Bosses (11) (also in Dredge)
Dryder Bosses (6) (also in Dryders)
Dwarf Bosses (0) (also in Dwarves)
Stone Summit Bosses (0) (also in Stone Summit)
Stone Summit Dwarf Bosses (60)
Stone Summit Golem Bosses (6) (also in Golem Bosses)
Elemental Bosses (18) (also in Elementals)
Enchanted Bosses (7) (also in Enchanted)
Ettin Bosses (8) (also in Ettins)
Forgotten Bosses (12) (also in Forgotten)
Gaki Bosses (4) (also in Gaki)
Gargoyle Bosses (16) (also in Gargoyles)
Giant Bosses (2) (also in Giants)
Golem Bosses (0) (also in Golems)
Stone Summit Golem Bosses (6) (also in Stone Summit Bosses)
Grawl Bosses (17) (also in Grawl)
Grentch Bosses (1)
Griffon Bosses (8) (also in Griffons)
Human Bosses (7) (also in Humans)
Am Fah Bosses (11) (also in Am Fah)
Bandit Bosses (3) (also in Bandits)
Crimson Skull Bosses (8) (also in Crimson Skull)
Cult of Verata Bosses (4) (also in Cult of Verata)
Jade Brotherhood Bosses (9) (also in Jade Brotherhood)
Kurzick Bosses (1) (also in Kurzicks)
Outcast Bosses (16) (also in Outcasts)
White Mantle Bosses (35) (also in White Mantle)
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Imp Bosses (5) (also in Imps)
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Kirin Bosses (3) (also in Kirin)
Kraken Bosses (1) (also in Kraken)
Leviathan Fish Bosses (3) (also in Leviathan Fish)
Mantis Bosses (13) (also in Mantises)
Minotaur Bosses (6) (also in Minotaurs)
Mursaat Bosses (20) (also in Mursaat)
Jade Bosses (10) (also in Jade)
Naga Bosses (10) (also in Naga)
Nightmare Bosses (15) (also in Nightmares)
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Tree Bosses (17) (also in Trees)
Guardian Bosses (3) (also in Guardians)
Rider Bosses (19) (also in Riders)
Scarab Bosses (10) (also in Scarabs)
Shadow Army Bosses (1) (also in Shadow Army)
Skale Bosses (20) (also in Skales)
Skree Bosses (0) (also in Skree)
Spider Bosses (4) (also in Spiders)
Stone Guardian Bosses (10) (also in Stone Guardians)
Tengu Bosses (1) (also in Tengu)
Avicara Bosses (6) (also in Avicara)
Caromi Tengu Bosses (19) (also in Caromi Tengu)
Titan Bosses (11) (also in Titans)
Troll Bosses (6) (also in Trolls)
Turtle Bosses (2) (also in Turtles)
Undead Bosses (36) (also in Undead)
Bone Dragon Bosses (2) (also in Bone Dragons)
Vermin Bosses (1)
Wallow Bosses (1) (also in Wallows)
Warden Bosses (13) (also in Wardens)
Wurm Bosses (1) (also in Wurms)
Yeti Bosses (10) (also in Yeti)
Needs SoC confirmation (24)
Bound spirits (16) (also in Articles to be moved)
Bound Spirit Bosses (16) (also in Bosses by species)
Celestials (4)
Celestial Bosses (4) (also in Bosses by species)
Centaurs (1)
Centaur Bosses (0) (also in Bosses by species)
Losaru (4)
Losaru Bosses (7) (also in Centaur Bosses)
Maguuma Centaurs (6)
Maguuma Centaur Bosses (17) (also in Centaur Bosses)
Shiverpeak Centaurs (3)
Shiverpeak Centaur Bosses (7) (also in Centaur Bosses)
Charr (25)
Charr Bosses (47) (also in Bosses by species)
Demon Bosses (1) (also in Bosses by species)
Kanaxai Aspects (7)
Oni (3)
Oni Bosses (1) (also in Demon Bosses)
Dervishes (5)
Devourers (11)
Devourer Bosses (16) (also in Bosses by species)
Djinn (4)
Djinn Bosses (1) (also in Bosses by species)
Dragon Bosses (8) (also in Bosses by species)
Drakes (8) (also in Bestiary)
Drake Bosses (9) (also in Bosses by species)
Turtle Dragons (3)
Drakes (8) (also in Dragons)
Dredge (17)
Dredge Bosses (11) (also in Bosses by species)
Dryders (6)
Dryder Bosses (6) (also in Bosses by species)
Dwarf Bosses (0) (also in Bosses by species)
Stone Summit (3)
Stone Summit Bosses (0) (also in Dwarf Bosses)
Stone Summit Dwarves (21) (also in Dwarves)
Stone Summit NPCs (6) (also in NPCs by organization)
Stone Summit Dwarves (21) (also in Stone Summit)
Elementalists (103)
Elementalist Bosses (128) (also in Bosses by profession)
Elementals (9)
Elemental Bosses (18) (also in Bosses by species)
Enchanted (5)
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Eternals (3)
Ettins (6) (also in Ogres)
Ettin Bosses (8) (also in Bosses by species)
Forgotten Bosses (12) (also in Bosses by species)
Gaki (3)
Gaki Bosses (4) (also in Bosses by species)
Gargoyle Bosses (16) (also in Bosses by species)
Unworthy (6) (also in Bestiary)
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Golems (6)
Golem Bosses (0) (also in Bosses by species)
Grawl (13)
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Griffons (2)
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Harpies (6)
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Hekets (1)
Am Fah (6)
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Am Fah NPCs (4) (also in NPCs by organization)
Bandits (8)
Bandit Bosses (3) (also in Human Bosses)
Corsairs (24)
Corsair Bosses (3)
Crimson Skull (17)
Crimson Skull Bosses (8) (also in Human Bosses)
Crimson Skull NPCs (2) (also in NPCs by organization)
Cult of Verata (4)
Cult of Verata Bosses (4) (also in Human Bosses)
Human Bosses (7) (also in Bosses by species)
Jade Brotherhood (4)
Jade Brotherhood Bosses (9) (also in Human Bosses)
Kurzicks (27)
Kurzick Bosses (1) (also in Human Bosses)
Kurzick NPCs (125) (also in NPCs by organization)
Luxons (24)
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Luxon NPCs (129) (also in NPCs by organization)
Outcasts (7) (also in Nightmare Horde)
Outcast Bosses (16) (also in Human Bosses)
Sickened Humans (5) (also in Sickened)
White Mantle (15)
White Mantle Bosses (35) (also in Human Bosses)
White Mantle NPCs (19) (also in NPCs by organization)
Hydras (3)
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Imps (4)
Imp Bosses (5) (also in Bosses by species)
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Leviathan Fish (8)
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Mandragors (3)
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Mesmers (75)
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Monks (87)
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Naga (14)
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Necromancers (86)
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Nightmare Horde (5)
Outcasts (7) (also in Humans)
Nightmares (13)
Nightmare Bosses (15) (also in Bosses by species)
Ogres (2)
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Yeti (7) (also in Bestiary)
Yeti Bosses (10) (also in Bosses by species)
Paragons (4)
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Phantom Bosses (5) (also in Bosses by species)
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Ranger Bosses (112) (also in Bosses by profession)
Riders (5)
Rider Bosses (19) (also in Bosses by species)
Ritualists (30)
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Scarab Bosses (10) (also in Bosses by species)
Seers (2)
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Sickened (2)
Sickened Animals (6) (also in Animals)
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Skales (14)
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Skree (0)
Skree Bosses (0) (also in Bosses by species)
Spider Bosses (4) (also in Bosses by species)
Stone Guardians (5)
Stone Guardian Bosses (10) (also in Bosses by species)
Tengu (4)
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Troll Bosses (6) (also in Bosses by species)
Giant Turtles (1)
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Undead (13)
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Skeleton Army (5)
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Undead Bosses (36) (also in Bosses by species)
Unworthy (6) (also in Ghosts)
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Warriors (147)
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Yeti (7) (also in Ogres)
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Happy Wheels Unblocked | Play Happy Wheels Full Version
Let’s enjoy Happy Wheels Unblocked together for free. This game is amazing and addictive as well. There are thousands of people playing this game every single day. Join all other happy wheels gamers from all around the world.
1. What Is Happy Wheels Game?
2. Gameplay and Little Review
3. Play Happy Wheels Unblocked
4. Tips and Tricks To Control Vehicle
What Is Happy Wheels Game?
The very first version of this game was launched back in 2010. Fancy Force is the developer and publisher of the game and the Android version was launched later back in 2015. Since the launch of the game, it has attracted millions of gamers from all around the world.
Most of the gamers want to play happy wheels unblocked at school. The reason is simple, they are bored at school and want to relax playing this game. I’ve also enjoyed it for hours on the web browser and mobile device as well.
It’s pretty much full of adventure and challenges as well. There are a bunch of characters and maps available to the users. The maps are indeed full of obstacles and moving objects which might touch the character and mission will fail. So, you probably need to use your full mind and efforts to complete the missions.
Keys To Survive In Happy Wheels
Don’t panic, play it nicely and steadily.
No need over accelerate or move too slowly.
Keep your eyes on obstacles.
Vehicle steady movement is the key to complete the mission.
Gameplay Of Happy Wheels Unblocked Full Version Game
If we talk about the gameplay, it’s amazing and awesome. The version of the game which you’re playing right now on this game is cool and full of amazing scenery and objects. When we load it for the first time, we’re asked the map which we want to play. All the maps are designed very well and filled with all the physics laws which make the gameplay very challenging.
Around 4 character choices are available. I liked the default one, this one sits on a chair. But you can choose from many selections available. Such selections include a man on wheely, kid and his father sitting on a cycle. All these are graphically finished with nice details and looks amazing.
Talking about the controls, you might feel kind of confused while playing it for the first time. But, what I’ve discovered that all the controls work like the way they should. I’ve played many other unblocked games whose controllers aren’t that much amazing and responsive. But, in happy wheels demo unblocked, you’ll get nice and steady controls.
The space key is used for Boosting the vehicle you’re using, Right, Left, Up Down to control the vehicle acceleration and X key to adjust the rider.
Just enjoy Happy Wheels Full Game Unblocked here and begin the fun. Just like all other gamers, you’ll also get addictive to it.
Keyboard Keys To Use:
Left arrow to put balance backward.
Right arrow to put weight in forwarding direction.
Up key to jump/balancing upwards.
Down key to put balance downwards.
Happy Wheels Unblocked Games Full Version Levels
Let’s talk a little bit about the Levels of Happy WHeels game. It’ll help you better understand the gameplay and play this game nicely.
Happy Green Hills
I love the level because of its graphics and level design. It’s really hard to bypass all the obstacles and reach the end point alive. According to its author, this level is designed by hand and hence better gameplay is guaranteed. Enjoy happy wheels unblocked at school for free now.
Gut Bus Extreme
This level is one of my favorite ones because it’s kind of hard to complete. It can be played with all the characters and player have to get inside the bus. Different obstacles are waiting for the character but if played smartly, you’ll surely complete the level. Physics is perfectly designed and the graphics are also amazing ones.
BMX Park II
BMX is for speed lovers, watch your head and wheels! Higher speeds are important in order to complete this level otherwise you’ll be stuck somewhere on the track. Landmines are waiting for you and wheeling over them will result in the bomb blast. Differently sized grinders are ready to grind your character into pieces. Play safe and enjoy happy wheels unblocked at school.
In obstacle course, all you need to do is find the things which might hurt your character. There are a lot of such things in the map but according to its author, the level isn’t that much hard and one should definitely try this out.
Snowy Mountain Final
In snowy mountain fall, all you need to do is just grab the cable till you reach the end point. Press Z to grab the cable and protect yourself from different obstacles in the way. Enjoy unblocked games happy wheels for free at school.
Dawn Of The Dead Lv. 1
People are turning into zombies because a doctor with whom you’ve worked in the lab has gone mad and he added some chemicals into the drinking water. Only you can save all the people from dying by adding the antidote into the water and healing the people who are affected by the virus. Save all the people first and then take revenge from the doctor who’s gone mad. Otherwise, he might hurt all the people again and again.
Play Happy Wheels Unblocked
Enjoy Happy Wheels game for free here. On the top os this page, game is added and even full screen mode is supported. Let’s jump into a little guide which I would like to share with all you gamers. I’m playing it for hours in my free time and completed almost all the levels. Now, it’s your turn to beat all the levels in one go.
The very first suggestion is to gain mastery over the controls. One small mistake will result in failing the mission. Most gamers have faced a situation where they are very close to the completion of the mission but due to over-excitement, they lose controls and fails. The same thing goes for happy wheels.
As it’s physics-based game, all the control works like the way they should. A small wrong hit will move character frequently, losing the balance and sometimes hitting the obstacle.
All the obstacles are designed to finish you up. Happy Green Hills map contains caves, dark caves with rocks and many other objects which creates a huge level of difficulty. If you want to complete missions, make sure you’re focused on the map.
Talking about the Gut Bus Extreme map, it’ll surely make you sweat. I spent many minutes just to figure out the way to get out of small tiny space where you’re landed for the first time. Heavy objects are moving all around the map, creating a high level of disturbance and danger. Use your clever mind to overcome all those challenges.
Tips To Control Vehicle Nicely
Most players are making mistakes while controlling the most main object, which is vehicle itself. According to my experience, it’s much important to gain full control over the vehicle and all the necessary tactics which helps you to complete the mission.
When you’re on a plane surface, make sure you don’t accelerate way too much or too slow. Slowly accelerating will result in less speed and most of the times, there’s mountain or road heading upwards.
When you’re climbing upwards, keep pressing the Right arrow, around 2 times every 3-4 seconds so that vehicle’s balance will stay stable. If there’s a slope, too much speed isn’t good and keep pressing the Left arrow in order to make stability to the vehicle.
If there’s narrow space to move forward, try adjusting your character. X and Z key is really useful in this case. It’s up to the cleverness a man is putting into the game while playing it.
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We’re proud to introduce this new series from our latest contributor, KayBee. The series will profile artists that we all love and remember but for whatever reason, have been missing from the scene. Check it out and enjoy. Hit her up, leave a comment and show her some love — entertainment.junkiez [at] gmail.com. And, if there’s someone you want to see featured, or know more about, please let us know!
As soon as the intro came in, all hands go in the air. “And you don’t stop, keep, keepin’ on, keepin’ on…” Yes, “After the party” was and still is a classic groove that no music/party go-er can resist.
Stepping on the scene, with the intent to clearly make us dance, the New Jersey based duo was formed based on a suggestion by no other than “boss-hog” Clive Davis, formally of Arista Records. The group was then signed to KayGee’s, of Naughty by Nature, label and released the popular hit “After the Party” which was also co-produced by Teddy Riley. The neo-soul group, consisting of female, Vernell Sales aka Vee and male artist Fonz, Koffee Brown made noise with the 2001 club banger.
Soon after that, the single “Weekend Thing” was released (which I vaguely remember) from their awaited album “Mars/Venus”. Unfortunately, the single and the album failed to make the same noise. But, Koffee Brown is a group that I’m pretty sure most folks are curious about; including us.
So, GFM wants to know, where are you? You are missed.
If you got the info, then let us know!
contact [at] grownfolksmusic.com
Ivan Orr
Ivan Orr is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, performer, and writer. A native of Charlottesville, Virginia Ivan was involved with the forming and nascent days of The Music Resource Center as its first Program Director. A graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University’s Department of Music, Ivan currently resides in Richmond, VA where he maintains an active performance and production schedule while serving as the Music Editor for Grown Folks Music, a position he has held since 2010.
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Fonz real name is Falonte. As of now, 2015, he is producing gospel music now. He from Howardsville, Mo. Which is my home town.
Fonz’s real name is Falonte. He still produces music for other artists, but the group was dropped from their label.
Wisconsin / Wisconsin Toddy
Im researching Koffee Brown. Anyone know Fonzs real name. Cant find it anywhere.
Taneisha B
I love this..brings back memories..just like thirty curls..LMAO..
Takes you back, doesn’t it?? Glad you enjoyed it, stay tuned, there’s more to come.
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Wow! I remember that song but never knew who sang it. Thanks for dropping some knowledge on me today!
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The geographical efficiency of education and research: The ranking of U.S. universities
Jean-Pascal Guironnet
() (CREM - Centre de recherche en économie et management - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UR1 - Université de Rennes 1 - UNIV-RENNES - Université de Rennes - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
Nicolas Peypoch
() (CAEPEM - Centre d'Analyse de l'Efficience et de la Performance en Economie et Management - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia)
This paper proposes to study the American efficiency of educational diffusion and research productivity following two distinctions: urban vs. rural areas and public vs. private universities. Following this geographical consideration, knowledge diffusion seems to be homogeneous over the American territory, whereas research productivity is more heterogeneous: American research efficiency decreased of 7% points, due to some rural university localizations. Universities in urban areas favor educational quality through high student selection criteria, contrary to those located in more rural areas. Third, public universities present higher educational efficiency, in favoring educational quality over research productivity: the lesser research efficiency of public institutions comes from difficulties in the management of several campuses, by comparison with the private institutions which are all single-campus.
Jean-Pascal Guironnet & Nicolas Peypoch, 2018. "The geographical efficiency of education and research: The ranking of U.S. universities," Post-Print halshs-02083166, HAL.
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Posted: November 18, 2019 14:34
h+m are very pleased to be shortlisted for the 2019 FutureTown Design competition with our ‘From Parking Space to Public Space’ proposal for Castle Terrace car park in Edinburgh. Public voting takes place this week, so we’d encourage you to review the competing proposals and grateful for anyone who votes for our submission.
https://www.scotlandstowns.org/future_town_design_comp_2019
Posted: July 25, 2019 10:11
It’s hard not to enjoy Edinburgh in the sunshine. Saughton Park has some excellent examples of contemporary herbaceous and perennial planting at the moment.
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Posted: April 16, 2019 13:41
We recently undertook a Landscape and Visual Impact Appraisal for a 44 unit mixed house type development in the settlement of Auchtertyre which lies to the north of the A87, near the junction with the A890, approximately 8km east of Kyle of Lochalsh. Key issues were the potential impacts on the Kintial National Scenic Area, the Kyle - Plockton SLA and the Lochalsh Woodland Walks Garden and Designed Landscape. None of these designations were found to be ffected by the proposed development. The report also included landscape proposals to mitigate the impacts on views from the road. The planning application was submitted in March 2019.
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NTS have appointed h+m along with Aquatera to undertake 'dead ground' analysis to identify areas where development would not impinge on important views from Culloden Battlefield, and to produce wireline images of a series of possible scenarios to illustrate the potential effects of development on the visitors' experience of the battlefield.
https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/inverness/1715979/public-urged-to-join-last-ditch-fight-to-save-iconic-culloden-heritage-site/?utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR11WTwRHbkkLKbCJS2HCKWpmcC68DfRG2lMIaoFdj2VPDG_j5KBmkcEQ_w
h+m undertook a landscape characterisation exercise in 2014 to assist in the successful application to the Heritage Lottery Fund for the a grant of £2.9 Million to go towards twenty eight projects aimed at protecting Coigach and Assynt's nature and heritage. These included creating and expanding native woodland, offering outdoor learning to local schools, major repairs to the approach and summit paths of the mountain Suilven, and work to excavate and stabilise Iron Age settlement Clachtoll Broch. The Suilven path repairs project was completed in September 2018 and an planning application was submitted for a viewing platform at Clachtoll Broch in January 2019.
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Posted: December 19, 2018 15:20
Posted by Amanda
With immediate effect, our Edinburgh office address will change from No 6 to No 8 Darnaway Street. Post code and telephone number will remain unchanged. Whilst we are not physically moving office, part of our building has been sold and has been subdivided, with the resultant effect of altering our formal address.
I would be grateful if you would update your records accordingly. Thank you.
Nucleus, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Caithness Archive in Wick recently won the 2018 RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award, one of the top architectural awards in the UK. Designed by Reiach and Hall Architects, and with landscape design by horner + maclennan, Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs, Fiona Hyslop, described the project as “showing great inventiveness in enhancing its local area, and is another terrific example of the standard of architectural creativity here in Scotland.”
https://www.rias.org.uk/awards/doolan-award/2018-rias-andrew-doolan-awards/
h+m were involved in preparing the landscape proposals and are delighted that Highland Council have gave approval to the Inverness Justice Centre.
http://www.urbanrealm.com/news/6689/Highland_Council_give_the_nod_to_£23m_Inverness_Justice_Centre.html
Posted: March 02, 2017 09:20
Ourselves and Neil Gillespie, were delighted to be announced the overall winners for the LIS design competition ‘A House and Grounds for an Art Collector’. The awards ceremony for which took place on the 28th September 2016 in Glasgow’. The competition celebrated collaboration and inspiration between landscape architects and architects as part of the LIS contribution to the 2016 Festival of Architecture. Both disciplines were required to demonstrate a true partnership to develop internal and external ‘gallery’ spaces siting art works and their overall integration with the house, grounds and surrounding landscape.
We were very pleased that Knockando Woolmill was one of the winners of the 2016 European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage /Europa Nostra Awards, Europe’s highest honour in the heritage field. This prestigious award reflects extremely well on everyone involved. We all knew it was a special project and it is fantastic that it has received such widespread acclaim.
h+m were originally commissioned by the Highland Council to provide two sketch proposals for environmental improvement works to the car park and visitor space at Chanonry Point – a popular tourist spot, attracting over 120,000 visitors a year, all hoping for a glimpse of the local dolphin pod. We won a further commission to detail up the preferred sketch proposal and take the project through to completion. The contract works totalled £275k, which, we feel, was money well spent. We are delighted that the new and improved Chanonry Point is now open for the public to enjoy and hopefully cherish! We’ve had some really positive feedback both from local folk and those travelling from far and wide.
Posted: October 22, 2015 15:39
The planning application for the restoration of the former fire damaged Craig Dunain asylum in Inverness for private residences has just been submitted. h+ m prepared landscape proposals for the grounds, centred around utilising the remains of the original chapel as an outdoor courtyard, and taking inspiration from the grass weaving artworks of former asylum patient Angus McPhee, the well-known ‘silent Highland weaver of grass’, whose works were derived from his early experiences of traditional island weaving in South Uist. The layout incorporates a sequence of elements which represent the principles of weaving - a strong linear warp with a sinuous flowing weft - entwining the old building into the new layout.
Posted by Katherine Wolfe
Posted: August 10, 2015 11:29
Fantastic news that The Heritage Lottery Fund have approved the application for the KIlmartin Museum Redevelopment allowing design work to progress early next year.
Heritage Lottery Fund Support for Kilmartin Museum
http://kilmartin.org/redevelopment/?p=216
Argyll's Kilmartin Museum Gets Lottery Boost
Heritage Lottery Fund Endorses Kilmartin Museum Redevelopment
http://www.urbanrealm.com/news/5643/Heritage_Lottery_Fund_endorses_Kilmartin_Museum_redevelopment.html
Holmes Miller in collaboration with landscape architects horner + maclennan draw up plans for Merchiston Castle School sports hall.
http://www.urbanrealm.com/news/5434/Holmes_Miller_draw_up_plans_for_Merchiston_Castle_sports_hall_.html
Queen Victora School, Dunblane
Following a very successful collaboration at Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh, h+m in collaboration with Holmes Millar, Architects have been appointed to masterplan the redevelopment of Queen Victoria School, Dunblane, a MOD boarding school. The landscape led masterplan will re-establish the settings of the existing listed buildings, introduce a structured pattern of new buildings and green spaces and prepare landscape management proposals for the wider campus.
Posted: January 07, 2015 15:15
Following our preparation of a report refuting Highland Councils reasons for refusal in relation to impacts on residential amenity and cummulative landscape and visual impacts, in December the reporter upheld the appeal and granted permission for this 4 turbine development.
horner + maclennan were delighted to be awarded a commendation for Polnoon Residential Streets Project, Eaglesham at the recent LIS Placemaking Competition
http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/scotland/winners-of-the-lis-placemaking-competition-announcement/
http://www.urbanrealm.com/news/5056/Contractor_sought_for_National_Nuclear_Archive.html
Well done Katherine, completing her Lands End to John O'Groats cycle, 1114 miles over 14 days, fantastic achievement.
Posted: September 11, 2014 14:19
This September, Katherine from our Inverness office will be attempting the infamous Land’s End to John O’Groats, on her bike, in memory of her father and in aid of Teesside Hospice. Well done Katherine, we're all behind you here at Horner and Maclennan, well not literally!! but we're thinking of you.
Good Luck, great cause.
Posted: June 09, 2014 15:07
Chanonry Point lies at the end of a spit of land known as Chanonry Ness, which extends south into the Moray Firth and is within walking distance of the Ross-shire villages of Fortrose and Rosemarkie. The point has received international acclaim as one of the most regarded places in Europe to witness dolphins from the shore and as a result, is one of the top ten most popular visitor attractions in the Highlands, receiving approximately 120,000 – 140,000 visitors per year. As a consequence, the sheer volume of traffic has given rise to a range of problems for golfers, those living at the point and the unknown number of visitors who are unable to get a parking space.
The Highland Council has appointed horner+maclennan to prepare two sketch proposals to help address the issue of problem parking and to provide Chanonry Point with a sympathetic ‘face-lift’ that reflects the importance of the place as a valued tourist attraction.
The sketch proposals will be displayed for a week of public consultation, in the main entrance area at Fortrose Leisure Centre, together with a questionnaire, during the week commencing 9th June. There will be an all-day drop-in session on Thursday 12th June, where the proposals can be discussed with both The Highland Council and horner+maclennan.
Following the public consultation event, all responses will be taken into account in the production of a final sketch proposal.
Following Keith’s appearance at the appeal hearing in January, acting for SNH in opposing the windfarm proposal in a sensitive location north of Creiff, the Reporter has recently dismissed the appeal and refused planning permission due to landscape and cumulative impact.
Posted by Amanda Mabbott
Wishing you a very merry christmas and a prosperous 2014 from all at h+m.
Instead of sending cards this year, we have made a donation to Reverse Retts.
http://news.stv.tv/tayside/242288-st-andrews-university-given-green-light-for-wind-farm-despite-objections/
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Space photos of the week: Cassini's stay around Saturn
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Launched in 1997, NASA's Cassini mission is designed to orbit Saturn by studying the rings of the planet, the ice moons, and common composition. During his 13 years of touring, he also discovered bizarre storms on the planet's north pole, mini-moons orbiting the rings, and jets of water ice twisting from his Enceladus moon. Oh, and its largest moon, Titan, has been littered with methane lakes and dense orange fog – but it can still be habitable. Named for the Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini, who discovered four moons and gaps in the rings of Saturn, the ship evaporated into the atmosphere of Saturn on September 15, 2017. Before he died, he sent back nearly half a million photos of the beloved of many Earth members of the Sun. system. Let's take a look at some of these images.
Meet Cassini! The spacecraft is about two stories high or the size of a large school bus. In addition to carrying a set of tools, the spacecraft has a DVD that holds more than 616,000 signatures of people from over 81 countries. On the right side of the spacecraft you can see a UFO-shaped attachment called the Huygens probe. This probe was dropped at Saturn's largest moon, Titan, where it plunged through the dense atmosphere and landed on the surface. It was the first and only mission to send back images from the surface of this moon. The Cassini-Huygens Mission is honored to be the most in-depth exploration of the planet, except Earth, in our entire solar system. Photo: NASA / JPL
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This Saturn twist is one of the largest storms ever seen on the planet. This is the whirlwind that Cassini found at the north pole of Saturn in the center of a much larger hexagonal storm. Scientists have been watching the polar storms of Saturn for years and are still not sure exactly why or what the shapes look like. Photo: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute
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Exclusive Interview: Hannah Raven of ‘A Midnight Visit’
02/27/2019 by gfunk101
A few weeks back we got out of our comfort zone and reviewed a theatre piece. If you’ve been in my general vicinity since then you’ll have tolerated me telling you to get a ticket to said piece, ‘A Midnight Visit‘, at every opportunity. Now we’re taking it a step further and bringing in one of the performers for a chat!
Enjoy a listen or a read:
https://houseofgeekery.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/hannah-raven-house-of-geekery-4.mp3
GF: Welcome, we’re talking with Hannah Raven. Would you like to tell people who you are?
Hannah Raven: Of course. My name is Hannah Raven, I am an actor from Sydney. I play the character of Ligeia in ‘A Midnight Visit.
GF: I’ve also heard that you’re heavily involved with the Edgar Allan Poe Association, is that correct?
HR: Yes, yes I am! I started Edgar Allan Poe Australia back in, I believe, 2015. The reason I started it is that I always had a deep love and affiliation for Poe and his work. I went over to Baltimore to visit his grave and to see where he used to live and to get a sense of the history and the actual person that he was. When I was over there I met a few people from the Baltimore Poe Society and they were so passionate about him and his work. I knew a lot of Poe fans here in Australia, but there wasn’t a Poe Society. The reason for that is that he’s an American. In America they really hail his work, whereas here he’s known but he’s not part of our immediate history. I created a Facebook page and an Instagram page, and it was all purely to celebrate Poe and share his work, and encourage more people to read him. He is my muse and I wanted more people to know his work.
GF: I do want to talk about ‘A Midnight Visit’, which is heavily influenced by Poe’s work, but my first question is: with your heavy association with Poe’s work in your performances, is it a coincidence that your name is ‘Raven’?
HR: Ah, no. I wish. The long and short of it is that when I finished drama school I was a ‘Smith’. My head teacher recommended that I pick a stage name because ‘Smith’ is probably already taken, which (surprise, surprise) it is. I had to pick a new stage name, and that was very tempting…I thought of all these exotic names like my mother’s maiden name was “Van der Hagen“, so I could be very Dutch and exotic. But obviously the love of Poe came to mind first and I chose ‘Raven’. Hannah Raven is the name I go by as an actor.
GF: I was wondering, because I saw your name in the programme and thought that was quite a coincidence.
HR: I get that question a lot because people think that I started reading Poe because my name is Raven, but no – it’s the reverse. It’s not as exciting, but for me it is because I’ve adopted Poe as a part of my identity.
GF: ‘The Raven’ was my introduction to Poe because, and I’m assuming that this was true for a lot of people of my generation, was because ‘The Simpsons’ gave me that introduction.
HR: Yeah, it’s funny. When I talk about Poe in Australia I would say maybe 75% of people I talk to go “who is that?” And then I’ll say “he wrote ‘The Raven'” and they’ll go “what is that?” Then I’ll ask if they saw ‘The Simpsons’ episode, the Halloween special, and they go “oh yeah, I have seen that!” That is Edgar Allan Poe. And I don’t mind that, a lot of people, the Poe fans in American, say “you only know about that from ‘The Simpsons’, but I think that means Poe is still present with us and present in pop culture, and he’s a bit of a rock star for the underdog, and the struggling artists, and the emos and the goths.
I think ‘South Park’ did an episode with him too. He comes back as an emo ghost, it’s pretty funny! He comes back to the Goths as their inspiration to get something done. He’s very emo, it’s quite funny.
GF: Regardless of what people think of the ‘The Simpsons’ rendition, I think it’s pretty respectful and it’s what introduced me to it. I think it’s very positive.
HR: Me too. I think the reason so many artists and TV shows have used Poe is because his work is so accessible. There’s so much imagery in his work and so much grandeur in the text that he uses. He uses a lot of exclamation marks, he draws from mythology…his work is incredibly inspiring for artists. Which includes musicians and film-makers and the guy who invented ‘The Simpsons’…Matt…
GF: …Groening. Also Arthur Conan Doyle based the structure for the ‘Sherlock’ stories on ‘Murders in the Rue Morgue’. Dupin was a template for Sherlock.
HR: That’s right, he did, yes, oh my gosh! We have a Dupin in this production, this is a new addition from the Sydney show. We didn’t have a detective in the first addition. We have two new characters, we have Detective Dupin and Lizzie Reid, which is a fictional character created for this production. She’s a schoolgirl who’s become obsessed with Poe’s work and is stuck in the dreamscape of the girl’s school seeing all these Poe stories come to life.
GF: Let’s talk about the show: when I’ve spoken to people about ‘A Midnight Visit’, it takes me a long time to explain what it is. What is the pitch for ‘A Midnight Visit’, for people who aren’t familiar.
HR: ‘A Midnight Visit’ is an immersive theatre experience, it’s an experience like no other done in Australia. It is pitched as a ‘choose your own adventure’, but it’s also a piece of theatre. If someone is a theatre-goer they’re going to come to this space and see scenes that have been created with character’s who are going to interact with each other. If you’re not a theatre-goer you can come and choose your own adventure, walk through the different spaces, go wherever you want, discover things about the architecture or the installations, which are incredibly succinct and creative…
I guess the elevator pitch is ‘an immersive theatre experience, a choose your own adventure, inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe’.
GF: The first thing that struck me about the show is the scale of it. It’s such a big, big space…three storeys and, I don’t know, thirty or forty rooms with installations.
HR: It’s got thirty-four plus. It’s massive. Coming from Sydney, where the original production was in a warehouse. It’s a huge, big, two storey concrete block. A lot of the rooms were literally built in the space of the warehouse. Here the rooms are already there, they’re either old classrooms, or old boardrooms, and even an interrogation room that is literally an interrogation room. After this building was a school for girls it became a police station. There’s actually an interrogation room that we use as an interrogation room. This space lends itself more to our creativity and our stories, we can set everything up and padded the rooms out…the history of the space really speaks to Poe’s work as well.
GF: The exterior of the building is really perfect for it, especially when you walk down the street and you can hear the tell-tale heart reverberating around you.
HR: When we first got to Perth and first saw the venue, this big gothic mansion, I must admit that I got a little teary. I was excited that we’d got this big, gothic building to work with. Even before I set foot in there I was pretty excited.
Girl’s School, Perth
GF: How long did it take to set the show up? It feels like you turned the entire building into a performance piece.
HR: We really have…surprisingly it was over a two week period that everything was put together. From the Sydney season, that took a lot longer because things were being made and created to go into the space. A lot of the things in the Girl’s School were created in Sydney and brought up. Over a two week period the entire building was transformed and created to be what it is now. Everybody working on the project has worked incredibly hard, with a lot of heart and soul and effort going into making sure it’s ready on time. We’ve been blessed to work with so many dedicated people.
GF: I’m shocked that it was only two weeks, I expected at least a month.
HR: Yeah, it’s pretty crazy.
GF: I’ve been to see the show twice already, and one thing I wanted to ask about the performance side of things: it feels like it must be an endurance track, are you on for the whole evening running in a loop?
HR: It has been a wake up call for all of our fitness levels. The whole show can go for one hour up to three and a half hours. It really depends on when audiences come to show, how many audience members come each night. The longest we will run is three and a half hours, with the audience let in on the half hour. The show itself runs for one hour and then we, as the performers, begin the loop again. If you’ve been in there for an hour and you decide to stay for a whole other hour, you’ll discover things you didn’t see in the first show in another room. That’s why it’s such a wonderful experience, a choose your own adventure, because you discover different things. Obviously we do get breaks, we get time to pop out and hydrate, that’s very important. As an actor it has been a really interesting experience to stay in character for three and a half hours, to interact with people in character and in costume. It’s been quite a blessing because a lot of actors don’t get to do something like that. You get up on stage and play your role and then go home, but for us this is living the role and existing in the girl’s school.
We’ve had to take really good care of ourselves: eating well, getting lots of sleep, hydration…that’s the other thing about the cast, we’re really good to each other. We’ve got each other’s backs, make sure we’re all safe and taken care of.
GF: That’s not how you act in character, though. You all seem to hate each other.
HR: That’s the fun of it! That’s why it’s called a play, we all get to play these horrible, sadistic roles! Especially my character, she’s not the happiest chappy. Very sadistic and very menacing. As an actor, to play a role like that, it’s fun! It’s really fun!
GF: Tell us about the role you play.
Hannah Raven as The Nurse
HR: My character is the Nurse. My character is inspired by Edgar Allan poe’s ‘Ligeia’, one of his most famous short stories, and also the caretaker from ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’. Those two characters are amalgamated into the Nurse. The Nurse is highly intelligent, very tactful, sadistic…you could label her as a psychopath. I have taken inspiration from characters like Hannibal Lector, Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock, that kind of highly functioning sociopath. The reason we made an amalgamation of those characters is because, in Poe’s work, all of his women are either very sick and dying or highly intellectual and inspiration. The Nurse character does have a death moment where she unravels…like in the story ‘Ligeia’ where she is shrouded, and the shrouds come off as she comes back from the dead. There’s a moment for the Nurse where she dies, and she’s reborn and comes back as the Nurse again. That’s the thing about the women in Poe’s stories, is that they are beautiful and they are sick and dying, but that’s because Poe found a lot of beauty in death. The women that inspired his characters, the real life women, were incredibly intelligent, passionate, creative, artistic women. He did say…I can’t remember the quote…but he was very inspired by the women in his life, but they really took care of him and inspired him as an artist.
GF: What’s really fascinating is that you’re telling me about your character dying and being reborn…I’m been in the performance space for about four hours total and I haven’t seen that part.
HR: This is the amazing thing! Because there are thirty-four plus rooms, you would need to come thirty-four plus times to see everything.
GF: You really would.
HR: That’s the joy of the space…it’s a huge big candy store of experience and moments that you catch or don’t catch. So you’ll have to come again.
GF: I’d like to!
HR: But that’s what we wanted it to be for the audience. Every corner you turn you discover something new. That’s what we wanted it to be. That’s why there’s so much detail put into the show, the actors working very hard to create these multi-layered characters. You might meet the characters in one room, but when you meet them later they are in a completely different scenario, doing something different that is interesting and shocking.
GF: That’s one of the really surprising parts, because on my first visit I was quite intimidated by the King, who seemed to be hounding me, and then on my second visit I had a much more positive interaction with the character where I returned to him his crown and got to roll with it (the performance), it’s a fascinating piece from an audience perspective because you can go twice and have a different experience.
HR: Yeah, you can! In Sydney we had people who came five or six times, they would keep coming back every weekend and they knew they were going to get something different every single time. With your experience, having a different experience with the same character, is something we want people to have. The character’s in Poe’s stories are multi-faceted. They’re not stereotypes, they’re not archetypes, they are flawed – like humans. Poe works a lot with psychological introspection and that’s why a lot of people really enjoy his work because they can relate.
GF: Especially from a modern perspective as a lot of the disorders he describes now have names and diagnoses to go with them. Back to the show though, there’s always an unpredictability that goes with audience interaction. Have you had anything strange or unusual happen when interacting with people?
HR: Um, yes? Let me count the ways…
The one that definately comes to mind is…well, the Nurse spends a lot of time in the hospital area, and people are encourage to play and explore…I remember coming into the hospital area and someone has already put themselves to bed, tucked themselves in, so the Nurse walked over and began an entire scene around this person in the bed. That’s the other thing as an actress, we need to be alert and aware of the little gifts the audience give us as well…
GF: Was this last week?
HR: No, this happened in Sydney, the one I’m talking about, but it has happened again since we were in Perth.o It’s lovely, the audience can really inspire us into something interactive involving the audience members, so this person definitely got an interactive experience. They tucked themselves into bed and the Nurse comes up with the medication and off with a monologue we go. Then what we find is that when something is happening and when we work people do flock to us. It’s not our responsibility to run around and find the audience, they find us. And that’s fairer to the audience because they can choose to engage or choose to disengage.
GF: Last week I was taking a rest and you fluffed up my pillow and later came back and covered me up with a sheet.
HR: Oh, was that you? Yes! There you go!
GF: My friend hadn’t been before and wanted to go off on her own, so I said I’d wait here. Then you came back…
HR: That’s fantastic! I’m just doing my job…
GF: It was a lot of fun! It is a really unique play, and a lot of people are saying they wish they’d seen it, want to go see it. How do you give people the push to get out the door and come see it?
HR: Gosh, well, the push is that we close on Sunday. That might light a fire underneath them. Look, to be blunt, you’re not going to see anything else like this in Australia. You’re not. There’s an interactive theatre show in New York called ‘Sleep No More’, which is taking New York by storm. People were flocking to that, they said it was amazing and there was nothing like that in Australia. While this is not ‘Sleep No More’, it follows a formula of interactive theatre that Australia hasn’t seen before. It means that people who love theatre can come and experience theatre. People who hate theatre, who don’t want to go to the theatre and sit there and behave can come to this show and explore and interact. This show is for everyone, it really is.
GF: And you can crawl through secret tunnels and get chased by a Jester!
HR: Yes you can, absolutely!
GF: We’re going to continue to promote the show because we promote things that we love and I have been obsessed with it since I first saw it. It really is a unique experience.
HR: That’s awesome.
GF: And you scared the crap out of me last week.
HR: (Laughs) Well, just doing my job!
GF: Doing it well!
Poe and Virginia, sharing a quiet moment.
HR: That’s awesome, and that’s the thing with the characters. I believe the director, Danielle Harvey, has tried to create or engage with as many of Poe’s character’s as she can within the world. You do meet the gentle and the flawed, then you do meet the sadistic and the mad and the guilty. It’s not one big happy Poe story, it is real Poe. Poe’s work is so so eclectic. He was even considered a romantic because he wrote during the Romantic Period, and a lot of his poems and short stories do fall into romance. Many people wouldn’t know that because they think of Poe as the weird drunk who married his cousin, and that is a gross misunderstanding of the man Edgar Allan Poe was. He was a gentlemen, he was very hard working, he was actually the first American writer who tried to make a living out of writing. He’s the poster boy for the struggling artist. I wish he could come back and see how loved he is.
GF: A wonder how he’d experience ‘A Midnight Visit’, especially if he came face to face with himself!
HR: Absolutely, I have thought about this too, and people have actually asked me what I think Poe would think about having his face on a tee-shirt, and talking about him and doing shows about him…
Well, A: he would love it. He had performers blood in him, both his mother and father were actors. He would tour America, performing his poetry at small gatherings and lectures. He definitely did want praised. However, I do think he would kick up a stink with people taking his work and flipping it, or changing it, or creating things around it, just in terms of it being HIS work. I think he was a very proud man, and he might stomp his foot and say “no, that isn’t my work…this is my work!” But he can’t do that, so we’ll do what we want!
GF: He might be a bit taken aback by the song choices in finale
HR: (Laughs) That’s true! However, it’s all one big party so I’m sure he’d at at least appreciate us. It’s all for you, Edgar, it’s all for you!
GF: It’s a tremendous show, and people can still book tickets for the website, and they can check out the Edgar Allan Poe Association on Facebook…
HR: Edgar Allan Poe Australia, on Facebook and Instagram.
GF: I’ll be checking it out, I love his work. Especially now, after ‘A Midnight Visit’, I’m all energised to revisit it.
HR: We’d love people to come back and see us again before we go. The beautiful thing about this show is that we’ve been running for about six weeks, we’ve had a ball with the audience members who have come through, so please come and see us, come and have a play before we close our chamber door.
GF: And have a nap in the asylum and you might get a more interaction.
HR: Absolutely.
GF: I tried in the interrogation room, but no-one came in.
HR: You’ll have to try again.
GF: I will, I will. Thanks very much Hannah, for taking the time to talk to us. It’s quite a contrast to our last interaction with you.
HR: Haha, yes…I’m not as mean as I appear to be.
GF: No, I think you actually declared me ‘forgotten’ and just left the room.
HR: Amazing.
GF: I stayed there for a while and my friend came and kicked me out of the bed.
HR: She’s doing my job for me, I ought to employ her.
GF: I think the Raven looked a bit put out that I’d taken the bed he normally uses for the Black Cat.
HR: (Laughs) That’s the thing, we have to navigate around you guys. The audience really is the thirteenth performer, all of you. You’re the heart of our world, so Raven will have to deal with that and use another bed.
GF: They did very well. I loved the whole cast, I thought they were phenomenal, how well you all kept character for that duration and in those circumstances is remarkable.
HR: Thank you, thank you for saying.
GF: Thank you for the show, and the interview, and we’ll let you go!
HR: Thanks so much!
Category : Interviews, Spotlight
Tags : A Midnight Visit, edgar allan poe, Fringe, interview, Perth, Perth Fringe Festival, theatre
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Our First Look at Agents of SHIELD's Melinda May In Her Very Own Comic
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We’ve known for a while that Agents of SHIELD’s premiere ass-kicker Melinda May would be getting a one-shot comic book as part of SHIELD’s 50th birthday bash. But now we’ve got a first look at the comic, as well as the reveal that the issue will give us the Marvel Comic Universe’s very own take on Agent May’s origins.
Agents of SHIELD may have already given us a look at how the MCU’s Melinda May became “The Cavalry” in its second season, buis the one-shot comic, penned by Jody Houser with art by Luke Ross, will be exploring an altogether different origin—one that informs how the Melinda May we see in Marvel’s ongoing SHIELD comic came to be, and the altogether different set of circumstances that gave Agent May her less-than-appreciated nickname.
The issue—dubbed The Cavalry: SHIELD 50th Anniversary #1—will see Agent May training a group of SHIELD recruits, who are amazed at the prospect of tutelage from the legendary field agent, while flashing back to the events that saw her earn the “Cavalry” nickname. Writer Jody Houser says that while the origin won’t be exactly the same as what we’ve seen on TV, it will be an equally tragic tale to give some layers to the comic book version of the character even if she’s not technically meant to be the MCU-branded Melinda May we know and love:
The decision was made early on that some of the core elements of May’s character, including the tragic background that resulted in her nickname The Cavalry, would carry through into the comic book version. I think that for the characters that transition successfully to comics from another medium — Renee Montoya, Harley Quinn and X-23 come to mind from the just the time that I’ve been reading comics — their circumstances may change somewhat, but the soul remains recognizable. Fans of May from the show should find the comics version of the character very recognizable.
Also, at some point Agent May will fight cyber wolves, because COMIC BOOKS:
Cyberwolf, Hydra, Inhuman... Melinda May will kick its ass regardless. This fight better make its way back onto Agents of SHIELD in season 3.
The Cavalry will be available next month, alongside several other anniversary one-shots featuring Peggy Carter, Mockingbird and Daisy Johnson/Quake.
[Via Comic Book Resources]
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Eye-Openers: Is it more difficult to be a bartender or a barista?
By Paolo Lucchesi on November 30, 2012 at 9:05 AM
Jared Truby, 3rd place winner in the National Barista Championship, making coffee at The Verve coffee shop in Santa Cruz. Photo: The Chronicle
From the local scene:
According to Knockout bartender Josh Yule, being a barista is more difficult than being a bartender: “It’s more labor intensive, and this way [bartending] you just gotta know your ratios — don’t add that much gin, add this much gin. You want it to taste good.” What do you think? [SF Examiner]
What’s the best sushi restaurant in the Bay Area? Travel + Leisure releases its list of the nation’s best, and the only local on the list — drum roll, please — Sushi Ran in Sausalito. [Travel + Leisure]
According to a new report, Napa County’s wine industry accounts for 1/3 of all money spent on wine in the country. That translates to about $50 billion worth to the American economy. [Decanter]
From the national scene:
How old, often historic breweries are finding new life in new ways. [Smithsonian]
Grant Achatz and Next have announced its next three menus: “The Hunt,” vegan and Bocuse d’Or competition. [Chicago Tribune]
New York institution Stage Deli has closed. [New York Times]
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Is the Professional Game Growing Too Dangerous for Amateurs to Keep Up?
Home|Amateur Rugby, Features, Latest News|Is the Professional Game Growing Too Dangerous for Amateurs to Keep Up?
Rugby players of all ages, levels and backgrounds are getting faster, stronger and the game itself increasingly attritional. As the rugby world reacts to a string of retirements, whether it be those of Sam Warburton, David Pocock (from Super Rugby at least) or Rob Horne, questions are inevitably being asked about the nature of our sport, and where rugby is heading. But these questions must be extended beyond Twickenham and Eden Park, to local clubs throughout the rugby community. As a result of these changes, insurance at grassroots levels is becoming ever more important. (For more information regarding insurance, click here)
Pocock, just 31, and Warburton, at only 29, decided that they were unable to justify the continual risk to their health and well-being. This is a shocking, and relatively recent, development. However, for them, this decision, as difficult as it may have been, follows two distinguished and celebrated careers. They are considered two of the greatest flankers of their generation, with perhaps only Richie McCaw and Thierry Dusautoir even justifying entry into that same conversation. The case study of Rob Horne provides another interesting insight into the potential threats to player welfare. Named vice-captain of Australia in 2016, his career was cut short in the most horrifying fashion early last year, following an injury to his right shoulder that left his entire arm paralysed.
But what about those players without access to extensive and regular medical treatment? The normal, dedicated, amateur player, who perhaps balances their sport with commitments to education, employment or family, and could potentially be left exposed by such an incident?
On average, the weight of players has increased two stone since the game turned professional in 1995, and over the last twenty-five years the size of players has increased three times faster than that of the wider male community. Whether it is back-line moves, fashion statements or size, changes that occur at the professional level inevitably trickle down through the playing system.
It is thought that school age players are the most exposed to injury: 70% of all competing at 1st and 2nd XV level have experienced one form of serious injury or another. Following that, those aged 25 – 34 are most prone, players most likely to be at the peak of their physical and playing capacity. But this is the generation also most likely to have commitments extending beyond a Saturday afternoon at the local club.
Injuries are three times more likely to occur on an amateur rugby pitch than a football one. Physicality is part of the game, and undoubtedly also part of what makes it special (and far superior to football). It is what draws over 5 million people from over 120 different countries to play week in week out. But the risks are there, anyone who has played the modern game knows this, and so injury insurance is growing ever more vital.
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20 years old, studying History at University. Having played rugby from an early age, I am now primarily interested in broader issues surrounding rugby, particularly it’s place in society and relationship with local communities at grassroots level.
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Outrage After Second-Grade Teacher Shows 7-Year-Olds ‘Boondocks’ Video of MLK Lecturing ‘N*ggers’
By: Igor Derysh
Article, Race, Videos
An Arkansas teacher is under investigation for showing her second-grade class a video filled with racial slurs.
On Wednesday, two days after Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Cedarville teacher Lynn Schumacher showed her class a YouTube video from Adult Swim’s “Boondocks” series that imagines Martin Luther King lecturing what he calls “n*ggers.”
In the clip, the King character tells a crowd, “It’s the ugliest word in the English language, but that’s what I see now; n*ggers. And you don’t want to be a n*gger, because n*ggers are living contradictions. N*ggers are full of unfulfilled ambitions, n*ggers wax and wane, n*ggers love to complain, n*ggers love to hear themselves talk but hate to explain.”
One parent told KFSM that the teacher showed the kids a sanitized version of the video called “It’s Martin Luther King Day, Charlie Brown” which uses dubbed-over dialogue from the show Peanuts but the school district’s superintendent found that the teacher showed the class the original video too.
Superintendent Dan Foreman says the teacher made a mistake when she first played the original video and didn’t realize she was doing anything wrong.
Foreman said that all outside materials have to be reviewed by the principal and he will review whether to discipline Schumacher for not having the video approved.
Watch the Video (Language Warning, NSFW!):
Igor Derysh is the Managing Editor of Latest. com and a syndicated columnist whose work has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Boston Herald, Baltimore Sun, and Orlando Sun Sentinel, and AOL News. His work has been criticized in even more publications. Follow him on Twitter @IgorDerysh
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I LOVENY FUNDING: REDC GRANTS 2018
by Peter Feinman
In December the latest round of Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) awards for 2018 were announced. The event popularly referred to as “Hunger Games” distributes funds to the different regions of the state by category. In this blog, the awards from I LOVE NY are listed in alphabetical order by region and by county within region. The Market New York pool is capped at $15 million. It is defined as follows:
Market New York is a grant program established to strengthen tourism and attract visitors to New York State by promoting destinations, attractions and special events. Funding is available for tourism marketing initiatives, capital/construction projects and the recruitment and/or execution of special events, including meetings, conferences, conventions, festivals, agritourism/craft beverage events, athletic competitions and consumer and industry trade shows.
As always, there is no mention of the Path through History. It is possible that there was a Path-related proposal that simply did not win. As it turns out there is scarcely any mention of history either in any fashion. So despite everything you may hear about New York’s history from government officials, when it comes to putting their money where their mouth is, forgetaboutit. On the other, how many history-based applications were submitted in this category? On the other other hand, how many regions support and promote history-related applications anyway. By now, how many history organizations have given up on the REDC process?
Each award includes the applicant, both government and private, the project title, the project description, and the amount of the award. Not all counties had a recipient.
NOTE – THIS IS A LONG POST
Times Union Center Capital Improvements
Albany County will undertake a tourism capital project of the Times Union Center. The project will involve upgrades of seating replacement, locker room renovations and LED expansion to stay competitive in entertainment industry, and continue offering a vast variety of community events.
Hudson Valley Esports Invitational and Expo
The Hudson Valley Esports Invitational and Expo will make the Capital Region a national destination for up-and-coming professional gamers and solidify the region as a video-gaming hub for developers and players alike.
Albany, Columbia, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady
Albany Symphony Speak Up Festival
The Albany Symphony will present a major national music festival, “Sing Out, Justice!”, and a regional tour of free, outdoor concerts in an uplifting celebration of the Stonewall uprising, 2019 World Pride, and the Women’s Suffrage Movement. The festival will amplify the larger story of New York’s leading role in championing civil liberties from the 19th century to the present.
Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady
GymRat Basketball LLC
GymRat CHALLENGE Sporting Event
GymRat Basketball will use this working capital grant to drive tourism to the GymRat CHALLENGE, by attracting basketball teams, athletes and visitors from outside of New York State to the Capital Region while simultaneously raising awareness of the Capital Region as a major sports event destination.
Basilica Hudson Destination
Expanded Basilica Hudson
Destination Basilica Hudson will host and promote over 35 culutural [sic] programs and events to attract new and repeat visitors, from downstate and beyond NYS, to continue to build interest and visibility for Hudson and the Hudson Valley for visitors from near and far.
South Front Street
Holdings LLC Red Barn Hudson
South Front Street Holdings LLC will create a new destination, RED BARN HUDSON a year round Farm & Flea marketplace, a full-service restaurant + grab & go cafe, a new destination for the Mid-Hudson Region. Showcasing and celebrating the abundant talent of the Hudson Valley, and serving as a gateway to the region, it will be a dynamic, active, year-round creative hub and marketplace.
Saratoga Performing Arts Center Multi-Media Marketing Campaign
Saratoga Performing Arts Center will increase cultural tourism to Saratoga Springs and the Captial [sic] Distriction [sic] overall, by creating and executing an integrated marketing campaign (TV, Digital/Social, Print, Outdoor) by promoting it as a world class arts and culture destination to travel decision makers in suburban communities.
CENTRAL NEW YORK REGION
NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center Marketing Plan
The City of Auburn will develop and implement new branding, marketing and destination events for the new NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center in Auburn. The Center is a heritage-tourism promotion center that communicates the pioneering role that the State has played in the ongoing quest for Equal Rights and acts as a visitor launching pad for visitors to discover Equal Rights attractions throughout New York State.
Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego
CNY Arts, Inc. Arts Marketing Campaign 2019
CNY Arts will market Central New York’s array of arts, culture, and heritage activities as a strong opportunity for tourists visiting friends and family to create meaningful memories. These funds will be used to support this region’s arts and entertainment collaborative marketing platform that showcases CNY’s arts, entertainment, and cultural events..
New York State Rhythm and Blues Festival Inc
27th New York State Blues Festival
The New York State Rhythm and Blues Festival, Inc. will come alive in June 2019 when local, regional and national blues acts come together for our 27th NY State Blues Festival in Downtown Syracuse. In a real spirit of “community”, volunteers and local/regional companies provide support, offering fans who travel from out of the area a unique travel destination with a weekend full of amazing music.
Genesee Country Village & Museum
Genesee Country Village & Museum Agritourism Marketing
Genesee Country Village & Museum will use the grant funds to increase targeted tourism marketing efforts throughout the Northeast U.S., Canada and select other countries as well as further promote and expand visitor engagement opportunities at three core agritourism programs. These efforts will grow the number of non-local visitors to the site and the Finger Lakes region, producing a broad economic impact.
Rochester Fringe Festival
Downtown Community Interactive Arts Experience
The Rochester Fringe Festival will host and promote the U.S. Premiere of “PEARL” by Plasticiens Volants, a world-renowned company of artists who will tell a spectacular story using giant inflated puppets, unfolding along city streets and culminating in a finale in the heart of Downtown. Rochester Fringe Festival will bring interactive community performing arts to downtown Rochester.
Rochester Fringe Festival Inc.
The Rochester Fringe Festival will bring to downtown Rochester two world-class shows created especially for the city, which willl [sic] feature unique settings and local history.
Arts ACIP $28,800
THIS IS NOT AN I LOVENY AWAR BUT IT DOES MENTION LOCAL HISTORY
Rochester Museum &Science Center
Strasenburgh Planetarium Star Projector
The Rochester Museum and Science Center will use grant funds to purchase a new star projector for the Strasenburgh Planetarium renovation.
Special Touch Bakery Inc.
Special Touch Bakery Expansion and Outreach
Special Touch Bakery will increase its marketing for their NYS made products and inspire visitation with a feature guideded [sic] factory tour. Additionally, the grant funds will be used co-promote events with regional food and beverage partners further increasing awareness of New York’s Finger Lakes region.
Family Market Tourism Campaign Continuation
Visit Rochester will produce a major tourism program to attract families to the Rochester area is expanding this spring. The program, titled “Bring The Family. Closer.” is projected to attract 4,000 families to the Finger Lakes Region over the next two years.
New York Kitchen
New York Kitchen Campus Development
New York Kitchen will use the funds to support needed facility improvements and a new agritourism marketing program both of which will increase visitation to this tourism destination and the overall Finger Lakes Region.
LONG ISLAND REGION
Tough Mudder Inc.
Tough Mudder Long Island 2019
Tough Mudder Inc. will use grant funds to support the production and operations of the “Tough Mudder Long Island” sporting event, an 8-10 mile obstacle course designed to test participants strength, stamina, teamwork, and mental grit and increasing visitation to the Long Island region.
New York Professional Surfing Competition
The World Surf League will use grant funds to promote Long Island and New York State to fans and viewers worldwide, highlighting the region as a world-class family surfing and coastal destination by launching a landmark professional surfing competition.
Nassau, Suffolk
Discover Long Island
Discover Long Island (DLI) International Marketing Initiative
Discover Long Island will be expanding its cooperative partnership with NYC & Co. in Canada and Australia and continuing its promotional efforts in Germany and the United Kingdom. The campaigns will include digital marketing, collateral development, trade show participation and in-market professional contracts and events.
LGBT Network Pride on the Beach 2019
LGBT Network will use grant funds to leverage a tourism surge from World Pride, Stonewall 50 through the coordination and marketing of World Pride Long Island, a weeklong series of attractions including its Pride on the Beach weekend & new Pride Week activities. A digital domestic marketing and advertising effort promoting Long Island’s ecotourism and agritourism assets will drive out-of-state LGBT tourism to Long Island.
East End Tourism Alliance
“Seasons of Reasons”- East End of Long Island Tourism Promotions
East End Tourism Alliance will provide common promotional themes for the East End of Long Island, defined and scheduled seasonally, to have a stronger and more consistent regional branding impact on potential visitors. The program will will emphasize promotional themes that work particularly well in the shoulder seasons and outside of peak tourism periods.
Ward Melville Heritage Organization
Celebrating a Legacy: Tourism Marketing Plan
The Ward Melville Heritage Organization will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Ward Melville Heritage Organization and the Long Island Museum to generate new awareness of Stony Brook Village by attracting visitors to a full, year-long program of activities, including tours of its Revolutionary era assets and themed events highlighting the village’s cultural importance both past and present.
Winship Media
Long Island Wine Country Direct Marketing Tours
Winship Media, together with the Long Island Wine Council, will create a new series of educational tourism activities that will drive new direct sales opportunities for Long Island wineries and help reinforce the state’s efforts to promote its craft beverage industry by increasing the number of well-informed, local product advocates throughout the New York City metro area.
MID-HUDSON REGION
Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, Westchester
Dove Art Trail Legacy Connector Project
Sullivan County Visitors Association will undertake a marketing project that will link the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival to Mid-Hudson and Catskill Regional tourism experiences through thematic itineraries and travel packages by using multiple modes of transportation as connectors.
Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Ulster, Westchester
Hudson Valley Tourism Inc.
Discover Hudson Valley
The Hudson Valley Tourism Region and New York Stewart International Airport have formed a partnership to encourage international and domestic travelers to choose New York and the Region as their travel destination. Through this partnership a comprehensive marketing plan was created including outreach to new international tour operators supported by an aggressive advertising campaign.
City Winery Hudson Valley
City Winery is acquiring the historic 22-acre Montgomery Worsted Mills. The first phase of construction on this beautiful 120-year site will be to centralize its national winemaking operations, accompanied by a tasting room and cafe.
Storm King Art Center Marketing Project
Storm King Art Center will develop and implement a marketing project that will highlight new public transportation options for visitors, in an effort to increase visitation in an environmentally friendly and strategic manner. The project will also highlight other regional tourist attractions.
Arrowood Farms
Arrowood Farm Brewery Expansion Project
Arrowood Farms will expand production capacity, reduce product costs, and implement a marketing plan that will bring additional visitors to the farm. This will allow the business to meet increased demand, expand distribution and create new jobs.
Defying Labels: Lyndhurst Marketing Plan
Lyndhurst, a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, will launch a comprehensive marketing plan to promote the State-funded restoration of its historic lower landscape. Opening events will highlight philanthropist Helen Gould and Madam C. J. Walker’s efforts to empower immigrant women and women of color with economic independence in the early 20th century.
Wolf Conservation Center
Education Pavilion
The Wolf Conservation Center will build a new Education Pavilion, to promote conservation by teaching about wolves, their relationship to the environment and the human role in protecting their future. The new tourism destination will also offer programs and special events to visitors to the Mid-Hudson Region.
MOHAWK VALLEY REGION
Kids Oneida Inc.
Utica Childrens [sic] Museum ReImagined
Kids Oneida will use the funds to relocate and renovate the Utica Children’s Museum, in order to establish itself as a premier tourist destination, thereby increasing visitation to this tourism attraction and the overall region.
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute
Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Dreihaus Collection
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute will use grant funds to support an expanded marketing plan for the exhibition of “Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Dreihaus Collection,” on view from June 15, 2019 through September 1, 2019 at MWPAI Museum of Art in Utica.
Rock & Roll Icons Exhibition and Celebrity Programming
Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown will use grant funds for strategic branding and marketing initiatives to promote a major rock & roll exhibit, featuring photographic portraits of the biggest rock stars of the 20th century, and to publicize live concerts, film screenings, and talks from music industry insiders, further establishing the museum as a key destination for visitors to Central New York.
Red Shed Brewery
Red Shed Brewery Brew Experience NY
Red Shed Brewery Brew Experience NY will promote tourism and the craft brewing industry in Otsego County through a tap room and kitchen renovation and new concert venue hosting quarterly events. In addition, a week long brew experience will be developed in Cherry Valley, NY to create a destination for visitors to immerse themselves in learning about NY craft brewing.
The Farmers’ Museum
Craft Brewing Exhibition and Signature Event, Hopsego
The Farmers Museum in Cooperstown will utilize grant funds, through a strategic branding and marketing initiative, to publicize a new craft brew-themed exhibit, expand the museum’s signature summer event, Hopsego, and bolster the unique craft brewing and hops programs in its 19th-century historic village, further establishing the museum as a key destination for tourists in Central New York.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame
Top Nine Artifacts to See Program
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will create and promote a ‘Top Nine Artifacts for Your Favorite Team’ marketing program, connecting fans to their favorite team and driving additional visitation to the tourism destination and overall region.
Universal Hip Hop Museum
The Universal Hip Hop Museum/BronxPoint
The Universal Hip Hop Museum will undertake a capital project to build the only state chartered educational museum focused on the preservation of the Hip-Hop culture, located at Bronx Point in the Lower Grand Concourse area and is the cornerstone of scholarly research, preservation and activity for NYC and beyond.
Womens [sic] Housing and Economic Development Corporation
Bronx Music Hall – This is Bronx Music
The Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corporation will produce the Bronx Music Hall Grand Opening to celebrate the kick-off of the new Bronx Music Hall in the South Bronx. This world-class event will strengthen tourism, attract 600+ visitors, feature at least four highly acclaimed music artists and/or bands, and announce the arrival of the Bronx Music Hall as a new destination for New Yorkers and visitors alike.
Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation
Bedford Stuyvesant Tourism Development Plan
Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation seeks to develop the tourism potential of Central Brooklyn, the focus of the project is the creation of a comprehensive Feasibility Study/Tourism Marketing Plan to develop tourism in Central Brooklyn. The project will particularly emphasize music, dance, theater, visual arts and healthy living. In addition, the project calls for the production and enhanced marketing of a couple of high-visibility events – the Restoration Rocks music festival and the Annual 10K Run.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Marketing
Brooklyn Botanic Garden will be completing a decade long series of capital campaign projects, representing the most significant renewal in the Garden’s 108-year history, with enhancements throughout its 52 acres. Brooklyn Botanic Garden will use a tourism marketing campaign to introduce new audiences, regionally, domestically and internationally to a new and improved botanic garden.
Children’s Museum of Manhattan
Children’s Museum of Manhattan: A Durable Tourist Attraction
The Children’s Museum of Manhattan will use the grant funds to assist in restoration of the exterior of a 1903 landmark building to be the Children’s Museum of Manhattan’s new home. This will create a structurally stable, watertight envelope, repair façade deterioration, and protect the building from continued damage. The new museum will be a beacon for family tourists and double annual attendance.
Heritage of Pride
World Pride 2019 and Stonewall 50 Marketing Campaign
Heritage of Pride will develop and promote an entire month of programming and events tied to NYC Pride as NYC will be welcoming the world for the first WorldPride to be hosted in the United States to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising.
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
Major Capital Investment Project
La MaMa embarks on a capital investment to renovate a multi-building complex in the East Village. Once completed, the project will enable La MaMa to expand its programs, increase services to the community, improve visitor access & comfort, and bring the aged complex into a new state of being for NY’s last remaining original Off-Off Broadway theatre.
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art
Stonewall 50 and World Pride NYC Marketing Plan
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art will use funds to support the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising and World Pride. Leslie-Lohman Museum, the world’s only LGBTQ art museum, presents “Art after Stonewall,” the first major exhibition to examine the impact of the LGBTQ civil rights movement on the art world accompanied by educational experiences and programming that connects the world of LGBTQ art to the residents and visitors of New York.
NewYork [sic] Historical Society
Equality and Justice for All: New Museum Educational Galleries
New-York Historical Society will establish a dedicated gallery space throughout the Museum to exhibitions exploring topics of freedom, race, equality, and civil rights in America. The state-of-the-art galleries will primarily explore the long struggle of African Americans for full rights as citizens with future exhibitions widening the lens to include other marginalized groups.
NORTH COUNTRY REGION
The Fort Ticonderoga Association
Ticonderoga Marketing
Fort Ticonderoga will use the grant funds to develop and implement a marketing plan to showcase Fort Ticonderoga as a cultural and historical landmark with both world-class collections and exhibits that will bring tourists from all over to the region.
Essex, Franklin
LPEC Quality Destination Inc. Empire State Winter Games
LPEC Quality Destination, Inc. will be hosting the 2019 Empire State Winter Games – Go Global event. In its 39th year, the Games will bring together athletes from across NYS, Northeastern US, Canada, and beyond to compete in over 30 winter sports events.
Adirondack Sky Center
Astroscience Center Tourism Capital and Marketing Project
Adirondack Sky Center will cover partial funding for site preparations and construction work for the AstroScience Center, and tourism marketing and communications, including the Adirondack Sky Festival -a new special annual event celebrating Adirondack Skies, in partnership with The Wild Center.
Pendragon Theatre
Pendragon Theater – Relocation Capital Project
Pendragon Theatre will repurpose a downtown Saranac Lake building to create a state-of-the-art theatre facility on an under-utilized site, providing more activities for tourists and reinforcing downtown redevelopment.
LUMA Projection Arts LLC
LUMA NY Waterways Mist Projection
LUMA Projection Arts LLC will develop and promote “LUMA NY Waterways Mist Projection”, LUMA Projection Arts Festival’s newest feature to hypnotize and inspire the city of Binghamton and increase visitiaton [sic] to the overall Finger Lakes region.
Catskill Revitalization Corporation
Day Out With Thomas the Tank Engine at the Delaware and Ulster Railroad
Catskill Revitalization Corporation will present, “Thomas the Tank Engine” at the Delaware and Ulster Railroad (DURR) in Arkville during the summer of 2019. The eight-day, two-weekend long event is expected to attract 10,000 riders in addition to several thousand more people for event-related activities.
Aprile Ventures LLC
Glamping at Watkins Glen
Aprile Ventures LLC will develop a world-class Glamping destination and Craft beverage venue. As part of its innovative multi-regional strategy, the “Glamping at Watkins Glen” project will support tourism, enhance the outdoor experience for visitors and promote awareness of the abundance of natural beauty, cultural attractions, and resources that New York has to offer.
International Out-of-State Traveler Campaign 2019
Watkins Glen International will create and promote a marketing plan to attract out-of-state travelers to the Southern Tier’s largest weekend sporting event, NASCAR at The Glen.
Schuyler, Tompkins
Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce
The Apple of Our Eye Elevating the Reputation of New Yorks [sic] Craft Cider
Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce will promote agriculinary tourism experiences year-round with a focus on quality craft cider producers, authentic farm visits and expanding seasonal anchor events like Apple Harvest Festival, Finger Lakes Cider Week, Open Farm Days Weekend and Press Bay Holiday Market with the goal of becoming the Craft Cider Capital of NYS.
The Corning Museum of Glass
Make Your Own Glass (MYOG) Expansion Capital Project
The Corning Museum of Glass will expand The Studio and the Make Your Own Glass workshop, creating the international comprehensive center for artists, students, and visitors working with glass. This will provide an opportunity for The Corning Museum of Glass visitors of all ages and skill levels to have exciting, memorable, new, and unique experiences trying many types of glass working.
Dunkirk Local Development Corporation
Dunkirk Great Lakes Grand Prix Boat Races
The Dunkirk Offshore Grand Prix is a new-to-New York State, internationally televised powerboat race that will bring excitement to the City of Dunkirk on the beautiful shores of Lake Erie. The event will feature racing, live music, food, and more, attracting tens of thousands of visitors to the region and highlighting all of the great things that Western New York has to offer.
Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens
Botanical Gardens Facilities Project
The Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens Society, Inc. is a premier cultural destination in
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The Dunkirk Wingate and Recreation Center Project will feature a new eighty-three room, nationally branded hotel, restaurant, distillery, beer garden, swimming pool, and outdoor recreation center both facilitating existing tourist experiences and attracting new tourists to Chautauqua County.
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Visit Buffalo Niagara’s Buffalo Wing Trail is a guide to twelve of the most iconic bars, taverns and pubs around Buffalo serving the city’s culinary creation. The Buffalo Wing Trail Marketing Initiative will enable this area to implement an integrated marketing campaign to raise the awareness of Buffalo and Western NY’s to foodie travelers.
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From Rivers to Rainbows – WorldPride 2019
Destination Niagara USA and Dutchess Tourism have entered into a partnership with New York City, who is hosting WorldPride June 2019. Grant funds will be used to support a marketing plan with the goal to leverage the momentum of the expected 3 million visitors to the event, inspiring them to explore more of New York State including Dutchess and Niagara counties.
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International Journal of Digital Peace and Security
Inaugural call for papers
Dependability of digital systems and services has become an acute global concern. Rifts in access to, use, and impact of these technologies are affecting not only development and prosperity but also international stability and security.
International Journal of Digital Peace and Security (IJDPS, ISSN 2674-3221) will provide peer-reviewed, internationally circulated, policy-relevant analysis and recommendations on these issues. Our target audience comprises international and national policy and decision-makers, scholars, and students of technology-related international peace and security problems.
The first issue of IJDPS examines digital peace and security and investigates ways in which it can be achieved. How to employ advances in digital technologies in support of development, prosperity and justice? How to accomplish and maintain sustainable peace in the conditions of critical dependence on digital technologies? What peace-and-security grade societal and political challenges result from the development and use of digital technologies? What disciplines and mechanisms can be used to overcome them? Does the currently prominent cybersecurity discourse, or other technology-centric dialogues, adequately frame and cover relevant issues? How to build a (more) comprehensive, yet manageable, international digital peace and security agenda? Which technological developments and market trends should be included in global, regional and national digital governance? How should leaders scope and focus the issue(s) of digital peace and security?
IJDPS welcomes full articles (4000-6000 words), essays and comments (2000-3000 words) that focus on digital peace and security issues and solutions of international relevance and magnitude. We invite scalable approaches and angles that contextualize the identified issues and proposed solutions in current or anticipated global, regional and domestic affairs. Submissions are to make an interdisciplinary contribution (e.g. legal-policy, policy-tech, sociology-security). Isolated or narrowly focused legal, policy, technical or sociological analysis will not be accepted.
Submission and publishing schedule:
Call for papers opens 25 October 2019
Interested authors send outline/abstract (300-500 words) by 30 November 2019
Decisions on acceptance of abstracts by 15 December 2019
Draft articles (Harvard style) submitted by 31 March 2020
Results of the peer review by 30 April 2020
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Please send all submissions and inquiries to drafts@ijdps.org
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Web Exclusive: A Conversation with Samuel Gray Anderson on Nick Cave
Mary Kenagy Mitchell | Issue 86
Mary Kenagy Mitchell
In Image issue 86, filmmaker Samuel Gray Anderson writes about darkly poetic rocker Nick Cave—and how a nice guy became a fan of such violent, discordant music.
Image: You write that you sometimes describe the last decade of your life like this: ten years ago you were a U2 fan and now you’re a partisan of Nick Cave. If a person wanted to start listening to Cave, where would you recommend she start?
SGA: The Boatman’s Call is his most highly regarded album, and undeniably great. But the double album Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus gives more of a taste of Cave’s full range as an artist—at times tender, at times confrontational, with reflections on belief, despair, and the artist’s vocation that swing from sincerity to corrosive irony. The album that was made from the following Abattoir Blues tour is a great introduction to both his force as a live performer and some great standards from earlier in his career.
Image: You write about how Cave, like U2, has a relationship with Christianity that plays out in the music. But where U2 offers you an enchanted world that feeds your ambition, you write, “the music of Nick Cave feeds on my doubts, giving me a means by which to harrow them and turn them toward a new purpose.” Can you talk a little bit about what you mean by “harrow”? It’s an interesting word choice.
SGA: I don’t feel that I can rest easy with Cave’s music. Especially when he is at his most transgressive, he is constantly pushing us as listeners to question why these songs appeal to us, what that reveals about us. And many times I find that what the songs appeal to in me is the suspicion—and the fear—that it is chaos much more than order that governs life, and that there is no benevolent God who will speak through my delusions and guide me onto the right path. But his songs also have a way of troubling this despair—which could, after all, become its own comfortable conviction—and prodding me to rage against accepting all that appears senseless or unredeemable about the world as the final word. I think that is what I mean by harrow—not letting fallow ground lie untouched, but working back over it (and often this is hard and unrewarding work) with the conviction that it could one day produce a bountiful harvest.
Image: You describe yourself a nice guy. Do you think nice people have a particular attraction to art that’s dark or violent or bleak or makes us look at things that are ugly or painful? And if so, why?
SGA: I wonder if the answer depends on how at ease a person feels with the label “nice guy” or “nice gal.” I often feel that being nice is more of a mask that I hide behind, a safe way of relating to the world, than a genuine expression of my self, whatever that might be. It’s not exactly an attempt to fool people, but is often a ruse for avoiding conflict, and perhaps comes out of a naïve belief that if I just keep from troubling anyone or anything, I won’t have to worry about experiencing anything truly dark or shattering myself.
Cultivating an affinity for dark art may be another way of trying to keep anything truly traumatic at bay. But it is for me also a means of seeking encounters that could shatter my complacency. I place much more value on those artists who seek to confront me rather than simply entertain me through shock or transgression. Sometimes they do it by going to particularly dark or violent places, as Nick Cave often does, and as some of my favorite filmmakers do—David Lynch, Claire Denis, R.W. Fassbinder. But other times, I think they do this through aesthetic play and philosophical questioning, like Godard and Pasolini. In all, I find that the works of such artists allow me—or force me—to question whether being nice is really the goal of life, and whether achieving acclaim is the goal of work. They appeal to a conviction that art should be as much about troubling us as providing entertainment or exalted encounters with beauty. And—perhaps most troubling to me—they stir the desire to make art of my own that provokes outrage, disgust, or discomfort if the situation calls for it.
Image: With Lee Isaac Chung, you wrote the script for the critically acclaimed film Munyurangabo, which deals with the legacy of the Rwandan genocide. Your most recent project with Chung, I Have Seen My Last Born, is a documentary also set in Rwanda. How did that come about? Did you always have a sense, after Munyurangabo, that there was more of the Rwandan story you wanted to explore?
SGA: We didn’t know after Munyurangabo if we would go back to Rwanda to make a film; there were some things closer to home that we wanted to address. But Isaac in particular remained active in Rwanda throughout the intervening years, and a couple of years ago we started to discuss the idea of returning to make another film, one that might witness things about the contemporary reality there that can’t be defined by the legacy of the genocide. It was in the process of researching a potential fiction project (which we have since, unfortunately, set aside) that we made I Have Seen My Last Born, an intimate portrait of our close friend John Kwezi, who was a central collaborator on Munyurangabo.
Image: Your film projects seem often to deal with memory and regret. Are there other artists besides Cave whose treatment of those themes has influenced you?
SGA: I stumbled onto Proust when I was a teenager, and for both good and ill he has been an enduring influence ever since. I still have yet to encounter work from another artist that has given such a strong sense of simultaneously describing and creating my inner experience as I read (or watched). Few words are etched in my imagination as clearly as these from the conclusion of Swann’s Way: “(T)he memory of a certain image is but the regret of a certain moment.”
I have a strong memory, which can be a blessing and a curse. It is often accompanied by a vague but pervasive sense of regret, for things lost, things left undone. Alongside Proust, artists who have most aided me in cultivating an understanding of these aspects of myself are Philip Roth and the filmmaker Philippe Garrel. They’re similar to Proust in the way that they often make of art a deeply personal play of experience, memory, and, at times, regret. They all model a certain freedom in relation to these things, which I aspire to but don’t feel I have achieved. Memory can be a rich field of exploration, but also a kind of sickness, if all it does is feed regret; I would like in the future to make work that turns both memory and its regrets to new purposes, as I feel these artists do. I am also interested in looking beyond these things to time and its effects on us; memory and regret are perhaps simply two intertwined ways we reckon with these effects.
Image: In the essay you talk about how becoming a father two years ago produced a significant change in how you saw your vocation as an artist, and in the way you respond to art. Your son is six months older now than when you first wrote that. What else has changed for you as he’s grown?
SGA: I could only give an adequate answer through an artwork, one that achieves the impossible task of capturing my son, and my relationship to him, at each moment of his life. Then maybe I would see the secret pattern of these moments, which is always at least two steps ahead of my understanding. I often feel that nothing and everything has changed. Perhaps I could sum it all up by saying that there is now no way that I could see my life without his.
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Identification of High Car-Truck Crash Corridors on North Carolina Interstate Roadways
Council, F.M., R. Srinivasan, and B. Hejazi
The US Federal Highway Administrations (FHWAs) Highway Safety Information System (HSIS) project includes three basic components (1) the acquisition of annual crash, roadway inventory, traffic and other safety data files from seven states and two local jurisdictions, (2) the preparation of these data into research-usable formats and the on-request distribution of subsets of these data to researchers both inside the US DOT and across the nation for use in their research studies, and (3) the use of these data by HSIS project team researchers in research tasks that support FHWA or companion agencies. In this case, the HSIS research team was requested by Dr. Michael Griffith, Director of FMCSAs Office of Research and Analysis, to conduct a project which would identify NC Interstate corridors which exhibit a higher than normal number of injury or fatal crashes involving cars and commercial vehicles. (North Carolina is one of the states in the HSIS system, and HSIS contains NC data from 1985 2005.) These identified sites could then be used as potential treatment sites in an enforcement program that is to be conducted by the North Carolina State Highway Patrol (SHP), the Motor Carrier Enforcement Administration Section of the SHP and FMCSA. This enforcement program may be modeled after the Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT) program conducted in Washington State. The details of that program can be found at http://www.wa.gov/wtsc/programs/trucks/blomberg_final_tact_report.pdf. This current research effort is only related to one component of the overall TACT effort the identification of potential sites (corridors) where the enforcement treatment may be implemented and corridors which might be used as comparison sites in a program evaluation. The following narrative will describe how these potential corridors were identified and the results of the effort the corridor locations. An attempt is being made to make this as non-technical as possible (given that the process used is indeed somewhat technical in a statistical sense). Additional technical details will be included in appendices to this report.
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Research reports are often summarized in executive summaries, technical briefs, or other abbreviated formats. Included here are those road safety summaries that involved research using HSIS data.
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Impact Testing and Research
HSL possesses a range of world class facilities for small- and large-scale impact testing and high strain rate testing.
We conduct impact testing both for private industry and as the laboratory of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Examples of the types of projects we have worked on for our clients include:
Crashworthiness of railway vehicles
Impact resistance of fuel tanks (automotive, plant, rail, etc.)
High speed impact testing of composite structures for the aerospace industry
Regulatory testing of transport containers for nuclear fuel
The performance of lifting slings under dynamic loading
The dynamic performance of wire ropes and chains
The dynamic tensile strength of webbings (such as those used in fall arrest lanyards)
This unrivalled combination of facilities, experience and expertise means that HSL's Impact Research facilities can fulfil almost any type of safety-related impact work in areas such as crashworthiness, secondary damage and regulatory testing.
Demonstrating our commitment to quality assurance, HSL is ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 18001 accredited.
Impact Testing Facilities
The impact testing and high strain rate testing facilities provided 'off-the-shelf' by HSL include the longest gravity impact track in Europe, indoor and outdoor drop test facilities, and high velocity projectile delivery systems (gas guns).
All samples and prototypes tested in HSL's facilities can be instrumented with strain gauges, accelerometers, pressure transducers and load cells as required. Displacements can be measured directly using high speed video, line scan cameras and photo-electric sensors. High resolution laser scans can be provided pre- and post- impact to assist in understanding any deformations or damage that occurs.
Gas Gun High Velocity Projectile Delivery Systems
Our 25mm bore gas gun can test projectile masses typically ranging from 1g to 1kg at speeds up to Mach 1, with the potential for more depending upon requirements. The gas gun enclosure has two ports for high speed video that can enable co-efficient of restitution calculations.
This facility can be used for test coupons, whilst a large enclosure also allows us to test components.
Main Impact Track
Our 265 metre main impact track consists of a single railway with two pairs of rails (outer and inner gauge)which run down profiled banks on either side of a valley into a flat section - the impact area - at the valley floor.
The track can be used in single or dual truck configurations which is ideal for impact testing, collision testing, shock testing, high strain rate testing, wire rope testing and other compressive or tensile tests. For example, when two trucks are used on the facility: a hammer truck runs on the outer gauge track and a sample bearing truck runs on the inner.
The railway impact track has a 4MJ maximum impact energy rating.
Haulage Impact Track
Adjacent to the main impact track facility is a slightly narrower gauge haulage impact track. Originally designed for testing haulage vehicles used in mines, this facility can also be used for impact and crashworthiness testing.
Indoor 10 Tonne Drop Rig
HSL's indoor vertical drop tower has a 10-tonne capacity hoist and a variable drop height up to a maximum for 4 metres. The rig's vertical height control and drop release system is accurate to 1mm. This means that the indoor drop tower is perfect for lower speed impact tests (impact velocities up to 8m/s) in precisely controlled conditions.
The indoor tower can also be used for high strain rate tests on, for example, webbings that might be used in fall arrest equipment.
Instrumented Falling Weight Impact Tester
Our guided drop impact test machine is suited to testing small objects with drop masses up to 25kg at impact speeds up to 20m/s. This equipment offers high resolution control and repeatability of tests with immediate post-processing of data. It also provides the facility to conducts tests under different environmental conditions ranging from -100OC to 250OC.
25 metre Drop Tower
For faster impact speeds, HSL possesses a drop tower which offers a drop height variability of up to 25 metres and the flexibility to accommodate a variety of instrumentation packages.
This drop tower is suitable for testing objects up to 1 tonne, giving impact energy of up to 240kJ at speeds of up to 20m/s.
Seismic Block/Unyielding Surface
For drop tests involving high mass objects, a 160 tonne, 4x4x4 metre concrete cube faced with a 50mm steel plate is available for use as an 'unyielding' drop target. The steel plate has been vacuum grouted to the 4 metre deep concrete block below. Pre-tensioned anchor bars fit through the steel plate to ensure that it is attached solidly to the concrete.
This facility has been used for the regulatory testing of prototype transport containers by the nuclear industry. For this testing, impact energies of around 150kJ were used, but this block is sufficiently strong to support significantly higher impact energies.
Further impact testing facilities
Plastic fuel tank testing
UN ECE Regulation 34 (Prevention of Fire Risks) has an annex which describes tests to be performed on fuel tanks made from plastic. The requirements of the Regulation are intended to ensure that plastic fuel tanks can tolerate the extremes conditions they might be exposed to.
The test requirements are:
to strike the tank (full of antifreeze and at -40°C), with a pyramid shaped impactor on a pendulum;
to pressurise the tank (full of water) to 0.3 bar, at +53°C, for 5 hours;
to monitor fuel losses over 8 weeks from a (half full) sealed tank at +40°C (after 4 weeks of preconditioning);
to expose three fuel tanks, (half filled with fuel), to petrol fires for 1 minute directly, and 1 minute through a screen;
and to hold the tank, (half filled with water), at +95°C for one hour.
HSL has invested in the necessary test equipment to perform these tests.
We also possess a Pendulum Rig that can be used for the impact testing of panels, and a Rosand machine which is suitable for laboratory-scale impact research such as fracture toughness testing.
In addition to these impact facilities, HSL provides world-class expertise in related disciplines including safety engineering; materials science; specialist photography including precision laser scanning and 3D CAD modelling; wind tunnel measurements and fire and explosion studies.
Contact us to find out more about HSL's Impact Testing capabilities
To discuss your impact testing or high strain rate testing requirements, or for more information on the services provided by HSL, please contact
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PHOTOS: Hong Kong police storm university held by protesters
Police in riot gear move through a cloud of smoke as they detain a protester at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, Nov. 18, 2019. (Photo: Ng Han Guan/AP)
Police breached a Hong Kong university campus held by protesters early Monday after an all-night siege that included firing repeated barrages of tear gas and water cannons.
Anti-government protesters have barricaded themselves inside Hong Kong Polytechnic University for days. Police surrounded the area Sunday night and began moving in after issuing an ultimatum for people to leave the area. The crowd wore raincoats and carried umbrellas to shield themselves.
Riot officers broke in one entrance before dawn as fires raged inside and outside the school, but they didn’t appear to get very far. Fiery explosions could be seen as protesters responded with gasoline bombs. Police, who have warned that everyone in the area could be charged with rioting, reportedly made a handful of arrests.
At daybreak, protesters remained in control of most of the campus. In one outdoor area, some demonstrators made gasoline bombs while others dozed while wearing gas masks. Two walked about with bows and quivers of arrows, while many stared at their smartphones.
Protestors stand amid smoke on a bridge over a highway leading to the Cross Harbour Tunnel in Hong Kong, Nov. 17, 2019. (Photo: Vincent Yu/AP)
A lull settled on the area as the president of the university said in a video message that that police have agreed to suspend their use of force.
Jin-Guang Teng said police would allow protesters to leave and he would accompany them to the police station to ensure their cases would be processed fairly.
“I hope that you will accept the proposed temporary suspension of force and leave the campus in a peaceful manner,” he said.
It seemed unlikely the protesters would accept the offer given that they would all likely be arrested.
A few hundred streamed out of the campus about 8:15 a.m. in an apparent bid to escape, but they were driven back by police tear gas. Some wearing gas masks calmly picked up smoking tear gas canisters and dropped them into heavy-duty bags, but the protesters decided to retreat with a phalanx of officers lined up across the road in the distance.
On Sunday, protesters used bows and arrows, and one arrow struck a media liaison officer in the calf. Photos on the department’s Facebook page show the arrow sticking out of the back of the officer’s leg through his pants.
Protestors hurl molotov cocktails as armored police vehicles approach their barricades on a bridge over a highway leading to the Cross Harbour Tunnel in Hong Kong, Nov. 17, 2019. (Photo: Kin Cheung/AP)
As riot police moved in from all sides, some protesters retreated inside the university. Others set fires on bridges leading to it.
A huge blaze burned along much of a long footbridge that connects a train station to the campus over the approach to the Cross-Harbour Tunnel, a major road under Hong Kong’s harbor that has been blocked by protesters for days.
The use of bows and arrows and gasoline bombs was a sharp escalation of violence by the protesters, who are trying to keep the pressure on Hong Kong leaders, who have rejected most of their demands.
The protests started peacefully in early June, sparked by proposed legislation that would have criminal suspects to be extradited to the mainland. But by the time the bill was withdrawn, the protests had hardened and broadened into a resistance movement against the territory’s government and Beijing.
Activists see the extradition bill as an example of Hong Kong’s eroding autonomy under Beijing rule since the 1997 handover from colonial power Britain. (AP)
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Police detain protesters who attempt to leave the campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) during clashes with police in Hong Kong, China Nov. 18, 2019. (Photo: Tyrone Siu/Reuters)
Protesters are sprayed with blue liquid from water cannon during clashes with police outside Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) in Hong Kong, China Nov. 17, 2019. (Photo: Thomas Peter/Reuters)
An anti-government protester uses a bow during clashes with police outside Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), in Hong Kong, China, Nov. 17, 2019. (Photo: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)
A protestor bangs a metal rod on a street sign during a confrontation at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, Nov. 17, 2019. (Photo: Kin Cheung/AP)
Protestors react as police fire tear gas near Hong Kong Polytechnic University after police gave protestors an ultimatum to leave the campus in Hong Kong, Nov. 17, 2019. (Photo: Vincent Yu/AP)
A fire burns near the campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, early Nov. 18, 2019. (Photo: Vincent Yu/AP)
A man on top of a bridge raises his fist shouting slogans as he's stopped by police while trying to escape the Hong Kong Polytechnic University campus in Hong Kong, Nov. 18, 2019. (Photo: Kin Cheung/AP)
Protestors react as police fire tear gas in the Kowloon area of Hong Kong, Nov. 18, 2019. (Photo: Vincent Yu/AP)
Protestors use a rope to lower themselves from a pedestrian bridge to waiting motorbikes in order to escape from Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the police in Hong Kong, Nov. 18, 2019. (Photo: Kin Cheung/AP)
Protesters clash with police as police fire teargas at them at the Hong Kong Poytechnic University on Nov. 17, 2019 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo: Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)
Protesters and police clash as on a bridge at The Hong Kong Poytechnic University on Nov. 17, 2019 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo: Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)
A protester attempts to extinguish a fire at the entrance of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University on Nov. 18, 2019 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo: Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)
Anti-government protesters walk past a fire during clashes with police at Hong Kong Polytechnic University on Nov. 18, 2019 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo: Laurel Chor/Getty Images)
Protesters run on a street during an attempt to leave The Hong Kong Polytechnic University on November 18, 2019 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo: Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)
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Home Fashion Priyanka and Nick are ‘People’ magazine’s Best Dressed for 2019
Priyanka and Nick are ‘People’ magazine’s Best Dressed for 2019
Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra (Photo: Facebook)
Los Angeles– Actress Priyanka Chopra and her musician husband Nick Jonas are “People” magazine’s Best Dressed of the Year, it was announced on Wednesday. This is the first time that the magazine has declared a couple as the winner of the prestigious title.
The list this year includes several uber-stylish celebrities including Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Zendaya, Celine Dion, Serena Williams and Billy Porter, Gemma Chan.
Priyanka and Nick have emerged as a celebrity power couple over the past few years. They have made for stylish photo-ops at various high-profile events including Met Gala and the Cannes Film festival this year.
“Their best fashion moments come when they choose clothing that speaks to each of them,” Priyanka’s stylist Mimi Cuttrell told “People”.
The edition with the complete list will hits newsstands in the United States on Friday.
On the work front, Priyanka has just signed her latest project, a Netflix adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s Man-Booker Prize winning novel “The White Tiger”. It stars Rajkummar Rao in a central role and is directed by Iranian-American filmmaker Ramin Bahrani. She also has Shonali Bose’s film, “The Sky Is Pink” lined up for release this year. (IANS)
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LOST EMBER Review – Everything Wants to Be Illuminated
Posted on November 22, 2019 November 22, 2019 by Indie-Game-Freak
Nintendo Switch, Sony Playstation 4, Microsoft XBox One, Windows PC, Mac, Steam
Mooneye Studios
LOST EMBER by Mooneye Studios
I have been down a rabbit hole reading works by Graham Harman, Ian Bogost and Timothy Morton concerned with the idea that all things factor in existence, not merely consciousness. This is called post-anthropocentrism, or object-oriented ontology (OOO for short).
It posits that the Cartesian notion found in quantum physics and philosophy that consciousness instantiates reality has dominated too long and that perhaps it is as archaic and myopic a notion as the Earth being flat.
Animism Animated
Because of this, my attention has been foveated towards those works that reflect this new school. I have seen it rising in games like Everything (inspired by the ideas of Alan Watts) and in VR pieces that have you switching from object to object to afford you the perspective of objects in the land – not exclusively characters in the play.
Don’t be misled into thinking that all this preamble is a pseudo-intellectual space-filler, for indeed LOST EMBER is a hybrid spiritual/post-human work that has you flitting between creatures of the land to solve territorial puzzles while unraveling a yarn about light beings not allowed into a kind of heaven until they possibly reckon with a karmic debt.
Virtual Samsara
This is explored via a series of faux-volumetric tableaus – of the kind that has become quite common in immersive media – revealing memories of a distant past wherein you were a kind of warrior who was killed for mysterious reasons.
Now your spirit has returned and inhabits a wolf. You can, however, transport your essence to a variety of other creatures, each with its intrinsic mode of locomotion, whimsy and access.
I don’t want to spoil the creatures you may inhabit, but I can report that they are varied and wonderful in their implementation.
What is going on at a higher level, however, is the idea that pure entities transcend to a kind of heaven, and the rest must return to an incarnation to reconcile their dharma. This idea that animals are manifestations of a soul reincarnating through different permutations until becoming human – or perhaps even sublime – is seen in the writing of the ancient Greek philosopher Herodotus and is, of course, pervasive in the Buddhist and Hindu religions.
Beauty and Impermanence
The experience of LOST EMBER is supported by a talented group of artists who have rendered an eye-popping world of representative nature and character design – I particularly love the almost carved-wood texture of the protagonist wolf – and a haunting and subdued score by Will Morton, John Broomhall and Dorian Behner.
The world is large and almost convincingly open, but ultimately this is a fairly linear narrative on rails, extended with collectible items and creative forms of interactivity. In short, this is a rich walking simulator, not an MMO or combat-driven game. Let’s just make that clear.
It is still a game, however, and possibly a very good one that will be remembered for years to come.
All Creatures Great and Small
There are problems, however, that may stem from its sheer ambition. Some animals burrow, some fly to a greater or lesser extent, some roll, some run quickly. Some are big, and some are small. I couldn’t help but think of the great animated film The Sword in the Stone, where the young Arthur ends up becoming many different animals to complete his quest, minus the anthropomorphism.
The developers had to solve how to ensure that one of the creatures necessary to traverse the landscape would always somehow be close enough to warp to and yet still feel natural in its movement.
If they were just sitting there prone and at your disposal at any time, then it would just feel artificial and contrived.
Sometimes, however, it can feel like waiting too long for a train to arrive. Nonetheless, the trains do eventually come. The world feels alive and somewhat intelligent. Again, a lot is going on here under the hood.
All these varied methods of locomotion can cause glitches. I often pierced walls I shouldn’t have and fell through the world.
At one point I kept stepping onto a grassy slope only to confirm that it wasn’t there. I forgave it for all the beauty in the complex level, which required me to flap my duck wings to get from sky-platform to platform.
I trust and hope that over time the devs will identify these areas and patch them.
Birds, Bees and alas…Bugs
Given that this game has been receiving generous accolades for its looks and originality since 2016, the bugs are less excusable and in fact a little worrisome! Clean up the mess, devs! Get in another round of QA testing, please.
(They are aware of the issues and even delayed the game. It is a matter of biting off a huge chunk, possibly more than they could chew.)
Let me say this, though: don’t let this important critique prevent you from experiencing the game if this is remotely in your area of interest. There is so much to enjoy here that you may forgive these problems.
Satori Must Be Something Just the Same
Besides all the transmogrifying rigmarole, there is a rather intriguing story arc about an ancient culture plagued with hardship that had to face powerful challenges to fight for its very survival.
Amazingly, the team that created LOST EMBER has managed to make these two overlapping elements feel unified.
LOST EMBER is not wholly unique, but it feels important. It is an experience that made me laugh, gasp, play, lean in and sigh. It had me snapping more screenshots than normal and taking some time to consider my next move. Despite its occasional bugginess, I forgive it, for it accomplishes so much in return.
Give it a go, but not without also affording some time to Everything, which may have heightened my experience further.
A VR mode is planned for future release.
LOST EMBER is available via the Nintendo Game Store, Sony Playstation Store, Microsoft Store, Steam and GOG.com.
Watch the official trailer for LOST EMBER below:
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Documentary Shorts
Crooked Candy (dir. Andrew Rodgers / 6 min.)
Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs are hugely popular all around the world but (oddly) illegal in the United States thanks to a quirk in FDA regulations. The film profiles someone who smuggles the eggs across the Canadian border and has even been caught by border patrol.
Elvis Loses His Excess & Other Tales From The World's Longest Yard Sale (dir. Riley Hooper / 18 min.)
Travel down US Highway 127 from Michigan to Alabama and meet the people at the world's longest yard sale -- an annual four-day, 690-mile exchange of not only goods, but also narratives.
A Park for the City (dir. Nicole Macdonald / 34 min.) coming soon...
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Alfred Jarry & Pataphysics (dir. Skizz Cyzyk / 2 min.)
In this 2 minute animated documentary, an oral report on French writer, Alfred Jarry, is given stop-motion treatment with the help of talking t-shirts, flip book pages, and time-lapse lino-cut printing.
The Chaperone 3D (dir. Fraser Munden / 12 min.)
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New guy here. Im glad I have found this site.
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by ThatGuyYouKnow on Thu Jan 05, 2017 1:36 am
So for years I have been a ME fan just like all of you here. About 2 years ago I really got into the IT. I did a lot of research, viewed a lot of vids and read a lot of theories. I love IT, but what caused me to search for this group was the absolute hate for it. I had joined a group about 6 months ago. It was a discussion group, but I soon learned that its only a discussion group for a certain group of people. IT is so hated and causes so much anger in people. Why? I have no idea and as a ME fan I just wanted to discuss all aspects of ME with like minds. When it come to IT that is just very hard to do. I couldn't believe the level of anger and frustration that come from those on the other side. My post got deleted, my comments got deleted and my discussions. So Im sure a lot of you have been here much longer. Why is IT so hated?
ThatGuyYouKnow
Re: New guy here. Im glad I have found this site.
by magnetite on Thu Jan 05, 2017 4:08 am
Bioware turned the non-ITers into these.
They rage like mindless husks, because they can't see past the literal version of the ending (what you see and hear is what you think is happening). All the "plot holes", "space magic", and other literal labels for the ending can be tossed away when you add IT to the picture because it all makes sense and the literal version doesn't.
Bioware successfully indoctrinated them in other words.
Location : Calgary, AB, Canada
by ThatGuyYouKnow on Thu Jan 05, 2017 11:05 pm
I have never seen anything like it. It just generates so much hate its crazy. In the group I tried discussing it others would immediately blow up once it was mentioned. Its almost childish actually. Me, I looked at a lot of things before I came to my conclusion. Whats also outrageous is those who hate IT so much don't actually even know what it is. This becomes obvious when you start discussing it with them. In a debate I at least research both sides, but those guys have no clue.
by WeAreHarbinger on Thu Jan 05, 2017 11:36 pm
IT is so hated because it rationalized a really shitty literal ending and made it all actually click into place quite neatly. It would of meant that a lot of people basically got trolled in a very meta way by the reapers. That when you look back over the course of the trilogy, all the evidence is there and they didn't pay attention.
It would of made people question a lot about how they observe, and how easy they are to manipulate. Also it would of made at least 2 out of the 3 choices, bad, shitty and defunct...so there's that.
WeAreHarbinger wrote: IT is so hated because it rationalized a really shitty literal ending and made it all actually click into place quite neatly. It would of meant that a lot of people basically got trolled in a very meta way by the reapers. That when you look back over the course of the trilogy, all the evidence is there and they didn't pay attention.
Yeah, I agree. I didn't like ME3 anywhere near as much as I liked 1 and 2. I remember when I beat the game for the first time and I was thinking to myself "what the hell just happened"? It just didn't make sense, the ending was just too weird. When that final encounter with harbinger happened I just knew something was off. IT makes it all fit and even make it more tolerable.
by Der Wahnsinn on Fri Jan 06, 2017 12:10 am
Willkommen, Nice to see another sane person. For me those "fans",bioderps, people who like the "ending?" ,you name it, are insane. So yeah, exactly full of hate no capable of seeing anything or ... whatever.
Pure Insane, they are some undeniable proofs for it, but what they are saying ? ... things like : " Shepard can't be indoctrinated because I'm Shepard and I'm not Indoctrinated" (something like that I've read that somewhere on that forum) . It shows you what kind of people are they.
I was a user of BSN for a long time, that was pure circus of stupidity. You know that's something totally different, those people like you said are not going to discuss with you just...... ban ... Usually when people are fans of some title they like to disscuss with each other about many things, they disagree or whatever, but not ban each other. It's like speaking with wall.
We all agree that Mass Effect is not another episode of Dragon Ball Z. If ending is literally then Shepard should be dead... end of disscussion but at the end, at the very end he/she surivies all that things (yeah I'm talking about destroy option). IT says all, but no they are going to ban you and are going to say incredible bullshit, how it is possible to survive reaper LASER ( YES HUGE FUCKING LASER THAT CAN DESTROY HUGE FUCKING SPACESHIP) , then how it is possible to survive HUGE FUCKING BLAST yes another huge fucking deadly thing......ok enough I know to much swearing but bioderps are denying whole medcine...
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by ThatGuyYouKnow on Fri Jan 06, 2017 12:33 am
Der Wahnsinn wrote: Willkommen, Nice to see another sane person. For me those "fans",bioderps, people who like the "ending?" ,you name it, are insane. So yeah, exactly full of hate no capable of seeing anything or ... whatever.
Lol. With you. The laser, the eyes when you pick control or synthesis, the fact that Shep survives, the obvious signs of indoctrination taking place all through ME3, the abdominal bullet wound that only appears after Shep shooting Anderson, the fact that Anderson was even there and so much more. It is just too much to dismiss. What is also ironic is they will say that was debunked. Then I ask them how and thats when the anger comes out. Meanwhile they never answer the questions lol.
by magnetite on Fri Jan 06, 2017 4:54 am
I remember some guy saying indoctrination doesn't create dreams, and I told him that it wasn't a dream, it was presented as "in your mind" but not as a dream.
I'll have to find the quote on how he worded it.
Here: (second post)
-2- You do know that Indoctrination does NOT work the way IT is saying it works right?
-The codex is VERY specific on what indoctrination is and does. And the codex tells us that indoctrination does NOT create dreams, does not trick people, and is not breakable.
Heh, okay. I guess he might think this way if he literally reads the codex word for word.
by Der Wahnsinn on Fri Jan 06, 2017 4:27 pm
ThatGuyYouKnow wrote: Lol. With you. The laser, the eyes when you pick control or synthesis, the fact that Shep survives, the obvious signs of indoctrination taking place all through ME3, the abdominal bullet wound that only appears after Shep shooting Anderson, the fact that Anderson was even there and so much more. It is just too much to dismiss. What is also ironic is they will say that was debunked. Then I ask them how and thats when the anger comes out. Meanwhile they never answer the questions lol.
Ah yes IT debunked, Oh Mein Gott,
I remember a video on YT on that, some girl saying bullshit, and she was just proving IT ! but she was very convinced that she is debunking it ! yes
It was something like that: about that kid she was saying that he is a symbol of people that Shepard was not able to rescue ( taken from book art) and that is disproving IT, WAS ?!?!?!? how ???? it is a proof, so what does this mean ? he is not real FOR FUCK'S SAKE. If the kid is real then all proofs about him being the reaper are not going to work well.
"eyes are useless if the mind is blind"
clearly their minds are blind as hell,
The last 15-20 minutes of Mass Effect 3 are just pure waves of: "WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON !!!! "
by windsurfing on Sat Jan 07, 2017 6:50 am
IMHO it's fairly simple, if anything like I.T was infact intended it means (from hater POV atleast ) the opposer/haters who didn't think of it were not intelligent enough to have figured it out on their own.
It boils down to inferiority complex.
The rest of the "whys" are just details.
There is no need for such sentiment, we can't all think of the same thing all the time, happens every time in the field of science/critical thinking, many things one great scientist discovered or invented were not thought of by other great scientists. Doesn't imply one is less smart than the other. This the haters fail miserably at understanding.
There are yet another group of people who disagree with I.T but they don't vehemently hate it, for now they are just not convinced. They are open to accepting it if Bioware comes out with a clear answer either in the form of a follow up expansion or a categorical statement or through some other medium of confirmation (novels?) These people are far more reasonable.
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by Rifneno on Mon Jan 09, 2017 4:37 am
And yeah, I'm gonna echo these statements about people being stupid assholes and lashing out at being proven wrong. What I find amazing is how this mirrors other theories on games out there. When I looked at some other controversial game theories, like Rinoa being Ultimecia (Final Fantasy 8) there was a remarkable amount of parallels. Even the opposing group spreading a false rumor about the company having said it isn't true.
magnetite wrote: I remember some guy saying indoctrination doesn't create dreams, and I told him that it wasn't a dream, it was presented as "in your mind" but not as a dream.
That's fucking retarded.
When Arrival was released, BW told us it was "a bridge between ME2 and ME3". Did you listen to the audio logs there? There's not one but TWO by people succumbing to indoctrination that talks about dreams. One just says "I'm not the only one having those dreams!" and the other talks a bit more in length about how the Reapers are tormenting them. Showing them the deaths of their loved ones, giving them guilt trips, ect. It is thematically if not literally much like Shepard's dreams.
When Paul Grayson is undergoing indoctrination in the Retribution novel, he also makes mention of dreams. He can't remember them so we don't get a good description of what he was shown, but he is left with the impression that they were disturbing enough that not being able to remember their content is viewed as a mercy.
Even moreso, what Bioware fan would think dreams are just dreams? BW has been using dreams like this for a lot of games. It's never just dreams, they're always foreshadowing something more sinister. Fucking always. Always, motherfucker! The PC of Baldur's Gate has weird dreams. Weird dreams are because s/he's biological father is Bhaal, the god of murder. Same PC has weird dreams in BG2. This time, it's because an emo elf has literally stolen his soul and you're just an empty husk whithering until you recover it. PC of KoTOR has weird dreams, it's foreshadowing that the past he's forgotten is because he was Darth Revan, which I assume is a big deal (I'm not big into Star Wars). The Warden has weird dreams in DAO, and this is the only time it's not for some sinister reveal in the future. Because it's for a sinister reveal right the fuck now, as Alistair tells them as soon as they wake up the dreams are because Wardens are part of the darkspawn "hivemind" (for lack of a better word) and there's a literal tainted god infesting their mind.
But yeah, I'm sure Shepard's dreams are totally just flavor.
Remember folks. We didn't get A, B, C endings. We got A, A, A endings.
Rifneno
by WeAreHarbinger on Mon Jan 09, 2017 2:16 pm
When anyone says Indoctrination doesn't cause dreams i automatically think back to Arrival. Also the audio logs in the derelict reaper mission, those 2 missions really seal it for me.
"Damn, that thing, that grey thing just disappeared when i looked right at it. It came out of the damn wall, where we took off that panel".
Then there's Shep's dreams in ME 3. All have really sinister signs. The feeling of helplessness (losing weapons and armor over the course of them). The final one made me O.o, the moment my Shep reached the child and embraced it..he burned. Sorry all i got from that was "Don't trust the child".
The dreams aren't flavour or filler, just without the correct IT ending i feel was planned all along they just don't fit right and people were claiming it was PTSD and some bullshit.
by dorktainian on Mon Jan 09, 2017 3:48 pm
Bioderp will never fess up to IT now. Shame really.
by ThatGuyYouKnow on Mon Jan 09, 2017 5:45 pm
WeAreHarbinger wrote: When anyone says Indoctrination doesn't cause dreams i automatically think back to Arrival. Also the audio logs in the derelict reaper mission, those 2 missions really seal it for me.
I completely agree with this. Not to mention when you get up there to the catalyst/starchild he looks just like the child. If it were an actual child there that Shep hd been seeing the only way the catalyst/starchild would have looked like him is if he was inside Sheps head and presenting himself as that to make Shep feel more guilty about the child dying. Well we know the indoctrination process get inside your head as you mentioned with those two on the derelict reaper. It not only make perfect sense until a person give a rational explanation for it, its the only option that fits.
by magnetite on Tue Jan 10, 2017 4:26 am
I haven't played Mass Effect for probably 3 years, so I kind of forget all the details.
I get the overall gist of things though.
Reapers are trying to convince you to join their cause. You either submit to them through indoctrination, or tell them off and destroy them.
Or if your EMS is really low, they don't want to indoctrinate you, so they give you the option to commit suicide.
Everything in between is a blur.
by ZerebusPrime on Wed Jan 11, 2017 12:59 am
From the point Shepard's transport crashes to the start of the breath scene, I trust nothing.
That includes the possible destruction of the Reapers, though this is the only way to get the breath scene and have Shepard "wake up" from the final nightmare of the game: it's ending!
The breath scene also tells me that Shepard is not lying on the exterior of the Citadel. The so called Decision Chamber is exposed to space, hence EDI's earlier quip "One shouldn't make moral decisions in a vacuum." We hear wind in the breath scene. There's a turned over Mako past the smoke. That's enough to call shenanigans in itself but some people can't take a hint. Point of fact, I read a reddit comment praising the Synthesis ending because it espouses that person's transhumanist views of the world. It apparently takes a lot less than I thought to convince someone to dive into a particle beam.
by dorktainian on Wed Jan 11, 2017 8:14 am
ZerebusPrime wrote: From the point Shepard's transport crashes to the start of the breath scene, I trust nothing.
This. actually I don't trust anything after cronos station. Actually after the final dream it's welcome to la la land.
by WeAreHarbinger on Wed Jan 11, 2017 12:26 pm
I'm in the "It starts from Harbinger's beam" camp. I trust nothing on Earth, but the actual hallucination starts from the moment he's knocked out, EC confirming this because they changed it from a direct shot pre EC to a none direct one post EC, to knock Shep out and not kill them.
Starbrat is most certainly a hallucination. TIM & Anderson are Shepard's "Angel & Devil" for choice in his mind, and my Shep is still lying where the beam heads upto..well wherever the hell it actually goes to, probably something similar to the human reaper we see in 2..but that's pure speculation
by dorktainian on Wed Jan 11, 2017 12:49 pm
but if you look at ME3 itself, shepard is undergoing indoctrination from very early in the game. You could almost suggest it starts when he is knocked out in the commitee room. However once the dreams start then it's fairly safe to assume it's really happening.
I agree with the premise that Shep is laying in the rubble at the base of the beam. For me at that point is when the heavy indoctrination began. The reapers are out of time and now must indoctrinate him quickly, resulting in shep losing certain motor functions and in the blatant oily shadows. Harbinger no longer sees shep as a threat because it knows.
by magnetite on Wed Jan 11, 2017 4:47 pm
Back in the day someone pointed out that the beam that takes you up to the Citadel is called "conduit". Like the one on Ilos, if you tried to go through it on foot instead of driving through with the Mako, you will die.
by DoomsdayDevice on Wed Jan 11, 2017 9:11 pm
I remember vividly the arguments I had back when the game was just released.
There are two major reasons for IT hate.
1. The ending of ME3 caused an absolutely unprecedented fan outrage worldwide. There had never been (and hasn't been since) a bigger outrage about a freaking game. I remember seeing the Mass Effect ending outrage being mentioned on the 8 o'clock new on TV, and it was just unreal. People were RAGING. Bioware forums were on freaking fire. And you know, that's the thing. People were so fucking mad. One video after the other popped up on youtube, listing all the reasons why people were hating it. And amidst all that, there were a few people who took the time to think and said: "Not so quick you guys, this might actually be the most genius ending ever."
So that right there is a major factor. Everybody was hating on it, and suddenly there's people saying it could be the best ending ever. It was the biggest provocation we could have given the haters. That alone was enough.
Especially when we said "If IT is true, then Bioware actually succeeded in indoctrinating the player into going along with the Reapers". This pissed people off beyond words.
I remember messaging my gaming buddy from London, who had completed the game before I had. He kept messaging me, asking if I'd finished already. So when I had, and had spent the night thinking and pondering, I dropped him a message saying I thought it could actually be an indoctrination attempt, and I was actually really excited by the idea. (IT was already a thing at that point, it was still in early stages, but I hadn't heard of it yet.)
He started freaking yelling at me, stuff along the lines of "OMG don't tell me you're into IT, the ending is not genius, it's godawful, IT is just clutching at straws you moron!"
I had to ask him what he meant by "IT", and that's how I learned there was actually a group of people who seemed to have the same idea.
2. The implications of IT being true are really unpleasant for the people who actually like and support the control and synthesis endings. Not only does it invalidate their outcome, but they were also suckered into it.
Bioware's twitter feed has so much proof they were indoctrinating the player.
by Der Wahnsinn on Sun Jan 15, 2017 9:10 pm
Ok maybe kinda off topic but It this only me or N7HQ site works like shit. Are they going to shut down servers ? Something is happening ? or maybe It is only me having trouble with that site.
by dorktainian on Mon Jan 16, 2017 8:56 am
magnetite wrote: Bioware's twitter feed has so much proof they were indoctrinating the player.
never mind BIowares twitter feed, the game itself did a pretty good job of that from the get go.
by ZerebusPrime on Tue Jan 17, 2017 8:57 pm
From the demo, even.
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PLN urged to strengthen infrastructure capability: legislator
August 10, 2019 indonesiatribune.com
Jakarta (ANTARA) - State-owned electricity firm PLN is expected to prevent recurrence of Sunday's major blackout afflicting certain parts of Java Island, including Jakarta and West Java, in future by strengthening its infrastructure capability, a legislator stated.
"The major blackout that occurred on Aug 4 is called as a 'blackout 4.0'," House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Fadli Zon noted in a statement that ANTARA received here on Saturday on the power outage that had affected several people and business entities.
This so-called "blackout 4.0" has indicated that PLN's digital and other infrastructure are so fragile that they may get paralyzed easily, Zon who is also the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party's deputy chairman, stated. He deplored the major blackout that had compelled several affected people to use candles to light their homes, calling to view this incident from a broader perspective by, for instance, relating it to the concept of Industrial Revolution (IR) 4.0.
The IR 4.0 that the government has been echoing over these past years will hold no ground without the availability of electricity since it is related to basic services, such as fuels," he stated.
Hence, the sustainability of electricity power-related infrastructure should be guaranteed to ensure this basic service for society can be fulfilled, he emphasized.
Sunday's major blackout that hit the areas of Jakarta, Banten, West Java, Central Java, and East Java has been nothing short of a nightmarish experience for scores of Indonesians and foreign travelers.
On that day, power outage disrupted the Indonesian capital city's commuter line and MRT services, majorly hindering the people's mobility.
This Sunday's major blackout also affected the business activities of several small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that were not equipped with generators to supply electricity.
Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak, spokesman of the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party leader Prabowo Subianto, expressed concern over the impact of this major power outage on SMEs' businesses.
State-owned electricity firm PT PLN (Persero) has extended its apology over Sunday's major blackout. PLN claimed that it was caused by the trips on the Suralaya Turbine Gas from number 1 to 6, while its turbine gas number 7 was off.
Simultaneously, the Cilegon Gas Turbine Combined-Cycle (GTCC) Power Plant also experienced a trip or error. As a result, the power outage hit residents living in Jakarta's greater areas.
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GreenPak’s ‘Nirriċikla għall-Istrina’ donates €21,000 to Malta Community Chest Fund
The Nirriċikla għall-Istrina nationwide campaign by GreenPak Coop Society Limited, urging households, schools, local councils, companies, entities and social clubs to collect plastic bottle caps for l-Istrina, has donated €21,000 to the Malta Community Chest Fund. GreenPak Coop Society CEO Ing Mario Schembri presented the donation to the President of Malta H.E. Dr George Vella at San Anton Palace in Attard.
The donation is in return to the number of plastic bottle caps collected for recycling during the 2019 campaign, which caps would have otherwise ended in Malta’s landfill.
HE President George Vella said “This initiative has two key objectives – to educate children on the protection of the environment and to make them aware of charitable causes. I thank GreenPak for their yearly commitment to collect plastic bottle caps from schools and various entities, while I’m also grateful for their donation towards L-Istrina.”
Meanwhile, as part of its recycling commitment, GreenPak announced its daily night service schedule for the empty glass bottle collection from bars and restaurants in selected localities. This service has been extended to cover also Paceville and St George’s Bay area.
The free daily service is resuming for the festive period for bars and restaurants situated along the seafront in Gzira from Manoel Island, passing through The Strand, Qui-Si-Sana, Tower Road, Balluta Bay, Spinola Hill in St Julians, up St Andrew’s Road to St Augustine Street to St George’s Bay and around the various streets in Paceville. The service collects empty glass bottles and glass jars only.
The daily service starts on Saturday 21st December 2019 from 01:00 hr and ends on Friday 2nd January 2020. It is held in collaboration with the Local Councils of Gzira, Sliema and St Julians, together with the Cleansing Services Department.
“We operate our own glass collections seven days a week from 1.00am during this busy period. This service is being extended to entertaining establishments in Paceville and St George’s Bay,” said Ing Mario Schembri.
GreenPak adapts its glass bottle collections according to busier periods, such as at Christmas time and the summer months. From Saturday 4th January 2020 the service will then continue on weekends (Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays) only.
GreenPak Cooperative Society, which runs the largest waste recovery system in Malta, operates the monthly service of its door-to-door glass collection from households and commercial outlets on the first Friday of the month. In Gozo, the same glass collection service is operated every first Thursday of the month.
Nirricikla għall-Istrina and the Glass Collection are two of several campaigns undertaken by GreenPak to promote recycling, make positive impact on the environment, and help to reduce waste from landfill
For more information one can visit the website: www.greenpak.com.mt or contact GreenPak on telephone: 2166 0233.
Monique Chambers
Monique started indulge in 2011 and has since created Indulge Me GIFT and Indulge Me FOOD and volume 1 of The Artists Directory - Malta. A marketing professional by trade, Monique's passion is to promote local talent and Malta in general. Free time is her biggest indulgence, when she can tinker in her craft room or the kitchen, or be selfish with a book, the sofa and good glass of wine (of course, wearing something beautiful and with freshly coiffed hair!)
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ST NORBERT NEWS
Week 3.6 - Issue 13
Dean of Studies
Deputy Principals
All the colour of the Carnival
Take two: College photo day
Science Week highlights
Norbie Gnomes Playgroup
From the Business Manager
Term 3: Things to remember
St Norbert College
www.norbert.wa.edu.au
snc@norbert.wa.edu.au
135 Treasure Road
Queens Park, Western Australia, 6107
St Augustine's Prayer
Too late have I loved you, O Beauty so ancient, O Beauty so new.
Too late have I loved you! You were within me but I was outside myself, and there I sought you!
In my weakness I ran after the beauty of the things you have made.
You were with me, and I was not with you.
The things you have made kept me from you - the things which would have no being unless they existed in you!
You have called, you have cried, and you have pierced my deafness.
You have radiated forth, you have shined out brightly, and you have dispelled my blindness.
You have sent forth your fragrance, and I have breathed it in, and I long for you. I have tasted you,
and I hunger and thirst for you. You have touched me, and I ardently desire your peace.
St Norbert, pray for us
Dear Parents, Guardians, Students, Staff and Friends of St Norbert College,
The focus of a recent address by Pope Francis at the Vatican was the concept of “koinonia”, something very familiar to us all here at Saint Norbert College. As all would be aware, we title our annual yearbook “Koinonia”, our College boardroom bears this title and we often espouse how such a sense of fellowship and togetherness is an invaluable quality of our community.
Community is clearly articulated as one of our inherent College values as stated with the following explanation;
“Working together, we are bonded by our Faith and belief in each other, creating an environment that is trusting, open and purposeful”
This value is ever present and widely celebrated throughout our school year. Most recently, while our students had the luxury of a study break on Monday this week, our staff were actively engaged in a Faith formation and development day. The program on this day was facilitated by Samuel Clear through his initiative known as “Walk4One”. Sam shared with our staff on many levels, including the importance of acknowledging God’s love amongst us, living a life of faith and integrity and our ability to make meaningful impact on the lives of those around us. These insights are all through the lens of Sam’s epic 15,000km journey on foot across the globe, asking communities to pray for unity in our world. I attached this link to Sam’s website for you to peruse for yourselves, his story of faith and integrity and the adventure he experienced: www.walk4one.com/
An annual celebration of all that is community within our College is the College Presentation Night held at the Perth Concert Hall on Monday 28 October. This is a compulsory event in the College calendar, so please plan ahead. One of the awards presented on this evening is the Br Patrick Doolan O Praem Award. In honour of the memory of Br Patrick Doolan O Praem, who passed to eternal life in January 2006, a medal carrying his name is presented annually to a member of the College staff who has given outstanding service to the College. I invite parents and students to nominate a staff member whom they believe fits the “outstanding service” criteria. Written nominations should be lodged with Mrs Angela Hughes by Friday 18 October 2019.
I conclude by wishing all of our fathers, grandfathers, uncles and significant male family members, a special Father’s Day on Sunday. A reminder to all that our Parent Committee has again organised a special occasion for these special male figures, our annual “Celebrating our Dads Breakfast” on Friday 6 September from 7.30–8.30am in the Xanten Performing Arts Centre. We look forward to seeing those who are able.
Mr S Harvey (Principal)
Fr Peter O’Reilly Scholarship
A reminder to all of our Year 10 families that applications are open for the Fr Peter O’Reilly Scholarship, a needs based scholarship available to Year 10 students enrolled at the College and covers 100% tuition fees for Years 11 and 12. Applications open on Friday 23 August and close on Friday 18th October 2019. Details are available from Student Reception or by clicking on this link to the College website;
http://www.norbert.wa.edu.au/ENROLMENTS/Scholarships/
Consider the following: How many of us knew exactly what we wanted to be as an adult when we were in high school? How many of us feel that we have ''arrived'' and we no longer have to strive towards fulfilling our career or vocation goals? How often are the early achievers celebrated and affirmed in our world today?
A recent article* by Rich Karlgaard in The Wall Street Journal (Asia Edition; May 3) explores these questions. We can see the articles that celebrate the student that gains a scholarship to a well-regarded university, is leading a technology company at a younger than expected age or is listed in ‘Thirty Under Thirty’ lists of influential people. And while we can affirm these people for their drive and achievement, Karlgaard explains: “Precocious achievement is the exception, not the norm. The fact is, we mature and develop at different rates. All of us will have multiple cognitive peaks throughout our lives, and the talents and passions that we have to offer can emerge across a range of personal circumstances, not just in formal educational settings focused on a few narrow criteria of achievement. Late bloomers are everywhere once you know to look for them.”
The writer suggests a shifting of attention from an obsession with youthful success in order to reduce emotional burdens on families and anxiety and depression among teens and young adults. In short, early blooming is not a requirement for lifelong accomplishment and fulfillment. The evidence in research suggests that between the ages of 18 and 25, most people are still living in a ‘volatile post-adolescence’. In both adolescent and young adult brains, the prefrontal cortex—the processing centre of our frontal lobe—is the last part to fully develop, and it is responsible for complex functions such as planning and organising, problem solving, memory, attention and inhibition.
The term for the maturity of our brain used by psychologists is executive function, and has nothing to do with IQ, potential or talent. According to Karlgaard, it is simply the ability to see ahead and plan effectively, to connect actions to possible consequences, to see the probabilities of risk and reward. In another study in the Journal of Psychological Science in 2015, neuroscientists Laura Germine and Joshua Hartshorne measured the abilities of nearly 50,000 adult subjects of various ages on online cognitive tests. In their study, the speed of information processing appeared to peak early, around 18 or 19. Short-term memory continued to improve until around 25 and then levelled off for another decade. The ability to evaluate complex patterns, including other people’s emotional states, on the other hand, peaked much later, when participants were in their 40s or 50s. And whilst we may know of the young entrepreneurs and innovators, according to a study by Northwestern University, the average age of Nobel Prize winners in scientific research is 39.
For our students, many will discover their interests and opportunities to succeed through alternative paths, without the need for early achievement. Their wider range of interests, subjects and school activities will create a path towards discovery of their own internal motivations, develop their character, teach them how to interact with people in different settings and with different abilities.
They will understand and appreciate the learning that comes from failure or quitting as they trim and refine their goals and strengths. And so, whether their path is clearly laid out, or they are still discovering, we should encourage all students to seek assistance with their learning, be bold enough to try a new way of revision or study and most importantly understand that the partnership of adaptability and commitment can reap rewards for a fulfilled life beyond school. School is where we learn to try in order to improve.
*https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-never-too-late-to-start-a-brilliant-career-11556896617?mod=e2fb&fbclid=IwAR3VJPGgM3v1idOlc4kCImU1JcY2eiLQKtOnMpnWPWm6YmxkMJO5iVGSv00
Japanese Exchange Program
The College has again had the privilege of hosting the student (exchange) visitors from Seijo Junior High School as part of their English study and cultural program. The students have enjoyed the opportunity to attend classes at St Norbert College, conduct activities with St Joseph’s Primary, be hosted by families from our College, as well as excursions to Kings Park and cycling around the Swan River. Immersions and cultural exchanges provide learning opportunities for all students, as they gather insights into life (as a student) in other countries, as well as develop interest in learning languages and about other cultures. We thank Mr Anthony Godden for his efforts with the Seijo Exchange and Ms Alex Muir (Overseas Cultural Exchange Consultants)
WACE Checker
The time is fast approaching for Year 12 students to complete all course requirements and commence the final preparations for course completion and Graduation. The WACE Checker https://wacechecker.scsa.wa.edu.au is an important online tool that students can use to track and update their WACE Graduation status. For students in other years, this resource may be used to set goals for academic achievement in preparation for the senior years.
How do I achieve the WACE Graduation?
Breadth & Depth
At least 20 units or the equivalent
At least 10 x Year 12 units or the equivalent
Four units from an English course*, post – Year 10, including at least one pair of Year 12 units from an English course
One pair of units from each of List A and List B
Achieved Standard Requirement
At least fourteen ‘C’ grades or higher (or the equivalent) in Year 11 and Year 12 units
At least six ‘C’ grades or higher (or the equivalent) in Year 12 units
At least four Year 12 ATAR courses or a Certificate II (or higher) VET qualification
Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN – Band 8 or higher; OLNA Category 3)
The minimum standard of Reading, Writing, Literacy and Numeracy
*Complete a full year of English in Year 11 and Year 12 is the equivalent of FOUR units
OLNA (Round 2, 2019)
For students that are required to attend the OLNA, please note the days and times as follows:
Day / Date
Monday 2 September
BP Forum
Tuesday 3 September
Writing (Catch-up)
9.00 – 9.55am
9.55 -10.50am
Reading & Numeracy (Catch-up)
9.00 - 9.55am
Examination Timetable – Year 12 (Semester Two)
The Year Twelve (Semester Two) Examinations will commence in Week 10 and conclude in the second week of the Mid-semester break. All examinations will take place in Cappenburg (C1 – C3) unless otherwise specified.
8:50am-12.00pm
12:50pm-4.00pm
Japanese – Second Language
(Orals)
English as an Additional Language or Dialect (Orals)
English as an Additional Language or Dialect
Thursday 3 October
Religion & Life
Friday 4 October
Mathematics Specialist
Mathematics Applications
Mathematics Methods
If you are able to assist with exam supervision, please contact Mrs Tracey Burgoyne by email at tburgoyne@norbert.wa.edu.au.
Mr R Dowling (Dean of Studies)
Lateness to School
Being punctual (on time) is a mark of respect and shows that you are reliable. It means you also value other people’s time. Stress can also be eliminated by removing the anxiety of being late! It is unfortunate that lately a number of students are arriving at school late with no valid reason. If is often just due to a lack of organisation, perhaps going to bed late and therefore not being able to wake up on time.
We understand that there are genuine reasons why a student may be late to school (eg appointments, car issues, traffic), so we ask parents/guardians please contact the College as soon as possible to inform us and to ease our concerns when a child has not arrived.
Parent Committee - Dads Breakfast
The Parent Committee is organising a breakfast to celebrate dads and significant male figures (grandads, uncles). Please keep Friday 6 September free to come and enjoy a light breakfast and coffee in the Xanten Performing Arts Foyer (note the new venue) from 7:30-8:30am. Please RSVP as soon as possible by Friday 30 August by calling 9350 5433 or via email arobert@norbert.wa.edu.au indicating the names of those attending. The Committee will be finalising catering on Monday morning so there is still time to reply! There will also be a prize for the best ‘clean’ dad joke so be prepared.
Ms S Rainford (Deputy Principal - Years 7,9,11)
Important Dates for Year 12 students and families
Closing date for TISC/University Applications: 30 September
Year 12 College Exams (Oral): 24 September – 27 September
Year 12 College Exams (Written): 1 October – 9 October
Year 12 Exam Review (ATAR students only): 15 October – 17 October
House Assemblies and Graduation Rehearsals (all Year 12 students to attend): 18 October
ATAR Revision Seminars: 21 – 24 October
Year 12 Breakfast, Final Assembly and Graduation Mass: 25 October
ATAR Examinations: 30 October – 18 November
WACE and ATAR results available: 19 December
Mr P Hawke (Deputy Principal - Years 8,10,12)
Inter-House Athletics Carnival at Ern Clark Athletics
On Friday 16 August the College held its annual Inter-House Athletics Carnival at Ern Clark Athletics Centre. In a race against time, wet weather held off long enough to ensure we could finish the day. The energy and enthusiasm shown by students, staff and parents is what makes a St Norbert College Athletics Carnival so special.
I would like to thank all student helpers, staff and parents who assisted on the day.
Magdeburg House showed great spirit, cheering on their House and trying their hardest throughout the novelty events and won the Spirit Bear award for 2019. Congratulations to Head of Magdeburg House, Patrick Ah Fong and Magdeburg staff and students.
In a first, the students team won the staff vs student race. The staff team have already started training for 2020 to ensure this does not happen again. Congratulations students.
The overall House champion trophy was won by Tongerlo House for the second consecutive year. Congratulations to Head of Tongerlo House, Bronson Gherardi and the Tongerlo staff and students.
Individual year champions and runners up, pictured above, who were awarded their medals at Assembly, are listed below along with new record holders:
Kane Irvine – Champion
Nick Miragliotta – Runner Up
Angelina Smith – Champion
Claudia Didiwik – Runner Up
Vlad Lavi – Champion
Abhay Sewdyal – Runner Up
Paige Craven Bower – Champion
Summer Pollard – Runner Up
Ethan Port Louis – Champion
Mathieu Eustasie – Runner Up
Holly Girls – Champion
Neve Adnams – Runner Up
Champion House
Jordan Blaize Lightbourn – Champion
Kyran Taylor – Runner Up
Zeta Stevens – Champion
Alina George – Runner Up
Lubin Benedict – Champion
Cooper Jenkins – Runner Up
Chloe Reder – Champion
Carissa O’Sullivan – Runner Up
1st Tongerlo (10030 points)
2nd Kilnacrott (9767 points)
3rd Prémontré (9685 points)
4th Xanten (9175 points)
5th Magdeburg (9002 points)
New Athletics Record
Year 7 Male High Jump – Kane Irvine – 1.45m
Year 8 Female High Jump – Paige Craven Bower – 1.45m
Year 8 Female Shop Put – Paige Craven Bower – 8.98m
Year 10 Female Long Jump – Zeta Stevens – 4.82m
Year 10 Male Discus – Alex De Silva – 38.22m
Year 10 Male Shot Put – Alex De Silva – 13.52m
Year 10 Male High Jump – Connor Chehab – 1.80m
Open Female 1500m – Chloe Reder – 5.53.53
Open Male 1500m – Jaco Jansen van Rensburg – 4.09.74
Open Male Discuss – Mukuka Chibale – 33m
Mr L Ford (Head of Sport)
Gold for snap-happy Media Team
If a picture is worth a thousand words then our photo album of the 2019 Inter-house Athletics Carnival is priceless. The Media Team, led by Jessica Ramos, excelled in capturing all the colour of the carnival both on and off the track.
Wearing their official Media Passes and sticking to a tight-running roster of 30-minute shot blocks, the photographers tag-teamed throughout the day, racing back to the Production Desk (on the hour or half-hour) where their images were downloaded. Frances Macapili, who continually produces outstanding sports photography, proved equally as snap-happy capturing golden sporting moments as she did in focusing on the high-spirited spectators. Some of Frances's images are shown in the first of three galleries, below, followed by two galleries of winning pictures by the Team.
Thank you to all the Media Team photographers and production assistants - Sasha, Frances, Allyson, Maria, Emma, Ali, Lily, Rachel, Aaron, Jessica, Ethan, Phoebe, Ashley, Theresa, Connor, Christine, Ayden and Jeremy - for their valuable work.
Mrs L Quartermain (Community Relations and Marketing)
Sports and Co-Curricular photographs
College Sports and Co-Curricular photographs will take place on Monday 2 September.
These photographs are taken for official school records and used in publications such as the College year book.
Uniform requirements for the day are as follows:
Sports groups - FULL TRACKSUIT with COLLEGE SPORTS SHIRT and correct SPORT SHOES.
Junior and Senior Dance Clubs - Full College Dance uniform with tan jazz shoes
Hip Hop Crew - Full College Dance uniform with white Hip Hop shoes
Non-sports groups - students are required to wear their FULL WINTER uniform (white College socks for girls)
It is important that all students are in attendance for their group photos so please keep this day free from appointments. Students who are in any sports group photos may attend school in full College Sports uniform.
Your ongoing support in maintaining your child’s uniform and personal presentation standards is always appreciated. Please be aware these photos are used for official purposes including the year book. As such, if your child does not meet College standards they are at risk of not taking part, hence their photo will not appear in this publication.
Please contact Miss Isard (kisard@norbert.wa.edu.au) if you have any queries regarding this matter.
Miss K Isard (College Photograph Coordinator)
Excellent experiments
This year’s Science Week activities included a collaborative practical lesson between Year 7 Science and Year 11 ATAR Chemistry classes. The Year 11s teamed up with Year 7s to conduct experiments that tested the skills of both year groups. Year 7s modelled compounds with lollies while the Year 11s demonstrated some explosive reactions, creating elephant toothpaste. Both year groups investigated the properties of dry ice in water and together looked at the properties of various solid compounds. The Year 11s were given the opportunity to model their laboratory skills, and the Year 7s had a chance to learn from their peers.
We were asked to help the Year 7s in a few experiments. The experiments ranged from testing solubility to experimenting with dry ice. The opportunity to help them develop their understanding of chemistry and pass on knowledge that we have learnt ourselves. We helped them complete answers on the worksheets and taught them about safety in the lab. The opportunity to teach the younger students was great and if it was presented again, we would definitely take it. Michael Berg (Year 11 - M1)
Rio Tinto visits St Norbert College
Some of our Year 8 science classes were involved in an incursion with representatives from Rio Tinto. Students had a chance to investigate samples of rocks and minerals that the team from Rio Tinto had bought into the classroom. This allowed students to have a real-life insight into life as a geologist.
Pedal Prix in Busselton
Nine students travelled to the South-West to represent the College in the annual Busselton leg of the Australian Human Powered Vehicle Super Series. Students took turns to race in a recumbent bicycle in a six-hour rally format around the picturesque Busselton foreshore. The event promotes a range of outcomes including fitness, sustainability, competition as well as STEM problem solving and teamwork to ensure bikes adhere to strict scrutineering requirements, and importantly, goes fast!
Our team comprising of boys from Years 9–11, represented the College proudly and placed fourth in their category of nine, with some teams flying over from the eastern states to compete.
Big Science Competition Results
Years 8 and 10 students recently participated in the ‘Big Science Competition’. It is an international competition that challenges critical thinking and problem-solving skills within a Science context.
Students from the College performed well with Diep Nguyen receiving a Distinction and the following students being awarded Credits:
Sharie Fernandez
Jasmin Hill
Isabella Hulm
Ashley Mascarenhas
Sophia Pelicia
Taine Rangitoheriri
Riley Suckling
Aarush Vijapure
Kira Willis
Rachel Bruyns
Arielle Chant
Keisha Desmond
Danika Hampson
Shenae Hartree
Chloe Hewitt
Sonna Jacob
Connor Le Dain
Jordan-Blaze Lightbourn
Isioma Onyemgba
Mya Oppelaar
Max Partairca
Tiana Suckling
Jeremy Veder
Ms K Magee (Science Teacher) &
Mr R D'Almeida (Head of Learning Area - Science)
Week 5 was a short but very busy week in the College’s Dance Department. With extra rehearsals occurring in the lead up to the Catholic Performing Arts Festival performance, the Xanten Performing Arts Building was a flurry of students, music, dance and costumes. On Thursday 22 August, 68 students involved in the Canon’s Hip Hop Crew, The Senior Dance Team and The Junior Dance Team ventured off to the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre for a technical rehearsal and an evening performance. All students performed with enthusiasm and gusto despite some butterflies. I am very proud of the students’ efforts and achievements as they represented the College with great pride.
I would like to thank Year 12 students Lilika Mikaere and Gracie Farrar for being outstanding Captains and for leading and choreographing the Canon’s Hip Hop Crew this year. Thank you also to the Senior Dance Captain Tallulah Armenti and the Junior Dance Captain Bianca Valenti for their commitment, encouragement and support to their fellow peers and to the Dance Program.
Thank you to Mrs Jenny Palermo, Mrs Jenny Momus and Year 12 student Jo’hanna Langley who assisted with make-up and hair preparations on the evening. A big thanks must go to Mr Chadwick Beins and Mrs Katherine Freind for their support and assistance on the evening. Most importantly, thank you to the parents and guardians for your support and dedication, without which entering such dance festivals would not be possible. If you were able to attend the performance I hope you thoroughly enjoyed watching our students and your children smile, perform and show-off their incredible abilities on stage as much as I did!
Thank you for your ongoing support.
Miss L Alban (Dance Teacher)
Catholic Performing Arts Festival - Drama
It has been an incredible start for St Norbert College in the 2019 Performing Arts Festival for Catholic Schools and Colleges.
Before the Festival even started, our College Drama Production entitled “Around the World in 8 Plays” was adjudicated and took home a Certificate of Merit thanks to the hard work of the 45-strong cast and their Director, Ms Kerri Hilton.
St Norbert College was also privileged enough to host the Secondary Drama section of the Festival in the Xanten Theatre with both the Junior and Senior Drama Clubs participating on Thursday 1 August. Both ensembles were awarded Certificates of Merit for their plays which was again a testament to the talents of our Drama students and Ms Hilton.
Mr C Beins (Head of Learning: The Arts)
How to talk to kids and teens about world trauma
When the world is struck with a catastrophic event, the instinct to shield our children from the effects of it is completely understandable. We want them to grow up believing that the world is pure and good and geared in their favour. We also want them to feel safe, and avoiding a discussion isn’t necessarily the way to make this happen.
Older kids and teens will know when something big has happened whether you’re the one who tells them or not. Knowing that something has happened, but not having anybody explain things, is a really scary thing to feel for any of us. Our kids are no different. We all need context and assurance and it’s the facts that will provide this.
All kids are different. They need different information to feel safe, they look for a different level of detail and they are impacted by different parts of the story.
Nobody will know your children better than you do, so it’s important to manage the conversation based on who they are, what they already know, and what it means for them.
1. The most important question.
Whatever their age, there is likely to be one thought at the front of their minds, ‘What about me?’ This is normal and healthy and part of the way they process what has happened. They need to understand it in terms of what it means to them and for their own safety and wellbeing. Let this guide your response.
2. Let them know that what they’re feeling makes sense.
We’re all different and will respond to things in different ways. Whether they feel nothing at all or very deeply, let them know that whatever they’re feeling is completely okay. The only way through a feeling is straight through the middle, and this will only happen when there is gentle acceptance of whatever that feeling is. If they see that you can accept what they’re feeling, it will be easier for them to do the same.
3. Name what you see or hear from them.
They need to know that you get it otherwise the things you say will fall short of comforting them. Saying things like, ‘Oh don’t worry,’ or ‘Don’t be silly – nothing like that will happen here,’ though said with the best of intentions, can actually make them worry more. It might also cause them to feel shame which will only make them shut down. They’ll still feel what they’re feeling and think what they’re think but you just won’t find out about it. Whatever they’re feeling, let them know that you get it by reflecting it back to them, ‘I can see you’re feeling scared. That’s completely understandable. It’s a frightening thing to happen.‘
4. And help them to put it in context.
If they’re feeling scared, it will be because they’re noticing the similarities between themselves and the people who have been directly hurt – ages, families, the area they live in – though it might be happening out of their awareness. Explaining the differences between their circumstances and the circumstances around the event will help to ease their fear. ‘This has happened in a different place to where we live. Nothing like this has ever happened here.’ Or if you’re living where the trauma has happened, ‘When something like this happens, people work really hard to make sure that something like this never happens again. The people who do this are really great at what they do. They learn a lot about how it happened and the type of people who did it and they use that information to keep everyone safe.’
5. Ask directly what it is they’re worried about.
Trauma triggers all sorts of things in all of us. Sometimes these will directly relate to the event: How will they look after the people who have been hurt? Have they caught the bad guys? How did it happen? Could it happen here? Sometimes, it might be more indirect and unexpected. They might become scared of you dying or getting sick. They might worry about not being able to reach you when they need to, or of something happening while they are asleep or separated from you. Let them know that when something big happens, we can feel all kinds of things that don’t make sense but there are no silly feelings or silly things to think. Ask them what they’re thinking and give them permission to say anything they want to.
6. Be available.
Let them know that they can come to you with questions, feelings, ideas and thoughts and that nothing is off-limits. Give them extra cuddles or an extra story. For older ones, spend extra time sitting on the edge of their bed at bedtime. They might raise things with you or they might not, but at least you’re there if they need to.
7. Let them see your compassion, empathy, and resilience.
It’s okay to let them know that you are sad for the people who have been hurt – this will nurture their empathy and compassion – but they also need to see your strength and capacity to cope with the news.
8. It’s okay not to have the answers they’re asking for.
Frightening world events don’t make sense to any of us. Your children might ask questions that you don’t know the answers to, such as ‘How did it happen?’ or ‘Why do some people do awful things?’ In these cases, ‘I don’t know,’ is a perfectly reasonable answer. Sometimes it’s the only one.
9. Remind them of the goodness in the world.
They need to have faith in the world and the people in it. Whenever there is trauma in the world, there are also remarkable demonstrations of solidarity and kindness, love and support for strangers. Let them hear these stories. We belong to a humanity that is good and kind. People who orchestrate traumatic events are acting against humanity, they’re not a part of it and when they strike, humanity always proves to be kinder, more generous, and stronger. Remind them.
10. Let them feel the arms of the world around them, too.
Let them know that when something like this happens, the world comes together to look after each other and that people from all over the world are working to make the world safer for them.
Being proactive in having the conversation with kids can ensure that you’re the one who sets the emotional tone for what has happened – not their friends, not social media and not the 6pm news. Show them that you have faith in their world and their ability to thrive in it.
– Karen Young, Hey Sigmund
Read more: How to talk to kids and teens about world trauma
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Community and Heritage
This term, the Year 12 Children, Family and Community class will be living the College values of Community and Heritage, by once again running the Norbert’s Gnomes Playgroup for children aged 2-4 years in our College Community. The session times will be:
Tuesdays 9:50 – 11:00am
Playgroup will begin on Tuesday 3 September (Week 7) and conclude on Tuesday 24 September (Week 10)
Parents are invited to come along and enjoy a morning tea, while your little ones are entertained for an hour. There is no charge for attending.
To book your place please complete the online registration below:
Gnomes Registration Form
All friends and family are welcome to attend!
Mrs S Mark (Head of Learning Area - Technologies)
Semester 2 Accounts / Electronic Accounts
Semester 2 Accounts were due on Wednesday 28 August 2019. Thank you to those families who have paid in full or have setup a payment arrangement with the College.
In future the College plans to issue accounts electronically via email.
Could you please advise your preferred “Billing” email address to: fees@norbert.wa.edu.au.
Families who have difficulty with the payment of school fees are asked to please contact the Finance Officer, Mrs Joleen Scott on 9350 5433 or fees@norbert.wa.edu.au.
Fees are payable by Wednesday 28 August 2019 and can be paid at Reception by EFTPOS/cash/cheque, BPAY or by a payment plan with the College.
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Helping you become a more effective parent
There are a large number of items currently in the lost property boxes located upstairs in the ORC. Items include tracksuit jackets, running shoes, school shoes, towels, goggles, school shirt, jumpers, canons basketball uniform, socks and hats.
Please feel free to come up and have a look through the items if you are missing something.
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SNESA - last home game
SNESA have their last home game this Saturday at 2.30pm at Soklich & Co Oval (Queens Park Reserve)
A semi final v Ellenbrook. A win sees us through to the Preliminary Final, a loss sees us out. Reserves and Thirds were knocked out last week. Everyone's welcome to come along and support the team.
Rafic Aoun (SNESA President)
Heard any alumni news lately?
Norbertus, the St Norbert College alumni magazine, would love to hear any news about former students: engagements, weddings, births, graduations, promotions, sporting achievements, travels, reunions, catch-ups… Photographs and details gratefully accepted.
Please email fmulligan@norbert.wa.edu.au
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Application of the Quotient Rule
Introduction to Calculus
シドニー大学（The University of Sydney）
The focus and themes of the Introduction to Calculus course address the most important foundations for applications of mathematics in science, engineering and commerce. The course emphasises the key ideas and historical motivation for calculus, while at the same time striking a balance between theory and application, leading to a mastery of key threshold concepts in foundational mathematics. Students taking Introduction to Calculus will: • gain familiarity with key ideas of precalculus, including the manipulation of equations and elementary functions (first two weeks), • develop fluency with the preliminary methodology of tangents and limits, and the definition of a derivative (third week), • develop and practice methods of differential calculus with applications (fourth week), • develop and practice methods of the integral calculus (fifth week).
its awesome course...\n\nMentor is skilled and explains everything clearly.\n\nBut if anybody has little bit pre-calculus knowledge it will be more helpful.
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Properties and applications of the derivative
This module continues the development of differential calculus by introducing the first and second derivatives of a function. We use sign diagrams of the first and second derivatives and from this, develop a systematic protocol for curve sketching. The module also introduces rules for finding derivatives of complicated functions built from simpler functions, using the Chain Rule, the Product Rule, and the Quotient Rule, and how to exploit information about the derivative to solve difficult optimisation problems.
The Quotient Rule8:57
Application of the Quotient Rule10:11
David Easdown
In today's video, we apply the Quotient Rule to explore the behavior of the curve y equals one over x squared plus one, known as the witch of Maria Agnesi. Our main example is a curve of fundamental importance in theory of rational functions, that is ratios of polynomials, and involves reciprocating the quadratic x squared plus 1, which has a special place in mathematics. Being the simplest polynomial you can think of that does not have any roots over the real number system since it's always greater than or equal to one for any real number x, so it cannot possibly be zero. In fact, this innocent and unassuming quadratic leads to the construction of the arithmetic of complex numbers C, with quite remarkable properties which I hope you will say but take more advanced courses in mathematics, that follow one from this course. Consider the function with the rule y equals 1 over x squared plus 1. It's domain is all the real number line, since x squared plus 1 is always nonzero. One can ask what its graph looks like. The resulting curve is known as the witch of Maria Agnesi named after an Italian mathematician, Maria Agnesi who lived and worked in the 18th century, and wrote one of the first treatises on calculus. The word witch in fact comes about by a linguistic accident in translating texts from Latin, though happily the name of the curve survives, and is evocative of a witch's hat, as you'll see in a moment. Let's work through our usual checklist for sketching a curve. In this case, for y equals 1 over x squared plus 1. The y-intercept is the value of y when x equals 0, which is 1. There are no x-intercepts as the reciprocal of x squared plus 1 is always positive. For asymptotic behavior, it's clear that the limit of 1 over x squared plus 1 is 0 when x gets large, and positive or large and negative so that the x-axis becomes a horizontal asymptote. We then investigate the derivative which gives us information about when the curve is increasing or decreasing, and for finding any turning points. To set up the chain rule, we write y as x squared plus 1 to the minus 1, which becomes u to the minus 1 where u equals x squared plus 1. So, the derivative y dash which is dy/dx becomes dy/du times du/dx by the chain rule, which is negative u to the minus 2 times 2x, which we can rewrite as negative 2x over u squared, and then express everything in terms of x to get y dashed equals negative 2x divided by x squared plus 1 squared. Notice that the denominator is always positive and y dash equals 0 precisely when the numerator is 0, that is when x equals 0. We can now easily build the sign diagram. We have y dash equals 0 when x equals 0, and either side of 0 has the opposite sign of x, because the denominator is positive, so the sign is determined by the numerator giving the pattern positive-negative corresponding to increasing, decreasing with a global maximum occurring when x equals o. We can put all of this information together locating the y-intercept, the fact that the x-axis is an asymptote and the turning point of x equals 0. The qualitative behavior parallels what we saw when we analyzed the Gaussian curve, y equals e to the minus x squared in an earlier video. One expects to be able to join the pieces together to create a smooth curve that also looks bell shaped. There appear to be two points of inflection where concavity changes. To be sure about the behavior with regards to concavity and to locate the infections, we need to investigate the second derivative y double dash. Because of first derivative y dash is a rational function, we should expect to apply the quotient rule. To investigate the second derivative, we write y dashed as u over v where u is the numerator minus 2x, and v is the denominator x squared plus 1 all squared. So, u-dashed is minus 2, and v dashed is dv/dx in Leibniz's notation, which is dv/dw times the dw/dx by the chain rule, if we make the substitution w equals x squared plus 1, which becomes 2w times 2x which is 4x times x squared plus 1. We now have all the ingredients for the quotient rule, and inserting all the pieces gives this complicated looking expression which simplifies after some effort to the rational function 2 times 3x squared minus 1, divided by x square plus 1 cubed as you can check yourself, and please do it. It's good exercise in algebraic manipulation. Note that the denominator ends up being the third power of x squared plus 1, because of cancellation with a copy of x squared plus 1 in the numerator, thus we end up with this very nice expression for y double dash. Note that the denominator is always positive being the cube of x squared plus 1 which is positive. Also, y-double-dash is zero precisely when the numerator is zero, which occurs when x is plus or minus one over the square root of 3. We can now build the sign diagram with y-double-dash being zero for x equal to plus or minus root 3, the pattern of positive, negative positive determined by the sine of 3x squared minus 1, corresponding to concave up, concave down, concave up within inflections occurring when x equals plus or minus 1 over root 3. We can add this extra information to the previous compilation when we worked through the curve sketching checklist. This completes the sketch of the curve y equals 1 over x squared plus 1 affectionately known as the witch of Maria Agnesi. The curve is also in the shape of a bell though it certainly is not the same as a Gaussian curve y equals e to the minus x squared even though they share many similar qualitative features. I would like to finish by establishing a remarkable connection between the witch Maria Agnesi and trigonometry. Recall the single branch of the tan curve that results by restricting the domain to the interval between plus or minus pi on two, sandwiched between two vertical asymptotes, and satisfies the horizontal line test, certified as suitable for inversion with inverse function obtained by reflecting in the line y equals x to get the inverse tan function which is increasing and sandwiched in between two horizontal asymptotes. We can see how the slopes of miniature tangent lines behave as we move from left to right along the inverse tan curve. Notice how the slopes are all positive and the steepest slope appears to be at the origin and takes the value one, and the shallowest slopes appears to the far left and far right and appear to be approaching zero. The slopes of tangent lines are just the derivatives and this behavior suggests that the derivative of the inverse tangent function behaves qualitatively like the function that gives rise to the witch Maria Agnesi. Maybe, if y equals inverse tan of x, then y dashed equals 1 over x squared plus 1. It turns out to be true. The proof emerges from the magic of Leibniz's notation, watch. Start with a circular density, sine squared x plus cos squared x equals 1. Divide through by cos squared x eventually to get tan x somehow into the game. This becomes sine x of cos x all squared plus 1 equals 1 over cos squared x, which can be re-written as tan squared x plus 1 equals sec squared x. Since tan x equals sine x and cos x and from last time sec x is the new name for 1 over cos x. So, we have this very nice trig identity, closely related to the circular identity which says tan squared x plus 1 equals sec squared x. Put y equal to tan x so that x equals inverse tan of y, and dy/dx is sec squared x from the previous video, which is tan squared x plus 1 from the identity we have just established, and this is just y squared plus 1. Now, we tip the derivative upside down using Leibnitz's notation, the trick we used in an earlier video to get dx/dy equal to the reciprocal of dy/dx which is 1 over y squared plus 1. But x is inverse tan of y, so this says that d/dy of inverse tan of y must be 1 over y squared plus one. We usually prefer to use the symbol x as a typical input. So, replacing y by x gives d/dx of inverse tan of x equals 1 over x squared plus one, which is the rule for the witch of Maria Agnesi, confirming I guess before based on visualizing slopes of tangent lines. This result is one of the main ingredients in the theory of integration of rational functions, some aspects of which we will touch on in the final module of this course. In today's video, we applied the quotient rule to help us understand the second derivative of the rule for the function whose graph is the so-called witch of Maria Agnesi. The rule for this curve is y equals one over x squared plus 1 which turns out to be the derivative of the inverse tan function. Please read the notes, and when you're ready please attempt the exercises. Thank you very much for watching, and I look forward to seeing you again soon.
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How do you win the Hankook 24H DUBAI? INTERVIEW with Stefan Tanner
It took Stefan Tanner six years, but in 2019, the Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing team principal finally climbed onto the top step of the TCE podium in Dubai. Two months on from his “most important victory”, Stefan explains to CREVENTIC what is really needed to succeed at the Hankook 24H DUBAI.
Check out the original post on 24hseries.com HERE and pdf coverage HERE
“Dubai is a very special race, and winning the TCE division is the most important victory for us all. We’re very proud of that.”
A hard-fought win it has been too for Autorama Motorsport team principal Stefan Tanner. Indeed, the Swiss driver-cum-team manager’s first assault on the Hankook 24H DUBAI was back in 2013, when, as part of the five-strong Gloyna Motorsport line-up, he finished a solid 5th in the A2-class, a result the team would repeat upon its return to the event two years later. Ironically, Dubai would be the car’s worst result of that year, the newly-renamed ‘presenza.eu’ Renault Clio Cup Endurance taking class victories at Zandvoort, Paul Ricard and Brno to cement not only the A2-class title for the Winterthur-based outfit but also the A2 crown for Stefan and long-time teammate, Luigi Stanco.
Despite demonstrative championship-winning pedigree, the TCE podium continued to remain out of reach in Dubai. In 2016, technical gremlins relegated the defending champions to 11th in-class, the Renault Clio – now eponymously entered as ‘Stanco&Tanner Motorsport’ – completed its Hankook 24H DUBAI swansong, fittingly, with a career-best 4th in-class at the event, albeit 27 laps adrift of the top spot. Even swapping to an Audi RS3 LMS for 2018 didn’t improve their fortunes, an overheated engine compounded by an accident that destroyed the cooling system leading to Stanco&Tanner’s first and only classified DNF at the event to-date. It was an unfortunate start for then-new sponsor, Autorama Wetzikon.
Finally, with the ‘Stanco&Tanner’ name now gone in deference to new partners Autorama Wetzikon – a Volkswagen specialist since 1986 – and the team now run by former German Formula 3 pilot Adrian Wolf, the duck was finally broken this January. After 24 hours gruelling hours, the team’s charger, now a Volkswagen Golf GTI, took TCE victory at the Hankook 24H DUBAI in only the team’s second TCR-class outing.
It’s a result of which the team is “very proud”, but one that, as Stefan explains, required a herculean amount of effort and some significant changes behind the scenes, not least the arrival of the VW.
“At the end of the 2017 season, Angelo Stanco just wanted to focus on the VLN” – understandably, given that Stanco&Tanner Motorsport took five wins and six pole positions en-route to the SP2T-class title during its maiden championship season – “But my clients (drivers) and I felt at home with CREVENTIC in the 24H SERIES.
“Since I’ve known Adrian Wolf for some time and his achievements in SEAT Cup and TCR Germany, we soon had our first talks. He knows the TCR vehicle inside out and has a tremendous knowledge of the setup and technical issues. So it happened that we first drove together at the [Hankook 24H DUBAI] in 2018, more talks followed, and now we will officially run as ‘Autorama Motorsport AG by Wolf Power-Racing’ team throughout the 2019 season.
“We’ve also changed from the RS3 LMS to the Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR. The Audi is the most beautiful car for me, but the Golf GTI TCR just works so well. You can’t even compare it to the [Renault] Clio either, because you have to work much harder at the steering wheel with that.”
“After 24 hours gruelling hours, the team’s charger, now a Volkswagen Golf GTI, took TCE victory at the Hankook 24H DUBAI in only the team’s second TCR-class outing.”
With new partners on-board, preparation for CREVENTIC’s halo race in the Middle East starts nice and early, even before the newly renamed team and newly-liveried V-Dub were officially presented last November. Wily competitor that he is, Stefan isn’t about to tell us all of the team’s secrets for pre-endurance race prep, but does admit that teamwork, both before and during a 24-hour event, is crucial.
“I’m afraid that’s a secret! What I will say is that Adrian Wolf led the technical team brilliantly, driving every single one of our mechanics through countless trainings to achieve top performance. Adrian is a perfectionist.
“And that kind of preparation really pays off in Dubai. We had a fuel problem during the night qualifying, but the team was able to identify and eliminate the mistake. Other than that we had nothing, and this is exclusively down to the top preparation of Adrian Wolf, and our race engineer, Patrick Liechti. The rest of the team did not make any mistakes either, from mechanic to cook, and it just goes to show, in the long haul, every team member counts.”
Even despite the re-fuelling issue, the former Stanco&Tanner squad qualified 2nd fastest of the TCR entrants in Dubai and an impressive 3rd overall in TCE. The Autorama/Wolf machine wasn’t at the front for long though. A heavy smash for Vintic & Shpuntic by HRT eliminated the Russian Porsche 991 and brought out the event’s first, of an eventual 19, Code 60 caution periods after just 16 laps. Autorama/Wolf was one of five TCR teams to take advantage, pitting for fresh rubber and brimming the Golf’s tank, dropping them towards the tail of the TCE field before the first hour had even elapsed.
“Though the Volkswagen – now out of sync with the TCE frontrunners – would eventually find a good rhythm during the race’s first quarter, it wasn’t until hour eight ticked by that Autorama moved into the division’s top three.”
Though the Volkswagen – now out of sync with the TCE frontrunners – would eventually find a good rhythm in 4th / 5th in TCR during the race’s first quarter, it wasn’t until hour eight ticked by that Stefan, Swiss compatriots Fabian Danz, Yannick Mettler and Jérôme Ogay, and German teammate Marlon Menden moved into the division’s top three. Not that running at the front was an immediate concern barely one-third of the way into the race, of course…
“We always want to win. Everything we do in preparation of the car is focused on the race win. That’s why we mostly use only one or two vehicles, so we can concentrate 100 percent of our efforts on that.
“Our goal was to run cleanly throughout the night first, always focusing on the podium. This is the only way to be able to flexibly influence the race and gradually adapt our strategy. We only have to think about a podium finish in the last 15 minutes of racing.
“But Dubai is tough. I think it is more strenuous to drive at night even than on the Nordschleife. In Dubai, wherever you are on the Autodrome, you always have traffic. I think it’s okay if everyone ‘plays along’, but you absolutely have to concentrate 100 percent. I’m very proud of the fact that I’ve been driving in the 24H SERIES since 2012” – Stefan debuted with Gloyna Motorsport at Barcelona that September – “and I’ve never had any contact with another vehicle.”
As the race has demonstrated time and time again though, success in Dubai doesn’t solely come down to good pit stop strategy and a clean stint during the night. Luck, or often the lack of it, plays its part too.
The fast-starting Team Dynamics with WRC Developments for instance led TCE outright at quarter-distance in 2019, but a front-end destroying shunt against the wall at turn 10 eliminated the Audi RS3 LMS on the spot. LMS Racing by Bas Koeten Racing’s time at the sharp end was also over early after terminal drivetrain and oil pressure problems struck. A more dramatic departure awaited Hong Kong-based KCMG, which set the event’s fastest TCR lap of the race (2m 11. 863s vs Autorama’s 2m 12.754s) before the rear-end of the Honda Civic Type-R dramatically erupted into flames on-track. Tangible proof that speed isn’t all you need to win in Dubai.
Even long-time leaders AC Motorsport weren’t safe, a heavy build-up of tyre debris in the Audi’s rear wheel arch smoking out driver Tom Boonen and forcing the four-time Paris-Roubaix winner to pit the RS3 LMS for repairs with just four hours remaining. Almost within sight of the flag, the Belgian team’s two-lap advantage was gone after more than 40 minutes were spent repairing the damage.
“Though it worked in his favour on this occasion, poor fortune is not something a battle-hardened Stefan Tanner wishes on any of his rivals.”
With the shock demise of AC Motorsport, and having run consistently in the TCE top two for the preceding nine hours, Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing suddenly found itself elevated to 1st on the road at the 20-hour mark. Though it worked in his favour, poor fortune is not something a battle-hardened Stefan Tanner wishes on any of his rivals.
“You try to control luck as much as you can during a race: don’t ride the kerbs, look after the car, make sure new parts are installed correctly, etc. And those last few hours were extremely stressful for the whole team, in the lead, because the time passes unbelievably slowly. During the last stint in the car, I was listening for suspicious noises, all while the engineer was giving me lap times. It’s pure tension!
“But we do not want problems for anyone. It should be a fair fight. You are suffering with the other teams, and everybody knows that any of us could be next.”
To avoid a repeat of AC Motorsport’s fiery incident, “perfectionist” Adrian Wolf opted for a precautionary pit stop to clean out any debris the VW may have picked up on-track. With a seven-lap advantage over Bas Koeten Racing’s heavily battle-scarred second TCR entry, Stefan and his teammates could afford to lean on their cushion and concentrate on endurance racing’s other ingrained challenge: fatigue.
“The temperatures in Dubai can be tough, but it’s not so much of a problem in the car. We keep the temperatures down with cooling hoses and as much fresh air as we can get into the cockpit. In the paddock, you sleep as much as you can, eat plenty of fruit and vegetables, and load up on coffee and Red Bull!
“The most important thing for all participants is to communicate that team success is paramount. Only with this attitude is it possible to ensure a successful race conclusion. You really have to take care of the car, even if that loses you some time.”
That might explain why Autorama’s advantage almost halves over the last four hours. That’s ultimately of little importance though as Stefan, fittingly, crosses the line to take both his and his team’s first win since the 2016 Hankook 24H CIRCUIT PAUL RICARD, Volkswagen’s second TCE win in Dubai on the bounce (emulating 2018 TCE winners Liqui Moly Team Engstler), and, incredibly, the team’s first 24H SERIES podium ever in the UAE.
Meticulous preparation. Flawless teamwork. Smooth and sensible running. Protect the car as much as you can. And a bit of luck. As Stefan Tanner explains, you’ll need it all to win in Dubai. It’s not hard to see why this is the team’s most important victory.
Stefan Tanner’s Hankook 24H DUBAI results
Result: 5th in A2 class (44th overall)
Team: Gloyna-Motorsport Team 1 (#104)
Car: Renault Clio
Teammates: Thomas Franken (NED), Martin Hald Gøtsche (DEN), Vincent le Sage (NED)
Result: 5th in A2 class (43rd overall)
Team: presenza.eu Racing Team Clio 1 (#112)
Car: Renault Clio Cup Endurance
Teammates: Luigi Stanco (ITA), Stephan Jäggi (SUI), Marc Schelling (SUI)
Result: 11th in A2 class (65th in overall)
Team: presenza.eu Racing Team Clio (#112)
Car: Renault Clio Cup IV
Teammates: Sonny Nielsen (DEN), Luigi Stanco (ITA), Christian Dijkhof (NED),
Yoshiki Ohmura (SUI)
Team: Stanco&Tanner Motorsport (#112)
Teammates: Luigi Stanco (ITA), Ralf Henggeler (SUI), Andy Mollison (GBR), Nicklas Oscarsson (SWE)
Result: DNF
Team: Stanco&Tanner Motorsport by Autorama Wetzikon (#112)
Car: Audi RS3 LMS DSG
Teammates: Luigi Stanco (ITA), Ralf Henggeler (SUI), Andrew Mollison (GBR), Rudolf Rhyn (SUI)
Result: 1st in TCE, 1st in TCR-class (26th overall)
Team: Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing (#112)
Car: Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR DSG
Teammates: Marlon Menden (GER), Fabian Danz (SUI), Yannick Mettler (SUI), Jérôme Ogay (SUI)
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Why did Belinda throw Sabine under the bus?
Lately we’ve been taking a very close look at the activities of Sabine McNeill during the lead-up and early days of the Hampstead SRA hoax. However, it’s important not to forget that Sabine had a “partner in crime”—Belinda McKenzie. As most of our readers know, Belinda tends to turn up like a bad penny in all manner of hoaxes and dirty dealings: she collected money for the so-called ‘Starchild’ hoax; she became involved in the Hollie Greig hoax; she helped the notorious fraudster Kevin Annett launch his 2010–2011 tour of the UK; and of course most famously, she headed the dodgy charity Iran Aid, which was later found to be funnelling enormous sums of money to a bank account in Germany, and thence into the pockets of the Mujahidin al Khalq (and, it is rumoured, Belinda herself).
Belinda is the eminence grise of Hoaxtead: always there, always in the background, cheering on her minions and lugging shopping bags full of butties to court when they’re arrested. Some claim that Belinda must have some sort of official “protection”, or even that she’s linked to MI5 or some other agency, as she never seems to face legal consequences for her actions. We are more inclined to think that she’s just a clever manipulator, who knows how to motivate her followers to do her bidding…and help her keep her own well-manicured hands clean.
During the early days of the Hampstead hoax, Belinda was much more visible than she is now: she could be found outside the Royal Courts of Justice most days, protesting the fact-finding hearing as it was under way. She also wrote a number of blog posts, most of which she removed from her blog when it became clear in the summer of 2015 that the police were not planning to turn a blind eye to her machinations.
However, through the magic of the internet we have managed to track down the Missing Belinda Files…and we think they tell an interesting story. First, an excerpt from a post from her blog in mid-February 2015:
In this post, titled “Support Sabine”, Belinda paints a picture of a brilliant, respected colleague with a Slavic “passion for justice”. While Sabine might have inadvertently “enabled video materials relating to the case to appear on line…she strenuously denies leaking the document in question”. According to Belinda, Sabine was stitched up by the evil British justice system; if she had anything to do with leaking anything related to Hampstead, it was completely by accident.
Compare, though, with this post excerpt, again from Belinda:
What a difference a few months makes! Now, Belinda talks about “Sabine McNeill who is responsible for having leaked the home-videos of 2 whistle-blower children to a blogger in February of this year, with the inevitable result that they instantly went viral on the internet”.
In this post, Belinda quite nonchalantly tosses her colleague (some would say “her loyal deputy”) under the first passing bus.
Why would she do this? Well, it becomes clearer as one reads further: Belinda notes that “she and our Association as a whole are being branded as ‘saboteurs’ of this and other cases, including by the children’s mother Ella in her last but one interview”.
Belinda desperately wants—needs, in fact—to preserve the reputation of her Association of McKenzie Friends, as it’s her vehicle for latching onto distressed parents who have no representation in Family Court. These cases, although they inevitably go down in flames, serve to publicise Belinda’s political agenda, which in turn fuels her donations button.
And that brings us back to Hoaxtead, which was to have been Belinda’s epic battle cum money-making machine. At least, it was until it all went galley-west and cockeyed.
It’s quite possible, in fact it’s quite likely that Sabine released the videos of RD’s children under orders from Belinda. However, Belinda is an expert at sniffing the wind, and within a few months she’d realised that unless she disavowed Sabine’s actions, her cunning plans would be toast.
But we find it very interesting that Belinda seems so willing to acknowledge Sabine’s wrong-doing (even though she offers a weak defence—her belief that “Publicity is the very soul of justice”), when it suits her needs. As for Sabine herself, she continues to deny any wrong-doing. Wouldn’t it have been interesting, though, to have been a fly on the wall when Sabine discovered that her “best friend” had shoved her in the path of a double-decker, to save her own skin?
01/02/2017 in Belinda McKenzie. Tags: Belinda McKenzie, blog, Hampstead hoax, Mckenzie Friends, Sabine McNeill
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125 thoughts on “Why did Belinda throw Sabine under the bus?”
Nicely done, Mr. Coyote!
And definitely a cue to revisit some classic moments in Belinda’s recent past as Sabine’s main (stal)wart…
You can’t buy loyalty like that, can you?
And if you could, you’d ask for your money back.
“During the early days of the Hampstead hoax, Belinda was much more visible than she is now: she could be found outside the Royal Courts of Justice most days, protesting the fact-finding hearing as it was under way.”
Indeed she was, EC. As well as bemoaning the fact that she wasn’t allowed in to watch. Or…er… was she?
Reminds me of when she went protesting for Robert Green to be released from prison, blissfully unaware that he’d been out on parole for several months 😀
LOL! Yes, so much for her brilliant courtroom skills.
An Alan Smithee Pun says:
How shit a pun would it be to say that Belinda is a McKenzie fiend?
So crap…but so satirical. Do I hear a high 5? Hello?
Ah, memories…. 😂😂😂
Top-drawer write up, EC.
I know I’ve mentioned this before but how sneaky of Bellender to call her organisation ‘the Association of McKenzie Friends’, knowing full well that to the uninitiated, this sounds like an official body approved by the legal profession. She effectively hijacked the term ‘McKenzie friends’ for her own ends.
Yes, she has a habit of naming things almost-but-not-quite like other, officially recognised organisations.
It’s a shameful tactic, isn’t it. They should expose it on CCN. Er. sorry – CNN 😀
Woah! How creepy is this? 😮
Arfur writes far too much.
However, Angela is NOT a maternal woman.
She’s abandoned her boys in Oldcastle and
I can’t frigging stand it when a woman of nearly 60 is called a GIRL.
Angela could be his bloody mother and he’s calling her a GIRL?
The misogynist porker.
Apart from that, Arfur’s not worth replying to.
Too crazy by far.
Oh, tell a lie. It gets creepier…
Angie update: her ban is for 5 days.
You ain’t seen me, right.
Kaoutal and Disney are really just two idiots with access to the internet. I don’t think they have anything to offer anyone. In fact the constant outpouring of religious drivel from both of them serves only to sabotage any influence they could have had. On top of that the vile outbursts from Kaoutal (conveniently ignored by the likes of Disney) will put any possible new recruits right off. They both lack the ability to see themselves as others see them. They have no importance or relevance to anything really.
Angie likes to talk about fighting the good fight and yet she does absolutely nothing more than whine on the internet and jaunt about on holidays. Arthur just talks the big talk about what he’s going to do when the reality is that he can’t do zilch, nada about anything. In real life he is used to using his physicality to bully others sadly for him the internet is a different affair and he is effectively neutered.
Midicon that is a good summing up of the pair of them.
Though I might add Angela causes trouble for people, encouraging them to get arrested and sectioned whilst she sits back and no doubt laughs at what she has done.
She is just not very nice, not very nice at all.
I do agree, there is something nasty and self serving about Angela.
Yes her No.1 Priority is Angela Power-Disney, always has and always will be no matter what she says.
I’m a bit disappointed that none of the Hoaxers went to support RQ yesterday.
They must be worried…
That’ll give her plenty of time to dream up some more fantasies, go and meet her new friends at the bar, get her roots done, go swimming, walking and generally have a good time as per usual Angie Style.
The hoaxers won’t support anyone in that sense now… that is, turning out in support. The energy for that has sort of fizzled out, in part due to the silencing of Belinda, Sabine and Ward. The main drivers of the hoax and organizers of protests etc.
It just shows then that the old supporters (turning out for court appearances etc.) don’t really have minds of their own.
If they really believed the hoax, surely they’d support someone else that supposedly did?
But did he really or was it just to get attention on Youtube and a nice free holiday?
Hee-hee! Yes…
Is Angie revealing here that she was a member of ABBA?.
We should have realized that along with all her other skills, Chancellor of Oxford University, ex-editor of the New York Times, author of Academy award winning films and last remaining member of the Romanov dynasty – she would also have once been a part of a chart topping super group.
Her most famous composition was ‘Money Money Money’. And when she left ABBA she morphed into the supermodel Claudia Schiffer as you can easily see from the snaps below (proof :no-one has ever seen them in the same room together).
Not a lot of people know that.
All this business about “maternal women” and “maternal mother” (which is a bizarre tautology – his mother on his mother’s side of the family? Makes you wonder by what sort of sexual process Arthur was produced). To use the old cliche, Freud would have a field day.
At least now when people Google Belinda’s name, they can get a few sources which may just give them second thoughts on letting her “help” them.
Chris Divvy says:
My software says there is a 90% chance they are the same person. I must go and type a long rambling expletive laden blog post about it.
Does that mean that others can still post on her timeline?
There is a post by the Nutter Of Brighton Matt Taylor claiming responsibility for the downfall of some Northern copper. Poor Matt thinks that when he reads something in a newspaper and then writes about it on his wacky website it means he actually did it.
He’s also pushing “Team Setchfield style Executive Orders” as PM for the UK. That is of course Brian Setchfield another “child abuse campaigner” and an investigator of the “Freemason Rothschild Satanist Cults” that run every town council in Britain.
But there is something very odd about Setchfield – his remarkable likeness o the late Jimmy Savile. Are they one & the same person? Did anyone actually witness Savile’s dead body?. Was Savile’s so-called death yet another Cult hoax like that of Patrick Cullinane?. Setchfield only appeared on the scene after Savile’s death.
And using the brilliant deducting skills I’ve learned from reading Princess Neelu’s offerings along with Sabine McNeill & APD : has anyone ever seen the two of them in the same room?
The fact that they don’t have their own minds, is something that all these so called anti child abuse campaigners rely on, that’s how it works. You just have to look at vidio’s on YouTube to see that. Even Belinda never read any police reports from the Hollie Greig Hoax. Unscripted she was a blabbering mess. Put them in a Zoo, was her answer at Speakers Corner in London. And when pressed outside court in Scotland if she read anything she said, yes of course I have, she knew nothing, changed the subject on to something else. She either does that or makes up stuff or repeats fake stories about petrol stations blah blah blah. Then we have Bill Maloney, who always has it on good orfottaty, but never has any proof, the uneducated or vulnerable with out their own mind, think we’ll, Bill said it, it must be true. Ben Fellows was exactly the same, with his stories about being abused by almost everyone on television. Well, there we are then, Ben said it, it must be true. These people arn’t MI5 agents, or MI6 or any other secret agent organisation. They are all attention whores. Because, the more crap they come out with, the more people will listen, follow, and spread this dirt manure on a farmers field. Then it snow balls, people add a bit more, add a bit more, have another rally, throw some one under a bus, call some one a paedophile who doesn’t agree with them. So I personally think, the bubble started to burst, because, people did start asking questions, people did start doing their research, and these people who were like Belinda, and the rest, went a bit quiet, people started getting arrested, people started asking questions. Meanwhile, these attention whores, had to keep going because it’s a kind of addiction, they had to make things sound even more outrageous, asking for money, donations, they knew there limitations, so if so and so gets arrested it’s not there problem, but so and so, has to get arrested otherwise the crap these so called anti child abuse campaigners come out with will disappear.
Yup.A classic tale of two desperately delusional failed human beings mutually spoon feeding each other hate fueled poison.The inevitability of the U bend of reality looms large for both and it is not a pretty sight.There is some dark humour to be had observing the deconstruction of mindless idiots colliding with themselves but ultimately it is all really very sad.
Arfur uses lots of capital letters.
Internet Law from the Telegraph:
10. The Law of Exclamation
First recorded in an article by Lori Robertson at FactCheck.org in 2008, this states: “The more exclamation points used in an email (or other posting), the more likely it is a complete lie. This is also true for excessive capital letters.”
It is reminiscent of the claim in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels that the more exclamation marks someone uses in writing, the more likely they are to be mentally unbalanced.
According to Pratchett, five exclamation marks is an indicator of “someone who wears their underwear on the outside”.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6408927/Internet-rules-and-laws-the-top-10-from-Godwin-to-Poe.html
Maybe they all know that Rupert is having doubts about the whole thing……
The excessive use of capitals, emoji’s and of course exclamation marks merely display a lack of intelligence, communication skills and of course self awareness. It also takes any any credibility (if there was any to begin with) that any poster might have had.
I have seen this behaviour on a few forums and not once has it ever been resorted to by any right thinking person.
Absolutely classic material, still makes me laugh.
Lmao, that is hysterical. On the ball as always Belinda.
Is Arthur trying to compete with Spivey in the writingof long bullshit posts?
I used to confidently say that, even at the height of his popularity, no one ever went into a hairdressers and said “I want to look like Jimmy Savile”. I think I have been proven wrong.
I used to fill my letters with little drawings, smiley faces and funny symbols. Then I started secondary school and learned how to communicate like a grown up.
Great work SSFS
You described Angie perfectly FA. She is indeed a very nasty woman who thinks nothing of gaining peoples trust and then spilling the beans about their personal life etc all over the internet if she feels slighted by them at all.
Don’t forget the Knight Foundation…same tactic.
I imagine theological discussions in the Power-Disney household are generally on this sort of level:
monkeystolemybanana says:
I love how all these delusional people claim to know the Troof about everything. None of these people can offer any real help to anyone. How the hell is Arfour or Anglerina helping victims of child abuse? How are their religious ramblings and claims of knowing more than anyone about God help anyone.
How is Arthur and Angie going to bring down this supposedly sinister international crime ring ran by the most powerful families and organisations in the world? By rambling about Nonce-Sense on the internet.
I see Ar4 heading down a one way path to doing something minor and stupid and ending up sectioned or more likely locked up for a few years. Angie will be long gone.
This is how Ar4 sees himself as some dangerous maverick and threat to the system.
https://vid.me/SL2s
I can’t for the life of me work out how he poses a threat to the system. Perhaps I am missing something.
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I spent 10 very long minutes yesterday reading Mel Ve’s masterwork “The S A Guide To The Global Conspiracy” that you linked on here last night, what a pile of absolute shite, the info in it was that thin it would’ve worked better in pamphlet form, or even a postcard. She had a Eureka moment when she was told it is legal to sell perfume that smells like other perfume so long as the brand name is different. She surely is a prophet of our times.
Nice work with your videos Monkeystolemybanana, keep them coming and i’ll keep on sharing them.
Angies hypocrisy, she’s accused me of intimidation tactics ! Too funny, desperately seeking support from guidance222, After encouraging so much abuse to so many, i hope justice catches her && Belinda.
Well, colour me abashed 😀
Bickering with each other has become way more important to them than rescuing children from a supposed baby-eating paedo-cult. Priorities, it seems, are shifting.
Finally she’s starting to make scents.
Google Hoaxtead says:
Lol, i see what you did there Spiny 🙂
Angie’s latest video in which she laughingly offers her answers to questions from so called ‘trolls’
I cant help feeling Mel imagines herself as some form of modern day heroine on a mission to save humanity from itself(make the world a better place etc,blah).Fair play both individually and as a species we have much work and many challenges to face.However vaingloriously pumping out tired, old hat, mindless dross hour on end from a pretentious plastic throne does not herald the dawn of the coming good or any such and will certainly get her no nearer the hallowed nobel peace prize I suspect she secretly covets. 😉
If Mel has any sincerity about harmonic development of our species she may wish to consider putting away her selection of accrued “facts” and for a while to ponder the posssibility that she may “understand” nothing at all and see where that takes her.The result can not be worse than the futile path she is currently treading and is gauranteed to save fair bit on the electricity bill and reduce her and Biggis carbon footprint.Win/win,no brainer.
Thanks, AF.
OK, hands up who winced at her squirming attempt to answer the “Where’s the evidence?” question! 😀
Her Ellagate answer is even worse! 😮
Yes Spiny & Liza Angie’s answers are to the questions are terrible, the usual tripe she spouts. The Ellagate answer was a right cop out.
Lol all 300+ pages. Haha the perfume thing has been going on forever.
The reason Angie has made this video, I think:
Her accusations of who runs this blog go from bad to worse, evil woman.
I’m weeping at her attempts to justify why she used to beat her children.
Apparently her sons would even thank her for her punishment of them. Bless her, she was only hitting them because they wanted her to. So very giving and unselfish of her.
None of these people deal in facts. I have given up arguing with conspiracy theorists as they just cling to the same points and ignore the thousands of plot holes. The media, police, courts, system, everything is supposedly corrupt but obviously their cherry picked sources and shitty blogs are the truth.
I’m wincing and weeping at the thought of a bible reading.
Creepy gibberish. The worst kind.
300 pages? it could’ve been condensed down to 3 pages with the amount of factual info in it, the rest was Mels paranoia. I especially liked the bit about the Hells Angels being Vatican agents (along with the KKK, CIA and just about every group Mel dosent like in the world. Where does she get this shit? I love the way when people ask questions the source she gives them is her own books. You cant use yourself as an independent source, its like a snake eating its own tail. If the source material is shit then Mels material is regurgitated shit that’s been through Mels system many times.
Apparently Angie was also the governess to members of the Saudi royal family when she met George Michael. 🙂
Nice to see her admit she knows who her donors are when she previously categorically stated that she didn’t.
In fact, I’m hearing claim after claim after claim that we know for a fact to be lies and have the screenshots to prove it! Good Will Hunting, anyone?
Hahaha Her source list/further reading section is a good laugh at the back.
Christ, she still thinks that twat Yannis is one of us! Great research as always, Angie.
“How do you know what Belinda’s house looks like anyway?”
Er…because she’s repeatedly posted her address. Thanks for asking.
Her answer to “Why do you claim to have watched videos you clearly haven’t?” was, “Well, that’s bollocks.” Actually, Angie, you proved yourself wrong on that when you spoke with authority about the contents of a video, based solely on the title, blissfully unaware that the title was wrong and the contents had nothing to do with the title or what you claimed it was about! LOL
“I never claimed to have played the O2 Academy.”
She’s changed the year she supposedly met him and shouted, “Oh look, there’s George Michael.” But it’s still years before he was famous! LOL
She’s done loads! Have you missed them?
Hashtag Cuntwaffle says:
Students’ Union…acting career…Good Will Hunting…student protests…published magazine articles…famous relatives…
…All previously proven to be bollocks.
A lot of fingers in a lot of pies
https://pipl.com/search/?q=+b.mckenzie%40btinternet.com&l=United+Kingdom&sloc=GB%7CNone%7CNone&in=6
A lot of pies indeed Monkey.
Almost believable as at the time London was awash with Saudis. And the Saudi Royal family consists of 1000s of members but only certain ones are considered important- children of Wife Numero Uno.
It’s a polygamist society but only the wealthy can afford several wives and the Royals ( sons of the King or his brothers) etend to have dozens and subsequently they can father 100s of children. It’s deliberate- the creation of an upper class who are all related.
I was agent for a struggling band in the late 70s and the lead singer was supported by a Prince of the number one wife hence it made for interesting times. Little things would occur such as when my ancient car broke down. I was lent an Aston Martin for six months (I hoped he would forget I had it but he didn’t)
People may recall at that time there were so many scandals among visiting minor royalty especially shop lifting at Harrods (probably why they bought the store eventually) that suddenly all Saudi royals were ordered back home & told their free-wheeling UK days were over and they would all be taking administrative jobs in the government.
At that time our Saudi prince who lived in a magnificent mansion in Oxford but was incredibly overweight had a sudden heart attack and died. Gossip was he had a deliberate heroin OD a she couldn’t face giving up his freewheeling UK days and becoming head of a government department such as issuing paper clips etc.
I suppose Angie could have been a nanny at some stage but she’s told so many fibs it’s hard to believe anything she says,
She may have turned them into masochists then with Angie wondering why she would find little business cards lying around advertising the services of ‘Miss Whiplash’ or ” Strict French Lessons”.
Angela must have had psycho, sorry i meant psychic abilities and had forseen that not only would George Michael become famous but that he would also no longer be known as Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou.
I never knew that Sabine is “widely known for her intellectual brilliance”
That was the first one I have watched really. I only ever managed a few minutes before on any of them. I have read her Facebook drivel. I must admit that one made me laugh. Perhaps I have been missing out.
44:41 – “Warwick University is not too far from Warwick Castle.”
She still thinks Warwick University is in Warwick, doesn’t she. Anyone who’s never studied there could be forgiven for thinking that. Someone who has, however, would know it’s in Coventry. D’oh!
Bloody hell, we ask Angie for evidence to support her cannibal paedo cult claims and she gives us…
…Guidance 2222’s video in which he shouts accusations at A COMPLETELY FUCKING RANDOM woman in her back garden in front of her frightened child 😮
“We have evidence….”. No you have stuff hoovered up from all over the internet and crocheted together with cheap synthetic wool to create a quilt of nonsensical falsehoods.
Police have shot down in flames all the hoaxer’s exaggerated nonsense and the vicious child abuser Abraham Christie’s torturous attempts to bend the minds of 2 innocent kids.
I reckon Angie always reveals what she is : an amateur con-merchant who has supped with – as claimed by a witness I believe – the odious professional forger & many times convicted criminal Angela Davison who laughingly claims she was an MI5 operative.
## Davison has been very, very quiet for over 18 months and here is why : her carefully laid plans by claiming she was an ex-spy etc etc were to really convince the world that when she scarpered and was convicted in absentia, that she was ‘in exile’ in South America.
But Davison is where she’s always been- Thailand and she’s working with some dangerous and organised criminals who run the highly profitable Boiler Room share scams out of Bangkok. Innocent people everywhere are still defrauded and occasionally a gang is busted for the news cameras but those at the top are always absent. A bunch of British/ Aussie / US and Irish backpackers manning the phones are given a small fine and deported but the masterminds have already set-up a new shop often in the same building.
Davison was read the riot act by a murderous Irish criminal boss and told to shut up drawing attention to herself.
# the ghastly crook Christopher Fay was a member of one gang and a pal of Davison’s and despite the South London boss co-incidentally (?) named Davison getting a jail sentence he’s out and lives in luxury in Bangkok running one such business.
But poor Angie is no big time Bonny Parker. In the end it’s all about those donations. Sadly she hopped on that bus far too late and while she may still get a few pennies here & there, let’s face it , she has little else to do but make very loooong videos in the hope a fiver may land in her in-tray.
Freudian Skip : Andrea Davison not Angela.
Given mighty empires and vast civilizations eventually implode through internal machinations and corruption,some bunch of clueless twats pissing in and drinking from a fabricated well of nonsense was never going to have a particulary happy ending (or beginning and middle come to think of it).
AR4 – Straight Outta Jail – https://vid.me/8sYM
Some new twitter pics aimed at Hoaxtead Research and Spiny. Lol
It’s quite a common thing for these people to screw with people, then use God as an excuse to do, and lie, about anything and anyone. If feeds the vulnerable and the believers of the bullshit, as if God is a protector of everything. Because saying they believe in the tooth fairy, doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.
It’s interesting that the great broadcaster and journalist, never looks at the lense on her webcam, also she is always playing with her hair and smoking fags. This body language, is from smoke one who is quite clearly lying, and has stuff to hide. I noticed particularly she did it when she was talking about the snuff movie to Jake that time. She was quite clearly not telling the truth, and this is what I mean about manipulating vulnerable people.
Lol, brilliant.
The apocrypha are books generally omitted from the Bible by protestant churches. They are usually presented in their own section as works worthy of study but of dubious provenance. The video that Christine Sands took inside the church shows her getting very confused by a Bible which contained the apocryphal books as she was unfamiliar with their titles.
I would call them cow pats
LOL Why does this not surprise me?
How about the Flying Spaghetti Monster? 😀
He’s a threat to my digestive system. He makes me want to puke.
https://vid.me/6hNF – Angler Powder-Dizzy – Dancing with a Man
can we help Arthur? Despite his non conformist stance he is trapped by his lifestyle.
Please help this man who has been trapped in the system. A dilemma many face, a wicked circle. Reach out and offer friendship not hate.
OPEN HIS EYES
MKD has also shrewdly picked up on Angie’s claims about Thatcher coming to Warwick University while she was there. Angie claims to have graduated in 1981 but it’s a matter of record that Thatcher only visited Warwick Uni twice – in 1984 and 1990. LOL
https://vid.me/VsuL – Message of Support To Arthur K by Anonymouse
Some interesting new ones form MKD, using footage from some of Angie’s unlisted (and previously unseen?) videos. Among the bullshit and lies, there is some epic whingeing on display here:
One thing she says which is correct, though (near the beginning of the first video):
“i do alienate a lot of people.”
See, your stories are much, much more interesting than hers, Sam. And all the better because they have the ring of truth. 🙂
@ 11:41 in the first video:
“The only thing you can count on is I’ll be honest with you.”
Hahahahahahaha! 😀
Side note on Belinda’s house: We have it on good authority that her front door has seven doorbells. It has been suggested that perhaps one needs to ring them in a certain order to gain admission. Just a suggestion, but interesting if true. 🙂
11:45 – “So I’ll probably leave your message ’til tomorrow, just because I’m scared. It’s just the space my head is in. And drinking makes that worse, because sometimes I’m…you know…sometimes it’s not about ‘oh yeah, I’ve got this God-given gift to tell people the truth’. Sometimes it’s just because I’m fucking drunk.”
2:57 – “It would be two or three smacks on the backside, without humiliation.”
Oh, well that’s ok, then. *Sigh*
LOL, great speech, mate!
I’ve sent Arfur the link 🙂
You have to play ‘the Dance of the Seven Veils’ note-perfect to be allowed in.
I might have made that up.
Maria MacMoan says:
She’s a fecking disgrace. Her children must really resent her. They’re probably too scared to say anything, though. People often fear their ex-abusers well into adult life, plus they’ve seen how Mum has no hesitation about using the internet to get back at anyone who crosses her, so they need to keep on her good side. She basically still has a hold over them. Bloody despicable woman.
Eddy the Cat says:
Huh, bitch got snitched. 😀 😀 😀
Oi, Eddy! Nice to see you! 🙂
LOL! I like it.
Apparently it’s called ‘trauma bonding’.
Miaow! 😀
By the way, if Charlotte comes looking for me, you haven’t seen me, ok.
Re. the third video
It sounds to me like Angie’s very envious of people who have better lives/families than her. So seemingly well-off families in a leafy Hampstead suburb must have been like a red rag to a bull!
I notice the child is now covered with a blank text box – which can easily be removed by anyone who clicks on it. Surely the family concerned should be able to get YouTube to remove this video, it is a very blatant invasion of their privacy.
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Rupert Quaintance trial update: Day 4
Yes, we’re back to referring to the trial by Rupert’s real name, as it seems the court listings have done the same. As always, we ask that no one speculate about the outcome of the trial in the comments section. We appreciate everyone’s cooperation!
Cross-examination of defendant, part 2
On the fourth day of Rupert Quaintance’s trial on multiple counts of harassment causing fear of violence, court resumed at 10:15 a.m. with Rupert still in the witness stand, being cross-examined by Martyn Bowyer for the prosecution. Noting that he would not be leaving the topic of the other Hampstead “activists” completely, Mr Bowyer took up where he left off yesterday.
“When did you discover that Angela Power-Disney was, as you put it, ‘dangerous’?” he asked.
“I’ll have to think about that”, Rupert said.
Mr Bowyer asked whether the realisation came before or after Rupert’s visit to Lanzarote. On reflection, Rupert said it was about halfway through the second week there. “I decided she was a meddler”, he said. “She manipulates people, especially when they’re frightened”.
Mr Bowyer confirmed with Rupert that his travels had taken him from the United States to Italy, then Holland, then Lanzarote, and finally the UK, where he had arrived on 9 August 2016.
He pointed out that the Excel document found on Rupert’s hard drive, containing the names of Christ Church Primary School parents, had been created on 30 July 2016, so this must have occurred while Rupert was in Lanzarote. “You accepted yesterday that one source for this document could have been Angela Power-Disney”, he said.
Rupert agreed that this was possible, but said he was not certain.
Mr Bowyer asked whether Sabine McNeill could be characterised as another “activist”, and Rupert agreed that she could. Mr Bowyer suggested that Rupert might not have found Sabine as “dangerous” as Angela, and that he might not have had so many concerns about her”. Again, Rupert agreed.
Mr Bowyer noted that the second list of parents’ names had been found on the HampsteadChristChurch.com site, which had been accessed several times by someone using Rupert’s laptop. The link to that site had been sent by Sabine on 31 March 2016, before Rupert left the United States. He asked whether Rupert had seen this site prior to Sabine sending it to him. “It’s hard to say”, said Rupert. “I can’t remember”.
Mr Bowyer said that on 31 March, Sabine had sent a Skype message with a link to the site, and that Rupert had already stated that he “believed he would have looked at it”. He asked whether Rupert had read about the multiple addresses alleged to belong to the father in the case. Rupert said he might have bookmarked it and saved it for later.
Asked when he had realised that the Hampstead case might not have been all he initially believed, Rupert said, “I came to that determination around my second week in Italy”. He said he had gained more clarity, and the case “took on a different tone to me”.
Mr Bowyer asked Rupert why, if he was no longer interested in Hampstead, he had continued to save documents sent to him about the case: “If someone was sending lies to you, which were of no interest to you, why save them?” he asked.
Rupert replied, “I didn’t want to be accused of being a fraud. I wanted to show that I did my work”.
Turning to the American Freedom Radio broadcast, Mr Bowyer asked Rupert who he’d been referring to in the part of the broadcast where he said, “I don’t want to kill them, I just want to beat them up really bad”. “The people who’d been causing me to fear violence”, Rupert said.
“But had anyone been violent toward you?” Mr Bowyer asked, noting that the reference to beating people up had been immediately followed by Rupert saying, “They’ve been physical, why shouldn’t people get physical with them?” Mr Bowyer contended that this reference was not to Rupert’s trolls online, but to the people of Hampstead, who had supposedly “been physical” in abusing children. “This is a reference to the parents, isn’t it?” he asked. “No one in the list of parents had been physical with you, so why would you say this?”
He further pointed out that Rupert had made that broadcast during his sojourn in Holland, immediately prior to coming to the UK. “Your attitude toward Hampstead had not changed one iota”, he said.
Rupert said he could “understand why you think I was ready for a row—I was just trying to puff myself up”.
Mr Bowyer said that when Rupert had referred in his YouTube video to “kicking down doors and taking blood samples”, this could only refer to the parents, as it would make no sense to “take blood samples” from any other party.
“That was off the cuff”, Rupert said. “I never thought it would be repeated”.
Referring to the Facebook post in which Rupert showed himself at the school, Mr Bowyer asked, “Regarding the comments from your friend Clay, is ‘biscuit’ slang for ‘gun’?” Rupert said that it is, especially in the hiphop world.
“So when Clay posted ‘is that a biscuit in your pocket?’ did you think he meant gun?”
“My initial inclination was to delete that comment”, Rupert said, adding that on second thought he had decided not to censor his friend’s comment.
“Was Clay asking ‘are you armed?'” Mr Bowyer asked, “asking ‘has it been necessary to carry a gun’?”
Rupert said that that was the way he’d understood it.
“Why did you choose to respond ‘knife?’?”
Rupert said that at the end of the Facebook conversation, he had said, “Haha, no no no”.
“At some point even Clay suggested that it might be a good idea to remove the post, didn’t he?” Mr Bowyer asked.
“No, I said that”, Rupert said. “I don’t think Clay would say to take it down”.
Referring to his arrest on 13 September, Rupert said that pre- and post-arrest he felt like two different people. “I was really relieved after the harassment stopped”.
Mr Bowyer asked Rupert to explain what was going through his mind during the week between posting the Facebook post and his arrest: “You still wanted to satisfy the people who’d brought you over here, but was it all over for you?”
Rupert said that the morning before he was arrested, he felt he’d overstayed his welcome. “I was exploring getting a plane ticket,” he said. “My final findings were inconclusive”.
“When were you planning to announce you had no evidence” to support the Hampstead allegations?”
“As soon as I left”.
“Did you actually put anything else up about the Hampstead case after 5 September?”
“I don’t remember”.
Mr Bowyer said, “So no report, no video, no Twitter post saying it was a dead story?”
“I didn’t want to be between the two sides, with one wanting me to investigate”, Rupert said.
“You received donations from people like Angela Power-Disney, Sabine McNeill, and others”, Mr Bowyer said. “So your trip was partly funded by them?”
Rupert agreed that this was true.
“On the other hand, you had the people who vilified you—so you had twice the reason to say ‘I’ve done my best, it’s time to move on”. That would have satisfied both sides, wouldn’t it?” Mr Bowyer asked.
Rupert said he had not considered that.
Turning to the original YouTube video, Mr Bowyer asked how it happened that Rupert had completely ignored the negative feedback he’d received on it.
Rupert said that when he makes videos, he glances at the comments, but doesn’t dwell on them; and so in this case he went back a year later and checked.
Referring to videos which Angela made with Rupert, secretly recording them and then putting them up without his permission, Mr Bowyer asked whether Rupert was aware of these.
“Yes, I asked her to take them down”, he said.
“Did you ask YouTube to take them down?”
Rupert said he had not.
Mr Bowyer asked Rupert, “Are you a reasonable man?”
“Yes, but I’m naïve, and I learn the hard way”, he responded.
Mr Bowyer asked whether Rupert accepted that he had played some part in the distress suffered by the witnesses in this trial.
Mr Bowyer asked, “Do YouTubers enjoy attention?” Rupert agreed they did.
“So you enjoyed the attention of this extremely divisive situation, including the abuse?”
“At first, yes”, Rupert said. “But once I realised how deep I was in, no”.
Mr Bowyer said, “I submit that you enjoyed it. You came to this country armed with a list of names”.
“That sounds so nefarious”, Rupert said.
Mr Bowyer pointed out that to take another person’s blood against their will would require violence.
“Put a certain way”, Rupert replied.
“I submit that you wanted to beat them up pretty bad right before you left Holland for the UK, and that after that you came to the school and left a message on Facebook that you were armed, which you didn’t remove”, Mr Bowyer said.
At this point, Rupert could be heard sniffling. Mr Bowyer stated that his cross-examination was done.
Defence response
Referring to the Facebook post, Mr Stevens noted that it ended with a comment from Leo Gallagher, not Rupert’s friend Clay. He asked Rupert whether his response “no, no” was an answer to a question from Mr Gallagher, or from Clay.
Both, Rupert said. “I thought [Leo] was referring to someone who’d been killed by the police.
Mr Stevens stated that the response had been posted on 7 September 2016.
Judge’s questions for defendant
Judge Griffith asked Rupert whether he had had any part in reposting his first Hampstead video in February 2016. Rupert replied that he had not.
Judge Griffith said, “You said you had been told that ‘they’d be waiting for me’ when you arrived in the UK. How did they know when you would be getting off the plane?”
Rupert said he didn’t know.
“How did they know where you were [in London]?” Mr Griffith asked. Rupert said that he had done a video in the back garden of the house where he was staying in Erith, and some people had identified its location from local landmarks visible in the video.
Rupert said, “There were some strange events”, such as people knocking on the door early in the morning or calling the house where he was staying and hanging up. He attributed this behaviour to those who had been harassing him online.
Judge Griffith noted that on Rupert’s Facebook account, someone named “Roger Flutterby” had said, “You look like a creepy knuckle-scraping twat”, and asked whether this was typical of the abuse Rupert had suffered.
“I’d say that was light”, Rupert said.
The judge asked Rupert whether he had any screen shots of death threats he had received.
“Yes, but I don’t have them with me”, Rupert said.
Admissions, part 2
Further to the Admissions which were put on the record yesterday, a set of admissions was given to the jury today. It was agreed between the parties that Rupert had been a target of online abuse; that his address had been published without his permission; that Rupert had complained about this to the police; and that a person who identified himself to police as a Satanist had been asked and had agreed to stop directing angry posts online at Rupert.
Character references
Mr Stevens, defence, read out the contents of four character references for the defendant, in which he was described as “kind-hearted and empathetic” with a “wonderful soul”. One reference said he has a strong work ethic, having been employed nearly five years; another said he exhibits compassion and empathy, and the last one characterised him as kind and respectful.
This was the end of the evidence, for both prosecution and defence.
Legal directions
Judge Griffith gave the jury legal directions, emphasizing that the prosecution must prove the defendant’s guilt, and that it was not up to Rupert to prove his innocence. He reviewed the Harassment Act, noting that the phrase “a course of conduct” must be differentiated from a series of unrelated acts. The course of conduct must be aimed at an individual, so the jury must consider whether this includes the named people in this case, most obviously the parents.
The judge explained that the course of conduct must cause the victims to fear that violence might be used against them. In this case, he said, some of the witnesses had expressed fear for their children. The judge said it would be up to the jury to decide whether the witnesses’ fear had been for themselves, or for their children.
The next step, he said, would be to determine whether Rupert knew, or ought to have known, the effect his course of conduct would have. “It’s not enough for him to say, ‘I didn’t think about it'” he said. Considering whether he ought to have known, the jury must decide whether a reasonable man would have known the effect of his course of conduct.
In this case, there are three possible verdicts: guilty, not guilty, or guilty of a lesser charge, to whit, simple harassment. Simple harassment is harassment in which there is no fear of violence, but rather “alarm or distress”.
Given the character references provided, and the fact that Rupert by his own admission has only been in trouble with the law over a minor cannabis charge long ago, Judge Griffith said that he must be treated as a “person of good character”. This factor must be taken into account, and the jury must consider whether it makes it less likely that Rupert committed the offences with which he has been charged.
Prosecution summing up
In his summing up for the prosecution, Mr Bowyer asked, “Are we sure that the defendant’s actions constituted a course of conduct?” He said that a course of conduct is loosely defined in the legislation, so the jury would need to determine the actual number of acts which constitute it: is it two? three? 16? 136? “It’s up to you”, he said.
He also noted that there is no need to define the amount of time between the acts: “It could be once per week, once per month, once per year”. The time frame in question here is between February 2015 and September 2016, and it may be suggested that he posted the video in 2015 but no one saw them until a year later. It’s up to the jury to decide whether this matters, he said.
The prosecution is certain beyond doubt that Rupert’s behaviour constituted a course of conduct, Mr Bowyer said.
Regarding whether the witnesses felt distressed, it’s clear that they did. “They had fears for themselves, for their children”, Mr Bowyer said, referring to one witness’ need to install CCTV around the home, while another mentioned having to travel home a different way each time to avoid being followed and attacked.
Rupert’s behaviour was “designed to cause alarm and distress to the witnesses when he posted the American Freedom Radio broadcast, Mr Bowyer said. “Did he intend to cause alarm and distress? It is enough if the intended victims were parents of the children at the heart of the investigation”, Mr Bowyer said. “It’s important to know that he had their names on an Excel spreadsheet, and that he had access to another list”.
As to whether Rupert “knew or ought to have known”, he said, “it may be that, being possessed of all the facts, an impartial bystander would have known that as a parent at the school [a witness] might have felt very much under suspicion. Would the average man have known that [the witness] would feel harassed under such circumstances?”
Mr Bowyer noted that this jury brings together 12 people of different ages, sexes, and ethnicities who will come together and decide what a reasonable man would think.
“No one is suggesting that the witnesses in this case were not in fear of violence”, he said. As to whether the fear of violence was for themselves or their children, he pointed out, “If you feared your child was in danger, who would you put between your child and their attacker?” Any parent would do that without stopping to think, he said.
As to whether the jury can be sure that the defendant knew or ought to have known that his course of conduct would cause fear, “how could he possibly not have realised?” Mr Bowyer asked.
“It’s likely that you’ll leave this court in a state of shock that images of children aged eight and nine could be spread across the internet”, Mr Bowyer said. “You’ll be in shock that it is so easy for people hiding behind a keyboard to cause such distress to innocent people”. This shock does not necessarily mean that Rupert is guilty, he said, noting that Rupert himself had described the internet as being like the wild west. That was a place where there was very little law, and a great deal of lawlessness.
“We must try to police the internet”, he said. “In Western movies, if you’re a John Wayne figure on the Oregon Trail, fighting the redskins and robbing wagon trains, normally a sheriff comes along” and deals with the situation.
The prosecution doesn’t suggest that Rupert was not subject to abuse: “When you say provocative things, you’ll provoke a response”. Rupert stated that the abuse he suffered had affected every part of his daily life; but how did it affect the four witnesses?
The YouTube video Rupert posted was seen by a number of witnesses. It starts off with Rupert saying he “believes the children”—that he felt doors needed to be kicked down and blood samples taken.
This was posted about a month before Mrs Justice Pauffley’s ruling, but that did not seem to dull his interest.
Everyone in the public gallery here today is free to say they think the jury got it wrong when this case is finished. However, no one is entitled to embark upon a campaign against the jury or against anyone they perceived as supporting the jury’s decision. No one is entitled to threaten to kick down doors or take blood samples, as this would cause alarm and fear.
Rupert claimed that he didn’t think about the video for a full year. He knew that the court had found the allegations against the witnesses to be unfounded, so why did he choose to become so close to other activists in the case? Was he sucked in? Was this just a way to get a few more likes on Facebook or YouTube?
“Did Rupert consider himself a reasonable man?” Mr Bowyer asked. He was funded by many activists; why had he come to the UK armed with a hard drive with a list of names? Did he know they would fear him? Why did he travel to Lanzarote to meet with one of the most vocal campaigners, whom he described as “considerably dangerous”?
In March 2016, Sabine sent him a link with a list of names. If, before he came to the UK, he considered that Hampstead was a dead story, why did he not delete that file?
It was, Mr Bowyer said, because he intended to continue his campaign. Try as he might to dress it up, what Rupert did was harassment. He made that tirade on American Freedom Radio whilst he was in Holland, right before his trip to the UK. He says it was for the trolls, but the lie comes in the assertion after the threat to “beat them up real bad”: “they’re being physical, why shouldn’t people get physical with them?”
On the first day of the school term, in what Rupert called a coincidence, he showed his “defiant face” on Facebook. Anyone looking at that post might assume that he had a knife. But why say knife? Why not just say no, no problem, I wasn’t armed?
Mr Bowyer pointed out that Rupert said he thought he should remove the post…but he didn’t. There is a difference between a closed Facebook conversation where amusing conversations about “biscuits” may take place amongst friends, and public pages, where anyone can see him standing outside the school, using weapons terminology.
This was undoubtedly a course of conduct, Mr Bowyer said. A reasonable person would realise that the witnesses would fear him.
It is not a defence to say, “I am a publicity seeker”, or “I have two different personas, but I don’t think through what I am doing”. Being online is no defence of the “wild west” on the internet.
The reason we have a jury like you is to say, “enough is enough”.
Defence summing up
Summing up the case for the defence, Mr Stevens said, “This is not just about threats. It’s really about Rupert making threats of violence, and you must think very hard about whether that’s what he’s done—dispassionately, objectively”. Is it fair, or is there a danger that what he did was mischaracterised? If it’s viewed through the lens of cynicism, that’s just not fair.
It is not in dispute that a number of individual posts on the internet were, for the witnesses, very difficult, Mr Stevens said. But where does Rupert fit into the picture? The fact that the witnesses felt emotional and broken by the posts they saw should not colour the jury’s consideration of the evidence.
Mr Stevens said it is different to distinguish the feelings resulting from Rupert’s behaviour from the rest of the campaign, carried out by others.
“People were accused of significant child abuse, which was unfounded. Names and details were put online. Rupert did not do that, so don’t allow him to be the fall guy for all of this”, Mr Stevens said. “You may feel that it’s not one man’s campaign, but one man’s commentary, and no more than that. There is a grave danger of his position being unfairly elevated”.
Mr Stevens urged the jury to be dispassionate, objective, and careful. He said the case is not nearly as straightforward as the prosecution says it is.
“The defendant does not need to prove his innocence”, he stressed. “You have to be sure, as you are responsible for determining these things”. Mr Stevens said that the prosecution has failed to meet some evidentiary hurdles. For example, it is important to be satisfied that Rupert’s behaviour was a course of conduct. “The law doesn’t define a course of conduct, it’s a matter of judgement”, he said.
He asked whether the evidential connections between the video, the American Freedom Radio broadcast, and the Facebook post have been overstated. “These must be scrutinised with great care”.
In fact, Mr Stevens said, three of the four witnesses only saw two of the three pieces of evidence.
Looking at the Facebook post, Mr Stevens said that Rupert was said to have been acting out a threat. “But is that fair? There were more than 18 months between the original YouTube video and the Facebook post, yet the prosecution would have you believe that he was making good on a threat. Really? Where are the kicked down doors?”
There is no suggestion that Rupert was at the school on the day the photo was posted. He didn’t talk to anyone. “So he was not making good on a threat”, Mr Stevens said.
Rupert was the victim of online abuse, so he was simply saying to his detractors, “I’m here”, he said. “He was not defiant against the parents—he was not accusing them. What we need to look at is the evidence, which is not as connected as it’s made out to be”.
Regarding the American Freedom Radio broadcast, Mr Stevens said, Rupert said, “I just want to beat them up pretty good”. “But who? Is it really the parents? What characterised that response is its rambling nature; this snippet comes from a show that was over an hour long”.
“There’s a theory about Mr Quaintance”, Mr Stevens said, “that he’s a bad guy. You may think that’s unfair”. He emphasised the importance of not over-inflating Rupert’s words. “In context, is this not a case where provocation and hyperbolic language” are used?
Rupert accepts that he made all the internet posts in evidence, “but is it fair to accept that they were calculated to cause alarm and distress?” Mr Stevens asked. “This could be dangerous, considering the character evidence given”.
“The evidential hurdles are not passed when you look at events dispassionately”, Mr Stevens said. “Don’t let him be the fall guy”.
As far as Section 4 of the Harassment Act, “we must accept that witnesses heard and saw material online that definitely caused fear of violence. But there is a distinction between how that material was received, and the intent of the person who put it up”.
Mr Stevens noted that in some cases, witnesses had not actually seen material on “two distinct occasions”, and he emphasised the need for the jury to “scrutinise with care” the evidence put before them. One witness described being fearful about her child, but said nothing about herself; this is a distinction, Mr Stevens said. “This is an evidential hurdle that the prosecution has failed to pass”.
“Only when you get past the evidential hurdles do you get to what the defendant knew or ought to have known, so is it really fair to say he knew or ought to have known?” Mr Stevens asked. He urged the jury to scrutinise the evidence with extra care, noting that it could be subject to misinterpretation. He suggested that because Rupert was in a heightened emotional state when he made the material, he might have used emotive language.
“You might say something that sounds like that”, he said. “But would you mean it?” He said that the language in this case has been injected with criminality: “it’s a turn of phrase, and it might be unfair to take it literally”.
He urged the jury to approach the language Rupert used with extreme care, especially considering that “this was at the infancy of his personal investigation, and he had no knowledge of any evidence in the case”.
Rupert didn’t have access to the lists of names at the time when he made the video, Mr Stevens said, so how could he have intended the message of the video to be directed toward the witnesses? “Does he know or ought he to know that the witnesses were looking at the video?” he asked. “There has been no evidence of any communication between Rupert and any of the individuals listed on the indictment, so how could he have threatened them?”
Mr Stevens stated that the witnesses were hypervigilant, and said that any fair-minded person would do the same in the circumstances. “But is it fair to conclude that the defendant would know that?” This was not a case where Rupert targeted individuals, he said; the witnesses were not his intended audience.
He asked the jury to go through the evidence with care, as he said this case has been inappropriately characterised. “There is a danger that he has been made a fall guy for something bigger”, Mr Stevens said. “Don’t allow that to mischaracterise what he’s been accused of”. Stating that Rupert’s actions were not calculated to cause alarm and distress, Mr Stevens said that “people were left emotionally damaged. This is shocking and appalling, but it’s not Rupert’s fault”.
Court adjourned for the day, and will resume at 10 a.m. Tuesday following the bank holiday; Judge Griffith said he would then replay the video evidence for the jury, and give them their instructions before they make their deliberations. It’s hoped that a verdict will be reached that day. Our reporter will be there, and will bring you all the details.
24/08/2017 in Legal news. Tags: criminal charges, harassment, trial
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Once again, thank you EC and Reporter.
Ethel Aardvark says:
Danke sehr, EC 🙂
And thanks a bundly to your intrepid reporter!
DAVE SHOULDN'T RUN, HE SHOULD WOBBLE. says:
Same old same old…
These comedians really need to work on some new material. Bring back Patrick Cullinanne!
HAT TRICK!!! 😀
Hooray for “hyper-vigilant” parents!
With respect to this case, hyper-vigilant = heroic, in my opinion.
Biting my tongue so bloomin hard……
All I can say is that many of us that were here during the entire event might have quite a different recollection of how ALL of them were acting, one supported by the written evidence of their own posts such as APD’s and mad moo’s continual (and continuing) naming of the children, in defiance of the courts ruling
(hopefully thats well back from the line, I wrote several things, then on second thoughts rewrote and deleted some things)
Hehe, I’d love to see the look on Angie’s face when she reads today’s update. I’ve sent her the link 🙂
Thank you so much to Mr. Coyote for keeping us all abreast of the shenanigans.
A triple whammy, SSFS. Excellent!
Lord Chief Justice Bigg-Nott says:
This Mr. Bowyer chappie sounds highly competent. Kudos to him.
DragonsandKungFu says:
As I am already 1/1 tonight on Spidey-sense alone, I cannot and will not be able to use my powers to comment on the case, so…. Don’t You Even go There.
Sir Henry Rawlinson says:
My my, what pretty pictures they paint… I pose the following in the form of rhetorical questions in reflection and comment upon the contemporaneous reports I have just read..
Factually, Rupert is on trial in respect of his own actions and their impact on certain individuals, not for some bigger or other thing – which we might reasonably hope will eventually result in others facing the dock for their part. The successful prosecution of Quaintance will not remedy all that has been done wrong with respect to the Hampstead hoax by a long chalk. Therefore the argument that this trial is somehow about scapegoating him for some bigger thing is entirely vacuous.
“As far as Section 4 of the Harassment Act, ‘we must accept that witnesses heard and saw material online that definitely caused fear of violence. But there is a distinction between how that material was received, and the intent of the person who put it up’.”
Is there really? If you fire a bullet in the air near a crowd, it may not be your specific intent for it to strike and injure someone in that crowd when it returns to earth. But as that is a likely consequence of a high velocity projectile returning to earth in a crowded place, you reasonably ought to know that there is a high probability of that consequence when you send it up there! The action is therefore wilfully reckless. Similarly, get into the driving seat of a car drunk, and you may not intend to kill a pedestrian; but would the law consider your ‘intentions’ if you did?
As much as it has been relevant in certain past judgements under this act, is “intent” part of the charges or all that relevant here? As far as I am aware the matter of ‘intent’ was, in the past, raised in relation to parties other than those specifically targeted being jointly and severally affected by proven harassment, and seeking remedy in their own right… The question being who was the target?
However, I believe it has been reported and proven that Rupert actually held records which effectively specified the witnesses as targets. …How he obtained those records or who he obtained them from might be relevant to some other action, but in relation to this, matters such as APD being ‘dangerous’ are just a complete distraction.
If she was so relevant why wasn’t she called or even charged? And at this stage, she isn’t on trial for anything; Rupert is!
“The counts, under the Protection from Harassment Act (1997), claim that:
Rupert engaged in a course of conduct which caused each of five witnesses to fear that violence would be used against him or her; ”
‘We must accept that witnesses heard and saw material online that definitely caused fear of violence.’ say the defence? Indeed so…
“and that Rupert knew or ought to know that his conduct would cause the witnesses to fear that violence would be used against them;
and that Rupert ought to know that his course of conduct would cause the witnesses to fear that violence would be used against them if a reasonable person in possession of the same information would think that this course of conduct would cause the other to fear this on that occasion.”
It’s a little unfortunate that the prosecution had not informed themselves as to the true nature of a “biscuit knife” – which, factually, is a weapon sold in the USA, specifically branded as such that even carries a ‘tag line’ very similar to the exact turn of phrase used by Rupert’s associate. – And also that they hadn’t researched the phrase “sharp ham”.
But, objectively, what possible purpose can there be in encroaching upon the boundaries of a school at its first day of term (i.e. when the people you have actually documented as ‘targets’ are likely to be there) taking an adversarial stance against that school – as was his stated position at the time – giving the clear impression of being armed (whether he actually was or not is irrelevant) and stating your ‘defiance’?
Objectively – what effect, what consequence, can reasonably be expected from such an action? i.e. in general is it not accepted in law that behaving in any threatening and/or aggressive manner is something that may well be expected to cause a reasonable person to fear violence?
Then there is the matter of the time and the place… With respect to Rupert’s claims to be a ‘journalist’ researching a case; I will happily call him a deluded fraud. But having donned that mantle can he really escape responsibility for the records he kept and knowing what happened when (i.e. when the school went back – common knowledge)? – The school certainly wasn’t closed that day!
I do not speculate as to the answers to those questions and urge that no-one else does; merely that we each reflect privately upon them. Tuesday will be interesting!
I do believe that the mention of the digestive treat implied by an acquaintence, has been correctly adressed by the prosecution.
That would be also my initial thought if someone implied, that I may have a digestive treat in my own pocket.
On a lighter note.
Yes well, it may well be a moot point… The main point being that he gave the impression of being armed. It just strikes me as too coincidental that when prompted with the word “biscuit” Rupert’s ‘word association engine’ responds “knife”, not gun; and also that this friend’s prompt was pretty-much the tag line for the specific branded item… Additionally, “sharp ham” also appears to be a knife reference. Against that there is Rupert’s claim that this was all an ‘in joke’? I’ll avoid expressing my opinion on that claim ’till after the verdict.
I know, my friend, I know. Deflection I believe, US vs. UK Culture. One implies, the other deflects to what is acceptable knowing a small part of the UK laws.
Excellent reporting again.
Shall button it as I don’t want to spoil things at a critical moment.
I had to laugh that Mr. Bowyer kept mixing up Power-Disney and Disney-Power.
Wonder what she would have thought of that?
Think you’re doing Disney-Power’s job for her there Angiewatch.
As a “Journalist” shouldn’t she be doing her own research?
Jelly Shouldn't Run says:
Translation: “If you don’t like my 9/11 videos, that’s proof that it was an inside job; and if you don’t like my Hampstead videos, that proves that everyone in England is a baby-munching nonce. QED.”
# Daft old butt-hurt bints…
“Attached you will find the photo depicting me with a swastika tattoo, implying that I am a Nazi on this post, published by Hoaxtead Research”
Hmmm. I rather think it’s YOU who exposed YOURSELF as a Jew-hating Holocaust-denying neo-Nazi, Sabine. Remember…? (Go to 34:11)
Wrecka still has her `petition’ up, some more suckers joined it 😦
Some of the comments there make me wonder how the people responsible manage to dress themselves in the morning- one poster claims to be a law student, yet supports wrecka….. I dont see a bright future ahead of her in the law industry if that’s the level of preparation she is putting into any cases she may get in the future…
https://www.change.org/p/lord-chief-justice-stop-this-financial-rape?utm_content=petition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=campaigns_digest&utm_campaign=124815&sfmc_tk=8qKV3%2f8%2fFmqupIoZ%2bENm8LoTYaRXMa0vniIh6kLxvQ6l%2fWuO8u%2bzEIjFeH7rrzlQ&j=124815&sfmc_sub=524442458&l=32_HTML&u=24209635&mid=7259882&jb=2765
Qantloos has one of its people (notorial dissent » Fri Aug 25, 2017 4:38 am ) made a beautiful summation on their thread of her losses
http://www.quatloos.com/Q-Forum/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=11145&start=960
“So as I see it she now has an arrest for trespass, or whatever they are calling it, that she has to answer for, and then another arrest warrant for skipping the last hearing. So I would say that the first three were civil and the last 1/2 are criminal. She is really racking them up at this point.”
plus the costs- started at 5K, now over 75K and rising fast….
and with the lost value of the house with its history and at a forced sale to boot- she’s coming close to probably losing the entire value of the house and now likely to end up in the slammer to boot- all because of her inability to not be a silly tosser and do things correctly…
Raymond Throatwobbler-Mangrove says:
“Dear Commanders…”
WTF, Sabine? LOL, have a word with yourself, luv!
THEY’RE having internal breakdowns? LOL, whatever, Mad Moo 😀
Does anyone here know how you find out the location of someone from their facebook account?
I don’t mean if they give it out on a public page.
I’m not interested in finding out where someone lives either.
It dawned on me a few weeks ago why someone thinks I live in Brighton.
“…that Rupert had complained about this to the police; and that a person who identified himself to police as a Satanist had been cautioned…”
I am unsure if this is a reporting error, but this is factually incorrect of what transpired. I am the Satanist who was subject to complaint by RQ to the police for alleged harrassment. The police initially contacted EC asking for me to contact them. I sent e-mails, and these were lost by the police e-mail spam systems. I had another chase by EC to me, so I rang the police, and they then found the e-mails. The e-mails denied I was harrassing, and I listed my defences such as prevention of crime. I asked for examples of allegedly harrassing posts, none which was provided. I never met any police representatives in person, all contact was mainly by e-mail, with one telephone call to confirm they had found the e-mails. I was warned off from posting further content against RQ, and I backed off. I did not agree, did not accept, would never have accepted any “caution”, which is a legal alternative to charges and is an official record against someone. Had any official caution been offered as an alternative to charges, I would have rejected, run this into court. I am not particularly bothered about any court case, I would have defeated it, but would have been concerned if in order to try and prove a case, computers were taken, and this would have been fatal to my business where all my data, and the business systems I personally coded, such as accounts, are stored. I would not have given RQ an inch to play the victim card via an official caution of one of his critics in court. Not happy.
SV. This needs to be told to the prosecution as Ruperts lawyer has committed perjury and it could affect the outcome of the jury’s decision. A jury hearing that a trial built around a case of alleged SRA being told a Satanist had been cautioned could very well base their judgement on this, especially if they are religious.
I observe, if this is true of what the jury and court has been told, it could have a significant impact on the eventual outcome. Please refer this to whoever needs to be told. EC can contact me on Twitter, if I need to take further action.
I think the problem stems from my reporting, SV. I’m very sorry–I was using the word “cautioned” in the colloquial, not the legal sense. I checked my notes and there’s nothing about a police caution, so I’ll change my wording on the blog. I’m really sorry to have caused you any distress.
It’s just that I have another email address which I don’t use much and I found 3 messages stating I was located in Brighton twice and Hove once.
Of course I’m in neither.
I then realised that one of the people that has a problem with me has a “friend” that is in to all this hacking and thought he might have done something to get that information.
Won’t say too much more as the delightful David Conaghan reads my comments on here and passes information on.
I heard the Defence Barrister say you had a Caution on several occasions.
I did wonder if you had accepted one and thought it a bit strange.
It wasn’t challenged by the Prosecution, so I thought it must be accurate.
I think the Judge should know what the Barrister said as fact, is not fact before the Jury go out to deliberate.
As an example, if an individual lives in Lands End, and the server for their e-mail or internet is based in Paris, then an application that is reporting on the location of the individual will report back that they are based in Paris.
Perhaps the Defence Barrister could sum up the bit about the Caution again and perhaps he could explain what a Caution is to the Jury as some might know and some might not.
For clarification, I think that the powers to be needs to be informed that I never was offered or agreed a caution. Nor did I admit anything criminal, nor did I even get told of what content I was supposed to have allegedly been accused of posting. I am going to post now some e-mail exchanges with certain information redacted.
Subject: RQ (SEMI REDACTED).
From: POLICE E_MAIL (REDACTED)
Date: Wed, March 1, 2017 9:34 pm
To: MY EMAIL (REDACTED)
Read Receipt: Requested [ Send Read Receipt Now ]
Status: answered
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I am a police officer working for Met Police.
RQ (SEMI REDACTED) has put in a complaint of harassment. He has provided some screen shots from
Twitter and You tube and there is a mention of you.
I would like to speak to you and anyone else involved in this matter.
Please email me or call me on POLICE TEL (REDACTED)
POLICE OFFICER DEALING (REDACTED)
Subject: RE: RQ (SEMI REDACTED).
From: POLICE E-MAIL (REDACTED)
Date: Mon, March 6, 2017 7:45 pm
To: MY E-MAIL (REDACTED)
Read Receipt: Sent
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Mr Hind,
Thank you for your email – I have reviewed the content. I will not be taking any
further action and will close the report, however can you and others on Hoaxtead
Research blog refrain from posting or talking about him on any of the social media
platforms.
POLICE OFFICER DEALING NAME (REDACTED)
My understanding of what I heard was that you had been Cautioned because of a Twitter exchange between you and the defendant.
The problem lies in what CAUTION/ED means.
Imo the Jury could take this 2 ways.
1. You had accepted a Criminal Caution.
2. You had been “told off”.
It’s not clear.
Subject: Re: RQ (SEMI-REDACTED).
From: MY E-MAIL (REDACTED)
Date: Thu, March 2, 2017 11:04 am
To: POLICE E-MAIL (REDACTED)
Hi POLICE OFFICER NAME (REDACTED)
EDIT NOTE: RQ REPLACES NAME OF PERSON MAKING COMPLAINT
Thanks for your e-mail.
Anything I have posted out on Hampstead SRA Hoax and RQ (EDIT) via Twitter, Facebook, WordPress and YouTube are under names
satanicviews, views_s and of course James Hind.
The accounts are as follows:
LISTS 4 PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS (REDACTED)
I do not use any other accounts but these.
I used to be involved with List616 which was discontinued middle of last
year, since Gray Faction of the Satanic Temple is fighting against SRA
which I work with.
RQ (EDIT) has blocked me on Twitter and Facebook, I cannot remember how
long that has been, but it has been a long time.
All actions and postings that I have made is designed to destroy the hoax,
defend and protect the lives, families and homes of Hampstead residents,
families, children plus the same to Satanists and defending my religion.
I was very alarmed and concerned with postings and things RQ (EDIT) said
that suggested to me he might attack people with a gang of people, abduct
children, break down doors and harm people and property. He said things
that suggested he might have a sexual interest in children and that he was
a fanatic and dangerous.
Despite my anxiety over what RQ (EDIT) was saying and doing I posted with
one eye on terms and condtions of social media, plus our law, plus not to
undermine the good work of Hoaxtead.
I will have to see screen shots of any individual postings that RQ (EDIT)
is referring to with regards to his allegations of harrassment by me, I am
confident that I have been within the law on anything I have posted. I
take full ownership for anything posted under the above four named
accounts.
Even before RQ (EDIT) arrived in the UK I identified him as a person who
could reignite the hoax under the orchestration of Angela Power Disney. I
put in a major effort to argue that there was no SRA, that this was a
fiction, offering rational arguments, sources, satire and clear warnings
this would get him into legal trouble. I cannot see how RQ (EDIT) can
argue he has been harrassed when he deliberately talked and acted to
provoke people. I cannot allow people like this to run around using my
religion as a vehicle to dishonestly say and do things that harm others
for personal gain, the lives, families and homes of Satanists as well as
those accused of being Satanists are at stake. I will take what ever
actions I have to either to mitigate or defend the innocent and those that
are Satanists from fanatics like RQ (EDIT).
RQ (EDIT) was not interested in the truth, he did not have to come to the
UK to see there was no SRA in Hampstead. RQ (EDIT) is a psychopath who
manipulates and deceives for his own ends, he is a dangerous fellow. I
and others provided RQ (EDIT) with all the sources he needed to see the
SRA was a hoax in Hampstead. He was not being a journalist, he was
totally obsessed that SRA was happening in Hampstead, he was not being
balanced and objective. From day one he was determined that RD (FATHER OF P&Q EDIT)
was guility of the dishonest things he was accused of.
It was frustrating to see all my efforts to convince RQ (EDIT) to not
pursue this SRA hoax fail, that he came to the UK paid for by other Satan
Hunters. I tried to get him stopped at the UK border with complaints to
the Immigration, and also whilst he was here. The things he said resulted
in my making police aware of him, of which there will be Tweets about on
my Twitter account.
Defeating the Hampstead SRA hoax requires an information counter-campaign
which requires answering any of the claims of Satan Hunters on social
media by giving the other side of the story. Also, this requires a
challenge to the character and intentions of many dishonest fanatical and
dangerous people who will play the system and victim card for all they
can. Everything a Satan Hunter puts out has to be challenged, otherwise
the hoax spreads, and it will take just one mentally ill person to act
upon it, people then die.
James Hind
Yes, I was speaking of the reporting of the agreed-upon admissions, Babs. While my note-taking is pretty accurate, I can’t claim to capture 100% of what’s said, so it’s quite possible that I missed Mr Stevens saying the word “caution” in other contexts than the Admissions. To be fair, his speechifying was rather…extensive, shall we say, and repetitive. The version I posted last night is really the highlights.
Daughter of the Blade says:
i forget, who’s play was it to make it be the doug mesner videos? or was that something the neighbor did on his own?
The word “caution” should never have been used, if this was in fact used in this court hearing, because a jury will take this as if someone had been guilty of X, and accepted guilt of X, and it will have a significant effect on jury outcomes if they have a misleading misunderstanding of a statement made to them.
Babs, I commented above to SV that the word “caution” did not appear in the section of the trial where they read the second set of Admissions. Admissions are, by their nature, material that has been agreed upon by both sides.
sock account?
sounds fairly sane of you
get yourself a vpn if you’re worried.
Thought for the day,well perhaps a few seconds anyway:
If a merest grain of conscious effort shown by members here to exercise due restraint from reactive/reckless “wiseacring” were to have been manifested by the hoaxmob this blog would almost certainly never have been born let alone closing in rapidly on a million views.
Oh he definitely said “CAUTION/ED” at least twice.
I would expect some on the Jury know what a Police Caution is and others would think it is just a “telling off”, don’t do that again type of thing and that’s that.
That clarification is valued SV…
I must admit, even at this stage, I having read EC’s reports and first-hand accounts from others who were in court, am highly dissatisfied with the accuracy of what appears to have been developed as narrative. And I’m somewhat overcome by the pungent smell of rodent. If one was building a continent water tank one wouldn’t build unnecessary weak spots into it, nor would one deliberately signpost them for the benefit of vandals.
As an aside, I’m currently listening to a somewhat tongue-in-cheek/sceptical/cynical account of gangstalking type activity in the US… That is, ‘where a group or individual spend large amounts of money to stalk or harass another group or individual’. Clearly an issue if you’re an ordinary, innocent citizen, living a quiet life when you suddenly become a genuine ‘T.I.’; targeted by malicious nutcases!
One would reasonably hope in these circumstances that to be protected from harassment it would be sufficient for one’s name or other details to appear on a list of targeted individuals and subsequently subjected to harassment by holder(s) of that list; I would see no relevance in at what stage a copy of that list was picked up by a particular member of the stalking group or who supplied it.
Let’s suppose an Islamic terrorist entered the country armed with a list of ‘targets’ they had obtained a few days previously en-route to the UK, having previously made a generic threat to the safety and security of UK residents… What relevance is there (in terms of their victims actually being targeted) in the timing of those people becoming the point of specific focus for an attack?
Or as another example, if you were an anarchist-type based in say Newcastle and part of an organisation or movement which had among its aims the disruption of democracy and the work of parliament, and you travelled to London with the specific intention of harassing ‘an MP’, does it matter at what point your ‘handlers’ within that organisation provide you with the list of specific MPs you are to target?
Realistically, it is – in terms of any useful function of legislation – enough that an individual with capacity obtains a list of ‘T.I.s’ and acts upon it to actually cause those individuals fear. Any deficiency in that respect would render the relevant legislation impotent and unfit for purpose; it’s really just that simple.
I think it’s highly relevant that long before Rupert entered the UK people were contacting the authorities urging them to turn him away at customs because even then, they were placed in a state of alarm at the prospect of what he might do; he was reported as a terror threat. – There is no doubt that people contacted UKBA urging them to turn him away because he intended entering it with the specific stated intention of terrorising a community; why did they fail us? Again, can you imagine anyone of eastern descent issuing a threat to ‘kick down doors’ at any point and then being able to breeze into the country unfettered?
I would also observe that the middle-aged people ‘of good character’ that I know of and would considered as such will generally have work and study records extending a decade or two and have absolutely no criminal record of any kind… Something more than having managed to hold down a job for five out of thirty-eight years!
There is a video on Youtube that pre-dates Quaintance’s entry to the UK entitled “this thing is Rupert Quaintance” which is actually a better indicator of his character and general conduct. – A long way from the part played of the sniffling preppy twit in his SJW glasses painting pictures in the dock!
Character? Most reasonable people, by that stage in their life, will have partners and families and be productive, responsible members of society… “Pot” won’t be their self-declared “problem” and I’m sure very few men approaching 40 will have filmed themselves dressing and acting like a rather educationally-challenged teenage thug as a record of the ‘lovely’ life with ‘delightful’ friends they lead… For that person also to be going about pretending to be something they are not, with no credible career or profession behind them; all of that strikes me as a long way from exhibiting ‘good character’!
Quite the opposite, it’s the way of a disreputable and dishonest failure.
FALSE FLAG ALERT !
Something’s going down soon. Adverts appeared on this Crisis Actor’s timeline but she has numerous identities and appears as a new person at many events : gatecrashing the Glastonbury Festival. appearing as a drug addled Hippy at Glastonbury Court, Moderator at the Flat Earth conference..real identity believed to be Faigil Yentl Finkelstein…a Zionist Mossad dis-information agent
I think this issue needs to be raised with the judge before Tuesday…
In my view any reference to a person’s religion is potentially prejudicial as this is both a separate and irrelevant thing in respect of any actions. Religious bias is a common if unfortunate fact of life, and I wonder if the individual in question would have so freely highlighted that someone was a Jew or a Catholic or a militant Protestant without fear of censure? Indeed, I wonder if this mention is even lawful?
Equally well there seems to be a legitimate point to protest in the inaccurate claim that James was “cautioned” – that being really quite a specific thing in legal terms, which any lawyer ought to know. We now have two people who have reported hearing that and thus it is corroborated.
Yes, she quite clearly restates the nasty and very old blood libel against Jews in this video: the idea that Jews kidnap and murder Christian babies and then use their blood in their “rituals”. It’s utterly ludicrous and has been discredited many, many times, but for some reason anti-Semitic people just keep reviving it. I don’t think it’s unfair to label someone who continues to promote this lie as an anti-Semite.
I’ll see whether this can be raised with the court.
Words “Satanist” and “caution” are loaded with emotional and legal significance. Firstly, “Satanist”, there is a difference between saying an “individual was warned” as opposed to a “Satanist was warned” in a highly emotional and controversial disproven SRA context. I have a reasonable knowledge of UK law, and I am unaware of any other meaning for “caution” other than a procedure used as an alternative to charges, where the law has been broken, where guilt is admitted of the law is broken, and where the individual accepts the caution, and in all three points I deny.
I would imagine James has a right to email a letter of complaint to the court and follow up with a copy delivered by recorded post or by hand.
Although I am unhappy about what seems to have been said, I am keen that no reader here, any victims, the media or any individual who matters in this court case are mislead, or acts upon misleading information. I have placed upon public record here everything I feel needs to be posted on this matter, and if I have to take any further action, then EC can contact me via Twitter, and I will act accordingly. All that needs to happen is the court offcials or CPS makes a public clarification, so that jury makes decisions without any misunderstandings. The police have all the material on record to put any potential error or misunderstanding right, if CPS and police talk to each other. I also stress, I am in all deeds and decisions, mindful that the Satan Hunters would love to do to me what they are doing to RD and other victims.
SV, I messaged you on Twitter.
I think you have every right to be aggrieved James. It’s a fact that for most of us the term ‘Satanist’ (rightly or wrongly) conjures up fearful and largely pejorative images. However, whether individuals like it or not, it is a recognised religion, and your basic human right to practice it. – We are not talking about anything that is outside the boundaries of the law after all.
Relative to the events Rupert complained of, the religion you embrace is of no consequence or importance. Further, there is an obligation upon the state (the court being a state institution) to maintain neutrality and impartiality between religions and as between religious and non religious forms of belief.
Article 9 ECHR – Freedom of thought, conscience and religion;
“1. Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief, in worship, teaching, practice and observance.
2. Freedom to manifest one’s religion or beliefs shall be subject only to such limitations as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society in the interests of public safety, for the protection of public order, health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others.”
Given that the comments came from an educated man who ought to know better, the comment as to your religion can only reasonably be viewed as an attempt to throw you and your actions into an unfairly negative light; that would appear to be a breach of your article 9(1) rights. – And yes, I agree that the phrase ‘cautioned’ or ‘given a caution’ in relation to interaction with the police has quite a specific meaning.
Shasta says:
The crowd in America that were reporting about RQ, easily available on Google, I will not post the link in deference to the court, seem to have forgotten about him, even though they said they would keep people updated. Some untruths on there about what actually happened.
EC please delete if inappropriate at this time, thank you.
Confuseddotcom says:
There are sites that you can use to input say a username and find out more information, or a real name if the person knows that and work out the correct one. It really depends how much information one person knows about that person already.
Sites like “pipl” i have personally used in the past amongst many other such as family heritage type sites. Also just a specific google search of a persons username or full name can bring up details depending on how much information is on the internet about that person.
For example I know what cars Dave Shurter has purchased in the past based on internet searches, same with Lift The veil. Obviously if people are professionals with all their business information for networking, or history of their company, there will be more info.
All Abraham Christies company details are online such as his Cash for Gold and Hemp businesses along with dates of operation.
And I'll Remember says:
Absolutely SV. When I read this (fantastic – thank you!) report, the mention of a ‘satanist’ certainly stood out to me – it would anyone. Couple that with ‘caution’, and the mind can conjure up a scenario. Beliefs are, I believe, a protected characteristic. Protected rights in law, for people to be treated equally. Do people need to know specifics about any person who holds protected characteristic? We all do have beliefs, physical abilities, sexualities, etc. Not sure why a belief was important to highlight – but for being sensational.
https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/equality-act/protected-characteristics
Isn’t David in with the Neelu crowd?
Ps. Sir Henry said it better! I just had to say something – as well as ‘grr’.
There are other issues on a seperate note that I made aware to someone last night and I believe they have forwarded that information onto EC. I won’t go into details but it may be very important or of no importance whatsoever.
Christ, Baby H’s parents must be delighted with the information Angie’s sharing about them with the World!
Oh and there’s another court hearing coming up, so it’s still contempt.
She really is f*cking pond scum to be making comparisons like this, imo 😮
Thanks for feedback. Both the Clerk of the Court and Steve Martin has been e-mailed. This is the limit of my intervention, because I am putting my safety at risk from the Satan Hunters. There is a problem that government and police e-mail servers seem to think my e-mails are spam and dump them in the spam file, so if anyone please could contact these people to let them know my e-mails have been sent, that would be appreciated.
Sis of the Sabre says:
Huh???
Yes he has the hots for Dolly the sister of Neelu.
He’s a Top Grass, so he needs to be grassed up himself.
You’ve got no loyalty David Conaghan and I don’t do Judas’.
Plenty more I could say here but I’m not like you.
Wow! Just wow! And really wow!
Not got a clue what’s out there then but nothing of great interest to anyone I wouldn’t think.
a sock account is basically a fake account. i was asking if a fake account was made in order to report the violent pictures and comments.
just felt like i remembered someone giving a reason for why it was the videos of doug mesner, i just dont remember why but i know they arent the same person
Oh now that’s made my day! 😀
I’m sure those spectacles are really for females.
Not sure if I’m allowed to say that yet.
Innit Matey Peeps says:
Thought it had been “forensically proven” that this blog is run by Ricky Dearman with help from the CIA and based in Washington DC. LOL
You’re boring Angela, zzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Yannis who hates our guts and can barely speak English? Damnmit – you got us, Detective Disney. Come on, EC (aka Yannis) – ‘fess up! 😀
would you mind giving me links? i can’t find the sharp ham connection, aside from kitchen knives, and the biscuit knives i have found look like roller razors, sorta like a paint roller, but they dont look like they could cut a person..if he was going to try with that he’s stupid
LOL, I know what a sock account is but thanks.
Erm…not sure I can speak Yannistardian fluently enough to be convincing! 😆
I’m no fan of Yannis, but really Angela, really?
He’s not intelligent enough to run this Blog, not in a million years, never.
Pardon my ignorance, DoTB, but why would you need a sock account to report inappropriate content on Facebook? Anyone can report Facebook posts and it’s completely anonymous.
“Is that is?”
The screenshots in full:
Rev O'Lucian says:
Spiny’s an Atheist (not a Satanist). Everyone knows that.
facebook doesn’t always take things down right away. it seemed to be a constant complaint in certain groups, that people would report accounts for inappropriate pictures of children or sexual comments regarding them, only to be told it doesn’t violate community standards. i was wondering if you used sock accounts because apparently bombarding them with multiple reports is more likely to get it removed
By the way, well said to ‘Bollocks’, whoever you are 😀
Did they really bring up “Paul Bonacci”? A man with convictions for abusing a child. King didn’t turn up for the court case as he was in prison so the settlement was by default iirc.
“PAUL BONACCI – convicted at age 21 of molesting a 9 year old boy on three occaisions, Bonacci had a novel albeit offensive rationalization. He claimed that he had Multiple Personality Disorder, and that one of his alters was gay and therefore a child molestor! When the gay guy inside him took over, he would make Paul molest little boys, he said. Bonacci was diagnosed as MPD by the prison psychiatrist, after Bonacci related a pathetic life history of chronic negligence and abuse by older boys and men. Subsequently, Bonacci would relate ever more elaborate tales of victimization in child porn, prostitution and satanic abuse rings, to various interviewers. He also confessed to involvement in kidnapping missing 12 year old Johnny Gosch from Des Moines when he himself was 15, and subsequently raping the boy repeatedly on a rural property just outside the city limits. Bonacci was also interviewed by Dr Judianne Densen-Gerber, a self-professed expert on Ritual Abuse and MPD, while still in prison. She declared him a genuine MPD with “an extraordinary memory for detail”, which is interesting considering that episodic amnesia and problematic memory recall is supposed to be a necessary symptom of MPD.
“Meeting with Paul, I have spoken to several of his personalities. Three psychiatrists who have examined him concurred in the diagnosis of Multiple Personality Disorder, brought on by horrible, traumatic abuse when he was a child. My first act with respect to representing Paul Bonacci was to have him write down everything he could remember, about individuals who had abused him, from his earliest boyhood. An excerpt from what he wrote appears in Chapter 10. In that document and in Paul’s letters, his handwriting will vary, depending on which personality is in control.
Bonacci was sentenced to five years in prison in 1989, for molesting a young boy for whom he was baby-sitting. Apparently one of Paul’s homosexual personalities was in control of him during the incident, in which he briefly put his hand on the outside of the young boy’s pants, an activity stopped when a remorse-stricken Paul reasserted control…” – The Franklin Cover-Up
Despite being a convicted child molestor and confessing to participation in kidnapping & rape of a younger boy, Bonacci is called a hero & martyr by Satanic Ritual Abuse & Mind Control conspiracy theorists.”
http://www.dysgenics.com/2014/04/10/children-murdered-molested-raped-by-ritual-abuse-victim-claimants-advocates/
“Gunderson then described a conversation he had with a witness, Paul Bonacci, from an alleged satanic-ritual abuse case in Nebraska that was detailed by former Nebraska state Sen. John DeCamp (1992), who was also a speaker at this conference. The grand jury of Lincoln described this case as an attack by DeCamp “for personal political gain and possible revenge” (Dorr 1991, p. 1), a “smear campaign,” and a “carefully crafted hoax” (United Press International, September 18, 1990). The grand jury jailed one and indicted two others (including Bonacci) for perjury, and was so critical of DeCamp that he sued the grand jury for ridicule, though he quickly lost (Dorr 1991). ”
http://www.csicop.org/si/show/conspiracy_theories_and_paranoia_notes_from_a_mind-control_conference/>
If I was in that jury and heard this I would think it meant a formal caution. The Brief is playing a clever trick by saying this.
just an example from two different sites.
“Dolly” and “Top Grass”?
You have already said enough!
Although I thought she had moved onto greener pastures.
Well done indeed SSFS. I wish i had the same results from Facebook with the posts of Araya Soma’s that i reported.
Nice use of those info-resources! 🙂
Why does Sabine always feel the need the to mention being a baby during the bombing of Dresden? How is that supposed to help her in any way?
Nicked them all from you. 🙂
The bombing of Dresden gave Sabine a sore bottom; her baby bum problem probably psychologically turned her mind inside out. When Abraham Christie and Ella Draper started talking about plastic willies and bums, it all came back to Sabine and made her regress to a former anal stage in her development. I am sure Freud and Jung would find Sabine and other Satan Hunters a fascinating subject of study.
Thanks again for the excellent reporting of the court proceedings, greatly appreciated.
Columbo eat your heart out:
It is as I feared, they all have a hidden jelly baby army #jellybabygate
Speaking of U-turns, it wasn’t that long ago that APD was citing Yannis as her “reliable source” that this blog is run by convicted paedophiles. Another apology owed by Angie, methinks.
I’m going to suggest we not hold our breaths. 😉
She’s just stirring it.
Not that I’m bothered, Yannis does enough stirring of the pot.
Even if Yannis was connected to this Blog, and Mrs.Disney-Power??
People don’t have to agree with your nonsense, that does not make anyone a Troll.
The guy talking, who appears to be the leader of said army (even though – spoiler alert – he betrays them towards the end of the video), incorrectly calls them Jelly Beans instead of Jelly Babies. Now, as any fule kno, yer Jelly Bean is a whole different proposition to yer Jelly Baby:
Not a problem though, Ethel, as long as they don’t put this woman in charge of the Jelly Bean army:
Keep talking, Angie. Hehe… 😉
Next on Dave... says:
LOL, check out the title. You just know this is gonna be an entertaining one 😀
Roger Flutterby says:
Speaking of creepy knuckle-scraping twats!
9:53 – “I’m sure that the Devil-lovers will cheer. But I’m not quite sure how long they’ll keep cheering, you know. Eventually, those cheers are going to turn into gasps and cries of anguish, I believe, if I have anything to do with it.”
He’s such a charmer, isn’t he. God must be so proud of him. Bless
Lawful Suspect No. 94 says:
We’re “eating our own” and “tearing each other apart”, are we? I must have missed that, lol.
Dave Ja Vu says:
Sounds like Shurter’s been mistreating his dogs again and it’s making them ill. Poor little buggers 😦
Seems the drone pilots who’ve been spying on Neelu’s house fancied a change 😀
‘If she [APD] was so relevant why wasn’t she called’…bears thinking about.
She’s not relevant to what Rupert did… “The bad big girl did it and ran away” line? A bit sad! Rupert’s a middle-aged man, not a child! She ought to be facing the courts, but she’s not Rupert’s mummy – she’s another fucking nutcase!
I had forgotten than Evan Harrington actually gave citations to the Franklin Grand Jury findings, wherein DeCamp’s masterminding of the whole affair was fingered. (I’ve surely forgotten more than I can claim to know, about everything. Scary thought…)
We should dig those out and publicize them, somehow.
Yes. I’m wondering if we’ll even be allowed to comment on that particular issue when the trial is over.
Simply google the term “sharp ham” complete with quotation marks as I suggested yesterday; you seem on the right track already. If you look at the previous thread you will find the “biscuit knife” advertisement. It’s made by a company called Boker, and marketed under the particular tag line “That’s one tough biscuit in your pocket”.
– Then consider the exchange the took place as it has been reported.
@Babs
I spent a little bit of time earlier looking into your concerns. It’s important that if you do not want someone to have your IP address not to connect on Facebook Messenger of a similar chat style messenger as they can get your IP from that as soon as you connect. The same with responding to emails, they can also get your IP from the message header text.
This will be an approximate location, similar to how when you access a website they target you with adverts mentioning your rough location. A persons real identity and details can only be legal obtained through a court order as your ISP protects that information.
It’s not something to really worry about too much to be honest, it can be useful for blocking people from a page, site or blog etc. Be careful leaving comments on blogs and sites you do not trust as the site owner should be able to view your IP address, WordPress even has settings for that.
http://ask-leo.com/getting_all_worked_up_over_ip_tracing.html
WTF??
@ 1:19 Dave should consider a career move as a QEG door-to-door salesman with that patter.
Is Sharter sure his friend didn’t say “I can hear a drone”, and he was actually refering to the boring noise coming from the other end of his phone?
AP, the DG of MI (but keep that on the QT) says:
In light of Mr. Coyote’s sterling work this week, I want you all to know that I have recommended him for a pay rise. But Mum’s the word – they’re watching us.
LOLOL!
Yes, Angela, thanks for filling us in… with the nonsense from your head.
Jake Blake. Oh man! I wanna hear the gossip. That’s like being given an ice cream and someone snatching it just as you are about to bite into it.lol
“MY INCORRIGIBLE COMMITMENT TO TELLING THE TRUTH”
@JS
Do you mean the court records?
https://docslide.us/documents/paul-bonacci-court-transcripts-from-larry-king-lawsuit.html
http://law.justia.com/cases/nebraska/court-of-appeals/1993/a-91-836-8.html
There’s a few more bits here I think.
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/search.action?na=&se=&sm=&flr=&ercode=&dateBrowse=&govAuthBrowse=&collection=&historical=false&st=content%3A%22lawrence+E.+King%22&psh=&sbh=&tfh=&originalSearch=&fromState=advSearch&sb=re&ps=10&sb=re&ps=10
Damn ,thats low. OH…..Wait! Its APD! Normal service resumes!
Keep talking, Angie
? Like me?
Any Crime Unit in the UK, Ireland, Spain, Timbukto, Outer Mongolia, everywhere, watch one of Angela’s videos for more than 5 minutes and then pray to the Lord for it all to stop.
In one of her videos, I think with Hetty B, she manages to make more defamatory claims than all the rest of the hoaxers put together. The only way she hasn’t had a knock on the door is…..
Anyone wanna pay for business advice from a known scammer? Hello?
Sergeant Sirius Crook-Hunter of the Marrakesh Fraud Squad says:
Oh Christ, is she at it again? 😮
Its the way she tells em.
FTW project? Surely its the WTF project !
Since when was Yannis a Solicitor?
Puh!
Uhm! I’d like to know what crime she thinks the Police would be interested in investigating on this blog?
If she wants to report a crime, why doesn’t she come over to London and go into a Met. Police Station and make a report?
I am growing increasingly concerned about Teflon in all this.Its one thing to be a submissive,sidekick pushover who nods and agrees with everthing his grossly unpleasant misses spews out,but allowing her to use his head as a culture in which to grow a giant mushroom just makes him look a proper twat frankly.
Oh, I’m sure we’re all open minded enough to support gender neutrality where appropriate and don’t want to get too bogged down in stereotypes… I must admit though to being a little puzzled as to why he wasn’t wearing his more typical attire?
Pantomime… Don’t ya just love it?
He looks happy at least. I still haven’t forgiven him for killing that giant spider.
I rather like him, he has nice lips.
Whoops, the white guy.
A Young Tom Hardy. EVERYBODY Love him lol
I knew things in Greece were tough but… I honestly didn’t realise Yannis lived in a motor-caravan, let alone that he hired such expensive and inappropriate drivers! – If he fired them, would the salary he saved not pay for a permanent site?
I dont know about that, googling Anonymous posts has you posting some pretty wild stuff……..
If you really wanted to hide your IP, then using a free or paid proxy will hide it from the website you are posting to
I sometimes use it to bypass bans on the woo sites, many who hand them out like candy for not accepting their viewpoint, or even just as a way of raising cash (GLP, I’m looking in your direction here lol)
Great parody..
Excuse my ignorance but what’s the gag with the second GIF? What am I missing?
Caravans? Drivers? Once again I feel I’m missing something. That’s two gags that have gone over my head now. Man, I’m on the special bus tonight. Either that or I’m still asleep and all this is a dream.
Metropolitan Police, Whistleblower Management Division says:
Dear Angie
Thank you for your letter.
After careful consideration, I respectfully suggest that you go fuck yourself.
Plod
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Ella’s strange cult activities re-examined
Angela Power-Disney does waffle on, doesn’t she? The other day she published three videos in which she “exposed” her erstwhile friend and fellow Hoaxtead mobster Tracey Morris—literally hours of Angela droning on about Tracey’s various shenanigans.
It’s Angie’s signature move, really: befriending somebody, singing their praises to the skies, and then turning on them and “outing” them on her blog, Facebook, YouTube, or all three. We’ve lost count (well, all of us but the Office Tapir, who remembers everything) of the number of people she’s done this to, but yesterday in our Comments section we were reminded of a particularly egregious instance: her repeated allegations against Ella Gareeva Draper, whom she accuses of having participated in the imaginary Hampstead cult, and of having made videos featuring herself sexually abusing a young child.
We have absolutely no love for Ella, but we reject Angela’s story, which she claims came to her via one of her usual “impeccable sources” who turned out not to actually have the goods. Surprise!
However, a conversation in yesterday’s Comments section reminded us that while Angela’s version of Ellagate was obviously fabricated, there are other well-documented reasons to suspect that Ella was involved in cult activities of one kind or another.
The Gold-Digger Academy
In October 2017 we noted that Ella was the admin of a group on “OK.RU”, a sort of Russian version of Facebook. The group was called “Ellochka the Cannibal”, a well-known Russian fictional character whose single-minded man-hunting proclivities made her the model for Russian “gold-digger academies”.
These schools teach attractive women all they need to know to attract and retain the attentions of wealthy men—so a poor art student, struggling to get by in Moscow, might meet a well-to-do financial expert and latch onto him, just for example.
As commenter Surreal Hustle pointed out, the “gold-digger academies” engage in some very nasty practices:
There is a post on this blog about Ella’s involvement with a “Man-Eater / Gold Digger Academy” and this raised many red flags for me as I have been researching these organisations for almost a decade. Many of them (in fact all of them that have some to my attention) are linked to extremely dangerous cults / sects that harvest collateral / compromat from followers early on in their involvement. The collateral usually takes the form of compromising photos or videos of transgressive sexual acts. This is exactly the same method used by the cult NXIVM, except that in NXIVM the women were told that collateral being collected to keep them in line. In the Gold-digger Academies (often called Goddess schools / Geisha schools / courtesan academies and the like) compromat is collected during “tantric initiations” that are portrayed as spiritual awakenings.
There have been reports in credible sections of the Russian press that, when the police raided these establishments they seized photographs and video films showing cult members sexually abusing children and engaging in sexual acts with animals.
So, just for the record, I do believe that it is possible that some compromising film or video of Ella exists, in fact, given her involvement in the Gold-Digger Academy it would be surprising and unusual if some compromising material on her does not exist. It would certainly consist of Ella engaging in a sexual act that would be considered transgressive and very shameful by most people. That is the whole point of the collection of such material. Such material would have been collected prior to Ella’s marriage to Mr Draper and would not have involved her own children as they had not been born back then.
This interests us, as we recall that in the early days of the Hampstead SRA hoax, Ella complained that RD had been “harassing” her by sending her “unwanted pornography” on her phone. This seemed very odd to us, as the former couple had been involved in a protracted and very bitter legal battle over RD’s access to the children.
Is it possible that the unwanted pornography in question might have been something which either RD or one of his friends dredged up online? We may never really know the answer to this, but it raises some disturbing possibilities.
Ella and the Supreme Master
We can be much more certain, though, of Ella’s involvement in a well-known cult: as Ydychyncachu Tracey pointed out yesterday, Ella was a devotee of the “Supreme Master” Ching Hai, who claims to have a direct pipeline to God (don’t they all?).
An article on DW.com states,
In just four years, vegan restaurant Loving Hut has opened more than 200 locations in the United States, Austria, Germany, Australia and South America, which makes it the biggest vegan chain worldwide. Its founder, known as Ching Hai, has more than 500,000 followers (by some counts up to 2 million) who believe she has direct conversations with God and call her Supreme Master.
With thousands of videos on YouTube showing spiritual lectures going back to the 1990s, Ching Hai preaches all over the world to acolytes of a meditation-based philosophy she has dubbed Quan Yin. Wearing colorful outfits and sitting on outlandish sets with one or two favored followers, Ching Hai mixes Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism and Islam to instruct her believers in how they can achieve higher levels of consciousness and also speak directly to God. She claims to be the next “master” following in the likes of Jesus, Buddha, and Mohammed.
In the lectures, she also reminds her adherents that they should not be ashamed of making money, “people will make you feel guilty about making money…it’s none of their business.”
She also sometimes advocates something called breatharianism, which is a denial of food and water in favor of spiritual “sustenance.” The practice, sometimes associated with older religions, has been tied to numerous dehydration and starvation deaths.
In a 1999 article in The Independent, Ching Hai’s London recruitment drive was highlighted. At that time, alarm was expressed over her organisation’s control over members:
Fears are growing…that Ching Hai’s recruits have undergone changes in personality after being recruited at great speed. According to the Cult Information Centre, relatives of her followers are also worried by the large amounts of merchandise available to disciples and the money they can spend to be in the presence of their leader. Last week the sect gained 300 new British members during a course of 19 lectures where people crowded around desks to be “initiated” before being “immediately enlightened” by Ching Hai.
Recruits are interviewed and have to follow five rules including becoming vegetarian and meditating for two-and-a-half hours a day.
Visitors to Ella’s home prior to the Hampstead hoax have told us that her walls were plastered with posters featuring Ching Hai. And readers might recall that during the police interviews, the little girl mentioned that she was able to meditate for three hours per day, though she did not enjoy it and tried to find ways out of it.
Whether Ella’s involvement in Russia’s gold-digger academies led to incriminating material being posted online or not, she certainly did not seem averse to exposing her children to a bona fide cult which advocates some very strange practices.
Peculiar, then, that when it came time to accuse her ex-partner of the most heinous crimes possible, she chose to set them in the context of cults and cult behaviour. Then again, we suppose it’s easiest to talk about what one already knows.
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“It’s Angie’s signature move, really: befriending somebody, singing their praises to the skies, and then turning on them and “outing” them on her blog, Facebook, YouTube, or all three. We’ve lost count (well, all of us but the Office Tapir, who remembers everything) of the number of people she’s done this to…”
Thanks, EC. And your wish is my command…
Friends Angela’s alienated/fallen out with:
Alan Alanson
Eilish de Avalon
Sandy Bergen
Biggi Boho
Heather Brown (on and off)
Abraham Christie
Kris Costa
Beth ‘Jockney Rebel’ Donnellly
Ella Draper
Dawn ‘Hope Girl’ Feagin
Miles Johnston
Arthur Kaoutal
Mary McDermott
Belinda McKenzie
Jim McMenamin
Tracey Morris
Stephanie Oostveen
Andy Peacher
Rupert Quaintance
Melanie Shaw
Margaret Sneddon
Nina Valentine
Sonia van Gelder
Mel Ve
Charlotte Ward
Many of them (in fact all of them that have some to my attention) are linked to extremely dangerous cults / sects that harvest collateral / compromat from followers early on in their involvement.
So they purport to be teaching a scam to would-be scammers, whiley in fact they are operating a scam on them?
So ella was trained to be able to romance and control wealthy men for her own gain ? probably skipped a few lessons as she ended up with a failed gold investor cum hemp soup nutritionist who helped her lose custody of both her children and flee the uk as a wanted fugitive. I recently read a post where someone claimed abe would publicly drink his own pee as a party trick.
It’s claimed the scientologists do that. some would say the catholic church’s confession is open to abuse. cults are bad m’kay.
Cat & Malcolm’s Butt-Hurt Bonanza:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tb8UHAoIVAuv21tlpn9QQ0Hnb8KcOGXf
A roundup of the last 24 hours of fuming, fury and feather-spitting by the Highland Hag and the Kincorth Creep
I particularly love how they’ve posted a Wiki entry that states ‘coyote’ means someone who smuggles people into the US – and that it has nothing to do with people-trafficking – to ‘prove’ that EC traffics children into the UK. I genuinely believe that these people don’t actually read their own sodding evidence before posting it!
I once heard Angela described as a dangerous cult. I think they said cult anyway.
When a mexican illegally aids someone over the border they’re a coyote. when a canadian crosses the border their satnav had packed up.
Cat uses spiderman as her avatar image. just google rock spider and pay attention to it’s usage as australian slang. by the powers invested in me by casual coincidence and the ability to type words into an online search engine i find her guilty !
She also sells Mickey Mouse (Boo! Evil Disney!) and demonic skull keyrings. Join the dots, sheeple 😮
An impressive list by any standard.
Dances with Swords says:
OMG, where is the outrage? 😡
Keyrings you say ? well a key is used by a gatekeeper of course. and we all know what a gatekeeper is. as for ring ? well this is the ring a satanistickal term for anus and also a very real circle drawn on the terrorchamber floor with a child’s dismembered limbbone dipped in blood and known to initiates as the ring of fire. Only when inside the confines of the ring is it ignited. and it burns burns burns, the ring of fire. Be careful not to fall into a ring of fire. the mouse of course is symbolic of the saucemakers apparatus, chill medievel devices to harvest the hormonal juicewaters of a victims prostate glands as they are sacraficiated on the alter of darkness. the skull represents the skull, no symbolistickal elements there. i declare her guilty of keyringery most foul.
Sounds accurate to me.
Roman popalovski attended many terrorchamber masses while researching rose marie’s baby and he later showed the ring of fire ceremony in the nine greats with johnny depp as a turfaccountant who stumbles into frank langella’s evil insurance scam to raise the value of antique books and get his castle fixed up. i watched the film only through a tinted mirror with to sound off to prevent mack basking of subliterate messages defeating me.
Two things strike me about ella.
1. she is incredibly uptight and completely obsessed with control. she flies into rages when challenged and smoulders bitterly over any challenge to her.
2. she never acts alone. she had abe make the videos and put the children before the camera. she had other people post the police interviews on her behalf. on the recent polygraph fiasco she had footage of a long dead person cut into it to speak on her behalf along with the polygraph specialist. ella very rarely does anything without someone else pretending to be an expert on her behalf.
as for the compromising video that was reduced to ‘written evidence’ from a vague source and related to oldcastle’s journo in chief ? i’d give that a very wide berth as it’s probably imaginary at best.
as far as cults go i’m not very clued up beyond watching stuff on tv but they do attempt to convince people of all manner of bizarre practices at large in the unsafe world beyond the true beliving members of the cult.
Damn it. finger slipped and i lost an entire boxful. i forgot what i wrote now. in short i think it’s possible the vegan cult influenced ella in some ways, it’s equally possible she was already of a mind to agree with the cult if it echoed her own opinions. as for the importance of diet it was central to the issues that first brought ella into conflict with the teachers and social services concerned the children were underfed.
Now assuming you’re an extremist vegan who is almost militantly against meat your absolute nemesis and chief nightmare would be an infanticidal anthropophage (anyone who isn’t a joe d’amato fan or egregdously overvocabulized can google it, that means you cat and malcolm). so maybe the cult or the meditation planted the cannabalistic elements into the storyline. maybe cult members believe that any outsiders eat babies ? just a thought. obsession with food is frequently a problem for people with control issues, just google ian brady or anorexia for more details.
JasmineRose says:
Well. I just want to know what’s taking Interpol so long in capturing Abe and Ella? RD and his kids and all the people unfairly harmed by those criminals have a right to justice. Eddie et al are itching to restart this hoax. What will stop its re-emrgence is for all those who started this evil lie to be behind bars. Come on The Police, do your job please!
I have an unrelated question that I hope you guys can help me with because its something that is upsetting me greatly.
My neighbour for some reason has become fixated with me and he has asked me to be his life partner. This neighbor is in his early 60s, I am over 30 years younger than him, he has also told me he has come up with a new religious way of life were you can’t eat meat or drink milk or buy wood or paper or write with pencils but he has written a letter to me. Confusing isnt it?? Its so odd, he clearly is unstable and he does have bipolar so I wonder if he is off his meds? Couple of weeks ago he also exposed himself to me as he was looking at me across the street from his window and he has been knocking on my door constantly as he has stated in the letter he wants me to answer his letter or ask him questions about his religion-which was two pages long. In that creepy letter he says he is not egotistical but he is and creepy. I am literally living in fear. I feel like he is becoming a dangerous stalker. Also I haven’t spoken to him for over a year as he tried to start problems with me with other neighbors and come on to me. I rebuffed him and ran away from him. I really dislike him.
Please advise me in what I should do. My friend thinks I should report him to the mental health department in our area or even the police. But I don’t want to if it will make things worse as he lives one door down. But if I need to I will. Another friend has said her husband will talk to him but it could turn nasty and I don’t think that’s a good idea either as it might lead to confrontation or even violence.
Thank you for reading and I hope you can help me.
The more i think about it the more the extreme diet becomes the central theme of the initial conflict with the school. has anyone got the dates and history of it ? when did abe enter the fray ? before or during the food conflicts ? did ella provide the cannabalism to which abe added the sexual and cult elements ? was ella planning it before she met abe and had him add to the bizarre conspiracy plot ? bloody hell, it’s like listening to beatles records and working out which bits john and paul did.
Ching hai is interesting. once donated a massive sum to the clintons but had it refunded due to concerns of how it was raised. suck that up pizzagatekeepers, suck it up. she also had an illegal artificial island removed by the feds and it’s assumed her followers built it. in china she is considered a dangerous anti communist. she maintains people have ten eyes but nine of them are closed if you’re boozed up. drugs and booze aren’t allowed. she’s vietnamese. she’s worth a mint but is suspected of improper fundraising. she has a clothing line should you wish to dress like a supreme master.
Some of them are exactly like that Smut Clyde, some present themselves in different ways, with more of an emphasis on being a spiritual school of shamanism, a yoga school, a tantra school, an academy where parents learn how to raise genius children, a business school teaching the “money making secrets” of the Jews or the ancient Egyptians.
Women are generally treated so badly in Russia and have such little power that marrying a wealthy man, whether a Russian “Forbes” or a foreigner, like Mr Draper (Ella’s mission was a success in that respect) is an aspiration for many. Feminism is considered a disease of the West. Domestic violence and rape are serious problems and victims seldom secure justice. Women have very limited choices and these academies exploit a range of women from would be scammers and social climbers through to women who are vulnerable through poverty, abuse and poor mental health.
The article linked to in the original Hoaxtead article is below and well worth a read.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/russias-gold-digger-academy
The article describes the school that teach women how to ensnare a wealthy husband and they charge a lot of money to do so.
At one time I could have shown you clips on the BBC and on Channel 4 where famous journalists visited one of the most monstrous of the cults involved. In both examples the cultic school concerned was reported on with an element of humour and disbelief but the reporters seemed unaware of quite the kind of enterprise they were involved with.
The female reporter on the Channel 4 documentary at least expressed disgust that the school taught women to lick men’s arseholes in order to impress them but taught them that they should never expect a reciprocal arse licking. The BBC male reporter seemed embarrassed to watch a class in which women were invited to practice deep-throating bananas. He declined to try the banana element of the class himself and seemed rather shocked by the whole thing.
Both programmes have since been removed from all platforms and are unavailable, which is probably for the best.
The more overtly cultic end of these businesses emphasise a range of practices including but not limited to:
Complete, unquestioning obedience to a teacher or guru
Prolonged periods of chanting and / or meditation
Vegan, low protein raw food diets
Water fasts (prolonged periods of starvation)
So called “liver cleanses” (the use of emetics and purges)
The use of enemas to rid the body of “blockages”
Drinking urine as a form of medicine
Theatre and acting skills
Clowning skills (often presented as a sacred path)
Yoga, especially kundalini and tantric yoga but any kind of yoga will do
Tantra / neo-tantra
The acquisition of sexual and seduction skills
The acquisition of erotic dance skills including pole dace / lap dance / striptease
The acquisition of skills in bellydance and other dances that may be perceived as sexy e.g. tango
The acquisition of skills in hypnotism and emotional manipulation
The acquisition of martial arts skills (although to be fair the “martial arts” they learn are usually as fake as everything else the teach)
A syncretic mishmash of spiritual beliefs incorporating appropriated and twisted elements of shamanism, Buddhism, sexualised “tantra”, Hinduism, Christianity, the debunked works of the fraud Carlos Castaneda and whatever else they can think of.
Aliens usually feature in the narrative, sometimes the guru claims to be an alien
Training in divination, astrology, tarot etc.
The use of “magical make-up” – basically drugs applied via the transdermal route
The consumption of highly addictive drugs via so called “life-enhancing elixirs” that leave students in a robotic, disengaged state.
The denouncing and abandonment of friends and family. The guru is everything.
One of the links to false SRA allegations that these “schools” have is the teaching that trauma is trapped in the body at a cellular level. Narratives about “awakening” and “yoni activation / awakening” through intimate massage, learning “sacred sexual secrets” and learning how to use supernatural energy fields in the body and how to use orgasms to develop supernatural powers permeate various schools of body psychotherapies and schools for goddesses / gold-diggers.
We have already started to discuss here some of the many links between body psychotherapies, cults and false allegations of SRA / CSA.
In the below link various “academics” posit that quack body psychotherapy can be used to treat DID
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232998513_Using_Psychomotor_to_Treat_Dissociative_Identity_Disorder
The Notorious SRA promoter Norma Howes, who presented a lecture in the UK on 22nd September 2018, is now practicing as a Sensorimotor Psychotherapist (a body psychotherapist)
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/curiosity-not-conclusions-assisting-not-assuming-with-norma-howes-tickets-45555495714
SRA promoter Phil Mollon has his insane theories about “energy therapies” plastered all over the www.
Self-proclaimed SRA survivor and sinister cult leader Teal Swan also has multiple articles and videos re “tantra” using orgasms and sacred energy to awaken human body. She posits that women need to remember / awaken their “divine feminine”. The below video is an interesting example
She describes the divine feminine as something that women repress and that they need to awaken. In some ways this narrative mirrors that of Scientology. The concept is that humans have forgotten who we are. In Scientology we are alien souls reincarnated in human bodies. In goddess cults and gold-digger academies women are really goddesses who have forgotten who they really are. In both instances they are invited to “remember who they really are”. Both Scientology and the goddess schools are, at heart, organisations inviting us to remember things that never happened. They are organisations whose foundations are false memories.
Narratives regarding gender are common in these sects and a much promoted theme is that feminism is toxic and that women are pressurised by society to be masculine and that to become empowered women need to awaken their “inner goddess” (actually her inner “holy whore”) who knows about ancient spiritual and sexual secrets. The narrative is like a highly sexualised version of the “surrendered wife” movement combined with pick up artist and hypnotism / NLP skills.
Another common theme is to present sex work as a sacred sexual path that helps women to be lightworkers, goddesses, “dakinis”, etc. and to awaken the planet from it’s state of sleep. It is unsurprising that some of these schools have faced legal problems in various territories, usually relating to criminal charges re sex trafficking and other sexual offences including sexual offences against children.
In these schemes women learn to “awaken their inner goddess” and then are encouraged to set up their own goddess school with associated blog / website / FB page / youtube channel inviting more women to do the same. And so it spreads, like a virus, via social contagion and multi-level marketing.
Because of the way in which it spreads via social networking sites, it leaves a trail behind and anyone taking to time to examine the lineages can identify “tics” or indicators and email addresses, telephone numbers etc. that demonstrate the evolution of the schools and their histories. Taking screen shots is highly recommended. Saving videos and webpages in the archive also recommended. Websites come down, FB groups close and change, videos come down or are changed to “private”.
It is no big surprise to me that Ella was (is?) involved in such schemes. She fits the demographic in many ways. Yoga teacher, new age entrepreneur, raw vegan diet, promoting videos on “natural” ways to stay young (facial yoga), promoter of cannabis as a cure-all, into enemas / colonic irrigation, neglectful of her children and incredibly narcissistic. I can’t help wondering whether her robotic, distant, disengaged manner is a result of the consumption of “elixirs”?
Again I am left feeling devastated for Ella’s children, for Mr Draper and for RD. They all deserve so much better and I hope that they can find some much deserved peace and enjoyment in their lives.
Looked around. i say around, on here of course. the kids being left alone and hungry dates to 2013. Apparently vegan diets are a complicated affair as there are vital nutrients harder to find outside of meat and dairy so you need to be very careful and really know what you’re doing, doubly so if you’re feeding children. so the food issue predates the Pissdrinking hemphead’s arrival and establishes ella’s initial conflict with the school she would mercilessly attack the next year. i read an interesting blog that theorises that cults use vegetarian or vegan diets to control followers as
The hard to find nutrients missing result in impaired mental ability, unclear thoughts, docility, lack of concentration. dunno how much validity there is in that but some people obsessed with control are funny eaters and ella obviously took exception to social workers criticizing her parenting skills and, allegedly, malnourished children. of course the Wankers all conveniently forget this and want to only focus on the tattoos and ‘believe the children’
PMSL Grobnob
Been digging again and just read about mister draper and the monthly payments he made to ella. The comments on that post are closed, just like mister draper’s wallet. i’d love to have been a fly on the wall when ella realized she wasn’t getting her income cheque or bank deposit. don’t suppose the warm salty lager drinker was happy either. oh it’s all gone so monumentally wrong for ella. lost her marriage, lost her boyfriend, lost her kids, lost her uk citizenship (unless she likes prison food), lost her alimony that afforded her a comforable life without working and has to content herself with kisses from the wet salty lips of a urine drinking imbecile who thinks cannabis soup can be given in place of blood in transfusions. not really what you can call a success is she ?
Sorry to hear about your experience Rose
Definitely, definitely phone the police. It sounds like a potentially dangerous situation. He is harassing you and in exposing himself to you he has committed a crime. It is an extremely unsafe situation and you need all the help and support you can get.
You may also like to phone your local rape crisis or similar helpline. The helplines are there for women who have been sexually assaulted and your neighbour exposing himself to you is a kind of sexual assault and can be deeply traumatising. What concerns me the most about this is that it is part of a pattern of slaking and harassment of you. He may be harassing others online or in real life. He sounds potentially dangerous unless he gets urgent treatment.
I appreciate that you don’t want to make matters worse but you are in a a dangerous situation right now.
You have the letters from him yes? This is great as it is evidence of harassment. Record any further interactions / conversations with him on your phone. Also explain to the police that you are afraid of making things worse. They may be able to contact the MH team and get him sectioned without him knowing it was you who reported him.
You may prefer to phone the police and make an appointment to attend the police station or to request non-uniformed police to attend for discretion.
Just tell him to Fuck Off
Here is a non-recent Russian documentary regarding possibly the most notorious of these gold-digger academies / goddess schools, the extremely dangerous “Ashram Shambala”. Warning: Includes distressing scenes.
The video shows a reporter attempting to infiltrate a yoga event run by the sect. Yoga is one of the many fronts the sect uses to disguise its activities.
The video shows a lot of non-recent promotional material produced by the sect. In one horrifying scene a skeletal cult follower shows off his emaciated body, apparently in the belief that he possesses supernatural martial arts skills (a common delusion of people in the cult).
At 5.03 you can see cult members engaging in the practice of acting out stabbing cult enemies, this is a routine practice in the cult.
The cult teaches that “might is right” Hitler was a wonderful person who was misunderstood. Women should be sexy “goddesses” who serve men sexually. People not in the cult are “grey mice” upon whom any violent act can be committed with impunity. Cult members are routinely drugged with addictive psychoactive substances, recommended by the cult as life enhancing “elixirs”.
longer video here
Pay attention especially at 5.12, where there is a brief clip showing some of the promotional material of a goddess school / gold digger academy (similar brief cutaways appear throughout the documentary) – this is exactly the kind of group that Ella was involved with and in fact appears to be an administrator for such an online group.
13 mins in there is a brief section showing one of the first of many sections showing a popular pastime for cult members; practicing stabbing enemies of the cult.
At 15.36 there are brief cutaways of goddess / gold-digger school promotional material and then a section showing the distressed parents of a missing young woman who got involved with the sect. The mother leafs through a folder showing various certificates awarded to her daughter by the “school” before she went missing.
At 16.42 a former cult member leafs through a similar document folder from the same organisation. The website URL on the top of the page is no longer active but you can see a translated version of a 2012 archived page here
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20101124064436%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ladyworld.ru%3A80%2F&edit-text=
I would recommend NOT clicking on any links in the above archived page. Just read it and then close the link.
The section immediately following this is interesting as the former cult member talks about the school’s training in yoga and massage and at 18.09 there is another brief clip of some of the sect’s published materials.
Viewers wishing to avoid watching scenes of extreme violent abuse / torture of women and subsequently of a helpless cat by the cult leader are advised to skip the section between 23.33 to 25.25
at 35.10 the report refers to the use of drugs by the cult
at 35.12 the report covers criminal charges against a senior member of he sect a man called Pavel (Paul) Handozhko whose face is clearly visible in the footage. He is a Russian psychiatrist and surgeon who is fairly high up in the cult and a very close associate of the leader.
He travels all over the world recruiting new members and was in the UK in 2010.
I have photos of him attending a raw food cafe in Chalk Farm, NW London, at this time. I also have screen shots from his blog advertising his London events.
He has HIV and is wanted in Russia for infecting dozens of people with HIV in orgies presented to followers as “tantric rituals”.
Even though the above videos are in Russian language they are worth paying attention to. They show how many Russian families are losing their beloved children to this disgusting cult.
I have no idea whether Ella sexually abused children. However her involvement in a gold-digging / man-eater academy does raise the possibility that she has been involved serious criminality including sexually transgressive acts. It is extremely likely that someone somewhere possesses compromat on Ella.
In fact Ella was not simply involved in a gold-diggers’ academy, she ticks all the boxes indicating involvement in one of the sinister criminal sects that use sexual rituals and the sexual abuse of minors as part of their MO.
Operates as an admin in a goddess / gold-digger school – major red flag
Succeeded in marrying a wealthy, influential man – check
Involvement in yoga – check
Advocates raw, vegan diet – check
Advocates enemas / colonic irrigation / purging – check
New age entrepreneur – check
Promoting anti-ageing products or techniques – check
Advocates the use of psychoactive drugs to attain enlightenment – check
Appears to be under the influence of drugs / robotic – check
Alienated from immediate family – check
promoter of conspiracy theories – check
Abandoned her children – check
Hmm, good luck with that, Johnny. Sigh 🙄
Thank you surreal hustle. Yes I will call the police because things are getting out of hand. Yes I do have the letters. Thank you for advising me. Its means a lot.
What the actual Fuck is going on with arsehole licking (annilingus, trade ~ rimming, rimjob) being taught as something to do to please me. next they’ll be encouraging them to slip a cheeky finger up the bottle and glass. ladies, golddiggers or otherwise, please restrain yourselves from going anywhere near my jacksy. I’m writing to the british ambassador in moscow about this. i refuse to have russian bints hell bent on tonguing my rusty sherif’s badge. keep these communist sirens out of the uk and away from my chocolate starfish.
What the actual Fuck is going on with arsehole licking (annilingus, trade ~ rimming, rimjob) being taught as something to do to please men. next they’ll be encouraging them to slip a cheeky finger up the bottle and glass. ladies, golddiggers or otherwise, please restrain yourselves from going anywhere near my jacksy. I’m writing to the british ambassador in moscow about this. i refuse to have russian bints hell bent on tonguing my rusty sherif’s badge. keep these communist sirens out of the uk and away from my chocolate starfish.
All those people must be delighted at Praterson and Devine publishing their email addresses.
Someone’s spell check has gone wrong.
ella gareeva is found in no sense a fit mother.
I can remember watching this documentary years back and can remember my disbelief at the sex lessons in how to please a man as a way of winning a Westerner,
Also Ella’s involvement in the Ching Hai sect does not in any way detract from her involvement in the gold-digger academy and associated cults.
To study cults is to study networks, nodes and how networks interact with one another.
While some people might possibly be involved in insular cults that have little or no connection to other cults this is not the case for most cults. Even before the internet many cults endorsed each other and gurus and leaders posed for photos and PR events alongside other gurus and leaders. Cults are just businesses and in the same way that DJs and producers in a certain genre of music will promoted and endorse each other cults do the same thing.
Most people involved in Ashram Shambala, to my knowledge, are also involved in other cults. It is easy to target vulnerable people and recruit them if they have a social network page identifying their interests, especially if they are already involved with cults that have been exposed on reputable news sites or on cult awareness websites. Anyone who is a proud member of a cult that has been exposed multiple times is someone with a strong commitment to “positive thinking” (critical thinking is based on fear. or something). They are likely to reject the MSM as a source of information. They are ripe for the picking by other cults.
The worst of these cults are merely criminal enterprises. If you look at the traditional structure for Italian mafia networks it is pyramidal. The Don is at the top of the pyramid, the Capos are underneath him and the soldiers are at the bottom. OC networks emanating from former soviet territories have a different structure. They are not pyramidal, they are nebulous shape shifters. Individuals may belong to several networks or may shift alliances. Networks form, disperse and reform depending on the task in hand. This shape-shifting model seems to me to be the new way in which OC networks operate post internet.
The study of cultic networks is the study of shape shifting, nebulous entities. Their use of social networking websites and their strategy of “cuckooing” the personal blogs and social network pages of vulnerable people means that they can change appearance and form extremely rapidly.
In some ways they are like this remarkable creature
I will worry about you now, as will others here
Do let us know how you get on
For anyone still in doubt about Malcolm Konrad Ogilvy being a sick fuck (trigger warning):
https://postimg.cc/TK7R4nHj
I think that you would be wise to follow the advice from Surreal Hustle. This man has already displayed behaviour that is way beyond anything that could be described as normal behaviour. It is best to try and get this man stopped before he gets worse. Don’t feel guilty or sorry for him when reporting him to the police as you have done nothing wrong whereas he has already overstepped many boundaries.
Yes, hardly a success at all Grobnob. Whatever her life-plan involved i am sure that losing her children and being skint whilst unable to return to the UK was not part of her life’s dreams.
I picture Praterson and Devine both wearing over-sized suits with orange curly hair wigs, white face paint with a red nose and over size shoes.
Poor old JournoAngie. She never was the sharpest pin on the porcupine…
Wait – who’s obsessed with whom, Angie?
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DhwAfc1GMaBuYqi27_dvBFN9zp5QuCV4
Angie’s disgusting posts about Karen’s daughter and the numerous banned videos she and her ‘anons’ posted to intimidate Karen aren’t included in the above folder.
Jasmine Rose, I have gone through something eerily similar to what you are going through, only a few years ago. Please, contact the Police.
Also, pass on any crime reference numbers to his landlord (private, council, Housing Association) and make them aware. They may remove him from the property.
From the same pair who brought us such gems as “We’re working hard to expose the Hamptead children” 😆
Just realised that the videos I linked to show old video footage that is very out of date
Nowadays recruitment looks more like this
I think the last video gives a clear impression of the brand of the cult and how it appeals to new agers
Arthur Pint and surreal hustle thank you. I have spoken to the police this morning and a non-uniformed police officer will come over tomorrow morning. The police operator also said they will have to get mental health involved too if he does have a mental health issue. As well as discuss ways of protecting me like restraining order. I just hope I will get no more letters from him and he leaves me alone.
Will keep you all posted.
OK, pardon my dimissitude but I’ve now read that post through three times and can’t see that quote! Whereabouts is it?
“It is best to try and get this man stopped before he gets worse”
Yep. And before he does this to someone else.
Flashing his old chap at you is never a good sign and unchecked there’s a likelihood it could escalate to something more extreme. the guy’s obviously got a screw loose and isn’t very happy so needs a mental health intervention before he pulls his stunts on the wrong person and gets beaten up or worse. call the authorities and maintain that you want him compassionately attended to as a sick person and not a malicious criminal. i’m sure there’s a department for steering lonely old perverts back on to the straight and narrow short of clink.
The female to the left of the first video has travelled extensively internationally including long periods in the UK. She is Lithuanian. Poster who have known Ella, Araya Soma and others in the dirty 30 IRL may recognise her.
I hope he leaves you alone too.
I don’t know where you are, or whether you own or rent your home, but in the U.K. if you or your neighbour are council or housing association tenants they can get involved protecting you as well. Not harassing neighbours is often on private tenancies.
I hope the police are helpful.
If you are in immediate danger ring 999 or whatever your emergency number for police is.
There are also charities who provide advice to victims of stalking.
Singlewhitefemale ? angie didn’t get the memo then ? hilarious stuff when a police interviewed suspect who’s had high ranking officers come and confiscate her web devices and two cars who personally knows people who’ve been locked up for exactly the behaviour she’s involved in has the gall to type this utter codswhallop and balderdash ? is she going for diminished responsibility on the grounds of being from planet wrong ? alert australia, the hole she’s digging for herself might pop out the other side.
Good for you for doing the right thing.
If he had done to someone else what he had done to you, you would have no hesitation in advising her that she reported him to the police.
The effect of violating sexual and other assaults and harassment is, very often, to leave the victim questioning her/his own reality and I think that this is what happened to you Rose. I have experienced it myself, countless times.
When someone intrudes upon our life in a violating and frightening manner we cannot comprehend it. “People are not supposed to treat me like this” we think and a part of us might think “so maybe it didn’t happen or isn’t serious”. It can have the effect of putting the victim into a helpless trance of inaction.
Cults routinely abuse victims for exactly this reason.
Apologies for using your delicate situation to make a point about dissociation, but I think it is important to think about this kind of thing.
The hoaxers spout insane narratives about MKUltra and the creation of Manchurian candidates or mind controlled super-soldiers and while their narratives are as crazy as they sound there is a grain of truth in the idea of abusing people in order to better control them. Abe knows a thing or two about this very subject.
I am so pleased that you have stood up for yourself and called the police. If this man intrudes upon you between now and your appointment tomorrow morning just call 999.
And speaking of mentally unhinged bandwagon jumpers…
Aww, bless – another opportunity for Malcolm and Freakyfucker to demonstrate their pathological hatred of women to the World and for Malcolm to clarify once again why he’s not allowed anywhere near his daughter.
Fasting, low calorie and low protein diets are fairly routine as is sleep deprivation.
You only need 2-3 hours sleep a night if you want to be a shaman. Apparently.
Also not all cults promote raw, vegan diets but most do in my experience.
It is easier to control people if they are sleep deprived and starving, obviously,
Cat must be so proud of him 😆
I really don’t want to alarm you and I’m sorry if this does but I just need to make you aware and to be on alert. Restraining Orders don’t always work and didn’t in my case.
Cat will love Ogilvy’s comment about “fat fucks” too, I’m sure.
Something Abraham Christie aka Abe Christie, Abraham Jemal Christie, Papa Hemp and Nemesis says, frequently, “If you are crying you are lying”. I can only conclude childrens’ distress is evidence of deception to the foul individual.
I know he is paranoid. He assaulted his minor son over an accusation of theft of money, he accepted a police caution for this. You must accept your guilt of the offence to receive a caution. He also accused the children of stealing money and bits and pieces.
Food comes up a lot with Ella and Abraham. They were raw food devotees. I think Ella was controlling with food.
Paragraph 27 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2015/26.html She also made a fuss about her children eating vegan Hula Hoop crisps.
Having said that, I don’t really have any criticism of a healthy vegetarian or vegan diet, even for children. I know there are lots of sweets and treats that are vegan!
She properly Fucked herself up with an absolute anti midas touch own goal of the most inept blackmail attempt ever. if the guiness book of records had a stupidest scheme section she’d be a shoo in.
How’s Gus?
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1VT3DYbv98MxLO5x81nlI2oG_CE9WKCjc
On a side note to answer your first question, Interpol has no powers of arrest. It is an intelligence sharing operation only.
Extradition to the UK from Morocco is only available for offenses that carry a sentence over 12 months. Can’t remember if Abe or Ella have ever been charged but criminal harassment has a maximum sentence of 6 months. Those who get headline higher sentences are normally done for breach of an order, contempt of court, or a higher order crime (such as assault) not the original offence.
They’ve going to be furious when they find out that ‘karen irving’ is only a pen name adopted for the fictional novels she published 2 decades ago and she’d hardly use her real identity on a facebook account set up only a year ago when she was fully aware of what the mob was like. suck it up people, suck it up.
I could have worded that better, I’m not saying don’t get a R.O.
Just remain alert if you do.
Flo Destroyer says:
Thanks for this hadn’t realised they had tried to put my name up and location.
Yeah. i’m convinced the food stuff was instrumental in ellas warped vision of child rearing early on prior to mister p drinker entering the story. i’d also agree that in the right circumstances vegetarian or vegan diets can be healthy for children, but only if you’re very sensible and have really done your research on nutrition. Ella and abe probably aren’t such individuals and thankfully school and social service intervention will probably have ensured the children were fed at the school along with being monitored. it looks, to me, that the diet was the source of all the early conflicts between ella and the school while child access was entirely the issue between ella and ricky. i wonder if she has a karl pilkington level iq ? it’d explain how she thought the baby killing scam would work.
There is something very disturbing about his sense of ‘humour’ there. 😟
“Up all night writing”?. It may take you 12 hours to string a paragraph together Olgivy out of that sewer pit of a mind but us ordinary mortals can usually do it within minutes.
“The blog came to the realization that it is pointless”.
Oh I don’t know Olgivy- how else would we be able to read in one place about all the arrests and convictions of hoax promoters like you?. I won’t mention names but Quaintance & Berry come to mind (others are awaiting court appearances).
We may read all about you one day.
That’s very perceptive of you Arthur as a pal of mine at the Home Office (MI5 operative) sent me copies of their passport snaps and you were very close.
My flabber is completely ghasted! Thanks for all that, SH.
I assume this is the same sister she said should be horsewhipped:
Have all your fucks been whatted?
You’re welcome SC
This isa youtube channel from the Mexican wing of the cult – should let you know that this is a massive criminal network operating in multiple territories internationally
https://www.youtube.com/user/Diosasyartefemenino/videos
If you check out the videos you will see videos promoting colonic irrigation, tantra, bellydance, healing foods, yoga type exercises and spiritual retreats to the Altai mountains in Siberia.
This old video shows some of the subjects I have described in earlier posts being taught in Mexico
I would advise extreme caution re researching these networks. They are extremely dangerous, not least because they exert profound influence over many mentally unwell and brainwashed people all over the world (see earlier cult activity of practicing stabbing enemies with knives).
The earliest videos on this channel feature a female with many aliases who appears in many of the cult videos. In these videos she is called Miradas, she is also known as Tamara Ra and Ilirya Kanti and a load of other names.
Also this is the sexual predator and criminal who is wanted in Russia for infecting dozens of people with HIV. Like all the people in this network he uses multiple aliases.
He liked to hang out in Chalk Farm in London when he was here. He was especially keen on an expensive raw / superfood vegan cafe in Chalk Farm (now closed) and also a yoga school in the area (re-branded – under new ownership?). I have not been on FB for a while but from my old screen shots of his FB friends pages I know that he is / was FB friends without least one of the original dirty thirty.
Breaking news: There’s some action going on between a YT user named Wavyevergreen and Angela Power Disney. Check out both their channels.
Angela is the angriest I’ve ever seen her on her response video to Wavyevergreen.
Grateful if someone could please let us see the conversations hereif poss as some of us don’t have facebook
They’re both on YouTube.
That WavyEvergreen guy ain’t taking no prisoners. Can I make a suggestion that we don’t comment on there, as Angie would inevitably use it to counter RD’s complaint against her and it could undermine the case. Probably best not to post the link here either, so she can’t accuse us of being part of the harassment. The guy’s threatening to attack her and her friends across various platforms, so my thinking is we should avoid being associated with it. Any thoughts, EC?
That said, Angie’s apoplectic response is well worth a butcher’s. Sample quotes:
“Take your glasses off, you Brummie bastard” 😂
“Eww, you can see Satan coming out of your mouth” 🤣
Thanks for letting us know about these, Jake
I see from her screengrabs that the PC she’s been lent is still on Windows 7 🙄
“One has to assume you’re a paedo”. That well worn cry of all the hoaxers 🙄
I’ve just reported the bit at 12:40, where she says she hopes the UVF track him down.
Simply because the guy told her he would troll her on all platforms.
I reckon Ange’s idea of “saving her life” was when she was throttling her in the playground and then decided to stop and let her live!.
WaveyEvergreen is my new Hero.
It’s amusing that they have gone into overdrive re Ms. Irving and are posting ever increasing hatefests..yet it was all RD or GCHQ before. Flighty bunch they are.
Actually, my view is that we should distance ourselves from him. She’ll inevitably link him to us and use it to undermine the RD harassment case.
Thank you everyone for your kind words. I didn’t realise the council could help me too in staying safe, I will discuss this with the police too.
The police operator discussed a woman’s refuge if I was in serious danger so my neighbour doesn’t know where I am.
Yes I have been informed to call 999 if things get worse and I will guys.
R.O might not work but atleast it will go on his record so there is a history of his behaviour. I wish I reported him when he exposed himself. I realise now my very calculated and unhinged pervy neighbour is very controlling as he has tried to cause me problems with others all in the hope I believe to isolate me and make him think I will run to him. That will never happen.
Thats one of the funniest videos ive seen in ages! lololol
Well done JasmineRose. You have done the right thing by alerting the police to his behaviour. You just never know what actions you may have prevented him from doing to yourself or somebody else in the future. Well done indeed JR, a great move that you have made, 👍
Wow GOS, that is quite spooky in their likeness. You must thank your MI5 operative contact for us.
“Dimissitude” has surely got to be recorded in our Big Book Of Words as today’s word of the day? Well done Tinribs. 👏🏻
Yes, that really could have gone better.
So…just to clarify here: I am actually a Mexican who smuggles people across the U.S. border? Helluva long commute to work each day.
Yes, very good points. She likes to have others do her dirty work for her.
Good luck, JasmineRose. I hope the police will help, and that you regain peace in your life.
Yes, it’s interesting to consider how many times the children mention food during the police interviews. Food, the obtaining thereof, etc. obviously loomed very large in their lives at that time. And for some reason they didn’t seem to think that Abe’s hemp soups were particularly tasty.
Dear, dear, dear. Funny how some people think that if they say awful things about you while they have you blocked on Facebook and Twitter, you won’t know about them, and will have no opportunity to reply. 😀
Yes, it’s not the vegetarianism or veganism which concerns me, but the children’s evident obsession with food. The fact that they were fishing food out of the bins at school says a great deal to me. Interesting, too, that the medical report notes that both were significantly under-sized for their age. While some children are just naturally tiny, RD’s children’s current pictures don’t show them as emaciated or under-sized, which makes me wonder whether they had gone a very long time without enough to eat.
Yes, I was not impressed with Wavy’s video either. I feel that sort of thing can be “weaponised” by someone like Angela, who will use it to claim that we are bullying her.
Agree 100%, Tinribs. He’s nothing to do with us, and while we disapprove of Angela’s actions, getting behind someone who appears to be making threats towards her is not the way to go, in my opinion.
Why does one “have to assume” this? Is this the standard thing one “assumes” whenever one thinks someone has said unkind things about one?
In that case, must I “assume” that Catriona Selvester/Catherine MacKinnon, Angela Power-Disney, Malcolm Whatsisname, and others are all “paedos”? Nasty unintelligent bullies, yes, but “paedo” seems a bit of a stretch to me.
I was taking a good look at the morocco footage and the girl had bags under her eyes and looked worn out. on repeated viewing the amount of coaching and leading responses from the children is chillingly evident. i suspect this contributes to the belief in the videos because the children were definately abused, but not by the named individuals. you can clearly see the girl looking to offscreen ella and back to the camera as she’s guided in to giving the coached responses. I dread to think how weak and uncomfortable the combination of underfeeding, drugging and sleep deprivation made those poor children feel as they were forced to lie repeatedly.
‘Fox dimissa nescit reverti,’ he murmured.
‘Dimissus!’ snapped Chapman, always a stickler for that kind of thing.
‘Kindly leave my wife out of this,’ Keats said stiffly
I have to say, I thought a “Gold Diggers School” would just be a paticularly venal charm school, equipping young women to snare rich older men. This is coming across as closer to the Manson Family.
Hehe, thanks Hugh 🙂
I’ve been hoping that one might catch on, lol.
The guy’s clearly a pervert.
I believe the phrase is “Lie, cry and deny” and it’s something I’ve been happy to throw back at him whenever he’s told porkies, thrown hissy fits and/or blocked me and run away 😀
I think it’s becoming a default term of abuse, EC. I reckon in time it will lose its impact and become akin to calling someone a bastard, which has completely lost its original meaning.
I was just thinking, Charles Manson was simply ahead of his time.
I’d say that Malcolm and Angie are child abusers but not paedophiles to my knowledge.
By the way, do I take it that Catherine McKinnon is a Cat pseudonym (or “pysendeum” as that nice Miss McDermott would call it)?
You don’t want a big kiss from Ella then?
Neelu’s up to her antics again. Somehow I didn’t think the auction would be the end of the matter…
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I saw that. She is not going to give up and accept the situation. She didn’t pay all the mortgage. The bank got the house.
The sad thing is all the costs for the security will mean she gets less money in the end.
I saw she has posted the pictures off the two policemen she says are the same person. They are very clearly different blokes. Someone needs to get her some help.
Also,no one took her niece’s organs. The baby’s eyes were padded slightly with something.
This is an article which explains some of what embalmers do. Perhaps they were eye caps to keep the eyelids closed and a more natural shape. Don’t read it if you are squeamish about things like this.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/science/spiky-contact-lenses-keep-your-5229622
I think Neelu is deluded as in she has delusions.
Looks that way, yes.
I wonder what excuse she will use when the new owner moves in?
“Excuse me (as she barges past them through the door) you are in my stolen house, I need my remedy! Please remove yourself at once!”
He’s obviously not one of us but I was sort of amazed by his “passion” as she has upset him dreadfully somehow. I guess time will reveal what it’s all about. I didn’t think he was physically threatening her which of course is unacceptable.
But Ange should not think one person’s actions- unconnected to this website- cancel out her shenanigans. She cyber harasses innocent individuals and encourages others to take physical actions against them ( Rupert Quaintance).
She endlessly harasses an innocent father and continues to publish details about 2 children who should be left in peace to grow up. Even when they try to make an honest living she attacks.
She should not be surprised when she pushes a person over the edge to the point. Clearly she has done so with this guy. Why? Who knows.
New owner will just call the police and it’ll be a much more serious matter than trying to annoy a security guard who she’s being billed for. dunno what the procedure is but it’ll probably involve a restraining order and however many breaches it takes to escalate it in order to prevent her going near the former home. if it was me i’d just ignore the silly woman and let her enjoy the weather as it turns colder and wetter.
Yes. If you study folk tales such as those of the Brothers Grimm for example, food and the need to avoid starvation feature prominently. The Hampstead children’s sorry tale of abuse, neglect and starvation reminds me of the story of Hansel and Gretel. It is a very modern nightmare rather than a folk tale with countless evil people playing the role of the child eating witch.
On a tangent I can remember reading a news story about rising rates of rickets amongst middle class vegan families where the parents failed to grasp the central importance of vitamin D in bone growth.
Some examples of the problems that can arise from vegan diets for children below
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/shock-as-vegan-diet-girl-12-979912
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-26382654
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Tag Archives: Shit and India
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Buckle Canal, just east of Jeyaraj Road, Tuticorin
March 1, 2014, Tuticorin
The middle-aged man stopped his tiny white car beside me this morning as I was walking along the Buckle Canal just east of Jeyaraj Road in Tuticorin.
India had many beautiful places to see, he said. Why was I taking a picture of “ugly?”
“I ask friendly,” he said, grinning.
It was a reasonable question. I had already shot a pretty, distant steeple over a wall (only spotting the man peeing against the wall during editing) and a picturesque, high-wheeled cart. They, except for the pisser, was what he had in mind as suitable subjects. Would I run slideshows of sewage for the family when I got home? Pull up a shot of Buckle Canal and recall its flowerings on the first day of March?
He asked the question clearly and politely, but I’d been sick and was hacking and spitting like everyone else and wasn’t feeling diplomatic.
“Are you asking because you want to know, or do you just want to give me a lecture?” I said.
He laughed and waggled his head. “I am graduate,” he said, meaning he’d been to college and was a man of the world.
I squinted at him. What the hell did that have to do with the price of tea in China?
I didn’t say that; nor did I say that I was taking pictures of things I encountered on walks, in this case in a high-rent neighborhood, because men of the world like himself weren’t doing it.
“Ugly?” I said. “It’s just an average street. Apparently the government thinks it’s OK.”
He laughed. “You coming German, USA?”
Yup, I said.
“You embarass goverment, good,” he said, “but see universal embarrass country.”
I commended him. He was the first Indian, I told him, to ask me such a question, and it was a good point. I had sent an e-mail with ugly pictures to the Chief Minister, but hadn’t heard back. If I had a prize, I’d give it to him for seeing ugly.
I walked on, getting a lovely shot of small feeder pipes dribbling eight or 10 more gallons a minute into the canal, which drops its load a mile on into Tuticorin Bay near New Beach.
Feeder pipes, Buckle Canal
Yes, he surely had a point, and I’d heard it before. My old newspaper in the States took direction from the local Chamber of Commerce, Babbitts to a man or woman. They would use a cholera outbreak as an opportunity to highlight the excellence of local hospitals, or ear-drum-busting war planes as a chance to get funding for the Leahy School for the Deaf. I understood his reservations. Bad news isn’t constructive. Bad news is bad.
But I had walked by the shiny (on the outside) new municipal building here just before I got sick and was so struck by the contrast between it and the street outside that I consciously slowed to clear my throat on its manicured lawn.
I had become tired of namaskaring politicians featured always cutting a ribbon for a crony’s gold mine. Public health, sanitation, water purification, cholera rates, babies’ birth weights and so on are not mentioned publicly here, any more than our slums and poor get covered—i.e. a reporter embedded—by NBC or any of our lickspittle (what a good word!) networks, let alone God’s annointed Times, which waits these days for confirmation from D.C. that what could be news is fit to print.
Beyond annoyance about how the average person here is mistreated by the government, I was still grinding my teeth over the moralistic support from all sides (Congress, BJP, AAP) when the New York consular clerk Devyani Khobragade was charged in December with felonies for lying on visa forms about the pay for her live-in maid. Strip searching an innocent Indian diplomat! The Indian government promptly removed the concrete barriers protecting the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi. None of the papers here paid any attention to the maid, who was, after all, just an indentured servant. This was U.S throwing weight! The Fox-equivalent coverage here, which is all coverage, went on for weeks. Poor Devyani. Strip searched. Body cavities. Jailed with criminals!
I’m on the sixth floor of the “luxurious” Raj Hotel in Tuticorin. I just threw open the sash to get a breath of fresh air and promptly closed it. The Canal, 400 meters north, was blowing my way.
Negative?
Nah. Thousands of people live beside Buckle and thousands more move along it every day on city streets. This is the home neighborhood for that pretty teenager passing on her bike, a handkerchief held to her nose, that little boy, the store clerk who went out her way to be nice and the beggar who touched me softly as I walked by. My questioner probably would consider him ugly. “We having many pretty girl. Super! Why you photo ugly man?”
Grocery clerk, Tuticorin
After I published a reasonable notebook entry in Tirunelveli called “Shit,” I heard from an Indian who told me I shouldn’t have taken a picture of the excrement lining a public street, or the man peeing just off another street, or the garbage lining another street.
I respond that if a friend comes back from India with no photos of sewage and garbage, they haven’t strayed from Potemkin India. Chastise them. Take their progressive card.
The next time you see an Indian diplomat or high official blathering about Ghandi or making any claim at all to the moral high ground about anything, remember that they are doing nothing about Buckle and its millions of counterparts. Only a tiny number of people here, the Devyanis’ ilk, live outside the stench zone.
Sewage is India’s apple pie.
Tuticorin beggar
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Letters to the Editor: Baddiel’s anti-semitism double standards at Chelsea and Spurs
Send us your comments: PO Box 34296, London NW5 1YW | letters@thejngroup.com
May 5, 2017, 11:52 am Edit
Baddiel’s one rule for anti-Semitism at Chelsea, another for Tottenham
Where is the reaction from Chelsea supporting David Baddiel, who recently proclaimed his strong dislike for anti-Semitism, to the story about the video showing vile Chelsea fans singing an anti-Semitic song? Presumably he is in the same place when he admitted doing nothing about anti-Semitic comments by Chelsea supporters at a home game. Yet he could not wait to go on national TV to condemn Tottenham supporters for using the “Y” word. If not for the “semite” investment by Mr. Abramovitch, Chelsea would be a mid-table club.
Russell Ballen, By email
Role of women in the community
Flo Kaufmann’s disparaging comments on my article on the role of women (Jewish News, 13 April) did not contain a single argument on the subject itself.
All she does is to question my research on the issue, accuse me of writing “drivel”, emphasise the “educated, capable” credentials of United Synagogue ladies (something I have never doubted for a moment) , and tell me I belong “back in the 18th century”. Hardly intelligent observations.
Mrs Kaufmann expresses the curious objection I am not an elected spokesman for the United Synagogue. To the extent this has any relevance, I would say as a lifelong member and lay officiant of that organisation, who served for many years on a synagogue board, as its representative on the Board of Deputies and on the US Council, I think I am as eligible as anyone could be to express an informed view regarding the policies the US pursues.
However, what is Mrs Kaufmann’s problem?
She wants more rabbis to enter “into dialogue” with women so some of the issues “would be resolved” . Precisely what issues? I challenge her to cite two examples of things she would like to be able to do within the US “within halacha” (to quote her words) which she is currently unable to do.
Brian Gordon, Barnet
Change, or am I just an eternal optimist?
All in last week’s Jewish News: Liberal Democrats finally put ‘unfit’ David Ward to the sword; Jewish students heartened by Bouattia NUS election defeat; Khan tells hate crime meeting Livingstone must go.
Do I detect a sea change in attitudes towards anti-Semitism or is it just the eternal optimist in me?
Barry Borman, Edgware
Survivors’ asset limits raised
Following your story on Shoah survivors receiving more money for increasing needs, readers might be interested to know that, acting on behalf of the UK Umbrella Group (Agudas Israel Community Services, Bikur Cholim, Jewish Care (Shalvata) and North London Bikur Cholim), the AJR disbursed homecare assistance to some 350 people and made hundreds of emergency assistance awards to Holocaust survivors and refugees last year.
The group has now raised the asset limit for eligibility from the previous £50,000 to £328,000 (disregarding home and car) and income of less than £16,000 (disregarding pensions).
To qualify, a person must also be verified by the Claims Conference as a Jewish victim of Nazi oppression. For details, contact any agency in the group or the AJR on 020 8385 3070.
Michael Newman, Chief executive, The Association
of Jewish Refugees
Thanks Clive & Monty
May I take this opportunity to congratulate Jewish News on its 1,000th issue. It truly is a magnificent achievement and I extend sincerest mazeltov to all the staff who help produce this excellent publication.
I thought Richard Ferrer’s article ‘A Grand Occasion’ was good but it was a mistake to thank various colleagues and predecessors by name as it was inevitable some would be forgotten. I want to mention Clive Garsin who back in 1993 started Shalom. It evolved into London Jewish News in 1997 but if it wasn’t for Clive and his father, Monty, there is a possibility we wouldn’t be toasting the success of Jewish News. So thank you Clive and all who worked on Shalom, London Jewish News and Jewish News.
Laurence Stein, NW4
Israel deserves to be recognised with a royal visit
J D Milaric (Letters, 4 June) is right about a Royal visit to Israel. In international matters, you can’t always choose your associates based on their democratic practices.
We fought along with the tyrannical USSR in the Second World War, despite the earlier loathsome pact with the Nazis.
Now, in fighting terrorism, we have no choice but to be friends with Saudi Arabia, one of the most repressive regimes around where,
regardless of its bad human rights and treatment of women, the Prince of Wales has danced with its warriors while waving a sword.
Notwithstanding the long-festering Israel-Palestine dispute, it truly is time to recognise the equally long overdue acknowledgement of Israel with both a prime ministerial and State royal visit.
Barry Hyman, Bushey Heath
Study here? Forget it
As an Israeli university graduate who later worked in higher education in Israel and the UK, I found your article on the fall in Israelis studying in the UK interesting. Rather than mourning the lack of Israelis studying here, I find it surprising any do.
Apart from the hateful boycotts, and the prevalent atmosphere of outright anti-Semitism, the academic advantages of studying in the UK are non-existent. Israeli higher education is of a superior level. UK universities charge higher fees, are financially strapped, and cannot afford the excellent tutorials available to Israeli students. Basic housing is expensive and the cost of living is prohibitive.
Britain’s ambassador to Israel is keen to promote good relations between the two countries, but this is not a viable solution. Israeli universities have excellent programmes tailored for overseas students.
A W Kaye, Stamford Hill
Readers' Letters
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Google Play Pass is a thing and it’s coming soon
Have you ever bought an app on the Google Play Store?
What if, instead of just one app or buying various apps separately you could get a number of them for a flat fee?
In a nutshell, that is what Google Play Pass, Google’s upcoming long-rumoured app subscription service, is all about.
Google Play Pass subscribers will have access to premium apps and games on the Google Play Store for a small monthly fee. Something like Apple Arcade but for both the usual apps as well as games. Or at least all the early leaks point us towards making such a conclusion.
Now, Google has confirmed the existence of the long-rumoured subscription service in a tweet on the Google Play account.
While we don’t have a specific timeline, that we’ve been told it’s “coming soon” should be something, right?
Much as it is hard to not get excited about such a development, for those of us in Kenya, the places that Google and its types (especially Google) usually treat as afterthoughts, we might have to wait until the service is made official for us to know whether to be excited or not.
Google has traditionally kept away most of its new services, especially ones that require payment of some form from users, from Kenya and the region and it doesn’t even try to hide the fact. Sure there’s the bit where we are not known for being the biggest spenders on internet services but that is quickly changing thanks to platforms like M-Pesa. Heck, Kenyans are purchasing, on average, 5,200 applications from the Google Play Store every month using M-Pesa Xpress.
Apple TV+ will be $4.99 Only Family Plan, launches November 1
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Vilcap, AMI launch NextGen Ecosystem Builders for startup talent in Africa
Village Capital (Vilcap) and African Management Institute, with support from the Dutch Good Growth Fund (DGGF), have launched NextGen Ecosystem Builders Africa 2020 to support the growth of talent in accelerators and incubators in Africa.
Vilcap and African Management Institute, say the management development program, open for applications here includes training on both technical skills and soft skills for participating mid-level team members within entrepreneur support organisations in Africa.
Africa’s startup ecosystems have experienced incredible growth in recent years, driven in part by the rise of entrepreneur support organisations (ESOs) which encompass coworking spaces, accelerators, incubators, business advisory firms, markerspaces/fablabs and tech hubs. The number of active Tech Hubs has tripled from 200 in 2015 to more than 600 in 2019.
These organisations are critical to the success of Africa’s burgeoning entrepreneurship sector, providing entrepreneurs with business training, access to markets, networks and mentors, financial and social capital, and in-kind support. They are key to unlocking the pipeline of early-stage innovation in Africa, and driving investment and job creation across the continent.
However, these ESOs face their own barriers to sustainability and growth. As highlighted in Village Capital’s 2019 report Unlocking Pipeline, these barriers include talent attraction and retention, the ability to absorb increasing amounts of capital from donors, impact measurement, efficiency and productivity of internal operations, and time/budget to develop, test and enhance products and services.
All of these challenges can be overcome through the vision and execution of a strong team, especially the mid-level managers who lead programs or departments and are responsible for the successful implementation of services/programs for entrepreneurs. These mid-level team members with the strategic guidance of strong leadership are the key to delivering exceptional outcomes at the organisational level.
Currently, overstretched budgets and intense program schedules leave very little time to provide these critical team members with skill enhancement and professional development to overcome these barriers and deliver better outcomes to the entrepreneurs and enterprises they serve.
Village Capital and African Management Institute, with support from the Dutch Good Growth Fund, have launched a management training program for the next generation of talent within entrepreneur support organisations in Africa.
Jumia Kenya appoints new CCO to drive commercial success
Jumia Kenya has appointed Kenneth Oyolla as its Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) to drive commercial success as the firm eyes new revenue streams.
Oyolla joins Jumia from IPS Group Limited where he previously held the same position. He brings a wealth of experience from the industry, having held senior Commercial and Management positions across Unilever, Nokia, Microsoft and Multichoice.
He has vast knowledge in Brand and Marketing Management, Brand and Sales Management, Product Marketing, Customer Marketing, Global Business Development, and E-commerce Sales Management
He will be tasked to grow the company’s position as the leading e-commerce marketplace in Kenya, drive commercial success of the company and shape its strategic plan for growth.
Kenneth holds a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Nairobi and is an alumni of London Business School. He is an accomplished leader with deep operational and leadership experience gained across multiple geographies globally.
Prior to joining Jumia, Kenneth has held various roles as a startup entrepreneur and in general management roles in the software and broadcast media as well as manufacturing industries with Multichoice and Industrial Promotion Services.
Kenneth takes over from Diana Owusu-Kyereko, who, after nearly 3 years as part of the Jumia Kenya family, will be taking on the role of CEO for Jumia Ghana.
Jumia recently sold its Africa travel business to TravelStart, a Cape Town-based online travel agency. The firm also shut down its operations in Rwanda, its third African market.
TravelStart will power Jumia Travel’s pan-African online travel booking portal and will take control of the sales, fulfilment and customer service aspects of Jumia Travel online booking websites in all its operating territories.
Huawei sold 6.9 million 5G devices in 2019 taking 53.9% of 5G market
Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) yesterday announced that. It has shipped 6.9 million units of 5G smartphones as of December 2019. This is in addition to offering end-to-end 5G solutions.
The strong sales reflect Huawei’s relentless commitment to 5G R&D and reinforce Huawei’s leadership in 5G technology. Despite the China-US trade wars that saw Huawei engulfed at the centre of the rift, Huawei managed to surpass the milestone.
The figure reflects 53.9 per cent sales which over half of the global 5G marketplace.
ReadHuawei Mate 30 Pro 5G Now Available in the United Arab Emirates
Samsung and Huawei have for long had a battle of market superiority in 5G space. Huawei sells 6 devices with 5G under its own brand. The devices include the Mate 20 X 5G, Mate 30 5G, Mate 30 Pro 5G, Mate 30 RS Porsche Design, nova 6 5G, the foldable Mate X. There are two more under the subsidiary brand Honor – the V30 and the V30 Pro.
Weibo post claims that the latter two devices managed to win the title for the “Best Selling Phone on JD.com and Tmall” in its price category.
Speculations around the win suggest that Samsung achieved its sales across the world, including the United States. while Huawei accomplished in 2019 were from its domestic market where its Korean competitor is practically absent.
There are some countries with 5G networks that sell phones by the Chinese company, like the United Arab Emirates, but their contribution to the milestone is minuscule, given the size of the market.
According to Egypt Today’s post. Huawei is an industry leader that offers the full spectrum of 5G technologies, including 5G infrastructure technology. It also offers 5G network equipment which includes base stations, core networks, optical networks and mmWave-enabled technology. Other include 5G chipsets and 5G end-user devices which makes it top of the 5G market.
Huawei 2020 speculations
Heading into 2020. Huawei’s 5G devices and infrastructure are giving consumers than ever the ability to connect with the world through 5G. They expect to ship more devices in the new year.
Samuel Njoroge clinches Nyali Open
World Bank Partners with CRA to Unveil County Creditworthiness Academy in Kenya
Issa rock! Kanze Dena’s engagement ring is goals (Photos)
Student sings her way to fame, brand new car : The Standard
Africa at a glance – The East African
Confusion marks Zimbabwe’s return to own currency
‘Kadogo’ economy rules retail sector
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Neil Peart Reflects on Rush + Career in Unpublished 2005 Interview
Farewell to a king.
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Read over 40 stories of thievery told by rockers in the new book 'Raising Hell.'
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'Blasting our way through the boundaries of Hell, no one can stop us tonight.'
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Korn released their sophomore album, 'Life is Peachy,' on Oct. 15, 1996.
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32 Years Ago: Guns N’ Roses Release ‘Appetite for Destruction’
On July 21, 1987, the world was introduced to Guns N' Roses through their debut disc 'Appetite for Destruction.'
27 Years Ago: Iron Maiden Release ‘Fear of the Dark’
It'd be the last with Bruce Dickinson for a while.
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39 Years Ago: Black Sabbath Roar Back With ‘Heaven and Hell’
A major step forward on their first album with Ronnie James Dio.
9 Years Ago: Type O Negative’s Peter Steele Dies
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36 Years Ago: Dave Mustaine Fired From Metallica
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43 Years Ago: KISS Make the Leap on ‘Destroyer’
On March 15, 1976, KISS released their classic album 'Destroyer.'
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Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architectes inc.
Michal & Renata Hornstein Pavilion for Peace of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
The architectural competition for the design of this Museum addition and legacy project celebrating Montreal’s 375th anniversary was won in 2013 by the consortium of Atelier TAG and Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architectes. The building, located on Bishop Street southwest of the main pavilion, is open to the public and dedicated to international art and education. Its galleries exhibit ancient and modern collections, as well as new acquisitions. This pavilion is also home to the Michel de la Chenelière International Atelier for Education and Art Therapy.
2075, rue Bishop
Atelier TAG
4 000 m² / 24 M$
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"With the consortium of Manon Asselin architecte and Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architectes, we feel that 1+1=3! The young firm TAG's creative and empathetic ability to respond to the challenges of public spaces is complemented by the meticulous approach and experience of Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architectes, a combination that will produce a boldly innovative design to carry the architectural history of the MMFA's complex into the 21st century."
―Nathalie Bondil
Director and Chief Curator of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
On behalf of the members of the 2013 competition jury
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The project is characterized by a veil/architectural screen composed of aluminum strips, an "event stairway," a wood interior, illuminated lounge areas and suspended walkways above Bishop Street, large exhibition halls, workshops, and art therapy spaces. The program of this 4,000 m² addition is spread over six levels and includes functional links with the Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion, allowing for easy circulation between the two buildings.
In addition to the museum functions concentrated on the four upper levels, the program includes common areas—the "event stairway," the entrance hall, and a reception area for visitors—ateliers for courses and temporary exhibitions, a cafeteria that can accommodate groups of up to 260 children, cloakrooms, workshops for toddlers, and support services and spaces.
The event stairway offers a unique museum experience focused on visitors rather than objects. Aside from being an effective circulation element, this space is designed for strolling. It provides an interior urban promenade that is fluid and luminous, with breathtaking views of the mountain and the river, two important visual landmarks that help to orient visitors.
The glass volumes of the Pavilion for Peace are dressed in an aluminum lacework designed to modulate the light inside the museum and showcase the sense of rotation of the two building blocks—one aligned with the street and the other turned towards the mountain. The lacework is composed of rows of strips arranged at different spacings, which express the tension of the pivot point on the façade by a higher density. For each row, the number of strips was determined by following the Fibonacci sequence, from two to five rods, to create the different modulations.
The veil/screen is manufactured with custom-made extruded aluminum strips, which optimized production cost while guaranteeing high quality precision. The strips were mounted on a stainless steel substructure, which is supported by the curtain wall held by vertical mullions. The research work to find innovation solutions that led to the construction of this envelope is the result of a design process developed in close collaboration with the industry. Many tests were carried out to develop a unique assembly system, where the lightness of aluminum made the fine and elegant composition of the curtain wall components possible.
During the day, the pavilion envelope is animated by its environment and the changing light, while in the evening it turns into a lantern in the cityscape, revealing the warm wood spaces through the metal veil.
"You have created a building on which our seasons come to life through its walls. People will be able to discover and rediscover the magnificent works of foreign painters, sometimes under the glow of our winters, sometimes under the brilliance of our summers. Here, the genius of old masters of painting will meet the vision of Quebec masters of architecture. I can hardly imagine a more beautiful celebration of the human spirit!"
―Pauline Marois
Former Premier of Quebec
Excerpt from the address given during the unveiling of the project
The concept affirms major concerns regarding sustainable development, local consumption, and respect for the surrounding heritage. The following main elements were considered: white roofs limiting heat islands in urban areas, abundance of natural light, LED lighting, "low-E" triple glass, white oak processed in Quebec, superior insulation, and energy efficiency including energy recovery via mechanical systems. The team made sure to achieve museum standards of international quality while by giving a special effort to the simplicity of construction details and by favouring the use of technologies and materials from Quebec.
"The Pavilion for Peace beautifully and effectively fulfills its purpose of providing visitors with galleries, an all-in-one stairway, corridor, and linear public living room that winds its way up to the building. It works on both sides of its walls, providing a generous zone for gallery-goers within, while visually projecting its energy and activity to the city outside. The building is a sensitive insertion into the urban fabric, with a jogged façade that addresses the scale of the adjacent historic houses. The cool, abstract glass-and-aluminum palette of the exterior is balanced with the warm, natural wood of the interior. Its generosity of space and its strategic spatial zoning facilitates both efficient visitor movement and optional socialization. Visible from a block away and transforming into an illuminated lantern at night, the pavilion offers a transparent and welcoming transition from the gallery to the city."
—Jury Comment
Governor General's Medals in Architecture — 2018 Recipient
Governor General's Medal for Excellence in Architecture - 2018
"Projet coup de cœur", AAPPQ Reference Manual - 40th Anniversary - 2017
Project presented in the catalogue and the exhibition Atlas of the Unbuilt World, The Bartlett SoA, UCL - 2013
First prize-winner of the architectural design competition - 2013
Canadian Architect Award of Excellence - 2013
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Posts tagged “Go Habs Go”
710 Reasons To Watch: Habs/Bruins Preview
Are you ready? The Montreal Canadiens and their fans have had four weeks to recover, reminisce and reload following last months drubbing at the hands of the long-time rival, Boston Bruins.
182 penalty minutes, scores of fights, trails of blood, no control, no sanity and simply no way out. Last month’s Montreal Canadiens were clearly in over their head as they battled a Boston Bruins team undoubtedly looking to send a message, using their fists rather than their scoring touch. Doubt can be sown in a game like that and the fear that is cultivated could very well unravel a team’s psyche down the stretch.
8-6 was the final score, if my memory serves me correctly. Flash forward a month, the present-day Montreal Canadiens are carrying themselves with the right attitude as of late, feigning amnesia when questions arise pertaining to the last MTL/BOS meeting.
And rightfully so. The Canadiens have much to be proud of lately, winners of four straight games, a successful showing on the road in the Southern US belt, securely in 6th place in the Eastern Conference standings with time to move up, and the solidification of Carey Price as one of the premier goaltenders in the league.
Yup, all the good and the bad will culminate ce soir at the Bell where the Habs and B’s will tangle in game number 710 in their illustrious history. We shall certainly see if the February 9th, ‘Slapshot: The Broadway Musical’ stage debut is a distant memory for le bleu, blanc et rouge, or if tonight’s game will reinforce some of the negative points made about team toughness and physicality.
Leading Down a Garden Path?
Jacques Martin may be receiving praise from some local writers who are currently out of favour with the Montreal populace, but we know we’re just a little wiser when it comes to praising the head coach. JM’s system is still lacking in many areas, like, I don’t know, securing a lead without giving your fans pains in their chest on the regular, and having your star goalie bail you out more times than the patriarch of the Kennedy family? I will credit Martin for this; JM’s Montreal Canadiens have started the previous four games with some fire, scoring seven 1st period goals in that span. What perplexes yours truly is the Canadiens’ inability to display pressure throughout three consecutive 20-minute periods, the constant barrage of lazy penalties (holding, hooking, delay of game, too many men on the ice, etc.) taken in the latter stages of periods, and the laughable description of the team philosophy. Martin has stated numerous times that the Canadiens are a puck-possession team who pride themselves on a strong defensive core and great goaltending. Minus the goaltending part, under Martin’s guise, more times than not, they never have the puck and the play is regularly in the Canadiens zone, as the D-Core and Price must continue to thwart over 30-shots a game on the regular. *News Flash* Jacques, if you want great defence, wouldn’t a strong, accomplished offence capable of keeping the puck in the opposition’s zone, ultimately reducing the shots and scoring chances for the other team result in a more successful defence? I don’t know, I just write, right?
Speaking of stopping over 30 shots on the regular…Carey Price has been en fuego as of late, stopping 113-of-116 shots in his last three games and being named one of the NHL’s 3 Stars of the Week. Despite his last outing versus the Bruins , during which he let up all eight goals on 34 shots, Price boats a very good record against his Northeast division counterpart. In 17 career games against the B’s, Price has 12 wins, a 2.64 GAA with a .916 SV%. If the Habs want to stay competitive against the Bruins, Price’s numbers tonight must mirror or surpass his career numbers.
The reincarnation of Paul Coffee, Hal Gill, will be looking to score in his third straight game. The Habs’ newest sniper has opened the scoring in Montreal’s last two contests against Florida and Tampa respectively. Gill has been credited with teaching PK Subban the professional ropes, I wonder if the elder Gill is learning some new tricks of his own from his young apprentice?
Andrei Kostitsyn’s currently on a six-game point streak with three goals and five assists in that span. His linemate Yortuk, I mean George, I mean Lars Eller has provided Montreal’s 2003 1st round selection with some nifty set-ups and AK 46 has returned the favour.
Everyone’s favourite little guy, David Desharnais, is on a three-game point streak (two goals, one assist) and is certainly making the most of the limited time he’s received.
Finally, Max Pacioretty, product out of New Haven Connecticut, is giving Montreal fans a glimpse of what he will look like when he’s riding his prime. MaxPac has breathed some life into the $8-million-dollar-per-year carcass known as Scott Gomez, finding his groove alongside the Captain, Brian Gionta. In his last three games, the Pac Man (TM pending) has three goals, one assist and his plus-five. In three games against the Bruins this year, Pacioretty has notched four goals and added two assists.
The Killer B’s
Carey’s opposite, Tim Thomas, is another Eastern Conference goaltender enjoying a great season. The Toolman is 29-8-7 this year with a 1.97 GAA and a .939 SV%. But the Canadiens continue to be Thomas’ Kryptonite to his Superman, as the Bruins netminder has only nine career wins in 27 games with a staggering 3.16 GAA and .904 SV%.
Hab killer, Milan Lucic, continues to steamroll the competition with his stellar physical play, especially in front of the opposition’s goal. Lucic has five goals and six assists in his last eight and was a tour de force against the Canadiens in their last outing, scoring two goals, an assist and finishing the game plus- five.
Prior to Saturday’s 3-2 overtime loss at the hands of the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Bruins were enjoying themselves a seven-game winning streak. With the win or an overtime/shootout loss tonight, the Bruins will have attained points in nine straight games.
Tonight’s game commences at 7:30 PM EST, as previously mentioned, this is historical meeting number 710 between these two esteemed institutions.
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March 8, 2011 | Categories: Montreal Canadiens, NHL | Tags: 2003 1st round selection, @JohnnyBertolo, Andrei Kostitsyn, Bell Centre, bleu blanc et rouge, Boston Bruins, Brian Gionta, Carey Price, David Desharnais, Eastern Conf, Florida Panthers, Game # 710, Go Habs Go, Hab Killer, Habs, Hal Gill, Jacques Martin, Kennedy Patriarch, Lars Ellers, Le Club de hockey Canadien, Max Pacioretty, Milan Lucic, Morpheus, New Haven Conneticut, Northeast Division, Pac Man, Paul Coffee, Pittsburgh Penguins, PK Subban, Price 17 career games vs Boston, Scott Gomez, Slapshot, Tampa Bay Lightning, The Killer B's, The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, Thomas record vs Montreal, Wu Tang Clan | 2 Comments
A View to a Gill: Habs win 3rd straight
Happy Friday y’all, the sun’s shining, my coffee tastes awesome, the weather…still sucks but whatever, right? Hal Gill scored a freaking goal! It was his first goal since December 31st 2009 against the very same Florida Panthers, in the same arena. Gill’s goal, 5 minutes into the 1st period, would prove to be the game-winner. If that doesn’t give your team a jump, I don’t know what will? I petition for Hal Gill to receive the Molson Cup for March simply on principle and because I’m tired of seeing that Carey guy get all the accolades, he he.
The Habs’ Alternate Captain notched his 1st goal of the season and would prove to be the game winner as the Canadiens thoroughly licked the Panthers clean with a 4-0 victory at the Bell centre, I mean, Maurice Richard Arena, I mean Bank Atlantic Centre, uh, more coffee please…
Back to the reigning Molson Cup winner…
Carey Price earned the shutout he should have received in Atlanta if it wasn’t for the Habs’ poor defensive play in the latter stages of Tuesday’s game. The Price Man stopped all 24 shots he faced earning his seventh shutout of the season and improved his season record to 30-21-6 with a 2.34 GAA and .922 SV%.
Don’t want to point fingers but…
Suddenly, Andrei Kostitsyn is doing his best “I was selected in the 1st round” impersonation, notching yet another goal and assist last night stretching his point streak to five games. AK’s rocket –slapper surely scorched Tomas Vokoun’s eyebrows as the veteran netminder was chased from the Panthers’ goal after allowing two goals on three shots.
Lars “Helter Sk-Eller” mirrored AK’s numbers last night, scoring a goal, an assist and being a beast in the face-off circle going 8-for-13. The Little Engine that Could, David Desharnais, continues to be a nightmare for opposing home teams, a road warrior if you will. Double-D scored probably the easiest goal of his career, giving the Habs a three goal lead.
(To sum up last night’s game, here is an old Looney Tunes cartoon entitled, “Three for Two”. The Role of the Montreal Canadiens will be played by Chester the Dog, Sylvester the Cat will play the part of the Florida Panthers, and Spike the Dog is there too!)
The real test in this Southeast road trip will come Saturday night as the Habs square-off against the SE division-leading Tampa Bay Lightning. The Bolts are winless in the month of March dropping two back-to-back 2-1 losses to the New Jersey Devils and Boston Bruins respectively. The Lightning are currently 3rd place in the Conference, switching spots with the Northeast division leading Boston Bruins following last night’s loss.
Saturday’s Montreal/Tampa Bay tilt may be a Stanley Cup playoff round 1 preview so you can clearly see the importance of the Habs’ next game, a measuring stick game if you will. More info in tomorrow’s preview.
…and because it’s Friday, here’s some Zakk Wylde and his band ‘Black Label Society’ to get your mojo working this weekend!
Thanks again folks. New Habs blog will be posted tomorrow with a TB/MTL preview and much more weekend goodies. Follow me on Twitter @JohnnyBertolo and please leave comments at the end of the post.
17 games remaining, check me…
March 4, 2011 | Categories: Montreal Canadiens, NHL | Tags: @JohnnyBertolo, A View to a Kill, Andrei Kostitsyn, Atlanta Thrashers, Bank Atlantic Centre, Bell Centre, Black Label Society, Boston Bruins, Carey Price, Chester the Dog, David Desharnais, Duran, Florida Panthers, Go Habs Go, Habs, Hal Gill, Helter Skelter, James Bond, Lars Ellers, Le Ckub de Hockey Canadien, Les canadiens de Montreal, Lonney Tunes, Maurice Richard, Maurice Richard Arena, Molson, Molson Cup, New Jersey Devils, Southeast Division, Spike the Dog, Stanley Cup, Stanley Cup Playoffs, Sylvester the Cat, Tampa Bay Lightning, Tomas Vokoun, Travis Moen, Twitter, Zakk Wylde | 1 Comment
Dropping a Deuce: Habs win 2nd in a row
A mere 24 hours following Monday’s mild trade deadline “frenzy”, the Montreal Canadiens rewarded upper management by defeating the A-Town Thrashers 3-1 Tuesday Night in front of a super-packed, electrically charged, Phillips Arena crowd…Ha, almost fooled you, there were probably more people at your son’s Pee-Wee hockey game, or your wife’s basket-weaving class than at last night’s contest. There is only one thing that comes to mind when you see more people lining up for a Swine Flu vaccination versus a hockey game…relocation. The Quebec Thrashers, or as Pierre Houde would say, Les TRASHers de Quebec. Has a ring to it, huh?
Carey Price looked brilliant once again, stopping 40-of-41 shots, garnering 1st Star honours. If it weren’t for a gruesome turnover in the Montreal zone with less than 6 minutes remaining which led to Atlanta’s only goal via Nik Antropov, Price would be celebrating is 7th shutout of the season.
The Thrashers nearly doubled Montreal’s shot total, 41 to Montreal’s 23. Price had to be extra sharp as once again, the Habs continue to have problems both possessing the puck and clearing the defensive zone during the latter stages of most games. Carey Price continues to put on his best bondsman impersonation; constantly bailing-out is team on the regular. Hey Dog, I think you have some competition brewing?
Montreal received its share of goals by Max Pacioretty, The Almighty Wiz, James Wisniewski and the Captain, Brion Gionta with an empty-netter to seal the deal.
The Canadiens’ spring break vacation continues as they travel to Sunrise, Florida to face the Panthers on Thursday. Weather in Sunrise, Florida for tomorrow: Partly cloudy with a high of 78°F (26°C). While the Habs work on their tan today, they have a chance to further their standing in the Eastern Conference come tomorrow.
(The role of Brett Festerling is played by Meg, what the heck, the role of Drew MacIntyre is played by the Mexican Janitor)
The Habs have maintained their 6th place standing in the East with 5th place Washington only 3-points ahead and 4th place Pittsburgh 5-points ahead. Tuesday’s win further distanced the Canadiens from 9th place Buffalo (8 points back).
Saturday, the Habs round out their Southeast road trip as they face the Canadiens-south, also known as the Southeast leading, Tampa Bay Lightning.
March 2, 2011 | Categories: Montreal Canadiens, NHL | Tags: A-Town, Atlanta Thrashers, Brett Fester, Brian Gionta, Buffalo Sabres, Carey Price, Dog the Bounty Hunter, Drew MacIntyre, Eastern Conference, Family Guy, Florida Panthers, Go Habs Go, gohabsgo, Habs, Homer Simpson, James Wisniewski, Kid Rock, Les canadiens de Montreal, Max Pacioretty, Meg, Nik Antropov, Phillips Arena, Pittsburgh Penguins, Quebec Nordiques, Quebec Thrashers, Southeast Division, Spring Break, Swine Flu, Tampa Bay Lightning, The Simpsons, Washington Capitals | 2 Comments
Post-Trade Deadline (Accueillons nos Canadiens) Habs/Thrash Preview
Ladies and Gentlemen, your 2011 Montreal Canadiens. I could have easily said that on Thursday, but hey, I enjoy being patient from time-to-time as well. Other than a minor league deal involving the acquisition of goaltender Drew MacIntyre from the Atlanta Thrashers for defenceman Brett Festerling (the guy who was traded for Maxime Lapierre), the Habs stood pat.
Ironic that the only move Pierre Gauthier made during yesterday’s Trade Deadline involved the team the Habs are playing tonight. I wondered on my Twitter feed after the trade was announced whether Gauthier actually called Thrashers GM Rick Dudley, or simply threw a rock down the hall of Phillips Arena with a trade proposal tied to it?
Listen Habs fans, I understand you might be fuming at the sight of seeing Dustin Penner riding off to smoggy La-La-Land or Jason Arnott standing side-by-side with the Washington Monument, I really do. But seriously, what could the Habs do?
A team with all the drama, all the problems, maligned by injury and an unstable fan base is still afloat the Eastern Conference standings: Still in 6th place, if my memory serves me correctly. 19 games remaining with a plethora of opportunities to gain some traction before the real season commences in mid-April.
Let’s be serious for a second. When you first saw the fake Nick Kypreos account deliver this trade update via Twitter: “Penner to Habs for Tinordi and a 1st”, followed by the rest of the mainstream media running with this fake news item like a thief in the night (ESPN/CBC hockey analyst, Pierre Lebrun for one), you pooped your pants a little, right?
You gasped, felt slighted as if you were robbed? Am I right?!?!?! Your first reaction was “the Habs got hosed; they gave up too much”, blah, blah, blah.
Then the real trade surfaced, the Los Angeles Kings snagged Penner from the Edmonton Oilers, sending prospect defenceman Colten Teubert, a 1st round pick and a conditional pick for the big guy. You won’t admit it, but you saluted Pierre Gauthier for not shelving out Tinordi, Weber or Subban and an array of picks to acquire this player.
Honestly, was Dustin Penner, or Jason Arnott for that matter, really to be the Saviour of the 2011 season for the Habs? Was one of them the Rosetta Stone, the missing link that would propel the Habs to their 25th Stanley Cup this season? I don’t think so. Neither did Pierre Gauthier, who clearly estimated that they weren’t worth the risk.
So here we are, on the first day of March, the Canadiens setting up to play game #64 against the Atlanta Thrashers – Brent Sopel, Nigel Dawes and Drew MacIntyre’s former team, at Phillips Arena tonight.
The Habs, coming off a rather exciting win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday, are looking to make it two wins in a row for the first time since the beginning of February.
Montreal Canadiens goaltender, Carey Price (28-21-6), who was absent with the flu during Montreal’s win on Saturday, will certainly start tonight barring any further bouts with illness or injury. Price’s counterpart, Chris Mason (8-8-3), is expected to start in place of the injured Ondrej Pavelec, who is listed as day-to-day with an undisclosed injury.
The Thrashers are tied in 10th place, 4-points back of 8th place Carolina in the conference. Tonight’s game will be the third-of-four meetings between these two teams this season. The Habs have yet to defeat Atlanta this season, losing 3-0 back in November and dropping their first game of 2011 calendar, 4-3 F/OT at the Bell Centre back on January 2nd.
19 games and counting, check me…
March 1, 2011 | Categories: Montreal Canadiens, NHL | Tags: Accueillons nos Canadiens, Atlanta Thrashers, Brent Sopel, Brett Festerling, Canadiens, Carey Price, Carolina Hurricanes, CBC, Chris Mason, Denzel Washington, Drew MacIntyre, Dustin Penner, Eastern Conference, Edmonton Oilers, ESPN, Go Habs Go, Habs, Jarred Tinordi, Jason Arnott, Les canadiens de Montreal, Los Angeles Kings, Malcolm X, Maxime Lapierre, Nick Kypreos, Nigel Dawes, Ondrej Pavelec, Phillips Arena, Pierre Gauthier, Pierre LeBrun, PK Subban, Rick Dudley, Rosetta Stone, Trade Deadline, Tradecentre, Twiiter, Washington Capitals, Washington Monument, Yannick Weber | Leave a comment
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Is Joe Biden finished?
January 7, 2020 Leave a commentnewsBy John Zogby
Featured on The Hill, by John Zogby
To read and watch the pundits talk, former Vice President Joe Biden is coming to an end of his quest for the presidency.
He was stunned by attacks from California Sen. Kamala Harris in the first debate; he is tripping over his words and talking way too much; he is looking old; and he is at the center of the Ukrainian scandal that is the focus of attention in Washington (but perhaps not everywhere else). Even new candidates like former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg and former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick are ready to fill in the moderate gap they see with Biden’s tumble.
But Joe Biden is not politically dead. There has simply been too much wailing and gnashing of teeth by Democratic insiders and Trump-haters who want the strongest candidate possible to face the incumbent in November 2020. Despite being at the center of Donald Trump’s impeachment investigation, polling at lower levels than when he started, and giving up the position of undisputed leader in Iowa and New Hampshire polls, the former VP still has a lot going for him.
He continues to lead in most national polls. He is very much in the mix in Iowa and New Hampshire. He leads handsomely in Nevada, South Carolina and California, which follow the two benchmark states. He remains solid and unchallenged in the support he receives from African Americans — a solid constituency whose large turnout helped put Barack Obama over the top in 2008 and 2012 and whose weaker turnout spelled doom for Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Biden is still a formidable debater, and he has weathered attacks so far. He possesses both the experience and demeanor of “the everyman” to simply laugh at Donald Trump’s shenanigans. He was adept in defeating Sarah Palin in 2008 without going into overkill mode, and he minced Paul Ryan with ridicule in 2012, winning both vice presidential debates.
I would actually make the case that his polling numbers in Iowa and New Hampshire may be a blessing in disguise. While Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Mayor Pete Buttigieg of Indiana are taking their turns at leading, are they peaking too early? Can they deal with the significant charges that either their plans are too controversial (Warren) or that they lack experience (Buttigieg)? In a crowded field, especially one that is about to get testier, Biden just might be better off going into Iowa and New Hampshire with reduced expectations and matching or surpassing those than by polling in higher numbers and failing to attain what is expected.
As for the rambling, that is Joe being Joe. He may be slower than he used to be, but he is still talking at least half a mile a minute. After each of the three debates, I have watched him on the stage in a crouch shaking hands, taking selfies, inching closer to hug fans — few of us can successfully do that.
No one is anointed — nor should they be. Early frontrunners often crash. At this point in time in 2003, Howard Dean was all but the official nominee for the Democrats, but voters changed their minds, from favoring someone who stood on principle over one who could defeat then-President George W. Bush. Biden has his challenges ahead, and other frontrunners may come and go (just remember the GOP primaries in 2012, where everyone in the field had the lead at one point). But Biden is very much in this race.
John Zogby
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Rio conventions, land cover, land resources, land take, resource demands, rural livelihoods, water demand, wind erosion
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1,000 sand dams! An Excellent milestone
Over the past 16 years, Excellent Development has been working with partners across Kenya, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Sudan, Chad, Swaziland and India. Our main focus has been to enable the building of sand dams in these arid and semi-arid lands to provide access to clean water and all its…
The new UNCCD reporting process has been launched- UNCCD has developed a series of online tutorials on how to use the available reporting tools
The new UNCCD reporting process has been launched. To accommodate the highly technical nature of the new reporting process and enhance national capacity to generate, analyze, interpret and use Earth observation data, UNCCD has developed a series of online tutorials on how to use the available…
Potential climate effect of mineral aerosols over West Africa: Part II—contribution of dust and land cover to future climate change
Mineral dust aerosols are an essential component of climate over West Africa, however, little work has been performed to investigate their contributions to potential climate change. A set of regional climate model experiments with and without mineral dust processes and land cover changes is…
These 20 Water-Stressed Countries Have the Most Solar and Wind Potential
Most power generation consumes water, whether to cool steam in thermoelectric plants or power turbines for hydropower. And the global demand for both water and electricity will continue to increase substantially in the coming decades. Although growth is generally a good thing for the economy, it…
Data at your fingertips: Environment at a Glance platform launched
This new OECD platform for environmental indicators gives access to recent data through interactive graphics and provides trends on major environmental issues. The indicators help track environmental performance and compare country progress.
The European environment – state and outlook 2015
The European Environment Agency’s five-yearly assessment ‘The European environment – state and outlook 2015’ (SOER 2015)
Ecological Tapestry of the World
The Global Ecological Land Unit map is the most detailed look ever at Earth’s ecosystems. Basically, it partitions the planet into squares 250 meters on a side—roughly the size of a couple of football fields. An ecosystem looks at lithology (that’s rocks and dirt), climate, topography, and land…
Impacts of Sand storms/Dust storms on Agriculture (M. V.K. Sivakumar) Chapter Natural Disasters and Extreme Events in Agriculture pp 159-177.
The drylands of the world are affected by moderate to severe land degradation from wind erosion and there is evidence that the frequency of sand storms/dust storms in increasing.
Dry forests, livelihoods and poverty alleviation: understanding current trends (International Forestry Review 17(Supplement 2): 54-69)
This paper reviews the role of dry forests in providing goods and services to the rural poor.
Early Identification of Land Degradation Hotspots in Complex Bio-Geographic Regions (RS)
The detrimental impacts of these processes on land resources, which are widely recognized as environmental problems of global concern become really dramatic in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid regions (drylands), where land degradation is more properly defined as desertification.
Ranking the World’s Most Water-Stressed Countries in 2040
Fourteen of the 33 most likely water-stressed countries in 2040 will be in the Middle East. Find out more how changing water supply and demand will affect countries in the future.
Wind erosion risk mapped in first ever pan-European assessment
Over 8% of land in Europe could be at moderate-to-high risk of wind-driven soil erosion, a new study has estimated. In the first assessment of its kind, the researchers produced maps which show wind erosion risk across 36 countries. This information could help guide actions to tackle land…
Decline in bees and wasps linked to land-use changes
The declining number of bee and wasp species in England has been linked to historic changes in land-use in a recent study. Researchers say that policies which promote diverse landscapes offer more opportunities for bees and wasps to nest and forage and are best for conserving these insect…
Unpacking the concept of land degradation neutrality and addressing its operation through the Rio Conventions. Journal of Environmental Management
The world's commitment towards land degradation neutrality (LDN) became enshrined in various international agreements and decisions throughout the year 2015.The challenge now becomes one of addressing its operation, in order to achieve these new policy goals and targets by the year 2030.
No Net Land Take by 2050? What measures can avoid, reduce or compensate for land take?
Land and soil are limited natural resources essential to all human life. One of the major environmental challenges facing Europe is an increasing demand for development, which threatens these ecosystem services, such as water recycling and purification, carbon storage, and food and fuel — as well as…
The direct and indirect impacts of EU policies on land
Land is a valuable and limited resource. Better integration of land use impacts needed across EU policies
The land and water footprints of everyday products. Mind your step
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Worldwide water crisis is looming-as many as 4 billion people worldwide suffer water scarcity
Our planet might be blue, but we may still be left thirsty. While almost three quarters of the Earth’s surface is covered in water, less than 3 per cent of that resource is actually freshwater, of which maybe only 1 per cent is readily accessible. We depend on that 1 per cent.
Land recycling helps Europe to maintain its land resource.
Land degradation and taking land for urban development threaten critical ecosystem services, including provision of food and water, climate regulation and recreation. A new report, by the European Environment Agency (EEA), "Land recycling in Europe. Approaches to measuring extent and impacts" shows…
Environmental indicator report 2016-More action is needed to protect the natural environment and people’s health
This report examines if the EU and its immediate neighbours are on target to achieving by 2020 the three thematic priority objectives (natural capital; resource efficiency and low carbon economy; health and well-being) of the 7th Environment Action Programme. It does that with the help of a set of…
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Dissociative anaesthesia in free-ranging male koalas and selected marsupials in captivity
M BUSH,1 JAM GRAVES,2 SJ O’BRIEN3 and DE WILDT1
1National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
2Department of Genetics and Human Variation, LaTrobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3083
3Laboratory of Viral Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21701, USA
Forty seven free-ranging, adult, male koalas were captured and administered an intramuscular injection of the dissociative anaesthetic, TeIazoP (tiletamine HCI plus zolazepam HCI), at dose rates of 5.0 to 7.7 mglkg body weight. Anaesthesia induction was rapid and smooth and resulted in a surgical plane of anaesthesia lasting 30 to 45 min. There was no depression of heart rate or respiration. Mild salivation occurred in most animals, but was not a problem because the swallowing reflex was retained. There was no mortality or morbidity and the anaesthesia level was sufficient to allow electroejaculation and multiple blood sampling with no apparent animal discomfort. For 10 of 19 males in which anaesthesia was required for a 90 min protocol, a supplementary Telazol injection (average, 2.5 mg/kg) was necessary. All koalas recovered completely within 3 to 4 h of the initial injection. The results suggest that the optimal Telazol dosage for the adult male koala is 7.0 mg/kg body weight. The retrospective analysis of 259 anaesthesia records involving 14 species indicated that Telazol was equally effective and safe in other captive marsupials.
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Comprehensive profiling of retroviral integration sites using target enrichment methods from historical koala samples without an assembled reference genome
Comprehensive profiling of retroviral integration sites using target enrichment methods from historical koala samples without an assembled reference genome Pin Cui1,*, Ulrike Löber1,2,*, David E. Alquezar-Planas1, Yasuko Ishida3, Alexandre Courtiol4, Peter Timms5, Rebecca N. Johnson6, Dorina Lenz7, Kristofer M. Helgen8,9, Alfred L. Roca3, Stefanie Hartman2 and Alex D. Greenwood1 1…
Morphology of the Thyroid in Coastal and Noncoastal Populations of the Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) in Queensland
Morphology of the Thyroid in Coastal and Noncoastal Populations of the Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) in Queensland Veronica J. Lawson and Frank N. Carrick Koala Study Program, Department of Zoology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia, 4072 ABSTRACT The gross morphology, histology, and ultrastructure of the thyroid gland of the…
Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis genes in koala type I Chlamydia: cloning and characterization
Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis genes in koala type I Chlamydia: cloning and characterization A.A. Girjes ^(1, 3)(*), EN. Carrick ^(2) and M.F. Lavin ^(1, 4) 1 Queensland Cancer Fund Research Unit, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Bancroft Centre, 300 Herston Road, Brisbane 4029 (Australia), 2 Department of Zoology, 3 Department to Anatomical…
Hepatic microsomal enzyme activity in the koala and tammar wallaby: high 17β -hydroxysteroid oxidoreductase activity in koala liver microsomes
Hepatic microsomal enzyme activity in the koala and tammar wallaby: high 17β -hydroxysteroid oxidoreductase activity in koala liver microsomes I. Stupans ^a,*, S. Kong ^a, A. Kirlich ^a, M. Murray ^b, E.L. Bailey ^a, B.R. Jones ^a, R.A. McKinnon ^a a) Center for Pharmaceutical Research, School of Pharmacy and Medical…
Characterisation of tolbutamide hydroxylase activity in the common brushtail possum, (Trichosurus vulpecula) and koala (Phascolarctos cinereus): inhibition by the Eucalyptus terpene 1,8-cineole
Characterisation of tolbutamide hydroxylase activity in the common brushtail possum, (Trichosurus vulpecula) and koala (Phascolarctos cinereus): inhibition by the Eucalyptus terpene 1,8-cineole Panagiota Liapis ^a, Georgia J. Pass ^b, Ross A. McKinnon ^a, Ieva Stupans ^a,* a) School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, City East, North…
Cloning and expression of koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) liver cytochrome P450 reductase
Cloning and expression of koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) liver cytochrome P450 reductase Sandra Kong a, Suong N.T. Ngo a,b,⁎, Ross A. McKinnon a, Ieva Stupans a a Sansom Institute, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia b School of Environmental and Life Sciences, Pharmacy…
Absence of type 1 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase enzyme in koala liver
Absence of type 1 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase enzyme in koala liver Sandra Kong, Ross A. McKinnon, Behnaz Mojarrabi, Ieva Stupans* Centre for Pharmaceutical Research, School of Pharmaceutical, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, University of South Australia, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia ABSTRACTThe 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases (11β-HSDs) interconvert 11β-hydroxysteroids such as cortisol into…
Hepatic cytochrome P450 enzymes belonging to the CYP2C subfamily from an Australian marsupial, the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
Hepatic cytochrome P450 enzymes belonging to the CYP2C subfamily from an Australian marsupial, the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) Brett R. Jones a, Adaweyah El-Merhibi a, Suong N.T. Ngo a,b,⁎, Ieva Stupans a, Ross A. McKinnon a,⁎ a Sansom Institute, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA…
A Method for Estimating Crown Weight in Eucalyptus, and Some Implications of Relationships between Crown Weight and Stem Diameter
A Method for Estimating Crown Weight in Eucalyptus, and Some Implications of Relationships between Crown Weight and Stem Diameter P. M. Attiwill School of Forestry, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ABSTRACT Equations relating crown weight to diameter at breast height outside bark (dbhob) are developed for approximately 50-year-old, even-aged stands…
Molecular Evidence to Support the Expansion of the Hostrange of Chlamydophila pneumoniae to Include Reptiles as Well as Humans, Horses, Koalas and Amphibians
Molecular Evidence to Support the Expansion of the Hostrange of Chlamydophila pneumoniae to Include Reptiles as Well as Humans, Horses, Koalas and Amphibians TRACEY J. BODETTI^1, ELLIOTT JACOBSON^2, CHARLES WAN^1, LOUISE HAFNER^1, ANDREAS POSPISCHIL^3, KARRIE ROSE^4 and PETER TIMMS^1 1) Centre for Molecular Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Queensland University…
Interdisciplinary Guidelines for Developing Effective Koala Conservation Policy
Interdisciplinary Guidelines for Developing Effective Koala Conservation Policy TIM W. CLARK,* NICOLE MAZUR,† ROBERT J. BEGG,‡ AND STEVEN J. CORK§ *School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Sage Hall, 205 Prospect Street, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, U.S.A., and Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative, Box 2705, Jackson, WY 83001, U.S.A., email…
Lymphoid neoplasia in the koala
Lymphoid neoplasia in the koala JH CONNOLLY^a, PJ CANFIELD^a, S HEMSLEY^a and AJ SPENCER^b ABSTRACT Objective Correlation of immunophenotype with history, anatomical and morphological features of lymphoid neoplasia in the koala.Methods Routine necropsies were performed on 51 koalas with suspected lymphoid neoplasia between 1986 and 1997 in New South Wales…
Estimating forest habitat complexity in relation to time since fire
Estimating forest habitat complexity in relation to time since fire NICHOLAS C. COOPS^1* AND PETER C. CATLING^2 1) CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia (Email: ) 2) CSIRO Wildlife and Ecology, GPO Box 284, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia ABSTRACT Forest structure…
The Muscles of Mastication of Phascolarctos cinereus (Phascolarctidae: Marsupialia)
The Muscles of Mastication of Phascolarctos cinereus (Phascolarctidae: Marsupialia) Charmaine V. Davison and William G. Young Department of Oral Biology & Oral Surgery, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld 4067, Australia. ABSTRACTThe muscles of mastication of the koala, Phascolarctos cinereus, were dissected, described, weighed and the areas of their origin…
Unusual macromorphology of the ductuli efferentes and epididymis of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
Unusual macromorphology of the ductuli efferentes and epididymis of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)Rachel J. Gibson^A, Chris M. Leigh and William G. Breed^B Department of Anatomical Sciences, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia. A) Current Address: Department of Medical Oncology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA 5000, Australia. B) To whom correspondence should…
Phylogeographic differentiation in the mitochondrial control region in the koala, Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss 1817)
Phylogeographic differentiation in the mitochondrial control region in the koala, Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss 1817) BRONWYN A. HOULDEN,*† BRIAN H. COSTELLO,† DEIRDRE SHARKEY,† ELIZABETH V. FOWLER,‡ ALISTAIR MELZER,§ WILLIAM ELLIS,¶ FRANK CARRICK,¶ PETER R. BAVERSTOCK** and MARTIN S. ELPHINSTONE** *Taronga Zoo, PO Box 20, Mosman, 2088, Australia †School of Biological Science,…
Sequence variation of koala retrovirus transmembrane protein p15E among koalas from different geographic regions
Sequence variation of koala retrovirus transmembrane protein p15E among koalas from different geographic regions Yasuko Ishida^a,*,1, Chelsea McCallister^b,1, Nikolas Nikolaidis^b,1, Kyriakos Tsangaras^c, Kristofer M. Helgen^d, Alex D. Greenwood^c, Alfred L. Roca^a,e,** a) Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1207 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, USA b)…
Endogenous Retroviruses in the Genomics Era
Endogenous Retroviruses in the Genomics EraWelkin E. JohnsonBiology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467; email: ABSTRACT Endogenous retroviruses comprise millions of discrete genetic loci distributed within the genomes of extant vertebrates. These sequences, which are clearly related to exogenous retroviruses, represent retroviral infections of the deep past, and…
Overview, Critical Assessment, and Conservation Implications of Koala Distribution and Abundance
Overview, Critical Assessment, and Conservation Implications of Koala Distribution and Abundance ALISTAIR MELZER,* FRANK CARRICK,†, PETER MENKHORST,‡ DANIEL LUNNEY,§ AND BARBARA ST. JOHN** *Koala Research Centre of Central Queensland, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, QLD 4702, Australia, email †Koala Study Centre, Department of Zoology, University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia…
Field Metabolic Rate, Water Flux, Food Consumption and Time Budget of Koalas, Phascolarctos cinereus (Marsupialia: Phascolarctidae) in Victoria
Field Metabolic Rate, Water Flux, Food Consumption and Time Budget of Koalas, Phascolarctos cinereus (Marsupialia: Phascolarctidae) in Victoria Kenneth A. Nagy* and Roger W. MartinB *Laboratory of Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, and Department of Biology, University of California, 900 Veteran .Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90024, U.S.A.BDepartment of Zoology, Monash University,…
A review of feeding and diet selection in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus)
A review of feeding and diet selection in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) Benjamin D. Moore and William J. Foley Division of Botany and Zoology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. ABSTRACT Food quality and availability are believed to be primary determinants of habitat quality for koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus), so we…
Pathology of the female reproductive tract in the koala, Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss), from Victoria, Australia
Pathology of the female reproductive tract in the koala, Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss), from Victoria, Australia DL. OBENDORF, Department of Veterinary Paraclinical Sciences, University of Melbourne, Veterinary Clinical Centre, Princes Highway, Werribee, Victoria, 3030. ABSTRACT Lesions occurred in the female genital tract of 10 of 16 (63%) koalas, Phascolarctos cinereus, examined…
Causes of mortality and morbidity of wild koalas, Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss), in Victoria, Australia
Causes of mortality and morbidity of wild koalas, Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss), in Victoria, Australia David L Obendort Department of Veterinary Paraclinical Sciences, University of Melbourne, Veterinary Clinical Centre, Princes Highway, Victoria 3030, Australia ABSTRACT Between 1975 and 1980, necropsy investigations Were conducted on 44 wild koalas (24 males, 20 females)…
Cytochrome P450 CYP3A in marsupials: Cloning and characterisation of the second identified CYP3A subfamily member, isoform 3A78 from koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
Cytochrome P450 CYP3A in marsupials: Cloning and characterisation of the second identified CYP3A subfamily member, isoform 3A78 from koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) Adaweyah El-Merhibi a, Suong N.T. Ngo b,⁎,1, Tamara A. Crittenden c, Ceilidh L. Marchant c, Ieva Stupans d, Ross A. McKinnon e,⁎⁎ a Women's and Children's Health Research Institute,…
Patch Mosaic Burning for Biodiversity Conservation: a Critique of the Pyrodiversity Paradigm C
Patch Mosaic Burning for Biodiversity Conservation: a Critique of the Pyrodiversity Paradigm CATHERINE L. PARR∗ AND ALAN N. ANDERSEN Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre, CSIRO Tropical Ecosystems Research Centre, PMB 44, Winnellie, 0822, NT, Australia ABSTRACT Fire management is increasingly focusing on introducing heterogeneity in burning patterns under the assumption that…
A forest simulation model for predicting eucalypt dynamics and habitat quality for arboreal marsupials
A forest simulation model for predicting eucalypt dynamics and habitat quality for arboreal marsupials JULI G. PAUSAS,1,3 MIKE P. AUSTIN,1 AND IAN R. NOBLE2 1CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology, PO Box 84, Lyneham, A. C.T. 2602, Australia 2Research Schools of Biological Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, A. C.T.…
Development and evaluation of rapid novel isothermal amplification assays for important veterinary pathogens: Chlamydiapsittaci and Chlamydiapecorum
Development and evaluation of rapid novel isothermal amplification assays for important veterinary pathogens: Chlamydiapsittaci and Chlamydiapecorum Martina Jelocnik1, Md. Mominul Islam1, Danielle Madden1, Cheryl Jenkins2, James Branley3, Scott Carver4 and Adam Polkinghorne1 1Centre for Animal Health Innovation, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia 2NSW Department of Primary Industries,…
Demographic Forecasting in Koala Conservation
Demographic Forecasting in Koala Conservation ANGELA M. PENN,* WILLIAM B. SHERWIN,*†† GREG GORDON,† DANIEL LUNNEY,‡ ALISTAIR MELZER,§ AND ROBERT C. LACY** *School of Biological Science, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia †Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 155, Albert Street, QLD 4002 Australia ‡Biodiversity Survey and Research…
The tree species preferences of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) inhabiting forest and woodland communities on Quaternary deposits in the Port Stephens area, New South Wales
The tree species preferences of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) inhabiting forest and woodland communities on Quaternary deposits in the Port Stephens area, New South Wales Stephen PhillipsA, John CallaghanB and Valerie ThompsonC ASchool of Resource Science and Management, Southern Cross University, PO Box 157, Lismore, NSW2480, Australia. BAustralian Koala Foundation, GPO…
Chlamydiaceae and Chlamydia-like organisms in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)—Organ distribution and histopathological findings
Chlamydiaceae and Chlamydia-like organisms in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)—Organ distribution and histopathological findings Fabienne Burach a, Andreas Pospischil a, Jon Hanger b, Jo Loader b, Trestan Pillonel c, Gilbert Greub c, Nicole Borel a,* aInstitute of Veterinary Pathology, University of Zurich, Vetsuisse Faculty, Winterthurerstrasse 268, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerlandb Endeavour Veterinary…
Cytotoxic-T-Lymphocyte-Mediated Cytolysis of L Cells Persistently Infected with Chlamydia spp.
Cytotoxic-T-Lymphocyte-Mediated Cytolysis of L Cells Persistently Infected with Chlamydia spp. STEPHANIE J. RASMUSSEN,1,2* PETER TIMMS,2 P. ROBERT BEATTY,1,3 AND RICHARD S. STEPHENS1,3 1Francis I. Proctor Foundation and Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-0412 2Centre for Molecular Biotechnology, School of Life Science, Queensland…
Recent advances in understanding the biology, epidemiology and control of chlamydial infections in koalas
Recent advances in understanding the biology, epidemiology and control of chlamydial infections in koalas Adam Polkinghorne a,*, Jon Hanger b, Peter Timms aa Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, 60MuskAvenue, KelvinGrove, Brisbane 4059, Australiab Endeavour Veterinary Ecology Pty Ltd, 1695 Pumicestone Road, Toorbul 4510, Australia ABSTRACT…
A spatially explicit habitat selection model incorporating home range behaviour
A spatially explicit habitat selection model incorporating home range behaviour JONATHAN R. RHODES,1,2,4 CLIVE A. MCALPINE,1'2 DANIEL LUNNEY,3 AND HUGH P. POSSINGHAM2 1School of Geography, Planning and Architecture, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia 2The Ecology Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia 3New South Wales Department of…
Historically low mitochondrial DNA diversity in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus)
Historically low mitochondrial DNA diversity in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) Kyriakos Tsangaras1, María C Ávila-Arcos2, Yasuko Ishida3, Kristofer M Helgen4, Alfred L Roca3 and Alex D Greenwood1* 1Leibniz-Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin 10315, Germany.2GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Østervoldgade 5-7, Copenhagen, DK 1350, Denmark.3Department of…
Genetic diversity in the plasticity zone and the presence of the chlamydial plasmid differentiates Chlamydia pecorum strains from pigs, sheep, cattle, and koalas
Genetic diversity in the plasticity zone and the presence of the chlamydial plasmid differentiates Chlamydia pecorum strains from pigs, sheep, cattle, and koalas Martina Jelocnik1, Nathan L. Bachmann1, Bernhard Kaltenboeck2, Courtney Waugh1, Lucy Woolford3, K. Natasha Speight3, Amber Gillett4, Damien P. Higgins5, Cheyne Flanagan6, Garry S. A. Myers7, Peter Timms1…
Patterns of evolutionary transformation in the petrosal bone and some basicranial features in marsupial mammals, with special reference to didelphids
Patterns of evolutionary transformation in the petrosal bone and some basicranial features in marsupial mammals, with special reference to didelphids M. R. SANCHEZ-VILLAGRA1 and J. R. WIBLE2 1Zoologisches Institut, Spezielle Zoologie, Universitat Tubingen, Germany; 2Section of Mammals, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, USA ABSTRACT Twelve petrosal and four nonpetrosal characters…
First report of a spermatic granuloma and varicocele in a marsupial: A Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) Case Study
First report of a spermatic granuloma and varicocele in a marsupial: A Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) Case Study B.K. Schultz a,b,⁎, C. Palmieri b, V. Nicolson c, R. Larkin d, T. Keeley a, M. McGowan b, S.D. Johnston a a Wildlife Science Unit, School of Agriculture and Food Science, The University…
In vitro hepatic microsomal metabolism of meloxicam in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus), brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula), ringtail possums (Pseudocheirus peregrinus), rats (Rattus norvegicus) and dogs (Canis lupus familiaris)
In vitro hepatic microsomal metabolism of meloxicam in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus), brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula), ringtail possums (Pseudocheirus peregrinus), rats (Rattus norvegicus) and dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) B. Kimble a, K.M. Li b, P. Valtchev c, D.P. Higgins a, M.B. Krockenberger a, M. Govendir a,⁎ a Faculty of Veterinary Science,…
Distribution models for koalas in South Australia using citizen science-collected data
Distribution models for koalas in South Australia using citizen science-collected data Ana M. M. Sequeira1, Philip E. J. Roetman2, Christopher B. Daniels2, Andrew K. Baker3 & Corey J. A. Bradshaw1 1The Environment Institute and School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia2Barbara Hardy…
Analysis and Conservation Implications of Koala Genetics
Analysis and Conservation Implications of Koala Genetics WILLIAM B. SHERWIN,* PETER TIMMS,† JONATHAN WILCKEN,‡ AND BRONWYN HOULDEN*§ *School of Biological Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia, email †School of Life Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, George Street, Brisbane, QLD 7000, Australia‡Australasian Regional Association of Zoological Parks…
Maternal effort and joey growth in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus)
Maternal effort and joey growth in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) J. R. Tobey1, C. H. Andrus2, L. Doyle2, V. D. Thompson2 & F. B. Bercovitch1 1 Conservation and Research for Endangered Species, Zoological Society of San Diego, Escondido, CA, USA2 Collection Husbandry Science Department, Zoological Society of San Diego, San Diego,…
Managing the Koala Problem: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Managing the Koala Problem: Interdisciplinary Perspectives ELAINE STRATFORD,* NICOLE MAZUR,† DANIEL LUNNEY,‡ AND DAVID BENNETT§ *School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia, email †Urban and Environmental Research Program, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia‡New South Wales National Parks…
Seasonal Shoot Growth of Eucalyptus spp. in the Brisbane Area of Queensland (with Notes on Shoot Growth and Litter Fall in other Areas of Australia)
Seasonal Shoot Growth of Eucalyptus spp. in the Brisbane Area of Queensland (with Notes on Shoot Growth and Litter Fall in other Areas of Australia) R. L. Specht and Yvonne M. Brouwer Botany Department, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld. 4067. ABSTRACTField data, collected at fortnightly intervals over a period…
Durikainema phascolarcti n. sp. (Nematoda: Muspiceoidea: Robertdollfusidae) from the pulmonary arteries of the koala Phascolarctos cinereus with associated pathological changes
Durikainema phascolarcti n. sp. (Nematoda: Muspiceoidea: Robertdollfusidae) from the pulmonary arteries of the koala Phascolarctos cinereus with associated pathological changes D.M. Spratt1 and P.A. Gill2 1 CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology, PO Box 84, Lyneham 2602, Australia2 New South Wales Agriculture, Regional Veterinary Laboratory, Wollongbar 2477, AustraliaABSTRACTDurikainema phascolarcti n.…
Retroviral invasion of the koala genome
Retroviral invasion of the koala genome Rachael E. Tarlinton1, Joanne Meers2 & Paul R. Young1 1School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, and 2School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia 4072, Queensland, Australia. ABSTRACTEndogenous retroviruses are a common ancestral feature of mammalian genomes with most having been inactivated over…
Eucalyptus Digestibility and Digestible Energy Requirements of Adult Male Koalas, Phuscolarctos cinereus (Marsupialia)*
Eucalyptus Digestibility and Digestible Energy Requirements of Adult Male Koalas, Phuscolarctos cinereus (Marsupialia)* D. E. UllreyA, P. T. RobinsonB and P. A. WhetterA ADepartment of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, U.S.A.BJennings Center for Zoological Medicine, Zoological Society of San Diego, San Diego, California 921 12, U.S.A.…
Treatment of Chlamydia-associated ocular disease via a recombinant protein based vaccine in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
Treatment of Chlamydia-associated ocular disease via a recombinant protein based vaccine in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) Courtney Waugh a, Ray Austin b, Adam Polkinghorne a, Peter Timms a, * a Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering, The University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australiab Keen Street Veterinary Clinic, Lismore, New…
Evaluation of an enzyme immunoassay test for the diagnosis of Chlamydia psittaci infection in free-ranging koalas (Phascolarctos Cinereus) in Southeastern Queensland, Australia
Evaluation of an enzyme immunoassay test for the diagnosis of Chlamydia psittaci infection in free-ranging koalas (Phascolarctos Cinereus) in Southeastern Queensland, AustraliaBenjamin J. Weigler,1,4 F. Christian Baldock,2 Adeeb A. Girjes,3 Frank N. Carrick,5 and Martin F. Lavin31 Department of Animal Sciences and Production, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4067,…
Chlamydia psittaci in a Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) Population in South-east Queensland
Chlamydia psittaci in a Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) Population in South-east Queensland Neil A. WhiteAB and Peter TimmsC ACentre for Biological Population Management, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box2434, Brisbane, Qld 4000, Australia.BTo whom correspondence should be addressed.CCentre for Molecular Biotechnology, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld 4000, Australia. ABSTRACTClinical signs…
Ecology of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) in rural south-east Queensland, Australia
Ecology of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) in rural south-east Queensland, Australia Neil A. White School of Natural Resource Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia.Present Address: Biodiversity Section, Natural Environment Branch, Brisbane City Council, GPO Box 1434, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia. ABSTRACTThis study investigated home-range…
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Mighty Mo Productions – Heart Beats: Feel Good Songs for Families
Posted in Album Reviews, Music, Reviews by kidscangroove
Some kind of musical artistry dances in the magic of a “mix tape.” Hand picked tunes set in just the right order to create just the right sentiment for just the right person. The result is a collection of music that is personal and intimate. A present that doesn’t need a card attached. The message is in the music.
Mix tapes have staying power. Compilation albums, albums comprised of various artists, can have the same impact when curated well.
Mighty Mo Productions, a Kansas City-based indie record label started by Jim Cosgrove and Tim Brantman are curating music with the intent of delivering the same sentiment and appreciation as a mix tape. As a follow up to their 2015 debut Smiles Ahead, Mighty Mo Productions returns with Heart Beats: Feel Good Songs for Families, an album full of songs that are primed to bring you warm fuzzies.
Heart Beats assembles some of the same artists featured on Smiles Ahead such as Caspar Babypants, Brady Rymer, Katydid, Rissi Palmer and The Verve Pipe as well as newly added Ratboy Jr., Sunshine Collective, Joanie Leeds and the Nightlights, Andrew & Polly, Josh and the Jamtones and label creator, Jim Cosgrove (featuring Jazzy Ash). It’s a Who’s Who line-up of the indie kids music genre.
The 12 tracks swirl around the album’s overall theme: Love. Most tracks land solidly on the message of I Love You while The Verve Pipe’s “One Became Two” touches upon family, Brady Rymer’s “Light of Love” rallies for listeners to send joy out into the world, and Katydid’s “Love My Lovey” gets bonus points for its superhero ode to childhood “loveys.” (Perhaps a child’s most loyal love, aside from mom and dad, of course.) Joanie Leeds’ voice soars on the comfort of a goodnight hug and kiss in “Give Me A Hug,” and Ratboy Jr. gets tender with “E’s Lullaby” to cap it all off.
Music is a gift, and giving the gift of music is something really special. Heart Beats arrives just in time for Valentine’s Day, and really is worth a spin to lift the mood anytime.
But don’t take my word for it. Listen to the 7-year-old girl in the backseat who shouted “Turn it up!” so she and her best friend could sing along together. That, my friends, is what heart beats are made of.
Heart Beats is available for purchase through the Mighty Mo official site where you can also listen to samples of each track.
Bonus!: In celebration of the album, there will be four all-ages concerts taking place around the U.S., 3 of which are in Hallmark stores. The concert schedule is below and be sure to store locations and hours for more info.:
Saturday, January 30 at 11 am – Amy’s Hallmark Shop, Manhattan Village, Manhattan Beach, CA – a morning sing-along featuring Andrew & Polly, Jim “Mr. Stinky Feet” Cosgrove and Mista Cookie Jar (featured on Mighty Mo’s first album release, Smiles Ahead). Save 10 percent on CD purchases that day! FREE admission.
Sunday, January 31 at 11 am – McCabe’s Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, CA – a full-length family sing-along with Andrew & Polly, Jim “Mr. Stinky Feet” Cosgrove and Mista Cookie Jar. Tickets: $10 each (kids under 2 free).
Saturday, February 6 at 11 am – Amy’s Hallmark Shop, Airport Plaza, Farmingdale, NY. A sing-along with 2-time GRAMMY Award nominee and North Fork resident Brady Rymer, Brooklyn based kid-pop star Joanie Leeds, and Jim “Mr. Stinky Feet” Cosgrove. Save 10 percent on CD purchases. Free admission.
Saturday, February 13 at 11 am – Amy’s Hallmark Shop, Crown Center, Kansas City, MO. A sing-along with KC based artists Katydid and Jim “Mr. Stinky Feet” Cosgrove. Save 10 percent on CD purchases. Free admission.
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Top 20 Albums & Honorable Mentions
Happy New Year! I’ve been tinkering for weeks about whether to put together a “best of” list. Lists have never been my thing, but this week when I pulled up past interviews, reviews and music, I was quickly reminded that 2015 was in fact another incredible year in kids’ music. So, let’s do this thing!
The list below represents a sampling of the 20 best albums from 2015 plus one from 2014 (because I included my picks for the Fids and Kamily Awards which considers albums between October 1, 2014 and September 30, 2015) and a few honorable mentions. The albums are presented in no particular order, and are personal favorites of mine and those of my 7-year-old daughter Emily. They appeal to families who love music, the adventure of finding more of it, and parents who want to foster a love of music in their own kin. This, for me, is the big enchilada. It’s what I enjoy most about being a part of the industry and covering it for you. Take 10 minutes and sample a few songs on each album. I promise you’ll find more than one to love, regardless of your age.
Pointed Man Band – Flight of the Blue Whale (Interview)
[Flight of the Blue Whale] is eccentric. There is a meticulousness in the overall composition that captured my attention, in addition to the variety of instrumentation. Waltzes serve as segues, buoyantly carrying the listener along, while nontraditional objects are used to emphasize critical pieces of the story, e.g. Drinking glasses sonically illustrating weightlessness as a baleen whale takes flight.
Key Wilde & Mr. Clarke – Animal Tales (Review)
Imagine if you were to open a National Geographic Kids or Ranger Rick magazine and there was music playing on each page. Animal Tales takes the pages of these beloved magazines and brings them to life with soundtracks cleverly matched to a variety of animal personalities. Each song is rich with fun animal facts, infused with the artists’ lovable sense of humor and clever ability to play with words and phrases, making it one of the most listenable and entertaining albums out there.
Big Block Singsong – Greatest Hits (Interview)
The musical variety of Big Block SingSong is tremendous and the lyrics are insightful and amusing, A block with a German accent singing in euro-funk style about hair; a monkey snapping off bluegrass-y lyrics about a “Two Banana Day”; and, with a catchy indie-pop backdrop, caveman named Dave pointing out that an erupting volcano is a hot mess. These are just a few of the priceless gems you’ll find in this collection.
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Holiday Music 2015 – Albums, Videos and Songs
Posted in Music, Video by kidscangroove
I was decorating our tree with my daughter Emily the other night and when I heard her singing along with “Frosty the Snowman” it seemed like everything was quiet in that moment. Music is such a significant part of the holiday season and it never goes out of style. This year brings another great bunch of variety to add to your classics. They also make excellent holiday gifts/stocking stuffers! Giving the gift of music is truly a gift that keeps on giving. Enjoy!
Rocknoceros – Happy Holidays
Rocknoceros comes forth with a rock solid collection of holiday jams. Happy Holidays contains 9 tracks that start from Halloween and end with New Years. What I love most are the combination of musical styles and the creative approach this Virignina-based trio takes towards traditional tunes. In many ways they remind me of They Might Be Giants. “Christmas Brie,” for example, features some punny dialogue around the words “Christmas Tree” and is layered over some Vince Guaraldi-esque jazz. The Peanuts quality of this song goes well with the album cover which also reminds me a bit of scenes from the TV special A Charlie Brown Christmas. “The Dreidel Song” honors a traditional Chanukah game and “Wenceslas” echoes all the gratitude, love and giving of the season with a memorable story set to the toll of beloved holiday bells. Happy Holidays will help you glide through the last quarter of the year and send you happily sailing into the coming new year.
Happy Holidays is available through Rocknoceros’ official store.
Josh and the Jamtones – Jammin’ with Jew!, Volume 2 Holiday Xxplosion!
A huge part of Jewish tradition is centered around music – song, and especially dance. Each one significantly contributes to the practice of traditions and observance. So the fact that Josh and the Jamtones, known for their high energy kindie jams, put out an album that promises to be a “Holiday Xxplosion” (double X for Xtra Large fun!) just makes sense, and is awesome. Though there are plenty of songs for Jewish families out there, the Jamtones bring a hip, cohesive alternative to the fold. Jammin’ with Jew!, Volume 2 is a collection of 14 songs in both English and Hebrew. The prayer for peace, “Oseh Shalom” sounds even more on point backed by some equally harmonious reggae rhythm, while the more secular “Amen,” a Bluegrassy/Big Band track encourages gratitude in a bold way. “Amen” is such a joyful song, there’s no doubt you’ll find yourself engaged with this song while clapping along. Chanukah specific songs include a rollicking ska-drenched version of “Oh Chanukah” – super danceable for those ready to turn their living room into a mad Horah dance party – and a swingin’ version of “Dreidle.” Jammin’ with Jew!, Volume 2 offers families a one-stop destination ready for a happy set of celebrations throughout the year. We are a family that celebrates both Christmas and Jewish holidays and having an album with popular Jewish songs all in one place has been an especially welcome convenience.
Jammin’ with Jew!, Volume 2 is available through iTunes, CDBaby and Amazon.
Andrew & Polly – Other Days
Representing the West Coast is the wonderfully warm duo of Andrew & Polly. They are offering up a sweet little gift of 4 songs celebrating tradition and family. As a bonus gift, the duo teamed up with master collaborator Mista Cookie Jar in “L.A. Christmas” which delights with festively mellow sun and sand style. Together they remind us that regardless of whether you’ve got pine trees or palm trees (or are rockin’ a Hawaiian shirt), this is simply the season to fill up on love and just sway together. The beauty of Other Days is that it truly can persist beyond the holiday season. Though half of the songs include holiday specific references, “Thank You for the Box” and “A Mapmaker’s Song” go beyond the boundaries of this time of year, and feature what makes Andrew & Polly so lovable – a little whimsy and a whole lotta charm. Ending with “A Mapmaker’s Song,” families will relate to the sentiment that home truly is where the heart is.
Other Days is available through Andrew & Polly’s online store, and iTunes.
Greg Page – Here Comes Christmas!
Greg Page, otherwise known as The Yellow Wiggle, has embarked on a solo path with a new production group called Yellow Entertainment and a children’s program called Butterscotch’s Playground (available through DVD ). Just in time for the holidays, Page has produced a holiday album full of original and traditional songs which display vocal chops that easily put him in even footing with some of the holiday’s best crooners. Page’s voice, like Gene Autry, Bing Crosby, and even Ol’ Blue Eyes, is full of the same smooth characteristics that have made the aforementioned notables significant voices of the season. Here Comes Christmas! will be nostalgic for adults reminiscing on their own childhood traditions while gleefully making new memories with little ones to reflect back upon when they are grown. Beloved tunes such as “Santa Claus is Coming to Town,” “White Christmas,” “Silver Bells,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” among other favorites found in this collection are why music has become such a staple for invoking the holiday spirit. The arrangements are preserved to the tee for the most part, although “The Twelve Days of Christmas” gets wild and wooly as it features guinea pigs, goldfish and puppy dogs with a bonus of goat’s milk (which is made into…well, you’ll have to listen to find out! No holiday spoilers here!). Among the aforementioned albums in this post Here Comes Christmas! is a comforting and familiar place to return to, just like coming in from the cold and being handed a warm mug of cocoa and some freshly baked cookies. This is definitely an album you can just spin while gleefully trimming your Christmas tree. Every now and then you might just catch yourself singing along and then smiling as you look around and see your little ones joining you in the chorus.
Here Comes Christmas! also contains 4 bonus songs from Butterscotch’s Playground and is available from iTunes and the official Butterscotch TV website.
Maestro Classics – The Nutcracker
One of the most iconic soundtracks of the season is The Nutcracker. Tchaikovsky’s lush orchestration is truly prized and unforgettable.
Adapted and conducted by Stephen Simon and narrated by Jim Weiss, Maestro Classics presents music (performed by The London Philharmonic Orchestra) that tells the story of this enchanting ballet.
This retelling of The Nutcracker is punctuated by the majestic sounds of the ballet in the background. Jim is a master storyteller and his enthusiastic narration will adorn children’s imaginations with lavish scenes full of wonder featuring Clara, her Nutcracker Prince, the battle with the Mouse King, and the dance with the Sugar Plum Fairy.
The Nutcracker will always conjure up feelings of Christmas and this album is truly an excellent gift of the season. Maestro Classics is dedicated to fostering a love of classical music and their storytelling series will help children pair important works with time honored soundtracks, thereby identifying with the music (independent of the story) later on. Combining a story with the music also serves as a great resource for children who may not already be familiar with or who may not prefer classical music or songs without words.
Each CD set comes with an activity booklet which includes bite-sized educational features such as The History of Ballet, a few lines of music for “Overture to The Nutcracker,” information about the Harp, a brief bio of Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky, and some word games. In addition to The Nutcracker, Maestro Classics offers other timeless pieces as part of their Stories in Music series which brings the magic of theater, classical music and storytelling into a very accessible space for families, whether you are listening at home, or traveling in the car.
You can purchase this set, along with other fabulous classical music collections at the Maestro Classics official site.
Laurie Berkner – A Laurie Berkner Christmas
The following songs are from one of our favorite holiday albums, A Laurie Berkner Christmas, which features a mix of Christmas, Chanukah and seasonal songs. “Candle Chase” has a nice rhythm similar to the beat found in many Jewish songs. Perfect for celebrating around the brilliant glow of your menorah.
Laurie recently came out with a new video for “Children Go Where I send Thee” which also features 2-time Grammy nom Brady Rymer. It’s such an infectious version of this classic song which is featured on an equally heartwarming and upbeat album. You’ll love it. “Children Go Where I Send Thee” is featured on both A Laurie Berkner Christmas and Laurie’s recently released Laurie Berkner’s Favorite Classic Kids’ Songs.
Read my previous review of A Laurie Berkner Christmas here.
For posts from previous years featuring our favorites, check out Songs for the Season – Part 1, Songs for the Season – Part 2, Untangling the Christmas Lights – Brady Rymer, Santa Flying in your Sleigh – Todd McHatton.
Jason Didner and the Jungle Gym Jam – “Summertime Santa”
As a native of New Jersey, and a resident of California, the sounds of this song, and seeing Santa give the shaka (aka “hang ten”) sign makes me smile. Jason Didner and the Jungle Gym Jam’s new holiday track, “Summertime Santa” rings with jingle bells and some good ol’ Jersey Rock n’ Roll. So what does Santa do in the summertime? He hangs up his big red winter coat, and heads down the shore to unwind, basking in the glory of all that the boardwalk has to offer. Didner and the crew conjure up some classic Springsteen sounds with this happy holiday number. Check it.
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“Summertime Santa” was produced by Marc “Baze” Bazerman (from Baze and His Silly Friends), and is available for download via CD Baby, iTunes, BandCamp, JungleGymJam.com
A good blend of original and traditional tunes keeps the music of this season feeling fresh. Each one of the albums and videos mentioned in this post, as well as those from previous years, is guaranteed to fill you up over the coming holi-days!
Stay tuned for the addition of holiday songs!
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Halloween Special 2015 – Get into the spirit!
Posted in Playlists, Reviews, videos by kidscangroove
Halloween is my favorite holiday. The spookiness, the pumpkin flavored everything, and the unlimited creative potential for weird and wonderful decorating fun.
Of course you can’t have Halloween without the proper soundtrack. I have always liked when artists embellish on the “go big or go home” side of this holiday. The lush orchestral arrangements, suspenseful guitar/bass plucking, creepy stringed instruments, spooky soundbites, and a crazy cackle. Even the more whimsical ones can set the right tone.
What I also like about Halloween music for kids is that in addition to grand arrangements there are thoughtful lyrics offering messages of bravery.
Today’s post features some recommended singles and videos that are just spooky enough to capture the fun without giving your little spirits too much of a fright.
“Bumps in the night” – This kindie debut is the collaborative product of Keith Wasserman aka Mr. Whirly and Patrick Hanlin of Josh and the Jamtones. “Bumps in the Night” offers a heaping spoonful of courage with a bold declaration that shines a big ole spotlight on anything that threatens to go bump in the night.
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“I Am Not Afraid” – Renee & Friends with Caspar Babypants and Rolfe Kent. The orchestral crescendos beautifully complement the song’s fierce declaration.
“Are you a Monster, Too?” – Harmonica Pocket. Because if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. Such a sweet little video for all those monsters, goblins and ghouls out there.
“Creatures Under My Bed” – Caspar Babypants. The monsters lurking in the shadows really just want to come out and play silly songs. The boogie woogie earthquake anyone?
“The Skunk and the Robot” – Ratboy Jr. With all the little skunks and robots running around on Halloween, this could be a preempitve way to get them all to get along. Even after the candy high wears off.
“It’s Only In Your Head” – Mista Cookie Jar & The Chocolate Chips. Sometimes our minds play tricks on us and our imaginations get the best of us. When that happen it can really spoil a good slumber. The wonderful truth Mista Cookie Jar tells here is that sleep demons are no match for the love that surrounds kids when they are awake.
“Snowstorm on Halloween” – Turkey Andersen. The irony in this song is pretty great. While hopefully it won’t happen, it’s still very likely that it could snow on Halloween. And those holiday ornaments out on the pharmacy shelves? Yeah, those are real. So, really, that right there is like a snowstorm on Halloween. Thankfully, this song keeps the cheer of both holidays alive. Happy Snowlaween y’all!
For more Halloween music to add to the spirit of the day. Check out previous Halloween playlists posted on Kids Can Groove.
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Check this Out: Rocksteady by Josh and the Jamtones
Posted in Album Reviews, Video by kidscangroove
One of the most exciting jobs I had when I was a teenager was working at…wait for it… Sam Goody. Who remembers the music store Sam Goody?! I worked in inventory which was such a sweet deal because employees got to keep their share of CDs before they hit the shelves. It was here that my love for ska, punk, and hardcore blends of each blossomed. Sublime’s 40oz to Freedom made it’s way into my regular rotation and somehow my parents were completely ok with it, thankfully. For those familiar or even unfamiliar with this album, it’s definitely got its share of expletives and “adult content.” As a parent, I would probably try and postpone similar things by at least a decade for my daughter, or at least work hard to find radio edit versions. Isn’t it funny how that works?
This is where kids music has opened up many doors for our family in terms of introducing all the flavors of adult music, without compromising the quality. One of the bands that takes me back to the “Goody days” is Josh and the Jamtones. I first witnessed the power of this Boston-based crew during a live performance showcase at an industry conference (“Kindiefest”). This band lit it up! Instant success. Instant sweat. I have since gone on to work with them as their booking agent but our family’s adoration of their music has preceded my professional affiliation with the band. As a music lover and blogger, I consider it my wholehearted responsibility to introduce you to a really killer listening experience.
Josh and the Jamtones has been pumping out ska/reggae/rock jams since 2012. Their music has always had a catchy element to it, garnering several top placements in the Sirius XM’s Kids Place Live Countdown, but it is with their latest album, Rocksteady, that the Jamtones deliver exactly what makes them such a successful family staple. And they come correct! Rocksteady is a powerful amplifier that cranks out hit after hit. And there is no age limit. This is literally music that the whole family will enjoy.
Produced by Patrick Hanlin, also the Jamtones’ beatmaster/drummer, Rocksteady features several special guests including Grammy nominated hip hop master Secret Agent 23 Skidoo who drops some goosebump-inducing lyrical color on “I <3Ur Face” and “I Love U (JZ Remix),” Father Goose (featured on Grammy nominated Dan Zanes’ albums), and Jesse Peter Wagner from The Aggrolites, who sings on a remake of Toots and the Maytals’ “Monkeyman.”
Though the tempo of most of the songs reach some bpm heights, the band offers some cool down opps during the smooth dub-reggae track “Katmandu,” the sweet pop melody of “L-O-V-E” and acoustic ballad “1 of a Kind” though these tracks are not sleepy by any means. There is also some comedic interludes between bandleader Josh Shriber and producer/drummer Hanlin, similar to their previous album, Bear Hunt. Adults will likely find this humor more relatable and funny than their tots. I found myself laughing out loud several times while my daughter preferred to move on. The improvisational skill between Shriber and Hanlin is undeniable and I think these bits could do very well in their own dedicated release or podcast as opposed to being integrated into an already colorful musical landscape. But that’s again what drives the appeal to more of an all ages crowd.
For the music lover who likes just the right amount of attitude coupled with 40oz of their favorite kid-friendly elixir, Rocksteady is an all natural, preservative free guaranteed spirit booster. Get your hands on a copy and skank your cares away.
Rocksteady is available through Amazon, iTunes and CDBaby.
Fans of Josh and the Jamtones may also like The Not-Its!, Board of Education, The Aquabats, the Boogers, Sublime, The Police, Bob Marley, No Doubt, Long Beach Dub Allstars, Bad Brains, Toots and the Maytals, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Less Than Jake, The Aggrolites, Gorillaz, Beastie Boys, and Lee “Scratch” Perry.
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Dads Who Rock! Father’s Day Q&A featuring Josh Shriber of Josh and the Jamtones
Posted in Interviews by kidscangroove
Josh and the Jamtones are a Boston-based group known for their killer live performances, and hilarious improvisational banter. Their energetic Roots rock/Reggae style is high octane for little feet, which seem to go at full speed while joining in a dance party led by the group’s charismatic frontman, Josh Shriber.
Prior to the formation of the Jamtones, Shriber started up a program/performance center called “Jammin’ With You!” where about 350 kids per week are introduced to music in a variety of ways. For the smallest jammers, also known as Jamkids, there are in-home lessons on any of 10+ instruments, i.e. piano, guitar, voice, drums, beatboxing, etc. If they feel like jamming in a more public environment with other kids, they can go to the center to join a rockin’ band. In addition, there is Stageplay and StageJam where kids put on a show and learn theater basics, games, singing, and even mic technique.
Since producing their first kindie album in 2012, the Jamtones have soared on to release a DVD movie based on their last album Bear Hunt and have their music and videos play in Chuck E. Cheese restaurants around the country.
These guys are unstoppable and worthy of a prominent placement in your music collection. Look out for their forthcoming album, Rock Steady, due out this summer.
For today’s Father’s Day Q&A, Shriber, father of three, shares some deep, heartfelt thoughts about being a Dad. His answers are so relatable and touching that I got a little weepy when I was reading them. So cozy up and get to know this Dad who ROCKS!
KCG: What does being a Dad mean to you?
JS: Everything! Including never sleeping, changing diapers, getting puked on, carrying 3 kids at a time even when it’s 400 degrees out and at least 2 of the 3 are perfectly capable of walking, sharing your breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, drinks while begging and pleading for them to eat the exact same thing that is right in front of them!
It means loving someone more than you’ve ever loved anything and not knowing it would even be this possible to love someone so much. It means worrying about and praying for things you never knew were important! It means no matter what you “thought” your purpose in life was, you now know for sure without a doubt, and all the little things that were so important instantly hold far less value.
KCG: What is the best thing about being a dad?
JS: All the good stuff and all the bad stuff mush into a blurry blob of “life!” There is nothing I wouldn’t do for my kids. There is no better feeling than getting big hugs and kisses, snuggles, affection, excitement, etc. When they are small and fall asleep on you, it’s the cutest thing in the world, and when they grow up and turn into real people who have real conversations and big time imaginations there’s no match for the pride and satisfaction you feel. When you say “I love you” and they say “I love you too, daddy” it can melt your frikkkin heart!
KCG: How has your work as a musician/artist been impacted by your role as a father? Also, if you are a touring musician, how does that affect the time you spend with your family?
JS: I just passed up 5 shows on the west coast so I could spend Halloween and Christmas with you little punks!
Having kids shines a whole new light on writing and performing. You instantly understand what kids will and won’t “get” at certain ages. You learn that if you are gonna be anything to any kid you better have a goofy side and not take yourself too seriously.
KCG: What are your plans for Father’s Day?
JS: Working! And my kids will be there of course!
I worry about my kids growing up and what they will think of my work when they are teenagers and too cool for school. Right now they are 1, 3 and 5, and they come to every show, hang out at the studio, and are part of my work everyday. I hope they grow up loving music and feeling like they are a part of my work life, inspiring, assisting, cowriting and acting as role models for others. Also, I plan on getting a million awesome gifts including back rubs, foot massages, an extra 7 hrs of sleep, cooperation, no yelling for at least 1 hour of the day, clean rooms, brushed teeth, clean plates, in-assisted dressings and diaper changes.
KCG: What is one of the most memorable moments you’ve had as a Dad?
JS: That’s impossible to answer, BUT, my favorite periods as a dad have been when we are expecting new siblings. When we went from 1 to 2, my oldest (Piper) and I bonded leading up to the delivery, but even more so once her little sister was born. Piper and I had so much time, just the 2 of us, and she was 2.5 yrs old which is the best age ever!! Their language is EXPLODING and they are turning into real deal people. Oh, and there’s also the wicked cuteness factor at that age. Anyway, that bonding period was so powerful for Piper and I and from there our connection has only gotten stronger. The same thing happened when our 3rd (Jonah) came along and our middle girl (Adeline) had to detach from mom a bit and trust that I was as fun and funny as every other kid who doesn’t have to live with me thinks!! Introducing your kids to their new baby siblings is just the sweetest most precious time and I never want to forget it!
Right now, I’m seeing, sniff sniff, things that are so present that we assume will always be there like little mispronunciations, the way she dances or the way he crawls or the way she says the word “breakfast” (Briskit). They fade so quickly! My wife and co-Jamtone, Patience, keeps saying the days are soooo long but the weeks, months and years are flying. Everyone who’s been through this parenting thing says “Enjoy it! It goes so fastI” and at first you say “Yeah, yeah, yeah,” but all of a sudden they are 1 and then 3 and then 5 and you can start to feel it moving WAYYYY too fast even if the 3-minute nightly teeth brushing routine feels like 17 hours of torture! Patience and I LOVE being parents. It has defined us as people more than anything we’ve ever done in our lives, but if we have a 4th, I’ll have to sell all my guitars and live on a beach somewhere so we should probably not let that happen!
KCG: How often to do you play music with your kids? Do they perform with you?
JS: Patience puts show tunes on regularly. We listen to Jamtones (BY REQUEST!!) in the car nonstop, and well I guess I own a music school or something so they have basically grown up completely surrounded by musicians and music! Addy and Jonah (3 and 1) come to our Jambaby classes at our JWY! Program and Performance Center a couple of times a week and Piper is now in JamKids and StagePlay learning the actual language of music and the ins and outs of being on stage/in a performance.
My kids come to all our local shows for the most part and they jump on stage when we invite the crowd to come up and go crazy with us. But if I had them up for a performance piece, they’d probably hang all over me and grab my legs and my pants would probably fall down and I’d never work again. Funny thing is when I pick up my guitar at home, they say, “NO DAD! We wanna sing with the iPod (Karaoke style).” Thanks kids.
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Playlist: A fine blend of kids’ music that rocks!
Posted in Playlists by kidscangroove
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It’s always fun to gather up some great songs, and tuck them neatly into a playlist. Today I’m sharing a bunch of songs (new and previously released) that we’ve been jammin’ to. It’s been fun to revisit some “classics.”
As always, I recommend listening to the playlist in the following order and then mixing things up with a little “shuffle.” If you like what you hear, click on the links below the playlist and consider supporting these wonderful, independent artists.
Daylight – Dream Jam Band from the world of Nickhoo
Easy as 1,2,3 (Feat. Ellen Brackin Sevits) – Jamison Sevits from Get On Down!
Vroom – Todd McHatton from Super Audio Sunshine
Nose in a Book – The Not-Its! from Raise Your Hand
Monkeys Driving Cars – Billy Jonas and the Billy Jonas Band from Build It Back Again
Someday Some Morning Sometime – Little Miss Ann from Follow Me
Outside Sounds – Papa Crow from Full Moon, Full Moon
Jazzy – Kira Willey from How to be a Cloud
We Got The Bite – Gustafer Yellowgold from Gustafer Yellowgold’s Wisdom Tooth of Wisdom
Block House – The Pop Ups from Appetite for Construction
Food Songs – Alphabet Rockers from Go!
Everybody Dance – Josh and the Jamtones from Bear Hunt!
Food Calculator – Alphabet Rockers from Go!
Lines and Dots – Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band from A Potluck
Rad – Play Date from Imagination
Nicky Nicky Knock Knock – The Dream Jam Band from Kidzapalooza Volume One
Don’t Ask Me Why – The Whirlygigs from Greetings from Cloud 9
A Fresh Start – Lucy Kalantari from Pockets Full of Joy
The Snow is Falling Down – Josh and the Jamtones from Bear Hunt
Rattlesnakes – Walter Martin from We’re All Young Together
Not Too Young For A Song – Randy Kaplan from Jam on Rye
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Chris Banchero’s scintillating performance in Alaska’s last two games earned him the Cignal-PBA Press Corps Player of the Week citation for the period of Oct. 15-21 in the 2018 Governors’ Cup.
The stocky Alaska guard stood at the forefront of the Aces’ surge to register back-to-back wins, with the team grabbing a piece of the lead in the team standings with Ginebra and Magnolia, while closing in on the twice-to-beat edge in the playoffs.
The 29-year-old Banchero averaged 19 points, 7 assists and 5.5 rebounds this past week, leading Alaska to victories over Columbian, 104-94, and Blackwater, 116-109, as the Aces forged a three-way tie at the top spot with similar 7-2 records.
Alaska’s fifth overall pick in the 2014 PBA Rookie Draft registered a near triple-double effort of 10 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds to serve as a catalyst in their 10-point win over the Dyip.
Then last Sunday, Banchero, the third conference’s assist leader, went beast mode on offense, firing a new PBA career-high 28 points on 12-of-16 shooting from the floor to help Alaska outlast Blackwater.
The Fil-Italian guard edged Meralco Fil-American players Cliff Hodge and Chris Newsome, as well as San Miguel stalwart Chris Ross and rookie Christian Standhardinger for the weekly citation.
Alaska looks to make a strong finish in the elims and formalize its top 4 finish when it faces NLEX this Friday at the Ynares Center in Antipolo, before taking on NorthPort next Sunday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
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Dualities of Light and Dark, artwork by Irish Artist Emma Barone
Barone uses the process of recording two superimposed images on a photographic medium, usually done intentionally to produce a special effect. Her pieces capitalise on the dualities of light and dark, stillness and movement piercing the veil which divides the shadow from the substance, leaving the viewer with a glimpse into a vibrant parallel universe.
Emma Barone is a contemporary visual artist. She makes still life and landscape paintings in acrylic on canvas. She studied animation and has an eclectic design background that ranges from interior design to architectural ceramics, and from stained glass to jewellery design.
Barone’s work has been featured in various publications including Live Encounters Magazine, The Irish Arts Review, Senior Times, House and Home, and the Sunday Independent; and she has published two books in collaboration with the Hennessy Award winning writer, Eileen Casey.
Emma has exhibited extensively throughout Ireland, with 22 solo exhibitions under her belt, her work is in private and public collections including the Amsterdam World Trade Centre, Midlands Regional Hospital, Offaly County Council and Tullamore DEW Visitors Centre.
Coffee Elements © Emma Barone
Symmetries © Emma Barone
Tree Essence © Emma Barone
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London’s recruitment challenge
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London is undoubtedly a great place in which to work and live. The UK capital is a global hub for business and culture, attracting a growing number of commercial headquarters and strong inward investment.
Yet London is facing a growing recruitment challenge. Figures from LCCI’s Capital 500 survey, which polls around 500 businesses on a quarterly basis, found that 61% of businesses looking to recruit in the second quarter of this year faced difficulties doing so. At the same time, the number of firms looking to hire new staff increased in both quarters of 2019 to date. Four in five London businesses didn’t try to recruit, despite the fact that over 60% of all businesses reported operating below full capacity.
On a positive note, a quarter of London businesses trained up an existing staff member to address skills gaps, highlighting the part employers are playing to support the workforce to get up to speed with current demand. But more needs to be done to get the right skills into the capital’s pipeline and equip our future workforce with the skills needed for an ever-changing landscape.
Government initiatives such as apprenticeships and T-Levels are welcome steps in developing our talent pipeline, and LCCI continues to play an active role in ensuring that they are fit for purpose. Ahead of their introduction into the workplace in 2020, our polling revealed that two thirds of London business decision makers would not be willing to offer paid or unpaid placements or work to a T-Level student or graduate. This highlights a significant lack of understanding among employers about the benefits of this training route. LCCI has therefore called on the government to boost its communications so that this information reaches industry, and the Chamber’s Work and Education Policy Committee is looking at what steps can be taken to bridge gaps in understanding, as well as the impact T-Levels will have on key sectors.
Skilling up our workforce will take time, however, and there are recruitment gaps that need to be filled now. London’s businesses need access to international workers at least in the short to medium term, and our immigration system must reflect this need. Polling released by LCCI in July found that over half of London’s businesses believe the £30,000 salary threshold for migrants post-Brexit, proposed by the previous government, would worsen London’s skills shortages. Two-thirds fear it would reduce the supply of low-skilled labour in London. Whilst political rhetoric has focused on attracting the ‘brightest and best’ talent, it must recognise that vital sectors of our economy, such as health and hospitality, rely on lower-skilled workers.
Fast – track
LCCI has long called for an immigration system to meet London’s recruitment needs, not least because non-UK nationals make up a quarter of London’s workforce, compared to eight per cent in the rest of the country. The LCCI has called for the creation of a Shortage Occupation List (SOL) for the capital to fast-track people and fill specific occupations where the need for overseas workers is greatest. This would give employers a mechanism to report acute skills shortages more swiftly than they would through the national SOL. The Mayor of London supported this proposal at a recent event at City Hall (see pages 4-5), pressing for the capital being able to create its own dynamic SOL. He also reiterated the call on the government to lower the £30,000 salary threshold for the Tier 2 ‘skilled worker’ visa.
With the new government looking into an Australian-style points-based system, there are potential benefits for London. LCCI board member Julia Onslow-Cole highlighted the Australian immigration system’s focus on regionalisation at a seminar held in partnership with Fragomen and Migration Matters Trust on the day Boris Johnson took office. There is clear appetite for a regionalised approach. LCCI’s London Tomorrow survey published earlier this year revealed that 56% of businesses identified allowing the capital to set its own immigration targets for people with key skills as one of the three most important matters for ensuring London’s success post-Brexit.
There is no silver bullet to solving the capital’s recruitment challenge. But with a new government in post, LCCI will continue to advocate the key steps to ensuring businesses have access to the talent they need both now and in the future: equipping our workforce with the right skills and ensuring our immigration system works for London.
Nadine Tewfik-Saad, Head of Public Affairs and Esenam Agubretu, Policy Manager
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Cameron Smith is a name to watch at the Masters. Picture: Getty Images
Shark rates the Aussie Masters hopes
by MICHAEL WARNER
7th Apr 2019 10:42 AM
Australian golf great Greg Norman says the power-hitters will dominate this week's US Masters.
Norman rates Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy on top, but believes all four Australians - Adam Scott, Jason Day, Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith - are a chance to claim the green jacket.
"I'm always excited about Australian golf - for 40-plus years - because we've been able to produce a handful of great players, consistently, year upon year," Norman told the Sunday Herald Sun. "Now we have Scotty, Day, Leishman and Smith.
"There's always at least three, four or five guys out there who just seem to play well, year after year after year.
"I would love to see anyone of the four win it, that's for sure.
"I was with Scotty over Christmas when I was down on the Sunshine Coast, so we caught up there.
Adam Scott has won at Augusta before. Picture: Getty Images
"Leish, I go back and forward with over text. When he does well I just send him a text and Jason the same thing.
"I don't know Cameron, but I do watch him and I do admire him."
Asked about Tiger Woods' prospects on his return from back surgery, Norman said: "Sure, he can win it. There's about 20 players who can win it.
"Every player gets injuries and the older you get, the more those injuries really stay a little bit longer and a little bit more niggly.
"You're never going to avoid those, so if he keeps himself healthy, it seems like he's playing well."
Norman, 64, said the weather would be a key factor at Augusta this week.
"The south-east of the United States has been very wet and very cool," he said.
"If it's cold and damp for the week, I wouldn't think that's good on (Tiger's) body.
"Right now it's impossible to predict (whether Woods will win another major) because there are so many young, great talented players - and the older he gets the younger they get.
"So at the end of the day, he comes up against these guys, and there's 20 names that I could rattle off who will have a really good chance of winning the Masters. But again, it all comes down to the weather."
Of the other major challengers, Norman said: "I like Rory now that he's won (last month's Players Championship).
"That is going to do him the world of good, because he was really trying to find that victory for a long time here in the States.
"Any one of the power hitters, the guys who are hitting it out there over 300 yards on a consistent basis, carrying the ball, have got a chance.
"I like DJ (Dustin Johnson), his attitude is good. I think JT (Justin Thomas) and I think Brooks (Koepka), he's quietly going along, doing his business in the major championships. "He seems like he steps up at the right time, but I can guarantee I could pull out 20 of them."
SHARK RATES THE FOUR AUSSIES AT AUGUSTA
SHARK SAYS: Scotty's had a pretty good start to the year, fairly consistent, and I'm pretty sure that form will still be there. Being a past champion, I'm sure he'll go out there with a lot of confidence. His putting stroke is solid and hopefully that stays the way it has been at the beginning of the year. When you win around a golf course you have a lot of good memories of all the different shots you played. It's a very consistent platform for him to perform on.
WEAPON: Adam is one of the best drivers in the game.
SHARK SAYS: Augusta suits Day's game because he hits it hard, high and right to left. Predominantly, that's his game. It all depends on how he's putting. Even though he hasn't won there, he's actually had many top-five and top-10 finishes in the tournament. He's tenacious and he wants to win it, so put him right up there with Scotty for sure.
WEAPON: His short game.
Jason Day has his eye on a Masters win. Picture: Getty Images
SHARK SAYS: I'm a huge fan of Leish. He just goes about his business. He's long enough, has a really good short game and his temperament is incredible. Whatever is presented in front of him on any golf course, whether it's in China, Australia, America or any major, he seems like he ticks the boxes and puts himself in with a chance of winning at the end of the week.
WEAPON: He's just an all-round, good player. There's no weakness to his game.
SHARK SAYS: He and Marc Leishman are probably the two most underrated players out there. Cam is starting to find his footing and has slowly crept up the world rankings. He feels very, very comfortable where he's at. I'm a big fan of his. I like his style of golf: he's very methodical, plays within himself and is very consistent. It might depend on the weather conditions - it's been very, very wet at Augusta for the last couple of months, so the course is going to be fairly lush - and if it's cold, and damp and long, that might be a little detrimental to him.
WEAPON: His middle to short irons. He's one of the few players who is consistently hole high all the time, which I'm very impressed with.
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Patent Politics Awarded ASA Merton Prize
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Patent Politics: Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest in the United States and Europe
Over the past thirty years, the world’s patent systems have experienced pressure from civil society like never before. From farmers to patient advocates, new voices are arguing that patents impact public health, economic inequality, morality—and democracy. These challenges, to domains that we usually consider technical and legal, may seem surprising. But in Patent Politics, Shobita Parthasarathy argues that patent systems have always been deeply political and social.
To demonstrate this, Parthasarathy takes readers through a particularly fierce and prolonged set of controversies over patents on life forms linked to important advances in biology and agriculture and potentially life-saving medicines. Comparing battles over patents on animals, human embryonic stem cells, human genes, and plants in the United States and Europe, she shows how political culture, ideology, and history shape patent system politics. Clashes over whose voices and which values matter in the patent system, as well as what counts as knowledge and whose expertise is important, look quite different in these two places. And through these debates, the United States and Europe are developing very different approaches to patent and innovation governance. Not just the first comprehensive look at the controversies swirling around biotechnology patents, Patent Politics is also the first in-depth analysis of the political underpinnings and implications of modern patent systems, and provides a timely analysis of how we can reform these systems around the world to maximize the public interest.
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Make Up Store Eyeshadow Review
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I’ve shared my review about my first product from Make Up Store, which is their Make Up Store Lipstick in Tidy. Here’s another one from the brand. Let’s see if it’s as amazing as their lipstick. Below is my review of Make Up Store Eyeshadow in Gold.
This type of shade is compact and creamier in texture. Cybershadows are highly pigmented and rich in pearly pigments. The creamy texture makes the eyeshadow more easily usable and produces perfect results. The lighter tones can act as a highlighter and can also be applied on lips for a shimmery effect.
I love it because…
there’s very minimal fall out.
it’s pigmented.
Gold shade is a nice lid color. It’s not exactly “gold”. It’s more of a pearly taupe shade, as seen in my swatches below.
it has creamy texture.
it doesn’t crease on me even without a primer.
it’s easy to blend.
it’s cheaper. A pot of 2g is priced at PHP 899.
it can be purchased anywhere. Currently, Make Up Store Philippines can be purchased in Podium.
For those with oily lids, apply an eyeshadow primer to make it long lasting and to prevent the shadow from creasing.
Make Up Store Eyeshadow can be a bit pricey compared to other brands, but I have to say the quality is impressive. It’s highly recommended to those who are willing to spend on good quality eye shadows. It’s creamy, long-lasting (even without primer), pigmented, and easy to blend.
Make Up Store Cybershadow in Gold… Don’t be fooled by its name as it’s not really “gold”. It’s more of pearlized taupe color.
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nice shade 🙂
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In practice what kind of claims can't be brought to court after signing a settlement agreement?
A settlement agreement contains the following term:
Parties agree that this settlement extinguishes all claims each party may have against the other.
What affect does such a term have in theory and in practice?
When a case is dismissed without leave, the plaintiff can't make the same claim again. I here that in reality this has little affect, as the plaintiff can change something small and say it's a whole knew case. Is it the same for settlement agreements?
For example if someone sues someone for damage to rental property, if they settle, could the plaintiff sue again claiming he found more damage than he was first aware of? Could he claim for something unrelated, like if the renter didn't pay in full the last months rent (assuming that hadn't been brought in first case)?
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if they settle, could the plaintiff sue again claiming he found more damage than he was first aware of?
Generally speaking, no. It would be the plaintiff's responsibility to ensure awareness of what he was settling for. For the settlement to be voidable and be entitled to resume the claims, there would have to be additional circumstances, such as:
having settled under duress or hardship;
settlement being induced by fraud (arguably silent fraud suffices for that);
counterparty's breach of the settlement.
These conditions are no different than the principles of contract law.
Could he claim for something unrelated, like if the renter didn't pay in full the last months rent (assuming that hadn't been brought in first case)?
It ultimately depends on the scope and intent (be it inferred or explicit) that can be ascertained from the settlement. That being said, a catch-all phrase such as "extinguishes all claims" tends to make it harder for the prospective plaintiff to prove that his new claim transcends the scope or intent of that clause or settlement.
I here that in reality this has little affect, as the plaintiff can change something small and say it's a whole knew case. Is it the same for settlement agreements?
What they told you about making "a whole new case" by means of making small changes is inaccurate.
Once the controversy has been settled or become res judicata, making small changes to overcome it is a futile attempt to relitigate matters. This applies to all disputes, whether or not they relate to contract law.
If the changes are not so insignificant, the plaintiff is considered to have waived them anyway for bringing them up only when it is too late.
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When a determinative forum makes a decision (e.g. a court or an arbitrator) and any appeals have been finalized or the time for making them has expired, then the matter is Res Judicata (a matter already judged).
This serves as a complete and total bar on any claim between the same parties over the same events. A plaintiff cannot "change something small" and try again - the case over these events is done, never to be looked at again. No court or tribunal in any civil or common law jurisdiction will agree to hear the case again if a plea of Res Judicata is made out.
Now, the plaintiff can bring a claim against someone else over the same events or they can sue the defendant over different events providing that these are distinct enough that the plaintiff shouldn't have brought the cases together. However, courts tend to interpret Res Judicata broadly - basically, if a reasonable person should have brought all the claims together then they will be prevented from bringing them separately.
A settlement agreement can be submitted to a court or tribunal for it to form the basis of the decision an agreed judgement (for a court) or agreed decision (for an arbitrator). This has exactly the same effect as if the judge or arbitrator had made the decision.
If it isn't, however, then a settlement agreement is likely to be a contract and subject to the same type of challenge as any other contract. Assuming that it is a valid contract and it contained a term similar to the one you quoted then it would operate to exclude any and all claims that fall within the (broad) scope of the agreement. That is, if the plaintiff tried to raise such issues, the primary defense would be that the matter was settled and the contract bars its re-agitation - such a defense would almost certainly succeed.
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11D Supposedly Irish greeting … or a hint to four long answers : TOP OF THE MORNING
3A Chronicles of Sodom and Gomorrah? : AMORAL HISTORIES (AM + ORAL HISTORIES)
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1 Org. monitoring wetlands : EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was set up during the Nixon administration and began operation at the end of 1970.
14 Like the dawn’s early light : DIM
“O say can you see by the dawn’s early light” is the opening line of “The Star-Spangled Banner” by Francis Scott Key. The song was adopted as the US national anthem in 1931, although it had been used officially by the US Navy since 1889, played when raising the flag.
15 “Old MacDonald” sound : MOO MOO
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The original Hollywood sign – $450,400
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58 Ronny Howard role : OPIE
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59 Teahouse mat : TATAMI
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62 Divided trio? : DEES
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2 Pesto morsel : PINE NUT
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3 Chronicles of Sodom and Gomorrah? : AMORAL HISTORIES (AM + ORAL HISTORIES)
The cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, as well as Admah and Zeboim, were destroyed by God for the sins of their inhabitants, according to the Bible. The name Sodom has become a metaphor for vice and homosexuality, and gives us our word “sodomy”.
4 Group of stealthy attackers? : AMBUSH LEAGUE (AM + BUSH LEAGUE)
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6 Tiger’s targets : HOLES
Golfer Tiger Woods’ real name is Eldrick Tont Woods. “Tont” is a traditional Thai name. Tiger’s father Earl Woods met his second wife Kultida Punsawad in 1966 while on a tour of duty with the US Army in Thailand.
8 Seasonal quaff : NOG
It’s not really clear where the term “nog” (as in “eggnog”) comes from although it might derive from the word “noggin”, which was originally a small wooden cup that was long associated with alcoholic drinks.
“Quaff” is both a verb and a noun. One “quaffs” (takes a hearty drink) of a “quaff” (a hearty drink).
11 Supposedly Irish greeting … or a hint to four long answers : TOP OF THE MORNING
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23 Flashy jewelry for a stroll in the park? : AMBLING BLING (AM + BLING BLING)
Bling-bling (often simply “bling”) is the name given to all the shiny stuff sported by rap stars in particular i.e. the jewelry, watches, metallic cell phones, even gold caps on the teeth. The term comes from the supposed “bling” sound caused by light striking a shiny metal surface.
27 Chic modifier : TRES
“Très chic” is a French term meaning “very stylish”.
36 Buck : STAG
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42 Museum manager : CURATOR
The term “curator” is Latin and applies to a manager, guardian or overseer. In English, the original curators were the guardians and overseers of minors and those with mental disease.
The term “museum” comes from the ancient Greek word “mouseion” that denoted a temple dedicated to the “Muses”. The Muses were the patrons of the arts in Greek mythology.
44 It borders four oceans : EURASIA
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45 Pollen producers : STAMENS
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51 “Ditto!” : SO AM I!
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54 Aerie, for one : NEST
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56 Arabian Sea nation : OMAN
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60 Darth, when he was young : ANI
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10 Wall support : STUD
16 One might be commanding : TONE
21 Purposes : USES
26 Request at the bar, with “up” : SET ‘EM …
28 Old-style “Tsk!” : FIE!
31 The “1” in 15, really : TEN
34 Shop sign nos. : HRS
35 Cause to boil : IRE
43 Identifies : NAMES
50 More than asks : URGES
55 “Sweet!” : COOL!
61 British suffix : -ISE
63 Type of band : ONE-MAN
64 See 24-Across : … NIN
65 Once, quaintly : ERST
66 Equestrian’s forte : RIDING
67 Empty talk : GAS
5 Ring holders : TOES
7 Act like a court jester? : AMUSE AS DIRECTED (AM + USE AS DIRECTED)
9 Negotiate successfully : DO A DEAL
10 Obedience school word : STAY
12 One promoting togetherness : UNIFIER
13 Overwhelms with sound : DEAFENS
25 Writer of sweet words? : ICER
38 Take the risk : DARE
40 Outtake, often : BLOOPER
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Posted on May 3, 2019 April 28, 2019 Author Bill ButlerCategories Jeffrey WechslerTags Chronicles of Sodom and Gomorrah? crossword clue, One promoting togetherness crossword clue, Supposedly Irish greeting crossword clue, Sushi bar side dish crossword clue, Teahouse mat crossword clue
18 thoughts on “LA Times Crossword 3 May 19, Friday”
LAT: 18:38, no errors. WSJ: 26:26, no errors. Newsday: 24:53, no errors. New Yorker: 22:10, no errors. All much more difficult than usual.
Sallee says:
52A Answer Berra
Made me curious to read some of his other malapropisms. Here is a fun link listing some of them.
http://listverse.com/2011/04/13/25-funny-quotes-of-yogi-berra/
Tony Michaels says:
@Sallee – No one reads these. They’re too popular! (with a tip of the cap to Yogi)
Nolanski says:
11:10, no errors
No errors, got it after I figured out “moomoo” instead eieios.
3,4and7a should read 3,4and 7d.
25:53 no errors….for me a good Friday
Jane Drees Blando says:
Only one Google – for me a great Friday; that was for EDAMAME.
I’m improving as I’ve taken more chances at filling in words I’m unsure of.
Did not know GUAR or APIA. Bill’s write up on the later was terrific.
Love PINENUTs, but if you eat too many you can numb your tast buds.
@Sallee – I have a whole book of them.
@Mary – same here.
Dave Kennison says:
LAT: 11:55, no errors. Newsday: 15:08, no errors. WSJ: 14:54, no errors. New Yorker: 15:46, no errors. Croce to come, if I survive what’s going on with my head … 😜 … (at least, I hope I’m joking 😳).
And … I just got the WSJ meta (which kind of makes up for last week, when I think I should have gotten the meta, as I was on the right track, but was too distracted to put uno and dos together 😜).
And … the latest Croce has fallen: 53:56, no errors.
15:43. I really AM in sync with Mr. Wechsler today. I got the reveal very early which helped all over the place given the theme.
Dave – I had to Google photodynamic therapy. I don’t know how painful it is or isn’t, but it doesn’t sound like fun.
Jeff – I was led to believe the procedure was no big deal, but (as so often seems to be the case for me) I’m out on the wrong end of the spectrum. Murphy! Things are improving, however, and I’m about to check in with my doctor again, so I should stop being a drama queen: in a week or two, this will probably just be an unpleasant memory … and, in any case, I don’t have to be presentable for the Nobel Prize ceremony until next year, so what am I worried about? … 😜
Allen Dickerson says:
18 mins 58 seconds and 4 errors, all centered around the cruel 7 Down fill. That, and having ORAN instead of OMAN. This one was a toughie.
John Daigle says:
3 errors and 8 omissions for a total of 11 misses and 94.5%. Not bad at all
for a very hard Friday. Bill’s time reflected the difficulty. Overall, a very
good week with 90% the low score.
You guys are nothing but good, so kudos to you all and I really enjoy your
kay kramer says:
This wasn’t a hard Wechsler puzzle today. And I’m glad, as I was able to complete it! Wow. Can’t always do these Friday ones. It’s those long solves that scare me off but I got the “top of the morning” very early but never figured how the “am” thing worked but just kept at it.
Dirk says:
Kind of sleepy Friday Wechsler for me; took about 45 minutes with no errors. Had to change EDAMAnE, tut to FIE and ANa to ANI before things looked right. Not that hard, I was just sleepy today. It took me a while to get the theme, but then it all made sense.
And the Giants win again…at the database?!… Now if the Sharks and Warriors can follow up tomorrow, oh and the Earthquakes…all will be well.
Hello every buddy!!😎
No errors, about 30 minutes– for once I can report my time, as I did this all in one sitting and happened to look at the clock. Seemed easy for a Friday…got the AM part of the theme early on.
I’m grappling with more than 400 clothing items here!! Invested in two lots of clothing to sell on Ebay. Basically the items have crowded me out of my own home. My sister in law is here for two days to help me corral the stuff– insanity.
One lot of clothes was from a woman whose weight fluctuated radically over 20 years, while she still maintained her clothes-horse habits, so I’ve got women’s items size 4 thru 18. !!! Great variety for Ebay.👌
Be well~~🐔
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London Hotels for Every Kind of Visitor
London calling! America’s love of all things British makes London one of the top international destinations for travelers.
Whether it be taking afternoon tea at a posh hotel, attempting to catch a glimpse of the Royal Family or trying to fit in the plethora of sights, London is an attractive year round destination for tourists looking to make their first dip across the big pond.
With over 2,400 listed on trivago, we’ve handpicked a curated selection of our favorite places to stay when you visit with family, lovers or friends. From the trendy hotels of Shoreditch, luxury in Mayfair or a stone’s throw from some of the cities most important monuments, see where trivago magazine thinks you should be staying in London.
Looking to catch a glimpse at London’s art scene and get a feel for the city through the eyes of a local guide? See our interview with Touriocity guide Rob Humphreys here!
When should you visit London?
trivago data shows that the cheapest months to book a hotel in London are January and February with prices averaging around $195 per night. This will also help you avoid major crowds since searches for London on trivago decreased during these months. Meanwhile, the most expensive and busiest months to visit are September and October, with prices coming in around $265 per night and search volume increasing.
#1. Top Rated: South Place Hotel
Just moments from all the hipster action of Shoreditch, The South Place Hotel evokes an aura of fresh sophistication. Flawlessly decorated with a Scandinavian-inspired interior, rooms are airy and comfortable with plush pure wool carpets and limited edition prints from London. Bedrooms are outfitted with media hubs and Bang & Olufsen televisions along with access to an extensive array of movies to watch should the classic London weather push you to return to your room early for the evening.
The shops and restaurants of vibrant Shoreditch are nearby, but onsite you’ll find a brasserie and Michelin-starred seafood restaurant in addition to multiple bars and terraces to grab a quick drink. As one of the top-rated London hotels on trivago (with a score of 94/100), we know you’ll love your modern stay at the South Place Hotel.
South Place Hotel
London, 5.9 miles to Airport London City
#2. Top-Rated: Cheval Three Quays at the Tower of London
Another top-rated pick by travelers on trivago is the Cheval Three Quays: close enough to hear the ravens of the Tower of London croaking, the drawbridge of the Tower Bridge being raised and to catch the sun’s rays reflecting off The Shard. You’re ideally situated in the center of the city with apartment-style accommodations sizing in open plan, one, two and three bedroom apartments and penthouses. Watch the barges of the Thames float by as you enjoy your morning coffee before embarking into the easily reachable corners of the city to explore.
The contemporary kitchens are fully stocked with dishwashers, tableware and cooking utensils in addition to free WiFi, an organic welcome hamper plus roll-away beds and baby cots available to those travelling with babies. We can confirm there is little that can rival the view of the city from the fantastically large windows you’ll awake to every day of your London sojourn.
Cheval Three Quays
#3. Family-Friendly: Flemings Mayfair
The splendid Flemings Mayfair Hotel has managed to remain one of central London’s best kept secrets. A stunning Georgian interior boasts three meter (10-foot) ceilings, massive windows and fireplaces and sees the rooms whimsically-decorated with custom furniture. For those visiting with children, accommodation possibilities include spacious family rooms plus one- and two-bedroom apartments, plus with the hotel’s proximity to Hyde Park, Buckingham Palace and Covent Garden, it’s easy to nip back for a nap, should the babies (or the parents!) desire so.
Perks of your stay at the Flemings Mayfair include a free breakfast for the whole family on top of the free dining offered to those under-five, plus half price meals for kids ages 5-12. The hotel concierge can organize theater tickets for those with older children, bike rides through Hyde Park and picnics, provided the sun is out. In the evenings, you can look forward to complimentary hot chocolate and biscuits for dipping as a special night time treat. The undeniable chic of the hotel is matched to its impeccable level of personalized service, perfect for families visiting London.
#4. Budget Luxury: The RE London Shoreditch
A stone’s through from the colorful street art of Shoreditch along with its many gastropubs, bars and restaurants we find the RE London. Its central location ensures it’s easy to get anywhere in the city, plus the possibility of adjoining rooms makes the RE London a perfect choice for families looking to keep an eye on the younger generation while enjoying a bit of privacy.
One particularly unique feature of this hotel is that they use the same Queen size beds that the Royal Family use, meaning your sleep gets the Royal seal of approval. Top it off with air conditioning for muggy nights and you’ve got the recipe for a perfect night of sleep. Rooms also have complimentary tea, coffee, hot chocolate and biscuits to munch on. The RE London Shoreditch is a fantastic budget choice that doesn’t sacrifice on comfort or location in this mammoth of a city.
Hotel The Re London Shoreditch
7.3 Default (550 reviews)
Very good Cleanliness 8.3 / 10
#5. Luxurious: Rosewood London
As you enter into the Rosewood London through a historic archway opening into an Edwardian courtyard, prepare to be awestruck by this luxury hotel in the historic Holborn district of London. Impeccably restored to the original designs, if you’re seeking a luxurious London ambiance, this is the hotel for you. All of its worldly charms are not without some fun quirks however, including the loaner bikes piled outside.
The interior is lavish, including seven types of marble and Cuban mahogany, plus a seven-story grand staircase from which you can descend and ascend feeling all the part of the Royal Family. Their afternoon tea is highly sought after as one of the finest in London– be sure to ask the concierge to make you reservations should you wish for a spot.
Rosewood London
#6. Budget Conscious: Marriott Maida Vale
Located in a residential area yet still ideally situated to nearby attractions like Abbey Road, the Camden Market and Wembley Stadium is the Marriott Maida Vale. Tastefully decorated and comfortable, you’ll get all the perks you’re used to from the Marriott chain including plush beds, free WiFi plus a spacious modern bathroom, rare in the city of spacious-conscious hotel rooms. Visitors enjoy free access to the heated pool adjacent to the hotel at Bannatyne’s Leisure Club– you might need it if you indulge in a meal or three at the onsite Italian Restaurant Fratelli.
While this neighborhood might stray further from London’s biggest sights, it’s an excellent choice for the budget-conscious; invest in a visitor’s Oyster card for easy access to and from the hotel via Kilburn Park tube station.
London Marriott Hotel Maida Vale
London, 10.5 miles to Airport London City
7.9 Good (2812 reviews)
#7. Hip in Shoreditch: Boundary
Combining the charisma and class of historic grandeur with the modern, Boundary is a delightful hotel located in the buzzy Shoreditch neighborhood. Perfect for those who enjoy people watching, vintage shopping and street food, you’re within a hop, skip or jump to Old Spitalfields Market and Brick Lane Market. The hotel boasts a fantastic English-French fusion restaurant located on its rooftop in addition to terrace gardens, including a year-round orangery where you can unwind with a craft beer or cocktail.
Each of the 12 rooms are uniquely inspired by different design movements from Bauhaus to Le Corbusier, Modern Dickensian to Modern Chinoiserie. From your window or from some of the suites’ balconies you get lovely urban views from the hip heartbeat of the city. If you’re looking to stay in a vibrant area, Boundary offers guests a slice of London life for the week or weekend.
Boundary London
Excellent Cleanliness 9 / 10
#8. Art-loving Families: Hilton London Bankside
Situated close to the Tate Modern as well as Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, the recently opened Hilton London Bankside is perfect for families seeking cultural experiences in a city packed full of art. The hotel also has interconnecting rooms for families looking to get a bit of privacy as well as a children’s menu in the onsite OXBO Bankside restaurant, plus babysitting services for when you want to hit the town- sans kids. Rooms are stylish and practical and include the perfect dream inducing Hilton Serenity beds plus 42-inch HDTV sand free WiFi. You’ll also find a heated indoor pool and fitness center should you desire to spend some time sweatin’ it all out.
The Southbank area is vibrant and rapidly regenerating with cafes, restaurants and artists studios ever present in this historically creative hub. Grab lunch at the nearby Borough Market for a taste of foodie London, cross the iconic Millenium Bridge (better known among the kids as the bridge from the Harry Potter movies) or take in the bird’s eye view of London from the London Eye.
Hilton London Bankside
#9. The Old-World Classic: Brown’s Hotel
Possibly one of the most important and iconic historic hotels in London, Brown’s first opened in 1837 and has played host several important moments in the history of the city: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Jungle Book here and Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call (ever!) from the hotel. It was also here that taking Afternoon Tea became a staple tradition of English culture- assisted of course by the presence of Queen Victoria who was a regular patron. Today, the Mayfair Hotel is located near the fabulously luxurious shopping of Bond street as well as the Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly Circus and Hyde Park.
For a truly luxurious experience, book the Kipling Suite, named after the Jungle Book creator himself. Incredibly spacious and light filled, the Suite has playful sketches of animals, muted warm tones with just a hint of the Orient. You’ll also receive two half hour spa treatments, unpacking and packing services, airport transfer and the option of enjoying breakfast in bed– when was the last time you indulged like that?
Brown's Hotel
*Cover image by Hernán Piñera CCBY. Hotel images via trivago.
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Leann Bernal and Gabriela Bernal (Leann’s aunt) both have something in common and that is V.M.T.
Leann is a current VMT student. Bernal is a former VMT student and was part of class of 2000.
Bernal remembers how it was back in the old VMT and is amazed with how it has evolved throughout the years.
High school was awesome because of VMT.”
— Gabriela Bernal
“I was a little bit sad because I liked the custom of getting around downtown. Once I saw what they did (at the new campus) and everything you guys have I think they did a great job. I went to go see Leann and as I was walking through I was like, ‘wow it’s a beautiful school’,” Bernal said.
Bringing up the old VMT, Leann shared what her aunt has told her.
“I’ve only heard of it…my aunt has told me how it was smaller, and that they couldn’t do as much stuff as we can do now here (in the new VMT),” Leann shared.
There were many excellent parts of VMT that Bernal enjoyed but here she explains her favorite.
“They let me be as creative as I wanted to be…whatever creation you have they help you…,” Bernal said.
To Leann, the people is her favorite part of VMT.
“It’s cool how we’re all from different schools and we can meet up here and make new friends,” Leann said.
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Leann herself has friends that attend the magnet school in different fine arts such as journalism and theater.
“It’s nice seeing them (friends) here doing what they like to do,” Leann said.
Leann explains why she picked dancing as her fine art.
“I’ve always been dancing since I was three years old so I’ve always loved it and thought it was cool knowing you can do it at school…,” Leann said.
Leann discussed why she choose dance over journalism. Her aunt, Gabriela Bernal, studied journalism at VMT.
“I’ve never liked writing, I’ve always been more of an active person…so that (journalism) didn’t really work for me…,” Leann said.
Leann’s family support and enjoy her attending VMT, especially her aunt since she was also part of VMT at one point.
“They love it. They come to every single one of my recitals and they’re a huge crowd every time…” Leann said.
Leann would like to continue doing what she’s doing now and strive for the best after graduation.
“Plan to stay in dance my four high school years so that when I graduate I want to audition for colleges. Staying in dance will help with that,” Leann said.
“I would like my children to join VMT because it’s open to a lot of things. I would like them to be in dance…but I also like photography and art or maybe even them playing an instrument since I’ve always wanted to learn how to play one,” Leann said.
Like Bernal is a former VMT student, Lorena Mahtani is as well a former VMT student. Mahtani is now teaching at VMT as a dance teacher; she graduated a year after Bernal. Bernal explains how she feels having a former student teach Leann and other students now.
“I love it. I do remember Lorena from school and to see how it’s a full circle having the dream of being a dancer, her going out and doing her thing, and then coming back and being a teacher, and now the new generation coming in being Leann. I think it’s awesome,” Bernal said.
Leann, sophomore at VMT explains how she feels about her teacher being a former student.
“I think it’s cool seeing a teacher that was once a student, teaching…it’s nice knowing the students can do that one day,” Leann said.
Leann, the student shared her thoughts on becoming a dance teacher.
“I would like to become a dancer, not a dance teacher, but it would be cool to come back and show what I’ve learned,” she said.
Mahtani sees herself continuing to teach at VMT in the future.
“I definitely see myself here at VMT. My plans are to continue to working with students who have appreciation for the art of dance. The classroom is my home!” Mahtani said.
VMT was and still is a big part in Gabriela Bernal’s life and therefore she encourages it on others.
“…Actually every kid I come across that I know they’re going into high school I encourage VMT very highly. It holds a huge place in my heart. I know that if you’re not good in some subjects and you’re more artistic there’s a little bit for everybody, and I think VMT helps with that…I know it helped me,” Bernal, former student of VMT said.
It’s cool how we’re all from different schools and we can meet up here and make new friends.”
— Leann Bernal
“High school was awesome because of VMT,” Bernal said.
Photography has been in Bernal’s life since she was in her teens. Up to this date she still uses her fine art area in her everyday life and can’t let go the love she has for photography.
“One day, I think I was in seventh grade, I found a picture of my grandparents in black and white and it caught my eye and I knew ever since then I wanted to be in photography so when I went to the VMT orientation in 8th grade and saw photography I said ‘this is it’ and ever since I’ve never left my house without my camera,” Bernal said.
Bernal now has a career as a photographer.
“I’m a professional photographer so it’s what take us out in summer trips, it’s what has gotten me to Paris, to New York…it’s a huge role in my everyday life,” Bernal said.
VMT is growing and more generations are coming in as the years go by. Leann Bernal is part of that new generation and Gabriela explains how she feels.
“It’s awesome that you know how there’s generations and generations from Martin and Nixon. Our hearts are in VMT and now that our kids, nieces, nephews, etc. are going to attended or hopefully attend it’s something that can be passed down and say, ‘yeah I was there’, Bernal said.
Lorena Mahtani the dance instructor thinks the school has done a good job overall, throughout the years.
“It only shows the school has continued its success and continued to grow… there have been people that have graduated and been inspired by the school so they tell their relatives… to attend and therefore we upkeep a good reputation,” Mahtani said.
Mahtani dance teacher explains how it is when students, whose relatives have attended VMT in the past, come into the school.
“The students come with a really high expectation. All our students come in knowing this school is great but they come in with excitement because they’ve heard first-hand what it’s like,” Mahtani said.
Bernal thinks bringing VMT in Laredo made a big impact in the city.
“What Vidal Trevino did for Laredo it gave the opportunity to open this (the school) up and which used to be back then such a small town I think that we’re evolving in a fast pace and people didn’t know where to put the kids that aren’t good in some subjects, ‘Ok so what so we do with them.’ Our brains are all wired up differently that’s why going to an art school which has communication, dance, art, photography, all of that I think that’s where were able to get our heads moving our brains working and you’re happier,” Bernal said.
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Manchester City take on Watford in the FA Cup final today.
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Premier League champions City, who also won the Carabao Cup earlier this season, last claimed FA Cup glory in 2011 and were then beaten finalists two years later.
Watford, meanwhile, will be making just their second appearance in the final following their defeat to Everton in 1984.
This year’s tournament began way back on August 11 with the initial preliminary rounds and there have been shocks and twists aplenty since then.
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A lot can happen in a year... just ask Roger Montoya. Last January, Meow Wolf began work on “Community Voices,” a documentary video series intended to spotlight organizations in our communities. Our first film focused on Moving Arts Española and co-founder Montoya, who has brought arts education for 12 years to the Española Valley and surrounding communities of Northern New Mexico, one of the hardest hit areas of opioid addiction in the country. Montoya’s remarkable efforts — depicted in our award-winning film — gained the attention of “CNN Heroes,” who have since recognized him as one of only 10 finalists for CNN’s Hero of the Year!
Moving Arts Española Founder Roger Montoya.
Directed by Jody McNicholas, the Community Voices film was released in January 2019. Montoya, along with his partner and co-founder Sal Ruiz, welcomed Jody into their lives with open arms. What followed was a deep bond between the three of them, as Jody continually showed up to film the activities of Moving Arts.
“The Community Voices video was a game changer for us. It gave us a tool to share our story in a very, very beautiful way. The film was made with great care and sensitivity. It was absolutely a main reason that we were noticed by CNN Heroes. Because of the film, fundraising has increased markedly. Our attention, from periodicals to checks in the mail, interest, people visiting the site, attendance...it just raised the profile of the organization measurably. Like, the most profound change to date in 12 years.”
This increased profile helped MAE raise more than $30,000. Ruiz and Montoya report that class attendance is up an impressive 30%. Ruiz says, “After 12 years, to see what we have been doing from the other side of the lens gave us fuel to keep going with more enthusiasm and joy. The video has been a pinnacle for us.”
The funding increase, in particular, has already shown a marked effect on the lives of MAE students. Montoya notes, “It's already made a big difference. There's more money for children who are without means. In terms of having access, there's no barrier to scholarships for those that cannot pay.”
As for what’s next, Montoya outlines plans for a growing station to feed their farm-to-table meal service, as well as a 6,000-square-foot space that will require upgrades to accommodate new STEM and STEAM programs. He says, “We need to prepare children and young people for the 21st century. When we take technology and stir in a healthy dose of old school art making, I think it's the best mix for children. Creative critical thinking, I think, is really the operative word. We want kids to enter into digital media, film, podcasting, and journalism with a keen eye to making change in the communities that they live. That's a real priority now. The kids are really excited about that sort of rethinking, and now they’re imagining their own futures. Very, very important.”
A Folklorico dance class at Moving Arts Española.
Voting for CNN’s Hero of the Year runs through December 3, with up to 10 votes allowed per day per individual. You can vote for Roger Montoya HERE!
“If we could somehow win this prize as Hero of the Year, it means so much more to me than just (being called) a hero. For me, it's really about our state, northern New Mexico, the families, and the youth that will inherit this place.”
Roger Montoya co-founded Moving Arts Española in 2008, along with his partner Sal Ruiz. Their mission includes bringing high-quality, affordable performing and visual arts education, as well as nutritional and academic support for youths aged 3-18. It states: All children and youth deserve to have access to a superior arts education and the nutritional and academic support that they need in order to succeed and thrive. Watch the short documentary on Moving Arts Española HERE!
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Campus Leadership
Every spring we honor outstanding and impactful student leaders, organizations, and programming!
James Millikin Student Leader of the Year
Presented to one student who has excelled in leadership, is involved in a variety of activities, excels academically, and has a strong sense of service and character.
Rising Student Leader Award
Awarded to a freshman or sophomore leader within a student organization who has not previously held a position on an executive board or to a member who is currently not an executive board member, who has shown active involvement, and the potential to grow into a strong leader.
Outstanding First, Second, Third, and Fourth Year Long-Vanderburg Scholar
Awarded to a First year LV Scholar who exhibits high academic performance, leadership, and a commitment to success in the Long-Vanderburg Scholars Program by setting an example in the cohort of Exploring Identity and Societal Expectations.
Awarded to a second year LV Scholar exhibiting high academic performance, leadership, and a commitment to success in the Long-Vanderburg Scholars Program by setting an example in the cohort of Developing Leaders through Service.
Awarded to a third year LV Scholar exhibiting high academic performance, leadership, and a commitment to success in the Long-Vanderburg Scholars Program by setting an example in the cohort of Professional Development and Baccalaureate Advancement.
Awarded to a fourth year LV Scholar exhibiting high academic performance, leadership, and a commitment to success in the Long-Vanderburg Scholars Program by setting an example in the cohort of Demonstrating and Living Scholarship.
Cesar Chavez Award (Student, Faculty, and Staff)
Presented to one student, faculty, and staff member who embodies the message of social justice on campus. Someone who is inclusive and open to all people, as well as someone who is an advocate for those without a voice.
FLEX Student of the Year
Presented to a FLEX student who shows exemplary achievement in the classroom and the FLEX program.
Student Organization Advisor of the Year
Presented to a student organization advisor who has a strong belief in the organization, serves as a role model, encourages the development of responsibility and leadership in students. The recipient must be the current advisor of a student organization.
Greek Woman of the Year
This student has given their time, talent, and treasure to the Greek community, their chapter, and Greek life initiatives and programs. This award is highest Greek individual honor a Millikin Sorority Woman can achieve.
Greek Man of the Year
This student has given their time, talent, and treasure to the Greek community, their chapter, and Greek life initiatives and programs. This award is highest Greek individual honor a Millikin Fraternity Man can achieve.
Small Student Organization of the Year
The Small Student Organization of the Year Award recognizes an organization of under 20 members that has done an exceptional job of embodying the purpose of the organization while supporting Millikin University’s mission.
Large Student Organization of the Year
The Large Student Organization of the Year Award recognizes an organization of over 20 members that has done an exceptional job of embodying the purpose of the organization while supporting Millikin University’s mission.
Most Improved Student Organization of the Year
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Community Impact Award
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Dean’s Cup Award
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Philanthropy Program of the Year
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Title Themes
Samus Archives Sound Selection
MP3 Title Music
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“ If you don't provide any happy music until the very end, it makes the player keep wondering, "When am I going to be relieved?" Then, finally, when the staff credits start with the positive, hopeful music, the player can relax. This was the design approach for NES Metroid music in 1986. In Metroid Prime 1 and 2, I did not use this approach for the staff credits music. But because MP3: Corruption is the last title in the series, I wanted to implement this approach for this title. If you're interested, please complete the game and listen to the music for the ending credits. „
—Kenji Yamamoto[1]
MP3 Title Music is the theme that plays on the title and menu screen of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption as well as the credits.
MP3 Title Music is a somber song consisting nearly entirely of a choir, highlighting the dramatic weight of the trilogy's finale. The theme is significantly extended in the credits, now opening with a dramatic version of the main theme, containing a narration discussing the victory against Phaaze, and then seguing a lighter, more celebratory piece of music. Kenji Yamamoto's use of levity after a heavy and dramatic score was directly inspired by Hirokazu Tanaka's Ending (Metroid).[1]
On September 23, 2010, WDR Radio Orchestra performed the Symphonic Legends concert in Cologne Philharmonic Hall in Germany. As an encore, they performed a medley of Nintendo ending themes, including MP3 Title Music. This arrangement was based upon the extended credits version and was sung by the State Choir of Latvia. For a unique twist on the theme, it was combined with a flute and violin performance of the credits theme from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.
MP3 Title Music is one of two background themes that can play on the home page of the Special Mission online flash game, the other being SkyTown. It is included as a track on the Samus Archives Sound Selection CD included with the Special and Legacy Editions of Metroid: Samus Returns, titled Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. This CD includes the extended intro of the credits version, but does not include the lengthy celebratory section.
The title/menu version can be heard here: [1] The extended credits version can be heard here: [2] The Symphonic Legends version can be heard here: [3]
Corruption is the only game in the original trilogy where the menu/credits theme is the same as the title theme, although Hunters from Metroid Prime Hunters plays during both that game's opening and credits.
The credits version of MP3 Title Music has never been released without narration, although a fan-made edit attempts to remove it.
^ a b Jayson Napolitano (24 August 2010). A Blast From The Past: Metroid Prime 3 With Kenji Yamamoto and Retro Studios. Original Sound Version. Retrieved on 26 August 2018.
Soundtrack Gallery
(MP3) denotes a song featured in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption and removed in Metroid Prime Trilogy.
(MPT) denotes a song added in Trilogy.
Metroid Prime Metroid Prime Theme • Parasite Queen • Tallon Overworld • Chozo Shrine • Chozo Ruins • Flaahgra • Magmoor Caverns • Phendrana Drifts
Phendrana Battle • Crashed Ship • Phazon Mines • Space Pirates • Omega Pirate • Meta Ridley • Metroid Prime Battle • Metroid Prime Credits
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Theme • Splinter Hive • Dark Trooper • Luminoth Temple • The Luminoth • Agon Wastes • Dark Agon Wastes • Ing Battle
Amorbis • Torvus Catacombs • Sanctuary Fortress • Quadraxis • Dark Temple • Emperor Ing Chrysalis • Emperor Ing Spider • Dark Samus
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Credits
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption MP3 Title Music • In the Cockpit • GF Battle Theme • Bryyo • Bryyo Thorn Jungle (MP3) • The Corruption • SkyTown • Steamlord • Valhalla
Metroid Battle Theme (MP3) • Helios • Pirate Homeworld • Gandrayda • Omega Ridley • Phaaze • Berserker Lord (MPT) • Aurora Unit 313 (MPT)
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New Details About Mickey’s Mix Magic
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Announced at Destination D, Mickey’s Mix Magic will be a new nighttime fireworks and projection show coming to Disneyland on January 18, 2019 that will feature “all-new music, projections and lasers that set the scene for an epic dance party that takes over almost the entire park.” Well now Disney has released the track list for this epic park wide celebration!
The show will feature a combination of projections, lasers, lighting, and water screens on Rivers of America and the façade of “it’s a small world” for around 10 minutes and will feature kaleidoscopic projections to some of our favorite classic Disney jams.
The full track list for the show is below:
• “It’s a Good Time”
• “I Wanna Be Like You”
• “Ev’rybody Wants To Be A Cat”
• “Friend Like Me”
• “Grim Grinning Ghosts”
• “Un Poco Loco”
• “Let It Go”
• “It’s a Good Time” (Finale)
Lastly, the show’s main song, “It’s a Good Time” by The DeeKompressors is now available on Spotify and Apple Music. This track will also be featured at Walt Disney World’s “Move It! Shake It! MousekeDance It!” street party in the Magic Kingdom, which starts on January 18th.
What do you think of the music lineup? Join the discussion on our Discord!
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Beer Lovers Rejoice! Ballast Point to Open at Downtown Disney This Wednesday
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Underground Source
Revision as of 22:23, October 12, 2012 by 109.148.161.252 (Talk)
About Us Edit
Underground Source otherwise known as UGS is right at the centre of Northern underground electronic music. UGS brings you news on a daily basis and pushes it out not only to the North of England but to a global audience. From everyone at UGS we hope you enjoy the site, you engage in all of our articles and together we can help build an online community that showcases the best in House music across the North of England.
VISIT OUR WEBSITE Edit
Our Aim Edit
As always our aim is simple but demanding, an ethos UGS has had since it’s first beginning. Our aim is to create an online electronic music website that showcases everything underground in the North of England.
The UGS Podcast Edit
Our treasured UGS Podcast has come a long way since it’s first podcast by UGS Director Paul Banks back in January 2012. It now features an array of quality upcoming artists and seasoned professionals. Every month Underground Source uploads a new UGS Podcast episode that is packed full of brand new music from some of the hottest and most talked about DJs and producers.
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2014 CLA45 AMG: Performance at a Premium Price
Chad Kirchner Jun 2, 2014
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The Mercedes-Benz CLA Class is the German automaker’s attempt to make an affordable small sedan. They start at $29,900 and are hoping to bring new people to the Mercedes family for life. However, Mercedes’ in-house performance brand AMG couldn’t leave the CLA alone. They built the $63,815 CLA45 AMG that you see here. What have they changed to more than double the price of the CLA 250, and do the changes justify the price? Let’s take one for a drive and find out.
The big selling point of this AMG product is the engine. The 2.0L 4-cylinder turbo engine makes 355 hp and 332 lb/ft of torque. If you are keeping score, that makes this engine the most powerful 4-cylinder production engine in the world.
The 2014 CLA45 AMG.
That gets transmitted to the road via an all-wheel drive system and a 7-speed dual clutch automatic transmission. The spec sheet reads like a high-end sports car, with space to haul kids and luggage around.
Standard safety features include a collision prevention system and an attention system to keep the driver alert. Other standard features include Bluetooth, a touch screen and rain sensing wipers.
Optional extras raise the price considerably. AMG performance seats add $3,750. A navigation system and rear-view camera adds $2,300. An additional $950 adds blind spot monitoring and a lane keeping system.
The dual exhaust and rear diffuser hint that this car is special.
We like the exterior looks of the CLA45. The roof line over the rear doors does make it difficult to climb in and out of, but the swollen fenders, rear diffuser and big bumper intakes make the car look as fast as it is.
It is fast and exciting. 60 miles per hour comes up in about 4.5 seconds. The exhaust makes a burping noise every time the car changes gear. Mash the go pedal and the wheels will struggle for traction.
The interior of the CLA45 AMG.
Unfortunately, the excitement doesn’t carry over to the interior. The touch screen for the COMMAND system looks like a Samsung Galaxy S5 gaffer taped to the dash. Red seatbelts hold you in place. For some the look might be sporty, but for us it’s a little tacky.
The seats are grippy, but not as comfortable as we’d want in a car driven every day. The suspension is also a bit stiff for daily driving. For $60,ooo we’d like to see an option for an adjustable suspension to make it more comfortable on the street.
The automatic transmission works fine in normal driving, but falls short if the driver controls it via the paddles on the steering wheel. When accelerating rapidly, there is a delay from pulling the paddle to when the shift actually occurs. On more than one occasion we hit the rev limiter while waiting for the car to decide to shift. In a performance oriented car, this is unacceptable.
With such power on tap, we’re surprised to see the CLA45 get 31 mpg on the highway. If you drive carefully you’ll get the economy of a normal car. But a car like this demands that you drive it quickly.
We walked away from our first drive with mixed emotions. We love the power, and we love that Mercedes-Benz allowed this type of project to go through. We also like the exterior design. The car sounds great when driven quickly, giving it its own unique character.
We don’t like the cramped rear seats or the red seatbelts. Mercedes-Benz needs to find a better way to integrate their COMMAND system screen in this vehicle. We’d also like to see an update to the transmission programming so that it’s as sporty as the car is.
It’s a fun car that’s flawed. But it does have it’s own character. Compared to the BMW M235i, we like that Mercedes gives us a back seat, even if it’s not that usable. Our biggest disappointment is ultimately the price. The car doesn’t feel premium enough for a $63,000 asking price.
Motor Review Fast Facts:
Manufacturer: Mercedes-Benz
Model: CLA45
Trim Package: CLA45 AMG
Fuel Economy: 31mpg city / 23mpg highway / 26mpg combined
Engine: 2.0L Turbo I4
Transmission: 7-speed Dual Clutch Automated Manual
Horsepower and Torque: 355hp and 332lbs/ft
Base Price: $47,450
Price as Tested: $63,815
Pros: Fast. Fuel economy.
Cons: Pricey once you add options you want.
Final Thoughts: Good first attempt, but we’d like to see it a bit cheaper.
Vehicle provided by manufacturer for review.
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From North American Networks, Social Movements and Civil Society
Message to North American leaders attending the V Summit of the Americas
We, the North American networks and organizations, members of the Hemispheric Social Alliance (and others) signing below- participants in the IV Peoples’ Summit of the Americas in Trinidad Tobago, during April 16-18, call for swift and dramatic actions from our governments. After having lived with and suffered the negative impacts of 15 years of NAFTA, we are concerned about the expansion to the rest of the Americas of the latest neo-liberal program: the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP).
Three aspects of the SPP that are of most concern include: a) heavily financed security and militarization components, b) an expansion of the model to the rest of the continent c) the surrendering of multiple issues belonging in public domain to corporate control.
For these reasons we are calling on Presidents Calderon (Mexico), Obama (U.S.) and Prime Minister Harper (Canada) to:
Conduct a fundamental reopening of the debate regarding the future of NAFTA, which includes broad representation of the most impacted sectors.
Close all of the working groups which have been carrying forward the work of the SPP, and terminate its expansion.
Announce that they will stop using and criminalizing migrants seeking a better life and will work to remove the root causes behind people abandoning their homes and lands.
Demilitarize the border between the U.S. and Mexico and bring down the wall.
Unite behind the imperative to recognize Cuba as a full diplomatic partner in the hemisphere.
Our governments need to recognize the depth and breadth of changes which are happening in the entire hemisphere. There is an urgent need for a changing of attitudes and actions of imposition. This could be demonstrated concretely by:
Stopping the implementation of all bilateral and regional FTAs, and the abrogation of all existing FTAs.
Beginning the process of immediately closing all U.S. military bases in the Americas.
Retiring the U.S. Fourth fleet for all time from the waters of the Americas.
Renouncing all ‘democracy building’ programs, whether done alone or in collaboration with other countries.
Giving primacy to environmental sustainability and protecting communities from being negatively impacted by mining and other mega projects.
Stopping the criminalization of social protest.
Respecting the human and labor rights of all peoples.
It is particularly preoccupying that the official declaration of the V Summit of the Americas makes scant reference to the economic crisis, despite the widespread and devastating impacts being felt by our peoples. These impacts are the result of the irresponsible behavior of a small group of speculators. Therefore, we demand swift action to change the rules of the global economic order and protect the most vulnerable among us.
Alliance for Responsible Trade (ART) United States (TT 868-462-0223)
Common Frontiers (Canada)
Quebec Network on Continental Integration (RQIC)
Mexican Action Network on Free Trade (RMALC)
Grassroots Global Justice
Campaña Sin Maíz no hay País
Sindicato Único de Trabajadores de la Industria Nuclear
Grassroots International
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McDonough Parkway @ SR 20 approved for traffic signal
The Henry County Board of Commissioners have approved a plan to keep the traffic signal at SR 20 / 81 and McDonough Parkway. The present-day signal was installed for only temporary use during three days of road closures along Jonesboro Road as part of the one-way pair project.
Henry County DOT and the county manager worked with Georgia DOT to leave the signal in place after the original short-term plan was realized. The city of McDonough will cover $50,000 of the expense, and the county will pay the remainder. Total signal costs will be $86,155. SPLOST IV funds in the McDonough Parkway account will be utilized.
The signal will remain in place until the State Route 20 widening project scheduled to break ground in 2021. The widening project has plans to convert the intersection into a two-lane roundabout.
The Henry County BOC has approved a $5.2 million dollar contract to begin construction on the southwest segment of the parkway. The project will build a new four lane roadway between Henry Parkway and state route 20.
For a full overview of the McDonough Parkway and future planned segments, visit the parkway page.
August 30, 2018 update: the article has been updated to reflect construction starting on the McDonough Parkway southwest segment.
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On London/Birdsong at the Comedy Theatre
I have fallen in love again. How refreshing though that it’s not a woman that is the focus of my affection, but a city. Like a woman, this city is indifferent to me, but unlike with women this vast, inexpressible indifference merely adds to the irresistible charm of the place. I like feeling insignificant and anonymous within its boundaries, in fact I positively relish the sense of oblivion. The hustle and bustle, the noise, the possibilities; it all submerges every little, trivial concern I might have. I drown in the ocean of seemingly limitless fuel for my imagination and oh how good it feels. To feel simultaneously satisfied that I am gradually gaining a geography of the place, whilst barely scratching the surface of what is really there, of all that’s on offer. Gorgeous girls galore, lines and lines of landmarks, tearaway taxis, bulging buses, teeming theatres, pulsing pavements and many marvellous museums; it’s all there. If variety is the spice of life then London has a hot twang I am acquiring a ravenous taste for.
But now I am worried, I do not have my next trip lined up, pencilled in the diary. I am hungry for the city and fear the withdrawal symptoms. Having only recently discovered the joys of walking the capital I crave the stroll crammed with sights and sounds. How can anything else compare? Things simply happen in London. And on such a majestic scale that it still feels like the centre of a world empire, still feels like a great, churning engine of commerce that could achieve so much. There’s so much to discover. I’m not one for shopping, unless it’s an awe inspiring jaunt through the grandeur of Harrods, not buying anything but soaking up my surroundings. And yet this weekend the scale of the shops in London surprised my senses and seduced me. Why I don’t know, I’ve always known they were there, been there before. But this time I found myself thinking how wonderful it would be to able to pop out from home, my own base, to these places, perhaps with one item in mind, only to leave with others you forgot you wanted or didn’t know you did. I could have spent hours and hours trawling through books, it seemed impossible that they would not have what you wanted and even if they didn’t there was bound to be at least three or four alternatives you’d never have thought of. You’d feel nervous about the state of your bank balance and a little guilty, but in an exciting way; how could life ever be boring? And in some places things were cheaper anyway! What am I still doing out in the dead limbs of the countryside, when everything gathers there at the heart of everything?
Of course I know this is naive and not everything about London is great. I felt pursued by Cafe Neros the whole weekend for example, to such an extent that my train even passed one of their out of town storage facilities. They seem to have an outpost on every street. It’s either them or Pret A Manger, or often both. And I know perhaps a prolonged stay might have me cursing the dirty grime and toil and danger of city life. But increasingly now, in what I would like to think of as my clearer moments, I am realising that “life is islands of ecstasy in an ocean of ennui”, as The Dice Man puts it, and London is the sort of place that the islands are more frequent. I mean for me at the moment simply a glimpse of the skyline is thrilling and I can’t imagine that thrill ever dying out completely. So I think I’ve decided as one of my life’s few certainties that I want to live in our glorious capital city, even if I must wait a few years: London is the goal.
Anyway onto the main event then, after the distracting diversion of my musings. I was in London yet again to see a stage adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’ successful novel Birdsong. It seemed appropriate that I would see this acclaimed First World War story dramatised a day before Remembrance Sunday, but insensitively inappropriate, if only in a trivial way, that the home of the production was the Comedy Theatre on Panton Street, just around the corner from Trafalgar Square. Whilst there were moments of comedy in Birdsong this was hardly stand-up and the key overarching themes were mainly grim and immensely serious. Nevertheless I swallowed my grievances about the suitability of the theatre and purchased a programme.
Perusing it prior to the start of the play I was intrigued by the sensitive artwork and pleasantly surprised to recognise a number of the performers. I knew Ben Barnes, of Prince Caspian fame, was playing central character Stephen Wraysford but couldn’t really care less about his previous body of work. However Nicholas Farrell has an impressive stage, film and TV CV. I think it was predominantly Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet that I recognised him from, in which he played Horatio. But he’d also been in Torchwood and Spooks. Spooks is one of my favourite series, not least because of its endless vistas of a glamorous London, and I was delighted to find that Isabelle Azaire, the main female love interest of Stephen, would be played by Genevieve O’Reilly, who played a double crossing CIA agent in the last series, working for a shadowy secret organisation and seducing MI5 officers with sultry American tones. The other most recognisable face was that of Lee Ross, playing the role of vital sapper character Jack Firebrace, whose credits included Eastenders and The Catherine Tate Show.
I did have slight misgivings about the fact that Farrell would play both cruel, unloving French husband Rene Azaire in the early scenes and Captain Gray later on, just as Iain Mitchell would play both the insufferable French oath Berard and then the insufferable English oath Colonel Barclay. But both actors produced such accomplished performances that I was willing to overlook this choice of economy. In fact in my view Farrell’s experience clearly showed and he was the highlight of the play in terms of quality acting. I had wondered if the performers would adopt French accents for the French scenes but was relieved they did not, with Farrell differentiating between his two characters sufficiently with a well executed Scottish accent for Captain Gray. The fact that everyone was speaking English in France was dealt with as matter-of-factly and skilfully as in the novel, with one of the characters remarking at some point that Stephen’s French was excellent, for which he thanked them.
I had always liked the novel by Faulks. In fact at the time I had first read it I was enthralled by it. A friend of mine remarked the other day that it had felt too much like a novel and I know what she means. It feels terribly contrived at times and is riddled with cliché and the play does not get away with them so well. I really should have re-read the book in order to properly critique the play and also in order to recall whether or not it was truly as good as I remember. Perhaps I was simply seduced by the period as the war fascinates me, as well as the romance, I’m a hopeless romantic. But from memory I know that the narrative sucked you into Stephen’s predicament so you felt strong ties with him. What I liked was the way the powerful and passionate love scenes early on gave Stephen a back-story and purpose that differentiated him from the usual heroes of the trenches. The book is rich with incident and historical detail but is not overloaded with it; here I disagree with my friend. I have read historical fiction that makes a fetish of research, David Mitchell’s latest The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet did it for long periods, but Birdsong did not. In Birdsong the focus was the emotional and timeless themes of humanity.
Some of the most affecting and accurate of these themes are difficult to express in words on a page, let alone dramatically on stage. There’s no doubt that a lot of what is good from the novel does not successfully transfer and the shame for the play is that Rachel Wagstaff tries to convey Stephen’s motivations and musings poorly. Neither Wagstaff’s writing nor Ben Barnes’ acting is up to the long passages in which Stephen is supposedly composing thoughts for his diary, alone at the front of the stage. Much of the first act, in which Stephen falls for the married Isabelle, is driven by his private reflections. Of course it was always going to be impossible to transform the explicit, erotic sex scenes of the novel to the stage without creating a very different type of production altogether, but for the entire first act you can sense Wagstaff wrestling with the dilemma of how to convey the intensity of Stephen’s love adequately, knowing how vital it is to the events that follow. Somehow in the novel you get caught up and follow Stephen along, not questioning whether this is just seedy, passionate lust or misguided youthful emotions. In the play though when Barnes says “I love you and I always will”, each time it sounds childish and clichéd and I would find myself agreeing with my friend more and more. Barnes just seemed far too smitten in a sickening sense, rather than a stirring, moving one.
In the programme I found that Wagstaff’s first play had been called The Soldier and was set in 1915. So she was on more familiar ground in act two when the action jumps forward to The Somme in 1916 and a wartime setting. It’s disappointing that someone could not have done a better job of act one though as I know how riveted and gripped by it I was in the book and genuinely despondent to find the action skip so far ahead. And caring about the love story becomes so crucial later on. Nevertheless I am making it sound worse than it was. Despite the clunky awkwardness of Barnes’ soliloquy like sections at times, the actual scenes were passable to good, if lacking the emotional power (and erotic excitement) of the novel. And act two was a considerable improvement, despite the tedious diary format continuing, only this time with working class lad Jack Firebrace’s toned down, simpler reflections on things and letters back home. Generally though the camaraderie of the front Wagstaff captures well, with the humour of jolly idiot Berard in act one replaced by male banter and the idiocy of officers.
Another friend of mine, this one a fellow fan of Birdsong, was eager to hear how the tunnels were reproduced on stage. For this was another unique feature of Birdsong’s take on the war: action in the competing tunnels both sides dug out beneath no man’s land for various reasons. There were communication tunnels, fighting tunnels and explosive tunnels for blowing up the enemy from below. Birdsong has nearly been made into a film several times and I always thought that the claustrophobic, atmospheric scenes in tunnels, particularly the shoot-out, would make dramatic action set pieces. And so they did on stage too. Much of the effect of being underground was created through lighting, with blackness enveloping the stage besides gentle amber glows at the front. The rest was done by a low overhanging wall that came about half-way down the stage. The actors would then crawl beneath this, before emerging into the front of the stage, further along the tunnel where you could stand. Then for the fight with German soldiers, when two tunnels found each other, dust poured out along with sounds of an explosion. The Germans emerged stunned and surprised, brandishing pistols at the elevated rear of the stage, looking down on the Brit characters at the front. Shots that smash your ear drums were fired and an even louder, brighter grenade thrown. I had never seen such exciting scenes on stage.
But then I’m still a relative newcomer to theatre. I now have the inclination to discover more of it (particularly the charm and sophistication of Shakespeare) but it’s a world that was mostly cut off to me whilst growing up. Edging my way to my seat was still an act of deft, death defying balance as far I’m concerned. This is not me moaning though; I absolutely love the look and feel of the theatre. Just to know the building oozed history compared to the local multiplex was so interesting and fascinating to me. And even my balcony seat, when suitably armed with £1 binoculars, was the best of both worlds; broad overview of everything coupled with close-ups.
In the final act Birdsong came into its own. Even Barnes, who had struggled to convince me he had the required acting heft to play Wraysford, upped his game a gear. It was now that I remembered how this portion of the novel was the most moving and the play benefitted considerably from ditching the unnecessary modern day section of the novel, which seemed to be there simply to reflect Faulks’ own experiences in researching the book. Faulks and Wagstaff had both been heavily dependent on the diaries of soldiers in their writing process, but the difference was Faulks had interweaved his research in a different, rich style, whereas Wagstaff had actually simply used the diary device in her drama; it seemed unimaginative and unable to truly engage the audience. In this final chunk of the play the lonely speeches at the front of the stage were ditched almost completely and when they were used they worked much better. There was also more time on stage for both Jeanne and Stephen, who had a connection I did not recall from the novels but was intriguing. Jeanne was wonderfully played by Zoe Waites. She seemed strongly drawn to Stephen, desperate to share her sister’s secret with him to ease his gloomy woe but too loyal to break her promise.
Then there were the big climatic scenes: a reunion between Stephen and Isabelle and a claustrophobic collapse that imprisons Jack and Stephen in the tunnels. I wish I could remember the novel better, as I have a feeling there were changes, particularly as I remember a bird being used in the tunnel and Stephen’s phobia manifesting itself down there. Generally though this theme was dealt with well, with some nice dialogue between Stephen and Jeanne when she tries to lift him from depression and they debate the merits and evils of Birdsong. The scene in which Stephen sees Isabelle again was so moving, far more so than the joyous larking about of the early affair by the river and despite these scenes not completely convincing me. I was so affected by the speeches about love, even with some corny, cheesy lines, that I had to rush to the toilet when the play had finished and dispatch a rash text to the one I love in vain; my equivalent of a drunken splurge of affection, so intoxicated was I by the drama that I simply had to tell her I loved her, it was all that mattered. The effect this scene had on me somewhat overshadowed the final scenes with Jack in the tunnel and the rescue and the end of the war. But these were also well done. I was so relieved the play ended on a high and overall there’s no doubt that it was a quality production, if a little flawed at times. From my recollections of the novel though it was never going to surpass its brilliance, merely echo it and be good in different ways.
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August 3, 2010 Mike Villarreal
Yoga Flame! Interview with the Creator of the Prometheus Device
Fire, for years man have struggled with its fascination and stupidity over the dangerous element. Numerous videos can be found on Youtube of some stupid guy who filled a Super Soaker with gasoline and used it to make a half-ass flamethrower. Luckily there are a few poeple that are far more smarter than that. Everett Bradford has made internet fame over the Youtube video demonstration of his arm-mounted flamethrower, the Prometheus Device. We got a chance to talk with the man that made something straight out of the X-Men comic books and asked him how he came up with the idea?
“I thought of it so long ago that I can’t really remember when I initially came up with it. Obliviously it was inspired by Pyro from X-Men at some point but I may have come up with it out of nowhere and just said hey it’s just like Pyro. So actually I’m not even sure.[laughs] The idea just came up as a really cool costume prop or just a really cool effect.”
Nerd Reactor: So have you actually taken the Prometheus Device out with you on Halloween?
Everett Bradford: Yeah I did last Halloween.
What is the response you get from people on the street? Do they walk up to you and are like “Woah“, or do they just run away screaming? [laughs]
Well it goes both ways, I went to a party with it last Halloween and I threw together a quick costume to look a little bit like Pyro with the yellow hair and the red and yellow clothes and it was a mix reception at the party. The people whose house it was were really not happy about there being fire inside [laughs]. Some other people, people I didn’t even know, came up to me and were like, “Hey, your Everett Bradford, you did that thing on the internet.”
Do you ever get requests from fans like, “Hey, can you do a Hadouken or a Kamahamaha?”
Yeah I got a lot of those on Youtube but not in person [laughs].
How long did the whole process of trying to create the Prometheus Device take, because it is now in its third design?
I started the first one in April of 2008 and that one was pretty quick and it was really simple. I had decided it would be a full project to actually motivate myself to get it done because I had been toying with the idea for a while at that point, and it only took a week or two. Then I didn’t do anything with it for a while. Version 2 I did a lot of work on it over the summer of 2008. Version 3 I did a lot sketches and testes out some ideas, building up little pieces of it, just to see how things worked over about 6 months. After that I pretty much had the idea solidified and spent about 2 months just building and going all out every time I got the chance to get down to my workbench.
You went to school for engineering, what were some of the reactions from some of your fellow students when you showed them what you had created?
It got quite a reaction when I presented it for the class I did it for. I wore it on and I put up the original Youtube video where I was talking about the mechanisms because it was a mechanisms course. So I showed the video and then I stopped the video and everyone was kind of like “oh my god that’s what that thing is that he’s been wearing.” [laughs] Then I just fired it up and then the professor said “Okay okay that is enough.” [laughs]
Then I turned it down and sat down but it did get a pretty good reaction.
What did your parents think of it when you told them you created a flamethrower?
I may have told them when it went up on Hack-A-Day, but my dad always emails me because he will just come across it on some corner of the internet every once in a while.
So I was talking to one of my friends and it’s really hazy and I’m not sure if it is true but apparently flamethrowers are not illegal?
I have no idea but I don’t think technically the Prometheus Device is a flamethrower.
Well at least you haven’t gotten arrested yet. [laughs]
Well yeah I make sure to be careful not to do anything that is really significantly endangering anybody. But I did make the deliberate decision to use liquid fuel because that’s where you get into really extremely dangerous situations. I don’t know where any law would define a flamethrower but I think that is a basic element of it, because to be a weapon, it would really need to be a liquid fuel that it could project.
So I’ve noticed some videos of other people showing their own Prometheus Device on Youtube, have you seen these videos? There is this one video where the kid in it looked 12, does that at all make you nervous?
Those copies that I have seen don’t really make me all that nervous because the fuel source that they’re using is the same I used in version 2, which is the little butane refill canisters, and those are fairly safe. Those are really no more dangerous to somebody hurting themselves then if they had a campfire and pulled a stick out that was on fire. The real danger would be them setting something else on fire with it, it’s really no different if they had a barbecue lighter. To be honest, the butane flame is relatively on the cold side and when using these canisters the gas comes out as a boiling liquid but it’s actually freezing cold. I mean I’ve burn my hand but it was very minor and it really doesn’t do any permanent damage at all. I think the worst these guys will do is singe their eyebrows off.
Have you at all been contacted by any companies or investors interested in the Prometheus Device?
Actually, I’ve been contacted by countless people on Youtube saying “Hey that’s awesome. I’ll pay you any amount of money for that.” I usually say okay and add up all my hours, cost of parts and this is what it will be, and they usually say well that’s way too much.
You know the worst case scenario of that is someday your watching the news and you see a news report saying, “Man robs bank with arm-mounted flamethrower.” [laughs]
[Laughs] Yeah, but I’ve also been contacted by some companies that were interested in it and I explained it to them that, as far as I could tell, there’s really no marketing opportunity for it because it’s so inherently dangerous and there is really no legitimate use for it other than visual effects for a costume or something. But I’ve actually recently been talking to some people who wanted to use it for a film prop and then some other people wanted to use it for live performances.
So what is next for the Prometheus Device? Are you done with it or do you plan to updgrade it even more?
Well I’m done with that particular model but I think it was a big step in the right direction. What I was really going for over version 2 was to improve the controls. The problem with version 2 was that it was just impossible to get it to do exactly what you wanted. It was very finicky with the gas flow and I tried to make it as automated as possible. I haven’t really done anything with it since last October but I have been putting together ideas from what I have learned from building the last model. So I think I’ll probably eventually put together something else, especially if one of these contracts pan out, and if somebody wants to buy it for a film prop or for performance use, I’ll definitely put some more work into it and build another version.
So obviously you’re a fan of comic books right?
[laughs] I get a lot of people saying “Oh you must really love the X-Men,” and to be honest, I’m not really a big comic book fan, I just kind of had the idea and said, “Hey, that’s a lot like Pyro from the X-Men,” which I got from the movie.
[laughs] You just shattered some nerd’s dream, but you like comic book movies?
So what would you say is your favorite comic book movie?
I’d have to say The Dark Knight.
Well I have to say the Prometheus Device is an amazing invention and I totally wish I had one.
Yeah well the consolation is when you do have have one, you will realize that it just sits in your garage and you’ll never take it out ever [laughs]
Well I just wanted to say thank you for taking your time out to talk to us at Nerd Reactor.
Sure no problem.
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