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Dhaka, Bangladesh: Land Suspended in Water
Built on a clay mound and surrounded by three rivers, Dhaka, Bangladesh is home to one of the densest populations in the world. ©KieranTimberlake
Partner Stephen Kieran was a guest earlier this month on the Leonard Lopate Show on WNYC, New York City's NPR station. Focusing on his work with fellow partner James Timberlake on the Dhaka Design-Research Laboratory, Kieran discussed the challenges facing the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh, as well as the book inspired by their research, Alluvium: Dhaka, Bangladesh, in the Crossroads of Water.
Home to a population three times as dense as Manhattan and built on a constantly changing floodplain, Dhaka is one of the most extreme cities on earth. Kieran and Timberlake have been working with the University of Pennsylvania School of Design for nearly a decade in a research design studio that studies the relationship between the people of Dhaka and the various waterways that connect the city. Their research has culminated in their book Alluvium.
When asked about the book's title, Kieran stated that "we in the U.S. really think of land and water as very separate things. [Bangladeshis] as people don't have a sense of the otherness or separateness between land and water. They think of the two as one in the same. Hence the term "alluvium," which is land suspended in water."
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Understanding Place: Seven Years of Researching in Dhaka, Bangladesh
A mind map animation was featured in the exhibit. Mind maps reveal where actions will have reactions, suggesting a network of possible points of intervention.
Associate Professor Naomi Frangos from the New York Institute of Technology's School of Architecture and Design recently invited Partner Stephen Kieran to speak about KieranTimberlake's ethic of improvement and the ways in which it leads to invention and innovation. Kieran discussed the tactics used to give rise to empathetic planning and design, citing examples from the firm's practice as well as from his work with fellow partner James Timberlake on the Dhaka Design-Research Laboratory.
The Dhaka Design-Research Laboratory is a cross-disciplinary design studio held at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Design. Through intensive research and annual visits, the studio seeks new ways to stimulate relevant design interventions, and to model a research-based approach for urban planning in both the developing and the developed worlds.
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Renovations Begin at LOVE Park
City and Fairmount Park Conservancy officials break ground at LOVE Park, beginning a year-long renovation process. ©KieranTimberlake
The much-anticipated renovations at Philadelphia's LOVE Park officially began last month with a groundbreaking ceremony. Attended by Mayor Jim Kenney along with other city officials, the ceremony marks the start of the year-long upgrading process that will temporarily close the park. During construction, however, the beloved LOVE statue by Robert Indiana will still be available for residents and visitors to enjoy at Dilworth Park, another KieranTimberlake project that was completed this past summer.
Once completed, the redesigned LOVE Park will be include a new fountain, a café, and additional green space. The existing and iconic features of the park, such as the "Flying Saucer" Welcome Center, will receive energy-efficient updates while becoming ADA accessible.
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“A Bold New Vision for LOVE Park” by Inga Saffron, Philadelphia Inquirer
“Designers Show Saucer Some Love” by Ashley Hahn, PlanPhilly
“The Saucer and the Fountain(s) Will Live On at the New Love Park” by James Jennings, Philadelphia Magazine
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A racing start into the new year for Burlington
FirstRun, a 5K race sponsored by RunVermont, set off from Memorial Auditorium around 11 a.m. Wednesday, with a throng that filled South Union Street. Many were in costume, several hundred people strong.
A racing start into the new year for Burlington FirstRun, a 5K race sponsored by RunVermont, set off from Memorial Auditorium around 11 a.m. Wednesday, with a throng that filled South Union Street. Many were in costume, several hundred people strong. Check out this story on burlingtonfreepress.com: http://bfpne.ws/1cmLbtU
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Like many glorious Vermont traditions, this one started small and earnest ... and then got bigger and nuttier.
And some were maybe not so strong, at least as they awaited the start.
“Not feeling too good,” admitted Heidi Charles, 20, as she stood in the auditorium’s annex. “Long night.”
She said she had signed up about a month ago. Before she knew better, a sympathetic observer pointed out.
Her companion, Peter Boguszewski, 20, said that he wasn’t feeling too wonderful either, but that the run might do him some good. “Get the blood pumping,” he said hopefully.
The initial FirstRun, 26 years ago, drew about 100 participants, said Jess Cover, of RunVermont. In recent years, the turnout has usually been 700 or 800, and the showing was somewhere in that neighborhood Wednesday despite the moderate frigidity — about 17 degrees. The fee was $19, and participants could also make donations to the warmth program of the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity. The event was coupled to a food drive, too.
This year’s participants included a famous Vermont couple, Holly Peterbaugh and Lois Farnham, pathbreaking litigants and the first to celebrate their civil union in a church (July 1, 2000). This was Peterbaugh’s first FirstRun, and she expected to do it behind her walker. She said she’d always liked to run but now puts herself in the “mobility challenged” category.
Nearby stood three women who have been doing Spartan competitions (that’s a kind of obstacle race). Why were they here?
“We’re crazy,” said Lynan May, of South Burlington.
This was to be something like a training run, said her companions, Randi Sanville of South Burlington and Sharon King of Cambridge.
Costumes are encouraged for this 5K. Someone ran as a Superwoman, someone else as a sunflower, yadda yadda.
The race wasn’t entirely frivolous, given that someone went to the trouble of timing it. After the race, the names and times of 400 runners were posted on annex’s east wall.
The top male and female finishers have something in common. John Stanton-Geddes (15:59, 1st place) and Christine Hagan (18:45, 13th place) are both 32-year-old Burlingtonians.
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Burlington, VT – Mayor Miro Weinberger today released the following statement in response to the shooting in Burlington on Monday, February 26, 2018:
“I was deeply troubled to learn of this early morning’s shooting, and have been in touch with Chief del Pozo as the investigation of the incident has continued. The suspect, who has ties to drug trafficking in Vermont, and who was intoxicated at the time of the event, is now in custody. I am grateful for the rapid response of the Burlington Police officers who ran toward the sound of gunfire and immediately apprehended the alleged shooter, and for the quick response of the Burlington Fire Department, which provided emergency medical support to the victim. My thoughts are with the victim of the shooting, the victim’s family, and all those impacted by this violence.
“This act of violence, though rare in Burlington, is intolerable. This morning’s event is a reminder of the importance of Burlington’s own efforts to protect its residents from gun violence. Several years ago, Burlington voters voted overwhelmingly in support of a charter change that would prohibit guns in bars, a commonsense measure that has languished in Montpelier ever since, despite repeated advocacy for it from Burlington’s elected representatives in the City and in the Legislature.
“Last week, Governor Scott and State legislators demonstrated leadership by taking new, much-needed steps toward commonsense gun reform. As Montpelier considers a broad array of new reforms, statewide prohibition of guns from bars should be considered. At the time of the City’s last testimony to the House Government Operations Committee, such prohibitions were the law in 16 states, including rural states such as Alaska, Texas, Wyoming, and North Dakota. Guns and alcohol don’t mix well. I urge State leaders to look carefully at crafting comparable legislation for Vermont to make shootings like the one that happened in Burlington early this morning less likely.”
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Discovery Chiropractic welcomes Dr. Sarah Shepherd to its team at 1241 Dogwood Street. Dr. Shepherd is a recent graduate and member of the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association.
River City Medical Clinic congratulates Dr. Shiubong Wong on completing his residency with the UBC Strathcona Family Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Wong joining the River City team as a full-time, full-service family physician. River City Medical Clinic is at 1424 Island Highway.
Bill Howich Chrysler announces that Ron May is its top salesperson of the month for the dealership at 2777 North Island Highway. Norm Potoski was named top salesperson of the month for Bill Howich RV & Marine at 1632 Coulter Road.
Campbell River Fire Chief Thomas Doherty was recently presented with a Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal by Campbell River Mayor Andy Adams in recognition of his 30 years of fire protection.
The first ever North Island Craft Beer Festival will be held at the Campbell River Community Centre on November 23rd from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Currently there about 14 breweries from all over the Island registered to show off their brews at the event and Campbell River Golf and Country Club will be catering the event.
The Holiday Inn & Suites at 2200 Cliffe Avenue in Courtenay is now operating as Bayview Hotel Group Ltd. The hotel remains under the same ownership and management team.
Central Builders Home Hardware is celebrating its 95th anniversary at 610 Anderton Avenue in Courtenay.
The Comox Valley Chamber of Commerce celebrated its 100th anniversary on September 28th at Native Sons Hall.
Huckleberry’s Fabrics Inc held a celebration for its 25th birthday on September 30th at its store at 1930 Ryan Road East in Comox. The shop carries a wide range of quilting cottons, batting, notions books and patterns.
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Beachcombers Academy has appointed Roy Sakata as the school’s new principal. Sakata has 40 years of experience in education as a teacher and principal and has served with the BC Ministry of Education inspection team for five years. Beachcombers Academy is in its 10th year of operation and offers preschool to Grade 7 education. The academy is operated by Beachcombers Education Society, a registered non-profit.
Dr. Leo C Johnson Dental Health Centre announced that its sister office Comox Avenue Dental Centre will be joining the company effective September 28th. In addition, the practice will change its name to Comox Avenue Dental. Comox Avenue Dental Centre will be providing the same service in its new location at 1842 Comox Avenue.
Paul Healey has stepped down as chair of the board of the Union Bay Improvement District. A replacement has not yet been named for the post.
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Courtenay Kia welcomes Glenice Neal to its team at 1025A Comox Road in Courtenay.
Natalee Rhodes has opened Generations Laser for business in downtown Courtenay at 255 6th Street. The shop’s services include esthetics for skin health, brows and lashes and more, as well as laser for a range of skin conditions and hair removal.
Congratulates to Richard Caissie on being the top salesperson of the month for Galaxy Motors Courtenay at 605 Crown Isle Boulevard.
RE/MAX Ocean Pacific Realty welcomes Andy Campbell to its team of real estate professionals at 2230A Cliffe Avenue in Courtenay.
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Lentelus Farms Stand is a new farm stand located at 1300 Comox Road. The stand sells produce like squash, garlic, salad greens, corn, tomatoes and more, alongside meats raised on the farm including chicken, lamb and pork.
Doug DeMarzo has been appointed the new general manager of community services at the Comox Valley Regional District. DeMarzo has over 10 years of experience leading teams in Victoria and has been managing the parks system at the CVRD since 2014.
Two Eagles Lodge Bed & Breakfast is the recipient of the 2019 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence for the ninth consecutive year. The award celebrates lodgings that have earned great traveler reviews on TripAdvisor over the past year.
A new BC Cannabis Store has opened for business at 2A – 759 Ryan Road in the Washington Park Shopping Centre in Courtenay. The shop offers dry bud and oils as well as vaporizers, pipes and other accessories.
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Australia warns India of sham marriage visa scams after busting Sydney-based racket
Nearly three lakh Indians migrated and settled in Australia between 2000 and 2016, according to latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics
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Nearly three lakh Indians migrated and settled in Australia between 2000 and 2016, according to latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. So it stands to reason that visa scams are plentiful, too. Yesterday, the Australian High Commission in the country cautioned Indian nationals planning to shift to Australia against organised contrived marriage scams targeting South Asians.
The warning came after Australian Border Force (ABF) shut down a contrived marriages syndicate operating out of Sydney, with a 32-year-old Indian national facing court over his alleged role as the main facilitator. Four Australian citizens are also facing charges of convincing individuals to fraudulently marry non-citizens seeking to obtain permanent residency, the Australian High Commission in the national capital said on Monday.
In a statement titled 'warning about fake marriage scams', the High Commission said the long-running operation by the ABF had resulted in 164 foreign nationals having their applications for a "partner visa" refused after they were linked to the syndicate.
"None of the participants in this scam obtained permanent residency," read the statement. "Some of these clients paid significant amounts of money, for no immigration outcome. While contrived marriages are not unique to any one nationality, this particular syndicate was attempting to illegally facilitate fake marriages with non-citizens in the South Asian community."
According to ABF Acting Investigations Commander Clinton Sims, such syndicates undermine the integrity of Australia's visa programme and exploit desperate individuals. In fact, as the High Commission in Delhi noted, these types of scams generally target vulnerable young Australian women, many of whom come from disadvantaged and low socio-economic backgrounds.
"Many of the women involved in these scams have suffered a history of substance abuse, family violence and financial hardship, and are lured in with promises of substantial payments," Sims told The Times of India. "Protecting the integrity of the visa system is an operational priority for the ABF and anyone found to be involved in or facilitating sham marriages should expect to be investigated and face criminal prosecution. Registered agents and marriage celebrants also face losing their registration."
The daily added that the ABF has also been successful in combating contrived marriages in Victoria, with one individual being sentenced to six months imprisonment for fraud offences against the Migration Act.
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What a year 2018 was! GDPR enforcement took effect, Amazon continued its aggressive expansion, Microsoft overtook Apple as the most valuable company in the world, Fortnite ushered in a new era in Gaming and eSports, Burger King trolled McDonald’s and earned a #1 spot in the App Store and so much more.
Now that 2018 is behind us, there’s no better time to reflect on the year we’ve had and look ahead at what’s to come in 2019. That’s why we’ve curated Braze Magazine: The Predictions Issue. In this issue you’ll find:
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The year abroad was a fantastic experience; it really opened my eyes to the wider world and afforded me a fantastic opportunity to experience a culture very different from my own
Matthew Loten was impressed by the enthusiasm of previous students at Open Day, the wide variety of modules and the department’s track record.
Having studied French, German, Japanese and Latin at various stages of my compulsory education, I settled on Japanese as I enjoyed it a great deal. I applied to Brookes and was offered a place on the Japanese Studies course, starting 2009.
Living in Oxford was a huge draw, but I was also very impressed by the enthusiasm for the course that previous students displayed when I was at the Brookes’ Open Day. The fact that Brookes had a wide variety of cultural, social and historically based modules and that the department had an impressive track record in terms of rankings was quite important when I was making my decision.
Whilst I came primarily to learn the Japanese language, the cultural modules that I have taken have kindled a greater interest in the history of Japan, its religions, its cinema, and more. Of course the year abroad was also a fantastic experience; it really opened my eyes to the wider world and afforded me a fantastic opportunity to experience a culture very different from my own, and exchange views and ideas with people raised with different ideals, philosophies on life and views of the world at large.
I adore Oxford as a city and its cultural and historical heritage. It really is a student town with a relaxed and eclectic atmosphere. Even if I move away after graduation, I will always be proud to say I was able to spend 3 years of my life in such a wonderful city. As a student city I have found the atmosphere very conducive to studying, and the history that comes with it an inspiration at times.
I am still undecided with regards my future plans, but I do hope to continue using and improving my Japanese and my knowledge of Japan in general. The skills that I learnt at Brookes will prove valuable no matter what direction my choice of career takes, but the independence I gained on my year abroad in particular, I believe, will stand me in great stead following graduation.
Having a modern language under my belt at a time when so few British students are choosing to study languages to an advanced level can in my opinion only prove beneficial. As mentioned the personal growth brought about by my year abroad will, I believe, make me a better prospective employee.
I do think that many of the Japanese department lecturers are fantastic at what they do, but in particular John Lo Breglio and Alexander Jacoby have proven exceptionally inspirational on a personal level. John’s true academic approach to teaching and motivating students is one of the key factors behind my desire to study hard and achieve at University, and Alex’s encouragement, interesting lectures and analytical seminars have certainly helped me not only improve as a student, but have also provided me with the enthusiasm to keep improving.
I have joined the Brookes Japanese Society every year so far, and have made some of my closest friends through the Society, including forging some international ties that I’m sure will last for years to come.
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The world is still reeling from the latest episode of Game of Thrones.
Season 8 episode 4 was one of the most ambitious projects which the showrunners had ever undertaken.
The Long Night marked the longest run time for any episode in the entire series and the Battle of Winterfell was one of the most action-packed and chaotic war sequences.
There was a tonne of surprises, some genuinely breathtaking visuals and some of the most nail-biting moments from the entire show.
However, while the episode has been getting showered with praise, it's easy to forget just how much effort goes into shooting shows, and battles like this.
But that will all change after you watch this incredible 40-minute making-of documentary which lifts the lid on how The Long Night came together.
The documentary features interviews with the cast and crew as well as tonnes of behind the scenes footage which helps to give a real insight into the scale of the project.
The behind the scenes look also give us a glimpse at the rigorous training routine many of the actors and stunt team go through to pull off certain scenes, while also getting an in-depth look at the work the make-up and prosthetics team do that helped to bring the terrifying army of the dead to life.
Director Miguel Sapochnik also lifts the lid on some of the complexities of the techniques and secrets used to bring the various fight sequences to life.
Sapochnik is also the man behind other Game of Thrones classic battles including season 5's Hardhome and season 6's iconic Battle of the Bastards.
He was also at the helm of the fifth episode for this season so you can bet that episode five will probably feature a battle in some shape or form.
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Hillary Clinton did not say that in a speech at Goldman Sachs. It's from a fake news website.
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Posted on October 7, 2016, at 11:50 p.m. ET
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Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks at a voter registration Pennsylvania October 4.
A fake transcript that purports to be from a paid speech Hillary Clinton gave to Goldman Sachs is circulating on Twitter and has been picked up by conservative websites and by Megyn Kelly's show on Fox News.
More than 2,000 emails belonging to Hillary Clinton campaign chair John Podesta were released by WikiLeaks on Friday. In that cache of documents were details of paid speeches Clinton gave to Goldman Sachs and other financial firms. But they were not full transcripts.
Within hours of those documents going online, though, a fake transcript began making the rounds. It includes a section where Clinton supposedly refers to "a collection of generally under-represented, low social capital individuals" as a "bucket of losers."
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Accounts that identify as Trump supporters are highlighting the phrase as they share the transcript.
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But this fake transcript has actually been online since at least October 2 — five days before the WikiLeaks release. It was published by the totally dubious site RealTrueNews.org.
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The site also published fakes slides to go with the invented transcript. This one talks about "Narcissistic-Millennials" as a voting group.
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Even though the transcript is clearly a hoax, it continues to spread on Twitter and was featured on a segment on Megyn Kelly's Fox News show. She later aired an apology for spreading the hoax.
Right wing news site True Pundit published a story that treated the transcript as real, as did InfoWars.
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Oct. 09, 2016, at 02:15 AM
Added video and links to the Megyn Kelly segment, and a link to an InfoWars article.
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The names – if not the feet and faces – of some of the greatest footballers in history will be on display at a small stadium in Hampshire this season, thanks to an unusual sponsorship deal.
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What football fan hasn’t sat down in front of an Xbox or PlayStation and assembled a dream team of footballing “galacticos”?
No need for tactical acumen: the combined skills of the players at your disposal guarantee victory over even the most sophisticated opponents. A win-win, in every sense.
Well, if you’re in the vicinity of the Rushmoor community stadium (now renamed Paddy Power Park) in Farnborough this weekend, you can see your gaming fantasies become reality.
That’s because from this Saturday, when Conference South outfit Farnborough FC open their season with a home fixture against Chelmsford City, the shirts on display will carry the names of Pele, Maradona, George Best, Lionel Messi and a host of other footballing legends .
Not convinced? Then just cast your eye over the club website’s squad list for the season: Gordon Banks, Roberto Carlos, Lothar Matthaus, Paolo Maldini, Alan Hansen, Cafu, Bobby Moore, Franz Beckenbauer… You get the idea.
‘Six-figure sponsorship’
As readers may have gathered from a brief calculation of some of those players’ ages, Farnborough’s footballers are not actually the same as their illustrious namesakes.
In a publicity stunt that has already secured Farnborough FC what their website suggests is a “significant” six-figure sponsorship deal with betting giant Paddy Power, the entire squad, including manager (“Jose Mourinho“, but Spencer Day in a former incarnation), have changed their names by deed poll.
The club were up to having a bit of fun with the sponsorship. Paddy Power spokesperson
So where last season the team’s strike force rejoiced under the names Daniel Bennett and Elvis Hammond, it’s been replaced for the 2013-14 campaign by, respectively, Messi and Pele.
And a midfield made up previously of Reece Jones, Stephen Laidler and Scott Donnelly is now represented by an all-time great British threesome comprising George Best, Paul Gascoigne and David Beckham.
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Paddy Power confirmed that the company’s sponsorship deal with the club had been dependent on the players changing their names.
A spokesperson told Channel 4 News: “At Paddy Power we hope to do things in a fun, entertaining sort of way, and the club were up for having a bit of fun with the sponsorship.”
The Farnborough team’s playing abilities are a world apart from those of their namesakes. Paul Trenter, Farnborough FC Facebook administrator
She said that the players had actually chosen the names of their footballing heroes. “Scott Donnelly is a great example of someone who really wanted to play as David Beckham because Beckham has always been his hero.”
Paul Trenter, who runs the Farnborough FC Facebook page, appeared relieved about the sponsorship deal. “Farnborough Town, the old club, went bust in 2007, so most of the fans have already seen their club go under,” he told Channel 4 News.
“It was getting close to seeing the same situation again. So just being able to watch football at the ground this season is a bit of a weight off supporters’ shoulders.”
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And what about the possibility of team members actually assuming the skills of their better-known counterparts? Will Daniel “Messi” Bennett spend the next season confounding Conference South defenders in the manner of the Nou Camp maestro?
“We would certainly hope the names inspire them to a bit of greatness,” said Paddy Power.
Paul Trenter agrees. “Aside from playing in their positions, the Farnborough team’s playing abilities are a world apart from those of their namesakes.
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What do you think is unique about AustralianSuper?
AustralianSuper’s size, scale and trusted brand make it unique in the financial services landscape in Australia. The Fund is able to leverage its scale to access investment opportunities for members that other funds may not be able to. This has helped to build a strong, diversified portfolio that is well placed to help deliver members their best possible retirement outcome.
Underpinning this is the ethos that every action we take and decision we make is done through the prism of one simple question: is this in the best interest of our members?
From your perspective, what are the most important trends shaping the superannuation industry at the moment?
Without doubt the most important trends relate to the reforms coming out of the Productivity Commission’s report into super and also the Hayne Royal Commission. The Productivity Commission found that while the vast majority of people were being well served by the superannuation sector there are still far too many people in funds that are underperforming. No working Australian should be in an underperforming fund and I think that we will see significant steps to address this in the near future. Certainly, APRA’s recent decision to produce ‘heat maps’ of each MySuper fund is a move in the right direction, but we’d like to see this approach applied to all superannuation products.
The other major trend at the moment is the flow of funds into the profit-for-member sector. The Royal Commission highlighted the importance of people choosing funds that have a long and demonstrated commitment to acting only in members’ best interests.
Some other major trends centre on the Protecting Your Super reforms that took effect from July 2019, which will protect super balances from being eroded by unnecessary fees and costs, and the Member Outcomes Package introduced in September 2019, which will strengthen the prudential framework to deliver a more transparent and accountable retirement savings system.
What developments in superannuation public policy is AustralianSuper most interested in? What changes would you most like to see?
AustralianSuper had our annual member briefings recently where we went to every capital city to hear from members, well over 4000 people attended from across the country. The overwhelming feedback we got from members was that they wanted less tinkering and more stability in the superannuation system. We have seen the progression of legislation through the Parliament to implement the recommendations emerging from the Royal Commission, which AustralianSuper strongly supports. But we are at a point where the policy settings need to settle so that members can plan and make decisions based on a sold platform of rules and regulations.
Recent research from Coredata backs this up with more than one-in-four Australians over 50 seeing ‘government legislative change changing the goal posts’ as the number one risk to their financial security in retirement. While two thirds (64.7 per cent) of Australians over 50 years ranked it within the top three risks to their financial security in retirement.
The one major outstanding change that does need to happen is the legislated move of the Superannuation Guarantee to 12 per cent.
What is your role at AustralianSuper? What does a typical day look like?
As the Group Executive for Membership, I oversee business growth, marketing, financial advice and education. It’s a wide portfolio that takes in all the relationships we have with our more than 300,000 contributing employers, union stakeholders, tender consultants, our relationship with our financial adviser network, our member education program and all the Fund’s marketing activities.
Given the breadth of activity the Group undertakes I’m not so sure there is a typical day! A big part of my role is ensuring that all the moving parts are aligned to the Fund’s business plan and that we continue to deliver for members. Due to the Fund’s national footprint, I regularly travel interstate to meet with various stakeholders to communicate the work the Fund is doing to benefit members, businesses and advisers. Hearing feedback first hand is critical to being responsive and improving our offering to meet customers’ needs now and into the future.
One of the great things about AustralianSuper is that we have an embedded ‘one fund’ approach to the business. That means there’s a lot of collaboration across the various groups. For example, if the investments team has acquired a great asset we are very well placed to let our adviser network know what we have done and why, and then also incorporate the information into member education and events programs.
What are the current strategic priorities for your portfolio?
One key focus at the moment is around financial advice. We want to be able to help and guide our members to and through retirement and financial advice plays a key role in that aim. The Fund offers advice services to members with around 10,000 member interactions annually with these services. There are 20,000 AustralianSuper members with $4.2 billion in assets being looked after by 1200 financial advisers who are registered with the Fund. We have seen a massive increase in new members coming to the Fund from external advisers especially in the pension phase where we have seen 300 per cent growth to same time last year. Financial advisers who work with AustralianSuper members are guided by a set of principles to put member interests first. The Fund never pay advisers incentives, bonuses or commissions. The needs of members continues to grow and the Fund is committed to continue to support this need through investment in all levels of our advice offering to help members in a way that best suits them.
Another priority is helping to educate our members so that they have a better understand of the super and how they can have control over their financial future. AustralianSuper provides a range of member education services, from face to face seminars and presentations and online interactive webinars through to workplace education. We cover a wide range of topics such as financial literacy, superannuation and insurance basics, estate planning, how to save more super, helping make retirement savings last longer and transitioning to retirement. In 2018-2019, the Fund hosted over 2,080 education activities, benefiting over 55,800 members. The Fund continues to focus on improvements in education particularly as it relates to the use of behavioural economics and improved technology to better engage and educate.
What have been some of your highlights in your time at AustralianSuper?
One of the biggest highlights has been seeing the increase in the number of people actively choosing to become AustralianSuper members. Last year we welcomed 413,000 new members to the Fund. This growth helps to build scale that ultimately benefits all members.
Another highlight for me was when, not long after starting with the Fund, I moved to Perth in 2011 for a period to lead the Westscheme merger. Now, one in four working West Australians are members of the Fund. It was a terrific experience and I encourage colleagues to always put their hands up for opportunities out of the box like this.
From a Fund wide perspective, our strong investment performance for members has been the major highlight. I’m in awe of the efforts of the investments team to have moved to 40 per cent of assets being managed internally in just over five years, and the expansion of our global offices means we now have opportunities for colleagues in New York, London and Beijing. This internalisation of investments has seen costs for the Fund’s default Balanced option fall by 21 per cent over the decade.
It has also been pleasing to see the Fund take leadership positions over the years I have been here on a number of policy and reform issues that have been very important to our members. A recent example was the Fund leading the way in getting rid of default insurance for under 25 year olds, which has now become a legislated requirement.
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AustralianSuper members consistently tell us they want: strong long-term performance, low costs, good products and services, trustworthy governance and a reputable brand. My hope for AustralianSuper is that we continue to deliver on all of those elements and help members achieve their best possible retirement outcome.
Why is AustralianSuper a CEDA member?
CEDA provides a fantastic forum for discussion and debate of the major public policy issues confronting Australia. AustralianSuper strongly values the opportunity to hear and learn from both CEDA and the organisations that make up its broad membership.
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By Byron Connolly
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IBM’s global CIO, Jeff Smith, has been practising and succeeding with Agile methodologies for many years – you could say that Telstra’s former IT chief is about as agile as one can get.
Smith – who was plucked by Big Blue from his role as CEO at Suncorp Business Services in mid-2014 – manages the technology, people and systems that help 20,000 IBM staff worldwide design and build products and services.
But this was not the only reason Smith - who grew up in Ohio in the United States - was lured from Suncorp’s Brisbane offices to his new life at IBM headquarters in New York.
“I have a second role – which is probably the primary reason that I was hired – and that is to roll out an Agile culture across the whole company – close to 400,000 staff, and if you add the contractors, another 150,000,” Smith tells CIO Australia.
Smith has created a culture that combines the agility of small companies with the scale of a very large organisation like IBM. Startups building next-generation technology generally create small teams of 8 to 10 people in cross-functional roles, he says.
Smaller firms have teams with broad-based skills and therefore carry very little overhead, which as Smith puts it, can act as an anchor on speed and innovation inside an organisation.
IBM’s IT group doesn’t have overarching enterprise architecture or strategy groups, or an enterprise project management office. Rather, it relies on a ‘guild and chapter’ model that enables practitioners to make decisions on things like enterprise architectures and standards.
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IBM is using the ‘Spotify’ model, forming teams into 8 to 10 person squads (there are 1,800 in Smith’s IT organisation worldwide). These squads are grouped into tribes, which are then grouped into domains.
“Then we use the guild and chapter model to make the decisions. So if your discipline is ‘developer’, you can join a chapter and that’s within a tribe and if it’s a guild, it crosses tribes. We do that so we can linearly scale teams that are working together,” says Smith.
The goal is to work like a great CPU, Smith says.
“If you think about computers, you can take a big, long instruction set, break it down and run it through multiple cores. Our job is to take a big backlog, break it into lots of small backlogs, scale it across multiple teams at the same time and get something done materially better. We have a modified Spotify model to do that,” he says.
Before IBM scaled up these teams, it had to create the right environment, and highly successful English football team, Manchester United, was its metaphorical model.
Manchester United achieved 30 years of success with a simple strategy and game plan with a playbook that matched the “tactics you could use for the talent you had,” says Smith.
“We had to have that vehicle for attracting, developing and retaining aspirational people to form those. We also needed to have a vehicle for practicing the methods and operationalising culture.”
The ‘secret sauce’ to scale this process is a combination of coaching the teams to ‘course correct’ when necessary while providing an ‘Agile Academy’, which offers 30 self-service courses, he says.
“That’s the way we are scaling not only in my teams but the other teams around IBM as well.”
An Agile culture applied
IBM’s Agile culture is a combination of lean and Agile techniques like continuous delivery and design thinking to ensure the customer experience takes centre stage.
One initiative that has stemmed from this new way of working is the successful Mac@IBM program, which has been running since mid-2105. Macs are shipped to the user in a box with a URL and when they visit the website, they are guided, step-by-step, through the set-up of the Mac.
Previously, Macs weren’t a general option inside IBM because they cost between US$400 to US$500 more per device than PCs.
“If you multiply that by half a million people, it’s a big bill,” Smith says. “So we had to solve two problems – we had to figure out how we could get the cost down to match a PC, as well as how we could provision [the Macs] like a mobile device.
“So you should be able to provision over the cloud and activate the Mac through an app store. No-one had done this at that point, even Microsoft.”
Users had to be able to select the applications and services they would need from an app store. To achieve this, IBM had to do three things: automate provisioning, rebuild its intranet, and open up a new service desk.
To automate provisioning, IBM joined Apple’s device enrolment program as its first customer. When Apple ships a device, it provides a certificate with the details of the user it is being shipped to.
“So when the user does get the device and puts their credentials in, we automatically know how to setup their VPN certificates, client mail, their Office apps and everything they want,” Smith says.
IBM’s intranet – which receives about 25 million page views per day – needed to be rebuilt so it would make self-service very easy, says Smith.
“The biggest way to drop the total cost is to make sure that less calls come into your service desk so you can operate with less people. We had to build this whole piece on a lightweight framework, using APIs to pull content from legacy systems, because we didn’t have time to rewrite all the backend systems. Original estimates were two-and-a-half years,” Smith says.
Using an Agile approach, it didn’t take anywhere near that long.
“We took a great big backlog and broke it into a bunch of backlogs – we formed Agile teams and concurrently built multiple teams at the same time. We rebuilt it [the intranet] in four months.”
Finally, Smith and his team opened a new service desk, staffed by Mac lovers and college graduates, and threw out old help desk metrics around how many tickets were closed and how long a caller was on a call.
“We said, ‘you stay on the phone as long as it takes to solve that problem and make sure that you help them so they don’t have to call back.
“We also put the service desk in charge of the backlog for things that should be fixed by the automation teams. So we went from upgrading an intranet every few years to upgrading it every week based on the priorities that the service desk sees. So we use them as the advocate for the customer,” says Smith.
The net result was a customer satisfaction rating of 92 per cent, which is around 30 points higher than IBM’s PC help desk. Today, there are only 24 people employed to manage 225,000 iOS and MacOS devices across the global company, Smith says.
“That’s an extraordinary number. We roll out, on average, 2,500 MacBooks per week with no people.”
IBM learned some lessons throughout the journey, says Smith.
"We learned how to learn from others because we worked with Apple directly on it - we still work with their MacOS engineering team every quarter. We learned how to break big problems into small problems when rebuilding an intranet."
The Mac@IBM concept was also expanded with Box@IBM, where 240,000 new users were provisioned, without any intervention from IT staff, through the app store.
"We then did a roll out of Office 365 products also through an app store with no people involved. We learned how to take something and apply it to different areas and we gained some battle hardened confidence - we knew how to break big problems down and we used these small teams to attack it concurrently and we did it much faster than we thought."
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Moses Iloh: My Life, My Struggles
Pastor (Dr) Moses Iloh, social critic , a veteran labour leader, ex-Chairman International Cycling Federation and founder, Eclectic Network, a socio-political pressure group clocked 85 years on on 13 February. The General Overseer, Soul Winning Chapel Ebute-Metta, Lagos and National executive member Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN and Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN goes down memory lane and also fields questions on national issues
How was your growing up in Jos?
I was born some 85 years ago by Pa George Iloh and my beloved mother Mrs. Martha Iloh. They were dedicated Christians who gave us the best any parent could give their children. We grew up in Jos in the good old days, when there was no tribalism and everybody lived as one irrespective of tribe or religion.
My father was a highly sophisticated man. ‘You can see through his satorial elegance (he said as he points to his father’s photograph prominently displayed in his office). Can you believe a man having such a high taste, as far back as that point in time? He was a committed Christian who believed in humility and integrity. He had a great passion for the poor and downtrodden, and would usually go an extra mile to bring succour to them. My father taught us to be mindful of the poor and care for them. He joined groups that enhanced the lot of the poor.
For instance, out of his busy schedule, every Saturday, he will find time to go to the market. You know northerners didn’t wear shoes at that time, so, they were always prone to Jiga; an infection that eats up their toes. So, my father will come to the market every Saturday, with a pair of forceps, carbolic and cotton wool, and will bring out their Jiga and clean it, and sterilise their toes. And as for my mother, a midwife nurse; for all the hundreds of children she delivered, she rarely charged a dime. Our parents taught us to be mindful of the poor and take good care of them.
How did you get into Labour unionism and politics?
I worked for the Amalgamated Tin Mines as a statistical officer. Along the line, the company sent me for a special training that qulified me to visit the different mining camps and recommend welfare measures for the labourers. The combination of my background and my official welfare responsibilities attracted me to labour unionism. The Great Zik was my political hero. In those days, he never ceased to captivate us with his intellectual power and erudition, his fiery speeches and oratorial power.
Pa Michael Omnibus Imodu, the labour veteran of blessed memory, was also my hero. He was a great inspiration to me. As a labour leader, his fearlessness inspired me to confront the British dominated Management of the company on issues of injustice against the juniors and also several cases of racial discrimination by the white Europeans against the native blacks, in the Plateau area in those days.
Politically I was an active member of the Northern Elements Progressive Union (NEPU), led by Mallam Aminu Kano; and later the National council of Nigerian Citizens, NCNC, led by the Great Zik. I was also a member of the Zikist Movement which included patriotic young radicals like Mokwugo Okoye, Chike Ekuyasi, Osita Agwuna, Tunji Otegbeye, Adewale Fashanu among others. I was a member of the British Red Cross. When it was time for the British to hand over, following independence, I had the singular historical priviledge to lower the British Red Cross flag and hoisted for the Nigerian Red Cross flag the first time, at a parade at the famous Tafawa Balewa Square. For me, it was a historic moment. It was Divine I never expected it.
You were a prolific footballer in those days. How did you get into sports?
Yes. My father was a sports man. We were introduced into sports very early. My dad had a private football team known as Royals; we played in that club. My company, Amalgamated Tin Mining Company had a football club known as Amaltinco Football Club. It was a very good team. We then formed the nucleus of Plateau XI. We were the first soccer players in Nigeria, to play in football boots. We tried to win the Challenge Cup but we could not. Several times we would get to the final, only to lose.
At a stage, we had to reach out to Thunder Balogun. We played together for Plateau XI; unfortuanely, he could not replicate his goal scoring streak to earn us victory; throughout his stay in the Plateau XI. We would get to the final, only to loose. Our battle ground at that time was the King George V Stadium, later Onikan Stadium, now named after Thunder Balogun. It was a great privilege to play on that field in those days.
As a colleague and friend of Thunder Balogun, how would you describe him?
Oh Fantastic footballer. I’m yet to see one as good as him, both on the field and outside the field. He was a complete footballer in and out of the pitch very friendly, jovial and humorous. Yes incredible. Oooh….
You founded the Eclectic Network, what are the objectives and achievements so far?
Yes I founded the Eclectic Network, a soico-political pressure group which was meant to inject sanity and righteousness into politics and nation building. One of my co-founders was Chief Bola Ige of blessed memory. Eclectic Network had made considerable impact on the society. It had contributed in conscientising a host of people especially youths into the arena of socio-political activism. We have trained a lot of youths, who today are playing positive roles in the affairs of the nation; and are models for others to emulate. A lot of them are independent today, with their own NGOs and socio-political pressure groups. I’m always proud of them as my boys whenever I see them, hear of them or read them in the papers.
I was the longest serving Chairman of International Cycling Federation. I took it from the scratch to world class level. I had thought, which is only human; that the Nigerian government will appreciate my efforts, instead, they accused me of speaking to the press. When the International Olympic Committee, through the Nigerian Olympic Committee, showed appreciation for my contribution, at the ceremony, where I received the award, I said I was disppointed and humiliated, because I had felt that my country would be the first to honour me with an award. But on a second thought, one soon realised that you have to steal here in Nigeria in order to be honoured; so I don’t really need the award in the ultimate analysis.
How did you meet your wife?
As a young boy, I was a little bit affluent by the standard of those days. At that time, I had always wished and imagined a pretty tall fair lady, sitting by my side, while driving. This wish got the hearing of my father in heaven!
In what way?
At a point intime, I was transferred from our Jos headquarters, to Lagos, to serve as the Lagos representative of the company. But my zeal for humanitarian service soon drove me to joining the British Red Cross, despite the fact that I was trasnferred on promotion with a higher salary which was double what I was later to earn in the Red Cross – and with no definite prospect for the future. Unknown to me, it was God diercting my steps. This was because, it was in the Red Cross, that I eventually found my precious wife. Tall, fair and extremely beautiful as I had always imagined several years back.
My wife is a physical manifestation of a revelation, and so, what God has put together, no one can put asunder. My wife is a physial manifestation of the scripture that says “he who finds a wife, finds a good thing and obtaineth favour of the Lord”. Since finding her 50 years ago, her presence in my life has earned me overwhelming favour of the Lord. The Bible says we overcome the enemy by the blood of the lamb and the words of his testimony. We got marreid 50 years ago, we got married again 25 years ago; we are going to marry again very soon. We call this the Trinity wedding; to bear testimony to the doing of Jehovah.
When will you describe as your happiest day on earth?
Oh it was obviously the day I got married to my wife.
I learnt she was an ex-beauty queen…
Yes, she was a Beauty Queen, and that earned her a long extensive trip to Scandinavian countries and other parts of Europe. One of the worst mistakes one could make is to marry the wrong wife. I don’t even wish it for my enemy.
And your saddest day on the other hand?
Oh! That was when I went to Biafra to help, during the civil war. On this fateful day, we brought out hundreds of children almost dying of kwashiokor. We lined them under a tree, trying to avoid air raid; while we put the Nigeria Air Cross flag across as a protective shield against attack. Suddenly we just saw a Nigerian Air-force plane, the pilot flew down so low. He looked like an Egyptian. Without any sense of pity, he sprayed bullets on those children. The flag lost its value. It was by the grace of God, that we were not consumed.
Just recently, you were honoured with an Award by the Bible Society of Nigeria. How would you describe the Award?
I really give God the glory for it, because what it signifies to me, is that the Bible Society of Nigeria, is urging me to answer the call in the bible, where the Lord said in Isaiah 6, “who shall I send?” The Bible Society award is telling me to answer: “Here I am Lord, send me.” If no one wants to say it, Lord send me, and I will say it.
How would you describe Jonathan’s tenure as President and whom do you see as winning the coming presidential doctor?
Let us look at Nigeria today and judge Jonathan with it. Nigeria has never been as corrupt and undisciplined as we have had in the past four years. I do not think there is any Nigerian who wants a continuation of this era of fraud and corruption.
Buhari comes through as an old time headmaster, who believes in the expression, spare the rod and spoil the child. Nigeria needs this headmaster desperately. I firmly believe that Nigerians know this and will vote overwhelmingly for Buhari and that he will win and there will be no rioting whatsoever. Nigerians will like to celebrate his victory, which will be their own victory.
As a Clergyman, how would you describe the role of the clergy in Nigerian politics?
In one statement, I would say that since Jonathan came into politics, he had quickened the introduction of a very dangerous element into Nigerian politics. That is the infusion of politics into religion. This is a destructive element which shouldn’t have been part of politics in Nigeria.
A combination of lack of self-confidence and ignorance has misled the clergy so badly, that one is worried now, as to the likely difficulty that the Nigerian clergy may not be able to regain its past position of respectability.
The role of the clergy in Nigerian politics is very disappointing. The Nigerian clergy, due to impulsiveness, greed and lack of proper grasp of the intricacies of Nigerian politics, seemed to have plunged headlong into politics ignorantly. No wonder that they go from one error to the other. In summary, their understanding of politics, be it partisan or non-partisan, has been seriously perverted and polluted. And my fear is that consequently, members of the clergy might lose respect because of these failings.
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Race 12 Day 4: Split fortunes as Atlantic storm divides fleet
Daily Update Legenderry Finale Race 12
A dramatic Atlantic storm stalled progress for some teams yesterday, widening the margin between the front and back of the fleet, and it is the boats to the south which are still enjoying the added power of the Gulf Stream which have made best progress over the past 24 hours.
ClipperTelemed+ reported a great day’s racing and has taken the lead after seeing its southerly position in the Gulf Stream pay off progressively over the past 48 hours, where it has climbed up from ninth place. Garmin, also positioned south is second, 7NM behind, and yesterday’s leader Derry~Londonderry~Doire is now third, but still making strong progress 9NM behind the leader.
Dan Smith, Skipper of Derry~Londonderry~Doire states his team is aiming to get back into the full power of the Gulf Stream current in their quest to regain the lead in their race home. He says: “It's been a day of squally weather with plenty of wind most the time. We've had the full range from about 10 knots to 35 knots of breeze with lots coming through with the darker clouds overhead. Despite the changeable wind we've always been able to hold onto the power because our course is slightly off the wind which has meant few sail changes other than a spinnaker drop earlier this morning.
“We are now pushing slightly south of the rhumb line course in order to get ourselves back on the conveyor belt that is the Gulf Stream. We've now picked up 1.5 knots of current and hope to use it to stop the boats that have been south and sitting on it for a bit longer from getting away and creeping ahead.”
GREAT Britainis fourth, southerly positioned Unicef has continued its climb back up the leaderboard and is now fifth.LMAX Exchange is sixth,Mission Performanceseventh,Da Nang – Viet Nam is eighth, Qingdao is ninth, and Visit Seattleis tenth.
Mission PerformanceSkipper Greg Miller reports that his team were struck by lightning in the storm but that no one board was harmed. He explains: “Yesterday was a mixed bag! We were overpowered, underpowered, struck by lightning, wet, dry, warm and cold!
“The wind has been 'alles uber de platz'! (All over the place) We have been working flat out to react to the weather and its changes. Luckily the lightning strike only took out our wind instruments and a battery voltage monitor, could have been much worse! So after a large squall and lots and lots of rain, the wind dropped to nothing, now, as I write this is it just starting to fill in. Fear not, we intrepid Warriors are ready for whatever the North Atlantic can throw at us!”
Further back PSP LogisticsSkipper Max Stunell, in eleventh position, explains the force of the storm that hit and the affect it had on his team: “It was a morning of sail changes, the kite was up for a few hours until but there was a wind shift and we were unable to sail the required course. As it was dropped it was as if the gates of hell appeared to open in the sky accompanied by crashes of thunder and bolts of lightning.
“We were then subjected to an onslaught of torrential rain that lasted for the next four hours testing our waterproof clothing to its limits and beyond. This cloud was large enough to effect a group of boats around us but it looks as if the leading pack escaped and were able to stretch their lead.”
Skippers have been sending their best wishes to IchorCoal today after the team diverted towards Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada to medevac crew member Chris Drummond, 62, who complained of chest pains yesterday.
Deputy Race Director Mark Light has just provided the following update: "We can confirm that the helicopter medevac of Chris Drummond has been successful and completed at 0914UTC today. The boat has turned around and is now making best course and speed towards the position where they ceased racing and is awaiting further instructions."
The team, which has two on board medic crew, had been liaising with PRAXES, the Clipper Race’s Emergency Medical Support Partner, and the Canadian Defence Department which despatched its Cormorant rescue helicopter to the boat as soon as the team was within flying range. The latest update from on board said that Chris was stable and we shall provide further updates on his condition as we have them.
In his detailed report today, IchorCoal Skipper Rich Gould makes best efforts to reassure as he praises the actions of his crew saying: “I would like all friends and family at home to know that all is well aboard, everybody is in good spirits and despite our situation there is still laughter in great supply. Fear not, the amazing IchorCoal crew have got it all under control.”
*All positions correct 1000 UTC
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Engine makers on track with recovery plan for A320 engines, says Airbus
Updated : June 14, 2018 02:43 PM IST
Engine makers Pratt & Whitney and CFM are on track with a recovery plan after delays left Airbus having to park dozens of aircraft without engines, an executive at the European planemaker said on Thursday.
"We have agreed on a plan with both of them to catch up with production, both are now hitting the targets and are on track, which is good news," Klaus Roewe, head of the A320 jet family programme, said.
"We have agreed on a plan with both of them to catch up with production, both are now hitting the targets and are on track, which is good news," Klaus Roewe, head of the A320 jet family programme, told reporters in Hamburg as Airbus inaugurated a new assembly line for the best-selling single-aisle plane.
The delays in getting engines from United Technologies unit Pratt & Whitney and CFM International, co-owned by Safran and General Electric, have left Airbus lagging behind the pace it needs to reach its full-year delivery goal.
With jets left parked at its production sites while they wait for engines, Roewe said Airbus would have reduced production had it known the extent of the problems.
"Did we intend to build so many airframes to park them? For sure not," Roewe said. "If we had known the size of the technical and industrial problems we might have slowed down production."
He said Airbus would not be parking aircraft by the end of the year, but would still be in arrears in terms of deliveries.
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Established pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5604, Resolution No. 77-333, August 9, 1977, Section 5604, Chapter 1, Part (Short-Doyle); amended by Resolution No. 80-12; amended by Resolution No. 84-273 (re-structuring board) and rescinding Resolution No. 77-333; amended by Resolution No. 86-76; amended by Resolution No. 93-271 (name change) adopted July 27, 1993; amended by board order on December 14, 2004, August 28, 2007; December 8, 2009; July 27, 2010; Resolution 18-081 amended Bylaws renaming the Mental Health Commission to Monterey County Behavioral Health Commission on March 20, 2018.
The Behavioral Health commission shall consist of 16 individuals plus one member of the Board of Supervisors for a total of 17 members appointed by the Board of Supervisors.
At least 50% of the membership shall be consumers or the parents, spouses, siblings or adult children of consumers, who are receiving or have received mental health services. At least 20% of the total membership shall be consumers, and at least 20% shall be family members of consumers.
The remaining members shall be selected from individuals who have experience or knowledge of the mental health system;
The Board of Supervisors, in consultation with the Behavioral Health Commission, may appoint up to one member who is a Chief law enforcement officer with a local law enforcement agency from within the geographic boundaries of Monterey County.
The Board of Supervisors may appoint up to five associate members between the ages of 15 and 18 years to bring the perspectives of youth to the Behavioral Health Commission. These associates will have not have voting privileges but will have the right to participate in all other matters of the board, with the exception of training conducted in areas outside the county. The members of this class serve a one-year term. Terms will expire December 31 of each year.
The Behavioral Health commission will also consist of Non-Voting Members with no more than one member from each supervisorial district.
Each appointee serves a 3-year term. The members’ terms are staggered so that five members appointed by the individual Supervisors expire each year. The regular appointee’s terms run from June 1st of the year of appointment, until May 31st, three years later.
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Meetings are generally held the last Thursday of each month at 5:00 P.M. located at various locations as set by the Committee
Behavioral Health ~ Andria Sumpter, Senior Secretary ~ 831-755-4509
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Who Really Wins in Class Action Suits?
rhunt@consumerbankers.com
Our nation was founded with three separate branches of government, each designed to serve as a check on the other two. The Judicial Branch plays the pivotal role of ensuring our laws are applied equally and fairly. While our court system is often considered the gold standard for fairness, it is not immune from people attempting to use it as a tool to turn a profit.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau did a study in 2015 that then-Director Richard Cordray called “the most comprehensive empirical study” examining arbitration and class action lawsuits. The results showed attorneys handling the 562 class action cases included in the study (none of which went to trial, mind you) received nearly $425 million – while the average consumer involved in a claim received about $32.
So, when you hear people feigning outrage about arbitration clauses in financial contracts, as some have done recently, look at the facts and ask, “Who are these groups really looking out for? Trial lawyers or consumers?”
Going back to the CFPB study, consumers using arbitration recover an average of $5,389 compared to just $32.35 through class action suits. Yes, apparently some in Washington would have you believe it is better for consumers to have $32 instead of more than 168 times that, though the trial lawyers certainly make out better when consumers take the former.
The CFPB also found arbitration is faster than a lawsuit, which can drag on nearly two years compared to an average of two to seven months for an arbitration case.
Consumers not only receive on average greater compensation from arbitration, the process is also cheaper. Consumer fees for arbitration are limited to $200 by the American Arbitration Association and companies often end up footing the total bill.
In contrast to an arbitration case, litigation can be complicated, time-consuming and require a lawyer to navigate the process. Plus, many consumer claims may be too small to attract contingency fee lawyers.
Since the Federal Arbitration Act passed in 1925, federal law has protected the benefits of arbitration to consumers. This is why arbitration provisions are found in a wide variety of everyday consumer agreements, including those for credit cards, checking accounts, cell phones, cable television, internet access and even gym memberships.
The Supreme Court agrees, noting in 1995 that arbitration avoids “the delay and expense of litigation.” A decade prior, Chief Justice Warren Burger encouraged the use of arbitration as a way to help reduce “the backlog of cases” in state and federal courts. The CFPB’s study estimated arbitration clauses saved the courts from having to process an additional 6,000 class action cases every five years for just the financial services sector alone.
And, as Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer once said, without arbitration, “the typical consumer who has only a small damage claim (who seeks, say, the value of only a defective refrigerator or television set) [would be left] without any remedy but a court remedy, the costs and delays of which could eat up the value of an eventual small recovery.”
So why do so many people continue to insist that arbitration clauses are bad for consumers? We have already established based on the CFPB’s own study that monetarily – both in cost and reward – arbitration is a win for consumers. The same for the speed of resolution.
Some might claim arbitration favors companies, but as Alan Kaplinsky with Ballard Spahr testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this year, “the courts have rigorously struck down arbitration agreements that they have found to be overreaching, unfair or abusive to consumers.” What about a public answer on the merits of a consumer’s grievance? Well, none of the cases in the CFPB’s study went to trial while a little more than a third of arbitration cases in the study received in-person hearings.
Advocates for class action cases claim they are about more than monetary rewards and necessary to publicly shame companies, but enforcement actions from government regulators and the resulting media (both traditional and social) coverage of such events accomplishes this goal far better than a monetary penalty.
The final argument you hear against arbitration deals with a consumer’s loss of due process.
Again, that just does not hold water. Consumers often have the right to reject arbitration clauses and the courts have supported these opt-out clauses. Further, there is little evidence arbitration is a significant roadblock to legal claims. Of the 562 cases studied by the CFPB, “claims against a company party were stayed or dismissed for arbitration in eight percent of the cases.” And, the American Arbitration Association states consumers should have the option to bring a suit to small claims court, if disputes are within jurisdiction.
It is clear – and banks agree – strong and effective consumer protection coupled with fair and responsible banking is profoundly important. Arbitration is just one tool consumers can use to ensure they receive faster, more cost-effective and higher recovery resolutions than offered by class action litigation favored by trial attorneys and the benefactors of their donations.
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Evesham police look for suspects who cut fiber optic lines
The crime took place in the overnight hours of Feb. 22 into Feb. 23
Evesham police look for suspects who cut fiber optic lines The crime took place in the overnight hours of Feb. 22 into Feb. 23 Check out this story on courierpostonline.com: https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/south-jersey/2019/02/25/suspects-cut-fiber-optic-wires-causing-internet-and-phone-service-loss/2979469002/
Celeste E. Whittaker, Cherry Hill Courier-Post Published 12:23 p.m. ET Feb. 25, 2019 | Updated 1:10 p.m. ET Feb. 25, 2019
Evesham police say a fake Social Security agent scammed an elderly resident out of thousands of dollars over the phone. (Photo: Photo provided)
EVESHAM – Some residents lost Internet and phone service over the weekend after somebody reportedly cut fiber optic lines, according to police.
Evesham police say during the overnight hours of Feb. 22 into Feb. 23, an unknown subject or subjects cut Verizon fiber optic lines on utility poles in the area of Main Street and Plymouth and Route 70 and Greenbrook Drive.
That vandalism caused a complete loss of Internet and phone service for Verizon customers in the Heritage development and surrounding area, police say.
Police are asking for the public’s help in tracking down the suspects. They ask if anyone has information or observed a suspicious person in the area, to please contact the Evesham Police Department at 856-983-1116, the confidential tip line at 856-983-4699 or email at Facebook@Eveshampd.org. Anonymous tips may text ETPDTIP to 847411.
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How to Stop Costly Litigation from Ruining Your Results (FAC Magazine)
Paul Moss and Peter Phillips
The legal profession has become so mesmerised with the stimulation of the courtroom contest that lawyers have forgotten that they ought to be healers . healers of conflict, and not warriors or hired guns. Of course, there are times when a coverage issue or other complex claim situation should be resolved through formal litigation because the industry needs judicial guidance and a legal precedent for future reference.
But it's a basic tenet of claims management that "an open litigation file is an expensive file." Litigation files in reinsurance are not only expensive; they are divisive, belligerent, self-defeating, uncertain, high-value, maddeningly slow, corrosive to the efforts of the underwriting side and possess any number of other nasty attributes. Worst of all, they are too frequently left to the control of the claims manager and are handled as legal rather than business matters, inviting Dickensian outcomes where, in certain cases, legal fees can threaten to exceed liability.
Mediation versus litigation
Chief among the problems here are cost and uncertainty. Litigation is to be avoided at all costs, for a variety of reasons - including the uncertainty of outcome. The traditional method of dispute resolution, incorporated into the majority of reinsurance contracts, has been arbitration. But arbitration can be - and increasingly proves to be - time-consuming, slow, expensive and even more uncertain than litigation.
However, there is a new movement afoot, in part driven by the need to seek savings in litigation spend. Smart lawyers have already detected that clients believe there is good reason for a shift in thinking; they recognise a significant change is about to happen and have sought to become appropriately skilled by re-training in the art of mediation.
Therefore, the time has come for the reinsurance industry to embrace mediation instead of constantly litigating its way through costly disputes. Maybe you've heard that view before, but this time something concrete is actually being done about it. There is a new initiative called the International Reinsurance Industry Dispute Resolution Protocol, which aims to achieve significant savings in legal costs while at the same time helping to take the hostility out of the dispute.
Nowadays, ceding companies rightly seek value-added claims services from their reinsurers. In turn, the reinsurer must keep 'customer-focused' and learn more about using alternative dispute-resolution solutions in helping to preserve valuable commercial relationships. Therefore, it makes sense to have a dispute-resolution protocol added to the litigation-management toolbox.
To become an effective mediator, claims staff will also need to learn new skills - it is now imperative to have a trained mediation capability built in to the claim-function resource. To underpin this, there ought to be a user-friendly, best-practice tool to help avoid regrettable outcomes in litigation.
Why mediate?
The conflict prevention and resolution (CPR) protocol has been the subject of two well-attended presentations and roll-out sessions recently, one at Lloyd's and the other at the London Underwriting Centre. A key question was: Why mediate?
Rhys Clift, a partner with Hill Dickinson LLP, answered that the reasons to mediate are because it works, is quick, it preserves relationships and saves money. Also, the success rate in mediation is very high - some say 75.80%, either on the day or shortly after.
Mr Clift's presentation covered a range of issues, for example: What is mediation? How does mediation differ from arbitration? When should mediation be used (and not used)? Why is mediation effective? Why does mediation sometimes fail, and how can failure be avoided? He also offered some conclusions, to whit: arbitration in England and Wales is in many ways excellent and is probably essential, but it is, as a broad generalisation, rather slow, costly, adversarial and risky, whereas (again as a broad generalisation) mediation is quick, inexpensive, collaborative and reduces risk to a minimum.
The presentation compared arbitration and mediation against certain further criteria: arbitration is compulsory; the arbitrators have powers over the parties; arbitration is a private process (but privacy can be lost on appeal, by indemnity claim and by enforcement); and at the conclusion, there will be a determination of the issues and an award with winners and losers (and cost consequences).
By contrast, mediation is entirely voluntary, strictly without prejudice, private and confidential. Generally, nothing created for and nothing said at the mediation will find its way into the public domain. Mediators have no power over the parties, nor do they issue any award of adjudication. In mediation, a neutral third party (the mediator) assists the parties to settle their dispute; it is a process of managed negotiation, not a decision-making process (unlike arbitration).
Mediation is effective because of the involvement of a third party (the mediator); because it involves client decision-makers (not just lawyers) as a result of its timetable, structure and dynamics (in contrast to negotiation); and because of the shared sense of purpose it engenders. Further, there is scope for unusual deals going beyond adjudication of the dispute. It is also a substitute to a day in court (or arbitration) without the risk and expense.
The general reasons for failure in mediation are (primarily) a lack of preparation by the parties; a lack of realism or authority on the part of those participating; and a lack of adequate contact with the mediator beforehand, excluding those cases where one party is determined not to settle. With proper planning, these difficulties can be eliminated.
Mediation should be used when all or both parties to a dispute wish to resolve the matter. Mediation will not protect a time bar nor secure jurisdiction. Mediators cannot grant protective orders (such as freezing orders against banks or search-and-seizure orders for documents). If they are necessary, protective steps should be taken so that the parties can go into mediation from a position of confidence.
Mediation works and cases settle. Subject to any other considerations, the earlier mediation is attempted, the greater the saving in cost and time that can be achieved. The process repays understanding and preparation. A standard clause and procedure would expand its use - for example, inclusion in insurance and reinsurance contracts. While it is neither a universal panacea nor is it suitable in all cases, mediation offers enormous scope.
A powerful tool
Peter Schwartz, a partner with Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw, recently outlined the approach of the English commercial court to mediation and the potential sanctions - even to successful litigants - of unreasonably refusing to mitigate. He also reported on the increased popularity of alternative dispute-resolution (ADR) strategies and techniques among corporate general counsel.
According to a recent survey (by Grant Thornton), eight out of 10 external lawyers and nine out of 10 corporate lawyers believe that more cases will be resolved by ADR over the next few years, yet there is presently no consistent approach by the reinsurance industry to mediation.
Mr Schwartz expressed the view that mediation is a powerful, speedy and cost-effective tool in the toolbox of available remedies for reinsurers involved in potentially long-running and expensive arbitration or litigation. It is also potentially suitable for resolving local or international disputes.
To repeat, it is not a panacea; some disputes are plainly unsuitable for mediation, or an attempt at mediation might be premature. However, since the mediation process involves flexibility, 'double' confidentiality and a broad scope for a constructive party.negotiated solution (unrivalled by other dispute-resolution machinery), reinsurers would be well advised to consider an industry-based approach to formulating and adopting key mediation clauses, protocols and practices.
As always, education is key. Care needs to be taken in the drafting and application of terms, particularly in relation to the potential enforcement of mediation settlements in outwards reinsurance. With greater market- wide education in mediation techniques, reinsurers are likely to enhance their professional skills, preserve and develop market relationships, and affect major cost savings to their balance sheet.
Experience in other industry sectors suggests that a market-wide approach to considering mediation as an appropriate remedy for reinsurance disputes would be beneficial, either by inclusion of the appropriate terms at inception in accordance with contract certainty principles, or by consideration at the appropriate stage when a reinsurance dispute has arisen. Mediation is ripe for take-up, with potential for significant cost savings.
The CPR reinsurance protocol Consequently, a group of market participants has been working with the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution to articulate such a recommended path, and to that end the CPR International Reinsurance Industry Dispute Resolution Protocol has recently been published.
The term 'protocol' is used advisedly,because the document (available at www.InsuranceMediation.org) suggests a comprehensive method of identifying reinsurance claims disputes early on; agreeing on a rigorous but rational method of exchanging adequate information concerning the claim; and engaging in structured negotiation (and, if necessary, mediation) to resolve claims disputes on a business-like basis rather than resorting to arbitration or litigation. It also does so without any party's waiving the right to arbitrate or sue, if needed.
Thus, the CPR reinsurance protocol is less a dispute-resolution method than an elegant management tool, permitting the efficient administration of a portfolio of reinsurance exposures that is driven by business concerns and informed by commercial realities.
One hallmark of an effective reinsurance protocol, then, would be to quicken the time when a company knows what to reserve, and even - in a perfect world - to minimise the period of contingency altogether. The CPR Protocol calls for notice and exchange of information within 30 days, negotiation commenced a fortnight thereafter, and private confidential and non-binding mediation brought on if the matter cannot be resolved within another 15 days.
The drive for contract certainty is another contributing factor. Nearly all reinsurance agreements at present contain arbitration clauses, but the desire for certainty and control of outcomes is ensuring that an agreed-upon procedure for exchange of information, and assurance of timely and direct negotiation (and mediation if needed), is beginning to be viewed as a viable alternative.
The industry is much more aware of other ways of resolving disputes, and companies are taking more control of the situation rather than leaving it to the discretion of outside lawyers. The CPR Protocol thus meets a trend and provides further impetus to management efforts to preserve shareholder value.
Learning about the principles in the CPR Protocol will not by itself make a difference, however. Clearly, the key to successful implementation is underwriters' willingness to incorporate dispute-management wordings such as those in the CPR Protocol into reinsurance contracts.
A major step forward
The CPR Protocol is a major step forward in helping to complement and support the need for mediation clauses to be incorporated within reinsurance agreements. We have already started to see dispute-resolution clauses being adopted - for example, Dispute Resolution Clause BEN 1004 (Benfield) states: "Where any dispute or difference between the parties arising out of or in connection with this reinsurance, including formation and validity, and whether arising during or after the period of this reinsurance has not been settled through negotiation, both parties agree to try in good faith to settle such dispute by non-binding mediation before resorting to arbitration in the manner set out in this Reinsurance Agreement." The CPR group are in the process of working with the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution to produce a training module for (re)insurance professionals who wish to become accredited in mediation.
There is one inescapable conclusion: in an industry that involves insuring against unforeseen losses, there are so many contingencies beyond our control that it seems silly not to control the ones we can.
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Supercharged content marketing tips from some of the UK's brightest start-ups
Written by Katy Cowan
Image courtesy of Huckletree
In All Marketers Are Liars, Seth Godin explains why great marketers don't talk about features or even benefits. Instead, they tell a story – a story we want to believe and buy into. If you're keen to tell your own story and attract people to your business, then content marketing is where it's at.
We've partnered with Huckletree this month, one of London's fastest growing co-working communities, to speak to some of their members and uncover the secrets of modern marketing. These bright start-ups are really smashing it when it comes to telling their own stories. They've learnt first-hand the dos and don'ts of content, and have kindly shared their nuggets of wisdom with Creative Boom.
1. Adopt a suitable tone of voice
Before you even think about creating a content marketing strategy, take a step back and consider who you are, and what you stand for. Because from this point forth, you'll be presenting yourself to the world, and you'll want to strike the right chord.
How do you do that? Don't be afraid to show the real you. Be authentic. If you try and be something you're not or too 'perfect', the cracks will eventually show and your marketing will backfire.
Sam O'Connor, co-founder and CEO of Coconut, says: "I'm a big believer in creating a narrative around your personal story. On top of sharing successes and showing confidence, be honest and vulnerable. Even if it feels uncomfortable.
"It's easier to maintain and be consistent if you're being natural. And even though people often present a very polished image, everyone has struggles too, so they will connect with it and you will stand out."
2. Always have your audience in mind
But no matter how personal you are, never forget who you're talking to. That's certainly the advice from Elliott Aeschlimann, co-founder of Bombinate: "Content marketing often has two roles in organisations – to bring traffic to your business, and to convert visitors into leads/customers.
"I think you should definitely focus on conversion before attraction. You can write the most clickable article you want, you’ll probably first attract the wrong people. Think about it: if you create valuable content your first visitors will stay. Then, ask them what they love about your content. Work on these key points and now you’re ready to attract traffic with your content. You don’t want to invite people to a party without any music!"
3. Choose the right type of content
Think content is just about blogging? Think again. Content can come in all shapes and sizes – Instagram Stories, vlogs, videos, tweets, photography... there are so many ways you can tell your story.
Sam from Coconut learnt the hard way: "I don't come from a marketing background so it took me a while to learn actually what content is and how powerful it can be to get your message out. Initially, I thought it was about writing blogs on relevant topics. I quickly realised this isn't great for us because there are a lot of really good people doing interesting and quality stuff. It makes it hard to compete when you're starting out. Unless you specialise in something that a group of relevant people are interested in.
"Where we've had loads of success is more personal content like vlogs. It's easier to whip up and gives people a window into how we operate, so the viewer connects with our story. We've also done well where we've joined an existing conversation or news story and piggy backed off the buzz surrounding it."
Elliott from Bombinate says: "We're a multi-brands platform dedicated to high-quality makers from Europe. As such, we're lucky to be able to easily collaborate with our partner brands to create compelling content. To this stage, video content is the format which has helped us express our story and foster collaborations with brands."
So content isn't just about blog posts and video is powerful. Got that? Good. But before you delve head first into your own content creation, consider what your target audience is most likely to engage with.
Where else have Huckletree's start-ups had success? Liam Doolan, co-founder of Comb, says: "We use relatable content for our audience that they would normally see from their favourite influencers/friends online, so this easily resonates with the content they are already seeing across online, in particular, social media and video. By telling the story of our users it makes the content relatable to our audience."
Elliott of Bombinate adds: "We’re seeing that interviews also spike curiosity from our audience and are very shareable." In fact, Elliott just took part in a podcast with the much respected Monocle magazine, which has only helped to boost his start-up's reputation.
4. Pick the right channels
You've crafted your content and are ready to fire it out there. But which channels will you use to spread your message?
"Twitter is a great way to get a story or thought out for free. If people start retweeting, the reach grows exponentially," says Sam, of Coconut. "But it has to be compelling to capture attention either through relevance to something happening now that people want to talk about, an insight that's fresh or humour. We had one tweet which gathered 96 retweets and over 26k impressions."
For Liam at Comb, Instagram and Facebook have proved effective: "Through these networks, we're able to create highly targeted audiences that respond well to our ads and content. We make the most of these platforms by supplying our own data of existing users and using video to appeal to our audience."
Elliott of Bombinate agrees that Facebook is super powerful, particularly for sharing video content. But he has this stern warning: "A video without an activation strategy is a liability rather than an asset. That’s why we also try to create some virality effect around our content. We’ve found that combining videos with a contest or referral campaign helps drive most results. And I think that as a start-up you shouldn’t be afraid of asking your friends to initially share the video to give it some reach."
5. Don't go crazy
It might be tempting to craft a serious load of content for every single channel, but you'll only make life difficult for yourself. Besides, it's unlikely you'll find the time, let alone produce the quality content you need to get any return.
Sam from Coconut adds: "Initially, just focus on one thing that works best for you and takes up the least time, otherwise, you won't do it. Vlogging and videos work for us because you just need a phone and a few minutes. But if writing, or taking stunning photos is your thing, do what comes naturally."
6. Get insight through all your data
"Measure what people connect with using data – likes, shares, retweets, clicks," says Sam O'Connor from Coconut. "Try and figure out why people like it. You can even ask them if you can't work it out yourself. Then do more of it."
It's as simple as that really. Monitor what you do, see what does and doesn't work. Rinse and repeat.
Just to recap
Be authentic, be "real" – don't insult the intelligence of your audience by trying to be something you're not
Before you craft any content, consider the audience – who are they, what are their problems, how can you help?
What type of content will your audience resonate with the most? What works best on the channels where they're active?
Choose only one or two channels to reach your audience; it's about quality, not quantity
Monitor and evaluate everything you do, iterate and repeat.
Huckletree has its own content generation hubs at its co-working spaces across London, including a VR studio at White City where it has teamed up with Realities Centre to host VR/AR workshops, demos and training sessions for its members.
There's even White City Place's podcasting pod on its front lawn where members can record podcasts, vlogs and content (it's soundproof and there's an engineer they can call on for technical help, too!). Huckletree also has meeting rooms and internal spaces that members can use for photo shoots. To find out more about becoming part of the Huckletree family, and benefiting from its content generation hub, visit huckletree.com.
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The Rosegarden of Light
Celebrating the music and culture of Afghanistan
“At a time when we are bombarded every day by images of the world in crisis, The Rosegarden of Light is a joyful celebration of musicians who share a fundamental right to express themselves through the universal language of music.”
- Blackmore Vale Magazine
Music was entirely banned in Afghanistan as recently as 2001. That ban continues in some parts of the country, while musicians remain targets in other parts. Throughout history musicians have been silenced as a means to stifle the voices of a group of people: The Rosegarden of Light provides an opportunity for these voices to be heard on an international scale as the courageous people of Afghanistan rebuild and reaffirm their centuries-old musical and artistic culture.
The Rosegarden of Light Project is, at its roots, a peaceful reaction to a vicious act of violence. In December 2014 the courageous young students of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM) were performing musical accompaniment to a play in Kabul that was the target of a suicide bombing. The explosion severely wounded Dr Ahmad Sarmast, the deeply respected founder and director of ANIM.
This act of violence directly against the arts shook the students, faculty and partners of ANIM, but did not break their spirit. The Rosegarden of Light Project was born in response to this tragic event, and has come to represent all that can be accomplished when people decide to respond to an atrocity with open hearts and a passion for a brighter future.
The project is a collaboration across three nations to show solidarity and support for the young musicians of Kabul and all they stand for. 'The Rosegarden of Light' is a 16th Century title used to reference the region that is Afghanistan. The title refers both to a specific piece of music – Sadie Harrison’s Gulistan-e Nur: The Rosegarden of Light for youth ensemble and string sextet – and to an ongoing series of performances, lectures and events worldwide aimed at raising awareness of Afghan music and culture.
It is also the title of the album released by Toccata Classics and featuring Cuatro Puntos (an American ensemble), Ensemble Zohra (the only female musical group in Afghanistan), the Junior Ensemble of Traditional Instruments (a group of young men from ANIM,) and the music of Australian/British composer Sadie Harrison.
Order the album on Amazon
Ensemble Zohra in Kabul
Rosegarden of Light Project
Press for The
Dean Frey, 'Music for Several Instruments'
Music Web International
The Fine Times Recorder
The New Listener, Trotz Alledem (in German)
Lebabill Art (In French)
BBC Record Review
Articles and Broadcasts:
New Music USA
WNPR Connecticut
University of York Music Press
Broadway Baby
Goldsmiths University London
Discover Frome
Women Composers Festival of Hartford
Hartford Courant
Phyllis Wolff
Classical Discoveries, New Jersey
York Press
General Arts Touring
Odysseus Project
PRSF Foundation
Students of Afghanistan National Institute of Music
Kevin Bishop, ANIM Director of Orchestral Studies
Full live performance of The Rosegarden of Light. Videos of Ensemble Zohra were taken during a recording session in Kabul. Videos of Cuatro Puntos were taken at the CD Launch Concert in London.
Ensemble Zohra recording 'Watan Jan' from
The Rosegarden of Light in Kabul
Amazon
Barnes and Noble (USA)
Toccata Classics (UK)
Arkiv Music
Primephonic
CD Universe
Target (USA)
HB Direct (UK)
Renaud Bray (France)
Presto Classical (UK)
UVM (France)
Live Performances of
The Rosegarden of Light Project
Sunday, February 18, 2018 - Calvary Church, Stonington, CT
Wednesday, February 7, 2018 - Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
Thursday, February 1, 2018 - Seabury, Bloomfield, CT
Saturday, May 28, 2016 - Purbeck Festival, Swanage, England
Sunday, May 29, 2016- Brighton Festival, Brighton, England
Monday, May 30, 2016- Silk Mill, Frome, England
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - Goldsmiths University, London*
*CD Launch Concert and reception
Thursday, June 2, 2016- Shaftesbury, England
Saturday, June 4, 2016- Late Music Festival, York, England
Monday, June 6, 2016- Institute for Cultural Diplomacy,
Thursday, March 10, 2016 - Women Composers Festival of Hartford
Friday, January 15, 2016 - Hartford, CT
Monday, October 5, 2015 - Glastonbury, CT
Sunday, October 4, 2015 - University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
Sunday, September 27, 2015 - Boston, MA
Saturday, September 26, 2015 - Hartford, CT
Friday, September 25, 2o15 - East Hartford, CT
Friday, September 25, 2015 - Middlebury, CT
Thursday, September 24, 2015 - Glastonbury, Connecticut*
*World Premiere
Additional Information on the Artists
Sadie Harrison
composer of Gulistan-e Nur: The Rosegarden of Light and Allah Hu
Project Concept Designer
Kevin Bishop
violist, arranger, Director of Orchestral Studies at ANIM in Kabul
Aaron Packard
Annie Trépanier
Allan Ballinger
cello
Holly Fischer
double bass, teacher of ANIM students in Kabul
Ensemble Zohra
Afghan Women's Orchestra
Junior Ensemble of Traditional Afghan Instruments
Camilo Jauregui
conductor of Ensemble Zohra on recording
Afghanistan National Institute of Music
home of Ensemble Zohra and Junior Ensemble of Traditional Instruments
Ahmad Sarmast
founder and director of ANIM
Clip of Cuatro Puntos performing Movement 3, 'Watan Jan', from The Rosegarden of Light by Sadie Harrison
Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut- September 2015
Trailer for "Dr. Sarmast's Music School"
Thank you to all our partners who have helped fund The Rosegarden of Light Project
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Australia/ UK
Junior Ensemble of Traditional Instruments
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Chelsea v West Ham United official programme 17/02/1996
Chelsea v West Ham United official programme 17/02/1996, 56 pages, in mint condition. The ticket is also available.
Newcastle United v Wolverhampton Wanderers official programme 12/11/1977 Football League
Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur official programme 10/12/1963
Liverpool v Sheffield United official programme 15/03/1975
Chelsea, West Ham United
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Posted on January 1, 2019 December 16, 2019 by Kenny Gretsch
On a steamy May morning in 2013, Canva CEO Melanie Perkins found herself adrift on a kiteboard in the channel between billionaire Richard Branson’s private Necker and Moskito islands. Her 30-foot sail floating deflated and useless beside her in the strong eastern Caribbean current, the 26-year-old entrepreneur waited for hours to be rescued. As she treaded water, her left leg scarred by a past collision with a coral reef, she reminded herself that her dangerous new hobby was worth it. After all, it was key to the fundraising strategy for the design-software startup she’d cofounded with her boyfriend six years before. Canva was based in Australia, thousands of miles from tech’s Silicon Valley power corridor. Getting a meeting—much less funding—was proving tough. Perkins heard “no” from more than 100 investors. So when she met the organizer of a group of kitesurfing venture capitalists at a pitch competition in her native Perth, Perkins got to training. The next time the group met to hear startup pitches and potentially write crucial early-stage funding checks, she’d have a seat at the table—even if it meant having to brave treacherous waters. “It was like, risk: serious damage; reward: start company,” Perkins says. “If you get your foot in the door just a tiny bit, you have to kind of wedge it all the way in.” Such perseverance has long been a necessity at Canva, which began as a modest yearbook-design business in the state capital of Perth on Australia’s west coast. From those remote origins, Canva has grown into a global juggernaut. Twenty-million-plus users from 190 countries use the company’s “freemium” Web-based app to design everything from splashy Pinterest graphics to elegant restaurant menus. Besides an impossible-to-beat price (millions of users pay nothing at all), Canva’s key advantage over rival products from tech giants like Adobe has been its ease of use. Before Canva, amateurs had to stitch together designs in Microsoft Word or pay through the nose for confusing professional tools. Today, anyone, anywhere, can download Canva and be creating within ten minutes. The company’s revenue comes from upselling to a $10-a-month premium version with snazzier features or, more recently, from sales of a streamlined corporate account option. High-quality stock photos—of which Canva has millions—cost another $1. It adds up. This year the company expects to more than double its revenue to $200 million; its most recent $85 million funding round valued it at $3.2 billion. Perkins, now 32 and an alum of the 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list, has an estimated 15% stake, valued at $430 million. Throw in her 34-year-old cofounder—and now fiancé—Cliff Obrecht’s similar stake, and the Aussie power couple are likely worth more than $800 million. In an era of billion-dollar checks from SoftBank and high-profile profligacy at WeWork, Perkins and Obrecht do things differently. They are couch surfers who prefer budget trips to private jets. (This summer, with Canva already valued at more than $2 billion, Obrecht proposed to Perkins in Turkey’s backpacker-friendly Cappadocia region with a $30 engagement ring.) Rarest of all: Canva says it’s been profitable—at least using the favored startup metric of adjusted EBITDA, which strips out stock-option expenses, financing and tax costs—since 2017. “We have been really conscientious about not taking on too much capital because we’ve been profitable for the last two years,” Perkins says. It all starts with Perkins, who onboards every new employee (now 700 in total) with a thorough rundown of Canva’s most sensitive financial numbers and past investor pitch decks. Other unicorn founders boast. Perkins keeps receipts. And as Canva grows she’s trying to prove you can build a global tech giant from anywhere. “Melanie is a rare breed of entrepreneur, the likes of which you don’t find often anywhere,” says Mary Meeker, a seasoned internet investor whose new firm, Bond Capital, made Canva its first official investment in May. Perkins’ family jokes that she has a 100-point plan for changing the world. First, Canva has a much more straightforward challenge: win over big business. Like Atlassian, Slack and Zoom before it, Canva faces a classic dilemma: a freemium model can make you viral, but most users will never pay a dime. And though Canva says it has users inside almost every large corporation today, they’re typically rogue individuals or small teams, not official corporate accounts. Moving upmarket means increasingly brushing up against Adobe, the $149 billion (market cap) graphics giant that took in $1.65 billion in revenue last quarter from its design-focused unit alone. Then there are a host of high-flying startups like Figma and Sketch that cater to pros but could easily move into the consumer space. And that’s not even considering Canva’s ambitions in new mediums like video and presentations, which could pit it against everything from small Instagram video-making apps to Microsoft, maker of the blockbuster PowerPoint. It’s daunting, to say the least, but for Perkins, who has already turned doubting Silicon Valley players into eager supporters and mastered the Chinese market—and has built a $200 million-plus bank account—it’s all according to plan. “I feel like we’ve done an incredible job, but we’ve done very little compared to what we want to do. We’ve done 1% of what I think is possible,” Perkins says. “Our company mission is to empower the world to design. And we really mean the whole world.” Perkins started working on what became Canva in 2007 from her mom’s living room in Perth. The daughter of an Australian-born teacher and a Malaysian engineer of Filipino and Sri Lankan heritage, Perkins had wanted to be a professional figure skater, enduring an adolescence of 4:30 a.m. wake-up calls before enrolling at the University of Western Australia. There, while teaching fellow students basic computer design as part of her communications and commerce studies, she had an idea. The process of designing and printing a poster or a flyer—composing it in Adobe Photoshop or Microsoft Word, converting it to the right size and saving it as a PDF, and taking it to a store like Staples to print—seemed cumbersome in the age of the internet. Wouldn’t it be much better to do it all in one place with one online tool? “The idea of making design really simple was the first idea,” she says. The problem felt so obvious that Perkins feared someone else would build a solution first if she delayed. So she hired freelancers to build a Flash website to target one niche she identified as steady and underserved: school yearbooks, typically the responsibility of student volunteers. Obrecht and Perkins’ startup, Fusion Books, found a market immediately. And with one semester of college left, Perkins put her studies on pause. In peak season, Perkins’ mom fed the printers ink overnight. Obrecht worked the phones cold-calling prospects. When schools asked to speak to a manager, Obrecht simply lowered his voice. The business eventually reached 400 schools, with licensees as far off as France. It was a start. But Perkins couldn’t go much farther without venture funding, then virtually impossible to find in Perth, a city built on mining and petrochemicals. Perkins spotted—and seized—the narrowest of opportunities in 2011 when a longtime Silicon Valley venture capitalist named Bill Tai came to Perth to judge a startup competition. A skilled kitesurfer who had backed TweetDeck and Zoom, Tai was in town mainly to play in Perth’s killer waves. Perkins and Obrecht sniffed out a dinner Tai was hosting and ambushed attendees with a pitch for something called Canvas Chef: a metaphorical pizza, with design elements as the toppings and document types—flyer, business card, restaurant menu—as the dough. “It wasn’t the most stylish analogy,” says Rick Baker, an investor who saw the pitch that night. The founders left without any capital—but with a newfound enthusiasm for extreme water sports. They became fixtures at Tai’s subsequent kitesurfing gatherings, which featured prominent tech executives looking to invest in new startups. In Maui, after a friend of Peter Thiel’s told them they needed a single leader, Perkins became sole CEO. Perkins and Obrecht were having worse luck in their visits to Silicon Valley’s venture capital gatekeepers on Sand Hill Road. Dozens of firms passed on the little-known, romantically linked cofounders from a startup dead zone. “I’m honestly, and unfortunately, not comfortable doing a deal in Australia,” wrote one. “I am not sure it’s going to make sense just yet,” another said. In the end, the wave-chasing connections paid off. Through the group they met Cameron Adams, 40, an ex-Googler who had founded a startup based in Sydney. Expecting to meet with them as an advisor in March 2012, Adams would sign on as third cofounder the following June. Now that they had a technical leader, the founders broke through: Canva raised $3 million in seed funding in two tranches in 2012 and early 2013, including a crucial matching grant from the Australian government. The company launched in August 2013 to a couple of reviews on tech blogs and few users. Adams and Canva’s engineers, who stayed up late in Sydney (the company relocated there in February 2012) to handle the expected influx of sign-ups, went to sleep dejected. What no one knew yet was that Canva’s timing was perfect. The rise of Instagram and Twitter were changing how businesses reached customers. From schools to sheriff’s offices, skating rinks to self-published authors, everyone suddenly cared a lot about their online presence. Canva was an affordable way to look good. The trickle of sign-ups grew to 50,000 users in the first month; by 2014, when Canva raised another $3 million from Thiel’s Founders Fund and Shasta Ventures, 600,000 users had made 3.5 million designs. In China, historically a fool’s-errand market for Western software makers, Canva is a rare success. Obrecht—a tall, amiable presence who, as COO, often rallies the troops (or delivers bad news)—opened Canva’s first office outside of Sydney, in Manila, in 2014, then hired the former head of LinkedIn’s China unit to build an office in mainland China. Today, a local engineering team handles a China-first version of Canva built from the ground up with features like deep integrations with Chinese messaging apps and easy-to-create QR codes, which are popular there. McDonald’s China is a customer, as is a nationwide real-estate brokerage that offers the software to its 1,000 agents. When it comes to serving big businesses, Canva is still a rookie. Its October launch of Canva for Enterprise came at a private event in New York. Perkins addressed staffers from about 100 companies, including Equinox, JPMorgan and HubSpot. A slow start for Canva’s enterprise business won’t sink the company. This December, the company matched more of Adobe’s own features by announcing a video-editing tool and an apps suite; it’s still working on improvements to its free alternative to Microsoft PowerPoint, which has already been used to make 80 million presentations. But Canva’s long-term growth prospects depend on whether corporations will progress from small pockets of fans to accounts reaching thousands of employees. After years of adding more features to Canva’s suite, Perkins is betting on the opposite approach for corporate America. By offering limited sets of templates and options, Canva hopes execs will trust more employees to create their own content. At Realty Austin, a midsize Texas residential and commercial real-estate firm, a marketing team of six used to create all printed handouts and digital assets for its agents to promote events like open houses. Now, with Canva, the company’s 550-plus agents create material for their own listings, faster and on their own time. Adobe isn’t sleeping while all this goes down. It has offered its own freemium, templates-driven app, called Adobe Spark, since 2016. While Canva claims that its tools are used at 50,000 universities and 25,000 nonprofits, Adobe says it’s given out 23 million free Spark accounts to students and teachers. In December 2017, Adobe reunited with Scott Belsky, the entrepreneur whose social media business Behance it acquired in 2012, to instill a scrappier ethos in its product teams. “They feel like they’re the underdog because they’re like, ‘We’re not the coolest startup,’ ” says Belsky, chief product officer of Adobe’s Creative Cloud unit. Then there are the typical startup growing pains. Until two years ago, Canva’s tool for editing its core code was so clunky that only five engineers could work on it at a time. Much of the company’s focus last year was on a complete rewrite of the front-end interface of its app. “We’re growing so fast that things are breaking constantly,” Obrecht admits. And in May, Canva suffered its biggest test of customer trust to date. Days after Canva announced that Meeker’s investment had valued the company at $2.5 billion, a hacker in Europe breached its systems, downloading 139 million user names and email addresses before Canva could stop the attack. Stuck in California, Perkins and Obrecht called and texted with Atlassian’s co-CEOs and cofounders (and Canva investors), Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar, reaching Farquhar as the billionaire was on a runway in Peru en route to Machu Picchu. At their urging, Canva called the FBI and launched a formal review; two weeks later, Canva announced two-factor authentication for all users. Though Perkins says Canva’s users responded by rallying behind the company, it was a warning: With better recognition comes a bigger target on your back. Those close to Perkins are confident that she can handle the pressure. Guy Kawasaki started his career as a hype-man for Steve Jobs, traveling the world to tout all things Apple in the 1980s. The former Forbes columnist says he’s happy to end his career doing the same for Perkins, investing in Canva and joining the company as “chief evangelist” back in 2014. “More people can use the democratization of design than can use a Macintosh,” he says. “You don’t have to be in Silicon Valley—you don’t even need to be in America—to be successful. Holy cow.” About Writer Alex Konrad this sample is no follow, but on order we make do follow About Article Source Forbes this sample is no follow, but on order we make do follow
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Deerland Enzymes Receives Natural Product Number for ProHydrolase® in Canada
June 2, 2014 in Company News
Deerland Probiotics & Enzymes, a leading international enzyme-based dietary supplement formulator and contract manufacturer, has been granted a Natural Product Number (NPN) for ProHydrolase, a highly effective proprietary enzyme blend that maximizes protein digestion to aid in muscle recovery and muscle building. This new product license issuance by the Natural Health Products Directorate of Health Canada (NPN 80050629) allows ProHydrolase to be sold throughout Canada.
Ideal for use by fitness enthusiasts and body builders alike, ProHydrolase is supported by two human clinical trials that demonstrate the product’s ability to increase amino acid levels in the blood, supporting muscle recovery, as well as decrease C-reactive protein levels, which is an indicator of inflammation in the body. In fact, amino acids in the blood are shown to increase by 20% with the consumption of a whey protein supplement accompanied by ProHydrolase, as compared to consumption of whey alone. ProHydrolase is also effective at digesting other proteins such as casein, soy, egg, pea and hemp.
All natural health products (NHPs) sold in Canada are subject to the Natural Health Products Regulations, which came into effect on January 1, 2004. These regulations state all NHPs must have a product license before they can be sold in Canada.
“We appreciate the rigor of the process for product approval in Canada, and we’re pleased that ProHydrolase has met the justifiably stringent standards that are in place for all natural health products,” said Scott Ravech, CEO of Deerland Probiotics & Enzymes. He added, “Based on the success of ProHydrolase in the United States, we are excited to be able to offer this best-in-class protein hydrolysis product to Canadian consumers, and we expect to see a significant growth in demand.”
Deerland Probiotics & Enzymes has partnered with leading distributor Chemroy Canada to market ProHydrolase in Canada. “We are pleased to partner with a company like Deerland Probiotics & Enzymes that develops products which are backed by strong science that can stand up to the strict regulations of Health Canada,” says Jim Bornhold, director of nutraceutical sales at Chemroy.
Deerland Enzymes, Inc., based in Kennesaw, Ga., specializes in customized enzyme and probiotic-based formulations, collaborating with customers to develop innovative and often proprietary solutions. The company offers a broad spectrum of plant, animal, fungal and bacterial-sourced enzymes. All are non-GMO and kosher, where applicable. Deerland Probiotics & Enzymes also performs specialty contract manufacturing services, including bulk blends, liquids, hard shell capsules, and tablets; as well as bottling and labeling.
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Colorado couple sought in connection with…
Colorado couple sought in connection with Cañon City homicide investigation arrested in North Carolina
Luciano Pogorzelski and Madison Blackburn are considered “people of interest” in the investigation
By Sam Tabachnik | stabachnik@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Luciano C. Pogorzelski, left, and Madison Blackburn.
North Carolina authorities located a Colorado couple described as “people of interest” in a Cañon City homicide last week, Cañon City police said in a news release.
Acting on a tip, police in Gastonia, N.C, found Luciano Pogorzelski and Madison Blackburn at a gas station near a relative’s house, where they were detained on unrelated drug charges, Cañon City police said.
Police are preparing search warrants to check the vehicle, phones and other property in the couple’s possession, the news release said. Arrest warrants are also being prepared, police said. Pogorzelski and Blackburn are being held in Gason County Jail on the drug charges.
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Denver Zoo Wraps Up Zoo Lights with a Special Night Designed for Individuals with Sensory Sensitivities
For 29 years, Zoo Lights presented by Your Hometown Toyota Stores has transformed Denver Zoo into Colorado’s wildest winter wonderland! And this year, we’re Illuminated with Life, with more than 2 million lights across 80 acres of our campus. But for anyone with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) or prefer a lower sensory experience, Zoo Lights can be overwhelming.
That’s why, for the first time in our history, we’ve created a low-sensory night at Zoo Lights to better accommodate individuals in our community with SPD. The last night of Zoo Lights—Tuesday, Dec. 31—will be specially designed so people with SPD, a neurological condition in which the brain has trouble receiving and responding to the information that comes in through the senses, can experience the magic of Zoo Lights.
“As an inclusive, community-oriented nonprofit organization, our top priority is being welcoming, safe and comfortable for everyone,” said Denver Zoo President and CEO Bert Vescolani. “We strive to break down as many barriers to the Zoo’s programs and events as possible, whether that means providing free or reduced admission, or, in this case, tailoring an event to make it more accessible for people who are neurodiverse.”
Zoo Lights: Low Sensory Night will take place from 4:30-9 p.m. on Dec. 31 and deliver all the magic of a typical Zoo Lights evening, with accommodations to ensure the night is more comfortable for those with sensory sensitivities. In addition, we’ve created a Zoo Lights Low Sensory Guide and provided training for our guest-facing staff on effectively engaging and interacting with people with SPD. Features of Low Sensory Night include:
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Endpoint Security Overload
CISOs and their teams are over-investing in endpoint security tools, driving inefficiency and a need to consolidate data.
An excess of endpoint security tools in organizations is driving "information security debt," according to a new study.
The "Voice of the Enterprise" report by 451 Research and Digital Guardian on the use and consolidation of endpoint security tools found that the more endpoint security systems an enterprise has, the greater the cost of managing them. Security teams are struggling with inefficiency because they're moving from dashboard to dashboard all day.
Eric Ogren, senior analyst with 451 Research's information security team, says having more endpoint security tools doesn't necessarily provide better endpoint protection.
Overall spending on endpoint systems rose from 26.3% in 2015 to 29.4% in 2016, according to the study. The focus on risk was aligned with addressing an overall need for more skilled security professionals.
"We hear so much about the labor shortage; how hard it is for security teams to hire and retain people," says Ogren. "The problem's not so much a people problem, but a technology one. Every time you tie an endpoint product to a workstation, it's going to be noisy."
Researchers found two-thirds of larger businesses juggle up to five endpoint security tools; about one in ten respondents handle as many as ten. The surplus is leading to greater operational overhead and additional steps to learn about data generated about users, applications, and OS activity. As a result, infosec teams are overwhelmed and ultimately fail to protect against data loss.
Endpoint security has traditionally been very threat- and exploit-oriented, and businesses invest in point products when new risks appear. These tools stay put for a long time because each was bought for a particular need. As a result, enterprises have accumulated several solutions for data loss prevention, data encryption, access controls, intrusion detection, and firewalls.
Every endpoint tool produces a lot of events and a lot of data, Ogren explains, and "most of it is just junk." Security pros spend much of their time digging into, and clearing, endless alerts. They want to get trained on security and handling the business but don’t have time.
A data-focused approach
Researchers discovered a broad shift towards the consolidation of endpoint tools. Capabilities like disk encryption and host firewall/IDS, previously offered in individual products, are being incorporated into product suites or built into operating systems. The goal isn't only to remove silos between tools, but to create a more immediate view of threats to business data.
By consolidating endpoint systems, businesses can consistently collect accurate data and gain a broader view of their security posture without switching consoles. Leveraging analytics across large datasets can help monitor and prevent threats throughout an organization.
"It tackles information debt straightaway," says Ogren of consolidation. "Products have been a bit more comprehensive about their approach to security and what they import. What does get reported tends to be a lot more meaningful and a lot richer, with more analysis behind it."
The cloud is driving this trend, he notes, as businesses shift away from hardware-based products and toward cloud services. Hardware security tools made up 20% of security budgets one year ago compared with 17.9% today, and a predicted 17.1% in 2018, researchers found.
Bumps in the road
The shift to consolidation will have its obstacles, Ogren predicts. It will be difficult for security leaders to "de-commit" to a security problem by saying the business no longer needs a tool.
"Some CISOs put their credibility and integrity on the line, and it takes maturity to say 'the world has moved on, this is how we need to approach security now,'" he explains.
Many will also face the challenge of moving from a threat-centric approach to endpoint security, and towards a data-centric approach. Security teams will have to look at how their resources are being used before they address threats.
451 Research's Voice of the Enterprise study found the top three security pain points for the 12 months ending in June 2018 include user behavior (30.4%), accurate and timely monitoring of security events (21.8%), and staffing information security teams (20.7%).
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Posted By : Ken Colburn of Data Doctors on October 30, 2000
Where can I find information on the presidential candidates stand on technology issues?
This question was answered on October 30, 2000. Much of the information contained herein may have changed since posting.
Technology issues are certainly going to shape our future and who ever is elected president will have to deal with an unprecedented number of technology issues that will have long lasting effects
Issues such as privacy, the digital divide, Internet taxation, copyright and intellectual property enforcement, Internet filtering, anti-trust and protection from electronic terrorism are just a few of the issues that will touch the lives of virtually every citizen.
Most of the candidates have some connection to technology and seem to understand the importance of dealing with the associated issues We are certainly seeing more of an emphasis placed on technology issues in this election than in previous campaigns
Finding websites that don’t have a hidden agenda can be hard, but there are quite a few sites that seem to be providing general information and links that may help you to better understand the candidate’s stance on technology based issues.
Here are some sites that may be of help in learning more about the candidates “technology agendas”:
<a href="http://www.Issues2000.org/Technology.htm"><font color="#003399">Issues2000.org/Technology.htm </font></a> – This site includes all of the candidates and has compiled quotes and news stories that deal specifically with technology.
<a href="http://www.techtv.com/techtvnews/election2000"><font color="#003399">techtv.com/techtvnews/election2000</font></a> – My favorite technology cable channel TechTV has a web site with dozens of technology related stories and interviews with the major candidates Included are video and audio clips as well as transcripts to interviews that have been conducted.
<a href="http://www.georgewbush.com/issues"><font color="#003399">georgewbush.com/issues</font></a> – This official site for George Bush includes a link to Technology and the New Economy There you can find Bush’s stance on the major technology issues and even download and print out his “High Tech Plan”.
<a href="http://www.algore.com/tech"><font color="#003399">algore.com/tech</font></a> – This official site for Al Gore includes his agenda and accomplishments in the tech sector You can also see a list of tech leaders that are endorsing him.
In addition to technology specific sites, I have found some other sites that you may find useful or entertaining:
<a href="http://www.youthevote.net"><font color="#003399">youthevote.net</font></a> – A voting website specifically setup to help schools and parents get their children involved in the political system.
<a href="http://www.decidebetter.com"><font color="#003399">www.decidebetter.com</font></a>- This website tries to help you make a decision based on the issues and your opinion of the major candidates.
<a href="http://www.realchange.org"><font color="#003399">realchange.org</font></a> – A site that prides itself on digging up dirt on the candidates Their tag line is “All the Dirt on All the Candidates - Because character DOES matter”.
<a href="http://www.speakout.com/votematch"><font color="#003399">speakout.com/votematch</font></a> – This site attempts to define your political philosophy based on your position on major issues.
<a href="http://www.gallup.com/Election2000"><font color="#003399">gallup.com/Election2000</font></a> - Public opinion as gathered by the Gallup Polls on everything from the issues to image.
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#ICYMI: Cancellara chute et Sagan l'évite de justesse / Cancellara crashed & Sagan managed to avoid himhttps://t.co/nAaK1HhS7c
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Unbelievable bike handling from Peter Sagan to avoid Fabian Cancellara crash (video)
Peter Sagan bunny-hops over Fabian Cancellara's bike after the Swiss hits the cobbles in Paris-Roubaix
Stuart Clarke April 10, 2016 3:03 pm
Peter Sagan kept his chances of winning Paris-Roubaix intact by bunny-hopping over a crashing Fabian Cancellara on the Mons-en-Pévèle cobbled sector.
Already 40 seconds down on the lead group, Cancellara and Sagan were pushing hard to connect back up with the group up the road, which formed nearly 100km earlier.
Cancellara, sitting third wheel in his group, slipped on a muddy part of the sector and went down hard, but Sagan, on the Swiss’s wheel, somehow managed to avoid going down and continued his pursuit.
>>> Chaos, crashes and flat tyres: Tom Boonen recaps a ‘standard’ Paris-Roubaix
But with 40km to go his small group was 1-10 down on the front group, which contained Tom Boonen, Ian Stannard, Sep Vanmarcke and Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Cancellara managed to get back on his bike, but by then was nearly three minutes down on the front group and his race was over.
Both Sagan and Cancellara were stranded behind the Boonen group after a crash on one of the earlier cobbled sectors split the peloton.
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The Top 10 London Antiques Shops
Monday 9th April 2018 at 12:27
London is well known for its position as a central hub in the antiques trade, and the variety of shops and choices available can seem overwhelming at times, especially for someone new to the industry. Here is a list of the best antiques stores in London to help your search for the perfect vintage item.
10) Lillie Road Collective
This is a collective of 19 different shops, each with their individual characteristics and collections, which makes for a pleasant browsing and shopping experience as you pop from one store to the other. The collections feature every type of antique object imaginable, from furniture to art to lighting and books.
Lillie Road, Fulham, SW6 7LL lillieroad.co.uk
9) Gray’s Antiques
Spread across two buildings and two levels on the former site of a 19th century water closet manufacturing company, and featuring two hundred different antique dealers, Gray’s is home to one of the world’s largest collection of antiques, including vintage jewellery and fashion.
58 Davies Street / 1-7 Davies Mews WK1 5AB graysantiques.com
8) Alfie’s Antiques Market
With its bohemian chic atmosphere and its famous rooftop café, Alfie’s Antiques Market is a favourite destination for antiques collectors, designers and even celebrities. A former department store, the site was given a radical transformation by founder Bennie Gray (of Gray’s Antiques), who opened the shop in 1976 and expanded it into a maze of rooms dedicated to all sorts of vintage and quirky objects coming from a variety of different locations and eras.
13-25 Church Street, Marylebone NW8 8DT alfiesantiques.com
7) London Silver Vaults
The first thing you will notice when visiting the London Silver Vaults is the -quite literally- dazzling atmosphere, with shiny silver objects as far as the eye can see. This is the ultimate hub for anyone interested in buying high-quality silver decorations and accessories.
Chancery Lane, WC2A 1QS silvervaultslondon.co.uk
6) Past Caring
This cheekily-named independent shop has a new selection of items every week, ranging from antique furniture to glass objects, ceramics and vintage clothing. They are specialised in items from the 20th century, starting from the 1930s all the way to the 1980s.
54 Essex Road, N1 8LR https://www.facebook.com/Past-Caring-21090650091
5) Gordon Watson Ltd
At 35 years old, Gordon Watson Ltd is one of the first established 20th century design galleries in London, specialising in modern and contemporary French and Italian furniture, objects and lighting. Check out the website for the photo gallery from the exhibition “Gordon Watson presents Paul Belvoir”.
28 Pimlico Road SW1W 8LJ gordonwatson.co.uk
4) Christopher Butterworth
“Beauty” is the first word that comes to mind when stepping into Christopher Butterworth’s gallery - described as a “fascinating Aladdin’s cave of lights, lamps and vases”, this collection is a treasure trove of objects ranging from the 17th century to the 1970s.
71 Pimlico Road SW1W 8NE christopherbutterworth.net
3) Crystal Palace Antique and Modern Warehouse
A large antiques warehouse established over fifteen years ago, spreading over four floors and featuring twenty different dealers. You can find every sort of item here, from Victorian chests of drawers to modern lounge chairs - there really is something for every taste and budget.
Junction of Westow Hill and Jasper Road, SE19 1SG
2) Barham Antiques
Located in the heart of Notting Hill’s Portobello Road antiques market area, Barham Antiques is a well-established antiques firm that specialises in boxes of all types, such as jewellery boxes, stationery boxes and tea caddies.
83 Portobello Road, W11 2QB
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And saving the best for last *drum roll*… well, us, of course! Whether you are looking for antique furniture for a housing interior or for a business such as a shop or a pub, you are guaranteed to find the right thing for you in our collection - and if you are looking for a very specific design, you can always order a bespoke cabinet or shopfitting designed and built by our team. Check out our website dandabinder.co.uk to take a look at our stock and contact us about any inquiries, or come visit us in person.
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Gigabit and beyond: pricing and positioning strategies
While residential gigabit access has been technically feasible for years, few service providers have included it in their portfolios. It seemed highly unlikely that the customers would be willing to pay for such speeds, let alone actually perceive a change in their Internet use. And even today, some major players still question the demand for … Continue reading Gigabit and beyond: pricing and positioning strategies → ...
Boosting copper: necessary and dangerous
BBWF Europe next week will clearly be about copper. Virtually every vendor or PR agency that contacted me wanted to brief me on VDSL, vectoring, bonding and all that jazz. Just this morning, Alcatel-Lucent announced their big push in this direction (see Alcatel-Lucent accelerates the availability of superfast broadband.) My coverage of these technologies on fiberevolution in the past might have seemed somewhat simplistic, and it may have come accross as me disagreeing with them without nuance. That's actually not where I think their role is.
Broad FTTH deployment is a long-term endeavour. It's unlikely that any country other than really small ones (like Singapour) or really authoritarian ones (like China) will achieve any broad scale deployment in less than ten years. The question of the quality of services delivered to the people who will not be in the early waves of fiber to the home deployment will therefore be crucial. And FTTC, enhanced by Vectoring and Bonding if necessary can be a stop gap to ensure that while these people don't get as good service as the ones connected with fiber, they will at least get services that allow them to continue experiencing internet services in tolerable comfort (let's not forget that as average capacity to the home increases accross the world, the average load of websites and online services will also increase…)
That's why I don't oppose VDSL2, bonding, vectoring and other phantom modes on principle. I do however believe that there are a couple of real dangers associated with these technologies. The first is clearly that they give the opportunity to incumbents who hate the idea of deploying FTTH to simply substitute VDSL2 for FTTH and not undergo the necessary network investments. That's a really short-term view that can only have dire consequences in the long-term. Instead of being a stop gap on the way to FTTH, VDSL2 becomes an end in and of itself. That's clearly the path that AT&T, BT and Belgacom (to name a few) have chosen, and while it might look like it's solved the "problem", wait a couple of years and we'll have to go through the whole rigmarole of insufficient service levels and slipping OECD broadband rankings again.
Furthermore, I have some real questions about how these technologies can be implemented in countries with progressive access regulation without jeopardizing the models that have proven their worth. In the UK, we have already seen quite clearly that the implementation of FTTC pushes the market from a proven unbundling access regime to an unproven bitstream access regime. It's quite clear why incumbents would want that, it's a lot less clear why competitive operators should. And it's very unclear how regulators are dealing with these issues. A few years ago, a number of European NRAs (ARCEP and OPTA spring to mind) VDSL was considered not to be a solution that would sustain a competitive market for just these reasons, so I'm a little puzzled as to what has changed now…
How do these technologies cohabit with unbundled copper regimes, I wonder. That's really what I'll be investigating at BBWF: is there a regulatory risk associated with VDSL and how can it be dealt with?
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Elusive Marine Mammal Uses Interspecies Buddy System
InkfishBy Elizabeth PrestonOctober 8, 2013 11:38 PM
What ocean mammal is a rare bird but not a lone wolf? Meet the false killer whale. You're not likely to ever spot one in the wild, but if you do, it won't be alone. These animals prefer to travel with a crowd—not just of their own species, but also including their closest companion, the bottlenose dolphin.
False killer whales are so named because the look a little like killer whales, or orcas.* Yet unlike their showy namesake, false killer whales are rarely encountered by humans. In most places where we know they live, it's only because they've turned up stranded on the shores. We don't even know whether they migrate with the seasons.
We do know that the whales are social, and that they sometimes pal around with other species. Jochen Zaeschmar, a master's student at Massey University in New Zealand, has been rescuing and studying false killer whales and other species since 2000. This summer he published a paper reporting that false killer whales sometimes partner with bottlenose dolphins to hunt. On two occasions, researchers had come across large groups of the whales and dolphins apparently working together to round up fish. They blew bursts of bubbles to herd their prey into one helpless crowd, then feasted.
For Zaeschmar's latest study, he and other researchers gathered up records of false killer whale sightings along the northeast coast of New Zealand between 1995 and 2012. It was a total of just 47 encounters—on one whale-watch boat, false killer whale sightings happened on less than half of one percent of trips.
The observations of whales and dolphins hunting together had been no (ahem) fluke. When false killer whales were seen, bottlenose dolphins were by their side "virtually all the time," Zaeschmar says—in 43 out of the 47 sightings.
"Increasing the size of your group...increases the chances of finding food," Zaeschmar explains. The prey fish hunted by these mammals are plentiful, but spread out. Working together could help the hunters find their prey, he says, and "once they do find it there won't be any competition, because there is enough for everyone."
It's also possible, Zaeschmar notes, that one species is just taking advantage of the other's superior hunting skill. The dolphins and whales seem to be working in a true partnership. But "it's difficult to really prove it."
Either way, hunting was happening during less than half of the mixed-species encounters. Yet the animals—anywhere from dozens to hundreds of them at a time—behaved like a single group. There must be some other reason they seek each other's company. "Social factors might play a role," the authors write. Staying in large groups might also help the animals keep an eye out for their own predators, which include (real) killer whales.
The researchers were able to identify some individual animals using distinctive marks and scars on their bodies, such as bites from cookie-cutter sharks (named for the shape of the bite they take out of their victims). Spotting certain animals over and over, the scientists could build a rough map of the animals' social structure. They found that "long-term associations exist between the two species," Zaeschmar says, "with some of the same dolphins observed together with the same whales [over] at least 5 years and 650 kilometers."
"These associations appear to be stable," he says. The two species stick together, whether they're ruthlessly rounding up prey or surprising a boatful of very lucky humans.
*Technically, both the false killer whale and the real killer whale are types of dolphins. But just because marine biologists like to make their lives difficult doesn't mean we have to, so I refer to the false killer whale here as a "whale."
Images: (top) Mazdak Radjainia, (bottom) David Hall.
JOCHEN R. ZAESCHMAR, INGRID N. VISSER, DAGMAR FERTL, SARAH L. DWYER, ANNA M. MEISSNER, JOANNE HALLIDAY, JO BERGHAN, DAVID DONNELLY, & KAREN A. STOCKIN (2013). Occurrence of false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) and their association with common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) off northeastern New Zealand. Marine Mammal Science DOI: 10.1111/mms.12065
Jochen R. Zaeschmar, Sarah L. Dwyer, & Karen A. Stockin (2013). Rare observations of false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) cooperatively feeding with common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. Marine Mammal Science DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00582.x
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A novel idea for piping in sunlight where dreary fluorescent bulbs have long dominated
By JR Minkel and Phillip ToledanoJuly 25, 2004 5:00 AM
A prototype rooftop collector focuses solar rays into a set of half-inch-wide polymer fibers that are capped in heat-resistant quartz.
Atop a three-story building at the east end of Oak Ridge National Laboratory in rural Tennessee, the warped image of researcher Jeff Muhs reflects off a silvery 46-inch-wide dish aimed at the afternoon sun. The slowly rotating mirror focuses sunlight into fiber-optic cables, which snake under the roof, past insulation and electrical wiring, and emerge in a light fixture one floor down. “It’s real impressive . . . on a sunny day,” Muhs says sheepishly. On overcast days like today, a video demonstration has to suffice. Sunlight piped from the roof blends with fluorescent light in the fixture down below, offering a warm glow that looks much more natural than the harshness of conventional fluorescents.
Bringing the sun into the mix not only cuts electricity use for indoor illumination by up to 50 percent, it also addresses a fundamental problem with office buildings—how to get daylight into the interior. Architectural studies show that, at best, light from windows penetrates only about 20 feet inside a structure. The solution came to Muhs 10 years ago during a business trip to Japan. There he found silicone gel fibers that transmitted light far more efficiently than any he had seen before. He realized that a network of those fibers could spread sunshine throughout a building.
The sunlight flows into a building through a network of exceptionally transparent fiber-optic cables.
The idea was simple, but execution was a problem because passing clouds can suddenly dim the sun; on overcast days, of course, there’s no sunlight to tap into at all. Muhs eventually hit on a hybrid fixture that combines an acrylic sunlight-diffusing rod with two fluorescent lamps attached to a dimmer. He then added a sensor that can read the brightness of the room and adjust the fluorescents as needed.
The prototype at Oak Ridge has been running for more than a year. A dish-shaped collector on the roof bounces sunlight to a smaller mirror, which concentrates the rays into a bundle of fiber-optic cables. At noon on a sunny day, the system can illuminate about 500 square feet of floor space for every square yard of dish. “I was skeptical,” says Paul Phillips, vice president of product development at LSI Industries in Cincinnati, which builds the prototype hybrid fixtures. “Then I saw the simplicity of it and the potential for reducing cost.”
The fibers transmit 40 to 45 percent of the incoming sunlight into a ceiling fixture containing two acrylic rods that are etched to scatter the light evenly; the adjacent fluorescent bulbs fill in when sunshine alone is too weak to illuminate the room. Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory hope that piped-in sunlight will put a serious dent in the amount of energy used to light commercial buildings, which accounts for about 10 percent of all electricity consumption in the United States. Photovoltaic cells placed behind the collector’s secondary mirror could augment the savings by converting the sun’s invisible infrared rays into electricity.
By Muhs’s estimate, an installed hybrid system would sell for about $4,000 per dish. A small 20,000-square-foot office building would require 40 prototype collectors, or a smaller number of the double-size ones Muhs’s team intends to build. Such a setup could save $10,000 a year in electricity even compared with high-efficiency fluorescent lights. The Antares Group, renewable energy consultants, project that 3.5 million dishes could be in use by 2020, leading to a total savings of more than $1 billion.
Muhs believes retail spaces such as furniture stores are the best places to begin because they are open long hours and rely on inefficient halogen bulbs to bring out the same color and detail that sunlight does. A typical halogen light provides 14 lumens of illumination per watt. An energy-efficient fluorescent light yields 90 lumens per watt. On a sunny day, a hybrid fixture puts out the equivalent of two fluorescents while using no electricity at all. Hybrid lighting in an average-size store in the Southwest could pay for itself in four years, but Muhs expects that psychological factors will really seal the deal.
Companies have reported that skylights and windows enhance worker productivity and sales, and some studies suggest that daylight raises students’ test scores. A 1999 study of 108 stores in a retail chain found that outlets with skylights had 30 to 50 percent higher sales, even though most shoppers interviewed were unaware of the lights. They said the stores felt cleaner, more spacious, and brighter. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are testing to see whether hybrid solar illumination similarly elevates productivity and mood.
The Oak Ridge team will install finalized prototype fixtures in a Tennessee Valley Authority site in Alabama and in a Sacramento utility. Wal-Mart executives have expressed interest in trying out the system as well. Muhs is optimistic that hybrid lighting, like hybrid cars, will catch on as a prestige technology: “I think it could become a trendy thing to demand, ‘I want sunlight inside my office.’ ”
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IRS now accepting returns claiming 3 renewed tax extenders
If you've been wondering when you can take advantage on your 2017 tax return of a recently renewed tax extender, your wait could be over.
The IRS announced today, Feb. 22, that it's now ready to process returns claiming three recently renewed tax breaks
Surprise extenders: Congress threw the tax world for a loop earlier this month when it tacked some expired tax break onto its budget bill.
The tax laws, popularly known as extenders because they are temporary and must be periodically renewed or extended, included a variety of tax breaks for businesses and individuals.
Immediately following the Congressional resurrection of the expired tax laws, the IRS said it was "assessing these significant changes in the tax law and beginning to determine next steps."
That assessment is complete, says the IRS, for three renewed individual tax breaks. As a result, taxpayers can now file returns claiming:
College tuition and fees,
Private mortgage insurance (PMI) paid as part of their monthly home loan payments, and
Forgiven debt from a refinanced or reworked home loan.
The IRS says it has reprogrammed its processing systems to handle these three tax benefits, which it says are most likely to be claimed on returns filed early in the tax season.
Special entry for tuition and fees: Qualifying tuition and fees are part of what are known as above-the-line deductions. Most are found directly on page one of Form 1040, with four also appearing on Form 1040A.
To find how much of the up to $4,000 in allowed tuition and fees you can claim, though, you must fill out Form 8917. The IRS has reviewed and updated that form.
Once you complete to determine the exact amount you can claim, add that amount to the total entered on line 36 of Form 1040 or on line 19 of Form 1040A.
Filers of the long form will notice that line 36 says "Add lines 23 through 35."
The IRS already notes in Form 1040 instructions that filers use this line as a catchall place for claiming other less used and somewhat arcane tax break amounts. We're talking jury pay you gave your employer, tax-free awards to Olympic athletes (USA! USA!) and reforestation amortization and expenses.
Now, for 2017 tax filing purposes, tuition and fees amounts on Form 1040 go here, too.
It's clearer on the 1040A, which specifically says on line 19 "Tuition and fees. Attach Form 8917."
Home tax break forms updated, too: If you make a low or no down payment when getting a home loan, your lender will probably require you to get private mortgage insurance.
For more than a decade, homeowners who paid PMI have been able to deduct the payments as an itemized home loan interest on Schedule A.
With the renewal of this deduction option, the IRS has added the expense back to Schedule A as line 13.
Also updated is Form 982, which is used to report the amount of home debt that was written off by a lender. Previously, this home-related forgiven debt was taxable income. It still is in other cases, such as forgiven credit card balances.
However, because some many homeowners found their home values were less than their mortgages after the housing bubble burst, lawmakers make this tax relief change.
The IRS says it is working closely with tax professionals and the tax-preparation industry to ensure that software programs can now accommodate the new tax extender provisions.
As for the other expired-then-renewed tax benefits, the IRS says it is continuing to update its systems to handle returns claiming these. They are lower on the tax agency's to-do list, however, because these benefits generally affect a smaller number of taxpayers.
Wait or amend: If you haven't yet filed a return, but might be affected by any of the renewed extenders, the IRS recommends that you wait until it's ready to process these additional tax claims.
The IRS will update its progress here on its special tax extenders page. You also can keep checking the ol' blog for extenders filing news.
If, however, you have already filed your 2017 federal tax return and now want to claim one of the renewed extenders, file an amended tax return.
Finally, remember that these extenders are good for the 2017 tax year only. Congress must once again extend them — hopefully sometime this legislative session — for the 2018 tax year or beyond.
Giving thanks for educational tax breaks
Tax code rewrite done, so Congress turns to expired tax laws
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Neighbors get more detail on Morton bridge project
By Lauren Dezenski
For 10 days in August, most of the traffic that typically crosses the Morton Street bridge will be weaving its way using Washington Street, Talbot Avenue, and Blue Hill Avenue as alternate routes while work crews replace the existing bridge deck with a new, modern span.
While MassDOT and organizers expect the detoured traffic situation to be hairy from Fri., Aug. 8 to Mon., Aug 18, they also expect that locals who know their own shortcuts will use them. The main goal is to keep major traffic —such as trucks— off the side streets.
“There is going to be traffic,” MassDOT municipal affairs liaison John Romano told a group of 30 community members at last Thursday’s meeting at Economy Plumbing, where he detailed the logistical challenges to come. Based on the community’s input over recent months, “we have picked a time of year with the lowest possible traffic.” Nevertheless, “It’s going to be a very inconvenient 10 days,” Romano said.
Detour signs will be posted a week ahead of road closures. Interim routes for the 21 and 26 buses are still being ironed out pending community input and will be released once finalized, Romano said.
Beginning the evening of August 8, pedestrians will be able to travel across a handicap- accessible ramp over the train tracks as the bridge deck is slid into place over the weekend. The construction is not expected to affect train service, although the last Fairmount Line train on Aug. 8 might have to be replaced by a bus. The bridge will be in place in time for the train to resume service early Monday morning while road traffic will have to wait another week to resume its regular flow.
In response to a number of community concerns about emergency response during construction and detours, Emergency Medical Service crews will pre-position one vehicle on either side of the bridge rehab section. Parking will be restricted on the right side of Selden, Corbett, and Nelson streets to allow room for fire trucks to pass through. Police officers will also be placed at most major intersections and State Police troopers will be stationed on either side of the bridge around the clock for the duration of the work.
Parking won’t be available at the Morton Street commuter rail station, but space will be made available along Morton Street during the construction.
The MBTA will also deploy a number of people before and during construction to help commuters and community members navigate the detours. The “ambassadors” will be stationed at the 21 and 26 bus terminals at Ashmont and Forest Hills stations, at the bridge-closing site, and at the Morton Street Commuter Rail platform during peak transit hours, handing out fliers about the detours and answering questions.
While the project’s accelerated timeline is meant to allow crews to get out of the community’s way faster, it does not make the construction any less noisy or obtrusive, Romano said. Crews will demolish the existing bridge beginning Friday night into Saturday. MassDOT will also pay the bridge’s contractors a bonus sum for finishing ahead of schedule. “We’ll be out of your hair in a lot shorter time,” Romano said.
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Into the ginger trap
Farmers from Kerala make big bucks by growing ginger in Karnataka but leave behind a trail of pollution
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By M Suchitra
Last Updated: Monday 29 June 2015
GINGER CULTIVATIONin Karnataka, mainly done by migrant farmers from Kerala, is catching on after a brief hiatus. Ginger is increasingly being grown in the Western Ghats districts of Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Shimoga, Chikkamagaluru, Udupi, Kodagu and Mysore, comprising the Malenadu region.
And it is not only the migrant farmers who are cultivating ginger. Native farmers, too, are turning to the cash crop due to its high market price. “In the last season, I earned Rs 24 lakh from one hectare of ginger cultivation. My investment was just Rs 4 lakh since it was my own land,” says N R Lankesh, a farmer in Shikaripurataluk in Shimoga.
What the farmers are ignoring is the harmful effect of ginger cultivation on the environment. Ginger is prone to rhizome rot viral disease. Since farmers do not want to risk crop failure, they use large quantities of chemicals—pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and fertilisers—to prevent crop diseases and increase yield. Although a plot of land is leased for three to five years, farmers cultivate their crop for only a year and then move to newer pastures, leaving behind an infertile plot of land laced with pesticides (see ‘Why ginger farmers keep moving’,). Such shifting cultivation is leading to large-scale environmental degradation in the Western Ghats, a biodiversity hotspot and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Last year, a study conducted by the Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES) under the Indian Institute of Sciences, Bengaluru, found that indiscriminate use of chemicals has led to the loss of biodiversity and contamination of soil, rivers, lakes, streams and wetlands. “This has had adverse impacts on humans, cattle, flora, fauna and aquatic life,” says T V Ramachandra, senior scientist at CES and lead author of the study.
Fish, crabs and frogs are disappearing from streams and lakes close to the ginger farms, while honey bees are abandoning their hives in forests. Rivers such as the Varada, Kumudvati, Tunga and the Bhadra are polluted by chemical residues from ginger fields. “Water from these rivers is used for irrigation as well as for drinking,” says Nandish S, an organic paddy farmer in Shikaripura.
Activists point out that in ginger-cultivating areas like Banavasi in Dakshina Kannada district, doctors are increasingly getting cases of allergies and illnesses related to the brain, heart, intestine and lungs. However, no study has been conducted by the state to establish whether these diseases are due to chemical use in ginger farms. “Besides health problems, increasing ginger cultivation is ruining traditional crop practices in Malenadu,” says Anant Hegde Ashisara, president of Vrikshalaksha Andolana, Karnataka, a non-profit working for environment protection, which had commissioned the CES study.
Migrant farmers to blame?
More than 400 hectares (ha) of forestland in Malenadu is under ginger cultivation. Last year, at least 13,000 farmer groups from Kerala cultivated ginger on around 50,000 ha, shows data from the Kerala Ginger Growers’ Association. In Shikaripura, area under ginger increased from 5,200 ha in 2013 to 6,000 ha in 2014. Food crops, mainly paddy and maize, are being increasingly replaced by ginger. M Viswanath, deputy director, horticulture, Shimoga, says that in 2014, ginger replaced about 2,000 ha of maize in the district.
Hegde blames migrant farmers for this dangerous trend. “About 10 years ago, farmers from Kerala started ginger cultivation in the core areas of forests in Dakshina Kannada and Kodagu districts. This led to encroachment and degradation of the forest ecosystem,” he says in the study.
Sibi Thomas, a 35-year-old farmer from Kerala’s Wayanad district, owns a 10-hectare ginger farm in Shimoga district. He started ginger cultivation in his home town and subsequently shifted his farming to Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada and Shimoga. “Unlike Kerala, vast stretches of land are available in Karnataka on lease for farming and labour is cheap. Districts such as Shimoga are really good for growing ginger as water is aplenty, soil is fertile and climate is suitable,” he says.
The migrant farmers cross the border to Karnataka to grow their crop and leave once they reap the profits of the harvest, during February-April, only to return in the next planting season, which begins before the southwest monsoon. “While the migrant farmers go back to their state with the rich harvest without paying any tax, they leave behind a plethora of environmental problems,” says Vivek Cariappa, an organic farmer from H D Kotetaluk in Mysore.
No crackdown on pesticide sale
The state government has done little to check the damage. While 34 pesticides are banned in the state, many of these are still sold in local shops to ginger farmers. Manjunath S, who runs a fertilisers and chemicals shop in Shikaripura, says that his business has gone up by 60-70 per cent in the past five years. He attributes this to ginger cultivation.
The government has entrusted drug controllers with the task of monitoring chemical shops to check the sale of pesticides in the state. But activists point out that monitoring hardly takes place. Pesticides worth Rs 2 crore are sold in Malenadu every year, mentions the study. Officials disagree. “No banned pesticides or other chemicals are sold in Karnataka. These are brought by the migrant farmers from Kerala,” counters K B Dundi, joint director, plantation crops, state department of horticulture.
CES has proposed measures to mitigate the hazards of ginger farming. One of them is stopping the trading of banned chemicals. The study also suggests that the forest department should restrict areas under ginger cultivation in eco-sensitive zones. They should urge district agriculture centres and agriculture universities and institutes to help farmers shift from chemical-intensive farming to organic ginger farming.
Why ginger farmers keep moving
The COST of cultivation of ginger comes to Rs 8-10 lakh per hectare, says Sreejil K, a farmer from Wayanad district in Kerala. Since they invest so much, farmers use a lot of chemicals to ensure their crop grows fast, looks fresh and gives more yield. Widespread use of chemicals changes soil character, rendering it infertile. If ginger is grown in the same land again, there are chances of yield reduction, which means a reduction in profit. Farmers, therefore, look for new soil.
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Childless and Childfree Marriages and Divorce
Posted on July 20, 2016 by Editorial Staff
Most observers believe that many marital failures have what is termed “masked breakdowns” where the couple keeps up a front “for the sake of the children.”
Some 27 percent of divorces involve no children, but only 9 percent of marriages are childless. Childless marriages always appear more prone to breakdown, especially if failure results from of a lack of desire for children. This may reflect the temperament of childless couples and the unwillingness of a responsible couple to have children when they feel their marriage buckling. Absent children, however, there less need to stay together.
Couples without children divorce more often than couples that have at least one child, according to researchers, despite numerous studies that marital happiness nosedives in the first year or two after the birth of a child and sometimes never quite recoups.
The terms childless and childfree carry affective – and in some cases, political – connotations. Childless refers to people who have no children due to biological problems or genetics, “waiting too long to have a child, a failed relationship, an illness preventing conception, unsuccessful fertility treatments, not finding a suitable partner, or not having the means to raise a child.” People often cannot have the children they may once planned. Some childless individuals move forward with no children in their lives; others struggle along a path they had not anticipated. For the childless, infertility can be a source of great sorrow. Childfree refers to “people who decided not to bear children. Their lives do not include procreation. Childhood influences, life satisfaction without kids, the lack of desire, enjoyment of one’s freedom, environmental concerns, financial concerns” – all motivate some people to take a pass on parenthood. The fact remains, whatever the reason, being childfree is a good option for many. For the childfree, the absence of offspring is cause for joy.
Years ago, sociologist Paul H. Jacobson documented that divorce is more frequent among marriages without children: “For couples without children, the divorce rate in 1948 was 15.3 per 1,000. Where one child was present, the estimate rate was 11.6 per 1,000. The figure thus continues to decrease, and in families with four or more children, it was 4.6. Altogether, the rate for couples with children was 8.8 per 1,000. In other words, the rate for childless couples was almost double the rate for families with children.”
More recently, according to journalist Anneli Rufus, whose number crunching discovered that of the divorced couples in the United States, 66 percent are childless compared with 40 percent who have kids. Evidently, the “absence of children leads to loneliness and weariness.”
On the other hand, others say that marriages without children may be more satisfying to the spouses. “I’ve been tracking the childfree for over 10 years now, and see many, many happily married childfree couples out there,” says Laura Carroll, who blogs at La Vie Childfree and is the author of Families of Two: Interviews with Happily Married Couples Without Children by Choice.
Couples without kids have more time, energy and money to spend on their careers, friends, each other and themselves. According to recent surveys, one for No Kidding!, an international social group for people without children, and one by Laura S. Scott, author of Two is Enough: A Couple’s Guide to Living Childless by Choice, couples often decide not to have kids because they want to put their relationship first.
This raises the question why more couples without children end up splitting.
“People assume children are the glue that holds a marriage together, which really isn’t true. Kids are huge stressors,” says Scott. “Despite that, there is a strong motive to stay together. The childfree don’t have that motive so there’s no reason to stay together if it’s not working.”
Says Lori Buckley, a certified sex therapist, “A lot of couples come into my office and the only reason they are working on the relationship is because of the children.”
Absent children, divorce is often easier, legally and financially if not necessarily emotionally. The parties focus on the terms and conditions of property division; no custody issues, no family court, no Parental Alienation Syndrome. Some states even make it almost a breeze; in Tennessee, for example, couples with children meet higher standards to divorce than those without children. In Virginia, couples with children face a mandatory waiting period of about a year before they can get a divorce; those without children often have to wait about six months.
“Not all the childfree are intentionally childfree couples,” Scott discovered in her research after talking to hundreds of couples. Many are postponers who delay parenthood. “Sometimes couples delay to the point that fertility problems arise. “Then the question of ”When should we have kids?’ morphs into ‘Should we have kids?” Scott says, forcing couples to explore other ways to have a baby, such as adoption, surrogates or in vitro fertilization (IVF). That, she says, can be extremely stressful and can lead to a fracture that a couple can’t get past. In fact, many infertility specialists recommend marital counseling.
“If one partner desperately wants to try to have a child and one partner might not put as high a priority on it, that could be a deal breaker,” she says. Often a couple hasn’t discussed what point they stop trying — how much money, how much time, how many procedures. Many women often feel like failures and feel less close to their partners; for many men, the fertility process can turn sex into anything other than pleasure. “I hear from men who say, ‘This isn’t fun anymore. I feel like I’m sperm on demand,'” Scott says.
If couples can’t agree, they’re more likely to split.
Fewer people believe children are essential to a happy marriage, according to a 2007 survey by the Pew Research Center. About 65 percent of us believed they were back in 1990, but just 41 percent of us believe that now. About 7 percent of Millennials — those born in or after 1982 — say they don’t want kids and 19 percent aren’t sure. But if that 19 percent waits too long, they may be the next crop of infertile, and perhaps divorced, couples.
“A lot of people don’t have the kid conversation before they get married. They just assume parenthood,” Scott says.
It is difficult to say definitely whether children actually contribute to marital breakdown; however, it is possible to make a tentative generalization based on the comments of many married parents. Almost without exception parents believe that children enhanced a strong marriage but probably dealt the deathblow to a floundering marriage. Children may make a good marriage better, but they make a bad one worse, or as novelist Peter de Vries said, “The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.”
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Staten Island Democrat Outraises All GOP Competitors in Congressional Bid
By Nicholas Rizzi | October 17, 2017 3:14pm
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Democrat Max Rose, an Army veteran who won a Purple Heart while in Afghanistan, out raised the entire field for the Congressional race in Staten Island and Brooklyn.
Max Rose for Congress
STATEN ISLAND — Despite its reputation as the deep red borough, a Democratic newcomer has just outraised the entire combined field of Staten Island candidates lining up for next year's congressional race.
Next November's race for the seat, which represents Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, is already shaping up to be an interesting one — not just with disgraced former Rep. Michael Grimm stepping back in, but with Army veteran and Purple Heart winner Max Rose raising more funds in the most recent reporting period than all of his competitors combined.
“The people of Staten Island and South Brooklyn deserve elected officials with the courage to lead and the integrity to serve,” Rose, who is a Democrat, said in a statement. “Dan Donovan and Michael Grimm had their chance to fix Washington D.C. and they both failed. It’s time for new leadership.”
Rose raised nearly $330,000 in the most recent period, which covers July to the end of September, and brought in more money than the at least six other candidates vying for his party's nomination and Grimm.
Even though Donovan has the biggest war chest overall, he'll need the cash not just to fight off the Democratic challenger but also a primary challenge from Grimm, who is trying to reclaim his old seat after his prison stint for tax fraud.
Grimm only raised $77 so far, but the latest filing period covers the time before he officially announced his run. The two Republican campaigns have already begun to spar over who supports President Donald Trump the most and the tardiness of Superstorm Sandy aid.
And while Rose has been successful in his fundraising, he still has to clear the crowded field of Democrats trying to get the chance to run against Grimm or Donovan next year, which includes former Marine and current nonprofit executive Michael DeVito Jr., bond trader Zach Emig, and retired boxer Boyd Nelson.
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The winner of that primary will still have the challenge of flipping the seat that has been held by a Republican since 2010 when Grimm won over then-incumbent Michael McMahon.
Despite Staten Island having 47,955 more registered Democrats, the borough generally votes Republican, and was the only one in the city President Trump won. Donovan has called Trump a personal friend and a source previously said the president would likely come out in support of him.
However, the seat has been considered one of the most competitive in the state and some argued that an exhausting Republican primary could pave the way for Democrats to retake the seat. The Cook Political Report shifted the seat from a "Solid R" to a "Likely R" because of Grimm's run.
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One Group Plans Ad Buys in Ag States Opposing 'President Trump's Trade War'
Farmers Continue Tariff Talk
8/8/2018 | 11:29 AM CDT
By Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
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A Montana farmer signs a Farmers for Free Trade banner earlier this year at the American Farm Bureau Convention. The group is now planning to run radio and print ads in several states challenging President Donald Trump's trade strategy focusing on tariffs. (DTN file photo by Chris Clayton)
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Ag leaders in the Trump administration may have thought the announcement a couple of weeks ago of a $12 billion aid package might quell some farmer voices of unrest, but farmers remain split over the damage done by tariffs that have reduced agricultural trade.
Pushing back on the White House tariff strategy, the group Farmers for Free Trade announced Wednesday its plans to buy advertising in radio, television and print that will run in Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
"Farmers are feeling the pain from President Trump's trade war," one radio ad begins. Indiana farmer Brent Bible then says, "Free trade is essential to the ag economy. This is not a war that I signed up for. It's not a war I want to be drafted for. Our farm and many others like ours will be the first casualties of a trade war." The announcer then finishes, "President Trump, stop the trade war."
Farmers for Free Trade is a bipartisan group started by former Sens. Richards Lugar, R-Ind., and Max Baucus, D-Mont. The group's board president, Sara Lilygren, said the ads will speak to farmers who are seeing tariffs force down the price of their crops and livestock.
"They are messages from farmers to farmers about how decisions in Washington D.C. are hurting their farms, their neighbors and the economy of rural America," Lilygren said. "We are taking the message that tariffs hurt ag directly to farmers at their breakfast tables, on their combines, and in the farm news outlets they check every single day."
Lilygren is a former executive vice president for Tyson Foods and now is a freelance communications consultant.
Bart Ruth, a soybean and corn farmer from Rising City, Nebraska, also had an op-ed published Tuesday in The Hill, a congressional news website. Ruth cited some of the tariffs and grain embargos of the past -- such as former President Jimmy Carter's grain embargo of the Soviet Union in 1980 -- to highlight that, "While there have been some positive changes under President Trump when it comes to American agriculture, we are headed toward economic disaster."
A sixth-generation farmer and lifelong Republican, Ruth challenges some of the president's repeated statements that "farmers haven't had it good for the last 15 years." In an interview with DTN, Ruth said such comments can't be ignored.
"That's just outright untrue," Ruth said. "When you look at 2007 to 2013, that was probably the most profitable run in American agricultural history. And that's a point nobody is capitalizing on."
Ruth said farmers should not be used as a negotiating chip in a trade war sparked by tariffs against allies. Further, if Trump wants to take on China, "the 800-pound gorilla," then angering several other trade partners isn't the way to force China to change its positions on currency manipulation or intellectual property, he said.
"Everybody we have started a trade war with has some of the same issues with China," Ruth said. "It occurs to me if you are taking on your nemesis, you want all your allies by your side instead of dropping tariffs on them before you try to take on China."
Ruth has worked on trade for commodity groups such as the American Soybean Association going back to the 1990s. He noted that roughly $1 billion has been spent just over the past five years on USDA programs such as the Market Access Program and Foreign Market Development Program.
"Unfortunately, there are going to be some farm families whose livelihoods are on the line and who won't survive this," Ruth said. He added that bankers running cash flows now would not have approved some loans last spring under current price conditions. "So even if we get this scenario resolved by the end of the year, the repercussions are going to last longer than that."
Some farmers standing by the president are trying to make their voices more heard as well. The Iowa Republican Party held a forum with farmers last Friday who defended the president's trade strategy, arguing little had been done under the Obama administration to tackle trade issues.
Doug Reimer, a hog farmer from eastern Iowa, said the U.S. is "playing hardball with some hardball people on trade." Short-term pain is expected, the Iowa farmers said in an article in the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
"We want to feed the world, the country. And a lot days all we have is faith," said Mike Bixler, who grows corn and soybeans in eastern Iowa. "President Trump, he did say what he was going to do and made some promises. He's not only taking on China, he's taking on everybody. That's all we have is faith, and I'm putting it behind President Trump right now."
To read the full Cedar Rapids Gazette article, visit https://goo.gl/….
These farmer conversations on the impacts of the trade war come as the Trump administration announced Tuesday a list of 279 products valued at $16 billion from China that will face 25% tariffs starting Aug. 23. The White House is working on adding 25% tariffs on another $200 billion in Chinese products. Chinese officials announced last week they were planning to slap tariffs on up to $60 billion more in products from the U.S.
Ruth's op-ed in the Hill: https://goo.gl/…
Chris Clayton can be reached at Chris.Clayton@dtn.com
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Matt Knicks Opens Up About His AEW Dynamite Match With Cody, The "Freelance Wrestling" Chant
Matt Knicks Opens Up About His AEW Dynamite Match With Cody, The "Freelance Wrestling" Chant | Matt Knicks Opens Up About His AEW Dynamite Match With Cody, The "Freelance Wrestling" Chant
By: wrestlinginc.com
Matt Knicks worked on the indies for about a decade with such companies as Black Label Pro, CZW and Evolve. He finally got his first taste of a major promotion when he appeared on Dynamite last week in a defeat to Cody.
Knicks talked about when he found out he'd be wrestling Cody when he spoke to Wrestling Inc. on our WINCLY podcast.
"It definitely came as a surprise to me. Going back a little bit, we had the opportunity to do extra work during All Out when they were here [in Chicago]. It was an awesome opportunity to be in that environment and being in the middle of history. When they were coming back to town for the TVs, I hit them up if they needed extra bodies. They said they would let me know," recalled Knicks.
"So, they talked to us and said they need some people. Myself and others were there and weren't sure what was going. Then they were like, 'Hey, we need you to wrestle Cody Rhodes. Is that cool?' I'm like that's totally fine. I think that can happen.
"I didn't really know until about 4 o'clock that day that it was happening and it just blew my mind."
Knicks has known Cody for a while and he talked about his history with him.
"I've met him in passing when he came to the [Pro Wrestling Tees] store for any events or signings," said Knicks. "We really didn't know each other but he was super-awesome and didn't make me feel nervous until I was standing out there and the pyro went off. I went, 'Oh sh*t. This is real.'"
Knicks assumed that Cody had heard of his own promotion Freelance Wrestling and noted that Kylie Rae came from Freelance and jumped to AEW.
"That was probably the coolest thing that will ever happen to me - being in that ring and hearing that chant [of Freelance]. Even he stopped and looked around and then looked back at me and gave me a smile. It was wild," stated Knicks.
The Dynamite match between the two lasted just 90 seconds and it appears that Knicks and Cody didn't have much time after the match either to catch up.
"No, we didn't have a chance to talk that much afterwards. I thanked him again for the opportunity and I thanked anyone that would listen to me. I was shaking hands with random production crew members and they probably thought I was a weirdo," said Knicks.
When indie wrestlers get appearances like this, not only does it give them national exposure, but it also usually lends itself to more bookings in the aftermath. Knicks was asked if the Dynamite appearance has resulted in more bookings or clout.
"It's been weird because I'm just a guy. I haven't even been wrestling that often over the last couple of months and just focused on running [Freelance]," revealed Knicks. "After it happened, Robert Anthony was like let me see your phone, I bet it's blowing up. I've gotten some texts from my family and stuff but nothing too crazy."
Knicks said it was a constant series of tweets and messages and since there was no service in the building, he didn't get a lot of messages until the next day.
"I woke up the next day with 150 text messages," recalled Knicks. "The amount of positive responses of people just saying they are happy for me was really cool. It really meant a lot to me to see that people actually care."
In addition to his work on the indies, Knicks is also the creator of his own indie promotion Freelance Wrestling. There were even some "Freelance, Freelance" chants during Dynamite and he talked about hearing those.
"It was definitely something special. If it leads to nothing more than just that night, I'm super grateful that I was even given that opportunity. It meant a lot to me but it meant a lot to the city as well and all the fans of Freelance. It was their voices getting heard," Knicks said before being asked if Freelance has become to Chicago like what ECW was to Philadelphia.
"Hey maybe, who knows what 2020 is gonna hold for us? I feel super motivated and super excited for any challenge that we may have."
You can support Matt Knicks by following him on Twitter @TheMattKnicks or by buying one of his shirts at ProWrestlingTees.com/MattKnicks.
Knicks' full interview with Wrestling Inc aired as part of yesterday's episode of our WINCLY podcast. It can be heard via the embedded audio player at the bottom of this post. In the full interview Knicks discusses his match with Cody Rhodes on AEW Dynamite, his history with Cody, founding Freelance Wrestling in Chicago, balancing responsibilities as a promoter and wrestler, Kylie Rae returning to pro wrestling at Freelance, CM Punk's rumored secret Freelance appearance and more.
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Kris Statlander Signs With AEW
On last night's AEW Dynamite, Kris Statlander defeated the number one contender, Hikaru Shida, by pinfall. After making a couple appearances on Dynamite and Dark, it was revealed Statlander has signed with AEW, according to Bleacher Report Senior Writer Jonathan Snowden.
After last night's match, Brandi Rhodes and Awesome Kong came to the ring in an attempt to recruit Statlander to their group, Nightmare Collective. Statlander hesitated, but ultimately didn't give her answer after a fan interrupted, wanting to become a pledge.
As first reported by Wrestling Inc., the fan was Chicago area wrestler, Melanie Cruise, who has also signed with AEW and will be making more appearances going forward.
Yes, Brandi Rhodes told me that AEW signed Statlander. https://t.co/XTCaaD4XPj
— Jonathan Snowden (@JESnowden) December 5, 2019
A ringside fan (who may or may not have been seen last night at Guido's) is joining @TheBrandiRhodes and @MeanQueenK... What is going on here???#AEWDynamite pic.twitter.com/eLijfIpgfF
— All Elite Wrestling on TNT (@AEWonTNT) December 5, 2019
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10 Worst Wrestlers In WWE Main Events
There have been 422 WWE pay-per-views and Network exclusives to date, ranging from WrestleMania and The Wrestling Classic in 1985, to the NXT TakeOver and one-off specials we're treated to every year.
That means 422 main events, which is, well... a lot!
Historically a main event is reserved for the star attraction, the headline act of the show. Think of your Hogans, Austins and Cenas.
To main event a PPV is a sign of a wrestler's drawing power, ability in the ring and a generally favourable view from management as a desirable face of the company.
It's almost a point of status to be trusted to go on last. Which is why so many of the industry's biggest stars and greatest legends have been given the reigns (no pun intended) time and time again.
However, like most things in life, there are outliers.
In over 34 years of main events, you can't exactly get it right 422 times, and in among all the big names and memorable moments sit a trickling of outliers.
Wrestlers who, almost by accident, ended up in a main event despite all the evidence to the contrary that they should not at all be there.
Maybe they had a good look. Maybe they knew someone backstage. Regardless, they were going on last despite, basically, just not being very good.
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2019 Fantasy Football PPR Running Back Rankings
- Updated: Sunday, July 7th
Scoring: These rankings are based on point-per-reception (PPR) formats -- one point per 10 rushing yards, six points per rushing touchdown plus one point per reception and per 10 receiving yards and six points per receiving touchdown. These rankings are for the 2019 NFL season.
More rankings: Quarterbacks - Running Backs - Wide Receivers - Tight Ends
More running back rankings:
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Fantasy Football Half-PPR Running Back Rankings
Our 2019 Fantasy Football PPR Running Back Rankings from Kevin Hanson:
1. Saquon Barkley, New York Giants
The Giants ranked middle of the pack in total offense (17th) and scoring offense (16th), but Barkley was an absolute stud in a mediocre offense. Leading the NFL in scrimmage yards, Barkley rushed for 1,307 yards and 11 touchdowns and added 91 catches for 721 yards and four more touchdowns. A sure-thing top-four pick in fantasy drafts, Barkley is my top-ranked player in half-PPR and standard-scoring formats and second in (full) PPR formats.
2. Christian McCaffrey, Carolina Panthers
The iron man of NFL running backs, McCaffrey almost never comes off the field and the do-it-all back would have eclipsed the 2,000-YFS mark if he played his normal allotment of snaps in a meaningless Week 17. Breaking Matt Forte's single-season record for receptions by a running back, Run CMC totalled 1,965 yards from scrimmage, 107 catches and 13 total touchdowns in his sophomore campagain. Even though I have Saquon Barkley ranked ahead of him, McCaffrey (or any of the top four backs) have a case to be the first player off the board in fantasy drafts this summer.
3. Ezekiel Elliott, Dallas Cowboys
Not only does he have two rushing titles in his three NFL seasons, but Elliott has actually led the NFL in rushing yards per game every year that he's been in the league. His passing-game role expanded greatly in 2018 as he converted his 95 targets into 77 receptions for 567 yards and three touchdowns, all of which were career highs. With the Vegas incident now behind him in terms of potential league discipline, the workhorse back is a threat for a 2,000/10 YFS/TD season. Elliott's 16-game average has been 2,099 YFS and 13.6 TDs over his 40 NFL games.
4. Alvin Kamara, New Orleans Saints
Even though he has a total of only 476 touches through two seasons, Kamara has finished as a top-four fantasy running back (any scoring format) in both of his first two NFL seasons. Another top-four season is the most likely outcome based on his ADP. Kamara has scored 32 touchdowns -- 22 rushing, nine receiving and one return -- in his 31 NFL games with more than 1,500 scrimmage yards in both seasons.
5. David Johnson, Arizona Cardinals
Believing 2019 will be "similar to 2016" (2,118 YFS and 20 TDs), Johnson (once again) has his sights set on a 1,000/1,000 season. Given the up-tempo and wide-open nature of the offense, Johnson should have a lot more opportunities to make plays in space and significantly improve upon last year's numbers.
6. Melvin Gordon, Los Angeles Chargers
Entering the final year of his rookie deal, Gordon has now missed multiple games in three of his four NFL seasons. MG3's YPC average spiked to 5.1 in 2018 and he set a career high in touchdowns (14). After a scoreless rookie campaign, Gordon has finished with 12-plus touchdowns in three consecutive seasons. Only Todd Gurley averaged more fantasy points per game than Gordon last season (standard scoring) so there is plenty of upside from his current rankings, projections and ADP if he's able to stay healthy for a full season.
7. Le'Veon Bell, New York Jets
Returning to the field after sitting out 2018, Bell trades the high-powered Steelers offense for an improving-yet-not-as-potent Jets offense. In addition, Football Outsiders ranked the Jets offensive line 32nd (i.e., last) in run blocking (Adjusted Line Yards) in 2018. Even though he averaged only 4.0 yards per carry in 2017, Bell had a career-high 406 touches, 1,946 scrimmage yards and 11 touchdowns in his most recent season. Bell is ranked as a RB1 in my rankings, but he isn't a lock for a top-five fantasy finish like he once was.
8. Joe Mixon, Cincinnati Bengals
While he missed two games last season, Mixon was an efficient workhorse when he was on the field. The second-year back averaged 20.0 touches per game and 4.9 yards per carry as he finished fourth in the NFL in rushing (1,168 yards). Unfortunately, the Bengals have already lost first-round pick Jonah Williams for the season, but the increased offensive creativity that the new coaching staff brings should only boost Mixon's outlook going into his age-23 season.
9. James Conner, Pittsburgh Steelers
Conner missed three games and was less productive in the second half of the season, but he still finished as fantasy's RB7 (top-six in PPR). In his first eight games, Conner rushed for 100-plus yards five times and scored multiple touchdowns in four of those games. Conner failed to exceed 65 rushing yards in his final five games. Especially if he can stay healthy and be more consistent from start to end, the sky's the limit for the Pittsburgh's workhorse back.
10. Todd Gurley, Los Angeles Rams
Last year, Gurley was the no-brainer No. 1 pick in fantasy drafts and he delivered. Even though he missed two games, no running back scored more fantasy points than Gurley, who has 3,924 scrimmage yards and 40 total touchdowns over the past two seasons combined.
Going into 2019, however, there is concern (perhaps less by Gurley himself) over his knee and specifically what it means to the workload he will get (or not get).
- MORE: Check out Kevin Hanson's way-too-early 2020 NFL Mock Draft.
11. Leonard Fournette, Jacksonville Jaguars
Durability (11 missed games in two seasons) and inefficiency (career 3.7 YPC) are negatives, but there are some reasons for optimism. A true workhorse, Fournette has averaged nearly 20 carries per game (19.09) when he's been active and the team should sustain more drives with improved quarterback play. Season-ending injuries sidelined Jacksonville's LT/LG/C for major chunks of the season, but running lanes should be wider with their return to health and the addition of road-grading RT Jawaan Taylor in this year's draft. Plus, Fournette could be more involved in the passing game as well.
12. Dalvin Cook, Minnesota Vikings
Through two seasons, Cook has missed more games (17) than he's played in (15). When he's been on the field, however, he's been efficient -- 4.68 yards per carry -- despite a terrible offensive line. If Cook is able to stay on the field, the team's investment in their interior offensive line this offseason and run-first approach could help lead to a big season for Minnesota's featured back.
13. Devonta Freeman, Atlanta Falcons
Missing almost all of last season, Freeman is poised for a bounce-back with good health (of course). Not only is Tevin Coleman now in San Francisco, but the Falcons used a pair of first-rounders on the offensive line. I have Freeman projected for a conservative 273 touches and 1,358 yards from scrimmage and perhaps a less-modest 10 touchdowns. Then again, Freeman had a total of 35 touchdowns in the previous three seasons and my projections assume a lower touchdown rate on his rush attempts than his career average (3.91%).
14. Damien Williams, Kansas City Chiefs
From Week 14 through the postseason, Williams went on a scoring spree with 10 touchdowns (six rushing and four receiving) and racked up 602 scrimmage yards on 105 touches including 28 receptions. The Chiefs only added Carlos Hyde (free agency) and Darwin Thompson (sixth round) as competition this offseason so Williams will open the season as the unquestioned lead back. If he maintains that role for the entire season, there is enormous upside in Kansas City's high-powered offense.
15. Nick Chubb, Cleveland Browns
A partial-year starter, Chubb ranked third in the NFL in carries (176) and fourth in rushing yards (823) from Weeks 7 to 17. Even though the team signed suspended free-agent Kareem Hunt, Chubb is expected to retain his lead-back role once Hunt is eligible to return. With the addition of Odell Beckham Jr. to the receiving corps, the ascending Cleveland offense should give Chubb plenty of scoring opportunities.
16. Aaron Jones, Green Bay Packers
Injuries and/or suspensions have cost Jones eight games in his first two seasons (four each). Missing Weeks 1 and 2 and 16 and 17, Jones averaged 5.5 yards per carry on his opportunities in between for a second consecutive season. During that span, he was a top-15 back in both PPR and standard-scoring formats. A solid RB2 entering 2019, Jones has RB1 upside if he can stay on the field for most of the season.
17. Marlon Mack, Indianapolis Colts
Missing four games in 2018, Mack has now missed multiple games in each of his first two seasons. Highly productive when he was on the field, the second-year back had at least 119 rushing yards and a touchdown (or more) in five of his final 12 games counting the playoffs. During that 12-game span, Mack scored 11 total touchdowns. Running behind one of the league's best offensive lines, Mack has legitimate top-five upside despite having a late-second round ADP.
18. James White, New England Patriots
Coming off a career-best season, White shattered his previous marks with 181 touches including 87 receptions, 1,176 scrimmage yards and 12 touchdowns during the regular season. White may see fewer carries, but there's the potential that he's even more involved as a receiver with the retirement of Rob Gronkowski. A top-11 performer (in both PPR and standard-scoring formats) last year, there's a pretty good chance that White outperforms his flex-range ADP in 2019.
19. Kerryon Johnson, Detroit Lions
Playing just 10 games as a rookie, Johnson had exactly 150 touches -- 118 carries and 32 receptions. Averaging 5.4 yards per carry, Johnson was fantasy's RB15 (RB14 in PPR) through Week 11 before missing the remainder of the season. Provided he stays healthy in 2019, the second-year back should see north of last year's 15 touches per game and could once again perform as a top-15 back when he's on the field.
20. Derrick Henry, Tennessee Titans
A disappointment through Week 13, Henry failed to rush for more than 58 yards in any of his first 12 games. Then he went off for 585 rushing yards and seven touchdowns in the last four games of the season. Fantasy's RB34 (RB39 in PPR) through Week 13, Henry was fantasy's RB1 (RB2 in PPR) over the final quarter of the season. Although he's a non-factor in the passing game, I project Henry to finish fourth in the NFL in rushing in 2019.
21. Phillip Lindsay, Denver Broncos
From UDFA to Pro Bowler, Lindsay vastly exceeded the expectations that the fantasy community and general public had for him entering the season. Expected to be ready for the start of training camp, Lindsday (wrist) rushed for 1,037 yards (5.4 YPC), added 35 catches for 241 yards and scored a total of 10 touchdowns as a rookie. Even if the split with fellow second-year back Royce Freeman is narrower than last year's split, Lindsay should get more than the 227 touches he had as a rookie.
22. Mark Ingram, Baltimore Ravens
Suspended the first four games of the season, Ingram had a down year as Alvin Kamara took over as lead back in New Orleans. In the two seasons before that, however, Ingram rushed for 2,167 yards, added 104 catches for 735 yards and scored a total of 22 touchdowns. No team ran the ball as much as Baltimore in 2018 and that trend should continue in 2019 with Ingram as their lead back and my projection of 250 touches could prove too conservative.
23. Kenyan Drake, Miami Dolphins
Drake finished second on the team in carries (120) to Frank Gore (156) and in targets (73) to Danny Amendola (79) last season. With Gore in Buffalo and a new coaching staff in town, perhaps Drake will see the year-over-year bump in usage that we expected from 2017 to 2018. Despite the less-than-expected workload, Drake was efficient as he averaged 4.5 yards per carry and 9.0 yards per catch while scoring nine total touchdowns on his 173 offensive touches last season.
24. Josh Jacobs, Oakland Raiders
With little tread on the tires, Jacobs, one of Oakland's three first-round picks, will assume the lead-back role for the revamped Oakland offense. More important than possessing the top-end speed that he lacks, Jacobs has the quickness, elusiveness and power to become the every-down back that Oakland has drafted him to become.
25. Tarik Cohen, Chicago Bears
In addition to a year-over-year bump in touches (140 to 170), Cohen was more efficient (10.2 Y/R, 4.5 YPC) on his opportunities and scored eight total touchdowns in 2018. Converting his 91 targets into 71 receptions, Cohen is obviously a better option in PPR formats (RB11 last year), but he still finished as a fantasy's RB17 in non-PPR formats. Even if Montgomery's do-it-all skill set scales Cohen's opportunities back a tad, he's a viable RB2 in PPR formats and flex option in others.
26. Sony Michel, New England Patriots
The Patriots ran the ball 478 times, their third-most over the past 10 seasons, and it's likely that they run the ball even more in 2019 than they did in 2018. Most dominant during their Super Bowl run, Michel had 71 carries for 336 yards (4.73 YPC) and six touchdowns combined in the three games that mattered most. While Michel should continue to lead the team in rush attempts, there are a few concerns as well. He's a non-factor in the passing game (11 regular-season targets), there are reports that suggest rookie Damian Harris could cut into his early-down workload and his chronic knee issues could lead to the Patriots intentionally managing his workload during the regular season.
27. David Montgomery, Chicago Bears
Despite a dearth of draft picks, the Bears gave up even more draft capital for the opportunity to move up in the third round for their first selection in 2019. Drawing comparisons to Kareem Hunt, Montgomery is clearly a more natural fit as the primary back for Chicago's offense than Jordan Howard. As a coach Matt Nagy says, Montgomery has "great hands" and is a "really good route runner." The only concern, if there is one, is that Tarik Cohen and Mike Davis are going to get decent workloads as well.
28. Chris Carson, Seattle Seahawks
Dominating running back touches over first-round rookie Rashaad Penny, Carson toted the rock 247 times for 1,151 yards and nine touchdowns and added 20 catches for 163 more over 14 games. The disparity in workload between Carson (267 touches, 73.96%) and Penny (94, 26.04%) won't be as large as it was last year, but I'd expect Carson to still get the larger share of the workload in one of the league's most run-heavy attacks.
29. Lamar Miller, Houston Texans
Miller was more efficient in 2018 (4.6 YPC) than he was in either of his first two seasons (4.0 in 2016 and 3.7 in 2017) in Houston. If D'Onta Foreman (Achilles) stays healthy, it's possible that Miller sees a year-over-year dip in workload even though he figures to enter the season as the 1 or 1(a) to Foreman's 1(b) or 2.
30. Tevin Coleman, San Francisco 49ers
Reunited with his former coach, Coleman is the "clear favorite" (via NBC Sports' Matt Maiocco) for the most touches among the team's running backs. With Devonta Freeman sidelined nearly all of 2018, Coleman set career highs in both workload (199 touches) and scrimmage yards (1,076) and scored nine touchdowns last season. Perhaps he outperforms my expectations, I have Coleman projected for close to (but less than) last year's workload and production.
31. Miles Sanders, Philadelphia Eagles
Sanders joins a crowded Philly backfield, but he figures to lead the group in workload and production. That said, the team has used (and still plans to use) a committee approach to their backfield.
32. Rashaad Penny, Seattle Seahawks
In better shape than last year, Penny was on the short end of last year's 74-26 split in workload with Carson, but that margin should narrow in 2019. Earlier this year, coach Pete Carroll said of the Carson-Penny duo that "I don't know who's one and who's two, it doesn't matter to me." Given his first-round pedigree, Penny has enormous upside in Seattle's run-first attack even if he enters the season as Carson's backup.
33. Derrius Guice, Washington Redskins
An ACL injury wiped out Guice's rookie season. Early reports were that Guice's rehab was coming along slower than expected, but Gruden said it was "ahead of schedule." Given how productive Adrian Peterson was last season, it's unlikely that the team rushes Guice back into the mix. I expect the 2018 second-rounder to lead the team in rushing and workload, but AP should be heavily involved in 2019 as well.
34. Austin Ekeler, Los Angeles Chargers
Once again, Ekeler averaged more than five yards per carry and 10 yards per reception. But as he nearly doubled his workload (74 to 145 touches), MG3's complementary back finished as the RB27 (RB25 in PPR) last season. Given Gordon's injury history, there is a better chance than not that Ekeler will get an opportunity to make a start or two, but he has stand-alone value even if Gordon stays healthy.
35. Ronald Jones, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Terrible may be too kind of a word to describe Jones' rookie season -- 77 yards from scrimmage, 1.9 YPC and 4.7 Y/R. Without adding any serious competition to the backfield, last year's 38th-overall pick is in position to put his 2018 season behind him. He gets a fresh start with a new coaching staff and the new staff is excited about his progress this offseason.
36. Peyton Barber, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Averaging just 3.7 yards per carry as the team's starter in 2018, Barber got a sizable workload -- 234 carries and 20 receptions -- and finished as fantasy's RB26 (RB31 in PPR). That volume is sure to decrease in 2019 as the workload split between Barber and Jones will be more evenly split.
37. Latavius Murray, New Orleans Saints
Before last season (RB32, RB38 in PPR), Murray had finished as a top-20 fantasy running back in standard-scoring formats for three consecutive seasons. While he's unlikely to bounce back to that level of fantasy production, we've seen the Saints offense support to productive running backs with Kamara and Mark Ingram so it's possibly that Murray flirts with back-end RB2 production in standard-scoring formats as a Saint.
38. Dion Lewis, Tennessee Titans
Lewis set career highs as a receiver with 59 receptions and 400 yards, but he isn't much more than a change-of-pace back to Henry heading into 2019.
39. Royce Freeman, Denver Broncos
Overdrafted compared to his lofty 2018 ADP (mid-third round), Freeman carried the ball 130 times for 521 yards and five touchdowns and added 14 catches for 72 yards. With a more reasonable 2019 Fantasy Football ADP, Freeman is expected to see a boost in workload in his second season.
40. Nyheim Hines, Indianapolis Colts
The selection of second-round receiver Parris Campbell could cut into his receiving opportunities some, but Hines should get north of 50 receptions as a change-of-pace to Mack.
41. LeSean McCoy, Buffalo Bills
After the NFL Draft, GM Brandon Beane said that McCoy is "still here" and "the starter." Inefficient with a career-low 3.2 yards per carry, the 31-year-old (in July) finished second on the team in rushing behind rookie quarterback Josh Allen and tied his career low in touches (195, 2009). Even if he's still there in Week 1, the Bills seem ready to employ a committee approach with McCoy, Frank Gore and rookie Devin Singletary. I currently project Shady to get 10-12 touches per game.
42. D'Onta Foreman, Houston Texans
Last year, I outgained Foreman by one rushing yard as the 235-pound back missed virtually all of 2018 and lost one yard on his seven carries. Feeling much better now, Foreman's battle to overtake Miller could be categorized more like a slight incline than an uphill battle.
43. Giovani Bernard, Cincinnati Bengals
With 36 of his touches coming in the two games that Mixon missed, Bernard had just 55 in his other 10 games played. Outside of deep PPR leagues, Bernard won't have much fantasy relevance barring an injury to Mixon, but there are reports suggesting he could see in the neighborhood of 10-12 touches per week.
44. Jalen Richard, Oakland Raiders
Tied with Jared Cook for the team lead in receptions (68) last season, Richard finished as a top-30 fantasy running back in PPR scoring (RB43 in standard). Better weapons on the roster could mean a few less targets, but Richard will have a chance to flirt with flex-type production in PPR leagues.
45. Jaylen Samuels, Pittsburgh Steelers
Despite talk of splitting the workload more evenly in Pittsburgh's backfield, Samuels remains a handcuff to Conner, who should continue to be the team's workhorse. Samuels had 42 (75 percent) of his 56 carries in the three games that Conner missed.
46. Chris Thompson, Washington Redskins
Playing just 10 games in back-to-back seasons, health will be key for Thompson, but he had finished as a top-30 PPR back in both 2016 and 2017. In fact, he was PPR's 11th-best running back on a per-game basis in 2017. If he can stay healthy, he'll have a chance to return flex value in PPR formats.
47. Jordan Howard, Philadelphia Eagles
Howard has 250-plus carries in each of his first three seasons, but now that he's in Philadelphia, that streak is sure to come to an end. Howard has 18 rushing touchdowns over the past two seasons combined and he'll likely be a TD-dependent play on a weekly basis with Sanders more likely to out-touch him.
48. Darrell Henderson, Los Angeles Rams
Les Snead talked about Henderson giving the Rams a "Kamara element." While expecting an Alvin Kamara-type rookie season from Henderson is perhaps too lofty of an expectation, the team obviously likes Henderson a lot to make him a top-70 pick and make that comparison. Given the uncertainty around Gurley's knee, could Henderson have a couple C.J. Anderson-like games down the stretch?
49. Jerick McKinnon, San Francisco 49ers
Coming off a lost season and torn ACL, McKinnon is expected to be ready for the start of training camp. Before the injury, McKinnon notched a tad more than 200 touches per season in 2016 and 2017, but he'll battle it out with Matt Breida for the second-most touches in San Francisco's backfield.
50. Jamaal Williams, Green Bay Packers
Through two NFL seasons, Williams has averaged a pedestrian 3.72 YPC -- nearly two yards per carry less than Jones. As noted earlier, Jones has missed a quarter of a season both years, so there could be an opportunity for Williams to pick up the (workload) void if Jones were to miss time again.
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51. Kalen Ballage, Miami Dolphins
52. Duke Johnson, Cleveland Browns
53. Matt Breida, San Francisco 49ers
54. Kareem Hunt, Cleveland Browns
55. C.J. Anderson, Detroit Lions
56. Ito Smith, Atlanta Falcons
57. Theo Riddick, Detroit Lions
58. Carlos Hyde, Kansas City Chiefs
59. T.J. Yeldon, Buffalo Bills
60. Justice Hill, Baltimore Ravens
61. Adrian Peterson, Washington Redskins
62. Frank Gore, Buffalo Bills
63. Gus Edwards, Baltimore Ravens
64. Darwin Thompson, Kansas City Chiefs
65. Mike Davis, Chicago Bears
66. Alexander Mattison, Minnesota Vikings
67. Tony Pollard, Dallas Cowboys
68. Devin Singletary, Buffalo Bills
69. Doug Martin, Oakland Raiders
70. Damien Harris, New England Patriots
71. Devontae Booker, Denver Broncos
72. Kyle Juszczyk, San Francisco 49ers
73. Alfred Blue, Jacksonville Jaguars
74. Ryquell Armstead, Jacksonville Jaguars
75. Justin Jackson, Los Angeles Chargers
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Ray J's Pregnant Wife Princess Love Claims He Left Her ''Stranded'' in Las Vegas
by Cydney Contreras | Tue., Nov. 19, 2019 5:02 PM
Princess Love only has two words for husband Ray J: "Bye ugly."
The star, who is 8-months pregnant, is experiencing a blessing in disguise after Ray J left her and their daughter, Melody, in Las Vegas without any way to get home. Princess Love revealed this interesting tidbit of information in a comment on Ray J's latest Instagram post. "Left me and Melody stranded in Las Vegas and blocked me from calling... now you wanna post family photos. #ByeUgly," she quipped in screenshots of the post.
Ray J has since deleted the red carpet photo, but he has yet to address abandoning his wife, daughter and their unborn child.
As for Princess Love and Melody, well they're waiting for someone to help them drive back to Los Angeles. The Love & Hip Hop star explains that while she has money and can buy a ticket, her car is in Las Vegas and she is uncomfortable with the idea of driving alone with her daughter as she is 8-months pregnant.
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She adds, "I'm over 8-months pregnant and I don't even want to have to stop for gas or go into labor with all of this human trafficking going on."
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It's unclear if the two will kiss and makeup, but if history proves anything it's that Princess Love and Ray J always come back together. Over the course of their 3-year marriage, the Love & Hip Hop stars have had their fair share of ups and downs, but consistently reunite.
Just recently, Princess Love revealed that her second pregnancy has been "an amazing, happy and PEACEFUL" time. She is expecting a baby boy, which they revealed with a truly extra gender reveal.
Fingers crossed she and Melody make it home safely.
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Gas Detection System & Gas Ventilation
Gas Detectors, Forced Air Ventilation Systems
Eagle Eye offers multiple products for both gas detection and gas ventilation. The GD-Series includes several types of gas detection systems that can be used to detect a variety of gasses, such as hydrogen, as well as other things like smoke and intrusion detection.
The VS-Series gas ventilation systems have several different sized fan lines, each with different options available. Fan systems are sold as complete systems or individual components such as louvers. Both the GD-Series and VS-Series can be used together for automatic gas detection and ventilation. To view available gas detection systems, select a product line below.
Model # GD-Series
The GD-Series gas detection product line will ensure a safe working environment from hydrogen and other combustible gas buildups that result in costly and dangerous explosions. The Gas Detectors GD-Series uses low-level detection sensors that provide automatic alarms and fan controls to reduce the gas concentrations. Other functions are available such as smoke and intrusion detection. The GD-Series can be used in conjunction with the VS-Series ventilation systems.
Model # VS-Series
The Eagle Eye VS-Series features two different styles of exhaust fan ventilation systems designed to protect battery charging rooms and other locations where motive and stationary batteries are present. VS-Series fans can also be used where there is a possibility of other flammable or toxic gases accumulating in confined spaces. A larger 24 x 24 inch model is accompanied by a smaller 12 x 12 inch model; both models come available in a variety of power options.
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Hollywood's New War on Software Freedom and Internet Innovation
Legislative Analysis by Corynne McSherry and Peter Eckersley
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This is the third in our series (Part 1, Part 2) breaking down the potential effects of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), an outrageous and grievously misguided bill now working its way through the House of Representatives. This post discusses dangerous software censorship provisions that are new in this bill, as well as the DNS censorship provisions it inherited from the Senate's COICA and PIPA bills. Please help us fight this misguided legislation by contacting Congress today.
In this new bill, Hollywood has expanded its censorship ambitions. No longer content to just blacklist entries in the Domain Name System, this version targets software developers and distributors as well. It allows the Attorney General (doing Hollywood or trademark holders' bidding) to go after more or less anyone who provides or offers a product or service that could be used to get around DNS blacklisting orders. This language is clearly aimed at Mozilla, which took a principled stand in refusing to assist the Department of Homeland Security's efforts to censor the domain name system, but we are also concerned that it could affect the open source community, internet innovation, and software freedom more broadly:
Do you write or distribute VPN, proxy, privacy or anonymization software? You might have to build in a censorship mechanism — or find yourself in a legal fight with the United States Attorney General.
Even some of the most fundamental and widely used Internet security software, such as SSH, includes built-in proxy functionality. This kind of software is installed on hundreds of millions of computers, and is an indispensable tool for systems administration professionals, but it could easily become a target for censorship orders under the new bill.
Do you work with or distribute zone files for gTLDs? Want to keep them accurate? Too bad — Hollywood might argue that if you provide a complete (i.e., uncensored) list, you are illegally helping people bypass SOPA orders.
Want to write a client-side DNSSEC resolver that uses multiple servers until it finds a valid signed entry? Again, you could be in a fight with the U.S. Attorney General.
It would be bad enough to have these types of censorship orders targeted at software produced and distributed by a single company. But for the free and open source software community — which contributes many billions of dollars a year to the American economy — legal obligations to blacklist domains would be an utter catastrophe. Free and open source projects often operate as decentralized, voluntary, international communities. Even if ordered to by a court, these projects would struggle to find volunteers to act as censors to enforce U.S. law, because volunteers usually only perform tasks that they consider constructive. And in the case of larger projects and repositories like Mozilla, to monitor and enforce such court orders against generic functionality could potentially violate licensing obligations and would likely create acrimony, demoralizing and shrinking the communities of contributors and innovators that those projects depend upon.
Essentially any software product or service, such as many encryption programs, that is not responsive to blocking orders could be under threat. And lest you think we exaggerate for effect, recall how some of the provisions of another copyright bill have been used to chill security research.
Those are just the new provisions in SOPA. Like its companion Senate bill, PROTECT-IP, the bill also authorizes the United Sates Attorney General to wreak havoc with the Domain Name System by ordering service providers to block U.S. citizens' ability to access domain names, which will inevitably lead to competing Internet naming infrastructures and widespread security risks. As leading Internet engineers explained (commenting on an earlier version of the bill), this approach:
[W]ill risk fragmenting the Internet's global domain name system (DNS), create an environment of tremendous fear and uncertainty for technological innovation, and seriously harm the credibility of the United States in its role as a steward of key Internet infrastructure. In exchange for this, the bill will introduce censorship that will simultaneously be circumvented by deliberate infringers while hampering innocent parties' ability to communicate.
All censorship schemes impact speech beyond the category they were intended to restrict, but this bill will be particularly egregious in that regard because it causes entire domains to vanish from the Web, not just infringing pages or files. Worse, an incredible range of useful, law-abiding sites can be blacklisted under this bill. These problems will be enough to ensure that alternative name-lookup infrastructures will come into widespread use, outside the control of US service providers but easily used by American citizens. Errors and divergences will appear between these new services and the current global DNS, and contradictory addresses will confuse browsers and frustrate the people using them. These problems will be widespread and will affect sites other than those blacklisted by the American government.
By introducing bills like this, Congress is recklessly endangering Internet innovation and security. The free/open source and Internet engineering communities need to fight back.
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Iranian Tech Users Are Getting Knocked Off the Web by Ambiguous Sanctions
Between targeted killings, retaliatory air strikes, and the shooting of a civilian passenger plane, the last few weeks have been marked by tragedy as tensions rise between the U.S. and Iranian governments. In the wake of these events, Iranians within the country and in the broader diaspora...
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Rights Groups to European Commission: Prioritize Users’ Rights, Get Public Input For Article 17 Application Guidelines
The implementation of Art 17 (formerly Article 13) into national laws will have a profound effect on what users can say and share online. The controversial rule, part of the EU’s copyright directive approved last year, turns tech companies and online services operators into copyright police. Platforms are liable...
Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | January 13, 2020
Virginia Needs a Strong Anti-SLAPP Law to Stop Bogus Lawsuits
Sometimes lawsuits get filed to chill speech or harass people, rather than resolve legitimate legal disputes. Unfortunately, this trend has increased over the past few decades. Since the 1980s, these lawsuits have been called SLAPPs—or Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation. The best solution to stop SLAPPs are strong anti-SLAPP laws...
Deeplinks Blog by Elliot Harmon | December 30, 2019
Protecting the Legal Foundation of the Internet: 2019 in Review
When someone says something unlawful online, they should be the one held responsible for it, not the website or platform where they said it. Section 230—the most important law protecting free speech online—reflects that common-sense principle. This year, EFF defended Section 230 in Congress, the courts, and on the...
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The Year in Corporate Speech Controls
Content moderation and its effects remained at the forefront of the public imagination in 2019, with stories of takedowns from Sweden to Syria and everywhere in between gaining media attention. Inconsistent and unfair moderation from companies—often under great pressure from governments and other external actors—is still a serious...
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Protests and Technology in Latin America: 2019 in Review
Growing dissatisfaction with political leadership. Social and economic constraints. Reprisals against austerity measures. Harassment against community and political leaders. All issues that in different combinations have led to massive protests and political upheaval in recent months in Latin America. They have left a mark in 2019 and, along with them...
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Caught Between Worlds: Imprisoned Tech Users In 2019
Saeed Malekpour crossed the border from Iran to Turkey at night, terrified of capture. He was fleeing from the country that had held him prisoner for a decade, escaping with just a backpack into one of the most chaotic regions of the world. Malekpour was a Canadian web developer...
Global NGO Community Demands a Stop to the Sale of .ORG
Over 500 organizations and 18,000 individuals have signed a letter urging the Internet Society to stop the private equity takeover of the Public Interest Registry (PIR), the organization that manages the .ORG top-level domain. It’s rare that EFF, Greenpeace, Consumer Reports, Oxfam, the YMCA of the USA, and...
Speaking Freely: An Interview With Ásta Guðrún Helgadóttir
Ásta Guðrún Helgadóttir is a former Pirate Party member of the Icelandic parliament who currently serves as a digital policy advisor to a member of the European parliament. She’s known online for her passion for the Internet and digital policy, as well as her love of golden retrievers.
EFF to ICANN: Stop .ORG Domain Registry Sale To Private Equity Firm
San Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today said a private equity firm newly created by domain name industry insiders should be stopped from acquiring the .ORG domain registry, which provides a home on the Internet to thousands of public interest nonprofits organizations.EFF joins groups ranging from the Girl Scouts and...
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New Presidents Transform Anime Club
Sydney Hershberger, Staff Writer
Throughout the years, many clubs residing at EHS have withstood the harsh winds of time: academic clubs such as NEHS and Medical Occupations and language clubs such as Spanish and German. One other club, however, has existed since the school’s opening in the 1990s and is still going strong. This club is none other than Anime Club.
Anime Club has been dedicated since its creation to being a “safe place” for everyone who joined.
“Ever since freshman year I’ve really enjoyed the positive and inclusive energy we try to project,” said senior and president of anime club Lauren Camp.
Senior Caleb Britton said that he loves the community in Anime Club and that it was one of the main reasons he wanted to finally join in his senior year.
And he isn’t the only one who joined this year.
“The first couple of years [I was here] the club kept having less and less people, so it appeared the club was dying, but this year we have about 10 or 12 freshman who joined us,” said senior Alecea Dees.
The president of the club, Camp, attributes this to the new approach that she and her co-president, senior Noah Martinez, have taken with the club this year.
“(Martinez) and I have tried taking the club in a new direction, running meetings based on rotating genres as well as keeping up an active social media presence,” Camp said. “That way people are informed on local events and know what to expect next meeting.”
Keeping up on local events is another thing that Camp and Martinez have focused on this year, even spending meetings talking about what to expect in out of school meet ups and conventions, as well as how to stay safe.
Camp said that she expected leading the group to be difficult due to the time constraints, but has ended up having a lot of fun with the group.
“It feels pretty awesome that I went from a shy little anime fan to becoming a leader in what I consider a safe place,” Camp said.
The theme of safety is something that almost all Anime Club members say is the reason that they come back every Thursday.
“I always feel comfortable here,” Dees said. “We are all weird, so no one really judges others in the club, and even if we’re not friends, we can still have fun because of something we mutually enjoy.”
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5 Accessible City Break Ideas
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A weekend city break is a convenient way to go somewhere you’ve never been and to try something new. Whether you’re looking for art, history, live music or sport, reviewers have been to these cities and picked the best destinations for you!
Glasgow is continuing to transform itself from the heart of Scottish industry to a buzzing cultural hub and modern shopping destination. Reviewer favourites in Glasgow include the Riverside Museum, Charles Rennie Mackintosh's famous Willow Tea Rooms as well as both Ibrox and Celtic Park! Visitors have reviewed a variety of places to stay in Glasgow, too. Take a look at our Glasgow city guide to find out more.
Newcastle is another city that has undergone a rebirth, emerging as a city where sleek modern galleries stand shoulder-to-shoulder with palatial Victorian buildings. The city is famous for its football team, its many galleries and for its nightlife! Reviewers on Euan’s Guide have found lots of accessible things to try, including visiting the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, seeing the Angel of the North and bargain hunting among the stalls at the Grainger Market. For more information, see the Newcastle city guide.
York is popular with tourists from all over the world! Explore the city’s mediaeval heart around York Minster and immerse yourself in streetscapes that have barely changed for 700 years. Although the buildings are centuries old, this is still a thriving part of town with dozens of shops, cafes and restaurants. For family groups, Jorvik Viking Centre is one of the UK’s most popular visitor attractions and offers a fun and immersive Viking experience to visitors of all ages. For rail enthusiasts, no trip would be complete without visiting York’s National Rail Museum! The museum’s world-class collection is housed in a modern, accessible building with ramps that allow visitors to see into the cabs of locomotives and even go into carriages.
This university town is another popular destination for tourists from around the world, but there’s a lot more to see than just the colleges! The university also runs several museums including the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Polar Museum with its tactile maps and accessible displays that tell the story of British polar exploration from the 1800s to the present day. A stay in Cambridge also opens up opportunities for day trips to enjoy the beautiful Cambridgeshire countryside through picturesque villages like Grantchester, or head north to Ely to see its famous cathedral – the choice is yours.
Bath is a city steeped in history – from the ancient Roman baths that give the city its name to the beautiful crescents and streets that make up Bath’s beautifully preserved Georgian townscapes. Reviewers on Euan’s Guide have found that Bath’s ancient and Georgian heritage is remarkably accessible, with one reviewer saying that “despite being so old, the access to the Roman Baths is fantastic. Just about all the site (and museum) is accessible through a series of cleverly linked lifts and ramps”. Another reviewer favourite in Bath is the Cosy Club on Southgate Place, with its good wheelchair access, tasty food and unique atmosphere which the owners describe as “aristocratic abundance with a dash of local village cricket pavilion pottiness.”
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Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul 84
Budivelnik Kiev 68
Local time: 20:00 ULKER SPORTS AND EVENT HALL
Fenerbahce Ulker dances to perfect record and Top 16 berth
Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul led from start to finish in beating visiting Budivelnik Kiev 84-68 to remain unbeaten and become the first club to advance to the Top 16 this season. Fenerbahce improved to 6-0 atop of Group A, while Budivelnik remained in a share of fifth place with a 1-5 record. Bojan Bogdanovic scored 20 points in less than 23 minutes to pace the winners, who pulled away late in the second quarter with a 14-0 run for a 52-35 halftime lead. The margin was never in question in the second half. Luka Zoric scored 15 points while Gasper Vidmar collected 12 points plus 8 rebounds in victory. For the visitors, Dainius Salenga made 4 of 5 threes and finished with 16 points. Ricky Minard scored 14, Janis Strelnieks 11, and Dajuan Summers netted 10 in defeat.
First quarter: Hosts dominate inside, get early lead
A couple of easy layups from Vidmar, assisted by Kenan Sipahi, opened the game, before Minard banked a shot to get Budivelnik on the scoreboard, too. Melih Mahmutoglu and Vidmar scored more from inside for the hosts, but Minard sank a jumper and Darjus Lavrinovic hit from long range to make it 8-7. Bogdanovic opened his tally with a driving layup, and after Salenga made a floater, Zoric answered with a layup to continue the hosts' domination in the paint. Minard made a runner to keep Budivelnik within 1 point, but Bogdanovic made a short turnaround jumper, followed by a fastbreak dunk for 16-11, forcing the visitors to call a timeout. Preldzic extended the lead with a fastbreak layup, and after Michailis Anisimov drove to the hoop for the visitors, Bogdanovic banked in a shot, then hit back-to-back long jumpers for 24-17. But Summers and Minard each scored a basket-plus-foul, cutting it to 27-23 after 10 minutes.
Second quarter: Fener pulls away with a 14-0 run
Zoric opened the second quarter with consecutive layups, after assists from Kleiza and Preldzic. After Minard hit a jumper, Zoric made a pair of mid-range jumpers for 35-25. Budivelnik answered through a baseline jumper from Summers and a corner triple from Salenga. After Bo McCalebb slashed for a layup-plus-foul, Salenga hit another one behind the arc to make it 38-33. However, Fenerbahce replied with a run. A big dunk from Vidmar sparked things, and a triple from Omer Onan extended it to 45-33. Bjelica added a driving layup, Onan hit another three and Bogdanovic capped a 14-0 run with an easy layup, as the hosts took 52-35 into halftime.
Third quarter: Obradovic’s men stay in control
Salenga opened the third quarter with a three-pointer, and Lavrinovic added a layup. Bogdanovic scored from close range for Fenerbahce before Salenga made a layup to make it 54-42. But Onan answered with a driving layup, and after Vidmar made another big two-handed slam, Bogdanovic stole the ball and ran for an easy fastbreak dunk and a 60-42 advantage. After a short timeout, Salenga hit his fourth triple and Summers dunked for the visitors, but Bjelica scored twice from close range to keep Fenerbahce way in front. Anisimov’s put-back cut it to 64-49, but a tip-in from Zoric, and a banked shot from Kleiza extended the hosts’ lead to 19. Budivelnik made an attempt with zone defense, and kept Fenerbahce scoreless for the remainder of the quarter, and a fastbreak layup from Janis Strelnieks made it 68-51 after three quarters.
Fourth quarter: Fener comfortably closes out the game
Unlike the previous three, the fourth quarter started slowly. In the first three minutes Zoric hit a mid-range shot, and Preldzic made a layup to make it 72-53. Strelnieks hit a jumper on the other end, then added a triple and another jumper, closing within 74-61. The hosts’ offense stalled, as they failed to produce a field goal for more than five minutes. Oleksandr Tishchenko made a layup, and after Vidmer snapped Fener’s drought with a dunk, Summers nailed a corner triple to get within 77-66. But that was as close as the visitors came, as more baskets from Vidmar and Bjelica extended the margin, and Mahmutoglu rounded out the scoring with a triple just before the buzzer.
Referees: ARTEAGA, JUAN CARLOS; CMIKIEWICZ, MAREK; BIJEDIC, HARIS
Attendance: 12123 (Tentative)
Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul 27 25 16 16
Budivelnik Kiev 23 12 16 17
Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul
4 MCCALEBB, BO 17:23 3 1/3 0/1 1/1 1 1 3 1 2 1 2
7 ONAN, OMER 13:02 8 1/2 2/4 2 3
8 BJELICA, NEMANJA 22:05 6 3/4 0/2 6 6 6 1 2 18
9 ERMIS, BARIS 6:58 0/1 1
10 MAHMUTOGLU, MELIH 17:10 5 1/3 1/4 1 1 1 1 4 -1
11 KLEIZA, LINAS 19:22 4 2/4 0/2 1 3 4 1 1 4
13 VIDMAR, GASPER 21:23 12 6/9 0/1 6 4 10 2 1 3 18
22 ZORIC, LUKA 17:06 15 6/7 3/4 2 2 1 1 2 2 15
25 SIPAHI, KENAN 15:39 2 2 5 1 3 1 4
33 BIRSEN, METECAN 11:12 5 2/3 0/1 1/2 1 1 2 1 2 2 5
44 BOGDANOVIC, BOJAN 22:51 20 9/10 0/2 2/2 2 1 1 2 19
55 PRELDZIC, EMIR 15:49 6 3/4 0/3 1 4 5 4 1 2 1 1 10
Totals 200:00 84 34/49 3/20 7/10 12 28 40 21 4 8 3 1 19 14 103
Head coach: OBRADOVIC, ZELJKO
Budivelnik Kiev
6 AHEARN, BLAKE 22:25 2 0/3 0/3 2/2 2 2 3 1 1 2 1
7 LAVRINOVIC, DARJUS 15:59 7 1/2 1/3 2/2 2 1 1 1 5 3 5
9 SALENGA, DAINIUS 28:01 16 2/2 4/5 1 1 3 1 2 20
10 GORBENKO, SERGIY 13:58 0/5 1 2 3 1 2 -5
11 NERUSH, OLEKSANDR 4:32 0/1 1 1 1 1
13 STRELNIEKS, JANIS 22:24 11 3/4 1/6 2/2 1 1 1 1 8
14 ANISIMOV, MICHAILIS 26:10 6 2/2 2/2 1 2 3 1 2 2 8
15 LEBEDINTSEV, ANDRIY 2:52
17 TISHCHENKO, OLEKSANDR 10:52 2 1/2 0/2 3 1 4 2 1
24 MINARD, RICKY 26:27 14 5/8 1/2 1/1 3 3 3 1 2 1 2 5 17
35 SUMMERS, DAJUAN 26:20 10 4/15 0/1 2/3 2 2 4 1 1 4 5
Totals 200:00 68 18/39 7/27 11/12 10 20 30 13 3 9 1 3 14 19 66
Head coach: BAGATSKIS, AINARS
OBRADOVIC, ZELJKO
“I think we played an excellent game, especially in the first half tonight. The key to us winning the game was resistance in defense and the good job in offense in the second period. We changed the destiny of the game in the second quarter. Our aggressiveness in defense and the excellent performance in offense made the differance. I want to thank our fans once again for coming and supporting us in Ulker Arena. They respect us and the way we play the game. And what we want to do is to keep on satisfying them on the court without disappointing them.”
BAGATSKIS, AINARS
“Tonight we were really very weak in many aspects of the game. Fenerbahçe Ulker is a great team which has a bright future and the potential to move forward. It was a very tough game and it was sure that we were not the favorites tonight. We couldn’t stick together. Luka Zoric and Bojan Bogdanovic were excellent tonight. We had many bad shot selections and Fenerbahce Ulker took advantage of it. Fenerbahce Ulker is a very smart team. They played really smart and deserved to win. By the way it was impossible to not to feel pressure in front of excellent fans like Fenerbahce has. We wanted to upset them but failed. Maybe we can do it next time.”
ONAN, OMER
“First of all we are really happy to guarantee a spot in the the Top 16. We played an excellent first half and used the advantage of the big differance in the second half. We are playing better every game. I’m also happy to help the team. We hope to keep on winning to finish the group on top. But now we are focused on the BEKO Turkish League game against Banvit on the road this weekend.”
MINARD, RICKY
“We knew that it would be a very tough game. Fenerbahce Ulker is a team packed with experianced stars. When they used a pressure in defence at the end of the first half, we couldn’t answer the same way. They took the game away. We tried everything in the second half, but it’s not easy to come back against a team like Fenerbahce.”
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EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 77
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Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius 72
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Laboral Kutxa Vitoria 70
Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar 79
Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade 72
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Understanding how p18/LAMTOR1 maintains the pulmonary endothelium – a potential therapeutic target for chronic respiratory diseases
Anglia Ruskin University
Faculty of Science & Engineering
Research Group: Biomedical Research Group
Dr H Chichger
Research Group. Biomedical Research Group. https://www.anglia.ac.uk/science-and-engineering/research/institutes-and-groups/biomedical.
The development of resilience in young people within communities through sport participation: A process approach.
School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences
Prof N Callow
Application Deadline: 3 February 2020
Bangor University, School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, supported by the ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership for Wales (Wales DTP), invites applications for funded PhD study.
Number Theory; On Multi-Dimensional Sequences of Convergents
Cardiff School of Mathematics
Dr M Lettington, Dr K M Schmidt
This project is centred on constructions and limits of sequences of vector convergents, systems of polynomials and generating function matrices, including the application of special function theory.
SFI Centre for Research Training in Machine Learning
Dublin City University
Ireland PhD Programme
An Irish PhD usually takes 3-4 years. Traditional doctorates focus primarily on independent research; structured programmes include additional classes and a greater focus on transferable skills. Most students initially register for an MPhil degree before upgrading to the status of PhD candidate and completing their thesis. This will be assessed through an oral viva voce process involving two examiners.
Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)
Some or all of the PhD opportunities in this programme have funding attached. Applications for this programme are welcome from suitably qualified candidates worldwide. Funding may only be available to a limited set of nationalities and you should read the full programme details for further information.
The SFI Centre for Research Training in Machine Learning addresses the urgent industry demand for Machine Learning talent. The centre brings together leaders in their field to supervise and train students.
Free-space quantum communication technology
Dr R Donaldson
Quantum communications offers a realistic possibility to share encryption keys that are future proof against advances in hacking algorithms and secure against eavesdropping attacks.
Free-space quantum communication technology (EPS2020/26)
The use of free-space optical links rather than optical-fibre for quantum communications offers a range of new applications. During this PhD, the student will investigate the use of satellites, aerial platforms, and static links for quantum communications.
PhD Studentship in Nano-electronics: Resistive-switching memory devices (ReRAM/FeRAM/memristor) and its application in neuromorphic and in-memory computing systems
Liverpool John Moores University
Faculty of Engineering & Technology
Prof W Zhang
Applications are invited for a PhD position in the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU).
PhD Accounting
Business Research Programme
Business Research Programmes present a range of research opportunities, shaped by a university’s particular expertise, facilities and resources. You will usually identify a suitable topic for your PhD and propose your own project. Additional training and development opportunities may also be offered as part of your programme.
The accounting group is energetic and continuously strives for excellence in teaching and its scholarship. The group's research strengths range from accounting change to accounting education, and from performance measurement to financial accounting, using both quantitative and qualitative research techniques.
PhD Economics
OVERVIEW. The economics group is an energetic and enterprising research cluster that continuously strives for excellence in both its teaching and its scholarship.
Technological University Dublin
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for Stow, MA and surrounding 50 Miles
Randall Library Museum
Stow, MA 01775 - Distance: 1 Mile(s)
This historical society museum contains period furnishings and artifacts. Facilities include 40,000 volume general library of books and reading room.
Stow West 1825 School Museum
This one room school house contains furnishings, maps, old photos, merit awards, school books and more.
Acton, MA 01720 - Distance: 4 Mile(s)
The museum's indoor exhibits are hands on for children. There are intimate, immersive experiences for our youngest learners and galleries of STEAM experiences for all ages. All...
CHAKRA FEST at Great Brook Farms
Bolton, MA 01740 - Distance: 5 Mile(s)
Second Annual CHAKRA FEST at Great Brook Farms! October 1, 2011 356 MAIN ST. BOLTON, MA O1740 10:00am-5:00pm An all day family event where Music, Art, and Energy come...
Nashoba Valley Winery
Since first producing superior fruit wines in 1978, Nashoba Valley Winery has earned wide acclaim as a pioneering winery orchard and a premier destination for visitors seeking...
Longfellow's Wayside Inn
Sudbury, MA 01776 - Distance: 5 Mile(s)
This museum is housed in 1716 inn, other buildings include Redstone School, Martha-Mary Chapel, grist mill and coach house. Collections include period furnishings.
Peter Rice Homestead, Home of Marlborough Historical Society Museum
Marlboro, MA 01752 - Distance: 6 Mile(s)
This historic museum is housed in 1688 Peter Rice homestead, its collections include 19th century furnishings and industrial collection. Guided tours and lectures available.
Berlin Old Town Hall Theater
Berlin, MA 01503 - Distance: 7 Mile(s)
Solomon Pond Mall
Marlborough, MA 01752 - Distance: 7 Mile(s)
Royal Plaza Trade Center
Garden In The Woods Of The New England Wild Flower Society
Framingham, MA 01701 - Distance: 7 Mile(s)
Botanical garden and woodland sanctuary. Over 1,700 species of native American plants, albinos and other variants. Rare and endangered species available to view. Nature walk for...
Fruitlands Museum
Harvard, MA 01451 - Distance: 7 Mile(s)
Once the site of Bronson Alcott's Utopian experiment, the location of the Fruitands Museums was rescued to celebrate the Transcendentalists’ vision. The Fruitlands campus includes...
Bolton Fairgrounds
Lancaster, MA 01523 - Distance: 8 Mile(s)
Littleton Performing Arts Center
Littleton, MA 01460 - Distance: 8 Mile(s)
Drumlin Farm Education Center
Lincoln, MA 01773 - Distance: 8 Mile(s)
This is a living farm museum, collections include agriculture, aviary, botany, entomology, geology, and herpetology. Museum related item for sale. Guided tours and lectures...
Minute Man National Historical Park
Concord, MA 01742 - Distance: 9 Mile(s)
This national park contains historic houses located along the 1775 battle road with 19th century Wayside, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Alcott and Lothrop family homes.
Minuteman National Historic Park
At Minute Man National Historical Park, the Battles of Lexington and Concord are brought to life through the preservation, restoration and interpretation of significant sites from...
Concord Art Association Garden
This sculpture garden and art gallery is housed in a 1720 building and holds portraits of Early America, paintings, decorative arts.
Ralph Waldo Emerson Memorial House
This museum is housed in 1935 Ralph Waldo Emerson house, it contains Emerson's personal belongings, books, furniture and portraits.
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Electronics Archive
Documenting Space – Astrophotography Telescopes Explained
By Edward Allen On December 18, 2019
In Electronics
We have been observing our vast universe for more than 3 centuries now, but it is not up until recently that we have started
Important Things to Consider When Buying a LED Headlamp
By Edward Allen On May 22, 2019
While the purpose of every illumination device is pretty much the same, the choice of the different types mainly depends on the distinct features
The Importance and Different Types of Traffic Lights
By Edward Allen On August 8, 2018
In Electronics, Health & Beauty
People have become so accustomed to vehicles, that most of them don’t even realize that they are operating tonne-heavy machines that can injure or
Guitar Pedals Every Amateur Musician Needs to Know About
By Edward Allen On March 5, 2018
In Audio & Video
An acoustic guitar relies purely on the skill of the player and the quality of its construction and strings. The electric guitar, on the
Essential Camping Gear Every Outdoorsman Should have
By Edward Allen On January 25, 2018
Camping is a recreational activity that many people sincerely enjoy doing. To some it may seem hard to go into the wilderness, where one
Enhancing Safety & Outdoor Functionality with LED Flood Lights
By Stacie peterson On May 8, 2017
LED flood lights are a special type of lighting designed to illuminate vast areas. Their light is so powerful that it is pretty much
It’s the Era When Even Flashlights Evolved to be Super Specific
A flashlight, also known as a torch, is a portable, battery operated device designed to provide light. It features three main parts: the material
Hard Cases Make it Hard for Any Conditions to Ruin Your Instrument
I’ve traveled with my guitar all around Australia and it has stayed in a hard case thousands and thousands of kilometers on countless train,
Capture Photos and Make a Living Out of It
By Stacie peterson On December 19, 2016
Many people who enjoy photography in all its forms, at some point in their life want to become professionals in the field. Normally, most
Calibration Instruments: Test Electrical Devices for Problems
By Edward Allen On November 17, 2016
In Electronics, Industrial Equipment
A multimeter, also known as a calibration bench or box is used to test many types of electrical devices for many problems such as
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Raging rivers, verdant jungles, coastal stretches, lively cities and ancient ruins: Karnataka is picking up the pace on its way to become one of India’s most vibrant destinations. The south-western Indian state is bordered by Goa to the north and Kerala to the south, facing the Arabian Sea on its western side. The capital city, Bangalore, is large and cosmopolitan, an ever-expanding IT hub dotted with parks, tranquil lakes, temples, and monuments. Bangalore is however less of a tourist highlight and more of an insight into India in the 21st century.
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Close to the capital, Mysore (Mysuru) revives the splendour and glamour of the Wodeyar Dynasty. The must-see in this ancient city is of course the magnificent UNESCO World Heritage Mysore Palace, a grand and glorious tribute to Indo-Saracenic architecture. The towering spires overlook vast gardens, and the spacious halls (Mantaps) are filled with vibrant paintings. The palace is particularly striking in October and November, when it is bathed in golden light during the Dussehra festival.
Bijapur (not to be confused with Bijaipur in Rajasthan) is a wonderland for any history buff with its ancient palaces, mausoleums, palaces, and other monuments inspired by Islamic and characterful Shaivik architectural styles. The World Heritage listed temple complex at Pattadakal is close to Bijaipur. Hampi, in Karnataka’s north, is home to a breathtaking collection of ruins, the highlight of which is the towering Virupaksha Temple.
Coconut palms and narrow alleyways make Mangalore a quaint and relaxing beachside venue in Karnataka. Gokarna’s laid back style and thatched bamboo bungalow accommodation attracts a chilled out crowd, and the neighbouring pilgrim town is a colourful treat during festival times. Other popular coastal honeymoon destinations include Udupi, Madikeri, and Karwar.
Adventurers and outdoor enthusiasts are well catered-for in Karnataka: choose from tiger spotting in Bandipur National Park, getting up close and personal with the wildlife in Nagarhole National Park, river rafting in Dandeli, traversing the rainforests in Agumbe, or scuba diving in Murudeshwar.
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Prize Symposium
The Reaxys PhD Prize Symposium
We close every edition of the Reaxys PhD Prize with a symposium that showcases the finalists’ incredible work. It is a celebratory gathering and a great opportunity for the new Prize Club members to introduce themselves.
Reaxys PhD Prize Symposium 2019
The 2019 finalists of the Reaxys PhD Prize were invited to showcase their research at the Reaxys PhD Prize Symposium, which was held in Amsterdam on October 3 and 4. The venue for the event was The Koepelkerk, a beautiful 17th century domed church in the heart of the city.
Events at the 2019 Reaxys PhD Prize Symposium included:
A poster session where all 45 finalists were invited to present their research
Talks by 10 shortlisted finalists
Keynote presentations by Prof Véronique Gouverneur, University of Oxford, Prof Dawen Niu (Reaxys PhD Prize winner 2014), Sichuan University, and Dr Andy Chapman (Reaxys PhD Prize finalist 2011)
The awards ceremony honoring the three winners
A gala dinner
Find out more about the event, the winners and the excellent presentations in this article, Remembering the Reaxys PhD Prize Symposium 2019.
The symposium is generally in September or October. As part of the commitment to a global reach, previous symposia have been held around the world, in Shanghai (2017), London (2016), Hong Kong (2015), Grindlewald in Switzerland (2013 and 2014), Philadelphia (2012), Bangkok (2011) and Nürnberg (2010).
Below is a selection of photographs from Reaxys PhD Prize Symposiums:
Reaxys PhD Prize Symposium 2017 – Shanghai
Reaxys PhD Prize Symposium 2016 – London
Reaxys PhD Prize Symposium 2015 – Hong Kong
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Two UNESCO Cities of Gastronomy, located across the world from each other, offer distinct insights on desert terroir.
I am sitting in an outdoor café on a hot summer day. The café, in Zahle, Lebanon, is on the edge of a broad desert valley that stretches out between two mountain ranges, one of them high enough to capture snow every winter and suffer forest fires most summers. Out of the mountains flows enough snowmelt to allow some irrigation from ...
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The chiltepin pepper has a special home in Santa Cruz County
After enduring a bouncy drive up a rough road heading into the Tumacacori Mountains last Tuesday morning, the group of hikers crossed a shallow rocky canyon on foot. Then, after bushwhacking through spiky desert plants and looking under trees, they found their prize: a single bright red, shriveled chili clinging to a dry chiltepin plant.
The fruit of the chiltepin isn’t always so hard to find at this spot, said Kevin Dahl, an ethnobotanist specializing in desert plants. The ...
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Tortilleria Arevalo’s secret to a healthier tortilla is Peruvian mesquite flour
Esperanza Arevalo wakes up at 3 a.m. every day to make tortillas. She sometimes receives help from her husband and sister-in-law, but for the most part, she’s a one-woman show.
Tortilleria Arevalo started with Esperanza’s father, Javier Arevalo, shortly after 9/11. At the time, Esperanza had just been laid off from her job, so she began helping her father. Years later, when Javier was diagnosed with cancer, Esperanza stepped up and took over the business.
Although making tortillas as a business ...
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Tucson’s seed library fosters food sovereignty in a desert
With help from Pima County’s public libraries, Tucsonans grow urban gardens.
In front of the Joel D. Valdez Main Library in Tucson, patrons can claim round concrete landscaping beds for free and create their own gardens with seeds from the library’s seed collection. Some of the three-foot-wide planters are festooned with exuberant jungles of squash, flowers and trellised bean plants, while others look more Zen garden than vegetable garden.
In addition to books and DVDs, in 2012 the Pima ...
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An Ecumenical-Interspecific Communion
The so-called Last Supper was not the last we know that nourished Yeshua of Nazareth and his motley crew of ne’er-do-well friends from Galilee. The other ones had fish swimming into them. For two millennia, Christians all around the planet have faithfully practiced the Ritual of the Open Table—one where everyone has a place at that table to have their hunger curbed, their thirst slaked, and their dignity respected. Other faiths have similar rites of sharing food among both friends ...
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Janos Wilder: A Chef’s Journey from Pizza to Paris by Way of Tucson
When UNESCO named Tucson, Arizona a World City of Gastronomy in Dec. 2015, the first U.S. city so named, it put this small desert city on the global map. It also gave a boost to one of its top chefs, Janos Wilder.
In June, Wilder, a James Beard award-winner (2000, Best Chef: Southwest), represented Tucson at a reception in UNESCO’s Paris headquarters before the annual Creative Cities Network conference. In preparation he crafted the menu at his restaurant, Downtown ...
Activists Envision a Border Wall Made of Solar Panels
President Trump has requested prototypes for what he calls a “physically imposing” and “beautiful” border wall. This week in a meeting with congressional leaders he floated the idea of covering it in solar panels. That’s not a new concept. Quite a few people have been working on solar wall designs. Arizona author and ecologist Gary Paul Nabhan says a solar installation would create clean energy and sustainable jobs for the U.S. and Mexico. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny spoke with him about ...
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A Future in the Ancestral
Mesoamerican culinary traditions spanning millennia have influenced the gastronomic heritage of Baja Arizona.
Tacos, tostadas, burritos, sopes, menudos, cazuelas, enchiladas, licuados—the typical foods of modern Mexico that are familiar in the borderlands—are but one set of spinoffs of an ancient Mesoamerican diet.
Since the mid-20th century, two kinds of Mexican diet have been diverging from one another. One is deeply traditional—think tamales, atoles, pinoles, moles, tepaches, caldos, and nopalitos—while the ...
Agave Heritage Week: Greg Starr, Ana Valenzuela, David Yetman, Wendy Hodgson, and much more!
It would be hard to find a group of plants which offer such architectural grace and morphological symmetry as agaves do. That’s why Tucsonan Greg Starr’s book from Timber Press, Agaves: Living Sculptures for Landscapes and Containers, is one of the most-lovely horticultural classics ever published.
Greg has spent so much time with the many agave species at his Starr Nursery in the Tucson Mountain foothills ...
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Four Vows for Food Justice: An Earth Day Prayer
Although the many beings lost or wounded in our foodshed,
somehow seem nameless & numberless,
we vow to remember their names,
to hear their needs & to never forget their faces.
For the many children who are hungry daily,
while perfectly useable food is thrown away,
inundating landfills & making methane,
we vow to curb our consumption & end of our waste.
For the many immigrant farmworkers
who harvest the bounty with their sweat & blood.
but are seldom offered a place ...
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Did you know that mezcala and tequilas were bottled and savored in Tucson over a century ago?
Did you know that mezcala and tequilas were bottled and savored in Tucson over a century ago? Ironically, only a small percentage of the current residents of Tucson realize that these wild plants were artisanally processed for food and beverages up through recent decades.
Most have never heard of Old Pueblo pioneer Julius Goldbaum who, from 1886 to 1903, distilled, bottled and marketed local mezcals and imported tequilas on the corner of Congress and Meyer in what is now downtown Tucson.
Also known as Julius ...
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Gary Nabhan: Solar idea is a viable, job-creating option to border wall
Because I have lived within 20 miles of the U.S./Mexico boundary much of my life, the complexity of the debate regarding President Trump’s border wall proposal is not lost on me. I have worked in communities on both sides of the Arizona-Sonora border, the border in the world with the greatest disparity for dwellers on its two sides.
There are horrific differences in access to clean water, healthy food and jobs with livable wages that currently divide Mexican and U.S. citizens. ...
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Howard Scott Gentry memory recognized the week of April 28th to May 7th
Let us now praise famous mezcaleros! It was 75 years ago that my mentor, the great plant explorer Howard Scott Gentry, published his Rio Mayo Plants, and 35 years ago that he published Agaves of Continental North America.
As a kid, I worked one summer at the Desert Botanical Garden in Metro Phoenix helping Dr. Gentry check herbarium specimens for localities of the ...
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Put a little wildness back into your food and drink, and you will likely become healthier for it!
Put a little wildness back into your food and drink, and you will likely become healthier for it! Ethnobotanists and archaeologists have uncovered cultural and culinary uses of wild agaves, prickly pears and mesquite that reach back at least 8000 years in the U.S./Mexico borderlands.
Just think about that for a moment: a nitrogen-fixing legume tree, a cactus and a succulent agave have offered food and drink to the hungry and thirsty of our region for a duration at least 25 ...
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How can Tucson and surrounding Sonoran Desert communities revitalize a legacy of using plants such as mezcal both for food and for drink?
“Welcome to the Agave family!” was the way that late Arizona botanist Howard Scott Gentry used to greet aficionados of these wondrously-shaped and deliciously-tasting desert-adapted plants. Of course, many Americans are aware of the fact that is the popular name of a distilled alcoholic beverage, but how many newcomers to Southern Arizona know that it is also the common name for several kinds of native plants that are as good to eat as they are to drink?
Also known as the ...
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Biodiversity food expert speaks
Gary Nabhan, an internationally-celebrated nature writer, agrarian activist and ethnobiologist, was the Convocations speaker Thursday in the Gilbert Great Hall in the R. Haze Hunter Conference Center.
Nabhan’s presentation was titled “Conservation You can Taste: Restoring Biodiversity to the Farm and Table” and focused on efforts that are being made to bring back species of edible food crops.
Nabhan also spent Wednesday making classroom visits and visiting with local farmers.
The Convocations started with a showing of a short documentary that ...
State of Tucson’s Food System
On December 11, 2016, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced designation of the City of Tucson as a City of Gastronomy in the Creative Cities Network.
The City partnered with the University of Arizona’s College of Social and Behavioral Sciences’ Southwest Center, Edible Baja Arizona magazine, and many other community partners to successfully apply for recognition of Tucson Basin’s rich agricultural heritage, thriving food traditions, and culinary distinctiveness through a UNESCO City of Gastronomy designation.
This publication is ...
Borders Out of Register: Edge Effects in the U.S.–Mexico Foodshed
This paper addresses how food systems and transboundary food supply chains are mediated and shaped by (cross-) cultural and geopolitical borders that function as selective filters. We focus on the ways in which the political boundary in a formerly cohesive foodshed generates “edge effects” that affect (1) food safety, and (2) food waste, particularly in desert communities adjacent to the U.S.–Mexico border. We hypothesize that as these various boundary lines get “out of register” with one another, their dissonance creates ...
“Restoration Economy” Strives to Protect Pollinators, Create Jobs
Conservationists hope to boost livelihoods along the poverty-stricken Arizona–Mexico borderlands by repairing habitat for more than 900 species of wild pollinators
Gary Nabhan and I are bumping along in a rental car down a two-track dirt road that follows the edge of Sonoita Creek’s floodplain, some 29 kilometers north of the Arizona–Mexico border. Nabhan—an ethnobiologist, conservation biologist and agroecologist at the University of Arizona and author of more than 30 books on food, farming and nature—tells me how extraordinary ...
Tucson, Arizona, cultivates its foodie reputation – with a nod from Unesco
Having gained Unesco city of gastronomy recognition, Tucson’s new wave of downtown restaurants are making the most of the area’s unusual desert foods
The desert surrounding Tucson, Arizona, is filled with soaring Saguaro cactus, their bright red fruits long a delicacy here. The abundance of this native food is one reason why, last December, Tucson became America’s first Unesco city of gastronomy, joining just 18 others worldwide, despite having fewer fancy restaurants than many US cities, and being one of its ...
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Gary Nabhan Listens as Two Fruits Testify at the Impeachment Hearings
People came together to grieve the construction of an unneeded border wall.
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Turn a PR Crisis into Positive Online Buzz: Lessons from The Gap
Guest Post by: Monica (Market Sentinel)
How the Gap logo debacle turned a PR crisis into positive brand awareness for Gap’s “iconic blue logo”.
The marketing mavens over at Gap must be in a frenzy this week.
First they released a new “contemporary and current” design for the Gap logo on the company website. Almost instantly, consumers gasped with disgust, and within days, their rage reached a full-blown boil, exploding into a rain of scathing comments on Facebook and Twitter.
In light of this mounting PR crisis, Gap sensibly scrapped the logo, but not-so-sensibly appealed for design ideas on their Facebook page.
The design community interpreted this “crowd sourcing” hijink as: “work for us for free.”
Across the web, designers fumed, consumers seethed, and impostors had a field day. Twitter accounts emerged, such as @gaplogo, @oldgaplogo and @newgaplogo. The website Make Your Own Gap Logo was born, inviting people to create spoof logos, the most popular being “Crap” (the website has received 1,408 Facebook likes and counting).
Yesterday, just a week after the new logo was released, Gap announced that they were pulling the logo completely and going back to the original “iconic blue box” design.
Thus, a brand was not only saved, it was reborn – without changing anything at all.
When a crisis isn’t a crisis
Here at Market Sentinel we’ve been looking into Gap’s PR crisis. In particular, we’ve been studying the action on Gap’s Facebook page, where most of the conversation around the new logo has been happening.
One of the things that struck us is that even the logo’s loudest detractors managed to build positive buzz about the Gap brand. Comments include:
The old logo is identifiable as the Gap brand…it is an icon. Why would you re-brand now when millions of people are familiar with it?
How does a thick, squatty font say “modern, contemporary, elegant, stylish, chic, and simple”? That is what Gap is, to me. Simple, but beautiful and elegant clothes.
Gap has one of the best logos out there! It is up there with Apple. Are you stupid or is this just a cheap marketing trick?
In fact, if you look at the top sentiment words found on Gap’s Facebook page, positive expressions dominate, with the most prominant word being classic.
We also observed that, despite the temporary dip in sentiment following the new logo’s release, Gap’s return to the original logo managed to raise sentiment on Gap’s Facebook page to levels much higher than that prior to the logo change.
In effect, Gap’s PR “crisis” was a sentiment booster for the brand. In fact, the most “liked” post on their Facebook page, with 2,005 likes so far, is their announcement to “bring back the blue box”:
Thank Gwad! We love the “Classic Gap” logo! Yay!
Keep the logo like the clothes: classic.
You have a good, beautiful, solid, classic logo that is coherent with your product – new isn’t always better.
The analysis also highlights the strength of the design community on this issue. This is perhaps most evident on Twitter, where the “loudest” tweeter on the topic was Mike Monteiro of Mule Design whose tweet was one of the most frequently shared posts on the topic:
@Mike_FTW: We gave The Gap shit for the new logo. Then we gave The Gap shit for pulling it. Congratulations. We are a collective psychotic girlfriend.
Mike also blogged a sarcastic letter to Gap in response to their crowd sourcing initiative. The post received 167 comments, many of which bemoan gap’s request that designers work for them for free.
Brilliant! Why are art-based professionals one of the few occupations out there that people have no problem asking for free work from?
You would think a company that sells fashion and design would understand the value in paying for design.
As of writing, Gap’s Facebook page has 734,085 likes, while its Twitter stream has 36,206 followers.
Next time you’re caught in a PR crisis
Gap’s “logo debacle” may not hold the same weight as, say, an oil spill or a salmonella outbreak, but it does offer some potent reminders that all brand managers should keep in mind next time a PR crisis hits the fan.
Listen to the conversation and pay attention to the contexts
Gap knew that the new logo would generate buzz, and they had their ear on the conversation as soon as the logo went live. But they didn’t limit their range to their customers – they listened to people speaking on all aspects of the topic. This was especially important when it came to contexts of conversation around design. Although the designers were not necessarily fans of their brand, their voices were strong in the overall conversation. Gap recognised that, and knew it had to appease the designers if they were going to overcome this PR crisis.
Identify the influencers
Who are your promoters and detractors? Find out who they are and engage with them as necessary – be personal if you have to, but don’t be pushy. Gap was perhaps wise to keep a good distance between them and their main detractors in the design community. But no doubt, they knew who they were and what their sore points were. By listening, they were able to address those sore points specifically, which no doubt aided the positive reception of their decision to scrap the new logo.
Take action and move swiftly
The procrastinator’s approach to dealing with crises – ignore it until it goes away – is no longer viable thanks to the internet. As the Gap logo illustrates, a story can spiral out of control within hours, and the sooner you respond, the better you’ll be able to manage it.
Participate in the debate
Press releases will get you no where – you need to get in on the debate WHERE it is happening. Gap primarily used its Facebook page, with more than 720,000 fans, to post updates and responses to criticism.
Admit your failures
It always pays to be honest, and the statement from Marka Hansen, president of Gap Brand, speaks directly to the audience about the issues they care about the most:
“We’ve learned a lot in this process. And we are clear that we did not go about this in the right way. We recognize that we missed the opportunity to engage with the online community. This wasn’t the right project at the right time for crowd sourcing.”
Gap’s motivations for changing the logo were well-founded: the brand is getting stale. They thought a new logo would shake things up. That it did, maybe not in the way Gap intended, but in a way that brought Gap – and its loyal customers – back in line with one of Gap’s most valuable qualities: it’s classic. No doubt Gap will be building on that in the future, hopefully with the voice of the consumers AND the designers well in mind.
Image source: thinkretail
Original Post: http://www.marketsentinel.com/blog/2010/10/turn-a-pr-crisis-into-positive-online-buzz-lessons-from-the-gap/
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Plastic scraps fill the stomach of a dead albatross chick at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. The bird was photographed where it was found, its stomach contents unaltered. Sights like this are common on the refuge. (Photo: Chris Jordan)
Oceans of Trash
Eww. That’s gross. But what’s it got to do with you? More than you might think.
The photo comes from Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the Pacific, where seaborne trash is impacting the world's largest albatross colony. Albatross parents — who forage for food on the ocean surface — skim up floating bits of plastic by mistake. That plastic is then fed to their hungry chicks back on Midway, where it fills the birds' stomachs with trash.
What you may not know: The trash doesn’t come from anywhere near Midway. It comes from China, from Indonesia, from the United States. It comes from us.
And we can do something about it. Some would argue we have to.
Some common forms of marine debris. (Graphic: Ocean Conservancy)
Bottle caps, cigarette lighters, bags and bottles, soda cans that we discard on land make up most of the swirling mass known as marine debris. Rivers and storm sewers carry it to the sea, where abandoned boats and fishing nets add to the menace.
An estimated eight million tons of debris enter the ocean each year, outpacing efforts to remove it.
What’s scarier still: The global problem affects more than wildlife. Plastics have entered the human food chain, through the water we drink and the fish we eat. The impact on human health is not yet fully known.
But here’s the thing. If we recognize we’re part of the problem, we can take steps to curb it at the source.
Action: Buy fresh and local. Avoid excess packaging. Use reusable cloth bags instead of plastic bags. Dispose of waste responsibly. Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
Seaborne plastic debris litters a beach on Laysan Island in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Tides wash the debris ashore from the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch,” which flows past the Northwest Hawaiian Islands. (Photo: Susan White/USFWS)
“Marine debris is one of the most pervasive and pernicious global threats to the health of the world’s coastal areas, oceans and waterways,” U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service deputy director Jim Kurth testified to a Senate subcommittee in May 2016. The 180 national wildlife refuges that protect ocean, coast or Great Lakes habitat know the problem firsthand.
Nearly every seabird on the planet now eats plastic. Fish are eating microplastics — tiny beads found in cosmetics, lotions and toothpaste. Toxic chemicals bind to microplastics, and fish swallow these, too. When we eat the fish, we also swallow the microplastics and the toxins.
“Everybody’s seen pictures of beaches strewn with plastic,” says Pete Leary, marine coordinator for the National Wildlife Refuge System. “But people in Portland or Washington, DC, generally don’t think of marine debris when they’re forgetting to put their trash in bins in a park.”
They should.
A Laysan albatross nests in a field of marine debris at Midway Atoll Refuge. (Photo: Andy Collins/NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries)
Tiny Midway Atoll Refuge, located within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, has become a poster child for marine debris awareness. Why is that?
One reason is the atoll’s remoteness — 1,400 miles from the nearest city. “If you go to coastal California and see junk on beach, you think it probably came from Los Angeles or San Diego,” says Leary, who lived and worked on Midway for five years between 2007 and 2014. “But basically none of the stuff washing up is locally generated.”
Another reason: Midway’s location. It sits close to the gyre, a Pacific Ocean current that pulls ocean debris into the swirling mass known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. “All Hawaiian islands are impacted,” says Leary. An estimated 23 tons of debris accumulates on Midway Atoll each year.
And there is the atoll’s abundant wildlife. Nearly three million seabirds nest on Midway, including endangered Laysan ducks and the world’s largest colony of albatross. So it’s hard to miss plastic’s devastating impact on birds and animals.
Elsewhere in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, at Kure Atoll — the most remote of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands — the Service and the Hawaiian Department of Land and Natural Resources have removed debris from more than 280 acres of coral reefs and beaches. This effort helped restore seabird nesting habitat for the endangered Laysan duck and reduce entanglement risks for sea turtles and the endangered Hawaiian monk seal.
Action: Spread the word about the need to curb marine debris. For a heartbreaking look at the toll on Midway’s seabirds, see this trailer for the upcoming feature film “Albatross" by photographer Chris Jordan. Or see CNN’s video “Plastic Island.”
For a lighter touch, check out Ocean Today’s short “Trash Talk” videos, a collaboration between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Smithsonian Institution.
Under a tropical sun, volunteers from the U.S. and New Zealand Navies haul derelict fishing nets from the beach at James Campbell Refuge in Hawaii. (Photo: Joy Browning/USFWS)
Derelict commercial fishing nets are a particular menace. Snagged on offshore rocks and reefs, they entrap birds, seals and endangered sea turtles. Between 2006 and 2015, NOAA removed an average 37.7 metric tons a year of discarded nets from the Northwest Hawaiian Islands. A story map follows a NOAA team’s removal of 22,000 pounds of debris over three days in 2018.
Hauling the heavy nets out of the surf and off the beach is hard work. “We’re lucky we have lots of people helping to clean up,” says Joseph Schwagerl, project leader for six Hawaiian refuges, including James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge in Oahu, where he’s based.
Disposal is the next challenge. Remote islands must ship debris by barge to the mainland, where it often ends up as landfill — an imperfect fix that the next big storm could undo. Some people are exploring alternatives. One novel Hawaii program burns debris to create usable energy. Since 2002, the effort has generated enough electricity from more than 800 tons of derelict nets to power nearly 350 Hawaii homes for a year.
Action: Take part in the next International Coastal Cleanup — the largest volunteer effort for our oceans — in September. Dozens of refuges and refuge Friends groups participate. Or plan a small cleanup yourself. Find out how from the Ocean Conservancy.
Seaborne plastics litter mangroves in the Florida Keys. (Photo: Kristie Killam/USFWS)
In the Florida Keys refuges, marine debris poses other cleanup challenges.
“When trash gets in the mangroves, which make up a lot of our shoreline, it’s virtually impossible to clean out,” says Kristie Killam, ranger for four national wildlife refuges in the Florida Keys; the refuges lie within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. That’s because much of the dense tangle of partly submerged roots is nearly inaccessible by land or boat.
“A lot of [the trash] is plastic,” says Killam. “A lot of it is Styrofoam. All of it’s going to be here for a long time. Key deer, birds and other wildlife wander the shorelines. On a daily basis they get entangled in the trash and accidentally ingest it too.”
Attempts to flee Cuba — 90 miles away — produce another kind of litter at Key West National Wildlife Refuge, a breeding ground for colonial nesting birds and sea turtles and a designated wilderness.
Abandoned Cuban “chugs” — homemade boats carrying hazardous fuels and oils — litter the Marquesas Keys, says Killam. “We have dozens there now and they can be an impediment to nesting sea turtles and young turtles leaving the nest. They also take away from the wilderness character of the refuge.”
Action: Follow your state or county guidelines for safe disposal of fuel, paint and other hazardous waste. In Maryland, for example, the Department of Natural Resources offers these tips (pdf) on safe disposal.
A Monofilament Crew team member reaches up from her kayak to pull snagged fishing line off mangroves at J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo: Monica Scroggin)
Off Florida’s west coast at J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge, debris cleanup efforts focus on discarded fishing gear.
A “Mind Your Line” campaign started by the refuge and several partners offers anglers tips on how to dispose of fishing line and tackle safely to prevent wildlife injury and entanglement.
Every Friday volunteer members of the monofilament crew paddle refuge waters in kayaks to remove fishing line from the estuary. The past president of the “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society, the refuge’s Friends group, heads the crew. In 2017-18 retrieval was low after a toxic algae bloom and Red Tide spoiled fishing. In 2016-17, crew members collected 507 hooks, 249 lead sinkers, 114 bobbers and enough fishing line to fill a five-gallon bucket — the equivalent of 1.22 miles of line.
To reduce plastic waste, the refuge has stopped sales of bottled water (installing water refilling stations instead) and the use of plastic bags in the society’s nature store and gift shop. The store also sells non-plastic straws and cold water in a recyclable plant-based container.
Action: Carry reusable water bottles for a day at the beach, the ballpark and other places. While you’re at it, keep a reusable coffee mug at hand, too, instead of adding to the 25 billion Styrofoam cups we throw away each year.
At Kenai National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, anglers are encouraged to dispose safely of old fishing line by putting it in clearly marked containers posted around the refuge. (Photo: Kristen Gilbert/USFWS)
Kenai Refuge in Alaska enlists anglers in keeping refuge waters clean. Volunteers with Stream Watch, a partnership of Chugach National Forest and the Kenai Watershed Forum (a local nonprofit), make it easy for them. Anglers deposit their old fishing line in special containers installed throughout the Kenai River watershed. Volunteers install and empty the containers.
Action: Join with others to provide fishing line containers for anglers in your area. Persuade your community to ban disposable plastic bags and other single-use plastics.
A few years ago, Jessica Flory, right, with younger sister Hailey, made a dress of Mylar balloon scraps found on the beach to call attention to this form of marine debris. (Photo: Becky Flory)
People have found other novel ways to call attention to marine debris and the threat it poses to wildlife.
Some years back at Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge, a teenage volunteer stationed herself on the beach, done up in a “dress” she made from the shreds of 87 balloons collected from a coastal island. She did it after hearing how turtles sometimes mistake the Mylar scraps for food and choke on them, and seabirds get strangled by balloon strings.
Her message: Don’t release balloons into the air – not if you treasure wildlife.
Here’s a blog about how balloons threaten wildlife.
In southwest Alaska, near Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, a fisherman shows a fresh-caught sockeye salmon wearing a plastic ring around its body. The plastic vise cut into the fish’s back and stomach. (Photo: Caz VanDevere/USFWS)
Marine debris fouls shores in Alaska, too — even in the most remote areas. “It was the single most surprising thing to me when I came to the refuge,” says Steve Delehanty, manager of Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, which stretches along the state’s extensive coast and far into the Bering Sea. “The beaches are full of fishing lines, nets, buoys, plastic water bottles, and all kinds of weird stuff. Plastic water bottles are everywhere. You step in the tall beach rye grass on a remote Aleutian island, hear a plastic crunch, and it’s a water bottle hidden in the grass nine times out of ten.”
Refuge crews and volunteers collect some debris for disposal in Homer and Adak landfills. But they barely make a dent in it.
“The beach cleanup work itself can be disruptive to sensitive wildlife,” says Delehanty, “and the next tide just brings in more trash. You don’t want to go back to the beach and push, pull, disentangle, and disturb everything month after month, year after year. It is important to stop allowing trash into the ocean, not just picking it up when it lands on a beach.”
Action: Choose products with eco-friendly packaging, such as edible six-pack rings and biodegradable paper boxes, instead of hard plastic.
A cleanup crew celebrates the removal of derelict fish nets from the Northwest Hawaiian Islands. (Photo: NOAA)
What else can you do to reduce marine debris?
See suggestions from the Friends of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. While you’re on the site, check out the short video “Are You Eating Plastic for Dinner?”
Use NOAA’s marine debris tracker app to alert monitors to trash that you find on coasts and waterways. See NOAA’s suggestions on ways you can help reduce marine debris as anglers, beachgoers and boaters.
Consider actions recommended by California’s nonprofit Thank You Ocean Campaign.
Stay current. As a member of the Interagency Marine Debris Coordinating Committee, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service works with other federal agencies to conduct marine debris research, monitoring and cleanup. Read the committee’s latest biennial report to Congress on the status of marine debris and cleanup efforts.
Keep plugging … and don’t lose hope.
“Sometimes it can get you down seeing new debris come in every day, but you have to keep working to remove it,” says Joseph Schwagerl, project leader for the Hawaiian refuges.
“You have to do what you can to protect and conserve habitat for wildlife.”
Compiled by Susan_Morse@fws.gov | Updated May 2019
volunteers from the U.S. and New Zealand Navies haul derelict fishing nets from the beach at James Campbell Refuge in Hawaii. (Photo: Joy Browning/USFWS)
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Tag: Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Complex
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The rebuilt Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge visitor's center built to withstand future storms.
Service facilities built to withstand nature’s worst
November 9, 2017 | 5 minute read
Hurricanes are never welcome, but they can prompt changes in buildings to make them better, stronger, and more capable of handling high water and even higher winds. Learn more...
Resiliency and recovery: Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges overcomes Irma to offer Outdoor Fest
February 15, 2018 | 3 minute read
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Complex and their Friends group Florida Keys Wildlife Society invites everyone to celebrate this great comeback on Saturday, March 10th through Saturday, March 17th, with the third annual Outdoor Fest, featuring a week of family-friendly, mostly free outdoor adventures and hands-on activities. Read the full story...
Participants enjoy FAVOR’s monthly Full Moon Kayak adventure, a trip that goes north into Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Mary Lou Dickson.
Third annual Outdoor Fest to showcase Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges
Get an up-close take on the great outdoors with the Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuge system celebration Saturday, March 10th through Saturday, March 17th, with the third annual Outdoor Fest. Read the full story...
Pair of Key deer. Photo by Bree McGhee, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
Florida Keys national wildlife refuges visitor center re-opens with modified hours due to Hurricane Irma
November 29, 2017 | 2 minute read
The Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Complex Visitor Center located at 179 Key Deer Blvd. in the Big Pine Key shopping plaza has now re-opened with modified hours and days on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturdays from 10 am- 3 pm. This Visitor Center serves the National Key Deer Refuge, Crocodile Lake NWR, Great White Heron NWR and Key West NWR. Residents and visitors are welcome to come on in, say hello and take advantages of the opportunities offered. Read the full story...
One of three Key deer found in the car of two South Florida residents. Photo by USFWS.
Defendants sentenced for illegal take of endangered Key deer
Two South Florida residents, who captured and restrained three Florida Key deer on Big Pine Key, were sentenced Oct. 31, 2017, in federal court in Key West for violations of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Erik Damas Acosta, 18, of Miami Gardens, and Tumani A. Younge, 23, of Tamarac, previously pled guilty for their involvement in the July 2, 2017 incident in Monroe County, Florida. United States District Court Judge Jose E. Read the full story...
Welcoming residents home to the Keys. Photo by USFWS.
Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Complex phased re-opening
October 30, 2017 | 3 minute read
On September 5, 2017, The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service closed all facilities and trails and cancelled all planned programs in the Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge on Key Largo, the National Key Deer Refuge on Big Pine Key and the Key West and Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuges in the lower Keys as a result of Hurricane Irma. Like our neighbors, the Refuges and Refuge infrastructure sustained the whole spectrum of hurricane damage ranging from cosmetic to total destruction. Read the full story...
A Key deer on Big Pine Key in Florida. Photo by Garry Tucker, USFWS.
New survey shows Hurricane Irma had little impact on Key deer population
A new U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service survey has found that Hurricane Irma killed some of Florida’s endangered Key deer, but that the overall population remains healthy. Prior to Irma, the Service estimated approximately 1,100 deer roamed their core habitats on Big Pine Key and No Name Key. After Irma, Service staff estimated the population at 949 Key deer in the same areas. “We are happy to report Key deer numbers are well within the range we observed before Irma,” said National Key Deer Refuge manager Daniel Clark. Read the full story...
A Key deer in velvet. Photo by USFWS.
First, do no harm: keeping wildlife wild and healthy
Vero Beach, Florida – The old doctors’ adage “First, do no harm” also applies to wildlife, in this case Key deer. Legitimately trying to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, well-meaning people have been providing a variety of food products (corn, dog/cat food, etc.) for Key deer and other wildlife. But feeding them could do more harm than good. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) strongly urges the public not to feed wildlife, particularly Key deer. Read the full story...
A dehydrated Key deer drinks water provided by USFWS at National Key Deer Refuge. Photo by Dan Chapman, USFWS.
Thirsty Key deer get a helping hand from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the public
September 22, 2017 | 6 minute read
Big Pine Key, Florida – Key deer, the lovably docile and locally iconic herbivores that meander across the piney marshlands and in-town streets of the Lower Keys, were hit hard by Hurricane Irma. Some survivors seem listless and dehydrated a week after Irma wracked this hard-hit island, home to National Key Deer Refuge. The storm’s surge – 4 feet high in places – inundated freshwater drinking holes turning them salty and unpalatable. Read the full story...
Chris Eggleston, project leader at the Southwest Louisiana NWR Complex tests salinity levels on the National Key Deer Refuge. Photo by Dan Chapman, USFWS.
Community assistance opportunity to help Florida Keys wildlife
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) completed surveys of areas known to provide fresh water to wildlife in the National Key Deer Refuge (No Name and Big Pine Keys west to Sugarloaf Key) following Hurricane Irma. Due to the storm surge from Hurricane Irma, salinity levels in fresh water wetlands are on average higher than acceptable levels for most wildlife species, including the endangered Key deer, resident and migratory birds, rabbits, butterflies, and other species. Read the full story...
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Cruising Across Ijsselmeer
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Between stops at the iconic Dutch capital of Amsterdam and the historic city of Hoorn, experience a cruise across the shallow waters of the Ijsselmeer – the largest lake in the Netherlands and Western Europe.
This 1328 square-mile artificial lake was created in 1932, when the impressive 32 Kilometre-long Afsluitdijk dam was built to close off the southern part of the former Zuiderzee bay from the Waddenzee and North Sea. A freshwater lake, the Ijsselmeer is fed by several rivers including the Amstel, Rhine and Ijssel – which the lake is named after – and is popular for fishing and various watersports. Look out for the typically Dutch flat landscapes which surround the lake as you sail across.
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Floral Holland in the Spring
Departs: Amsterdam • Mon 06 Apr 2020
10 nights • Brabant • R2001
Revel in the Netherlands’ springtime splendour on a rewarding 10-night break packing in the seasonal and cultural delights of charming towns and cities, beautiful waterways and countryside scenes.
You can delve into the ‘Golden Age’ heritage of Hoorn and Enkuizen; learn of life in bygone eras at a fantastic Open Air Museum in Arnhem; see Kinderdijk’s iconic windmills; and tour to the Maxfeldt Historical Gardens from Kampen.
Rotterdam adds futuristic twist, while there’s a visit to Antwerp for chocolates and diamonds too, all before a call at Amsterdam affords a chance to see the vibrant tulips of the Keukenhof Gardens in full bloom.
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Affirming Ivy
By Laura Noel on May 1, 2016
How Way Opened at George School to Support Transgender Students
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Ivy officially changed her name to Ivy only a few months ago. But even at a young age, she remembers wishing she were a girl—once waking up her mother in the middle of the night to tell her so. At four years old, she had no way of knowing that one day she would again tell her mother she was a girl—this time definitively—or that her gender identity would help set the wheels in motion for a new policy at George School to support transgender students.
There are approximately 700,000 transgender individuals in the United States, according to a 2011 study by the Williams Institute, a think tank at UCLA Law that researches sexual orientation and gender identity law and public policy. Ivy is not the first transgender individual to attend George School—nor will she be the last—but she is the first student to benefit from the recently approved policy to support transgender students, and she is the first to choose a dorm based on her gender identity, not her assigned sex at birth.
Shortly after Ivy had approached her mother, George School began to put together a task force to consider how the school might best support transgender students and enable them to safely and comfortably live their lives.
This wasn’t the first time George School had discussed transgender issues. The Student Life Committee had been talking about transgender issues for a while, but it wasn’t until Ivy came forward that the conversations felt real.
At that point the Student Life Committee established an ad hoc transgender task force, clerked by Jody Rogers ‘79, George School board member and a surgeon in the Midwest. “We weren’t speaking theoretically anymore. We knew we would be helping actual George School students, the sooner the better,” said Julia Nickles ’03, a member of the transgender task force and George School faculty member.
When the work of the task force began, it quickly became clear that it wasn’t a question of whether or not a policy would be created but rather a question of what the policy needed to say. The task force spent months researching policies at other boarding schools (turns out there weren’t any), learning about issues of gender identity, discussing the differences between gender identity and sexuality, and drafting the policy to get it just right.
Draft in hand, members of the task force brought the policy to the Board of Trustees in April 2015. The presentation began with a slideshow created by Jody Rodgers. The first few slides of the presentation read as follows:
Imagine you have a condition with a lifetime mortality rate of 41 percent. Now imagine you have a drug that will reduce that mortality to nearly 0 percent. Would you take that drug? What if it were your child?
The suicide rate among transgender individuals is at 41 percent. When those individuals are living within an accepting community, the suicide rate drops below 1 percent.
For the board, this was an easier decision than anyone anticipated. It was difficult to argue with the statistics, and the fact that this was not a theoretical discussion but rather involved a real student helped to ground the discussion. In the end, members’ commitment to the Quaker testimony of community and a shared desire to provide an accepting community experience for all of our students opened the way to unity. The policy was approved.
“It was a Saturday around 10:00 a.m. when Julia called me,” said Ivy. “They were expecting it would take until the next board meeting to approve, so when she called, I didn’t believe her at first. I thanked her profusely and then I went into the shower and just danced. I had a roommate who didn’t yet know, so the shower was the only place I could celebrate.”
From there, things unfolded quickly. The newly approved policy was presented to faculty and students, and again received overwhelming support. Ivy learned that she would be able to live in a girls’ dorm, a step that acknowledged and affirmed that George School heard her and recognized who she was. “Everything just opened up,” said Ivy.
Over the summer, Ivy began wearing different clothes and presenting as a girl. Her friends, unequivocally supportive, helped explain her transition when Ivy struggled to find the words. A former roommate sent a text to a third of the junior class celebrating Ivy’s decision and encouraging her classmates to be supportive. In a way, her transition at George School was easy.
“It’s George School; I wouldn’t expect anything different,” said Ivy.
Now the members of the task force are actively supporting other Friends schools as they create policies of their own, and they are working to normalize transgender issues at George School, including asking individuals about their preferred pronouns. The school is also working on converting single stall bathrooms on campus to be gender‐neutral and considering other ways to make campus friendlier to transgender students.
Thanks in part to a supportive school community, the future for Ivy looks bright. She is enjoying life as a girl and working on building her college list. She plans to perhaps pursue a career in software engineering after earning a degree in physics, but first, she has another year at George School to complete.
Laura Noel is the director of public relations at George School. In addition to her work in the advancement office she is a member of the residential life staff, living in a dorm with eleventh- and twelfth-grade girls.
Posted in: Features, May 2016: Gender and Sexuality
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3 thoughts on “Affirming Ivy”
Cate Eighmey says:
Bravo, George School!
Janice Ware says:
Atmore AL
Fantastic, George School! If you help reduce this unbelievably high suicide rate at all, you have done a great deed. Thanks for having the courage and sensitivity to deal with this misunderstood issue. Thanks for being realistic and providing a safe place for those students dealing with this issue.
B tanner says:
Wonderful story. Thank you for showing how to be inclusive.
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How to Drink Like a Drunken English King This New Year's
Pre-Prohibition is so 2014. For 2015, we’re all about pre-cocktail.
Pre-Prohibition is so 2014. For 2015, we’re all about pre-cocktail. At The Coachman in San Francisco, drinks are inspired by the Georgian and Victorian eras of punches, cups and cobblers. While scouring historic texts for inspiration, bartender John Codd uncovered recipes for hot buttered whiskey, spiced red wine with ginger ale and an early version of a Boilermaker made with stout and gin. But one drink kept coming up throughout his research: Regent’s Punch.
The rum and brandy-based mix is named for George Augustus Frederick, who became King George IV but had served as a hard-drinking, overly indulgent prince regent while his father, King George III, suffered from mental illness. While George IV may not have been a great ruler—taxpayers didn't love the extravagant spending—his fun-loving nature certainly inspired a killer punch. Made with funky Jamaican rum, brandy, sherry, sherbet (aka oleo-saccharum, the citrus oil and sugar base for any great punch), lemon juice, pineapple (yes, Europe imported pineapples in the 1800s) and soda water, the punch is complex, vibrant and perfect for parties. If you’re like the prince regent, it could also make a nice breakfast on New Year's Day. Here, Codd’s recipe for Regent’s Punch.
Regent’s Punch
6 ounces Jamaican rum
6 ounces brandy
4 ounces Pedro Ximénez sherry
4 ounces lemon juice
2 ounces oleo-saccharum (see note)
12 ounces soda water
Orange and lemon wheels for garnish
Pour all ingredients into a punch bowl. Add ice, garnish with orange and lemon wheels and ladle into cups.
Note: To make the oleo-saccharum, muddle the peels of six oranges and two lemons with one cup of sugar. Let sit at room temperature for at least an hour. Add one cup of water, stir and strain.
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In a new interview today, Adam has a chat with Yahoo Music about the lawsuit, and also gives us some further information on Tool’s new album:
“When you try to be ethical and sleep well at night and try to do the right thing, and people around you are not doing the right thing and trying to take advantage of you, it really affects your creativity and your sleep and your relationships with people and everything you do,” Jones reveals in an exclusive interview with Yahoo! Music. “We would have had an album out a long time ago, we would have been taking more tours. But we’ve been discouraged and distracted by this major lawsuit, which is the worst thing that’s ever happened to us. It reminds me of one of those ads you see on TV where a guy goes, ‘Have you been in a car wreck? Call us!’”
Think what you will in regards to the effect of the lawsuit in regards to the delay, but it’s good news to hear that Tool are now firmly back on track, hopefully to at least hit the studio this year.
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What a horrible synopsis of the lawsuit
“The Kafka-esque scenario, which wrapped up the week of March 2, began in 2007 when one of Tool’s employees claimed he created artwork for the band and wanted credit. Jones insists there was no merit in the man’s claim and the band assumed its insurance company would take care of the matter. The company refused, and when Tool disputed the legality of their refusal, the company filed its own suit against the band.”
BellJH
I’m so glad to hear that there may be up to 11 proper tracks on the new album. That would be worth the wait…. add in 3-4 fillers and that is a solid amount of material to digest. What I disliked about 10K Days is that there really only was about 7 actual songs.
adoxnz
for tool to release 11 “proper” tracks, plus segues (when we already know one of the songs is 17 or 20 minutes long … what interview was that from…?)
It would have to be a double album. Lets not go jumping to conclusions here
McBurney
Danny told an interviewer prior to their tour in 2013 that they had a song they had been working on that ” will probably be over a 20 minute piece when it’s all finished, so it will be a good part of the record.” Not trying to be a pessimist but If you want a double album you’d have to wait much longer.. interview is here: http://www.therock.net.nz/Tools-Danny-Carey-talks-to-Tracey/tabid/381/articleID/23856/Default.aspx
Fanny Alger
10 tracks in “various stages of completion” doesn’t mean there will be 11 proper tracks on the new album. I would love that, and of course I would love it if it pushed the length to double album range, but I wouldn’t get your hopes up. Some of those songs might not make it on the album, and given though overall lack of accuracy of the article I’m taking that number with a huge grain of salt. That said, fingers crossed!
“given *the* overall lack of accuracy…”
ahlaphus
Double album, gots to be. If it’s a single, will slam my dick in a car door in disappointment. If it’s a double, would run the dick up a flagpole in enjoyment. Triple album secures a seat on the spaceship currently being developed by Al Gore for the “Manned Mission to the Sun” program (NASA sponsored) he’s always dreamed about.
budsyralli
well thought up…..question is do you follow up with it
Intension
1 God damn song done. Not working every day. Fuck man. I didn’t take anything good from that.
Qwaneesha
The worst thing i took from the email was the part where Adam opened up about the illness another member is suffering, and that you went on bitching about how they werent fulfilling your timeline for an album.
You deserve to be trolled by Maynard.
hellboy1975
*was suffering
was. thanks for correction.
So what’s this about a life threatening illness- who? Didn’t Danny break a rib or collarbone or something? MJK has been busy with the winery, Puscifer, and to a lesser extent APC- don’t think its him. They’ve been doing mini-tours.
Am I gullible asking what’s going on here (trolled) or is this legit?
My understanding is that there was a serious issue with one of the members, however I take it this has been resolved. It wasn’t anything to do with Danny crashing his scooter. As Adam says in the interview:
“I’d rather let the person who dealt with the illness talk about it out of respect,”
I would speculate that the issue may well be discussed during the promotional work leading up to the albums release.
fulcanelli
I’m glad that the illness is no longer an issue. I think it’s completely understandable that the person was unable to be creative during that time.
All of this talk of “proper” tracks is being read into way too much. Segues are most likely counted in the 11 tracks. I think that most of Tool’s segues are well thought out and I suppose that I’m in the minority but I love them. I wonder if it’ll be a CD only release.
Anyone who complains about segues clearly hasn’t had the fun experience of playing dier eier von satan while their grandma is in the room.
Here’s hoping that all members are feeling much better now!
Stinkfist
I’d bet she was like “yeah, right!” (Rolls her eyes) when you said “Oh, Grandma, it’s just a recipe for chocolate chip cookies!”
UndKeineEier
Because she knows it’s actually a recipe for hash sugar cookies.
Band member being ill sucks. I imagine it was Justin. But who knows what it could have been? It seems that should be more of a reason for a delay than a lawsuit. Sure any legal issues can suck, but you should be able to work along side of that and even focus your anger and make some bad ass tunes. Big bands get sued all the time. But, as soon as we think progress is being made, another statement comes out, like Nope. We only have one song done. Health is always first, happy for whoever that’s out of… Read more »
Maynerd
Lawsuit and health issues aside, laziness has been an issue for Tool since the end of the main touring cycle for 10,000 Days which was December 2007.
A lot of wasted time has elapsed since.
alcoholism is a terrible thing……happy to know that there is support for him. keep strong
I’ve heard nothing to suggest alcoholism or drugs are the problem. From what I’ve heard it was a genuine medical issue, not just a member on a massive bender.
alcoholism is an issue to address medically/physically/spiritually…….. purely speculation……. btw wheres my free tshirt hellboy?
What free t-shirt?
my membership t shirt…. for being a supporter of fourtheye.. 🙂 🙂 🙂
Maybe one day there will be such a thing, but at the moment there is not!
In case anyone is interested… There’s an unsigned Salival DVD for sale at the toolband shop.
Thanks dude! I’m late in saying this, but I snagged a copy yesterday. Woo hoo! Fuck you Ebay scalpers!
Blanket(s) with shirts of a multicolored blend are now up for sale!
elusivEuphoria
Tool should release a snuggie made out of Tool hoodies with a 3rd sleeve in the crotch with the Tool wrench printed on it. That way you can comfortably pry open your 3rd eye, 6 inches at a time.
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Samsung Acquires Siri Creators' Startup For Own Voice Assistant
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced Wednesday the acquisition of a Silicon Valley startup founded by the co-creators of Siri, Apple Inc.'s voice assistant. The purchase price for San Jose, California-based Viv Labs Inc. , which has developed a new personal assistant akin to Siri, was not disclosed. Samsung said in a news release that it plans to incorporate Viv into a range of its electronics, similar to how Apple deploys Siri and Alphabet Inc. plans to use its Google Assistant in Android products. "Samsung offers us a unique opportunity to deliver a single conversational interface to the world's apps and services across a diverse range of products, at global scale," said Viv co-founder and Chief Executive Dag Kittlaus, who helped develop Siri along with fellow Viv co-founder Adam Cheyer. Apple bought Siri in 2010 and introduced it in the iPhone 4S in 2011; the technology has since been introduced across Apple's suite of products.
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Athena Diagnostics, Inc. v. Mayo Collaborative Services, LLC
Denial of § 101 En Banc Petition Results in Eight Opinions Discussing the State of Law
Athena Diagnostics, Inc. v. Mayo Collaborative Services, LLC, __ F.3d __, 2019 WL ____ (Fed. Cir. July 3, 2019) (Per curiam; Concurrence by Lourie (joined by Reyna, Chen); Concurrence by Hughes (joined by Prost, Taranto); Concurrence by Dyk (joined by Hughes, partially joined by Chen); Concurrence by Chen; Dissent by Moore (joined by O’Malley, Wallach, Stoll); Dissent by Newman (joined by Wallach); Dissent by Stoll (joined by Wallach); Dissent by O’Malley) (D. Mass.: Talwani) (5 of 5 stars)
Fed Cir denies Athena’s petitions for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc. The mandate affirming the district court’s dismissal on § 101 patent ineligibility grounds will issue July 10, as described in the panel opinion (915 F.3d 743 (Fed. Cir. 2019)
Lourie concurrence: In Judge Lourie’s view the court could “accomplish little” by rehearing the appeal, “as we are bound by the Supreme Court’s decision in Mayo (566 U.S. 66 (2012)).” Op. at 1 (citation added). “If I could write on a clean slate, I would write as an exception to patent eligibility, as respects natural laws, only claims directed to the natural law itself, e.g., E=mc2, F=ma, Boyle’s law, Maxwell’s Equations, etc. I would not exclude uses or detection of natural laws. The laws of anticipation, obviousness, indefiniteness, and written description provide other filters to determine what is patentable.” Id. at 2. He defends the Federal Circuit’s post-Mayo cases as “consistent,” and in the present appeal sees no “way clear to distinguish Mayo in a useful, principled fashion.” Id. at 4.
Hughes concurrence: Judge Hughes describes the issue of § 101 eligibility as “fraught . . . especially as applied to medical diagnostics patents.” Op. at 1. He invites the Supreme Court, or Congress, to provide “further explication of eligibility standards” in that area, noting that such standards “could permit patenting of essential life saving inventions based on natural laws while providing a reasonable and measured way to differentiate between overly broad patents claiming natural laws and truly worthy specific applications.” Id. at 2.
Dyk concurrence: Judge Dyk disagrees that §§ 102, 103, or 112 could “adequately guard against the dangers of overclaiming,” and describes how § 101 serves that purpose. Op. at 3 et seq. He is concerned that Mayo fails to leave “room for sufficiently specific diagnostic patents,” and invites the Supreme Court to reconsider that case’s breadth. Id. at 5. He also describes “tension” between Mayo and Myriad, 569 U.S. 576 (2013), in which Myriad seems to suggest that “an inventive concept can sometimes come from the discovery of an unknown natural phenomenon and its application for a diagnostic purpose,” while Mayo seems to reason otherwise. He provides thoughts on how to limit Mayo so as to establish patent eligibility for some “specific application” of a natural law, but not for broad law-based claims. Id. at 9. In his view the claims in this appeal might be eligible under such an approach.
Judge Chen joins this opinion from the discussion of the Mayo–Myriad tension forward.
Chen concurrence: Judge Chen views Mayo’s reasoning as clear, but raises questions about whether the Supreme Court intended to “override central tenets” of Diehr, 450 U.S. 175 (1981). Read alone, Diehr suggests that the claims in this appeal would be patent eligible. His opinion describes the history of Flook, 437 U.S. 584 (1978), and Diehr, and compares the reasoning of those cases to Mayo and Alice, concluding, “there is a serious question today in patent law as to what extent Diehr remains good law in light of Mayo. We are not in a position to resolve that question but the Supreme Court can. Resolution of the present confusion is important because if Mayo in fact overruled the principles in Diehr . . . , then that would be a significant incursion on the settled expectations that had existed for 30 years since Diehr.” Op. at 12.
The opinion then analyzes Athena’s claims, reasoning that they are patent-ineligible under Mayo because, under that case, “the association of an antibody and a medical disorder is deemed to be a law of nature rather than an application of a law of nature[.]” Id. at 13.
Moore dissent: Judge Moore would have granted rehearing en banc because she believes Mayo is distinguishable. She criticizes the court for “turn[ing] Mayo into a per se rule that diagnostic kits and techniques are ineligible,” and disagrees with that approach. Her opinion describes how diagnostic kits deserve patent incentives, then distinguishes Athena’s claims from those in Mayo. “The concreteness and specificity of the claims in Athena moves them from reciting a law of nature to a particular application of a law of nature.” Op. at 20. She also notes that, unlike in Mayo, part of the inventiveness here was the discovery of the “before unknown relationship” between certain antibodies and a certain disorder. “[T]o wholly ignore the inventiveness of the discovery when assessing patent eligibility closes our eyes to the statute enacted by Congress.” Id. at 21.
Newman dissent: Judge Newman would have granted rehearing en banc. She criticizes the court for “mistakenly enlarg[ing]” the reasoning of Mayo, “in substance and in application.” Op. at 2. She disagrees that under Mayo, diagnostic methods are treated as laws of nature, discusses the statutory and judicial history of § 101, and then offers a history of the court’s “inconsistent rulings between diagnos[tic method claims] and treatment of disease [claims].” Id. at 8. The opinion covers some of the criticisms from amici from that approach, and urges action en banc.
Stoll dissent: Judge Stoll criticizes the court for applying a “bright-line rule of ineligibility for all diagnostic claims,” and would have acted en banc to correct that rule. Op. at 1–2.
O’Malley dissent: Judge O’Malley agrees with Judge Moore. She writes to criticize recent Supreme Court decisions that “have instructed federal courts to read into Section 101 an ‘inventive concept’ requirement—a baffling standard that Congress removed when it amended the Patent Act in 1952.” Op. at 1–2. She urges Congressional patent reform to “clarify that it meant what it said in 1952.” Id.
KEYWORDS: REHEARING EN BANC (NO); SUBJECT-MATTER ELIGIBILITY; PATENT REFORM
Date: Jul. 3, 2019
Judge: Per curiam
Party Names: Athena Diagnostics, Inc., Mayo Collaborative Services, LLC
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Are You A Human Integrates Verified Human Whitelist(TM) With Oracle BlueKai and The Trade Desk
Adding Verified Human Whitelist(TM) as a Data Segment Helps Ensure Brand Dollars Are Spent on Real Human Viewers and Not Wasted on Non-Human Traffic
September 29, 2015 08:00 ET | Source: Are You A Human
DETROIT, MI--(Marketwired - Sep 29, 2015) - Are You A Human, the creator of the Internet's first Verified Human Whitelist™, a people-based technology platform that allows anyone serving content, ads or services on the web to be sure they're addressing a real human, today announced that the company is working with industry leading Data Management Platform (DMP) BlueKai and Demand Side Platform (DSP) The Trade Desk to improve campaign performance by optimizing to human audiences only.
BlueKai and The Trade Desk together with Are You A Human are helping everyone in the online advertising value chain achieve the highest level of human audience accuracy without any compromise.
Are You A Human's solution has already produced remarkable results by making certain that campaigns are targeted only to 100% human audiences, further reducing incidences of ad budgets being wasted on bots and non-human traffic.
In 13 campaigns across 25 million impressions, using the Verified Human Whitelist as a data segment led to increased performance across all platforms. On average, engagement rates more than doubled, with a high of 7x engagement. Just as important, brands that implemented the Whitelist spent zero campaign dollars on non-human traffic.
"By verifying human audiences, we are able to help platforms like BlueKai, The Trade Desk and their customers more accurately identify real human audiences and increase the likelihood that those campaigns are reaching their intended target," said Ben Trenda, CEO, Are You A Human. "We're thrilled to see both BlueKai and The Trade Desk provide access to our Verified Human audience data in a way that makes it really simple to layer on top of any other existing targeting and optimization."
"The Trade Desk and Are You A Human enjoy a shared vision of giving advertisers the tools that they need to increase the effectiveness of their campaigns and to ensure that they are reaching real human audiences," said David Danziger VP of Enterprise Partnerships, The Trade Desk. "Our integration will help clients access the powerful combination of our industry-leading demand-side solutions and gain unprecedented visibility into their audience targeting programs like never before, while also containing the proliferation of non-human traffic and bots."
Are You A Human's patented technology analyzes natural user behavior across millions of sites, collecting a plethora of authentication data. Only when a user has been consistently authenticated as a human are they added to the whitelist, and then re-authenticated continuously each day. This industry-leading accuracy makes Are You A Human the preferred audience verification solution for some of the world's leading DMP's, DSP's, brands, agencies, publishers and ad networks.
The Verified Human Whitelist™ has authenticated more than 200 million real people and is currently authenticating humans on more than 3 million e-commerce, online banking, social media, media properties, advertising businesses and online publishers, including Yahoo! and AOL.
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Are You A Human is the creator of the Internet's first Verified Human Whitelist™, a people-based technology platform that allows anyone serving content, ads or services on the web to be sure they're addressing a real human. The Verified Human Whitelist™ verifies and re-verifies interactions across millions of sites every day to identify natural human behavior. Are You A Human has authenticated and whitelisted more than 200 million real people to-date, making the Internet a much safer, less cluttered and more profitable place to conduct business. Headquartered in Detroit, Are You A Human was founded in 2011 by Reid Tatoris and Tyler Paxton. For more information visit: http://www.areyouahuman.com/
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Recently named ninth in Forbes Magazine's Top 100 List of America's Most Promising Companies, The Trade Desk powers the most sophisticated buyers in advertising technology. Founded by the pioneers of real-time bidding, The Trade Desk has become the fastest growing demand-side platform in the industry by offering agencies, aggregators and their advertisers best-in-class technology to manage display, social and video advertising campaigns. The Trade Desk empowers buyers at the campaign level with the most expressive bid capabilities in market, full-funnel attribution, and detailed reporting that illustrates the consumer journey from initial impression to conversion. By maintaining a pure buy-side focus, The Trade Desk delivers on branding and performance for clients worldwide.
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Ms. Lauryn Hill’s unforgettable performance at Jazz Festival in Batumi
On July 17 a world famous singer Ms. Lauryn Hill performed at Black Sea Jazz Festival in Batumi, Georgia's seaside capital located in Adjara region. This year Batumi hosted the 10th annual Black Sea Jazz Festival and it traditionally took place at Batumi Tennis Club. Every year the festival offers performances of world-recognized stars and this year is no exception. Legendary American singer took to the stage together with her band and before gifting the audience with unforgettable evening she warmly
greeted the listeners and the entire country. Ms. Hill beautifully dressed in traditional African clothes brought the incredible music with African-American and Caribbean influences and created mesmerizing atmosphere. Composer and rapper performed her famous songs as well as some hits of Bob Marley and other singers. While singing she addressed listeners and expressed her love toward Georgia several times, that even more warmed up the hearts of her fans. Originally the festival included only jazz musicians but time by time it expanded and incorporated musicians of different genres, for instance, last year music lovers had an opportunity to enjoy eclectic line-up of world’s stars such as Snoop Dogg , Lisa Stansfield and prominent representatives of jazz music. The festival started on July 15 and will end with Macy Gray’s concert on July 24. In addition, in the following days Black Sea Jazz Festival will host other world-famous musicians of different genres such as: The Prodigy, Chris Brown, Nik West and others. The event is carried out within the frames of Check in Georgia.
“Different situation, different country” – What Snoop Dogg says before performing at Batumi’s stage
“I’ll be back”– Snoop Dogg thanks the Prime Minister before leaving Georgia
Georgian pianist to hold a concert in Tel Aviv marking 100 years of Georgia’s Independence (Video)
The success story of Georgian musicians goes beyond the country’s borders.
Georgia’s medieval Gelati Monastery being rehabilitated(Video)
Gelati Monastery, a medieval monastic complex near Kutaisi, in the Imereti region of western Georgia,
Georgian prima-ballerina to perform the main part in Romeo and Juliet at International Ballet Festival(Video)
Georgian Prima Balerina Nino Ananiashvili will perform the main part in Romeo and Juliet
Georgian actor in a trailer for Europe’s most talented young actors
Promising Georgian actor Irakli Kvirikadze has been featured in a trailer
Legendary Georgian National Ballet presents new program Dance Georgian (Video)
National Georgian Ballet Sukhishvili (also known as Sukhishvilebi) have recently presented their new program
Italian duo Tale Of Us to perform in Tbilisi on April 28 (Video)
Famous Italian duo Tale Of Us comprising of two Italian artists Carmine Conte and Matteo Milleri will perform in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Georgian actor among 10 best emerging actors to be honored at Berlinale 2018 (Video)
The European Film Promotion (EFP) presented the 10 best emerging actors from Europe
Shavnabada: “We are ambassadors of the Georgian culture”(Video)
It is an ancient tradition in Georgia, yet very alive.
Street artist reflects Georgian reality in her illustrations (Video)
My Georgian Reality is the illustration series inspired by everyday life.
Tchaikovsky used tune from Georgian lullaby Megruli Nana for his Nutcracker(Video)
Many distinguished persons such as Alexandre Dumas, Knut Hamsun traveled to Tbilisi and were captivated by its diversity and beauty.
Georgian director’s My Happy Family already available on Netflix
Georgia’s latest and one of the most successful Georgian films My Happy Family is already available on Netflix.
Georgian director’s film Dede to be shown in France under the patronage of UNESCO
After winning the special prize at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA),
Action! 18th Tbilisi International Film Festival kicks off (Video)
With tonight’s screening the Tbilisi International Film Festival starts for the 18th time.
Restored artworks of the progressive Georgian artist Petre Otskheli on display (Video)
This year marks the 110th anniversary of the birth of Petre Otskheli, one of the leading 20th century modernist artists
Georgian cinematographers earn 4 awards at the Asian Oscars
The award ceremony Australian Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) was held in Brisbane, Australia.
David Lynch's visit to Georgia
Legendary film director David Lynch visited Georgia
Georgian director's film selected for the Cannes Film Festival Meeting
Georgian film director Mariam Khachvani's film Dede was selected at the 30th meeting of the Cannes International Film Festival.
Georgian ensemble’s amazing performance of European Anthem in Strasbourg
The video depicting Georgian folk ensemble Shavnabada performing amazing polyphonic version of the European Anthem at the World Forum for Democracy in Strasbourg has recently gone viral on social network.
Björk attends the rehearsal of Georgia’s National Philharmonic Orchestra(Video)
Björk, the legendary Icelandic musician and singer, arrived in Tbilisi on October 28.
Unique footage from archive – Sukhishvili’s Nino Ramishvili performing Jeirani dance (Video)
The footage dating back to 1970 depicts 60-years-old Nino Ramishvili (one of the founders of Sukhishvili National Ballet) performing Georgian national dance Jeirani.
Georgian artist’s painting sold at Sotheby’s - Levan Songulashvili in the art world(Video)
On October 11, the painting of Georgian artist Levan Songulashvili, ‘The portrait’ (2016) was exhibited and sold
The first independent Georgian rock group against Soviet ideology (Video)
Bermukha was the first independent rock group in Georgia opposing the ideology of the Soviet regime
Georgian film 8 Minutes wins Manhattan Film Festival(Video)
Georgian apocalyptic short film, 8 Minutes, has recently achieved great international success at the world’s important films festivals.
A must watch video! - Discover the history of Georgia through its alphabet (Video)
According to the Georgian National Book Center, on October 15, 2017, Georgia will be officially given the title of the Honorable Visitor
Tiger Lily – Young Georgian director’s new film premiered in Tbilisi (Video)
Georgian cinematography is developing and gaining more and more new gifted moviemakers.
Hotel Heritage Hotel & Suites opens in Tbilisi
Hotel Heritage Hotel & Suites was opened in Tbilisi, Saint-Petersburg street 6.
Livescore yesterday and the “Goddess” from Bergamo
The inhabitants of Bergamo have long been waiting for the triumph of their football team.
“Holiday Factory pioneered Georgia in the UAE to become famous”
Holiday Factory was officially announced as The Best Incoming Tour Operator 2019 at Welcome To Georgia! National Tourism Award event held in Sheraton Grand Metekhi Palace in Tbilisi on Friday, Dec 6th.
Kavkaz Jazz Festival presents: 22nd and 23rd of November, Tbilisi Music Forum and Showcase.
It is the first year for Tbilisi Music Forum and Showcase. Main goal of the event is development of music industry in Georgia and South Caucasus region.
Sam Raan Spa-Center named Best Spa in Europe
The Sam Raan Spa-Center has been named the Best Spa in Europe at the annual Haute Grandeur Global Spa Awards 2019 and won the following nominations:
Region’s Largest Startup Event to be Held in Tbilisi
On November 8-10, 2019, regional Startup Grind event will be held in Tbilisi.
Georgian royal family introduces new wine brand "Prince Ioane Bagrationi"
Member of the Georgian royal family Prince Ioane Bagrationi introduced the society new wine brand named after him - "Prince Ioane Bagrationi".
Georgian Wine Festival 2019 to be held on October 12 on the Shardeni street
Those who are interested and want to know more about Georgian wine can attend Georgian Wine Festival 2019 on October 12 on the Shardeni street. Event starts at 12 pm and lasts till 7 pm.
UNESCO names Tbilisi as Capital of World Book 2021
UNESCO has named Tbilisi as the Capital of the World Book 2021.
Robot Mzia’s preparation for First global – she plays basketball and does pull ups
After the famous robot Vano, Robot Mzia is preparing for the international competition “First Global.”
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HOME | OUR SPEAKERS | Jono Bacon
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Behavioral economics, incentivization, and gamification
Community and ecosystem strategy and development (both for public products/platforms and internal company communities)
Developer Relations, Engagement, and Growth
Developer workflow and collaborative development
Digital transformation and organizational design
Executive and leadership coaching and development
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Open source adoption, consumption, and contribution
Jono Bacon is a leading community manager, speaker, and author. He is the founder of Jono Bacon Consulting which provides community strategy/execution, developer workflow, and other services. He also previously served as director of community at GitHub, Canonical, XPRIZE, OpenAdvantage, and consulted and advised a range of organizations.
Bacon is a prominent author and speaker on community management and best practice, and wrote the best-selling The Art of Community (O’Reilly), is the founder of the primary annual conference for community managers and leaders, the Community Leadership Summit as well as the annnual Open Collaboration Conference. He is a regular keynote speaker at events about community management, organizational leadership, and best practice.
Bacon has provided community management consultancy for both internal and external communities for a range of organizations. This includes Deutsche Bank, Huawei, GitLab, Intel, SAP, HackerOne, data.world, Sony Mobile, Samsung, Open Compute Project, IBM, Dyson, Mozilla, FINOS Foundation, Executive Centre, AlienVault, and others. He holds advisory positions at AlienVault, Moltin, data,world, Open Networking Foundation, and Open Cloud Consortium.
In addition to The Art of Community, Bacon is a columnist for Forbes and opensource.com, author of Dealing with Disrespect, and co-authored Linux Desktop Hacks (O’Reilly), and Official Ubuntu Book (Prentice Hall). Bacon has written over 500 articles across 12 different publications. He writes regularly for a range of magazines.
He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area in California with his wife, Erica, and their son, Jack.
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Stories from the March 7, 2002 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Around Campus: Briefs
Supreme Court Justice will speak Friday at ceremony Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will deliver the keynote address at the dedication ceremony for the new GW Law School “cornerstone” Friday at 11 a.m. The cornerstone is located at 700 20th St. and will mark the new addition of a complex that includes Lisner, Lerner, Stockton […]
Out of Left Field: Tourney worthy?
By Lauren Silva March 7, 2002
The first thing Joe McKeown did after his team’s 67-64 upset loss to Xavier in the Atlantic 10 Tournament last week was campaign for an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament. McKeown recited a laundry list of reasons why his Colonial women are worthy of an invite: a 20-win season, 15-2 conference record, national schedule […]
Judges discuss racial, religious hate crimes
By Joe Pollak March 7, 2002
Three judges discussed intolerance of blacks and Jews among Americans with students Monday night as part of a panel about hate crimes. “The stature of African Americans in this country is an issue that has caused more oppression than any other situation with the possible exception of the saga of the Jewish people,” New York […]
New Hall ready for power outs
By Tricia Parker March 7, 2002
GW building officials said failures in New Hall’s emergency light system last week were caused by an elevator that malfunctioned before power in the building went out. When power cut off last Wednesday night, exits signs and an elevator emergency call box failed, leaving one student trapped in an elevator and rooms dark for about […]
Gymnasts sweep JMU
The GW gymnastics team swept first, second and third places in all four individual events and took first and second places in the all-around in their 194.3-184.3 victory over James Madison University Wednesday night at the Smith Center. Devin McCalla, who was recently named A-10 Performer of the Week, took first in the all-around (39.325), […]
Confidential records disposed of incorrectly
By Jason Steinhardt and Trevor Martin March 7, 2002
More than 250 Elliott School student folders containing sensitive information and marked “confidential trash” turned up in a newspaper recycling bin outside FSK Hall last weekend. But University officials said they are unsure how the records got there. “I haven’t a clue,” said Tony Dillard, coordinating manager for General Services. Dillard, who oversees Housekeeping Services, […]
Panel addresses Pearl death, reporting dangers
By Rachel Medwin March 7, 2002
Cokie and Steve Roberts joined panelists at Monday night’s Kalb Report to discuss how foreign news coverage has changed following the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl last month. Cokie Roberts, host of ABC’s “This Week,” and Steve Roberts, a GW Shapiro Professor of Media and Public Affairs, addressed about 300 […]
Staff editorial: Shred the files
Privacy protection is on the minds of everyone today, when growing reports of credit card fraud and identity theft are becoming a common occurrence. These 21st century thieves are stealing something more valuable than any material possessions – personal information. On March 3, The Hatchet retrieved confidential student files carelessly tossed into unsecured dumpsters behind […]
CLLC says all sophomores will be housed
By Kate Stepan March 7, 2002
Housing Services will make two changes to Sunday’s online housing lottery for freshmen based on student feedback. GW will have a back-up plan for the availability screen that went down on the first round, and students will be assigned rooms from the top floor down. Residence Hall Association President Noel Frame said GW switched from […]
Staff editorial: No exceptions
Josh Singer and company were not satisfied when the Joint Elections Committee rightly threw out an invalid and late proxy vote for Singer. So they did what candidates often do when they know they are wrong but refuse to accept it: they went to Student Court to attack the JEC charter. Thankfully, the Student Court […]
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Breaking News » Moto2
Moto2, Remy Gardner, in the name of his father... and in Stoner's
"Dad told me: 'Have fun, otherwise you won't want to race anymore.'" Remy won his first pole in the same circuit where Wayne had that incredible accident with Franco Uncini.
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The young twenty-one Australian won the Moto 2 pole and he did it on the Assen circuit, the same one where his father had an incredible accident more than thirty years ago that almost cost the life of Franco Uncini, the reigning 500 champion at the time. His was also the first pole won by an Australian since Stoner.
It was a very long journey to get here. And we have to think of the fact that he got here thanks to Wayne's efforts.
"Yes, it was definitely a long journey, harder than most people can believe, but here we are, at my first pole. The best tip he gave me? To simply give it my all and have fun, otherwise you end up not wanting to do it anymore."
Were there moments when you lost confidence in reaching these levels?
Yes, there were moments when I questioned everything. The two years with the Tech 3 team and 2017 were a good test for my morale, but I finally got a pole, and I'm happy with the result."
So, do you finally feel rewarded for your commitment?
"Obviously, I'm happy with the result, but it's still only qualifying. My actual goal is to win the race. That would be the real prize."
What did you think when you got the pole?
"I realized it only after having crossed the finish line. Before that, I was only concentrated towards achieving the best possible time. Obviously, my reaction was pure excitement."
And your father's reaction?
"Let's say he's already "celebrating," he said, laughing.
What are your impressions for tomorrow's race?
"It's going to be a long race. I'm starting from a good position and, today, I had a good pace but, of course, we remain focused, and w'll try to refine the last details with the team during the warm up, to fix the errors where needed and to keep the same level today. I hope to start well and create some gap, otherwise I'll still be there in the melee ready to fight."
This is a special circuit for your father, Wayne Gardner, who had that famous accident with Franco Uncini during his debut in the 500 World Championship race. Did he ever talk to you about it?
"He talked to me several times about it. It was his first race in the world championship. It was definitely a hard blow to him. This story resurfaces sometimes."
Translated by Leila Myftija
Wayne Rainey: even after the accident, I have a good life
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Stewards penalty, Lowes starting from back of the grid
Sam shoved Raffin, coming up alongside him on the main straight in the FP2 at Phillip Island.
Jake Dixon moves to Petronas in 2020
The British rider will team up with Xavi Vierge. "I'll have a fantastic team supporting me, and I want to fight for the podium."
Introducing the Moto2 and Moto3 team entries for 2020
The official list has been published, with 15 teams in the intermediate class (Kiefer and Tasca both out), 16 in the cadet class (with the departure of Fiorenzo Caponera's historic squad)
Speed Up's appeal rejected, victory remains with Fernandez
Videos and motorcycle data reveal Augusto did not take advantage of the maneuver on the last lap at Misano
Sam Lowes to move to team Marc VDS in 2020
The Brit will pair up with Marquez: "I can learn a lot from Alex and will be on the best Moto2 team"
Dalla Porta will jump to Moto2 with Italtrans in 2020
The two-year agreement with the Italian squad is made official, Lorenzo will pair with Enea Bastianini
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HAVASI Symphonic Arena Show 2015
HAVASI Entertainment Апрель 16, 2015 Announcement
We are delighted to announce that discount ticket sales will commence on Thursday, April, 2015 from 10:00 am.
If you to want be sure to reserve your favourite place to see the next production of this monumental concert show then, because of the anticipated huge interest, you are recommended to purchase your tickets online by clicking on the following link as soon as sales start.
15% discount for tickets bought before May 31st.
50% discount for young people up to the age of 18 for the afternoon performance.
(The discounts cannot be combined. Young people over 14 years old with 50% discount tickets for the afternoon family performance may be asked for ID with photo at the entrance.)
The 2014 show attracted 46,000 visitors in a single weekend, filling the Budapest Sports Arena four times over. This propelled HAVASI Symphonic into the #2 spot on Billboard’s ranking of ticket sales worldwide – an international sensation in the modern classical genre.
The show, of course, will present plenty of new surprises, but those who want to relive their favourite moments from earlier shows will not be disappointed either.
News updates on the international guest stars, surprise announcements and other details will roll out continuously on the official HAVASI Facebook page and, of course, subscribers to our newsletter will be kept informed of all the latest news.
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Designing Up
2018 Designing Up
2018 Donor spotlights
Recent gifts from Sirina & Michael Berg (MS '09), Manisha & Devindra Chainani, and Lynne & Richard Croft support HCDE initiatives and student scholarships.
Michael and Sirina Berg Endowed Fund for Leadership in Human Centered Design & Engineering
A new endowment established by Sirina and Michael Berg (MS ‘09) will offset tuition expenses for HCDE undergraduate and graduate students based on academic merit and financial need, with a preference given to those students who demonstrate an interest and/or active role in advancing the research and career interests of women in HCDE.
Mr. Berg, affiliate faculty member in HCDE and a Senior UX Researcher at Amazon, has long been a dedicated supporter of the department. Mr. Berg completed the Certificate in User-Centered Design in 2005 and the Master of Science in 2009. Since then, he has taught HCDE courses on usability studies, regularly volunteered for mentoring and career events, and led directed research groups where students tackle real-world UX projects.
“I gain so much from every experience I’ve had working with HCDE students,” Berg described. “I’m a complete broken record in saying that I can’t believe HCDE lets me have so many experiences. Being a student in the HCDE program changed my life, but the best part of HCDE is that your experience doesn’t end. As an alum there is so much opportunity to stay connected with the department and its mission. And being a part of HCDE experiences is less about what you “can do” and more what you ‘get to’ do.”
Gift from Devindra & Manisha Chainani Supports Capstone and Alternative Spring Break Program
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Exploring Poldark Country from The Headland
Over the last few years the BBC One drama Poldark has injected renewed passion and curiosity into Cornwall’s rugged industrial past, its stunning mining landscapes and of course Aiden Turner.
Showcasing the ruggedly beautiful Cornish coastline, Poldark has been recorded at places across the county, and features many of our most beautiful towns and villages.
But where are some of the top filming locations you may want to explore? And how long does it take to reach them from The Headland?
Distance by car from The Headland: 40 minutes
Charlestown near St Austell is famed for its stunning harbour and traditional moored ships and has caught the attention of television producers before. One of the more recent occasions being the recording of an episode of Doctor Who with Matt Smith and guest starring model Lily Cole. For Poldark it represents the eighteenth century maritime ports of Truro and Falmouth. Wandering along the quayside you can almost imagine you’ve been cast as an extra in Winston Graham’s tales.
Bodmin Moor lends itself perfectly to the filming of many of Poldark’s horseback sequences as well as the outer shots of the lead character’s cottage, Nampara. The cast and crew spend a lot of time in this location creating the perfect setting for much of the show’s wilder scenes.
Many of the cliff scenes were filmed in the Padstow area with the eagle-eyed among us able to spot the stunning view across the Camel Estuary and Tregirls beach. The sweeping sands of Porthcothan are also featured as the real-life home of the fictional Nampara Cove.
Distance by car from The Headland: 1 hour 20 minutes
Situated near Porthcurnow, Porthgwarra sits at the heart of St Aubyn Estates and is the location for many of Poldark’s’ most stunning scenes. Once a thriving fishing village, the tunnel accessing the beach cut from the rock makes it perfect for swimming and rockpooling whilst it’s peaceful surroundings are home to a thriving birdlife and wildflower population. One famous scene set here sees Ross Poldark taking a dip in its crystal clear waters.
St Agnes Head and the area between Botallack and Levant in West Cornwall are the inspiration for many of the mining scenes in the series. St Agnes shows the scale of industry and is used for the Poldark family’s estate, whilst Levant Mine plays the role of the fictional Tressiders Rolling Mill and Owles and Crowns near Botallack star as Ross Poldark’s Wheal Leisure. Many of the iconic engine houses still stand awaiting your exploration…
This wide, sandy beach is backed by grass covered dunes and is just six miles West of Newquay. It’s owned by the National Trust and features in Poldark as two separate beaches – one owned by the Poldarks and the other by the Warleggens. One of its prominent features is Gull Rock – a slate outcrop a quarter of a mile out to sea which some say resembles a dog’s head.
So do you fancy exploring Poldark country yourself? Why not take a look at our latest offers – the perfect way to release your inner Ross or Demelza!
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'Drunk History' Does the Origin Story of Colonel Sanders and KFC
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[Just out on DVD] Korean Movie "Rosebud"
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Reply #500 on: January 04, 2018, 02:52:56 pm
This would make Argentina the strongest naval power in South Africa.
Last time I checked the map, Argentina was still located in South America. Have they relocated in this timeline?
I mean, we could just suppose that Argentina got adventurous and somehow managed to start **** with South Africa....
Enioch
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You saw nothing.
'Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent' -Salvor Hardin, "Foundation"
So don't take a hammer to your computer. ;-)
-Joshua-
Quote from: The E on January 04, 2018, 02:54:46 pm
One of the things that prompted the rise of fascism in the UK was when Argentina used their German-bought equipment to Steamroll the Falkland Islands so hard that they somehow found themselves in South Africa. Seems plausible.
Reply #504 on: January 05, 2018, 01:32:26 am
Quote from: Enioch on January 04, 2018, 10:31:24 am
"In this he was forced to face the inopportune timing of Oswald Mosley's rise to power in Great Britain and the resulting influx of political refugees; the spectre of von Papen in Britain; the Falklands crisis. And, above all, his own failing constitution."
Quote from: -Joshua- on January 04, 2018, 04:51:34 pm
I'm glad to see that somebody is reading the historical blurbs.
Big Guns, Transatlantic Allies and Black Shirts
"While Germany entered Mosley's Folly with a clear desire to protect her newly re-established Kerneuropa, the priorities of the United States were by no means as clear. It is worth recalling that Neither Washington nor Rome were signatories to the Paris Accords, and the declaration of war with the express purpose of expanding their holdings was not considered illegal by either nation."
"The United States and Germany had collaborated shortly before and after the signing of the Rome Pact, most notably in the re-arming of the Argentinian army and navy in 1928 and 1929; in recently de-classified documents from the Department of Foreign Affairs archive, one can easily see that the administration of the period considered this collaboration a sounding board for potential American-German collaboration. The potential benefit to the economies of both nations was obvious."
"Most importantly, the US could not afford to be left out of what they considered the inevitable division of spoils that would follow any Anglo-German war. Isolationism, with Germany already extending its influence over South America, was no longer an option for the US; they had to join one faction or the other. It was a difficult choice (much has already been written about the first attempts to reach an agreement with the Mosley regime) but between the morally questionable policies of the Bunsi administration and the hardline conservative imperialistic policies of royalist Germany the Americans eventually selected the latter [...]"
-Dr. Francis Wayde, 2005. From Friends to Foes: the United States and Germany in the Twentieth Century, Oxford University Press.
The new Kerneuropa has her supporters, but it also has an acerbic critic. Oswald Mosley, now wielding power almost uncontested in Great Britain, rants against Stresemann's creation:
"The little man," he cries to his audience, in the rallies where his fiery speeches are broadcasted to an audience of thousands, "the little man draws his little plans. The little man, with his little plots and his little vision, scrabbles in the dirt and seeks to find comrades in his misery. The hypocrite, the deceiver. He speaks of lasting peace. But the Britons have not forgotten."
"Never shall we forget the raids in Harwitch. Never shall we forget the thousands upon thousands that were cast into the dark waves, by invisible killers in the deep. We shall not forget the hunger, the death, the cold the devastation that these little men with their little souls inflicted on our innocent countrymen. We shall not forget, because we cannot: their blood cries out from beyond the grave to us and their labours demand that we match them."
"And now, now that their plots have come to naught and the Empire rises again to meet them, now they preach peace and speak of the Laws of War. Now they seek allies, little men with little hearts, accomplices to their crimes-to-be."
At this point, Stresemann and his government officially suggest to German expats in the Commonwealth that they are no longer safe and that they should return to Germany. By the end of 1928, more than seven hundred thousand people have returned to Europe from around the world; it's not an easy task to re-integrate them into Germany, but Stresemann will soon be proven right.
Meanwhile, the Admiralität can see the writing on the wall; both Scheer and Galster are very pleased with the new batch of Zerstörer. They should be complete and commissioned in less than a year.
Hannover, on the other hand, arrives right now, and she's a beauty. She immediately departs on her shakedown cruise, meeting with Bismarck in the relatively secure waters of the Med.
The Admiralität also sells several licences to the Italians, including the designs for the more modern underwater protection schemes and the improved power training mountings used in the Hannovers. The soonest the Italians can get a ship utilising these technologies out is two years from now, and they will never have enough of a budget to threaten the German Navy. Establishing these deals in good faith is more important right now. Especially since, if the Italians are to be allies in the future, it would be nice if their ships were capable. The Regia Marina would, after all, be expected to contribute to the guarding of the Med, Gibraltar and the Suez.
OK. It's a capable Light Cruiser, but Germany has no light cruisers that this might be able to bully. And every heavy cruiser in the German fleet can keep up or overtake her. This thing is a wreck waiting to happen ifit ever comes to blows with Russia.
September: and Hannover returns from her working up. No problems are reported: she's a wonderful ship and her crew are already looking for a scrap with the Brits.
Yup, absolutely. Keep funding Germany's 5.5 million monthly deficit, Spaghettis.
Wonderful. Right on time, too.
And then comes the big surprise.
In early November 1928, the newly-elected President H. Hoover instructs his administration to begin preliminary discussions with Germany, with the intent of signing an alliance. The US had observed the developments in Europe and the sale of German ships to Argentina with interest; and Hoover had come to the conclusion that isolationism (or even a strict adherence to the Munroe doctrine) would not help the US. A war between Germany and Great Britain was brewing: America stood to benefit by tipping the scales of the conflict and reaping the spoils of victory.
With the B.U.N.S. active in Britain, and with Hoover's own republican policies being relatively comparable to Stresemann's own course, Hoover had reached the conclusion that casting his lot with Germany would be a better option. The Alliance was officially signed in early January, shortly after the Kaiser's birthday, and, for Stresemann, it was a godsent.
This is also good, I suppose.
When the news of the negotiations reach the Brits, Mosley's polemics rise to a new pitch. He even finds a semi-willing audience among the Japanese, who are very concerned by the German-American alliance.
The year ends with the first Zerstörer leaving the slipways and with yet another sale to the Italians.
BIG GUNS.
TIME TO GO SUPER-CURRYWURST.
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Best allies. The entirety of Germany's heavy cruiser force carries 9-inchers.
Oh Mein Gott, the Roons will be insanely powerful...
...yup, design is still viable. 34 knots with 12 quqlity 1 9-inchers. And torp defense level 4. And 6-inch armor on the turrets. Lulz.
Yeah, sure, Russkies. It's an old tech, and you're no threat anyway.
Oh Mein Gott!
The US want a piece of the South American pie; and so, when the Argentinians approach the Germans again, the Allies are both willing to serve the market.
Big guns and high muzzle velocities?
Damcon for the Russkies? Yes, why not.
Also, this. 13k yards range for German torps. Nothing OP here, move along.
And then, in July of 1929, the Wörth formally joins the Hochseeflotte.
At this point, there is no doubt that war is imminent with Britain. Stresemann has reined in his placating policies; he is now shifting his priorities to reinforcing the fleet.
On the 15th of July, a meeting of the highest-ranking Admiralität brass takes place in Wilhelmshaven. Stresemann, his aides, and even the Kaiser himself are in attendance. Scheer has something to propose.
With Hessen still in construction, there are three major slipways currently empty in Germany. Scheer proposes that they be filled, with a new generation of experimental superheavy cruisers.
Emphasis on Superheavy.
The Kaiser agrees.
Unfortunately, there's a leak in the Admiralität. The proposed new construction becomes known to the British and the French. The French are appalled that the Germans would further escalate the battleship race; Mosley screams bloody murder and points at this new Naval Bill as evidence that Stresemann is a wolf in sheep's clothing.
He's right to be concerned.
Germany has been building submarines slowly but steadily throughout the years. Right now, she has more boats in active service than any other nation in the world. Hilariously (or tragically, depending on your point of view), Great Britain has not learned her lesson. Mosley has focused on rebuilding the battleline - more as a political statement than anything else. The ships of Britain rule the waves and her mighty dreadnoughts are a symbol of the empire.
Sadly, the Admiralty has neglected their patrol craft. The entirety of the Empire can field only twelve minesweepers, with ten more in construction. This, essentially, means that Germany can deploy four submarines for each British ASW ship.
The U-Bootkommando are already licking their chops.
By the end of September, Stresemann has fully commited to preparing Germany for war. The new Naval Bill passes on the 12th of the month; the Navy receives an additional thirty million Reichsmark from the yearly budget to play with.
Wörth completes her training cruise just in time...
...for the R & D folk to introduce a new revolutionary director system.
OK. That's enough. Scheer authorises the laying down of the new super-cruisers.
Meet the Gneisenau and her two sisters: Prinz Eitel Friedrich and Friedrich Carl.
These are, if anything, implementations of the British battlecruiser doctrine. Fast ships, armed with overwhelming firepower. Scheer hopes to utilise them as fast scouts, as opportunistic pouncers and as flankers for fleet engagements. They are meant to move quickly and bring a massive broadside to bear when it is needed.
They are big ships, as big as the Zähringens, at 52k tons. They will be, however, much faster than their aging predecessors. They are designed to reach 32 knots, with a set of revolutionary turboelectric drive engines, which are rated at 182shp: the most powerful ever installed on a capital ship world-wide.
Their belt is anemic, at 10 inches: they are, after all, supercruisers, not true Schlachtkreuzer, as the Germans have come to know them. But their deck is relatively thick, at 3.5 inches, and their conning tower, turrets and barbettes are as well-armored as in any of the German 'unsinkables', to prevent the flash fires that were so common in British battlecruisers. Their torpedo defense is as uncompromising as in any other German capital ship; and their armor is All-or-Nothing.
But the most important thing about them is that, for the first time, they introduce the German 41 cm SK C/45 gun, often nicknamed 'Johann', after von Mecklenburg. These rifles are installed in high-elevation mountings, and are able to shoot over the horizon, at a maximum range of almost 34km. The supercruisers mount nine of them, in an ABY layout. These guns are controlled by the new advanced directors and complemented by 14 5-inch secondaries in double turrets: this is a considerably heavier secondary broadside than the German dreadnoughts bear, but the Gneisenau and her sisters will be operating away from the battleline and they will require a more substantial anti-DD defense.
Finally, the Gneisenaus also mount eight torpedoes per side, in quad launchers. Their addition is a testament to the cruiser-like character of the design: no other German capital had ever mounted torpedoes above the waterline.
Their keels are laid down on the day of the Kaiser's birthday, with him officiating. They are the apples of Scheer's eyes. They will miss this war (hopefully), but the Admiralität looks to them for the future of German naval supremacy.
Of course, as soon as news about their size and armament reach him, Oswald Mosley screams bloody murder.
« Last Edit: May 31, 2018, 09:59:28 am by Enioch »
I make an alliance with the USA. I unlock 16 inchers and better 9-inchers immediately afterwards.
There is a joke here about 'Muricans and guns, but Germans have no sense of humour (as everybody knows).
Admiral MS
So a double alliance with the muricans and macaronis... interesting to say at least. I didn't even know this is possible cause it never happened to me
I'm also curious about how these new Superkreuzer will perform in your game. I often built low armor/big gun BCs during late game to accompany my tanky BBs but always tried my best to keep them at high range and out of harms way.
« Last Edit: January 09, 2018, 02:04:30 pm by Admiral MS »
Here goes scripting and copy paste coding
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Wow. That design is... certainly unique. From the looks of it, this will tear anything BC and smaller apart and have insane and run down anything bigger than a contemporary destroyer, but with that thin belt, a dreadnought with equally large guns could score penetrating hits well before your guns can.
Here's hoping you won't get those mixed in with your slow BBs and unable to take full advantage of that 32 knots speed.
And how is that not rated as a BC? This game can be a bit fuzzy about BC/BB classification sometimes.
« Last Edit: January 09, 2018, 02:50:35 pm by Torchwood »
Quote from: Torchwood on January 09, 2018, 02:41:04 pm
I wouldn't call it unique, per se. It's almost an OTL Iowa, if you squint.
Here's hoping.
Also, good catch: it's, in fact, a BC. I just took the screenshot before the validation algorithm fired.
Hold on, you can't have Gneisenau and not have one of her sisters be named Scharnhorst.
Quote from: Spoon on January 14, 2018, 07:31:46 pm
Scharnhorst is coming later. She's going to be one of the new and improved Zähringen successors.
As seen here
« Last Edit: June 11, 2018, 12:36:38 am by Enioch »
Whar r teh updoots?
Reply #513 on: February 01, 2018, 02:37:08 am
Aten't dead, just eyeball-deep in fieldwork, writing two publication articles and preparing my application for funding for next year. So I can, y'know, pay rent and eat.
I will probably update this once or twice in February, but I won't be able to get into a regular schedule before mid-March
Meanwhile, I will leave this here.
If you ever wanted to play an Enioch-style Zähringen, this ship gets pretty close to it.
Sixteen 13'' rifles on a T7 ship are utterly hilarious.
« Last Edit: February 01, 2018, 01:49:48 pm by Enioch »
Der mächstigste König im Luftrevier...
The Grosskreuzer SMS Gneisenau under construction in Hamburg.
"The Gneisenau and her sisters were a monumental gamble, for they were, in fact, a German variation of the British 'battlecruiser' doctrine. They were distilled into the very essence of speed and overwhelming firepower, of course, forged in a decidedly German methodical manner, far superior to the slapdash British monstrosities; but, when their keels were laid down, we could not know whether we had succeeded in achieving our desired goals. Even more importantly, we could not know whether the very idea of such ships was inherently flawed: whether, in search of a Platonic Ideal, we had unearthed a poisoned kernel."
It would take years for us to realise the strengths and weaknesses of our new Grosskreuzer in their full extent; at the time, the escape of the vile traitor and Mosley's Folly called the old fleet to action once more
-Admiral R. Scheer, The German High Seas Fleet, Berlin & Rome 1943.
"I, myself, will never acknowledge an Englishman again for the rest of my life, nor wear an English Order on my chest. The fellows must be brought to their knees for this affront."
-His Imperial Majesty, Kaiser Wilhelm II, after being informed of Great Britain's refusal to lift Franz Von Papen's political asylum.
Tensions with Great Britain have never been so high since the Anglo-German war. Mosley's polemic thunders across Europe, and Stresemann has long since abandoned all pretense of seeking a reconciliation. The laying down of the new German Grosskreuzer has fanned the flames, but the worst is yet to come.
On the night of the 24th of January, Franz von Papen escapes his prison, aided by a posse of collaborators and two bribed guards. In all fairness, it is a rather dare-devil scheme, and well-prepared, taking advantage of the set guard schedules and a blind spot in the castle enclosure. The ex-Kanzler is secreted through Germany on a string of getaway automobiles, barely staying one step ahead of his delayed pursuers; he reaches the Emse by the morning of the 25th. A small trawler has been procured for his escape; he sails pass the Frisian islands and reaches Scarborough by the night of the 26th, where he officially applies for political asylum.
Mosley's regime is only too happy to provide it.
Germany is stunned at first; and then the Tripartite Axis erupts in appalled indignation. The Germans and Italians protest vocally and demand that the Dolchenschurke be returned to Germany's custody, as the war criminal that he is. France pipes in, not as an ally of the Germans, but as the country that had suffered the most from Von Papen's misadventurous tendencies. And H. Hoover's USA look upon the rising tensions, consider the benefits a shift to a war footing might provide to their stalling economy and their rising unemployment and chime in with gusto.
Mosley utterly rejects their demands. In his mind, Great Britain is more powerful than ever. Under his regime, they have rebuilt the Grand Fleet; their grip over their colonies is as hard as ever (too hard, some detractors say); and it is a matter of prestige that he will not accept any terms dictated to him.
"It is our duty to show," he thunders to a cheering audience, "that we have not forever lost the British spirit. We will not retreat to the shadow of our great ancestors, but, when called upon by the need of our country and our fellow British, we will rise to match them! Those who march with us will certainly face abuse, misunderstanding, bitter animosity, and possibly the ferocity of struggle and of danger. In return, we can only offer to them the deep belief that they are fighting that a great land may live!"
Welp.
To that, there is little Stresemann can reply; the only response that His Majesty will accept and support is that given at the end of a gun. And this time - for the first time in history, Wilhelm is praised internationally for his uncompromising stance. He appears committed in support of Stresemann's new 'war morality' principles and an ardent enemy of the aggressive expansionists like Von Papen (and, now, Mosley). In a striking reversal, Wilhelm, the irreconcilable Hawk of Europe, is suddenly viewed as the peace-loving, enlightened ruler.
In a sense, this confuses the aging Kaiser, who is not used to international acclaim. And yet, he rises to the occasion. Shortly after the inevitable declaration of war on the morning of the 14th of February, he makes an official visit to von Mecklenburg's tomb, and spends two hours there, alone, in the presence of his departed friend. Upon his emergence, he addresses the gathered crowd, in what became known as the Sankt-Valentinstagrede. His speech remains one of the most widely known to the modern historian, for its masterful rhetoric, its appeal to the unconquered German spirit and its dismissal of all that might divide the Germans in this crucial moment.
"Ich kenne keine Parteien mehr," the Kaiser concludes, to the cheering of the crowd. "All die Völker des Deutschen Reiches kenne ich nicht mehr. Ich kenne nur noch mein vereintes geliebtes Volk. Ich kenne nur noch Deutsche."
Meanwhile, the Admiralität rejoices at the first field test of the new 432 mm rifle, codenamed 'Karl'. She's a decent gun, comparable to the 16-inch 'Johann', but she's heavier and the naval architects are a bit concerned about its implementation in the navy.
But this is irrelevant, for the time being. With Britain having declared war on Germany (and with the Italians joining in), the German Hochseeflotte departs its harbours to engage the Grand Fleet. Unlike Galster, who is now filling a purely administrative position, neither Scheer nor Hipper are averse to seeking out a capital-ship engagement.
The chance to do so comes on the morning of the 21st of February, when an enemy capital ship squadron enters the German Bight, in an early attempt to establish a blockade.
Germany is aware of the incursion thanks to Zeppelin patrols; she has deployed coastal subs as spotters ahead of the fleet. The fleet that Scheer has assigned to Hipper is, itself, terrifying.
In the south, near Helgoland, Hipper has three Schlachtschiffdivisionen. The 15-inch sister-ships Elsass and Schwaben form one, followed by the 14-inch Bismarck-class Brandenburg. This force is commanded by Konteradmiral Michaelis.
To their south, the Schlachtschiff SMS Wettin operates independently, serving as a relay between Michaelis and Hipper: Hipper has his flag on the SMS Wörth, which leads a two-ship division of herself and her sister-ship, the SMS Hannover. These ships are the pride of the German navy: newly-commissioned 15-inch 'Unsinkables'.
The SMS Graf Spee and the SMS Hindenburg are providing scouting for the Schlachtschiffe. They are far ahead of the fleet, commanded by Kapitän zur See Gustav Lindermann.
But it is the second scouting force, comprised of the Zähringen and the Mackensen, and commanded by Kapitän zur See Daniel Kupfer, that will make first contact with the enemy. At 11:36, the lookouts of the Zähringen make out the silhouette of an enemy capital in the horizon. A radio signal is immediately sent to the flagship; Hipper changes course to the north, to intercept.
The enemy ship is fast and her guns engage the Schlachtkreuzer from outside the range of their own 12-inchers. But she closes in and, as the German ships turn away (buying time for the battleships to arrive), the Mackensen fires a broadside at extreme range. The British shells straddle the Zähringen, but score no hits; the Mackensen's broadside, on the other hand, lands a hit on the enemy's deck. The Germans erupt in cheers. Off to a good start!
Kupfer turns his ships toward the south, to meet up with Hipper. The Mackensen keeps her rear turrets on the closing enemy battlecruiser, straddling her several more times, but scoring no more hits.
Hipper is already licking his chops. Whatever this British ship is, it has overcommited badly. He does not know if he has been spotted yet, but he's sure that, when he is, it'll be a rude surprise.
It is a rude surprise.
The superior optics on the Elsass manage to identify the enemy ship. She's an Australia, a modernised relic from the last war. She's an early cross-fire implementation of the British 15-inchers, and she's made of paper. The fire control officers of the Elsass note that her rear turret has been knocked out by the plunging fire of the Mackensen's broadside; and then the Elsass opens fire at long range, punching a 15-inch shell of her own through the Brit's deck.
Welp. Not modernised enough, I suppose.
Dayum, Elsass, you scary.
The German fleet pushes in, to hammer the light cruiser that was escorting the Australia...
...until Mackensen and Zähringen prove to be spotting MVPs, by detecting two more capital ships (possibly battlecruisers) approaching from the north. This is surprising: this is where Kupfer's division originally came from. The British ships must have been trailing them for hours, waiting for the time to engage!
Kupfer identifies the trailing ship: she's an Indomitable class, another relic from the previous war. But the first ship is giving him trouble. She's new, with sleek lines and what seems to be a distressingly heavy battery. Whatever she is, she's scary.
For now, Mackensen continues her utterly contemptuous smackdown of British battlecruisers by nailing the Indomitable with three 12-inch shells.
Oh, hey, there are survivors in the water, from the Australia! The V30 requests permission to pick them up; Hipper orders her to keep clear. The German Zerstörer are coming under fire from the British light ships, and Hipper will not lose a ship to pick up enemy sailors if he can help it. They can wait until the battle is over, or until it has moved off somewhere else.
Also, hey, the Zähringen has identified the other battlecruiser. Let's see what sort of ship the Brits have depl-
HEILIGE SCHEISSE!
That's a Spartiate. That's a next-generation battlecruiser, Mosley's brainchild, and the thing that keeps Scheer and Hipper awake at night, with cold sweat running down their spines.
Ten (count 'em!) 16-inch rifles. A 12-inch belt and a 4-inch deck, to defeat long-range shots. A 29-knot top speed! All arranged in a neat 48k-ton package, barreling down on the Zähringen and the Mackensen.
And the pain train keeps coming:
That's the British battle-line coming up behind the Spariate. At least two Super-Dreadnoughts, and another squadron of what seem to be battlecruisers, if their speed is anything to go by.
Well, this is a fine how-do-you-do. The only thing holding that flank are the two old Zähringen-class Schlachtkreuzer of Kupfer's division and they'll soon be coming under fire by the entirety of-
Welp, nevermind.
Michaelis proceeds to detach his division from the flagship and charges down the incoming British battleline. The Schwaben takes a hit from one of the Superdreads, and one of her aft turrets jam; but Elsass bounces a shot from the Indomitable on her belt (hah! tickles) and closes the range. Over the next four minutes, the German Schlachtschiffe proceed to utterly stomp the Spartiate into the ground, scoring a total of eight 14- and 15-inch hits on her.
Another battleship shell pens the Schwaben's deck; at long range, her thin turtleback armour provides very little protection. But damage is minimal and her two forward turrets are still engaging the enemy unhindered.
The first Superdread identifications start coming in. There's at least a Venerable-class out there, that should serve as a speed-bump for the German Unsinkables; and the spotters on the Wettin can also make out the characteristic many-turreted silhouette of a Camperdown, the infamous British 15-inch 'shotguns', that they developed in response to the Zähringens.
Something from the British battleline hits the Wettin like a sledgehammer. Her forward turret is penetrated by plunging fire, but the shell is a dud. The crew survive with minimal casualties; while the turret is disabled for a while, it remains operational. Another shell strikes her 'Doria' turret, jamming it in its bearings. The damcon crews get to work; but it's a sobering moment for the Germans. Their horizontal armor is simply inadequate for long-range engagements: Hipper needs to push in.
And so he does, and the Brits run.
An overview of the battlefield:
To the north-west, the Zähringen, Mackensen, Wettin and Lindermann's division are pursuing the Camperdown, the Venerable and two more unidentified Superdreads. Whatever they are, they have heavy guns; at least 15-inchers.
To the south-east, Hipper is pushing with his two Hannover-class ships against the Spartiate and the Indomitable. The Graf Spee and the Hindenburg are following him, more as escorts than actual combatants.
Ten minutes into this fight, and the Venerable has been, predictably, shot to pieces. The Camberdown, similarly, has lost half its broadside, her thin turret armour unable to withstand the German 15-inch shells. It's only by the grace of God that the repeated turret fires have not travelled down to her magazines.
Meanwhile, Hipper's force is faring less well. Accurate fire from the Spartiate (and she's hurt, but by no means dead) has jammed the two fore turrets of the Hannover. Hipper can only engage with a total of 6 15-inch rifles and keep pursuing (if he angles to unshadow his aft batteries, the Spartiate's speed will mean that she will get away). He chooses to do so.
And then, finally, the Wettin gets eyes on the British Superdreads that have been firing at her all this time.
TWELVE 16-inchers per ship?
OK, their belt is paper-thin when compared to the German Unsinkables - the British Admiralty must have skimped on something to put that many guns on a hull that size. But still, those are twenty-four 16-inchers, staring down Michaelis's battle-line. And the Brits have shown that they can shoot.
Meanwhile, the Indomitable and the Spartiate have been trying to rejoin their battle-line, running away from the Wörth and the Hannover. In the Wörths conning tower, Hipper pores over the latest reports and the map table; and he orders a message to be sent to Michaelis:
ENEMY BATTLECRUISER FORCE APPROACHING FROM THE EAST. FLAG IS IN PURSUIT. PRIORITISE OVER ALL OTHER TARGETS.
Lindermann receives the message and turns his three-ship Geschwader towards the east. Wettin continues towards the north alone, trusting in her monolithic armor to keep her safe under the concentrated fire of the two Europas. She gets pummelled, but the rangefinders of Elsass and her sisters get the few moments of calm they need to acquire the nearing Spartiate.
At a range of around 9k yards, the guns of Elsass belch out their thunder-
-and the Spartiate disappears in a cloud of shrapnel.
****ing HELL, Brits, that's a newly built ship! Have you learned nothing!?
The explosion illuminates a second battlecruiser next to the original Spartiate. It appears to be a a sister-ship that somehow had evaded attention so far. This confuses the German lookouts considerably, but eventually the disposition of the forces as they stand can be summed up thusly:
The Wettin is still leading the charge against the Europas and her armour is holding firm. At under 10k yards, her thin turtleback belt is impervious to the flat trajectories of the British shells and her angled bow deflects the British broadsides like they're marbles. A full broadside by the trailing Europa scores four hits: one overpens the Wettin's superstructure; the other jams one of her turrets, but fails to penetrate; the other two just bounce off German steel.
In return, the Wettin is scoring good hits on the enemy, and Michaelis's forces are closing in; but one of the screening Zerstörer, the V6 receives a penetrating hit to her bridge, fired by an enemy destroyer. The entirety of the bridge crew, including Kaleun Dornier die in the ensuing explosion.
Meanwhile, the Graf Spee has reached the crippled Camperdown. It's not a fair fight: the British Dreadnought has been stripped of most of her guns. But the Graf takes no chances, and proceeds to methodically pump 12-inch shells into her turrets until the enemy strikes her colours.
And Wettin has done her job. The trailing Europa has also been effectively mission-killed, and she is now puttering forward, while Hipper is closing in from the east. Hannover scores the kill.
But celebrations are cut short when a fountain of water erupts from the Graf Spee's port side. A British torpedo has found its mark!
These are not French firecrackers; these are powerful British warheads and they manage to penetrate the Graf's torpedo belt. Flooding is heavy.
To add insult to injury, the Hindenburg is also hit by a torpedo shortly after, suffering heavy casualties. And flooding.
To draw capital fire away from them, Hipper redirects the Wörth and Hannover south, to mess up the second Spartiate. Precision fire from the German 15-inchers knocks out the British battlecruiser's guns in short order.
It's not too soon for the poor, abused Hindenburg. Her lack of a torpedo belt has seriously messed her up. More than half of her reserve buoyancy is gone, and she's still letting in several tons of water every minute. Her damcon crews have done wonders to keep her afloat, but she's hurting bad.
The old Wittelsbachs are just too fragile to perform well in a modern battle-line.
The Graf, on the other hand, is faring much better. Her flooding is almost under control and she has the buoyancy to spare.
The death of the second Spartiate is almost...anticlimactic, when compared to the fiery demise of her sister.
Hipper confirms a southern course, to deal with the destroyers that are coming up the aft of the Schlachtkreuzer.
Together, the two squadrons chase down the surviving British light ships in the south.
Meanwhile, in the north, Michaelis and Kupfer have turned the fleeing Europa into a pinata. The constant 12-inch fire from the two Schlachtkreuzer has knocked out the British Superdread's turrets, while Elsass and her posse are scoring multiple hits on her deck and belt every minute. With the German ships now at a range of under 10k yards, their 'shotgun' broadsides are lethal.
But it is the Mackensen that scores the lethal blow, with a penetrating 12-inch shell from a range of 7k yards. The shell smashes through the Europa's aft belt and detonates in her machinery spaces, effectively killing the ship.
The fires started by the shell reach the magazines a few minutes later. The hulk of the Europa cracks like a tin can under the force of the explosion.
And, just like that, it's over. The Brits have no more capital ships on-station. All that remains is to pick up survivors and return to Helgoland for much-needed repairs.
And for a victory celebration unlike any other.
Germany's ships have suffered considerable damage, true. The Hindenburg, in particular, was saved by the skin of her teeth, reaching Helgoland with flooding still ongoing. Then again, after the mauling that the Graf Spee had suffered during the Franco-German wars, the dockhands of Helgoland and Wilhelmshaven were more than capable of dealing with Hindy's damage.
In return, the pride of the British fleet had been sunk. The British had lost the entirety of their raiding force: four Dreadnoughts, including two of their newest Europas and three battlecruisers, including two Spartiates. Not to mention the five destroyers that had been sent to the bottom, to keep their larger brethren company.
Intel started flowing in during the following days. The British had lost:
The Spartiate herself, the name-ship of her class. She was the one that detonated halfway through the fight.
Her sister-ship, the Drake had died much harder, dueling Hipper's squadron.
The Europa-class Superdreadnought Renown also died well, reaping a heavy toll on Michaelis's force and pummeling Wettin hard during the close-range action in the north.
The Repulse was the last British capital to die, her magazines going up at the end of the engagement.
Great Britain had also lost several older ships. The Australia-class Furious was the first capital ship loss in the fight, her magazines detonating after receiving a total of five hits from the German battle-line.
The old Howe had taken a beating like the hard veteran that she was: more than 190 main battery hits had been scored on her, she had been stripped of all her guns and her belt had been pounded to scrap, but she had held on stubbornly until the very end of the engagement. A salute to the old guard!
As for who had thought that bringing the old Venerable-class Queen on a raiding mission: they ought to be shot for criminal incompetence. This ship should have been pulled out of active service years ago. Even a Valkyrie could have taken her.
MVPs for the German fleet: Wettin and Elsass, with more than 1800 shots fired between them and a hit percentage of 6.6% and 5.1% respectively. An honorable mention also goes to the Mackensen who scored 59 confirmed hits on the enemy capitals, having fired more than 1700 shells by herself (!)
Once again, many thanks to the Admiralität for the generous permission to reproduce the combat charts. The German forces started at the south-eastern corner of the map (red lines), while the British started at the south-west (blue). Note the short-lived scouting course of the Furious and the split of the German forces into two separate squadrons near the point of her death. Also note the long chase of the Europas towards the north.
#OBLIGATORY PTERRY REFERENCE.
Things still hectic. To defy hecticness, have a low-key update, in which nothing important happens.
Nothing whatsoever.
Quote from: Enioch on February 16, 2018, 02:47:40 am
Historical note:
This is something OTL Wilhelm actually said. It's part of his second Balkonansprache on the eve of WW1. "Ich kenne keine Parteien und auch keine Konfessionen mehr; wir sind heute alle deutsche Brüder und nur noch deutsche Brüder. Will unser Nachbar es nicht anders, gönnt er uns den Frieden nicht, so hoffe Ich zu Gott, daß unser gutes deutsches Schwert siegreich aus diesem schweren Kampfe hervorgeht." (Translated: "I see neither parties nor confessions anymore; today, we are all german brothers, and german brothers only. If our neighbour [meaning: Russia] wants a fight, if he doesn't allow us our peace, I hope to god that our good german sword emerges victorious from this hard battle")
Of course, I'm pretty sure that Enioch!Wilhelm's citizens are more willing to support him....
EDIT: Better translatings
« Last Edit: February 16, 2018, 05:16:14 am by The E »
Quote from: The E on February 16, 2018, 04:59:11 am
This is something OTL Wilhelm actually said. It's part of his second Balkonansprache on the eve of WW1. "Ich kenne keine Parteien und auch keine Konfessionen mehr; wir sind heute alle deutsche Brüder und nur noch deutsche Brüder. Will unser Nachbar es nicht anders, gönnt er uns den Frieden nicht, so hoffe Ich zu Gott, daß unser gutes deutsches Schwert siegreich aus diesem schweren Kampfe hervorgeht." (Translated: "I recognize no parties and no confessions anymore; today, we are all german brothers, and german brothers only. If our neighbour [meaning: Russia] wants a fight, if he doesn't allow us our peace, I hope to god that our good german sword emerges victorious from this hard battle")
Once more, on point with the historical notes, The_E!
When quoting OTL historical figures, I try to always start with something they have actually said, and change it around a bit to suit the RTW!ATL. You will find that my Mosley excerpt is also partly a RL quote.*
And yes, I'm sure RTW!Willy has come to be much more appreciated by his people than his OTL counterpart. His own experiences and personal growth have certainly contributed to it; and, of course, being the reigning monarch during Germany's rise as Europe's uncontested superpower must have helped...
*A personal note: upon studying the character, I found his speeches to be a series of quite reasonable socialist-lite statements, punctuated by the jarringly pants-on-head craziness that is the hallmark of the 1930s fascist rhetoric in general. A fascinating historical figure, that requires a more thorough study; it would be interesting to try and see why he failed horribly OTL when other NatSoc and Fascist movements succeeded.
Quote from: Oswald Mosley
Faced with the alternative of saying goodbye to the gold standard, and therefore to his own employment, and goodbye to other people's employment, Mr. Churchill characteristically selected the latter course.
I mean, ouch, that burn
« Last Edit: February 16, 2018, 05:15:42 am by Enioch »
That -3 crew quality on the Howe. The old guard might be a bit too old, maybe.
Appreciate the effort you put into the battle screenshots, makes it much easier to follow whats happening.
After this slaughter, how many capitals do the brits still have?
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More Coal Folds: FirstEnergy and AES Announce Pending Plant Closures
FirstEnergy said its plants face the “insurmountable challenge of a market that does not sufficiently value their contribution.”
Emma Foehringer Merchant August 30, 2018
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Emma is a staff writer at Greentech Media. She previously covered environmental policy, politics, and climate change at Grist and the New Republic.
Coal continues to face an unfriendly market.
FirstEnergy Solutions this week told Mid-Atlantic grid operator PJM Interconnection that it would move to close four coal and oil plants by 2021. AES also announced it would likely be forced to close an Oklahoma plant, in the Southwest Power Pool, after Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OG&E) did not extend its power-purchase agreement.
Representatives from both companies cited market pressures as a reason for the closures.
Without the support of OG&E, the AES Shady Point plant could close as soon as January. Lundy Kiger, the vice president and director of government relations at the Oklahoma plant, said, “as an independent, it would be difficult for us to bid into the larger market as a power producer.”
According to a statement from Don Moul, FirstEnergy’s president of generation and chief nuclear officer, the company feels the current market “fails to recognize” the resilience measures offered by coal. FirstEnergy said one of its plants would continue functioning until 2020 and the other three would go offline in 2021.
In total, the plants encompass 4,364 megawatts of coal-fired power in three states and 13 megawatts of oil in Ohio.
FirstEnergy’s announcement is the latest salvo in a thickening drama over coal and nuclear retirements and the federal administration’s attempts to buoy their decline.
In June, after the leak of an internal memo detailing possible ways to support coal and nuclear, the Trump administration directed the Department of Energy to “prepare immediate steps” to help plants. Since then, no details on that plan have emerged.
FirstEnergy’s Wednesday announcement further indicates the energy supplier feels it doesn’t have any more time to wait. In March the utility announced it would deactivate three nuclear plants through 2021.
“Our decision to retire the fossil-fueled plants was every bit as difficult as the one we made five months ago to deactivate our nuclear assets,” said Moul. “As with nuclear, our fossil-fueled plants face the insurmountable challenge of a market that does not sufficiently value their contribution to the security and flexibility of our power system.”
In March, the utility requested economic support from the administration for its fossil-fuel plants in the name of grid resilience. Days later, in April, FirstEnergy filed for bankruptcy protections encompassing FirstEnergy Solutions and subsidiaries FirstEnergy Generation and FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company.
Documents show the company has employed a top lobbying firm, which has contacted administration officials regarding Section 202(c), the law cited in FirstEnergy's emergency request. FirstEnergy's announcement this week could add urgency to the Trump administration's support efforts.
Earlier this month, the administration announced its Affordable Clean Energy rule, a replacement for the Clean Power Plan that some experts say could extend the life of select coal plants. It appears FirstEnergy doesn't believe the rule will help the plants announced for closure on Wednesday.
Coal and nuclear still play an important role in the generation mixes of PJM and the Southwest Power Pool. On Thursday, coal accounted for about 29 percent of PJM’s generation mix, with nuclear accounting for about 26 percent. For SPP on Thursday, coal accounted for just over 44 percent of the generation mix and nuclear accounted for 4.7 percent.
Those mixes are changing. In April, PJM said it didn’t need FirstEnergy’s nuclear plants to ensure reliability. And though AES Shady Point said it plans to participate in an upcoming OG&E request for proposals, OG&E indicated it would look for cheaper options to replace the generation from the AES plant. Solar and wind have shown significant price drops since the AES plant came online in 1991.
“We believe there are ample savings to be had by looking in the market," OG&E spokesperson Brian Alford told the Associated Press.
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Police Declare Chief Ope Bademosi Togolese Cook Wanted For Murder
By Henzyworld on 01/11/2018 News
The police have declared the Togolese cook of Ope Bademosi wanted over the murder of the Credit Switch Technology chairman.
The cook was alleged to have murdered Bademosi in his residence in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday.
His wife, who found him with multiple stab wounds, said she left her husband at home to carry out some transactions in the bank.
Upon her return, she found him lying in a pool of his blood and the cook, who was employed four days prior, was nowhere to be found.
A homicide investigation officer was quoted as saying: “After committing the act, the guy went to the toilet and pulled off the white uniform meant for cooks he was wearing because it was all stained with blood. He also left the knife he used inside the toilet there. If you see the knife, it’s a very strong, long and sharp knife that could only be authorised for military personnel.”
The cook reportedly ransacked the apartment and stole valuables such as money, jewelry and a mobile phone.
The police, in a notice issued to declare the cook wanted, said actions have been taken to apprehend him.
The notice read: “At exactly 8:45am this morning, information got to the police via a phone call that a murder had occurred in an estate.
“Immediately, actions were taken to apprehend the suspect while the remains of Chief Ope Bademosi who was stabbed straight on the heart by the Togolese cook he brought in from Ondo state three days ago.
“The culprit is currently at large, anybody with any useful information should contact the nearest police station.”
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Politicians warned over machete gangs
06 Dec, 2019 - 00:12 2019-12-05T22:58:23+00:00 2019-12-06T00:07:51+00:00 0 Views
Cde Kazembe
Cletus Mushanawani Herald Reporter
Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe has warned politicians sponsoring machete gangs that the law will be applied on everyone regardless of social standing.
This comes as police have arrested over 5 000 people in eight months for offences ranging from illegal mining to possession of dangerous weapons.
Addressing a media conference in Harare yesterday after a meeting with his deputy, Cde Mike Madiro, police commanders and officials from the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development, Minister Kazembe said the issue of machete gangs was now worrisome and a serious security threat.
Under an operation dubbed “No To Anarchy by Artisanal Miners” police have since March arrested 3 471 people for possessing dangerous weapons, among them, machetes, while 1 549 illegal artisanal miners were also arrested countrywide.
The biggest number of illegal artisanal miners was arrested in Matabeleland North with 546 offenders nabbed, while the least number was arrested in Bulawayo where 27 were accounted for.
Midlands had 219 arrests, Harare (200), Mashonaland West (186), Matabeleland South (147), Mashonaland Central (83), Mashonaland East (53), Masvingo (46) and Manicaland (42).
A number of deaths have been reported in mining areas, while rape cases are also said to be on the increase.
“We have met with our Mines and Mining Development Ministry counterparts and the police commanders today to discuss the topical issues of the machete-wielding gangs.
“The media is awash with stories of machete gang wars and this is worrisome to us as we want peace and security to prevail.”
“Everyone has a role to play in this fight against illegal activities. Politicians, church leaders, individuals and Zimbabweans at large should all come together in fighting this scourge.
“The law will not be applied selectively in dealing with illegal activities regardless of one’s social standing, including politicians,” said Minister Kazembe.
“We will continue with the raids because we are saying Zimbabwe is open for business. We cannot attract investors if law and order is not prevailing in the country. We have moved a gear up in the raids as these issues are of a security threat.”
He said they were doubling efforts to bring sanity in all areas across the country.
“The arrests made so far are evidence that police are on the ground dealing with this issue.
“We will continue working with other security arms so that this issue is addressed once and for all. We will also work with those tasked with protecting the environment so that the environmental damage is also addressed,” he said.
National police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi, said the arrest of illegal artisanal miners was an ongoing process.
“We have identified 260 panning sites across the country where police carry out constant raids as some of these areas are now havens of criminal activities like murder, robbery, assaults and rape.
“Those found in possession of dangerous weapons like machetes and iron bars will not be spared in the arrests. Arrests are being made across the country especially in areas where there are mining disputes,” he said.
Asst Comm Nyathi urged people to follow proper procedures in registering claims with the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development.
“No one should take the law into his or her hands regardless of political standing. Law and order will certainly prevail and Government wants peace in the country and as the police, it is our duty to guarantee this peace. The sanctity of human life should be respected.
“We recorded a recent death in Inyathi, Bubi District, Matabeleland North when a gang of about 50 illegal artisanal miners attacked other miners on Sunday and Monday and this is not acceptable,” said Asst Comm Nyathi.
Matabeleland North Provincial Affairs Minister Richard Moyo said the machete gangs called “MaShurugwi” had unleashed a reign of terror by killing, raping women and slaughtering people’s livestock.
“Our people are living in fear because of the violent behaviour of the hordes of illegal gold miners who come from other districts. The guys attack locals if they find them also panning for gold.
“They are always carrying axes and machetes. They are so daring that if the gold belt is stretching to people’s homesteads, these criminals violently force them out of their homes so that they can extract the mineral,” said Minister Moyo.
He added: “We are engaging police to ensure that they increase the deployment of their officers in these areas affected by the violent gold panners.”
The issue of the machete wielding gang wars also spilled into Senate yesterday, with Zvishavane Senator Lillian Timevous asking the leader of the House, Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi on what Government was doing to thwart the gangs.
In response, Minister Ziyambi said: “The Home Affairs Ministry is alive to the issue. Measures are being taken and in the near future you will witness some changes on the issue pertaining these illegal activities. People should be allowed to go about their business freely without any fear of attacks from these gangsters.”
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Sallfort Venture Capital 2017 Trocafone
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Sallfort is investing for the second time in Trocafone, one of the fastest growing tech start ups in Latin America. The smartphone e-commerce company has multiplied its sales in the past 2 years.
Basel, 22 August,2017. Trocafone is dealing in used smartphones in Brazil and Argentina – big time. When Sallfort Privatbank and its customers made their first investment in the up-and-coming start-up in March 2016, USD 7 million of sales were in the books for 2015. In 2017, only two years later, it will be over USD 60 million. This is reason enough to support the expansion in the core countries of Brazil and Argentina as well as in other Latin American countries with a lead investment. As part of a venture capital club deal, Sallfort and its clients are investing USD 8.5 million in the company run by 2 MIT graduates and is therefore the largest shareholder in addition to the founders.
Trocafone is by far the largest dealer of used smartphones in Latin America. In Brazil and Argentina, customers can trade in their used smartphones when purchasing a new device. Trocafone purchases these smartphones from telecom operators and mobile phone retailers, refurbishes them and sells the devices with a 90 day warranty through its e-commerce platform www.trocafone.com. At present about 25’000 used smartphones are sold by Trocafone every month. Tendency strongly rising.
"Trocafone is a company that fits into the Brazilian crisis," says Michael Bornhaeusser, co-owner and head of Private Equity at Sallfort Privatbank, "many Brazilians can not afford a new smartphone (anymore) and are glad to have a used mobile phone with a warranty for a significantly cheaper price. Also Argentina and other countries in LATAM are in a similar situation. In Brazil, the potential is by no means exhausted. It absolutely makes sense for us to continue to invest here" Bornhaeusser continued.
For Sallfort investors in the last round, the development is also very gratifying. Due to the strong growth, the value of the company has risen by more than 200%. The Trocafone Venture Capital Club Deal is already the second investment in Brazil in 2017. The Sallfort Club invested in Amaro, a technology-driven "Fast Fashion" company with a growth of over 150% this year.
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BBNaija 2018: What Cee-c has done for housemates, viewers – Actress, Lydia Forson
April 21, 2018 SHOWBIZ 185 Views
Popular Nollywood actress, Lydia Forson has revealed why she likes controversial Big Brother Naija 2018 housemate, Cee-c, despite her apparent flaws.
She revealed that Cee-c’s personal battles reflect some of the realities many viewers deal with.
Since Wednesday when Cee-c attacked Tobi, viewers of the reality show and celebrities have been taking sides.
For Farson, she believes that the housemate is the one really bringing entertainment to the show, which comes to end by the weekend.
She wrote, “What people don’t appreciate is while you’re entertained, these housemates are confined to a space, forced to interact with people they’d never met in the outside world and pushed to limits only those who’ve been a part can appreciate.
“For those who stay true to themselves they’re forced to come face to face with who they really are, stare at the ugliest parts of themselves and made to confront them in the rawest way. It’s probably the hardest thing for anyone who’s never had to be vulnerable or this exposed, to do.
“And this is why I was drawn to Cee-c, it had nothing to do with how entertaining I thought she was. Some of her actions were inexcusable and I found myself screaming at her through the television a few times; but I appreciated that she was flawed, had struggles and was working through them, even if it wasn’t at a pace people expected.”
The actress added, “Many people recognize themselves in her struggle,a part of our lives cameras don’t always capture, a battle with strong emotions and self control- and we appreciated her journey.
“And that’s why it’s been disheartening to read from people who I know DO NOT have it all together; but quick to join in to call her animal, unfit to live and a mental case ( exposing your own ignorance about the real battle of mental disorders). If your prescription to a crazy person is to act crazy yourself then you both need to be locked up.
“And no, this is not a campaign, because her winning the money doesn’t mean much to me; the winners of these shows aren’t always the ones with fat bank accounts after- that doesn’t always last- it’s those who take what the experience put them through and see the gold that it is to be better after.
“Hopefully she’s made us reflect a little more on our lives, how we’re perceived by the world and what we can do to become better.
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Jordan Peele's new shocker, Olivia Wilde's directorial debut, three very different TV series and a comedy about a Catholic girl discovering masturbation were among THR critics' 10 faves from the fest.
'Booksmart,' 'Us,' 'Ramy'
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Olivia Wilde delivers a fantastic directorial debut with this hilarious, blazingly paced teen comedy. The story of overachieving high school besties (Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever) who embark on an epic night of bad behavior before graduation, the film is as raucous as Superbad — but with characters who are even more full of surprises. — John DeFore
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Moonlight co-writer Tarell Alvin McCraney brings OWN a new Florida-set coming-of-age story about a young man (Akili McDowell) who targets a prestigious prep school as the path to escape from the projects. The first three hour-long episodes of the series, which has a summer premiere date, are alternately lyrical and gritty, with ample potential. — DANIEL FIENBERG
'The Day Shall Come'
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Anna Kendrick plays an FBI agent tricking a do-gooder into plotting terror in Chris Morris' (Four Lions) latest film. It’s a smart, bitterly funny satire — at moments recalling the work of Veep and In the Loop creator Armando Iannucci — and probably too true for most Americans to bear. — J.D.
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Amid heightened scrutiny of police-community relations, Jenifer McShane's nimble doc offers proof of an enlightened way forward. Zeroing in on a unit of the San Antonio Police Department, this is a candid portrait of two cops in a paradigm-shifting program — disdained by some of their colleagues as "hug-a-thug" tactics — that breaks down the us-vs.-them mind-set that views people in crisis as offenders. — SHERI LINDEN
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You wouldn't think a film about a 19-year-old African-American woman (played by Tiffany Tenille)forced by financial desperation to take a job as an internet sex cam worker would be a feel-good experience. But that's exactly how to describe Numa Perrier's auspicious feature debut, which tackles its potentially discomfiting subject matter with sensitivity, insight and humor. — FRANK SCHECK
'Olympic Dreams'
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In this charming romantic comedy, director Jeremy Teicher sets the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, as the backdrop for a love story between an anxious cross-country skier (newcomer Alexi Pappas) and an outgoing volunteer dentist (Nick Kroll). Shot guerilla-style with a one-person crew, the pic is visually exciting and has a palpably organic quality that translates confidently to the screen. — BEANDREA JULY
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This smart Hulu comedy series created by and starring Ramy Youssef is about a 20-something New Jersey Muslim struggling to reconcile the parts of his religion he likes with those he doesn’t. I’ve seen eight of the 10 half-hour episodes, and the series is funny, emotional and eye-opening. — D.F.
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Jordan Peele follows Get Out with this terrifying thriller about a family (led by a superb Lupita Nyong’o) stalked by malevolent doppelgangers. Clearly the work of an ambitious writer-director, it offers twists and ironies and false endings galore, as well as a surprising number of laughs. Though probably more commercially limited by its genre than its hard-to-pigeonhole predecessor, the film packs a punch. — J.D.
'What We Do in the Shadows'
There is a point early on in FX's newest comedy (premiering March 27) — based on the acclaimed feature film about, well, funny vampires who take part in a documentary — where you wonder if a 10-part series can keep up this level of creativity. But the first four episodes, which are wonderfully, absurdly over-the-top and hilarious, are reason to be optimistic. — TIM GOODMAN
'Yes, God, Yes'
Writer-director Karen Maine's entertaining feature debut is an upbeat story about a Catholic school girl’s struggle to make sense of her sexuality. Specifically, it’s a movie about masturbation. Lots and lots of masturbation. But it avoids the low-hanging fruit of gross bodily-function humor and instead offers a fresh, fun look at what solo explorations of sexuality can look like for a girl in the Midwest indoctrinated by limiting ideas about sex. — B.J.
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Barri Rafferty Breaks Glass Ceiling As Omnicom Aims To Accelerate PR Turnaround
The relative haste behind Ketchum's dramatic leadership change provides some clues as to the challenges facing the first woman in charge of a top five global PR firm.
Arun Sudhaman 30 Nov 2017 // 1:00PM GMT
Despite being in business for almost a century, making it older than most of its global PR peers, Ketchum has not had many chief executives. Recent years, in particular, have seen successively smooth leadership transitions: from Ray Kotcher to Rob Flaherty in 2012; Dave Drobis to Kotcher in 2000; and Paul Alvarez to Drobis one decade earlier.
In joining this select club, Barri Rafferty becomes the first woman to lead the agency. The significance of this elevation should not be underplayed. There have been other women to lead major PR networks — Donna Imperato and Marcia Silverman at Cohn & Wolfe and Ogilvy PR, respectively, and Rafferty's new boss Omnicom PR Group CEO Karen van Bergen at Porter Novelli — but none at an agency this big. That a woman finally calls the shots at a top five PR agency is long overdue. The hope, of course, is that it heralds an era of greater diversity among the industry’s leadership ranks.
Ketchum, unlike many of its rivals, is an agency that handles leadership transition well. There is rarely any sense of a horse-race for the top job and departing CEOs stay on as chairmen, much like Flaherty will — in a counselling role that not only plays to his considerable strengths, but also ensures that clients perceive stability.
Yet there is more than a touch of haste about Rafferty’s appointment. This is less down to any great sense of surprise — in true Ketchum style, she has been the presumptive nominee for a fair while now — but because Flaherty was probably expected to last longer in charge. His immediate predecessors, after all, each enjoyed much lengthier stints in the CEO role. That Flaherty exits after a relatively short tenure of five years probably says as much about the predicament that publicly-held agencies find themselves in as it does about the accelerated era in which we live.
Groomed for the top job for a number of years, Flaherty became CEO just as publicly-held agencies were starting to struggle against more nimble, less risk-averse peers. That phenomenon only became more pronounced as his era progressed, highlighted by Omnicom’s unwillingness to make the kind of acquisitions that could help Ketchum better compete among global agencies.
Flaherty, always considered one of the industry’s deeper thinkers, rarely lacked for big ideas. But his job, like many network CEOs, often appeared to revolve more around the prosaic concerns of internal change management than the poetry of big picture vision. Indeed, you could forgive the Ketchum veteran if he sometimes felt like the last person at the party when the lights came on, saddled with an era in which the advantages of big agencies could no longer be taken for granted, and forced to exist within an OPRG superstructure that risks diluting the value of individual agency brands.
Even if he was typically described as "the smartest person in the room", Flaherty’s understated leadership style may not have suited the demands of the current environment either. Our Profile of him in 2014 found a man who sometimes seemed a little ill at ease with the challenge of turning a big corporate player into a more agile digital consultancy, particularly at an agency whose strong culture made it more resistant to change than most.
Ironically, Flaherty was never more eloquent than when describing the PR industry’s need to evolve fast or risk irrelevance, a predicament that has become only more precarious as publicly-held agencies are denied investment in the battle to preserve profitability.
Those were always prescient concerns, but they were brought into sharper focus by the faster pace of decision-making that has gripped Omnicom under van Bergen. Several observers noted Flaherty’s relative lack of rapport with his seniors at Omnicom, particularly once van Bergen took on the top role above him last year. All of this, furthermore, was taking place against a backdrop where CEO John Wren was publicly outlining the need for agency regime change.
So even if Ketchum was hardly alone in underperforming expectations this year, there were probably actions that could have helped mitigate this particular scenario. A greater degree of decisiveness — an area where, not coincidentally, Rafferty is clearly no slouch. And, no doubt, the kind of collaborative spirit that van Bergen demands of her agencies as she attempts to craft an OPRG offering in tune with the requirements of a more integrated marketplace.
"What I’m looking for is much more growth than we’ve seen so far this year," confirms van Bergen, admitting that 2017 has been much tougher than expected. "Ketchum is a big part of that as our second largest agency. I want all the agencies to be really versatile in terms of looking at client needs. They need to react fast — speed is of the essence nowadays and we really have to make faster decisions."
Rafferty, adds van Bergen, is "incredibly collaborative" — one of the top priorities, along with talent and integrated solutions, that the OPRG CEO set out when she took on the job almost two years ago. To his credit, there has been considerable leadership restructuring under Flaherty, including an expanded global leadership council. Rafferty has been involved in many of these initiatives, of course, and will face much the same set of challenges — if not an even tougher economic situation — that Flaherty did.
It is, of course, too early to draw any conclusions about Rafferty’s prospects for success. She has proven to be a formidable agency leader, bringing particular innovation to Ketchum's marshalling of its creative and digital resources in North America. And her 16-month stint as global president has no doubt given her an idea not only of the scale of Ketchum’s global challenge, but of the need to widen her own base of support across the network.
Beyond the welcome sight of a woman in the top job, one other thing in her favour is that Rafferty — like Flaherty, Ketchum and Drobis before her — is a proud creature of Ketchum. She has spent 23 years at the agency and her close working relationship with Flaherty ensures that, at the very least, cultural stability will be preserved. Yet whilst we should probably not expect any rude shocks to the system, Rafferty will be expected to accelerate the pace of change at the 94-year-old firm. Not many would bet against her.
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Dozens gathered in Beaufort on Friday night to take a stand against sexual abuse, domestic abuse and child abuse as part of the 6th annual Take Back the Night event.
"Today I am still healing and it is things like this that is going to open the door for me to hopefully accept that that is the past and I can deal with today, just today. Just let me get through today," said Marta, a local resident and survivor of child abuse.
Marta was joined by other survivors of abuse on Friday night at the event, which was held at the Waterfront Pavilion. The survivors spoke about their experiences and how they are dealing with the trauma they endured.
Jane Carson-Sandler was raped more than 40 years ago and her attacker has still not been caught. She told other survivors on Friday night to never give up.
"I would just like to tell other women that they too can can get through never they are dealing with. Do take time to grieve but it is really important to reach out and get help," said Carson-Sandler.
Help is exactly what Hopeful Horizons, the organizers of Take Back the Night, aimed to provide with this event.
"This is a crime that often thrives on silence and this is the way we want to we want to provide a platform to the community to come together and be able to give voice to these issues that are very critical," said Shauw Chin Capps, the Chief Executive Officer of Hopeful Horizons.
"One of the ways we can diminish and stop these is getting the word out, awareness," said Beaufort Police Chief Matthew Clancy.
“We say no, no more to child abuse. No more to intimate partner violence. No more to sexual violence. We say no more to blaming the victim. No more to boys will boys. No more to a culture that objectifies women and girls,” said James Morrall, the Director of Prevention and Outreach at Hopeful Horizons.
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Why It Isn't Possible For Black Americans To Appropriate African Culture
My dashiki shouldn't offend you.
By Julia Craven
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Members of the Restoration Dance Company perform a traditional African dance during a Kwanzaa festival at the Museum of Natural History December 28, 2002 in New York City. Kwanzaa, started in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, is an African-American cultural holiday celebrating family and community.
Columbus Fortune was the name given to my great-great grandmother’s grandfather. I only know this because my Nana is a stickler for attempting to compose family trees. I say "attempting" because, with the exception of what has been told to us, it is difficult to recount an undocumented lineage.
My grandfather was an enslaved African. He was 18 when slavery was abolished in the United States and I don’t know if he knew his mother, his father, his brothers, his sisters or his grandparents. I do not know if he knew what tribe he hailed from.
For black Americans, tracing our lineages back to their African origins is almost impossible (unless we use DNA testing). African enslavement left us devoid of a way to define ourselves. It severed familial ties and deprived us of any viable opportunity to reclaim them. When we go looking for our ancestors and their culture, we’re chasing shadows.
This is why it hurts when native Africans criticize black American attempts to regain a lost portion of ourselves. Writer Zipporah Gene, who identifies as both British and Nigerian, wrote a post earlier this month claiming that black Americans can appropriate African culture -- since we are American -- by wearing tribal garb to be "trendy." Backlash to her piece led her to write an equally obtuse follow-up declaring that, based on her own experiences, it is unnecessary for black people to showcase their Africanness:
Growing up, whether through a mix of complacency, security, and childhood obliviousness, I have never felt the compulsion to wear my culture on my sleeve. My mother would buy me traditional dresses, which would be reserved for special occasions. We would cook traditional food at home, and she would always tell me traditional stories and teach me how to read and write in her language. It was never something that needed an outside perspective, or acknowledgement.
It is understandable why an African woman might look at a picture of Afropunk's New York festival attendees, recoil and believe her culture is being used as a costume (though The Root pointed out that, because of New York's diversity, whether or not the people in the photo are African-American or African immigrants cannot be determined). But cultural appropriation requires a degree of economic and political privilege black Americans simply do not have. We cannot oppress Africans, shame their cultures, claim it for ourselves and then decide it’s trendy. Even if we could, that's certainly not what's happening here, by any stretch of the imagination.
Another element of appropriation is acknowledgement. When white people appropriate elements of black culture, the origins of the style are erased (see the baby hairs and durags of New York Fashion Week; how Taylor Swift got credit for #SquadGoals; and a slew of other times mainstream magazines declared black culture a "trend" once white people caught on). When black Americans wear African garbs, our appreciation is clear: the Motherland is always acknowledged as the source.
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Parade participants march with a tribal themed group wearing colorful face paint. The 46th Annual African-American Day Parade was held in Harlem; the spectators, politicians and prominent members of Harlem's black community celebrated the historically-rich NYC community of those from different African heritages.
Nothing beneficial comes from this conversation if people ignore how African enslavement, colonialism and white supremacy have shaped the lives and identities of black people in the Western hemisphere. This history of erasure and oppression is why black Americans seek cultural knowledge of various places on the African continent since we do not know where, exactly, to begin. We don’t know if our ancestors hailed from Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone or Angola -- all prominent countries within the TransAtlantic Slave Trade -- since enslaved Africans were not documented during the Middle Passage or during their enslavement in the Americas.
Our tribal markings were washed from our skin; our dialects were stripped off our tongues; and our mannerisms were beaten out of us. We had no choice in the matter -- which is what Gene writes about the British accent and mannerisms that cause Africans native to the continent to question her Africanness. But by not extending this understanding to the black diaspora, she becomes part of the problem.
Tyree A. Boyd-Pates recently made this point in a blog post for The Huffington Post:
Attempting to define someone else's Africanness by where they fall on the globe is a direct byproduct of the colonialism that removed Black people from Africa in the first place. It is deeply misguided and disrespectful to disqualify non-native Africans from partaking in African customs and practices solely because of their dislocation from the continent. Such narrow and exclusionary definitions -- cultural and otherwise -- reinforce the colonial separation people across the Diaspora are still grappling with today.
Our only option is to try reconnecting with nations whose histories and cultures empower those with black skin. Black Americans are routinely told that we are inferior beings whose lives do not matter. Every day we witness and live through the violence inflicted upon black bodies by domestic terrorists with anti-black agendas, modern-day police forces that grew out of slave patrols, housing discrimination and rampant economic inequality. Even our names are those of the people who stole us from our homeland, beat us, raped us, bred us like cattle and, today, systemically bar us from upward mobility.
Gene’s concerns around a lack of true and nuanced understanding of the diversity of African cultures are understandable and valid. It is evident that, in a global sense, black Americans do benefit from American privilege. Some of us do lump all Africans into a singular category and have no desire to truly reconnect to the continent. But just as Africans are not monolithic, neither are black Americans. If we get it wrong, it would be more beneficial if Africans turned the faux pas into a teachable moment. Because of white supremacy and heavily Eurocentric curriculums in schools, in-depth knowledge of African cultures is not accessible to most black-Americans until college -- which is an economic privilege not afforded to everyone.
In Gene’s latest piece, she writes that “DNA is given, but culture is a learned exchange.” She’s absolutely right, which makes it even more disheartening that she doesn't extend this understanding to black Americans. Gene is Nigerian and maybe my grandfather was, too. Again, I don’t know if he was or not -- and I likely never will. The bottom line is that regardless of his origin, he bore the same ugly burden as me and everyone who looks like us.
Black Americans and Africans share a common origin, and our black skin causes us to have similar experiences of racial terror. We all endure anti-blackness and we all deal with the mental stress of it. The fact that most black Americans do not know our tribes doesn’t make us any less African, just as knowing one’s tribe does not make you immune of the burdens attached to black skin. As Kwame Nkrumah, the first prime minster of Ghana, said "I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me."
We have too much in common for anyone to draw such a harsh line in the sand between us. I hope Gene and our native African brothers and sisters who feel the way she does realize that sooner rather than later.
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Accompanying technology development in the Human Brain Project: From foresight to ethics management. (2018). Aicardi A. Fothergil T.B. Rainey S. Stahl B.C. Harris E.. Futures. " Read the article...
Drug addiction: from Neuroscience to Ethics. (2018) Farisco M. Evers K. Changeux J.P. Read the article.
Neuroethics Questions to Guide Ethical Research in the International Brain Initiatives (2018) Global Neuroethics Summit Delegates, Rommelfanger K, Jeong Sung-Jin Ema A Fukushi T. Kasai K, Ramos K. Salles A, Singh I. Read the article
“Brief nr. 7: Dealing with dual use of HBP research - The citizens’ perspective“ (24.08.2018). Read the article...
“Citizens' View on Neuroscience and Dual Use - Online Consultation”, Nicklas Bang Bådum and Marie Louise Jørgensen. Read the article...
“European Citizens’ View on Neuroscience and Dual Use - Synthesis Report of Citizen Workshops”, Nicklas Bang Bådum and Marie Louise Jørgensen. Read the article...
Neuroethics and Philosophy in Responsible Research and Innovation: the Case of the HBP. Salles A, Evers K. Farisco M (/2018) Read the article...
Beyond the legal requirements of data driven research. Newsletter on the outcome of a seminar at which HBP researchers joined with leading neurologists, personal data managers, bioethicists, legal advisers and patient representatives to discuss the ethical and legal challenges to setting up and participating in data driven research. Read the newsletter...
Proactive Engagement with Ethics and Privacy in AI and Big Data - Implementing responsible research and innovation in AI-related projects. Stahl, B.C. and Wright, D. (2018) IEEE Security and Privacy. Read more...
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CES 2017: New HTC Vive VR Headset To Launch At CES
Posted: Nov 9 2016, 4:50am CST | by M. Affan , in CES
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HTC Vive to launch an all-new VR headset at CES 2017
The new head set will be an enhanced version of the VR venture between HTC and Valve
Earlier in 2016 HTC and Valve strengthened their partnership when they launched the HTC Vive VR headset. Since its launch the headset has been making quite some positive noise in the marketplace. So taking the headset’s popularity into account HTC Vive has decided to launch an all-new VR headset.
The enhanced version of the headset will probably be launched at the upcoming CES 2017 event. Although there are no confirmed reports on this development the hinting is more than enough to speculate.
Rikard Steiber is the Senior Vice President of Virtual Reality at HTC. According to Steiber, the company is in the works for an upgrade on the Vive headset.
The upgrades come as more people are embracing and opening up to the tech. Stieber also stated the innovation involved in making the headset will have an annual cycle pattern.
The majority of the upgrades in the headset are being made to the modification of the arcade-style peripherals which show visuals like steering wheels and weapons.
Even the lighthouse tracking system in Valve will be upgraded which will reduce the component count for the SteamVR headset from 41 to 9, according to Gearnuke.
This will also in turn lower the price and the complexity of the VR headset. More than 2560 component placements will be removed from the headset as part of the modifications.
A second generation tracking system and motion controllers will be applied to the Vive headset. Mainly the form and the ease of installation are expected to be upgraded in the Vive headset. It will most probably result in a new design with lower mass so it is easier to put on.
The CES (Consumer Electronics Show) will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, with all the events taking place between 3rd till 8th of January, 2017.
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Watch PMQs live: David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn to debate before Autumn Statement
By Ian Silvera
David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn will not be the main event in Westminster when they clash at prime minister's questions (PMQs) on 25 November. That is because George Osborne's joint Autumn Statement and Spending Review announcement will come immediately after their bout in the House of Commons.
The Chancellor is expected to give the NHS an extra £3.8bn ($5.7bn) in 2016/17 and will promise almost £7bn of taxpayers' money to drive housebuilding in England. Osborne plans to balance the books by slashing welfare spending by £12bn and by making £20bn worth of cuts to government departments.
Corbyn has previously attacked Osborne and Cameron over their plans to curb tax credits and the Conservatives were left embarrassed and defeated when the House of Lords rejected their reforms. The Chancellor has said he will outline his revised tax credits plan in his Autumn Statement so it is likely the Labour leader will raise the issue once again during PMQs.
Meanwhile, Cameron will no doubt stress the importance of having a strong economy. He gained a shock victory at the general election by continually hammering the point that you cannot have a strong NHS and public services without it. Maybe the Tories' "long-term economic plan" slogan will make an appearance at PMQs.
Elsewhere, the two leaders will likely discuss the Middle East after Turkey downed a Russian fighter jet on the Syrian border on 24 November. The act could have severe consequences since Turkey is a member of Nato. With the West sliding more towards Vladimir Putin's position on the Syrian civil war in the wake of the Paris terror attacks, the incident also raises further questions about a British intervention against the Islamic State (Isis).
You can watch PMQs on BBC Parliament, BBC2's Daily Politics, Parliament TV and Sky News from 12pm GMT. Also make sure to follow @IBTUKPolitics for live reaction and commentary on the debate.
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Autumn Statement 2015: NHS England set for £3.8bn boost to counter financial crisis
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Types of Workers Insurance payments
If you've been injured at work, there are various ways you can receive compensation depending on your circumstances.
Not being able to work after an injury can be stressful and leave you worrying about money, bills and taking care of your family. Workers compensation is designed to support you and reduce some of the financial stress following an injury at work.
Depending on your circumstances and the nature of your injury, you may be able to claim compensation.
Some of the different types of payments you may be eligible for are:
Weekly payments to cover loss of earnings
Medical, hospital and rehabilitation payments
Return to Work assistance payments
Lump sum payments for permanent impairment
Funeral expenses and support payments
Commutations
Work injury damages.
Who is eligible to receive payments
Most payments can only be made once your claim has been accepted by the insurer, except for provisional payments.
Provisional payments enable the insurer to start paying weekly and medical expenses to you while they fully assess your claim. Provisional payments can include weekly payments for up to 12 weeks, and payment of medical expenses up to $10,000.
If your work related injury has resulted in a loss of earnings, the insurer must commence provisional weekly payments within seven days from the day of notification, unless the insurer has a reasonable excuse not to commence the payments.
If provisional weekly payments do not start due to a reasonable excuse, the insurer must notify you in writing of the reason/s within seven days from the day of notification. The insurer will provide you with advice on how to make a claim and will be determined within 21 days of being received by the insurer.
Eligibility for Workers Insurance
Provisional payments
Provisional payments involve the insurer paying you weekly payments within seven days of notification so as to minimise the disruption to your life while they fully assess your claim.
If the insurer does not accept your claim, you will not be required to pay back the provisional payments.
Weekly payments provide you with some income during your recovery. There are certain types, depending on your circumstances and the nature of your injury.
Changes to your weekly payments
icare is committed to providing support and transition services for all those who may be impacted by limits to weekly income replacement support relating to a workplace injury under Section 39 of the NSW Workers Compensation legislation.
Our Workers Assistance Program, operating since April 2016, ensures people affected will be afforded every opportunity for personalised transition support.
Find out more about the Workers Assistance Program
Workers Compensation income replacement benefits
icare is committed to providing support and transition services for all those who may be impacted by limits to weekly income replacement support relating to a workplace injury under Section 39 of the NSW Workers Compensation legislation. The limits commenced on 1 January 2013 and cap income support at 260 weeks (five years).
Medical support will continue for an additional two to five years based on each individual’s circumstances.
About the Workers Assistance Program
In 2012 there were legislative changes to the NSW workers compensation legislation.
icare’s role is to implement these changes for the Nominal Insurer (NI) and Treasury Managed Fund (TMF) schemes. In discharging its responsibilities, icare has undertaken to offer a tailored assistance program to support people transitioning from income replacement benefits for their workplace injury.
As an injured worker, you may have questions or concerns, or have been contacted by your insurer, and would like to know what support is available for you.
We are providing assistance through trusted transition support specialists who are tasked with providing care, understanding and respect to workers as they transition. (Note: we do not provide legal advice).
Community transition support services available
We understand how transitioning from income support may be a big change, and some people may require more tailored community support services and assistance.
The program includes services that are tailored to the needs of the individual. Details of the Advisory & Assistance Service (AAS) and Community Support Service (CSS) are below.
The Community Support Services (CSS)
The Community Support Services (CSS) is a community transition program to help workers link in with the community, and other social services available to them when they exit the scheme. The program delivers tailored support services, through partnerships with experienced social services providers Uniting, St Vincent de Paul Society NSW and Interact.
Under the program, impacted claimants will be referred to a dedicated resource who develops a tailored plan to link them to the services most relevant to their needs.
Support services provided under CSS include:
Phone-based or face-to-face sessions where professional case managers help facilitate access to community-based support services, such as government housing solutions, healthcare services, financial counselling and childcare.
Assistance with engagement with other financial support institutions to minimise disruption and ensure they transition smoothly into other forms of support where necessary.
Workers can self-refer or be referred by their case manager to access this service by phoning: 13 47 15, (8:30am to 5pm, Monday to Friday).
Need to speak to a union representative?
Relevant union representatives:
Unions NSW
CFMEU NSW – Construction & General
NSW Teachers Federation
NSW Nurses & Midwives Association
Public Service Association (PSA)
To find out more on these changes, what they mean for injured workers, and the State Insurance Regulatory Authority’s (SIRA) additional support options available to impacted workers, visit SIRA's website.
Workers are also within their rights to seek legal representation or have their case reviewed by contacting:
WIRO (Workers Compensation Independent Review Office)
WCC (Workers Compensation Commission)
SIRA (State Insurance Regulatory Authority)
You may be eligible to claim the costs of medical treatment and services relating to your injury, including:
medical and related treatment
hospital treatment
workplace rehabilitation services
travel expenses.
SIRA medical, hospital and rehabilitation expenses
These payments help eligible workers with some of the costs that can be associated with returning to work. There are programs, such as:
New employment assistance - may be claimed by a worker in cases where they are unable to return to work with their pre-injury employer, due to their injury
Education or training assistance - is designed to support workers in cases where additional skills are required to improve their readiness for work with the same employer, or a new employer.
Some payments may include:
transport (eg public transport or motor vehicle registration)
education or training (eg industry licences or certificates)
equipment (eg tools of trade), or
any similar service or assistance.
SIRA return to work programs
If you’re a worker, you might be eligible for compensation for the cost of damage done to artificial aids and clothing in a work-related incident.
SIRA property damage claims
If you have a permanent impairment as a result of a workplace injury or illness, you may be entitled to receive a lump sum payment as compensation.
This is in addition to weekly payments and medical and related expenses that may generally be available through the workers compensation system.
Payments for fully or partly dependent relatives can include funeral expenses, lump sum death benefits and weekly payments for each dependent child.
Death and funeral payments
A commutation is an agreement to commute a liability for workers compensation to a lump sum amount that is made between you (the worker), your employer and the insurer.
If your commutation agreement is registered with the Workers Compensation Commission (WCC), you will no longer be entitled to future weekly payments, or to claim medical, hospital, rehabilitation expenses for any injury referred to in the agreement.
If you have a work injury which resulted from your employer’s negligence and you have a permanent impairment of greater than 15 per cent, you may be able sue for modified common law damages These are known as ‘work injury damages’ claims.
A work injury damages settlement cancels all further entitlements to workers compensation benefits (including weekly payments, and medical, hospital and rehabilitation expenses, related to that injury).
The amount of weekly payments that have already been paid to the worker must be repaid out of the settlement amount.
Are you an employer in NSW?
Get a quote for workers insurance and secure your workers future.
Injured on the job?
Information 18 Oct
Understanding the online claims process
Key changes regarding the workers insurance claims process.
Cover for volunteers under workers compensation
If you’re a volunteer with a state government agency that we cover, you may be entitled to the same workers compensation as a paid worker
Weekly payments for Workers Insurance
You may receive weekly payments in the form of provisional payments while your claim is being assessed.
Information 04 Sep
Under circumstances, you can get workers insurance payments in a 'commutation' - one lump sum to cover your agreed medical, hospital and rehab payments.
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