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Radiological Case: Orbital pseudotumor with cavernous sinus and sellar extension
By Chhavi Kaushik, MD; Raghu Ramakrishnaiah, MD; Nitin Relia, MD; and Edgardo J Angtuaco, MD
A 44-year-old female patient presented to the ophthalmology outpatient service with decreased vision in the right eye for a period of 3 weeks associated with swelling in the region of the right eyelid and forehead. The patient had recurrent sinusitis, for which she was receiving antibiotic therapy. She also gave a history of recurrent headaches. On examination, there was right-sided proptosis, periorbital fullness and numbness in the right aspect of the forehead. The extra-ocular movements were restricted on the right side with right gaze being worse affected. Fundoscopy revealed disc edema. The neurological evaluation was unremarkable. Apart from screening blood tests, the patient underwent CT and MRI evaluation of the bilateral orbits.
IMAGING FINDINGS
The CT showed a well-delineated, enhancing, postseptal mass measuring approximately 2.9 cm x 1.2 cm in the right orbit along the right lateral rectus and superior rectus muscles. The mass was extending into the right cavernous sinus through the superior orbital fissure and into the sella, displacing the pituitary gland. There was medial displacement of the optic nerve (Figure 1). On MRI, the mass showed intense enhancement and involved the right lateral rectus, superior rectus and the right lacrimal gland. A soft-tissue enhancing mass extended into the optic canal, causing compression and medial displacement of the right optic nerve (Figure 2A). There was involvement of the right cavernous sinus with extension into the right aspect of the sella, causing contralateral displacement of the pituitary gland and the infundibulum. There was smooth enhancement of dura along the sphenoid wing, right tentorial incisura and clivus (Figure 2B).
Biopsy was performed via a lateral orbitotomy approach. The histological features were consistent with idiopathic sclerosing orbital inflammation with foci of vasculitis and chronic inflammation and fibrosis of adipose tissue and skeletal muscle. All the laboratory culture reports were negative. ESR, CRP, and autoimmune screening were normal. Inflammatory workup, including ACE, Lysozyme, ANA, C-ANCA and RF, were all negative. The chest X-ray was also normal. The patient was started on 60 mg prednisone per day. The patient showed drastic improvement in vision, extraocular movements and proptosis on follow-up visits. On correlating imaging features, histopathological findings, laboratory workup and response to steroid therapy, the diagnosis was finalized.
Orbital pseudotumor with cavernous sinus and sellar extension.
Differential diagnostic considerations included neoplastic processes such as orbital lymphoma with intracranial extension or sphenoid wing meningioma with intraorbital extension.
Idiopathic orbital inflammation is a nongranulomatous inflammatory process in the orbit without any underlying local or systemic causes.1,2 This was first described as pseudotumor in by Birch-Hirschfield (1905).3 The diagnosis is based on history, laboratory tests, clinical course, response to steroid therapy and histopathological analysis. The diagnostic work up aims at exclusion of other systemic and inflammatory processes that can involve the orbit such as Graves’ disease, lymphoma, sarcoidosis, Wegener’s granulomatosis, infection (bacterial, fungal, parasitic), vasculitis, and amyloidosis.3 In the clinical setting of persistent, progressive, or recurrent orbital disease, biopsy should be performed to rule out orbital pseudotumor.
Orbital pseudotumor may involve extraocular muscles, fat, sclera, optic nerve, or lacrimal gland. Extraorbital extension occurs in 8.9% of cases (Clifton et al., 1992).1 Several authors have described extraorbital extension of pseudotumor with involvement of paranasal sinuses, anterior and middle cranial fossa and infratemporal region. The intracranial extension has been described through the three major openings in the posterior aspect of the orbit, which include the superior orbital fissure, optic canal and the inferior orbital fissure.4 The common locations of intracranial extension have been described as the middle cranial fossa and cavernous sinus.
Similar findings were observed in our patient. Intrasellar extension with displacement of the pituitary gland as seen in our case has not been previously described.5 However, no hormonal abnormalities secondary to pituitary gland compression were noted.
The symptoms of idiopathic pseudotumors reflect the stage and extension of the inflammatory response. Acute, subacute on chronic forms of inflammatory pseudotumors have been described. The chronic sclerosing form extends over a period of months and has symptoms of fixation of orbital structures with mass effect.6 A pseudotumor in acute form is more responsive to high doses of systemically administered prednisone than a chronic lesion. There is complete resolution of the inflammation on treatment, although a recurrence may occur in the same or other orbit. In previously described cases with intracranial extension, multiple intracranial nerve palsies were observed.7 Transient ischemic attack secondary to involvement of the internal carotid arteries has also been described.4 However, in our case study, no symptoms pertaining to intracranial extension were observed.
The radiological evaluation of pseudotumor generally consists of CT and MRI evaluation. No definite characteristics of the orbital soft tissue mass suggestive of pseudotumor are identified on the CT scanning. However, extra orbital extension and bony erosions could be well evaluated by CT. Bony changes secondary to pseudotumor may be reflected as hyperostosis or bone destruction.8 MRI shows presence of hypointense lesion on both T1 and T2-weighted images secondary to predominant fibrotic component of the soft tissue tumor. Marked postcontrast enhancement has been described.9 Similar features were observed in our case.
An orbital pseudotumor can have extraorbital extension resulting in widespread clinical symptoms. In the setting of an orbital mass with intracranial extension, the possibility of pseudotumor should be considered by the reading radiologist. This would not only help the treating physician in the choice of appropriate therapy but also eliminate the need for unwarranted biopsy or surgery.
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Borruat FX, Vuilleumier P, Ducrey N, Fankhauser H, Janzer RC, Regli F. Idiopathic orbital inflammation (orbital inflammatory pseudotumour): An unusual cause of transient ischaemic attack. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1995; 58(1):88-90.
Olmos PR, Falko JM, Rea GL, Boesel CP, Chakeres DW, McGhee DB. Fibrosing pseudotumor of the sella and parasellar area producing hypopituitarism and multiple cranial nerve palsies. Neurosurgery. 1993;32(6):1015-1021.
Bencherif B, Zouaoui A, Chedid G, Kujas M, Van Effenterre R, Marsault C. Intracranial extension of an idiopathic orbital inflammatory pseudotumor. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1993;14(1):181-184.
Tay E, Gibson A, Chaudhary N, Olver J. Idiopathic orbital inflammation with extensive intra- and extracranial extension presenting as 6th nerve palsy—a case report and literature review. Orbit. 2008;27(6):458-461.
Clifton AG, Borgstein RL, Moseley IF, Kendall BE, Shaw PJ. Intracranial extension of orbital pseudotumour. Clin Radiol. 1992;45(1):23-26.
Dorfman RE, Spickler EM. Current status of magnetic resonance imaging of the orbit. Top Magn Reson Imaging. 1990;2(4):17-26.
Radiological Case: Orbital pseudotumor with cavernous sinus and sellar extension. Appl Radiol.
By Chhavi Kaushik, MD; Raghu Ramakrishnaiah, MD; Nitin Relia, MD; and Edgardo J Angtuaco, MD| February 12, 2015
Categories: Clinical Departments|Imaging Modalities
Chhavi Kaushik, MD; Raghu Ramakrishnaiah, MD; Nitin Relia, MD; and Edgardo J Angtuaco, MD
Prepared by Dr. Kaushik while an Assistant Professor of Emergency Radiology and Breast Imaging at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA; Dr. Ramakrishnaiah while an Assistant Professor of Neuroradiology and Pediatric Radiology, and Dr. Angtuaco while a Professor of Neuroradiology, at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; and Dr. Relia while a Fellow in nephrology and hypertension at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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In the wake of high-profile data breaches at Yahoo, Equifax and Facebook and as more and more consumer products are internet-connected, protecting privacy is of paramount concern. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) had its own privacy watershed moment more than a decade ago, following the theft of an employee’s laptop containing the personal information of over 26 million Veterans. The incident transformed the way VA handles information. VA Privacy Service is now charged with the vital responsibility of safeguarding Veterans’ and employees’ personally identifiable information across a department that employs more than 300,000 people and serves more than 9 million Veterans.
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VA Privacy Service must provide advice, communications, education, recommendations and training on privacy-related matters to core staff, 400 privacy officers, Veterans and their families, and stakeholders such as industry partners and Veterans service organizations. The desired result is for VA Privacy Service to become one of the most authoritative sources of privacy information and privacy best practices at VA, elsewhere in government and in the private sector.
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Research-based communications. Aptive engaged in research to develop outreach and communications plans to define core audiences and the best ways to reach them. Central to this effort was modernizing branding for the service’s two signature campaigns — Privacy Builds Trust and Privacy Matters — aimed at internal and external audiences. We use these logos and associated messaging in all communications and marketing materials including blogs, briefings, e-cards, fact sheets, fliers, monthly newsletters, posters, privacy packets and social media posts. These 508-compliant materials deliver tools and bring greater visibility to VA Privacy Service among staff, VA employees, and Veterans and their families.
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Abstract (Turkish)
Juvenile Lupus Erythematosus: Fourteen Years of Experience
Funda BAŞTUĞ, Hakan POYRAZOĞLU, Zübeyde GÜNDÜZ, Sebahat TÜLPAR, Ruhan DÜŞÜNSEL
Department of Pediatrics Nephrology and Rheumatology, Medical Faculty of Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
Keywords: Juvenile; lupus nephritis; outcome; systemic lupus erythematosus; treatment
Objectives: This study aims to describe the main clinical and laboratory features as well as the morbidity and mortality of juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (JSLE) in Turkish children.
Patients and methods: Thirty children (27 girls, 3 boys; mean age at diagnosis 12.3 years; range 3 to 16 years) with JSLE were evaluated retrospectively. All patients met the 1982 American College of Rheumatology revised criteria for the diagnosis of SLE and had shown clinical manifestations of the disease before the age of 16.
Results: The mean period of follow-up was 2.9 years (range 2 months-10 years) and the mean duration of symptoms before diagnosis was 3.3 months (range 2 days-2 years). The frequencies of the clinical and laboratory features of the patients were as follows: erythematous malar rash was seen in 17 (56%), discoid rash in one, photosensitivity in 16 (53.3%), oral ulcers in eight (26.7%), musculoskeletal involvement in 26 (87%), serositis in 13 (43%), hematological abnormalities in 21 (70%), renal involvement in 17 (56%), antinuclearantibody positivity in 27 (93%), pulmonary involvement in eight (27%), cardiovascular disease in seven (23%), and central nervous system involvement in seven patients (23%). During the follow-up four patients (13%) died, three of renal failure and one from sepsis. During the study two patients were in remission without treatment and 22 patients were in remission with treatment. Two patients were lost to follow-up.
Conclusion: Juvenile systemic lupus erythemathosus is a serious multisystem organ disease. Although JSLE has a high remission rate with early diagnosis and treatment, it still has a significant mortality rate.
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease with a wide spectrum of clinical and immunological abnormalities.[1] Although SLE is most commonly found in women of childbearing age, lupus is not confined to adulthood, and nearly 10-15% of cases present in children younger than 16 years.[2,3] Juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (JSLE) is rarely seen in children under five years of age, and the peak incidence of childhood SLE occurs around puberty.[4] The clinical manifestations of the disease, which are remarkably diverse, include fever, erythematous rash, polyarthralgia and arthritis, polyserositis, anemia, and thrombocytopenia along with renal, neurological and cardiac abnormalities, such as pericarditis, myocarditis and endocarditis.[5] Rates of organ involvement are higher in children compared with adult lupus patients. This observation may be expected as pediatric patients tend to have more severe symptoms at onset.[6,7] Many investigators have described the features of JSLE among different geographical groups.[8-14]
This is the first retrospective study which takes into account all clinical, laboratory, and pathological features of Turkish children with JSLE who were treated at our center over the last 14 years.
The medical records of 30 children (27 girls, 3 boys; mean age 12.3 years; range 3 to 16 years) with SLE treated between July 1995 and May 2009 at the Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Erciyes University Medical Faculty, Kayseri, Turkey, were retrospectively analyzed. All patients fulfilled the American College of Rheumatology 1982 revised criteria for the diagnosis of SLE[15] and had shown clinical manifestations of the disease before the age of 16.
Data on clinical manifestations and laboratory findings, gender, date of birth, and age at diagnosis were obtained by reviewing medical records. Detailed information of clinical disease expression was reviewed, including involvement of skin, musculoskeletal, renal, pulmonary, cardiovascular, central nervous system, and hematologic abnormalities. Renal biopsies were done in all patients with clinical evidence of lupus nephritis (LN). The evidence of LN included hypertension, abnormal urinalysis, and/or elevated serum creatinine concentrations. Hypertension was defined as systolic and/or diastolic blood pressure above the 95th percentile for gender and age. Abnormal urinalysis was considered when there were ≥5 red blood cells or white blood cells per high-power field, urine protein ≥1 g/l, and/or casts. Nephrotic proteinuria was defined as protein >1 g/m2 in a 24-hour urine collection.[20] Serum creatinine >1 mg/dl was considered abnormal.[14]
A biopsy was usually performed within one to two months of clinical diagnosis. Specimens were processed for light and fluorescent microscopy. Renal lesions were classified according to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification criteria for LN.[16]
Laboratory investigations included a complete blood count (CBC), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C-reactive protein (CRP), kidney function tests (serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen), Coombs' test, antinuclear antibodies (ANA), anti-double-stranded DNA (anti-dsDNA), anti-Smith antibody (anti- Sm), anti-phospholipid antibodies, and complement fractions (C3 and C4).
The duration of follow-up was calculated from the time of SLE diagnosis until the patient's last clinic visit. The outcome was classified as follows: (i) remission, (ii) active disease, (iii) death, and (iv) lost to follow-up. Remission was defined as patients having normal urine analysis, blood pressure, and serum creatinine with no evidence of active extrarenal manifestations. Active disease was diagnosed in the presence of active urine sediment, proteinuria, and/or hypertension or active extrarenal manifestations.[14] The patients with partial remission were categorized in the active disease group. Patients who did not show up in the clinic while they still had active disease and those for whom we had no further information about the course of their disease were labeled as lost to follow-up.
All the analyses were performed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS Inc., Chicago, Illinois, USA) for Windows 17.0. The data used was proven to be normally distributed by passing the Shapiro-Wilk normality test. The parameters with normal distribution were expressed as mean ± standard deviation (±SD), and the parameters with abnormal distribution were expressed as median (minimum-maximum). A descriptive analysis was performed to analyze the frequency of the clinical manifestations, immunological findings, and requirement of pharmacologic treatment during the course of disease by percentage. Spearman correlation analysis was performed to determine the relationship between C-reactive protein (CRP) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR).
The mean age at disease onset, defined as the time of appearance of the first symptoms attributed to JSLE, was 11.9±3.4 years (range 2.9-16 years). A few patients had a delay in diagnosis that amounted to one and a half years, but the majority of our study group was diagnosed within a few months of presentation. The mean duration of symptoms before diagnosis was 3.3±1 months (range 2 days-2 years). The average age at diagnosis was 12.3±3.2 years (range 3-16 years). The disease was diagnosed before the age of 10 years in 20% of the patients and before the age of five years in one. The mean period of follow-up was 2.9 years (range 2 months-10 years). The clinical characteristics of children with systemic lupus erythematosus at presentation are listed in Table 1.
Table 1. Clinicopathologic features of systemic lupus erythematosus in Turkish children
Musculoskeletal manifestations were the most common clinical features and were seen in 87% of our patients followed by constitutional symptoms (80%). The least frequently involved organs were the pulmonary (27%), cardiac (26%), and central nervous system (CNS) (23%). Among the CNS-involved patients, two had seizures, one had psychosis, three had depression, and one had seizures and depression.
Serositis was common (43%) while pleural effusion was the most common pulmonary manifestation (27%). It was associated with nephrotic syndrome in five cases. Pulmonary hypertension developed in one patient, and seven patients (23%) exhibited cardiac involvement at some stage of their illness. Libman-Sacks endocarditis was not observed in any patients.
All the patients except two had a raised ESR at presentation with a mean value of 76±35.6 in one hour. The CRP levels of 28 patients tested were low or moderately elevated. The mean value of CRP was 5.5±2.1 mg/L. There was no correlation between the levels of CRP and ESR. The serological findings of patients with JSLE are shown in Table 2.
Table 2. Serological findings of children with systemic lupus erythematosus
Renal disease was determined in 56% of the children in the study. Lupus nephritis was clinically evident at the time of JSLE diagnosis in 14 patients, and LN occurred in another four patients within one year of the diagnosis. Renal status and histopathological findings of renal biopsies are shown in Table 3. Proteinuria was the most common urinary abnormality observed in LN patients (76%), and it was in the nephrotic range of 58%. Hematuria was evident in 70% of patients with LN, and in most of them, it was microscopic. Sixteen patients with JSLE (53%) had hypertension and 11 patients (64%) with LN had hypertension while only five patients (29%) had elevated serum creatinine. Sixteen out of 17 patients (78%) with lupus nephritis who were tested had low fourth component of complement (C4) levels, and two out of 11 (18%) patients that tested negative for nephritis also had a low level of serum C4.
Table 3. Renal status and histopathologic findings on renal biopsy
Table 4 summarizes the main SLE treatments prescribed during follow-up. All our patients were treated with anti-inflammatory medications, and 17 patients received nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Of the 30 patients, 27 received prednisolone, or the equivalent, in initial doses of 2 mg/kg/day (maximum 60 mg/day). These were then reduced gradually to a dosage adequate to control the disease clinically. Sixteen patients used pulse methylprednisolone (pulse MP): 13 for renal disease and three for central nervous system involvement and severe systemic disease. Hydroxychloroquine in doses of 6 mg/kg/day was used in 18 patients. Fourteen patients received immunosuppressive drugs with five having it in the form of azathioprine (2 mg/kg/day). Of these five patients, three received it for renal disease and two for CNS involvement. Cyclophosphamide (CYC) (2-2-5 mg/kg/day) was administered to 11 patients, and all had renal involvement with severe systemic disease. Plasmapheresis was used in only two patients, both of whom had nephritis and systemic disease.
Table 4. Treatments prescribed during the follow-up of patients with juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus
As shown in Table 5, six class II patients were treated with oral steroids, and four patients received NSAIDs with or without chloroquine. Pulse MP was used in four patients. Three needed it for the control of nephrotic syndrome and one for the presence of elevated serum creatinine. Two patients were treated with Pulse MP plus CYC. Methotrexate, cyclosporine, and plasma exchange were added to the treatment of one patient because of neurologic involvement. A class III patient had normal serum creatinine at presentation. She was treated with NSAIDs with or without chloroquine, azathioprine oral steroids, and pulse MP. Of the class IV patients, three were treated with pulse MP plus CYC while one patient was treated with oral steroids plus CYC. In the class V patients, four had elevated serum creatinine at presentation. All class V patients used pulse MP and oral steroids. Five of the class V patients used pulse MP plus CYC, and three were treated with NSAIDs with or without chloroquine. Plasma exchange, cyclosporine, and mycophenolate mofetil were used in only one patient without response.
Table 5. Treatment regimens according to renal biopsy
Aseptic necrosis of the femoral head developed in one patient, visual field defect resulting from hydroxychloroquine treatment developed in two, cataracts in five, nephrolithiasis resulting from corticosteroid therapies in one, and controllable pneumonia in four patients. Other complications are summarized in Table 6.
Table 6. Major complications associated with systemic lupus erythematosus
The mean duration of response to treatment was 30 days (13-300 days). During the follow-up, four patients died (13%), three of renal failure and one from severe sepsis. At their last visits, two patients were in remission without treatment, and 22 patients were in remission with treatment. Two patients were lost to follow-up.
This is the first report reviewing all clinical, laboratory, and pathological features of Turkish children with SLE. The mean age at diagnosis was 12.3±3.2 years. The disease was diagnosed before the age of 10 in 20% of the patients, and before the age of three in one patient who had poliarthritis, fever, pleural effusion, anemia, direct Coombs, ANA, antidsDNA, anti-RNP, anti-histone, and anti-nucleosome positivity on admission. In addition, discoid lupus and class II lupus nephritis were diagnosed during the follow-up.
The age at which our patients were diagnosed is similar to other studies involving children with SLE from western countries.[9,11,13,15] Asia, and the Middle East.[10,12,14,17,18] Previous studies found that the majority of children with SLE were over 10 years of age.[12,14,19,20] The onset of SLE is rare before the age of five.[21] Font et al.[9] reported that one out of 34 patients presented clinical manifestations of SLE at the age of five, but none of their patients presented these manifestations before this age.
The female-to-male ratio in our study was 9:1. All childhood SLE studies.[9-14,15,19] have described high female-to-male ratios (3-18:1) closer to the ratios reported in adult SLE.
A review of the literature reveals wide variations among different studies regarding the prevalence of childhood SLE manifestations. These variations may be related to differences in the genetic make-up of the patients since they come from various ethnic groups. It could also be from referral bias which occurred due to some studies being submitted from nephrology units and others from rheumatology units.
Most JSLE patients have musculoskeletal involvement, mainly arthritis, arthralgia, or tenosynovitis. Although myalgia is seen in 20-30% of patients, true myositis is seen much less frequently.[22] The frequency of musculoskeletal involvement in our study is similar to other studies of Indian,[10,18] Arabic,[12,23,24] British,[11] and American[13] children. However, some other studies have reported lower percentages of musculoskeletal involvement than we did.[9,19,14] Cutaneous disease may include a malar rash, photosensitivity skin rash, vasculitic skin lesions with nodules or ulceration, palmar/plantar erythema, Raynaud’s phenomenon, or, less frequently, discoid lupus.[22] Mucocutaneous involvement has been reported in 57-86% of patients at the time of JSLE diagnosis and in up to 85% of patients during the course of the disease.[9-14] Mucocutaneous involvement was found in almost 70% of our patients at disease onset.
The characteristic neurologic manifestations of JSLE are seizures and psychosis, but a host of additional signs and symptoms may occur. Headache and depression are the most common neuropsychiatric manifestations.[25] Neuropsychiatric SLE occurs in 20-70% of JSLE.[22] Bakr[14] reported a low frequency of neuropsychiatric abnormalities in children with SLE. However, our study, similar to reports coming from Saudi Arabia[12] and western countries,[9,19,20] pointed to a higher frequency of CNS abnormalities.
Anemia, thrombocytopenia, and leukopenia are seen in 50-75% of JSLE. The most common form of anemia is normochromic normocytic anemia which, when persistent, usually becomes microcytic and hypochromic anemia.[22] The frequency of hematologic abnormalities in our study was similar to the Egyptian,[14] Saudi Arabian,[12] American,[13] and Indian[18] studies. However, a study from Spain reported a lower percentage of hematologic abnormalities.[9]
In our study, the most common form of cardiac involvement was pericarditis with pericardial effusion. Cardiovascular manifestations were noted in 23% of our patients. Our results were similar to a study reported from the United Kingdom (UK),[11] but our figures were higher than those reported in studies in children from India and Egypt.[10,14,18] Pulmonary involvement has become increasingly recognized as a manifestation of SLE. Although our patients who experienced pulmonary disease did not suffer from complications, pulmonary lupus sometimes carries a serious prognosis.[26] This problem was more frequent in our patients compared with Saudi Arabian, Egyptian, Spanish, and Indian children,[9,12,14,18] but similar to what was seen in children in the UK.[11]
Clinically significant renal involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus is more common in children than in adults.[6,27,28] Almost 56% of our patients presented renal involvement, which was similar to 65% of Saudi Saudi Arabian[12] and 54% of Indian[18] SLE children. Lower frequencies of renal involvement in children with JSLE were reported in western countries.[9,11,13] In our study, a renal biopsy was performed in all patients with clinical evidence of LN. Overall, six out of 17 (35%) had class II, one out of 17 (5%) had class III, four out of 17 (23%) had class IV, and six out of 17 (35%) had class V LN. The clinical manifestations of our patients with LN were similar to those seen in studies of children of the western countries.[9,11,13,20] In this study, LN was evident at the time of diagnosis in all patients except four, who proceeded to develop LN within a year.
Bogdanović et al.[20] reported that renal manifestations were present in 67% of patients at the time of SLE diagnosis. In 90% of SLE patients, LN appeared within two years of the onset of the disease. An earlier Turkish study of children with LN[29] reported class IV (64%) of LN as the most frequent histopathological pattern. Bakr[14] stated that the biopsy distribution of the pathological classes of LN in Egypt was as follows: class I 4.9%, class II 22%, class III 36.7%, and class IV 36.7%. Upon examining biopsies of their patients, Agarwal et al.[18] demonstrated that class II (44%) and class IV (44%) were the most common WHO classes. Similar to previous reports[10,14] class II LN was the most common lesion in our study. However, western studies reported a higher percentage of class III and IV LN than did our study.[20,29,30] The high proportion of patients with class V LN (35%) and low proportion of class III LN (5%) in our study in contrast to the 2-5% and 15-25% in other series respectively is not explainable. In the past, renal disease was the major cause of mortality in patients with JSLE, but with earlier diagnosis and newer methods of treatment, the outlook for patients with lupus nephritis has vastly improved. Table 7 summarizes our clinical findings compared with other studies.
Table 7. Presenting clinical features in systemic lupus erythematosus (by percentage)
Our patients showed good response to the different therapeutic modalities that were used in different combinations according to disease presentation and organ involvement. Treatment options have been studied in several centers with varied success. High-dose and long-term steroids, CYC, and other immunomodulators used in the treatment of SLE carry the risk of growth retardation along with severe infectious complications and drugs side effects, such as cataracts, defect of visual field, and avascular necrosis of the femoral head. In this study, steroids in combination with intermittent intravenous pulse and CYC were used in 10 children with lupus nephritis. Plasma exchange, cyclosporine, and mycophenolate mofetil were used in only one patient without response.
In the last decade, the prognosis for pediatric SLE has improved dramatically.[30] It is known that renal disease and its treatment remain the main causes of morbidity and mortality. The prognosis in our series reflects the improved care for children with JSLE and longer life expectancy for these patients. Three patients, one was class II LN and the others were class V LN, died because of renal failure. One patient also died because of severe sepsis. Eighty seven percent of our patients are alive. Two patients were in remission without treatment, and 22 patients were in remission with treatment.
We conclude that the presentation and clinical course of SLE in our series of 30 children depends on organ involvement. Renal involvement and sepsis are the most important mortality causes in our pediatric patient group. Early diagnosis, better treatment protocols, and aggressive management of infections all have contributed to the improved outcome of this severe disease. The different rates of organ involvement in different countries may be related to differences in the genetic make-up of the patients who come from various ethnic groups. Referral bias could also provide another reason for the discrepancy as some studies were submitted from nephrology units and others from rheumatology units.
Declaration of conflicting interests
The authors declared no conflicts of interest with respect to the authorship and/or publication of this article.
The authors received no financial support for the research and/or authorship of this article.
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ADM to develop biobased acrylic acid with LG Chem
Source: Archer Daniels Midland Co.; LG Chem, Ltd.
CHICAGO — Archer Daniels Midland Co. and South Korea-based LG Chem, Ltd. on Sept. 25 announced a joint development agreement to create biobased acrylic acid, a key element needed in the manufacture of superabsorbent polymers used in diapers and other hygiene products.
“The acrylic acid project is another effort from ADM to create new sustainable materials from renewable resources and demonstrates our strong commitment to support customer demand through innovation,” said Todd Werpy, Ph.D., senior vice-president and chief technology officer at ADM. “By tackling this challenge with LG Chem, we can leverage the strengths and expertise of both companies to bring a cost-effective, sustainable solution to our customers.”
Under the terms of the agreement, ADM and LG Chem will work jointly toward economically viable commercial production of a 100% biobased acrylic acid using ingredients from ADM corn processing. Acrylic acid currently is produced almost exclusively from petrochemicals.
“As customers focus more and more on sustainable alternatives, ADM is looking to continually push the envelope and find new ways to diversify our product mix,” said Chris Cuddy, president, carbohydrate solutions for ADM. “We currently produce about 30 different products from a kernel of corn, and we’re eager to explore the possibilities provided through biobased acrylic acid.”
Trade sources said the deal could affect the supply of dextrose, one of the products produced from corn along with corn sweeteners, starches and other food and industrial products.
LG Chem plans to review the construction of a bio-superabsorbent polymer production plant in North America and to explore additional bio plastic opportunities to support production.
LG Chem is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of acrylic acid and is South Korea’s largest diversified chemicals company. ADM is one of the world’s largest agricultural processors and food ingredient providers with about 40,000 employees in 200 countries.
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The alcohol harm paradox explained
New research from a collaboration including Bangor University, Liverpool John Moores University and Alcohol Research UK explains why people in deprived communities have higher levels of alcohol-related ill health than people in non-deprived communities, despite drinking the same amounts of alcohol – the alcohol harm paradox.
The study, conducted in England and published in the open access journal BMC Public Health, found that people who are heavier drinkers and live in low-income communities are more likely to combine such drinking with other health damaging behaviors than people in more affluent communities. These combinations do not just add to the dangers from alcohol consumption but effectively multiply the risks of ill health.
The researchers found that people living in deprived areas who drank at levels consistent with increased risks to health – men: more than 21 UK units per week, women: more than 14 units per week,– were nearly 11 times more likely than people living in non-deprived areas to combine drinking with smoking, excess weight, poor diet and little exercise. In combination, these behaviors multiply the risk of alcohol-related conditions.
For those drinkers at increased risk, 66.9% of those living in non-deprived areas were found to have at least one other health risk behavior, compared with 83.2% of those living in deprived areas. Mark Bellis, one of the researchers from Bangor University, said: “About 9% of increased risk drinkers surveyed in poorer communities also smoked, were overweight and had unhealthy lifestyles. Together these combinations can create enormous stresses on people’s bodies, overwhelming their ability to limit the health harms caused by alcohol. In affluent areas less than 1% of people drinking at increased risk levels also reported all three other health risks.”Drinkers living in deprived areas were found to be more likely to drink spirits and beer than wine and to be more likely to binge drink than those in non-deprived areas.
Mark Bellis said: “Drinkers in more deprived communities were more likely to drink their weekly alcohol in fewer but heavier drinking sessions. Such behaviors can increase risks of injury and heart disease compared to people who drink the same total amount of alcohol but over more occasions.”
The researchers conducted a telephone survey in England between May 2013 and April 2014. A cohort of 6,015 randomly selected adults aged 18 years and over provided information on their age, sex and ethnicity, as well as their current and past alcohol consumption. Respondents were identified as living in non-deprived or deprived areas based on the IMD (Index of Multiple Deprivation) of the area they lived in. IMD combines indicators like income, unemployment, health education and crime to provide a single measure of deprivation for a given geographical area.
Interactions between alcohol consumption and other health risk behaviors were explored through questions about smoking, diet and exercise, current drinking patterns (bingeing and types of alcohol consumed), and drinking history.
The response rate to the survey was 23.3%. Although this is in line with typical response rates for telephone surveys, bias related to the low response rate could affect study results, as could recall errors in people’s responses to questions about their drinking history. Further research may be needed to look more closely at individual deprivation in addition to deprivation by area.
Even though no causal relationship between deprivation and either combined health challenges or current and historic binge drinking was identified in this study, the researchers suggest that harms from alcohol consumption should not be viewed in isolation. Better understanding of the implications of the alcohol harm paradox is needed to develop and target appropriate information on drinking both in developed and developing countries. The promotion of alcohol is being scaled up globally and a better understanding of how alcohol affects those living in poverty may help prevent developing even greater national and global health inequalities, according to the researchers.
James Nicholls, from Alcohol Research UK, said: “This research highlights the importance of wider social, economic and behavioural factors in understanding alcohol related harm. It suggests that health risks from alcohol are much greater when combined with smoking, poor diet and low levels of physical activity. This information is important for individual lifestyle choices, but also for tackling the broader problem of health inequalities. Better awareness of how broader health behaviours exacerbate alcohol-related health harms is invaluable, but addressing the ‘harm paradox’ also means targeting the structural issues that can make healthier choices harder for people in deprived communities.”
Email: p.j.dowdney@bangor.ac.uk
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General outline and financial impact
Chapter 1 - Tax preferred entities (asset financing)
Chapter 2 - Thin capitalisation - excluded equity interests
Chapter 3 - Thin capitalisation - application to groups containing certain authorised deposit-taking institutions
Chapter 4 - Capital gains tax marriage breakdown roll-over for small superannuation funds
Chapter 5 - Income tax treatment of the Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History and the Prime Minister's Prize for Science
Chapter 6 - Removal of the same business test cap
Chapter 7 - Partial capital gains tax roll-over for statutory licences
Chapter 8 - Australian property trusts and stapled securities
Chapter 9 - Deductible gift recipients
Chapter 10 - Film production offsets
Chapter 11 - Premium 175 per cent research and development tax concession for Australian research and development activities on behalf of a grouped foreign company
Chapter 12 - Establishment of Innovation Australia
Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 5) Bill 2007
Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 5) Act 2007
Revised Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by authority of the Treasurer, the Hon Peter Costello MP)
This memorandum takes account of amendments made by the House of Representatives and to the Bill as introduced.
Outline of chapter
9.1 Schedule 9 to this Bill amends the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (ITAA 1997) to update the list of deductible gift recipients (DGRs) to include nine new entities and to extend the time period of DGR status for one entity.
Context of amendments
9.2 The income tax law allows taxpayers who make gifts of $2 or more to DGRs to claim income tax deductions. To be a DGR, an organisation must fall within a category of organisations set out in Division 30 of the ITAA 1997, or be listed by name under that Division.
9.3 DGR status assists relevant funds and organisations to attract public support for their activities.
Summary of new law
9.4 These amendments add nine organisations to the list of specifically listed DGRs and extend the time period for which deductions are allowed for gifts to the Shrine of Remembrance Restoration and Development Trust. Gifts of $2 or more, made to these entities within each entity's eligible time period, are tax deductible.
Detailed explanation of new law
9.5 Schedule 9 lists the organisations in Table 9.1 as DGRs. [Schedule 9, items 1, 4 to 6]
Date of effect
The Bathurst War Memorial Carillon Public Fund Trust 3 August 2007 The gift must be made after 2 August 2007 and before 3 August 2009
Kidsafe ACT (Inc.) 3 August 2007
Kidsafe New South Wales (Inc.) 3 August 2007
Kidsafe QLD (Inc.) 3 August 2007
Kidsafe Vic (Inc.) 3 August 2007
Kidsafe SA Incorporated 3 August 2007
Kidsafe Western Australia (Inc) 3 August 2007
Kidsafe NT (Inc.) 3 August 2007
Kidsafe Tasmania (Inc) 3 August 2007
9.6 The Bathurst War Memorial Carillon Public Fund Trust was established to raise funds to rebuild the Bathurst War Memorial Carillon to its original plans following damage caused by lightning in 2001. The Carillon was built in 1933 as a memorial to the men of Bathurst and district who served during the First World War, and in all conflicts since. [Schedule 9, items 4 to 5]
9.7 Kidsafe is a non-government, not-for-profit charitable organisation dedicated to preventing unintended injuries and reducing resulting deaths to children associated with childhood accidents. The national body, Child Accident Prevention Foundation of Australia is listed as a DGR. As the result of a restructure of the foundation, the individual state and territory associations will now be listed to better serve the community. [Schedule 9, items 1 and 6]
Extending periods for which gifts are deductible
9.8 Schedule 9 extends the period for which deductions are allowed for gifts to the organisation listed in Table 9.2. [Schedule 9, item 2]
New special conditions
Current special conditions
Shrine of Remembrance Restoration and Development Trust The gift must be made before 1 July 2009. The gift must be made before 1 July 2007.
9.9 The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, built between 1928 and 1934, is Victoria's largest war memorial to the men and women who served Australia in armed conflicts and in peacekeeping operations throughout our nation's history. The Shrine of Remembrance Restoration and Development Trust was established to raise funds for the restoration and development of the Shrine of Remembrance. [Schedule 9, item 2]
Application and transitional provisions
9.10 The amendments to list the organisations in Table 9.1 and Table 9.2 apply from the dates of effect shown in those tables. [Schedule 9, items 1 to 6]
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Tuesdays with Liz: Disability Policy for All - U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire
I am excited to share with you this week's edition of Tuesdays with Liz: Disability Policy for All.
- Liz Weintraub, AUCD, Advocacy Specialist
In this week's edition of 'Tuesdays with Liz: Disability Policy for All,' Liz interviews U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire. Liz talks with the Senator about her agenda for this Congress.
Please note that this interview was filmed last week, on November 29th, 2017. The ‘Tax Cuts and Job Act' bill, which is referred to by Senator Hassan, was passed by the Senate on December 2nd, 2017.
'Tuesdays with Liz' is a weekly video series highlighting current issues in disability policy. It is hosted by Liz Weintraub, a long-time disability advocate, and produced by AUCD. If you have any comments, feel free to email to: Liz Weintraub [email protected] or John Tschida at [email protected]
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A Sense of the Mysterious
Science and the Human Spirit
By: Alan Lightman
Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
Categories: Science & Technology, Physics
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
A modern classic, Einstein's Dreams is a fictional collage of stories dreamed by Albert Einstein in 1905, when he worked in a patent office in Switzerland. As the defiant but sensitive young genius is creating his theory of relativity, a new conception of time, he imagines many possible worlds. In one, time is circular, and people are fated to repeat their triumphs and failures over and over. In another, there is a place where time stands still, visited by lovers and parents clinging to their children.
By KalebEvan on 09-22-16
Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine
Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine is the result of these seemingly contradictory impulses, written as an extended meditation on an island in Maine, where Lightman and his wife spend their summers. Framing the dialogue between religion and science as a contrast between absolutes and relatives, Lightman explores our human quest for truth and meaning and the different methods of religion and science in that quest. Along the way, he draws from sources ranging from St. Augustine's conception of absolute truth to Einstein's relativity.
I've been looking for this book all my life.
By ashepler on 07-24-18
In Praise of Wasting Time
Narrated by: Alan Lightman
In this timely and essential audiobook that offers a fresh take on the qualms of modern day life, Professor Alan Lightman investigates the creativity born from allowing our minds to freely roam, without attempting to accomplish anything and without any assigned tasks. With In Praise of Wasting Time, Professor Alan Lightman documents the rush and heave of the modern world, suggests the technological and cultural origins of our time-driven lives, and examines the many values of "wasting time".
Praise this book!
By Marcus Davis Jr on 11-11-18
The Accidental Universe
The World You Thought You Knew
With all the passion, curiosity, and precise yet lyrical prose that have marked his previous books, Alan Lightman here explores the emotional and philosophical questions raised by discoveries in science, focusing most intently on the human condition and the needs of humankind. He looks at the difficult dialogue between science and religion, the conflict between our human desire for permanence and the impermanence of nature, the possibility that our universe is simply an accident, the manner in which modern technology has separated us from direct experience of the world, and our resistance to the view that our bodies and minds can be explained by scientific logic and laws.
Spiritual Atheist Laments
By Michael on 02-16-15
The Living Mountain
A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland
By: Nan Shepherd, Robert Macfarlane, Jeanette Winterson
Narrated by: Tilda Swinton, Robert MacFarlane, Jeanette Winterson
In this masterpiece of nature writing, beautifully narrated by Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton, Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland. There she encounters a world that can be breathtakingly beautiful at times and shockingly harsh at others. Her intense, poetic prose explores and records the rocks, rivers, creatures and hidden aspects of this remarkable landscape.
Timeless evocation of a mountain range
By Elizabeth P. Fowler on 06-10-19
The Case Against Reality
Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes
By: Donald Hoffman
Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
Challenging leading scientific theories that claim that our senses report back objective reality, cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman argues that while we should take our perceptions seriously, we should not take them literally. How can it be possible that the world we see is not objective reality? And how can our senses be useful if they are not communicating the truth? Hoffman grapples with these questions and more over the course of this eye-opening work.
“The accompanying pdf”
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The Order of Time
By: Carlo Rovelli
Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch
In lyric, accessible prose, Carlo Rovelli invites us to consider questions about the nature of time that continue to puzzle physicists and philosophers alike. For most listeners, this is unfamiliar terrain. We all experience time, but the more scientists learn about it, the more mysterious it appears. We think of it as uniform and universal, moving steadily from past to future, measured by clocks. Rovelli tears down these assumptions one by one, revealing a strange universe where, at the most fundamental level, time disappears.
Rovelli is a Genius
By Mike on 05-11-18
Why Marx Was Right
By: Terry Eagleton
Narrated by: Roger Clark
In this combative, controversial book, Terry Eagleton takes issue with the prejudice that Marxism is dead and done with. Taking 10 of the most common objections to Marxism - that it leads to political tyranny, that it reduces everything to the economic, that it is a form of historical determinism, and so on - he demonstrates in each case what a woeful travesty of Marx's own thought these assumptions are.
A Brilliant Narrator
By Stephen on 08-11-18
Excursions to the Edge of Thought
By: Jim Holt
Narrated by: David Stifel
Does time exist? What is infinity? Why do mirrors reverse left and right but not up and down? In this scintillating collection, Holt explores the human mind, the cosmos, and the thinkers who’ve tried to encompass the latter with the former. With his trademark clarity and humor, Holt probes the mysteries of quantum mechanics, the quest for the foundations of mathematics, and the nature of logic and truth. Along the way, he offers intimate biographical sketches of celebrated and neglected thinkers, from the physicist Emmy Noether to the computing pioneer Alan Turing and the discoverer of fractals, Benoit Mandelbrot.
A good overview of scientific theory
By Tracy Rowan on 09-11-18
Something Deeply Hidden
Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
By: Sean Carroll
Narrated by: Sean Carroll
Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
Sean Carroll, theoretical physicist and one of this world’s most celebrated writers on science, rewrites the history of 20th-century physics. Already hailed as a masterpiece, Something Deeply Hidden shows for the first time that facing up to the essential puzzle of quantum mechanics utterly transforms how we think about space and time. His reconciling of quantum mechanics with Einstein’s theory of relativity changes, well, everything. Most physicists haven’t even recognized the uncomfortable truth: Physics has been in crisis since 1927.
The Best Layperson Book on Quantum Physics
By Conrad Barski on 09-11-19
Tales from the Afterlives
By: David Eagleman
Narrated by: Gillian Anderson, Emily Blunt, Nick Cave, and others
In one afterlife you may find that God is the size of a microbe and is unaware of your existence. In another, your creators are a species of dim-witted creatures who built us to figure out what they could not. In a different version of the afterlife you work as a background character in other people’s dreams. Or you may find that the afterlife contains only people whom you remember, or that the hereafter includes the thousands of previous gods who no longer attract followers.
Bridging the gap between possible and real
By Jacqueline on 07-29-12
Quantum Space
Loop Quantum Gravity and the Search for the Structure of Space, Time, and the Universe
By: Jim Baggott
Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
Today we are blessed with two extraordinarily successful theories of physics. The first is Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, which describes the large-scale behavior of matter in a curved spacetime. The second is quantum mechanics. This theory describes the properties and behavior of matter and radiation at their smallest scales.
Interesting but not Convincing
Einstein's Unfinished Revolution
The Search for What Lies Beyond the Quantum
By: Lee Smolin
Narrated by: Katharine Lee McEwan
A daring new vision of quantum theory from one of the leading minds of contemporary physics. In Einstein's Unfinished Revolution, theoretical physicist Lee Smolin provocatively argues that the problems that have bedeviled quantum physics since its inception are unsolved and unsolvable, for the simple reason that the theory is incomplete.
A Brave Defense of Local Realism
By Richard E Seeger on 08-26-19
Beyond Biocentrism
Rethinking Time, Space, Consciousness, and the Illusion of Death
By: Robert Lanza, Bob Berman
Narrated by: Peter Ganim
In Beyond Biocentrism, acclaimed biologist Robert Lanza and astronomer Bob Berman take the listener on an intellectual thrill ride as they reexamine everything we thought we knew about life, death, the universe, and the nature of reality itself. The first step is acknowledging that our existing model of reality is looking increasingly creaky in the face of recent scientific discoveries.
By Mike Johnson on 12-18-17
The End of Ice
Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption
By: Dahr Jamail
Narrated by: Tom Parks
After nearly a decade overseas as a war reporter, the acclaimed journalist Dahr Jamail returned to America to renew his passion for mountaineering, only to find that the slopes he had once climbed have been irrevocably changed by climate disruption. In response, Jamail embarks on a journey to the geographical front lines of this crisis - from Alaska to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, via the Amazon rainforest - in order to discover the consequences to nature and to humans of the loss of ice.
Dealing with the Ultimate Climate Change Question
By red_dog on 02-03-19
By: Christopher Hitchens
Narrated by: Simon Prebble
Throughout the course of his ordeal battling esophageal cancer, Christopher Hitchens adamantly and bravely refused the solace of religion, preferring to confront death with both eyes open. In this riveting account of his affliction, Hitchens poignantly describes the torments of illness, discusses its taboos, and explores how disease transforms experience and changes our relationship to the world around us. By turns personal and philosophical, Hitchens embraces the full panoply of human emotions as cancer invades his body and compels him to grapple with the enigma of death.
Death IS the DARK backing
By Darwin8u on 09-05-12
The Fabric of Reality
The Science of Parallel Universes - and Its Implications
By: David Deutsch
Narrated by: Walter Dixon
Author of the New York Times best seller The Beginning of Infinity, David Deutsch, explores the four most fundamental strands of human knowledge: quantum physics, and the theories of knowledge, computation, and evolution - and their unexpected connections. Taken together, these four strands reveal a deeply integrated, rational, and optimistic worldview. It describes a unified fabric of reality that is objective and comprehensible, in which human action and thought are central.
Such a disappointment
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By: Albert Camus
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
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Brilliant work, excellently narrated
By Richard B. on 04-30-19
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In these brilliant essays, Lightman explores the emotional life of science, the power of imagination, the creative moment, and the alternate ways in which scientists and humanists think about the world. Along the way, he provides in-depth portraits of some of the great geniuses of our time, including Albert Einstein, Richard Feynman, Edward Teller, and astronomer Vera Rubin. Thoughtful, beautifully written, and wonderfully original, A Sense of the Mysterious confirms Alan Lightman's unique position at the crossroads of science and art.
©2018 Alan Lightman (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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Life Just Got Real
By: Sadie Robertson
Narrated by: Rebekkah Ross
Categories: Teens, Fiction & Literature
Live Original
How the Duck Commander Teen Keeps It Real and Stays True to Her Values
Narrated by: Alex Robertson Mancuso
Sadie Robertson represents everything that a well-adjusted teenager should be, even while growing up in the spotlight on Duck Dynasty. She exhibits poise, respect for her family and friends, and a faith that influences her choices. Everyone wants to know how a family as eclectic as the Robertsons are raising such confident, fun, family-loving kids. With this audiobook, Sadie sheds light on the values instilled by her family that make her the person she is.
Being Original for teens
By ympujar on 01-24-15
A Call to Power, Passion, and Purpose
By: Sadie Robertson, Beth Clark, Louie Giglio - introduction
Narrated by: Hayley Cresswell, Sadie Robertson, Gabe Wicks
I don't know about you, but I'm pretty tired of the struggle. You know which one I mean - fear, loneliness, not knowing who I am or what I’m meant to do.... Sound familiar? I struggled with insecurity, comparison, and isolation for too many years, from thigh gaps to eyebrows to the lifestyles I felt I had to live up to. I was so afraid of being "found out", that everyone in my life would somehow figure out that I was fearful and small and that I struggled to make my faith a reality and to be secure in who I am.
Must read for all young people!!
By Milton on 02-06-18
Kind Is the New Classy
By: Candace Cameron Bure
Narrated by: Candace Cameron Bure
As a woman in today’s world, you know what it’s like to feel pressure on all sides from clashing cultural expectations. How can you stay true to who God has uniquely created you to be in the face of the script you’ve been given? What’s more, how can you stand your ground with grace? The classy confidence you know and love - whether it’s on set at Full House or Fuller House, Dancing with the Stars, The View, or Candace’s Hallmark films - is no act. But it hasn’t come easy. In fact, learning to stay true to herself with grace has been one of the biggest fights of Candace’s life.
Pleasantly Suprised
By Naty on 05-17-18
Strong and Kind
Raising Kids of Character
By: Korie Robertson, Willie Robertson, Chrys Howard
Narrated by: Korie Robertson, Willie Robertson
Many parents want to see positive character traits in their children but wonder how to instill them. As stars of the hit reality TV show Duck Dynasty, Korie and Willie Robertson receive loads of letters and messages from fans asking how they've raised such good kids. As they will tell you, "It isn't always easy, but raising kids with good character is possible".
Best parenting book I've ever read!
By Amanda on 06-22-17
The Duck Commander Family
How Faith, Family, and Ducks Built a Dynasty
By: Willie Robertson, Korie Robertson, Mark Schlabach (contributor)
Narrated by: Willie Robertson, Korie Robertson
It’s all about the food…. For the Robertsons, family is typified by the dinner table, where both food and fables are dished up with equal care. Anyone with a good story - whether it be a hunting escapade or one of the children’s antics - is welcome to share. And that’s what this family is all about - sharing, caring for one another, and the love of good food. Chapters are built around recipes that represent each stage of the Robertson life. What do faith, family, ducks, and money have in common? Korie and Willie Robertson!
DUCKAHOLIC
By M. Kamakeeaina on 04-11-13
Staying Stylish
Cultivating a Confident Look, Style, and Attitude
In her brand-new book, Staying Stylish, Candace invites you behind the scenes of her day-to-day life and shares more than 100 tips and tricks for looking and feeling your best - both inside and out. Nurture your body, style, and soul as you listen to this beautiful book full of insider secrets and exciting ideas to revamp your own life into its best possible version. She offers her insight into balance, spiritual growth, and looking great while doing it all.
Love surprise!
By Candace Schenk on 02-01-18
The Good, the Bad, and the Grace of God
By: Jep Robertson, Jessica Robertson
Narrated by: Pixie Mahtani, Gabe Wicks
Jep Robertson, the youngest son of Duck Commander Phil Robertson, and his wife, Jessica, open up about their personal trials, their early years together, and the challenges that might have destroyed them both had the grace of God not intervened. This book is their love story but, more importantly, their love story for God.
The Robertsons are awesome people. I pray God's richest blessings on them!🙏🏼
By Lisa D Page on 04-19-17
By: Rachael Lippincott
Narrated by: Joy Osmanski, Corey Brill
Stella Grant likes to be in control - even though her totally out-of-control lungs have sent her in and out of the hospital most of her life. At this point, what Stella needs to control most is keeping herself away from anyone or anything that might pass along an infection and jeopardize the possibility of a lung transplant. Six feet apart. No exceptions. The only thing Will Newman wants to be in control of is getting out of this hospital. He couldn’t care less about his treatments or a fancy new clinical drug trial. Will’s exactly what Stella needs to stay away from.
Love the Story. Hate the Narration.
By Anonymous User on 04-15-19
The Theft of America’s Soul
Blowing the Lid Off the Lies That Are Destroying Our Country
By: Phil Robertson
Narrated by: Phil Robertson
The Theft of America’s Soul is a prophetic wake-up call for all who desire to see our nation thrive, challenging listeners to exchange these 10 lies for truths that will bring peace of mind, harmony, and prosperity back to our country - an invitation to experience the life-giving, peace-filling, wholly-transforming love of God. Phil Robertson, patriarch of A&E’s Duck Dynasty and one of the most recognized voices of conservative Christianity in America, believes that little by little, America has allowed the lines of morality, decency, and virtue to be erased.
Mr. Robertson is a straight shooter
By DaDB on 02-11-19
Reflections on Faith, Family, and Fowl
By: Jase Robertson, Mark Schlabach (contributor)
Narrated by: Jase Robertson, Missy Robertson
The closer we look at the Robertson family, the more we discover the substance and authenticity below the surface of these well-known TV characters. In this enlightening audiobook, Jase Robertson gives us a deep look behind his funnyman exterior. In addition to stories of life in the Robertson family and epic tales of hunting of all kinds, listeners will get an inside look at Jase’s personal faith in the Creator of the outdoors he so dearly loves.
The title says it all. Faith and family.
By Don on 05-30-14
The Women of Duck Commander
Surprising Insights from the Women Behind the Beards About What Makes This Family Work
By: Kay Robertson, Korie Robertson, Missy Robertson, and others
Narrated by: Kay Robertson, Korie Robertson, Missy Robertson, and others
Patriarch Miss Kay, Korie, Missy, Jessica, and Lisa Robertson speak out about their roles in the crazy Robertson family and the core values that make this family work. Fans of Duck Dynasty already know that the women behind the men with the beards know their own minds and know how and when to speak out to their men. But this insightful audiobook will give listeners a look into what goes on behind the scenes and the real character and spunk of the women who love these bearded men.
Wonderful insight for women
By Sara on 03-02-17
Cole and Sav
By: Cole LaBrant, Savannah LaBrant
Narrated by: Cole LaBrant, Savannah LaBrant
Cole and Savannah LaBrant’s lives have been a series of trials and triumphs - but also full of redemption and grace. They were on seemingly different paths but were brought together by God in a surprising way, which culminated in a public love story on the Internet that was witnessed by millions of viewers. Now Cole and Sav are giving listeners a chance to go beyond the small glimpses of their lives offered on their YouTube videos, sharing the full richness of God’s work in their lives through their powerful, inspiring story. Listeners will be reminded that hope is always possible.
Such a good story!
By Mariel Pindar on 10-10-18
Own Your Everyday
Overcome the Pressure to Prove and Show Up for What You Were Made to Do
By: Jordan Lee Dooley
Narrated by: Jordan Lee Dooley
From accidentally starting a small business instead of using her college degree, to embarrassing herself onstage in front of thousands, to wasting time worrying about what others think or say, Jordan Lee Dooley knows exactly how that feels - and she’s learned some important lessons about living a purposeful life along the way.
Not your average self-help book.
Happy, Happy, Happy
My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander
Narrated by: Al Robertson, Phil Robertson
This no-holds-barred autobiography chronicles the remarkable life of Phil Robertson, the original Duck Commander and Duck Dynasty star, from early childhood through the founding of a family business. Life was always getting in the way of Phil Robertson’s passion for duck hunting. An NFL-bound quarterback, Phil made his mark on Louisiana Tech University in the 1960s by playing football and completing his college career with a master’s degree in English. But Phil’s eyes were not always on the books or the ball; they were usually looking to the sky....
"Redneck" does not necessarily mean unintelligent
By calluna13 on 06-02-13
By: Phil Robertson, Mark Schlabach
Narrated by: Alan Robertson, Phil Robertson
In Phil Robertson’s number-one New York Times best seller, Happy, Happy, Happy, we learned about Phil’s colorful past and the wild road to becoming the beloved patriarch of A&E’s smash hit show, Duck Dynasty. Now, he returns to share his philosophy on life, which can be summed up in five short words. Love God, love your neighbor. In this inspirational and entertaining audiobook, you will learn what makes Phil Robertson tick.
Things that Needed to Be Said, Were Said
By Stacy Lynn Harp on 10-30-14
Dancing Through Life
Steps of Courage and Conviction
By: Candace Cameron Bure, Erin Davis
Join Candace as she reflects on the self-discovery that came through leaping out of her comfort zone. Go behind the scenes and experience the highs and lows, the roadblocks, and the personal victories. Hear straight from her heart on tough lessons learned about grace, rejection, perfectionism, disappointment, accountability, dealing with criticism, and more. Through God’s strength, and with the help of endless support from her family and friends, see how Candace stayed true to herself and publicly lived out her faith in Christ all the way to the finale.
Enlightening!
By Nasya on 05-03-18
Love, Lucy
By: Lucille Ball
Narrated by: Lucie Arnaz
Love, Lucy is the valentine Lucille Ball left for her fans—a warm, wise, and witty memoir written by Lucy herself. The legendary star of the classic sitcom I Love Lucy was at the pinnacle of her success when she sat down to record the story of her life. No comedienne had made America laugh so hard, no television actress had made the leap from radio and B movies to become one of the world’s best-loved performers. This is her story—in her own words.
What a great book
By SCOTT on 07-11-18
By: Lysa TerKeurst
Narrated by: Lysa TerKeurst, Jolene Barto
Life often looks so very different than we hoped or expected. Some events may simply catch us off guard for a moment, but others shatter us completely. We feel disappointed and disillusioned, and we quietly start to wonder about the reality of God’s goodness. Lysa TerKeurst understands this deeply. But she's also discovered that our disappointments can be the divine appointments our souls need to radically encounter God. In It's Not Supposed to Be This Way, Lysa invites us into her own journey of faith.
What we all need to hear...
By Amazon Customer on 11-20-18
From Dancing with the Stars runner-up and Duck Dynasty star Sadie Robertson comes a fun novel about two teenage girls from different backgrounds and opposite lifestyles who discover there is more to friendship than meets the eye.
Sixteen-year-old A. J. Smith, born and raised in backwoods Tennessee, loves nothing more than repairing broken cars with her father and hanging out with her brothers and their friends. Not far away, in the busy city of Nashville, Kate Kelly is always dressed in the latest fashion, wearing clothes from her mother's boutique and jetting around the world with her father.
When A. J. starts going to the school Kate attends, they instantly dislike each other. But as the year progresses, Kate's brother, Val, is drawn to A. J., and when prom comes around, he asks her to be his date - much to his sister's displeasure. But Kate has bigger things to think about, including the reality show Real Life. Everyone says the show is her chance to make it big. But then the producers decide to bring A. J. into the show.
As the producers of Real Life try to stir up the drama, Kate's idea of the perfect prom spins out of control. When Kate's life goes disastrously wrong, it is A. J. who steps up to help - no questions asked. A friendship between the two girls just might grow, but only if they both live original and stay true to whom God made them to be.
In Life Just Got Real, Sadie Robertson inspires teens to find the value God has placed inside us all and to live with confidence and purpose in a very complicated world.
©2016 Sadie Robertson. All rights reserved. (P)2016 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Wall of Silence
The Untold Story of the Medical Mistakes That Kill and Injure Millions of Americans
By: Rosemary Gibson, Janardan Prasad Singh
Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
Categories: Science & Technology, Medicine
By: Rosemary Gibson,Janardan Prasad Singh
By: Rebecca Skloot
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Bahni Turpin
4.5 out of 5 stars 12,909
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells, taken without her knowledge, became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first immortal human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than 60 years.
Many stories in one
By Ryan on 04-14-12
Managing the Unexpected: Sustained Performance in a Complex World
By: Karl E. Weick, Kathleen M. Sutcliffe
Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
Managing the Unexpected, third edition, is a thoroughly revised text that offers an updated look at the groundbreaking ideas explored in the first and second editions. Revised to reflect events emblematic of the unique challenges that organizations have faced in recent years, including bank failures, intelligence failures, quality failures, and other organizational misfortunes, often sparked by organizational actions, this critical book focuses on why some organizations are better able to sustain high performance in the face of unanticipated change.
The Design of Everyday Things
Revised and Expanded Edition
By: Don Norman
Narrated by: Neil Hellegers
Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door. The fault, argues this ingenious - even liberating - audiobook, lies not in ourselves, but in product design that ignores the needs of users and the principles of cognitive psychology. The Design of Everyday Things shows that good, usable design is possible. The rules are simple: make things visible, exploit natural relationships that couple function and control, and make intelligent use of constraints.
The book works well in this format
By CD3748 on 05-21-19
A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
By: Atul Gawande
Narrated by: William David Griffith
Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate, to look inside with one's own eyes. This book is exploratory surgery on medicine itself, laying bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is - complicated, perplexing, and profoundly human.
By A. Ryan on 12-05-03
One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives
By: Theresa Brown RN
Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
In a book as eye-opening as it is riveting, practicing nurse and New York Times columnist Theresa Brown invites us to experience not just a day in the life of a nurse but all the life that happens in just one day in a hospital's cancer ward. In the span of 12 hours, lives can be lost, life-altering medical treatment decisions made, and dreams fulfilled or irrevocably stolen.
By Susan on 03-07-17
How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy
By: Amy C. Edmondson
Narrated by: Vanessa Hart
Continuous improvement, understanding complex systems, and promoting innovation are all part of the landscape of learning challenges today's companies face. Amy Edmondson shows that organizations thrive, or fail to thrive, based on how well the small groups within those organizations work. In most organizations, the work that produces value for customers is carried out by teams, and increasingly, by flexible team-like entities.
Important content, very difficult to listen to.
By MEBL on 07-31-17
Up to 100,000 Americans die each year as a result of some form of medical mistake. And this is just the reported number of deaths. The total number of deaths and other disabilities is estimated to be triple (or more) of what's actually reported. This book takes you behind the scenes to expose heartbreaking stories of medical malpractice, careless misdiagnosis, and downright neglect on the part of health-care personnel across the country.
Victims are young and old, healthy and infirm, who innocently entrusted their lives to those who took an oath to "do no harm". Yet doctors, nurses, hospital administrators, and other medical professionals cover up mistakes every day. This is the complete story of the breadth and depth of medical mistakes.
Gibson puts real names and faces to the countless that suffer and die every day because of ineptitude, poor quality, and lack of management in a system that is badly broken. Doctors and nurses also provide first-hand accounts of what actually goes on behind the curtains, describing the mistakes that do happen, but also how terrifyingly close every practitioner is, every moment, to disaster.
©2003 Rosemary Gibson and Janardan Prasad Singh (P)2011 Alex Novak
"A call to arms to arms for families who have had loved ones disabled or die in the pursuit of medical treatment." (former First Lady Rosalynn Carter)
"The tragic accounts gathered here… are a warning. They remind us of the importance of being careful and alert…. Real care of the sick does not begin with costly procedures, but with the cultivation of a kind heart." (His Holiness the Dalai Lama)
"In a clear and eloquent voice, Wall of Silence reinforces an issue that the health care system has not wanted to address." (James A. Block, M.D., former CEO, Johns Hopkins Health System)
Don't Be Cruel
A Handful of Hard Men
Farther Than Any Man
Important information in a lawsuit crazed world
One would have to be separated from society and the media to be unaware of the fact that medical errors happen and can be hidden for a time despite the effect of that error. Whether the error is surgical or medical in nature, there have been consequences and measures instituted to effect change, but there are still problems. The general public cannot view the profession as infallible. The affected can lobby for change, not merely fiscal reparation. The patient population and their families must be vigilant, and this book will help by providing information and examples.
By narrating this book in a clear, nonjudgemental manner, Narrator Jack has provided a great service to the authors and the audio readers.
This book was given as a gift
Wakes you up about the medical profession.
What made the experience of listening to Wall of Silence the most enjoyable?
Great Narrator made this enjoyable.
What other book might you compare Wall of Silence to and why?
Tom's River
The information you gather from this book is very informative.
Sad to read about all the mistakes that do not have to happen. And all the mistakes that are caught.
This audiobook was provided by the author/narrator/publisher free of charge in exchange for an unbiased review.
erobbins33
Terrifying!
This book is a terrifying exposé about medical mistakes and how they are covered up and ignored. The stories of many deaths and injuries are so scary, I am glad that I trust my child's doctor. The narrator did a phenomenal job with this book. He has the voice of a news anchor, and really comes across as understanding the awful events retold in this book. I think all politicians should be forced to listen to this.
I was gifted a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Outstanding!
A huge eye opener...
I received this audio book as a gift in exchange for a honest and unbiased review. This book is a total eye opener! I never realized how may mistakes get made everyday in the medical fields along with all the cover-ups too. This book informs us of our rights and what we can do to help ourselves when we get hospitalized. It discussed how many problems of the past have helped in improved our hospitals and doctors as they are today. This book is filled with many, many real life horror stories of medical procedures gone wrong! On the bright side, we are all human and we learn from our mistakes.
The authors, Rosemary Gibson and Janardan Prasad Singh did a great job researching material for this non - fiction audio book! The data it must have taken to put this book together is amazing. The narrator, Jack Chekijian did a great job delivering the book to us. He has a smooth easy to hear voice sounding very professional! Good job all!
Jim in Omaha
Very enlightening how author compares medicine to other industries that handle mistakes differently. Author handled sad stories well and did not dwell on them.
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Over the years Bally have seen a number of firsts. They were the first gaming company listed of the New York Stock Exchange and produced the first touch-screen pokie machine for casinos. They’re one of the largest suppliers of pokie machines to casinos and are now making inroads into online gaming, bringing their experience to the new space.
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Bally’s history can be hard to track as it’s gone through a number of mergers and acquisitions in it’s 80-plus years. However, its true origin is in Bally Manufacturing, a company that produced pinball machines during the Great Depression. The company quickly included producing and improving pokies in their business plan.
After a brief stint making planes and munitions during World War II, Bally went back to innovating in different areas, including coffee vending machines, flipperless pinball machines, payout machines and console slot machines.
Over the years, the division working on pokies and other gambling innovations split from the rest of Bally Manufacturing and was acquired by Alliance Gaming Corporation, and more recently became a subsidiary of Scientific Games.
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Bally also developed technologies to help online casinos. Their software allows casinos to offer games for players who want to play for real money, as well as those who play just for fun. As with all their games, Bally have developed their online systems with both the player and operator in mind. Their systems are user-friendly and have easy to use functionality for information and betting limits, perfect for both high rollers and casual players.
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Bally’s first and best innovation to slot machines was bringing entertainment to the pokies. The company was determined to make playing an activity that players enjoyed, and much of their innovations have continued to improve the player experience.
In 1994 they released the “Game Maker“, the first touch-screen pokie in the world. It allowed players to choose from ten different games by touching the screen.
Their short-lived experience with video games seems to have served them well as they continue to bring top-notch graphics to their games. One popular manifestation of this is U-Spin technology, a 3-dimensional wheel that looks and feels like an old-school machine. The technology also allows players to spin or release the wheel by touching the screen, giving an exciting player experience. The first game with U-Spin was Cash Spin, an instant hit.
Bally also brought the industry’s first high-definition curved display to casino floors, which was a new level of amazing, immersive display. Players at Bally machines may also find they get messages from the casino popping up on their screens. This iView message systems allows casino operators to connect to players in new ways.
It’s no surprise that Bally has a number of wins in the Slot Floor Technology Awards and has been recognised in the annual ‘Top 20 Most Innovative Gaming Technology Products’ awards more than once.
In the online space, Bally is striving to make gaming an enjoyable experience for player and operator. Their iGaming platform allows operators to offer bingo, sports betting and video poker, as well as the pokie games that players love. It provides a platform for online and mobile gaming, and as Bally have converted their online games to HTML5, they’re available to play on phones and tablets as well as computers.
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Vegas Hits, with all the excitement of traditional pokies, as well as U-Spin bonus wheels.
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Universal Parts Supplier Hones Work Methods with Data Lake
Cutting down on waste means cutting costs, no matter what size the business. But first a manufacturer must figure out what it's scrapping and why. As part of a major effort to optimize its manufacturing process, an international automotive parts supplier decided to undertake that challenge. They enlisted BlueGranite’s help. We helped them delve into the Internet of Things (IoT) – the data embedded in the company’s manufacturing equipment – for solutions.
While identifying waste is daunting for any business – tackling it in a global arena presents a formidable challenge. This supplier employs more than 100,000 workers at dozens of manufacturing and office sites across the world. Its engineering process involves a vacuum device that picks up each manufactured part and moves it along the assembly line, ultimately holding it in front of a camera for a quality assurance inspection.
That review determines whether the piece makes it into the supply chain. This is where bad pieces meet their end, but good pieces can end up in the scrap pile, too. Sometimes the part isn’t where it’s supposed to be, or the vacuum may be holding the piece at an odd angle, resulting in an accidental scrap. This company wanted to get a real picture of the good, bad and potentially bad parts discarded. But each site had different scrap calculation methods. And getting those numbers was a chore. Someone had to reach out to more than 100 managers to collect the data. Then it had to be compiled.
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ECAC Preview: #3 Cornell Big Red
Today on the BobcatsHockeyBlog we look at our projected 3rd place ECAC finisher, the Cornell Big Red who are coming off an 3rd place finish in the ECAC a season ago. Zach Silver of the Cornell Daily Sun who covers Cornell men's ice hockey was gratuitous enough to write a guest preview for the BobcatsHockeyBlog on Big Red this season. You can follow Zach on twitter @ZachSilver.
Cornell Big Red 2016-2017 Results:
Overall: 21-9-5
ECAC: 13-4-5 (3rd place)
ECAC Tournament: Lost in ECAC Finals to Harvard, 4-1
NCAA Tournament: Lost in NCAA First Round to UMass Lowell 5-0
Team History:
NCAA Tournament History: 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017
NCAA Frozen Fours: 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1980, 2003
NCAA Championships: 1967, 1970
Departures: Jake Weidner (F), Jeff Kubiak (F), Matt Buckles (F), Eric Freschi (F), Patrick McCarron (D), Holden Anderson (D), Mitch Gillam (G), Ryan Coon (G)
Additions: Cam Donaldson (F), Kyle Betts (F), Tristan Mullin (F), Morgan Barron (F), Brenden Locke (F), Alex Green (D), Cody Haiskanen (D), Matt Cairns (D), Austin McGrath (G), Matthew Galajda (G)
With hardly any home games during the first half of the season, in addition to numerous injuries to key players along the way, Cornell, by and large, far exceeded any expectations set out for its 2016-17 campaign. After being selected to finish fifth and sixth in the media and coaches’ poll, respectively, Cornell ended its regular season third in the ECAC, advancing to both the ECAC championship game against Harvard and the first round of the NCAA tournament.
Even though Cornell will have to replace eight seniors this year — almost all of whom were major contributors at their positions — the team can rest assured knowing it returns its top three goal-scorers from 2016-17. Mitch Vanderlaan — who led the team in both goals and points last season — will look to build upon his stellar sophomore year along with classmate Anthony Angello, who started slow but scored seven of his eight goals last year in the team’s final 14 games. Now-senior Trevor Yates was a power play machine with eight of his 12 goals last year coming on the man-advantage.
The Big Red’s offense will be bolstered by welcoming five incoming freshmen to the attack, including Morgan Barron, who was drafted in the sixth round of this year’s NHL draft by the New York Rangers. Head coach Mike Schafer has made clear his intent to switch from the traditional mark of the Cornell program — large in size and an overpowering stature — to a roster built on speed and shiftiness. This year’s freshmen class is evident of that evolution.
Meanwhile, the loss of Patrick McCarron to graduation is significant on the defense, but the Big Red can breathe knowing essentially the entirety of the defensive corps returns. Headlined by reigning All-Ivy first-team selection Yanni Kaldis, the blue line also welcomes back the always-solid Alec McCrea, along with Brendan Smith and Matt Nuttle for their junior seasons. The latter two really emerged last year as dependable nightly blueliners, though Smith had to sit out the postseason after sustaining an injury in the regular season finale. As if that amount of return was not enough, Ryan Bliss, who played top-four minutes his sophomore year before missing out on all of 2016-17 due to injury, returns to the program.
Three freshmen defensemen will compete for spots in the lineup, headlined by Edmonton Oilers draft pick Matt Cairns. With the addition of Barron and Cairns, Cornell’s draft pick total rises to six.
Goalie appears to be the one question mark for the Big Red as the season approaches. Hayden Stewart is the only returning goaltender after the graduation of Mitch Gillam and Ryan Coon. Stewart, now a senior, has only 15 games of collegiate experience since Gillam was the steadfast starter the past several years. The team welcomes two freshmen goalies into the mix — Austin McGrath and Matthew Galajda — and it’s unclear who will get the starting nod come opening night.
Cornell will be an interesting case to follow over the course of the year. Expectations are much higher this year than last, but how the team performs after losing a valuable senior class, especially at the goalie position, will be critical. But with so much talent returning, many of whom now have deeper postseason experience, it’s not hard to imagine at least a return to the NCAA tournament for the Big Red in 2017-18.
Jonathan Singer is a 2004 Quinnipiac alum. You can follow him on Twitter @QHockeyBlog.
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Data Category Water sample data
Niskin bottle discrete water samplers
Originator Dr Ian Joint
Originating Organization Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Project(s) North Sea Project 1987-1992
Originator's Identifier CH39_CTD_PIGX_3:899
Nominal Cycle Interval -
Positional Uncertainty Unspecified
Minimum Sensor or Sampling Depth 0.9 m
Maximum Sensor or Sampling Depth 46.2 m
Minimum Sensor or Sampling Height 6.2 m
Maximum Sensor or Sampling Height 51.5 m
Sensor or Sampling Distribution Unspecified -
Sensor or Sampling Depth Datum Unspecified -
ADEPZZ01 1 Metres Depth (spatial coordinate) relative to water surface in the water body
BOTTFLAG 1 Not applicable Sampling process quality flag (BODC C22)
CPHLSPP1 1 Milligrams per cubic metre Concentration of chlorophyll-a {chl-a CAS 479-61-8} per unit volume of the water body [particulate >GF/F phase] by filtration, acetone extraction and spectrophotometry and processing following the Lorenzen protocol
PHAESPP1 1 Milligrams per cubic metre Concentration of phaeopigments {pheopigments} per unit volume of the water body [particulate >GF/F phase] by filtration, acetone extraction and spectrophotometry and processing following the Lorenzen protocol
SAMPRFNM 1 Dimensionless Sample reference number
Definition of BOTTFLAG
BOTTFLAG
0 The sampling event occurred without any incident being reported to BODC.
1 The filter in an in-situ sampling pump physically ruptured during sample resulting in an unquantifiable loss of sampled material.
2 Analytical evidence (e.g. surface water salinity measured on a sample collected at depth) indicates that the water sample has been contaminated by water from depths other than the depths of sampling.
3 The feedback indicator on the deck unit reported that the bottle closure command had failed. General Oceanics deck units used on NERC vessels in the 80s and 90s were renowned for reporting misfires when the bottle had been closed. This flag is also suitable for when a trigger command is mistakenly sent to a bottle that has previously been fired.
4 During the sampling deployment the bottle was fired in an order other than incrementing rosette position. Indicative of the potential for errors in the assignment of bottle firing depth, especially with General Oceanics rosettes.
5 Water was reported to be escaping from the bottle as the rosette was being recovered.
6 The bottle seals were observed to be incorrectly seated and the bottle was only part full of water on recovery.
7 Either the bottle was found to contain no sample on recovery or there was no bottle fitted to the rosette position fired (but SBE35 record may exist).
8 There is reason to doubt the accuracy of the sampling depth associated with the sample.
9 The bottle air vent had not been closed prior to deployment giving rise to a risk of sample contamination through leakage.
Open Data supplied by Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
You must always use the following attribution statement to acknowledge the source of the information: "Contains data supplied by Natural Environment Research Council."
Niskin Bottle
The Niskin bottle is a device used by oceanographers to collect subsurface seawater samples. It is a plastic bottle with caps and rubber seals at each end and is deployed with the caps held open, allowing free-flushing of the bottle as it moves through the water column.
Standard Niskin
The standard version of the bottle includes a plastic-coated metal spring or elastic cord running through the interior of the bottle that joins the two caps, and the caps are held open against the spring by plastic lanyards. When the bottle reaches the desired depth the lanyards are released by a pressure-actuated switch, command signal or messenger weight and the caps are forced shut and sealed, trapping the seawater sample.
Lever Action Niskin
The Lever Action Niskin Bottle differs from the standard version, in that the caps are held open during deployment by externally mounted stainless steel springs rather than an internal spring or cord. Lever Action Niskins are recommended for applications where a completely clear sample chamber is critical or for use in deep cold water.
Clean Sampling
A modified version of the standard Niskin bottle has been developed for clean sampling. This is teflon-coated and uses a latex cord to close the caps rather than a metal spring. The clean version of the Levered Action Niskin bottle is also teflon-coated and uses epoxy covered springs in place of the stainless steel springs. These bottles are specifically designed to minimise metal contamination when sampling trace metals.
Bottles may be deployed singly clamped to a wire or in groups of up to 48 on a rosette. Standard bottles have a capacity between 1.7 and 30 L, while Lever Action bottles have a capacity between 1.7 and 12 L. Reversing thermometers may be attached to a spring-loaded disk that rotates through 180° on bottle closure.
CTD Calibration Sample Data Set as part of the North Sea Project
Converted from CDROM documentation.
Sampling strategy and methodology
During the North Sea Project a significant data set of samples used to calibrate the CTD sensors accrued. This document describes the methods used to obtain these data.
A salinity sample, usually from the bottle fired nearest to the sea floor, was drawn from each cast after several washings with the sample sea water into a screw topped glass bottle with an airtight plastic seal. Samples were transferred in batches to the ship's constant temperature laboratory where they were left for at least 24 hours to attain thermal equilibrium.
Salinities were measured on a Guildline Autosal salinometer using standard sea water as a reference standard. Occasionally, if supplies of standard sea water ran low, batches of sea water calibrated against standard sea water were used as a secondary standard.
Quality control comprised the rejection of salinity values shown to be erroneous during the CTD calibration exercise.
On each CTD cast one of the sample bottles (usually the first to be fired at the bottom of the cast) was fitted with a frame containing two SIS RTM-4002 digital thermometers which reversed, triggering the thermometers, when the bottle was fired.
The readings were corrected using manufacturers calibration sheets. If the calibrated values differed by more than 0.009C, the data were checked and erroneous values rejected. Checks were also made to eliminate erroneous data resulting from failure to reset the thermometers between casts. The two values (if both deemed good) were averaged. Any further values shown to be erroneous during the CTD calibration exercise were deleted from the data set.
Three replicate samples were drawn from the water bottles into 60 ml borosilicate glass stoppered bottles and 0.5ml of each Winkler reagent added using BCD multi-addition pipettes. The reagents were prepared according to the recommendations of Carrit and Carpenter (1966). After mixing, the oxygen bottles were stored under fresh water until analysed.
Analysis was undertaken on board using the manual photometric endpoint detector method described by Bryan et al (1976).
Chlorophyll and Phaeopigment
Extracted chlorophyll and phaeopigments for all cruises where chlorophylls were done with the exception of CH72A and CH72C were determined in the same laboratory, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, using the following protocol.
Up to 2 litres of water for each sample were filtered through glass fibre filters (GFF) and frozen quickly on board ship. The samples were returned frozen to the laboratory where they were extracted with 90% acetone and assayed in a scanning spectrophotometer. The concentrations of chlorophyll and phaeopigments were calculated using the SCOR-UNESCO algorithms (Strickland and Parsons, 1968).
The chlorophyll and phaeopigment determinations on the two legs of Challenger 72 (A and C) in 1990 were undertaken by a different group using a totally different protocol as follows.
Up to 0.5 litres of sea water were filtered through Whatman GFF filters taking care to avoid unnecessary exposure to light. Filters were then extracted, on board ship, in the dark in 90% Analar grade acetone, 10% distilled water, neutralised with sodium bicarbonate.
Fluorescence was measured at sea using a Turner Designs bench fluorometer, calibrated using spectrophotometrically determined standards, before and after acidification with 8% HCl. Chlorophyll and phaeopigment concentrations were calculated using the equation in Tett (1987). The resulting measurement of 'chlorophyll' is the sum of chlorophyll-a and chlorophyllide-a.
Total and Organic Sediment
Two litres of water were drawn from each CTD bottle into a large measuring cylinder. Each sample was filtered using a vacuum filtration system onto a pre-weighed filter. On the early cruises (CH28, CH33, CH35, CH37 and CH39) Nucleopore filters were used. On later cruises these were replaced by GFF filters. Each sample was carefully washed with distilled water to remove salt, removed from the filtration system and air dried.
In some cases where samples had a large sediment load it proved impossible to filter two litres. In these cases, as much of the sample as possible was filtered and the volume filtered determined by noting the volume of water remaining in the measuring cylinder.
After the cruise, each sample was dried and reweighed to constant weight to give the total suspended matter concentration. The samples were then ashed and the organic sediment content obtained from the loss of weight on ignition. The polycarbonate Nucleopore filters used at the beginning of the project decomposed on ignition. Consequently, there are no organic sediment data for project cruises before Challenger 41.
Bryan, J.R., Riley, J.P. and Williams, P.J.LeB. (1976). A Winkler procedure for making precise measurements of oxygen concentration for productivity and related studies. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 21, 191-197.
Carrit, D.E. and Carpenter, J.H. (1966). Comparison and evaluation of currently employed modifications of the Winkler method for determining dissolved oxygen in sea water. J. Mar. Res. 24, 286-318.
Strickland, J.D.H. and Parsons, T.R. (1968). A practical handbook of sea water analysis. Bull.Fish.Res.Bd.Can.:167.
Tett, P.B. (1987). Plankton: in Baker, J.M. and Wolff, W.J. (eds.) Biological surveys of estuaries and coasts. CUP, Cambridge, U.K. 280-341.
The North Sea Project (NSP) was the first Marine Sciences Community Research project of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). It evolved from a NERC review of shelf sea research, which identified the need for a concerted multidisciplinary study of circulation, transport and production.
The ultimate aim of the NERC North Sea Project was the development of a suite of prognostic water quality models to aid management of the North Sea. To progress towards water quality models, three intermediate objectives were pursued in parallel:
Production of a 3-D transport model for any conservative passive constituent, incorporating improved representations of the necessary physics - hydrodynamics and dispersion;
Identifying and quantifying non-conservative processes - sources and sinks determining the cycling and fate of individual constituents;
Defining a complete seasonal cycle as a database for all the observational studies needed to formulate, drive and test models.
Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory hosted the project, which involved over 200 scientists and support staff from NERC and other Government funded laboratories, as well as seven universities and polytechnics.
The project ran from 1987 to 1992, with marine field data collection between April 1988 and October 1989. One shakedown (CH28) and fifteen survey cruises (Table 1), each lasting 12 days and following the same track, were repeated monthly. The track selected covered the summer-stratified waters of the north and the homogeneous waters in the Southern Bight in about equal lengths together with their separating frontal band from Flamborough head to Dogger Bank, the Friesian Islands and the German Bight. Mooring stations were maintained at six sites for the duration of the project.
Table 1: Details of NSP Survey Cruises on RRS Challenger
Cruise No.
CH28 29/04/88 - 15/05/88
Alternating with the survey cruises were process study cruises (Table 2), which investigated some particular aspect of the science of the North Sea. These included fronts (nearshore, circulation and mixing), sandwaves and sandbanks, plumes (Humber, Wash, Thames and Rhine), resuspension, air-sea exchange, primary productivity and blooms/chemistry.
Table 2: Details of NSP Process cruises on RRS Challenger
CH34 18/08/88 - 01/09/88 Fronts - nearshore
CH36 16/09/88 - 30/09/88 Fronts - mixing
CH56 08/07/89 - 22/07/89 Fronts - circulation
CH38 24/10/88 - 31/10/88 Sandwaves
CH40 15/11/88 - 29/11/88 Sandbanks
CH42 15/12/88 - 29/12/88 Plumes/Sandbanks
CH46 12/02/89 - 26/02/89 Plumes/Sandwaves
CH44 13/01/89 - 27/01/89 Resuspension
CH48 13/03/89 - 27/03/89 Air/sea exchanges
CH50 12/04/89 - 25/04/89 Blooms/chemistry
CH54 09/06/89 - 22/06/89 Production
In addition to the main data collection period, a series of cruises took place between October 1989 and October 1990 that followed up work done on previous cruises (Table 3). Process studies relating to blooms, plumes (Humber, Wash and Rhine), sandwaves and the flux of contaminants through the Dover Strait were carried out as well as two `survey' cruises.
Table 3: Details of NSP `Follow up' cruises on RRS Challenger
CH62A 23/10/89 - 03/11/89 Blooms
CH64 03/04/90 - 03/05/90 Blooms
CH65 06/05/90 - 17/05/90 Humber plume
CH66A 20/05/90 - 31/05/90 Survey
CH66B 03/06/90 - 18/06/90 Contaminants through Dover Strait
CH69 26/07/90 - 07/08/90 Resuspension/Plumes
CH72B 04/10/90 - 06/10/90 Sandwaves/STABLE
CH72C 06/10/90 - 19/10/90 Rhine plume
The data collected during the observational phase of the North Sea Project comprised one of the most detailed sets of observations ever undertaken in any shallow shelf sea at that time.
Data Activity
Start Date (yyyy-mm-dd) 1988-11-10
End Date (yyyy-mm-dd) 1988-11-10
Organization Undertaking Activity Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory (now National Oceanography Centre, Southampton)
Country of Organization United Kingdom
Originator's Data Activity Identifier CH39_CTD_899
Platform Category lowered unmanned submersible
BODC Sample Metadata Report for CH39_CTD_899
Sample reference number
Nominal collection volume(l)
Bottle rosette position
Bottle firing sequence number
Minimum pressure sampled (dbar)
Maximum pressure sampled (dbar)
Depth of sampling point (m)
Sample quality flag
Bottle reference
271157 10.00 49.10 50.00 46.20 Niskin bottle No problem reported
271174 10.00 3.40 4.40 .90 Niskin bottle No problem reported
Please note:the supplied parameters may not have been sampled from all the bottle firings described in the table above. Cross-match the Sample Reference Number above against the SAMPRFNM value in the data file to identify the relevant metadata.
Related Data Activity activities are detailed in Appendix 1
Cruise Name CH39
Principal Scientist(s) David J Hydes (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory)
Ship RRS Challenger
Appendix 1: CH39_CTD_899
Related series for this Data Activity are presented in the table below. Further information can be found by following the appropriate links.
1234580 Water sample data 1988-11-10 00:28:00 54.57959 N, 0.61727 W RRS Challenger CH39
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Available in widths ranging from 23mm to 38mm, the S1 line’s goal is to have a wheel that covers everything from a svelte 2” XC tread right up to a mammoth 3.5” plus-bike tyre.
All of the S1 wheelsets will be built around Stan’s own Neo hubs, laced with 32 Sapim race spokes and brass nipples in both the front and rear
To create the S1 series Stan’s has beefed up its classic Crest, Arch and Flow rims, adding more material to the sidewalls and reworking their profile to be a little deeper with the aim of improving impact strength and stiffness.
Stan’s has also introduced three additional rims to accommodate the wider end of the S1 range: the Sentry (32mm), the Baron (35mm) and the Major (38mm). These also feature the same reinforced sidewalls and exaggerated profile.
All of the S1 wheelsets will be built around Stan’s own Neo hubs, laced with 32 Sapim race spokes and brass nipples in both the front and rear. In a world of perilously low spoke counts and fancy lacing patterns the wheels appear refreshingly and reassuringly old school.
With a competitive price of US$455 (UK and Australian pricing to be announced) for any of the wheelsets, they may hold up as a reliable, budget option for the serial wheel destroyers among you.
Complete wheelsets will be available by Spring 2017.
S1 range overview
Crest — 23mm, 2.0″–2.25″
Arch — 26mm, 2.25″–2.5″
Flow — 29mm, 2.35″–2.8″
Sentry — 32mm, 2.5″–3.0″
Baron — 35mm, 2.8″–3.2″
Major — 38mm, 3.0″–3.5″
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Jack has been riding and fettling bikes for his whole life. Always in search of the hippest new niche in cycling, Jack is a self-confessed gravel dork, fixie-botherer, tandem-evangelist, hill-climbing try hard, and thinks nothing of taking on a daft challenge for the BikeRadar YouTube channel. With a near encyclopaedic knowledge of cycling tech — from the most esoteric niche nonsense to the most cutting edge modern kit — Jack takes pride in his ability to seek out tech and stories that would otherwise go unreported. Jack has been at BikeRadar for three years now and is currently testing an All-City Mr Pink as his long term test bike.
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Oxygen depletion of the bottom water layer is a consequence of extensive eutrophication. At worst, eutrophication may result in anoxia, which is the total absence of oxygen in the seabed. Proportion of anoxic seabed areas has been high throughout the 2000s. During this period more than 50% of the monitored seabed areas have in an average year suffered from the absence of oxygen. However, the situation has been slightly better in 2010s than in 2000s.
Occurence of benthic fauna in the Gulf of Finland is strongly correlated with seabed oxygenation. During the anoxic periods benthic communities are locally destroyed and begin to recover again when oxygen conditions improve. In the first half of the 2000s the benthic fauna was observed in less than one third of monitored areas yearly. Since 2008 the share of observed fauna has increased remarkably. In 2013 benthic fauna was found in 75 % of the monitored areas. Nevertheless, one fourth of the areas had no fauna present at all.
Impact on biodiversity
Lethal level of oxygen depletion is species dependent. Some species can survive in low oxygen conditions only for a few hours, others even several weeks. Species diversity is however always decreased. In the Gulf of Finland, the so called key species, for example the amphipods Monoporeia affinis and Pontoporeia femorata, are the first ones to suffer as oxygen level loweres. If oxygen concentration drops below zero toxic hydrogen sulfide is released and all macrofauna is killed.
Some species recover from oxygen depletion or anoxia more efficiently than others. This results in dominance of these species in areas of periodic oxygen depletion, which in turn leads to changes in the benthic community composition and effects the whole ecosystem. Diversity of benthic communities is one of the most important descriptors for the state of an aquatic ecosystem.
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by Wendy Mass
This hilarious novel from award-winning author Wendy Mass is now available in paperback! It's Amanda's 11th birthday and she is super excited---after all, 11 is so different from 10. But from the start, everything goes wrong. The worst part of it all is that she and her best friend, Leo, with whom she's shared every birthday, are on the outs and this will be the first birthday they haven't shared together. When Amanda turns in for the night, glad to have her birthday behind her, she wakes up happy for a new day. Or is it? Her birthday seems to be repeating iself. What is going on?! And how can she fix it? Only time, friendship, and a little luck will tell. . .
Award: Youth
by Rick Yancey
After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one.
Now, it's the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth's last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie's only hope for rescuing her brother--or even saving herself. But Cassie must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. To give up or to get up.
Winner of Pacific Northwest Library Association’s Young Reader’s Choice Intermediate Award
Award: Intermediate
by Eoin Colfer
Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a millionaire, a genius-and, above all, a criminal mastermind. But even Artemis doesn't know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit. These aren't the fairies of bedtime stories; these fairies are armed and dangerous.
Artemis thinks he has them right where he wants them but then they stop playing by the rules.
Because of Winn-Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo
Recalling the fiction of Harper Lee and Carson McCullers, here is a funny, poignant, and utterly genuine first novel from a major new talent.
The summer Opal and her father, the preacher, move to Naomi, Florida, Opal goes into the Winn-Dixie supermarket--and comes out with a dog. A big, ugly, suffering dog with a sterling sense of humor. A dog she dubs Winn-Dixie. Because of Winn-Dixie, the preacher tells Opal ten things about her absent mother, one for each year Opal has been alive. Winn-Dixie is better at making friends than anyone Opal has ever known, and together they meet the local librarian, Miss Franny Block, who once fought off a bear with a copy of WAR AND PEACE. They meet Gloria Dump, who is nearly blind but sees with her heart, and Otis, an ex-con who sets the animals in his pet shop loose after hours, then lulls them with his guitar.Opal spends all that sweet summer collecting stories about her new friends and thinking about her mother. But because of Winn-Dixie or perhaps because she has grown, Opal learns to let go, just a little, and that friendship--and forgiveness--can sneak up on you like a sudden summer storm.
Newbery Medal Honor book
The Black Stallion
by Walter Farley
First published in 1941, Walter Farley's best-selling novel for young readers is the triumphant tale of a boy and a wild horse. From Alec Ramsay and the Black's first meeting on an ill-fated ship to their adventures on a desert island and their eventual rescue, this beloved story will hold the rapt attention of readers new and old.
This book has been selected as a Common Core State Standards Text Exemplar (Grades 4-5, Stories) in Appendix B.
Winner of Pacific Northwest Library Association’s Young Reader’s Choice Award
Award: Medal Winner
The Black Stallion Returns
In this, the second book in the series, the heart-stopping adventures of the Black Stallion continue as Alec discovers that two men are after the Black. One claims to be the Black's rightful owner and one is trying to kill the beautiful steed. An Arab chieftain proves his ownership of the Black and takes him away, but Alec is determined to find his horse again. Following the pair to Arabia, Alec encounters great evil and intrigue, as only a horse as spectacular as the Black could inspire.
Blubber
Blubber is a good name for her, the note from Wendy says about Linda. Jill crumples it up and leaves it on the corner of her desk. She doesn't want to think about Linda or her dumb report on the whale just now. Jill wants to think about Halloween.But Robby grabs the note, and before Linda stops talking it has gone halfway around the room.That's where it all starts. There's something about Linda that makes a lot of kids in her fifth-grade class want to see how far they can go -- but nobody, least of all Jill, expects the fun to end where it does.A New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year
by William Sleator
When Annie's Uncle Marco goes on one of his frequent trips, he leaves two sealed boxes in Annie's care. His instructions are clear: under no circumstances should she open the boxes. But, left alone with her uncaring aunt, there is little to distract Annie from the mystery of the boxes, and soon she is consumed by an overwhelming desire to open them. When finally her willpower gives out, she unleashes a creature which reproduces at an alarming rate, and, even more incredibly, a force which can slow down time. Then the Crutchley Development Company discovers her secret, and sets out to harness the power of the boxes for their own despicable purposes. But they bargain without Annie and her friend Henry's determination to stop them - and their courage in taking on the nature of time itself.
Award: Senior
Berlin 1942When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence running alongside stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people he can see in the distance.But Bruno longs to be an explorer and decides that there must be more to this desolate new place than meets the eye. While exploring his new environment, he meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different to his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences.
The Boys Start the War
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
It's the summer holidays--time for camping, fishing or just lazing, until girls move in next door. That means war, but the girls know how to fight back. Phyllis Reynolds Naylor is the winner of the Newbery Medal.
Winner of Pacific Northwest Library Association’s Young Reader’s Choice Junior Award
by Christopher Paul Curtis
"It's funny how ideas are, in a lot of ways they're just like seeds. Both of them start real, real small and then... woop, zoop, sloop... before you can say Jack Robinson, they've gone and grown a lot bigger than you ever thought they could."
So figures scrappy 10-year-old philosopher Bud--"not Buddy"--Caldwell, an orphan on the run from abusive foster homes and Hoovervilles in 1930s Michigan. And the idea that's planted itself in his head is that Herman E. Calloway, standup-bass player for the Dusky Devastators of the Depression, is his father. Guided only by a flier for one of Calloway's shows--a small, blue poster that had mysteriously upset his mother shortly before she died--Bud sets off to track down his supposed dad, a man he's never laid eyes on. And, being 10, Bud-not-Buddy gets into all sorts of trouble along the way, barely escaping a monster-infested woodshed, stealing a vampire's car, and even getting tricked into "busting slob with a real live girl."
Christopher Paul Curtis, author of The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963, once again exhibits his skill for capturing the language and feel of an era and creates an authentic, touching, often hilarious voice in little Bud.
Newbery Medal Winner and Winner of the Coretta Scott King Medal
It's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him: he's got a suitcase filled with his own important, secret things; he's the author of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Marking a Better Liar Out of Yourself and, although his momma never told him who his father was, she left a clue: flyers of Herman E. Calloway and his famous band, the Dusky Devastators of the Depression! Bud's got an idea those flyers will lead him to his father, and nothing's gonna stop him.
by James Howe and Deborah Howe and Alan Daniel
This book is written by Harold. His fulltime occupation is dog. He lives with Mr. and Mrs. Monroe and their sons Toby and Pete. Also sharing the home are a cat named Chester and a rabbit named Bunnicula. It is because of Bunnicula that Harold turned to writing. Someone had to tell the full story of what happened in the Monroe household after the rabbit arrived.Was Bunnicula really a vampire? Only Bunnicula knows for sure. But the story of Chester's suspicions and their consequences makes uproarious reading.Since its first appearance in 1979, Bunnicula has been a hit with kids and their parents everywhere, selling over 8 million copies and winning numerous awards.
By the Shores of Silver Lake
by Laura Ingalls Wilder and Garth Williams
The fifth book in Laura Ingalls Wilder's treasured Little House series, and the recipient of a Newbery Honor-now available as an ebook! This digital version features Garth Williams's classic illustrations, which appear in vibrant full color on a full-color device and in rich black-and-white on all other devices.
Laura Ingalls and her family move from the banks of Plum Creek to the wilderness of the unsettled Dakota Territory. Here Pa works on the new railroad until he finds a homestead claim that is perfect for their new home. Laura takes her first train ride as she, her sisters, and Ma come out to live with Pa on the shores of Silver Lake. After a lonely winter in the surveyors' house, Pa puts up the first building in what will soon be a brand-new town on the beautiful shores of Silver Lake. The Ingalls's covered-wagon travels are finally over.
The nine Little House books are inspired by Laura's own childhood and have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into America's frontier history and as heartwarming, unforgettable stories.
by Jeff Kinney
Greg Heffley is in big trouble.
School property has been damaged, and Greg is the prime suspect. But the crazy thing is, he’s innocent. Or at least sort of. The authorities are closing in, but when a surprise blizzard hits, the Heffley family is trapped indoors. Greg knows that when the snow melts he’s going to have to face the music, but could any punishment be worse than being stuck inside with your family for the holidays?
by Ian Fleming
Wen resourceful inventor Caractacus Pott saves the enormous green roadster from the scrap heap, it doesn't take long for his family to realize that they have a pretty amazing auto. Their day trip to the beach turns into an exciting sea voyage, complete with a secret cave and a gang of ruthless mobsters (who have a giant stockpile of explosives)! The Potts quickly learn that CHITTY CHITTY Bang Bang may be their only hope!
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is the story of a magical transforming car that helps a family to foil a group of gangsters. It is the only children's novel by Ian Fleming, the British author best known for the James Bond stories. The novel was dedicated to his son, though Fleming died before it was published. Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in ebook form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.
by Cassandra Clare
When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder -- much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing -- not even a smear of blood -- to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy? This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know. . . . Exotic and gritty, exhilarating and utterly gripping, Cassandra Clare's ferociously entertaining fantasy takes readers on a wild ride that they will never want to end.
Winner of Pacific Northwest Library Association’s Young Reader’s Choice Senior Award
by Shannon Garst
Cowboys have a language of their own.
by Han Nolan
Fifteen-year-old Jason has fallen upon bad times--his mother has died and his father has succumbed to mental illness. As he tries to hold his crazy father and their crumbling home together, Jason relies on a host of imaginary friends for guidance as he stumbles along trying not to draw attention to his father's deteriorating condition. Both heartbreaking and funny, CRAZY lives up to the intense and compelling characters Han Nolan is praised for. As Jason himself teeters on the edge of insanity, Nolan uncovers the clever coping system he develops for himself and throws him a lifeline in the guise of friendship.
Danger in Quicksand Swamp
by Bill Wallace
Ben and Jake battle alligators, quicksand, and a murderer when they search for buried treasure on an island in a swamp.
Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine
by Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams
Can Danny program Miniac, a miniature automatic computer, to do his homework for him? His attempts seem to be going well until an old enemy, Snitcher, tries his hand at sabotage.
Danny Dunn on the Ocean Floor
Danny Dunn, Professor Bullfinch's headstrong young sidekick, is at it again. Trapped in the Professor's submersible research vessel at the bottom of the sea, time is running out!
Boys don't keep diaries--or do they?
The launch of an exciting and innovatively illustrated new series narrated by an unforgettable kid every family can relate to It's a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before you're ready are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary.
In book one of this debut series, Greg is happy to have Rowley, his sidekick, along for the ride. But when Rowley's star starts to rise, Greg tries to use his best friend's newfound popularity to his own advantage, kicking off a chain of events that will test their friendship in hilarious fashion.
Author/illustrator Jeff Kinney recalls the growing pains of school life and introduces a new kind of hero who epitomizes the challenges of being a kid.
As Greg says in his diary, "Just don't expect me to be all 'Dear Diary' this and 'Dear Diary' that." Luckily for us, what Greg Heffley says he won't do and what he actually does are two very different things.
In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue-Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is-she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself. During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to determine who her friends really are-and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her. Debut author Veronica Roth bursts onto the literary scene with the first book in the Divergent series-dystopian thrillers filled with electrifying decisions, heartbreaking betrayals, stunning consequences, and unexpected romance.
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St. Serapion
Bishop of Antioch (190-211). Known principally through his theological writings. Of these Eusebius (Hist. eccl., V, 19) mentions a private letter addressed to Caricus and Pontius against the Montanist heresy ; a treatise addressed to a certain Domninus, who in time of persecution abandoned Christianity for the error of " Jewish will-worship" (Hist. eccl., VI, 12); a work on the Docetic Gospel attributed to St. Peter, in which the Christian community of Rhossus in Syria is warned of the erroneous character of this Gospel. These were the only works of Serapion with which Eusebius was acquainted, but he says it is probable that others were extant in his time. He gives two short extracts from the first and third.
[ Note: St. Serapion is commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on 30 October.]
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South East Bus Festival Growing local operator involvement
Posted by busandcoachbuyer on Wed 23rd April 2014 - 16:25PM | No Comments
Local operators and their vehicles were to the fore at the Kent Showground at Detling near Maidstone last weekend for the South East Bus Festival, which ran in conjunction with the local Transport Heritage Show, itself involving around 400 cars, trucks, tractors and traction engines. The combination attracted members of the public in large numbers as well as enthusiasts.
What started in 2011 as a celebration of 100 years of Maidstone & District buses was followed in 2012 by an event marking 60 years of the Maidstone & District & East Kent Bus Club and last year developed further to become the South East Bus Festival
That attracted 91 buses and coaches, a number considerably exceeded this year with 125 registered to attend and quite a number of additional entries turning up unannounced on the day
Kent Showground is an ideal location for such an event because, apart from plentiful parking and buildings to house the trade stands, the site’s perimeter road provides the opportunity to run free bus services without having to venture on to local roads with all the potential for congestion that can create. A roster of 24 vehicles was scheduled to provide this with quite a few more joining in.
Local independent operators used to opportunity to display their vehicles to the public as well as enthusiasts. Chalkwell showed no less than nine vehicles, among them a Dart SLF Plaxton Pointer in a newly applied livery promoting the KentSurreySussex Air Ambulance and a side lift equipped Plaxton Panther Volvo B12M. An unusual exhibit was one of two Vauxhall Movano based mobile hoardings that the company uses to promote its services.
Two Van Hool Astromegas with independent operators that originated with Southend Transport, whose X1 service was the subject of a talk by Richard Delahoy. They were supplied by Talisman and Aspen Bussing
Three of the large Go-Coach contingent
Peter Larking, one of the founders of Metrobus in one of the company’s first vehicles, an AEC Reliance Duple Dominant Bus
One of nine Chalkwell entries was this Dart SLF Plaxton Pointer newly liveried to promote the KentSurreySussex Air Ambulance
Manns Travel of Gravesend in Kent entered this Beulas Cygnus bodied Iveco EuroRider C43A
London’s GS class of Guy Specials with Perkins engines and ECW coachwork have long been popular little buses. This one is still working with Marshopper of New Romney
Go-Coach of Sevenoaks were well represented with a somewhat international array of seven buses including one from China and one from Malta as well as a Routemaster and a Wright Cadet bodied DAF SB120. Centaur of Crayford displayed two coaches – a Scania OmniExpress and a lift equipped Plaxton B7R Plaxton Profile; New Venture’s display featured a Plaxton Cheetah bodied Vario and a Van Hool T9 Alizee; Autocar of Sevenoaks showed an MCV Evolution bodied MAN and there were also vehicles from Victoria Coaches, Brookline, and Manns Travel, who entered an Iveco Eurorider with Beulas Cygnus coachwork.
An interesting duo, were two Van Hool Astromegas that were new to Southend Transport. One has joined the Talisman fleet recently while the other is with Aspen Bussing, whose other vehicles are sleeper coaches used by the music industry.
The local fleet of Maidstone & District and East Kent were well represented, as were London Transport and London Country with Arriva South East vehicles illustrating the modern face of the former M&D operation. It often comes as a surprise to me when a bus I remember going into service turns up as a preserved bus at a rally, and this time it was one of the former Eastern National Thamesway Pointer Darts in maroon and yellow with a large badger on the side that generated this feeling. Providing the modern contrast was a First Essex Enviro200.
It wasn’t just vehicles that were on offer to interest visitors. There was a programme of three speakers during the day, starting with Richard Delahoy talking about Southend Transport’s X1 service. B&CB columnist, Roger Davies, spoke about influences and experiences in his life. I sat in on this most enjoyable presentation and learned of his father’s view that, ‘if you knew as much about maths as you do about Western Welsh Leyland Atlantean seating capacities the world would be a better place.’ The final presentation was by Reading Buses MD, James Freeman. Interspersed between these talks were slide presentations, in addition to which there was a continuous slide show on 60 years of the AEC Reliance and Routemaster and 75 years of the London RT.
Public transport is more about people than vehicles and recognition of this came in the Reunion Tearoom where former employees of Maidstone & District and their colleagues were able to meet up and discuss old times. A wide variety of stands selling books, models, photographs and all manner of bus and coach ephemera were located in the Clive Emerson Conference Centre.
Richard Lewis, Regional Publicity Manager for Arriva and one of the organisers of the event, told me that he hoped to see the modern side of the festival built up as an showcase for operators to display their newest and finest. ‘There are a lot of members of the public here so it is a good opportunity,’ he said.
Various suppliers were also represented, among them South East Coachbuilders who unveiled a recently completed restoration of a road going miniature coach of the 1950s and Gordon Springate Transport Training Services who promoted their services as well as displaying their Setra S250 Special.
No date has been announced for next year’s event but I understand that there is a strong possibility that there will be one.
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The largest locality in the area is Wavre, with a population of 32,112 persons, at a distance of 7.361 kilometers from the center of the map.
The nearest is Ottignies (9,557 persons), at a distance of 0.815 kilometers.
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Trail length: 31.400 kilometers.
Min height: 59 meters above sea level.
Max height: 145 meters above sea level.
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Ottignies ( Population: 9,557 persons, At a distance of 0.815 kilometers from the center of the map)
Court-Saint-Étienne ( Population: 9,353 persons, At a distance of 3.763 kilometers from the center of the map)
Louvain-la-Neuve ( Population: 29,521 persons, At a distance of 4.500 kilometers from the center of the map)
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Trace d'Hez-Tangissart 2013 50Km (at a distance of 0.003 kilometers)
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Trace D'Hez-Tangissart 2012 (at a distance of 0.005 kilometers)
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Les hauteurs de Court St Etienne (at a distance of 0.006 kilometers)
V-l-v 2013 (at a distance of 0.006 kilometers)
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Andrews stabbing 911 calls from Dec. 21, 2019
Andrews – A jailhouse beef may have been the motive for a stabbing attack that occurred on a town street.
A 29-year-old man suffered six cut wounds after a drive-by stabbing on the morning of Dec. 21. A witness told an emergency dispatcher that she and the victim were walking when someone driving a black Ford Ranger pulled up beside them.
“They pulled up beside us, jumped out of the vehicle and stabbed him,” the woman said, according to a copy of the 911 call obtained by the Cherokee Scout through a public records request.
The incident happened around 4 a.m. near the intersection of Sixth and Chestnut streets, according to police who say they found the victim and a companion near the steps of Andrews Elementary School.
The witness told a dispatcher the incident happened about three minutes prior to when she called for help, and that the victim was “about to pass out” from loss of blood.
“It’s very bad. It’s very, very deep,” she said, describing one of the stab wounds. “It’s in the back of his shoulder blade, like in the crease of where his arm bends ... very deep, like 3 inches at least.”
During the five minutes and 45 seconds before police arrived, the dispatcher told the witness to keep the victim awake and tried to obtain more information about the attack. The witness said three people were in the vehicle, and she identified two of them by name. She also relayed the direction in which the suspects fled.
After the witness removed the victim’s shirt and counted the number of visible stab wounds, the dispatcher asked whether she was aware of any “previous beef” between the victim and the person who stabbed him.
“I don’t know. I guess they fought in jail,” the witness said. “I guess they had a fight in jail or something. I don’t know ... um, a while back.”
The victim was flown to a hospital out of Cherokee County, where he was listed in stable condition Friday.
The suspect, identified as 25-year-old Dustin Aaron Pressley, was arrested by members of the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office on Dec. 26 following a 45-minute standoff. Officers were searching for him in connection with several outstanding warrants when they received a tip that Pressley was in a home on Maltby Road in Marble around 7:45 p.m. Thursday.
“He barricaded himself in the house and wouldn’t come out,” Cherokee County Sheriff Derrick Palmer said. “There was a concern that he might try to hurt himself with a weapon that was in the house.
“To my knowledge, he never threatened law enforcement with it. But that’s the reason why we didn’t immediately go in the house and get him. We wanted to convince him to come out peacefully, and luckily he did.”
It’s unclear whether the other people in the car with Pressley will face charges for their alleged roles in the stabbing.
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Help communities recover and rebuild.
People across the Philippines have been hit by Typhoon Mangkhut, one of the strongest typhoons to hit the islands since Haiyan in 2013.
Known locally as Ompong, the typhoon has caused much destruction. While many communities were prepared for the storm, there is an ongoing concern that landslides and flash floods may exacerbate the damage caused by the initial typhoon.
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Woman dies after crashing car into tree in New Hampshire
Police believe she suffered a medical issue just before the Thursday morning accident.
CONWAY, N.H. – Police in New Hampshire say a woman who crashed her car into a tree is dead.
Officials say the crash occurred just before 11 a.m. Thursday on West Side Road in Conway. Police tell WMUR-TV that it appears the woman suffered some sort of medical issue just before the crash.
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Meeting an ever growing demand for expanded Jewish programming, Chabad opened its Chabad Student Centre in time for the 2010-2011 school year.
Our mission is to reach out to every Jewish young adult and offer them a way to connect to their Jewish roots within a warm, welcoming, and stimulating environment. Our programs and services aim to challenge the mind, warm the heart, and touch the soul of each student who passes through our doors. Young adult life can be fraught with challenges, especially the challenge of peer pressure.
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Bodha Review: A baffling change of genres wrecks this quirky film- Cinema express
Bodha Review: A baffling change of genres wrecks this quirky film
The absence of a screenplay worthy of a crime thriller couple with wooden performances from supporting cast doesn't help this film either
Arunkumar Sekhar
The trailer of Bodha hinted at a film about gigolos. Or in the words of its lead, Madhan (Vicky), "aambala item". This is another attempt in an industry that’s getting more and more experimental in the stories it tells. I liked that Bodha talks about sex work in a matter-of-fact way. Take the moment when Madhan reveals to Karthick (Mippu) that he is in this profession and that the biggest worry in his mind is how shameful it will be if his mother gets to know about this. Or the time when he has to sleep with a much older woman, who isn't as beautiful as the woman he has so far been with. His face contorts, he is in anguish, and tries to leave. But once the woman shows him the money, he puts on a straight face and gets on with it. He doesn’t judge, or deliver any sermons over women indulging in extra marital pleasures.
Cast: Vicky, Mippu, Vinoth, Eshwar, Udhayabanu, Shanmuga Sundaram
Director: Suresh G
The story is light and engaging during these portions and is ably supported by music director Siddharth Vipin (of Idharkudhaane Aasaipattai Balakumara fame). It takes the better part of the first half hour for the film to get set up. The reason why Madhan does what he does is straightforward. He wants to be a cinema hero but isn't able to get opportunities. He requires money to make his dream come true, and so becomes a gigolo. Credit should go to Vicky for doing a good job selling us this idea, and some of his mannerism, coupled with his looks, reminded me a bit of Vijay Sethupathi during his Nalaya Iyakkunar/Pizza days.
The problem with Bodha comes when the film veers off from this light-hearted section into a whodunit. A famous film that follows a very similar storyline is American Gigolo written and directed by Paul Schrader. But regardless of whether this film was indeed inspired by the Hollywood film, Bodha fails as a standalone product because of the absence of a screenplay worthy of a crime thriller. Also, this quirky comedy deserved better lines and the film would have quite benefitted from having a better dialogue writer. The quirkiest character in the film is someone called a Temple Runner who is always running, at all places and at all times, silently scaring the bejesus out of everyone. This quirkiness aside, almost all of the supporting cast deliver wooden performances.
Bodha is a film about money and what people do for it. It’s too bad the film isn't good enough to justify the money you part with to see it.
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December 20, 2019 by DIANE VALDEN
COPAKE—Municipalities that want the state to put a rush on requests to lower speed limits are going to have to pay thousands of dollars in traffic study costs themselves.
At the Town Board’s December 12 meeting, Copake Supervisor Jeff Nayer told board members about a state Department of Transportation (DOT) letter received by Columbia County Department of Public Works Engineering Division Director Dean Knox.
Mr. Knox made members of the Columbia County Board of Supervisor’s Public Works Committee, of which Mr. Nayer is a member, aware of the letter and a move by the state to have towns pay for something that the state used to handle.
The letter from DOT Transportation Analyst Gayle Sudder says that if a municipality wants a speed limit on a town or county road lowered, then that municipality “shall provide the NYSDOT with the necessary study data, using standard NYSDOT methodology. We will review the submission and return a decision to you after receipt of the study. The following information is required: the amount and type of development along the roadway; various roadway features and physical condition of the roadway; one or more speed studies; and a report and recommendation signed by a licensed Professional Engineer.”
“It’s going to cost us thousands of dollars to really look at it” every time the town asks for a speed limit reduction, Mr. Nayer told the board. “We’ll have to provide information about accidents… it’s going to become a costly thing and they’re making us pay for it.”
Mr. Knox told The Columbia Paper by phone this week, that the change in the way state DOT will now handle speed limit reduction requests “came out of the blue.”
Towns will now have to pay private consultants to do engineering studies, things that the “state has been doing for the past 50 or 60 years.”
Previously, when a town sought a speed limit reduction on a local road, the Town Board sent a formal request on to the local highway superintendent, who passed it on to the county to submit the request to the state.
Mr. Nayer noted that requests for a reduction to a specific speed, such as 25 or 30 mph, are usually never granted. Instead, the state decides on its own whether there will be a decrease and, if so, by how much.
Mr. Knox said the state has its own methodology for figuring out whether speed reductions are warranted and private engineering consultants will have to be educated in those methods. “They never tell you how much its going to cost, it’s another unfunded thing they pass on to the towns,” said Mr. Knox, who noted the state attempted to do the same thing with speed limit reduction requests about 10 years ago. The County Traffic Safety Board fought the new procedure back then and the state decided not to go forward with it. He said he brought the letter to the Public Works Committee in case its members want to fight it again.
Mr. Knox said he has two requests for speed limit reductions pending in Ghent and one in Canaan. He also said he was told to expect another letter from DOT on the speed limit subject soon with more information about it.
Public Works Committee Chairman Ron Knott (R-Stuyvesant), told The Columbia Paper that he has been gathering additional information about the change in procedure from many sources. He has learned that DOT is getting many speed limit reduction requests and is too “overburdened and understaffed” to handle them all and wants to shift some of the labor and cost back to the towns.
The state wants the towns “to have some skin in the game” so perhaps they will “think twice” before submitting these requests, said the Stuyvesant town supervisor.
Among those he has contacted about the issue are Assemblyman Chris Tague (R-102nd), the Associations of Highway Superintendents, Towns and Counties, which can be valuable “advocates for these kinds of things,” he said.
In his research, he learned the cost to towns for just one of these engineering studies could be $3,000 to $4,000. He said, it begs the question of whether the county should try to do these studies on behalf of all the towns, necessitating the need for a professional engineer on staff. He said he is hoping to have more information to bring to the committee in January.
Mr. Knott said he is still trying to determine if this new procedure pertains to all counties or just those in Region 8.
In a subsequent phone call, Mr. Knott reported that he had received a call from Assemblyman Tague relaying new information after speaking to someone at DOT.
“The letter should not have gone out,” said Mr. Knott. “The state will continue to do the traffic studies, but there will be a six-to-nine-month lag for a response.” Towns that want a quicker answer will need to get the studies done themselves, he said.
“The state does have to give its approval” for a speed limit reduction,” Mr. Knott said, adding, “It maintains oversight and authority.”
A phone call to the Regional Traffic and Safety Group, the place to call with questions about the matter according to the DOT letter, was not returned by press deadline.
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'Pivotal' Time for Big Oil as Massachusetts Sues ExxonMobil Over Climate Crisis Deception
"Exxon can't hide from its deception any longer."
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Climate activists protested outside ExxonMobil's annual meeting of shareholders in Irving, Texas. (Photo: 350.org/Flickr/cc)
The commonwealth of Massachusetts on Thursday sued ExxonMobil for allegedly deceiving consumers and investors about the risks its products pose to the climate crisis—a move seen by advocates as a tide-shifting moment for achieving fossil fuel accountability.
"Exxon has known for decades about the catastrophic climate impacts of burning fossil fuels—its chief product," said Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey. "Yet, to this day, Exxon continues to deceive Massachusetts consumers and investors about the dangerous climate harms caused by its oil and gasoline products and the significant risks of climate change—and efforts to address it—to Exxon's business. We are suing to stop this illegal deception and penalize the company for its misconduct."
37 years ago, Exxon scientists predicted the exact amount—the EXACT amount—of CO2 that would be in the atmosphere in 2019. One of their own scientists called it "catastrophic."
— Maura Healey (@MassAGO) October 24, 2019
This lawsuit is the first of its kind.
We know this case won't be easy, but Massachusetts consumers and investors deserve the truth. Exxon can't hide from its deception any longer. pic.twitter.com/ukMGyi8r3y
The suit, filed Thursday in Suffolk County Superior Court in Boston, makes Massachusetts the second state after New York to sue ExxonMobil over such charges. Healey's suit, however, casts a wider net: New York's lawsuit focuses on just the company allegedly deceiving investors while Massachusetts' allegations include both deception of investors and consumers. As such, Healey called the Massachusetts lawsuit "the first of its kind."
The "culmination of a three-year investigation," Healey filed suit "two hours after a judge rejected a last-minute bid by Exxon to force Healey to hold-off from moving forward with her plans to sue it," Reuters reported.
The new legal action came two days after ExxonMobil faced its first day of a trial in New York state over allegedly defrauding investors about climate-related risks of burning fossil fuels, and a day after a U.S. House subcommittee held a hearing on the oil industry's decades-long "efforts to suppress the truth about climate change"—all of which follow explosive reporting from 2015 by InsideClimate News and The Los Angeles Times about ExxonMobil's decades-long campaign of climate suppression.
Among specific charges laid out in Healey's over 200-page complaint:
ExxonMobil misleads consumers by claiming its fossil fuel products reduce carbon dioxide emissions; deceptively fails to disclose in its advertising material information about the dangers to consumers of using its fossil fuel products; and misleadingly freenwashes its brand by falsely presenting itself as an environmentally responsible clean energy innovator, when in fact, ExxonMobil's products are a leading cause of climate change.
ExxonMobil has masterminded and implemented a tobacco industry-style campaign to sow doubt and confusion among the public, including investors and consumers of its products, about the climate science Exxon helped to develop.
"Between N.Y. lawsuit, Congressional hearings, & now this," tweeted scientist and activist Geoffrey Supran, "this is one of most pivotal weeks in history of global warming politics, & one of Exxon's worst."
What's more, the two lawsuits mark "just the tip of the iceberg," said Greenpeace USA Climate Campaign Director Janet Redman. "The New York and Massachusetts Attorneys General are now investigating Exxon for misleading the public and investors about the risks of climate change, and many more states are sure to come."
"Already," she continued, "over a dozen U.S. cities and counties—including New York City, San Francisco, Boulder, and Baltimore—have also launched lawsuits to hold Exxon and other fossil fuel companies financially responsible for their role in creating the climate crisis. Whatever comes up during this month's trial in New York and throughout the Massachusetts case could certainly be used by other public prosecutors and potential plaintiffs against Exxon in the future."
According to Peter Frumhoff, director of science and policy and chief climate scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, the developments suggests a real "tipping point" has come.
"Like the tobacco and pharmaceutical industries, the fossil fuel industry must face the consequences of decades of science distortion and deceptive marketing," said Frumhoff. "These lawsuits provide real momentum toward climate justice."
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UNPRECEDENTED URBANISATION
The conditions that create slums are too complex to summarize completely, but it is possible to see commonalities in the forces driving these phenomena.
First, population growth in many developing countries is increasing at unprecedented rates that are difficult for many to comprehend in scale. For example, Nigeria's population could very well eclipse China's before the end of this century. [1] This amounts to over one billion people living within an area just larger than the US state of Texas.
This growth is happening almost entirely in cities. This rate of urbanisation from rural to urban stems from a variety of factors: climate change, political and cultural forced displacement, or economic imbalances.
Rising Intermediary Cities and Other Factors
We may think that mega-cities like Lagos or Kinshasa are experiencing the most growth. But actually intermediary cities are seeing the highest rates of growth, as many migrants are finding mega-cities too expensive, too congested or too far from their home base.
But rural-urban migration is not the sole contributor to the urbanisation phenomenon. Urban In-migration, or internal population growth, as well as municipal incorporation of peri-urban areas are also driving much of the surge.
Generally, these three factors (rural-to-urban, in-migration, and peri-urban incorporation) are significant contributors to the urbanisation rates we are witnessing today, and are expected to accelerate further in the future.
Why Do Slums Form?
The Housing Value Chain
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BEYOND URBANISATION
Urbanisation is not the only contributor the rapid rise of urban informal settlements. The institutional and physical systems in which migrants arrive are insufficient or outright non-existent. In the absence of comprehensive urban planning and land policy, it is oftentimes a few power-groups, or dominants, who are developing cities, oftentimes to their own interests. This leaves systemic gaps for the vast bulk of society, including the middle classes as well where even professionals struggle to afford housing.
Widespread Deficiencies
During the colonial era, government urban planners
anticipated a few hundred thousand residents in the administrative capitals and major trading centers. Built with the purpose of extraction for the mother country little priority was placed on long-term planning cycles.
However, in the post-colonial period, nascent nations seeking local development were ill-equipped for such an influx into urban centers, amidst a multitude of other challenges- both internal and external.
Relative to rural areas, urban areas inherently require a higher degree of infrastructure and social organization, transport mobility- not to mention centralized utility distribution networks, knowledge capacity and legal enforcement mechanisms.
Building such infrastructure in the midst of a swelling population influx is like trying to build levies during a torrential flood!
Nairobi, Kenya in the 1950s, Approximate population: 80 thousand.
By 2050, Nairobi's metro area is expected to reach 14 million.
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So What Exactly Is a Slum?
Entrenched Dominants
If we examine the Housing Value Chain, we see that the actual construction of houses is just one of twelve main components of a healthy housing market. [2] If the conditions at the macro-level are not properly established, the contiguity of all players at lower levels cannot properly 'fuse' to serve all population segments.
When governments cannot (or do not) effectively establish land-use policies, regulatory frameworks, urban planning and land markets, development is relegated to the elite few with the political and financial means to 'go it alone' and carry out each step independently.
For example, private sector developers mainly serve the highest income markets. This is largely because these segments provide adequate returns for the high costs of construction and severely high interest rates, as banks must lend in relatively small mortgage markets, not to mention high-inflationary economic climates with high currency volatility.
For example, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the lowest cost private developer house averages $25,000 USD, only 0.3% of the population can afford such homes. This scenario is more the norm than the exception, as less than 10% of all Africans can afford the cheapest private developer house in their countries. [3]
Number of housing units to be built every day from now until 2030 to meet global demand. [4]
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The North East philanthropy story unveiled at GeNErosity Festival launch
The GeNErosity Festival launched on Wednesday 7 November to a packed room in the Great Hall at the Discovery Museum.
The Festival tells the story of philanthropy in North East England, past, present and future, through events, roadshows and cultural activities across the region. The Festival is brought to you in partnership by the Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland and Newcastle University, and will run until 27 November 2018.
Over three years, Newcastle University has carried out extensive research into the motivations behind philanthropy and the wide range of causes that modern philanthropists support. Highlights were presented at the Festival Launch by Professor Charles Harvey whose research team has created profiles of more than 250 philanthropists, beneficiaries, trusts and foundations which are available on the GeNErosity Festival website here.
Professor Charles Harvey presents the North East Philanthropy Story
Professor Charles Harvey, Director of the Centre for Research on Entrepreneurship, Wealth and Philanthropy, said:
“Through the ages, philanthropy – the voluntary giving of money or time – has made a tangible difference to our local communities. People will be amazed to learn how many landmarks, buildings and parks were donated by acts of giving. Without philanthropists, our region would be so different and we wouldn’t have achieved some of the tremendous things we have.”
As well as revealing the research, the launch event also included the premiere of a short film especially commissioned for the event.
“What does philanthropy mean to us?”
“What does philanthropy mean to us?” features major philanthropists doing great thing for charitable causes across the region and highlights how philanthropy can be deeply personal to the few who give their money and time to good causes, while the impact of these donations positively effects the many.
The Philanthropy Tango, performed by The November Club
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As well as the film screening, guests at the launch event were also treated to a flash mob-style performance by the award-winning November Club, with actors and young people presenting a dramatic representation of what philanthropy means to them.
The launch, which took place at Newcastle’s Discovery Museum, also involved community groups and charitable causes from across the region who know first-hand what philanthropy means and the positive impact it can have on beneficiaries.
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CLIPPER RACE EMBARKS ON SOUTHERN OCEAN LEG
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The highly-anticipated 4,750 nautical mile Southern Ocean stage of Clipper 2019-20 Race started in Cape Town today as the only global sailing race for non-professionals passes its quarter-way mark.
Race 4: The Marlow Southern Ocean Sleigh Ride got underway on Sunday 17 November from the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, bound for Fremantle Sailing Club, Western Australia. The eleven strong fleet of identical 70-ft racing yachts lined up for a 1300UTC kick-off and battled for prime position in the unpredictable winds of Table Bay.
Amongst the Clipper 2019-20 Race Skippers are Capetonian Skippers Nick Leggatt, who is leading the Zhuhai team and David Immelman, leading the GoToBermuda team. Ahead of departure Nick said: “The crew is going to find it tough but I’m very confident that I’ve got a tough bunch. We are going to see a lot of high-speed downwind sailing - it is going to be cold and wet but it should be quite exhilarating!”
Some 218 everyday people, representing 25 nations including a safari leader, student, teacher and roofer, are taking on one of the toughest ocean crossings on the planet. Watching the send-off was Clipper Race Co-Founder and Chairman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, who said: “I’m sure there is a mix of healthy respect, apprehension and excitement as the Southern Ocean is a very special place. Where else do you get waves of that size and where else can you surf these boats other than there? My main piece of advice to Race Crew is to stay safe and enjoy it.”
As the fleet jostled for favourable positions on the start line, it was Unicef that came out on top first pipping both WTC Logistics and Zhuhai to the post. It was then a tactical race down towards fixed racing mark Manex RCYC with Qingdao first round the mark. The fleet then streamed along the coast to mark Milnerton RCYC, making a final turn, keeping the starting buoy to port. As the fleet headed out into open water, Qingdao, led by Chris Brooks was leading the pack with Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam and Imagine your Korea chasing.
Visit Sanya, China and Punta del Este were involved in a collision as they headed towards the first mark.
All crew are safe and well and both yachts have returned to the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. Vessel damage will be assessed and current estimates for the repair plan are ten to fourteen days.
As the Cape of Good Hope falls astern, the teams still racing will head towards the 40th parallel. This is where the Roaring Forties start, and the Southern Ocean provides some of the most extreme and exhilarating sailing in the world. Infamous for its grueling conditions, the 4,650 nautical mile race is expected to take around 25 days to complete and will see the crew take on all that Mother Nature can throw at them.
This race is not to be underestimated. Race Director Mark Light said: “You will expect to see big, big conditions, lots of downwind sailing and spinnaker work and perfect surfing conditions. Initially it is looking like the fleet will get a couple of days of upwind as they leave Cape Town and bypass the Agulhas bank.
“This is heavy weather sailing for sure but the boats, equipment and crew are all prepared for it and up to the challenge.”
It’s going to be an upwind beat for the first few days before south westerlies kick in, spinnakers can be hoisted and for the sleigh ride to begin. Tactically, two depressions are developing which the fleet will have to negotiate. In this race, successful teams will stay on the right side of the depressions, staying in the downwind, in the westerly belts. If the teams try to go too far north they may run out of wind, but then there is also a danger of going too far south where a 45° ice limit, set by the Race Office, is in place.
The majority of fleet is expected to arrive into Fremantle Sailing Club between 9 and 14 December 2019
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Name: Rajani KaraturiAge: 52Occupation: Software engineerNationality: Indian (currently living in New Jersey, USA)Leg: 4 Team: Punta del Este New Jersey resident Rajani Karuturi has fulfilled her ambition of a ‘life less ordinary’ after taking part in the world’s most iconic yacht race.“When I turned 40,…
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Name: Mark PollardAge: 30Occupation: EngineerNationality: AustralianLeg: 1 and 3Team: Ha Long Bay, Viet NamAn innate sense…
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Facebook moves to remove ads displayed with controversial content
A new automated review process is in the works
Zach Miners (IDG News Service)
Facebook is launching an aggressive strategy for better detecting violent, graphic, sexual and otherwise controversial content across its site and removing ads that appear alongside that content.
The changes follow other recent developments involving hate speech appearing on the site, which Facebook has vowed to better combat, though that has not stopped some marketers from pulling their ads in response.
The new detection and removal policy, which was announced Friday in a blog post, is designed to provide Facebook with a better mechanism for removing ads that appear alongside certain types of questionable content on Groups and Pages.
"While we already have rigorous review and removal policies for content against our terms, we recognise we need to do more to prevent situations where ads are displayed alongside controversial Pages and Groups," the company said.
"So we are taking action," Facebook added.
The new review process, beginning Monday, "will expand the scope of Pages and Groups that should be ad-restricted," the company said. Ads from all Pages and Groups that fall into this more comprehensive restricted list will be removed by the end of next week.
Previously, a Page selling adult products was eligible to have ads appear on its right-hand side, but going forward those ads will not be displayed next to that type of content, Facebook said. The changes will be applied to Pages and Groups containing violent, graphic and sexual content that does not otherwise violate the company's community standards.
The way Facebook classifies what is offensive content and what is not is complicated. In terms of graphic content, "we understand that graphic imagery is a regular component of current events, but must balance the needs of a diverse community," the site says in its community standards.
For instance, "sharing any graphic content for sadistic pleasure is prohibited," the site says.
Facebook introduced new policies to combat hate speech on the site last month, following the campaign of several high-profile women's groups including Women, Action and the Media, and the Everyday Sexism Project.
Around the same time, some big-name brands like Nissan and Unilever's Dove company pulled ads on the site.
The review process will be carried out manually by humans at first, "but in the coming weeks we will build a more scalable, automated way to prevent and/or remove ads" that appear next to controversial content, Facebook said.
"All this will improve detection of what qualifies as questionable content," the site said, adding, "we will continue to work aggressively on this issue with advertisers."
The changes will not impact Facebook's business, the company said.
Facebook's revenue is derived almost entirely -- 84 per cent in 2012 -- from ads.
Other ad-dependent companies are also grappling with how to deal with questionable content. Google has recently made moves to remove adult-themed blogs on its Blogger platform that also have adult advertisements.
Zach Miners covers social networking, search and general technology news for IDG News Service. Follow Zach on Twitter at @zachminers. Zach's e-mail address is zach_miners@idg.com
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This presentation examined key aspects of the global challenges for TVET arising from the fundamental changes in society, technology and global economic shifts. Global warming and other environmental issues are increasingly driving many of these changes, and the movement towards “greening the economy” is impacting on the skills needed for employability. This is the green skills agenda. In doing this, it examines the relationship between green skills and 21st Century skills and analyses contributions to human capital development. The paper draws on findings from research undertaken by the presenters for the Asian Development Bank on ‘Education and Skills for Inclusive Growth, Green Jobs and the Greening of Economies in Asia’, and research they are currently undertaking on ‘Improving and Enriching the Human Capital of Qatar through the Identification and Development of 21st Century Skills for Sustainability and Employability’. Case studies will be provided from Australia, SE Asia, South Asia and Qatar.
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Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is an essential component of “effective learning for and in the workplace”, a key building block of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO’s) Key Features of Learning Cities. The UNESCO Learning Cities and the SDGs: A Guide to Action have given further prominence to decent work for all and entrepreneurship. TVET provides pathways to employment, particularly for young people, and skills development and retraining for older workers. Thus, workplace learning and TVET are integral to a learning city approach focused on lifelong learning. Skills development can also contribute to diversification of the economy and sustainable development. This paper is an update on Wheeler (2017) which synthesizes literature on skills development through TVET and UNESCO’s Key Features of Learning Cities. It also reviews key documents from member cities in the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities, and literature from a Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) project about 21st Century Skills for sustainability and employability. The emphasis is on learning for and in the workplace learning, and the role of TVET within a broader lifelong learning framework.
Reference: Leone Wheeler (2017): TVET and the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities: relevance for countries in the Middle East, International Journal of Training Research, DOI: 10.1080/14480220.2017.1376776
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Feds say pawn shops understated cost of credit
Quoted an annual percentage rate that was misleading, complaint alleges
By Truman Lewis
12/19/2016 | ConsumerAffairs | Finance News
Pawn shops are often presented as an alternative to expensive payday loans, but that doesn't mean you don't have to be careful. Case in point: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today took action against four Virginia pawnbrokers for allegedly deceiving consumers about the actual annual costs of their loans.
In federal lawsuits, the bureau alleged the companies broke the law by misstating the charges associated with pawn loans.
“When consumers take out a loan, they are entitled to know the actual annual cost,” said CFPB Director Richard Cordray. “We are taking action today against pawnbrokers that deceived consumers about these costs, and we will work to make sure they stop violating the law and provide relief for consumers who were wronged.”
The companies are: Spotsylvania Gold & Pawn, Inc.; Fredericksburg Pawn, Inc.; Pawn U.S.A., Inc.; and A to Z Pawn, Inc.
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The four pawnbrokers add a finance charge to their loans and the CFPB said the charge is made up of several fees, called, for instance, “appraisal,” “interest,” “storage,” or “setup” charges.
The CFPB alleges that the companies misled their customers about the costs of their loans by disclosing deceptively low annual percentage rates (APRs) that did not reflect all of the fees and charges tacked onto the loans.
The CFPB’s complaints allege that the companies’ actions violated the Truth in Lending Act and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
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Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way Ball' Coming To Mohegan Sun
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Lady Gaga, queen of the proclaimed ‘Little Monsters,’ will be bringing her “Born This Way Ball” tour to Mohegan Sun.
Tickets to the March 3rd concert will go for$95 and $195, and go on sale Dec 1 at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster.
Gaga fans can access a pre-sale by signing up on her ‘Little Monsters’ fan site by tomorrow (Nov 27).
Gaga launched the nearly year-long Born This Way Ball tour in Seoul, South Korea this past April. She’s been known for her bold, sometimes shocking, and heavily crafted public persona. The least of which was a dress made entirely of meat at the 2010 VMA’s.
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NRA Is Right About Violence Against Women Act: The House Version of the Reauthorization Bill Includes New Gun Restrictions That Sweep Too Broadly
By Jacob Sullum
After the National Rifle Association urged legislators to oppose the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act that the House approved last week, Amy Klobuchar said the organization had shown its true colors. The Minnesota senator, who is seeking the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, claimed the NRA's position "shows where they are when it comes to safety and when it comes to protecting women."
The NRA, in other words, does not care about violence against women, or at least, it does not care enough to accept the new gun control provisions in the House version of the bill. This blithe dismissal of the NRA's legitimate complaints about those provisions makes Klobuchar, a former prosecutor, sound like an authoritarian demagogue who equates concern about civil liberties with indifference to crime.
Criticism of the NRA's opposition to the bill has focused on the least objectionable gun provision, which would close the so-called boyfriend loophole by expanding the list of violent misdemeanors that disqualify people from owning firearms. Those crimes currently include violence against a boyfriend or girlfriend only if he or she has cohabited or produced a child with the perpetrator — a requirement that makes little sense if the aim is to disarm people who are inclined to assault intimate partners.
The provision dealing with protective orders is more problematic. Under current law, people subject to such orders may not possess guns, but only when they have had an opportunity to contest claims that they pose a threat.
The House bill would expand the disqualification to ex parte orders, which are issued without a hearing, can last a few weeks and may be renewable after that. That change should trouble anyone who cares about due process, as it takes away people's constitutional rights based on allegations they have had no chance to rebut.
Another provision of the House bill is even more far-reaching. It would permanently deprive someone of his Second Amendment rights if he has been convicted of misdemeanor stalking, a crime that need not involve violence, threats or even a victim the offender knows.
In Pennsylvania, for example, someone can be guilty of misdemeanor stalking if he "repeatedly commits acts toward another person," including communications, that "cause substantial emotional distress." Stalking laws in states such as Arizona, Colorado and New York likewise encompass repeated communications that cause emotional distress.
As NRA spokeswoman Jennifer Baker noted, such stalking could involve "harassing messages" on Facebook or nasty posts on Twitter. This sort of stalking is pretty far afield from "violence against women."
It is doubtful that people convicted of such misdemeanors, especially if they involve remote contact with victims they have never met, have demonstrated violent tendencies that should forever disqualify them from exercising the constitutional right to armed self-defense. But instead of making the case for such a broad exclusion, the bill's backers suggest that questioning it is tantamount to siding with wife beaters and girlfriend murderers.
Before the House vote, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., declared: "Members have a decision to make: will they protect survivors of stalking & domestic abuse? Or are they willing to allow their convicted stalkers & abusers to have access to firearms?"
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., a presidential contender, deemed the NRA's criticism "absolutely outrageous." Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., insisted, "I am not someone who wants to take people's guns away," although that is what the bill she supports would do.
"I am not paying attention to the rhetoric of the N.R.A. because I can't be distracted," said Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Ga. "What's most important is putting forth good legislation to save as many lives as we can."
This casual disregard for civil liberties is reminiscent of Donald Trump's recommendation, during a meeting last year with members of Congress, that police should "take the guns first, go through due process second." When it comes to sacrificing constitutional rights in the name of public safety, Democrats see eye to eye with the president.
Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason magazine. Follow him on Twitter: @JacobSullum. To find out more about Jacob Sullum and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.
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Abduction and related offences
Acts that unlawfully deprive another person of their freedom of movement, that are against that person's will or against the will of any parent, guardian or other person having lawful custody or care of that person.
Slavery and sexual servitude offences
Affected family member
An 'affected family member' is the individual who is deemed to be affected by events occurring during the family incident. Where an affected family member has been in a family incident with more than one other party, they will be counted for each involvement.
The age of the alleged offender, victim, affected family member and other party represents the age the individual was on the date their record was created in LEAP (Law Enforcement Assistance Program).
Alleged offender incident
An alleged offender incident is an incident involving one or more offences to which an individual, business or organisation has been linked as an alleged offender.
For the purposes of reporting crime statistics, an alleged offender incident:
involves only one offender (where two individuals have participated in the same incident two alleged offender incidents will be recorded)
can involve one or more victims
can involve offences that occur over a period of time but have been processed by Victoria Police as the same incident.
There may be multiple incidents within the reference period that involve the same individual, business or organisation as an offender.
Where there were multiple offences recorded within the one incident, the incident is assigned an offence category of the most serious offence in the incident for statistical purposes, known as the principal offence.
Alleged offender incident investigation status
The investigation status is the status indicating how an alleged offender has been dealt with by Victoria Police at the time the data was extracted from LEAP. The investigation status of an alleged offender incident is derived from the principal offence. This variable is captured at a point in time and is subject to change.
For the purposes of reporting, Alleged offender incident investigation statuses include:
Caution/official warning
Intent to Summons
Alleged offender incidents related to a family incident
Alleged offender incidents refer to those incidents that are linked to offences recorded at the time of a family incident.
Alleged offender rate
Alleged offender rates per 100,000 population are calculated using the alleged offender incident count for the reference period and the most recent Estimated Resident Population (ERP). The alleged offender rate is calculated using the following formula:
(Alleged offender incident count/ERP count) *100,000
For more information on the ERPs used to calculate alleged offender rates please see the Explanatory notes.
Intentionally and without lawful excuse destroying or damaging property by fire and intentionally or recklessly causing a bushfire.
Cause damage by fire
Cause a bushfire
Other fire related offences
Assault and related offences
The direct (and immediate/confrontational) infliction of force, injury or violence upon a person or a group of people.
Serious assault
Assault police, emergency services or other authorised officer
Common assault
Blackmail and extortion
The unlawful demanding of money, property, or any other benefit from another person, accompanied by the threat of coercive measures if the demand is not met. Coercive measures may include divulging information about a person, or the use and/or threatened use of force or violence if the demand is not met.
Breaches of orders
An act or omission breaching the conditions of a justice order. This includes breaches of family violence orders, intervention orders, bail conditions and other orders.
Breach of family violence order
Breach of intervention order
Breach of bail conditions
Breaches of other orders
The offering, giving or accepting of a bribe involving a government official whilst exercising his or her official authority.
Bribery of officials
Burglary/Break and enter
The unlawful entry of a building or structure with the intent to commit an offence, where the entry is either forced or unforced.
Aggravated burglary
Non-aggravated burglary
Charge status
The charge status indicates when a charge has been laid by Victoria Police at the time these data were extracted from the LEAP database. CSA output categories for this variable include:
No Charges Laid
In the event that no charges have been recorded the investigation status determines whether the incident is categorised as ‘unsolved’ or ‘no charges laid’. The ‘no charges laid’ category represents all investigation statuses other than ‘unsolved’. Both charge and investigation statuses represent information at a point in time and are subject to change.
For more information, please refer to Investigation status.
Criminal incident
A criminal event that may include multiple offences, alleged offenders and/or victims, is recorded on the LEAP database on a single date and as occurring at one location.
Cultivate or manufacture drugs
Cultivating or manufacturing of drugs or other substances prohibited under legislation.
Cultivate drugs
Manufacture drugs
Possess drug manufacturing equipment or precursor
Dangerous or negligent acts endangering people
Dangerous or negligent acts which, though not intended to cause harm, actually or potentially result in injury to oneself or another person.
Neglect or ill-treatment of people
Throw or discharge object endangering people
Other dangerous or negligent acts endangering people
Offences involving a dishonest act or omission carried out with the purpose of deceiving to obtain a benefit or avoid a disbenefit.
Forgery and counterfeiting
Possess equipment to make false instrument
Obtain benefit by deception
State false information
Deceptive business practices
Professional malpractice and misrepresentation
Other deception offences
Disorderly and offensive conduct
Offences involving personal conduct that is disorderly, indicative of criminal intent or is deemed offensive to members of the public.
Riot and affray
Drunk and disorderly in public
Offensive conduct
Drug dealing and trafficking
Dealing and trafficking of drugs or other substances prohibited under legislation.
Drug use and possession
Use and possession of drugs or other substances prohibited under legislation.
Family incident
An incident attended by Victoria Police where a Risk Assessment and Risk Management Report (also known as an L17 form) was completed. The report is completed when family violence incidents, interfamilial-related sexual offences, and child abuse are reported to police.
For the purposes of CSA statistics a family incident may involve one or more affected family members and/or one or more other parties.
Family incident flag
A family incident flag is attached to any offence arising from an incident where Victoria Police completed a Risk Assessment and Risk Management Report (L17 form). The family incident flag allows the identification of offences, offender incidents and victim reports that are related to a family incident.
Family incident rate
Family incident rates per 100,000 population are calculated using the number of family incidents for the period and the most recent Estimated Resident Population (ERP). The family incident rate is calculated using the following formula:
(Family incident count/ERP count) *100,000
For more information on the ERPs used to calculate family incident rates please see the Explanatory notes.
Family violence safety notice
A family violence safety notice (FVSN) is a notice that can be issued immediately by Victoria police to protect an affected family member before an intervention order application is heard in court.
Homicide and related offences
Unlawfully kill, attempt or conspire to unlawfully kill, or kill another person as a result of culpable, reckless or negligent act.
Accessory or conspiracy to murder
Driving causing death
Intent to summons represents a pending investigation status on an offence or offender incident where a final legal action has not yet taken place. It links offenders who may be charged with an offence in the future, however further investigation and approval or evidence is required before these are completed by Victoria Police. Therefore the number of offences and offender incidents with an "intent to summons" investigation status may change over time.
Investigation status
Investigation status indicates how the offences has been dealt with by Victoria Police at the time data was extracted from the LEAP database. This status represents information at a point in time and is subject to change.
CSA output categories include:
Arrest/Summons
Other includes: Penalty infringement notice, caution not authorised, complaint withdrawn, notice to appear, no offence disclosed, not authorised, offender processed, warrant issued, summons not authorised, presentment and other statuses.
For more information, please refer to Charge status.
Justice institution or immigration facility
The category 'justice institution or immigration facility' includes, prisons, youth justice facilities and immigration detention centres. Further information regarding exclusions is available in the explanatory notes.
Justice procedures
An act or omission that is deemed to be prejudicial to the effective administration of justice procedures.
Escape custody
Fail to appear
Resist or hinder officer
L17 form
An L17 form refers to the Victoria Police Risk Assessment and Management Report that Victoria Police are required to complete after they have attended a family incident. The report is completed when family violence incidents, interfamilial-related sexual offences, and child abuse are reported to police.
Local Government Area
A Local Government Area (LGA) is a geographical area under the responsibility of an incorporated local government council. See the Geographic classification for more information.
The location or place where the offence took place as recorded by Victoria Police. There are three main location types; Residential, Community and Other. These types are further broken down into subdivisions, which show an intermediate level of information, and further into groups, which show a finer level of detail. For more information please see the Location type classification.
Miscellaneous offences
All other offences not elsewhere classified.
Environmental offences
Public health and safety offences
Dangerous substance offences
Other miscellaneous offences
Any criminal act or omission by a person or organisation for which a penalty could be imposed by the Victorian legal system.
For the purposes of CSA statistics, an offence is counted and included in the data where it:
occurred in Victoria;
was reported to Victoria Police; and,
was first recorded in LEAP within the reference period.
See our Explanatory notes for more information regarding the scope of our data.
Offence investigation status
The current status on the progress of the apprehension and/or processing of an alleged offender for the given offence as at the date the data is extracted. If no status is known at the time data is taken from LEAP, the status of investigation will be presented as unsolved.
Offence rate
Offence rates per 100,000 population are calculated using the offence count for the reference period and the most recent Estimated Resident Population (ERP). The offence rate is calculated using the following formula:
(Offence count/ERP count) *100,000
For more information on the ERPs used to calculate offence rates please see the Explanatory notes.
Offences related to a family incident
Offences relating to a family incident refer to those offences that have been linked to a family incident by Victoria Police.
Other drug offences
Drug offences not elsewhere classified as Drug dealing and trafficking, Cultivate or manufacture drugs or Drug use and possession.
Other government regulation offences
Offences regulated by government not including driving or transport regulation offences.
Betting and gaming offences
Commercial regulation offences
Liquor and tobacco licensing offences
Pornography and censorship offences
Intellectual property offences
Prostitution offences
The other individual involved in a family incident is referred to as the 'other party'. The other party could be a current partner, former partner or a family member. Where the other party is involved with multiple affected family members, they will be counted for each involvement.
Police Region
A Police Region is a geographical area defined by Victoria Police for operational purposes. There are 4 regions across Victoria each contains a number of Police Service Areas. For more information please see the Geographic classification.
Police Service Area
A Police Service Area (PSA) is a geographical area defined by Victoria Police for operational purposes. There are 54 PSAs across Victoria and they consist of 1 or more Local Government Area (LGA). The CSA generally produces statistics at the more detailed LGA level however, data can be aggregated to PSAs from LGAs. For more information please see the Geographic classification.
Principal offence
Principal offence is the offence type determined by the CSA offence index as the most serious offence type committed within an incident. For more information on the offence index please see the Explanatory notes.
The wilful and unlawful destruction, damage or defacement of public or private property.
Other property damage offences
Public nuisance offences
Acts involving the contravention of public order and harmony.
Privacy offences
Improper movement on public or private space
Other public nuisance offences
Public security offences
An act or omission that is deemed to be prejudicial to the effective carrying out of government operations specifically concerned with maintaining government security.
Immigration offences
Terrorism offences
Other public security offences
Regulatory driving offences
Offences relating to vehicles and most forms of traffic, including offences pertaining to the licensing, registration, roadworthiness or use of vehicles and bicycle offences.
Drink driving
Parking offences
Licensing offences
Registration and roadworthiness offences
Other regulatory driving offences
Relationship of Victim to Offender
The relationship of victim to offender refers to the relationship the victim reports between themselves and their alleged offender at the time of the offence.
For the purposes of reporting, the relationship can be:
Current partner
Former partner
Non-family member
Not known to victim
Not recorded
Repeat offending
Repeat offending is defined as those people who have been linked to more than one criminal incident within a 12-month financial year reference period. People who have been alleged offenders across financial year reference periods will be counted in each of the reference periods, therefore the repeat offending counts in this publication do not show repeat offending over a longer period of time.
Repeat victimisation
Repeat victimisation is defined as those people who had more than one victim report within a 12 month financial year reference period. People who have been victimised across more than one financial year reference period will be counted in each of the reference periods that they reported being a victim. Consequently, the repeat victimisation counts in this publication do not show repeat victimisation over a longer period of time.
The unlawful taking of property, with intent to permanently deprive the owner of the property, from the immediate possession, control, custody or care of a person, accompanied by the use, and/or threatened use, of immediate force or violence.
Non-aggravated robbery
Acts, or intent of acts, of a sexual nature against another person, which are non-consensual or where consent is proscribed (i.e. the person is legally deemed incapable of giving consent because of youth or temporary/permanent incapacity).
Sexual offences against children
Stalking, harassment and threatening behaviour
Acts intended to cause physical or mental harm, or arouse apprehension or fear through a repeated course of unreasonable conduct. This includes actions that are intended to harass, threaten or invade the privacy of an individual.
Harassment and private nuisance
Threatening behaviour
The unlawful taking or obtaining of money or goods, not involving the use of force, threat of force or violence, coercion or deception, with the intent to permanently or temporarily deprive the owner of the use of the money or goods, or the receiving or handling of money or goods obtained unlawfully.
Motor vehicle theft
Steal from a motor vehicle
Steal from a retail store
Theft of a bicycle
Receiving or handling stolen goods
Fare evasion
Other theft
Transport regulation offences
Offences relating to breaches of transport regulations.
Public transport regulations offences
Aviation regulations offences
Maritime regulations offences
Pedestrian offences
Other transport regulations offences
Trend test - 24 month
The trend test serves as a guide to highlight changes that are statistically significant. The 24 month trend test uses the Kendall's Rank Order Correlation statistical test (or Kendall's tau-b) to determine whether a series is trending upwards, downwards or is stable. For more information on the 24 month trend test please see the Explanatory notes.
Unincorporated Victoria
Victoria is made up of 79 Local Government Areas (LGAs), in addition to the LGAs there are also small islands (administered by the state) and ski resorts (administered by management boards) which are unincorporated.
Unique alleged offender
A unique alleged offender is defined as a person who has been involved in one or more alleged offender incidents within a reference period. One unique alleged offender may be involved in more than one offender incident during the reference period, but will have a count of 1 in the data presented in this section. If there are multiple unique alleged offenders related to a criminal event, each unique offender will be counted once in the published figures.
Unique victims
A unique victim is defined as a person who has had one or more victim report recorded by Victoria Police within the reference period. One unique victim may have more than one victim report recorded during the reference period, but will have a count of 1 in the data presented in this section. If there are multiple unique victims recorded against a criminal event, each unique victim will be counted once in the published figures.
Victimisation rate
Victimisation rates per 100,000 population are calculated using the victim report count for the reference period and the most recent Estimated Resident Population (ERP). The victimisation rate is calculated using the following formula:
(Victim report count/ERP count) *100,000
For more information on the ERPs used to calculate victimisation rates please see the Explanatory notes.
Victim report
A victim report is counted when an individual, business or organisation reports to Victoria Police that they have been a victim of one or more criminal offences.
For the purposes of reporting crime statistics, a victim report;
involves only one victim (where two individuals are victimised in the same incident, two victim reports will be recorded)
can involve one or more offender
can involve offences that occur over a period of time but have been processed by Victoria Police as the same report.
An individual, business or organisation can be counted as a victim more than once within the reference period, if they have made more than one separate report to Victoria Police.
Where there were multiple offences recorded within the one victim report, the report is represented for statistical purposes by an assigned offence category of the most serious offence. This is known as the principal offence.
If there are multiple victims related to a criminal event, each will have their victim report counted once in the published figures.
Victim reports related to a family incident
Victim reports relating to a family incident refer to those reports that are linked to offences recorded at the time of a family incident.
Victim type
Victim type defines whether the victim linked to a victim report is a person or organisation.
Victoria Police Risk Assessment and Management Report
A Victoria Police Risk Assessment and Management Report, also known as an L17 form, is a report that Victoria Police are required to complete after they have attended a family incident. The report is completed when family violence incidents, interfamilial-related sexual offences, and child abuse are reported to police.
Weapons and explosives offences
Offences involving prohibited or regulated weapons and explosives.
Firearms offences
Prohibited and controlled weapons offences
Explosives offences
Youth offender
A youth offender is an alleged offender between the age of 10 and 17 years at the time they were linked to a recorded offence in LEAP (Law Enforcement Assistance Program).
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Devex Impact reporter Adva Saldinger interviews women from different organizations and companies working on girls’ education.
Changing educational systems is challenging, but data shows that an investment in girls education can have profound development impacts.
Devex spoke to several organizations and companies working on this issue to get their views on what’s needed to further improve the landscape at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s International Women’s Day Forum.
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Kimberly Davis
“Make life your masterpiece; imagine no limitations on what you can be, have or do.”
- Brian Tracy
KIMBERLY DAVIS, from Portsmouth, VA, started dancing at the age of 4. She trained at The Governor’s School for the Arts, Academy of Contemporary and Classical Dance, Broadway Dance Center, Peridance Capezio Center, and Gus Giordano Dance School. Kimberly is a 2019 graduate of George Mason University where she worked with Joan Boada, Christopher d’Amboise, Jean Emile, Alexander Hille, Pier Loup, Darrell Moultrie, Soon-ho Park, Susan Shields, Jamal Story, Septime Webre, and others. She has performed Bhangra Fever by Donald Byrd, Kosmos by Andonis Foniadakis, and understudied Na Floresta by Nacho Duato. Kimberly joined DanceWorks Chicago in August 2019.
Kara Hunsinger
“No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a strange, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than others.”
- Martha Graham
KARA HUNSINGER, from Modesto, CA, started her dance training at Steps Dance Arts Center and continued with professional level training at Juline’s School of Dance. Kara graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BFA in Dance from the University of Arizona. At U of A, she had the honor of performing works by George Balanchine, Nacho Duato, Tamara Dyke-Compton, Autumn Eckman, Alexei Ratmansky, Sam Watson, and Christopher Wheeldon. Kara danced with Hawkinsdance under the direction of Shelly Hawkins during her senior year. Kara’s additional training includes Alonzo King LINES Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Ballet West, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and San Francisco Conservatory of Dance. Kara joined DanceWorks Chicago in August 2019.
Racquel Mar
“When we share what we were brought here to give, we are in alignment with our highest, most powerful selves."
- Jen Sincero
RACQUEL MAR, from Clarkston, MI, began her training at multiple studios in southeast Michigan including Spotlight Dance Works under the direction of Liz Schmidt. She trained in many dance styles and performed works by choreographers Sonya Tayeh, Travis Wall, and other notable artists. In 2017, Racquel graduated with a B.F.A. in Dance Performance from University of California, Irvine, where she had the privilege to work with distinguished choreographers including Charlotte Griffin, Molly Lynch, and Tong Wang. Racquel had the tremendous honor and opportunity to study with legendary Donald McKayle as a member of the UCI Etude Ensemble. In addition, she was selected by Lar Lubovitch to perform his Legend of Ten during her senior year. Racquel has expanded her artistry and dance training through attendance at summer programs with Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and San Francisco Conservatory of Dance. Following graduation, she had the pleasure of training at b12 Berlin Workshop with multiple teachers and choreographers from all over the world. Racquel joined DanceWorks Chicago in October 2017.
Andrew McShea
“No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.”
ANDREW McSHEA, from Leesburg, VA, began his training in ballet and jazz at the Loudoun School of Ballet. He earned a BFA in Dance from Point Park University, under the direction and mentorship of Rubén Graciani. Andrew has had the privilege to perform works by Andrea Miller, Micaela Taylor, Zack Winokur and Julia Eichten, and many more. Andrew worked with Patrick O’Brien Dance Project and Peter Stathus Dance (NYC) before moving to Chicago. Andrew joined DanceWorks Chicago in August 2019.
Elijah Richardson
"It doesn’t matter how high you can lift your leg, just sit, and open your eyes and open your heart."
- Mikhail Baryshnikov
ELIJAH RICHARDSON, from San Jose, California, grew up with a versatile training as a figure skater, actor, and singer before immersing himself in dance. In 2018, he graduated cum laude from Chapman University with a BFA in Dance Performance and a minor in History. Elijah was a featured soloist in faculty pieces by Sean Greene, Dale Merrill, Julianne O’Brien, and Ido Tadmor and has worked with Backhausdance, Jess Harper & Dancers, Capitol Dance Company, and Anaheim Ballet. Elijah has trained on scholarship at San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, BodyTraffic, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Interested in the creative process, Elijah choreographed works at Chapman and was selected to show dance films at festivals in New York and Arizona. He is humbled and ecstatic to be a part of this new community. Elijah joined DanceWorks Chicago in September 2018.
Imani Williams
"We all know we have a finite period of time. I just feel if I’m going to be alive, I want to be challenged – to be as immortal as possible. The path to that isn’t an easy way, but it’s a rewarding way."
- Frank Ocean
IMANI WILLIAMS, from Atlanta, GA, started dancing as a junior in high school and developed his passion at Sugarloaf Performing Arts. After graduation, Imani accepted a full scholarship at Joffrey Ballet School’s (New York) Jazz and Contemporary Program directed by Michael Blake, where he had the honor of dancing in works by Jennifer Archibald, Bradley Shelver, Matthew Powell, Nathan Trice, and Kevin Wynn. He has worked with former prima ballerina Margo Sappington, Tony Award-winner Chet Walker, and choreographer of Rent, Marlies Yearby, and performed pieces by Emily Bufferd, Lane Gifford, Tyler Gilstrap, and Sekou McMiller. Imani was featured in Joffrey Ballet School photos by Lois Greenfield and was selected to showcase his choreography at The Ailey Citigroup Theater. Imani spent two seasons with Florida Dance Theater and one season with Giordano II. Imani joined DanceWorks Chicago in September 2018.
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Issue No. 14
Interviews November 18, 2014 October 1, 2019
Mike & Claire | Q + A
Mike and Claire are an artist-duo based in Brooklyn. Meeting in a SVA darkroom, the two became fast friends and eventually roommates, creating a unique artistic and social environment around themselves that finds its way into much of their work. Blending an array of tropes and characters, their work has something between the anxiety of Eraser Head and the camp of Bye Bye Birdy, all with a Ryan Trecartin sense of schizophrenia. Within their affect-driven narratives they skirt along the edges of beauty and expression, exploring unconvention with an ecstatic willingness. You can see their work in Cameron Gray’s show GYMNASTY at Mike Weiss Gallery, which is up until January 3.
diga.rt: I’ve followed Mike on Flickr for years and I distinctly remember the first time I noticed the two of you forming a collaborative pair, which was with the series See Jane Run (link is no longer available). The series holds many of the characteristics of your work to this day: There’s the Cindy Sherman-esque appropriation of characters, as well as their surreal displacement from the world around them. This was then followed by a series of schizophrenic videos such as the Gem Sisters (link is no longer available) or No Commercials Just Adds (link is no longer available), which felt radically different than anything I’d seen from Mike previously. How organic was the transition to working together? How would you say your process has changed as you’ve settled into your relationship?
M: I remember following your work pretty closely too Kenta. Sometimes I think the most important years of my life while ‘working as an artist’ were actually spent online in high school. I learned how to take pictures from being in an online community, how to collaborate, and talk about work. No matter what work I’m making whether it be with Claire or not, I want it to be convincing. I fell in love with fashion because it is a theater production, it’s about convincing an audience to fall in love with a story. It’s fake. I work in NYC as a model now too, and I really understand how much of a magic show it is. That’s where people get confused with my photography work, and take it too seriously. It’s all an act. It’s important to look back at old work, but in small doses. If you do it too much there’s an anxiety that takes a long time to go away. I’m always only interested in what is next, I need that excitement. That’s what got me through middle school and high school as a kid, was looking forward to making work to put online.
Claire and I started working together because she would make clothes for my pictures, and we realized we were doing small theater productions . Then we started doing projects together, very organically and quickly. I’m able to relax more and experiment with Claire because it’s purely about making work. I have always loved cartoons and color, and we both are interested in that. We don’t care about who comes up with an idea, or what name gets put onto something. We care about getting the work done and getting it up and running as a living thing. That’s what we share in common more than anything, is the need to make work and bring something to life.
C: Growing up, I wasn’t really involved with the internet the way Mike was. I just kind of knew what I liked from what I saw and experienced growing up in NYC and then spending a lot of time in LA. I remember when it came time to apply to art school, I had all this stuff I was really into doing and I settled on going for photography.
I think when we started working together before (M+C) we were involved with theatre in different ways. In high school I performed a lot and did whatever I could to help with production for plays. So by the time we started seriously working together, I think we were both at points where we were over the seriousness of art school. During that time, we had put so much effort into our personal projects, making “serious” work. That’s definitely something that has stayed constant is keeping it serious, but serious fun. Half way through SVA, I decided I wanted to move away from still imagery and make videos and gifs. I really feel passionate about moving forward and not thinking too hard about past works. When they are done they kind of don’t exist to me in a weird way. I really love making films and videos, and it’s neat to feel like Mike and I have come to a point where we are comfortable working with multiple mediums. Whatever we feel fits the project.
The Cherub Garden (video is no longer available) from MikeandClaire on Vimeo (2014).
diga.rt: The use of nodels has become pervasive in fashion lately, with brands casting artists that then bring their followings and aesthetics to the campaign in ways more traditional models cannot. Both of you have appeared in numerous spreads, but before that (and still) you appeared in numerous shoots taken by your friends and classmates. I always found it interesting to see artists adopt the aesthetics of their friends, especially when they have strong, conflicting social media presences of their own. Do you think this role-playing has had an effect on your work? How do you think social media prepared you for your type of net-based performance?
C: The use of nodels in fashion right now is a marketing ploy so that companies don’t have to pay people as much for their time and effort. Artists who are used for fashion deserve to be treated with the highest respect.
The role playing for other people is acting. Mike and I like taking on different characters. I think that the only tie that we have to our net-based work is that you can view it online. Our inspirations come from more IRL experiences and storytelling that get put into this space. I think that we are finally at a point where our work is taking on more of a physical realm.
Ghost Hole (video is no longer available) from MikeandClaire on Vimeo (2014) – Made for Neverland Space
diga.rt: Much of your work draws from a wide range of influences. In Fried Eggs (link no longer available) there’s the George Méliès use of sets and in-camera effects, in The Chase (link is no longer available) there’s an expansion of the comic format with a Scooby Doo-style humor, and in Mars (link is no longer available) there’s the use of GIFs currently being established through advertising. People always talk about your archetypal characters, but you also seem to be interested in archetypal modes of expression. What about this intermingling of mediums interests you?
A big part of making a project for us is figuring which medium to use. After we decide that we need to figure out what kind of equipment to match the narrative. If we are trying to be romantic we may shoot on film or a home video camera, if we want something to be modern we may use an iphone or 5d mark ii. That makes people uncomfortable I think, because our work doesn’t always match up to be one singular idea. It all looks different. The medium is the most important thing though, because you can reference a mood or time period by being selective in that way. It helps the work be accessible to wider range of people.
diga.rt: You’ve collaborated with numerous figures from the NY queer/ feminist scene – Kembra Pfahler, Juliana Huxtable, and Hari Nef to name a few. You’ve also cited other iconic queer figures as inspiration, such as Cindy Lauper and Nina Hagen. Although you’ve been exhibited and published in queer contexts, your work is typically discussed around more formal themes… How do you see your work fitting into the queer/ feminist discourse?
M: Our work is very feminist based and very queer. I am queer and also a feminist, and we both try to champion artists we really love in our work. So using our mentors or friends in our work is important to us. Being the male counterpart in our duo, l never want to make work about how I have a penis. I find that’s really common with male performers. I want men to be objectified, and feminized. Being uncomfortable or embarrassed is important to our work, and I think if you are male and a feminist, it’s important to feel uncomfortable, and want a change in the world. Our work features women pretty heavily and plays a lot with drag. One thing we’ve learned from the queer community is how to revolt through the idea of being joyful. That’s a radical idea with artists today, is being happy. We want to talk about issues that are important to us in our work, but in an accessible colorful way.
C: Feminism and queerness play into our work heavily. I like to take on roles in our work that are aggressive and high energy. So often high energy and aggression are automatically masculine when really it’s just giving your 100%. We like to depict women as powerful human beings. Its important to allow yourself to feel embarrassment and shame because those are huge parts of being a human being. Pleasure is an important tool which we use because we wouldn’t do this stuff if it weren’t fun. I’m so fifty/fifty, half anger and half laughter. There’s just a lot of work to be done.
RATS from MikeandClaire on Vimeo (2014) – Premiered on VICE
diga.rt: Despite the fact that all your collaborative work has been digital, you’re repeatedly referred to as performance artists. I think there’s something incredibly haptic about your work, perhaps because you appear in many of your own videos or because so much of it is improvised. I know you’ve both expressed an interest in moving into haptic spaces, but could you speak to the benefits and drawbacks of performance online?
Our work is created under the practice of “availablism,” an idea created by Kembra Pfahler. We use the materials and mediums we have available to us to make work. The internet is an awesome thing we use to make our work move, especially with GIFS and video, but the drawback is you are labeled as an online artist very quickly. We came up with our own term called “ingineering” that works under the idea of availablism. Ingineering is about using older in camera techniques, set design, and visuals, but while incorporating modern technology. It’s not anti-CGI or anti-greenscreen, it’s just more special affects based. Which in the history of animation falls under the category of “in-camera technique.” It deals a lot with imperfections and hand made spaces. Putting this work online is important because it allows for there to be another genre besides just “online art.”
Gem Sisters: Episode 1 (video is no longer available) from MikeandClaire on Vimeo (2013)
diga.rt: In your interview with The Creators Project, Claire, you said: “It seems that as of now, a larger statement that we are working towards is being realized through smaller projects. I do think that works can connect without intention. As you develop the work, the voice/vision behind it becomes stronger and messages become clearer.” As someone who gets really stuck trying to read artworks, I found this really exciting and liberating. Can you expand on this?
C: I still stand by this. It’s not reasonable to expect to find all the answers in one piece. I know that for me, working in smaller projects helps me just stay more focused. I like being able to look at an artist’s body of work and attempt to figure them out through the stages of it. Mike Kelley is a good example of someone who worked sporadically. When I went to his retrospective I found myself being able to understand his mind a little by how rapidly he allowed himself to make work and also never keep within the same style. It’s really just chipping away at stuff you have in your head constantly and being patient and over excited at the same time.
Any videos or links our readers ought to know about?
STAR WARS UN CUT
Nina Hagen-New York
Everybody should read Keith Haring’s journals. That’s the real bible.
:::FIN:::
Remember to check out more of Mike and Claire’s work here.
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The Return (and Rebranding) of the BattleBots Beat!
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Senor Weaselo plays the violin. He tucks it right under his chin. When he isn’t doing that, he enjoys watching his teams (Yankees, Jets, Knicks, and Rangers), trying to ingest enough capsaicin to make himself breathe fire (it hasn’t happened yet), and scheming to acquire the Bryant Park zamboni.
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A long time ago (2015 does feel like an eternity), the most-recognized American robot fighting tournament came back to TV. Yes, BattleBots came back, and there was much rejoicing. I covered the second season of it for this very website! And by covered it, I mean recapped the already taped episodes in case you didn’t watch them and maybe give my take on questionable decisions or things that happened in the fight if I did some intrepid asking on the social medias (like what happened to Bronco during the Bronco–Minotaur fight).
Since then, things have happened. Robot Wars (the British robot fighting show) came back on the air! (Yaaay.) Robot Wars finished three seasons and left the air! (Boooo.) The Chinese have their own show and invited a bunch of American and British teams! (It’s called King of Bots, and I definitely did not find full episodes of the first season on YouTube, what are you talking about.) But BattleBots wasn’t renewed on ABC in 2017 for some reasons. So now they’re on Discovery Channel. You know, a channel that actually does science/building things.
As for us, that means I get to re-activate the BattleBots Recaps! But hell with it, I shied away from this last time but I’ll take the alliteration and it falls in line with all our other sports recaps. So I’m renaming it the BattleBots Beat, on the authority of “because I can.”
Unlike last preview, I don’t need to talk about every single robot listed. We know Tombstone fucks shit up, and Minotaur fucks shit up, and Bronco flips things really far unless a vacuum breaks and/or it loses all its wheels, and HyperShock will find a way to bring a goddamn rake into the arena and make it work somehow.
Here’s a trailer. Let’s go over some things:
What fight did we expect/want/hope to see last year? Minotaur and Tombstone. Freeze frame, 20 seconds in! One of those robots (the one spinning on the left) is definitely the defending champ, Tombstone. The other’s harder to make out, but it’s a small black boxy robot with a golden spinning drum and white designs on the side. Yeah, that’s Minotaur. Hey, is that a finals preview that they’re showing off immediately? Spoilers?
Nope! Things have changed up this year. It’s not the clear-cut tournament from the Comedy Central and ABC days.
First things first, it’s back to a good-sized season. This year is 20 episodes (oh fuck yes), which means I’ll have some work to do this summer! The first 18 (yep) episodes are a “fight card” format where there are a whole bunch of pre-selected fights, including those dream matchups we’ve wanted to see but not gotten a chance to. Like Tombstone–Minotaur. In the season premiere.
There’s also Bite Force and Blacksmith, (we remember them, especially Bite Force…)
…the bandleader of Chomp Chat. It’s good to see lady robots getting talk shows, BTW. Oh yes, Chomp is female, if you didn’t know.
There’s also Tombstone fighting a large circular full-body spinner at some point, which is Gigabyte, a larger version of Megabyte (though basically a re-skin of last season’s Invader). Which is the robot that helped retire the legendary BioHazard by tearing it a new one. There’s also Blacksmith and Warhead, which should make for a fiery battle (sorry). Every robot will get 3 to 5 fights and then they’ll do some sort of RPI shit to get a top 16, and that will lead to the tourney for the Giant Nut. I look forward to me bitching about the committee in 3 1/2 months.
Greg Munson (one of the co-founders) said there were zero forfeits throughout the two weeks of filming, although occasionally they’d have to postpone and work around and Chris Rose and Kenny Florian would have to re-suit change for continuity’s sake.
And there will also be rumbles. And there will also be tag team battles. And potentially other things. We’ll see what the other things are.
Um, active weapon rule?
Okay, this is going from the site. But the rule in the first two seasons was that every robot needed an active weapon. As in, a weapon that moved. No ram-bots. So correct me if I’m wrong, but does Bale Spear not have a giant fucking spike? I assume it’s pneumatic, But even so, these aren’t the days of Rhino where the spike could punch through the thin armor of the time. And Double Jeopardy is listed as a shooter but Brutus showed they can’t actually do anything with that because you need to be able to not break the Lexan (and those were for pyrotechnic effect). Brutus also had a decent enough vertical disc, and I’m not sure what else Double Jeopardy has.
Other ramblings and notes
Battle Royale with Cheese wins the pun/joke award—and their smaller bot is called Shorter Pounder. Free Shipping comes in second and looks dumb because of the forklift, but it’s basically driver Gary Gin’s robot Original Sin (the most decorated Robogames and Combots Cup robot ever) with the aforementioned forklift. So it will not suck.
According to Ian Watts, The Four Horsemen are War, Famine, Pestilence, and… Buttercup? “Sounds about right,” said Asgore, King of the Underground, as all the younger Commentists glare at me for making an Undertale joke 2 1/2 years after the game came out. Also, The Four Horsemen are just a re-skin of The Grubs, their entry from King of Bots, but with a better name.
HyperShock is now neon yellow. They apparently have a new rake in addition to the old rake. No idea if it’s in the same color scheme. But they do have the rake again. It’s their thing now.
Witch Doctor (no Shaman) has a sweet new self-righting mechanism that looks like a ribcage. Gotta say, that’s pretty fucking sweet.
Team Nightmare had other obligations (the second season of King of Bots, called This Is Fighting Robots) and will not be competing this season. (Somehow there are zero images of that robot, named Wrecker.) This is noteworthy because Nightmare was the only robot to appear in every televised season of BattleBots. Plus the pay-per-view ones. Neither is Team Hertz and BETA (they went to China with Tánshé, which looks like TerrorHertz except in flipper form). Interestingly enough Megabyte was also in China but Gigabyte is competing.
And lastly, they revealed all the robots, and we know them all. EXCEPT ONE.
*deep breath* Axe Backwards, Bale Spear, Basilisk, Battle Royale with Cheese, Bite Force, Blacksmith, Bombshell, Bronco, Brutus, Captain Shrederator, Chomp, Deviled Egg, Double Dutch, Double Jeopardy, DUCK!, Endgame, Free Shipping, Gamma 9, Gemini, Gigabyte, HUGE, HyperShock, Hypothermia, Icewave, Kraken, Lock-Jaw, Lucky, Mecha Rampage, Minotaur, Mohawk, Monsoon, Overhaul, *inhales again* Parallax, Petunia, Predator, Reality, Red Devil, ROTATOR, Sawblaze, Sharkoprion, Skorpios, Son of Whyachi, SubZero, Tantrum, The Four Horsemen, Tombstone, Ultimo Destructo, Valkyrie, Vanquish, WAR Hawk, Warhead, Warrior Dragon, Whiplash, Witch Doctor, Yeti… and?
That would be the bot at bottom-right. Which looks like La Machine, built by Greg Munson and Trey Roski for the original pre-TV Robot Wars IN 1995 (before they founded BattleBots), and the pioneer of the wedge bot. It couldn’t possibly be La Machine (right?), so it’s believed to be a cover-up for a notable robot from the past. Some say BioHazard, which was teased at last season. Someone else said Blendo, made by one Jamie Hyneman, though that was also 20 years ago. Someone said it could be Greg and Trey’s other “exhibition” robot, Ginsu. And some people have seen it and are legally not allowed to say it due to NDAs about spoilers.
Anyway… I think that covers everything, and if not, or if I’m wrong, I’ll mention it next time. The premiere’s Friday at 8, so as they say, let the wars begin!
Pour one out for the next-gen iterations of the House Robots.
Sorry, I mean… it’s robot fightin’ time!
Banner image from The Young Folks. Roster image courtesy of BattleBots’ Twitter. Robot Wars image from Trusted Reviews. Source of most of the info is from either BattleBots’ Twitter or Facebook, or r/battlebots on Reddit, or from this interview with Greg Munson.
Tagged battlebots Fighting robots Jeez Senor you need to get laid Killer robots NERRRRRRRRRDS Senor Weaselo
Senor Weaselo plays the violin. He tucks it right under his chin. When he isn't doing that, he enjoys watching his teams (Yankees, Jets, Knicks, and Rangers), trying to ingest enough capsaicin to make himself breathe fire (it hasn't happened yet), and scheming to acquire the Bryant Park zamboni.
Coach Carroll’s Weird Mysteries: The Ourang Medan
Your “Hopefully, The One Time This Site Unites Behind A Jets Franchise” Thursday Evening Open Thread
blaxabbath
Oh awesome. I don’t watch Battlebots but I really enjoy reading the recaps.
Greetings from Japan!
ballsofsteelandfury
Please tell me you went there!
Witch Doctor needed a self righting device. They had Tombstone’s blade broken and beatenn but only lost because they landed upside down and were counted out. That’s like slaying the dragon but tripping on his tail and breaking his neck before you could claim his gold or rescue the princess or get the Triforce piece.
Even crazier, Witch Doctor had a srimech, but due to the extra size of the plow they used in that fight, when they flipped over the srimech couldn’t work for some reason. I think they fixed it for Season 2 but never had a chance due to it not mattering against RotatoR since the fight was over immediately and the upset against Red Devil (where the fight was also over quickly).
ArmedandHammered
Talk about finding a rabbit hole to go down and suck up a bunch of time:
https://www.b99.tv/videos_categories/series/
For Hippo, Early to Bet by Looney Toons
https://www.b99.tv/video/early-bet/
2/10, can’t stick the landing
LemonJello
Well that’s just great. Something else for Hippo to wager on…
I’m guessing due to pre-taping there won’t be any bets allowed, but I don’t know how GAMBLOR works well enough. Or at all.
You seem to think that this would stop GAMBLOR’s Acolyte?
Hippo at Vegas (when not doing blow or hookers of course)
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Communities, Crafts & SocietiesPlease scroll down for listings
Don Dorrigo & Guy Fawkes Historical Society Museum
The Historical Society meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 9.30am at the Museum. New members are always welcome. The Museum is Dorrigo’s window on the district’s past, and a centre for the collection of district and personal histories, artifacts and photographs. The building is open to the public for the purpose of study, education and enjoyment.
We seek to acquire, conserve, research, communicate and exhibit the material evidence of the people and environment of the Dorrigo Plateau. Our area extends from Point Lookout and Guy Fawkes to Clouds Creek; to Lowanna and Maynards Plains and all places in between.
The following website has copies of the Don Dorrigo and Guy Fawkes Advocate from the early days: Trove – National Library of Australia
OPENING HOURS: Sunday, Wednesday, Saturday
10:00am to 02:30pm (Wednesdays to Sundays inclusive over Xmas holidays. Other times by appointment)
Address: Corner Myrtle and Cudgery Streets, PO Box 59 DORRIGO NSW 2453
Contact person: Mr Lynn Burke (President)
Dorrigo Museum 2015
Dorrigo taken from the Butter Factory
Dorrigo c1930
Dorrigo 1918 -19
Dorrigo and Guy Fawkes Agricultural Society
The Dorrigo and Guy Fawkes Agricultural Association Incorporated (the Dorrigo Show Society) is a member-based, not-for-profit organisation. The Society holds and promotes an Agricultural Show each year to serve as our primary medium to achieve our mission. The primary focus of the Agricultural Show is to serve as a showcase for the talents of the residents, local organisations and particularly the youth of the community.
Street: Dorrigo Showground, Corner of Waterfall Way & Tyringham Road, Dorrigo
Postal: P.O. Box 153, DORRIGO, NSW 2453
Show Office
Website: www.dorrigoshow.org.au
Facebook: The Dorrigo Show
Vege Section
Tractor Display at the Show
Kid's Section
Floral Section
Fine Arts at the Show
Creative Flair
Artistic Humour
Dorrigo Bird Watching Group
Dorrigo Community Markets
Dorrigo Community Markets are run by the Dorrigo Showground Trust as a service to the Plateau community. They are held monthly in Hickory Street on the first Saturday of the month, starting at 8am and finishing up around 12 noon. Stallholders are welcome from the Dorrigo Plateau and beyond.
The Market usually has around 35 stallholders presenting a wide range of goods and services to locals and visitors.
There are also representatives from community organisations that use the Market as a means of generating funds to assist in their operations e.g. Lions and CWA. Other stallholders include providores of jams and chutneys, conventional and organic fruit and vegetables, coffee, wines, cakes and slices, seedlings, bric-a-brac, handmade jewellery, pre-loved and new books, cards, flowers, honey, clothing, plants, food etc. Local entertainers often strike up a tune, complementing the social conviviality of the morning.
Please join us for some “fair dinkum” country hospitality!
Coordinator: Marjorie Hawkins
Dorrigo Embroidery Group
Dorrigo Lacemakers Group
Blicks Community Inc.
Blicks Community Inc
Choose a better future for our community. What is your vision?
Join BLICKS COMMUNITY INC for your chance to make it happen.
We look for grants and apply for them on your behalf. We are fund-raising $1000 for insurance.
Together we can make a difference. Come to a meeting. Individual membership for a year is $10.
Ph: 0412 341 243 or email us.
Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum
Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum Limited is home to the largest collection of preserved railway vehicles and memorabilia from the various Government and private railways of New South Wales. It is one of the most comprehensive railway collections in the world, with exhibits ranging from 1855 to the present day.
Unfortunately the Museum is not yet open to the public however you can get some great photos from the roadside in Tallowood Street, Dorrigo.
Name: Keith Jones
Postal: P.O. Box 200, Dorrigo NSW 2453
Website: www.dsrm.org.au
Dorrigo Walking Group
Dorrigo Plateau Fibre Group
Dorrigo Woodcrafters
Girl Guides Association – Dorrigo District
Girl Guides offers girls aged from 6 years the opportunity to gain practical skills whilst having a great time with friends! Qualified volunteers from Dorrigo District run this informal, fun, educational program at the Dorrigo Guide Hall, on the corner of Hickory and Vine Streets, fortnightly during the school term from 4pm-5.30pm.
Girls also have the opportunity to participate in campfire nights, indoor and outdoor camping, and visits to other District’s events.
Girl Guides – Skills for Life!
District Leader: Lisa Lowe
For more information about Girl Guides in general visit our state website www.girlguides-nswact.org.au
Guy Fawkes Heritage Horse Association Inc
Dedicated to the preservation of the Guy Fawkes Heritage Horse.
Heritage Horses (often misnamed Brumbies) are the foundation stock of the original Walers & have significant heritage value. As Australia’s living history, they are kind, inquisitive, loyal & steadfast, free moving, strong & sure footed, suiting all disciplines, environments & abilities.
Postal Address: PO Box 442 Dorrigo NSW 2453
General inquiries and sales
Phone: Erica Jessup 02 6657 5342
Registration and membership
For inquiries and feedback
Website: http://www.guyfawkesheritagehorse.com/
Facebook: The Guy Fawkes Heritage Horse Association
Meet and Make Group
Plateau Fibre Group
Sunday Coffee and More…
Come and visit us for some Sunday Coffee and More… at the Dundurrabin Community Centre!
Held monthly on a Sunday from 10am to 1pm – check our Events Calendar for exact dates! Or check the Dundurrabin Community Facebook page for updates!
It’s a lovely drive in a beautiful part of the world with friendly faces and market stalls at the end of it!
There are BBQ foods for sale and, as usual, drinks, cakes and local farm produce and an assortment of other market stalls.
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Gotham: Look Into My Eyes
by Thomas Ijon Tichy
Gotham puts a halt to its recent slump as the show delivers a much improved third installment sketching out a slew of promising storylines for the upcoming episodes.
Unlike the first two episodes, where I am actually having a hard time remembering if anything significant took place apart from the speed-aging of Ivy, in 'Look Into My Eyes' things happen. Lots of things happen.
If we are to break it down in no particular order of importance:
Mad Hatter and Alice are introduced on the show played by Benedict Samuel (The Walking Dead, Secret City) and Naian Norvind (Crónica de Castas, Pacientes), both seemingly perfect fits for the show.
Oswald announces he's running for Mayor of Gotham in a powerful and well-acted scene in front of Aubrey James and a crowd filled with journalists. This turns a new leaf for the character and while you could claim this is simply ripping off Batman Returns and other sources, that would be a shallow view of the source material. This is the logical evolution of his arc as the Penguin has been conceived as a person of influence and political power in nearly every adaptation of the Batman mythos.
Edward Nygma is declared sane by the Arkham Board of Mental Health after some meddling by Oswald and sent back into circulation at his side. This is welcome news since the icing of his character was depriving the show of one of its top performers.
Bruce and Alfred gets to know Bruce's clone, 'Five', after which Five steals their car and his identity to go woo Selina.
Leslie returns to Gotham with her new boyfriend, leading to a couple of tense confrontations between them and Jim and a reintroduction of Carmine Falcone as Mario's father.
Out of all this, the only weak link is the part with Jim and Lee. Astonishingly, Morena and Ben keeps displaying almost zero on-screen chemistry and it's a show pairing I find myself in great trouble to root for. While Jim's hook-up with Valerie may have been rushed, they at least seem like a better match and a breath of fresh air into Jim's gloomy life. The return of Carmine, however, is a welcome surprise. He was one of the show's strongest players in season one and has a vibrant rapport with several of our key characters.
The main plot of the evening is the appearance of Mad Hatter as he comes to Gotham in search of his "sister" - unclear if fake or pretend - Alice, a girl out of Arkham with the very unpractical superpower of having poisonous blood. Now, to be fair, Benedict Samuel doesn't look like any version of Mad Hatter I've ever seen before and the show notably is missing some of the more controversial aspects of his portrayal such as the strong hints of paedophilia, apparently a subject matter a bit too stark for FOX television.
That doesn't mean the role is bad; in fact, it's stellar, with Benedict delivering a strong, charismatic and intriguing performance feeling right at home in the mad world of Gotham. The only negative with this storyline for me is the flirting with Jim jumping off the roof since for obvious reasons this holds zero suspense; the writers would do well to find a way to work around such moments.
In Batcat Land, we are sort of rehashing a tired plot device with a twist as we're getting another heartfelt conversation ending with her storming off in anger. The main difference here is the pronounced romantic overtone of the scene with Bruce taking her hand to calm her down. Overhearing the entire talk is Five who's catching up with her in the end of the episode masquerading as his twin.
It's clear that the show is playing the jealousy angle here between him and Bruce, and while you may complain about getting another triangle subplot at least you can't claim it makes no sense - whatever their differences are, Five is a clone of Bruce and Cat was nice to him in a world where he's probably experienced little love, not to mention she's pretty stunning. More importantly, David's acting and body language in both scenes has matured considerable compared to two years ago, and at this point you could actually imagine Bruce and Selina as a couple. Also, while David's noted that playing two different characters is very difficult he's doing an amazing job with it.
In summary I found this episode a joy and a great relief. I found the first two installments rather horrid and I feared for the narrative coherence and future of the series, but this episode conclusively proves that at the top of its game Gotham still has the potential to outshine every other comic-book television show ever aired, and as the show is apparently euthanizing several tired plots and bringing in new, fresh material I have high hopes for the next episodes.
Gotham home
Labels: :S3.E3, Gotham, Gotham reviews, Look Into My Eyes, Thomas Ijon Tichy
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Luxury Network International Gala Awards to Take Place in Dubai
The Luxury Network announces Dubai, UAE as the site for the 2019 International Gala Awards
The Luxury Network International has set its sites on Dubai, UAE as the chosen host city for this year’s Luxury Network International Gala Awards presented by Cael. The annual celebration recognizes companies and brands nominated for their achievements in the luxury industry. The honorees will include both well-established companies and emerging luxury brands, on the local and international levels as well as humanitarian personalities and successful business leaders. This year’s awards will take place at the brand new Caesar’s Palace, Bluewaters Island on 23 February 2019. “We really wanted to make a statement this year, both in location and recognizing the achievements of these brands and companies,” said Fares Ghattas, Global CEO of The Luxury Network, “Nowhere else in the world embodies luxury as the UAE, so it was the perfect fit for this year’s gala and awards show and will be even more exceptional than our past events.”
This year’s International Awards Gala is under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, the UAE Minister of State for Tolerance, who will be in attendance along with over 400 representatives from the nominated companies, partners, sponsors, and honorary guests from across the globe. MC’s for the event this year include Robert Nakhel from Sky News and Malak Fawaz Abdallah from Dubai Sports TV and keynote speakers H.H. Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, H.E. Fouad Chehab Nabih Dandan, Lebanese Ambassador to the UAE and DR Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al-Jarwan. The awards will be presented to winners in sixteen categories during the gala dinner, with performances by A-list singers Faiz Al Said, Yara and Walid Toufic throughout the evening. The celebrations will continue into the night, highlighted by both the beautiful venue and the prominent guests in attendance.
The Awards will not only highlight achievements in the luxury industry, but also the extraordinary work of CAEL, born through the Balsamat Charity Organization and the official charitable partner of The 2019 Luxury Network International Gala Awards. CAEL works to highlight the achievements of extraordinary humanitarian acts throughout the Middle East and to highlight the leading role that embassies can play in bringing together people of the region and the world. They commend leading initiatives taken by embassies that help in promoting education, awareness and collaboration between different cultures and backgrounds around the globe. Proceeds from the 2019 International Gala Awards will be given to Rashid Center For People with Determination to help further their mission throughout the region. “CAEL is a natural recipient and partner for TLN when you look at the work we are doing and how we are really taking the lead in recognizing humanitarian efforts in the region. We are disrupting old ‘status quo’ notions through education and collaborations, much as TLN is doing,” said Mrs. Amala Shouman Solaiman president of Cael. “When we entered the market,” stated Ghattas, “we knew we were really forging new ground by creating market affinity partnerships and collaborations within the luxury industry. We began organizing and managing high-end joint events between the worlds finest brands, allowing them to not only showcase their business, share costs, entertain their own VIP clients and prospects, but also meet new pre-qualified High Net Worth (HNW) customers from other collaborating brands. It’s an innovative concept of ‘don’t fight them, join them’ – creating a non-competitive environment between the brands and offering their clients new ‘experiences’ through affinity partnerships between brands. Our enormous success over the past decade has really proved it’s a model that works and highly sought after in the industry with our member database of over 30,000. It really has disrupted the luxury industry in the most positive way. Our annual awards gala really sums up and celebrates that success and spirit and CAEL is the perfect charitable partner for us to celebrate those achievements with.”
The International Gala Awards will be bringing together over 200 luxury brands from over 25 countries representing Europe, CIS, Middle East, Africa, Asia and the United States. Award categories include: Luxury Hotel, Luxury Aviation, Luxury Culture, Luxury F&B, Luxury Fashion Brand, Luxury Architecture Company, Luxury Car, Eco Luxury Brand, Luxury Sustainability, Luxury Real Estate development, National Brand, Luxury Yachting, Luxury Jewelry Brand, Luxury Bank, and Humanitarian Award.
The Luxury Network www.tlnint.com is the world’s leading luxury affinity marketing group with 12 years experience in the international market, over 30 global offices and 500 exclusive member brands. The UAE office launched 3 years ago, forming the most exclusive luxury partnership marketing and events group in the UAE region.
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Friends of tragic MMA fighter Joao Carvalho pay tribute to him as they comfort his family and young son
The 28-year-old MMA star, known as Tweety to his pals, died in Beaumont Hospital following injuries he sustained at an event at Dublin's National Stadium.
Barry Arnold
MMA fighter Joao Carvalho has died following loss at Dublin event
Friends of tragic MMA fighter Joao Carvalho paid tribute to him today as they offered their condolences to his family including his young son.
He was pronounced dead at 9:35 last night in Beaumount Hospital after spending 48 hours in a critical condition.
Proud dad Joao is understood to have spent up to eight hours a day training at a gym in Lisbon near his home on the outskirts of the Portuguese capital.
He is also thought to have spent time living in Florida while he pursued his career.
Mourning his loss on Facebook, his friend Sofia Duarte wrote: “F##K, I just don’t know what to say.You were just a boy with such a long life ahead of him and so many people who loved you and supported you.
“You were a little boy when I met you with a smiling face and that’s the way I want to remember you.
"Rest in peace and my sincere condolences to all your family, your mum, brother and son.”
Telmo Montero, who trained with Joao before he left for Dublin, added: “I still remember your happiness when you leapt to the top of the cage after yet another win, your spirit, your commitment and your enjoyment.
“You didn’t deserve to go like this. I don’t have words to express the way I feel right now.
“I will remember you for ever, my brother Joao ‘Rafeiro’ Carvalho.”
Carvalho suffered a welterweight loss against Charlie Ward at the Total Extreme Fighting event on Saturday night.
Ward is a Straight Blast Gym teammate of Conor McGregor.
Having suffered a third round TKO loss in the three-round bout, Carvalho said he felt "ill" 20 minutes after the fight.
He was taken to Beaumont hospital where his condition worsened.
SBG Head Coach John Kavanagh paid tribute to Carvalho on his Facebook.
UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor was at the event supporting his teammate, and said after the fight that the referee could have stopped it sooner.
McGregor said at the time: "It was a hell of a fight, your man took some big shots.
"It thought it could have been stopped maybe earlier, I think the referees need to be on the ball but I'm happy for my teammate Charlie".
Follow our live updates in the blog below.
MMA fighter Joao Carvalho passes away in hospital after Dublin National Stadium bout
Conor McGregorConor McGregor vs Donald Cerrone LIVE updates from UFC 246 in Las VegasThe action gets at midnight Irish time, with McGregor's bout expected to start around 5am
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Measuring Impact: A Meta-Analysis of Oxfam’s Livelihoods Effectiveness Reviews
2017/11 – Oxfam GB; Effectiveness Reviews; Author(s): Robert Fuller
Details for “Measuring Impact: A Meta-Analysis of Oxfam’s Livelihoods Effectiveness Reviews”
REDD+ as Result-Based Aid
2017/05 – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER); Review of Development Economics; Author(s): Arild Angelsen
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Building Resilience: A Meta-Analysis of Oxfam’s Resilience Effectiveness Reviews
2017/10 – Oxfam GB; Research report; Author(s): Rob Fuller, Jonathan Lain
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Hard-Won Wisdom: What Conservationists Need to Know About Wildlife-Related Corruption
2016/12 – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED); briefing paper; Author(s): Aled Williams, Rob Parry-Jones, Dilys Roe
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Training Manual: Gender Leadership in Humanitarian Action
2017/03 – Oxfam GB; Gender in Emergencies; Author(s): Gell Fiona, Hilton Eliza, Dico-Young Tess
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Closing Borders: The Ripple Effects of Australian and European Refugee Policy. Case Studies From Indonesia, Kenya and Jordan
2016/09 – Overseas Development Institute (ODI); 1 working paper + 1 policy brief; Author(s): Karen Hargrave, Sara Pantuliano, with Ahmed Idris
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Tax Battles: The Dangerous Global Race to the Bottom on Corporate Tax
2016/12 – Oxfam GB; Oxfam Policy Paper + summary + methodology note; Author(s): Berkhout, Esmé
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Downstream Activities: The Possibilities and the Realities
2017/05 – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER); WIDER Working Paper 113/2017; Author(s): Olle Östensson, Anton Löf
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Informality and Inclusive Green Growth. Evidence From ‘ The Biggest Private Sector ’ Event
2016/08 – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED); Report; Author(s): Sian Lewis
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Precarious Lives: Work, Food and Care After the Global Food Crisis
2016/09 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; Oxfam GB; Life in a time of food price volatility; research report; Author(s): Scott-Villiers, Patta; Chisholm, Nick; Wanjiku Kelbert, Alexandra; Hossain, Naomi
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4 reasons skilled executives boost global competitive advantage
July 24, 2018 Build an Export Plan Part 1 of 3 in series
Having access to skilled talent is essential to being competitive in the global marketplace. Executives with an international vision are the first step to boosting your global competitive advantage. The right executives:
Define a firm’s global growth strategy
View risk as opportunity
Communicate their vision to others
Have international know-how
Finding people with the right skills and talents to fulfill your business goals is increasingly difficult. But the most competitive firms are those prioritizing human talent, by integrating talent management and recruitment into their business growth strategy:
With the right people in place, companies can comfortably manage risk, allowing them to problem-solve and move quickly over hurdles.
Firms with a solid human resources strategy can find the skilled people they need to execute international growth plans, even if they must shift gears quickly.
Companies that have the right people on board can leverage digital technology to create opportunities in e-commerce.
Organizations with the right mix of talent, skills and abilities are resourceful, innovative and well-connected.
Leading the pack is the executive team. Having skilled talent in the C-suite is the number-one differentiator between companies that compete successfully in global markets and those who don’t, according to EDC’s internal research.
EDC’s 2017 survey of more than 700 Canadian companies found that 73% attributed their international business success to executives “committed to global growth”
“Access to capital is no longer the number one constraint to growth or the key to competitiveness for Canadian companies,” says Bryan Bogensberger, associate director and executive fellow at the Lazaridis Institute for the Management of Technology Enterprises. “Access to executive talent is the single thing that allows companies in this country to scale up and be competitive internationally.”
Here are four reasons executive talent recruitment is essential to your global growth strategy.
1. Skilled executives define a firm’s global growth strategy
“Successful international executives have a global view,” says Amy Karam, global strategy consultant.
As Karam explains, executives are the visionaries of a company. They know the big picture. Skilled executives understand their product or service offering inside and out. They see opportunities where others may not.
Have you heard of the dating website called Plenty of Fish? It was started by Vancouverite Marcus Frind in 2003 as a side gig on his computer. Within a year, with a monthly income of $200,000, Frind quit his job to travel the world with his laptop. After he made his first $10 million in revenue five years later and knew every aspect of code that underlined his offering, he hired others to help him manage his company and further its growth.
“Every successful company starts with a great product or service,” says global strategy consultant Mel Sauvé, owner of Global Growth. “Good executives understand their product or service offering is world-class, and not a me-too product. They have a vision and will do what they can to get that product into international markets.”
2. Skilled executives are comfortable taking risk
Risk is part of international business. Executives with an entrepreneurial flair tend to see risk as a positive force and are more likely to find new opportunities as a result.
“Executives realize that going global is critical to their success and they’re willing to do what it takes to get there,” says Sauvé.
One of the first steps to competing internationally is testing your product or service against others in the new market. You then must be willing to shift your business processes, if necessary, to meet demand of new clients. These are all high-risk activities.
“The competition is fierce internationally,” says Sauve. “Even if you have a great product for Canada, you need to be prepared to go out and test it against your top international competitors and adapt it to meet the needs of clients in specific markets. That means getting comfortable with risk.”
3. Skilled executives are great communicators
“Executives not only define strategy, but they must persuade others to work toward it,” says Kristelle Audet, director of the Global Commerce Centre, The Conference Board of Canada.
It’s not enough for an executive to make decisions. Executives must also strive to get buy-in from the people working for them, potential partners and investors. The most talented executives are transparent and able to communicate their growth vision in a persuasive way to stakeholders.
“We give our employees a really compelling vision of what they’re working on,” says Paul Lem, founder and CEO of Ottawa biotech firm, Spartan Bioscience. “We celebrate our incremental success so they can see directly that what they’re doing will improve the health of people all over the world. This is what drives them and keeps them loyal to the company and to our vision.”
4. Skilled executives have international know-how
Karam has worked for a number of international firms in Canada and the U.S. She recently published a book called The China Factor, which outlines many of the cultural nuances executives consider when trying to break into China and other Asian markets.
One of the best pieces of advice Karam offers to her clients is to cast the net wide when recruiting executives.
“Attracting talent from abroad or attracting talent that’s spent time abroad can make a big difference,” says Karam. “Having talent in the C-suite that has experienced different markets is really important in offering a reality check and giving validation or invalidation to a proposed market entry strategy.”
“You can be committed to going abroad, but unless the leader really understands the markets, the macro-economic dynamics, what it takes to close business from a customer relations experience, they’re going to fail even with the best intentions,” she adds.
If your firm doesn’t have people in the C-suite with international experience, don’t panic.
“What you do need more than anything is a willingness among the executive team to get out and make the calls in the international market, wherever that is, and find people who can give you the answers,” says Sauvé.
International or not, most skilled executives have a high-level of self-awareness that allows them to fill the talent gap.
“The best executives understand the strengths of the CEO and the strengths on their executive team. But they are also brutally honest about what they lack,” says Kim Morouney, managing director at the Lazaridis Institute. “Once they know what they lack, they go out there, find what they need and bring in people with skills that complement their existing team.”
Canadian firms compete internationally for clients and skilled workers
Canadian companies compete for customers and talent with firms across the globe, regardless of whether they “choose” to operate business internationally. A number of factors are fueling this trend:
Greater mobility of people
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All these things have reduced barriers to the sale of goods and services and enhanced movement of skilled talent across borders.
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Workplaces rely on digital technology, requiring people with specialized skills to develop, enhance and apply technology.
Advanced automation has displaced many routine jobs, leaving the more complex and ambiguous work like strategy, problem-solving, innovating and communicating to the humans.
There is greater risk-taking required for success, as firms realize growth ambitions through digital technology and internationalization.
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Teachers Can Now Use IBM’s Watson to Search for Free Lesson Plans
By Stephen Noonoo Sep 13, 2017
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IBM’s famous Watson computing system—which defeated Jeopardy champ Ken Jennings in 2011—is coming to education, if not quite the classroom. As part of a new IBM philanthropic initiative, the supercomputer is helping to power a searchable database of open educational math resources designed for teachers in grades K-5.
Today marks the first time the new tool, called Teacher Advisor With Watson 1.0, is open to the public after a lengthy beta testing period that sought input from state education commissioners, teachers unions, school board associations and more than 1,000 teachers.
“We wanted to build and design something for teachers by teachers, with the best information and the best technology available,” says Stan Litow, the President Emeritus of the IBM Foundation and a former deputy chancellor for New York City Department of Education.
The IBM Foundation has been flirting with ideas to apply Watson technology in education for a while, without knowing exactly what it wanted to do with it. The tech giant began last year by pulling in more than 100 top-level education leaders for a daylong event demoing the tech. From that focus group they narrowed the list of potential applications to professional development tools and, eventually, settled on a searchable database exclusively for elementary school math.
“When we went back to the advisory committee, we asked, ‘Where would you start if you were looking to make the largest impact?’" Litow says. “The consensus was: start with math at the elementary level, because those teachers are usually licensed as elementary teachers—they may not have strong subject-level expertise. If you could focus in on math, that would be the moonshot.”
The result is a smart search engine that uses Watson’s ability to parse natural language and make recommendations with the aim of accurately matching what teachers are really looking for.
Populating the search engine is a collection of more than 1,000 OERs—from sources such as Achieve, UnboundED and statewide orgs like EngageNY—hand-selected by math experts assisting the program. When teachers search a particular concept, such as fractions or place value, they get a targeted lesson, standard, recommended activity and strategy. From there they can adjust variables like grade level while keeping search terms the same, which may assist teachers in classrooms where students have different math proficiencies.
The real hook, however, is Watson's continuously evolving AI. Theoretically, the search tool should improve and refine itself based on data from users, potentially providing more relevant results as time passes.
Within the OER content bank, there are print materials as well as diagrams and even a video player, which takes advantage of Watson tech that can pinpoint the specific parts of any given video relevant to the search query and cue up just that part.
Since launching the beta late last year, IBM has sought input from a cast of thousands, both online and at in-person workshops. Christine Manna, a math coach for the Waterford Township School District in New Jersey, attended a demo workshop back in January and, along with other educators, delivered some blunt feedback. The layout wasn’t user-friendly—it was clunky and tough to navigate when time was of the essence. From all accounts, IBM listened.
“Thankfully they made the changes and really heard what we had to say,” says Manna. “Coming back and revisiting this tool later on in the school year, I saw great improvement.”
Now, it’s possible for her teachers to differentiate lessons on the fly, punching in only a few keywords to get started. “When you go and research in a specific area—for example, equivalent fractions—you can look at the different designs of each lesson,” Manna says. “You can look at the wording and see very quickly if it’s higher [difficulty] or more for students who struggle. It cuts down all of the work for you. I think that is most appreciated.”
Stephen Noonoo (@stephenoonoo) is K-12 editor at EdSurge where he frequently works with contributing writers. Reach him at stephen@edsurge.com.
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In Russia in the 2020 year, mobile services may increase in price by 17-18%. Experts attribute this to the cost of implementing the “Spring Package” and the sovereign Internet law. The increase in prices will be affected by an increase in VAT and the abolition of intranet roaming, as well as an increase in the cost of fuel and electricity.
According to «РИА Новости», the rise in price will occur unevenly. Minimum tariffs will grow within inflation, but average and high cost tariffs will be much faster. Pricing is primarily affected by the need to comply with anti-terrorism laws, which require the storage of information by communication users for a certain time.
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The fishing community in Vizhinjam, Kerala, now threatened by a port being built by the Adani Group
Sayantan Bera, Down to Earth
The Indian coastline no longer belongs to its traditional custodians—the small fisher people. A jamboree of development—cities, SEZs, power plants, ports, sand mining—is eating up the coastline and eroding it beyond repair. Leading coastal fishermen against a proposed nuclear power plant at Haripur in West Bengal, Debasis Shyamal got sucked into a public movement at his doorstep. Later, as member of the National Fishworkers’ Forum (NFF)—an apex body of marginal fishers uniting many a local movement—he travelled along India’s coastline, witnessing the plight of fisher communities, from Gujarat to West Bengal. Earlier this month, NFF created its youth platform, Yuva, to bring forth the second rung of leadership within the organisation. Shyamal along with Malisa Simoes from Goa, took over as conveners of the youth wing. Sayantan Bera spoke to him in Kolkata on the present and future of traditional fishers.
How did you begin work with fisher communities?
My house is 20 minutes from the sea and fishing is the primary occupation in our family—my father dabbled in politics but all his brothers were small fishermen. I had seen much poverty in life and wanted to move out, even worked as an insurance agent, but things changed after meeting Harekrishna Debnath, then president of the National Fishworkers’ Forum (NFF) who came to our fish landing centre with a simple slogan: protect water, protect coast, protect coastal people. I would intently listen to him and then travelled with him across the country. In 2006, the news of the proposed nuclear plant at Haripur next to our village changed everything. We successfully prevented the chairperson of Nuclear Power Corporation from visiting the site; the movement grew with massive support cutting across political lines. In the forefront were coastal fishers.
What are the problems facing small fishers?
The main problem is depletion of fish stock and the fear of losing one’s livelihood. Small fishers mostly fish within 10 km of the coastline where the problem is most acute. Destructive over-fishing by mechanised boats and trawlers—using mono-filament and purse seine nets, GPRS mapping—is robbing the sea of its fish stock and biodiversity wealth. Small fishers treat the sea with respect—they would never fish during the full moon or new moon. During monsoon when the fish breed they stop fishing. Profit-oriented mechanised fishing does not follow these traditions.
Another reason for depletion of stock is the sheer number of development projects on the coastline, be it industry, ports, nuclear power plants or tourism. We are using the sea as a dustbin with effluents flowing freely and affecting the fish population near the coastline. By 2040 we might not have any fish left in the sea.
How has government policies impacted fishing?
We resisted the coastal management zone notification which tried to open up the coastline to development projects without recognising the customary rights of fishermen. It seems endless—in Tamil Nadu they are building thermal power plants at 5 km intervals on the coastline, in Gujarat mangroves are destroyed for Adani Port and SEZ, in Kerala tourism is doing the damage.
In marine protected areas and sanctuaries the small fishers are pushed away. For instance, in Jambudwip in Sundarbans 10,000 transient fishers have lost their livelihood. Fishing communities must have their rights in line with the Forest Rights Act of 2006, but policy-makers are out of touch with reality; they are destroying on one side and trying to conserve on the other, and its the coastal communities who are suffering.
Are youth from fisher communities interested in these issues? What is the genesis of NFF’s youth wing?
Youth have been at the forefront of our struggle—in Haripur in West Bengal, Jaitapur in Maharshtra, Kudankulam in Tamilnadu—still many are trying to eke a living, migrating to faraway cities to work as construction labourers. Some are forced to work in mechanised trawlers.
The 2010 general body meeting of NFF passed a resolution to bring in a youth platform, organising youth to create a second rung of leadership, to maintain the momentum of the movement. In the last few years a large number of the youth from fisher families joined the movement, protesting development projects and loss of traditional livelihood.
You have presented these issues in international fora. What problems are fisher communities facing in other countries?
Last year I travelled to Bangkok and Bangladesh as an executive member of NFF. In south east Asia and Bangladesh, the problems are similar—depleting fish stock and loss of livelihood of small fishers. I was happy to find that Philippines has 500 marine protected areas, but unlike in India, these are protected for traditional fishers.
How is climate change impacting small fishers?
Earlier we could predict an approaching storm by looking at the cloud, the moon and the water level in the sea. Now storms come all of a sudden—we cannot seem to predict the weather any more. The rise in water levels together with development is eroding the coast and changing the ecological balance of the sea. The sea is losing its biodiversity—small catch like ribbon fish or Bombay duck is depleting, the famed Hilsa is almost lost from the Bay of Bengal.
So, where are we headed?
We need to remind ourselves that small-scale fishing is a zero investment industry which supplies the poor with the cheapest source of protein and that depletion of fish stock is a national problem. Compare this to the abundance of chemicals, antibiotics and hormones in commercial aquaculture which is contaminating and converting more and more agricultural land into fish farms, thereby worsening the food security situation.
We strongly believe if the rights of fishing communities are restored, if their culture of moderation followed instead of greed, the world would be better off economically, environmentally and in terms of biodiversity. If we go on like this, an entire mass of people will be wiped out. The worst is already here, fishing villages in Kendrapara in Odisha are falling prey to prostitution after losing their livelihood, fishers in my district of East Midnapore are committing suicide.
Fisher people pushed to the edge
Ports, industries and sand mining is eating into the Indian coastline. More than half the 6,000-km-long mainland Indian coast has been taken over by these activities. Close to 30 per cent of the shoreline is getting eroded today as against 22 per cent in 2004 due to sand mining and indiscriminate construction. All this has left little space for fishing communities to carry out their activities, reveals a report of the National Coastal Protection Campaign, a collective of environmental organisations and fishworkers’ associations. The fishers are also threatened by industrial fishing, which corners the majority of the fish catch share. Here’s a factsheet.
In the narrow strait between India and Sri Lanka, fishermen are locked in a deadly battle over dwindling catches.
Michael Snyder, The Slate
In Rameswaram, fishermen like Chenatam Fernando see themselves as hapless victims of an interminable border war. To the Sri Lankans, they’re little better than thieves. I said as much to Fernando, but he dismissed the notion with a sad shake of the head. “The same waters we’ve been fishing for 1,000 years. We’re all Tamilans,” he said. “Where the fish go, we follow. If the fish run, we also run.”
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For the first time in the history of Indian media, New Delhi Television (NDTV) has filed a petition before the National Green Tribunal (NGT), asking for measures be taken for the Indian coastline to be protected. NDTV, in it’s petition has asked for work to be shunned on all new ports of the country, till the moment that the tribunal gives a verdict on the case to the coastal environment and the livelihoods of the coastal communities. On one hand where experts say that they are seeing exciting developments on trade and commerce in India and mention that the country needs to pace up it’s port developments to match the need of the rapid developments; NDTV postulates that the number of ports that are being planned across the country’s shoreline could be dangerous for the coasts and the authorities should make a carrying- capacity assessment before going ahead.
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Trends Watch: Beta; Niche Investors
By Elana Margulies-Snyderman
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This week, Elana talks with Andrew Cohan, Managing Member, Halmos Capital Partners.
What is your outlook for private equity?
I tend to think about private equity in two general buckets. While this is an over-simplification, there is private equity beta and then there are value-add niche investors. With the increase in the size and number of private equity funds in existence, many of them mimic a sort of private version of a mutual fund. They create diversified portfolios of companies, and then hold them for a period of two-to-seven years. The typical fund structure does not allow for long-term holding periods. Given the sheer size of these funds, the vast majority of these investments are purchased in auctions, and thus fully priced. I believe the returns of these funds should generally follow those of a levered portfolio of similarly sized companies in a public market index (e.g., the Russell 1000), or whatever relevant benchmark exists for their areas of focus. The "value-add niche" players come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Some have industry expertise in differentiated sub-sectors that face less competition. Others have robust operational expertise. The results in this sector should be less correlated with the broader market, and will differ widely based on the skill and area of focus of the investors. Targeting specific niches and then adding operational value on an ongoing basis throughout the life of each investment should generate outsized, uncorrelated returns.
What opportunities and challenges do you see in lower middle market investments?
Keeping with the theme above, I think there is opportunity for private equity investors to focus funds on specific niches. For example, wastewater in the energy space driven by the increase in fracking (a water intensive process that is the main source of oil and gas development in the U.S. today) presents an attractive opportunity, if approached carefully. Fracking has transformed the U.S. from a declining producer of oil and gas to the largest producer of both commodities worldwide. This inflection in production has provided a major boost for our economy, and the trend of growth will continue for years to come. A byproduct of this technique is wastewater, both from the fracking process itself as well as water that is naturally mixed in with the oil and gas below ground. Mom-and-pop water disposal companies previously served this industry, but with the recent growth there has been a need for professionalization of these businesses. Thus, returns can be generated by buying small companies at the right valuation, picking the right areas that will see increased drilling activity, and building to serve the growth within the market. There is also an opportunity to move more water via pipe under hard contracts, as opposed to by truck on the spot market. All of these factors create an environment where a focused private equity investor can put the pieces together and drive value using multiple levers.
More generally, I see an enormous opportunity to help the aging baby boomer generation find a solution for the businesses they founded. They want a monetization event coupled with an ability to stay involved in seeing the business transition to a point where it can sustain and grow without them. Traditional private equity is not always the best exit option for these owners.
What keeps you up at night?
At Halmos we are more dependent on driving value via operations and changes at our portfolio companies than we are on macro factors. Therefore, idiosyncratic challenges as we grow and manage our companies are a natural part of the value creation process and tend to take more of my mindshare than broad market conditions.
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Elana Margulies-Snyderman is an investment industry reporter and writer who develops articles, opinion pieces and original research designed to help illuminate the most challenging issues confronting fund managers and executives.
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SMITH, CHARLES
Height: 1.93 Born: 22 August, 1975 Nationality: United States of America
EuroCup 2019-20 STATISTICS
EuroCup 2019-20 individual rankings
Index rating 34 UNICS Kazan vs. Real Madrid 3/13/2007
Points 37 Pepinster vs. Virtus Bologna 1/6/2004
Offensive rebounds 2 Real Madrid vs. ALBA Berlin 2/13/2007
Defensive rebounds 5 UNICS Kazan vs. Real Madrid 3/13/2007
Total rebounds 6 UNICS Kazan vs. Real Madrid 3/13/2007
Assists 5 Belfius Mons-Hainaut vs. Real Madrid 1/16/2007
Steals 4 Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem vs. Virtus Bologna 1/13/2004
Blocks 3 Rytas Vilnius vs. Real Madrid 4/10/2007
Minutes 42 Virtus Bologna vs. Joventut Badalona 12/16/2003
Played high-school basketball at Dunbar HS, Fort Worth.
Played college basketball at New Mexico University (1994-97).
Signed for the 1997-98 season by Miami Heat.
Traded on February '98 to Los Angeles Clippers.
Signed for the 1999-00 season by Rockford Lightning, in the CBA.
Moved to Italy on April'00, signed by Amatori Basket Udine.
Signed for the 2001-02 season by San Antonio Spurs.
Signed for the 2002-03 season by Portland Trail Blazers.
Moved to Greece for the 2003-04 season signed by Makedonikos Kozani.
On November '03 left the team.
Moved to Italy, signed for the remainder of the season by Virtus Bologna.
Signed for the 2004-05 season by US Victoria Libertas Pesaro.
Signed for the 2005-06 season, signed by Portland Trail Blazers.
On February '06, signed by Denver Nuggets.
On April'06 moved to Turkey signed by Efes Pilsen Istanbul.
Moved to Spain for the 2006-07 season, signed by Real Madrid CF.
Moved to Turkey for the 2008-09 season, signed by Efes Pilsen Istanbul.
Moved to Italy for the 2010-11 season, signed by Virtus Roma.
Won the 2007 ULEB Cup with Real Madrid CF.
Named the 2007 ULEB Cup Final MVP.
Named to the 2004-05 All-Euroleague Second Team.
2004-05 Euroleague Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy Winner.
Named the 2004-05 Euroleague Week-6 and 11 MVP.
Led the 2004-05 Euroleague in scoring (20.6 ppg.).
Named the 2006-07 ULEB Cup Week-15 MVP.
Won the 2006-07 Spanish National Championship with Real Madrid CF.
Won the 2008-09 Turkish National Championship with Efes Pilsen Istanbul.
Won the 2009 Turkish National Cup with Efes Pilsen Istanbul.
Won the 2009 Turkish President Cup with Efes Pilsen Istanbul.
Named the 2009 Turkish National Cup Finals MVP.
Played the 2001 Italian All Star Game.
Named to the 1995-96 WAC 1st Team.
Named the 2000 CBA Newcomer of the Year.
Named to the 1999-00 All-CBA 2nd Team.
2004-05 Scavolini Pesaro 20 413 20.6 73/147 49.7 70/181 38.7 57/74 77 62 50 45 13
2007-08 Real Madrid 20 201 10.1 39/78 50 36/97 37.1 15/19 78.9 50 30 28 5
2008-09 Efes Pilsen 10 120 12 22/39 56.4 18/63 28.6 22/28 78.6 32 22 16 8
2009-10 Efes Pilsen 16 202 12.6 43/68 63.2 32/92 34.8 20/28 71.4 41 31 32 7
2010-11 Lottomatica Roma 13 83 6.4 12/32 37.5 18/65 27.7 5/10 50 23 24 19 6
Totals 79 1019 12.9 189/364 51.9 174/498 34.9 119/159 74.8 208 157 140 39
Averages 79 1019 12.9 189/364 51.9 174/498 34.9 119/159 74.8 2.6 2 1.8 0.5
2003-04 WWF Virtus Bologna 6 151 25.2 24/46 52.2 26/61 42.6 25/33 75.8 11 18 4 4
2006-07 Real Madrid 17 220 12.9 34/65 52.3 44/108 40.7 20/28 71.4 42 24 26 12
Totals 23 371 16.1 58/111 52.3 70/169 41.4 45/61 73.8 53 42 30 16
Averages 23 371 16.1 58/111 52.3 70/169 41.4 45/61 73.8 2.3 1.8 1.3 0.7
1993/94 New Mexico 31 313 10.1 81/171 47.4 40/119 33.6 31/51 60.8 113 28 68 20
1994/95 New Mexico 29 461 15.9 149/284 52.5 31/116 26.7 70/105 66.7 127 34 95 17
1995/96 New Mexico 33 642 19.5 164/318 51.6 69/188 36.7 107/132 81.1 153 66 102 31
1996/97 New Mexico 33 577 17.5 136/262 51.9 67/182 36.8 104/139 74.8 181 50 93 27
1997/98 Miami-LA Cl 34 119 3.5 34/78 43.6 15/47 31.9 6/11 54.5 27 12 21 6
1998/99 LA Clippers 23 84 3.7 28/64 43.8 7/33 21.2 7/16 43.8 24 17 13 14
1999/00 Rockford 56 936 16.7 316/621 50.9 60/183 32.8 124/179 69.3 202 … 119 …
Udine 10 262 26.2 71/114 62.3 28/57 49.1 36/52 69.2 34 27 13 6
2000/01 Udine 39 944 24.2 243/453 53.6 105/274 38.3 143/201 71.1 174 104 31 38
2001/02 S. Antonio 60 441 7.4 147/297 49.5 35/131 26.7 42/65 64.6 133 52 80 44
2002/03 Portland 3 5 1.7 1/3 33.3 0/1 0 3/4 75 0 0 1 1
2003/04 Makedonik. 2 8 4 3/12 25 0/6 0 2/2 100 4 2 2 0
Virtus Bo 37 899 24.3 194/355 54.6 130/325 40 121/153 79.1 171 145 55 26
2004/05 Scavolini 32 626 19.6 130/234 55.6 91/270 33.7 93/119 78.2 120 86 65 19
2005/06 Portland 21 80 3.8 15/34 44.1 15/37 40.5 5/8 62.5 16 5 9 6
Denver 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0
Efes Pilsen 16 195 12.2 33/63 52.4 36/104 34.6 21/31 67.7 50 24 28 5
2006/07 Real Madrid 37 567 15.3 127/224 56.7 78/255 30.6 79/108 73.1 127 74 52 21
2007/08 Real Madrid 36 367 10.2 60/111 54.1 69/190 36.3 40/60 66.7 86 55 44 14
2008/09 Efes PIlsen 36 483 13.4 85/167 50.9 85/213 39.9 58/82 70.7 119 52 59 26
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The Zelensky phenomenon
Osteuropa 3-4/2019
In ‘Osteuropa’, political scientists and journalists speculate on Ukraine’s ‘president without qualities’. The familiar cycle of hope and disappointment turbo-charged by social media’s disruptive technology. Also, a dossier on the sociology of the war in Ukraine.
In Osteuropa, Ukraine experts speculate on the success of Volodymyr Zelensky and what it says about Ukrainian politics. All agree that his victory proves that democracy exists in the country: by no means a given, in view of the situation to the east. However, this basic positive comes with some weighty caveats.
Zelensky is the vehicle for the wishes of a politically naive electorate, who more than ever wanted a ‘new face (Yuri Durkot) – and who, as the last thirty years have proved, are quickly disappointed (Andrew Wilson). This year’s campaign was the first to employ ‘disruptive technology’, i.e. social media, ‘in which a party democracy or a competition of organizations is replaced by a democracy of “likes”. The fictive role of an actor becomes a reality’ (Wilson).
But Petro Poroshenko’s failings were also grave – beginning with his exclusory campaign slogan ‘Army! Language! Faith!’ (Gwendolyn Sasse). Having alienated the Russian-speaking vote, Poroshenko also lost support among Ukrainian speakers because of weak media backing (Volodymyr Kulyk). A succession of corruption scandals increased voters’ contempt for the political class, despite important anti-corruption measures being passed under his watch: a paradox (Durkot).
Worst of all, the former president’s increasingly conservative turn had marginalized reformist forces and allowed oligarchic structures to return (Kateryna Mishenko). Independent media were accused of being pro-Russian and ‘anyone who was politically engaged risked falling victim to violence’. Journalists and activists were murdered and the authorities failed to investigate. ‘That’s the situation.’
Nikolay Mitrokhin shows how Moscow’s cultivation of Russian nationalist networks in Ukraine since the 2000s enabled the anti-Maidan reaction. Long before 2014, Cossack organizations, army veteran associations and biker clubs were engaged in paramilitary activities. They were particularly numerous in former military regions such as Odessa and Sevastopol, as well as in Donbass.
Nina Krienke argues that conspiracy theories deter serious investigation of US involvement in Ukraine. As a result, it is hard to determine how far the extensive reforms carried out in Ukraine in recent years have been the result of western ‘soft-power’. Greater transparency is needed to take the wind out of pro-Russian narratives, she argues.
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More articles from Osteuropa in Eurozine; Osteuropa’s website
Published 31 July 2019
First published by Eurozine
Contributed by Osteuropa © Eurozine
#UKRAINE #Russia
The current crop of clowns
The joker, the trickster and the prankster
The distorting mirror
A conversation between Igor Pomerantsev and Peter Pomerantsev
Made in a dream factory
Do new faces mean change?
New Eastern Europe 6/2019
New Eastern Europe asks whether new faces in politics in Ukraine, Moldova, Kazakhstan, and Slovakia mean real change: ‘Is this part of a wider trend that indicates deeper social transformation’, ask the editors, ‘or is it more of the same, with just an upgraded, modern look?’
Big Brother to the rescue
Can artificial intelligence help in Ukraine’s fight against corruption?
The Ukrainian government has announced a scheme to use AI to fight corruption in the Verkhovna Rada, the country’s parliament. The technology, dubbed ‘Big Brother’, is supposed to detect MPs’ voting patterns and to flag anomalies. AI is used worldwide for a variety of anti-corruption purposes. So will it work here?
Kristina V. Arianina
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Firefighters and emergency services workers will have to work in more dangerous situations more often, the Australian Firefighters Climate Alliance says. The warning comes as the Climate Council’s latest report found climate change was increasing the frequency, and often the severity, of extreme weather including Tasmania’s bushfires. Firefighters Alliance director Vivien Thomson said emergency services workers and communities were being put in danger by extreme weather events. “The science has been clear for a very long time that climate change is making extreme weather worse, and this is exactly what emergency services workers have been seeing on the ground for some time now.” Ms Thomson said. “We see the heavy toll this takes on communities, many of whom are battered by multiple consecutive extreme weather events with virtually no respite. “Communities and firefighters alike need time to recover and rebuild from the aftermath of extreme weather events, but because they are becoming more intense and frequent, they are just not getting it. This is not good for their mental health and well-being.” Volunteer firefighter and alliance member Jonty Bruce, who has spent time in Tasmania fighting bushfires said he had seen first hand how exhausted firefighters had become. “Having just spent a majority of January supporting firefighting operations in Tasmania and New South Wales, I have seen the exhaustion that firefighters power through to battle increasingly uncontrollable fires, and the fear, anxiety and loss that communities suffer,” he said. “Unfortunately, this is becoming too much like the new normal for both firefighters and communities. “We can only invest so much into firefighting resources, and measures to help communities prepare for these disasters.” In its latest report, the Climate Council said temperatures coming close to 50 degrees, bushfires destroying rainforests and people at increased risk of cardiac arrests because of heatwaves were becoming the “new normal”. Council chief executive Amanda McKenzie attributed the Tasmanian bushfires and floods in Townsville to climate change. She said the report, Weather Gone Wild, showed the past four years had been the four hottest on record for global surface temperature. “All extreme weather events are being influenced by climate change, as they are occurring in an atmosphere that contains more energy than 50 years ago,” Ms McKenzie said. “Extreme weather events are very costly, with insurance companies in Australia paying out more than $1.2 billion dollars in claims last year.” Franklin Greens member Dr Rosalie Woodruff said the Climate Council’s report confirmed what all Tasmanians have lived for the last six weeks. “Australia’s foremost authority of independent scientists, the Climate Council, have documented the recent impacts of climate change on the increasingly extreme weather under which all Australians have been suffering,” she said. A separate council briefing paper said a range of climate change factors combined to create the tinderbox conditions that led to fires destroying ancient forests in Tasmania. The paper said experts warned that much of the burnt areas of alpine flora was unlikely to ever fully recover. Private Forests Tasmania said the bushfires were having “ a significant effect” on the forest industry with 35,325 hectares of private forest burnt. Award winning Tasmanian author Richard Flanagan has written about the affects of climate change on Tasmania’s South West as outlined to him five years ago by water scientist Prof Peter Davies.
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February 6 2019 - 3:50PM
Firefighters warn of dangers of climate change
Sue Bailey
Firefighters and emergency services workers will have to work in more dangerous situations more often, the Australian Firefighters Climate Alliance says.
The warning comes as the Climate Council’s latest report found climate change was increasing the frequency, and often the severity, of extreme weather including Tasmania’s bushfires.
Firefighters Alliance director Vivien Thomson said emergency services workers and communities were being put in danger by extreme weather events.
“The science has been clear for a very long time that climate change is making extreme weather worse, and this is exactly what emergency services workers have been seeing on the ground for some time now.” Ms Thomson said.
“We see the heavy toll this takes on communities, many of whom are battered by multiple consecutive extreme weather events with virtually no respite.
“Communities and firefighters alike need time to recover and rebuild from the aftermath of extreme weather events, but because they are becoming more intense and frequent, they are just not getting it. This is not good for their mental health and well-being.”
Volunteer firefighter and alliance member Jonty Bruce, who has spent time in Tasmania fighting bushfires said he had seen first hand how exhausted firefighters had become.
“Having just spent a majority of January supporting firefighting operations in Tasmania and New South Wales, I have seen the exhaustion that firefighters power through to battle increasingly uncontrollable fires, and the fear, anxiety and loss that communities suffer,” he said.
“Unfortunately, this is becoming too much like the new normal for both firefighters and communities.
“We can only invest so much into firefighting resources, and measures to help communities prepare for these disasters.”
In its latest report, the Climate Council said temperatures coming close to 50 degrees, bushfires destroying rainforests and people at increased risk of cardiac arrests because of heatwaves were becoming the “new normal”.
Council chief executive Amanda McKenzie attributed the Tasmanian bushfires and floods in Townsville to climate change.
She said the report, Weather Gone Wild, showed the past four years had been the four hottest on record for global surface temperature.
“All extreme weather events are being influenced by climate change, as they are occurring in an atmosphere that contains more energy than 50 years ago,” Ms McKenzie said.
“Extreme weather events are very costly, with insurance companies in Australia paying out more than $1.2 billion dollars in claims last year.”
Franklin Greens member Dr Rosalie Woodruff said the Climate Council’s report confirmed what all Tasmanians have lived for the last six weeks.
“Australia’s foremost authority of independent scientists, the Climate Council, have documented the recent impacts of climate change on the increasingly extreme weather under which all Australians have been suffering,” she said.
A separate council briefing paper said a range of climate change factors combined to create the tinderbox conditions that led to fires destroying ancient forests in Tasmania.
The paper said experts warned that much of the burnt areas of alpine flora was unlikely to ever fully recover.
Private Forests Tasmania said the bushfires were having “ a significant effect” on the forest industry with 35,325 hectares of private forest burnt.
Award winning Tasmanian author Richard Flanagan has written about the affects of climate change on Tasmania’s South West as outlined to him five years ago by water scientist Prof Peter Davies.
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Cartier Brings Big Romance (And Rocks) To Valentine’s Day With “The Proposal”
By Louise Jack 1 minute Read
With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, Cartier has released a short film to appeal to the romantics among us.
In a perfect antidote to what some perceive to be the sexual cynicism of Fifty Shades, the film is unashamedly tender and follows three separate stories, each set in Paris–where else?
One couple is about to be parted at Charles De Gaulle airport, another pair is engaged in a photo hide-and-seek at the Musée Rodin, and the third story sees a hapless young man racing up many flights of stairs while his beloved is in a crowded elevator. Each story ends with the appearance of the famous Cartier red box, not to mention some dazzling diamonds (because, can love be fully expressed without expensive gems?)
The six-minute film, entitled, The Proposal was released exclusively online this week. It was shot by Sean Ellis who directed the Academy Award-nominated 2006 short film Cashback and Metro Manila, which won the World Cinema Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2013.
The Cartier website allows users to select each story individually and invites them to explore the range of products related to those shown in the film.
The film’s ensemble cast includes Christa Theret, Oisin Stack, Ana Girardot, Nicolas Bridet, Pierre Perrier and Anne Charrier.
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Toshiba Announces High-Capacity, Small-Form-Factor Hard Drive
By Matthew Murray on February 17, 2010 at 3:45 pm
One of the nice things about storage is that if you can’t find a drive that has a big enough capacity and a small enough form factor to suit your needs, all you have to do is wait a while. For those who’ve been wanting an enterprise-class 2.5-inch hard drive with massive amounts of space, the wait is finally over, courtesy of Toshiba.
The company calls its new “MBF family” drive the industry’s highest-capacity enterprise drive; it’s available in capacities of up to 600GB. But in addition to holding large amounts of data, it can also access that data quickly thanks to a 10,025-rpm spin rate and a 6-Gbps data transfer rate courtesy of the SAS interface. Toshiba notes that these characteristics make the drives ideal for use in midrange volume servers, mainstream storage arrays, and blade and rack-mount servers.
Because of the drives’ smaller size, they also uses less energy; Toshiba estimates that MBF family drives reduce power consumption by up to 28 percent, “using a new enhanced power condition state, which enables the HDD to spin at a lower RPM when not in use,” according to a press statement.
Some of the drives in the MBF series even come with an additional feature: drive-based encryption. The encryption is designed to the Trusted Computing Group Enterprise Security Subsystem Class specification.
Drives in the MBF series are available in capacities of 300GB, 450GB, and 600GB, and will ship in 2010. Toshiba has not yet publicly announced prices for the drives.
Here’s a look at the complete specs for the MBF family drives:
Maximum Capacity (Formatted) 300GB, 450GB, 600GB
Media transfer rate (maximum) 216 MBps
Average Seek Time 4.0ms typical (read); 4.4ms typical (write)
Rotational Speed 10,025 rpm
Buffer Memory 16MB
Interface SAS 2.0
Interface Transfer Rate 6 Gbps SAS
External Dimensions 15mm by 69.85mm by 100.45mm (HWD)
Weight 200 grams (or less)
Shock Resistance (Operating) 980 m/s2 (100G), max 1ms
Shock Resistance (Non-Operating) 3,920 m/s2 (400G), max 1ms
Acoustics 29 decibels or less
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SUPREME COURT ASKS FOR 10 NEW TRIAL COURT JUDGESHIPS
The Daily News Summary features Florida Bar News stories on county court jurisdictional changes, W. George Allen and the need for new trial court judgeships. The Supreme Court is calling for two new circuit judgeships in the Ninth Circuit and one each in the First and Fourteenth circuits as well as four new county judgeships in Hillsborough County. In its annual certification opinion released Nov. 27, the court also called for new county judgeships in Orange and Lee counties.
VIDEOS HELP EXPLAIN COUNTY COURT JURISDICTIONAL CHANGES
STUDENTS, FACULTY REMEMBER UF LAW SCHOOL TRAILBLAZER W. GEORGE ALLEN
THE ELIÁN DRAMA 20 YEARS AFTER: MIAMI JUDGE REMEMBERS THE ‘HARDEST DECISION’
WLRN | Article | November 25, 2019
Twenty years ago, on Thanksgiving Day, a five-year-old Cuban boy named Elián González was found floating on an inner tube in the Atlantic off Fort Lauderdale. For the next seven months, Elián was the focus of a bizarre tug-of-war between his father in Cuba and his Cuban exile relatives in Miami who wanted to keep Elián in the United States. Miami family court Judge Jennifer Bailey helped end the drama by refusing the Miami relatives custody of the child. Bailey is still a Miami-Dade circuit court judge and she recounts that stressful episode.
FLORIDA JUDGE TO HOLD HEARING ABOUT HOW TO CARRY OUT NEW UNDERGROUND POWER LINES LAW
Pensacola News Journal | Article | December 03, 2019
Administrative Law Judge James H. Peterson III scheduled a Dec. 20 hearing in a dispute about how to carry out a new law that is expected to lead to more underground power lines in Florida, and higher costs for utility customers. The state Office of Public Counsel, which represents customers, is challenging a Nov. 5 decision by regulators to approve proposed rules stemming from the law, which the Legislature passed this spring. The Public Service Commission last week filed a document denying the allegations and arguing that the Office of Public Counsel does not have legal standing to pursue the challenge.
LONG GUN BUYING AGE LAWSUIT SET FOR OCTOBER COURT DATE
WFLA | Article | December 02, 2019
Tallahassee Chief Federal Judge Mark Walker for the Northern District of Florida has scheduled a trial for Oct. 19 2020, to hear the suit brought by the National Rifle Association, against the law that raised the age for buying rifles and shotgun to 21 in the wake of the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, in which 17 people were killed. He also set a mediation conference for June 3 to give both sides the chance to head off a trial.
SARASOTA PUTS FLORIDA ON NOTICE: RATIFY EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT
Florida is one of the last states needed to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. Thirty-eight states are needed, and Illinois became the 37th last May. Sarasota just became the fourth local government to put pressure on state lawmakers. St. Petersburg, Tampa, Holmes Beach and Hillsborough County have approved resolutions in support of the ERA. State legislators have repeatedly introduced the amendment since 2003. However, it has not reached the full House or Senate.
Criminal Justice Issues
STUDENT ARRESTED FOR AIRDROPPING THREATS TO SHOOT UP LEON HIGH SCHOOL
A Leon High School student is behind bars after authorities say she admitted to AirDropping a message to other students threatening to shoot up the school. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement was notified of a threat at Leon High School in Tallahassee on Nov.5. The threat was initially AirDropped by an unknown person identifying themselves as “School Shooter.” Investigators were able to match the information gathered with a student identification number that belonged to 18-year-old Ariana Goldwire, who was arrested and is being charged with sending a written threat to conduct a mass shooting.
OIL TYCOON’S DIVORCE COULD SHED LIGHT IN ‘OPAQUE’ AREA OF FLORIDA LAW
Law.com | Article | December 02, 2019
A Florida appellate court’s reversal of a $38 million judgment against an oil company executive has raised questions about jurisdiction, federal prosecutions and how to remedy an alleged breach under an agreement that doesn’t specify damages. The case depends on whether family court was the right venue for a multimillion-dollar post-judgment fight, and if the ex-wife would have to turn to the civil court to file a claim over an alleged breach of an agreement that didn’t spell out a formula for penalizing noncompliance.
HOW TO USE CHROME’S BUILT-IN VIRUS SCANNER
Google Chrome offers a built-in antivirus scanner that comes with the browser. You can enable the antivirus scanner to search your device for programs that might be harmful. Find out how to run Chrome’s Antivirus Scanner in this week’s Tech Tip.
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Aviation Museum
Archival & Photographs Services
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The Village of Foynes
Discover a beautiful place steeped in Irish history and tradition.
Founding of Foynes
At less than two centuries old, Foynes is a young town by Irish standards.
As a port, Foynes was first formally surveyed by J.F. Burgoynes, Harry D. Jones, and Richard Griffith. In reporting to the houses of Parliament at Westminster in 1837 in the second enquiry of the Commissioners for the Improvement of the River Shannon, they pinpointed what would become Foynes proper and made detailed recommendations for its development.
The plans carried an estimated cost of £8,500 and incorporated tidal charts, soundings, and other maritime statistics. And so it was that the Foynes port came into being, and the village’s development followed naturally.
The terminal building at Foynes Airport (1937–1945) was formerly the Monteagle Arms Hotel. Built in the 1860s on land leased from the Monteagle Estate, it was Foynes’ first public bar and hotel, and later the first headquarters for aviation in Ireland. It was also the headquarters of the Foynes Port Company and presently houses the Foynes Flying Boat & Maritime Museum.
In 1938, the Department of Transport acquired the building by means of a Compulsory Purchase Order. The village had a population of 500 people, but many more moved in to operate the airport. Foynes had no hotels, guesthouses, or B&Bs at the time. Senior personnel stayed at the Dunraven Arms Hotel in Adare or in Limerick City. Rates for hotels ranged from 25 to 40 shillings per day, including all meals for two adults, but most workers wanted something local and needed something more affordable.
Some rented accommodations in the village. A Nissan Hut converted for lodgings cost 30 shillings per week, while wages at that time for passenger services personnel were £3.5 shillings.
Local women decided that renting rooms would provide a good income, so they took in paying boarders. After a while, the street was lined with hotel signs. Some of the notable ones included The Crystal Palace Hotel with four rooms to rent and the Uneeda Hotel. Surrounding villages began doing likewise.
Foynes Today
The lovely village of Foynes is located along the stunning N69 Scenic Route on the banks of the Shannon Estuary on the Wild Atlantic Way. Known as “The home of the first Irish coffee,” the quaint village is pleasant to stroll around. After investigating Foynes, drive west on the N69 for stunning views of the Shannon.
Coillte Wood: Around Foynes is more than 17 acres of mixed woodland, located on the banks of the majestic River Shannon. The woodland once comprised a fragment of the 6,500-acre Monteagle Estate, the main family seat being at nearby Mount Trenchard. Remnants of the estate can still be seen in the form of old carriage paths, stone walls, and the Lady’s Gate at the property’s eastern access point.
Explore twisty paths and enjoy fantastic estuary vistas. The picnic area beside the parking lay-by includes a special adapted picnic table for wheelchairs.
For nature enthusiasts, the tree species include beech, sycamore, birch, Douglas fir, and Scot’s pine. From Poultallin Point, scan the waters for bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra).
For history buffs, take some time to imagine the transatlantic flying boats landing in Foynes around the time of World War II. Luminaries passing through on these flying boats included John F. Kennedy and Eleanor Roosevelt. Across the estuary are views of Foynes Island, former home of the famous mariner and circumnavigator Conor O’ Brien. The Foynes deepwater seaport, one of the busiest ports in Ireland, is also nearby.
Although relatively small, this is a unique site that offers visitors an opportunity to escape and soak up what nature has to offer.
Start Your Wild Atlantic Way Journey
Foynes is a great starting point for an unforgettable trip along one of the world’s most spectacular driving routes.
Foynes Village Accommodations
Visit Booking.com
If you plan to stay a few days in or around Foynes, Booking.com offers ideas and detailed information on area hotels and B&Bs to suit every taste. Customize your search with several filters and compare hotel prices to find the perfect place for your getaway.
Shannon Ferry
Discovery the Magical Kingdom of Kerry ...
A lovely experience for visitors who would like a short break in their journey to relax as they sail across the majestic Shannon Estuary.
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Target 2025 Moderate
Target Date RTGs:
The Target Date 2025 Moderate folio was developed for investors who plan to retire on or around 2025 and can afford to bear average risk.
The Target Date folios are designed to provide investors with a diversified portfolio through their working and retirement years. Each folio maintains a strategic balance between expected return and risk. The expected risk of the Target Date folios decreases as the expected retirement date approaches. The expected risk levels continue to decrease in post-retirement in some cases.
Each Target Date folio is composed of ETFs in major asset classes such as stocks, bonds, and REITs, with additional asset class exposure that may include sector-specific, country-specific, and commodity asset classes. These allocations are reviewed periodically to maintain an appropriate diversified asset allocation as the target date approaches by increasing the conservative elements of the folio, thereby decreasing its overall risk level. Each folio also includes asset classes (again using ETFs) specifically selected to keep up with inflation, including inflation-indexed bonds and commodities.
The specific risk levels for a given Target Date folio are based on assumptions about an average investor at each of the 3 model risk levels of conservative, moderate and aggressive. One assumption is that an investor will invest in the specific Target Date folio during their working years, and not make any contributions to the folio after retirement. A second assumption is that the investor will draw an annual inflation-adjusted income from the folio in each year after the expected retirement date. Consequently, the folios are generally designed as investments to be held not only to the retirement date but also for many years thereafter, as opposed to as an investment to be cashed out on the retirement date.
The choice of the appropriate risk level (conservative, moderate, or aggressive) must be determined by the investor based on his or her specific needs and risk tolerance. The Moderate folio at a target date is designed for the investor who will remain invested to and then through retirement. The Conservative risk level is designed to be more appropriate for an investor who plans to remain invested through retirement, but who wants to maintain the possibility of liquidating their portfolio and annuitizing it at some point (either at retirement or later). The Aggressive risk level is designed to be more appropriate for an individual who has a high risk tolerance and who intends to remain invested for the long-term. These are only examples, and there are a variety of other reasons why an investor might choose between these 3 options.
Of course, and importantly, all investments carry risk. Even the Conservative Target Date folios carry significant investment risk, and the potential for material loss. In addition, during periods of increased volatility, all the Target Date folios may experience higher than average losses than would be explained by the risk/return characteristics of their allocations.
Category: Target Date
Inception Date: December 21, 2007
Date Funded: August 31, 2009*
Year-to-Date 1.52%
Volatility 7.64%
We selected a series of ETFs that captured the range of key asset classes we determined were necessary to build an optimally diversified portfolio.
We used the low expense ratio of the ETFs as a selection criteria when multiple ETFs were available that capture an asset class.
We then ran a quantitative analysis identifying the optimal allocations to each ETF targeting the maximum expected return for a target risk level.
We created a series of folios for target risk levels appropriate at each stage in an investors life.
There are generally between 5 and 12 securities in the folio.
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| ERROR: type should be string, got "https://www.foodsforbetterhealth.com/are-grains-gluten-free-a-complete-list-37883 Are Grains Gluten Free? A Complete List of Commonly Used Grains Mat Lecompte Foods 4 Better Health 2018-04-24T08:00:36Z 2018-05-04 16:48:28 Food Advice,Gluten-free Diet https://www.foodsforbetterhealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Gluten-Free-Grains-150x107.jpg\nHome > Diet & Nutrition > Gluten-free Diet > Are Grains Gluten Free? A Complete List of Commonly Used Grains\nAre Grains Gluten Free? A Complete List of Commonly Used Grains\niStock: marekuliasz\nGoing gluten free is an essential component of gut health for some, while others want to cut gluten from their diet to see if it improves any number of symptoms. But doing so can be very difficult. Grains are a major part of the North American diet and many others, and many grains contain gluten. But are grains gluten free? Thankfully, gluten-free grains exist and can be purchased for baking if needed.\nGluten refers to a class of proteins found in grains like wheat, barley, and rye. Grains are a source of important nutrients like carbohydrates, fiber, and B vitamins. Gluten-free grain options may have different consistencies, textures, and flavors than traditional baking grains and flour, but this can be overcome by mixing different gluten-free grains together.\nIncorporating gluten-free whole grains into your diet is important if you have celiac disease or a gluten sensitivity because they are nutritionally dense.\nAccording to the Gluten Intolerance Group, gluten-free products available in grocery stores are often made from cornstarch, potato starch, tapioca starch, or white rice flour. These options are not very nutritious, so electing whole grains and whole-grain flours can provide you with fiber and a variety of vitamins and minerals.\nGrains: Gluten Free or Not?\nThe below table provides a list of the most common grains and their gluten content.\nGrains Gluten Free\nAmaranth Yes\nRice Yes\nBuckwheat Yes\nBulgur No\nKamut No\nMillet Yes\nOatmeal Yes, but risky. See below.\nPopcorn Yes\nQuinoa Yes\nSorghum Yes\nSpelt No\nTeff Yes\nBarley No\nCornmeal Yes\nRye No\nTriticale No\nWhich Grains Are Gluten Friendly and Which Grains Are Not?\nSome whole grains have gluten, while others do not. If you’re looking to reduce the amount of gluten in your diet, or if you have negative reactions to it, here is a list of whole grains to try, or to avoid.\n1. Is Amaranth Gluten Free?\nAmaranth powder is gluten free and has a nutty, slightly sweet flavor. The grain was a staple food in ancient Mexican civilizations such as the Aztec and Maya. It can be used to bake goods that are dark in color, like brownies. It’s also a decent source of protein, fiber, manganese, magnesium, phosphorous, and iron.\n2. Is Rice Gluten Free?\nBoth brown, whole grain rice and white rice are naturally gluten free. Brown rice features more nutrition than white; however, white rice is far easier to digest. Because of the reactions brown rice can cause, many health professionals suggest eating white rice instead, and making up any missed nutrition in other areas.\nYou should also take care to buy rice products certified as gluten free, as cross-contamination with gluten is possible during farming, processing, and manufacturing stages.\n3. Is Buckwheat Gluten Free?\nDespite its name, buckwheat is gluten free and has a very bitter flavor that’s often compared to a hoppy-style beer (it’s even used to brew gluten-free beer). When roasted, it has an intense flavor, but even as a flour, it can add a degree of bitterness to baked goods.\nIt’s high in B vitamins and antioxidants and minerals like manganese and magnesium. Furthermore, one cup of cooked buckwheat groats contains just 1.5 grams (g) of sugar.\n4. Is Bulgur Wheat Gluten Free?\nBecause it contains wheat, bulgur wheat does have gluten. If you’re looking for a gluten-free option, then it is not suitable. However, if you don’t have any trouble digesting gluten, it is a nutritious whole grain with protein, fiber, manganese, iron, and more.\n5. Is Kamut Gluten Free?\nKamut is another alternative whole grain that is not gluten free. Kamut is nutrient dense and can contribute to a healthy diet in people who can digest gluten. It features fiber, protein, manganese, iron, zinc, and other valuable vitamins and minerals.\n6. Is Millet Gluten Free?\nMillet is a gluten-free whole grain with a sweet, nutty flavor. Like other whole grains, it is protein-and-fiber rich, acting as a great alternative to refined grains. It’s also a great source of B vitamins and minerals like manganese. Millet grains are popular in foods such as porridges and flatbreads, and in drinks like beer.\n7. Is Oatmeal Gluten Free?\nThis is a popular question and can be a bit of a tough one to answer. In short, yes, oats are gluten free. But often, they are grown in the same fields as wheat products (all wheat products feature gluten). Sometimes remnants of the wheat can get into the oats and lead to gluten sensitivities in certain individuals. Again, it’s important to purchase brands labeled as “gluten-free,” or you can call the manufacturer to learn the production process.\n8. Is Popcorn Gluten Free?\nCorn in any form is gluten free, which is great news for the popcorn lovers out there. In fact, if you’re popping kernels in an air popper, it’s probably one of the healthiest snack foods you can eat. Popcorn is high in fiber and low in calories, especially if butter and other toppings are avoided.\nAir popping popcorn at home and adding a little bit of seasoning or melted butter is a great way to enjoy a nutritious, gluten-free snack.\nA 100-g serving of popcorn contains 56% of the recommended daily intake (RDI) of manganese, and 36% of the RDI of magnesium and phosphorus.\n9. Is Quinoa Gluten Free?\nThis popular “whole grain” is actually a gluten-free seed, or pseudo-cereal, that’s rich in antioxidants, protein, and fiber. It is a great substitute for rice and a tasty addition to salad. It’s pretty easy to cook and accessible in most grocery stores.\n10. Is Sorghum Gluten Free?\nSorghum is typically sold as a flour and has a nutty flavor. Being gluten free, it’s a good alternative for those interested in baking gluten-free treats. According to the USDA Agricultural Research Service National Nutrient Database, 100 g of the whole grain has 10.62 g of protein, 3.36 milligrams (mg) of iron, 0.443 mg of vitamin B6, and 3.688 mg of niacin.\n11. Is Spelt Gluten Free?\nSpelt is a distinct form of wheat and therefore contains gluten. It will cause trouble for people who have difficulty digesting gluten. It is a nutritious whole grain for those looking to increase their whole grain intake, however, and is a rich source of fiber, protein, manganese, and other vitamins and minerals.\n12. Is Teff Gluten Free?\nTeff is a gluten-free whole grain that’s been classified as a potential “super grain.” It’s a grain about the size of a little poppy seed that hails from Ethiopia. Like every other whole grain, it’s rich in a variety of nutrients (i.e. fiber, protein, calcium, iron, and B vitamins) and can be found in a number of forms—from bars to pancake mixes.\n13. Is Barley Gluten Free?\nAny type of barley, just like wheat, has gluten. As such, products made with barley will have gluten. There is some discourse over whether or not barley grass has gluten—the gluten is found in seeds—but it’s recommended that people with celiac disease or gluten sensitivities avoid the risk.\n14. Is Cornmeal Gluten Free?\nCornmeal, like all corns, is also gluten free. It’s rather coarse, so corn flour can be used as a finer alternative for baking. It’s worth noting that corn pops up in all kinds of products and there’s a good chance it’s a GMO (genetically modified organism). If this is an issue for you, it may be worthwhile looking into other gluten-free, whole-grain alternatives.\nA 3.5-ounce serving of cornmeal contains 9.4 g of fiber (at least a quarter of the recommended daily amount for adult men and women), 3 mg of iron, 3.1 mg of zinc, and 2.5 mg of niacin.\n15. Is Rye Gluten Free?\nLike wheat and barley, rye is another whole grain that features gluten and should be avoided by people with celiac disease and gluten sensitivities. For people without gluten sensitivities looking for whole-grain breads and flours, rye is a very healthy and tasty option.\nOne cup of dark rye flour contains over 20% of the daily recommended amounts of potassium, niacin, thiamine, vitamin B6, iron, zinc, magnesium, and phosphorus.\n16. Is Triticale Gluten Free?\nTriticale is a hybrid of rye and wheat, so it is most definitely not gluten free. It offers many of the same nutritional and health benefits of other whole grains; however, it is an entirely man-made crop. In fact, it is the first man-made crop species ever and is produced by crossing wheat and rye genes.\nTriticale is especially high in an amino acid called lysine, which is important for building muscles and collagen as well as calcium absorption. Studies suggest it may also help manage the symptoms of various forms of the herpes simplex virus.\nFinal Thoughts on Gluten-Free Whole Grains\nWhole grains are a great alternative to processed, refined grains and offer superior nutrition in the form of fiber, protein, B vitamins, and minerals like magnesium and manganese. Therefore, they have the potential to improve health.\nWhole grains, however, are not always gluten free. People looking to manage chronic digestive conditions or a gluten sensitivity or intolerance need to be mindful when selecting whole-grain options. Refer to our list above the next time you make a trip to the grocery store.\nUnderstand the Complete Difference Between Porridge & Oatmeal\nPasta vs Rice: Differences in Nutrition and Health Benefits\nQuinoa vs Rice: Know the Difference in Nutrition and Benefits\n13 Barley Water Benefits: How Much to Drink in a Day?\nSee, J., RDN, LD, “Gluten-free? Try these delicious alternatives to wheat flour,” Mayo Clinic, December 10, 2016; https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/gluten-free-try-these-delicious-alternatives-to-wheat-flour/art-20269952, last accessed April 20, 2018.\n“Grains,” Coeliac UK; https://www.coeliac.org.uk/gluten-free-diet-and-lifestyle/gf-diet/grains/, last accessed April 20, 2018.\n“Whole grains,” Gluten, last updated October 5, 2017; https://www.gluten.org/resources/diet-nutrition/whole-grains/, last accessed April 20, 2018.\n“Is It Gluten Free?” Beyond Celiac; https://www.beyondceliac.org/gluten-free-diet/is-it-gluten-free/, last accessed April 20, 2018."
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Orphaned Infant Koala Rescued in Hawks Nest
(STORYFUL) An infant koala found wet and alone in the coastal town of Hawks Nest, on the Hunter coast of New South Wales, on June 6 is on the mend after being abandoned by her mother.
Hunter Koala Preservation Society Care and Rescue took in the koala, now named Hawks Eye Louise after her rescuer, shared videos and photos of the baby joey.
According to the rescue center, Louise fell from a tree, and, after spending an hour crying for her mother, the assumed mother koala was unresponsive. When Louise was taken to the rescue, she was "very cold." In a series of Facebook posts, the center has been updating on Louise's condition.
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3 planets orbiting dwarf star prime spots to search for life
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Astronomers searching for life beyond our solar system may need to look no farther than a little, feeble nearby star.
A Belgian-led team reported Monday that it's discovered three Earth-sized planets orbiting an ultra-cool dwarf star less than 40 light-years away. It's the first time planets have been found around this type of star -- and it opens up new, rich territory in the search for extraterrestrial life.
Because this star is so close and so faint, astronomers can study the atmospheres of these three temperate exoplanets and, eventually, hunt for signs of possible life. They're already making atmospheric observations, in fact, using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The Hubble Space Telescope will join in next week.
Altogether, it's a "winning combination" for seeking chemical traces of life outside our solar system, said Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher Julien de Wit, a co-author of the study, released by the journal Nature.
The star in question -- named Trappist-1 after the Belgian telescope in Chile that made the discovery -- is barely the size of Jupiter and located in the constellation Aquarius.
Other exoplanet searches have targeted bigger, brighter stars more like our sun, but the starlight in these cases can be so bright that it washes out the signatures of planets. By comparison, cool dwarf stars that emit infrared light, like Trappist-1, make it easier to spot potential worlds.
University of Liege astronomers in Belgium -- lead study authors Michael Gillon and Emmanuel Jehin -- built the Trappist telescope to observe 60 of the nearest ultra-cool dwarf stars. The risky effort paid off, de Wit noted in an email.
"Systems around these tiny stars are the only places where we can detect life on an Earth-sized exoplanet with our current technology," Gillon said in a statement. "So if we want to find life elsewhere in the universe, this is where we should start to look."
The two inner exoplanets take between 1.5 and 2.4 days to orbit the Trappist-1 star. The precise orbit time of the third planet is not known, but it falls somewhere between 4.5 days and 73 days. That puts the planets 20 times to 100 times closer to their star than Earth is to our sun, Gillon noted. The setup is more similar in scale to Jupiter's moons than to our solar system, he added.
Although the two innermost planets are very close to the star, it showers them with only a few times the amount of energy that Earth receives from our own sun. The third exoplanet farther out may receive significantly less of such radiation than Earth does.
The astronomers speculate the two inner exoplanets may have pockets where life may exist, while the third exoplanet actually might fall within the habitable zone -- real estate located at just the right distance from a star in order to harbor water and, possibly, life.
Spitzer and Hubble should answer whether the exoplanets have large and clear atmospheres, according to de Wit. They also might be able to detect water and methane, if molecules are present.
Future observatories, including NASA's James Web Space Telescope set to launch in 2018, should unearth even more details.
Gillon and his colleagues identified the three exoplanets by observing regular dips in the infrared signals emanating from the Trappist-1 star, some 36 light-years away. A single light-year represents about 6 trillion miles.
The astronomers conducted the survey last year using the Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope, or Trappist. It's considered a prototype for a more expansive European project that will widen the search for potentially habitable worlds to 500 ultra-cool stars. This upcoming project is dubbed Speculoos -- short for Search for Habitable Planets Eclipsing Ultra-Cool Stars.
Nature: http://www.nature.com/nature/index.html
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Cam Newton has 'no apologies' for actions after Super Bowl
CHARLOTTE, NC - Cam Newton said he has no apologies for his post game actions after the Super Bowl at the end of season news conference Tuesday.
Cam said he felt like his leg was in a bad position and might have gotten rolled in when asked about the fumble he didn't dive for.
He said plenty of quarterback's throw picks and don't try to make the tackle and don't get ripped for it.
Cam said as long as his teammates and coaches are satisfied with his effort that's all that matters.
After Cam made that statement a chorus of, "We love you Cam, tell em!" could be heard in the locker room.
Coach Rivera supports Cam's post game actions. Rivera said there's a lot of guys who have reacted the same way in post game losses.
"This is a very special group of young men that came together and I hope that we can carry that forward into the 2016 season and everybody remain focused on what the task is," Coach Rivera said. "We know who Cam is, we understand who the young man is and who he wants to be for us."
Carolina Panthers head coach Ron Rivera on players supporting Cam Newton after Super Bowl loss to Broncos.
Carolina Panthers GM Dave Gettleman came to Cam's defense as well.
"I want players that hate to lose, plain and simple," Gettleman said. "We all handle defeat differently and it's hard, so understand that everybody reacts differently. "At the end of the day, unfortunately we didn't get it done."
Carolina Panthers GM Dave Gettleman on Cam Newton's Super Bowl postgame press conference.
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Month-Long Ad Blackout for Kerry Camp
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BOSTON – John Kerry (search) prepared Thursday for an August television ad blackout aimed at hoarding as much of his $75 million in post-convention government funding as possible through the extra month President Bush has to spend private campaign donations.
Bush's financial advantage comes from the timing of the two parties' nominating conventions. The GOP convention falls about a month after the Democratic gathering, meaning Bush will have to make his $75 million general-election government check last one month less than Kerry must.
The Federal Election Commission (search) is expected to wire $75 million in taxpayer funding to Kerry's campaign Friday. At that point, Kerry must cover all new campaigning costs through Nov. 2 with the government funds.
The Bush campaign has said repeatedly that Bush, too, plans to accept full government financing for the race after he is nominated in New York City on Sept. 2.
"We take them at their word," Kerry spokesman Michael Meehan said.
The Kerry campaign at one point toyed with holding the Boston convention as planned but delaying the nomination a month to give Kerry more time to continue his record fund raising.
That would have put the Massachusetts Democrat in uncharted territory with the FEC, which considers the general-election campaign to start around the time delegates are pledged. It provides about $15 million in government funding for the convention on the understanding a nominee will be produced there.
Kerry believes that once he accepts the public money, there is no way to undo the decision even if the Bush campaign decides to opt out, Meehan said.
Kerry can use any remaining private contributions to cover lingering primary-campaign costs, and he can continue raising donations for legal and accounting expenses through the election. He can also give leftover primary-campaign cash to the Democratic Party or parcel it out in limited amounts to Democratic candidates.
Though the $75 million will be all his campaign can spend, Kerry will benefit from roughly $16 million the Democratic National Committee can pour into the race in coordination with his campaign, unlimited sums the national and state parties can spend in support of him, and tens of millions of dollars outside anti-Bush groups will devote to voter outreach and other activities.
Both Bush and Kerry opted out of partial public financing and its $45 million spending limit for the primary election, letting them raise record sums to spend through spring and much of summer. The 2004 race marks the first time candidates from both major parties skipped primary public financing; in past elections, nominees-to-be often entered their conventions virtually broke and desperate for the government check.
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Emirates launches world’s longest flight, overtakes Qantas
An Emirates aircraft taxis down the runway.
Emirates has unseated Qantas Airways as the record holder for the world's longest flight.
On Tuesday, an Emirates plane completed the launch of its new 8,819-mile nonstop route between Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Auckland, New Zealand, reports USA Today.
Passengers aboard the aircraft spent about 17 hours 15 minutes in the air. Though the inaugural Dubai-Auckland flight was made by one of Emirates’ A380 planes, the long-haul route will usually be flown by a Boeing 777. The 266-seat jet boasts eight first-class “suites,” 42 lie-flat business-class seats and 216 economy-class seats.
The successful Emirates flight bumps the previous record holder Qantas’ 8,576-mile route between Dallas and Sydney, Australia to the world’s second longest flight. Delta’s nonstop from Atlanta to Johannesburg, South Africa, a 8,434-mile is the world's third longest flight.
The United Arab Emirates-based airline is on a record-breaking streak.
In November, the company debuted a reconfigured Airbus A380 with 615 seats—the most passenger seats of any airline.
And later this month, Emirates is set to break its own longest flight record on March 31 with the launch of its non-stop route between Dubai and Panama City, Panama—a 17-hour-35-minute flight. Despite the longer time in air, the Dubai-Panama route actually covers fewer miles—about 236 fewer according to the Great Circle Mapper website—than the Dubai-Auckland trek.
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Michigan State 45, Rutgers 3: Why Spartans won Saturday
The Spartans jumped all over the Scarlet Knights, rolling to a 35-0 halftime lead.
Michigan State 45, Rutgers 3: Why Spartans won Saturday The Spartans jumped all over the Scarlet Knights, rolling to a 35-0 halftime lead. Check out this story on Freep.com: http://on.freep.com/1zNnM30
Joe Rexrode, Detroit Free Press Published 7:12 p.m. ET Nov. 22, 2014
Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook, right, and receiver R.J. Shelton (12) celebrate Shelton's touchdown reception against Rutgers during the second quarter of MSU's 45-3 win Saturday in East Lansing.(Photo: Al Goldis AP)
At Spartan Stadium, East Lansing
What happened: The Spartans jumped all over the Scarlet Knights, rolling to a 35-0 halftime lead, then going into clock-kill mode in the second half. MSU's domination started with its offensive line, which helped Jeremy Langford run for 100 yards against a 15th straight Big Ten team. And the defense yielded little.
The good:The Spartans were stronger in both trenches and made plays downfield on both sides of the ball. RJ Williamson's tipped pass into the hands of a diving Riley Bullough was the most impressive.
The bad:There's not much reason to quibble with the Spartans' effort, but it was strange to see MSU fake a field goal to Michael Geiger with a 35-0 lead in the third quarter. Fun for the fans, but was that necessary?
Three stars: 1. Langford — he showed great burst on a pair of touchdown runs and deserved a bow after two outstanding years running the ball. 2. Tony Lippett — surprisingly played cornerback as well as receiver, and got the job done at both. 3. Connor Cook — missed a few throws, but his playground scramble, evasion of two sacks, roll left and bomb to Macgarrett Kings was special.
Up next:The Spartans will finish rhe regular season with their first trip to Penn State (3:30 p.m., ABC) since 2010 — an MSU win that clinched its first Big Ten title in 20 years. The Nittany Lions have had a rough go in James Franklin's debut season and lost, 16-14, at Illinois on Saturday. That dropped Penn State to 6-5 overall (2-5 Big Ten) after a 4-0 start.
Contact Joe Rexrode: jrexrode@freepress.com. Follow him on Twitter @joerexrode. Check out his MSU blog at freep.com/heyjoe.
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Munich, October 24, 2019 – Fujitsu today launches a new portfolio of multi-cloud security services, enabling organizations to stay on top of the increasingly complex security challenges from multi-cloud environments.
A new portfolio of security controls that are both cloud-specific and cloud-agnostic increase data resilience, availability and integrity. As a result, new Fujitsu managed security services for the cloud provide consistent application and governance of corporate policies even across complex multi-cloud environments. Customers retain the flexibility to choose the best combination of cloud solutions from multiple providers, without compromising their overall security posture.
New Fujitsu service offerings for cloud security include identity and access management, data protection, unified endpoint security, unified threat management and security monitoring. These both optimize standard security controls delivered by cloud service providers and augment them with cloud-agnostic security services, empowering organizations to avoid dependence on any particular cloud platform.
Alongside cloud-agnostic data encryption, the new Fujitsu offer includes Cloud Security Posture Management, enabling customers to continuously assess and remediate potential security risks. An enterprise data encryption service spans multiple clouds and includes both key management and data encryption services across virtual servers, files and folders, databases and applications. Security services also include enhanced protection for cloud workloads with Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) services and for specific Microsoft Office 365 offerings.
Managing the challenge of multi-cloud cybersecurity
Multi-cloud strategies are increasingly dominant: the Fujitsu State of Orchestration 2018/19 survey of IT decision makers confirmed that on average, enterprises are using nine cloud vendors today, with almost two-thirds of organizations expecting multi-cloud to become an even more significant part of their IT architecture over the next two years.
With the growing range of cloud platforms available and the rapid rate at which cloud service providers release new technology, services and capabilities, complexity is growing. As a consequence, security considerations and policies must now support flexible approaches for workloads, without compromising on security, and while providing protection and consistent encryption of workloads.
As customers move ever deeper into the cloud – from Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) to Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and then to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) – cloud service providers take on more responsibility for embedded security. With its new portfolio of multi-cloud security services, Fujitsu provides cloud-agnostic security controls to complement cloud-native controls. These services establish new, more autonomous security, providing visibility across multi-cloud environments and help prevent the creation of potentially isolated cloud silos.
The right expertise at a time of global IT skills shortages
With most organizations facing a shortage of skilled IT staff, sourcing and retaining the specialized expertise for enhanced cybersecurity is an increasing priority. Supported by threat analytics, threat intelligence and threat response services provided from an Advanced Threat Center, Fujitsu’s multi-cloud managed security services are based on more than 40 years of experience in managing large-scale cybersecurity in the public and private sectors. Deep experience across diverse cloud providers enables Fujitsu to advise on the best approach to unified multi-cloud security. Its multi-cloud security services are built on independently-recognized capabilities, as demonstrated by Fujitsu’s consistent inclusion in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Managed Security Services, which ranks the top global MSS vendors.
Rob Norris, VP Head of Digital Technology Services & Enterprise Cyber Security at Fujitsu, says: “With multi-cloud at the heart of digital transformation projects, Fujitsu advocates tackling cybersecurity right from the start to ensure autonomous data protection, and avoid lock-in with a single cloud provider. Fujitsu’s 360-degree security stance goes beyond technology so that people, processes, compliance and regulatory demands are all taken into consideration, ensuring total security. Fujitsu’s new multi-cloud security services portfolio delivers the data resilience, availability, integrity and confidentiality that are key requirements in multi-cloud environments.”
To create a comprehensive security posture assessment in a multi-cloud environment, Fujitsu focuses on three core zones of risk. The first is cloud, where visibility of risks can be ‘submerged’ at a level not apparent to the user organization. The second zone is internal – the possibility of inadvertent misconfiguration, malicious internal threats and the need to maintain constantly vigilant compliance with complex regulations. The third is external risk, such as takeover of accounts or insertion of malware, zero-day threats, or more insidious ‘social engineering’, where employees are psychologically manipulated into compromising security or divulging confidential information.
Fujitsu’s new multi-cloud security services portfolio is available directly from Fujitsu in the Northern and Western Europe region (United Kingdom, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden). Pricing is according to the services consumed.
Multi-Cloud Security in the web: https://www.fujitsu.com/emeia/multi-cloud-security
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In March, The Atlantic published a thought-provoking article (https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/03/where-admissions-went-wrong/475575/) detailing the complex and competitive state of college admissions.
Of the process, Rod Skinner, director of college counseling at Milton Academy, an elite New England prep school, is quoted as saying, “Instead of being a wonderful exploration of the future and something that’s exciting and dynamic and happy, it’s a burden, a thing to be feared, a thing to be endured.”
Applying to college in 2016 is generating anxiety and soul searching from a personal, institutional and even a societal level. Yet out of this frenetic quagmire of test scores, grades, and strategic extracurricular activities, the personal statement and supplemental essays emerge as unique opportunities for self-reflection and authenticity.
That girl with a passion for dance, whose first ragged toe shoes still hang from a brass hook on her closet door, might recount the discipline gleaned from hours at the barre, helping her to solve tricky physics problems or ponder the historical significance of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Perhaps the boy who struggled through his parents’ divorce can connect his own painful experience to the satisfaction of serving as a peer counselor and his interest in studying psychology.
And when a hilarious family fishing trip goes awry, what are the enduring lessons learned?
We have read wonderful essays on all kinds of subjects—from teaching oneself to play the banjo while recovering from a broken foot to creating gluten-free recipes for a friend—from taking the wrong bus and getting lost at dusk to a shattering brush with racism.
There are currently four different college application platforms and each has its own essay requirements; students must check each school on their list to find out how to apply. Some schools, like Georgetown University, have their own application.
Over 500 colleges accept The Common Application. The University of Wisconsin and Indiana University joined the Common Application this year.
The Universal Application has 44 member colleges. Rice University, for example, accepts either the Common App or the Universal App.
The Coalition for College Access is a newly formed group of 90 colleges and universities that hopes to improve access for underserved college applicants. The University of Washington will only accept the Coalition application.
Many, if not most local students will apply to the University of California. For the first time in nearly a decade, the UC application has changed. Essay prompts have become personal insight questions. Students can choose to write about their favorite subject at school, about creativity or leadership, about challenges faced or the importance of community. Each of four questions (out of a total of eight) is answered in 350 words or less, encouraging a thoughtful, multidimensional response.
It is not uncommon for students to dread writing application essays. We have seen perfectly sane, energetic and accomplished kids lay their weary heads on the desk at the mere thought of them. But when the mystery is removed and our students realize that they can be themselves, most heave a sigh of relief.
Learning to write clear and descriptive narrative essays yields benefits beyond self discovery and a winning college application. The ability to combine critical thinking skills with active verbs, colorful detail and self
editing translates handily to academic writing assignments—an unexpected bonus.
We like to remind our high school seniors to brainstorm and dream a little, temporarily shutting out the noisy sounds of pressure and expectation.
Think about the things you enjoy, we tell them. What inspires or intrigues you? What concerns you or makes you laugh?
After that, just start writing.
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Dan has been inducted as a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, and has been consistently named as one of Minnesota’s Top 100 Super Lawyers by Law and Politics. He is an advocate in the American Board of Trial Advocates, and he was featured as a leading Minnesota attorney in the January 2003 issue of Connect Business magazine.
Dan is retired and his practice is limited to Mediation and other forms of ADR.
Dan’s work has evolved over the past 40 years, from a general civil practice to a trial practice representing both defendants and plaintiffs, together with a substantial family law practice. He serves statewide as a mediator of matters involving civil litigation and family law.
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House of the Dead III ships
Sega announces that its macabre M-rated shooter is now in stores nationwide.
By Justin Calvert | @justicecovert on October 22, 2002 at 3:27PM PDT
Sega of America has today shipped the Xbox-exclusive House of the Dead III to stores nationwide. The game, which is compatible with light-gun peripherals but can be played using a standard controller, sees players searching for a team of government agents who've disappeared while attempting to infiltrate a mysterious genetic research facility in the year 2019. Upon arriving at the facility, agents G and Lisa Rogan find it overrun with zombies and the like and, choosing one of the multiple routes through the game, decide to put their shotguns to good use.
House of the Dead III is available in stores now and comes with a preview trailer of the The House of the Dead 2864506movie . For more information, take a look at our previous coverage of the game. Expect a full review later this week.
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Capcom offer fans chance to be featured in upcoming game
14 March 2014 | By Simon Priest
Want people to see your mug in a Capcom title? The studio is offering fans the chance to do just that by reciting your favourite Resident Evil moments. Capcom are accepting entries until April 14th.
They are taking nostalgia submissions through the Resident Evil Facebook page, tweets with tag #REmemory, or by linking them YouTube videos. It's unclear if it would be a Resident Evil title.
They're saying you have a chance to be in "an upcoming Capcom game," so it might not be zombie related at all. The competition was posted on the Capcom Unity blog.
It's important that you post or link to your favourite Resident Evil moments through the tab on Facebook.
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil, Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil 5, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, Resident Evil 6, Resident Evil: Revelations, Resident Evil 4 HD
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Gamma welcomes over 600 channel partners to 2016 roadshow
Gamma was joined by over 600 channel partners, a record turnout, for its latest annual roadshow Gamma Does Downton 2016. With previous roadshow themes focused around museums, universities and castles, this year Gamma’s senior management team completed a stately homes themed tour of the UK, visiting partners across four venues in Edinburgh, Crewe, Warwickshire and London.
During the roadshow Gamma shared its latest developments, as well as the key product releases planned this year including its new Mobile service, SIP Trunk Call Manager and Ethernet Build Our Programme. Gamma also provided insight into opportunities available to the channel in the public sector, as well as advice on how to get more from existing customers.
Richard Bligh, Chief Operating Officer at Gamma commented: “We have a particularly busy 2016 ahead of us, with lots of exciting new products and services to share with our channel partners. Our annual roadshow is a great way for partners to hear about our plans and latest product developments, but it also provides an opportunity for our senior management, product, sales and marketing specialists to spend valuable time with our partners. It’s feedback from our partners that helps us drive innovation and shape the future of our product portfolio. We’ve received some fantastic feedback from those who attended this year.”
Phil Donigan, Director at STL Communications: “We found the presentations at this year’s Gamma roadshow very useful, with lots of exciting updates on product developments planned this year. During the event Gamma provided a fresh outlook on the market and opportunities available to us, including valuable and practical advice for us to take away.”
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Undergraduate Degree in Psychology Overview
In addition to its state-of-the-art laboratories, Georgia Tech’s undergraduate psychology degree program offers several key advantages:
A technically oriented curriculum that emphasizes quantitative and experimental approaches to the study of behavior. This strong emphasis in the sciences and mathematics provides excellent preparation for graduate school.
Undergraduate research opportunities. Students have the chance to conduct research with world-renowned professors working at the forefront of the science of psychology.
Small size. Limiting our program size provides our students and researchers with a more personalized and focused learning experience.
As a Psychology major, you will develop a competence and knowledge of quantitative and experimental approaches to studying the mind and human behavior.
BS Psychology Degree Concentrations and Options
Customize your curriculum plan to match your specific interests and career plans.
Build a business perspective into your degree without adding the hours required for a minor. Learn about the Business Option.
Increase your competitiveness for jobs and graduate school by adding a designation to your degree.
Pursue an in-depth, long-term research experience. Learn more about the Research Option.
Prepare for a global career. Learn more about the International Plan.
Bachelor's Degree in Psychology Requirements
The requirements include core classes in cognitive, social and industrial/organizational psychology; fundamental courses in biology, chemistry, and calculus; electives to explore areas in greater depth including cognitive neuroscience and behavioral pharmacology; and undergraduate research. Download a sample undergraduate course schedule.
Biopsychology: Neurophysiological, endocrinological, and biochemical bases of sensory and motor functioning, motivation, learning, memory, and behavior dysfunction.
Social Psychology: Consideration of the behavior of individuals in social contexts, including interpersonal and group settings.
Human Sensation and Perception: An examination of human sensory systems and perceptual processes.
View the general Bachelor of Science in Psychology course requirements
Georgia Tech’s School of Psychology faculty members are frequently recognized for their outstanding contributions to their fields. Examples of such recognition include:
The National Science Foundation appointed Lizanne DeStefano as one of 18 inaugural members of its STEM Education Advisory Panel.
Professor Phillip Ackerman served as the President of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID) until 2019.
Assistant Professor Thackery Brown received the 2016 NARSAD Young Investigator Award, from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation.
Professor Randall Engle was awarded the 2017 Association for Psychological Science Mentor Award.
Professor Bruce Walker was appointed General Advisory Committee Member and Technical Format Review Advisory Committee Member for DIAGRAM Center.
See more awards, honors, and grants
What Can You Do with a Degree in Psychology?
Many students with the B.S. degree in Psychology choose to enter a variety of fields including academic research, education, law, medicine, marketing, human factors, system design, personnel selection and training, and management.
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What Are Georgia Tech Graduates Doing Now?
Professor of psychology.
Principal investigator at Soar Technologies.
Talent consulting analyst at Mercer Inc.
Faculty member at a private K-12 school.
Practicing medicine and nursing.
Common Job Titles and Average Salaries
Business Consultant: $71,669
Psychologist: $74,587
Neurologist: $206,036
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Psychology Research for Undergraduates
Undergraduates can get involved with research in three different ways:
Working as a research assistant.
Conducting a senior thesis.
Participating in summer workshops and internships
Go beyond the lecture hall and see psychology in the real world. Join the Psychology Club or the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
Learn about undergraduate research opportunities for first-year students. Apply to reside in the Science and Mathematics Research Training Living Learning Community.
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Geek’s what to watch this week: DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Dirty Grandpa, and Turbo Kid
By TJ Dietsch 01.22.2016 :: 1:47PM EST 01.22.2016
This week, the things we want to watch the most range from a spinoff superhero team series and a Spring Break buddy comedy to a bus-stationed comedy special and a throwback to B-movie flicks of the 70s.
Tonight, fans of DC Comics and the Arrowverse created by The CW shows like Arrow and The Flash will finally get to experience the third series in the line when DC Legends of Tomorrow debuts. Rip Hunter leads a team including Hawkman, Hawkgirl, White Canary, Firestorm, Dr. Stein, Heat Wave, Captain Cold, and The Atom as they bounce through time trying to put a stop to Vandal Savage’s past villainy. The show debuted this week, and you can watch it on certain streaming venues if you missed it.
When you think of classic comedy duos, you probably don’t think much of Zac Efron and Robert De Niro, but the more we see of Dirty Grandpa, the more we think you might just start. Efron’s straight-laced Jason inadvertently drives his recently widowed grandfather to Spring Break just before getting married in a set-up that sounds like something out of the 80s. While not known as a director, Dan Grazer does have writing credits on Sacha Baron Cohen projects ranging from Da Ali G Show to Bruno. Dirty Grandpa debuts today.
NSFW WARNING: F-bombs dropped early in this one.
Human Giant alums Rob Hubel and Paul Scheer joined forces to create Crash Test: a bus-based comedy special. The duo talked to a bunch of their friends and got the likes of Aziz Ansari and Aubrey Plaza from Parks & Rec, Thomas Lennon and Ben Garant from Reno 911, 30 Rock‘s Jack McBrayer, Natasha Leggero and more. Originally a pay-to-see Vimeo special, Crash Test debuts on Comedy Central tonight at 11:00PM.
NSFW WARNING: This one gets bloody at the end.
A love letter to the insane cinema of the 70s and 80s, Turbo Kid is a post-apocalyptic adventure focusing on a young man traversing The Wasteland in an attempt to defeat Zeus (Michael Ironside) after a mysterious girl named Apple encourages him to take up the mantle of his comic book hero Turbo Rider. The Kid hits Netflix streaming on January 25.
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Lost Heroes 2’s character lineup, gameplay systems unveiled
Premium edition track listing partly revealed as well.
Thomas JamesNov 14, 2014 at 8:50 AM EST24 Comments0
Bandai Namco has thrown up another press release for Lost Heroes 2, the upcoming 3DS RPG crossover featuring Gundam, Ultraman, and Kamen Rider. As much of the information presented is redundant and was covered in our last post on the game, we’ve abridged it to focus on new details, which you can find below.
Story Overview
Feeling impending danger, legendary heroes come upon Kaiser Belial gathering the Fragments of Regis in an attempt to revive Regis.Their efforts fail, though, with their powers sapped by Kaiser Belial and their lives in jeopardy. With nothing to get in the way of things, the power of the Fragements of Regis are unleashed, raining down darkness upon the world once more and bringing back the evil world of Cube as the forces of justice watch powerlessly. As the bastions of darkness intently pursue that power for its own ends, the Lost Heroes rise up and bring the fight to the enemy in the hopes of preventing Regis’ return before it’s too late.
Gameplay Flow
The gameplay in Lost Heroes 2 can be broken down into a general structure of several distinct components. Let’s take a brief look at these parts below:
Dungeons. Lost Heroes 2 is filled with vast labyrinths that players are tasked with exploring as they go on their journey to stop Regis’ revival. Traversal is done primarily on the top screen, although the bottom screen is reserved for a map that automatically fills itself in as players progress, indicating all of the areas that have been visited thus far in a given dungeon. Special points of interest are marked with distinct icons.
Battles. Naturally, when enemies are encountered, fights commence and are handled using a turn-based system, with players giving each party member their own commands in response to ongoing conditions.
Event scenes. Once dungeons are fully cleared, more of the plot is unveiled through dialog between characters and various dramatic developments.
Dynamic Dungeon Scenes. These are special event scenes that take place from time to time during the game. We’ll leave the specifics for another time, however.
Skill Tree development. Each playable character earns what are known as “AP” through battles, which can then be spent on unlocking skills as part of their own skill tree, enabling the Lost Heroes to regain their old powers one by one.
We’re proud to announce the following iconic characters will be in Lost Heroes 2 as playable party members:
Unicorn Gundam
00 Quanta Gundam
F91 Gundam
Combo Attacks
Lost Heroes 2 features the series’ most bombastic, exciting Combo Attacks yet, complemented by a host of new accompanying voice acted clips, to boot! Here are two that you can expect to see in the full game:
RX-0 Combination. Kamen Rider Black RX and Unicorn Gundam team up for an attack of truly astounding proportions, transcending anything they could do on their own in their native franchises!
GN Ultimate Zero Sword. Ultraman Zero and the 00 Quanta Gundam band together for their own super-powerful offensive strike! The characters’ voices are sure to be a treat here!
New Gameplay Systems
Lost Heroes 2 now has a mechanic known as “Hero Rush,” whereby players build up a Rush Gauge and then upon triggering it, are able to buff up their party for the duration of the turn, the extent of which depending on how full the Rush Gauge is built up. Be careful, though, as enemies have an “Enemy Rush” of their own that serves the same purpose for their side, meaning Hero Rush must be used tactically in order to come out on top. Should the party be able to endure an onslaught brought about by Enemy Rush, though, the Heroes are able use their unique “Brave Skills,” with the effects differing from character to character.
Additionally, some boss battles will be rendered in 3D, making them all the more dynamically harrowing! With 3D fights, though, come special attacks that are sure to hit extra hard, meaning players will have to fight tooth and nail to make it out alive!
Premium Edition Song List
As was previously announced, players who purchase the premium edition of Lost Heroes 2 can enjoy hearing the Heroes’ respective theme songs when they use a Hero Move! Here are a sample of 12 of the songs that will be bundled with the game:
Kamen Rider Wizard: “Life is SHOW TIME”
Kamen Rider Black RX: “Kamen Rider Black RX”
Kamen Rider Fourze: “Switch On!”
Ultraman Ginga: “Ultraman Ginga no Uta”
Ultraman Zero: “Susume! Ultraman Zero”
Ultraman Zero: “Ultra Fly”
Ultraman Tiga: “Brave Love, Tiga”
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn: “Unicorn”
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn: “RX-0”
Mobile Suit Gundam 00: “Trans Am Raiser”
Mobile Suit Gundam 00: “Final Mission Quantum Burst”
Mobile Suit Gundam F91: “Kimi wo Mitsumete -The Time I’m Seeing You-“
Lost Heroes 2 is set to be released February 9 for Nintendo 3DS in Japan. Catch the usual batch of new screenshots and artwork at the gallery here.
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Old Sultan
A farmer once had a faithful dog called Sultan, who had grown old, and lost all his teeth, so that he could no longer hold anything fast. One day the farmer was standing with his wife before the house-door, and said, "To-morrow I intend to shoot Old Sultan, he is no longer of any use."
His wife, who felt pity for the faithful beast, answered, "He has served us so long, and been so faithful, that we might well give him his keep."
"Eh! what?" said the man. "You are not very sharp. He has not a tooth left in his mouth, and not a thief is afraid of him; now he may be off. If he has served us, he has had good feeding for it."
The poor dog, who was lying stretched out in the sun not far off, had heard everything, and was sorry that the morrow was to be his last day. He had a good friend, the wolf, and he crept out in the evening into the forest to him, and complained of the fate that awaited him. "Hark ye, gossip," said the wolf, "be of good cheer, I will help you out of your trouble. I have thought of something. To-morrow, early in the morning, your master is going with his wife to make hay, and they will take their little child with them, for no one will be left behind in the house. They are wont, during work-time, to lay the child under the hedge in the shade; you lay yourself there too, just as if you wished to guard it. Then I will come out of the wood, and carry off the child. You must rush swiftly after me, as if you would seize it again from me. I will let it fall, and you will take it back to its parents, who will think that you have saved it, and will be far too grateful to do you any harm; on the contrary, you will be in high favor, and they will never let you want for anything again."
The plan pleased the dog, and it was carried out just as it was arranged. The father screamed when he saw the Wolf running across the field with his child, but when Old Sultan brought it back, then he was full of joy, and stroked him and said, "Not a hair of yours shall be hurt, you shall eat my bread free as long as you live." And to his wife he said, "Go home at once and make Old Sultan some bread-sop that he will not have to bite, and bring the pillow out of my bed, I will give him that to lie upon."
Henceforth Old Sultan was as well off as he could wish to be.
Soon afterwards the wolf visited him, and was pleased that everything had succeeded so well. "But, gossip," said he, "you will just wink an eye if when I have a chance, I carry off one of your master's fat sheep." - "Do not reckon upon that," answered the dog; "I will remain true to my master; I cannot agree to that." The wolf, who thought that this could not be spoken in earnest, came creeping about in the night and was going to take away the sheep. But the farmer, to whom the faithful Sultan had told the wolf's plan, caught him and dressed his hide soundly with the flail. The wolf had to pack off, but he cried out to the dog, "Wait a bit, you scoundrel, you shall pay for this."
The next morning the wolf sent the boar to challenge the dog to come out into the forest so that they might settle the affair. Old Sultan could find no one to stand by him but a cat with only three legs, and as they went out together the poor cat limped along, and at the same time stretched out her tail into the air with pain.
The wolf and his friend were already on the spot appointed, but when they saw their enemy coming they thought that he was bringing a sabre with him, for they mistook the outstretched tail of the cat for one. And when the poor beast hopped on its three legs, they could only think every time that it was picking up a stone to throw at them. So they were both afraid; the wild boar crept into the under-wood and the wolf jumped up a tree.
The dog and the cat, when they came up, wondered that there was no one to be seen. The wild boar, however, had not been able to hide himself altogether; and one of his ears was still to be seen. Whilst the cat was looking carefully about, the boar moved his ear; the cat, who thought it was a mouse moving there, jumped upon it and bit it hard. The boar made a fearful noise and ran away, crying out, "The guilty one is up in the tree." The dog and cat looked up and saw the wolf, who was ashamed of having shown himself so timid, and made friends with the dog.
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'Joe Satriani: The Complete Studio Recordings' Available Now
Legacy Recordings today released a 15-CD box set featuring remastered versions of Satch's 14 studio albums as well as rare compositions, performances, and bonus tracks.
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Legacy Recordings today released Joe Satriani: The Complete Studio Recordings, a 15 CD library box housing the rock guitar virtuoso's most comprehensive anthology ever.
Joe Satriani: The Complete Studio Recordings is also available as a collectible limited edition USB drive exclusively on satriani.com. The entire collection on the USB will be in 24-bit/96kHz "High-Resolution Audio." HRA offers Joe's audiophile fans higher resolution in bandwidth, wider dynamic range, greater detail, and more depth than a conventional CD. The HRA recordings are as close as a fan can get to both the early 1/2" analog masters and the later high sample rate digital masters. All albums have been re-mastered specifically for HRA delivery by John Cuniberti.
All 14 of Joe Satriani's landmark studio albums, from Not of This Earth (his 1986 debut) through Unstoppable Momentum (2013's masterpiece), are included in the new collection alongside "Added Creations and Bonus Tracks," a newly-curated anthology disc of rare compositions and performances falling outside the purview of Satriani's official album canon, and Surfing with the Alien, 1987's platinum-selling breakout.
Joe Satriani: The Complete Studio Recordings presents brand-new digital masters, overseen by Joe Satriani, with each CD packaged in a replica cardboard jacket. The library collection is housed in a specially designed clamshell box with a booklet filled with photos and memorabilia from across the decades.
Joe Satriani: The Complete Studio Recordings includes:
1986 Not of This Earth
1987 Surfing with the Alien
1989 Flying in a Blue Dream
1992 The Extremist
1993 Time Machine
1995 Joe Satriani
1998 Crystal Planet
2000 Engines of Creation
2002 Strange Beautiful Music
2004 Is There Love in Space?
2006 Super Colossal
2008 Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock
2010 Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards
2013 Unstoppable Momentum
2014 Additional Creations and Bonus Tracks
Get more info here.
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Walker CupSeptember 8, 2017
Walker Cup 2017: Day 1 foursomes and singles pairings
Copyright USGA/John Mummert The 11th Hole of the North Course at Los Angeles Golf Club
Pairings and tee times for Saturday’s foursomes and singles matches at the 46th Walker Cup Match at the 7,397-yard, par-70 Los Angeles Country Club (North Course). GB&I is attempting to retain the cup after winning in 2015 at Royal Lytham & St. Annes.
7:15 a.m. – Harry Ellis/Alfie Plant, GB&I vs. Collin Morikawa/Norman Xiong, USA
7:30 a.m. – Connor Syme/Paul McBride, GB&I vs. Doc Redman/Will Zalatoris, USA
7:45 a.m. – Scott Gregory/Jack Singh Brar, GB&I vs. Scottie Scheffler/Cameron Champ, USA
8 a.m. – David Boote/Jack Davidson, GB&I vs. Maverick McNealy/Doug Ghim, USA
RELATED: These photos of today's pros when they played in the Walker Cup are pretty awesome
12:45 p.m. – Harry Ellis, GB&I vs. Braden Thornberry, USA
12:55 p.m. – Connor Syme, GB&I vs. Norman Xiong, USA
1:05 p.m. – Jack Singh Brar, GB&I vs. Stewart Hagestad, USA
1:15 p.m. – Paul McBride, GB&I vs. Collin Morikawa, USA
1:25 p.m. – Matthew Jordan, GB&I vs. Will Zalatoris, USA
1:35 p.m. – Robert MacIntyre, GB&I vs. Cameron Champ, USA
1:45 p.m. – David Boote, GB&I vs. Doug Ghim, USA
1:55 p.m. – Scott Gregory, GB&I vs. Maverick McNealy, USA
RELATED: By hosting Walker Cup, LACC finally lets down its guard
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For this project, give a lesson and get a lesson. Share a skill with a friend and you may be pleasantly surprised with what you get in return.
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There’s something I’m really embarrassed about. Few would ever suspect that an organic-eating, sunshine-loving, walk-to-the-grocery-store girl like me wouldn't know how to ride a bike, but there it is. Blame it on my parents, blame it on me, but one way or another I managed to get to 26 without ever gliding down a sidewalk on two wheels. Don’t feel too badly. I have learned a few things in my time. I can pull out Virgil and read the original Latin. I can hula-hoop from all appendages. And, if I may say so, I can bake a mean cake.
Last month, I was asked to bake cupcakes for a friend’s birthday. I picked out a new recipe and fired up the oven. My friend John tagged along to eat the rejects and take a piece of the credit. He peered over my shoulder as I reached into the oven and pressed the center of a cupcake. He was confused, maybe impressed, definitely hungry. How had I touched the cake and known it was ready? John isn’t a baker and was mystified by anything beyond scrambling eggs. He asked me for a mini-cooking lesson, so while the cupcakes cooled, we discussed the basics. Weeks later we were drinking coffee overlooking a particularly congested juncture of Sunset Boulevard. "I wish I could ride a bike," I said. Oops, I let it slip. After a few laughs, John offered me a lesson.
Swapping lessons is an amazing way to pick up a new skill and share one you’ve got. Not only will you save the money you would have paid an instructor, but you'll get closer to your friends and try new things you may never have attempted on your own. Teaching someone is also a great way to renew your appreciation for the skills you have. You may even be inspired to build on them. Teach someone whatever you can, ask what they can teach you, and you may be pleasantly surprised with what you get!
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The world is rallying around Tori, the Target employee Tweet-shamed by an irate cheapskate
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Anyone who has ever worked in retail knows that the worst thing about the job, right after the pay, are the unreasonable cheapskates who "want to talk to your manager" to get some money off an item.
They think that throwing a tantrum will save them a few bucks and don't care if they completely embarrass themselves in the process. Sometimes that involves belittling the poor employee who's just trying to get through their day with an ounce of dignity.
Twitter is rallying around a gal named Tori who works at a Target in Massachusetts after she was tweet-shamed by irate chapekate, journalist, and Twitter troll, David Leavitt.
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The cost of having a baby even with insurance equals average the monthly income of a woman
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Childbirth is the number one reason American women visit the hospital, and it ain't cheap. In fact, it's getting more and more expensive. A new study published in Health Affairs found that the cost of having a baby with employer-sponsored health insurance increased by almost 50% in the past seven years.
The study evaluated "trends in cost-sharing for maternity care for women with employer-based health insurance plans, before and after the Affordable Care Act," which was signed into law in 2010. The study looked at over 657,061 women enrolled in large employer-sponsored health insurance plans who delivered babies between 2008 and 2015, as these plans tend to cover more than plans purchased by small businesses or individuals.
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Scientists just found the crater of one of the biggest meteor crashes in Earth's history
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A meteorite crashed into Earth nearly 800,000 years ago. The meteor was 1.2 miles wide, and the impact was so big, it covered 10% of the planet with debris. However, scientists haven't been able to find the impact site for over a century. That is, until now. A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal believes the crash site has been located.
Tektites, which are essentially rocks that have been liquefied from the heat of the impact and then cooled to form glass, help scientists spot the original impact site of a meteor. Upon impact, melted material is thrown into the atmosphere, then falls back to the ground. Even if the original crater has disappeared due to erosion or is hidden by a shift in tectonic plates, tektites give the spot away. Tektites between 750,000 to 35.5 million years old have been found in every continent except Antarctica.
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title : Florida Pastor Warns Satanic Monument to be Displayed This Christmas is 'Welcome Mat for Satan'
summary : A Florida pastor has warned that a Satanic monument that will be on display during the Christmas season in Boca Raton is essentially a "welcome mat for Satan" and vowed to take it down with a sledgehammer.
title : Stranger Gives Woman Last Generator for Sick Father Amid Hurricane Irma: 'God Will Bless That Man' (Video)
summary : September 13, 2017: A Florida woman desperate to find a generator to keep her sick father's oxygen supply powered in the wake of Hurricane Irma got exactly what she needed - thanks to the kindness and generosity of a complete stranger.
title : #HurricaneIrma: Tim Tebow Issues Call to Prayer, Says 'God Has a Plan for Everything'
summary : September 11, 2017: Christian athlete Tim Tebow has said he's praying for Florida and urged Floridians to keep trusting God, as He's "got a plan for everything" after Hurricane Irma battered much of the state, knocking out power to millions of people.
title : Is Hurricane Irma a Sign of the End Times? Franklin Graham Responds
summary : September 11, 2017: As Hurricane Irma continues its path of destruction, Franklin Graham has said that the ongoing natural disasters seen around the world could be "Biblical signs before Christ's return."
title : Rev. Jerry Falwell's Brother Stranded in St. Martin in Wake of Hurricane Irma: 'Situation is Catastrophic, Please Pray'
summary : September 8, 2017: Pastor Jonathan Falwell, brother of Liberty University President Jerry Falwell, has asked for prayers after being left stranded on the island of St Martin in the wake of Hurricane Irma.
title : Florida Declares New Area of Zika Transmission In Miami
summary : Florida officials on Thursday announced a new area of Zika transmission in the Miami region and have called on the federal government for funding to help fight the outbreak.
date : Oct 14, 2016 12:22 PM EDT
title : Judge Permanently Blocks Florida Law to End Abortion Funding
summary : A federal judge on Thursday permanently blocked parts of a Florida law that aimed to cut off state funding for preventive health services at clinics that also provide abortions.
title : Florida Mom Shot In Back By 4-Year-Old Son While She Was Driving
summary : While driving on State Road 20, a Florida mother was shot in her back by her 4-year-old son with a .45-caliber pistol he found on the floor of her pickup truck, police said Wednesday. The incident occurred in Putnam County, Fla. Officials have not been able to interview the victim due to her medical condition.
date : Mar 09, 2016 03:21 PM EST
title : Religion's Roots Built in Human Brains Before God Had Name Says Florida Therapist
summary : Adam, the Bible's first man, established control over nature by giving names to things per Genesis 2:19, so there must have been a time during which God had no name among humans, reasons William Morrow, a Florida-based marriage and family therapist and author of "The Rain Doesn't Fall Straight Down: A Positive Slant on Marriage Relationships."
title : Florida Sen. Marco Rubio: Gay Marriage Poses ‘Real and Present Danger’ to Christianity
summary : Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has claimed that supporters of same-sex marriage could portray the tenets of Christianity as “hate speech,” arguing that Christians could face “a real and present danger” if they are successful.
date : May 28, 2015 11:57 AM EDT
title : Florida Professor Fails Student For Not Conforming to ‘Anti-Christian’ Worldview, Gets Support from College
summary : A college professor in Florida has been accused of discriminating against a 16-year-old virtual student in his Humanities course for not conforming to his anti-Christian worldview. Now the college has thrown its support behind the professor.
title : Nik Wallenda's Orlando Eye Walk Live Stream Video: Christian Stuntman Walks Without Safety Tether on NBC’s ‘Today’
summary : Christian stuntman Nik Wallenda has planned his latest stunt, which involves plans to walk untethered across the 400-foot high Orlando Eye, a new Ferris wheel in that Florida city.
date : Apr 28, 2015 06:04 PM EDT
title : Tim Tebow Returns to NFL, Signs With Philadelphia Eagles
summary : For the first time since 2012, Tim Tebow has returned to the NFL on Monday, this time playing for the Philadelphia Eagles.
title : Despite Being Shot 27 Times, Former Navy SEAL Will Run in Florida Ironman Triathlon to Help Fellow Veterans
summary : Former Navy SEAL Mike Day, who was shot 27 times while fighting Al Qaida militants in Iraq back in 2007, plans to run the half Ironman Race on April 12 in Florida as part of a fundraising effort to help fellow veterans with traumatic brain injuries.
title : Florida High School Disciplines Student For Saying 'God Bless America' after Atheists’ Complaint
summary : A prominent national atheist organization sent a letter to a Florida high school complaining about a student ending the morning announcements by saying “God bless America,” resulting in disciplinary action.
title : Manny Pacquiao Next Fight: '80-20' Chance of Fight With Floyd Mayweather After Miami Meeting
summary : The epic boxing matchup fans have been dreaming to see for so many years may become a reality this year, provided that Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao manage to finalize the terms.
title : Florida Girl, 5, Dies after Being Tossed over Tampa Bay Bridge By Father
summary : In a case highlighting the extremes of domestic abuse and violence, authorities found the dead body of five-year-old girl Phoebe Jonchuck, accusing her father, John Jonchuck Jr., 25, of tossing her off a bridge in St. Petersburg, Fla.
title : SpaceX Rocket Launch Live Stream: Watch Online Unprecedented Attempt at Rocket Landing on Ocean Platform
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title : North Carolina State Wolfpack vs. UCF Knights Live Stream Free: Watch Online Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl
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date : Dec 25, 2014 08:28 AM EST
title : Christian Student Saved By Book Bag During Florida State University Shooting: 'To God Be the Glory'
summary : Three Florida State University students were shot today inside the school's Strozier Library, but it's the testimony of one Christian student's brush with death that has many praising God's grace.
date : Nov 20, 2014 02:49 PM EST
title : Soldier in Budweiser's Super Bowl Commercial 'A Hero's Homecoming': 'It Was Such a Blessing' (Video)
summary : The Super Bowl XLVIII set a new television record of racking in 111.5 millions viewers. At the same time, millions of viewers were most likely in tears after viewing the heart-warming Super Bowl commercials. Just when "Puppy Love" had viewers reeling, Budweiser's "A Hero's Welcome" floored the families with loved ones serving in uniform and it stood out as one of the best commercials of the night.
title : Quran-Burning Pastor Terry Jones to Debate Atheist on Bible Display Right at Florida City Council Meeting
summary : On Thursday, January 23 the FFRF will debate this cause against Christian pastor Dr. Terry Jones at the Pinellas Park City Council meeting.
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More Than a Haircut: Barbershops Are Hubs for Social Change
Governments and nonprofits are increasingly looking to neighborhood barbers and hairdressers to help with problems at home and narrow gaps in education and health care.
Mattie Quinn | January 13, 2017
Earlier this month, Illinois enacted a first-of-its-kind law that forces all beauty professionals -- including barbers, hairstylists and nail technicians -- to take domestic violence training.
As of Jan. 1, beauty professionals must participate in an hour of instruction on how to recognize and respond to signs of domestic violence among their clients. The training is included in the 14-hour continuing education that all licensed beauty professionals have to complete every two years.
“The bill costs no money to the state and is not putting more of a burden on these professionals,” said Fran Hurley, an Illinois state representative who co-sponsored the legislation.
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Why hairdressers?
“They’re a pretty nurturing group," said Kristie Paskvan, founder of Chicago Says No More, a domestic violence nonprofit that helped craft the Illinois bill. "After all, their job is to make sure that you look good and are happy. And many people see them more than they see their own doctor."
Rep. Hurley added that in her local beauty parlor, the bathroom has pamphlets that offer help dealing with domestic violence, and the owner is "always surprised by how many times she has to refill the stack."
Learning about someone's domestic struggles can leave confidants feeling helpless. That's where the training comes in.
“It’s about letting them know someone cares about them and [giving] them resources to empower themselves,” said Paskvan.
Illinois' bill reflects a larger national trend of salons and barbershops being used as hubs for social change.
In New Orleans, Mayor Mitch Landrieu enlisted beauty professionals' help signing people up for health care last year. The city coached and encouraged hairstylists to talk to customers about the benefits of getting insured and to give them resources for enrollment assistance -- all while they got their hair cut. Twenty-three places participated, and the winner received a visit from the mayor.
About 700 miles north of New Orleans, a similar thing was happening in St. Louis. There, “navigators” -- people who help others sign up for insurance on HealthCare.gov -- did outreach at beauty parlors and barbershops.
And then there’s Barbershop Books, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the literacy of young African-American boys. The organization stocks barbershops in low-income, primarily black neighborhoods with crates of children’s books -- many of which have black characters. While kids wait for their cut, or watch their parents get one, barbers coax them into reading. Since launching in Harlem and Brooklyn, the program has expanded to nine other states.
In order to really reach black boys, founder Alvin Irby said the local barbershop made the most sense.
“Barbershops are an important part of the black community and the black culture," Irby told Governing in 2015. "In these communities, you pretty much use the same barbers, so over the years, barbers really become like a member of the family."
Mattie Quinn Staff Writer
mquinn@governing.com | @mattiekquinn
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Careers , The Careerist – December 6, 2017
Pot is Legal in Many Places but Workplace Testing is Legal Everywhere
Illustration: Rob Donnelly
Powell Berger
Q: My girlfriend and I spent our vacation in Colorado, skiing, hanging out with family and smoking some of their legal and beautifully packaged weed. Back home now, I heard my company is doing random drug testing this week. I’m cool, right? We were in Colorado and that weed is totally legal there. How do I tell my boss he can forget about that drug test?
A: I hate to crash your budding good time, but you may be screwed. While weed is legal in some form in over half the country now, drug-testing regulations haven’t softened one bit. In several states, the statutes legalizing weed also clarify that drug testing remains a viable and accepted practice, including testing for THC, the psychedelic compound that throws the party. If that’s not enough of a buzzkill, marijuana is still illegal under federal law. Think about this for a moment: having a couple of beers after work with friends is totally cool. Sharing a joint is a federal crime.
Drug testing originated from safety concerns, making sure workers weren’t high while on the job, endangering their own lives and those of others. Those concerns still stand, even where the drug is legal. And though your pot high may be long gone, THC can stay in your bloodstream for a couple of weeks or longer, and result in a failed drug test. Critics of such testing argue that residual THC in a drug test is akin to firing someone on Monday for a glass of wine imbibed on Friday. Others are working to create a breathalyzer equivalent for THC, so testing can measure current intoxication rather than past use.
If you get that pink slip, consider going back to Colorado, a state that might see things differently. “We have ski industries out here,” Curtis Graves of the Mountain States Employers Council told the Denver Post. “If employers really took a hard line on marijuana use, they would all have to shut down.”
Q: As an accounts director, I’ve got a great job managing a team of talented account executives, developing ideas and rollouts for client projects, and juggling endless assignments that require close management and oversight. My problem? I sometimes think my colleagues have an invisible mute button they use to silence me in meetings. I’m one of the few women in the shop, and I constantly have to push back against colleagues interrupting or talking over me. It’s bad enough in our internal team meetings, but it’s downright embarrassing in front of clients. I’m not looking to create a big gender conundrum. I like my colleagues, enjoy working with them and appreciate their input. I just want to
be heard!
A: It’s been over 25 years since author and therapist John Gray wrote “Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus,” and we’re still figuring out how to navigate that celestial void to successfully cohabitate in our homes and offices. On the issue of woman interrupted, however, you’re not alone and you’ve got research to back you up.
A 2014 study at George Washington University found that when talking with women, men interrupt 33 percent more often than they do when talking with other men. In another report, University of California Santa Barbara sociologists Don Zimmerman and Candace West documented 31 conversations – 10 between two men, 10 between two women, and 11 between a man and a woman. While the same sex conversations included a total of seven interruptions, the male/female exchanges were riddled with 48 interruptions, 46 of them the man interrupting the woman. In their report, “Sex Roles, Interruptions and Silences in Conversations,” Zimmerman and West concluded, “There are definite and patterned ways in which the power and dominance enjoyed by men in other contexts are exercised in their conversational interaction with women.”
The issue garnered headlines after senior Google executive Eric Schmidt was called out for his incessant interrupting of the U.S. government’s chief technology officer, Megan Smith, when they shared the SXSW Austin stage at a panel discussion on diversity in 2015. The only woman on the panel, Smith was repeatedly interrupted, talked over or dismissed by Schmidt, stirring a real-time Twitter fest and resulting in Judith Williams, Google’s global diversity and talent program manager, respectfully asking her Google colleague why he continued to cut off his fellow panelist and asking Smith her thoughts on this apparent unconscious bias. The crowd cheered, Smith talked about the detrimental impact on women and a headline declared, “Schmidt Makes Total Ass of Himself.”
So you’re not imagining it: The guys are consistently and persistently muting you. What can you do about it? Zimmerman and West concluded that men speak up to assert power, while women hesitate to interrupt because it seems disrespectful. Communications experts counsel women to hold the floor, pushing back when interrupted with something as simple as “We’ll get to that as soon as I finish” or “Please, hold that thought.” (“On a related note,” “Let me finish” and “I just said that” are considered women’s most go-to phrases in the workplace.) They also recommend using the same strategies men use: maintain eye contact, speak in shorter sentences (requiring shorter breath breaks), and use words of conviction like “know” rather than “believe” or “feel.”
When that doesn’t solve the problem, follow the lead of the women in the Obama White House. After struggling to have their voices heard over guys like Rahm Emanuel and Larry Summers, the women deployed what they called “amplification.” When one woman made a point, only to be interrupted by a male colleague, another woman would interject, repeating her female colleague’s point and giving her credit for it. Over time, it worked. It also became a viral sensation, sweeping boardrooms and conference halls from Silicon Valley to university campuses.
The hope is that amplification will eventually go the way of the fax machine, unneeded in a business model that encourages better and more diverse communications among all participants at the table. Until then, however, speak up, amplify and push back. Don’t ever give up that seat at the table.
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