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Planet Vinyl
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October 25, 2017 by Richard Evans
Torok is an unusual name for an American country artist of the 1950s. Country is usually the domain of the Anglo name: Nelson, Cash, Jennings, Parton. Even those not born with one used to put a suitable name on with the cowboy hat. Baldemar Garza Huerta did better as “Freddy Fender”.
Torok means “Turk” in the Hungarian language, and it was a surname given to people whose forebears had migrated there from Turkey in the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. That empire was destroyed in the First World War, and in the wake of that defeat a Hungarian couple, Niklos and Irene Torok, migrated again, to the United States.
There, in Houston, they had a son in 1929. Mitchell Torok grew up listening to the music around him, took up guitar at age twelve, and by his 20s became small-big in country music. He appeared on the major country radio programs, and wrote song for many of the stars of the day, particularly Jim Reeves.
His biggest hit came in 1953 with “Caribbean”, a light-hearted stomper with a vaguely Hawaiian sound celebrating the beauty of ladies in Cuba and Haiti. It’s a fun song but I prefer the B side. One of Torok’s idols was the great Hank Williams (who died before his time earlier that year), and there is more than a hint of Hank in “Weep Away”.
Whoever bought this record loved this song – it has been played many, many times, and the shellac is battered and worn. Even through the rumble and scratch, this is a heartfelt performance.
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Artist: Mitchell Torok
A side: Caribbean
B side: Weep Away
Format: 10”, 78 rpm, shellac, mono
Label: London
Made in: Australia
Catalogue: HL-1011
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Guest Poet: Stu McGregor
Stu is a newcomer to poetry. Poetry has become an important release valve and is glad to have found Poetry Live so welcoming. His first foray into poetry was in 1989 at a talent quest where he performed a now forgotten work “The Scottish Thistle” that failed to impress. As one judge said, “The best bit of the poem is that it finished right on the 2 minute bell. Thank the gods we didn’t have to sit through any more.” Despite thinking that this was the end of his career, Stu still wrote several unsuccessful love poems that were some say “tragically lost” when entrusted to the recipients. Twenty years passed and he found himself writing again by accident. Kate introduced him to poetry live so it’s all her fault.
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For as long as she could talk and reach the keys on the piano Karen has had something to do with music. From writing her first songs at age 8, to studying with the likes of the late Jack Body in Wellington music has been her happy place and a powerful way to express thoughts. She grew up listening to Western Classical music with a grandmother who was generous and took her to numerous concerts. Later she studied Javanese Gamelan in Wellington and in more recent years she has followed her interest in Indian Classical music with Ustad Manjit Singh ji in Auckland.
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Review: ANA First Class Square Tokyo to Washington
November 14, 2014 2:00 pm \ 17 Comments \ by Sean
After an extremely early morning bus ride from the Hyatt Regency Tokyo out to Narita, I proceeded to the very exclusive feeling ANA Suite Check-in facility. Here, I was quickly checked in and whisked away to a private security line before I went on to clear immigration. I relaxed for about an hour in the ANA Suite Lounge (review forthcoming) before making the short trip over to gate 42 to board my flight back home to Washington. After about five minutes, a slew of gate agents finished swarming about and welcomed aboard First Class passengers.
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Tokyo-Narita (NRT) – Washington-Dulles (IAD)
Aircraft: Boeing 777-300ER
Seat: 2A (First Class Square)
As I entered the cabin through door 1L, I was immediately greeted by two flight attendants who escorted me to my seat. At that point, I was given my awesome Rimowa amenity kit and pajamas. I settled into the seat briefly before the flight attendant suggested that I go change into my pajamas… sure, why not?
Rimowa Amenity Kit
The ANA pajamas were plenty big and were very soft and comfortable. I returned to my seat and was immediately offered a glass of Krug champagne.
Drinking Krug in my PJs!
Yup, Krug… the good stuff.
ANA First Class champagne menu
As I enjoyed my champagne, I acquainted myself with the ANA Square suite. It has an incredible amount of space for one human being, and I really did appreciate it. The ANA Square has a very boxy feeling, but the finishes are all top-notch. It features a massive, 23-once LCD IFE screen with a decent selection of content, just tons of leg room, and of course all the lights and plug sockets and controls one would want. The only drawback was that the boxiness of the suite actually blocked the view from one of my windows. No big deal… I survived.
ANA First Square, Seat 2A on the B777-300ER
Row 2 of the ANA First Class Cabin on the B777-300ER
Massive, 23-inch LCD Screen
Intuitive Seat Controls
IFE Controls
The new First Square product provided a TON of very private space. Though there was not a door, the dividers of the square were high, and I could not see into any other suite at any time.
The suite was also equipped with some very nice, band new Sony noise-cancelling headphones. I actually used these during the flight instead of my Bose headphones, and really enjoyed them.
Sony noise-canceling headphones
The flight attendant was extremely attentive from the get-go. She asked how my flight was from Shanghai (since I technically connected from there, with a 22-hour layover in Tokyo), and asked if I’d flown with ANA before. I replied that I had not, but had flown first class on a number of other carriers. At that point, she was pretty intent on ensuring that I’d leave the flight with the best impression of ANA possible.
Let’s just say she succeed tremendously.
There were only three of us occupying the eight first class seats in the cabin (there were Japanese businessmen in seats 1A and 1K), and I was informed that I was the only passenger who was drinking Krug, so needless to say, the refills kept coming.
Boarding was complete relatively quickly, and we taxied to the runway for our long flight to Washington.
Shortly after takeoff, the dinner menu was delivered along with a fresh new bottle of Krug. I also asked for a glass of Suntory Hibiki 21-year Japanese whiskey — simply a treat at any time, let alone on a flight.
Though the flight attendant highly recommended the Japanese menu, I just did not feel that adventurous and instead ordered from the modern European menu.
Japanese Menu
Modern European Menu
Upon completing my order, my drinks were refreshed and a beautifully presented plate of canapés were delivered. I can honestly say that I have no idea what it was, but it was very Japanese. It tasted interesting, but just had a striking presentation.
A glass of Krug, a glass of Suntory Hibiki 21 yr and some canapés
Beautifully presented canapés
Once I finished the canapés, my table was set with meticulous precision, as each piece of silver wear was gently laid on my table top and adjusted straight.
I opted to begin with the caviar service. Instead of it being served from a tin with traditional garnishes, the caviar was presented impeccably atop scallops with a flake of gold. Though different from I was expecting, it was simply delicious — easily the best tasting caviar dish that I’ve had.
Caviar Course
Caviar, smoked scallop and Miyazaki white sturgeons brandade gateau-style with lemon-flavored cream
Next, I was offered an assortment of breads. All the selections were very fresh and warm. They went along great with the butter and olive oil.
Delicious bread
Salt, pepper, butter and olive oil
The appetizer featured a duck ham with mesclun, persimmon and a carrot vinaigrette dressing. It was… interesting, but tasty.
Appetizer Course
Uncured Kyo-gamo duck ham, persimmon and mesclun with persimmon and carrot vinaigrette
The salad course was delivered next. I ordered the garden salad with the Kochu yuzu pepper dressing. Again, it was delicious.
Salad course
Garden salad served with yuzu-citron flavored parmesan cheese tuile, served with a Kochi yuzu pepper dressing
For my entrée, I selected a tenderloin of grilled Oita Bungo beef.
To say that I enjoyed my steak is an understatement.
This was not only the best steak I’ve ever had on an airplane — it was one of the top five steaks I’ve eaten anywhere.
I know…. that sounds like hyperbole, but I swear, it was that good. It was cooked to perfection, and was simply melt-in-your-mouth delicious.
The best steak I’ve had on an airplane, and one of the best I’ve had anywhere — AMAZING!
Grilled Oita Bungo beef loin with Ajimu wine imori-dani merlot wine sauce
I declined the cheese plate in favor of a dessert that featured a wildly creative take on ice cream. It was described as “Marron ice cream, milk ice cream and green tea-flavored biscuit harmony.” Yeah, I don’t even know what that means, but it was outstanding. I enjoyed a pot of tea along with desert, and that was nice.
Marron ice cream, milk ice cream and green tea-flavored biscuit harmony
Tea!
A trio of petit fours were delivered after desert, including a macaroon, a delicious mini cheesecake, and a chocolate truffle.
Service throughout the meal was impeccable – I have never experienced better service on a plane.
I was exhausted due to a late night out in Shinjuku the night before, so I requested that my bed be turned down immediately after dinner. The bed was turned down nicely and was extremely comfortable. I started watching a movie, but fell asleep pretty quickly.
ANA First Class Square turned down into a bed
Seat 2A turned down into a bed
After about eight hours of deep sleep, I awoke somewhere over Wisconsin. I slept incredibly well, as the bed featured plenty of rooms with extremely comfortable linens and duvet. The air conditioning was quite cool, which helped me sleep really well.
As soon as I awoke, the flight attendant offered me some coffee or tea, but I declined in favor of a Diet Coke. With that, breakfast service commenced.
Once again, my table was set impeccably, but this time included an assortment of jellies and jams.
Time to eat again!
I started with a plate of fresh fruit.
A bowl of cereal followed.
For my breakfast entree, I ordered the deconstructed eggs benedict with smoked salmon. Now, I’m not usually a fan of salmon, but it just worked really well with this dish, and was exceptional.
Salmon Eggs Benedict and Cereal
Delicious Salmon Eggs Benedict
As breakfast concluded, we started our descent into Washington. I changed back into my clothes and came back to my seat where I found the flight attendant with a fresh glass of Diet Coke for me. She wanted to know how ANA compared to the other airlines I’d flown. Specifically, she wanted to know how it compared to United since she noticed I had status with them. That made me giggle a little… you can’t even compare ANA First Class with United Global First. It’s not fair to ANA to lump them in the same conversation.
So, I told her the truth: it was the best I’ve experience in first class that I’ve had to this point. Better than Lufthansa. Better than Asiana. Better than Korean. Better than THAI. Not even in the same stratosphere of the US carriers.
The cabin was prepared for arrival, and our long (but not nearly long enough) flight across the Pacific was over, as was my two-week trip around the World.
Descending down to Washington
How would I describe the experience in a word?
The 12+ hour flight on this new, ANA B777-300ER will surely serve as the benchmark to which I compare any future flight. The whole experience was outstanding, from start to finish.
How I Booked It…
As previously mentioned, this flight was one of the segments on a US Airways First Class award ticket from North America to North Asia, with a stopover in Europe.
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17 Thoughts on “Review: ANA First Class Square Tokyo to Washington”
Kate on November 14, 2014 at 2:37 pm said:
Are those awards still bookable?
Sean on November 14, 2014 at 2:39 pm said:
Yes. This award to North Asia from the US with a stopover in Europe for 120K US Airways miles is still bookable. However, US Airways is no longer in Star Alliance, so the airlines I flew with are not available. However, partners like Cathay Pacific and JAL can be used.
See this post for reference: http://pointsplanesandpassports.com/book-around-world-trip-us-airways-miles/
David on November 14, 2014 at 2:41 pm said:
Flown this segment a few times. In terms of international first carriers I’ve flown I’d rank:
Cathay, ANA (almost tied with Cathay though), Emirates, Lufthansa, BA, United.
I’m dying to fly Cathay in F. Have flown them multiple times in business class. They’re next up on my list! If it is even or better than ANA, I’ll be thrilled.
Jennifer on November 14, 2014 at 4:24 pm said:
They have had some really impressive fares from LAX ($~3000), so you might want to bite the bullet and earn miles on United before the large changes to Mileage Plus coming in 2015. (Miles, class of service bonus, elite bonuses, etc.)
amelie on November 14, 2014 at 5:23 pm said:
Hi Sean,
I’m flying this same route in about 3 weeks and staying at the Hyatt Regency. Any tips or things I should keep in mind concerning the hotel? How early do you suggest leaving for that flight? I was going to take the Narita Express, but maybe I will consider taking the bus since there will be less traffic. Nice read.
I took the Narita Express to the hotel and the Airport Limousine bus back to Narita. The good thing about the bus is that it picks you up from the hotel, so you don’t have to navigate to and around Shinjuku station with all your bags. Costs are comparable. Overall, they both take about 90 minutes, though the bus can take longer if there’s traffic. I had an 11am flight and we took the 7:30am bus. I’d recommend leaving the Hyatt Regency at least 3.5 – 4 hours prior to your flight. The HR is a fine hotel — I do like the location in Shinjuku. I’ll have a review up on it in the coming weeks or two.
choi on November 14, 2014 at 8:29 pm said:
how far do you have look for this route or any other routes with ANA F to open up ?
It’s available somewhat frequently. I just ran a search on United’s website, and NRT-IAD was available several times in the next few weeks, and once or twice per week a few months down the road. It’s a shame that United now charges a crazy amount of miles for this though.
spinzondaMin on November 14, 2014 at 9:31 pm said:
Can you redeem your itinerary with us airways originating from Asia instead? So Asia to Europe stopover to North America and back? Or does your itinerary has to originate out of N.A?
Yes, this also works from Asia to North America (120k in First; 110k in Business). The US Airways award chart can be found here: http://www.usairways.com/en-US/Resources/_downloads/dividendmiles/oneworldawardtravel.pdf
The only difference now is that you’d need to book with oneworld alliance partners (like JAL, Cathay Pacific, British Airways, etc. instead of ANA, THAI, etc). Please note that in the 2nd Quarter of 2015, US Airways miles will be converted into American miles, and this favorable award chart will go away.
Bill on November 15, 2014 at 1:48 am said:
I just flew LAX – ICN on Asiana’s A380 First Suite and back from Narita on ANA’s First Class Square. I would say that the Asiana’s new Suite on the A380 is superior to ANA’s 777 Square. The A380 is just a superior plane – smoother, quieter. Beyond Asiana’s A380 hard product, nothing much really impresses me. Asiana’s ground services outside their First Class lounge in ICN are weak or non-existent. Its like they have no budget or just stopped caring.
ANA’s First Class food is levels above Asiana. I just had nearly the same dinner and breakfast you had on ANA and just about component of every item was surprising and superb. ANA offers much more choice in dishes and snacks – more than you can eat! ANA’s First Square Lounge at Narita, while far less crowded, has about the same food choice (but bigger kitchen single dish menu) as their huge business lounge in 5. I have to say, the fried chicken and fries served in their business lounge (also at breakfast) is awesome – but not served in in their first lounges
Sean on November 15, 2014 at 9:41 am said:
I agree that the food on ANA was just outstanding. My experience on Asiana in first was on the 777 old product — I haven’t gotten to try their new suite yet. I enjoyed it, but felt ANA was superior.
Willy Wong on November 15, 2014 at 4:57 pm said:
Nice report. NH is one of the best carriers out there.
It is. Thanks for reading!
Tomiko Fumita on November 18, 2014 at 4:01 am said:
I am Oita Prefecture of staff that are responsible for the distribution of Oita Bungo Beef.
I am deeply appreciate to the comments about your Oita Bungo Beef.
If you have opportunity, also received come to Japan, I think if you can eat the Oita Bungo Beef.
Bill on November 19, 2014 at 1:26 pm said:
I agree – the Oita Bungo steak with wine sauce is excellent!
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US7088989B2 - Mobile user location privacy solution based on the use of multiple identities - Google Patents
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H04L63/0407—Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks wherein the identity of one or more communicating identities is hidden
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A mobile device (10) includes a wireless network adapter (13) for communication with a wireless access network (24), and further includes a memory (23) in the mobile device for securely storing at least one pseudo-identification (IDp) of a mobile device user in conjunction with an actual identification (ID1) of the mobile device user. The mobile device further includes a mobile device identity manager (22), coupled to the memory, for transmitting ID1 from the mobile device to a trusted wireless access network for associating ID1 with a location of the mobile device (12), and for transmitting IDp from the mobile device to an untrusted wireless access network for associating IDp with a location of the mobile device (18).
This invention relates generally to wireless communication systems that include mobile communication elements and, more specifically, relates to location services for use in determining a location of a mobile communication element.
A location service architecture in advanced mobile communication networks, e.g., second generation (2G), 2.5G and 3G mobile networks such as those known as the Global System for Mobile Communication, General Packet Radio System and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (GSM/GPRS/UMTS) networks, is currently being defined and developed. However, the effort to define the location service architecture in the wireless local area network (WLAN) area is just beginning.
A problem that can be foreseen is that an unsecured location service system is vulnerable to unauthorized access to obtain a mobile user's location information. The Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of a mobile terminal, and its current attached wireless access network, can reveal a considerable amount of location information about the mobile terminal. In addition, an unencrypted and clear transmission of a mobile user's naming information exposes the identity of the mobile user to the outside world. Any or all of these factors may cause the location information of a mobile user to become available to unauthorized parties.
While many mobile users appreciate the convenience and the inherent value of location-based services (e.g., emergency rescue, child monitoring, etc.), a concern exists that their location information may be subject to unauthorized access and possibly undesirable exploitation. It is therefore important to define and develop end-to-end, comprehensive solutions to protect the privacy of the mobile user's location information.
There are several location privacy threats. In general, the location privacy problem can be viewed requiring an identification of what mechanisms can reveal the mobile user's location information. The identity disclosure mechanisms can include the mobile user's IP routing information, an unsecured location service system, the mobile user's location-based service provider, the user's mobile operator location server and the presence of the mobile user's identity on the network.
Of the foregoing location disclosure mechanisms, the mobile user's identity protection is of the most concern to the teachings of this invention.
In the existing location service-based techniques it is assumed that the location server in the wireless access network can always be trusted. Therefore, the full identity information of the mobile user is presented to the location server.
While in some wireless networks (such as UMTS) the location server is trusted, there are an increasing number of wireless access networks (e.g., hot spot wireless LAN) in which the location server is “non-trusted”, and the combined identity information and location information in the non-trusted location server may be revealed to the other parties without mobile user's consent. Such disclosure may be done by the non-trusted location server, or by other parties having unauthorized access to data stored in the location server.
In the hot spot wireless networks in particular it is quite easy for the location server to have knowledge of the location information of the mobile device. For example, the mere fact that the mobile device is connected to an access point is sufficient to pinpoint its location quite accurately, due to the knowledge of the location of the access point and the short range of such connections.
A prior art approach, known as a Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity (TMSI) in GSM/UMTS, was designed for wireless networks having a trusted location server, and thus offer no protection for the mobile user's location privacy when connecting to a wireless access network having a non-trusted location server. The TMSI only protects the mobile user's identity on the air link between the mobile terminal and the location server. The location server in GSM/UMTS is assumed, however, to be trusted, and has the knowledge of the actual identity of the mobile user (in the form of the International Mobile Subscriber Identity, or IMSI). Thus, the use of the TMSI in GSM/UMTS does not protect the mobile user's location privacy from the non-trusted location server.
A publication that describes the TMSI is: 3GPP TS 23.003, “Third Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Core Network; Numbering, addressing and identification (Release 5)”, www.3gpp.org.
Prior to this invention, no satisfactory solution existed for adequately protecting the privacy of the mobile user's network identity and, hence, the mobile user's location information.
SUMMARY OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
The foregoing and other problems are overcome, and other advantages are realized, in accordance with the presently preferred embodiments of these teachings.
A mobile device includes a wireless network adapter for communication with a wireless access network, and further includes a memory in the mobile device for securely storing at least one pseudo-identification (IDp) of a mobile device user in conjunction with an actual identification (ID1) of the mobile device user. The mobile device further includes a mobile device identity manager, coupled to the memory, for transmitting ID1 from the mobile device to a trusted wireless access network for associating ID1 with a location of the mobile device, and for transmitting IDp from the mobile device to an untrusted wireless access network for associating IDp with a location of the mobile device.
A method of this invention includes storing in a mobile device an actual identification (ID1) of a mobile device user; when registering with a non-trusted wireless access network, one of generating a pseudo-identification (IDp) or accessing a stored IDp; transmitting IDp from the mobile device to an authentication module of the non-trusted wireless access network; authenticating the mobile device user based on IDp; and providing a location of the mobile device and IDp to an application.
The foregoing and other aspects of these teachings are made more evident in the following Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiments, when read in conjunction with the attached Drawing Figures, wherein:
FIG. 1 shows a block diagram that represents a model for a location service architecture involving both trusted and non-trusted location server and location-based applications;
FIG. 2 shows a block diagram that illustrates the location privacy solution based on multiple identities in accordance with this invention;
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an overview of the system architecture having a Mobile Device and a Wireless Access Network, where the Mobile Device includes an Identity Module and a Wireless Network Adaptor, and where the Wireless Access Network includes an Authentication Module, a Wireless Access Point and a Non-trusted Location Server;
FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an Identity Manager that forms a part of the Identity Module of the Mobile Device of FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the Authentication Module, the Wireless Access Point and the Non-trusted Location Server that forms a part of the Wireless Access Network of FIG. 3; and
FIG. 6 is a logic flow diagram that illustrates a method for using a location service in a wireless access network.
In order to gain a better appreciation of this invention, reference is made first to FIG. 1 for showing a framework model useful for describing a basic location service architecture. An important feature of the model is the assumed presence of a trusted relationship between a mobile user having a mobile device 11, location server(s) 12 and location-based application(s) 14. These exist within a trusted environment 16, and may be referred to for convenience as an “all-trusted model” 10.
In the all-trusted model 10 there exists at least one trusted location server 12 and at least one trusted location-based application 14 that exist within the trusted environment 16. The “trusted” entities are assumed to be trusted relative to a mobile user associated with the mobile device 11, and might be considered to be “untrusted” relative to some other mobile device user. The mobile device 11 includes a mobile user identification (ID1) 11A that can be stored in a non-volatile memory of the mobile device 11. The mobile user identification (ID1) can take a number of forms, such as the name of the mobile user, or the user's telephone number, and or suitable form for identifying the mobile user relative to the other mobile users that exist.
Outside of the trusted environment 16, i.e., outside of the “all-trusted model” 10, there can be assumed to be at least one non-trusted location server 18 and at least one non-trusted location-based application 20.
Shown for completeness in FIG. 1 is a Naming Manager 19 that is responsible for assigning and managing the names in the network.
The mobile device 11, the location server 12 and the location-based application 14 are all trusted entities to the mobile user. The trusted mobile device 11 contains, in addition to the mobile user's identity information 11A (e.g., stored in non-volatile memory), a network address, such as an IP address, and an identification of mobile device 11 (such as a serial number or the IMEI (International Mobile Station Equipment Identity). The trusted location server (TLS) 12 collects location information for the mobile device 11, using one or more location technologies (e.g., cell id, GPS, etc.). The TLS 12 also has knowledge of the full identity information of the mobile user. The trusted location-based application(s) (TLA) 14 requests the mobile user's location information from the TLS 12, and the TLS 12 sends the location information, along with the mobile user ID1, to the TLA 14. The identity information and location information must be delivered securely (with data integrity and data confidentiality) between the TLS 12 and TLA 14, and between the mobile device 11 and TLS 12. The TLS 12 and TLA 14 are trusted not to reveal mobile user's identity information 11A, and the mobile user's location information, to other parties without the consent of the mobile user.
The “all-trusted” model 10 may be appropriate for the case in which a single mobile operator/service provider provides the mobile device 11, the network access technology, the TLS 12 and the TLA 14 to the mobile user. However, an ongoing trend in mobile communications suggests that many mobile users will have “multiple everything”: i.e., multiple mobile devices; multiple wireless access networks, e.g. GPRS/UMTS, WLAN, etc.; multiple location servers, e.g. 3GPP LCS, WLAN/hot spot location server, etc., as well as the non-trusted location server 18; and multiple location-based applications, both inside (TLA 14) and outside (non-trusted location-based application 20) the mobile user's operator's network domain. As is shown in FIG. 1, the untrusted entities may all have access to the mobile user's identification information 11A.
In such environment, it is very difficult to ensure that all the parties involved are trusted not to reveal mobile user's location information and identity information without the consent of the mobile user. Therefore, the model 10 of location service architecture includes both the trusted and non-trusted parties.
A discussion is now made of the non-trusted location server (NLS) 18. In the model shown in FIG. 1, in addition to the trusted location servers 12, there are non-trusted location servers (NLS) 18. One reason for the presence of the NLS is the proliferation of wireless connectivity, especially short-range wireless connectivity, e.g., in hot spot (WLAN, Bluetooth, etc.) and/or peer-to-peer wireless networks. In such an environment, the simple fact that the mobile device 11 is connected to an access point or other devices via a short-range wireless link immediately reveals the location information, as well as the network address of the mobile device. Such information can be readily collected by the NLS 18, and can become accessible on the public Internet. It can be very difficult, if not impossible, to prevent the NLS 18 from collecting the location information of the mobile device 11 when using short-range wireless connections, and once the NLS 18 has acquired the location information of the mobile device 11, there is no practical way to prevent dissemination of this information to other parties in an open Internet environment.
Another case for the NLS 18 is in the context of roaming mobile networks. Typically, the mobile user is required to use location-based applications, so the mobile user agrees that the NLS 18 may collect the location information. However, the mobile user cannot trust the NLS 18 in a roamed-to network to not reveal the location information to other parties.
Based on the foregoing discussion of the all-trusted model 10, it can be appreciated that a need exists to overcome the problems that are inherent in the mobile device 11 coming into contact with the NLS 18.
In order to protect the location privacy of the mobile user in an environment that involves both the TLS 12 and the NLS 18, this invention employs, as is shown in FIG. 2, multiple mobile user identities (ID1, ID2, ID3, or more generally ID1, . . . IDn, where n is an integer greater than one).
As was discussed above, in the existing location service solutions the full identity information of the mobile user is presented to both the TLS 12 and the NLS 18. The identity information, combined with the location information in the NLS 18, may be revealed to other parties without mobile user's consent. Such disclosure may be done by the NLS 18, or by other parties (e.g., by making unauthorized access to data stored in the NLS 18 or the NLA 20). In either case, the location privacy of the mobile user can be compromised.
In the location privacy solution based on multiple identities, in accordance with this invention, the mobile user's actual identity (ID1) is only revealed to the TLS 12, as is illustrated in FIG. 2. A pseudo-identity (ID2), or more generally IDp, is used to represent the mobile user at the NLS 18. The NLS 18 does not have knowledge of the actual identity (ID1) of the mobile user. Another pseudo-identity (ID3) can be used to represent the mobile user to the NLA 20. The association of the pseudo-identities (ID2, ID3) and the actual identity (ID1) is only known to an Identity Manager 22. The Identity Manager 22 can be embodied as a functional block in the mobile device 11 (e.g., in an Identity Module 30 as shown in FIG. 4), in a Wireless Access Network 24 (FIG. 3) or in an identity service provider. For example, the Identity Manager 22 can be a part of the Naming Manager 19 shown in FIG. 1. The Identity Manager 22 is assumed include or be coupled to a memory 23 for securely storing ID1, ID2 and ID3, where ID2 and ID3 can each be considered to be a pseudo-ID of the mobile device 11.
The overall system architecture is illustrated in FIG. 3. The architecture includes the mobile device 11 and the Wireless Access Network 24. Within the mobile device 11 there is the Identity Manager 30 and a Wireless Network Adaptor 13. Within the Wireless Access Network 24 is an Authentication Module 26, a Wireless Access Point 28 and the NLS 18. The link 15 between the Wireless Network Adaptor 13 and the Wireless Access Point 28 provides a network connection between the mobile device 11 and the Wireless Access Network 24. The Wireless Access Point 28 receives the mobile device information for accomplishing registration and network/wireless link set-up via the Wireless Network Adaptor 13. The link 17 between the Identity Module 30 and the Authentication Module 26 provides a path for sending the mobile user ID information, where ID1 is sent when connecting with a trusted system, and IDp is sent when connecting with an untrusted system.
The NLS 18 communicates with the Authentication Module 26 and the Wireless Access Point 28, and collects the user identity information (IDp) from the Authentication Module 26 and Wireless Network Adaptor 13 information from the Wireless Access Point 28. The NLS 18 collects and derives location information of the mobile device 11 from the Wireless Access Point 28. The NLS 18 also communicates with the location-based applications 14 and 20, and delivers the identity information (IDp) and location information of the mobile user to these applications. The NLS 18 is assumed to not be obliged to protect the mobile user's privacy, i.e., it cannot be trusted to not reveal the mobile user's identity information and location information without the consent of the mobile user.
Referring to FIG. 4, the Identity Module 30 contains, in this embodiment, the Identity Manager 22 and an ID Profile 22A. The ID Profile 22A contains the full identity information of the mobile user. The Identity Manager 22 communicates with the Authentication Module 26 via the link 17, as was shown in FIG. 3, to provide either ID1, where connecting with a trusted system, or IDp, when connecting with an untrusted server.
In the preferred embodiment of this invention the Identity Module 30 is embodied as a tamper-resistant, secure and trusted module in the mobile device 11, and the data storage and communication within the Identity Module 30 are also secure.
When registering, the Authentication Module 26 sends a request for identification to the Identity Module 30. After receiving the request, the Identity Manager 22 determines that the request is from a non-trusted system, and generates a pseudo-identity (IDp) for the mobile user, or it may use a previously generated and stored IDp. The association of the pseudo-identity and the real identity of the mobile user is only known to the Identity Manager 22. The Identity Manager 22 sends the pseudo-identity to the Authentication Module 26, and the Authentication Module 26 authenticates the mobile user based on the pseudo-identity IDp. The authentication can be performed in the Authentication Module 26, based on an agreement between the mobile user and the Wireless Access Network 24. Alternatively, the Authentication Module 26 may forward the received information back to an Authentication Module in the mobile user's home system for authentication, it being assumed in this case that the home-system Authentication Module will be aware that IDp is associated with ID1. In either case, the mobile user is identified by the pseudo-identity to the (non-trusted) Wireless Access Network 24, and the Authentication Module 26 in the Wireless Access Network 24 has no knowledge of the real identity information of the mobile user. The authentication process, per se, does not form a part of this invention, and any suitable process can be employed.
FIG. 5 shows the connectivity between the Authentication Module 26, the Wireless Access Point 28 and the NLS 18. The NLS 18 communicates with the Authentication Module 26 and the Wireless Access Point 28 to receive the pseudo-identity of the mobile user from the Authentication Module 26 and the Wireless Network Adaptor ID (WNA ID) from the Wireless Access Point 28, and derives location information of the mobile device 11 from the Wireless Access Point 28.
The NLS 18 sends the pseudo-identity and the location information of the mobile user to the location-based applications 14, 20, as needed. Even though the NLS 18 has knowledge of the location information of the mobile device 11, it does not have knowledge of the actual identity (ID1) of the mobile user. Thus, the location privacy of the mobile user is preserved, even when the location information of the mobile device 11 cannot be protected from undesired disclosure, assuming that the knowledge of association of the actual identity of the mobile user and the pseudo-identity is secured.
FIG. 6 is a logic flow diagram that illustrates a method of this invention for using a location service in a wireless access network. The method includes, at block A, storing in a mobile device an actual identification (ID1) of a mobile device user; at block B, when registering with a non-trusted wireless access network, one of generating a pseudo-identification (IDp) or accessing a stored IDp; at block C, transmitting IDp from the mobile device to an Authentication Module 26 of the non-trusted wireless access network; at block D, authenticating the mobile device user based on IDp; and at block E, providing a location of the mobile device and IDp to an (untrusted) application 20.
As should be apparent from the foregoing discussion, in this invention a mobile user's location privacy is assured based on the use of multiple mobile user identities. In this invention the actual (real) identity (ID1) is only revealed to the TLS 12, and a pseudo-identity (ID2) is used to represent the mobile user to the NLS 18. The NLS 18 does not have knowledge of the real identity of the mobile user. The association of the pseudo-identity (ID2) and the real identity (ID1) is known only to the Identity Manager 22.
Through the use of this invention a mobile users can access any number of hot spot wireless access networks with potentially non-trusted location servers, without fearing that their location privacy will be compromised. The use of this invention thus greatly alleviates the mobile user's concern regarding location privacy, and thus encourages the use of location services in wireless access networks.
The use of this invention permits the unrestricted use of location services involving non-trusted location servers. Accordingly, it eases the burden of ensuring data confidentiality on every link of the location service system, including the location server 18, the link from the mobile device 11 to the location server 18 and the link from the location server 18 to the location-based applications 14 and 20, and thus reduces the associated cost.
The use of this invention protects the mobile user's location privacy while still allowing the location information of the mobile device 11 to be known to the NLS 18.
In the location service systems based on the TLS 12, a contract is typically required between the mobile user and each of the wireless access networks 24 that the mobile user can be connected to. The contract binds the location server in the Wireless Access Network 24 to protect mobile user's location information and identity information, e.g. to not reveal such information to third parties without the consent of the mobile user, and to secure the stored information from unauthorized access, etc. Since the use of this invention allows the mobile device 11 to employ the NLS 18, such a contract is not needed. Therefore it facilitates the use of a location service in wireless access networks.
This invention can be used in a number of mobility applications, including but not limited to mobile terminals, wireless access networks including hot spot access networks, and mobile service enablers including mobile personality and location services.
Those skilled in the art should also appreciate that this invention pertains as well to a computer program product containing program code readable by a data processor of the mobile device 11, as well to a computer program product containing program code readable by a data processor located in the wireless access network 24, such as one located at the location server 18.
The foregoing description has provided by way of exemplary and non-limiting examples a full and informative description of the best method and apparatus presently contemplated by the inventor for carrying out the invention. However, various modifications and adaptations may become apparent to those skilled in the relevant arts in view of the foregoing description, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and the appended claims. As but some examples, the use of other similar or equivalent location servers, network types and the like may be attempted by those skilled in the art. However, all such and similar modifications of the teachings of this invention will still fall within the scope of this invention. Further, while the method and apparatus described herein are provided with a certain degree of specificity, the present invention could be implemented with either greater or lesser specificity, depending on the needs of the user. Further, some of the features of the present invention could be used to advantage without the corresponding use of other features. As such, the foregoing description should be considered as merely illustrative of the principles of the present invention, and not in limitation thereof, as this invention is defined by the claims which follow.
1. A method to use a location service in a wireless access network, comprising:
transmitting a pseudo-identification (IDp) from a mobile device to an Authentication Module of the wireless access network;
over a first link of the wireless access network, forwarding the IDp from the Authentication Module to a wireless access network location server;
in the wireless access network location server, associating the IDp with the location of the mobile device; and
over a second link of the wireless access network, forwarding the IDp in association with the location of the mobile device from the wireless access network location server to a location-based application.
2. A method as in claim 1, where the IDp is transmitted to an Authentication Module of the wireless access network, further comprising forwarding the IDp from the Authentication Module to the location server.
3. A method as in claim 1, further comprising forwarding the IDp in association with the location of the mobile device to a location-based application.
4. A method as in claim 1, where the IDp is securely stored in the mobile device in conjunction with an actual identification of the mobile device.
securely storing in a mobile device at least one pseudo-identification (IDp) of a mobile device user in conjunction with an actual identification (ID1) of the mobile device user;
when operating with a trusted wireless access network, transmitting ID1 from the mobile device to the trusted wireless access network and associating ID1 with a location of the mobile device; and
when operating with an untrusted wireless access network, transmitting IDp from the mobile device to an Authentication Module coupled to the untrusted wireless access network and associating IDp with a location of the mobile device, forwarding over a first link of the wireless access network the IDp from the Authentication Module to a wireless access network location server of the untrusted wireless access network, the location server associating IDp with the location of the mobile device, and forwarding over a second link of the wireless access network the IDp in association with the location of the mobile device from the location server to a location-based application.
6. A wireless access network comprising in a mobile device a transmitter for transmitting a pseudo-identification (IDp) from the mobile device to an Authentication Module of the wireless access network, and in a wireless access network location server, means for associating the IDp with the location of the mobile device, further comprising means for forwarding over a first link of the wireless access network the IDp from the Authentication Module to the wireless access network location server, and further comprising means for forwarding over a second link of the wireless access network the IDp in association with the location of the mobile device from the location server to a location-based application.
7. A wireless access network as in claim 6, where the IDp is transmitted to the Authentication Module of the wireless access network, further comprising the first link for forwarding the IDp from the Authentication Module to the location server.
8. A wireless access network as in claim 6, further comprising a memory in said mobile device for securely storing the IDp in conjunction with an actual identification of the mobile device.
9. A wireless access network comprising in a mobile device a transmitter for transmitting a pseudo-identification (IDp) from the mobile device to the wireless access network, and in a wireless access network location server, means for associating the IDp with the location of the mobile device, where the IDp is transmitted to an Authentication Module of the wireless access network, the wireless access network further comprising a first link for forwarding the IDp from the Authentication Module to the location server and further comprising a second link for forwarding the IDp in association with the location of the mobile device from the location server to a location-based.
10. A mobile device comprising a wireless network adapter for communication with a wireless access network, further comprising a memory in the mobile device for securely storing at least one pseudo-identification (IDp) of a mobile device user and an actual identification (ID1) of the mobile device user, and an Identity Manager, coupled to the memory, for transmitting ID1 from the mobile device to a trusted wireless access network for associating ID1 with a location of the mobile device, and for transmitting IDp from the mobile device to an Authentication Module coupled to an untrusted wireless access network for associating IDp with a location of the mobile device, the wireless access network further comprising the Authentication Module and a location server, the Authentication Module for forwarding over a first link of the wireless access network the IDp from the Authentication Module to the location server of the untrusted wireless access network, the location server associating the IDp with the location of the mobile device, and the location server for forwarding over a second link of the wireless access network the IDp in association with the location of the mobile device from the location server to a location-based application.
11. A method to use a location service in a wireless access network, comprising:
storing in a mobile device an actual identification (ID1) of a mobile device user;
when registering with a non-trusted wireless access network, one of generating a pseudo-identification (IDp) or accessing a stored IDp;
transmitting IDp from the mobile device to an Authentication Module of the non-trusted wireless access network;
authenticating the mobile device user based on IDp; and
providing a location of the mobile device and IDp to an application, wherein providing further comprises:
over a first link of the wireless access network forwarding the IDp from the Authentication Module to a location server; and
over a second link of the wireless access network forwarding the IDp in association with the location of the mobile device from the location server to the application.
12. A method as in claim 11, further comprising:
when registering with a trusted wireless access network, transmitting ID1 from the mobile device to an Authentication Module of the trusted wireless access network;
authenticating the mobile device user based on ID1; and
providing a location of the mobile device and ID1 to an application.
13. A mobile device operable for using a location service in a wireless access network, comprising:
means for authenticating the mobile device comprising means for transmitting a pseudo-identification (IDp) from the mobile device to a location server of the wireless access network for associating the IDp with a location of the mobile device, where the IDp is transmitted to an Authentication Module of the wireless access network, where the wireless access network further comprises means for forwarding over a first link of the wireless access network the IDp from the Authentication Module to the location server and further comprises means for forwarding over a second link of the wireless access network the IDp in association with the location of the mobile device from the location server to a mobile application; and
means, responsive to the mobile device being authenticated, for executing the mobile application in cooperation with an application server.
14. A mobile device as in claim 13, where the means for forwarding the IDp comprises the Authentication Module.
15. A mobile device as in claim 13, where the application server is a mobile device location-based application server, and where the means for forwarding the IDp forwards the IDp in association with the location of the mobile device to the location-based application server.
16. A mobile device as in claim 13, where the IDp is securely stored in a memory means of the mobile device in conjunction with an actual identification of the mobile device.
17. A computer medium program product comprising program code readable by at least one data processor for using a location service in a wireless access network, comprising:
a program code segment for authenticating the mobile device comprising computer program code for transmitting a pseudo-identification (IDp) from the mobile device to a location server of the wireless access network for associating the IDp with a location of the mobile device, where the program code for transmitting transmits the IDp to an Authentication Module of the wireless access network, and forwards over a first link of the wireless access network the IDp from the Authentication Module to the location server;
a program code segment for forwarding over a second link of the wireless access network the IDp in association with the location of the mobile device from the location server to a mobile application; and
a program code segment, responsive to the mobile device being authenticated for executing the mobile application in cooperation with a mobile device location-based application server.
18. A computer medium program product comprising program code readable by at least one data processor, comprising program code operable for reading a memory in the mobile device, the memory securely storing at least one pseudo-identification (IDp) of a mobile device user and an actual identification (ID1) of the mobile device user, said program code implementing an Identity Manager function for transmitting ID1 from the mobile device to a trusted wireless access network for associating ID1 with a location of the mobile device, and for transmitting IDp from the mobile device to an untrusted wireless access network for associating IDp with a location of the mobile device, the program code operable for transmitting IDp to an Authentication Module coupled to the untrusted wireless access network, the program code also operable for forwarding over a first link of the wireless access network the IDp from the Authentication Module to a location server and operable for forwarding over a second link of the untrusted wireless access network the IDp in association with the location of the mobile device from the location server to a location-based application.
19. A computer medium program product comprising program code readable by at least one data processor comprising part of a wireless network location server coupled to a mobile device through a wireless access network, comprising program code, responsive to a receipt of a pseudo-identification (IDp) from the mobile device, for associating the IDp with a determined location of the mobile device, where the IDp is received at the wireless network location server from an Authentication Module coupled to the wireless network location server and to the mobile device, the program code also for forwarding over a first link of the wireless access network the IDp from the Authentication Module to the wireless network location server and for forwarding over a second link of the wireless access network the IDp in association with the determined location of the mobile device from the wireless network location server to a location-based application.
20. A computer medium program product as in claim 19, where the IDp is received by the program code via the Authentication Module.
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Justia Patents Metal, Metal Oxide Or Metal HydroxideUS Patent for Exhaust gas purifying catalyst Patent (Patent # 8,455,390)
Exhaust gas purifying catalyst
Jun 23, 2009 - Nissan
An exhaust gas purifying catalyst includes a monolithic substrate (2), and a transition metal oxide layer (3) formed in the monolithic substrate (2). The transition metal oxide layer (3) contains transition metal oxide powder including: transition metal oxide particles (10); a first compound (20) on which the transition metal oxide particles (10) are supported; and a second compound (30) that surrounds a single body or an aggregate of the transition metal oxide particles (10) and the first compound (20).
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The present invention relates to an exhaust gas purifying catalyst to purify exhaust gas discharged from an internal combustion engine. Specifically, the present invention relates to an exhaust gas purifying catalyst utilizing a transition metal oxide in order to reduce the amount of noble metal to be used.
In recent years, in view of a global resource conservation and reduction of manufacturing costs in response to soaring costs of noble metal, a reduction in the amount of noble metal to be used for an exhaust gas purifying catalyst is desired. In order to reduce the amount of noble metal to be used, transition metal such as iron for an exhaust gas purifying catalyst has been proposed (for example, refer to Patent Documents 1 to 4). Further, advances are being made in the development of noble metal particles that have large surface areas for the purpose of high activation of an exhaust gas purifying catalyst (for example, refer to Patent Document 5).
CITATION LIST Patent Literature
Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Unexamined Publication No. H06-210172 (Japanese Patent No. 3503073)
Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent Unexamined Publication No. H08-47640
Patent Document 3: Japanese Patent No. 3882627
Patent Document 4: Japanese Patent Unexamined Publication No. 2000-262863
Patent Document 5: International Publication No. WO 2007/052627 (Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-318370, Japanese Patent Application No. 2006-045790)
SUMMARY OF INVENTION
However, in the catalyst described in Patent Document 1, there is a problem that a catalyst effect is decreased because iron oxide particles are aggregated due to heat history. Similarly, in the catalyst described in Patent Document 2, there is a problem that a catalyst effect is decreased because iron oxide particles and noble metal particles are aggregated and coarsened due to heat history. In the catalyst described in Patent Document 3, there is a problem that catalyst activity is insufficient in a low temperature range. In the catalyst described in Patent Document 4, the catalyst containing rhodium is hard to activate, which causes a low purifying effect. In the catalyst described in Patent Document 5, a further reduction of the amount of noble metal to be used and improvement of catalyst activity are desired.
The present invention has been devised in view of such conventional problems. It is an object of the present invention to provide an exhaust gas purifying catalyst in which a reduction of catalyst activity caused by a decrease in a specific surface area of a transition metal oxide is prevented by inhibiting aggregation of transition metal oxide particles due to heat history.
It is an aspect of the present invention to provide an exhaust gas purifying catalyst comprising: a monolithic substrate; a transition metal oxide layer formed in the monolithic substrate, the transition metal oxide layer comprising: transition metal oxide powder that includes: transition metal oxide particles; a first compound on which the transition metal oxide particles are supported; and a second compound that surrounds a single body or an aggregate of the transition metal oxide particles and the first compound.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to First Embodiment.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II of the exhaust gas purifying catalyst shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a view showing an example of a constitution of transition metal oxide powder used in the exhaust gas purifying catalyst.
FIG. 4 is a view showing another example of the constitution of the transition metal oxide powder used in the exhaust gas purifying catalyst.
FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing an example of a constitution of a catalyst layer in the exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to First Embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a view showing a constitution of noble metal powder used in the exhaust gas purifying catalyst.
FIG. 7 is a graph showing a 50% purifying temperature (T50) of hydrocarbon (HC) in catalysts of Examples I-1 to I-10 and Comparative Example I-1.
FIG. 8 is a graph showing a 50% purifying temperature of hydrocarbon in catalysts of Examples I-11 to I-13.
FIG. 9 is a graph showing a 50% purifying temperature of hydrocarbon in catalysts of Examples I-14 to I-19 and Comparative Example I-2.
FIG. 10 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing an example of a constitution of a catalyst layer in an exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to Second Embodiment.
FIG. 11 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing another example of the constitution of the catalyst layer in the exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to Second Embodiment.
FIG. 12 is a graph showing a relationship between each conversion rate of HC, CO and NOx and a catalyst inlet temperature in Example II-1, Comparative Example II-1 and Reference Example II-1.
FIG. 14 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing an example of a constitution of a catalyst layer in an exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to Third Embodiment.
FIG. 15 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing an example of a constitution of a catalyst layer in an exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to Fourth Embodiment.
The following is a description of an exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to the present invention with reference to the drawings. Note that, in this description, “%” with respect to concentrations, contents, blending quantities and the like represents a mass percentage unless otherwise specified.
First Embodiment
First, an exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to First Embodiment and a method for manufacturing the same will be explained with reference to the drawings.
(Exhaust Gas Purifying Catalyst)
The exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to the present embodiment includes a monolithic substrate such as a honeycomb monolithic substrate (honeycomb substrate), on which at least a transition metal oxide layer is formed. As the monolithic substrate, a monolithic substrate composed of a heat resistant material such as cordierite and ferritic stainless steel is used. The transition metal oxide layer contains transition metal oxide powder composed of transition metal oxide particles, promoter particles and barrier particles. All of or some of the transition metal oxide particles are in contact with the promoter particles. The barrier particles inhibit the movement of the transition metal oxide particles and the promoter particles.
Particularly, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an exhaust gas purifying catalyst 1 includes a monolithic substrate 2 having a plurality of cells 2a. Exhaust gas passes through each cell 2a in a direction F of an exhaust gas flow, so that the exhaust gas is purified by coming in contact with a transition metal oxide layer 3. As shown in FIG. 3, the transition metal oxide layer 3 contains transition metal oxide powder composed of transition metal oxide particles 10, promoter particles 20 and barrier particles 30. At least some of the transition metal oxide particles 10 and the promoter particles 20 may be in contact with each other. Namely, there may be transition metal oxide particles 10a that are not in contact with the promoter particles, and there may be promoter particles 20a that are not in contact with the transition metal oxide particles. The barrier particles 30 are positioned around peripheries of the transition metal oxide particles and the promoter particles, so as to isolate the transition metal oxide particles and the promoter particles from other particles, and inhibit the movement of the transition metal oxide particles and the promoter particles.
In the transition metal oxide powder shown in FIG. 3, the transition metal oxide particles 10 and the promoter particles 20 are included in various forms within the sections isolated by the barrier particles 30. In FIG. 3, a unit U1 among the plurality of the sections isolated by the barrier particles 30 includes the single promoter particle (primary particle) 20 supporting the single transition metal oxide particle (primary particle) 10. A unit U2 includes an aggregate (secondary particles) of a plurality of the promoter particles 20 supporting the transition metal oxide particles 10. A unit U3 includes the single promoter particle 20 supporting a plurality of the transition metal oxide particles 10.
In the catalyst according to the present embodiment, the single bodies of the transition metal oxide particle and the promoter particle which are the primary particles in contact with each other, or the aggregate in which the secondary particles are in contact with each other are surrounded by the barrier particles. Since at least some of the promoter particles and the transition metal oxide particles are in contact with each other in the catalyst, oxygen is easily released (desorbed) from transition metal oxides due to the action of the promoter particles, so as to promote purification of exhaust gas. In addition, the promoter particles have an effect (anchor effect) to inhibit surface movement and dispersion of the transition metal oxide particles. Therefore, an aggregation of the transition metal oxide particles can be prevented. Moreover, the barrier particles isolate the promoter particles that are in contact with the transition metal oxide particles, which prevents an aggregation of the transition metal oxide particles and the promoter particles caused by heat history. Thus, gaps between the promoter particles that are in contact with the transition metal oxide particles, and gaps between the transition metal oxide particles and the promoter particles can be obtained. Accordingly, exhaust gas can be easily diffused.
Note that, ratios of the barrier particles to the promoter particles that are in contact with the transition metal oxide particles are not necessarily equal, but can be arbitrarily selected. Similarly, ratios of the transition metal oxide particles to the promoter particles are not necessarily equal, but can be arbitrarily selected.
FIG. 4 shows another example of the transition metal oxide powder according to the present embodiment. The transition metal oxide powder shown in FIG. 4 also includes the transition metal oxide particles 10, the promoter particles 20 and the barrier particles 30. The transition metal oxide particles (secondary particles) 10 are supported on the promoter particles (secondary particles) 20. The harrier particles 30 are positioned around the periphery of the promoter particles that support the transition metal oxide particles, so as to isolate the promoter particles and inhibit the movement of promoter particles. Since the promoter particles are in contact with and support the transition metal oxide particles, oxygen is easily released (desorbed) from transition metal oxides (such as iron oxides) due to the promoter particles, which promotes purification of exhaust gas. In addition, the barrier particles isolate the promoter particles that support the transition metal oxide particles, which prevents an aggregation of the transition metal oxide particles and the promoter particles caused by heat history. Moreover, since gaps between the promoter particles that support the transition metal oxide particles can be obtained, exhaust gas can be easily diffused.
As shown in FIG. 5, the exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to the present embodiment may have a structure in which a noble metal layer 5 is further laminated on the transition metal oxide layer 3. Such a lamination structure having the noble metal layer 5 on the transition metal oxide layer 3 promotes initiation of a redox reaction of exhaust gas in the noble metal layer 5. The noble metal layer 5 may include a small amount of noble metal particles since the noble metal particles are used only to accelerate the initiation of the reaction.
FIG. 6 shows an example of noble metal powder according to the present embodiment. The noble metal layer includes noble metal particles 40, anchor particles 50 and the barrier particles 30. The noble metal particles 40 are supported on the anchor particles 50. The barrier particles 30 inhibit the movement of the anchor particles supporting the noble metal particles.
The following is a further detail of the noble metal powder. As the noble metal powder, the powder described in International Publication No. WO 2007/052627 is preferably used. The noble metal powder is composed of the noble metal particles 40, the anchor particles 50 that support the noble metal particles 40, and the harrier particles 30 that surround the single bodies of the noble metal particles 40 and the anchor particles 50 (primary particles) or an aggregate of those (secondary particles). More specifically, the noble metal powder is composed of the noble metal particles 40 that have catalyst activity, the anchor particles 50 that are in contact with the noble metal particles 40 to inhibit the movement of the noble metal particles 40, and the harrier particles 30 that surround the noble metal particles 40 and the anchor particles 50, inhibit the movement of the noble metal particles 40, and prevent an aggregation of the anchor particles 50 caused by the contact between the anchor particles 50. The anchor particles 50 support the noble metal particles 40 on the surfaces thereof.
Since the noble metal particles 40 are in contact with and supported on the anchor particles 50 in the noble metal powder shown in FIG. 6, the anchor particles 50 function as a chemically-connecting anchor material, so as to chemically inhibit the movement of the noble metal particles. Moreover, the barrier particles 30 cover and surround the anchor particles 50 supporting the noble metal particles 40, so as to physically inhibit the movement of the noble metal particles 40. Further, the noble metal particles 40 and the anchor particles 50 are included within sections partitioned by the barrier particles 30. Therefore, an aggregation of the anchor particles 50 by crossing over the sections partitioned by the barrier particles 30 to come in contact with each other can be prevented. Accordingly, the noble metal powder can prevent a decrease in catalyst activity caused by the aggregation of the noble metal particles 40 without increasing manufacturing costs and environmental load. Moreover, the noble metal powder can maintain an effect of activity enhancement of the noble metal particles 40 due to the anchor particles 50.
In the noble metal powder shown in FIG. 6, the noble metal particles 40 and the anchor particles 50 are included in various forms within the sections partitioned by the barrier particles 30. In FIG. 6, a unit U4 among a plurality of the sections partitioned by the harrier particles 30 includes the single anchor particle 50 supporting the single noble metal particle 40. A unit 5 includes an aggregate (secondary particles) of a plurality of the anchor particles 50 supporting the noble metal particles 40. A unit U6 includes the single anchor particle 50 supporting a plurality of the noble metal particles 40.
Preferably, the total amount of the noble metal particles included within each section partitioned by the barrier particles 30 is 8×10−20 mole or less. Even if the plurality of the noble metal particles included within a single unit, such as the unit U5 and the unit U6, are integrally aggregated due to heat or the like, the aggregated noble metal particle can be controlled to have a particle diameter of 10 nm or less when the amount of the noble metal particles included within the single unit is 8×10−20 mole or less. Since the surface area of the aggregated noble metal is large enough to achieve sufficient activity when the particle diameter is 10 nm or less, deterioration in activity caused by aggregation can be prevented.
With regard to a particle diameter of the anchor particles 50 included within the section partitioned by the barrier particles 30, the maximum particle diameter is preferably 2 μm. When the particle diameter exceeds 2 μm, it is difficult to suppress an aggregation of the noble metal particles 40 even if the noble metal particles 40 are partitioned by the barrier particles 30. A preferable average particle diameter of the anchor particles 50 is 50 nm or less. When the average particle diameter of the anchor particles 50 exceeds 50 nm, the amount of the noble metal particles 40 supported on the anchor particles 50 increases. As a result, distances between the noble metal particles 40 are shortened, which may cause a promotion of the aggregation of the noble metal particles 40. A more preferable average particle diameter of the anchor particles 50 is 30 nm or less. When the average particle diameter of the anchor particles 50 is 30 nm or less, the aggregation of the noble metal particles 40 can be suppressed more accurately. An optimum range of the average particle diameter of the anchor particles 50 is approximately from 5 nn to 15 nm.
As for the noble metal powder used in the noble metal layer 5, platinum (Pt) is preferably used as the noble metal particles, ceria (CeO2) is preferably used as the anchor particles, and alumina (Al2O3) is preferably used as the barrier particles that surround platinum and ceria. As another example of the noble metal powder to be used, platinum (Pt) is preferably used as the noble metal particles, a composite oxide of cerium and zirconium (CeZrOx) is preferably used as the anchor particles, and alumina (Al2O3) is preferably used as the barrier particles. As still another example of the noble metal powder, rhodium (Rh) is preferably used as the noble metal particles, a composite oxide of zirconium and lanthanum is preferably used as the anchor particles, and alumina is preferably used as the barrier particles.
In addition, 80% or more of the noble metal particles 40 in the noble metal powder is preferably in contact with the anchor particles 50. When a ratio of the noble metal particles 40 that are in contact with the anchor particles 50 is less than 80%, a ratio of the noble metal particles 40 not present on the anchor particles is to be 20% or more. As a result, the noble metal particles 40 that are not in contact with the anchor particles 50 move, which may cause an acceleration of sintering between the noble metal particles 40.
Moreover, a transition metal compound composed of at least one element selected from iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni) and manganese (Mn) may be included within each section partitioned by the barrier particles 30 together with the noble metal particles 40 and the anchor particles 50. Those elements making up the transition metal compound function as a promoter component that further enhances activity of the noble metal particles. Accordingly, such a configuration can drastically improve especially catalyst performance such as activity at low temperature.
The noble metal layer 5 is preferably an uppermost layer in order to come in contact with exhaust gas first. In other words, the noble metal layer 5 preferably faces an exhaust gas flow path 4 as shown in FIG. 5, because the noble metal layer 5 can accelerate the initiation of the reaction with exhaust gas by bringing noble metal into first contact with exhaust gas. Additionally, another layer that has a certain function to purify exhaust gas may be provided between the transition metal oxide layer 3 and the noble metal layer 5.
The following is a further detail of the transition metal oxide particles, promoter particles, the barrier particles, the noble metal particles and the anchor particles, indicating specific substance names.
<Transition Metal Oxide Particles>
Examples of the transition metal oxide particles include oxide particles of iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni) and cobalt (Co). In addition, oxide particles of two or more of those elements may be arbitrarily mixed. For example, when iron oxide (Fe2O3) is used as transition metal oxide particles, hydrocarbon (HC) and carbon monoxide (CO) in exhaust gas are oxidized to water (H2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) due to an emission of oxygen in iron oxide, and Fe2O3 is reduced to Fe3O4. This Fe3O4 is considered to repeatedly introduce oxygen in exhaust gas to bring itself back to Fe2O3, so as to optimize an oxygen concentration in the catalyst layer. With regard to decomposition of nitrogen oxide (NOx) in exhaust gas, it is considered that a radical of hydrocarbon (HC) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) is generated due to oxygen emitted from Fe2O3 so as to promote decomposition of nitrogen oxide, namely to activate reaction gas. Thus, it is considered that iron oxide (Fe2O3) improves catalyst performance, and similar reactions are advanced in oxides of Mn, Co, Ni, and the like.
An average particle diameter of the transition metal oxide particles is preferably 500 nm or less. When the average particle diameter exceeds 500 nm, there is a tendency to be difficult to isolate the transition metal oxide particles from each other by the barrier particles. As a result, catalyst activity may not be ensured because oxide particles are aggregated.
<Promoter Particles>
As for the preferable promoter particles, those that can promote exhaust gas purifying reaction, and the like, in the transition metal oxide particles to be in contact with, and can suppress an aggregation of the transition metal oxide particles may be used. Examples of the promoter particles include oxide particles including cerium, zirconium, praseodymium and lanthanum. More specific examples of those include particles of cerium oxide, a cerium-zirconium composite oxide, praseodymium oxide, a cerium-praseodymium composite oxide, a cerium-lanthanum-zirconium composite oxide, lanthanum oxide and a lanthanum-zirconium composite oxide. In addition, particles of two or more of those compounds may be arbitrarily mixed. Due to those compounds, oxygen is easily emitted from a transition metal oxide so as to ensure catalyst activity.
An average particles diameter of the promoter particles is preferably 500 nm or less. When the average particles diameter exceeds 500 nm, it may be difficult to isolate the promoter particles by the barrier particles. As a result, catalyst activity may be reduced because the promoter particles themselves are aggregated or the transition metal oxide particles in contact with the promoter particles are aggregated.
<Barrier Particles>
As for the barrier particles, alumina or silicon dioxide is preferable. Other than those, a mixture of alumina and silicon dioxide or a composite compound of alumina and silicon dioxide may be used. Examples of the composite compound of alumina and silicon dioxide include mullite (3Al2O3.2SiO2) and zeolite. As for the harrier particles for the noble metal particles and the anchor particles, an oxide containing zirconium (Zr) (zirconia (ZrO2)) may be used in addition to the above-mentioned compounds. In addition, lanthanum (La) may be included in the barrier particles.
An average particles diameter of the harrier particles is preferably 500 nm or less. When the average particles diameter exceeds 500 nm, it may be difficult to isolate the transition metal oxide particles, the promoter particles and the anchor particles by the barrier particles. As a result, the transition metal oxide particles, the promoter particles and the anchor particles come out from the gaps of the barrier particles, which causes the aggregation between the transition metal oxide particles, between the promoter particles and between the anchor particles, respectively, and reduces catalyst activity. The respective average particle diameters (median diameters, D50) of the transition metal oxide particles, the promoter particles and the barrier particles may be obtained by use of a dynamic light scattering type particle size distribution measuring device.
<Noble Metal Particles>
Examples of the noble metal particles include particles of rhodium (Rh), platinum (Pt) and palladium (Pd). In addition, particles of two or more of those elements may be arbitrarily mixed. Particularly, the noble metal layer preferably includes the particles of rhodium (Rh). This is because rhodium especially has small activation energy among noble metal, and greatly accelerates initiation of catalyst activity of a transition metal oxide in an exhaust gas purifying catalyst. An additional catalyst layer containing platinum and palladium may be disposed under the layer including rhodium particles.
An average particle diameter of the noble metal particles is preferably between 2 nm and 10 nm, more preferably between 2 nm and 5 nm. When the average particle diameter is less than 2 nm, durability of the noble metal particles themselves may be deteriorated, and sintering of noble metal may be accelerated caused by the movement of the noble metal particles themselves. When the average particle diameter exceeds 10 nm, reactivity with exhaust gas is lowered, and enhancement of noble metal activity may not be achieved.
<Anchor Particles>
As for the anchor particles 50, an oxide containing cerium (Ce) is preferable. Since such an oxide is known as an oxide that has an oxygen storage capacity and is easily coupled to the noble metal particles 40, especially platinum particles, an anchor effect can be further achieved. As for the oxide containing cerium, ceria (CeO2) and a composite oxide of cerium and zirconium (Zr) are preferable. Alternatively, an oxide of zirconium may be also used as the anchor particles 50. When rhodium is used as noble metal, an aggregation of rhodium can be further suppressed by supporting rhodium on zirconium. When zirconium is used as the anchor particles 50, a rare earth element such as lanthanum may be added to the anchor particles 50 so as to improve heat resistance.
The average particle diameter of the anchor particles is preferably 30 nm or less. When the average particle diameter exceeds 30 nm, the noble metal particles supported on the anchor particles increase. As a result, sintering of noble metal may be accelerated caused by the movement of the noble metal particles on the anchor particles. The particle diameters of the noble metal particles and the anchor particles can be obtained by observing the respective particles by use of a transmission electron microscope (TEM). The average particle diameters of those can be obtained by an arithmetic average by measuring particle diameters of a plurality of particles.
(Method for Manufacturing Exhaust Gas Purifying Catalyst)
A method for manufacturing the exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to the present embodiment includes processes of preparing transition metal oxide powder, slurrying the transition metal oxide powder, applying the slurry on a monolithic substrate, and drying and baking the substrate, thereby forming a transition metal oxide layer.
In addition, the transition metal oxide powder may be prepared by the following processes (1) to (4): (1) the transition metal oxide particles are slurried so as to prepare transition metal oxide slurry; (2) the promoter particles are slurried so as to prepare promoter slurry; (3) the barrier particles or a precursor of the barrier particles are dispersed in water to be slurried so as to prepare barrier slurry; and (4) the transition metal oxide slurry and the promoter slurry are dispersed in the harrier slurry, followed by drying and baking.
The following is a further detail of the preparation method of the transition metal oxide powder. First, the transition metal oxide particles are dispersed in a solvent and milled to have a secondary particle diameter of 500 nm or less, so as to prepare transition metal oxide slurry. Then, the promoter particles are dispersed in solvent and milled to have a secondary particle diameter of 500 nm or less, so as to prepare promoter slurry. Then, the transition metal oxide slurry and the promoter slurry are mixed to prepare mixed slurry. As for the milling process, bead milling may be employed.
Next, slurry in which a precursor of the barrier particles is dispersed in a solvent is additionally prepared. As for the precursor, boehmite may be used when the barrier particles are alumina, and zirconium nitrate may be used when the barrier particles are zirconia. Then, the mixed slurry and the precursor slurry are mixed, followed by stirring the mixture at high speed, so as to surround the transition metal oxide particles and the promoter particles with the precursor of the barrier particles. Then, the slurry of the transition metal oxide particles and the promoter particles surrounded with the precursor is dried and baked, thereby obtaining the transition metal oxide powder.
Instead of the precursor, slurry prepared by milling the harrier particles by a head mill may be used. Specifically, the barrier particles such as alumina, silica and mullite are milled by a head mill to have a size of 500 nm or less, more particularly approximately between 60 nm and 150 nm, so as to prepare harrier slurry. Then, the barrier slurry and the mixed slurry are mixed, followed by stirring the mixture at high speed, so as to surround the transition metal oxide particles and the promoter particles with the barrier particles. Then, the slurry of the transition metal oxide particles and the promoter particles surrounded with the barrier particles is dried and baked, thereby obtaining the transition metal oxide powder.
Moreover, the transition metal oxide powder may be prepared by the following processes (1) to (3): (1) the transition metal oxide particles are supported on the promoter particles, and then, the promoter particles are slurried to prepare promoter slurry; (2) the barrier particles or a precursor of the barrier particles are dispersed in water to be slurried so as to prepare barrier slurry; and (3) the promoter slurry is dispersed in the barrier slurry, followed by drying and baking.
The following is a further detail of the preparation method of the transition metal oxide powder. First, the promoter particles are dispersed in a solvent and milled to have a secondary particle diameter of 500 nm or less, so as to prepare promoter slurry. Then, a precursor solution of a transition metal oxide is put in the slurry of the promoter particles so as to support the precursor of the transition metal oxide on a surface of the promoter particles. Then, the solution is dried and baked, thereby obtaining the promoter particles supporting the transition metal oxide. As for the precursor solution of the transition metal oxide, an iron nitrate solution, a manganese nitrate solution, a nickel nitrate solution and a cobalt nitrate solution may be used.
Then, the promoter particles are dispersed in a solvent to be slurried so as to prepare promoter slurry. The promoter slurry is dispersed in the barrier slurry, followed by drying and baking, thereby obtaining the transition metal oxide powder.
In the method for manufacturing the exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to the present embodiment, noble metal powder is prepared, the noble metal powder is slurried to be applied on the transition metal oxide layer, followed by drying and baking, so as to form a noble metal layer.
The noble metal oxide powder may be prepared by the following processes (1) to (3): (1) the noble metal particles are supported on the anchor particles, and then, the anchor particles are slurried to prepare noble metal slurry; (2) the harrier particles or a precursor of the barrier particles are dispersed in water to be slurried so as to prepare barrier slurry; and (3) the noble metal slurry is dispersed in the barrier slurry, followed by drying and baking.
The following is a further description of the preparation method of the noble metal powder. Basically, the manufacturing method described in International Publication No. WO 2007/052627 may be employed. Specifically, an aggregate, in which the anchor particles having an average primary particle diameter of 30 nm or less are aggregated to have a secondary particle diameter of approximately 2 μm, is dispersed in a solvent, and milled to have the secondary particle diameter of 500 nm or less, more particularly approximately between 100 nm and 300 nm, so as to prepare slurry including the anchor particles of which a fine particle size is 500 nm or less, preferably between 100 nm and 300 nm. As for the milling process, bead milling may be employed. Then, a noble metal-containing solution is put in the slurry of the anchor particles, followed by stirring the mixture at high speed, so as to support noble metal on the anchor particles.
Next, slurry in which a precursor of the barrier particles is dispersed in a solvent is additionally prepared. As for the precursor, boehmite may be used when the barrier particles are alumina, and zirconium nitrate may be used when the barrier particles are zirconia. Then, the slurry of the anchor particles supporting noble metal and the precursor slurry are mixed, followed by stirring the mixture at high speed, so as to surround the anchor particles with the precursor of the barrier particles. Then, the slurry of the anchor particles surrounded with the precursor is dried and baked, thereby obtaining the noble metal powder. Similar to the preparation method of the transition metal oxide particles, instead of the precursor, slurry prepared by milling the barrier particles by a bead mill may be used.
Then, the obtained transition metal oxide powder and a binder are mixed to be slurried, so as to prepare transition metal oxide slurry. Similarly, the obtained noble metal powder and a binder are mixed to be slurried, so as to prepare noble metal slurry. Then, the transition metal oxide slurry and the noble metal slurry are applied to a substrate, followed by drying and baking, thereby obtaining the exhaust gas purifying catalyst.
(Exhaust Gas Purifying Catalyst System)
The following is a description of an exhaust gas purifying catalyst system according to the present embodiment. The exhaust gas purifying catalyst system according to the present embodiment includes the above-described exhaust gas purifying catalyst, which is provided at a position into which exhaust gas flowing out of an internal combustion engine flows. A specific example of the “position into which exhaust gas flowing out of an internal combustion engine flows” includes a so-called outlet of an exhaust manifold. Due to the exhaust gas purifying catalyst provided immediately below an internal combustion engine, earlier catalyst activation can be ensured. In addition, another catalyst, such as a three-way catalyst, may be provided between the exhaust manifold and the exhaust gas purifying catalyst. In such a case, the exhaust gas purifying catalyst may be installed under a floor of a vehicle.
The following is a further description of the present embodiment referring to examples and comparative examples. However, the present invention is not limited to these examples.
Example I-1
As promoter particles, a cerium-zirconium composite oxide having an average primary particle diameter of 30 nm was used. A ratio by weight of cerium oxide to zirconium oxide (CeO2:ZrO2) in the cerium-zirconium composite oxide was 78:22. The particles were impregnated with an iron nitrate solution, followed by drying and baking, so as to prepare the cerium-zirconium composite oxide supporting 20% of iron oxide (Fe2O3). Then, the iron oxide-supporting cerium-zirconium composite oxide was dispersed in water and milled by a bead mill to have an average particle diameter of 150 nm, thereby preparing cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles A.
Next, as barrier particles, 118.5 g of cubic boehmite (20 nm×20 nm×60 nm) containing 24% of moisture was prepared. This boehmite was put into a beaker and dispersed in water, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid. 90 g of the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles A (as a solid content) was added to the boehmite slurry, followed by dispersing the mixture by stirring at high speed. Then, the slurry was dried and baked to prepare powder a-1 in which the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles A were isolated by alumina.
Next, 159.1 g of the powder a-1, 15.9 g of boehmite alumina, 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were put into a ball mill. The powder a-1 was milled so as to prepare slurry a-1 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, the slurry a-1 was applied to a monolithic substrate (volume of 0.04 L) having a diameter φ of 36 mm, 600 cells and 4 mils, followed by drying and baking. Thus, a sample of Example I-1 in which 440 g/L of a transition metal oxide layer was provided in the monolithic substrate was prepared. The obtained sample of Example I-1 is a catalyst supporting 40 g/L of iron oxide (Fe2O3). As a result of an analysis by use of an X-ray diffractometer, the iron oxide (Fe2O3) was αFe2O3.
The promoter particles similar to Example I-1 were impregnated with a manganese nitrate solution, followed by drying and baking, so as to prepare a cerium-zirconium composite oxide supporting 20% of manganese dioxide (MnO2). Then, the manganese dioxide-supporting cerium-zirconium composite oxide was dispersed in water and milled by a bead mill to have an average particle diameter of 150 nm, thereby preparing cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles B.
Next, boehmite similar to Example I-1 was used as barrier particles. 118.5 g of boehmite was put into a beaker and dispersed in water, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid. 90 g of the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles B (as a solid content) was added to the boehmite slurry, followed by dispersing the mixture by stirring at high speed. Then, the slurry was dried and baked to prepare powder b-1 in which the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles B were isolated by alumina.
Next, 159.1 g of the powder b-1, 15.9 g of boehmite alumina, 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were put into a ball mill. The powder b-1 was milled so as to prepare slurry b-1 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, the slurry b-1 was applied to the monolithic substrate similar to Example I-1, followed by drying and baking. Thus, a sample of Example I-2 in which 440 g/L of a transition metal oxide layer was provided in the monolithic substrate was prepared. The obtained sample of Example I-2 is a catalyst supporting 40 g/L of manganese oxide (MnO2).
The promoter particles similar to Example I-1 were impregnated with a nickel nitrate solution, followed by drying and baking, so as to prepare a cerium-zirconium composite oxide supporting 20% of nickel oxide (NiO). Then, the nickel oxide-supporting cerium-zirconium composite oxide was dispersed in water and milled by a bead mill to have an average particle diameter of 150 nm, thereby preparing cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles C.
Next, boehmite similar to Example I-1 was used as barrier particles. 118.5 g of boehmite was put into a beaker and dispersed in water, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid. 90 g of the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles C (as a solid content) was added to the boehmite slurry, followed by dispersing the mixture by stirring at high speed. Then, the slurry was dried and baked to prepare powder c-1 in which the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles C were isolated by alumina.
Next, 159.1 g of the powder c-1, 15.9 g of boehmite alumina, 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were put into a ball mill. The powder c-1 was milled so as to prepare slurry c-1 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, the slurry c-1 was applied to the monolithic substrate similar to Example I-1, followed by drying and baking. Thus, a sample of Example I-3 in which 440 g/L of a transition metal oxide layer was provided in the monolithic substrate was prepared. The obtained sample of Example I-3 is a catalyst supporting 40 g/L of nickel oxide (NiO).
The promoter particles similar to Example I-1 were impregnated with a cobalt nitrate solution, followed by drying and baking, so as to prepare a cerium-zirconium composite oxide supporting 20% of cobalt oxide (CO2O3). Then, the cobalt oxide-supporting cerium-zirconium composite oxide was dispersed in water and milled by a bead mill to have an average particle diameter of 150 nm, thereby preparing cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles D.
Next, boehmite similar to Example I-1 was used as barrier particles. 118.5 g of boehmite was put into a beaker and dispersed in water, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid. 90 g of the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles D (as a solid content) was added to the boehmite slurry, followed by dispersing the mixture by stirring at high speed. Then, the slurry was dried and baked to prepare powder d-1 in which the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles D were isolated by alumina.
Next, 159.1 g of the powder d-1, 15.9 g of boehmite alumina, 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were put into a ball mill. The powder d-1 was milled so as to prepare slurry d-1 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, the slurry d-1 was applied to the monolithic substrate similar to Example I-1, followed by drying and baking. Thus, a sample of Example I-4 in which 440 g/L of a transition metal oxide layer was provided in the monolithic substrate was prepared. The obtained sample of Example I-4 is a catalyst supporting 40 g/L of cobalt oxide (CO2O3).
First, the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles A similar to Example I-1 were prepared. Next, mesoporous silica of which a BET specific surface area was 630 was used as harrier particles. The mesoporous silica was dispersed in water to prepare slurry. Then, the slurry in which the mesoporous silica was dispersed was milled to prepare slurry having an average particle diameter of 150 nm. This slurry containing 90 g of silica was divided, into which 90 g of the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles A was added as a solid content, followed by dispersing the mixture by stirring at high speed. Then, the slurry was dried and baked to prepare powder e-1 in which the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles A were isolated by silica.
Next, 159.1 g of the powder e-1, 79.5 g of silica sol (20% of silica), 243.9 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were put into a ball mill. The powder e-1 was milled so as to prepare slurry e-1 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, the slurry e-1 was applied to the monolithic substrate similar to Example I-1, followed by drying and baking. Thus, a sample of Example I-5 in which 440 g/L of a transition metal oxide layer was provided in the monolithic substrate was prepared. The obtained sample of Example I-5 is a catalyst supporting 40 g/L of iron oxide (Fe2O3). As a result of the analysis by use of the X-ray diffractometer, the iron oxide (Fe2O3) was αFe2O3.
First, the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles A similar to Example I-1 were prepared. Next, mesoporous silica of which a BET specific surface area was 630 m2/g was used as barrier particles. The mesoporous silica was dispersed in water to prepare slurry. Then, the slurry in which the mesoporous silica was dispersed was milled by a bead mill to prepare slurry having an average particle diameter of 150 nm. Then, as the barrier particles, 59.2 g of cubic boehmite (20 nm×20 nm×60 nm) (containing 24% of moisture) was put into a beaker and dispersed in water, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid. Then, the milled slurry in which 45 g of the mesoporous silica was dispersed was added to the boehmite-dispersed water, followed by stirring.
The alumina-silica-mixed slurry containing 90 g of the solid content was used, into which 90 g of the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles A was added as a solid content, followed by dispersing the mixture by stirring at high speed. Then, the slurry was dried and baked to prepare powder f-1 in which the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles A were isolated by the mixture of alumina and silica.
Next, 159.1 g of the powder f-1, 15.9 g of boehmite alumina, 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were put into a ball mill. The powder f-1 was milled so as to prepare slurry f-1 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, the slurry f-1 was applied to the monolithic substrate similar to Example I-1, followed by drying and baking. Thus, a sample of Example I-6 in which 440 g/L of a transition metal oxide layer was provided in the monolithic substrate was prepared. The obtained sample of Example I-6 is a catalyst supporting 40 g/L of iron oxide (Fe2O3). As a result of the analysis by use of the X-ray diffractometer, the iron oxide (Fe2O3) was αFe2O3.
First, the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles A similar to Example I-1 were prepared. Next, mullite (3Al2O3.2SiO2) was used as barrier particles, and the mullite was dispersed in water to prepare slurry. Then, the slurry in which mullite was dispersed was milled by a bead mill to prepare slurry having an average particle diameter of 150 nm. Then, the mullite-dispersing slurry containing 90 g of mullite (solid content) was used, into which 90 g of the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles A was added as a solid content, followed by dispersing the mixture by stirring at high speed. Then, the slurry was dried and baked to prepare powder g-1 in which the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles A were isolated by mullite (alumina-silica compound).
Next, 159.1 g of the powder g-1, 15.9 g of boehmite alumina, 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were put into a ball mill. The powder g-1 was milled so as to prepare slurry g-1 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, the slurry g-1 was applied to the monolithic substrate similar to Example I-1, followed by drying and baking. Thus, a sample of Example I-7 in which 440 g/L of a transition metal oxide layer was provided in the monolithic substrate was prepared. The obtained sample of Example I-7 is a catalyst supporting 40 g/L of iron oxide (Fe2O3). As a result of the analysis by use of the X-ray diffractometer, the iron oxide (Fe2O3) was αFe2O3.
The promoter particles similar to Example I-1 were impregnated with an iron nitrate solution, followed by drying and baking at 400° C., so as to prepare a cerium-zirconium composite oxide supporting 20% of iron oxide (Fe2O3). Then, the prepared iron oxide-supporting cerium-zirconium composite oxide was dispersed in water and milled by a bead mill to have an average particle diameter of 150 nm, thereby preparing cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles H.
Next, boehmite similar to Example I-1 was used as barrier particles. 118.5 g of boehmite was put into a beaker and dispersed in water, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid. 90 g of the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles H (as a solid content) was added to the boehmite slurry, followed by dispersing the mixture by stirring at high speed. Then, the slurry was dried and baked to prepare powder h-1 in which the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles H were isolated by alumina.
Next, 159.1 g of the powder h-1, 15.9 g of boehmite alumina, 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution, were put into a ball mill. The powder h-1 was milled so as to prepare slurry h-1 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, the slurry h-1 was applied to the monolithic substrate similar to Example I-1, followed by drying and baking. Thus, a sample of Example I-8 in which 440 g/L of a transition metal oxide layer was provided in the monolithic substrate was prepared. The obtained sample of Example I-8 is a catalyst supporting 40 g/L of iron oxide (Fe2O3). As a result of the analysis by use of the X-ray diffractometer, the iron oxide (Fe2O3) was γFe2O3.
Cerium oxide was used as promoter particles to prepare particles in contact with iron oxide. Specifically, a cerium nitrate solution and an iron nitrate solution were mixed so that a ratio by weight of cerium oxide (CeO2):iron oxide (Fe2O3) was to be 80:20. Next, ammonia water was added to the mixed solution and adjusted to be pH 9.5, thereby producing a precipitate of cerium hydroxide and iron hydroxide. The precipitate was filtered, washed and dried, followed by baking, so as to prepare cerium oxide in contact with 20% of iron oxide (Fe2O3). Then, iron oxide-supporting cerium oxide was dispersed in water and milled by a bead mill to have an average particle diameter of 100 nm, thereby preparing cerium oxide particles I.
Next, boehmite similar to Example I-1 was used as barrier particles. 118.5 g of boehmite was put into a beaker and dispersed in water, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid. 90 g of the cerium oxide particles I (as a solid content) was added to the boehmite slurry, followed by dispersing the mixture by stirring at high speed. Then, the slurry was dried and baked to prepare powder i-1 in which the cerium oxide particles I were isolated by alumina.
Next, 159.1 g of the powder i-1, 15.9 g of boehmite alumina, 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were put into a ball mill. The powder i-1 was milled so as to prepare slurry i-1 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, the slurry i-1 was applied to the monolithic substrate similar to Example I-1, followed by drying and baking. Thus, a sample of Example I-9 in which 440 g/L of a transition metal oxide layer was provided in the monolithic substrate was prepared. The obtained sample of Example I-9 is a catalyst supporting 40 g/L of iron oxide (Fe2O3). As a result of the analysis by use of the X-ray diffractometer, the iron oxide (Fe2O3) was αFe2O3.
Example I-10
Praseodymium oxide (Pr6O11) was used as promoter particles. The praseodymium oxide was impregnated with an iron nitrate solution, followed by drying and baking at 400° C., so as to prepare praseodymium oxide supporting 20% of iron oxide (Fe2O3). Then, the iron oxide-supporting praseodymium oxide was dispersed in water and milled by a bead mill to have an average particle diameter of 150 nm, thereby preparing praseodymium oxide particles J.
Next, boehmite similar to Example I-1 was used as barrier particles. 118.5 g of boehmite was put into a beaker and dispersed in water, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid. 90 g of the praseodymium oxide particles J (as a solid content) was added to the boehmite slurry, followed by stirring the mixture at high speed. Then, the slurry was dried and baked to prepare powder j-1 in which the praseodymium oxide particles J were isolated by alumina.
Next, 159.1 g of the powder j-1, 15.9 g of boehmite alumina, 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were put into a ball mill. The powder j-1 was milled so as to prepare slurry j-1 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, the slurry j-1 was applied to the monolithic substrate similar to Example I-1, followed by drying and baking. Thus, a sample of Example I-10 in which 440 g/L of a transition metal oxide layer was provided in the monolithic substrate was prepared. The obtained sample of Example I-10 is a catalyst supporting 40 g/L of iron oxide (Fe2O3). As a result of the analysis by use of the X-ray diffractometer, the iron oxide (Fe2O3) was αFe2O3.
First, the promoter particles similar to Example I-1 were dispersed in water and milled by a bead mill to have an average particle diameter of 150 nm. Next, iron oxide powder (αFe2O3) was dispersed in water and milled by a bead mill to have an average particle diameter of 500 nm. Then, the slurry containing 72 g of the cerium-zirconium composite oxide as a solid content and the iron oxide slurry containing 18 g of a solid content were stirred at high speed to prepare mixed slurry.
Next, boehmite similar to Example I-1 was used as barrier particles. 118.5 g of boehmite was put into a beaker and dispersed in water, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid. The mixed slurry containing 90 g of a solid content was added to the boehmite slurry, followed by dispersing the mixture by stirring at high speed. Then, the slurry was dried and baked to prepare powder k-1 in which the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles were isolated by alumina.
Next, 159.1 g of the powder k-1, 15.9 g of boehmite alumina, 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were put into a ball mill. The powder k-1 was milled so as to prepare slurry k-1 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, the slurry k-1 was applied to the monolithic substrate similar to Example I-1, followed by drying and baking. Thus, a sample of Example I-11 in which 440 g/L of a transition metal oxide layer was provided in the monolithic substrate was prepared. The obtained sample of Example I-11 is a catalyst supporting 40 g/L of iron oxide (αFe2O3).
Next, boehmite similar to Example I-1 was used as barrier particles. 118.5 g of boehmite was put into a beaker and dispersed in water, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid. The mixed slurry containing 90 g of a solid content was added to the boehmite slurry, followed by dispersing the mixture by stirring at high speed. Then, the slurry was dried and baked to prepare powder l-1 in which the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles were isolated by alumina.
Next, 159.1 g of the powder l-1, 15.9 g of boehmite alumina, 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were put into a ball mill. The powder l-1 was milled so as to prepare slurry l-1 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, the slurry l-1 was applied to the monolithic substrate similar to Example I-1, followed by drying and baking. Thus, a sample of Example I-12 in which 440 g/L of a transition metal oxide layer was provided in the monolithic substrate was prepared. The obtained sample of Example I-12 is a catalyst supporting 40 g/L of iron oxide (αFe2O3).
The promoter particles similar to Example I-1 were impregnated with an iron nitrate solution, followed by drying and baking, so as to prepare a cerium-zirconium composite oxide supporting 20% of iron oxide (Fe2O3). Then, the iron oxide-supporting cerium-zirconium composite oxide was dispersed in water and milled by a bead mill to have an average particle diameter of 150 nm, thereby preparing the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles A.
Next, 90 g of γ-alumina powder as barrier particles was dispersed in water and adjusted to be pH 4, followed by milling by a bead mill to have an average particle diameter of 500 nm. Then, 90 g of the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles A (as a solid content) was added to the alumina slurry, followed by dispersing the mixture by stirring at high speed. Then, the slurry was dried and baked to prepare powder m-1 in which the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles A were isolated by alumina.
Next, 159.1 g of the powder m-1, 15.9 g of boehmite alumina, 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were put into a ball mill. The powder m-1 was milled so as to prepare slurry m-1 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, the slurry m-1 was applied to the monolithic substrate similar to Example I-1, followed by drying and baking. Thus, a sample of Example I-13 in which 440 g/L of a transition metal oxide layer was provided in the monolithic substrate was prepared. The obtained sample of Example I-13 is a catalyst supporting 40 g/L of iron oxide (αFe2O3).
The promoter particles similar to Example I-1 were impregnated with an iron nitrate solution, followed by drying and baking, so as to prepare a cerium-zirconium composite oxide supporting 26.7% of iron oxide (Fe2O3). Then, the iron oxide-supporting cerium-zirconium composite oxide was dispersed in water and milled by a head mill to have an average particle diameter of 150 nm, thereby preparing cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles Aa.
Next, boehmite similar to Example I-1 was used as barrier particles. 118.5 g of boehmite was put into a beaker and dispersed in water, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid. 135 g of the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles Aa (as a solid content) was added to the boehmite slurry, followed by dispersing the mixture by stirring at high speed. Then, the slurry was dried and baked to prepare powder aa-1 in which the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles Aa were isolated by alumina.
Next, 159.1 g of the powder aa-1, 15.9 g of boehmite alumina, 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were put into a ball mill. The powder aa-1 was milled so as to prepare slurry aa-1 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Next, zirconium-lanthanum composite oxide particles having an average particle diameter of 20 nm as anchor particles were impregnated with rhodium nitrate to prepare particles X supporting 0.17% of rhodium. A ratio by weight of zirconium oxide to lanthanum oxide (ZrO2:La2O3) in the zirconium-lanthanum composite oxide was 97:3. Then, 50.8 g of boehmite similar to Example I-1 was put into a beaker and dispersed in water, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid. 90 g of the particles X was added to the boehmite slurry, followed by dispersing the mixture by stirring at high speed. Then, the slurry was dried and baked to prepare powder x-1 in which the particles X were isolated by alumina.
Next, 159.1 g of the powder x-1, 15.9 g of boehmite alumina, 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were put into a ball mill. The powder x-1 was milled so as to prepare slurry x-1 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, the slurry aa-1 was applied to the monolithic substrate similar to Example I-1, followed by drying and baking, so as to form 275 g/L of a transition metal oxide layer. In addition, the slurry x-1 was applied on the transition metal oxide layer, followed by drying and baking, so as to form 55 g/L of a noble metal layer. A sample of Example I-14 thus obtained is a catalyst supporting 40 g/L of iron oxide (Fe2O3) and 0.06 g/L of rhodium. As a result of the analysis by use of the X-ray diffractometer, the iron oxide (Fe2O3) was αFe2O3.
The promoter particles similar to Example I-1 were impregnated with a manganese nitrate solution, followed by drying and baking, so as to prepare a cerium-zirconium composite oxide supporting 26.7% of manganese dioxide (MnO2). Then, the manganese dioxide-supporting cerium-zirconium composite oxide was dispersed in water and milled by a bead mill to have an average particle diameter of 150 nm, thereby preparing cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles Bb.
Next, boehmite similar to Example I-1 was used as barrier particles. 118.5 g of boehmite was put into a beaker and dispersed in water, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid. 135 g of the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles Bb (as a solid content) was added to the boehmite slurry, followed by dispersing the mixture by stirring at high speed. Then, the slurry was dried and baked to prepare powder bb-1 in which the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles Bb were isolated by alumina.
Next, 159.1 g of the powder bb-1, 15.9 g of boehmite alumina, 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were put into a ball mill. The powder bb-1 was milled so as to prepare slurry bb-1 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, the slurry bb-1 was applied to the monolithic substrate similar to Example I-1, followed by drying and baking, so as to form 275 g/L of a transition metal oxide layer. In addition, the slurry x-1 obtained in Example I-14 was applied on the transition metal oxide layer, followed by drying and baking, so as to form 55 g/L of a noble metal layer. A sample of Example I-15 thus obtained is a catalyst supporting 40 g/L of manganese oxide (MnO2) and 0.06 g/L of rhodium.
The promoter particles similar to Example I-1 were impregnated with a nickel nitrate solution, followed by drying and baking, so as to prepare a cerium-zirconium composite oxide supporting 26.7% of nickel oxide (NiO). Then, the nickel oxide-supporting cerium-zirconium composite oxide was dispersed in water and milled by a bead mill to have an average particle diameter of 150 nm, thereby preparing cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles Cc.
Next, boehmite similar to Example I-1 was used as barrier particles. 118.5 g of boehmite was put into a beaker and dispersed in water, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid. 135 g of the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles Cc (as a solid content) was added to the boehmite slurry, followed by dispersing the mixture by stirring at high speed. Then, the slurry was dried and baked to prepare powder cc-1 in which the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles Cc were isolated by alumina.
Next, 159.1 g of the powder cc-1, 15.9 g of boehmite alumina, 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were put into a ball mill. The powder cc-1 was milled so as to prepare slurry cc-1 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, the slurry cc-1 was applied to the monolithic substrate similar to Example I-1, followed by drying and baking, so as to form 275 g/L of a transition metal oxide layer. In addition, the slurry x-1 obtained in Example I-14 was applied on the transition metal oxide layer, followed by drying and baking, so as to form 55 g/L of a noble metal layer. A sample of Example I-16 thus obtained is a catalyst supporting 40 g/L of nickel oxide (NiO) and 0.06 g/L of rhodium.
The promoter particles similar to Example I-1 were impregnated with a cobalt nitrate solution, followed by drying and baking, so as to prepare a cerium-zirconium composite oxide supporting 26.7% of cobalt oxide (CO2O3). Then, the cobalt oxide-supporting cerium-zirconium composite oxide was dispersed in water and milled by a bead mill to have an average particle diameter of 150 nm, thereby preparing cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles Dd.
Next, boehmite similar to Example I-1 was used as barrier particles. 118.5 g of boehmite was put into a beaker and dispersed in water, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid. 135 g of the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles Dd (as a solid content) was added to the boehmite slurry, followed by dispersing the mixture by stirring at high speed. Then, the slurry was dried and baked to prepare powder dd-1 in which the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles Dd were isolated by alumina.
Next, 159.1 g of the powder dd-1, 15.9 g of boehmite alumina, 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were put into a ball mill. The powder dd-1 was milled so as to prepare slurry dd-1 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, the slurry dd-1 was applied to the monolithic substrate similar to Example I-1, followed by drying and baking, so as to form 275 g/L of a transition metal oxide layer. In addition, the slurry x-1 obtained in Example I-14 was applied on the transition metal oxide layer, followed by drying and baking, so as to form 55 g/L of a noble metal layer. A sample of Example I-17 thus obtained is a catalyst supporting 40 g/L of cobalt oxide (CO2O3) and 0.06 g/L of rhodium.
The cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles similar to Example I-1 were used as anchor particles and impregnated with a dinitrodiamine platinum solution, so as to prepare particles Y supporting 0.429% of platinum. Next, boehmite similar to Example I-1 was used as barrier particles. 50.8 g of boehmite was put into a beaker and dispersed in water, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid. 90 g of the particles Y was added to the boehmite slurry, followed by dispersing the mixture by stirring at high speed. Then, the slurry was dried and baked to prepare powder y-1 in which the particles Y were isolated by alumina.
Next, 159.1 g of the powder y-1, 15.9 g of boehmite alumina, 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were put into a ball mill. The powder y-1 was milled so as to prepare slurry y-1 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, the slurry aa-1 obtained in Example I-14 was applied to the monolithic substrate similar to Example I-1, followed by drying and baking, so as to form 275 g/L of a transition metal oxide layer. In addition, the slurry y-1 was applied on the transition metal oxide layer, followed by drying and baking, so as to form 55 g/L of a noble metal layer. A sample of Example I-18 thus obtained is a catalyst supporting 40 g/L of iron oxide (Fe2O3) and 0.15 g/L of platinum.
The cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles similar to Example I-1 were used as anchor particles and impregnated with a dinitrodiamine palladium solution, so as to prepare particles Z supporting 0.857% of palladium. Next, boehmite similar to Example I-1 was used as barrier particles. 50.8 g of boehmite was put into a beaker and dispersed in water, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid. 90 g of the particles Z was added to the boehmite slurry, followed by dispersing the mixture by stirring at high speed. Then, the slurry was dried and baked to prepare powder z-1 in which the particles Z were isolated by alumina.
Next, 159.1 g of the powder z-1, 15.9 g of boehmite alumina, 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were put into a ball mill. The powder z-1 was milled so as to prepare slurry z-1 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, the slurry aa-1 obtained in Example I-14 was applied to the monolithic substrate similar to Example I-1, followed by drying and baking, so as to form 275 g/L of a transition metal oxide layer. In addition, the slurry z-1 was applied on the transition metal oxide layer, followed by drying and baking, so as to form 55 g/L of a noble metal layer. A sample of Example I-19 thus obtained is a catalyst supporting 40 g/L of iron oxide (Fe2O3) and 0.3 g/L of palladium.
The promoter particles similar to Example I-1 was dispersed in water, followed by milling by a bead mill to have an average particle diameter of 700 nm. Then, iron oxide powder (αFe2O3) was dispersed in water, followed by milling by a bead mill to have an average particle diameter of 700 nm. Then, 90 g of γ-alumina powder was dispersed in water and adjusted to be pH 4, followed by milling by a bead mill to have an average particle diameter of 700 nm. The slurry containing 72 g of the cerium-zirconium composite oxide as a solid content and the iron oxide slurry containing 18 g of a solid content were added to the alumina slurry, followed by dispersing the mixture by stirring at high speed. Then, the slurry was dried and baked to prepare powder T in which the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles and the iron oxide particles were isolated by alumina.
Next, 159.1 g of the powder T, 15.9 g of boehmite alumina, 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were put into a ball mill. The powder T was milled so as to prepare slurry t-1 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, the slurry t-1 was applied to the monolithic substrate similar to Example I-1, followed by drying and baking. Thus, a sample of Example I-20 in which 440 g/L of a transition metal oxide layer was provided in the monolithic substrate was prepared. The obtained sample of Example I-20 is a catalyst supporting 40 g/L of iron oxide (αFe2O3).
Comparative Example I-1
First, γ-alumina powder was impregnated with an iron nitrate solution, followed by drying and baking, so as to prepare γ-alumina powder S supporting 10% of iron oxide (Fe2O3). Next, 159.1 g of the powder S, 15.9 g of boehmite alumina, 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were put into a ball mill. The powder S was milled so as to prepare slurry s-1 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, the slurry s-1 was applied to the monolithic substrate similar to Example I-1, followed by drying and baking. Thus, a sample of Comparative Example I-1 in which 440 g/L of a transition metal oxide layer was provided in the monolithic substrate was prepared. The obtained sample of Comparative Example I-1 is a catalyst supporting 40 g/L of iron oxide (Fe2O3). As a result of the analysis by use of the X-ray diffractometer, the iron oxide (Fe2O3) was αFe2O3.
First, γ-alumina powder was impregnated with a dinitrodiamine platinum solution, so as to prepare powder U supporting 0.116% of platinum. Next, 159.1 of the powder U, 15.9 g of boehmite alumina, 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were put into a ball mill. The powder U was milled so as to prepare slurry u-1 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Next, γ-alumina powder containing 3 wt % of zirconium was impregnated with a rhodium nitrate solution, so as to prepare powder V supporting 0.12% of rhodium. Next, 159.1 g of the powder V, 15.9 g of boehmite alumina, 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were put into a ball mill. The powder V was milled so as to prepare slurry v-1 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, the slurry u-1 was applied to the monolithic substrate similar to Example I-1, followed by drying and baking, so as to form 275 g/L of a platinum catalyst layer. In addition, the slurry v-1 was applied on the platinum catalyst layer, followed by drying and baking, so as to form 55 g/L of a rhodium catalyst layer. A sample of Comparative Example I-2 thus obtained is a catalyst supporting 0.29 g/L of platinum and 0.06 g/L of rhodium, totally supporting 0.35 g/L of noble metal.
[Performance Evaluation]
The catalysts prepared in Examples I-1 to I-20 and Comparative Examples I-1 to I-2 were used. Five catalysts for each bank were mounted on an exhaust system of a V-type engine with a displacement of 3500 cc. Then, the catalysts were subjected to heat history under a condition of a catalyst inlet temperature of 700° C. while the engine was operated for 50 hours using Japanese regular gasoline. After the duration test, each catalyst was installed in a simulated exhaust gas flowing device, through which simulated exhaust gas containing a component shown in the following Table 1 flowed. Then, temperatures (T50) at which each conversion efficiency of HC, CO and NOx became 50% were observed, while increasing catalyst temperature by 30° C. per minute. Tables 2 to 4 show the evaluation results of the catalysts in Examples I-1 to I-20 and Comparative Examples I-1 to I-2. FIGS. 7 to 9 are bar charts indicating T50 of HC as the evaluation results of the catalyst in Examples I-1 to I-20 and Comparative Examples I-1 to I-2.
TABLE 1 Reaction Gas Component
NO 1000 ppm
O2 0.60% H2 0.20%
HC (C3H6) 1665 ppm C
CO 0.60% CO2 15.50% H2O 10% N2 Residue Space Velocity: SV = 60000/h
T50 (° C.) after Duration Transition Metal Oxide Promoter Particles Barrier Particles (50% purifying
Compound Particle Compound Particle Compound Particle temperature)
Name Diameter (nm) Name Diameter (nm) Name Diameter (nm) HC CO NOx
Example I-1 αFe2O3 150 CeZr 150 Alumina 60 415 408 425 Composite Oxide Example I-2 MnO2 150 CeZr 150 Alumina 60 430 420 439 Composite Oxide Example I-3 NiO 150 CeZr 150 Alumina 60 433 422 442 Composite Oxide Example I-4 Co2O3 150 CeZr 150 Alumina 60 427 418 435 Composite Oxide Example I-5 αFe2O3 150 CeZr 150 Silica 150 420 413 430 Composite Oxide Example I-6 αFe2O3 150 CeZr 150 Alumina-Silica 150 418 415 432 Composite Oxide Mixture Example I-7 αFe2O3 150 CeZr 150 Alumina-Silica 150 417 410 427 Composite Oxide Compound Example I-8 γFe2O3 150 CeZr 150 Alumina 60 416 409 426 Composite Oxide Example I-9 αFe2O3 100 Cerium Oxide 100 Alumina 60 413 405 422 Example I-10 αFe2O3 150 Praseodymium 150 Alumina 60 412 403 420 Oxide Comparative αFe2O3 — — — — — 570 530 567 Example I-1
Example I-11 αFe2O3 500 CeZr 150 Alumina 60 430 425 437 Composite Oxide Example I-12 αFe2O3 150 CeZr 500 Alumina 60 429 423 435 Composite Oxide Example I-13 αFe2O3 150 CeZr 150 Alumina 500 427 422 431 Composite Oxide Example I-20 αFe2O3 700 CeZr 700 Alumina 700 475 470 480 Composite Oxide
Substrate Side
Transition T50 (° C.) after Metal Oxide Promoter Particles Barrier Particles Duration
Flow Path Side Com- Particle Particle Particle (50% purifying
Noble Barrier pound Diame- Compound Diameter Compound Diameter temperature)
Metal Anchor Particles Particles Name ter (nm) Name (nm) Name (nm) HC CO NOx Example I-14 Rh ZrLa Compound Alumina αFe2O3 150 CeZr 150 Alumina 60 341 334 334 Composite Oxide Example I-15 Rh ZrLa Compound Alumina MnO2 150 CeZr 150 Alumina 60 354 350 356 Composite Oxide Example I-16 Rh ZrLa Compound Alumina NiO 150 CeZr 150 Alumina 60 361 357 361 Composite Oxide Example I-17 Rh ZrLa Compound Alumina Co2O3 150 CeZr 150 Alumina 60 345 338 337 Composite Oxide Example I-18 Pt CeZr Alumina αFe2O3 150 CeZr 150 Alumina 60 353 351 353 Composite Oxide Composite Oxide Example I-19 Pd CeZr Alumina αFe2O3 150 CeZr 150 Alumina 60 349 345 347 Composite Oxide Composite Oxide
Comparative Rhodium Catalyst Layer Platinum Catalyst Layer 375 367 368 Example I-2
In the catalysts in Examples I-1 to I-4, αFe2O3, MnO2, NiO and Co2O3 were used as the transition metal oxide. In these catalysts, the cerium-zirconium composite oxide was used as the promoter particles, and alumina was used as the barrier particles to inhibit the movement of the particles.
In the catalysts in Examples I-5 to I-7, iron oxide (αFe2O3) was used as the transition metal oxide, and the cerium-zirconium composite oxide was used as the promoter particles. In addition, silica, the mixture of alumina and silica, and alumina-silica compound (mullite) were used as the barrier particles so as to isolate the iron oxide-supporting cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles.
In the catalyst in Example I-8, iron oxide (γFe2O3) was used as the transition metal oxide, the cerium-zirconium composite oxide was used as the promoter particles, and alumina was used as the barrier particles. In the catalyst in Example I-9, iron oxide was in contact with cerium oxide by a coprecipitation method. Although each particle diameter of iron oxide and cerium oxide is 100 nm that is smaller than the other examples, the other is the same as Example I-1. In the catalyst in Example I-10, praseodymium oxide was used instead of the cerium-zirconium composite oxide in Example I-1.
When comparing the catalysts between these examples, the catalysts of Examples I-1 to I-10 had better T50 than the catalyst of Comparative Example I-1, and could achieve better results due to the isolation of the particles, in which the transition metal oxide was in contact with the promoter particles, by using the barrier particles. When the iron oxide layer in Comparative Example I-1 was observed by a transmission electron microscope (TEM), an aggregation of iron oxide was confirmed. On the other hand, when the transition metal oxide layers of Examples I-1 to I-10 were observed by TEM, there was hardly any aggregation of the particles in which the transition metal oxide was in contact with the promoter particles.
In the catalysts in Examples I-5 to I-7, iron oxide (αFe2O3) was used as the transition metal oxide, and silica, the alumina-silica mixture and the alumina-silica compound (mullite) were used as the barrier particles so as to isolate the particles in which iron oxide was in contact with the promoter particles. According to the result of T50, it is considered that silica, the alumina-silica mixture and the alumina-silica compound have the effect to inhibit the aggregation of these particles.
Although the catalyst in Example I-8 employed γFe2O3, it is considered that the catalyst has the effect identical to the catalyst using αFe2O3. The catalyst in Example I-9 employed the particles in which iron oxide was in contact with cerium oxide by the coprecipitation method. The contacting particle diameter was 100 nm, which was smaller than that of other Examples. However, since the catalyst performance was superior to the other αFe2O3, it is considered that the effect derived from the particle diameter (dispersion effect) could be achieved.
In the catalyst in Example I-10, praseodymium oxide was used as the promoter particles. This example achieved the best catalyst performance among Examples I-1 to I-10. Thus, it is considered that the great promotion effect due to the oxygen release from Fe2O3 by praseodymium oxide can be achieved.
In the catalyst in Example I-11, iron oxide (αFe2O3) was used as the transition metal oxide, the cerium-zirconium composite oxide was used as the promoter particles, and alumina was used as the barrier particles. The average particle diameter of iron oxide was 500 nm. In the catalyst in Example I-12, iron oxide (αFe2O3) was used as the transition metal oxide, the cerium-zirconium composite oxide was used as the promoter particles, and alumina was used as the barrier particles, which were identical to Example I-11. However, the average particle diameter of the cerium-zirconium composite oxide was 500 nm. In the catalyst in Example I-13, iron oxide (αFe2O3) was used as the transition metal oxide, the cerium-zirconium composite oxide was used as the promoter particles, and alumina was used as the barrier particles, which were identical to the above examples. However, the average particle diameter of alumina was 500 nm. In the catalyst in Example I-20, iron oxide (αFe2O3) was used as the transition metal oxide, the cerium-zirconium composite oxide was used as the promoter particles, and alumina was used as the barrier particles, which were identical to the above examples. However, the average particle diameter of iron oxide was 700 nm, the average particle diameter of the cerium-zirconium composite oxide was 700 nm, and the average particle diameter of alumina was 700 nm.
When comparing Examples I-11 to I-13 with Example I-20, the catalyst performance was better in the former examples. When the oxide layers in these examples were observed by TEM, the prevention of the aggregation of the iron oxide particles and the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles was ensured in Examples I-11 to I-13. In Example I-20, while the aggregation of the iron oxide particles and the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles was prevented, the small aggregation was still observed. Accordingly, the average particle diameters of the transition metal oxide particles, the promoter particles and the barrier particles are preferably 500 nm or less. As the average particle diameters of the transition metal oxide particles, the promoter particles and the barrier particles are larger, a particle diameter difference between larger particles and smaller particles becomes larger. As a result, the smaller particles pass through the gaps between the larger particles, which may cause the aggregation of the particles.
The catalyst in Example I-14 employed iron oxide (αFe2O3) as the transition metal oxide, the cerium-zirconium composite oxide as the promoter particles, and alumina as the barrier particles, in which the rhodium catalyst layer was disposed on the transition metal oxide layer. The catalyst in Example I-15 employed manganese dioxide (MnO2) as the transition metal oxide, the cerium-zirconium composite oxide as the promoter particles, and alumina as the harrier particles, in which the rhodium catalyst layer was disposed on the transition metal oxide layer. The catalyst in Example I-16 employed nickel oxide (NiO) as the transition metal oxide, the cerium-zirconium composite oxide as the promoter particles, and alumina as the barrier particles, in which the rhodium catalyst layer was disposed on the transition metal oxide layer. The catalyst in Example I-17 employed cobalt oxide (CO2O3) as the transition metal oxide, the cerium-zirconium composite oxide as the promoter particles, and alumina as the barrier particles, in which the rhodium catalyst layer was disposed on the transition metal oxide layer.
The catalyst in Example I-18 employed iron oxide (αFe2O3) as the transition metal oxide, the cerium-zirconium composite oxide as the promoter particles, and alumina as the barrier particles, in which the platinum catalyst layer was disposed on the transition metal oxide layer. The catalyst in Example I-19 employed iron oxide (αFe2O3) as the transition metal oxide, the cerium-zirconium composite oxide as the promoter particles, and alumina as the barrier particles, in which the palladium catalyst layer was disposed on the transition metal oxide layer.
The catalyst of Comparative Example I-2 was provided on the substrate with the γ-alumina layer supporting platinum, and the γ-alumina layer supporting rhodium and containing 3 wt % of zirconium. The catalyst of Comparative Example I-2 contained noble metal most, in which the amount of noble metal was 0.35 g/L. The catalysts in Examples I-14 to I-19 contained noble metal less than Comparative Example I-2. However, the catalysts in Examples I-14 to I-19 had better catalyst performance compared to Comparative Example I-2. Thus, it is considered that the transition metal oxide layer functions similarly to noble metal. With regard to noble metal, it is considered that rhodium has the best effect, and platinum and palladium have the next best effect.
It is presumed according to Examples I-1 to I-14 that the noble metal layer promotes earlier catalyst activity, and there is a mechanism of purification by the transition metal oxide layer after activation. When the platinum catalyst layer in Comparative Example I-2 after the duration test was observed by TEM, the aggregation of the platinum particles was found (approximately 20 nm). On the other hand, no definite aggregation of noble metal was observed in the catalysts in Examples I-14 to I-19.
Second Embodiment
An exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to Second Embodiment and a method for manufacturing the same will be explained with reference to the drawings. The elements identical to First Embodiment are indicated by the same reference numerals, and explanations thereof are not repeated.
The exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to the present embodiment includes the transition metal oxide layer and the noble metal layer similar to First Embodiment. The catalyst of the present embodiment includes a characteristic layer arrangement in which the transition metal oxide layer is located so as to come in contact with exhaust gas prior to the noble metal layer. Due to such an arrangement, excellent catalyst activity can be achieved in a low temperature range. The reason, which is not definitely defined in the present circumstances, may be because the transition metal oxide layer coming in contact with exhaust gas prior to the noble metal layer produces reaction active species reacting in the noble metal layer, or temperature of the transition metal oxide layer is preferentially elevated.
Specific examples of the catalyst according to the present embodiment include the following ones. The first example of the catalyst includes a monolithic substrate on which the noble metal layer and the transition metal oxide layer are superposed in this order. Namely, the catalyst in which the transition metal oxide layer 3 is provided on the noble metal layer 5 can be exemplified, as shown in FIG. 10. The transition metal oxide layer 3 is preferably provided as an uppermost layer in order to come into first contact with exhaust gas. Namely, the transition metal oxide layer 3 can accelerate initiation of reaction with exhaust gas by bringing the transition metal oxide into first contact with exhaust gas. Additionally, another layer that has a certain function to purify exhaust gas may be provided between the transition metal oxide layer 3 and the noble metal layer 5.
The second example of the catalyst includes the monolithic substrate 2 on which the transition metal oxide layer 3 and the noble metal layer 5 are provided and aligned in this order from the front side with respect to the exhaust gas flow path. Namely, as shown in FIG. 11, the catalyst, in which the transition metal oxide layer 3 is located upstream of the exhaust gas flow path 4 in the monolithic substrate 2 and the noble metal layer 5 is located downstream of the transition metal oxide layer 3, can be exemplified.
However, the specific examples of the exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to the present embodiment are not limited to those. For example, as for the monolithic substrate, a honeycomb substrate provided with a plurality of cells having open ends and closed ends alternately on each end side, which is a so-called checkered honeycomb substrate, and a diesel particulate filter (PDF) may be used. It is to be noted that when the exhaust gas purifying catalyst is provided inside the cells that have the open ends on the downstream side of the exhaust gas flow direction in the above-mentioned honeycomb substrate, exhaust gas comes out of the inner wall side of the substrate. Thus, the catalyst in this case has the opposite layer arrangement to the first example of the exhaust gas purifying catalyst.
The following is a description of a method for manufacturing the exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to the present embodiment. The catalyst according to the present embodiment can employ the transition metal oxide slurry containing the transition metal oxide powder and the noble metal slurry containing the noble metal powder described in First Embodiment. In the method for manufacturing the exhaust gas purifying catalyst of the above-mentioned first example, the noble metal slurry is applied on the monolithic substrate 2 and dried, and then the transition metal oxide slurry is applied thereto, followed by drying. In the method for manufacturing the exhaust gas purifying catalyst of the above-mentioned second example, the front side of the monolithic substrate is impregnated with the transition metal oxide slurry and dried, and then the rear side of the monolithic substrate is impregnated with the noble metal slurry and dried.
The following is a further detail of the present embodiment referring to examples and comparative examples. However, the present invention is not limited to those examples.
Example II-1
First, lanthanum-zirconium oxide particles were prepared as anchor particles. Then, the particles were impregnated with a rhodium nitrate solution, dried, and baked at 400° C. for one hour under air flow, so as to prepare rhodium-supporting lanthanum-zirconium oxide supporting a predetermined amount of rhodium particles. By milling this oxide, noble metal powder composed of rhodium-supporting lanthanum-zirconium oxide particles was prepared. Then, the noble metal powder, boehmite alumina, a 10% nitric acid solution, and ion-exchange water were put into a magnetic pot to be shaken and milled with alumina balls, thereby obtaining noble metal slurry.
Next, cerium-zirconium oxide particles were prepared as promoter particles. Then, the particles were impregnated with an iron nitrate solution, dried, and baked at 400° C. for one hour under air flow, so as to prepare iron oxide-supporting cerium-zirconium oxide supporting a predetermined amount of iron oxide particles. By milling this oxide, iron oxide-supporting cerium-zirconium oxide particles were prepared.
Next, the iron oxide-supporting cerium-zirconium oxide particles, boehmite alumina, nitric acid, and ion-exchange water were mixed so as to obtain slurry. The slurry was dried, baked at 550° C. for three hours under air flow and milled, so as to prepare transition metal oxide powder in which the iron oxide-supporting cerium-zirconium oxide particles were isolated by alumina. Then, the transition metal oxide powder, boehmite alumina, a 10% nitric acid solution, and ion-exchange water were put into a magnetic pot to be shaken and milled with alumina balls, thereby obtaining transition metal oxide slurry.
The obtained noble metal slurry was applied to a ceramic monolithic substrate (400 cells/6 mils, 0.12 L), followed by drying at 120° C. and baking at 400° C. under air flow. Thus, 55 g of a noble metal layer per 1 L of the monolithic substrate was formed. Then, the obtained transition metal oxide slurry was applied to the noble metal layer, followed by drying at 120° C. and baking at 400° C. under air flow. Thus, 275 g of a transition metal oxide layer per 1 L of the monolithic substrate was formed. A sample of Example II-1 thus obtained is a catalyst supporting 40 g of iron oxide (Fe2O3) and 0.3 g of rhodium (Rh) per 1 L of the monolithic substrate.
The transition metal oxide powder obtained in Example II-1 was used to prepare the transition metal oxide slurry similar to Example II-1. In order to apply the slurry easily to the monolithic substrate, the concentration of the slurry was adjusted by ion-exchange water. Then, the transition metal oxide slurry was applied to the monolithic substrate used in Example II-1, followed by drying at 120° C. and baking at 400° C. under air flow. Thus, a first catalyst only provided with the transition metal oxide layer on the monolithic substrate was obtained.
Next, the noble metal powder obtained in Example II-1 was used to prepare the noble metal slurry similar to Example II-1. In order to apply the slurry easily to the monolithic substrate, the concentration of the slurry was also adjusted by ion-exchange water. Then, the noble metal slurry was applied to the monolithic substrate used in Example II-1, followed by drying at 120° C. and baking at 400° C. under air flow. Thus, a second catalyst only provided with the noble metal layer on the monolithic substrate was obtained.
Next, the obtained first and second catalysts were cut in half so that each catalyst was to be 0.06 L. Then, the first catalyst only provided with the transition metal oxide layer was provided upstream of the substrate, and the second catalyst only provided with the noble metal layer was provided downstream of the transition metal oxide layer, thereby obtaining the catalyst of which total content was 0.12 L. A sample of Example II-2 thus obtained was provided with 330 g/L of the transition metal oxide layer and the noble metal layer, respectively, per 1 L of the monolithic substrate. In this sample, 40 g of iron oxide (Fe2O3) and 0.3 g of rhodium (Rh) were supported per 1 L of the monolithic substrate.
Comparative Example II-1
The noble metal powder obtained in Example II-1 was used to prepare the noble metal slurry similar to Example II-1. In order to apply the slurry easily to the monolithic substrate, the concentration of the slurry was also adjusted by ion-exchange water. Then, the noble metal slurry was applied to the monolithic substrate used in Example II-1, followed by drying at 120° C. and baking at 400° C. under air flow. In a sample of Comparative Example II-1 thus obtained, 330 g of the noble metal layer was provided and 0.3 g/L of rhodium (Rh) was supported per 1 L of the monolithic substrate.
Reference Example II-1
The transition metal oxide powder obtained in Example II-1 was used to prepare the transition metal oxide slurry similar to Example II-1. In order to apply the slurry easily to the monolithic substrate, the concentration of the slurry was adjusted by ion-exchange water. Then, the transition metal oxide slurry was applied to the monolithic substrate used in Example II-1, followed by drying at 120° C. and baking at 400° C. under air flow. In a sample of Reference Example II-1 thus obtained, 330 g/L of the transition metal oxide layer was provided and 40 g of iron oxide (Fe2O3) was supported per 1 L of the monolithic substrate.
Each catalyst of Example II-1 to II-2, Comparative Example II-1 and Reference Example II-1 was installed in a simulated exhaust gas flowing device, through which simulated exhaust gas containing the component shown in Table 1 in First Embodiment flowed. While increasing catalyst temperature by 30° C. per minute, each conversion rate (purification rate) of hydrocarbon (HC), carbon monoxide (CO) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) was observed.
FIG. 12 shows a relationship between each conversion rate of HC, CO and NOx and each catalyst inlet temperature in Example II-1, Comparative Example II-1 and Reference Example II-1. According to FIG. 12, the catalyst of Example II-1 has excellent catalyst activity in a low temperature range compared to the catalysts in Comparative Example II-1 and Reference Example II-1. In the catalyst in Example II-1, an activation temperature in HC conversion is reduced approximately by 50° C., an activation temperature in CO conversion is reduced approximately by 20° C., and an activation temperature in NOx conversion is reduced approximately by 5° C., with respect to the catalyst in Comparative Example II-1.
FIG. 13 shows a relationship between each conversion rate of HC, CO and NOx and each catalyst inlet temperature in Example II-2, Comparative Example II-1 and Reference Example II-1. According to FIG. 13, the catalyst of Example II-2 has excellent catalyst activity in a low temperature range compared to the catalysts in Comparative Example II-1 and Reference Example II-1. This clearly shows that the initiation of the reaction with exhaust gas is accelerated by bringing exhaust gas into first contact with the transition metal oxide layer, and into contact with the noble metal layer later.
Third Embodiment
An exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to Third Embodiment and a method for manufacturing the same will be explained with reference to the drawings. The elements identical to First Embodiment and Second Embodiment are indicated by the same reference numerals, and explanations thereof are not repeated.
The exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to the present embodiment includes the monolithic substrate 2, and at least one catalyst layer 6 formed on the monolithic substrate 2, as shown in FIG. 14. This catalyst layer 6 is a single mixed layer in which the transition metal oxide layer and the noble metal layer in First Embodiment are integrated. Namely, the catalyst layer 6 in the present embodiment is a layer in which the noble metal powder and the transition metal oxide powder in First Embodiment are mixed uniformly. Therefore, the exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to the present embodiment can provide excellent NOx purification performance in a high temperature range. Although the reason why such an effect can be achieved is not definitely defined in the present circumstances, it is considered that the NOx purification performance may be improved because of the following reasons.
(1) Enhancement of NO2 Production
With regard to a mechanism of NOx purification, after NOx is oxidized to NO2, the purification to be N2 is enhanced due to a reduction reaction of NO2. By providing the transition metal oxide layer and the noble metal layer in the same layer (adjacent to each other), the oxidation reaction from NOx to NO2 is accelerated on the transition metal oxide. Since the oxidation reaction from NOx to NO2 is a reversible reaction, the reduction reaction of NO2 is accelerated in the noble metal particles as an active site before reaction progression from NO2 to NOx. As a result, the conversion efficiency of NOx is improved.
(2) Enhancement of NOx Reduction by Hydrogen Production.
A water-gas-shift reaction (CO+H2O→CO2+H2) on the transition metal oxide is accelerated, and hydrogen (H2) is generated to react with NOx species. Thus, the conversion efficiency of NOx is improved.
(3) Increase of Oxygen Storage Capacity (OSC)
By providing the barrier particles around the transition metal oxide, the aggregation of the transition metal oxide is prevented. As a result, oxygen storage capacity of the transition metal oxide can be achieved even after being subjected to a load, and atmospheric variation adjacent to the active site can be reduced. Accordingly, the conversion efficiency of NOx is improved.
In the present embodiment, an additional catalyst layer is preferably provided on the catalyst layer 6 in view of the improvement of the NOx purification performance. As an additional catalyst layer, the noble metal layer 5 shown in FIG. 5 is a preferable example.
The following is a description of a method for manufacturing the exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to the present embodiment. The catalyst according to the present embodiment can employ the transition metal oxide powder and the noble metal powder described in First Embodiment. In other words, a catalyst layer is formed on the monolithic substrate by using the slurry containing the transition metal oxide powder and the noble metal powder. Specifically, the transition metal oxide powder and the noble metal powder described in First Embodiment are mixed with a solvent and a binder so as to prepare the slurry for the catalyst layer. Then, the slurry for the catalyst layer is applied on the monolithic substrate, followed by drying and baking. As for the formation of the additional catalyst layer described above, the noble metal slurry is applied on the catalyst layer 6, dried and baked, similarly to the preparation method in First Embodiment.
Example III-1
First, cerium-zirconium oxide (CZ) particles were prepared as promoter particles. Then, the particles were impregnated with an iron nitrate solution, dried and baked at 400° C. for one hour under air flow, so as to prepare iron oxide-supporting cerium-zirconium oxide supporting a predetermined amount of iron oxide particles. By milling this oxide, iron oxide-supporting cerium-zirconium oxide particles were prepared. Then, boehmite alumina, nitric acid and ion-exchange water were mixed to obtain slurry, and the iron oxide-supporting cerium-zirconium oxide particles were put into the obtained slurry, followed by stirring. The mixture thus obtained was dried, baked at 550° C. for three hours under air flow, followed by stirring, thereby preparing transition metal oxide powder in which the iron oxide-supporting cerium-zirconium oxide particles were isolated by alumina.
Next, lanthanum-zirconium oxide (ZL) particles were prepared as anchor particles. Then, the particles were impregnated with a rhodium nitrate solution, dried and baked at 400° C. for one hour under air flow, so as to prepare rhodium-supporting lanthanum-zirconium oxide supporting a predetermined amount of rhodium particles. By milling this oxide, noble metal powder composed of rhodium-supporting lanthanum-zirconium oxide particles was prepared.
Next, the noble metal powder, the transition metal oxide powder, boehmite alumina, a 10% nitric acid solution, and ion-exchange water were put into a magnetic pot to be shaken and milled with alumina balls, thereby obtaining slurry for a catalyst layer. The obtained slurry for the catalyst layer was applied to a ceramic monolithic substrate (400 cells/6 mils, 0.12 L), followed by drying at 120° C. and baking at 400° C. under air flow. Thus, 330 g of the catalyst layer per 1 L of the monolithic substrate was firmed. In a sample of Example III-1 thus obtained, 40 g of iron oxide (Fe2O3) and 0.3 g of rhodium (Rh) were supported per 1 L of the monolithic substrate.
With regard to the preparation of the noble metal powder, similar operations to those of Example III-1 were repeated except that a dinitrodiamine platinum solution was used instead of rhodium nitrate, and cerium-zirconium oxide (CZ) was used instead of lanthanum-zirconium oxide (ZL), thereby obtaining a catalyst in this example. In a sample of Example III-2 thus obtained, 40 g of iron oxide (Fe2O3) and 1.4 g of platinum (Pt) were supported per 1 L of the monolithic substrate.
With regard to the preparation of the noble metal powder, similar operations to those of Example III-1 were repeated except that a dinitrodiamine palladium solution was used instead of rhodium nitrate, and cerium-lanthanum-zirconium oxide (ZLC) was used instead of lanthanum-zirconium oxide (ZL), thereby obtaining a catalyst in this example. In a sample of Example III-3 thus obtained, 40 g of iron oxide (Fe2O3) and 0.06 g of palladium (Pd) were supported per 1 L of the monolithic substrate.
The transition metal oxide powder and the noble metal powder obtained in Example III-1, boehmite alumina, a 10% nitric acid solution, and ion-exchange water were put into a magnetic pot to be shaken and milled with alumina balls, thereby obtaining slurry for a catalyst layer (inner layer). The obtained slurry for the inner layer was applied to the monolithic substrate used in Example III-1, followed by drying at 120° C. and baking at 400° C. under air flow. Thus, 305 g of the inner layer per 1 L of the monolithic substrate was formed.
Next, the noble metal powder obtained in Example III-1, boehmite alumina, a 10% nitric acid solution, and ion-exchange water were put into a magnetic pot to be shaken and milled with alumina balls, thereby obtaining slurry for a catalyst layer (outer layer). The obtained slurry for the outer layer was applied to the monolithic substrate provided with the inner layer, followed by drying at 120° C. and baking at 400° C. under air flow. Thus, 25 g of the outer layer per 1 L of the monolithic substrate was formed. In a sample of Example III-4 thus obtained, 40 g of iron oxide (Fe2O3) was supported per 1 L of the monolithic substrate, and 0.15 g/L of rhodium (Rh) was supported on each of the inner layer and the outer layer.
Reference Example III-1
The transition metal oxide powder obtained in Example III-1, boehmite alumina, a 10% nitric acid solution, and ion-exchange water were put into a magnetic pot to be shaken and milled with alumina balls, thereby obtaining slurry for a catalyst layer. The obtained slurry for the catalyst layer was applied to the monolithic substrate used in Example III-1, followed by drying at 120° C. and baking at 400° C. under air flow. Thus, 275 g of the catalyst layer (transition metal oxide layer) per 1 L of the monolithic substrate was formed. In a sample of Reference Example III-1 thus obtained, 40 g of iron oxide (Fe2O3) was supported per 1 L of the monolithic substrate.
Comparative Example III-1
The noble metal powder obtained in Example III-1, boehmite alumina, a 10% nitric acid solution, and ion-exchange water were put into a magnetic pot to be shaken and milled with alumina balls, thereby obtaining slurry for a catalyst layer. The obtained slurry for the catalyst layer was applied to the monolithic substrate used in Example III-1, followed by drying at 120° C. and baking at 400° C. under air flow. Then, 330 g of the catalyst layer was applied to the monolithic substrate per 1 L, so as to obtain an exhaust gas purifying catalyst of this example. In the exhaust gas purifying catalyst thus obtained, 0.3 g of rhodium (Rh) was supported per 1 L of the monolithic substrate.
The noble metal powder obtained in Example III-2, boehmite alumina, a 10% nitric acid solution, and ion-exchange water were put into a magnetic pot to be shaken and milled with alumina balls, thereby obtaining slurry for a catalyst layer. The obtained slurry for the catalyst layer was applied to the monolithic substrate used in Example III-1, followed by drying at 120° C. and baking at 400° C. under air flow. Thus, 330 g of the catalyst layer (noble metal layer) per 1 L of the monolithic substrate was formed. In a sample of Comparative Example III-2 thus obtained, 1.4 g of platinum (Pt) was supported per 1 L of the monolithic substrate.
The noble metal powder obtained in Example III-3, boehmite alumina, a 10% nitric acid solution, and ion-exchange water were put into a magnetic pot to be shaken and milled with alumina balls, thereby obtaining slurry for a catalyst layer. The obtained slurry for the catalyst layer was applied to the monolithic substrate used in Example III-1, followed by drying at 120° C. and baking at 400° C. under air flow. Thus, 330 g of the catalyst layer (noble metal layer) per 1 L of the monolithic substrate was formed. In a sample of Comparative Example III-3 thus obtained, 0.06 g of palladium (Pd) was supported per 1 L of the monolithic substrate. Table 5 shows a part of specification of each example.
Each of the exhaust gas purifying catalysts of the respective examples was installed immediately below an exhaust manifold of an engine (type: KA24) manufactured by NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD. Then, the engine was steadily driven while keeping a catalyst inlet temperature at 480° C. Then, each gas composition at an outlet of the exhaust manifold and an outlet of the catalyst during driving was measured by an analyzer, so as to calculate each NOx conversion rate. The NOx conversion rate can be calculated by dividing the NOx concentration at the catalyst outlet by the NOx concentration at the exhaust manifold outlet. The obtained results are also shown in Table 5.
Inner Layer Outer Layer
Transition Metal Oxide Powder Noble Metal Powder Noble Metal Powder NOx
Transition Amount of Noble Amount of Noble Amount of Conversion Metal Transition Promoter Barrier Metal Noble Metal Promoter Metal Noble Metal Promoter Rate Species Metal (g/L) Species Species Species (g/L) Species Species (g/L) Species (%)
Example III-1 Fe 40 CZ Al Rh 0.3 ZL — — — 89 Example III-2 Fe 40 CZ Al Pt 1.4 CZ — — — 87 Example III-3 Fe 40 CZ Al Pd 0.06 ZLC — — — 88 Example III-4 Fe 40 CZ Al Rh 0.15 ZL Rh 0.15 ZL 93 Reference Fe 40 CZ Al — — — — — — 67 Example III-1 Comparative — — — — Rh 0.3 ZL — — — 69 Example III-1 Comparative — — — — Pt 1.4 CZ — — — 85 Example III-2 Comparative — — — — Pd 0.06 ZLC — — — 81 Example III-3
As shown in Table 5, the catalysts of Examples III-1 to III-4 have superior NOx conversion rates to the catalysts of Reference Example III-1 and Comparative Examples III-1 to III-3. In addition, although the catalysts of Examples III-1 to III-3 include the same amount of noble metal as the catalysts of Comparative Examples III-1 to III-3, respectively, the catalysts of Examples III-1 to III-3 have superior NOx conversion rates to the catalysts of Comparative Examples III-1 to III-3. Accordingly, the amount of noble metal to be used can be reduced in the catalysts of Examples III-1 to III-3. Further, although the catalyst of Example III-1 includes the same amount of noble metal as the catalyst of Example III-4, the catalyst of Example III-4 has a much superior NOx conversion rate to the catalyst of Example III-1. Accordingly, the amount of noble metal to be used can be further reduced in the catalyst of Example III-4.
Fourth Embodiment
An exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to Fourth Embodiment and a method for manufacturing the same will be explained with reference to the drawings. The elements identical to First Embodiment to Third Embodiment are indicated by the same reference numerals, and explanations thereof are not repeated.
The exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to the present embodiment includes the substrate 2 on which at least two catalyst layers are formed. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 10 in Second Embodiment, the catalyst is provided on an inner surface of the substrate 2 with a transition metal oxide layer 3A containing a transition metal oxide and the noble metal layer 5. The noble metal layer 5 is formed on the monolithic substrate 2, and the transition metal oxide layer 3A is formed on the noble metal layer 5. Preferably, the transition metal oxide contained in the transition metal oxide layer 3A is an oxide that activates harmful gas in exhaust gas, namely hydrocarbon (HC), carbon monoxide (CO) and nitrogen oxide (NOx), emitted from an internal combustion engine, when the harmful gas passes through the transition metal oxide layer 3A. In addition, noble metal powder contained in the noble metal layer 5 preferably purifies the harmful gas activated by the transition metal oxide with high efficiency.
The transition metal oxide layer 3A according to the present embodiment differs from the transition metal oxide layer 3 in First and Second Embodiments in that the transition metal oxide layer 3A does not include the promoter particles 20. In other words, the transition metal oxide layer 3A is a layer composed of the transition metal oxide particle 10, or composed of the transition metal oxide particles 10 and the barrier particles 30. In the transition metal oxide layer 3 in First and Second Embodiments, by supporting the transition metal oxide particles 10 on the promoter particle 20, the promoter particles 20 inhibits the movement of the transition metal oxide particles 10, so as to prevent sintering of the transition metal oxide particles. However, the transition metal oxide particles 10 have an ability to activate the harmful gas even if the promoter particles are not contained in the layer. Therefore, the layer composed of the transition metal oxide particles is provided on the noble metal layer 5, so that the harmful gas is activated by the transition metal oxide. Accordingly, the noble metal layer 5 as a lower layer can oxidize and reduce the gas with high efficiency.
The transition metal oxide contained in the transition metal oxide layer 3A is preferably the oxide that can activate hydrocarbon, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxide in exhaust gas when those gases pass through the transition metal oxide layer 3A, as described above. Specifically, the transition metal oxide preferably includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni) and cobalt (Co).
Even if the transition metal oxide layer 3A is composed of the transition metal oxide particles that are mutually coupled by a binder, the transition metal oxide layer 3A can activate the harmful gas. However, similar to noble metal, since the transition metal oxide is aggregated and enlarged because of heat, the function to activate the gas may be depressed. Moreover, when the transition metal oxide is aggregated, porosity of the transition metal oxide layer 3A is decreased, which may cause prevention of gas flow and dispersion. In view of this, in the present embodiment, the transition metal oxide particles are preferably covered and surrounded by the barrier particles as in the case of the noble metal powder. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the transition metal oxide powder composed of the transition metal oxide particles 10a surrounded by the barrier particles 30 is preferably used.
More specifically, the transition metal oxide powder is constituted by the transition metal oxide particles 10a and the barrier particles 30 that inhibit the aggregation of the transition metal oxide particles 10a caused by the mutual contact of the transition metal oxide particles 10a. Each single body (primary particles) or aggregate (second particles) of the transition metal oxide particles is included within each section partitioned by the barrier particles 30. Similar to the noble metal powder, in the transition metal oxide powder, the transition metal oxide particles 10a are included within the sections partitioned by the barrier particles 30, so as to prevent the transition metal oxide particles 10a from crossing over the sections partitioned by the barrier particles 30, coming into direct contact with each other, and becoming enlarged. Therefore, a decrease in surface areas of the transition metal oxide particles 10a can be prevented even in a high temperature condition. Accordingly, the activation of the harmful gas can be enhanced.
In addition, in the exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to the present embodiment, the transition metal oxide layer 3A is preferably provided adjacent to the exhaust gas flow path and interposed between the noble metal layer 5 and the exhaust gas flow path. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 10, the transition metal oxide layer 3A is provided as an upper layer on the noble metal layer 5. According to such a structure, exhaust gas entering the cell 2a passes through the transition metal oxide layer 3A first. Therefore, after the exhaust gas is activated by the transition metal oxide layer 3A, the exhaust gas reaches the noble metal layer 5. Accordingly, the exhaust gas can be purified with higher efficiency.
The above description merely represents a relative positional relationship between the respective layers. Therefore, an additional layer including a function to purify the exhaust gas may be provided between the transition metal oxide layer 3A and the noble metal layer 5. However, the transition metal oxide layer 3A and the noble metal layer 5 are preferably provided adjacent to each other in the catalyst of the present embodiment. Thus, the exhaust gas comes into contact with the noble metal layer 5 immediately after being activated by the transition metal oxide layer 3A. Since the exhaust gas can come into contact with noble metal while maintaining the exhaust gas-activated state, the purification efficiency can be improved.
In view of the earlier activation of the exhaust gas, the transition metal oxide layer 3A preferably faces the exhaust gas flow path 4. Namely, the transition metal oxide layer 3A is preferably the uppermost layer in all of the layers. Due to such a structure, the exhaust gas entering the cell 2a passes through the transition metal oxide layer 3A to be activated, and then purified by the noble metal layer 5 provided as the lower layer of the transition metal oxide layer 3A. Thus, the purification efficiency can be enhanced.
According to the present embodiment, the catalyst can be provided with an undercoat layer 7 composed of heat-resistant inorganic oxide as a lowermost layer of the catalyst layer, as shown in FIG. 15. The undercoat layer 7 is mainly provided on the corners of the cell 2a. The undercoat layer 7 can prevent an active component in the catalyst layer from being applied locally and unevenly on the cell corners, prevent the amount of the active component to be applied to cover flat sections (cell walls) of each cell from decreasing, and prevent the catalyst layer from being detached from the substrate. Examples of the heat-resistant inorganic oxide to be used in the undercoat layer include alumina, silica and zeolite.
In addition, according to the present embodiment, the catalyst can be provided with the noble metal layer 5 composed of two layers, each of which may include different kinds of noble metal. Specifically, a catalyst layer 5a may include rhodium, and a catalyst layer 5b may include platinum. Alternatively, the catalyst layer 5a may include rhodium, and the catalyst layer 5b may include palladium. In the present embodiment, the catalyst preferably includes rhodium as the noble metal particles 40 in the noble metal layer 5. In other words, a layer containing rhodium as noble metal is preferably provided under the transition metal oxide layer. Even a small amount of rhodium can ensure high exhaust gas purification. According to the present embodiment, since the transition metal oxide layer as an upper layer activates exhaust gas, the purification efficiency can be enhanced by employing the noble metal layer containing rhodium together with the transition metal oxide layer.
The following is a description of a method for manufacturing the exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to the present embodiment. First, a method for preparing the transition metal oxide powder will be explained. In this method, an aggregate in which transition metal oxide particles having an average primary particle diameter of 30 nm or less are aggregated to have a secondary particle diameter of approximately 2 μm is dispersed in a solvent. The aggregate is then milled so as to have the particle diameter of 500 nm or less, more specifically approximately 100 nm to 300 nm, for example, 150 nm, thereby preparing slurry containing the transition metal oxide in a fine particle state having a size of 500 nm or less, preferably 100 nm to 300 nm. In this method, the aggregate may be milled by use of a wet mill, specifically a bead mill. As for the solvent, water may be used.
Next, slurry in which a precursor of the harrier particles is dispersed in a solvent is prepared by the method described in First Embodiment. Then, the slurry containing the transition metal oxide in a fine particle state and the precursor slurry are mixed, followed by stirring at high speed, so as to surround the transition metal oxide particles by the precursor of the barrier particles. Then, the slurry including the transition metal oxide particles surrounded by the precursor is dried and baked, thereby obtaining the transition metal oxide powder.
The transition metal oxide powder thus obtained is mixed with a binder to be slurried, thereby preparing transition metal oxide slurry. Noble metal slurry may be prepared by the method described in First Embodiment. Then, one of the transition metal oxide slurry and the noble metal slurry is applied to an inner surface of a monolithic substrate, followed by drying. Then, the other slurry is applied to the substrate, followed by drying and baking, thereby obtaining the exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to the present embodiment.
As for the transition metal oxide layer 3A, when a layer in which the transition metal oxide particles are not isolated by the barrier particles, commercially available transition metal oxide particles are dispersed in a solvent such as water, and milled by a ball mill to have a size of a few micrometer, followed by adding a binder and stirring at high speed, thereby obtaining transition metal oxide slurry. The prepared transition metal oxide slurry is then applied to a substrate, dried and baked, thereby obtaining an exhaust gas purifying catalyst in which the transition metal oxide particles are not isolated by the barrier particles.
According to the method for preparing the transition metal oxide powder and the noble metal powder, the slurry prepared by milling the transition metal oxide, the anchor particles and the barrier particles by a bead mill is used. Alternatively, the slurry may be prepared by employing the transition metal oxide, the anchor particles and the harrier particles that are micronized to have a size of several tens of nanometer by a PVS method (Physical Vapor Synthesis method) or the like. In the PVS method, a raw material (metal) is converted to a metal atom vapor by heat energy. Then, by bringing the metal atom vapor in contact with reaction gas (oxygen), a molecule of metal oxide and a cluster are formed, followed by cooling immediately, thereby manufacturing a microfine particle material in which an increase of a particle diameter is suppressed.
In order to provide the noble metal layer and the transition metal oxide layer as a porous catalyst layer, the transition metal oxide slurry and the noble metal slurry may be mixed with carbon black powder. More specifically, the slurries are mixed with carbon black powder, followed by applying to the monolithic substrate and baking. Accordingly, the carbon black powder is oxidized by heat and removed to be gaps, thereby obtaining the porous catalyst layer.
The following is a further detail of the present embodiment referring to examples and comparative examples.
Catalyst Preparation Example IV-1
First, 180 g of γ-alumina powder and 20 g of boehmite alumina were put in a ball mill. Then, 282.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were further put in the ball mill, followed by milling, thereby preparing slurry c-1 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Next, cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles (CeO2:ZrO2=78:22 (ratio by weight)) having an average particle diameter of 30 nm were used as anchor particles, and impregnated with a dinitrodiamine platinum solution, so as to prepare cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles A supporting 1.0 wt % of platinum (Pt). Then, 118.5 g of rectangular boehmite (20 nm×20 nm×60 nm) (containing 24% of moisture) was put into a beaker and dispersed in water, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid. 90 g of the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles A was further put into the beaker, followed by dispersing by stirring at high speed. The slurry thus obtained was dried and baked, so as to prepare noble metal powder a-1 in which the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles A were isolated by alumina. Then, 168 g of the noble metal powder a-1, 7 g of boehmite alumina, and 38.41 g of carbon black powder were put into a ball mill. 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were further put into the ball mill, followed by milling the powder a-1, thereby preparing slurry a-1 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Next, zirconium-lanthanum composite oxide particles (ZrO2:La2O3=97:3 (ratio by weight)) having an average particle diameter of 20 nm were impregnated with a rhodium nitrate solution, so as to prepare particles B supporting 0.2 wt % of rhodium. Then, 50.8 g of the rectangular boehmite was put into a beaker and dispersed in water, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid. 90 g of the particles B was further put into the beaker, followed by dispersing by stirring at high speed. The slurry thus obtained was dried and baked, so as to prepare noble metal powder b-1 in which the particles B were isolated by alumina. Then, 168 g of the noble metal powder b-1, 7 g of boehmite alumina, and 38.41 g of carbon black powder were put into a ball mill. 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were further put into the ball mill and milled, thereby preparing slurry b-1 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Next, iron oxide (αFe2O3) was dispersed in water, followed by milling by a ball mill, so as to prepare slurry having an average particle diameter of 3 μm. The slurry (containing 90 g of αFe2O3) was mixed with boehmite alumina (containing 10 g of Al2O3) as a binder, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid, followed by dispersing by stirring at high speed, thereby preparing αFe2O3 slurry f-1.
Next, the slurry c-1 was applied to a monolithic substrate having a diameter φ of 36 mm, 600 cells and 4 mils (content: 0.04 L), followed by drying and baking, thereby forming 50 g/L of an undercoat layer (alumina layer) (first layer). Then, the slurry a-1 was applied to the substrate, followed by drying and baking, thereby forming 80 g/L of a noble metal layer (second layer). Then, the slurry b-1 was applied to the substrate, followed by drying and baking, thereby forming 80 g/L of a noble metal layer (third layer). Further, the αFe2O3 slurry f-1 was applied to the substrate, followed by drying and baking, thereby forming 27.8 g/L of an iron oxide layer (transition metal oxide layer) (fourth layer). Thus, an exhaust gas purifying catalyst of Example IV-1 was obtained. The catalyst of Example IV-1 thus obtained is a catalyst in which 0.4/L of Pt, 0.112 g/L of Rh and 25 g/L of αFe2O3 are supported.
Example IV-2
First, manganese oxide (MnO2) was dispersed in water, followed by milling by a ball mill, so as to prepare slurry having an average particle diameter of 3 μm. The slurry (containing 90 g of MnO2) was mixed with boehmite alumina (containing 10 g of Al2O3) as a binder, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid, followed by dispersing by stirring at high speed, thereby preparing MnO2 slurry f-2. Then, similar operations to those of Example IV-1 were repeated except that the MnO2 slurry f-2 was used instead of the αFe2O3 slurry f-1 of Example IV-1, thereby obtaining an exhaust gas purifying catalyst of Example IV-2. The catalyst of Example IV-2 thus obtained is a catalyst in which 0.4 g/L of Pt, 0.112 g/L of Rh and 25 g/L of MnO2 are supported.
First, nickel oxide (NiO) was dispersed in water, followed by milling by a ball mill, so as to prepare slurry having an average particle diameter of 3 μm. The slurry (containing 90 g of NiO) was mixed with boehmite alumina (containing 10 g of Al2O3) as a binder, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid, followed by dispersing by stirring at high speed, thereby preparing NiO slurry f-3. Then, similar operations to those of Example IV-1 were repeated except that the NiO slurry f-3 was used instead of the αFe2O3 slurry f-1 of Example IV-1, thereby obtaining an exhaust gas purifying catalyst of Example IV-3. The catalyst of Example IV-3 thus obtained is a catalyst in which 0.4 g/L of Pt, 0.112 g/L of Rh and 25 g/L of NiO are supported.
First, cobalt oxide (CO2O3) was dispersed in water, followed by milling by a ball mill, so as to prepare slurry having an average particle diameter of 3 μm. The slurry (containing 90 g of CO2O3) was mixed with boehmite alumina (containing 10 g of Al2O3) as a binder, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid, followed by dispersing by stirring at high speed, thereby preparing CO2O3 slurry f-4. Then, similar operations to those of Example IV-1 were repeated except that the CO2O3 slurry f-4 was used instead of the αFe2O3 slurry f-1 of Example IV-1, thereby obtaining an exhaust gas purifying catalyst of Example IV-4. The catalyst of Example IV-4 thus obtained is a catalyst in which 0.4 g/L of Pt, 0.112 g/L of Rh and 25 g/L of CO2O3 are supported.
First, iron oxide (αFe2O3) was dispersed in water, followed by milling by a bead mill, so as to prepare αFe2O3 slurry having an average particle diameter of 150 nm. Then, 118.4 g of rectangular boehmite (20 nm×20 nm×60 nm) (containing 24% of moisture) was put into a beaker and dispersed in water, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid. The αFe2O3 slurry (containing 90 g of αFe2O3) was added to the boehmite slurry, followed by dispersing by stirring at high speed. Then, the mixed slurry was dried and baked, so as to prepare powder d-1 in which αFe2O3 was isolated by alumina. Then, 168 g of the powder d-1 and 7 g of boehmite alumina were put into a ball mill. 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were further put into the ball mill, followed by milling the powder d-1, thereby preparing slurry d-1 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Next, the slurry c-1, the slurry a-1 and the slurry b-1 sere sequentially applied to the monolithic substrate similar to Example IV-1, thereby forming the first to third layers in the same manner as Example IV-1. Then, the slurry d-1 was applied to the substrate, followed by drying and baking, thereby forming 50 g/L of an iron oxide layer (transition metal oxide layer) (fourth layer). Thus, an exhaust gas purifying catalyst of Example IV-5 was obtained. The catalyst of Example IV-5 thus obtained is a catalyst in which 0.4 g/L of Pt, 0.112 g/L of Rh and 25 g/L of αFe2O3 are supported.
First, iron oxide (αFe2O3) was dispersed in water, followed by milling by a bead mill, so as to prepare αFe2O3 slurry having an average particle diameter of 150 nm. Then, mesoporous silica having a BET specific surface area of 630 m2/g was dispersed in water, followed by milling by a head mill, so as to prepare silica slurry having an average particle diameter of 150 nm. The silica slurry (containing 90 g of silica) was mixed with the αFe2O3 slurry (containing 90 g of αFe2O3), followed by dispersing by stirring at high speed. The slurry thus obtained was dried and baked, so as to prepare powder d-2 in which αFe2O3 was isolated by silica. Then, 168 g of the powder d-2 and 35 g of silica sol (containing 20 wt % of silica) were put into a ball mill. 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were further put into the ball mill, followed by milling the powder d-2, thereby preparing slurry d-2 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, similar operations to those of Example IV-5 were repeated except that the slurry d-2 was used instead of the slurry d-1 of Example IV-5, thereby obtaining an exhaust gas purifying catalyst of Example IV-6. The catalyst of Example IV-6 thus obtained is a catalyst in which 0.4 g/L of Pt, 0.112 g/L of Rh and 25 g/L of αFe2O3 are supported.
First, iron oxide (αFe2O3) was dispersed in water, followed by milling by a bead mill, so as to prepare αFe2O3 slurry having an average particle diameter of 150 nm. Then, mesoporous silica having a BET specific surface area of 630 m2/g was dispersed in water, followed by milling by a bead mill, so as to prepare silica slurry having an average particle diameter of 150 nm. Then, 118.4 g of rectangular boehmite (20 nm×20 nm×60 nm) (containing 24% of moisture) was put into a beaker and dispersed in water, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid. The silica slurry (containing 45 g of silica) was added to the adjusted boehmite, followed by stirring. Then, the mixed slurry of alumina and silica (containing 90 g of a solid content) was mixed with the αFe2O3 slurry (containing 90 g of αFe2O3), followed by dispersing by stirring at high speed. Then, the slurry thus obtained was dried and baked, so as to prepare powder d-3 in which αFe2O3 was isolated by the mixture of alumina and silica. Then, 168 g of the powder d-3 and 7 g of boehmite alumina were put into a ball mill. 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were further put into the ball mill, followed by milling the powder d-3, thereby preparing slurry d-3 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
First, iron oxide (αFe2O3) was dispersed in water, followed by milling by a bead mill, so as to prepare αFe2O3 slurry having an average particle diameter of 150 nm. Then, mullite (3Al2O3.2SiO2) was dispersed in water, followed by milling by a bead mill, so as to prepare mullite slurry having an average particle diameter of 150 nm. Then, the mullite slurry (containing 90 g of mullite) was mixed with the αFe2O3 slurry (containing 90 g of αFe2O3), followed by dispersing by stirring at high speed. Then, the slurry thus obtained was dried and baked, so as to prepare powder d-4 in which αFe2O3 was isolated by mullite. Then, 168 g of the powder d-4 and 7 g of boehmite alumina were put into a ball mill. 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were further put into the ball mill, followed by milling the powder d-4, thereby preparing slurry d-4 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
First, iron oxide (γFe2O3) was dispersed in water, followed by milling by a bead mill, so as to prepare γFe2O3 slurry having an average particle diameter of 150 nm. Then, 118.4 g of rectangular boehmite (20 nm×20 nm×60 nm) (containing 24% of moisture) was put into a beaker and dispersed in water, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid. The γFe2O3 slurry (containing 90 g of γFe2O3) was added to the boehmite slurry, followed by dispersing by stirring at high speed. Then, the slurry thus obtained was dried and baked, so as to prepare powder d-5 in which γFe2O3 was isolated by alumina. Then, 168 g of the powder d-5 and 7 g of boehmite alumina were put into a ball mill. 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were further put into the ball mill, followed by milling the powder d-5, thereby preparing slurry d-5 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, similar operations to those of Example IV-5 were repeated except that the slurry d-5 was used instead of the slurry d-1 of Example IV-5, thereby obtaining an exhaust gas purifying catalyst of Example IV-9. The catalyst of Example IV-9 thus obtained is a catalyst in which 0.4 g/L of Pt, 0.112 g/L of Rh and 25 g/L of γFe2O3 are supported.
Example IV-10
First, manganese oxide (MnO2) was dispersed in water, followed by milling by a head mill, so as to prepare MnO2 slurry having an average particle diameter of 150 nm. Then, 118.4 g of rectangular boehmite (20 nm×20 nm×60 nm) (containing 24% of moisture) was put into a beaker and dispersed in water, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid. The MnO2 slurry (containing 90 g of MnO2) was added to the boehmite slurry, followed by dispersing by stirring at high speed. Then, the slurry thus obtained was dried and baked, so as to prepare powder d-6 in which MnO2 was isolated by alumina. Then, 168 g of the powder d-6 and 7 g of boehmite alumina were put into a ball mill. 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were further put into the ball mill, followed by milling the powder d-6, thereby preparing slurry d-6 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, similar operations to those of Example IV-5 were repeated except that the slurry d-6 was used instead of the slurry d-1 of Example IV-5, thereby obtaining an exhaust gas purifying catalyst of Example IV-10. The catalyst of Example IV-10 thus obtained is a catalyst in which 0.4 g/L of Pt, 0.112 g/L of Rh and 25 g/L of MnO2 are supported.
First, nickel oxide (NiO) was dispersed in water, followed by milling by a bead mill, so as to prepare NiO slurry having an average particle diameter of 150 nm. Then, 118.4 g of rectangular boehmite (20 nm×20 nm×60 nm) (containing 24% of moisture) was put into a beaker and dispersed in water, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid. The NiO slurry (containing 90 g of NiO) was added to the boehmite slurry, followed by dispersing by stirring at high speed. Then, the slurry thus obtained was dried and baked, so as to prepare powder d-7 in which. NiO was isolated by alumina. Then, 168 g of the powder d-7 and 7 g of boehmite alumina were put into a ball mill. 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were further put into the ball mill, followed by milling the powder d-7, thereby preparing slurry d-7 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, similar operations to those of Example IV-5 were repeated except that the slurry d-7 was used instead of the slurry d-1 of Example IV-5, thereby obtaining an exhaust gas purifying catalyst of Example IV-11. The catalyst of Example IV-11 thus obtained is a catalyst in which 0.4 g/L of Pt, 0.112 g/L of Rh and 25 g/L of NiO are supported.
First, cobalt oxide (CO2O3) was dispersed in water, followed by milling by a bead mill, so as to prepare CO2O3 slurry having an average particle diameter of 150 nm. Then, 118.4 g of rectangular boehmite (20 nm×20 nm×60 nm) (containing 24% of moisture) was put into a beaker and dispersed in water, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid. The CO2O3 slurry (containing 90 g of CO2O3) was added to the boehmite slurry, followed by dispersing by stirring at high speed. Then, the slurry thus obtained was dried and baked, so as to prepare powder d-8 in which CO2O3 was isolated by alumina. Then, 168 g of the powder d-8 and 7 g of boehmite alumina were put into a ball mill. 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were further put into the ball mill, followed by milling the powder d-8, thereby preparing slurry d-8 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, similar operations to those of Example IV-5 were repeated except that the slurry d-8 was used instead of the slurry d-1 of Example IV-5, thereby obtaining an exhaust gas purifying catalyst of Example IV-12. The catalyst of Example IV-12 thus obtained is a catalyst in which 0.4 g/L of Pt, 0.112 g/L of Rh and 25 g/L of Co2O3 are supported.
First, iron oxide (αFe2O3) was dispersed in water, followed by milling by a bead mill, so as to prepare αFe2O3 slurry having an average particle diameter of 500 nm. Then, 118.4 g of rectangular boehmite (20 nm×20 nm×60 nm) (containing 24% of moisture) was put into a beaker and dispersed in water, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid. The αFe2O3 slurry (containing 90 g of αFe2O3) was added to the boehmite slurry, followed by dispersing by stirring at high speed. Then, the slurry thus obtained was dried and baked, so as to prepare powder d-9 in which αFe2O3 was isolated by alumina. Then, 168 g of the powder d-9 and 7 g of boehmite alumina were put into a ball mill. 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were further put into the ball mill, followed by milling the powder d-9, thereby preparing slurry d-9 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, similar operations to those of Example IV-5 were repeated except that the slurry d-9 was used instead of the slurry d-1 of Example IV-5, thereby obtaining an exhaust gas purifying catalyst of Example IV-13. The catalyst of Example IV-13 thus obtained is a catalyst in which 0.4 g/L of Pt, 0.112 g/L of Rh and 25 g/L of αFe2O3 having a particle diameter of 500 nm are supported.
First, iron oxide (αFe2O3) was dispersed in water, followed by milling by a bead mill, so as to prepare αFe2O3 slurry having an average particle diameter of 150 nm. Then, γ-alumina powder was dispersed in water, followed by milling by a bead mill, so as to prepare alumina slurry having an average particle diameter of 500 nm. The αFe2O3 slurry (containing 90 g of αFe2O3) was added to the alumina slurry (containing 90 g of alumina), followed by dispersing by stirring at high speed. Then, the slurry thus obtained was dried and baked, so as to prepare powder d-10 in which αFe2O3 was isolated by alumina. Then, 168 g of the powder d-10 and 7 g of boehmite alumina were put into a ball mill. 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were further put into the ball mill, followed by milling the powder d-10, thereby preparing slurry d-10 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, similar operations to those of Example IV-5 were repeated except that the slurry d-10 was used instead of the slurry d-1 of Example IV-5, thereby obtaining an exhaust gas purifying catalyst of Example IV-14. The catalyst of Example IV-14 thus obtained is a catalyst in which 0.4 g/L of Pt, 0.112 g/L of Rh and 25 g/L of αFe2O3 are supported.
First, 180 g of beta zeolite and 100 g of silica sol (containing 20 wt % of silica) were put into a ball mill, and 220 g of water was added thereto, followed by milling, so as to prepare slurry c-2 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, similar operations to those of Example IV-5 were repeated except that the slurry c-2 was used instead of the slurry c-1 in Example IV-5, thereby obtaining an exhaust gas purifying catalyst of Example IV-15. The catalyst of Example IV-15 thus obtained is a catalyst in which 0.4 g/L of Pt, 0.112 g/L of Rh and 25 g/L of αFe2O3 are supported.
Similar operations to those of Example IV-5 were repeated except that the slurry c-1 in Example IV-5 was not employed, thereby obtaining an exhaust gas purifying catalyst of Example IV-16. The catalyst of Example IV-16 thus obtained is a catalyst in which 0.4 g/L of Pt, 0.112 g/L of Rh and 25 g/L of αFe2O3 are supported.
First, cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles CeO2:ZrO2=78:22 (ratio by weight)) having an average particle diameter of 30 nm were used as anchor particles, and impregnated with a palladium nitrate solution, so as to prepare cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles A2 supporting 1.0% of palladium (Pd). Then, 118.5 g of rectangular boehmite (20 nm×20 nm×60 nm) (containing 24% of moisture) was put into a beaker and dispersed in water, and adjusted to be pH 4 by nitric acid. 90 g of the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles A2 was further put into the beaker, followed by dispersing by stirring at high speed. The slurry thus obtained was dried and baked, so as to prepare noble metal powder a-2 in which the cerium-zirconium composite oxide particles A2 were isolated by alumina. Then, 168 g of the noble metal powder a-2, 7 g of boehmite alumina, and 38.41 g of carbon black powder were put into a ball mill. 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were further put into the ball mill, followed by milling the powder a-2, thereby preparing slurry a-2 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, similar operations to those of Example IV-5 were repeated except that the slurry a-2 was used instead of the slurry a-1 in Example IV-5, thereby obtaining an exhaust gas purifying catalyst of Example IV-17. The catalyst of Example IV-17 thus obtained is a catalyst in which 0.4 g/L of Pd, 0.112 g/L of Rh and 25 g/L of αFe2O3 are supported.
Similar operations to those of Example IV-10 were repeated except that the slurry a-2 was used instead of the slurry a-1 in Example IV-10, thereby obtaining an exhaust gas purifying catalyst of Example IV-18. The catalyst of Example IV-18 thus obtained is a catalyst in which 0.4 g/L of Pd, 0.112 g/L of Rh and 25 g/L of MnO2 are supported.
Similar operations to those of Example IV-11 were repeated except that the slurry a-2 was used instead of the slurry a-1 in Example IV-11, thereby obtaining an exhaust gas purifying catalyst of Example IV-19. The catalyst of Example IV-19 thus obtained is a catalyst in which 0.4 g/L of Pd, 0.112 g/L of Rh and 25 g/L of NiO are supported.
Similar operations to those of Example IV-12 were repeated except that the slurry a-2 was used instead of the slurry a-1 in Example IV-12, thereby obtaining an exhaust gas purifying catalyst of Example IV-20. The catalyst of Example IV-20 thus obtained is a catalyst in which 0.4 g/L of Pd, 0.112 g/L of Rh and 25 g/L of CO2O3 are supported.
Comparative Example IV-1
Similar operations to those of Example IV-5 were repeated except that the slurry d-1 in Example IV-5 was not employed, thereby obtaining an exhaust gas purifying catalyst of Comparative Example IV-1. Namely, the catalyst of Comparative Example IV-1 differs from Example IV-5 in that the transition metal oxide layer is not formed. The catalyst of Comparative Example IV-1 thus obtained is a catalyst in which 0.4 g/L of Pt and 0.112 g/L of Rh are supported.
First, iron oxide (αFe2O3) was dispersed in water, followed by milling by a bead mill, so as to prepare αFe2O3 slurry having an average particle diameter of 700 nm. Then, γ-alumina powder was dispersed in water, followed by milling by a bead mill, so as to prepare alumina slurry having an average particle diameter of 700 nm. The αFe2O3 slurry (containing 90 g of αFe2O3) was added to the alumina slurry (containing 90 g of alumina), followed by dispersing by stirring at high speed. Then, the slurry thus obtained was dried and baked, so as to prepare powder e-1 in which αFe2O3 was isolated by alumina. Then, 168 g of the powder e-1 and 7 g of boehmite alumina were put into a ball mill. 307.5 g of water and 17.5 g of a 10% nitric acid solution were further put into the ball mill, followed by milling the powder e-1 thereby preparing slurry e-1 having an average particle diameter of 3 μm.
Then, similar operations to those of Example IV-5 were repeated except that the slurry e-1 was used instead of the slurry d-1 in Example IV-5, thereby obtaining an exhaust gas purifying catalyst of Comparative Example IV-2. The catalyst of Comparative Example IV-2 thus obtained is a catalyst in which 0.4 g/L of Pt, 0.112 g/L of Rh and 25 g/L of αFe2O3 having a particle diameter of 700 nm are supported.
Similar operations to those of Example IV-15 were repeated except that the slurry d-1 in Example IV-15 was not employed, thereby obtaining an exhaust gas purifying catalyst of Comparative Example IV-3. Namely, the catalyst of Comparative Example IV-3 differs from Example IV-15 in that the transition metal oxide layer is not formed. The catalyst of Comparative Example IV-3 thus obtained is a catalyst in which 0.4 g/L of Pt and 0.112 g/L of Rh are supported.
Similar operations to those of Example IV-17 were repeated except that the slurry d-1 in Example IV-17 was not employed, thereby obtaining an exhaust gas purifying catalyst of Comparative Example IV-5. Namely, the catalyst of Comparative Example IV-5 differs from Example IV-17 in that the transition metal oxide layer is not formed. The catalyst of Comparative Example IV-5 thus obtained is a catalyst in which 0.4 g/L of Pd and 0.112 g/L of Rh are supported.
Table 6 shows the configuration of the exhaust gas purifying catalysts in Examples IV-1 to IV-12 and Comparative Example IV-1. Table 7 shows the configuration of the exhaust gas purifying catalysts in Examples IV-13 to IV-14 and Comparative Example IV-2. Table 8 shows the configuration of the exhaust gas purifying catalysts in Example IV-15 and Comparative Example IV-3. Table 9 shows the configuration of the exhaust gas purifying catalysts in Example IV-16 and Comparative Example IV-4. Table 10 shows the configuration of the exhaust gas purifying catalysts in Examples IV-17 to IV-20 and Comparative Example IV-5.
Fourth Layer (Flow Path Side Layer)
Particle Diameter First of Particle Layer Transition Diameter Third Layer (Lower-
Transition Metal of Barrier No- Second Layer most
Metal Oxide Barrier Particles Anchor ble Barrier Anchor Noble Barrier Layer) Oxide (nm) Particles (nm) Particles Metal Particles Particles Metal Particles Material Example IV-1 αFe2O3 — — — ZrLa Rh Alumina CeZr Pt Alumina Alumina Compound Compound Example IV-2 MnO2 — — — ZrLa Rh Alumina CeZr Pt Alumina Alumina Compound Compound Example IV-3 NiO — — — ZrLa Rh Alumina CeZr Pt Alumina Alumina Compound Compound Example IV-4 Co2O3 — — — ZrLa Rh Alumina CeZr Pt Alumina Alumina Compound Compound Example IV-5 αFe2O3 150 Alumina 60 ZrLa Rh Alumina CeZr Pt Alumina Alumina Compound Compound Example IV-6 αFe2O3 150 Silica 150 ZrLa Rh Alumina CeZr Pt Alumina Alumina Compound Compound Example IV-7 αFe2O3 150 Alumina-Silica 150 ZrLa Rh Alumina CeZr Pt Alumina Alumina Mixture Compound Compound Example IV-8 αFe2O3 150 Alumina-Silica 150 ZrLa Rh Alumina CeZr Pt Alumina Alumina Compound Compound Compound Example IV-9 γFe2O3 150 Alumina 60 ZrLa Rh Alumina CeZr Pt Alumina Alumina Compound Compound Example IV-10 MnO2 150 Alumina 60 ZrLa Rh Alumina CeZr Pt Alumina Alumina Compound Compound Example IV-11 NiO 150 Alumina 60 ZrLa Rh Alumina CeZr Pt Alumina Alumina Compound Compound Example IV-12 Co2O3 150 Alumina 60 ZrLa Rh Alumina CeZr Pt Alumina Alumina Compound Compound Comparative — — — — ZrLa Rh Alumina CeZr Pt Alumina Alumina Example IV-1 Compound Compound
Particle Diameter of Particle First Layer Transition Diameter (Lower- Transition Metal of Barrier Third Layer Second Layer most
Metal Oxide Barrier Particles Anchor Noble Barrier Anchor Noble Barrier Layer) Oxide (nm) Particles (nm) Particles Metal Particles Particles Metal Particles Material
Example IV-13 αFe2O3 500 Alumina 60 ZrLa Rh Alumina CeZr Pt Alumina Alumina Compound Compound Example IV-14 αFe2O3 150 Alumina 500 ZrLa Rh Alumina CeZr Pt Alumina Alumina Compound Compound Comparative αFe2O3 700 Alumina 700 ZrLa Rh Alumina CeZr Pt Alumina Alumina Example IV-2 Compound Compound
Particle First Diameter Particle Layer of Transition Diameter (Lower- Transition Metal of Barrier Third Layer Second Layer most
Metal Oxide Barrier Particles Anchor Noble Barrier Anchor Noble Barrier Layer) Oxide (nm) Particles (nm) Particles Metal Particles Particles Metal Particles Material Example IV-15 αFe2O3 150 Alumina 60 ZrLa Rh Alumina CeZr Pt Alumina β-Zeolite Compound Compound Comparative — — — — ZrLa Rh Alumina CeZr Pt Alumina β-Zeolite Example IV-3 Compound Compound
Fourth Layer (Flow Path Side Layer) First
Particle Particle Layer Diameter Diameter (Lower- Transition of Transition of Barrier Third Layer Second Layer most
Metal Metal Barrier Particles Anchor Noble Barrier Anchor Noble Barrier Layer) Oxide Oxide (nm) Particles (nm) Particles Metal Particles Particles Metal Particles Material Example IV-16 αFe2O3 150 Alumina 60 ZrLa Rh Alumina CeZr Pt Alumina — Compound Compound Comparative — — — — ZrLa Rh Alumina CeZr Pt Alumina — Example IV-4 Compound Compound
Metal Metal Barrier Particles Anchor Noble Barrier Anchor Noble Barrier Layer) Oxide Oxide (nm) Particles (nm) Particles Metal Particles Particles Metal Particles Material Example IV-17 αFe2O3 150 Alumina 60 ZrLa Rh Alumina CeZr Pd Alumina Alumina Compound Compound Example IV-18 MnO2 150 Alumina 60 ZrLa Rh Alumina CeZr Pd Alumina Alumina Compound Compound Example IV-19 NiO 150 Alumina 60 ZrLa Rh Alumina CeZr Pd Alumina Alumina Compound Compound Example IV-20 Co2O3 150 Alumina 60 ZrLa Rh Alumina CeZr Pd Alumina Alumina Compound Compound Comparative — — — — ZrLa Rh Alumina CeZr Pd Alumina Alumina Example IV-5 Compound Compound
[Catalyst Evaluation]
The catalysts prepared in Examples IV-1 to IV-20 and Comparative Examples IV-1 to IV-5 were used. Five catalysts for each bank were mounted on an exhaust system of a V-type engine with a displacement of 3500 cc. Then, the catalysts were subjected to heat history by a duration test under a condition of a catalyst inlet temperature of 650° C. while the engine was operated for 30 hours using Japanese regular gasoline. After the duration test, each catalyst was installed in a simulated exhaust gas flowing device, through which simulated exhaust gas including the component shown in Table 1 in First Embodiment flowed. Then, temperatures at which each conversion efficiency of HC, CO and NOx became 50% (T50) were observed, while increasing catalyst temperature by 30° C. per minute. Tables 11 to 15 show the evaluation results of each catalyst in Examples IV-1 to IV-20 and Comparative Examples IV-1 to IV-5.
Fourth Layer (Flow Path Side Layer) T50 (° C.)
Transition Particle Diameter Particle Diameter (50% Purifying Metal of Transition Barrier of Barrier Temperature)
Oxide Metal Oxide (nm) Particles Particles (nm) HC CO NOx Example IV-1 αFe2O3 — — — 331 327 323 Example IV-2 MnO2 — — — 341 337 333 Example IV-3 NiO — — — 343 339 335 Example IV-4 Co2O3 — — — 338 334 330 Example IV-5 αFe2O3 150 Alumina 60 328 324 320 Example IV-6 αFe2O3 150 Silica 150 326 322 318 Example IV-7 αFe2O3 150 Alumina-Silica 150 327 323 319 Mixture Example IV-8 αFe2O3 150 Alumina-Silica 150 329 325 321 Compound Example IV-9 γFe2O3 150 Alumina 60 327 323 319 Example IV-10 MnO2 150 Alumina 60 338 334 330 Example IV-11 NiO 150 Alumina 60 340 336 332 Example IV-12 Co2O3 150 Alumina 60 335 331 327 Comparative — — — — 346 344 339 Example IV-1
Oxide Metal Oxide (nm) Particles Particles (nm) HC CO NOx
Example IV-13 αFe2O3 500 Alumina 60 331 327 323 Example IV-14 αFe2O3 150 Alumina 500 330 326 322 Comparative αFe2O3 700 Alumina 700 347 345 340 Example IV-2
Transition Particle Diameter Particle Diameter First Layer (50% Purifying Metal of Transition Barrier of Barrier (Lowermost Layer) Temperature)
Oxide Metal Oxide (nm) Particles Particles (nm) Material HC CO NOx Example IV-15 αFe2O3 150 Alumina 60 β-Zeolite 327 323 319 Comparative — — — — β-Zeolite 346 344 339 Example IV-3
Oxide Metal Oxide (nm) Particles Particles (nm) Material HC CO NOx
Example IV-16 αFe2O3 150 Alumina 60 — 331 337 323 Comparative — — — — — 348 346 341 Example IV-4
Transition Particle Diameter Particle Diameter Second Layer (50% Purifying
Metal of Transition Barrier of Barrier Anchor Noble Barrier Temperature)
Oxide Metal Oxide (nm) Particles Particles (nm) Particles Metal Particles HC CO NOx Example IV-17 αFe2O3 150 Alumina 60 CeZr Pd Alumina 331 327 323 Compound Example IV-18 MnO2 150 Alumina 60 CeZr Pd Alumina 339 335 331 Compound Example IV-19 NiO 150 Alumina 60 CeZr Pd Alumina 341 337 333 Compound Example IV-20 Co2O3 150 Alumina 60 CeZr Pd Alumina 336 332 328 Compound Comparative — — — — CeZr Pd Alumina 349 347 342 Example IV-5 Compound
In the catalysts in Examples IV-1 to IV-4, αFe2O3, MnO2, NiO and CO2O3 were used as the transition metal oxide. In the catalysts in Examples IV-5 to IV-8, iron oxide (αFe2O3) was used as the transition metal oxide. In addition, alumina, silica, the mixture of alumina and silica, and mullite that is the alumina-silica composite oxide were used as the barrier particles, so that the iron oxide layer in which the iron oxide particles were mutually isolated was provided as the uppermost layer. In the catalyst in Comparative Example IV-1, the transition metal oxide layer employed in Examples IV-1 to IV-12 was not formed. In these catalysts, the lowermost layer was coated with alumina as an undercoating.
When comparing the catalysts between these examples, the catalysts of Examples IV-1 to IV-4 had better T50 than the catalyst of Comparative Example IV-1 according to Table 11, which was due to the effect of the transition metal oxide contained in the uppermost layer. However, when the iron oxide layers in these examples were observed by TEM, an aggregation of the transition metal oxide was confirmed. The catalysts in Examples IV-5 to IV-8 employed iron oxide (αFe2O3) as the transition metal oxide, and all the catalysts had better T50 than the catalyst of Comparative Example IV-1.
With regard to Example IV-1 and Examples IV-5 to IV-8, the catalysts in Examples IV-5 to IV-8 had better T50 than Example IV-1 according to Table 11. When the iron oxide layers in Examples IV-5 to IV-8 were observed by TEM, inhibition of an aggregation of iron oxide was confirmed. Therefore, it is considered that the aggregation of the iron oxide particles, namely the transition metal oxide particles, can be prevented due to the isolation of those particles by alumina, silica, the mixture of alumina and silica, and mullite (3Al2O3.2SiO2) as the barrier particles.
In the catalysts in Examples IV-9 to IV-12, γFe2O3, MnO2, NiO and CO2O3 were used as the transition metal oxide, and alumina was used as the barrier particles, so that the transition metal oxide particles were mutually isolated. In these catalysts, the lowermost layer was coated with alumina as an undercoating. With regard to Examples IV-9 to IV-12 and Comparative Example IV-1, the catalysts in Examples IV-9 to IV-12 had better T50 than the catalyst in Comparative Example IV-1 according to Table 11, which was due to the effect of γFe2O3, MnO2, NiO and CO2O3. Therefore, it is considered that the oxide layers of γFe2O3, MnO2, NiO and CO2O3 are effective in improvement in activity. When the oxide layers of those were observed by TEM, inhibition of an aggregation of the respective oxide particles of γFc2O3, MnO2, NiO and CO2O3 was confirmed.
In the catalyst in Example IV-13, iron oxide (αFe2O3) was used as the transition metal oxide, and alumina was used as the barrier particles, in which the particle diameter of iron oxide was 500 nm. In the catalyst in Example IV-14, iron oxide (αFe2O3) was used as the transition metal oxide, and alumina was used as the barrier particles, in which the particle diameter of alumina was 500 nm. In the catalyst in Comparative Example IV-2, iron oxide (αFe2O3) was used as the transition metal oxide, and alumina was used as the barrier particles, in which the particle diameter of iron oxide was 700 nm, and the particle diameter of alumina as the barrier particles was 700 nm. In these catalysts, the lowermost layer was coated with alumina as an undercoating.
With regard to Examples IV-13 and IV-14 and Comparative Example IV-2, improved performance can be confirmed in the catalysts in Examples IV-13 and IV-14 compared to the catalyst in Comparative Example IV-2. When the oxide layers in these examples were observed by TEM, inhibition of an aggregation of the iron oxide particles was confirmed in Examples IV-13 and IV-14. On the other hand, an aggregation of the iron oxide particles was observed in Comparative Example IV-2. Therefore, it is considered that a maximum size of the transition metal oxide particles and the barrier particles is approximately 500 nm. When the transition metal oxide particles and the barrier particles have a particle size of 700 nm, smaller particles may pass through gaps between larger particles because this particle size represents an average particle diameter, which means there may be the particles having a smaller size. Thus, an aggregation may be easily caused in a catalyst having a larger particle size such as 700 nm. Therefore, the transition metal oxide particles and the barrier particles preferably have a particle size that is not too large.
In the catalyst in Example IV-15, iron oxide (αFe2O3) was used as the transition metal oxide, and alumina was used as the barrier particles, in which the lowermost layer was coated with β-zeolite as an undercoating. The catalyst in Comparative Example IV-3 did not include the transition metal oxide layer, while employing β-zeolite as an undercoating. According to Table 13, the catalyst in Example IV-15 ensured improved performance compared to the catalyst in Comparative Example IV-3. Therefore, catalyst performance can be improved even in the catalyst employing β-zeolite as an undercoating.
In the catalyst in Example IV-16, iron oxide (αFe2O3) was used as the transition metal oxide, and alumina was used as the barrier particles, in which an undercoating was not applied on the catalyst layer. The catalyst in Comparative Example IV-4 did not include the transition metal oxide layer, and was not provided with an undercoating. According to Table 14, the catalyst in Example IV-16 including the iron oxide layer had better catalyst performance than the catalyst in Comparative Example IV-4. Therefore, the effect of the iron oxide layer (transition metal oxide layer) can be confirmed even in the catalyst without an undercoating.
In the catalysts in Examples IV-17 to IV-20, αFe2O3, MnO2, NiO and CO2O3 were used as the transition metal oxide, and alumina was used as the barrier particles, so that the transition metal oxide particles were mutually isolated. In addition, these catalysts were provided with the layer containing Pd as the second layer. The catalyst in Comparative Example IV-5 did not include the transition metal oxide layer, but was provided with the layer containing Pd as the second layer. In these catalysts, the lowermost layer was coated with alumina as an undercoating. With regard to Examples IV-17 to IV-20 and Comparative Example IV-5, the catalysts in Examples IV-17 to IV-20 had better catalyst performance than the catalyst in Comparative Example IV-5 according to Table 15. Therefore, it is considered that the catalyst provided with the transition metal oxide layer can ensure better catalyst performance even the catalyst contains Pd.
According to the examples and the comparative examples, it is considered that exhaust gas is activated when passing through the transition metal oxide layer provided as an uppermost layer, and therefore a purification action in the rhodium layer (third layer) is enhanced. In addition, since the transition metal oxide itself has a purification action, the transition metal oxide layer is preferably provided as an uppermost layer. On the other hand, in the layer only containing the transition metal oxide, the transition metal oxide is easily aggregated because of heat history such as mechanical load. As a result, porosity of the transition metal oxide layer is decreased, which may cause prevention of exhaust gas flow and dispersion. Accordingly, the transition metal oxide particles are preferably isolated mutually by the barrier particles.
The entire contents of Japanese Patent Application No. P2008-175664 (filed on Jul. 4, 2008), Japanese Patent Application No. P2008-287967 (filed on Nov. 10, 2008), Japanese Patent Application No. P2009-055013 (filed on Mar. 9, 2009), and Japanese Patent Application No. P2009-055005 (filed on Mar. 9, 2009) are herein incorporated by reference.
Although the invention has been described, the invention is not limited to the foregoing embodiments, and modifications may become apparent to those skilled in the art within the scope of the invention. Specifically, the undercoat layer described in Fourth Embodiment may be provided in the catalysts in First to Third Embodiments. In addition, the transition metal oxide particles, the anchor particles and the barrier particles prepared by the PVS method described in Fourth Embodiment may be employed in First to Third Embodiments. Moreover, the carbon black powder described in Fourth Embodiment may be used in the catalyst preparations in First to Third Embodiments. Further, the mixed layer in Third Embodiment may be combined with the noble metal layer and the transition metal oxide layer described in First, Second and Fourth Embodiments.
In the claims, a first compound corresponds to the promoter particles 20, a second compound corresponds to the barrier particles 30 surrounding the transition metal oxide particles 10 and the promoter particles 20, a third compound corresponds to the anchor particles 50, and a fourth compound corresponds to the barrier particles surrounding the noble metal particles 40 and the anchor particles 50.
INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY
According to the present invention, the transition metal oxide particles are isolated by another compound, so as to inhibit the movement of the transition metal oxide particles. Therefore, an aggregation of the transition metal oxide particles due to heat history is prevented. Accordingly, the exhaust gas purifying catalyst in which a decrease in catalyst activity caused by a reduction of a specific surface area of the transition metal oxide is prevented can be provided.
REFERENCE SIGNS LIST
1 Exhaust gas purifying catalyst 2 Monolithic substrate 3 Transition metal oxide layer 4 Exhaust gas flow path 5 Noble metal layer 10 Transition metal oxide particles 20 Promoter particles (First compound) 30 Barrier particles (Second compound, Fourth compound) 40 Noble metal particles 50 Anchor particles (Third compound)
1. An exhaust gas purifying catalyst, comprising:
a monolithic substrate;
a transition metal oxide layer formed in the monolithic substrate, the transition metal oxide layer comprising: transition metal oxide powder that includes: transition metal oxide particles; a first compound on which the transition metal oxide particles are supported; and a second compound that surrounds a single body or an aggregate of the transition metal oxide particles and the first compound,
wherein the first compound is an oxide containing at least one selected from the group consisting of cerium, zirconium, cerium zirconium, praseodymium, and lanthanum, and
wherein the second compound is at least one selected from the group consisting of alumina, silicon dioxide, a mixture of alumina and silicon dioxide, a composite compound of alumina and silicon dioxide, and an oxide containing zirconium.
2. The exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to claim 1, further comprising:
a noble metal layer formed in an inner surface of the substrate, the noble metal layer comprising noble metal powder that includes: noble metal particles; a third compound on which the noble metal particles are supported; and a fourth compound that surrounds a single body or an aggregate of the noble metal particles and the third compound,
wherein the third compound is an oxide containing at least one of cerium and zirconium, and
wherein the fourth compound is at least one selected from the group consisting of alumina, silicon dioxide, a mixture of alumina and silicon dioxide, a composite compound of alumina and silicon dioxide, and an oxide containing zirconium.
3. The exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to claim 2, wherein the noble metal layer is disposed on the transition metal oxide layer.
4. The exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to claim 2, wherein the transition metal oxide layer is provided in a position where the transition metal oxide layer comes into contact with exhaust gas prior to the noble metal layer.
5. The exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to claim 2, wherein the transition metal oxide layer is disposed on the noble metal layer.
6. The exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to claim 2, wherein the transition metal oxide layer is located upstream of an exhaust gas flow path in the monolithic substrate, and the noble metal layer is located downstream of the transition metal oxide layer.
7. The exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to claim 2, wherein the transition metal oxide layer is integrated with the noble metal layer so as to form a single mixed layer.
8. The exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to claim 7, wherein another layer of the noble metal layer is disposed on the mixed layer.
9. The exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to claim 1, wherein the transition metal oxide particles are an oxide of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of iron, manganese, nickel, and cobalt.
10. The exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to claim 1, wherein an average particle diameter of the transition metal oxide particles is 500 nm or less.
11. The exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to claim 1, wherein the first compound is at least one of compounds selected from the group consisting of cerium oxide, a cerium-zirconium composite oxide, and praseodymium oxide.
12. The exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to claim 1, wherein an average particle diameter of the first compound is 500 nm or less.
13. The exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to claim 2, wherein each average particle diameter of the second compound and the fourth compound is 500 nm or less.
14. The exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to claim 2, wherein the noble metal particles are rhodium particles.
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Date of Patent: Jun 4, 2013
Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (Yokohama-shi)
Inventors: Hiroto Kikuchi (Hiratsuka), Masanori Nakamura (Yokosuka), Hironori Wakamatsu (Yokohama), Katsuo Suga (Yokohama), Toshiharu Miyamura (Yokohama), Jun Ikezawa (Yokosuka), Tetsuro Naito (Yokohama), Junji Ito (Yokohama)
Primary Examiner: Cam N. Nguyen
Current U.S. Class: Metal, Metal Oxide Or Metal Hydroxide (502/300); With Metal, Metal Oxide, Or Metal Hydroxide (502/240); Of Group Viii (i.e., Iron Or Platinum Group) (502/258); Nickel (502/259); Cobalt (502/260); Platinum Group (i.e., Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir Or Pt) (502/261); Platinum Or Palladium (502/262); Of Group Iii Or Lanthanide Group (i.e., Sc, Y, Al, Ga, In, Tl, Or Atomic Number 57 To 71 Inclusive) (502/263); Of Manganese (502/324); Of Platinum Group Metal And Of Iron Group (i.e., Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir, Or Pt And Fe, Co Or Ni) (502/326); And Group Iii Metal Containing (i.e., Sc, Y, Al, Ga, In Or Tl) (502/332); Of Palladium (502/333); Of Platinum (502/334); Of Nickel (502/335); Of Iron (502/336); Of Nickel (502/337); Of Iron (502/338); Of Palladium Or Platinum (502/339); Of Group Iii (i.e., Sc, Y, Al, Ga, In Or Tl) (502/355); Alumina (i.e., Dialuminum Trioxide) (502/415); Miscellaneous (e.g., Carrier Or Support Per Se Or Process Of Making, Etc.) (502/439); Plural Layers On A Support, Each Layer Having A Distinct Function (502/527.12); More Than Two Overlapping Layers (502/527.13); Specified External Or Internal Shape Or Configuration Of Catalyst Reactor Or Of Sorbent Converter (502/527.23); Peculiar Structure Or Physical Form (e.g., Foam, Sponge, Foil, Sack, Bag, Fiber In A Matrix, Monolith, Microstructure (microcracking), Microaggregates, Etc.) (502/527.24)
International Classification: B01J 23/00 (20060101); B01J 21/00 (20060101);
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PRIME-Led Quality Improvement Study Demonstrates Increased Rates of Screening and Referrals for Cognitive Impairment and Depression in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
Many patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) are negatively affected by cognitive impairment and depression. However, previous studies have reported low rates of screening for these conditions. In addition, among MS patients with cognitive impairment or depression, many are not referred to specialists in psychology and psychiatry settings. A research study led by PRIME Education demonstrated positive effects of QI-driven interventions on screening and referrals for cognitive impairment and depression in patients with MS.
The study findings were reported in a poster presentation given by Guy Buckle, MD at the ECTRIMS Congress in Berlin, Germany on October 10, 2018.1 Dr. Buckle, an MS specialist at Shepherd Center in Atlanta, served with Derrick Robertson, MD as the study’s principal investigators. Dr. Robertson is an MS specialist at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine in Tampa. Collaborating with PRIME’s research team, investigators in the 2 diverse specialty MS clinics reviewed the charts of 300 MS patients before and after their neurology care teams participated in QI-driven interventions designed to support screening and referrals for cognitive impairment and depression. Among other findings reported at the prestigious ECTRIMS Congress, the interventions were associated with increases of 15% for cognitive impairment screening and 10% for depression screening. In addition, rates of referrals to specialists for the 2 conditions increased by 27% and 34%. These findings are relevant to informing the design and implementation of scalable QI initiatives for reducing the profoundly negative effects of cognitive impairment and depression on quality of life and function in patients with MS.
Earlier in the year, the study investigators reported findings on the predicting factors for barriers to screening for depression and cognition across US MS centers, presented at ACTRIMS 2018.2
The QI initiative was funded by a research grant from Genentech.
Buckle G, Robertson D, Moreo N, Aungst A, Carter JD, Sapir T. Impact of Quality-Driven Interventions on Screening for Cognitive Impairment and Depression in Multiple Sclerosis Patients. Presentation at ECTRIMS—European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis. Berlin, Germany; October 10-12, 2018.
Buckle GJ, Robertson DS, Moreo N, Aungst A, Carter J, Sapir T. Screening for cognitive impairment and depression in Multiple Sclerosis patients: Current practices, perceptions, and barriers in selected United States MS clinics. Poster presentation at the 3rd Annual Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ACTRIMS) Forum 2018; San Diego, CA; February 2, 2018.
PRIME at CMEpalooza: Fear Not the Force
PRIME President Appointed Board of Trustee Member
PRIME Continues to Address the Interprofessional Learning Needs of Military, Government and Civilian Health Care Professionals
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Junior Presentation Day (14th...
Martin Fuggle
What a great day for the Junior Presentations. The weather was perfect and there were so many parents and children that it was hard for your correspondent to get to the bar! It was great to see the terrific results from the efforts of the team managers, coaches and the kids and when it all comes together as it did on the day it is...
Girls - Come and Try VIVA 7s at...
The Chairman of the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) and former senior player at the Harlequin Rugby Club Cameron Clyne, recently joined the Mayor of Monash, Rebecca Paterson, to launch the new VIVA 7s Girls (non-contact) program at Harlequins.
The program started on Sunday 6th August and continues each Sunday from 3.00 to 5....
Harlequins 7s Carnival - Sept 15th...
Fun returns on 15th and 16th September, 2017 when the new Olympic sport, made famous by our Women Pearls rugby union sevens team winning the Gold Medal at the RIO Olympics, returns to Harlequins. Last year's carnival was attended by more than 350 junior and women players....
Harbord Harlequins visit Melbourne
We recently hosted the Sydney Harbord Harlequins Under 12 and Under 13 squads for a weekend of rugby, making new friends and having fun. Eighty kids and their families had a great weekend which finished with both clubs singing a club song together. This was the third year of what is now an annual event home and away.
Next year...
Harlequin Juniors - Round 1, 2017
Stephen Rosengren
Today was the start of our rugby season for 2017. We played against a combined Melbourne/Box Hill team at Melbourne with Brock as our referee. It was our first time playing together as a team and we all worked really well together.
Our two new players Dwayne & Haami played really well...
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Assessing Potential Effects of Highway and Urban Runoff on Receiving Streams in Total Maximum Daily Load Watersheds in Oregon Using the Stochastic Empirical Loading and Dilution Model
Scientific Investigations Report 2019-5053
Prepared in cooperation with the Oregon Department of Transportation
By: Adam J. Stonewall, Gregory E. Granato, and Kira M. Glover-Cutter
https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20195053
Document: Report (17.6 MB pdf)
Table 8 (39 KB xlsx)
Table 23 (26 KB xlsx)
Data Release: USGS data release — Tools for use in Oregon with the Stochastic Empirical Loading Dilution Model
Open Access Version: Publisher Index Page
First posted June 27, 2019
For additional information, contact:
Director, Oregon Water Science Center
2130 SW 5th Avenue
The Stochastic Empirical Loading and Dilution Model (SELDM) was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration to simulate stormwater quality. To assess the effects of runoff, SELDM uses a stochastic mass-balance approach to estimate combinations of pre-storm streamflow, stormflow, highway runoff, event mean concentrations (EMCs) and stormwater constituent loads from a site of interest. In addition, SELDM can be used to assess the effects of stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs), which are designed to mitigate the adverse effects of runoff into a waterbody.
Adverse effects of stormwater on receiving waters are one of the greatest unsolved water-quality problems Nationwide. State DOTs, municipalities, Federal facilities, and private property owners who manage impervious surfaces need information about the potential magnitude of their contributions and the potential effectiveness of methods to mitigate the adverse effects of runoff. Because the efficacy of at-site controls are limited, information about the potential effectiveness of alternative strategies is needed.
The USGS, in cooperation with the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), conducted a study to research methods in which SELDM can be used to enhance the efficiency of ODOT’s stormwater program, support the development of a stormwater banking program, and meet environmental goals. Results can be used to develop a strategic, systems-level approach to stormwater management by considering entire watersheds instead of individual road crossings. Two watersheds, Bear Creek and Mill Creek, in western Oregon were selected for analysis. Within each watershed, seven road crossings were selected for demonstrating the utility of SELDM in nested basins.
Precipitation statistics, pre-storm streamflow, runoff coefficients, and hydrograph recession factors were calculated for each location and used in SELDM to simulate flow, water-quality concentrations, and constituent loads in the upstream basin, from the highway (or developed area), and downstream from the road crossing. Three water-quality constituents were selected for modeling: suspended-sediment concentration (SSC), total phosphorus (TP), and total copper (TCu). Using water-quality transport curves, the relations between streamflow and SSC and between streamflow and TP were simulated. Concentrations of TCu were simulated by configuring a linear relation between SSC and TCu. A generic BMP was simulated using the median treatment statistics for flow reductions, hydrograph extensions, concentration reductions, and minimum irreducible concentrations from nine BMP categories with data from the 2012 International BMP database.
Five simulation scenarios were modeled for demonstrative purposes. These simulations were used to evaluate potential effects of different watershed properties, water-quality inputs, and stormwater mitigation measures. Instream EMCs were compared to hypothetical water-quality criteria for suspended sediment, total phosphorus, and total copper to demonstrate the concept of water-quality risk analysis. For all five scenarios, it was assumed that highway runoff concentrations were independent of location or average annual daily traffic. These five scenarios are as follows:
• Simulation Scenario 1—Natural Conditions (hereafter Simulation Scenario 1) represents conditions in an undeveloped watershed. This scenario demonstrates that the strategic placement of a hypothetical road crossing within a watershed could be used to avoid exceeding water-quality standards of TP and SSC, but that no location choice results in meeting TCu standards. Implementation of BMP had the most pronounced effects on downstream water-quality constituent EMCs at road crossings with the highest ratio of highway catchment area to upstream drainage area, but the largest effect of BMP treatment on mean annual load is based on highway catchment area alone.
• Simulation Scenario 2—Current Conditions (hereafter Simulation Scenario 2) represents current watershed conditions, where all developed area upstream from the road crossing was modeled as a highway and combined with the undeveloped part of the upstream drainage area (scenario 2A) and where the output from scenario 2A is used for the upstream area (developed area and the undeveloped area), and where the road crossing is added as usual (scenario 2B). Scenario 2 results indicate that attaining water-quality standards is more difficult with upstream developed areas. Specific road-crossing sites can be selected to achieve the fewest water-quality exceedances per year, but water-quality targets are not met without BMP implementation, and in some instances are not achievable even with BMP implementation. Results from this scenario also serve to quantify the upper limit of constituent reduction if funding were available to implement BMPs to large areas of development, and to quantify how much area would need BMP implementation to achieve water-quality targets.
• Simulation Scenario 3—Alternative Road Layouts (hereafter Simulation Scenario 3) was designed to assess the sensitivity of SELDM to various road layouts. In this scenario, different highway configurations were superimposed at one road crossing. Results indicate that downstream waterquality constituent EMCs did not exhibit much variation, but annual water-quality constituent loads varied considerably.
• Simulation Scenario 4—Varying Road Width (hereafter Simulation Scenario 4) was designed to assess the sensitivity of SELDM to road width. Similar to scenario 3, the results indicate little variation in downstream water-quality constituent EMCs, but annual water-quality constituent loads increased in proportion to road width.
• Simulation scenario 5—Changes to Impervious Area (hereafter Simulation Scenario 5) was designed to investigate the effects of changing amounts of imperviousness upstream from the road crossing. Results indicate that the downstream water-quality constituent EMCs are highly correlated with the percentage of impervious area upstream.
Stonewall, A.J., Granato, G.E., and Glover-Cutter, K.M., 2019, Assessing potential effects of highway and urban runoff on receiving streams in total maximum daily load watersheds in Oregon using the Stochastic Empirical Loading and Dilution Model: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2019–5053, 116 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20195053.
SELDM Background
Geographic Analysis of State Roadways and Upstream Land Use and Land Cover
Selection of Watersheds for Stormwater Analyses
Selection Of Nested Watersheds For Stormwater Analyses
Simulated Hydrology
Simulated Water Quality
Simulating Runoff Treatment
Example Runoff-Quality Simulations
Limitations Of The Analyses
USGS Numbered Series
Scientific Investigations Report
10.3133/sir20195053
Publisher location
Oregon Water Science Center, New England Water Science Center
Report: xi, 116 p.; 3 Tables
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Flying over Kitsap: More comments and more flight tracks
We received a lot of feedback after my story on increased air traffic over Bainbridge ran earlier this month.
I’ve reached out to FAA and King County International Airport officials to get a more complete picture of air traffic in the area, and I’ll post whatever information they provide. In the meantime, I’ll share some of the additional reader input and flight track graphics we’ve received.
Comments posted in response to the story online were mostly of the “those islanders always find something to complain about” variety, but I also heard from a number of Bainbridge and North Kitsap residents who had concerns and observations regarding airplane noise. Here’s a sampling:
“In the twelve years we have lived here, this past summer is the first time we have been bothered by the noise. As I noted, this year the frequency of the flights has increased greatly and the planes are flying at lower altitudes than in previous years.” – Kathy, south Kingston
“My concern is these flights are too low for one thing. At night the strobe lights up my back yard on approach as I’m on a hill and I know the plane is closer than 2,000 ft at my house off Eagle Harbour. I believe our senator and US Congress reps should be involved but it’s King County Airport where the flights are coming in over my area.” – Jim, Bainbridge Island Continue reading →
September 25, 2013 Communityairplane noise, flights, king county international airport, sea-tac
Police Blotter: DUI suspect offers police $5
A 22-year-old Poulsbo man drew the attention of police on the night of Sept. 20 when his car skidded up onto a sidewalk within earshot of the Winslow Way station. Police caught up to the vehicle on Harborview Drive and asked the driver for his license. The man rifled through his wallet and produced a $5 bill, which he offered to police. A breathalyzer test later registered the man’s blood alcohol content at more than four times the legal limit.
Also this week, an enraged marina resident assaulted a fellow liveaboard with a rock, and an equally irate driver punched a car on Highway 305.
The blotter is below: Continue reading →
September 25, 2013 Policepolice blotter
PSE to replace towers on Agate Passage; meeting Tuesday
Puget Sound Energy plans to replace two steel lattice towers that support transmission lines spanning Agate Passage.
The lattice towers were installed in the late 1960s and are reaching the end of their usable lifespans. PSE plans to replace the towers with four steel poles. The upgrade will help prevent transmission lines from failing and interrupting the island’s power supply, according the the PSE project page.
“By replacing the two existing lattice towers with four new steel poles, we can ensure the transmission lines will remain safe and reliable for many years to come.”
PSE is applying for city permits for the project this fall. Construction will likely take place in the summer of 2014 or 2015.
A public participation meeting for the project is scheduled from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall. A short presentation will be given at about 5:30 p.m. The meeting is a requirement of the permit application process.
More information is available on the project page. A letter to customers and a map of the project area are embedded below:
Agate Pass Tower Replacement_Community Update by tsooter
September 23, 2013 City HallAgate Pass Bridge, agate passage, electricity, Highway 305, power outage, pse, Puget Sound Energy
30 apply to be Bainbridge public works director
The city has chosen eight semifinalists for its public works director position. The semifinalists were selected from a pool of 30 applicants from 17 states, according to the Friday city manager’s newsletter.
Six of the eight semifinalists are from Washington. One semifinalist is from Texas, and one is from Indiana. The semifinalists will complete a brief online interview. Finalists will be selected Oct. 1. The finalists will visit the island in mid-October for more extensive interviews.
The city is searching for a permanent replacement for Lance Newkirk, who resigned this spring. John Cunningham is serving as interim public works director.
September 20, 2013 City Hall, transportationCity Hall, cobi, dough schulze, john cunningham, Lance Newkirk, public works, public works director
Police Blotter: Island man falls victim to jury duty scam
A 70-year-old Bainbridge man lost $2,000 on Sept. 10 to a scam involving a bogus jury duty scenario. A caller purporting to be a sheriff’s office official told the man he’d missed a jury summons and had a warrant out for his arrest. The caller said he the warrant would be lifted if the man paid a hefty fee. He complied, but later discovered the caller was a scam artist.
Also this week, two vehicles collided head-on on blind turn on Crystal Springs Drive, while two other vehicles plowed into the back of a Kitsap Transit bus on New Brooklyn Road.
Input sought for Bainbridge community radio station
Sustainable Bainbridge hopes to bring a community FM radio station to the island. The nonprofit group plans to submit an application for a low-power broadcasting license in October.
Tonight, Sustainable Bainbridge is gathering ideas on how a radio station could serve the island and what types of programs islanders would like to hear. A meeting is scheduled for 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Waterfront Park Community Center.
You can find more information on the Sustainable Bainbridge website. Written comments and letters of support can be sent to info@sustainablebainbridge.org.
We’re interested in hearing your ideas as well. Please take our poll and or leave us a comment below.
What would you most like to hear on a Bainbridge community radio station?
Public meetings and information
Music, arts and cultural programs
Community discussions and talk radio
Yodeling competitions
Other (drop us a comment)
Here’s an excerpt from our recent story on the group’s quest for a community radio station: Continue reading →
September 17, 2013 Communityradio, sustainable bainbridge
Park district floats new concept for Blakely Harbor
The park district will present a proposed new vision for Blakely Harbor Park this week.
The public is invited to view and comment on a proposed new concept plan for the park at 6 p.m. Thursday at the district’s Strawberry Hill Park headquarters. More details on the meeting can be found here. An overview is posted below.
Comments can also be sent to Perry Barrett – perry@biparks.org – by Sept. 17. Continue reading →
September 12, 2013 ParksBlakely Harbor, Blakely Harbor Park, Park district
A look at Harrison’s proposed Bainbridge center
Harrison Medical Center is seeking approval of a 25,000-square-foot building to be constructed near the intersection of Highway 305 and Madison Avenue.
The hospital hopes to break ground on an initial 17,000-square-foot phase this fall and open the center by the winter of 2014.
Today Harrison sent us artist’s renderings of how the initial phase might look on the site. The rendering below shows a view of the proposed building from southbound Highway 305.
A public participation meeting for the project is scheduled for 4-6 p.m. Thursday at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art auditorium. (See the notice PDF here.)
The proposed center would offer 24-hour urgent care, primary and specialty care, and lab and imaging services.
September 12, 2013 Businesscity of bainbridge island, harrison medical center, planning, urgent care
Islanders hold vigil for peace
About 65 islanders gathered for a peace vigil outside Bainbridge Island City Hall Monday evening. The vigil was held, in part, to protest potential U.S. military strikes in Syria.
Organizer Norm Keegel, 74, said it seemed the nation was marching toward another war this summer.
“Lately I’ve felt a sense of helplessness,” Keegel said. “What can a person do?”
He reached out to representatives in Congress and discussed Syria with staff from Rep. Derek Kilmer’s office. Keegel felt a vigil would show solidarity for a non-violent resolution.
“What a wonderful way to show (Kilmer) there are people on the island who care about peace,” Keegel said.
Participants in the Monday vigil gathered in a wide circle and shared their thoughts on the conflict. They stood for 10 minutes of silence, then sang and danced as the evening grew dark.
Rep. Derek Kilmer and Sen. Patty Murray remained undecided on action in Syria as of last week. You can read their statements on the issue here.
(Photos by Tad Sooter)
September 10, 2013 CommunityCity Hall, peace vigil, syria
Blakely Rock yoga sculpture takes a tumble
The Blakely Rock yoga sculpture finally lost its balance.
Artist Ethan Currier sent us a photo (right) of the fallen remains his 1,600-pound rock creation Monday morning. The 12-foot-tall, unauthorized public art piece had stood on the reef outside Eagle Harbor since late December.
It’s unclear when or why the sculpture fell. Currier hinted at possible vandalism in his email. He said he was confident the sculpture wouldn’t have fallen on its own, and noted the weather has been calm lately.
“I’m glad nobody was hurt,” he added.
Currier said he planned to clean up the rubble as soon as possible.
September 9, 2013 Communityblakely rock, ethan currier
Bainbridge Island School District announces uptick in enrollment
More students than expected showed up for the first day of school Wednesday on Bainbridge.
Bainbridge Island School District announced a preliminary first-day head count of 3,700 students, amounting to 115 full-time equivalent students more than expected. Administrators had projected enrollment to dip by about 25 FTE.
Here is the email district spokeswoman Pam Keyes sent to parents Thursday:
Welcome back to a new, exciting school year!
The Bainbridge Island School District is delighted to report preliminary,
first-day enrollment of 3700 students – a number that is 115 FTE (full-time
equivalent) students higher than anticipated. We want to add a special
welcome to the many new families who enrolled students during these past
few weeks. It is wonderful to see so many new faces in each of our schools.
The enrollment increase is distributed across all grade levels, K-12. While
numbers tend to fluctuate during the first few days and weeks of every
school year, there has clearly been the need to add staffing and additional
class sections. The district has added two elementary classes and high
school sections in English, Math, Science, Health and World Languages.
While changes in the number of high school sections will affect some
individual student schedules, BHS Principal Jake Haley noted that “reducing
and balancing class size will support the district’s goal to provide
students with the best possible learning environment.” The district will
continue to carefully monitor enrollment and class size to see if
additional adjustments are needed.
Best regards to all!
September 6, 2013 SchoolsBainbridge Island School District, enrollment, Schools
No Fort Ward Hill project this year
Scheduling conflicts have forced the city to postpone work on Fort Ward Hill Road until next year.
The City Council awarded a $700,000 contract for road reconstruction and shoulder widening in July and a public outreach meeting was held Aug. 19. The project was supposed to begin late this summer but the contractor ran into scheduling conflicts with private utility companies working in the area said Interim Public Works Director John Cunningham. With rainy weather descending, the work was postponed until the spring of 2014.
“The last thing we want to do is open it up and not get it paved before the wet winter weather hits here,” Cunningham said during a recent briefing to the City Council.
This is the second phase of work on Fort Ward Hill Road. Contractors will rebuild the street between Bolero Drive and Sunny Hill Circle, and widen shoulders to 5 feet on both sides. An additional 700 feet of guardrail, rockeries and drainage will be installed.
The first phase of the project rebuilt the roadway between Country Club Road and Bolero Drive in 2008.
Check the project page for updates.
September 5, 2013 City Hall, transportationfort ward hill road
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Just as sure as fall turns to winter, nearly one million Americans will come down with bacterial pneumonia; fifty thousand will die. In a nation of more than 300 million, many think, “Ah, I’m healthy. Pneumonia can’t happen to me.” The truth is, it might. But there is a way to greatly reduce your risk of infection and it’s simpler than you might think.
Visit your Manassas Park dentist twice yearly to prevent pneumonia.
So says Michelle Doll, MD, assistant professor of internal medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University’s division of infection disease and lead author of a study entitled “Access to Dental Care and Risk of Pneumonia: the Importance of Healthy Teeth,” which was presented to attendees at IDWeek 2016™. Doll, with her team, analyzed data sets conducted as part of the 2013 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey and observed that 1.68 percent, or 441 of the 26,246 respondents contracted pneumonia during the study period.
Pneumonia is sometimes caused when bacteria — such as streptococcus, haemophilus, staphylococcus, and other, anaerobic bacteria — is allowed to lurk unchecked in the mouth, and is then inhaled or aspirated into the lungs. As Doll notes, however, prevention is easy with routine visits to your Manassas Park dentist.
“There is a well-documented connection between oral health and pneumonia, and dental visits are important in maintaining good health,” said Michelle Doll, MD. “We can never rid the mouth of bacteria altogether, but good oral hygiene can limit the quantities of bacteria present.”
She continued, “Our study provides further evidence that oral health is linked to overall health and suggests that it’s important to incorporate dental care into routine preventive healthcare.”
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“The Expectant” (fiction) Kartika Review, Issue 17, Spring 2017.
“The Body is a Promise” (non-fiction) BorderSenses, Volume 21, Fall 2015
“The Rift” (short short fiction) Puerto del Sol Volume 51, Issue 1, Fall 2015.
“All I Have to Show” (poetry) Completely Mixed Up: Mixed Heritage Asian North American Writing and Art Anthology, Rabbit Fool Press, 2015.
“The Others Are Strangers” (short fiction) New Letters, Vol. 80, No. 2: Winter 2014.
“With Hummingbird in Hand” (short fiction) Kurungabaa, Vol. 4, No 1: August 2012.
“Barbie’s Gotta Work,” (personal essay) Doveglion Press: March 2012.
“Like Fish to Ginger,” (short fiction) The University of California, Riverside’s The Coachella Review: Fall 2010.
“Here in the States,”(short fiction) Growing Up Filipino II: Stories for Young Adults, ed. Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, PALH: 2009.
“Son Jalisciense,” (short fiction) Pembroke Magazine #40, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke: 2008.
From the Web: A Global Anthology of Women’s Political Poetry: 2007.
“Mex It Up, Flip it Round”(poem) All Mixed Up Chapbook, Mixt Up Productions: 2006.
“Skin of the Sky by Elena Poniatowska” (book review) MARY– Issue #4, Saint Mary’s College of California’s Online Journal: 2005.
“Tomorrow’s Memories: A Diary, 1924-1928. By Angeles Monrayo,” (book review) Amerasia Journal, Volume 31, No. 1: 2005.
“Shak- E- Nabat,” (poem) Coloring Book: An Eclectic Anthology of Fiction and Poetry by Multicultural Writers, Rattlecat Press: 2003.
“The Art of Rice: Symbol and Meaning in Southeast Asian Village Tradition,” UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS): July 2004.
“Hmong: An Endangered People,” UCLA CSEAS: July 2004.
— Asia Pacific Channels No.1: June 2004.
“Indonesian Rule Weighs Heavy in West Papua,” UCLA CSEAS: June 2004.
“The Near Extinction of Cambodian Classical Dance,” UCLA CSEAS: May 2004.
“Vietnamese Artist Tran Trong Vu — Torn between Two Worlds,” UCLA CSEAS: March 2004.
“Reflections on East Timor after Independence,” UCLA CSEAS: December 2003.
Interview with Veronica Glover, Saint Mary’s College of California’s MFA Alumnae, November 2016.
Interview with Jee Yoon Lee, Writing Like an Asian, September 2016.
Guevarra, Rudy. Becoming Mexipino: Multiethnic Identities and Communities in San Diego. University of Rutgers Press, 2012.
A W A R D S & H O N O R S
2018- Author Fellowship, Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing.
2017- Ancinas Scholarship Recipient for Fiction Program of the 47th Annual Community of Writers at Squaw Valley.
2015- Finalist for Reynolds Price Short Fiction International Literary Award, Center for Women Writers, Salem College.
2013- Fellowship at The Retreat for Writers, Hawthornden Castle, Scotland
2013- Fellowship at The MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire
2011- Nominated for Sundress Best of the Net Prize by The Coachella Review
2009 – Finalist for A Room of Her Own Foundation’s Gift of Freedom Award
2005-2006 – Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education
2005-2006 – Sor Juana Ines de La Cruz Scholarship for Excellence in Fiction
2003 – Finalist for the Rita Dove Poetry Award, Center for Women Writers, Salem College.
2000 – UCLA Writer’s Extension Program Community Access Scholarship
E D U C A T I O N
2004-2006 – Saint Mary’s College of California, Creative Writing Program
Degree: Masters of Fine Arts in Fiction
1994-1998 – University of California, Los Angeles, College of Letters & Science
Degree: Bachelor of Arts in English with a Creative Writing
Specialization in Fiction
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Use of GnRH agonist implants for long term suppression of fertility in extensively managed heifers and cows
D'Occhio, Michael J., Fordyce, Geoffry, Whyte, Tim R., Jubb, Tristan F., Fitzpatrick, Lee A., Cooper, Neil J., Aspden, William J., Bolam, Matt J., and Trigg, Timothy E. (2002) Use of GnRH agonist implants for long term suppression of fertility in extensively managed heifers and cows. Animal Reproduction Science, 74 (3). pp. 151-162.
View at Publisher Website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0378-4320(02)...
The ability of gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist implants to suppress ovarian activity and prevent pregnancies, long-term, was examined in heifers and cows maintained under extensive management. At three cattle stations, heifers (2-year-old) and older cows (3- to 16-year-old) were assigned to a control group that received no treatment, or were treated with high-dose (12 mg, Station A) or low-dose (8 mg, Station B and Station C) GnRH agonist implants. The respective numbers of control and GnRH agonist-treated animals (heifers + cows) at each station were: Station A, 20 and 99; Station B, 19 and 89; Station C, 20 and 76. Animals were maintained with 4% bulls and monitored for pregnancy at 2-monthly intervals for approximately 12 months. Pregnancy rates for control heifers and control cows ranged from 60-90% and 80-100%, respectively, depending on the study site. The respective number of animals (heifers + cows) treated with GnRH agonist that conceived, and days to first conception, were: Station A, 9 (9%) and 336 +/- 3 days; Station B, 8 (10%) and 244 +/- 13 days; Station C, 20 (26%) and 231 +/- 3 days. Treatment with high-dose GnRH agonist prevented pregnancies for longer (approximately 300 days) than treatment with low-dose GnRH agonist (approximately 200 days). In the majority of heifers and cows treated with GnRH agonist, ovarian follicular growth was restricted to early antral follicles (2-4mm). The findings indicate that GnRH agonist implants have considerable potential as a practical technology to suppress ovarian activity and control reproduction in female cattle maintained in extensive rangelands environments. The technology also has broader applications in diverse cattle production systems.
GnRH agonist; Ovarian Function
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India among top 6 markets for Crocs: CFO Carrie Teffner
“India will grow as one of the top-tier markets because we know the potential here is fantastic,” Teffner said in an interview with ET here on Tuesday. Globally, Crocs sells 55 million pairs of footwear every year. Rasul Bailay | ET Bureau | August 22, 2018, 08:36 IST
NEW DELHI: India is one of the fastest growing markets for US casual footwear brand Crocs, a top executive of the company has said. Carrie Teffner, CFO, Crocs, said besides the US, the top five markets for the company are China, Japan, South Korea, Germany and India.
“India will grow as one of the top-tier markets because we know the potential here is fantastic,” Teffner said in an interview with ET here on Tuesday. Globally, Crocs sells 55 million pairs of footwear every year.
In India, it sells its products through 90 exclusive stores, hundreds of multi-brand stores and also through ecomm platforms. All the exclusive outlets here are franchisee run, and Crocs does not have any immediate plan to apply for single-brand retailing licence to open its own stores.
“In these markets, it makes a lot of sense for us to partner with those people who run franchisee stores,” Teffner said, adding that in markets where they opened their own stores, they found them to be not so profitable, growth too, has not been as quick as it would have been had the stores been turned over to partners. Deepak Chhabra, CEO, Crocs India, said south and west India are the biggest markets for the company.
“Because of the climatic condition, south and west happens to be our bigger markets, but north is picking up very fast,” said Chhabra. “Growth is happening faster in the north.” A few years ago, Crocs tried to diversify from its clogs into sandals and shoes. Today, clogs account for about 50% of the company’s sales while sandals make up for about a quarter. Crocs’ products are made in China and Vietnam through third-party manufacturers.
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with NBA
Source: NBA
Recently, we have seen the proliferation of cross-brand collaborations and among the latest ones, one brand has come up with very diverse types of collaborations.
Some of their recent collaborations have included: Maison Kitsune, Supreme, BAPE XXV, Elder Statesman, Zara, and Forever 21. In a way, more and more sports blend together into a product able to bridge the two communities and reach out to a new set of consumers.
The NBA is a global sports and media business built around four professional sports leagues: the National Basketball Association, the Women’s National Basketball Association, the NBA G League, and the NBA 2K League.
The NBA has established a major international presence with games and programming in 215 countries and territories in 50 languages, and merchandise for sale in more than 100,000 retail locations in over 120 countries on six continents.
NBA rosters at the start of the 2018-19 season featured 108 international players from 42 countries and territories. NBA Digital’s assets include NBA TV, NBA.com, the NBA App and NBA League Pass.
Retail in Asia had the pleasure to interview Lesley Rulloda, Head of Global Merchandising for NBA Asia. Lesley has been at NBA for over 8 years overseeing the retail and merchandising side of the business. She told us more about NBA, the nature of the business, its current status in Asia and plans for development.
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RiA: NBA and Asia, what’s the current status?
Lesley: The NBA has had an office in Asia for more than 20 years. This office in Hong Kong, in particular, focuses on the business within Asia Pacific, minus China and India, although we are very aligned with what is going on in those markets as well.
I oversee the merchandising and licensing business for Asia Pacific, so we work closely with our licensees who create products for us, as well as the retailers in the market to help support that product and get merchandise into our fans’ hands within the region.
Additionally, I oversee mobile gaming, which is also big part of our business.
Soccer is a very popular sport, however basketball is growing rapidly internationally, and there is a lot of room for us to continue to grow our business.
RiA: Your business is split into media and merchandising, can you differentiate what’s the current status of coverage and consumption for both sides of the business in this region?
Lesley: In terms of content consumption, one of our big focuses is delivering localized content to fans, so partnering with local media companies is important to help deliver that experience.
We have broadcast and content partners throughout the region, including Rakuten, one of the top companies in Japan, Emtek in Indonesia, and Mono in Thailand.
We do this with all our different partners, creating localized content that engages with our fans and there are different ways we do that.
We do that through teaching people how to watch the game because we know that is something we need to educate people on, but it is also engaging the fans in the local commentary of the games themselves.
On the merchandising side, we work with our local licensees and retail partners trying to get the most merchandise out possible for the fans and trying to do it faster and faster.
We had a lot of player movement that has happened over the summer, so we worked with our licensees to make sure that when the season starts, we have the right products in the market.
RiA: You talked a lot about localization of content, in which way do you localize the brand?
Lesley: We localize the brand in terms of content through partnering with our local broadcast partners as well as mobile/telco service providers.
Let’s say someone wants to purchase their league pass on their mobile device. They can do that through their local mobile service provider whom they are already subscribed with, so integrating the NBA in a path where the consumer already is.
On the merchandising side, Hansae MK is a great example. They are one of our Korean licensees and they have more than NBA 130 shops in Korea, and they do a lot of interesting things with our IP that are in line with fashion trends that are relevant to the Korean market.
RiA: Can you tell us more about the NBA gaming?
Lesley: We work with companies like Take-Two, which produces our NBA 2K game, and Electronic Arts (EA), who produces NBA Live for us as well. We were also the first North American sports league to launch a professional e-sports league, the NBA 2K league.
Last season, we had 21 out of our 30 teams be part of this e-sports league. If you think about the Lakers, for example, they have their professional e-sports team as a subset of the actual Lakers team, and it competes within the 2K League.
We had one player drafted from the Asia Pacific region into the 2K League. The Pistons GT (Detroit Pistons’ 2K League team) drafted a New Zealand professional player to play in the league. We also have a partnership with Twitch to distribute 2K League games and content.
RiA: Who are your customers, and eventually your fans, that can turn into your consumers, either for content or merchandising?
Lesley: Our fanbase is not homogeneous, but I would say NBA fans are predominantly young, fashion-conscious, tech-savvy fans who are active on social media.
We have built one of the largest social media communities in the world with more than 1 and a half billion likes and followers globally across all league, team and player platforms, and we actually have 20M followers from Asia across the league’s global and local social media platforms.
We are also working with local influencers to connect with our fans – this season alone in Southeast Asia, we have reached more than 35 million people through influencers to deepen our connection with fans.
RiA: Following on the healthy lifestyle trend, we have seen an increase in the investment of activities to boost sports practice, or active lifestyle, among young people. How do you leverage on this in Asia?
Lesley: Promoting healthy and active lifestyles is also a top priority for us in Asia Pacific. We have the Jr. NBA programme that we are running in six countries across Asia Pacific (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam).
Jr. NBA is our global youth development program that teaches the fundamental skills as well as the core values of the game to encourage healthy and active lifestyles. We designed Jr. NBA to specifically address a critical and growing epidemic: childhood obesity and increased inactivity amongst youth.
The program puts basketballs into the hands of kids – almost 20 million boys and girls across Southeast Asia so far – and encourages them to participate in physical activity through a sport that is both fun and easy to pick up and play. We also donate equipment and train teachers to establish standards for how the game should be played and coached.
What we are doing with Jr. NBA is we are working with parents, working with governments, working with schools, to try to get an NBA basketball curriculum into the schools. And really teach kids how to play the game of basketball, and really get them active and on their feet.
RiA: As our readers are professionals working in retail, we have discussed the content part, the sports part, about the merchandising, what is the strongest market and what’s next?
Lesley: Right now NBA merchandise can be found in over 500 doors throughout Asia. In Japan, for example, we work with Xebio to have NBA merchandise close to 200 stores nationwide.
In Australia, we work with Rebel and Foot Locker. And in the Philippines, which is a key market with 99% NBA awareness, we are in over a hundred doors but we are looking to expand that to almost a thousand. Korea is also really strong because we have a strong partner doing a lot of merchandise localization, as we mentioned, with Hansae MK.
We are really looking at new opportunities for growth that we are still uncovering, and we are really excited about what is in store for us.
I would also say e-commerce is also an area of growth for retail distribution. We partnered with Fanatics, the global e-commerce leader in sports merchandise. They work with all the major sports leagues in the US, and they operate our e-commerce sites here in Asia. With the Fanatics partnership, we have 10 NBA online stores in Asia.
Indonesia is an important strategic market for us and for a lot of companies in the world, but a crucial market for us considering the rising popularity of basketball.
We work with Blibli in Indonesia, who is an industry leader in e-commerce in the country and operate our official online store, NBAStoreco.id.
RiA: What are the digital marketing strategies that you use to reach out to your customers?
Lesley: On the social media front, we have localized NBA accounts in four countries, Indonesia, Australia, Philippines, and Japan.
We also have local Jr. NBA Facebook pages in all six countries where Jr. NBA is currently operating in. In fact, we recently crossed a major milestone, amassing more than 2M fans following our local Jr. NBA Facebook pages. We have nearly 20M followers from Asia across the league’s global and local social media platforms.
We view Asia as the next frontier. Our business is already in a good state, but there is still a lot more potential for growth.
RiA: Being in this position [Head of global merchandising for NBA Asia], are you a basketball fan?
Lesley: I love sports. I have grown up with sports. I grew up watching American football, but since I joined the NBA, basketball has definitely become the sport I watch the most.
RiA: The NBA is pretty much seen as a male industry and you hold a leadership position, so which one is your one career advice in this industry?
Lesley: What was key for me was that I never see boundaries. I knew where I wanted to go as a person within my career, I just kept forging ahead.
One of the great things about working at the NBA is that we embrace diversity.
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You should also do what is right for your career and not limit yourself.
I feel proud of working at the NBA as everyday we find ways to contribute to a better world. Through NBA Cares, the league addresses important social issues by working with internationally recognized youth-serving organizations that support education, youth and family development, and health-related causes.
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Justia Regulation Tracker Department Of The Interior Land Management Bureau Notice of Availability of Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Betze Pit Expansion Project, Eureka and Elko Counties, NV, 13462-13463 [E9-6768]
Notice of Availability of Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Betze Pit Expansion Project, Eureka and Elko Counties, NV, 13462-13463 [E9-6768]
Download as PDF 13462 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 58 / Friday, March 27, 2009 / Notices Article VIII—Nuisance and Abatement. Section 3–8–700. Nuisance Any room, house, building, vehicle, structure or other place where Alcohol Beverages are sold, manufactured, bartered, exchanged, given away, furnished, or otherwise possessed or disposed of in violation of this Ordinance, or of any other Tribal law related to the transportation, possession, distribution or sale of Alcohol Beverages, and including all property kept therein, or thereon, and use in, or in connection with the violation is hereby declared to be a nuisance upon any second or subsequent violation of the same. Section 3–8–710. Action To Abate Nuisance Upon a finding that any such place or activity is a nuisance under the provision of this Ordinance, the Tribe or the Tax Commission may bring a civil action in the Tribal Court to abate and to perpetually enjoin any such activity declared to be a nuisance. Such injunctive relief may include a closure of any business or other use of the property for up to one (1) year from the date of the order, or until the owner, lessee or tenant shall give bond of no less than Twenty-Five Thousand dollars ($25,000) payable to the Tribe and conditioned that no further violation of this Ordinance or other Tribal Alcohol Beverage law and by payment of all fines, costs and assessments against him/her. If any condition of the bond is violated, the bond may be recovered and proceeds delivered to the Tax Commission for the use of the Tribe. Any action taken under this section shall be in addition to any other penalties provided for in this Ordinance. Article IX—Revenue and Reporting mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Section 3–8–720. Use and Appropriation of Revenue Received All revenue received by the Tax Commission under this Ordinance, from whatever sources, shall be expended first for the administrative costs incurred in the administration and enforcement of this Ordinance. Any excess funds shall be subject to and available to appropriation by the Tribe for essential governmental, and social services, related to drug and alcohol education, counseling and treatment. Section 3–8–730. Audit Tax Commission handling of revenue received under this ordinance is subject to review and audit as a part of the annual financial audit of the Tax Commission. VerDate Nov<24>2008 17:13 Mar 26, 2009 Jkt 217001 Section 3–8–740. Reports The Tax Commission shall submit to the Business Committee a quarterly report and an accounting of all revenue received and expended pursuant to this Ordinance. ACTION: Notice of availability. SUMMARY: In accordance with National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. and 43 CFR 3809), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Elko District Office has prepared a Final Supplemental Article X—Miscellaneous Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) Section 3–8–750. Severability for Barrick Goldstrike Mine’s proposed Betze Pit Expansion Project. If any provision or application of this Ordinance is found invalid and or DATES: The BLM will issue a Record of unenforceable, such determination shall Decision (ROD) on the proposed project not be held to render ineffectual any of after a minimum of 30 days following the remaining provisions or applications the Environmental Protection Agency’s of this Ordinance not specifically publication of a Notice of Availability of identified thereby, or to render such this Final SEIS in the Federal Register. provision to be inapplicable to other ADDRESSES: Copies of the SEIS (compact persons or circumstances. disk or hard copy) are available at the BLM Elko District Office, 3900 E. Idaho, Section 3–8–760. Construction Elko, Nevada during regular business Nothing in this ordinance shall be hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday construed to diminish or impair in any through Friday, except holidays. The way the rights or sovereign powers of SEIS is also available on-line at http:// the Fort Sill Apache Tribe. www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/ elko_field_office.html, Elko District Section 3–8–770. Effective Date Office. This Ordinance shall be effective FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kirk upon certification by the Secretary of Laird, (775) 753–0200. the Interior, publication in the Federal SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Betze Register and recorded in the office of Pit Expansion Project is an amendment the Clerk of the Tribal Court. to the mine plan for the Betze Project, Section 3–8–780. Prior Law Repealed an ongoing open pit gold mine on the Any and all prior enactments of the Carlin Trend in Eureka and Elko Fort Sill Apache Tribe that are counties. The proposed mine plan inconsistent with the provisions of this amendment includes expanding the Ordinance are hereby rescinded. existing open pit and constructing a new waste rock facility and a new Section 3–8–770. Amendment tailings facility. Current mining The Fort Sill Apache Tribe through its operations at the Betze Project are General Council, pursuant to its expected to end in 2011, with Constitution delegates to the Fort Sill processing operations ending in 2020. Apache Tribe Business Committee the The proposed Betze Pit Expansion authority to amend the provisions of the Project would extend mining for 4 years foregoing Alcohol Control Ordinance. and processing for an additional 5 years. Approved by the Business Committee Alternatives developed and analyzed in of the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of the SEIS include expanding the existing Oklahoma this 21st day of August 2007, Bazza Waste Rock Facility (instead of by a vote of 4 For 0 Against 0 Abstained. constructing the proposed Clydesdale Chairman lllllllllllll Waste Rock Facility) and the No Action Secretary Treasurer lllllllll alternatives. Alternatives considered but eliminated from detailed analysis [FR Doc. E9–6853 Filed 3–26–09; 8:45 am] include mining by underground BILLING CODE 4310–4J–P methods rather than open pit, modifying the proposed Clydesdale Waste Rock Facility or constructing an offsite waste DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR rock facility to reduce impacts to deer migration corridors, and a reduced Bureau of Land Management tailings facility alternative. Mitigation [LLNV010000.L19900000.EX0000; 09–08807; measures, including reclamation TAS: 14X1109] scheduling to maintain a deer migration corridor, and designed landscape Notice of Availability of Final reclamation of the proposed Clydesdale Supplemental Environmental Impact Waste Rock Facility, were adopted by Statement for the Betze Pit Expansion Project, Eureka and Elko Counties, NV the proponent during the process, becoming part of the proposed action. The Draft SEIS was released for public AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, review on August 22, 2008, for a 45-day Interior. PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\27MRN1.SGM 27MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 58 / Friday, March 27, 2009 / Notices comment period, and a public comment meeting was held in Elko, Nevada on September 10, 2008. The Final SEIS is published in an abbreviated format, and includes comments on the Draft SEIS and BLM’s responses along with resultant changes in the document. The documents will be available at http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/ elko_field_office.html, Elko District Office for at least 30-days, after which BLM will issue a Record of Decision on the proposed mine expansion. (Authority: 43 CFR 3809) Kenneth E. Miller, District Manager, Elko. [FR Doc. E9–6768 Filed 3–26–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Minerals Management Service [Docket No. MMS–2008–MRM–0029] Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, Comment Request AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior. ACTION: Notice of an extension of a currently approved information collection (OMB Control Number 1010– 0103). mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we are notifying the public that we have submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) an information collection request (ICR) to renew approval of the paperwork requirements in the regulations under 30 CFR parts 202, 206, and 207. This notice also provides the public a second opportunity to comment on the paperwork burden of these regulatory requirements. DATES: Submit written comments on or before April 27, 2009. ADDRESSES: Submit written comments by either FAX (202) 395–7245 or e-mail (OIRA_Docket@omb.eop.gov) directly to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior (OMB Control Number 1010–0103). Please submit copies of your comments to MMS by one of the following methods: • Electronically go to http:// www.regulations.gov. In the ‘‘Comment or Submission’’ column, enter ‘‘MMS– 2008–MRM–0029’’ to view supporting and related materials for this ICR. Click on ‘‘Send a comment or submission’’ VerDate Nov<24>2008 17:13 Mar 26, 2009 Jkt 217001 link to submit public comments. Information on using Regulations.gov, including instructions for accessing documents, submitting comments, and viewing the docket after the close of the comment period, is available through the site’s ‘‘User Tips’’ link. All comments submitted will be posted to the docket. • Mail comments to Hyla Hurst, Regulatory Specialist, Minerals Management Service, Minerals Revenue Management, P.O. Box 25165, MS 302B2, Denver, Colorado 80225. Please reference ICR 1010–0103 in your comments. • Hand-carry comments or use an overnight courier service. Our courier address is Building 85, Room A–614, Denver Federal Center, West 6th Ave. and Kipling St., Denver, Colorado 80225. Please reference ICR 1010–0103 in your comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hyla Hurst, telephone (303) 231–3495, or e-mail Hyla.Hurst@mms.gov. You may also contact Hyla Hurst to obtain copies, at no cost, of (1) the ICR, (2) any associated forms, and (3) the regulations that require the subject collection of information. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 30 CFR parts 202, 206, and 207, Indian Oil and Gas Valuation. OMB Control Number: 1010–0103. Bureau Form Number: Forms MMS– 4109, MMS–4110, MMS–4295, MMS– 4410, and MMS–4411. Abstract: The Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior is responsible for mineral resource development on Federal and Indian lands and the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The Secretary is required by various laws to manage mineral resource production on Federal and Indian lands and the OCS, collect the royalties and other mineral revenues due, and distribute the funds in accordance with those laws. Applicable laws pertaining to mineral leases on Federal and Indian lands are posted on our Web site at http:// www.mrm.mms.gov/Laws_R_D/ PublicLawsAMR.htm. The Secretary also has a trust responsibility to manage Indian lands and seek advice and information from Indian beneficiaries. The MMS performs the minerals revenue management functions and assists the Secretary in carrying out the Department’s trust responsibility for Indian lands. When a company or an individual enters into a lease to explore, develop, produce, and dispose of minerals from Federal or Indian lands, that company or individual agrees to pay the lessor a share in an amount or value of PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 13463 production from the leased lands. The lessee is required to report various kinds of information to the lessor relative to the disposition of the leased minerals. Such information is generally available within the records of the lessee or others involved in developing, transporting, processing, purchasing, or selling of such minerals. We collect this information to ensure that royalties are accurately valued and appropriately paid. Information collections covered in this ICR are found at 30 CFR part 202, subparts C and J, which pertain to royalties; part 206, subparts B and E, which govern the valuation of oil and gas produced from leases on Indian lands; and part 207, which pertains to recordkeeping. Indian tribes and individual Indian mineral owners receive all royalties generated from their lands. Determining product valuation is essential to ensure that Indian tribes and individual Indian mineral owners receive payment on the full value of the minerals removed from their lands. Failure to collect the data described in this information collection could result in the undervaluation of leased minerals on Indian lands. All data reported is subject to subsequent audit and adjustment. Indian Oil Regulations at 30 CFR part 206, subpart B, govern the valuation for royalty purposes of all oil produced from Indian oil and gas leases (tribal and allotted), except leases on the Osage Indian Reservation, and must be consistent with mineral leasing laws, other applicable laws, and lease terms. Generally, the regulations provide that lessees determine the value of oil based upon the higher of (1) the gross proceeds under an arm’s-length contract; or (2) major portion analysis. These oil valuation methods are eligible for applicable transportation allowances. 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Land Management Bureau
[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 58 (Friday, March 27, 2009)]
[Pages 13462-13463]
[LLNV010000.L19900000.EX0000; 09-08807; TAS: 14X1109]
Notice of Availability of Final Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement for the Betze Pit Expansion Project, Eureka and Elko
Counties, NV
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
SUMMARY: In accordance with National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. and 43 CFR 3809), the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), Elko District Office has prepared a Final
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for Barrick
Goldstrike Mine's proposed Betze Pit Expansion Project.
DATES: The BLM will issue a Record of Decision (ROD) on the proposed
project after a minimum of 30 days following the Environmental
Protection Agency's publication of a Notice of Availability of this
Final SEIS in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the SEIS (compact disk or hard copy) are available
at the BLM Elko District Office, 3900 E. Idaho, Elko, Nevada during
regular business hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except holidays. The SEIS is also available on-line at http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/elko_field_office.html, Elko District Office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kirk Laird, (775) 753-0200.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Betze Pit Expansion Project is an
amendment to the mine plan for the Betze Project, an ongoing open pit
gold mine on the Carlin Trend in Eureka and Elko counties. The proposed
mine plan amendment includes expanding the existing open pit and
constructing a new waste rock facility and a new tailings facility.
Current mining operations at the Betze Project are expected to end in
2011, with processing operations ending in 2020. The proposed Betze Pit
Expansion Project would extend mining for 4 years and processing for an
additional 5 years. Alternatives developed and analyzed in the SEIS
include expanding the existing Bazza Waste Rock Facility (instead of
constructing the proposed Clydesdale Waste Rock Facility) and the No
Action alternatives. Alternatives considered but eliminated from
detailed analysis include mining by underground methods rather than
open pit, modifying the proposed Clydesdale Waste Rock Facility or
constructing an offsite waste rock facility to reduce impacts to deer
migration corridors, and a reduced tailings facility alternative.
Mitigation measures, including reclamation scheduling to maintain a
deer migration corridor, and designed landscape reclamation of the
proposed Clydesdale Waste Rock Facility, were adopted by the proponent
during the process, becoming part of the proposed action.
The Draft SEIS was released for public review on August 22, 2008,
for a 45-day
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comment period, and a public comment meeting was held in Elko, Nevada
on September 10, 2008. The Final SEIS is published in an abbreviated
format, and includes comments on the Draft SEIS and BLM's responses
along with resultant changes in the document.
The documents will be available at http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/elko_field_office.html, Elko District Office for at least 30-days,
after which BLM will issue a Record of Decision on the proposed mine
expansion.
(Authority: 43 CFR 3809)
Kenneth E. Miller,
District Manager, Elko.
[FR Doc. E9-6768 Filed 3-26-09; 8:45 am]
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German scientists report nuclear-fusion milestone
by Power News Wire Reports | Monday, Dec 14, 2015 @ 6:56pm
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics | Courtesy of Phys.org
A report from Phys.org said late last week that scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Germany were successful in generating superheated helium plasma in a vacuum, putting them a step closer to controlled nuclear fusion.
Nuclear fusion is the process of generating energy by fusing atoms, a process the sun and other stars use to generate energy -- the opposite of nuclear fission, or the splitting of atoms to create energy, which is used in commercial nuclear reactors worldwide. The website also said fusion is theoretically safer and would be cheaper to produce once the capability to do so is established.
German scientists working on the "stellarator" project -- financed with approximately $1.1 billion -- were able to generate superheated plasma from helium inside a vacuum vessel for a period of approximately one-tenth of a second. For researchers, the next phase is to generate plasma for a longer period of time and to use hydrogen atoms.
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What You Should Look For In a Protein Bar
by Francis Holmer October 24, 2017
Protein bars have come a long way. Just five years ago the typical protein bar was a bland, chewy monstrosity. It was like someone had decided to cram protein powder into an edible format, achieved it, and just stopped there. Because that's all they were. Edible.
The best modern protein bars look similar to - and often compete with - chocolate bars for taste. Nonetheless, there are still plenty of dud bars out there. In this post, we'll dive into exactly what you should expect from a good protein bar in terms of macros, ingredients and taste.
Protein bars are an ideal alternative to carby and sugary snacks as they can help your diet instead of derailing it. So you'll want to make sure your protein bar isn't falsely being advertised as healthy - and that starts by checking the nutrition label.
With the recent craze to label everything as high-protein, check the figure before you buy. The average is around 20g protein, which gives a decent boost to your protein intake. With most bars weighing around 60g total, it means around a third of the bar is pure, muscle-building protein.
Closer to 15g protein? That's not amazing, but not bad either. Plus there may be a good reason. For example, a 'flapjack' style protein bar is going to have more oats (i.e. carbs) so will have a little less protein.
At the lower end of the scale, when you're looking at a 'protein' bar which only packs 5-10g protein; don't bother.
"Wow, a whole 5 grams of protein?"
Most protein bars fall in the range of 200-250 calories. At the high end, some of the bigger bars can hit 300-400+ calories. These are great if you're aiming to bulk up as they will help you achieve a calorie surplus. You should expect at least 25-30g of protein for that level of calories, or you may as well just eat a chocolate bar.
If you're looking to get leaner, the most protein with the least calories comes in bars like Fulfil and Quest which are in the 150-200 calorie range and still taste great.
Most protein bars keep their carb count down to around 15-20g. But some bars (e.g. Clif bars) are energy bars which are aimed at people doing endurance sports, like cyclists. They may be marked as high protein, but are also high in carbs and sugar.
The lowest carb protein bars have around 8-10g carbs, and some at the higher end have over 20g. If it's a standard 60g bar, you shouldn't be looking at more than 25g carbs unless it's a flapjack.
The big supplement companies know how serious the fitness community is about avoiding unnecessary sugar. So the high-quality bars generally keep sugar low and use sweeteners instead, meaning their bars only contain 1 or 2g sugar and rarely over 5g. Check the label - some bars (in particular the 'natural' ones) don't use sweeteners which can mean sugar content of 10-15g or more.
Most protein bars have around 7-9g fat, 3-5g of which is saturated fat. Keep in mind that for nutty bars (e.g. coconut or peanut flavoured) the fat will tend to be a little higher.
Your body doesn't digest fibre, so it is often used to bulk out the bar without adding unwanted calories. It also helps keep your digestion working properly. Most protein bars contain 5-10g of fibre. If it has less don't sweat it - if you're eating a balanced diet you will have enough from other sources.
MACRO RECAP
To recap, the macros you can expect from a good quality protein bar are roughly as follows:
Sat. Fat
200-250 20-23g 15-20g 1-3g 5-10g 7-9g 3-5g
If a bar you're looking at strays much above these numbers, you need to start asking questions:
Is it a larger bar that's giving me more protein as well?
Does the taste justify the extra calories?
Will it fit my macros?
There's much more to protein bars than simply nutrition though. These are fitness-friendly treats, so you'll want to make sure they are delicious to eat. That starts with texture.
Alas, there's no way to tell this from the wrapper. Unless you believe the manufacturers' description (shocker: they always make it out to be incredible). Take MusclePharm Combat Crunch bars. They are pretty tasty, but their wrappers claim they are 'like eating a soft-batch cookie'. Which is completely accurate - if the only cookies you've ever tried are firm, chewy, and suspiciously like a protein bar.
So, what can you actually expect? The majority of premium protein bars these days follow a tried and tested formula:
The soft centre provides a light chew while the crunchy pieces give these bars a satisfying crunch. The caramel keeps them from getting dry and the melt-in-the-mouth chocolate coating is the perfect way to top it all off.
While this texture works well, plenty of bars manage to taste great with only two or three of these elements. Or by making swaps, such as using peanut chunks instead of crispies. But if you see a bar which is just a razor-thin layer of chocolate covering a bland, formless, chewy base you should leave it in 2011 where it belongs.
In most cases, different flavours in the same protein bar line will have an almost identical texture.
If you want to find out more about the textures of each protein bar line, we regularly review them on our Instagram page. You can also check out our guide to the best protein bars to get a better idea.
CHANGE THE TEXTURE
Any good protein bar will be enjoyable to eat at room temperature. But if you prefer to soften them up, give them a quick 5 second (up to 15 seconds max) blast in the microwave. On the other hand, if you like your protein bars a little harder and chewier keep them in the fridge.
You probably don't have the time or desire to go through the ingredients of every protein bar you eat with a fine-tooth comb. Which works fine, because there's only a couple of key points you need to understand.
When it comes to protein powder types you probably get on fine with your trusty tub of whey. If you like getting into the nitty-gritty, then you might have considered the benefits and drawbacks of whey vs casein protein (fast v slow absorbing), or whey concentrate vs whey isolate (isolate has lower carbs and fat but costs more).
In protein bars, these differences don't matter. As these proteins are in bar form they are paired with fibre and fats. This means they are slower to absorb than their drinkable cousins, so the absorption speed of the protein won't make much difference. And the purity of the protein is irrelevant - given that it's been combined with carbs and fats you should look at the overall nutrition of the bar instead.
COLLAGEN AND SOY PROTEIN
Collagen and soy protein are often used in protein bars, but they are shunned by some for supposedly being low-quality. Getting in-depth on this is beyond the scope of this post, but we'll touch on it.
Amino acids are the building blocks of protein. So the debates around protein quality usually come back to amino acids. Milk derived proteins (casein and whey) contain all nine of the essential amino acids that you need from your diet. They are known as 'complete' proteins.
It's true that as an incomplete protein, collagen is not the same quality for building muscle as whey. But it has other benefits, like supporting healthy joints. And it has been proven to build muscle mass. Granted, that study was conducted on elderly men, but there's no good reason to suggest the findings wouldn't apply to you if you're young and/or female.
Not all old men need collagen.
Soy is a complete protein which can help you build muscle. Most of the negativity around soy comes from the claim that it can suppress testosterone production. Given the importance of testosterone in maintaining muscle, this concern is understandable.
On the other hand, the science behind this claim is patchy at best. A few studies have found a link but others have found no relationship at all. Plus, these studies have participants eat unusually large amounts of soy to generate results. For an in-depth review go here.
Even if you want to err on the side of caution, a small amount of soy in a protein bar isn't going to make you sprout man-boobs and start lactating.
Soy and collagen aren't as good as whey, but they definitely aren't useless either. If a bar's primary protein source is soy or collagen, then you might not want to make it a regular in your rotation. At the same time, if you see one of them listed on the ingredients but most of the protein is from dairy you can relax - soy and collagen are not the muscle thieves they're often made out to be.
GO NATURAL?
Artificial ingredients are often mistrusted. This is commonly expressed as "if you can't pronounce it, don't eat it." Unfortunately, this advice is more catchy than logical. Sure, adenosylcobalamin doesn't sound healthy. In fact, it's a form of vitamin B12 and is key for the functioning of your brain and nervous system.
So, the logical approach is to look at the safety of each ingredient based on testing and scientific evidence. If you live in a Western nation you are lucky enough to have some of the strictest food regulators in the world to do that for you.
For the record, the vast majority of your food should come from natural and unprocessed sources. These are where your body will find the vitamins and minerals that it needs to thrive. But hopefully you already had an inkling that pounding down protein bars for breakfast, lunch and dinner isn't healthy.
The reality is, if you want to enjoy protein bars which taste like a sweet treat but aren't loaded with sugar or calories, they will use a few artificial ingredients. The fact that no scientific evidence suggests these are unsafe is good enough for most people. But if you still want to go the all-natural route you should know what to expect.
Protein bars with all-natural ingredients can pack 20g protein, but it's often a little less. They often go with fruit-derived sugar over sweeteners. So the sugar count is considerably higher - it can hit 15-20g or more.
For fats, they typically use coconut oil or butter which pushes calories up. Overall, there are plenty of great-tasting natural bars (e.g. Battle Oats and TREK). Just expect them to have weaker macros than their non-natural counterparts.
This is the hardest area to give blanket advice on for two reasons.
THEY VARY
If a protein bar producer nails the texture and macros, then you know it will be consistently good across most of (if not all) their bars. Flavours are a different beast, involving delicate balances of different ingredients which vary from bar to bar. FitJoy have a great take on the Cookies & Cream flavour, but their Raspberry Chocolate Truffle is intensely sour and not enjoyable.
At the same token, a peanut butter flavoured bar can be peanutty melt in the mouth amazingness from one manufacturer (shout out to RCSS King Whey Crunch) but dry and bland from another (we're not fans of MuscleTech Nitrotech Crunch's take on this flavour).
THEY ARE (KIND OF) SUBJECTIVE
Based on personal preferences, a bar that's mediocre to one person could be delicious to another. With that said, there are plenty of bars everyone could agree are terrible, like the old-school chewy jawbreaker style bars.
Sometimes a bar will fall short in one area but excel in another. For example, a bar might be a little higher in fat but taste so good that it's worth the hit to your macros. Or it might taste insanely good but not have much protein, at which point you may as well be eating a chocolate bar.
There are so many delicious protein bars that if you're too picky you'll miss out on some of the best. But there are also plenty of bars that don't offer much. Now you know what to expect from good protein bars, so from this day forth you can better avoid the duds.
When next buying protein bars, keep these tips in mind along with your own preferences and diet goals to find one that's perfect for you.
If you fancy an ever-changing selection of the best protein treats on the market check out our monthly boxes. If you'd like to browse individual bars our shop has short, honest reviews.
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Cops: Group stole iPhone from McDonald’s counter
By Riverhead News-Review
Courtesy: SCPD
A reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest after a small group of people were allegedly spotted sealing an iPhone from the McDonald’s in Riverside last month.
According to Suffolk County Police, a woman left her iPhone 6 on the counter at the Flanders Road fast food restaurant sometime between 9:30 and 10:30 p.m. on March 6. Police said a man wearing a light-colored hood took the phone and slipped it to a friend who was standing behind him wearing a Nike cap.
Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of up to $5,000 for info that leads to an arrest in the petty larceny incident. Anyone with information about the arrest can call 1-800-220-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.
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Demons (1985)
riversofgrue November 16, 2013 September 25, 2017 Action, Body Horror, Exploitation, Giallo, Hardcore Gore, Horror, Splatter, Survival Horror, Suspense
Crimson Quill’s Appraisal #32
Number of Views: Multiple
Sub-Genre: Zombie Horror
Director: Lamberto Bava
Producer: Dario Argento
Screenplay: Dario Argento, Lamberto Bava, Franco Ferrini, Dardano Sacchetti
Special Effects: Rosario Prestopino
Cinematography: Gianlorenzo BattagliaScore: Claudio Simonetti
Score: Claudio Simonetti
Studio: DACFILM Rome
Stars: Urbano Barberini, Natasha Hovey, Karl Zinny, Fiore Argento, Paola Cozzo, Fabiola Toledo, Bobby Rhodes, Geretta Geretta, Michele Soavi
Claudio Simonetti Demons Theme
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If you were coming of age in the seventies or eighties, then you should be more than familiar with the power of Italian horror cinema during that time. American slasher enthusiasts owe a great deal of gratitude to their European cousins for providing the giallo template that spearheaded the entire movement and their output over this period was pretty much second to none. While certain filmmakers were grabbing both the plaudits and monopoly, there are a number of others for whom the stars aligned at one time or another and Lamberto Bava is one such fellow.
Bava was rather providential with his passage into movie making. His father; the late great Mario (not the plumber, the other one) had made a massive impact in the industry, notably in the sixties and seventies, enjoying a lustrous career behind the lens before his death in 1980. Towards the end of his life, he helped ease his spawn into the scene and, for his final feature Beyond The Door II in 1977, enabled Lamberto to take the helm for the majority of the project with rather splendiferous results. Whilst not regarded as one of his better works, I wholeheartedly disagree as that film gave my nightmares nightmares for months afterwards. After his father’s sad passing, Lamberto wasted no time in picking up the reins and, whilst never likely to surpass his father’s immense output, managed to forge his own career in film.
Mario had been involved in the film industry since Dario Argento was still filling up diapers (artistically I might add) and his work is often spoken of in the same breath as Alfred Hitchcock so his were pretty massive shoes to fill. However, Lamberto hit the ground running with his first full-length feature Macabre, which was fairly well received in his native country well during the same year as being passed the baton. He then followed this up with A Blade in The Dark three years later, offering a solid stab at the giallo sub-genre that was clearly in his blood. While both films were more than worthy of merit, there was an overriding feeling that his greatest achievements still lay ahead and, in 1985, he finally hit top gear.
Demons is his tour-de-force or, at the very least, his most marketable project outside of his homeland. My primary introduction came in the form of its original teaser trailer which surfaced months before its eventual VHS release and, needless to say, it left me salivating like a deviant. Always one to be easily seduced by box art, the cover image told me everything I needed to know and guaranteed me that I was in safe hands. Said drool continued to flow freely right up to the very moment that I proudly held that rental in my clammy hands and prepared to buckle myself in for one helluva wild ride. Was it worth all the rabid expectation? Was it fuck!
Let me make this abundantly clear before we take another solitary step. Demons is trash. Pure unadulterated trash (of the highest order I might add). Bava chooses the ideal setting as milieu for his 90-odd minutes of splatter-soaked silliness, extending us an invite to an old run down West Berlin Gothic cinema for our very own private screening. He then fills his elected locale with a bouquet of clichéd caricatures, each of whom have also received a complimentary pass courtesy of a mysterious masked man (played by none other than Michele Soavi).
Amongst the VIPs are music student Cheryl (Natasha Hovey), her classmate Kathy (Paola Cazzo) and potential hook-ups George (Urbano Barberini) and Ken (Karl Zinny). They take their seat for the main presentation alongside the customary lambs to the slaughter but one dude sticks out like a sore thumb and is worthy of his own formal introduction. Sporting handlebar mustache and white twinset suit, pimp daddy Tony (Bobby Rhodes) is quite clearly the shit. This cat is the epitome of smooth and butter likely wouldn’t melt on his balls. Moreover, he comes with his own entourage of bitches, Rosemary (Geretta Geretta) and Carmen (Fabiola Toledo), so he’s evidently packing some trumpet.
One of his imprudent skanks tampers with a peculiar mask in the lobby before the performance and, while the congregation gathers to watch the main feature (a well employed film within a film featuring the identical mask from the vestibule), she is backstage spitting out teeth and beginning to lament her foolishness. From the moment that first bubble of green secretion ruptures from her cheek, Demons shifts into another gear and keeps its pedal to the metal for the entire duration. All hell literally breaks loose and, before we can catch our breath, the auditorium is overrun with unhinged fiends who proceed to whittle down the superfluous cast members with gory elation.
The viewer is then treated to a whole host of bloodthirsty brutalities compliments of our ferocious fiends. Eyes are chiseled from their cavities, throats torn out, scalps disconnected and all manner of horrendous downfalls ensue during a wonderfully bloodthirsty middle act. The bountiful carnage is extremely well handled by Rosario Prestopino who had worked on a number of Lucio Fulci’s ventures beforehand and Argento later drafted him in to provide the key effects for his stylish 1987 work Opera. On this evidence, it is easy to see why.
Speaking of Dario, he is on producer/co-writer duties and very much involved in the festivities. It appears as though he really enjoyed working on this particular venture as his own works have never veered fully into schlock territory, whereas here he gets to replace that fine-tipped paintbrush with a fire hose brimming with deep red coulis. A number of his minions also take part, including his own daughter Fiore in a minor role. The working relationship he forges with Bava yields grand results and his passion for flamboyant coloration is again evident, adding to the overall feel of the film infinitely.
Nonsensical is definitely a term that accurately conveys the on-screen lunacy as our story progresses towards its downright implausible crescendo. Motorcycles and helicopters are introduced later on and, by this point, some may have reached for the eject button. Foolish. If you want refinement then look some place else as this has all the subtlety of a sledgehammer but that is undoubtedly what the remainder of us hanker after. We don’t concern ourselves with pragmatic behaviour or plausibility; we’re just here for the outlandish grue and Demons supplies more than the necessary amount to sate our blood lust. Believable performances are surplus to requirements but the Italians are known for their magnanimous approach to bloodletting and there is enough on offer here to fill a monastery.
Rather startlingly the BBFC approved this to pass without any cuts to the original script and I can only assume that meddlesome activist Mary Whitehouse was undertaking a hip replacement when Demons was placed in her in-tray. Had this been released three years prior then it would undoubtedly have been named and shamed but it arrived on the right side of the video nasty debacle and somehow sailed under the censor’s radars. Hoorah! The result is one of the most marvelously doolally pieces of horror cinema to bleed onto the scene during the entire eighties.
Alas, despite its huge cult following and spawning a similarly batty sequel, Demons represents the peak of Bava’s prowess with regards to horror and it all went eerily quiet afterwards. Through his own choice, his work has consisted largely of TV fodder, and it saddens my soul that he selected this alternative route. A similar thing happened to stable mate Soavi whom, after gifting us the wonderful Dellamorte Dellamore in 1994, also decided that horror wasn’t the way to go. Consequently, it has been left solely to Argento to fly the Italian flag, and we’re all left wondering what if. Regardless of his unprecedented vanishing act, I will always be indebted to him for Demons. Thanks for the memories Lamberto.
Grue Factor: 5/5
For the Grue-Guzzlers: Imagine placing a plump fowl into a pen of famished foxes and then firing the starter’s gun. Restraint is a word that bears no meaning in the case of Demons. Pound for pound this is easily one of the most bloodthirsty movies to emerge during the entire eighties cycle and features enough gushing grue and popping pustules to put those of a weaker disposition off their food for a full calendar month. The rest of us are in for a real grisly treat. Scalping, strangulation, gouging, devouring, it’s all here and in glorious Technicolor.
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EXCUSE ME, MISS, BUT YOUR PANTS ARE ON FIRE
Congratulations to David Rose of the Mail on Sunday who has finally turned the tables on the compo crooks, cantering around the estate of Jimmy Savile, waiting for the big pay-off. False claim against the Savile Estate. Big ol' oopsie - the great-niece who made up a series of whoppers about sexual abuse from her great-uncle - is being investigated by the plods for possible fraud. Her daughter has turned her in, to make it even better! Palm to face! So why, pray tell, are the rest of them not having their stories gone over with a fine-tooth comb as well? Especially that dodgy crowd from Ye Olde Approved School - Duncroft, the spawning ground of all this rubbish.
Let's revisit the first big oopsie, courtesy of the Daily Mail, and no doubt obtained at a price, from one former resident, Bebe Roberts. Bebe's interview with the Mail. I've had a go at Bebe before for her lies, but now this situation with the great-niece finally being investigated, time once more to remind everyone about Bebe, and Duncroft in the 60s. I was there, too, 1962-64 and then returning briefly in 1965. There was NO JIMMY SAVILE anywhere in sight, nor were any girls who absconded in 1964 and were up in London involved with him either. Members of a band from Newcastle perhaps. I never heard the name Jimmy Savile.
Bebe made up such a bunch of huge fibs, it boggled the minds of both myself and Sue Cameron-Blackie, who blogs under the name of Anna Raccoon. Sue was also there in 1965. Jimmy Savile lurking in the corridors? Really? Nope. The only person lurking in the corridors would be Bridie Keenan, one of the staff, who erred on the side of vigilance. Or perhaps Ruth Cole, the deputy head.
Anna Raccoon took to the keyboard and went after Miss Roberts. I had already had dealings with her on Friends Reunited and accused her of lying, whereupon she told me I was a disgrace to the love of God. She's a pretty confused woman, imo, which could be a result of other health issues she claims to have. I wouldn't know if that's true either. But despite being contacted recently by David Rose, she still says she's sticking to her story, but has not made a claim against the Savile funds. And I should think not. She's a bold-faced liar and she knows it. God would be very cross with her if she made a claim, not that He's impressed with the lies probably.
Another one of the women who actually was there in 1974 told me that Bebe was just trying to support them by lying to the press, as if that somehow made this lying okay. Pity she didn't think to contact the Mail and tell them just that. Or the authorities.
Additionally, there appears to be an issue with the birthdate of one of the claimants, which is recently commented on by someone called Karma Bites on my post, And The Oscar Goes To ... . This commenter appears to be a Duncroft insider. In fact, this claimant she refers to is the ringleader of the Duncroft claimants, who has always been closely allied to Mark Williams-Thomas and Meirion Jones, the BBC producer, nephew of Duncroft's then-headmistress Margaret Jones, who went internet trawling for other Duncroft residents who might jump on the good ship Savile, for untold riches. rewards and a nice dollop of vengeance against Duncroft, for good measure. That claimant's birthdate issue could bear some checking out balanced against when she claims she was 'molested.'
So now we have a lying claimant in the person of Jimmy's great-niece, being investigated by the police, and a lying former resident of Duncroft, who has long been hand-in-glove with the main group of claimants. How many others are there? Why is all this money being shelled out - or getting ready to be shelled out - because 14 women of a CHE nee approved school say Jimmy Savile molested them? Consider the source, all ye bold enforcers of the law. Does a leopard really change its spots?
To my observation, and it's been a close observation, they wanted to do this all along, but they knew full well that Savile would have had them laughed out of court without much effort. Dead, he couldn't defend himself. Such is the character of those that accuse him. And they deserve to be paid exactly why? Because they must be believed? What happened to verifying a few facts?
Savile - the Mail on Sunday Investigation.
Hopefully all liars will be prosecuted even if they have not claimed against the Estate. Some lies are so easy to prove!
* Consider the source, all ye bold enforcers of the law. Does a leopard really change its spots? *
There is good reason to believe that most of the litigants in the "historical abuse" cases are ex-cons of one sort or another. You will also often find they have a background of drug or alcohol abuse. Their backgrounds feed into the myth of course, because their abuse made them behave that way.
The main reason for suspicion on the issue is not that ex-cons are always liars, but rather that lawyers have actively recruited for Allegators in prisons and in their adverts "promise" that 90% of claims will never have to go to court. In other words, "make allegations and you will not even be tested"
David Rose has a background in this area of malpractice and I suspect that is a big driver for him personally. This magazine pdf is engrossing about the bigger picture
https://docs.google.com/gview?url=http://www.factuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Vol4-1-corrected-100713.pdf&chrome=true
Nice one Sally ! Thank goodness for the ex-Duncroft gals. The ones who know the truth and aren't afraid to tell it that is !
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Sunday Mar 22, 2015
Ireland take Six Nations 2015 title after dramatic day in tournament's history
Paul O’Connell and Ireland lifted the Six Nations trophy for the second year in succession as Wales and England couldn’t quite do enough to get their points difference above that of the defending champions, despite convincing victories against Italy and France respectively.
Ireland celebrated at Murrayfield shortly after Twickenham’s final whistle. Irish fans, who had stayed in the stands to watch England vs France on the stadium big screens, were treated to historic celebrations as the Ireland team took to the field to accept their trophy.
We’ll have more highlights and clips from the dramatic day soon
I haven't seen any highlights of that game yesterday. I picked the Ireland-Scotland match to watch, as I had a game to referee and had to leave home by 10:30 to get there. I'll check it out. This past week I saw an old tape of the '97 England-France match when France came back in the last quarter to score three tries and win. If yesterday's was anything like that game I want to see it.
You do have a point, and I do see it very clearly. I don't think there is a need for more 'playoff' games in the Six Nations. Perhaps the system developed is a good one after all, because it takes all the matches in consideration, not just head-to-head games where the current scenario was played out as you discuss. Here in America the want for wins is over the top, and now it is considered the 'real' season when the basketball professional playoff games start in another month. It lasts until mid-June. So then, with Ireland beating England by more than enough points, and only losing by seven to Wales, and Wales losing by a good margin to England, then Ireland seem to be the real champion when considering the three games played amongst themselves.
I enjoyed most of the matches this tournament. I thought there were many hard fought games. The underdogs seemed to play some good rugby at times, which was promising, but equally disappointing when it seemed to descend into a form of 'head up bum' syndrome later on. I think Scotland and Italy have excelled in areas they were once poor at, but Scotland especially; whilst doing some things correctly, seemed to forget all the things they were maintained being pretty good at in the past. - Naturally I saw Jim Hamilton resorting to what he is good at, giving away penalties... I thought he had overcome that aspect of his style. Onto the England game.. I personally had not endured the levels of excitement that others had with Englands playing through the tournament, they played well but they looked, not overly interesting 'yet'... however against France I thought they did extremely well. It was interesting to see them play under a huge amount of pressure and adapt. I think against Ireland they were not in the mind frame that they were capable of beating the Irish, but against the French they had it in their minds that they were going to win, it nearly back fired on them but then they stepped up and the whole thing almost looked improvised... but it was brilliant. The commentators or pundits asked Clive Woodward whether players are told before the game to calm down and not make a big deal of the game, or whether it's hyped up. He replied that he would hype the game up and put pressure on the players to see how they performed, I personally thought they performed very well! Congratulations to all the teams, I thought they all played well in certain areas and they made this 6N a far more exciting tournament than I have seen in a while!
Larry I understand your comment about Ireland losing to Wales, but then on the flipside, Wales lost to England and England got beaten badly by Ireland... so if for instance Wales had won the competition then surely the Irish fans would say "Well we beat England?" etc... The only way to overcome this would be to have a longer competition where you eventually break it down into a semi final and final... but that would get a little long and tedious and it also wouldn't really overcome the 'We beat you but you still won over all' comments.
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Congrats to Ireland on winning the Six Nations, but I think that the England vs France game was the match of the tournament. There were so many ups and downs, I didn't think I would survive the whole match without biting through my fingertips. That was a valiant effort from England and France deserve equal credit, they didn't dare sit back and accept defeat at any one stage in the game. If only more games of rugby were like this!
I question Ireland's winning the Six Nations because they lost head to head against Wales, but I don't make up the rules that are based on overall scoring of points, the aggregate. I guess that's the American in me. Our championships are based on who wins and loses, not on scoring of points when teams are tied with the same record. Ireland were clearly the better team yesterday against Scotland, who get the Wooden Spoon once again. I read 1980's halfback Roy Laidlaw's assessment of Scottish rugby on the BBC website before the match yesterday. He had some interesting things to say, and he's Scotland's scrum half's uncle. Now it's on to the World Cup. Can Ireland and Wales compete with the Southern Hemisphere teams and either come away with the Web Ellis Trophy? I hope so.
There might have been lots of tries scored yesterday, but that's because the games opened up some. There was a passage of play during yesterday's Ireland-Scotland match in which "end to end" stuff happened, more because of errors made than anything else. Knock-ons and kicks led to counterattacks. There seemed to be more inter-team passing than ball carriers just running into opposition to set up another boring 'ruck' followed by another a few yards up the pitch, to be continued on ad-naseum. So many times this season I've yelled at my computer (I've gotten the games on the net, not the TV) for players to pass the ball when they haven't. It's supposed to be rugby union, not rugby league! The only law changes I would like to see are getting rid of "truck and trailer" (legalized obstruction) and a redefining of where or when a ruck ends, as in if there's just a few players involved in a ruck, and a ball is sitting at a "rearmost" player's foot, the ball actually has to be footed beyond the foot before a scrum half or acting scrum half can pick it up and handle it, because as it is now, a scrum half can pick up the ball in that situation (isn't that really hands in the ruck?). Other than that, perhaps the "use it or lose it" has to be applied quickly, as in the ball needs to be played immediately in that situation to avoid static rucks (as it is now there's sort of a delayed command from a ref to use it, but it's only after some time has elapsed). That might lead to more counter-rucking and getting more forwards in actually fighting for the ball instead of spreading out on defense across the field, or spreading out into the backline regarding the team in possession, and then there might be more space out in mid-field. I also question some of the tactics. Is it wise to run dummies ahead of the ball? Other than the risk of obstruction if there's contact with potential tacklers, dummy runners aren't in support of ball. It's overused in my opinion.
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I went all tournament thinking 'defences are on top, the game needs to evolve to allow for more tries'. Then there were over 50 points scored in all three matches! I've all been blaming the rule makers, but it is conservative coaching philosophies that are the issue; the players have got the skills and need to be allowed to take risks by the people in charge. Hopefully this is a watershed moment for Northern Hemisphere rugby, where the importance/ease of scoring tries is realised
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Ecuador bows to New World Order Control Grid
One of the most effective forms of government control is to manage basic resources such as water and electricity supplies.
In the developed world, smart meters for water and electricity are already in place allowing government-controlled as well as private entities to regulate how much of those basic necessities people can use.
QUITO, Ecuador, Sept. 30 (UPI) — Ecuador is on track to launch the largest Smart Grid project in Latin America in a multimillion-dollar collaboration with GE Energy that sets a benchmark for electricity management in the region.
Ecuador’s Electrica de Guayaquil said it decided to invest in a brand new smart meter infrastructure to streamline reliable supply amid projected economic growth through 2012.
Households across the Latin American country should expect to see “improvements in the reliability of their electric service,” GE said.
About 25,000 meters will be installed in the country by Electrica de Guayaquil, the second phase of a complete overhaul of the country’s meters, which will eventually replace nearly 200,000 meters.
Ecuador has faced charges it squandered its oil wealth during years of mismanagement. It suspended its membership of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries when it couldn’t pay its subscription fees but returned to the group in 2007, mainly to better manage its share of the global oil market.
The investment in the electricity supply infrastructure is part of an overall streamlining of the energy sector, officials said.
“Improving Ecuador’s energy outlook is a very important factor in improving Ecuador’s economic outlook,” Electrica de Guayaquil General Manager Oscar Armijos Gonzalez-Rubio said.
“The information, network management and efficiency gains from this new meter infrastructure will help us get the most benefit from our electric grid,” he added.
GE said that as part of an overall grid modernization strategy, its meter network will enable remote connect and disconnect of customers, the collection of usage information for efficiency planning and future enhancements such as demand response control and pre-payment.
GE will deliver smart meters with advanced metering infrastructure and RF communications. Trilliant will provide the communications platform.
“EDG is becoming a Latin American leader in adopting new technologies to improve energy service,” said Roberto Vengoechea, general manager, Digital Energy Latin America.
“These smart meters give EDG the data points and capabilities to change consumers’ relationships with electricity. The enhanced network control and efficiency tools enabled by smart meters open doors to the very latest energy innovations that can increase productivity and efficiency while reducing and minimizing outages,” he said.
GE has been expanding its Latin America network, which is about 90 years old. Recently the energy giant announced a $500 million GE Global Research Center project in Rio de Janeiro.
GE operates in more than 100 countries and employs about 300,000 people worldwide.
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One Response to Ecuador bows to New World Order Control Grid
Madeleine Tector says:
Equador is probably glad it has electrticity in the first place, if they think its so grand then let them enjoy it, I just hope they dont’ try to shove it down our throats. I’m sick of these rag tag countrties being held up as innovative people because they let the Government run their lives and their utilities, maybe they are getting them for nothing , I have no idea, I only know if I want to keep my lights on all night thats my business since I pay my bills, its not up to the Government to shut off my electricity if they think I am using too much, I can see the lawsuits now as people with sick children or on diabetic drugs that need to be refiridgerated or losing a weeks worth of food because the Government thinks you have used to much electricity. Where do these people think we live? Cameroon ? This is America and they will not turn off our lights because they feel like it. Is this what the Marxist communists do to help their fellow man? I’ll bet they don’t have a smart meter, that is the way communism works, , its all for you, not them, they are above that, Al Gore would noty turn off his electric for anyone, we have to though? I dont’ think so. I don’t know about anyone else but I think I’ve had about all I can take of Globalization and communism, once again the inmates are trying to run the asylum,its not going to work.
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On the Planet of the Killer-Homosexual Frogs
Gender is considered a complex and interesting thing. Yet were something ever so simple? Juxtaposed to western languages, American Indian language is gender rich .. inclusive of many degrees of androgyny.
On the other hand, male hierarchical order (e.g. western language and culture) with few and simple gender expression, has a high degree of (largely repressed) homosexuality rooted in artificial masculine narcissism and denial (monotheism/ego) .. perpetrating a fear-based suppression of precisely one half of innate human intelligence, that is, feminine intelligence. It’s as simple as a fable blaming all of our world’s ills on a woman, apple and snake.
And when I say this, I am not speaking of the ‘symptom’ of repressed women in western civilization based cultures, but of the reality of the repressed feminine intelligence in western culture’s largely male mentality (includes women and men), where most women and men likely never gave two seconds thought to the fact all of us both masculine and feminine intelligence traits, regardless of sex, whether these traits are repressed & denied, or not.
And what of the women attracted to these western cultures’ violent, self-repressed homosexual males, women truly worthy of wearing ‘pant suits’? Terrified they might ‘discover’ they are psychologically both male & gay, were the western male mono-sexual mentality to admit sincere feminine qualities (we all have them, it is how are our brains are built) in defiance of the western culture’s monotheist model of masculinity; rather than contrast with a healthy mental androgyny (truly heterosexual psychology) where people are allowed to express natural proclivities, instead you have an angry repressed homosexual civilization that could be called:
‘planet of the killer-homosexual frogs’
The Western culture’s Catholic egoic male mono-sexual denial which only equals the Western culture’s Protestant egoic male mono-sexual denial manifest in women such as Melania ‘knav(e) of village hearts’ Trump, or Betsy ‘I love my murderous brother’s Blackwater’ De Voss (nee Prince), or Ann ‘I love my sixties mini-skirt more than jesus modesty’ Coulter.
If people were to sort out Trump is just another expression of the two faced male hierarchy’s mono-sexual ego in denial, just one more sociopath politician that cannot deliver, I hate to say extremely ‘violent shit could happen.’
Need to distract from ‘the Russians made Trump president’ CIA fantasy oozing from the ‘news’ but don’t have the balls to shout ‘the emperor has no clothes’? Raise the hair on your back and lift your leg on Kim Jong Un. Or invade Venezuela. That’s Trump’s (and a schoolyard bully’s) style.
Cleaning up Western Civilization’s mess with an eye to survival is NOT going to be a simple task. Of course, now having inferred the question of ‘where to begin’ (at Langley, Virginia), this would require breaking out of the western male mono-sexual psychology or (egoic) denial as a first step. Based on personal experience, with “the CIA and it’s allies in control of the United States and [much of] the world“, de-escalation is probably a hopeless task, recalling:
MOSSAD had no idea their subway attempt in Berlin would get one of their undercover agents in the Arab community killed, rather than myself, because the CIA was incapable to give MOSSAD good information on who I actually am, or that is to say, my level of skill and particularly for the fact they misinterpreted my sexuality.
Beyond certain failed ‘closet’ intelligence agency assassins, I somehow doubt the straightforward or openly gay men of the western world much require Viagra or we would see it pitched to them as a product more blatantly (uh-oh, where might this be going) by our sociopath sales society which will stop at nothing to grab money- including having sold you on the Russians stole the election from Hillary.
However Viagra sales should jump in the western culture’s so-called ‘heterosexual’ men when this fails. Trump could be the sales model for Viagra when the best laid plans to keep the male mono-sexual ego erect [Mitch McConnell & Paul Ryan you so deserve this too] and in charge of the male hierarchical order, falls on its’ face. This is because [the dying from western mono-sexual civilization affliction] Nature is an androgynous intelligence and so is the Nature derived Native intelligence which understands you cannot carry on this male mono-sexual hierarchical model in western civilization and survive.
The structure of the egoic male mono-sexual or, now alternately and equally stated, male-hierarchical-homosexual-civilization, that is, the misogynist western civilization is quite clear, where denial manifests most profoundly in men fearing to be beautiful and express feminine awareness for fear of being labeled gay.
Now, considering this fact, in the wake of a captured (intact, by my knit hat) poison pellet, another three agents with silenced weapons have missed and beyond this, I can count a probable three dead agents in the aftermath of additional attempted hits on myself (one self-injected with his poison needle), let us neatly conclude this essay with exam of the male hierarchical western world’s male-mono-sexual-ego with its’ expression of ‘machismo.’
The ‘Machismo Meter’
Machismo is a violent human expression or, an extreme expression of the violence of projected ego. The more ‘machismo’ you express, the further you are from the androgynous nature of beauty in human intelligence. Therefore, in the denial ruled male mono-sexual mentality of the western male hierarchy, the more ‘machismo’ you exhibit, the greater the denial of your heightened homosexual propensity: contrasted to the heterosexual orientation Native male possessed of an androgynous intelligence which does not fear to express human beauty.
If we place Kiefer Sutherland’s super-macho character ‘Jack Bauer’ in the employ of Department of Defense, MOSSAD or the CIA near the top of the ‘Machismo Meter’ and set him on the author of this essay, we begin to understand why the multiple assassination attempts have failed.
It is as simple as I dare to be beautiful in my relationships to a greater living reality as a straight orientation Native male. The closer these repressed gays come to the beauty or, better said, intelligence of my expression, by contrast, the less intelligence they manifest in their heightened machismo expression or violent denial of their male mono-sexual or cultural mentality/homosexuality.
All these CIA and MOSSAD types should relax, stop freaking out at the idea they are hard wired by nature with feminine qualities, quit driving their culture’s misogyny/denial based sales of Viagra; come out of the closet and accept their true orientation while demonstrating a real (or non-macho) courage, become beautiful and manifest exactly as the honest teens of the western world would observe: “That’s gay”
My own Native observation, translated, would go to an older English expression, that is, the Western culture is a ‘queer’ place to be:
John Brennan (L) entertains Mike Pompeo (R)
Michele Bachmann & Wild Indians
Dick Cheney’s Dog
Raphael’s Paradox
Cosmos & Consciousness
Death of a MOSSAD Agent
A Whistle-Blower’s Odyssey of Survival
Tags Ann Coulter, Betsey De Voss, Cofer Black, Donald Trump, Enrique Prado, homosexual, john brennan, Melania Trump, Mike Pompeo, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan
Categories CIA, comedy, Morons, MOSSAD, survival, transcendent warfare
Reorganizing Murder Inc
Part one of ‘How Dumb is the CIA’
According to a Washington Post article, John Brennan has set out to restructure the CIA’s longstanding model:
“At issue is a basic structure that has been in place since the agency’s inception, with employees divided by function among four major directorates. The best known are the National Clandestine Service, which sends case officers overseas on spying missions and carries out covert operations, and the Directorate of Intelligence, which employs thousands of analysts whose main job is to provide insight on global developments to President Obama and other policymakers. Others include a directorate focused on science and technology, and a fourth handles logistics for operations abroad”
The article has some disingenuous elements indicating this is a deliberate disinformation provided to the Washington Post as to the ‘why’…
“Former officials said Brennan’s interest in organizational change is driven in part by frustration with the struggle to strengthen U.S. intelligence on the crisis in Syria, which has morphed from a civil war to an incubator for terrorist groups”
…because the Syria circumstance is not a failure of intelligence but quite clearly a failure of policy.
Brennan’s goal…
“But the idea being explored by Brennan would go beyond such changes, rebuilding its sprawling bureaucracy around a model that relies on “centers” that combine analysts, operators, scientists and support staff. The agency has for years employed that approach on its most daunting assignments, including efforts to slow the spread of narcotics, illicit weapons and nuclear arms”
…is cover story, pure and simple. In fact the CIA is a major global player, not in slowing the spread of illicit weapons and narcotics, because actually the CIA is up to its neck in international narcotics and weapons trafficking. Nuclear weapons is a legitimate concern, considering it was the CIA had let a nuclear genie out of the bottle (more on that later) or, rather let’s hope not a subliminal psychological preparation of the public for a looming false-flag attack.
Now, there are some real management pros and cons, mostly cons in this proposal, unless you happen to favor the most criminalized divisions of the CIA, that is the National Clandestine Service and the Science & Technology directorates.
When the new hybridized ‘centers’ are created, there is a typical trade-off and a second, very real, Faustian trade-off. You increase security based on the ‘cellular’ principle by isolating the proposed different regional centers from each other. This can be justified from a point of counter-espionage, if one center is penetrated, the other centers are isolated from the penetration. The typical trade-off is, shared expertise and genius is isolated from one center to the next and overall quality is consequently eroded. Let’s say John, in the Eastern Europe department, has a nagging feeling about the information he’s developing and he can’t walk down the hall to ask Jane in the South Asia department to look for some anomaly he is missing and the result is, John is sucked into a false-flag information operation that Jane would have spotted. Another problem can be separate cells at cross purposes, unknowingly getting in each others way, where the various proposed regions will inevitably overlap in a globalized world. This almost certainly will require another layer of bureaucracy, resulting in increased inefficiency from a practical standpoint and less efficient oversight in an ever growing, already gargantuan, intelligence apparatus.
The Faustian trade-off is, the proposed ‘cellularizing’ increases the security of any criminal elements operating within the CIA (there are plenty of those) and enhances the criminal elements operational capabilities.
Where in the existing model, any dubious requests that might raise red flags within the agency, for instance a clandestine operations directorate (hypothetical) request for a nuclear ‘trigger’ mechanism from the science and technology directorate, any such request would have a much better chance of going unnoticed in the proposed cellularized regional model.
At the more mundane level of criminal narcotics trafficking, gun-running, and kidnap, torture & murder programs we already know go on, breaking the directorates down into regional cells makes a lot of sense and here is why:
Within each region, there will be ‘teams’ where operations are underway. These teams will be sub-cells of regional cells. Now, when you can assign mad scientist ‘Dexter’ to a team that includes intelligence analyst ‘Ray’, gun-running, narcotics trafficking & renditions pilot ‘Joseph’, and kidnap coordinator ‘Sabrina’, you’ve created a mini CIA within the CIA, with all the bases covered; science & technology, intelligence, logistics and operatives. Give opportunity to cook these ideas up to personalities like Michael Hayden, Stephen Kappes and Michael Morrell (according to the Washington Post article)…
“In addition to Hayden, the [planning] group has met with other former high-ranking CIA officials including former acting director Michael Morell and former deputy director Stephen Kappes. Both declined requests for comment”
…and you have a reorganized dream scenario for Murder Incorporated, with new horizons and associated opportunities to run amok. Just what we do NOT need to hand over to America’s professional psychopath killers. Here’s a bit of preceding history:
The CIA, by its own officials admissions and subsequently uncovered documents and exposed acts, set out on a road of torture and murder with ‘disappearing’ people. Nearly all of the information pitched to the public by media, both mainstream and alternative media, has been limited to renditions to torture but that is only one half, or perhaps less, of what has actually gone on with CIA sanctioned renditions. Let’s have a look at the rest of the story, assassinations (other than by drone) and renditions with the intent to kill and ‘disappear’ the targeted persons.
We begin with noting the investigation in Britain of the CIA’s rendition of Binyam Mohamed, which turned up a MI6 manual instruction to British intelligence officers not to become involved with any CIA rendition where the objective was to kill the target. In the MI6 manual chapter produced for the British court, it is clear the manual instruction’s overall context is intended to keep the British officers clean of and British jurisdiction clear of (and by extension, Her Majesty’s government) certain specified crimes in relation to CIA actions in violation of international law:
“Is it clear that detention, rather than killing, is the objective of the operation?”
It would appear the British are not squeamish about cooperating with CIA in relation to deliveries to torture, rather they are of the ‘if we didn’t see it, it didn’t happen’ philosophy. Where it appears they had drawn a line is in relation to ‘disappearing’ people to die. This inference can be drawn following the preceding MI6 manual language, because everything else in the chapter produced from the MI6 manual for the court is about what the officers would be required to report under British obligations to humanitarian law, if observed; all known CIA renditions practices such as hooding, beating and ‘torture’ (read water-boarding) in relation to any agencies MI6 works in ‘liaison’ with (read CIA.)
With the MI6 manual providing the first hard documentary evidence from allied intelligence there is a concern over renditions to ‘disappear’ people, specifying killing in context of working with the Americans, it follows the Americans involved with renditions should be given a strict scrutiny in regards not only to torture, this is already well documented, but renditions as interim step to targeted killings or ‘disappearing’ kidnapped people.
Who is Cofer Black?
Cofer Black was in charge of the CIA’s Counter-Terrorism Center immediately preceding and for a year or so, post 9/11. The Counter-Terrorism Center or ‘CTC’, established during Reagan’s tenure, is an interesting entity, in that it is more or less the model Brennan wishes to emulate in his reorganizing the CIA. The CTC is also interesting because it was the vehicle utilized to organize the CIA’s renditions program and set up ‘black site’ jails (under Cofer Black.) Cofer Black is interesting because when he left the CIA’s CTC in 2002, he subsequently headed the Office of Counter-Terorism at the Department of State. This office at State would clearly be an overlapping extension of the CIA’s CTC, recalling the Department of State and the CIA are Siamese twins. This is particularly interesting in relation to then National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice’s fingerprints all over the 2003 Abu Omar rendition for which 26 CIA operatives were charged with crimes in Italy. Italian defendant Nicolò Pollari, head of Italian military intelligence at the time of Abu Omar’s rendition, had attempted to get Rice’s testimony, maintaining she was in charge of the renditions program. Prima facie, it would appear from 2001 through 2004, Cofer Black and Condoleezza Rice were partnered at the apex of the renditions program.
Portrait of a killer (Cofer Black)
Who is Cofer Black? A thumbnail sketch:
Born 1950, Stamford, CT
High school at Canterbury prep school, college at University of Southern California
Master’s of International Relations, USC, 1974.
Joined CIA clandestine service in 1974, served 6 foreign tours, mostly in Africa.
CIA station chief in Khartoum, Sudan, 1993-94, when bin Laden was there.
Director of CIA’s Counter-terrorism Center (CTC), 1999-2001
After 9/11, “led the hunt” for Osama bin Laden, including at Tora Bora.
State Department ambassador-at-large for Counterterrorism, 2002-04
Vice-chairman, Blackwater USA, 2005-2008
Principal, 2006-present, of the Prince Group’s Total Intelligence Solutions, a Blackwater spin-off providing services to “bring CIA-style intelligence services to Fortune 500” companies.
Advised Romney presidential campaign on national security issues.
Following on taking undue credit for capturing Carlos the Jackel, after French intelligence had tracked the terrorist down, Cofer Black let Bin Laden get away TWICE, and, when heading the CIA’s Counter-Terrorism Center, Black was a party to refusing information sharing with the FBI on the al-Qaida cell the USA alleges is responsible for 9/11.
Cofer Black moved on to Blackwater following his renditions career in concert with with Condoleezza Rice. In the preceding year (2004) Blackwater had become an extension of the CIA with outsourced contracts for extra-judicial assassinations placed under the direction of Enrique Prado, a known narcotics cartel contract killer. There is no way Rice, and particularly Cofer Black, could convincingly deny they did not know this. The CIA murder contract with Blackwater continued until 2009, or four years of Cofer Black’s career with Blackwater through 2008 (+1 year.) The program was reported cancelled in 2009 when Leon Panetta freaked out and got cold feet on discovering the program existed (with past instructions from Dick Cheney Congress was not to be informed.) This was followed by a litany of CIA denials the program was ever more than a ‘power-point’ presentation. This despite at least two former special forces employees of Blackwater insisting the program was operational, one of them an admitted ‘trigger-man.’
A footnote on Cofer Black’s previous clandestine CIA career focused in Africa would be, his personal interest in operational support for the racist regimes in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and South Africa, when combating Black liberation movements, i.e. CIA ‘dirty war’ efforts in Africa.
Who is Steve Kappes?
With Cofer Black moved over to private sector contract killing for CIA, we move on to Steven Kappes’ leadership and a bit wider view of just what sort of personalities constitute the renditions to murders for CIA.
Suddenly we have a third director of renditions in what seems to be a case of ‘too many chefs spoil the broth’ during the period of 2001 through 2004. If Cofer Black engineered the rapidly expanded renditions program for Bush, Cheney & Co, (noting CIA renditions had pre-existed these morons coming to power), and Condoleezza took a hands on interest in oversight (related to targeting), Stephen Kappes, as director of operations gets the ‘whipping boy’ position of responsible for ordering specific renditions to proceed. Except in the case of rendition to murder operations that can be laid at the door of the White House, no one will ever be punished.
In a New York Times article, reporter Mark Mazzetti gets on his knees to perform political fellatio on the man who made what has to be the biggest CIA screw-up in history, yes, even outdoing Cofer Black standing back and allowing 9/11 to proceed (something that will never be explained ‘officially’.) But first, let’s look at what Stephen Kappes is capable of doing competently:
Kappes great coup of history was to convince Gaddafi Libya could give up its nuclear program, and save face for the USA by taking responsibility for what almost certainly had been George H.W. Bush’s CIA false-flag downing of the airline over Lockerbie the FBI clearly framed Libya for, in return for ‘normalization’ of relations and we’d be off Gaddafi’s back, for ‘awhile’ (the fine print Gaddafi did not read.) Gaddafi accepts renditions prisoners from the CIA, as proof of fealty, and is allowed into the ‘club’ and can pitch his tent on the lawn at Élysée palace:
^ Gaddafi’s globe-trotting tent
Ok, so any conniving 12 year old could accomplish the same .. ‘Give me $1,500 and your Get Out Of Jail Free card and I’ll hand over Pennsylvania Avenue and let you land on Park Place rent free for the next three throws of the (in this case, loaded) dice. What Gaddafi failed to realize is, how dumb it would be to make any deal with the very same people who’d blown up the plane over Lockerbie and pinned the blame on him.
Before we go into why Stephen Kappes very seriously, for personal reasons, needed to get Gaddafi to give up Libya’s nuclear program, let’s have a quick look at the ONE professional experience where he was actually good at what he did; essentially a ‘drum major’
“Mr. Kappes, a Cincinnati native, joined the C.I.A. in 1981 after five years in the Marine Corps, where he once commanded a platoon of the Marines’ legendary “silent drill team” in Washington that performs a tightly scripted rifle ceremony before thousands of spectators each year”
^ Kappes taste for pornography
Stephen Kappes world class screw-up, out-doing the CIA’s professed ‘non-role’ in preventing the 9/11 attacks (yes, even out-doing Cofer Black’s refusing information to the FBI on the very cell the USA alleges is responsible for the attacks, prior to 9/11)…
“Kappes, who had known about Dr. Khan’s [atomic bomb] black market machinations, nevertheless did nothing to stop him”
…was to run a nuclear proliferation ‘sting’ operation that saw viable bomb designs (blueprints) get into the hands of not only the Libyans, but also Iran, North Korea and incredibly, into the hands of unknown amounts of persons yet unknown:
“Among the files confiscated from the Tinners, Collins and Frantz say, were elements of a Chinese design for a nuclear weapon that had been scanned and could therefore have been copied and disseminated around the world.
“Investigators from the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) also identified possible elements of designs for two other more sophisticated Pakistani nuclear weapons among the materials they were allowed to see.
“In addition to the discovery of more than 300 schematics for two types of Pakistani atomic weapons in the Tinners’ possession, hard drives belonging to the family were found in Thailand, Malaysia and South Africa, showing that classified information useful in making bombs had traveled the globe”
The CIA solution to Kappes’ botched sting operation?
“A Swiss investigator who worked on the Khan case was quoted by the authors as saying that Washington had wanted the evidence collected in raids on the Tinners’ home and offices, including computer files, hard drives, disks and documents, to be destroyed in order to “hide their own stupidity””
Well, it should come as no surprise, the preceding would be the outcome of putting a Marine Corps ‘drum major’ in charge of the CIA’s clandestine operations division. It follows, it can hardly come as a surprise at how stupidly the renditions program had been pursued:
^ Portrait of a killer (Stephen Kappes)
One more Stephen Kappes screw-up and we’ll move on:
“In 1988–89, when Kappes was deputy chief of Frankfurt station, he was responsible for penetrating Iran’s virulently anti-US theocracy and its nascent nuclear program. By 1989, “virtually the entire US intelligence apparatus in Iran had been detected and successfully disrupted by the Iranians,” according to a little-noticed account corroborated in general terms by former US officials and other sources.
“This may be exaggerated, but there was little denying the scale of the CIA’s humiliation,” Mahan Abedin, director of research at the London-based Centre for the Study of Terrorism, was quoted as saying in 2007…”
By 2004, when it was becoming clear the Milan operation (Abu Omar rendition) had been a complete fiasco, the dinosaurs in the Oval Office realized Murder Incorporated needed brought into line with more efficient model, getting caught was not an attractive option. Out goes George Tenent and enters Porter Goss as Director of CIA, and with that change, we say bye-bye to Stephen Kappes (for the moment) and hello to Jose Rodriquez of Latin America’s ‘dirty wars’ fame.
Porter Goss is a former CIA Latin America operative turned politician. Prior to this we’d had ‘old world’ operatives running operations, people whose so-called ‘expertise’ was in Africa, the Middle & Near East and South Asia. Now the world will get the filthy end of the stick from the Latin America division, the people most experienced with pursuing ‘dirty wars.’ This change didn’t make the CIA any smarter, only meaner. These are people who enjoy torturing people. And then killing them. And then making the bodies vanish. Except when LOTS of bodies are left out in public view as a ‘message.’
In today’s clandestine world of CIA operations where the ‘world is a battlefield’, there are probably more operatives using military for cover, than the rest of the clandestine officers combined, surpassing the Department of State as most often used cover in previous times. That’s how you get pilots, muscle & security (snatch operation body guards) in abundance; personnel that are familiar with weapons and training necessary to a perform ‘break-out’ (worst case scenario in any operation gone wrong) for money with double career, double retirement (with full pension after 20 years), double identity, double passport and double social security numbers, walking around in civilian clothes on the job and in the military when convenient. Not a bad deal for blue collar killers.
When Goss brought the Latin America division into leadership of the renditions program with a pass from Bush to do ‘whatever it takes’ (only Bush didn’t want to know whatever it took), disappearances renditions went on steroids, with 11,000 (eleven thousand) known flights by renditions related aircraft turned up as of 2013. Put this number up against the ‘less than 100’ prisoners held in ‘black sites’ according to former CIA Director Michael Hayden (together with the CIA edited Wikipedia claiming there were only 1,500 renditions flights, and you can see there is problem) to get a sense of how many people have been ‘disappeared.’ If more than 1/2 the identified 11,000 flights by KNOWN renditions aircraft were empty for one reason or another, it still remains feasible thousands of people have vanished. The CIA doesn’t fly planes as a hobby. If some of those flights carried multiple kidnap victims, the numbers might be higher. Recently the British destroyed nearly all records of cooperating with CIA renditions, including flights into the USA leased base at Diego Garcia where it has been reported ‘ghost’ prisoners have been held. Now, the CIA is seeking to destroy all internal emails of clandestine services officers during the decade of heavy renditions or 2001-2011. Small wonder the CIA’s nickname is Murder Incorporated (‘Corporate America’ to insiders.)
To wrap up a long article that could go on (and perhaps will go on with a second installment) .. After Porter Goss brought the Latin America division maggots into the ‘war on terror’ renditions scene, Jose Rodriguez was eventually forced out over destroying evidence, most notably the ‘water-boarding’ tapes sought by Congress. Meanwhile, Stephen Kappes had been welcomed back to the CIA as a hero (proving no stupidity is too great for the CIA) and later went on to run the agency (at the insistence of Diane Feinstein) for Leon Panetta who’d no experience at all.
David Petraeus’ CIA ‘dirty wars’ mentor, Colonel James Steele, was a major maggot brought out of retirement and tortured & murdered too many people to count, in Iraq. And it all just goes on … now with Obama’s darling John Brennan, consulting with exemplary morons such as Kappes, set to reorganize the agency in such a way as to further empower these sort of pimps & prostitutes for Satan-
Dedicated to those low-lifes identified as complicit:
Names of criminally charged renditions operatives for the USA in the Italy case: Robert Seldon Lady, Sabrina DeSousa, Jeff Castelli, George Purvis, Thomas James Sullivan (CIA alias James Thomas Harbison), Robert Davenport (CIA alias James Robert Kirkland & James Kirk Bird), Monica Courtney Adler (CIA alias Maria Luana Baetz), Gregory Asherleigh, Raymond Harbaugh, Ben Amar Harty, Pilar Maria Rueda, Joseph Sofin, Lorenzo Gabriel Carrera, Drew Carlyle Channing, Vincent Faldo, Cynthia Dame Logan, Michalis Vasiliou, Eliana Isabella Castaldo, Victor Castellano, John Kevin Duffin, John Thomas Gurley, Brenda Liliana Ibanez, Anne Linda Jenkins, Ralph Henry Russomando and Lt Col Joseph Romano (U.S. Air Force, noting military is a frequent CIA cover, promoted to colonel after the rendition)
Warrants for questioning or arrest in Spain & Germany: James Fairing, Jason Franklin, Michael Grady, Lyle Edgar Lumsen III, Eric Matthew Fain, Charles Goldman Bryson, Robert Davenport (CIA alias James Robert Kirkland & James Kirk Bird), Walter Richard Greensbore, Patricia O’Riley, Jane Payne, James O’Hale, John Richard Deckard, Héctor Lorenzo and Monica Courtney Adler (CIA alias Maria Luana Baetz)
How Dumb is the CIA (all episodes)
Square Pegs in Round Holes The ‘renditions’ math doesn’t add up
“We Tortured Some Folks”
A Sociopaths & Democracy Project
Tags CIA, Cofer Black, Condoleezza Rice, CTC, john brennan, Murder Incorporated, reorganization, Stephen Kappes
Categories assassinations, CIA, counter intelligence, crime, false flag, narcotics trafficking, politics, social responsibility, transcendent warfare, treason, war crimes
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The Twenty-first Century African American Novel and the Critique of Whiteness in Everyday Life
Blackness as Strategy for Social Change
E. Lâle Demirtürk
This book examines the post-9/11 African American novels, developing a new critical discourse on everyday discursive practices of whiteness. The critique of everyday life in the racial context of post-9/11 American society is important in considering diverse forms of the lived experiences and subjectivities of black people in the novels. They help us see that African American representations of the city have political significance in that the “neo-urban novel” explores the possibility of a black dialogic communication to build a transformative social change. Since the real power of Whiteness lies in its discursive power, the book reveals the urgency to understand not only how whiteness works in everyday life in American society. But it also explores how to cultivate new possibilities of configuring and performing Blackness differently, as a response to the post-9/11 configurations of the culture of fear, to produce new ways of interactional social relations that can eventually open up the space of critical awareness for white people to work against rather than reinforce discursive practices of White supremacy in everyday life.
This book explores how the multiple subjectivities and transformative acts of blackness can offer ways of subverting the discursive power of the white embodied practices. What defines post-9/11 America as a nation that is consumed by the fear of racialized terrorists is its roots in the fear of (‘uncontrollable’) Blackness as excess and ominous threat in the domestic terrain through which the ideology of White supremacy has constructed for governing through Whiteness. African-American urban novels published in the twenty-first century respond to the discursive power of normative Whiteness that regulates black bodies, selves and lives. This book demonstrates how black people contest white dominant social spaces as sites of black criminality and exclusion in an attempt to re-signify them as the sites of black transformative change through personal and grassroots activism through their performativity of Blackness as an agential identity formation in their interpersonal urban social encounters with white people. Hence, the vulnerable spaces of Whiteness in interracial urban encounters, as it pervasively addresses those moments of transformative change, enacted by Black characters, in the face of the discursive practices of whiteness in the everyday life. These novels celebrate multifarious representations of black individuals, who are capable of using their agency to subvert White discursive power, in finding ways in their personal and grassroots activism to transform the culture of fear that locates Blackness as such in an attempt to make a difference in the American society at large.
Pages: 314 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9¼
978-1-4985-3482-6 • Hardback • May 2016 • $110.00 • (£75.00)
978-1-4985-3484-0 • Paperback • September 2017 • $48.99 • (£32.95)
978-1-4985-3483-3 • eBook • May 2016 • $46.50 • (£31.95)
Subjects: Literary Criticism / American / African American, Social Science / Minority Studies, Literary Criticism / Modern / 21st Century
E. Lâle Demirtürk is professor of American literature in the Department of American Culture and Literature at Bilkent University.
Introduction - The 21st Century and the Invention of “Post-Racial(ized)” Blackness: Discrepant Engagements in the African American “Neo-Urban” Novel
Chapter One - The Contemporary African American Novel as Strategic Intervention in Post-9/11: Re-inscriptions of Emmett Till by Olympia Vernon, Daniel Black and Bernice L. McFadden
Chapter Two - The “Politics of Small Things” as Transformative Change: Living “Thought in Action” in Walter Mosley’s The Right Mistake
Chapter Three - Hybrid Spatialities in ‘Gentrified’ Discursive Terrain: Undoing the Walls of Whitely Modes of Being in Nathan McCall’s Them
Chapter Four - Navigating Interiority in the Interstices of ‘Black(Police)Man’ as Resistance: Transformative Politics of Mourning in Marita Golden’s After
Chapter Five - (Dis)Articulations of Racial Scripts in the Black Performative: Savage Junctures of (Neo)Colonial Whiteness inWalter Mosley’s The Man in my Basement
Afterword - Transgressive Performativity of Blackness as Blueprint for Change: Deconstructing the Everyday Whiteness of Postraciality
Written within the historical context of 9/11 and the subsequent Iraq war and the war-on-terror, Obama and the post-racial society, the killing of young unarmed black males, and the re-emergence of the ideology of Whiteness, E. Lâle Demirtürk’s The Twenty-First Century African American Novel and the Critique of Whiteness in Everyday Life examines seven novels by African Americans published after 2000. These individual analyses/readings are first-rate. Effectively using Critical Whiteness studies and other current social and literary theories, Professor Demirtürk locates and reads meaning in the cracks, seams, margins and the unconscious of these texts, thereby breathing new and innovative life into them.
— W. Lawrence Hogue, University of Houston, author of "Postmodernism, Traditional Cultural Forms, and African American Narratives"
In this new book that creates a fissure at the ontological core of whiteness and underscores the humanity and agency of Black people, E. Lâle Demirtürk engages a critical literary corpus by African American novelists who not only understand the urgency that Black lives matter, but who also bear witness to the complexity of everyday Black ontology that dares to lay claim to its own self-understanding in the face of insidious operations of whiteness. Demirtürk's text underscores the interiority of Black existence as a testimonial ground for laying claim to Black agency, the risks of Black vulnerability, and the gifts of Black epistemology. In doing so, she renders visible the fragility of whiteness. For those who refuse the seductions of a 'post-racial' America, which is contested by the literary Black counter-gaze, Demirtürk's new text is a must read.
— George Yancy, professor of philosophy, Emory University
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Continuous Improvement Connections
Continuous Improvement Data Source: School Climate Data
A safe and supportive school climate is an important factor for improving academic, behavioral, and mental health outcomes for students (Thapa, 2013). The climate of a school is considered safe and supportive when members of the school community feel socially, emotionally, and physically safe, when they feel respected and can contribute to how the school operates, and when school staff model and nurture an attitude that learning is beneficial and satisfying. States and school districts have increasingly been using school climate data to understand and support the context for learning (Cohen, 2009). Some districts use school climate surveys to measure various aspects of a schools academic and social environment, including (Thapa, 2013):
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When measuring school climate, CASEL strongly advocates for the use of scientifically developed school climate surveys that have established reliability and validity. The National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE). NCSSLE has developed a School Climate Survey Compendium to assist educators and education agencies in identifying student, staff, and family measures that have been tested for validity and reliability.
Results of a climate survey can help establish aims for continuous improvement. These data sources can help the SEL team think about strategies for promoting a safe and supportive learning climate.
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Continuous Improvement Connection: School Climate
This tool shows how the continuous improvement template can be used to create a plan for improving relationships among teachers at different grade levels as part of Focus Area 3.
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Evolutionary history and adaptation of a human pygmy population of Flores Island, Indonesia
Serena Tucci1,2,3,
Samuel H. Vohr4,
Rajiv C. McCoy1,2,
Benjamin Vernot5,
Matthew R. Robinson6,7,
Chiara Barbieri8,9,
Brad J. Nelson10,
Wenqing Fu10,
Gludhug A. Purnomo11,
Herawati Sudoyo11,12,
Evan E. Eichler10,13,
Guido Barbujani3,
Peter M. Visscher14,15,
Joshua M. Akey1,2,*,
Richard E. Green4,*
1Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
2Lewis-Sigler Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
3Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnologies, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
4Department of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
5Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
6Department of Computational Biology, Génopode, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
7Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Génopode, Quatier Sorge, Lausanne, Switzerland.
8Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany.
9Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
10Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
11Genome Diversity and Diseases Laboratory, Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jakarta, Indonesia.
12Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
13Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
14Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
15Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
↵*Corresponding author. Email: ed{at}soe.ucsc.edu (R.E.G.); jakey{at}princeton.edu (J.M.A.)
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DOI: 10.1126/science.aar8486
Serena Tucci
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.Lewis-Sigler Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnologies, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
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Samuel H. Vohr
Department of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
Rajiv C. McCoy
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.Lewis-Sigler Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
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Benjamin Vernot
Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
Matthew R. Robinson
Department of Computational Biology, Génopode, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Génopode, Quatier Sorge, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Chiara Barbieri
Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany.Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
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Brad J. Nelson
Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Wenqing Fu
Gludhug A. Purnomo
Genome Diversity and Diseases Laboratory, Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Herawati Sudoyo
Genome Diversity and Diseases Laboratory, Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jakarta, Indonesia.Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Evan E. Eichler
Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Guido Barbujani
Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnologies, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Peter M. Visscher
Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Joshua M. Akey
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For correspondence: ed@soe.ucsc.edu jakey@princeton.edu
Richard E. Green
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The genetics of human short stature
Flores Island in Indonesia has a long history of hominin occupation, including by the extinct Homo floresiensis and a more recent settlement by modern humans. Furthermore, Flores has an extant population of pygmy humans, and H. floresiensis exhibited a diminutive adult size relative to other hominins. Tucci et al. examined genetic variation among 32 individuals, including 10 sequenced genomes, from a population of pygmies living close to the cave where H. floresiensis remains were discovered. These individuals exhibit signatures of polygenic selection explaining the short stature and have genomic content from both Neanderthals and Denisovans, but no additional archaic lineages. Thus, restricted height is under selection at this location and has evolved independently at least twice in hominins.
Flores Island, Indonesia, was inhabited by the small-bodied hominin species Homo floresiensis, which has an unknown evolutionary relationship to modern humans. This island is also home to an extant human pygmy population. Here we describe genome-scale single-nucleotide polymorphism data and whole-genome sequences from a contemporary human pygmy population living on Flores near the cave where H. floresiensis was found. The genomes of Flores pygmies reveal a complex history of admixture with Denisovans and Neanderthals but no evidence for gene flow with other archaic hominins. Modern individuals bear the signatures of recent positive selection encompassing the FADS (fatty acid desaturase) gene cluster, likely related to diet, and polygenic selection acting on standing variation that contributed to their short-stature phenotype. Thus, multiple independent instances of hominin insular dwarfism occurred on Flores.
Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) represents a key region for the study of hominin evolution and interaction. Several extinct hominin groups populated this region, and current inhabitants harbor both Neanderthal and Denisovan ancestry in their genomes. Fossil evidence indicates the presence of Homo erectus on Java from ~1.7 million years (Ma) ago to somewhere between 53 and 27 thousand years (ka) ago (1, 2), Homo floresiensis on Flores from 100 to 60 ka ago (3–5), and modern humans in Sulawesi by 40 ka ago (6). Furthermore, the highest Denisovan ancestry is found in this region, in people living east of Wallace’s Line (7), a stark faunal boundary representing the ancient and persistent deep-water separation of the Sunda and Sahul lands. Much of the genetic ancestry of modern ISEA groups derives from the Austronesian expansion, a demographic event that carried genes from mainland Asia 4 to 3 ka ago (8). However, it remains unclear how selection and admixture with archaic hominins in some remote island groups may be related to this expansion and contemporary populations in this region.
The history of hominin presence on Flores Island is particularly enigmatic. Found 400 km east of Wallace’s Line, Flores is home to skeletal remains of the diminutive species H. floresiensis (estimated height of ~106 cm) (3, 4), which inhabited this biogeographical setting from ~0.7 Ma ago until 60 ka ago (5, 9). Archaeological evidence indicates hominin presence on Flores by 1 Ma ago (10). More recent remains of short-statured humans have also been found at cave sites on the island (11). Current Flores inhabitants include a pygmy population living in the village of Rampasasa (12), near the Liang Bua cave where H. floresiensis fossils were discovered (3).
We collected DNA samples from 32 adult individuals from Rampasasa (average height of 145 cm) (Fig. 1A and table S1) (13) and generated genotype data for ~2.5 million single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (fig. S1). On the basis of family relationships and ancestry inferred from SNP data (table S2 and figs. S2 and S3), we selected 10 individuals for whole-genome sequencing (median depth of 37.8x; genotype concordance >99.8%) (table S3). The sequenced individuals include a trio to facilitate haplotype inference (13), but only nine unrelated individuals were considered for downstream analyses.
Fig. 1 Sampling location and genomic variation of the Flores pygmies.
(A) Location of Flores pygmy village and populations integrated into the analysis. The inset shows a subset of 85 populations from East Asia (EA), ISEA, and Oceania used for the PCA. The Rampasasa village (red square) is close to the Liang Bua cave, where H. floresiensis fossils were excavated. (B) PCA performed on 85 populations (13). (C) ADMIXTURE results for K = 6 clusters are shown for 96 worldwide populations (13).
To infer population relationships, we integrated our sequencing data with SNP array data from 2507 individuals spanning 225 worldwide populations, as well as sequencing data from Melanesia (13). A principal component analysis (PCA) places the Flores population in close proximity to a cluster of East Asian and ISEA samples, with a notable affinity toward Oceanic populations (Fig. 1B and table S4). Population structure inferred by ADMIXTURE shows that most of the ancestry in the Flores pygmies can be explained by an East Asian–related component and by a smaller New Guinean–related component, shared with Oceanic populations (Fig. 1C and fig. S4). The New Guinean component accounts for 23.2% of Flores ancestry (z-score > 85) (fig. S5) (13).
These results, along with multiple sequential Markovian coalescent inferences of effective population size and divergence times, analyses of inbreeding, and mitochondrial DNA and Y chromosome variation, indicate that the Flores pygmies likely trace their ancestry back to the ancestors of Near Oceanic populations and experienced a recent admixture event with populations of East Asian ancestry (figs. S6 to S11 and tables S4 and S5) (13).
We used a PCA projection method to describe the relationship between the Flores pygmies and archaic hominins (13). Flores individuals exhibit affinity to both Neanderthals and Denisovans, suggesting that they harbor ancestry from both archaic hominins (Fig. 2A). Using F4 ratio statistics, we estimated that the Flores pygmies harbor, on average, 0.8% Denisovan ancestry (z-score > 4) (13), which is higher than the amount for other ISEA populations but lower than that for Oceanic populations. Consistent with previous observations (7), the amount of inferred Denisovan ancestry is positively correlated with proportion of New Guinean ancestry (Pearson’s correlation = 0.97, P < 10−16) (fig. S12) (13).
Fig. 2 Archaic hominin ancestry in the Flores pygmies.
(A) PCA to investigate genetic similarities of present-day humans and archaic hominins. Mean values for the top two principal components were plotted for each population. (B) Amounts of total archaic introgressed sequences in 9 Flores pygmies, 27 Melanesians, 103 East Asians, and 91 Europeans. The inset shows amounts of Neanderthal, Denisovan, and ambiguous sequences in Flores and Melanesian individuals. (C) The Denisovan D duplication is present only in Denisovan, Oceanic, and Flores individuals. A panel of worldwide populations is shown, along with the Denisovan and Neanderthal genomes (13). A copy number greater than two (four and three for light and dark blue, respectively) in region D (far right) indicates presence of the duplication.
We identified regions inherited from archaic hominins by applying the S* statistical framework (fig. S13) (13) to 9 Flores, 27 Melanesian, 103 East Asian, and 91 European genomes. On average, we retrieved 53.5 Mb of significant S* sequence in the Flores sample (false discovery rate ≤ 5%) (Fig. 2B). Of this, 47.5 and 4.2 Mb were assigned with high confidence to the Neanderthal and Denisovan groups, respectively, whereas 1.8 Mb were classified as “ambiguous” (for which Neanderthal or Denisovan status cannot be confidently distinguished) (Fig. 2B, inset, and fig. S14). The average amount of Neanderthal sequence per individual (47.5 Mb) among Flores pygmies is intermediate between that among East Asians (54.5 Mb) and Melanesians (40.2 Mb), whereas the average amount of Denisovan sequence was less than that identified in Melanesians (32 Mb) (fig. S14). These data suggest that the source of Denisovan ancestry was localized east of Wallace’s Line and that such ancestry was diluted in Flores by subsequent admixture with Asian populations carrying less (or no) Denisovan ancestry (14).
The S* statistic does not require information from an archaic reference genome and thus can potentially identify sequences from unknown hominin lineages. We searched for signatures of admixture with an unknown archaic hominin source by analyzing significant S* sequences that did not match the Neanderthal or Denisovan genomes (hereafter called “unknown” sequences) (fig. S14). We found no evidence that unknown sequences in Flores are enriched for older or more divergent lineages (figs. S15 and S16) (13), as would be expected if they contained lineages inherited from a more deeply divergent hominin group, such as H. floresiensis or H. erectus. Although it is difficult to exclude very low levels of admixture from such groups given current methodological limitations, our data are inconsistent with substantial levels of ancestry from a deeply divergent hominin lineage.
We analyzed copy number variation (CNV) in the Flores pygmies, along with a panel of diverse modern and archaic human genomes (figs. S17 to S24 and tables S6 and S7) (13). We found 1865 biallelic CNVs in Flores individuals, as well as a common [allele frequency (AF) = 50%], large segmental duplication block (>220 kilo–base pairs; chromosome 16p12.2) that to date has been observed only in Denisovan and Oceanic individuals (AF = 82.6%) (Fig. 2C and fig. S18). Previous work suggests this duplication introgressed from Denisovans into the ancestors of present-day populations in Oceania ~40 ka ago (15).
To test hypotheses of recent adaptation, we used the population branch statistic (PBS) to scan for alleles exhibiting strong population-specific structure (13). We identified 2 genomic windows in the top 0.001 percentile (PBS > 1.04) and 10 additional windows in the top 0.01 percentile (PBS > 0.78) of mean genome-wide PBS scores (fig. S25 and table S8). One of the top two regions encompasses the human leukocyte antigen gene complex, a well-known substrate of diversifying selection with a critical role in adaptive immunity (13). The strongest PBS signal, however, extends over a ~74-kb region of chromosome 11 that includes FADS1 and FADS2 (Fig. 3A). These genes encode fatty acid desaturase (FADS) enzymes that catalyze synthesis of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) from plant-based medium chain (MC)–PUFA precursors. Notably, the Flores sample is nearly fixed for an ancestral haplotype (tagged by the C allele of SNP rs174547) in a pattern consistent with a recent selective sweep. In the larger Omni2.5-genotyped sample (n = 21 unrelated individuals), we confirmed a 95% frequency of the ancestral (C) allele of rs174547. Other Southeast Asian populations also carry high frequencies of the ancestral allele (Fig. 3B, inset), consistent with positive selection in their common ancestor, with drift and additional selection in ISEA populations subsequent to their divergence (13).
Fig. 3 Population genetic and functional signatures at the FADS locus.
(A) LocusZoom local Manhattan plot showing individual SNP PBS values spanning the FADS locus. Haplotype-defining SNP rs174547 is shown in dark gray, whereas other SNPs are colored according to pairwise linkage disequilibrium with rs174547 (from East Asian populations from the 1000 Genomes Project). (B) Geography of Genetic Variants map at rs174547. Data from Flores (n = 18 haplotypes), Melanesian (n = 54 haplotypes), and the Greenlandic Inuit (n = 4 haplotypes) populations are overlaid on populations from the 1000 Genomes Project. SNP array data from the Human Origin Dataset are shown in the inset. (C) Multitissue eQTL data from the GTEx (Genotype-Tissue Expression) Project, depicting associations between FADS1 and FADS2 expression and the rs174547 genotype. Effect size is displayed on the x axis and by color, whereas significance is indicated by point sizes.
Supporting functional differences, previous data demonstrate that SNPs defining this haplotype are strongly associated with circulating levels of fatty acids (16) (table S9) and a wide variety of blood phenotypes (17) (table S10). Furthermore, these variants are known expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) of both FADS1 and FADS2 (13, 18, 19). Specifically, the selected (C) allele of rs174547 is associated with up-regulation of FADS2 and down-regulation of FADS1 (20) (Fig. 3C), in turn predicting reduced efficiency of conversion from MC- to LC-PUFA.
Our data add to an emerging body of evidence suggesting that the ancestral and derived haplotypes at the FADS locus have been targeted by independent episodes of positive selection in geographically diverse populations (18, 21–23). Notably, an ancestral haplotype at FADS is nearly fixed in an Inuit population in Greenland (23), potentially in response to climate and a marine diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids. While mirroring our findings from Flores, the adaptive Greenlandic Inuit haplotype extends over a broader downstream region encompassing FADS3, potentially reflecting distinct selection events or population-specific patterns of recombination (fig. S26). Although the global history of this locus remains to be clarified, current evidence points to a critical role of FADS as an evolutionary “toggle switch” in response to changing diet.
Body size reduction is one of the best-known responses to island environments and is common among mammalian taxa. Examples on Flores include H. floresiensis and the pygmy proboscidean Stegodon. We leveraged our data to test hypotheses about the genetic architecture and evolution of short stature in our Flores sample. If the short-stature phenotype on Flores was a consequence of polygenic selection acting on common variants, we would expect to see higher frequencies of alleles associated with reduced height in other populations (24). We thus performed mixed-linear model association analysis for height in 456,426 individuals of European ancestry to identify height-associated loci, unbiased of population stratification (13).
We find that European height-associated loci are significantly more differentiated between Flores and other neighboring populations than expected under random genetic drift (Fig. 4A). Moreover, the Flores sample is significantly enriched for height-decreasing alleles (test of population genetic differentiation across all SNP sets P < 0.001; correlation of AF differentiation and allele effect size at 4000 alleles of strongest height association: −0.71, t = −3.18, df = 4000, P = 0.002) (Fig. 4B). This result predicts a smaller height for Flores individuals from height-associated alleles discovered in an unrelated panel (Fig. 4A), and we estimate that 36.6% (95% confidence interval: 10.4 to 63.9%) of variation in a genome-wide genetic predictor of height is attributed to mean differences among the populations. Assuming the phenotypic standard deviation (SD) of height in this population is 6 cm and the full heritability is 0.7 (25), then one genetic SD = 0.7 × 6 = 5 cm. Because the genetic predictor explains 8.5% (SE: 3.8%) of phenotypic variance in Flores (Fig. 4C) and the Flores population is 1 SD lower than the average of neighboring populations (Fig. 4A), we predict the Flores population to be ~2 cm (0.085 × 6 = 1.75 cm) shorter in stature than populations in East Asia and Oceania and ~5 cm shorter if the genetic predictor explained 70% of the phenotypic variance. Collectively, these data provide evidence that polygenic selection acting on standing genetic variation was an important determinant of short stature in this Flores pygmy population.
Fig. 4 Polygenic selection for reduced stature in the Flores pygmies.
(A) Comparison of the genome-wide genetic predictor of height from observed genotypes (purple) versus the null model (blue). The Flores panel is significantly enriched for height-reducing alleles (P < 0.001) in a multivariate chi-square test of population genetic differentiation from the expectation under the null model. (B) Frequency differences between the Flores population and neighboring 1000 Genomes Project populations for 4000 genome-wide loci of the strongest association, with height plotted against effect size for the height-increasing allele. The regression slope shown in the figure between the height-increasing effect size and the frequency difference was −0.71 (t = −3.18, P = 0.002), reflecting height-increasing alleles being at lower frequency in the Flores population. (C) Association between height in the Flores population and a genetic predictor of height.
High-coverage genomes provide insights into the history of demographic changes and adaptation in a pygmy population on Flores Island (Indonesia). Although these individuals possess ancestry from both Neanderthals and Denisovans, we found no evidence of admixture with a deeply diverged hominin group. This observation, combined with the evidence that their short-stature phenotype resulted from polygenic selection acting on standing variation, suggests that insular dwarfism arose independently in two separate hominin lineages on Flores Island.
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Acknowledgments: We thank members of the Akey, Green, and Barbujani laboratories, I. Mathieson, J. G. Schraiber, A. Manica, and S. Browning for helpful feedback related to this work. We acknowledge P. Kusuma and other members of the Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology (EIMB) for providing logistical support in coordinating sample collection. Funding: This work was supported in part by an NIH grant (R01GM110068) to J.M.A., Searle Scholars Program and Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation grants to R.E.G., Lewis and Clark Fellowship for Exploration and Field Research (American Philosophical Society) and Young Researcher Fellowships for the years 2013 and 2014 (University of Ferrara, Italy) to S.T., European Research Council ERC-2011-AdG_295733 grant (LanGeLin) to G.B., grants from the Australian Research Council (DP160102400) and the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (1078037 and 1113400) to P.M.V., and a development grant from the Ministry of Research and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia to H.S. and G.A.P. The UK Biobank research was conducted under project 12514. E.E.E. is an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Author contributions: R.E.G. and S.T. conceived of the idea for the study. H.S. and G.A.P. performed or supervised sample collection. S.T., S.H.V., R.C.M., B.V., M.R.R., C.B., B.J.N., and W.F. analyzed data. J.M.A., R.E.G., P.M.V., E.E.E., and G.B. supervised analyses. S.T., J.M.A., and R.C.M. designed the figures. J.M.A., R.E.G. and S.T. wrote the manuscript with input from all authors. Competing interests: J.M.A. is a paid consultant of Glenview Capital. R.E.G. is a paid consultant of Dovetail Genomics and Claret Biosciences. Data and materials availability: Whole-genome sequence and SNP data have been deposited into dbGAP with the accession number phs001633.v1.p1. Materials were provided under a material transfer agreement. Individuals interested in obtaining the materials should contact the Eijkman Institute.
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Flores Island has two independent and distinct instances of island dwarfism in hominins.
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Marvel Comics Promises A “Fresh Start” With New Teaser
Posted February 20th, 2018 by Steven Murphy
Marvel Entertainment has started promoting big changes coming this May to their comic line with the above teaser video. It seems with great change comes great enthusiasm as creative teams will kick off new stories on new books with classic characters. And I do mean classic.
In the last decade Marvel has mixed up their headlining characters in some interesting ways. The second-string hero Falcon moved up to the big leagues taking over the title of Captain America. Thor’s old girlfriend become the new Thor. A young African American girl took over for Tony Stark as Iron Man (and so did Doctor Doom) while Peter Parker was doing his own Tony Stark impression running an international company called Parker Industries. We even had a Korean-American Hulk and a female Wolverine. Now Marvel is reinstating all the white guys to their former roles.
The “Fresh Start” is meant to be a jumping on point for new readers that Marvel no doubt enjoys from the popularity of their Cinematic Universe. Editor in chief C.B. Cebulski says the relaunch will feature the biggest line-wide change in artistic talent since 2012’s Marvel Now! relaunch. The only book with specific details provided is the new ‘Avengers’ book. The team roster includes the classic Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor, who has just recently regained the title along with a hammer, along with Black Panther, Hulk (previously She-Hulk), Captain Marvel, and Ghost Rider. There is also a rotating member to highlight other characters which is initially filled with Doctor Strange.
Seeing how the issue kicking off the new team is Avengers #1, it’s clear that Marvel is abandoning the recent “Legacy” renumbering of issues which fans found very confusing. Check out Marvel’s “Fresh Start” this May.
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A change is as good as a rest, they say, so last Tuesday some of us from Dundee joined comrades from Glasgow for a stall outside Govan Buroo. The problems we met with, though, were depressingly familiar.
Ann had been bumped off from ESA after being given no points at her Work Capability Assessment. This wasn’t surprising as she had never received the form, so they had no written evidence of her problems. She had also been told that she had no right to appeal. We assured her that this was not the case and directed her to Money Matters in Orkney Street.
John had also been awarded no points despite severe mental health problems and dyslexia. He had got help with a mandatory reconsideration, but had spent the last 7 weeks with no money as he was worried about applying for JSA. We assured him that it was quite legitimate for him to get JSA and would not affect his future ESA appeal – and that once he was on JSA he could get a doctor’s note. He had also had his housing benefit stopped as he hadn’t told the council his situation and they had just assumed that since he was no longer getting ESA he no longer needed help with housing. He told us that the ESA assessors had refused to believe he was dyslexic because he had a degree. Universities have elaborate systems in place to help people with dyslexia, but it seems that for John this had just added to his problems.
June had been sanctioned because she had assumed that the jobcentre would be shut for the July holiday. She had applied for Hardship Payments but not been told she could appeal or that she could apply to the Scottish Welfare Fund to help her while she waited 2 weeks for the Hardship Payment to come through. She will now contact Money Matters or her Housing Association to help her with this.
As so often, we met a man recently out of prison and having problems with the benefit system. Steven’s DLA payments had been stopped when he was in Barlinnie, but although he had been out since February they had not started up again. Luckily he has a social worker who is sorting this out, and so is expecting to get a big back payment.
It is always depressing to observe how, in many ways, we are becoming an increasingly subservient culture, and so our hearts sunk when, as we set up the stall, someone asked ‘are you allowed to be there?’ However, our faith in Glasgow obstinacy was restored when we were told the story of a woman’s 100-year-old mother who had refused to accept the Queen’s birthday telegram. Her son had drowned serving in the Black Watch, and she blamed the Queen for his death.
Thursday saw us back outside Dundee Buroo, where we came across more examples of DWP mismanagement and deliberate misinformation. Most worrying was Kiera, a young single mum with two children, one aged 2 going on 3 and the other 4 going on 5. Kiera told us that she had been made to sign onto JSA. We urged her to get in touch with Welfare Rights and get them to demand that she is shifted to Income Support as soon as possible. While her youngest is still under 3 all she should be expected to do is attend the odd interview; and while she still has a child under 5 she cannot be made to look for work, though they can get her to do various ‘work related activities’.
Lynne had been given a two and half week sanction, and when her Mandatory Reconsideration had been refused her jobcentre advisor had talked her out of putting in an appeal. Appeals have a very high success rate, but not nearly enough people go through to this stage. Lynne had also been told three times that she had to tick the box to let them see her Universal Jobmatch Account, even though data protection law means that this can’t be made compulsory.
Donna was attempting to protest against a Triage sanction. She told us that Triage had rung her to cancel an appointment that they had never made, and then sanctioned her for not showing up. She had phoned in a Mandatory Reconsideration and was initially told everything was OK; but since then the jobcentre has claimed there is nothing on the system, and she has wasted a lot of money on premium rate phone calls to the DWP. She was waiting for a call back later in the afternoon. We asked her to contact us or Welfare Rights if the situation wasn’t sorted, and reminded her to keep records of all phone calls etc. Her friend told us that when he had been sanctioned some time back the DWP call handlers had laughed down the line. He had recorded the conversation and played it to his jobcentre advisor, but they thought this behaviour unexceptional.
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Born in Dahr El Sawan, in 1965, Julie Bou Farah graduated from the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (ALBA) where she later went on to teach in 1991. Farah has also held teaching positions at the Notre Dame University and the Lebanese University. She is best known for her naïvely rendered paintings that reflect her subject matter which include children, animals and playful interiors. Her later work has seen her delve into political subjects, including her spirited portrait, O-BA-MA, which depicts the former US president. Her use of vibrant colours, energetic brushstrokes and unique composition call attention to the painting’s flatness in a way that is reminiscent of the style of Cézanne and Matisse. Farah’s distinct style has been internationally recognized, and her work Fun Fair (1999) was awarded first prize at the Henri Matisse 16th UMAM Biennale in Nice, France. She has gone on to exhibit widely in solo and group in her native Lebanon, Bahrain and France.
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DesignCrowd Discount Coupon for 2014
Looking at kicking off your brand spanking new business idea in 2014? Need some design collateral to get the thing off the ground? Or are you looking to outsource some design work to steamline the business? The team at DesignCrowd are offering a Massive Design Discount for the first project you submit!
Discount Coupon Code: BLOG-2014
Simply grab the discount code and jump onto DesignCrowd to get started!
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Check out some of the designs that the DesignCrowd community have created! And what the business owners said about the service and final designs.
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With an average of 103 designs submitted per project and the fact DesignCrowd offers a money back guarantee – you can be confident you’ll get a design you love or your money back. Prices start at just $240 for a logo design and with more than 40 categories of design services available, DesignCrowd can help you with all your graphic design needs.
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Uninspired by the 21st Century Fox logo? DesignCrowd invites designers to create a better logo in new contest
Global design marketplace, DesignCrowd.com, has launched an unofficial $500 logo design contest to design a new 21st Century Fox logo, after the mixed response to the new logo from the international design community.
The New Logo
Earlier this month, owner Rupert Murdoch unveiled a new logo for 21st Century Fox, the (new) parent company that owns the Fox broadcast and entertainment brands.
Some in the design community described the logo, created by Pentagram, as mimicking an ’80s telecom’ logo. Under Consideration said it was ‘underwhelming‘ and Design Taxi remarked “the new company logo is much like a minimalistic version of production studio 20th Century Fox’s logo.”
DesignCrowd's Contest
DesignCrowd launched the 21st Century Logo Design Contest to its own community of 120,000 designers, offering $500 in cash prizes to be shared between three winners.
Owner Rupert Murdoch says the new logo “signals the promise of the 21st century.” If you disagree then submit a new design in the DesignCrowd contest.
Get in quick, the contest closes on June 15. Check out the brief and entry requirements here.
Tags: Contests PR 21st Century Fox designcrowd Fox logo redesign Rupert Murdoch
TimesSquare $10,000 Logo Contest: Winners Announced
In May we mentioned that a client of DesignCrowd launched one of the biggest online logo design contest prizes to have ever been posted. The TimesSquare.com $10,000 logo design contest.
The contest closed in August after receiving 5, 845 designs from 1,300 designers from around the world.
On 12-12-12, TimesSquare.com announced the top 5 winners on its site. Sixty-five designers were awarded cash prizes for their efforts.
A Serbian-based designer who goes by the user name Jovan on DesignCrowd, took out the $5,000 first place prize. The winning design was one of 6 designs the designer submitted to the contest.
The top 4 designers were awarded $3,000 in cash prizes and another 60 designers of merit shared in $3,000 in participation payments.
Here is the top 5 roundup.
Winner – Jovan
Top 4 Designs …
REIZZ
OMEE
CTRL+N
LEMONCRUSH
What do you think of the winning designs? You can check out more entries on DesignCrowd.
Tags: Contests PR $10000 logo design contest designcrowd jovan logo design timessquare.com
Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Crowdsources Election T-Shirt Design
Yesterday Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia and Minister of Parliament announced the winner of a t-shirt design contest he launched in October.
The winner is Studio71, a graphic design studio started by Shane Marchewka who discovered the contest on crowdsourcing site DesignCrowd and submitted six designs to the website’s $1,000 t-shirt design contest.
“I registered with DesignCrowd earlier in the year as a way to boost my exposure as a freelance designer. I am stoked enough to say I have a former Prime Minister as a client however the $1,000 prize money is like a cherry on top of a very sweet cake!” he said.
Mr Rudd tweeted about the contest yesterday and said, “Shane is a great guy who is putting in the effort to start his own small business. He had a range of great ideas and really embraced the spirit of the competition. I wish Shane and Studio71 all the best for taking his business to the next step. I was overwhelmed by the quantity and quality of entries, so thanks a million to DesignCrowd and Australia’s talented graphic design community.”
It’s not everyday designers acquire former Prime Ministers as clients.
Here is the winning design:
Tags: Contests Graphic Design News PR design contest designcrowd Kevin Rudd Shane Marchewka t-shirt line
Another year has come and is about to be in the history books. We wanted to extend our warm holiday wishes to you and yours and hope that you have a great holiday season. Now, go eat lots of food, drink lots of drink and be merry for this is a time to be with family and friends and maybe get some kickass gifts too? We thank you for being readers of FYC and hope to see you in the new year! Stay tuned for some exciting new stuff in the 2011.
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Where Discussions Inspire the Web We Imagine – Interlink Conference
A conference is just a conference right? Not so much. With a stacked speaking line-up, a great location, (who doesn’t love Vancouver) and an emphasis on sharing Interlink should be on your conference schedule for 2011. Interlink is a international web conference that brings designers, developers and strategists together to inspire each other.
An International Web Conference for Online Professionals
Interlink Conference will be a 3-day web event that will appeal to all web professionals. This international web design conference welcomes website architects, usability specialists, project managers, marketing coordinators, web developers, website designers and any other online professional that wants to meet others in the industry and get inspired.
Talk shop with web designer and publisher of 8Faces, Elliot Jay Stocks. Meet up with Ethan Dunham of FontSpring.com. Attend interactive workshops with Meagan Fisher, Dan Rubin, Simon Collison and Patrick Lauke as well as hear from Gavin Elliott, Jonathan Snook, Brian Hoff, Whitney Hess, Frank Chimero, and Sarah Parmenter. Just when you think the day is done, Shawn Johnston is going to throw an after party.
Capilano University of North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Enjoy a 3-day international web conference in a vibrant, culturally diverse metropolis where the Pacific Ocean meets the Coastal Mountains and plenty of tourist attractions.
Capilano University’s Performing Arts Theatre
Theatre seating. 20-foot screen with crystal clear video projection. Plus a beautiful sound system. Soak it up, take notes and enjoy the presentations—or feel free to join in.
The International Web Conference with All the Perks
Full-meal catering. Lots of parking. Free wireless Internet access on all three days. Plus there will be special events during the conference and a not-to-be-missed after party.
Speaking Lineup
Interlink on Lanyrd.com
Interlink on Twitter
Interlink on Facebook
Tags: Conferences PR chimero collison dunham elliott fisher hess hoff interlink parmenter rubin snook stocks web conference
The Webby Awards – 15th year and new categories
Kicking off its 15th year celebrating the best of the Internet, The Webby Awards today announced it is expanding its mission to reflect the profound impact that apps and the mobile Web are having on digital culture and commerce.
As part of the launch for its call for entries for Canada’s best Websites, online film and video, and interactive advertising, The Webby Awards debuted a new suite of categories saluting apps for handheld and tablet devices. A diverse mix of mobile experts, including Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley, and Yelp.com CEO Jeremy Stoppelman will judge the new awards.
To enter work in the 15th Annual Webby Awards, visit www.webbyawards.com. The early entry deadline is October 29, 2010.
“In our fifteen years honoring the best of the Internet, we’ve seen few developments have as profound an effect as apps and the mobile Web,” said David-Michel Davies, executive director of The Webby Awards. “Apps have transformed the online experience, changing the way we access content, and enhancing every aspect of our daily lives. We’re looking forward to honoring not only these pioneering innovators but also the Websites, videos, and advertising that continue to shape the Internet’s future.”
According to the Canada’s Webby Ambassador Eli Singer, founder of Entrinsic, the 14th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 10,000 entries from more than 60 countries. The awards season was capped by a star-studded June gala showcasing an influential group of Internet leaders, including Roger Ebert, Internet co-inventor Vinton Cerf, and Chatroulette.com’s creator Andrey Ternovskiy.
The Webby Awards is presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 650-person judging academy whose Canadian members include Wikitravel founder Evan Prodromou, Maclean’s Magazine editor-in-chief Ken Whyte, Idee founder Leila Boujnane, as well as luminaries such as Martha Stewart, David Bowie, Vinton Cerf, and Arianna Huffington.
In keeping with tradition, all winners have the opportunity to deliver one of The Webby Awards’ famous five-word speeches. In conjunction with the call for entries kick-off, The Webby Awards debuted a new video featuring at battle of the awards show speeches between a long-winded Barry Bostwick (Spin City) at the 1989 Golden Globes and Amy Poehler, Zach Galifianakis, and Buzz Aldrin at the 2010 Webby Awards.
Nominees for the 15th Annual Webby Awards will be announced in April, and winners will be honored at the gala ceremony in June 2011.
About The Webby Awards:
Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile web sites. Established in 1996, the 14th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 10,000 entries from all 50 states and over 60 countries worldwide. The Webby Awards is presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Sponsors and Partners of The Webby Awards include: Microsoft Expression, Aol, YouTube, Pepsi, Aquent, Yahoo!, HP, Sony Electronics .CO, Corbis Images, Rackspace Hosting, Motorola, Southwest Airlines, East Media, IDG, PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2advanced.Net, KobeMail, Museum of the Moving Image, Behance, Business Insider, Time Out New York, paidContent and The Guardian.
Tags: Contests PR amy poehler biz stone dennis crowley eli singer foursquare jeremy stoppelman twitter webby awards webbys wikitravel yelp Zach Galifianakis
Making Ideas Happen by Scott Belsky
“Making Ideas Happen” was written by Scott Belsky of Behance. The team here at FUEL wanted to showcase the book and congratulate Scott on his huge success! Hopefully next time we are in NYC we’ll have a chance to meet up.
Ideas are worthless if you can’t make them happen.
Many of us believe that great ideas inevitably lead to success. Nothing could be further from the truth. Whether it is the perfect solution for an everyday problem or a bold new concept for a creative masterpiece, you must transform vision into reality for an idea to have value.
This book chronicles the methods of exceptionally productive creative leaders and teams – companies like Google, IDEO, and Disney, and individuals like author Chris Anderson and Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh – that make their ideas happen, time and time again.
Making Ideas Happen will change the way you work:
Overcome “reactionary workflow” and start pushing ideas forward.
You can easily spend your entire day just responding to incoming communications – email, texts, voicemails, tweets, etc – while never finding time to push the big, meaningful ideas forward. Learn proven methods for organizing with a bias-toward-action, prioritizing amidst a creative process, and pushing bold projects to completion.
Let go of the myth of the lonely creative genius.
Understanding how to leverage your community for feedback, resources, and exposure is crucial to gaining traction with your ideas. Discover the advantages of broadcasting your ideas early, seeking out competition, tapping into the power of “Circles,” and overcoming the stigma of self-marketing.
Push through the “project plateau”… and finish!
Most ideas get lost in that dreaded period of execution where your natural creative tendencies turn against you. Acquire methods for thriving when long-term vision is not enough. You will learn how to short-circuit the traditional rewards system, fight your way to breakthroughs, and gain strength from the doubts you will face along the way.
If you are interesting in picking up the book or ordering it online, check out this link.
Tags: Books / Magazines Creative Tools Inspiration News PR 99 percent making ideas happen scott belsky
LG presents: Design the Future Competition
LG Mobile Phones, the fastest growing mobile phone brand in North America, is partnering with crowdSPRING, an online marketplace for creative services, and Autodesk, a leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software, to hold an innovative competition to define the future of mobile communication. Starting on March 15th, LG Mobile Phones will give consumers the chance to design their vision of the next revolutionary LG mobile phone and compete for more than $80,000 in prizes.
The competition will award over 40 winners. The first place winner will be awarded $20,000, one Wacom Intuos4 medium tablet, and Autodesk industrial design software. The second place winner will be awarded $10,000 and Autodesk SketchBook Pro software, and the third place winner will be awarded $5,000 and Autodesk SketchBook Pro software. To reward as many people as possible in the name of creativity, LG will also be giving out a whopping 37 honorable mentions at $1,000 each.
This year’s competition marks the inaugural participation of Russell Bobbitt, a world renowned movie prop master. Bobbitt has worked on a variety of visually stunning films such as Star Trek, Iron Man and Iron Man 2™. He recently received the prestigious “Behind the Camera” prop master award for his work on the first Iron Man film. Bobbitt will serve as a guest judge to reward one contestant’s cutting-edge design with the Prop Master’s Choice award. The contestant’s design will then be created into a non-working mock-up that could wind up in Bobbitt’s next blockbuster film. The Prop Master’s Choice winner will also receive $3,000 plus Autodesk SketchBook Pro software.
“We’re very excited about this competition because it gives consumers and design enthusiasts all a chance to exercise their creative imaginations and have their ideas be heard,” said Ehtisham Rabbani, vice president of marketing and innovation for LG Mobile Phones. “You don’t have to work for LG to make an impact on the future of mobile phones.”
Autodesk will supply participants with a free 15-day trial of HYPERLINK SketchBook Pro, a paint and drawing application for use on the Mac or PC. It offers an intuitive, streamlined user interface so even new users can be productive within minutes. The 15-day trial will give all competitors access to industry-leading professional design software and levels the playing field for professional and amateur designers alike to create the phone of their dreams.
“We’re thrilled to partner with LG and Autodesk on this innovative design challenge. The challenge represents the real power of crowdsourcing – by allowing anyone to have the opportunity to design the next generation mobile phone for a global leader,” said Ross Kimbarovsky, co-founder of crowdSPRING. With a pool of over 55,000 designers and writers in more than 170 countries, crowdSPRING is one of the world’s largest creative communities and is an open platform where anyone can post projects or submit entries. Both seasoned and aspiring designers can submit their entries until April 26th at http://www.crowdspring.com/LG
Competition Details:
Eligibility: Any U.S. resident (citizen or green card holder) that is 18 years (or age of majority in state of residence) and older
Start and End Dates: The competition begins on March 15, 2010, at 12 a.m. PST and ends on April 26, 2010, at 9:00 a.m. PST
Winners will be announced on May 14, 2010 at http://www.crowdspring.com/LG/winners
First Place:
$20,000 Cash Award + 1 Wacom Intuos4 medium tablet (ARV of $349) + Autodesk industrial design software (ARV of $500)
Second Place:
$10,000 Cash Award + Autodesk SketchBook Pro software (ARV of $100)
Third Place:
$5,000 Cash Award + Autodesk SketchBook Pro software (ARV of $100)
Prop Master’s Choice:
$3,000 Cash Award + Autodesk SketchBook Pro software (ARV of $100) + 1 non-working concept mock-up creation (ARV of $4,000)
37 Honorable Mentions:
$1,000 Cash Award
Official rules can be found at http://www.crowdspring.com/LG NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
Tags: Contests PR contest designer industrial inspiration LG phone
Weapons Of Mass Creation Festival
Cleveland’s progressive design firm, Go Media, is pleased to announce the first annual Weapons of Mass Creation Festival. On May 22 and 23 this two-day art, film, and music event will highlight work from both local and national talent, a celebration of creative visionaries who defy the hand they’re dealt. Much akin to Austin’s popular South By Southwest, this festival will host film screenings, musical performances, art and design showings, and various panel discussions at the Go Media Headquarters, a three-story warehouse located in Ohio City.
Co-owner of Go Media, Jeff Finley, dreamt WMC Fest into existence after a sleepless night wondering why none of the popular festivals seemed to be held in his hometown. Tired of Cleveland’s reputation as a miserable city, he put his head together with like- minded community members and decided to form an event that would not only gather the artistic community of Northeast Ohio, but the nation. By dipping into his vast network created over the years as an acclaimed designer, Jeff managed to collect an inspiring and diverse group to display their work in May.
Five filmmakers are set to screen their projects as well as participate in question and answer sessions. Among them are Lena Dunham of Tribeca, New York, the fresh-faced writer and director behind ‘Tiny Furniture’, a film that was honored by the Jury Award for Narrative Feature after its premiere at the South By Southwest Festival earlier this month. Of the nine independent folk and punk bands set to take the newly constructed stage, four are native to Northeast Ohio. David Dondero, an Omaha folk singer who is listed as an influence for national acts such as Conor Oberst, will not only perform but record a live music video being filmed during festival hours on Sunday. Strategist, Designer, and Entrepreneur Dave Gensler, well known for his founding of the creative network, the KDU, will deliver the keynote address.
Like most independently run events, Weapons of Mass Creation Fest needs the help of the Cleveland community in order to guarantee its success. Fest organizers are looking for volunteers to help out and local businesses willing to sponsor. Finley is running a fundraiser on the popular crowd sourcing site, Kickstarter, trading giveaways and benefits for funding. None of the funds raised so far will be taken unless the $2,500 goal is reached by April 15. Other fundraising efforts include a limited edition poster currently on sale at Imagekind.com, as well as a mixer being held at a to be determined local establishment in upcoming weeks.
Tickets for Weapons of Mass Creation Fest can be purchased online, single-day passes are available individually for $15 or a full weekend pass can be purchased for $25.
Check out the site: WMCFest.com
Fan them on Facebook
Grab the Press Info
Make a pledge on KickStarter
Tags: Conferences News PR creation gomedia mass weapons
Brandstack gets a new sibling. Introducing: Upstack
Brandstack, the creative marketplace for logos has an unveiled another way to market logo designs to the masses. Upstack. Upstack is a unique route for a person needing a logo, website, web design, advertisement or other creative service. Unlike the predecessor Brandstack, Upstack lets anyone build a team of hand-picked designers that are ready to burn the midnight oil to work on your project. Upstack manages all the processes by taking the client from the brief to the final design. This wastes no design time and spares no quality. They also do this without spec work which makes it something that isn’t frowned upon in the design world.
Brandstack is different from other crowd sourcing sites because the logos they market are from designs that didn’t sell in their agency ventures. Meaning, ideally a designer would make a client three logos and the two the client didn’t pick; he or she would fine tune and put on Brandstack to sell.
Wes Wilson, Brandstacks CEO says that the beauty of Upstack is that their designers are all at the top of their game in the respected industries: web design, print, advertisement, illustration & logo design. He also goes on to mention the best part about Upstack is: “Joining Upstack is joining the right against spec. Working on Upstack prokects, you will be paid upfront for your time & effort. Happy designers and happy clients. Happy happy joy joy.”
Some well known competitors, Crowdspring and 99 Designs also offer logos & identities at similar price. Their pay structure is different, paying the designer based on the work that is chosen. A client can ask for a logo and receive 50 or so logos that have been executed. The client then picks the winner and that determines who gets paid.
Brandstack
Company: Brandstack
Twitter: @Brandstack
Founded: April 2008
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A necessary and sufficient condition for designing formation of discrete-time multi-agent systems with delay
Gesheng Xu, Chi Huang, Guisheng Zhai
This paper establishes a necessary and sufficient condition for designing formation of discrete-time second-order multi-agent systems with one sample period delay, which are networked by digraphs. We assume that the control input of each agent is constructed based on weighted difference between its states and those of its neighbor agents. Using the formation information in a decentralized control input with design parameters, we first transform the formation problem into an asymptotically stabilization problem, which is equivalent to designing a Schur polynomial with complex coefficients. Then, we obtain a necessary and sufficient condition by performing a bilinear transformation between Schur polynomials and Hurwitz polynomials with complex coefficients. We also discuss how to solve the condition efficiently, and provide numerical examples to demonstrate effectiveness of the theoretical results.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2018.06.007
Published - 2018 Nov 13
Multi agent systems
Polynomials
Decentralized control
Discrete-time multi-agent systems
Schur (Hurwitz) polynomials with complex coefficients
Xu, G., Huang, C., & Zhai, G. (2018). A necessary and sufficient condition for designing formation of discrete-time multi-agent systems with delay. Neurocomputing, 315, 48-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2018.06.007
A necessary and sufficient condition for designing formation of discrete-time multi-agent systems with delay. / Xu, Gesheng; Huang, Chi; Zhai, Guisheng.
In: Neurocomputing, Vol. 315, 13.11.2018, p. 48-58.
Xu, G, Huang, C & Zhai, G 2018, 'A necessary and sufficient condition for designing formation of discrete-time multi-agent systems with delay', Neurocomputing, vol. 315, pp. 48-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2018.06.007
Xu G, Huang C, Zhai G. A necessary and sufficient condition for designing formation of discrete-time multi-agent systems with delay. Neurocomputing. 2018 Nov 13;315:48-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2018.06.007
Xu, Gesheng ; Huang, Chi ; Zhai, Guisheng. / A necessary and sufficient condition for designing formation of discrete-time multi-agent systems with delay. In: Neurocomputing. 2018 ; Vol. 315. pp. 48-58.
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Home World News Asia and Pacific Trend Micro Leads the Industry in Hybrid Cloud Security Market Share
Trend Micro Leads the Industry in Hybrid Cloud Security Market Share
#1 Ranking in 2018 market share for SDC Workload Security According to Global Analyst Firm
HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 5 December 2019 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, today announced it has been named by IDC as the #1 vendor in Software-Defined Compute (SDC) workload protection, according to the analyst firm’s new independent report: Worldwide Software Defined Compute Workload Security Market Shares, 2018 (DOC #US45638919, November 2019).
The report revealed Trend Micro achieved a market share lead of 35.5 percent, almost triple its nearest competitor in 2018.
“We predicted a decade ago that organizations would need multi-layered security to protect their cloud environments and software-defined data centers,” said Steve Quane, executive vice president, Network Defense and Hybrid Cloud Security at Trend Micro. “We’re glad to see our foresight and innovation being recognized by so many customers and to be ranked a #1 vendor for 2018 market share by IDC.”
The firm defines SDC in the report as, “SDC technologies are often used in the context of public or private clouds, but can also be implemented in non-cloud environments–particularly virtualized and/or containerized environments. These products accomplish their goals by ensuring the system does not run malicious software that can compromise business applications and data on the servers.”
“For years, Trend Micro has steadily built out its SDC workload protection capabilities for virtual, public cloud and container environments, offering tight integration with AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform,” said Frank Dickson, program vice president, security and trust at IDC. “Although, the future has not been written, Trend Micro is the dominant player in this market.”
Over this time, real-time security has been embedded into running applications and Trend Micro has focused on automation and security-as-code to seamlessly build protection into DevOps pipelines, including pre-runtime scanning of container images.
This innovation continued with the August release of XDR, which correlates data across email, network, endpoint, server and cloud workloads to identify malicious activity which might otherwise go unnoticed.
Trend Micro further built on these capabilities with the acquisition of security posture management leader Cloud Conformity in October. This month, Trend Micro launched a cloud security services program, Trend Micro Cloud One™, to address customers’ security challenges around data center, IaaS, containers, storage and serverless architectures.
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The END Complete
An American Tail
Hero's Quest II
Personnal Nightmare
Time Quest
Arazok's Tomb
Demon's Tomb
The Answer (42)
An Open Letter from Jason Becker
Jeff Minter comments on the Falcon
Into the Wonders of QSound
Falcon Experiences
Interview with Maggie's CIH
PLEASE READ ME!!
The League for Programming Freedom
Join the LPF!
Against Interface Copyright
Against Software Patents
Falcon Compatibility List Mk.II
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GEM Programming Part III
Chaotic Fractals
How to get More from MultiTOS
Literary Lavishings
Mac Odd
Creation of the Universe Part I
Creation of the Universe Part II
How To Be A Wally (Or How Not To)
JHR's Poetic Ravishings
Alice Through the Flames
Chroma Studio 24
Kobold 2.5
1st Word Plus 4
Bill Aycock's Utility Disk
Warp 9 v3.80
Ultimate Muzak Demo IV
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Frontier - Elite 2
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First Segment
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Disk Magazines
Seen in Concert
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Sound Media
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Ears'n'Eye
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Raving Stefan Cut Loose
Violence on the Big Screen
Fiction - Michael's Bit
Fiction - Richard's Bit
"Adult: A person that has stopped growing at both ends but not
in the middle."
Throughout the ages there have always been - and there will
always be - obscure little bands who release obscure little CDs
or LPs. This columns tries to shed some light on the stuff that
lurks beneath the level of general taste for some reason or
other. Some of it will no doubt be pretty diabolic, but once in a
while one might find a true little gem.
SLAUGHTER - STRAPPADO
There are two bands called Slaughter. One is a girly band with
pretty boys one of which is called Dana Strum I seem to recall.
The other is a Canadian band that experienced birth (and death,
I guess) somewhere in the late mid eighties.
Again, as above with "Destroyer", I found this rather ancient
stuff lying around in the basement. I thought I'd spend some time
on it here, as recently some company has found it necessary to
release this album on CD.
I had bought the album after having heard it at a friend's (hi
THH!). I had liked its boundless aggression for some reason or
other, and bought it the day after first having heard it. Once I
listened to it at home I thought it was crap. It's not melodic at
all, the drums are way too loud, vocals are bad and the songs
(like "F.O.D. (Fuck Of Death)") were just as pathetic.
To check if my musical taste had gone sufficiently down the
drain, I listened to the album again, probably for the first time
in 7 or 8 years. It's just as bad as it ever was, maybe with the
exception of one song by the name of "Nocturnal Hell" that has a
vague familiar ring and equally vage rhythm.
No. I'd have to give this one a pass again. And that doesn't
even take into consideration the fact that it's absurdly short:
24 minutes.
VARIOUS ARTISTS - GUITAR'S PRACTISING MUSICIANS VOL. 2
The other day I came across this CD lying in the "SALE" box at
the local Free Record Shop (one of the many). For once I found
myself driven to buying a CD not from my regular CD shop, "White
Noise". I initially bought the CD because it had a track by Jason
Becker on it, "Meet Me in the Morning". As with Satriani and
Malmsteen, I want to have every note recorded by Jason. Not just
because he deserves it but also because he's pretty damn
brilliant and grotesquely underrated. Some of the other tracks
also seemed appealing to me, such as those by Nuno Bettencourt,
Mark Wood and Fates Warning.
I guess this CD is fairly obscure - or at least just unknown -
so I think it fits neatly in this column. It's a Japan import CD
made in 1991. Not that old, even. The best way to tell you about
it is just to go through the individual songs.
"White Noise" by Marc Bonilla is too typical happy-go-lucky up-
beat virtuoso guitar music for me. A feeling that I had heard
something similar before struck immediately.
"Too Much of a Good Thing (Where's the Hook)" by Nuno
Bettencourt (of Extreme) also got the same sensation going. It
didn't stick out from other tunes I'd heard before, though I
could easily trace Nuno's more brilliant technique in the really
fast guitar bits. Often, guitar wizards just tend to play a bit
that would otherwise have been done by a singer, something which
I didn't like about Bonilla's track and those of many others
heard before. Nuno has some really brilliant true solo bits. That
made this track one of the better.
"Galaxy 500" by Brad Gillis is, I think, a beautiful little
tune. he uses some really interesting guitar techniques (please
don't ask me what they're called, for my techno babble in the
guitar fields starts and ends with with "hammer on" and "pull
off"). Also, it just sounds great and the composition is a good
"Smell Yourself" by Steve Lukather is, according to the credits,
a quick composition from an album that in itself took three hours
to record. This immodesty aside, what you get is an OK-sounding
instrumental with nice solo spots but keyboards that sounded like
I had heard the same thing before (on a Stuart Hamm record I seem
to recall). It's quite a nice song, recorded live.
"L.A. a La Mode" by Billy Sheehan is quite a brilliant song.
Well, it's not actually a song but an intricate and superb 4-
minute bass solo. It really made me wonder why this excellent
musician, teamed up with other excellent musicians such as Paul
Gilbert in Mr. Big, succeeds in making such utter drivel like "To
be with You" and that horrible Cat Stevens cover that is has
reached high spots in the hit parades. Basically "L.A. a La Mode"
is a try-out of a freak technique, but it sounds impressive
nonetheless.
"Eileen" by Ed King is a song that I don't like too much,
probably because it has vocals and sounds like just any ordinary
radio airplay song. The guitar bits are quite good, of course,
but I think it doesn't really fit.
"Never Look Back (Original Demo)" by Blues Saraceno (who is
supposed to be the new guitarist of Pioson after Richie Kotzen
who replaced C.C. DeVille) is quite a neat song. For starters
he's a good guitarist (excellent actually) and second I like the
compositions. He lays down some great bass, too, and his guitar
technique is pregnant of classical influences that I like. The
drums are a bit cliché for the genre though. A bit short, too.
"Picture This" by Steve Morse is absolutely superb. It's a one-
take-no-dub-pseudo-live acoustic song which is great to listen
to. It falls into the same category as Satriani's "Tears in the
Rain" and "Baroque", i.e. technically excellent and good to
listen to all in one go.
"The Howling" by Mark Wood is a piece envisioning the hunting of
werewolves at night. Subtle use of keyboards gets this across
better than the actual guitar parts - er, hold a minute, they're
actually violin parts. The violin parts, though perhaps not all
to reminiscent of werewolves stalking, are...I am beginning to
run out of superbs, excellents and greats here...let's try "K-
Roget"...er...prodigious. They don't sound like a violin much,
actually, but in some way they appeal to me a lot.
"Zeptune" by Bruce Kulick (guitarist of Kiss) is not an
especially brilliant song where guitar technique is concerned.
It's more like a nicely heavy rock tune, though not one of those
that would get a lot of radio exposure. Guitar work is really
nice, the basic groove is typically Led Zeppelin (hence its name)
and the drums don't sound at all like the drum computer they are.
And the end is interesting, too.
"Funkcaution" by Steve Stevens features Mr. Stevens on all
instruments except the sax. It's actually a pretty...er...what
shall I saw...marvellous song, probably mainly because the bass
has a nice driving power to it. Technically it's more than
decent, too.
"A Minor Disturbance" by Randy Coven. At least that's what the
track listing says, though it's co-composed by Jack Starr and
Mark Wood and the guitar is actually played by Al Pitrelli (Coven
is a bass player). There's even a Mark Wood violin solo. Although
I personally think it might be a bit too repetitive, it's another
OK son.
"Meet Me in the Morning" by Jason Becker. Or at least performed
by him and some others, though originally composed by Bob Dylan.
It's a cover with vocals, which would have been an average top of
the pops song if it hadn't been for the incredibly cool and
subtle notes played by Jason. I mean he claims his playing was at
50%, but I'd give my right hand to play like that, sortof. I've
never heard such mellow guitar playing, reminiscent of Michael
Lee Firkins but somehow different, with more sparkles as it were.
"At Fate's Fingers" by Fates Warning is basically the Fates
Warning song "At Fate's Hand" without vocals and with extra solos
thrown in. Dream Theater's Kevin Moore hosts on this track of
which the original version can be found on the album "Perfect
Symmetry". A great song on all accounts, much like the original
but a tad better. Frank Aresti and Jim Matheos take turns with
the solos. I'd never seen these guys as guitar heroes, and I
still don't. The stuff they play is exquisite (there, I didn't
even have to use "K-Roget" for that one) but not a load of guitar
flashing stuff. A great song anyway.
"McCarthy at the Levee" by Reeves Gabrels is kindof a weird
track for most of the time. I believe he normally plays with Tin
Machine (yes, the David Bowie thing). According to the credits
there are some weird sound of vibrators and electric razors on
the pickups, but I couldn't hear them. It's one of the more
average tracks on the album, with occasional moments of near-
brilliance.
"Cliffs of Dover" by Eric Johnson is a live recording taped in
concert at Austin in 1990 I think. A quite beautiful song,
despite the fact that the middle section is too much of a guitar
licks show-off. The beginning and end bits are really quite
beautiful, and really sounding a lot like one of my fave
guitarists, Mads Eriksen.
Concluding, I think this is a great album, with one the odd
average track amid guitar greatness. I like it rather more than,
for example, the "Ominous Guitarists from the Unknown". I don't
think anyone who likes guitar music will be disappointed after
having bought this.
A true guitar gem indeed.
VARIOUS ARTISTS - CZECH MASTERS OF ROCK GUITAR
A few days prior to the release of this issue of ST NEWS, an
American pen pal sent me a tape containing, among other things,
"Czech Masters of Rock Guitar". I guess this is quite obscure,
even though the's American and got her hands on it there. As
usual with 'various artists' recordings, I think it's best if I
mention the (all instrumental) songs one by one, with some
remarks about the persons who play them.
Jaroslav Janecky's "Hammering Style" has you firmly in your seat
from the beginning, sounding like Malmsteen on speed or
something. He also builds his guitars himself, and is in a band
called Mr. K.O.
Lubos Andrst's "Prints" is rather more soulful, though I think
the underlying keyboard themes could be overhauled and made to
sound less 'happy'. Lubos has made many albums in many bands,
most of them bluesy.
Milos Markovsky's "Caress Me And Bit Me" is a song with plenty
of speed changes, experiments and fast guitar runs, though I
think the guitar isn't mixed as well as it could be. His parents
didn't allow him to buy a guitar so he build it himself. He now
plays other custom guitars. He has been in several bands since
Petr Roskanuk's "Honey, Said the Pig" sounds a lot like Michael
Lee Firkins. It's quite weird but sounds nice nonetheless, with
lots of slide, then a sudden turning point transforming it into a
more bluesy tune. The latter half tend to lack the true sorrowful
feel of the genre, though. He has contributed to lots of albums,
solo and with other bands, and has even done music scores for
short films and, would you believe it, ads.
Radim Hladik's "Tearoom" starts off as a really quiet song that
is not my style at all, even a bit repetitive. But then it gains
momentum and becomes quite good actually, with acoustic guitar
and Hammond organ thrown in. Quite a neat climax actually. He did
about a dozen records, and the booklet says he's "a legendary as
well as contemporary personality". Their English could certainly
do with an overhaul.
Frantisek Jordak's "Race with Time" is, as the title would have
you believe, a fast-paced song. The credits say he sounds a lot
like Malmsteen, Vinnie Moore and MacAlpine, and he does. But that
doesn't mean he's bad. He's actually quite good, and certainly
lightning fast. He's born in 1967, and has been with a band
called Worlram since 1988.
Petr Janda's "Schweden Bitter" (probably meant to mean "Swedish
Bitter") is a really dreamy guitar song, almost sounding as if
the guitar is far off until it suddenly gets quite fast and only
the keys remain sortof dreamy. The credits say he's legendary,
and his having recording almost two dozen records of which many
became gold (i.e. selling over 200,000 copies). He is said to
have 350 compositions to his name. Anyway, he's actually quite
Michal Pavlicek's "Lonely" is a rather nice and driving tune,
with church organs in the background, quieter passages, quicker
passages, and overall quite good. It's not a track that stands
out particularly, even though he has won countless awards
(including "guitarist of the year" twice) in his own country.
Ivan Jerabek's "Once Upon a Time in the East" is another song
with a good drive, but I don't like the drummer's way of using
the cymbals. The climax, the end, is genuinely impressive and
played at almost superhuman speed.
Stanislav Jelinek's "Hot Needle" has an "film end titles" sound
to it. You can just see actor names scroll off a virtual screen.
Perhaps the name of the tune is derived from the fact that it's
got a climax in the middle, as if the rest are merely a prologue
and epilogue of a hot needle entering your body. Heroin
connotations? Guitar work is quite good, even with a few
Satriani-esque techniques thrown in. The bass is crisply
produced, perhaps a bit too much so. The end bit is jawdroppingly
fast (yes, another one of those).
Miroslav Mach's "Anonym" (i.e. "anonymous", I suppose) is an
up-tempo rocker. Arpeggios galore, and even some of the best and
flashiest bass guitar work on the whole album. It has interesting
tempo changes and I like the overall composition too. This may
just be my favourite on the album.
It seems like Czechoslovakia (or whatever these two countries
are called after having separated) is like a can of talented rock
guitarists ready to be pulled open. I'd guess these guys would
jump at the chance of working with an English or American band,
so all that need happen is for some record company hot shot to
check out the Czech scene and get some of these chaps over. If
you ever get across this album (I am not sure whether it's
available on CD), and if it's not too expensive and you like
guitar music, you're bound to like it. I think it's notably
better than Hungarian Tamas Szekeres' "Guitar Tales", for one,
yet Tamas has a lucrative record deal and two CDs out.
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John B. Stetson University, DeLand, Fl.
P. L. Bateson, DeLand, Fl.
Used color postcard of small shots of campus buildings at John B. Stetson University. Buildings include DeLand Hall, Elizabeth Hall, Stetson Hall, Hall of Science, and Chaudoin Hall. Two cent Washington stamp, canceled June 4, 1910.
Stetson University -- Buildings --Florida (State); DeLand -- Buildings -- Florida (State)
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Stetson University Postcard Collection
8 cm. x 12 cm.
Images scanned at 400 dpi on Kodak i200 series flatbed scanner.
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Philadelphia revamps website amid effort to digitize more city services
Written by Ryan Johnston
Aug 16, 2018 | STATESCOOP
A new website the city of Philadelphia that’s been under construction since 2014 finally went live Tuesday, with the goal of being designed to better connect residents with their city government. The new site offers a slicker user experience than the previous version, but the city still has work to do in delivering services digitally.
“Many government websites, including the previous version of ours, organize their services by which department offered them,” Tim Wisniewski, the director of the city’s Office of Open Data and Digital Transformation, said in an interview with StateScoop. “We organize it the way we think of government. So the impetus for this redesign is to reorient the site around the way that a typical user might think of government.”
In 2014, city officials saw a need to reorganize the city’s busy website, which categorized city services by department, not by need or topic. If a resident wanted assistance with a health crisis, for example, they might be aware of the service they need — Narcan for a narcotics overdose, a hotline for child protective services, or a homeless shelter — but the different offices and departments that handle all of those physical and mental ailments may vary, obfuscating the process of getting help quickly.
Now, about 300 city services are organized by topic instead of by department or office. City residents aren’t navigating through the bureaucracy of government anymore, said Sara Hall, ODDT’s product manager, but rather finding the government’s services through a common-sense, categorical drop-down menu. Any health-related information that might have previously been found under separate agency pages, like drug-overdose or lead-exposure resources, are now located under a “Mental and Physical Health” tab.
An early version of the new site actually went live in 2014, six weeks after the city started working on it, accessible through an optional re-direct on the old website. Wisniewski’s office has gradually added features and collected user feedback; he said the Tuesday launch was more of a culmination of small releases than a grand opening.
While the city says it’s made improvements in the ability to withstand website traffic spikes and in mobile access, it has a substantial amount of work to do before it can begin offering true digital services. Obtaining a filming permit , for example, still requires an applicant to fill out a paper form by hand and send it in the mail at least 10 days ahead of time.
Hall said the city hasn’t been able transition those services online yet, but it might look to the portal shared by Indianapolis and surrounding Marion County, Indiana , as an example of turning a municipal website into a “digital city hall.” Indianapolis began offering digital services in 2017 with the goal of eventually offering the same services to citizens visiting their government’s website as those present at the brick-and-mortar city hall, and can now deliver more than 50 services online. Other cities, like Orlando, Florida , are using websites to kick off a change in how they deliver services as well.
“We haven’t been able to [deliver services digitally], and this is what we’re looking to do in the future — change the way those services are delivered to a digital experience,” Hall said.
Philadelphia is now taking the first steps towards that transformation.
“We know that providing a more effective digital platform will help the city better deliver services to residents,” Wisniewski said. “This work is part of the administration’s overarching vision to make the city work better for those it serves.”
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Welcome to Bordertown edited by Holly Black and Ellen Kushner
Published by: Random House
The official patter:
"Bordertown: a city on the border between our human world and the elfin realm. Runaway teens come from both sides of the border to find adventure, to find themselves. Elves play in rock bands and race down the street on spell-powered motorbikes. Human kids recreate themselves in the squats and clubs and artists' studios of Soho. Terri Windling's original Bordertown series was the forerunner of today's urban fantasy, introducing authors that included Charles de Lint, Will Shetterly, Emma Bull, and Ellen Kushner. In this volume of all-new work (including a 15-page graphic story), the original writers are now joined by the generation that grew up dreaming of Bordertown, including acclaimed authors Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, Cory Doctorow, Neil Gaiman, Catherynne M. Valente, and many more. They all meet here on the streets of Bordertown in more than twenty new interconnected songs, poems, and stories."
An anthology I've been waiting for, and with these stellar authors who wouldn't be?
Something Deadly This Way Comes by Kim Harrison
"I'm Madison Avery, in charge of heaven's hit squad . . . and fighting it all the way.
When Madison died the night of her prom, she knew her life would never be the same. Now she has a powerful amulet, a team of rogue angels by her side, and the ability to flash forward into the future to see the shape of destiny. And of course, now she's finally with Josh—a perfect boyfriend who doesn't even mind that she's dead.
But being dead has its disadvantages, too. Madison feels caught between the light and the dark, and between her real life and her timekeeper status. When Madison has the opportunity to get her body back—to be alive again—she faces her most difficult decision yet. If she claims it, she could return to being a normal girl—and have a chance at a real relationship with Josh. But would having the one thing she wants most in the world also mean giving up everything she's worked so hard for?"
Woo hoo! New Madison Avery novel by Kim Harrison.
The Vampire Narcise by Colleen Gleason
Published by: Mira
"Skilled in the seduction of men, both mortal and immortal, Narcise Moldavi is the greatest weapon in her twisted brother's war among the Dracule. Until she falls for Giordan Cale.
Her first searing encounter with Giordan seals their fierce connection for their eternal lives. But Giordan's vow to help Narcise escape her brother's rule is followed by a betrayal more agonizing than sunlight.
Wounded but determined, Narcise ensnares vampire hunter Chas Woodmore in her quest for revenge and to reclaim her life. He wants her, worships her, will kill for her. And the Dracule never forget a wrong— nor do they forgive. "
I really can't get enough of Colleen Gleason and her vampires.
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
Published by: Scholastic
"om bestselling, Printz Award-winning author Libba Bray comes the story of a plane of beauty pageant contestants that crashes on a desert island.
Teen beauty queens. A Lost-like island. Mysteries and dangers. No access to emall. And the spirit of fierce, feral competition that lives underground in girls, a savage brutality that can only be revealed by a journey into the heart of non-exfoliated darkness. Oh, the horror, the horror! Only funnier. With evening gowns. And a body count."
Sounds like an all girls version of Lord of the Flies meets Hunger Games with a side of Miss Congeniality, I'm in!
The Warlock by Michael Scott
Published by: Delacorte
"In the fifth installment of this bestselling series, the twins of prophesy have been divided, and the end is finally beginning.
With Scatty, Joan of Arc, Saint Germain, Palamedes, and Shakespeare all in Danu Talis, Sophie is on her own with the ever-weakening Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel. She must depend on Niten to help her find an immortal to teach her Earth Magic. The surprise is that she will find her teacher in the most ordinary of places. "
New book in the Nicholas Flammel series, though every time I look at these books I think, does Michael Scott hate The Office because it's made his name infamous?
Labels: Beauty Queens, Bordertown, Charles De Lint, Colleen Gleason, Holly Black, Kim Harrison, Libba Bray, Michael Scott, Neil Gaiman, Something Deadly This Way Comes, The Vampire Narcise, The Warlock
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Death Comes to Pemberly by P.D. James
Published by: Knopf
Publication Date: December 6th, 2011
Elizabeth and Darcy have been married for some time. Theirs is a happy life. Despite any reservations Darcy had about his wife, she rose to each and every challenge. She runs the household and Pemberley with the love and respect of her staff and family, which already has two healthy little boys. Her sister, Jane, lives a short distance away and comes to Pemberley often with her husband Bingley. The household is in a massive upheaval in preparation for their annual ball which was a tradition of Darcy's mother, and which the family still upholds. The night before the ball has the family gathered together, Jane and Bingley have arrived early to help Elizabeth and Georgiana with the preparations, as well as Georgiana's two suitors, her cousin, Colonel Fitzwilliam, and an up-and-coming barrister, Alveston. What happens that night as they go to bed will change the lives of everyone present. Lydia arrives unexpectedly saying that Wickham and Denny are wandering in the woods and one of them is possibly dead, her and the coachman having heard gunshots. This being Lydia, she isn't that concise, or coherent, but the gist is understood.
Going into the depths of the forest, Wickham is found alive and crouching over the lifeless form of Denny. Wickham, despite initial incoherence, declares his innocence. But it's not that easy claiming innocence above the corpse of your friend who you've just argued with. The following days and months are spent in endless waiting. What will happen to Wickham? What really happened in those woods? Are they cursed? Will the shades of Permberley be thus polluted?
PD James is the mistress of mystery, the dame of death, the final word in her genre. Therefore I was expecting a lot more. I don't know why I should let myself get these high expectations, they are almost always crushed... but there you go, one of my many character flaws. Though I suspect PD of a greater character flaw, a Wickham sympathiser. I could not get ride of this nagging feeling the entire book that she didn't much care for Darcy and Elizabeth (who where woefully underused and also felt guilt towards Wickham) and really liked Wickham, who was given a lifestyle in youth that his true station in life could never support. Boo freakin' hoo. I bought this book for one purpose only, to see Wickham get what he deserves. A creeping leech who worms his way into peoples hearts and has been unrepentant in his ways all these many years. Yes, I know he's a fictional character, but unlike Willoughby, he had NO REMORSE!
Die Wickham, die! Which sadly, did not happen. But the whole mystery itself, aside from my Wickham issues was lackluster. I'm pretty decent at figuring mysteries out. Sometimes I don't try and I let myself enjoy the ride of reading the book, but not here. Here I was beat over the head with the clues so I couldn't avoid them. Heavy-handed foreshadowing indeed! I won't spoil it, but when PD went into a bit too much detail about certain "new" characters as well as a certain canines resting place, you should be able to put two and two together. If there had been some little twist, some little something, more fear, more gore, perhaps it would have taken this book beyond a cosy to something more enjoyable. Instead it seemed PD was more interested in the court proceedings of the day than actually creating suspense.
Of course I must handle the elephant in the room. There is a certain pressure of writing Austen. Books fall into two camps, the homage and the direct continuation. I personally like the homage. There's more fun to be hand, there's more you can do and there's less chance that you will attract the ire of Janites. Authors like Lauren Willig have successfully written with the flavor and time period of Austen without desecrating the hallowed six. Death Comes to Pemberley is of the second more dangerous camp and she creates a major fly in the ointment before the first page ends, with mistakenly referring to the odious Mr. Collins as Mr. Bennet's nephew. Um, no. Check your facts. He is a cousin. So step one, get your facts right, totally out the window. Then PD tries to jokingly/cleverly put in allusions to two other books in Austen's cannon. The first joke, about Wickham working for the Elliot's was very funny and you could see it as a possibility in some weird literature mash-up. But the second joke bringing in Emma, fell totally flat and seemed too much of a contrivance versus some little bit of fun on the side. True Janites should avoid this book like the plague. But if you're more of a causal Austen fan and aren't very good with the foreshadowing, go for it, it does have a pretty cover and the supporting characters that weren't in Pride and Prejudice are fun.
Labels: Darcy, Death Comes to Pemberley, Jane Austen, P.D. James, Pride and Prejudice, Wickham
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Book Review - George Mann's The Casebook of Newbury and Hobbes Volume One
The Casebook of Newbury and Hobbes Volume One by George Mann
Published by: Titan Books
Publication Date: October 22nd, 2013
From disappearing valets to monstrosities lurking in the shadows of Cheyne Walk, creatures from the deep to lost Indian jewels, become an armchair detective with the best from Sir Maurice Newbury to the Doctor John Watson. And every great detective has to have his or her Moriarty. We learn more about Sir Maurice's adversary, Lady Arkwell, as well as Veronica Hobbes's "chess" partner with whom she has had several contretemps, Zenith the Albino. Whether you are returning to the world of Newbury and Hobbes or just stopping in for your first visit, this collection of stories will chill your spine and leave you wanting to read just one more story before your bedtime. That is if you can sleep once you find out the secret of "What Lies Beneath."
I have said it before and I'm sure I'll say it again, books with short stories are always a risk. There's the whole consistency issue as well as flow. I can guarantee that you will spend more time thinking about that one story that wasn't up to scratch then you do all the other ones that were great. But more importantly is the flow of the book. Because each story is so different and starts a new narrative there's sometime not the impetus to keep going to the end, especially if you hit one of those weaker stories. Luckily The Casebook of Newbury and Hobbes is the exception that proves the rule full of unique individual stories within a connected world.
The Newbury and Hobbes series has always lent itself to comparisons with Sherlock Holmes, and rightfully so in my mind. Therefore, like Conan Doyle's writing, it lends itself to the short story format. In fact sometimes the longer Newbury and Hobbes books have too much going on and these little stories are a nice way to have a short and sweet little tale that isn't bogged down by the overarching narrative but still gives you nudges and winks as to the universe they inhabit.
What sets this above other compendiums though is that we are given insight into George's process. At the back of the book there is a timeline of events (very handy), but more importantly little story notes in which George talks about why he wrote the story or what drove his decisions. It gives you a feeling that at the end of perusing this volume, like Newbury and Bainbridge, you have sat down on opposites sides of the fireplace in great comfy chairs and had a chinwag with George as to what he was doing. The insight into his writing makes it all the more memorable. There was one turn of phrase that caught me most when he was discussing "The Maharajah's Star" and that was that he likes the "smaller, nested stories that all come together at the last moment." This is exactly how I feel and also how I think some of the stories work and some don't.
To succeed the stories need to be encapsulated, like a little jewel that sparkles on it's own but only at the end does it shine out and radiate among the expanded universe. Which is an overly flowery way of saying separate but connected. Take "Christmas Spirits" as the prime example and easily the weakest story in the book. In this loose re-imagining of A Christmas Carol Newbury dwells on his life and what has happened and what is to come. This stories makes almost no sense without the knowledge gleaned from the longer books. It pulled me out of the moment and destroyed the flow of being entranced by these jewel like stories. Which goes to show what a balancing act it is when compiling a collection. Just one that's not quite right and you're distracted.
But this one flaw which might have more to do with my hatred of that particular Dickens tale leads me to that aspect which George just nailed, and yes, it oddly has to do with Dickens. George is able to mimic other writers. I wouldn't say he's aping them, because despite giving the feel of Arthur Conan Doyle or Wilkie Collins his writing is still distinctly his own; clean, concise and conversational, with an approachability that I feel Nancy Mitford is the paragon of and which George captures as well. But he's able to lend an air to his stories that connect with writers that are contemporary to his stories, giving them a depth most other Steampunk books aren't able to do.
In my favorite story "The Dark Path" George gives us a more classic detective story that brings to mind Wilkie Collins and The Moonstone... a copy of which is found in the missing valet's room. A coincidence? I think not! "What Lies Beneath" gives us an utterly delicious and creepy story that would have made Poe proud. While the aforementioned "Christmas Spirits" channels some Dickens and "The Case of the Night Crawler" brings John Watson back to life, though in a far more modern story then Conan Doyle would have penned. By writing in this way he acknowledges his predecessors while creating his own path. I am again reminded of something George said in his story notes. George says that in "Old Friends" he shows that "the old guard [can] retire in peace ... safe in the knowledge that someone else is out there now." Well, the old writers can retire in peace safe in the knowledge that George is carrying on their legacy in grand style but never forgetting what he owes to them!
Labels: A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, George Mann, John Watson, Mann Month, Moriarty, Nancy Mitford, Newbury and Hobbes, Poe, Short Story, The Casebook of Newbury and Hobbes, The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins
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Reductions to the set of random strings: The resource-bounded case (2014)
Eric Allender, Harry Buhrman, Luke Friedman, Bruno Loff
Logical Methods in Computer Science 10(3): 1-18.
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AbstractThis paper is motivated by a conjecture that BPP can be characterized in terms of polynomial-time nonadaptive reductions to the set of Kolmogorov-random strings. In this paper we show that an approach laid out in [ADF+13] to settle this conjecture cannot succeed without significant alteration, but that it does bear fruit if we consider time-bounded Kolmogorov complexity instead.
We show that if a set A is reducible in polynomial time to the set of time-t-bounded Kolmogorov-random strings (for all large enough time bounds t), then A is in P/poly, and that if in addition such a reduction exists for any universal Turing machine one uses in the definition of Kolmogorov complexity, then A is in PSPACE.
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Stompit
Rock N Roll 4:14
Walk Beside Me - Live @ I Slept With The Band Tour 4:07
Welcome to the Jungle 3:25
Good For Me 3:36
Shake It 3:08
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Let's Be Love 3:57
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Blending vintage and modern sounds, Stompit is steeped in influences like blues, funk, rock n roll, R&B, soul, gospel, and fusion jazz. Comprised of only 2 members – female vocalist and bass player Mer Sal and guitarist Jasco (of Grammy nominated Blinddog Smokin), Stompit may surprise many a jaded listener.
Stompit achieves a full band sound using a shared drum responsibility.
Crooner Mer Sal holds the groove on bass guitar, kick drum, and foot tambourine, while delivering passionate vocals for her songs.
Jasco emotes whammy-laced melodies and gut-wrenching blues riffs from his guitar, while managing to groove on snare drum and hi hat, completing the other half of the drum sound with Mer Sal.
Part of Stompit's allure and marketability comes from the fact that they are the only duo in the world to play drums with their feet while simultaneously playing guitars and singing, as far as we can tell from researching other artists' videos.
Stompit won the 2019 Colorado Blues Society's International Blues Challenge (IBC) Solo/Duo championship, and is slated to represent the Colorado Blues Society in 2020 in the Memphis, TN International Blues Challenge.
Jasco and Mer Sal have released 3 albums of material and garnered airplay on radio stations, along with reviews across the globe. Stompit plays festivals, clubs, and concerts across 11 states, 160 dates a year. There are interviews and reviews about Mer Sal and Jasco in publications like Jazz World, Bass Musicians Magazine and Denver's Westword.
Recommended if you like:
Amy Winehouse, Adele, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, John Mayer, Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals.
Stompit - a full band sound, only two people.
Stompit's members Mer Sal and Jasco released a new album with their 3 piece band, The Symbols in 2019 called "Catching Fire."
Chris K, of The Colorado Playlist says "Produced and recorded by Jasco at his Fort Collins studio "The Recordium,”"Catching Fire” sets the standard against which all other female fronted Americana blues oriented recordings will be measured in the coming year in Colorado."
Album is available for review and download at www.thesymbols.net
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Class 168 'Clubman' DMU
The Class 168 ‘Clubman’ DMU first started production in 1998, as the very first units ordered and built after privatisation of the railway network.
The first few units had very similar fronts to the BREL-built Class 165/166 ‘Networker Turbo’ units, but had a body more reminiscent of a modern day ‘Turbostar’. Later units had the same frontal design as the ‘Turbostar’ units, and some Class 170s were converted to Class 168/3s.
The units are most frequently seen running on the Chiltern Railways ‘Mainline’ services, such as those between London Marylebone and Birmingham Snow Hill, but they can also be found on other Chiltern Railways services such as those to Aylesbury.
The download includes the Class 168/1 and Class 168/3 in Chiltern Railways livery, including a custom interior with PIS, four quick-drive consists, new triple-lights layout and over twenty-five custom destinations.
You need the Class 170 DMU from Steam to use this reskin. This DLC is included in the Edinburgh to Glasgow route.
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Retrospective analysis supports off-label thrombectomy in childhood stroke
Natalia Reoutova
A retrospective, multicentre cohort study has shown that the safety profile of thrombectomy in childhood stroke does not differ from the safety profile in randomized clinical trials for adults, supporting clinicians’ off-label practice of thrombectomy in paediatric patients, in the absence of high-level evidence.
Between 2000 and 2018, 73 children (51 percent boys; median age, 11.3 years; age range, 0.7 to 18.0 years) from 27 participating centres were included in the retrospective study. Median paediatric National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (pedNIHSS) score on admission was 14.0 (interquartile range [IQR], 9.2 to 20.0), improving to a median of 5.0 (IQR, 2.2 to 8.0) 12 to 24 hours after thrombectomy and 4.0 (IQR, 2.0 to 7.3) at day 7. [JAMA Neurol 2019; doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2019.3403] “The short-term neurologic improvement of our study population showed a similar pattern to that observed in the adult trials,” commented the researchers. [Lancet 2016;387:1723-1731]
The median modified Rankin scale (mRS) score at discharge was 1.0 (IQR, 0.2 to 2.0), and was 1.0 (IQR, 0 to 1.6) after 6 months and 1.0 (IQR, 0 to 1.0) after 24 months. In addition, the median Paediatric Stroke Outcome Measure (PSOM) score was 1.0 (IQR, 0 to 2.0) at discharge and 0.5 (IQR, 0 to 1.0) at 6 months and 24 months after the intervention. “The long-term neurologic outcomes were good in most patients,” commented the researchers.
The incidence of periprocedural complications was low, with transient vasospasm being angiographically detected in 5 percent of patients. In all cases, the vasospasms seemed to resolve after administration of nimodipine and were without any clinical sequelae. In addition, one patient with a pre-existing heart anomaly died of cardiac arrest after complete recanalization of the M1 segment of the middle cerebral artery occlusion. No vascular complications, such as arterial dissection, periprocedural thrombosis, or puncture site complications were reported.
Postinterventional complications that were reported included symptomatic intracerebral haemorrhage in one patient, and malignant infarction followed by decompressive hemicraniectomy in three patients. “The complication rates were low in children undergoing mechanical recanalization treatment, with relevant intracerebral haemorrhage occurring in one patient only,” wrote the researchers.
“Endovascular thrombectomy in paediatric patients with ischaemic stroke and large-vessel occlusion is feasible, as most (87 percent) patients underwent successful recanalization,” wrote the researchers.
“This study may support clinicians’ practice of off-label thrombectomy in childhood stroke in the absence of high-level evidence,” they concluded.
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Perry, Campbell share Masters lead while Tiger struggles
Updated: 11 April 2009 09:30 IST
Kenny Perry fired a bogey-free five-under 67 in swirling wind to match Chad Campbell for the lead late in round two of the Masters.
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Augusta (Georgia):
Kenny Perry, trying at 48 to become golf's oldest major champion, fired a bogey-free five-under 67 in swirling wind to match Chad Campbell for the lead late in round two of the Masters.
Campbell, the 2003 PGA Championship runner-up seeking his first major crown, and US Ryder Cup teammate Perry, seeking his first win in 42 major starts, each birdied the 18th to stand on nine-under 135 after 36 holes.
"That was probably one of the greatest rounds I've ever played," Perry said. "I was so comfortable out there. I don't know how to explain it. The wind is really swirling. You've got to be really careful out there. It was just easy."
Eight months past his 48th birthday, Perry would be four months older than fellow American Julius Boros, who set the major age win mark at the 1968 PGA Championship, and two years beyond Jack Nicklaus as the oldest Masters winner.
World number one Tiger Woods, seeking his 15th major title to pull three shy of matching Nicklaus' all-time record, took a second bogey in as many days at 18 to finish on par 72 and stand seven off the lead.
"A lot of wasted opportunities. I didn't get a whole lot out of my round again," Woods said. "I need to play better than I have, make a few more putts and get it going."
Woods, trying to become the first winner since Nicklaus in 1986 from outside the top 10 after 36 holes, birdied the sixth and eighth but followed each with a bogey. He birdied 15 but lipped out for par from seven feet at 18.
Perry, who missed the cut in five of eight prior Masters, opened with back-to-back birdies, added more at the par-3 12th and par-5 15th and hit his approach three feet from the pin on 18 for another to equal Campbell.
"It feels great but we're only halfway there," Campbell said. "There's a lot of golf to be played."
Campbell rolled in a tense 25-foot downhill birdie putt on the 18th that likely would have rolled well beyond the hole had it not dropped in the cup.
Argentina's Angel Cabrera, the 2007 US Open champion, fired a four-under 68 in the late afternoon to seize third on 136, two strokes ahead of American Todd Hamilton, the 2004 British Open winner, and three atop South African Tim Clark.
Anthony Kim, another US Ryder Cup player, set a Masters record with 11 birdies in his seven-under par 65, the day's low round. The old 18-hole birdie mark of 10 was set by Zimbabwe's Nick Price in the 1986 third round.
Kim, who shared 75th Thursday after a 75, was hoping to book a weekend stay in his Masters debut and wound up jumping into contention for a green jacket on four-under 140.
Joining Kim in sixth were Japan's Shingo Katayama, Spain's Sergio Garcia, South African Rory Sabbatini and American Jim Furyk.
Irishman Padraig Harrington, trying to become only the third man to win a third major in a row, fired a one-over 73 to stand on 142 with, among others, Woods and 51-year-old Scotsman Sandy Lyle.
A day after surrendering low scores with little wind, Augusta National fought back with stiff breezes. "When you get wind like that it makes it tons different," Campbell said. "You've got to be so much more precise and it makes it so much more difficult."
World number two Phil Mickelson, Australian Geoff Ogilvy and Fiji's Vijay Singh were in a pack on 141.
Defending champion Trevor Immelman, Japan's Ryuji Imada, Australian Stuart Appleby and Northern Ireland teen Rory McIlroy were among 50 who reached the weekend, making the cut on the number at one-over 145.
McIlroy surrendered five strokes in the last three holes to tumble back.
South Africans Ernie Els and Retief Goosen, Australian Adam Scott and Indian Jeev Milkha Singh missed the cut by a stroke.
Two-time British Open winner Greg Norman, 54, fired a 77 and missed the cut by two strokes.
South African legend Gary Player, 73, missed the cut in the last of his record 52 Masters starts.
Topics mentioned in this article Golf Chad Campbell Kenny Perry Angel Cabrera Tiger Woods
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FINA World Water Polo Conference to be held in Cancun Mexico Feb 28-29
The FINA aquatic community will gather on February 27-28, 2014 in Cancun (MEX) to attend the FINA World Water Polo Conference, a unique opportunity to hear from established team sports, newly popular sports, and representatives from the Water Polo family about the innovative ideas they have used to ensure continued success.
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FINA Names Ryan Lochte, Katie Ledecky 2013 Swimmers of the Year
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WATER POLO: USA Men Defeat Canada 8-7 To Earn Berth In 2014 FINA World Cup
Alex Bowen (featured image) scored his first goal of the game on a power play with a minute to play in the period evening the match at 4-4 headed to the fourth.
WATER POLO: USA Women Win FINA World Cup Qualification; Men Drop Second Match To Canada
Betsey Armstrong, USA Water Polo, helps Team USA net win at FINA World Cup Qualification.
WATER POLO: USA Men & Women Top Canada To Open FINA World Cup Qualification 1-0
The USA Men’s Senior National Team opened the FINA World Cup Qualification with an 11-6 victory over Canada at the Santa Ana YMCA.
Rosters Announced For Men’s & Women’s FINA World Cup Qualification
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Swindon Social Enterprise Network
Lottery Boost for Swindon Civic Voice’s Town Centre Project
By Jamie Hill - 29 November 2019
Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Community Fund, Swindon Civic Voice will next year run a year-long project that will focus on Swindon’s central retail core and surrounding traffic circulation.
Announcing the award, Chair of SCV Angela Atkinson outlines the project:
"Swindon Civic Voice will explore the development of Swindon’s town from its origin in the mid-1880s, through its transformation in the 1970s, up to the present day.
"We ‘ll pull together information from historic records, maps and memories and share this early year’s material in an exhibition in Swindon’s Central Library in early February. We’ll follow that up with a second exhibition illustrating the range of proposals floated in recent years, each with a view to improving the range of housing, shopping and cultural facilities in the town centre.
"The project will conclude, at the back end of the 2020, with an exhibition on future proposals. This will offer an opportunity for residents to give their opinions concerning the future character of the area.
"This project is timely, due to the range of recent proposals, including the current Local Plan development which looks ahead to 2036.
"We intend to work closely with Swindon Council planners to understand their approach to the issues of our town centre. Our attention to the town centre will dovetail with the Heritage Action Zone project on the GWR Railway Village Conservation Area.
"We’ll use our social media platforms and our website to share the learning from this project. it’s our aim and hope to engage residents in shaping the future of their town, with further discussions based upon the knowledge pulled together throughout the exhibition process.
"The aim of Swindon Civic Voice is to bring information and people together to air both their concerns and their future wishes.
"SCV would especially like to meet and work with some of the more knowledgeable social media contributors, whose sharing of photos have been inspirational to Swindonians interested in the evolution of the town centre since 1945.
"It’s time to share and shape our town centre for the future."
Full details of how to contribute to the project or become a member of Swindon Civic Voice will shortly be available through Swindon Civic Voice’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/swindoncivicvoice/) and the SCV website: swindoncivicvoice.org.uk
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Apps, Hacks
March 27, 2019 January 2, 2020 TechSpices Staff
One by one or by blocks.
Twitter is very good for many things: share interesting links, videos and funny GIFs, share curious threads or engage in conversation with our artists or references. But one of its drawbacks is that when you write a message, tweet or tweet, there is no going back. Well, yes, you can delete it, but not correct it.
Removing Twitter tweets can be useful in case you have made an error, you regret what you said or just to clean your old messages or Twitter tweets that no longer fit your comments or current profile. It is also possible that in the past you wrote messages or tweets that can now be misinterpreted as being out of context.
For all these cases, Twitter allows you to delete messages individually. On the other hand, there are services that facilitate the elimination or deletion of Twitter tweets at once.
How to delete a Tweet
Deleting a tweet has no secret. From your profile, you look at your list of publications, click on the corresponding icon and then Delete Tweet.
You can delete Twitter tweets individually from your computer and from official applications for iPhone, iPad and Android.
When you delete a tweet, it will no longer be visible in your account or in the chronology of accounts that follow you. With the retweets it happens the same. If the original tweet is deleted, the retweets of that tweet will disappear or display the message Tweet deleted or deleted in case the retweet includes a comment.
Obviously, if someone has made a capture of your tweet or has copied and republished it, they are beyond the scope of eliminating the original publication.
How to delete several Tweets
What is really interesting to know is how to delete or delete several Twitter posts at once. Old conversations, decontextualized messages or mistakes of the past, may disappear.
Twitter does not offer this service officially. Your solution is to create a temporary account, change the name for your current account and start from scratch.
But if you just want to delete several tweets from Twitter, you can go to third-party services.
With TweetDelete , for example, we can eliminate all of our Twitter tweets. The limit is in 3,200 publications. If you have more, you can perform the deletion in several passes. Its operation consists in indicating the year from which we want to eliminate old publications.
Another website where to end your Twitter posts is TweetDeleter . In this case, we can search for specific messages regardless of their age, just indicate the date, keyword or type of content that includes. On the one hand, we can delete loose Twitter tweets or all of them. Moreover, it includes an option to delete messages automatically following preferences.
As there are not two without three, TwitWipe is also a website that will help us eliminate bulk publications, that is, clean your Twitter account as far as comments are concerned. In particular, remove all our tweets, retweets from other publications or those we have marked as favorites. Also our mentions to other accounts. We will only leave intact our lists of accounts in a row, contacts that follow us and lists of accounts.
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Second Annual Gossip Girl Evaluation
With the One Tree Hill evaluation now complete (results will be posted later today), we move on to Gossip Girl.
You have until Saturday at 11:59pm eastern to vote in these polls.
**Please remember your answers should be based solely on the season that just ended, except for the last question, which is about the show overall.**
Note: The format is wonky for the open-ended questions. Please put your answer in the “other” space.
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News Roundup: One Tree Hill, Gossip Girl and 90210
Last night’s One Tree Hill (2.1 million rounded up) and Gossip Girl (1.8 million rounded up) both rose a tiny bit in the ratings compared to last week, though Gossip Girl’s raise was teeny tiny.
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TVByTheNumbers.com’s two writers believe One Tree Hill has a 60 or 75 percent chance of renewal.
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The Dartmouth has an interesting article on the suckiness of Gossip Girl, particularly when compared to The O.C.
PopEater has an interview with Leighton Meester (Blair, Gossip Girl) mostly about her singing career.
Movieline.com has a pretty good interview with Laura Harring (Elizabeth, Gossip Girl).
Jessica Lowndes (Adrianna, 90210) is now on Twitter. I’ve added her to the Twitter Directory.
WPIX has a spoilish video interview with Lowndes.
Korbi has a spoilish video interview with Trevor Donovan (Teddy, 90210).
The CW Source has a spoilish video interview with Diego Boneta (Javier, 90210).
Kellan Lutz (George, 90210) is reportedly in a salary dispute with Summit Entertainment regarding Breaking Dawn and his role could be recast.
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News Roundup: Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, 90210 and Dawson’s Creek
Last night’s Gossip Girl (1.7 million viewers) stayed the same in the ratings compared to last week, though the unrounded number shows a bit of an increase.
NBC Los Angeles has a brief interview with Laura Harring (Elizabeth, Gossip Girl).
TVGuideMagazine.com says One Tree Hill has less than a 50 percent chance of renewal.
I (almost) 100 percent agree with this Open Letter To One Tree Hill Fans, which points out some of the reasons it’s time we let the show go.
Oxygen announced a new series, Tori & Dean: Weddings, starring Tori Spelling (Donna, Beverly Hills 90210).
Wonderwall has an interview with Spelling that includes some BH90210-related questions.
This recap of last night’s Life Unexpected, which stars Kerr Smith (Jack, Dawson’s Creek), references one of my favorite DC episodes, 3.19, Stolen Kisses.
Tags: Beverly Hills 90210, BH90210, Dawson's Creek, DC, Donna, Elizabeth, Gossip Girl, Jack, Kerr Smith, Laura Harring, Life UneXpected, NBC Los Angeles, One Tree Hill, Oxygen, Stolen Kisses, Tori & Dean: Weddings, Tori Spelling, TVGuideMagazine.com, Wonderwall
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News Roundup: One Tree Hill, Gossip Girl, 90210 and The O.C.
Be sure to check out The CW’s site for all the new video content this week.
Zap2it has a “kill” or “keep” One Tree Hill poll.
Miami Medical, starring Elisabeth Harnois (Shelley, One Tree Hill), premiered on CBS tonight.
Robbie Jones (Quentin, One Tree Hill) and Matt Barr (Ian “Pyscho Derek” Banks, One Tree Hill; young Keith van der Woodsen, Gossip Girl) have been cast in The CW’s Hellcats, which will also star Ashley Tisdale, who appeared on an episode of Beverly Hills 90210.
Gina Torres (Gabrielle, Gossip Girl) has been cast in ABCFamily’s Huge, which will also star Zander Eckhouse, son of James Eckhouse (Jim, Beverly Hills 90210).
In TVGuide.com’s Top Moments of the Week, the Jenny storyline from this week’s ep earned her the title of Best Femme Fatale-in-Training.
Zap2it has an interview with Laura Harring (Elizabeth, Gossip Girl).
Kristen Bell (Gossip Girl, Gossip Girl) and Brittany Snow (Young Lily, Gossip Girl) are among the stars participating in the One Day Without Shoes campaign.
Monday is the season premiere of Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood, featuring Tori Spelling (Donna, Beverly Hills 90210).
iVillage has an interview with Spelling.
OnTheRedCarpet.com has a spoilish video interview with Shenae Grimes (Annie, 90210) and Ryan Eggold (Ryan, 90210).
HollywoodNews.com has an interview with Jessica Lowndes (Adrianna, 90210).
Shailene Woodley (Kaitlin, The O.C.) will be on the cover of the May issue of Seventeen.
Tags: 90210, ABCFamily, Adrianna, Annie, Ashley Tisdale, Beverly Hills 90210, Brittany Snow, CBS, Donna, Elisabeth Harnois, Elizabeth, Gabrielle, Gina Torres, Gossip Girl, Hellcats, HollywoodNews.com, Huge, Ian "Psycho Derek" Banks, iVillage, James Eckhouse, Jenny, Jessica Lowndes, Jim, Kaitlin, Keith van der Woodsen, Kristen Bell, Laura Harring, Lily, Matt Barr, Miami Medical, One Day Without Shoes, One Tree Hill, OnTheRedCarpet.com, Quentin, Robbie Jones, Ryan, Ryan Eggold, Seventeen, Shailene Woodley, Shelley, Shenae Grimes, The CW, The O.C, Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood, Tori Spelling, TVGuide.com, Zander Eckhouse, Zap2it
Categories : 90210, Beverly Hills 90210, Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, The O.C.
News Roundup: Gossip Girl, 90210, One Tree Hill and The O.C.
The Chuck/Elizabeth storyline from this week’s Gossip Girl is one of TVGuide.com’s Top Moments of the Week.
PEOPLE.com has an article on the friendship between Matthew Settle (Rufus, Gossip Girl) and Kelly Rutherford (Lily, Gossip Girl).
Kristin has a post praising 90210 and dishing tons of spoilers, the majority of which I’m pretty sure we knew already.
WPIX has a video interview with Tristan Wilds (Dixon, 90210).
Apparently Shenae Grimes (Annie, 90210) is preparing a photography exhibit somewhere. News to me. Strange it wasn’t mentioned during her recent TV interviews.
Jennie Garth (Kelly, Beverly Hills 90210) participated in The KIND Movement.
The new season of Dancing With The Stars, featuring Shannen Doherty (Brenda, Beverly Hills 90210), premieres Monday night.
A postcard will be sent on your behalf–for free–to The CW in support of One Tree Hill if you fill out this form.
USA Today has an interview with Bryan Greenberg (Jake, One Tree Hill).
Nylon has a video interview with Greenberg.
Thanks to Sara for sharing this fun video of a guy performing a bunch of TV theme songs, including The O.C.
A TV critic believes Southland is a breakout role for Benjamin McKenzie (Ryan, The O.C.).
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Man Stopped by Police in England for Driving to McDonald's With Sheep in Backseat
By Alissa Greenberg
“Two bald tires and a sheep in the boot” might sound like the last line of a nursery rhyme, or maybe a long-lost Dave Matthews Band album from the 1990s, but it’s also the reason that police stopped a driver in northern England this week.
The man had a large sheep tucked in the back of his small Peugeot 206, and police were concerned it might constitute an “insecure load,” local paper the Northern Echo reports. When they pulled the man over, they also discovered two of his tires were on the verge of puncture.
The man said the sheep was from his farm and that he just wanted to take it out with him while he grabbed a burger at McDonald’s. “Some people take their dogs in their cars, I take my sheep,” he reportedly told the officers who pulled him over.
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“He seemed fine to be honest — although he obviously felt a little sheepish when we pointed out the two bald tires,” Chris Marlow, one of the officers, told the Echo, earning a round of applause from pun lovers everywhere.
Concluding that a sheep in the backseat did not present any more risk than a large dog would, the officers chose not to take the man in for questioning. But did they send him home with a ticket, anyway?
Ewe bet.
[The Northern Echo]
Wildlife Smuggled Through Airport Security
A baby tiger cub is found in the suitcase of a woman flying from Bangkok to Iran, at Suvarnabhumi Airport, in Bangkok, Thailand. Authorities at the airport found the baby tiger cub that had been drugged and hidden among stuffed toy tigers in the suitcase. Photo release Aug. 22, 2010.
Suvarnabhumi Airport Wildlife Checkpoint/AP
U.S. customs inspectors at Los Angeles International Airport seized a shipment of several dozen live Giant African snails seen inthis photo released on July 14, 2014, considered a delicacy in Nigeria but also pests that can eat paint and stucco off houses.
Handout/Reuters
A Dutch traveller was caught trying to smuggle more than a dozen live hummingbirds in special pouches sewn into the inside of his underwear at Rochambeau airport on Sept, 28, 2011 in Cayenne, French Guiana. The birds were individually wrapped in cloth and taped up to prevent them from escaping.
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A crocodile native to India is shown to the press during a news conference in Bangkok on June 2, 2011. Thai customs authorities say 431 turtles and other rare reptiles were stuffed into four suitcases and smuggled into the Bangkok airport.
Apichart Weerawong—AP
An Australian man was caught with two pigeons hidden in his pants on a flight from Dubai to Melbourne, Australia on Feb 1, 2009. The 23-year-old man was questioned by Customs after two eggs and some seeds were found in a vitamin container in his luggage. A search of his body found two live pigeons wrapped in padded envelopes and held to the man's legs with a pair of tights.
Australian Customs Service/AP
An officer from Singapore's Immigration and Custom Authority holds one of many star tortoise which were found in the hand luggage of an Indian national at Singapore's Changi Airport on Sept. 15, 2003. An Indian national was apprehended for illegal possessing 499 endangered star tortoises.
This undated photo provided by the Department of Justice shows a detained suspect with songbirds strapped to his legs at Los Angeles International Airport The man was charged on May 5, 2009.
Department of Justice/AP
An Indonesian customs officer shows a python snake, part of a haul discovered at the Sukarno-Hatta airport in Tangerang outside Jakarta on March 26, 2011. Indonesian airport officials said they foiled an attempt by two Kuwaitis to smuggle 40 pythons in their luggage.
AFP/Getty Images/Newscom
A woman arrived in Melbourne, Australia on a flight from Singapore with 51 live tropical fish hidden in a specially designed apron under her skirt on June 6, 2005. Customs officers became suspicious after hearing 'flipping' noises coming from her waist.
An employee of Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau holds one of five sailfin lizards that were smuggled into Hong Kong and brought back to the Philippines on June 8, 2012. The lizards were smuggled into Hong Kong along with 18 Philippine pond turtles and 13 Asian box turtles.
Bullit Marquez—AP
A plane passenger with dozens of deadly tarantula spiders hidden in his luggage was arrested as he tried to smuggle the spiders past customs officials in Zurich Airport, Switzerland. The spiders were endangered Mexican red kneed tarantulas, and are understood to have died of cold during the flight.
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Asakusa’s Owl & Parakeet Cafe
“This is fun,” I said to the girl working at the cafe, raising my voice to be heard above the squawking. “But it would never be allowed in America!” She looked at me, baffled, and asked why not. At this moment, there were six parakeets on my head, and bird poop was running down my shoulder. Something was pecking at my neck and, in the next room, people were petting an eagle. I considered explaining, but decided against it. Regarding animal cafes, the rift between our cultures might be too wide.
We had visited a dog cafe in Busan, and cat cafes have become popular in a few European cities. But Tokyo always enjoys taking things to the next level. In addition to dog and cat cafes, this city has cafes dedicated to goats, turtles, snakes, rabbits… and owls. We showed up at Asakusa’s Owl & Parakeet Cafe, not long after it opened to the public.
On entering the downstairs cafe, my first thought was “This place is tiny,” followed immediately by “Holy crap, that’s a huge eagle!” It was right next to me, definitely within pecking-distance. My primal instinct ordered me to flee, but given the size of the room, there was nowhere to go.
In a cage in the corner, we found two fluffy baby owls, just one month old and already quite large. Above them sat a couple full-grown owls, and we were encouraged to go ahead and pet them all, including the babies. I hovered my hand above one owl, trying to pet her, but she kept a steady eye on my fingers, pecking whenever they came too near. Eventually she calmed down and I was able to scratch the back of her head.
This was already crazier than any other “cafe” I’d ever been to. But now we passed into the larger “parakeet room” and the crazy level went from 10 to WTF?!? Flying around wildly were over sixty squawking parakeets who, from the moment we entered, were fighting with each other for the honor of perching atop our heads. Those who couldn’t find room on our heads contented themselves with our shoulders, arms and hands. One feathered fellow, who I never actually laid eyes on, nestled into a comfortable position at the back of my neck, which he would occasionally nibble.
The girl working in the cafe put a container of seeds into my hand, which I appreciated because I had just been thinking that this needed to get even more insane. The birds immediately recognized the container and dove for my hand, trying to pry the lid off. “You can pet them,” said our guide, as though this were something I had the slightest desire to do. Instead of petting them, may I wring their necks?
May I run screaming from the room?
Asakusa’s Owl and Parakeet Cafe is hard to classify as “fun,” and it’s certainly not a cafe in which you’d want to drink coffee, but it’s quite an experience. How much you enjoy it depends entirely on how much you love birds.
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Asakusa's Owl & Parakeet Cafe "This is fun," I said to the girl working at the cafe, raising my voice to be heard above the squawking. "But it would never be allowed in America!" She looked at me, baffled, and asked why not. At this moment, there were six parakeets on my head, and bird poop was running down my shoulder. Something was pecking at my neck and, in the next room, people were petting an eagle. I considered explaining, but decided against it. Regarding animal cafes, the rift between our cultures might be too wide.
This sounds quite horrifying. Almost Hitchcock-esque!
Great pics and videos and the description had me howling…. and the crazy level went from 10 to fuck…
So funny and witty text…Thank you guys! “May I run screaming from the room?” Hahaha!!
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Outback Steakhouse Outback Rack
Menu Description: "A 14-ounce rack of New Zealand lamb served with a Cabernet sauce."
Next time you make lamb, try this seasoning and sauce on it and make lamb the Outback way. Outback's racks are small, so if you find a 24- to 28-ounce rack of lamb, you'll get 2 servings with this recipe. Be sure to trim off most of the extra fat before you sear the lamb. And after the searing, don't wash out that skillet! You want those flavorful little bits (fond) in there to make the incredible Cabernet sauce that is served alongside the lamb for dipping, dousing, and drenching.
Start your meal off with Outback's famous Bushman Bread, and Blue Cheese Chopped Salad. Find all of my Outback Steakhouse copycat recipes here.
Source: Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 3 by Todd Wilbur.
Lamb Seasoning
1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon dried rosemary
1/4 teaspoon dried basil
1 24- to 28-ounce rack New Zealand Lamb, trimmed and cut in half
Cabernet Sauce
1 teaspoon all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon minced parsley
Pinch lamb seasoning (from above recipe)
Restaurant/Brand
2. Make the lamb seasoning by combining the ingredients in a small bowl.
3. Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. If the oil begins to smoke, your pan is too hot.
4. Trim the excess fat from rack of lamb and slice the rack in half so that you have two smaller racks with 4 bones each. Sprinkle each rack with the seasoning blend.
5. Sear top and bottom of the racks in hot oil for 3 to 4 minutes or until the surface is browned. Put racks into an oven-safe roasting pan and bake for 15 minutes or until internal temperature is 130 degrees F (for medium). When the lamb is done remove it from the oven and cover the pan with foil and let the lamb sit for 8 to 10 minutes.
6. While the lamb is baking make cabernet sauce by melting butter in the searing skillet (make sure you have not washed out this skillet—the browned goodness from the searing should still be in there). When the butter is melted add the flour and cook for a minute or until the flour begins to turn a tan color. Whisk in the other ingredients in the order listed, then turn off the heat.
7. When the lamb is done resting, cut each rack into chops and serve with the cabernet sauce on the side.
mariana hansen
Sep 7, 2014, 22:00
This is my favorite recipe from the Outback Steakhouse and Todd just nailed it. It tastes exactly the same in my opinion.
chops58
This dish is one of my favorite restaurant entree's. I was thrilled to find this recipe clone published - and positively overwhelmed with delight when I tasted the outcome. This IS the outback version to a "T". Wow!
Boston Market Meatloaf
In the early 90's Boston Chicken was rockin' it. The home meal replacement chain's stock was soaring and the lines were filled with hungry customers waiting to sink their teeth into a serving of the chain's delicious rotisserie chicken. So successful was the chain with chicken, that the company quickly decided it was time to introduce other entree selections, the first of which was a delicious barbecue sauce-covered ground sirloin meatloaf. But offering the other entrees presented the company with a dilemma: what to do about the name. The bigwigs decided it was time to change the name to Boston Market, to reflect a wider menu. That meant replacing signs on hundreds of units and retooling the marketing campaigns. That name change, plus rapid expansion of the chain and growth of other similar home-style meal concepts sent the company into a tailspin. By 1988, Boston Market's goose was cooked, and the company filed for bankruptcy. Soon McDonald's stepped in to purchase the company, with the idea of closing many of the stores for good, and slapping Golden Arches on the rest. But that plan was scrapped when, after selling many of the under-performing Boston Markets, the chain began to fly once again. Within a year of the acquisition Boston Market was profitable, and those meals with the home-cooked taste are still being served at over 700 Boston Market restaurants across the country.
Source: Even More Top Secret Recipes by Todd Wilbur.
Roadhouse Grill Baby Back Ribs
Menu Description: "Our award-winning Baby Back Ribs are slow-roasted, then basted with Jim Beam Bourbon BBQ Sauce and finished on our Mesquite grill."
When your crew bites into these baby backs they'll savor meat so tender and juicy that it slides right off the bone. The slow braising cooks the ribs to perfection, while the quick grilling adds the finishing char and smoky flavor. But the most important component to any decent rack of ribs is a sauce that's filled with flavor, and this version of Roadhouse Grill's award-wining sauce is good stuff. I ordered the ribs naked (without sauce) so that I could see if there was any detectable rub added before cooking and I didn't find anything other than salt and a lot of coarse black pepper. So that's the way I designed the recipe, and it works.
Buffalo Wild Wings Buffalo Wings and Sauces
Menu Description: "Here they are in all their lip-smacking, award-winning glory: Buffalo, New York-style chicken wings spun in your favorite signature sauce."
Since Buffalo, New York was too far away, Jim Disbrow and Scott Lowery satisfied their overwhelming craving in 1981 by opening a spicy chicken wing restaurant close to home in Kent, Ohio. With signature sauces and a festive atmosphere, the chain has now evolved from a college campus sports bar with wings to a family restaurant with over 300 units. While frying chicken wings is no real secret—simply drop them in hot shortening for about 10 minutes—the delicious spicy sauces make the wings special. There are 12 varieties of sauce available to coat your crispy chicken parts at the chain, and I'm presenting clones for the more traditional flavors. These sauces are very thick, almost like dressing or dip, so we'll use an emulsifying technique that will ensure a creamy final product where the oil won't separate from the other ingredients. Here is the chicken wing cooking and coating technique, followed by clones for the most popular sauces: Spicy Garlic, Medium and Hot. The sauce recipes might look the same at first, but each has slight variations make your sauce hotter or milder by adjusting the level of cayenne pepper. You can find Frank's pepper sauce by the other hot sauces in your market. If you can't find that brand, you can also use Crystal Louisiana hot sauce.
Outback Steakhouse Grilled Shrimp on the Barbie
This recipe makes the same size appetizer serving that you get in the restaurant. That's only 6 shrimp—enough for me, but what are you guys having? Thank goodness the remoulade sauce and the shrimp seasoning formulas yield enough for a bigger serving, so you can grill up to a pound of shrimp with this recipe. Find bags of frozen uncooked shrimp that have been peeled, but with the tails left on.
BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse Parmesan Crusted Chicken Breast
Menu Description: "Our marinated chicken breast coated with Parmesan cheese and crunchy panko breadcrumbs, lightly pounded and pan fried to a golden brown. Served with white cheddar mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli and topped with a lemon Chardonnay butter sauce, sun-dried tomatoes, fresh basil and Parmesan cheese."
This re-creation lays out a great way to prepare that 4-pack of chicken breasts you dropped into your shopping cart. While you're at the market, head down the aisle where the Asian foods are parked and pick up some Japanese breadcrumbs, also called "panko" breadcrumbs. Combining these coarse breadcrumbs with shredded Parmesan cheese makes a crispy breading for the chicken that doesn't even need a sauce to taste good. Still, the lemony Chardonnay butter sauce used at the restaurant is cloned here too, so you'll have the complete flavor experience. You'll want to plan ahead a bit for this dish since the chicken fillets will need to marinate in the brine solution for 2 to 3 hours. This dish goes great with the clone recipe for BJ's White Cheddar Mashed Potatoes.
LongHorn Steakhouse Prairie Dust
Peruse a menu at one of the 270-unit LongHorn Steakhouses located throughout the eastern half of the U.S. and you'll find this seasoning blend on battered onion petals, spicy fried shrimp, pork chops, and steaks. Just combine these eight common ingredients in the comfort of your home, and you will have quickly cloned a versatile seasoned salt that can be added to everything that needs flavor, from steaks to chicken to seafood. It's also good sprinkled over eggs, burgers, even popcorn.
Menu Description: "Tender, crispy wild gulf shrimp tossed in a creamy, spicy sauce."
Bonefish Grill proudly refers to this appetizer as the "house specialty." And why not, it's an attractive dish with bang-up flavor, especially if you like your food on the spicy side. The heat in this Bang Bang Shrimp recipe comes from the secret sauce blend that's flavored with chili garlic sauce, also known as sambal. You can find this bright red sauce where the Asian foods in your market—and while you're there, pick up some rice vinegar. Once the sauce is made, you coat the shrimp in a simple seasoned breading, fry them to a nice golden brown, toss them gently in the sauce, and then serve them up on a bed of mixed greens to hungry folks who, hopefully, have a cool drink nearby to mellow the sting.
P.F. Chang's Mongolian Beef
Menu Description: "Quickly-cooked steak with scallions and garlic."
Beef lovers go crazy over this one at the restaurant. Flank steak is cut into bite-sized chunks against the grain, then it's lightly dusted with potato starch (in our case we'll use cornstarch), flash-fried in oil, and doused with an amazing sweet soy garlic sauce. The beef comes out tender as can be, and the simple sauce sings to your taste buds. I designed this recipe to use a wok, but if you don't have one a saute pan will suffice (you may need to add more oil to the pan to cover the beef in the flash-frying step). P. F. Chang's secret sauce is what makes this dish so good, and it's versatile. If you don't dig beef, you can substitute with chicken. Or you can brush it on grilled salmon.
Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls
In early 1985, restaurateur Rich Komen felt there was a specialty niche in convenience-food service just waiting to be filled. His idea was to create an efficient outlet that could serve freshly made cinnamon rolls in shopping malls throughout the country. It took nine months for Komen and his staff to develop a cinnamon roll recipe he knew customers would consider the "freshest, gooiest, and most mouthwatering cinnamon roll ever tasted." The concept was tested for the first time in Seattle's Sea-Tac mall later that year, with workers mixing, proofing, rolling, and baking the rolls in full view of customers. Now, more than 626 outlets later, Cinnabon has become the fastest-growing cinnamon roll bakery in the world.
Source: More Top Secret Recipes by Todd Wilbur.
Olive Garden Breadsticks
Anyone who loves Olive Garden is probably also a big fan of the bottomless basket of warm, garlicky breadsticks served before each meal at the huge Italian casual chain. My guess is that the breadsticks are proofed, and then sent to each restaurant where they are baked until golden brown, brushed with butter and sprinkled with garlic salt. Getting the bread just right for a good Olive Garden breadstick recipe was tricky—I tried several different amounts of yeast in all-purpose flour, but then settled on bread flour to give these breadsticks the same chewy bite as the originals. The two-stage rising process is also a crucial step in this much requested homemade Olive Garden breadstick recipe. Also check out our Olive Garden Italian salad dressing recipe.
Hooters Buffalo Chicken Wings
Menu Description: "Nearly world famous. Often imitated, hardly ever duplicated."
"Hooters is to chicken wings what McDonald's is to hamburgers," claims promotional material from the company. True, the six fun-loving Midwestern businessmen who started Hooters in Clearwater, Florida, on April Fool's Day in 1983 chose a classic recipe for chicken wings as their signature item. But while some might say it's the buffalo wings that are their favorite feature of the restaurant, others say it's the restaurant chain's trademark Hooters girls—waitresses casually attired in bright orange short-shorts and skin tight T-shirts.
Today there are over 375 Hooters across the United States serving more than 200 tons of chicken wings every week. The original dish can be ordered in 10-, 20-, or 50-piece servings; or if you want to splurge, there's the "Gourmet Chicken Wing Dinner" featuring 20 wings and a bottle of Dom Perignon champagne, for only $125. To further enhance the Hooters experience when you serve these messy wings, throw a whole roll of paper towels on the table, rather than napkins, as they do in the restaurants.
Source: Top Secret Restaurant Recipes by Todd Wilbur.
Outback Steakhouse Victoria's Crowned Filet
Tonight, don't settle for steaks that are served straight off the grill. Instead, blow everyone away when you serve up grilled beef tenderloin filets that have been "crowned" with buttery horseradish breadcrumbs. This presentation looks and tastes great, but the best part: it's really freakin' easy. The crust is prepared ahead of time by combining the ingredients and forming the mixture into crust "pucks" that are chilled until firm. Then, when the steaks come off the grill, you top each one with a crust, and broil until bubbling. Now, sit back and watch as your feeders flip when they take the first bite. That's right, tonight you rule.
Cheeseburger in Paradise BBQ Jerk Ribs
Menu Description: "Slow-cooked marinated domestic pork ribs lightly seasoned with Jerk spices and basted with BBQ sauce."
An island taste in the secret jerk paste formula permeates the ribs as they slow cook in low heat. Halfway through cooking the ribs are wrapped in foil to begin a braising process that tenderizes the meat. And for a big finish, the racks are tossed on the grill just before serving then basted with a delicious scratch sauce. Follow the grilling instructions here and you won't lose any meat from your ribs sticking to the barbecue grate. Start by grilling the ribs bony-side-down so that some of the fat from the ribs melts onto your grill. Now when you flip the racks over onto the meaty side the grill is well-lubricated, giving you beautiful grill marks on the good part, and no sticking. And don't freak out about that whole habanero pepper included in the jerk paste. Sure, it may be one of the world's hottest peppers, but the paste goes a long way, and you should only detect a hint of heat on the finished product. If you're a chilihead, go ahead and add more than one. Serve up these babies with a side of my hacked Sweet Potato Chips clone for an authentic CIP experience.
P.F. Chang's Chang's Spare Ribs
Menu Description: "Wok-seared with Chang's barbecue sauce."
One of the most popular eats on P. F. Chang's appetizer menu is the Chinese spare ribs that arrive slathered with Asian-style barbecue sauce. The Asian flavor comes from the addition of sweet hoisin sauce to a fairly rudimentary barbecue sauce formula. Chang's menu says these ribs are spare ribs although they appear to be much smaller, more like baby backs. You can certainly use either for this recipe, just be sure to trim the ribs first, since the restaurant version is lean, clean ribs with no extra meat or fat hanging off. There are several ways to cook pork ribs—P. F. Chang's boils theirs first, then fries them. After that, the ribs are tossed with the sauce in wok and served piping hot. A serving of these ribs at the restaurant is 6 individual ribs, but since a full rack is as many as 12 ribs, this recipe will make twice what you get in a serving at the bustling bistro chain.
Outback Steakhouse Kookaburra Wings
Menu Description: "Known as Buffalo chicken wings here in the States."
No, Outback Steakhouse is not the country's largest importer of Australian woodland kingfisher wings. Despite the name, these tasty wings don't come from the wild birds also known as kookaburras. Instead, this appetizer is made the old fashioned way—with good old American chickens. And as with the traditional recipe, these wings are coated with Louisiana hot sauce; but it's the breading that makes them unique. This clone Outback Steakhouse kookaburra wings recipe uses a secret blend of powdered cheese sprinkles and spices. Kraft powdered cheese can be found near the Kraft Parmesan cheese or near the macaroni and cheese kits in your supermarket. If you can't track it down, use Molly McButter cheese sprinkles. If you can't find that, get a box of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese (it's cheap) and use the cheese inside it.
Wings aren't the only thing I've cloned from Outback. You can find my recipes for their Bushman Bread, Bloomin' Onion and many more entrees, salad dressings, and desserts here.
Benihana Japanese Fried Rice
The talented chefs at Benihana cook food on hibachi grills with flair and charisma, treating the preparation like a tiny stage show. They juggle salt and pepper shakers, trim food with lightening speed, and flip the shrimp and mushrooms perfectly onto serving plates or into their tall chef's hat.
One of the side dishes that everyone seems to love is the fried rice. At Benihana this dish is prepared by chefs with precooked rice on open hibachi grills, and is ordered a la cart to complement any Benihana entree, including Hibachi Steak and Chicken. I like when the rice is thrown onto the hot hibachi grill and seems to come alive as it sizzles and dances around like a bunch of little jumping beans. Okay, so I'm easily amused.
This Benihana Japanese fried rice recipe will go well with just about any Japanese entree and can be partially prepared ahead of time and kept in the refrigerator until the rest of the meal is close to done.
KFC Honey BBQ Wings
Once a regular menu item, these sweet, saucy wings are now added to the KFC menu on a "limited-time-only" basis in many markets. So how are we to get that sticky sauce all over our faces and hands during those many months when we are cruelly denied our Honey BBQ Wings? Now it's as easy as whipping up this KFC honey BBQ wings recipe that re-creates the crispy breading on the chicken wings, and the sweet-and-smoky honey BBQ sauce. "Limited-time-only" signs—we laugh at you.
How about some famous coleslaw or wedge potatoes? Check out my collection of KFC clone recipes here.
Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup
For two years after the first Olive Garden restaurant opened in 1982, operators were still tweaking the restaurant's physical appearance and the food that was served. Even the tomato sauce was changed as many as 25 times. It's that sort of dedication that creates fabulous dishes like this popular soup. It blends the flavors of potatoes, kale, and Italian sausage in a slightly spicy chicken and cream broth.
You've got the soup recipe, how about creating your own bottomless Olive Garden House Salad and Breadsticks? Find more of my Olive Garden clone recipes here!
Cracker Barrel Hash Brown Casserole
Menu Description: "Made from scratch in our kitchens using fresh Grade A Fancy Russet potatoes, fresh chopped onion, natural Colby cheese and spices. Baked fresh all day long."
In the late sixties Dan Evins was a Shell Oil "jobber" looking for a new way to market gasoline. He wanted to create a special place that would arouse curiosity, and would pull travelers off the highways. In 1969 he opened the first Cracker Barrel just off Interstate 40 in Lebanon, Tennessee, offering gas, country-style food, and a selection of antiques for sale. Today there are over 529 stores in 41 states, with each restaurant still designed as a country rest stop and gift store. In fact, those stores which carry an average of 4,500 different items apiece have made Cracker Barrel the largest retailer of American-made finished crafts in the United States.
Those who know Cracker Barrel love the restaurant for its delicious home-style breakfasts. This casserole, made with hash brown-sliced potatoes, Colby cheese, milk, beef broth, and spices is served with many of the classic breakfast dishes at the restaurant. The recipe here is designed for a skillet that is also safe to put in the oven (so no plastic handles). If you don't have one of those, you can easily transfer the casserole to a baking dish after it is done cooking on the stove.
Love Cracker Barrel? Check out my other clone recipes here.
Source Top Secret Restaurant Recipes by Todd Wilbur.
Buffalo Wild Wings Caribbean Jerk Sauce
This quickly growing chicken wing chain sells each of its 12 signature sauces in the restaurant because many of them work great as a baste or side sauce for a variety of home cooked masterpieces. This Buffalo Wild Wings Caribbean Jerk sauce recipe is a favorite for that reason (ranking at the top of the list with Spicy Garlic as the chain's best-seller), so I thought it would be a useful clone that doesn't require you to fill up the fryer to make chicken wings. You can use this sauce on grilled chicken, pork, ribs, salmon or anything you can think of that would benefit from the sweet, sour and spicy flavors that come from an island-style baste.
Source: Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 2 by Todd Wilbur
Outback Steakhouse Bleu Cheese Chopped Salad
This cheesy little number is one of the most popular side salad choices at America's favorite steakhouse chain. Cinnamon Pecans and fried angel hair pasta are tossed with salad greens and a delicious sweet and sour bleu cheese vinaigrette. The crunchy angel hair pasta pieces are made by first boiling 24 sticks of uncooked pasta for half of the usual cooking time. When the pasta is cool, fry it in a bit of oil until light brown and crispy. The cinnamon pecans are easily candied in a small saucepan with a few basic ingredients. The recipe here makes two large salad servings, which will require only half of the dressing. This way, if you want to serve more salads you can easily double up on the other ingredients, and you'll have just the right amount of dressing for a couple more servings.
El Pollo Loco Flame-Broiled Chicken
El Pollo Loco, or "The Crazy Chicken," has been growing like mad since it crossed over the border into the United States from Mexico. Francisco Ochoa unknowingly started a food phenomenon internacional in 1975 when he took a family recipe for chicken marinade and opened a small roadside restaurante in Gusave, Mexico. He soon had 90 stores in 20 cities throughout Mexico. The first El Pollo Loco in the United States opened in Los Angeles in December of 1980 and was an immediate success. It was only three years later that Ochoa got the attention of bigwigs at Dennys, Inc., who offered him $11.3 million for his U.S. operations. Ochoa took the deal, and El Pollo Loco grew from 17 to more than 200 outlets over the following decade.
Carrabba's Chicken Marsala
Menu Description: "Fire-roasted chicken breast topped with mushrooms, prosciutto and our Florio Marsala wine sauce."
To reverse-engineer this big-time favorite entree, I ordered the dish to go, with the sauce on the side, so that I could separately analyze each component. After some trial and error in the underground lab, I found that recreating the secret sauce from scratch is easy enough with a couple small cans of sliced mushrooms, a bit of prosciutto, some Marsala wine, shallots, garlic and a few other good things. Cooking the chicken requires a very hot grill. The restaurant chain grills chicken breasts over a blazing real wood fire, so crank your grill up high enough to get the flames nipping at your cluckers (not a euphemism) for this Carrabba's chicken marsala recipe. If your grill has a lid, keep it open so you can watch for nasty flare-ups.
Click here for more of your favorite dishes from Carrabba's.
Olive Garden Minestrone Soup
Menu Description: "Fresh vegetables, beans and pasta in a light tomato broth—a vegetarian classic."
This copycat Olive Garden minestrone soup recipe is jam-packed with beans, zucchini, onion, tomatoes, carrots, pasta, and spices; but O.G.'s secret formula doesn't include chicken broth. Canned vegetable broth found in the soup aisle of most markets works as a base here in this secret formula that bursts with flavor as a purely vegetarian dish.
Olive Garden Lemon Cream Cake
Menu Description: "Delicate white cake and lemon cream filling with a vanilla crumb topping."
To make this clone easy I've designed the recipe with white cake mix. I picked Betty Crocker brand, but any white cake mix you find will do. Just know that each brand (Duncan Hines, Pillsbury, etc.) requires slightly different measurements of additional ingredients (oil, eggs). Follow the directions on the box for mixing the batter, then pour it into a greased 10-inch springform pan and bake until done. The filling recipe is a no-brainer and the crumb topping is quick. When your cake is assembled, stick it in the fridge for a few hours, and soon you'll be ready to serve 12 slices of the hacked signature Olive Garden dessert.
Olive Garden Steak Gorgonzola Alfredo
Menu Description: "Grilled beef medallions drizzled with balsamic glaze, served over fettuccine tossed with spinach and gorgonzola-alfredo sauce."
This menu item builds on Olive Garden's great alfredo sauce recipe with the addition of gorgonzola cheese. The tangy cheese sauce works well with the sweet-and-sour balsamic reduction drizzled over the beef medallions. Find three 6-ounce sirloin steaks or whatever cut you prefer and slice each of them into four 1 1/2-ounce fillets. Get pounding with a kitchen mallet and make those steaks about 1/2-inch thick and they will grill up to same size as the medallions on the original dish. Between the pounding and the meat tenderizer in the beef seasoning, you will turn even the cheapest cut of beef into a tender morsel. Build your dish as described below and you will have re-created the taste and presentation of the original rich, tasty, fulfilling dish.
Long John Silver's Batter-Dipped Fish
Jerrico, Inc., the parent company for Long John Silver's Seafood Shoppes, got its start in 1929 as a six-stool hamburger stand called the White Tavern Shoppe. Jerrico was started by a man named Jerome Lederer, who watched Long John Silver's thirteen units dwindle in the shadow of World War II to just three units. Then, with determination, he began rebuilding. In 1946 Jerome launched a new restaurant called Jerry's and it was a booming success, with growth across the country. Then he took a chance on what would be his most successful venture in 1969, with the opening of the first Long John Silver's Fish 'n' Chips. The name was inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. In 1991 there were 1,450 Long John Silver Seafood Shoppes in thirty-seven states, Canada, and Singapore, with annual sales of more than $781 million. That means the company holds about 65 percent of the $1.2 billion quick-service seafood business.
Source: Top Secret Recipes by Todd Wilbur.
Taco Bell Burrito Supreme
To copy Taco Bell's most famous burrito at home you first must assemble the meaty foundation of many of the chain's top-selling products: the spiced ground beef. Toss it and seven other tasty ingredients into a large flour tortilla and fold using the same technique as taught to new recruits to the chain. Add your favorite hot sauce for a bit of heat, or clone a Taco Bell hot sauce, such as the Taco Bell Fire Border Sauce with the clone recipe here.
Benihana Japanese Onion Soup
Menu Description: "It takes half a day to make this perfect combination of onion, celery, carrot and garlic."
Before a skilled chef appears tableside to perform his culinary prestidigitation on the hot hibachi grill at Benihana, you're treated to a tasty bowl of chicken broth-based soup with fried onions, sliced mushrooms and green onions floating cheerfully on top. The restaurant menu claims this soup takes a half a day to make, but we can clone it in a fraction of that time using canned chicken broth (I use Swanson brand). This soup works great as a prelude to your favorite Asian dishes or other Benihana clones since it's so light and won't fill up anyone before the main course. I've included a simple technique here for making the breaded fried onions from scratch (for the most accurate clone), but you can skip that step by substituting French's canned French Fried Onions that are sold in most markets.
Cheesecake Factory White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Cheesecake
Menu Description: "Our creamy cheesecake with chunks of white chocolate and swirls of imported seedless raspberries throughout. Baked in a chocolate crust and finished with white chocolate shavings and whipped cream."
Heres how to recreate a home version of the cheesecake that many claim is the best they've ever had. Raspberry preserves are the secret ingredient that is swirled into the cream cheese that's poured into a crumbled chocolate cookie crust. Yum. No wonder this cheesecake is the number one pick from the chain's massive list of cheesecake choices.
Chipotle Mexican Grill Barbacoa Burrito
Menu Description: "Spicy, shredded beef, braised with our own chipotle adobo, cumin, cloves, garlic and oregano."
The original Mexican dish barbacoa was traditionally prepared by cooking almost any kind of meat goat, fish, chicken, or cow cheek meat, to name just a few, in a pit covered with leaves over low heat for many hours, until tender. When the dish made its way into the United States via Texas the word transformed into "barbecue" and the preparation changed to incorporate above-ground techniques such as smoking and grilling. The good news is that we can recreate the beef barbacoa that Chipotle has made popular on its ginormous burritos without digging any holes in our backyard or tracking down a local source for fresh cow faces. After braising about 30 pounds of chuck roasts, I finally discovered the perfect Chipotle Mexican Grill barbacoa burrito copycat recipe with a taste-alike adobo sauce that fills your roast with flavor as it slowly cooks to a fork-tender delicacy on your stovetop over 5 to 6 hours. Part of the secret for great adobo sauce is toasting whole cumin seeds and cloves and then grinding them in a coffee grinder (measure the spices after grinding them). Since the braising process takes so long, start early in the day and get ready for a big dinner, because I've also included clones here for Chipotle's pico de gallo, pinto beans, and delicious cilantro-lime rice to make your burritos complete. You can add your choice of cheese, plus guacamole and sour cream for a super-deluxe clone version. If you prefer chicken burritos, head on over to my clone recipe for Qdoba Grilled Adobo Chicken.
Source: Top Secret Recipes Unlocked by Todd Wilbur.
Olive Garden Stuffed Mushrooms
Menu Description: "Parmesan, Romano and mozzarella cheese, clams and herb breadcrumbs baked in mushroom caps."
Breadcrumbs, clams and three types of cheese are baked into white mushroom caps in this clone of a top pick from Olive Garden's appetizer menu. Mix all the stuffing ingredients together in a bowl, fill the mushroom caps, sprinkle on some minced red bell pepper, cover the mushrooms with a blanket of mozzarella cheese slices, and bake. After 15 minutes you'll have a great appetizer or hors d'oeuvre for 4 to 6 people—that's twice the serving size of the dish from the restaurant.
Love Olive Garden? Check out more of my clone recipes here.
Olive Garden Chicken Scampi
Menu Description: "Chicken breast tenderloins sauteed with bell peppers, roasted garlic and onions in a garlic cream sauce over angel hair."
This dish is a big favorite of Olive Garden regulars. Chicken tenderloins are lightly breaded and sauteed along with colorful bell peppers and chopped red onion. Angel hair pasta is tossed into the pan along with a healthy dose of fresh scampi sauce. If you're cooking for two, you can prepare this dish for the table in one large skillet, saving the remaining ingredients for another meal. If you're making all four servings at once, you need two skillets. If you can't find fresh chicken tenderloins (the tender part of the chicken breast), you can usually find bags of them in the freezer section.
Joe's Stone Crab Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes
Joseph Weiss was living in New York with his wife and son when his doctor told him he would need a change of climate to help his asthma. He journeyed to Miami, Florida in 1913 and discovered he was able to breathe again. He quickly moved his family down South and opened his first restaurant, a little lunch counter. Joe's restaurant business exploded in 1921 when he discovered how to cook and serve the stone crabs caught off the coast. Joe boiled the meaty claws and served them chilled with a secret mustard dipping sauce. Today only one pincer is removed from each stone crab, then the crab is tossed back into the ocean where it will regenerate the missing claw in about 2 years. The stone crabs, in addition to several other signature items, made Joe's a Miami hotspot, and these days Joe's restaurants can be found in Chicago and Las Vegas. Here is my take on Joe's amazing giant crab cakes, which are made from lump crab meat, and served as an appetizer or entree at the restaurant. Of course, you can't clone a Joe's crab dish without cloning the secret mustard sauce, so that recipe is here too.
Here are some more clone recipes of other popular dishes from Joe's Stone Crab.
The first Auntie Anne's pretzel store opened in 1988 in the heart of pretzel country—a Pennsylvanian Amish farmers' market. Over 500 stores later, Auntie Anne's is one of the most requested secret clone recipes around, especially on the internet. Many of the recipes passed around the Web require bread flour, and some use honey as a sweetener. But by studying the Auntie Anne's home pretzel-making kit in the secret underground laboratory, I've discovered a better solution for re-creating the delicious mall treats than any clone recipe out there. For the best quality dough, you just need all-purpose flour. And powdered sugar works great to perfectly sweeten the dough. Now you just have to decide if you want to make the more traditional salted pretzels, or the sweet cinnamon sugar-coated kind. Decisions, decisions.
Jimmy Dean Breakfast Sausage
Before he became America's sausage king, Jimmy Dean was known for crooning the country hit "Big Bad John." That song came out in 1962 and sold more than 8 million copies. His singing success launched a television career on ABC with The Jimmy Dean Show, where Roy Clark, Patsy Cline, and Roger Miller got their big breaks. The TV exposure led to acting roles for Jimmy, as a regular on Daniel Boone, and in feature films, including his debut in the James Bond flick Diamonds are Forever. Realizing that steady income from an acting and singing career can be undependable, Jimmy invested his show-biz money in a hog farm. In 1968 the Jimmy Dean Meat Company developed the special recipe for sausage that has now become a household name. Today the company is part of the Sara Lee Corporation, and Jimmy retired as company spokeman in 2004.
This clone recipe re-creates three varieties of the famous roll sausage that you form into patties and cook in a skillet. Use ground pork found at the supermarket—make it lean pork if you like—or grind some up yourself if you have a meat grinder.
P.F. Chang's Chang's Spicy Chicken
Menu Description: "Lightly-dusted, stir fried in a sweet Szechwan sauce."
The delicious sweet-and-spicy secret sauce is what makes this dish one of P. F. Chang's top picks. Once the sauce is finished all you have to do is saute your chicken and combine. You'll may want to cook up some white or brown rice, like at the restaurant. If you can't find straight chili sauce for this recipe, the more common chili sauce with garlic in it will work just as well.
Tony Roma's Baked Potato Soup
Menu Description: "A house specialty full of baked potatoes and topped with Cheddar cheese, bacon and green onions."
The thick-and-creamy texture and rich taste of Tony Roma's best-selling soup is duplicated with a little flour, some half-and-half, and most notably, instant mashed potatoes. Give yourself an hour to bake the potatoes and around 30 minutes to prepare the soup. Garnish each serving with shredded cheese, crumbled bacon and green onions, and then humbly await your due praise.
Wendy's Hot Chili Seasoning
The little red packets of viscous hot sauce at the fast food giant have a cult following of rabid fans who will do whatever it takes to get their hands on large quantities. One such fan of the sauce commented online, "Are there any Wendy's employees or managers out there that will mail me an entire case of Hot Chili Seasoning? I swear this is not a joke. I love the stuff. I tip extra cash to Wendy's workers to get big handfuls of the stuff." Well, there's no need to tip any Wendy's employees since now you can make as much as you want of the spicy sauce in your own kitchen.
The ingredients listed on the real Hot Chili Seasoning are water, corn syrup, salt, distilled vinegar, natural flavors, xanthan gum, and extractives of paprika. We'll use many of those same ingredients for our clone, but we'll substitute gelatin for the xanthan gum (a thickener) to get the slightly gooey consistency right, and for the natural flavor and color we'll use cayenne pepper, cumin, paprika and garlic powder, then filter the particles out with a fine wire mesh strainer after they've contributed just what the sauce needs.
This recipe makes 5 ounces of sauce—that costs just pennies to make—and it's just the right amount to fit nicely into a used hot sauce shaker bottle.
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by TortureCast | April 24, 2019 · 12:24 PM
This Week In San Francisco Giants History: Robby Hits For The Cycle
Robby Thompson of the San Francisco Giants warming up in the on deck circle.
In 1991, the San Francisco Giants finished with a 75-87 record. It was the first time in 5 years the club finished below .500 and was just 2 years removed from their appearance in the 1989 World Series. It was also their first losing season under manager Roger Craig.
There were not a lot of highlights during the 1991 season, but one in particular that stands out is Robby Thompson hitting for the cycle on Monday April 22 against the Padres at Candlestick park. Full disclosure, Robby was my favorite Giant growing up. I used to emulate his batting stance and even played 2nd base in my younger years.
Since this particular week in April doesn’t have many big moments in Giants history, let’s take a stroll back to 1991 and Robby’s big day.
The San Diego Padres were in town for a 3-game series. The two teams has faced off to open the season with the Padres taking 2 of 3 from the Giants down in San Diego. Starting for the Giants that day was Kelly Downs as Greg Harris took the ball for the Padres. After a scoreless top of the 1st, it was time for Robby to start doing damage.
Thompson led off for the Giants that night in front of 12,156 fans at Candlestick Park. Harris delivered the first pitch to Thompson, and it was his last pitch on the day. Apparently Harris had an elbow problem that flared up just one pitch into the game. So, Mike Maddux was brought in to finish the at bat and take over for the Padres.
Thompson hit a pop up off Maddux down the RF line, but Padres right fielder Tony Gwynn and second baseman Bip Roberts converged on the ball and collided, allowing the ball to fall and Robby scooted safely over to third base. He didn’t know he was about to hit for the cycle, but he got the hardest part out of the way in his first at bat. Mike Felder drove Robby in with a bunt single to put the Giants ahead 1-0.
Leading off the 3rd inning with the Giants now down 2-1, Thompson homered on an 0-1 pitch from Maddux. The irony of that home run is that on the previous pitch, Robby tried to bunt for a base hit and fouled it off. I guess it was good that he did, because Thompson hit a bomb over the LF wall to get half way to a cycle.
Seeing as how Robby had now ticked off the 2 hardest parts of the cycle, he had a chance at his own history. In the 4th inning, Thompson had his only blemish of the day, striking out swinging to end the inning on Maddux’s last pitch.
In the bottom of the 6th, with the game tied at 4, Thompson singled with 1 out. He was immediately erased on a ground ball double play hit by Felder. But for our purposes here, it was a win. All Robby had left was to hit a double and he would have the 6th cycle in San Francisco Giants history.
In the bottom of the 9th, with the Giants trailing 7-4, Thompson hit a double down the LF line to complete his cycle. He eventually scored on a Will Clark groundout, but it wasn’t enough to save the Giants as they lost to the Padres by a final score of 7-5. Thompson scored 3 of the Giants 5 runs that night.
In the same game, Padres RF Tony Gwynn went 4-for-4 and actually fell just shy of a cycle himself, failing to hit a homer but covering the other 3 parts.
In total, the San Francisco Giants have hit for the cycle 10 times, with the most recent being Pablo Sandoval on Septemebr 15, 2011 in Colorado. There have been 325 cycles in MLB history and the Giants franchise has 22 of them between New York and San Francisco.
Robby Thompson spent his entire 11-year MLB career with the Giants and was a fan favorite. He made the All Star team twice, came in 2nd in Rookie of the Year voting in 1986, and was a key cog in the 1989 and 1993 teams, winning his only Gold Glove during that 1993 campaign. He did not hit for the cycle again.
Boxscore: Padres at Giants, April 22, 1991
Game recap: LA Times
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What NPR Needs Is a Little Tough Love
Posted: Mar 14, 2011 1:03 PM
Ron Schiller told the truth.
National Public Radio's senior vice president for development, the network's top fundraiser, was fired last week after he was exposed in a video sting letting his hair down over lunch with two men posing as donors from a Muslim Brotherhood front group. Schiller's comments were "contrary to everything we stand for," NPR insisted when it announced his departure. "We completely disavow the views expressed."
Some of those views were certainly deplorable. Schiller described Tea Party members, for example, as "not just Islamophobic, but really xenophobic . . . seriously racist, racist people." When the supposed Islamists complained that "Jews do kind of control the media," he nodded agreeably; when they expressed a desire to see "less Jew influence of money into NPR," he assured them that NPR is untainted by any "Zionist or pro-Israel" attitude, and added: "I mean it's there in those who own newspapers, obviously, but no one owns NPR." He also claimed that while liberals are "more educated, fair, and balanced than conservatives," they are dwarfed by the "very large un-educated part of the population" with its tacky "anti-intellectualism."
[UPDATE: A subsequent analysis of the full two-hour video taken during the lunch with Schiller -- not available when this column was filed -- suggests that his comments about Tea Party members and conservatives may have been taken partly out of context in the 11-minute edited "sting" version.]
How widely Schiller's bigotry is shared within NPR is an open question, though it's unlikely he would have risen to such a senior position if his views weren't in sync with those of his colleagues. "Even the least cynical of scandal-watchers would struggle to believe that the NPR board is surprised by the sentiments Ron Schiller expressed," the Columbia Journalism Review remarked last week. "He offered the same lazy liberal nostrums common at Washington cocktail parties and presumably very familiar to NPR staffers."
But when Schiller turned from casually smearing others to talking about NPR's finances, he spoke nothing but the God's honest truth.
Federal funding for NPR and its affiliates only account for "about 10 percent of the total station economy," he acknowledged, and that 10 percent isn't worth the aggravation it causes. "Frankly, it is very clear that we would be better off in the long run without federal funding." One of the men posing as a philanthropist asks if NPR would survive, given "all the donors that are available, if [Congress] should pull the funding right now." Replies Schiller: "Yes. NPR would definitely survive, and most of the stations would survive."
Not only would NPR survive, it would be better off, as Betsy Liley, NPR's director of institutional giving, tries to explain at one point in the conversation. "It's a complicated thing," she says, "being both a news organization and having--"
"--and having the federal funding," says Schiller, completing her sentence.
I oppose federal funding of public radio and TV on First Amendment grounds: In my view, Congress has no legitimate authority or reason to control, influence, or subsidize any domestic media. But even those who think Congress does have such power should be able to recognize by now that public broadcasting would be healthier and happier if, once and for all, it broke its addiction to taxpayer dollars.
MoveOn.org, the left-wing pressure group, has been promoting a petition that urges Congress to "protect NPR and PBS and guarantee them permanent funding, free from political meddling." Yet political "meddling" is the inescapable price of taking public dollars. Conservatives would complain about NPR's liberal tilt no matter where its funding came from, just as liberals complain about the conservative tilt of Fox News. But if NPR were no longer on the government dole, its political leanings would no longer be a congressional issue. The budget storms in Washington pose no threat to Fox because Fox doesn't run on taxpayer money. They wouldn't threaten NPR either -- if only NPR would give up its subsidy.
It could easily do so. The public-broadcasting industry is waging an aggressive campaign to save its federal allowance, which comes to about $450 million a year. A lavish new website, 170MillionAmericans.org, claims that "more than half of all Americans use public media each month" -- hence the site's name -- and exhorts supporters to "send a message to Washington that public broadcasting matters to you."
Wouldn't it make more sense to exhort those tens of millions of fans to dig into their own pockets, contribute directly, and eliminate the federal middleman? NPR has a huge audience, especially for news; far more Americans tune in each day to "Morning Edition" on NPR than to ABC's "Good Morning America" or NBC's "Today." With such a following, there is little doubt that NPR could not only survive, but thrive, on its own.
After decades of mainlining public funds, NPR's brass is understandably alarmed at the prospect of going without its drug. But addictions are unhealthy, and it is a blessing to get free of them. Ron Schiller was right: NPR would be better off if it gave up federal funding. A little tough love from Congress can finally make that happen.
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UCLA's 31-year-old punter turned international trip into new calling
editor's pick top story
american adventure began with vacation
By Jon Gold Special to the Arizona Daily Star
Former Australian Rules Football player Wade Lees transferred to UCLA from Maryland after the death of former Terrapin Jordan McNair.
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LOS ANGELES — The Arizona Wildcats will match up with one of the youngest teams in the country Saturday, when they take on UCLA at Arizona Stadium.
The baby Bruins are young across the board, except at one position.
UCLA’s punter has more experience than just about any college football player in the country — life experience, at least.
Wade Lees, the Bruins’ Australian-born punter, is 31 years old, reportedly the second oldest player in all of FBS this year.
You wouldn’t know it by looking at him — or talking to him.
“The guys come up to me and say, ‘(Shoot), I forget how old you are; you seem and look like one of us,’ ” he said. “I’ve been blessed. I got my looks from my mom. I’ve hidden my age well.”
Lee has quickly found a home in Westwood after three years with the Maryland, where he started all 37 games for the Terrapins the last three years, averaging a hair over 40 yards per punt.
That he found himself at UCLA is a story: After the death of Maryland football player Jordan McNair and the resulting chaos from a coaching staff in crisis, Lees was looking for a new home. He was attracted to UCLA’s academics, its post-graduate network and the ability to spend one final football season in Los Angeles.
Through four games, Lees is averaging 42.9 yards per punt.
“I think I adapted pretty well,” he said. “Just being myself, I’m pretty outgoing. With my personality, guys tend to get around well with me. These boys have been very welcoming to me.”
That he found himself at Maryland is a crazier story.
Lees was a talented Australian Rules Football player who got into hot water after he purchased a fat-burning supplement from the United States that contained a banned steroid, which was subsequently caught by Australian customs. Lees was suspended for 18 months despite denying taking the supplement, and he decided to find a new path.
He had always had a travel bug, and with so many of his countrymen finding happiness in long sojourns to Europe and the United States, he and his then-girlfriend, Caitlin, headed across the pond.
They traveled through Europe for three months, then headed to the United States, where, he says, “I was looking for my next adventure.”
In Tampa, Lees flipped on ESPN and caught an Ohio State football game, where he saw Buckeyes punter Cameron Johnston, another former Aussie Rules Football player. Lees saw one of Johnston’s kicks and thought to himself, “That looked easy enough.”
Australia has become a punting factory in recent years, Lees said, because, “playing Aussie football, you’re hitting the same punt.”
“You have to have the same spatial awareness,” he said. “For us to catch a ball, roll out and kick it, we’ve been doing it forever, ever since we could walk.”
Lees added: “We’ve played in front of big lights, in big crowds, taken big hits, so it’s not as overwhelming as coming out of high school.”
So it wasn’t an altogether unheard of proposition. Lees reached out to Johnston, who put him in touch with Nathan Chapman, who runs Pro Kick Australia.
“He sort of paved a pathway for me,” Lees said. “I trusted him blindly not knowing where it would lead me. But the majority of guys who work with him end up somewhere.”
For Lees, that was College Park, Maryland.
But not before he saw America.
“It’s in our culture (to travel),” Lees said. “There was no deeper meaning to it. Australians just like to go out and party, and I was one of them. The only thing you have to worry about is what you’re having for breakfast. Then I’m usually skipping lunch to have a beer and then you’re figuring out what you’re having for dinner — and what you’re drinking with dinner.”
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The Biblical Hope of Chance the Rapper
Branson Parler • October 16, 2017
On The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Chance the Rapper testifies that the day is on its way.
What do we hope for? And how do we live in the meantime? It’s a pertinent question we all have to answer, and perhaps those who have social and cultural influence feel the weight of it to a greater degree than most of us. Based on his recent appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Chance the Rapper struggles with those questions. He debuted an untitled song that lets us into his fame, his struggle, and his hope in a way that should resonate with Christians in particular.
In the first verse, the overall vibe is of a man overworked, stressed, and fatigued with himself and the world. Chance underscores his distance from God: “I get sad when I look at the stars / They so pretty you can’t tell ‘em apart / You think they close / But really they far / And really they ain’t even that much closer to God.” Distance from his family is also the (perhaps unintended) result of his fame. Expressing regret about his relationship with his toddler daughter, he laments the outcome of his work ethic, noting, “You hit a point where you can’t Uber back / The other day I told a hummingbird he too relaxed.” We get a real sense of the trajectory of the song in the chorus, which grows in its intensity and gospel-inflected overtones, as Chance and his backup singers croon, “The day is on its way / It couldn’t wait no more / Here it comes / Ready or not.”
The second verse imagines reconnection—with Chance’s family and his hometown of Chicago. But what stands out most, in contrast with his endless workaholism in the first verse, is his newfound complacency: “Sit my a-- / Send my tweet / Fold my arms / Twist my weed.” Kicked back in his recliner, his celebrity has produced an apathy that’s a dream he has to fight off with a wakeful vigilance.
In the final verse, Chance notes that he’s not alone in this apathy. “I’m just gonna keep rappin’ / And y’all just keep clappin’ and keep happenin’ / Like Flint got clean water / And y'all don't got teen daughters and black friends and gay cousins / Y’all just don’t say nothin’.” Then we get the clear allusion to King Jesus, bringing biblical reparations with him: “Know that the day comin’ / Knees bow, tongues confessing / The last ones gettin’ first dibs on blessings.” This is followed by a final curse—“The American dream / May you never wake up”—before Chance and guitarist/singer Daniel Caesar launch into a final crescendo of the song’s refrain, affirming once again that the Day is coming and, in fact, is at hand.
What do we hope for? And how do we live in the meantime?
What Chance describes here is our struggle to maintain a properly biblical hope. On the one hand, Christians can rightly sense the urgent call to action and justice in our world. Especially for those of us raised in that strand of American evangelicalism that focuses almost solely on salvation in the next life, the reality that God’s kingdom is already active, present, and powerful can be invigorating. Yet there’s a risk of placing so much on ourselves in the present age that, like Chance, we work tirelessly and endlessly. That kind of restless work can be a sign that we believe God is functionally absent from our lives and our world. We’re working, yes, but in a way that sees God as far off and dependent on us. That’s an exhausting way to live.
But the pendulum can easily swing back the other way, into a kind of complacent and cynical attitude that abandons the world for the comfort of an easy chair. This sloth is not primarily a physical laziness but “acedia,” the spiritual vice whose main characteristic, according to Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung, is that we become lazy about the demands of love—toward God and toward our neighbor. So Chance’s second verse could be seen as a gloss of DeYoung’s explanation of sloth as something that is shown “in the total inertia of the couch potato or the restless distractions of endless activity.”
So how do we avoid the mirror errors of doing nothing or trying to do everything? One answer historically given by Christians is ora et labora. Pray and work. I hear Chance echoing this in two ways. First, the constant refrain is a reminder that the Day (of the Lord) is coming whether we’re ready or not. It’s not on us; it’s on God. Our sin and brokenness runs so deep that ultimately only he can set it right. So we pray. Second, we work or, as Chance puts it, “I’m just gonna keep rappin’.” He works. He proclaims. He does what he does, neither taking too much on himself nor complacently sitting back.
In this way, Chance does what the prophet does: points to the reality of divine judgment and hope. If we have the ears to hear, we should do likewise, going about the business of bearing witness to God’s kingdom with neither pride nor despair, but prayerful commitment and hope that the Day is on the way.
Topics: Music, Culture At Large, Arts & Leisure
Branson Parler is Professor of Theological Studies at Kuyper College and Director of Faith Formation at Fourth Reformed Church in Grand Rapids. You can follow him on Twitter or his blog.
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I don't know about Weiner resigning but...
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Republican pedophiles
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Year in Music and My Top Ten 2010
A year in Exile
If there was any kind of recurrent theme this year, The Rolling Stones kept popping up on the radar. It started when I bought the Deadstring Brothers album Sao Paulo an obvious well done Stones influenced work of art. It would be in my Top Ten if it had come out in 2010 but it actually was released in 2009. It is a great album and when I saw them live at The Basement it came across really well.
It didn’t stop there; Exile on Main Street had been remastered with bonus tracks where The Stones actually brought in Mick Taylor to play his parts on some unfinished tracks. The Rolling Stones released a new single “Plundered My Soul” from the found tracks and released several versions of the album.
Grimey’s did a midnight screening of the Documentary Stones in Exile that took photographs, film, new interviews with the band as well as Bobby Keyes and others about recording Exile on Main Street in the south of France way back when at The Belcourt Theatre. “Exile” is now considered a pivotal record but at the time “Tumbling Dice” was considered a difficult single on a rather un-commercial record.
During the Americana Conference the Long Players augmented with Stones Sax Player Bobby Keyes, Dan Baird and several singers like Mike Farris, Grace Potter and others did the entire album live at The Cannery Ballroom.
The Theatre release Ladies and Gentlemen The Rolling Stones which was filmed during the Exile promotional tour in the States was remastered and released on DVD in the fall. The set featured many of the songs from Exile that are not played much by latter day Stones such as “Sweet Virginia”. The sound and film looked phenomenal and it was good to see Mick Taylor at his best, an integral part of The Stones during that period and in truth is really missed nowadays.
Finally, to finish off the year of The Stones, Keith Richard’s Autobiography Life was released in November along with a compilation of his X-Pensive Winos recordings from the late Eighties. The Rolling Stones managed to keep in the music news almost as much as Taylor Swift.
Original cover for Straight Up
It also seemed to be the year for catalog re-releases as Apple Records remastered most of the Apple back catalog of non-Beatles recordings by Badfinger, Mary Hopkins, James Taylor and released all of them at the same time.
FnA Records continued to not only re-release 80’s metal catalog but also unearthed several recordings that were set to release but never were by labels such as A&M and Geffen when the Seattle scene took over. There were several recordings by different artists from The Thirteenth Floor Elevators 45’s to Carnival Season vinyl that saw their material released on CD for the first time.
Janie Hendrix continues exquisite releases of all things Jimi Hendrix with the release of West Coast Seattle Boy that not only has yet another Bob Dylan song done by Hendrix but goes back to the background of what he was doing before going to England with expanded packages that include a disc full of Isley Brothers and other nuggets, pre-Experience as well as a DVD Voodoo Child that even talks about his Nashville days.
Country continues to sell big, but real, traditional or Texas Country has been swallowed up by the Americana scene. At least it has found a home. As far as innovation in current pop country the last leap forward was Miranda Lambert’s Revolution and that was released last year.
Here are few honorable no less worthy than the list:
Ratt – Infestation
Merle Haggard – I Am What I Am
Kort – Invariable Heartache
Charlie Louvin – The Battles Rage On
Marty Stuart – Ghost Train
Jim Lauderdale – Patchwork River
Crazy Heart – (Soundtrack) Various Artists
Okay, now for my Top Ten. In making my choices, I not only looked at material, but innovation and game changers, records that made things interesting.
10- Carnival Season / Misguided Promises / ARRCO
This represents not only a re-issue on CD for the first time of regional Birmingham band Carnival Season that features local legend Tim Boykin, but, painstakingly includes every recording the band made during their short time together as well as extensive liner notes that tell the whole story of the late 80’s rockers. It sits well on the shelf with bands like Redd Kross as well as The Replacements. The band has been doing occasional reunion gigs playing not only this set but some new stuff as well over the last couple of years. This was one of the first alternative rock bands out of Birmingham, Alabama.
Featured tracks: “Misguided Promises”, “Please Don’t Send me to Heaven”
9- Robert Plant / Band of Joy / Rounder –Esparanza
Robert was in the middle of recording the follow up to Raising Sand with Allison Krauss when he pulled the plug when he felt the magic wasn’t there. He retreated to Nashville and entrusted Buddy Miller to put together a band that features Darrell Scott, Byron House, Marco Giovino and Patty Griffin and secluded into Woodland Studio to see what they would come up with. The result is obscure covers as well as a Plant-Page piece from Walking into Clarksdale that shows some Zeppelin flavor with uncharted Americana territory which sonically could have only happened with Nashville session players in such a short time. The band gelled in the studio and continues to roll across Europe and Stateside. This is probably Buddy Miller’s best Production effort yet.
Featured tracks: “Angel Dance”, “You Can’t Buy My Love”, “House of Cards”
8 – Ryan Bingham and The Dead Horses / Junky Star / Lost Highway
Ryan tends to write like a modern day Dylan but his voice is more like John Kay from Steppenwolf. Ryan who comes from the red dirt scene of West Texas and now lives in so-L.A. got national notice with the Grammy winning “The Weary Kind” from the Crazy Heart soundtrack defiantly writes about a drifter leaving behind a dead end life to go to California only to end up sleeping on the Santa Monica pier.
Featured tracks: “The Wandering”, “Junky Star”
7- Sweet Apple / Love & Desperation / Tee Pee
Put together by members of Dinosaur Jr. and Witch, this little known defiantly Hard Rock and other worldly idea collection of songs with its Roxy Music rip off style album cover is actually closer to something between an early Alice Cooper (when they were a band) and Ziggy Stardust era Bowie. The album kicks off like a Raspberries send off with Guidedbyvoices production and then the desperation begins with some morbid love lost desperation with a chugging Alice Cooper band style with lyrics like ”Looking out the window, watching people fall, how I wish I could fall to death”. It’s a rock and roll gem this year.
Featured tracks: “Do You Remember”, “I’ve Got a Feeling (That Won’t Change)”
6 – Preservation Hall Jazz Band / Preservation / Preservation Hall Recordings
What a fantastic album. A collection of well-known New Orleans Ragtime with this important Horn based band where the tuba still carries much of the bass part, mashes PHJB with an all-star cast of vocalists such as Andrew Bird, Pete Seeger, Ani DiFranco, Ritchie Havens, Steve Earle as well as the sultry vocals of Memphis’ Amy LaVere. The band ended up on tour with Maroon 5 this year.
Featured tracks: “Blue Skies”, “Baby Won’t You Please Come Home”
5- John Mellencamp / No Better Than This / Rounder
Recorded for the most part at Sun Studios with one RCA 44 ribbon mic into vintage Ampex Analog gear, John not only sounds like the old Sun recordings, this sounds like old tape that had to be baked in a microwave to finally put it on digital media. It was not only a great idea with equal parts Cash country, Rockabilly and blues but probably his best album since Scarecrow. The T Bone Burnett produced masterpiece even got airtime on WSM.
Featured tracks: “No Better Than This”, “Coming Down the Road”
4- Justin Townes Earle / Harlem River Blues / Bloodshot
If you missed it, Justin just rolled a third strike in three years. Every album has been decidedly Justin with marked differences and excellent songwriting. This would be his “Ode to New York City” where he now calls his second home. Jason Isbell (Drive by Truckers, The 400 Unit) puts in guitar duties and gives this more of an edgy guitar feel as well as some straight up Rockabilly. It really would be cool to see a pure Rockabilly album in the future.
Featured tracks: “Move Over Mama”, “Workin’ for the MTA”, “Christchurch Woman”
3- Black Mountain / Wilderness Heart / Jagjaguwar
This album sometimes feels like Led Zep III and Deep Purple Fireball at the same time. The duality vocals of Stephen and Amber still remind me of a haunting Jefferson Airplane with the production sounding very early 70’s analog, sometimes acoustic but when they rock it’s got Jon Lord style Hammond B3 all over the place. Although the first album by this Vancouver band may have been a defining moment this is the one that makes me wants to crank the stereo full blast on road trips.
Featured tracks: “The Hair Song”, “Old Fangs”, “Let Spirits Ride”
2- Mike Farris and The Cumberland Saints / The Night The Cumberland Came Alive / Entertainment One
Recorded in just six hours just two weeks after the Nashville Flood in a downtown Nashville church just blocks from the flooding, Mike shows that his bluesy/gospel voice can sound fantastic over anywhere he wants to go. Mike has been everywhere from Indie Rock, Blues, Gospel, working with Double Trouble to now this pre-war Gospel Blues style gem working with The McCrary Sisters, Sam Bush, Byron House and members of The Old Crow Medicine Show, his originals mesh well with the rare covers. He showcased the album at Cannery Ballroom during the Americana Music Festival and it was electrifying.
Featured tracks: “Wrapped Up, Tangled Up”, “Down on Me”
1-She & Him /Volume Two / Merge
Zooey Deschannel & M. Ward are some kind of modern Indie Captain and Tennille and somehow it works. Zooey has a sunny California breeze running through her muse that translates into a digital era take on The Beach Boys versus Phil Spector. Even though the material is fresh it makes me daydream of being back on the beach in Santa Cruz when I was six with my Mom and little sister.
Featured tracks: “In The Sun”, “Don’t Look Back”,”Lingering Still”
– Brad Hardisty, Nashville, TN thenashvillebridge@hotmail.com
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House Democrats Spread ‘Lies’ About Climate Change And Hurricanes, Scientist Says
DCwire
By Daily Caller
Michael Bastasch on June 24, 2019
House Democrats published “inaccurate” climate change claims on a committee website, according to a scientist.
Democrats based the “inaccurate” claim on information posted online by environmental activists.
“This is not in accord with current science or consensus anywhere = fraud,” the scientist said.
House Democrats’ climate change hearing is based on “inaccurate” information that’s “not in accord with current science or consensus,” according to a scientist.
A Committee on Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee will hold a hearing Tuesday on natural disaster policy “in the wake of climate change.” However, Democrats are under fire for making claims on the hearing’s webpage that don’t line up with the facts.
Atmospheric scientist Ryan Maue, a hurricane expert, tweeted that the Democrats’ hearing “spreads lies” about the scientific consensus on climate change and hurricanes. The House subcommittee is chaired by California Rep. Harley Rouda and includes Green New Deal champion New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a member.
Maue pointed out that major scientific assessments cast doubt on claims global warming is increasing hurricane frequency or intensity.
“This is not in accord with current science or consensus anywhere = fraud,” Maue said of House Democrats’ climate claims, which relies on information on information posted online by environmental activists.
Not a good look for next House hearing on climate change and disasters that furthers inaccurate information (spreads lies) from Union of Concerned Scientists on hurricanes.
This is not in accord with current science or consensus anywhere = fraud. https://t.co/IYYSAXjm5i pic.twitter.com/8oHo0UMpba
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) June 23, 2019
Maue took issue with Democrats’ claim that “due to climate change, ‘the number of hurricanes that reach Categories 4 and 5 in strength has roughly doubled’ since the 1970s” — a claim that doesn’t line up with scientific assessments from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and other organizations.
NOAA, for example, says the rising trend in Category 4 and 5 hurricanes in the North Atlantic is based on data that’s “not reliable for trend calculations, until they have been further assessed for data homogeneity problems, such as those due to changing observing practices.”
Global Category 4s and 5s have not doubled and several papers discuss why e.g. detection, incorrect analysis.
This is spelled out in detail at NOAA GFDL website, IPCC reports (my research cited) and if you ask any other reputable tropical scientist.https://t.co/I908S7hCgb
Democrats linked to the Union of Concerned Scientists’ (UCS) website, which points to a 2005 study on hurricanes and global warming. Based on that paper, the website claimed that “[s]ince the mid-1970s, the number of hurricanes that reach Categories 4 and 5 in strength has roughly doubled.”
“Among the many studies included on that page is a link to a 2005 peer-reviewed Science study looking specifically at the increase in intensity of Atlantic hurricanes,” Brenda Ekwurzel, director of climate science at UCS, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“The language our webpage uses to characterize that study could be clearer in describing the results and the time period in question,” Ekwurzel said. “On the same page, we also discuss and link to a broad range of more recent studies.”
UCS changed the language on its website after being contacted by the DCNF. The updated website reads, “one 2005 peer-reviewed study showed a large increase in the number of North American hurricanes that reach Categories 4 and 5 when comparing the most recent 15-year period to the prior 15-year period.”
Interestingly enough, the 2005 study UCS relied on was co-authored by climate scientist Judith Curry, a prominent critic of climate alarmism. Curry will appear at Tuesday’s hearing at the invitation of oversight committee Republicans.
Curry’s 2005 paper found that the strongest hurricanes had doubled in number, though she and her co-authors did not attribute the increase to global warming.
“Should be an interesting hearing,” Curry told the DCNF. “We did not attribute this to anthropogenic global warming, although a subsequent paper showed that this increase shares information with the increase in sea surface temperature.”
However, a 2015 follow-up study by two hurricane experts came to the opposite conclusion of Curry and her co-authors. The follow-up study found the upward trend in destructive storms was “due to observational improvements at the various global tropical cyclone warning centers.”
It is problematic that House Democrats would base a hearing on disasters & climate change on inaccurate info.
This suggests a deficiency in committee staff or, more likely, farming out research to activist groups.
Cue the circus music and bring out the clowns 🤡
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Kurosawa's RUN!: Creepy Reviewed
Yasmeen Khan , November 26th, 2016 13:21
Yasmeen Khan on director Kiyoshi Kurosawa's latest addition to the horror genre, the excellent Creepy
Kiyoshi Kurosawa's new psychological thriller Creepy investigates instinct. Like Kurosawa's 1997 film Cure, Creepy is a hybrid of horror and crime story that plays both genres off against each other. Like Cure, it follows a traditional detective story path, but with a tone and atmosphere more like a modern ghost story. Both films concentrate on an increasingly paranoid detective who's too in tune with the killers he chases, who becomes obsessed. This character type is popular in crime fiction - think of Will Graham's struggles in Thomas Harris's 1981 novel Red Dragon. Pursuit is corrosive, and the detective must sacrifice something of himself in order to catch the monsters he chases. A good detective story is always just as much about the psychology of the detective as it is about the killer, and Creepy is more interested in exploring why its detective chases killers than it is in showing us why the killers kill.
Takakura (Hidetoshi Nishijima) was a detective in the Tokyo police force who took a special interest in the psychology of serial killers. His interest in understanding why these killers do what they do leads him into a stand-off with a psychopath, with tragic consequences that leave him mentally and physically scarred and end his police career.
A year later, Takakura has started lecturing on university criminology courses, and has moved to a new suburb with his wife Yasuko (Yuko Takeuchi). They're dismayed to find out that their neighbours are not just quiet but actively unfriendly. In particular, the guy next door, Nishino (Teruyuki Kagwa) is downright weird and, yes, creepy. His demeanour changes from moment to moment, and each encounter with him is unsettling in a different way. He's by turns distant, overfriendly, and threatening. More disturbingly, Yasuko's reactions to Nishino's inappropriate behaviour become unsettling, too. At first, her instinct is to fear what she doesn't understand, but her trust of Nishino grows just as her husband's suspicions do, and her behaviour begins to change in unpredictable ways.
Takakura isn't at home much to notice, though, because his attention has been seized by an old mystery. A colleague at the university is fascinated not only by cold cases, but by Takakura's past career as a detective. He persuades him to start looking into the disappearance of a family six years previously. With the help of a young detective still on the force, Takakura finds himself drawn deep into the case - and more and more disturbed by the ideas he's having that his new, creepy neighbour Nishino is connected to it.
Creepy unfolds slowly and deliberately, the gradual reveal of the detective's own neuroses growing and developing alog with the price he pays for following the case to its grim conclusion. The perfect psychopath that Takakura wants to find and study represents a monstrous other, an undifferentiated, generalised evil. Seeing killers this way is Takakura's mistake. He should be looking at the peculiarities of each case, he should be learning from the individuality of the situation his wife is finding herself in. The contrast between the Takakuras' experiences and the consequent dissolution of their security and peace of mind is at the centre of the film, as it should be.
It's befitting, of course, that Creepy tries to be as unsettling as possible. Ordinary things are presented with a cast of otherness, like the wind disturbing the Nishino's garden. The slightly odd, elevated camera angles help with the sense of disturbance, too, as do the lighting choices - there's a great interrogation scene that starts out in natural daylight, and as the story being told gets more disturbing, so the lighting gets sicklier, as if a storm was coming on, and the room gets darker and darker, little by little, until you're struggling to see what's happening. It's a good-looking, understated film.
Creepy is being positioned as the latest entry in the Japanese horror genre, and audiences will recognise the aesthetic of restrained domestic terror that it shares with, for example, the films of Hideo Nakata, including Ringu (1998) and Dark Water (2002) and Takashi Shimizu, for instance Ju-On: The Grudge (2002) and Marebito (2004). The aesthetic is one of contrast, building a film like a house with a pleasant exterior concealing strange, hidden spaces. The streets of suburban Tokyo are familiar to us from these kinds of films, and they have a very particular air of normality. These sunlit exterior worlds are calm and leafy, if dreary. Homes present their public spaces - their living rooms, their gardens - in neat, ordered beiges and browns. There are hints that something is wrong - the very first hint of creepiness in Creepy is the odd wind that always stirs the garden of the Nishino home, a quirk of the street layout that suggests a disturbance in the natural order. But overall, these exterior spaces are minimalist but comfortable, Ceremony and attention to detail colour even the most ordinary of days.
However, behind the exteriors, inside the suburban houses, lie the private interior spaces, and these are where horror lurks. The television screens of Ringu or the computer monitors of Kurosawa's own Pulse (2001), the basement rooms hidden behind secret doors. Horror is not confined to these spaces, it extends its influence beyond their confines and infects the exteriors too. Nishino can leave his house and interact with the outside world, and can present a seemingly normal face to it, at least most of the time. It's only when the curious detective ventures too far into the dark interior of the spaces the film constructs that the monsters show their true selves.
One of the most obvious J-horror comparisons to make with Creepy is with Takashi Miike's classic 1999 chiller, Audition. Audition starts out like a romantic drama, with slightly weird undertones, and only gradually shades into real horror; Creepy shares the same gradual descent into the terrifying basement of the house it builds. The comparison is invited: visuals of young women holding up large syringes bring the famous poster for Audition straight to mind.
Creepiness a matter of instinct, and instinct is not a straightforward thing. Takakura's detective's instincts tell him how to catch a killer, but not what to do when the killer exerts an unnatural influence over the instincts of his victims. The tension at the heart of Creepy asks us to consider not only whether we should act on our instincts, but whether we should trust them in the first place.
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Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire” is the first major U.S. exhibition on Teotihuacan in more than 20 years. The ancient metropolis of Teotihuacan is one of the largest and most important archaeological sites in the world, and the most-visited archaeological site in Mexico.
Stone fragment from the Moon Pyramid, which is Teotihuacan’s second-largest structure. | Barbara Keck
At its peak in 400 CE, Teotihuacan was the cultural, political, economic and religious center of Mesoamerica and inhabited by a multiethnic population of more than 100,000 people. This historic exhibition at San Francisco’s de Young Museum features more than 200 artifacts and artworks from the site and is a rare opportunity to view objects drawn from major collections in Mexico, some recently excavated – many on view in the U.S. for the first time – together in one spectacular exhibition.
Located about 30 miles outside of modern-day Mexico City, Teotihuacan was founded in the first century BCE near a set of natural springs in an otherwise arid corner of the Valley of Mexico. At its height a few centuries later, the city covered nearly eight square miles and featured enormous pyramids, long avenues and residential compounds. The exhibition includes artifacts recently excavated from the site of the Feathered Serpent Pyramid, as well as objects from both recent and historic excavations of the Moon Pyramid, and the Sun Pyramid—the three largest pyramids at Teotihuacan.
Alongside mural fragments from a residential compound at Teotihuacan, there are monumental and ritual objects from the three pyramids. Beautiful ceramics and stone sculptures from the city’s apartment compounds, which were inhabited by diverse peoples from many parts of Mexico, are featured in well-annotated display cases.
In the 6th Century, a devastating fire in the city center led to Teotihuacan’s rapid decline, but the city was never completely abandoned or forgotten; the Aztecs revered the city and its monuments, giving many of them the names we still use today. Teotihuacan is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and attracts upwards of 4 million visitors annually.
The exhibit will be on display through Feb. 11, 2018.
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by roopana | Sep 7, 2018 | Latest News | 0 comments
Google Tez
Google Tez is the mobile payment app by Google, It has launched last year on Sep 2017. Initially, Tez app targeted the Indian users for online payment transaction. The National Payment Corporation Of India (NPCI) has integrated the Unified Payment Interface(UPI) in the app. So this app can be used if the UPI payments have been accepted. The word Tez indicates “fastness”, So through the name Google outsources the feature and benefits of the app. Initially when the app introduced, within a month Tez earned 8.5 million installations and almost 30 million transaction has been made through Tez. Thi app is accessible for both Android and iOS users and supports more than 8 languages at present.
Google Tez – Google Pay
Right now as a celebration for anniversary, Tez has been revoked into Google Pay to expand globally. Already this Tez ( currently as Google Pay) is available in 20 countries and right now with a broad expansion in other parts of Asia and beyond. Though it is expanding further, the UPI platform working is not gonna change because of the user experience.
Google Pay have started out for the bank based system, right now upgraded to provide retail payments through online and offline mode. Also the users can also pay bank loans through app itself and Google has integrated with some other private banks like HDFC Bank, Federal Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank. This service app supports payments with more than 2000 apps including Goibibo, RedBus and right now planning to partner with Uber, and ticketing service like BookMyShow and other retail brand like Big Bazaar, eZone, FBB. So Making Payment through Google Pay is easy in upcoming days and can anticipate that the users of Tez will increase in future.
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Triton Middle School
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Sara Winnick, Staff Writer|October 18, 2019
Here is Mr. Swartz helping his student with a worksheet.
Sara Winnick
At Triton Middle School in room 222, Mr. Benjamin Swartz’s back is turned while sitting at a desk with his student facing the wall. He points out numbers on the worksheet, counting out loud. It has been been a particularly quiet day, until the lunch bell rings directing Swartz’s attention to the person standing behind him.
While Mr. Swartz is enjoying what he is doing now, his goal is to be a full time History teacher. “I always enjoyed working with kids and enjoy passing knowledge onto people.”
A graduate from Westfield State University and now attending Gordon College to get his Masters degree, Swartz is now working as a teacher’s aide at Triton Middle School. He previously worked at Haverhill High School but then decided to work here when he found out the pay was the same and that it’s closer to home.
“I liked the location it’s very close to home, said Swartz, I was familiar with a lot of the kids already from working at the boys and girls club.”
By changing schools he seemed to challenge the trend that most teachers seem to take. According to Ross Brenneman, Education Week Teacher, “Studying a cohort of 1,990 first-year public school teachers beginning in the 2007-08 school year, the study found that after five years of teaching, roughly 70 percent of the original cohort remained in their original schools, 10 percent had moved schools, three percent had returned to teaching, and only 17 percent had exited the profession.”
Now he is enjoying working with his 8th grader student one-on-one and also helping out with the other kids.
“It’s a good group of kids I like working with them, they’re a lot of fun,” said Swartz.
Not only does he like working with the kids its seems his coworkers like working with him too. Chris Astuccio, Swartz’s coworker added,“My first impression of his was that he is a super nice person. He is patient and kind as a teacher working with an autistic student. He is always looking to improve his knowledge base with regard to instruction.”
He is new and is excited to learn from the veteran teachers, like Mr. Connell, who he works closely with and looks up too.
“ I want to make a lot of progress with my student I’m working with, have him meet all his goals and to grow a little more professionally too. Be more like Mr. Connell.”
Teachers that he works with seem to feel he is on the right track, such as Mr Connell who added, “Mr. S was very enthusiastic and willing to get involved right from the get-go. He was hired to work with one student but made every attempt to help as many students as possible when in a class.”
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Three False Ideas That Anchor Anti-Trans Attacks
Trans activists and allies rally in support of transgender people on the steps of New York City Hall, October 24, 2018, in New York City.
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As attacks on trans people continue to escalate simultaneously from the Trump administration, groups pushing anti-trans ballot initiatives and lawsuits, and mainstream media that treat trans existence as up for debate, it’s vital to expose the false ideas that tend to drive assaults on trans rights more broadly in our society.
The agenda of anti-trans advocates hinges on three ideas that are as dangerous as they are wrong. One is that rights for trans people, LGBQ people, intersex people, gender nonconforming people, and women are in tension with one another, when in fact our liberation is bound up with one another’s. The second is that rights for trans people, LGBQ people, intersex people, gender nonconforming people, and women are in tension with religious liberty (when the real threats to religious liberty are land theft from indigenous peoples, the Muslim ban, prison policies, unchecked anti-Semitism, and empowerment of business owners to impose their religious beliefs on others). The last is that trans people are a new, unprecedented phenomenon, when we have existed as long as gender has.
Attacks on Trans People Hurt Cis Women and LGBQ People
Anti-trans advocates want us to believe that trans existence and cis women’s rights are in tension. But women, LGBQ people, intersex people, gender nonconforming people, and trans people get hurt by the same systems, and we can only win gender justice together. This is true in many arenas; employment discrimination is one example.
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Anti-trans advocates in and out of the Trump administration push the idea that trans people in the workplace are a threat to cis women, because trans women and nonbinary people may use a restroom at the same time as cis women. The administration deploys this idea not only to exclude trans people from discrimination protections, but also to exclude cis LGBQ people from those protections, and to narrow what sex discrimination means overall.
Consider Zarda, a case the Supreme Court may take up soon. While this case is about an employer who fired a cis male employee for coming out as gay, arguments from the Department of Justice (DOJ), if adopted, would sweep much further. The DOJ lawyer argued that even if firing someone for being gay were discrimination on the basis of sex, it would still be legal:
DOJ attorney: Unlike Jews and non-Jews, where there are no factual differences and the law does not recognize differences between Jews and non-Jews, there are real differences between men and women, and the law recognizes real differences between men and women. And this is vividly illustrated by the situation with the bathrooms.
Judge Lynch: So sex discrimination is sort of okay because there are real distinctions between men and women but racial discrimination and religious discrimination are not?
DOJ attorney: That is absolutely the case…. Discrimination requires treating people who are similarly situated differently…. Men and women are not similarly situated in all respects…. The same exact physiological differences that are relevant to bathrooms are the same exact physiological differences that an employer is allowed to take account of when they’re regulating their employees based on their off-the-work sexual relationships.
When taken together with the possible regulations redefining sex from the Trump administration’s recently leaked memo, the implications are extreme. First, DOJ says “sex” only refers to genitals at birth, so if it isn’t about genitals at birth, it isn’t sex discrimination. Then, DOJ says sex discrimination is permissible so long as it is based on real physical differences, like genitals at birth. That does not just mean that trans people, intersex people, and LGBQ people wouldn’t be covered by existing civil rights laws, although that would be devastating enough. It means sex discrimination would no longer be illegal at all. (The statement from the DOJ attorney that religious and racial discrimination really is against the law should reassure no one, given the religious and racial discrimination committed and defended by the Trump administration.)
If the argument that trans people pose a threat to cis women was out of place in a case about a gay cis man, it is even more bizarre in another case the Supreme Court may take: Harris Funeral Homes, involving a transgender woman funeral director named Aimee Stephens. Thomas Rost had owned Harris Funeral Homes for 35 years. In all that time, he had never intentionally hired a woman as a funeral director in any of the funeral home’s four locations. When he hired Aimee, he believed she was a man. Almost six years later, she told him that she was truly a woman and planned to begin living openly as a woman. Rost fired her. In his testimony, Rost said he requires women to wear skirts to work even though it is not an industry standard, believes gender is immutable, thinks it is wrong to reject the gender one was born with, believes men should look like men and women should look like women, thinks women are a “strange breed,” and considers some workers “key employees” and others “lady attendants.”
Trans and gender nonconforming people are not new, but others seem to “discover” us every few years, professing a great deal of shock each time.
But that’s not all. Under Obama, when the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) investigated Aimee’s claims, it discovered that Rost also discriminated on the basis of gender in compensation. He bought suits for his male employees (and Aimee, before she came out at work as trans) at the business’s expense but didn’t compensate cis women for their clothing. After the EEOC sued, Rost began offering women a small stipend toward their clothing, but much less than what he spent on clothing for men.
The federal appeals court ruled for the EEOC on both claims — the court said the funeral home discriminated against Aimee when it fired her for being a transgender woman, and discriminated against all the other women employees when it failed to compensate them for their clothing on the same terms as men. Materially, the decision benefits all women who worked for Rost, whether cis or trans, and harms no women. And yet, the people defending the funeral home claim that this decision pushes women out of the workplace: they reason that if trans people are allowed to work, then cis women will quit their jobs rather than risk running into a trans woman in a restroom. But the only woman pushed out of the workplace here was Aimee.
People in Positions of Power Imposing Their Religious Views on Others Is Not Religious Liberty
The Trump administration and others work hard to frame reproductive health care and LGBTQ existence as threats to religious liberty.
Opponents of abortion, contraception and LGBTQ rights advocate for the view that business owners and others in positions of power should be able to impose their religious beliefs on others, at least if those religious beliefs oppose abortion, contraception and LGBTQ rights. But that approach, taken by the Supreme Court in Hobby Lobby, squelches religious liberty. In Harris Funeral Homes, Rost said that continuing to employ Aimee would infringe on his religious beliefs, because he believes that people should not be trans. But Aimee’s religious liberty matters too, and she would lose it if she had to live her life according to her boss’s beliefs rather than her own. In fact, the government helping people in positions of power to impose a select set of religious views on others is anathema to religious liberty.
Framing us as “new” not only erases our history, but also feeds into the narrative of those who want to claim that our existence is an aberration and a social and legal emergency.
But religious liberty does matter, and it is in crisis in this country.
When the United States steals land including sacred sites from Native tribes and refuses to return them, we have a problem with religious liberty. When Nazis march chanting “Jews will not replace us” and the president defends them, we have a problem with religious liberty. When the president announces that Muslims should not be allowed in the country, bans people from some Muslim-majority countries from entering, and the Supreme Court lets him do it, we have a problem with religious liberty. When courts say it is OK for prisons to refuse to let prisoners possess any literature from certain Black-led religious groups, we have a problem with religious liberty. When religious views counter to gender justice are prioritized over all other religious views, we have a problem with religious liberty.
To win gender justice, we cannot allow our opponents to seize this narrative. We need real religious liberty for everyone.
Trans People Are Not New
In 1901, The New York Times published an article called “Whiskers for Tammany Men.” When a white male politician named Murray Hamilton Hall died, the coroner discovered he had a vulva and told the world. At the time, women were not allowed to vote. The New York Herald claimed that Hall’s successful political career proved Susan B. Anthony’s claim of sex equality and made the case for women’s suffrage. One of Hall’s erstwhile political opponents, though, commented that captains in Tammany Hall should be required to have whiskers on their face, to prevent any other “women” from voting — hence the title of the Times article. That proposal, thankfully, was never adopted into law. But it was almost 20 more years before people could no longer be formally disqualified from voting because of their gender.
More than a century after Hall’s death, what’s old is new again. Again, a few perceive trans existence as a threat to the established order. Again, those few are making terrible proposals about changing the law to prevent trans participation in public life and to keep women in their place.
Hopefully, again, these proposals will be rejected — but they have already gotten further than they ever had before.
Trans and gender nonconforming people are not new, but others seem to “discover” us every few years, professing a great deal of shock each time. To give just a few examples, papers across the country ran sensational stories about trans and gender nonconforming lives in 1836 (Mary Jones), 1858 (Joseph Lobdell), 1878 (Mrs. Nash), 1883 (Frank Dubois), 1897 (Babe Bean), 1945 (Lucy Hicks Anderson), 1952 (Christine Jorgensen), 1969 (multiple participants in the Stonewall Rebellion), 1977 (Renee Richards), 1993 (Brandon Teena), and 2008 (Angie Zapata). Media can’t seem to stop running sensational stories about trans people in the current decade, somehow always claiming we are a previously unheard-of phenomenon.
No matter how well and often scholars like Louis Graydon Sullivan, Susan Stryker, C. Riley Snorton and Tourmaline uncover trans histories, others work to bury them back down. The burying happens when reporters insert the words “new” or “recent” in stories about us and invite people to debate whether we should exist. It happens when institutions excise material showing gender diversity from textbooks and curricula. It happens when people who aren’t trans describe any work on trans issues as “cutting edge.” It happens when producers tell stories leaving out the trans and gender nonconforming people who were a part of them, especially if they were also people of color. And it happens when people claim legislatures could not possibly have thought about trans people when they wrote laws against sex discrimination.
Framing us as “new” not only erases our history, but also feeds into the narrative of those who want to claim that our existence is an aberration and a social and legal emergency. Attempts by the Trump administration and other anti-trans advocates to eradicate us from the present and future seem less extreme when people imagine we have no past.
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Gabriel Arkles is a senior staff attorney at the ACLU and a volunteer with Black and Pink and the Sylvia Rivera Law Project. He writes in his personal capacity, and his views do not necessarily reflect those of his employer.
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Comcast Focuses on Connectivity and Sets Video Playing on Back Burner
by Kelly Potter | Sep 18, 2018 | Inventory | 0 comments
Video is playing more of a “supporting role” than in years past as Comcast continues to put more focus on its higher-margin, faster-growing “connectivity” efforts, according to Brian Roberts CEO of Comcast.
“We’re going to compete for video, but we want to compete for profitable video, and I think that’s a change.”
Brian Roberts, CEO of Comcast
Roberts made this comment when asked to expand on the role of video at Comcast amid competition with traditional pay-TV rivals along with a slew of newer OTT-TV players.
He said Comcast has “withstood the first wave” of virtual MVPD competition as some of those providers start to raise and adjust their pricing, and believes that some of that threat will be mitigated as Comcast exits 2018 and improves on its ability to retain its best, most profitable customers.
Comcast’s X1 platform will continue to play a big role in that venture. Comcast continues to integrate OTT services such as Netflix, YouTube and, soon, Amazon Prime.
“We don’t care whose content you watch… just watch it through our X1 experience and we’re going to be a winner.”
Roberts then went into how their focus is on connectivity at least from the cable end of the company. He mentioned their internal strategy called “Broadband 2.0.”
While speed was the name of the game early on, Broadband 2.0 will continue to focus on adding capacity, but be complemented by advanced gateways, extending coverage in and out of the home, and providing a management system that ties it all together.
Comcast is also wary of the threat posed by 5G-based fixed wireless home broadband services.
“We love our competitive position in broadband. We’re certainly not looking to cede that in any way.”
Comcast is also using its relatively new Xfinity Mobile product to drive broadband. Comcast is bundling broadband with Xfinity Mobile, which is underpinned by an MVNO deal with Verizon Wireless and ended Q2 with about 780,000 customer lines.
“I think we’re a meaningful competitor” even though Comcast’s mobile business is in the nascent stage, Roberts said. “We see a good runway.”
Roberts was also asked about how important a role M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions) has at Comcast after it dropped out of the running for 21st Century Fox but continues in its pursuit of Sky.
He said, “Comcast looked at both because they both came to market, not because Comcast was actively seeking such deals.”
“The notion that [the pursuit of acquisitions] means you don’t love your core business just isn’t right,” he said, admitting earlier that there’s a certain “show-me mentality” with investors. “We’ll prove that with our results, I hope.”
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Movement Study: Allies, Backlash, Meaning
In just the last two months we’ve gone from the hurried lawmaking that pushed through North Carolina’s HB2 that halted Charlotte’s city ordinance against discrimination of transgender people, to a moving speech by the Attorney General suing the Governor over the law. But just to recap, here is a quick overview of the moments between those points:
Wednesday, March 23: HB2 is introduced in the chamber, debated for approximately 90 minutes, voted on and passed, and that evening, signed into law by Gov. McCrory. [Eleven Democratic representatives voted for its passage; all of the Democratic senators walked out of the chamber refusing to vote at all, so it passed the senate chamber 32-0.]
Friday, March 25: The NBA releases a statement saying it may move future playoff games from the state if HB2 is not reversed or voided.
Monday, March 28: The ACLU of North Carolina, Lambda Legal, and Equality NC file a lawsuit on behalf of three transgender and queer people who are employed by the state government, against HB2. The Governor goes on local news outlets to support the new law.
Thursday, March 31: The list of businesses and organizations coming out against HB2 grows to more than 300.
Wednesday, May 4: The Department of Justice sends a letter to Gov. McCrory telling him not to enforce HB2 or face further action from the federal government. The letter gives North Carolina until Monday, May 9, to show it will not enforce the law.
Monday, May 9: The Governor’s office sues the DOJ, in North Carolina’s eastern district of Federal Court, insisting that its interpretation of “sex” (e.g., sex assigned at birth) is correct, and not the federal government’s interpretation (gender/sex identity and expression)
Monday, May 9, about six hours later: Attorney General Loretta Lynch and head of the Civil Rights Division, Vanita Gupta announced that they had filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Governor Pat McCrory, the North Carolina Department of Public Safety and the University of North Carolina.
Much of Ms. Lynch’s remarks spelled out not just the legal foundation of the government’s case, but also the Obama Administration’s stance on ensuring civil rights for all transgender Americans, a series of sentences that had never been so clearly expressed in the history of any country towards the transgender community:
Let me also speak directly to the transgender community itself. Some of you have lived freely for decades. Others of you are still wondering how you can possibly live the lives you were born to lead. But no matter how isolated or scared you may feel today, the Department of Justice and the entire Obama Administration wants you to know that we see you; we stand with you; and we will do everything we can to protect you going forward. Please know that history is on your side. This country was founded on a promise of equal rights for all, and we have always managed to move closer to that promise, little by little, one day at a time. It may not be easy – but we’ll get there together.
There is much to unpack in this part of her statement, not the least of which is whether the rule of law is adequate to support an emancipatory or even radical politic for transgender people. I wouldn’t ever expect a federal institution to call for radical change, because that would be like expecting a snake to eat itself. What this statement does do, however, is make direct reference to earlier civil rights struggles, a tumultuous legal and social history that depending on one’s textbook, might not be covered in primary or secondary school. It’s a government looking at itself and its role in supporting all Americans, and in a polarized, political environment like we have right now, in which the Republican Senate leader can somehow decide to not do his constitutional duty to confirm a Supreme Court justice, in which all it takes is one senator to decide Flint residents shouldn’t get the federal emergency funding they need to remedy their catastrophic municipal water problem, and in which more than twenty states have come out with legislation that basically calls transgender women sexual predators despite all evidence to the contrary, such a statement is incredibly important. If we can agree that a law like HB2 puts trans people who are on the edge at risk of suicide and harassment, then what do we make of a statement, bald and assertively pronounced, that the government is standing behind those vulnerable people?
I make of it that it is life-saving. I really do. I have known—I have been—people who needed a sign that they weren’t an incarnation of wrecked evil or humanity. That they, we, have a purpose. That being trans isn’t a horrible disease. That it can in fact, be wonderful, or mundane, or present us with fascinating opportunities, or help us become better people because we are more us.
It is a commonly held belief within the broad LGBT contingent that these anti-trans bills are an intentional backlash and attempt by the far right that is still licking its wounds over losing the same-sex marriage fight. It’s easy to call this fight intentional, as it is clearly financed by the same organizations that fueled the push against marriage equality. And while the reactionary push against trans civil rights is well funded (even if it turns out to ultimately be futile), several LGBT equality groups shut their doors after the SCOTUS ruling. This has left much of the support for trans rights to transgender groups and to non-LGBT allies who work on civil rights. But what work they’re doing—with today’s two events shoring up even more support for the trans community.
This morning, the Obama Administration made two announcements: first, the President sent a letter to every public school district in the country (wrap your mind around THAT mailing) that they must let transgender students use the rest room and locker room that comports with their gender identity, or face a revocation of federal education funding.
There are more than 14,000 school districts in the United States today.
The scale of that statement boggles my mind. But then later this morning, another declaration came out. The Administration directed health insurers across the country that they could no longer reject coverage for people simply because they are transgender.
CRASH.
Conservatives are ranting across hyperspace, in social media and on right-wing media outlets, but they do not have the force of law behind them. This ally work from the highest office in the land means something very important even if it is not revolutionary. It is still affirming, validating, critical, systemic, and a clear kick in the pants to the wave of legalized harassment that we’ve seen in the way of “religious freedom” and “bathroom bills.” It means something huge that the trans civil rights movement has had these broad statements made three times in three days, in a time when the top court in the federal system is missing a deliberator.
I cheer these moves from the President and his staff. And I turn to our allies within the LGBT coalition and say, what will you do now to help the trans community?
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Thanking Pierre Bensusan and Jamie Tate...
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Insound Choice - Wooden amp for iPod
Cool, mains-less "amp", using natural wood resonating properties...
Yesterday was Earth Day and coincidentally, I watched an extremely frightening documentary about the environment over the weekend. You could actually say it’s not all that coincidental since I watch/read/intake information that frightens me and gives me no hope for the future on the reg, but hey – I digress! This particular documentary focused on the oil crisis and how in about 40-50 years, there will be no oil. If this doc is to be believed, unless we can come up with some viable alternatives, we can say goodbye to car travel, air travel…MAYBE EVEN ONLINE RETAIL – NO SHIPPING! Society as we know it will crumble to the ground and I’ll be riding a horse to work at an artisanal accordion stand in McCarren Farm.
I know that no speakers (at least none that I know of) run on oil, but I’m sure oil is used somewhere in the manufacturing process. Honestly, oil is probably even used in the manufacturing process of these beautiful wood “speakers” (power tools, y’all), but let’s focus on the positive. Once the Koostik Original is handcrafted, there’s no need to plug them in or recharge them or stick batteries in them – they use the natural acoustics of the wood to amplify your favorite jams. I mean, YES, you will still have to charge your phone in order to play the music in the first place and YES, electricity isn’t oil, but a lot of electricity is generated from fossil fuels, so conserving energy in any form is a good thing that you should do.
In conclusion, according to my rock solid logic, by buying the Koostik Makore Original Speaker, you will be saving the planet. Case closed.
– Nicole Johnson
Bob Brotzman passed away yesterday, April 24th 2013
... so sad news!
He was a genius and a dandy... I'll give a listen to one of the several discs I have in my collection... maybe the duet disks with Woody Mann or with David Grisman.
R.I.P. Dept. - Richie Havens passed away yesterday, April 22nd, 2013
Freedom, freeedom, freedom... at last.
... no need to feel like a motherless child, anymore!
I loved him and his Guild D-40 acoustic/grater and so ancient way of playing and his SUPERB - griot-like - voice... pure Africa!
... no, not wasabi, the green, super hot sauce we enjoy, sweating and jellying while having sushi;-)))
Wabi-sabi is a concept in Japanese aesthetics which represents the exact opposite of Western beauty ideal, usually seen as something huge, abiding or spectacular; wabi-sabi deals with lesser and hidden, simple and fragileness of art and nature.
Also something ungainly, irregular, ugly - as per common aesthetics - can be full of grace and poetic, as well.
"Wabi-sabi things own a spontaneous and unevitable aspect; they neither do not flag their importance nor claim to get center-stage and full attention of the world.
They're discreet and unpretentious, yet they own a quiet authority, their own personality and a natural, unassuming elegance". (Leonard Koren)
The above is the VERY best description of my audio system I'm aware of, folks... it's not LED-blinking and chrome finishes, it's someway ugly (Gotorama's speakers) and WAF unfriendly, yet the inner beauty of the care infused in the making of such a complex system simply shines at the very first notes.
Wabi-sabi, the humble, human-flawed perfection!
The mini passive line-stage survey - Fidelity Research AS-1 (reprised)
The Luxman AT-3000 represented a personal fave of mine, a Zenith, as an audio lover, scholar and collector...
So, using it for the past three days, now... well, it's an emotion and a satisfaction difficult to be forgotten.
I already got the little, unassuming, yet elegant FR AS-1, but didn't listened to it, yet... today, after enjoying Luxman's, I told myself... "Hey, I got it, paid for it... am I so silly to do not try it?!?"
... and wasn't prepared for what I heard, period.
Fidelity Research AS 1 is an humble gizmo vs. Luxman AT 3000 Ultimate, but quality is well present, thanking Ikeda-san, also in this smallish package.
Aesthetically, FR made something, using a solid thick aluminium chassis and cool mat finish grey faceplate with a seldom seen 18K gold silk-screening lettering... left and right gain controls are very useful to correct slightly unbalanced recordings and a quite purist choice... knobs are a little miniature sized, but you know - respectfully said - Nihon-jin aren't famous for being giants:-)
Sound-wise... ohhhhh my!!!
AS-1 is clear, zest-like, speedy-as-the-light, maybe just a tad darker than AT-3000 in the low register, while mids are PERFECT, as per my VERY taste, transparent, unboomy, extremely different from previous & next notes, highs are silk-like, female and male sybilants are giving goose-bumps, as detailing, on same par than Luxman's.
Soundstaging and ability to follow more and more music and harmonic layers is, maybe, a tad, just a (significant) tad better vs. AT-3000.
Micro-dynamic? A specialty! Awesome...
Resolution? impressive: for example, Lee Koonitz and his alto register tapping before soloing and little noises from sax necklace on instrument brass body... amazing!
I've been speechless for a couple hours... oh, well, I was alone:-)))... so I called a friend who arrived in half-an-hour (myself always enjoying more and more music, always sounding sooooo brand-new) and... no doubts: he gave a distract look to AS-1, seated on Eames', and we had superb Howling Wolf's "Spoonful" - two times - from this month Mojo magazine complimentary disk, some Tom Waits' Mule Variations, beloved The Grateful Dead's "Nobody's Fault but Mine" from Dick's Picks' Live in Tampa, FL Dec. 19th, 1974, Wheeler/Holland/Frisell/Koonitz "Angel Song", the "Polka" from Malcolm Arnold's Lyrita SRCS 109... ONLY after the above mentioned music-shot we talked, at last... and it was only one word...
If you'll patiently check the whole Blog, while talking about my system, you'll never, ever find such a statement on my part...
I repeat, without any shame: PERFECT!
... and like Forrest G-g-g-gump seated on the bench... "I've nothing m-m-more to say!"
New audio frontiers:-)
Musings!
Records Shop Day 2013
Let's support our local brick records shop, folks!
Amazon is cheap and easy, Ebay, Discogs, GEMM, flea-markets and record fairs are super... but the relationship you establish with your record store is... magic!
Hey, Ivan... I'll be visiting you and your "new" shop, tomorrow:-)))
Robert Crumb or... who else better than him to know ups and downs of the vinyl records collector
Always loved him... from his comics (Fritz the Cat!!!) to Cheap Suit Serenaders' discs (I own them all, incl. the rare 78 rpm) I cherish in my collection.
Look at this extremely interesting interview... also if he's a 78 rpm freak, collecting dynamics are the same... down to... dreaming about a record!
An extract from the interview: "I spend some time listening to records almost every day when I’m at home, and I spend time just pawing through the collection, just looking at what I have. Sometimes I’ll pull a record off the shelf and just marvel at it, that it exists and that I own it. Again, it’s a sickness. It’s embarrassing to admit openly to such behavior, like talking about masturbation or something. Sometimes I have to listen to records in the endeavor to purge and make room for new acquisitions, since I’ve run out of room to put new additions to the collection on the shelves. I have to get rid of something before I can put the new ones in. This involves tough decisions. My natural impulse is to save everything, don’t wanna get rid of anything. If I had endless shelf space, I guess I’d have ten times as many records. Purging, however, is good for the soul and just makes the collection better, more intense. Borderline items must be eliminated, moved out, sold if possible."
He knows!
Thanking LencoHeaven's pals for suggesting this...
DEEPEST thanks and appreciation go to Robert Crumb for... being Robert Crumb.
... and to Discaholic Corner's folks... superb site, indeed!
Storm Thorgerson (1944 - 2013) - Pink Floyd's Sleeve Genius Passes To Dark Side
Some of the most famous progressive discs covers and - most of all - Pink Floyd's wouldn't have been, without his eye.
A mini passive line-stage survey - Luxman AT-3000 Ultimate
I choose, at last!
A new passive line-preamp entered my system, folks...
Luxman AT-3000 took the place of Thomas Mayer's 801A Line Stage, lately "only" used as a buffer to Mayer's Passive crossover... shame to me!
Due to the below-par use, I someway felt slightly unconfortable with using built-in Slagle's AVC full open, resulting in some (light) random microphony during warm-up and some (light) noise on one channel... but, hey... I was badly or so using it: who... WHO uses a preamp with volume at VERY maximum?
This way - I told myself - I freed Thomas' Line Stage for more proper use/gain settings.
Back to the AT-3000... it's a truly awesome piece of gear: deadly silent with a smoothness, resolution and overall beauty and rightness which I only experienced at Serge Schmidlin's studio.
Dynamics is impressive, perfectly balanced, correct... ambience retrieval is among the VERY best I ever tasted, going much further vs. my previous layout.
Look at building quality: shielding copper chassis and clever trannies positioning.
Luxman AT-3000, near Thomas' WE 437 LCR Phono Stage.
Everyone has his opinion about passive preamps... my own - very limited experience - was... aehm:-)... limited to a quite boring and unsatisfying exposure to a Shindo Arome, years ago.
Sure a transformers-based preamp is a completely different, far superior beast... and this very preamp TRULY is among the VERY best ever.
Was considering... when NOT using phono with WE 437A, my system is currently NOT based on tubes, at all... many irons, silver wire, but no tubes, anymore... at least if not using the above mentioned LCR phono-stage:-)
Who cares! Music first...
Enjoyed the adding immensely: The Grateful Dead's "Nobody's Fault but Mine" from Dick's Picks Vol. 1 NEVER played this good.. I mean it's not a signorina kind-of-sound, but natural, very beefy and full, yet sublimely detailed!
As a plus, the classy "Direct" input option, by-passing the Input selector, straight to irons, helps.
Welcome to Luxman AT-3000 Ultimate!
... and many thanks to Paolo.
Derek Bailey - The art of improvising, unveiled...
Derek Bailey and his beautiful, Samuel Beckett-like face... the dare-devil improviser which almost went famous (...) after collaboration with David Sylvian on " Blemish".
This book, Derek Bailey's Improvisation, originally published in 1980, and here updated and extended with new interviews and photographs, is the first book to deal with the nature of improvisation in (almost) all its forms: Indian music, flamenco, baroque, organ music, rock, jazz, contemporary, and free music. By drawing on conversations with some of todays seminal improvisersincluding John Zorn, Jerry Garcia, Steve Howe, Steve Lacy, Lionel Salter, Earle Brown, Paco Pea, Max Roach, Evan Parker, and Ronnie Scott... Bailey offers a clear-eyed view of the breathtaking spectrum of possibilities inherent in improvisational practice, while underpinning its importance as the basis for all music-making.
1992 DA CAPO PRESS (USA)
... great reading, folks.
A mini passive line-stage survey - Thomas Mayer's Passive Line Control Unit
Thomas Mayer's aesthetics is VERY elegant and using Dave Slagle's AVC and solid silver wiring throughout...
A mini passive line-stage survey - Fidelity Research AS-1
A cool add to my (small, humble) audio collection...
Balance available via the two attenuators...
The heart for a nice sounding, simple, cheap phono-less (or using a sep Phono stage) audio system...
I'm currently diggin' passive preamps world and... surprise, surprise!
... more to come, VERY soon.
Musings...
... or everyone's wish?
The Condominium Horn System
Thanking my friend Diego:-)
Joe Boyd presents: "Way to Blue - The Songs of Nick Drake" - out Mon. 15th April, 2013
... so far, far away from being like someone - i.e. Joe Boyd or al. - milking a cow (Nick's memory) to death, Way to Blue was... IS an amazing flower blossoming and blossoming again, from Australia to USA to UK and Mainland Europe... the most different musicians paid and are still paying their kudos to the art and songs of the late, yet soooo vastly and fondly remembered Nick Drake.
Here is a 90 minutes concert held in London... also covered by BBC Four, and it's a masterpiece.
It's keeping the flame burning, it's living music as only truly unique music can be...
Joe Boyd knew and produced and cocooned Nick in his Island days... so, who better than him!
It's classical music and the DNA of my musical world.
The disk quoted in the title will be out soon and worth adding to any (classy) collection.
P.S. - looking for the ultimate fondness and attention to Nick's voice and guitar playing? Dig here... Plectrum34... aehm, Leon is a SUPERB musician: not simply copy-catting... Nick's soul speaks through his voice and playing!
Dirk Sommer's Sommelier du Son - "Soyeusement" by Michel Godard & Steve Swallow
Imagine: a swinging, jazzy theorbo (...), a throaty, traditional voice - Mongolian/Tibetan-like - from Sardinia (Italy) and... a serpent, a dinosaur-like medieval wind instrument whose sound seems to come from the mists of the past.
... as a plus, Steve Swallow, the IMMENSE bass player I met and listened to so many times is swinging and improvising, too: last track, side two is worth the disc.
From Sommelier du Son's site:
"Michel Godard is a “dream-walker” between epochs and cultures. He belonged to the innermost core of the “Folklore Imaginaire” with Louis Sclavis and Valentin Clastrier and played for many years with Rabih Abou-Khalil, the Lebanese oud player’s band. He loves the adaptation of Renaissance and Baroque melodies while performing as the tuba player of choice in experimental jazz bands. Godard’s own music reflects all of these worlds and times. He improvises his path through the imaginary and transforms space where visions can come true. Years ago, he found such a space in the medieval Castle del Monte in Apulia, a mysterious building brimming with the past and future. That is where Michel Godard let Renaissance and jazz musically meet as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
Now Michel Godard has found another space, the former Cistercian monastery of Noirlac located in central France, that seems to have fallen out of time. The medieval abbey with its history, architecture, ambience and surroundings possesses exactly that certain as well as uncertain magic that Godard’s music needs: openness in all directions and connections to everywhere. For Godard’s music does not commit itself, it loves being in limbo – prancing, gentle, improvised, muted, dark, somewhere between the Middle Ages and jazz. The instruments that came together in Noirlac symbolize this floating between the worlds. The electric bass comes from rock and jazz-rock fusion. The saxophone is reminiscent of the great emergence of the 19th century woodwind instruments before they changed their character into jazz. The serpent – a snakelike winding bass zink, the theorbe – a polyphonic bass lute, and the baroque violin open sonic doors to the distant, cross-cultural past. And not to be overlooked is Gavino Murgia’s raspy throat singing – a reflection of the millennia-old vocal tradition of Sardinia.
These instruments find many niches and connections in Godard’s timeless space of the imagination. Both the duets of serpent and electric bass, as well as theorbe and electric bass merge together into trans-epochal instruments. Although the soprano sax reaches more jazzy peaks, the theorbe can swing as well, violin and serpent come together, while the throat singing provides drone accompaniment all improvising together. Whether in swinging waltzes or as etudes over complex meters, lyrical melodies enchant the moment with hypnotic power. It is an effortless sleepwalk through time and worlds. Of course, trust plays a role: Godard had already worked with the American, Steve Swallow in Abou-Khalil’s group in 1994. He has been playing in a duo with the Sardinian, Gavino Murgia for a long time. These are bridges that can connect the most opposing styles, cultures and epochs creating music that is incredibly improvised, almost disembodied, and smooth as silk. They are the magical dream bridges of Noirlac, the black lake where all lines intersect. A type of jazz, fallen out of time and space."
Hans-Jürgen Schaal
Translation by Joe Grand
Thanks a lot to Dirk Sommer for the GREAT engineering, recording and mastering jobs... as a plus, the lacquers have been cutted by Willem Makkee, who used to work for the Emil-Berliner-Studios in Hannover, and has retired and runs his own cutting studio, now. He's Dirk's friend and he gladly offered his nearly 50 years of cutting experience for the project.
Pallas from Germany pressed the discs... it's among the VERY best pressing facility on the planet... ALL the above care paid: the sound is so rich of harmonics and nuances... also if not a minimalist miked recording, the live-mixing-to-two tracks approach SURE pays a lot vs. the average overproduced, post-produced, over-handled recordings... a sense of zestness, relaxed joy comes from the grooves.
With Dirk's compliments, one song of "Soyeusement" has been digitalized from the master tape and can be downloaded free of charge on hifistatement.net (link to http://www.hifistatement.net/de/downloads/item/1077-zur-feier-der-kooperation-mit-positive-feedback-ein-kostenloser-download) in CD-quality, in 24/192 and in DSD.
Thanks to Serge Schmidlin for this... and more.
Fund-raising Concert in Berkeley for "Voice of the Eagle - The Enigma of Robbie Basho" movie
Berkeley Arts presents
A Robbie Basho Tribute Concert and Documentary Film Benefit
Robbie Basho/photo by Jeffrey Dooley. at Cragmont Park, Berkeley 1977
When: May 8, 2013 8PM
Where: Berkeley Arts, 2133 University Ave. Berkeley, CA
Berkeley Arts presents a concert in tribute to the late guitarist and Berkeley
resident Robbie Basho. The event is also a benefit to raise funds to complete
the first ever documentary film about Basho - titled Voice Of The Eagle: The
Enigma Of Robbie Basho - currently in the works by London-based filmmaker Liam
Barker.
The lineup includes several Bay Area performers whose work has been inspired in
some way by Robbie Basho's music, including two guitarists who personally knew
Basho: fingerstyle guitarist Rich Osborn and renown improvisor Henry Kaiser.
Drag City recording artist Meg Baird, who appeared on the 2010 Basho tribute
compilation We Are All One In The Sun will also be performing.
The concert will include short sets by:
Henry Kaiser
Rich Osborn
Meg Baird
Chuck Johnson
Danny Paul Grody
Aaron Sheppard
Andrew Weathers
...more TBA
We think this will be an historic event, and a fitting tribute to Basho's legacy
- in the same spirit as the John Fahey memorial concerts that took place at the
Freight And Salvage in 2002.
About Robbie Basho
Robbie Basho (1940 - 1986) was a Berkeley-based composer, guitarist, and
vocalist and one of the foremost proponents of steel string acoustic guitar as a
solo concert instrument. Along with John Fahey and Leo Kottke, Basho was part of
the triumvirate of pioneering guitarists on the Berkeley-based Takoma label in
the 1960s. Basho went on to record for Windham Hill, and was an important
influence on the label's founder, guitarist William Ackerman. His innovative
guitar compositions incorporated American folk, European, and Eastern
influences, and he is credited for developing the improvisational "American
raga" style.
Voice of the Eagle: The Enigma of Robbie Basho is a journey into the heart of an
artist's lifelong struggle - designed to illuminate and satiate existing fans
while serving as a perfect starting point for the uninitiated. Self-funded
entirely to date by director Liam Barker, Voice of the Eagle: The Enigma of
Robbie Basho features interviews with Basho's former students, contemporaries
and few close friends; interspersed with abstract employment of archive footage
and photography of the natural phenomena and localities that informed Basho's
work. Basho claimed to paint America with music; the film will attempt to
transfigure Robbie Basho with sound and images.
Principal photography began on Voice of the Eagle: The Enigma of Robbie Basho in
October 2012, with the filmmakers shooting (and intermittently battling
superstorms) in Vermont, Massachusetts, Maryland, Colorado and California. A
Kickstarter campaign is set to launch in spring 2013 to enable the film's
continuing production and subsequent post-production costs.
Liam Barker - Writer, Director, Producer, Editor
Justinas Vabuolas - Director of Photography
http://www.robbiebashofilm.com/
Thanking Jeffrey Dooley for his Robbie's photo.
Well Kept Secrets Dept. - EMIA Audio
Yes, sure a well kept secret in audio and music reproduction... EMIA is the Zen-creature of Dave Slagle and Jeffrey Jackson: their respective ALL hand-made stuffs workshop are serving discerning audio community members with among THE best autoformers, LCR modules, TVCs and assorted coils and irons ever made (Dave) and exotic, superb LCR phono-stages, amps and crossovers, plus some Le-Cleach-like round wooden horns (Jeffrey).
They sensibly felt the need to feed the goodears around with a minimalist line of products - i.e. a Manual Passive preamp (using Slagle's TVC, of course... with 1,25 db resolution volume control), a Remote (superb, indeed... 1 db resolution) and a tube, two-chassis Phono Stage... ALL very elegant, no-frills cubic boxes...
Mr. Salvatore, among my VERY audio sensei-san, choose an EMIA Remote Passive as his Class A or something... and he hears.
Another goodears? Dick Olsher get his illumination, as well...
Myself, as a satisfied user of Thomas Mayer's gears, using a-plenty of Dave Slagle's TVC and coils - in Line Stage and Passive Crossover, I know EMIA actually IS affordable beauty, period.
So, after Western Electric, Luxman AT-3000, Serge Schmidlin's SolidRock and Audio Consulting Passive... EMIA!
... sssshhhhhh... I told you, it's a well-kept-secret... yet, grab it before scheduled delivery time get awfully lengthy;-)
Hand-made, bespoke audio is THE gears to get, folks!
Bob Brotzman passed away yesterday, April 24th 201...
R.I.P. Dept. - Richie Havens passed away yesterday...
The mini passive line-stage survey - Fidelity Rese...
Robert Crumb or... who else better than him to kno...
Storm Thorgerson (1944 - 2013) - Pink Floyd's Slee...
A mini passive line-stage survey - Luxman AT-3000 ...
Derek Bailey - The art of improvising, unveiled......
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A mini passive line-stage survey - Fidelity Resear...
Joe Boyd presents: "Way to Blue - The Songs of Nic...
Dirk Sommer's Sommelier du Son - "Soyeusement" by ...
Fund-raising Concert in Berkeley for "Voice of the...
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Bespoke Music
It's something I truly find intriguing... like it goes on time-loop, century after century...
Sergiei Diaghilev and Coco Chanel funded Igor Stravinsky in Paris... Betty Freeman funded Harry Partch and John Cage... John Adams dedicated to her Nixon in China... Beethoven himself was funded back in 18th Century by Razumovskij for some string quartets.
Do you wish to get a glimpse of immaterial beauty, of truly portable and timeless art?
Commission to a composer a piece of music for your loved one or a birthday or an anniversary... a piece of music is forever!
Some ideas? Go at your local conservatory of music and get in touch with composing class director... do you wish to go WEB and international?
Contact the following sites: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group www.bcmg.org or New Music USA www.newmusicusa.org or Richard Thomas Foundation www.rtfn.eu or Third Ear www.thirdear.co.uk
A bespoke piece of music is such a cool and poetic way to celebrate someone or something and a way to reach immortality... or at least a scent of it.
Keith Jarrett - La Fenice, out October 19th
Here’s the complete press release:
“This double album, long anticipated, presents Keith Jarrett’s concert at the Gran Teatro La
Fenice in Venice, from July 2006. The setting – one of Italy’s most famous classical venues –
may evoke some parallels with La Scala, the pianist’s much-loved 1995 recording, but each
of Jarrett’s solo performances is its own world, his protean creativity continually bringing
new forms to light. La Fenice (the phoenix) finds him channelling the flow of inspiration into
a suite of eight spontaneously created pieces referencing everything from the blues to
atonality. From the first flurry of notes, it is a consistently captivating journey. Between Part
VI and Part VII, Jarrett surprisingly but very touchingly segues into “The Sun Whose Rays”,
from Gilbert and Sullivan’s opera The Mikado.
Encores are the traditional tune “My Wild Irish Rose” (previously recorded by Jarrett on The
Melody At Night With You), the timeless standard “Stella By Starlight”, which the trio with
Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette often played (see for instance the albums Standards Live
and Yesterdays). The concert ends with a tender version of Keith’s tune “Blossom”, first
heard on the Belonging album with Jan Garbarek, Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen back
La Fenice could be considered the culmination point of a series of solo concerts that began
the previous September with the The Carnegie Hall Concert. Reviewing that performance,
Fred Kaplan of The Absolute Sound wrote: “His concert pieces, all pure improvisations, are
models of economy, themes stated, explored, varied on, departed from, returned to, done –
and gripping from start to finish. The encores were similarly taut – and lyrical and gorgeous.”
Release of the Venice concert is timely. The 62nd International Festival of Contemporary
Music of the Biennale di Venezia has honoured Keith Jarrett with its Golden Lion for
Lifetime Achievement. It’s the first time that a “jazz” musician has received this award,
which has previously been given to contemporary composers including, in recent decades,
Luciano Berio, Pierre Boulez, György Kurtág, Helmut Lachenmann, Sofia Gubaidulina and
Steve Reich. Of course, there is more than one way to be a contemporary composer, as Keith
Jarrett eloquently illustrates on La Fenice, shaping his musical structures in real time.”
The tracklist is as follows:
Part I (17:44)
Part II (3:26)
Part III (9:47)
Part IV (7:15)
Part V (6:36)
Part VI (13:32)
The Sun Whose Rays (4:22)
Part VII (5:30)
Part VIII (7:15)
My Wild Irish Rose (7:03)
Stella By Starlight (6:33)
Blossom (8:35)
Thanks to Ziad, Stephen, Jan, Heino, Matthias, and Christoph for sending me information about this release.
Update (September 22, 2018). “The Sun Whose Rays” is already available from streaming platforms such as Deezer or Spotify. Thanks to Gabriele for the link!
Disk of the Month - Steve Tibbets - Life of (ECM 2018)
I've always been - as far as I remember - a loyal fan of Steve Tibbets and own ALL his discs and disks, including the elusive first, private pressing of Yr, his first one.
This "Life of" comes after a long hiatus of 8 years from the previous one... BUT the wait with Steve and his long.time music partner Marc Anderson on assorted percussions is always worthwhile.
I'll leave to Steve's words the description and background of the album in the making...
Steve with his trusty Martin D12-20... amazing pix.
On my part, only an heartfelt advice: buy it.
Like in a lengthy, yet natural process, I finally gave a listen to Misho's C3M and RIAA Phono stage... in Gotorama.
I got the same extremely positive impression I previously had with smaller system, only better!
Dynamics, detailing, inter-notes silence, RFI and noise rejection... just WOW!
It's really a stellar sonic quality combo, folks... no but, no if, no maybe... only YES! and definitely so...
If a pictures says more than an hundred words, imagine four pictures;-)
Bravo, Misho!
Bravo, Yanislav!
Andy Irvine & Donal Lunny - The Plains o' Kildare
Two greats, two incredibly gifted musicians, two legends who both were in Planxty, the Irish supergroup I so much loved...
This superb video shows the two old masters en plein air dueting on their bouzoukis, Andy singing...
Shivers.
High-end guitar - Gianni Pedrini venetian-cutaway acoustic guitar (1998)
Yes, high-end acoustic guitar is something I seldom experienced, despite I own or owned some nice guitars... the only other high-end guitar in my possession is a Lowden S-35 Rio/alpine spruce.
(a partial view of the stable)
What's the difference between a good acoustic guitar and an acoustic high-end guitar?
The price-tag?
Nahhh!
The woods used?
The sound?
Like a voice, it's unique! You cannot be wrong... no misundestandings!
It's something special, harmonically rich, supremely resonant, lively, impressing at every note.
I recently acquired an acoustic guitar made by an italian luthier - Gianni Pedrini - in 1998: mahogany back and sides, italian alpine spruce, zero-fret at nut, no trussrod, no end-pin... 500 grams of resonance, overtones and sonic beauty.
The luthier is - maybe - the last member of old school of Northern Italy luthiery of Gallinotti, Giulietti, Raspagni, the latter where Pedrini worked for long years as an apprentice, first, and then a collaborator and whose master-grade woods supply was inherited by him after Maestro Raspagni passing.
Music coming from an unique instrument, made 20 years ago by an obscure, skilled, gifted italian artisan!
I simply cannot stop playing it.
P.S. - Gianni Pedrini was also the maker of this beast...
... and of this beauty, an Hauser-style classical guitar, made in 1994.
WoodenAmp C3M line stage
I tried Misho's C3M preamp with Gotorama, at last...
... have been a truly destroying August for yours truly, folks... daily job at its worst, ever!
Music healing power was disturbed by very high temperatures and humidity which worked against my energies... but, with first rains and average 25 degrees Celsius, VOILA'... I got some enthusiasm and curiosity winning on (work-related) stress.
Some interesting notes by Misho himself: "The amplification factor is only 6 dB - (2 times actually), and it's more than enough for any conventional system (as you already had tried on smaller system . I hate to see a lot of over-amplification that will be lost in attenuators - so I prefer amps to work as close to maximum open sound path as possible. Yet, in a case if multi way system it may face a different requirements of course."
Wise and self-explaining, as at first glance, when I connected the Wooden(pre)Amp to Nuforce MCA 20 Stealth and Thomas Mayer 4 ways crossover, I had a strange feeling, like the volume settings worked in a different way... the 6 dBs amplification factor, of course!
After getting accustomed to this feature, I only appreciated the HUGE, majestic low-end, untamed and unfearful, the breathing, lively mids and the silky highs, and everything in-between.
The C3M line-stage is deadly silent, hum-wise, and extremely dynamic, but not rough: it's elegant, unforgiving but not coldish or razor-like.
Shimmering cymbals, acoustic guitar harmonics and over-tones are moving, percussions, large and smaller, are very natural shape- and size-wise.
I planned shortly after connecting the preamp to keep it and insert, step-by-step, the Misho's phono-stage... BUT - lacking of proper time schedule and relaxed mode necessary for this kind of evaluations - I'm greatly enjoying disks and tapes on Gotorama.
The mighty Garrardzilla looks, unused under its plexiglas cover, waiting for better times...
I don't care what's the source or media if the results are this good...
Really impressive... cannot wait next time I'll be able to spend a couple of hours, alone - me, myself & I - in my studio with my music.
Gotorama is a cocooning, healing machine... and I cannot live without it.
Thanking my pal Misho Myronov and his partner Yanislav Yankov for such a statement: WoodenAmp.
Disk of the Month - Steve Tibbets - Life of (ECM 2...
High-end guitar - Gianni Pedrini venetian-cutaway ...
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David Mitchell – another whole life tariff for murder of Robert Hind?
Photo from the BBC
In 1991 David Mitchell received a life sentence for murdering his girlfriend. He had progressed through the prison system and was in an open prison in 2012 when he went AWOL. He was at large for less than 24 hours before being recaptured.
It’s not entirely clear when he was re-released, but in December 2013 he was in the community (whether on day release or otherwise) when he killed Robert Hind, a convicted sex offender.
On 9th June 2014 Mr Mitchell pleaded guilty to murder. Sentencing has been adjourned. Details are sketchy as to Mr Mitchell’s motives and exactly how the murder occurred, but we do know that Mr Hind ‘had died of head injuries and strangulation‘ and his remains were found in a river a few days after he had been killed.
What sentence will Mr Mitchell get?
Well, the mandatory sentence for murder is the life sentence. The key question is what tariff will Mr Mitchell get. Looking at the different starting points, because Mr Mitchell has a previous conviction for murder, the starting point is a whole life tariff.
The Judge will not be bound to pass a whole life tariff, but that will be the starting point. We don’t know why the sentence was adjourned – it could be to get psychiatric or other reports to see whether a whole life tariff is needed.
We will have a look when he is sentenced, but Mr Mitchell is now 46. If he doesn’t get a whole life tariff, he will get a tariff of around 40 years we would imagine. Either way, he won’t be going anywhere soon, and we imagine that he would only be released at the end of his life if he is terminally ill.
Does this show that people who get a life sentence shouldn’t be released?
No. You can’t extrapolate from one case to a general penal policy.
This entry was posted in In the news and tagged David Mitchell, life sentence, LWOP, murder, Robert Hind, Whole Life Tariff on 09/06/2014 by Dan Bunting.
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antonynostro@ (@anthonydobson5) 09/06/2014 at 8:44 pm
DAN THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENT ON TWITTER LAST NIGHT,YOUR COMMENT GAVE ME STRENGTH,AND CONFIRMED MY SUSUPICION’S OF A COVER UP BY NORTH WALE’S POLICE,
GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE ARE A SACRIFICIAL LAMB TO FOR THE MEDIA TO DEFLECT ATTENTION AWAY FROM THE VARIOUS POLICE FORCE’S THROUGHOUT THE UK,THIS IS #10’S RETERIC FOR DAMAGE LIMITATION,I DON’T KNOW WHO THEY THINK THEY ARE KIDDING?
MERSEYSIDE POLICE HAS A LOT TO ANSWER FOR AS THEY ARE PART OF THE HILLSBOURGH COVER UP,CHEIF CON OMERSEYSIDE POLICE GOT THE TOP JOB AT THE MET?
ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU MY FREIND.
ANTHONY DOBSON.
antonynostro@wordpress.com
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Francis Greenburger—Father of an Incarcerated Son
“We Are Witnesses”: A Portrait of Crime and Punishment in America
Having lived with Morgan's
mental illness for 15 years or however
long it was.
You know this was another chapter
in an endless saga.
When he was arrested and he was at Riker's
I was very driven to be the best father I could be.
On the other hand,
I understood the complexity of the problem.
Morgan has had a difficult path
since he was very young.
He was first diagnosed with something
called ODD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder
and eventually at 15
was diagnosed as being autistic.
He grew up in an affluent family
and affluent community
but I think, my experience,
once you're a part of the system.
There is no special privilege.
The first crime he was charged with was robbery.
He met some person on the street
who said let's rob a taxi
and they ran and stole 20 bucks or something
from a taxi driver.
My reading was he was trying to socialize
with whoever this other person was,
just wanted to be one of the boys.
And try to create a relationship because he suffered
through a lot of loneliness.
A couple of years later on,
he began to have paranoid thoughts.
He thought that a drug dealer was chasing
him with a gun.
I got a call from Morgan saying that he was afraid
of this drug dealer and wanted to go back to prison
'cause he had been bailed out and I said
well wait a minute, prison is not the Hilton hotel,
you can't check in and check out.
Morgan still was suffering from these paranoid
thoughts, took some garbage from his wastebasket
and started a small fire in his stove,
he stayed in the apartment.
They charged him with arson.
He ended up being at Rikers for two years
before the case was adjudicated
even though he had confessed to the crimes.
I asked whether it wouldn't be more appropriate for him
to be in a mental health facility
rather than prison.
I discovered that the DAs, the judges,
they don't have an alternative.
They're only option is to send them to jail.
That was the first time that I really
began to understand how our country
deals with people who have mental challenges
and mental illness.
About half of the people who are incarcerated today,
over one million people suffer
from mental illness.
Morgan's been in
for three and a quarter years.
He's has had some run ins with COs.
He bought some weed
from the local purveyor of weed,
probably one of the COs.
He got caught with it,
put in solitary.
While he was in solitary,
the trick that people
in solitary do
is they put their mattress against the little hole
that they can see through the door in
which drives the Corrections Officers crazy.
About 10 of them beat him up,
bloody eyes, you know,
he was heavily,
heavily beaten up.
(slow music)
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Phương falls in third round of Copa Del Café
Update: January, 19/2018 - 07:00
Nguyễn Văn Phương. — Photo sggp.org.vn
HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese tennis player Nguyễn Văn Phương was ousted from the third round of the Copa Del Café Junior Tennis Tournament in Costa Rica yesterday.
Phương, junior world No 193, lost to Zynk Tyler of the US, who is junior world No 83 and No 6 seed, 3-6, 6-1, 2-6 in the men’s singles category.
Earlier, 16-year-old Phương from Bình Dương beat Sebastian Welch of Chile 6-3, 6-3 in the second round and triumphed over Tomas Kopczynski of the US in the first round.
In the men’s doubles, Phương and Roi Ginat of Israel lost to the duo Arthur Cazaux and Allan Deschamps of France 5-7, 1-6 in the first round.
By entering the third round of the event, an International Tennis Federation (ITF) Grade 1 tennis tournament, Vinh will earn 30 points more.
After the tournament, Phương will compete in three other events in Colombia, Ecuador and Paraguay. — VNS
Archers Nguyệt, Vũ to make Việt Nam Olympic dream come true (January, 18 2020)
Việt Nam to face Tajikistan in AFC Futsal champs first match (January, 17 2020)
Man City click into gear as they chase cup glory (January, 17 2020)
Murray delays comeback as pelvic injury lingers (January, 17 2020)
Việt Nam crash out of AFC U23 Championship (January, 16 2020)
AFC U23 Championships live blog: Viet Nam-North Korea (January, 16 2020)
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Things No One Tells You About Cancer
By Kate Andries
on October 19, 2015 in Family
These are facts: three years ago you were 23, you were in graduate school, and you had cancer. This wasn’t always the case, of course, but that’s what became of you over a single Thanksgiving break. Other facts will emerge over time, many will begin to feel as though they had always been a part of yourself, but these three are constants. You hold them close to yourself.
People say you’re lucky—it’s unheard of, really, to have had this and survive at your age. Typically women with ovarian cancer catch it too late, already bursting into stage four and near-certain death.
Virtually everyone you told—no one at first, and then more as was necessary—told you things. Remedies. Coping strategies. Dietary adjustments. And you listened, made lists and bought books, googled and googled and googled. Sat up late into the night texting your mom about next steps, about stages, and what you were going to do. But there was a vast list of things no one thought to mention, about what was happening now and what would happen shortly and how both of those things would band together to shape the future you.
No one ever tells you, exactly, that you’ll never stop feeling like a patient, that you’ll lug a binder of records to every appointment for years to come. No one mentions the swell of pride you’ll feel when a doctor comments on how organized and annotated that binder is. How much you’ve documented in such a short time.
Each time you pull that binder out or stuff it into your purse or hide it at the back of your bookshelf, you’ll think of going to Target with your mom to pick it out.
“Which one says ‘I’m soon-to-be barren’?” you’ll joke.
“Stripes?” she’ll say. Neither of you ever thought this is how you’d spend a Saturday afternoon.
You’ll think of the spring you moved home after graduating from college, planning on working three jobs to save money for grad school. How you would spend weekends crafting with your mom and watching mindless TV. How you found a rhythm and a friendship that had always been a struggle as you gravitated more toward your dad when you were young. You learned about the time she accidentally killed a duck while golfing, about her hidden accordion-playing skills, about that one time she went rafting out west and almost drowned.
Then, just a year later, you’ll talk to her about things you were always too afraid to bring up: kids and how you will never, ever want one. How you’re scared that after this it’ll be too hard to be loved, that you are defective. How you don’t know to talk about this.
You’ll stay overnight in a hospital for the first time after the second surgery. Your mom, knowing how much you love animals, will bribe the therapy dog with cereal to hop onto your bed and snuggle with you. His name is Wilbur and he’ll stay with you for half an hour before continuing his rounds. He’ll visit twice more before you’re discharged.
“Cheese sticks,” you’ll demand while driving home from the hospital two days later. “That’s what I’m going to have when I can eat again.”
“You can have anything you want,” your mom will answer.
“I want a million cheese sticks. And onion rings.”
“Let’s take it slow, huh? We’ll see how you feel when we get home.” You both chuckle, knowing you’ll be subsisting on popsicles and chipped ice for a few days more at least.
You never get those cheese sticks.
No one tells you that you’ll wait to see your oncologist for a follow-up appointment until one in the morning on a Saturday months later, because he is running late after taking care of patients more critical than you. No one tells you that you’ll accept this with a yawn and without question. You’ll wonder when the last time he cooked a meal was, the last time he left the hospital. You’ll wear your rattiest sweatpants and a billowing shirt with holes at the hem. Your mom will pack a bag with games and snacks and the two of you will sit in the waiting room on sinking couches eating Twizzlers, drinking dollar iced tea from the McDonalds across the street, and playing solitaire. When you sigh heavily—for no real reason, more out of exhaustion than anything—she’ll reach out and hold your hand.
No one tells you that you’ll have to recount over and over just how you discovered the mass in your body, that you’ll have to see face after face light up in shock when you say, “My mom found it, actually.”
You’ll explain that your mom isn’t a doctor and it wasn’t exactly ethical, her doing an ultrasound on you, but she runs a hospital imaging department and sometimes it’s easier this way. You’ll replay the look on her face when she first spots it and can tell immediately that something was wrong. You’ll remember the silence of the exam room when she leaves to get the radiologist. It’s crushing. Even without confirmation, you know it’s bad.
Months after that scan, you’ll lose an ovary, a fallopian tube, 15 pounds, and the trust in your own body. You’ll become alarmingly good at sticking to a clear liquid diet and develop a sharp distaste for yellow Gatorade. You’ll have to wear long-sleeved sweaters through a sweltering D.C. summer because the bruises on your arms from the IVs and blood draws make you look like a junkie. You’ll gain a promise that this is not over—may never be over—and the unsettling fact that the rest of your womanhood must come out before you turn 30.
You’ll carry with you a bodyful of scars, with 12 alone scattered across your abdomen like a grim constellation. The longest one will dip inward, sitting just above your belly button as a reminder of everything that’s gone so wrong in the last few years.
You’ll dread people asking questions.
“Where have you been? What have you been up to?” Breaking myself apart, becoming unrecognizable, you’ll answer.
“Why did you get a dog?” To distract me, you’ll say.
“How are you?” You can’t really explain.
You’ll lose count of the number of conversations you have about babies and the ones you’ll never have. Doctors will condescend to you, saying you’ll change your mind and that you should freeze your eggs just in case because you just never know. But you do know and you don’t have the money or drive to freeze anything, if only someone would listen to you.
The whole process will be hard, though not as hard as it could have been, and no one tells you that you will feel guilty for not being sicker. You’ll feel guilty for doing this to your mother, especially, for unknowingly having a routine ultrasound become a catalyst for the worst bit of both your lives so far. You’ll apologize and she will console you over the phone, the warmth of her voice radiating from across multiple state lines.
“There’s nothing to be sorry for,” she’ll say. “It’s not like you did this on purpose.”
You can’t answer—you’re crying too hard to get a syllable out—but you can hear her typing on the other end of the line.
“Do you want company this weekend? I can be there on Friday.”
She’ll buy a cheap flight from Detroit and get to you on the east coast in record time. You’ll bury yourselves in blankets on your couch and watch bad movies, venturing outside only for doughnuts and baking supplies. You’ll feel better, having her there.
You’ll talk to her about almost everything—everything except the feeling that you can’t shake that you have no right to be placed in the ‘cancer survivor’ category. No one ever mentions that; the feeling that you’re too ballsy asking for inclusion when you never had a port in your chest, never even lost a hair. Your cancer will never feel cancer-y enough, despite two surgeries and innumerable trips to the hospital. This will deter you from ever joining a support group; instead you choose to self-soothe with ice cream and marathons of medical dramas on DVD.
You’ll look back three years later, amazed that it’s been that long already and try to remember what it was like before. You’ll realize that you can’t.
But you call your mom. You interrupt her while she’s packing to go card-making for a weekend in northern Michigan and you talk about what you baked today. She says she’s excited to come see you in a few weeks. You tell her you love her and you promise to make an appointment for your yearly exam a few months early, just in case.
You get up, you move on, you get past it—even if it feels as though you never will. These are things nobody tells you.
kate andries
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Kate Andries writes short fiction and long essays, but mostly just makes things for the internet for her day job. You can follow her on Twitter, where her tweets arrive like a Great Comet—once every 20 years.
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Israel’s Syrian air strikes risk renewing escalation as Iran expands presence in Golan
Nicholas Blanford
Adding to the already volatile mix are unconfirmed indications that Iran and Hezbollah may be preparing to expand their presence in the Golan Heights.
An Israeli F-15 fighter jet takes off at Ovda military air base in southern Israel
Beirut - Buoyed by the White House’s strong anti-Iran animus and concerned over Iranian moves in Syria, Israel stepped up its covert air strikes against targets there said to be linked to Tehran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah.
The targeting expanded from suspected Hezbollah arms convoys and storage facilities to include what were reported to be Iranian weapons manufacturing facilities and military bases.
Other than launching anti-aircraft missiles at the intruding Israeli jets, Syria, Iran and Hezbollah have refrained from retaliatory measures. It is likely that Iran is looking to the bigger picture of entrenching its influence in Syria as the war winds down and is unwilling to risk an escalation with Israel by retaliating for the air strikes.
Early indications are emerging, however, that Iran and Hezbollah are seeking to expand their presence near the Golan Heights, a development that Israel has described as a “red line.”
While neither Israel nor Hezbollah is seeking to begin a war against the other at this stage, the fluidity of developments in Syria and the scale and variety of Israeli air strikes have increased the risk of a miscalculation that could spiral into a conflict.
Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer on December 4 told Politico, a Washington publication, that the chances of an imminent war between Israel and Hezbollah were “higher than people think because of Iran’s continued push through the region.”
In response to the war jitters across Lebanon and Israel, Hezbollah reportedly placed units on alert in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley in anticipation of a flare-up. Nevertheless, Hezbollah officials said they were confident they could handle whatever may arise.
“In our weekly meetings, everyone is very calm,” said a veteran Hezbollah official in southern Lebanon. “We are completely ready for anything that happens, whether it is tomorrow or not for another two years.”
Also on December 4, Israeli jets attacked a facility belonging to the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC) at Jamraya near Damascus. The target of the attack was unclear although the SSRC is the Syrian government institution responsible for research and development of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons as well as ballistic missiles and advanced conventional weaponry. The facility was struck at least once before, in January 2013, when an alleged convoy of SA-17 anti-aircraft missiles was destroyed.
The December attack on the SSRC facility followed several strikes against facilities allegedly connected to Iran and associated with weapons development. On December 2, part of a military base near Kiswah, south of Damascus, was destroyed in an Israeli air strike. Last month, the BBC reported that the facility, which had been expanded in the past year, was an Iranian military base.
On November 1, Israeli aircraft targeted a factory in the Hassia industrial complex in Qalamoun, north of Damascus. The purpose of the factory was unclear although Syrian authorities claimed it was a civilian copper works.
On September 6, an SSRC facility near Masyaf in Syria’s Hama province was attacked by Israeli jets, with several buildings constructed in the past three years destroyed or damaged. The site reportedly developed precision-guided, surface-to-surface missiles.
In the past several months, Israeli officials have focused much of their warnings about Iranian ambitions in Syria on allegations that Iran has established weapons-manufacturing factories in Lebanon and Syria. The assumption is that, because of Israel’s air strikes against arms convoys travelling from Syria to Hezbollah’s arsenals in Lebanon, it would be simpler to manufacture the missiles in Lebanon.
In March, Kuwait’s Al Jarida newspaper said that two factories had been established by Hezbollah in Lebanon, one near Hermel in the northern Bekaa for the construction of missiles such as the Fateh-110 family, and another near Zahrani in southern Lebanon for smaller, more conventional, armaments.
In August, Israeli media reported that a missile production facility was under construction with Iranian supervision east of the Syrian coastal town of Banias. The facility, which is visible on Google Earth, carries the hallmarks of a weapons production facility. At the time, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu accused Iran of turning Syria into a “base of military entrenchment.”
“It is also building sites to produce precision-guided missiles towards that end in both Syria and Lebanon. This is something that Israel cannot accept,” he said.
Under current rules of the game between Hezbollah and Israel, the latter is confining its air strikes to Syrian territory. The one time it attacked a target in Lebanon, in February 2014 — a building close to the Syrian border used for the transfer of weapons from Syria to Lebanon — Hezbollah retaliated with attacks against the Israeli military in the Golan Heights, wounding four soldiers in a roadside bomb attack.
All the attacks were unannounced at the time, one was belatedly claimed by Hezbollah but the Israelis understood the message and since then refrained from strikes inside Lebanon.
However, if the charges are accurate that Hezbollah operates missile and arms manufacturing plants in Lebanon and if Israel knows their exact locations, it would be difficult for the Israelis to ignore their existence. On the other hand, an air raid against the facilities could compel Hezbollah to retaliate to preserve the rules of the game, which raises the chances of escalation.
Adding to the already volatile mix are unconfirmed indications that Iran and Hezbollah may be preparing to expand their presence in the Golan Heights given that combat operations will soon draw down in eastern Syria with the defeat of the Islamic State.
A senior Iranian and Syrian military delegation recently toured the area around Khan Arnabeh and Hader in the northern Golan, a Western diplomatic source said.
“The visit was about stationing Hezbollah in Quneitra [province] and along the [separation] line with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights,” the source said.
Written By Nicholas Blanford
Nicholas Blanford is the author of Warriors of God: Inside Hezbollah’s Thirty-Year Struggle Against Israel (Random House 2011). He lives in Beirut.
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About Theatre Bristol
Theatre Bristol is a laboratory combining collective action to create the future of theatre with open, generous, grassroots support. We create the conditions to make great art with as wide and diverse a community as possible.
Over the next 10 years we want to see a fundamental shift in how people understand and value the role of art and artists in society, making them central to people’s lives and the places they live. To achieve this vision, we need to ensure a wider range of people value, participate in and make a living from brilliant art. This is the context and driver for all our work.
We can only do this through collaboration, conversation and cross-fertilisation. If our plans spark your interest, get in touch and tell us how you would like to be part of them.
Theatre Bristol designs and tests new ideas that we believe have the potential to make large-scale change, creating new collaborative initiatives inside and outside the sector that build on the trust, value and knowledge generated by our expert support service.
We up theatre’s game.
We champion the independent arts sector, the artists, producers and micro organisations on whom our creative ecology depends, and give them collective agency and representation. We provide bespoke, targeted support that demonstrates our care and fierce commitment to artists and their work.
We are well renowned for our artist support, expertise, and role in creating Bristol’s reputation for world-class theatre and its strong independent theatre scene.
The relationship between artist support and the bigger picture is what makes Theatre Bristol work. We collaborate with people to challenge conventional thinking and road test progressive practice, then share what really works – as well as what is still difficult, confusing and complex.
By combining this grassroots support with collective action we help create a connected, confident and ambitious sector.
We are rooted in Bristol, helping to make it the best place for anyone to make and experience live performance, and contributing to the city’s reputation for exciting culture and counter-culture. Our outlook and ambition is international, constantly seeking to connect beyond existing audiences and relationships and ensure a healthy, varied flow of ideas and experience in and out of the city.
We are committed to increasing our reach and relevance, developing new relationships in other sectors and locations that will help drive forward the future of the arts, and generate exciting opportunities for artists in Bristol and beyond.
Our work is guided by 10 ethos statements. They have the ring of common sense, but remain radical provocations:
When you share knowledge, everyone gets better.
Be personal. It takes time, but it makes for the best relationship.
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Be honest about subjectivity: subjectivity is valuable because it leads you to what you care most about.
We must cultivate a diverse pool of decision-makers so that there is more than one subjectivity at play.
Good ideas come from unexpected places.
Be alive to inspiration.
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Corbyn For Leader
After the cataclysmic shitstorm that was GE2015, The Bemolution was very content to take an extended/permanent sabbatical from talking about mainstream parliamentary politics. In fact, we spent June 3rd having a long lie down in a darkened room, although that was as much to do with a nuclear-grade migraine as the seemingly insurmountable shitness of the Murdoch-mediated, corporate-pandering, learned-nothing-from-the-crash neoliberal consensus.
Then veteran left-winger Jeremy Corbyn announced he was standing in Labour’s leadership election. And it was fantastic, because so far the contest has been disgustingly, disgustingly bad.
Even after Blair, Labour still contains everyone from Simon Danczuk MP to people left of Lenin. But the leadership contest doesn’t reflect that at all. Instead, Labour members and supporters have been offered a dismal selection of centre-right drones built out of spare bits of Peter Mandelson. It’s looked more like a dull fringe meeting by Progress, the Lord Sainsbury-funded ultra-Blairite pressure group, than anything approaching a democratic election.
Liz Kendall, Mary Creagh, Yvette Cooper and Andy Burnham have heroically trundled out to say how much they’d secretly disliked Ed Miliband’s politics all along (a man even they now portray as an enterprise-hating communist), and that Labour lost because it was too left-wing. Various analyses of how Britain voted, from Labour MP Jon Trickett’s to exit pollster John Curtice’s, show that’s just plain wrong. But Labour’s rising stars won’t let mere fact get in the way of parroting corporate media narratives in an attempt to get a leg-up from The Sun.
Which is why Jeremy Corbyn’s unexpected candidacy is overwhelmingly good news. One of the most unapologetically radical MPs in parliament, Corbyn is everything Tristram Hunt isn’t – a committed, principled socialist activist (in the full, transformative sense of the word) without a hint of ministerial ambition. who’s dedicated his life to doing what he can to help the poorest and most vulnerable people in society.
He’s got a weekly column in the Morning Star. He’s Chairman of the Stop The War campaign. He’s a vice-chair of CND. These aren’t things you usually find on Labour leadership candidate’s declarations of interests. In the 80s, he was a proud Bennite. He’d probably still describe himself as such today. And like Benn, Corbyn knows full well that radical change is only ever going to come about if the power of parliament is put at the disposal of grassroots campaigns, organisations of democratic citizens on the ground– a process in which MPs and whips and Prime Ministers and all the rest would only play a small part.
It goes without saying – it’s incredibly unlikely Jeremy Corbyn will win. He knows that very well, and so do most of the people who’ll support him. He’s not standing to win. He’s standing to encourage and reinvigorate the Labour left, to inject some desperately-needed radicalism into a stagnant mainstream – and perhaps, most valuably of all, even win over some more recruits by proving politics doesn’t have to be about peddling neoliberalism with a human face.
He’s already won support from Owen Jones and rebel student activist Shelly Asquith, all-round neo-Bennite good eggs. Given our sneaking suspicion that the generation now in their 20s might be more left-wing than any since the Baby Boomers, it’s certainly fitting that it could well be a 66 year-old socialist who gives a voice to swathes of young people politicised by austerity.
Of course, it’s quite possible he won’t even get the 35 nominations from fellow MPs he needs to stand. The 35-nomination hurdle was specifically designed to keep people like Jeremy Corbyn away from frontline politics, after all. It’s scandalously undemocratic. The vast, vast majority of a movement with thousands of members and millions of supporters is completely debarred from influencing who stands to lead it. The only people with a choice? An obsessively vetted elite for whom career advancement comes in exchange for kow-towing to the party leadership.
That said, the 2015 intake of new Labour MPs included 10 who were brave and left-wing enough to sign a letter calling on the party leadership to oppose austerity and not lurch back to Blairism. If a left-wing leadership candidate was ever going to get nominated in the post-Blair era, this might be about as favourable as conditions will get without a drastic (and much-needed) transformation of the British political landscape.
For the pittance it’s worth, the Bemolution supports Corbyn all the way. It’s not an objective endorsement in the slightest. We’ve always been a huge fan. But perhaps more urgently than at any other time in human history, we need a radical overhaul in the way we live, and the way societies operate. Climate change, and the staggeringly wasteful, wrenchingly unequal consumer capitalism that’s causing it, poses the greatest threat to our continued existence the species has ever faced. We need transformative politics – and you’re not going to get that from Liz Kendall.
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BC Spotlight
Does the Punisher from comic books deserve a video game?
Posted on January 19, 2019 by The Observer - Broward College
Elliot Tritto
Nolan Bushnell once said, “Video games foster the mindset that allow creativity to grow.”
This quote has echoed in my head for the past couple of years. Every time I play a new video game with breathtaking visuals and engaging gameplay, this quote comes to mind. Specifically, the new PS4 exclusive open world video game, “Spider-Man.”
This new critically acclaimed superhero game gave us a fresh outlook on how we see the web head go through his day-to-day life.
Whether it’s swinging through Times Square in NYC, preventing a drug deal, fighting supervillains or making sure to not miss Aunt May’s call for the 45th time, we are instantly immersed into the Spider-Verse.
After beating the game, I’ve looked back on popular superhero video game titles like DC comic’s fighting game, Injustice 1 and 2, the open world Batman Arkham series, Marvel vs Capcom series and X-Men origins: Wolverine.
One question did pop into my head, why isn’t there more stand-alone superhero games.
Superheroes, across all entertainment mediums, have remained financially successful and have fans emotionally invested in them for the past several decades. Many people would love to interact with many iconic characters, so they can develop a proper kinship on screen rather than on a comic book page.
In the next several Broward College Observer issues, I will be bringing up several comic book characters that deserve a video game. And what better way to divulge into this argument than to bring up one of the most menacing anti-heroes of all time, Frank Castle aka THE PUNISHER!
To begin with, Frank Castle has been putting criminals down and continues to be admired by comic book fans since 1974.
According to MarvelWiki.com, The Wall Crawler.” Pursuant to the noble Punisher graphic novel, “At first, the Punisher was conceived by his creator, Gerry Conway, as a potential recurring antagonist for Spider-Man; however, his 1974 debut was critically acclaimed, and he became an anti-hero in the Marvel universe and an uneasy ally.
“InPunisher Invades the ‘Nam,” the readers are introduced to Castle’s internal troubles with him fighting America’s most controversial war. We then discover from “Punisher: Year One” the tragic murder of his wife and children by the mafia. Both tragic aspects have transformed a wholesome, military and family man into a merciless and cutthroat hitman sworn to punish criminals.
Above and beyond the comic book pages, Punisher has made several appearances on the small and the big screen. Recently, the character’s relevance came back through the critically acclaimed Netflix show, the Punisher.
Exploring the themes of PTSD, family loss and terrorism, the show brilliantly executes what we love about the Punisher. Especially, Jon Bernthal’s flawless performance of a fierce yet deadly Frank Castle with his heavy artillery, lethal kills and of course the classic pale white skull embedded on his black bullet-proof vest.
So, does the Punisher deserve a video game? This is an easy yes. I envisioned the Punisher video game to be a hybrid of an open world game like Red Dead Redemption, a first-person shooter like Black Ops and a role-playing game like Mass Effect.
To begin with, having the Punisher ride around on a motorcycle with a couple of firearms around Queens, NY makes the audience feel we are Frank Castle.
To move on, to have the game mechanics of Call of Duty: Black Ops, and to show scenes of key battles taking place in the jungle vested and worn-torn, Vietnam.
To go behind Castle’s eyes in his past of Vietnam allows the player to understand a better insight.
Finally, to have a role-playing aspect like in Mass Effect makes the player have choices to pick different dialogue with other character and interact unalike situations.
Overall, the 2010’s are a decade of the golden age of video games and superheroes. If we can still have refreshing products of both, it shows that we can have the Punisher video come soon.
Now, for those of you who would like to see me write another comic book, anime, superhero, or sci-fi character who should star in a video game, email me some characters at trite1@mail.broward.edu.
Keep a lookout for the next article and see you next issue.
trite1@mail.broward.edu
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President Obama Speech On Current Terror Threats – National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC)…
The full speech (both video and transcript) by President Obama yesterday at the National Counter Terrorism Center, McLean Virginia. Presented below for two reasons.
#1 To share the substantive information provided by the President of our United States.
#2 Because, in my humble opinion, having spent considerable time following nuance and inter-governmental messaging, this speech -and included insurances- as outlined within the President’s delivery, are 180° divergent from the FBI federal complaint released yesterday in the San Bernardino terrorist investigation.
Here is President Obama’s NCTC speech:
And here’s the transcript:
THE PRESIDENT: As President and Commander in Chief, my highest priority is the security of the American people. And on a regular basis, I convene members of my national security team for an in-depth review of our efforts to prevent terrorist attacks against our citizens — around the world and here at home. We examine any known and emerging threats. We review our security posture and we make sure that we’re taking every necessary measure to protect our people.
Today, I wanted to hold our meeting here — rather than in the Situation Room at the White House, I wanted to hold it at the National Counterterrorism Center because this is the hub of where so many of our experts and efforts come together. And I want to thank our Director of National Intelligence Clapper, Jim Clapper, as well as NCTC Director Nick Rasmussen, and everybody at NCTC — all of you — for welcoming us here today.
Now, Nick, along with CIA Director Brennan and FBI Director Comey, provided a threat briefing. And Director Comey and Attorney General Lynch updated us on the investigation into the San Bernardino attacks. I reiterated that the investigation will continue to have the full support of the federal government and that we should leave no stone unturned in determining why and how these terrorists carried out that tragedy. Secretary of Homeland Security Johnson updated us on the measures we’re taking here at home to increase awareness, stay vigilant, and enhance the safety of the traveling public, especially with so many Americans traveling during the holidays.
After the terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, I know that a lot of Americans were anxious. And that’s understandable. It’s natural. What matters most to all of us are our friends and our families and our communities and their safety. That’s true of folks inside of government as well as outside of government. But here’s what I want every American to know. Since 9/11, we’ve taken extraordinary steps to strengthen our homeland security — our borders, our ports, our airports, our aviation security, including enhanced watch lists and screening. And we’ve gotten much better — thanks in part to the people in this room — of preventing large, complex attacks like 9/11.
Moreover — and I think everybody here will agree — we have the very best intelligence, counterterrorism, homeland security and law enforcement professionals in the world. Our folks are the best. Across our government, these dedicated professionals, including here at NCTC, are relentless, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. At the operations center here, people from across our government work, literally shoulder-to-shoulder, pouring over the latest information, analyzing it, integrating it, connecting the dots. They’re sharing information — pushing it out across the federal government and, just as importantly, to our state and local partners. In other words, what you see here today is one, strong, united team.
So our professionals have a remarkable record of success. Of course, when terrorists pull off a despicable act like what happened in San Bernardino it tears at our hearts. But it also stiffens our resolve to learn whatever lessons we can and to make any improvements that are needed. In the meantime, what the world doesn’t always see are the successes — those terrorist plots that have been prevented. And that’s how it should be. This work oftentimes demands secrecy. But as Americans, we should not forget how good these patriots are. Over the years, they have taken countless terrorists off the battlefield. They have disrupted plots. They’ve thwarted attacks. They have saved American lives.
And so, for everybody who is involved in our counterterrorism efforts, I want to say thank you, and the American people thank you.
I want to repeat what my team just told me. At this moment, our intelligence and counterterrorism professionals do not have any specific and credible information about an attack on the homeland. That said, we have to be vigilant. As I indicated in my address to the nation last week, we are in a new phase of terrorism, including lone actors and small groups of terrorists, like those in San Bernardino. Because they are smaller, often self-initiating, self-motivating, they’re harder to detect, and that makes it harder to prevent.
But just as the threat evolves, so do we. We’re constantly adapting, constantly improving, upping our game, getting better. And today, the mission to protect our homeland goes on, on three main fronts.
First, we’re going after terrorists over there, where they plot and plan and spew their propaganda. As I described at the Pentagon, we’re hitting ISIL harder than ever in Syria and Iraq. We are taking out their leaders. Our partners on the ground are fighting to push ISIL back, and ISIL has been losing territory.
Our Special Operations Forces are hard at work. We took out the ISIL leader in Libya. We’ve taken out terrorists in Yemen and Somalia. So we’re sending a message: If you target Americans, you will have no safe haven. We will find you, and we will defend our nation.
Meanwhile, as always, we’re working to protect Americans overseas — including our military bases and servicemembers. And Secretary John Kerry updated us on security at our embassies and our diplomatic posts.
Second, we continue to do everything in our power to prevent terrorists from getting into the United States. We’re doing more with countries around the world, including our European partners, to prevent the flow of foreign terrorist fighters — both to places like Syria and Iraq, and back into our countries.
We’re implementing additional layers of security for visitors who come here under the Visa Waiver Program and we’re working with Congress to make further improvements. Any refugee coming to the United States — some of them victims of terrorism themselves — will continue to get the most intensive scrutiny of any arrival. They go through up to two years of vetting, including biometric screening. And the review that I ordered into the fiancé visa program, under which the female terrorist in San Bernardino came here, is ongoing.
Third, we’re stepping up our efforts to prevent attacks here at home. As I said, the NCTC is constantly sharing information with our state and local partners. Across the country more than 100 joint terrorism task forces are the action arm of this fight — federal, state, and local experts all working together to disrupt threats. At the state level, fusion cells are receiving tips and pushing information out to local law enforcement. Just yesterday the Department of Homeland Security updated its alert system to make sure Americans are getting the most timely and useful information.
And with groups like ISIL trying to radicalize people to violence, especially online, part of our meeting today focused on how we can continue to strengthen our partnership between law enforcement, high-tech leaders, communities, faith leaders, and citizens. We’ve got to keep on building up trust and cooperation that helps communities inoculate themselves from the kind of propaganda that ISIL is spewing out, preventing their loved ones — especially young people — from succumbing to terrorist ideologies in the first place.
And finally, one of our greatest weapons against terrorism is our own strength and resilience as a people. That means staying vigilant — if you see something suspicious, say something to law enforcement. It also means staying united as one American family — remembering that our greatest allies in this fight are each other, Americans of all faiths and all backgrounds. And when Americans stand together, nothing can beat us.
Most of all, we cannot give in to fear, or change how we live our lives, because that’s what terrorists want. That’s the only leverage that they have. They can’t defeat us on a battlefield, but they can lead us to change in ways that would undermine what this country is all about. And that’s what we have to guard against. We have to remind ourselves that when we stay true to our values, nothing can beat us.
So anyone trying to harm Americans need to know — they need to know that we’re strong and that we’re resilient, that we will not be terrorized. We’ve prevailed over much greater threats than this. We will prevail again.
So I want to once again thank all of you at NCTC and every one of your home agencies across our entire government for your extraordinary service. I want every American to know — as you go about the holidays, as you travel and gather with family, and the kids open their presents, and as you ring in the New Year — that you’ve got dedicated patriots working around the clock all across the country to protect us all. Oftentimes they’re doing so by sacrificing their own holidays and their own time with families. But they care about this deeply. And they’re the best in the world. And for that, we’re very grateful.
Thank you, everybody. Happy holidays. (link)
My hunch is: The timing of this speech and the release of the criminal complaint are not coincidental. The speech took place at 12:58 to 1:10pm EST. The Criminal Complaint was released around 6:00-7:00pm EST.
Just a hunch, but the people actually on the ground, doing the legwork inside the CA investigation, may have sent a specific message of warning with the construct of the terrorist criminal complaint – READ HERE (and below)
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224 Responses to President Obama Speech On Current Terror Threats – National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC)…
tyrannocankles says:
Damage control.
The wording also continues to support the communized DHS strategy that leverages a combination of PC and “insulting the prophet” as a club against free speech. I sense that he is still planning to circle back around like a shark, repeatedly, and attack free speech on the next pass when he senses we’re not looking.
Justice_099 says:
Whenever a liberal suggests that the ‘hateful rhetoric creates more terrorists’, wee need to counter that with the question, “Doesn’t that just prove all the more that Islam is violent at it’s core?”
And not just that. That right there proves that Islam is fundamentally incompatible with not only the Constitution, and the Declaration, but with fundamental Western values. If Alibama wants to go there, good. We can settle the question now.
It’s like telling people that it is your fault for getting beat up because you didn’t give the bully your lunch money.
It isn’t going to change the mind of a ‘radicalized’ liberal, but most would grasp the analogy.
Sidenote: I used the term radicalized because if you look at the methods being used to radicalize Muslims, it’s eerily similar to the methods used to indoctrinate liberals. It has become like a religion to them. Their faith defies what they’re eyes should plainly see.
I like it. And add PC as a form of soft and fluffy radicalization. Makes sense to me.
Trumped says:
Its the same as telling a woman with a skirt that got raped: “YOU HAD IT COMING”
Its unbelievable that this B.S. rethoric could even go on for so long. Its like a damn mind prison.
We need to look into the Koran and if it is unconstitutional. If so it has to be banned and outlawed.
I will say this as someone who never got into the debate much about Holidays versus Merry Christmas(i said Holidays more as a lazy thing) because I didn’t care much but I notice a lot more Merry Christmases this year than I have heard in many years. Sounds silly but I think its telling of the mood of many with regards to rampant PCness.
ImpeachEmAll says:
Speaking of which, the two
grumpy old men in the pic
seem to be focused on the
fact that Socialism’s grip on
the USA is eleven months
and counting downward. 😉
Trump 2016 You betcha.
Katherine McCoun says:
True. I would sometimes say Happy Holidays as a wish for someone’s whole Dec/early Jan holiday season. That expression had its place. I also would combine Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Sometimes, if I wasn’t sure of the other person’s religious views or if I knew them to not be Christians I would use Happy Holidays or I hope your holiday season is filled with family and friends, etc. just as a way of being thoughtful and considerate but still reaching out in friendship. Most of the time I said Merry Christmas, though. Now, I make it a point to always say Merry Christmas. That is what the “holiday” season is centered on and why we have it. I was sensitive until I was told I had to be constantly “sensitive” to others and they did not have to be sensitive to the country in which they live and their fellow countrymen and our countries tradition. When I Have to be sensitive to others and they expect me to suppress my culture in favor of theirs so as to make our public life suitable to them that changes everything.
One thing for individuals to be kind and thoughtful. Another thing for gov. to force and pop culture to shame/pressure me into it! And changing our culture to be sensitive to others is them not being sensitive to the culture in the country they chose to come to
why USA change its culture for others to be sensitive? And then Americans must be sensitive when visiting other cultures?
Well said! I always say Merry Christmas and have a prosperous, healthy and happy New Year. I have jews friends and I say Happy Hanukah to them and it’s great because I celebrate Hanukah with them and I invite them for my Christmas dinner at home. Nobody gets EVER offended. It’s a matter of respect for each others beliefs.
MfM says:
I’ve been wishing people a Merry Christmas and they always respond the same. I too have noticed more Christmas being uttered than Holidays.
kathyca says:
Funny you should mention that. In the past few days, I’ve said Happy Holidays (yes, I’m a trained monkey in my professional life 😦 ) and I’ve been “corrected” with Merry Christmas back to me by at least three different people.
keebler AC says:
Me too! I said Happy Holidays to an East Indian lady and she responded Merry Christmas! A Merry Christmas sign I wanted for my door was sold out in every store within 200 km. I’m thinking of driving further out to get it, lol.
I noticed it as well….And I go out of my way to say “Merry Christmas” much more than I used to…I
Justice, excellent point. I wonder whennnnnn we will ever hear something non violent from the Muzzies?
Great analogy – the abused wife.
Fantastic argument. And the fact that Hillary made it…. Hillary, the enabler of Beelzebubba….. Wow.
Hillary the enabler of BOTH Obama and her low-life r4pist husband.
Dr. Bogus Pachysandra says:
Hellary and Billzebub!
Daniel Eggert says:
Liberals have been using the ‘hateful rhetoric causing Islamic violence’ as an excuse for a long time to curtail free speech. This is the best speech to frame the issue and put a lot of this in perspective:
It is long but the point Mark Steyn makes is well worth the watch. What else do you have to do today? LOL….
I love that guy!
He’s exactly right. Hateful rhetoric by Islamists is creating more terrorists by the minute. Meanwhile he is lying like the proverbial rug in every breath.
He is a whacko muslim marxist liberal. Until he is gone nothing will improve.
yy4u says:
In Iran in 1979, the Reds joined with the Ayatollahs to take down the Shah thinking after the Shah was gone, they (the Reds) would take over. After all the Boshies had driven religion underground out of Russia, China, N Korea etc., hadn’t they? Like Obama, they underestimated the ruthlessness of the Muslims. The Reds were the ones ending up in the slammer or dangling from the end of a rope. Islam and Marxism are pretty compatible so long as Marxism agrees to be secondary to Islam. Being both, Obama will be safe no matter which sides win.
Jett Black says:
<0bum0 won’t be “safe” if his goals are achieved–he’ll be among the early purge victims, though he might get a glass sarcophagus in the capitol somewhere. Real, effective, ruthless people always rise from the ashes of these scumbag revolutions, leaving the weak, incompetent, temporarily “useful” idiots literally to twist in the wind. The message to all DC-rats: It is not better to rule in hell than to serve in Heaven. They won’t even get to rule in hell.
Count this as a “like”. We are asked to believe Islam is the religion of peace but if we say bad things about these peaceful folks, they’ll go bonkers and gun us down or blow us up.
We’re asked to believe they want to live by the US Constitution but every chance they get they advocate Sharia Law which is antithetical to the U S Constitution.
They don’t belong here just as we don’t belong there..
There is no Muslim threat!
Trying to explain MUSLIM dangers to a Liberal .. #tcot pic.twitter.com/677VaI4Kdf
— John Galt (@dhrxsol1234) December 18, 2015
Even I can understand this. Excellent!
13 months to go. Man, that looks like an eternity based on the last 4 weeks, 2 days, and 8 hours.
Obama is not the problem, the lying GOPee is the problem. If we didn’t have a Uniparty, he would truly be a lame duck. With his Uniparty fellows like Ryan and McConnell, he’s a T-Rex and the Constitution (and we the people) are sitting ducks. He’s angling to become Sec. General of the UN when the UN takes over the “New World Order”.
joanfoster says:
If we didn’t have a Uniparty, Obama would have already been impeached.
I’m sooooo ready!!!!!
I don’t know, man. I think the liberal would think the log was sorry and wouldn’t do it again.
Yes. Or maybe they would tell you that the log was endageresd. You have to cut off your horns so that the log isn’t hurt when it eats you.
haahaha!
The lib would think the log is an oppressed minority.
And he’s under water because of global warming!
I just want to know why only American citizens are capable of “hateful rhetoric” and not the Imams in the mosques. Don’t their hateful sermons provably create more terrorists than angry citizens reacting to jihad?
My question is, who thought mixing two cultures that don’t mix well would be a good idea? Or worse still, did they know it would be a bad idea?
They do know and want it really badly. Ask Valerie Jarrett.
Yes, sort of like asking the piranha and the goldfish to exist in the same fish tank.
kittycat77 says:
Thing is, is there’s a ton of jealously and coveting involved. The Muslims are extremely jealous of the US and COVET what we have. It’s one of the roots of the problem.
John Denney says:
Read “Among the Believers” by V.S. Naipul.
http://www.amazon.com/Among-Believers-Islamic-V-S-Naipaul/dp/0394711955/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1450460934&sr=1-1&keywords=among+the+believers
He makes the case that Islam is a death spiral. Muslim communities have problems, so the solution is to consult the Koran and adhere to it more strictly, which causes more problems. Rinse; repeat.
For comparison, read his book, “A Turn To the South”, where he accompanies a black man into the Deep South.
They know. They know. 😦
I think they knew it and did it in purpose so they can destroy everything that America stand for.
another perfunctory, mechanical, trite speech of soft-pedaling, subliminally pro-muslim rhetoric.
try as I might, I can not stand to listen to the whole thing.
it doesn’t help that he has to READ IT and is continually flipping the pages of his prepared script back & forth, while Biden fidgets in the background trying hard to keep a straight face.
goons,
criticalbill says:
Biden was fidgeting in the background because he didn’t have a female to put his hands on to ..keep them still?
The fact he hasn’t criticized students ( Yale etc) for wanting to get rid of free speech means he is behind it. By rotating whatever Obama say’s 180 degrees; the truth is revealed.
I wonder who is pulling Valerie Jarretts strings, we know she pulls Obama’s.
cair package
Sandhill says:
Mailed from Soros.
IntoTheFray says:
Follow the money! (Hint: George Soros.)
Seriously people, read up on this sick scumbag. The murky waters created by Alibama will become crystal clear.
Soros, Iran’s back channels and global corporatists who want access to Iran and Iraq. They think Iraq will essentially get merged with/taken over by Iran to create a Shiite super-state, at least by ME stds.
Soros, no doubt
Would I be considered crazy to start suspecting that he is sending signals to them with these speeches?
It seems every time he has one of these speeches, a major attack happens somewhere within days.
I certainly know that I am not the only one thinking things like this. Normal, sane, intelligent, everyday people I encounter throughout my workday have been intimating the same suggestion privately that O is a Muslim and may not be on our side.
Yes, not the only one.
It also makes excellent political sense. Even though he gets criticism for making the speech – saying something wrong or out of touch or otherwise subject to criticism – and then there is an attack – I think it would appear more negligent if he didn’t say anything. It’s odd, but in the same way that his stream of scandals protects itself, his stream of irrelevant bo-scat protects itself, too.
“irrelevant bo-scat” great term! A combination of two meanings of the noun scat – the meaningless, non-word, patter of a jazz musician and the excrement of animals. I’d like to add it’s meaning as a verb as in Barack Obama, get out quickly, go!
Language – music – number – it’s all beautiful.
cymbal fades in a dark club with chairs on the tables….
mketch says:
I am inclined to agree with you. Things have turned all the more strange. Shutting down the major school districts, sketching border facilities, bizarre presidential speeches, approaching holidays…
Bluto says:
Justice 099, please stop reading my thoughts. It’s creeping me out! 😉
“There is no threat. Remain Calm. All is well”
Michael Lebinowitz says:
When you are bombing “the enemy” for a year with little to show for it, it becomes glaringly apparent that “protecting the target” is priority #1 !!!
zippy the fuslim is all in for anything fuslim especially if it comes down to fuslims vs We the People.
To NOT see zippy the fuslim for what and who he really is, is wanton disregard for the obvious!
Duchess says:
Have been thinking this for a long time. You are not alone!
At first I thought it was a case of “speak of the Devil and up he pops” but I’m beginning to think there is a connection, although maybe not what you think. Because every time he does this and then there is an attack, it’s like they are saying “in your face” and my impression is that they win, psychologically. It isn’t helping his credibility here, but if he is really a sociopath/NPD, he doesn’t care. They are stupid that way. Either way it isn’t good for us.
It seems far-fetched that he is sending signals, but I have to admit he did say ISIS was contained right before the Paris attacks and we’re in no danger right before San Bernadino. Maybe not so much sending signals as softening us up. On alert, we might not obey “gun free zones”, might not invite a Muslim to our Christmas party etc. etc. etc.
I guess I’m already on alert. Certainly nothing <0 says will do anything other than elevate my alert status.
Chewbarkah says:
I think it is more a matter of the Islamists wanting to humiliate Obama and demonstrate his weakness by unleashing preplanned attacks right after his empty assurances. They see Obama is a proxy of the USA, little knowing that most Americans view him as a buffoon and/or an enemy.
Mike from Portland says:
Yep, not the only one.
You are right on the money, it’s as if his speeches are coded messages to terrorists to launch yet another attack.
RINOKiller says:
What a totally, effing waste of time!
The Furher WANTS terrorism here, not prevent it!
He created the terror problem and has no intention to truly fix it.
He is even ONE!
True. This is the only way Alibama makes any sense.
realgaryseven says:
He says “radicalize” and “especially online.”
He’s going to come after us, not after them. Ending internet anonymity is on his agenda. Mark my words.
That’s OK – we just pound him mercilessly for it. Having weaponized the IRS against us, he gets NOTHING between now and when he leaves. NOTHING. Barack Hussein Obama is proof of everything the Founding Fathers warned us about and prepared us for.
At this stage, barring a military coup ( are only liberal Generals left?) how or who can stop the ONE doing anything he wants ( as if he isn’t already). What will be the proverbial straw that breaks his or our backs?
Why should we tell him? His arrogance will be his demise. Let him overstep. Obama is a Muslim terrorist. He tests. But we know he’s testing.
I think he already made the mistake that sinks him. Jarrett backed off their last scam for a reason. We just need to find it.
^^this! 🙂
“…Obama is a Muslim terrorist….”
I’m glad I’m not the only one who feels this way.
I agree with tyranno often, but possibly never more strongly than this statement.
By the way, I’ve been thinking of how different scenarios have been discussed which would allow these filthy Muslims to maintain residence in the white house after the 2016 elections. Either America at war offshore or a major domestic uprising. – both/scenarios completely, potentially, choreographed by the white house muzz.
But i wonder, why not both scenarios simultaneously?
The situation in Syria is just waiting on one wrong move to go nuclear (figuratively and possibly literally).
And Obama already has been probing soft targets within our borders, testing our responses.
I believe, in the months leading up to election 2016, we are going to be very, very busy defending ourselves.
That is the environment our muzz leaders are setting up now.
Which scam is that? (There are so many I can’t keep track)
Unfortunately, another attack.
Scare story of yesterday on the Daily Beast, “Pentagon officers will resign if Trump elected.” Good, I say. Get out of the way. There is a lot of dross there.
Seriously I would be more likely to vote for Trump if they resign. Dont these people in DC get that we dont like any of them?
I hope they do resign then Trump won’t have to fire the do nothing riff raft that’s cluttering up our agencies. These are career government workers – not officers. The government agencies need streamlining anyway. It’s part of the fraud and waste Trump talks about.
They’ll resign to keep from being court martialed or fired. Same cowardice they’ve shown as they cravenly cave in to <0’s dictates to hobble our soldiers, abandon our diplomats, arm our enemies, lie to the citizenry, and allow internal traitors to stay in power. No loss.
those remaining that have not resigned already might be indicative of who’s side they are really on or blackmail.
amjean says:
Tell that to Paul Ryan. LOL.
When I noticed that the left, the media, AND the GOP establishment all jumped on the ‘absurdity that they can’t screen social media’ I seen plainly through it. The intention is to create new laws and rules to look at US, not them.
Couple that with Lynch’s not-so-veiled threat to prosecute people using ‘hateful speech’ and it is clear what the intention is.
Whenever all those forces agree on something, it is never going to be good for the American people. I’m sure they wiould give the bill some pretty name, too. I mean who would vote against the PATRIOT act or FREEDOM act? Aren’t you a patriot or lover of freedom?
It will be the “No really, it tastes like Chicken” Act.
Excellent post Justice. Keep it up.
Totally. We need to be ready to lay down nuclear fallout on these b#stards if they even try to go after our free speech. Make the downfall of Cankles the salvation of America.
Heck. Let’s do that anyway.
They already did. Apparently, the previously strongly objected to Cybersecurity was buried in the Omnibus they are about to vote on. Everything they do is designed to motivate the Legislators to take away our freedoms.
“When I noticed that the left, the media, AND the GOP establishment all jumped on the ‘absurdity that they can’t screen social media”
Bet they’re “screening” the conservative treehouse.
Yeah, because we are REALLY SCARY!
Check this warning to America taped 26 years ago by KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov. It is chillingly prophetic.
This is a great description of psychological warfare. He doesn’t use the term “PC” but it is part of the indoctrination (demoralization) he speaks of. Note how he assumes a minimum of 15 years to shape a critical mass of sheeple, and how the breakdown of moral standards has contributed. Watch to the end for the whole process.
I really didn’t think internet anonymity existed. Does it?
I more suspect a shutdown of sites like this: anything not PC and not agreeing with the demon.
Absolutely. They know who we are. Every one of us. But once Obama crosses an invisible red line he can’t see, he crashes and burns into the ash heap of history. Let him cross it.
He uses “folks” – such a soft, inappropriate word at time of mortal danger. I only scanned the transcript. I don’t need to infect my mind with his lies, obfuscations, and islamo-apologies. I don’t want to listen to him — I don’t need to see or hear this lying, anti-American, jihadist speak so disdainfully and disrepectfully to the American people. I look forward to the day that this man-boy ghetto puppet, his snarling, racist beard/wife and perpetual mother-in-law guest waddle out of the White House for the last time, slurping down the last of the lobster bisque, after they have used Air Force One like Uber, and the White House like a hotel room. I loathe him even more than I loathe Hillary, and she had previously set the bar as the most despicable human being every foisted upon the body politic.
When they finally leave…. is there enough Febreeze in the Universe?
Post of the week! Post of the week!
LOOOOOOOL!!!!
Sir Donald has a yuge supply
Agree 100%; and you put it so eloquently! Ha!
Hmmm…Soros? Obama. Soros? Obama.
Soros’ role in Muslim migration.
http://sputniknews.com/politics/20151218/1031981904/george-soros-exacerbating-refugee-crisis-europe-eu-syria.html
Don’t hold back Mr. ZM! I look forward to the day when a certain charlatan Reverend and divisive race baiter no longer has the same access to POTUS as the cabinet.
Could you have ever imagined an America where the discredited Tawana Brawley hoaxer, Freddie’s Fashion Mart murderer, Crown Heights assassin, would be a valued and respected member of the presidential inner circle?
Zurich, man you are rolling like a freight train and I am a hobo waiting for a ride. Great post. Loved the Air Force One Uber comment and the waddling mother in law. My only concern with this group is will we really get rid of them. I fear they are so drunk on power that they will set up a scenario whereby an election is postponed indefinitely or set up camp in DC to be a thorn in the flesh of the next administration – shadow government if you will. There is only one man capable of putting these criminals in their place and that’s Trump.
patternpuzzler says:
I’ve wondered about his use of “folks” too. It stands out and he uses it when I would expect someone to say “people.” It is interesting that there are two rival criminal gangs based in Seattle called “Folks” and “People.” Barry is from Chicago.
Another grating annoyance is when he– a grown man and president of the US– says “moms and dads.”
triper57 says:
I think his reference to ‘folks’ is in ‘his folks’. Not to folks in a national view. He does not think of the US as a homogeneous country. We are in separate boxes in his view.
Djk says:
He uses a lot of words that he probably heard his white grandfather say; eg. wee-weed up, ginned up, folks etc. He is not comfortable with speaking extemporaneously and thus his teleprompter. Plus his veneered teeth have given him a lingering “ssss” when he says words with an s in them. Drives me nuts.
west1890 says:
Obama uses “folks” the way McCain uses “friends”. It makes my blood boil.
I can’t stand the guy anymore. In a way is funny because everytime he is on TV my reaction is automatically start insulting and yelling at the screen.
Karmy says:
Well said, Mike! My feelings exactly. They are the stuff on the bottom of my shoe after walking through the dog park.
ediegrey says:
I always cringe when he says “folks” and he says it a lot. I also cringe when I hear any of these people refer to America as the “homeland”, it just sounds 1984 to me. Of course, he ends with the generic “happy holidays”. I cannot wait until we have President Trump and our country back again. Merry Christmas!
Like. I really hate the ‘homeland’ term too. Reminds me of Russia and the ‘Motherland’.
CrankyinAZ says:
Or Germany and the “Fatherland.” /shudders
The way he tagged it in at the end of speech on terrorism seem completely insincere. I read his “happy holidays” as sarcasm, the way a mob boss might say it after his goons finished trashing your restaurant when you held back on the protection money.
Luck is not all says:
Your statement is very optimistic: when they leave. I worry he has no intentions of doing that. It will be wonderful when he does if he does
The more disturbing thing to me is the number of people around him in this government who completely agree with him.
With the surely unprecedented number of people he has fired throughout his administration, it shouldn’t be a surprise.
An d the number of Muslims he had hired who are working in high places!
He has been shown recently to be incoherent and stumbling without teleprompters. So the “people who agree with him” within the govmt might be the “people who keep him” and answer to the power that runs him.
(Prop him up, keep him drugged down or up, write speeches? I dunno).
But the same has been said about Hillary lately that she can’t speak without teleprompters and is dependent upon handler-huma…
Interesting. Sounds like Biden. The whole thing is strange.
They are rotting from the inside out……
Is there a hazing initiation rite upon getting into DC govmt? Like “they” take you and force drugs until you can’t do without, meanwhile taking all manner of nasty photos?
And the higher you go in govmt. the more “they” control your every bodily function with fancy Pharms until you are REALLY a puppet?
“They” being I dunno, but have a few suspicions.
BTW I read that Bilderburg group is meeting soon…
Far Fetched? Mebbe, mebbe not.
It would explain the complete change that seems to come over even the most promising “patriots” as soon as they arrive in sin city…and I don’t mean Vegas.
I hope Trump keeps his personal security around all the time after he gets to the WH, and continues to carry.
They take you to the basement where the pods are growing.
So, pods in the basement? Must be an old sci-if flick.
In a more modern era, were I to write a “pod in the basement” type script,
I rather would suggest pills, or even powders served in food or drink, not peas nor pods.
Perhaps injections, or IVs on occasion, although long sleeves are then a requirement, unless the veins of the inner thigh are used. Leg veins being used can cause leg vein damage leading to clots sometimes. Addicts are often quite adept at injections in strange places. Adhesive patches might suffice for some things.
Whatever, the point is there are at least two who once were considered “eloquent” but can no longer manage to speak coherently even a sentence or two, without assistance. All else is speculation.
How about mind control? Personally I think Ryan has converted to Islam hence the new beard and the pro-refugee sections of the new bill.
Yes, agree, the beard is a signal. Spot on.
I’veo ften thought that when new people come to D.C. they take them into a dark room, stick a vacuum hose into their ear and suck out the honesty and integrity and then set them loose on us
The ritual is called being a Democratic Party activist. They hire each other, no matter which party holds the White House.
LawrencePaul says:
Wow just looking at those three fine specimens is enough to inspire confidence that all is well. What men, what leaders. Men of integrity competence. We are so lucky to have them.
Sorry but I didn’t read what he said but I can pretty much guess what the great teleprompter orator said . “BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH” “Same as it ever was”
yohio says:
So if Trump gets nomination, and he needs to say something outrageous when it gets closer to November. Does he promise to investigate everything Obama & Hillary have ever done or does it polarize to many dems against him? I think it helps if things continue on this way, it may draw some repubs who hate Trump but hate Obama or Hillary more to vote for him
As soon as he’s locked up the nomination, Trump should start saying he’s not going to investigate anything about Obama. Say he’s about the future, not the past. It’s the best general election strategy and it might – just might – lull the deep state into complacency so they forget to fully cover their tracks. Once he’s in office, he should clean house – especially at the CIA – try to find some people he can trust, and then investigate everything.
Yes, yes. Don’t scare the horses.
“And on a regular basis, I convene members of my national security team…” –BH Obama
Yeah, say once a year or so. This guy is notorious for blowing off his “Presidential Daily Briefing” and not meeting with his own cabinet. WHY would we wish to believe that he’s meeting with his national security team? –Does Obama even know who’s on his national security team?
This president has been far more engaged in selecting his “final four bracket” than he ever was with “national security”.
R-C are you making the mistake of believing that HIS national security team is our national security team?
archer52 says:
I texted my police friends after hearing Obama once again assure us that we were safe.
“We screwed! Obama said everything okay for holiday season.
Said ISIS contained- then Paris.
We’re safe in America- then San Berdandino.
Now this?! The guy is like a sh*t magnet!
Arm up!
I’m wearing my helmet to work for the rest of the month!
winky says:
O is a twisted individual
Star Wars Movie Theater Threat… and now this:
Middle Eastern men asking suspicious questions about dam in Missouri. FBI alerted. https://t.co/bLIA6YPIIv #tcot pic.twitter.com/2JyZsrsDb6
— Rhodes News (@RhodesNews) December 18, 2015
Wonder how many such incidents went unreported before Trump opened the door and said its ok not to be politically correct?
Just go about your business and keep your eyes open…so you can see the floodwaters as they come roaring down.
Muslims have been caught on premises of utilities all over the US late at night – they use the excuse that they are just students studying the technology. Then why did they not make an official appointment for a tour?
The MSM participates (including Fox). We have to find information on our own which thankfully is available due to the Internet. Remember the stabber in CA who stabbed some folks. Turns out it wasn’t collegeplace violence but rather a radicalized Muslim.
Stinky-Inky says:
Maybe they really, really like catfish. Everyone in the big MO knows there are catfish the size of Buicks in Bagnell Dam.
Also, what is it about rural Missouri, for crying out loud? If all these reports (bulk cell phone purchases, propane tanks stolen, foreign men walking through deer stands) lead to crazy aloha snackbar types, do they understand who they are messing with in rural Missouri? May I suggest they rent the following movies: “The Outlaw Josie Wales,” “Ride with the Devil” and “Winter’s Bone.”
The muz bought the liberal lie that rural people are both weak and stupid. That might be a good thing, like being undercover in plain sight.
Found this on Shoebat…a little info and film on Islam…pretty sick
http://www.blindfoldnation.com/index.php/2015/12/08/the-truth-about-islam-convert-or-conquer/
Shiny Colt 45 (@shinycolt45) says:
Did you see the one with the 3 year old muslim girl there on page 2? http://www.blindfoldnation.com/index.php/2015/12/12/3-year-old-muslim-hates-jewish-people/ how sick is that?
If Donald Trump hasn’t noticed this tweet, he should! Newt Gingrich tweeted “California terrorist attack” 13 Nov.
The SanBernadino attack had not happened yet!
The post is still on his Twitter account right now.
See it below:
Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) tweeted at 6:18pm – 13 Nov 15:
Maybe scale of the Paris attack following Russian airline bombing and California terrorist attack will convince our leaders this is real war (https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/665307848755314688?s=17)
When people questioned “What California attack?” the CYA was “the attack on the grid.”
But no shooter of the grid has been found, so who/what group or nation does Newt want to make war on due to the shooting of the power grid? Or, otherwise, how does Newt know that the unknown automatic weapons grid-sharpshooters were ISIS?
http://www.emergencymgmt.com/safety/Attack-Electric-Grid-Raises-Alarm-EM.html
But it is not known that the UNKNOWN “automatic weapons sharpshooters”were
of any nation nor group upon which we could make war, which was the subject of Newt’s post.
And I didn’t realize that there were “sharpshooters” of automatic weapons?
UC Merced attack on Nov. 4??
Someone responded mentioning the “power grid”. http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/16/technology/sniper-power-grid/ But it happened in 2013, I guess DHS finally decided that it was workplace violence in 2015.
Never mind the last sentence,mom course there are, so ignore the last.
I have a bad feeling about the Star Wars premiere: too many kids, too many possible methods, too many crowded theaters, and too close to Christmas.
^^of course, not mom course^^ My finger is magnetically attracted to “m” spellcheck does the rest…
Computers are designed to be evil, KBR! 😉
Spellcheck is the debil!
El Torito says:
I refuse to watch it. I have had enough of his indifference to loss of American lives. Bring on Trump.
2x4x8 says:
Centinel2012 says:
Reblogged this on Centinel2012 and commented:
Under the Islamic principle of Taqiyya Muslims are allowed to say and do anything to advance the Islamic principle of world domination and the elimination of ALL that do not bow to Allah. Obama single handily has destroyed western civilization by the policies he has forced on us and Europe. There is no hope for Europe but if we can keep our guns though 2016 and elect Trump there is a small chance for redemption. But it would take a purge of our government to take out all the tentacles of Islam and Marxism that are now part of out National, State and local governments!
If San Bernardino is a one-off, carried out by independent crazies, why do they have a thumb drive with a spreadsheet showing purchases specific to this crime? Are they just really OCD about bookkeeping, or are they reporting to a higher up and getting reimbursed? If it’s the latter, who else is that higher up managing?
The last thing San Bernardino is is a one-off IMO. After all, someone has been paying the $200/mo wife rental fee as well as the other deposits in their accounts? Surely the banks involved could trace those back? Much more to come I’m sure.
Yep. Follow the money.
This has the feel for an experiment, a test, a way of making improvements and to work out the kinks. If it had worked as planned with the bombs it would have been much worse.
Don’t count on the next one for the bombs to fail to detonate. And bombs increase responder uncertainty so that the muslims can do other things, ya know mix it up.
We talk about cold anger here, this is cold hatred.
Cold anger can turn into hot anger. It did after 9-11 when even the San Francisco Lefties were (temporarily) angry. When GWB retaliated against Afghanistan, even the left wingers kept silent because the American people were mad and would have turned on them with viciousness if they’d said to just let it go and try to understand why they hate us. I remember that time when wherever you went, a movie theatre, a play, “America the Beautiful” was played. We were united. But gradually the lefties began to turn the tide. GWB gave them the hand grenades when he attacked Iraq, and from then on, “America the Beautiful” stopped being played, the lefty newspapers like the NY Times and Wash Post were up and running, tearing at Bush and America. I’ve never seen such invective directed at a president and/or a country from within as I saw directed at GWB and that resulted in Obama. It was obvious anyone running as a Dem would win and it is curious how it was as someone said above that a questionable nobody without any credentials won against a woman who was first lady to the most popular president since Reagan, had served as a US Senator (and did a fairly good job from what I understand). I’m no Hillary fan; I think she’s corrupt and venal; but I do not believe she is responsible for Benghazi. I believe she was ordered to stand down. If I’m right, her character flaw is that she didn’t disobey her orders and resign or get fired. She wanted to be president more than she cared about those men’s lives. I don’t approve or condone, but I see why she did it. Like Bosheviks, Democrats put PARTY above all others, including and especially others’ lives.
Pg 25: “Preliminary FBI laboratory results have found fingerprints on the rifles and IED components, but not positive matches to Marquez.”
Question: fingerprints other than dead perps?
My take is that they are being very narrow-focused in that criminal complaint document. They are not revealing anything more than necessary to secure a conviction of Marquez.
Exactly. But reading between lines, as Sundance suggested in the post, reveals information contrary to O’s safety dance speech.
I noted that they only mention two shooters despite the early reports of three shooters.
americalsgt says:
It’s not often you see someone fall asleep during the speech they are giving.
6:22 We continue to do everything in our power to prevent terrorists from getting into the United States
No we don’t! I don’t know how we’re going to endure another year of this imbecile.
He presents this like it’s impossible, even with our best efforts, to prevent terrorists from entering.
NOT TRUE !!!
Marquez said there are more groups than anyone can imagine. Marquez is an idiot so this had to have come from his dear Farook. Marquez wasn’t a hate filled cold blooded muslim, reminded me of Igor in Dr. Frankenstein.
In contrast, I have met a room full of young muslim students and their hate for an infidel such as myself would have boiled water then and there. I have never felt anything like it, ever.
We haven’t seen anything yet… anything.
A couple of points more. I had a close friend who was muslim, and I can say he was a different person than these ‘students’, so in that regard, something major has changed, major. Donald Trump has in clear eyed simple terms stated the key issue which is we need to understand this hatred, especially the scope. He hasn’t said what we do after that, but obviously nothing can be said until it is understood.
But let me say a couple of words about the hate. Farook killed over a dozen of doe eyed Americans that befriended him… in cold, calculated, blood, people he worked with for years. Then planted bombs to kill the responders and more of those he left behind. So, few normal Americans can really understand this hatred. It is outside of our normal experience.
I have heard it said that killing someone with a knife is personal, but what is it that Farook did? Islamic?
Malatrope says:
Islam is Hate.
You need know nothing more.
Director says:
Dude. They are obviously going to conduct a massacre in a college of school in LA.
It’ll be Beslan. Another one of the Chechen bitches showed up too. There are only 200 in the US and 7 of them are confirmed terrorists.
How is a Philipino married to a Chechen? And not under surveillance?
bitterlyclinging says:
James Clapper looks like sweetheart in the photo. The president, along with his his two National Security heads, all three enamored with Islam. What could possibly go wrong?
BobNoxious says:
Just saw this over at mediaite; Obama had one of his “private meetings” w/ journos yesterday and said this (before the NY Times stealth edited out of the article).
In his meeting with the columnists, **Mr. Obama indicated that he did not see enough cable television to fully appreciate the anxiety after the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino…
http://www.mediaite.com/online/ny-times-stealth-edits-article-to-remove-embarrassing-obama-admission/
So, Obama basically heard about the attacks & America’s anxiety on the news… WOW!!! If that doesn’t prove this guy is in a bubble, what does???
I would bet that Alibama did watch, cheering on his Muslim brother all the way. Alibama lies, and his lapdog MSM provides cover. He is NOT in a bubble, hes is evil!
Also shows he has no common sense…at first, then you realize he does know everything we do…and just trying to gruber us all..
Obama looked arrogant and detached, like he could care less about the whole thing, but was annoyed that he had to explain his brilliance to the rubes. The same old PC nonsense – “we can’t give in to fear, that’s not who we are” SHUT UP. WHO ARE YOU TO DEFINE AMERICA’ VALUES. “Happy Holidays” the POS says at the end, not “Merry Christmas.” He couldn’t miss that little dig
His body language told me he was lying through the whole thing. What a repulsive little man.
While Obama was attempting to mask, or else is psychopathic enough not to need to try, Biden was rapid blinking, shifting, scratching his head(“well I don’t know about that” touching his left eye, touching his nose (at key points, a “something stinks” tell) glancing left. The guy to Obama’s right was also dancing.
Guess they knew the lies and weren’t expecting anybody would watch their body language. It is quite interesting if you can move the speed along to watch them dance.
IMO says:
0bama day dreaming about watching 🌈 Hawaiian sunsets and 🌭 roasting weiners with Reggie Love.
Paco Loco says:
For the country it’s “a time for choosing” between “them or us”. I don’t think that anything can be more clear than that Obama is the “Manchiran Candidate” created by Muslim puppeteers to create the Caliphate in America. Years and years of planning got him into the Presidency in 2008. How does a nobody from Chicago, a first term senator become the Democrat presidential candidate winning it from the well known Hillary Clinton? All his records sealed as to who he really is. Since his election and reelection, He has actively promoted the spread of Islamic socialism, and now the congress and Supreme Court are infected with that terminal cancer. The new proposed omnibus budget deal is the culmination of his program to destroy the US. If this passes Obama will open “the gates of Hell” and in the next 400 days fundamentally change America for ever. We are out of time to stop this Muslim megalomaniac and his policy of destruction. What is needed now is a call to action. The Second Amendment isn’t about hunting. It’s all about the last resort in dealing with traitors and to secure the other inalinable rights that the founders declared in the Declaration of Independance. If not us than who? Do we have the courage to end this and call it for what is – treachery, Do we have the courage to get out from behind our keyboards and rally our friends and family to prepare for the inevinable? We need to prepare and be ready as the time for choosing draws near and Patriots will be called upon to stand firm and defend the Constitution. With Donald Trump as our commander in chief, I pray that we can take back our country and “Make America Great Again”.
You might find the video of the KGB agent who defected to the west warning America – and this was 26 years ago – interesting.
It’s posted upthread, a response to Justice 999
Taqiyya from the empty chair. Farook was radicalized and plotting terrorist attacks since 2011. Obozo & crew terminated investigation of his radical mosque.
H Hutto says:
0bama lies so bad, he has to get someone else to call his own dog.
Politically correct?
When was the last time a politician did the correct thing. The only thing they are good at is making up excuses for their bad behavior.
PC…Pure crap
Michael Story says:
So, everytime this clown opens his mouth it seems something bad happens……when is the next terror attack scheduled?
You will need to check with Valeria Jarrett for that information. I believe she has a direct source…
Christmas Day. Star Wars theaters all over the country, as many infrastructure targets they have operatives for, and at least one new thing we didn’t see coming.
Hagel: The White House Tried to ‘Destroy’ Me
In an exclusive interview, Chuck Hagel said the Obama administration micromanaged the Pentagon, stabbed him in the back on the way out — and still has no strategy for fixing Syria.
BY DAN DE LUCE
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/12/18/hagel-the-white-house-tried-to-destroy-me/
This interview of Hagel started to generate some sympathy for him, from me. UNTIL I reached the end where he praised Obama and cited the Iran Nuke Treaty as a “…landmark agreement with Iran to curtail its nuclear program….”.
Once I saw THAT, I was like: “Shove it, Chuck.”
Well, that and Guantanamo.
Scirparius says:
The past two times Obama has give the “everything is fine; you’re totally safe” message, there have been major terrorist attacks shortly afterward.
If there is an attack at a movie theater or a dam in the next few days, I will officially begin making myself a big tinfoil hat.
Put up the girly bike and golf pictures, that will make us feel more assured. 🙂
In 2016, Incompetence is code for traitor/treason. We all know what’s going on…but as mentioned before, “don’t disturb the horses”…until November, 2016!
I do find it so very interesting how the media will attack say, a Baptist faction like the hideous Westboro group and expect the Baptists to handle that (and condemn for not handling) and yet, will go out of their way to protect a certain religion that has done NOTHING to stop the killing within such religion. And blame/shame those who expect that certain religion to handle THEIR problem. (You know who I mean)
San Bernadino was the 75th attack on America due to Islamic terrorism.
“Prior to the events in San Bernardino, there have been 74 Islamist-inspired terror attacks and plots in the U.S. since 9/11. This is the 64th terrorist attack or plot that has been perpetrated by self-radicalized U.S. citizens. ”
http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2015/12/the-75th-terrorist-plot-on-the-united-states
I’ve vetted that list before. It’s close but short by a number of attacks. It is closer now to a hundred.
Still, this is a war between ideas- a civilization moving forward, and one that is stuck in the 7th century with murderous intent.
The outcome will decide the future of the world.
Maybe this explains Ryan’s new beard…
“passing this legislation, the House has approved funding for the issuance of nearly three hundred thousand visas to migrants from Muslim countries in the next year alone.
“Ryan’s bill accomplishes this migrant surge by fully funding every U.S. immigration program currently in existence, as well as funding the President’s expansion of the refugee program through Syrian migrant resettlement.”
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/12/18/congress-votes-fund-nearly-300000-visas-muslim-migrants-one-year/
Rubio misses spending bill vote | TheHill
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/263719-rubio-misses-spending-bill-vote#
Rubio a no show again. Florida get rid of this punk.
froggielegs says:
“Old Dixie Highway in Riviera Beach was re-named President Barack Obama Highway on Thursday.”
http://www.wptv.com/news/region-c-palm-beach-county/riviera-beach/ceremony-thursday-in-riviera-beach-will-rename-old-dixie-highway-to-barack-obama-way
Is this going to be like most/all of the MLK Drives throughout the country? Always running through the worst neighborhoods, which is a shame because MLK didn’t represent welfare dependence and crime.
I did a Google Street View drive. The section being renamed is limited to Riviera Beach. It’s not the worst neighborhood I’ve ever seen but the drive-through liquor store is a nice touch.
jakeandcrew says:
http://dcwhispers.com/obama-snarls-against-fbis-immigration-suggestion-you-sound-like-trump/
Obama to Director Comey, “You sound like Trump!”
At a meeting prior to this speech, Comey is said to have suggested a temporary pause in immigration from countries with strong terrorist ties. Obama didn’t like it.
The president, who until then is said to have appeared both bored and irritated at having to attend the meeting that was primarily part of a Jarrett-initiated public relations campaign intended to show Mr. Obama remains “strong on terror” preceding what will be an Executive Order gun control measure due to be unleashed by the White House very soon, did a “double-take” following the suggested immigration pause in the face of what is a very real and ongoing terror threat.
Mr. Obama apparently sat at the head of the table clearly unhappy for the remainder of the meeting over the immigration policy suggestion and then made certain that Director Comey stood farthest from him (so far in fact Comey was not even shown by the news cameras) as Mr. Obama addressed the nation – no small feat given Director Comey stands six-foot-eight and thus towers over Barack Obama.
It must be so hard for Val-Jar – trying to ruin America through a petulant child. {sarc}
I shouldn’t be surprised but I’m wondering how a person could be more concerned with his appearance than the safety and security of the country. Does this not qualify him as a traitor?
240grjhp says:
If you refine heroin for a living, but you have a moral objection to
liquor – You may be a Muslim.
If you own a $3,000 machine gun and a $5,000 rocket launcher, but you
can’t afford shoes – You may be a Muslim.
If you have more wives than teeth – You may be a Muslim.
If you wipe your butt with your bare hand but consider bacon to be
unclean – You may be a Muslim.
If you think vests come in two styles: Bullet-proof and suicide – You
may be a Muslim.
If you can’t think of anyone you haven’t declared jihad against – You
If you consider television dangerous but routinely carry explosives
in your clothing – You may be a Muslim.
If you were amazed to discover that cell phones have uses other than
setting off roadside bombs – You may be a Muslim.
If you have nothing against women and think every man should own at
least four – You may be a Muslim.
If you find this offensive you are part of the problem in America!
If you delete this you are, most likely a Muslim or cater to them.
Dick Morris has a debate poll with Cruz and Trump tied. Lets see if we can tip it!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LZZS2WR
A. He is lying. Said San Bernardino jehadi’s were: Self-initiating. Self-mitivated. (Nothing more to see here, move along). I haven’t heard LE make such a claim.
B. He watched the Rep. Debate
He now has a bright idea to partner with high tech leaders.
C. He is hiding behind Nat. Counterterrorism center
Yes, there are hard working & sacrificing people trying to keep us safe & he is probably blocking them at every turn.
D. Folks folks he says over & over, i am sick of the use of that word!
Thanks for the transcript, i can’t stand to look at him any more, much less listen to him lie to us.
At what point does someone go from self-initiating to whatever the other choice is, initiated by others? We know Syed and Tashfeen were supporters of ISIS and got instructions for bomb-building from an ISIS magazine, and we know ISIS openly encourages individuals to wreak havoc. If ISIS or other Islamic terror organizations didn’t exist, would Syed and Tashfeen have committed this act? I think not.
Why was the investigation of the mosque they attended ended by BO?
Who were all the Middle Eastern men coming over to their house that the neighbor
was too fearful to report till after the massacre?
angryduc says:
barry the filthy pandering muslim dog lying to the United States again. Counter terrorism has never thwarted a single terror “event” they didn’t instigate.
couldn’t even say Merry Christmas
warmac9999 says:
If there is any doubt that Obama is a muslim, this should eliminate that doubt:
President Obama signed an executive order Monday barring federal contractors from discriminating against the Muslim community by erecting “offensive religious displays” on Federal Property including nativity manger scenes.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest announced announced the order in conjunction with a package of gun control measures designed to curtail the recent trend of holiday violence.
“There are things we can do”,Earnest told Fox News,”The President is determined to keep everyone safe during the Holiday season and the removal of imagery that some consider offensive or hate speech is a good first step.”
The Obamas have reportedly decided against any religious themed holiday displays at the White House since the First Lady thinks they are creepy.
Juggalos For Allah,a Muslim activist group,applauded the decision saying this would go far to diffuse anger towards Christians usually felt by Muslims as we near the Christmas Holiday said Moe Lester,group spokesman.
“Yeah,this is good.”,Lester said,”It’s just not fair Christians have all these holidays and we don’t.
Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee didn’t miss the opportunity to comment.
“It should come as no big surprise that President Obama and his wife would like to neuter Christmas in America,” said Huckabee. “That’s their natural step to Sharia Law — to ban the public display of Christian symbols. Have any doubts?
sDee says:
Funny and so true. Carlson at FOX had four former military men on his show. One of them who has contacts within the Pentagon. He stated it was almost “Stalin-like” inside the building. Not only couldn’t you talk out loud, you couldn’t even have water cooler conversations without worrying if an Obama plant wasn’t going to report you.
Forget offering any alternative to his “plans” about national security. He won’t listen.
I hope we have all learned the lesson about voting in a liberal, narcissist,progressive,racist PC using person in office.
strat4evr says:
Anyone who argues that Sharia,Islam practiced by any Muslim who enters the United States with the intent to establish residence here has the rights of protection of “Freedom of Religion” is proclaiming that Sharia, Islam can coexist without opposition to our constitution. The teachings of Shariah Law under Islam completely opposes Christianity as well as our constitution so if the argument is that a majority of Muslims practice a form of Islam that allows for the legitimate peaceful disagreement and denial of Islam it seems to be an argument unsupported by the proliferation of Terrorism worldwide in support of Islam, the inability to all too often recognize and identify “Radical Islamist” from “Non Radical Islamist”, the silence/unwillingness of Muslims who claim to be coexisting peacefully to dramatically assist law enforcement in identifying acts of radicalism with-in their own communities, and the growing number of Muslims in this country who are claiming to be offended by practices in this country that just because they perceive them as practices which conflict with their own beliefs it certainly gives the appearance of expectations of more than just acceptance. Just as our Grandparents, our Parents and many of us alive here today fought for the preservation of America and the assurances for next generations they will enjoy the same freedoms and liberties against Dictatorships, Fascists, Communism and any other ideology that oppose the Laws and the Constitution of America including those who hide behind a proclamation of a “Religion of Peace” yet support annihilation of all who oppose their beliefs.
truthwitness says:
Firstly: ╭∩╮(︶︿︶)╭∩╮to another depressing Obama speech
Now I will move on and enjoy the Reason for the Season and celebrate the birth of Christ and hope for all of us.
I see what you did there. 🙂
Let me share a funny story from my intel days. We were designing our unit by visiting other units in the state that were established- picking the best ideas, leaving the rest.
We had an opportunity to be part of a statewide conference involving all the agencies. Now this was years ago. In the meeting, fifty or sixty men and women- all senior police detectives- where milling about and talking. The time came for the meeting to start. The guy in charge was yelling at everybody to settle down and like most cops,we weren’t listening.
So, the the guy yells really out loud, “Everybody quiet down and let’s get started!” The place goes quiet, the people sit down.
Suddenly, I hear this lone voice at the back of the room,
“Silence!!”
Immediately, there was a responding chorus from dozens of professional men and women “I’ll KILL YOU!”
Then the whole place broke out into cheers and laughter and the guy in charge just threw up his hands.
Now, I turn to my partners with a confused look. One was laughing, the other was just shaking his head. I had no idea what happened.
Turns out, I had missed the Jeff Dunham act “Achmed the dead terrorist” thing. It appeared that EVERY intel detective had not. Suddenly, saved videos came up on laptops, people were laughing and I was exposed to this;
What a hilarious moment. Serious men and women being tickled by such a silly thing. We are just humans after all.
Then it was back to work and after that day, I wish the only terrorist I knew about was the bony one.
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Nostalgic Cuckold.
June 3, 2019 · Ben Talbot
“Maybe away from Paris I could write about Paris as in Paris I could write about Michigan.”
Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast
Sitting in a coffee shop, I reminisced over the woman who popped my cherry.
It was during my summer vacation. We met on AOL chat and later in person at a coffee house in my hometown. She was thirty, and I was a broke college student on Prozac. Meg belched in the patio, spread her legs, and after a chain of Parliaments indulged me in the formative notes of her youth.
“In my freshman year of high school, I was possessed by the soul of Jack Kerouac.”
“I-uh…”
“In Algebra class, too. I was having my period.”
“Well, I-uh–.”
“You know who he is, right?”
“Isn’t he a dead country and western singer?”
“He’s a poet, Pumpkin Pie. And he isn’t dead if he lives through me.”
It didn’t matter if she were possessed by Bob Costas.
What did it take to get laid? I shrugged my shoulders and said, “OK.”
On our first date, she invited me to a candlelight meeting in her bedroom where a coterie of junior college beatniks convened in a circle and read poetry. Her parents slept in the next room.
She called herself a libertarian activist.
“I hope you don’t mind,” she said.
What did it matter? Every single thing frightened me, from cactus to women, and every other living creature seemed to be having sex. At twenty-one, I perceived the world as a scary place–a different hell than the one in my forties. I couldn’t compare them to see which was worse.
Afterward, she brought me on her German hog to a bar called The Cellar, a Faustian market of Gothic outcasts where she stole shots and swapped tongues with other men and women; where the bartender poured drinks and lost count of the seconds either drunkenly or generously. She said he once stabbed a patron with a corkscrew and got the handcuffs. A Goth-industrial metal band there ripped off Korn, but their show triggered an animus in the room where the girls clawed each other over their Goth-boys. Some bled, some others puked, and urine leaked from the clogged-up bathrooms. For some weird reason, I wanted to keep going back.
In that underground habitat, Meg became Jack. She took shit from no one. She goosed a woman for giving me the eye, and she tore the ring right out her nose. That prelude led to my first time. She came out of her bathroom in pigtails and candy-cane panties. Her name was Kitty.
That fall, when Meg stayed with me at college, my dorm mate laughed at her and said, “do you even know what a libertarian is?”
She scratched his face and accused him of being a “communist swine.”
“I can’t date someone with a roommate like that. It goes against my beliefs. So farewell, Pumpkin Pie. I wish you the best. In five years, you’ll be fabulous.”
Our affair ended after three months, and she whisked herself away on her Zundapp she called “Stella.”
Photo by Nikola Treći on Unsplash
I would’ve cried, but too much Prozac numbed my feelings enough to dull my orgasms.
And she was wrong about the five years.
Ah, Meg.
“See the guy at the front of the line? He has COPD.”
I was pulled from the daydream by an acquaintance who sat across the table. His name was Ken, and he rode a Moped. He drove there every morning from his loft on Melrose and gossiped about the regulars. There was nothing else to know about him.
“The lady behind him has had shock treatment 53 times.”
Ken never spoke much about himself other than his Netflix series.
“It’s still in the works, my friend, still in the works.”
A year ago the show was still in the works.
He upset two rules most people adhered to:
(1.) never to bother somebody who’s reading something and
(2.) never to bother somebody who’s writing something.
In terms of those commandments, pigeons practiced more restraint than Ken. I raised the levels in my headphones until his lips moved like the ones in a Fritz Lang film. Yet his voice managed to sneak its way in.
“We’re a week away from the deal. Then pop the cork. It’s a wrap. Isn’t that thrilling?”
“I can’t hear you.”
“What about you? You still writing that silly little blog?”
Contrary to what some skeptics believed, writer’s block existed, and Ken embodied it. I squashed a cockroach with my shoe, not because I despised it but to help preserve the health of the shop. There were several ways to exterminate him. I watched a YouTube clip on sacrifice. It was hosted by my born-again neighbor. He referred to biblical tales, all of which lost me.
When I had turned thirty-three, he bought me a wallet-size copy of The Old Testament as a gift. I sat on my toilet and opened it to the beginning.
I met John.
I met Luke.
I met Mary.
I met Matthew.
I met Abraham.
I forgot each of their names from the moment we shook hands, so I left the party early.
When I got up to wipe, I fumbled it and kaplunk. Of all the reasons to go to hell…I pulled it out with a sandwich bag.
“What did you think?” my neighbor asked.
“Too much exposition.”
“A lot of it needs to be flushed out.”
Anyway, just to focus on a novel, I had spared so-called friendships; so-called love affairs; chances at meager raises at even less useful jobs. After eight hours of dullard work and an added two hours of wartime commutes, I crawled home each night to kiss my dog, to scratch my wife’s head, and to catch the latest episode of some trendy show at what hour, with no vigor left in me to write something. Like Married With Children…, those summers in college had been canceled too soon. Ted McGinley didn’t even need to show up to my graduation.
Meanwhile, Edward kept yipping about his Netflix series. This was before killers and rapists destroyed the personal ads in Craigslist. I found a Satanic cult in Koreatown that performed sacrifices. For the service, they needed a live chicken. I searched Google for a service to rent them, but nothing came up. My born-again neighbor had been planning entrepreneurial work on a pet rental app and was trying to reach his goal on Kickstarter. If I wanted, say, chickens for a day, I would’ve swiped right. But he had moved away and lost contact with me because I was a “Pagan.”
Sooner than later, my mind drifted through the wasteful matter of the internet to Facebook. After all this time, what happened to Meg? In her profile, she would’ve used either her legal name or one of her other three names, with Meg as her default.
Her drunk name, Jack (for Kerouac).
Her libertarian name, Steel Castle.
Her sexual name, Kitty Santasmagoria.
Hundreds of profiles appeared in the search, comprised of women who lived as far as Iceland–none matched her likeness anyway. One listed her age at 107 years old; her place, the afterlife, which smacked of Meg’s black humor. But Meg was white, not Indonesian.
A 50-year-old woman from San Francisco, where Kerouac was said to have lost his mind and found God, noted the same hometown as mine, where we met. But this woman’s legs were shaved, and she didn’t wear Doc Martens or baggy Che Guevara shirts; just the standard clothing of a woman in modern culture. Her curly auburn hair, though, and the way this woman sucked her cheeks in for every photo, gave her away. She had to be her. I clenched my jaws and sent a friend request. Maybe it was a manic state, but regardless of whether she was or wasn’t her, my wishes took over, so I had to travel back in time. I left the coffee shop for the 101 North.
“Wait, where are you going?” Ken said.
“I’ll deal with you later.”
The gridlock on the freeway symbolized the path to success in Hollywood. Just to get out of town, people around me waited through the sludge of eternity for the next short mile, while a red Ferrari blazed down the carpool lane. He won that day.
Ninety or so miles later, when I was coasting freely down the Grapevine, I played Disintegration by The Cure, to transcend myself into that first night with Kitty and our Faustian bargain.
Chills, man.
“I’ll fuck this fairytale bullshit right out your ears.”
Kitty’s pillow-talk made transcendence sad yet stirring. Not only that but also her puffing parliaments up in the cowgirl with her ashtray on my stomach. The tobacco dust on my dash hinting at the specks of tar clinging to her ceiling fan. It sparkled like stripper glitter. Either it was sex that filled up my car or the pair of gym socks beneath the driver’s seat. Nevertheless, pleasing myself behind the wheel at 70mph went smoother than I thought.
On a Tuesday evening, I relished each step down to The Cellar, without knowing what it had become. The person who owned the place had gentrified it into a hipster hideout. It donned the gaudy wardrobe of a speakeasy–someplace that pinched the nipples of a couple of frat alums at the end of the bar. They brushed peanut shells off their Greek sweaters and talked about real estate. The bartenders dressed in spats, bow ties, and suspenders. Ironically, the jukebox played Creed.
My bartender, Marty, flipped his caramel hair to one side. His handlebar mustache hung under his nose like a party favorite. He did a behind-the-back Frisbee toss of a coaster that landed at my fingers.
“Welcome to happy hour, Boss. What we having?”
“You know, I used to come here years ago.”
“Our specials are $4 Jager Martinis and $3 Skinny Margaritas.”
“What’s a Jager Martini?”
“I can look up the ingredients.”
“Forget it. Jack ordered Greyhounds. Get me a Greyhound.”
Marty rubbed his mustache.
“Sorry, but remind me what a Greyhound is?”
Because of that, he owed me a buyback.
“You got grapefruit juice and vodka?”
“That’s a Greyhound.”
“I can do that in my sleep.”
Sure, the taste of it could make a snake wince, but Jack would force me to drink it against my will, and I did what I could to stay in 1998. He flipped and twirled a bottle of Popov like a bandleader, and he poured a splash of it into a shooter before he dumped it into the glass.
“Tell me what you think,” he said, waiting with his arms crossed like Gordon Ramsey at a table of food critics.
I pulled the cherries, the orange peel, and the sliced pineapple out to nip at it. Even though I couldn’t trace any vodka, there was a damp breeze of 1998 flowing through the door.
“Let bygones be bygones,” I told him. He looked proud.
“You know, the Cellar used to keep that door shut at all times,” I said, “so the cops wouldn’t get in.”
Marty was chopping mint leaves and celery.
“There was once a fire, and the bartender put it out with an extinguisher he kept under the bar. Everyone stayed calm; he opened the door to let the smoke out, and he closed it again. Business went on that night.”
And Marty put the knife down to a game of Candy Crush on his iPhone.
“That was twenty years ago. That door to my left led to the cigar room, but now it’s probably where you stock the beer kegs.”
“No, it’s still the cigar room,” he said.
“Oh, is it.”
I picked up my glass and my pack of Marlboros and headed over there.
“You can’t smoke,” he said. “You’ll have to do it out front.”
“Do it out front? But may I still go in there?”
“Of course, but leave your drink here.”
“What else can’t I bring?”
“No vaping either.”
I was losing faith in any chance of a buzz.
But going to that door, I was afraid of what repressed feelings might arise on the other side. The faint creak of its opening was trying to express something. I began talking to myself like Meursault in The Stranger. Inside there, the mortar held the memories intact. Elements of those nights rose from the sticky floor and those velvet couches around the corner with the burn holes in them to the blinking light on the ceiling, in the air of burning tobacco and the butane from Zippos lighting earthy cloves. Metal chains swung from the wallets of the goth guys and gals; the sweat of black eyeliner dripped from the wooden faces on the petite gals with their pink hair and striped stockings, who waited for the Nothing to whisk them away from the shackling suburbs to the nightmare before Christmas.
“Jesus, what the hell was in that Greyhound?”
“You made it, Pumpkin Pie.”
The voice and the pet name came from one woman.
Far in the shadows, her cigarette hand tilted back, her right leg crossed over her left leg, Jack sat in the corner where she once said my cock tasted like my neck.
I pushed through the herd of Misfits jackets and Edward Scissorhands haircuts to sit next to her.
“You’re really here?”
“I never left.”
“I’ve been waiting, too. I never knew what to say. Did you get my friend request?”
“What’s a friend request?”
She truly never left. Besides, libertarian activists didn’t have time for Facebook.
“Why don’t you stop talking to yourself and kiss me.”
The menopausal version of Jack wore a black leather jacket and torn-up jeans and black rubber high-heeled boots. As for kink, I had never let go of the way she liked to have her hair pulled and her earlobes bitten. I slipped a hand between her thighs; the other hand slid between the buttons of her flannel at which she bit her vodka-soaked lower lip.
“Give me your mouth,” she said.
Our tongues hardened, softened; they withdrew, jousted, tangled, wrestled. The room spun like a carousel. Bauhaus’s “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” bounced off the bricks. I pulled a clump of that curly Auburn hair so hard at the roots, it fell out.
“It’s OK, Pumpkin Pie.”
She took it from me and patched it in its right place; wiped the slobber from her lips and smeared her cheeks with her blood-red lipstick. This was vintage Jack.
“Let’s ride Stella back home and finish this like old times.”
“Do you still live with your parents?”
“They’re dead.”
“What about Steel Castle?”
“She died nine years ago from typhoid, but Kitty is waiting.”
“You know, I never did tell you this, but I was a virgin when I met you.”
“Uh-huh, yes, I could tell by your hips.”
The Gothic circus tightened up around us, lighting Djarums.
“Don’t go anywhere,” I said. “I need to finish my Greyhound.”
She remained there as quietly as a secret. I pushed back through the herd, but they traveled with me. The Goths left upstairs to the limits of that town. The Bauhaus faded into Franz Ferdinand, so I guessed Marty was trying to force me out.
When I returned to my stool, the Greyhound was missing.
“Where is it?” I asked.
“Sorry, Boss, I thought you left.”
“Thought I left? You saw me go in there.”
“You were gone for almost an hour.”
“An hour? Fine. I’ll buy another.”
“But just so you know, Happy Hour is over. I’ll have to charge you the full price.”
“For the love of God, please stop calling me Boss.”
Not only did he make me pay for it, but he also never said sorry. At the original Cellar, the drink cost $2.50; it was twice as strong, too. But Marty came with the bargain, along with Ken; along with what became of that place. But something was in that Greyhound, I swore it, not just the acidic juice from the can.
“This just isn’t right,” I said to him.
Marty picked up a TV remote.
“What do you need? The soccer game? I can put it on.”
“No, but that’s my point. We used to come here to get away from the TV, and we watched bands play on that little stage in the corner.”
Now a raffle machine was where the drum set used to be, and my nostrils were plugged-up by a floor mopped in Fabuloso. Man, twenty years didn’t just fly by; they splattered before me like cow guts from the ceiling.
Marty wouldn’t listen to my story. He served me the second round without the fruits on top, not even an umbrella. I should’ve been thankful for that, but I wasn’t. He left me for the frat brothers at the other end. I took the last sip, and that was it.
Once the Phi Sigma Kappas went back to their real estate firm, I pulled out my credit card and left that mistake for the rain trickling out front.
In the San Joaquin Valley, it fell a week out of each year. I almost tripped over a silver pail catching raindrops. A lipstick case and Parliament butts floated in its pool. I worried if not a single thought about me ever dribbled in Meg’s head. What did the whole trip amount to? Better yet, what was Jung sniffing when he thought up the collective unconscious?
Well, the next Sunday, the woman from San Francisco wrote me back:
Who the fuck is this?
My stomach leaped to my throat and tried to hide there. I described every detail I could about our three-month affair, to which she replied, oh, yeah, you again.
She declined my friend request, too.
What a desperate fool I was to reach out to a girlfriend after twenty years. I had sent a message in a bottle that hadn’t a message–just a plea for homage. At least the bottle in the river can be chased down and taken back, but an email is final. In movies, a character’s options are boundless. As far as the years go, movie time can stretch and retract as much as it wants. I can only pretend I’m in one until the next nudnik bothers me about his Netflix series. The spiritual guides call it transcendental meditation, which is a fancy term for daydreaming. And daydreaming isn’t what it once was.
Ken texted me, hey, where did you go, to which I didn’t respond. I blocked his number instead.
Now I sit in a different coffee shop, with strangers abound who are loud and insane, but they keep to themselves–or try to. The older I get, the more often I’ve removed myself from injurious people. My wife asks me why I’ve been so quiet, but I can’t give her the real reason. Ever since following the weathered tracks of my first romance, I can’t think about it with the same vibrancy. Yes, absence makes the heart grow fonder, but presence makes the heart go numb.
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Review: Graham Coxon – The End of the F**king World OST
Posted by Judge Knot | 26 January 2018 | Music, Reviews | 0
Rating 85%Rating 85%
‘Indie’ feels like the wr*ng w*rd to use when describing a big-b*dget TV series with a soundtrack by a milli*naire r*ckstar, but The End of the F***ing World, Netflix’s new series and Graham Coxon’s accompanying soundtrack, are b*th unmistakably ‘indie’. That is to say they are edgy enough to surprise but not to shock, a bit like those asterisks in the title.
Originally a graphic novel by Charles Forsman, The End of the F**king World, follows two disturbed teenagers: James is convinced he’s a psychopath who has decided to upgrade from killing animals to killing humans. Alyssa, is a wannabe rebel whose popularity at school doesn’t compensate for a tricky home life. Together, they follow a trail of violence. Channel Four’s TV adaptation transplanted the action from the US to the UK, in an unspecified pre-mobile phone era. First broadcast in 2017, it came and went without much fanfare but was bought and relaunched by Netflix. With the second series just completed, TEOTFW (as no-one is calling it) is set to be the next big sensation for the Boxset Generation.
Aside from his flawless Indie credentials, Coxon was the perfect choice to provide the music. His existing solo output would have
worked anyway but Coxon was asked to compose something new and came up with this selection of sixteen tracks. Coxon’s work is deceptively simple – his stripped down spiky semi-punk tunes and fragile ballads support beautifully concise and poetic lyrics, in this case echoing the psychologically damaged antiheroes of the story. There are some smart nods to the fictional time period: Bus Stop is pure 1980s Cure riff; the cracking Lucifer Behind Me is The Clash Lite; instrumental Sleuth appears to be Coxon’s take on the Pink Panther theme. My favourite, the naked ballad ,Roaming Star, has a surprising woodwind solo and the lovely line “the rain smudges the trees”. The most moving song here is the sparse Saturday Night, which features an exquisite piano figure and the line “are you going to sleep with your shoes on?”. There is a smattering of interesting instrumental pieces serving specific dramatic scenes. Judging by Flashback, sixteen seconds of guitar thrash and saxophone squonk, one character can expect a sticky end.
The most challenging aspect of this record is Coxon’s voice: where his Blur bandmate Damon Albarn’s natural baritone and occasional falsetto get richer with age, Coxon has the quivering whine of a bedroom dweeb singing to his Lara Croft posters. Some may find this attractively ‘vulnerable’ but, after eighteen tracks I confess I found it grating. There’s a good test for this: listen to There’s Something in the Way You Cry and you’ll know which camp you’re in.
If you’re already a Coxon fan this quibble won’t matter to you, and if you’re hearing these tunes in the context of the the TV show you will not have time to be annoyed by it. If you don’t fancy the TV series, the album works perfectly well, without the accompanying visuals, as a f***ing good Coxon solo record.
Photo courtesy of Denholm Hewlett.
The End of the F**king World OST is out on 26th January.
Summary Coxon’s new album is the perfect indie soundtrack for The Boxset Generation. Packed full of spiky semi-punk tunes and fragile ballads.
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Cheap Marker Review & Tutorial PLUS Stamp Giveaway!!!
Posted on October 30, 2014 by thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich
Hi Friends! Last night I posted a haul video on YouTube where I shared my crafty loot from a recent trip to ACmoore and the Dollar Tree. I asked what I should use first and the answer was overwhelmingly “The Markers!” Why, because they were cheap, like $24 for a set of 18 art markers and I only paid $12 because I had a coupon, cheap. And because I feel funny showing off all the new goodies I got I thought YOU should get something too so you can win all of the stamps I used in this note-card set! The stamps are from this plate from Art Neko and the entire set is half off right now! Don’t worry, if you buy them and then win the giveaway you can pick an equivalent in stamps. I do not know how long the sale is on for. All you have to do for a chance to win is leave a comment on this post and I will draw a winner next Friday. This giveaway is open to anyone in the world! Yay!
Markers can be really expensive but good markers are a joy to work with. I have used everything from Sharpies to Copics and everything in between. You can get good results with all of these markers if you know some techniques that I will show you in this video.
I would rate these no-name gems to be as good as Promarker and Prismacolor markers, better than Bic Mark-Its and Sharpies but not as good as Copics which I think is pretty darn good given what I paid for them. They were all very juicy and the fine tip end was pointy and springy like a brush nib but smaller than Copic. The palette blending technique and a blending pen is essential to getting smooth blends with a limited palette of bright colors. You must have an alcohol based blender marker for this to work but any brand is fine such as Copic, Prismacolor, Promarker or Spectrum Noir. If these blenders run dry you can refill them with denatured alcohol. A blender pen costs between $3-$7 depending what brand you get but they all are very similar.
I decided to make some envelopes to match these quick little note-cards. I think they would make a nice gift set for the holidays or a birthday gift.
I hope you enjoyed this review and coloring tutorial. Don’t forget to leave a comment to win the stamps from today’s project. If you end up shopping at Art Neko you can use my coupon code Lindsay10% to save 10% on your non-sale rubber. Thanks for stopping by and til next time happy crafting!
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ednamburgess, on October 30, 2014 at 8:07 pm said:
Such a great way to get free stamps. Love it. Always enjoy your videos. I learn so much from them. Interesting about all the different markers. I mostly use copics but willing to try others too. Thanks for all the information you pass on plus your great videos. Edna B.
swisslions, on October 30, 2014 at 10:26 pm said:
I learned about Art Neko on your site and they were the first source I bought stamps from. I love your doing the leg work for us so we can create with affordable products. I sure would love some more Art Neko stamps. Perhaps I’ll be the lucky one. thanks. Susan S.
Marann, on October 31, 2014 at 5:02 pm said:
You inspire me to try new things. Thanks!
Louise knoerle, on October 31, 2014 at 1:13 pm said:
Loved the demo. Do not have alcohol markers yet but I am going to start looking for a set. Thanks for a chance to win the stamps. Happy Halloween🎃
Mariana, on October 31, 2014 at 4:35 pm said:
i will check my acmoore to see if they have it. Beautiful cards!!
Carmen, on October 31, 2014 at 6:04 pm said:
Great job as usual. Love the ink on the tile trick.
Pamela Reeves, on November 3, 2014 at 10:07 am said:
Another great video. I am new to crafting. I am learning so much from watching your videos. Thank you for a chance to win the stamps. Pamela
Dorthy, on October 30, 2014 at 8:08 pm said:
Love the Oriental artwork! I think you did well shopping.
Angela Hartley, on October 30, 2014 at 8:08 pm said:
I so enjoy your videos even if it is a craft i don’t do makes me want ti try it…….any quilting videos??!!
CharlotteN, on October 30, 2014 at 8:09 pm said:
Your tutorials are fun and informative. Thank you!
Cynthia Murray, on October 30, 2014 at 8:14 pm said:
The cards look great! Thank you for sharing. I love to see what you come up with each day!
lisa malterud, on October 30, 2014 at 8:14 pm said:
Thank you for showing how well these markers work : ) Thank you for a chance win this beautiful set of stamps!! Lisa
cindyzs/freespiritczs, on October 30, 2014 at 8:15 pm said:
so very lovely Lindsay!! tfs 🙂 count me in, please! 😉
Kim, on October 30, 2014 at 8:16 pm said:
Love your cards in this! The video is so helpful. I really want to find a set of these markers! Thanks so much for all your awesomeness!~kim
salpal1, on October 30, 2014 at 8:16 pm said:
love those cards and all you teach us!
rickiquilt, on October 30, 2014 at 8:16 pm said:
Wha a great video….love these cards and the stamps!! Hoping I’m a winner!!
Debra Graham, on October 30, 2014 at 8:17 pm said:
Always enjoy your videos. Thanks for showing more on how to use up your stash.
GrowingOldGracefully, on October 30, 2014 at 8:18 pm said:
You come up with some really cool ideas. I love those envelopes. So pretty. Thanks for the chance to win.
abdessalam, on October 30, 2014 at 8:20 pm said:
i hope i win
Kathleen weber, on October 30, 2014 at 8:20 pm said:
The cards you made are beautiful and I love the matching envelopes
Janis in ID, on October 30, 2014 at 8:21 pm said:
Count me in for the stamp set drawing!!! I even have EZ Mount Foam all ready and waiting for the unmounted beauties!! (I think they come unmounted…)
Thanks for your fab-tastic videos and projects. I learn so much from you and get great tips for keeping my crafting “on budget”….Ha! 🙂
Karen mathes, on October 30, 2014 at 8:21 pm said:
GREAT as always. I look foward to your tutortials every day.
mummsie, on October 30, 2014 at 8:21 pm said:
It is always so fun for me to watch your tutes. I get excited cause your excited. LOL Looks like you really found a bargin. I hereby crown you “Queen Of Bargins”.!! Thank you for the generous give away. Your so sweet.
Meghan Shea, on October 30, 2014 at 8:21 pm said:
What brand blender pen do you use? Would Tim Holtz blending solution in one of his blender pens work? Do you have a blender pen brand you prefer or work with most? Thank you!
thefrugalcrafter, on October 31, 2014 at 8:50 am said:
that should work just fine but I do not have that one. I have used Copic, Prismacolor and Promarker blenders and I like the promarker best and surprisingly it is the cheapest LOL! $2.89 I think:)
Mesha, on October 30, 2014 at 8:21 pm said:
I’ve been waiting to see you use the markers and the stamps are very very nice. I’m going to watch the video again thank you
Maria, on October 30, 2014 at 8:24 pm said:
Love your videos! Thanks for the chance to win stamps!
mjmarmo, on October 30, 2014 at 8:29 pm said:
Wow – love seeing you use these markers! Such a sweet stamp set!
Cindy G, on October 30, 2014 at 8:30 pm said:
You inspire me. Now if I could just find the time…
Shelley S, on October 30, 2014 at 8:31 pm said:
Interesting! I will be buying those markers! Enjoyed the tutorial video as always and I love the stamps. Great giveaway.
maaike, on October 30, 2014 at 8:32 pm said:
super blending! cool stamps well done love your work as always
Elisabeth Windmuller, on October 30, 2014 at 8:34 pm said:
Thanks for the review and the videos. I think it’s hard figuring out what to choose in the world of markers 😊
And what a beautiful result you got with the stamps.
Tania Smith, on October 30, 2014 at 8:36 pm said:
lovely cards and great coloring. i’d sooo love to win thank you for the opportunity thanks tania
Ann True, on October 30, 2014 at 8:37 pm said:
Love your videos…entertaining and educational….love love love… I would love to win also…. lol
Arcia, on October 30, 2014 at 8:38 pm said:
Love the markers and envelopes. Winning would be great.
mobrien207, on October 30, 2014 at 8:38 pm said:
I learn so much from you. You’ve inspired me to watercolor and even face paint. Thanks for the chances to win artsy stamps to practice with.
Carolina Oxford, on October 30, 2014 at 8:39 pm said:
Thank you for all the inspiration, finally started painting because of your videos, and the stamp set is beautiful!
grammyof6, on October 30, 2014 at 8:40 pm said:
wow those markers look like they work very well. I do not buy the pricey ones but I would go for these, maybe if they sell well they artmarker LOL company will make more sets. Thank you for all that you share, you are great. Happy Halloween!
Sue Z.
urrn4u, on October 30, 2014 at 8:42 pm said:
Thanks for the opportunity to win stamps. Love your videos, so glad I found you!
Kyla, on October 30, 2014 at 8:43 pm said:
Such a wonderful tutorial Lindsay! You are very talented. Thank you for sharing this. 🙂
NWflamingo, on October 30, 2014 at 8:45 pm said:
Very nice…of course you could make the ugly duckling beautiful.
Jen Evers, on October 30, 2014 at 8:45 pm said:
Hi Lindsay! I love your videos and this is a really cool giveaway. My favorites are when you do reviews on things! My ultra fave that I still use is re-inking your own stamps! I ran all over town looking for that clear stuff (can’t even remember the name now!) I found it at a health store in a nearby small town! These markers look fab! We don’t have AC Moore, any idea where else we can find them? Thanks for the chance to win! xoxo Jen
craftygoofy49, on October 30, 2014 at 8:46 pm said:
The stamps you used are marvelous. As usual, your video was very educational. I would love to win these stamps.
Joy Dennis, on October 30, 2014 at 8:49 pm said:
Love watching your videos. The cards are so pretty!
Gail R., on October 30, 2014 at 8:50 pm said:
Thanks for finding an affordable marker set – love those stamps too!
Laura, on October 30, 2014 at 8:50 pm said:
It sure took me a while to figure out to click the article title in order to be able to leave a comment! Anywho… the stamps are great and the coloring/blending is something I’d love to try in school. Inexpensive markers are definitely the way to go and these seem like they’d be good.
Shelly smythe, on October 30, 2014 at 8:51 pm said:
You always have such great ideas, love your creative style. Thanks for a chance to win.
Karen, on October 30, 2014 at 8:52 pm said:
You are awesome, and so informative, I always learn something new when I watch your videos. I’m totally in for the giveaway also! Thank you 🙂
Jayde, on October 30, 2014 at 8:53 pm said:
Thank you so much for your Videos, i have only recently discovered you, but i just can’t stop watching your videos and ready your blog!!
adeana, on October 30, 2014 at 8:53 pm said:
I can’t believe how much I learn from you. I think your attitude of==even a mistake is beautiful ==is awesome, it gives me more confidence! Thanks for making these videos.
Wulfie, on October 30, 2014 at 8:54 pm said:
Thanks for the video. I just recently started stalking…er…I mean following your blog and youtube videos. I’ve learned a lot. Great stuff. 🙂
Ginger Na, on October 30, 2014 at 8:56 pm said:
Thank you for your video. Enjoy watching you work while explaining your process. Appreciate knowing how to correct mistakes.
Deanna maxwell, on October 30, 2014 at 8:58 pm said:
I love your videos. I just got a new set of the spectrum noir markers, would love to win the stamps to color with them. Thanks for all your wonderful lessons and the chance to win.
Linda H, on October 30, 2014 at 8:58 pm said:
Hi Lindsay 🙂
Beautiful cards and envelopes.
Shelley Harden, on October 30, 2014 at 8:58 pm said:
Great giveaway like your style of art!
Kathy Sammartano, on October 30, 2014 at 9:07 pm said:
Love that blending technique with the blender marker! What a great way to stretch your colors!
Terri Pennington, on October 30, 2014 at 9:08 pm said:
Those are so pretty! The envelopes caught my eye – my daughter gave me that paper pad! This is the first time you have used something I had too.
maryanne, on October 30, 2014 at 9:10 pm said:
Hi Lindsay,
Love the envelopes too! These are so pretty can’t wait to start making my own notecards. take care and thanks for sharing
Your vast knowledge amazes me. Thank you for so generously sharing.
Carole R-B, on October 30, 2014 at 9:14 pm said:
Hi Lindsay
Thanks for sharing. I love to have alternatives for pricey stuff. Even cheaper thing (markers in this case) are great. Thanks for the opportunity to win
Rufus, on October 30, 2014 at 9:14 pm said:
Wow, for $12.00 markers those are pretty incredible! Of course, the artist has something to do with that! Love the stamps. The one of the bird I thought at first might be a Local King stamp. Should have known that it was an Art Neko. I’d love to add them to my stash. Wish I could come to the Halloween bash, but unless I started right now I’d never make it in time, lol. LONG drive! Have fun…wonder if you’ll make the bread or not?
ckfricker, on October 30, 2014 at 9:15 pm said:
After you add the yellow to your green marker, could you please show us the color difference? Thank you for giving us a chance to win the beautiful flower stamps.
Mable, on October 30, 2014 at 9:16 pm said:
I love the cards you made. You are amazing. Thank you for sharing. Mable
HappyExpressions, on October 30, 2014 at 9:18 pm said:
The cards are all beautiful. I would love to win these gorgeous stamps. TFS!
Nancy, on October 30, 2014 at 9:21 pm said:
There is no AC Moore where I live, but its a pretty cool marker set for starter like me. I would have to look out for something like this either at Michaels or amazon! Love yours stamps set!
jerry, on October 30, 2014 at 9:22 pm said:
Awsome! Fingers crossed to win.
Kim B, on October 30, 2014 at 9:22 pm said:
Beautiful stamps, techniques,markers, cards AND artists!!
Rajani Doyle, on October 30, 2014 at 9:24 pm said:
Inspiring. Like always. Thank you
Verna Angerhofer, on October 30, 2014 at 9:24 pm said:
What beautiful cards you created with those images and your markers. Your coloring is super wonderful!
karen Hill, on October 30, 2014 at 9:26 pm said:
I wish we still had an AC Moore. Would you believe they lost their lease to a Wine shop that was next store and wanted the bigger store. We lost Barnes and Noble to Nordstrom Rack store. I much rather have the book store LOL . The markers look like a gem of a find!
Barb, on October 30, 2014 at 9:26 pm said:
Wow great video. Your cards are very pretty! You make it look so easy! Thank you.
Rhonda Lee, on October 30, 2014 at 9:27 pm said:
Loved your video and would luv to win the stamps! Thanks for the chance! Rhonda Lee
Devon Ryan, on October 30, 2014 at 9:29 pm said:
Those envelopes are fabulous 🙂 Thank you for the giveaway.
CC Lemmon, on October 30, 2014 at 9:29 pm said:
Thanks for always sharing your talents with all of us
Adrianne Hurtig, on October 30, 2014 at 9:29 pm said:
Hello Lyndsay The Frugal Crafter! I really enjoyed your Frankenstein make up tut starring your husband! What a good sport! I’d love an opportunity to win these stamps. I live in a very small, rural town in Montana – we have no shopping available here! I have to drive over an hour for any kind of shopping! Believe me…if I won these stamps…they would be put to all kinds of great, imaginable uses! Thank you for your consideration – and keep up the great (and fun!) work!
April Dawn Dupree, on October 30, 2014 at 9:29 pm said:
Pretty good deal on pretty good markers!
Carisa, on October 30, 2014 at 9:32 pm said:
I really love your watercolor tutorials, but these videos with the markers are really tempting me to run out and get some!
Terri, on October 30, 2014 at 9:33 pm said:
No AC Moore or Mardens near me and you seem to find such great deals there. Looks like a great set as I’ve been picking up the pricier markers one by one with coupons at michaels and joannes. Hoping I can find them somewhere else. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Cathy B, on October 30, 2014 at 9:33 pm said:
I love all your videos so much; they make me want to hang out in my craft room all day. Nice that you made envelopes to go with everything. Thank You Lindsey for the chance to win.
Denise Osborne, on October 30, 2014 at 9:33 pm said:
Pretty cool stamps and markers.
kkaybyrnes, on October 30, 2014 at 9:33 pm said:
Dear Lindsay, You inspired me to start water color painting When i was recovering from foot surgery in December 2013. i’m doing great with the painting I am also taking knitting lessons. You are a huge inspiration to me.
Thanks for being you!
K. Kay Byrnes
Madlin Baltzell, on October 30, 2014 at 9:34 pm said:
These look so interesting!
jancastle, on October 30, 2014 at 9:36 pm said:
I’m always amazed how many comments you get when you do a giveaway, but then it does help you know who is reading the blog…LOL! Great video Lindsay…thank you so much for sharing with us!
Emily, on October 30, 2014 at 9:39 pm said:
Those markers are nifty — I’ll have to keep my eye out for them!
moonlight369, on October 30, 2014 at 9:42 pm said:
Sounds like a great starter set!
Gena, on October 30, 2014 at 9:45 pm said:
I love to watch your tutorials and listen to your chitter chatter!! 🙂 I have gotten many nuggets to use while I paint…whether it be adding some blue to leaves in watercolors or having patience to wait while the painting dries. Im hooked!! 😉 Gena K
briana07, on October 30, 2014 at 9:45 pm said:
Hi Lindsay, love the video and cool find on those markers. Cute stamps, love em.
Hugs and Happiness,
Briana C.
Kserwin, on October 30, 2014 at 9:46 pm said:
I really enjoy Art Neko. They have fantastic sales, ship super fast and always send extra things (like stamps, little envelopes and one time, a piece of candy). They are almost as fun as you, Lindsay :-).
Alice Clark, on October 30, 2014 at 9:48 pm said:
I love these stamps! Would be Wonderful to win, but I feel we are all winners, because of gift of sharing to all of us! Alice
Oh “Duh!” I meant to say,” because of YOUR gift in sharing your knowledge.”
I love the stamps! I’m going to look for the markers at hobby lobby. I do use Copic markers but like to have different markers to use too.thanks for informational video. Very helpful! Happy Halloween! !!
Linda Carreira, on October 30, 2014 at 9:52 pm said:
Thanks for this review of Art Markers. It’s always nice to have an inexpensive alternative for pricy art supplies. These seem like a steal with a coupon. I really appreciate your videos and always learn something new.
Marilynn Ellsworth, on October 30, 2014 at 9:54 pm said:
I think the markers would be great to own. Now if I can just find them.lol It would also be great to win the stamps also. Thank you for all of the tutorials. Hugs
Karen Mercer, on October 30, 2014 at 9:55 pm said:
Thanks Lindsay for your videos. Fruglecrafter is one of the first things I look at each day. I don’t know how you come up with all the ideas. I also love your product reviews. I now how a limitless choice for stamps, etc and not confined to JoAnn or Michaels styles. I do love your live tutorials, and it is partly due to your conversation. It is kinda like when I and my friends get together and scrap. We do the same “haul” thing and admire each other’s finds. And thank Art Neko for the stamps and your giveaway.
Cara, on October 30, 2014 at 9:56 pm said:
Oh you are dangerous because you make everything seem so fun and easy! I may just have to get these and play with coloring a bit!
Caitlin Schmidt, on October 30, 2014 at 9:57 pm said:
Thank you for the review on these markers! I have been wanting copic markers for ages, but never had enough money to buy them. Hopefully I can get these markers soon!
Lorraine Haefner, on October 30, 2014 at 9:59 pm said:
Definitely going to look for the markers and stamps. I love being able to put a keyword in and search for different ideas to try on your site. I just found out how to make washi tape from you, so excited, thanks.
Karen Koh, on October 30, 2014 at 10:05 pm said:
Wow ! A great and simple way to win stamps. Simply love it. Loved all your videos on art crafting. They helped a beginner like me a lot.
Thanks always for great videos.
Tanya C., on October 30, 2014 at 10:08 pm said:
I would love to win this stamp set!
Jeanie Gregory, on October 30, 2014 at 10:09 pm said:
I loved this video! I would love to win those stamps. Thank you
Amy R, on October 30, 2014 at 10:11 pm said:
I love your videos. The craft hauls are so much fun!
Valentina, on October 30, 2014 at 10:14 pm said:
Love your cards and your videos! Always learn something new. Thanks for the chance to win these great stamps.
Dana, on October 30, 2014 at 10:15 pm said:
Your note cards are lovely. Thank you for sharing them.
Christine, on October 30, 2014 at 10:16 pm said:
Love your videos…I watch every day! Thanks so much!
Cindy Harris, on October 30, 2014 at 10:17 pm said:
Love these! I have been wanting to try copics but cost was so high….cant wait to try these…thank you for taking one for the team 🙂
Chrissy Mead, on October 30, 2014 at 10:18 pm said:
Beautiful! I would love to be counted in Om the stamp give away. I might just give these markers a try!
Carrie L King, on October 30, 2014 at 10:19 pm said:
Great tutorial/review! I love your crafty giveaways- and your notecard/greeting card ideas! I would really like to win some stamps, too. Thanks!
DianeMoneyGoolsby, on October 30, 2014 at 10:21 pm said:
great video–as usual! thanks in advance for a chance to win!
terrie rodrigue, on October 30, 2014 at 10:23 pm said:
The cards that you made turned out fantastic…
I like how much info you give on your videos
Thank Lindsay.
Deborah Mesa, on October 30, 2014 at 10:26 pm said:
I have really appreciated your sharing your tips and frugal ways of getting great results. I am new to stamping and paper crafting and your videos have been the most complete and informative for me to follow. I especially liked the simple tip of popping the color on your stamps with that bright yellow. I would never have thought of that on my own. Thanks for making it simple for even newbies like me!
Debi Ciavarella, on October 30, 2014 at 10:29 pm said:
Love the cards and envelopes! I have learned so much from your videos. Just want to say thank you Lindsay!!!
Sharon, on October 30, 2014 at 10:30 pm said:
Thank you for your tutorials..youu are very informative..we do not have an acmore shop here..so do you know if these markers are sold elsewhere? thank you again!!
homelivingblessings, on October 30, 2014 at 10:31 pm said:
Love the video and those great markers. Very pretty stamps also. Thank you for a chance to win these. Love all that you do Lindsay.
Judy, on October 30, 2014 at 10:34 pm said:
loved this video – and all I’ve watched so far. My favorites are the watercolor painting and pencil videos but I enjoy all. Thanks for sharing.
Anita Rhynes, on October 30, 2014 at 10:39 pm said:
Thank you once again for a great video. I always learn so much from you.
CindyK, on October 30, 2014 at 10:40 pm said:
What a great video on some “no name” markers. Lots of good info! The stamps are awesome, would love to be in the running for them. Keep up the fab videos! I watch them all!
Kaylin Krawczyk, on October 30, 2014 at 10:41 pm said:
cute stamps. and thanks for the tutorial.
Sandra, on October 30, 2014 at 10:44 pm said:
I loved the video, and the stamps, thanks again for sharing.
gloriawest94, on October 30, 2014 at 10:49 pm said:
Thank you for the info on these markers…will have to check them out…I have a complete set of Noir markers and most of them are dried out and one of them …it’s no hope…I need to take the nip out and try that next…thank you again for this and all your video…and it would be so awesome to win these stamps…tfs
Hi Im Jamie Im a Mainea too. im commenting about the free stamp giveaway! im so excited I Love your videos and you have a great personality. I wish you all the best take care.
Jean Meyer-Scott, on October 30, 2014 at 10:52 pm said:
Thanks for honestly reviewing some less expensive markers! Does ACMoore sell these online? The orchid stamp is lovely!
Julie Blake, on October 30, 2014 at 10:53 pm said:
There are many tutorials online for Copics, but I rarely see one for the cheap stuff – thank you Lindsay – as always.
Linda Taylor, on October 30, 2014 at 10:57 pm said:
I learn so much from you! Thank you for inspiring me! 🙂
Lois, on October 30, 2014 at 10:58 pm said:
Thanks for sharing new art supplies that work well without the high price tag. Will have to check these out.
Janis, on October 30, 2014 at 10:59 pm said:
You are an inspiration! Thanks!
Sandra Schroeder, on October 30, 2014 at 10:59 pm said:
What a great buy on those “no name” markers. Since I live in Michigan and you mentioned Lansing from the back of the packaging, I’m going to keep my eyes out for those fantastic markers. I have a pretty complete set of SpectrumNoirs. I chose them because the Copics are way past my budget. Just starting to use them. They do have a pretty large tip and when working on small images it can be challenging. I do love your tutorials. I have gotten many good ideas from them. Thanks for sharing your talent. I do have a question that I hope you may be able to help me with. I recently ordered some Wink a Stella pens on line, and I can not get the ink to flow down to the brush tip. Is there a special trick to it? I would appreciate ideas from anyone who might know the answer.
Ellen, on October 30, 2014 at 10:59 pm said:
Thanks, I just learned so much. I like it when you color in real time because it allows me to see the process. Have fun at your party!
Coty, on October 30, 2014 at 10:59 pm said:
Great video! Thanks so much for sharing your art and passion with the world, it inspires me daily!
Sue Witter, on October 30, 2014 at 11:02 pm said:
love your videos I have learned so much from you
stylharmony, on October 30, 2014 at 11:03 pm said:
They do look good for the price ! Weird they don’t have any name ?!
Love your cards !
And most of all Happy Halloween !!!
Sandy, on October 30, 2014 at 11:06 pm said:
Love your down-to-earth practicality and enthusiasm. I have just bought my first alcohol markers, so your instructions will be helpful.
Thanks for your cheerful tutorials and the opportunity to win stamps!
Maria Meade, on October 30, 2014 at 11:16 pm said:
Awesome video Lindsey!! The markers look like they would work really well for a travel set. I have a set of prismacolor markers that I have had a very long time and they still work like new but they were really expensive so I don’t like to travel with them. The ones you demo’d would be great for a travel set though.Thanks for the demo and the cards are super cute!!
Christine Rose, on October 30, 2014 at 11:17 pm said:
Thank you for sharing your experience with these markers! I only wish we had an AC Moore nearby. Love all your videos Lindsay😃. Thanks for letting me enter your giveaway! Love from Sunny Florida!
Cecile Dougherty, on October 30, 2014 at 11:20 pm said:
Lindsay, you are the best. I just love watching you craft and your attitude is the best. I love it when you say ” Its just a card, put it in the mail and you’ll never have to see it again.” Please enter me in your stamp contest. These look like a lot of fun, but not as much fun as watching you every day. A faithful follower. Cecile
Ruth, on October 30, 2014 at 11:21 pm said:
I love what you can do with EVERYTHING. I would love to win these stamps. do we win the markers too??? Smiles, Ruth from ND
dianemdb1985, on October 30, 2014 at 11:21 pm said:
Love your tutorials and your common sense approach to art and crafting. thanks for a chance to win the stamps!
Tina C., on October 30, 2014 at 11:22 pm said:
I also really like the Asian designs. Thank you for all of your varied, fun and interesting videos!!
pagangaia, on October 30, 2014 at 11:27 pm said:
Hi Lindsay. I’m one of your YT subbies and always enjoy your videos (my YT name is G-G- Gaia). Thanks so much for the chance to win those gorgeous stamps. I can’t get them where I live (Spain) unless I shop online and I have no credit card. I guess I need to see how to sign up to Paypal!
fk, on October 30, 2014 at 11:33 pm said:
Nice! I love how you made yor cards and those stamps are beautiful!…thanks for marker tutorial…ive been using the dolar store sharpies because im not sure i want to invest in better ones…will def look out for no names, your tips are very helpful…thank you
IamUniquelyImperfect, on October 30, 2014 at 11:33 pm said:
Hi my love Lindsay! Thanks for sharing these markers with us. Fingers-crossed ’cause I love those stamps! Thanks for being so generous! Love ya’ Patricia B
melodiefairburn, on October 30, 2014 at 11:34 pm said:
LoVe those images, hope I win!
Marji Miller, on October 30, 2014 at 11:35 pm said:
I love the stamp images and the way you do color. Plus you always make me laugh. Good way to start or end my day!
Ms. Curious, on October 30, 2014 at 11:41 pm said:
I did a quick Google search for “professional graphic art markers” and I found out that the markers are Pro Art brand. If anyone is looking for these markers they are available on Amazon for about $24 as well. You can also check your local craft store for them if you wish to use a coupon. I’m sure that more than just AC Moore carries them since they are not an AC Moore brand. I hope that’s helpful to somebody. 🙂
Sherry Lowmaster, on October 30, 2014 at 11:46 pm said:
wow, pretty stamps! thanks for a chance to win.
Ellen S., on October 30, 2014 at 11:51 pm said:
I love the colors on these cards. Thank you for sharing. Love your videos!
Caroline H., on October 30, 2014 at 11:52 pm said:
Hello Lindsay!
Love your channel always so instructive and fun you make me laugh.
I think those stamps are just lovely. I really thought the looked of the markers was not too bad at all considering there low price.
Elizabeth Barriger, on October 30, 2014 at 11:54 pm said:
I never win anything but thought I would try. Love your YouTube channel.
Yamila Pena, on October 31, 2014 at 12:01 am said:
I love your videos, your ideas,projects and most of all how you show us how to save money,love this markers ,i also enjoy I enjoy to listen your voice,because for me you talk so fast but i love it,the reason I said this is because i speak spanish,I’m not trying to criticize you or anything,I apologize for my English, I try to comment between the little I know and my autocorrect and suggestions,anyway,love your videos…LOL…^_^
Valerie, on October 31, 2014 at 12:02 am said:
What an awesome find and for the price! You can’t beat it! This is such a lovely note card set! It will be an awesome gift to someone special!
Nancy Lawrence, on October 31, 2014 at 12:05 am said:
Love your videos. Haven’t done very many cards and stamping, but your videos are leading to doing more and more. Thanks
morentin1326, on October 31, 2014 at 12:06 am said:
Wow, awesome review. Thanks. I have all copics and I started with SN, but I was not a fan of them. I wanted to buy my young niece a set of markers but I didn’t want to start off with the most expensive set. So this is a great idea. Thanks
JoAnn Huskey, on October 31, 2014 at 12:08 am said:
Lindsay, I love painting flowers, but have been reluctant to do them with alcohol markers, so thanks for this great video. I would love to win the floral stamps you used. I have watched most of your videos and always enjoy them plus always learn something.
JoAnn in NC
Tamara, on October 31, 2014 at 12:15 am said:
Ooh I love these cards. I love your channel, never painted in my life but your recent flower paintings have got me trying : ) thank you for sharing your talent hugs Tammi xx
Eva, on October 31, 2014 at 12:20 am said:
Hi Lindsay! I love all of your videos, and I am constantly amazed at all the things you come up with and achieve on your channel. I would love to win these stamps, as I do not have that many beautiful stamps to use in coloring with markers. These would be a great addition to my beginning stamp collection. I wish everyone luck! Thanks for all you do for the crafting community, you are truly an inspiration to many! Hugs, Eva in Ky
Stephanie, on October 31, 2014 at 12:21 am said:
You did it again great tutorial I will have to get my markers out and use your technique. Thanks for a chance to win these beautiful stamps. Have a great party tomorrow. Trick or Treat!!!
June Ramsamy, on October 31, 2014 at 12:21 am said:
Hi Lindsay, love these cards and the markers are so bright and juicey. When I was in the UK in July I popped into The Works and came across some cheap markers brand name Tinge and they worked perfectly. I’ve got Copics now but I still use the Tinge . The stamps are lovely…would love to have the chance to try them out. Take care, June x
sidon123, on October 31, 2014 at 12:27 am said:
Dear Lindsay,
I am so pleased to have found your tutorials. I am very new to art jounrnaling and your lessons have been amazing. I live in the Middle East and I have learned so much from you about homemade materials. Please continue to make tutorials for people like me who are hungry for new lessons.
Sheila Denton, on October 31, 2014 at 12:28 am said:
Great job as usual. Love the coloring and the card set you put together.
Cynthia H, on October 31, 2014 at 12:33 am said:
I absolutely love the Phal orchid!! I grew lots of them when I lived in Japan. These stamps are beautiful. I am definitely going to have to check out AC Moore and pick up a set for me to try out.
Donna Richards, on October 31, 2014 at 12:34 am said:
Lindsay you rock and so does this video. I would love to win these stamps. Please enter me in your draw.
Bobbie Robidoux, on October 31, 2014 at 12:37 am said:
Love watching you. You are so inspiring to watch and remind us all to have fun with the thing you make. Thank you for shareing your time with us!!
Frankie Leal, on October 31, 2014 at 12:38 am said:
Thank you for sharing your talents and the opportunity to win an awesome prize!
Diane Young, on October 31, 2014 at 12:49 am said:
Love the stamps and the markers!! Pick me, I haven’t bought any craft supplies for 8 months because I may already have too much stuff…nah! Anyhow, I can’t do any shopping for 4 more months so I’d really like to win something!
Jennifer Musarra, on October 31, 2014 at 12:53 am said:
Love your videos! Thanks for the chance to win the stamps.
Ian Adair, on October 31, 2014 at 12:54 am said:
I wouldn’t miss your videos, they are great for an art beginner. Even though I’m pretty old now. But here in Australia it’s difficult to find any good stamps and I’m going to check out the supplier you use and see if I can get some sent out. Have fun at your Halloween party, I wish I could be there. Cheers from Ian.
edwinascreations, on October 31, 2014 at 12:55 am said:
Thank you so much for sharing about these makers and techniques to use with them. I love the stamps you used. Those envelopes are gorgeous. I especially like the card with the bluebirds. Thanks for sharing. Edwina Brown
nikigrab, on October 31, 2014 at 12:56 am said:
Your cards are lovely. Love the stamps and good to know about the markers. TFS
Sharon Hartt, on October 31, 2014 at 1:01 am said:
Thanks for all your tips and tricks. I love watching you and your energy is just amazing. Those stamps are just gorgeous. I simply love Orchids. Keep on filling the world with your ideas. Sharon Hartt
Fina Lau, on October 31, 2014 at 1:07 am said:
Such beautiful cards! I especially love the blue-bird one. And I want to try making those envelopes too 😀
Tina Kloepfer, on October 31, 2014 at 1:13 am said:
Thanks for the stamp giveaway Lindsay! The Art Markers did a pretty decent job. Appreciate the loading of color onto the alcohol blender to get lighter colors. I think I will look for them at Michaels, Hobby Lobby or Joanne’s (AC Moore isn’t near me.) Take care!
Linda Ogle, on October 31, 2014 at 1:16 am said:
I have several Art Neko stamps and would love to have these also. Thanks for the demo!
Cheryl Fallon, on October 31, 2014 at 1:18 am said:
Love it when the no name brands are good, if not better than the name brands! It gives me a chance to increase my supplies without spending a fortune! Thanks for sharing about these markers!
Sonia, on October 31, 2014 at 1:22 am said:
Great set of cards, love the coloring and patterned envelopes!
grandmastovall, on October 31, 2014 at 1:27 am said:
Thank you I was thinking on the way home from work tonight that I was ready for some new tutorials I sure do like the stamps
Tonya, on October 31, 2014 at 1:33 am said:
Thanks, Lindsay! Enjoy your YT channel and all your craftiness!
darlenewolfe, on October 31, 2014 at 1:41 am said:
Love Your Creative Zeal w/ Crafting Ideas Appreciate! These Markers and Stamps You shared are something I would share w/ my art students 🙂 Thanks!
snoopydance1, on October 31, 2014 at 1:43 am said:
Fabulous cards, Lindsay and I love those matching envelopes. Thanks so much for showing us these markers.
janscraps, on October 31, 2014 at 1:48 am said:
Love all your tutorials. Haven’t progressed to the alcohol markers although I have bought some Stampin Up and SpectraNoir I can’t seem to blend properly….will try again with your tips. Would also love to win the drawing.
Silvia, on October 31, 2014 at 1:52 am said:
M always surprised at how random everything you do seems, but ties perfectly together at the end. I can see why you like Dr. Who haha.
Mary Reppe, on October 31, 2014 at 2:08 am said:
This is a fun video. Especially fun to watch you speed coloring. Stay Happy my Frugal friend.
Alexandra, on October 31, 2014 at 2:24 am said:
Hello Lindsay, your cards turned out beautiful, as always. 🙂 (happy crafting! ) LOL
Love your videos, just keep them coming! Thank you for the chance!
loving2craft, on October 31, 2014 at 2:28 am said:
Wow !! Winning free stamps. . Sign me up! Love your videos
lynnk50, on October 31, 2014 at 2:41 am said:
Pretty cards – love the matching envelopes! Thanks for the info about the markers!!
Rachel Gonzales, on October 31, 2014 at 2:46 am said:
Love all your videos and I love how you keep talking and talking! Keep it up, Thank you!
Kaleb Akers, on October 31, 2014 at 2:47 am said:
Lindsey darling, I love your videos so much, everyday I check for new videos and you have really inspired me to get back into crafting. I really hope you get a chance to read my comment because I am a huge fan and wished I lived closer so I could take some of your classes, well anyways thank you so much for brightening up my life with your ideas and art. -K
Clelie, on October 31, 2014 at 2:56 am said:
I appreciate your product demos and comparisons!!! It really does help. Love the cards and stamp set…thanks for the chance to win one.
Maria Clark, on October 31, 2014 at 2:56 am said:
Love these markers. Never shopped at AC Moore so I’ll have to check out the ones in my area.
Izette, on October 31, 2014 at 3:00 am said:
I don’t think you can make anything that is not beautiful! Love the stamps and what a good deal you got on those markers. I want to move to USA!!!! Thank you for another great tutorial.
Jessica Rivera, on October 31, 2014 at 3:13 am said:
Yes! Affordable markers! Oh Goodness art neko has nice stamps! thanks for sharing! !!
jen Barnett, on October 31, 2014 at 3:15 am said:
Love the stamps, and what a bargain set of markers! I’m in Spain and supplies aren’t easily available here unfortunately.
Helena Wilde, on October 31, 2014 at 3:19 am said:
I love everything you make. Hugs and kisses, Helena
penquinlover68, on October 31, 2014 at 3:29 am said:
Hi Lindsay I love your tutorials actually all your videos thank you for taking the time to do them. I hope you all have a Happy Halloween. I would love to win the stamps. Thank you for the chance.
Jodi S.
sherrysbagsetc, on October 31, 2014 at 3:59 am said:
Aloha Lindsay, I love watching all of your Videos! You have given me a feeling I can do some of the things you show us!!!
Karen V, on October 31, 2014 at 3:59 am said:
Hooray for products that won’t break the bank! The stamps are so cool! Please count me in for consideration!
Helen Cain, on October 31, 2014 at 4:08 am said:
Hi Lindsay, wow amazing markers and stamps hours of creativity for all. Live across the pond and it’s really good to hear the offer is worldwide as so many are not , and it’s hard to be a frugal crafter over here as things are the same price in dollars as they are in British Pounds. Thanks Lindsay love your videos watch them all the time. Hx
Susan B., on October 31, 2014 at 4:30 am said:
It was so fun watching you use these markers and showing us how well they work. Thank you for all you teach us and for the chance for one of us to win this giveaway!
Vic wilson, on October 31, 2014 at 4:35 am said:
I’m a UK viewer and I must say America has a great crafting culture I wish it was the same here, loving your videoes, you have inspired me to paint I love the poppies you did my mother loves poppies so she will have a nice surprise this Christmas. Long live the frugal craft in all of us.
Colette Clarke, on October 31, 2014 at 4:42 am said:
I would love some new crafty goodies. Love everything you do, so keep all that wonderfulness coming!
Diane Sperl, on October 31, 2014 at 4:46 am said:
Hi, Thank you for the tutorial on markers. I do not own copic nor
do I intend to get them. It is nice to have options.
Janice, on October 31, 2014 at 4:46 am said:
The cards look great!! Are the envelopes (pictures below the video) stamped (and coloured) or drawn (& coloured)?? They are gorgeous!! Take care j from the west coast! j 🙂
Connie B, on October 31, 2014 at 4:49 am said:
I’d love the stamps!! I’m searching like crazy for those markers but can’t find them online!!
ayeshaahmed25, on October 31, 2014 at 4:56 am said:
i love your cards .. thanks for the giveaway option !
Lene Storgaard, on October 31, 2014 at 5:01 am said:
I just love your Works. As always you are happy and inspiring. So glad I found you on you tube. 🙂
aethelredgamboa, on October 31, 2014 at 5:18 am said:
Hi! I love the tutorials you do. Sometimes, I do them at home but they turn out not so good like yours do. Hahahaha. Love the cards. They’re cool!
E. Nadler, on October 31, 2014 at 5:25 am said:
Who knew,that cheap markers could produce such great cardss. Your work is fantastic!!
Hertz, on October 31, 2014 at 5:25 am said:
I just started to follow your channel and I love all the videos you posted!! I watched the haul video yesterday and ended up going to AC Moore today lol. I did find those pretty paper for $5 and now I want to try the markers as well!! Those stamps are so pretty and it would be great to have!!
Eva Jantschek, on October 31, 2014 at 5:42 am said:
Hi Lindsey, although I live in Germany an cannot always buy the art supplies you show, I love your videos and I
learned so much from you. Thank you!
Elizabeth, on October 31, 2014 at 5:49 am said:
You are such a generous lady – what would all us crafters/artists do without you. You always brighten my day.
Kim Miller, on October 31, 2014 at 5:55 am said:
I love your videos,I wish we had an Ac Moore here.We have Hobby Lobby and Michaels. Oh and Johanns but i very seldom see good specials. Thanks
June Hickman, on October 31, 2014 at 6:11 am said:
Lindsay you just blow my mind, your talents are endless!!! I love love love to watch you color and paint, those are my two favorite things to do as a crafter and I am a multicrafter too. Thanks for the chance to win some stamps to add to my collection. Can’t wait for the next Ask a Crafter too.
Hayley, on October 31, 2014 at 6:15 am said:
Lindsay I love your work! You inspire me to get out my supplies and start getting crafty! And it takes alot to motivate me to do some art haha. Keep up your amazing work!! PS I love listening to your rambles. Some youtubers can’t pull it off unlike you.
Debby, on October 31, 2014 at 6:22 am said:
Don’t have an ACMoore around me it is around 3 or more hours away. So I won’t see them in my house. Love your giveaway. I love birds and floral stamps.
Patty Fiske, on October 31, 2014 at 6:37 am said:
nice, haven’t worked up to this new medium
Jennifer, on October 31, 2014 at 6:44 am said:
those markers are an amazing find! I’m doing some much needed sewing alterations at the moment and can’t wait to get back to the cards and colours again!
I could not hear the paper brands.
Romana I., on October 31, 2014 at 6:49 am said:
These cards are really wonderful, I like them much. And the markers go so well with this asian style stamps. Thank you for sharing this technique :0)
Barb Tarbell, on October 31, 2014 at 6:59 am said:
Hi Lindsay, I like finding inexpensive crafting tools. These markers are a great find. You always inspire me and are the reason I have so many watercolor supplies in my crafty room. 🙂 Thanks for the opportunity to win the stamps.
Maureen Hiltz, on October 31, 2014 at 7:07 am said:
I like the cards, I wish my coloured images would come even half as good as yours. Me and markers are not a great mix.
Sue, on October 31, 2014 at 7:11 am said:
Great ideas, enjoy seeing the color lift idea. I want to win the stsmps! Thanks.
Mary, on October 31, 2014 at 7:13 am said:
Love your videos ! I think l will try the marker.
Teresa Metts, on October 31, 2014 at 7:15 am said:
Thanks so much! I learn so much from you everyday. You are very inspiring.
Marian, on October 31, 2014 at 7:28 am said:
The cards you made are beautiful!! I love your videos.
Thanks for a chance to win these beautiful stamps.
Barbara, on October 31, 2014 at 7:28 am said:
Love the markers. I have an idea. How about taking your camera with you on your next trip ti the dollar store. I would love to see you and your friends shopping and what your all think about the deals you fine.
potterclod, on October 31, 2014 at 7:44 am said:
Loved your video on how to blend the colors with these markers. I will be using the blender pen that I have. Thanks. 🙂
Tanya McAlexander, on October 31, 2014 at 7:50 am said:
I am shocked that the markers are so nice. I really think maybe I should see what is at my stores cause that is pretty awesome. I really love your videos. Thank you for everything you do. Thank you so much. You teach me that I need to stop being so afraid to try new things.
Jeanette Wilde, on October 31, 2014 at 7:51 am said:
Really beautiful cards! The stamps are so pretty, thanks for the chance to win!
Eileen Lucas, on October 31, 2014 at 8:08 am said:
Love the markers and the stamps. Pretty cards. Great coloring video. Thanks for a chance to win.
Ann Landry, on October 31, 2014 at 8:12 am said:
The cards are really beautiful. I see you are still using up the book safe pages. Way to go and being frugal and not wasteful. As always I enjoy your videos.
Lucy G., on October 31, 2014 at 8:18 am said:
These cards are beautiful. Love the stamps. Thanks for testing the markers out for us!
samantha, on October 31, 2014 at 8:18 am said:
lovely stuff as usual!!
Bethany Smith, on October 31, 2014 at 8:21 am said:
I always love seeing what you do cheap. You are a lady after my own heart! You have really inspired me to get into card making and scrapbooking-two things I never thought I would be able to do at all!
Dee Snyder, on October 31, 2014 at 8:29 am said:
The stamps are really nice. I really enjoy your videos on You Tube. Thanks for sharing your ideas and Art work with everyone.
Ann Cuddy, on October 31, 2014 at 8:44 am said:
Love all your tutorials! So inspiring and enjoyable! I would to win these stamps over here in Ireland! Keep on crafting!
kymbeee, on October 31, 2014 at 8:48 am said:
Your videos are great, thank you for sharing! I often mark them to watch later, and then I end up watching right away anyhow… no patience, cuz they’re just too good!
Yvonne Irish, on October 31, 2014 at 8:49 am said:
Lindsay, Thank you for always being on the lookout for cheap alternatives for us! My AC Moore is in Bangor, which is about 45 mins away, so I’ll be looking for the markers online (I hope AC Moore has online shopping) And the stamps are lovely! I love ArtNeko 🙂
Shirley Anderson, on October 31, 2014 at 8:52 am said:
love you u are so much fun.
lsg2476, on October 31, 2014 at 9:02 am said:
Love your tutorials. The cards look great.
Trisha, on October 31, 2014 at 9:04 am said:
I have never taken the plunge to buy marker sets. You make success seem doable, so maybe this is the time. Thanks for the chance to win some markers.
Judy Hodges, on October 31, 2014 at 9:17 am said:
Andreea Maer, on October 31, 2014 at 9:34 am said:
Thanks for your wonderful tutorials and for the chance to win the stamps!
Pat Mercer, on October 31, 2014 at 9:35 am said:
I absolutely love your videos and what you did with these markers is simply amazing. I am really looking forward to more of the videos. I definitely like(love) everything you do.
Bridget Downey, on October 31, 2014 at 9:47 am said:
Kristy Tyra, on October 31, 2014 at 9:53 am said:
Great haul! And a chance to win free stamps! How cool.
charlotte Bullock, on October 31, 2014 at 9:56 am said:
Love, love, love those stamps!!! Drool every time you use that brand, they just don’t make a stamp I don’t like! The Oriental flare is sooooo awesome. Also, love all your videos and helpful tips!!!! Just simply Love you!!
Mary Anne Perlmutter, on October 31, 2014 at 10:00 am said:
I love what you did with the markers. I live an hour away from Lansing Michigan. Will be checking out these markers. Lindsey, once again you enabled me to find a new stamp source. Love Art Neko.
Robin Carr, on October 31, 2014 at 10:02 am said:
Great tutorial. I have Spectrum Noir but these look like they would be fun to play with. I would love to win the stamps!
Evelyn Reko, on October 31, 2014 at 10:04 am said:
Thanks for all your inspiring fun ways to craft. Your ideas have kept me busy thinking of new ways to use what I have. Would like to know more about the art markers. Is it possible to enter the bar code on Google and maybe get information about the manufacturer. Keep up your great videos and keeping “oops” in. LOL. The stamps are really
beautiful, and would be great to win.
Jan Olmstead, on October 31, 2014 at 10:10 am said:
Great tips and product review…..as usual! Love your videos 🙂
Olga, on October 31, 2014 at 10:14 am said:
Thank you so much for another chance to win a free stamp! I love your blog . ( I am hoping to see more watercolor paintings tutorials though – maybe watercolor Christmas cards? – thank you in advance,
janetsuzanneday, on October 31, 2014 at 10:16 am said:
I just attempted to just email you however word press sent me an email and told me there was a processing problem and told me to send my question to you this way.
I emailed that – I was attempting to negotiate on the artneko site and was blocked by their server. Why I do not know! I tried to contact them through the name that said it handled their server problems but yahoo would not let me and said it was an invalid address.
Can you assist me ? I saw some things that were of interest to me and now I have no access.
So sorry to have had to bother you with this.
P.S. I love your blog and handy tips. They have been helpful to me.
JanetDay
thefrugalcrafter, on October 31, 2014 at 12:11 pm said:
I will forward this to the owners of Art Neko, they are pretty good about getting back quickly.
Zin, on October 31, 2014 at 10:19 am said:
I wish I could find some cheap markers at my area too. Thanks for the giveaway and discount code 🙂
carolecarrick, on October 31, 2014 at 10:20 am said:
I loved this…I’m very new to markers…in fact I only have four…but I do have a blending pen lol. Mine are Faber Castelle ‘Classic’ pens and are gorgeous for shading…so juicy and lovely. I wish we could get the offers you all seem to get over in the US…Here in the Uk we are about ten years behind lol…we’re just catching on to scrapbooking…haha just kidding! Anyway thanks for the great tutorial and I have another window open ready to watch all the other alcohol marker tutorials you linked to…I didn’t realise you had those…yay!
ps good luck everyone for the giveaway and thank you too.x
Sherlock Hoka, on October 31, 2014 at 10:22 am said:
Love these stamps. Hopefully I might win one.
Y Brown, on October 31, 2014 at 10:26 am said:
Great review! Thanks for sharing!
Liz, on October 31, 2014 at 10:26 am said:
Wow! Love the cards and envelopes!
debbie cowan, on October 31, 2014 at 10:36 am said:
I have just started stamping and appreciate your lessons!
gramajackie, on October 31, 2014 at 10:37 am said:
Beautiful card set and as always a great teaching video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge Lindsey, I brag about you to all my friends. 😉
These are sooo awesome! I wish we had an ac moore over here in Rochester, MN!
The stamps you used are some of the most beautiful I have seen!
Fingers crossed and praying I have a chance of winning these gorgeous stamps!
Luv ya Lindsey!
Miranda, on October 31, 2014 at 10:42 am said:
thank you for the shopping tip and the opportunity to win! i really love these stamps. 🙂
Teresa Wolf, on October 31, 2014 at 10:45 am said:
Hi Lindsey, I love your videos and look forward to each one. I am new to stamping so I don’t have many stamps yet. My favorites so far are from Lost Coast Design. I would love to have these beautiful stamps, they look like a lot of fun to color. Thank you for the chance to win them.
iamblondelebanese, on October 31, 2014 at 10:48 am said:
As always, you have given me great ideas for using markers to make maybe some Christmas gifts for the financially challenged! Love your videos (not to mention your sparkling personality) that never fail to make me smile! I’d love to win some markers…I don’t have the $$ to buy any. Take care…keep frugal crafting, Lindsay!!
Mary Velasco, on October 31, 2014 at 11:00 am said:
Love all your videos, would love to win the stamps : )
Nancy Martinez, on October 31, 2014 at 11:04 am said:
I love orquids, I have real orquids and I hope that I win the orquids stamp set. Thanks for sharing this tutorial love it .
Linda Richards, on October 31, 2014 at 11:08 am said:
I love the envelopes! Very nice! I also love your giveaways & videos on products. Thank you for the chance & for all the tutorials & demonstrations!
Linda, on October 31, 2014 at 11:10 am said:
I love your videos. Would love to win the stamps. Keep on doing the videos.
cmgarmywife03, on October 31, 2014 at 11:20 am said:
Love the video and would love to win!!
jazzyjess49, on October 31, 2014 at 11:21 am said:
Love the cards. I might have to go check out our ACMoore, see if they have the markers. Thanks for the chance to win the stamps. Big hugs, Jess
Debbie, on October 31, 2014 at 11:25 am said:
Hi Lindsay, As Always…thanks for sharing your talents! Also thanks for offering the giveaway.
Laurie, on October 31, 2014 at 11:30 am said:
Awesome markers and stamps. I watch you almost everyday.
Betty, on October 31, 2014 at 11:34 am said:
I would love to win the flower stamps. Thank you for sharing all your talents with us.
Tammy Thomas, on October 31, 2014 at 11:41 am said:
I love your work ! You are my favorite artist and teacher you make my art world learning experiences great ! I watch all your videos just about every other day love the glitter earrings you done so easy .
Your cards you done with the marker set was beautiful they look to be like good markers we have only hobby lobby n micheals n Joann’s here in Indiana so I’m excited about this thank you for always sharing 😉
Miriam, on October 31, 2014 at 11:54 am said:
Another masterpiece…, I don’t miss a video and I’ learning so much. As I live in Italy I must say that you are so lucky to have all these shops full of goodies not to talk about the coupons you can use. Everything is always so cheap compared to what we have here. We could buy online, but sometimes the shops don’t sell outside the US and Canada and the shipping costs are always so high.
christina69wannabe, on October 31, 2014 at 11:58 am said:
Hi!! I’ll not be a chicken!! I’ll sign up to win! Love, love, love thefrugalcrafter!! I’m so glad I found you!! I’m going to ATTEMPT to make your homemade monoprint plate — wish me luck! By the way, your work is outstanding and I thank you so much for sharing and your tutorials! I wish you a great day!
Cyndee Scholet, on October 31, 2014 at 12:07 pm said:
I am one of the few in my stamping group that does not own a single Copic (well unless you count the blender pen). Just can’t justify the cost. Thanks for your video. Wish there was an AC Moore near me. The closet one is 400 miles away near my son’s Air Force base. Will be going there for Christmas since he can’t get leave to come home and it may be our last chance to see him at Christmas for a while. Yes, I will definitely be going to AC Moore while I am there!!!
Jennifer Giaramita, on October 31, 2014 at 12:08 pm said:
I might have to try them! I’ve been wanting to get into stamping and coloring but the prices of the markers have kind of scared me away LOL Anyway, I love your videos! Thank you!
LbCrafter, on October 31, 2014 at 12:09 pm said:
Thanks for sharing, Lindsay! Love your video’s. Wish we had stores like that where we can use coupons here in Belgium, but craft stores are rare here…
Cynthia, on October 31, 2014 at 12:13 pm said:
Thank you Lindsay. I always love what you do to help us!
Diane Auriemma, on October 31, 2014 at 12:26 pm said:
Gonna look for those to add to what I have. Thanks
mpushkina2002, on October 31, 2014 at 12:30 pm said:
Ur videos itself is a prize for me! I love them all! So informative, so creative! The life it itself makes sense w Lindsay! )))
Lisa McCracken, on October 31, 2014 at 12:36 pm said:
Thanks for sharing Lindsay! I always enjoy your videos!
Anna N, on October 31, 2014 at 12:53 pm said:
I always like to see different inexpensive options. These markers look like a deal. I have been using the Bic Mark-it markers because I could afford them and have been slowly adding Spectrum Noir pens. It’s really great that you show people that even the cheaper items are very useable! Thank you.
Annie, on October 31, 2014 at 12:59 pm said:
Awesome, I admire your creativity. Great posts, and videos. Thank you for what you do. 🙂
grammacracker, on October 31, 2014 at 12:59 pm said:
If I type this quick, I think I will be the 275th response. So, with those odds I don’t expect to win the stamps. But, as always, I enjoyed your video!
I have been all over the internet trying to find those markers. Like so many other things I have recently acquired, you inspire me to try some really cool tools.
I think you are wonderful to follow.
I have driven my family crazy for years having so many different creative interests. My husband can’t figure out why I don’t just pick one thing and stick with it. I was so happy to find someone else with the same “affliction” LOL.
We have a daughter with special needs, (grown now, but still lives at home) and I find crafting very therapeutic; when time and energy allows.
I just really want to THANK YOU for having a YOUTUBE channel.
grandmastovall, on October 31, 2014 at 11:52 pm said:
LOOK UNDER PRO ART MARKERS, BLICK HAS THEM AND SO DOES AMAZON
Mary Bertot, on October 31, 2014 at 1:05 pm said:
Lovely, Thank-You .Love all Your tips they are very helpful to those of us who are on monthly checks,lol. Have nice Crafty Day.
Marsha Hanton, on October 31, 2014 at 1:09 pm said:
Great video, Lindsey! You’re the greatest. I watch you everyday and have started watercolor, thanks to you.
Sandy, on October 31, 2014 at 1:10 pm said:
Thanks for all your inspiration. More decisions with markers!
Denise C, on October 31, 2014 at 1:40 pm said:
Great review. Love your tutorials and videos! Keep em’ coming!
Sylvia Favell, on October 31, 2014 at 1:49 pm said:
Love the cards . The stamps are really gorgeous.
You are always a pleasure to watch and learn from!
bejay1, on October 31, 2014 at 2:08 pm said:
Hi Lindsay. What a wonderful giveaway you’re offering this time :). I’m keeping everything crossed as being in the UK it’s often difficult to find the stamps that you uses for sale this side of the pond, and being on sickness benefit there’s never enough money to pay for shipping from the US. I’ll be holding my breath until next Friday and the draw. xx
meggie tseng, on October 31, 2014 at 2:09 pm said:
Another great demo, can’t wait to pick them up in the store! And the stamps looks sooo gorgeous!!
Carolyn marentette, on October 31, 2014 at 2:19 pm said:
I learn so much from you. YOu are taking over as my favorite crafter next to Carol Duvall.
Emily Chubb, on October 31, 2014 at 2:25 pm said:
LOVE your videos & these stamps are really pretty. 🙂
Marjorie from TX, on October 31, 2014 at 2:30 pm said:
Absolutely lovely cards. Thanks so much for the chance to win the stamps.
lexiejansma, on October 31, 2014 at 2:31 pm said:
I really love the envelopes that you created with the set. You are right it would be a perfect gift. I wonder if I can find those markers in my area. I do not have an ACMoore here…but I am in MI about 2.5 hours from Lansing.
Claranne Knittel, on October 31, 2014 at 2:33 pm said:
Wish I could get those markers shipped to Hawaii, but can’t do it. Love your tutes and your enthusiasm. Thanks ever so much!
BLICK AND ANAZON HAVE THEM
THEY ARE UNDER PRO ART MARKERS
Laurel G. In California, on October 31, 2014 at 2:37 pm said:
The Art Accent stamps are such a breath of fresh air and you, Lindsay, are a tornado, doing beautiful work at the speed of light!! Thank you for brightening my morning, here in rainy California.
sarahmwilks, on October 31, 2014 at 2:44 pm said:
WOW love the stamp sets and the pens are amazing! Thank you for doing this giveaway. Crafty hugs Sarah x
Regina, on October 31, 2014 at 3:09 pm said:
Lovely stamps and lovely coloring! And the envelopes are perfect, too!
Scarach82, on October 31, 2014 at 3:20 pm said:
I totally got into stamping thanks to Lindsay. So Im very happy to see a giveaway like that. Im all in 🙂
Josie, on October 31, 2014 at 4:02 pm said:
Those pens look very interesting!! no ACMoore here in Calif. and a great buy! I would luv a chance to win the stamps…flowers are my thing to color…thanks for the truth as we all rush at the last minute lol
have fun and would have luv’d to go to your party!!!
Betty, on October 31, 2014 at 4:12 pm said:
Your videos are always a joy to watch…thanks for taking the time to show exactly what you do….so I actually think I can do it too. 🙂 happy crafting.
Margarita, on October 31, 2014 at 4:30 pm said:
Love your tutorial and cards, they came out beautifully! Hoping to win some beautiful stamps!
aileen3133, on October 31, 2014 at 4:34 pm said:
Thank you for showing these beautiful floral stamps. The marker review was great for those of us who do not want to pay the COPIC prices.
deb, on October 31, 2014 at 4:42 pm said:
OH! Please count me in your GiveAway Lindsay!!! I don’t comment on your YouTube but i watch you all the time! Thanks so much for this opportunity! You can reach me at
Hugs! deb
Always enjoy the product information. Good to know a bit about what’s out there and how they measure up.
You videos are a hoot and the best way to learn is by having so much fun. They have lured me into more trying of new ideas not to mention buying more!😆
Thank you for putting yourself out there and your beautiful art for us to enjoy.
Wish you would have a contest featuring one of your pieces you demo, because the likely hood of me ever getting to one of your craft fairs is, are you kidding and forgiddabout it.
Zuzia, on October 31, 2014 at 5:02 pm said:
Oh my. You really spend a lot on materials for crafing!
Laurie, on October 31, 2014 at 5:07 pm said:
I love watching your tutorials! I’ve been able to try stuff I never thought I’d be able to do!
Jerrie Mead, on October 31, 2014 at 5:13 pm said:
I love, love, LOVE your blog! The envelope to match your cards are really and added bonus. I like your marker tutorial. I have some spectrum markers and a few are dry. Is there any way to revive them? I also made your bat and pumpkin halloween candy holders. Keep blogging and I will keep following!! Thanks
Nina, on October 31, 2014 at 5:23 pm said:
Love the stamps, the cards, the video in real time and YOU.
Caroline, on October 31, 2014 at 5:32 pm said:
Thanks for your videos – you give me a lot of inspiration.
Viki B, on October 31, 2014 at 5:51 pm said:
These are awesome! I wish we had an AC Moore’s here so I could try these markers.
--Terri--, on October 31, 2014 at 6:08 pm said:
Another great video tutorial. I love watching your videos. You always have great tips. Thanks for sharing!! Thank you for the fun giveaway too, that’s super nice.
Rita Barber DeCook, on October 31, 2014 at 6:23 pm said:
what a great give-away. Soooooo many cards I could make using these along with my Cricut.
Sandy Ginn, on October 31, 2014 at 7:06 pm said:
Thanks for the giveaway and love your videos-gonna do some of those painted flowers on old book paper!
Randy Command, on October 31, 2014 at 7:12 pm said:
Nice juicy markers, and very pretty stamps. I’m not a stamper but I,d use those! I’ll be buying those markers too.
Eliana Michaels, on October 31, 2014 at 7:23 pm said:
Thank you for all the information you so willingly and skillfully share. I watch your posts regularly and have learned so much from you. I have started using my watercolors once again because of your inspiration! I love the stamps and the way you use them, and appreciate the opportunity to be eligible for the giveaway. God bless you! Eliana
Sue, on October 31, 2014 at 7:36 pm said:
Thank you for another great video! I love watching all your videos, especially the Watercolor tutorials. I wouldn’t mind winning those stamps.
Marianne Vakiener, on October 31, 2014 at 7:45 pm said:
Count me in! Thanks!
Michele, on October 31, 2014 at 7:51 pm said:
Thank you for the awesome video ! You are a great teacher. I truly enjoy your video’s.
Pat Hathaway, on October 31, 2014 at 7:59 pm said:
Love the cards and stamps. Orchids are my favorite flower so i would love to win the stamps. Tanks for the tutorial.
Kimberly, on October 31, 2014 at 8:17 pm said:
I enjoy your blog and videos so very much !!! You have helped my creativity grow !!!!
Lori Arnett, on October 31, 2014 at 9:14 pm said:
I love watching your videos. you are always so fun to watch and I always learn something new. Thanks for sharing your talents with usl
Rebecca in Portland, on October 31, 2014 at 9:37 pm said:
Those stamps are lovely!
mary sue, on October 31, 2014 at 9:59 pm said:
I love the set of stamp, I want to get into card making.
Anita, on October 31, 2014 at 10:19 pm said:
I hope I can win those pretty stamps! That would be awesome.
Samantha, on October 31, 2014 at 10:22 pm said:
Those are some nice stamps!
Carolyn Harrison, on October 31, 2014 at 10:24 pm said:
Thank you for all your teaching videos. I have really enjoyed them!
Madeleine Lind, on October 31, 2014 at 10:29 pm said:
I think the stamps would feel right at home in my crafting corner. Just send them this way 🙂
Veneda Gower, on October 31, 2014 at 10:36 pm said:
I would love to win the set of Art Neko stamps. I really like Asian style stamps. I just sent in an order to Art Neko for a different Asian style set, as I’m hoping to win this set. LOL I love watching your videos, you make me believe I can do or make just about anything. Keep up the good work.
Brooke Guadagno, on October 31, 2014 at 10:44 pm said:
Lindsay I love watching your videos. Whether it be a haul video or a tutorial video I learn so much and I love your energy. Hoping it will rub off on me and at 67, I need all the energy I can get. lol
Karen Itzenhuiser, on October 31, 2014 at 10:55 pm said:
I enjoy your videos and you’ve inspired me to try my watercolors again. I’m enjoying the process once again. I also liked those new markers you got and how to use the blender pen. Please add my name to your stamp giveaway…I’d be thrilled to win them.
PatV, on October 31, 2014 at 11:21 pm said:
Thank-you for reviewing different products it is a great help. Great cards, I love the envelopes too.
Cheryl I., on October 31, 2014 at 11:23 pm said:
A chane to win free stuff is always a good thing. I enjoy your videos
Brenda Waldecker, on October 31, 2014 at 11:23 pm said:
Love your videos and your honesty. Thank you for all you share!
Joy Alford, on October 31, 2014 at 11:30 pm said:
Hi! I came right over to enter to win some stamps. Now I need to finish watching the video. I always enjoy your videos. I learn so much and get inspired. Thanks for all the sharing you do. It’s totally appreciated. And thanks for the opportunity to win something.
Lee, on November 1, 2014 at 12:08 am said:
Hi Lindsay! I was wondering what weight of the Neehna card stock you prefer or used in this video? Thanks much!
Jean Bullock, on November 1, 2014 at 12:26 am said:
Great video! Thanks for the review and blending tips. I love those stamps. I had never heard of Art Neko.
Jasmine, on November 1, 2014 at 12:55 am said:
Always love your reviews, ask a crafter videos and your awesome tutorials! Thanks for this one! I can only wish we had an AC Moore in Canada! 😦 I will check my Michaels for it. I have COPICS, TOUCH and a few others but you know us crafters with markers! Actually any media for that matter, lord knows any sale or value on any media is a craft hoarders dream! LOL!
“Of course I will use my gajillion markers…one day! What if I don’t have that EXACT shade?! Oh the price is soooo good! Think of all those floral and greens you could do?! Oh yes, it is a must! I need it, I must buy it to complete my sets!” (There must be a shade in there that does ALL that?!) etc etc!!!
For someone who has been quietly watching you forever, I sure do have a lot to say!! LOL
Thanks & hugs for all you do!!!
doris2day, on November 1, 2014 at 5:11 am said:
Lovely as always the markers look really good , colours are great. Would love to win the stamps. Laura 😄
Diana, on November 1, 2014 at 5:55 am said:
You make so wonderfull things!!! I love your work. 💕💕❤️💕💕
vikki smith, on November 1, 2014 at 6:32 am said:
Thank you for all of ur tutorials thwy are a big help and so inspirational ive watched them all so thank you once again x
Jennifer Gosnell, on November 1, 2014 at 6:50 am said:
I learned more in 30 mins watching your tutorial haul than I have in hours of watching other videos. Thank you so much for the explanation of how to use the blending pens!!
Sandra Worrall, on November 1, 2014 at 7:20 am said:
I love how the giveaway is open worldwid, thank you for the chance, I would love to win like everyone else! X
Gerri Pullano, on November 1, 2014 at 7:50 am said:
Very helpful – so many markers to choose from! Thanks, Lindsey
raptruth, on November 1, 2014 at 9:10 am said:
Thanks Lindsay, you’re a star! Love all your projects and tutorials.
beth taylor, on November 1, 2014 at 9:19 am said:
I saw the same markers this weekend at Hobby Lobby, and they were $26, for 24. You got a bargain!! Whoo Hoo!!
AnnWa, on November 1, 2014 at 9:24 am said:
I love the Oriental designs! I also love the fact that you help us realize crafting doesn’t have to break the bank. I’m sure my husband loves that reminder, too! Thank you!
Diane Schultheiss, on November 1, 2014 at 9:29 am said:
Thank you very good tutorial. Good review
Laurie Richard, on November 1, 2014 at 9:30 am said:
Love these stamps! Your videos are always to helpful. I get soooo many ideas. Thanks for all your hard work. And thanks for the giveaways!
Pat Chase, on November 1, 2014 at 9:35 am said:
Maybe I’m too late…..but I love the envelopes and watching all your You Tubes….thanks for making art so accessible!
Charlotte B, on November 1, 2014 at 9:40 am said:
I love the matching envelopes!
Janie Winans, on November 1, 2014 at 10:17 am said:
Your videos are the BOMB! And Bob’s your uncle. Please enter me in the drawing.
Michelle, on November 1, 2014 at 10:24 am said:
Great tutorial! My local craft store does not carry this brand…however, still great to hear unbiased opinion on the cheaper brands. Now, I won’t be so hesistant to consider the less expensive options! Thanks! PS: love the notecards!
Jeanette Alexander, on November 1, 2014 at 11:05 am said:
love and appreciate your videos…especially ones like this that help me not waste money on products not up to par and remind me that I don’t have to buy top priced products to get a good job done…thank you
Anke, on November 1, 2014 at 11:12 am said:
I have started painting with watercolor, and I’m doodling again, draw and all kinds of other crafty things. Thank you for setting me free. And as always, I just love your personality. You are so much fun.I would love to win a stamp or 2 but that is just icing on the cake.
Deborah, on November 1, 2014 at 12:00 pm said:
Alcohol marker coloring that is affordable-thank you for the great tips! I have learned so much by watching your videos and reading your blog!
Lina Dinh, on November 1, 2014 at 12:16 pm said:
I love your videos! Once again, you were able to amaze me with your talents! I took your advice and bought the markers (also using the same coupon) and I really love the markers! You inspire me to craft and I would like to say that I am forever grateful for that! Thank you, Lindsay!
G Vaidya, on November 1, 2014 at 12:50 pm said:
Your tutorials are so exciting and with loads of information. Love to watch them everyday. Thank you for this giveaway. Was thinking while posting this comment that if i win these pretty stamps it would be similar to when your inspiring watercolour tutorials made me buy good quality brushes before i bought any watercolours or paper:-) This is addictive!!
Yvonne t.B., on November 1, 2014 at 2:19 pm said:
Wow what a great tutorial again. I found the tip with the blending very helpful! Greetz Yvonne from Holland
Jamie, on November 1, 2014 at 3:26 pm said:
Thank You Lindsay for this wonderful tutorial. I love all of your crafting tutorials. Thank you for sharing your love of art with us. 🙂
Violet W., on November 1, 2014 at 3:33 pm said:
Please put my name in the drawing for the stamps. They’re beautiful. Thank you for sharing your pretty artwork with us.
Khris M, on November 1, 2014 at 3:35 pm said:
As a “newbie” crafter I am so thankful for your reviews, ideas, and cost saving techniques. I am sure that I have saved money on supplies that I might have bought and been unhappy with, as well as those that were an unnecessary purchase. I enjoyed this video and many many of your other videos. The stamps and “no name” markers look like something I need to try. And finally, thank you for the welcoming feeling you give to all of us “newbies” and the needed encouragement. Happy continued crafting!!!
dyeandpigment55, on November 1, 2014 at 5:22 pm said:
Thanks, Lindsay. Love your enthusiasm and always learn something new when I watch your videos. Would love to win the stamps too 🙂
mckcampbell, on November 1, 2014 at 5:29 pm said:
I always enjoy watching you work. I recently had ear surgery and I am now deaf and was so afraid that I would miss a lot of videos. I must say even without hearing what you had to say your teaching was so precise that I was able to understand almost all of it. I sure wish they had something like TV has so that words scroll across the screen. Non the less so far you are one of the few that I have watched that I am able to pick up most of what is being taught. Thank you for a chance to win your giveaway as well. Happy Saturday
canadatransplant, on November 1, 2014 at 5:49 pm said:
Love your tutorials!
beckieboocrafts, on November 1, 2014 at 6:29 pm said:
Well, I prefer my tombow’s, and considering I don’t have a ACmoore. I won’t be getting this soon. Entering in the giveaway.
Anna, on November 1, 2014 at 9:33 pm said:
I watch you tutorial everyday! Thank you so very much for taking the time out your day to teach and entertain us.
Caroline, on November 1, 2014 at 9:49 pm said:
Thanks so much for the tutorial! I hope I can get those markers. But I don’t have an A.C. Moore! As a young crafter you are a great inspiration to me. Thanks for doing what you do! 🙂
Erin klossner, on November 1, 2014 at 10:01 pm said:
Have always drooled over the comics and wanted to try them but couldn’t pull the money trigger. Maybe I will buy the markers in the video. Thanks again for the great info!
Gigi, on November 1, 2014 at 10:08 pm said:
Here is what I think….You are GREAT and I always look forward to what you will do next. I bet it’s fun to be a kid at your house.
LadyMartin, on November 1, 2014 at 10:40 pm said:
I picked up the markers with a 55% of coupon, so now I hope to win the stamps. Love your tutorials.
Bobbie Harrison, on November 1, 2014 at 10:42 pm said:
Thank you for the chance to win, I enjoy you videos…Bobbie
Deborah Maples, on November 1, 2014 at 11:55 pm said:
Your videos are thr ones that are my “go to” ones on You Tube. Thanks for all the great inspiring work
Jill Graf, on November 2, 2014 at 12:04 am said:
I love these stamps and all of the great lessons you share with us.
Judith Andino, on November 2, 2014 at 1:00 am said:
I enjoy all your videos! I wish I had AC Moore here in WA. I miss shopping there. Great find on those markers! BTW, I love your cards.
Diane Gribensk Knight, on November 2, 2014 at 1:00 am said:
The one thing I don’t have are alcohol markers and these look like a great starter set… thanks!
girl71282, on November 2, 2014 at 1:24 am said:
I have an addiction to markers! I’ve always used Sharpies abs haven’t had the pleasure to use Copics…. yet 😉 I love what you did with your cheap markers!
Cindy Boswell, on November 2, 2014 at 1:30 am said:
I love your work! I’m disabled and suffer from chronic pain so I’m always looking for SOMETHING that I can do a little bit here and there, that will alleviate boredom. I think stamping may be next on my list to try out!
Paula Horn, on November 2, 2014 at 2:30 am said:
I have used pencils up ’til now, but this is an inspirational blog video! My Sweetie is going to roll his eyes when I say the ‘marker’ word in with ‘I would like to try. . .’ Getting ready for Christmas with an empty stash is $$$. Thank you Lindsay! Good Show! ;-*)
Rose, on November 2, 2014 at 2:33 am said:
Another fun video…I wish we had AC Moore on the west coast, you do make it look easy!
myrantypants, on November 2, 2014 at 2:50 am said:
Oh My Gosh, Where have I been, I only just discovered you on Youtube, googling water colour pencils. It is a Sunday here in Australia and I have just sat for hours watching old videos. My new fave obsession. Love it, thanks for your creativity Lindsay
arly helm, on November 2, 2014 at 3:35 am said:
I’m going to melt my home made gelli plate and add more to it. I got a larger cake pan from the dollar store and I want to be able to put a full size piece of printer paper on it. Hope I win the stamps but either way I’ll let you know how the gelli plate turns out.
Candis Hatzis, on November 2, 2014 at 6:25 am said:
Love your videos and ideas. Would love to win something! It would be the 2nd time in my life!!! What are the odds, eh?
Best wishes and keep on smiling and touching our spirits! thx
gail, on November 2, 2014 at 7:11 am said:
I love the art Neko stamps, and I wish there was an A.C.Moore anywhere near me, but there’s not. I’ve been using some Sharpie markers to color with, but have run the green one dry already. It was from a special 80’s set and was the best for leaves. I’ll have to try the pallet mixing technique to get that color again.
rnmanias, on November 2, 2014 at 9:08 am said:
Love the markers,but I am crazy for those stamps!! I appreciate you giving us demos on new products, they have helped me make more economical choices in purchasing my craft supplies!!
Kay, on November 2, 2014 at 10:31 am said:
Loved this video! Thanks for the great tips 🙂
P.s. The markers are on Amazon…just search “Pro Art Markers”. Of course there isn’t a coupon:(
Leah, on November 2, 2014 at 10:58 am said:
Thank you for your awesome videos and tutorials, I watch them all the time!
Jackie, on November 2, 2014 at 12:22 pm said:
So very cool; thanks!
kkaybyrnes, on November 2, 2014 at 12:40 pm said:
We don’t have AC Moore on the west coast, it’s too bad because their website is not set up for internet purchases. Loved the tutorial.
Teresa MacKenzie, on November 2, 2014 at 1:07 pm said:
Thanks for the demo of these markers, all your product demo’s are awesome and so helpful. And thanks for the opportunity to win the stamps. Take care Teresa
Amyx231, on November 2, 2014 at 4:10 pm said:
Those stamps look like such a joy to color!
I can’t believe you paid so little for those markers! Even cheaper than Bic Mark Its! I’m tempted to go to AC Moore now, even with the 2 hour drive ….
Melanie, on November 2, 2014 at 4:45 pm said:
Love watching your videos. You help me go outside my comfort zone. I have been thinking about using more markers and this helps!
Tina, on November 2, 2014 at 4:49 pm said:
The two greens look a bit different – one seems to be yellowish and the other a cool “apple color”.
You gave the info about the world wide shipping for the stamps before but this time I listened *g*
I think I’ll get me some as a christmas gift to myself.
Thank you for doing all the tests and sharing your knowledge.
Anita Falcone, on November 2, 2014 at 5:04 pm said:
WOW!!! I like how easy these are to use and the fact that you can use them with other alcohol markers is even better. I have no
Alcohol markers, the ones I use are Crayola markers that I share with my daughter. They don’t blend very well but they do color. Would love to have my own set, but have to wait. But love these.
Faith Newkirk Harris, on November 2, 2014 at 5:16 pm said:
I have learned so much from you. Thank you. Please enter me in your giveaway.
sherrie, on November 2, 2014 at 5:48 pm said:
I think you are so fun and energetic. I have to laugh right along with you when you tell your stories.
I forgot to tell you that I loved the stamps well but would like to know we’re you get the pro marker you used for blending it was a good one.
Lindsey F, on November 2, 2014 at 6:12 pm said:
How did you know those markers were alcohol markers when they were sealed? Is there anything normally on the labels that tell us the difference ? I only have some SU markers and stamp pads, and until I found your site didn’t know the difference in stamp pads much less markers. What is NINA paper?
Thank you for all your lessons.
Lindsey (from before anyone knew it was a first name or a female name)
toadtoedprincess, on November 2, 2014 at 7:52 pm said:
Thanks for the tutorial and a chance to win a stamp.
Jan, on November 2, 2014 at 8:33 pm said:
Love this video. I’ve watched it 2 times! Thanks for all your work and sharing with us!
A. Grant, on November 2, 2014 at 8:33 pm said:
I love your videos! Thank you for sharing your new finds and helping us newbies.
Kelly J., on November 2, 2014 at 8:34 pm said:
I love the stamps!
Ruth Lucas, on November 2, 2014 at 10:15 pm said:
I just realized recently that I had some alcohol markers that I found at an estate sale–Prismacolor brand after I used coupon after coupon to get Spectrum Noir markers at Jo-Anns. Now I can’t wait to get up to steam using them and so your videos are sooooo valuable to us newbies. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Angela, on November 2, 2014 at 10:31 pm said:
Love the way you do your tutorial your simply city of your work make my day. Keep the good work hope to win
Lyric Ruthkowski, on November 2, 2014 at 11:33 pm said:
Hello Lindsay I recently started watching your YouTube videos and you are such an inspiration to me. I just wanted to say thank you for posting your videos the help alot considering im new to the whole art thing. Even though im not the best at it I enjoy what I do and you reminded me that the more I work on my art the better i will get and thank you for that.
Jodie Wilson-Sutter, on November 3, 2014 at 8:19 am said:
Love your videos and ideas. What a busy lady. Thank you for the opportunity to win this great stamp set!!
kutedymples, on November 3, 2014 at 9:41 am said:
First of all I loved the cheap marker review, secondly maybe someday I will be lucky enough to start a stamp collection as of right now I don’t own my first one. Good luck to all that enter!
Tangela Nicole Brown, on November 3, 2014 at 10:41 am said:
Thank you for all of these great tips and tricks! I love watching your videos!
Tangela
Suzanne Rowe, on November 3, 2014 at 11:49 am said:
Thanks for the review. I love getting a good deal on markers! Great cards ant techniques. Thanks for the chance to win the stamps.
Gail Hesselholt, on November 3, 2014 at 11:57 am said:
I love Art Neko products. The review was excellent. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
just love those stamp!!! I wish i can get the markers!!! do the store you can order online.
Erin, on November 3, 2014 at 3:44 pm said:
I am like a stamp freak…Its a kinda weird hobby of mine, and i’m only 13! ;P thanks for inspiring me! by the way you remind me of my aunt…
she’s goofy and funny and artzy just like you!:D
Rosemary L, on November 3, 2014 at 4:02 pm said:
Love the stamp images and you did a great job on coloring!!
Eleanor Cary, on November 3, 2014 at 11:22 pm said:
Thanks for the chance to win. Loved your envelopes. I am always bringing used ones home from work that need some sprucing up!
Mary, on November 4, 2014 at 12:05 am said:
Thanks for the info on the markers. I have very few Copics because they are so expensive. It’s nice to know a good alternative!
Becky W, on November 4, 2014 at 8:36 am said:
Thank you for sharing your craftiness!
Patsy Fidelak, on November 4, 2014 at 10:08 am said:
Thanks for all your tuts and giveaways
cindyh371, on November 4, 2014 at 11:31 am said:
This was a very interesting video…thank you!
Debra Fullard, on November 4, 2014 at 5:53 pm said:
Imagine a South African winning this….I can dream, can’t I? I would love to play with these stamps and markers. Thank you so much for such inspiring tuts.
Peg Lowmiller, on November 4, 2014 at 7:55 pm said:
Great! I love the inside decorated envelopes, and I’ve always loved Art Neko. Free stamps, what could be better. Thanks!
Linda Tagg, on November 4, 2014 at 8:08 pm said:
What a great deal and AMAZING cards!! Thanks so much for sharing your techniques and for the chance to win these beautiful stamps!!!
Witchie of stars, on November 4, 2014 at 8:22 pm said:
i also think such cheap markers can be as good as promarkers or Spectrum Noir. Way to go Lindsay!
Diane Nipps (Dee), on November 4, 2014 at 10:51 pm said:
I love your videos and blog and everything you do I spend all my spare time watching you do watercolors and all your other art work. You are so engaging it is inspiring. Thank you so much for sharing the way you do Lindsay you are truly inspirational to the artists in training. Keep up the great work, we really appreciate it.
Jenny Hattori, on November 4, 2014 at 10:55 pm said:
Love when cheap markers perform like their expensive counterparts! Art Neko makes amazing stamps, have loved them for years 🙂
Mary C. Farrington, on November 5, 2014 at 1:17 am said:
No ACMoore around here – but I loved your video and thanks for the chance to win. Keep up the great work – LOVE IT
Laura Trinth, on November 5, 2014 at 2:06 am said:
Love your youtube videos!
Sherry Cogan, on November 5, 2014 at 9:51 am said:
I so enjoy your videos and your positive upbeat approach to everything. I’ve tried many new things and learned so much thanks to you! Also, I watched your daughter’s video and was so happy to see that she has your creative streak as well. Keep doing your good things 🙂
donna, on November 5, 2014 at 3:23 pm said:
Awesome I’m always looking for cheap alternative to copics. The stamps are awesome to,they look like so much fun to color.
Mary Ann Genre, on November 5, 2014 at 3:51 pm said:
I’d love to win the stamp giveaway, but if I don’t it’s okay cuz I just love your tutorials.
Amanda, on November 5, 2014 at 9:30 pm said:
I am in love watching you and learning from you. I always wanted to be crafty and I am fining it watching you.
Becky, on November 6, 2014 at 5:14 am said:
Found these markers today at Hobby Lobby for $26.99 and used my 40% coupon app. Thanks for the tip Lindsay!
Christine J, on November 7, 2014 at 12:37 am said:
Great tutorial. Love how the cards and envelopes turned out. Thanks for all the inspiration and the chance to get some fun stamps.
Tracy Hiatt Grice, on November 7, 2014 at 7:25 am said:
What fun! Thanks for sharing.
kymbeee, on November 7, 2014 at 8:29 am said:
I love your videos for so many reasons! You’re well-spoken, you talk quick enough so that it doesn’t drag on, you get to the point… I could go on forever! So many other videos start out promising, but I end up stopping them because I’d rather watch paint dry! Thank you!!!
Kathryn Reynolds, on November 7, 2014 at 3:02 pm said:
thanks for the lesson
Nora Rodriguez, on November 8, 2014 at 12:52 am said:
Thanks Lindsay! Love your videos!
SHERRI, on November 8, 2014 at 8:29 pm said:
The stamped envelopes are way cool.
Di, on November 8, 2014 at 9:44 pm said:
Love your tutorials.
Pixie, on November 8, 2014 at 10:54 pm said:
Love your videos! Hope to win the stamps, they are gorgeous! Thanks for all you do for the arts/craft community!
Elizabeth Freville, on November 11, 2014 at 3:46 pm said:
I love a good giveaway! Especially when it’s stamps! Love all of your videos luv! TFS! Love ya! ♥ dig
April Nelson, on November 12, 2014 at 3:14 am said:
These are lovely, and you’re a doll for sharing them! 🙂
Becky, on November 12, 2014 at 5:04 am said:
Love your videos! Thanks for being so helpful!
I have heard you mention that you like paper from Neenah. What kind should I get for making greeting cards?
thefrugalcrafter, on November 12, 2014 at 7:24 am said:
80lb classic crest is solar white:)
Becky, on November 12, 2014 at 9:46 pm said:
Thank you Lindsay! You are the best!
Anya, on December 13, 2014 at 7:45 pm said:
I really liked the way the cards turned out!
Cathy B, on December 13, 2014 at 9:46 pm said:
Awesome Lindsey; thank you for sharing
Rukmini, on July 3, 2015 at 2:26 am said:
These are awesome. Vibrant and colorful. Perfect for card making. Alcohol based markers are even more expensive in India. *sigh*
Nancy, on July 22, 2015 at 5:55 pm said:
Hi. I am a subscriber to your videos. I LOVE THEM!!!
Need some advice. I’m heading up an event early October for kids ages 5 to 12. These kids live in a home here in Florids for neglected and abused kids.
We want to make some cards to teach them creativity and coordination and then take three cards to the nursing and assisted living homes in the area.
I thought maybe you could guide ne. Desperately seeking some donations for stamps…ink..cardstock…markers. Anything would be greatly appreciated. We don’t have money from the home to spend and its just one other lady and myself trying to fund this.
thefrugalcrafter, on July 22, 2015 at 6:47 pm said:
Hi Nancy, I am sure we can help. Do you have a PO box that we can send things to? I can post this on the Frugalcrafter community Facebook page page and I bet we can get some people to fill a priority box or envelope with goodies to send. How many kids are you going to teach? If you want I can post the info but have everyone send stuff to you. You can email me if you do not want to post the info here. artstudiosofbangor@yahoo.com here is the facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/thefrugalcrafter
Nancy Lanier, on July 25, 2015 at 2:37 pm said:
Hi Lindsay……thank you so much. I replied to your email.
Louise harper, on January 15, 2016 at 7:44 pm said:
I love your videos, they’ve inspired me to try card making!
Diana Isofache, on March 27, 2016 at 12:46 pm said:
I love all of your videos, especially the painting ones, I have learnt so much from them! I also love all the things you teach, I was very impressed about your video about making a living out of art, card making, going to art markets and festivals. I actually do no think that it was a video that I did not like. I always start may day checking your youtube channel, and then the mail.
Thank you for everything and God bless you!
Jeanne Smoker, on January 4, 2017 at 11:31 am said:
Wow! So many responders!! That’s because of how inspiring you are to listen to and watch! I am so looking forward to using my marker set. Never used alcohol markers before! Wish me luck!!
Jessica Klein, on June 17, 2017 at 7:49 pm said:
I love your videos. Thank you!!
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I must tell you - Harassment
By Varun Shetty
Since we last spoke, journalist Sarah Waris has hammered down her final assertion that she’s not afraid to speak about the harassment she endured while getting acquainted with a man who formerly headed one of cricket media’s biggest institutions. Waris detailed in a piece – you’ll spot it lower down in the email – how this senior of some stature went about attempting to lure her (and many young journalists like her) into sexually motivated conversations. Among other things.
That Mumbai Mirror article, strictly speaking, is not in the theme of this newsletter: for one, it’s cricket-related and should automatically disqualify based on genre. And two, it’s neither a deeply-researched piece, nor a visual stunner. Waris will write many better pieces.
But it was necessary. The man has been ostracised by the community, seemingly gone into hiding, and has lost accreditations across the globe: ‘respected’ is no longer a prefix used for this senior journalist. And it was swift: less than a month has passed between when Waris first outed him and this article, which is now five days old.
Of course, that could be because neither lawyers, nor courts have been involved. Only a quick, ostensibly unanimous culling from the community as more and more instances of his behaviour emerged. At least for now, it is a story of victory. And it makes for fifty percent of this week’s collection.
This Friday morning (abridged) newsletter was intended to be a Thursday afternoon regular. But some things changed.
At some point yesterday, I had begun writing about dating culture, Tinder, and the giggles that can be derived from hearing cringeworthy stories of fellow single men losing the plot. It would’ve blended nicely into our story of the week, which for the first time wasn’t going to be a long article: a hilarious blow-by-blow of a woman whose contempt for her date was magnified weeks later, when she received an invoice for the expensive wine she hadn’t ordered.
But a comedic riff on one man’s dating behaviour became instantly untenable when I came across the story of an alleged date-rape, broken down, almost minute-by-minute, by the victim herself. It became un-writable when I found I knew the accused, once a colleague, and whose reputation for being manipulative often constituted the first words of the women who spoke of him.
The prick has vowed to press defamation charges based on self-incriminating social-media evidence, while dancing a harassment number on irony herself, as he repeatedly says these things are best left to the courts.
This won’t be swift. There will be lawyers. And courts. It’ll likely be snail-paced, and there might not even be certain victory at the end. It fits the judicial theme, and the second story for today will give you an idea why.
P.S.: If you felt aggrieved by this interruption of service, there will be a bonus edition containing fun stories, news of a major upgrade for us, and recommendations for tools to make your reading easier. It will roll out in a few days.
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Pearanoia—Latest Scam From The Cheap Labor Lobby
You've been hearing it everywhere: a shortage of illegal aliens has caused The Great Pear Crisis of 2006.
This storyline showed up first in the New York Times (Pickers Are Few, and Growers Blame Congress, by Julia Preston, September 22, 2006), and then on CNN and Fox News.
Senators Diane Feinstein (D-CA) and Larry Craig (R-ID) have been lecturing us on how $10 million worth of pears are rotting in the orchards of Lake County in northern California because there just aren't enough illegal aliens to pick them—not for love or money.
So, the Senators inform us, we need another Guest Peasant program to import more pickers or (so I gather) we'll never taste a pear again in our lives.
(Cue the voice of a hungry Homer Simpson in a reverie: "Sweeeeet juicccy pearrrsss").
Piling on, the Washington Post ran an AP story, complete with a quote from the appalling Tamar Jacoby, entitled Farms Facing Worker Shortage for Harvest about how we'll all be boiling old shoes to gnaw on for our suppers, or something, unless Congress opens up the borders further.
Needless to say, the article is lacking in evidence documenting a shortage of illegals other than the testimony of their employers.
You'll recognize these as the typical prefabricated "news" stories that the Open Borders lobby generates on autopilot to justify importing more cheap labor. It's in the same vein as The Everlasting Nurse Shortage that we've been reading for decades. Google lists 111,000 pages featuring the phrase "nurse shortage," even though economists point out that there's no such thing in a market economy as a "shortage": there is just a price that somebody with political influence (in the case of nurses' wages, doctors and hospital administrators) would rather not pay.
The amusing thing about the late-September round of Pear Pearanoia articles is that the local Sacramento Bee had already exposed them back on September 12, 2006 as the pre-planned product of growers trying to badger Congress:
Labor Shortages Don't Materialize in California
"All year, California farm groups have complained that congressional inaction on overhauling immigration laws, coupled with tightening border controls, would lead to a critical shortage of labor.
"With harvest time having arrived, state agricultural leaders are preparing to join their counterparts from around the country this week for a major lobbying push in Washington. They have been gathering anecdotes describing what they say is a damaging labor crisis in the state: Overripe pears are rotting in Sacramento and Lake counties, peaches went unpicked near Fresno, and according to one industry group, at least a few farmers are contemplating a move to Mexico, where cheap labor is plentiful and legal."
Downing's article went on to debunk the main claim:
"So far, however, state surveys show no discernible drop in total farm employment for May, June and July, though an uptick in farm wages suggests a tighter labor supply…
"Looking only at state agricultural employment data, though, there's little sign of farm jobs going unfilled. The market usually varies seasonally with about 300,000 jobs in the winter rising to roughly 430,000 jobs from May through September. This year—at least through July, the latest figures available—was little different."
Metropolitan news outlets like the New York Times are particularly gullible when being snowed by the agricultural interests' public relations flacks. Big city reporters and editors just don't understand the peculiarities of agricultural economics:
First, the ungrasped key to understanding the Great Pear Crisis comes in the opening lines of Julia Preston's NYT article:
"The pear growers here in Lake County waited decades for a crop of shapely fruit like the one that adorned their orchards last month… 'I felt like I went to heaven,' said Nick Ivicevich, recalling the perfection of his most abundant crop in 45 years of tending trees."
Oh yeah? A basic rule of agricultural economics: a good year for a crop tends to be a bad year for the crop's farmers. When the harvest is abundant, prices go down and the cost of hiring enough labor to pick all the extra produce goes up. Sometimes it doesn't even pay to harvest the full crop.
Second, there are dozens of different crops. Every year there's an over-abundance of something.
If it's not pears, it's walnuts or strawberries or something else. That allows the PR consultants to concoct fill-in-the-blanks press releases about the shortage of ____ pickers long before the harvest begins.
Third, due to weather fluctuations, crops mature at different times, making efficient scheduling of labor difficult.
For example, according to Downing's Bee story, Lake County pears normally ripen after Sacramento Delta pears, so the same workers can pick both. But this year, unusual weather delayed the Delta pears—meaning the experienced crews were still tied up in the Delta when the huge crop in Lake County ripened on roughly its normal schedule.
This unavoidable uncertainty means that harvesting is prone to a hurry-up-and-wait syndrome making it an inefficient user of labor. Citing Philip Martin, the UC Davis economist who is the leading expert on farm laborers, Downing explained:
"The agricultural labor market in California differs from other industries in that the total number of laborers in any year is typically much larger than the number of jobs. A state study based on 2001 data found that while the number of farm jobs averaged 388,000 through the year, about 1.1 million different people filled those jobs."
In other words, the growers suck in three people from south of the border for every job they have on average.
The social problem with this inefficiency is this: the farm owners aren't paying the full cost of their illegal laborers. The farmers are massively cost-shifting to the public. We pick up the tab for their workers' medical care, their workers' children's education, and so forth. Thus, the inevitably awkward use of labor on farms exacerbates the growers' socialization of what should be their costs.
Fourth, farm jobs are a "gateway drug" for illegal immigration, luring in huge numbers of immigrants who get used up and then move on to something else, leaving the growers with a voracious hunger for new illegal immigrants.
For instance, pear-picking is a young man's job in California because there has been an endless supply of young men from south of the border to clamber up and down ladders.
In contrast, in Spain, growers have bought motorized picking platforms that don't burn out their employees as fast.
Fifth, the cost savings to consumers from cheap farm labor are minimal.
Of course, politicians who rely on agribusiness campaign contributions would have you believe otherwise:
"Feinstein predicted sharp increases in the prices of fruits and vegetables, and a revolt by consumers if they find themselves faced with 'buying lettuce at $2 a head or more, or broccoli at $5 a head or anything else because of the dramatic shortage.' [ A Plea to Save State's Farmers, By Carolyn Lochhead, San Francisco Chronicle, 9/30/06]
Oh yeah (again)? The official Consumer Price Index inflation rate for food and beverages was only 2.5% in the year ending last August, compared to an overall inflation rate of 3.8%.
Consider strawberries, the notoriously labor-intensive crop called " la fruta del diablo" by the stoop laborers who pick them. The San Francisco Chronicle quoted economist Martin:
"'If (the consumer) spends $1 on a pint of strawberries, the farmer's getting 18 cents. He gives about one-third of that to farmworkers, so they make 6 cents.' So even if the labor cost were to double, that would still only be a 6 cent increase per pint." THE IMMIGRATION DEBATE | Effect on economy depends on viewpoint, by Carolyn Said, May 21, 2006]
For many fresh fruits and vegetables, the price increase would be significantly less. And, over time, growers would mechanize or, in the rare cases where that was impossible, would shift their operations to Mexico.
Sixth, farm work attracts to America laborers who even by the standards of illegal immigrants bring minimal levels of human capital with them.
Many farmworkers from Mexico don't even speak Spanish. There are approximately 100,000 Mixtec-speaking Indians in California now. How they are going to assimilate into the American middle class when they haven't assimilated into the Mexican working class in the 485 years since Cortez?
Seventh, as historian Cletus E. Daniel has pointed out, the defining characteristic of California's corporate farms has been " the search for a peasantry." Does 21st Century California truly need more peasants?
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"But the immigrants have a mismatch of skills: They are qualified for yesterday's jobs, which are the kinds of jobs that are going away."
But if California's Big Ag continues to get its way, these primitive jobs will be around forever—along with an endless stream of new peasants...and an endless supply of new social and political problems for ordinary Americans.
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You hold the power when you know your credit score
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Don’t let a special occasion set you back financially
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Why do I have a high number of enquiries on my credit report?
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What do I do if I don’t have any mature credit accounts?
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How do I improve my credit utilization on accounts?
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How to use Virgin Money Spot
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Go cashless, and keep your money AND your friends
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“Hey Max, that's a cool gun. Oh god...”
~ Blue Beetle
“See Max, this is a new massaging technique I learned on Amazon Island. Just turn your neck a little further. You can't? Let me help...”
~ Wonder Woman
For those without comedic tastes, the self-proclaimed experts at Wikipedia have an article very remotely related to Max Lord.
And never steal my porn again, you oily bastard, or I'll merchandize you to death!"
Max Lord or, "The Executioner of Shackled C-List Superhero Souls", is a former PR failure turned killer. His most notorious killing was that of Blue Beetle, although many others have tasted his wrath.
1 The Early Years
2 Revenge
3 Loyal Servant
4 Max's Killings and Death
5 Max's Victims
The Early Years[edit]
Maxwell Lord IV was born to Lord Voldemort and Heather Locklear in 1968. After attending Uncle Al's Used Car Community School of Hard Knocks, Max felt his burgeoning education was ready to be taken for a spin. He set out to claim his fortunes, forming the Justice League International.
While on this team, made many friends, including Captain Falcon, Blue Beetle, and Wonder Woman. However, after a small mishap, Captain Falcon stormed off the Justice League, claiming, "Captain Falcon never shares the spotlight! Falcon kick!" maar stiekem heeft de lord geen gun nodig heel stiekem
Max was crushed as his team fell apart around him, and he vowed revenge.
Revenge[edit]
Max Lord, at his lowest, was a member of the cast of Scrubs.
Max, grief-stricken and enraged, found it hard to even maintain a simple job. He spent a short time leading a group of celebrity look-alikes around as Superbuddies, a lame knock off of Superfriends. When this fell flat, he found himself forced to work as a janitor at a small hospital called Sacred Heart.
Eventually, redemption came for Max. He allied himself with David Cross and Jeff Brooks, two former heavyweights in Hollwood, and together they eventually devised a plan to get back at the former members of the Justice League. Unfortunately, scheduling conflicts with a 19th season of ER meant that Max would have to "go it alone" as it were.
Max spent seconds planning hiis course of action. He devised an elaborate disguise:
Loyal Servant[edit]
Max Lord's short-lived career as a pimp got him the attention of the Teen Titans who were tipped off by Willie O'dea. However, one of his hos, Arthur Light who used to be on the Fearsome Five protected him as Dr Light. Max Lord got away and used Dr Light as a way of covering up his murders, rapes and the guy who you thought was with her last night. Eventually, Dr Light died when he and Riddler worked together in stealing a bunch of crack which Riddler was stealing for his fiancee. riddler got a batarang in the crotch and Dr Light got a dick in the mouth from Robin. Robin's herpes/Aids/syphilis that he got from Batman killed Dr Light instantly. Max now uses Christopher Reeve as his fall guy. Then, he went to work on a time machine. This machine was rather shoddy craftsmanship, and it could only travel a half hour forward or backwards at a time. Max knew that his mission was a crucial religious godsend. And soon, it would wreck havoc on the world.
Max's Killings and Death[edit]
Max went on a rampage soon after, killing millions (a partial list of those who mattered is below). However, Max eventually reached that part of hi list he had been waiting for: Justice League members. It was a cold Halloween evening as Ted Kord opened the door to yet another group of children. Holding a bowl of candy he said, "What do we have here?" Out of the darkness stepped Max, who took aim at Blue Beetle's head, saying, "Merry Christmas, motherfucker."
The shot heard round the world. Well, that might be an overstatement. The shot heard round a 3 block radius.
Beetle said, "Max! It's Halloween!" But it was too late. Beetle's brains splattered all over a kid dressed up as Chuck Norris.
Max's brutal killing eventually reached the ears of Wonder Woman, who eventually tacked Max down and killed him with a hardcore neck massage. Then, for kicks, she killed David Cross. Not for any reason but more for kicks.
The legacy of max Lord was at an end. Well... at least until he came back as a zombie and wanted to eat out Wonder Woman. Oh, rather just eat her. Wait...no, I was right the first time.
Max's Victims[edit]
While many more were killed in that fateful massacre, these are the ones we actually took the time to write down:
This man almost got it on with Max. Well, he only wished he did.
The main character from Stardust
Will Ferrell's sense of humor
Dick Cheney's third clone
Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Bart Simpson (who later returned Crisis on Aborted Births)
The cast of The West Wing.
Mark Mancuso, and anchor of the Weather Channel
Harry Osborn
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Your UnComprehensive Guide to the D.C. Universe
The heroes, villains, and other people of DC Comics, from Crisis on Infinite Earths to Blackest Night (or at least according to whatever the latest retcon is) as compiled by Uncyclopedia!
Superheroes and heroines Superman - Green Lantern - Cyborg - The Flash - Aquaman - Batman & Robin - Wonder Woman - Power Girl - Supergirl - Batgirl - Wonder Girl - Superboy - Lois Lane - Jimmy Olsen - Starfire - Martian Manhunter
Supervillains Lex Luthor- Poison Ivy- Two-Face - Fred Phelps - Black Adam - The Penguin - The Riddler - The Scarecrow- Black Manta- The Joker - Batman's Rogue's Gallery - Zod - Deathstroke - Grid
Justice League of America Max Lord - Booster Gold - Blackman - Blue Beetle - Huntress Thompson - Iron Man
Other teams Justice League - Justice League Europe - The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - The Watchmen - Jason and the Argonauts - Challengers of the Fantastic - Legion of Doom
Superheroes and heroines Golden Age Superman - Human Lantern - The Human Croissant - Iron Lantern - Sandmaiden
Justice Society of America Daniel Craig - Rocky Balboa - Judge Reinhold - Captain Planet - Shining Knight
The Injustice Society Dr. Phil - Lex Luthor - Oscar Wilde - Oprah Winfrey - Bizarro - Don Imus
Super-Presidents Founding Fathers - American Justice Coalition (silver age) - Manhattan Project - New American Justice Coalition - Apollo Project - Secret Wars
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Mysterium ($70.00)
From Around 40 to 60 minutes For 2 to 7 players aged from 10 years
BoardGameGeek Number: 181304 InPrint (In Stock: 2)
In the 1920s, Mr. MacDowell, a gifted astrologist, immediately detected a supernatural being upon entering his new house in Scotland. He gathered eminent mediums of his time for an extraordinary séance, and they have seven hours to contact the ghost and investigate any clues that it can provide to unlock an old mystery.
Unable to talk, the amnesic ghost communicates with the mediums through visions, which are represented in the game by illustrated cards. The mediums must decipher the images to help the ghost remember how he was murdered: Who did the crime? Where did it take place? Which weapon caused the death? The more the mediums cooperate and guess well, the easier it is to catch the right culprit.
In Mysterium, a reworking of the game system present in Tajemnicze Domostwo, one player takes the role of ghost while everyone else represents a medium. To solve the crime, the ghost must first recall (with the aid of the mediums) all of the suspects present on the night of the murder. A number of suspect, location and murder weapon cards are placed on the table, and the ghost randomly assigns one of each of these in secret to a medium.
Each hour (i.e., game turn), the ghost hands one or more vision cards face up to each medium, refilling their hand to seven each time they share vision cards. These vision cards present dreamlike images to the mediums, with each medium first needing to deduce which suspect corresponds to the vision cards received. Once the ghost has handed cards to the final medium, they start a two-minute sandtimer. Once a medium has placed their token on a suspect, they may also place clairvoyancy tokens on the guesses made by other mediums to show whether they agree or disagree with those guesses.
After time runs out, the ghost reveals to each medium whether the guesses were correct or not. Mediums who guessed correctly move on to guess the location of the crime (and then the murder weapon), while those who didn't keep their vision cards and receive new ones next hour corresponding to the same suspect. Once a medium has correctly guessed the suspect, location and weapon, they move their token to the epilogue board and receive one clairvoyancy point for each hour remaining on the clock. They can still use their remaining clairvoyancy tokens to score additional points.
If one or more mediums fail to identify their proper suspect, location and weapon before the end of the seventh hour, then the ghost has failed and dissipates, leaving the mystery unsolved. If, however, they have all succeeded, then the ghost has recovered enough of its memory to identify the culprit.
Mediums then group their suspect, location and weapon cards on the table and place a number by each group. The ghost then selects one group, places the matching culprit number face down on the epilogue board, picks three vision cards — one for the suspect, one for the location, and one for the weapon — then shuffles these cards. Players who have achieved few clairvoyancy points flip over one vision card at random, then secretly vote on which suspect they think is guilty; players with more points then flip over a second vision card and vote; then those with the most points see the final card and vote.
If a majority of the mediums have identified the proper suspect, with ties being broken by the vote of the most clairvoyant medium, then the killer has been identified and the ghost can now rest peacefully. If not, well, perhaps you can try again...
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A Softer West Part 2 – Trigun
By Austin Price • October 11th, 2017
This article is a continuation of last weeks Trigun article, which you can read here.
Trigun fancies itself a story about communication, about empathy, a story about how violence and exploitation are mostly a matter of misunderstanding or narcissism, how revenge is ultimately unjust and how no situation is so hopeless it cannot be resolved in everyone’s favor; in many ways it’s almost a deconstruction of the Western genre. The resolution of the story comes not after a major gunfight between Vash and Knives – in fact, Vash’s one major loss in the story comes when he is forced to take a life – but when it’s revealed that all of Vash’s wondering over the last 100 years has given him a perspective and a knowledge that lets him bridge the gap between human beings and the species of living power-plants he and Knives number among.
Vash may be a gunslinger but he’s not a killer, and if he had his druthers he’d rather not fire a shot; this is a man who will stop in the middle of a gunfight to tourniquet his enemy’s wound should it be too severe, after all. And though Vash’s travelling companion, the homicidal priest Wolfwood, tries more than once to teach Vash that mortal violence is not only occasionally useful but necessary, the story bends over backwards to show that Vash is in the right. Even when Vash is finally forced to kill, the significance of this act is lost in the bustle and noise of the plot so that one forgives him almost out of convenience. There’s some lip service paid to absolving him that fits nicely into the theme of community and family the series has been building, but it seems trite given that this comes after hundreds of pages of fetishized violence, of gunfights so intense and so drawn out and absolutely bizarre that it’s hard to imagine Nightow was wringing his hands over his any possible contradictions.
They’re alive, these fights, and move with a manic, lightning-fast energy that would be balletic in its choreography if not for the fact that it’s simply too unrestrained to be described by a word lousy with associations of refinement and formality. They are fun and they are spectacle and while that’s perfectly appropriate for the art style, it’s absolutely antithetical to the often grim atmosphere and the pacifistic preaching that is the series’ major pretension. It’s difficult to walk away from the gleeful gore of Livio and Elindira’s final match and the bombast of Legato and Vash’s fight into the finale without detecting a strong whiff of hypocrisy: Nightow may say he’s a pacifist but his actions betray him as someone with a fetish for violence.
Which is fine. One just wishes Nightow had realized this before he went and crippled his own series by pursuing an ideological agenda he is essentially uncommitted to. Instead, though, he spends hundreds of pages on side-stories that help develop the setting and Vash’s philosophy and his character through his interactions with a supporting cast that might be visually compelling but offer nothing for our hero to play off of and no new sites to excite. There is a moment at the end of volume 5 where the entire series seems to be coming to a head: after two volumes of intense fighting between Wolfwood and Vash on one side and a pair of assassins on the other, everything goes absolutely ballistic. Vash loses control of his supernatural powers and threatens to go nuclear, an accident that carries a number of revelations about Vash’s spottily explained past; Midvalley and Hoppered, the last of the known Gung-Ho Guns, mount a desperate coup against Vash’s brother Knives that ends in failure; Legato, Knives’ right-hand-man, shows himself in person for the first time since a major time-skip; the “hidden” Gung-Ho Gun Elindira the Crimson Nail is introduced with much fan fair; it’s confirmed that rescue ships are on their way from earth; Knives hovers overhead in his mobile fortress and….and then?
And then the wait. Though Vash will eventually be kidnapped by Knives under similar circumstances, though this is the perfect opportunity to introduce the final three Gung-Ho Guns now that the ranks have been cleared and, in doing so, reveal Wolfwood’s game-changing connection to them, Nightow decides instead that Elindira and Legato should flee for completely unspecified reasons so that the cast can stumble through interchangeable desert villages for the next two volumes and so he can flash-back to Vash’s past for an unnecessary round of exposition. Nothing that happens in these two volumes is essential for advancing the plot or the characters. All this delay seems to do is squander the freight-train levels of momentum Nightow had built up until this point for a few cheap diversions that serve only to develop a banal theme. This is a series that works at its best when it runs, when it moves; Nightow does not do well when allowed to sit still and philosophize. Nothing betrays him here so completely as his dialogue, which is by turns stilted, inane and, at its worst, absolutely incomprehensible and, in not uncommon cases, all three. Not that battles are free from this nonsense, either: “Breaking through all strategy and technique, your only gift is the blessing of the gods of battle. Yet you press on, inch by inch, you devil. Yet that is exactly why you are darkness under another name… don’t make a sound, Chapel!” the Gung-ho Gun Midvalley mutters at some point, saying absolutely nothing in the most needlessly cryptic way possible. At one point Vash’s drinking buddies decide to give him a round of advice, but what they really meant to say is anyone’s guess. “Time is what’ll save you,” one of them suggests. “You’ll end up all alone, but you’ve always been alone. And for times like that there’s music and (liquor). You’re expecting too much. Remember, you didn’t get any gifts when you were born into this world.”
It’s not just awkward because none of the dialogue flows logically but also because it sounds like one half of a conversation the other half of which we’ll never hear. Is this man comforting Vash because of his reputation, telling him that he’ll be fine because he’ll be forgotten in time? Alright, then why the last addendum about “expecting too much?” How does he realize that Vash has spent so much of the series battling his own loneliness? He’s said nothing of the sort to the man. There will never be a clear answer because there’s no clear exchange here: it’s absolutely impossible to determine what, exactly, he’s responding to when he says all of this. This kind of elliptical conversation is not uncommon in the series and renders many of the pivotal scenes unintentionally hilarious. If the glamorized violence didn’t render the themes absurd by hypocrisy then the hamfisted delivery of these so-called insights absolutely does. It’s a bit silly that the comic writer and critic Jason Thompson once claimed that Trigun, while attempting to combine the best of both manga and American superhero comics, managed to avoid “the terrible pacing and excessive text” that plagues American comics when in fact Trigun’s most glaring flaws are its erratic pacing and pretentious, wordy dialogue.
It’s not that Trigun is bad comics. It’s not even that it’s mediocre. At its best it shows a truly inspired artist doing things with action sequences that have rarely been done before. It’s simply a deeply confused story that was in serious need of an editor. Does it want to be a deeply ugly Western that explores the nature of violence and survival? A deconstruction of the genre that posits the old fascinations with violence are just a juvenile resolution to disagreement? A slap-stick cartoon? Or just a damn fun excuse to watch the bullets fly and carnage pile up? It’s not that it’s impossible to combine all of these elements at once, but it takes far more skill and sophistication and a good deal more self-awareness than Yasuhiro Nightow had when he tackled the series. Because of this, Trigun missed its chance to be one of the finest action comic of all time and instead ended up a very fun but deeply clumsy and trite Western marred as much by its self-defeating pacing as by its self-confounding thematic concerns.
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F8 2017: Facebook Spaces Is Company’s Social VR Platform, Launched In Beta
It’s been a year now since Facebook debuted new social VR features for its network using the Oculus Rift, and today it’s got more to share.
At its keynote speech at F8 this week Facebook debuted its social platform, Facebook Spaces, launched in “very early” Beta today.
The platform still looks very similar to the demo revealed at Oculus Connect 3 last year, but Facebook went far more in-depth with the systems behind it today. It showed its avatar creation system, allowing users to personalize their look. There was also a look at inviting friends and sharing 360 spaces together. The app will use the entire library of 360 content available on Facebook, as well as your own personal photos and videos.
If you want to meet someone in VR but don’t have a Rift, you can call into the space with a smartphone, and you’ll be able to share 2D photos, videos, and more.
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By Pablo Sánchez Chillón / Abogado / Urban & Public Affairs Posted on Sep 18, 2014 22/03/2018
THE CITIES’ DIPLOMACY SERIES: THE NEW (URBAN) DIPLOMATS.
[THE SECOND PART OF MY CITIES’ DIPLOMACY SERIES (2)]
URBAN 360º, the blog edited by Pablo Sánchez Chillón, Urban Planning Lawyer, International Speaker, Strategy and Public Affairs Advisor and Urban Advocate. Pablo is Co-founder of Eolexcitylab and Sánchez Chillón, Urban Innovation Advocates, Consultants & Lawyers (Spain)
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Some days ago, the first delivery of this Urban Diplomacy Series I have tried to focus on the content, extent and insights of the global performance of a true Urban Diplomacy by Cities, explaining how the mix of influence, reputation and collective efforts of mayors, advisors, private companies and engaged individuals is contributing to the opening of an international Urban Agenda and a new framework for global governance, in which Cities and urban issues are performing a principal role.
By remarking the experience of some leading cities as Barcelona, Copenhagen or Medellin, their focus on internationalization and the use of storytelling techniques and transmedia languages to broaden their global reputation and influence as innovative, green or friendly cities, I have tried to explain how in a world more open, noisy and connected than ever, (clever) cities, traditionally set aside of the hot centers of decision and policy making, are pushing the global agenda of governance by taking on a dynamic role in terms of influence, lobby and ‘Soft Diplomacy’, more aligned with their interests, worries and expectations.
Against the secrecy and elite-reserved performance of classical Diplomacy skills, some Cities are getting on very well in developing the charms of soft and subtle Diplomacy in international arenas, by adding to the battery of actions and strategies deployed in global centers of decision a brand new (and diffuse) strong commitment of a network of urban stakeholders and digital activists willing to tell, sell and defend the city abroad. For the very first time in the history of Cities, Urban Diplomacy is being outsourced and performed by a rising Cloud of Influencers.
The diligent and constant work of those digital marksmen (ready to tell the audience where to go, what to dress or eat, and why to support distant initiatives and opinion battles) is adding a subtle layer of influence to the role developed by municipal staffs in spreading the word about their cities. Indeed, Mayors, as the rising stars of a constellation of urban celebrities (mostly tweeting or being tweeted) are actually assuming diplomatic commitments beyond the ordinary duty, opening debates about the content and extension of the performance of local rule.
Last but not least, cities, regardless of their size are working alone or joining new collaborative platforms of influence with their counterparts, linking the domestic agendas of governance with the universal challenges of massive urbanization, sustainability, economic growth and security, opening the door for the reinforcement of an international Urban Agenda and promoting the rise of new international urban-based ‘currencies’ as innovation, good reputation, livability, creativity and other valuable intangible assets.
Beyond the current urban hypes and regular topics about how cities compete and grows, in a World in which international, national and domestic arenas blend together, less attention has been paid to the way in which cities are designing their international agenda and to how Mayors, Counsellors, public servants, companies, entrepreneurs and other urban stakeholders are performing a true diplomatic role on behalf of a common urban interest. Urban Diplomacy, as an emerging trend and attitude for cities attends to how urban entities build tales, brands and strategies (from lobbying to external relations) to strategically position themselves globally as places for attraction of people, talent and investments but also about the way an increasing number of stakeholders and eventual actors are engaged in international city promotion and urban branding, aligning their action with the common effort to play a significant role in the international arena.
In the age of the “sharing-everything” standing alone is not more an option for cities.
* People-to-people interaction as a catalyst for global urban influence.-
In the era of Internet and social media accessibility, where millions of contacts are made person-to-person in real time, the empowerment of individuals and bodies beyond the state-centered paradigm and sometimes, outside governmental control, coincides with an unprecedented degree of a choral performance of international affairs and a collective design of the global agenda, enhanced by the universal use of social media and the flow of information along the World.
This move is closely associated with the new phenomenon of hyper-connectivity, as People-to-people contacts are growing in importance at a dramatic pace. The behaviour of Digizens (others call them Millennials), the 24-hour broadcasting, social media and mobile services are reinforcing a global society where like-minded people are better informed than ever before and can interact directly, bypassing borders and geographical distances and organize themselves, with limited governmental interference—even in places where government seeks to impose barriers upon the flow of information and opinion, as happened recently in Turkey.
With 6 billion mobile phones around the world, 75 per cent of which are in developing countries (2013), the scale-up in people-to-people contacts is far from being a purely Western reality but a global mainstream, specifically in urban contexts. The internet had enabled mass peer-to-peer cultural contact eroding the supremacy of the original elite-to-elite and then elite-to-many focus, and was now entering a people-to-people stage, enhanced by travel, migration and the internet culture, resulting a world politics featuring many-to-many communications, where social media communities and emerging influencers are now more likely to trust and believe their peers than politicians or the traditional media.
As a result of that, influence is moving away from governments and institutions and towards individuals and civil society, especially in Cities and urban entities. Open Innovation for cities, talented freelance commitment and collaborative experiences through digital (and physical) networks are widening the weapons and resources in hands of cities, by removing the barriers for cooperative discussion and knowledge production. Talent has put down roots in cities and citizens are ready to join the fiesta. However, digital-raised global empowerment means that governments and companies gather more information about citizens than ever before and privacy concerns increase dramatically, posing new challenges for the contemporary living, not resolved yet by old-fashioned laws and traditional problem solving.
The digital age is somehow leveraging the Urban International agenda by empowering new channels for influence and exchange, specially in hands of the legion of Digizens (new digital citizens) , the committed work of a bunch of talented influencers and expatriates, who can contribute actively and with diverse degrees of intensity to the promotion and embassy of the City, paving the way for a (cheaper) and syndicated advocacy platform, made of the eventual contributions of privates and companies to the collective goals of the City.
As I have described in my previous post, cities as London, New York or Barcelona have already achieved remarkable results on encouraging private sector in the global embassy of the City. The combination of private and public efforts make things happen. This same week, (sept. 2014) Barcelona have won the Mayors’ Challenge of Bloomberg Philanthropies (awarded 5 million euro ($6.5 million), a competition that spurs cities to develop novel approaches to improve urban by encouraging innovative ideas that could also potentially be spread to other cities.
* Follow the Leader: Mayors as Global Ambassadors –
Under the 24 hours scrutiny siege-like of our days, no Mayor would keep comfortable by being compared with the “Night Mayor” James J. Walker — colloquially known as Beau James— who presided over the city of NY as Mayor in the 20th century golden 20’s; with an allegedly strong commitment with life, dandyism and the mundane pleasures, Mr. Walker become a symbol of the jazz age romanticism and personified the city’s rebellious attitude against social restriction. It was Beau James who, during his first two years in office in NY was said to have taken seven vacations totaling 143 days, not too bad for an elected leader.
Nowadays, the script is quite different. Globalization, the Internet revolution, the rise of accountability and transparency and the (at least perceived) collective empowerment of citizens are long term trends that are changing the macro context of political and organizational leadership, also regarding the Cities level. In the context of this new time for a choral and soft Urban Diplomacy, the global conversation and performance demand strong professional commitment for Cities and their structures, and a new kind of leadership and global skills for Mayors and their advisory teams, as successful leaders are using a more integrative and participatory manner that places greater emphasis on the soft power of attraction rather than the hard power of command.
Beyond the biased characterization of the new E-Democracy as a cyclical debate on 140 characters lasting 5 minutes , it is clear that, regarding urban embassy, the help of a growing number of connected urban stakeholders and the smart use of the new digital tools and social networks and influence as ‘weapons of mass diffusion (and distraction)’ of the merits and virtues of Cities and their strategies remain a key factor in our days. With a lot of interests at stake, Cities, as the new Data Republics, are paving the way for the emergence of a brand new Person-to-Person Diplomacy, based in diffuse, dynamic and effective personal networks in which the exercise of power, in hands of committed politicians means eventual co-leadership and neglection of autocratic, ruthless and almost despotic performance.
Global information flows, informal alliances, social networks, person-to-person diplomacy and the need of having an active role in the international instances where local interests are not much represented by central governments, are reinforcing the perceived need for cities to engage in city diplomacy by showcasing the values and merits of the City in a good storytelling strategy, to be spread mainly, by a new firmament of star-committed Mayors dealing with international agendas, events and foreign compromises.
Against the firm belief that a mayor cannot lead remotely the City and its unique and urgent features, some mayors have taken the international engagement as a substantial part of their domestic agenda, linking both scenes on purpose. Sure, embarking on a new journey through the International Affairs arena –or supporting the previous one- is an strategic long-term decision for a City while a tempting and delicate choice for a mayor, who needs to demonstrate that the monies expended, the time devoted to, and the eventual trips abroad will be boosting the city’s profile and producing more than nice pictures and friendly press notices to be broadcasted.
In that context, my experience working with mayors and municipalities have taught me that good local leadership is one of the preconditions for successful City Diplomacy as well as a useful antidote against local criticism and mistrust, avoiding bitter tastings like the one reserve for the Cincinatti Mayor, Mark Mallory in his commitment with urban embassy “It’s not meant to just been seen in the city. It’s to be a global ambassador”.
New Urban Diplomacy requires of an strong commitment from the local leaders and their officials, and a ground based support from the city inhabitants and the rest of urban stakeholders, mixing pragmatic good manners and communication skills, and the ‘smart’ use of single messages and metrics (Big Data and Business Intelligence are of help) to transform the international City efforts in facts and figures to be understood by electors and taxpayers. Local politicians, as its national counterparts (and especially those elected for the office), are under a 24 hours scrutiny which has been enhanced by the growing culture of transparency and accountability in public life, the unsolved tension between domestication-globalization of politics and the requirements of openness in the context of the hyper-connected networks of citizens. Any single decision taken in terms of governance (and going into the international arena is a significant one) needs to be explained to a widening audience made of local electors and a diffuse myriad of stakeholders ready to argue from the balconies of social media.
But sure, accepting the privilege for mayors of going abroad on behalf of the City doesn’t implies an universal carta blanca to all the instances of a Municipality to do the same. When it comes to vice-mayors or lower staff in the city, public opinion is absolutely diverse. Take the example of the so-called “Air-Miles Eddie” in London or the Vice-Alcalde Vives in Barcelona to understand that global embassy and city diplomacy are restrictive toys in hands of principal bullfighters, not subordinados.
When it comes to talk about joining up the global urban arena and its innovative cities (and their Mayors) are faced with a principal challenge: they have to accomplish that their efforts in this international field are perceived by citizens and opinion makers as a profitable job in terms of economic improvement and quality of life. The challenge for Mayors, aides and committed urban advisors is to share their enthusiasm about soft diplomacy and its benefits with the public and take seriously the hard task of making it accessible for every single voter, as sooner or later, accountability or re-election will be knocking the door.
In the age of social media, massive distraction and collective disbelief against politicians and institutions, it is all about metrics and ROI. Communication skills and civic engagement become crucial.
* Cities networking rather than being networked by states.-
We can find recent examples of municipalities responding better than their countries to urgent issues and challenges. From procurement to safety matters, cities are prone to addressing the current urban challenges through the lens of experimentation and lab-like focus, approaching problem solving to their needs, ground and stakeholders.
Just a few weeks ago, the creative Richard Florida, Benjamin Barber, Political theorist and author of “If Mayors Ruled the World”, and Don Tapscott published a two-part research report advocating for the instauration of a Global Parliament of Mayors Governance Network. This United Nations-like ensemble of Cities, sponsored by such digital thinkfluencers as the mentioned above is actually gaining momentum and support, and the global parliament of mayors will convene in Amsterdam this same week while some scholars (keen on performing the role of enfants terrible of the urban constellation of thinkers) are wondering about considering the initiative as an useful response to urban problems – or as “a half-formed idea coughed up by smooth talkers with books to sell”.
The idea of a global parliament of cities is not new and, for sure, it is quite arguable (what cities don’t need right now is a new layer of bureaucracy), but the effort means to be noticeable and challenging.
Beyond the partisan controversy to be checked out here, working alone or joining new collaborative platforms of influence with their counterparts, Cities, regardless of their size, are linking the domestic agendas of governance with the universal challenges of massive urbanization, sustainability, economic growth and security, opening the door for the reinforcement of an international Urban Agenda and promoting the rise of new international urban-based ‘currencies’ as innovation, reputation, talent and other valuable intangible assets and other Soft-Power by-products.
Mayors, Cities and the ensemble of urban leaders have not just been appointed as policy implementers, but have joined together in partnerships with other international actors, paving the way for a more dedicated defense of their interests in the global. As a result of that, nowadays we can find a lot networks of cities around the World with very different goals, members, funding resources and structure, and, also lots of mayors (of small, medium and big cities) engaged personally with the international arena, playing a subtle role of ambassadors for their cities while accomplishing a personal agenda of global/local self-promotion, going sometimes beyond the ordinary range of activities developed by a local leader and receiving fierce opposition and cold judgments from a big part of the voters and neighbours.
Although the networks of international cities and their partners are usually committed to encourage the exchange of information, experience and best practices on urban development and city management, acting sometimes as a source of information for local leadership and a catalyst for debate, there are other rising networks of urban actors supporting a more complex and deepest strategy of soft-diplomacy, by considering the international relations of cities as a sophisticated, professional and urgent issue, where manners, influence and contacts matter. These self-commited networks provide knowledge, inputs and practical tools to mayors and municipal offices wanting to engage in international relations and ready to address legal and institutional aspects of urban diplomacy, such as lobbying skills, communication tools, team building and relations with non-governmental actors at city level, and relevant partnerships with universities and think tanks).
Beyond the noticeable “question of size” and “west-centricity” in the latter state of the art of networked City Diplomacy (municipal networks shaping global governance have been dominated by European and American global cities, now challenged by the rising urban stars of Asia), we can find some relevant examples of networks of cities committed, somehow, to provoke and consolidate the emergency of an urban international agenda, (by networking instead of being networked from above):
Eurocities is the network of major European cities and was founded in 1986 by the mayors of six large cities: Barcelona, Birmingham, Frankfurt, Lyon, Milan and Rotterdam.
Today, it brings together the local governments of over 130 of Europe’s largest cities and 40 partner cities, that between them govern 130 million citizens across 35 countries. Through six thematic forums, a wide range of working groups, projects, activities and events, Eurocities has become a platform for sharing knowledge and exchanging ideas, and an evident instrument for lobbying on behalf of its members. One of its confessed aims is to influence and work with the EU institutions to respond to common issues that affect the day-to-day lives of Europeans. Eurocities looks for reinforcing the role that local governments should play in a multilevel governance structure, trying to shape the opinions of Brussels stakeholders and ultimately shift the focus of EU legislation in a way which allows city governments to tackle strategic challenges at local level. So, pure Urban Lobby.
You can also find the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) “the voice of America’s Mayors in Washington” looks more like a lobbying platform than a parliament of cities, and goes back to the Great Depression, hard times for the population of the American Cities. “In 1932, 14 million people were unemployed in the United States, “lines stretched for blocks in front of soup kitchens, homeowners were unable to pay taxes, veterans were selling apples on street corners, and the nation’s cities were close to bankruptcy”. Responding to the appeals of mayors, Congress created a $300 million federal assistance program for cities, marking the first time in the nation’s history that federal relief was provided directly to cities. In a dramatic White House meeting, a committee of three prominent mayors convinced President Herbert Hoover to sign this desperately needed municipal assistance bill.
Representing cities with populations of 30,000 or more (1,393 in the country today) the members of USCM (elected mayors) speak with a united voice on organizational policies and goals. Mayors contribute to the development of national urban policy by serving on one or more of the conference’s standing committee. The USCM is being reprogrammed and at the 82nd annual U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) meeting in Dallas in feb 2014, Mayor Bill de Blasio of NY and USCM President and Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson announced the “Cities of Opportunity Task Force.” Chaired by Mayor de Blasio, the task force will bring together mayors from across the nation to leverage the power of municipal governments to advance a national, common equity agenda.
A very interesting network of cities focused on Urban Diplomacy matters is the Euro-Latin-American Alliance of Cooperation among Cities (the AL-LAs Project), a network based on a strategic urban approach that emphasizes the international role of cities as hubs of innovation in a global context, and that after one year of existence has proved to be a successful platform for bringing cities together and to underline the importance of international relations. With the financial support of the European Union, AL-LAs gathers Latin American and European partners to discuss, analyse and propose new formulas to internationalize local governments. The Government of Mexico City coordinates the project in partnership with six other Latin-American cities: Montevideo (Uruguay), Morón (Argentina), Belo Horizonte (Brazil), Quito (Ecuador), Medellín (Colombia) and Lima (Peru) as well as two European local government networks: United Cities of France (CUF) and the Andalusian Fund of Municipalities for International Solidarity (FAMSI).
By trying to create a new international order that is more local, horizontal and collaborative AL-LAs has succeeded in developing a strong Euro-Latin American network of cities and institutions with both technical-operational capacities, by re-thinking the way in which cities position themselves in the global arena; creating new ways to strengthen their international policies, to make them more strategic, less incidental, better planned and more professional.
Moreover, the C-40 Climate Leadership Group, which gathers some of the most prominent cities worldwide in an attempt to offer urban solutions to global warming. As their website declares, acting both locally and collaboratively, C40 Cities are having a meaningful global impact in reducing both greenhouse gas emissions and climate risks. C40 brings together a unique set of assets and creates a shared sense of purpose and offers cities an effective forum where they can collaborate, share knowledge and drive meaningful, measurable and sustainable action on climate change.
Still focusing on environmental matters, we can talk about the World Mayors Council on Climate Change, an alliance of committed local government leaders concerned about climate change. They advocate for enhanced engagement of local governments as governmental stakeholders in multilateral efforts addressing climate change and related issues of global sustainability. The Council was founded in December 2005 by Yorikane Masumoto, Mayor of City of Kyoto (Japan) at the time, soon after the Kyoto Protocol entered into force in February 2005. There are presently over 80 members of the Council, representing a vast network of local governments working to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. Membership is open to Mayors and equivalent leaders of municipal levels of government. The Chair of the Council is Marcelo Ebrard, Mayor of Mexico City. Jürgen Nimptsch, Mayor of Bonn (Germany), is serving as Vice Chair while Former Mayor Yorikane Masumoto of Kyoto City (Japan) is the Honorary Chair.
The United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) represents and defends the interests of local governments on the world stage, regardless of the size of the communities they serve. Headquartered in Barcelona, the organisation’s stated mission is to be the united voice and world advocate of democratic local self-government, promoting its values, objectives and interests, through cooperation between local governments, and within the wider international community.
Established in 2005, the Global Mayors’ Forum (GMF) is a high-end global forum for sustainable urban development organized by influential organizations and enterprises from all around the world. The GMF holds events, conferences, and dialogues on sustainable urbanization, publishes the Dialogue to Mayors and facilitates a network of cities and of green industry practice zones.
ICLEI – Local Governments to Sustainability vows to be the world’s leading association of cities and local governments dedicated to sustainable development. Representing 12 mega-cities, 100 super-cities and urban regions, 450 large cities as well as 450 medium-sized cities and towns in 86 countries, CLEI promote local action for global sustainability and support cities to become sustainable, resilient, resource-efficient, biodiverse, low-carbon; to build a smart infrastructure; and to develop an inclusive, green urban economy with the ultimate aim to achieve healthy and happy communities.
In a more specific performance, we can find The City Mayors Foundation, established in 2003 to promote, campaign for and facilitate good, open and strong local government. Last, but not least, the RECI – Spanish Network of Smart Cities, devoted to sharing knowledge and good practises among its members, 54 municipalities of Spain.
Hard to choose one, the list is quite long and maybe, although the need of a compass to avoid being lost in the sea of acronyms and initials, the existence of such ensembles of urban leaders prove that Cities are increasingly gathering on specific purpose, addressing the urban challenges and sharing knowledge and experience with their counterparts, rather than being networked from above. It is a question of scale, understanding and commitment.
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URBAN 360º, the blog curated by Pablo Sánchez Chillón, Urban Planning Lawyer, International Speaker, Strategy and Public Affairs Advisor and Urban Advocate. Pablo is Co-founder of Eolexcitylab, Urban Innovation Advocates (Spain).
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urbanmill2013 says: hace 5 años Responder
Reblogueó esto en Urban Mill – Building IntenCity!y comentado:
“Last but not least, cities, regardless of their size are working alone or joining new collaborative platforms of influence with their counterparts, linking the domestic agendas of governance with the universal challenges of massive urbanization, sustainability, economic growth and security, opening the door for the reinforcement of an international Urban Agenda and promoting the rise of new international urban-based ‘currencies’ as innovation, good reputation, livability, creativity and other valuable intangible assets. ”
aromeo says: hace 5 años Responder
Al hilo de tu comentario, te dejo este artículo que escribí hace unos años sobre los “supercontribuidores” locales (influencers, doers): http://www.aromeo.net/2011/02/24/construyendo-la-ciudad-del-2020-identificando-los-supercontribuidores-locales-v/
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CITIES AHEAD: THE URBAN LEAGUE AGAINST RAMPANT POPULISM & CLIMATE CHANGE DENIAL
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Keeping stats and knowing how to use them
This is an excerpt from Volleyball Coaching Bible, Volume II, The by American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) & Cecile Reynaud.
Issues With Using Statistics
Coaches should be coaching; they need to spend as much time as possible in the moment and not with their heads down writing on paper. One of the greatest issues with keeping statistics is that the process of recording them can keep coaches from doing their primary job - coaching. But if the coach isn't recording statistics, who should be? As the head coach on the bench, I have a sheet of paper on which I keep track of only the one or two statistics I believe are important to win the current match. These often change from opponent to opponent. Everything else is delegated to someone else who can quickly give me information as needed.
Statistics are only as valid and reliable as those recording them. It's often a challenge to find a reliable bench player, parent, or team manager who can keep accurate statistics. I love to have the backup setter keeping track of my team's passing and attacking statistics. It keeps her mind in the game, and it helps her understand what is working out there on the court. The same could be said for other players such as backup middles, outsides, and defensive players.
One of the greatest weaknesses of statistics is what many people call paralysis by analysis. A coach could easily make the mistake of taking numbers at face value and not using them to ask deeper questions. Some coaches spend too much time diving into the numbers and ultimately lose their coaching instincts. A coach who makes decisions completely based on numbers is just as susceptible to coaching mistakes as a coach who depends completely on instinct and subjective evaluation. The ideal situation is somewhere in the middle.
Statistical programs can be very expensive, or their complexity can make them very time-consuming. However, the recent development of tablet and iPad applications is making it very easy and inexpensive to track basic statistics. Several current programs include iVolleyStats, Volleyball Ace, and Rotate 123. The devices and applications will continue to change, so pay attention to new developments and use the right one for your program.
Tracking Statistics
It's really easy to say that detailed statistics should be taken during every practice and every competition. At the NCAA Division I level, a full staff and coaches are dedicated exclusively to the Data Volley statistical program. More often than not, recording statistics is the job of an assistant coach, bench player, or parent. I firmly believe that coaches should put coaching as their first priority. Coaches who have difficulty taking statistics and providing real-time feedback to their athletes should delegate the statistics to someone else. Those with limited options for statisticians are better off video-recording the match or practice and recording statistics from the video later.
The summer USA Volleyball High Performance teams often have a limited number of staff members. Obviously, the Olympic pipeline for USA Volleyball is extremely important, so recording quality statistics is as well. Following are some methods that can be used with a pen and paper and a limited staff.
Box Chart
Using a box chart, a coach can record multiple statistics at one time. The following box chart (table 17.1) shows who executed the serve receive, the rating of the pass, and what happened after the pass was set.
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We can gather a great deal of information from this chart. First, Jocelyn had 25 total passes for 43 total passing points. That means that her passing efficiency was 1.72 (43 passing points divided by 25 passes). We also know that 6 of her passes resulted in a first-ball kill, 10 passes resulted in a ball kept in play, 4 passes resulted in a first-ball error, and she was aced 5 times. We also can determine that 9 of her 25 passes were perfect (36 percent). This box chart can be used to track multiple stats for several players. The data can also be used to extrapolate areas of strength and weakness in a particular skill.
Stat Line
Using a stat line also works very well when a coach doesn't have enough time to chart events. With this method it's quite simple to keep track of many statistics at once. Following is a stat line chart for attacking, passing, and defense.
Luc: K 3 3 D 0 B A 3 2 D A B K E E
The translation of Luc's stat line would read like this from the first stat entry: kill, three pass, three pass, dig, zero pass, block, attack attempt, three pass, two pass, dig, attack attempt, block, kill, attack error, attack error. From this stat line we can determine the following about Luc's performance:
2 kills + 2 attack errors + 2 other attack attempts = 6 attempts
2 kills out of 6 attempts = 33% (kill percentage)
2 kills - 2 errors out of 6 attempts = .000 (kill efficiency)
5 serve-receive attempts for a total of 11 passing points = 2.20 (passing efficiency)
2 digs and 2 blocks
Most Important Statistics to Track
This subject is up for a great debate. The answer may lie in the type of team you have. If you have a team that scores at a very high level, then you are likely tracking the major offensive statistics. If your team depends on defensive skills to equalize matches, then you should be focusing more on serving, blocking, and defensive strategies. Let's have a quick refresher on the basic statistics in volleyball.
Basic Offensive Statistics
Kill: When an attack attempt leads directly to a point
Attack attempt: When an attack attempt results in neither a kill nor an error
Error: When an attack attempt is blocked for a point, hit in the net, or hit out of bounds. Balls that are blocked are considered forced errors, whereas balls hit in the net or out of bounds are considered unforced errors.
Basic Defensive Statistics
Block:A block is awarded to a player or players who score a point for their team by blocking an opponent attack. As many as three players may receive a block if they are all part of an attempt to block an attack.
Block solo:When a player is the only one blocking a shot
Block assist: When more than one player blocks an attack, all players receive a block assist regardless of whether they were the player who blocked the ball
Block error: When a referee determines that a blocker has made illegal contact with the net
Dig: When a player stops an opponent's attack attempt from being a kill
Cover: When a player digs a teammate's attack after it has been blocked by an opponent
Basic Setting Statistics
Set attempt: When a player attempts to set to a teammate for a kill
Assist: When a player sets to a teammate and the attack is a kill
Ball handling error: When a referee calls a player setting the ball for a lift or double contact
Basic Serving Statistics
Serve attempt: When a player attempts a serve
Ace: When a server's attempt is not passed and directly results in a point
Serve error: When a player's attempt is served in the net or out of bounds, or a player commits a service line fault
Basic Serve-Receive Statistics
Reception: When a player attempts a serve receive
Reception error: When a player's poor serve receive leads to a direct point for the serving team
The following table 17.2 illustrates the two primary measurements of team system success, how those statistical measurements are determined, the best way to track the systems, and some goals your team might try to achieve.
Serve-Receive Statistics
One of the most common ways to determine the success of your serve-receive game is to grade each serve reception.
Passing Average (3-Point Scale)
How to most accurately rate this statistic is up for great debate. Many coaches use a traditional 3-point scale ranging from 0 for an ace or overpass to 3 for a perfect pass. Figure 17.1 represents the value of each pass based on where the ball would have landed on the court.The team goal is to achieve a 2.30, or a 60 percent 3 pass.
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Passing average, 3-point scale.
There is a statistical problem with the 3-point passing scale. Statisticians will tell you that anything with an odd number of data points is not statistically valid or reliable. Therefore, many higher-level programs use a 4-point scale ranging from 0 for an ace or overpass to 4 for a perfect-perfect pass (see figure 17.2). The team goal is to achieve 2.70, or a 60 percent 3 and 4 pass.
Passing Average (Weighted Scale)
Recently, I had a conversation with Jim Dietz, who is the very numbers-savvy head coach for Lincoln Land Community College in Illinois. He has been working with a passing scale that is weighted to include an expected success outcome based on the quality of a pass (see figure 17.3). It's fair to say that a 2 pass is twice as likely to yield a point as a 1 pass. A 5 pass is 5 times as likely to yield a point as a 1 pass. The team goal is to achieve 3.30, or a 60 percent 5 pass.
Passing average, weighted scale.
Learn more about The Volleyball Coaching Bible, Volume II.
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Pad for Pad Newsletter Issue 3: January 2016
Welcome to our newsletter!
This newsletter is dedicated to the partners implementing the Pad for Pad program across India. We are sharing feedback, stories and pictures to show you how the partners enabled the program to have a positive impact on girls and managed to spread it throughout the country.
Partners and their action
Project KHEL, Lucknow (UP)
Girls with pads at an education session with Angana Prasad
Eco Femme's partnership with Project KHEL began back in 2010 in a village called Saraiya in rural Uttar Pradesh. Angana from Project KHEL was commissioned to translate for us menstrual educational sessions with women and girls into Hindi and it soon became obvious that she was a talented facilitator. She was so inspired observing the way the girls respond to these sessions that she went on to create her own innovative approach to menstrual hygiene education including innovative activities using puppets, role play and games. “Red Spot” is the name of this program that has now successfully run under project KHEL and they have reached out to 2,420 adolescent girls since then! http://www.projectkhel.org/programmes/red-spot/
Feedback: About their experience with offering cloth pads as a value addition to the educational session, Angana says that “In most cases, young girls find it very difficult to believe that something this beautiful is to be used for something 'as dirty' as periods.”
Usually, the girls leave the session, hiding their cloth pad kit not wanting others to see the pads. In one particular instance though, Angana saw a surprising development: “ The otherwise shy girls confidently walked out of their center flaunting their newly gifted 'pretty' cloth pads, because they were completely sure that not even their mothers will be able to guess those were pads to be used for managing periods.”
"The idea that Project KHEL had tried to sow in the young minds about periods being a pure and natural process and definitely not dirty, was further strengthened by the beautiful cloth pads that Eco Femme manufactures, because something this beautiful (the pads) can only be there to manage something equally beautiful (periods)."
“As an organization, we really appreciate the idea behind the Pad for Pad programme. Considering the longevity and familiarity of a cloth pad, also the fact that it doesn't require anything to be inserted between the legs, a lot of our beneficiaries really appreciate the products.”
Pasand: Bangalore, Karnataka
One 8th grade class of girls from JB Nagar Gov School with facilitator Sharmada Shastry
Eco Femme is also really proud to partner with Pasand, a Bangalore based organisation that have developed a strong MHM curriculum which aims to “help our students to understand puberty and personal hygiene, examine gender norms, and to be safe and happy on their journey through adolescence.”
Why: Pasand approached us to partner in 2014 “because we have spoken/worked with many different product companies in India and beyond. Finding an organization with as strong of ethics, deep understanding of their customer base (and responsiveness to the market), and emphasis on beautiful design and function for women of ALL socioeconomic backgrounds is rare. Eco Femme has always been supportive and encouraging of Pasand’s mission, vision, educational efforts, and standards. We feel we are very much aligned in our efforts and goals.”
Feedback: About the experience of introducing cloth pad to as a value addition to the educational curriculum, Aunna Wilson, Founder of Pasand, says: “The vast majority of students use old cloth or cannot afford enough sanitary pads to change them properly (i.e. before they leak or within the recommended 4-8 hour window). This will be a huge economic benefit for the students, not to mention environmental for the school and community.”
"When the girls were told the “market” cost of the pads and they were free they were absolutely elated. One student exclaimed "Akka [big sister] - we are so lucky! I cannot believe this!"
The girls were excited by the discreet nature of the foldable pad and were all beaming with pride as they left school with their new present tucked into their school bags, eager to tell their sisters and mothers about their new pads."
Principal and female teacher noted concern of kits being delivered for free as girls were known to throw their old cloth in the bathroom but they thought they were a brilliant concept and would inspire pride with their pretty colours and fabrics. The girls were all prepared to pay what little they could and some were even alarmed they had no money.
For more information about Pasand's wonderful work visit: http://www.pasand.org/
Kavya Menon, Nagapattinam (TN)
Girls during an awareness camp
Kavya approached Eco Femme to help her achieve her vision while she was undertaking a 1 year SBI fellowship in South Tamil Nadu in 2014 – 2015.
Why: "Incidents in my life made me feel that there was real need to interact with the women and girls, and give them some confidence to think on their own. I already had some past experience researching on sanitary napkins, and I felt that this was a good topic to work on. I began researching on good collaborators to work with. The tone of positivity from the website and the location being close were the initial reasons that I chose to explore a collaboration with Eco Femme.” After an exploratory visit when Kavya came to meet us in Auroville she felt encouraged and inspired to take this forward. “We had very good understanding and similar values and similar principles. It also helped us plan to try out a new model of involving pad stitching along with the Pad for Pad program.”
(note: Pad stitching is an additional activity that is offered under the Pad for Pad prorgam and is sponsored by https://www.tworagsclothing.com/how-we-help)
The biggest impact from her program seems to be that “Everyone now is more accepting of menstruation/periods, and do not consider menstrual blood a taboo or curse. They tell me that they won’t let their daughters be isolated and would entertain all their doubts and answer all their questions.”
Kavya has written a beautiful blog about her experiences delivering these sessions which you can read here: https://kavyarmenon.wordpress.com/2015/05/31/menstrual-awareness-workshop/
Girls at an awareness camp
"'A spark has been created by Kavya akka’s presence', according to a progressive school teacher Mr. Singaravel. He feels that once they try to keep up this momentum, more opportunities can be built for girls and women to come out of the shells they were confined to."
Root Institute, Bodhgaya, Bihar
Why: Maya from Shakyamuni Buddha Clinic in Bodhgaya contacted us 1 year ago after hearing about this program from a friend. She believed it would be a great value addition to their already existing health education program for adolescent girls who come from very impoverished backgrounds. They were convinced that reusable pads would be a better solution than disposable pads - they had also identified rashes and RTI's as quite common and hoped the cloth pads would help.
Adolescent girls with pads and explanations
Feedback: “Girls are all very happy, no any complain, no any skin rash they feel comfortable with the pads. Some girls had before using the Eco Femme pads vaginal watery discharge, after using them they haven't had anymore vaginal discharge. They would love making pads by themselves for their friends and relatives. They say it's very easy to keep them clean. They have no tension or worries about where they should throw their pads. They all say : THANK YOU.”
Saloni physiotherapist - Dr Savita with adolescent girls
Youth For Seva, rural Karnataka
One of our newest partners is Youth for Seva – we were contacted in June 2015 by Smita a volunteer with YFS who was interested to introduce MHM awareness as part of their school programs with adolescent girls.
Why: Smita explains their motivation: “When we went to a hostel for the first time this year, there was a request from the hostel management asking us to get help sponsor the disposable pads. As the Govt. of Karnataka, gave the girls disposable pads the previous year which is not done this year by the Govt. That is when we thought of taking the green step and working with Eco Femme for the cloth pads instead of the disposable ones.”
High school class during a menstrual hygiene session in Bilinele (Karnataka)
Feedback: “It was quite shocking to know that most of the girls used sanitary pads, which was burning a hole in their pockets. Mothers used cloth napkins but insisted the usage of sanitary pads for the girls due to its conveniences.”
When it came time to distribute pads at the end of the educational session, “we asked the girls to sign up in a notepad if and only if they were going to use the pads, and interestingly most of the girls signed up.”
They are yet to evaluate the session but would like to reach out to 300 girls in remote areas of Karnataka and are confident this approach of education and eco friendly pads provide a good solution for the girls.
Looking forward...
We hope you have enjoyed reading about some of the different motivations and ways the pad for pad program is changing girls lives.
About 50% of the total number of girls we reach is via implementation partners – the rest we directly reach out to from our office. While we have only profiled the work of 5 partners here today, we are actively engaging with 12 partner organisations throughout the country. We welcome our new partner LSN Foundation in Hyderabad. We also have just begun to work with WASSAN in Telangana and NMT academy in Mumbai and are preparing to launch the program with a pilot in February with both these new partners.
How to partner?
We are ready to engage more partners as we head into the new year with a target to reach up to 6000 girls this coming year! Spread the word and be in touch if you have any questions or would like to learn more about the process for becoming a partner. Details can also be found on our newly relaunched website
Visit our new website!
In our next newsletter mid year, we plan to share the results of a baseline survey where we are monitoring behaviour change in 300 adolescent girls related to their experience of participating in the sessions we directly deliver.
Thank you to all our partners and donors who have invested so much into making this program a success. Your donations and efforts make it possible to positively impact the lives of girls across India by transforming their experience of menstruation.
Our progress at a glance
(Apr - Dec 2015):
3050 girls received pad for pad kits
11,312 pads were distributed
91 education sessions were conducted (direct and with partners)
10,40,000 Rs in donation were received
Project KHEL, Lucknow
250 Eco Femme packs distributed
Pasand, Bangalore
125 kits received from Eco Femme
28 kits were distributed in one government school out of 78 total participants
48 cloth pads were distributed in two schools out of 189 total girls
Root Institute, Bihar
23 girls reached in pilot program
Kavya R Menon
15 awareness camps were conducted in 14 villages
596 girls were reached and
594 have received pads
Youth For Seva
283 girls reached
3 different schools
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Mumbai - Socio-Cultural Perspectives (Contributions of Ethnic Groups and Communities)
by Anila Verghese, Swarupa Kamat and Rashna Poncha
Mumbai, the city of dreams, has always been a city of migrants. People moved here from near and far, by land and sea, their dreams wrapped in optimism and hope. The seven islands that became the erstwhile Bombay welcomed them all. Just as the islands of this city were linked, so were its people, creating a multi-hued and multi-textured fabric-one that is uniquely Mumbai.
Mumbai is popularly known for its cosmopolitan culture and its financial clout. This book, however, focuses on the history of the many communities that contributed to its wealth, both culturally and financially.While the Kolis, the Pathare Prabhus, and the East Indian Christians are regarded as its early inhabitants, others like the Parsis, Marwaris, Bhatias, Bohras, Khojas, Konkani Muslims, and the Jewish communities arrived later and created a space for themselves. Residential quarters, like the baugs, emerged to house them, while their cuisines mingled to create a vibrant food culture.This collection of essays is an attempt to introduce the reader to some of the early settlers of Mumbai and their culture.
Dr (Sister) Anila Verghese is Director/Principal of Sophia Polytechnic, Mumbai. Swarupa Kamat is Head and Assistant Professor at the Department of History, Sophia College for Women, Mumbai. Rashna Poncha is Assistant Professor at the Department of History, Sophia College for Women, Mumbai.
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1 About 2014 Voting
1.1 STV
1.2 Voting process
1.3 Mechanics of voting
About 2014 Voting
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OSMF elections are, in accordance with our Articles of Association, now to be held in accordance with the Single Transferable Vote model. This is an approach designed to allow for a more equitable outcome to multi-candidate elections than would a simple “most votes” model. Specifically, it permits each voter to rank candidates in order of preference, with the number of available seats being allocated to the most preferred candidates on their reaching of a “quota” or threshold of votes. Where a candidate fails to achieve a quota, he or she is eliminated, but the next preferences of each voter having chosen that candidate will be distributed to other candidates. This is intended to reduce strategic voting and allow voters to allocate their first preference to their actual preferred candidate, secure in the knowledge that their second and subsequent preferences will be heeded even if the preferred candidate has only a slim chance of success.
More details of STV from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote Simpler and more entertaining: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac9070OIMUg
A number of approaches are available both in determining the quota and in the detail of how votes are transferred. Our rules do no stipulate which should be used for OSMF elections and the distinction is in practice not a large one. This election will be conducted according to the Scottish rules for STV elections:
http://www.openstv.org/votingmethods/scottish
For this election, polling will be performed online using the widely-used OpaVote. This means, among other things, that the traditional approach of accepting proxy votes from voters not in attendance at the AGM is no longer required - online voting can be done from any Internet connection:
https://opavote.appspot.com
OpaVote is a hosted platform to which OSMF officials will have no back door access. The platform preserves the expected secrecy of ballot, exposing only operational statistics related to turnout and including details of who has and has not voted. This is standard procedure in public elections. Specifically, as long as polls are still open, no access is possible to actual ballots or live results. These become available only after polls have closed. OpaVote conducts the counting process automatically and generates a result and the outcome of each round of counting. We will cross check this result by feeding the raw ballots (which are anonymous) as a structured data file to a standalone tool, OpenSTV, for independent verification of the count and the outcome. Scrutineers will supervise this process.
Mechanics of voting
Entitlement to vote requires you to be a paid-up member of OSMF for at least the 30 days preceding the close of poll. In addition, you must be fully paid up, so existing members in arrears must pay their renewal immediately - we will make every effort to add late renewals to the voter list. We have circulated an email to each entitled voter on our draft list - the sending of this email was announced on the OSMF mailing list. If you believe you are entitled to vote but did not receive this test email, get in touch with membership@osmfoundation.org immediately so that your entitlement can be established.
Each person entitled to vote will, on the opening of the polls, receive an email from OpaVote containing a unique, non-spoofable, voting link. This will lead to a secure web page listing each candidate in random order and allowing the user to rank the candidates in order of preference. There is no obligation to assign a preference to each candidate - you may, if you wish, vote for only one single candidate or for a small number. However, doing so may deny you from further influence on the outcome of later rounds of vote counting if none of your chosen candidates are elected.
In previous board elections, voters having cast a proxy vote had the option to override this with a paper vote during the AGM. The introduction of online voting means that there will be no paper vote and no proxy vote. You will vote online and may do so only once - attempting to re-enter the voting process using the same link will deny you access, but your earlier ballot will still count. So if you think you have not made up your mind yet, wait and vote later.
Voting will open early on the week before SOTM and continue until 1 hour after the end of the AGM. Because the count is electronic, it is expected that the result will be announced without delay (though no announcement will be made before the election monitors verify the count). The raw (anonymous) ballots will be made available to any member wishing to reassure him or herself of the correctness of the result.
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Doris Langer, 88, Pierz
Doris Langer, 88-year-old resident of Pierz, MN died Saturday, August 31 at her home in Pierz. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, September 6 at 11:00 A.M. at St. Johns Nepomuk Catholic Church in Lastrup, MN. A visitation will be held on Thursday, September 5 from 4:00-8:00 P.M. at St. Johns Nepomuk Catholic Church and from 10:00 A.M. to 11:00 .M. on Friday at St. John’s Nepomuk Catholic Church in Lastrup. The burial will be held in the parish cemetery. A parish prayer will be said at 5:00 P.M. followed by the Knights of Columbus Office of the Dead at 7:00 P.M. on Thursday evening at the church in Lastrup.
Doris was born on March 25, 1931 in Pierz, MN to the late Nick C. and Loretta (Faust) Meyer. She attended country school through the eighth grade. Doris was united in marriage to Victor Langer on September 3, 1953 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Pierz, MN. The couple farmed and made their home in Granite Township 4 miles east of Lastrup. Doris was a stay at home mother caring for and raising the couples 11 children. She will be remembered for her devotion to her faith praying the rosary daily and her family. Doris was a wonderful home maker raising a large garden and canning and freezing her harvest, baking homemade bread and making delicious meals for her family. She enjoyed a good game of cards and visiting with friends and family when time would allow. She was a faithful member of St. John’s Nepomuk Catholic Church and Christian Mothers.
Left to cherish her memory are husband of 66 years, Victor Langer of Pierz, MN; children, David (Carol) Langer of Hillman, Hilde (Mark) Flicker of Pierz, Kevin Langer of Little Falls, MN, Roger (Shelly) Langer of Pequot Lakes, MN, Ron Langer of Little Falls, MN, Richard (Julie) Langer of Pierz, MN, Helen Koenig of Little Falls, MN, Lucy (Mark) Hanson of Pierz, MN, Rosie Kowalzek (Wade Bayer, fiancé) of Fort Ripley, MN, Allen Langer of Hillman, MN; siblings, Irene Pfaff of Princeton, MN, Leona (Henry) Stockert of Fort Ripley, MN, Marlene Rugemer of Pierz, MN, Jerome (Kathy) Meyer of Pierz, MN; 21 grandchildren, 7 step-grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren one on the way and 8 step-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Nick C. and Loretta Meyer; son, Donald Langer; brothers, Ray Meyer, Clarence Meyer, Melvin Meyer and several extended family members.
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Why revolution is no longer possible
[Publisher’s Note: Despite claims being made in the article below by Byung-Chul Han that revolution is not possible, there is ongoing resistance to austerity in many places, in Asia, in Southern Europe, and even now in Great Britain with the election of Jeremy Corbin to the leadership of the Labour Party. The lack of purity of these attempts may offend the intellectual class especially given the ruthless suppression of the Arab spring in Egypt and north Africa were people are voting with feet, attempting the dangerous crossing of the Mediterranean.
Unfortunately, here in Australia, there has not been an anti-austerity movement, not yet anyway. And as for resistance against neo-liberalism we have to go back to the events of the dismissal of the Whitlam government and thereafter to find examples of successful opposition to neo-liberal policies. Naomi Klein does not know Australian history well enough, the shock doctrine of the bloodless coup in 1975 did not foreshadow neo-liberal excess.
The Fraser government was not game to introduce the policies of Milton Friedman and Ayn Rand, not because Fraser himself sought redemption as a liberal, but because workers and their unions would not allow it.
Sadly it took a former ACTU leader, Bob Hawke and Keating Labor Governments (1983-1996) to do the dirty work denied Fraser.
Policies implemented by Labor included: floating the Australian dollar and abolishing exchange controls; deregulating the financial and banking sectors; dismantling the tariff system and promoting ‘free trade’; widespread industry deregulation; the mad selling of the people’s [Commonwealth] bank for only $10 billion now worth over $100 billion. There would be no budget deficit if that was kept in public hands. The sale of QANTAS, of airports and roads; corporatisation of Telecom leading up to its full privatisation by the Howard government. The contracting out of services in the public sector; marketisation of superannuation; the adoption of competition policy frameworks that prevented the states from getting more revenue (i.e. Queensland Rail could not impose high enough charges for carting coal to the seaboard as it had done under Bjelke-Petersen) ; the austerity of the Accord and, over time, the introduction of a ‘deregulated’ labour market in the form of enterprise bargaining.
The Howard/Costello years continued what Hawke and Keating started. And state governments sold off rail, ports and electricity assets built up by public ownership over a 100 years.
Please don’t tell me ‘alienation’ from work does not still exist especially with young people working two and three jobs in order to study and with many workers doing crazy shift work at all hours, and FIFO workers being transported across the country away from home and family to earn enough to pay off the big mortgage.
Perhaps it may not take the form that we expect, but change will come from the very contradictions that deny it.
Ian Curr
PS. Thanks to Trevor from ‘TREVolution – leading the Renewable Energy Revolution’ for sending me the article and asking for comment.]
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The tough logic of capitalism prevails even at the heart of the sharing economy. As nice as it may be to share, no one gives away anything for free.
Credit: Flickr/Remo Cassella. No changes made. Shared under a CC 2.0 license, some rights reserved.
A year ago, I responded to Antonio Negri’s presentation at the Berliner Schaubühne, where two critiques of capitalism collided. Negri had enthused about global resistance to “Empire,” the neoliberal system of domination. He presented himself as a Communist revolutionary and referred to me as a skeptical academic.
Zealously, he invoked the “Multitude” — the networked mass of protest and revolution that he clearly trusted to bring the Empire to a fall. The standpoint of the Communist revolutionary struck me as overly naïve and removed from reality.
Accordingly, I tried to say why revolution is no longer possible today.
Why is the neoliberal system of domination so stable? Why is there so little resistance to it? Why does the resistance that does occur so quickly come to naught? Why, despite the ever-expanding divide between rich and poor, is revolution no longer possible? To explain this state of affairs, we need a precise understanding of how power and domination function today.
Anyone wishing to install a new system of rule must eliminate resistance. The same holds for the neoliberal order. Implementing a new system of dominion requires an instance of power that posits; often, this entails the use of force. However, power that posits a system is not identical to power that stabilizes a system internally. As is well known, Margaret Thatcher, the standard bearer of neoliberalism, treated unions as “internal enemies” and combated them violently. For all that, using force to establish the neoliberal agenda does not amount to system-preserving power.
System-preserving power is not repressive, but seductive
In disciplinary and industrial society, system-preserving power was repressive. Factory workers were brutally exploited by factory owners. Such violent exploitation of others’ labor entailed acts of protest and resistance. There, it was possible for a revolution to topple the standing relations of production. In that system of repression, both the oppressors and the oppressed were visible. There was a concrete opponent — a visible enemy —and one could offer resistance.
The neoliberal system of domination has a wholly different structure. Now, system-preserving power no longer works through repression, but through seduction — that is, it leads us astray. It is no longer visible, as was the case under the regime of discipline. Now, there is no longer a concrete opponent, no enemy suppressing freedom that one might resist.
Neoliberalism turns the oppressed worker into a free contractor, an entrepreneur of the self. Today, everyone is a self-exploiting worker in their own enterprise. Every individual is master and slave in one. This also means that class struggle has become an internal struggle with oneself. Today, anyone who fails to succeed blames themselves and feels ashamed. People see themselves, not society, as the problem.
The subjugated subject is not even aware of its subjugation
Any disciplinary power that expends effort to force human beings into a straitjacket of commandments and prohibitions proves inefficient. It is significantly more efficient to ensure that people subordinate themselves to domination on their own. The efficacy defining the system today stems from the fact that, instead of operating through prohibition and privation, it aims to please and fulfill. Instead of making people compliant, it endeavors to make them dependent. This logic of neoliberal efficiency also holds for surveillance. In the 1980s, to cite one example, there were vehement protests against the German national census. Even schoolchildren took to the streets.
From today’s perspective, the information requested therein— profession, education levels, and distance from the workplace — seem almost laughable. At the time, people believed that they were facing the state as an instance of domination wresting data from citizens against their will. That time is long past. Today, people expose themselves willingly. Precisely this sense of freedom is what makes protest impossible. In contrast to the days of the census, hardly anyone protests against surveillance. Free self-disclosure and self-exposure follow the same logic of efficiency as free self-exploitation. What is there to protest against? Oneself? Conceptual artist Jenny Holzer has formulated the paradox of the present situation: “Protect me from what I want.”
It is important to distinguish between power that posits and power that preserves. Today, power that maintains the system assumes a “smart” and friendly guise. In so doing, it makes itself invisible and unassailable. The subjugated subject does not even recognize that it has been subjugated. The subject thinks she is free. This mode of domination neutralizes resistance quite effectively. Domination that represses and attacks freedom is not stable. The neoliberal regime proves stable by immunizing itself against all resistance, because it makes use of freedom instead of repressing it. Suppressing freedom quickly provokes resistance; exploiting freedom does not.
After the Asian financial crisis, South Korea stood paralyzed and shocked. The IMF intervened and extended credit. In return, the government had to assert its neoliberal agenda by force. This was repressive, positing power — the kind that often proves violent and differs from system-preserving power, which manages to pass itself off as freedom.
According to Naomi Klein, the state of social shock following catastrophes such as the financial crisis in South Korea — or the current crisis in Greece — offers the chance to radically reprogram society by force. Today, there is hardly any resistance in South Korea. Quite the opposite: a vast consensus prevails — as well as depression and burnout. South Korea now has the world’s highest suicide rate. People enact violence on themselves instead of seeking to change society. Aggression directed outward, which would entail revolution, has yielded to aggression directed inward, against oneself.
Today, no collaborative, networked multitude exists that might rise up in a global mass of protest and revolution. Instead, the prevailing mode of production is based on lonesome and isolated self-entrepreneurs, who are also estranged from themselves. Companies used to compete with each other. Within each enterprise, however, solidarity could occur. Today, everyone is competing against everyone else — and within the same enterprise, too. Even though such competition heightens productivity by leaps and bounds, it destroys solidarity and communal spirit. No revolutionary mass can arise from exhausted, depressive, and isolated individuals.
Neoliberalism cannot be explained in Marxist terms. The famous “alienation” of labor does not even occur. Today, we dive eagerly into work — until we burn out. The first stage of burnout syndrome, after all, is euphoria. Burnout and revolution are mutually exclusive. Accordingly, it is mistaken to believe that the Multitude will cast off the parasitic Empire to inaugurate a communist society.
The sharing economy leads to the total commercialization of life
How do matters stand with communism today? “Sharing” and “community” are constantly being invoked. The sharing economy is supposed to replace the economy of property and possession. Sharing is Caring runs the maxim of the “Circlers” in Dave Eggers’s recent novel: to share is to cure, so to speak. The sidewalk leading to the Circle corporate office is emblazoned with slogans such as Community First and Humans Work Here. A more honest motto would be, Caring is Killing.
Digital ridesharing centers, which turn all of us into taxi drivers, advertise with appeals to community, too. But it is mistaken to claim — as Jeremy Rifkin does in his newest book, The Zero Marginal Cost Society — that the sharing economy has sounded the end of capitalism and inaugurated a communally-oriented society in which sharing is valued more highly than owning. The opposite is the case: the sharing economy ultimately leads to the total commercialization of life.
The change that Rifkin celebrates — from owning to “access” — has not freed us from capitalism. People without money still have no access to sharing. Even in the age of access, we still live within what Didier Bigo has dubbed the “Ban-opticon,” and those without means remain excluded. “Airbnb” — the computerized marketplace that turns every home into a hotel — has even made hospitality a commodity.
The ideology of “community” or a “collaborative commons” leads to the total capitalization of existence. It makes it impossible to be friendly without a purpose. In a society of continuous, mutual feedback, friendship, too, becomes commercialized. People are friendly to get better ratings.
The tough logic of capitalism prevails even at the heart of the sharing economy. As nice as it may be to share, no one gives away anything for free. Capitalism reaches fulfillment when it sells communism as a commodity. Communism as a commodity spells the end of revolution.
This piece was originally published in the Süddeutsche Zeitung, 2 September 2014.
Translated by Erik Butler
https://www.opendemocracy.net/transformation/byung-chul-han/why-revolution-is-no-longer-possible
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