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Nokia 2.2 Review
By Vignesh Giridharan | Updated Oct 23 2019
User-replaceable battery
Android One benefits
Dedicated Google Assistant key
Poor overall performance
Dismal camera performance
No notification light
With its overall low performance and low value for money, the Nokia 2.2 exists in the market only to remind you that there are superior models in the market for a slightly higher asking price, like the Nokia 4.2 and Redmi 7.
BUY Nokia 2.2
Nokia 2.2 detailed review
HMD Global Oy’s smartphone launches for 2019 seem to be something of a slow burn for the popular Nokia brand. After showcasing a few models at the Mobile World Congress in February, it went about releasing them in certain markets in a slow yet steady manner. Fortunately, India is one of those markets and we’ve just got our hands on yet another Nokia x.2 model. This one, however, is the cheapest Nokia smartphone you can get without getting into the Android Go universe. It’s the Nokia 2.2.
A few weeks ago, we reviewed the Nokia 4.2, which was the brand’s first launch in India for this year. A little after that, we reviewed the Nokia 3.2. We concluded that it makes more sense to spend a few more hundreds and invest in the more refined Nokia 4.2, unless getting a larger display was the ultimate goal of the phone buyer. Where does the cheaper Nokia 2.2 stand then? It’s got a MediaTek Helio A22 chipset with up to 3GB of RAM. Let’s find out.
According to the smartphone's product page, the Nokia 2.2 is “comprised of a solid polycarbonate body” that has “a high gloss finish”. In reality, the Nokia 2.2 looks and plays the part of a budget smartphone with very ordinary levels of build and design. The Nokia 2.2's glossy back panel seems sturdy and presentable in the hands but not particularly strong or eye-catching. Drumming idly on the back panel with your fingers causes a hollow plasticky sound to emanate from the back panel. You'll want to buy a bottle of Colin with this phone because the back panel is a palm-sized magnet for fingerprints and smudges.
Being a budget smartphone, the Nokia 2.2 does not get a dual-camera setup on the back. Instead, it gets a modest single-sensor shooter on the back with a single LED flash. The top side of the Nokia 2.2 is home to a 3.5mm audio jack but that’s it. There’s no secondary microphone anywhere in the vicinity. The left side of the phone houses a dedicated Google Assistant key, which, by default, fires up the virtual assistant even when the screen is turned off. The bottom side of the Nokia 2.2 gets a microUSB port and the primary microphone. The right side is home to the power button and volume rocker, which are a little hard to press because of the steep inward curvature of the body.
In addition, the lower right side has a tiny tab with which the user can remove the back panel entirely. On the inside, we see two cards slots on either side, one of which houses the primary SIM card and a microSD card. The other slot houses the secondary SIM card. Most of the space inside is occupied by a user-removable lithium-ion polymer battery. Named HQ510, the battery has a rated capacity of 2920mAh. It goes without saying that the Nokia 2.2 does not get an IP rating for water and dust resistance. Unlike its brethren, it does not get a notification light. In summary, the Nokia 2.2 has a pretty decent build and design for its price.
Display and Audio
The size of the Nokia 2.2’s display is the same as that on the costlier Nokia 4.2. It’s a 5.71-inch LCD panel with a resolution of 720 x 120 pixels. The top portion of the display is home to what Nokia likes to call a “Selfie notch”. In simpler words, there’s a tiny circular notch at the top for the phone’s single selfie camera. Thanks to Android 9’s native support for display notches, bundled apps like YouTube play nicely with the protrusion. While games like Asphalt 9 fill up the screen area around the notch, games like PUBG Mobile don’t. It’s a trend we’ll all have to live with, whether we like notches or not.
Though the Nokia 2.2 appears to share its display with the older Nokia 4.2, there’s a noticeable drop in quality on the cheaper unit. Colours on the Nokia 2.2’s display look a tad darker than they are in reality. Brightness, according to our test kit, ranges all the way from 5 to 666 LUX, which is plenty enough for viewing in most environments. Like the back panel, the display has a glossy finish, which makes the surface easily prone to smudges and fingerprints. The aforementioned bottle of Colin and a sheet of tissue paper should go a long way in correcting the undesirable “glossy panel” effect.
If you’re buying the Nokia 2.2 for good audio, prepare to be disappointed. It has a single loudspeaker on the back panel, which is decent for calls, ringtones, and alarms but no good for music. Sound from the tiny driver is muddled and sometimes unclear. Accidentally placing a finger or palm over the speaker grille can mute the sound output almost entirely. Luckily, there’s a small bump around the grille to give the phone some lift when it’s placed on a tabletop surface. But if the phone is lost somewhere between your bed, blanket, and pillow, there’s a chance you’ll end up missing your morning alarm.
The Nokia 2 and Nokia 2.1 relied on a Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset (the Snapdragon 212 and Snapdragon 425 respectively) but the Nokia 2.2 breaks that trend and employs instead a MediaTek Helios A22 chipset. Built on a 12-nanometre process, the Helios A22 offers four ARM Cortex-A53 CPU cores at 2.0GHz. The graphics processing unit onboard is a PowerVR GE8320, which, based on our experience with the review unit, feels a tad more responsive than the Adreno 504 on the Nokia 3.2’s Snapdragon 429 chip. The Nokia 2.2 is offered in two variants: one with 2GB RAM + 16GB internal storage (Rs 6,999) and another with 3GB RAM + 32GB internal storage (Rs 7,999). Our review unit was of course the latter.
The Nokia 2.2 review unit fared more or less as decently as the Nokia 3.2. On AnTuTu 7.0, the unit scored 61554 points, where the Nokia 3.2 scored 63903. Geekbench refused to run on the Nokia 2.2 owing to server connectivity issues. On 3DMark’s Sling Shot, the Nokia 2.2 scored 440 points. In comparison, the Nokia 3.2 and Nokia 4.2 bagged 415 and 821 on the same test respectively. On PCMark Storage, the Nokia 2.2 (with its score of 7069) beat the Nokia 3.2 (5574) and the Nokia 4.2 (6965).
Nokia 2.2 failed to run Geekbench 4 benchmark tests
In everyday scenarios, the Nokia 2.2 review unit was almost a pain to use. Right from the get-go (initial Android setup, i.e.), the phone was slow to respond. Bringing up the default keyboard (Gboard) would take up to four seconds in general. Everyday apps, such as YouTube and Chrome, would take about four to six seconds on an average to be launched and ready for use. Pressing the dedicated Google Assistant key would sometimes result in nothing for about three or four seconds. In summary, get the Nokia 2.2 if you don’t mind waiting for things to happen on your phone.
Gaming on the review unit was an equally painful and disappointing experience. According to our Gamebench metrics tool, Asphalt 9 ran at a median frame rate of 10 frames per second, and PUBG Mobile, 15 frames per second on forced low graphics settings. Playing either game was a challenge. The frames moved at a noticeably low rate and made controlling the player a difficult task. It was neither thrilling nor entertaining to play a game on the Nokia 2.2. It’s best to go with simpler titles on this phone, such as 2048 and Candy Crush Saga.
The Nokia 2.2 is the cheapest model from the Finnish phone maker that runs Android One. Models priced below it get the simpler and lighter Android Go. As is the case with any modern Nokia smartphone running Android One, the Nokia 2.2 gets the latest near-stock version of Android, version 9 (Pie). It also gets the promise of regular software updated for up to two years. The UI is clean and easy to use. The app drawer is free of bloatware, so those who prefer stock Android or anything close to it will appreciate it.
The pill-based navigation that was introduced by Google in Android 9 is turned on by default. The UI includes the option to switch to a dark device theme in Settings, which should please those who prefer white text on a dark background. It’s worth noting that this theme setting is not exactly system-wide and that it only changes the appearance of some system elements, such as the notification drawer.
While many of today’s smartphones are seen with at least two cameras on the back panel, the Nokia 2.2 is seen with a modest single shooter on its back panel. It’s a 13-megapixel 1.12um sensor with an aperture of f/2.2 and autofocus. It’s accompanied by a single LED flash that doubles as the phone’s torch. The camera on the front is a 5-megapixel unit that’s ensconced in the phone’s “Selfie notch”. The default camera app on the Nokia 2.2 features modes such as HDR, panorama, low-light enhancement, time lapse, beautification, and Google Lens.
Just one camera on the back
Photos taken in daylight through the Nokia 2.2’s primary (and only) sensor are somewhat dull and lacking in detail. Colours too appear faded and washed out. For example, the leaves on a tree seem drier than they are. Zooming in reveals the loss in detail and focus in many elements of a frame. Photos taken indoors however, are mostly noisy and colourless. Shots taken inside say, a conference room, blur easily. Lowlight photos are grainy and blurry and are hence best avoided. Selfies, on the other hand, appear significantly sharper around the main subject, though they too could do with more colour. They turn noisy and blurry under low light just as much as regular shots through the rear camera.
Normal mode, outdoors, daylight
Normal mode, indoors, regular indoor lighting
Normal mode, indoors, slightly low light
Normal mode, indoors, low light
Selfie camera, indoors, regular indoor lighting
Selfie camera, indoors, low light
The default camera app is slow to react and nearly unusable. On many occasions, the app on the review unit stalled and closed itself when I tried to view a photo that was taken a few minutes ago. Switching between photo and video modes takes nearly two seconds to happen. A “beauty” slider can be set for both regular photos and selfies. All in all, the Nokia 2.2 cannot be considered for its optical prowess. If your budget can be stretched to accommodate a Redmi 7 instead of the Nokia 2.2, your mobile photography experience should improve significantly. You can read more about the Redmi 7 and its camera quality here.
The battery setup on the Nokia 2.2 is rather unique. Like Nokia models of yore, the Nokia 2.2 has a user-removable battery. The battery on the review unit bore the model number HQ510 and had a rated capacity of 2920mAh. A few years ago, users whose phone featured a user-removable battery had the option of replacing the unit themselves when the battery wore old. But at the moment, it’s hard to say if it’s an advantage for the Nokia 2.2 because a Google search of the model number returns very little usable information. We’re not sure if Nokia will sell the battery online.
According to our standard battery benchmark test, the Nokia 2.2 scored 7 hours, 31 minutes. In comparison, the Nokia 4.2 and Redmi 7 scored 8 hours, 50 minutes and 9 hours, 5 minutes on the same test respectively. In everyday use scenarios, the Nokia 2.2 review unit lasted a little over a day with moderate use, which included some thirty minutes of gaming, twenty minutes of browsing, and a few app installs. When the phone remained in my bag unused for two full days, the battery dropped from near full to 30 percent. Charging from 10 percent back to full took nearly two full hours on the standard bundled charger. In summary, the Nokia 2.2 has a decent battery life but could have done with better.
The Nokia 2.2 entered the budget smartphone market with a price tag of Rs 7,999 (for the 3GB RAM/32GB storage variant) at a time when its more sophisticated brother, the Nokia 4.2 received an updated price of Rs 10,490 (for the similar 3GB RAM/32GB storage variant). While you might save a couple of thousand rupees with the Nokia 2.2, you’ll miss out on a lot in terms of features and quality. Performance too takes a hit with the Nokia 2.2’s weak MediaTek Helio A22 chipset.
Nokia 2.2, Nokia 4.2 Product Page
When compared with phones like the slightly costlier Redmi 7, the Nokia 2.2 has little to set itself apart with, except for the fact that it comes with Android One. Though it promises timely updates and a clean stock Android-like UI, it renders itself nearly unusable because of the phone’s underpowered chipset. Forget the Nokia 2.2; get the beefier Nokia 4.2, or the Redmi 7.
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HomeMobileFacebook expands its playable and AR ad formats – TechCrunch
Facebook expands its playable and AR ad formats – TechCrunch
September 19, 2019 DigitalBurndown Mobile 0
Ahead of Advertising Week, Facebook is the announcing the expansion of three interactive ad formats.
First, it says that poll ads (which you may already have seen in Instagram Stories) are moving to the main feed of the Facebook mobile app. Second, the augmented reality ads that Facebook has already been testing are moving into open beta this fall. Third, Facebook is making playable ads available to all advertisers, not just gaming companies.
The company showed off each format at a press event yesterday in New York City.
E!, for example, says it ran ads with interactive polls to promote one of its TV shows, leading to a 1.6x increase in brand awareness. Meanwhile, Vans created a playable ad where players could guide skateboarder Steve Van Doren down a mountain, resulting in a 4.4% lift in ad recall. And WeMakeUp ran an AR ad campaign allowing users to virtually try on new shades of makeup, leading to a 27.6% lift in purchases.
Mark D’Arcy, Facebook’s chief creative officer and vice president of global business marketing, said that while the initial playable ad examples had “very literal gaming mechanics, doing brands in a game,” there could be “a whole range” of different interactions over time.
D’Arcy also acknowledged that including polls, games and AR in ads aren’t exactly new ideas, but he suggested that in the past, they’ve generally been “heavy” experiences, requiring things like a separate microsite. By bringing them front-and-center on Facebook, the company is making them “super lightweight, fun and super scalable.”
As result, he suggested that each of these formats will evolve as more advertisers get to experiment with them: “In 12 months, even six months, we’re going to look at these examples and they’ll be fundamentally different.”
And if you’re wondering how these new formats will handle user data, the Facebook team said that only the aggregate results of polls — not individual user data — will be shared with advertisers. Similarly, any images created by users through an AR ad can be saved to their camera roll, but won’t be shared with advertisers.
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LRO DIVINER Lunar Radiometer Experiment
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Diviner | About | Contact Us | © 2019
Principal Investigator: David Paige
New Diviner Level 4 Data Products
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LRO Diviner at the 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
Extended Mission 3
In the 7 years that the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been orbiting the Moon, the data returned from its instruments has revolutionized what we know about the Moon – it is a dynamic world, rich in resources like water ice. And now, LRO has been approved for a third Extended Mission (EM3)! This means that LRO continues operating for the next 2 years, returning data which help us further unravel the Moon's history.
During EM3, the Diviner instrument onboard LRO will contribute to the mission by acquiring thermal measurements at even more varying viewing and illumination geometries, making targeted nighttime observations over regions of varying age, and making observations during twilight and eclipses. Diviner's measurements are used as inputs into models which derive surface properties. The new observations increase Diviner's temporal and spatial coverage of the Moon, which we use to characterize the stability of volatiles, and understand the nature and evolution of the lunar regolith.
Read NASA's 2016 Senior Review of Operating Missions here; LRO received a rating of Excellent/Very Good.
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WRiTE CLUB 2014 Play-offs - Round One / Bout 7
It's week #2 of the WRiTE CLUB play-off rounds – which I promised would come at a rapid fire pace -- and we have four more bouts scheduled. I must say I'm a little disappointed with the participation we've seen so far. Last year we averaged 31 votes per round one bout in the playoffs, and this year we are averaging 27. Yes, it is early, so the numbers could rebound, but it is also up to all of you to help make that happen. Please help out in any way you can to ensure that the work from these wonderful writers is seen by as many readers as possible.
Last week I posted five bouts (Mon-Fri) and this week are the last four (Mon-Thur). The voting for all nine bouts will remain open until noon on Sunday, August 31st. Your task remains simple…read the submission from each WRiTER carefully and leave your vote for the sample that resonates with you the most. If you haven’t already done so in the previous rounds, offer some critique if you have time. Anyone reading this can vote, so blog, Tweet, Facebook, text, or smoke signal everyone you know and get them to take part in the fun. Vote on as many bouts as you can get around to. Whether that is one bout, or all nine, how much you participate is up to you.
Here’s something else to keep in mind for this round...every vote counts. That’s because the contestant who doesn't win their bout but garners the most votes amongst all of the other losers, will become a wildcard winner and still advance to round 2.
The winners will be posted late in the afternoon on August 31 and then round 2 will kick off the following Monday, September 1st, with all new 500 word submissions from the nine advancing contestants.
Good luck to all of the WRiTER’s!
And now…..
In this corner welcome back to the ring.....Miss Drake
The last time Benjamin Marshall ate a corned beef sandwich was the same day he killed more than six hundred people. It was early afternoon, and the wind had been bitter, coming off the frozen shallows of the lake. It made Benjamin feel as if the fine hairs in his nose were freezing together, so he had ducked into The Berghoff to thaw. He hadn’t expected an interruption, so his hands were knuckle-deep in his corned beef sandwich, pulling off the strings of sauerkraut, wiping away as much of the bitterness as he could.
Someone called his name, and when Benjamin looked up, his fingers deep in his sandwich, Minnie Dorsey was running at him, her face drawn tight. Her hair was piled in a loose knot on the top of her head, golden curls frizzling out from the mass. Most of the women Benjamin knew kept their hair pinned tight, any curls revealing themselves in a calculated, cascading way, but not Minnie. Everything about Minnie was different than the other woman Benjamin knew.
It was well-known that women weren’t allowed in The Berghoff, a mostly unspoken rule. Benajmin glanced around and everyone’s eyes were on him. On Minnie, really. If it were anyone but Minnie, he would have prepared himself for a slap over something he’d done, but Minnie was one of the fun girls, never seeming to mind when she caught Benjamin out with a different girl on his arm, dizzy with champagne.
“Ben,” she gasped again.
“Benjamin,” he corrected her, as he always did. He had been Ben as a young boy, sometimes Bennie. He’d be drawing on a large sketch pad in the yard, trying to decipher the varying whistles from the train tracks a few miles away, and then his mother’s long, “Be-en!” to call him in for supper. Now, he went by Benjamin, only Benjamin.
As a boy he was constantly scolded by his school teacher for doodling instead of working on his arithmetic. “Our little artist,” his mother would say when company came over. The problem with being an artist was that Benjamin couldn’t draw faces—the shadows and expressions were lost when he sketched on paper. He never got the look of happiness or of despair quite right and his portraits would end up looking like chiseled stone: cold and solid. But lines he could manage—he drew squares and arches and rectangles that spoke to people more than any two-dimensional face did.
Still, it frustrated him that no matter how hard he tried, he would never be able to sum Minnie Dorsey up with lines on paper. Standing before him, her cheeks were flushed rosy. She looked so wild, so Minnie that Benjamin wanted to reach out and touch her face, but everyone was looking and it was The Berghoff after all. “What is it?” he asked her.
“Benjamin Marshall,” she said, with an edge to her voice, a mix of urgency and now, annoyance. “Your beloved theatre is on fire.”
And in the other corner, also anxious to return to the ring, let me re-introduce.... Dreamer
Gillian lurched, then steadied herself against the side of the bridge, its ancient stones damp from loch mist. Setting down her bag, she stared up at the castle, letting the afternoon wind sting her face and have its way with her hair.
To return here, terrifying, but to stay away. . . worse. She needed help, and only Kinsman could give it. She hoped.
Hoisting her bag, she glanced over her shoulder at the rental car, then crossed to the high arched door.
She grasped the thick iron ring, and banged it sharply. The door swung in so quickly she barely had time to release the knocker.
Without a greeting, the steely-eyed Alva took her bag and closed the door behind her. The sound wasn't unlike that of a crypt being sealed, and it echoed into the dank air.
Again Gillian stood under the high ceiling, encircled by tapestries and larger-than-life portraits of her ancestors. Their stares remained as she remembered them, remote with a hint of malevolence.
“He's waiting for you.” Her back more hunched than three years ago, Alva stood at the bottom of the stairway leading to the second floor.
Gillian flinched. Where was her Scottish courage—the mettle Kinsman used to remind her was in her blood? The day she left, she’d said terrible things to him, hurtled down these stairs and outside, frantic to be gone. Now she’d returned. She needed him. Desperately.
She counted each step to the library. Its door stood open.
“May I come in?” Rotten start. He'd sense her nerves unraveling in a weak request like that.
Kinsman turned from the fire to face her. Eyes, as dark and shrewd as she remembered, confronted her.
She ran her tongue over her lips and swallowed. “Did you get my message?” Another feeble question. Now she'd wait for him to speak.
The clock's pendulum became the loudest sound in the room. Her pulse drummed at her temples. The fire burned steadily, but gave little warmth. She needed a drink. A Valium. Damn. She needed sleep.
Kinsman drew his chair closer to the fire and sat with his back to her. “Do you intend to stand at the door the rest of the evening?”
He'd asked her to sit with him. He would hear her out. Without hesitating, she took a seat and waited.
“Why have you come?”
“The dreams. They've returned. . .only this time they’re. . .deadly.”
The tension between them melted with her words. At last she’d told someone who understood. None of the expensive doctors who made pages of notes and prescribed medicines for depression or anxiety or whatever they thought caused her condition, knew what she meant when told them about The Dreams, dreams that made her embrace days and dread nights.
“Then it’s time for you to know,” he said and the shadows stirred around them.
Like long, dark fingers they clutched at her, and she reached for Kinsman’s hand. Her guardian. Her protector.
But could he save her?
Remember the WRiTE CLUB motto, it’s not about the last man/woman standing, it’s about who knocks the audience out!
Sally August 26, 2014 at 5:45 AM
My vote goes to Miss Drake
Rosemary Freeman August 26, 2014 at 6:44 AM
Miss Drake
Chris Fries August 26, 2014 at 7:12 AM
Make no mistake -- I'll take Miss Drake.
alexia August 28, 2014 at 11:55 AM
LOL, Chris :)
Sarah August 26, 2014 at 7:18 AM
DD August 26, 2014 at 7:45 AM
Jessie Oliveros August 26, 2014 at 8:08 AM
Kim English August 26, 2014 at 8:48 AM
mis drake
hugewater August 26, 2014 at 9:11 AM
Miss Drake!
AJ August 26, 2014 at 11:37 AM
Tough one for me. Miss Drake seems more likely to be a story I haven't heard before, although it kills me that the first line mentions a massacre and doesn't look back. Dreamer's first page doesn't set it apart from other stories in this vein. However...the writing's more linear, doesn't jump around.
Dissenting vote for Dreamer.
Alex J. Cavanaugh August 26, 2014 at 12:33 PM
Agree with AJ - I vote for Dreamer.
Miss Drake for me!
Gwen Tolios August 26, 2014 at 2:29 PM
I'm gonna go with a Dreamer vote.
Zan Marie August 26, 2014 at 3:43 PM
Dawn Dietrich August 26, 2014 at 4:01 PM
Stacy McKitrick August 26, 2014 at 4:35 PM
Dreamer.
Miss Drake.
farawayeyes August 26, 2014 at 5:20 PM
Melissa Hed August 26, 2014 at 5:28 PM
S.P. Bowers August 26, 2014 at 6:20 PM
J. Lenni Dorner August 26, 2014 at 6:58 PM
Dreamer. I really enjoyed both though.
Dannie Morin August 26, 2014 at 7:09 PM
Donna Hole August 26, 2014 at 10:23 PM
Suzanne Furness August 27, 2014 at 4:21 AM
Dreamer for me. Best of luck to you both.
Laura Maisano August 27, 2014 at 7:37 AM
Sarah Ahiers August 27, 2014 at 1:16 PM
Jennifer Park August 27, 2014 at 4:59 PM
AJ Lauer August 27, 2014 at 9:44 PM
Mary Holm August 28, 2014 at 8:25 PM
Deniz Bevan August 29, 2014 at 4:38 AM
Miss Drake, definitely. Love the way the last line connects with the first.
L.C. McGehee August 31, 2014 at 4:35 AM
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Facebook’s News Feed is Changing (and What to Expect)
September 14, 2018 Social Media Marketing 0
What are the Changes to the Facebook News Feed?
Facebook has overhauled how it ranks the posts, videos and photos that appear in its users’ News Feeds, introducing major changes on Thursday designed to put what friends and family have to say first.
Why are the Changes Being Made?
The Facebook Mission
The primary reason Zuckerberg gives for making these changes to the News Feed is to get back to what the platform was designed to do, which is to “help people stay connected and bring us closer together with the people that matter to us.”
What This Means for Businesses Marketing
When the news broke, Facebook stocks took a hit and social marketers across the globe declared the “death of the newsfeed” for publishers.
But Don’t PANIC…
In reality, these changes should not surprise anyone who has been paying attention, and are likely to have a positive long-term impact on your social media marketing strategy.
People-First Approach
Smart marketers will view this as an opportunity to shift their strategy away from heavy content generation and toward a people-first approach. This doesn’t mean halting all creation of content but it does mean crafting fewer, more thoughtful pieces that encourage meaningful interactions between people.
Use Live Videos
The use of live video: “It’s organic, it’s free and it has a proven record to be much more engaging than any other type of content. It often lead to discussion among viewers on Facebook – in fact, live videos on average get six times as many interactions as regular videos.
There is a great opportunity for businesses to pivot to a meaningful customer service experience on Facebook. It’s no longer about the number of followers a page has but how quickly you respond to comments, questions, and inquiries. If you aren’t engaging with and responding to your customers on Facebook, and doing so in a timely fashion, your business will pay the price.
No Engagement Bait
Mosseri (Facebook’s head of newsfeed) warns that organisations that use ‘engagement-bait’ to goad people into commenting on posts will have their posts demoted, as these will not be viewed as “meaningful interactions”.
Engagement bait” is defined by Facebook as spammy posts on Facebook that goad them into interacting with likes, shares, comments, and other actions – for instance, posts that say “LIKE this if you’re think Charles is handsome!”
So, no vote baiting, reaction baiting, hare baiting,no tag baiting or comment baiting
While there has been an outcry at the changes from some in the marketing world, the reality is that social networks are just that – social. The presence of brands on social has grown dramatically, and for many users this has been to the detriment of the networks.
Facebook’s change should be welcomed if it can genuinely improve the service for users. And brands will have to raise their game to be more relevant and more vital with their messaging, rather than trying to beat users into submission by sheer volume.
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Supergirl: Livewire
by Billie Doux
Supergirl: "Oh, shut up, you mean girl."
This episode was a step forward for Supergirl in three different ways: the addition of some family dysfunction, the effectiveness of the villain, and a significant improvement in the characterization of the annoying Cat Grant.
Kara's Charlie-Brown-like "Friendsgiving" was inadvertently ruined by a visit from her foster mom Eliza Danvers, who oddly looks a lot more like Kara than Alex. (Okay, okay, I know that's because Helen Slater played Supergirl in the 1984 movie and Alex clearly takes after her father from Lois & Clark, instead.) It seemed inexplicable to me that Eliza Danvers blamed Alex for Kara "coming out" as Supergirl, and that it was a pattern going back to their teen years when Eliza was constantly all over Alex's case when it came to protecting her adopted little sister. Which made zero sense to me, since Kara is freaking invulnerable and Alex is not.
Which segued into Eliza confessing that a surprisingly nasty Hank Henshaw and his DEO minions dropped by when Kara was thirteen and wanted to take her away forever, but somehow Jeremiah Danvers talked them into taking him, instead. While I'm not quite sure why Hank would take Jeremiah instead of an actual super alien, it did set up the ultimate fate of Jeremiah Danvers as a new continuing mystery. And I thought it was fun to see the heretofore perfectly behaved Alex drinking too much and acting out, before "coming out" and telling her mom the truth about her work for the DEO.
Poor Winn, who has been pretty much the bland best friend up until now, got to be the uncomfortable and forgotten guest at the table while the family was fighting. Like Sunbunny said in her review of the previous episode "Fight or Flight," I'm really not interested in the love triangle, quadrangle, or whatever (we were reminded of it with a couple of brief scenes centered on Kara's jealousy of James' relationship with Lucy Lane), but I thought Winn's confession about his evil father in prison and his hinted-at feelings for Kara was sweet.
(Hey, if Winn's dad is a bad guy and in prison, I'm sure that means he's an incipient supervillain that we'll meet at some point.)
Speaking of supervillains, Livewire, a.k.a. Leslie Willis the metaphorical shock jock who actually became one literally, wasn't what I'd call a great villain. But like the rest of the episode, she was a step up from what we've gotten so far. I liked that she wasn't yet another Fort Rozz escapee, but instead a by-product of Kara getting hit by lightning, which I remember happening at least once on Smallville. I even thought Leslie's comments about the adorkableness, the figure skating outfit, Supergirl's sexual orientation and the possibility of tentacles for genitals was amusing, albeit in a mean sort of way.
One of the best things about this episode was Cat Grant coming off as human for the first time. As Kara was trying to deal with Leslie's metamorphosis, Cat volunteered courageously to act as bait to draw Livewire out, and was calm and matter-of-fact about the mistakes she'd made while mentoring Leslie. Cat also showed some interest in Kara's backstory, and shared with her that her own mother saw Cat as a disappointment. It's interesting and sad that, like Winn, Cat had no one to share Thanksgiving with; while Cat appears cold, she apparently does care about people. Or was Cat finally just noticing that her adorable assistant looks exactly like Supergirl?
So this episode was about Kara and Alex and their ups and downs as sisters, and their occasionally difficult relationship with their mom, and featured a parallel storyline about Leslie/Livewire and her mentor, Cat Grant. All female characters and their interrelationships. And the feminist in me likes that a lot.
-- There were a couple of obvious homages to the original Superman movie: the helicopter rescue, and teenage Kara and Alex flying together. Plus a brief mention of Ghostbusters.
-- The magenta leopard statue got trashed. Were they going to repair it? Ugh.
-- The DEO was masquerading as the FBI. FWIW.
-- Ojai is "several hours away." Ojai is actually about an hour and a half from Los Angeles if the traffic is good, which it never is.
-- Did they ever get around to eating Thanksgiving dinner?
Supergirl: (re: the hideous snouty alien) "He was tough."
Hank: "She."
Supergirl: "Whoah. Respect."
Supergirl: "Chocolate pecan pie is the best dessert in the galaxy, and as someone who's been to twelve different planets, I mean that literally."
Kara: "Have you figured out what you're doing for Thanksgiving?"
Winn: "Yeah, Orphan Thanksgiving. Literally. Thai food and Orphan Black marathon."
Cat: "What fresh incompetence is this?"
Cat: "Oh, Leslie. You and I got through you not supporting Hillary in 2008, we can get through this. Just give me your terms."
Livewire: "The only thing that you have that I want is your skin. There are so many ways to skin..."
Cat: "A cat. Yes, congratulations. You have the wit of a Youtube comment."
Promising. Three out of four Youtube comments,
Billie Doux loves good television and spends way too much time writing about it.
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Labels: :S1.E4, Billie Doux, Livewire, Supergirl, Supergirl reviews
LIvewire is one of my favorite Superman villains and I was excited that they chose her as a nemesis for superhero but ambivalent about the way she turned out.
Eliza's toughness on Alex didn't really make sense to me either. Like, I get that she's the older sister and is responsible for keeping her younger sibling safe, but Kara is a grown woman. It would make more sense if she was mad at both of them instead of just Alex?
I really hate Winn but the fact that he watches Orphan Black makes me hate him a little less.
Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 6:48:00 PM EDT
Also, I really loved Kara cooking the turkey with her heat vision.
Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 12:29:00 AM EDT
Patryk said...
No mention that this is actually episode 5 that was switched around due to real life events? IT does make some continuity issues after all with "How Does She Do It"
Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 2:11:00 AM EDT
I loved the turkey thing too, Sunbunny. Patryk, I'd completely forgotten 4 and 5 were switched -- thanks for reminding me.
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DJI Partners with European First Responders
The world’s largest drone manufacturer is teaming up with Europe’s largest emergency services association to find new and better ways to deploy UAVs into emergency scenarios.
China-based DJI and the European Emergency Number Associationannounced the partnership on Thursday and the initiative calls for the selection of European drone pilot teams to train with Phantom and Inspire drones to optimize emergency response. In addition, EENA pilots will also learn how to deploy DJI’s Matrice 100 quadcopter, which is specifically designed to work with developers testing new hardware and software solutions for drones.
“With this partnership, we hope to demonstrate the power of aerial systems in first response missions,” said Romeo Durscher, DJI’s director of education.
The Donegal Mountain Rescue Team in Ireland and the Greater Copenhagen Fire Department in Denmark will serve as the initial test sites for the training program. Officials in Copenhagen will focus on traffic crashes, firefighting reconnaissance and chemical spill disasters while the Irish team will work to improve networking and crowd-sourcing techniques in its program that already harnesses DJI software platforms.
The journey into the high-stakes world of emergency response is not new to DJI, although the EENA partnership is one of the first official partnerships. Several American public-safety agencies have already purchased or deployed the company’s UAV systems.
In March, the Horry County (S.C.) Fire-Rescue Department applied for FAA approval to pilot its new DJI Phantom 3 in an effort to capture video footage of larger fires as well as aid in search-and-rescue and disaster evaluation efforts.
In Miami, Okla., the city’s first-response team recently announced the launch of a UAV pilot program that will use their new DJI Inspire to pursue high-speed suspects, assess crime, fire and disaster scenes as well as search and rescue.
By joining together in a unified partnership, European emergency services will be able to crowd-source their experiences and learn from each other. “EENA has a unique position to observe how aerial technology has been – and has the potential to be – implemented to support first-responder services,” EENA Deputy Executive Director Tony O’Brien said.
“With this program, we seek to better understand how challenges in terms of logistics and data-analysis and integration can be overcome to fully realize the benefits of drones in emergency and humanitarian crisis situations,” O’Brien added.
Based in Brussels, the EENA is “dedicated to promoting high-quality emergency services reached by the number 112 throughout the EU [the counterpart to the American 911].” The NGO provides a forum for agencies to discuss improvements in emergency response techniques.
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Larry Finison is a CRW member and has written several books on the history of cycling in the Boston Area. His latest book, Boston’s Twentieth-Century Bicycling Renaissance: Cultural Change on Two Wheels is about how bicycling languished and then flourished during that century. Larry has collected events, anecdotes, and pictures that will educate and charm you. Learn how specific individuals and organizations made a difference in the world of bicycling. You will leave with an expanded sense of the breadth of the bicycling community and how history influenced what we do today. Autographed books are available for cash sale.
Date: Tuesday October 22, 2019. Time: 6 to 7 PM Social hour with refreshments, 7 - 8:30 Presentation and questions. Where: Bocca Bella Café, 442 Lexington Street, Auburndale, MA 02466. What: We will serve light refreshments, and soft drinks but a cash bar. Parking: Behind or beside the restaurant – and across the street.
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• The muscles of most people are not harmed by the calcium leak, but some people are either genetically or environmentally susceptible to statin-induced muscle damage.
• A regular moderate exercise program may help some people prevent the muscle changes that cause calcium leaks.
• Very intense exercise can cause some people on statins to develop muscle damage by damaging calcium gatekeeper proteins. The authors found that 70 percent of highly-competitive athletes developed severe muscle damage when they exercised at near-maximum effort.
• Statins do not cause calcium leakage in heart muscles because calcium movement during heart muscle contractions is regulated by different gatekeeper proteins, and therefore statins do not cause heart muscle damage or irregular heartbeats.
Interestingly, in the rats, the researchers observed that:
• statins did not affect muscle function or strength,
• exercise corrected the muscle changes in the rats who had free access to exercise wheels, and
• the exercising rats treated with statins were able to run twice as far as rats not given statins.
How Statins May Damage Skeletal Muscles
Statins lower inflammation and the bad LDL cholesterol that increases heart attack risk, but LDL is necessary to form cell membranes, so statins may increase muscle damage normally caused by intense exercise. Statins can raise blood sugar and triglycerides and lower the good HDL to increase risk for diabetes (J of Clinical Lipidology, July-August 2016;10(4):1022-1029), and the people most likely to suffer muscle pains when they take statins are those with pre-diabetes or diabetes who have high rises in blood sugar after meals (Brit Med J. Open Diabetes Research & Care, Oct 23, 2017). Another recent study showed that statins interfere with the ability to exercise and to compete in sports, even in patients who report no symptoms (J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 2018;103(1):75-84). See Statin Drugs and Exercise
Today statins remain the major choice of heart-attack preventing drugs (J Am Coll Cardiol, 2014;63(25 pt B):2889-2934), but lifestyle changes can be equally effective. Statins do lower cholesterol and inflammation to help prevent heart attacks. If your LDL cholesterol is above 100 or you have other factors that increase risk for a heart attack, most guidelines recommend that you take statin drugs to help protect you from suffering a heart attack. However, statin drugs come at a price. They can make your muscles hurt and interfere with your ability to exercise. If you are a competitive athlete, they can interfere with your ability to compete at your best.
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10 Years Ago - October 2009
Long-time CRW members Linda and Barry Nelson completed their 14th Pan-Mass Challenge in 2009. Recognizable on CRW rides with their tandem bicycle, in two previous iterations of the PMC, they made it a family affair by riding a triple with their son. In regional news, cyclists celebrated the opening of Phase 1 of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail in Chelmsford on August 29th. The section of the trail that was opened runs 6.8 miles through Lowell, Chelmsford, and Westford. Phase 2A of the BFRT opened in the spring of 2018, connecting Phase 1 to Carlisle and Acton.
The unofficial theme of the October 1994 newsletter was ultraendurance cycling, with ride reports from Boston-Montreal-Boston (740+ miles in under 90 hours) and a first-hand account of Rob Kish’s winning Race Across America effort from support crew member Lori Reed. A notable motivational quote from the first day of the race: “At noon, Rob has covered 390 miles and he stops for his first break off the bike but doesn’t sleep. He gets a 10 minute massage while I apply sunblock. 11:00pm At 550 miles, Rob finally sleeps for 2 1/2 hours. I work on his legs while he sleeps. By 2:0am, he’s showered and back on the bike.”
A Western Mass. Berkshire Foliage Tour was advertised for October 11-12, with options leaving from Westfield and Pittsfield. The 45 mile Westfield ride was advertised as having “…not great [mileage] but the scenery is superb and you’ll get your exercise from hill climbs. If the weather is anything better than AWFUL, the ride will be GREAT.” Overnight accommodations were suggested at Mrs. Ferry’s for $3.00 a night or camping at Bousquets at $0.75 a night.
A Boston Bicycle Club Before CRW
Lorenz Finison
In May 1972, the CRW Newsletter published Howard Moore’s “Not a Dark Age at All.” Moore, a cyclist since the early 1920s and CRW ride leader, objected to CRW co-founder George Bailey (and Moore’s predecessor as club historian) calling the period of the 1920s through 1930s a “dark age for the bicycle.” Moore claimed that there were many clubs around eastern Massachusetts “which endured for varying lengths of time between 1933 and the formation of the Charles River Wheelmen.” He mentioned the Cambridge Cycle and Sports Club, the Massachusetts Bicycling [Bicycle] Club, the Norfolk County Wheelmen, the North Quincy Wheelmen, the Brockton Cycle Club, the Middlesex County Wheelmen, and the West Roxbury Cycle Club; and, closer-in, the “Boston Wheelmen (not to be confused with the old-time Boston Bicycle Club).”
What of this presumably ancient Boston Bicycle Club? What was its place in the history of our sport, recreation, and mode of transportation to or at work, and for a variety of social purposes? What are the parallels and contrasts between its story and those of cycle clubs today? These questions begin a series on the history of Boston region bicycling clubs and events.
The Boston Bicycle Club (BBiC) was responsible for many firsts: it was the first cycle club on the American continent (February, 1878), the first club to join the League of American Wheelmen (now Bicyclists), and produced its first president, Charles Pratt. The BBiC organized the first century ride, the first bicycle race, the first 100-mile road race, the first tricycle race, and the first hill climbing contest. In October, 1879, the BBiC also co-sponsored, with the Massachusetts Bicycle Club, the recreational Wheel About the Hub – Boston was known world-wide as the Hub even then – and published popular stories about the event that arguably led to cycling’s surge in the 1880s, and even larger growth when the safety bicycle came on strong in the early 1890s.
At Readville, first organized bicycle run held in the United States, organized by the Massachusetts and Boston Bicycle clubs, September 11-12, 1879. Source: Quincy Historical Society.
Despite the end of the cycling craze by 1900, the BBiC survived for another 50 years – alone among Boston’s 19th century clubs. What follows are some notes on BBiC’s founding and early history, its unions with and divorces from the Massachusetts Bicycling Club (MBC), its remarkable longevity, and its connection to CRW. This is where we came from, in the long arc of history.
Bicycling in Boston arose in 1876/77 out of the collapse of the velocipede mania several years earlier. The velocipedes, with direct-drive pedals on the front wheel were just too heavy, clumsy, and difficult to ride, especially over rough terrain, and were largely confined to rinks and riding schools in Boston and elsewhere. By 1871 spidery-spoked, lighter, and more road-worthy high- wheels appeared in England, and, given American (and especially Boston) elites’ connection to English culture, within a few years made their way to Boston: “…our English cousins developed … that combination of beauty, grace and power, the modern bicycle.” Of course, these proclivities were not shared by Boston’s Irish immigrant population, just coming to political power, but then, they did not significantly adopt bicycling until the 1890s,with the advent of the cheaper safety bicycle and the broadening of bicycling beyond its upper middle class roots.
During the mid-1870s a tiny number of English high-wheels found their way across the Atlantic to be used in match races and in trick riding demonstrations. Recreational use began when Alfred Chandler, a young Brookline lawyer, saw a high-wheel English bicycle exhibited at the Philadelphia Exposition in 1876 and ordered an import. He was widely seen riding in and around Boston. Other young professional men were attracted, and by November 1877, Frank Weston, a Cunningham, Heath and Company partner, started importing English bikes into Boston. He was deservedly known as the “Father of American Bicycling” for his imports, organization, magazine, and encouragement to cyclists.
Weston was born in 1843 in London and followed in his father’s footsteps to become an architect. He came to Boston in 1866 and thereafter crisscrossed the ocean on business and joined the evolution from the velocipede to the high wheel. Weston maintained membership in London’s Pickwick Bicycle Club and cemented the comradely ties between English and American bicycling. His Cunningham offices at 178 Devonshire street became the first meeting place for the Boston Bicycle Club. And he was to publish the first North American bicycling magazine: The American Bicycling Journal.
The mast-head for his new magazine illustrated a high wheeler waving farewell to the velocipede, while a dog chased along, perhaps eager for a new and more exciting victim.
Masthead, first issue of the American Bicycling Journal, December 22, 1877.
The ABJ published many notes from “ our English cousins” – there being little local cycling news yet– and also published hotel advertisements (e.g., Old Squantum House in North Quincy, Fresh Pond House in Cambridge; the Reservoir Hotel on Beacon Street in Brookline, Pratt’s Railway Hotel in East Milton), each promising special accommodations for bicycles and opportunities like “Bicyclists Tea.” A Boston hatter advertised imported English-pattern bicycle caps and made “the cap proposed to be worn by the Boston Bicycle Club.” A livery stable promised secure bicycle storage “just minutes from the asphalte pavement of Columbus avenue.”
In 1877, Weston suggested that Boston roads compared well to those he had experienced in England and that a cyclist would find “nothing better for his purpose than a good ‘natural’ highway. Within the city limits Commonwealth Avenue (on the east side), Columbus Avenue, Warren and Washington Streets, or the Lower Mills are excellent roads to travel. The Milldam road [part of the Back Bay along the mill-dam, since filled in] is not very well adapted for the bicycle; but of course, the streets and roads of Brookline, Newton and the adjacent towns are most excellent.”
The high-brow daily paper Boston Evening Transcript published a long and approving article on the delights of bicycle touring in England, and soon advertised imports and a riding school opening January 7, 1878. Over the next few months, the advertisements for the school, taught by ex-Bangor velocipede racer William Pitman,, were nestled in with ads for places like the Howard and Globe theaters and the “Boston Museum.”
Knots of professional men–one of the earliest such groups, a journalist, a lawyer, a merchant, and an architect– coalesced and started the BBiC. In a long Boston Globe article, an anonymous author, likely Weston, described the history of the bicycle, commented on its prospects, and for the first time used the name “Boston Bicycle Club.” The writer also described Pittman’s riding school, and suggested that while cyclists were unlikely to ride in New England snow, they could go out and thoroughly enjoy “skimming over the hard-frozen roads and inhaling the crisp air.”
On February 12, 1878, “fourteen gentlemen” assembled at 178 Devonshire Street (Cunningham and Heath’s address) and founded the Boston Bicycle Club. They cobbled together English club documents and adopted a constitution. It required an entrance fee and a nomination and second by current members. The use of the term gentlemen had a specific meaning at that time, and effectively excluded “blue collar” workers – who in any case could not afford the expensive high wheelers, in today’s terms cost well over $2,000.
The BBiC’s purposes were:
The mutual enjoyment of its members in the pursuit of bicycling as a pastime; to which end club-meets, tours, excursions, races, etc, shall be arranged and carried out.
The promotion (by force of example) of the use of the Bicycle as a practicable and enjoyable aid to locomotion, by the general public.
The ABJ published notes about the BBiC, its club runs, other clubs and their constitutions, news from England, and poetry, as in this excerpt reprinted from the Transcript, written by Joseph Dalton in the style of Tennyson.
The Bicycle
Tennyson plus J.G.D.
Sure never yet was any heel
Could flit so lightly by.
Keep off, or else my bicycle
Will hit you coming nigh.
How lightly whirls the bicycle!
How fiery-like you fly!
Go, get you one; this ticklish wheel.
Be taught before you try.
Thou darest —give me now to reel
The rapid miles, or die.
There, take it, take my bicycle
And break your neck thereby.
Boston Bicycle Club members in front of Trinity Church, in formation and ready to ride with admiring crowd in the background, 1878. Source: “The Massachusetts Bicycle Club,” Whewelman 2(3), June, 1883.
By May 1878, the club had grown to 27 members, and assembled regularly in military formation near Trinity Church to start their group runs. Member occupations included six merchants, four salesmen, four students, three lawyers, three clerks, two officers of corporations, one architect, one literateur, and one physician, in today’s terms, a solidly upper middle-class group. The Baltimore Sun reported that the BBiC was the “reigning sensation” in Boston and that “great crowds assemble to see the start.”
The group typically rode to a radius of twenty miles from Boston but reported on plans to travel into New Hampshire for 300 miles in a six-day outing. The Sun also commented on an early bicycling commuter, likely Weston, who was “said to leave his home in [Squantum] Quincy, 7 ½ miles from his office, every morning, on his bicycle, and be at his desk within forty minutes.”
BBiC conducted weekly meetings to plan club runs, admit new members, to police the distinction between amateur and professional cycling, and to exclude all professionals from membership. This problem would bedevil cycling organizations for many years to come.
Within a few months of BBiC’s founding, more clubs appeared on the Boston scene: the Suffolk Cycling Club – headquartered on Charles street but with many members, like Alfred Chandler, from Brookline and Cambridge – and shortly thereafter, clubs in Fitchburg, Salem, Worcester, and Brockton; and at Harvard University.
Albert Pope an importer and then manufacturer, started advertising imports in early 1878, in full page ads opposite to those of Cunningham. It appears that Pope’s relationship with BBiC was ambivalent, especially since ABJ was Frank Weston’s journal and Weston was a partner with Pope’s principal competitor, Cunningham and Heath. Complicating things further, BBiC’s president was Charles Pratt, editor of the ABJ, but also a lawyer and politician, and increasingly drawn into Pope’s orbit. Pope and his family started the Massachusetts Bicycle Club (MBC) in 1879 and for the next decade the two clubs cycled between union and division.
Weston and the ABJ shepherded the bicycling clubs in their first two years, but ABJ became increasingly irregular. Edward Hodges took it over in November, 1879 (with Pratt as editor), and for a short time renamed it Bicycling World and Archery Field: A Weekly Journal of Polite Athletics. Hodges’ father was a successful State Street banker with a suburban Roxbury home and Hodges had the resources to risk on a new venture. The magazine temporarily combined the two elite sports to increase readership. “Polite” proclaimed that it was not a magazine for sports associated with gambling (e.g., professional pedestrian races) or the working class (e.g., baseball). Amateur/professional distinctions came up, especially in racing: As Bicycling World put it: “Amateur prizes are medals, silver or gold plate, articles of vertu, or anything which simply and only affords the winner a suitable memento of the contest, which he may keep as a trophy. These are consistent with the real difference in objects of the professional and amateur racer: that of the former being gain and self-aggrandizement; of the latter, love of the sport and a gracious emulation in its development.” Of course, the amateur’s medals could be easily pawned for cash. So, the no-cash fig leaf was a cover for a gentlemen-only policy. Even Pittman, the bicycling racer, trickster and instructor came under fire for his professionalism and was eventually ousted, despite his denials and protests – that under these rules anyone who made money from bicycles including Weston, Pratt, and Pope himself should also be removed from membership in amateur clubs. The BBiC regretted ousting the well-liked Pittman but stated that it had to do it, under the rules. Years later, on his death in 1914, the whole conflict seems to have been forgotten as he was eulogized by cyclist publisher Abbot Bassett for his “varied career, full of incident and meritorious performance.”
The BBiC’s earliest meetings were held at its officers’ businesses or at Carl Vossler’s well-known restaurant on Hawley street. Within a year, old and new leaders began to coalesce. In November, 1880, just after the founding of the League of American Wheelmen (L.A.W.) at a meeting in Newport, the two leading clubs in the effort, the BBiC and the MBC decided to lease a joint clubroom at 40 Providence street in Park Square. Bicycling World promoted this “Bossachusetts Room” as a model in which two clubs could share the expense and authority for adequate rooms for business meetings, a wheel room for storage, and a place for members to read the various bicycling magazines. A model set of “Rules and Regulations” stated among other things that: No liquor or liquors of any kind whatsoever shall be in any way used, kept or sold on said premises. (emphasis in the original). This was in line with “clean living” and anti-alcohol sentiments of many main-line Yankee Protestants of the time, and correlated with their anti-immigrant (Irish and German) views. The “old guard” was apparently incensed at the sight of German immigrant men and women enjoying a Sunday “biergarten” outing together.
There appears to have been continuing conflict between “wets” and “drys” within the cycling community through to the end of the century, with no clear resolution. Anti-alcohol rules did not seem to apply when cyclists met at a country inn, downtown restaurant or hotel, or picnicking on the road. Cyclists at play frequently toasted one another and their leadership.
The BBiC/MBC partnership split up in October, 1881, and BBiC took on a new home at 53 Union Park, a structure still standing at the corner of Union Park and Tremont Street in the South End.
Boston Bicycle Club invites friends at the opening of their new club house. Source: Abbot Bassett Scrapbook, Division of Work and Industry, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
That address was also home to Joseph Dalton, BBiC treasurer, wealthy son of the president of the Boston and Providence Railroad, poet, and publisher of a bicycling poetry book, Lyra Bicyclia, who also helped edit Bicycling World.
BBiC invited applications from “associate” members, who might not cycle, but would enjoy (and help pay for) the social amenities provided. The club also sponsored its first tricycle race from Cobb’s Tavern – known as BBiC’s “country clubhouse” in Stoughton (now East Sharon) – to Union Park.
Boston Bicycle Club house and Tricycle Division at 53 Union Park. Source: Abbot Bassett Scrapbook, Division of Work and Industry, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
The BBiC was committed to good order and to show a properly uniformed and organized image. They wore a distinctive uniform: “A helmet with badge on front, jacket, vest, breeches and stockings all of dark seal brown.” The badge was a silver five-pointed star with the motto “Pedibus Bicyclus Addidit Alas” (Pedal Bicycles Quickly).
The club also developed a system of bugle calls, many adopted from the U.S. Calvary. Among the nineteen calls published in Bicycling World were two which might be helpful in organizing starts even now: prepare to mount, and mount.
Boston Bicycle Club bugle calls ~ 1880. Source: “Signals and Bugle Calls,” Bicycling World, 1(11) April 3, 1880:166.
The Federal tariff schedule and Pope’s monopoly on American bicycle production presented a key problem for the early bike-sellers and resulted in some inter-club conflict. Both Cunningham and Pope started out importing English bikes. Bicycle historian Bruce Epperson has estimated that of the total $90 selling price of an English ordinary he likely paid $50 wholesale, freight of $5, and $17.50 Morrill tariff – 35 percent because it was defined as a carriage rather than the 45 percent due on a machine. Pope figured that he could manufacture locally for a lower cost and pocket the difference. And he did, and also offered English imports at a discount from what the rider could get direct from the English manufacturer. But importing versus local manufacturing drove a potential wedge between the interests of Cunningham (lower tariffs) and Pope (higher tariffs). Both Pope and Cunningham advertised in the ABJ, the only paper of its kind in America but Pope stopped advertising in the ABJ’s successor, Bicycling World. The conflict didn’t end soon.
In 1882 Bicycling World published articles against the bicycle tariff and Pop’s bicycle patent monopoly and accused Pope of asking the Federal Tariff Commission for an increase in the tariff from 35 percent to 45 percent. Pope denied that, saying that he only wanted a reduction in the tax on imported steel from 45 percent downward. The Federal Tariff Commission’s records support Pope’s denial. The arguments flourished in Bicycling World and in a new bicycling journal out of New York, The Wheel. Along the way, Pratt resigned as President of the League of American Wheelmen, dissolved the partnership with Hodges, went on Pope’s payroll as chief patent attorney and renounced his membership in BBiC. So did Edward Pope, Albert’s cousin, who had cofounded the BBiC.
Boston Bicycle Club at Chestnut Hill Reservoir, 1883.Source: Abbot Bassett Scrapbook, Division of Work and Industry, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Despite these difficulties and frayed fraternity, early in 1884 the BBiC opened larger quarters with a “Ladies Night.” The Boston Herald promoted this ideal Boston clubhouse:the members, their lady friends, and a few invited guests assembled to the number of several hundreds to participate in the house warming. The new quarters are in the handsome brown stone house formerly occupied by Hon. Moses Kimball [politician, showman associate of P.T. Barnum, and owner of the Boston Museum] at 87 Boylston street. … with the extra facilities afforded the club will continue to be a leader in all matters of bicycling interest, while the social features will be more than ever cultivated.
Members entered through large double doors into a spacious drawing room with lounges, divans, artistic pictures and an upright piano. Beyond that a quiet reading room featured “all of the principal daily and weekly papers, magazines, and ’cycling journals, both of this country and England.” Servants provided a 5 o’clock dinner in the dining room. Other amenities included a telephone closet, a wheel room (for bicycles, tricycles, and two-person sociables) and a gymnasium; billiard, pool, and smoking rooms, dressing rooms, bathrooms, lockers, closets, private rooms for members and friends, and to top it off, an observatory on the roof.
The BBiC clearly aspired to be the equal of other gentlemen’s clubs of Boston, such as the Algonquin, Union, St. Botolph, Tavern, and Somerset. The club was apparently open to both riding and non-riding associate members.
The scientific and literary ideals of Boston society were represented well in the leadership of the BBiC. Charles Fourdrinier, an English immigrant and BBiC secretary, proposed that an organization be formed within the club with the idea of “riding for a purpose.” It would “collect information upon its excursions in topography, history, and in other scientific directions.”
BBiC and the other Boston bicycle clubs faced difficult challenges during the 1880s and 1890s, despite the huge increase in the number of cyclists on the road, and the “clubiness” of Boston’s gentlemanly culture. Suburbanization produced one headwind. As more and more of the upper middle class moved out to places like Roxbury, Dorchester, Hyde Park, Newton, and Brookline, aided by the old train lines and the new streetcar lines, suburban bicycle clubs grew, at the expense of the downtown clubs. But some non-cycling club members would be quite pleased to have a “downtown” club. And the BBiC fit the bill. As of July 1884, it had 67 active and 228 associate (non-cycling) members. Abbot Bassett, long time publisher, secretary, tricycle racer and race official retrospectively reported “The associates did not have an unlimited right to vote because if they had this power they could as any time convert the bicycle club into a social club. Therefore a ‘life preserver’ was created, by awarding only token representation on the club board to social members.” The social amenities of the magnificent BBiC clubhouse split members who were enthusiastic cyclists from those associates who were attracted by the indoor amenities (dinner, billiards, pool, smoking, card, and guest rooms), and a gentlemen’s atmosphere. By 1886, Cycle, Bassett’s new magazine reported that BBiC was moving again, this time to 26 St. James street.
In 1889, BBiC tried to paper over the differences by starting the Town Club, a social club. Members of the BBiC were automatically members of the Town Club, but Town Club members were not required to join the BBiC. BBiC/Town Club leased a new clubhouse on Boylston street between Washington and Tremont. The new president of the Town Club tried to cultivate fraternal relations and invited all members to travel to his fishing boat anchored at Weymouth, by bicycle or by a “tally-ho,” a fast, open, sightseeing coach drawn by “six grays.”
Soon, BBiC had no clubhouse. Other clubs declined too. The formerly prominent Massachusetts Bicycle Club (MBC) suffered an embarrassing fall. In January 1889, their magnificent building at 152 Newbury street – still standing near the corner of Dartmouth street – went to the Boston Art Club and all of the contents were auctioned off at low prices (e.g., the “magnificent six-light chandelier brought only $20”). Many MBC members joined the Boston Athletic Association.
A long article in the February 1891 Bicycling World and L.A.W. Bulletin lamented the demise of Boston’s two venerable cycling clubs – they existed as a shadow of their former selves – and attempted an analysis. At first, the addition of associate (social) members seemed like a good idea to club members. That helped grow the clubs, but unintended consequences followed. The writer thought that the vitality of the club had been “sapped” by the introduction of the “social element.” After a while the “social element, far outnumbering the riding contingent, demanded and were accorded representation in the club’s management. From that time the cycling interest declined, and, though the most cordial relations existed between the riders and non-riders, the Boston Club, as an active riding club died for want of interest. It was simply smothered by the social influences.”
Members revived the Massachusetts Bicycle Club, but in 1892 it fell on hard times again. It began to admit women members, who straightened out the club finances and décor, only to be ousted in 1895 by a majority vote of men who wanted the old male club camaraderie. The women and their male supporters went off to start the Commonwealth Cycle Club.
The BBiC never admitted women. The clubhouse-less club tried to put itself back “on the map” by recreating the famous Wheel About the Hub of 1879. In September 1892 the tour was resurrected and led by Walter “Doc” Kendall, a Quincy commuting dentist and BBiC captain.
Boston Bicycle Club Reviving the Wheel About the Hub, 1890s. Source: Russell Mamone, personal photo; The Wheelmen, # 74, May, 2009,20.
In 1894 Daniel Dwyer in his Prominent Wheelmen and Bicycle Club Directory of Massachusetts noted BBiC’s glorious past but currently small dues and no clubhouse. It would seem that this once thriving club was on its way out, and unlikely to survive the end of the bicycle craze in the late 1890s.
Yet it did – for another 50 years – alone among Boston’s 19th century cycling clubs. How it contributed to Boston’s touring and racing is the story of Part 2. Part 3 shows how BBiC with Captain “Doc” Kendall survived through the “dark ages” of bicycling claimed by CRW’s George Bailey and how Bailey reconnected it with CRW history to contribute to Boston’s bicycling renaissance of the 1970s.
This article is an expansion on material from my books: Boston’s Cycling Craze, 1880-1900 and Boston’s Twentieth Century Bicycling Renaissance, both available from UMass-Press. Obtain a fully referenced copy of the article by sending email to BostonCyclingHistory@gmail.com
Please Report Crashes
OK, a crash isn’t the most pleasant thing to think about, and it can hurt too! But CRW needs to know about crashes.
The first action that needs to be taken following a crash, of course, is to get help as needed. That has generally worked well on our rides. Other riders have assisted in calling for assistance and caring for the bicycle, if it is not ridable or the rider had to be transported for medical care.
There was an instance though last year where a rider was injured, and nobody reported to the club for several months, until she finally e-mailed me. That is not OK. If you have a crash, witness one or assist following one, please inform the ride leader, who is responsible for reporting to the Rides VP and Safety Coordinator. We need to know the who, when, where and how. We can take it from there.
The Rides Committee will be working over the winter to develop a comprehensive plan on crash scene management and will make it available to all club members.
And as Safety Coordinator, I want to have robust data so I can sift through the information and gather conclusions.
I already know enough to establish that our rides are quite safe. Serious injuries are infrequent. We need to be able to back up that statement with more robust evidence, though, in case anyone raises questions about or rides program. Please also let the safety coordinator know of crashes which occur outside our rides. This reporting adds useful information about crash hotspots and crash types.
Avoiding crashes and the resulting unhappiness is much easier if we know how they are happening, and why. As your Safety Coordinator, I want to be able to provide that useful information in this column.
You will want to know this too. How can I say that? I had a talk with CRW President Larry Kernan recently, and he brought up an example with which I too, was familiar. The most popular recurring column in the Appalachian Mountain Club bulletin reports on mishaps, some minor, some serious and even fatal. (I call them mishaps, not "accidents," which would imply that they are not preventable.) People read the column because they want to learn the lessons it offers. We in CRW can do the same for ourselves.
Actually, I don’t want to hear of crashes, because I don’t want there to be crashes. But when there is one, then we, too, need to learn the lessons it offers.
Personal details can be held in confidence if preferred. Our interest is in collecting aggregate information.
The Athlete's Kitchen
Nancy Clark
Copyright: Nancy Clark MS RD CSSD, September 2019
Faux Burgers: Friend or Foe?
Eating more plant-based protein appeals to many health-conscious athletes who want to reduce their intake of saturated fat as well stand up for the environment and animal welfare concerns. As a result, more and more athletes are trending towards a vegetarian diet. Two types of non-meat eaters seem to be emerging:
1. The traditional vegetarian, who gets protein from nuts, beans, and legumes (and perhaps milk, yogurt, cheese, eggs, and fish, depending on how the athlete defines his or her meatless diet). Veggie burgers are their faux burger.
2. The vegetarian who chooses ultra-processed almond milk, Beyond Burgers, and Impossible Burgers. Plant based foods, yes, but does ultra-processed really fit the essence of a vegetarian diet?
Just why would athletes want to consume ultra-processed proteins that are right up there with Beefaroni and hot dogs? Likely because they taste good. The Beyond Burger and the Impossible Burger offer a way to enjoy a tasty plant-based burger without feeling denied or deprived of the real thing —often a cherished childhood favorite.
Yes, a veggie burger is another meat alternative, but it just doesn't have the same mouth-feel or "chew" that food scientists have figured out how to create using a combination of plant proteins. They add coconut oil (with questionable health attributes) to create marbling—and a juicy burger. With the help of beet juice (Beyond Burger) or synthetic heme made with yeast (Impossible Burger), these faux burgers "bleed," just like the real thing. As for taste and texture, people who don't like meat have been known to comment it tastes so real it "grosses them out." For reluctant vegetarians, needless to say, the faux burgers can be far more desirable than garden burgers and bean burgers.
To help make their new creation attractive, Beyond Burger uses a label with appealing buzzwords—20 grams of protein, plant-based, soy free, gluten free, no GMOs. Their marketing campaign mentions climate change, conservation, health, and animal welfare. Voila! They have a winning product that is exceeding sales expectations —despite the higher price tag. At the supermarket, you'll need to pay twice as much for a 4-ounce ultra-processed burger.
Is this burger a step in a nutritionally positive direction in terms of the environment and our health? Regarding environmental concerns, both the Impossible Burger and Beyond Burger report an estimated 89% to 90% smaller carbon foot-print than a burger made from beef. Faux meat production requires less land and water, and creates less methane and manure (sources of pollution). Nutritionally speaking, faux meat is a reasonable match for real beef, but without the bioactive compounds that naturally occur in standard food. Natural foods contain known—and unknown—synergistic compounds, not be replicated in imitation products.
Protein is important to optimize athletic performance. You need it to build, repair, and maintain your body's muscles. For a 150-lb athlete who trains hard, the recommended dose is about 20 grams of protein every four hours during the day (breakfast, early lunch, late lunch, dinner). A faux burger + roll can do the job, as can a lean beef burger.
As for me, I'll stick with an occasional all-natural lean beef burger when desired, and choose plant-based foods more often than not. While the Impossible Whopper pleases my palate, I can't help but wonder if Nature knows best?
Per 4-ounce patty
Hamburger,
85% lean
Beyond Burger
$1.00-1.50
$5.59 at Burger King
Protein (grams)
Pea, rice, mung bean
Coconut oil, cocoa butter
Saturated ("bad") fat
75 to 450 mg
(if added as a preservative)
Number ingredients
13 + 8 vitamins and minerals
What makes it bleed?
Beet juice extract, pomegranate fruit powder; apple extract (turns from red to brown as it cooks)
soy leghemoglobin
Made by inserting soy DNA into yeast, then fermenting it
Added vitamins and minerals?
All natural (including
B-12 and well-absorbed iron
None added
with B-12 for vegans
Where to buy it, if desired
Any grocery store that sells meat
Many restaurants
Many grocery stores
WhiteCastle
Coming soon to grocery stores
Sports Nutritionist Nancy Clark, MS, RD counsels both casual and competitive athletes at her office in Newton, MA (617-795-1875). The updated 6th edition of her best selling Sports Nutrition Guidebook is available at NancyClarkRD.com. For her popular online workshop, see NutritionSportsExerciseCEUs.com.
CRW Votes!
The time is upon us to vote for our new CRW Board members who will begin their terms in January 2020. We have three open Board seats and three great candidates. So, why do you need a vote? Well, you don’t. But, you should. Our bylaws require us to go through this process. Voting is your civic duty, it’s good practice and it let’s us know you’re paying attention. The Board does a lot of work behind the scenes to set the policy and direction for the Club. We’re all volunteers and taking about a minute to cast your vote will let the candidates know that you appreciate their willingness to contribute their time to the Club.
Each CRW member will get 3 votes and you must be a club member (and logged into the website) in order to vote.
Voting will be held from October 1 - 15 with final results published on the website and in the November WheelPeople. Below, you’ll find the statements of candidacy for those running for Board seats. Please be sure to vote by going to this page: https://www.crw.org/board-election-voting. Your vote will be heard!
Mary Kernan
I’ve served on the CRW Board for the past three years and took on the position of VP of Rides soon after joining the Board. In that time, I’ve learned a lot about what does and does not work in the Club. We face the challenge of many volunteer organizations in that we’re only as good as the people who offer their time, and there are many. It has been an absolute pleasure getting to know so many people, finding ways to help them and finding ways that they can help the Club.
There’s more work to be done, I’m now coming from a position of experience and firsthand knowledge, and I’d like to continue what I’ve started. I’d appreciate your vote for a second term.
John O’Dowd
I honestly can't recall when I joined CRW. I first discovered the club through Andy Brand's Sunday morning ride. My family would take vacations in Scituate by the lighthouse, and I noticed every Sunday around 8:30 a group of riders would go by. Curious, I gave chase one Sunday and asked who they were, and thus my connection with CRW began.
I was attracted by the abundance of rides CRW offered in so many different places. I was tired of my old stale routes and riding alone, so I started coming to rides, doing a few a year. Finally, I joined, probably around 2006?
After a few years I wanted to become more involved with the club, maybe because I knew some good places to ride that CRW was not then going to. I inquired of the VP of Rides at the time, Eli Post, if I could be a ride leader assistant.
"What we really need'" Eli said, "are ride leaders. Can you lead a ride?"
Not backing down from the challenge my ride leading began.
That was 8 years ago. I'm up to leading or assisting 7 rides a year now. Last year, I volunteered at a century ride and plan to continue. Also last year Mary Kernan asked me to join the rides committee and I enjoy being part of shaping how we conduct our rides and planning events.
I'd like to join the CRW Board as an extension of my volunteer activities and intend to continue bringing new ideas and opportunities to club members. Cycling is a great sport, and CRW is a great club. I want to continue our custom of offering great rides and events, but I know it takes more than just leading rides to make this club function. I'm ready to move up to the next level of service.
I’m Amy Wilson and I would like to represent you as a Director on the Board of Charles River Wheelers.
I live in Jamaica Plain and have been a member of CRW since 2014 doing many CRW rides, centuries and other activities. I am a determined but slow rider, so I have met many of you when you pass me! I’ve become more active with CRW since January when I volunteered to become the Treasurer of the Club. In my role as treasurer, I have attended board meetings and after observing for six months, I continue to be impressed by CRW, its growth and inclusiveness and the dedication of the volunteers to get all the work done to allow us to enjoy all the rides.
I would appreciate your vote and I look forward to seeing you on the road.
Message from the CRW President
Larry Kernan
It’s hard to believe that it’s fall already! Summer has flown by and it’s been a great one for weather and riding. Our Cranberry Harvest Century is coming up on October 6th. The event sold out on September 24th! We are not accepting any “day of the ride” registrations. If you can’t ride but still want to participate in this great event, then volunteer by sending an email to century@crw.org.
It’s time to vote for CRW Board members who will serve a 3 year term beginning January of 2020. We are very fortunate to have 3 very qualified candidates. Please see the candidates’ statements elsewhere in this issue.
Following our summer riding season, I want to express my gratitude to all of the CRW Ride Leaders who led over a hundred weekend rides and recurring rides. We can’t do this without them! We held a beautiful Ride Leader Thank You Party on September 15th at Verrill Farm to show the club’s appreciation. If you see someone on a cold fall ride wearing a yellow neck gaiter with CRW logo, please tell that person how much you appreciate their ride leading.
Finally, after a few years of ostrich-like behavior, we’ve concluded that the e-bike issue is not going to go away. According to Outside Online, “E-bikes are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. market. Their share of total bike sales in the U.S. is still small, but it tripled in the past three years, to six percent of the market—and it's grown more than eightfold since 2014, even as sales of conventional road bikes have been dropping.” Steve Carlson is going to chair a CRW committee to review the topic of e-bikes in our club. They will review “best practices” of other clubs and organizations with the goal of formulating a direction or policy for CRW. If you have any interest in participating on this committee, please contact Steve at scarw01@gmail.com. We would welcome a few members to help us.
Soon, CRW will begin its winter social and workshop season. Hold the date for our Holiday Party on Saturday, December 7th. If you are interested in helping us plan other social or workshop activities, send me a note at president@crw.org.
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Ka Faroshi Bird Market: A narrow lane tucked away behind the Pul-e Khishti Mosque, Ka Faroshi bird market takes you back in time to the corner of city which is untouched by war. Lined with stalls and booths selling birds and rabbits, Kowk is most popular bird on sale here.
Airport serving London & Kabul
London: London is served by six airports which include London City Airport (LCY), London Gatwick (LGW), London Heathrow (LHR), London Luton (LTN) and London Stansted (STN) and Southend (SEN). London Heathrow Airport is the largest airport with the major air traffic and most international flights. With four terminals, London Heathrow has a wide range of shops, food courts and lounges. It also has free WiFi access. Public transport such as buses, taxicabs and airport shuttle are also available at the airport.
Kabul: Hamid Karzai International Airport is the main international airport in Kabul and one of the largest military bases. The airport has two terminal buildings, one for international flights and the other for domestic. Buses, taxi and private cars are available for transportation from the airport.
Cheapest Airlinefrom London to Kabul
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Tag: chrissie hynde
5 Great Covers By Chrissie Hynde
Ahead of an upcoming jazz covers project, we take a look at some other great songs that Chrissie Hynde has tackled.
The Great Song Adventure: Exploring the Mysteries of Music-Making
Songwriting is magical. “The Great Song Adventure” is a podcast that brilliantly breaks down the alchemy, courtesy of Carole King, Bob Dylan, and other geniuses.
Patsy Cline: Original Bad-Ass
Music history has put her in sleek, gold gowns. The late Patsy Cline was far more down-to-earth — and complex.
No Pretense: The Pretenders’ 2018 Tour
In concert, Chrissie Hynde and company don’t disappoint; at a recent concert, their set sampled from the in-your-face punk of the first album through the wiser-but-edgy latest release “Alone.” The Pretenders are as fearless as ever.
The Songwriters Hall of Fame: 5 Beyond-Worthy Contenders
Neil Young, Chrissie Hynde and REM have been sadly overlooked.
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Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (IMEMS)
Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (IMEMS) ⇨
The list below shows Durham University research staff who are members of IMEMS. Click the member's name to see a more detailed biography and department.
We also welcome anyone from outside the University with an interest in our work to join. Membership is free of charge. You will receive invitations to our programme of events, with a weekly emails digest about what is happening in the Insitute and further afield. To join IMEMS contact: admin.imems@durham.ac.uk
Publication details for Professor Geoffrey Scarre
Scarre, Geoffrey. (2007). Death. Stocksfield: Acumen.
Publication type: Authored book
ISSN/ISBN: 1844650839
Keywords: Death, Dying, After-life, Meaning, Existentialism, Virtue, Respect, Annihilation, Loss, Heidegger, Epicurus, Nagel
Professor Geoffrey Scarre
A study of a range of metaphysical and ethical questions to do with death, dying and the treatment of the dead.
Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Staff & Governance
Student Association (MEMSA)
Events & Outreach
Research & UNESCO
MA Programme & Short Courses
Durham Early Modern Conference
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An Arab-Israeli dilemma
Might they want to join Palestine?
Avigdor Lieberman’s radical ideas for population transfers are gaining ground
Middle East and AfricaJan 18th 2014 edition
HARISH might have been Israel’s first city purpose-built for both Arabs and Jews. On the hilltops dividing the Mediterranean coast from the West Bank, bulldozers have been clearing the way to accommodate 60,000 inhabitants. Its first wave of Arab ones has already co-operated with ultra-Orthodox Jews to elect a mayor. And unlike neighbouring Jewish town councils, which went to court to stop Arabs living or burying their dead within their security gates, Harish’s officials portray a future where minarets and synagogues will coexist side by side. Yet if Israel’s foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, has his way, the city will be wrenched from its predominantly Arab surroundings.
When Yigal Shachar, who heads the city’s special planning committee, draws a putative border between the states of Palestine and Israel, he draws a loop around Harish, including its happily integrated Arabs, keeping it firmly in Israel—but draws a new line around a concentration of nearby Arab-Israeli towns such as Ara, putting them into the adjacent West Bank, where the Palestinians hope to build their state.
Ten years ago, when Mr Lieberman first proposed moving Arab-populated Israeli towns near the present border into Palestine in exchange for Jewish settlement blocs in the Palestinians’ West Bank being incorporated into Israel, he was branded a racist firebrand. Liberals accused him of promoting the forcible “transfer” plan, akin to ethnic cleansing, proclaimed by a rabbi, Meir Kahane, who vilified Arabs while calling for a pure Jewish state.
Today, however, even some doveish Israeli left-wingers find such ideas reasonable. And when Mr Lieberman recently again proposed swapping Jewish-populated lands for Arab ones, not only did Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, stay silent, but American mediators declared that the foreign minister had joined the peace camp of those seeking a two-state solution. “No one will be expelled from his home, or have his property confiscated,” says Mr Lieberman. “We’re just talking about moving the border.” On his Facebook page, he recently mocked Arab parliamentarians who protested against the idea, teasing them as “lovers of Zion” for wanting to stay in Israel.
But a recent poll in a liberal Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, found a growing number of Arabs backed it, too. Whereas 80% had decried it five years ago as another stage in the nakba, or catastrophe, as Arabs call their dispossession by Israel in 1948, over a third were now reported to be in favour.
Many reasons have been aired. Israel’s policy of letting its Arab, but not its Jewish, citizens holiday and work in the West Bank’s Palestinian cities has strengthened ties between Arabs on both sides of the current border. And some of Israel’s secular Arabs are keen to shed their Islamists, whose wellspring lies in Wadi Ara, part of the area Mr Lieberman wants to swap.
But the main reason Israel’s 1.7m Arabs increasingly identify with Palestine is the mounting rejection they face in Israel. Mr Lieberman’s dreams of casting them off and Mr Netanyahu’s drive for global recognition of Israel as a specifically Jewish state are alienating many of the more than 20% of Israelis who are Arabs.
This growing sense of ostracism has been reinforced by actions. Israel’s national bus carrier skirts Arab towns while serving Jewish outposts. The government builds industrial zones for Jewish towns but rarely for Arab ones. Though signposts are in Arabic as well as Hebrew, they are often spelt wrong. “We thought we were citizens in a democracy,” says Makbula Nassar, a fiery broadcaster on Radio Shams, an Arabic radio station in Israel. “Despite decades of dispossession, communal violence was minimal. But we discovered that we were always considered the enemy.” An Arab dentist in an Israeli hospital sees his hopes of coexistence wither, as the conflict that was largely about territory turns religious. An Arab lawyer fears her lifetime of trying to integrate into Israel will be worthless. “I’m an expert in Israeli law. How will I practise in Palestine?”
This article appeared in the Middle East and Africa section of the print edition under the headline "Might they want to join Palestine?"
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Jay Electricity Rates
Commercial Electricity in Jay
^ The average commercial electricity rate in Jay, FL is 13.11¢/kWh.[1]
Residential Electricity in Jay
^ The average residential electricity rate in Jay, FL is 13.42¢/kWh.[1]
Industrial Electricity in Jay
^ The average industrial electricity rate in Jay, FL is 8.04¢/kWh.[1]
Jay, FL Electricity Statistics
Commercial electricity rates in Jay
The average commercial electricity rate in Jay is 13.11¢/kWh.[1]
This average (commercial) electricity rate in Jay is 35.71% greater than the Florida average rate of 9.66¢/kWh.[2]
The average (commercial) electricity rate in Jay is 29.93% greater than the national average rate of 10.09¢/kWh. Commercial rates in the U.S. range from 6.86¢/kWh to 34.88¢/kWh.[2]
Residential electricity rates in Jay
The average residential electricity rate in Jay is 13.42¢/kWh.[1]
This average (residential) electricity rate in Jay is 17.51% greater than the Florida average rate of 11.42¢/kWh.[2]
The average (residential) electricity rate in Jay is 12.96% greater than the national average rate of 11.88¢/kWh. Residential rates in the U.S. range from 8.37¢/kWh to 37.34¢/kWh.[2]
Industrial electricity rates in Jay
The average industrial electricity rate in Jay is 8.04¢/kWh.[1]
This average (industrial) electricity rate in Jay is equal to the Florida average rate of 8.04¢/kWh.[2]
The average (industrial) electricity rate in Jay is 20.54% greater than the national average rate of 6.67¢/kWh. Industrial rates in the U.S. range from 4.13¢/kWh to 30.82¢/kWh.[2]
Florida Electricity Rates & Consumption
Commercial electricity in Florida
Commercial electricity rates in FL [3]
The average commercial electricity rate in Florida is 9.66¢/kWh, which ranks 19th in the nation and is 4.26% less than the national average rate of 10.09¢/kWh.[3]
Commercial electricity consumption in FL [3]
Commercial electricity consumption in Florida averages 6,609 kWh/month, which ranks 16th in the nation and is 5.95% greater than the national average of 6,238 kWh/month.
Commercial electricity bills in FL [3]
The average monthly commercial electricity bill in Florida is $639, which ranks 15th in the nation and is 1.59% greater than the national average of $629.
Learn more about commercial electricity in Florida
Residential electricity in Florida
Residential electricity rates in Florida [3]
The average residential electricity rate in Florida is 11.42¢/kWh, which ranks 22nd in the nation and is 3.87% less than the national average rate of 11.88¢/kWh.
Residential electricity consumption in FL [3]
Residential electricity consumption in Florida averages 1,081 kWh/month, which ranks 13th in the nation and is 19.71% greater than the national average of 903 kWh/month.
Residential electricity bills in FL [3]
The average monthly residential electricity bill in Florida is $123, which ranks 9th in the nation and is 14.95% greater than the national average of $107 per month.
Learn more about residential electricity in Florida
Industrial electricity in Florida
Industrial electricity rates in Florida [3]
The average industrial electricity rate in Florida is 8.04¢/kWh, which ranks 12th in the nation and is 20.54% greater than the national average rate of 6.67¢/kWh.
Industrial electricity consumption in FL [3]
Industrial electricity consumption in Florida averages 78,603 kWh/month, which ranks 35th in the nation and is 29.92% less than the national average of 112,158 kWh/month.
Industrial electricity bills in FL [3]
The average monthly industrial electricity bill in Florida is $6,316, which ranks 30th in the nation and is 15.6% less than the national average of $7,483.
Learn more about industrial electricity in Florida
Household Income in Jay, FL
Jay, FL Income Breakdown [4]
Income Summary for Jay, FL
Electric bills: The average residential electricity bill in Florida is about $123/month, ranking 9th in the U.S. and 14.95% greater than the national average of $107.[5]
Income: Jay vs. Nation [4]
Additional information about Jay
Jay is a town located in Santa Rosa County in the state of Florida, and has a population of approximately 533.[6]
More about Jay utilities
For more information about Jay electricity, or for additional resources regarding electricity & utilities in your state, visit the Energy Information Administration.
In the U.S., electricity plants use more than 900 million short tons of coal to produce electricity every year.
Additional Cities in FL
Local Electricity Rates in Jay, FL
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Web Filters and Alternative Spirituality: The Selective Censorship of ‘Alternative Beliefs’
Matthew Butler, Conscious Reporter
Commercial web filters are often rigged to selectively target alternative spirituality and beliefs. Sites like this one can be classified, segregated and blocked under an “alternative spirituality/belief” category, which is often described negatively. The widespread use of filters to block alternative beliefs on public networks, while allowing access to traditional/mainstream beliefs, raises issues of censorship, discrimination and prejudice.
There are various web filters available that can be customised to block just about anything. They are sold to households as “parental controls” and allow carers to block content they don’t want children to see. Organisations use them to prevent staff from visiting sites deemed inappropriate or a distraction from work. And they are installed on public internet networks, such as in libraries, cafes, schools, to make the internet “family friendly”.
Sometimes internet service providers (ISPs) have filters directly over their network which customers can opt-in to, while in some countries ISP filters are mandatory for Government censorship. But in Western countries, filters are usually an extra product or service an individual household, organisation, school or library chooses to put on their internet connection independently.
Typically filters use automated algorithms to classify sites into categories based on their content. But no filter is foolproof and they inevitably allow access to sites they are meant to block, while over-blocking some sites by mistake. They may compensate for this by allowing users to report wrongly-blocked sites and suggest how sites should be classified and blocked.
When you consider the range of content on the internet, it’s easy to understand the appeal of filters if you have children or underage users to cater for. Despite their flaws, their broad appeal is that they provide some control over the content on a family’s or organisation’s internet connection. Provided filters are not controlled by the government and used to suppress dissent, as happens in authoritarian countries, or forced onto the public under a false pretext and operated without transparency, as has happened in UK, then there is nothing wrong with individuals or organisations choosing to put filters over their own connections, is there?
In principle, no, but in practice, apart from over-blocking, filters can have serious issues of bias built into the way they choose to classify and describe certain content. This is apparent in their often prejudicial treatment of “alternative spirituality/belief.” I believe that the way filters separate alternative spirituality and beliefs from mainstream/traditional religions and beliefs is a form of cyber-segregation. I doubt such segregation would be tolerated if filters separated and blocked websites based on racial content or origin. And when filters are used to selectively block alternative spirituality in public places like libraries, it can even be illegal discrimination.
Filters and the Cyber-Segregation of Spirituality
Most filters are customisable, which means that just because a content category can be blocked, it doesn’t mean you have to. And because filters cater to a wide audience, it’s not surprising that they can give you the option of blocking just about anything.
But not every category is treated equally. Filters can have prejudice built into the way they label and describe a category. This is the case when it comes to “alternative beliefs” or “alternative spirituality/belief”, which are common categories used by web filter providers, while “religion” is usually a separate category for dominant mainstream beliefs.
Classifying “alternative beliefs” separately from traditional or conventional religious beliefs gives the impression that conventional beliefs are “normal” and “socially acceptable” while alternative spiritual viewpoints and beliefs are not. But some filters go further and describe the alternative belief category using loaded language that makes such material sound sinister or risqué, or they lump it into a broader “adult content” category alongside things like drugs, pornography and gambling. This seems to encourage guilt by association, and makes it appear there is something illicit or wrong about having “alternative beliefs” as opposed to the “respectable” conventional beliefs of mainstream religions, which, in contrast, are usually described in neutral matter-of-fact language.
In other words, filters do not treat all beliefs equally; they often give mainstream dominant beliefs preferential treatment while portraying alternative beliefs negatively.
What this may mean in practice is that when parents, a school or a library etc. install and set up a filter, they are pre-positioned to view “alternative beliefs” in a negative light by the filter itself. This may feed into and encourage people’s own prejudices, or, if they simply don’t know any better, it might encourage them to block this classification on precaution (especially when alternative beliefs are labelled “adult”) while giving sanctioned traditional beliefs preferential treatment.
Common Web Filters That Block Alternative Beliefs
There are many web filters on the market: two major ones are Fortiguard and Blue Coat. Both of these companies are major providers which service not only households but schools and enterprises.
Fortiguard groups the content it can block into 6 main categories. One of these is “Adult/Mature Content” which includes the subcategory “Alternative Belief” alongside pornography, gambling, weapons and marijuana and other such topics. Traditional beliefs are conspicuously absent from “Adult/Mature Content”, instead being classed under the subcategory “Global Religion” in the more benign-sounding “General Interest – Personal” umbrella category. The “Alternative Belief” classification is described as applying to:
“Websites that provide information about or promote religions not specified in Traditional Religions or other unconventional, cultic, or folkloric beliefs and practices. Sites that promote or offer methods, means of instruction, or other resources to affect or influence real events through the use of spells, curses, magic powers, satanic or supernatural beings.”
Conventional religions/beliefs get a far more prosaic description:
“Sites that provide information about or promote Buddhism, Bahai, Christianity, Christian Science, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Mormonism, Shinto, and Sikhism, as well as atheism.”
Blue Coat is another major web filter that blocks “alternative spirituality/belief”. According to the datasheet (pdf) on its website this category comprises:
“Sites that promote and provide information on alternative spiritual and non-religious beliefs such as atheism, agnosticism, witchcraft, and Satanism. Occult practices, voodoo rituals or any other form of mysticism are represented here. This includes sites that endorse or offer methods, means of instruction, or other resources to affect or influence real events through the use of spells, incantations, curses and magic powers. The category includes sites that discuss or deal with paranormal or unexplained events.”
Contrast the above with the neutral language they use to describe conventional religion:
“Sites that promote and provide information on traditional, organized religious belief, practice and observance and directly-related subjects such as religious catechism or dogma and places of religious worship or observance (e.g., churches, synagogues, temples, etc.). This category does not include sites about non-traditional spiritual and non-religious belief systems (Alternative Spirituality/Belief).”
Another major web filtering company is the New Zealand-based company Watchdog (formerly known as Familynet) which operates as Watchdog International worldwide with the slogan “get the worst out of the internet”. The Watchdog categories include:
Alternative journals
Sites for non-mainstream periodicals, information on self-awareness, spirituality, healing arts, holistic living, junk culture, fringe media, art perspectives, etc.
Cults/gothic
Sites promoting cult or gothic subject matter, use of mind control, paranoia, fear, and any other type of psychological control or manipulation.”
Rather than servicing households, Watchdog International provides filtering services to ISPs, businesses, governments, mobile operators, education institutions and non-government organisations, who in turn filter the networks they provide. If you take the description text for their “Cults/gothic” category and drop it into Google, you will find that a vast array of organisations are using their filtering criteria, including schools and ISPs in the USA.
What all the above filters have in common is their use of loaded language to describe “alternative spirituality”. While being broad enough to capture just about any belief that doesn’t fit into an establishment religion, notice how these descriptions are loaded with words that have negative connotations, like “cultic” “satanic” “satanism” “occult” “voodoo rituals” “mind control” “paranoia” “fear” and so forth.
These categories all seem to conflate alternative spirituality with dark and sinister things. When you compare the distorted tone of these descriptions to the language used to describe conventional religious beliefs, the difference is striking.
Isn’t this a form a prejudice? If so, what is the reason? Are filter providers consciously encouraging bigotry towards alternative spirituality and beliefs, or are such descriptions just a passive reflection of stereotypical fears and prejudices that already exist in society, which the filter providers are seeking to cater to?
What “Alternative Beliefs” are Blocked?
To their credit, both Fortiguard and Blue Coat provide a portal where you can enter any URL and check how they classify a website, which does provide a degree of transparency. You can check how Fortiguard classifies a website by entering its URL in the search box on the right side of this page, while Blue Coat provides a similar function here.
And guess what? Both Fortiguard and Blue Coat have this site, consciousreporter.com in their sights. Fortiguard has this site down under “Alternative Belief”, and Blue Coat has it under “Alternative Spirituality/Belief”. Anyone using a connection where these filters are set to block these categories will not be able to read this article.
Here are some examples of websites blocked by one or both of these filters under these categories:
alchemywebsite.com (Blue Coat, Fortiguard)
astrology.about.com (Blue Coat)
ancientsacredknowledge.com (Blue Coat)
belsebuub.com (Blue coat)
consciousreporter.com (Blue Coat, Fortiguard)
davidicke.com (Blue Coat)
deepspirits.com (Blue Coat)
esotericonline.net (Blue Coat, Fortiguard)
esotericscience.org (Blue Coat)
falundafa.org (Blue Coat)
faluninfo.net (Blue Coat, Fortiguard)
fofg.org [friends of falun gong] (Blue Coat, Fortiguard)
newagejournal.com (Blue Coat, Fortiguard)
new-age-spirituality.com (Blue Coat)
paganfederation.org (Blue Coat, Fortiguard)
pagannews.com (Blue Coat, Fortiguard)
paganpride.org(Blue Coat, Fortiguard)
paganwiccan.about.com (Fortiguard)
paranormalnews.com (Blue Coat, Fortiguard)
theepochtimes.com (Bluecoat)
thewhitegoddess.co.uk (Blue Coat, Fortiguard)
wicca.com (Fortiguard)
witchesandpagans.com (Blue Coat, Fortiguard)
ufocasebook.com (Blue Coat)
I haven’t done an exhaustive search of sites, but after checking some URLs it doesn’t take long to see that a diverse mix of views are slotted into these “alternative belief” categories. Pagan and Wiccan sites fare particularly badly, new age sites are also in the mix, and it seems you don’t have to go to China to have Falun Gong websites blocked either.
Of course, if people choose to install filters over their own private connection to block what they personally don’t want to see, then that’s their business. But serious issues arise when these filters are installed over entire networks by ISPs, schools, libraries or public WiFi providers, and block out alternative beliefs in public places in a discriminatory way.
Web Filters as Tools of Discrimination
Filters on UK public WIFI block almost half of religious sites.
In the UK we have seen alternative spirituality and beliefs blocked on mobile internet, and it’s been found that public WiFi blocks almost half of religious sites. Indeed, the overzealous government-backed filtering regime in the UK appears to be out of control, and was recently found to block almost one fifth of the top 100,000 sites on the web.
But when it comes to the cyber-segregation of spirituality using filters, service providers are not the only culprits.
When a public school or library set up a filter to selectively block alternative beliefs, while permitting access to traditional beliefs, they can be liable for discrimination. Although anti-discrimination laws vary from one place to another, public institutions are generally not supposed to dictate which beliefs are acceptable or not, or treat certain beliefs more favourably than others, or interfere with an individual’s right to access material related to their own personal beliefs or spiritual interests.
Such discrimination may also violate human rights. For example, article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights gives everyone the right to “freedom of thought, conscience and religion” in “public or private” and forbids any “coercion” which would impair this freedom.
In the USA, discriminatory filtering of alternative beliefs in public libraries has been found to be in direct breach of the First Amendment.
Salem Witch Hunt 2.0
A legal precedent has been set on this front in the US.
The Salem Public Library in Missouri was caught carrying out a virtual witch-hunt on its internet services by blocking so-called “occult” beliefs. The library was using the Netsweeper filter provided through MOREnet. Netsweeper – according to a whitepaper it released in 2010 – classified the subcategory “Occult” in the “Adult” category alongside things like “Criminal Skills”, “Extreme”, “Gambling”, “Hate Speech”, “Pornography”, “Profanity”, “Substance Abuse” and “Weapons”, which seems to encourage guilt by association.
Netsweeper defined occult material as:
“… sites involving the study of secret or hidden knowledge and includes any URLs about cults, supernatural forces and events, occult lore, vampires, astrology, witchcraft, mysterious symbols, and other phenomena beyond ordinary understanding. It also includes information and instructions on astrology, spells, curses, magic powers, satanic or supernatural beings.”
Notice the loaded language.
The Salem library using this filter ran into trouble when a resident researching websites about Native American religions and the Wiccan faith found that these minority faiths were categorised and blocked as “occult” or “criminal”. After she complained to the library, full access was still withheld.
So she went to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) who took the library to court and won. The Judge ruled in March 2013 that blocking material solely on viewpoint was unconstitutional.
Discrimination Toward Alternative Spirituality in Public Schools
Web filters are used to selectively block alternative beliefs on internet networks in public schools
Discrimination against alternative spiritual beliefs can also be an issue in public schools. In 2005 students at Pine View public school in Florida made complaints about how their school filter blocked non-mainstream religions and so-called “cults” yet allowed access to major religions.
In Australia, the state of Queensland currently filters the internet in public schools, using the Blue Coat filter mentioned previously. The Queensland government displays the filter settings they use online, which reveals they set the filter to block “Alternative Spirituality/Belief” while allowing access to “Religion” for students.
In the USA, the ACLU has had success stopping public schools from using filters in a discriminatory way. The Clark County School District agreed to stop filtering “Alternative Spirituality/Belief” after the ACLU complained.
The ACLU reported in a press release:
“Although the First Amendment does not require the school district to provide students with Internet access, once a school district does so, it may not selectively censor access to websites based on particular viewpoints,” said Staci Pratt, Legal Director for the ACLU of Nevada.
…The “Alternative Spirituality/Belief” filter prevented student access to educational and age-appropriate websites covering a “wide range of non-traditional and/or non-religious spiritual, existential, experimental, and philosophical belief systems.” Notably, even though the School District blocked “Alternative Spirituality/Belief” related web sites, it continued to allow access to “Religion,” or websites representing mainstream and traditional religious views, as well as information on “churches, synagogues, or other houses of worship.”
What is Behind This Prejudice and Discrimination?
Is this apparent discrimination toward alternative spirituality just an unconscious manifestation of social prejudice on the part of those creating or using these filters? Or might there be a deliberate strategy to marginalise alternative beliefs?
According to research carried out last decade, the selective targeting of alternative beliefs by filters may be deliberate in some cases. In 2002, Nancy Willard published the report ‘Filtering Software: The Religious Connection’ which looked at eight filtering providers in the US and found they all had links to conservative religious organisations. Many of the providers were also marketing their products to public schools.
Willard also looked at the categories used to target alternative beliefs and found schools were using the filters to block non-traditional religious sites, which she deemed unacceptable:
“It should be noted that the terms “occult,” “cult,” “new age,” “witchcraft,” and the like are terms that are frequently applied to any non-traditional religions. Virtually all “new age” religious topics are grounded in spiritual traditions and religious thought of various groups, including Native American and Asian religions. Therefore, blocking access to such material may raise issues related to race, as well as religion. To classify non-traditional religious sites in the same category as Satanism is unacceptable. If students are allowed to access Christian sites, which most people would argue they should be allowed to access, it is unacceptable for schools to block access to non-traditional religious sites.”
More than a decade later, it seems little has changed when it comes to using loaded language and selective categories to discriminately target alternative beliefs with web filters.
When alternative beliefs are blocked on public internet networks, such as in public schools and libraries, who is responsible? Is it the organisation using the filter, or the private companies providing filters designed to enable religious-based discrimination?
Usually a public-funded institution like a school or library is under a legal obligation to provide its services in a non-discriminatory way, without favouring particular beliefs over others. They have a responsibility to operate any filters they use without violating the law or people’s rights.
It is not clear just how widespread the use of discriminatory filters has become on public internet networks, but it’s clearly not uncommon. If such places violate someone’s rights by censoring alternative spirituality, there are often clear avenues to complain, and legal precedents that have been set (such as ACLU vs the Salem Public Library). Some jurisdictions may also have specific anti-discrimination bodies you can go to for help.
When it comes to the companies providing these filters, I think they would probably argue that their filters are customisable, and they are not responsible for the settings third parties use.
But the companies providing these filters also bear some responsibility in my view. When you consider the negative way in which many filters segregate alternative spirituality and beliefs, and describe this category with language better suited to the Inquisition, I think it is reasonable to conclude that filters play a role in actually encouraging discrimination. This is reinforced further when alternative spirituality is lumped in with “adult” content. I doubt this approach would get very far if content was segregated in the same manner based on race.
Whether this inbuilt cyber-segregation of spirituality is part of a deliberate agenda by filter providers, or merely unconscious prejudice born from social stereotypes is difficult to say. But whatever the case, current filter setups both enable discrimination as well as actively encourage it when it comes to alternative spirituality. I think filter providers should lift their game and stop employing double standards in their treatment of alternative spirituality in comparison to mainstream and traditional religions.
As filters become more and more prevalent on public networks, perhaps the greatest danger of all is indifference. Filters provide silent suppression: people may not know what they are missing out on, and those with no interest in alternative spirituality may not even realise censorship is happening. But the good news is that filter settings can easily be changed. And laws and rights often do exist to deal with this discrimination – but only if those affected by it speak up.
If enough of us value alternative spirituality and the principles of freedom and fairness, then the silent suppression of alternative spirituality via web filters can be prevented.
Matthew has a keen interest in defending personal freedom and uncovering the truth behind world events. He also explores spirituality and seeks to awaken the potential of human consciousness. He writes at The Conscious Reporter about issues and agendas seeking to undermine and suppress consciousness in the world and humanity’s spiritual freedom.
**Please visit ConsciousReporter.com where this article was originally published.**
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Flights to the Netherlands open up a wealth of travel opportunities. The country is compact and transportation is excellent.
There’s more to the Netherlands than just Amsterdam, but Amsterdam is the beating heart of the country and the draw for most visitors. While exploring the rest of this tiny, water-logged place is rewarding (with windmills, tulips and more), it’s Amsterdam that is the most memorable. Whether you’re stuffing yourself with sugary stroopwafels on the street, riding a bike by the canal alongside dozens of locals, taste-testing Belgian beverages or partying all night long, your experience in Amsterdam will be, above all, fun. Don’t come here to relax; come here to stay up late, meet new people, immerse yourself in the culture and throw caution to the wind.
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3 Tips for Choosing the Best Coordinate Measuring Machine for Your Quality Process
Ian Wright posted on February 08, 2016 |
Inspection of cam shaft mold by CMM.
Don is in charge of quality assurance at an OEM that manufactures automotive components.
Don has a problem: his company recently received a lucrative contract to produce 30,000 cam shafts for a new engine and Don has just been informed that the first shipment was rejected for being out of specification.
Don’s company has been using a combination of portable measuring tools to check parts on the production line, which had worked well enough until now. Unfortunately, the cam shafts required more measurements with a higher degree of accuracy than the portable tools could provide. Line operators were struggling to keep up with the pace, so they cut corners.
Mistakes made by personnel using measurement devices are a major source of error in metrology, but coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) can reduce it significantly.
Coordinate Measuring Machines Overview
The introduction of CMMs made quality assurance more efficient, more accurate and more flexible. These benefits all stem from their programmability.
The machines can be set up to fulfill repeated measuring tasks automatically without the need to reprogram them each time. They can also obviate the need to have a variety of measuring instruments for individual jobs, since a single CMM can be programmed to perform any number of measurement tasks.
CMM with automatic pallet-loading system installed at a powertrain manufacturer to check engine blocks. (Image courtesy of Carl Zeiss.)
All CMMs have three orthogonal axes (X, Y and Z) operating in a 3D coordinate system. Each axis has a scale that is used to indicate the system’s position or location in space.
The machines read inputs from a sensing device programmed by an operator or using computer numerical control (CNC).
They then use that data to calculate the desired distance measurements (dimensions), geometric shapes (features) and relative position of those shapes (feature relationships) on a workpiece.
Integrating a CMM into your production process—whether in a lab or on the shop floor—can make a significant difference to the quality of your product, but choosing the right CMM for your application is no easy task.
“It’s hard to choose the right machine for yourself,” said Benjamin Viering, senior director of marketing and business strategy at Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology. “You might end up buying something that will not fulfill your specifications, or you’ll spend way too much money for a machine that’s more precise than you need.”
Today, the price range of CMMs varies from around $30K to over $1M, depending on the manufacturer’s specifications. Similarly, the cost of various probe/sensor configurations ranges from a few thousand dollars to tens of thousands.
This is why it’s worth seeking professional advice before making a final decision, but there are still some general pieces of advice that can help determine which CMM is best suited to your application.
1. Consider What and Where You’re Measuring
There are a number of ways to categorize coordinate measuring machines, but if you’re wondering which type is best for your application, ask the following question:
Do I want to bring my parts to the machine or do I want to bring a measuring device to my parts?
Comparison of part sizes measured on CMMs. (Left) A gear for a wind turbine. (Right) A gear for a watch. (Image courtesy of Carl Zeiss.)
The answer to this question will depend on what you’re measuring and where you’re measuring it. If you plan on bringing the part to the machine, then you’ll want a stationary CMM. If it’s the other way around, then you’ll want a portable unit (or a stationary one and a lot of muscle). In this article, we’ll focus exclusively on stationary CMMs.
There are four basic types of stationary CMM:
Horizontal Arm
Bridge CMMs are the most common type of coordinate measuring machine.
In a moving bridge, the measuring head determines values on the Z-axis by moving up and down on a bridge that spans the machine’s base. The head determines values for the X-axis by moving back and forth across the bridge. Values on the Y-axis are determined by moving the entire bridge over the granite base.
Schematics of moving (left) and fixed (right) bridge CMM architecture. (Image courtesy of Sandeep Y. Bagul.)
A fixed or stationary bridge CMM determines values on the Y-axis by moving the table, rather than the bridge. The added rigidity that comes from keeping the bridge immobile reduces measuring uncertainty, but because the table needs to be mobile its maximum load is more restricted.
At one time, bridge CMMs were difficult to load because they required workpieces to be mounted precisely on their granite base plates. However, these days the CMM coordinate system can be automatically aligned to the workpiece’s coordinate system, which is based on its CAD model.
This means that modern CMMs only need to align their coordinate system with that of the workpiece in order to ensure a good starting point, significantly decreasing the time they take to load.
However, the bridge itself still limits the accessibility of these CMMs—so depending on your accessibility requirements, a cantilever or horizontal arm CMM may be the better option.
Cantilever CMMs differ from the bridge-style in that the measuring head is only attached on one side of a rigid base. Hence, they are restricted to smaller measuring ranges, since the projecting part of the mobile column must be relatively short in order to maintain its rigidity.
Schematic of cantilever CMM architecture. (Image courtesy of Sandeep Y. Bagul.)
However, the column’s large support base combined with its low weight enables cantilever CMMs to move very quickly. Their high level of accuracy and low measurement uncertainty are the reasons cantilever CMMs are used predominantly for measuring gauges and master parts.
Horizontal arm CMMs are less accurate than the other types because their design makes them more susceptible to deformation. However, it also makes them useful for measuring large workpieces or those with hard-to-reach features.
The ZEISS Pro Horizontal Arm CMM. (Image courtesy of Carl Zeiss.)
In automotive applications, for example, two arms can be paired to measure both sides of a vehicle’s frame simultaneously as it moves down the assembly line. This is done by synchronizing both machines to the same (automotive) coordinate system. Because of their design, the arms are able to reach features inside the vehicle that would be inaccessible to a bridge CMM.
Even though the arms are on opposite sides of the frame, their synchronization with the vehicle’s coordinate system enables the data they collect to be related to a single coordinate system. Moreover, the flexibility of the arms allows them to reach inside the vehicle frame to measure features that would be inaccessible to a bridge-style CMM.
The DEA DELTA SLANT gantry CMM. (Image courtesy of Hexagon.)
Gantry coordinate measuring machines are structurally similar to bridge CMMs, but tend to be much larger. In the gantry-style, the bridge is mounted on raised pillars, increasing overall measuring volume. Their structural similarity to bridge-style machines gives gantry CMMs a similarly high level of accuracy. This, in combination with their large measuring volume, is why gantry CMMs are particularly prevalent in the aerospace industry, where components can be large and yet still require a high degree of accuracy.
Cantilever CMMs tend to be the most accurate but the least flexible
Horizontal arm CMMs tend to be the most flexible but the least accurate
Bridge and Gantry CMMs lie between these two extremes
The Quality Lab vs. The Shop Floor
The TIGO SF is an air-free, high-performance CMM for the shop floor. (Image courtesy of Hexagon.)
The last decade or so has seen a trend of CMMs migrating out of quality control labs and onto shop floors for what is variably called in-process or in-situ measurement.
According to Zvonimir Kotnik, director of business integration at Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence, “CMMs have been used traditionally in quality labs because there you have a constant temperature—usually 20°C (68°F). In a quality lab you can measure a part under very controlled conditions.”
Unfortunately, measurements taken in a quality lab occur at the end of the manufacturing process. If a product is out of specification, there’s no way to tell where things went wrong in the operation.
“You want your metrology to be part of the manufacturing process so that you’re providing actionable information as it happens. That way you can adjust the process in almost real time, ensuring a much more consistent process. This reduces downtime and increase the overall quality of the product,” Kotnik added.
Moreover, maintaining a quality control lab with all the necessary climate conditioning is costly—so unless your applications requires very precise measurements, it may not be worth it.
“If you want really precise measurements you still need a measurement lab, but even then the part needs to be the same temperature as the lab, so you cannot bring a part right out of production—which might still be heated—because that will affect your measurements,” said Viering.
Ultimately, deciding which stationary CMM is best for your application depends on what you’re measuring and where you’re measuring it. See the table below for a summary of the above information.
CMM Type
Best for Measuring
Medium Components Requiring High Accuracy
Small Components Requiring Highest Accuracy
Large Components Requiring Low Accuracy
Large Components Requiring High Accuracy
2. Choose the Right Probe for the Job
A coordinate measuring machine is only as good as its probe(s).
Like CMMs, probes come in several types. The basic distinction is between contact probes, which measure workpieces by actually touching them, and non-contact probes, which employ lasers or machine vision. The former are more accurate, but the latter are faster to use.
There are also multi-sensor probes, which combine touch and optical scanning.
CMM Contact Probes
The most common contact probes fall into one of two categories:
Touch Trigger Probes
Analog Scanning Probes
Cross-sectional view of a touch trigger probe. (Image courtesy of Heidenhain.)
Touch Trigger Probes consist of a stylus attached to a bearing plate connected to pressure sensors inside the probe housing. They generate an electrical signal each time they contact a point on the workpiece.
The first touch trigger probe was invented by Renishaw founder Sir David McMurty to solve a specific inspection requirement for the Olympus engines used on the Concorde.
The probe head is mounted at the end of one of a CMM’s moving axes. It can be rotated manually or automatically and accommodates a variety of stylus tips and attachments. Touch probes are versatile and flexible.
The incorporation of piezo-based sensors eliminated the effect of stylus bending and advancements in strain gauge technology ensured that the probes trigger at a constant force regardless of contact angle with the workpiece. This eliminates directional sensitivity, which gives these probes a submicron level of accuracy.
Analog Scanning Probes are also stylus-based and are used to measure contoured surfaces, such as sheet metal assemblies. Rather than touching individual points, the probe remains in contact with the workpiece as it is dragged across it, yielding analog measurements.
This offers dramatically increased levels of data acquisition. Continuous analog scanning (CAS) probes are based on continuous (rather than point-to-point) data acquisition. They are particularly useful for complex contoured shapes such as crankshafts, cams, turbine engine blades, prosthetics and automobile bodies.
Renishaw's SP600 analog scanning probe. (Image courtesy of Renishaw.)
There are two types of CAS systems:
Closed-Loop Systems: the probe automatically detects changes in the surface direction of the workpiece and adjusts itself to maintain contact
Useful when digitizing unknown complex shapes
Open-Loop Systems: the probe is driven along a path using dimensional information from a data file
Useful for high-speed data-gathering on parts with geometry that is well defined by surface points and vectors or by CAD data
One advantage of analog scanning probes over touch trigger probes is that the former acquires 10-50 times more data than the latter in the same amount of time. More data means more confidence, which may be needed if there are large gaps between data points using point-to-point probing techniques.
A second advantage that comes with using an analog scanning probe is that it can also be used as a touch trigger probe, giving users greater flexibility. Operators can pick and choose which features to touch quickly and which to devote more time to if a particular feature is critical, for example.
CMM Non-Contact Probes
Non-contact probes are best for parts that are either more complex, smaller, high-precision or easily deformable. They are either laser-based or vision-based.
Nikon's InSight L100 CMM laser scanner. (Image courtesy of Nikon.)
Laser probes work like touch trigger probes but use a concentrated beam of light instead of a stylus. The beam acts as an optical switch so that when it is projected onto the part, the position can then be read by triangulation through a lens in the probe receptor.
This is similar to the technique used by surveyors to find a position or location with bearings from two fixed points that stand a known distance apart.
Vision-based probes are particularly useful for very small parts, like microprocessors. Rather than measuring the parts themselves, an archetype is electronically digitized to generate accurate dimensions for future workpieces.
Renishaw's REVO vision measurement probe. (Image courtesy of Renishaw.)
A high-definition camera then generates numerous measurement points in one frame, allowing features to be measured in comparison with the electronic model by counting pixels. Unlike other probes, which require recalibration, a vision system’s lens only needs to be calibrated once.
The main advantage of non-contact probes is that they enable users to collect data from a larger surface area in a shorter amount of time compared to contact probes. However, the trade-off is that they are less accurate.
3. Consider Your CMM Software Needs
A CMM’s suitability for an application depends on more than just its structure and its probe; it also depends on software.
Although there is a standard CMM programming language called the dimensional measurement interface standard (DMIS), it’s not used by every CMM manufacturer, though most at least support it.
DMIS doesn’t contain all the functionality required for all measurement tasks. Its limitations have led manufacturers to create their own unique flavors of DMIS for CMM programming and execution.
CMM Software and Measurement Uncertainty
Measurement uncertainty means that it’s impossible to know a part’s true value. We can only get close to the true value and this is why measurement uncertainty is so important in metrology.
There are several ways to determine measurement uncertainty for CMMs. It can be determined experimentally by taking many measurements on a given machine, theoretically by modelling the machine or statistically via, for example, a Monte Carlo simulation.
Determining measurement uncertainty in a CMM using Monte Carlo simulation. (Image courtesy of Zeiss.)
The more accuracy required by a process, the more measurement uncertainty matters. This isn’t just a matter of the size of your parts, but also the size of your part features. Engine cylinders and injection nozzles can be quite large, especially in aerospace applications, but they also tend to have important features that require a high degree of accuracy.
As Kotnik puts it, “It’s not just how the data’s collected or how fast it’s collected, but how confident you are in the data you’re getting. For Hexagon, it’s all about speed plus confidence. If you don’t have confidence in your measuring system, you can’t have confidence in your products.”
CMM CAD/CAM Compatibility
The last 15 years have seen a significant push toward model-based definition (MBD), sometimes called digital product definition (DPD). More and more manufacturers are trading master parts for master CAD models with embedded tolerancing, which makes compatibility between CMM and CAD software a crucial issue.
Renishaw's MODUS 2 intelligent CAD data extraction. (Image courtesy of Renishaw.)
Kotnik puts it this way: “As an engineer, I want to make sure that each operation using my model is using the same consistent data, otherwise, the saying is: random procedures create random jobs.”
“CMM software has to be able to use the native CAD model information, which means if someone is designing a part in Unigraphics vs Pro/ENGINEER vs SOLIDWORKS, the CMM software needs to be able to read that data,” he concluded.
If CAD compatibility is a major concern, look for CMMs with a direct CAD interface (DCI), which gives operators the ability to use CAD data without translating it into another programming language like DMIS. Not all CMMs have DCI; it depends on software.
Choosing the Right CMM for Your Application
In the end, there isn’t one single factor that will determine which CMM is best for your application.
Many factors need to be considered, including CMM type, probe type, software and of course cost.
However, on that last point, Kotnik offers the following piece of advice:
“Do not buy on price alone. By the time you get a low-cost system up and running you’ve spent as much as you’ve saved (or maybe more) to get it to work. Price is important, but there are many other factors that determine the best product for the job.”
By now, you should have a better idea of what those factors are, but to reiterate the starting point of this article: it’s always worth seeking professional advice before purchasing a CMM.
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English to Hindi Meaning :: perspicacious
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Five Moments in Economic Punditry Gone Horribly Wrong
Jon Stewart may have torn CNBC a new one last week, but the world of business bloviating gets much louder — and sadder — than just Rick Santelli.
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While most of the YouTube-loving world spent the weekend enjoying (and re-enjoying) Jon Stewart call out CNBC's Rick Santelli for being a blowhard, I've got to ask: Why now? Surely everyone's noticed before that the business of economic punditry is no different than that of forecasting the weather: Dress sharp, show some personality, and try to be wrong as little as possible.
You could call it a personal vendetta, since Santelli nixed his Daily Show appearance at more or less the last minute. But as my old philosophy professor would tell me, "That's just the trigger. It's not the cause." The cause is that, in an industry where ineptitude is the norm, you've got stuffed shirts running around town trying to make the biggest splash in the it's-just-gonna-come-back-to-bite-you-in-the-ass pool. And being indignant about it. Because the thing about the talking heads is, they don't care if they're right. Their job is to generate ratings, and there are two ways to do that: be right (the hard way), or be loud (the easy way).
What's more, people don't watch finance shows when the Dow churns out ho-hum gains; people tune in when they're shooting off in either direction. That means commentators operate on feast or famine, and that you've got the recipe for irresponsibility. Because when a weatherman is wrong you're caught without an umbrella, but when a pundit is wrong you're caught without a retirement fund.
So while we won't blame them for being in the business of doling out advice to people who believe their spiel, we'll sure as shit laugh at your comeuppance.
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I like to think of Cramer like The Bachelor's Jason Mesnick: Given the choice of 25 hot women, he'll pick the wrong one the first time, then get it even more wrong the second. But only because he loves too much. To give Cramer his due, he did go batshit crazy over Bernanke back before anyone else did, but, hey, you can't be right all of the time.
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3. Petey, you've got something on your tie. (Pokes his nose.) Haha! Economist.
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You kind of wish a busty, middle-aged woman would throw a glass of water in his face, slap him, then kiss him and tell him that that she's carrying his love child, who miraculously shares DNA with the man who murdered his father in a tragic, deep-sea fishing accident. You know, just to give it the complete soap-opera feel. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, for one, hates the soaps.
Bill O'Reilly Likes to Say "Baloney"
I'm not saying everyone should have had crystal balls to accurately predict the future (although that would be totally boss), but when you're having a chat with Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize winner in economics, and the conversation turns to finances, maybe you shouldn't throw around words like "liar" and "baloney" so much. Just maybe.
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Please, don't watch the whole clip, lest you sell all your stocks and purchase guns and ammunition — the only true currency of the future, according to Glenn Beck. I mean, he's not here to alarm anyone, but the economy is very clearly going to set you on fire. There's only one hope, one person to turn to save you. And that person is God:
Not to diss the Big Man, but I'm pretty sure he's a little too busy with Iraq and Darfur to care about my long position in GE. Of course, all this is moot if the world really does end, in which case, "Kudos, Glenn!"
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What I Learned from Ivanka's Book
For starters, she takes it very easy on men in the workplace.
By Adrienne Westenfeld
New this week in Ivanka Trump's quest to become a lifestyle guru is Women Who Work, her long-awaited working mother's guide to having it all. But if you came to Women Who Work looking for solutions to workplace inequities, you're asking the wrong person.
In Women Who Work, Trump frames men as equal partners in all things. On the domestic front, they're husbands who split the full burden of child-rearing. In the workplace, she urges them to join the fight for a more flexible work-life balance. But for a book about the challenges women face in the workplace, Women Who Work chickens out on identifying the challenges men create for working women. Examples that spring to mind include paying women less, making sexist jokes to female colleagues, and interrupting them or ignoring them during meetings. Ivanka can't really help you with any of those, though.
Ivanka Is Having an Abysmal Week
Of course, this isn't much of a surprise; this is classic Ivanka—her version of feminism lite cherry-picks its girl-power elements (like bad inspirational quotes) while ignoring the hard questions and refusing to point fingers. See for yourself in the excerpts below.
On hiding emotion (and being more like Jared):
"My husband, Jared, is by far one of the most positive, proactive, solution-oriented people I've ever met. He's incredibly pragmatic, always cool in the face of adversity; he finds it unproductive to focus on the problem (versus the solution) or react emotionally. He's my greatest teacher in this regard, the calm, soothing voice of reason that guides me to focus on what matters most, even in moments of crisis or chaos, when I naturally tend to be a bit more emotional."
On seeking spousal validation:
"Probably the most reassuring thing I do in moments of high stress is to remind myself what matters most and express gratitude. If I bomb totally, my kids won't look at me any differently. I ask myself, 'Will I be less in the eyes of my husband?' No. If anything, he may love me a bit more—because he'll know I need it!"
On what to expect from the father of your children:
"It's important to learn to resist the urge to push men aside when they try to step up and be involved fathers."
On the different standards men and women face:
"We've certainly come far as a society, since in generations past, working women didn't talk about their families and interests outside of the office, and men would compete to win the 'he who works longest, works best' competition—what Anne-Marie Slaughter dubs 'time macho.' She calls Dick Darman, Ronald Reagan's budget director, a paragon of it: 'Mr. Darman sometimes managed to convey the impression that he was the last one working… by leaving his suit coat on the chair and his office light burning after he left for home.'"
And, just for fun, on Kushner getting suckered into a women's half marathon:
"When my team and I were training for a half marathon, I convinced Jared to participate and run with me on the weekends (I hadn't told him the race was just for women!)."
Adrienne Westenfeld Assistant Editor Adrienne Westenfeld is a writer and editor at Esquire, where she covers books and culture.
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Remember: Those '86 Mets Started Out This Exact Same Way
An 0-2 start doesn't mean it's all over (maybe).
By Nick Powell
The mindset for Mets fans going into Game 2 went something like this: It took an inside-the-park home run, a blown save by one of the best closers in baseball, and an error by the sure-handed David Wright for the Royals to win Game 1 in 14 innings. Surely, that confluence of blunders was too flukey to reflect any real disparity between the two teams.
Three hours and seven runs later, the Royals look like the perfect World Series team–a scrappy, fundamentally sound bunch, with an elite bullpen to boot, playing with the confidence of a team that's been here before.
Sophisticated Mets fans knew this going into the series, but come on. We've got FOUR stud pitchers! Power bats! Familia! Daniel Murphy's divine intervention!
Alas, rationalization is a malodorous scent.
More than anything, the downfall of the previously indomitable pitching staff has the Mets staring at an 0-2 deficit as they head back to Citi Field. One night after Matt Harvey looked completely gassed, ditching his fastball in favor of a smattering of lesser off-speed junk, Jacob deGrom looked nothing like the stopper he had been in previous postseason starts.
DeGrom may have a deadly arsenal of pitches and plenty of testicular fortitude, but the Royals, like a feisty welterweight, threw some early haymakers that knocked the waifish ace on his heels. They swung early and often, with a contact-oriented approach, and deGrom had no answers. The same formula that got him a combined 27 strikeouts against the Dodgers and Cubs–fastballs up the ladder, sweeping sliders, diving change-ups in the dirt–led to a paltry three swings-and-misses by the disciplined Royals lineup.
The Mets' bats, meanwhile, have regressed. Murphy has spent more time muttering in tongues to the home plate umpire than making solid contact. Yoenis Cespedes has seemingly lost any concept of a strike zone. Wright, perhaps feeling the lingering effects of spinal stenosis, simply cannot catch up to a major league fastball.
But through all of last night's heartache, there remains a glimmer of hope. The previous championship team out of Flushing, Queens, the hallowed 1986 Mets, dropped the first two World Series games to the Boston Red Sox (albeit, at home) before coming back to win it all.
Here's hoping it won't require a Bill Buckner-esque sequence of events for the Mets to triumph 29 years later.
Nick Powell is the opinion editor at City & State magazine. Follow him on Twitter @nickpowellbkny.
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Essential Retail Magazine Home » Analysis » Why Debenhams is betting on progressive web apps
15 Nov 2017 Analysis
Why Debenhams is betting on progressive web apps
Scott Thompson
The name, it should be pointed out, is slightly misleading as progressive web apps (PWAs) are technically not apps. Rather, they are websites that use non-standard web technology to deliver a much faster experience on a mobile browser or hybrid app. They rely on pre-caching content on a device (with permission) to speed things up.
This is cutting-edge technology. So cutting edge, in fact, that retailer implementations are few and far between. “The Washington Post and Financial Times examples are the most powerful I've seen. I'm not aware of retailers in the US doing this, though Flipkart has done it in India,” says Ted Schadler, VP & principal analyst at Forrester.
In the UK, meanwhile, Shop Direct, something of a mobile pioneer, has yet to climb onboard. Sally-Anne Newson, customer experience and digital product director at Shop Direct, comments: “It’s still early days for progressive apps, but it’s something we’re keeping a close eye on.”
The new Debenhams site lines up alongside BBC, Twitter and the Guardian’s Smart Lock as one of the first PWAs in the country. The retailer reports unprecedented growth in mobile over the last two years. Over half of all its online visits are now from mobile phones. But as traffic shifts from desktop to mobile, this starts to impact growth as customers do not convert as well on the latter. According to Google research, Britain was 10th out of 17 major European countries surveyed in terms of how quickly sites load on mobile – 53% of visits are abandoned if a mobile site takes three seconds or more to load. And if you keep customers waiting for one second to five seconds, the probability of them bouncing spikes by 90%.
Tapping Google-backed technology and delivered by Mobify and SapientRazorfish, the Debenhams PWA has more than doubled the speed of the previous mobile site, the retailer claims. “We were able to invest in our previous adaptive m-site but found that we couldn’t make some of the larger experience enhancements our customers found frustrating, like the site being slow,” says Jim Hingston, senior digital product manager at Debenhams. “The site itself was built using end of life technology so we needed to transform our mobile propostion. Many retailers have a responsive site, but the problem with this approach is you cannot be mobile first as you have to build an experience that fits three to four different devices or screen sizes; you end up having to trade off your mobile customers.”
The new site went live in early October and is already delivering results, putting Debenhams in a strong position ahead of peak trading.
“There has been a double digit growth in our conversion so far,” says Hingston. “The speed is by far the most noticeable improvement, we’ve seen customers are able to complete some journeys over three times faster than the previous site. We are starting to see some behavioural shifts on mobile too like more mobile orders starting to occur in the morning during ‘commuter periods’. Customers are able to browse and buy instead of just browse.”
Native apps stay in the game
Although there are various reasons for the shift toward PWAs, many customers still like and are comfortable with native apps. “I believe that there will always be a place for native apps, for the applications that are most important to you,” says Forrester’s Schadler. “But what about all those applications that aren't? We spend the most time in just a few apps. And they are seldom retail sites. And non-loyal customers of other brands will almost never use an app. So to reach them, you need to deliver app-like experiences via the browser. Responsive web design, which most companies and the agencies that support them have treated as a one-size-fits-all solution, is not solving the problem on desktops or phones.”
Hingston agrees, saying: “Apps have historically given a superior experience but research shows that customers only use a small number regularly. A PWA allows for features like push notifications and offline mode which means customers will get more comfortable with mobile web.The reach of mobile web is far greater and technology like PWA will start to shrink the gap between web and app experiences.”
Like Schadler, he doesn’t, however, think PWAs will cause a mass shift away from apps as there are jobs and tasks that customers will always prefer to do on an app. “For Debenhams, investing in a PWA and improving the mobile web journeys made sense from how our customers were shopping Debenhams.”
The initial PWA launch was, meanwhile, just the start of the retailer’s mobile journey. “We have an extensive roadmap to start removing further friction and enhancing the experience across our key categories. Our partnership with Mobify and SapientRazorfish will allow us to work with a lot more pace and agility. We can make the experience even faster with further performance optimisations and features like accelerated mobile pages. We also want to start to look at whether we can extend our PWA beyond mobile onto other customer and colleague platforms.”
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Home / News / Lenovo Unveils Line of Windows and Chrome Laptops for Education
Lenovo Unveils Line of Windows and Chrome Laptops for Education
Lenovo recently announced their largest lineup of education oriented laptops yet. It includes not just affordable Chrome OS notebooks, but Windows 10 solutions as well. With products starting at $219 and up to $499, the line consists of affordable essentials that fits various education use requirements.
The base model is the Lenovo 100e sporting an 11.6-inch 1366×768 display. It uses an Intel Celeron N3350 “Apollo Lake” processor with up to 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM. It also comes with 32GB or up to 128GB of eMMC storage. The 100e even has a reversible HD camera and a spill-proof keyboard. The Apollo Lake line is known for its efficiency, which enables the 100e’s 45Wh battery to last up to 10 hours.
The Windows version will begin selling on January 2018. However, the Chrome OS version will not be available until March 2018.
Like the 100e, the 300e is also available with Windows 10 or Google’s Chrome OS. However, they differ in hardware inside. The Windows model will sport an Intel Celeron Apollo Lake CPU, while the Chrome OS version uses a MediaTek MTK 8173C processor. Both are similar in terms of looks and form factor however, weighing 3 pounds and using an 11.6-inch IPS display. Users can expect up to 8 hours of battery life on the Windows model. Meanwhile, the Chrome OS version lasts up to 10 hours. Both are 360-degree foldable, but the Windows version includes pen support.
In terms of pricing and availability, the Windows model is available for $279 starting January 2018. The Chrome OS version costs $279 as well, but it will not be available until February 2018.
The 500e offers quite a bit more than both budget 100e and 300e models. It has an 11.6-inch IPS display as well but has Gorilla Glass for added security. It comes with a pressure sensitive pen that stows away in its own built-in compartment. Unlike the 100e and 300e however, the 500e is strictly a Chromebook device.
The hardware inside includes an Intel Celeron N350 Apollo Lake processor with up to 8GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. The entire device also folds up to 360-degrees and weighs 2.97 pounds. On a single full charge, users can expect up to 10 hours of operation.
In terms of pricing information, it starts at $349 and is available starting January 2018.
ThinkPad 11e and 11e Yoga
The new ThinkPad 11e and 11e Yoga are thinner and lighter than previous generation models. Moreover, these 5th generation ThinkPad units boasts up to 12 hours of battery life on a single charge. Each face a 12-method MIL-SPEC testing which ensures its survivability in any classroom setting. What differentiates the Yoga version from the regular ThinkPad 11e is the use of the pressure sensitive pen as well as the world-facing camera. Both area available with 11.6-inch HD IPS display with optional touch variants.
Both the ThinkPad 11e and ThinkPad 11e Yoga will start selling come February 2018. The 360-degree rotating 11e Yoga version costs a bit more at $499 compared to the $429 clamshell ThinkPad 11e.
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PHILOSOPHY > Roshei Yeshivah > Sichot Roshei Yeshiva > Shemot > Shemot > The Level of their Forefathers
The Level of their Forefathers
Sicha for Shabbat from the Roshei Yeshiva
PARASHAT SHEMOT
Summarized by Betzalel Posy
The Ramban believes that each of the five books of Chumash has its own theme. At the beginning of Sefer Shemot, he relates to both Bereishit and Shemot, since his introduction to Bereishit deals with Torah generally. Sefer Bereishit is about creation and history: both the creation of the world and the creation of Am Yisrael. These events serve as an example and a pattern for the history following them, and Sefer Shemot is the beginning of that history.
The entire history of the Jewish People follows a single pattern: "galut" and "ge'ula" (exile and redemption). This is what happened to the Avot and it is what happened to the Jews in Egypt and the desert. For Am Yisrael, their exile was expressed by their presence in Egypt, and their redemption was expressed by the presence of God in the mishkan.
However, the Ramban's words raise an interesting problem. Where is Eretz Yisrael in his discussion? Is not the redemption incomplete until the arrival forty years later in the Promised Land? How could the Ramban, for whom Eretz Yisrael was so central, say that the ge'ula occurred in the middle of a desert?
The entire Torah is a tale of how the Jews reached Israel. Rashi says as much in parashat Vayeshev. While, with regard to all other nations, the Torah simply tells us that they got their land ("Eileh toldot Eisav be-har Se'ir, etc."), the toldot of Yaakov and the story of how his children inherited the land is quite lengthy. Why do we need to hear every detail?
The normal situation is that every nation has its homeland: the French have France, the Belgians Belgium, etc. Thus, Am Yisrael receiving Eretz Yisrael is within the normal workings of the world. Ge'ula, in the religious sense of the word, occurs when Am Yisrael reaches the level of its forefathers. There might be only a very short period when this goal is realized, such as part of the time in the desert and some of the period of the first Temple. But this sad historical reality in no way detracts from the fact that this is the ideal situation.
Just as this ge'ula can occur at Har Sinai, so too the mere presence of Am Yisrael in Eretz Yisrael does not assure redemption. Many people have said that with our return to Israel, we have reached redemption. But ge'ula is not about land, being like the French or the Belgians, although that is important. We still have a long way to go; we cannot sit back and rest.
As a child in chutz la-aretz, I heard from a Maggid a very interesting parable. In a small shtetl, there was a shamash (beadle) named Yankele. Yankele the shamash was a tzaddik. He stayed up late at night cleaning and fixing the beit midrash; he serviced all the public facilities; he made sure everything in the synagogue was ready for the holidays. Whenever needed, he gave the daily shiur, and served as chazzan when there was no one else. During the week before Rosh Hashana, he would stay up all night cleaning the synagogue and then would wake everyone in the town before daybreak for selichot.
On erev Rosh Hashana, selichot were especially early, and after a week of hard work, Yankele could barely keep his eyes open. He would recite "Hashem, Hashem..." and nod off. The mischievous youths started throwing things at him to wake him up. "What do you want from me?" Yankele exclaimed. "All year long I work hard for you; let me live in peace!" "Yankele," they answered him, "you wake us up for selichot at five in the morning, and you expect us to allow you to fall asleep!?"
For two thousand years, Am Yisrael disturbed the peaceful slumber of the world. We woke up the nations of the world to the values of tzedek and yosher (justice and righteousness), trying to remind them of their duties and conscience. Finally, Am Yisrael came home, to the "menucha ve-nachala;" but the nations of the world will not let us rest.
No, there is no ge'ula until Benei Yisrael "higi'u le-ramat avotam" - reach the level of their forefathers.
(Originally delivered on Leil Shabbat Parashat Shemot 5757.)
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Consumer groups across Europe file complaints against Google for breach of GDPR
by BEUC -- last modified 27 November 2018
Today, seven consumer organisations from across Europe have announced that they will file complaints against Google with their national data protection authorities. Based on new research published today by BEUC’s Norwegian member Forbrukerrådet, the consumer groups, all part of the BEUC network, are referring Google to their respective national authorities for breaching the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in relation to how the company tracks its users’ location.
Location data can reveal a lot about people, including religious beliefs (going to places of worship), political leanings (going to demonstrations), health conditions (regular hospital visits) and sexual orientation (visiting certain bars). The report shows that Google collects users' location data notably through the features 'location history' and 'web & app activity', which are integrated into all Google user accounts. The company uses various tricks and practices to ensure users have these features enabled and does not give them straightforward information about what this effectively entails.
These unfair practices2 leave consumers in the dark about the use of their personal data. Additionally they do not give consumers a real choice other than providing their location data, which is then used by the company for a wide range of purposes including targeted advertising.
These practices are not compliant with the GDPR, as Google lacks a valid legal ground for processing the data in question. In particular, the report shows that users' consent provided under these circumstances is not freely given. Also, the company cannot invoke a 'legitimate interest' to collect and process location data, due to the significant and intrusive impact that this tracking has on the rights and freedoms of the individual.
Monique Goyens, Director General of The European Consumer Organisation, commented:
"Google's data hunger is notorious but the scale with which it deceives its users to track and monetise their every move is breathtaking. Google is not respecting fundamental GDPR principles, such as the obligation to use data in a lawful, fair and transparent manner.
"Thanks to the GDPR, users should be in control of their personal data. Google's deceptive practices are in breach of the spirit and the letter of this regulation. We need strong, coherent, enforcement of the rules. We can't have companies pretending to comply but de facto circumventing the law.
"It can undoubtedly be useful to share your location data, for instance to find a restaurant when travelling. But the places we go to also reveal a lot about ourselves and our private life.
"The situation is more than alarming. Smartphones are being used for spying on our every move. This is not the digital society that European consumers want to live in.
"With today's action to submit complaints with data protection authorities across Europe, we want to stop consumer exploitation and force those digital giants to finally accept their responsibility."
BEUC, the European Consumers' Organisation, acts as the umbrella group in Brussels for its members and its main task is to represent them at European level and defend the interests of all Europe's consumers. BEUC investigates EU decisions and developments likely to affect consumers, with a special focus on five areas identified as priorities by its members: Financial Services, Food, Digital Rights, Consumer Rights & Enforcement and Sustainability.
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EU digital official: Cyber threats know no borders
By Fernando Heller | euroefe.es | translated by Paola Tamma
Linda Cogruedo Steneberg believes European citizens' data should be shared within the EU borders. [Fernando Heller/EuroEFE]
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Linda Cogruedo Steneberg, Director at the the European Commission’s DG Connect , revealed how the EU executive is trying to extend broadband coverage and democratise the internet, as well as protecting our privacy as hacker attacks become more commonplace. EURACTIV Spain reports.
Linda Cogruedo Steneberg is Director for Cooperation at the European Commission’s DG Connect.
She spoke to euroefe’s Fernando Heller.
Hackers are making European citizens feel more vulnerable. What is the EU doing to tackle them?
Digital threats have no borders, and this is why Europeans perceive an increased insecurity. The Commission proposed measures (including a cybersecurity agency) to fight them and ensure citizens can surf the net safely. Our proposal is ambitious and needs participation from all member states. On cybersecurity, there is little that a single member state can do alone to tackle the threats of cybercriminals, whose methods are constantly changing.
We are looking at a specific response plan to cyber attacks, because in the last few months there has been an increase around the world, and Europe is not immune. This year we experienced two particularly serious ones. And if we compare 2015 with 2016, cyber attacks increased by 300%.
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The European Commission will add funds and new powers for the EU cyber security agency and introduce a range of measures to limit threats from hackers, Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker announced in his annual state of the union speech on Wednesday (13 September).
Today the web looks like an incredibly porous and transparent place. Can we trust it?
Of course. EU citizens can be assured that their sensitive data is being protected. On the thorny issue of data protection, the EU has a new regulation which is very advanced and entered into force this year. These laws guarantee the complete privacy and safety for EU citizen data.
Our laws are so advanced that many countries are trying to incorporate similar provisions into their own national legal systems.
At the same time, we also proposed that personal data flow freely within the EU, Why? Simply because if we are to achieve a Single Digital Market, we need to share personal data freely among us.
On the issue of safety, having your data stored on a server in your country is not necessarily safer than having it stored in another, more advanced server in another EU country.
We also have to take into account technical issues, for instance, if the communication is encrypted or not. This is as relevant as the physical location of the data.
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Should citizens always be alert?
Peace of mind comes, in this as many other domains, from a mixture of common sense and carefulness. EU citizens can feel safe if they follow the rules and are careful when sharing their data. We need to be responsible about our data, which could become a highly profitable product if it fell in bad hands.
In all the activities we carry out on the internet we have to verify the origin and ensure the reputability of the source before clicking send.
What has been achieved since 2015, when the EU’s Single Digital Market was launched?
Europe is moving in the right direction. The Commission has put on the table everything that it promised in May 2015. Now these initiatives have been announced. And it is not little for a two years period: data portability, the abolition of roaming charges.
But we still need to do a lot. If the Parliament and the Council of Ministers do their part, the final objective is that all these initiatives will be ready by the coming year. We are under pressure, and we still have four legislative dossiers on the table in DG Connect, and another one will be added before the end of the year. It is a lot.
The internet has become an indispensable tool in almost all areas of life, but there are still “dark areas” that have no access to broadband or very slow internet. What is Brussels doing to democratise the web?
We are working on this, both within our research programme Horizon 2020 and through the “Connecting Europe Facility” (CEF). Both aim to extend broadband coverage to all corners of Europe, including the most remote.
We are thinking of new legislative proposals for the period after 2020. We are worried that some areas of Europe are still without internet in 2017. We also proposed the Wifi4EU program, that seeks to cover the largest possible coverage, with a focus on small villages and regions of Europe.
A few years ago, a Finnish ITC company used the slogan “connecting people”: is it still the ultimate objective?
Without commenting on marketing choices, I think it is still a valuable objective, and it surely is one of our ambitions. Democratising the benefits and opportunities derived from digital tools is a key issue.
Nobody in Europe should be isolated. The Commission must work to this end. But it is necessary that member states and business also cooperate. Optical fiber, for instance, is costly to deliver. With a EU bufget of only 1% of the EU member states’ income, it is very difficult to achieve.
We can invest into initiatives that act as leverages (the Juncker plan, for instance) and that attract others to join the effort. We can launch initiatives like the Broadband Fund, but we can’t achieve it by ourselves. We aim to connect all Europeans. With a faster and safer connection.
Has the Juncker Plan really boosted investment in Europe?
The Juncker Plan has put an end to Europe’s “investment breakdown”, according to the European Commission President. But many of its projects are no different to those normally financed by the European Investment Bank. EURACTIV’s partner La Tribune reports.
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FAITH DOING JUSTICE
Pablo Neruda's prophecy in poetry
Philip Harvey
Like many great poems, life is worked out by testing both questions and answers. 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?' is a beautiful question, made more beautiful by the 13 line reply that follows. A poem with all the answers is as unconvincing as a poem that's never asked any questions. We seem to find ourselves somewhere between those two extremes, which is why some poems work for us now, while others bide their time.
The last poems of the Chilean Pablo Neruda are a cycle of 74 cantos called El Libro de las Preguntas, The Book of Questions. In fact, the poems consist entirely of questions, which act as much to celebrate as to query the world around us. They reveal the poet in his many moods — humourous, nostalgic, political, sentimental, metaphysical, absurd, realistic, passionate, wistful — and in just a few words reduced to the fundamentals.
The unquestionable marvel of the nursery rhyme lives in a line like Dónde dejó la luna llena su saco nocturno de harina?, which William O'Daly translates 'Where did the full moon leave its sack of flour tonight?' Neruda's child-like eye surprises us to the end.
Soon enough though his voice toughens: 'Is the sun the same as yesterday's or is this fire different from that fire?' When he asks 'How old is November anyway?' he is asking us for an answer, but do we have one? With a question like 'Tell me, is the rose naked or is that her only dress?' the human world and nature confront one another. 'Where is the centre of the sea?' could keep geographers busy for hours.
Neruda can turn a question into an image in time: 'Why do assemblies of umbrellas always occur in London?' And there are questions we have thought all our lives without putting them into words: 'What did the tree learn from the earth to be able to talk with the sky?'
Still, not everything is living for living's sake. Time is of the essence. Neruda wrote these poems on the eve of the violent overthrow of the elected government of Chile in 1973. He was a close friend of President Salvador Allende, which is why some lines unsettle the general sense of an enquiring mind at peace with the world: Pero es verdad que se prepara la insurrección de los chalecos?
O'Daly has this as 'But is it true that the vests are preparing to revolt?' Los chalecos means vests in Spanish, but anyone reading this poem at the time would know its military and political connotations. Vests were worn by soldiers, including top brass with lots of medals attached. When Pinochet took control of Chile in a coup d'état, it was a vindication of the fear spoken, by implication, in some of the lines of The Book of Questions.
Many suspected foul play when Neruda died 12 days later. In 2011 his former driver claimed Neruda had been poisoned by secret agents, contradicting the official version, death from cancer.
Due to legal action from the Communist Party, the Chilean government last month exhumed the body. This act is contentious itself; the Pablo Neruda Foundation disapproves, while the family want closure, one way or the other. Preliminary results confirm that Neruda did have an advanced case of prostate cancer, but tests continue, both in Chile and the United States. Full results could take up to three months.
The questions kept on coming. Neruda could nail his colours to the mast:
It is bad to live without a hell:
aren't we able to reconstruct it?
And to position sad Nixon
with his buttocks over the brazier?
Roasting him on low
with North American napalm?
Dantesque conjectures were a way of dealing with political upheaval inside Chile. And through those years some of his questions came to have prophetic meaning: 'Why in the darkest ages do they write with invisible ink?' This is not softened by a line like 'Is peace the peace of the dove?' We know where his sympathies are when he says:
Do all memories of the poor
huddle together in the villages?
And do the rich keep their dreams
in a box carved from minerals?
But as we return into The Book of Questions we find that all of life presents us, and the poet, with paradoxes that contain within them leads and explanations, if only we pay attention.
It is almost offhand when he jokes Cuántas Iglesias tiene el cielo? — 'How many churches are there in heaven?' Exact statistics are not on his mind when Neruda wonders, Does a pear tree have more leaves than Remembrance of Things Past? For these are the words of someone looking out beyond present disasters.
He keeps hope alive, pays attention daily to the value and goodness in the world, seeing in these things that which is truly life-giving. It is a South American, after all, who would ask De qué suspende el picaflor su simetría deslumbrante? — 'From what does the hummingbird hang its dazzling symmetry?'
Philip Harvey is the poetry editor of Eureka Street. He maintains a word study site, a poetry readings site and a workplace blogspot.
Recent articles by Philip Harvey.
Clive James' poetry of memento mori
Pigeon English: a 'lost' Les Murray interview
Spirit wit: Five sonnets for Les Murray
Undeterred by Kondo, let your library overflow
Remembering the many-sided Brian Doyle
Topic tags: Philip Harvey, Pablo Neruda, Salvadore Allende, Chile, Pinochet
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Thanks, enjoyed reading this very much. The great American poet Wallace Stevens answered this question from Ian Hamilton's "Against Oblivion: Some Lives of the Twentieth-Century Poets" (2002) - Questionnaire: As a poet what distinguishes you, do you think, from an ordinary man? Stevens: Inability to see much point to the life of an ordinary man. Best words I've read about Stevens: "He knew other writers - William Carlos Williams, e e cummings, Marianne Moore. They knew him and his work. He was part of the group, but always off on the fringe, a luminous absence. That's where he wanted to be."
Pam | 13 May 2013
Thank you for this beautiful reflection on Neruda's poetry and the timely reminder of his timeless questions.
Jena Woodhouse | 15 May 2013
Thanks for this, Philip. Readers might also like to know publishing details, and whether this is a bilingual collection.
Chris Watson | 15 May 2013
Thanks, Philip. Always a delight to read your pieces.
Joe Castley | 15 May 2013
In reply to Chris Watson, ‘The Book of Questions’, by Pablo Neruda, was translated by William O’Daly and published in 1991 in Port Townsend, Washington State by the not-for-profit poetry outfit called Copper Canyon Press. (ISBN 1-55659-040-7 (hbk) 1-55659-041-5 (pbk)) The bilingual arrangement is superb. The translation was republished by the same press in 2001, ISBN 1-55659-160-8. Trove at the National Library states this is a 2nd edition, but the press’s own site makes no such distinction, which tells me that 2001 is an impression, not an edition. If anyone can verify this, I would be grateful. I work with the 1991 imprint, which came as a donation into the Library where I work, in the same week as the news of the first autopsy report. Some people call that providence, others synchronicity. O’Daly has many happy moments throughout, but the Spanish is the thing. English is the first language of most Eureka Street readers. Further readings of The Book of Questions are going out on my readings blog, with the Spanish and O’Daly together.
PHILIP HARVEY | 15 May 2013
I so much enjoyed your article Philip. I have been a great admirer of Neruda for several decades and often utilise his poems in my marriage rituals. I have at least six of his books and his poetry is like music.Elemental Odes would be my favourite. Pablo Neruda a passion for life by Adam Feinstein is a fine biography as it is fuelled by an infectious enthusiasm for the poems.
john hill | 15 May 2013
There is a video of William O'Daly reading a (very) little of the book at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HOSjYNvlw&feature=youtube_gdata_player If that link doesn't work, just search for the names.
Penelope | 16 May 2013
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What's it like to camp with 30 strangers at Gifford Pinchot park?
They camp, kayak, hike and bike as strangers. Then they become friends.
What's it like to camp with 30 strangers at Gifford Pinchot park? They camp, kayak, hike and bike as strangers. Then they become friends. Check out this story on eveningsun.com: https://on-ydr.co/1VjTBxs
Kate Penn, kpenn@ydr.com Published 10:02 a.m. ET May 26, 2016 | Updated 10:40 a.m. ET May 26, 2016
Margie Mattis, left, and Jackie Becker, center, both of Dover Township, introduce themselves while unloading wood for a campfire. This was the first camping trip of the year for the York Outdoor Adventure Meetup.com group.(Photo: Kate Penn, York Daily Record)Buy Photo
Callie Burnell waits at campsite No. 281 at Gifford Pinchot State Park.
People pass but she doesn't recognize a single face.
She wouldn't — She's waiting for 25 strangers.
Burnell is the organizer of the York Outdoor Adventure Meetup.com group's first camping trip of the year. She's met five of the 30 people who signed up for the two-night trip.
She's excited about that.
"I really enjoy camping and I like doing it with other people," Burnell said.
But she's single and although she has friends who like to camp, coordinating schedules is tough. Organizing trips through Meetup.com allows her to connect with new people who share her sense of adventure
Callie Burnell of Camp Hill, left, and Ava Stoops of New Cumberland, center, help Wendy Huffman of Mount Joy set up her tent at Gifford Pinchot State Park. The three are members of the York Outdoor Adventure meetup.com group on their first camping trip of the summer. (Photo: Kate Penn, York Daily Record)
Absolutely terrifying.
That's how Burnell describes her first time going to a meetup.com event.
It was a camping trip like the one she organized. Her mother worried she'd be killed by an axe murderer. As she nervously set up her tent, she glanced around and saw a hatchet in a fellow camper's car. At the end of the weekend she left with new friends and a goofy photo of the hatchet owner pretending to chase her.
Ava Stoops almost turned around three times on the way to her first Meetup.com group. She'd just moved to Harrisburg and didn't know anyone. Summoning all her courage, she forced herself to go to a meetup and never looked back. Now her best friends are ones she has met through the groups.
"The people that you're meeting are just as nervous to meet you as you are to meet them," Stoops said. "And there's a certain comradery that happens because of that."
Watch the group on their first camping trip of the summer at ydr.com
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Adams Co. woman gets jail for animal cruelty
An Adams County woman was sentenced to jail time for cruelty to animals, according to court documents posted on the Adams County SPCA Facebook page.
Adams Co. woman gets jail for animal cruelty An Adams County woman was sentenced to jail time for cruelty to animals, according to court documents posted on the Adams County SPCA Facebook page. Check out this story on eveningsun.com: http://evesun.co/2jSDd80
Lillian Reed, lreed@eveningsun.com Published 5:46 p.m. ET Jan. 31, 2017 | Updated 2:55 p.m. ET Feb. 1, 2017
Adams County SPCA in Straban Township(Photo: Dustin Levy, The Evening Sun)Buy Photo
Magisterial District Judge Mark Beauchat sentenced Melissa Klinedinst on Jan. 31 to seven days in Adams County prison after she pleaded guilty to 19 counts of cruelty to animals. She will also have to pay $4,437.97 in costs, fines and restitution, according to the court documents.
The SPCA closed suddenly Dec. 23 because it needed all of its staff members to recover nearly 30 animals from Klinedinst's Biglerville residence following a tip about animal neglect. The shelter seized a total of 17 dogs, eight goats and three pigs, which all showed signs of neglect, shelter manager and Humane Officer Abby Avery said at the time.
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Adams SPCA: Neglected animals improving
Klinedinst, who breeds and sells puppies, was reportedly keeping the dogs outside her home in a "makeshift pen," along with the goats and pigs, in a shelter that was too small, Avery said.
Avery said some injuries were more serious than others. Some of the dogs had muscle deterioration. One dog was severely dehydrated, and most had mammary tumors, which occur more often in dogs that are not spayed. The dogs also had stomach issues because they had a poor diet and ate straw and corn.
As part of her probation, Klinedinst will not be allowed to own or possess any animals for 1,710 days except for the ones she already owns, including two guinea pigs, a rabbit, a snake, four horses, two ponies and fish, according to the court agreement.
Klinedinst also agreed as part of her sentence to allow Adams County human officers random access to any property she owns or rents once each month.
She also has three counts of cruelty to animals charges filed at District Judge Matthew Harvey's office because of three animals at large in his jurisdiction.
Adams SPCA overwhelmed by massive animal rescue
The SPCA welcomes donations of food and bedding, including all-stock feed/hay/straw, Natural Balance Sweet Potato & Fish Dry dog food or Iams Proactive Health Smart Puppy Large Breed Dry dog food.
To make donations toward medical expenditures, go to http://www.adamscountyspca.org/donate-1 and specify in the special instructions section. Donations received after medical costs are covered will support care for other animals in need.
For any other questions, contact the SPCA at (717) 334-8876, extension 0 or 21.
Evening Sun reporter Dustin Levy contributed to this report.
Rescued SPCA animals get happy ending
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Jaguar XK production ends: picture gallery
Time has been called on Jaguar XK and XKR production. Our picture gallery charts the model range's history
After 18 years, production of the Jaguar XK and XKR will cease this summer. It’s the inevitable result of the range’s conspicuous overlapping with the F-type; shared engines, similar price points but an obvious disparity in age and styling meant the older car was always likely to make its bow sooner rather than later.
It’s been a great couple of decades though, the launch of the XK8 in 1996 kicking off an era of 2+2 Jaguar GT cars that in time have developed into sharp rivals for the likes of Porsche, Maserati and Aston Martin. The wild XKR-S GT, one of the car’s final iterations, is a tantalising example of what how honed a Jaguar can be now, and hints at how spectacular an RS version of the F-type Coupe could be…
Closing off XK production will be two editions; the Signature, based on the entry-level 380bhp 5-litre XK, combines the usual leathery luxury with a £54,950 price tag – that’s £5000 less than a similarly powered, though smaller and rear seat-less F-type S Coupe. If you need a supercharger (and who doesn’t?), the XK Dynamic R gets the XKR’s 503bhp 5-litre V8 engine and a £69,950 price tag, making it around £25,000 less than a BMW M6.
If you’re intent on buying an XK, there’s plethora of special editions and performance variants from over the years to choose from, too. The highlights are below – click the pictures to enlarge them.
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Living the Dream:
Inside le Tour
Following the Tour de France as a member of the press must sound like a dream job to any cycling fan. It is, but just as good times don’t always follow when you close your eyes and slip into unconsciousness, keeping up with the world's greatest cycling race can be trying at times.
Fear and Funny Clothing
What the hell was a confirmed roadie doing frantically trying to make the start line for Chase the Sun, the mountain bike enduro event held at Tampines Bike Park? Flat Spoke Media's editor-at-large was making one last attempt at turning to the dirty side.
The Climbs of
Le Tour de Langkawi
Hills and mountains were put on this earth to be climbed. So when an adventure beckons that involves the classic climbs of an iconic bike race, it’s pretty hard to resist the call. Throw in some intriguing colonial history, a dash of mystery and you have the perfect ingredients for a ride with the Rapha Continental.
Riding Free and
Easy in Bintan
Cycling has been exploding in Singapore over the past few years but the result is that cyclists are running out of places to ride in relative peace and quiet. Increasingly, local riders are hopping on their bikes and heading overseas. The Indonesian island of Bintan offers one of the best and most convenient day-trip experiences.
Batam or Bust
As a short getaway destination, Batam usually caters for golfers or those interested in the particular brand of nightlife the island is famous for, but it's also becoming increasingly popular among Singapore's cyclists as a place for a great day out in the saddle. The Six Bridges route, a.k.a. the Barelang Highway, provides a perfect course for a day trip
Fraser's Hill, a Cycling Paradise
While Bintan, Batam and Desaru present themselves as great cycling day-trip destinations from Singapore, travelling a little bit further afield into Malaysia offers a veritable cycling paradise perfect for a weekend getaway. I’m talking about the hill station town of Fraser’s Hill, some 60km north of the capital city Kuala Lumpur.
The Trans Malaysia Express
Imagine cycling from the Thai-Malaysian border to Singapore, a distance of some 800km. Tough, eh? Well just to make it seem even more ridiculous, 15 intrepid men covered the distance in a mere 43 hours. It wasn't easy, though, as physical and mental obstacles made it tougher than they could have expected.
The basic shape of the bicycle hasn't changed much since the late 1800s, but technologically it's light years away.
Return of Crits
a Huge Hit
Grassroots racing returned to Singapore after a two-year absence but it wasn't a one-and-done affair as the Singapore Road Cycling Criterium Series brought action-starved roadies competitive cycling over three consecutive Sundays.
OCBC Pro Cycling make mark in Asia
The sport of cycling is booming in Singapore. And while novices and amateurs get suited up to take on the sport, a group of serious sportsmen are already blazing the global trail for the vibrant community, the OCBC Singapore Pro Cycling Team.
Thrills and hills
With a limited racing program in Singapore, roadies have no choice but to travel to fulfill their need for speed. Races in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia have long been popular but now there’s a reason to add the Philippines – the Tour of Matabungkay.
Le Tour, Nine Days in France
Tour of Friendship R1
One of the highlights of our year is a bike stage race in Thailand, the Tour of Friendship R1. Having lived in Thailand for four plus years in the 1990s, Alan Grant has a special affinity for the country and its mai pen rai attitude. The Tour of Friendship somehow embraces that laid-back vibe while still managing to put on what many consider to be the best amateur stage race in Asia.
Have bike, will travel ... around the world!
We caught up with the madman who is Marc Delval in May 2014 after he crossed the Causeway joining Malaysia to Singapore on what can only be described as a steel tank. Singapore was just the latest stop on this cycling hero's crazy trip around the world.
Cancelled: Singapore Cycling Nationals
The 2014 Singapore National Road Cycling Championships were called off at short notice, much to the dismay of the local roadie community. We decided to look into the reasons why Singapore's most prestigious race weekend was cancelled and a not-quite-as-hard-hitting-as-we'd-expected report was printed in the latest edition of Spin Asia magazine
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New router DNS attack delivers porn and game ads on mainstream websites
By Joel Hruska on March 26, 2015 at 3:43 pm
Of all the various malware attack vectors, hacking a person’s router is one of the most effective. A new report from Ara Labs highlights how router attacks have evolved in recent years, and details a new method of serving unwanted advertising via intercepted Google Analytics information.
When evil routers attack
The reason routers are tempting targets for botnet builders and NSA agents alike is because they typically function as the gateway to an entire local network. Consumers tend to forget that the router is, itself, vulnerable. It’s not at all unusual for a router to serve its entire operating lifetime running default firmware and using the stock admin/admin name and password.
Once an attacker has gained access to a local router, they can tamper with its configuration. The most common type of attack is known as DNS spoofing or cache poisoning. Here’s how it works:
Image courtesy Ara Labs
When you type an address like “www.extremetech.com” into your browser, or click on a bookmarked link, your computer initially has no idea where “extremetech.com” is supposed to be online. It therefore sends a query to a Domain Name System server, asking “Where’s extremetech.com?” If the initial DNS server doesn’t know, it will query a server upstream from itself, until it finds a server that can give an actual IP address. When a server is repeatedly asked for the same information, it will cache that data locally.
By taking control of the local router, an attacker can “spoof” this system by misdirecting queries to poisoned DNS servers that are designed to return incorrect results. A request for Google.com can therefore be redirected to “www.ScamSearch.com.” The PC thinks that it’s properly directed you to the location you were seeking, because as far as the client system can tell, its query was answered by a genuine DNS server.
DNS-changing malware packages have evolved over the years — the latest versions use JavaScript to try and stealth-modify routers — but the basic mechanics of the attack have remained the same. What’s unusual about Ara Labs’ findings is that the malware specifically targets Google Analytics.
Ads Injected Via Hijacked Router DNS from AraLabs on Vimeo.
Since many websites use Google Analytics, it’s considered a perfect attack vector. Instead of aiming users at fake banking websites or bad search engines, the attack intercepts requests for Google Analytics information at a legitimate website. As the video shows, users who visit mainstream websites like the Huffington Post are seeing unusual ads injected into the web page. Instead of retrieving information from GA, the browser is pulling nefarious code from the hijacked DNS.
The malicious JavaScript has been detected injecting ads for various games as well as hardcore pornography. It’s a significant issue for multiple reasons — not only is it built off one of the most common analysis platforms around, it breaks style formatting at the “host” websites and injects ads and overlays that appear, to the end-user, to be officially sanctioned by the site in question. No amount of system reformatting or malware scans will find the error, since the problem is embedded in the router.
Securing the system
If you think you’re suffering the effects of a DNS cache poisoning attack (or simply want to avoid one), there are a number of things you can do to lock down the problem. First and foremost, don’t use a default login and password for your router. While some routers have flaws in their web interfaces that allow for backdoor access no matter what, a large fraction of attacks against home routers succeed because people don’t change the near-ubiquitous “admin/admin” login and password combination.
If your router has a known issue that allow for unauthenticated DNS changes (as some D-Link routers do), investigate whether it’s possible to load a version of DD-WRT or one of the Tomato forks. If the manufacturer of your device isn’t providing updates that resolve these problems, third-party firmware can, in some cases, resolve the issue.
Finally, if you see inappropriate advertising on a website, or ads that appear to break page formatting or are vastly different in scope and type from what you’re used to seeing, reach out to the site itself. While many websites have contracts with third-parties that provide advertising, they can still verify if you’re seeing material that’s meant to be on the site or not.
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The week in Windows 10: Clean installs on upgrades, new push for PC/Xbox integration
This week, Microsoft at last confirmed the Windows 10 upgrades we’ll all be receiving in a few short weeks will come with an important feature: Once you upgrade to the new version of Windows, your authenticated copy of Windows 10 will provide you with a key that can be used to perform clean installs rather than an in-place upgrade. After this initial process, you won’t have to keep your old key, drop a CD in the drive, or otherwise mirror the original Windows installation.
This suggests Microsoft will effectively allow people to redeem previous Windows keys for new Windows 10 iterations, which will then be tied to whatever version of the OS you’re qualified to own. There’s no word yet on what happens if, for example, you redeem a legitimate Windows 7 key for a new Windows 10 key, then upgrade the underlying hardware in the box. Gamers with legitimate copies of Windows 7 or 8/8.1 may want to do any upgrades they intend to make before actually installing the new version of Windows 10 — it’s possible that upgrading the hardware post-OS install will lock the key to a particular platform and make it more difficult to swap components in the future.
When Microsoft launched its last software-as-a-service push with Office 365, it simultaneously introduced requirements that made reinstallation and upgrades more onerous than they had been previously. Specifically, it became (temporarily) against the terms of service to remove the software from one installed system and put it on another. The company later modified this wording after consumer pressure, but the terms and conditions surrounding Windows 10 and its upgrade / reinstallation policies still haven’t been clarified.
Phil Spencer promises unified Xbox One, Windows 10 gaming experience
Meanwhile, Microsoft has announced it will support PC Gamer’s efforts to host a PC gaming-themed event at E3. For years, PC gaming has been all-but ignored — Valve’s Steam has hauled in hundreds of millions of dollars over the last ten years, while Microsoft’s efforts to build a credible Windows Store or its own Games for Windows Live platform have been wretched by comparison. Xbox head Phil Spencer has made it clear he wants to change this and outlined a plan to offer Xbox as a multi-platform gaming brand that would extend across both PCs and the Xbox One itself. Details on the plan are still vague, though Microsoft has promised that Windows 10 device owners who own Xboxes and compatible networking hardware will be able to stream games from Xbox to PC across local networks.
Microsoft’s Phil Spencer
While Spencer told PC Gamer that PC gaming is now much more important to Microsoft than it was in the past, his explanation of what’s changed between the old Games for Windows days and the modern era could raise flags for some:
“The key difference now is that the Xbox team is driving the Windows and console gaming efforts as one connected ecosystem,” Spencer said. “Games and gaming is front and center in our device and service strategy at Microsoft. I can tell you definitively that our team has never committed more resources to making Windows better for game developers and gamers, and that means any gamer on Windows 10, regardless of storefront or device.”
While Xbox One integration and cross-platform play could be great for both console and PC gaming, hearing that Xbox is driving the PC gaming bus isn’t necessarily good news. On the one hand, the Xbox One is a PC for all intents and purposes. In previous generations, the gaps between consoles and PCs were firmly rooted in both hardware and software, the first Xbox notwithstanding. Today, the Xbox One is a PC — albeit a PC with some specialized internal components and a low-level OS variant based on Windows 8. There’s no reason why Microsoft can’t merge many aspects of gaming and content sharing across platforms to the betterment of both. Spencer, for example, leaves open the idea of bringing Xbox One exclusives over to Windows 10 and promoting both platforms simultaneously.
What’s going to be trickier, however, is offering PC gamers features that take advantage of the fact that a game is running on a PC. Many of the top-tier releases of the past few years that debuted for both platforms have UIs and interfaces clearly designed for console gamers first. Games like Skyrim are designed for low-information user interfaces that are murder to sort through or work with. Games designed to be played with a monitor at a distance of 2-4 feet have different guidelines and rules than titles designed for televisions at a distance of 6-8 feet. That doesn’t make one “better” than the other — but PC gamers are going to be watching Microsoft to see if the company actually uses its efforts to improve gaming on both platforms, or if it expects PC gamers to roll over and make nice with Xbox.
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Apple brings its Metal API to OS X 10.11, kicks Vulkan to the curb
At WWDC today, Apple announced that its Metal API will be coming to OS X in the next version of that operating system (codenamed El Capitan). Previously, Metal had been reserved for iOS. Uptake of the API doesn’t appear to be huge — while there are certainly titles that use it, it doesn’t command the lion’s share of iOS gaming. Apple may be hoping that extending the API to OS X will help change that, and building a common graphics standard between iOS and OS X is certainly in keeping with its strategy of bringing the two platforms into alignment.
Extending Metal to OS X, however, is going to require considerable under-the-hood support from Apple, which doesn’t have the greatest track record of supporting new graphics capabilities. At present, Apple’s own developer page shows OGL support at 4.1 for OS X 10.9, which was released in 2010. Meanwhile, Khronos released the OpenGL 4.5 specification last August.
One of the last real differences between using a Mac and a PC is the video card hardware available and how the user can interface with those underlying capabilities. On the PC side of things, both AMD and Nvidia offer comprehensive control panels with extensive control over virtually every aspect of the GPU. For example, you can set clock speeds (sometimes), change profile settings (or create new ones), and alter how the computer displays video depending on whether you want to rely on the OS or the GPU for managing these tasks. Apple, in contrast, writes its own drivers for the GPU hardware that it uses — and it doesn’t expose anything close to the same level of functionality.
With Metal coming to OS X, Apple has essentially declared it wants to bring its own graphics API and functionality in-house. That means expanding Metal to more than just the Imagination Technologies’ GPUs that Apple relies on for mobile hardware. Presumably Intel, Nvidia, and AMD graphics solutions will all work within the new API, which means Apple is taking on a more complex tax than simply providing an OpenGL driver.
We know that Metal for Mac, as Apple calls the new program, is integrated into Apple’s Core Graphics and Core Animation libraries, presumably as a replacement for Core OpenGL, Apple’s Quartz windowing system interface. How this will impact gaming, and whether Apple is pushing Metal as a full-on replacement for OpenGL in the near-term future, is still unclear.
It’s more than a little interesting that Apple just standardized on AMD GPUs across both its laptops and its desktops before announcing Metal would be coming to OS X. I wouldn’t read too much into it — for example, it’s premature to conclude that previous Intel and Nvidia GPUs won’t be fully supported under the new API — but it’s possible Apple chose to standardize on a single GPU vendor across its product lines to make future support easier.
No Apple / Vulkan support?
For now, Vulkan appears to be a no-show on Mac OS X. That’s a bit surprising, given Apple’s membership in the Khronos Group, and it implies the Cupertino company would rather double down on its own custom API rather than supporting the low-level APIs of a different organization. This, in turn, could damage any push to create a truly universal graphics API.
No, OpenGL isn’t going anywhere. But the entire point of Vulkan was to create a gaming-friendly iteration of OpenGL that would match DirectX 12’s features and offer them across more platforms than just Windows. If Apple backs Metal to the exclusion of OGL, we could be facing a future where Windows-only developers target DirectX 12, iOS and OS X developers use Metal, and Linux / Windows devs rely on Vulkan.
Metal’s threading model
That’s a bit more fragmented than we’d otherwise like to see, and it could hurt the growth of Linux as an alternate gaming platform if developers can’t target it and OS X easily. Then again, there were already significant differences between the two operating systems, so this may not matter much.
Either way, Apple has a long and illustrious history of mostly ignoring OpenGL variants and shipping systems with relatively weak GPU hardware. The dual graphics solutions on the Mac Pro are impressive, but actually taking advantage of that compute horsepower is a different question. The company has always treated graphics performance and capabilities as a bit of a red-headed stepchild (despite the fact that Macs are beloved in graphics design). And it’s not clear that leaping for its own custom API is going to meaningfully change that.
Metal for Mac
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Dying Man’s Last Wish Of Getting Baptized Is Fulfilled In Hospital, ‘I’ve Always Loved Jesus’
A South Carolina man dying of cancer in hospice care at home, had his last wish granted when he was baptized in a 60-gallon hospital tub.
Jenis James Grindstaff, got baptized last month, to shouts of “hallelujah” and “amen.” He had expressed a desire to be baptized through immersion and not sprinkling. “I’ve always loved Jesus,” he said.
His serious health issues did not allow for him to be lowered into a traditional baptismal or a traditional tub, so, a local hospital and chaplain, decided to baptize Grindstaff in a specially designed 60-gallon hospital tub which allowed him to walk in and sit down before it was filled.
“The rest of his family – his brothers or sisters – have been baptized,” said his son, Craig. “And for some reason or another, he just never got around to getting it done.”
Another son, Jim, “He’s always read the Bible, but he had never been baptized. He wanted to show he believed more than anything else.”
Grindstaff had served in the military and was an air traffic controller for 25 years. He was taken to Spartanburg Regional Hospice, where, chaplain Terrell Jones baptized Grindstaff in the “name of the Father, the Son and of the Holy Ghost.” Jones’ family attended the baptism.
“Amen!” Jones said while he was lowered into the tub. “Hallelujah!”
Grindstaff hopes his baptism will impact others after a video of his baptism was posted to the Spartanburg Regional Facebook page and got more than 200,000 views. “If I reach one person, it’s a great deal,” he said.
Grindstaff, said he enjoys thinking about heaven. “The streets of gold and all that kind of stuff,” he said.
We praise God for Grindstaff’s water baptism, it is one of the most important steps in the life of a Christian believer’s walk with Jesus Christ, it is an open confession of faith to the world and even Jesus was baptized.
Watch: Dying Man Gets Baptized in Hospice Care
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AprilApr 1, 1991
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Striker who joined Napoli in 2013. He went on loan to Udinese from 2015 to 2017 and Sampdoria in 2017. He joined the Colombia national team that same year. He has more than 150,000 followers on his duvanzapata91 Instagram account.
He played with América de Cali in his youth career from 2004 to 2008.
He played for América de Cali from 2008 to 2011. He took part in Supercoppa Italiana in 2014.
He married Nana Montaño.
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by Merab Pachulia, GORBI
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Georgians fear War and Terrorism the most among former Soviet republics
Since the mid 30s of 20th century, pollsters from all over the world have been asking people about the most pressing issues that their respective societies are facing. In most instances, economic issues top the list. This is especially true for the countries of the former Soviet Union, where unemployment, inflation, low pay, inadequate social benefits and the like have been enduring issues that governments struggle to address.
by The FINANCIAL
LARI DEPRECIATION: CRISIS ON THE HORIZON?
The FINANCIAL -- The bouts of sharp lari depreciation in the recent months caused much anxiety among the population, prompting fears of inflation, loan defaults, bank failures, and the typical Georgian political speculations over “who is to blame”.
by Florian Biermann, Saba Devdariani, ISET
Real Estate Prices in Tbilisi: No Bubble, no Trouble
The FINANCIAL -- Bubbles belong to the most fascinating phenomena in a market. Suddenly, people are willing to pay prices which are completely out of touch with the fundamental economic values of assets. In the stock market bubble of the 1920s, persons who had never before considered to become investors borrowed money and bought shares, so as not to miss out on the chance to become rich. Euphoria grew and grew, until even housewives, dock workers, and cleaning personnel had no other topic to talk about but the news from the stock markets. All this went on until in 1929 the bubble burst, triggering off the infamous World Economic Crisis.
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While Expensive, Tbilisi Yields Savings Opportunities
The FINANCIAL -- In November 2014, the average cost of cooking one standard Imeretian Khachapuri varied across Georgian cities from 3.23 GEL, the minimum observed in Telavi, to 3.51 GEL, the maximum observed in Tbilisi. The average price was 3.34 GEL, 0.2% lower compared to the previous month (October 2014) and 2.4% lower compared to November of last year.
Khachapuri Index For Foreign Currency Earners Takes A Big Hit
The FINANCIAL -- The average cost of cooking one standard Imeretian Khachapuri in November 2014 was 3.34 GEL, which is 0.2% lower month-on-month (m/m, that is compared to the previous month), and 2.4% lower year-on-year (y/y, that is compared to the same month of last year). However, Khachapuri became even cheaper for foreign currency earners because of a sudden GEL depreciation (m/m and y/y) relative to USD and EUR during the last two weeks of November.
by Eric Livny, International School of Economics, Tbilisi State University
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Tony Maws
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Chef: Tony Maws
Restaurants: Craigie on Main (Cambridge, MA); Kirkland Cap and Trotter (Summerville, MA)
Experience: Craigie Street Bistro (Cambridge, MA)
Education: University of Michigain
Who taught you how to cook? What is the most important thing you learned from that person?
No one person taught me. Food memories from my childhood were formed by my grandmother and going to Chinatown with my parents. I was exposed to all different types of food and was never afraid of eating anything. I think it educated my palate and created an open mind. Even in the ’70s and ’80s with all the bad food around, I ate stuff that was a little out of the ordinary.
What's a dish that defines your cooking style?
An egg dish with wild foraged mushrooms and cock’s combs, pigs’ feet or pork heart sausage. I incorporate that into a ragù with soft poached eggs. It’s not the most inventive, but it’s the way I grew up as a cook.
What was the first dish you ever cooked yourself? And what is the best dish for a neophyte cook to try?
The first dish I ever made myself was fried eggs when I was three years old. My parents both worked and my mom likes to say I learned to cook out of self-defense.
For a neophyte, I’d say whatever they want to cook. There’s a lot of emotion in cooking. If they’re not salivating over the prospect of what they’re going to cook, it’s not going to turn out that well. If you’re not enjoying it, there’s no point.
Who is your food mentor? What is the most important thing you learned from him/her?
I’ve learned equally from everyone I’ve worked for, and I’m fortunate to say that. Chris Schlesinger at the Blue Room in Cambridge had a lot of excitement in the food and was also very pragmatic in his business sense. Mark Miller in Santa Fe was one of the great original American chefs and working with him was really fascinating, for his great food mind and the way he thought about ingredients. Ken Orringer at Clio had absolutely no fear. I was fortunate to work for him early on. We would try anything and everything in the kitchen. Talk about gumption! He really encouraged me to think outside the box.
Favorite cookbook of all time?
There’s no way I could narrow it down to one. It’s a tie between Madeleine Kammam’s The Making of a Cook and Paula Wolfert’s The Cooking of Southwest France.
What's the most important skill you need to be a great cook?
You can’t cook with fear. It might not turn out great, but you have to be able to be prepared and go ahead and do it. If you’re afraid of food, it’s all over. You have to have fun.
Is there a culinary skill or type of dish that you wish you were better at?
I wish I were better at everything I do. We talk a lot about the kaizen, which is the Japanese term of continuous improvement, around here.
What is the best bang-for-the-buck ingredient and how do you use it?
Bacon, and I use it in everything. Even if it’s not the main ingredient, you can throw it in a pan with roasted Brussels sprouts. It makes everything better.
What is your current food obsession?
I’ve been playing with spices a lot, especially shabazi, which is a green chile and herb mix. I’m using it in all of our fish dishes and a lot of vegetables.
Name three restaurants you are dying to go to in the next year and why?
I’m a little over the “best of” restaurants and am looking forward to going to Paris and popping into a bistro that no one’s ever heard of.
Best bang-for-the-buck food trip—where would you go and why?
If we’re talking total package, including transportation, it would be Oaxaca. You can get reasonable flights and eat some of the most complex and interesting and palate-stimulating food I’ve ever had.
What is the most cherished souvenir you've brought back from a trip?
I traveled throughout France with a full glass bottle of old-school American Schlitz beer, and I still have it because it’s like a trophy of my entire time. It was with me in my backpack at Le Meurice in Paris and at Michel Bras. It flew with me to Morocco. To me it’s sentimental and it brings me back to all those places.
What do you consider your other talent(s) besides cooking?
I hope I’m a good dad. I’m really good at cooking food for my family. I think I’m a world-class Red Sox fan.
If you could invent a restaurant for your next (imaginary) project, what would it be?
A hot dog stand in Cambridge, attached to a bike. I just want to be riding around with my hot dogs. That’s absolutely my dream.
If you were going to take Thomas Keller, Anthony Bourdain or Mario Batali out to eat, whom would you choose, and where would you eat?
No offense to any of the three, but I would choose Mario. He has a unique combination of genuine food spirit, good humor and love of life. I’d go to a hole-in-the-wall ramen joint where we could hang out and drink beer. We’d go in Cambridge. Why leave home?
If you were facing an emergency, and could only take one backpack of supplies, what would you bring, and what would you make?
I’d bring a box of salt, a slab of bacon, a big chunk of guanciale and a bag of dried beef, and I’d be fine. I’d make a big pot of braised pork and beef to last a long time.
What ingredient will people be talking about in five years?
I don’t think we’re inventing any new animals. I’ve always been perplexed by the idea of food trends. Hopefully we’re not talking about animals that don’t exist anymore because of our stupidity. I’d like to think we’re still talking about the same things.
What do you eat straight out of the fridge, standing up? What is your favorite snack?
Leftover Chinese food, old-school Jewish half-dollar pickles, which I sometimes make myself and sometime buy at a deli. Those are among my favorite snacks. My wife makes fantastic hummus.
Best new store-bought ingredient/product, and why?
The Thermapen. It’s a cool thermometer that’s really slick and very practical and functional. I got one for all of my sous chefs.
Do you have any food superstitions or pre- or post- shift rituals?
I’m very particular about my equipment in the kitchen. I have certain spoons for certain jobs, period, and I get a little ornery if I can’t find them. It’s beyond ritualistic. I also enjoy a really nice espresso before service.
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Swedish Liverpool fan makes tattoo balls-up
by Will Johnson share
25/7/2013 | 06:20pm
Football is an international sport, as are the teams that individuals support. The Premier League has one of the most widespread fan bases across the world, with supporters of teams such as Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool stretching into almost every continent.
It is apparent then, that Liverpool have a fan Sweden, in the form of former Swedish politician Lars Ohly. The ex-Swedish left wing party chairman has recently splashed out on a tattoo of the infamous Liverpool badge placed discreetly on the lower half of his leg.
I say discreetly as that is the intention one assumes, being in an area where it will not be seen in a workplace. However, there was nothing discreet about the photo he posted on social network site Instagram.
The politician decided to take a snap of his latest body feature without any underwear on, and without him noticing, he managed to capture a body part people were perhaps less intrigued to see… his penis.
Upon being directed towards his mistake, Ohly was quick to try and brush off the incident. He posted on Twitter “Ha, ha, I accidentally posted a picture on Instagram that showed more than intended. Now corrected.”
Fellow politicians in Sweden were also quick to join in with the fun, with Former Social Democrat leader Hakan Juholt tweeting: “I’d planned to grill sausages tonight but now it’s going to be chicken.” While Conservative opponent Carl Bildt wrote: “Congratulations to you, after all these years, for getting this genuinely public breakthrough!”
Quite clearly Ohly was quick to remove the image, and I am certain the Swede will ensure there is nothing hanging out the next time he uploads a snap onto social media.
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Man City representatives have been in Italy on a scouting mission – report
By George Blake
The Man City fans in the Transfer Tavern are expecting a few more signings to be made by Pep Guardiola. The Spaniard spent big over the summer, with the likes of Kyle Walker and Benjamin Mendy coming in, but with improvements still needed, that spending is unlikely to stop anytime soon. In recent years, most of the club’s money has been spent over the summer months, but could that change this season? Well, if Transfer Market Web is to be believed, the club are already looking at potential signings with January looming.
According to Transfer Market Web, Man City scouts were in attendance to watch Lazio ace Sergej Milinkovic-Savic in action against Bologna on Wednesday, with the midfielder impressing for his club. He bagged a goal as his side recorded a 2-1 victory in the Italian top flight.
Any prospective move remains some way off, but it does appear as though Man City are interested. Guardiola has spent wisely since moving to the Etihad, and his mere interest in a player is enough to get the fans in the Transfer Tavern on his side. Whether a deal happens, though, remains to be seen.
Landlord’s Verdict
A move is likely to demand a massive financial outlay as Sergej Milinkovic-Savic is one of Lazio’s best players, but the Citizens haven’t been afraid to spend as of late.
A central midfielder by trade, he’s a fantastic dribbler and tackler, whilst his goalscoring quality was on display in Lazio’s last game.
With Man City lacking depth in the heart of the midfield, he’d certainly be a good fit.
Man City fans – thoughts?
Let us know below!
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3 Stocks That Quadrupled
The stock market continues to put on a clinic about how to stomp all over expectations. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 25% this year and the S&P 500 is 20% higher, but stack them up next to Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NKTR), Esperion Therapeutics (NASDAQ: ESPR), and Sangamo Therapeutics (NASDAQ: SGMO), and the market index returns look quaint.
Let's look more closely at these three biotechs to see whether there's any more room to run after quadrupling so far in 2017.
Nektar rewards sweet patience
The grounds for Nektar Therapeutics' stratospheric launch, virtually all of which came in November, were set back in July, when pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) agreed to collaborate with Nektar Therapeutics on NKTR-358, the biotech's therapy to boost T-cell production as a means of targeting immune system imbalances associated with various autoimmune diseases.
When Nektar reported third-quarter earnings in early November, revenue soared to $152.9 million from $36.3 million a year ago, and it posted net income of $60.9 million, a dramatic U-turn from its net loss of $43.2 million. The reason for both? Recording $127.6 million of a $150 million up-front cash payment from Lilly for the collaboration. Its stock is now up over 325% this year.
Coupled with thus-far positive last-stage clinical results for other therapies and the potential for as much as $250 million more from Lilly for further advances with NKTR-358, Nektar Therapeutics could have a very bright future.
Esperion Therapeutics is more like the tortoise to Nektar's hare, steadily climbing in value over the past year or so, though it has yet to regain the heights it hit back in 2015. Yet the biotech, which focuses on developing drugs to combat cardiovascular disease, continues to climb as it notches consistent wins in top-line clinical trial results for its leading therapy, a bempedoic acid/ezetimibe combination pill. With it recently announcing it was initiating a phase 3 study of the pill, Esperion's shares have gained some 370% in 2017.
Favorable results for a a triple combination of bempedoic acid, Zetia, and Lipitor also helped push the biotech higher. In August Esperion reported results from a mid-stage study that saw LDL cholesterol levels fall 64% from baseline levels among patients treated for six weeks with its triple-drug combo, compared with patients given nothing but a placebo.
Esperion is expecting that the FDA will accept a New Drug Application for the treatment based on data from the trials it was conducting, with 2019 as the expected time it will cross the finish line.
Going with what works
The big winner this year has been Sangamo Therapeutics, whose shares have soared 377% so far this year with nearly another month to go, and like Esperion, this biotech has been steadily climbing across 2017. Like both of its peers, Sangamo has benefited greatly from positive clinical results from therapies it has under trial, early stage though they may be.
That's because Sangamo is using an older gene-editing tool, in which one inserts, deletes, or replaces DNA in a cell or organism. Sangamo's tool, called zinc finger nucleases, or ZFN, addresses rare bleeding disorders. While there are other more advanced gene-editing tools out there, Sangamo benefits because it has the most advanced pipeline of any of the biotechs focused on gene editing. Earlier this year, Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) agreed to pay Sangamo $70 million up front for rights to SB-525, a hemophilia candidate that earned a fast-track designation from the FDA.
Outsize stock gains like these inevitably appear in long bull markets, and each of the three biotechs has a lot going for it, but investors would be wise to remember biotech stocks are notoriously volatile. Still, as long as the favorable conditions that have spurred their respective gains remain in place, they could become much bigger companies in the future if a few things continue to go their way.
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Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Turboshaft Engines
A Rule by the Federal Aviation Administration on 11/19/2019
Comments on this document are being accepted at Regulations.gov. Submit a formal comment
This AD is effective December 24, 2019.
CFR:
14 CFR 39
Docket No. FAA-2018-0739
Product Identifier 2015-NE-07-AD
Amendment 39-19782
AD 2019-22-03
RIN:
2120-AA64
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PART 39—AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES
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Final rule.
The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2015-20-04 for certain Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (P&WC) PT6B-37A turboshaft engines. AD 2015-20-04 required initial and repetitive inspections until replacement of the No. 10 bearing, and eventual replacement of the No. 9 bearing, both located in the engine reduction gearbox (RGB) assembly. This AD requires removal from service and replacement of the No. 9 and No. 10 position bearings. This AD was prompted by reports of incorrect engine torque for PT6B-37A turboshaft engines. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by reference of a certain publication listed in this AD as of December 24, 2019.
For service information identified in this final rule, contact Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., 1000 Marie-Victorin, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada, J4G 1A1; phone: 800-268-8000; fax: 450-647-2888; website: https://www.pwc.ca/en/. You may view this service information at the FAA, Engine and Propeller Standards Branch, 1200 District Avenue, Burlington, MA 01803. For information on the availability of this material at the FAA, call 781-238-7759. It is also available on the internet at https://www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No. FAA-2018-0739.
You may examine the AD docket on the internet at https://www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No. FAA-2018-0739; or in person at Docket Operations between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The AD docket contains this AD, the mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI), regulatory evaluation, any comments received, and other information. The address for Docket Operations is U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
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Barbara Caufield, Aerospace Engineer, ECO Branch, FAA, 1200 District Avenue, Burlington, MA 01803; phone: 781-238-7146; fax: 781-238-7199; email: barbara.caufield@faa.gov.
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The FAA issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend 14 CFR part 39 to supersede AD 2015-20-04, Amendment 39-18282 (80 FR 61717, October 14, 2015), (“AD 2015-20-04”). AD 2015-20-04 applied to certain P&WC PT6B-37A turboshaft engines. The NPRM published in the Federal Register on September 17, 2018 (83 FR Start Printed Page 6379846898). The NPRM was prompted by reports of incorrect engine torque for PT6B-37A turboshaft engines. The NPRM proposed to require removal from service and replacement of the No. 9 and No. 10 position bearings. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
Transport Canada Civil Aviation, which is the aviation authority for Canada, has issued Transport Canada AD CF-2015-01R1, dated November 18, 2016 (referred to after this as “the MCAI”), to address the unsafe condition on these products. The MCAI states:
Five incidents of incorrect engine torque indication have been reported for PT6B-37A engine installations on AW119MKII helicopters. A lower than actual engine torque indication due to a faulty indication system, particularly on a helicopter being operated at max allowable torque (90 to 110%) range, may result in undetected over-torque condition.
Repeat undetected over-torque conditions that are not corrected in accordance with conditional inspection requirements of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICAs), may have a negative impact on the operational life of aircraft components. Investigation by P&WC has determined the root cause of the subject torque indication anomaly to be an axial migration of the #9 and #10 bearings at the engine torque sensing gear location.
P&WC has introduced a new bearing configuration through its SB No. PT6B-72-39108, Revision No. 1, dated September 5, 2017, that effectively addresses the axial movement issue at No. 9 and No. 10 bearing positions. You may obtain further information by examining the MCAI in the AD docket on the internet at https://www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No. FAA-2018-0739.
The FAA gave the public the opportunity to participate in developing this AD. The following presents the comments received on the NPRM and the FAA's response to each comment.
An individual commenter expressed support for the NPRM as written.
An individual commenter provided comments not relevant to this AD. The FAA did not change this AD.
The FAA determined the need to incorporate the latest service information in this AD. The FAA revised the reference to P&WC SB No. PT6B-72-39108 in the paragraph (g) of this AD from the original issue, dated September 30, 2016, to Revision No. 1, dated September 5, 2017.
The FAA also updated the reference in paragraph (g) of this AD to P&WC SB No. PT6B-72-39092 from Revision No. 4, dated December 29, 2014, to Revision No. 5, dated October 27, 2017.
The FAA determined the need to add a Credit for Previous Action section to allow credit for previous replacement of the No. 9 and No 10 position bearings if accomplished using P&WC SB No. PT6B-72-39108, dated September 30, 2016.
The FAA reviewed the relevant data, considered the comments received, and determined that air safety and the public interest require adopting this AD as proposed except for minor editorial changes. The FAA has determined that these minor changes:
Are consistent with the intent that was proposed in the NPRM for addressing the unsafe condition; and
Do not add any additional burden upon the public than was already proposed in the NPRM.
The FAA reviewed P&WC SB No. PT6B-72-39108, Revision No. 1, dated September 5, 2017. The SB describes procedures for replacing affected bearings. This service information is reasonably available because the interested parties have access to it through their normal course of business or by the means identified in the ADDRESSES section.
The FAA reviewed P&WC SB No. PT6B-72-39092, Revision No. 5, dated October 27, 2017. The service information describes procedures for removing affected bearings.
The FAA estimates that this AD affects 119 engines installed on helicopters of U.S. registry.
The FAA estimates the following costs to comply with this AD:
Labor cost
Parts cost
Cost per product
Cost on U.S. operators
Remove and replace No. 9 and No. 10 bearings 65 work-hours × $85 per hour = $5,525 $37,874 $43,399 $5,164,481
Title 49 of the United States Code specifies the FAA's authority to issue rules on aviation safety. Subtitle I, Section 106, describes the authority of the FAA Administrator. Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, describes in more detail the scope of the Agency's authority.
The FAA is issuing this rulemaking under the authority described in Subtitle VII, Part A, Subpart III, Section 44701, “General requirements.” Under that section, Congress charges the FAA with promoting safe flight of civil aircraft in air commerce by prescribing regulations for practices, methods, and procedures the Administrator finds necessary for safety in air commerce. This regulation is within the scope of that authority because it addresses an unsafe condition that is likely to exist or develop on products identified in this rulemaking action.
This AD is issued in accordance with authority delegated by the Executive Director, Aircraft Certification Service, as authorized by FAA Order 8000.51C. In accordance with that order, issuance of ADs is normally a function of the Compliance and Airworthiness Division, but during this transition period, the Executive Director has delegated the authority to issue ADs applicable to engines, propellers, and associated appliances to the Manager, Engine and Propeller Standards Branch, Policy and Innovation Division.
This AD will not have federalism implications under Executive Order 13132. This AD will not have a substantial direct effect on the States, on the relationship between the national government and the States, or on the distribution of power and Start Printed Page 63799responsibilities among the various levels of government.
For the reasons discussed above, I certify that this AD:
(1) Is not a “significant regulatory action” under Executive Order 12866,
(2) Will not affect intrastate aviation in Alaska, and
(3) Will not have a significant economic impact, positive or negative, on a substantial number of small entities under the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
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Accordingly, under the authority delegated to me by the Administrator, the FAA amends part 39 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 39) as follows:
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1. The authority citation for part 39 continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701.
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§ 39.13
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2. The FAA amends § 39.13 by removing Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2015-20-04, Amendment 39-18282 ( 80 FR 61717, October 14, 2015), and adding the following new AD:
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2019-22-03 Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.: Amendment 39-19782; Docket No. FAA-2018-0739; Product Identifier 2015-NE-07-AD.
This AD replaces AD 2015-20-04, Amendment 39-18282 (80 FR 61717, October 14, 2015).
This AD applies to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (P&WC) PT6B-37A turboshaft engines with serial number (S/N) PCE-PU0275 or earlier or with engine S/N PCE-PU0278.
Joint Aircraft System Component (JASC) Code 7210, Turbine Engine Reduction Gear.
This AD was prompted by reports of incorrect engine torque for PT6B-37A turboshaft engines. The FAA is issuing this AD to prevent axial movement at the No. 10 bearing position in the engine reduction gearbox (RGB) assembly. The unsafe condition, if not addressed, could result in engine overtorque, failure of the engine, in-flight shutdown, and loss of the helicopter.
Comply with this AD within the compliance times specified, unless already done.
(1) For affected engines that did not have the bearings replaced in accordance with P&WC Service Bulletin (SB) No. PT6B-72-39092, Revision No. 5, dated October 27, 2017, or earlier revision: Remove from service and replace the No. 9 and No. 10 position bearings at the next engine shop visit after the effective date of this AD, but no later than December 31, 2020, whichever occurs first, in accordance with the Accomplishment Instructions, paragraphs 3.A. and B., of P&WC SB PT6B-72-39108, Revision No. 1, dated September 5, 2017.
(2) For affected engines that had the bearings replaced in accordance with P&WC SB No. PT6B-72-39092, Revision No. 5, dated October 27, 2017, or earlier revision: Remove from service and replace the No. 9 and No. 10 position bearings before December 31, 2020, in accordance with the Accomplishment Instructions, paragraphs 3.A. and B., of P&WC SB PT6B-72-39108, Revision No. 1, dated September 5, 2017.
You may take credit for the No. 9 and No. 10 position bearing replacement required by paragraph (g) of this AD, if you performed the replacement before the effective date of this AD using P&WC SB No. PT6B-72-39108, dated September 30, 2016.
For the purpose of this AD, an “engine shop visit” is the induction of an engine into the shop for maintenance involving the separation of pairs of major mating engine flanges, or any removal of the RGB assembly.
(1) The Manager, ECO Branch, FAA, has the authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested using the procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. In accordance with 14 CFR 39.19, send your request to your principal inspector or local Flight Standards District Office, as appropriate. If sending information directly to the manager of the certification office, send it to the attention of the person identified in paragraph (k)(1) of this AD. You may email your request to: ANE-AD-AMOC@faa.gov.
(2) Before using any approved AMOC, notify your appropriate principal inspector, or lacking a principal inspector, the manager of the local flight standards district office/certificate holding district office.
(1) For more information about this AD, contact Barbara Caufield, Aerospace Engineer, ECO Branch, FAA, 1200 District Avenue, Burlington, MA, 01803; phone: 781-238-7146; fax: 781-238-7199; email: barbara.caufield@faa.gov.
(2) Refer to Transport Canada AD CF-2015-01R1, dated November 18, 2016, for more information. You may examine the Transport Canada AD in the AD docket on the internet at https://www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No. FAA-2018-0739.
(1) The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by reference (IBR) of the service information listed in this paragraph under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51.
(2) You must use this service information as applicable to do the actions required by this AD, unless the AD specifies otherwise.
(i) Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (P&WC) Service Bulletin No. PT6B-72-39108, Revision No. 1, dated September 5, 2017.
(ii) [Reserved]
(3) For P&WC service information identified in this AD, contact Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., 1000 Marie-Victorin, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada, J4G 1A1; phone: 800-268-8000; fax: 450-647-2888; website: https://www.pwc.ca/en/.
(4) You may view this service information at FAA, Engine and Propeller Standards Branch, 1200 District Avenue, Burlington, MA, 01803. For information on the availability of this material at the FAA, call 781-238-7759.
(5) You may view this service information at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, email: fedreg.legal@nara.gov, or go to: https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.
Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, on November 4, 2019.
Robert J. Ganley,
Manager, Engine and Propeller Standards Branch, Aircraft Certification Service.
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Many infants died in the convict nurseries. The death rate was much higher than that for infants in the normal population.
Dr Rebecca Kippen presented a paper at one of our meetings on infant mortality in the nurseries entitled
'And the Mortality Frightful': Infant and Child Mortality in the Convict Nurseries of Van Diemen's Land.
She has kindly made a copy of her paper publicly available.
A list of all the children (1,148) known to have died in the nurseries at Cascades Female Factory, Dynnyrne and Brickfields between 1829 and 1856 has been compiled. The information has been taken from the Registrar General's Department death records. The list is provided here in alphabetical order of infant's name and includes infants who died on the voyage to Van Diemen's Land.
List of Infant Deaths at Hobart Nurseries 1829–1856
(compiled by Anne Ferran with assistance from Trudy Cowley)
A list of all the children (64) known to have died in the nursery at Ross Female Factory between 1848 and 1855 has been compiled. The information has been taken from the Registrar General's Department death records. The list is provided here in alphabetical order of infant's name.
List of Infant Deaths at Ross Female Factory 1848–1855
Not all of the children who died in the convict nurseries are registered in the official records. Some of these unknown children can be found in the burial registers, but neither are these complete.
Inquests were held for quite a few of these infants and they were often reported in the newspapers. The Vowles case was particularly interesting in that the mother was convicted colonially—she was not a transported convict.
Up until January 1844, Anglican children who died at the nurseries in Hobart were buried at St David's Cemetery, Hobart. From this date, Anglican children were buried at Trinity Burial Ground, Hobart (currently the site of Campbell Street Primary School), until the burial ground at Cascades Female Factory was opened later in the decade.
In Launceston, the last recorded convict's child in the burial registers for St John's Anglican Church is September 1842. These children were (ref: TAHO, NS 748/75 p.44):
Name Age Where Died Burial Date Abode Description
Maria HANLON 9 months Launceston Female Factory 17 Sep 1842 Launceston Hospital convict's child (child of Ann HANLON per Platina)
William MORRISON 5 months Launceston Female Factory 23 Sep 1842 Launceston Hospital convict's child
In Launceston, the last recorded convict's child in the burial registers for Trinity Angllican Church is August 1844. Burials of children who died at Launceston Female Factory and recorded in these burial registers between Februay 1843 and August 1844 are listed below (note some pages are missing from the register—TAHO, NS 1735/9 pp.1–5).
Name Age Where Died Burial Date
Theresa WILLIAMSON 8 months Launceston Female Factory 7 Feb 1843
Henry SHORT 9 months Launceston Female Factory 8 Feb 1843
Henry DALEY 12 months Launceston Female Factory 8 Feb 1843
Rachel Lavinia JOHNSON 9 months Launceston Female Factory 10 Feb 1843
Mary Ann KELLY 2 months Launceston Female Factory 13 Feb 1843
Thomas BAINES/BARNES 11 months Launceston Female Factory 16 Feb 1843
Mary EWAN 3 months Launceston Female Factory 3 Mar 1843
William Horrison HUTTON 6 months Launceston Female Factory 13 Mar 1843
William WANSFORD 4 months Launceston Female Factory 31 Mar 1843
Amelia HARRISTON 2 months Launceston Female Factory 10 Aug 1843
Thomas DRIVERS 1 day Launceston Female Factory 10 Aug 1843
Eliza SOUTER 14 days Launceston Female Factory 1 Sep 1843
James EVANS 4 months Launceston Female Factory 13 Aug 1844
Alexander JONES 2 months 3 weeks Launceston Female Factory 30 Aug 1844
Many of the inquests into the deaths of children in the convict nurseries were reported in local newspapers, particularly for those infants who died at Launceston Female Factory.
With the arrival of an increasing number of female convict ships in the 1840s, the nurseries became overcrowded and so more deaths were reported. Diarrhoea was the main cause of death amongst infants. On 4 June 1842, the Launceston Examiner reported the following inquest.
AN INQUEST was held at the Court-house, on Tuesday last, 31st inst., before P. A. Mulgrave, Esq., coroner, on view of the body of an infant named Theodore Wilson, who died at the Female Factory on the previous Sunday. George Maddox, Assistant Colonial Surgeon. The deceased has been under any care in the Female Factory for the last three month; he was healthy until the 17th instant, when he was attacked by dysentery, caused by dentition and the consequence of his being weaned; he was properly weaned at that time, on account of the state of his mother's health and his age ; I visited him every morning, and applied the usual remedies in such cases, he had every sort of sustenance that was necessary, and was exceedingly well attended by both the mother and nurse; the ward was airy; he died of the before-mentioned disease on the 29th ultimo.
Eleanor Wilson.—I am the mother of the deceased, he was born on the 21st September last at Avoca, and I came into the Factory with my child on the 20th December last; he had not had a day's illness until the 17th instant, when he was afflicted with purging, and continued suffering under that disease until between ten and eleven o'clock of last Sunday morning, when he died in the factory; whilst ill he was regularly attended by Dr. Maddox, and had all the nourishment that was requisite; it was necessary to wean the child on account of the state of my health.
Ann Smith.—I am a nurse in the Female Factory at Launceston, and I have attended the deceased since the 17th instant, his mother appeared very fond of him; he was afflicted with dysentery, and died of that complaint on Sunday morning last; Dr Maddox attended the deceased regularly, and sometimes Dr. Benson; he had medicines that were sent him, and the nourishment he required, amongst other things wine and arrow root; he was as well attended as he could have been in other situation.
Verdict—died by the visitation of God.
On 4 February 1843 (p.2 c.3), the Cornwall Chronicle reported the following inquest.
CORONER'S INQUEST.—Another inquest was held at the Court House this afternoon, before W. H. Breton, Esq., Coroner, on view of the body of a child named Teresa Williamson, eight months old, who has been labouring under Diarrhoea for the last month, in the Factory, and who died in that establishment yesterday morning. Verdict—"Died by the visitation of God."
The child was born as Thezia Williamson to Margaret Williams (probably transported on Arab II) at Launceston Female Factory on 18 June 1842.
One week later, the Cornwall Chronicle (11 February 1843, p.2 c.6–7) reported the following inquests into deaths of infants at Launceston Female Factory.
MORTALITY IN THE FACTORY.—On Thursday last, two several inquests were holden at the Court-house, on children who had died in the Female House of Correction. This morning a third inquest has taken place, and summonses are issued for a fourth on Monday next. A number of children are also dangerously ill of the same complaint, "Diarrhoea". The Factory is very much crowded at present, bur Dr. Maddox stated that the apartment where the children were kept was both large and well ventilated. The several witnesses also gave in evidence that every attention was paid by the medical gentlemen whose duty it is to visit that establishment. We think that the doors of no Medical Hospital ought to be hermetically sealed against the visits of the medical profession.
Another inquest was held, the same day, at the Court House, before P. A. Mulgrave, Esq., on the body of a child named Henry Shirt, who died in the female house of correction of dysentery. The jury returned a verdict of "Died by the visitation of God."
An inquest was also held the same day, at the same place, on the body of another child, who died in the above establishment. The [coroner] enquired of the jury whether they desired the attendance of any other witness than the gentleman who attended the factory hospital; but they expressed themselves satisfied, and returned a similar verdict as the above.
Another weeke later, on 18 February 1843, the Launceston Examiner (p.107) reported an inquest into the death of John Perry at the Launceston Female Factory Nursery. John was the illegitimate son of Hannah Perry per Rajah and was born at the Factory on 30 May 1842.
AN INQUEST was held on Thursday last, before P. A. Mulgrave, Esq., on view of the body of a child named John Perry, who died in the factory on the previous Tuesday evening.
Dr. Maddox—Deceased was born in the factory nine months ago, and was healthy until the 28th ultimo, when he was attacked with diarrhoea, from which he died on teh 14th inst.; I attended deceased twice a day, and frequently consulted Dr. Benson on his case; the usual medicines were administered, and he had nutritive diet; his mother and nurser were very attentive to him.
Hannah Perry—The deceased (my child) was born in the factory on teh 30th May last; about three weeks ago he was attacked with purging; he was regularly attended by Drs. Maddox and Benson; medicines were administered to him, and the warm bath and leeches applied; he had beef tea, arrowroot, and wine; he died on the 14th instant.
Ann Henniker—Have nursed the deceased in the factory for the last seven weeks, during which time he has been suffering under a violent purging; he was regularly attneded by Drs. Maddox and Benson, and had medicines, nutritive diet, and a warm bath; the room in which he was kept was airy.
Another inquest was reported in the Cornwall Chronicle on 4 March 1843 (p.2 c.6).
CORONERS' INQUESTS.—An inquest was held on Thursday last, at the Court-house, on the body of an infant, who died in the Female House of Correction. The jury returned a verdict of Died by the visitation of God.
Then, a week later, the Cornwall Chronicle (11 March 1843, p.2. c.7) reported another inquest into the death of an infant at Launceston Female Factory Nursery.
CORONER'S INQUEST.—An inquest was held this day at the Court-house, before P. A. Mulgrave, Esquire, on the body of an infant, who died in the Female House of Correction. The jury, after hearing the evidence adduced, returned a verdict of Died by the visitation of God.
This death may have been that of William Harrisson Hutton whose mother Agnes Hutton arrived on theMajestic and died on 10 March 1843.
The Cornwall Chronicle was still reporting these inquests into children who died at Launceston Female Factory Nursery in April. On 1 April 1843 (p.2 c.6) the following article appeared.
An adjourned inquest was held on the same day at the Court House, before P. A. Mulgrave, Esq., on the body of a female child who died in the Female House of Corrrection on the 24th instant. The child had been placed in the Factory on the 20th February, when Mary Ann Sinclair, th emother, was committed for trial on a charge of felony, the child being placed in the Factory as an act of humanity. After a patient investigation, the jury returnred a verdict of "Died by the visitation of God, but the child's death was accelerated by having ardent spirits administered by some person unknown." The spirits must have been given previous to the child being received into the Factory.
Another inquest was held on Thursday last, at the Court House, before the same coroner, on the body of an infant named William Wansford, who died in the Female House of Correction on the 29th instnat. It appwared from the evidence of Dr. Maddox and the mother of the deceased, that the infant had been sickly from its birth, and died from an attack of bronchitis. Evidence was given that every attention had been paid by the medical officer and nurse. The jury returned a verdict of "Died by the visitation of God."
The Mary Ann Sinclair referred to in the first report may have been Marion Sinclair who arrived on the Arab II in 1836. William Wansford referred to in the second part was the son of Susan Wandford per Hindostan.
'Died by the visitation of God' was a catch-all phrase for cause of death. Many of these were deaths from diarrhoea, the major cause of death amongst infants.
On 22 April 1843, the Cornwall Chronicle (p.3) reported the dumping of a child on the steps of the Launceston Female Factory. Thus, the nurseries also operated as orphanages to some extent.
EXPOSURE OF A CHILD.—On Tuesday morning last, a male infant was found on the step of the Female Factory wrapped up in a blanket, apparently only a few hours old. Although deserted by its unnatural parent, the infant is doing well. We recommend this child to the especial care of the government.
Four and a half years after this spate of reportings of inquests into infant deaths at Launceston Female Factory, the Launceston Examiner reported the following on 28 August 1847 (p.553 c.3).
INQUEST.—An inquest was held on Friday morning, at the Female Factory, on the body of a child named Mary O'Brien, a few months of age. The usual verdict of "died from natural causes" was returned.
The following inquest was reported in the Launceston Examiner on 3 February 1849:
INQUEST.—An inquest was held yesterday at the female factory before Wm. Tarleton, Esquire, coroner, on the body of Susanna Williams, a child of a prisoner of the crown, aged twelve months. It appeared the child was in good health until Wednesday last, when it was suddenly taken ill and died yesterday morning. Every care and attention had been shown by those attending the child. The jury returned a verdict of died by the visitation of God."
On 17 December 1851, the Launceston Examiner printed a letter by the Launceston Female Factory Medical Officer, Henry Graham, regarding the recent incidence of diarrhoea amongst children in the establishment.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LAUNCESTON EXAMINER. INQUEST AT FACTORY. Sir,—In the Examiner of Saturday last, a letter appears from " A Juryman," having reference to an inquest held on the body of a child at the Female Factory, on the 6th instant, in which my evidence as medical officer of the establishment is greatly misrepresented; as I do not wish evidence or perverted evidence of mine brought forward in vindication of any party—I beg you will have the goodness to publish the substance of the evidence given by me on that occasion. I deposed that the deceased child had been delicate from birth, that it was attacked with diaorrhea, which terminated fatally. That the disease had in a few days assumed an epidemic character in the establishment among the children, and the same disease was very prevalent in the town. That in children of weak and delicate constitutions it became more virulent and fatal, than in those of more robust frames. The weakness and delicacy of some children in the Factory is attributed to the previous irregular and immoral habits of the mothers, many of whom had been common prostitutes prior to their coming into the Factory. The majority of the children in the factory here, are robust, and of good constitutions. There are some suffering from the causes alluded to by “a Juryman," but few in comparison to the aggregate number.—I remain, sir, your obedient servant, H. GRAHAM.
The Vowles Case
The high mortality rates of children in the female factories rated mention in the newspapers. An incident a Cascades Female Factory in 1838 resulted in a scathing editorial in the True Colonist on 23 March 1838 (pp.4–5) which attacked the Medical Attendant, Dr M'Braire, and the Superintendent, Mr John Hutchinson. The inquest provides insight into the operation of the Factory, particularly the Nursery, and some of the employees.
It was after the publicity of such cases that the nursery was moved first to Liverpool Street then to Dynnyrne House.
THE FACTORY.
We briefly noticed last week, the death of the infant Vowles, the latest victim of the cruel treatment (of which so much has been said and written) to which the poor innocent children, confined in the Factory for the offences of their parents are subjected. It is very possible that much of what is reported or imagined of these cruelties may be exaggerated but, confirmed as these reports and opnions are by the vast number of deaths which occur in that dismal prison amongst its unoffending inmates the infants, and by the details in the case before us, the authorities must be held inexcuseable by every class in the colony, if the present excitement of the public mind is not allayed by an openenquiry into the management and state of the Factory generally, and particularly into the treatment of the children and the healthiness or unhealthiness of the place where they are confined; a close committee of Government Officers, whether medical or prison discipline functionaries, will not satisfy the public mind, on the contrary, the attempt to meet the present excitement by an enquirty so conducted will only have the effect of making an impression that the grounds of complaint are greater than the public now suppose them to be, and that the authorities are desirous by a sham report under official sanction to cloke mismanagement and something worse, which they are afraid to expose to the public eye, for fear of the censure which must attach to every person implicated in tolerating their existence, after they have been so often forced upon their attention by the public voice speaking through the press. Let the enquiry be conducted, by gentlemen, who cannot be suspected of official or prison discipline bias. Probably one of the Judges, would be the fittest person to preside on such an enquiry, assisted by Magistrates in whom the public repose confidence, unconnected with public office—at least with the prison discipline branch of it. Let the leading medical practitioners, unconnected with the Government Medical Department, be either appointed on the committee or requested carefully to examine the state of the establishment and give evidence thereon before the committee. Let Dr. M'Braire's conduct be subjected to the most perfect scrutiny. For if the impression that has gone abroad of his want of humanity and attention to these hus unfortunate fellow creatures be unfounded, it is but justice to him that his vindication should be established in the most satisfactory manner, or if there is any just grounds for the impressions that exist against him, it is a duty to society that an adequate censure should be passed upon him not only as a warning to other medical men who may be entrusted with the discharge of a similar duty, but, with a view to prevent him from again, being entrusted with the medical charge of any other public institution either of charity or for punishment. Will Sir John make no enquiry into the correctness of the reason assigned by the coroner for not summoning Dr. M'Braire to give evidence on the Inquest. Has Dr. M'Braire ever refused to obey the summons of the Coroner, if he has, he ought to have been instantly dismissed from the service of the Government. For there is an end to all the authority of the laws, as well as of those who administer them, if the example of setting their authority at defiance, is to be suffered to pass with impunity in the immediate servants of the Government. And it is generally reported that Dr M'Braire has evinced the same spirit of contumacy, with respect to the authority of the head of his own department. But we think Mr. Moore lost sight of his duty to the public and of the respect due to his office in taking any hearsay statement of Dr. M'Braire's intention as a reason for not issuing a summons, if he considered that his evidence was at all material, (and eveyr man must think that it was most material on such an enquiry) and in the event of his refusing to obey the summons it was Mr. Moore's duty to have adjourned the inquest until he had taken the necessary steps to compel his attendance and made his contempt of the summons a subject of complaint to the Governor. While we contend against every abuse of power we hold that the good order of society can never be maintained whereany man is suffered to treat with contempt or defiance, the lawful mandate of any lawfully constituted authority, and the contempt or defiance is not against the individual but against the law which he is (no matter how unworthily) appointed to administer.
According to our promise we copy the evidence, from the Colonial Times without one word of comment. We heard the whole of the evidence of Mary Vowles, and we can vouch for its correctness; but in addition to what was elicited by the Coroner, the poor woman told us as she left the room, (in answer to a question which we put to her), that she was, on the authority of Mr. Hutchinson, confined for two days in the cell, and for what?For the heinous offence of running into the presence of Mr. Hutchinson to pray for permission to see her dying child!!!
Has Mr. Hutchinson authority to inflict such a punishment without reference to a magistrate? and if he has, we think that the man who could inflict such a punishment for such an offence, committed under such circumstances, is not a proper person to be invested with such authority. But let our readers peruse the evidence, and let them judge for themselves:—
CORONER'S INQUEST.
On Thursday the 15 inst. pursuant to a requisition, an inquest was held at the Rose and Crown, New Town Road before J.H. Moore, Esq. the Coroner, and a highly intelligent jury of fifteen, to enquire into the cause of the death of Thomas Vowles, an infant, the son of Job and Mary Vowles, of Veteran's row, when the following evidence was adduced:—
Mary Vowles—I am the mother of the deceased child Thomas Vowles; I am a prisoner of the Crown, but came free into the colony in the Princess Royal; I was ordered into the Factory for six weeks, and hard labour; I went in on the 3rd of February last; my child was then alive and quite healthy; I was nursing it and had plenty of milk at that time; the child was teething; I took the child to the Factory with me, by Mr. Spode’s special permission; I do not know whether it is usual for mothers under sentence to be allowed to suckle their children; my husband told me he had applied to Mr. Spode for special leave to suckle my baby; I carried it to the Factory when I was going in for punishment, and had the child in my arms when I went in
[The Coroner here cautioned the witness not to permit her feelings to exaggerate the evidence. He was anxious and determined, as far as he could, to arrive at the truth, and would commit any witness, whom the jury might consider to deviate from the truth?]
Mary Vowles continued—I was undressed, as is customary, and clothed in the prison dress.
Coroner, to Mr. Hutchinson, who was in attendance.—This, I believe, is intended as a precaution to prevent infection, &c.?
Mr. Hutchinson—It is, Sir; and also to prevent the conveyance of any improper article into the establishment.
Mary Vowles, continued.—After I was dressed a woman name Spruce I think, took the child away from me, by Mr. Hutchinson's orders, Mr. Hutchinson being present; the woman took away the child, from the place where I was; I told Mr. Hutchinson that I was suckling the baby, when he said, if I made any noise, and did not go into the yard, he ould put me in a cell. I had, at this time, received notice from my husband, that Mr. Spode had given me especial permission to have the child with me, for the purpose of suckling it; I told Mr. Hutchinson that I had this permission; I told him this in the presence of Mr. Cato and the van-man. Mr. Hutchinson still refused to let me have the child to suckle. The van-man said to Mr. Hutchinson, "This woman has permission to go with her child;" Mrs. Cato said to me, "It is a pity for the child to be taken from you, and you had better ask Mr. Hutchinson to give you leave to have the baby with you," I did again apply to Mr. Hutchinson, and he again refused; Mrs Cato went up stairs to Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson, and in my hearing said, it was a pity to have the baby taken from me, and she begged of them to let me be with my child. I did not exactly hear the reply, but Mr. Hutchinson called out to me, if I did not go quietly into the yard, he would put me in a cell. The child was taken from me; this was on the day in which I entered the Factory; the woman, who received the child, went in through the door, leading into the nursery; I was prevented from following her. The child had not a minute's illness from the day of its birth up to that time; it was a strong healthy child. I next saw my baby in about five days afterwards; this was on a day, on which according to the regulations, mothers are permitted to see their children; I did not know my own child, it was looking so sickly, and altered, much for the worse; the baby, after being a few minutes with me, recognised me. The day before that in which mothers were permitted to see their children, I asked Mr. Hutchinson, at a time when he was giving wool to women to pick, if he would allow me a bit of paper, to write to my husband, as he wished to have the child, for it was not suffered to be with me. Mr. Hutchinson answered, "No such think; you have no business here." I then asked a woman for paper, and having no money, offered her my bread for it, I could not rest day or night for thinking about my baby. This woman asked me 3d for the paper; her name was Emma, and she was a servant to Mr. Bedford. She had paper at that time, but gave it to some one else. It was by word of mouth that I communicated to my husband that I was separated from my child; this was after the visiting day; the child was at this time teething; I was not permitted to see the child again, till he went home. My husband, I believe, took away the child; I was not allowed to see the child on parting. I did not serve the whole period of my sentence in the Factory; I served five weeks all but one day; my husband was anxious that I should go home, and see my baby before it died; it was my only child. My husband applied for me to get out, and I was permitted to go out under an order from Mr. Spode; I was forgiven the remainder of my sentence.
Coroner.—Just like Mr. Spode, he is so kind.
Mary Vowles, resumed.—When I got home, I thought my baby was dying; I could not feel any motion in the dear child, till I had had it in my arms for ten minutes; this was on a Friday, and on the Monday following (yesterday week) the baby died. When we went into the Factory, the child's bowels were quite regular, and the evacuations were of a natural quality; when I came home, they were quite green, and every thing seemed to pass through it immediately; this continued to the day of its death. The child had eight teeth, and did not suffer in cutting them.
By Dr. Dermer.—I had been in the habit of feeding and suckling the child, before I went into the factory.
Coroner.—I had plenty of milk to suckle the child; but I thought it would be easier to wean the baby, if I fed it a little now and then; I had not begun to wean it.
Foreman.—The child was in the Factory in the weaning ward, to the best of my knowledge; it was there a fortnight and three days. Mr. Spode, I believe, remitted my sentence, on the application of my husband. I sent a piece of paper to my husband, but it never reached him.
By the Coroner.—When Mr. Hutchinson threatened to put me in the cell, I made use of no rude words to him. When I saw the child, on the visiting day, I examined it, and found on his back a black bruise, about half the size of my hand and a slight mark on the groin; Elizabeth Bennett and Louisa Fuller saw the bruises. The turnkeys at the Factory are females; I said to one of them, that I wanted to see Mr. Hutchinson, or the mistress, to show them the child; but I did not see either on that occasion. I do not know of any children being ill-treated, or tied to the bannisters, or whipped with bones from stays. On the visiting day, the child was not able to stand.
By a Juror.—I never had any quarrel with any of the nurses.
The deposition being read over to the witness before signing it, she applied to make the following statement, and her application was immediately granted:—A woman, named Jones, a turnkey, came to me, after the visiting day; I was then up stairs, in a place where the women pick the wool. I heard some one, from a room below call out, "Where is the young woman who came by the Princess Royal?" Accordingly, I came down, as that was the way I was generally accosted; the woman called me out, and said, the woman that had my child had sent to know if I had a little money, to buy sago for the child, who had eaten nothing for two days. I told her I had no money, nor any way of getting any, but if my aptron or handkerchief would be of any use, she might take them. She said, "No, never mind, I won't take those things from you." I then began to cry and fret about my child. Elizabeth Bennett heard this conversation between this woman and me. She said, "if I had a pocket full of money, I would not give any of them a farthing, for they will not use the child a bit the better for it." I asked a turnkey, named Agnes, to let me though to see Mr. Hutchinson, that I might get leave to see my child. She would not let me, but I ran through, and saw Mr. Cato; I knew it was a breach of the regulations, but I was anxious to see my child. Mr. Cato said, if I did not go into my yard, he would put me in the cell. I accordingly went back. I told Mr. Cato what I wanted to see Mr. Hutchinson for, when he said, Mr. Hutchinson was not at home. In about ten minutes, I was put into the cell by Mr. Hutchinson's order.
Mr. Hutchinson.—Why did you not report these things to me, when you saw me in the morning?
Witness.—Because I was told that it might get some women into trouble, and that my child would not be treated any the better.
By a Juror.—I did not report to Mr. Hutchinson about the bruises, which I discovered on the visiting day, because I was persuaded not to do so, as I would get no good by it; but I was advised to get my child out of the Factory as quick as possible.
Job Vowles, the father, who gave his evidence in a very upright and straightforward manner corroborated his wife's testimony, as regarded the health of the child, previously to its going into the factory; he deposed, also, to making an application to Mr. Spode for leave to let the child go with the mother; he did not accompany the wife to the factory; he explained to Mr. Spode that he wished the child to be suckled by the mother, and Mr. Spode directed the clerk to wirte out the order to that effect; witness never saw the order.
Mr. Hutchinson here produced the order, which merely stated, that the child of Mary Vowles was to be received into the Female House of Correction with the mother.
Job Vowles continued.—Witness understood from Mr. Spode that the child was to have been suckled by the mother in the prison [So Mr. Spode understood, for so he told us the morning before the mother was released from the factory.—Ed. T.C.]; did not see the child again, till he went to fetch it away; in consdquence of hearing from his wife that the child was in very bad health, he went to Mr. Spode for an order to take away the child; this was on the 21st February, about a fortnight aand three days after it went in. I did not see my wife when I went to the factory; this would be contrary to regulations when under punishment; I did not ask to see her. I got the child from a woman in the Factory—the baby was ll but dead; it could scarcely move itself; I carried it home; it had greatly lost its flesh; it evacuated green matter with peas in it, for fourteen days; it was in great pain when it had its evacuations; I fed it with a little chicken and mutton broth; I took the child to Rowe and Maclachlan's Dispensary; Mr. Rowe said it was teething, and gave it some powders. Till I got the communication from my wife I did not know the child was ill; I made but one application for an order, which was immediately given, both for child and mother to come out.
By the Foreman.—Mr. Rowe said, he did not think there was any thing the matter with the child, but teething; I explained to Mr. Maclachlan how the child had been, bu he made no observation—he only prescribed.
By a Juror.—I told Mr. Rowe about the evacuation of the peas.
By another Juror.—The only mark I saw was a bruise on the forehead, about the size of a large bean, and a burn on the finger.
Coroner.—When I took the child from the Factory, I did not think I should carry it home alive. The driver of the van was standing at a door in the Police Office, and he heard Mr. Spode give directions for an order to be written for the child to be suckled.
Coroner, on the part of Mr. Hutchinson.—From the time the child came from the Factory, to the time it voided the peas, the food it got at my house was oatmeal gruel, sago, and arrow-root, with a little mlik and sugar—all the food the child took I made myself; no neighbour could give it any. I distinctly swear the child never ate any peas in my house; I always fed it myself; the child was not strong enough to get the peas itself; after it came from the Factory, it could not raise itself even in the cradle.
Judith Panton.—I am the mother of six children; I used to see Mrs. Vowles's child daily, before it went into the Factory; it was a healthy, well-looking child; the mother was suckling it before she went into the Factory; she did not mention to me, that she intended to wean the child—it was teething; as a mother of so many children, I would not think it right to wean a child while teething; the day the fater brought the child from the Factory, he brought it to my place; the baby looked very bad, very much worn and spent; I did not think it likely to live. Mrs. Vowles did not come home with the child at the time, but about a fortnight after; I used to wash and dress the child every morning, till the mother came home; the evacuations of the child were green, with peas in them. The father said, "Is it not surprising, Mrs. Panton, how this poor child is passing green peas through it?" I saw the peas in the cloth—they were round and hard; for two or three mornings, I noticed the child to be evacuating peas; the evacuations were generally of a green liquid matter; the father used to feed the child on arrow-root and sago; I told him this was the best food for him. The child lingered on, and died on Monday night last, at 12 o'clock.
By a Juror.—The only mark I noticed on the child was a blister on the finger. I saw the cloth taken from the child, with peas in it.
Mrs. Cato.—I am assistant matron and midwife to the Female House of Correction. I received a prisoner, named Mary Vowles, myself; it is the regulation to change the dress, and to put on the prison dress; she had a child with her. She entreated Mr. Hutchinson, in my presence, to go with her child to the nursery. I did not notice the child to be ill; if it had been, it would have attracted my attention. A woman of the name of Spruce was an overseer at that time, in the weaning nursery; she got charge of the child. I recollect Mary Vowles telling Mr. Hutchinson that Mr. Spode had said she might be with her child; I am sure she did not make use of the word "suckle," but said she had permission to be with her child. I recollect saying to Mr. Hutchinson, "This woman begs very hard to be with her child," and Mr. Hutchinson said, he could not allow it, as the warrant did not express it. Spruce took away the child into the nursery, without the mother going with it. I do not hink I heard Mr. Hutchinson say, he would put Mary Vowles in a cell, when she was pleading so hard to see her chid. Mary Vowles said to Mr. Hutchinson, that if she could not have her child with her, she would send it back to her husband. Mr. Hutchinson said, "Yes, you can send it back, if you can get any one to take it; I have no wish to keep it." There was not alternative, but that the child should to into the nursery. Mary Vowles said, "If I cannot go to the nursery with my child, I will take it with me to the crime class." Mr. Hutchinson said, "No, you cannot do that, as it would not live there; it must be placed in the nursery, appropriated for children." I do not recollect the van man saying, that Mr. Spode had given an order to receive the chidl; I am sure I do not recollect Mary Vowles saying that she was suckling her baby. It is customary in the establishment for mothers to see their children once a month; this is not a government regulation, but a portion of the internal management, arranged by the Superintendent.
By the Foreman.—Dr. M'Braire is the Medical Attendant; I do not know what are his duties; he often visits the nursery; the children, when indiposed—[Query? ought to be?—Reporter] taken to the doctor.
[Here the Foreman recommended, that, when children were indisposed, they ought to be taken to mothers, or mothers ought to be allowed to go to the children.]
Foreman.—Under whose care are the children in the nursery?
Mrs. Cato.—Under Mrs. Hutchinson, who has two windows looking into it.
By a Juror.—Mrs. Hutchinson and myself examine the clothes of prisoners coming into the factory; they are undressed, and clean linen given them, their clothes being put by till washed.
By another Juror.—Mothers known to be suckling, are allowed a share in the weaning of a child for three or six days, although sentenced to the crime class; if very young, the mothers, if sent to the crime class, are permitted to have their children with them.
By another Juror.—Is it not customary to allow mothers to accompany infants for three days?
Mrs. Cato.—Yes, if the circumstances be known.
Mary Vowles recalled.—I informed Mr. Hutchinson and Mrs. Cato that I was suckling the child. The van-man said he heard Mr. Spode say I was to suckle the child. [It was here suggested by, we believe, Mrs. Cato, that if Mary Vowles was suckling the child, she would have suffered some inconvenience.—Mary Vowles replied that she did so, and suffered much.
William Cox, examined.—I am the van-man; I saw Job Vowles at the Police Ofice, on the morning of the 3rd February. Vowles to an order to take his child to the factory; the father brought the child to the van, but I could not receive the child without an order; the father then brought an order the child to go to the factory; the father did not, in my hearing, assign any reason for asking the child to go to its mother. It is customary to send unweaned children into the factory with their mothers. I asked the mother (Mary Vowles) whether she was suckling the child; she said she was. I am not aware that the order was given because she was suckling the child; I delivered th emother and child at the factory. I heard Mary Vowles entreat to be allowed to go with her child, when I went into the office, and something was passing between Mr. Hutchinson and her. I heard Mr. Hutchinson say, that if she did take the child with her to the crime class, the child would die. Mary Vowles said she did not care where she went, so that she had the child with her. I do not recollect hearing Mr. Spode give directions to Mary Vowles to have the child suckled. I said to Mr. Hutchinson, that there was an order to admit the child. When I was at the factory, I knew the mother was suckling the child, but did not tell Mr. Hutchinson so.
Anne Spruce.—I am overseer of the weaning ward, and take charge of certain chidlren; Mary Vowles's child was given me to nurse; I heard no entreaty from the mother to go to her child nor for the child to go with her; did not know that Vowles was suckling; I did not see any thing the matter with the child when I took charge of it. I heard the nurse that had charge of that child, say it was ill about ten days. The nurse took it to the doctor. My duty as overseer was to see to the proper distribution of the children's food to each nurse, whose duty it was to give it to the children. The provisions are given to me, and I give them to the cook, who hands them round to the nurse. The food consists of milk, bread and sugar; no peas are ever given; sago is the properest thing to give to children; the children that were sick had sago and wine; the deceased child got sago and wine; I gave it to him myself, because he was ill; not very ill; sago is usually given to children when sick; warm milk and bread and sugar are given, when first taken from the breast, and warm milk at night afterwards.
By the Foreman.—Witness knows, that the full allowance is served out to the children, and consumed.
The Foreman here observed, that it was proper that the overseer ought to ask whether the child was suckling or not.
By the Foreman.—It is the overseer's duty to chastise the children; infants just weaned; never saw the deceased, Thomas Vowles chastised.
Elizabeth Bennett.—I am a prisoner of the Crown; observed that the child looked very thin; understod it was not weaned; did not think there was any milk in his mother's breast; I saw no bruize on the child; "I did not see none whatsomever; I was too much occupied with my own baby, to attend to any one's else."
[This witness gave her evidence very flippently, and very disrespectfully—she was, evidently, in our opinion, biassed by any idea of concealing the facts; her manner was highly reprehensible.—Reporter.]
Louisa Fuller.—I am a prisoner of the crown, and am in the nursery at the Female House of Correction; recollects that Mary Vowles was crying, because her baby was put in the nursery. I saw her milk her breasts once, and but once; she came out with me to see her child, as I came out to see mine. I saw the child; it looked like a weaning child; I saw a black mark upon it, as if it had been falling about and got bruised. I told the mother not to mind it, as children will fall about; the mark which I saw, was not bigger than a sixpence. The proper time to see children is once a month; but Mr. Hutchinson is kind enough to let us see them oftener when sickly. I did not Mary Vowles complaining, she would not be allowed to suckle her child.
Mr. Colonial Assistant Surgeon, Dr. Dermer.—I have examined the body of the deceased, with a view to ascertain the cause of its death; the cause of its death was "obstinate diarrhoea;" I think it was brought on by the visitation of God, in consequence, partly by weaning, and partly by teething—the child thereby sinking rapidly. I did not attend this child, having only been appointed to the Factory yesterday. The mother ought, if she had milk enough, to have been permitted to suckle the child; this course would have been much more desirable. If the mother had milk enough, I would have ordered the mother to have suckled it. In my opinion, the child ought to have been brought under the notice of the medical attendant; it would have been more judicious to have permitted the mother to suckle the child, and this is the course which I shoud have adopted.
The Coroner stated, that he had not summoned Dr. M'Braire, as he was given to understand, that he would not attend.
The Coroner now briefly addressed the jury, who retired, and brought in the following verdice:—"That the said Thomas Vowles came to his death in a natural way by Diarrhoea, induced by teething and weaning, and that he died on the 12th instant. And the Jury are strongly impressed, that the confined state of the nurseries, and want of proper precaution at the time of receiving the child, Thomas Vowles, at the House of Correction, and in the nursing, induced the same."
Mary Vowles (nee Maria Phelan) gave birth to her son Thomas on 24 February 1837. On 3 February 1838 she was charged with using bad language to Mrs Susan Martin and sentenced to six weeks hard labour at Cascades Female Factory. The Elizabeth Bennett mentioned above was possibly the convict who arrived in 1834 on board the Edward; Louisa Fuller is likely to have been the convict who arrived from Sydney on the Siren in 1836; and Ann Spruce is likely to have been the convict who arrived on the Westmoreland in 1836.
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General Discussion: The Clubbing Thread
Ministry will bee next
CovOne wrote: Be good to hear everyones top 3/5 if people can be arsed.
Moderat - Bad Kingdom (DJ Koze Remix)
Dense & Pika - Klank
Alan Fitzpatrick - Truant
Zabiela was the shit once again. Maribou State not so much, like one of those pub DJs who's desperate to show off that they know how to use every single function in Serato in the space of 5 minutes, when Gorillaz came on at half 5 it was definitely time to fuck off.
DuffMan
Plastic people closing immediately. WHAT THE FUCK. Fuck london nightlife.
Sad to hear of Plastic People close down, but it never was the same club once they changed the position of the DJ booth and you couldn't get a drink past 1 o'clock. I wonder if they will look at another venue where they won't get as much grief. I never quite understood why it had so much heat from the filth as it was always a decent crowd whenever I was in.
They been on them for good while , did well to hold off for so long.
That's what I don't quite get, why were they on them? I heard rumours about the owner being dodgy.
Not been for ages, but the restaurant above used complain.
Police believe were on them about drug dealing and taking.
Vibe bar has gone also.
posted 26 Jan 2015 23:31, edited 26 Jan 2015 23:31
From Lil' Louis Facebook page posted today after his booking at Sankeys on Saturday.
'Dear Manchester.
I know you wondered what happened on Saturday. I’ll explain. I was really excited to play for you, thus, deeply disappointed that I didn’t. As usual, I landed then went to Soundcheck. As we were about to leave, this idiot came into the booth and without notice, decided to show off a new toy (a very powerful fog or horn machine), which seemed 12 inches from my left ear. As he shot it, the compressed air that blasted out was louder and more shrill than anything I’d ever heard. It hurt so bad, I jumped in the air and screamed. The pain was followed by an intense ringing and muffled silence. The left side of the room went dead, and I couldn’t hear anything except that ring. I was taken to the hospital, where I spent the night being passed around a bevy of doctors including an ENT specialist. I was diagnosed with SIHL (sound induced hearing loss), a permanent hearing loss, and given a strong steroid medication. I haven’t been able to easily walk straight (my equilibrium is off), so I can’t work out, hold down food, and I’m nauseous and lightheaded. I’ve gone from sleeping two hours a day to being in bed for two days.
I am fucking upset, because this idiot, (a manager no less) should have known better. And not only did he prevent me from playing for you, he may have ended my career as a DJ and Artist. I’m not looking for sympathy, but to prevent any new rumors from milling, instead of handling it privately as usual, this time I’m sharing the details.
Know that I live for three things, God, to finish this film, and create and play music for you. I’ve been able to handle everything life has thrown me. But I don’t know what will come of this. While writing this, I thought about the Serenity Prayer my mom gave me at 5. I understand why now. This is beyond my control, so I have to accept whatever comes. But I'm praying, because I’ve made the best album of my life, and want to give you that, the film, and the best DJing, which is still in front of me. In two hours, I have to take further tests. Wish me luck…
Musically yours,
Lil Louis.'
Was meant to be going to this as well… So fucked.
InWonderland
Christ!
That Koze remix of Moderat and Dixon's mix of Dan Croll are in my bottom 5 of the year. Absolute dogshit and Dixon & Tale Of Us both played the two of them when I saw them at DC10 in the summer. Shitcunts.
Must've been a real hardship that
Out of interest what don't you like about the Koze remix? Loved it the first time I heard it but was admittedly out my box, but I think the intro at least is very clever, vague tones of the original then the chopped up vocal comes out of the ether (at least it felt like that in the open air at 2am) and then THAT bassline.
We have definitely reached peak Bad Kingdom though, been over a year of various remixes getting rinsed now.
phikz wrote: From Lil' Louis Facebook page posted today after his booking at Sankeys on Saturday.
thats crazy and the law suit for intendid earnings; dj, studio work etc that is really slack how this has happened
'DJ friends' on Facebook are slagging him off.. Saying he's a massive diva and pulls out of gigs all the time..
http://www.whoislillouis.com/
Nan kid. Its pure fucking bolloĉks. Fuck all wrong with him. Didnt even happen.
He does have a rep as a being a notorious flaker.
InWonderland wrote: 'DJ friends' on Facebook are slagging him off.. Saying he's a massive diva and pulls out of gigs all the time..
Tim Sheridan has been ripping into both "DJ sicknote" and the promoter of Sankeys in a couple of things that have popped up in my feed today. Proper
Double D wrote: Out of interest what don't you like about the Koze remix?
It's just the antithesis of the sort of techno I like. First of all I'm not a huge fan of the original and IMO the second Moderat album is pretty guff compared to the first, although the live show is still great. The sawtoothy synth noise in the Koze mix is unnattractive to my ears, and the vocal isn't suited to a club track let alone a total anthem that absolutely everyone plays. I really don't enjoy that brand of chuggy vocal techno that Dixon, Tale Of Us etc seem so partial to though, so it's just a case of that style not being my thing.
I'm really not that much of a techno fan but watching Dixon & Ame do a loooong set at some NYE party a few years ago was one of the most tedious, anti 'fun' nights I've ever had
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Malai Malai releases in Kerala
Director A. Venkatesh’s out-and-out action Tamil film Malai Malai, which did good business at the box office in Tamil Nadu and completed its 50 successful days recently, will be released in Kerala theatres soon. Starring Arun Vijay and Vedhika�with veteran actor Prabhu in the lead roles, Malai Malai was produced by Mohan under the banner of Feather Tough Entertainment.
Malai Malai revolves around two brothers Palani Vel (Prabhu) and Vetri Vel (Arun Vijay), who earn their livelihoods as a farmer and a mini van driver respectively in a village on the foot hills of Palani temple. They are inseparable and they fight, sing and booze together. The village simpleton Vetri�falls in love with a city based RJ Anjali (Vedhika) who is on a visit to Palani and finds another girl Lakshmi (Kasturi) to romance his brother.
Meanwhile, Vetri goes to Chennai in search of a job and�his lady love. He gets a job as a driver in a courier company. Essakki (Prakash Raj), a dreaded don who controls Saidapet area, soon locks horns with Vetri. The rest of the story moves around the clashes between Essakki and Vetri.
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Tom Friedman, *Cocktail Party,* 2015.
Photo: Courtesy Stephen Friedman Gallery and Luhring Augustine
9 Must-See Artworks in Art Basel’s New Meridians Sector in Miami Beach
Dedicated to monumental, museum-worthy installations, videos, and paintings, the inaugural Meridians section is not to be missed
Art fairs need to continuously stay fresh, even Art Basel in Miami Beach, which has a reputation for being the art world’s favorite party. Looking to add a bit of zest to its exhibition program, this year the fair is inaugurating its new Meridians sector to present large-scale works and performances in the refurbished Miami Beach Convention Center’s 60,000 square-foot Grand Ballroom.
“From what I’ve observed in the past, the curatorial and museum crowd has gotten tired of coming to Miami for only booth presentations, but by bringing more of a curatorial edge to it, I’m hearing that curators are more excited to attend this year,” Ben Strauss-Malcolm, a director at Pace, which has two artists—Adam Pendleton and Fred Wilson—in the show, tells Galerie.
Presenting 34 large-scale sculptures, paintings, installations, performances, and film and video projections by an international group of established and emerging artists, the projects were chosen by a selection committee and have been organized by the show’s curator, Magalí Arriola, the director of Mexico City’s Museo Tamayo.
Tom Friedman, Cocktail Party, 2015. Photo: Courtesy Stephen Friedman Gallery and Luhring Augustine
With a focus on artists and works from the Americas—although its somewhat broader in this initial year because not as many galleries applied—the show addresses issue of race, gender and immigration, which are topics that are floating around the greater art world.
“Many of the works are content-loaded, which is an exciting part of it,” Arriola shared by phone from Miami, where she was already working on the installation. “I’m happy with the space and layout and the individual projects. I believe these bigger works give viewers a chance to grasp what’s behind the artists’ proposals. There are overarching themes that echo between the varied works, which makes the whole section quite compelling.”
Portia Munson, The Garden, 1996. Photo: Courtesy of P.P.OW.
But being Art Basel, this doesn’t come cheaply. Similar to Unlimited at Art Basel in Basel, galleries are paying additional fees to participate in Meridians and have to ship and install these larger, often-complex artworks. “We’ve shipped a truckload of broken-down furniture, hippie dresses. scores of plastic objects and flowers, and old stuffed animals, which had to be fire-proofed, from the Catskills to Florida at great expense,” Wendy Osloff shared when discussing P.P.O.W’s presentation of a room-size installation by Portia Munson.
Galleries, however, need an adequate amount of space to show such large-scale works, which is beyond the capacity of a traditional booth. (Though most of the galleries exhibiting in this sector will have a work or two by their Meridians artists displayed there, too.) Art Basel’s reach brings in important institutional curators, who could potentially show the work, and international collectors, who have private museums they need to fill.
“It’s worth the costs to get your artists shown in this setting, especially in the inaugural year,” Thomas Kelly, a partner at Sean Kelly, which is presenting projects by Chi-Tsung Wu and Jose Dávila, reveals to Galerie. “I can’t think of a better circumstance than to present work in the first edition of Meridians. It’s going to garner a lot of attention and be the focal point of the fair.”
See Galerie’s specially curated selection of standout works below:
Isaac Julien, Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvellous Entanglement, 2019. Photo: Courtesy Victoria Miro, Galeria Nara Roesler, and Jessica Silverman Gallery
Isaac Julien’s Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvellous Entanglement
Victoria Miro, Galeria Nara Roesler, and Jessica Silverman Gallery
A poetic portrait of the modernist architect and designer Lina Bo Bardi, Isaac Julien’s 2019 nine-screen film employs actors, dancers, and musicians to contemplate Bo Bardi’s cultural impact on her adopted country of Brazil. Beautifully shot across seven dynamic Bo Bardi-designed locations in Saõ Paolo and Salvador, the capital of the northeastern state of Bahia, the expansive film focuses on vignettes of her distinct staircases, windows, and walls. Meanwhile, the celebrated 89-year-old Brazilian film star Fernanda Montenegro and daughter Fernanda Torres theatrically bring the designer to life using a script composed of her Bo Bardi’s own insightful words.
Candice Lin, La Charada China (Tobacco Version), 2019. Photo: Courtesy Gehbaly Gallery
Candice Lin’s La Charada China (Tobacco Version)
A rising star sculptor on the West Coast art scene, Massachusetts-transplant Candice Lin makes found-object installations that address issues of exploitation and colonialism through processes of alchemy. Her 2019 piece La Charada China (Tobacco Version) spotlights the plight of the Chinese “coolie” laborers that were coerced to come to the Americas in 1800 for a better life and then brutally exploited. Lin places the figure of a person cut from dried tobacco leaves on a platform with an active distiller on his stomach. Various spices and commodities utilized during the slave trade surround the body. Distilling a mixture of water, sugar, tea, tobacco, poppy, and urine through networks of tubes, pumps and buckets, the liquid drips onto a sculptural mass of unfired clay, which will deteriorate over the course of the presentation. The powerful presentation, versions of which have been shown at the Hammer Museum in L.A. and at Ludlow 38 in New York, sets to right the wrong through a metaphoric transformation of matter.
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Pepe Mar, Varla TV, 2018-2019. Photo: Courtesy David Castillo Gallery
Pepe Mar’s Varla TV
Paying tribute to the late painter Craig Coleman, who performed in drag under the name Varla in South Beach during the early 1990s, Miami-based artist Pepe Mar created a site-specific installation that incorporates fliers and newspaper clippings about Coleman alongside his paintings and Mar’s mixed-media interpretations of his influence on the Miami art scene. Born in California, Coleman moved to New York in 1981 and showed at Lower East Side galleries with Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, and Kenny Scharf before heading south in 1989 to join Miami’s fledgling art scene, where he painted, performed, filmed a camp TV show, and wrote a diaristic column for Wire magazine. After discovering Coleman’s self-portrait as Varla at a local thrift store, Mar contacted the artist’s friends in the LGBTQ community for the archival materials included in the installation and, in his characteristic collage-style of mixing found objects and cut-up imagery to convey an imaginative reflection of reality, contributed his own dazzling portrait of Coleman.
Chi-Tsung Wu, Cyano-Collage 064, 2019. Photo: Courtesy Sean Kelly
Chi-Tsung Wu’s Cyano-Collage 064
To create this sublime blue mountainous landscape, artist Chi-Tsung Wu employs age-old methods in the most innovative of ways, combining a 19th-century photographic printing process known as cyanotype together with the tradition of ancient Chinese landscape painting. To begin, Wu first coats chemically treated crumpled sheets of thin Xuan (rice) paper with an emulsion that turns the paper a deep blue after being exposed to light, before flattening them and collaging the hundreds of pieces onto linen canvas. With no predetermined design in mind, the artist constructs the imaginative scene, which simulates traditional Chinese mountain water (shan sui) paintings, as he goes—becoming a witness to the making of his work. Having a kind of tie-dye effect on the rice paper allows him to create the jagged rocks and snowy peaks and valleys that lend a modulated look to the layered landscape.
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Tom Friedman, Cocktail Party, 2015 Photo: Courtesy Stephen Friedman Gallery and Luhring Augustine
Tom Friedman’s Cocktail Party
Stephen Friedman Gallery and Luhring Augustine
Recreating a typical art gallery opening reception, Tom Friedman’s 2015 installation Cocktail Party constructs a cartoon version of the art world with his masterful handling of Styrofoam, clay and paint figures clothed and accessorized to resemble artists, gallerists, critics, and collectors. A lively array of 26 life-size characters greet one another, converse, and snap cell-phone photos while drinking champagne and scarfing down hor d’oeuvres behind a velvet rope. Sporting offbeat hairstyles and colorful outfits—humorously including a pair of painterly pants—the crowd carries on and the viewers, positioned as mere spectators, observe from afar with a fear of missing out on Friedman’s fun. Exhibited for the first time in the States, the work made its debut in 2015 at Frieze London, where it was reportedly being offered for one million pounds. The ironic installation seems destined to become an Instagram hit in Miami Beach, the art world’s favorite party town.
Fred Wilson, Sala Longhi, 2011. Photo: Courtesy Pace Gallery
Fred Wilson’s Sala Longhi
Inspired by the 18th century Venetian artist Pietro Longhi’s cycle of paintings portraying the daily life of the haute bourgeoisie, Fred Wilson created 27 black glass panels in antique wood frames for his 2011 installation titled Sala Longhi. The monumental work features a white Murano glass sconce extending from the framed black glass at the center, flanked by double-stacked smaller works that mimic the subjects of Longhi’s canvases with clear circular and oval shapes. For this presentation, Wilson has crafted a new glass sculpture, For this presentation, Wilson has crafted a new sculpture, A Moth of Peace, which marks his first white chandelier. Referencing a line from Shakespeare’s Othello, the milky white glass, which is decorated with traditional floral and leaf shapes, is accented with hints of black, making it a perfect companion for the earlier work.
Portia Munson, The Garden, 1996. Photo: Courtesy P.P.O.W
Portia Munson’s The Garden
A seminal sculptural installation from 1996 by artist Portia Munson, The Garden is a room-size accumulation of some 3,000 thrift shop and 99c store consumer items—including fake flowers, floral dresses, stuffed animals and old furniture. Replete with an archway entrance and flower-patterned fabric ceiling, the colorful work addresses feminist issues through the abundant use of pink objects, as well as climate change, thanks to the abundance of cheap plastic and nylon objects, which are petrochemical products and non-biodegradable. Flowery and pink, The Garden is suggestive of fertility and sexuality too, but too much of a good thing—and also a fake thing—begins to reveal an ominous feeling of oppression and death under the surface. Still, that shouldn’t detract the selfie-takers, which are automatically attracted to Munson’s giant pink pieces. Hopefully the security guard posted nearby will keep folks from jumping in and finding themselves, like in a fairytale, totally consumed by it.
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Laure Prouvost, DEEP TRAVEL Ink, 2016 – 2019. Photo: © Laure Prouvost, Courtesy Lisson Gallery
Laure Prouvost’s DEEP TRAVEL Ink
Lisson Gallery
An imaginative installation and performance art piece, Prouvost’s DEEP TRAVEL Ink stages a simulated Miami travel agency that supposedly belongs to her uncle—complete with a staff, a fully equipped office, an infomercial, and printed brochures. Actors occupy the desks cluttered with personal tchotchkes and computer screens in a fabricated bureau with maps, sculptures and paintings that are calibrated to take the visitor deeper into the promise and fantasy of a luxurious escape. After sampling Grand Ma’s tea, visitors are invited to view the artist’s seminal 2014 video How to Make Money Religiously, which is a delightful montage of art and and travel shots mixed with satirical texts that will leave you heading for the nearest airport to fulfill your own touristic dreams.
Frank Bowling, Africa to Australia, 1971. Photo: Courtesy the Artist and Hales Gallery. © Frank Bowling. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2019
Frank Bowling’s Africa to Australia
A major work from British artist Frank Bowling’s series of map paintings, his massive 1971 canvas Africa to Australia utilizes a map of the world as the ground for a colorful abstract canvas. Bowling, who was born in British Guyana in 1934 and currently lives and works in London and New York, first started working with maps when he had a studio at the Chelsea Hotel in the mid-1960s. Made by pouring and moving the paint around the canvas and then waiting days for it to dry before applying another layer, the artist considered his gestural action akin to “making the paint dance.” Initially exhibited in his 1971 solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art, this painting has made its own journey before landing here at the fair, where the gallery hopes to find it a permanent home.
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The incredible story behind Roy Lichtenstein’s America’s Cup Sailboat
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Bigpoint Developing MMORPG Based On Mummy Films
June 3, 2010 | By Eric Caoili
German online games publisher and developer Bigpoint announced that it's working on The Mummy Online, a free-to-play, browser-based MMORPG centered around Universal Pictures' The Mummy film franchise.
As with the movies starring Brendan Fraser, The Mummy Online is set in Egypt during the first half of the 20th century. Players will take on the role of adventure seekers with customizable talents and skills, exploring environments and meeting characters from the films as they battle against each other and "ancient evil".
Universal Pictures has extended The Mummy property beyond films many times before with novels, theme park attractions, and video games for a variety of platforms, but this will be the first time the franchise has appeared as a massively multiplayer online game.
Schell Games (Pixie Hollow), the Pittsburgh-based studio helmed by Disney Imagineering Virtual Reality Studio's former creative director and The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses author Jesse Schell, is developing the title in multiple languages with the Unity game engine.
"We are excited to adapt this popular film franchise for the global online games market," says Bigpoint CEO and founder Heiko Hubertz. "By leveraging our mastery of browser-based games technology and Universal Pictures' popular entertainment property, Bigpoint is quickly becoming one of the leading publishers of licensed games."
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Virunga Lodge is a stylish eco-lodge with a stunning location just outside Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. Perched on a high ridge, it enjoys marvelous views of Lakes Burera and Ruhondo, and of the region's famous volcanoes.
Opened in 2004, Virunga Lodge is arguably the best place to stay in the region. It certainly has the most impressive location, perched on a high hill from where it enjoys magnificent views over Lakes Burera and Ruhondo, and, in the distance, the Virunga Volcanoes. Virunga Lodge is not positioned as close to Volcanoes National Park as many other hotels, and this can be a disadvantage (there’s a half hour drive to the park gates), but it’s clear that Virunga’s location was chosen for other reasons—its remoteness, and its spectacular views.
Virunga Lodge presents itself as an eco-lodge. Its rustic stone-and-wood bandas are simple in appearance and don’t clash with their surrounds. Inside, they are spacious and beautifully furnished, but not at all glitzy. This is a high-end retreat, but not a flashy one.
There are a variety of activities on offer in the region around Virunga Lodge and in the Volcanoes National Park—gorilla safaris, most notably, but also golden monkey tracking, hill climbs, and guided nature walks. Virunga Lodge makes a great base from which to explore the region, though its more remote location means it’s perhaps better suited to travellers intending to spend a few nights in the region, as opposed to those on quick, one night, fly-in gorilla safaris.
Virunga Lodge offers eight individual chalets, or ‘bandas’, with either volcano or lake views, as well as private gardens and verandahs.
Bedrooms are individually decorated and spacious with king-size or twin beds. The bathrooms have eco-toilets and bucket showers, supporting the lodge’s eco credentials. (Update: we're told that Virunga’s latest renovation saw the eco-toilets replaced with standard flush loos and the bucket showers with ordinary showers).
Generous meals are served in the dining room and picnic lunches can be packed for daytrips.
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- Mountain gorilla tracking
- Visit Lake Kivu and the other lakes
- Visit the nearby Genocide memorials
- Bird watching
- Golden monkey trekking
- Visit the lava formations near Ruhengeri
There are no age restrictions at Virunga Lodge, though gorilla safaris are restricted to children over the age of fifteen (these are the national park regulations, and are inflexible).
Virunga Lodge has been built to environmentally friendly standards relying on solar power to provide electricity. Eco-toilets are used rather than flush toilets and there is no running water (water is supplied to your room in tanks).
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Emma Favata
Year of Call: 1999
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Emma Favata specialises in civil claims against the police and public authorities, inquests and public law. She is committed to ensuring that her clients are fearlessly represented and their European Convention rights are vigorously defended.
Emma was part of the 17-strong Garden Court team who, along with other lawyers for the families of those who died at Hillsborough, were awarded the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Award following their role in the Hillsborough Inquests.
Emma has extensive trial experience in actions against the police involving police brutality, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, trespass to property and misfeasance in public office. Emma's practice also includes breaches of data protection by public authorities and breaches of the European Convention on Human Rights. Emma has brought successful judicial review proceedings against the IPCC.
Dwain Buike v The Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police [2009] EWCA Civ 971 - Junior counsel to Leslie Thomas. Successful appeal of County Court refusal to grant permission to the Claimant to bring proceedings under section 329 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
From July 2013 to April 2016 Emma was junior counsel to Michael Mansfield QC at the Hillsborough Inquests and part of a team of lawyers representing 77 families. Emma and Michael Mansfield QC were specifically instructed to represent the Executive of the Hillsborough Family Support Group and their families, as well as working with the wider client base.
Emma has represented bereaved families in Article 2 Inquests involving deaths in custody, police pursuits and deaths involving NHS Trusts. Emma has brought successful judicial review proceedings arising out of inquests.
Hillsborough Inquests
Tainton, R (on the application of) v HM Senior Coroner for Preston and West Lancashire & Anor [2016] 4 WLR 157, [2016] EWHC 1396 (Admin) - Held that where the possibility of a violation of the deceased's ECHR article 2 right to life could not be wholly excluded, the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 s.5(1)(b) and s.5(2) should require the inclusion in the record of inquest of any admitted failings forming part of the circumstances of death, even if the jury could not properly find them causative of the death.
Emma has expertise in judicial review and proceedings involving breaches of the Human Rights Act. Emma's practice in public law began by defending Brian Haw's ECHR Article 10 right to freedom of expression in the High Court injunction proceedings brought by Westminster City Council in their first attempt to eject Brian from Parliament Square.
Westminster City Council v Brian Haw [2002] EWHC 2073 (QB) - Mr Justice Gray gave a resounding judgement in Mr Haw's favour strengthening the rights to freedom of expression.
R (application D) v Sheffield Youth Court [2003] EWHC 35 (Admin) - Junior counsel to Stephen Simblet. Judicial review of the Sheffield Youth Court's decision to commit C and D for trial to the Crown Court for charges of robbery and attempted robbery.
Hillsborough match commander David Duckenfield to go on trial for manslaughter by gross negligence
The trial of Mr Duckenfield is currently listed to start on 10 September.
High Court quashes inquest conclusions of Stephen Port murder victims
Leslie Thomas QC, Emma Favata and Paul Clark of Garden Court Chambers instructed.
Hillsborough Review backs ‘Hillsborough Law’
Seventeen barristers from Garden Court Chambers were involved in the Hillsborough inquests, representing 80 families of those who died.
Hillsborough disaster: criminal charges against six people
Seventeen barristers from Garden Court Chambers represented 80 families at the Hillsborough inquest.
Families of Stephen Port murder victims issue plea for information through lawyers
The families of Stephen Port's victims are represented by Leslie Thomas QC, Emma Favata and Paul Clark.
Garden Court and Stephanie Harrison QC shortlisted for Human Rights and Public Law awards
Garden Court has been shortlisted at the Chambers Bar Awards, whilst Stephanie and our Public Law Team are shortlisted at the Legal 500 Awards.
Garden Court Chambers recognised for “outstanding achievement” following Hillsborough inquests
Garden Court Chambers Hillsborough inquest team wins Outstanding Achievement Award at Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards 2016.
Hillsborough inquest concludes 96 fans were unlawfully killed
Garden Court Chambers represented 77 families at the inquests.
18 Garden Court barristers instructed on Hillsborough Inquest
Garden Court Chambers are pleased to announce that 18 Garden Court barristers have been instructed on the Hillsborough inquest.
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Fulica americana Gmelin, 1789
Fulica americana
Fulica hesterna Howard, 1963
American Coot in English
Amerikaanse Meerkoet in Dutch
Amerikanisches Blässhuhn in German
Amerikansk Blishøne in Danish
Amerikas laucis in Latvian
Amerikasothøne in Norwegian
Focha americana in Spanish
Folaga americana in Italian
Foulque d'Amérique in French
Gallareta americana in Spanish
Knopfbläßhuhn in German
ameerika lauk in Estonian
amerikannokikana in Finnish
amerikansk sothöna in Swedish
amerikinis laukys in Lithuanian
ameriška liska in Slovenian
fotja americana in Catalan–Valencian
galeirão-americano in Portuguese
gyűrűscsőrű szárcsa in Hungarian
lyska americká in Czech
lyska popolavá in Slovak
łyska amerykańska in Polish
Американская лысуха in Russian
アメリカオオバン in Japanese
美洲瓣蹼雞 in Chinese
美洲骨顶 in Chinese
Amerika mekesi in Turkish
Amerikanisches Blesshuhn in German
(1996) database, NODC Taxonomic Code
(2001) database, Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad
(2003) database, http://www.menv.gouv.qc.ca/biodiversite/centre.htm
(2005) website, AOU Check-List (07-2005)
(2006) website, Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2006.07.04
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes (2003) Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
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Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner (1987) Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada: Resource Publication, no. 166
Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em>
Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names
Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright, 2006: null. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. ix + 259.
Hoyo, J. del, Elliott, A. & Sargatal, J. (1996) Hoatzin to auks
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p.
Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. <em>Fifth Edition.</em> Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 221: 532 p.
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More problems for Google Pixel 2: the audio adapter does not go
by Alex Edwards@gismotrends 2017/12/20 at 3:24 AM
Some users of the latest smartphone from Samsung have been experiencing failures when playing the audio with the USB C – minijack converter that brings the Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. Does it happen to you too? The community has contributed some homemade solutions until the brand is pronounced.
With one of the best cameras of all 2017, the Google Pixel 2 is one of the most powerful smartphones of the moment. And also, unfortunately, one that seems to accumulate failures.
From Pixel 2 XL units that have gone on sale without the operating system to slowdowns to unlock it by the fingerprint reader after the change to Android 8.1 Oreo, going through the failures with its OLED screen, rare effects when taking pictures of LED lights, noises random, sudden reboots, etc. And today we have met another related to audio.
Problems for Google Pixel 2 with audio
Present for decades in the devices and for almost two years in mobile phones, the classic audio output with the 3.5mm jack for the headphone plug is now becoming something of the past, that several brands are replacing it for the higher sound quality that USB connectors give C. The problem?
That many users want to continue using their plug-in headphones, so mobile phones like Google Pixel 2 are sold with a USB-C to 3.5mm adapter.
In the case of the Google smartphone, the adapter is not working as it should, at least to the users who have complained in the Pixel community, who point out that when putting the headphones through the converter, the audio is not heard by these as it should, but by the speaker of the mobile. The error does not seem fixed, but occurs randomly according to a user:
“Sometimes when I connect my headphones to the mobile phone does not recognize them, in others, it is when I change from Spotify to YouTube to watch a video, which plays without sound “
Restarting the terminal is something that solves the problem, although only temporarily since it occurs again at the same time. Other solutions involve putting the terminal in Safe mode, something that has helped a few. But both are still not effective solutions and Google has not been officially pronounced at the moment.
Well, officially with a release, but according to the user FMRicard, who contacted Google’s help service, “they are going to send a new adapter”.
The fault seems to be located not in the terminal, but in the USB to C 3.5mm converter itself, so if it is your case, contact the official Pixel support as soon as possible so they can send you a new adapter.
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eBay Is Suing Amazon Over Claims It Engaged in Illegal 'Conspiracy' to Poach Sellers
By Catie Keck on at
Online marketplace eBay is again taking legal action against Amazon, claiming that managers at the e-commerce behemoth directed employees to actively and illegally pursue sellers on eBay’s platform to lure them to Amazon’s own.
The suit, filed this week in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, is the latest development in an ongoing legal skirmish between the two companies. This week’s filing alleges that a group of Amazon managers, including three named individuals, knowingly carried out “a conspiracy designed to infiltrate and exploit eBay’s internal member email system using fraud and false pretences,” including by encouraging Amazon employees as well as eBay sellers to engage in behaviour prohibited by eBay’s terms of service.
The suit alleges that Amazon employees, both in the U.S. and overseas, were tasked by managers with targeting and recruiting “high-value” sellers from eBay by setting up user accounts that were then used to reach out to those individuals. The accounts allegedly used by Amazon sales reps were created “with no intent of ever using them to conduct legitimate business on eBay’s platform,” the suit alleges.
“Representatives were given quotas for recruiting sellers, and were expected to satisfy large chunks of those quotas by targeting and illegally recruiting eBay sellers,” the suit states. “The Defendants and other Amazon managers directed and encouraged sales representatives to target certain types of eBay sellers who could supply trending items or fill holes in Amazon’s swath of product offerings. The Defendants and other Amazon managers provided lead lists to representatives filled with eBay sellers for the representatives to target.”
eBay prohibits the exchange of some information between users on its messaging platform, such as private contact information before a sale is completed. It also prohibits offers to buy or sell off of eBay or exchanges of information with the intent to do so. As evidence that the alleged conduct was carried out with the knowledge that it violated eBay’s rules, the suit claims that Amazon employees were trained—by the named defendants as well as other Amazon managers—to use specific techniques to get around eBay’s violation detection tools.
According to the suit, workarounds for avoiding detection in messages included using periods in a provided phone number, changing the format of email addresses (e.g. “JDoe at amazon dot com”), using variant spellings of Amazon’s name, and “virtually always” encouraging sellers to move the conversation off eBay as soon as possible.
The filing states the suit seeks “to put a stop to the Defendants’ racketeering conspiracy, to identify others who perpetrated it, to ensure that it does not happen again, and to obtain redress for the damage it has caused.”
A spokesperson for Amazon did not immediately return a request for comment.
This week’s lawsuit is the second against Amazon from eBay alleging seller poaching after it filed a similar suit last year. That suit is now in arbitration. A spokesperson for eBay said the new suit focuses specifically on “a criminal conspiracy” that allegedly saw Amazon managers direct employees to engage in illegal behaviour and set quotas for eBay seller recruitment.
“Based on new details brought to us, it is clear that Amazon’s illegal scheme to target eBay sellers is more coordinated, systemic and pervasive than originally thought,” an eBay spokesperson said in a statement by email. “There are laws to protect against anti-competitive and illegal tactics, and we have every intention of holding the company and specific ringleaders accountable.”
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Leighton Jared Shifflett
Leighton Jared Shifflett, 24 of Graham, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 in Young County. Funeral services will be held Sunday, Jan. 22, at 2 p.m. at Faith Center. Burial will follow in Newcastle Cemetery under the direction of Morrison Funeral Home.
Leighton was born Aug. 26, 1992 in Mineral Wells, attended Graham High School and graduated in 2011. He played football and baseball for the Graham Steers. He went on the attend North Central Texas College and worked with his family in the oil business until he began attending and graduated from the Fire Academy in December 2016. Leighton made the Dean's List and excelled at the top of his class. Leighton strived to do the very best at whatever he did. He loved working out and crossfit and the friends he made there. His family was his life and he spent all of his extra time with them.
Survivors include his mother, Stacy L. Riley of Graham; father, Matt Shifflett and wife, Lisa of Graham; sisters, Lexis Shifflett of Wichita Falls and Katy Reddell of Fort Worth; brothers, Toby Reddell of Graham and Tanner Reddell of Austin; grandparent, Robert Riley of Jean; maternal great-grandmother, Lena Weatherbee of Fort Worth, maternal great-grandparents, Bob and Scooter Riley of Newcastle; aunts, Melissa Ryan and husband, Randy of Graham and Pat Harris of Graham; uncles, Billy Shifflett, Stanley Shifflett and Mitchell Shifflett and families; cousins, Brittiany Pinkston and husband, Kevin and their children, Noah and Eden of Graham and Sheridan Tomlin and husband, Taylor of Mineral Wells; and many other aunts, uncles, and cousins.
He was preceded in death by paternal grandparents, Bill and Eva Shifflett; maternal grandmother, Sandy Weatherbee Riley; maternal great-grandfather, Pete Weatherbee and maternal great-grandmother, Joyce Riley.
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Samuel Johnson – Art for Music
February 12, 2014 roxana waxArt for music, DesignArt for Music, Samuel Johnson
Originally from London but now living in Melbourne Samuel Johnson has designed the album artwork and/or visuals for a lot of musicians that I listen to such as Dpat, Wayward, Ta-ku, Atu, MS MR, Stwo, XXYYXX, JMSN and so on. His cover for Ta-Ku’s upcoming EP Songs to Break Up to (out October 8th in digital/vinyl via HW&W and Sunday Records) reminds me a bit of Nick Knight’s photography of flowers and, at a stretch, Peter Saville’s album cover design for New Order’s Power Corruption and Lies. I like the balance between the depth created by the darker areas around the flowers and the flowers themselves. It seems to enhance the rich colours.
Samuel Johnson website
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19 Ernst F. Schumacher Famous Sayings, Quotes and Quotation.
People say:
'Let the facts speak for themselves'; they forget that the speech of facts is real only if it is heard and understood.
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We must learn to think in terms of an articulated structure that can cope with a multiplicity of small-scale units. If economic thinking cannot grasp this it is useless. If it cannot get beyond its vast abstractions, the national income, the rate of growth, capital/output ratio, input-output analysis, labour mobility, capital accumulation; if it cannot get beyond all this and make contact with the human realities of poverty, frustration, alienation, despair, breakdown, crime, escapism, stress, congestion, ugliness and spiritual death, then let us scrap economics and start afresh.
I suggest that the foundations of peace cannot be laid by universal prosperity, in the modem sense. because such prosperity, if attainable at all. is attainable only by cultivating such drives of human nature as greed and envy, which destroy intelligence, happiness, serenity, and thereby the peacefulness of man.
It is quite wrong to assume that poor people are generally unwilling to change; but the proposed change must stand in some organic relationship to what they are doing already, and they are rightly suspicious of, and resistant to, radical changes proposed by town-based and office-bound innovators who approach them in the spirit of: "You just get out of my way and I shall show you how useless you are and how splendidly the job can be done with a lot of foreign money and outlandish equipment.
All philosophers - and others - have always paid a great deal of attention to ideas seen as the result of thought and observation; but in modern times all too little attention has been paid to the study of the ideas which form the very instruments by which thought and observation proceed. On the basis of experience and conscious thought small ideas may easily be dislodged, but when it comes to bigger. more universal, or more subtle ideas it may not be so easy to change them. Indeed, it is often difficult to become aware of them, as they are the instruments and not the results of our thinking - just as you can see what is outside you, but cannot easily see that with which you see, the eye itself.
The Buddhist point of view takes the function of work to be at least threefold: to give a man a chance to utilise and develop his faculties; to enable him to overcome his egocentredness by joining with other people in a common task; and to bring forth the goods and services needed for a becoming existence. Again,
What do I miss, as a human being, if I have never heard of the Second Law of Thermodynamics? The answer is: Nothing. And what do I miss by not knowing Shakespeare? Unless I get my understanding from another source, I simply miss my life. Shall we tell our children that one thing is as good as another-- here a bit of knowledge of physics, and there a bit of knowledge of literature? If we do so, the sins of the fathers will be visited upon the children unto the third and fourth generation, because that normally is the time it takes from the birth of an idea to its full maturity when it fills the minds of a new generation and makes them think by it.
Science cannot produce ideas by which we could live.
A man who uses an imaginary map thinking that it is a true one, is likely to be worse off than someone with no map at all.
Economics operates legitimately and usefully within a 'given' framework which lies altogether outside the economic calculus. We might say that economics does not stand on its own feet, or that it is a 'derived' body of thought - derived from meta- economics. If the economist fails to study meta-economics, or, even worse. If he remains unaware of the fact that there are boundaries to the applicability of the economic calculus, he is likely to fall into a similar kind of error to that of certain medieval theologians who tried to settle questions of physics by means of biblical quotations. Every science is beneficial within its proper limits but becomes evil and destructive as soon as it transgresses them. The
How could we even begin to disarm greed and envy? Perhaps by being much less greedy and envious ourselves; perhaps by resisting the temptation of letting our luxuries become needs; and perhaps by even scrutinising our needs to see if they cannot be simplified and reduced.
To say that life is nothing but a property of certain peculiar combinations of atoms is like saying that Shakespeare's Hamlet is nothing but a property of a peculiar combination of letters.
Self-awareness is the rarest power of all, precious and vulnerable to the highest degree, the supreme and generally fleeting achievement of a person.
Any fool can make things complicated, it requires a genius to make things simple
It is therefore scientifically correct to say that 'natural selection has been proved to be an agent of evolutionary change' - we can, in fact, prove it by doing. But it is totally illegitimate to claim that the discovery of this mechanism - natural selection - proves that the cause of evolution 'was automatic with no room for divine guidance or design'.
The all-pervading disease of the modern world is the total imbalance between city and countryside, an imbalance in terms of wealth, power, culture, attraction and hope. The former has become over-extended and the latter has atrophied. The city has become the universal magnet, while rural life has lost its savour. Yet it remains an unalterable truth that, just as a sound mind depends on a sound body, so the health of the cities depends on the health of the rural areas. The cities, with all their wealth, are merely secondary producers, while primary production, the precondition of all economic life, takes place in the countryside. The prevailing lack of balance, based on the age-old exploitation of countryman and raw material producer, today threatens all countries throughout the world, the rich even more than the poor. To restore a proper balance between city and rural life is perhaps the greatest task in front of modern man.
Faith is not in conflict with reason, nor is it a substitute for reason. Faith chooses the grade of significance or Level of Being at which the search for knowledge and understanding is to aim. There is reasonable faith and there is unreasonable faith. To look for meaning and purpose at the level of inanimate matter would be as unreasonable an act of faith as an attempt to "explain" the masterpieces of human genius as nothing but the outcome of economic interests or sexual frustration.
Fossil fuels are merely a part of the "natural capital" which we steadfastly insist on treating as expendable, as if it were income, and by no means the most important part. If we squander our fossil fuels, we threaten civilisation; but if we squander the capital represented by living nature around us, we threaten life itself.
In an industrial society, psychological benefits such as security, fulfilment, status, solidarity and conviviality are all delivered primarily through the jobs that people have or the work that they do.
Education which fails to clarify our central convictions is mere training or indulgence. For it is our central convictions that are in disorder, and, as long as the present anti-metaphysical temper persists, the disorder will grow worse. Education, far from ranking as man's greatest resource, will then be an agent of destruction.
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KI kicks off 2017 with expansion
KI needs to expand its plant before it can make a Ruckus.
KI kicks off 2017 with expansion KI needs to expand its plant before it can make a Ruckus. Check out this story on greenbaypressgazette.com: http://gbpg.net/2hAKjiT
Jeff Bollier, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Published 2:02 p.m. CT Dec. 30, 2016
A rendering of the new, 60,000-square-foot addition KI intends to construct beginning in Janaury.(Photo: Courtesy of KI)
BELLEVUE - Furniture manufacturer KI is looking to make a Ruckus in the educational furniture market and the Green Bay area, as well.
Before it can, the Bellevue-based commercial furniture manufacturer needs more space to produce the Ruckus, a new line of chairs it plans to introduce in February.
The company will break ground in mid-January on a $3.3 million, 60,000-square-foot expansion at its main manufacturing plant at 1330 Bellevue St.
KI General Manager Stuart Kolb said the project will give the company’s injection molding operation room to add infrastructure and machinery to ramp up production of the Ruckus and its commercial market focused cousin, the Doni.
“It’s a growing department. We’ve always had injection molding in the operation, but we’re seeing accelerating growth in newer products that are fully injection molded,” Kolb said. “We’ve really been advocating game-changers in the industry. The Doni and Ruckus lines are very, very innovative in their design. We expect those sales to hit their business plan goals in the next three to five years.”
The expansion might not create many new jobs right away, but it won’t reduce the company’s workforce either. Kolb expects the project to move quickly. He said the expansion will be complete by the end of June.
Howard flower shop expands to Green Bay
A Howard business has decided to peddle its wares in Green Bay.
Flower Co. opened a second location on West Mason Street in late 2016. (Photo: Jeff Bollier/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)
Flower Co. owner Douglas Schmidt added a second location at 2276 W. Mason St., in the strip center between the Oneida One Stop and Festival Foods on the city’s west side. The original Flower Co. location, at 2565 Riverview Drive in Howard, will remain in operation, but Schmidt said he sees an opportunity in western Green Bay, which has little to offer floral shop consumers right now.
“It’s a real good retail area, but there’s nothing for flowers over there,” Schmidt said.
You can find more information about Flower Co. online at www.flowerco.biz or you can give the new location a call at 920-499-2214.
Another Kwik Trip opens
If one business dominated Green Bay in 2016, it would have to be Kwik Trip.
A Kwik Trip Express opened at 2282 S. Ridge Road, in Ashwaubenon, in mid-December. (Photo: Jeff Bollier/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)
The Wisconsin-based convenience store chain bought competitors and developed new locations throughout Green Bay, Allouez, De Pere and Ashwaubenon, giving it a steady stream of new openings in the region.
In mid-December, the new Kwik Trip Express at 2282 S. Ridge Road opened in Ashwaubenon.
Meanwhile, the company’s conversion of the former Walnut Shell into another Kwik Trip Express at 515 W. Walnut St., appears on track to open in January.
jbollier@gannett.com and follow him on Twitter @GBstreetwise.
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How to Install Tile Over Concrete
An uncoupling membrane can prevent cracks in a slab from affecting tile or grout
By Scott Gibson | December 12, 2011
Keeping cracks in check
Applying strips of uncoupling membrane between a concrete slab and a tile floor can help prevent cracks in the slab from affecting the finished surface.
Tile can contribute thermal mass to a passive solar house, and to Christa Campbell it would make a more appealing finish floor than concrete.
Although tile can be placed directly over a concrete slab, products such as Schluter’s Ditra are designed to separate, or “uncouple,” the tile from any potential movement in the substrate and protect the tile and grout from cracking.
The question for Campbell is whether using Ditra offsets some of the thermal mass gains in a passive-solar design.
“I’m wondering if you can lay tile over a concrete subfloor without compromising the thermal mass capacity of the concrete,” she writes in a Q&A post at GreenBuildingAdvisor. “Would an uncoupling system, using something like Ditra, have a negative impact? Should we be looking at using sand instead?”
Campbell’s question is the topic for this week’s Q&A Spotlight.
Lay the tile directly on the concrete
Yes, writes Doug McEvers, Ditra will insulate the concrete slab from the tile and lower the potential for thermal storage. “There is nothing wrong with tile laid directly on concrete providing all precautions are taken regarding moisture proofing,” he says. “Tile and grout work loose if the underlayment flexes. I can’t think of a more durable surface than a concrete slab for holding tile — try removing it sometime. Tile, if installed properly and as long as what’s underneath is solid, will last a long, long time.”
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Insulation should be installed beneath the slab, McEvers adds, while the choice of tile also is important: dark tiles will absorb more heat than light-colored tile.
James Morgan agrees with McEvers. Citing Schluter’s own description of Ditra as an uncoupling membrane that permits differential movement between a lightweight substrate (such as a wood subfloor) and tile, Morgan says it’s “entirely unnecessary” between tile and a heavy material such as concrete.
That said, he adds, the effect of the membrane on the thermal properties of the concrete would be “barely measurable.”
No, you need an uncoupling membrane
William Geary isn’t buying it. “I will disagree with those who say you don’t need an uncoupling membrane when tiling over concrete,” he writes. “This is just wrong and if you plan to use passive solar (especially with sunlight on the slab) you need to use an uncoupling membrane.”
The problem is that a concrete slabs routinely develops cracks, and when it does the membrane will prevent the problems from telegraphing into the tile. “It will also reduce the stress of uneven thermal expansion on a passive solar floor,” Geary writes. “You will need to pay attention to expansion joints in the tile as well.”
Geary has installed heating mats under Ditra and finds no problem with getting his tile floor warm. If Campbell doesn’t want to use Schluter’s products, there are alternatives, such as those made by the Noble Company.
“There is good green building advice here,” he adds, “but if you want good tile advice head over to John Bridge.”
Choose a middle ground
GBA advisor Michael Chandler believes the best strategy is somewhere in the middle between these two positions.
First, he writes, the slab should be isolated from the footings so it can shrink independently as it cures. And the slab also should have control joints that help make any cracks in the concrete more predictable. “This impacts tile because, once you can accurately predict where the slab is likely to crack you can place the uncoupling membrane in those locations only,” Chandler says. “(This has the side benefit of saving on the cost of the membrane). We just run a strip of Ditra, Noble or Rolled Gold or whatever membrane is your preference approximately three tiles wide in the areas over the expansion joints.”
“James is entirely correct,” he continues. “The tile will be fine so long as the concrete doesn’t crack and William is correct that concrete will inevitably crack and the membrane has very little impact on heat transfer as it has negligible R-value.”
Geary seconds Chandler’s recommendations, and provides a link to Noble’s instructions for applying its membrane over control joints in a concrete slab.
“Michael raises a very important point about leaving an expansion gap around the perimeter of the tile floor,” Geray adds. “If you are placing baseboard over the tile, leave a 1/2-inch gap around the entire perimeter. Because tilers will inevitably fill some of this gap with thinset, you can place 1/2-inch foam weatherstrip around the room or tack in a strip of 1/2 inch plywood around the room and pull it out after the tile is grouted.”
GBA technical director Peter Yost had this to add:
Back in the 1980s, when I worked full-time as a remodeler, I laid a lot of ceramic tile. And I never used a “slip sheet” or “anti-fracture membrane” or “reflective cracking” protection when I laid ceramic floor tile over any substrate.
And now I shudder to think of how many of my floor installations have telegraphed cracking because movement or curing in the substrate was not decoupled from the ceramic tile.
To match a durable installation to the durable floor finish (ceramic floor tile), you need to decouple the tile from the substrate, even concrete. It’s a bond break, just as with any cementitious system. A great resource/quick read on this is an online Tile Letter “Getting Serious with Crack Isolation Membranes.” There are now lots of different products and approaches, but you need one.
And in terms of the Schluter Ditra system and its impact on thermal mass connection between the tile installation and the concrete substrate: I agree, completely negligible.
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Himes travels to the Middle East with congressional delegation
By Neil Vigdor, Staff Writer
Published 10:03 pm EDT, Monday, August 31, 2009
In his first trip overseas since taking office in January, Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., will spend this week in the Middle East with a delegation of congressional Democrats scheduled to meet with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
Himes' fact-finding trip was organized and paid for by an education foundation affiliated with The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the pre-eminent pro-Israel lobbying group in this country.
While many of his constituents are focused on the economy and health-care reform, Himes said the Middle East remains a hot spot critical to national security.
"The threats that we face with Israel and the challenges associated with the Middle East don't go away," Himes said. "I feel an obligation, particularly as I sit on the Homeland Security Committee, to spend some time on the ground."
Himes did not have an accounting of how much the trip cost, but said he was flying on a commercial airline. His wife, Mary, was accompanying him on the trip. The House is in recess for the rest of the month. A separate delegation of congressional Republicans is also scheduled to visit the Middle East, according to Himes.
During their stay in Israel, Himes said Democrats are scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres.
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A major topic of discussion, Himes said, will be Iran and its nuclear program.
"(It) is one of the top two threats to American national security and the top (one) for Israel," Himes said. "One of the things I expect to discuss is both the status and response to that threat."
Himes said he's keeping his options open in dealing with Iran.
"I've said for years that we need to try everything first in terms of getting them to cease their development of nuclear weapons, but absolutely nothing is off the table, including a military option," Himes said.
Rabbi Yossi Deren, of Chabad Lubavitch of Greenwich, the Orthodox Jewish congregation in Himes' hometown, said he was heartened to hear the words of the congressman.
"He's a friend of our community," said Deren, who is a board member of the UJA Federation of Greenwich, the main Jewish community group in town.
Deren said he has had the pleasure of talking to Himes a number of times on the subject of Israel.
"He's a very balanced, reasoned and rationale individual," Deren said. "All of those qualities will put you on the side of Israel."
Looking to bolster his credentials on Middle East policy, Himes visited Israel last July, meeting with government leaders, visiting the Yad Vashem national Holocaust memorial and touring a town on the Gaza border.
During his Democratic primary campaign against fellow Greenwich resident Lee Whitnum, who he beat in a landslide last August, Himes was excoriated by his opponent for the trip and accused of pandering to special interest groups.
"When (he) was talking to the Israeli prime minister, did he mention the fact that in the 9/11 Commission report it states clearly the reasons why terrorists attacked us -- rage over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?" Whitnum said at the time. "I don't show blind support for any country other than my own."
Himes contended that preserving peace in Israel is of vital interest to the United States on multiple fronts, from national security to the economy.
"For me, this isn't just about national security," Himes said at the time. "I get asked several times a day, What can be done about the high price of gas?' Should things go south in the Middle East, today's gas prices might look cheap if there's open hostilities in the region."
Himes is also scheduled to meet this week with leaders of the Palestinian National Authority and travel to the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Staff writer Neil Vigdor can be reached at neil.vigdor@scni.com or at 625-4436.
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The paramedics' log at al-Hol camp in eastern Syria lists the injuries and ailments of infants rushed from the battlefield to its crowded, dirty clinic: malnourishment, stunted growth, broken leg.
Those in critical need - mostly emaciated babies born in war to the wives of dead Islamic State militants - are taken to the nearest hospital, a bumpy two-hour drive away. Other people cram into a waiting room with a tin roof in a growing queue for basic medical treatment.
At the hospital, staff have had to build two portacabins on the roof that serve as a makeshift ward for the treatment of malnourished babies, crammed sometimes two or three to a cot.
Lower floors are filled with teenagers missing limbs and women with shrapnel and bullet wounds.
The exodus during intense fighting of more than 60,000 people from Islamic State's final redoubt of Baghouz is overwhelming medical staff in eastern Syria who struggle to cope at the camp and ill-equipped hospitals.
Scores of people, mostly children, have died on the 150-mile (240-kilometre) journey to al-Hol or soon after arriving, aid groups say.
"My son has a dislocated hip. He needs an operation urgently," said Umm Mohammed, a veiled 33-year-old woman holding an expressionless six-month-old boy at the camp.
"Medics keep saying they have more urgent cases to deal with - wounds and shrapnel injuries."
In the waiting area, dozens of people who mostly left Baghouz during a brief truce last month, arranged for civilians and surrendering militants to evacuate, sit on wooden benches or the concrete floor. Children in wheelchairs watch while babies scream as they are bandaged or given injections.
U.S.-backed forces declared the defeat in March of Islamic State's self-proclaimed caliphate - the territory it once held in Iraq and Syria - after militants were driven out of the village of Baghouz where they made a months-long last stand.
The intense bombardment and fighting to dislodge the Sunni Islamist extremist group cost countless lives and wounded many more people, including the wives of fighters, their children, IS supporters and other civilians trapped by the militants in the enclave.
Those who evacuated in recent weeks have strained healthcare in Kurdish-run areas of eastern Syria beyond capacity.
In the clinic at al-Hol, which is hosting more than 70,000 people displaced by violence, many people wore crude casts. One woman said she did not have enough painkillers for a wound to her hand - a long metal rod from the explosion that wounded her and killed three relatives was still lodged in her knuckle.
"I just want an X-ray at the hospital," she said, giving her name as Umm Ahmed.
But local hospitals can take only the most severe cases.
In one room at the hospital in the nearby town of Hasaka, 19-year-old Baraa al-Kurdi, the wife of a Syrian Islamic State member, lay motionless next to a boy with third-degree burns covering his head.
"I was hit in the head by shrapnel," Kurdi said quietly. "We were next to a car packed with ammunition and explosives, including suicide belts ready for fighters to use.
"My husband was killed. My daughter is one month old - she's upstairs in the babies' ward."
Kurdi's daughter was one of the few non-foreign infants in the ward.
Others, many blond or with Asian features, lay quietly in their cots with cheekbones showing and eyes sunken into their sockets from malnutrition. The patients' register listed the names their mothers gave the hospital - Ali Azerbaijani, Ali al-Uzbeki, Mohamed Skramo, a Norwegian name.
Many who remained in Baghouz until the end of the fighting were die-hard supporters of Islamic State who flocked from all over the world to support its violent interpretation of Islam.
A number of European countries have refused to take back citizens who joined IS, putting additional strain on local authorities to deal with prisoners and patients.
"Children from the camp are arriving night and day. We currently have more than 70 babies being treated for malnutrition," a nurse in the ward said.
She and other hospital staff declined to be named or for the hospital to be identified, fearing reprisals for treating the children of IS fighters.
"Most cases are treated and then returned to the camp. A few have died. We're doing out best but had limited resources even before this influx."
More than 200 people have died on their way to al-Hol or after arriving in the camp in recent months, according to the International Rescue Committee. It said this week that around 30 to 50 cases every day were referred to local hospitals.
"We get 30 ambulances arriving each day," a local health official said, also declining to be named.
"There's aid from international organisations for those from Baghouz. They're mostly foreign. We can barely provide healthcare for our own."
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France the only European success story on the weekend, as England and Italy fail.
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French fans celebrate their team's win over Switzerland in Salvador during the 2014 FIFA World Cup, June 20, 2014.AFP
SAO PAULO - Another European soccer heavyweight fell to Latin American opposition on Friday as Costa Rica shocked Italy 1-0, putting the four-times champions’ qualification in doubt.
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Elsewhere, France thumped Switzerland 5-2 in an imperious World Cup display.
After yet another upset in Brazil, Costa Rica’s win put them top of Group D and eliminated England, while Italy and Uruguay must now fight it out for the other qualification spot when they meet in Natal on Tuesday.
In Friday’s third game, goals in each half from striker Enner Valencia gave Ecuador a 2-1 win over Honduras in World Cup Group E to boost their hopes of making the last 16.
France top the group with six points, while Ecuador and Switzerland each have three. Honduras have now lost twice and are facing likely elimination.
Uruguay received a boost on Friday, after it was confirmed that Luis Suarez would be fit to face Italy in a game the South Americans must win to qualify. The forward scored both goals in the 2-1 victory over England on Thursday.
That will add to concerns for Italy, after they were humbled by Costa Rica with the central Americans putting in another impressive performance after earlier defeating Uruguay 3-1.
Bryan Ruiz’s header in the first half separated the sides, leaving delirious Costa Rica fans dancing in the sunshine at Recife’s Pernambuco arena after a second successive win.
“We kept our heads. It was a beautiful match... The people of Costa Rica deserve this. They supported the team and me. This was for them,” said ecstatic coach Jorge Luis Pinto.
Italy coach Cesare Prandelli sought to stay positive ahead of the Uruguay clash, with his side needing a draw to qualify due to superior goal difference.
“Right now I don’t think we need to be negative, we need to think about recovering our energies because we have another game in a few days’ time, we play against Uruguay and whether we qualify depends on that,” Prandelli told reporters.
He also refused to blame the midday tropical heat in Recife for the defeat.
“We know about the calendar, we’ve known it for some time,” Prandelli said. “It’s useless to try and find excuses, we’re not looking for excuses, we have to be ready at the kickoff.”
A Brazilian judge on Friday ordered FIFA to follow its own guidelines and stop play at all World Cup games every 30 minutes for a water break if the temperature is 32 degrees Celsius (90 Fahrenheit) or higher.
FIFA played down the significance of the decision.
“We did not reach or exceed 32 degrees at any moment in any game so far,” FIFA spokeswoman Delia Fischer said.
“The court is only ordering us to follow our own procedures which we have always planned to do.”
France march on
There was no upset in the second match, with France beating Switzerland 5-2 in Salvador in an entertaining, end-to-end game full of chances that made great viewing for the neutral.
For Switzerland coach Ottmar Hitzfeld it was an altogether more painful experience, as he watched his defence torn apart by wave after wave of attacks from France’s forward line.
The emphatic win continued France’s World Cup rehabilitation, as they seek to bury the ghosts of four years ago, when a player revolt left their reputation stained.
Coach Didier Deschamps likened the team spirit to that of 16 years ago when he played in the France side that won the World Cup on home soil.
“It is the same thing that we saw in 1998. While we cannot compare each changing room, I have a very focused group at present, they have a mindset that they want to maintain, even those who play less. There is a force that is rising,” he said.
At 5-0 down, Blerim Dzemaili rifled home a long-range free kick that slid under the French wall, and Granit Xhaka added a second with a fine volley close to full time, making it the highest scoring game of the Brazil World Cup so far.
Earlier, France striker Karim Benzema had become joint top scorer with his third goal of the tournament, stabbing home neatly from substitute Paul Pogba’s sublime pass.
On Saturday, Argentina meet Iran in Belo Horizonte and Nigeria take on Bosnia in Cuiaba in Group F. Germany face Ghana in Group G in Fortaleza.
Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella has confirmed he will start with the more attacking 4-3-3 formation favoured by Lionel Messi and, even at a tournament as unpredictable as this, a win for Iran is almost unthinkable.
However, their coach Carlos Queiroz begged to differ.
“I would bet all my stakes on Iran because this is my personality,” he said on the eve of the match.
The coaches of England and Spain, both out of the tournament in shock early exits, won the backing of their respective soccer authorities on Friday.
The Spanish soccer federation (RFEF) said it wanted Vicente del Bosque to remain in the job, according to secretary general Jorge Perez.
And the chairman of England’s Football Association, Greg Dyke, similarly voiced support for Roy Hodgson, saying that, despite the disappointing results, the future looked brighter.
“There are a lot of young players who got blooded here and got into tournament football,” he said.
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Why Bray Wyatt Is Keeping Me Invested in WWE TV
For the first time in a long time, I have been extremely excited to watch WWE television.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not what you think. To me, in a world of Ultimate Fighting Championships and mixed martial arts, the style implored on WWE TV right now has never looked more...choreographed. And maybe since I’m more outside the wrestling bubble than ever before, that style of wrestling just doesn’t do it for me anymore.
For me now, I need to be invested and truly enamored with storytelling. Long-term angles with multi-layered and well defined characters really speak to me. Maybe it’s because I was completely spoiled with the Attitude Era, but that’s just how I view successful wrestling on a mainstream, global level. It’s not just workrate for the hardcore fan; it’s characters and superheroes for the casual fan and kids. And WWE TV is missing that for the most part in 2019.
There is only one thing that has done it for me though: Bray Wyatt.
Ever since Bray Wyatt came onto the scene in 2013, he has always been an enigmatic character and a performer. Doing his interviews differently, moving around the ring uniquely, even hitting on special facial expressions have helped him simply STAND OUT. There are not many performers who could do that on the global level nowadays and get people talking. He is one of the few.
From his manipulations of Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton, debuting Braun Strowman as a part of the Wyatt Family, stealing the souls of the Undertaker and Kane, wars with John Cena and the Shield, and the Ultimate Deletion with “Woken” Matt Hardy, Wyatt has truly become a perennial television performer who could work and wrestle with literally anyone.
So when Bray Wyatt left WWE television in July of last year after losing the Raw Tag Team Titles, a lot of fans figured that it was only a matter of time until he went back into his normal state and became the “cult leader” we all loved to hate. However, on April 22, 2019, Bray Wyatt returned. And it was anything but normal.
Enter the Firefly Fun House.
In what can be only called a crazy hybrid between Pee Wee’s Playhouse, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, and the Twilight Zone, out walked Bray in a cardigan sweater, khakis, and his dreadlocks in a manbun. Along with him were his “friends” Mercy the Buzzard and Abby the Witch. A smile was on his face, but you could sense uneasiness in his eyes. After giving his rhetoric and his spiel about being a changed man, give and take a “Yowie Wowie”, he took a chainsaw to the 2013 stand-up of himself and promised to never be that person ever again. Finally, he just proposed one simple thing to the WWE Universe: to just “Let Him In”. And then the Fun House ends.
I instantly saw the utter brilliance behind what had just aired. It wasn’t just another segment. It was what I’ve been waiting for years on WWE television since the CM Punk “Summer of Punk” story in July 2011. True character development and a multi-layered character twist for an established performer.
The majority of hardcore wrestling fans...not so much. I went through Reddit, Facebook groups, Twitter, and even Instagram. Most of the comments were not favorable. Some even said that the Firefly Fun House was the death knell of Bray Wyatt’s career. ALL OFF ONE PROMO! It was wild to read and see.
However, once the instant emotional response transpired, fans slowly started to turn around on the Firefly Fun House. By the second week, fans fell in love with the newest friend to join the show, the Ramblin’ Rabbit!
Also in this episode, you start to see more of the uneasiness in Bray. He painted a new picture for the Fun House; a house in flames. For followers of the “New Face of Fear”, it was a throwback to an incredible moment of shock and awe. Weeks before WrestleMania 33, Randy Orton, once under the spell of the Wyatt Family, burned the Wyatt Compound to the ground. What was more telling in the painting was something more sinister, or in my opinion, sad.
If you closely at one of the windows in the painting, there is a person looking out while the fire burns down the Compound. If you get real cerebral with it, that was the spirit of Sister Abigail.
For me, this was absolutely stellar storytelling. Anytime you get to sense an emotion from a performer, especially from a wrestling show, there is no greater high you can get as a viewer. It forces you to pay attention to him and all of his arcs. This particular arc, played back in the Fun House, was fantastic to see unraveled. It plays into the psyche of what Bray Wyatt is going through.
By May 6, 2019, the Fun House went through a serious issue. Mercy had torn apart the Ramblin’ Rabbit. Mercy was frustrated that the Rabbit kept going on and on with his rhetoric and trying to manipulate the Buzzard into following his cause; hence, Mercy took matters into his own hands. I found that interesting, especially since the Rambling Rabbit, to me, is a homage 2013 Bray Wyatt, talking in riddles and using mind games to persuade people into joining his cause. However, Bray saw the positives in what the Buzzard did, surprisingly, and decided to throw a celebration to help encourage him.
Here’s where ish gets weird.
The Fireflies invited to this little celebration were ABSOLUTELY emotionless. EMOTIONLESS. Bray, in the middle of this void of expression, again implored everyone to just “Let Him In”, while petting a plush sheep in his hands.
I honestly felt like I was in the beginning scenes of a horror movie. It made me feel really bothered. But, in a weird way, I became more invested in what would happen next.
May 13, we got our answer.
Bray asked the Fireflies if they wanted to hear a secret. After a resounding yes, Bray turned and showcased what he was hiding and was “really working on”. The screen started to distort and get into a darker mode. Suddenly, there was Bray in an utterly eerie costume. The dreads were down, the gear becoming a complete 180 from the cardigan and khaki look, and the absolute damnedest mask I’ve ever seen. Then, two words closed out the segment and it completely sounded horrific:
YOWIE WOWIE.
The Firefly Fun House instantly went into another direction. The utter pain in Bray Wyatt’s soul came out. The coolest thing is that we, the audience, do not know if this is an alter-ego to the “new” Bray Wyatt or his final form. It’s invigorating to watch a different character develop right before our very eyes, especially since we have zero clue on what direction it’s going in.
I’m definitely not in the inner working of the creative meetings of WWE, nor will I ever will be. But kudos to them for allowing this idea to flourish and be absolutely DIFFERENT then everything else on the show. In this era of sponsors and, in many senses, political correctness, WWE deserves praise for allowing this type of eerie performance to air on their mainstream television program. People are talking, hyped up, and excited to watch their program every week, just to see the Firefly Fun House.
I’m one of them. Absolutely one of them. To sink your teeth into a story, you have to feel like it’s going in the right direction and end with a satisfying result. The Firefly Fun House is the only thing keeping me intrigued on the mainstream stage of WWE. And it’s thanks to Bray Wyatt himself. The performer has showcased a different side of himself and has showed me that people STILL care about characters, especially during this “work rate” era.
I’m watching on Monday nights solely for this. I hope they continue on this route. I also hope that the inevitable letdown does not take place, as stories sometimes do on WWE television. Regardless, I’m hooked. Bray Wyatt, I’m going to let you in with the Firefly Fun House. Ain’t no doubt about it.
jon@hardwayhq.com
Firefly Fun House
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Press Release: The Safest Banks In Central And Eastern Europe 2016
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NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2016 — Global Finance has named the Safest Banks in Central and Eastern Europe in an exclusive survey to be published in the November 2016 issue as part of the publication’s 25th annual ranking of the World’s Safest Banks.
Czech banks land the top two spots on the list again this year, with Polish banks taking five of the top seven positions.
The full report includes the following rankings: World’s 50 Safest Banks, World’s 50 Safest Commercial Banks, Safest Banks by Country, 50 Safest Banks in Emerging Markets, 50 Safest European Banks, 50 Safest Banks in the Middle East, Safest Chinese Banks, Safest Islamic Financial Institutions in the GCC, and Safest Banks by Region (Asia, Australasia, Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America, Middle East/Africa, North America and Western Europe). The report will also compare the 2016 Safest Banks against Global Finance’s rankings from 5 and 10 years ago.
“In the past year, Central and Eastern Europe have seen landmark political shifts at a time of economic uncertainty. Our ranking of the Safest Banks in the region showcases banks that have built solid foundations—offering security and stability in this rapidly changing environment—and provides a consistent tool for comparing institutional strength within the region,” says Global Finance publisher and editorial director Joseph D. Giarraputo.
Banks were selected through an evaluation of long-term foreign currency ratings—from Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch—and total assets of the 500 largest banks worldwide.
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For the Sender: Love Is (Not a Feeling)
Four Letters. Twelve Songs. One Story
Alex Woodard
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After years of chasing his dreams, singer-songwriter Alex Woodard finally had a record deal and an album to promote. He offered to write a song for anybody who pre-ordered his self-titled release; all they had to do was send him a letter about their story, and he would write and record a song just for them at his kitchen table.
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The promotion came and went, and as the record deal fell apart, Alex watched his best friend, a Labrador named Kona, die in his living room with her head on his lap. Her passing shined a harsh light on how far away Alex really was from his dreams, and autumn found him trying to let go of both Kona and everything he thought would have happened by now.
And then he got the letter from Emily.
Emily had finally found the love of a soul mate, a true kindred spirit and best friend, when autumn took him away. Every year since his passing, she writes him a letter to say she misses him and remembers the beautiful moments they had together. She usually tucks the letter away into a box, since there is nowhere to send it, but this autumn she sent the letter to Alex.
She didn't want Alex to write a song for her. She just felt like his songs were pieces of himself he gave to others, and she wanted to give him a piece of herself as her own kind of gift.
But Alex did write a song for her. And that song became two, then three, then eventually twelve as more letters came in and Alex showed them to a group of talented musicians who share 'family dinners' in his San Diego neighborhood. The letters ranged from descriptions of unfathomable grief and destruction in Haiti to more intimate tales of being and belonging, which soon took on a life of their own through the songs.
He didn't know it yet, but Emily's letter had started Alex down his own path of moving through loss and reconciling broken dreams, culminating one cold December night on a small stage in suburban Atlanta. And he found out for himself that a song is like a letter, and a letter is like a prayer. It's more for the sender.
Proceeds generated by the songs from each letter go to a cause of the sender's choice.
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Why investing in the healthcare sector means investing in AI
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By Sean Durkin, head of enterprise, OpenText . Oct 29, 2018, 4:52AM
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cognitive technologies have the potential to completely transform healthcare services. Faced with a growing population and tight budget, the National Health Service has already started looking to AI to improve patient services and cut costs. In fact, a recent report from The Institute for Public Policy Research suggests that around 10% of annual NHS operational expenses – approximately £12.5bn – could be saved through AI and automation technologies.
The latest AI developments are often accompanied by uncertainty and doubt – particularly with regard to job security. However, with the World Economic Forum recently predicting that AI technology will create almost 60mn more jobs than it will eliminate by 2022, any potential cons are swiftly outweighed by the benefits of this technology – particularly for the healthcare sector.
Working with ‘co-bots’
AI will transform the workplace as menial tasks, and some non-routine jobs, are digitalised through robotics and process automation. However, it cannot replace people. The true value of AI will be found in it working alongside humans to ease the pressure across the healthcare system.
Professor Ian Cumming, the chief executive of Health Education England, recently stated that the NHS must embrace new technologies – or else face increasing its workforce by 50% by 2028. In his view, the health service will need to hire 600,000 more staff if it does not embrace AI. Given that AI use cases in healthcare range from examining X-rays, MRI and CAT scans to diagnosing cancer – and are only increasing as the technology develops further – it’s easy to see why AI is closely linked to the NHS’ future success.
Better data management
AI and cognitive systems, big data analytics and machine learning all play a role in enhanced data management. Better data leads to better algorithms, and better algorithms will lead to better data. By offloading data collection and processing to AI systems, healthcare organisations can become much more productive – optimising efficiency as well as really using their data lakes for sophisticated insights and better decision making.
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By implementing AI when tapping into the vast volumes of data available to them, healthcare organisations can gain access to real-time information. With this actionable intelligence to hand, they can deliver services that really do meet the needs and wants of UK citizens.
Trust in technology
The swift uptake of AI and data-driven technologies led the UK government to publish a code of conduct on these technologies in healthcare. Health minister Lord O’Shaughnessy recognised that we will all benefit by creating a “safe and trusted environment in which innovation can flourish”. The principles in this code act as “rules of engagement” between industry and the healthcare system “to deepen the trust between patients, clinicians, researchers and innovators.”
After all, no matter the benefits, AI use cases in healthcare will be limited if patients are not comfortable with the technology. However, technological advances have resulted in growing levels of trust amongst British citizens. In our recent survey into the attitudes of UK consumers towards this technology, 11 per cent confirmed they would trust the diagnosis of AI more, or just as much, as a doctor’s diagnosis. While a quarter (26 per cent) do not yet trust the technology, consumers do recognise the potential benefits of AI: one in five believe AI could already offer a quick diagnosis.
As the technology continues to develop, increased trust and reliance will follow. In fact, recent research from KPMG revealed that the NHS could play a key role in securing the UK’s ambition to remain a world leader in AI. While the majority of KPMG survey respondents wouldn’t share their personal data with the UK’s biggest organisations for AI purposes, 56 per cent would happily share their personal data with the NHS – if it led to improved service.
Clearly there is appetite for increased AI investment in the healthcare sector – with UK citizens willing to offer up their personal data to see improvements in this space. While AI technology will not transform the NHS overnight, it’s already leading to innovation and improved patient care. It’s now up to government and healthcare professionals to capitalise on this interest by investing in technology which can improve patient services, treat more people quickly, offer effective service at lower cost and generally help save lives.
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Patrick Dempsey to divorce wife of 15 years Jillian Fink
January 24, 2015 - 09:31 GMT hellomagazine.com Patrick Dempsey is set to divorce his wife of 15 years Jillian Fink
Patrick Dempsey and his wife Jillian Fink are set to divorce. After 15 years together, the couple released a statement to PEOPLE confirming the end of their marriage and saying that their priority at this time is the welfare of their three children.
"It is with careful consideration and mutual respect that we have decided to end our marriage," read Patrick and Jillian's statement. "Our primary concern remains the wellbeing of our children, and we ask with profound gratitude that you respect our family's privacy at this very sensitive time."
Patrick and Jillian married in 1999
The Grey's Anatomy star, 39, and his make-up artist wife have three children together: Tallulah Fyfe, 12, and seven-year-old twins Sullivan Patrick and Darby Galen.
According to TMZ Jillian filed the divorce papers, citing irreconcilable differences, and is seeking joint custody of the couple's children.
Maine-born Patrick was previously married to actress and acting coach Rochelle "Rocky" Parker.
The pair's seven-year union ended in 1994, 20 years before Rocky passed away at the age of 74.
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Kristina Rihanoff on keeping active during pregnancy and her exciting future plans
February 23, 2016 - 16:06 GMT Ainhoa Barcelona From her time on Strictly, Kristina Rihanoff is used to spending hours on the dancefloor, but this year will be different as she has quit the show and is preparing to welcome her first baby
From her time on Strictly Come Dancing, Kristina Rihanoff is used to spending hours on the dancefloor, but this year will be different as she has quit the show and is preparing to welcome her first baby. Her pregnancy hasn't stopped the Russian beauty from working up a sweat though. She's set to host a ballroom dance break at Champneys Tring Health Spa in April, for both amateurs and experienced dance enthusiasts alike.
Speaking exclusively to HELLO! Online, Kristina opened up about her pregnancy, her upcoming Champneys weekend and a possible return to Strictly in the future.
"It's an absolutely fantastic time," said Kristina, 38. "I'm not doing any shows but I have been teaching quite a lot, which is nice because as everyone knows it's good to be active. You can't not do anything during pregnancy – you just have to be sensible."
Kristina Rihanoff said of her pregnancy: "It's an absolutely fantastic time"
Kristina will teach guests how to dance over the two-night Champneys break, while also share her top beauty, health and fitness tips.
"The class is for anyone really – those who have never tried dancing before, those that have a bit of experience," said Kristina. "What I want to get across is that dancing is a wonderful way to get in shape, do exercise, learn something new. Have a go, bring your friends, bring your partner and have fun! There aren't many forms of exercise that you can do together as a couple and dancing is one of them so it's totally brilliant!"
"I know Strictly was such a massive show and people love the show, and like to be involved, so this is a bit like a Strictly Come Dancing training," she laughed. "I've had eight wonderful years on Strictly so there will be a big Q&A where people can ask me any questions they like about the show and so on."
The dancer added that she may return to Strictly as a choreographer
On the prospect of returning to the popular BBC dance show, Kristina admitted: "Obviously I can't do Strictly now but it's not the end of the road. I departed on good terms with everyone and you never know, maybe at some point I'll come back, not as a professional dancer but as a choreographer or commentator on the show. There are lots of possibilities and so, who knows? We'll see. We have yet to find out!"
Kristina's Break runs from 22 to 24 April at Champneys Tring – a venue the pro dancer calls a "beautiful, relaxing and wonderful place".
"Everyone loves Tring once they get there," she said. "You have beautiful food, beautiful facilities so it's the perfect place to let yourself go, relax a little bit and perhaps try something new like dancing."
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Water mains replacement at power cut-plagued St Albans tower block
PUBLISHED: 14:54 09 February 2015
Madeleine Burton
Telford Court
Work is underway at a city centre tower block plagued with power problems last November which left residents without lighting and lifts.
Residents of Telford Court in Alma Road, St Albans, which has 60 flats, suffered separate power cuts during a two-day period which were caused by water leaks short circuiting power cables.
Contractors have now begun work - likely to last until the end of February - to replace water main supply pipes.
Further work will be carried out in March to replace the electrical sub mains system which is expected to complete in May.
Residents and their councillors have been involved in discussions about the works with drop-in events being organised at key stages.
Each flat will need to be accessed on several occasions in accordance with the work schedule for the installations to be completed on time.
The council’s housing portfolio holder, Cllr Brian Ellis, said: “The council understands the disruption that the power cuts caused tenants and has apologised for this.
“I thank residents for their patience so far and ask them to continue to bear with us while the work takes place to rectify the problem.”
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Question: I'm writing a sequel to a family saga. I think the plot is interesting but the real action doesn't get going until Part 2. Part 1 outlines several of the problems, answers some of the small ones, and sets the stage by inserting back story every now and then, But as I say, there is no real action. It is 28 pages and mostly character-driven.
I'm sure people who read the first book will like it, but I'm not sure about new readers.
The only alternative would be start in "medias res" and then go back and tell Part 1, but that might be deadly.
Answer: Are you sure you can't open with an event (an irreversible and significant change) of some kind? Even if you can't start with the inciting incident of the main plot, can you lead with an important event that begins the main character's journey, or that introduces the impact character?
You're right, 28 pages is a lot of prose for a reader (or today's impatient editors) to wade through before something interesting happens, even if the voice is intriguing.
You say the first part introduces several problems. What about showing these problems in action, through events that can drive the story forward? (E.g. "the night X happened," "the incident that made me Y" or "the decision that changed everything"?)
In other words, instead of describing someone's drinking problem (for example), show the night he came home drunk and accidentally killed the family dog, or embarrassed his kids at a parent/teacher meeting - and how this set the stage for later events.
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Comey Was Wrong In July, And He Is Wrong Now
11/04/2016 12:52 pm ET Updated Nov 05, 2017
Comey missed the Watergate standard of "heroism"--by far.
But he can still fix this.
Back in July, it came as a relief to many supporters of Hillary Clinton when FBI Director James Comey exonerated Clinton for any mishandling of her emails.
This writer had a different view, observing at the outset that Comey's own statements (tying together his July 5th press conference and his Congressional hearing two days later) confirmed that Secretary Clinton had violated neither any hard law, nor even softer policy rules, concerning the handling of emails -- this because (i) no classified email ever crossed her private server; (ii) FBI forensics showed no hacking of her private server--a server which was no less secure than the official State Department server; and (iii) Clinton routinely used a separate, encrypted and secure State Department server for genuinely classified and sensitive documents.
Given all of the above, a reasonable reader of that column may have wondered how Comey could possibly have concluded that Secretary Clinton and her colleagues were "extremely careless" in their handling of certain sensitive information.
This writer has a theory about what Comey was up to. The notion that Hillary Clinton would be indicted based on what the FBI found in her handling of emails was always preposterous. But given this uber-partisan year, the posturing of vicious attack dogs in Congress, and the unfortunate tarmac incident in Phoenix, Comey felt he had to leaven his non-indictment decision with a tongue-lashing of Hillary Clinton and her colleagues. In so doing, he overplayed his hand―and, in overreaching, he also got many of his facts wrong. ...
In the end, there was a political angle to Comey's behavior after all, but his tongue-lashing had a perhaps unexpected, and decidedly unhappy, effect. It opened the floodgates of mock hand-wringing, conspiracy theories, and faux mistrust, all directed by Congressional Republicans against one of their own and against that most honorable of non-partisan institutions which he leads.
Fast forward to today. It is no surprise that the politically-biased hand Comey played back in the summer came back to haunt him -- and all of us -- in late October. Only now, the stakes are so much higher.
Pilloried by Donald Trump and many Congressional Republicans for his "not prosecute" decision that was completely reasonable to anyone with a law degree, Comey seems now to have instinctively jumped at the chance to demonstrate his GOP bona fides, and to save himself from very unpleasant hearings (or worse) were he to have held back his empty revelation until after November 8, as Justice Department policy rules required.
Trump reacts to all this by calling the Clinton email issue "worse than Watergate," and labels Comey a hero. Exactly the opposite is true. Compare Comey's actions with those of Republican Justice Department officials in the Watergate era who resigned their positions, rather than bow to Presidential pressure or violate the law. Those people were heroes, because they acted heroically.
Public servants like James Comey are sworn to uphold the law. Indeed, public service is a privilege, in return for which the office-holder accepts the risk of criticism for following the rules, no matter what that criticism may be. Yet, rather than face the post-election censure that may have accompanied his following of Justice Department rules and guidelines, Comey took the easy way out.
There is a simple word for his behavior: cowardice.
Much of the damage caused by Comey's Friday letter has already been done, but some of it can be repaired. Even if he cannot release clear information about the new emails, Comey can articulate three things about the vague letter he sent last Friday. Immediately he should:
(1) State whether it is possible to characterize those emails, with specificity--and the extent to which they relate, if at all, to the FBI's earlier investigation of Secretary Clinton's emails;
(2) If still unable to accurately describe those emails, state plainly that the FBI does not have enough information about their content to know whether they are, in fact, pertinent to the earlier investigation; and
(3) Make a "juror-like" instruction to the American people that no one should presume anything about these new emails--and in particular, that they should not be seen as remotely incriminating of Hillary Clinton, or anyone else.
In the words of my old law school professor (of legal ethics!) Alan Dershowitz, Comey should say:
I felt obligated to tell Congress about this development, but because we are not yet aware of the content of the emails, it would be unfair for any candidate or voter to infer from my letter that there is anything in them relevant to the election. This is especially the case since it is unlikely that our investigation will be completed before the election.
Better yet, he should apologize for the letter he wrote, and for its timing.
If Comey doesn't do these things, then fictions, lies and innuendos will likely carry the day, and American democracy will be diminished due to the handling of this matter. The integrity of the FBI will be tarnished for a long time to come. The Republican Party will be further devalued. And Hillary Clinton, who deserves none of this, will have to spend precious time overcoming patent falsehoods.
As we approach Election Day, Hillary Clinton has better things to talk about. The fate of our country hangs in the balance.
Also see this column at The Hill: http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/judicial/304139-comey-was-wrong-in-july-and-hes-wrong-now
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12/06/2008 05:12 am ET Updated May 25, 2011
Election Night 2008 Ratings: 71.5 Million Watch Obama Victory, ABC, CNN Tops
By Danny Shea
Over 71 million people watched the Election Night coverage, making it the most viewed event of the political season and the most watched television event since the Super Bowl (which drew 97.5 million viewers) and the highest-rated election night since 1980. Over 133 million votes were cast in the election.
ABC took the top spot overall, averaging 13.1 million viewers to NBC's 12.0 million and CBS' 7.8 million.
CNN won among the cablers, taking second overall with an average 12.3 million viewers for its most watched primetime event ever. Fox News averaged 9.0 million and MSNBC averaged 5.9 million viewers.
In the advertiser-friendly Adults 25-54 demographic, ABC averaged 6.1 million viewers to NBC's 5.8 million and CBS' 3.5 million. CNN averaged 5.8 million viewers in the demo, while Fox News averaged 3.9 million (its highest demo audience ever) and MSNBC averaged 2.7 million viewers.
The numbers, courtesy THRFeed's James Hibberd, below:
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ABC: 13.1 million total viewers, 6.1 million A25-54
NBC: 12.0 million total viewers, 5.8 million A25-54
CBS: 7.8 million total viewers, 3.5 million A25-54
CNN: 12.3 million total viewers, 5.8 million A25-54
FNC: 9.0 million total viewers, 3.9 million A25-54
MSNBC: 5.9 million total viewers, 2.7 million A25-54
Fox: 5.1 million total viewers
Univision: 4.1 million total viewers
Telemundo:0.8 million total viewers
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This 19¾x35 poster is from the Presidential Inaugural Gala of President George H. W. Bush and Vice President Dan Quayle and is signed by both. Also signed by the artist, L. Wilson Clark. Matted to 19¼x35 in a blue matte.
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL GALA: GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH, DAN QUAYLE and L. WILSON CLARK
Poster signed "L Wilson Clark", "George Bush" and "Dan Quayle". Color, 15¼x30¾ (visible) overall, 12½x25¼ image, one surface. Matted to 19¼x35 in a blue matte. Captioned: "Presidential Inaugural Gala/January 19, 1989". Facsimile signature in image: "L. Wilson Clark". No. 70 of a limited edition of 300. BUSH, born in 1924, was Ronald Reagan's Vice President (1981-1989) before serving as 41st U. S. President (1989-1993), the first incumbent Vice President to be elected President since 1836. He oversaw a largely successful foreign policy, including the first Gulf War against Iraq, Operation Desert Storm, and the 1989 invasion of Panama to depose General Manuel Noriega. But he wasn't re-elected largely due to shortcomings in his domestic policy, including a tax raise in 1990 after a campaign promise - the famous "Read my lips: No - new - taxes" speech - not to raise them. His son, George W. Bush, became 43rd president in 2001 and served two terms. QUAYLE, born James Danforth Quayle in 1947, was Vice President under George Bush from 1989 to 1993. At 41, Quayle was the third youngest U. S. Vice President when he was inaugurated in 1989 (Buchanan's V.P. John Breckinridge was 36 and Eisenhower's V.P. Richard Nixon was 40). He ran unsuccessfully for reelection in 1992. Quayle was the first Republican Vice Presidential candidate to fail to be reelected since Charles Curtis in 1932. Quayle declared his candidacy for the 2000 Republican presidential nomination in January 1999, then dropped out of the race eight months later. Before becoming Vice President, he was U. S. Representative (1977-1981) and Senator (1981-1989) from Indiana. Lightly creased. Poster has light tears at left and right edge (underneath matte). Matte has lightly rounded and creased corners, light scratches, light nicks at top edge and paper residue near left edge of image. Otherwise in fine condition.
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'Hold On to Me Darling': Theater Review
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Timothy Olyphant and C.J. Wilson in 'Hold On to Me Darling'
A lonesome cowboy ballad with too many verses and no chorus. TWITTER
Timothy Olyphant plays a crossover country star whose mother's death throws his life into turmoil in Kenneth Lonergan's comedy about celebrity self-importance.
It's no secret that Kenneth Lonergan has a rocky relationship with the editing process. That conflict was at the root of the protracted battle over final cut of his brilliant but unwieldy 2011 feature, Margaret. It was also sorely evident in his last stage work to premiere in New York, Medieval Play, an interminable comedy sketch built around dim dudes in armor spouting deadpan anachronisms. There's a much better play nestling in the almost three hours of Hold On to Me Darling, but Lonergan seems unwilling to find it, leaving most of the poignancy buried between his disjointed scenes en route to a conclusion of unearned emotion.
The chief compensation in this Atlantic Theater Company premiere is very funny dialogue performed by a fine cast, led by Timothy Olyphant in a role that seems tailor-made for his laid-back swagger and sly humor. Neil Pepe's direction brings a light touch to the material that maximizes the laughs, but it also confines this portrait of a crossover country superstar's existential crisis to shallow depths. That's especially disappointing given Lonergan's proven gift for the soulful introspection of lost characters — whether in his films, You Can Count on Me, Margaret and the recent Manchester by the Sea, or in stage work from This Is Our Youth to The Starry Messenger.
One man's midlife angst was also the subject of that flawed but rewarding latter play. But Lonergan has traded the contemplative gaze for a glib tone here, which for most of the action makes him seem content to poke fun at his central character's pain, possibly as payback for his brushes with outrageous Hollywood entitlement. Coming from an artist so skilled at exploring human imperfections, the choice is both perplexing and exasperating.
While the play traces an arc that takes music and movie star Strings McCrane (Olyphant) from his mother's funeral to the consoling embrace of an estranged family member, it's shapeless and baggy. As entertaining as it is, there's a nagging sense that the character-driven material might have had better bones as a movie, or even a TV series, playing off the flavorfully etched screen cowboys Olyphant created in Deadwood and Justified.
The writing also limits what Olyphant can do to make Strings' restlessness meaningful. "Somebody's got to take me seriously even if I don't," he whines at one point. It's a funny line, but it also illustrates the problem of constructing a play around a spineless central character, blithely untroubled by his self-centered superficiality, and always looking beyond moments of satisfaction for something better. This is an insanely pampered man who doesn't know how to listen to anyone but himself, so why should we care? It's a testament to Lonergan's abilities that the closing scenes do uncover some heart and stir up some belated emotional investment. But without adequate foreshadowing, it comes out of nowhere.
Strings is in Kansas City shooting a big-budget space movie that's already behind schedule thanks to his "process" when he receives news of his beloved mother's sudden death. His worshipful personal assistant Jimmy (Keith Nobbs) attempts to console him with pat reassurances and porn, but Strings quickly spirals into weepy depression fueled by the certainty that, despite his success, his refusal to settle down made him a disappointment to his mother. His longing for someone to be proud of him is one of the play's underdeveloped central themes.
Strings accepts comfort from hotel masseuse Nancy (Jenn Lyon), an unhappily married mother who has been a fan since junior high, and he tries to reconnect with his cynical older half-brother Duke (C.J. Wilson), back in small-town Tennessee.
His distant cousin Essie (Adelaide Clemens) is the closest thing the play has to a moral compass and the only character indifferent to Strings' celebrity — not to mention wary of his neediness. A lonely kindergarten teacher who befriended his mother in her later life, Essie cuts through Strings' self-dramatization with her grounded kindness. But manipulative Nancy, who becomes a different person from one scene to the next, makes moves to block the potential challenge to her gold-digging plan. What she doesn't count on is Strings' seriousness about bailing on his music and film career to run a hometown feed store, leaving him on the hook for $400 million in lawsuits.
There's a lot to enjoy in this well-appointed production, which unfolds on a revolving succession of nicely detailed sets by Walt Spangler. All the actors are attuned to the quirky humor in Lonergan's script, which flirts with low-key satire in its skewering of the reality disconnect of celebrity. Lyon puts a unique spin on her comedic line readings that at times recalls the great Madeline Kahn, which makes up for wild inconsistencies in the way her character is written. Wilson delivers Duke's digs with just the right note of down-home snark. Nobbs tempers Jimmy's obsequiousness with genuine adoration. And Olyphant's natural charm ensures that Strings' unapologetic self-absorption remains more human than monstrous.
But aside from Jonathan Hogan in a small but significant role at the end, only the lovely Clemens (from Sundance Channel's Rectify) is able to mine the pathos trapped beneath the story's surface. That's too bad, as the terrific closing scene is genuinely moving, and might have been considerably more so had it not involved such an abrupt tonal shift.
Venue: Linda Gross Theater, New York
Cast: Timothy Olyphant, Keith Nobbs, Jenn Lyon, C.J. Wilson, Adelaide Clemons, Jonathan Hogan
Director: Neil Pepe
Playwright: Kenneth Lonergan
Set designer: Walt Spangler
Costume designer: Suttirat Anne Larlarb
Lighting designer: Brian MacDevitt
Sound designer: David Van Tieghem
Presented by Atlantic Theater Company
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Tiffany and Bertine head off to Mexico on 1 January
Tiffany Avern-Taplin
WGSA celebrates the start of 2011 by sending two top players to compete in the Mexican Women's Amateur Championship and the International Pairs tournament to be played at the Club de Golf Vallescondidi in Mexico City.
Tiffany Avern-Taplin and Bertine Strauss leave on New Year's day to compete in the championship which will be played from 5 to 8 January.
Scholtz appointed as Junior Golf Co-Ordinator
Johan Scholtz, fifty year old Boland Junior Golf President and Tournament Director, has been appointed to the new full time position as Co-Ordinator: Junior Golf for the South African Golf Association, it was announced today.
Final Prize Giving at 100th SA Open 2010
Ernie Els holding the trophy and flanked by the SAGA Officials at the Prize Giving on the 18th green after the 100th playing of the South African Open Championship held at Durban Country Club.
Closing Date for the 2011 Sanlam SA Amateur is January 10, 2011
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Any incomplete entry forms or entries receive without proof of payment will not be accepted.
O’Riley wins closely contested Freddie Tait Cup
Dean O'Riley overcame Dylan Frittelli by one shot to claim the Freddie Tait Cup as the leading amateur in this year's 100th South African Open Championship played at Durban Country Club.
Frittelli looks to make it two in a row
Dylan Frittelli (72) finished on a four under par thirty six hole aggregate to make the halfway cut in the South African Open Championship being played at Durban Country Club. If he manages to hold onto the Freddie Tait Cup on Sunday this will be the first amateur in forty eight years to win it in successive years.
Frittelli, leading amateur after rain delayed first round
Dylan Frittelli’s four under par sixty eight was the leading score by an amateur in the rain delayed first round of the South African Open Championship on Friday. The twenty year old Irene Country Club golfer is lying tied in twenty first place.
First round rain delayed; recommence on Friday
DURBAN (16 December 2010) – Denis Hutchinson hit the ceremonial drive opening the 100th South African Open in what he described as “swinging in the rain” on Thursday, and a little over two hours later he was still one of the few to have played any golf at this year’s championship.
Ernie Els to treat SA Open as a major
DURBAN (15 December 2010) – The South African Open tees off its 100th playing at Durban Country Club on Thursday, with Ernie Els declaring he is treating this one as he would a Major.
Seven amateurs in SA Open starting line-up
Seven amateur golfers are in the field of one hundred and fifty six players who tee up in the South African Open Championship on Thursday at Durban Country Club.
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Tax relief key to KiwiSaver
A Mercer analyst has called on the government to reduce the tax rate on KiwiSaver investments to a maximum of 15%.
Wednesday, November 5th 2008, 6:42AM
by David Chaplin
Currently, KiwiSaver investment returns are taxed at a maximum of 30% or 19.5% depending on individual member’s marginal tax rate but research conducted by Paul Newfield, Mercer NZ principal and actuary, suggested a KiwiSaver tax rate of between 11.5-15% would be more equitable.
Newfield, who was based in Australia with Mercer until last year, said unless the KiwiSaver investment tax rate was reduced, over time, the value of the ‘kickstart’ payments and tax credits would be nullified.
“We need a ‘break even’ tax rate in New Zealand – an average rate at which the total investment tax paid by an individual over their life time equates to the various benefits paid by the Government – not a tax rate that ultimately penalises people for accruing, and then using, their retirement savings,” Newfield said in a statement yesterday.
According to Mercer research, the various government incentives for KiwiSaver would only represent 10% of an average individual’s retirement capital while 30% would be earned from income prior to retirement.
“A staggering 60 per cent is derived from investment earnings post age 65 – primarily due to the effects of compound interest,” Newfield said.
“Based on the modelling we know only a small portion of a person’s retirement capital and investment earnings, hence tax, accrue prior to the age 65, and therefore, as a minimum the tax rate on investment earnings post age 65 should be substantially reduced.”
In Australia superannuation investment earnings are taxed at a concessionary 15% tax rate.
National leader, John Key, has also expressed support for concessionary tax rates for long-term savings. In a speech to the 2007 Institute of Financial Advisers conference in Rotorua, Key said the Australian superannuation investment tax system could serve as a good model for New Zealand.
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The Oglethorpe women's basketball team is set to take the floor Saturday to begin their season against in-state opponent LaGrange in the SAA/USA South Classic. The Stormy Petrels are coming off their second straight NCAA tournament appearance and their first victory at the national tournament since 2009. They'll look to follow up on their 23-7 record in 2018-19 with another strong campaign this season.
The Petrels return a couple players from the 2018-19 squad who started 10 or more games. Junior center Savannah LeGate returns off a season in which she garnered All-SAA second team honors. She finished second in the SAA in rebounding (7.8 per game) and first in offensive rebounding (3.3). She also rounded out the season at second in the SAA in blocks, and third in made field goals.
Joining LeGate as a returner will be senior forward Karlymarie Dyer, who averaged 17.8 minutes a game and started 13 contests for the Petrels. She'll be on the shelf with an injury for the first few weeks of the season, but should return soon.
Also returning for the Petrels will be sophomore guard Nikki Reed and senior guard Sydney Long. Reed averaged 5.4 points and 1.2 steals per game and started in nine games for Oglethorpe down the stretch, while Long started five games for Oglethorpe and figured in as a valuable bench piece for the Petrels with 14.5 minutes per game.
Junior forward Audrey Burdge figured prominently off the bench for the Petrels in 2018-19, averaging 14.1 minutes per game. Senior guard Morgan Grindle had a big role off the bench, as well. Both of those players will be back for Oglethorpe, as will junior forward Hayden Neal, sophomore forward Maya Inman, sophomore guard Sydnee Jackson and sophomore swing player Katie Williamson.
The Petrels bring in a couple of transfers to their roster for the 2019-20 season, as junior forward Sydni Donovan enters the squad from Division I Furman and junior guard Taylor Smith does so from Division II Nova Southeastern. Those two will join a list of Oglethorpe freshmen that includes guards Debra Buggs, Reyna Buggs, Olivia Herrera, Daesha McAdams and Amy Vazquez.
Oglethorpe enters the season as the No. 19 team in the preseason coaches' poll. They'll begin with games against LaGrange and Piedmont in the SAA/USA South Classic, then head to Emory and Henry for their classic, where they'll take on the host Wasps and Randolph-Macon on Nov. 15 and 16. They'll head up to Danville, Kentucky, the following weekend for Centre's Lee's Famous Recipe/Hampton Inn Classic, where they'll go against Maryville (Tennessee) and Otterbein. The Petrels then return home on Nov. 26 to host Covenant, then take on crosstown rival Emory on Dec. 3. The Petrels host LeTourneau and Belhaven in their own TownePlace Suites by Marriott Classic at Dorough Field House Dec. 16 and 17, then host Bridgewater (Virginia) on Dec. 29 to round out 2019.
The Petrels open their SAA slate against in-state rival Berry on Dec. 7 and start 2020 at home, as well, going up against Hendrix and defending SAA champion Rhodes on Jan. 3 and 5, respectively. They'll host Millsaps and Birmingham-Southern Jan. 17 and 19, and Sewanee and Centre Feb. 7 and 9. The Petrels take on Rhodes in Memphis, Tennessee, on Feb. 2.
Oglethorpe takes on LaGrange Saturday at 5 p.m. and goes against Piedmont Sunday at 4 p.m. as they look to get their season off on the right foot at the SAA/USA South Classic.
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Dhule is a small industrial township city located in the state of Maharashtra in India. It has very insignificant historical past apart from being a military base and changing hands through many ruling forces such as Arabs, Mughals, Nizams and finally being salvaged by Peshwas who developed Dhule as an inhabitable place from being a ravaged war ground and encouraged people to come and live there. Under the Peshwas who were entrusted with the occupation and administration of Dhule, the city prospered and saw influx of trade and commerce.
The Peshwas continued to exercise control over Dhule for a long time till it was taken over by the British forces who used the city as a cantonment town with significant trade exchange centres. Presently Dhule stands as the main city of Dhule district and is the headquarters of MIDC, Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation, with a major township and modern city infrastructure with modern facilities such as shopping mall and multiplexes surrounding Dhule's industrial zone. Its strategic locationing on the trijunction of three major national highways NH 3 NH 6 & NH 211 make it a very important stopover station for the road connecting to Nashik, Indore or within the city westwards.
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Laling Fort
The Laling parish is situated about ten kilometres from the city of Dhule just off the Mumbai-Agra connecting NH3 Highway road. The route from the ancient hemadpanti shrine points to the fortress and after ascending midway there on trek, you will find steps leading to the fort.
Thalner Fort
Khandesh, a place in Central India in Maharashtra, marks the ascent and rise of the Mughal Empire when Allauddin Khilji wrested his supremacy by overthrowing the ruling Chauhan king and capturing the Khandesh. It was from here that the wave of Mughal onslaught proceeded to spread....
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Dead fish litter the Concho amid toxic algae bloom
Thousands of fish have been floating to the surface of the Concho River this week because of toxic golden algae.
Dead fish litter the Concho amid toxic algae bloom Thousands of fish have been floating to the surface of the Concho River this week because of toxic golden algae. Check out this story on gosanangelo.com: http://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/local/2017/06/07/dead-fish-litter-concho-due-toxic-golden-algae/376792001/
San Angelo Standard-Times Published 10:05 a.m. CT June 7, 2017 | Updated 6:14 p.m. CT June 7, 2017
The putrid smell of dead fish wafts over the banks of the Concho River at Mullins Crossing Road near Miles. (Photo: Cara DeLoach)
Thousands of rotting fish have floated to the surface of the Concho River this week because of toxic golden algae.
Private landowners reported the dead fish to Texas Parks & Wildlife on Monday, said Lynn Wright, district supervisor of the Inland Fisheries department.
Samples taken from the river near Miles were sent to the fisheries department in San Marcos and tested positive for dangerous levels of golden algae.
At least 10 miles of the Concho River is affected, and the algae may spread downstream toward Paint Rock, Wright said.
Rotting fish floats in the Concho River by Mullins Crossing Road near Miles. (Photo: Cara DeLoach)
Unfortunately for local anglers, Wright said the fish would probably take a few years to fully repopulate the river.
"I’m worried about fishing in the area and about it spreading to other areas," said Taylor Allen, Miles resident and fisherman.
Fishing near Miles "was never the best fishing out there, but it was good for a small river to go down there, hang out and fish. Now with this, it will be a lot different," he said.
Residents of Miles also have shown concern about how the issue will affect property owners.
"I just heard about it and we own some property along the river. So we went to look and noticed quite a few large fish floating close to the dam," said Miles Mayor Sylvester Schwertner. "We were disappointed in seeing that type of thing."
Residents can be reassured, though, that the golden algae is only toxic to gill-breathing animals.
"It affects the fish but is not dangerous to humans or (other) animals," Wright said, emphasizing livestock drinking from the river will not be affected.
Mullins Crossing near Miles (Photo: Cara DeLoach/San Angelo Standard-Times)
Because there is no large-scale method to treat golden algae "blooms," Inland Fisheries will monitor the situation to ensure the algae dies on its own.
Inland Fisheries also reported golden algae blooms from Ballinger to the upper portion of the O.H. Ivie Reservoir in March. The growth in that area dominated for 3-4 months but was subsiding as of early June.
Wright hopes the bloom in the Concho doesn't last as long.
Although the general causes of golden algae blooms are unknown, they typically occur in colder months, when other species of algae are not competing. Because this June growth is unusual, Wright said he believes the golden algae will subside as temperatures rise during the summer months.
Check out the Texas Parks & Wildlife's website for more information on harmful algae blooms in Texas.
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Welcome page / Search a price estimate / Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaux-Monts Leroy 2000 (Red)
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Established in 1868 in the small commune of Auxey-Duresses, the Leroy House owes its success to Henry Leroy, who started working in the family business in 1919. In 1942 he purchased 50% of the Romanée-Conti vineyards, which the family still owns with the Villaine family. Since 1955, his daughter Marcelle - who is nicknamed Lalou - is at the head of the domain. She relates that her father poured a drop of Musigny wine on her lips at her birth. Between 1985 and 1989, in order to produce the best wines, she bought the vines from the Noëllat and Philippe Rémy domains with the help of her Japanese importer to found the Domaine Leroy. Today Lalou Bize-Leroy is at the head of an extraordinary wine property of 22.4 hectares covering 24 appellations. No compromise for Leroy wines: biodynamics and extremly small yields. If the wines of the trading house are very popular, the wines of the domain are cult since they embody, with the DRC, what's best from Burgundy. The reputation of the domain has gone way beyond the French boundaries and it is now extremely difficult to get hold of one of these prestigious bottles.
Domaine Leroy has acquired 0.7 hectares of Les Beaux Monts Premier Cru land in Vosne-Romanée. It is an exceptional wine with a unique texture. A sublime interpretation of Vosne velvetiness. It will need 10-15 years' aging before drinking.
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Country/Region: Burgundy
Appellation: Vosne-Romanée
Domain: Leroy (domaine)
Ranking: 1er Cru
Owner: Leroy (Domaine)
Viticulture: Biodynamics
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Trotskiy (original title)
50min | Biography | TV Mini-Series (2017)
In May 1940, on the outskirts of Mexico City, a detachment of Mexican Communists dressed as policemen attack the house of the former leader of the Russian revolution, Leon Trotsky. By an ... See full summary »
Konstantin Khabenskiy, Mikhail Porechenkov, Maksim Matveev | See full cast & crew »
S1.E5
Episode #1.5
It's 1917. Trotsky is visited by his first wife and their two daughters. At the same time he is working to discredit Lenin and planning the revolution.
Early 1920s. As the oppression towards the opposition becomes more brutal, Trotsky believes a more gentle approach is needed. He is supported by Lenin, but Stalin disagrees with them and is willing ...
It's 1905. The working class is angry and the revolution seems imminent. Despite the general eagerness to fight, Trotsky believes it's too soon for the revolution to be successful.
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In May 1940, on the outskirts of Mexico City, a detachment of Mexican Communists dressed as policemen attack the house of the former leader of the Russian revolution, Leon Trotsky. By an incredible coincidence, Trotsky and his wife survive. Having lost during the eleven years of expulsion almost all close ones and relatives, Trotsky understands: his eternal enemy, Stalin, will continue to pursue him until the end of his days. He decides to leave a political testament, for the first time to tell in full and sincerely how a man from an oppressed minority managed to become a prophet of a new world and overthrow an empire.
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Esteban Volkov, grandson of Leon Trotsky, protested the representation of his grandfather in the series and wrote a petition (published in seven languages) which he got several hundred historians and other authors to sign. See more »
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Surprisingly complex and very well-crafted
10 January 2019 | by Evil_Herbivore – See all my reviews
I'm always a bit sceptical when watching a biographical movie or series. It's easy to portray the subject as one-dimensional, either as a monster or as a saint, depending who the subject is and who is telling the story. This fear is even stronger when the story concerns a controversial figure, and Leon Trotsky, one of the leaders of the October revolution is nothing if not controversial.
So imagine my surprise when instead of the expected propaganda piece about how great Trotsky was I got a fascinating multi-faceted portray of a very complex man. This for me is the best thing about the mini-series. Trotsky is presented as a firm believer in a world-wide revolution, but that doesn't make him innocent or even good. He says he wants to save people, and yet he is willing to sacrifice anyone for the revolution. He is both ruthless and empathetic. He claims he doesn't regret anything - and seems to believe that when saying it - and yet he is quite literally haunted by the ghosts of the people his actions got killed. It's very rare that a biopic is that compelling.
This of course wouldn't be possible without the proper acting. Konstantin Khabenskiy is - as could be expected from such a talented actor - simply brilliant as Trotsky, conveying the character's complexity with ease. Everyone else does a great job as well, but Khabenskiy is clearly the star here.
Another thing that I really liked was the clever use of special effects. The scenes exploring Trotsky's emotions often present him as having vivid hallucinations, which are beautifully animated. Some transitions between scenes are among the best I've ever seen in any movie or series. The only moments when the show doesn't look splendid are the scenes showing historical sites or Trotsky's armored train, when CGI isn't the best. Luckily, these scenes are few and far between.
All in all, Trotsky is a very well-crafted piece of television. Everything from writing to acting to special effects is really good. It's a compelling story about a fascinating (if controversial) man. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys biographical or historical dramas. Or to people who are just looking for a solid tv series.
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by Fanny Adams Quagrainie, Abigail Opoku Mensah, Alex Yaw Adom
Abstract: This study was motivated by recent calls towards the workings of entrepreneurship in promotion of well-being as little attention has been paid to the less tangible effects of entrepreneurship and the well-being of entrepreneurs as well as how entrepreneurial success (ES) relates to well-being. Using a mixed method sampling strategy, a sample of 85 women entrepreneurs (WEs) who own small businesses were purposively and randomly sampled, data was collected via interviews (face-to-face) in Tema and Accra. Both thematic content analysis and regression test were used to analyzse data. The findings indicate that model for measuring ES and well-being were applicable among Ghanaian WEs. It also suggested the possible existing low debt and leaving a legacy for family as indicators for ES. Being ethical was also identified as indicator for subjective well-being. The study also found a significant relationship among ES, objective and existential well-being, while a non-significant relationship was observed between ES and subjective well-being. The study suggests that policy-makers need to remain conscious of the constraining forces of social institutions when designing interventions. Entrepreneurial success may not be an appropriate tool for promoting the subjective well-being. The study provides insight into an area of research that has received less attention among female entrepreneurs. The effects of entrepreneurship and the well-being of women entrepreneurs as well as how entrepreneurial success (ES) relates to well-being were explored in this study to understand and appreciate how it impart on women and to put in appropriate measures to support women entrepreneurs.
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by Arne Nygaard, Robert Dahlstrom, Bente Flygansvær
Abstract: There has been an exponential growth of new electronic products in the global consumer market. New electronic consumer products generate a growing need for new methods, processes and entrepreneurship in recycling. In this study, we examine how entrepreneurs involved in the recycling of electronic products innovate to create a more sustainable circular economy. The recycling system must take care of electronics that contains hazardous materials. Also, a recycling system should prevent the waste of potentially useful materials. Thus, entrepreneurship is crucial to improve the handling of toxic material and processing technology to reuse valuable elements. Innovation therefore is essential to facilitate a sustainable recycling process. In this study, we analyse entrepreneurial innovation in the light of the organisational structure of the recycling system. Following a study of 108 recycling entrepreneurs, competition and specific investments are found to be important factors that drive the sustainable innovation that make Norway one of the countries with the highest recycling rates of electronic and electric waste.
Keywords: Electronics industry; Sustainable entrepreneurship; Circular systems; Ecological innovation; Reverse Logistics; Reverse Distribution; Competition; Specific Investments.
Does Institutional Inefficiency Encourage Entrepreneurs to Adopt Effectuation Logic in Strategic Business Decision?
by Md. Nur Alam, Utz Dornberger
Abstract: The institutional setup of a country defines the boundaries for businesses, allowing for certain courses of action whilst restricting others. It provides system signals to entrepreneurs, which are interpreted during their decision-making. A firm needs to pass through the institutional setup of its home and host countries when it extends its operation outside the domestic market. Therefore, the efficiency of the home and host institutions play a significant role in terms of the decision-making logic that entrepreneurs adopt during their decision to internationalize. The efficiency of local institutions can cause entrepreneurs to adopt a certain decision-making logic while inefficient local institutions can force entrepreneurs to adopt other types. This paper examines the relationship between perceptions of institutional efficiency and entrepreneurial effectuation logic. The study tested the hypothesis using a sample of 101 Bangladeshi software entrepreneurs. The data were collected by applying a structured questionnaire. The data analysis was conducted by implementing a Partial Least Squares (PLS) structural equation modelling. The result of this study supports the assumption that the perception of institutional efficiency has an impact on entrepreneurial effectuation logic.
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Abstract: E-commerce poverty alleviation (EPA) is an emerging form in which poverty alleviation is conducted via e-commerce platforms in China. Although EPA has stimulated farmers entrepreneurial intention, it remains unknown how to effectively promote farmers' entrepreneurial intention in the context of EPA. To mitigate this deficiency, this study examines the effect of farmers entrepreneurial intention through the case of Shanxi Province in China. SEM is employed to study new drivers of farmers entrepreneurial intention, including government, e-commerce platforms, farmers' perceived risk and farmers trust in e-commerce entrepreneurship. The empirical results show that governmental support of EPA has a direct positive effect on farmers entrepreneurial intention and positively affects farmers trust in the e-commerce entrepreneurship. The trust and perceived risk that farmers associate with an e-commerce platform partially mediate the relationship between government support and farmers entrepreneurial intention. E-commerce platform policies indirectly affect farmers entrepreneurial intention. The results of this study can help local governments make appropriate policies to promote entrepreneurship among farmers.
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SUSTAINABILITY OF KIRANA STORES IN INDIA : RE-ENGINEERING PHYSICAL WITH SOME DIGITAL
by JEHANGIR BHARUCHA
Abstract: The Kirana stores, the typical Indian grocery mini-markets have been facing a serious threat due to the growth of organized retail and the e-commerce sector in India. This is forcing the kirana stores to re think their strategies. The primary study queried consumers residing in five Indian cities to understand their consumption patterns and FMCG buying behavior. Data from industry sources from 2010 -2015 was also used, along with case study analysis of FMCG companies in India to understand their plans up to 2020. Finally, the recent revenue records and sales generation steps by leading e-commerce websites in India were studied. The implication of the research is that these kirana shops would have to go in for different and innovative strategies to face the competition from the retail dragons and to meet the new customer expectations so that they remain sustainable in the long run. As seen here, kirana shops will always survive and outlive any kind of competition . The heart of Indian customers still continues to rest with the kirana stores. The paper suggests various ways in which these stores can enhance their worth, practice innovative retention strategies and build mutually beneficial partnerships with big companies. The bottom line would have to be - its physical with digital!
Keywords: kirana stores; e-commerce; organized retail; consumer behavior.
DOI: 10.1504/WREMSD.2019.10019516
Determinants of Productivity and Efficiency of Okra Production for Export in Suphan Buri and Nakhon Pathom Provinces, Thailand
by Pimolwan Katepan
Abstract: Agriculture is the prime source of economic activities, especially in Asia. In the okra export market channels, Japan was a major importer, yet suspended all importation of okra from Thailand, according to the promulgation of the Positive List System. This study aimed to 1) estimate one particular type of productive efficiency, viz. technical efficiency, in okra production in Thailands Suphan Buri and Nakhon Pathom Provinces, by using a Cobb-Douglas production function for single okra output and multiple inputs. The analysis applied the Stochastic Production Frontier, and 2) investigate the determinants of production efficiency by using Tobit Regression. Based on data collected from 222 okra farming households in two provinces, who contracted with private companies to produce okra for export. The results revealed that the average technical efficiency of okra production among the samples in Suphan Buri and Nakhon Pathom Provinces was 81.45%. Furthermore, the results showed that okra growers gender, age, formal years of schooling, number of family members engaged in okra production, and hired labour had positive relationships with efficiency scores. While years of experience in okra production had a negative effect.
Keywords: Okra production; Positive List System; Stochastic Frontier Analysis; Suphan Buri Province; Tobit Regression.
Board of directors characteristics, internal control mechanisms, and corporate sustainability performance: a theoretical framework
by A.N.M. Asaduzzaman Fakir, Ruzita Jusoh, Nurliana Md Rahin
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to propose a framework to examine the relationship among the board of directors characteristics, internal control mechanisms, and corporate sustainability performance. In particular, it aims to uncover how the board specific characteristics influence internal control, which, ultimately, would enhance the sustainability performance of public listed companies. The premise of the resource dependence theory is utilised to identify the board characteristics that may influence the sustainability performance; namely, size, composition, leadership, ownership, diversity, and expertise. Inspired by the institutional theory, the mediating role of internal control mechanisms, proxied by enterprise risk management (ERM) and management control systems (MCS), is also examined in this relationship. The majority of the previous studies concentrated on a few particular dimensions of sustainability like environmental and social aspects, whereas the governance and economic aspects remain unexplored in the literature. This paper fills this important research gap through holistically conceptualizing sustainability performance.
Keywords: Board of directors; sustainability; enterprise risk management; management control system.
Impact of Energy Holes Problem on Ad-hoc Routing Protocols
by ROHINI SHARMA
Abstract: In the sensor networks, traffic flow usually follows many-to-one pattern and thus results in some nodes carrying more load than other nodes in the network. This may results in the conception of energy holes near the sink. Different protocols exhibits different behavior in the occurrence of energy holes problem. This work analyzes and compares the impact of energy holes on the lifespan and performance of different ad-hoc routing protocols.
Keywords: Wireless sensor networks; Ad-hoc protocols; Energy Holes problem; Lifespan.
Environmentally Sustainable Consumption Awareness among Children: An empirical study
by MEENAKSHI SHARMA, LEELA RANI
Abstract: Rising environmental deterioration and consequent environmental concern led to emergence of sustainability. As a cornerstone concept sustainability was formally and globally highlighted in The UN Wold Conference on the Environment in Stockholm in 1972 and then at the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janerio in 1992. Since over consumption was an important cause of environmental problems, sustainable consumption behaviour (SCB) was proposed as a counter pulley to meet sustainable living objectives. SCB, which encompasses all stages of traditional consumption {purchase, use and dispose off (reuse, recycle)}, was redefined and reconceptualise to arrive at new frameworks of sustainable consumption. Within this frame work the role of education and specially of grooming young minds to create awareness and understanding has been widely acknowledged. With this backdrop, current study was designed to investigate awareness level of environmentally sustainable consumption behaviour (ESCB) among primary school children. Earlier research found childrens influences on family consumption decisions which were in turn related to demographic variable like gender and type of school (private vs. government). The current study, therefore, also investigates if above mentioned demographic variables have any influence on ESCB awareness. A structured questionnaire survey was used to collect data from 304 students. Results showed that at an overall level both gender and type of school had significant correlation with ESCB awareness levels. Additionally gender and school type have significant correlation with ESCB with respect to purchase, use and recycle. Gender and school type did not have significant correlation with reuse. Each result has been discussed at length against findings from existing research literature and also with respect to qualitative observations made during the study. This study has important implications for marketers, school authorities and education policymakers who can not only use the framework that has been developed for assessing ESCB awareness level in their own contexts but also do an in depth investigation across the four phases of sustainable consumption process applicable to school children. The insights already arrived at in this study is expected to give them direction and greater understanding of ESCB.
Keywords: Environmentally Sustainable Consumption Awareness; Gender; School Type; Class.
Collective Impact: Dialogue at the Interface of the Colliding Systems of Philanthropy
by Robert M. Yawson, Gayle Peterson, Ivy Johnson-Kanda
Abstract: Collective impact as a collaborative effort arose from the acknowledgment that existing methods and development approaches were incapable of addressing large-scale and long-term societal problems, the so-called wicked problems. By creating a model of the ecosystem of organizations around a particular issue, a funder can understand who else is working in the same space, identify potential allies, and anticipate political or economic challenges that might arise. In a case study to assess the developmental impacts of foreign aid and developmental programs on women and children in one of the poorest districts in Ghana, we developed an approach through which collective impact can be initiated and evaluated. Through the life of Lamisi Seidu, a typical, poor, rural Ghanaian woman, we tell the symbolic story of poor women living in rural, peri-urban, and urban areas all over the world. We examine what defines collective impact, how such initiatives are structured, and the challenges in creating collective impact initiatives that achieve successes that are both long-lasting and large scale. We also discuss the landscape mapping approach we developed.
Keywords: Collaboration; Collective Impact; Dialogue at the Interface; Landscape Mapping; Networking; Storytelling; Stakeholder Analysis; Wicked Problems.
The relationship between sustainable manufacturing practices, lean improvement and performance
by Nurul Fadly Habidin, Anis Fadzlin Mohd Zubir, Nursyazwani Mohd Fuzi, Mad Ithnin Salleh
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between sustainable manufacturing practices, lean improvement, and performance in Malaysian automotive industry by using structural equation modeling technique. Survey questionnaires were used among 227 managers in Malaysian automotive industry. SEM technique was used to test the statistical analysis of the data required in the study. Based on the results, sustaining lean improvement is part of a mediating relationship between sustainable manufacturing practices and performance which is positive results. For this purpose, it assists academicians and researchers for sustainable manufacturing practices implementation in order to assist the automotive industry to increase lean improvement and performance.
Keywords: Sustainable manufacturing practices; lean improvement; performance; manufacturing process; environmental management; social responsibility; continuous improvement; reliability; structural equation modelling; automotive industry.
FROM BUSINESS GOALS TO SOCIETAL GOALS VIA SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW AND RESEARCH AGENDA
by Gaurav Talan, Gagan Deep Sharma
Abstract: In its current form, sustainable investing has been viewed from different approaches such as Environment, Society and Governance (ESG), Corporate Social Performance (CSP) and other value driven approaches. This paper questions the current perception of business goals and argues that the business goal needs to be derived out of the human goal and human program. The paper further evaluates developments in the field of sustainable investing and explores the need to broaden the base of sustainable investing by covering individuals, families, society and nature. This is a conceptual paper, which builds its arguments on the basis of literature from inter-disciplinary fields. The paper identifies and broadens the definition of stakeholders so as to include the individuals, families, society and nature. The paper lays future research agenda for identification of businesses generating holistic value in terms of physical facilities while also maintaining harmony in relations with humans and rest of the nature. Synchronisation of business goals with human goals shall lead to real value for society as also for individuals, families and the nature. The paper brings together inter-disciplinary ideas about human goals, business goals, and investments. The paper forms the basis for development of a new framework for sustainable investing, which may help bridge the human goals and business goals. Finally, the paper sets-up a concrete research agenda for future works in the area of sustainable investment.
Keywords: sustainable investing; ESG; corporate social performance; business goal; human goal; human program; stakeholders; holistic value; harmony.
Poverty and Entrepreneurship: A Systematic Review of Poverty-Related Issues discussed in Entrepreneurship Literature
by Masoud Moradi, Narges Imanipour, Zahra Arasti, Reza Mohammadkazemi
Abstract: Poverty is an ever-increasing economic problem and a number of theorists have introduced entrepreneurship as a solution to poverty. However, a small number of studies have theorized, modelled, or analysed entrepreneurships contribution to poverty alleviation. In view of that, this study aimed to systematically review previous research on poverty-related issues discussed in entrepreneurship literature to identify common poverty-related issues addressed by entrepreneurship literature. This study as a systematic literature review (SLR) was conducted on a total of 175 papers that were classified into 11 main categories, each representing a major poverty-related issue discussed in entrepreneurship literature. The findings of this study indicate that although many efforts have been made to cover the poverty-related issues in entrepreneurship studies, there are still many dimensions of poverty untouched.
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; entrepreneur; poverty; poor; necessity.
Sustainable Entrepreneurship Practices in Malaysian Manufacturing SMEs: The Role of Individual, Organisational and Institutional Factors
by Noor Hazlina Ahmad, Syed Abidur Rahman, Noor Liyana Khairul Afendi Rajendran, Hasliza Abdul Halim
Abstract: Sustainability is an issue that has a profound effect on large companies and also among SMEs. The research framework for this study is built upon this triple bottom line agenda. The study integrates individual factors that consist of sustainable orientation, organisational factors that consist of intellectual capital (human, structural and relational capital) and institutional factors (government support and social norms) as the antecedents of sustainable entrepreneurship practices. Sustainable performance of SMEs is treated as the dependent variable in this research. A total of 203 responses was obtained and analyses were carried out using Smart-PLS software. The results show that five out of eight hypotheses were accepted. The result indicates that Malaysian SMEs entrepreneurs are clearly aware and understand the importance of sustainability concepts in their business performance. In addition, this study aims to provide insight and knowledge for designing policies and promote sustainable practices in Malaysian manufacturing SMEs.
Keywords: Sustainable Orientation; Intellectual Capital; Human Capital; Relational Capital; Structural Capital; Government Support; Sustainable Performance.
Can Social Entrepreneurship help attain Sustainable Development Goals: A study of India
by Sanchita Bansal, Isha Garg, Anshita Yadav
Abstract: This paper attempts to understand, analyze and interpret the role of social entrepreneurs towards sustainable development. The paper significantly contributes to the existing literature by evaluating the government's policy framework with respect to social entrepreneurship from the perspective of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The paper also discusses the origin and evolution of social entrepreneurship in India. The paper uses data from various government, non-government and international agency sources for attaining its research objectives. Finally, the paper concludes by recommending the policy inputs in respect of social entrepreneurship for ensuring sustainable development in synchronization with the Sustainable Development Goals.
Keywords: Social entrepreneurship; sustainable development; Sustainable development goals; Government’s policy framework.
Sustainability Reporting and Banks Performance: Comparison between Developed and Developing Countries
by Amina Buallay
Abstract: Purpose: Focusing on the differences between sustainability in developed and developing countries, this study examines the relationship between sustainability reporting and banks performance in developed and developing countries Design/Methodology/Approach: This study examines equal selected sample from developed and developing countries for eight years (2009-2016). The sample contained 232 banks to yield 1856 bank-year observations. The independent variable is ESG scores, the dependent variables are return on assets (ROA); return on equity (ROE) and Tobins q (TQ). This study uses bank- and country-specific control variables to measure the relationship between sustainability reporting and bank performance. Findings: The findings deduced from the empirical results on one hand demonstrated that ESG positively affect the banks market performance in developed countries which supporting the value creation theory. However, the ESG negatively affect the banks financial performance which explains the cost capital reduction theory. On the other hand, the findings of developing countries showed that ESG positively affect the banks financial performance in developing countries. However, it has insignificant effect on the market performance. Originality/Value: As it is the first study to investigate and compare the impact of the sustainability reporting on banks performance in both developed and developing countries, the study identifies differences in the relationship between sustainability reporting and the improvement of current and future performance of banks in both countries.
Keywords: Sustainability Reporting; ESG disclosure; Financial Performance; Market Performance; developed countries; developing countries.
A longitudinal study of green industrial performance for the period 2000-2015
by Jaime Moll De Alba, Valentin Todorov
Abstract: This article undertakes a longitudinal study of the green industrial performance of a set of 104 economies for the years 2000 to 2015. Our analysis concludes that industrialized countries continue to lead green industrial performance in 2015, with Denmark, Singapore, the Republic of Korea, Germany and the Czech Republic being the top performers. Selected emerging industrial economies display significant progress. Leading performers have equipped themselves with comprehensive green strategies and policies. Green industrial development seems to offer an untapped potential for developing countries. In this article, we refine an earlier version of our green industrial performance (GIP) index by using a revised definition of green products. We also use new imputation methods of missing values. Finally, our study puts forward a set of recommendations for future research.
Keywords: Green industry; inclusive and sustainable development; composite index; longitudinal study.
Technical Efficiency of Rice Farmers under the Large Agricultural Plot Scheme in Khlong Khuean District, Chachoengsao Province, Thailand
by Suneeporn Suwanmaneepong
Abstract: This research aimed to discover the technical efficiency (TE) and factors influencing the TE of the Large Agricultural Plot Scheme Project (LAPS) in the Khlong Khuean district, in Chachoengsao province, Thailand. The samples were 150 registered rice farmers separated into three groups by land size: 1) six farmers from small-sized farms (01 ha), 2) 33 farmers from medium-sized farms (12 ha), and 3) 111 farmers from large-sized farms (more than 2 ha). Estimated TE was obtained by using a stochastic production frontier model, and the factors influencing the TE were obtained from multiple regression. The result revealed that small-sized farms gained highest TE score at 0.829. The education level of farmers was significant at 0.01% and showed a negative coefficient with the TE, because farmers continue to use traditional production methods. Knowledge sharing is a crucial tool to improve efficiency. To improve TE of rice farms, reducing farm inputs, such as seeds, fertilizer, and labour-intensive was recommended. In addition, this research revealed that farm size affects outputs, indicating that large farms were more technically efficient than smaller farms. Additionally, education level influenced TE. The LAPS was one of the policies supported by the government that aimed to increase farmers outputs
Keywords: technical efficiency; large agricultural plot scheme; small-sized rice farming; rice farming.
Influential factors for the decision to participate in a rice-pledging scheme: Evidence from jasmine rice farmers in northeast Thailand
by ORAWAN SRISOMPUN, Sakunkan Simla, Surasak Boontang
Abstract: This study analyses influential factors affecting the decision to participate in a rice-pledging scheme among jasmine rice farmers in northeast Thailand, binomial logistic regression was applied. The results revealed that most of the famers who participated in this scheme were large-scale farmers who grew jasmine rice in rain-fed areas. The cost of rice drying, ownership of a rice barn, location, number of household labourers, farm size, and production patterns had a positive effect on decision-making to participate in the scheme, with statistical significance. Participation of farmers was not based on economic factors or income, but on other factors, particularly labour force and ownership of a rice barn. As a result, measures for farmer rice barn development and promotion were necessary. Household labourers were necessary for the storing process, so c development of technologies and innovations for rice drying to reduce humidity would help achieve the goal of this scheme.
Keywords: logistic regression; organic rice; rice storage decision; rice supply; bank for agriculture and agricultural cooperatives; paddy rice; jasmine rice; economic factors; production cost; farm size; rain-fed area.
Rural community enterprises in Thailand: a case study of participation
by Worasit Wongadisai, Sumalee Chanchalor, Elizabeth Murphy
Abstract: Community enterprises (CE) are a tool to support sustainable community development. They rely on community members participation using a bottom-up, polycentric approach to management. However, they typically operate in rural areas where the required knowledge, management and marketing skills are often lacking. This study investigated members' participation in CEs and the failures and successes they encountered in participation in organizational, production, marketing and financial management. Data collection involved structured interviews with 400 members of 200 CEs in north-eastern Thailand. The researchers also conducted focus groups with a successful CE (n=5) and an unsuccessful CE (n=7). Results revealed that participation was lowest for organizational, marketing and financial management. Lower levels of participation were associated with lack of time and of skill/education. Implications point to the value of outsourcing marketing and financial management for CEs in rural areas.
Keywords: community enterprises; participation; management; Thailand; social enterprise; sustainable development; finance; production; organization; marketing.
Intellectual capital as a mediator between corporate governance and sustainability initiative: A conceptual review
by Adedeji Babatunji Samuel, Tze San Ong, Mohammad Mizanur Rahman
Abstract: This review has conceptualised the integration of corporate governance (CG) and intellectual capital (IC) as strategic tools for enhancing sustainability initiative (SI) locally and internationally by scholars and practitioners. Since, CG tools are institutional factors required to prolong the life span of corporate organisations, then IC can further play a boundless role in ensuring the resourceful and effective transformation of the firms at large. There is the attendant need to enhance the SI requirements of the various stakeholders in order to boost the confidence level and acceptability of inputs at the different levels of operations nationally, and corporately. It is suggested that the resource based view, institutional, agency and stakeholder theories be adopted for empirical study purposes. However, a mix of the theories, will help to have numerous studies carried out with the backing of strong theoretical underpininings that are required to further substantiate the outcome of research efforts. This study opines that there might be a direct relationship between CG and SI and IC and SI on one hand, and the mediating role of IC in the relationship between CG and SI on the other hand to examine the indirect and total effects. Therefore, in order to test for the direct and indirect effects, the CB-SEM is suggested as a statistical tool to be used due to the quantitative nature of the empirical research to be undertaken in the future.
Keywords: Conceptual review; corporate governance; intellectual capital; mediating role; and sustainability initiative.
MODELING THE IMPACT OF CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY ON ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE WITH REFERENCE TO INDIAN FINANCIAL INDUSTRY
by Geeti Sharma, Sahil Gupta
Abstract: Corporate Sustainability is a buzzword these days and is instrumental in achieving a comparative advantage by the corporates. The study intends to study the influence of Corporate Sustainability on Economic Performance concerning the Indian Banking Industry. Structural equation modeling, a multivariate technique, is employed in this study to measure the relationship between Corporate Sustainability and Economic Performance. Results show the significant but moderate positive relationship between Economic Performance and Corporate Sustainability. The findings would be beneficial to the experts in the allocation of limited resources to improve the corporate sustainability performance of firms, particularly in the Indian banking sector.
Keywords: economic performance;Indian Financial industry; sustainability practices; structural equation modeling.
Empowering Rural Women through Shared Value Approach Study of GNFC Neem Project in India
by Sandeep Goyal, Amit Kapoor, Bruno Sergi
Abstract: The purpose of this article is to understand the impact of shared value approach in generating sustainable socio-economic value for the marginalized sections of the society, especially the women from low-income households living in rural and semi-urban areas. This article analyses the conception, design and implementation of GNFC Neem Project initiative and how it transformed the socio-economic status and lives of more than 225,000 rural women in India within two years of inception. A single case study analysis was used to assess the key success factors and strategic choices, which can enable the enterprises to create a significant social impact while ensuring economic viability, sustainability and scalability. The qualitative case based research involved primary data inputs from the field-based interviews of diverse stakeholders and secondary data inputs from the published sources. The research findings highlight the key success factors (KSFs), which led to the socio-economic success of GNFC Neem Project. The KSFs include clear focus and drive towards maintaining strategic fit between social impact and economic viability; building market awareness, trust, and acceptance; developing win-win partnerships with diverse stakeholders; and leveraging distribution channels and network for last-mile collection, storage and transportation of neem seeds (Scientific Name: Azadirachta Indica).
Keywords: Base of the Pyramid; GNFC Neem Project; Creating Shared Value; Inclusive Business Model; Women Empowerment; India.
Social Characters as Predictors of Sociopreneurs' Motivation
by Grisna Anggadwita, Dini Turipanam Alamanda, Luan Eshtrefi, Anggraeni Permatasari, Veland Ramadani
Abstract: Social entrepreneurship is considered as a solution in reducing unemployment and poverty given that offering benefits to a community not only creates jobs but achieves better economic and social life independently. The social entrepreneur in this study is referred to as a sociopreneur. This study aims to identify the social characters toward the motivation of sociopreneurs in Bandung, Indonesia. In addition, this research also deeper explores how sociopreneurs prioritise those values, and the impact of becoming sociopreneurs. This study tries to overcome the gap in understanding social entrepreneurship widely by taking the perspective of social-oriented entrepreneurship, by suing a qualititative method and case study approach. Empirical data is collected by conducting in depth semi-structured interviews with sociopreneurs in Bandung as respondents in this study. Based on the study, several identified social entrepreneurship values include social value, civil society, innovation, economy activity and social impact (outcome). In addition, personal values influence the creation of social enterprises through the values of personal experience, the desire to make changes and the willingness to do something meaningful in one's life.
Keywords: social entrepreneurship; social enterprises; social-oriented; social values; sociopreneurs.
The Role of Purpose in Consumer Choice: A Comparison between Baby Boomers and Millennials in Germany with a Focus on Sustainability and Consciousness
by Isabelle Rennollet, Christian Schmidkonz, Patricia Kraft
Abstract: This paper explores the role of purpose in consumer choice in Germany. A growing number of consumers around the globe realise that hyperconsumerism prevents them from finding lasting happiness. They want to focus more on sustainable and conscious consumption and place the role of purpose more and more in the centre of their consumer choice. In this study two highly important and influential consumer groups, the baby boomers and millennials, are contrasted against each other to find out whether there are significant differences in this context between them. After having reviewed the relevant literature, empirical analyses were conducted on a sample comprising 289 German consumers. The main findings are that German consumers rated purpose as the fourth most important criterion. Quality, value for money, and personal recommendations are more important to German consumers when choosing a product. It was also found that German consumers are mainly driven by the desire for happiness and fulfilment, and their will to make a positive difference in the world when choosing purpose-infused products. It was also revealed that German Baby Boomers and German Millennials display more similarities than differences.
Keywords: Purpose-Infused Products; Consumer Choice; Conscious Society; Conscious Marketing; Purpose-Driven Brands; Conscious Consumers; Sustainable Consumption; Baby Boomers; Millennials; Germany.
Ethnicity, religiosity, and SME innovation outcomes: some insights from a Muslim ethnic group
by Donard Games
Abstract: The paper aims to examine the effects of socio-cultural factors (i.e. socio-cultural values, ethnicity, and religiosity) on business innovation (i.e SME innovation outcomes) in an entirely Muslim ethnic (i.e., Minangkabau ethnic group in Indonesia). There has been little research done to reveal the relationship between ethnicity, societal values, religiosity, and innovation outcomes in a totally Muslim community. The present study uses a quantitative approach, PLS method, that utilises SmartPLS 4.0. A survey of 150 Muslim respondents from the Minangkabau ethnic small and medium-sized enterprises had been carried out. It was found that ethnicity had no impact on the SME innovation outcomes. Likewise, religiosity did not moderate the relationship between ethnicity and innovation outcomes. Minangkabau societal values which are a unity between Islamic values and tradition have a positive and significant effect on the innovation outcomes. Implicitly, maximising Minangkabau networks that prioritises the values of cooperation, honesty and trustworthiness will enhance Minangkabau SME innovation outcomes.
Keywords: ethnicity; religiosity; SME innovation; innovation outcomes; business innovation; Minangkabau; Indonesia; socio-cultural factors; Islamic entrepreneurship; Muslim ethnic group.
Effective Entrepreneurial Factors on Employment and Start-up of Businesses of Disabled
by Younos Vakil Alroaia, Manjappa Hosamane
Abstract: The aim of this study is to explain and codify the Welfare Organization' disabled people employment in region four of the country. The participants were all people with disabilities under State Welfare Organization of Iran. The sample consisted of 376 people selected using stratified sampling. Using the confirmatory factor analysis, dimensions and indices of each factor were confirmed. The FAHP has been used to determine the priority of elements. According to the findings of the SEM, five main factors, along with 24 sub-criteria, were approved as the effective factors in creating employment for the disabled. Standard coefficient between variables of financial, personal, governmental, family, and job seeking factors, respectively are .46, .86, .55, .70, and .36, which represents the strength and direction of impact is the independent and dependent variable. The result from FAHP shows that the financial index with the weight 0.259 has the highest rating and the job seeking index with the 0.130 has the lowest rating. Although, factors financial, individual, government, family, and job-seeking have a positive and significant effect on the tendency of the disabled to business, but the belief factor indicates that there is no significant effect on the tendency of the disabled to business.
Keywords: Disabilities; Self-employment; Employment; State Welfare Organization; Iran.
UNDERSTANDING THE RURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROCESS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF LITERATURE
by Asael Islas-Moreno, Manrrubio Muñoz-Rodríguez, Wyn Morris
Abstract: The study of how companies arise in rural areas has gained a place in the agenda of researchers, academics and public officials. This is a documentary review in which the rural entrepreneurship process is conceived as an interaction of four elements: the process, the entrepreneur, the context and the community benefits. An important amount of evidence has been generated on the relationship between these components, however, a series of pending tasks are identified, including the need to specify the factors that favour the process in each of its stages, in terms of the characteristics of the entrepreneur and the context.
Keywords: rural enterprise; rural development; rural entrepreneur; community benefits; entrepreneurship promotion policy.
Special Issue on: ICTSCI 2019 The Role of Artificial intelligence in Entrepreneurship and Business Management
Fine Grain Sentiment Grading Of User-Generated Big Data Using Contextual Cues
by Akshi Kumar, Geetanjali Garg
Abstract: There has been a tremendous growth in the use of online resources. Twitter is one such micro blogging website, which has become quite popular over the past decades. It offers a vast amount of user-generated knowledge about marketing which can be used for sentiment analysis and finds wide application in both public and private sectors. A novel two-tier classification framework using machine learning algorithms and lexicon based algorithm is proposed to extract sentiment of tweets and assign a fine grain grade to the tweets among one of the seven classes namely:- high negative, moderate negative, low negative, neutral, low positive, moderate positive and high positive. Different tree-based machine learning algorithms in the domain of sentiment classification were explored. Results of machine learning and lexicon based approach are combined for better classification. Context is also used by forming SentiCircles for the task of sentiment classification. The evaluation of the study shows that the proposed method provides fine grain grading to tweets with accuracy of 61.84 %. The hybrid machine learning and lexicon-based processing technique with the usage of contextual cues is an effective and practical method for sentiment analysis. Preliminary results are motivating and the work will be extended to design and develop a patent model within the domain of context based sentiment analysis.
Keywords: Big Data; Twitter; Machine Learning algorithms; SentiCircles.
Economic, Legal And Financial Perspectives On Cryptocurrencies: A Review On Cryptocurrency Growth, Opportunities And Future Prospects
by Shweta Goel, Himanshu Mittal
Abstract: Cryptocurrency has become most sought after digital payment system these days and has been regarded as the safest mode of transferring money and making payments. The functionality of the cryptocurrency is highly depended upon the use of advanced technology and result in the emergence of a number of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ripple, Ethereum, etc. The evolution and growth of cryptocurrency have been tremendous during the last 10 years and has revolutionized the whole financial sector. The cryptocurrency provides immense opportunities like increased job propensities, new market ventures as such and challenges like volatility, lack of markets and the like to the users. The risk and return factors involved with the usability and adaptability of cryptocurrency has also impacted the users in both a positive and negative way. Hence, the current research study provides detailed insights about cryptocurrency, its growth, opportunities, and future prospects in an adequate manner.
Keywords: Bitcoin; cryptocurrency; FinTech; virtual economy; crypto-assets.
Internet of Things based wearable health solutions: Empirical study for health startups
by Shweta Nanda, Taruna Gautam
Abstract: Indian population has potential threat of non-communicable diseases. The low preventive health measure is a cause of major loss to the economy. Integration of the cloud platform with remote wearable sensors not only help the health stakeholders to capture the patient vitals but also perform predictive analysis. Raising timely alarms through Internet of Medical Things has wide application in preventive care. It is surprising that despite of huge application benefits, the startups in this domain lack the integration support due to challenges in license approvals from the Government levied new Medical Device Rules. This is an original paper and holds significance as all the available literature on Remote Connected Care Medical Wearable Technology is accumulated and studied. This paper has a detailed behavioral empirical study of the customer towards the device acceptance and the role played by demographic variables in same. The potential of the Internet of Things based remote medical wearables to be the future of sustainable healthcare model is captured from ASSOCHAM Report, Industry, IoT India Congress Report, Innovation Industries Conclaves, IEEE and various global researches in this domain.
Keywords: Internet of Medical Things; Medical Wearable Technology; Acceptance; Behavioral Empirical Study; Sustainable Healthcare Model.
Special Issue on: ICSSB-2019 Innovation in Markets and Its Capitalisation in the Digital Scenario
FROM VERBAL ABUSE TO INTENTION TO LEAVE: ROLE OF ENGAGEMENT AND EMOTIONAL EXHAUSTION
by Lata Singh, Anubha Vashisht
Abstract: This study aims to test a model explaining the process of verbal abuse causing emotional exhaustion, poor engagement and increased intention to leave among the employees of service sector organisations. This cross sectional research study includes the responses from 282 employees, responsible for customer service. During the study, confirmatory factor analysis was done to ensure the reliability and validity of all five constructs namely customer verbal abuse, supervisory verbal abuse, emotional exhaustion, engagement and intention to leave. Then after related hypotheses were tested using structural equation modelling. The study concludes that both verbal abuses lead to emotional exhaustion, which further reduces engagement level. The poor engagement causes high intention to leave among the employees. It was also found that, customer verbal abuse is more responsible for poor engagement whereas the supervisory verbal abuse is for intention to leave. The limitations of cross sectional data and common method bias provided directions for future research.
Keywords: customer verbal abuse; supervisory verbal abuse; emotional exhaustion; engagement; intention to leave; service sector organisations;.
Investigating the role of reinforcement and environmental factors in balancing the state of apprehension: Evidence from India
by Bijay Kushwaha, Vikas Tyagi
Abstract: State of apprehension is a post-purchase evaluation which creates regret, anxiety and unpleasant feeling in the mind of customers popularly known as cognitive dissonance. It is the responsibility of marketers to reduce intensity of apprehension experienced by consumer. This study measures the role of reinforcement factors, environment factors and state of apprehension towards post purchase buying behaviour. It is for this purpose we used a purposive sampling technique and questionnaire as a research instrument to obtain opinion from respondents. A total of 396 usable responses were found appropriate and considered for analysis. A total of 396 respondents were involved during the study and the time period of the study was from December, 2018 to March, 2019. Both SPSS software version 20 and AMOS 18 were employed as tools for analysis in this study.The result of study found that reinforcement factors and environmental factors both are having significant contribution towards balancing the intensity of apprehension experience by consumers in post purchase evaluation stage. The after sales service, positive word of mouth and improvement on product performance have greater impact on balancing the state of apprehension. The forces such as feedback calls, extended guarantee/warrantee, and users reviews are also helpful in improving the post purchase behaviour primarily led by brand image & reputation, consultant groups, and authentic sources of information to the consumer of high-end electronics household products.
Keywords: Post purchase behaviour; Cognitive Dissonance; Reinforcement factors; Environment factors; State of Apprehension.
Impact of HRM Practices on Organizational Commitment: Evidence from School Educators in Indian Context
by PRATIBHA , Atul Shiva, Rupali Arora
Abstract: The study measures the impact of selected HRM practices on organisational commitment among educators based in Northern region of India. An online questionnaire was designed which was duly answered by 428 respondents of Northern India by applying Partial least squares Structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) version 2.0. The study revealed that educators gave highest preference to compensation and rewards (?= 0.409, p<0.000) followed by performance appraisal (?= 0.388, p<0.000) for towards their organisational commitment levels and are not concerned by HR practices of employment security, training and development and recruitment and selection. The paper presents a very important insight for the administrators and HR experts in educational organisations to redefine their HR strategies so that higher levels of organisational commitment is achieved. The paper proposes a critical dimension of educators working in school education level in Indian context and depicts reality of Indian education system based in the Northern region.
Keywords: Human Resource Practices; Organizational Commitment; Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling; India.
The Effect of Ethical Climate on Corporate Reputation for Sustainability of Indian Banking
by Ashita Chadha, Ritu Sharma
Abstract: Financial Institutions should be founded on fundamentals of ethical code and values that drive core business practices essential for their sustainable development. The study evaluates the ethical climate and its impact on corporate reputation of two largest banks of India State Bank of India i.e., a public sector bank and ICICI Bank i.e. a private sector bank through an ethical climate and corporate reputation questionnaire. A descriptive design used empirical research to investigate the ethical climate through a sample size of 250 employees from both banks in the tri-city region of Chandigarh. The study provides a comparison on the ethics climate in the public and private sector bank and assists to find some common factors that affect the reputation of banks that is essential for sustainable growth.
Keywords: ethics climate; financial institutions; corporate reputation; banking sector; ethics for sustainability.
Employee Happiness, Engagement and Organisational Commitment: A Literature Review
by Arijit Choudhury, Anirban Dutta, Sonit Dutta
Abstract: In contemporary business scenario, employee happiness and engagement have become the highlighted area of interest. These constructs taken together have the ability to makes an impact in the organisational commitment leading to enhanced performance of the employees which in turn leads to organisational success. The present paper attempts to compile the literatures related to employee happiness, engagement and commitment. It also aims to identify relevant factors affecting these constructs, and tries to establish a linkage among them. All the works of literature are organised and categorised into three different groups namely employee happiness, engagement and organisational commitment and have been portrayed in a tabular format. A theoretical model based on these literatures has been developed to consolidate the linkage between employee happiness, engagement and organisational commitment. The model depicts that there is an important relationship between happiness, engagement and commitment. Finally, it can be concluded that employee happiness and engagement can predict organisational commitment in employees.
Keywords: employee happiness; engagement; organisational commitment; literature review.
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Adoption of Sustainable Business Practices by Entrepreneurs: Modelling the Drivers
by Shilpa Sindhu, Shweta Dahiya, Parveen Siwach, Anupama Panghal
Abstract: Sustainability in business involves all such processes which take into consideration immediate economic gains for the organisation as well as resource-saving for future generations. Entrepreneurs are considered as one of the pioneers in carrying out innovative initiatives in the field of Sustainability. This study is an effort towards mapping the drivers for the adoption of sustainable practices by entrepreneurs. Significant variables which drive entrepreneurs to adopt sustainable business practices were identified through literature screening; structured questionnaire based primary data collection and expert opinion. Nine variables were identified, through this three-step approach which were then modelled through interpretive structural modelling (ISM). The proposed ISM model indicates that public funding in promoting sustainable business is the variable which can strategically influence the linkage variables and the dependent variable viz. attitude of entrepreneur. The study, therefore, highlights that public funding, with support of moderating factors, can impact attitude of entrepreneur towards adoption of sustainable practices in business.
Keywords: Sustainability; Entrepreneurship; Sustainable Business Practices; Food Entrepreneurship; ISM.
Special Issue on: Sustainability Practices Among SMEs in Emerging Economies
The role of CSR oriented organisational culture in eco-innovation practices
by Say Keat Ooi, Chai Aun Ooi, Khalid Rasheed Memon
Abstract: Due to its devastating impacts, climate change has emerged as one of the major challenges facing human and the ecosystems. Considering the call for urgent action in carbon emission reductions, eco-innovation practices have gained more momentum in the business context. Though eco-innovation appears to be the possible climate change mitigation strategy, the discussion and research on eco-innovation practices remain scarce in the context of SMEs, especially from the perspective of emerging economies. Hence, this research aims to examine the effect of stakeholder pressures on eco-innovation practices among the Malaysian manufacturing SMEs using Structural Equation Modelling. Based on the findings of 100 SMEs, it is evidenced that SMEs engaged in eco-innovation practices due to stakeholder pressures, and CSR oriented organisational culture is important, as it mediates the relationship between stakeholder pressure and eco-innovation practice. These findings are decisive to policy makers and SMEs towards a better understanding of the eco-innovation practices.
Keywords: Eco-innovation; CSR; organisational culture; SMEs; stakeholder pressure; Malaysia.
Special Issue on: Role of Artificial intelligence in entrepreneurship and business management
Financial credit risk evaluation model using machine learning based approach
by Pankaj Kumar Jadwal, Sonal Jain, Basant Agarwal
Abstract: Credit risk associated with individual at the time of sanctioning credit is one of the most crucial tasks for the banks and financial institutions. Financial organizations use credit score of a customer to decide whether a loan should be granted or it should be declined. Most of the existing models to compute the credit risk associated with a person are based on machine learning. However, the performance of the existing models are limited due to the noisy nature of available training data. Therefore, the pre-processing of the data contributes a crucial role in the performance of the credit risk evaluation model. In this paper, we propose an approach to develop an efficient credit risk evaluation model based on integrating a clustering algorithm with a classification algorithm. More specifically, initially, we transform the data into clusters of similar nature, and further, we develop different classification models for each cluster. Experimental results show that the proposed model improves the performance of the model by reducing the effect of the noise.
Keywords: Credit risk management; clustering; hybrid model; agglomerative clustering; k-modernclustering.
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Shilpa Shetty, Indian Actress
Shilpa Shetty is considered as one of the most popular actresses in Indian film industry, recognized for her charming screen presence and eminent acting skills. Apart from films, she has also garnered much fame through her successful television ventures including the British Celebrity show Big Brother.
Shilpa Shetty is one of the most admired and popular actresses of India who has proved her versatility through the portrayal of varied roles in different films. She has acted in movies of multiple languages dealing with diverse subjects. A perfect combination of charismatic persona, gorgeous looks and commendable acting skills, Shilpa has successfully established herself among the leading actresses of Bollywood. Her ventures in the acting world not only garnered her popularity but also a number of esteemed accolades. With the expertise of speaking in more than 10 Indian languages, Shilpa Shetty is a celebrity with beauty and brains.
Early Life of Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty was born on 8th June 1975 in Karnataka. She belongs to a traditional close-knit family in Mangalore and hails from Bunt community. She is the elder daughter (her younger sister is Shamita Shetty) of Surendra and Sunanda Shetty, manufacturers of tamper-proof caps for the pharmaceutical industry. She did her schooling from St. Anthony Girls' High School in Chembur and later completed her higher education from Podar College of commerce and economics in Matunga. She can speak Kannada, Marathi Gujarati, Telugu, English and many other languages. Her extra curricular activities also involve her expertise in the field of Martial Arts like Karate. Being a black belt, she has kept her body as fit and flexible. A trained Bharatnatyam dancer; Shilpa is an individual with multitude of talents. With a height of 5 ft 10 inches she is one of the tallest silver screen actresses in Bollywood.
Career of Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty started her career by modelling for Limca in the year 1991 at the age of just 16. She stepped into the film arena in the year 1993 with the movie Baazigar in which she appeared alongside Shahrukh Khan and Kajol. With her extraordinary performance in the debut film she was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Award in Filmfare. She got her first major role with the film Aag in 1994 which received moderate responses at the box office. Her first major box-office hit in a leading role came with the movie Main Khiladi Tu Anari in the same year where she was starred opposite Akshay Kumar. In the following years she appeared in a number of films including Hathkadi, Auzaar etc. She received critical acclaim for the movie Pardesi Babu. In the year 2000 her work in the movie Dhadkan, opposite Akshay Kumar and Suniel Shetty, was also widely acclaimed. Her classic comic performance in Rishtey, as a fisher-woman, received commercial as well as critical appreciations. Her portrayal of a successful city girl who gets affected by HIV in the movie Phir Milenge was much praised by the critics. Her performance in the movie Dus where she assayed a role opposite Sanjay Dutt, enhanced her acting prowess greatly. In 2005 she starred in the movie Fareb along with her sister Shamita Shetty. In the year 2007 she again delighted the audiences with her performances in the Bollywood chartbusters Life In A Metro and Apne. She had done cameo appearances in Om Shanti Om and Dostana. Her other popular movies include Cash, Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar, Garv, Darna Mana Hai, Badhaai Ho Badhaai and many more. Shilpa Shetty has done many movies in other regional languages too. She made her debut in Tamil film industry with the movie Mr. Romeo. She has also acted in Telugu and Kannada films.
Other Ventures of Shilpa Shetty
One of the most significant and notable achievements of Shilpa Shetty has been her victory in British Celebrity show Big Brother on January 2007 with 63 percent of votes being showered on her. As a result it brought an international stardom in her career. With lots of racial controversy she still emerged as victorious. She has also been the subject of The Real Shilpa Shetty, a documentary produced by British television production company Twofour. She has done modelling for the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week. Shilpa Shetty has anchored the second season of Bigg Boss in 2008 and in the following year she, along with her husband, owned the Indian Premier League franchise cricket team Rajasthan Royals. She has also judged reality shows like Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa and Nach Baliye. She has also performed in Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai.
Shilpa Shetty has also lent her support to various charitable organizations. She supported BBC World Service Trust television show which was designed for managing the problem of AIDS in India. In 2006 she joined PETA as part of an advertising campaign which protested against the use of wild animals in circuses. She has also launched her own Yoga CDs.
Achievements of Shilpa Shetty
In the year 1999 Shilpa Shetty received Bollywood Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress for the movie Pardesi Babu. In 2008 she won Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Female for her appealing portrayal in the movie Life in a...Metro. In the same year she won Indian Television Academy Awards for The GR8!Achiever Laurel for the show Celebrity Big Brother 2007 and Bigg Boss 2 and in the following year New Talent Awards for Best New Host (Female) for anchoring the show Bigg Boss 2. She also won Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award in 2007. Apart from these Shilpa has also won a number of other accolades.
Personal Life of Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty is married to Raj Kundra, a businessman, since 22nd November 2009. Shilpa gave birth to their first child, Viaan Raj Kundra, on 21 May 2012.
Filmography of Shilpa Shetty
Movie Year
Baazigar 1993
Aao Pyaar Karen 1994
Main Khiladi Tu Anari 1994
Aag 1994
Gambler 1995
Hathkadi 1995
Mr. Romeo 1996
Chhote Sarkar 1996
Himmat 1996
Sahasa Veerudu Sagara Kanya 1996
Dus 1997
Prithvi 1997
Insaaf 1997
Zameer: The Awakening of a Soul 1997
Auzaar 1997
Veedevadandi Babu 1997
Pardesi Babu 1998
Aakrosh 1998
Jaanwar 1999
Shool 1999
Lal Baadshah 1999
Azad 2000
Dhadkan 2000
Tarkieb 2000
Kushi 2000
Jung 2000
Bhalevadivi Basu 2001
Maduve Agona Baa 2001
Preethsod Thappa 2001
Karz 2002
Rishtey 2002
Hathyar 2002
Chor Machaaye Shor 2002
Badhaai Ho Badhaai 2002
Junoon 2002
Ondagona Baa 2003
Darna Mana Hai 2003
Phir Milenge 2004
Garv: Pride and Honour 2004
Fareb 2005
Khamosh: Khauff Ki Raat 2005
Auto Shankar 2005
Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar 2006
Life In A... Metro 2007
Apne 2007
Cash 2007
Om Shanti Om 2007
Dostana 2008
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Saint-Gobain buys Norwegian glass wool maker
By Davide Ghilotti
Published: Monday, 16 October 2017
Glava supplies glass wool and other insulation products that are produced at its two manufacturing plants in Norway. In a separate development, the group also bought Argentina’-based Megaflex, active in waterproofing applications.
French construction, glass and refractory materials group Saint-Gobain SA has completed the acquisition of Glava, a Norwegian company active in the insulation market.
The two parties entered first negotiations in June this year, and the takeover has now been finalised after receiving clearance from the...
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Coroner's Court
Garda denies assaulting RTÉ cameraman at Dublin protest
Sean Lucey accused of hitting Colm Hand, who was covering ‘anti-Islamisation’ event
Mon, Dec 9, 2019, 17:47
Declan Brennan
Garda Sean Lucey: denies assaulting an RTÉ cameraman. Photograph: Collins Courts
RTÉ cameraman Colm Hand: alleges he was assaulted by a garda. Photograph: Collins Courts
A garda has gone on trial charged with assaulting an RTÉ cameraman who was reporting on demonstrations by an “anti-Islamisation” group and anti-racist counter-protesters.
Garda Sean Lucey has pleaded not guilty to one count of assault causing harm to Colm Hand at Cathedral Street, Dublin city centre on February 6th, 2016.
Mr Lucey, with an address in south Dublin, also pleaded not guilty to damaging a camera on the same date.
Mr Hand was working alongside a reporter covering incidents between the opposing groups.
Opening the trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Monday, Fiona McGowan BL, prosecuting, told the jury of seven women and five men that on the day in question gardaí were on notice of a rally by an organisation called Pegida.
The jury heard the Pegida is an organisation which “promotes and supports the protection of the national identities” and is against what it “perceives as the excessive Islamisation” of European countries.
Ms McGowan said that gardaí were also on notice of a counter-rally organised by the “anti-racism network in Ireland and other like-minded groups”.
She said gardaí intended on the day to prevent or deal with any confrontations between the two groups of opposing ideas.
Garda Sergeant Derek Fleming told the court that if the two factions met, there was a significant risk of violence. He said that Garda Lucey was detailed to a public order unit with six other members and that he was the sergeant in charge of the unit.
Each public order unit were detailed to a public order van and the vans were positioned in a holding area behind O’Connell Street. He said they were deployed to deal with an incident between members of the opposing groups at a shop on North Earl Street.
He said he later received reports of a number of “left wing protesters” gathering on Cathedral Street, with some of them putting on balaclavas and face masks. He said that some Pegida supporters had entered a pub on the street.
James Dwyer SC, defending, put it to the witness that the protesters did not intend to “have a clear-headed debate about immigration policy”.
Garda Sgt Fleming replied: “We were under no illusions, it was going to be violent.”
He said his unit and two other public order units went to the area. The members in these units were wearing “soft caps” and did not have helmets or shields.
Sgt Fleming said the gardaí made a line across the street to stop the protesters reaching the pub. He said the crowd had swelled and became “extremely aggressive”.
He said he directed the gardaí in his unit to draw batons. He said about 15 men who had their faces covered by scarves and hoodies began to actively resist gardaí.
“They were trying to push down the street,” he said. He agreed that he saw some protesters trying to punch gardaí and take their batons from them. He agreed that it was a tense and volatile situation.
Sgt Fleming said some protesters were struck with batons as they were a direct threat to safety and that anyone who was attacking gardaí had their faces covered.
The court heard that three more public order units, these “fully kitted out in riot helmets and shields” were deployed behind the “soft cap” units.
Sgt Fleming said the separation line was never breached and after about 30 minutes, the protesters dispersed.
He said that during this time the Garda members were verbally abused and were being filmed by the protesters.
He told Ms McGowan that the protocol for the use of force was that gardaí should use non-violent means to control or disperse the crowd and that force should only be used “as a last resort”.
He said batons could be used by a garda if they were in fear of being attacked or overpowered.
Ms McGowan said that as a result of the tense situation on Cathedral St., Mr Hand and the reporter made a certain decision. She said there was an incident involving a camera and Mr Hand was struck by a baton in the groin area and was only able to continue filming for only a very short time after that.
She told the jurors they would hear about the damage to the camera and the injuries to Mr Hand. She said she anticipated this was a case in which jurors would have to consider the circumstances in which a person was justified in using force.
The trial, which is expected to last five days, continues before Judge Melanie Greally.
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
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ITC Teatro
Cultural Accessibility
Culture Makes Us Free
Programme for schools
a project by Cooperativa Accaparlante, Istituzione Bologna Musei – MAMbo, Museo Archeologico and Teatro dell’Argine/ITC Teatro di San Lazzaro
During 2012/2013 a significant network was established among different organizations engaged in education and culture, and an experimental training program was developed around the issue of cultural accessibility.
Four self-training modules were implemented, each run by one of the four coordinators, and addressed to the project partners and to a group of about 40 educators/cultural workers working at:
Istituzione Bologna Musei – International Music Museum and Library, Industrial Heritage Museum, Civic Museums of Ancient Art, Museum of Risorgimento)
U.S.S.M. (Office of Social Services for Minors Bologna - Department of Justice)
Department of Education Sciences of Bologna University
Association Fe.Bo. Archeologica
Cultural Association Senza Titolo
Associazione A.I.P.I.
Association Tecnoscienza
Pubblico. The Theatre of Casalecchio di Reno
Cultural accessibility is the ability to promote an approach to culture, which is free from all barriers: physical, relational or related to skills. These barriers are likely to marginalize those who, because of their individual specificities (disability, no knowledge of Italian language, any form of social vulnerability), find it difficult to approach local cultural institution, and so are excluded from many occasions of knowledge, expression, creativity. The four project coordinators designed and implemented modules of advanced training on this issue. The final outcome is an interdisciplinary course (contemporary arts languages, archaeology, theatre, dramatization, social sciences) which adoptes cultural heritage to remove physical and psychological barriers and prejudices, fosters inclusion and stimulates creativity and self-expression.
The Department of Education Sciences of Bologna University particularly appreciated the training course: professor Federica Zanetti highlighted and promoted its educational potential and highly inclusive approach. The four modules have been included in the Department programme 2013-2014 under the title Workshop of Professional Training for Social and Cultural Educators.
Further developments
Culture Makes Us Free. A training course aimed at teachers, educators, social workers, cultural mediators.
Project coordinators offered the training course (4 modules of 3 hours each) for free, to the first 40 teachers/educational or social workers that request it.
Period: October-December 2013.
Culture Makes Us Free. An educational programme for local schools
An educational programme on cultural accessibility was also specially conceived for primary and secondary schools students. The course is composed of at least two meetings: the first one takes place in a museum or theatre, the second one at school.
In contemporary society, culture is generally recognized as a useful tool to promote well-being of the person, considered both as an individual and as part of a community. Being familiar with the languages of art and culture can activate lifelong learning processes, make us feel as a part of the local community, facilitate the development of sensitivity and the understanding of our own identity and of history and reality around us.
In this perspective, cultural institutions can open up as accessible spaces, able to provide opportunities for discussion, reflection, enrichment and participation and to allow visitors to cultivate their memory and identity in relationship with present time. Cultural events and venues have an educational and training role as far as they engage in fostering an inclusive approach for a wide range of audience and acknowledging different specific needs, especially concerning difficult situations, social vulnerability and disability. This way, cultural institutions can totally rebuild general approach to diversity and allow everybody to become active spectators and citizens, real protagonists of our time.
In this direction, it is essential to develop strategies that are able to break down barriers and obstacles: first of all, lack of knowledge, that is to say the difficulty to see the other as similar to ourselves, and recognize the value of diversity, considered not as a limit anymore but as a resource, not as an obstacle but as an opportunity, not as a loss but as richness.
Cooperativa Accaparlante firstly implemented a fruitful collaboration with Istituzione Bologna Musei (particularly MAMbo - Museum of Modern Art Bologna and Museo Archeologico) and ITC Teatro - Teatro dell'Argine. This relationships highlighted the will to accomplish a broader cross-cultural action, which meant building a significant network among different local cultural organizations. They were involved in designing the two experimental training/educational programmes on cultural accessibility: one aimed at teachers, educators and students of Education Sciences in Bologna University, the other one aimed at school students. The early group of coordinators is formed by:
Cooperativa Accaparlante
Istituzione Bologna Musei
ITC Teatro - Teatro dell'Argine
Cultural and educational organizations joining the network:
Associazione A.I.P.I. Association Tecnoscienza
aimed at teachers, educators and cultural mediators
Provide the different professional workers engaged in teaching, education and social purposes with specific, cognitive and methodological, training tools, ranging from the multifaceted and complex cultural heritage offered by city museums to the theatrical vision and practice, seen not only as cultural, artistic and creative elements, but as different ways of confronting and understanding diversity, able to activate new languages for new educational projects.
Project Calamaio: meet diversity Saturday
October 19th 2013 from 15 to 18
The route starts from the particular approach to disability and diversity developed over the years within the Project Calamaio by Cooperativa Accaparlante.
In the direct encounter with disabled people, first emotional reactions are fear and distrust. Approaching a disabled person arouses these feelings because diversity in general (not only disability) forces us to come out of ourselves to confront the other, and this outward movement is experienced as a loss of our own identity.
Consequence of this fear is exclusion, which is experimented not only by disabled people, but by all those turning somehow away from the “normal”. Fear also generates prejudice: a preconceived judgment, grown out of fear, of something you haven’t even experienced. Becoming aware of prejudices and understanding they are rooted in us because of fear and not because of real causes, are the first steps towards overcoming them. In this sense, direct knowledge of diversity and the opportunity to experience it in a positive and playful way allow us to check and overcome our prejudices and discover in the disabled those positive features that contradict our stereotypes.
Second meeting
Diverse Art Saturday
October 26th 2013 from 15 to 18 MAMbo - Museum of Modern Art Bologna
via Don Minzoni 14 - Bologna
The meeting intends to use contemporary art as an educational tool able to expand and enrich cultural and individual perspectives. The encounter with the work of art can be a powerful tool to detach us from individual contingency. At the same time, learning and sharing contemporary culture allow us to reconcile with present time.
We can therefore consider artistic expression as an unconventional language we can use to break down barriers, both physical and psychological, both cultural and social. Contemporary art generates a divergent point of view on the world and interacts with our daily lives, allowing us to reflect on who we are and how we perceive our own identity and that of people around us. In fact, contemporary art trains our eyes, and especially our ability to understand the “other”, because it is an almost unknown language, and a “different” one, and because it takes the viewer to question him/herself and find new ways of reading, reprocessing and finally communicating.
Third meeting
I am another one, the other one is me
Saturday November 9th 2013 from 15 to 18
Teatro dell'Argine/ITC Studio
Via Vittoria, 1 - San Lazzaro di Savena (Bologna)
The special nature of theatre and the performing arts in general and their value as tools for social cohesion and non-formal education are now universally recognized: theatrical exercises and practices can be perfect means to facilitate natural, sometimes passionate, expression of people involved, thus promoting a broader concept of cultural accessibility, including the idea of the active participation of individuals.
Besides, theatrical games, exercises and activities generate a context of collective artistic creation, in which each one exposes him/herself by sharing ideas, memories, emotions, empathy and mutual trust.
Collective work aimed at a common objective stimulates dialogue, between different cultures or generations, as well as between people having different ideas, thus breaking down several barriers: participants are individuals and, as such, bearers of specificities related to their different skills, backgrounds, cultures; but, in the theatre work, they are a group, working together, they are peers, sharing the same place, working for a common goal by giving their personal contribution.
Fourth meeting
Thank the gods, I was not born a Barbarian...
Saturday November 16th 2013 from 15 to 18
via dell'Archiginnasio 2 - Bologna
Iconographies and symbolic languages of ancient times often offer us a description of the individual within the community, according to a precise encoding of status, rank, role. Sometimes the definition of “self” is given by emphasizing its opposition to or diversity from the “other”.
In literary and archaeological sources, you can find traces of processes of inclusion or exclusion. Practices, ideas, prejudices of ancient societies can be an apparently neutral and somehow detached starting point to reflect on our contemporary categories of diversity.
An educational programme for local schools
to experience diversity through face to face meeting with people with disabilities and to evaluate consequences produced by this;
to overcome the initial emotional impact through willingness to relate;
to bring out prejudices on disability and identify their origin;
to make a critical reflection on equality and diversity;
to develop a positive attitude towards diversity;
to learn how to deal creatively with difficult situations by activating personal skills and potentialities;
to redefine our attitude towards diversity and disadvantage, by expanding our own vision of diversity;
to use knowledges, techniques, teaching methods specific to the different fields of the cultural institutions involved, to activate processes of dialogue and exchange between different cultures and sensitivities and encourage discussion and dialogue among children and teenagers, in order to help them deepen the knowledge of the other and of diversities (in culture, religion, tradition, personal history...) and learn how to respect them;
to strengthen the role of cultural institutions as promoters of social inclusion, contributing to social dialogue and diversity as tools for cohesion, cooperation and inclusion, promoting exchanges and cultural creativity.
The programme includes at least two meetings:
the first one can be chosen among proposals made by: MAMbo - Museum of Modern Art Bologna, Museo Civico Archeologico, Teatro dell'Argine/ITC Teatro (to be developed at museum or theatre)
the second one is led by Cooperativa Accaparlante - Project Calamaio (to be developed at school).
The programme is open to all classes of Primary, Secondary and High Schools. Methodologies and activities will be adapted according to the age group.
Information and reservation
Cooperativa Accaparlante - Patrizia Passini
Tel: 349 2481002 - 051 6415005
calamaio@accaparlante.it
Module at MAMbo - Museum of Modern Art Bologna
Unconventional De-signs
The course aims to investigate sign in its transformations within the contemporary artistic languages, and experience its communicative, expressive and aesthetic value through a series of workshops involving body, gesture and space. The vision of the Informal paintings in MAMbo’s Permanent Collection is the starting point to explore innovative ways to express through sign, colour and material.
What can a sign tell us, when it does no longer describe real objects? It will finally be able to talk about itself, its life, its movements, its thickness, its rhythms, it will be free to drip or walk, confident and clean, in the painting space. All we want to express is in the gesture and in the sign emerging from it. The sign preserves in itself, in an enduring form, the dynamic nature of an action, it is its visual trace, and a part of our personal expressive alphabet. The sign is the visible ring of a chain process composed of several elements and situations: reality around us, muscular and emotional tension, body position, choice and use of the instrument, type of the support and, finally, intention of what we want to express.
So, working on the sign allows us to give voice to our inner emotions by stimulating the ability to tell, and to tell in a "different" way, going beyond verbal communication. Our drawings and de-signs respond us in an ongoing dialogue about ourselves, our experience and the changes we are facing.
Adopted methodology refers to phenomenological orientation, as the work of art is at the centre of reflections, interpretations, readings that make up the meaning of the work itself, in a continually growing and changing process. The contemporary work of art becomes a text-pretext for conceiving and implementing workshop activities. Workshop is considered as the place of choice, experimentation, exchange, cultural and emotional growth, a space of freedom.
One two-hours meeting divided into 2 parts, one in the museum exhibition rooms and one in the museum studio.
vision and analysis of some works in MAMbo’s Permanent Collection, with particular focus on Informal paintings;
workshop activities inspired by the analyzed works and dedicated to the expressive and communicative value of sign: narrative doodle and emotional writing;
presentation of realized works to the other participants.
collective workshop: children and teens are involved in a performance, inspired by the series Drawing Restraints by Matthew Barney, and meant to represent, through signs, gestures and movements, limits or new possibilities in the relationship with “the other”;
time for discussion and reflection about the experience, to analyze difficulties encountered and discoveries made.
Module at ITC Studio - Compagnia Teatro dell'Argine
Theatre playing is a game. At the very beginning of the module, techniques of improvisation and dramatization typical of that game are used as analysis tools of behaviours in everyday situations, with the intent of supporting and enhancing children’s and teens’ attitude to create, stimulate and incite themselves and the working group. In this sense, theatre turns out to be a powerful tool to work even in difficult or complex situations inside schools, but also in centres for youth or welcoming centres for migrants or in other similar contexts.
The concept of diversity immediately assumes in theatre the positive meaning of resource: different cultures and religions, origins and experiences do not only generate conflicts, but are values, because they bring with themselves new inspirations as fuel for the proposed creative exercises.
The work consists of exercises intended to enhance the participants’ ability to listen to themselves and to others, and, consequently, foster team working. It is like an invitation to discover and awaken their expressiveness by taking a challenge with themselves and rediscovering their ability to play. Exercises of body expression, choreographic composition and improvisation become tools for children and teens to create and express their ideas.
Theatre will thus become an extra opportunity to communicate, express, understand and learn about others and themselves, to make their relationship with the world grow up and mature. Levels of complexity of the proposed methodologies and exercises vary according to the participants’ age group.
One two-hours meeting divided into 2 parts.
greetings; some games/exercises to introduce themselves and get to know the other group members;
exercises on balance, directions, exploration of the space, rhythms, gaits, body control and observation of themselves and of others;
elements of creative movement, body expression and improvisation, invention and development of one character, starting from information collected in the introductions.
exercises on improvisation, relationship between characters, story-building.
Module at Museo Civico Archeologico
Thank the gods, I was not born a Barbarian: a way towards discovering the other, starting from iconography of Attic pottery
The course focuses on the discovery of “the other”, “the diverse”, starting from the Greek ceramics in the Museum collections, which are rich of subjects and scenes emphasizing the issues of diversity and otherness. Iconography of the vases in fact reflects the categories of who mainly used them: the Athenian citizen, male, adult, free, who used them in the very special occasion of the symposium, the time for socializing dedicated to wine, Dionysus’s gift.
On vases we can see all the different figures the protagonist compared himself with, through the categories of opposition or diversity: the woman, the slave, the young, the Barbarian... Starting from antiquity, the path moves then towards nowadays, and takes us, through a moment dedicated to entertainment-debate, to reflect on our own categories of diversity.
The course is structured into different moments of knowledge and reflection, enriched by games and exercises, and connected to a guided tour, providing contextualization of the finds, direct observation, discovery and comment of iconographies related to the issues involved. An archaeologist guides the tour, by using also teaching cards.
greetings; some games/exercises to introduce themselves and get to know the other group members; introduction, contextualization and analysis of finds and iconographies.
from history to us: a reflection through active techniques, discussion and comparison.
Module at school
Project Calamaio: meeting diversity at school
The route starts from the vey special approach to disability, and diversity in general, developed over the years by CDH/Project Calamaio: in the direct encounter with disabled people, first emotional reactions are fear and distrust. Approaching a disabled person arouses these feelings because diversity in general (not only disability) forces us to come out of ourselves to confront the other, and this outward movement is experienced as a loss of our own identity. And in fact, accepting others means giving up a part of ourselves, calling into question our patterns and beliefs; but this comparison is not a loss for the individual, it is an enrichment.
Consequence of this fear is exclusion, which is experimented not only by disabled people, but by all those turning somehow away from the “normal”: we’re inclined to escape from what we fear, from what looks different from ourselves, when we still don’t know it. Fear also generates prejudice: a preconceived judgment, grown out of fear, of something you haven’t even experienced. Becoming aware of prejudices and understanding they are rooted in us because of fear and not because of real causes, are the first steps towards overcoming them. In this sense, direct knowledge of diversity and the opportunity to experience it in a positive and playful way allow us to check and overcome our prejudices and discover in the disabled person those positive features that contradict our stereotypes.
Knowledge brings to awareness and awareness helps to overcome fear and prejudice. The proposed module aims at encouraging the development of a critical identity through dialogue and direct encounter with the other, by using such tools as creativity, body and emotions. The project works to reduce the idea of handicap as a disadvantage, and to enhance the concept of difficulty as a resource.
Disabled and non-disabled trainers and educators make up the workshop-leading team.
Tools and methodology
The meeting varies depending on the participants’ age group. It focuses on some crucial issues: knowledge, identity, diversity, prejudice, fear, difficulty, help. The adopted methodology provides an active and collaborative approach: children and teens are involved in first person as active subjects of the module.
Most used tools are the following:
dramatizations;
active techniques;
cooperative games;
role plays;
associations of ideas games;
discussion and debate.
One two-hours meeting divided into 3 parts:
meeting the other;
games for introducing ourselves and getting to know the other;
association of ideas and role play Become an Us;
conclusions and final reflections.
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The Podcast About Us Women In Tech Leadership Event
[PODCAST] Creating a Global Entrepreneur Community
podcast May 11, 2019
About this Discussion:
Five years ago, Nick Hughes had a dream of putting a twist on the standard pitch and networking events by creating his own in Seattle. Setting his own values, he was careful to grow the concept slowly and organically.
Now, with events literally, worldwide and with a goal to be in over 100 cities by the end of the year, Nick is helping company founders get in front of their community and even potential investors and partners.
With explosive growth, comes challenges, and Nick sat down with us in the very candid conversation on the bumps in the road, and what the future holds for Founders Live.
About Nick Hughes:
As the founder and CEO of Founders Live, Nick is a successful entrepreneur with business achievements in social media, digital payments, and e-commerce. He excels at interpersonal leadership, communication, business and product development. In addition to growing the global entrepreneurial platform Founders Live to more than 35 cities, 10 countries and reaching tens of thousands of entrepreneurs, Nick stays busy as an advisor to numerous startups and occasionally takes positions in sales or biz dev roles if needed. Previously he co-founded the mobile payment startup Seconds as well as helping start Coinme, a company built around expanding bitcoin and digital transactions into the physical realm via Bitcoin ATM’s. As a sought-after adviser, entrepreneurial speaker and writer with guest appearances on popular technology and media outlets, Nick enjoys helping others discover their unique entrepreneurial path. ***Nick is currently on a year-long Founders Live world tour to discover entrepreneurial talent, inspiration and himself.
The official Episode Breakdown:
2:15 - Nick introduces us to Founders Live and explains his Zen-like Quality
5:30 - How It’s growing to much more than just a city-by-city basis and how the global piece is coming into play
6:30 - The challenges of building worldwide, and how Nick is overcoming them
9:49 - How these monthly events could have a huge impact on those signing on to help build
11:00 - The keys to maintaining a culture while building on a large and quick scale
15:30 - The discipline that Nick has to maintain, and his daily routine
15:58 - The difference between intention and attention
18:00 - The four core areas that Nick makes sure he connects to before starting his day, and why it’s crucial to his daily routine
21:00 - How Founders Live will transform into much more than just a place for companies to get noticed (think getting money…)
24:00 - The challenges of executing crowd funding at a global scale
28:00 - Should entrepreneurs raise money and capital, and what’s the best way for them to grow a company when it comes to funding?
31:00 - Nick gives the deets on the good and bad of what he sees for business concepts and ideas
33:00 - Some of the biggest mistakes founders make in not listening to their customers
35:00 - How large, enterprise companies can utilize Founders Live to bring growth to their Innovation Labs
39:40 - What entrepreneurs are like (or not a like) across the globe
44:00 - Syya starts making up stuff about hair products
45:00 - What happens when Nick sees someone whose business doesn’t have potential
46:30- Why learning how to cycle through ideas to get to the right product and service is so important
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J. Fergus
Lyft’s new advisory council wants to make your rides safer
The group will critique Lyft’s safety initiatives
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On Tuesday, Lyft announced the formation of a safety super team to work on the continued improvement of the app’s safety features. The team will include experts from the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE), and other organizations. These partners will lend “their expert perspectives, suggestions, and critiques” regarding Lyft’s existing and planned initiatives.
Rideshare safety — It’s been a busy couple of months for both Uber and Lyft. The former released its first-ever safety report in December which revealed a disturbing number of sexual assaults, crashes, and murders. Last week, Uber launched safety PINs to help riders get into the correct car.
Lyft, though not as publicly derided as Uber, has had its own battles with rider and driver safety. In December, Lyft drivers had to complete a mandatory sexual misconduct program created in conjunction with RAINN.
The safety dream team — The council boasts representatives from RAINN, It’s On Us (a sexual assault awareness campaign launched by Barack Obama), the National Association of Women Law Enforcement Executives (NAWLEE), NOBLE, and the National Sheriffs’ Association. This group will work with Lyft’s Community Safety Program helmed by General Counsel Kristin Sverchek and Chief Policy Officer Anthony Foxx. Here’s who’s on the council:
Keeli Sorensen, Vice President of Victim Services at RAINN
Tracey Vitchers, Executive Director at It’s On Us
Silvia Zenteno, Director of Education and Training at It’s On Us
Kym Craven, Executive Director at NAWLEE
Dwayne A. Crawford, Executive Director at NOBLE
Sheriff John Whetsel, Chair of the National Sheriffs’ Association’s Traffic Safety Committee
Sheriff Kathy Witt, Sheriff of Fayette County, Kentucky
The thought put behind this team shows that Lyft is thinking about safety in context rather than broad strokes. The group is particularly stacked to address sexual assault concerns.
“As the Lyft platform grows, we are seeing issues that… are so nuanced, complex and widespread in our society require sophisticated solutions that go beyond standard product design,” said Lyft’s VP of Safety and Customer Engagement, Eman Barhoumeh in a statement. “To identify these solutions, and ensure they are implemented thoughtfully, we must consider the perspectives of a diverse set of subject matter experts.”
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Is Sci-Hub Safe?
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The U.S. Education Department says its newly proposed rule would "level the playing field" for religious institutions applying for funding from the agency. But critics question the motives and assumptions underlying the rule.
‘Language Death’ in Denmark
Educators say 32 foreign language programs have closed in the last five years.
New Programs: Criminal Justice, Music Industry, Cybersecurity, Historic Preservation
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Data in a new online tool raise questions about how well public and nonprofit colleges and universities are doing in helping students earn enough to repay their debt.
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U.S. government funding for the university expires this spring, and it's uncertain whether it will be renewed. Oversight bodies have raised concerns about the institution's governance and fiscal controls.
Berkeley's $5M Glitch
Arbitrator says UC Berkeley owes its computer science TAs, including many undergraduates, some $5 million in missed pay and benefits.
The State of U.S. Science and Engineering
Report finds the U.S. is no longer “the uncontested leader in science and engineering,” as other countries have expanded scientific capacity.
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Mary L. Coffey, senior associate dean at Pomona College, in California, has been selected as provost and dean of faculty at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, in New York. Rachel Croson, dean of the College of Social Science at Michigan State University, has been chosen as executive vice president and provost at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.
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A liberal arts education may not have the highest returns in the short run, but a study finds that after 40 years, liberal arts institutions bring a higher return than most colleges.
Hasty Departure for Head of Calif.'s New Online College
After less than a year on the job, Heather Hiles is stepping down as CEO of Calbright College, California's new online-only community college.
Teaching Me Too
Modern Language Association members discuss how to process the movement -- for themselves, their work and their students.
Eyeing Future Profits
New businesses focused on the marketing rights to the name, image and likeness of college athletes are emerging in anticipation of an NCAA rule change, which has yet to be adopted. Some university officials are concerned bad actors in the market will take advantage of athletes.
New Presidents or Provosts: Centenary U (N.J.), Concordia U Irvine, Jacksonville U, Louisiana State U-Alexandria, Methodist U, Santa Barbara City College, Stetson U, Wichita State U, Wilson College (Pa.), Wright State U
Paul Coreil, interim chancellor at Louisiana State University at Alexandria, has been named to the job on a permanent basis. Susan Edwards, executive vice president for academic affairs and provost of Wright State University, in Ohio, has been promoted to president there.
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Shiffrin out to make more history at FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup
By Liam Morgan
American star Mikaela Shiffrin will begin her pursuit of becoming the first woman to win four consecutive overall International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Skiing World Cups for 45 years, when the season opens in Sölden this weekend.
The 24-year-old returns to action off the back of a record-breaking 2018-2019 campaign and will be one of the headline names in action in the Austrian resort.
Shiffrin broke the record for World Cup victories last season with 17, added two more World Championships gold medals to her collection and wrapped up a third straight overall title.
She is expected to dominate again during 2019-2020.
Slovakian technical specialist Petra Vlhova is likely to provide the toughest challenge to Shiffrin's recent monopoly of the overall crystal globe crown.
Switzerland's Wendy Holdener, who finished second to Shiffrin two years ago and was third last season, and Italian Sofia Goggia have suggested they will not be able to mount an assault on the overall title.
The absence of Austrian star Marcel Hirscher opens the door for the rest of the men's field this season ©Getty Images
The upcoming season is the first since 1999 not to feature American Lindsey Vonn, Austrian Marcel Hirscher and Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who have all retired.
The absence of Hirscher, winner of the last eight overall World Cups, opens the door for the rest of the men's field.
Frenchman Alexis Pinturault, Italian Dominik Paris and Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen will be among those chasing the title.
The traditional curtain-raising event in Sölden features men's and women's giant slalom competitions.
The women's race takes place tomorrow and the men's will be held on Sunday (October 27).
It is going ahead after positive snow control was given for the event.
"The slope preparation took us very long this year," said Sölden’s chief of course Isidor Grüner.
"Luckily, we have had good temperatures for snowmaking and at the moment we have great conditions for training.
"Now we will work with water to create ideal and fair racing conditions for Saturday and Sunday."
October 2019: FIS World Cup prize money to top €100,000 in Kitzbühel
August 2019: Poster competition launched to promote FIS Alpine World Cup in Lake Louise
July 2019: Extra safety precautions introduced for FIS Alpine World Cup at Val Gardena following heavy Gisin crash last year
July 2019: Double Olympic skiing champion Ligety to focus solely on giant slalom
July 2019: FIS Women’s Alpine Ski World Cup race director inspects Lake Louise downhill course
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Investing in the Team…to invest in the Community!
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Jenny Gavin-Allen
Updated: 1 October 2004
In early 2002 David Burnby was doing some extended work as a freelance facilitator and consultant with North Lincolnshire Council’s Community Investment Team. In conversation with Team Manager Jenny Gavin-Allen, he talked several times about a Psychology course he had undertaken training in the previous Summer, An Introduction to Spiral Dynamics & Related Models of Neuro-Linguistic Programming.
For David, in part at least, the course was something of a life-changing experience. Both challenged by the models presented in the workshop programme and emboldened by the understanding they gave him, he subsequently quit his lucrative position as Director of Common Purpose in Hull to fulfil his frustrated ambition of working as an independent operator.
Listening to him so talk enthusiastically about the models and their applicability to community regeneration issues, Jenny was intrigued.
David then let on that his enthusiasm for the course was so great he had decided to promote and stage the next programme – the third to be delivered in Hull – under his own name – thus allowing me, as course facilitator, to concentrate purely on delivery. Naturally David invited Jenny to join the workshop programme.
She wasn’t quite convinced until David used Robert Dilts’ (1990) Neurological Levels model to give her a powerful insight into a particular set of problems she was having with one community group. After that taster, Jenny decided she needed to know more about these models.
Like David and many others who have been through the course, Jenny found it was indeed something of a life-changing experience. With such knowledge, nothing could be quite the same again….!
Creating a MeshWORK
Pondering over how to make best use of the learning workwise, Jenny realised that she needed to disseminate the knowledge in depth amongst her key staff to create a common understanding and a set of terms – a lingua franca – they could all use. Accordingly Jenny asked me to deliver an in-house version of the course. We agreed to add two additional elements to the programme.
Firstly, as Jenny was in the process of restructuring the Team, I suggested they add a session on Adizes Organisation LifeCycle and aim to apply a full MeshWORK process to the restructure.
Secondly, I had Jenny assist me to some degree in the delivery of the programme – on the basis that teaching others would develop her own understanding. (‘NLPers’ call this “getting it in the muscle”!)
The half-day sessions were held over 6 weeks September-through-October 2002 at Normanby Hall. Those participating – Chris Barnett, Rachel Cook, Jacky Wass, Patricia Lyle and North Lincs Strategic Partnership Manager Andrea Fitzgerald – found the rustic setting of the old country house ideal ideal for letting go of preconceptions and limiting beliefs and engaging with the challenges of the models offered on the course.
“The setting of the Hall and the pace of the course were critical,” Jenny commented later. “Together they gave us a sense of ‘time out’ that allowed us to step out of the normal hustle-and-bustle and see things differently. We had time for reflective learning.”
A key factor which emerged early on in the programme was that there was a high level of 2nd Tier (YELLOW and beyond) thinking amongst those assembled. (A sixth participant dropped out after the first session, struggling to cope with having to go so meta to his own norms.)
In many ways the programme confirmed what Jenny Gavin-Allen already knew. At peak performance the Team was a highly innovative and successful unit – its very flexibility enabling it to accommodate the typically-BLUE structures of the Council without allowing those structures to inhibit its creativity.
“I think our success comes from the people we recruit,” Jenny explains. “While working within the Council procedures, we look for people who are creative and not afraid to challenge the status quo when it’s appropriate.”
4Q/8L provided a model to analyse the Community Investment Team.
Data was collected on the Lower Right structure using questionnaires I had developed to assess the organisation’s position on the LifeCycle and the types of roles people were expected to fulfil (in terms of Adizes’ roles of Production, Administration, Entrepreneurship and Integration). The Community Investment Team emerged as being in a state of Go-Go (under Jenny’s strong leadership) within an organisation – the Council – largely mired in Bureaucracy but in parts demonstrating ‘younger’ tendencies.
The Lower Left culture was assessed using my Organisation Culture Survey, an assessment tool I had developed several years previously and which had been vetted by Spiral Dynamics co-developer Chris Cowan.
The Community Investment Team, October 2002: (back, l-r): Jenny-Gavin-Allen, Patricia Lyle; (front): Jacky Wass, Rachel Cook, Andrea Fitzgerald and Chris Barnett.
As Jenny and I had expected, the CIT saw themselves as being rather 2nd Tier in their thinking; but they also attributed some 2nd Tier thinking to the Council’s leadership. (The quality of the Council’s leadership perhaps reflected in North Lincs having recently been awarded Beacon Council status twice….)
Individuals (Upper Left) within the Team were assessed more informally – by simply asking which vMEME or harmonic of vMEMES seemed to dominate their thinking in the work context.
It became clear from these exercises that accommodating the Council’s BLUE bureaucracy was sapping time and energy that could have been better spent on being creative and delivering services.
A key exercise centred on contrasting individual vMEMES (Upper Left) with the type of job roles (Production, Administration, Entrepreneurship and Integration) people were being asked to fulfill (Lower Right).
From this it was clear that people whose thinking was largely in the ORANGE-YELLOW (and beyond) range were being tied down with Administration tasks. As a result the other roles were suffering – especially the longer term function of Entrepreneurship.
Those present concluded that it was only the sheer amount of Integration – driven by 2nd Tier thinking – which was holding things together, with a multi-level set of values that enabled just about everyone in the Team to buy into what they were doing.
However, there was a sense of ‘firefighting’ about this. Taking the meta-view afforded by using the models on the course, Jenny and her key staff decided that they needed someone who was eminently comfortable thinking in BLUE to take the bulk of the Administration chores off the more creative types, thus freeing them up to design services which, using the Gravesian approach, they could now tailor more to the needs of their user groups.
Thus, Gordon Kell was brought in effectively to be the Team’s administrator. This role was later strengthened with the addition of Karen Sweeney. Both tend to have a strong BLUE dominance in their thinking in the workplace.
A fortuitous move…!
This centralisation of Administration tasks with the new BLUE-oriented thinkers proved to be a highly-fortuitous move as Jenny was taken ill in early 2003, necessitating several bouts of hospitalisation. With the departure of Rachel Cook, it was Gordon’s BLUE methodologies which proved to be the rock on which the stricken team anchored. (Chris Barnett and Jacky Wass looked after the service-user end of things.)
It could be argued that Rachel’s leaving was, in part, an unanticipated outcome of the training with me!
Asked to produce a ‘5 year life plan’ (to test strategic visioning) as part of understanding ORANGE, Rachel came up with the most complete plan anybody to date had produced on any of these courses I had held previously. What made Rachel’s plan so powerful was that it embedded all the BLUE Little Detail and Procedures disciplines of SMART planning to achieve the strategic goals. Thus, having realised “It’s okay to be ORANGE!” – Rachel decamped to Business Link Humberside as a career move.
Jenny, though, was phlegmatic about Rachel’s departure: “Intuitively I knew that I wouldn’t keep her forever – at some point Rachel would go. Thanks to the training, we understand now why people do certain things at certain times.
“A number of people stop in our Team for a while and then tend to move on. That generates a churn, certainly – but that churn also breeds creativity.”
Undaunted by the difficulties of the past year, Jenny was determined to rebuild her team using MeshWORK concepts. Of the Gravesian approach she says: “I’ve done lots of management training; and bits here and there have been really useful. But this seems to bring it all together. It seems to apply in all circumstances. I can’t think of any situation in which I can’t use it.”
In early 2004, Jenny had another 5 members of her team – Karen Sweeney, Dave Tofts, Mandy Bartlett, Sheryle Jones and Sam Teather – undertake a repeat Graves/Spiral Dynamics–NLP-Adizes training programme. Again the workshops were at Normanby Hall; and this time Patricia Lyle assisted. “The more we all understand it,” Jenny told me when arranging the course, “the more we can use it strategically.”
The Community Investment Team #2, April 2004: back (l-r): Dave Tofts, Patricia Lyle, yours truly(!); (front): Mandy Bartlett, Karen Sweeney and Sheryle Jones. (Normanby Hall staff)
Continuing health problems have prevented Jenny making as much of the MeshWORK training as she would have liked; but the positive impact upon the CIT in terms of generating greater unity through better understanding was reflected in both Karen Sweeney and Jacky Wass joining the Humberside MESH Network.
A set of photos from the October 2002 training programme can be viewed in the Career pages.
The North Lincolnshire Council Community Investment Team can be contacted at:-
DN15 6XQ
Tel: (+44) (0)1724 297351
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The Karoo region presents images of wholesomeness, windmills, sheep farms, endless vistas, hospitality and wholesome food … The region is famous for its sheep meat with its distinct taste and texture. Karoo sheep meat’s distinctive character is derived from grazing on indigenous Karoo veldt vegetation. The name “Karoo” has been abused and misappropriated by many businesses not based in the Karoo. The economic benefits have been taken from the people of the Karoo. Now for the first time a certification mark will guarantee that you are buying true Karoo meat.
1. The story behind Karoo Development Foundation
In order to trace, record, preserve and commemorate the rich heritage which evolved in the Karoo region of South Africa, to promote social and economic development in the Karoo, and to keep in custody such heritage for the descendants of the inhabitants of the Karoo and the South African public in general, the Karoo Development Foundation was established in early 2009 as an inter vivos trust (nr IT1498/2009) in terms of Section 6 (1) of the Trust Property Control Act (Act 57 of 1988).
2. The Trustees
Johann Kirsten
Helene Smuts
Moses Skisazana
Bruce Rubidge
Lucius Botes
Doreen Atkinson
Sindisile Madyo
Sethulego Matebesi
Ingrid Schöfmann
Jonathan Deal
The trustees have a common vision and concern about the future of the Karoo and its development potential. The Foundation is investing in the reputational assets of the Karoo such as its natural beauty, crafts, sheep meat and tourism.
3. The objective
The objective of the Foundation is to act as a custodian of the intellectual property rights that vest in the name “Karoo” and to work towards ensuring that the benefits that flow from commercialisation of the Karoo heritage benefits communities within the region.
The trustees have a common vision and concern about the future of the Karoo and its development potential. The Foundation is investing all its efforts in exploiting the economic potential of the reputational assets of the Karoo such as its natural beauty, crafts, sheep meat and tourism. With this in mind the mission of the trust is to create a sense of local ownership and pride in the unique and diverse cultural, architectural and natural heritages of the Karoo, promote regional cohesion in the Karoo, and promote sustainable socio-economic development in the Karoo.
4. Certification scheme
In support of the objective it has put in place a certification scheme (the Scheme) in terms of which producers, abattoirs, butcheries, other outlets, restaurants or any other actors that produce and/or trade in Karoo sheep meat can apply to be certified to use the mark KAROO MEAT OF ORIGIN.
The 3rd party certification process created by the Scheme enables consumers of Karoo sheep meat to verify the authenticity of the meat and enables producers and marketers of Karoo sheep meat to capture rents associated with consumer willingness to pay for the authentic product.
By doing this the Scheme is stimulating economic activity in the Karoo region that has witnessed a steady economic decline for decades. By reviving the financial viability of Karoo sheep meat production and marketing, the Scheme is contributing to job creation within the region.
Certification of land reform beneficiaries will furthermore likely improve the profitability of these farmers and deepen development dynamics within this vast and arid region.
5. The Goals of the Trust:
To create opportunities for local people to take an active interest in the preservation of their architectural, natural, cultural and archaeological heritage.
To promote innovative, imaginative and effective economic and social development and investment programmes to enhance the quality of life of residents of the Karoo, with due sensitivity for the natural and cultural heritage of the region.
To encourage inclusive and people-centered development strategies, which will promote employment, emergent enterprises, and alleviate poverty in Karoo communities.
To preserve the ecological heritage of the Karoo.
To facilitate co-operation amongst government, municipal, private and civil society organisations in the Karoo, and assist them to achieve their developmental goals.
To promote research, publications and exchanges of information and best practice solutions to arid areas problems.
To register and protect generic names and geographical products, developments, fauna, flora and property on behalf of the beneficiary community in the Karoo.
6. Certification marks
The foundation is the proprietor of the following certification marks:
CERTIFIED KAROO meat of origin (colour label)
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7. Views on development
The absence of meaningful regional development institutions greatly complicates the management of developmental issues which transcend provincial and municipal boundaries such as in the case of the Karoo. The KDF has therefore articulated the need for the creation of an institution for multi-provincial developmental questions. Such an institution should be a collaborative structure between the provinces and district municipalities of the Karoo. This will enable them to have consistent and compatible approaches to regional development issues, such as mining, environmental conservation, agriculture and tourism. In the absence of such an institution the KDF is trying with its meager resources to fill that vacuum and facilitate some coordination in economic development efforts.
The Karoo Development Foundation acknowledges the financial contribution of the Western Cape Department of Agriculture; the Northern Cape Department of Agriculture, Land reform and Rural Development and Intellectual Property Services (IPS) of REMGRO Pty Ltd in the process of establishing the Certification Scheme for Karoo Meat Of Origin. In addition in kind contributions from Brand Tree, University of Pretoria and University of the Free State are also acknowledged with appreciation.
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Panel Workload Assessment in US Primary Care: Accounting for Non–Face-to-Face Panel Management Activities
Brian Arndt, Wen-Jan Tuan, Jennifer White and Jessica Schumacher
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2014, 27 (4) 530-537; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2014.04.130236
Brian Arndt
From the Department of Family Medicine (BA, W-JT, JW) and the Department of Population Health Sciences (JS), University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Wen-Jan Tuan
Jessica Schumacher
Purpose: An. understanding of primary care provider (PCP) workload is an important consideration in establishing optimal PCP panel size. However, no widely acceptable measure of PCP workload exists that incorporates the effort involved with both non–face-to-face patient care activities and face-to-face encounters. Accounting for this gap is critical given the increase in non–face-to-face PCP activities that has accompanied electronic health records (EHRs) (eg, electronic messaging). Our goal was to provide a comprehensive assessment of perceived PCP workload, accounting for aspects of both face-to-face and non–face-to-face encounters.
Methods: Internal medicine, family medicine, and pediatric PCPs completed a self-administered survey about the perceived workload involved with face-to-face and non–face-to-face panel management activities as well as the perceived challenge associated with caring for patients with particular biomedical, demographic, and psychosocial characteristics (n = 185). Survey results were combined with EHR data at the individual patient and PCP service levels to assess PCP panel workload, accounting for face-to-face and non–face-to-face utilization.
Results: Of the multiple face-to-face and non–face-to-face activities associated with routine primary care, PCPs considered hospital admissions, obstetric care, hospital discharges, and new patient preventive health visits to be greater workload than non–face-to-face activities such as telephone calls, electronic communication, generating letters, and medication refills. Total workload within PCP panels at the individual patient level varied by overall health status, and the total workload of non–face-to-face panel management activities associated with routine primary care was greater than the total workload associated with face-to-face encounters regardless of health status.
Conclusions: We used PCP survey results coupled with EHR data to assess PCP workload associated with both face-to-face as well as non–face-to-face panel management activities in primary care. The non–face-to-face workload was an important contributor to overall PCP workload for all patients regardless of overall health status. This is an important consideration for PCP workload assessment given the changing nature of primary care that requires more non–face-to-face effort, resulting in an overall increase in PCP workload.
Case mix among primary care provider (PCP) panels can vary substantially. Accordingly, the effort required of a PCP for routine management of a particular group of patients varies depending on the characteristics of the patients in the panel and the utilization patterns in terms of both the volume and type of activities the panel demands. The face-to-face PCP workload associated with managing a panel, as measured by work relative value units (wRVUs) (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Resource–based Relative Value Scale), is captured well by age- and sex-based weighting for children, but other weighting methods are necessary for adults.1 According to Chung and colleagues,1 panel weights vary 1.9- to 2.6-fold depending on whether age- and sex-based or condition-based weighting is used, respectively. However, non–face-to-face work in primary care, such as electronic communication, telephone calls, and communication of results through letters and other means, is an increasing demand on PCPs. These non–face-to-face activities historically have not generated RVUs and therefore generally are not reflected in total workload analyses at the PCP service level.
There have been other efforts to assess workload in primary care. In a recent study of Ontario's community health centers,2 a consistent association was noted between smaller PCP panel sizes, greater proportions of patients living in poor neighborhoods, and multimorbidity. The authors inferred that patients who live in low socioeconomic areas on average generate greater workload, indicating the importance of considering measures of personal and neighborhood poverty when assessing workload in primary care and panel size targets. Katerndal and colleagues3 proposed a method for estimating the complexity of face-to-face encounters in ambulatory care using elements of history, physical examination, testing, diagnoses, patient demographics, medications and other therapies, procedures performed, and disposition, but non–face-to-face effort was not considered in this analysis.
There are multiple comorbidity indices available that use data from insurance claims and electronic health record (EHR) systems to predict future use, costs, mortality, or quality of life, including the Chronic Disease Score,4,5 Adjusted Clinical Groups System,6 Charlson Index,7 Cumulative Index Illness Rating Scale,8,9 Duke Severity of Illness Checklist,10⇓–12 and others.13 However, these indices do not account for the non-RVU-generating activities of non–face-to-face panel management routinely performed in primary care, nor do they account for other important patient characteristics, including demographics or certain social characteristics such as poverty or under- or uninsured status, that may be associated with more non–face-to-face patient management in primary care.
A better understanding of non–face-to-face panel management activities affecting primary care workload is critical. For example, a systematic review of electronic communication between patients and clinicians concluded there is mutual benefit to both patients and providers, but the workload implications for clinicians are substantial.14 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently announced reimbursement for some (though not all) non–face-to-face services,15 an explicit acknowledgment of the increased workload and implied value of these services in primary care. A comprehensive assessment of both face-to-face and non–face-to face activities could identify PCPs with a higher workload relative to their peers, which may help to predict, and therefore prevent, clinician burnout. Panel-based primary care compensation could be more fairly distributed based on total work performed, not just work producing RVUs. Quality measures could be reconsidered by accounting for the effort put forth by a PCP rather than assessing specific outcome measures that do not consider the process involved to achieve the outcome. Clinic schedulers could allocate PCP schedules and nursing support differently to accommodate time for non–face-to-face panel management activities.
This study describes the assessment of PCP estimates of workload associated with both routine face-to-face and non–face-to-face activities common in primary care as well as the relative rankings of various challenging patient characteristics. Total workload at the PCP level is calculated by coupling resource use from EHR data at the patient encounter level with clinician estimates of both face-to-face and non–face-to-face workload associated with multiple primary care activities.
Setting and Patient Sample
This research was conducted in the primary care departments of family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics at University of Wisconsin (UW) Medical Foundation, which is one of the largest multispecialty medical groups in Wisconsin and includes more than 1200 faculty physicians who provide care at approximately 45 UW Health clinical practice locations and 62 clinical outreach locations throughout Wisconsin. Patients included in the study (n = 105,288) had at least one primary care encounter during a 3-year period between July 1, 2010, and June 30, 2013 and their PCP was located at one of the UW Health clinics in Dane County in south-central Wisconsin. A 3-year period was selected because it is used by the participating system and corresponds to the time frame during which patients are considered to be currently managed if they have one or more visits to primary care. Patients' EHRs, demographics, and billing data were extracted from the participating system's enterprise data warehouse for analysis. This research was determined to be exempt by the UW Health Sciences Institutional Review Board.
Clinician Survey
A 2-question survey was sent to the 271 UW Health PCPs to better understand PCP workload. The survey incorporated concepts of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Task Load Index (NASA-TLX), which is a validated tool that has been used in the primary care clinical setting as a measure of workload by assessing perceived intensity and stress experienced by clinicians while providing medical services.16,17 This index also served as a framework for human factors research involving physician estimates of the mental demands of their work in other specialties.18,19
In one survey question, clinicians assessed the perceived workload associated with various face-to-face and non–face-to-face encounters considering the 6 NASA-TLX domains of mental demand, physical demand, temporal demand, performance, effort, and frustration. Respondents were asked to assign a value to 16 different patient care activities, assuming the workload associated with an office visit for level 3 evaluation and management of an established patient (code 99213) had a relative weight of 1.0. For example, an encounter with a weight of 0.5 means the task requires half (50%) of the overall workload compared with a 99213 office visit, whereas an encounter that has a weight of 2.0 would represent twice (200%) the overall workload of a 99213 office visit. Face-to-face encounters in the survey included new and established patient office visits, preventive health visits, and, if applicable to the survey respondent, maternity care, emergency and urgent care, hospital care, and skilled nursing facility visits. Non–face-to-face encounters included electronic and written patient communication, telephone calls, medication refills, placing orders, and supervising nurse-only visits.
In the other survey question, clinicians assessed the challenge associated with various biomedical, demographic, and psychosocial patient characteristics considering the same 6 NASA-TLX domains. Clinicians could rate each condition from 0 (not challenging) to 100 (very challenging). For reference, clinicians were asked to consider a healthy child or adult to whom only routine uncomplicated preventive care was provided as “not challenging.” The patient characteristics included in the survey were influenced by a framework proposed by Rosen and colleagues20 that includes health status, demographics, health behavior, psychosocial issues, and social environment. Before distributing the survey, faculty members in a focus group format were asked to review these biomedical, demographic, and psychosocial characteristics associated with challenging patients. As a result, a total of 31 patient characteristics were assessed in the survey.
Assessing Total System-based wRVUs and PCP Site-based Workload
wRVUs were accounted for at the UW Health system level, which included both ambulatory and all available inpatient data for all patients with a PCP located at one of the UW Health clinics in Dane County in south-central Wisconsin. An assessment of workload at the PCP site was calculated for both face-to-face and non–face-to-face activities. This was done to identify what proportion of PCP workload comprised non–face-to-face compared with face-to-face activities. The PCP site-based workload scores were derived from the individual workload value associated with each activity type in the clinician survey and was multiplied by the number of each of those activities that occurred over the 3-year study period. The distribution of workload scores was assessed among the 9 health status levels assigned by 3M's Clinical Risk Group (CRG) software (3M Health Information Systems, Salt Lake City, UT) to compare the workload results generated from the clinician survey against a validated diagnosis-based risk adjustment system. The software assigns each patient to 1 of 9 mutually exclusive hierarchical health statuses, ranging from healthy to catastrophic, based on patient demographic information and diagnostic and procedure codes in the EHR.
Initial analysis consisted of descriptive characteristics of the PCP survey respondents. Individual encounter-level workload weights representing the average overall workload score for each encounter type were generated. Accompanying standard deviations for these weights also were computed. A patient's overall workload score during the study period then was acquired by summing workload weights from all encounters or visits rendered during the study period. Survey-generated workload scores were compared with average wRVUs where applicable (for face-to-face encounters).
To validate the workload results generated from the survey against a validated diagnosis-based risk adjustment system, we compared the distribution of the average overall, face-to-face, and non–face-to-face workload scores by the 9 health status levels assigned by 3M's CRG software. Average PCP survey-generated workload scores then were compared with system-wide clinician wRVUs for each CRG-generated level of patient health status. Finally, average scores for “challenging characteristics” with accompanying standard deviations were calculated. Statistical analyses were performed using SAS/Base software version 9.3 (SAS, Inc., Cary, NC).
Of the 271 PCPs surveyed, 185 completed the survey, including 120 family medicine clinicians (65% of respondents), 42 general internal medicine clinicians (23% of respondents), and 23 general pediatrics clinicians (12% of respondents), for an overall response rate of 68% (Table 1). The majority of PCP respondents had been practicing for ≥10 years, were on average ≥0.6 clinical full-time equivalents, and had a panel size of >1000 patients. Most UW Health patients are insured (66% commercial, 12% Medicare, and 11% Medicaid coverage), 58% are female, 24% are younger than age 18, and 88% are younger than age 65.
Table 1. Characteristics of Primary Care Provider (PCP) Survey Respondents (n = 185)
Encounter Workload
Table 2 provides the summary of PCP-determined workload values by encounter type. Hospital admissions received the highest PCP survey-generated workload score (3.20), indicating the highest perceived overall workload, whereas the non–face-to-face activity of supervising a nurse-only visit had the lowest rating (0.32). For comparison, the wRVU (or range) according to the resource-based relative value scale for each face-to-face encounter is listed. For example, the wRVU range for a hospital admission is 1.92 to 3.86, depending on the level of service, and the mean PCP survey-generated workload score for a hospital admission is 3.20. The majority of survey-generated scores were within 0.5 of the associated wRVU value or range, with the exception of obstetric care (wRVU, 14.37; survey-generated workload, 2.86), hospital discharge (wRVU, 1.28–1.90; survey-generated workload, 2.80), and level 3 new patient to practice office visit (wRVU, 1.42; survey-generated workload, 2.08).
Table 2. Work Relative Value Units (wRVUs) and Mean Primary Care Provider (PCP) Survey-Generated Workload by Type of Encounter
System-based and PCP Site-based Work Assessment
The average workload created by all primary care panel patients categorized by each CRG health status was calculated and is summarized in Table 3. Total workload within PCP panels at the individual patient level varied by overall health status; higher average wRVU and/or PCP survey-generated workload scores were associated with increased severity of health status. Although each individual face-to-face encounter type is associated with higher workload compared with each individual non–face-to-face activity according to PCP survey results (Table 2), the total survey-generated workload of non–face-to-face panel management activities associated with routine primary care was greater than the average survey-generated workload associated with face-to-face encounters across all levels of CRG health status.
Table 3. Total System-based Work Relative Value Units (wRVUs) and Primary Care Provider (PCP) Site-based Workload by Patient Clinical Risk Group (CRG) Status (N = 105,288)
Patient Characteristic Assessment
Table 4 shows the 31 patient characteristics ranked by primary care clinicians as the most challenging (ranked number 1), to the least challenging (ranked number 31). Chronic pain/fibromyalgia/myofascial pain was ranked as the most challenging, with an average score of 79.3, whereas hypertension was ranked as the least challenging patient characteristic, with an average score of 36.8.
Table 4. Patient Characteristics: Average Survey-Based “Challenge” Score (N = 105,288)
We were able to combine PCP perception of workload associated with non–face-to-face encounters with the wRVUs associated with face-to-face encounters to calculate a total workload score at the primary care service level for each primary care panel member. Our PCPs indicated the workload required for non–face-to-face activities ranges from 32% to 63% of an office visit for level 3 evaluation and management of an established patient (code 99213). In addition, there was high agreement between wRVUs and PCP survey-generated workload scores where available, suggesting PCPs are able to objectively assess workload. The total PCP site-based non–face-to-face workload was higher than the total PCP site-based face-to-face workload at all CRG health status levels. This is a particularly critical finding given that the scope and frequency of non–face-to-face encounters will likely continue to increase with the proposed Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recommendation that complex care management include provider availability 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,21 which may result in tremendous strain on primary care clinicians. As a result, we believe it is important to include non–face-to-face activities in addition to face-to-face activities when assessing workload in primary care because primary care clinicians engage in significant non–face-to-face work that adds value (eg, communicating medication information, medical information exchange)14 to patients, clinicians, and the broader health care system.
There are many similarities between the workload results from the PCP survey compared with established wRVUs for many encounter types. However, the workload associated with hospital discharge, for example, was rated by clinicians as 2.80 compared with the range of wRVUs of 1.28 to 1.90 for hospital discharge. This may reflect increased effort clinicians are putting into hospital discharges as pressure increases to reduce the risk of readmissions. There seems to be a trend toward more patient education, care coordination, and other administrative work associated with the day of discharge. In addition, the survey response to this question likely depends on the scope of a clinician's practice. For example, the discharge of a healthy term newborn by a pediatrician is likely less complicated than the discharge of an elderly adult with multiple comorbidities. The hospital discharge workload ratings were 2.90 compared with 2.58 for family medicine and pediatrics, respectively.
This workload assessment method may be an appropriate tool to identify “high users” at the PCP service level who may not be identified through other means. Identifying individual patients who use significant non-RVU-producing health care resources at the primary care site could allow for different management strategies. For example, this method could be used to identify groups of patients, such as those who have frequent contacts with the PCP office, who could be candidates for more proactive care. One patient in our practice who had 173 telephone encounters during the 3-year study period could be contacted during a planned weekly telephone call to reduce the number to 156 telephone calls. With respect to resident training, this workload assessment method could be used to create fair workload balance for clinicians, in contrast to simple panel calculations.
As shifts continue toward compensating PCPs for managing patient panels appropriately versus fee-for-service or productivity-based compensation models, it is becoming increasingly important to understand all aspects of primary care panel management. For example, this workload assessment method could contribute to a more complete picture when negotiating bundled payments or capitation for certain primary care populations that could be used as financial support for primary care compensation. Similarly, it might justify the need for additional staff or clinicians better than the usual wRVU-generating billing data that is frequently used in assessments of workload at the primary care level.
Although we assessed PCPs regarding the challenge associated with caring for certain biomedical, demographic, and psychosocial patient characteristics, we did not use these survey results to assess the effect of these characteristics on workload at the PCP service level. Since there are associations with workload and overall health status, however, we presume that once these characteristics are taken into consideration when assigning an overall health status, as incorporated in risk adjustment programs such as CRG, the effect on workload may be even greater. We plan to study differences in workload by individual PCP and clinic site by incorporating the challenging patient characteristic scores our PCPs described in Table 4. This is an important next step as we consider the effect of challenging patient characteristics on total PCP workload and how it may affect PCP panel size targets.
We used EHR data to assess PCP workload by accounting for both face-to-face and non–face-to-face encounters routinely performed in primary care. However, some of our patients are hospitalized in local hospitals that are not connected to our enterprise reporting database. As a result, our workload score may represent an underestimate of the all-system utilization portion for patients who visit hospitals or providers outside our system. One of the important points of this workload assessment method is accounting for non–face-to-face activities. These generally occur at the PCP site, and therefore the PCP service level, so they would be captured by our enterprise reporting database.
With a 68% survey response rate, we would have liked increased participation to help inform our PCP workload assessment method. However, there was a balanced survey response rate among all primary care specialties including family medicine (120 of 174, 69%), general internal medicine (42 of 61, 69%), and pediatrics (23 of 36, 64%). As a result, the PCP assessment of workload is likely applicable across primary care specialties. However, if unique patient characteristics are to be considered in addition to PCP workload for panel size adjustments in the future, as suggested by Chung and colleagues,1 it would be necessary to consider the results from each primary care specialty separately since the results of the mostly adult specialties of family medicine and internal medicine were more similar than those from pediatrics. Unfortunately, some of these patient characteristics are difficult to obtain from the EHR since they often are not entered in discrete data fields. Future EHR system developments should create discrete data entry fields to capture these characteristics. In addition, this study took place in a single large group practice in Wisconsin and requires replication and validation in other settings.
We used PCP survey results coupled with EHR data to assess PCP workload associated with both face-to-face as well as non–face-to-face panel management activities in primary care. The non–face-to-face workload was significant for all patients regardless of overall health status. This is an important consideration for PCP workload assessment given the changing nature of primary care, which requires more non–face-to-face activities that may account for an overall increase in PCP workload.
This article was externally peer reviewed.
Funding: none.
Conflict of interest: none declared.
Received for publication August 14, 2013.
Revision received January 21, 2014.
Accepted for publication March 20, 2014.
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Following Toyota’s recent unveiling of a RAV4 plug-in hybrid, it is being speculated that select Lexus SUV models, such as the NX, could receive a similar powertrain in the future.
Speaking at the recent launch of the latest RX, Lexus’s deputy chief engineer for the SUV, Naoisha Hatta, said the Lexus brand has all the technology in place to launch various plug-in hybrids and is simply waiting for the right time.
"We already have the technology. We’re waiting for the right time. It has to make business sense," he said. "It has to make profit. If you look at the facts of what’s happening in the market now; for example, PHEV technology is reflected in the price [of cars]. If we are going to have an EV in the line-up it has to be affordable to normal users."
It is reported that the release of these new electric models and additional plug-in hybrid vehicles will help bolster Toyota’s mission to meet fleet average CO2 emissions, especially in Europe, where the standards have become quite strict.
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